Game 49: Yankees vs. Indians
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on May 29, 2010 
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YANKEES (29-19)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Marcus Thames DH
Francisco Cervelli C
Kevin Russo LF
Brett Gardner CF
LHP CC Sabathia (4-3, 3.86 ERA)
Career vs. Indians
INDIANS (17-29)
Trevor Crowe CF
Shin-Soo Choo RF
Austin Kearns LF
Jhonny Peralta 3B
Shelley Duncan DH
Mark Grudzielanek 2B
Matt LaPorta 1B
Lou Marson C
Jason Donald SS
LHP David Huff (2-6, 5.25)
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m. / YES Network
UMPIRES: HP CB Bucknor, 1B Doug Eddings, 2B Dana DeMuth, 3B Kerwin Danley
WEATHER: A few clouds but nothing that looks too threatening. Nice and warm, very slight breeze blowing out to left.
BAD TIMING: Mike Redmond started at catcher for the Indians last night, and so he’s obviously off this afternoon. Might not have been the best planning from Cleveland. Redmond is actually a career .500 hitter against CC Sabathia.
NEW EXPERIENCE: David Huff is making his first career start against the Yankees. The only current Yankee who has ever faced him in the big leagues is Chad Moeller, who’s 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
HOME SWEET HOME: CC Sabathia has yet to lose at home, going 2-0 with a 3.53 ERA at Yankee Stadium this season.
UPDATE, 1:14 p.m.: Just a glove wave from Russo during roll call. Just a 1-2-3 inning from Sabathia during the first.
UPDATE, 1:37 p.m.: Make that six up, six down for Sabathia. Yankees lead 1-0 on a sac fly by Rodriguez.
UPDATE, 2:00 p.m.: Terrible moment here at Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez just lined a ball off David Huff’s head and into right field. Huff is being carted off the field on a board, but he did just give the crowd a thumbs up as the cart drove away. He’s going to be lifted into an ambulance. It’s tough to hit a ball much harder than Rodriguez did.
UPDATE, 2:07 p.m.: Aaron Laffey is taking over on the mound.
UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: Two-out hits from Mark Grudzielanek and Matt LaPorta have tied the game at 3. The Indians have not announced an update on Huff, but the Associate Press has a photo of him being carted off the field.
UPDATE, 2:51 p.m.: One hit, three walks and a hit by pitch have given the Yankees the lead again, 5-3, in the fourth inning. Laffey’s control completely left him this inning.
UPDATE, 2:54 p.m.: Make that 7-3 after Robinson Cano’s two-out, two-run double. Cano is legitimately one of the best players in baseball right now.
UPDATE, 3:01 p.m.: After a walk by Marcus Thames and a two-run single by Francisco Cervelli, the yankees have pushed their lead to 9-3, still in the fourth inning. Kevin Russo singled to start the rally, and now he’s back at the plate.
UPDATE, 3:11 p.m.: Huff was taken to New York-Presbyterian for tests, but those results aren’t available yet. He was hit on the left side of his head, just above the ear.
UPDATE, 3:25 p.m.: The CT Scan on Huff was negative. He will remain at New York-Presbyterian “for the next several hours” for additional observation.
UPDATE, 3:35 p.m.: Rodriguez picks up another RBI and the lead is up to 10-4.
UPDATE, 4:04 p.m.: Not sure what’s going on with Robertson, but after an RBI single in the sixth, he’s coming out of the game and Sergio Mitre is coming in. Steve Donohue talked to him on the mound, then walked into the dugout with him. There seems to be some sort of injury.
UPDATE, 4:18 p.m.: The Yankees have now seen six hitters this inning and used four pitchers. Even the Yankee Stadium fans are booing Girardi for the latest change. Marte replaced Mitre, got one lefty out, now Chamberlain is in.
UPDATE, 4:28 p.m.: Well this is a fairly stunning turn of events. Chamberlain has allowed a single, walk and a two-run double to let the Indians pull within 10-9. This game was in the bag two innings ago. Oh, and Chamberlain was ahead 0-2 before the double.
UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: Now the boos are really coming down. A two-run double by No. 9 hitter Jason Donald has put the Indians in the lead 11-10. This is a season-high in runs scored by the Indians.
UPDATE, 4:32 p.m.: Unreal. Chamberlain just allowed an RBI single. He’s now faced five batters without recording a single out.
UPDATE, 4:43 p.m.: Robertson left with a mild lower back strain.
Lets go Yankees!!!
Yes, Carl got first!!
Carl, have you noticed much of the time you get first and post that, the Yankees win?!!
# CR9 May 29th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Yes, Carl got first!!
Carl, have you noticed much of the time you get first and post that, the Yankees win?!!
Yep. I actually get paid by the Yanks.
Swishers fiance is truly gorgeous and totally my type. She’s got that playful, fun yet sweet girl-next-door look. She doesn’t seem boring at all. She has a beautiful smile. ahhh, the life of a New York Yankee.
Looking at the matchup, this is a must-win game.
If we don’t, we will be badly regretting about this game at end of the season.
“Pedroia- “I work more than anybody in baseball. That’s a fact, too,”
Teammates Sneezy, Lazy, and Bashful could not be reached for comment.
“David Huff is making his first career start against the Yankees”
A LHP facing the Yanks for the first time?
Oh boy, we have no chance. CC better be on his game.
duncan 5th!
he’ll hit one out
great short segment on YES with swisher.
cashman has failed completely this off-season, but you gotta give him kudos for stealing swish for chicago for basically nothing.
lesson to be learned: make deals with inferior GMs.
detroit’s GM – too smart for cashman (e.g. the sheffield deal, the CG deal).
kenny williams – much better results…
“Teammates Sneezy, Lazy, and Bashful could not be reached for comment.”
:Rolling with laughter emoti:
Bucknor umpiring behind the plate is not something that I’m not happy about.
get chew-choo-chu out.
Im hoping that Bucknor is a Yankees fan! I know we’ve had our problems with him in the past, but maybe that was a case of familiarity breeds contempt. Like family members fighting occasionally.
We know Bucknor likes Jeter and Cano. We’ll see about the rest of them.
Nice 11 pitch inning. And the fake Mike Kay laugh has made an early appearance.
good start. Let’s what this dude Mr. Huffy’s got
Thanks, pat.
Hopefully Bucknor doesn’t feel the need for makeup calls after last night.
Jeter steal one please.
I hate when the Yanks face these high era guys. You always thinks it’s going to be a good day and usually it’s not.
atta boys swish/jete
come on double steal
Just missed it
Nice opposite field swing from Alex. I dont know how that was not gone.
Arod missed that one. But good job getting the run in.
Thames going deep
and Huffy is off the hook easily
I wonder if the CB that posts here is really CB Bucknor. Would explain a bit, lol.
CB is too level headed; calm, cool, collected to be CB Bucknor. I think Brian Cashman, but I cant see what possible reason Cashman would be interested in football or what connections he has to Barca!
now thats a change up
Duncan better see a billion off speed pitches today
Jeter’s pretty hilarious lol
LOL @ Derek making fun of Alex!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Derek making fun of Alex!!!!!! ”
At least they avoided a repeat of the Great Pop-up Incident of 2006.
Brett, get on base and steal us a run!
# pat May 29th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
“Derek making fun of Alex!!!!!! ”
At least they avoided a repeat of the Great Pop-up Incident of 2006.
First thing I thought of. Jeter was mad.
Can someone refresh my memory about the pop-up incident? It was not “Hah!”, right?
“First thing I thought of. Jeter was mad.”
There was no mistaking who called the one today.
Getting sick of Crowe.
# CR9 May 29th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Can someone refresh my memory about the pop-up incident? It was not “Hah!”, right?
They were both saying I got it for a pop up and bump into each other. The ball dropped. Jeter looked mad and ran toward the dugout thinking the ball was caught. We got crushed by Baltimore that day.
Jeter should have been mad on that play. He screwed up because it was Rodriguez’ play.
# pat May 29th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
“First thing I thought of. Jeter was mad.”
There was no mistaking who called the one today.
lol @ the swim move
where is Kim Jones?
Oh come on he went around
He clearly went around.
“where is Kim Jones?”
http://www.thegourmetchilidog......ore_01.jpg
That’s a foul ball..lol
you can tell by his reaction it hit his foot
Alright! Did not get cost a run by that cheap non strikeout!
Does Kim Jones have PTSD? If she does, I can only her pork-chop gets eaten more often. Jack Curry is miles better at her job than she is. He didn’t even interject his own play-by-play.
Curry did a little play-by-play last night during his segment.
It was a welcome change.
omg
oh my god….
This is a time for silence and concern, and Kay has to be speaking.
Hope this kid is okay.
man, I hope he’s ok.
this one isn’t live in england, just got gameday.
what happened?
This shifts the momentum in favor of the Indians.
We were just hitting him hard.
Bad luck for us again.
This is a time for silence and concern, and Kay has to be speaking.
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Kay was 100% on the ball during that entire incident. Don’t be an idiot.
Arod just hit a line drive off Huff’s temple.
# Dano May 29th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
this one isn’t live in england, just got gameday.
what happened?
A-Rod hit a line drive off the pitchers head.
