Postgame notes: Memories linger at Yankee Stadium
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes, Podcast on Apr 14, 2010 
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Javier Vazquez didn’t pitch especially well this afternoon, but the boos that serenaded him as he walked off the mound in the sixth inning seemed to have more to do with his 2004 postseason struggles than his first home start of 2010.
“As soon as he can get a win here, I think it will be best for all of us,” manager Joe Girardi said. “Fans, they remember. His next start will be on the road and it would be nice to get him a win and on a roll. Today we didn’t score many runs. He could have won that game as well if we would have scored some runs today.”
Vazquez called it “disappointing” to hear the boos, but said he was also disappointed in himself. After being asked about it several times, Vazquez final said he didn’t think it was fair to be booed so early.
Derek Jeter, of course, managed to defend both his pitcher and his fans.
“The bottom line is, they’re Yankee fans,” Jeter said. “They want to cheer for you. They come here to cheer for you. Everyone has been booed at some point. You can’t let it affect you. If Javy gives up three runs every time he pitches, he’s going to have a pretty good year.”
Here’s an earlier part of Jeter’s postgame interview.
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• Girardi on the key at-bat of the game, Torii Hunter’s lead-off double in the fifth: “Javy didn’t throw a bad game,” Girardi said. “I thought the key at-bat in the game was when he was ahead of Torii Hunter 0-2 in the sixth and Torii wound up getting to 3-2 and hitting a double. I thought that was the key at-bat in the game. Up until that point, he had thrown a pretty good game.”
• Nick Swisher on Joel Pineiro: “I can remember him from back when he was with Seattle,” Swisher said. “He was a power guy. Threw really hard. Now he’s still got that power in there but he’s using it more for movement. He threw some great sinkers today. Just when you think it’s going to be in the zone, it falls off the table.”
• Vazquez on the reaction from the crowd: “It was a little disappointing,” Vazquez said. “It was my first game back. I don’t think they’re forgetting from ’04. Hopefully I’ll get some W’s in the stadium, and hopefully they’ll forget that.”
• Vazquez had some trouble putting away hitters with two strikes, and both he and Girardi blamed some of that on command. That said, both Girardi and Vazquez said his command was better this game than it was last week against Tampa Bay.
• Joba Chamberlain was getting into the mid-90s with his fastball.
• Robinson Cano continues to be a bright spot for the Yankees. Two more hits today. He has a hit in all eight games this season, with more two-hit games (5) than one-hit games (3).
• Scott Kazmir will come off the disabled list to make his season debut against the Yankees tomorrow. Phil Hughes will make his debut for the Yankees.
Both pictures are from the Associated Press.
I feel for Javy…….but these same losers will be cheering for him when he pitches well. Hypocrites.
With Hughes on the mound, the Angels are sure to take 2/3.
Joe,
I was thinking about writing or calling the Yankees. I am just not sure who is the proper person and that person/department’s contact info.
If anyone knows (Chad included! lol) I would greatly appreciate the info.
Just keep winning series.
California,
Leave it to the Yankees to bring out the best in the 2-6 Angels who just lost 5 of 7 games to start the season at home.
LGY
Here’s a suggestion. Call the ticket dept. and tell them that you considering buying season tickets, but that the response by security to some obnoxious fans was giving you pause. When you put money at risk it sometimes motivates people to act.
Cash should have known better before he acquired Javy.
It would have been better to not bring in someone associated with 2004. If the fans are on your case so early, it is not going to be a smooth ride. The media also now has fodder.
Did everyone just think the fans would forget 2004 and Damon with the grand slam? It wasn’t all his fault, but he is associated with it just as much as Brown, etc. were.
Javy’s next 3 starts
@ Oakland
@ LAA
home vs. his former team, Chicago.
Kazmir is just coming back from an injury, so I think we got ‘em
Meantime, Betsy, remember that most Yankees fans ARE passionate and intelligent.
Sadly, some are apparently passionate, and not-so-intelligent. They boo this guy and that,
booed Javy today – Heck, some brainiacs even booed Roger Maris back in the day.
Unbelieveable….
