Vazquez: Too early to tell
Posted by: Rick Carpiniello - Posted in Misc on May 22, 2010 
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Some quick pregame stuff: Joe Girardi said Javy Vazquez’s index finger wasn’t too bad today, still swollen, but that there won’t be any indication on the severity of the injury until he throws his bullpen session … or until they see if he can grip the baseball. Trainers are working on getting the swelling down now …
Alfredo Aceves, on the DL with a back injury, will go to Tampa Monday to begin throwing. …
Marcus Thames was available last night, and should be available again tonight, as a pinch-hitter. But Girardi said he’d be careful with him. “Even if he hit I might pinch-run for him,” the manager said.
CC Sabathia, tomorrow’s starter, said he’s started bunches of games against Johan Santana. But this will be his first opportunity to bat against Santana. The big guy said he’s “excited” about it … then added that he doesn’t know how excited he’ll be when it’s over.
Mets lineup:
Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Bay LF
Davis 1B
Wright 3B
Pagan CF
Barajas C
Francoeur RF
Pelfrey P
Thank you, Rick Carpiniello.
A HR against Johan while pitching a shutout would be you know who big.
Is there anyone who would rather have Johan over having Phil and CC?
Roger-
I answered your question in the last thread.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/201.....nt-1370424
overall, i think they got the yanks on the lineup.
but thats on paper.
Great Pearl Jam show last night. Let’s Go Yankees!!! And Let’s Go Hughes!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-oy0wtV1rk
C lineup for the Sox today.
Sitting Youkilis so Ortiz doesn’t throw another hissy fit.
Luckily for them, they have a huge cushion in the East and winning tonights game isn’t that important. (obligatory ‘wait, what?’)
Now watch, they’ll score 20 runs.
i saw that Z, if Lowell doesnt get burn soon, he’s gonna turn Fenway into a car wash.
The Yanks have big holes at #3 and # 8 today. But the hole at #3 as been there from day one and is doing nothing but getting bigger. As to Hughes as a batter, who knows? As a pitcher against the Mets, I’m not worried.
Great Pearl Jam show last night.
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I’ll always respect Pearl Jam’s live show. I saw them in ’92 in Saratoga. The show was in an ampitheater. A storm came through and knocked out power to about half their equipment.
They kept playing (sort of an unplugged set, before ‘Unplugged’.)
It was a great set.
Hell of a show, too. No one was complaining about this lineup:
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Ministry
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I have to think that the Yankees are aware of all the splits for all their players. I’m referring to Tex’ apparent “night blindness.”
What was it last season?
There are a preponderance of night games in baseball. I would think if it was really a problem, it would have showed (shown?) up before.
It’s more than likely just one of those freaky stats. You knw you can find a stat for anything. What’s his BA, etc., on days when he has chinese food for supper? When he gets his hair cut? Forgets to kiss his wife goodbye? You know?
I’m making light of it, because I think he just stinks right now and that it will turn around and the night game thing is an anomaly.
To CB from your comment in the last thread, Maradona is going to be such a hilarious sideshow to the World Cup. His run as the national team coach has been highly entertaining in a “can’t look away from a trainwreck” fashion. He seems almost guaranteed to get the least out of one of the more naturally talented teams in the tournament.
40-Year-Old Video Exonerates A-Rod In Dumb Mound-Crossing Controversy
http://deadspin.com/5545350/40.....ontroversy
CB
For some reason I’m having trouble getting on this blog and posting.
pat -
That was great, thanks.
Doreen, I don’t think it’s “night blindness”. Howver, vision problems often manifest themselves initially with decreased ability to see in darker environments. (By the way, for his career, Tex has done slightly better during the day, but not significantly better.)
Tex reminds me of Abreu in some ways.
The numbers look good at the end of the year and they have some big hits during the season but both seem more comfortable not “being the man” or having to carry a team.
swbyankeesTT Granderson grounds out to third in first rehab at-bat vs. Louisville.
Chris -
Oh, I sure know that. “Night Blindness” was an exaggeration, but I’ve had diminished vision in the dark for a long time – meaning, not as sharp.
Hey, it could be something for them to look at. I guess I was just trying to make light of it.
“I guess I was just trying to make light of it.”
Light of it. I see what you did there.
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Pretend special delivery coming your way.
“Russo hasn’t been given the ball from his first hit yet, but when he does, he’s thinking about giving it to his Mom for safekeeping.
“I’ll probably look at it for a while,” Russo said. “I might keep it at my Mom’s house, let her keep it and show it to people. I’m sure she’d love that.” “
pat,
That is an excellent comparison. I couldn’t agree more.
JD – Can this team win it all?
PA – I don’t think so. The pitching’s not good enough. Torre was able to push them through their slump last season and once the ball got rolling, it never stopped. I don’t know if Girardi can do that. That seem content to be .500.
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More insight from the former blogmaster.
This from Buster Olney blog:
Brent Mayne is not alone in having his thinking shaken by Cervelli. Personally, I love watching him play — he has energy off the charts — but he is already viewed in some other clubhouses as something of a hot dog. “It’s no wonder the Red Sox threw at him,” said one official. “He’ll drive you nuts with the stuff he does.”
Lets go Yankees!!!
uaahhh, joe buck and tim maccarver. this is gonna be tough.
Is there a game thread ?