It isn’t live here in Toronto, either.
What happened? I see a delay..
Arod hit a sharp liner that hit Huff, the Indians pitcher, right in the side of the head. Geez, this really puts it all into perspective, doesn’t it? I sure hope he is OK. He did give a thumbs up as they were wheeling him off the field.
Wow, that was scary.
I appreciate the thumbs up, and I bet his family does too.
Good for Huff with the thumbs up!
Pray for him
Whoa, thanks for the update JM, scary stuff.
What happened? Not at a tv
# matt May 29th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
What happened? Not at a tv
a-rod liner off the pitchers head
I’m great in an emergency. I just sat here and cried. I don’t even feel like watching the game after that.
If there was anyone up there to hope and pray to Michael Kay you insufferable fool, then this wouldn’t have happened in the 1st place. Get well soon Huff.
Luckily it hit Huff on the side of the head and not in the face. That was a rocket for it to go that far down the right field line. That could have been a Herb score again. Score was another Cleveland left hander and hit by Yankee infielder Gil McDougald. That happened at YS on May 7, 1957. Eerie coincidence.
Why couldn’t this happen vs. a Red Sox pitcher?
J/K LOL
Lets go CANDO CANO
I think Huff got hit in the temple. That is where the skull is the thinnest. Gary Coleman just died because of a trauma to the head and subsequent brain hemorrhaging. Just because he gave a thumbs up doesnt mean anything. Prayers with Huff and his family.
looked like the forehead to me.
How many left handers the Indians have? 6?
Very glad Huff gave the thumbs up. I pray he’s ok.
Also, thumbs up to the fans at the Stadium for giving him a standing ovation.
Competition goes out the window in a case line this. Best wishes for him.
Arod is the Devil.
# David Huff’s Mom May 29th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Arod is the Devil.
Not even funny man.
Target practice on the clay pigeons dressed as pitchers.
sheesh, it’s a surprise it doesn’t happen more often i guess
This is no Laffey matter.
They aren’t even close to being together today.
“Why couldn’t this happen vs. a Red Sox pitcher?”
You might remember Bryce Florie?
“Arod is the devil”
Did you notice the devil kneeling on the field and obviously praying?
Why couldn’t that be Dallas Braden?
Pre-emptory strike. It appeared to me that he was praying.
Do you think Michael Kay knows CC’s repertoire?
specifically, I believe he has said a couple times “nice curveball” (most recently on the Duncan strikeout) when CC throws his plus-slider.
I’m being very picky, but you’d think an “expert” would know what pitches a guy as important as CC throws.
And the morons running college baseball still opt for aluminum bats….
“Why couldn’t that be Dallas Braden?”
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perhaps it makes me a jerk, but that’s about the only scenario in which I wouldn’t feel as badly.
Michael Kay only knows Michael Kay’s repertoire. He doesnt care enough to know CC’s or anyone elses.
It’s funny that Kay was just saying that about the sgnificance of Memorial Day and cookouts etc. We never were allowed to “celebrate” Memorial Day because my dad always wanted us to remember its significance.
It’s probably from the long lay off but CC is not sharp this inning.
we should have made a list of all the bridge-jumpers from a week ago. The yankes are gonna go 14-2 or 13-3 over this soft 16-game slate that started last night and take control. I wish I kept a list of names of all saying they won’t be in the playoffs this year. You’re gonna look real silly.
Damn CC
what a disgrace…
I wondered if maybe he was a little shaken by what happened with Huff.
This is a joke.
They dont even look at all sluggish after what happened to Huff.
But we do.
Hm, What is going on between CC and Cervelli?
“what a disgrace…”
What’s a disgrace?
CC doesn’t pitch well vs Cle
CC pulling another Vazquez
CC and Cervelli seem like they don’t get along.
CC’s command is off this inning.
He looks terrible now. Maybe the pitcher getting hurt messed him up or sitting on the bench for that whole time, who knows. But he is getting way too much of the plate.
Looks like C.C. in all of may is more focused og beef and sodas
Niice, way to come back CC.
He look really really good in the early going. He’s lost his rythm again like in the last 3-4 starts
Kay said Eiland was telling CC to stay back with his mechanics. That is the problem that CC had during his last couple of starts when he was getting tattooed. I guess he lost his mechanics really quick.
How in the hell is that a strike
That was outside. I guess CB aint a Yankees fan. He’s just that bad!
All of a sudden CC and Cervelli have issues together? They used to work really well together but recently they don’t seem on the same page. They better get this worked out.
Ace May 29th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
CC doesn’t pitch well vs Cle
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You can consider yourself correct on that except in his 2 games against them, he’s 1-0 and a 2.80 ERA with 12 strikeouts in 12 innings.
Michelle, in this game they were fine until this inning, so I am wondering if CC was a little shaken by what happened and maybe lost some of his focus. That had to be a terrible thing to see and maybe because they’re both pitchers it affected him even more than the other players. Just a thought.
Come on Gardner bring Russo home!!
that is borderline, this is absurd.
gotta drive those 2 pitches
i don’t know what’s going on with CC and cervelli, if anything, but a lot of enthusiasm from a young guy doesn’t go well with a veteran who’s struggling . this was why i always said i preferred a catcher who was on the less demonstrative side .
when things are going well the hyper-ness plays fine, but when things aren’t they can annoy the guy out on the mound.
you can see after the strikeout for the third out cervelli tempered his reaction. this is actually good because it’s not good to get too high or too low.
which brings up why was cervelli complaining to the ump after that called strikeout on him ?
he’s practically a rookie. he’s got to get on the good side of the umps and not complain like that after a call because he’s going to cost his pitcher some close calls later on.
Good eye cap’n
# randy l. May 29th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
i don’t know what’s going on with CC and cervelli, if anything, but a lot of enthusiasm from a young guy doesn’t go well with a veteran who’s struggling . this was why i always said i preferred a catcher who was on the less demonstrative side .
when things are going well the hyper-ness plays fine, but when things aren’t they can annoy the guy out on the mound.
you can see after the strikeout for the third out cervelli tempered his reaction. this is actually good because it’s not good to get too high or too low.
which brings up why was cervelli complaining to the ump after that called strikeout on him ?
he’s practically a rookie. he’s got to get on the good side of the umps and not complain like that after a call because he’s going to cost his pitcher some close calls later on.
Posada would smile at this
It would be nice to get at least 1 run here. Especially after CC gave all 3 of the runs back last inning.
i dont think anyone could tell cervelli to ever be less enthusiastic behind the plate….it seems like that just is who he is
GJ Swish
Nice AB by Swisher
Tex Time
nice one tex… : )
Tex got lucky there
At least poor Huff won’t get the loss.
I hope Tex is ok. He was swinging for a 900 foot homerun.
i really wish tex would wear an elbow guard
Tex is really missing the good hittable pitches.. But gets the run in… Thanks
atta boy Tex
Free pass merry-go-round.
Maybe Cervi could take a lower dose enthusiasm pill?
the crowd oohing and ahhing does not mean they thought it was intentional kay
Just checking in. Not sure what’s going on with CC & Cervelli either. But CC & Cervelli have always worked together fabulously. They were paired together quite often, coincidentally or not. If Cervelli’s getting on CC’s nerves, then this is a new thing. And quite uncharacteristic of CC who’s quite mellow.
Got K’d by a guy who couldn’t buy a strike. :roll eyes:
Can’t wait til we get news on Huff. I always wonder how those guys manage to get back on the mound after that. I’m sure it has to be a delicate proposition at least at first.
Not a brand-new thing.
Arod with the gigantic swing. He should just try to put the ball in play. He doesn’t look right at the plate.
Cando Cano
castrovince Huff taken to nearby Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He did not lose consciousness and has no memory loss, according to the Indians.
cano is a monster
Nice hitting by Cano!!!
# Michelle May 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Arod with the gigantic swing. He should just try to put the ball in play. He doesn’t look right at the plate.
Rather a K then a gidp with Cano up.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job of hitting and picking up Rodriguez.
Sweet swing by Robbie!
Introducing Robby Cano, the player who can’t hit with RISP – or so I read here!
Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It does seem that when CC is struggling he doesn’t like when Cervelli is very loud and yelling things back there. Maybe Eiland should talk to Cervelli about a different approach behind the plate to incourage a veteran but not too get too crazy back there.
Robinson Cano is the best hitter on the Yanks. Is there any question whatsoever about that?
I wish I had 25 cents for every stupid, moronic comment made on this blog about Cano’s alleged ‘inability’ to hit with RISP. This guy is becoming a legitimate superstar this year, he’s probably the best player on the Yankees right now.
“Rather a K then a gidp with Cano up”
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Of course you don’t want a DP in that spot. I was just talking about the gigantic swings that Tex and Arod both took.
Cano is on Fiyah!! .358
Michelle May 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Arod with the gigantic swing. He should just try to put the ball in play. He doesn’t look right at the plate.
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His first 2 at bats were pretty good.
Michelle,
Interesting. Cervelli should tone it down when CC is struggling. I guess. Does he not like corrections? Does he not like it when CC gets a big out?