I agree with Chris Carlin
Watching him on SNY earlier, he said Yankee fans are knowledgeable and know their baseball and they are not going to just let 2004 go and it is up to Vazquez to make the fans forget 04, not remind them of it.
Maybe reacquiring Vazquez was a bad decision, but we definitely don’t know whether or not that’s true after two (TWO!) starts.
If the Yanks win tomorrow they will be on pace to win 108 games but the sky is falling anyway apparently.
If the Yanks don’t win tomorrow, they will be on pace to win 90 games and the universe will definitely end with a whimper.
Rich,
I remember you being one of those that didn’t want to give up Vizcaino for him (which I disagree with) but you are exactly right. It might turn out that getting Javy was a bad choice but it’s only been 2 damn starts!!
I think he’ll be great for us this year and a big part of our success.
Girardi might have said something to quell the 2004 crap.
How about – he was put in a situation where it made it tough to succeed? Or is that too much of a slight at Torre?
The truth is – he was put in an untenable position.
Who, in a Game 7, puts a RH starter, into a bases-loaded situation, with a lefty who has previously owned the RH starter coming to the plate – at YS with its short porch in RF?
Who? Who? Who???
Joe Torre, that’s who.
Yanks would have been better off making Javy that games STARTER. Torre set him up to fail – and Javy has to hear, and possibly, internalize – what should not be set at his feet.
It was an AWFUL move – by the manager.
If they get rained out tomorrow they will be on pace to win 101 games. They are fine and so is Vasquez. They faced a pitcher that threw really well today…had the Yanks scored more runs then Javy’s start wouldn’t have looked so bad.
Some fans were booing Javy. Good way to make him feel good.
Yankees just won a World Series and some fans are still in 2004. Get over it and give Javy a chance. It’s not like he got bombed today.
JAVY HAD FAILED MANY TIMES BEFORE THAN GAME 7 DEBACLE.
YANKEE FANS DON’T FORGET CHOKES LIKE THAT. AND WITH THE WAY JAVY HAS STUNK IT UP IN HIS FIRST TWO OUTINGS, THE REACTION IS NOT SURPRISING.
BRINGING HIM BACK WAS A GIGANTIC MISTAKE.
WHAT’S REALLY AMUSING IS THAT JAVY IS PITCHING EXACTLY THE SAME AS HE DID IN 04. HE WOULD GET AHEAD IN THE COUNT THEN, TOO, ONLY TO THROW SLOP SO FAR OUT OF THE ZONE THAT IT WAS EASY FOR THE BATTER TO LAY OFF.
I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE STARTS BACKTRACKING AND SAYING THEY THOUGHT BRINGING HIM BACK WAS A MISTAKE!
People who create entire posts in UPPER CASE LETTERS tend to feel powerless. They think they will otherwise not be heard, that no one listens to them, or cares how they feel.
Perhaps this needs to be addressed in a more appropriate ‘forum.’
In any case, certain people here karmically deserve you, so let’s just leave it at that.
Get well soon.
Kevin Brown got charged with 5 runs in that miserable game. He got 4 outs.
Yanks only scored 3. Game over.
I think I can speak for many when I say that I just had a bad feeling going into that game. I laugh about it now but at the time it was pretty upsetting.
Chuck58 April 14th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Kazmir is just coming back from an injury, so I think we got ‘em
Meantime, Betsy, remember that most Yankees fans ARE passionate and intelligent.
Sadly, some are apparently passionate, and not-so-intelligent. They boo this guy and that,
booed Javy today – Heck, some brainiacs even booed Roger Maris back in the day.
Unbelieveable….
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Passion does not mean that all fans are intelligent. If you take anything away from this board, let that be one of them. a lot of the passion that some fans feel is the the passion of seeing their own words in print or the sound of their own voice. That’s what they love.
Vazquez is no more responsible for NYY losing in 2004 than Rodriguez was.
Bronx,
As soon as you heard them name the Game 7 starter, the rest was predictable.
Can someone intelligently explain why tex has these april slumps? He looked great in spring training.
I’m not saying he has to hit 355. out of the gate… Hell, i’ll take 250-260.
