Game 28: Yankees at Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on May 07, 2010 
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YANKEES (19-8)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Randy Winn LF
RHP Phil Hughes (3-0, 1.44)
Career vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (15-14)
Marco Scutaro SS
Dustin Pedroia 2B
J.D. Drew RF
Kevin Youkilis 1B
David Ortiz DH
Adrian Beltre 3B
Jeremy Hermida LF
Jason Varitek C
Darnell McDonald CF
RHP Josh Beckett (1-0, 6.31)
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m./YES Network
UMPIRES: HP Joe West (kidding) HP Andy Fletcher, 1B Adrian Johnson, 2B Tim McClelland, 3B Mike Everitt
WEATHER: Temperatures will be in the 60s throughout the game and there’s almost no chance of rain. It’s a pretty nice night here at Fenway.
ALONE IN SECOND: When Derek Jeter leads off tonight’s game, it will be his 2,164th game with the Yankees, moving him past Lou Gerhig for second place on the Yankees all-time games played list.
TIED FOR SEVENTH: Alex Rodriguez’s next home run will move him into a tie with Frank Robinson for seventh place on baseball’s all-time home runs list. He currently sits at 585.
NEW SORT OF STREAK: The Yankees had three saves in their past three games, two by Joba Chamberlain and one by Alfredo Aceves. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the first time since 2002 that the Yankees have had three straight saves none of which were recorded by Mariano Rivera (the last time, Steve Karsay got two saves and Mike Stanton got one).
UPDATE, 7:47 p.m.: Maybe all Francisco Cervelli needed in the minor leagues was one of those big Gazoo helmets. The guy can’t stop hitting in the major leagues.
UPDATE, 8:16 p.m.: That’s Nick Swisher’s sixth home run of the season, a three-run shot for a 3-0 Yankees lead. I realize six homers isn’t out of this world a month into the season, but I honestly didn’t realize Swisher had that many. I think I would have guessed four.
UPDATE, 8:33 p.m.: If Hughes can keep this a one-run inning, he’ll still be in good shape. It’s 3-1 Yankees.
UPDATE, 8:39 p.m.: Marcus Thames pinch hitting for Nick Johnson against a right-handed pitcher in the fifth inning? There’s no way this is good news.
UPDATE, 8:51 p.m.: Still no word on Johnson, but Hughes continues to get big outs when he really needs them. Nice job stranding two that inning. Still a two-run Yankees lead.
UPDATE, 8:54 p.m.: Fastball to the inside of the knee. Robinson Cano stays in the game but you could hear him yell all the way up in the press box. And we’re way up here in Boston.
UPDATE, 8:57 p.m.: Somebody get Kevin Russo or Eduardo Nunez on the phone. Cano just took himself out of the game and Pena is in as a pinch runner. With Golson having been sent down, the Yankees are down to a one-man bench of Jorge Posada.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Nick Johnson is out with soreness in his right wrist.
UPDATE, 9:06 p.m.: It almost cost Cervelli his oversized helmet, but he got an RBI on that bases-loaded walk, then Randy Winn followed with a clean single to left, bringing in one more run. It’s now 5-1 Yankees with one out in the sixth. Bases still loaded.
UPDATE, 9:09 p.m.: Obviously Beckett isn’t trying to hit anyone in that situation, but CC Sabathia was irate on the Yankees bench. He was standing on the top step, screaming. Joe Girardi had to go calm him down. Add an infield single and Winn avoiding a tag at third and it’s now 7-1 Yankees.
UPDATE, 9:12 p.m.: An absolute and total meltdown from Josh Beckett is complete. He’s coming off the field after five straight batters reached base with the bases loaded. One walk, one hit batter and three singles. It’s 8-1 Yankees, bases still loaded with one out in the sixth. Okajima in to pitch.
UPDATE, 9:18 p.m.: Four hours ago, Ramiro Pena was a pinch runner in this inning. Now he’s struck out to end it. That’s a six-run inning for the Yankees, giving them a 9-1 lead and leaving Beckett looking completely lost on the mound.
UPDATE, 9:28 p.m.: In case you’re wondering where exactly Cano was hit by the pitch, here’s the Associated Press evidence.
UPDATE, 9:31 p.m.: It would appear that Beckett also knocked his own player out of the game. Varitek was hit by a pitch last inning, now he’s out of the game and Victor Martinez is catching.
Let’s get ready to ruuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
Alex Rodriguez’s next home run will move him into a tie with Frank Robinson for seventh place on baseball’s all-time home runs list. He currently sits at 585.
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oh geez I wonder how long we have to wait for that.
Sox schedule the rest of the month
3 vs. NYY
3 vs. TOR
3 @ DET
3 @ NYY
2 vs. MIN
3 @ PHI
3 @ TB
4 vs. KC
Ours is
3 @ BOS
4 @ DET
3 vs. MIN
2 vs. BOS
2 vs. TB
3 @ NYM
3 @ MIN
Repost:
What should Hughes’ gameplan be tonight against the Red Sox?
How about doing the same thing he’s done in his other starts?
Attack. Attack. Attack.
His gameplan doesn’t change because he’s facing his rival. Don’t fix what ain’t broken.
The Yanks are playing .700 ball. All they need to do this series is to take 1 game.
It would be nice to do that tonight and press the dynamics of the series.
Take tonight’s game, then make them try and beat out ace tomorrow.
Beckett will falter.
At this point in time, Yankees Sux is the same as Yankees Little League.
Enjoy the game!
Chad – did anyone ask Jeter about the bubblewrap thing?
I just want Hughes to go out there and pitch his heart out. I’m tired of hearing from Sox fans how Hughes is overrated by the New York media. Time to shut them up.
Hughes just needs to make sure he does’t over throw. He needs to be aggressive and attack the zone. But that’s largely an issue of command and location more than it is of trying to throw the ball with maximum force.
I’m nervous. Why am I nervous? This is ridiculous, its only May.
Lets go Yankees!!!
zell has some new demolition photos of old yankee stadium. almost gone!:
http://zellspinstripeblog.com/.....hing-left/
“The Angels? LoL.
Also, the red sox play 18 of their next 21 games at home.”
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Chris, you even make Sox fans look smart. Check the schedule again. The Sox have considerably more than 3 games away in the near future. You aren’t even close.
Booo filters.
Woke up phrom my nap at 7:05
Do I have a wonderphul inner alarm clock or what?
ray (sox fan) May 7th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
“The Angels? LoL.
Also, the red sox play 18 of their next 21 games at home.”
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Chris, you even make Sox fans look smart. Check the schedule again. The Sox have considerably more than 3 games away in the near future. You aren’t even close.
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Oh. are you sure about that?
I thought the sox play 142 out of 162 games at home this season? That’s not true?
Phee
Phi
Pho
Phum
Beckett is not playing around!
oh well, this is a lost game. We can’t beat beckett. Just nasty and unhittable. No hitter/perfect game on the way.
Beckett looks like he is in good form. Hope he falters later on.
I think we are up there guessing pitches…
Kay could not have sounded more delighted. Gotta love listening to NESPN 3.
Beckett’s pitches had tremendous life on them that inning. Four seamer, cutter. His curve ball was actually a bit loose, not really the true 12-6 he throws but it was effective nonetheless given his fastball.
Match him Phil.. K the top 3!
Beckett’s curveball looks good. But Hughes is also due for a start where he has his curveball working. We really haven’t seen it yet.
I hope Beckett gets 10 ingrown toenails, right about….now.
95 oh boy
CR9
Come on ! Kay is not going for the Sox. Sometimes you are right but you are wrong on this one. You can say he is bad but he is not a Sox fan.
When are Beckett’s finger issues going to resurface…
And Kay says “the Yankee people” instead of just saying “we” like any other home team broadcast.
Hughes was overthrowing to Scutaro. He missed his spot on three of those pitches including the last one Scuatro hit very hard.
Go right at them Hughes.
95..?? phil is focused
Phil missed on the first pitch to Dustin, by overthrowing also…
Hughes throwing a bit harder then usual.
Phil looks amped up. A lot of velocity on the FB but I think he has got to take it down a notch.
A 1-2-3 first inning would be great for him.
I cringed when I saw Cervelli setting up his mitt up and in, but the result was good.
Unsustainable BABIP sustained vs. Scutaro.
92 mph cutter
Phil can throw 95-96 but he usually goes with 91-94.
Phil is pounding the 95PM in the zone.
Not pitching, he is throwing. Too many pitches up
Nice Catch!
There were a couple of hard hit balls that inning, so hopefully Hughes can settle down.
nice inning.
# BBYanks May 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Not pitching, he is throwing. Too many pitches up
Hes hyped up man. Let him settle in jeez.
I bet he settles down now. Just had to get through the first inning.
Phil has got to be careful. I love 96 but he is leaving some pitches up. Great first inning hopefully will calm him down. Looked a little amped up to me but still another 1-2-3 inning. Good Stuff.
One thing I like but they need to change up is the fact that Phil is throwing too many fastballs and not enough breaking pitches. Maybe they want to see if the Sox can catch up to it and then change up the pitch selection.
Two balls hit pretty hard. Keep the ball down & he’ll be OK.
Needs the curve ball tonight.
Phil hit 96 on that fastball
Oh no! If the first inning is replayed in a 1,000 alternate timelines, we will fall behind more than 50% of the time.
CR9 May 7th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
When are Beckett’s finger issues going to resurface…
And Kay says “the Yankee people” instead of just saying “we” like any other home team broadcast.
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Michael Kay is just plagarizing my signature sign-off
A little bit of opening inning adrenaline? Good that it was a 1-2-3.
Oh, it’s Andy Fletcher behind the plate! Andy Sox Fletcher!
Good to see Hughes get through that inning. He was missing his spots by a significant margin and that’s why those two balls were hit so well.
That inning was a good example of the value of his cut fastball as a second tool to his four seamer.
He’s going to need to settle down and locate better.
The ball is exploding out of Beckett’s hand right now.
Yanks offense will have a real test tonight, Beckett is on
Robi, you better watch out for your head getting thrown at, if you step out to many times on this violent animal.
bECKETT’s first pitch is always rightdown middle fast ball?
I just have a feeling that Cervelli is going to do something tonight. This is his stage.
The gun said 94 mph, but Al Leiter says it was 96…
Beckett is really dealing tonight, he’s almost a different pitcher from opening night…
Why is it that Beckett either looks completely dominant against the Yankees, or looks like complete sh*t?
Can’t he have a normal 6 ip, 3 ER outing?
The Yankees need to attack Beckett. He is throwing strikes. But i still think Beckett is the most overrated pitcher in the game today.
CR9- Hes probably just going by the stadium gun. No conspiracy
# CR9 May 7th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
The gun said 94 mph, but Al Leiter says it was 96…
He actually hit 97.
Kay: “I talked to this guy” “I talked to that guy” “I talked to Theo Epstein” “I talked to Orel Hershiser”
Who cares what Performing Orel has to say…
Why cant you study the Yankees farm system, Kay?
YES = Youredsox Entertainment Sports
Josh Beckett has a Perfect Game / No-Hitter through 2 innings !
5 strike outs??
RS- I dont think he does that only vs. the Yanks…. seems like all his starts are either 7 IP 1 ER gems or 5 IP 5 Run clunkers…
This is just not fair. He picks tonight to re-find himself. Sigh. Okay, well, it’s going to be a good night.
striking out 5/6 batters.
Do we have an ace like that?
Yankee bats so far look foolish, and no Posada!
CR9 May 7th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Kay: “I talked to this guy” “I talked to that guy” “I talked to Theo Epstein” “I talked to Orel Hershiser”
Who cares what Performing Orel has to say…
Why cant you study the Yankees farm system, Kay?
YES = Youredsox Entertainment Sports
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What on earth are you talking about????????????
g May 7th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
striking out 5/6 batters.
Do we have an ace like that?
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Well you can choose from Sabathia, Burnett, Pettite, or Hughes…. so I guess the answer is Yes?
Beckett is similar to Burnett he can be really good when he is on or really bad.
Youredsox Entertainment Sports with the Red Sox poll question of the day…
Josh Beckett has a Perfect Game / No-Hitter through 2 innings !
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your troll fu is weak.
Hate these national games. Too much time between innings.
Raise your hand if you absolutely loathe Josh Beckett :both hands raised:
I don’t like these Toyota Text polls. they ask questions I really don’t care about. Why should I care who the Red Sox #5 starter should be? My answer would be which one do the Yankees have better outcomes against?
Hughes got lucky 3 times so far, it will run out
Hughes playing with fire.
CR9 May 7th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Youredsox Entertainment Sports with the Red Sox poll question of the day…
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Dude, stop that
:both hands raised:
jz
Well when someone is pitching like that no one is going to hit him. What do you think these guys are gods ? They can’t hit everything.
Would Michael Kay shut up? “Well I talked to this guy today!” Who cares!
Hughes is going to needs to locate better than he is right now.
jz May 7th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Hughes got lucky 3 times so far, it will run out
4th place?
wow…that was precision control by hughes…WOW
LOL Sit down Ortiz you loser
On that pitch Hughes finally hit his spot and overwhelmed Ortiz. That’s exactly how you pitch him now given that he has such poor bat speed.
That was a challenge right there. Up and in, perfectly located.
atta boy Huges
Ortiz is just plain awful. Hard to believe about 4 years ago we all feared him so much when he stepped to the plate. I hated facing him and Manny. Now, He’s one of the easiest outs of th eyear.
We dont even hear “Got ‘em” for the strikeout on Ortiz. We heard that for every one of Beckett’s strikeouts…
All Kay can do is name drop…
And use Betwixxed and Between…and little girl with the curl…
GREAT PLAY PHIL!!!
good reactions hughes lol?
is hughes really hitting 95 or is that just boston’s speed gun?
Whoo. Juuuuuust out. At least Hughes recovered. That’s why Tex usually takes the ball himself – did he think he wouldn’t beat out Beltre?
That’s probably why Tex hates making that toss. He was too far off 1st that time though.
Hughes just hit 96! I realize he’s had some lucky outs, but this dude is amped up. Does anyone remember the last time he threw 96?
bottom of the lineup magic??
Lets Go Yankees…..
MLB Extra Innings has the Sox feed, I just ignore them for the most part and watch the game-if you don’t like Kay you should try the same…
CR9,
Kay is not a Red Sox fan.
He grew up in the Bronx. Do you honestly believe he’s pulling for Boston right now?
Give it up.
this is why hughes is one of my favorite yankees….he struggled initially as a starter so he took his spot in the bullpen as a challenge and became the best set up man in baseball. and then he went to spring training, earned the starting spot and is now just dominating. thank ca$hman for not trading for johan. hughes is PHILTHY…
Tyler
Yeah I use to hate when Ortiz would come up in a big spot. Now I love seeing him come up. I am so happy Francona put him in the lineup today.
“is hughes really hitting 95 or is that just boston’s speed gun?”
Hughes isn’t only hitting 95 – he’s sitting 95. His average fastball velocity through 2 is 95.5.
He needs to locate better but it looked like that was starting to come towards the end of that second inning.
Gardner should just drop a bunt here.
CR9,
http://tinyurl.com/323xwy7
Beckets is nasty tonight…
Jeremy- Its amazing how fast he went downhill…. I mean it was a natural decline of course. Nothing to do with losing bat speed because of steroids haha
got shaky BABIP?
there’s a cure in the Sox nine
thank you, Big Papi
Hughes getting lucky, but if you let Hughes get lucky you’re in trouble because you’re wasting solid contact
Beckett getting that high strike. Ugh
Cervelli!
“That’s probably why Tex hates making that toss. He was too far off 1st that time though.”
I think Tex’s pattern of not making the throw may have caused some confusion between Hughes and himself there. It looked like Tex thought about running it to the bag and changed his mind but in doing so threw the ball much too hard to Hughes.
CERVELLI
Cervelli is just awesome.
Wow- that intense no-hitter is gone
This time the ball had “eyes”
I don’t know why you guys are surprised that Hughes is hitting 95. He can hit 95 he just usually sits around 92-94. Even in the minors he hit 95.
Like I said, Cervellis stage tonight!
how silent will this blog get if Winn goes yard here?
Looks like the Yanks are getting the Dr. Jeckyll Beckett tonight.
lol Erica. Hey he only had 20 more outs to go. And probably 18 out of those were going to be strikeouts. Espn was already putting it on their front page.
CB- How did you get avg fastball velocity prior to the end of the game?
Beckett doesn’t look as comfortable in the stretch.
Tyler
Yeah Ortiz did go down fast and I didn’t see it coming. He has only been good for a couple of years.
You know what would actually be a good move by YES, or any other network…
To show the defensive alignment prior to each AtBat/pitch.
Would be nice to know off the bat if a ball has a good chance of finding a hole or not.
Winn just had the best cut at a fastball for any Yankee tonight, just missed it at 2-0
2 good hacks by Winn
Winn is having a nice at-bat
I was talking to Michael Kay today, and he was telling me that CR9 is nuts.
someone today said that josh beckett would be formidable tonight, that person was right
Jeter will hit a homer in this game.
Bottom of the order is at least moving the ball. Can’t wait on Beckett tonight, get him first or second pitch.
Winn needs to run here.
I’d take off here if I’m Winn. You always have Jeter leading off next inning with a clean count if you get thrown out.
I don’t have a issue with CR9 but Kay is not a Red Sox fan. Everyone knows that. I can understand someone not liking him but making stuff up is not good.
Jeter looks bad
Yankee hitters need to focus on making contact that is how nasty Beckett is tonight
the always lovely kim jones…
Kim Il Jones has to fake-laugh at Kay’s “sore core four” joke.
When did Jeter completely lose his patience at the plate? People talk about Cano but Jeter is much worse than he is. Especially since he is a lead off hitter and probably sees the least amount of pitches out of every lead off hitter in baseball.
boston offense is hotter.
Hey Girardi, considering the Yankees look like they never saw Beckett before tonight:
When Cervelli gets on base, you do a hit and run with Winn.
When Winn is safe on a fielder’s choice, you have him steal second, that way if he’s caught stealing, Jeter leads off next inning.
It’s called getting the RISP, you Torre in the making sitting there waiting for the homerun.
Beckett usually starts off unhittable and then it falls apart after 3 or 4 innings.
where was that pitch?
BS where the f was that pitch?
This ump stinks ! He gives the high corner to Beckett but not Hughes.
double play would be just great right now
Spread joy that Yankees are injured???
“Sore Four minus 1″
How is that joyous.
How gracious of you that you dont want any money, Kay.
Can Varitek take off here?
Aren’t Kay and Kim Jones an item?
Since Jeter hits almost .400 for his career when putting the ball in play early in the count (first pitch, 1-0, 0-1) I think he knows exactly what he is doing. For his career, he hits .385 in 546 plate appearances.
Hughes always gets the “rookie” strike zone. Not surprising…
makeup call!
Nice cheap strike 3!
And Ron McDonald stood there at the plate like he was deserving of a call.
what does phil 4:13 stand for on his glove?
april 13th happens to be my bday…
# xyz May 7th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Aren’t Kay and Kim Jones an item?
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i don’t think so. i thought kay said on his radio show a while ago that they werent…
cutter down and away here
You can see the focus in hughes eyes. He believes in every single pitch.
Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
96??
Nice call and nice painting of the corner, Phil!
nasty phil….
phil hughes is looking every bit like an ace we wanted him to be…this is exciting to watch.
ummm…wow.
that was a great fastball to get Scutaro, right on the black at the knees
hughes looks sensational..best velocity i have ever seen from him as a starter
Fewer balls in play is a good way to get around it.
No fluke, folks. Phil Hughes has arrived.
“How did you get avg fastball velocity prior to the end of the game?”
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....revDate=57
I think the Sox gun is a little off from the YES gun, I doubt Hughes is throwing any harder tonight than he did against the A’s or the White Sox.
nice located fastball. I was always a Hughes fan but I love what I’m seeing. He will be the future ace of this staff or co-ace with CC.
That cross body fastball that Phil just k’d Scutuero on is an impossible pitch to hit for a righthanded hitter
# djsunyc May 7th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
what does phil 4:13 stand for on his glove?
april 13th happens to be my bday…
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“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”
Phillipians 4:13
I have the Bible memorized.
Hughes is settled down. He’s now locating very well. His command really took a step up in the middle of the second.
Has YES ever heard of a play-by-play telecast?
This is so painful to listen to!!! Stop jabberring
and call the game. Save the background
stories and drama for the post game. SHUT
UP KIM – I’m tryin to watch Phranchise!
Am I crazy?
Yankees game plan: Get Beckett out of this game.
Phil is going to be an outstanding pitcher for a long time if he stays healthy, you can’t teach what he is doing this year, it’s just special.
So Young Master Hughes is no longer # 3-4 starter anymore ???
is the game on mlb network?
# Bronx Jeers May 7th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
# djsunyc May 7th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
what does phil 4:13 stand for on his glove?
april 13th happens to be my bday…
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“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”
Phillipians 4:13
I have the Bible memorized.
http://www.jokertattoo.net/jok.....5;339.jpeg
# antisocial scrooge May 7th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
is the game on mlb network?
yep the nesn feed
The game is on MLB but it’s just the NESN broadcast; no Costas.
it’s on MLB Network with Sox feed
Is Vmart not good enough to catch the great Beckett? I guess Captain America is good for something.
Get Beckett’s pitch count up and get into that pen. While Hughes continues to throw a good game.
Yankes should give Beckett the Pedro treatment circa 1999. Just wait him out.
nice hitting by arod!
Beckett definitely loses something from the stretch…
Nice piece of hitting, ARose.
come on robbie pepper the wall
you can’t wait out a pitcher who is consistently ahead 0-1, you need to be agressive.
Too bad Posada isn’t DHing tonight. He ususally has really good at bats against Beckett.
Mike Lowell is a hooker?
The yankees adjusted their game plan against Beckett the second time through the order. They are going to swing early because he’s commanding the zone. They don’t want to fall behind because they have to protect against the fastball and then deal with the off speed stuff as well.
That’s why they were striking out so often first time through.
trying to do too much Cano.
Why is Cano pulling off on that pitch, Other way Robbie..
Cano having a “correction” of sorts?
That was a tough pitch. Only think you good do with that is foul it off or strike out.
you never see him swing and miss twice like that, he needs a day off me thinks bat is a little slow. come on nick two out hit..
WTH???
umps widening the strike zone to pick up the pace obviously on that call to Swisher
Cano calmly was K-ed for 4 pitches
sorry-thing and could
This is the type of pitcher who will give Swisher problems. Especially if he gets the breaking ball.
SWISH!!!!!!
Yes !
Swish!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the swishy!!!!!!!!!!!
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWISH!!!!!!
great AB by Swish, wow
clutch nick clutch….
Way to go Swisher!!!!
Word to your mother!
Nick nick nick OH-IO
3 pointer, SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor Joshie
I love you SWISH !!!
josh beckett is a 3 inning pitcher – lol…
Beckett blinked first.
Michelle May 7th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
This is the type of pitcher who will give Swisher problems. Especially if he gets the breaking ball.
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But not if it comes down Broadway
nice call, Michelle lol
that was really the 1st bad pitch made by Beckett, I guess that’s the way his year is going.
In key RBI spots, I trust Swish more than Cano, no doubt about it
Swish made an excellent adjust from his first AB.
If Josh Beckett was going to make a mistake tonight the yankee absolutely positely could not miss squaring up the pitch.
They could not afford to miss. That was the bottom line for the Yanks tonight.
And Nick Swisher just delivered in a huge way on Beckett’s first mistake of the game and did so with 2 strikes.
Enormous at bat. Beautiful swing.
Wow!
Beckett’s “great” outing just turned to crap.
Great hitting BRETTTTTTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nick guessed right on that pitch, and Beckett hung it, and Nick just positively KILLED it. GREAT AB by Swish.
steal baby steal !
Thanks for the meatball Beckett!