And why is CC struggling? That’s the more important question.
m -
if there’s anything going on with sabathia and cervelli, it’s self correcting in the sense that the kid defers to the veteran in situations like this so fast that we’ll never hear much about it.
i did not think that the things fans were liking abut cervelli was going to play well with veteran pitchers when they were struggling and struggling is going to happen.it’s part of the game.
getting put in your place is part of the game too. cervelli will digest it , adjust his approach , and move on. it’s all part of the maturation process of a young player.
trisha – Yanks on the way to 28! May 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Can’t wait til we get news on Huff. I always wonder how those guys manage to get back on the mound after that. I’m sure it has to be a delicate proposition at least at first.
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Mussina was able to do it. Others like Florie and Herb Score couldn’t. Score tried for three years and ended up hurting his shoulder because he kept flinching and changing his motion to get out of the way of liners through the box. He was Sandy Koufax before Sandy Koufax.
Oops. Does CC not like how Cervelli appreciates it when CC gets a big out (when he’s struggling)?
lol @ how far Marcus Thames threw that bat.
Cleveland is a pretty pathetic excuse for a big-league team
” wish I had 25 cents for every stupid, moronic comment made on this blog about Cano’s alleged ‘inability’ to hit with RISP. This guy is becoming a legitimate superstar this year, he’s probably the best player on the Yankees right now.”
same geniuses who say Yankes won’t make the playoffs because they lost a couple games to the Mets.
randy l,
Very good points. But no one (fans/team/pitchers) had a problem with Cervelli until very recently.
He’s been with us about a year.
Now Cervelli may have grown heady with his success and they want to reel it in a bit. But I don’t see a problem, as these kinds of things are self-correcting as you say.
GJ Cisco!
Cervelli again
Arod missed some hittable pitches, big deal. He’s in a bit of a slump, it will end. Teix still isn’t 100% but he’s hitting over .300 in the last 7-8 games, I think he was 7-20 at the end of last night’s game. Some of you really need to learn something about baseball, even the best players have slumps-I think Albert Pujols is having a crappy May as well.
ok, this game is in the books. lets go royals, white sox!!
can use all the runs the way fat man been pitching last 5 starts
Nice, I can’t believe it’s only the 4th inning. They need to get CC back out there quickly he has been sitting too long.
Did you see Cervelli mouth “how you lika me now, CC?” to the dugout?
Now I see why the Indians are bad.
No pitching.
DREAMY EYES STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!!!
Nick,
Yah! Right after, “How does my *** taste?”
Yeah, four walks and a hit batter by Indians pitchers in that inning. Yikes.
CB will probably start calling any pitches close to the plate strikes to move this game along.
CC is throwing the ball well today, he’s topped out at 96 with his fastball. He and Eiland corrected a mechanics problem in between starts, he’ll get a win today and will be fine. He’s a second half pitcher, we learned that last year (or at least those of us who have a clue did).
Cano to the All Star game, he’s ready too represent!!
If CC is struggling, tone it down, some guys might want encouragement. others might want to try and just work through it their way.
Cervelli and CC have hooked up for over 120 IP and CC has his second lowest career ERA, only beat by Jason Kendall and the amazing Brewers run. His ERA with Cervo is under 3 for over 100 ip! CC has never really struggled for a stretch with Cervelli, because by the time he came up last year and was catching CC was mostly behind his troubles.
Cervelli is learning, when CC is looking like he is struggling, stay focused, the only thing you should be mentioning to him are mechanical adjustments. Slowly bring back the enthusiasm if you work out of it.
m, there might be kids reading this… maybe that would be better for a Lakers blog.
Nick in SF May 29th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Did you see Cervelli mouth “how you lika me now, CC?” to the dugout?
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60 pitches for the Indians in the 4th. My goodness!
M,
I think CC would want corrections, but if you just gave up 3 runs to the indians in a long inning, I don’t think you need Cervelli yelling ‘Come on, good job!’ after every strike or pointing at you after every strike out.
I same sure Eiland will address the CC & Cervelli situation. Just like the Joba 3-2 sliders and Hughes’ and his meatball cutter was addressed.
Jerkface,
How’s Cervelli’s ASL? Hand signals may be the way to go.
cc needs a pitch to let this guy put the ball in play.
This batter is giving CC a workout
How’s Cervelli’s ASL? Hand signals may be the way to go.
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Well he has ‘point’ ‘fist pump’ ‘woah there’ ‘stay back’ and ‘yippy’ down.
that at bat with crowe was really annoying.
after all that he bloops one in for a single.
Crowe has been a pain in the butt in this series.
CC is garbage. Get it together will you, loser?
after all that he bloops one in for a single.
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Especially because Bucknor robbed CC of 2 strike calls, including one where Cervelli held it for like an hour and it was clearly a strike in every medium (eyeballs, TV, gameday)
The way cc’s pitching….we would need at least 15 more runs.
Nick in SF.
Just logged on and your comment about Sneezy, Breezy, and Bashful was a riot. Loved it.
Apologies to Ira Gershwin
It’s very clear, Velli is here to stay
Not for a year but ever and a day
The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies and in time may go
But Yankee fans, Velli is here to stay
Together they’re, going a long, long way
In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble
They’re only made of clay
But Velli is here to stay
Cervelli can’t help himself. He has passion gushing out of his heritage.
Thank you George Steinbrenner for buying the Yankees. I always love celebrating your birthday every year!
My then wife asked me one time why I was so happy during the 4th of July celebration.
I said it’s George Steinbrenner’s birthday. She got FURIOUS!!!!
Seriously. What’s wrong with CC?
Better call Joe West’s publicist for a comment…This game is going looong
“The way cc’s pitching….we would need at least 15 more runs.”
I think CC has it under control, even if it is painstakingly slow.
The big guys command is really off
the big bear is grumpy today.
up and in to get those guys from fouling off so many pitches.
Seriously. What’s wrong with CC?
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Nothing. He is a second half pitcher.
“Cervelli can’t help himself. He has passion gushing out of his heritage.
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mel, truer words were probably never spoken.
It feels like the whole game is in YES-mo…. boooring
Thank you, SAS.
Trisha,
That was was terrific. Wish I had that kind of talent.
CC has to work a ton to get the 3rd outs of the inning
Let’s just get out of this inning with 1 run, please.
OH WHAT A PLAY BY ROBI CANO!!!!!
12 outs, 5 run lead. What are our chances of winning?
Gang, I invite you to think about how his control was fine through the first three innings and then how he was off after Huff got hit in the head and wonder if there can be any connection. His concentration could have been affected. I’m sitting here miles away and I was really thrown by watching it. He’s there, up close and personal, and he is a pitcher.
The only reason I bring that up again is that his game to that point was perfectly fine!
“12 outs, 5 run lead. What are our chances of winning?”
I’ll say 60% only because we are at home.
If we were on the road, I’d say 45%
Somebody said…this game is boring. Slow yes, boring no. I didn’t see the 3rd inning thank God, but when the Yankees do well, it is never boring.
Oh SAS, I wish I had that kind of talent too. Truth is the song was so beautifully written by Ira Gershwin and was there for the taking. All I did was changed a word or two.
CC needed 34 pitches in the 4th, an allowed 3 R, In the 5th he needed 27 pitches an allowed 1 run. He’s at 89 pitches.
Dennis Hopper died.
So sad.
I didn’t realize that was Posada in the dugout. He looked so skinny.
Gardner sees like 7 pitches every at-bat, on average.
He looked safe
Just got in
Did Kay mention he is hosting the Joe Girardi show yet?
Pitch count wise, CC is fine. He labored in 2 innings. They have a good-sized lead. Couple more innings out of the big fella and he’ll call it a day. I predict, though, that he won’t be entirely pleased with his outing. But that’s CC, he’s very accountable that way.
CR9,
That’s sad. He really turned his life around and, really, had 2 full careers. I didn’t realize it until late last night, but Gary Coleman died yesterday, too.
New Pets Lohud Post:
http://pets.lohudblogs.com/201.....-as-a-dog/
Gary Coleman
Dennis Hopper
Jose Lima (that one really flawed me)
RIP
“12 outs, 5 run lead. What are our chances of winning”
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It depends…Is Park going to pitch in this game?
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I dont know much about Hopper’s life except his acting career (my favorite being Victor Drazen in season 1 of “24″. How did he turn his life around? And what his 2nd full career? If you dont mind me asking.
Ledger_Yankees CT Scan negative on Huff. Will remain at hospital for next several hours for observation.
Good news about Huff
Swish looks really good recently
Masterson (tomorrow’s Cleveland starter) is the only starter in baseball (who qualifies) who is winless this year. He has lost his last 11 decisions dating back to last year.
Good news or bad news?
SHUT UP ABOUT TEX!!!!
That was pre-emptory.
way to get the run back Alex
YEAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get that run right back!!!
Kay needs to shut up with the “Tex’s struggles continue” line. He has looked much better recently and the comment is old already.
There have been many comment on here suggesting that Tex be moved to the 5 spot in the order. I must say, after the last 2 at bats I have to agree. Just give him some room to correct his problems. I feel sorry for him.
Michelle
It’s lazy reporting/commentary/journalism.