Chuck, they also booed Mantle.
Not much hitting from trenton, but, Ryan Pope pitched well again. 4-3 Trenton.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_treaax_1
Do you suppose Malkin knows its playoff time?
Oops, wrong forum!
Girardi is dreaming if he thinks a few wins will get the fans off of Javy’s back. I don’t think the wounds of 2004 will ever heal, even after a successful 2009. I’m afraid that Javy is going to have to pull an A-Rod and transform his reputation in the postseason before he will be free of the boos.
I don’t believe in booing your own team so I would never boo the guy, but I was very much against signing him during the offseason (not because of 2004, but because I find him to be extremely inconsistent). I’m sad to see that I may have been right.
Bad day for Tampa and an ugly 1st inning for Brackman.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_clrafa_1
Honestly to me booing just shows a complete lack of class. Javy will be fine, I just don’t get the point of booing. It isn’t going to magically get a player out of a rut. In fact it probably makes a player press more, so in the end it has a negative impact.
We won the first two series after losing the first game.
Angels are still a very good team.
We win tomorrow and we win the series.
Too many kids are spoiled here. They think yanks shoud go 162-0 in the season.
All said and done, Yanks will win over 100 games and win the division.
For Charleston, the offense was missing and the defense failed. Stoneburner was outstanding in the loss, though.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_crdafx_1
Montero extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single in the first inning.
Hi.
Tough loss. I guess they just couldn’t get anything going against Pineiro. Same as against Price. They couldn’t work the count, get the pitch count up and get into the bullpen. Turn the page.
I’m sorry to hear that our players were booed today. Any of them for any reason. What spoiled brats.
They are not going to win 162 games. Or even 159. Sounds like Javy wasn’t great today, but wasn’t awful either. This offense more times than not is going to be capable of scoring 5-6 runs; except if they run into a pitcher who is really, really on his game, which Pineiro was today.
I will say, though, i was hoping they were set up for Jeter to get pie in the ninth.
Next time.
“Can someone intelligently explain why tex has these april slumps?”
If someone can explait it (to him), he would hit .350+
Chuck, it’s hard to remember that most Yankee fans are passionate and intelligent in the face of this garbage, but you’re right – booing Maris was disgraceful. I guess some things never change, lol
McAllister had a rough 1st inning, mainly because of Nunez’ error. allowed two hits, but, no runs in the first.
After two outs in the bottom of the 1st Miranda and Montero singled, but, Weber (the spring Training Wunderkind – hitting .162) grounded out.
McAllister left the bases loaded. 1 inning, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks 2 strikeouts.
Chris Carlin is a stooge…….and if Yankee fans won’t let go of 2004, then they deserve to wallow in their misery.
Blake, the weather indicates a possible rainout? Boy, that’s not what I read this morning, but then I was looking at ch 12 weather and that’s for LI. I would prefer a rain out to them stopping and starting the game.
I would hope that people are skipping this dope’s posts anyway, but keep typing in caps – it makes it EASIER to skp.
They’re not going to boo him if they think he’s pitchin good.
The fans at the stadium have generally been fickle. I think people make the mistake and think it’s 50,000 die-hards but the reality is something far from it.
Laura,
Unfortunately there is no circumstance under which you could be right, because the Yankees did not sign Javy.
Javy stinks.
Betsy -
I don’t know Chris Carlin, but I 100% agree with the rest of your post. It wasn’t a great time, certainly, but last I looked, life went on, and hey, the Yankees won a WS in 2009!
One positive from attending todays game.
I met a guy who watched Babe Ruth play at YS1. Pretty cool.
I didn’t think it was a particularly tough loss, Doreen – just a regular, run of the mill loss – the type where the players forget it as soon as the game is over. OH MY GOD – WHAT WILL WE DO IF THE YANKEES LOSE TOMORROW IF THEY LOSE IT MEANS THEY AREN’T GOOD
Bronx Jeers -
I hate that the vocal minority stands in for the rest of us though.
McAllister, 2 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts. 44 pitches so far. 27 strikes. He’s not missing the strike zone by very much.
