Game 32: Yankees at Tigers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on May 12, 2010 
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YANKEES (21-10)
Derek Jeter SS
Brett Gardner CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Nick Swisher RF
Randy Winn LF
Ramiro Pena 3B
RHP Javier Vazquez (1-3, 9.78)
Career vs. Tigers
TIGERS (18-14)
Austin Jackson CF
Johnny Damon LF
Magglio Ordonez DH
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Brennan Boesch RF
Brandon Inge 3B
Ramon Santiago 2B
Gerald Laird C
Adam Everett SS
RHP Rick Porcello (2-3, 7.50)
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m./YES Network
UMPIRES: HP Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B Dan Billino, 2B Mike Estabrook, 3B Mike Winters
WEATHER: It still looks a little rainy outside, but it looks like we’ll at least get the first game in.
HAND GRENADES AND SLOW DANCING: Close doesn’t count for much in baseball, and after last night’s loss, the Yankees are 0-3 in one-run games this season. More fun with records: The Yankees are 18-4 when they don’t make an error, 3-6 when they do.
20 THROUGH 30: Entering this series the Yankees had played 30 games and already had five players with 20 or more RBI (Swisher-24, Cano-22, Jeter-22, Rodriguez-20, Teixeira-20). The last Yankees team to have five or more players with at least 20 RBI through the season’s first 30 games was in 1926 (Babe Ruth-44, Joe Dugan-27, Bob Meusel-27, Tony Lazzeri-26, Lou Gehrig-20) according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Phillies did it last year.
WITH HONORS: This morning New York University held its 178th commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium. It’s the third consecutive year the school has used the stadium for graduation, and NYU alum Alec Baldwin was scheduled to address the graduates. To quote the great Liz Lemon, I want to go to there.
UPDATE, 1:30 p.m.: One inning down for Vazquez. Made some mistakes to Jackson in the first but got through the at-bat. Now he’s started the second inning with a ground out on a nice play by Jeter.
UPDATE, 1:34 p.m.: My bad on the Tigers’ lineup. The order is the same but Damon’s in left, Boesch is in right and Ordonez is the DH.
UPDATE, 1:36 p.m.: There’s two scoreless for Vazquez.
UPDATE, 2:06 p.m.: Ramiro Pena is here for his glove, not his bat, but it would have been nice to score on one his first two at-bats.
UPDATE, 2:45 p.m.: Four singles and two runs have put the Tigers in front 2-0 after six. For the most part, Vazquez got balls on the ground that inning, but some of them found holes. Whatever the result, Vazquez has clearly done his part up to this point. It’s on the offense to score some runs now.
UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: Brutal day at the plate for Ramiro Pena. He’s 0-for-3 and every one of his at-bats has ended an inning with a runner on base.
UPDATE, 3:01 p.m.: Right now he’s losing this game, but Javier Vazquez showed significant improvement this afternoon. He’s given the Yankees a chance, and he’s pitched through the seventh inning to save the bullpen for this afternoon’s second game. Even if he takes the loss, this has been a good start for him.
UPDATE, 3:09 p.m.: Here’s Boone Logan. Vazquez is out after seven innings.
Where is everyone!
Go Javy!!!
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 12th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Patrick May 12th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Erica do you get sinus infections often?
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No. Thats the weirdest part. Until February I never had one before. And now I am sick with another one.
When I was with my family on Sunday the 18 month old baby was sick. At one point he was in my lap and sneezed directly in my face. I think I knew I was in trouble then
If yanks split today, they only lead boston 4 games. looks like Sux will sweep Jays.
Repost:
Blake-
Just remember it was my first attempt.
If the graft doesn’t take. It’s back to the drawing board.
We’re not gonna quit that easy.
Perhaps, I should have innoculated Javy with the “thicker skin” gene as well.
He can can have twice the protection that way.
I’ll consider that if things don’t work out.
If Fleming could find penicillin on the skin of an orange I should be able to help Javy sooner or later, right ?
Liiiz Leeemon!!
Nice 20 thru 30 factoid.
We play 2 today, we win 2 today. Go Yankees!
And now, I’m ready for some baseball. Onwards to victory ! Later.
“This isn’t important enough to LeBron James. That’s the uncompromising, unconquerable truth. Everything has come too easy to him, and he still doesn’t believe that winning championships takes a consuming, obsessive desire that borders on the maniacal.”
Newsday ran an article, courtesy of the AP, about teams scouting umpires for how they call the strike zone – high, low, consistency, you get the picture.
They specifically mentioned Hunter Wendelstedt being scouted as being inconsistent, both day-to-day and pitch-to-pitch.
Should be interesting.
To quote the great Liz Lemon, I want to go to there
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I use this quote all the time. I’ve been told to stop, but I love it too much.
Please let Javier pitch well today!
“If yanks split today, they only lead boston 4 games. looks like Sux will sweep Jays.”
Yep. Apparently, no team outside of TB or BOS can win a game at Fenway.
Then again, the Jays got swept at home by the Sox too. Lots of mediocre teams in the AL for Boston to get fat on.
Javier today: 7IP 2R
MTU,
I like how you think and I know this is merely a first test. Still hopeful.
champ809 May 12th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Warning track power
Miranda could have played 1B allowing Tex a half day Dh-ing….I ‘d rather have Miranda covering a game at 1B than Swish who would be the backup to Tex….
Funny I could’ve sworn that Alby wasn’t on anybody’s radar for a callup!
I really don’t think bringing up Golson makes much sense…Miranda would’ve been the better choice as he could take DH abs vs. righties as well and they are most probably calling him up in a couple of days anyway. Seems like a waste of an option for Golson to be up here for a couple of days unless of course they send Russo down for Miranda and keep Golson here.
Russo can play some LF though so why not just use him in LF let’s say tonight and Winn could spell Swish in RF allowing Swish to DH?
Go Javy!
And as always, constant updates for those stuck without TV/radio would be much appreciated
Root for a rainout tomorrow.
That pushes Verlander to face the Sox
Otherwise the Sox face that bum Scherzer, Willis, and some rookie call up on Sunday
and they’ll probably have an exhausted pen because it looks like Leyland will do whatever he can to beat us this series, just watch how he used Zumaya.
Erica,
Ouch, sounds like you are just running into some bad luck. I have a friend who constantly gets sinus infections (he claims to have had 50-60), he even had a surgery for it. Glad that’s not the case with you, sounds miserable.
I think Vazquez finally pitches well today. Cabrera owns him so he might want to pitch around or be careful with him.
Albie isn’t on anybody’s radar for a callup. He’s an emergency option because they can’t recall Melancon or Sanchez yet. If he is needed, he’s here until better options are available in a day or two. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Do you not understand transactions?
I know you are fixated with this being an all homegrown team. Unfortunately for you, the Yankees don’t want to be the Scranton Yankees.
“This isn’t important enough to LeBron James. That’s the uncompromising, unconquerable truth. Everything has come too easy to him, and he still doesn’t believe that winning championships takes a consuming, obsessive desire that borders on the maniacal.”
That performance by lebron last nite was one of the most strangest peformances I’ve seen from a talent like him.
NYY626 May 12th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
And as always, constant updates for those stuck without TV/radio would be much appreciated
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I second this!!
SJ, if lebron leaves do u think the knicks have a legit shot in getting him?
Rick Porcello 2-3 7.50 ERA Go Yankees! I’ll bet Jeter DH’s in game 2 and Pena moves to SS.
Javy today 2 IP 7 Runs
GTLU- Game 2
SS Jeter
LF Gardy
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B MVP
C Jorge
DH Swish
RF Winn
CF Golson
SP Phranchise….5-0 7ip/2hits/9ks
lets hope not, i’m starting him in fantasy =x
Al,
No idea. Have a feeling he’s more hurt than he is letting on.
Hard to know what Lebron is going to do in the off-season.
At this point, I think everybody is just guessing. He’s done a great job of keeping his thoughts to himself all year re: his free agency.
Javy today 2 IP 7 Runs
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actually that was Beckett’s line on Saturday!
Guess the Line Up (2) is Now Open for Business
Window will remain open until 3 p.m. Good luck.
Lets go Yankees!
Al Rivera
CC said last year he’s been trying to recruit him to NY, they are friends.
erica,
those baby germs can be killer. hope you feel better soon.
Jeter groundout to SS. 1 out.
Gardner groundout to SS. 2 out.
Really hope we don’t make Porcello look like last years Porcello.
Game 2:
DH Jeter
CF Gardner
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
2B Cano
RF Swisher
C Cervelli
LF Winn
SS Pena
Thanks!
Al
According to John Hollinger on ESPN.com, exactly what I said yesterday. Lebron was doing nothing to even help create for his teammates. The Cavs would have been better off with him off the court rather than playing 4 on 5 with him on the court.
Jeter groundout 6-3
Gardner groundtout 6-3
Tex groundout 4-3
Teixeira groundout to 2B. Out of the 1st inning.
Why haven’t the Yankees batted? Aren’t we on the road?
gltu, game 2
jete dh
gardy cf
tex 1b
arod 3b
cano 2b
swish rf
cervelli c
pena ss
golson lf
thanks for going the extra mile, doreen.
Thanks for the updates Bronx Jeers and CR9!
Having Alby on the team wouldn’t make us all home grown as he was acquired via trade.
The fact is he may be pitching on the team tonight which illustrates my point that if the Yanks needed a RP to cover for the next couple of weeks they would not go out the organization to obtain one. I never said that Alby was the #1 guy in the mix but as you were too busy trying to argue the point I guess you just missed it altogether.
Is it really that hard to understand?
It really ticks you off to no end when you’re wrong on things that you have absolutely no control over. Why is that?
Porcello only needed 10 pitches to retire the side.
“Lebron was doing nothing to even help create for his teammates”
No heart. Less soul.
Austin Jackson flies out to LF. 1 out.
Michael Kay is a loser man.
Same pitches high and outside from Javier. Shoulder flying open.
Damon strikes out. 2 out.
bam… revenge on johnny.
Kay needs to shut his mouth. Lets go Yankees!!!
CR9
He looks a lot better. Lets see how he looks the 2nd time around.
Ordonez strikes out. Out of the first inning.
wow. can he keep this up?
“Porcello only needed 10 pitches to retire the side.”
And Javy only needed 12.
Not bad 13 pitches Javier!
good inning.
now take him out before it all goes to hell.
j/k (sort of)
The best sign of that inning was the pitch Javy decided to throw to Damon 3-2. The strike out itself was secondary.
3-2 to Damon – an excellent fastball hitter – and Javy decides to challenge him with his fastball.
That’s exactly what he hasn’t been doing this whole season. Rather than challenging hitters with his fastball he’s been shying away from the pitch.
Very good first inning. His fastball was well located down in the zone.
Erica-if you’re still out there, “Rubber Duckie” on the ipod
Alby wouldn’t be here for a couple of weeks, if he’s activated at all. He would be here until Melancon or Sanchez could be recalled.
Chances are, if Javy goes deep in this game, he won’t be recalled at all.
An emergency option is not an option. Its a guy available because they may not have anybody else.
muffinstump May 12th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
erica,
those baby germs can be killer. hope you feel better soon.
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I swear, they look so cute and innocent carrying around their Ernie dolls and saying “peekaboo” but they are just little germ carriers
champ809 -
Are you sure you want to guess that Posada is catching the second game? (GTLU)
Alex grounds out to 3B. 1 out.
Nice, Javy.
That fool Broussard (k, he’s no fool, but he was talking like one today) said that the Cavs should bring in Phil Jackson to coach LeBron.