Jeremy – that kind of falter.
cause some havoc brett…
pitches going up up up…
great at bat for nick.
nice gardy!..steal that base!
Here comes the base running carousel.
Adjustment*
Gardner should just run right away. Captain america isn’t throwing anyone out.
steal, and driveSwish home!
CB, do you get the feeling we see these games in very similar ways?
trisha
Yep ! LOL ! Beckett can look good and then look really bad.
Loser!
Now there’s the Beckett that we all know.
He’s such a jerk.
Beckett is a punk, all sux pitchers are
He was purposely throwing at Cervy.
Punk Beckett just being himself.
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Kay defending Beckett throwing at Frankie.
You are right about one thing, Kay. Beckett does have a little Clemens in him. The Steroids.
Beckett was buzzing Cervelli on purpose there, it’s just old fashioned baseball, nothing wrong with it
Hughes should plunk the Hobbitt.
MG-
You are of course a seasoned expert in the game so I take the similarity as a great complement!
That was just an huge blow to the Sox. With how great he has looked so far in this game that is just absolutely deflating.
To have a 3 run cushion with the way his stuff looks tonight is amazing.
and if Gardner steals here, Beckett will throw at his head next AB
Beckett thinks he is Pedro on the mound. Too bad his stuff isn’t good enough like Pedro’s was to do that.
Swisher takes Josh deep
then Gritty Gutty gets on
eat dirt, Pretty Eyes
So, um. What’s happening?
“Beckett was buzzing Cervelli on purpose there, it’s just old fashioned baseball, nothing wrong with it”
I respectfully disagree. Unless pitchers can be 100% sure that they aren’t going to hurt someone, they shouldn’t throw at a hitter.
Beckett is taking FOREVER between pitches.
Somewhere, Joe West is kicking a dog and cursing.
CB, you know a lot more than I do, trust me…
Cervelli is a hitting machine!
My lord have mercy. Francisco Cervelli is the bomb!
Damn right, Cervelli!
The best kind of revenge.
a 3-run jack here would just be surreal
Im enjoying this inning.
ugh. Automatic out Randy Winn up.
It is amazing how Cervelli just keeps finding holes.
# Michelle May 7th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
When did Jeter completely lose his patience at the plate? People talk about Cano but Jeter is much worse than he is. Especially since he is a lead off hitter and probably sees the least amount of pitches out of every lead off hitter in baseball.
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Jeter sees 3.58 P/PA this year down from 3.84 last year. Ichiro sees 3.62.
Yeah Jeter sucks.
cervelli’s balls find holes….
wow that sounds inappropriate lol
And just like that, the lineup turns over for a third time.
Get that pitch count up Boys ! Score some more runs and get to the pen.
Cervelli is so fast!
jz May 7th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Beckett is a punk, all sux pitchers are
Well Lester is a good dude… But only himm
Laura, if you ever saw Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale pitch you would know what I meant by that comment. Nolan Ryan was the same, he would buzz a guy for bunting on him.
At least make him throw more than one pitch, Randy.
Oh well, terrific inning.
Winn tried to jump on a fastball. But he really helped Beckett out there.
Good inning, Phil make it stand!
Team run prevention has quite an uphill battle now against Mr Hughes.
This game so far is well demonstrating the key to the success Cervelli has had in the bigs to date.
Cervelli has a very short simple. His swing path to the ball is extremely short.
That allows him to wait on the pitch and prevents him from getting over powered.
It’s that skill that allowed him to be the only yankee to get a base hit the first time through the order. Cervelli singled on a 96 mph fastball that Beckett left a little up in the zone. If cervelli’s swing is longer he misses the pitch.
In that last at bat it was that short swing that allowed him to continue fouling off pitches and stay alive.
That short swing won’t generate any significant power for Cervelli but it allows him to make contact well.
Lester is a good dude, but he whines to the umpires all game long, stares in, and walks off the mound prematurely all the time.
Well I think the Yanks will score some more later on. But that was a good inning.
“Laura, if you ever saw Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale pitch you would know what I meant by that comment. Nolan Ryan was the same, he would buzz a guy for bunting on him.”
MG, I’m old but I’m not THAT old.
hughes is pouding the stike zone.
Phil has got his fastball really working now on the outside corner vs RH. Can’t pull that pitch off the monster Pedey.
the bottom of the line-up delivers.
think beckett is a little worried?
Hughes has to really bear down here and keep the Sox off the board to let that lead solidify.
“Jeter sees 3.58 P/PA this year down from 3.84 last year. Ichiro sees 3.62.
Yeah Jeter sucks.”
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I obviously never said Jeter sucked. But sometimes it would be nice to see some patience out of him. Everyone always says that Cano refuses to walk and now so does Jeter.
Hughes is going to throw a NO HITTER!
I wonder if Swish sort of baited Beckett on that pitch.
Beckett got him on a curve in the 2nd. Then Beckett threw him another at 1-2 and Swish held up nicely but stepped out and kind of looked “frazzled” as to say “Gee, I’m really having problems picking up that curve”
Next pitch is another curve (albeit a bad one) and Bam! it’s 3-0.
Everything about Francisco Cervelli, from his really great defensive catching, including the way he frames pitches, blocks balls, and snaps throws, to his ability to make contact with the ball, to the free and easy way he plays the game, to the joy he brings to the game, absoutely thrills me. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed watching a relative newbie this much.
What was beautiful about how Hughes just worked that at bat to Pedroia over was how he commanded both sides of the plate.
He throws him a 90mph cutter off the plate outside and then comes back with a 95mph four seamer in on the hands that completely over powers Pedroia as he had to protect outside.
I wonder if PeteAbe still hates on Beckett? Does he fill the role Arod did when he was covering the Yankees?
The Yanks are lucky that the bottom of the lineup has performed as good as it has the 1st month of the season. The top of the lineup definitely needs to pick it up to match them.
I would have went with a breaking ball.
Drew made Hughes pay for falling behind. Good at bat by him.
DP come on. Settle down Hughes.
Way to jinx Cervelli’s pitch-calling.
Please don’t give all the runs back right away. I’ve seen too many of these games at Fenway Park.
Give up just 1 run here and I’ll be satisfied.
This is where the lineup starts getting real soft.
Ortiz is up time for a groundout.
The one thing Hughes hasn’t done that well so far this year is generate ground balls.
He could sure use one here.
Can’t let them score after your team just broke through on Beckett.
Man It sure seems like whenever we have a big inning at Fenway, the Sox come right back and threaten. Lets double up the roider here and get out of this. Make the lead stand Franchise!
Nice play by Winn. That pitch was right over the plate to ugly Youk. Hopefully Hughes can keep the damage to a minimum.
Laura May 7th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
“Laura, if you ever saw Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale pitch you would know what I meant by that comment. Nolan Ryan was the same, he would buzz a guy for bunting on him.”
MG, I’m old but I’m not THAT old.
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Laura, you’re still young if you never saw those guys. Old would be having seen Bob Feller in his prime:)
That’s fine. That out is big. That’s a home run for juiced up David Ortiz. So I’ll take that.
Ok, I’ll take it. One more out and the top of the lineup can go back to work.
Hughes ball leaking over the middle.
I hate to see they give up run right back.
On every ball hit so far this inning Hughes missed his spot.
Hughes needs to start throwing the curve a little more.
Good job by Eiland coming out there to settle him down a little.
Hughes has to get back to hitting the corners. His ball is finding too much of the plate in this inning. He is lucky that Ortiz is off the roids.
Hughes has lost his command some this inning. Needs to settle back in.
He may have been trying to do to much given that the team just scored. I’m sure he was trying to keep the sox off the board.
Lets see how phil gets out of this one.
YOU NO Big Papi looks like he needs his B12 shots, wonder is Palmeiro or Miguel Tejada can ship him some?
Agree Jeremy
ugly Youk
When you watch other pitchers throw a cutter, it’s even more fascinating to think how Rivera can take a pitch with so much movement and consistenly command it perfectly within the strike zone.
Curve in the dirt would be nice.
“Hughes needs to start throwing the curve a little more.”
No he doesn’t. He needs to start commanding his fastball again.
The sox can’t hit his fastball or his cutter.
Beckett got burned for a three run home run on a curve that didn’t bite.
“Hughes is going to throw a NO HITTER!”
Hey rabbit turd, I guess you never heard the baseball superstition about showing up on another team’s forum and playing the role of d-bag. Well see how the Sux look like the joke of the majors with their stunning 4th place record? Enjoy it tool.
When yout friends are all depressed about the embarrassment their team is throughout the entire season, remind them about what you did tonight on the lohud forum.
Nice job Hughes!!
just nasty..
nice job limiting that damage…great stuff
Nice bounce back!
Good job !
One run? I’ll take it. Whew.
Good job by Eiland coming out to talk to him.
Nice Job huges get them next inning.
Its not 2004 Beltre. Go back and put on your 6 error glove
Phil’s fastball really is great to watch. When he hits its spot they just cannot touch it.
In the 4th inning, Beckett gives up back to back hits to the 3 and 4 hitters and then serves up a HR. Hughes gives up back to back hits to the 3 and 4 hitters and gives up a sac fly
Well, he limited the damage there. Let’s get to Becky.
Good job minimizing the damage.
Need to put up a couple of more runs.
Can’t sit on 3 in this ballpark.
The play of that inning was Winn’s no-nonsense throw to second to keep the runner at first from advancing – keeping the double play in order, but also keeping that runner out of scoring position.
Why do our pitchers tend to give runs right back after we scored — especially against the Red Sox?
What a fastball. Just unbelievable.
Hughes fastball right now may be even better than AJ Burnett’s.
The amount of life he has in the zone is astonishing.
The Red Sox are protecting against the fastball and Hughes is still throwing it by them.
Agreed, Doreen. Great play by Winn.
CB
You make a great point. He was off a little and the Sox were looking. But he came back strong. The amazing thing about Hughes is that most guys his age would cave in that situation but he came through like a vet.
He doesn’t need to get beat on his third and fourth pitches.
Keep commanding the fastball and cutter and he’s good to go.
The major reason Phil has given up so few hits this year is because how great his fastball has been.
Until someone proves they can hit it, just gotta keep throwing it.
Jeter take a pitch lol
the pitch to Ortiz was almost identical to the one hit out of the park by Swish, Ortiz just doesn’t have the ability to crush pitches regularly anymore.
Nick
did Johnson get hurt?
Wow, whats wrong with NJ now?? LOL
Nick hurt?
Nick is hurt already why am I not surprised. Thames against Beckett’s curveball should be fun to watch.
We were making Beckett work, and 2 first pitches swung at in a row, and 2 outs recorded.
Oh, no. Johnson just had his best day as a Yankee, the 2nd stint.
California
They aren’t perfect. Sox fans are asking themselves why do Sox pitchers give up so many homeruns to the Yankees.
I think A Rod should run across the mound if the opportunity presents itself. I’d like to see Beckett’s head explode.
Suzyn said they’re waiting for Yankees PR to see what happened to NJ.
Big Surprise. A Yankee gets hurt while playing against the Red Sox.
How many times have we seen this?
How many?
Nick Johnson is injured?
Alert the press!
Who had May 7 in the pool? Step forward to collect your winnings.
Horrible inning
Jeremy-
Believe me – Hughes got into trouble there because of the location on his fastball. That was the some total of it.
After Eiland came out he settled in with his fastball command and he was fine.
Oh good lord no. This is almost truth stranger than fiction. Thank God the Yankees have the horses to overcome these little “annoyances”.
The elf ran for his life!
Jesus Christ, guys. Let Phil catch his breath.
So in the injury department you have Nick-2, Damon-1 and Matsui-0.
Another first pitch that we got out on.
We got to him with patience.
And now we’re just changing our approach, swinging immediately.
Sounds like Phil is a off in his command a bit, but I’m sure it’s because he’s amped up. Too bad he couldn’t have a scoreless inning after the Yanks had touched up Beckett, but at some point he was going to give up a run.
this is getting absurd
6 pitch inning
How is Nick hurt again ? He hasn’t done anything ! LOL
if Johnson is hurt for any extended period of time it’s an easy decision to DH Jorge as long as Cervelli is playing this well and bring up anothe catcher.
Yuck. That inning was definitely not what we needed.
Jeremy,
California is a troll.
He’s the ER guy that Pete banned a tin of guys from last year.
His act is tired and predictable.
4 pitch inning against Beckett. Just what he needed. ugh.
CB- Did Hughes show this type of fastball in the minors? I know he was a top prospect but I always thought that realistic reports on him had him at around 92-93 with a great curve. I didnt think he brought this kind of heat on a daily basis but maybe the reports I read were off base….
What happened to Nick?
I’m only going to guess back problem because that’s the usual.
What happened to NJ??
seriously, what can Nick Johnson do? He’s even not able to keep healthy.
This might be the worst offseason trade in recent years.
At first I thought the NJ jokes were stupid and cruel…
The Yankees are already playing with what’s functionally a 23 man roster tonight.
And Johnson may be hurt.
Now they don’t have a back up outfielder.
If Johnson is hurt and Girardi didn’t use Posada as the DH there it tells you that he really doesn’t feel Jorge can play this evening.
Nick Johnson is like Mr. Glass from Unbreakable. How do you injure yourself in 2 at bats? Did he tumble down the dugout stairs?
jz,
lolz. trade. lolz.
Time for a call up if Nick is hurt.
Way to recover from 0-2.
Imagine if Nick was actually hitting and had to run the bases he would get hurt every inning. He doesn’t even get on base and now he is hurt from just running to 1st. Unreal…
Maybe Nick just had a family emergency.
all right, offseason freeagent signing. but you got the point.
Wife, if he has one, maybe giving birth.
Varitek doesn’t have a chance against Phil
Hughes has been quietly sitting with 95 the whole game!
Phil just made Varitek look silly in that at bat. He had no chance.
I have a novel idea! Let’s not analyze this to death and just wait til we know more!!!
swish nice play!
Hughes just hasn’t been able to get his curveball working yet this season. I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing. It’s good because if he’s dominating with only his fastball/cutter, he could do great things when he finds the curve. The bad thing is that he needs to start developing the curve soon because he can’t live off two hard pitches forever.
Nice job by Swish.
Lebron has absolutely dominated the Celtics…. He outscored them 21 to 17 in the 1st quarter! 31 pts, 8 rebs, 5 assists and the 3rd quarter is still young. He was on a mission tonight
“Beckett was buzzing Cervelli on purpose there, it’s just old fashioned baseball, nothing wrong with it”
i couldn’t agree more…
as long as everyone is fine with youkillis or pedroia ending up on their butt the next time they come up.
personally, i would not let beckett throw that brushback pitch and feel good about himself .
it’s not this yankee team’s personality to retaliate against someone who likes to play macho like beckett likes to play, but i’d go after him in a heartbeat.
the good news is that as the yankees turn the other cheek as they always do, beckett really has taken his one free shot and the next one will even tick off girardi.
That sliding stop is a Swisher trademark this year
Mickey catches that ball
Swish is pretty good at making that play.
I’m gonna go with NJ having diarrhea.
This may be jumping the gun a bit, but is there any reason to keep sticking with Johnson? He can’t stay on the field long enough to get in a groove, and he can’t really do anything but DH. If Juan Miranda is capable of anything; and I have to believe he is, since the Yankees haven’t dealt him; I would rather see him with the big club. Bat him 7th, put Swisher in the 2-hole.
The late life on his fastball is really impressive.
JMO but, I think it’s tim to call up Juan Miranda if NJ needs DL time.
Time to see if he can be more reliable from a health and hitting standpoint.
Nick Johnson out of the game, official word is ‘sand in his vajayjay’.
c’mon hughes…battle out of this
I thought Phil had a good curve against the Angels and he threw some nice ones against the Sox and A’s – he just hasn’t used it that much.
Swisher’s fielding is kind of underrated. He might have looked lost at times last year, but so far this season I can’t recall any mistakes he has made in the field. He seems to be tracking balls well and his arm isn’t bad by any means.
Ramiro Pena can play the outfield.
Please get out this inning!
“Did Hughes show this type of fastball in the minors?”
Not this good. Part of why his four seamer is so devastating now is his cutter. Hitters really can’t pick up the cutter from the four seamer.
And the bigger thing is what Hughes learned in the pen – he learned to attack big league hitters relentlessly.
What I like about Hughes is that unlike many young pitchers you don’t see him “set up” hitters. He doesn’t try to get them to swing at pitches just out of the zone, etc. He moves the ball to both sides with purpose but he’s alwyas on the attack.
He was more dependent on his curve in the minors.
That curveball is why Hughes has to stick to his fastball most of the time. 95% of the time Hughes hangs the curve. It’s really not a go to pitch for him…yet
Come on Hughes.
Hughes just got beat on a curve with no bite.
We go up there swinging at the first pitch, and it’s popups, and weak ground balls.
They go up there, and it’s a hit for Youkilis, Scutaro.
You guys who wonder where Hughes’ velocity has come from should read this article from 2006.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy
nice hughes!
GJ Phil
Thank you Pedroia! Nice job Phil!
Good work hughes!
Nice job by Philo. Everyone grab a beer and chill.
Great job Elf !
Nice job holding the lead.
Nice job, Phil
Scutaro has done nothing with Hughes’ cutter or fastball all night. Why call CB there?
Not understanding that.
Cutter gets Pedroia.
Don’t have to overthink here.
Keep pounding them with hard stuff.
Oh-kay. They’re gonna get their hits. As long as they’re not parlayed into runs.
I feel like every time they play the Red Sox it’s a series of holding your breath and then exhaling all at once.
I thought the yanks were winning… Why so negative
Whew. Nice job, Phil.
Okay, let’s make Josh work, k?
“What I like about Hughes is that unlike many young pitchers you don’t see him “set up” hitters. He doesn’t try to get them to swing at pitches just out of the zone, etc”
Like his predecessor last season.
good! Cavs lead Celtics 28 points!
boston sucks
I like this quote from a SoSH regular:
“I have little confidence in Beltre against a pitcher this good”
It’s great seeing Phil get this type of respect from a die-hard Sox fan.
“95% of the time Hughes hangs the curve.”
No he doesn’t. This is a ridiculous statement.
Good job arod.
Or you can hit a double on the second pitch.
Yall know Rod is my boy right?
Alex showing up tonight, move him over Cano, other way…
Hopefully they will make Beckett work in this inning. Come on Cano he has to get Arod over here.
CR9, you make it sound like the Yankees are behind 6-1, instead of ahead 3-1. The facts about Josh Beckett is that for his career batters hit over .300 against him early in the count when he is behind and about 100 points lower when he is ahead. That’s why the Yankees, who are smart batters, are going after the 1st good pitch, it’s their best chance in the count.
I read a lot about Phil in the minors and I thought he always had an exceptional FB. His velocity is something of an urban legend. We have people saying he often sat at 95, others saying 92-94. Really, it doesn’t matter because of the late life on it – he’s got fantastic stuff. I was so wrong about the pen…I thought that would hinder Phil as a starter. Instead, it gave him back his confidence and now he’s just very self-possessed out there. It doesn’t sound like he has his best “stuff” out there, but 1 run in 5 innings is not bad at all.
Hermida tried to do the “Swish”
You can’t handle The Swish!
Beckett is doing this against Cano because Cano has great numbers off Beckett.
Vazquez could have done this to Abreu, but he has too much class.
I mean we won the world series last got off to a good start this year.. Except for some nagging injuries… Yanks can lose this game and still close to 105 games…. Be positive Yankees fans must be positive
What in the world is Kay talking about?
Very disappointed. Celtics steal away home court and they lay a rotten egg. No wonder I hate them so much.
And he laughed….
oh no…that sounds terrible
That A-Hole.
The biggest reason I opposed the NJ signing was his health. He is going to be in an out of the lineup all year. I would not be surprised at all if Miranda or Montero has taken over the dh spot by august, or if Cash picks up a dh in a trade somewhere.
On another note, by far my favorite start of the year for Hughes, better then the near no hitter even. Friday night, Fenway Park, Josh Beckett….. A lot of things to be happy about.
“95% of the time Hughes hangs the curve.”
100% of the time you’re a complete idiot.
Oh, no.
oh no
not another Posada.
Alex has been on top of Beckett’s fastball once he got that first look. Very impressive swings on the ball.
Alex has stayed very short to the ball.
Hopefully he’s ok
I hate Beckett. I hope Hughes beams Pedoria in the face
Doreen, this year’s version of the Sux don’t worry me at all. Every season my least favorite series are with the Sux only because both teams go into overdrive and it is tension provoking. This season I am totally calm playing them, almost bored. No word of lie.
And I always trust my gut reaction, or inner voice, whatever it’s called.
Beckett is a vengeful little turd.
Right on the knee.
Right on the knee.
Time to nail Youkilis next inning.
Fair is fair.
Beckett really is a piece of crap. The guys is lights out for a little bit and then he is wild. The guy is overrated.
Dam. That looked bad.
retaliation coming?
Jeez Louise. Suzyn & John are so blind. Talking about the foot. Not even close.
hermedia can’t do a swish stop.
95% of the time he hangs a curve? Better tell that to the scouts who say it’s a plus pitch. He may need to throw it some more to keep it sharp….
Agreed. Youk should get drilled.
i told you you can’t let beckett think he got away with something with cervelli.
now the best hitter in the american league gets drilled.
protect your players joe.
Beckett, you are not a good person.
Win 105 games sorry
Is it just me or did it look like Beckett smiled after he hit Cano?
I’ll be shocked if Cano plays tomorrow, that had to hurt.
Must plunk Pedroia
and hard
Not cool.
A repeat by Nick Swisher here would be some pretty awesome revenge
lol SJ i’ve never heard you be that aggressive.
Mother effers. These pieces of carcillo go after our guys.
Cano’s tough but that’s gonna stiffen up nicely very shortly.
I thought I caught Beckett smirking.
i thought i saw beckett grin a bit after hitting cano…i want to see a replay
Even if it wasn’t on purpose. He moved Cervelli off the plate now hit Cano. Time to buzz a Sox…
Sciosciaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa … oh wait, I’m just watching Tito tonight. on another note, go Celtics!!!! wooooooohooooooo
Great. That’s just what we need.
I don’t want to think that’s intentional, but he’s been commanding the zone awfully well, and has hit both our leader in average, and came awfully close to a batter after giving up two hits. I can’t stand this guy.
I wonder if Beckett is doing this to try to bait Hughes into hitting one of their guys and causing him to lose the inside corner. Beckett is a nasty jerk.
another 3 run home run here will make beckett regret is ‘roid rage
Fastball into the eyeball of next 3 red sox.
Josh Beckett = Sucky Man
they definitely should do something, Youk got hit too many times, I vote for Pedroia
Poor Cano…Bench is really short tonight
at least the ump didn’t warn both teams, now the Yankees can get one shot in before a warning (and it’s well deserved after that).
Better to get himself out of the game, if he feels it’s necessary.
That scumbag.
I hate Beckett. I wish he was in the NL so a pitcher could hit him right in the face.
“I read a lot about Phil in the minors and I thought he always had an exceptional FB.”
He did have an exceptional fastball in the minors.
But that’s not what we’re seeing now. His fastball right now is elite even amongst major league hitters.
Compare how Hughes has been able to maintain the life on his fastball better than Beckett has.
That’s remarkable.
Guaranteed if Joba comes in he throws right at Youk’s dome.
Time to hit Youkilis in the face with a fastball.
I don’t want Phil to put anyone on base in a close game, but he has to brush someone back.
dammit
hit it over the fence, SWISHER
John said Pena’s the last Yankee available? Where’s Golson?
Nice, now Swish bring them in….
Josh Beckett is the perfect Bostonian. Scum, scum, and more David Ortiz.
http://www.dictionary.com
scum: adj, david ortiz
Clean the David Ortiz from between your toes.
hit Pedroia right in the nuts.