I see a pathetic loser troll is imitating me…………I have emailed Chad twice about this and he has not gotten back to me. I’m sorry to say I’ll have to escalate it to Sam – very disappointed.
Betsy -
I guess right after a loss I think of all of them as a “tough loss.” Not an upsetting loss, though. Guy pitched well against them.
Doreen, he’s not someone you really need to know because he really knows nothing
Doreen, didn’t mean to nitpick, lol……..You’re right – any “close” loss is tough, but it’s not “upsetting”.
“Unfortunately there is no circumstance under which you could be right, because the Yankees did not sign Javy.”
Fine. We traded for him. Who cares how we got him? He’s a Yankee and he needs to pitch better if we are going to repeat.
Huffman hits one to the track in center
Curtis pops out to right on a broken bat
Golson flies out just short of the track in right.
Here come the fair weather fans, out in force.
With some normal run support Javy could have won this game and when all is said and done, he’ll be the innings eater that he’s always been.
Joel Piniero had the Yankees off balance while he pitched. The Angels bullpen got key outs when they needed them. Another 2 out of 3 series on the horizon. Only delusionals can find fault with that.
I meant to add that his nickname is Continent and he recently got into a huge feud with Francesca, lol.
Thanks, GB! Stoneburner pitched well today; Brackman? Boy he’s got a lot of work to do….
It looks like it’s Betsy’s attitude that stinks. With fans like her, who needs enemies ?
Betsy-
Chad confirmed your imposter was the dude who impostered me too. Unbelievable
“but I was very much against signing him during the offseason”
Good thing they didn’t sign him.
Is asking Yankees to know how a player wound up on the team too much to ask?
Erica, Chad never returned my e-mail, so I’m very disappointed in him. This was twice now and tonight makes thrice (I just wanted to say “thrice”, lol).
Did Chad say he was going to do something about it? So far, he’s had no luck with diaper Dan, though I know he’s tried.
Dan, THERE’S NO REASON FOR YOU TO BE YELLING AT US. Stop using caps.
Javy will be fine. I actually think he’s looked pretty good the last couple times out and am still expecting very big things out of him this year. I believe when its all said and done we’ll look back at his body of work this year an view him not as an innings eater but as a true front of the rotation pitcher. But in order for him to do that, he has to start channeling the adjustments he made in the NL last year into 2010. Last year he was brilliant at minimizing damage and pitching a bit situationally. If he can only be HALF as good at it this year as last he’ll be a front of the rotation AL pitcher.
Laura, you also need to relax. Vazquez is TWO FRIGGING STARTS IN. TWO. And to be perfectly honest, if Vazquez pitches like he did last year this is a team that could legitimately win 110 to 115 games. The Yankees don’t “need” Vazquez to throw the ball like he did last year. They ideally need him to provide 200 innings of slightly above average pitching, which he’s a damn good bet to provide. And on the chance that he completely, utterly sucks? It probably won’t matter all that much either. This team won 103 games and a title with 4 starting pitchers, and I’m fairly confident that Hughes is going to be MORE than competent as a number five.
Our “number four and five” starters in name both have the ability to be two of the top 10 pitchers in the American League this year. That’s simply rare. Appreciate how special this season is about to be and don’t whine about the team being 5-3 after having played Boston, Tampa, and Anaheim.
Everyone who is jumping all over Javy, it was only his 2nd start. How about giving him some time. He is a good 4th starter and is an innings eater. Patience.
Betsy-
He said he banned the imposter. And he keeps banning D– (I woke speak the name)
Guys I just would like to indicate one thing and that is – the majority of Yankee fans are very cool people. I have met Yankee fans all over the world and one for one they were great. I will never forget being in Prague and seeing folks wearing Yankee caps. No other team caps only the Yankees. Oh and some of them were pink. It is only a few that either are too drunk deal with reality or are just plain a-holes that try an spoil it for others. It is a very very small minority. Just thought I would chip in my two cents.
Iphone people should check out this new “Opera” browser.
Erica, then either this is a new guy or diaper Dan…. There is nothing more pathetic than someone who gets a kick out of imitating Yankee fans? I assume they are too embarrassed to be themselves due to their being low lifes, so they try to assume someone else’s identity. Sick.