A-Rod has crushed the ball twice. He may be getting close.
One day, Tex looks like he is breaking out, then the next day he is back to his old tricks. His ABs have looked a little better, but the inconsistent results remain the same.
He has stayed between .210 and .220 for like a month.
Back to Robby – remember that he was voted to the ASG his first full season with the Yanks! And he has gotten nothing but better.
Robby is a hitting and defensive superstar!!!!
That one’s for you Yankguy/Celerino Sanchez, where you may be.
Why did they have to burn one of O’Neil’s 5 series that he works on the Cleveland Indians during Memorial Day weekend? These are the games Flahrety should be doing lol Put O’Neil on the better games….
players play with without thinking about injury or they couldn’t do what they do.
sabathia is not going to let it into his head about huff getting hit.
it’s a luxury he or any mlb pitcher can’t let happen or they won’t be pitching for long.
CR9,
Not too sure, but I think that Dennis Hopper was a raging alcoholic.
The two careers I was talking about were two periods of success wrapped around a quiet period, acting wise. (although he did direct Easy Rider).
Cleaned up in his later years and had the more recent success that most of us are familiar with. But he co-starred/appeared in movies with James Dean, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, John Wayne in his early years.
Great news about Huff. Just catching up!
It would be nice to get Hughes to the all star game. But I don’t know how good his numbers would have to be to get picked by Girardi. I guess an era in the 2′s or low 3.
I don’t believe for a minute that a pitcher who has just seen another pitcher down on the mound after getting hit in the head by a ball isn’t affected by it. I know you think you have a beat on every movement, thought, action, desire, etc. of every player who has ever played the game of baseball, but I would say you’re thinking about the wind-up doll version of life.
While it may not stay with him forever, he is human. And he’s a pitcher. And his struggles today didn’t begin until after that happened. And if he was affected by it, it would be extremely understandable. Maybe it affected his rhythm and he couldn’t get it back.
haha, Michelle. I think we’d all like to see Hughes there.
But how about this? Andy is pitching just as well as Phil. I could see Girardi taking Andy.
Randy
NY media has made a big deal of David Wright flinching on inside pitches and not being the same since he was hit with a pitch in the head.
Something like that could linger a little, no?
It would be nice to get Hughes to the all star game. But I don’t know how good his numbers would have to be to get picked by Girardi. I guess an era in the 2’s or low 3.
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There are only 6 pitchers with a better ERA than Phil Hughes this year. 1 of them is Andy pettitte, 4 of them have less wins. 3 of them have more losses. 3 have more starts. Hughes has more K’s than 5 of them.
Time to get the bullpen up. CC’s command is just not there. He should not have to work this hard to get people out.
It’s past time.
I thought marson can’t hit!
Man, it’s a good thing the offense showed up today, because CC has been…not…very good.
Michelle May 29th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
It would be nice to get Hughes to the all star game. But I don’t know how good his numbers would have to be to get picked by Girardi. I guess an era in the 2’s or low 3.
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He might get picked but probably won’t pitch. And if he does only 1 inning. But I think tey’re going to want to give him those days off
Trisha
I agree. I think he was affected today by what happened. We all know that CC is just a giant teddy bear.
Also, the long waits helped affect him as well.
NY media has made a big deal of David Wright flinching on inside pitches and not being the same since he was hit with a pitch in the head.
Something like that could linger a little, no?
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CC wasn’t hit in the head? Another pitcher was. Its not like David Wright got hit in the head and now A-rod can’t handle inside pitches.
C.C.’s last inning. He has labored. David Robertson next.
These foul balls must be driving CC crazy
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Thanks for the information. Did not know about his alcoholic past. But that is a tough disease to overcome. Glad he changed his life around for the better.
Just a terrible past few days with Lima, Dennis, and Coleman.
Wow -
Didn’t see any of the game. Only heard the first run score.
Man, what an offensive outburst, huh?!
Good day for it, CC needs the support, looks like.
And no I don’t expect him to say in his postgame interview that his pitching was off because of what happened to Huff.
If a player or pitcher gets hit with a line drive, it definitely lingers.
If CC is shook up, then maybe it’s because he knows Huff from the Indians’ system? CC was traded in ’08 and Huff debuted in ’09.
Anyhows. Just need to close out this game.
The problem is that Kay is so boring. Somehow I think O’Neill was elsewhere during that half inning. O’Neill is good as a color guy. Funny and knowledgeable.
CC’s ERA now at 4.16
If CC is shook up, then maybe it’s because he knows Huff from the Indians’ system? CC was traded in ‘08 and Huff debuted in ‘09.
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They never played together.
“Andy is pitching just as well as Phil. I could see Girardi taking Andy”
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I know Andy has been great so far this season. But for him I think it’s been there done that already. It would be more exciting for Phil since he is a youngster and it would be his 1st.
Jerkface
randy’s post said players play without thinking about injury.
I was asking if it’s different if the injury involves them or are they able to block that out too.
I want one of those collectible cups.
Jerkface,
They may have known each other from ST.
The worst part about Mike Kay is that he has no diction. As a commentator, he should be articulate with his words, but he cant even dot that correctly.
4 th inning 34 pitches=3 runs
5th inning 27 pitches=1 run
6th inning 24 pitches=1 run
Total count through the 6 th, 113
Something has affected CC he must be tired, because he’s laboring.
I’m sure they have amazing scouting reports on CC.
“CC wasn’t hit in the head? Another pitcher was. Its not like David Wright got hit in the head and now A-rod can’t handle inside pitches.”
Veterans who come back from war with post traumatic stress syndrome aren’t necessarily those who killed someone or who were hit by fire. They witnessed things they couldn’t deal with.
Not everyone has coal for insides…
Does anyone who is presently here other than me remember when Herb Score got hit in the eye I think. It ended his career, and he was a really good pitcher for the Indians
You can’t blame C.C.’s performance on Huff getting hit. He had nothing all game. They hit balls hard off him all game. He’s been awful three straight times.
He wasn’t the same after the third inning when he and Cervelli couldn’t get on the same page.
Michelle,
Andy might rather go hunting than go to an ASG. But there is the old many near the end of his career factor
. Remember Wakefield? 
They may have known each other from ST.
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Huff was in A ball while CC was with the indians, he is a relatively new pitcher to the indians system who was a fast mover. I think its unlikely.
I’m skimming backward…just what did Cervelli do today to inspire a song?
Jerkface
You’re completely missing the point. CC saw his fellow counterpart get drilled right in the temple. CC (I have never met him) is a giant teddy bear with a heart of gold. You cant think for one minute that CC was not affected by that.
Anyway, I’m not saying he was affected by Huff’s injury.
Just saying that I feel CC knows the kid.
If anything, iirc, CC had a rough time pitching against his old team last season? I may be wrong, but I thought Oakland & Cleveland were tough teams for him to face.
Why doesn’t Girardi just take the whole team to the All-Star game?
That way he doesn’t have to choose.
Do the Indians have any right handed pitchers? If so, they must be saving them for a rainy day.
Doreen
A key 2 run 2 out single to blow the game open from 4 runs to 6 runs.
Veterans who come back from war with post traumatic stress syndrome aren’t necessarily those who killed someone or who were hit by fire. They witnessed things they couldn’t deal with.
Not everyone has coal for insides…
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So now Sabathia has post traumatic stress ??? I’d say that the extended time on the bench had more of an effect than seeing that happen.
Consider this: CC sits on the bench between innings, and goes over a game plan with Cervelli or Eiland. Whats to say that he even saw Huff get hit? He might have seen Huff on the ground, but not the actual event.
CC is throwing hard like usual but in this last couple of starts batters don’t have a problem making contact with his pitches. His stuff is just not overpowering right now. Maybe his arm is a little tired besides his mechanics being off?! Who knows…
CC has sucked in 3 of his last 4 starts. All to mediocre or bad offensive teams. If this came out of the blue, then you might be able to say Huff’s injury got into his head.
He wasn’t able to put away anyone today.
“If CC is shook up, then maybe it’s because he knows Huff from the Indians’ system? CC was traded in ‘08 and Huff debuted in ‘09.”
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe he remembers him from ST, etc.
“Anyhows. Just need to close out this game.”
Yes.
Actually, CC had pre-traumatic stress too.
His recent struggles can now be explained by his anticipation of Huff’s head blow.
You’re completely missing the point. CC saw his fellow counterpart get drilled right in the temple. CC (I have never met him) is a giant teddy bear with a heart of gold. You cant think for one minute that CC was not affected by that.
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I am not missing the point. I’m arguing against it. The yankees got blown out when Carl Pavano got hit in the head. The dodgers got rocked by the opposing pitcher when Kuroda went down. Getting hit with a pitch affects two people: The pitcher and the hitter. Abreu went into a funk after hitting Blackburn. Some guys get gun shy when they get hit.
And CC on the MOUND is not a big teddy bear. Sorry. A big teddy bear doesn’t tell cervelli to ‘f off’
Jerkface May 29th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Dude just seen someone get hit in the head with a liner? You don’t think that has an effect on anyone stepping on that mound today?
And he hits someone on 0-2. JOKE!
trisha,
Jerkface points out that Huff was in A ball during CC’s last season. So that’s that.