Varitek may have a broken arm after than one…
Hope Robbie is okay.
tek just got hurt. beckett is killing his own team
Now we need word on Johnson and Cano.
Not good.
Somebody has to get hit on that team as close to the head as possible to put an end to this nonsense.
That will stop it for the weekend.
“Where’s Golson?”
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Sent down for a pitcher.
Gameday says Johnson left game because of an injured wrist.
NJ injured wrist. :grr:
Not the best news out of Durham where Scranton is playing. Montero pulled up lame running out a groundout in the 2nd inning. No word on the actual injury
I don’t want Hughes retaliating. Let him pitch the rest of his game and let Joba do what needs to be done. Hughes will get warned and then he’ll have to adjust his game. Screw that. Nothing needs to be done immediately. The win is what’s important.
Nick Johnson out with soreness in his right wrist.
Robbie better not be seriously hurt.
CB, fair….also, he’s older and more mature physically; I think that plays a part in it. It’s just lucky that he didn’t hurt his arm while his mechanics were screwy after he suffered his leg injuries; what an arm.
I don’t want Phil throwing at anyone’s head – that’s ridiculous; just brush someone back.
“Josh Beckett is the perfect Bostonian.”
Beckett the Texan?
Nick Johnson injured wrist
info via gameday
I hope Cano can rest up and play the rest of the series. Beckett is such a clown.
fxxk!
I wish all Boston sports team lose eveything. Yep, include celtics.
Johnson
Posada
Cano
Granderson
^^^^^ not good
This is not good.
dee -
I thought the same thing as you re: Beckett’s smirk, but I can’t believe that he truly did.
Cano walked off okay-ish. Ice it and see how it is tomorrow?
The big problem with Cano getting hit like that is that he was hit on his back plant leg.
That is going to make hitting difficult due to the soreness.
Nick left with a sore wrist. He needs the bubble wrap sent to Jeter.
I hope Thames swings and misses at a pitch and throws his bat right at Beckett’s arm.
michelle,
Seriously? Ugh.
BJK May 7th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Gameday says Johnson left game because of an injured wrist.
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Sorry, so does Chad. Sorry Chad.
That look like it got cano right on the upper knee quad area.
I would wait until tom. to get my revenge. First inning have Sabathia throw one and buzz the little elf. We all know nobodies going to do anything crazy and charge Sabathia or they will get thrown to Compton.
That SOB Beckett had a mound meeting with Vtech prior to Cano’s bat and I knew he was aiming at Cano’s knees.
Hughes fastball in the minors was velocity + command, what you’re seeing now is velocity + command + late movement.
SJ, are you suggesting that the Yankees intentionally hit one of their players near the head?
As much as I hate them, I wouldn’t stoop that low. Hit a player? Sure. Don’t aim for the head or somewhere near the head.
Vazquez is An Ace May 7th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Big Surprise. A Yankee gets hurt while playing against the Red Sox.
How many times have we seen this?
How many?
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Jesus, the Yanks are dropping like flies these last two weeks.
Someone needs to drill Pedroia right in the knee.
Hasn’t NJ had major wrist issues in the past?
Soreness in the right wrist? Sheesh, this guy is fragile; how has he even made it this far? He can’t take extra BP because of his back and he can’t swing because of his wrists. Maybe it’s nothing serious, but Nick has had wrist problems since was a rookie basically.
Beckett find the plate you loser. He has issues…
Just nasty power nothing swish can do.
I should clarify, Beckett’s right arm.
And the scumbag was yelling at Swisher.
Robbie is going to be lucky if that didn’t break something. If it’s just a bad contusion he’ll miss a few days and be fine.
God I hate Josh Beckett sooo much. I would not feel one ounce of remorse for him if he was to take a liner in the head right now. That smug piece of sh*t.
I almost hope the Yankees hit Youkilis in the wrist now or something, but even Youk doesn’t deserve that.
Can the Yankees pay a NL team to hit Beckett during interleague play??
“Nick Johnson out with soreness in his right wrist.”
Is it a joke?
Beckett still coming inside.
This is all he can do. He can’t really keep his team in games too often so I guess he figures this is the next best thing.
Posada looks mad.
Never thought I would see this.
It would stink if the Yanks can’t even score the runner from 3rd here.
“Nick Johnson injured wrist”
Is this when everyone apologizes to me for not believing me when I said NJ was a bad signing?
The worst that will happen if NJ is hurt is that we bring up Juan Miranda, who will outhit Matsui from this point onward.
IBB. Let’s do, Cervelli.
that was totally intentional by beckett hitting cano wih first base open.
a cut fastball inside is going to chase the hitter.
a player like cano doesn’t leave a game if he’s not really hurting.
beckett won’t stop until the yankees make him stop.
if girardi is too much of a boy scout to retaliate, then someone on the yankees needs to make an executive decision.
cervelli needs to put a charge in one
it’s the best way to get beckett our of this game
Let’s go Cisco!
Cervelli is going Grand!
I’ll be stunned if Robby plays tomorrow. He got hit on the side of the kneecap and that has to hurt like a you know what.
NOBODY will convince me that Beckett isn’t baiting the Yankees, ugly knock-kneed hayseed that he is. When he’s losing, he goes into all kinds of underhanded gyrations.
Isn’t the best revenge hitting the crap out of the ball?
THAT’S what karma dictates in my eyes. Let Cervelli do some damage.
Remember this as the day that Josh Beckett intentionally walked Brett Gardner.
Make them pay Cisco! Come on!
I wonder if Johnson hurt the wrist he had surgery on. That would be very unfortunate.
Is this when everyone apologizes to me for not believing me when I said NJ was a bad signing?
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If he plays again this series and continues to play, no?
What a wuss Beckett is. He’s angry at Swisher for jumping out of the way of that inside fastball? He can’t command that pitch inside, and he just knocked Cano out of the game by drilling him in the knee. Don’t throw a dangerous pitch like that if you have no idea where it’s going, what an idiot.
wow, they’re disrespecting cervelli.
Come on Cervelli just a fly ball here…
Mo can play outfield.
If there is a baseball karma god out there, Cervelli will crush this 500 feet into the night.
So which Yankee(s) will get hurt tomorrow?
The Yankees should wait until Ellsbury returns and then hit him in the ribs. They could probably get away with that actually.
Nick Johnson is a waste of a roster space.
This is what the Red Sox do. Take out Yankee players. 2003- Pedro hits Jeter and Soriano on the hands and takes them out of the game. The Sox play dirty.
What I mean is, would someone be nasty enough to smile after doing that?
“Can the Yankees pay a NL team to hit Beckett during interleague play??”
good idea!
I wish I could hit somewhere between his eyes.
“God I hate Josh Beckett sooo much. I would not feel one ounce of remorse for him if he was to take a liner in the head right now. That smug piece of sh*t.”
I hear ya.
Nice respect that Beckett shows the ump. Like he is the great Beckett and he should get a pitch off the plate called a strike. I can’t stand him.
Upper shoulder area at 95 MPH. That’s where I’m saying it needs to go.
Enough is enough.
Drill Youk and we are even. You don’t do it, they will keep hitting Yankees.
If there is any karma, we will win this game, and Cano and Johnson will be alright.
Amazing that our DH gets hurt and the only thing some Yankee “fans” can think about is getting vindication about being “right.” Amazing.
I don’t even care about the game anymore……god, I hope nothing is broken on Cano.
This is just sick. They hurt us again. This is what happened when we were better in 2004. They attacked our guys and started a brawl.
the problem w/that Pedro game was we had Mussina on the mound.
He wouldn’t defend his teammates if his life depended on it.
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Johnson was a big mistake, bring up Montero.
We need at least one here.
I hope Joba gets in and drills someone.
cb,
correct me if i am wrong but his wrist surgery was 2006, right? long time ago, you’d hope it would be healed by now.
maybe that’s why he hasn’t really been hitting
Hasn’t NJ had major wrist issues in the past?
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Yes. Tore a tendon in his wrist in 2008 I believe.
Robbi’s knee is going to swell up so bad, I highly doubt we see him tomorrow.
“Amazing that our DH gets hurt and the only thing some Yankee “fans” can think about is getting vindication about being “right.” Amazing.”
It’s pretty ridiculous and sad.
Nice way to support the team.
Hopefully Phil is man enough to “retaliate”. The problem is putting free runners on base….
We’re not even unless one of their players gets injured.
A nice HBP to the knee for us, or a bat to Beckett’s arm.
the best thing that can happen here is a couple of more runs, let Hughes get through another 2 innings, and have a reliever hit either Youkilis or Pedroia but not in the head, just somewhere that is the eqivalent of Cano’s injury.
Cervelli will get something to hit.
It has nothing to do with man enough. You wait for the right time to hit someone. You dont hit someone just to hit someone.
CR- We werent better in 2004…. our pitching staff was mussina, lieber, brown, and 85 year old el duque for crying out loud lol…. we are lucky we even took 3. they should have swept us outright
These EYES………
DA DA DADA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
great ab cervelli..fantastic!
Nice job by Cervelli. So sick of Beckett though.
doosh. haha.
Geeeeeeeeeez get this clown out the game
He did that on purpose.
Frankie called timeout and he threw at him on purpose.
He gave up a run to throw at him.
or not!
Suck it, Beckett.
Suck it long. Suck it hard.
Love, Frankie C.
don;t you toss him after that?
I think it’s important that Phil “retalitate” – he has to be a guy that’s going to protect his hitters; he doesn’t want a rep of being a wimp. I’m just not sure how to go about it as winning the game is more important.
too bad randy winn is up.
It doesn’t matter if Cano only needs a few days off. This is a player who plays 160+ games a year, and is off to an excellent start. The Yankees are already missing Posada and it looks like NJ is out. They have three players on their hands (4 if you count Pettitte) who are probably hurt enough to not be available for a few games, but not injured enough to hit the DL. That doesn’t bode well for the Yankees roster, especially when they’re playing so many upcoming games agains good teams with no off days.
WINN!!!!!!!!
Winn!
Remember this as the day Josh Beckett intentionally walked Brett Gardner, and then walked Francisco Cervelli with the bases loaded.
ftw
HA HA HA HA!
But no warning for that piece of crap Beckett EVER?????
KARMA BECKETT, KARMA!!!!!
Beautiful Randy!!!
don’t hit DP to let this jerk get away
m imposter at 9:00 p.m.?
Winn starting to heat up
Great job Winn ! Make that loser pay !
Nice make the D-bag pay.
He intentionally gave up a run to throw at Frankie’s head.
I would rather do a “Riverdance” with Jonathon Papelbon in Macy’s window than pass Josh Beckett on the street.
bottom of the order magic indeed.
great at bat frankie and good job by winn.
come on derek punish him.
Nice hit by Winn..Keep it going guys…
Give Winn a little love! Woo Hoo Randy!
Beckett has become completely unraveled. He’s totall fallen apart.
You could see that hit from Winn coming.
Beckett’s concentration is just shot.
The yankees got in his head and it’s overwhelmed him out on the mound.
This is priceless.
Just walked in a run with that move punk.
Now, you drill 3 Red Sox this weekend to make your point.
Tom in NJ. haha. Beckett fell under his spell.
Beckett thinks he’s playing dodgeball. stupid redneck.
c*hokejima is warming up
the only upside to Cano being out: Ramiro Pena s/b an absolute whiz @2B (not that Cano isn’t),
CR, I’m saying that Phil has to protect his hitters. I don’t actually know that he should hit someone – it’s foolish to put free runners on in a close game. I think he at least as to brush someone back and show that he has his teammates’ back.
Come on. Jeter make him pay.
Peckett to pitching coach. Leave me in, afterall I did accomplish the Red Sox goal of knocking out the Yankees best player.
Vazquez is An Ace May 7th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
too bad randy winn is up.
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Too bad for Beckett.
This guy is the most violent scumbag I have ever seen.
Throwing at people’s heads, legs.
And he gets away with it.
Please dont let there be a brawl in this game.
Good to see the Yankees getting revenge the proper way. By knocking this jerk around the park and allowing him to take his team out of the game.
correction: not ‘upside’, but consolation.
This is SICK!
He just hit Jeter.
Somebody’s gotta pay!
Are u serious????????
OMG this loser Beckett.
Beckett is a piece of crap. He hits Jeter !
you have got to be fn kidding me…
“Isn’t the best revenge hitting the crap out of the ball?”
no because , just like tampa bay drilling yankee hitters and putting them out for extended periods, beckett has probably done the same thing with cano.
had girardi responded immediately when beckett sent his message pitch to cervelli, cano would not have been hit.
warnings would have been extended and no more yankees would have been hit.
this isn’t rocket science. girardi really is too nice of a guy to understand a punk like beckett.
seriously someone the yankees needs to stop letting joe decide this stuff. he’s really not capable of protecting his players.
Is this a joke? What a punk. His teammates should lace into Beckett for this nonsense.
Beckett is a complete tool.
Josh “The Scum” Buckett
this is enough already, CC is about ready to bodyslam Beckett
They cant lose Cano///
You hit one of us we hit two of you.
This is clear that it is on purpose.
He threw at heads, legs, now backs.
Well this is a load of crap
If Beckett can’t find the plate get him the hell out of the game
Now that is the best revenge, lol.
Are you kidding me?????
This guy has lapsed into psychosis.
Is that your k]lesson for the night CB? Dont need it.
Keep watching Beckett drill em.
How many guys does he get to hit before a warning goes out? Girardi needs to protest this game. Of something. Beckett is out of control.
“Amazing that our DH gets hurt and the only thing some Yankee “fans” can think about is getting vindication about being “right.” Amazing.”
That’s right. It was a stupid signing. Anyone with any baseball sense knew it.
AM I DREAMING THIS??????????????????????
This is like Doc Ellis here.
Um, shouldn’t someone like remove Beckett?
Beckett is mad because we own him now. What is his ERA over the Yankees over the past 2 years?
WHAT THE HELL?!
Beckett, consider yourself a marked man at Yankee Stadium.
now I wish we still had Kyle Farnsworth on this team.
it’s time to kick some a…
A-Rod just mouthed a-hole
Now you hit 6 of them and this nonsense will stop after this weekend.
My, CC is angry.
Thames!!!
I really hate Beckett he is such a low life.
Give me a Break!!! This is absolutely ridiculous. I dont care if runs are scoring. He needs to stop pitching inside if he has no control
FU Beckett !
wow this is crazy
Beckett should be thrown out of the game. I dont care if it’s on purpose or not but all of a sudden Beckett is getting hit around and now he is hitting guys.
9:04 “m” is not me.
Is Josh happy? He’d rather hit Yankees than keep his team in the game………
We , including the umpire are in becketts head..lol
Does Michael Kay and Al Leiter not understand.
Beckett is willing to concede one game to send a message.
Every time we step out of the box, he throws at us. Jeter stepped out prior to the AtBat.
Oh, man. Winn could have gotten himself hurt really bad there.
Tomorrow should just be hit-a-red-sox day, all day.
You know what, I’m not concerned about the injuries all that much. It gives the backups a chance to play and everyone is producing right now. The starting pitching is carrying this team and can continue to do for the immediate future.
This is the mark of a good team, you can still win with all the players on your roster.
Oops. The first one is not me, the second one was.
Am I being trolled?
I bet he hits Tex and ARod, too.
Get this jerk out of the game. He is going to hurt someone.
Beckett hit some of them on purpose. Now, he simply has no command.
They always do this at Fenway Field, knowing they can get away with it.
beckett is going to get fined for this.
perhaps a suspension
youk, PEDroia, and jd drew should get hit
you don’t hit papi, don’t show him that respect
And I am also going there-
Johnson left the game hurt.
Johnny Damon is back in the Detroit line up 2-2 with a double and two runs scored
Beckett is mad because he is getting out pitched by a 23 y/o and the Yankees own his ass now.
He has no command…
With a 7-1 lead and threatening for more, now is the PERFECT time to retaliate. Don’t wait for tomorrow when Sabathia might not have any margin for error.
Glad to see Beckett unravel. What a punk. Missed plunking the last few guys, but manages to get Jeter.
Tex!!!!!
You think Joe West told Beckett to hit the Yankees if they stepped out of the box?
lol dont do it Erica….
haha ARod just mouthed something.
I hope they don’t let Beckett face Arod. He will definitely hit him.
Oooh- Lets all BOO Beckett off the mound!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Take that, Joshie!!!
maybe it’s that other lower-case ‘m’
probably not, though
Not to mention everytime I see Beckett I think he looks like that other low life, Scott Peterson, that killed his pregnant wife in California a few years back
Yankee players look mad.
This piece of scum. Now I think it would be perfectly reasonable to throw at Youk’s head, maybe even PEDroia too. Papi’s a waste to throw at. Absurd
Piece of trash be gone!!
Suspend Josh “The Scum” Buckett for the entire season.
Yes, 9:00 “m” isn’t me either.
Please get your own name.
Put in Romulo Sanchez, who throws 98. Have Sanchez crush Pedroia, then have him crush Youkilis with fastballs right between the numbers.
Josh Beckett, great Texan or Greatest Texan?
Doreen,
you don’t want a warning yet.
Drill Youk next inning, then you get the warning.
It’s a blowout game now. Somebody on this Red Sox team needs to get nailed.
Hey kids. Hughes doesn’t need to do a damn thing. There’s plenty of time for a Yankee pitcher to retaliate. However, the more runs we score, the less it will hurt Phil if he does lose control of a ball. Just remember that when it happens, he loses the inside of the plate.
Be careful what you ask for. If you think we’re ready to potentially lose Hughes’s effectiveness in the bottom of the 6th, then it’s okay.
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Jeremy, Psyluk, CR9, etc.
K-A-R-M-A.
Sox fans are booing him, lol.
At 8-1, if Phil can get two outs in the 6th, I hit someone – except then he might be thrown out of the game.
I LOVE that the Yankees are kicking Beckett’s a** after the hit to Cano. Either he got rattled or the Yankees just fired themselves up. Or maybe it’s just a combination of all that and Beckett not being very good to begin with.
SICK!!!
Beckett was sending a message, here.
He was willing to concede a game to send a message.
He threw at the batters that stepped out on him.
Ok did anyone else scream when they hit jeter?? ( i just spent the last 5 minutes sending nasty texts to every sox fan I know). This is unreal.
But LOL @ beckett.
Another one plunked. Jeter waves the trainers off. Yanks chirping from dugout. CC is angry.
Tomorrow: CC’s revenge???
m, you are being impostered — I called it already. 9:00 looks phony too.
Write Chad and he will take care of it.
in C*hokejima we trust!
Rumulo is also one big dude
in fact, there are a lot of big dudes on this team
think anyone wants to take on CC or Mike Harkey
No, no hitting back. Just get them by winning this game in a solid fashion. If Hughes throws at someone he will be out of the game and looking at a suspension. This game is not the game to do it. This series is not the series to do it. You have to be careful.
Beckett won’t get fined or suspended because there was no umpire warning. There will be one after Hughes nails Youkilis in the bottom of the inning, there is no reason for him to hold back on that now with the game almost out of reach for the Sox
Alright bare knuckle brawl time. We’ll send CC out, who will Boston sacrifice?
Thank god. I was really hoping for Tito to come out after Jeter got hit.
I really didn’t like Beckett before this game. I can’t even post here what I think of him now.
NYY626 – Get Well Soon Andy! May 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Ok did anyone else scream when they hit jeter??
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What does drilling Youk do for us???????????????????????
You take out a pitchers arm, the way they took out a hitters knee.
Beckett is worthless but he has done his team absolutely no favors here.
He had dominant stuff to start the game.
And he’s ending his outing by spinelessly falling apart on his team.
He’s not even competing out on the mound anymore.
His just throwing frustration at the yankee hitters.
Lo and behold the magical Josh Beckett. The consummate “ace.” The biggest “big game” pitcher in the game.
The pitcher who yankee fans couldn’t fall all over themselves fast enough to praise his clutch greatness.
The guy who people kept insulting CC by through comparison.
In a huge series at Fenway with his team struggling facing their chief rival he gutlessly falls apart on his team by taking out his selfish frustrations.
What an embarrassing outing. He literally stopped competing out on the mound.
What a weird game this is.. Beckett pretty much had no hit stuff for 3 or so innings then he just implodes (like he usually does), loses his command.. If Cano misses a few games this is gonna get ugly!.. Tomorrow should be interesting with CC
Like i said earlier Beckett always starts off unhittable and then loses it. Tonight it was the 6th inning sometimes it’s earlier. Hopefully Arod can hit one 500 feet here. Or in this ballpark all you need is 300 feet down the line.
Since it’s Hughes who’s not a veteran I don’t know what to expect, but with a more experienced pitcher there would be no doubt in my mind that Youkilis would be taking one in the back next inning, especially with the bigger lead. You cannot keep throwing up and in if you have no idea where it’s going, that’s irresponsible and he should stop screaming at the Yankees for being ticked off about it.
Chad Jenning: “Obviously Beckett isn’t trying to hit anyone in that situation…”
Chad Jenning == Troll ?
CC can’t get revenge tomorrow, he could get tossed early in the game, tonight is the opportunity to end this right here by nailing a couple of the Sox.
oh damn, quickly 0-2
Nasty pitch to arod..
maybe cc hits youk in the hand and knocks him out for a while
SJ44
I wrote my 9:09 post before reading your response to my earlier one. Does there have to be a warning before Hughes could be ejected ?
I cant believe that 2 guys that have been in baseball for so long, dont understand what just happened.
I think they do, but dont want to get on the bad side of the Red Sox media network.
Was there a popping noise when Jeter got hit? Hope he was wearing the bubble wrap.
NYY626 – Get Well Soon Andy! May 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Ok did anyone else scream when they hit jeter?? ( i just spent the last 5 minutes sending nasty texts to every sox fan I know). This is unreal.
But LOL @ beckett.
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He made me VERY angry
I am feeling rather unleashed!
Come on Arod!!!
I hate this kind of baseball. Beckett is punk and they must hit every player.
Keep building the lead and let Phil pitch his game.
Then bring a reliever in and send the message. Maybe 2 or 3 messages.
Then his teammates can deal with Beckett. I would be irate if I was on this guy’s team. What a selfish punk.
And speaking of Hughes – last inning he had no rest, and this inning too much.
Phil should not hit anyone…he should stick to his game plan.
good out!
Good job by Arod. Hopefully Hughes hasn’t sat in the dug out too long.
“You know what, I?m not concerned about the injuries all that much. It gives the backups a chance to play and everyone is producing right now. The starting pitching is carrying this team and can continue to do for the immediate future.
“This is the mark of a good team, you can still win with all the players on your roster.”
Absolutely agree. I don’t want our guys hurt of course but I do agree that we’re fine and will be fine.
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Beckett not only looks like the devil. He IS the devil. What an evil creature.
CB, that’s so true………spineless. I can’t imagine his teammates are too happy with him.
Phil has been sitting a very long time; he’s probably going to be a bit wild next inning.
in all seriousness though, is such a vital cog to this team…
this is just sickening
They should get even in this game and not have it spill over into the next, when they start fresh at 0-0. Just have Joba, Sanchez or another flamethrower come out and spike one into Pedroia’s or Youkilis’s knee. Sanchez preferably, since he throws it 97.
I just hope Cano is okay, revenge is winning this game.
*Cano is such a vital cog…
so flustered, can’t even type properly
I know you root for players that wear the jersey of your team, but I’m not sure how Boston fans root for a piece of crap like Beckett. He always has an attitude and a horrendous disposition.
You wait until this game is wrapped up before you unleash a pitcher or two to plunk guys in the back, knees or ribs. You never go after a guys head, and I hate then eye for an eye nonsense, but you gotta make them pay, simple as that.
And I wouldn’t be upset if a few Boston players are injured because of it.
Thanks, Nick. Good to know you have my back.
Man, look at our lineup, winn, cisco, pena, thames
– it has been completely decimated into a AAA team.
