Game 44: Yankees at Mets
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on May 23, 2010 
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YANKEES (26-17)
Derek Jeter SS
Brett Gardner CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Francisco Cervelli C
Kevin Russo LF
CC Sabathia P
LHP CC Sabathia (4-2, 3.43 ERA)
Career vs. Mets
METS (21-23)
Jose Reyes SS
Alex Cora 2B
Jason Bay LF
Ike Davis 1B
David Wright 3B
Angel Pagan CF
Rod Barajas C
Jeff Francoeur RF
Johan Santana P
LHP Johan Santana (3-2, 3.72)
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:05 p.m. / ESPN
UMPIRES: HP Marvin Hudson, 1B Derryl Cousins, 2B Jim Wolf, 3B Todd Tichenor
WEATHER: There’s a whole mess of clouds overhead and it’s pretty humid, but the last forecast I saw looked like any rain wouldn’t come in until much later on. I would classify the air here as “thick,” though temperature-wise it’s not bad – right around 65 degrees.
BIG HITTER: Tonight’s starter, CC Sabathia, has the highest career batting average of any Yankees pitcher currently on the roster (.261), and he’s tied with A.J. Burnett and Chan Ho Park for the most home runs (3). Javier Vazquez – who hurt his finger trying to bunt on Friday – has the most at-bats of any pitcher with 503 (he’s hitting .207 lifetime).
FEW FLASHPOINTS: Rod Barajas has been a boon for the Mets so far this season and he’s one of the few Mets to have decent numbers against Sabathia (8-for-19m, 3 HR). Otherwise, the only other player on the Mets this year hitting more than .300 against Sabathia in his career is Mike Jacobs, who was 1-for-3 and was let go when Ike Davis was called up.
SUPER START: Kevin Russo is back in the lineup tonight and has three hits in four at-bats this weekend. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Russo is the first major leaguer to drive in all of his team’s runs in a victory in his first big-league start since 1995.
RIP, JOSE LIMA: There will be a moment of silence tonight in memory of former Met Jose Lima, who died of a heart attack earlier today. Lima was 37.
Got some newspaper writing to do but I’ll have some updates throughout the game so keep checking back.
UPDATE, 8:15 p.m.: That’s 1-for-24 for Teixeira now, who goes down swinging against Santana. Got him with the high cheese.
UPDATE, 8:26 p.m.: Two balls just out of Jeter’s reach – one a grounder up the middle, the other a flare to shallow left – load the bases with one out. Good thing for CC, the only player struggling worse than Teixeira these days is David Wright.
UPDATE, 8:29 p.m.: Yup. Mr. K, David Wright, is somehow late on a slow curveball and goes down swinging. Two outs.
UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: And CC finishes the Houdini act by getting Pagan to line out to Cano. Nice escape.
UPDATE, 8:41 p.m.: As stated previously, Barajas is one of the few with some success off CC. That’s 9-for-20 now.
UPDATE, 9:25 p.m.: Sabathia is up to 69 pitches through four innings, and just took a comebacker from Cora off his leg. He seems fine. Santana, meanwhile is at a tidy 43 pitches as he mows through the usually-patient Yankees.
UPDATE, 10:07 p.m.: Sorry for the lack of updates but the wireless here at Citi Field is simply atrocious. In other sub-par news, CC Sabathia is out after an ugly outing (5 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB (1 intentional), 6K and 2 HR) and plate ump Marvin Hudson appeared to give out a ridiculous warning to both teams after Sergio Mitre hit Jason Bay in the back … with a 75 mph curveball. Bottom line: Yanks down 6-0 and on their way to finishing off a nasty 2-5 week against the Red Sox, Rays and Mets.
UPDATE, 10:22 p.m.: Apparently the only thing worse than the wireless in this place is the clarity of the outfield boundaries — in a confusing sequence, Francisco Cervelli hit a ball that appeared to be a home run but was initially ruled to be in play (and a RBI single). Than, after replay, that decision was upheld even though it sure looked like a homer. In the end, it’s now 6-1.
mike jacobs was released weeks ago when they called up ike davis!
(Re-post)
Phil Hughes…
Vs. Boston
55% fastballs
29% cutters
13% curveballs
3% changeups
Vs. Mets
68% fastballs
23% cutters
8% curveballs
1% changeups
He needs to get that curveball back into the 16-20% zone, reduce the cutter to the teens & get the change up to 5-7%
(Repost)
Setting up their rotation for this series was so important to the Mets that they are going to use the back end of their rotation against the Phillies who lead their division… LOL
RIP Mr. Lima
RIP Jose. We’ll all miss Lima Time
I don’t think he necessarily needs to throw certain pitches a certain percentage of the time…he just needs to learn the appropriate time to the throw the appropriate pitch to each hitter.
Not a fan of Sunday night games- the effects of the weekend having already taken their toll and more in the mood for napping than baseball but……
Let’s go Yankee bats!
Yanks have a day off tomorrow, right?
First let me say that ‘Steinbrenner: The Last Lion Of Baseball by Bill Madden is a great book. For all you looking for a gift for your father or brother or best friend. It is a great read!
State of the pinstripes.
This is just me channeling my inner boss, but how the hell is Randy Winn still starting or even on this team. I want him gone!!
Jeter needs to start hitting or take a day off, I wonder if he is hurt lets face it he would not tell the media and does not like anyone to be sympathetic towards him.
Tex and A-rod need to start earning the millions of dollars that they are being paid. The middle of the lineup is killing us.
C H Park needs to start pitching better or get released. We need to bring someone else that wont stink up the joint, and that is not afraid to start throwing strikes.
http://yankeesvoice.blogspot.c.....ripes.html
Hershisher displaying the textbook prepared nature of the espn sunday night staff. “Sabatahia and santana also met filming a subway system commercial”.
Subway system, subway hoagies, what’s the difference anyway.
Did anyone else hear the ESPN guys talking about how CC and Johan met why shooting a commerical for the NY Subway System?
Wow.
I don’t know if it’s insensitive to write, but I hope that Lima’s death doesn’t turn out to be drug related. At 37, the only other option would be congenital.
They shot a “New York commercial for the subway system…”
What?
William
No, not insensitive. I said earlier “i hate to say ‘good,’ but im glad it was not drugs, so he cant have his name dragged through the mud by the media”
NYY626 says May 23, 2010 at 8:04 pm Did anyone else hear the ESPN guys talking about how CC and Johan met why shooting a commerical for the NY Subway System? Wow
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I heard that, just chalked it up to typical ESPN.
RiverAveBlues You could measure the speed of the wifi in CitiField’s press box on the Molina scale.
YES! Great start Jeteroo!
LOL i love the hit….. but does Jeter ever not swing at the 1st pitch?
Thats why Jeter swings a first pitches…its often the best pitch you see.
Jeter owns Santana
Matt
There goes Jeter swinging at that first pitch again, selfish huh.
NYY626 May 23rd, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Did anyone else hear the ESPN guys talking about how CC and Johan met why shooting a commerical for the NY Subway System?
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Thats not “you know who” big
“I said earlier “i hate to say ‘good,’ but im glad it was not drugs, so he cant have his name dragged through the mud by the media”
The thing is it’s too early to tell what caused heart attack. When it’s that young, it’s likely he had an undiagnosed condition. But Lima has had a checkered past. I really hope it isn’t drug related for the same reason you site.
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 8:06 pm
They shot a “New York commercial for the subway system…”
What?
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That’s an improvement over past years. Usually, they just shoot each other.
Evan Roberts said CC going Yard tonight,, anyone agree?
Nick in SF-
How are you accomodating the Lost finale and the Yankee game tonight?
88-89 mph Santana…. That contract is going to be lovely in 3 years
Sterling continues to whine about Damon and Matsui not being brought back.
Trevor May 23rd, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Sterling continues to whine about Damon and Matsui not being brought back.
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Thats not much different that some people on this blog!
Forget about the numbers and the fact that he isn’t hitting, the problem I have with Tex is that he looks absolutely awful. Constantly checking his swings and hitting nubbers. Missing pitches by 6-8 inches. Guessing on everything. Just horrible.
Teixeira is sooo frustrating.
ouch! tex.
I have a question. When Teixeira takes batting practice, does he get to work on the pitches (location wise) that he’s having difficulty with? Or is it generic?
“How are you accomodating the Lost finale and the Yankee game tonight?”
I am hoping the Yankee game will be over by 9 — unless it’s a 4+-hour game, it will be.
If the Yankee game is still at 9… not sure, but the dvr is already set.
I will probably go dark in an hour anyway to avoid any possible discussion.
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!!
Tex needs to be moved down in the lineup. When will Girardi make the move ?
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 8:17 pm
“How are you accomodating the Lost finale and the Yankee game tonight?”
I am hoping the Yankee game will be over by 9 — unless it’s a 4+-hour game, it will be.
If the Yankee game is still at 9… not sure, but the dvr is already set.
I will probably go dark in an hour anyway to avoid any possible discussion.
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You are lucky to be west coast. An East coaster wouldn’t have the luxary of watching Lost after the game
We should beat these Mets
Tutti i santi giorni
Despite Santana
“Thats not much different that some people on this blog!”
It really is annoying. He and Suzyn say the Yankees now have to play a “different way”
Tex looks like he needs a couple of days off to clear his head. Well, at least tomorrow is an off day.
I’m going to watch the game until 9 then DVR and finish watching after LOST commercial free
Does Sterling have any idea what Matsui or Damon is doing now? Does he have any idea how the off-season went in terms of those contracts? Or is he pining away like a scorned fan? To me, if that’s what he and Suzyn are doing, it’s unprofessional. Besides which, as they say, “it is what it is.”
If I was on the east coast I would just watch Lost and check scores online or on my phone.
L
ST is bigger than ‘you know who’ big.
I can’t understand a team slumping but changes need to be made. You can’t do the same thing over and over again.
That’s the main problem with Tex. His ABs are horrible. Nubbers or impotent popups.
If he could just start taking his walks again, Id be okay with that.
If you move Tex down, what is the corresponding move?
I don’t believe in messing with that stuff. Tex will come around. Having tomorrow off will definitely help.
Trevor May 23rd, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Sterling continues to whine about Damon and Matsui not being brought back.
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He wasn’t whining about them not being brought back. All he said was that the ywo guys brought in to replace them were on the DL and they weren’t the same types of hitters.
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 23rd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Does Sterling have any idea what Matsui or Damon is doing now? Does he have any idea how the off-season went in terms of those contracts? Or is he pining away like a scorned fan? To me, if that’s what he and Suzyn are doing, it’s unprofessional. Besides which, as they say, “it is what it is.”
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You mean like Johnny Damon going 2-5 today with a double, a run and a RBI?
I would have dropped that ball if I were Jeter, and taken Reyes off the basepaths.
Actually I should have said I can understand a team slumping but changes need to be made.
For anyone who is thinking about buying the Alex Cora Interview dvd right now, be aware that the extended edition will be coming out later this summer.
GB7 -
Thank you. That’s different than pining. That is true. You can’t often replace players in kind. And those players are on the DL. At least Granderson should be back shortly and then we’ll see with MIranda/Thames/whoever.
It would be much better if Teix just picked slow stuff or hard stuff to sit on…. Being in between is the worst place to be……. you hit nothing!
“Actually I should have said I can understand a team slumping but changes need to be made.”
its the first inning.
If Tex was walking then I wouldn’t have a problem with it.
Since Cora’s in tonight’s starting lineup, we shouldn’t be treated to the Cora Interviews, the Sequel.
NY media is a tough crowd….
grazdanny Oh I see. This “Lost” thing everybody’s talking about must refer to Jeter’s range.
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 8:23 pm
For anyone who is thinking about buying the Alex Cora Interview dvd right now, be aware that the extended edition will be coming out later this summer.
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I am going to wait 5 years for the deluxe anniversary edition!
Jeremy
Hes not walking because he’s consistently swinging at low balls, which puts him im bad counts
blake
I’m talking about the lineup. Tex needs some time off or he needs to be moved down. The guy can’t hit anything right now. It’s not about the first inning.
Okay for the last time the Yankees offered Damon MORE money than the tigers… He turned it down the yanks did everything possible to bring him back.. I blame damon for not returning!! Also enough about damon and matsui good bye!!! Move on!!!
Doreen, I just signed up for a Devil in the White City tour – I’m so excited, lol!
Erica -
Not literally.
Just in terms of, I doubt Sterling or Waldman keep up with stuff like that, unless the Yankees are playing those respective teams.
I wish they’d signed Johnny too; or, rather, I wish Johnny had signed here.
Jesus! More bad luck!
And this team is having bad luck right now.
Betsy -
They have a tour???? Man, that should be incredible!!! Let me know how you like it.
Doreen-
I have a vested interest. MPB Johnny Damon is one of my Avengers
“For anyone who is thinking about buying the Alex Cora Interview dvd right now, be aware that the extended edition will be coming out later this summer”
Will it be in 3-D?
Sabathia, Hughes & Burnett = No fastball command
Hey, Orel, his name AINT Ray-az, it’s REYES!
Anyone sense this game is already over? Can’t say I have ever felt this way over the last 15+ years of watching this team. Short lineup. Facing a stud pitcher. Dead spots in the meat of our order. Not hitting at all with risp. Feels like 2 runs beats us.
Struck him out! NO Carlo!
Can’t give up one run or that’s all she wrote with this dead bat lineup. That’s a lot of pressure on a pitcher.
I don’t care about Damon or Matsui. That boat has sailed (though look at matsui’s numbers). I am concerned about the players that are here. Tex leading the list.
I understand why Girardi isn’t dropping him, but he’s going to force his hand. I also hope when Granderson returns, either he or Swisher move into the 2 spot in line up.
Erica -
I hope he does well for you.
JK
Are you saying that these guys never have fastball command because that remark has to be a joke.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take that, JON MILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ****
whew
Both Sux and TB finished their tasks today. Yanks should keep up.
Lucky 1st btw.
CC = Loser.
well that inning was a little too stressful for my liking
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Erica -
I hope he does well for you.
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In my line up this week he ranked #2 behind Carl Crawford (who had an exceptional week)
Great work CC. That was close. Now don’t do that again!
CC = High pitch count loser.
NYY626 May 23rd, 2010 at 8:31 pm
well that inning was a little too stressful for my liking
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Yeah, but gotta love the happy ending!
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 23rd, 2010 at 8:23 pm
GB7 -
Thank you. That’s different than pining. That is true. You can’t often replace players in kind. And those players are on the DL. At least Granderson should be back shortly and then we’ll see with MIranda/Thames/whoever.
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It’s really a pity that those two players (Matsui and Damon) can’t be mentioned without them being accused of whining about them not being with the team. All Sterling was talking about was the lack of hitting w/RISP and Teixeira’s issues right now. Nothing about Matsui/Damon other than the Yankees miss the bats of the replacements even though they weren’t the same types of hitter. Made sense to me. Johnson and Granderson were expected to be more than enough of an offensive replacement.
Doreen, it starts off with a slideshow presentation and then there’s a 2 1/2 hour bus tour – I’m very
, lol. The book was so popular that I think they had to do tours just to satisfy the public…………I will tell you about it for sure!
I can’t even watch the game now while I’m planning my trip; what happened?
I still wish we have Santana instead of this fat toad.
Trolls are out today.
Everyone needs to take a deep breath.
The heck with Matsui and Damon. I’ll take Melky! He had a ton of big hits for this team last year!
Because NJ is on the DL, there is a legitimate opportunity to rework the lineup a bit, but I don’t see Tex moving down. I don’t want to mess with Cano and where do you put Tex? 6th? 7th? Who’s a #3 hitter besides Tex? Unless you move ARod to 3rd and Cano to cleanup. I don’t know.
I think you just gotta wait it out.
vtw, Tex’s swing looks just ugly. drop him to the 6th hole?
Outstanding play by Derek to save a run ……
Why do the trolls always come out at the right time.
Also CC had some bad breaks there. Bloop hits.
Jon Miller is so bad. He is an example of why I don’t get the hatred of Michael Kay by some. It drives me nuts when he butchers names.
robbie is getting some hits
This sick Jon MIller just yelled over that easy catch.
Is it me or does anyone else notice the difference between the Fox centerfield camera angle vs the ESPN angle?
Last night it seemed like the pitchers were right on top of the hitters and the ball was getting there much faster.
CC is throwing about the same speed as Hughes and Pelfrey but the ball appeared to get on the hitters much faster?
Obviously its slower with Santana but not with CC.
Yeah I rather have Santana and his 88-90 mph fastball and no World Series rings. LOL !
Betsy -
I’d love to know what’s on the site where his house was.
Yeah, let’s take Santana over the guy who was ALCS mvp and won 19 games last year. Next….
2 leadoff hits wasted.
And this ballpark is a joke. It may look nice but who makes a field this big. Only the Mets !
And he hits a pop fly to center field. Is the bloom off of the Russo?