Erin May 12th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Erica-if you’re still out there, “Rubber Duckie” on the ipod
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Nice
4 ground outs?
If anyone is interested I’m listening to the game on this website:
http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.....38;uid=255
Naturally you will have to listen to John & Susan …
)
Go Yankees 2010 !!
CR9.
I’ll leave the play by play to you.
I’ll do color.
Porcello: Looks like he might have found his sinker.
Javy: Struck out Damon? Well that’s one demon exorcised.
Cano with a single up the middle. On 1st. 1 out.
The regression to the mean of Ajax happening via Yankee pitchers in front of our eyes.
What is this wacking at the first ball stuff. I know they might be strikes but enough!
CB,
I can’t watch this game…your insights on Javy are appreciated.
Posada flies out to left center on a decently hit ball. 2 out. Cano on 1st.
Erica
It’s good the Yankees didn’t sign Damon. He can’t even hit Javy.
Albaladejo is not very good but he’s had stretches of success at this level before and has reasonable enough stuff. I don’t see why he should be so low in any pecking order. The majority of bullpen building involves catching flash-in-the-pan stretches from pitchers who are too limited to take the ball as starters, doesn’t it?
MaineYankee May 12th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Erica
It’s good the Yankees didn’t sign Damon. He can’t even hit Javy.
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HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Let me also remind you that K is a strike out for Erica’s Avengers
It looks like a pretty wide zone so far.
As long as it doesn’t float, so be it.
Cheap strike far outside and low on 0-1 to Swisher to put him in the hole 0-2.
Swisher fouls off a bunch of pitches.
Swisher singles to right center. Cano on 3rd, Swisher on 1st.
m
I was wondering where S.o.S was also. Maybe in mourning because of his Spurs.
For all the talk about Lebron, it’d be nice if some would give the Celtics credit for a good game.
wonder if Detroit would trade stadiums with New York?
it may be sacriledge to post, but i like their stadium/field much better than NYY.
GTLU 2
DH Jeet
CF GGBG
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B Robbie
RF Swish
C Cisco
LF Winn
SS Pena
thanks again
Erica
I must have really hit a sore spot to get a hiss.
Randy Winn walks on 4 pitches. Cano on 3rd, Swisher on 2nd, Winn on 1st.
That fool Broussard (k, he’s no fool, but he was talking like one today) said that the Cavs should bring in Phil Jackson to coach LeBron.
He’s from cleveland
Since he hates the knicks so much, he’s saying chicago is the top favorite if lebron leaves. As a knick fan I think it’s 50-50 in having the chance to sign him.
Strike two to Swisher was a very good example of what makes Porcello so tough. Porcello missed his spot horribly. He left his fastball up in the zone. Usually swisher hits that ball hard but his fastball has so much movement on it that Swisher couldn’t square the pitch up.
That said – very impressive piece of hitting by Nick. Last year he doesn’t foul off all those pitches. He would have struck out with that longer swing. He finally gets Porcello to switch up his approach and throw a poor change up. Swisher takes it directly back to center field
Here we go again.
Pena in the hole 0-2.
Pena flies out to center to end the inning.
the Swisher AB:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
pitch 2 was the only one out of the zone.
Cb thanks for the analysis, it’s very helpful for those of us that can’t watch the game
Porcello 19 pitches, and got out of the bases loaded. If only Swisher had hit a DBL.
Nice try Pena ! . . . We’ll get at him ..
maine yankee,
30 something point blowout? it was over when ray allen hit that 3 to start the 3rd.
with all the talk of rondo making it the big 4, he was rather quiet.
someone asked me why i didn’t want the cavs to move on to the next round, i forgot to add that shaq’s arrogance is a big turn off. “i’m here to win a ring for the king”
go, celtics.
Nice play Jete
Cabrera grounds out up the middle to SS. Jeter with a very nice play. 1 out.
Roger, if you’re out there, why is today a sad day for your country?
Javy is really keeping the ball down.
Boesch fouls out to catcher. 2 out.
MaineYankee May 12th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Erica
I must have really hit a sore spot to get a hiss.
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I prefer to think of that hissssss as a nod to the old days
javy attacking the zone so far.
Magglio Ordonez was griping about pitch 2 to him in bottom of the 1st.
it was well w/in the strike zone:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
Gameday has Javy’s fastball <90. At least he is getting results so far.
Vazquez sitting 89-90
nasty
Javy today:
2 IP, 7 ER.
Brilliant prediction. Got any others to entertain us today or is it run away time for you?
Inge strikes out. Out of the 2nd inning. Javy at about 25 pitches.
Nice job Javy !! . . keep it up !
Javier 11 pitches yes!
Nice approach for Javy against Cabrera. First pitch fastball. Then gets him to ground out on another four seamer.
Javy looks very good. Best he’s looked all year. His fastball is located down in the zone. His curve also has the best bite we’ve seen all year.
It’s very early and he has to maintain it. But this is the first time Javy’s reminded me of how he threw last year for the Braves.
Means nothing if he falls apart. I’ll be particularly interested to see how he responds after making a mistake or giving up some runs. Will he get tentative? Will he pitch in reverse again?
But so far so good.
He’s got everything working so far and hasn’t even really shown them the change up yet.
SJ
You were waiting for the 2nd inning to end for that one!!
Tigers crew called that last pitch to Inge a changeup, gameday calling it slider. LoHud scouts, what say you?
m
Rondo doesn’t have to be the guy for them to win. He was good at setting the pace in the 1st half and then got aggressive in the 2nd half.
Also the Cav’s focused on him which opened things up for the others.
They are looking the healthiest this year now.
You want a repeat of 2 years ago?
Javy’s fastball is still a couple of clicks low but he seems to be locating it much better.
Two good innings from Javy. I hope he can continue.
Come on Jeter. This is getting ugly.
Whoever wins that Celtics-Cavs series is going to have their hands full with Orlando.
Jeter’s mission to be as annoying as possible to me right now is succeeding.
Jeter grounds out weakly 3-1 on the first pitch. 1 out.
CR9,
I always love drive by clowns with their “predictions”.
Now he will use another user name to post more nonsense this afternoon.
Gardner walks on 4 pitches.
What happened to his velocity?
My Kindle has arrived.
I have already purchased two books on it
Never thought I’d see Jeter this helpless at the plate. His approach is just terrible right now. He’s got to find a way to get on base.
Cmn Brett. Run!!
Take off Gardner, dont worry about the big boppers coming up. take second.
Standing order for commentary on baseball:
“You can’t predict it. Don’t even try.”
Sterling, John
Gardner works the count and walks, after Jeter grounds out on 1st pitch.
Stolen base
Javy’s got it dancing today. BIG step in the right direction, so far.
Gardner steals second base on a 2-0 count to Tex. 2-1 the count to Tex.
Thanks for the updates and analysis guys.
wow…who else is safe with that jump, that pitch and that throw other than gardner?
maine,
Home court advantage would be nice.
I think that’s the matchup the Lakers themselves want. Some unfinished business.
Just flat out speed by Brett. Cmon Alex big two out hit here. COME ON
Tex grounds out weakly to 1B, Gardner to 3rd. 2 out.
weak groundout by Tex. Gardner on 3rd
Erica
Aha! So the real reason for the sick day emerges!!!!
Is there a fear that the light inside Jeter has gone out?
omg
Well, that was rude
Jeter will be fine……he’s just in a slump; he’s not immune much as we would like him to be.
yanks offense is on FIRE! lol
JM May 12th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Whoever wins that Celtics-Cavs series is going to have their hands full with Orlando.
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No argument there.
Perk does play Howard 1 on 1 fairly well.
Porcello 11 pitches
Alex flies out to deep right to end the inning. Boesch takes away at least a double off the wall.
End of Top 3.
Thought Alex had one there.
A-Rod robbed at right field wall from possible homer, double at worst.
nice try arod ! .
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 12th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Erica
Aha! So the real reason for the sick day emerges!!!!
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I have to say, between the Kindle and the Yankee double header, I wouldn’t believe myself either today if it wasn’t for the fact that I am actually walking around like a Zombie from Night of the Living Dead with a box of tissues
can of corn from arod
Ugh, I thought that ball was on its way to the Garden of Earthly Delights, but Bosch kept it in.
about time for the javy meltdown
Sounds like the Yanks just can’t buy any luck at all………unless it’s bad.
Javy’s Velocity isn’t ideal but he’s locating well down in the zone and his fastball has much more life down there.
You can see it from the tigers swings so far. Good fastball hitters have been late on his fastball.
Velocity isn’t where you’d like to see it but the quality of the pitch is much better.
Javy is staying consistently on top of his fastball and isn’t drifting as much as he was in his delivery.
Santiago flies out to LF. 1 out.
Comerica National Park.
they could graze buffalo in that outfield.
“Is there a fear that the light inside Jeter has gone out?”
I hope that’s a joke.
yeah, it’s luck, lol!
Jeter will be fine……he’s just in a slump; he’s not immune much as we would like him to be.
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Swinging at everything to hit his way out of the slump is dumb
m
I’d settle for a repeat of 2 years ago.
Hit Girl = DirtBag BoSux Fan Troll Idiot…..need I say more ?
Hit Girl
Why are you back? Did you not get enough enjoyment yesterday as Lebron, Mike Brown, and the Cavaliers gifted the Celtics a 3-2 lead in the series?
Lets make sure we ignre the trolls.
Gary Gnu May 12th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Comerica National Park.
they could graze buffalo in that outfield.
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It’s pretty remarkable how much power Alex has. He didn’t even hit that pitch off the good part of the bat and still nearly hit it out of the park straight down the RF line.
Again, it’s that little bit of movement that does it for Porcello.
Laird safe at first on a single. Tex failed to come up with the scoop from a throw from deep short by Jeter.
i love you guys coddling javy saying “well, he doesn’t look good but at least…”
Why doesnt Alex hit those balls at YS?
Tex should have made that pick at first base. It wasn’t that difficult a scoop to make.
But why is Javy’s velocity so low right now?
maine,
First things first. We have to get to the finals, you have to get to the conference finals.
Everett flies out to shallow left. 2 out.
Hit girl=baseball fab.
Same troll, different name.
One of several on the blog.
Gosh. The last hitter in the Yankees lineup I’d spend even a nanosecond worrying about is Derek Jeter. The guy didn’t forget how to hit. He’s in a s-l-u-m-p. It happens.
javy’s velocity is approaching jamie moyer’s
im Hit Girl
and only Hit Girl
Doreen
I know about the Posada working both games of the doubleheader but I don’t think he DH’s him tonight and I’m not sure that he sits him either. I’ll take the shot although you’re probably right with it being Velli C and Posada on the bench.
I’ll leave it as is and see what happens. Thanks.
“I hope that’s a joke.”
Yes, its meaning will be L
ST on many.
Jackson strikes out to end the 3rd inning.
Crazy hand movements from Javy are gone out of the stretch.
Seems Austin Jackson is vulnerable to the high fastball.
GOOD JOB JAVY !!!
Laird infield single. Vazquez 1st time out of stretch.
Pop-up by adam everett. 2 out.
90 mph fastball strikeout ajax
lol, you say that with such pride.
Seems like Tex isn’t making all the scoops he usually makes – he went through something like that last year. Of course, I’m only going by the comments on the board as I can’t watch the game.
Doreen, I never worry about Jeter……..
Ajax 0-6 in the series…
Do you know that there is “erica” in Comerica….