But anyway, good news that Huff is not in immediate danger. And good news the Yankees are winning!
I appreciate you girls, and posters who act like girls, empathetic approach to this situation, but the entirety of baseball continuing to be played despite pitchers facing the imminent danger of being beaned by a liner is evidence enough for me against your view.
trisha-
stalking my posts again ?
you ever had three concussions playing baseball. spent a week in a hospital with one?
ever been hit square in the back of the head with a bat?
ever have the paramedics come because you got hit in the throat from a breaking a ball in the dirt and they’re worried the blood not going to make it to your brain because the neck swells and shuts off blood flow to the brain?
ever see a guy’s arm snap in half with the bone sticking out when he threw a pitch?
tell me some more about how baseball players handle injuries to other players around them.
i never felt fear on a baseball field for myself. why would i feel it for another player? players do not play afraid .
has anyone ever knew so little who yaps as much as you do?
go back to your couch.
jerkface I was just giving an example of how people do have to actually be hit to be affected.
I don’t know whether he saw the actual hit.
It’s a possibility he was affected by it since he was fine before it.
I don’t have any problem with you thinking he wasn’t.
“A big teddy bear doesn’t tell cervelli to ‘f off’”
No, but every time that happens, an angel teddy bear loses its stuffing.
David Huff did not get hit in the head the last two times C.C pitched and was awful. Whether he was affected by it or not, he has not been pitching well before this game.
A game like this is why pitching wins are not a true indicator of the way a pitcher has performed.
Johan Santana pitched a near flawless game last night and got nothing for it. C.C. gets it handed to him by a bad offense and gets the W because his offense helped him out.
Wins are a team stat. Not an individual stat.
Nick
How do you do it! LMAO! You travel quite a bit. Are you a professional comedian?
Dude just seen someone get hit in the head with a liner? You don’t think that has an effect on anyone stepping on that mound today?
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The Diamondbacks were losing when they lined a ball off Kuroda, the Diamondbacks pitcher proceeded to shut out the Dodgers for 5 innings.
Robertson really can’t be trusted no matter what the score is. His command is just no where to be found so far this season.
5 runs in 6 innings, not a good start by CC. Thankfully the Yankees are scoring a lot of runs.
# Jerkface May 29th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Dude just seen someone get hit in the head with a liner? You don’t think that has an effect on anyone stepping on that mound today?
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The Diamondbacks were losing when they lined a ball off Kuroda, the Diamondbacks pitcher proceeded to shut out the Dodgers for 5 innings.
So what? Everyone is different. Hell, CC almost got his head knocked off in Seattle. He might know a little about what Huff is going through.
I’m sick of this injury sh%t.
Jerkface
Well, you’re wrong. CC is a giant teddy bear. He can say F off all he wants, it does not make any difference. Im a big teddy bear, but I get animated and angry sometimes.
Robertson probably has soreness from when he get hit on the “belt” the other day.
Great, now Drob is hurt
If Huff never regained consciousness, I think it may have afffected everyone. That he was able to give a thumbs up, probably allowed everyone to pretty much put it behind them.
“Remember Wakefield?”
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I definitely think Andy is retiring after this season, he has made comments about it a couple of times. So in that sense it would be nice. Yeah I remember Wakefield, I also remember Moose who had great numbers and got jipped. That was messed up.
“I’m skimming backward…just what did Cervelli do today to inspire a song?”
He p i s s e d off Randy. J/K
As for CC, I don’t know enough about mechanics to pin point this or that, but like hitters, I think pitchers go thru slumps. I think CC is in a slump. I would love to read what CB thinks.
There is Randy – The Trisha Stalker – again!
“Cleaned up in his later years and had the more recent success that most of us are familiar with. But he co-starred/appeared in movies with James Dean, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, John Wayne in his early years.”
My two favorite Hopper movies: “Easy Rider” and “True Romance”
# Rich in NJ May 29th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
If Huff never regained consciousness, I think it may have afffected everyone. That he was able to give a thumbs up, probably allowed everyone to pretty much put it behind them.
Yeah, who cares, he isn’t dead.
So what? Everyone is different. Hell, CC almost got his head knocked off in Seattle. He might know a little about what Huff is going through.
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yes and he proceeded to pitch to a 2 era the rest of the year. Pitchers deal with liners and sharp grounders back through the box their entire career, it comes with the territory.
CC has been in a game where another pitcher was hit. He was on the bench when D-rob took one off the ass.
You guys are looking at something trying to find a reason for CC’s struggles, the fact is: he has struggled for most of this month. He is a second half pitcher. He doesn’t really have his fastball and changeup working consistently.
that should read “people do not have to be actually hit”
randy, I eat twits like you for breakfast. selling trinkets on provincetown isn’t exactly my idea of walking baseball savvy. I don’t believe a quarter of your tall tales. Actually the first time you tried to convince people that if Jeter, Posada, and Rivera liked Torre then anyone who didn’t had it wrong, that’s when I knew your opinions were as solid as swiss cheese.
Okey dokey? Now continue to sell your stories to your little group here you have bedazzled. I’m definitely not one of them.
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rconn23, did you watch CC’s first three innings? You don’t think he had anything today?
Hopper is also great in “River’s Edge,” and “Blue Velvet.”
Clearly Roberston was affected by Huff being hit in the head. Let’s hope Mitre isn’t.
“Yeah, who cares, he isn’t dead.”
Carl
I’m not sure if you’re joking and just celebrating the holiday weekend.
Jerkface May 29th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I didn’t even say that was the reason why he was struggling. Hes been struggling for the last 4-5 starts now. To say it doesn’t matter though is crazy.
Nobody said it is going to affect him the rest of the season for God sake! The possibility that he was thrown for a few innings isn’t unheard of.
and = or
If Posada were behind the dish today, I guarantee you on this blog, C.C. pitching terribly wouldn’t be blamed on Huff getting hit.
To say it doesn’t matter though is crazy.
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Ok, it matters very little. The yankees had no problem scoring a million runs off the indians. Clearly they should have held silent vigil and bunted right back to the pitcher so as to not harm anyone.
” Actually the first time you tried to convince people that if Jeter, Posada, and Rivera liked Torre then anyone who didn’t had it wrong, that’s when I knew your opinions were as solid as swiss cheese.
Okey dokey? Now continue to sell your stories to your little group here you have bedazzled. I’m definitely not one of them.”
Trisha
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CR9,
The Rhode Island Rooster took the first shot, Randy responded.
So why are you attacking Randy?
Well, as a female, I would agree with all you big strapping men that CC just didn’t have it today. However, having empathy for the player that got hit or how it affects other players has nothing to do with ones s e x.
Come on Mr. Mitre thrwo strikes
Nobody said it is going to affect him the rest of the season for God sake! The possibility that he was thrown for a few innings isn’t unheard of.
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The only thing that was thrown was the baseball, and poorly. CC hasn’t been locating consistently all month. And most of the trouble in the inning right after Huff was from a hitter that had previously taken him deep for a double.
# Jerkface May 29th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
To say it doesn’t matter though is crazy.
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Ok, it matters very little. The yankees had no problem scoring a million runs off the indians. Clearly they should have held silent vigil and bunted right back to the pitcher so as to not harm anyone.
No. They should have put on the scoreboard, It doesn’t matter, he isn’t dead.
“CC has been in a game where another pitcher was hit. He was on the bench when D-rob took one off the ass.”
Taking one of the butt and going down after being hit in the head are two different things.
If he was shaky the first three innings I wouldn’t be suggesting that his focus was off because of something that happened in the game.
What does strapping mean? It sounds a little kinky.
If he was shaky the first three innings I wouldn’t be suggesting that his focus was off because of something that happened in the game.
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How do you know he wasn’t off but the Indians hitters just didn’t get it in play? He gave up a huge double to Laporta off a changeup, that was the first sign he wasn’t all there.
That was before Huff.
It’s unbelievable that this game could potentially last 4 hours.
Carl, don’t bother. Some of us understand it, others just can’t.
whoever
Oops. I dont usually read Randy’s posts. I just figured Trisha was being attacked again.
big, strong, logger type man or woman
Carl, don’t bother. Some of us understand it, others just can’t.
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If, of the former, you and your merry band, the latter.
And I merely suggested it as a possibility, I didn’t say it was etched in stone. IF it was the case, I could certainly understand it.
I, of the former
“Something like that could linger a little, no?”
pat-
if it happens the player isn’t going to be the same player. i don’t know about wright, but if it gets in his head he’s done being the player he was.
i’m not saying it never happens, but i think it’s the exception to the rule when a player lets an injury to himself or others get into his head.
mickey mahler was the pitcher that bounced a slider in the dirt that went off the plate and under my mask and smashed my larynx. i yelled at him when i came back from being injured when he was being shy about throwing the ball in the dirt . i wouldn’t have a job if he was afraid to go down there. so it can even be disrespectful to feel something too much and be concerned about someone else.
this whole female sensitivity thing going on the blog just doesn’t happen with players. it just doesn’t.
trisha,
A couple of hard hit balls found gloves, specifically Shoo’s liner caught by Gardner.