Mcallister in the top of the 3rd
Fly out to deep right.
line single for Kevin Mench hit to left
Line single to left
Chris Duncan singles on the ground to right. Bases loaded.
Strike out
Ground out by Pete Orr.
3 innings, 5 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 4 strike outs
McAllister, if you haven’t seen him, just think back to a young Mike Mussina. He’s a pitch to contact pitcher. Lots of ground balls and more than his share of strikeouts
Gotta feel bad for Javy.
The last thing he needs is to be booed, and also to be reminded of something 6 years ago.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1862834
The simulated-game portion of Phil Hughes’ season is over.
Hughes, the Yankees’ fifth starter, makes his first start of the season Thursday night against the Angels and the 23-year-old said there will be some nerves.
“First start of the year, you’re always a little anxious,” Hughes said before yesterday’s game.
Though anxious, Hughes believes he’s better than the last time he started games, mostly because of a changeup he spent the spring trying to master.
Hughes’ last start was May 31 of last season in Cleveland when he received a no-decision after allowing four runs in five innings in a 5-4 loss. Hughes was 3-2 with a 5.45 ERA when he was put in the bullpen in early June.
“I feel like from the last time I started until now, my changeup’s made all the difference in the world,” Hughes said.
“Obviously I haven’t had a regular-season game to judge that off of yet but just based on spring training and a couple extended spring starts, it feels just miles and miles apart from when I was starting last.”
Because of early days off in the schedule, Hughes has made two starts in simulated games against Yankees’ minor leaguers in Tampa since the season started. He doesn’t think he is behind.
“I thought I might [be less sharp] but everything kind of stayed on track and I was able to carry that over to my minor-league starts so I was happy with that,” Hughes said.
I don’t know about that GB. I’ve seen him pitch live once and based on scouting I think a lot of people who compare people to a young Mike Mussina just underestimate how good a young Mike Mussina was. I’m guilty of it myself- I used to do it with Kennedy. Young Moose threw 93-94 with that same filthy knucklecurve and plus-plus command. He’s a borderline HOFer who should, in my opinion, be inducted.
If all breaks right for McAllister I think his upside is higher than the pundits are saying. But even so I think thats limited to a #3 starter or so in the big leagues. Moose was a slam dunk #1 from the time he came up.
Phil Hughes is going to be pitching one of the games in Oakland!!!!!!!
on another note:
Tyler Clippard has turned into an “elite” middle reliever for the Washington Nationals since he was traded from the Yankees.
I put “elite” in quotes but his numbers have been nothing short of outstanding since the beginning of last season.
Good to see that he’s doing well. Seemed like a nice kid.
CC is going to be pitching another one of them!!!
Some of you people are unbelievable and make reading the comments unbearable. Shut your mouths and enjoy baseball. You wonder why everyone hates Yankee fans, it’s because some of you are a bunch of whiney spoiled know-nothing fools. Give the man (Javy / Phil) and the team a chance. The season is young and all you do is talk about the negatives.
Gardner sucks
NJ will get hurt
Cano is lazy
why did we bring back Javy
Phil, Joba, blah blah blah.
SHUT THE F!@# UP
Oh by the way we won the world series last year. Remember that???
Fickle fools!
I think Javy is pitching one too.
Nick in SF will be attending one of those games!!!
Will Joe Girardi be managing any of those games?
Bronx Born,
Saw your posts on the poetry workshop you run.
Found it very inspiring. I’ve done ‘empowerment’ workshops with Shakespeare’s language for certain groups. Helping people claim their creative power is the best kind of work in the world.
I salute you.
wow,
haven’t heard Kevin Mench’s name or seen his monstrous size 9 head in a while.
I should hope so, but Girardi’s thrilling in-game moves are better on TV.
Thank you so much Bodhi I really appreciate that.
GB thanks…
That’s true, Nick, especially if you have a high def tv
Okay, I think Dan needs to be banned once and for all. Are there any moderators around?
Corona leads off the bottom of the third with a single.