Javier 11 pitches he made it past the 3rd scoreless
Austin Jackson has good bat speed. Javy threw him a fastball up that first at bat that Jackson couldn’t catch up to.
Javy just threw him another fastball up in the zone Jackson was very late on and waved through. And this fastball was out of the stretch.
And on 2-2 Javy challenges Jackson again with a fastball. He missed his spot but the ball had enough movement on it that Jackson couldn’t catch up and missed the pitch badly.
Very good sign to see guys taking those kinds of swings off of Javy’s fastball.
I am so glad I skipped middle school today to play with my dollies and make fun of the Yankees…Mommy, can I have some more juice boxes ?
Keep it up Javy.
I am a Celtic Retard.
So far, so good for Javy…….If velocity was so important, he wouldn’t be getting anyone out. Better that he’s throwing the ball well otherwise than that if he just had velocity and nothing else.
betsy- that was a stab at a chest high scoop. Tough one.
so Javy’s looking good huh?
Okay, champ809. If you’re sure….
m
I know. It’s fun to dream though.
Your Lakers will need their track shoes for this next round.
m
I know. It’s fun to dream though.
Your Lakers will need their track shoes for this next round.
and the imposter is back! lol
gotta love it!
now make the racist comments to try and get me banned
Cano grounds out weakly to 2B. 1 out.
Do you know that there is ?erica? in Comerica?.
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I thought you was at home.
Good to hear that Javy is challengeing guys more with his fastball..I don’t care how hard you throw you have to be proud of it and work off it.
I tell u what with the yanks needing a starter on sunday I would love to see nova getting the start than mitre
I’ve been trolled.
Jorge given new life. Inge drops a popup in foul territory.
And Jorge makes them pay with a double to right center.
Did yall just see Jorge turn on the Jets?
Who is pitching for Detroit tonight?
Gotta get some runs against the starter. Their bull pen is tough.
Posada lucks out with dropped foul ball then a shot to right center for a double
Porcello Erica
The yankees must take advantage here. Brandon Inge just made as bad a fundamental play as you can. He dropped an easy pop out in foul territory. Played it for a kind of basket catch and then on top took his eye off the ball.
Posada then doubles.
Given the yankees line up today it would be very good for Swisher to get this run in here.
if this game was ten years ago posada would have to shave in between games
slow bat speed from swisher
bonderman tonight
is anyone annoyed that laird like double pumps everytime he throws the ball back to the pitcher?
Tonight Bonderman is pitching
Where did Javy sit velocity-wise last year with the Braves?
Swisher strikes out swinging. 2 out.
Autsin JacKKKKson?
(more effective if I could make a backwards K.)
more clutch hitting from ny
um, i don’t see anyone trolling you, hit girl.
oth, someone is trolling maine yankee, while being a celtic fan is undesirable, it certainly isn’t a crime..
Bonderman is pitching tonight…….
Slow mental development from Hit Girl.
Silly Carl-
I asked who was pitching TONIGHT. Not who is pitching now
javy was at 92-93 consistently last year
Oy Nick………awful.
Yankee Trader, thanks!
I got imposted ! Mommy, they are imposting me on the puter !
Hughes and Bonderman Erica sorry!
hmmm, Javy still hasn’t given up a run. I am surprised.
And Swisher has a horrible at bat. Swisher gets impatient and swings at a couple of high fastballs with movement up in the zone.
He had no shot of hitting those pitches and Porcello kept throwing them.
You could see there that Nick was affected by Winn being up after him. He changed his approach radically from the first at bat and got two aggressive.
ignore troll = it will go away!
come on guys . .its not Nolan Ryan out there ! . . GEEZZ wake up
porcello really doesnt want to face winn.
GTLU
Jeter SS
Gardner CF
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Cano DH
Swisher RF
Cervelli C
Winn LF
Pena 2B
I touch kids.
Porcello is a very good young pitcher with a live arm despite his ERA……..
Winn walks. 2 out.
Jeter DH
GGBG CF
Tex 1B
A-Rod 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Winn LF
Cervelli C
Pena SS
I have no idea if that is right, but nod if you got it Doreen
“Where did Javy sit velocity-wise last year with the Braves?”
90-92.
ahhh come on Ramiro.
In regards to getting a lead to avoid the bullpen, Jim Leyland cant be quick to the bullpen in the first game of a DH.
I think Nick was also affected by having a pitch 4-6″ outside called a strike in his first AB.
Maybe too many things rattling through that brain of his?
Pena strikes out swinging. Out of the Top 4.
that was quick . . UGHHH
leaving a lot of guys on.
slow bat speed
I want to know what game Michael Kay is watching if he thinks Porcello looks very, very good.
Laird moving around behind the plate is annoying
http://www.theonion.com/articl.....witterfeed
this yankee offense is AWESOME
hit girl – keep it up, last time you got hughes a no hitter through 8 with your incessant rambling.
Gary
That could have a lot to do with it. One umpire call can not only change the complexion of one AB, but future ABs. The pitch was outside and low, and it got called a strike.
Just a reminder that the GTLU window is open until 3 pm.
They’re going to break through soon. Keep going, Javy. You’re doing great.
I want to know what game Michael Kay is watching if he thinks Porcello looks very, very good.
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he’s only watching Pena’s AB.
Porcello 21 pitches It doesn’t do any good for anyone to get on if Pena is the last out.
yeah, they will break out soon, lol!
really soon!
get ready for the breaking out!
i love it!
Erica.
:nodding:
javy’s fastball at 89 blazing mph
Damon out on a soft liner to SS. 1 out.
Ordonez grounds out weakly to 1B.
fugly swings off Javy right now.
2 out.
Once Posada got on Porcello basically set that inning up to face Winn and or Pena.
He threw Swisher a series of fastball’s up in the zone. Porcello was ok with either walking Swisher or letting Swisher get himself out. Swisher got himself out.
And then faced with the choice of pitching to Winn or Pena he just picked Pena and got him out with pitches out of the zone as well.
It’s innings like that where the lost length in the line up hurts.
poor javy. pitching so well and the yankees can’t bring a run in.
Great Job JAVY !!! HEY OFFENSE . .how about some runs !
Great Job JAVY !!! HEY OFFENSE . .how about some runs !
Javy is pitching well.
when do the wheels fall off?
Where did that miss?
Game 2 Line Up
D Jeter SS
B Gardner CF
M Texiera 1B
A Rodriguez 3B
R Cano 2B
J Posada DH
N Swisher RF
F Cervelli C
R Winn LF
please. . .Let the Wheels stay on ! . . we need this first one !
waaaa the yankees suck. javy is terrible. I HAVE NO FRIENDS AND NO LIFE.
man, this is fun.
Cabrera keeps stepping out to try and rattle Javier.
1-2 pitch was cheaply called a ball. It was right down the middle.
Cabrera flies out to CF weakly. Javier at 47 pitches through 4 innings.
Jetes DH
GGBG CF
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Cano 2B
Swish RF
Winn LF
Cisco C
Pena SS
Vazquez getting a lot of easy outs with good location. 1-2-3 inning with flyout cabrera.
Lets see if Jeter can work the count. Feel like the Yankees might push some runs through this inning.
No pressure Javy. Theres only a few thousand people in the stands. Im sure you’ll finally pitch a gem…nobodys watching.
if the wheels do come off before Joe can get to the pen, I’ll be shocked.
that’s how good he looks right now.
Javier 12 pitches total 47, Porcello total 61, go Javier!!
Come on, offense. Help out your pitcher here.
when Javy pitches OK, Yanks don’t provide offense at all.
It’s a miracle if they can win DET and MIN series.
Javy’s fastball looks very good. He just threw 3 straight fastball’s to Cabrera who is an elite fastball hitter and Cabrera couldn’t do anything with them.
The first was a ball. The second was taken as a strike. The third Cabrera was hopelessly late on. He just swung through it.
When a great – and I mean great – fastball hitter like Miguel Cabrera is swinging through a fastball after he’s seen the one the two prior pitches that is a great sign.
He’s locating and has life on the pitch. We haven’t seen this all year.
We’ll see if it lasts – but this is the guy they traded for.
Javy doing great. PC is stellar.
And then faced with the choice of pitching to Winn or Pena he just picked Pena and got him out with pitches out of the zone as well.
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He could also have been missing his spots and the yankees were over aggressive. I don’t think porcello has meant to miss as bad as he been missing.
And they said Johnny Damon doesn’t have defense
I hate this stadium.
Jeter flies out to deep left center. The bum defender Damon makes a decent/nice running catch. JOKE!! 1 out.
The Yankees have been having bad luck in this series. Hard hit balls that won’t go for hits.
watch out for the buffaloes, Johnny.
sorry erica- but how did damon make that play. no carry on hard hit fly balls today.
SS Derek Jeter
CF Brett Gardner
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
DH Jorge Posada
RF Nick Swisher
C Francisco Cervelli
LF Randy Winn
Nice adjustment by Jeter that at bat. He turned on the ball and pulled it. In most parks on most days that’s at least a double and possibly a home run. He drove it well. Got under it a bit. But with the wind and the park size Damon made the catch.
It was a good swing.
Keep hitting em Yanks !! .. They[ll fall into place !
anemic offense
Gardner grounds out weakly to 2B. 2 out.
Erica – are you happy Damon caught a deep fly by Jeter? Especially when the poor guy cant hit anymore?
quick inning, lol
Teixeira grounds out weakly to 2B. Out of the Top 5.
Why swing 2-0. Take a pitch jeez.
looks like a losing streak is underway
CB -
So it’s not about the speed on the radar gun necessarily, but the life & movement on the fastball, right?
So the obsession with the precise speed is misplaced?
wow. so many ground outs.
Gardner and Tex both swing 2-0??!! Pathetic..
Thank you Javy
you have to actually lose to have a losing streak. idiot.
weak inning by the Yankees-Jeter-Gardner-Tex
“I hate this stadium.”
And Curtis Granderson hit in this stadium all year last year and still hit 30 HR.
Can’t wait to get him back. He was in a slump but he’s going to be a major weapon for the yanks.
CB,
Is it possible for Javier to go from 89-90 to sitting 92 again? Is it just a matter of conditioning or is it mechanics, both or something else? Was he throwing harder in spring training. He could be killer if he combines this kind of movement and location with a couple more ticks on the radar gun.
Porcello 9 pitches to retire the top of the order.
I liked it better when Hit Girl left the blog.
strange the trolls were absent when the yanks were winning 9 out of 10 games
yeah, granderson and his crappy average was really a weapon
# CB May 12th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
“I hate this stadium.”
And Curtis Granderson hit in this stadium all year last year and still hit 30 HR.
Can’t wait to get him back. He was in a slump but he’s going to be a major weapon for the yanks.
Makes me sad just thinking about it.
Erica,
That’s not funny.
Don’t forget what team you root for. There’s no “Damon” in T-E-A-M.
Bret – as his mechanics fall into place, he will naturally be able to throw harder. Because he can’t (or at least, hasn’t) locate well, he’s “aiming” and not throwing as hard as he can.
the New York Mariners
for half of a game, anyway.
Vazquez looks really good so far. Hopefully the offense doesn’t waste his good performance.
Why not have A-Rod learn RF and make Teixiera the spot starter at 3B where he’s had a little experience in the handful of games a year A-Rod doesn’t start there, since A-Rod will have to move from 3B at some point and most likely RF cuz where’s he gonna play when he’s too old to play 3B? Jeter will most likely move to LF when he’s too old to play SS. Teixiera would still be too young to move from 1B moreover he’s a Gold Glove 1B when A-Rod is too old to play 3B. If A-Rod becomes the full-time DH in his later years, what if he suffers for it with the bat? How does that help Jeter and Teixiera in their later years? Where are their rest days? You spot-starting an old A-Rod at 1B, 3B, or RF?