Let’s go Yankee bats.
I have a feeling that Phil Hughes is going to dominate this Mets team.
I think I’ll pass on watching this game. Can’t take McCarver and Buck – at all.
pat -
I really wish I WAS going for something with the “light” comment. Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for being that pithy.
Also, what a cute story about Russo and this first hit baseball.
blacked out on mlb.tv
screw you FOX. morons chose to show the phils/sox game during the celtics game and screw everyone.
Hughes is going to have a very good game. The Mets aren’t a patient team and have poor contact skills as a line up.
Many of the pitches that have been fouled off against hughes as he pounds the zone will be either swinging misses or soft contact against the Mets.
Anybody know where the game can be watched online? I need to know for someone else.
“Strike” 2 to Gardner was way outside
Gardner has been getting killed by the umps on that high and away strike the past 2 nights.
Agreed with Patrick. Gardy got hosed!
I should say “strike”
Scranton getting no-hit through 5.
Too bad Cano could drive that to the wall.
Hughes!
/that is alll
couldn’t
Why in the heck is there so many night games!? It’s Saturday, we should have all day games. Stupid interleague, stupid fox
In this ballpark if you hit the ball in the air your beat. Unless you hit it 600 feet of course. Only the Mets would configure a ballpark with these dimensions.
Hughes should take advantage of the outside, outside corners. From the 1st inning it looks like the ump has a wide strike zone. Just like yesterday.
Michelle
I agree. Why make the park like that ? Only the inept Mets organization !
Let’s go Youse!
Patrick, it’s because Fox owns Saturday and was broadcasting the Champions League Final.
Or that’s my theory, at least.
Agree that Gardner seems to be getting a lot of called strikes that are outside the zone.
Hopefully he does not expand the strike zone and start chasing those pitches; needs to swing at the 1st or 2nd pitch once in a while to make pitchers think twice about just laying those pitches in there.
Nice play by Cano to get our friend Castillo
Part of the reason Reyes is struggling is that he has hit an astronomically high number of flyballs and popups.
The uniform the Mets are wearing tonight is so ugly. It’s like fake pinstripes.
Why not play a dead pull hitter closer to the line?
That was a strike for the Mets arse hole. Why not for US????????????????????????????????????? COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pelfrey got that outside pitch
This ump stinks
Twins blew a 4-run ninth inning lead.
Michelle
It dont work like that. The umpire has a wide strike zone for 1 pitcher and 1 team. The Mets!
“The uniform the Mets are wearing tonight is so ugly. It’s like fake pinstripes.”
All 40 of their uniforms are ugly.
Cheated again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Weird fingers on Cervelli.
Sure the pitcher can see the signs, but so can everyone else.
Hey, Phil — what’s up?????
Where was that ? Why does MLB have so many bad umps ?
I feel like Hughes gets squeezed often on the outside corner. His last couple of starts at least. He has dealt with it well but his pitch count definitely goes up because of it.
“Why not play a dead pull hitter closer to the line?”
They didn’t think he could pull Hughes’s fastball.
Very few hitters have been able to turn on Hughes’ fastball like Bay just did.
Hughes so far doesn’t have his best fastball. If he did Bay wouldn’t have pulled it like that.
Because of this ump Hughes has to throw more pitches.
I think the goal was to combine the worst elements of Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds.
Jeremy
It’s not BAD UMPS. It’s BIASED UMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hughes doesn’t have his best fastball and command….yet. Plus the foul balls kill his pitch count.
Ugh, Phil’s command isn’t very good tonight.
Basically, plain and simply F*****!
Hughes got F***** by this piece of hartnelling carcillo. A Mother Hartnelling piece of trash.
Getting beat by another meatball cutter. Wright can’t hit anything, unreal…
I hope Betsy isn’t watching
No aspic for you this eveing Young Master Phillip
CR9
I believe. Pelfrey gets this wide zone but the Yankee pitchers get nothing.
This is ridiculous. The Mets never have 2 out rallies like this.
Great bloop hits !
Broken bat bloop, nothing you can do.
Beaten again by the cutter. You are throwing 94 mph and he can’t get around on your 4-seamer, why in the world are you even thinking of throwing that pitch? Another dumb pitch sequence and another unnecessary run given up to a struggling offense club.
Wright looked safe but I’ll take it.
His command is not great…
Game post!
The walk to Davis was a killer, as well as throwing that cutter to Wright. With Wright, you either have to pound the ball inside or throw it way on the outside corner. With 2 strikes, that cutter caught too much of the plate.
Hughes has to be better about executing pitches with two strikes.
The scouting report on him throwing so many four seamers and cut fastballs seems to be out. He’s going to need to adjust.
But his curve ball hasn’t been a pitch he’s needed to use much and it hasn’t been real sharp. The change up hasn’t been used much at all.
And some more ground balls would help.
I’m not worried. The Yankees can still win this game but this ump is not helping at all.
He should not have thrown that cutter to Wright. He couldn’t catch up to the fastball.
Hughes couldn’t locate his cutter his last outing.. maybe hasn’t corrected it.
Mark Teixeira has to wake up. He is so lost up there its pathetic. He has not done anything at the plate since last September. When you combine his Postseason ABs with this season’s, he is 45 for 227. That is a .199 batting average. Its really becoming a problem.
It’s early, the yanks did not get going till June of last year