LGY, don’t you think Phil needs to send a message even if it’s just a brushback? I don’t love leaving it to the relievers….
What’s the score? Gameday still showing 3-1.
m May 7th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Johnson was a big mistake, bring up Montero.
We need at least one here.
I hope Joba gets in and drills someone.
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Like I posted earlier. Montero won’t be coming up no matter what, but, especially not now. He pulled up lame in the 2nd inning, running out a grounder.
This Kay and Leiter JUST DONT UNDERSTAND.
Beckett was calm because he knew what he was doing.
He wasnt upset or in distress because he knew what he was doing.
This is nothing new. He conceded one game to attack our hitters.
“Josh Beckett, great Texan or Greatest Texan?”
The Dallas 209 ain’t in Texas!
omg, C*hoke surprises me.
how long before cano can play again?
Come on LeBron, break Kevin Garnetts neck!!!!!! Teach the Sox a lesson.
9-1
They should get even in this game and not have it spill over into the next, when they start fresh at 0-0. Just have Joba, Sanchez or another flamethrower come out and spike one into Pedroia’s or Youkilis’s knee. Sanchez preferably, since he throws it 97.
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the problem is when we try to hit them back, we usually miss. I really want to hurt them bad.
Too bad this game wasn’t on FOX or ESPN.
“Was there a popping noise when Jeter got hit? Hope he was wearing the bubble wrap.”
where do the Sox stay when they come to NY?
the yankees are too classy to go headhunting after that. beckett just couldn’t find the zone -at all-.
Would be sending a VERY bad message if we didn’t nail someone tonight.
It would be like the Torre-Yankees… allowing us to be target practice for other teams.
Whether its Hughes or some reliever, someone needs to go down.
He went after our guys intentionally, and when the time is right, in the final game of the series, you have to truly injure people.
beckett is the biggest POS in baseball. He can go f himself
I want Joba to be the one to hit Youk in the head. He’s gotta be the one.
Phil can hit Beltre and Pedroia, but Joba needs to hit Youk.
Let Hughes wait until the 8th inning to drill someone. No need to do it now.
Forget about hitting guys they should just worry about winning the game. Hitting guys just gives them base runners. The Yanks should show Beckett and this team they won’t step down to his pathetic level. Since he can’t take giving up runs like a man.
He was hitting guys on purpose because he lost his composure. That’s why CC was going nuts on the front step of the dugout.
Pick 3 guys and nail them as close to the shoulder area as possible over the next two days.
It’s the only way you stop it.
Any updates on Cano????
Trying my best not to freak out.
Call strike 3 to Pena looked way outside.
Here…Now turn around to 2nd base, and drill Drew.
I don’t want Hughes to throw at anyone. Let one of the bp guys do it.
If you think that was just Beckett not being able to find the zone, and not somewhat intentional, there is a bridge in Brooklyn I would like to sell you.
KG is another scumbag. He can’t deal with getting blown out, he has to get a technical foul and continue arguing. Schvatz
Let Phil settle back in before he does anything as he’s probably going to be wild and you don’t want things to snowball, which they can do in this park.
PERFECT time to plunk Youkilis to set up the DP. The Yankees aren’t going to get a better opportunity than this…
Well, giving runs right back again.
lmao nick….. the dallas 209… good stuff….. I really hope we get Braden when the A’s come to the Bronx…. The crowd will be ready for them. Braden can see how things are handled in the South Bronx.
Beckett should have been ejected for not honoring the “spirit of the game.” He clearly walked in a run on purpose by knocking down Cervelli, because he was annoyed that Cervelli called time. Then he clearly sent in another run by throwing at Jeter’s back because he was upset about the hit to Wynn. And all this after knocking Cano out of the game by hitting him.
Josh Beckett: deplorable mound clown.
Always, m. I even saved you some peach ice cream.
Though I will no doubt be enjoying an In-N-Out milkshake tonight.
Come on, Phil, I need one more K out of you before things get crazy.
Betsy, Andy NEVER goes after hitters and he is seen as one of the classiest pitchers on the Yankees. It doesn’t matter that it’s done, as long as it’s done.
You don’t want Phil giving up the game just to go after a hitter. He needs to concentrate on pitching his game. That’s what’s important to a starting pitcher. Let the Yankees worry about how to handle what happened.
Come on Hughes. He sat on the bench for a long time but you don’t want 9-1 to turn into 9-5 in a minute.
Every year when we are much better than them, they do this to try and even the odds.
There is no point in hitting a Red Sox hitter to get revenge tonight. Wait until Sunday with Burnett’s last batter and then drill somebody. With all of the hard throwing starters NY has coming up in the next two days, along with Sanchez, Robertson and Chamberlain, their hitters will be a little jumpy at the plate, because they know it’s coming…just not when.
I would love to see CC give Beckett a razor’s edge/ power bomb right on the pitcher’s mound.
where was that pitch!
where was that pitch!
Let CC take care of this tomorrow.
Who’s going to charge the mound? Pedroia?
CR, you’re a genius. I’m a fan
Kyle Farnsworth and LaTroy Hawkins had enough integrity to protect their teammates back in 08. Remember Farnsy threw behind Manny’s ear and Hawkins threw at Luke Scott after Daniel Cabrera hit Jeter?
It would be extremely disappointing if those guys can protect their teammate but these “team guys” can’t. The moto last year was to always stick together and have eachother’s back… and some pitcher tonight must show that to be true.
No, winning the game is not enough revenge. We’ve had 2 starters go down today intentionally and there must be consequences. Guthrie, OK, you might be able to excuse him because he seems like a nice guy and he sucks. Beckett knew what he was doing and requires payback.
You know Ortiz will get the runner in here. He is desperate to get rbi’s anyway he caan.
THE TRUTH May 7th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I would love to see CC give Beckett a razor’s edge/ power bomb right on the pitcher’s mound.
lmao
Might as well do the Razor’s Edge off the top of the dugout.
Why waste an opportunity when the upcoming games could be close? If it’s the 8th or 9th inning and it’s a blowout, you send in Sanchez and tell him he can keep his roster spot if he successfully drills someone in the head and injures them. Why waste Joba getting suspended?
Don’t hit anyone now – later in the game.
But you know it is in the Red Sox batters head each time they come to bat.
Phil’s not that sharp, but after that long inning, I’m not surprised.
How gutless is Josch Beckett? His team is having a poor season and has struggled much more than expected.
They already lost 2 out of 3 to the yanks at fenway. They don’t play at fenway again until September.
He’s their “Ace.” The guy who is cracked up to be one of the great “clutch” “big game” pitchers of his generation. It’s the first game of the series. And he just stops competing.
He knows the Yankees are the better team. He sees how well Hughes is throwing.
And he falls apart on this team out on the mound through his own selfish frustration.
That was an utter embarrassment.
I don’t care that we’re winning 9-2, I HATE when Ortiz does anything positive.
pat May 7th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
“Was there a popping noise when Jeter got hit? Hope he was wearing the bubble wrap.”
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Yes, it sounded like a machine gun going off.
It seemed like Hughes was trying to make the perfect pitch to Ortiz there.
double play and get out of this inning Phil
How did Ortiz eve hit that ? I hate the Red Sox I hopo all of their players go down with injuries especially Youk and the Elf.
Remember when David Ortiz went into the dugout and threw bats at the home plate umpire in Anaheim a few years ago.
Just let Jon Albaladejo take some bats and throw them into the Red Sox dugout. Jon is not on the roster, so who cares.
You know what’s hilarious? As I’m looking at this Sox lineup trying to figure out which guys the Yankees should try to hit, there’s just not many players who I feel are even worthy of that respect.
Youkilis, Pedroia, maybe Varitek? Hitting Beltre, Scutaro, or Drew just doesn’t do it for me. Those guys aren’t nearly as valuable as Cano.
He’s falling behind now….
that long inning really hurt Phil, his command is gone.
Michelle May 7th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
It seemed like Hughes was trying to make the perfect pitch to Ortiz there.
Doubt it. He sat for about 30 mins.
Man was ortiz cheating on that pitch….
Why is LeBron in the game up almost 30 points with less than 7 minutes to go? This is crazy
Maybe they will bring Joba in and nail someone. Crossing fingers that it’s Youkilis.
I just had a small fit about what happened there, and I’m a Sox fan! That was truly absurd. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’d like to apologize on behalf of my starting pitcher who clearly lost it.
Girardi might have to get the bullpen up. I really hope Hughes doesn’t hang one here his location is really off.
Cano’s out of the game, possibly hurt. The Punk threw up-and-in and Cervelli twice (a guy who has a history of concussions). Then, to top it off, he hits Jeter.
There has to be some serious retribution.
Not just today, not just tomorrow, I’m talking a serious message.
all
Pedrioa doesnt condone stuff like that. He’s the only guy that’s respectable on this team.
Nice, Phil….
that was a very, very nasty cutter to Beltre
beautiful pitch.
“I don?t want Hughes to throw at anyone. Let one of the bp guys do it. ”
Exactly. Phil is still perfectankeing his game.
By the way, so many of you were just positive that the Yankees were going to go after one of the Baltimore hitters for Guthrie’s inside pitching and it never happened.
Because fans want vengeance doesn’t mean that the players do. Because the fans see something as intentional doesn’t mean that the players do. Because the fans think a pitcher shouldn’t be throwing inside if he doesn’t have control of his pitches doesn’t mean the players do.
That said, and I absolutely do not believe in retaliation, I can happily see the Sux taking some pitches in the hands. Just not from Phil.
I’ve watched Beckett over the years and this is absolutely his M.O. He is a spiteful nasty little jerk who punishes teams when he gives up homers.
Yes!! K #6! I want to win every prop bet tonight at the expense of Redsocks bettors.
I hate Beckett!
any updates on Mr. Cano?
Phil is doing just fine – thus far it’s 2 runs in 5 2/3 innings. He is only 23…
Beckett’s embarrassment of an outing is the kind of nonsense that you’d never see in the national league.
Very easy to cowboy up on the mound when you don’t have to dig in at the plate.
my favourite player is hurt ..
CB,
Exactly. He’s a gutless punk and some of his teammates should wear some baseballs for it.
Pete Abe thinking that Beckett might have been doing it intentionally. Says he think Beckett might have just lost his composure and started throwing as hard as he can and just stop competing
“It’s a blowout game now. Somebody on this Red Sox team needs to get nailed.”
someone should have been drilled in their red sox ass as soon as beckett buzzed cervelli’s kazoo.
waiting for cano to be injured was waiting too long.
retaliation should happen tonight to send an unequivocal message so sabathia doesn’t have to do it tomorrow because he will.
i’d rather have some reliever do it than sabathia for obvious reasons.
plus the red sox know they have it coming.
get on with it and be done with it.
Right now, everyone in baseball should be deathly afraid of standing in the box against Beckett.
Deathly afraid for their career, and their life.
This guy is a murderer.
Nice pitch….
I would hit anybody!
I would throw at the manager!
Nasty paint by Phil
That’s the way to get it done Phil.
They must hit Martinez and Youk and any other loser
Nice cheap call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE, 9:09 p.m.: Obviously Beckett isn?t trying to hit anyone in that situation, but CC Sabathia was irate on the Yankees bench. He was standing on the top step, screaming. Joe Girardi had to go calm him down. Add an infield single and Winn avoiding a tag at third and it?s now 7-1 Yankees.
I think that’s laughable. Yes, he’s not intentionally trying to hit someone…that’s like saying David Ortiz didn’t intentionally inject himself in the rump when he left Minnesota a twig.
Good job limiting the damage…
Nice Job hughes!!
7 strike outs for hughsie….
Very good job by Phil. He’s not dominant, but he’s pitching a good, solid game.
“I would throw at the manager!”
good!
Cervelli got in his head for stepping out and he lost it.
That’s all you need to know about gutless Beckett. A rookie catcher can get to him.
I’m just glad Josh Beckett got his extension and will never be a Yankee.
The Red Sox will live to regret having him long term on that contract. They got their title out of him and they won’t get another one.
1 more inning and Hughes can call it a night. Hard to believe this is the worst game that he’s pitched this year.
Sarah, thank you. I actually had a post about that and lost it in the censor. I have to believe that the fans in fenway are embarrassed about what Beckett did tonight. No fans want to sit there and watch their starter look like a total loser, knocking people off their feet, knocking them out of the game, and standing on the mound with a smug look of satisfaction. Meanwhile, the other team scores a ton of runs.
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Phil just gave you his response.
btw, Celtics down 30 points. LOL
Nice inning by Hughes. Again.
CC better handle this tomorrow. I don’t care if Beckett is doing it on purpose or not, it’s unacceptable to hit and come really close to that many guys with no repercussions.
Cavs up 33.
Phil continues to show me great things. A very long inning, he comes out and gets hit, and then settles down to blow away the next two guys. Sometimes you learn more about pitchers when they don’t give in when they have less than their best stuff than you learn in 3 or 4 games when you have everything going.
actually the red sox don’t have another catcher so i’d drill victor martinez as soon as he steps into the batters box hitting for varitek.
boone logan right in the back. first pitch.
Betsy- I like that Phil just kept his composure and got 3 outs…. Really solid game from him at Fenway where he in his few starts there has been shaky vs. Boston. This might be more impressive than almost no hitting Oakland.
You yank fanz are cry babies. Hughes is gutless. Won’t even defend himself. Fragile artist ego.
We will beat you fair and square. We’ll take out yer top guys. And before you cry foul, how many of you kill torre for not bunting on schilling in 2004 game six?
Until Javy gets things worked out and they know Andy is healthy, can’t afford to lose Huhes with a suspension so he isn’t hitting anyone.
I just bought a Kindle.. YAY!
anyone think Wakefield will drill someone with one of his 60 mph heaters?
I hope that the Yankees do not start any brawls with them. Let other teams take issue with the Red Sox violence and take care of business for us.
Randy,
Agreed. Only way to stop it is to start nailing Red Sox hitters.
At least 5 have to get hit this weekend to even it out.
If Wakefield plunks someone, they might not notice.
I don’t know how the Sox feel personally about Beckett, but they have to be ticked off. If what Pete says is true, that’s absolutely embarrassing.
4th place?
Suzyn on the radio: “Beckett has taken out two Yankees, and his own catcher.”
That amused me.
YAY for Erica!!!
CB,
I love the DH, but that is the one thing I hate about it. There is no accountability for these pitchers.
sign Aaron Boone for 1 inning!
now if Wakefield starts coming inside its on.
If Wakefield wants to retaliate, feel free to hit someone with the knuckler. Just make sure the guy doesn’t catch it with his bare hand first.
If Cano is seriously hurt, I swear to God I will take a baseball bat to Josh Beckett’s head.
I guarantee you that Beckett is going to come out after the game and say we were stealing signs.
They’ll use the crossup with Varitek as proof that they had to change their signs.
Francona lifted Beckett with Arod coming up knowing he was going down avoiding an all-out brawl.
Girardi won’t forget this performance, Youk will eventually face Joba.
There hasn’t been a brawl in a long time but I feel it coming.
Probably something the idiot RS think they need. Those days are over and so are you as a team.
Beckett showed no respect for even his own teammates. He doesn’t have to bat so he knows he is safe but he obviously didn’t care if the Yanks got him back by hitting one of his batters.
MG, I agree……….. Phil has grown so much in the last year. He’s a real pitcher now – I love this outing for him, I really do. If he could just get one more in, he gets a pat on the butt for a job well done.
I was obviously wrong before. I did see a smirk on that face.
Hell yeah you plunk 2 guys tonight. When the game is basically sealed you drill one. Umps warn you, you then drill the next guy, pitcher is thrown out along with Giradi. You then end the game.
Tomorrow, you drill them immediately, umps issue a warning, and they don’t get a chance to retaliate. 3 for 3 and we have the last laugh and the victory from the prior night in our hip pocket.
“Pete Abe thinking that Beckett might have been doing it intentionally. Says he think Beckett might have just lost his composure and started throwing as hard as he can and just stop competing”
Tyler, for once Pete is right. Beckett clearly stopped competing when he was willing to throw up-and-in at Cervelli on a 3-2 count to walk in a run.
Please no brawl.
We are too good a team to get duped into a brawl.
Beckett stole that money from Theo.
The boy genius is losing it, giving that contract to a pitcher on the downside.
I can’t find on boston.com or his twitter page Pete saying anything like that. I call b.s.
ARod was on 2nd base when Beckett drilled Cano, the Red Sox will claim Alex was stealing signs from 2nd.
That way, the blame once again will fall on Alex, and the Red Sox and Yankees media will be happy to jump all over that.
Start the wave loser RS fans.
Tyler, I agree………
One more inning, Phil – just one more. If he gets two outs, seriously – brush someone back.
Get 3 more outs, Phil, then it’s target practice for Romulo time.
Gardner is becoming more mature with the bat every game. Good for him. He wasn’t my choice, but, I’m not at all disappointed in being wrong.
They’d better issue a warning for tomorrow’s game. Buchholz will try to hit Jeter or someone else in the 1st inning and make the umps issue a warning to handcuff CC.
Hughes has a legitimate chance to win the American League Cy Young this year if he continues to show this type of stuff. Its flat out electric. Lincecum’s average fastball this year is a tick over 91- I think that puts into perspective the type of stuff Phil has brought into this game and out to the mound every year. Its amazing that the scouting reports on him even from back in his Charleston days- that his fastball was nearly good enough to get guys out by itself – have manifested so quickly in the big leagues.
He legitimately has a chance to put up a Lincecum-esque 2008 season at this rate.
Doreen, you are right, Beckett was smiling after hitting Cano intentionally, typical dirty play by a dirty team.
UPDATE, 9:28 p.m.: In case you’re wondering where exactly Cano was hit by the pitch, here’s the Associated Press evidence.
You just know that if Shelley Duncan were still on the team, the bat would have “slipped” out of his hands and went flying towards the mound.
ike with 2 dingers today.
I can’t wait to hear what Girardi has to say after the game.
pat – I’m with you. Can’t afford to lose any of our pitchers to suspension right now.
The Yankees always suffer the penalties, it seems, and yet they never start these battles.
Who cares what Pete Abe says? He doesn’t even pay attention to the game, rather how long it will be between his end-of-the-inning burger run. Lord
SJ-
Beckett literally just stopped competing out on the mound. That was not only an embarrassment to himself and to his team but to the game.
That was as unprofessional a “performance” as you’ll see. It’s an insult to the game.
He’s out there indulging his childish needs. He’s having a hissy fit with a baseball in his hand that he can throw 97mph.
It’s pathetic.
The bottom line is that Beckett was once highly effective against the yankees. And much of his reputation as an ace and as a big game pitcher was built on his performances aginst the yankees.
Beckett has never put up a great regular season performance. That’s why the “big game” rep was everything to him.
But the yankees have now figured him out. He no longer beats them regularly – forget about dominating them.
And tonight he was determined to dominate and he simply couldn’t. He was incapable of doing so because the Yankees are simply better than him and his club.
The yankees figured him out like they did to Pedro. And just like it killed Pedro it’s killing Josh.
So how does he respond? Does he adjust? Does he try to get better? No.
He throws a damn temper tantrum on the mound that was so pathetic he drilled his own 38 year old “personal catcher” and may have injured him.
Tough to hold your head up in the locker room after that gutless performance.
xyz- Pete on his blog says that to him it looked like at times Beckett was just rearing back and throwing as hard as he could with little care for finding the zone. I’m not lying. It’s in the top of the 6th inning up date. Never said that is for sure what happened because of course nobody knows but he brought it up. I swear.
Honestly, Im usually not this emotional about a game, but im still fuming right now. I really really really detest Beckett. He’s a pig.
Trisha-
Absolutely. My thought process was:
Ouch. That’s a little too inside.
Okay. That’s not good.
Really?
We’re still playing a game right?
Thats just not right.
You’re kidding me.
Youk is screwed.
Just selfish baseball. He has 8 other guys on the field wearing the same uniform who can do nothing but watch and wait in anticipation of getting beaned.
swbyankeesTT Evidently, Jesus Montero is warming up relievers in the Yankees bullpen now. Perhaps he didn’t pull up lame. Maybe he didn’t hustle?
The Yanks definitely don’t need a brawl. Boston has been playing like crap except for beating the Angels wish they can do in their sleep. A brawl could wake them up don’t need that.
my bad, here it is:
“At various points in the inning, Beckett seemed to be rearing back and just throwing as hard as he could with little regard for where the ball was going. He hit two batters and nearly hit Cervelli and Teixeira.
Several of the Yankees, including the normally placid CC Sabathia, were on the top step of the dugout yelling at Beckett.
Beckett had struck out seven over the first five innings. So either his control or his professionalism abandoned him in the sixth. Either way, the Red Sox are down by eight runs and Beckett now has an ugly 7.46 ERA.”
This crap needs to stop.
Can’t wait til joba comes in the game.
If we don’t hit one of theirs this will not stop.
It’s 5-6 innings and out every time against us, 100 pitches each time, we wear him out, have figured him out.
Announcers never think anything was on purpose. Give me break.
Gang, the Yankees have two more games this weekend. You don’t want to have a bench-clearing brawl, which is what the Sux would love more than anything to fire up their guys.
I told you at this point in time playing them is like playing the little league. They do not have anything to begin to come near the strength of the Yankees.
You know that if Phil Coke or Brian Bruney were still on the team and they came into the game tonight, there’d be no question that someone would get hit. You know that it would happen too with Joba. You don’t know what Girardi has said in the dugout.
I don’t know what is going to happen and who is going to do what. I amost like the fact that the Yankees are leading 9-4 and that is the way they responded to getting plunked.
If we hit them, we do. I just don’t know what the best timing is. I still say I hope it’s a reliever if it happens tonight.
Pete is right.
That is exactly what Beckett was doing. He had no care in the world where the ball was going.
It was like watching a little leaguer throw a tantrum on the mound.
We have a 7 run lead
Tonight is the night to do it. Can’t wait till tomorrow… what if it is a close game?
Get it over with tonight while we have the big lead. We let the Guthrie thing go, we can’t let this go also or our reputation as softies will come back to us like we had when Torre was here.
“There hasn’t been a brawl in a long time but I feel it coming.”
No brawls…enough….just win the game and move on
You can be s*** sure CC will have someone eat dirt tomorrow.
There ya to xyz.
where’s Scott Procter when we need him. He’d have no problem laying out the keebler elf.
up 9-2. you can use your change up buddy.
get the pen up. dp please
Someone should be up in the bullpen incase Hughes needs help. He is almost at the 100 pitch mark.
NYY626
It’s okay. This should have been expected. I dont know how, with a classy guy like Tito as manager, but their team is full of dirtbags who go out there with an intent to injure.
Josh Beckett, meet ass cancer.
I wonder if Francona is upset or if he’s going to protect Joshie…..He’s obviously not going to criticize him publicly, but I would kill to be a fly on the wall in that clubhouse after the game
crybabies Shut the F Up !!! Some of you Sux fans are the worse. We will find a pitcher to take out Puke and the ELF.
crybaby, trust me, if Joba or any Yankee pitcher hit a sux batter, all sux players will get out of dugout.
You hit our 2nd baseman, Pedroia goes down tmw.
You hit our SS, we hit your best hitter, sit down Youk.
There will be blood.
And there is the class of Derek Jeter. Laughing and playing with Victor Martinez.
How the guy operates with such class is beyond me.
Girardi will be PO’ed. He’s an old school kind of guy and he knows that Beckett’s stuff was too good tonight for some of that to not be on purpose. Maybe a couple of things slipped here and there, but there was definitely something going on.
The real story is Hughes turning into a legit ace before our eyes.
I hope they drill Youkilis and Pedroia in the kneecaps.
Nice DP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would let Hughes start the 8th
That’s probably it for Hughes. Well done.
Hughes!!
“Just selfish baseball. He has 8 other guys on the field wearing the same uniform who can do nothing but watch and wait in anticipation of getting beaned.”