I was against Santana in 2007
I haven’t changed my mind
CR9 – let me put it this way. If u spotted me a 2-0 lead with the Mets right now, I wouldn’t hesitate to lay significant money down on them.
We’re a great team in 2010, but we’re a very mediocre team right now who is facing a very good pitcher. When you look up and down our lineup, there are just way too many easy outs and they are in spots where a sustained rally is very difficult. And frankly, its tex that’s the problem because he is right in the middle of where we should be able to look for offense.
I know GB is just joking about Russo, but I find it a positive that Russo put the ball in play there against Johan with 2 strikes.
Good things can happen when you put the ball in play.
Guard the damn line.
The 3-D version is to be avoided unless you want to see Tim McCarver lurching towards your face.
Pat M, the keg is always open to you!
GreenBeret7 May 23rd, 2010 at 8:39 pm
And he hits a pop fly to center field. Is the bloom off of the Russo?
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Crap. Should we put the monument park plaque on hold???
And when will A-rod start playing closer to the line. It seems like everytime I watch a game a hit goes down that way because they play him off the line.
Doreen, I’ll try to do research on that, but my guess is it’s probably just an ordinary building – maybe an apartment complex or stores.
Tex needs to be moved to 5th
Random fact:
I started playing mahjong in February with $5 in change. I only play every few weeks
I am now up to $18.25
I should look into playing professionally
Frenchy, Wright, and Tex need a roid scandal or something to take the attention away from how terrible they are.
It’s 0-2, not 1-1
# Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 23rd, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Random fact:
I started playing mahjong in February with $5 in change. I only play every few weeks
I am now up to $18.25
I should look into playing professionally
That’s good.
Online mahjong?
I have a Columbian Exposition half dollar.
Looks like fatso doesn’t have it again tonight
arod has to “cheat”closer to shortstop because old man jeter can’t go to either side anymore – yet cashman will still give jeter 20 million for 4 years come december
Thanks Nick in SF……..Pain meds are coming up soon, tough day…..Bo Knows enjoyed the entertainment the other evening, especially your great line…I still get a chuckle about that……
Random gambling fact:
My brother, the highly-skilled poker player, once bought me into a tourney at the MGM Grand.
He was out by the first break and I made the final table.
True story!
Joba Tips his Cap May 23rd, 2010 at 8:45 pm
# Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 23rd, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Random fact:
I started playing mahjong in February with $5 in change. I only play every few weeks
I am now up to $18.25
I should look into playing professionally
That’s good. Online mahjong?
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I don’t trust any form of online gambling
I play with family
Erica
I wish my 401K was doing as well.
if Mets score first, then Yanks are done.
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Random gambling fact:
My brother, the highly-skilled poker player, once bought me into a tourney at the MGM Grand.
He was out by the first break and I made the final table.
True story!
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:coughcough:showoff:cough cough:
Key play by Johan to not bunt over Barajas. Excellent.
You don’t need to change your name all the time to say the same nonsense.
Playing with yourself is not allowed on the blog v
Fundamental baseball strike 1. We’re averaging 3 fundamental f ups a game. Almost comically, left and right field has been the scene of nearly all of them.
the keystone cops…..eerr…. yankees at it again..
fatso making reyes look like a young jeter
Yanks have been lucky so far.
Not a good throw. He’s a rookie and airmailed the cutoff man. He’ll learn.
THATS STRIKE 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCREW KZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BULLSH***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These #$^@ing umpires
don’t look now – sox catching up
Please go troll some place else.
that’s strike 3.
oh damn, CC is living on danger. Can someone tell him it’s Muts he’s pitching to?
I mean, the LOW mets.
I just like to share.
Have to be able to get ALEX CORA here.
LOL @ ‘performing Orel’ saying that the ump made a good call based upon K-zone’s location of that pitch. He seems to forget that the operators are employed by Nespn, also funded by the Sawx, so of course it would show the pitch there. CHEATED!!
Thanks umps
Wow I guess its not only Phil Hughes who has trouble with Alex Cora
SMH
Unacceptable.
Unreal.
Do you,. Tom? That’s cool!
There it is, the cheat comes back to cost us 2 runs. Unreal
and thats the ballgame….whats fatso’s excuse tonight
Pathetic. Alex. Freaking. Cora.
Pathetic.
trade for him, put him at first and bat him 3rd.
Game over.
You know you are slumping when you can’t even get Alex Cora out.
We just got EFFED out of 2 runs. They didnt ring him up the way they would have rung us up!
BULLLLLLLL EFFING MOTHER ******* SH*******************************
Piece of garbage mother ******* god damn umpire EFFED US
Wow ! Horrible !
Sigh
CR9-
Deep breath. Happy thoughts
Sabathia looks awful
Speechless.
GAME OVER!!
it’s disgraceful.
but hey, they have been playing disgraceful baseball for a while.
Huh SJ?..Cora is hitting .350 with RISP this year. He’s hardly useless.
Nothing good ever comes from a third strike pitch that is called a ball by the umps. Screwed by it all week long already. Dating back to Sunday and Mo against the Twins.
Wow, the Mets are embarrassing the Yankees
Two runs shouldn’t mean much if our lineup was hitting as it should.
Tex has at least 2 more K’s in him and Arod will pop-out a few more times.
These motherless sick umpires. Screwing us every god damn game.[
EVERY GOD DAMN GAME!
EVERY GAME
EVERY GAME
IT NEVER CHANGES!
FU** U, U worthless umpires
Sabathia got cheated, how does he look ‘awful’? yeah….
Who ARE these people calling a game over in the second inning? Sheesh. My eyes must be deceiving me.
I really thought he had Cora struck out.. grrr.
the only thing that’s going to fix the game of baseball is allowing pitch f/x to call balls and strikes.
When it comes down to it, Yankee pitchers are not getting out the hitters they should.
I don’t care what the David Ortiz’s, David Wright’s, Jose Reyes’ of the world have done in the past. Right now, they’re struggling at the plate…why is it that other pitchers can get them out but against us, it’s a mystery?
And why was Mike Harkey talking to CC on the mound? Where’s Dave Eliand
Wow !
Choke job.
This reminds me of the team slumping last year. Offense couldn’t score and the pitching gave up a boatload of 2 out runs.
This is a disgrace.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is a disgrace.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
thanks, umps.
yuck
I don’t think I’ve ever heard these scum stains so happy. All because of an umpire. The fact that they can change a game like this is sad.
This sick **** Jon Miller yelling like a nutjob.
We just got JOBBBBBBED out of 4 runs!!!
UMPIRES EVERY GOD DAMN MOTHER EFFING GAME!
I HATE EM ALL
Um, ok………….CC?
Sabathia hasn’t had FB command yet all season. Only 2 games he did, the rain shortened game against Texas and the Tampa almost no hitter.
I delayed taking my annual break when they start playing like this due to the opponents this week.
I will enjoy the time away this week.
This has been a tough week to watch.
God damn umps…dont they know that the fly ball Bay hit should have been an out????
Haha.
I don’t care what call an ump made or didn’t make – CC has to do a better job. He was not forced into giving up a HR.
2 out 3 to the mets. That’s disgusting.
So, now the Mutts are all HOFers. Great Job.
Maybe we’ll start playing baseball in July.
you have to be able to get Alex Bleeping Cora. i don’t care if the umps don’t give you a close pitch. You are being paid an insane amount of money to be a great pitcher. You have to be able to get Alex Cora out.
This lineup couldn’t score 4 runs in a week’s worth of games.
CR – calm down about the umpires. I mean give it a rest. The team, the Yankees, no one else, is doing this. They play terrible fundamental baseball and their pitching stinks. Like I said earlier, a 2-0 lead was insurmountable, and a 4-0 lead is game over. Don’t blame the umpires. I am a yankee fan and am just as mad as anyone with the way we are playing, but stop embarrassing urself by claiming the umps are screwing us. Face the music. The team is awful right now and they are losing because they aren’t talented enough to overcome all the pathetic lapses on both offense and defense.
Yanks are slumping.
why do the yankees always seem to break guys out of slumps? if only tex could face us for 1 game.
the ump made the right call. I trust k-zone more than you conspiracy nutjobs.
I usually don’t give up. But this game looks over !
The Yankees have no life in them and to make matters worse we lose to the Mets. I think I’m going to be sick !
Glad to see CC answer the bell.
This team is in trouble.
Its ok Santana is no longer Santana.. The Yanks will win.
>:(
Can things get any worse? We’ve turned the Sox season around and now we’re doing the same to the Mets’
Get ready for Santana to be on cruise control.
And why was Mike Harkey talking to CC on the mound? Where’s Dave Eliand.
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He has today off for a family event.
That was an unexpected development.
Well he didn’t have to give the HR up, but shouldn’t have been put in that position. Bottom line. Open your eyes and stop making excuses for these bums.
scroogie
It may have been a ball, but it aint getting called a ball for our hitters!! No wonder why you’re antisocial, scroogie!!!!!!
Im EFFING FUMING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing cures an opponent’s bad offense like Yankee pitching.
Sorry but if Santana was on the mound he would have got that pitch. Stop making excuses for the umps and ESPN.
The Yankees need to have a clubhouse meeting. I know there are a lot of injuries but the pitching has really been bad this week and we need the starters to step up with the depleted line-up. Instead, they have all regressed this week, unfortunately.
Our pitchers have all been gopher ball artists the last week. They’ve been giving up homers to everyone. Haven’t hit a homer in a year? Wait till you play the Yanks. You’ll hit 3. Everything is going wrong with this team at the same time. Can’t hit. Can’t pitch. Can’t field. It will get fixed. Just doesn’t look like it will be tonight.
this game is over. I am not gonna watch it anymore.
Their offense is hardly able to overcome 2 run deficit, let alone 4 runs.
got focus on NBA. this $200m team is a joke. Cashman apparently has done a good job.
Stop blaming the umps. It’s ridiculous
The Yanks are really slumping right now and the Sox will be right behind while Tampa starts to pull away.. It’s still early, but it’s not good right now!
If “CR9″ wasnt 12 years old yelling like this, he’d remember Jeffrey Maier or the Chuck Knoblauch “phantom tag”….
And he’d stop yelling about this umpire vendetta.
This offense is a disgrace. Sit Jeter, Sit Arod, bring in our MVP Randy Winn, he can drop 6 or 7 more pop-ups. Bring in Chan Ho Suk to give up 3 or 4 more bombs.
Vazquez stole the rotations Mojo
Well. that’s a lousy turn of events.
The pitches that Cora and Bay hit weren’t terrible. Cora’s was inside and he turned on it. Bay’s pitch was low and away…he put an impressive swing on it. CC hardly threw any cookies, but for some reason the Mets bats are getting clutch now.
The most frustrating thing is you know the Yankees will get hot soon and the Mets will go back to losing to the Nats and Pirates, but those silly Mets fans will always point to this series anyway.
Turned the Sox season around?
I’m reminded why I stopped posting here as much. Frustration is one thing.. complete overreactions are another thing altogether. UGH.
Blame Cashman. He’s the one that broke up a 100 win team and struck out on every off season move
the only thing worse than the NYY play right now is the potty mouth tantrums.
Enough with the umps, this is an awful team right now. Absolutely awful.
Mike
Omigosh. 14 years ago. 12 years ago. 2 calls. It’s a decade later, and Andy’s getting cheated in Game 6 of a World Series.
It’s you that needs to grow up and open your worthless eyeballs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CC with a hit.
CR9 is synonym for Idiot.
Forget about the awful team crap, WE’RE COMING BACK THIS GAME.
No ifs, ands, or buts about it!!!
CC has more hits than Tex in the past week.
How incredibly ironic that early in the year Sabathia, Hughes, Pettitte, and Burnett were all lights out and Vazquez stunk. Now Sabathia, Hughes, and Burnett have each put up two clunkers in a row, Pettitte’s last start was bad, and yet Vazquez’s last two starts have been great.
If the proper call is made on that 2-strike pitch to Cora, the Mets do not score in that inning, not even a SINGLE RUN.
You can definitely blame the umpire for that. He missed a crucial call in a huge spot that would have ended the inning, and if that pitch missed it missed by an INCH at most. That same pitch I can guarantee you will be called a strike in every other at bat in this game.
The starting pitcher isn’t going to be perfect out there. He can’t make perfect pitches on the corner every single pitch with runners on base when he is making a lot of high stress pitches. When he makes his pitch and doesn’t get it called in that kind of spot, it could turn around a game and that’s what happened.
When you give major league hitters second chances, they are going to eventually find a hole or get lucky and that’s what’s going on. It’s not an excuse when he missed a pitch that would have ENDED THE INNING. Even good pitchers will occasionally make a mistake, and Cora hit a flare and he made his one mistake at the end of a tough 20 pitch inning in which he was probably starting to tire a bit. What can you do if you aren’t getting even obvious strikes called?
This team is going nowhere if Tex doesn’t hit
No offense, no defense, no starting pitching, no bullpen= no wins.
If you need umpire help to get Alex Cora out, you are playing for next year.
Right now, this entire team is playing like garbage.
If it doesn’t change, they will continue to lose every night.
It’s not the umpires, it’s the Yankees.
Right now, they are a terrible baseball team.
Yeah, CR9 — because you say so
Thank God “Lost” is on.
This team is a hot mess right now. I don’t even enjoy watching the games anymore, and that’s sad. After blowing the second game to Boston, I decided not to watch for the rest of the week. I’m honestly thinking of carrying that over to next week, too. Extra outs given to an opponent not withstanding, we’re just plain awful right now.
CR9, please stop with the swearing.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COME ON BRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
We are coming back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sabathia, Burnett & Hughes have no fastball command
Don’t give up yet. Still really early and Santana ain’t Santana any more. CC needs to settle down though
CC 1st inning 18 pitches, 2nd inning 27 pitches 4 hr, he doesn’t have his A game today, total 45
Johan 1st inning 13 pitches, 2nd inning 11 total 24
The pitches that Cora and Bay hit weren’t terrible. Cora’s was inside and he turned on it. Bay’s pitch was low and away…he put an impressive swing on it. CC hardly threw any cookies, but for some reason the Mets bats are getting clutch now.
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Yes, being behind 4 runs isn’t optimal, but thanks for a realistic post that isn’t completely overstating the situation.
Well, I’m sorry I turn you off, Angel, but yeah – you don’t think the Sox got a big lift from the comeback win? I’m being a bit facetious, but you want to give people a chance to vent instead of expecting us to be all happy about the Yankees?
Let me venture a guess.
Now CC gets hurt ?
Don’t really want CC running the bases.
If Tex and Arod were hitting bombs regularly, we would have such much better run scoring opportunities.
When will CASHman get some heat? He had a horrible offseason b/c he had to make mostly baseball decisions where he usually fails. He can spend but cannot make baseball deals.
I’d gardner squares to bunt here with tex on deck I turn the game off
C9 is the epitome of why people hate Yankees fans.
CR9,
ignore these trolls. Because they have blinders of their eyes doesn’t mean you have to. There’s others with you on this.
he’s the same at “this” moment joe morgan, you insufferable imbecile.
Let me venture a guess.
2 on. 0 out. We can’t even get one run ?
Tough to win with injuries… But the thing is, the replacement parts are not the problem… They actually producing… The problem is the highly paid superstars… They are the ones not delivering….
We can’t lose this series to the Mets. I can take losing to the Sox but not the Mets.
Is that the real SJ? I can’t tell anymore………….well, regardless, I agree.
Matt, you could bold the stuff that you ALL CAP as well? It would be easier to pick out the REALLY IMPORTANT parts of your posts that way. Thanks in advance.
I get venting. I completely understand it. Actually I didn’t even notice it was specificially you that had said the thing about the sox.. it was just the last thing I saw before I vented about how ridiculous some of the venting is.
Give and take.
Cashman ruined this team… for the cost of Thames, Johnson, and Randy Winn, we’d still have Johnny Damon. And we gacve up on Austin Jackson + Phil Coke + Ian Kennedy for Granderson. His offseason is AWESOME!!!!
Bear market for Gardner stock
Can we get BG out of the two whole please?
Gardner is as bad as Tex right now. Just awful.
Fantastic. Looked to be safe there, but I bet we won’t see a good replay on this.
And of course Gardner kills the rally !
Yeah All you fake 96 fans go watch you beloved lost. Get lost we dont need you watching the world champs.
Alex Cora is the worst hitter on the Mets…if you need the umpire to give you calls, good luck.
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Do us all a favor, CR9. Get the he11 away from here!
Oh come on Teixeira. Ugh!
at least we wont have to hear the morons in the media say the yankees dont need crawford or werth because of gardner. hes comin back down to earth in a hurry.
This offense is non-existent.
When this team slumps, it really slumps.
Tex again…
As long as I don’t read the papers or listen to sports radio then this didn’t really happen, lol.
Enough with blaming the umpires. I guess Phil isn’t the only one who can’t deal with 2 outs………Everyone is pitching poorly, from the pen to the SP. Very few are hitting and some can’t even field. Other than that, the team is playing great.