A-Rod in RF and Teixiera at 3B eliminates Pena or any utility infielder from starting at 3B and gives the Yanks these combinations of starters at 1B and DH:
Posada 1B/Miranda (if he was called up), Swisher, Thames, rested from the field player (herein RFTFP) DH
Miranda 1B/Posada, Swisher, Thames, RFTFP DH
Swisher 1B/Posada, Miranda, Thames, RFTFP DH
Cervelli C if Posada DH
Late in games just move Teixiera back to 1B, A-Rod back to 3B, Swisher back to RF for defense, or the Yanks could put Pena at 3B and leave A-Rod in RF.
This also gives A-Rod even more of a rest from 3B along with DH starts of his own.
Even better would be if A-Rod learned some 1B, too.
cookiepuss – lay off the drugs.
Boesch strikes out swinging. 1 out.
Hit Girl is probably a ginger.
So far I’m glad I had faith and played Javy in fantasy.
Erica
Can’t you find a Tigers blog?
Guess the Lineup:
Jeter DH
Gardner CF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cervelli C
Golson LF
Russo SS
Doreen-
Miguel Cabrera is one of the elite hitters to have played the game over the past 30 years. That’s not an exaggeration. He’s that good.
He’s having a monster season so far. He’s arguably been the best player in the AL this season.
When that player can’t catch up to a fastball after seeing it for the third straight time – that’s a terrific fastball. It doesn’t matter what the gun says.
i cant wait until javy makes the mistake which costs the yanks the game.
and you know that’s going to happen
Inge grounds out weakly to 3rd. 2 out.
Hit Girl
The comments you made show that you lack knowledge when it comes to baseball.
Irreverent Discourse -
Thanks for that!
There are times when I sit here and say to myself, “please, someone respond to that post.”
Cookiepuss, is that what you buy your mom on mother’s day?
So is Hit Girl a Sox fan? Or someone with really nothing better to do with their lives than troll around on a blog they obviously don’t support? Both?
Vazquez performing this well eases the sting from anything that may happen in this game.
Why is anyone replying to Hit Girl? She’s just trying to get a rise out of everyone…
i can’t believe this moron literally watches the entire yankee game, and has nothing better to do but babble about stuff no one is listening to.
no one cares that you are extremely negative, it’s not even amusing.
Be funny or go away.
Santiago walks. 2 out.
wow that last pitch looks pretty good.
yeah, the sting will be eased when they lose their third in a row…
Also Hit girl if you hate the Yankees so much then why post on a Yankee blog ? Only a loser would do such a thing.
And Javy just throws a filthy change up to strike out Boesche. Just disgusting. Low in the zone with great down and out fade.
You could just see there that Boesche could not pick up the pitch as a change because Javy has effectively established his fastball in this game.
The change is arguably Javy’s best pitch and he’s kept it in his pocket so far this game. He’s going to start mixing it in this time through.
I hope I’m wrong but I feel a HR coming…
omg a walk. season over.
CB -
I’m glad that whatever Javy worked on, it appears to have helped.
I also think that basically getting a do-over hasn’t hurt him, either. There’s a lot to be said for taking a physical break as well as a mental break to try and re-boot.
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 12th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Irreverent Discourse -
Thanks for that!
There are times when I sit here and say to myself, ?please, someone respond to that post.?
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Usually GB7 is here to handle that.
meltdown coming?
here we go!
Laird reaches on a 4 pitch walk. Santiago on 2nd, Laird on 1st. 2 out.
Come on Javy how can you walk a .159 hitter, that’s pretty bad dude
i am happy for what javy has showed so far, but a 4 pitch walk to a .158 hitter? really?
Brett-
Javy’s velocity will pick up as the season goes on as long as he gets innings. He wasn’t throwing harder in the spring so it’s not like he’s lost velocity.
Also, remember that it’s a very cold day.
Javy’s gotten out of sync here. Needs to focus and get back to locating that fastball.
Maine Yankee -
You got that right!
i’m not rooting for the yankees anymore, hit girl has shown me the light. i’ll just cheer for my the troll idiots instead.
Erica… Betsy…Doreen…Fran
I need a 3rd opinion. Upstate Kate said I should use my first and formally SAS. m said to keep it as it is…now I need someone to break the tie. m My first name is common so there could be another, but I don’t know.
Are both today’s games on YES? If so, which one will be replayed tomorrow morning?
GJ Javy!
Bye bye, Everett.
what whaaaaattttttttt
Everett strikes out swinging. End of the Bottom 5.
Atta boy Javy!!!
time to put up a 3 spot.
WHEW!! Never have I been so happy to be wrong!!!
and a good comeback.
Good job by Vazquez. Hopefully the offense can wake up now.
Meltdown coming? Wrong again.
You aren’t even good at trolling. That’s the funny part of your nonsense on here.
Javier 21 pitches total 68
Porcello total 70 , after 5 innings
the funniest thing is when people respond more to other posters than to the game at hand
Another good sign. Javy’s delivery got out of whack with those two walks. But he bears down and refocuses and is able to locate again to strike out Everett easily.
Nice that one of the worst hitters in the game was up when Javy got in some trouble!
Inning over.
SAS -
“SAS” does not confuse me; I know it’s you. So, I think you should keep it.
Alternatively, SAS-RealName, or RealName-SAS.
If I was a troll, I would wait for the meltdown to happen first.
Wanted:
Run support for Javy. The best game he’s pitched all year.
It’s time for the offense to step up, you just can’t expect Vazquez to keep pitching a shutout
You aren’t even good at trolling. That’s the funny part of your nonsense on here.
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She’s getting a lot of responses, I’d say she’s doing her job pretty well..
Sorry, no meltdown today for you.
NYY626 May 12th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Erica – are you happy Damon caught a deep fly by Jeter? Especially when the poor guy cant hit anymore?
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I was just expressing my shock that this guy who (by the tone of all of the comments on here) is completely unable to catch anything- caught the ball
This will be a good pitching staff to watch each night if Javy can get on track.
hi SJ!
id love to read another defense of cashman from you. those off-season moves were killer! really helped the ballclub!!
What is up with this Cashman needs to go crap ? You would think the Yankees are in last place based on these comments. Must be bandwagon fans.
you’re not being very irreverent.
/just sayin’
SAS May 12th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Erica? Betsy?Doreen?Fran
I need a 3rd opinion.
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I agree w/upstate kate
Javy has done his job so far. The offense needs to get him some runs to work with so he doesn’t have to be perfect on every pitch.
porcello is really riding that slider today.
Dearest New York Yankee Offense-
We’ve got some hitters on this team. Porcello isn’t that great. Its time to start hitting him. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely Yours,
Erica
“Nice that one of the worst hitters in the game was up when Javy got in some trouble!”
Which is likely what Porcello’s thinking as he’s twice worked around Winn to get to Pena. Smart pitching, really.
I had to laugh – I’m listening to WCBS radio and mark feinsand was on – they asked him about Nick Johnson and his reponse was “..I don’t know, he may be out 2 weeks or the rest of the year”
Thats Nicky Johnson in a nutshell…
Alex grounds out SS. 1 out.
I will assume that Hit Girl is posting from work…anyone have the technology to get her IP or email address and post it?
yanks love those wormburners
Thanks for your opinion Doreen.
SAS May 12th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Erica… Betsy…Doreen…Fran
I need a 3rd opinion. Upstate Kate said I should use my first and formally SAS. m said to keep it as it is…now I need someone to break the tie. m My first name is common so there could be another, but I don’t know.
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How about this-
Name aka SAS aka Awesome
Game 2 GTLU:
SS Jeter
CF GGBG
1B Teix
3B A-Rod
2B Robbie
DH Posada
RF Swish
C Cisco The Kid
LF Winn
Why can’t this team hit?
Cano grounds out weakly on the 1st pitch to 2B. 2 out.
Completely unnecessary swing at the first pitch.
Second best record in baseball. Yes, it’s been a terrible season so far.
I’m sooo disappointed.
Javy pitches a great game and the Yankee offense does nothing. Got to score some runs.
offense is in a big rush to hit a grounder to an infielder.
this game looks like a 2-0 or 2-1 loss for the yanks
Looks like neither of these teams want to be playing right now…
I feel like I’m in a major GTLU slump….
Let’s get lucky.
Jeter SS
Gardner CF
Tex 1B
A Rod 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Thames DH
Winn LF
Cervelli C
MaineYankee May 12th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Erica
Can’t you find a Tigers blog?
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Nah. I prefer to keep my gifts of blog levity the exclusive property of you Lohudders
11 Groundball outs…!
It would be like us to score 0 runs when Javy actually has a … I don’t want to say it.
Posada grounds out weakly to 3rd. End of the Top 6.
Jeremy, thats what I choose to have as my name – why would it bother you? I didn’t like George Bush either that doesn’t make me un american…
“porcello is really riding that slider today.”
Porcello has only thrown a couple of sliders all day. He’s throwing one two seam fastball after another.
That’s how much movement his two seamer has today. It does look like a breaking pitch at times.
Doreen,
Here is my line-up:
Derek DH
Gardner CF
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Robbie 2B
Swisher RF
Cervelli C
Golson LF
Pena SS
Thanks
have the yankees scored less than 2 runs in any game this year?
Porcello 9 pitches total 79 after 6 Yankees can’t buy a hit
m-sending out an S.o.S. May 12th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Erica,
That’s not funny.
Don’t forget what team you root for. There’s no “Damon” in T-E-A-M.
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I won’t apologize. I think I am hilarious
How many 1st pitch outs have we seen today? The lineup looks terrible. Porcello has been dreadful his last couple of starts but the easy outs are really helping him..also that Pena is batting 9th.
c’mon SJ!
defend each of cashman’s off-season moves
Nick Johnson is an injury prone bust
javy has been a mess
winn is awful
thames is the worst outfielder in all of baseball
granderson is hitting under 250
damon is having a nice season
matsui is having a nice season
cashman blew it
“Which is likely what Porcello’s thinking as he’s twice worked around Winn to get to Pena. Smart pitching, really.”
That’s exactly what he’s done. For a kid who is only 21 he knows how to pitch and knows what his strengths are.
12/18 outs have been groundouts for Porcello.
joe west would be proud of this game.
This all sounds great about Javy…hope he keeps it up.
Just think the Yankees projected #4 starter has struggled due tp mechanical and perhaps confidence issues..Boston’s projected #1 starter has struggled because of ??…a slide step..?? Which sounds easiser to get a handle on?
Both pitchers really keeping the other guys off balance. Very few hard hit balls in this game. Yankees have been hitting halfers all afternoon and the Tigers are getting less contact than the Yankees.
unfortunately, it’s not like the Yanks are hot to see Porcello out of this game.
they seem to bring the best out of Zumaya.
You’re right hit girl, the Yankees are horrible and this season is over.
hit girl – nothing you just said is true… you are the worst troll ever lol
javy still not topping 89 mph
Jackson leads off with a single.
meltdown begins
Ledger_Yankees 68 pitches for Vazquez as he starts the 6th. In his last start, he needed 65 to get through three.
That ball was hung right over the plate. Unfortunately for Vazquez if he gives up a run or 2 he will probably lose the game.
ballgame over. see you all around 7 PM.