Russo grounds out to shortstop, Corona to 2nd base
Nunez grounds out to 3rd, Corona to 3rd
Miranda grounds out to 1st base.
Good grief.
I will be excited to see Phil and CC pitch. And I’ll root for Javy just as hard, but if I’m going to miss one game, that might be the one.
Quite a shootout in Philadelphia.
Nelson Cruz with his 6th HR already.
Watch out Barry!
MT, can you believe that? I emailed Chad, but I have no idea if I’ll get a response. I’m sorry, but he and Sam have to figure something out because it’s now getting to be a hostile environment.
Nick in SF,
was just watching that
7 total outs, 13 total runs
BD (Boston Dave) – NJ walk tracker = 9 April 14th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
wow,
haven’t heard Kevin Mench’s name or seen his monstrous size 9 head in a while.
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BD, I think Mench played in Japan last year.
You’re more than welcome, Bronx. That was some of the best reading I’ve had in a long while. I appreciate receiving that.
Nick,
all of the Oakland night games I’ve been to have been awful chilly… and none of them were in April.
make sure to bring your Joba Rules sweatshirt…
Bronx Born April 14th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Thank you so much Bodhi I really appreciate that.
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Bronx,
You’ve got it figured out – why we’re here. God bless.
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Argh! Back to playoff hockey!
You honor me GB. I appreciate the input.
ahh GB,
that would explain it.
not a bad hitter in his prime.
Much thanks Bodhi
I didn’t consider today’s loss particularly tough. The Angels led the whole time. So what that we almost caught up? They almost caught up yesterday. To me, a loss is a loss and none trump the others. In terms of how games can be lost, I thought today was pretty run of the mill.
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“If the Yanks don?t win tomorrow, they will be on pace to win 90 games and the universe will definitely end with a whimper.”
Uh what?????????????????? Except for the fact that this was posted by a known troll, I would have thought it was a Yankee fan being funny.
Last season the Yankees went 5-4 in their first 9 games. If the Yankees were to lose tomorrow their record would be 5-4. Last season they won 103 games. How in hell could they be on pace to win 90 games?
I agree that allowing trolls to continually come back is very discouraging. I know regular posters who have already left because of the proliferation and tolerance of people who come here with the total intent of being disruptive and who are obviously not Yankee fans. I know that I’m pretty tired of it. If I stop coming here it won’t be because of the Yankee fans whose negativity I find annoying. Because in the end, they’re still Yankee fans. It will be because of the people who are here playing the idiots who post in all caps and can’t say enough to trash the Yankees or the people who pretend to be Yankee fans but are known to everyone to be otherwise and come here and post stupidity like “If the Yanks don?t win tomorrow, they will be on pace to win 90 games and the universe will definitely end with a whimper.”
If others are fine with just skipping their posts or ignoring them, then enjoy yourselves. I’m not fine with it, and I’m not fine with the thought that it’s better to get more hits than it is to eradicate these vermin – if that’s part of the thinking. It used to be that by banning an IP address, you got rid of the problem. I’m having a hard time believing that these fools keep finding new IP addresses. I think it’s more that they’re probably temporarily shooed away and within a short period of time they find they can post again.
JMO
McAllister in the 4th
fly out
ground out
Walk to Eric Bruntlett (the ML vets are giving Mcallister his main problems with getting on base and long count).
Fly out
4 innings, 5 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts. 84 pitches, 53 strikes, 3 ground outs, 4 fly outs
“Helping people claim their creative power is the best kind of work in the world.”
Bodhi, you have that so right. It is the best thing in the world.
Montero rips a double down the left field line. He pulled and outside strike,
“I think Javy is pitching one too.”
How about an exclamation point at the end of that sentence as a sign of support!
On another note, Rangers may be forced into bankruptcy….
http://www.businessweek.com/ne.....ate1-.html
I know this is like totally off topic, but I am listening to Sarah Brightman. And every time I hear her, I just cannot believe how good her voice is.
GB
How good has Noesi looked so far….
2starts
12 innings
5 hits allowed
2runs/2 earned runs
1 walk
16 strikeouts
1 walk/16 K’s
…. and last year in 117ip walked 15 and K’ed 118
he’s dealing already!