The third inning was embarassing, not because he gave up three runs, but because of how long the inning took because he and Cervelli couldn’t get on the same page.
That just can’t happen. Watching Huff get hit was scary, but that wave he gave as he was being carted off the field should have been an indicator that he was going to be OK.
C.C. pitched terribly in his last start as well, and David Huff did not get hit in that game.
He just pitched poorly.
And I merely suggested it as a possibility, I didn’t say it was etched in stone. IF it was the case, I could certainly understand it.
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There is a possibility. All the evidence in baseball suggests the possibility is remote.
“randy, I eat twits like you for breakfast.”
What’s the deal with that?
Well, Mitre was quick.
Now let’s watch Marte and pray
Mr. all or nothing pinch hitting
Using Marte as a short reliever, don’t like it.
Bubba Crosby once dislocated Brian Robert’s elbow. Unfortunately the yankees still won and the other players were able to play the game, but Bubba Crosby no longer plays baseball. Coincidence?
“To say it doesn’t matter though is crazy.”
One word: Compartmentalization
Good move by Girardi bringing in Marte – need to stop this now! Please!!!
When it comes to handedness, I can’t tell the difference between Torre and Girardi.
Girardi is going to wear out Joba if he keeps bringing him in for 4 outs. It seems like he has done often recently.
Robertson-Mitre-Marte-now Joba. Hope someone is on their way from Scranton.
CR9-
have you noticed the more you post the more blog traffic goes down.
who cares what you think.
i don’t know where you came from, but i for one would be happy to see you go back there.
Reminiscing about Hopper and his role in 24, the way he spoke the following line was absolutely awesome: “the service was impeccable, my compliments to the chef”
lol. this whole female sensitivity thing.
So, if a pitcher gets rattled because his defense makes an error that’s a male sensitivity thing?
Just kidding. But the being empathetic to another’s plight is not strictly a female thing.
How does any nascar racer race having seen crashes every time they get on the track?
This is very bad baseball….. Terrible pitching
Just kidding. But the being empathetic to another’s plight is not strictly a female thing.
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Being empathetic to Huff is fine. I was worried for him. But all this projecting onto CC is amazing.
Actually CR has a very good interaction and a lot of fun with the majority of posters here. So much for your power of observation.
So much for bring in Joba…we could lose this game yet.
“lol. this whole female sensitivity thing.”
While I think players move on barring an outright on the field tragedy, I don’t agree that the reactions are reflective of gender differences. I have worked for some wonderful women who are bad ass mofos. NTTAWWT
Is there a single person in this bullpen you can trust now?
I’m a firm believer in all of our relievers. All of them have shown that they are tremendous players, but for one person or another, not a single pitcher in the bullpen is pitching without struggles. I just don’t understand how such a talented group, as a whole, can all individually struggle at the same time.
I can’t believe they have to exhaust the bullpen with a 10-6 lead…CC is definately in a slump just like last year.. difference is he had a relatively good start this season..
Girardi absolutely has to stop using 1 pitcher for only 1 batter. Unless you have a 20 man bullpen you can’t mange like that. I think that is the one thing about the way that he manages that doesn’t make any sense.
“The third inning was embarassing, not because he gave up three runs, but because of how long the inning took because he and Cervelli couldn’t get on the same page.”
If Posada was catching, you would never hear the end of it.
Actually CR has a very good interaction and a lot of fun with the majority of posters here.
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This is a stretch.
Cano has to be the leading candidate for AL MVP right now….
Must be the midges bothering Joba.
BRING IN NICK SWISHER to pitch god’dammit
“Just kidding. But the being empathetic to another’s plight is not strictly a female thing.”
Exactly. And then there are extremely cold and emotionless people of both genders. Neither characteristic is gender specific.
Mo for 7 outs?
Next reliever please. How about Pettitte?
“However, having empathy for the player that got hit or how it affects other players has nothing to do with ones s e x.”
sas -
i would agree with that because some of the toughest athletes i’ve been around have been women.
what we’re hearing on the blog today isn’t coming from women athletes.
i’ve got a division three all american in volleyball and softball working for me and she’s as tough as any male athlete i know.
The pitcher being hit may or may not have bothered CC, only CC knows and he will of course deny it. It bothering him may even be a subconscious thing that he is not aware of.
In any case, we will never know – move on, this game is getting much more interesting than it needed to be.
Good job Joba.. unbelievable that this bullpen can’t stop this Indians team..
omg. go ahead run at the plate? You want to see an angry cuddly bear? Get the last f’in out!
Michelle
Girardi learned that from LaRussa’s school of Overmanaging…. I swear sometimes I think he must’ve graduated valedictorian…
When you ask Joba or Mo to do something that they aren’t used to doing it usually comes back to hurt them. Not to defend Joba…But we have seen it before with Mo when he comes into the 8th and wtih Joba. So there is obiously something to it.
Great we get the awful Joba today.
Bad bad bullpen.
Not to defend Joba…But we have seen it before with Mo when he comes into the 8th and wtih Joba. So there is obiously something to it.
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Joba isn’t really an ’8th inning’ reliever. He has pitched in every inning of a game.
Also Joba throws too many pitches to pitch more than 1 inning.
What’s next, Mo for a 4/5 out save?
“Actually CR has a very good interaction and a lot of fun with the majority of posters here. So much for your power of observation.”
actually between you and him, you’re taking the blog to such a low baseball level that it isn’t close to what it used to be.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is bad
Cant wait to Marson against the Red Sox. 3 doubles for him. Going to the opposite field, showing professional ABs.
I’m not amused.
Oh this is absolutely embarrassing.
F girardi and f this bullpen. CC doesn’t deserve to win this game.
Got the bad Joba today.
Not to mention. Mariano routinely came into games and slammed the door in the 8th for long saves.
Its about the situation, not the inning. If Joba can’t get the adrenaline flowing bases loaded with the game on the line, send him down to the minors.
Joba is way out of shape. Maybe if he lost a few he might gain back some velocity.
I hate to say it, but Girardi gets what he deserves in this inning. He NEVER EVER learns that using 4 pitchers in 1 inning absolutely can’t happen.
Joba put some gasoline on that fire.
Good job by Gardner getting to the ball and getting it back to the infield quickly, stopped the tying run at third.
Joba is a joke…no excuses for what inning he is pitching.
Terrible job vs this awful team
Joba is an arsonist
Do you think its possible Joba is not fully warmed up? Didnt seem like he had a lot of time to get ready.
Poor CC.
Aww man
Joba sucks… plain and simple.. inexcusable to let this game slip away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. We can’t get ONE out?! Put Swisher out there!
Good God, this team reeks. When we pitch we can’t hit, when we hit we can’t pitch. This is looking like the newest worst loss of the year.
I am at the stadium and things are getting ugly…
Girardi is an idiot. Why would he ever think that he can get a good outing from 6 different pitchers? Leave one guy to get the job done. Now he wasted Mitre and Marte in a game that might go extra innings.
WOW
They couldn’t stick with Marte because……………….?
ma, I left for an hour and what the hell happened? man, the bullpen totally sucks. I mean, the blown leads last week and now this? I’m over it.
Wow. Just unreal. This bullpen is a friggin’ mess. Of course, they never should’ve tagged CC for 5, but that goes without saying. Just miserable.
Take him out Girardi. Man on second probably stealing the signs.
This is absolutely pathetic. Joba’s stuff isn’t even close to what it used to be. Especially against this garbage Indians lineup.
randy
Thanks for answering my question.
I was thinking more the difference between Cisco shaking off geting hit in the head and Wright not being able to as easily not how Huff getting hit affected CC.
The Yankees pitchers should sleep on the cold floor in the cellar of old Yankee Stadium. They dont deserve a bed….
This is without a doubt a ******* ****** ***** ****** JOKE!
All of them are putting together professional ABs, trying to go to the opposite field.
So much for the worst team in baseball.
nice effort by a very over-rated chucker
Who’s next Girardi?
May be the worst performance by a pitching staff I’ve ever seen. This is a friggin’ last place team. Inexcusable.
Seriously, Joba?
trisha-
you couldn’t afford my “trinkets”
RoboJoe strikes again. Last years rings were one in spite of him.
Did it take 6 runs for Joe to realize Joba doesn’t have it today?
10 friggin runs in 4 innings this pitching staff has given up to a bunch of nobodies..
“Poor CC” – carl, are u kidding? He gave up 6 runs. He had no business getting a win today with his effort.
Girardi is a full blown retard
Making one too many bullpen decisions in this inning alone was quite costly. I guess Girardi enjoys watching Joba pitch, even when he gives up a load of runs.
Going to try and stay calm and see how the game ends up. Try to stay calm.
So what happened to Joba? Was it the abuse he took during the Joba Rules? Hughes has come into his own this season, and Joba looks positively mediocre.
This is hilarious
wha a JOKE .. i’m getting tired of Joba. . i really am . . our bullpen is in complete disaray
Joba getting tattooed by a terrible offense is absolutely pathetic.
And all this piece of carcillo Mike Kay cares about is minutia. STFU you piece of carcillo.
And this sick loser Mike Kay sounds excited. Worst team in baseball, and they actually tried.
i guess this will be 1 of the 4 or 5 losses.