Damon lines it to right field, 1st and 3rd, nobody out.
yep meltdown underway and GAME OVER
told ya so
nah, the yanks didn’t need a clutch bat like Damon
Bite my tongue!!!!
tampa rays hot right out of the gate, except when they played NY of course- and they lost that series to the ’209′ didnt they ?
Vazquez missed with another pitch over the plate.
Groundout to SS. Jeter takes the out at 2nd. Jackson scores. Ordonez on first. 1 out. 1-0 Tigers.
Porcello has given up 3 ER in every start this season except his first one (and that was a helpless cleveland team). I’m so worried, we might not score at all! OH NO!
ex yankees ajax and damon solid hits
Javy has FAR exceeded expectations today, I would give him some credit for today not criticism.
I’ve never punched a Hit Girl before, but……..
damon left us, we didn’t decide to “let him go”. if you are going to be stupid about this, at least be right.
Hit by Cabrera to left field. 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
Cashman needs to go
comparing the Yankees being a game out of first under Cashman to Bush being president is like comparing apples and oranges. I’m just saying that the Yankees are in good shape and you would think the Yankees are in last place because some spoiled-bandwagon Yankee fans feel like everything needs to be perfect and that the Yankees need to win every game, every World Series, and have an all star at every position.
Forget the record. This isn’t the same team as last yr
Would be nice if the Yankees offense would show up for once.
Injuries are no excuse, the lineup is still at least seven deep. What is Jeter’s excuse for swinging at the first pitch almost every single at bat and making weak outs? He’s the leadoff hitter, he needs to be patient.
It’s unacceptable that Porcello has thrown 78 pitches through 6 innings despite allowing 6 baserunners. Take a pitch, he’s a sinkerballer whose sinker is working. How is swinging at everything going to increase your chances of scoring? Let him work himself into trouble by missing out of the zone.
It’s amazing how these guys are so slow to adjust during a game, especially when it’s so obvious an approach is not working.
This game just shows you that Vazquez is a total head case. He gives up a couple of walks last inning, and starts completely imploding. One sign of trouble, and he can’t get anyone out. The guy’s not fit for New York. The season is not going poorly, but all of Cashman’s off-season moves have been horrendous. The Yankees need another starter and another bat- fast.
time to get Golson up in the bullpen
wait, what?
#bizarrecallups
Vazquez has lost it quickly. He should be out of this game but because of the 2nd game Girardi will leave him out there.
Good point Matt. Jeter has been swinging at EVERYTHING. It’s getting annoying to watch.
wish we still had Damon this looks like a 4-2 type of lost, injuries finally catching up to us. What made our lineup great last year and gave us a chance to come back when we were trailing is that every batter was a tough out and every batter had at least line drive power and had an ability to put the ball in play.
Thanks for the online link to the game broadcast, Yanksgal.
Does anyone know how that station can stream the audio of the game but most others can’t?
Javy got under his fastball to Cabrera that time. That was the worst fastball he’s thrown today. He can’t get away from that pitch now. He’s got to get the feel back rather than getting away from throwing it and relying on his off speed stuff too much.
Matt – it would be nice if you watched more than one game to determine how our offense is doing. We are averaging 5.8 runs per game.
I hate that Jackson and Damon are triggering the offense today.
getting singled to death
…cant one of these ground balls find a fielder for a dp
baseballfab,
Javy looks great now
Pathetic. Every hit has been a pitch right over the plate.
The Yankee defense and offense seems out of it in this series.
what was cashman smokin during the offseason
Another seeing eye single through the right side. 1st and 3rd, Fatazz Cabrera went to third. 2-0 Tigers.
Im done with the playbyplay.
Im disgusted. Anybody want to take over playbyplay for Erin and NYY626?
Gotta pull Javy now.
javy is still javy
first sign of trouble and he collapses
Boone Logan is up
If Javy makes it thru the 6th, he should be done.
maybe detroit scoring will wake the yankees bats up.
ask and though shall receive…
niiiiice
Meltdown by Vasquez + zero offense = 3-game losing streak
Atta boy Javy. If the Yanks want to load the bases and not score, its on the offense.
remember who predicted a 2-0 or 2-1 loss
that’s right, it was Hit Girl
And the bums true colors begin to shine
This is really disappointing.
At some point in the season you have to stop looking for positive “signs” and instead look at results.
Who on this board would NOT have signed up for 6 innings and 2 runs from Javy?
Overall Vazquez has pitched fine. The offense needs to get going though.
Doreen…I won’t be home later so here is my line up…truly a shot in the dark.
Jeter DH
Gardner CF
Teixera 1B
Arod 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cervelli C
Pena SS
Golson LF
Come on 2 runs through 6 innings.
Do they leave him in for the 7th to face the bottom of the order?
It’s a long season.
How long?:
one game constitutes roughly 0.63% of the season.
I’m not saying winning this game is not important, just maintain perspective.
I love how some want to blame Javy for this game. Stop blaming Javy and blame the Yankee offense.
6 innings, 2 ER, only 80 pitches but I’d pull him. Too bad the bottom of the order is coming up so Joe will probably push him. I’d love him to get a start to build on. I’m afraid he’ll walk the bottom of the order.
when this season goes into freefall and it will, cashman should be the one to take the fire
they have no comeback ability without Damon and Matsui
IDCWYT – exactly. 6 innings 2 ER from any starter in baseball is more than acceptable. I bet he comes back out for 7 too.
Wow -
this place goes downhill fast. It’s as if people are lying in wait; willing things to go a little awry.
Javy’s pitched very well today.
Hit Girl
Do you think you could find it in yourself to stop posting here. None of us go to a Red Sox site to taunt Red Sox fans. It would be much appreciated.
wow talk about bad luck….geez
Thought I hadn’t considered til now:
Rainout probably helped out the Tiger’s pen after being used most of six innings on Monday. Of course, they probably want to save as much as possible to cover for Bonderman this evening.
Javy showed resilience in that inning. He got hit in the beginning, but continued to attack the zone, and got out of it limiting damage.
On the pessimistic side, despite SJ and other’s valiant efforts, Austin Jackson continues to hit. And you can say all you want about him “coming back to Earth”, but it hasn’t happened yet.
That being said, I still would have made the trade. The only thing that’s going to kill us is not having a professional hitter behind our 3 starting OFers.
you have to be kidding me.
A base hit up the middle, and we get screwed with bad luck as usual.
Now we have to see that clown Valverde again. I hate that guy.
Everyone needs to relax. There’ was no cataclysmic event that inning. It was just a routine inning all pitchers tend to have.
Javy missed his location. But none of the base hits were smoked. A line drive and a couple of ground balls that got through.
That was just a normal inning for a major league pitcher. It was very unlikely that he was going to throw a shut out today.
Two runs isn’t a big deal. That wasn’t a meltdown in terms of results – and it didn’t look like a meltdown as it was going on.
That double play was no surprise at all – he got them to keep hitting the ball on the ground several times after men got on base. One ground ball was too slow to complete the DP. A couple found holes.
And then one finally was right to turn the DP.
CC has innings like that.
Porcello is also a very good ground ball pitcher, I can’t believe we didn’t hit a MILLION HOME RUNS today…
Yanks have no luck, it hits the pitcher and Swish is still out.
6 innings only 2 runs at 80 pitches? Let him pitch the 7th.
Even if his day ends, that’s a pretty good outing, especially with the 6 k’s.
If the Yanks lose this game it’s all on the offense, not Javy.
Swisher that isn’t Dallas Braden!!!!
Just because the media says the Tigers have a good offense doesn’t make it true. The fact is they have 1 great hitte in Miggyr, 1 good hitter in Damon and 1 good hitter with no power in Magglio. Thats it. That is their entire offense
We got EFFED the other game by that piece of carcillo Ordonez actually going all out for a catch to save the game.
“Irreverent Discourse May 12th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
IDCWYT ? exactly. 6 innings 2 ER from any starter in baseball is more than acceptable. I bet he comes back out for 7 too.”
I’d pitch him in the 7th too. The offense needs to wake up. It gets late early with the Tigers BP.
Hey I am not a Javy fan, but what more could anyone have asked from him today?
2 runs in 6 innings? I would have signed for that 101 out of 100 times.
there is no defending how cashman destroyed the team this past offseason.
once this team falls behind, they tuck their tails between their legs and give up
there is no heart and no soul to this team
ok, now please pinch hit cervelli for pena.
I ♥ chocolate pop tarts
Winn on one out- how about stealing
Too bad they have no one to pinch hit for Pena.
Off topic but:
Homer Bailey = 8 scoreless innings on……………..79 pitches!
The Pirates > not much
Triple – they are averaging almost 5 runs a game, i think they are doing ok…
And to the people who keep on saying that Austin Jackson is so great can we at least evaluate him based on a year not a month. Please !
Letting Pena hit here? Really?
Winn single. We just won the world series for the next 3 years.
Jeremy – just because the yankees are world champions and are having a great year so far doesn’t mean i still can’t have my opinions about cashman or anyone else. You may think I’m wrong Ok, but I can think anything I want about cashman or anyone else. What do you think about Ozzie Guillen? Terrible manager, blowhard, big mouth – he’s a World Champion manager – and has as many world championships as Girardi and the all knowing Mike Scioscia (and he’s done it with much less talent may i add).
And its not comparing apples and oranges – you called me a bandwagon fan for my name and i mentioned that just because i didn’t like our ex president doesn’t make me unamerican – i don’t like either cashman or GWB but i still am a yankee fan and an american – if you don’t like people having different opinions than yours maybe China, Iran or North Korea has a place for you in their country…concentrate on the game (like i’m trying to do)and not other peoples preference in general managers..
2 runs through 6 innings isn’t a reason you lose a game. You can’t win if you don’t score….ask the Mariners.
cashman must have been on cocaine this off-season with all the dumb moves he made, this team is awful.
Ajax has a chance to make the all star team this year
“Too bad they have no one to pinch hit for Pena.”
Russo?
what a roster!
no attempt to steal pena hits into an easy dp
Pena offers no offense at all… Can’t Russo do any better?
Pena has absolutely killed them today. It’s been like the pitcher hitting
“Too bad they have no one to pinch hit for Pena.”
Russo?
Cervelli?
How’s this for a negative thought:
Right now we are playing without Damon and Matsui and nobody has replaced them.
We seem lifeless. Not one comeback this season.
Where are the days of pie?
Did we let heart, soul and life go with the loss of Damon, Matsui and Melky.
Sometimes substituting talent for talent won’t cut it. I hope I’m wrong.
Wow. I am just shocked that Girardi somehow let Pena hit there with Russo on the bench.
Is he asleep?
Well, at least there’s still the top of the lineup to do something…
Jeremy that is not really fair.
If we had to wait until years end to ” evaluate” someone, we might as well shut down all these boards, and go to sleep and wake up in October.
Jackson has been fantastic. Period.
If that stings, so be it
“If the Yanks lose this game it’s all on the offense, not Javy.”
This is a game that isn’t even remotely on the pitcher. The offense hasn’t been able to square up Porcello all day.
And unfortunately when they did get runners on the bottom of the line up happened to be up and Porcello took advantage of that.
I supposed it’s Javy’s fault Pena isn’t a particularly good hitter?
Javy may still end the day badly but so far he’s given them everything you can reasonably expect a pitcher to do.
The offense just hasn’t gotten it done.