Oh, well. What can you do. The umpire put CC behind the 8 ball, and he got cost not 2 runs, but 4 out of it. Unbe*******lievable.
And a nice rally, just killed by a DP, from our fastest guy no less. Umpires, bad luck, no timely hitting. What can you do.
The pitch to Cora was borderline. If he called it a strike, that woudl have been great, but it just missed. Still, CC had more chances to get him out, and he had the chance to get Bay, too. Just didn’t get it done.
Is Gardner losing half a step? He’s not been beating those out lately.
Wow. 2 on nobody out and nothing. Nothing.
They are cold as ice.
I guess hitting is contagious and slumping is contagious.
I only hope it means when they get hot they’ll be unstoppable.
When it rains it pours.
Start the seond-guessing on the bunt.
No, wait…don’t bother.
Tex wouldn’t have done the job any way.
Mark Teixeira is dead weight.
I’d love to know his total numbers since Sep. 1 of 2009.
Tex made another put? Shocking
The Yankees are unwatchable. Literally do the worst thing possible at every turn. Can’t pitch. Play hideous defense. Can’t hit their way out of a paper bag. Utterly unwatchable.
The only thing keeping this team afloat was starting pitching. Not anymore.
Garnder and Tex need to go right now. They are killing this team. When will Girardi make the move ? Even Jeter is getting on base and all they do is strikeout or groundout. Can’t even hit a deep fly ball.
its time to put swisher in the 2 hole and drop gardner…hes in a terrible slump right now…but in the grand scheme of things it seems insignificant….this team has a ton of problems at the moment…tex probably being the biggest one
another man left in Scoring Position, waht is that? 50 for the series and 150 for the week? we blew 5 run leads last Sunday – Tuesday, looked like a little league team against the Rays, and now?
lose 2 of 3 to the Mutts?
Great team!
We let Santana off the hook there. This team has been in a slump for a long time, since that Detroit series.
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For $1,500 in nickels, I’d call Johnny a chicken-f*#ker.
All bad luck, CR9 — huh? What a tool!
Why is Gardner hitting 2?
Angel, no problem. I’m not saying I more than half believe it, but we did give life to both teams. That said, I always thought the Sox would be ok and I don’t think the Mets are that bad. Jason Bay has killed in this series, though. Right now, the Yankees are not that good ……..they’re not. They’re capable of being a terrific team, but there’s no denying their god-awful play.
The leaving men on base is getting a tad frustrating. Can’t build any momentum if you keep stranding a small army of men on base. Ugh.
If we snag Crawford from the Rays in the off season, we sway the balance of power.
Brett Gardner is TRADE BAIT
so how many people on here said facing the mets would help us get back on track?
I can’t believe people want to abandon trying to sign Crawford or Werth and give LF to Gardner next year. I know Crawford is getting older and mostly relies on speed but I still questions whether Gardner will hold up over the course of a full season.
“If you need umpire help to get Alex Cora out, you are playing for next year.”
Pretty strong statement for the 3rd week in May. They are struggling, but last time Santana pitched on a Sunday he had his worst game of his career.
CC wasn’t great last year early so this isn’t a big deal.
Guess the Yanks must like Jerry Manuel since they are helping to save his job. At least in the short term, anyway. LOL.
It’s Erica’s Avengers that are to blame. Dump the whole team Erica, before it’s too late!!!!
Someone tell me Posada shouldn’t catch anymore. Interesting the team goes into the tank as soon as he gets hurt
Yankees playing like a last place team right now.
The team isn’t fun to watch when the offense is struggling. This type of start wouldn’t bother me if I had confidence in the hitters to come from behind, but that isn’t the case at the moment.
I think it’s funny how some people attack a poster on here, but they have nothing valuable to add. Why don’t you go play with Mommy and Daddy and ask them to teach you about the game. Bloopers, seeing-eye-singles…it’s called luck. Not getting a pitch Johan would get called 110% of the time…cheated. End of story you thick-headed twirps.
If you think this is painful, wait another 6 years when Texeira and A-Rod are still with the club. Jeter will probably be player-manager, and the team will win 65 games.
Haha—200 million and the Yankees still need to go out and buy Carl Crawford.
It’s time for a team meeting. This is really bad. I don’t care about injuries but when you play sloppy something needs to be done.
jeters range is being tested tonight
Hey, NICE RANGE by the Captain tonight…
Gardner is not slumping this is the real Brett. He started quickly last spring and then faded. After he got hurt he was overmatched especially in the playoffs.
I’m already looking forward to his replacement next year, Crawford or Werth.
I must shower now
Hang tight Lohud
Santana will be on cruise control now.
What’s it going to be in tonight’s post game?:
A: “Gotta tip our caps”
B: “I feel like I’m taking good swings. I don’t know why I’m 1 for my last 100.”
C: “We’ll just have to put this one behind us”
D: All of the above.
Gardner is not a second place hitter. Plain and simple.
Dinky ground balls on the infield don’t do much when you have additional options for the force play on runners ahead of Gardner.
And again, Teixeira should not be batting 3rd if he is slumping as badly as he is. You need to have a hitter batting in that spot who can put up a strong at bat and possibly drive home some runs, you cannot afford to keep running him out there and absorbing his struggles.
When the lineup is short, your #3 hitter cannot be allowed to “work out the kinks” if he is 1 for 23. You need those runs, you need someone who can hit. It has to be about winning games at some point, you can’t worry about his feelings if he hasn’t been hitting all season. Once he starts hitting move him back up, but make him earn it and light a fire under him a bit.
Who cares if Sabathia gives up 2 runs, 5 runs, or 15 runs? If you can’t score much, you can’t win in the Major Leagues, plain and simple.
Haha -the Mets have one of the highest payrolls in baseball and are last in the AL East. Impressive.
This team has slumped like this before. Every year, in fact. Remember a few years ago when 18 Houston pitchers no-hit us? We still made the post-season that year. Things will turn around. It just doesn’t feel like it when you’re watching them. They just look awful in all phases. Worse than pathetic.
Barajas owns CC lets see if CC can win the battle this time. Can ill afford any more runs give to the mets. 4 is all they get all game.
CC is the least of the concerns of this team. He started out like this last year too. Then everybody here couldn’t wait to kiss his feet in the playoffs. His velocity and stuff is good. He will get it going.
“its time to put swisher in the 2 hole and drop gardner”
Agreed, I love what he’s brought to the team so far this season, but I would wager that his numbers have gone down since he was put into the 2-hole…
I think Swisher bats 2nd once Granderson comes back and the whole lineup improves with Cervelli and Gardner lower… and improves yet again when Jorge comes back.
Gardner is a nice back up. He’s certainly no Crawford or Werth
Yankee pitchers = the worst pitching staff in the history of baseball?
Actually, I do think Gardner should have bunted because even if Tex makes the second out, you have Arod up and then Cano, who are the only hitters doing anything right now.
they are awfully excited to talk about all the injuries. I don’t think I’ve heard this much excitement in their voices aside from the 4-run inning.
Agreed about the team meeting. I understand slumps and injuries, but the team is playing bad baseball at the moment. At least minimize the errors and give yourself a better chance to win.
Amazing all the world coming to an end comments. Even a loss tonight and they would be leading the wildcard. Were we all expecting them to go through the season without struggling?
Yankees playing like a last place team right now.
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A couple more losses and they will be in 4th. Jays and sox are both playing well.
I have a grand idea…
Let’s bring Hideki Matsui and his .227 batting average back to the Yankees. He’s got a ring, he’s popular with Yankee fans! His .302 OBP should be a big help to this team right now!
/sarcasam
also think it is time to move swish to #2 and brett back down.
you can’t bunt with cc on 2nd.
JAP – ur post really made me laugh. U tell people they have nothing to add and to go play with mommy and daddy. Then u follow it by calling the mets lucky and blaming the umpire on a ball/strike call.
practice what u preach, son.
So, in the last 10 minutes….
-it’s the umpire’s fault
-the team is unlucky
-the stadium is at fault
-the announcers are against us
Ha!
Let’s just hope our hitters get the same inside ball call later in the game, in a key situation.
And if Cora doesn’t make that error, they might just be going for a sweep right now.
I agree with Gardner not being a 2 hole hitter. I loved him in the 9th spot where he can act like a second leadoff man and use his speed. It is easy to hit and run to with Jeter. The guy also needs to become an even better bunter. Its a sin with his speed that he can still struggle bunting.
Kev
That’s not true. The Yankees starters are actually are in the top in terms of best ERA. Please stop with the stupid remarks. The Yankee Starters have run into a rough patch at the moment.
Gardner does better lower in the lineup.
BUT, this team has many more problems right now than Gardner.
OK, enough with all of these shenanigans.
ok, lets play what will they do this inning?
ARod, K looking?
Cano, deep fly ball to CF
Swisher, Foul ball Out to the 1B?
Crawford is coming on like gangbusters.
There is no way the Yankees will pass him up.
I tend to agree. Slumping is one thing, but exhibiting sloppy fundamental play is another thing altogether.
Sweep? They’re awfully fortunate they weren’t swept.
Carlo,
Maybe you’re ignorant, that I can’t help you with. However, if someone gets rung up to end the inning, last I checked, we wouldn’t be in this position. Pull the blinders off or go to sleep.
And the worst part is, that sick F*** Jon Miller yelled base hit before the Cora blooper ever fell for a hit. He just excitedly as-sumed it would drop.
Nice bounce back CC! Come on Arod. Lets get at least 1 this inning.
Tex is not only killing rallies, he’s ending innings, and clearing the bases of rbis for Arod and Cano, the only guys who can be counted on to deliver on this team.
Ever remember Arod leading off as many innings as he has the past month?
He’s up there batting with no one on base.
CC will certainly bounce back; he got off to a good April start for him and now has struggled in May. The problem is, we needed him to be good tonight.
This team is looking like 2008 all over again- though it’s too early to suggest that they are through, obviously. It just seems like this is a year when no one is going to have a normal year offensively. Jeter, Tex, Alex………..Gardner’s slumping, but he was not going to play out of his mind like that forever. If the 3 players I mentioned don’t get it together, this team is going struggle.
CC will come around, AJ will be AJ (meaning mostly fine) and Andy will be solid. I think Javy will be good and Phil will pitch like a #5. The rotation isn’t great, but it’s not the problem. The problem is the offense……..and the pen.
It’s time to chip away. This team needs to start chipping away.
Mike,
You are right on target. Don’t forget all of those things are the opposite for the Red Sox.
CR9 — you need help. Maybe Miller can see from his vantage point that Cora’s hit would fall. You are one twisted individual.
And this sick F*** Jon Miller is upset at the ball call on 0-1 to Alex.
Whaaaa! Johan just got screwed on the second pitch to ARod!!!
Gardner did seem more valuable in the #9 spot.
Offense mailing it in
can we use the DH for Gardner when CC pitches?
Tarheelyank May 23rd, 2010 at 9:09 pm
It’s Erica’s Avengers that are to blame. Dump the whole team Erica, before it’s too late!!!!
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why is sterling calling Francour… Francona
Betsy,
if CC comes around, AJ is AJ, Pettite is solid, Javy regains form, and Hughes pitches decently.. that is a pretty darn good if not great rotation lol. One of the best in baseball for sure if not the best other than that Giants rotation.
I think it’s unrealistic to expect the yankees to do much this year. Too many injuries and players having poor seasons. I’m looking forward to next year already.
Tyler, I was skimming the end of last night’s thread and read a little about your personal story.
Without getting into it deeply, you seem to have a great attitude and I wanted to commend you. Good luck with your future endeavors.
My dad was a Missouri Tiger too. It’s in the blood!
I out of the shower
Let the comeback begin!
Mike,
Even if you were right (which your ignorant self isn’t), it was the first batter of an inning, no one on base. Which is more important? Oh wait, that’s right, it couldn’t possibly top the one with 2 runners in scoring position and to strike the batter out.
Please
man, that ump is screwing A-Rod now, too!!
That 200 foot pop up should have been called a HR!!
More bad luck. Hard hit liner right at Bay, who makes a nice catch.
Making it nice and easy for Santana. Perfect
Santana may hit 65 pitches ton
Ohhh, the bad luck! The fates are conspiring against us. Free will doesn’t exist.
Hopefully next year will be better when Crawford and Lee are on board. I guess it’s less disappointing when you think of this year as a transition year, like 2008. Guys like Montero will also be a year closer to the big leagues, and guys like Cervelli will have another year of experience under their belts for 2011.
Give it a rest CR9. I think it’s time for a Timeout
JAP–
It’s called sarcasm. With all the snatches in this room complaining about calls, luck, etc., you’d think it was a gynecologist’s office.
Is it the ump’s fault that the Yankees cant hit, either?
Jap – the thing is, I am not ignorant. I see that the yankees are playing horrible baseball because I am not wearing blinders. I don’t waste my timing hoping umpires call strikes that aren’t strikes and blaming them for why the yankees look terrible and are losing. As a yankee fan with some perspective, I can rationalize that its the yankees that are playing themselves into losses and not the umpires doing it to them.
Fyi – we haven’t scored in this game. So ur claiming the umpires blowing a strike call is the reason we are going to lose is just dumb. Never in baseball history has a team won by scoring 0 runs. Its never happened.
Now, take the blinders off yourself, and put the blame where is belongs. The team is horrible right now. End of story.
Santana has 43 pitches after 4 innings. CC has 54 after 3 innings,
Mike,
Please go away, you can’t even call yourself a Yankee fan. Just another Sox scumbag in disguise. Sad individual I must say…cannot even compare apples to apples, rather compares apples to cucumbers.
Can we please not say the season is over on May 23rd? Please?
either montero or romine are getting dealt for something at the trade deadline.
Have the Mets scored every single run this series with 2 outs?
Nick,
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. I’ve read alot on these threads in the past without really commenting and I’ve always enjoyed your posts and humor
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I really do like Mizzou. Not sure if I want to spend another 4 years of possible med school in Columbia but it really is a nice place. Offers a good education and a really great environment. And its slowly becoming a pretty good place for sports with the success of some teams! M-I-Z!
I think Crawford is more of a guaranteed Yankee than Lee.
Say what you want about nick Johnson but they do miss his 20+ pitches per game. Him & Swisher wore out starters and got them out the game by the 6th inning so they could attack the weaker bullpen
Before everyone was talking about the Yankees going to the postseason. Now some on here are saying that they are done in May. I think we should wait till Aug.
So, a 200+ million dollar payroll isnt good enough THIS year???? You need to get Crawford and Lee too????
nature boy,
Why would you deal Montero or Romine? I’d like to see one of them develop into our starting catcher as Cervelli is likely going to just be a backup. I’d give both of them a serious crack at it and not trade them away prematurely.
Hitting with runners in scoring position and two outs: Yanks don’t; opposition does.
Tyler, I wouldn’t say it’s great or even one of the best, but it wouldn’t be the problem.
If Jeter, Tex and Alex are going to have down years, then I’m not sure this team can win. Any team would find it hard to overcome 3 down years by their stars. Of course it’s early, but they’ve brought the Sox and Jays back into, nevermind the fact that the Rays are pulling away.
People need to quit killing Cash. I don’t care what moves he makes, nothing he does will help the team more than those 3 players getting and staying hot. I think he does need to tweak the pen, but right now it’s actually the starters who are killing us……..and the team does seem like they are zombies (even though I know they are trying).
Bret the Hitman,
I would rather have Werth than Crawford…. This team needs a plus arm back in RF. Swish can move to DH.
Erica
Fact: Last year Yanks are World Champs- No “Avengers”
Fact: Damon leaves the Yankees- As soon as Erica starts “AVENGERS” all sort of weird injuries start, epic slumps, Losing to the lowly Mets. You get the picture.
This is a thinly veiled plot to get at the Yankees for not bringing back Damon. You are AVENGING the Yankees to third place!! I implore you, Drop the Avengers before it’s too late…
Carlo,
I won’t disagree that the team is playing horrible. However, the umpires kick the team while they’re down. Last I checked, if they called the pitch a strike, like the Red Sox would’ve gotten EVERY single time, and so would Johan, they wouldn’t have 4 runs. Without having 4 runs, we wouldn’t be losing. I don’t think any team has won a game 0-0.
It’s just sad. Robi mailed in that AB last inning. Why? Because we’re down 4 runs. Why? Because CC gave up 4 runs. Why? Because the umpire didnt give a strike call that he would give 100% of the time to our opposition, to end the inning.
tyler,
i didn’t say i was trading them. i’m making a prediction. the way i see it one of them is going to have to go sooner or later.
Montero and Romina are not going anywhere. And really who are you going to get ? LOL
Just shut up arm chair GM’s !
They’re not playing good baseball now, but that does not mean they will not play good baseball as soon as Tuesday. As quickly as this happened is as quickly as it can turn around.
When things go bad, they generally go bad everywhere, including not getting close calls, and hitting the ball hard right at people, etc. It’s the way it goes, or at least that’s what I’ve seen over the years. it is the rare season indeed when things go well start to finish.