Sarah, absolutely. And really, not one of them did a thing to deserve getting whacked with the ball. And they have to watch the result of his temper tantrum, as the Yankees keep running up the score as he “walks” home runs, gives up hit after hit, and still tries to knock them off their feet! The whole team suffers because of his arrogance and immature behavior.
Yes!!!
Great job, Phil! Man, he’s giving us innings when we really need it – I love this kid!
For once, I wish Jeter didn’t pal around with Martinez. He should be as steamed as anybody at what happened.
Phil is a beast!
TRISHA
Thanks for sending your negative vibrations the way of the Celtics tonight.
I truly appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joba’s not pitching in a 9-2 game, so you can forget about him getting involved tonight.
” Obviously Beckett isn’t trying to hit anyone in that situation, but CC Sabathia was irate on the Yankees bench. He was standing on the top step, screaming. Joe Girardi had to go calm him down ”
chad, like girardi, being the nice guys they are really don’t get guys like beckett. beckett really does have a mean streak and he will hurt people .
the only thing someone like him understands is someone getting right back in his grill.
do you think he even thought for a spit second cervelli has that weird helmet on for a reason. beckett could care less.
if cano is out a week or longer , is it worth rising above it and winning the game.
i don’t think so.
the red sox still go up to each at bat with no fear. they are pretty sure nothing is going to happen and they are probably right.
boone logan warming?
it would be too good to be true if he takes matters into his own hands.
“How the guy operates with such class is beyond me.”
he was born with it.
having the family he does doesn’t hurt, either.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughes ERA down to 1.69
KKKKKKK
I don’t think I would bring him out there for the 8th. It hasn’t been an “easy” game for Phil and he more than did his job.
The yankees don’t need a brawl but also can’t allow most of their hitters to get intentionally hit/hurt.
One thing is for sure,if you bean a few of them it stops immediately & prevents any more of our players from getting hurt like cano.
K-Rod blows save with 9th inning bomb to John Bowker.
UPDATE, 9:31 p.m.: It would appear that Beckett also knocked his own player out of the game. Varitek was hit by a pitch last inning, now he’s out of the game and Victor Martinez is catching.
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Hey Chad, is it not more likely that Martinez is in the game because Varitek has no idea how to catch Wakefield?
See, the more plate appearances he gets, the better Winn looks. You have to play to get your swing together.
Great job by Hughes. The young man is growing up. He admitted that in his other starts in Boston he got too nervous and couldn’t relax. Tonight was a big test for him and he definitely passed the test. Really nice to see….
CC would squash The Punk like a bug.
Beckett is a pretty big guy, but CC is a giant.
Phil showed heart there, sitting for 30 mins and not imploading…props.
I’m guessing Nunez, Golson and Miranda will be called up from SWB, wouldn’t be surprised if Romine or Moeller gets called up.
Nick Johnson is hurting our roster.
Outside of the nonsense, the yankees once agins demonstrated that they are on a completely different level of talent and competative fire than the red sox are.
Despite all of Beckett’s puerile, childish antics the yankees were able to stay focused and concentrate on the task at hand – winning the game.
The “gritty” sox completely fall apart behind their false idol leader out on the mound and the yankees scrap through that nonsense to maintain focus and keep competing.
This is an embarrassing loss for the Sox.
And what makes it worse for them – they know if there is retaliation it will be warranted and appropriate.
They are going to have to lose the game and eat balls in the back and not say jack about it.
Beckett put them in that position by falling apart, injuring their vaunted “captain” and burning out their long men in the first game of a vital three game set with the yanks.
Trenton got a great 2 hit, 1 walk, 5 strikeout shutout innings from David Phelps. 3 innings of 5 strikeout 3 innings of shutout ball for a 1-0 win. Romine had an RBI single and Laird and Brewer had hits, too.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_treaax_1
No need for retaliation tonite.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Joba should pitch tonight.
He’s on pace to throw 70 innings this season. He should be up around 90-100 by season’s end if this season isn’t going to be a complete waste for him.
“K-Rod blows save with 9th inning bomb to John Bowker.”
good news! thnx!
Francona (or anyone) can’t prove that Beckett didn’t compete. It sure looks like he didn’t, but he could always say he tried to throw harder and blow us away and come inside and then his command left him.
Hughes is just amazing.
His swagball has been impressive
The 3 guys that should send a message are CC, AJ, or Joba.
Phil might be a better pitcher than Beckett at this point.
with a 7 run lead and Boone Logan on the mound if I’m batting for the Sox I’m not exactly standing in the batters box with confidence. I would guess that Pedroia is going to pay the price for Cano.
“No brawls?enough?.just win the game and move on”
I don’t want a brawl either. I think they are going to be astounded if none of their players get hit this weekend, though. They are probably expecting it after that display that Beckett put on.
I cannot believe I am saying this, but Josh Beckett just topped Dallas Braden for the most immature thing I have seen in baseball in a long time.
Even though Braden ran his mouth like a punk kid in middle school he did not give up on his team.
What Josh Beckett did tonight is the most embarrassing, selfish, and immature thing you can do in sports.
He showed absolutely no respect for the game. Nowhere close to this unwritten rule nonsense.
If I was his teammate I would be fuming. I literally cannot imagine what I would do or say to him in that locker room.
CB,
Exactly right. He did it all on purpose.
You got a sumo wrestler type body in the bullpen who throws 97 and has no idea where the ball is going.
Perfect time to break him into the rivalry.
Bring him in, nail Drew and Pedroia, then back to Scranton you go with a job well done.
“That was as unprofessional a “performance” as you’ll see. It’s an insult to the game.”
he even injured his own catcher.
i doubt that varitek mixed up that cross up.
Everyone is so busy cursing Beckett that I can post totally random crap on here all night and no one will notice…..
Prepare to initiate test
LOL 10-2
Phil on his way to 4-0
I just went into my local Boston Market and threw baseballs at the staff. Revenge!!!!
Joba, next to Rivera, is our best reliever and it isin’t even close.
No reason to risk getting him suspended. For what? To let Dave Robertson try and pitch the 8th inning?
Let someone like Boone Logan retaliate. Someone who we can risk getting suspended and it won’t hurt us.
Trisha-
I’m actually really surprised either Youkilis or Pedroia didn’t go to the mound and demand he knock it off. How he sits in that clubhouse after the game is beyond me. He deserves a verbal beating from each teammate regarding his behavior. Maybe a fine handed down by the team’s front office.
Anyway, have a good evening all. I’m off to remember a simpler time, like last night, against the Angels.
Randy Winn is quietly doing a nice job
Boone Logan and Romulo Sanchez are good choices. Both are back end of the pen, both can throw high 90s gas. Pedroia’s taking one off of a bone somewhere.
And there goes the most overrated piece of crap GM in baseball Theo Epstein. The Sox are really pissing me off.
“See, the more plate appearances he gets, the better Winn looks. You have to play to get your swing together.”
Doreen-
I agree. He’s looked considerably better. The way Beckett was falling apart out there I felt good about Winn getting a hit and he did.
The base hit against Wake is nice to see as well. It’s not easy to adjust to Wakfield after beckett is throwing 97 at your head.
I wish I had ice cream in my freezer
Firing a team up is all of a sudden going to make them a better team?
not.
There comes a time where you have to protect your players & that time has passed.
Betsy,
There is no maybe about it. He is a better pitcher than Beckett at this point.
By a wide margin.
What we are witnessing is the implosion of a team.
Lol, alright Robertson, you have permission to be wild at Pedroia now. No need to throw strikes here.
Miranda replacing NJ really doesn’t hurt us, if he has to. Maybe in the OBP department, not anywhere else.
unfortunately i have to watch the red sox broadcast because i’m watching mlb network.
i can’t stand jerry remy. it’s killing him to see beckett get rocked and phil having a great game. so much for objective journalism
This is the Thames and Winn a few of you were ballistic about seeing in games!
Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it – George Santayana
If the Yankees were at full strength, I could see doing something this series, tonight even. But they’re not and they have bigger fish to fry than the Boston Red Sox.
I wouldn’t bring Hughes in tostart the eighth, but I don’t recall his pitch count. My reasoning is not Phil, but the Yankees bullpen, right now – I’d feel more comfortable if they started an inning clean.
NYY626 – Get Well Soon Andy! May 7th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Honestly, Im usually not this emotional about a game, but im still fuming right now. I really really really detest Beckett. He’s a pig.
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I’m with you, believe me. I’m still fuming too.
celtics lose by 29 , bad karma all around.
GJ Hughes
Robertson is like 5’10″ and looks like a scared puppy on the mound.
This is the guy who is going to retaliate? I doubt he does…
Seriously, they better not waste an opportunity to retaliate. 8 run lead in the 8th inning, you will not find a better opportunity.
Has Fenway become a Yuppie Wrigley?
Good, Robertson gets a quick chance to get back on the horse and get it going.
SJ, that either says something about Phil or something about Beckett, but it’s amazing we’re even saying this at this point.
Remember when the Rangers got ticked off at Padilla for hitting Tex? I have to believe the Sox feel the same way about Beckett. There is a respect between the teams – I know that no Sox player wants to see any Yankee hurt.
I guess Girardi figures 10-2 is a big enough lead that Robertson can’t blow this game.
Sarah, you’re a good baseball fan. Have a nice rest of the night.
Nice pitch!
Everyone is so busy cursing Beckett that I can post totally random crap on here
Wow, Robertson made Pedroia look sick
Nice cuveball…
Any doubt that Sanchez is coming into the game here in the 9th?
Girardi wants to straighten out Robertson. Striking out Pedroia is a good start.
They have a 1 man bench right now…an injured Posada, tonight is not the night for retaliation…
Anyone think Cashman is on the phone with jermaine dye or other free agents of the sort looking for some immediate bench help? Sorry, but nick johnson is simply unrelieable. He is complete paper mache. Need Miranda and Nunez here tomorrow and beyond that, we’re gonna need a professional bat for the full time DH spot.
Doreen, he threw 100 pitches exactly, I think, lol.
Can Pedroia stand any further from the plate? lol
He was so far off the plate, he was closer to the Mass Pike than home plate.
I, for one, would love to see Miranda as the DH.
I’d like to see someone who wants put a hurting on the ball (as opposed to the other way around).
Erica – I wish I had ice cream too!
kd
there isnt anything objective about any boston media member.
They took all the likely candidates for retaliation out of the game!!!!
Erica, would you like some of mine? It’s Andes mint flavored!
thatswhatyoualwaysdo May 7th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Everyone is so busy cursing Beckett that I can post totally random crap on here
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I was waiting for someone to say that!
Thumbs up for paying attention
Just throw strikes, Dave.
Hanging up 9 on Beckett with this strike zone? Was he that bad or are the Yankees that good?
Poor D-Rob. This hurts me
Robertson, that’s just terrible. It’s 10-2 and you walk Van Every?
Send Robertson down already
So much for my the bullpens decide all the games in Fenway theory.
Hughes was magnificent tonight.
I think Beckett knew he couldn’t beat him, so decided to just punish the Yankees. Whoever compared it to Pedro’s old meltdowns in these games was correct. As soon as Pedro knew we would beat him, he’d try to take every Yankee down with the ship.
Robertson is cute but he’s trying my patience.
dave is lost
Donnie – Will Meet Johnathan Papelbon Under the O’Neill Banner May 7th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Erica, would you like some of mine? It’s Andes mint flavored!
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I am more of a chocolate kind of girl. But thanks for the offer
I am kicking myself cause I ran to Trader Joes in the 3rd inning for a few groceries and I thought of picking up something. And now I really wish I did!
8 run lead and he walks a non hitter and loses the plate.
It’s all a struggle right now for Robertson.
# Tom in N.J May 7th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Has Fenway become a Yuppie Wrigley?
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a long time ago. but sad to say, so has yankee stadium.
Dave is cute, and he’s also trying my patience. He seems to have no control.
Lol @bryanhoch “60% of the time, Josh Beckett works every time”
you too are quick!
Man, come on D-Rob.
If you’re going to walk them, just hit them instead!
After all this time, I still find Youk’s tushie shaking at the plate really irritating
Where was that pitch?
Guess what. I’ve figured out the mystery of David Ortiz.
The needles accidentally found his rear. Or he sat on them.
Robertson’s command is really bad. I hope his arm is ok, otherwise they might have to send him down soon.
the only option is send dave to the minors.
Strikes!!!!!
Nice job all of getting us a lot of runs, BUT I am most unhappy that Beckett does it again to Cano and the Yankees don’t hit one of their best players. Trisha, by no means am I being a downer, but enough is enough with the Sox.
“i doubt that varitek mixed up that cross up.”
randy-
Absolutely. There’s no way that was Varitek’s fault. Beckett just imploded like a high schooler would.
And as bad as this was for the yanks – it’s real bad for the Sox.
This is the guy who they supposedly alway feel that they are going to win behind when he takes the mound.
And he completely let them down. He just gave up on his team.
He’s willing to risk his own teammate rather than working to concentrate enough not to endanger his battery mate.
The players on the field behind him watched that. There’s no way to take that back now or pretend it didn’t happen.
You can’t stop competing on your team. Especially not agains the yankees.
That’s partly why the question of whether he did it on purpose or not is partly besides the point.
Beckett has a potentially lethal implement in his hand standing 60 feet away from the batter.
And he simply stopped taking responsibility for being in that position.
Just spineless.
come on with the walks!
I’m going to get new england clam chowder in a sourdough bowl and then pour it out into the Bay.
Meanwhile, D-Rob is turning into the best candidate to deserve a plunking.
Take him out. Another awful outing.
He’s turning into Jose Veras before our eyes.
“No need for retaliation tonite.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
I couldn’t agree more. And when you think about it, what team looks like the winner and what team looks like the loser here? The Yankees just go about their business and keep on winning. The unfortunate Sux have to wait AB after AB, wondering when and what is going to be their fate.
I find Sergio Mitre’s tushie enjoyable to stare at!
SJ44 May 7th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
8 run lead and he walks a non hitter and loses the plate.
It’s all a struggle right now for Robertson.
His confidence is down the drain right now.
I smell a double play :sniffsniff:
Beckett was intimidated by a 23 year old? What a wimp.
Robertson is a good pitcher, but holy holy he’s struggling. The Sox have given up and the kid is trying to bring them back into it.
Come on guys. The 3-2 pitch to Youkilis was a strike at the knees. You can’t do anything about an umpire who has a wandering strike zone.
Erica -
No ice cream in the freezer?
(Just to show I was paying some attention!)
Robertson didn’t miss by much on those two ball 4 pitches. Overall, he actually looks like there’s some improvement.
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 7th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
I am more of a chocolate kind of girl. But thanks for the offer
I am kicking myself cause I ran to Trader Joes in the 3rd inning for a few groceries and I thought of picking up something. And now I really wish I did!
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See, I LIKE chocolate, but it’s gotta have some in it. Marshmallow, brownie bits, stuff like that. I prefer not to do plain chocolate, and I won’t even touch plain vanilla.
thatswhatyoualwaysdo May 7th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
you too are quick!
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I’m much smarter than I look
Plane, train or automobile?
Which one will D-Rob take to Scranton?
Nick in SF May 7th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Joba’s not pitching in a 9-2 game, so you can forget about him getting involved tonight
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I wouldn’t be so sure.
Robertson is in the game.
Thats the D-Rod we know…
Donnie – Will Meet Johnathan Papelbon Under the O’Neill Banner May 7th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
See, I LIKE chocolate, but it’s gotta have some in it. Marshmallow, brownie bits, stuff like that. I prefer not to do plain chocolate, and I won’t even touch plain vanilla.
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Chocolate peanut butter… mmmmmmmmmmm
both k’s are on curves
Eiland is pumped up…lol
Hey listen Papi, turn around and go back to the dugout you moron. You’re lucky it was on the outside corner instead of on the side of your skull.
Here are Phil’s #s:
4-0, 1.69 ERA, .94 WHIP, 17 H, 31 K in 32 IP.
Wow, I don’t know which is most impressive – I think the hits to IP; that’s freaky.
“Can Pedroia stand any further from the plate? lol”
SJ-
I saw that as well. That was pretty telling. The Sox know what Beckett did and the position he put them in.
These types of outings shouldn’t be acceptable. The moment he walked Van Every he should have been pulled. If he has some mental aversion to throwing his 94 MPH fastball over the plate that should do the trick pretty nicely. And if its a mechanical issue, then they cannot afford to have him in the big leagues right now because he can’t work things out here. This team needs Robertson and needs him to stop pitching like a twelve year old wuss afraid of the plate.
Again, if he can’t figure it out here, he better figure it out somewhere. He is much too talented to continue pitching like this.
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 7th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Erica -
No ice cream in the freezer?
(Just to show I was paying some attention!)
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No. Having ice cream in my freezer gives me a complex.
If I buy a half gallon in a grocery store I can swear I hear it calling me until I have eaten the whole thing. To eliminate that problem, I usually buy single serve from a store or frozen yogurt from my favorite shop
take him out?
its 10-2. you leave him in.
why waste another arm in the first game of the series
come on man he struck out 2
chill daddio
D-Rob, sigh
Do not hit Ortiz and hurt him; if he goes on the DL it helps the Sox.
That wasn’t close to strike 3 but we will take it.
He has no idea where the ball is going when it leaves his hand.
Get him out before he turns it into a game.
Nice job by Robertson.
“Hanging up 9 on Beckett with this strike zone? Was he that bad or are the Yankees that good?”
Mark, I have continued to try to tell everyone that these Sux are not a good team right now and they are totally overmatched by the Yankees. That’s why this feels almost like a nonseries to me. They’re pretty pathetic.
You’re wrong much of the time, Kay.
Robertson is not staying on top of the ball and his release point is a mess.
His curve ball looks terrible. Strike outs or not that’s a poor curve ball.
It’s not the 12-6 hook that made Robertson’s so effective last season. It’s not even close.
Mets walkoff Barajas bomb.
Robertson’s fastball is really straight so he has to hit his spots better.
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 7th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Chocolate peanut butter… mmmmmmmmmmm
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Now you’re talking my language! Reese’s bits of some sort.
I’ll take it.
Finally….
Will be shocked if Robertson isn’t sent down after this game
“take him out?
its 10-2. you leave him in.
why waste another arm in the first game of the series
come on man he struck out 2
chill daddio”
ABSOLUTELY! This is time to leave him in and let him try to work his stuff out!
Yep. Adrian Beltre is definitely the Chosen One.
I won’t be fully satisfied unitl Adrian Beltre leaves the game on a stretcher during the weekend.
Nick in SF May 7th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Mets walkoff Barajas bomb
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Did you have monetary interest in SF???
Good for Cervelli giving D-Rob a little encouragement there.
Nick, on a positive note, it looks like you’ll get to enjoy another fabulous meal at In and Out
Just who do you wizards think should be replacing if the send Robertson to Scranton? It sure as Hell can’t be Melancon.
I hate to say this but Roberston has just about pitched himself off the team for now, he really looks lost out there. He’s overthrowing everything, that’s most likely the result of all those hits off him in earlier appearances. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him sent to Scranton when Park comes back to fix it, he’s most likely still got options.
some guy was giving Pete a hard time about Sox fan “blithely singing Sweet Caroline” in a 10-2 game.
I love Pete’s reply:
” Sorry, ma’am. I’ll try and be more positive. Zowie, it sure is a nice night.”
Zing.
DRob’s ERA went down.
the really weird thing is i’m going to be up in a red sox luxury box tomorrow.
i haven’t been to a red sox game in ages .
maybe i’d i better have a meeting with myself first
Robertson’s outings are survival outings at this point.
Can’t use much anymore. He’s completely ineffective.
Hopefully, Park is back soon.
When he comes back, Scranton time for Robertson.
Erica -
Have you tried the Yankee’s Bomber Sundae (I think it’s called) ice cream by Turkey Hill? It’s chocolate with chocolate crunchies in there and fudge. Yummy.
also -
Congrats on your Kindle. You’ve been eying that for at least a year, no?
There is no way in the world they are sending David Robertson down. Just because a guy has struggled does not mean he immediately gets sent down. Anyone with a clue would know that he has seen very irregular work so far this season, and given that kind of workload, it’s not surprising that his control is a bit off the mark.
His stuff is just as good as usual, he is just missing a lot with his fastball. That is the kind of thing that gets solved with regular work, which Girardi hasn’t given him. He has proven he can get major league hitters out in crucial spots, he is not some nobody who has been a flash in the pan with good stuff.
You could tell Robertson is still and has been having mechanical problems just by watching Eiland that inning.
Starlin Castro 2-5 with a homer and 6 RBI in his first game. WOW. Was the Cubs top rated prospect. Just turned 20 years old
I hope they were waiting till the 9th to retaliate with Rumolo
Aceves will probably start the 9th and hopefully its an easy inning and doesn’t turn into a save situation. I don’t want to see Mo warming up, like what always happens when someone else tries to pitch the inning. But hopefully not…
Looking forward to what gutless josh has to say in the postgame.
Think he’ll sugarcoat it?
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) May 7th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Here are Phil’s #s:
4-0, 1.69 ERA, .94 WHIP, 17 H, 31 K in 32 IP.
Wow, I don’t know which is most impressive – I think the hits to IP; that’s freaky
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those are Mariano-like #s.
Let D-Rob pitch the 9th
I have faith that D-Rob will get it together as he’s a very talented young man. That said, Scranton awaits….and he’ll be back up once he gets himself in order again.
What a cowardly job by Hughes and Robertson. The fact that youkillis and pedrioa did not get thrown at is a joke. The yankee hitters definately lost some respect for both of them.
if vartiek is hurt, that clubhouse will divide even futher
if he’s out for significant time, who do they call up. do they dh martinez and bench papi?
Poor Mets
Betsy-
Phil Hughes is a better pitcher than Josh Beckett right now. And I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the way it remained for a while.
I was confident coming into this game because of how Hughes is throwing the ball.
People kept saying the yankees and sox games get decided by the pen. But that’s the past and that’s not Phil Hughes.
I thought the Boston line up would have a great deal of difficulty against Hughes because as a line up they don’t have great bat speed. I also thought his stuff would neutralize their right handed bats.
And if you don’t have good bat speed you aren’t going to hit Phil Hughes right now unless his command is off and he makes large mistakes. I didn’t think he was going to do that.
This performance honestly didn’t surprise me. I thought they would most likely win and that’s because they had hughes out on the mound and the yanks have figured out Beckett.
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 7th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Erica -
Have you tried the Yankee’s Bomber Sundae (I think it’s called) ice cream by Turkey Hill? It’s chocolate with chocolate crunchies in there and fudge. Yummy.
also -
Congrats on your Kindle. You’ve been eying that for at least a year, no?
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I have seen it and it looks yummy. But sadly pints of ice cream are part of my ice cream complex. The frequently become single serve so I try not to ever buy them.
Yes, I have wanted the Kindle for a while. But then the Nook and iPads came out and I needed to reevaluate. I really like the iPad, I would need a 3G and its $629 and would require a $30/mth plan. Its also not supposed to be great for reading in sunlight, which would be one of its main uses for me and has a very limited book selection.
I also have $300 in Amazon gift certificates. So I decided to use it for the Kindle
???
There’s a better way to handle this thing.
Any word on Cano Injury?
Payback is coming sometime this weekend and it will be in the back of the Sox heads all weekend.
As SJ pointed out Pedroia had happy feet in his last at and took a very weak cut at strike three.
I had a small interest in the Giants winning or losing by a single run.
Neither of which could they accomplish.
Nonetheless, I’m wicked psyched to be heah.
Who’s ready to rent some cahs?
ipad is just a ripoff, period.
This year lots of good tablets will come out, and most of them should be better than ipad.
Martiz, McDonald, Hall due up
Martinez is the only one that deserves to be beaned. Beaning McDonald would be like Boston beaning Golson… a non-entity.
“the really weird thing is i’m going to be up in a red sox luxury box tomorrow.”