Pena is killing us today.
pena is a really bad player, btw
toaster strudels>>>pop tarts
it’s into the iron maiden for Ramiro Pena!
talk about a bad day at the plate…
The Yankee offense in this game should be upset with themselves. You let a guy like Porcello who can’t pitch his way out of a paper bag this year and you get shut down by him.
on what planet is russo even good? why are you crying for him to pinch hit?
Jeremy – Porcello is NOT a bad pitcher, get it out of your head.
CERVELLI…..
This game is on the offense the very pathetic offense, the reason why the yankees are 21-10 is because of the pitching CC, A.J, Andy, and Hughes this offense is very inconsistent. The pitching has been carrying the offense all year. When the offense gets healthy things will change. Winn is being over exposed and Pena should only be playing once every 2-3 weeks.
Hit Girl might be the most annoying of the dumb fans on this board.
please be a quick inning.
I have no other life than to be here and acting like a fool, please forgive my stupidity
ac1 – goodplan, leave us with 0 catchers on the bench. where is your brain? use it.
Ten more minutes for GTLU Round 2.
seeing an effective Javy Vazquez dwards anything else that can happen in this game.
moving forward, this is exactly what they need: quality innings.
he obviously has it in him.
If Pena gets another AB in this game, I am gonna SCREAM !
*dwarfs
(not sure what a ‘dward’ is…)
Kay shut up. Trying to sing Empire State of Mind.
Regardless of pitch count this be Javy’s last inning. He’s tiring.
It’s funny that the Yanks got beat in this game by the 2 guys that should be in their outfield, in this game. Watching Damon and Matsui this season makes me sick. While Johnson hangs out on the DL like usual.
for all the trolls on here today the RedSux are currently being 1-hit today at home with a 49 yr old Wakefield on the mound gettin it up to about 63mph on the ‘ol fastball….1/3 of the lineup is hitting under .240 and the Sux have played over their heads to get back to .500
I see why you guys prefer to troll over here as opposed to pay attention to your own team.
# Trevor May 12th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Kay shut up. Trying to sing Empire State of Mind.
As if the game is going bad enough.
final score is 2-0 or 4-0.
they don’t have offense.
the excuse of game 1 lose is Sunday night baseball. What’s the excuse for today?
kay is horrible. I can’t believe he is dating kim jones
Mark – this terrible offense you are talking about is averaging 6 runs per game. 6!
What is inconsistent? Nothing. It’s a 2 week period with our team dealing with injuries that will have literally NO effect on the season as a whole. Obviously if we are playing Winn and Pena in the playoffs we are screwed, but that scenario doesn’t exist in reality.
This game thread is going downhill, fast……
Javy had an iffy inning, so what? He’s going to have more of those this year – so will Phil, so will CC, so will AJ. Even Mo will not have a good inning. It’s not Javy’s fault the Yankees’ offense is anemic; right now, 2 runs looks like 10. Yes, at this point you are looking for positives and today has been a positive.
SAS, I don’t think you need to change you’re name at all, but if you want to use your real name, why not use a tag line? Who’s your favorite player?
So a team has to have a million come from behind wins to be great? Last year’s team was lucky, plain and simple. There was no added element of “heart.” They got lucky with a crapload of ninth inning rallies.
Cashman’s offseason moves have not catastrophically affected this team the way you’d be led to believe. This is still the best team in baseball and they are a better team right now than they were last year or at any point since the 2003 team.
Trevor May 12th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Kay shut up. Trying to sing Empire State of Mind
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For the first time since the game started I’m glad I’m at work.
Matsui btw is hitting .230 and hasn’t hit a Homer since that game at Yankee Stadium….
Javy is starting to drop his shoulder.
He is tired. They should get the bull pen up now.
Gary Gnu -
Absolutely agree with your last post.
Michelle -
When did they shorten games to 7 innings?
“seeing an effective Javy Vazquez dwards anything else that can happen in this game.”
no, the important thing is that again the yanks show a complete inability to come back in a game. cashman throwing damon and matsui to the curb will be shown to be a gigantic mistake as the season goes on
you get a few runs ahead of the yanks by the middle innings and its game over
champ809 May 12th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Matsui btw is hitting .230 and hasn’t hit a Homer since that game at Yankee Stadium….
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Id take him over a useless and non existing Nick Johnson.
winn will probably have a higher average than granderson
And you’re a really bad troll, what’s your point?
So much for banning people………
Pena is a utility player; what do people expect from him? He’s gotten the job done more often than I ever thought he would, but he’s not that good of a hitter. The Yankees are just going have to find a way to win games for a few weeks with their lineup the way it is – they have no choice.
Jackson has hardly been fantastic. He’s been one of the luckiest players over a monthlong stretch in maybe 20 years. He is going to come crashing down to earth, hard. He has no power and makes infrequent contact. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that this is a bad combination.
Mark – then you have no idea what you are talking about. problem solved, add you to the ignored idiots list.
7ip 2runs
Cahman needs to go
I really don’t care if you hate Cashman because I think he has made some bad mistakes as well. But it does get old hearing Yankee fans cry like babies as soon as one little thing goes wrong calling for the heads of management. At least complain when things are really bad that’s my opinion.
And I don’t care that your American, and I don’t care about your politics so stop talking about China and Noth Korea and these other nations and equating that to this disscussion.
Why are the pushing Javy? Let him leave on a fairly positive note- he’s done his job.
Hi Fellas,
Hit Girl is actually an Orioles troll. I’ve seen her on other boards for my O’s. She annoying to us too. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Matsui btw is hitting .230 and hasn’t hit a Homer since that game at Yankee Stadium….
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At least he is out there playing everyday. He won a game for the Angels the other day against the Mariners. Nick gave the Yanks absolutely nothing on the field and now the Yanks are stuck with no DH.
Nice game Javy!
We’ll take that every time.
I feel like an azzhole. I said 7IP 2R, but I neglected to say Javier would get a W.
Maybe if I say it now, it will come to fruition.
Javy: 7IP 2R W
Outstanding start by Javy. Really impressed that he battled back and gutted through the sixth.
Time for the offense to do its job.
Doreen
You beat me to it.
Is Kay really dating Jones. Thats a joke right?
Yanks are looking for some offense, but all they can find are links.
los links!
very good game for javy
he is dating Kim Jones??? No Way.
GC May 12th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
So a team has to have a million come from behind wins to be great? Last year’s team was lucky, plain and simple. There was no added element of “heart.” They got lucky with a crapload of ninth inning rallies.
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Last year team had luck and an Amazing lineup with players that could hit the ball out from 1-9 and hitters that put the ball in play constantly. Power+Ability to put the ball in play= Great comeback offense.
SAS,
I added (the original) after someone else took my name. You can do that too.
Damn good outing for Javy. Offense has to wake up now
O’s fan?!?!
this is hysterical
almost as funny as the yanks effort today
“Pena is a utility player; what do people expect from him? He’s gotten the job done more often than I ever thought he would, but he’s not that good of a hitter. The Yankees are just going have to find a way to win games for a few weeks with their lineup the way it is – they have no choice.”
I wouldn’t mind giving Russo a chance though. Might as well while he’s up here.
7 IP, 2 Runs, is a very solid outing for Javy.
Saved the bullpen and did his job.
Can’t ask for more than that.
Thanks Betsy,
I guess I will leave well enough alone. By the way n i e c e must have been the bad word last night. I wrote 5 notes to try to get my good wishes through to you.
In fact, our bottom 3rd of the order has carried us this season.
Not lately, though.
Don’t lie Hit Girl. We all know you’re full of it.
single, single, homer. Come on!!
Michelle – he got hit on the wrist with a pitch… which part of that is his fault? stop crying.
# SJ44 May 12th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
7 IP, 2 Runs, is a very solid outing for Javy.
Saved the bullpen and did his job.
Can’t ask for more than that.
Posada is
Great job by Javy today… That is the silver lining for Yanks is that he gave the team a chance and the offense isn’t there.. Very frustrating considering, but at least Javy pitched well….
Screwed out of a hit again.
Guess not.
The 1st pitch swinging and swinging 2-0 by this team has to stop. They gave Porcello too many easy outs in this game. They have to start working the count, the offense looks dreadful.
It’s amazing that when you don’t hit, you make great pitching look bad.
Irreverent Discourse May 12th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Mark – then you have no idea what you are talking about. problem solved, add you to the ignored idiots list.
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Id say 99% of Yankee fans would Take Matsui over Nick Johnson
Jeter 4 for last 36 with that line-out.
Irreverent Discourse
Porcello is a really good pitcher. He just hasn’t been that good this year. That’s all I’m saying.
there was definitely luck involved last year with the comeback wins
the dropped infield pop up from arod for example
but they did get some mighty big clutch hits late in games and there is none of that this season. this is a pretty crappy lineup now as today shows
great job by javy. if he build on this he will win a lot of games for the yanks this year.
You know what amazes me? Everyone complains about guys like Pena and Winn. Does anyone want to ask when Alex Rodriguez is going to start up? Has he really had any big hits this season?
Mark – it wouldn’t be anywhere near 99%, and they would be 100% wrong.
GTLU Round 2 is Now Closed.
Trevor, I wanted Russo out of ST, too, but Pena has played well defensively. Also, Russo can’t play SS, correct?
Ever notice how a team won’t hit behind certain pitchers and others inspire confidence and the team hits and wins for them.
Somehow I think Javy fits the former.
I know it’s a double header but I really don’t think they should send Vazquez out there in the 8th.
He’s getting tired. He’s starting to drop his shoulder and his velocity is decreasing.
They shouldn’t send him out there for the 8th especially because it’s the top of the order.
SAS, yes it is – and I have no idea why; it’s annoying, lol.
At least we know now that Javy can do it for us, and hopefully this is the beginning of many good outings for him this year.
which part of that is his fault?
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The guy is ALWAYS hurt. It doesn’t matter if its his fault or not. He can’t be counted on to stay healthy. Cashman never should of expected him to.
“Last year team had luck and an Amazing lineup with players that could hit the ball out from 1-9 and hitters that put the ball in play constantly. Power+Ability to put the ball in play= Great comeback offense.”
What you just described constitutes a great offense, period. There is no such thing as a “great comeback offense.” Have there ever been any bad offenses that have been “good comeback offenses?”
Michelle – Grow up.
Right at him. Well struck ball right at him. Sickening sh**. Same sh** different day. I am fuming.
Irreverent Discourse May 12th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Mark – it wouldn’t be anywhere near 99%, and they would be 100% wrong.
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Why? Tell me what makes Nick Johnson better than Matsui?
Jeter and Damon at the top of the lineup wore pitchers out.
Jeter hasn’t been himself this year.
Solid outing by Javy. Very difficult to paint that any other way. One pedestrian inning =/= meltdown, not by a long shot.
I’ll be disappointed if the Yanks don’t score some runs here, but overall a loss here would hardly be the end of the world. In reality, the Tigers have had a couple of very good plays to keep the good guys off the board.
SJ44 beat me to it.
Javy deserves a lot of credit for his effort today. He kept his team in the game and did not wear down the pen on a day when a long pen outing would have been a problem.
Hopefull he can build on this outing. If the rotation holds his next start will be against the Sox or Rays.
the inability to hit in the late innings is one of the biggest stories of the season
losing streak at four and counting after tonight
This lineup still has enough firepower to win more than it’s share of games, but Jeter is in a big time slump and Tex/Alex are still not firing on all cylinders……
i dont like texeira this year.
All Tex has to do is get on base here, and Alex can tie it with one swing.