Wow. This team is just laying down.
Thanks, Tyler.
Did you make the roadtrip to Reno last season? If so, my dad got to see you play (if you played).
I didn’t make it up there myself but I still got $ome enjoyment from that game.
(oooh, I hope that reference didn’t violate NCAA regulations… um, for entertainment purposes only!)
Romine
Crawford would certainly bring stability to the #2 spot next year, and Lee would slot in nicely at #3, Pettitte isn’t going to pitch forever.
It will be interesting how they try to fix this roster in the offseason for another deep postseason run in 2011.
Mike – learn about payroll before continuing to embarrass urself. The funny thing is, sometimes contracts end and players leave and money comes off the payroll. U wouldn’t understand that because bostons just keeps climbing every year. So, if u want to keep clamoring about adding players to a $200 mm payroll, u should account for the fact that some players won’t be back next year. Got it? Good.
Tarheelyank May 23rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Erica
Fact: Last year Yanks are World Champs- No “Avengers”
Fact: Damon leaves the Yankees- As soon as Erica starts “AVENGERS” all sort of weird injuries start, epic slumps, Losing to the lowly Mets. You get the picture.
This is a thinly veiled plot to get at the Yankees for not bringing back Damon. You are AVENGING the Yankees to third place!! I implore you, Drop the Avengers before it’s too late…
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Gulp
Can we compromise?
What if I drop Tex to my reserves for a week?
Cashman is not going to rake the farm system just so he can win RIGHT NOW. He’s going to have faith in his stars – and if they don’t get it done, then the team wasn’t going to win anyway.
Every team goes thru slumps and the yankees as a team are in a slump.
I am glad it is happening while there are many injuries.
It is just a matter of time before the players get healthy and the team will go on a winning streak.
Still, after nearly two months of the season, I am somewhat concerned about Jeter. His defense is spotty and offense is not that great. If he does not turn it around in another month or so, then there is reason for concern. This is not to say he can not turn it around.
Vh. LOL you guys are really lame. I feel sj44 pain now, everyone panicking like crazy. Relax its may not September believe it or not the team will get better dramatically as the season progresse
JK,
RF is so short in YS. I don’t mind Swish there.
Plus I hope Cashman keeps DH open for Posada.
It should be Crawford in LF, Granderson in CF and Swisher should stay put in RF.
Use the DH for mostly Posada.
JAP
We did receive a cheap ball 3 on Tino Martinez in Game 1 of the 1998 World Series to run the count to 3-2. Next pitch? Grand Slam Tino!!!
Guys, they are swinging early against Santana because of his changeup. They are going to go after the first fastball they see because they know Santana pounds the strike zone and they don’t want to fall behind when he has that changeup to put them away. It’s a sound strategy. It’s just not working right now. Normally I like a more patient approach too, but not against Santana.
Hey Carlo — Who’s coming off the payroll next year? Can you think of any big-ticket names?
And why make a trade when Lee, Crawford, and Werth are FA’s ?
Who is this great player the Yankees are going to get with Romine and Montero because I don’t who it is ?
Yanks are just not hitting with RISP
they will need a consistent two-hole hitter. effects the whole lineup big time.
CR9,
12 years ago…
“What if I drop Tex to my reserves for a week?”
It’s worth a try.
nature boy,
Romine & Montero are going nowhere.
The Yankees usually trade their secondary prospects at the deadline
Noesi, Nunez, Nova, Phelps, Melancon? Now thats a different story
Erica, I think you need to take another shower to bring the team some good clean luck!
(Tarheelyank, do you know how to hack into someone’s fantasty baseball account and change the roster????)
JAP
Also, dont respond to Mike. He’s a Red Sox fan.
And please dont attack Carlo. We NY fans should not attack other NY fans.
Attack Mike, the Red Sox fan and Peter Gammons stink licker!
If it makes anyone feel better, the way the Mets are playing right now drives their fans crazy. The Mets will look good for a few games, stink, have another good stretch, and then rip their fans’ hearts all over again. Many Mets fans either want them to go off on a tear, or play so poorly that Manuel gets fired and changes are made to the team and/or coaching staff. The fact that the Mets might win this series will buy Manuel more time even when the Mets go back to their awful ways.
Both managers are boycotting the interview segment to protest the Alex Cora filibuster!
Betsy -
I feel like it’s the whole team taking terms stinking it up. First the starting pitching was fine, they were scoring just enough runs, but the bullpen was not doing well. Then they were still getting runs and the starters were stinking. Then no runs and the starters are stinking. It’s going to go full circle, run its course, and right itself.
The team is full of too many talented players to not turn it around. People don’t just forget how to hit and pitch. ;?
Bret the Hitman,
LOL I guess Gardner has been ejected from next years plans
Jap – look, it was a 50/50 call. He didn’t get it. We get our share of those too whether u want to believe that or not. This team stinks right now. That’s the problem in my eyes. My suggestion to you is to focus on the team and forget about what the umps are doing because in the scheme of things, its not the reason why we are and have been playing like dogs.
Ooops, I spoke too soon.
I think the Yankees have their pitching set with CC, AJ and Hughes. If Joba can be a semi-effective starter in 2011, they only have one rotation spot that needs to be filled.
That can be either Pettitte, or Cliff Lee.
The upside of not having to sign Lee, is that you can sign both Crawford and Werth. That would really strengthen this offense. Craw at #2 and Werth at #5 or #6 would make this team serious contenders in 2011.
RS — Saying the Mets are in worse shape will make no one feel better. They’ll win their 75 – 80 games. We need a slightly higher yardstick.
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Erica, I think you need to take another shower to bring the team some good clean luck!
(Tarheelyank, do you know how to hack into someone’s fantasty baseball account and change the roster????)
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I am still dripping from the first shower!
(And ignoring the second part of your statement
)
Batting Gardner second takes away his best tools- Infield Singles and Stolen Bases.
He has not stolen a base in quite a while because he doesn’t want to run into an out in front of Teixeira/A-Rod, and he has not gotten on base as much either because his ground balls are outs with runners on base.
The second spot may be the worst place to put a hitter like Brett Gardner.
Cashman is not going to let the two top prospects go for washed up talent now that Geroge is on life support. Those days are over. And why would you want to hurt the farm ? It makes no sense. This team should be able to compete period !
CR9,
LOL. If Mike is a Red Sox fan, then it would be Peter Gammons stink licking him!!
Robo-Joe has no time for espn. He hasall the grace of a dump truck.
I don’t think we’ll get a bat at the deadline because a healthy Granderson and Posada will rejuvenate this offense. By then Jeter and Tex should be back to their normal selves.
However, I’d be shocked if we don’t add a reliever.
I was pining for R. Soriano this past off season.
Now, I’m lusting after Joakim Soria (don’t take that the wrong way CR9..I’m not on your team)
Tarheelyank May 23rd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
“What if I drop Tex to my reserves for a week?”
It’s worth a try.
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Deal.
Talk about a testament to my everlasting selflessness
(And I am SO humble)
Tex needs to stay on the ball longer and hit to opposite field and center. He’s has been chasing
low ball because he’s trying to pull everything .
losing to the lowly mets… talk about rock bottom.
Doreen, no they don’t forget – but they sometimes have down years.
“(Tarheelyank, do you know how to hack into someone’s fantasty baseball account and change the roster????)”
No. but I have a picture and I am not afraid to use it. (only as a last resort)
JAP
Mike is a special kind of sick. He comes from the city of criminals, the city of sleaze, the city of arrogance, the city of hypocrisy, the city of slime, stranglers, corruption, violence, scummies, Peter Gammons. Mike and Peter both stink lick each other!
yankees hit rock bottom once every year. sure it is frustrating, but they will pick it up again…. By August, we will be back in first.
jesus christ – can no one hit the fricking ball???
I am giving up on this game. The slump isn’t going to end tonight.
We are either going to get our brains bashed in the 3 games in Minny or we will turn it around at some point there and go on a lengthy win streak.
I want Cliff Lee if Pettitte retires and Vazquez doesn’t have a big season. Even if Hughes has a good year I won’t fully trust him next year because he’ll likely be coming off a big innings jump (see Hamels, Verlander, Pelfrey, Porcello, etc.)
Crawford? I would say he’s a secondary need, but this team needs more top of the order hitters. I still want to wait to see what Gardner does in a full season.
sunny615 -
Not right now.
Apparently.
Santana making the Yankees look like minor leaguers. They sorely need to sign one of Crawford or Werth in the offseason to strengthen the batting order.
Relax. Yankees will have weaker teams coming up soon enough in the schedule, Rays and Sox can battle each other now for a bit. Get healthy and get back on track.
How many names do you use here?
looks like the yankees already gave up on this game 4 innings ago.
Russo looks like he could be a part of this team for future as he swings the bat potentially a lot better than Pena.
Might be good to either flip flop jeter and Gardner or swisher and Gardner on lineup.
CR9
Thanks for a good laugh – but that’s an image I just don’t want in my mind.
doreen…
To whoever just put Joba in the 2011 rotation;
Open your eyes. The #1 priority of this offseason is to obtain cliff lee. Its not carl crawford or jayson werth, its cliff lee. Joba stays in the pen and vazquez is gone and replaced by Lee. Is Andy stays, great. If not, the rotation is cc, lee, burnett, hughes, other (def not chamberlain).
And all this 2011 talk is so stupid right now. This is a world series team in 2010.
Bret the Hitman,
I think the Yanks could put together a good offer for Soria too.
I have an idea-
At the top of each remaining inning I will quote verses to “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
And now they’re getting CC out too?????
We’re really doooooooooooooooooooooooooomed.
Nice inning….I thought CC was the best pitcher in NY??
Oh, and Im not a Red Sox fan, losers.
I just sold my Gardner stock.
Aiming for a hostile takeover of Tampa Ray, Carl Crawford.
Soria is an Avenger
No one is pressuring me to drop him!
soria would demand a top prospect.
Over under. 85 pitches for Sabtana.
Erica, why pick a bad song to quote?
jesus this team is borderline pathetic…
I’m so sick of hearing fans complain about not developing enough out of the farm and then demanding a trade for some talent. Make up your minds or just be quiet !
What SJ44 said. The Yankees are hard to watch these days. The starting pitching hasn’t been great lately, but the lack of offense is disturbing. randy was right about lose one, win one with Posada out, although that may have been a bit on the optimistic side lol. It’s almost at the point where they can’t win unless their starters pitch shutouts. Right now, an average opposing pitcher can shut their lineup down completely. Hope they can start hitting . . .
“Doreen, no they don’t forget – but they sometimes have down years.”
Everyone had a good year last year, and that’s just not going happen every year. So it was bound that a few guys have off year.
It remains to be seen who though. Still too early to tell. But Teixeira sticks out like a sore thumb.
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Erica, why pick a bad song to quote?
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Because everyone here is worried, and not happy!!!!
Matt -
I don’t understand, though, why all of a sudden Gardner is not beating out those ground balls to avoid the DP? It seemed he was doing so more often a few weeks ago. And he’s out by at least a step now, not even close.
Easy People…….
This reminds me how the yanks played last year during the Nats series..And everything worked out fine last year.
Yank in NV,
If Russo could play SS, Pena would have been in AAA weeks ago
Bret the hitman wrote :I was pining for R. Soriano this past off season.
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Same here brother.
Mike….if you’re not a Yankees fan, which you clearly aren’t, then you ARE a Red Sox fan. There’s no in between. No reason to try and hide it. Be proud, they won in 2004 and won’t sniff another one for many more decades, unless of course helped by the umpires and Bud Selig.
Russo should stick in the lineup over Pena. At least the guy can hit some.
Werth would look really good at 3rd in front of Teixeira and A-Rod for a R-S-R setup in the 3-4-5 hole. Werth would get a lot of fastballs to hit in front of Tex and A-Rod, and we need more right handed power anyway.
2/3 of Lee, Werth or Crawford would get this team back in the mix for a WS title immediately.
JAP
Mike the Red Sox fan probably has pictures of Pete Gammons and Pete Abe and Pete King on his wall in his basement, and he probably does disgusting things to himself while looking at the pictures!!!!!
haha jason bay is just a yankee killer
Bay hits Yanks just like in Boston
have I mentioned how much I HATE Jason Bay?
so… 1 homerun all year and now 2 off Sabathia???
Trevor, I thought Jeter would still be terrific this year – he still might. I’m seriously doubting Tex and Alex has been ok, but little power.
this is a joke right? jason bay
You gotta be kidding me.
JK May 23rd, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Bret the Hitman,
I think the Yanks could put together a good offer for Soria too.
…………
You had me at “hello”
Oh, I left out a third factor…the juice.
That was cute…
Sometimes there are real things to worry about.
Ugh, CR9, you are really bringing the level of conversation down and you don’t have to.
Why do we continue to pitch Bay on the outside corner?!?!?! That’s the only place that he really gets hits off of!!!!!!!!!!!
CC has nothing………
Ok – that’s that. No more umpire nonsense. Bay homers, yankees lose 5-0, or 1-0 in the eyes of the conspiracy theury crew. Bottom line, yanks lose.
wow – everyone from pitchers to offense sucks right now. Can a whole team slump???
Nice of the Yankees to break Jason Bay out of his slump.
Jason Bay thinks he’s still in a Red Sox uniform whenever he sees the Yankees.
Jason Bay’s feeling right at home, thinking he’s back in a Red Sox uniform. Too bad this streak of hot hitting will end tonight.
at least Bay is no longer a red sux.
Yanks just need not look to NL for many pitchers. They don’t pan out for Yanks ! Namely starters.
5 runs right now against this team might as well be 50.
57,
Well, Cashmoney can atone for his insanity in passing on Soriano by netting us Joakim Soria.
Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry, be happy
Pathetic…
that play seals the deal. cashman needs to chew them out.
Brutal. Need posada back
Down 5-0, Jon Miller yells “IT DROPS!!!!!!!!” like it was important. Listen, this is sick. They don’t even try to hide their Red Sox fandom any longer. it’s ashame
‘IT DROPS!!!’ – Joe Miller nearly having an orgasm as if the Mets just won the world series.
Now they just look sloppy. Tomorrow’s day off can’t come soon enough.
Just out of Cano’s reach. Shoot.
And the bad luck and bad play continues.
I’m thinking team meeting.
Can things get any worse?
Even ex- Yankee’s son get’s in on the act !
Is there is mercy rule like in softball?
Why is no one grinding out at bats? Why is everyone chasing crappy pitches? What the F is wrong with this F’in team??!?
That error or whatver was cuter than the home run! Aw, they look so little league.
Wow ! Time for a team meeting. This team looks worn out, beat up.
When was the last time someone on this team did something that was even remotely impressive? Getting out of bed has been the most impressive feat of the day for every one of these guys. Hahaha, and then a cross up.
This team sucks.
Glad I aint the only one that heard Jon Miller’s orgasmic experience.
Jon Miller is an ass. I’m turning the tv volume down and listening to Sterling.
why is CC pitching like Chad Gaudin??!??
CR9, come on, you’re going way overboard. Umpires miss calls sometimes, and what happens before and after that still counts. The reality is that CC put two runners on before that, and gave up a hit and then a homer after that. A couple missed called didn’t force him to do all that.
You remember Game 4 of the 1999 ALCS? Despite the fact that the Yankees won by 7, all my Red Sox buddies complained about the umpire calls and claimed that if they had gotten the calls right the game would have been entirely different and the Yankees wouldn’t have scored 6 runs in the 9th. Maybe so, but it’s still up to the Red Sox to play even after a bad call is made. The Yankees deserved to win that game. A bad call is not an excuse to give up 6 runs. Same for CC: a bad call is not an excuse to give up a 2 RBI base hit and then a homer.
And anyway, are you seriously claiming that the umps have something against the Yankees? Do you realize how many people think that umpires favor the Yankees? Aside from the controversies in the 99 ALCS, it goes all the way back to Jeffrey Maier (and I’m sure way before that), and then do you remember last year? Joe Mauer’s double down the left field line called a foul? The blown calls in the Angels series? I think if you polled baseball fans, you’d get way more claiming that umps favor the Yanks than claiming the opposite.
The Yankees have had plenty of bad calls go in their favor, and plenty against. You notice the bad ones and forget the ones that are for us. And even if they have been against us recently, it’s a small part of the game and it’s no excuse for underperforming.
Can we take CC out please?
Get CC out of there, and put in Mitre. Mop up time.
man, this is like BP. what’s up with CC?
I guess when they slump, they all slump.
When they start giving away runs in the field, it’s time to start questioning their focus out there. Someone needs to chew into these guys, it’s not the injuries, it’s playing uninspired and dumb baseball night after night.
CC is not doing too well
Now I just hope they don’t get shut out.
i think it’s safe to say that at this point, this team sucks ass right now.
Well at least we don’t have to stay up late tonight.