Randy-
Fess up. They’re recruiting you to help out the captain and the victor “run prevention” martinez behind the plate, aren’t they?
I’m sure you’d be more sure handed on a pop up than that flop we just saw from Victor.
Aright Logan 3 easy outs…Throw strikes, let’s go…
Carl May 7th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Poor Mets
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I can’t feel bad for them.
There is this jerk at my beach club who was taunting me last week that the mets were better than the Yankees. I resisted the urge to debate (or punch him) and just let him sound stupid.
The final straw was when I was working very hard on mopping my floor and he came over with a giant grin to inform me that Javy got K’ed in three.
I think smashing the mop over his head would have been appropriate but again… I resisted
Any news on Cano?
Nick in SF May 7th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
I had a small interest in the Giants winning or losing by a single run.
Neither of which could they accomplish.
Nonetheless, I’m wicked psyched to be heah.
Who’s ready to rent some cahs?
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I LOVE that commercial.
I also really liked the old one with the guy who wanted to change the uniform to the Yankee uniform. I still laugh every time
CB, that says a lot about how far Phil has come, doesn’t it? Phil will have bad outings here or there but he’s becoming a reliable starter and probably exceeding the expectations the Yankees had for him this year. I really am impressed by his ability to give us innings and to avoid the meltdown. I also was encouraged by the fact that he was looking forward to tonight instead of being scared….He’s also taking after CC pre-game, but then again as Kim said, that’s actually his personality – nice and relaxed. He couldn’t learn from a better guy.
I don’t know if he was amped up and thats’ why he was hitting 95 so often, but if it comes at the expense of his great command, I think I’d rather see him at 92-94.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_delafx_1
Charleston wins, but, Ramirez had a rough night.
Murton had a good night, as did Higashioka and Paredes.
Can anyone on this team get outs in the 9th inning besides Mo??!!!
Good choice for you, Erica, and I’d think the gift cards made the decision a bit easier.
So the iPad suffers from sun glare? And you’re a beach girl, so that would definitely not be good.
Good choice by Girardi
Logan doesn’t have good control anyway and throws 97, like Beckett
Giving them a taste of their own medicine
Boone Logan pitching scared.
They are the ones who should be scared, not you, Boone. you loser!
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....rk+Yankees UGGGGGGG!
Carl May 7th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Poor Mets
Why? They won.
jz May 7th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
ipad is just a ripoff, period.
This year lots of good tablets will come out, and most of them should be better than ipad.
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In the end, part of my decision was due to my phone plan being up in November. I may just decide to opt for a fancier cell phone so I can enter the world of apps
uber-cautious Yanks probably won’t play Cano for a week now…
Erica,
Why don’t you make a couple of chocolate chip cookies from the dough you bought?
Bean Dustin!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 game at a time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FLYERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in oT!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I don’t think it is a good sign that we have had no updates on Cano?
lol Erica!
You don’t even have to say anything now. Just smile
Pat.
K-Rod blown save is when I said it.
Ballgame!
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 7th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Good choice for you, Erica, and I’d think the gift cards made the decision a bit easier.
So the iPad suffers from sun glare? And you’re a beach girl, so that would definitely not be good.
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The gift cards were a HUGE part of it otherwise I probably would have gotten the iPad.
But every review of the iPad I read, said it is absolutely terrible in sun light. Which would be a huge problem when I plan to use it primarily at the beach.
Also, I am so tired of books. And people making fun of my girly books with pink and green covers
“Think he?ll sugarcoat it?”
Sure!
I’m going to DVR both postgames.
Betsy-
It didn’t come at the expense of his command at all tonight. His average FB was 94.38. Just remember, he’s still building arm strength. That’s scary for the rest of baseball.
WiNNING is the best revenge!!!
Nice job by Logan………….
Congrats to the Yanks, they did as gentlemen
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO great job phil and nick swisher.
cc will get even tommorrow
I think this is the quickest game these 2 teams have ever played.
You are going to see a lot of jumpy Red Sox hitters in the box for CC tomorrow.
This series just became useless for the Red Sox.
I’m going to love hearing how the Red Sox try to defend what Beckett did on the mound tonight. He should be ashamed of his performance and for leaving his teammates vulnerable to retribution.
How’s the M*A*S*H unit looking?
SAS May 7th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Erica,
Why don’t you make a couple of chocolate chip cookies from the dough you bought?
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I have 12 cookies left for baking. I am considering baking them for Sunday.
I really hope Cano is okay.
good swish!
Black Friday for Boston sports. A good day for me.
Heredia continues to have bad games for Tampa Yanks, despite good nights for jack Rye, Corbin Joseph and Addison Maruszak.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_breafa_1
risha – OPPC member who sees, hears, and knows all. 28 is on its way!!!!! May 7th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
“Think he?ll sugarcoat it?”
Sure!
I’m going to DVR both postgames.
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Not the macho guy he thinks he is?
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 7th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
WiNNING is the best revenge!!!
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No.
Us winning AND every red sox player getting injured IS the best revenge.
Jill May 7th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Any word on Cano Injury?
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No-I’m hoping it’s not too bad.
This might be the most animated I’ve ever seen CC
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....rk+Yankees
2010 NY Yankees – have MRI machine, will travel.
JS, I know -Phil usually doesn’t hit his max velocity until May or June. However, I wouldn’t blame him if it was because he was amped up. Well, he conquered his demons in Baltimore and now in Boston (though, to be fair, his last start there was in 2008 and he pitched well out of the pen last year).
when i saw the look in beckett’s eyes when he decked cervelli i knew that wasn’t the end of it.
i’ve been around too many people like beckett in my life to not see that look.
nothing against girardi because it’s just not in his nature to understand someone like beckett . same thing with players like jeter, but someone on this team needs to step up and take care of business or other yankees will be injured.
Torre-Yankees are back.
Allowing themselves to be used as target practice. They don’t even retaliate with a 10-2 lead. They better not complain when they continue to get hit. Teams are taking notice that we no longer retaliate.
This was a disastrous start for the Red Sox in this series. It was a dispiriting loss for them.
And tomorrow they get the pleasure of a very upset, angry CC Sabathia.
Beckett’s gutless performance sets his team up for a possible sweep this series.
All the yankees needed was one win.
They’ve got that – and in dominating fashion.
Good luck tomorrow with the big man on the mound for the yanks.
I think we’re going to see what a true ace is made of tomorrow.
BryanHoch A #Yankees – #RedSox game with 13 runs scored that ends in 3:01? Joe West is beaming somewhere.
The Boston hat trick today!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One game at a time for the Flyers!
Keep on keepin on for the Yankees!!!
Rightin the ship for the Cavs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did we hit any of the Red Sox?
SJ,
I think Girardi may use this to his advantage until the latter part of the game Sunday night.
randy l. May 7th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
nothing against girardi because it’s just not in his nature to understand someone like beckett . same thing with players like jeter, but someone on this team needs to step up and take care of business or other yankees will be injured.
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randy, given how angry CC was, tomorrow’s game should be interesting to say the least.
“Joe West is beaming somewhere.”
McDonald’s?
Girardi is normally very good about things like retaliation.
Unless he just figured that someone on the team would realize that it was obviously needed and he didn’t need to tell them anything and just expected someone to stick up for the team.
Guess he was wrong – he needs to command them to do it or it won’t be done. Saw it with Guthrie, saw it again tonight. They are passive this year for some reason
Randy, do you think Phil needed to do something?
Seriously – Why didn’t we hit someone?
We were supposed to hit someone
Joe needs to grow some. That is ridiculous.
I can’t imagine anyone even questioning anything about Hughes anymore! Do people need a game-by-game primer to realize he’s got fantastic stuff? Really? Is anyone still thinking that maybe he’s going to turn into a pumpkin?
“I think this is the quickest game these 2 teams have ever played.”
That’ what happens when one of the team stops competing.
The game has a way of no longer being “pathetic and embarrassing.”
Beckett is a bully, an angry jerk who may be over the hill, why do the yankees never protect their hitters. Any new on Cano? Suprise, Nick Johnson’s hurt again, I’m sorry but I’m getting sick of him.
I am hoping that because cano initially stayed in the game it isn’t too serious.
yankees were going to win that game anymore. It is a joke that Hughes, RObertson and Logan didn’t throw at any redsox. You got to protect your teamates. I bet Sabathia will hit a red sox batter tommorow he isn’t gutless. Burnett and Joba would do the same.
CC and AJ going the rest of the weekend and it’s a house money weekend now for the Yankees.
I’m guessing 2-3 Sox get drilled this weekend.
Remember this:
The RS will be looking for a fight tmw. Their only hope is to injure as many of us as they can, like when pedro took out Jeter and Soriano back to back.
And when veritek went after Arod.
They are dirty and youkiilis will be in the middle of it.
i think CC will do something tomorrow in terms of hitting a sox….hes been around the block, he knows what to do
gammons just pretty much said beckett totally lost it injuring his own catcher in the process.
ron May 7th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I am hoping that because cano initially stayed in the game it isn’t too serious.
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that’s what I’m hoping too.
SJ44 May 7th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
You are going to see a lot of jumpy Red Sox hitters in the box for CC tomorrow.
This series just became useless for the Red Sox.
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I think there’ll be a 3 man rasslin’ match in the clubhouse between Sabathia, Burnett and Chamberlain to see who gets the honors.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1900943
–Alex Rodriguez responded to Dallas Braden’s latest salvos, with just one salvo: “I really don’t want to extend his 15 minutes of fame.” Major League Baseball already has gotten involved, informing the A’s that Braden is well on his way to a huge suspension if he’s foolish enough to try something with A-Rod when the Yankees return to Oakland in July.
** I love this!
I’m thinking they probably want a complete roster before retailiating.
They were shorthanded tonight.
JOE IS ALWAYS MANAGING, DON’T KID YOURSELF.
He will let CC handle this tmw.
and here’s how it will go down:
Buchholz will plunk someone in the top of the 1st, drawing an instant warning for both sides.
then CC & Joe immediately get tossed once someone from Boston gets hit.
it happens every year.
If CC or AJ don’t retaliate, it is a very bad sign. Shows the team solidarity from last year is gone and its OK to injure our players without the other team having to worry about repercussions.
Like Ive said pencil the Sox in for 87 wins. The problem is the Yankees will be over 100 and Tampa over 90. I dont see how the Sox can win this thing…. I feel the Sox may finish 13 games out or more. I dont think they will be a factor this year. The Rays and Yanks are going to the Playoffs not the Sox.
I would kill to hear Gammons now – I’ll bet Pete is pretty upset. I’m sure the Sox are – they don’t want to see any Yankee hurt, nevermind seeing their “ace” just lose it. That’s worse than anything AJ ever did…….
If buchholz hits someone in the 1st there will be an allout brawl.
What happened to Varitek? (not that I really care
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SJ, good point. I just wasn’t sure if the Yankees expected Phil to retalitate….
Girardi won’t let this slide. He never has before.
Payback will happen. Just a matter of when.
Good for Selig.
Braden is going to look very foolish when he comes to YS in July and he does not do anything to back up his mouth.
He is in a no win situation now.
Come July, it will be time to see if Braden is as big of a selfish and immature punk as Beckett. You can back up your mouth and get suspended or let it go so he does not hurt his team.
Folks, Remy sounded like he was in a morgue in the later innings on NESN I was told by someone watching the game.
All us Remy haters are revelling in his misery.
Buchholz will plunk someone in the top of the 1st, drawing an instant warning for both sides.
then CC & Joe immediately get tossed once someone from Boston gets hit.
it happens every year.
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Bingo. The time to retaliate was tonight and we missed the boat. Wonder how Cano and NJ feel.
Accuscore predicted a redsox win ….funny!
Ledger_Yankees Cano day to day; Johnson getting tests in NY. Roster move forthcoming.
Ledger_Yankees Johnson been battling wrist thing for a few weeks. Seeing hand specialist. Doesn’t sound good
OK, I can breathe now, Robbie is just day to day.
Doesn’t sound good for NJ though.
From twitter:
Johnson been battling wrist thing for a few weeks. Seeing hand specialist. Doesn’t sound good.
Cano day to day; Johnson getting tests in NY. Roster move forthcoming
The solidarity in the clubhouse is as solid as ever.
Think before you post.
The Red Sox on the other hand have had clubhouse issues all year. Tonight just adds to it.
Hardwired, I hope that doesn’t happen – that would be so unfair.
hardwired is right. It happens all the time. The Yankees never start these things, but always get the consequences.
Because the Yankees have so many injuries adn little dings right now, I just don’t think this is the time to do anything.
Burnett is soft. He was dominate but fell apart after Swisher homerun. Then Gardner got the base hit Varitek had to calm him down. He is overrated he is not a top 10 pitcher in the majors. I am laughing at dumb Sox fans saying he is better than Sabathia.
Right now Francona and his players are hoping that the umpires issue warnings before each of the next two games. There’s time to get them. If Cano is hurt enough to miss time, my bet is on Pedroia getting nailed.
I hope there is a brawl, and I hope someone shreds Beckett’s shoulder.
7789 May 7th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Burnett is soft. He was dominate but fell apart after Swisher homerun. Then Gardner got the base hit Varitek had to calm him down. He is overrated he is not a top 10 pitcher in the majors. I am laughing at dumb Sox fans saying he is better than Sabathia.
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lol i wrote Burnett I was talking about Beckett.
Cano hit on inside of knee; he’s gonna be sore. Call up will probably be an infielder until Cano shows he can play.
“I’d be surprised if Robbie played tomorrow.” – Girardi
Time to see what Juan Miranda can do and DL Nick.
Ledger_Yankees Cano hit on inside of knee; he’s gonna be sore. Call up will probably be an infielder until Cano shows he can play.
Ledger_Yankees “I’d be surprised if Robbie played tomorrow.” – Girardi
BryanHoch Nick Johnson is heading back to New York for tests on his right wrist. DL move in the works.
sj,
can you explain the nature of the red sox clubhouse issues? is it the complaining veterans who don’t get playing time? thanks
Good news on Cano – bad on NJ.
what beckett did was manny-esque-quitting on his team.
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHES. I was hoping he would come out for the 8th. Closer game he obviously does.
What was wrong with Boone Logan hitting someone in the 9th with a 7 run lead?
There was no point to leaving it till tomorrow. Whose to say there will even be an opportunity tomorrow? What if the game is tied 2-2 in the 7th when CC is pitching? He isin’t going to put someone on base then.
Yanks were the underdogs tonight — barely.
Yanks are favorites tomorrow.
We’ll see about Sunday.
I don’t think they wanted Hughes getting into it in Boston at this point of his development. Just dominate, get the win, and let the more senior pitchers exact the toll.
Ledger_Yankees Johnson appears to be headed for DL.
Betsy, how can SJ or anyone else know what the Yankees expected? Did you read the variety of responses here about how the retaliation should/would be handled? Did you see any retaliation yet? Doesn’t that tell you that nobody here knows and it’s all their opinions and guesses on what should happen? There is no right or wrong answer.
There were people here who thought there should have been immediate retaliation, there were people here who thought it should wait, and there were people here who thought the Yankees should do nothing. You’ve watched the game of baseball long enough to know that fans want retaliation a lot more than you ever see it happen. So maybe their thinking is out of touch with the reality of who the Yankees are. Maybe not. Nobody can know for sure! It’s all fan opinion. All you can do is watch the games and wait to see what happens.
Cano sounded like Eddie Vedder in the beginning of the Even Flow video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01lL5Ug25QU
7789 May 7th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Burnett is soft. He was dominate but fell apart after Swisher homerun. Then Gardner got the base hit Varitek had to calm him down. He is overrated he is not a top 10 pitcher in the majors. I am laughing at dumb Sox fans saying he is better than Sabathia.
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Wait a minute!!! When did the Yankees trade Burnett to Boston?
“Randy, do you think Phil needed to do something?”
hughes is another one of the good guys like girardi and jeter.
it’s not in him to be an enforcer.
i’m surei if girardi would have told him to drill someone he would have, but we know that’s not going to happen with girardi.
at the very least girardi should have come out and asked what was going on with cervelli being buzzed for stepping out.
at least fight for your players with the umpires.
the reason i’m against pacifism in baseball is that it gets people hurt.
i understand that girardi has to live up to his own personal moral standards , but he needs to figure out a way to protect his players with the restrictions he places on himself.
at the very least, make it an issue with the umps. get thrown out. do something instead of just letting it happen.
that’s what a manager is for isn’t it ?
The new lineup should be Posada DH and Cervelli C. When they play against a lefty Posada can catch. They are better that way defensively anyway. But especially now with Johnson likely headed for the DL it would make them better.
Miranda!!! Whoooo!
Well, Cano will be ok, so if he has to miss a few days, so be it; this is getting very frustrating, though. With Padilla, the umps did not issue a warning – and so AJ could do his thing. I hope the umps understand the Yankees’ position and don’t issue a warning after Clay does his thing.
If Johnson is hurt then Juan Miranda is going to get his shot.
Phil Hughes threw 61 pitches, an average velocity of 94.5 mph.
AL needs to be on alert. Things just got serious.
“The solidarity in the clubhouse is as solid as ever. ”
If that is the case, then at least one Sox player will be on their back before Sunday night commences.
Thank god it’s not serious. ****** Beckett
Nick Johnson is getting an MRI too. He really is an injury waiting to happen.
If they call up an infielder, the bets are on Russo or Eduardo Nunez.
The Johnson signing is a disaster. Huge mistake.
Retaliation will be taken care of tomorrow or the next day. CC and AJ are the veteran guys going in the next 9 starts, and they will know what to do.
Pettitte and JAvy aren’t the sort. Hughes might be later in his career, but not now.
They didn’t retaliate against Guthrie and everyone said AJ is a team guy and would protect his catcher. What happened? Nothing. Next time against Guthrie a week later – nothing.
Let’s hope this time is different. Did you see Beckett’s little smirk as the YES cameras cut away from his face after he hit Cano?
so a platoon between marcus and juan. who hits 2nd.
gardner or swisher
Johnson on the DL ? Is anyone surprised ? why on Earth did we let Matsui go for this bum ?!? I know in the grand scheme of things it wont hurt us, but that was a head scratching move.
Mike May 7th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
What was wrong with Boone Logan hitting someone in the 9th with a 7 run lead?
There was no point to leaving it till tomorrow. Whose to say there will even be an opportunity tomorrow? What if the game is tied 2-2 in the 7th when CC is pitching? He isin’t going to put someone on base then
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Agreed he should of nailed Pedroia with 2 outs. You retaliate when its a blowout. Logan would be a perfect guy to do so. THey shouldn’t even leave it for there ace to handle it tommorow.
It really is funny that Cashman thought that Nick can stay healthy for the season.
Cano day-to-day is about the best you could hope for right now. Pena will do okay at 2nd. I suppose they could DH Posada, and call up an infielder, but they could also call up that DH guy – Miranda? – that so many people think was built for Yankee Stadium.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great night for Sports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just as the world should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think they should wait until the Sox visit the Bronx to retaliate.
Payback comes Sunday, right now Joe’s focus is on the wins!
Personally I feel the Yankees should not retaliate, why stoop to their ignorant level., take them below .500 that hurts more.
Probably going to be a Thames/Miranda platoon at DH. Could see Winn being the everyday LF now.
You could definitely do worse than having Thames and Miranda at DH. The Red Sox are.
Ed-
Do you think before you write? Have you seen Matsui’s numbers in Anaheim?
If Cano is going to miss time they may call up Nunez as well.
Cano was having a big break out year. And Beckett hits him in his back leg.
Just ridiculous.
Only Scutaro among the new guys has been accepted by the vets. Lowell, Wakefield and Ortiz are miserable over their roles.
Now Beckett, not the most popular guy in that clubhouse, now has put bullseyes on all his hitters.
It’s not a happy ship over there at the present time.
CB, I imagine they’ll bring up a AAA middle infielder until they figure out Cano’s situation, don’t you? Later, if Johnson’s out, then recall Miranda.
Beckett had all his pitches working tonight, probably as good as he will have all season. The kind of stuff pitchers dream about having in the game.
Yet, he still couldn’t even make it out of the 6th inning, giving up 8 ER. Not only that, he showed all of baseball just how childish and unprofessional he is. Showed them how unworthy he is of any iota of respect. He showed the whole league that he is the most over-rated pitcher, no, player, in all of baseball.
Nice work “Ace”.
NJ is on the DL?
Really?
What a shock! That’s what happened when you sign a guy who has been on the DL every year of his career.
Phil, thanks! I was not even close to being worried, but I keep flashing back to conversations about how pitchers have to stand up for their teammates. When it was a close game, I definitely did not think Phil should hit anyone; I thought he might after it became a blow out. That said, he won the game and remained composed, so that was the best revenge.
Randy, but I remember times we’ve discussed here how Joe was the anti-Torre in that he is a fiery guy despite being good guy…. I know he has to be furious. It’s difficult because the players are dropping like flies now.
Where is the news that Cano is OK?
In all honesty, this team is 20-8 and Nick Johnson has contributed below replacement level baseball. We have two weeks of games prior to some inteleague stuff where Nick wouldn’t even play. If you told me an hour ago that cano would be out a few days and johnson would be done for the year, or I could take my chances with cano being done for the year, I would have chosen the former.we are better defensively if Posada DH’s.
In fact, I would just keep throwing inside to make the Sox hitters jumpy. Let it fester in their brain.
Oops, I forgot, it’s not a great night.
I forgot about Cano.
Girardi just said no tests are schedule for Cano as far as he knows.
Jerkface, that should be 101 – but wow, 94.5?
I am going to be positive, but this really stinks for Cano. Ugh……..Beckett is a psychopath. What pitcher enjoys hurting other players?
“The Johnson signing is a disaster. Huge mistake.”
I agree and most objective fans agreed. A few nostalgic ones claimed Johnson would be an asset but even when he was young he was oft-injured. Now he’s older, not as good and still getting hurt. If the idea was Matsui was too injury prone to DH why do you go look for another injury prone player who isnt as good. I dont get it. Cashman screwed up here.
Girardi says DL for Nick Johnson…
Girardi seems more concerned with Nick’s wrist. Nick hurt it on a swing. Apparently, he’d been battling it already.
Doreen, NYYs not going to go without a backup infielder, especially in Boston.
Cano will be sore as hell, but he’s not injured. He’s young and strong. He’s playing this weekend.
This was the perfect game to retaliate. It needs to be done and shouldve been done in tonites blow out game. Did Torre take over as manager? Whats Girardi thinking.
Man this team is just unraveling.
Cano banged up
Jorge banged up
NJ on the DL
Granderson on the DL
A-Rod with that knee stiffness issue last week and still not looking 100%
Park on the DL
We’re not going to be able to withstand this for long…
girardi doesnt look too furious in his interview.
Posada DH/Cervelli catches is the way to go, until Posada is 100%. When he’s 100%, then it’s Juan Miranda come on down.
Jerkface, good points……..very good points.
That said, my GUESS is that CC is going to do the job himself tomorrow. It is only a GUESS because I nor anybody else knows how the Yankees will respond to what happened.
Betsy, when Guthrie hit several Yankees way back when, SJ and everyone else here said that when Baltimore came to the Stadium, the Yankees would take care of them. The Yankees did nothing of the sort. When Guthrie was hitting players I said I didn’t think he was doing it on purpose because that’s not his style. Apparently the Yankees didn’t believe it was intentional and they chose not to do anything about it. The point is that nobody here knows what should or shouldn’t happen or what will or won’t happen. Your guess is as good as anybody else’s.
Girardi doesn’t seem to think Beckett did anything intentional. Whether that is for public consumption I don’t know. He did seem very sincere.
That doesn’t mean that one of our pitchers won’t take it upon himself to do something.