“Porcello is a really good pitcher. He just hasn’t been that good this year. That’s all I’m saying”
You’re saying it right. Porcello is an outstanding pitcher who came into this afternoon trying to find his game, much as was the case with Vazquez. Both guys had a really big day today.
No one is better at fouling off good pitches than Brett Gardner.
I would feel really bad for Javy if the Yanks lose- he deserves a win. But this is what you get with this kind of lineup. Gardner is a number 9 hitter, not no. 2, but he’s number 2 because of Winn and Pena.
Someone disprove my statement: Alex Rodriguez has done nothing this season other than step on the pitcher’s mound. He’s won zero games and ended plenty of them.
Like I said Betsy, bottom 3rd of order had been carrying us.
Awful day for the offense…
all javy did was get another loss for his team
nothing more and nothing less
he’s a loser whether he gets beat 10-0 or 2-0. he’ll always be a loser for the yanks. sometimes the baseball gods work that way. better off to get rid of him
Eric K
Alex actually has hit the ball. One today was almost a duble or Homerun that got caught.
4 at at bats an still no hits for Captain strikeout. Yamkees on the verge of a shut out by Porcello. How does this line up not score all at the same time, how?
Someone disprove my statement: Alex Rodriguez has done nothing this season other than step on the pitcher’s mound. He’s won zero games and ended plenty of them.
and texeira????
Mark – Matsui has a .309 OBP, hasn’t hit a HR in almost 3 weeks, and has NO KNEES. None. It took the Yankees 3 seasons to figure out how to properly drain his knees so that we could get one good season out of him last year.
Nick Johnson has a .388 OBP without even hitting the ball.
Nick Johnson will produce runs (and he probably won’t bat .150 while he’s doing it), Matsui will have flash in the pan moments, but with no consistency.
“losing streak at four and counting after tonight”
can i please get the numbers to the mega millions…please
Tex is still a mess at the plate right now. Other than the 3 HR game at Boston, he continues to be a disaster.
pathetic lineup/offense for ny
perry solid= guess it’ll br balverde next inning.
who’s coming out for Yanks? Javy pitched well and should be happy with a performance to build on.
Matsui has not done much since his hot start. I miss him, but I don’t fault Cashman for letting him go.
Damon still has some gas left in the tank, however. Too bad that he was unwilling to accept a reasonable offer from the Yankees.
Am I the only person who wonders why the Yankees can play baseball at a reasonable pace when they want to? I don’t mean to pull a Joe West, but this game is flying. Why they cannot play at this pace more often is mind boggling.
Why is Logan pitching so much? When is the last time Marte pitched?
valverde
Javy did a really nice Job today, hope he continues it.
Michelle – Grow up.
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I guess you couldn’t come up with a better come back. It’s obvious trying to defend Johnson isn’t easy.
Not a good day for the offense. They were pretty bad Monday too.
Going into today, the Yankees were first in the league in offense.
They got shutdown so far by very good pitching. Believe it or not, last year’s team had games like this too.
This idea the “offense isn’t good this year” is as foolish as some of the trolling nonsense that pollutes every game thread.
Some of you children need to take a deep breath, or a Xanex, before watching baseball.
You will save yourselves a lot of crying if you do.
Yamkees-Yankees
Boone Logan is another loser Cashman move, we should have kept Phil Coke.
This blog is funny sometimes. It seems like we are in a constant witch hunt looking for a victim.
Mick, the bottom of the order has done more than it’s share; I’m not going to blame Winn, Pena, etc.. for being limited. The big guys need to pick up the slack – if they don’t (and I mean they need to get hot for a good long stretch), then it’s going to be hard for this team to score runs.
Even if the yankees lose this game, that’s not the story of today.
Javy threw a fantastic game and did so under difficult circumstances. He gets skipped in the rotation. Andy gets hurt. Ace gets hurt.
He needed to step up today – and he did. 7 innings against a good line up and he gives up 2 runs.
And even more importantly he missed bats, commanded the zone and looked in control for nearly the entire day.
If Javy gets himself right this staff is going to be unbelievable.
Please forgive me if I start to cry when I say this, but Wakefield just gave up a homer. 3-0 Jays. So much for the sweep!!!
A HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
4th place and counting.
GO SUX!
I called for a 3 game losing streak last weekend and here it comes.
But I predict they will hit for Phil in the nightcap and he will be the stopper.
We just have to regroup, split this series and go home.
There ya go Boone. First pitch to the backstop. That’s what you do best.
2-0 count.
“Nick Johnson will produce runs (and he probably won’t bat .150 while he’s doing it), Matsui will have flash in the pan moments, but with no consistency.”
yeah, i hate those flash-in-the-pan-win-world-series-games-singlehandedly-moments
I was surprised they didn’t pinch hit Thames for Pena last inning. I’m not sure why Russo is here if they go ahead and let Pena hit.
whatever
Logan came in the Jvy move so he really didn’t make the move for him. Also I recall many Yankee fans on here hating Coke because he gave up some many homeruns. So now you want him ? LMAO !
It seems that Marte is not healthy? He never pitches and Logan should not be pitching in a 2-0 game.
I would guess Joe doesn’t want to use Marte when the team is losing……
Hit Girl:
@ Boston 4/6 Yanks down 3-1 after 4 – Yanks won.
@ TB 4/11 Yanks down 2-1 after 5 – Yanks won.
vs ChiSox 4/30 Yanks down 4-2 after 4 1/2 – Yanks won.
vs ChiSox 5/1 Yanks down 5-1 after 4 1/2 – Yanks tied and Robertson/Marte screwed it up.
So I respectfully disagree. I would agree more that the Yankees bullpen gives up a lot of runs … there have been a lot of games where the Yankees go into the late innings up 5 or 6 and end up winning by 1 or 2.
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The game is not over yet and they are down by only 2 runs. Its not a loss yet.
What is this Capt Strikeout stuff? He’s tied for 7th on the team in k’s. Jeter’s in a slump right now, but k’s havent really been an issue.
Doreen,
lol…I forgot the time frame for the 2nd game GTLU and was asking if I could send it in early, I almost missed it all together, but I don’t think this is going to be an easy one. I also forgot to thank you, which I do.
neo………
Teixeira Last year on May 12th – .191/.328/.418
This year – .202/.336/.403
So, on may 12th last year you liked him?
This game can’t be blamed on Javier, he had no help with the line up. Every body has can’t- score- itis tody. Tigers smell blood, and they are going for the kill.
“Javy threw a fantastic game and did so under difficult circumstances. He gets skipped in the rotation. Andy gets hurt. Ace gets hurt. ”
no, it was under the best circumstances. the weather was brutal and the ball was not carrying at all. it was a perfect day to pitch.
NO MICHELLE, I WAS ONE OF THE FANS TELLING THE FANS CRITICIZING COKE TO SHUT UP..
I love Phil Coke.
Hit goyl must have been hit in the head once too often !
hit girl – way to prove your ignorance. The world series is 6 games. You want to keep him on the team for 162+ games because he was good for 6 games? You are so much dumber than the usual people that complain on here…
This is the best offense in baseball. Anyone who is truly worried about the offense is nuts.
Porcello had very good stuff today. He had great movement and life on his two seamer.
The injuries hurt them today. Double headers are difficult when you have that many injuries.
But the outcome today is secondary to what we saw from Javy.
He looked very good and commanded the game.
I really cant stand Magglio on this team. He disgusts me more than the entire Celtics roster that look and act like murderous thugs.
nice inning for logan
21-10 record and it appears that we might have all of our starters straightened out. Seriously, nobody on here other than the troll is saying anything negative about today’s outing, are they? Seriously? Nobody can be crying about the offense having a few off days can they? Seriously?
I’m not going to treat myself to reading any comments. I’m enjoying today’s outing away from this forum because I know the importance of today – Javy. I don’t want to even chance reading any stupidity.
But I did want to update everyone on the status of the 4th place team.
GREAT JOB JAVY!!!
5 out of 5 isn’t a bad thing.
CR9….Now I can agree with you. We can come back in the 9th here. 2-0 isn’t such a big deal. Fingers crossed!!!
True, Betsy, if our core guys don’t pick it up, and I know they will, we are in big trouble.
They didn’t get going on all cylinders last year until Alex came back.
He and Tex will hit as will Jeter. The #2 hitter seems to be the problem.
Granderson’s loss doesn’t help.
erica,
free book: http://craphound.com/ftw/download/
it’s just out in hardback (yesterday), harper/tor, around $12 at amazon. creative commons license for the ebook. the author posts reader re-formats. my suggestion is to download only the author’s own conversions. the kindle reads plain text files (.txt), at least the dx does, and doctorow has one of those listed as an official copy.
I am sure this game is pathetic, I am lucky I am not watching.
being swept tonight?
Javy was great. I agree with trisha.
All we need is Alex to get on, and Cano to jack one out.
You trolls need to grow up. The Yankees have only played 12 out of 31 games at home. They have played against, with the exception of the Orioles, mostly playoff caliber teams. They have won all series played with the exception of one. They are fairly well decimated by injuries right now. It only stands to reason that they may be due to lose a few more games than they have up to now. The lack of offense is a small concern at the moment, but it is a long season and the talent level is just too high for it to remain a concern for very long.
I think some of you have not watched very much baseball in your lives.
Irreverent Discourse May 12th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Mark – Matsui has a .309 OBP, hasn’t hit a HR in almost 3 weeks, and has NO KNEES. None. It took the Yankees 3 seasons to figure out how to properly drain his knees so that we could get one good season out of him last year.
Nick Johnson has a .388 OBP without even hitting the ball.
Nick Johnson will produce runs (and he probably won’t bat .150 while he’s doing it), Matsui will have flash in the pan moments, but with no consistency.
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Nick Johnson is as big if not a bigger injury risks than Matsui so lets throw that out the window. When healthy Matsui is a lock for 25+ HRs and 90+ RBIs as a DH. MAtsui is off to a slow start Matsui goes threw peaks and Valleys, but when Matsui is on a tear he can carry a team for 1-2 weeks.
It’s so typical of Cashman, every single time he doesn’t have daddy’s money to spend and he has to go out and make tough decisions, HE FAILS AT IT. Granderson, Winn, Thames, Boone, Nick Johnson.. ALL HORRIBLE..
trading Coke, Ian Kennedy, Jackson.. all stupid moves. .. and I was one of the fans WHO HATED THE MOVES AT THE TIME.. i’m not just saying it now bc they stink.. I KNEW IT ALL ALONG.
Too bad we have to watch this fool pitch the 9th again. He looks like a clown with his hat and jumping around after every batter.
Mark – Stop living in the past.
Maybe the Yanks can actually get a base runner.
Irreverent Discourse
There is no point talking to some of these people. They are irrational bandwagon fans. They see some player playing good for a short time and then they jump on the bandwagon and call on Cashman to make the move. Then they get mad when Cashman trades some prospects in the farm when they wanted to trade some of them anyways.
I am listening on radio. In the bottom of the 8th Sterling declared that the Yanks would probably loose.
Going in to the 9th inning at the 2:06 mark? Somewhere, Joe West is dancing like Valverde and screaming, “THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT!”
And seriously, were people actually jumping on Javy today? I’ve been as critical of him as anyone, but he pitched a great game today. He had one bad inning that resulted in two runs.
He limited the damage, and did a great job. Porcello was just a little better.
And speak of the devil, here comes my least favorite player in baseball. Seriously, I can’t stand this guy. Act like you’ve been there before.
Nope. We are just up there swinging at this fool’s pitches. He has no control, and we bail him out.
and trading melky for vazquez, re tarded.