I only know her from Phantom of the Opera, but I agree – what a voice.
Scranton used their kid gloves on Montero for exactly 6 games. Put him in the clean-up spot tonight (after batting 6th all 6 games) and he responds with a 2 for 2 (so far) including a double.
Nice…
Weber flies out
Huffman grounds out to third. This is just Huffman’s 2nd game this year.
Curtis strikes out
Bronx Born
Sarah Brightman is EXCELLENT!!!! Listen to “time to say goodbye” with Brightman and Bocelli on Youtube!!!!!!
wow -
I’m so sorry I said it was a “tough loss.” It was a casual comment. Tough in that it was a loss at all, not tough in that I’m overwrought that they lost. I always hope they win every day, but certainly I’m not devastated if they lose.
Taking note of a loss is not the same as giving up on the season.
I have CR9. Plus it is on my iPod. She is just incredible. Her voice just soars and I cannot help but go with it.
“I know this is like totally off topic, but I am listening to Sarah Brightman. And every time I hear her, I just cannot believe how good her voice is.”
Stunningly good.
1st post I read in a week plus and it’s about Sarah Brightman?
Didn’t see much baseball on vacation, but quick review of some newspapers suggest pretty good things, led by Cano’s fast start.?
“Last season the Yankees went 5-4 in their first 9 games. If the Yankees were to lose tomorrow their record would be 5-4. Last season they won 103 games. How in hell could they be on pace to win 90 games?”
It’s just a math game Trisha – win % extrapolated over 162 games. 5-4 over 162 is 90-72.
Montero’s only batting 4th tonight because Winfree is sitting tonight
Well we are a rather eclectic group Frank. Plus I heard somewhere that she has a Yankee cap.
“Montero’s only batting 4th tonight because Winfree is sitting tonight”
Another hit or do and he might have Wally Pipped him.
!!! Spoiler Alert !!!
Dan is or will be banned shortly!
I doubt it, BD….. I can’t believe that comment he made. He’ll just be back tomorrow and the next day and the next day.
Doesn’t matter where montero hits the dude can rake. Only thing I’d consider is I want him to get as many at bats as possible. Maybe the yanks think his bat is ready and that it simply doesn’t matter..
McAllister out in the 5th after 89 pitches?
Yea I think its time to bid farewell to dan. Childish trolling is one thing…extremely offensive language directed at other posters is another.
Go Montero!
Boston Dave-
That is not a proper spoiler alert!!
Mench leads off with a single to center. End of the night for Mcallister.
4 innings, 6 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts. 87 pitches, 56 strikes. Too many long counts tonight. The Syracuse lineup has 5 veteran M: players, so, can’t complain about McAllister’s game.
Ring is pitching
strikeout
fly out
ground out to short stop.
score is 0-0
single to right
pat – thanks for the link about the Texas Rangers. I find the business side of baseball fascinating. If true, I’d think it would impair the team’s ability to contend for the division – not being able to pick up salary mid-season. It sounds like a similar situation as the Dodgers, in that regard.
GB – I guess it’s a test for McAllister, getting out the former major leaguers in AAA. He has to learn somewhere that not every batter swings at everything.
Philly and Nats fans better strap themselves in… they’re in for a wild night.
Does Montero have power to all fields or his more of a pull-hitter?
From ESPN:
“If I knew why this happens every year, we wouldn’t be standing here right now,” Teixeira said. “I’ve put the work in, in the gym and in the cage, and I know that every year it turns around and it turns around really well. But I admit it, right now, it’s not fun.”
NYY was also 17-17 after 34 games last year. Since some are so into small sample sizes, NYY is still playing .625 ball. It all means so much after 8 games
Golson just bombs one over the wall in left, beyond the second set of billboards
LGY
GB says that Montero sprays the ball all over, with power too.
Joe, there was Mench, who had a couple of 20 homer seasons and Orr has a bit of time in the majors and has been a prospect for a while. Like I said, Mcallister is a contact pitcher, so, for a 22 year old, I’d be pleased.