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy
Ok – let me hear it umpire crew…….go ahead….. Say it…..”The yankees are awful right now, they and no one else, are the problem”.
Soria is still only 26, Mo’s age when Mo BEGAN his career as closer.
CC is a joke of an ace. He throws too many pitches per inning, no command!
This team will be in fourth place next week, with this lackluster group.
The tread water theory doesn’t hold water. A couple more weeks like these past two and TB will have run away with it and Yanks will be in third, if not fourth.
Mitre warming up to relieve the $161M disappointment (for this game only)
# Bret the Hitman May 23rd, 2010 at 9:40 pm
57,
Well, Cashmoney can atone for his insanity in passing on Soriano by netting us Joakim Soria.
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Wouldn’t that be nice ! COST ?
if your having a slump come play the yankees.
i’m out. I can’t watch this crap anymore. When the real Yankees show up… someone let me know.
this team never needed a day off more than they do right now…tomorrows day off is a god-send….
Now they are just embarrassing themselves at this point.
Going to be a very interesting week for the Yankees.
It’s one thing to lose. It’s another to play this badly.
No effort.
Time for a team meeting and lineup changes next week.
Also have to get CC out of the game. Save the bullets for another day.
george steinbrenner would lose his mind if he saw them play this lousy against the mets. i watch just as many mets games as i watch yankees games and it is pathetic to let them have you at 6-0 in the 5th inning.
so should we all place bets on when they bust out of this slump?
Nothing nice to say, so I’ll just leave it at that….
Yeah It’s time for Girardi and Cashman to get tough with the players. There is no excuse for poor plays like that. They are lucky George is on life support.
I don’t want to watch either…but I can’t look away…like when you drive past an accident.
The Yankees really need one of Crawford or Werth this offseason. Forget midseason trades, just call this a transition year and go for it again in 2011.
The funny thing about the Yankees pitching to Bay…. They refuse to throw the guy a steady diet of curveballs & sliders
SJ – what do you mean by “no effort” – do you think they are just apathetic?
Carlo
I respect your opinions. And I’d appreciate the same from you. Basically, the missed call changed the complexion of the game. Every offensive AB was changed due to the 4-0 deficit. Whether or not CC just gave up 2 real runs now is irrelevant.
TNeloms,
You are like every other moron on this blog who can’t see the real picture. Why don’t you have any examples from 2001-2008 of us getting any important calls? I’m anxiously awaiting your response…or lack thereof.
SJ, is that you?
Again regardless, I agree………though, I don’t want to say they aren’t trying. I just can’t bring myself to say that; it would take an act of Congress to get me to admit that.
That said, they really need a talking to……….although, is that really going to help people shake their slumps?
I miss baseball.
Jeremy — agreed. Girardi has been making excuses for Texeira since Day 1. Not only is Texeira not a #3 hitter, he’s not even an adequate #7 hitter.
lol @ all you babies upset by CR9.
vb – I cant believe you are tossing in the season already. you must be kidding or just plain stupid.
Let’s hope this is rock bottom and that it’ll only get better from here on.
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Lima Time has expired
Did anyone catch what CC said to Cervelli after that high ball?
I rewinded it, and it looks lik ehe says ” Shut the f up and stay behind the plate.”
I watch the Mets a lot too. And the Yankees are playing VERY pathetic to make them look this good.
I’d like Crawford because then the Yankees can use Gardner as a trade chip for something good this offseason–like Joakim Soria.
You know the Yankees are going bad when Sterling is talking hockey playoffs.
And my comment applies to JAP too, obviously.
At least we’re the defending World Champions…and this is not a game in 2008 or 2007, you get the idea….good night all!!!!
I know many of you guys have DVR, hopefully you guys catch this too on the rewind…
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Tex had one monster game in Boston. Has he done anything else of note?
They’re slumping, Sunny. As they have before, and likely will again.
/end rhetorical answer
cs in la May 23rd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
vb – I cant believe you are tossing in the season already. you must be kidding or just plain stupid.
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Just calling a spade a spade. It does not mean that the Yankees will stink forever. Cashman’s moves this offseason backfired and the team is now living with the consequences. Add that a down year for Tex and A-Rod’s power numbers, and the starters clearly showing the burden of last year’s long playoff run, and you’re set up for a down year.
They will be back stronger next year with two FA acquisitions. Think of it as like how Tampa Bay has bounced back from a disappointing season last year.
so should we all place bets on when they bust out of this slump?
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The second game of the upcoming Twins series. They will then go on a run that’ll take the smell out of the joint from the past week and half.
TNeloms, it’s funny how I knew you’d shut your trap after my last comment. You seem to be speechless, or maybe still in deep thought about my question.
Either way, I won’t expect any response.
FIRE GIRARDI MOVE JETER TO THE OUTFIELD BENCH TEIXEIRA REPLACE DAVE EILAND
Ain’t got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed!
Don’t worry, be happy
Top of the order= Maybe get a rally going?
The old George….. blast CC & Tex…. Question manager…. Force release of Winn…. send someone to the minors.
LOL
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don’t worry, be happy!
This off season, sign Crawford for LF, trade Gardner for Soria, sign Lee, let Pettitte, Javy and NJ walk.
CC 93 pitches in 5 innings…..speechless Santana has 57!
season isn’t over. there will be some work on cashman’s part though to get a consistent number 2 hitter and maybe a bullpen piece. as long as they don’t bury themselves. the yankees won’t lose the season series against the rays they match up well against them when healthy.
the line up needs to change. tex needs to be dropped in the order and I think swisher should go back to being in the two hole and drop gardner back down to 9 or switch him and jeter.
Team meeting, please. Like I said before, they are playing bad baseball. Sloppy plays, errors in the outfield, just a mess. No excuse for it. Slumps come and go but this team has been playing badly for two weeks now. They have to pull out of it soon or they are going to wind up digging themselves a very deep hole.
I agree that until they get everyone back they are going to have to tread water. But the way they are playing now, .500 baseball doesn’t even look within the realm of possibility. Even with all the injuries this team has more than enough talent to be competitive every single night. But they look like they’re sleep-walking out there.
Where are my fellow anti-Bostoners tonight???
BTW….. what is Cervelli’s CERA the past week?
Where are you Posada bashers hiding out?
You miss that 3 run HR now don’t you?
It’s unfortunate that the team’s offense went into the tank with RISP at the exact same time the pitching staff imploded, the bullpen exploded, and the injuries piled up, so it’s been an ugly couple of weeks. I don’t see all three continuing, but I also think Girardi and Cashman have to get their heads out of the sand. Something’s wrong and they need to shake things up.
Another hard hit ball right at them.
BAT GARDNER LEADOFF TRADE MONTERO FOR DAMON FIRE CASHMAN PLAY AROD AT SS MAKE JOBA THE CLOSER DONT RE-SIGN JETER
JAP:
“You are like every other moron on this blog who can’t see the real picture. Why don’t you have any examples from 2001-2008 of us getting any important calls? I’m anxiously awaiting your response…or lack thereof.”
I don’t get what you’re saying. The umps favored us before 2001 and after 2008, but not during that time? And now again this week they don’t favor us? Did we not deserve the wins we got in those other years because of bad calls? What exactly is your point?
If you think that baseball outcomes are rightly decided by a few borderline calls by umps, then you won’t really enjoy the sport that much, because when you win you’ll feel like you didn’t deserve it, and when you lose, you’ll feel like you were cheated. I’d rather umps get every call right — and I support expanding instant replay, along with possibly using computers to call balls and strikes — but I don’t think it makes that big of a difference, and I’d rather focus on what the players do.
Hitting my couch.
I’ll be back for the comeback
At least Jeter is looking better at the plate. one positive.
CR9,
I don’t know, they are all busy defending the umpires. ugh
make Joba the closer? have you watched him pitch recently? Sigh. Montero for Damon?
I think I am about to give up on the blog for the night.
CR – fine, the call changed the complexion of the inning and subsquently CC laid another early season egg. And it made the bats go limp, yet again.
JAP – for ur example. try watching some ALDS highlights from last year and see if we got any important calls in our favor (blown calls).
For the rest of you, here is what I leave u with tonight. The May version of our 2010 NY Yankees are absolutely embarrassing to all of us. They stink beyond belief. Awful awful team.
That said. We are still leading the WC and I firmly believe, when we do get going (posada returns), we will again be the best team in baseball and come October we will all be happy.
Now back to the game since we will be batting for the next 18-24 seconds and I don’t want to miss this half an inning.
Girardi is going to air them out….. The lackadasical play, mental errors, and “lets get out of here AB” is going to eat him up.
Good. Im glad Tex did not get a hit there with 2 out and 0 on.
# Bret the Hitman May 23rd, 2010 at 9:47 pm
I’d like Crawford because then the Yankees can use Gardner as a trade chip for something good this offseason–like Joakim Soria.
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I was actually hoping for Mike Gonzalez also ( along with Soriano )during off season. He’s hurt of course.
6 pitch inning jesus
“BAT GARDNER LEADOFF TRADE MONTERO FOR DAMON FIRE CASHMAN PLAY AROD AT SS MAKE JOBA THE CLOSER DONT RE-SIGN JETER”
You’re such an idiot.
wow 6 pitches…
Absolutely pitiful right now…glad for the off day tomorrow
CC’s fastball location is absolutely dreadful his last couple of starts. All of the homeruns given up have been on fastballs right over the plate. He needs to fix that. As for the lineup Swish should bat 2nd against lefties. Gardner looks absolutely terrible against lefties the last couple of days. Gardner and Tex are killing this team.
Jeter is only looking better at the plate because he’s being monitored. The LOHUD fans won’t let him try to grow old behind our backs. Sneaky.
START MITRE TRADE CANO BAT SWISHER THIRD BRING BACK TORRE ASSASSINATE STEINBRENNER
6 pitches. This team kicks so much ass. I hope Hal makes you all return your paychecks this month. You pathetic morons.
Bret the Hitman,
Got it, you hate Gardner.
If we could trade him right this minute we will probably come back and win the game.
He is definitely the major problem with the team.
The fastest inning ever! This is insane. If they sat there and just took pitches until Johan strikes them out he’ll run up his pitch count more and be out of the game sooner.
Charlie May 23rd, 2010 at 9:54 pm
“BAT GARDNER LEADOFF TRADE MONTERO FOR DAMON FIRE CASHMAN PLAY AROD AT SS MAKE JOBA THE CLOSER DONT RE-SIGN JETER”
This guy has to be the biggest idiot on Lohud. Trade a top prospect for an old man with low power. What a fool !
I cant believe people defend umpires.
They are the cla-ss right below criminals. And perhaps, they are even worse than the worst of criminals.
Start the fking bus and get this team the heck out of citifield and off tv before the embarrass themselves more than they have. 6 pitches. Top half of the inning took 1 minute 9 seconds
does anybody really see girardi chewing out these players? there is no way. they would laugh in his face. guy can’t even chew gum he has braces. cashman is the disciplinarian.
Is it just me or does Chad take more games off than Pete ever did? I’m always surprised to see one of the other guys covering the games (not that they do a bad job or anything!).
sunny615 May 23rd, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Why is no one grinding out at bats? Why is everyone chasing crappy pitches? What the F is wrong with this F’in team??!?
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Um, maybe because their lineup is injury riddled and because this is the 18th straight day they’re playing??!?
what life looks like with the ineffective core four
Don’t forget to rename this team after the game is over. I’d call them the Pirates since they’re robbing the Steinbrenners, but I think a) that name is taken and b) it’d be insulting the Pirates team.
“CR9:
Where are my fellow anti-Bostoners tonight???”
I probably hate Boston more than most other Yankees fans. I grew up in Boston and almost all of my friends are Boston fans. Was there some Red Sox bashing that I missed? Count me in.
CC outclassed by Santana
Santana had a 6 pitch inning, because Jeter and Mark swung at the 1st and were out!
Santana after 6 is at 63 pitches, and a shutout!
sam and chad have families. pete has his job and the internet. nuff said.
# J. Henry Waugh – God Does Not Play Dice, But I Do May 23rd, 2010 at 9:58 pm
sunny615 May 23rd, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Why is no one grinding out at bats? Why is everyone chasing crappy pitches? What the F is wrong with this F’in team??!?
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Um, maybe because their lineup is injury riddled and because this is the 18th straight day they’re playing??!?
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so is that now the good excuse for just bending over — I’ll have to remember that later on in the season. “It’s ok. They have injuries and they played 4 games in a row. It’s ok now for them to just fold.”
I don’t hate Gardner.
I happen to think he’s a valuable trade chip.
His best quality for the LTP
Stop with the depleted lineup excuse.
If Teixeira and Jeter were hitting consistently, they would have no problem scoring any runs considering the 4 and 5 hitters have been doing pretty well lately.
The bottom of the order backups are holding their own more than the top of the order. That is pathetic, and that is not the result of injuries but rather ineffectiveness.
When your hottest hitters always come up with the bases empty, and your coldest ones always erase your only baserunners before they get to your hot hitters, you aren’t going to score runs.
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to suddenly work is foolish. If certain guys are not hitting and not even close to breaking out if it, you need to take them out of spots in which they will continue hurting the team. Teixeira isn’t even close to coming out of this, he’s not hitting it hard and getting unlucky, he’s just been terrible.
So what if CC failed. Santana is still with a loser team that will never reach the postseason let alone win a World Series. CC will be fine he usually gets better later in the season.
Johan failed against Jamie Moyer so big deal !
All I see is that this week they shot thierselves in the foot. Mets are playing like they give a damn, we’re playing like we never picked up a baseball bat.
# Bret the Hitman May 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 pm
This off season, sign Crawford for LF, trade Gardner for Soria, sign Lee, let Pettitte, Javy and NJ walk.
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Pretty safe, I think, to say that NJ won’t be around next year. Pettitte, I didn’t even want back last year, but he proved me wrong. Next year, probably not. Javy would have to pitch outstanding the rest of this year, and I don’t see that happening. Not a bad offer for Soria !
“CR9:
I cant believe people defend umpires.
They are the cla-ss right below criminals. And perhaps, they are even worse than the worst of criminals.”
I’m not really defending them. I’d rather instant replay be expanded and I’d support computers calling balls and strikes. I’m just saying that bad calls go both ways, generally don’t affect outcomes, and can’t be used as an excuse except in very rare cases; players need to accept them and play well anyway.
TNeloms
There is a group of anti-Bostoners that joins me occasionally on here. It always helps to relieve my frustration about baseball.
Boston = City of crime, city of sleaze, city of slime, city of thieves!!!!!!
How bad is Mark Teixeira, really?
Batting .200 at the end of May.
Cano would be a better bet batting third, with Posada batting fifth when he returns.
Jeter, Swisher, Cano, Arod, Posada, Teixeira, Miranda, Granderson, Gardner
That and Jason Bay remembered he’s Jason Bay.
Nick,
Yes I did make the trip to Reno and did play in that game. It was a good road win and Nevada actually had a decent team. Good crowd too with a good amount of MU alumni there. Blaine (QB) really played well that game
Really ! These umps are a joke. Why would he hit him with a breaking ball.
Girardi going for the ejection
Yay!! Maybe this will wake up the team.
I missed that- what just happened?
Umps always over react when its the Yanks pitchers. Boston pitchers could throw at anyone they want. Beckett does it all the time. What a joke.
Teixeira is not bad. No he’s no playing well – but he’s capable of playing terrific baseball.
Talk about short memories, lol.
I always get nervous when the Yanks rely too much on free agents. Reminds me way too much of 2002. Maybe its just me. I’d love to see some more talent re-injected into the farm system through this years draft with a really aggressive approach and through the IFA signing period.
They were scoring runs up until the last couple of games, even with Teixeira doing nothing. But you can’t rely on bench players to carry the team. Tex really needs to step it up. I’m sure he’s more frustrated than any of us here. It’ll just have to play out.
The lineup sucks, while the injuries to Posada and Granderson certainly are difficult, we’ve been saddled with poor decisions by Cashman. By signing Johnson and wasting 5.5m we now have no DH, the Vasquez trade has been poor to date, and you cannot expect guys like Cervelli and Gardner to play and contribute like seasoned vets. They are great in small doses but the more they play the more they get exposed, plus they have no power and in the AL you need power. Matsui and Damon hit 52 HRs last yr and both hit over 850 ops. No way Gardner, Granderson, Johnson, Winn, etc can produce those numbers and that’s why run production is off. You can’t hide Tex now like we did last year during his slumps. We need a bat, now, preferably right handed preferably someone to dh and play outfield, now.
joe should have went all out billy martin kicking dirt right there just for some spark.
I checked the score and found out Jason Bay hit 2 hr tonight?!
awesome, if you are cold, just play against Yankee pitchers.
It’s my smart play not to let Yanks ruin my Sunday night. They suck.
Joe is an average manager, they need to put more responsibilities on Jeter, drop Tex to 6th hole or lower.
they will be swept by Twins. They stink. They should lose this game, like 0-11.
continue my NBA night.