Time to get Chamberlain off the roster.
He’s no longer capable of pitching a major league inning.
Either send him to AAA or get rid of him.
He’s an embarrassment of a pitcher at this point.
DFA all these losers
Send Joba down and let another pitching coach work with him.
I went out to take care of some backyard stuff.
I came back in.
Oh. My. Gosh.
What a mess.
And who’s left to pitch?
And can they score three more??? At least.
demote this bum please. triple a bus better be parked outside.
Choo is a really good hitter he will probably take Joba deep.
Homerun!!!
out of this 16 game stretch
Time to let joba go, trade him or cut him. He will never ever be a great pitcher in the lime light.
7 runs? Really?
Well, from past history, when the Yankees have been embarrassed they have gone on great streaks. Although it’s all really a crap shoot, because after all, this is baseball.
Joba is absolutely awful. But this is what happens when you burn relievers for 1 out apiece. You have no choice but to stick with the ones who are actually struggling.
How many 5 run leads can this team blow in a season????????????????
I am so over this.
Now we need 2 to just tie. Still trying.
Joe again w/ a poor job but man Joba sucks.
This will be a terrible loss right up there when Joba ruined the red sox game.
3 innings left to score but man this will be a bad one if they lose.
Joba sucks
Scored 10 runs but can’t beat the Indians.
This team doesn’t deserve to beat anybody.
Dismantle it.
Cashman really needs to talk to Girardi about his bullpen management. It really is terrible. Girardi is absolutely obsessed with lefty/righty matchups and it kills this team sometimes.
leave Joba in there until he gets an out or kills his career.
“May be the worst performance by a pitching staff I’ve ever seen. This is a friggin’ last place team. Inexcusable.”
Change your name, dude. That’s a ridiculous post.
Joba clearly suffering from traumatic stress at having seen CC suffer from traumatic stress
This pitching staff can’t shut the door after 0-2 counts
Joba given up 4 runs without an out.. completely over-rated pitcher.. I’m embarrassed to be see 7 runs come across the board this inning!!..
Really don’t know how you take out Marte and Burn three reliever that fast.
Bring in Nick Swisher to pitch.
Joba needs to go in deal before 7/31 deadline
They couldnt even bother to get a decent package for Victor Martinez, but they bothered to come back in this game.
This seems just like the Boston game. Joba has nothing gets slapped around and Girardi leaves him out there. Now would be the time to go to the bullpen not after every batter.
We need bullpen help really bad, Yankees have one of the worst bullpens in baseball, if this bullpen is not fixed forget playoffs, forget 28. People forget the bullpen was horrible last year until Phil Hughes there is no Phil Hughes to fix the bullpen this year.
Girardi needs to stop with his mix and match. Now Joba is getting smoked and Girardi has to leave him in.
Giradi needs to leave Marte in the game !!. . He can righties out too !.. enough of over managing !..
7 runs in one inning, most after getting two outs and two strikes…..unbelievable.
Save your sympathies for Chamberlain.
He will soon be starting in the Universal Baseball Association.
How do I know this? Easy. I am the commissioner.
Should have just left Marte out there. Maybe he could have gotten out of it. Joba probably did not have enough time to get ready.
Finally! The carnage is over.
Could not even keep the deficit at 1 run either. Yuck.
Girardi is an idiot…
Over manage…now there is no eight inning guy…
and wait…he managed himself right out of a game…
Get rid of him…
Season over.
We got no pitching this year.
This pitching staff can’t shut the door after 0-2 counts
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Hitters bat 37% better than league average 1-2 vs the yankees, and 7% better with 2 strikes overall.
that was a pathetic display by young master chamberlain
I don’t like when managers use 3 pitchers for 1 batter. Sometimes you can’t go with stats
If the Yankee batters go down 1,2,3 in the 7th inning that would be even more pathetic than Joba’s usual bp fastball and hanging curveball garbage.
BOOOOOOOO Joba… Get off the field!!!…
“Really don’t know how you take out Marte and Burn three reliever that fast.”
It’s a joke. Now who pitches??? The Indians’ staff is an embarrassment so we’ve still got a chance…but if we end up dropping this one it could really carry over.
“We need bullpen help really bad,”
Maybe, but there are sufficient pieces in the pen right now to be successful, IF the manager didn’t think he was smarter than he actually is.
thuck fis
It’s not the pitching coach, it’s the pitcher.
Get rid of him. He’s awful.
They gave him enough chances. Time to move on.
Joba needs to ask his trailer park momma for some of that good meth
There are very occasional times when Joba drives me absolutely crazy.
This was one of them. Argh
Our offense comes around, and our pitching decided to hamper the team. This could be a very harmful loss, if it turns out that way.
My guess is that we go down 1,2,3 next inning.
Four pitchers in one inning???
You know I’m usually very easy on Girardi, but this inning? Whoa.
Joba needs something.
He can’t be that bad this late in a game.
3 innings to get 3 runs. Hope they haven’t suffered a huge let down. This is one of those games. Could score more. Or does Cleveland get a lift? Eh. Who knows. 3 runs in 3 innings and no more for the Indians.
Deep breaths.
Why did he take out Mitre? That was the last I saw. Robertson left with an injury or a hurt or a whatever, and Mitre came in. And then he took Mitre out.
“Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you. Panicking ain’t going to do no good.”
Charlie Manuel.
Save your sympathies for Chamberlain.
He will soon be starting in the Universal Baseball Association.
How do I know this? Easy. I am the commissioner.
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This is a really weird gimmick. Whats up with this? That book was great, I wish that game existed and I was insane enough to take it to the level Waugh did.
fake SJ44?
I wonder how happy Cashman is that he’s paying Marte $4 million to get 1 out every three days or so…
The game is NOT over, they have three more innings – they can definitely come back, aggravating as that was.
Way to stay classy, 3rd place.
thank god we’ve still got gaudin in the pen
Yanks gonna be in 4th place by July.
if joe left marte in to face the righty and he gives up a run….people would of been saying that he should of brought in joba…bottom line is that the players have to get the job done…and joba was absolutely horrific today…CC must feel terrible too…his team put up 9 runs for him and he only went 6 with going giving up 5
single, walk, double, double, single. ouch.
This was the most embarrassing performance I have ever witness.
This makes the Tuesday game vs. the Sox look like a picnic.
Why did he take out Mitre? That was the last I saw. Robertson left with an injury or a hurt or a whatever, and Mitre came in. And then he took Mitre out.
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They pinch hit Russel Branyan
Girardi loves left-right matchups. He will burn through a few pitchers just to the match ups.
Stop acting like you didn’t know that.
relax guys . .. 3 more innings to go . . time to strike back
Joba Chamberlain absolutely does not possess what it takes to be a closer or even a set up man.
He’s not what he thinks he is and needs to be cut down a peg.
How can any of you question Joba?
He had to sit in that bullpen and think about what happened to Huff for, what, 2 hours?
It’s a wonder he had the courage to even walk out to the mound.
Joba has 2 problems. First he hangs a ton of pitches or his pitches are flat way too often. Problem #2, he throws way too many pitches in a inning. It usually takes him 20-30 pitches per inning and now Girardi will say he isn’t available tomorrow.
Joba is a better drunk driver than he is pitcher
Girardi’s got some ‘splainin’ to do in the post game.
Mike…
There should be no need for a come back…
CC was a waste…
Tex has been awful…
And Joba is worthless…
This game should be over now…
We can’t hold a 6 run lead at home to the worst team in baseball?
This loss is definitely going to carry over.
I understand Girardi was forced to make a change with Robertson, but sometimes he really plays match up to an overly ridiculous degree.
Why is Joe so stuck to the script of having Marte come in to face one lefty????? Of all the guys in the bullpen, Marte has probably been the most consistent.
Marte can’t face more than one friggin bater, but Joba can face 5 even though he clearly did not have it today.
This style of convential matchup managing makes absolutely no sense to me.
Girardi learned that from LaRussa’s school of Overmanaging…. I swear sometimes I think he must’ve graduated valedictorian…
Someday, and let’s hope it doesn’t take too long, the Yanks will get rid of this fraud of a manager. who makes moves for the sake of making moves & tries to make people believe he is relevant yo any success this time enjoys.
4 pitchers? Should’ve gone to 5. We might still have the lead.
This is one of those losses that destroys a season
i agree Joe . .but the game isn’t done yet . . and i still want to win
Seriously- Joba is a joke. I bet Harlan is going to run over his foot next time he sees him
Joe has a way of managing wins into losses and today was another one of those games….he can’t help D Rob if he is in fact injured but what the hell was the point of bringing Mitre in for 1 hitter and then Marte in for 1 hitter?
Between the 2 of them they threw 9 pitches….Joba was not ready to come into that game but Marte is making $4 mil this season he should be able to get 2 outs and close that inning out! The guy is a former closer for God’s Sake! Terrible bullpen management!
Having said that if I’m Ca$h I would demote Joba to SWB as soon as this game is over. he needs some sort of real wakeup that he’s obviously not getting here with Girardi and Eiland…
This is one of those losses that destroys a season
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No loss destroys a season, unless its the loss that puts you out of the playoffs
“How can any of you question Joba?