One thing that Montero is not is a pull hitter. He hits everywhere, depending on where the pitch is thrown. He’s a pure hitter that happens to have monterous power.
this just in: Brett Gardner is not that good.
I cannot wait to see Montero.
That is good to know about Montero. YS is not particularly kind to RH who have strictly pull power. To have him and A-Rod, 2 guys with power to all fields, to complement all the lefties and switch hitters is an exciting proposition.
If Montero reaches his potential the middle of the Yankee lineup with Tex, Alex, Robi, and him is going to be scary good.
2 *RH* guys with power to all fields.
Better to win tomorrow and make the pace to win 108 games.
How did I not see that when I made my prediction.
108 games.
108.
108 games will have been won, the rest will have been L
ST.
Destiny calls.
Ring opens the 6th inning:
walk
stolen base
ground out to 3rd, runner holds 2nd….Russo makes a fine play in the hole on a tough hop
ground out to 2nd, runner to 3rd
strikeout. Montero saves a WP on one of the pitches
Coming up to the bottom of the 6th. 1-0 Scranton.
MTU & Trisha:
A Thank You Note From Christian Garcia
April 13, 2010 by thunderbaseball
To the fans,
Thank you to everyone for your support and for believing in me. I’ve gone through a lot, and you’ve never given hope up and always believed in me. I also want to say I’m sorry to all the fans who have been rooting for me and pulling for me. I want to tell you, I promise, I’ll be back next year and I’ll be stronger than ever.
Signed,
Christian Garcia
As Tex said, though, he’s not going to make any crazy changes because he knows that eventually he’s going to come out of this and he’ll end up with fantastic numbers. He’s going to keep the faith and so should we.
NYY was also without their best player for the first month of the season last year, which explains their record. This year, we are fully healthy.
MLB network played out tomorrow nights game on a video game simulation and the Yanks won 2-1 on a Teixera RBI double…
Hard to tag a young player as the next…..
but, Piazza comes to mind, as does a right habded version of Cano with power…and lots of it.
It will be some time before he leans to walk more. Can’t tinker with that swing, though. Maybe fine tune it.
Miranda grounds out to shortstop
Montero smokes a line single to keft
Tampa is going to be a beast if Price and Garza keep this up…….and the pen is the easiest thing to fix.
# blake April 14th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
MLB network played out tomorrow nights game on a video game simulation and the Yanks won 2-1 on a Teixera RBI double…
must of been mlb2k10. That game sucks. mlbtheshow 10 is the best.
I wonder how the players feel knowing their home fans turn on them after a bad start. I wonder what AJ, Phil, etc. were thinking when Vazquez was getting booed off the mound. I mean, these guys gave their heart and soul to win the fans a championship last year after a 9 yr drought and this is how they react 7 games into the season? And the fans didn’t even seem to want to cheer anyone during the ring ceremony except the guy on the opposing team and Rivera.
The players on the team must be rolling their eyes at the reaction of the fans… who boos someone who admitted he never wanted to leave based on something so innocuous that happened 5 yrs ago….
Weber hit by pitch
Montero must have the pitcher shook up. they’re trying to pick him off of first with him about a step off
Huffman lines into a DP to short with Montero running. No chance to get back
GB – how does Montero look behind the plate?
Lemon – the silly thing is that the team is off to a good start. and like some have said, we just won the WS – what more can you want?
Not having been at the Stadium, is it just a loud few with the boos or is it more?
They used to boo Mantle, so it shows you how much fans really know about the game. I hope Javy will pitch some good games soon to shut up the fools.
@GC re: Young Moose
You’re absolutely right. Most people who tout a “Young Mike Mussina” are thinking of the Mike Mussina we saw as he lost his velocity. IPK is the perfect example. He was a young version of 2006-2008 Moose, not 1992-1999 Moose.
Young Moose was a totally different pitcher. As you said, 93-94, could touch 95. And his curveball was a different pitch than Yankees fans are used to from the past decade; it was a huge spike curve.
(Sorry, figured I’d chime in. I’m a die-hard Yankees fan who lived in Baltimore in the mid-90s.)