I’m not one to be emotional, but I never thought I’d be so glad to see Mitre come in a game.
And I’ve always loved Pettitte
METS WILL WIN NL EAST YANKEES WILL MISS PLAYOFFS TRADE HUGHES FOR PROSPECTS LET RIVERA WALK MOVE GRANDERSON TO LF TEACH TEIXEIRA PLATE DISCIPLINE
Juggling the lineup too much is a panic move. I don’t think you juggle the big pieces. Once Granderson is back, they need to figure out the #2 situation. But other than that, it’s best to keep the key guys where they should be.
pistol pete —
I disagree that the lineup “sucks”, but I do agree the Yankees could use another bat right now. Miranda and Gardner make for good trade chips.
CR9, count me in. The Red Sox have scored just 3 runs more than they’ve let up this year, so I think a finish at around .500 is within reach. Let’s root for that.
Good for you Mitre
It will be fun to watch Santana slap his glove after the 3rd out this inning. How pathetic to do it after every inning, like he thinks its a play off game or something. I hope he gets slapped around in his next start.
METS WILL WIN NL EAST YANKEES WILL MISS PLAYOFFS TRADE HUGHES FOR PROSPECTS LET RIVERA WALK MOVE GRANDERSON TO LF TEACH TEIXEIRA PLATE DISCIPLINE
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I’m confused. Is this a newspaper headline or you just forget where to put words like I, we, me, and…?
Tyler
I agree. I think we should use the farm more often then not. We should return back to the days of the 90′s 2000-2001 where we create a new core and get resonable FA’s.
Ha! Gardner is playing poorly now so he’s now a “good trade chip?”
Please explain why anyone would trade a player of any value for Brett Gardner right now.
13 in a row!?
This is actually pathetic. The game is over, and you still have Jon Miller with all his excitement. “OH MY, JOHAN HAS RETIRED 13 STRAIGHT. A SEVEN PITCH 4th, and a SIX PITCH INNING!!!!!!”
The offense and the starters both decided to go in the tank together…
I’m concerned with Arod popping everything up that he is pressing now too with Tex not hitting at all and this lineup being stagnant. Last thing the Yanks need is Arod trying to win it all by himself. He had finally gotten away from that.
I’m concerned with Arod popping everything up that he is pressing now too with Tex not hitting at all and this lineup being stagnant. Last thing the Yanks need is Arod trying to win it all by himself. He had finally gotten away from that.
Will you guys just stop with the trades? They’re all in a slump right now. No one is looking good. You can’t judge any of them right now because they’re all awful.
Jon Miller is talking about how Johan cant hit us without being thrown out now.
As if the Mitre HBP was intentional.
But when CC hit Pedroia in response to Beckett 2 nights before, these clowns said that he never should have hit Pedroia. Because Beckett’s HBPs were unintentional.
“The lineup sucks, while the injuries to Posada and Granderson certainly are difficult, we’ve been saddled with poor decisions by Cashman. By signing Johnson and wasting 5.5m we now have no DH, the Vasquez trade has been poor to date, and you cannot expect guys like Cervelli and Gardner to play and contribute like seasoned vets.”
LOL the lineup doesn’t suck, they are playing like crap that’s all. The only poor decisions Cash has made is Winn and Ho Park, I don’t see how the DH is hurting us right now at all. Vazquez trade has been poor to date, the guy has the only win in this series and did his job vs DET. Cisco and Gardenhoser are in thier early 20′s , how about Teix, AL, Jetes and Robi wake the hell up and how about some decent pitching from CC and Hughes, that would have helped.
Time to get Lance Bergman….
Give Houston whatever they want. They simply cannot live with this offense much longer.
The big bat we’ll get at the deadline is JESUS MONTERO
What the heck could the Yanks get for Miranda ? Hasn’t exactly torn up ML pitchers !
I could smell the disappointment with the 4 pitch walk. Get over it, Jon.
Trade chips for whom?
What do you expect to get for Miranda and Gardner? Seriously?
You just have to ride out the team slump.
68 pitches through 7 innings.
This team should get an earful after this game.
I don’t care what the strategy was, if it doesn’t work first time around, you make an adjustment.
This team looks too anxious to make some private flight charters for the off day.
I wish they got swept by Twins. Can CLE make them look bad at YS? Sure I hope so.
Otherwise they might still think they are king of the baseball. pathetic.
I feel bad for Arod. He is the only person who has good at bats, and gets hits with RISP. You know he is going to start struggling soon. The pressure of no one else hitting will get to him.
Charlie Is a stupid troll. Might be a Met fan which explains why he has some mental issues.
2008 all over again
You know what that means… spending spree this winter!!
They might let Santana throw a complete game tonight. That’s pathetic.
The offense has clearly given up. Why is nobody even trying to work the count? When every hitter continues to do the same thing that has consistently failed, that’s either stupidity or lack of effort.
Santana is not perfect. If you keep swinging at his pitches on the edges of the zone early in the count, how do you expect to ever make him sweat? Maybe he throws 4 balls in a row after the first strike, but you’d never know if you never make him earn it. Santana is not even throwing an outstanding game tonight, but the Yankees are making it look great by giving him easy outs on the first and second pitch.
“Time to get Lance Bergman….”
Lance Berkman’s Jewish cousin?
I notice many of us reacted to the most recent “trade chip” post.
“Will you guys just stop with the trades? They’re all in a slump right now. No one is looking good. You can’t judge any of them right now because they’re all awful.”
CHARLIE’S AN IDIOT.
What time is curfew here at The LoHud ????
Cervelli and Gardner both are being exposed for what they are
Bring up Montero now.
That was gone.
That’s a HR
That’s a replay HR
LOL this stadium is a joke
that was gone
Joba tips his cap,
The under .500 Mets, who have won one of their last 7 series, made us look bad.
Cleveland can do the same.
Minnesota is going to destroy us.
Yankes 89,
Montero is hitting around .230 in the minors and still needs improvement behind the plate. Great idea!! Look up Cashman’s email and let him know immediately!
We can still come back, guys. Dont give up.
That was a homer, no?
Clear HR
homerun?
that was a HR!
It hit orange. It’s a HR.
Instant replay.
guess not
NOT a HR.
If TEH EYES says it’s out, it’s out!
That’s a homer.
it hit the orange line and hit the net of the pole
Hit Red line is a HR? Ok, Hr.
We don’t need washed up Old man Berkman. Stop trying to trade the farm for old washed up talent. We never won with that strategy so stop it !
Bill in NJ,
“Miranda and Gardner make for good trade chips”
Again, with the trade Gardner. He has had a very productive season up until the past week. He is in a slump, probably a little tired and needs to be moved back to 9th in the order; he will be fine. His defense has been excellent.
See what he does for the full year; if he regains his form he will help this year and be a very valuable trade chip in the off season.
So funny that none of these idiots know the ground rules. this booth is awful and retarded.
Well, Jon Miller, that is the the ground rule. Oh my gosh. Jon Miller so does not want the Yankees to score here. Unreal!!!
Why was Cervelli jogging? I thought he had “enthusiasm?”
And Jon Miller is ridiculous. He’s angry at a grounds rule of Citi Field. Because it might dare give us a HR.
I’ll take whatever it is…
Too little too late.
A cosmetic HR
The Yankees have faced mostly good starters all year. The lineup will get healthy on their schedule after the Twins.
It looked like it hit part of the pole and bounced back right. But now they’re saying if it hits the orange line at all then it’s a homer. So it should be a homer either way.
so if it hits that black little fence above the orange line its a home run? makes no sense no way thats gone.
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 23rd, 2010 at 10:17 pm
LOL!
If it wasn’t the ground rule, the umpires wouldn’t be looking at the replay. Waht an idiot.
If the Mets’ ground rule involves hitting the orange, that’s both anti-Dutch and anti-Ulster-Unionist and either way that’s discriminatory!!!!
THESE UMPS STINK!!!!
Never mind Damon, right now we could use bench players like Eric Hinske and Jerry Hairston Jnr. Sadly, Cashman saw no value in retaining a group of players who had just helped us win our 27th World Series. Going to be a long year folks. I could actually see this team finishing 4th in the AL East.
What????????
LOL, I figured they may give him a HR to try and make it look fair. Appears they don’t even care to do that. Hahahahaha
Another SHARP analyst !
In many parks, there is a yellow line that if the ball hits above, it’s a HR.
lol @ John Miller
Almost as bad as Oral saying that CC/Santana shot a “subway system” commercial for NYC
Cervelli screwed up. He should be standing on 2nd base.
If it hits the orange line it’s suppose to be a HR. Umps don’t know the rules of the park.
The ball seems to clearly bounce right when it was previously heading left. Doesn’t that mean it hit part of the pole?
Put it in the clown’s mouth, win an ice cream.
What a stupid, stupid ball park.
But these 3 drunken fools on ESPN have never heard of a ball being a HR if it hits above a line.
What a joke. How is that not a homerun??? This stadium is a big piece of crap.
And, Cervelli should have run regardless.
Thats absolute garbage.
“Never mind Damon, right now we could use bench players like Eric Hinske and Jerry Hairston Jnr. Sadly, Cashman saw no value in retaining a group of players who had just helped us win our 27th World Series. Going to be a long year folks. I could actually see this team finishing 4th in the AL East.”
Cash got too creative for his own good. Dismantled the bench, removed two clutch hitters in Damon/Matsui. Brought in busts like NJ, Park, Winn.
Miller: That doesnt make any sense. The ball has to leave the ballpark.
It was HR, Orel….quiet down. We all know why it wasn’t called correctly, even with the use of instant replay.
Good point, GB.
That was a classic David Ortiz single.
Cervelli took waaayy too much time admiring that one.
The Yankees stink! The Umps Stinks! This stadium stinks!
ESPN is thrilled that it wasn’t a HR
Listen to these 3 drunken fools laughing at Cervelli.
JJ,
I heard the Subway System comment earlier and was dying laughing. Hersheiser just puts me to sleep listening to him.
Bench Cervelli for not hustling. I’m serious this time.
Why isn’t Cervelli on 2nd base ?????/
Cervelli took it easy after LoHud warnings against false hustle.
Looks like it hit the base of the pole and ricocheted.
Funny how everyone is barking about the 2 hole. I begged for Cashman to eat his pride, lower his arrogance, and sign Damon. Johnson was never going to be a good 2 hole hitter. He’s too slow, has no power and is always hurt. Damon’s a gamer, can handle NY, has Yankee stadium power and can still run ok. Cashman scerwed this whole thing up by bowing his neck at Damon and foolishly signing Johnson. We couldn’t afford to lose both Damon and Matsui’s numbers but evidently Cashman thought that was ok. Swisher’s not a 2 hole hitter, Gardner will wear down in the 2 hole, Granderson strikes out too much to bat 2nd, Damon was the answer but that ship has sailed. Funny how good teams keep following Damon around.
Just rubbing salt in our wounds now with that horrible call.
Did Joba’s implosion suck the life out of this team or what….
“Never mind Damon, right now we could use bench players like Eric Hinske and Jerry Hairston Jnr. Sadly, Cashman saw no value in retaining a group of players who had just helped us win our 27th World Series.”
There is no value there. Hinske is marginal, Hairston is ok, Damon’s been playing horribly this yr. check his #’s w/ RISP and the BA is falling from mth. 1 to mth. 2. Matsui’s battin .220 or 30 something, again what value do you see?
Worst think that inning…. Why is Cervelli only @ 1B
Girardi better give them a piece of his mind after this game
Santana is lucky that he pitches in this gigantic ballpark. He would never throw the ball over the plate at YS or Philly ballpark. He knows its not going out of this stadium.
Santana 82 pitches after 7 , looks like he completes th!e game
Cervelli on 1B or 2B doesnt matter now. Id like to know what the grounds rules are of Citi. Does anyone know how you can find that?
pistol pete,
Cash is paying for it now. Getting rid of Damon was the dumbest decision he has ever made. And we’re paying for it now.
Gardner is a 4th OF. Laughable that he is hitting 2nd.
The ball hit the orange line, that’s not out ! Cervelli should have run hard until he knew for sure. He can run for a catcher.
Johnny Damon is on pace for 9 SB’s and 12 HR’s
He was done in LF in Yankees Stadium.
You wanted 12 HR’s out of the DH spot?
Miranda could do that.
Cervelli with his Hanley Ramirez impression
This team is falling apart.
Citi of crime, sleaze, ambiguous ground rules?
Brett,
Do you not realize what YS does for his numbers?
His swing was built for the stadium.
When a starter gets to the 7th with 82 pitches…. The Yankees have given up.
That should never happen the way this team takes pitches.
These jerks are having a field day with us losing.
I’d so love to come back and win this game.
Who’s with me????????
Sterling said he went into the Met radio both and said if the ball hits the Orange line it’s in play. So the umps got something right.
Listen, the game is OVER. Who the **** cares if he’s on second or not? The ball to a perfect bounce regardless, and he may have been out either way. GET OVER IT, move on to the real reason this game is over… THE UMPIRES. end of story
“Cash got too creative for his own good. Dismantled the bench, removed two clutch hitters in Damon/Matsui. Brought in busts like NJ, Park, Winn.”
Those 3 didn’t help, but Damon/Matsui certainly aren’t proving him wrong.
Nick in SF May 23rd, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Fenway has ambiguous ground rules?
radio booth
I just got in and turned on the television and heard that Cervelli got a hit and Swisher scored and of course smiled and thought I must have brought the Yankees good luck. Then I looked at the score of the game and kind of had to catch my breath. I hadn’t been able to tune it at all until I got home. I guess I’ll go back through the comments to get a sense of what kinds of things went down to get the Yanks 6 runs down before that run. Are all our pitchers tipping their pitches????? I know our starting rotation is a good one.
Okay, that’s it for now. I think I’ll update myself and hope for a minor miracle of 7 Yankee runs in 2 innings…
Wanna smile – Video of Penquin escaping from killer whales
http://www.norcalblogs.com/gat.....-video.php
What an awful awful day
CC was supposed to be over his early season struggles by now… it’s almost June…
This time last year, he went 8 innings, 3 runs against the Phillies. Now he can’t even beat the Mets
i love damon and wanted him back but cashman could not force the guy to sign here. he turned down a 2-year deal because he and boras mis-read the market. cashman could not force him to sign and the deal he offered him was more than reasonable.
Girardi better have a meeting with this team before Tuesday’s game. Easy 1st pitch outs, not working the count, the defense has not been heads up. The offense just looks like they don’t have confidence at all. The pitchers better get there fastball location under control. Way too many hits have been given up recently on fastballs right over the plate. Overall they look terrible.
Boston has picked up 5 games on us in the last 5 days.
They were 8 back on Tuesday, now they are only 3 back
Tampa is now 6 ahead of us.
Not looking good folks. Boston is gonna pass us anyday now.
How clas-sy of Joe Morgan!
To say that some of his managers should have been fired during his playing days.
Decades after he retired.
Stay clas-sy.
So I get out of the shower to find that Cervelli admired his shot and should have been on 2nd? I hate when anyone does it – whether Ramirez, M. or Ramirez, H. Cervelli? He needs a good talking to and a benching. Can anything else go wrong?
Manuel better send Girardi a thank you card atfter the game. Now he gets to stay as manager for another series. Until the Mets get swept by the Phillies this week…
Trisha
The simplest description of this game:
The HP gave a cheap ball call to CC in a 0-0 game. The call led directly to 4 runs.
I’ll say this again Damon is nearly done. Those injuries will take a toll on him this season. And he’s not a 12 million dollar plyr. I love how the fan base is making him out to be Babe FREAKING Ruth, he wasn’t an everyday plyr. anymore. It’s that simple.
Bret the Hitman,
Damon is not worth >5M outside Yankees stadium. But he wouldn’t hit only 12 hr with the Yankees.
That being said…
Damon: a 2 years 14M is ridiculous, I demand 2 years 20M…. I sign for 1 year 8M
I don’t see how any rational person that followed the offseason can blame Cashman for Damon’s moronic decision
CC – horrible 3 of his last 4 starts
Burnett – awful 2 of his last 3 starts
Hughes – Awful last 2 starts
Andy – awful last start
Nice to blame the offense, but the pitching has put them in holes more often than not.
Mitre gave the Yanks two very good and much needed innings. He’ll get Vazquez’ start if Vazques isn’t ready to on against the Twins on Thursday.
1.Left field
2.Left center
3.Deep left center
4.Center field
5.Deep right center
6.Right center
7.Right field
1.335 ft
2.364
3.384
4.408
5.415
6.378
7.330
Not exactly old Yankee Stadium : 407 RC, 461 CF, 457 LC
This isn’t so huge. Only deep RC is abnormal.
Michelle,
Manuel has until they play the Red Sox…As long as he gets swept, he keeps his job.. Win 1 game and he’s gone.
Nice of CC to give his team a chance to win tonight.
Do the starter realize they have to pitch a good game or we have no shot with our slumping offense?