Hit Girl May 12th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
You are so focused on our team that maybe you didn’t get the chance to read the update on yours.
THEY’RE LOSING 3-0!!!.
No need to thank me.
Arod looks totally over matched against this character. Easy out…
Javy proved nothing today.
If it indeed is a head problem, he pitched under no pressure before a near empty stadium.
Let’s see him throw the same type of game at home.
Please Arod.
crap
Jeremy – I know, but I’m bored and I don’t want anyone else to mistake their stupidity for anything but that.
man a-rod is just nowhere near himself this season
yanks are about to get beat in like 2 hours gametime
sad
Hacking away. No need to try here, guys, we’re up 2-0. Oh wait, we’re not.
WOW this is a hard save 4 pitches, 2 outs.
Tough to win when your 1-4 hitters get on base one time. Brutal.
Fran (the original) May 12th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I am listening on radio. In the bottom of the 8th Sterling declared that the Yanks would probably loose.
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LOL
Sterling doesn’t sugarcoat, does he?
BloggingBombers The Yankees had scored less than three runs in a game only once this season: April 22 vs. Dallas Braden and the A’s.
and now NY gets to be humiliated again
but if they have no guts, then they probably deserve it
We just threw this game away. Other than the bad luck of course. The Yanks usually throw away about 10-15 games a year. So this is not surprising.
is the game over yet, have the morons left? quick, someone get us a real message board with a moderator…
I have to go into the City tonight. So, please root for me too. I will listen in the car some and hope to be home for the end of the game.
I miss Granderson……and so does this team, big time. I think CB said it yesterday – the Yankees are just going to have to tread water for a few weeks (and hope they don’t lose much ground in doing so).
there is nothing humiliating about losing in May. You must be a Sox fan to actually think that.
the yankees are a gutless, dead ballclub, letting that idiot dominate them again
NY should be ashamed of themselves
micik,
Stop the nonsense. The guy threw 7 innings of 2 run ball against the second best offense in the league. He proved that he still has something in the tank.
You don’t need to do it in front of 50,000 people to “prove it” to anybody.
Are you seriously worried about the offense? Really, are you?
Its like people have never watched baseball before and I’m not talking about the trolls.
I’m talking about regulars on here. Its pathetic.
Wait, the Yankees throw games away?
I love how Valverde went in to his dance motion, the pitch was called a ball, and he had to pull off of it.
miss granderson?
he was stinking it up big time, too, just like he did in detroit last year.
Nice walk.
come on swish. we havent been shut out yet this year.
Great at bat by Jorge.
Betsy — go rub your worry beads
Last years team was tougher. Just a gut feeling.
You don’t lose a Damon and Matsui and lose nothing. That is a lot to make up.
Sure we got younger but we lost something.
If this trolling, shoot me.
Not over yet!
When Grandy get healthy and we have a rotation of Miranda/Thames DH until or If Nick Johnson come back this lineup will go back to having no holes. 21-11 Yankee fans should be happy.
At least Posada made him work
In case Hit Girl wants to stick around I’ll be happy to continue to update her/him with the scores from the Sux game, right to the final losing out by the Sux.
No need to thank me Hit Girl.
yeah granderson was so terrible hitting 30 HR’s last year. Just like all those other players that hit 30 HR’s and drag their teams down… rofl.
now SJ is arrogantly scolding the “regulars” here!
what a jerk.
Thats not a strike
That was not a strike. Ump wants the game to end even sooner
Yankfan
Please leave Betsy alone!
SJ, I know that’s not you.
If it is, what is your nephew’s name.
You have 10 secs.
Valverde has awful arm action. He throws the ball like a catcher.
swish saw him in game 1. so he knows what to look for.
Not even sure why you’d challenge Swisher with Winn and Pena coming up.
Hit Girl,
You must have one lousy, boring life if all you have to do is ‘bug’ other people for 2 1/2 hrs. I am sorry for you.
what is it the weather? why is everyone so goddamn aggro?
CR, thank you for defending me! How’s your puppy doing?
Look at this sick freak Valverde dancing around like a fool.
Well that was fun
mick – whether its him or not, he was entirely correct.
trisha,
update me with any score from any game you care too. post the boxscores if you want
but i give the results of a game beforehand, like i did with my 2-0 prediction for the yankee loss today
and the losing streak hits four tonight
well guess not.
First time the Yanks have been shut out this year.
Hmmph. I would like to think that the losing streak ends with this game.
nice start to the series against a pathetic opponent
New Post: Yankees lose opener in Detroit
oh, 2-0? ok, better than 4-0.
go for sweep tonight. Just pathetic.
Can someone throw a 95 fastball at Valverde. That guy makes me sick !
riveting performance from the 70 million dollars at the top of the lineup.
“NY should be ashamed of themselves”
It’t going to take lot for the glow of sweeping the Sux to wear off enough to feel any shame.
I don’t mind Valverde’s gyrations.
YAHOO JAVY VAZQUEZ!!!!
Continuing on the road to 28 – or did anyone here think the Yankees weren’t going to lose any more games this season?
See y’all. I’m a happy camper.
that was a fast game.
when is SJ not b.itching about someone? all the guy does is berate anyone else who complains or says anything at all that he disagrees with. it’s not new. him and giuseppe franco are like two peas in a pod. they think they are like board mods or something. it’s hilarious.
there are your new york yankees, folks!
what a gutty team
bryan – nice start to the…. they played on monday you fairweather fan.
Hate to waste a good pitching
hope the offense shows up and backs up Hughes tonight, Hughes has been a stopper all year. Lets go Hughes!!
Might as well give Jeter a rest for the night cap.
This team is 21-11 despite suffering through extensive injuries.
To question – without any evidence what so ever – their guts and make up is an interesting way of being a yankee fan.
Oh darn, now we’re only on pace to win 103 games.
BRIAN CASHMAN NEEDS TO BE FIRED.. PERIOD
I am surprised that a manager like Leyland allows that loser to dance around like a fool. It really looks bad.
How is this team “not tough”? They have won EVERY SERIES but one this year.
That makes them “not tough”?
They won 4 of 6 in Fenway so far this year. That’s not “tough”?
Really, that’s emotional nonsense because they lost a game.
hitgirl – it’s easy to talk trash without backing anything up. some day someone will beat your face in if you act like this on a regular basis. this makes me smile knowing that it’s coming to you. enjoy your life!
That should have read the glow of watching the Orioles sweep the Sux
I’d like to call that pathetic…but we weren’t actually that good.
At least Javy pitched well for a change. But a loss is still a loss. Don’t care for that “silver lining in a cloud” line of thinking at the moment.
IDK why but I actually like Valverde, yeh he does the I OWN YOU! dance when he closes us out, then do something about it.
Hit Girl, if you can see the future, why couldn’t you see that you would have no life and would be reduced to trolling on another team’s fan site day after day to spread your pathetic hate around? Seems like you would have, you know, made some changes somewhere along the line so your pathetic life wouldn’t have ended up this way.
Bummer, the offense was atrocious today. It’s alright though, it’s hard to sweep a double header anyways. Just gotta win tonight and I’ll be satisfied
Yankees haven’t won a game since Posada came back. Jeter shouldn’t be lead off, he’s a mess, and EVERYONE is talking about it too! HE’S IN DECLINE!!
SJ, someone said the Yankees are not tough? I’m not going to bother to go back and read who said it because it doesn’t matter. Hopefully it was a troll. But I am going to make a statement and it isn’t directed because I don’t know who said it.
What a stupid, cowardly statement to make. If anyone’s not tough it’s the person who made the statement!
Yeah, I want to see the Tigers beat Phil Hughes. Almost.
Oh this is the first series of the season we lose right?
It came on May 12th. WOW lets jump off the bridge and slit our wrist
Too many bandwagon types on this board that I wouldn’t want next to me in a foxhole during heavy enemy fire.
Well if they got Javy going in the right direction then this game is a success.
Sort of a lose the battle, win the war situation.
Logan didn’t walk anybody. That’s good.
Porcello found it today. It was kind of like that Piniero game a few weeks back.
Hit Girl–
You’re an idiot.
Jeter’s in decline. That old meme again. After he shut you up last season, one slump and you’re trotting it out again. You know the word slump, Hit Girl? Look it up in the dictionary. It’s the entry right next to Big Popup’s picture. Jeter will hit his usual .315-.340 this year, like he does every year and you will be crying in your dirty water again.
“Oh this is the first series of the season we lose right?”
This was the second game of a 4 game series. The best they could now do is split.
Ignore girl that got hit in the head !!! She’s SICK !!! No answers to her stupid, idiotic statements !!!
sj
They lost 2 games in case you forgot, big fellow! Rays back to 1.5 and it was so easy too.
CR9 May 12th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Yankfan
Please leave Betsy alone
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Why do you disrespect Betsy; feeling that you have to jump in on any/all comments made about or to her.
Betsy can choose to respond, attack or ignore on her own. It is a shame that you feel that she can’t.
Oh yeah, yesterday Trisha says she won’t be around for a while, than makes 3 more posts and more today. Don’t care if she is here or not, but what is the purpose of saying she is gone. Just an attention (you know) So go ahead with your “leave Trisha” alone blah blah.
I declare this discussion over, so move on right Trisha.
Tell me again how we don’t miss Damon
The Straw
Open up your eyes, so you ca see the light. Jeter is old and washed up! Posada is washed up, and his game calling is old. He’ll wear out a pitchers arm with all those balls called.
Hit Girl is right. Stop disparaging the messenger.
What kills this board is SJ44. What a maroon
At this rate of loss Mariano, Granderson, Aceves, and Johnson will be back healed, before they win again.
If I didn’t have to see a Triaha or Betsy post ever again I could die happy.
Why does anyone bother with the likes of Hit Girl and whatever ?? Why do you care what they type ? Apparently this is their enjoyment in life …trying to upset people on blogs. They lead sad lives and if EVERYONE would just ignore them they would leave. Don’t keep giving them a reason to come back.
What they say is of no importance and it’s only done out of jealousy.
Go Yankees 2010 !!
Johnson? That guy is terrible. Granderson is too. Damon and AJ are clowning them
How long do people think Gardner n Swish can hit 300? And cano have a 400 obp? We r headed for bad times because Cash screwed up left and DH and jeter looks old
People …it’s only the beginning of MAY !!!! Did you really think the Yankees would win EVERY game and never be shutout? It’s not where you start but where you finish ….look how we started last year and where we finished. We have only played 12 games at home, had injuries, our big guys aren’t even at full swing and we still have the 3rd best record in all of
baseball.
Stop the whining after the loses and support the team. Sometimes Yankee fans just make
me embarrassed to be a Yankee fan….thankfully the team doesn’t …
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
Just like last year, team on winning streak, Posada comes back and they can’t find a way to win.
Jeter is popular and gets a free pass for LOUSY st bats. What the hell was Joe thinking putting Winn and Pena back to back., it was an automatic inning killer
For the record I’m NOT a Sox fan at all.
I was just watching some of the replays of the Yankees’ groundouts. Pretty close plays. A couple looked like they could go either way.
Hit Girl, nobody cares who you root for. You’re a loser.
“Just like last year, team in winning streak, Posada comes back and they can’t find a way to win.”
Uhhh, you mean until they found a way to WIN THE WORLD SERIES????
Idiot.
picklediller
Bite me!
Bronx Jeers -
I’m on board with that sentiment – lose the battle; win the war.
Gee Hit Girl, it’s tough when the facts get in the way of your tired memes, huh?
let’s go