I guarantee by year’s end Matsui will put up better #’s than Johnson. Matsui puts fear into you. Johnson isnt scaring anyone.
thanks sj.
beckett seems like a world class jerk. not he;s gonna get their three or four best hitters plunked
I meant 61 fastballs, Betsy! Phil Hughes is looking monstrous. Like top 5 pitcher in the MLB(forget AL) by next season. If he gets his changeup looking even average on a regular basis he is going to own.
I can’t help but think of Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse:
“Be nice, until it’s time to NOT be nice.”
Well, now is the time to not be nice.
Nick Johnson out is actually a blessing in disguise.
Joe doesn’t think Robby plays tomorrow. Saying maybe they will call up a middle infielder.
I’m sure Joe is upset, but he’s also concerned about his players – that comes before expressing fury towards Beckett
SAS May 7th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Where is the news that Cano is OK?
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SAS, he’s day to day, which is actually pretty good news. lol
Man Johnson cant even stay healthy as a DH. Damon should of been resigned as a DH he was the perfect number 2 hitter. Cashman ego got in the way.
I don’t know if I said this, but I was gonna wait until his fenway start to decide how optimistic to be on Hughes.
I’m thinking a 2.5 ERA 18-2 9 k/9 3 BB/9 6.5 H/9 by the end of the season. Around a 1.05 WHIP
Top 5 in Cy Young.
I’m now in full on Hughes bandwagon mode. Forget being realistic.
the gay Yankee fan May 7th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Nick Johnson out is actually a blessing in disguise.
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And, you’re a fool, but, then, you already knew that.
GB is right. Callup a middle infielder for a few days until Cano can play.
Then, Miranda will replace that player on the roster when Cano is back.
Betsy,
They aren’t even sending Cano for tests. It’s not serious.
He will be back in 2-3 days.
Cashman is stubborn. He got the idea in his head that Matsui was old and breaking down. I cant blame him on Damon because Damon’s agent miscalculated but what harm would it have been to re-ink Matsui to a 2 year deal as DH ?? Johnson doesnt bring much to the table at this stage of his career.
Suzanne just said Nick has no strength in his wrist and significant pain there.
That’s concerning. He had wrist surgery to repair a rupture back in 2008. He missed most of the year. And that wrist injury was probably why Nick hit for such little power last season.
Wrist injuries linger and linger and are very tough to shake.
The team is in a tough situation. Posada, Cano and Pettitte are all injured but not enough to put on the DL. Granderson, Johnson and Park on the DL.
It’s difficult to play that short handed.
It’s very fortunate the team is as deep as it is.
Miranda will do a good job at DH if Johson misses extended time.
joe said his players will protect each other and I believe him.
Hey, is it still to early to talk about how Johnson blows? I guess the cut off was 28 games. Ill say it again, Matsui is a true yankee and should have never left
LOL Jerkface, duh!!!
It’s early, but boy Phil’s really something……..and what’s scary is that the Yankees don’t think he’s a finished product. He’s still learning, still growing ….That change will be a good pitch for him. He continues to work on it and slowly, but surely – there it is.
Ed,
The problem w/Matsui now is how the Angels are using him. They’re not resting him. In fact, they’re actually playing him in the outfield (which is asinine).
He won’t hold up, unfortunately.
He doesn’t have his base, and is no longer driving the ball.
The Matsui that put fear into the opposing team is a thing of the past, unfortunately.
I just wish we could have seen him when he was a young stud.
Girardi shouldn’t need to ask the pitchers to retaliate when it is obvious.
The honus is on the pitchers to protect their teammates. I doubt managers tell players when to hit someone, usually the players know when to. In Torre’s case, he discouraged it by saying “that’s now how we play”, so pitchers were probably reluctant to do it. Girardi doesn’t seem to frown upon it, but he doesn’t tell his pitcher’s do it, he lets them administer it themselves. He lets them decide what warrants retaliation or not. He must have figured that this was an obvious call.
SJ, I’m not at all worried about Cano. NJ is a completely different story – what a shame. He’s a good hitter and a nice guy. I really don’t want to have to depend on Juan Miranda, but I guess we have no choice now.
NJ was a backup plan for Damon, as Cashman has explained multiple times since Spring Training.
It was Damon Cash wanted, just at our price.
Cash had to know deep down the risks of signing NJ. No one is surprised he’s hurt.
Time for Miranda.
Im worried about AROD. I feel this contract is going to become an albatross in another 2 or 3 years as he gets older. He seems to be starting to break down now. Knee and hip problems dont go away. They are degenerative.
CB,
You think they go with Miranda full time at DH or platoon with Thames?
Yanks better bring up Greg Porter tho
“I imagine they’ll bring up a AAA middle infielder until they figure out Cano’s situation, don’t you? Later, if Johnson’s out, then recall Miranda.”
GB7-
I saw the news on Johnson before the news on Cano. Lots’ of posts going up with updates.
Absolutely – I’m in complete agreement with you.
They must call up a middle infielder now. It’ll probably be Russo. He’s hitting better lately.
Call up the middle infielder now and then call up Miranda later.
Cano’s sore but day to day, problem is everybody’s hurt and now we have no extra players. I’d leave Cano out the rest of the series, use Pena to play 2nd and Thames to DH. As for Johnson the Yankees knew he was injury prone when they signed him but still jumped in head first for him. He’ll be out a while, as usual, and with only a 1 yr contract seems like a useless sign at this time. Yanks need to start looking for another of’/dh type since Mr Brittle looks like he’ll be where he does best, the dl.
we going to see kevin russo?
Joe seemed much angrier for Guthrie. Though I imagine he is in a somber mood now, rather than a fired up one.
Im worried about AROD. I feel this contract is going to become an albatross in another 2 or 3 years as he gets older. He seems to be starting to break down now. Knee and hip problems dont go away. They are degenerative.
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Sound a little like what’s happening to Big Papi?
20-8 and panicing, awesome. Posada back tomorrow, Cano maybe a day or 2..NJ and Granderson on DL, oh well.
Phil on post-game in a moment.
It’s when Girardi doesn’t seem angry that the other team should worry.
The Yankees should have signed Johnny Damon
The yankees have options at DH. They could make a trade, or call up Miranda (this is option A). I think Miranda gives you .280/.360/.480 from the bottom of the order. Gardner will be in the #2 spot, maybe Granderson when he comes back.
Losing Nick Johnson’s on base is disconcerting if he really goes on the DL for a while. You can mess up your wrist on a swing, lots of players have done it. In the minors and even Ortiz as recently as 2 years ago.
but I’m so not worried.
Posada will be back. Cano’s knee will be fine with some rest. Get Miranda up here, he has hit every small chance he has gotten.
Thames can mash at DH instead of LF. Winn is heating up. Gardner is playing up to his abilities.
You a doctor ed? I doubt it.
Don’t worry so much. It causes wrinkles.
Betsy,
At this point, Juan Miranda is a better hitter than Nick Johnson. Especially in this lineup.
“Personally I feel the Yankees should not retaliate, why stoop to their ignorant level., take them below .500 that hurts more.”
And this is exactly what I’m talking about! There is no right or wrong here, just what fans THINK is right or wrong!
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Anyway, the Sux are playing exactly the way I said they would and are the team I have said they are – certainly right now. The Yankees, with all of their injuries, are heads and shoulders over them.
Tonight didn’t surprise me. I expect the same the rest of the weekend.
GO YANKEES!!!
CR9 – Beckettt spread his karma over all of the beantown teams tonight!!!
GB7 -
You’re right. and I forgot they have Thames to DH for now, too.
Phil the Thrill May 7th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
It’s when Girardi doesn’t seem angry that the other team should worry.
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LOL
That’s what I was thinking!
Sign Jermaine Dye already he wont sniff the OF just as a platoon DH… Lefties Thames Righties Dye
gammons and rice talking about what a stand up guy beckett is for taking questions from reporters and saying that he got caught up in the game and overthrew which was why he hit everyone.
okeydokey.
I hate to say it but we can withstand injuries because of our payroll. No other team in baseball can lose more than 2 or 3 guys and play premium baseball. Since we have such depth, we can withstand losing a few guys. Its an advantage we have as Yankees fans. Now, I will say: pitching is what wins games. We MUST keep our rotation in check.. Im mildly concerned about Petite but keeping CC and AJ healthy are keys. Also, they have to watch Hughes because Im worried about him later in the season when the playoffs come. We cant burn him out by September 1st.
“It?s when Girardi doesn?t seem angry that the other team should worry.”
Good point!
Phil pitched 101 pitches, through 7 ip, is a #5 starter who just got Win #5. Beckett is their Ace and has a 1-1 record. Is it any wonder he started to hit players? bosox are back to .500, hehehe!!
yes, I am worried about A-Rod, and tex.
the great thing about the Phil/Beckett comp:
Phil is a genuine good guy who’s easy to root for
Beckett is a POS that only Faust himself could cheer
So we platoon at DH.
We have plenty of hitting.
Other teams would love to have our problems.
Pitching is the answer.
Give Miranda a shot, platoon with Thames.
is Dye available ? Was he not picked up by another team ?? How long would it take him to get into shape ?
Just as we start a stretch of 17 in a row too, all against playoff teams.
Does anyone think that a lineup with Cervelli-Pena-Thames-Russo-Winn-Gardner at the bottom is going to score anything against guys like Buchholz/Lester and Porcello/Willis/Verlander next week?
We won tonight, but we’re not going to able to withstand these injuries that much longer. The pitchers are going to have to continue to be perfect – and I’m not sure they can do that. They are not going to pitch to 1 ERAs all year, so some correction is upcoming. Hope it waits until we get some players back.
Thanks, I heard Joe too.
How on earth did N. Johnson hurt himself. Was he hit too? And they keep talking about Beckett acting like a fool. What did he do? I am curious.
We are going out tomorrow night too. I can’t afford 2 players a day going down.
Mick, thats my point. People here are panicking but we are 20-8. Just what exactly is the problem here ?? Everyone needs to calm down. This is the best team in baseball. Its gonna come down to October. Just make sure they are healthy then.
# Ken May 7th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
is Dye available ? Was he not picked up by another team ?? How long would it take him to get into shape ?
He is available…He said give him 2 weeks and he’s good
Dye was one of the worst players in baseball the second half of last year.
He slugged .297 post All Star Break.
There is a reason no team has signed him. Miranda is a much better option.
SJ, doesn’t Miranda have issues against lefties? Well, I trust the judgment of posters here – yourself and others – so if Miranda is considered a viable option, I have to bow to your opinions.
Poor Nick…
Jack Curry just said about Hughes what I have said about him from the beginning. At some point he is going to be at the top of the Yankees rotation, and for a long time.
At some point he will be the face of the franchise.
“I don’t know if I said this, but I was gonna wait until his fenway start to decide how optimistic to be on Hughes.”
Jerkface-
Hughes stuff is for real. Forget the BABIP, etc. It’s top notch stuff. He has a 70-75 fastball right now. And the cut fastball is better now than it was in the spring.
No need to wait for this game tonight. Hughes was a bad match up for the sox coming in. They don’t have enough cumulative bat speed to hurt hughes. Not even close. In addition, they are far too right hand oriented.
The term non-linear gain in performance – that’s what we’re watching first hand right now.
Forget the radar gun tonight – Hughes was overthrowing especially in the first two innings.
Regardless his stuff is absolutely for real.
Juan Miranda >>> Jermaine Dye
NJ’s a nice little hitter who looks to take a walk.
Miranda is a masher who’s looking to thump the ball.
Give me the thumper, please.
# Damon enjoy 27….think 28 May 7th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Phil pitched 101 pitches, through 7 ip, is a #5 starter who just got Win #5. Beckett is their Ace and has a 1-1 record. Is it any wonder he started to hit players? bosox are back to .500, hehehe!!
Phil is our number 3 imo
Randy, are you kidding? I’m flipping between YES and MLB to see what MLB will say about it; probably nothing
# 7789 May 7th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Juan Miranda >>> Jermaine Dye
On what planet???? just cuz he had a decent Spring Training
The Cubs rookie, Starlin Castro broke into the big league in a huge way. 2-5 with a 3 run homer in his first ML at bat, and followed it up with a 2 run triple in his 4th at bat.
I dont believe Beckett tried to hit anyone (especially not Jeter). For whatever reason the man mentally collapsed right before our eyes.
Having said that, the Yankees should retaliate at some point. I am ok with Joe picking his spot. Beckett’s own team can’t be happy with his mental weakness tonight. If Joe ordered a hit, that would have had an effect of rallying the Sox around Beckett. This way let them doubt each other and when the time is right BAM –Youk hits the dirt. Patience is a virtue.
Phil without his best stuff was awesome.
“Mick, thats my point. People here are panicking but we are 20-8. Just what exactly is the problem here ?? Everyone needs to calm down. This is the best team in baseball. Its gonna come down to October. Just make sure they are healthy then.”
Ken, there are some of us that are right there with you and do our best to read past the overanalyzing and any semblance of panic.
Dye had 25 plus homers 5 straight years
Miranda has not played in the Majors besides a September callup
Hey Bob Lorenz – We don’t care about highlights of the Blue Jays and White Sox. Give us more postgame reaction and Jack Curry analysis.
Trisha
LOL
Along with all your efforts!!!!!
CB, what does “non-linear gain in performance” mean ? That the results don’t always tell the tale? An 80 is considered the best FB, correct? Is 70-75 considerd plus-plus?
“And, you’re a fool, but, then, you already knew that.”
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Right, and Nick Johnson was really valuable to the team with his .167 BA.
We’ll see who’s the fool when his replacement hits better than him and actually contributes to the offense than him.
Right now, anyone who can bat at least .200 will already better than Nick Johnson.
He is basically a waste of a roster spot. And please, don’t give me the “oh, he’ll come around eventually” BS.
He would have just sucked a little longer and gotten hurt at a later time robbing the Yankees the chance to actually get some production from somebody time.
pleae miranda can’y hold johnson jock.
her still got a 390 obp.
1 say miranda got a month or jesus will be the dh.
though looks like jesus got pulled for not running a ball out
“You think they go with Miranda full time at DH or platoon with Thames?”
They are going to call up Miranda when Cano can get back in the field on an everyday basis.
They’ll platoon him with Thames most likely.
They’ll be fine at DH.
Oh, man, the Braves are mess.
Tar, I’m with you. My GUESS is that we’re going to see CC do it.
Blah,
do you even watch baseball?
Jermaine Dye was, without question, the worst hitter in the majors for the entire second half of last season.
Somehow I get the sense I’m probably shouting in the wind here…
Betsy, I think 60-70 is plus, 70+ might be plus plus? I never know that kind of thing. Hughes even got his luck evened out a bit tonight! He gave up a hit per inning. But didn’t walk anyone outside of Varitek, and struck out 1 per inning.
I figured if any team was going to hurt Phil it’d be Boston in fenway because of their patience and that monster there to turn some of Hughes lucky fly outs into doubles.
He really knuckled up, I was very impressed. Especially because he didn’t have his curve at all.
At this point, I would cut the NJ experiment. The guy isin’t hitting and he’s always hurt anyway.
I can live with a Miranda/Thames platoon for the rest of the season, or trade for a DH. Admit the mistake and move on.
I wouldn’t doubt Miranda could outperform NJ anyway – more power and doubles and a higher average.
I’m sure later in the year Phil will hit 95 more consistently (not that it matters), but I know he was looking forward to this and was definitely pumped up. At least he was able to control his adrenaline, though – a good sign. Jack Currry/John Flaherty mentioned that one other thing they liked was how Eiland came out to make a mechanical adjustment and Phil was able to correct it mid-game…
To be fair, Miranda is better than NJ right now. NJ has a wrist issue and heading to the DL. He can’t help us from there.
Looking forward to seeing if Miranda can step up and make contributions. Being an OB Jesus means nothing when you can’t stay healthy enough to play.
CB May 7th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
“I imagine they’ll bring up a AAA middle infielder until they figure out Cano’s situation, don’t you? Later, if Johnson’s out, then recall Miranda.”
GB7-
I saw the news on Johnson before the news on Cano. Lots’ of posts going up with updates.
Absolutely – I’m in complete agreement with you.
They must call up a middle infielder now. It’ll probably be Russo. He’s hitting better lately.
Call up the middle infielder now and then call up Miranda later.
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I guess it depends on the injury and whether they feel that they need a bat or a glove more. I wonder if they’ll let NYY bring up both and have one hit and the other play defense. start the inception of a true platoon system…Designated fielder and substitute hitter.
Blah,
do you even watch baseball?
Jermaine Dye was, without question, the worst hitter in the majors for the entire second half of last season.
Are you on drugs Orly, you think Juan Miranda is a better option than Dye..Who cares he had one bad second half. Dye is a veteren who still has some left in the tank. Give him the right situation and he will be good.
What’s with all the in-fighting? The Yanks are 20-8 and just humiliated the Sox in their own park.
Can’t we just enjoy it for one night???
Hughes has another start with around 80% fastballs (cutter + 4seam +2seam). Only 10 curves + changeups.
Amazing. He is throwing basically 2 pitches that differ slightly in movement and speed 80% of the time and hitters can’t square it up.
“I dont believe Beckett tried to hit anyone (especially not Jeter). For whatever reason the man mentally collapsed right before our eyes.”
He threw at Cervelli on purpose twice. I think he hit Cano on purpose as well. After that, he crashed and burned and lost his command. But he definitely tried to hit some of the guys.
If they DL Johnson?
Unfortunately they’re not going to be able to call up Miranda right away because they’re going to have to call up Russo with Cano out for a couple of games.
Unless they send Robertson down as he wouldn’t be pitching tomorrow anyway.
I’m so proud of phil keeping his cool and pitching his but off. CC and AJ better deliver, the rookie is lookin good!!
The only think about tonight that was negative concerning PHIL, WAS HIS 1.44 era IS NOW 1.69 NOT BAD!!
NJ doesnt need to use his wrist. He can just stand up there and take walks. Hes not hitting anyway. But the guy is a walk machine. But Im not gonna miss him much in that 2 hole.
Are you on drugs Orly
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it depends on where you fall on the whole marijuana debate…
let’s just let it go.
Jerkface, yay ! Now we don’t have to hear about Phil being lucky anymore, lol. That drove me crazy. I think the YES guys also mentioned that Eiland reminded Phil not to overdo it with the cutter. I wonder if the curve isn’t all the way there because he’s using his FB and cutter so much………
Wally Matthews said that Vazquez would have been available to pinch hit tonight.
GB, did you read the news that Justin Christian is back in the organization? Probably headed to Trenton.
Phil Phace of the Phranchise.
I still cant believe Kay was joyous over sore four minus 1. He was so happy to celebrate our injuries.
Yankees fans bristle when the media suggests that the team buys their championships and only win because of their financial advantage. They talk about how any team still has to compete and grind, and full of professionals, and high characters guys.
Now they face a little adversity, and fans are ready to string up Cashman, and ready to throw guys like Teixeira and Alex Rodriquez under the bus.
Okay, so right now guys like Derek Jeter, Teixeira, Rodriquez, Cano, Posada, Swisher (which is still a DAMN good line-up) are going to have to step-up and compete and grind, show the professionalism and character, and demonstrate to the baseball they aren’t just a checkbook team.
If you don’t believe they can do it, ask yourself what you’re actually a fan of?
it depends on where you fall on the whole marijuana debate…
let’s just let it go.
Thats something we agree on
Shouldn’t Phil throw his curve more often so that he doesn’t become predictable?
Jeter looks mildly annoyed.
“It was weird”
-Jeter on the 6th inning.
miranda hitting 267 5 hr, 367 obp in triple a
yea so he no nick johnson with the bat, sorry
“what does “non-linear gain in performance” mean ?”
Betsy-
It means that the past isn’t a guide for the future. It means that the player isn’t improving a pathway in which one step follows from another.
It means that the player is improving by crossing levels rather than steps.
If you want to see what is perhaps the most stark example of this kind of growth take a look at what Alex Rodriguez did at the age of 19 vs. the age of 20 in the bigs.
Ledger_Yankees At one point in the dugout, with only a dinged up Jorge Posada on the bench, Girardi turned Vazquez and asked if he had played any infield.
blah, dye still has to get into baseball shape, go through spring training etc. that’s why miranda is the better option.
NO ONE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. How did Nick get hurt? Were Jeter and Cervelli plunked too?
The Yankees aren’t going to give up on themselves, so why should we?
CR9,
No, it is not shocking. He is a d-bag and lacks professionalism.
It’s tough being the Yankees. Watching this Jeter interview, it makes you feel for the Yankees.
It’s tough being the underdogs.
“Amazing. He is throwing basically 2 pitches that differ slightly in movement and speed 80% of the time and hitters can’t square it up.”
Wonder if anyone argued during spring training that a 4th pitch was highly overrated…
Hmmm…
CC will hit Youk right between the 2 and the 0
Dassit May 7th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
GB, did you read the news that Justin Christian is back in the organization? Probably headed to Trenton.
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That’s great. I always looked at Christian as another version of Gardner with a little more power. Good defensive outfielder and has infield experience.
# SAS May 7th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
NO ONE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. How did Nick get hurt? Were Jeter and Cervelli plunked too?
Supposedly he was dealing with soreness in his wrist for a few days. He aggrevated it on a swing tonight. He is going to Ny for an MRI. Cervelli was almost hit twice. Jeter was plunked with the bases loaded
CB, see that’s what I had a problem with re: the “Phil is lucky” article. Regression to his career norms seem absolutely meaningless when talking about a 23 year old, nevermind a 23 year old who was pitching hurt one year and rehabbing another. This goes for Phil or any young pitcher……
Shouldn’t Phil throw his curve more often so that he doesn’t become predictable?
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He’ll throw it more when hitters catch up to his fastball. Honestly, if Hughes is a 70% fastball+cutter guy, and a 30% changeup/curve guy and puts up results like this I’ll take it.
Having a great curve is awesome, but if all Hughes needs is to throw it as a show me for strikes second/third time and occasional off the plate 0-2 , 1-2 pitch to have hitters completely dominated on his fastball…
Beckett looks remorseful in his postgame.
I’m starting to believe that he didn’t do it on purpose and he just lost command.
NO ONE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. How did Nick get hurt? Were Jeter and Cervelli plunked too?”
Nick felt something in his wrist on a swing – likely headed to the DL. Cervelli was brushed back (I don’t think he was hit, there were so many hit batsmen I lost track!) – jeter was plunked right in the back.
SAS,
evidently, NJ hurt his wrist swinging the bat in a previous game (on-going issue).
somehow, Josh Beckett managed not to hit him.
I know, it’s a miracle.
Stuckey, Phil doesn’t think it’s overrated as he continues to work on it. Having a 4th pitch will make him a better pitcher – the more options you have, the better, esp. when you don’t have your best FB.
xyz, wouldn’t it be great if just for one night people would watch the game and understand it without having to have everything explained to them? At this point I can’t even believe that anyone could have watched Hughes’s outing and would need to ask a flippin question about it. It’s annoying that people have to be comforted and reassured after every single outing! Isn’t 10-3 good enough to tell you what you need to know? Just for once?
Unbelievable.
“Amazing. He is throwing basically 2 pitches that differ slightly in movement and speed 80% of the time and hitters can’t square it up.”
Until the league shows it can catch up you don’t throw anything else other than a few curves and changes as show me pitches.
If they adjust then you vary the arsenal used.
But until then you pound away and make adjustments on your own term.
That’s special fastball. Hitters are not going to square it up unless he loses command or arm strength.
It’s that good.
NJ’s injury sounds like Tex’s tendonitis; let’s hope that’s all it is.
Nick Johnson’s stach is the most hideous thing I have ever seen
Thank you Blah, Dave and hardwired.
SAS May 7th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
NO ONE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. How did Nick get hurt? Were Jeter and Cervelli plunked too?
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SAS, Johnson has a long history of wrist injuries, so, this appears to be another. He wasn’t hit, though. Jeter and Cano were hit, but, Cervelli wasn’t but, Beckett buzzed him.