Can Jeter actually get the ball out of the infield?
http://www.metsblog.com/2009/0.....und-rules/
According to Sandy Alomar, orange line is in play. Above it is homer.
Andy
Thanks. At least they got the call right.
Good news on the injury front-
Thames is feeling better!
Manual saved his job.
Congrats, Yankees. You were at least good for something this week… you helped keep a guy off the unemployment line.
Now if only you could do something positive for your own team…..
Of course another ball from Jeter that doesnt leave the infield. Anyone surprised?
Boston only 3 back now
Forget Tampa, they are 6 in front.
# CR9 May 23rd, 2010 at 10:28 pm
How clas-sy of Joe Morgan!
To say that some of his managers should have been fired during his playing days.
Decades after he retired.
Stay clas-sy.
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And he’s the one that was always complaining that there weren’t enough black mgrs. and then turned down a chance to manage Giants, saying it wasn’t right “”fit for him !
Maybe the worst analyst I’ve even heard.
Jeter is great at knocking others off base, through force out or GDIP.
Dearest Yankees-
I am going to ask really nicely. Please score some runs. Please. Don’t make me beg. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely Yours,
Erica
Michelle
Jeter got every ball this game out of the infield besides this last AB. What’s your problem with Jeter? He’s struggling. He’s struggled before, he’ll struggle again. It’s not the end of the world.
Michelle, 3/4 of the balls he hit today were out of the infield.
Cycle,
The offense is tied to the pitching. Historically the past 4-5 years they start to press when the pitching puts them behind game after game.
Jeter really comes up small when this team is struggling offensively
lol @ the team that gives Jeter more than $10 million dollars.
That contract is going to be worse than A-Rod’s. At least A-Rod hits HRs.
More bad luck. A decently hit Gardy liner right at the 3b.
Andy -
I was just going to listen to that! It was the only place that I found that came close to giving the ground rules at Citifield.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now Teix gets a hit……… BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
At-least they won’t get shutout.
Wow Teixeira with a hit.
LOL! He got a hit! Maybe Alex puts one out and puts us right back in the game.
There- Tex got a hit
Do I still have to de-activiate him????????
Okay. It just takes one hit to start.
A-Rod with an A-Bomb, and right back in it!!!
This would be a great time for a homer.
Nice hit by Tex. The journey of a million miles begins with a single step.
anything from your 3rd hole 1st baseman is a bonus
JK, Jeter comes up small? After alll the years when he hasn’t? He’s having a rough start……..that’s all.
See what happens when your in a slump and stay on the ball longer ? Tex needs to do that right now from both sides of the plate.
This game is far from over people. If we can get K-Rod in the game behind 2 or 3 runs we have a shot.
Tex is such a front runner. Don’t be fooled when he does get hot. When we needed him, he did squat.
He only hits when people around him hit. He is overrated and a blend in player making superstar player money.
And people thought this guy could anchor our offense once Posada/Jeter/ARod decline LOL!!!!
He ain’t carrying nobody. By that time, Cano/Montero/Romine will have to carry him.
Jon is so excited about A-Rod’s 3 straight pop-ups. This guy is unprofessional. Oh wait, nothing new with these ESPN losers.
Bet A-Rod doesn’t pop up again
JK -
Why boo?
If he DIDN’T get a hit there, you’d be upset with him – he DOES get a hit and you’re still upset with him?
At least it gets ARod up with two on – an RBI situation that he hasn’t had.
He got a pitch right over the plate
OH, man, how was that not a strike??
Maybe in another life brotha.
I thought that was close.
Oh no—that wasnt called a strike!! Game over!
Doreen,
Dont mind me im just extremely cranky…. I HATE THE METS WITH A PASSION!
LOL, that’s the closest they can come to being “cheated” and it wasn’t anywhere near a strike.
Where the hell is Cashman in all this?
I know he realizes how foolish he looks for getting rid of Damon and Matsui and the fact that all his off-season acquisitions have been busts, but still…. he needs to chew out the team like he did in Atlanta.
Orel, shut up you punk. You aren’t a pitcher anymore, you’re a scumbag.
He didn’t pop up !!!
Come on Robbie!!!!!
Can-do!!
Can-do!!
Yankees got a break, I do believe.
JK -
Wow, we got a FAIR call, down 5 runs. I dont wonder if we would have gotten that call down 1 run.
Tomorrow’s day off definitely couldn’t come at a better time.
LOL He does not look foolish at all – and you still have no clue has to how the Damon negotiations went down if you think that
LOL @ the home plate ump standing up and pointing to first quicker then he’s ever done before. Trying to get A-Rod punched out when he didn’t even come close to going around on that.
Too little too late tonight boys.
Can’t wait to see 15K-20K again in this dump of a stadium next week
Cano, please continue working on that MVP resume….
With a guy on base it would be nice to see a hit from Jeter. Why is no one allowed to say something negative about Jeter? It’s absolutely unreal already. Arod gets killed if he goes 0-6 but Jeter could go 0-100 and it would be ok.
Trisha
That was a ball. That was no break.
“This game is far from over people.”
I’ll say that if they get a hit here.
this has to be the first time this season jeter, tex, and alex reached base the same inning
I can’t take this. I really can’t!!!
Class in dictionary : Pics of Jeter and MO !!!
That was an amazing at-bat by Alex.
TEAM at-bat right there.
Cano to jack one here.
Johan better enjoy this game because this is the only one he will have as long as he is with the Mets.
Hopefully Cano has an at bat here like he does when there is no one on base. Not the RISP at bats…
“Too little too late tonight boys.”
This your first game Brandon? Ever seen a grand slam in a game? Ever see a team score 8 runs in an inning?
Until the last out of the game, it is never too little too late.
Wonder where Kzone is for that pitch?
Of course Cashman looks foolish, are you kidding me? All of his movies have sucked!!
The media realizes it, the fans realize it, and if you asked the players, I bet they will tell you how puzzled they were at his off-season moves coming off a WS as well.
Not sure if this has been mentioned before…but Mets relief pitcher Jose Felicianco looks like NY Governer David Patterson.
Thought Jose F. was blind ! LOL
0-2, something no reliever has ever done against the Red Sox.
As much as I hate to say it, Matsui goes deep on that 2nd pitch
bye bye
CR9 – it sure looked like a strike to me. But it really doesn’t matter what it was.
Shoot.
This team with RISP the past week…
EPIC FAIL!
remember when cano was gonna hit 40 hrs and be the mvp
If you say so – no point in arguing about it.
Carl, you have no idea if he would have…………it’s not like Matsui hit 50 HRs.
This team is an embarrassment. They don’t get big hits anymore and they suddenly forgot how to pitch. Its becoming unwatchable. Good luck keeping up with the Rays.
What did u guys expect, a bases clearing double? Right, that would be logical.
First pitch outside called a strike set the tone for the AB.
Great job Cano. The 2nd pitch was his pitch to hit. Just the usual Cano at bat with guys on base. I don’t know why I ever expect him to get a hit with RISP.
# Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) May 23rd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Carl, you have no idea if he would have…………it’s not like Matsui hit 50 HRs.
Matsui kills lefty relievers. Stop acting like he didn’t play here. He would have put a hurting on that hanging slider.
CR9 – you’re pathetic. Always an excuse.
Crazier things have happened in Yankees Mets games.
I hate Boone Logan.
all cashman’s movies suck.. did he produce a movie that i am not aware of.
cano taking clutch hitting lessons from Tex. miserable week.
to top it off now we get to see the great boone logan. i dislike this guy a lot….
what is the odds he walks someone?????
If it weren’t for Kevin Russo this team would be getting swept.
Matsui would have destroyed that pitch, no doubt.
Another Cashman blunder.
Wow. What a collection of idiots a game like this brings out..
Love the Yankees, but I hate the kind of bandwagon supporters that their great success generates.
Dylan – I’m talking about losers like you.
The Mets are so happy because this is the only big game they will have all year.
Mike,
Go away you Bostonian stain.
Nothing has changed with Cano
Still a dog with RISP. Got off to a nice 3 weeks and has done nothing since then. Has he hit a HR this month?
He is as big a culprit as anyone.
Ok, Carl – I have no idea what you mean, but it doesn’t matter anyway.
This team is just not very good right now…….When the SP is good, the hitting is bad. When the hitting is bad, the SP is good. When either is the case, the pen is bad. That’s what a mediocre team is about……..
Boone Logan won’t be up here much longer ! ( on team )
Back of the Rotation vs the Phillies = Return to sucktatude for the Mets.
People like Joe Morgan who don’t see Cano everyday thinks he is great. When you watch him everyday he is a major let down and he never gets a big hit. Posada is a much better #5 hitter. He makes more contact.
Little help – anyone have any idea what our record on sunday night baseball is over the last year +? 2009 and thus far in 2010? I feel like we lose everytime we play on espn on sunday nights.
You know during negotiations with Damon I kept positing that the Yankees really didn’t want Damon back and others kept saying that that was not accurate. Whatever. But now when I look at Nick Johnson and the knowledge that he is definitely injury prone, I really have to wonder if the entire negotiation was a sham and Cashman did what he had to in order to insure Damon wouldn’t be back. Maybe he was playing the odds that Nick wouldn’t get hurt but you can’t say that be brought in a sure bet. It makes me think that the Yankees did not want Damon back but went through a sham process offering what they knew he wouldn’t take and signing Nick Johnson when he didn’t take what they knew he wouldn’t take.
Just a thought.
As the imposter SJ is wont to say (unless he’s the one telling people how to think on something), there’s room for all opinions on this forum and we don’t need a forum moderator to tell us how we have to think. In other words, you don’t have to agree with my take but it doesn’t stop me from wondering whether my scenario might be correct.
This ain’t the 2009 team
This is the 2008 one
Carl Crawford, Jason Worth, Cliff Lee come on down!!!! Screw Tex!!
Has Jon Miller always been such a bumbling idiot? lol
If I remember correctly I think the yanks got swept by the nationals at the stadium last year. They are struggling and look real bad right now but it is a long season. They will turn it around they are too good.
Here comes Logan with the usual tack on run BS. Cashman get the garbage off this team…
Michelle – you truly believe that Posado gets more contact than Cano?
U not very smrt.
Carl,
LOL you do realize the Yankees are playing in the NL right? Matsui would be on the Bench, he wouldnt be pitch hitting for whomever was hitting 5th.
Mike,
You’re a worthless punk. You have no input whatsoever, and you’re a waste of space on this blog. This is a Yankees blog, go back to PeteAbes and read up on your loser team.
Oh, and by the way, why don’t you get off the blog and violate yourself to the 2004 Red Sox DVD’s. They probably were the first games you saw as a fan.
Logan in to face a righty, and he gets on,Joe!
Yeah, were you saying that when Cano was carrying the team in April?
Angel – In an Empire State of Mind May 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
LOL! Only since a night in October 2004 when the Red Sox won their 1st World Series in 86 years.
“Matsui would have destroyed that pitch, no doubt.
Another Cashman blunder.”
Matsui is hitting .218 vs LHP this season…sure buddy, he would have crushed it.
.275 w/ RISP, that’s not at all close to what he did last season.
Phillies are frauds – they can beat up on awful teams like the Mets, but get romped by a good team like Boston
But the Mets are a bad team. They are in last place in the NL for a reason. Philly will romp them like they should.
Yeah Matsui with his low numbers right now would have crushed that ball. How do you know that ? How do you know that he would have crushed that ball ?
I recall people being mad at Matsui and Damon last year when they were in a funk and people on here were calling for there removal. Talk about flip flopping !
inchcape,
I watch every single game and support this team as much as anyone. I’m allowed to complain when this team plays like garbage. Maybe you should crawl out of your rabbit hole, Dorothy, and realize that everything isn’t perfect in Wonderland.
# JK May 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Carl,
LOL you do realize the Yankees are playing in the NL right? Matsui would be on the Bench, he wouldnt be pitch hitting for whomever was hitting 5th.
Yeah I know.
Damon and Matsui are going to haunt Cashman every single day.
Every day that goes by with Tex/Cano/Jeter 0-4s and futile offensive efforts, he will be reminded about what could have been
If only Cash wasn’t so stubborn
Matsui would have destroyed that pitch, no doubt.
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Um, no. Matsui would have been in a funk just like everyone on the team right now. He would not have been immune.
# Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) May 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Yeah, were you saying that when Cano was carrying the team in April?
Is it still April?
Michelle, Cano was getting huge hits. You might not have known this but he was named the MLB player of the month for April. He didn’t get that by not getting any hits.
You have the right to be a charter member of the “what have you done for me lately” fan club but it rings hollow, IMO, when you continue to make statements that seem more representative of a player’s slump rather than a player’s body of work.
inchcape May 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Michelle – you truly believe that Posado gets more contact than Cano?
U not very smrt.
haha yeah really. check cano’s strike-out numbers.
Very disappointed that CC didn’t step up to the challenge to be the stopper
Javy did but CC couldn’t?
Very concerning that CC is struggling so deep into the season. Last year, he was lights out after April.
“you truly believe that Posado gets more contact than Cano?”
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He has more of a chance to get a hit with RISP. Something that Cano still hasn’t figured out. People talk about how Cano is such a great hitter but he is an easy out with guys on base. I would much rather have a professional hitter at the plate than Cano and his approach.
Dont you know Matsui with his…
.227 ba, .302 obp, .373 slg, .675 ops
would have crushed that!
I would love to see the Yanks call up Winfree or Huffman and dump Winn starting in Minn.
Someone needs to tell Sabathia and Teixeria that April is over… we’re one week away from June…
Someone needs to tell the whole team that.
Some of you guys are a joke. Now Cano sucks ? Before you guys were kissing up to him. Also many teams would love to have a player of Cano’s talent.
“You might not have known this but he was named the MLB player of the month for April”
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Congrats that was April. What has he done for the last month? He has no approach at the plate with RISP.
this team sucks pretty well now.
They will be No.4 in AL East soon. $200m my axx.
“Love the Yankees, but I hate the kind of bandwagon supporters that their great success generates.”
The one thing Ive noticed is the 25% of the fans who are “bandwagon” seem to know the least about baseball and with the Yankees success a lot of younger fans (under 30) seem to fall into this crowd. They treat each game like a football game.
Wow, he’s not allowed to be in a slump?
Comparing Matsui/Damon’s numbers in other ballparks is very foolish.
We all know what they can do here and do in big spots, we saw it first hand last year.
Damon is an awful fit for Comerica, perfect fit here.
Same with Matsui as a lefty in YS here.
Cannot question their ability in the clutch or their ability to hit lefites (that we have to do with Granderson).
We got rid of 2 big-time players for limited players, one who is on the DL.
Hacker
CC was not lights out after April. I don’t know what you are talking about. He didn’t start pitching great until after the All Star break.
Michelle
The team is struggling. Simple. It will not continue. In response to your earlier post about Jeter/Alex, I was one of the true Yankees fans that never blamed Alex or quit on him.
# Sox Hater May 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Someone needs to tell Sabathia and Teixeria that April is over… we’re one week away from June…
Someone needs to tell the whole team that.
doesn’t matter. They got long term fat contract, why should they care?
Santana’s avg fastball was 88.79 tonight and they still got shut down…. too funny
So Matsui would suck if he was still the DH with the Yankees?
espn loves boston so much orel just asked how “ueck” (bob eucker) was doing and i really thought he was referring to youkilis.
Cervelli, get on base!
Yankees = Magic in MLB
bunch of losers and quitters.
Forget Matsui
Damon is the one they miss right now
There. I said it
Jeremy. Cano missed that by less than 1/4 inch from the sweet spot…….I wonder if many here understand that it’s just a matter of a fraction of inch ……
Just let him finish, this line up ain’t coming back on him tonight.
I think Mike’s mommy put him to bed. Good riddance, fool.
Russo, get on base!
Jeter is cooked.
We all thought Randy Winn at age 36 was in a “down year” too. He wasn’t. He was finished.
Once you hit that age, it goes fast. Unless you use steroids like Giambi or Bonds. Clean players get old and get old fast. Jeter is 36 yrs old and is at the end.
He is late on everything. can’t hit breaking balls or fastballs in on the hands, and a step slow in the field as well. He also is on pace to walk 25 times.
“There- Tex got a hit
Do I still have to de-activiate him????????”
Erica
Do you need more proof ? Just mentioning deactivating him, and he gets a hit. Coincidence, I think not.
If I’m reading the statistics correctly, for his career, Matsui had 1 homerun and 2 doubles as a pinch hitter, which i what he would have been in this game. He would not have started this game in an NL park.
So it’s not a surety that he would have come through there. In any event, they wouldn’t have pinch hit for Cano or ARod or Tex.
Michelle May 23rd, 2010 at 10:57 pm
“You might not have known this but he was named the MLB player of the month for April”
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Congrats that was April. What has he done for the last month? He has no approach at the plate with RISP.
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Wow. Talk about a “what have you done for me lately” attitude
Here comes the Yanks 9th inning tease. It’s a little bit too late.
Jeremy, Cano is one of the most talented players on the Yankees. He is phenomenal in the field and he has one of the sweetest and most effortless swings I have ever seen. The guy is a natural talent. Joe Morgan has been watching Cano a long time now and unlike people who sit on a forum and blitch about every little thing, HOF Morgan actually doesn’t need a telescope to evaluate talent.
I’m with you. Cano is a great player. A pity he can’t hit 1.000 so that some posters here can rest easy.
PLEASE PLEASE get K-Rod into this game with bases loaded.
Tarheelyank May 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 pm
“There- Tex got a hit
Do I still have to de-activiate him????????”
Erica
Do you need more proof ? Just mentioning deactivating him, and he gets a hit. Coincidence, I think not.
**************
We’ll see how this week goes.
I am leaving him an inactive.
I never want to hear speak of me being selfish again!
Angel – In an Empire State of Mind May 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Has Jon Miller always been such a bumbling idiot? lol
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About 15 years ago, Angel. He was a little less bumbling.
Or maybe Mike just took my advice…I feel sorry for whatever cleanup material he/his mommy uses!!
Jeez!
I’m not questioning this teams effort, but it seems like they don’t really start hitting until they get that sense of urgency in the 9th inning, and by then its already too late. Maybe these guys should start pretending that its a 5 inning game!
Russo be patient
Jeremy,
CC went 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA in May last year. His 2nd best month of the year.
He was cruising at this time last year. He had a minor hiccup in July, but was lights out in May.
You know, one of these days they will complete the 9th inning comeback
Damn it. We had a real shot there, if Russo could have walked.
“Dont you know Matsui with his…
.227 ba, .302 obp, .373 slg, .675 ops
would have crushed that!”
.260 SLG on the road
DEEP!
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Michelle May 23rd, 2010 at 10:57 pm
“You might not have known this but he was named the MLB player of the month for April”
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Congrats that was April. What has he done for the last month? He has no approach at the plate with RISP.
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Wow. Talk about a “what have you done for me lately” attitude
well, I do think this attitude is right, consider their salary.
I don’t want to make anyone mad. I’m sure most of us are frustrated. I know I am. No reason for me to bring up a player that isn’t here. My bad.
Miranda, get on base!
Is Russo kidding me? He can’t find the plate and you swing at ball 4? Terrible at bat.
Only a little less?
Evolution never obliges when you need it to.
“this team sucks pretty well now.
They will be No.4 in AL East soon. $200m my axx.”
How soon? Like tomorrow? The day after? How soon is soon? Enquiring minds want to know.
Russo is a kid, I so expected that.
Again there is no need for K-Rod to get in this game.
Let’s hope he gets up this game to show you what a smart decision that is.
K-Rod warming up; Mets really really really want this game!! One more base runner and here he comes
Yes. We have a real chance.
Now we have to hear the awful Hughes/Pelfrey CC/Santana comparisons tomorrow in the papers and on the radio.
Good though, they deserve it. They want to play like crap, they should expect the media to degrate them.
Here comes K-rod throwing his junk up there
this is where gardner hitting 2nd might kill them
K-rod coming. Manuel wants to nail down this win.
Joba Tips his Cap May 23rd, 2010 at 11:03 pm
well, I do think this attitude is right, consider their salary.
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Salary has nothing to do with actual production
You can throw all of the money you want at someone, you can’t control the result
Which K-Rod is gonna show up?
Russo shows why he isin’t an everyday player with that AB
Manuel knows where his bread is buttered. Fail to beat the Yanks and you are out…beat the Sox, you’re out. Oh well
Hmmm- K-Rod threw 5 outs yesterday right???
K-Rod is an idiot ! Hope they slam him !!!
Until this blog gets a sign up / membership system, it’s only going to get worse with the trolls.
Krod with his off speed slop now
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Which K-Rod is gonna show up?
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He threw A LOT of pitches yesterday
I think we will hit him
This is really where Damon kills us.
Brett Gardner, the slap hitter who is hitting like .130 in May, is hitting 2nd?
Rather than Damon who hit 25 and drove in 80 runs?
Now here comes Krod to pick up a joke save and celebrate like it’s the WS. We couldn’t have ended the game with the quiet, humbe Japanese pitcher on the mound? lol
Hey Joba Tips His Cap – do you earn your salary every day pal? I bet you don’t. I bet you have days where you end up stealing your money, just like every other human on earth.
Don’t demand something of others that you don’t demand of yourself. It’s not about the $$$$. It’s about being human and not a machine.
“K-Rod warming up; Mets really really really want this game!! One more base runner and here he comes”
They are desperate for W’s, srsly Irawhatever could have won this game even w/ the top of this lineup coming up.
Either way we loss 2 out of 3 this series b/c they took them for granted.
Pat M.
I think alot of people on here don’y understand. I just love how everyone loves Matsui but when Damon and Matsui were slumping during the season and the ALDS and part of the ALCS they wanted them gone. Talk about Flip Flopping.
Jeter, get on base!
K-Rod is an idiot ! Hope they slam him hard !!!
This could be the end of Gardner in the 2 hole
how come they dont wake up until the end of the game?
LOL now that is the first pitch we wanted to see!
Sit on breaking stuff guys….. K-rod is terrified to throw a fastball
Krod should get thrown out of the game for that…lol
Wow, one at bat by Russo and he’s not an everyday player?
Has to be Hell if you are a Laker fan also.
The Nationals series was ONE bad series that we had.
This has been going on since the Tigers series.
I don’t like how they’re playing right now. But it perplexes me how some of you think a six game lead is insurmountable with 118 games left. Do the math. Idiots.
Note:
Jeter did NOT swing at the first pitch
Is K=rod off the juice ? 89 MPH !
Get on base.
Sucks that Gardenhoser will get blamed mostly for being in the 2 hole, it’s not fair vs K-Rod it’s game over for us all the time.
Carl,
Except you know when push comes to shove, this Lakers team will get it done.
Can’t say the same for this Yankees team. We look lifeless.
I predicted all of this,btw. You are looking at a 3rd place team by June 15th folks
They are playing worse now then they played last year……….it’s been a total collapse of all facets of the game.
What’s hilarious is how this really doesn’t feel like a pressure situation.
“Wow, one at bat by Russo and he?s not an everyday player?”
Amazing isn’t it? Some of these posters are so unglued over a Yankee swoon that they are actually making “player decisions” on every AB!!!
Gardner is a slap hitter and can’t hit an off-speed machine like K-Rod.
This is where not having Melky kills us. Melky had gap power and could handle the bat. Gardner is relying more on his legs.
3rd place by june 15. 1st by aug 1.
Yes. We have a real shot here.
Okay. Okay. Good, Jete.
Captain Clutch!
Oh my they have a shot….
C’mon GGBG.
Santana, Perez, Maine & K-rod all under <90 mph
Geeeez
You just know this is going to come down to Alex. Always seems to.
I guess the 21-8 to start the season was just a fluke, right?
Hang a few more Frankie
Too bad Gardner is batting 2nd. I wish Swish was batting now.
Gardner, get on base!
Not having Melky has never killed us and never will…….
Down 3 vs K-Rod is still not a pressure spot, it’s usually game over.
Boy do the Yankees stink. I think it’s time for the complainers to shut off the television and take their meds and let the rest of us enjoy the team we know and love.
Would LOVE to have Damon up in this spot.
Gardner should not be batting 2nd.
Jeter is coming back around I see
Tex, its your turn!
CC is the worst “ace” in baseball
Optimistic note:
The bullpen did not give up a run tonight
Another fastball will not be thrown in this inning
Tampa is hitting .250 this year, FYI. They are only going to get better in that department
And their pitching hasn’t been that great. Price gave up 5 runs today and still won.
There is plenty of room for improvement for them too. And even more so for Boston.
I can’t say for sure Tex is going to just wake up suddenly. His swing looks completely out of whack.
Like I said, sucks Gardenhoser will get blamed.
Seriously, did i just see someone whine that Melky and his .182 batting avg is not here?
I DONT BELIEVE IT
WE HAD OUR CHANCE AND THEY CHEATED US
Now THAT call was a load of crap
Get tossed Joe
to Gardner’s first pitch was ball
Question – is this Michelle person a Yankee fan or is this some troll? This certainly doesn’t sound like a balanced individual and I don’t know who the poster is.
Thanks.
Moral victory beating up on K-rod
every 9th inning ab brett gardner grounds to third. everytime.
He’s out.
But they’re not calling that for us.
Terrible at bat by Gardner. 2nd pitch was right over the plate the pitch he swung at was a ball.
lol it comes down to Teix
Wright throws that ball away if it’s against the Braves or Nationals…
Out. 100%
He was out.
pat -
You sure had that right.
Infield hit for Tex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SAVED the Yankee season!
Come on Arod.
We’re so coming up short.
arod for the walk off?
ac1 May 23rd, 2010 at 11:16 pm
arod for the walk off?
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Umm, its not a walk-off on the road dude
Time for Frankie to hang another roller , so Alex can go yard….Banger at 1st
How can you have a walk-off on the road?
I hate Joe Morgan with a passion.
“he was out!!!”
Brandon
You’re not awesome. Not a bit. You’re anti-awesome.
The only chance we have is Nino steals one and the ball is thrown into the RF gap.
However this game ends up, don’t say that the Yankees don’t play with heart and don’t know how to come back. Feel good about the come back they are mounting!
Like I said before, one of these days we are going to complete the 9th inning comeback
Why does this team always tease us in the ninth inning?
Every single loss this week they’ve looked dead for 8 innings and then mounted a rally in the ninth only to fall short.
We need a boli blast!
Most times Gardner would have been called safe
Let’s see is this team can show some guys for the 1st time in weeks
Arod will not see a good pitch.
“We’re so coming up short.”
I think so too. But at least they made it interesting.
Guts
trisha -
I don’t think Michelle is a troll, but she tends toward the negative viewpoint.
Joe Morgan. Die already
or pitch around a-rod, and take chance on cano
CR9 my awesome is realistic.
Infield hit for Tex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SAVED the Yankee season!
I am so proud of you. LOL
firejoemorgan.com
nuff said
Come on cookie time!!!!!!!!
Game Over.
Arod got a couple of good rips.
Hang a meatball k-rod
that one is hittable, now a-rod is gone
Thats the story with this team- 3 runs late and 200 million long
Everybody moving lets go arod
Lets go Yankees!!!
(clap clap clap)
Lets go Yankees!!!
(clap clap clap)
Thanks Doreen.
Tends toward the negative? She makes poor Betsy sound like me! (no offense Bets.)
Lets go Yankees!!!
(clap clap clap)
Lets go Yankees!!!
(clap clap clap)
My chest is pounding.
L M A O ! ! !
Nasty pitch there.
farfengeugan
The really sad part is that the mets are arguably the better team. Lol. What a joke this team is.
Can’t say ARod didn’t give it a good try.
HOW DOES HE NOT MAKE CONTACT ON THAT!!!!!
The tease falls short again.
Don’t look at the empire state building tomorrow.
Oh well.
Alex made a great effort. Our entire team made a great effort. They showed that they are about to snap out of this.
Shame about the off day now.
Good. Night. Now.
Forget about the ninth, it was the eighth inning that killed the comeback tonight.
Yankees battled. Arod battled. They almost did it.
I consider this a turn around even though it was a loss.
GOOD FOR YOU YANKS. YOU BATTLED BACK!
Onward and Upward!
Arod had 2 pitches to hit and missed both of them. How frustrating. Krod gave him 2 cookies.
This is the last game we see Gardner in the 2 hole
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Well ball games folks !And ESPN is happy !
The yanks should have been swept by both the sox and the mets
Mike – did your Mom clean up the mess, or could you handle it on your own you piece of David Ortiz?
Only 3 hits for Jeter tonight.
Something is wrong with him.
A-Rod’s bat speed has declined… he would have normally crushed that cookie from Felix…
He wiffed at a high change up? He was going for a homerun all the way there. Great, hit a homer, but trying for one is bad news, that’s what Sheffield did every 9th inning, and it didn’t do jack for us in clutch situations.
They just showed the fight that our team has. This team is anything but a 3rd place team, as referred to by one on here.
Lol trisha
Awesome at bat again by Alex.
Yankees are playing as poorly as they can right now and still staying in games, only bandwagon riders and downright morons realise that when this team gets on a roll it will be unstoppable, again.
Short memories are everywhere on this blog.
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Russo’s at bat really helped the loser Mets out there. Yanks should of had another out to work with.
“Alex made a great effort. Our entire team made a great effort. They showed that they are about to snap out of this.”
Absolutely agree with you. I predict that our turnaround starts Tuesday in Minny.
Meanwhile, we get tomorrow to watch the Sux and Rays beat each other up. My money is on the Rays.
6 games back just that quick, what a difference a week makes.
# Bret the Hitman May 23rd, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Only 3 hits for Jeter tonight.
Something is wrong with him.
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Exactly ! LOL
battled back and still lose means nothing.
they are still losers, doesn’t matter how they lose.
wow, just wow
2 of 3 to the Pets
greaT.
Haha….
Pathetic Yankee fans.
First, Im not a Sox fan, not from Boston.
Second—pathetic….all game, it was “the umps were cheating us, the stadium was cheating us, we need Carl Crawford…”
Bunch of unreal whiners.
Unfortuntaly the Yankees “battled” in every loss this week. Almost came back against Papelbon on Tuesday, made some noise in the ninth inning against TB, threatened against Krod yesterday and today. Until they actually start winning games, I can’t say they’re turning things around. Heck, Monday’s win was a thriller and they came out flat the day after.
At a certain point you have to actually win these games. “At least we made it close” is not good enough when every night you continue to come up short.
It was nice to see them put up a fight at the end, but you only have to do that when you give away the first 6 innings of every ballgame as they’ve been doing lately.
And how do you miss that 3-2 belt high changeup? If he’s late on the fastball, that should be a pitch he puts into orbit. Somehow he was late on the offspeed pitch.
Cr9- i’ll make u a deal: if yanks are in 3rd place on July 1st you can post in here till august 1. If they are in 1st or 2nd i won’t post until opening day 2011
Every recent loss, the Yankees have had a chance to win late. They will not keep losing those games. As long as they get healthy, I am not worried.
Trolls need to stay HOME !!!
Hungry trolls are so annoying..
Doris– why don’t you put your money where your mouth is. no one wants to read your garbage posts anyhow.
now prepare to be swept by twins.
The excuse will be their big outdoor stadium.
Is anyone here concerned about A-Rod’s bat speed ? It doesnt seem as good as it was last year, or even the year before. Im a little worried about it. After age 30, skills may start eroding.
Half of the idiots on here are Red Sox trash from other forums like SOSH and the other half are 18 and throwing the toys out of the cot because they expect the Yankees to win every game.
“Joba Tips His Cap” you’re embarrassing yourself, shush.
Mike,
I hope you replenished your fluids after watching the Red Sox DVD’s, otherwise you might get dehydrated. It’s too bad you probably weren’t trolling around in October last year.
I’m assuming we’ll be rid of you that time again this year when you will have nothing to bash the Yankees for.
You must be on the West Coast because your mother would have you in bed by this time you d*uche
Joba, regarding Target Field, it also has big gaps just like Citi Field. I didnt see the Yankees utilizing the gaps enough. You have to adjust away from Yankee stadium and not be so pull happy. Take a ball into the gaps.
tonyz I’m concerned about your intelligence if you are asking those questions.
Quick turn on the alarm bells!!
# inchcape May 23rd, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Half of the idiots on here are Red Sox trash from other forums like SOSH and the other half are 18 and throwing the toys out of the cot because they expect the Yankees to win every game.
“Joba Tips His Cap” you’re embarrassing yourself, shush.
geez, since when you became the judge? I am embarrassed by you.
Howie Rose just said the Yankees left 31 runners on base in the three game series. The lack of the clutch hit killed them. Maybe the chopper by Tex is his way of getting out of his slump. Im not sure how I feel about the off day tomorrow. Yes its a time to relax but you dont like it coming on the heels of 2-5.
6 games back, good times!
Stop with the ridiculousness that one late inning rally will break them out of this funk.
Every night they have a late inning rally and every next game they come out as flat as the day before. You can’t carry “momentum” over when you continue to go out there the next day and take the same terrible approach that led to you scoring nothing in the first six innings the previous game.
The only way they are going to break out of the funk is by… get this… WINNING GAMES. To do this, they will have to be more consistent, which they still are not as evidenced by the fact that this comeback had to take place in the first place.
Trying hard can only get you so far when you are not winning any ballgames. Something like tonight is a meaningful finish only if you are interspersing some wins around it, and then you can say something like “they almost stole one, good job,” rather than “they almost stole one, but they lost again.”
Yes, these games are somewhat encouraging, but stop with the “turning point” nonsense. A turning point or a revival of this team will only happen when these games are W’s and not L’s.
Didn’t the Mets blow a six game lead in a week a few years ago?
yes but the mets are garbage.