Who was that guy who shouted “Go Yankees, life long Yankee fan here” during the NBA half-time highlights of the Yanks/Sox?
Was that Jamal Mashburn or Jalen Rose?
Wow – Moyer is the oldest player in baseball history to throw a complete game shutout. That’s pretty amazing.
Sorry SAS,
Nick got hurt.?…we don’t know. I guess on a swing. All of a sudden Thames came in and we had to wait to find out it was his wrist.
Cano got hit with a Beckett cutter in the left knee…had to leave he game. Jeter got hit …tricep. Cervelli got sent to the dirt twice I think.
Beckett was like a wild man out there in the 6th. He got booed off the mound.
I am not a big one for ‘the eye for an eye’ thing in baseball, but this is ridiculous.
“He threw at Cervelli on purpose twice. I think he hit Cano on purpose as well. After that, he crashed and burned and lost his command. But he definitely tried to hit some of the guys.”
He struck out Cano twice previously, why hit him in the third AB in a 3-1 game?
If Beckett wanted to drill Cervelli he would have hit him. And also the bases were loaded, what sense does that make.
We agree on the crash and burn part, maybe we just disagree on when that took place.
Is the FB the easiest on the arm? If so, maybe Phil will never lose arm strength; he was really blessed with quite an arm.
The fact is that hitters aren’t squaring him up and that’s why I thought the thing with BABIP was silly. He’s just very hard to hit and I don’t think that that stat is able to deal with that. It almost presumes that all balls put in play are created equal.
“The training room in the visiting clubhouse at Fenway Park is only slightly larger than a Yugo, and an urgent expansion may be in order to accommodate Jorge Posada (strained right calf muscle), Andy Pettitte (inflamed left elbow) and Mariano Rivera (muscle pull in rib cage).”
Thank you Bronx Jeers. I can’t stay home every night…although I would have liked to tonight.
matt garza basically throws 1 pitch. aj burnett thows 2. rotissiere guys a great fastball is hard to hit. santana throws 2 pitches in reality.
2 great pitches gets major leaguers out ask sandy koufax………….
Josh Beckett is the devil. Don’t believe a word he says.
In all seriousness, though, he’s a well-known POS.
He’s probably putting on a phony act. Anyone who watched the game knows exactly what he was doing.
He’ll get his one day.
BloggingBombers Cano day-to-day with bruised left knee. Probably won’t start tomorrow, but doesn’t seem serious.
OK, I’ll be able to sleep tonight.
CB/SJ, did you see the post on Starlin Castro’s first ML game? First at bat was a 3 run homer and added a 3 run triple for 6 RBI.
Cano will be back in no time.
Andy misses only 1 turn.
Posada will be back Sat.
Johnson can be replaced by Miranda/Thames.
Hughes was Fantastic.
What seems to be the problem ?
“Stuckey, Phil doesn’t think it’s overrated as he continues to work on it. Having a 4th pitch will make him a better pitcher – the more options you have, the better, esp. when you don’t have your best FB.”
Betsy, not suggesting he should abandon it, just that fans here were putting too much weight on its NECESSITY. I’ll say what I said 7 weeks ago, now backed by 5 starts of dominance – what he got from the time he spent in the bullpen last season in regards to ONE pitch, his fastball, far and away outweighes any need for the “development” of a 4th pitch.
And at some point, we need to start factoring in actual results, rather than talking in the abstract. You say it will make him a better pitcher…
How much better would you like him to be?
BryanHochGirardi thinks they need an infielder to replace Nick Johnson. He was thinking about playing Javy Vazquez as an emergency infielder tonight.
That would have been interesting. lol
“We agree on the crash and burn part, maybe we just disagree on when that took place.”
It appears that way. I do agree that the Jeter hit was most certainly not intentional.
“I’m starting to believe that he didn’t do it on purpose and he just lost command.”
ok, lets assume he did.
i’d still say” ok josh, there’s also a penalty for losing your cool and drilling everyone in sight because you’re having an anger management issue.”
that said, cano’s injury is on girardi because girardi never protects his players with payback.
I really don’t want Buchholz to pitch well tomorrow, then the inevitable Hughes comparisons will start by the media.
I especially don’t want him to pitch as well as Hughes did, then what Hughes did will be trumped in the media by Buchholz’s peformance.
It doesn’t help that we’re probably throwing a C-lineup out there tomorrow with guys like Winn, Thames, Cervelli, Pena, Gardner, etc., whereas Hughes faced mostly the A- Boston lineup with the exception of Ellsbury/Cameron.
I don’t want to hear from the media if Buchholz pitches well tomorrow, he should considering the lineup we have out there. We don’t have our A lineup
I wish I had missed this game. I’m a non-violent person, but I swear I would have put Beckett in an arm-bar and ended his career if I was given the chance.
Is that wrong?
“What seems to be the problem ?”
Probably the fact that key pieces of the Yankee puzzle have “issues”.
MTU(aka GBURL) May 7th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Cano will be back in no time.
Andy misses only 1 turn.
Posada will be back Sat.
Johnson can be replaced by Miranda/Thames.
Hughes was Fantastic.
What seems to be the problem ?
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No problem as far as I’m concerned.
Maybe Joe’s onto something: Javy’s actually a middle infielder and not a pitcher?
Tom in N.J May 7th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
“It was weird”
-Jeter on the 6th inning.
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Understatement of the night????
Laura May 7th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
“What seems to be the problem ?”
Probably the fact that key pieces of the Yankee puzzle have “issues”.
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But the good news-the “issues” are minor for the most part.
Was anyone else surprised at the number of cutters Hughes threw tonite ?
Anyone have a breakdown on the relative % of 4-seam, 2-seam, and cutters ?
I have to say I just can’t say enough good about Phil Hughes right now.
Just can’t do it justice.
My words won’t suffice.
Stuckey, please – if you think I expect him to be better, you’re nuts. I’m thinking about the future and I’m asking questions because I’m curious. If you can’t handle those, then I’m sorry
“It doesn’t help that we’re probably throwing a C-lineup out there tomorrow with guys like Winn, Thames, Cervelli, Pena, Gardner, etc.,”
Cervelli and Gardner?
Watching Yankees games must be a fascinating, frustrating experience when all you apparently do is wait for 0 for 4′s then never come…
via Peter A b r a h a m
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* Nick Johnson is headed back to New York for an MRI on his wrist.
* Robinson Cano has swelling on his left knee from where Beckett hit him and is day-to-day. The Yankees may need to make a move before tomorrow’s game given all their bumps and bruises.
In the last seven days, the Yankees have had seven players leave a game with injuries.
I think the primary goal is to make it through the weekend intact. Secondary goal would be to win the series. We can worry about retaliation later. We’re thin as far as pitching goes anyway. Can’t be losing guys to suspension.
Revenge is best served cold. Let the fear of being beaned worm in their brain a bit. High & tight to every batter. Just a little preview of things that may or may not come.
“that said, cano’s injury is on girardi because girardi never protects his players with payback.”
Randy thats bull.
I am going to look up how many Sox batters have been hit vs Yankee hitters. My bet is we have hit more since Giradi took over. I’ll be right back.
I love that the Red Sox fans have to sit there in Fenway and stare at the big board that shows the standings.
That’s right, you’re looking up at the Blue Jays.
How do you like those apples?
The idea that Phil Hughes was gonna be at the top of the Yankees rotation for a long time is not a new one. Most of us just thought it was going to start a few years earlier than it has, but injuries happen. Wait till his velo ticks up even more over the summer.
People need to get a little more Buddhist about young players and injured players around here. Many, many, many times in Yankee history have players matured just in time down the stretch or injured players come back to help win titles. Heck, Marte was injured last year then came back and was huge for us. It’s a long season. We can be patient with Robertson and Nick Johnson.
Don’t worry about Buchholz. He’s a very talented pitch who may very well shut the Yankees down. However, no matter what he does, it doesn’t take away anything from Phil………..
I hated it when Cashman wanted to sign Johnson before Matsui and Damon were settled. Why did he command more importance than those two. He’s always always hurt, has no power, and has no speed. Furthermore he can’t play the field anywhere but 1st base and I think we have a first baseman. It was a senseless sign, I said it this winter and I’m saying it now. Get rid of him now, go get some of/dh help. Can’t wait for Johnson when he returns he’ll only get hurt again. It’s time to move on, this was a failed experiment.
“did you see the post on Starlin Castro’s first ML game? First at bat was a 3 run homer and added a 3 run triple for 6 RBI.”
Gb7-
I did see that. I posted earlier today wondering what the heck the cubs were doing calling him up, LOL!
That said on the mlb channel they showed a list of the top RBI debuts by rookies with Castro at the top – that was really not a list that one would want to be a member of.
Hopefully something goes well for the cubs but I don’t like they calling him up at 20 and playing for Pinella in what will likely be his last year there and possibly in the bigs as a manager.
They didn’t do Pie any favors yo-yoing him around. Castro is too good a prospect to take these chances on in a lost year.
Beckett is scheduled to face us at the stadium in a couple of weeks, FYI. Either the 1st game or the 2nd game, depending on if they give him an extra day rest or not.
Any guess on who will be the eighth Yankee to get injured in eight days?
“He struck out Cano twice previously, why hit him in the third AB in a 3-1 game?”
tarheel yank-
do you really think beckett is rational when he snaps like he did tonight?
it really started when becket was rolling with all those strikeouts and swisher just took it away from him with the tree run bomb.
when he buzzed cervelli , that was it, beckett was in severe need of an anger management time out.
it just kept escalating.
someone need to step in and no one did.
“Stuckey, please – if you think I expect him to be better, you’re nuts. I’m thinking about the future and I’m asking questions because I’m curious. If you can’t handle those, then I’m sorry”
?????
I’m having a discussion with you. You gave your opinion, I’m giving mine.
I’m at a loss why as to why you can’t have a baseball discussion without getting personally flustered about god knows what?
His 4th pitch, the change-up, is overrated (by some) in it’s importance. I said it before he ever threw a regular season pitch and believe we’re all seeing that this assertion was correct.
I’m not sure why you can’t simply take that at face value.
Betsy,
I agree. But I want/need validation from the media as well that Hughes is better than Buchholz and his performance was better. Buchholz can get his props, just not as many as Hughes.
“that said, cano’s injury is on girardi because girardi never protects his players with payback.”
randy-
I understand what you’re saying but now you’re going over the top on this. What happened is completely on beckett.
And I do understand what you’re saying about the kind of guy beckett is but there’s no way responsibility should be shifted off his shoulders.
In the last seven days, the Yankees have had seven players leave a game with injuries.
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Did someone put a voodoo curse on the team?
matsui wanted to play the field and damon demands were outragous
I hated it when Cashman wanted to sign Johnson before Matsui and Damon were settled.
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Revisionist. Matsui was already signed and Damon did not accept Cashman’s 2 year deal and had publicly said he would not take less than 13 mil.
PHO May 7th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I really don’t want Buchholz to pitch well tomorrow, then the inevitable Hughes comparisons will start by the media.
I especially don’t want him to pitch as well as Hughes did, then what Hughes did will be trumped in the media by Buchholz’s peformance.
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Really?
You don’t want Bucholz to pitch well tomorrow because you’re afraid of what the media will say?
Why are so many in here concerned with the media’s impressions of the Yanks. Is it not good enough that they’re a great team? Does the media’s opinion somehow change that?
Stuckey, because your comment “just how much better do you want him to be” was, IMO, snarky. I am referring to Phil as a pitcher now and in the future…….I was talking about the curve, by the way, NOT the change up.
“Beckett is scheduled to face us at the stadium in a couple of weeks, FYI.”
Am I jumping the gun in already putting this one in the win column?
Methinks not.
The Yanks are so deep in his head that he doesn’t even know where they end and he begins.
Um, Beckett hit Cano because Cano kept stepping out.
tarheel yank-
girardi is a boy scout.
he’s not going to retaliate.
Infact, on XM radio at the start of the season, Cashman said he told Boras/Damon that if they accepted his offer (2 years 14 mil) he would pull back his offer for NJ, but they held out for more money and the rest is history.
Hughes is having a breakout season. The change will come.
“The idea that Phil Hughes was gonna be at the top of the Yankees rotation for a long time is not a new one. Most of us just thought it was going to start a few years earlier than it has, but injuries happen. Wait till his velo ticks up even more over the summer.”
Phill-
Well said. He’s just going to get better and better. He’s absolutely got top of the rotation stuff.
His fastball may be better than AJ Burnett’s right now.
He walked into Fenway and slapped the Sox upside the head while their ace collapsed in a heap on the mound.
As long as he didn’t injure his arm, he was going to be one of the good ones and we’re seeing that now.
PHO, Phil has been getting his props, but admittedly not so much in the national media. Jayson Starks did give him some love, but I posted a Bob Klapisch article earlier today which had some very positive quotes from scouts. Phil is only 23 and pitching like an ace – I don’t like Buchholz either, but just be happy about Phil instead of worrying about him.
Garza throws 70% fastball (2 seam/4 seam) and 30% slider, change, curve.
If Hughes throws 70% cutter + 4seam + 2seam, I’d be happy with 30% curve/change
Question:
Who here figured on opening day that on May 7th, the Yankees would be 7 games up on the Red Sox (in the loss column)?
Remind me never to go to Vegas with some of you. Y’all don’t know what to do with house money…
Jenrry Meija, a 20 year old rookie drilled Chase Utley in the ribs in the 8th inning against Philly last week after the Philly pitcher hit Francour earlier.
It’s sad that someone that young took it upon himself to protect the team, yet no one on our team could do it.
The good news for the Red Sox is that they have Beckett all the way through 2014, and it’s only going to cost them $68,000,000.00.
Wait, that’s not good news at all.
Phil went through some rough times with his injuries and getting roughed up (in part because he pitched through is rib injury) and plenty of people doubted him. Although a part of me is glad because he’s shoving it in their faces, I’m most happy for Phil. He’s a good kid and hard worker…….
# Kenny May 7th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Jenrry Meija, a 20 year old rookie drilled Chase Utley in the ribs in the 8th inning against Philly last week after the Philly pitcher hit Francour earlier.
It’s sad that someone that young took it upon himself to protect the team, yet no one on our team could do it.
Yeah, lets drill someone with no one to come off the bench and play.
“someone need to step in and no one did.”
I agree with that, and it should have come from Francona. Because it didn’t, they should pay.
Randy If there was a charge to the mound, I definitely want you on my side. I am not so sure that I want you deciding WHEN that charge takes place.
I cant find HBP vs team stats. Any vulcans out there want to help?
I love that image of Phil slapping the Sox around while a pathetic shell of a pitcher was doing his best hit man impersonation, trying to take out the Yankees by force when he couldn’t do it by simply pitching. Gutless.
CB May 7th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
“did you see the post on Starlin Castro’s first ML game? First at bat was a 3 run homer and added a 3 run triple for 6 RBI.”
Gb7-
I did see that. I posted earlier today wondering what the heck the cubs were doing calling him up, LOL!
That said on the mlb channel they showed a list of the top RBI debuts by rookies with Castro at the top – that was really not a list that one would want to be a member of.
Hopefully something goes well for the cubs but I don’t like they calling him up at 20 and playing for Pinella in what will likely be his last year there and possibly in the bigs as a manager.
They didn’t do Pie any favors yo-yoing him around. Castro is too good a prospect to take these chances on in a lost year.
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Over the last 10-15 years, the Cubs have ruined a lot of good young players. Maybe they won’t do any damage to this one.
They’ve totally screwed up a couple of third basemen, like Scott Moore and Gary Scott, catcher Rick Wilkins, pitchers before and after Prior and Wood, Pie. I’m afraid that they’re in the process of screwing up Marmol, too.
Lots of reasons to not like Buccholz
1) He stole from children. CHILDREN!
2) He’s ugly as a duckling. DUCKLING!
3) He’s getting better. 95 MPH!
4) He’s a Red Sock. RED SOCK!
5) He sings Sweet Caroline. SWEET CAROLINE!
The more I think about it, the more I’m with the “best served cold” crowd.
Why drill them now? Why not wait until a little later in the season.
Wait until they start to make a little run, then take out one of their catalysts (I’m looking at you, Jacoby Ellsbury).
“Beckett looks remorseful in his postgame.”
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I didn’t see his postgame, but if he does look remorseful it is not because he hit the Yankees.
He gave up on his team and he knows he is a major jerk for that. That is why he feels bad.
There are going to be a lot of guys in that clubhouse who are not going to forgive and forget so easily. Giving up on your team is at the top of list for how to be hated by your teammates.
Why should Girardi have to tell his pitchers when to retaliate? The players should be able to recognize it themselves when retaliation is necessary and do it, especially when there is a big lead.
CC was irate tonight. He knows it was wrong. Let’s see if he backs it up tomorrow.
whats the latest on the injuries????? got this off Abe’s blog
* Nick Johnson is headed back to New York for an MRI on his wrist.
* Robinson Cano has swelling on his left knee from where Beckett hit him and is day-to-day. The Yankees may need to make a move before tomorrow’s game given all their bumps and bruises.
“Beckett looks remorseful in his postgame.”
PLEASE – more on this.
Could Phil be looking at an All-Star game appearance?
If you watch Beckett’s postgames, he always sounds subdued. Nothing new. He doesn’t come in fired up like you would expect.
Cashman panicked on Johnson. He was tricked into signing him quickly before other teams did. Johnson is a bad 2 hole hitter, is not flexible, unhealthy, can’t run, and has no power. Cashman panicked and was in love with his obp. He forgot he played in the National league on a bad team where there was no pressure. His injury prone history should have been enough to say no, we’ll wait the market out but he didn’t. We’ll go get someone else, that’s all.
I think that within the next year or so, both Hughes and Chamberlain will learn how to milk a couple more MPHs out of their fastballs and be able to control them. Gonna be a lot of sad and unhappy hitters around the AL.
Yes, Damon did let Boras screw him over, but the Yankees had zero intention of signing Matsui. They didn’t even make an attempt. Why else would he have signed with LAA so quickly? You don’t let your World Series MVP sit and wait for you to call if you REALLY want him back. The Yankees didn’t want Matsui back because of his knees. Instead, they thought it was better to sign a guy who has spent his entire career on the DL. How’s that working out so far?
And for those of you questioning my Yankee fandom just because I think that Cashman made a mistake with Nick Johnson, think again. All baseball GMs at some point make mistakes. You think the Cubs are happy with the Soriano contract? Even though Vernon Wells is having a decent start to his season, his contract is and will always be a dog. It happens. I was against the NJ signing from the start. That doesn’t make me any less of a Yankee fan. That makes me someone capable of recognizing that Cashman is a human being who might miss the mark every once and awhile. He’s made some great deals – CC, Tex, even AJ. This year, not so much.
I’ve been a Yankee fan for a very long time so I’ve earned the right to have an opinion about the team, it’s players and it’s GM. In my opinion, Cash dropped the ball this offseason with Nick Johnson. Accusing me of not being a REAL fan isn’t going to change that.
Goodnight.
Girardi is the manager in the ASG, remember. He can take his own guys with him. Torre took everyone.
Lots of Yankees are going this year.
How many visits did the pitching coach or manager make to Beckett in the meltdown inning?
Watching the TB/Oak game…man, the Rays are just a juggernaut right now.
Yanks are smart to just settle in and draft behind them now. So long, Beantown.
mel
The pitching coach/manager can only make 1 trip before taking him out.
Carl May 7th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
# Kenny May 7th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Jenrry Meija, a 20 year old rookie drilled Chase Utley in the ribs in the 8th inning against Philly last week after the Philly pitcher hit Francour earlier.
It’s sad that someone that young took it upon himself to protect the team, yet no one on our team could do it.
Yeah, lets drill someone with no one to come off the bench and play.
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I agree very disappointing that none of the 3 pitchers retaliated. You dont need the manager to tell you. When you see Sabathia yelling, A-Rod and Posada looked angry it is only common sense to protect your teammates. I mean they hit your captain I dont care if it is by accident or not.
we need a new thread.
Beckett takes his medication before meeting the press.
There was a point in the meltdown where Suzyn said that Beckett looked like he was in a trance or something. lol. Just in the middle of spiralling. That’s all.
Yes, Damon did let Boras screw him over, but the Yankees had zero intention of signing Matsui. They didn’t even make an attempt. Why else would he have signed with LAA so quickly? You don’t let your World Series MVP sit and wait for you to call if you REALLY want him back. The Yankees didn’t want Matsui back because of his knees. Instead, they thought it was better to sign a guy who has spent his entire career on the DL. How’s that working out so far?
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Matsui is hitting: .236 .309 .400 .709 right now
Damon turned down his offer
Matsui gave cashman 1 day. Cashman asked for more time. Matsui declined.
# m May 7th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
How many visits did the pitching coach or manager make to Beckett in the meltdown inning?
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You can only make 1 you have to pull the pitcher on your second visit.
Yeah, Girardi, the same guy who was yelling at Guthrie from the dugout in a ST game, had a back and forth with Brad Penny last year, screamed at Boston’s 3B coach for stealing signs, and yelled at Ron Gardenhire’s face….. is a choir boy.
Where do you folks come up with this stuff? Just a bunch of nonsense.
did anyone else think the postgame interview with girardi had a subtle message that retaliation is coming? girardi did say that “we protect our guys because we care about them,” or something pretty close to those words.
mel
He was sending us a message. He was just going up there, intentionally throwing at our guys, with no care about giving up runs or the loss.
He traded one game away to send us a message.
He threw at every player that stepped out of the box on him.
Jeter, Frankie 2 times, Cano, Swish.
PHO – what do you care what the media says about Hughes? Are you so insecure in your own thoughts and opinions that you need validation from the media to feel good about a player? If you’re a fan, then evaluate players on what you are seeing and leave it at that. I would say that most of us here don’t even know what the media says about any particular player because we frankly don’t care and we don’t need them to tell us what we’ve seen. We’re able to formulate our own opinions based on the reality of what is or isn’t happening. Can you tell when Phil Hughes has pitched a good game? A great game? I am betting you can because that’s really not difficult to figure out. If you are satisfied with his pitching, why isn’t that enough? Who gives a rat if Bucholz gets twenty times the press that Hughes does? It just doesn’t matter.
Weaver no hitter through 5 and Angels are up 8-0 after losing 7 in a row. Are the M’s that bad?
Watching the TB/Oak game…man, the Rays are just a juggernaut right now.
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They are beating oakland 1 – 0 , Gio has given up 2 hits and has 7 Ks
The Facebook Yankees fan update just said Johnson is likely headed to the DL, and had a Girardi quote stating that a DL move is likely.
tarheel yank-
we’re all on the same side here.
i’m just saying that guys like braden and beckett are just punks and girardi really doesn’t get that.
like in that game when braden was all over alex.
do you think maybe joe could go out there and tell braden where to go.
or tell francona to curb his dog beckett tonight.
i like girardi a lot as a manager but i don’t see pinella, billy martin, or earl weaver leaving their players out there to fend for themselves the way girardi does.
jeter is a very strange guy. he’s so tough it’s like there’s no need to protect him. jeter himself doesn’t even get mad when he gets drilled.
picture what youkillis would have done had he been cervelli, cano, or jeter.
he would have gone into histrionics in each situation.
but the yankees are above that.
i guess that’s ok, but posada is out from getting hit, cano is out from getting hit.
jeter could have been injured on that ball in the upper back.
i just think the manager has to go out and fight for his players.
what would be wrong with that ?
i don’t see the downside.
The Angels are up 8-0 tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They came to play again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Mariners are so bad right now it’s hard to get over.
They just got swept and utterly dominated by the Rays. Tonight they get an absolutely reeling Angels team coming off their own humiliating sweep by the Sox and they have Felix on the mound.
And they are already losing 8-0. The game is basically over. That team can hardly score 4 runs in a game and if they get behind by 2 it seems like 10 runs.
What an cu