He had to sit in that bullpen and think about what happened to Huff for, what, 2 hours?
It’s a wonder he had the courage to even walk out to the mound.”
THAT IS BULL!!
Who gives a flying **** about Yes-Mo showing him grabbing for a mask. We just blew a 6 run lead, and it’s important time for us to come back, and this BLEEPING BLEEP Mike Kay continues.
YES!!! Great walk!!!
come in gardner . .work that walk
We have Gaudin and Park available, relax.
3rd place
Serious question where were you all game? Were you lurking, and saw your moment, or did you just log on. I am really curious.
Mike Ri May 29th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
relax guys . .. 3 more innings to go . . time to strike back
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Yeah. but the Indians got two more innings to score too. They have much, much better pitching, especially relievers.
Game over.
Don’t fool yourselves.
There is nothing more fun than destroying Joba on Twitter
Alex May 29th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
This is one of those losses that destroys a season
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Oh please. Get some freaking perspective, and don’t be ridiculous.
They had WORSE losses than this last year, and they managed to win the World Series.
Sales of No. 62 shirts taking a serious plunge. Expect people to use the ones they have to wax cars or check engine and transmission fluid levels.
here we go !!
With Mitre and Gaudin in the bullpen we have 2 pitchers who are trouble vs lefties. That will lead to situations where another reliever might have to come in to a big spot.
If the Yanks had a good bullpen Joba would/should definitely spend some time in AAA. He needs to work on his mechanics and pitches. His stuff is not even close to what it used to be. He still hasn’t learned how to pitch and just throws the ball to the plate. Him being in the bullpen isn’t really doing anything for the team or himself. The cycle just continues.
He’s thrown 3 balls in a row. He looks to lack control. Take some pitches.
I pray to God that this game goes extras and by the 13th inning the Yankees run out of pitchers and GI Joe has to put in Nick Swisher and he gives up 5 runs and the Yankees lose so the Media and the fans can tear Giradi a new one. The way Giradi manage that inning was inexcusable. Yankees won last year because of their offense and top 3 pitchers not Giradi.
3rd place May 29th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
There is nothing more fun than destroying Joba on Twitter
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Yeah, because it takes real courage and class to call someone out anonymously on the internet.
Bet you wouldn’t be so brave to Joba’s face.
“It’s a wonder he had the courage to even walk out to the mound.”
nick in sf-
funny stuff
as usual.
Gardner needs to steal 2nd base. Have to stay out of a dp here.
The Yankees need to bring up some new relievers soon. Nova and Sanchez looked good…give them both another shot.
Girardi has absolutely no one he can trust for the 8th inning. That’s got to be Cashman’s main priority at the trading deadline.
It took a while, but I think we’re all realizing that Joba is a fake. He pitched well for a few months in 2007, but after that its been all hit or miss.
He’s had his chances, but hasn’t risen to the challenge. At all.
“Oh please. Get some freaking perspective, and don’t be ridiculous.
They had WORSE losses than this last year, and they managed to win the World Series.
Name a worse loss last yeare than blowing a 6 run lead at home to a last place team in the 7th inning?
Just one, please. Then you can go back to being a homer.
Lets go yankees!!!!!!!!!!!
Doreen- Mitre was taken out because he couldn’t throw strikes, probably because he didn’t have enough time to warm up. Joba brought in to throw meatballs!!!!
come on jeter . . work a walk
game over.
As BG stands on first
Who gives a flying **** about Yes-Mo showing him grabbing for a mask. We just blew a 6 run lead, and it’s important time for us to come back, and this BLEEPING BLEEP Mike Kay continues.
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This is why no one likes you. Michael Kay, regardless of the status of the game, has to continue a TV broadcast. Unlike the White Sox, whose announcers will go into a coma when the white sox lose, the YES network prides itself on a consistent broadcast.
And Gardner just cost us 2 outs. He stood with cement in his shoes at 1st base. The pitcher didnt even look over or throw over, and he just stood there.
DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been lurking on this site since the days of pete Abe weighing under 250 lbs.
Nothing suggests that Mitre or Gaudin can be trusted against lefties in a big spot.
Name a worse loss last yeare than blowing a 6 run lead at home to a last place team in the 7th inning?
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Losing like 20-3 to the indians at home?
Exactly what I just said. Terrible job by Gardner, he hasn’t been running at all recently. Jeter hits into 1 million DP’s have to run there.
1421: The Year China Discovered America May 29th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
My guess is that we go down 1,2,3 next inning.
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Oh, of course, I should have included a double play in there as well.
Pathetic utterly pathetic
12 runs to one of the worst teams in baseball
Nice of CC to come out with a great start again
One of the fastest guys in baseball, and he just stood there. If you get 1 run this inning, it makes it easier to come back in following innings.
This is why Gardner will always be a 4th OF.
Has no clue how to use his speed.
Can’t wait till Crawford comes in and we can send this clown back to the bench…
Good job Jeter with the DP there.. How timely that was!
Angel- How is your boy Edwar Ramirez these days? I just hired him to wash my car
Send Joba to Trenton, send him message….The Front Office has to be beyond frustrated with him…..Tin Cup, do you have an on line catalog for your store ????/
Losing 10 – 4 to the Orioles in August in a game where the bullpen turned a 4-1 lead into a 10-4 loss! Losing 14 to 8 to the Jays.
LOL. Yankee fans are incredibly reactionary and apparently very spoiled.
The Yankees are a playoff team. Everyone who makes the playoffs has a chance to win it, the Yanks a better chance than most.
Man…..
chamberlain will be traded we have seen the best of him say hello to joakim soria
Name a worse loss last yeare than blowing a 6 run lead at home to a last place team in the 7th inning?
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Losing the clinching game of the World Series.
Get a friggin’ grip, jeez.
Ok.
Let me try again.
We will go down 1,2,3 in the eighth AND ninth inning, with a GIDP in each inning.
I’m not sure if that’s fake SJ or the real SJ but whoever it is is asinine! You don’t get rid of or jettison a player of Joba’s talent. You make the people whom you pay handsomely to get the most out of him work harder at their jobs.
Maybe Joe and Ca$h demote him after today’s game but you d a m n sure fix him as he’s one of the most talented arms you have.
As bad as the bullpen management was, if Joba Chamberlain can’t pitch to .200 hitters on a last place team, he doesn’t belong on a major league roster.
Get rid of him and move on. We have seen enough.
Gardner is a detriment in big spots, not an asset.
Too freakin’ passive. Cost us a game against the Indians last year too and Girardi called him out in the postgame for it. He has one job – to steal bases and he doesn’t even do it when we need him to the most.
3rd place
You are a Sox fan lurking on a Yankee site waiting for the Yankees to struggle, so you rub it in. Does that about sum it up.
One of the fastest guys in baseball, and he just stood there. If you get 1 run this inning, it makes it easier to come back in following innings.
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Why are you blaming Gardner? Jeter grounded into a double play.
Hey mayble all of the pitchers were a little thrown by what happened…
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About Joba – for the poster(s) who said that joba never gets the job done, you were wrong. This is the update on Joba:
Chamberlain rebounds for Yanks: Yankees RP Joba Chamberlain has recorded a hold in each of his last two games, bouncing back from a pair of rough appearances. He’s allowed no runs on one hit in three innings over his last two outings after giving up six earned runs on six hits in 1 2/3 frames over his previous two.
(Updated 05/26/2010).
It’s far too easy for some of you to have convenient memories. I’m not saying you have to love what he did today but to say he doesn’t belong on a major league team is preposterous. Maybe we need to just turn the page on this game once its over no matter how it turns out.
Joba is the one who needs to be blamed… no one else. It’s his job to get out of that in big spots.
If he can’t do that, send him to Scranton or Trenton or wherever the hell they send bad pitchers.
What is the point of Gardner’s speed if he needs like 10 pitches to read a pitcher’s move?? He is frustating to watch sometimes. I think he forgets to RUN!! Does he not know that Jeter hits the ball on the ground 99% of the time? That is why Gardner can’t bat lead off because it would be a DP all the time.
And Good ole’ director of YES is busy showing fans in the stands, and we miss the pitcher winding up for his pitch. Bunch of unprofessionals.
And also, the red sox and rays will, of course, win tonight.
So basically, today is the end of the universe as we know it.
Chris Perez, clearly a sociopath with no feelings for his teammate, Donald Huffington
Soria come on down!
Get rid of fat boy Joba now.
Wouldn’t count on the Yankees signing Crawford, when they need to replace Pettitte and Vazquez in the starting rotation, and bring back Jeter and Rivera, unless they plan to allot some 225 million to the payroll.
we still have 2 more innings .
joba needs a trip to the minors…he needs to EARN the spot…he has had everything handed to him now it is time that he work for it
2-1 count he should have ran.
Bye bye, Dave Robertson.
See you in 2011.
The Yankees really, really, really miss Aceves.
CR9,
If you hate YES so much, go watch Orsillo and Rem Dog on NESN. Game starts at 7 PM tonight.
He has the talent to blow 5 run leads. That’s it champ. Now is not the time to wave homegrown pom poms.
He no longer has the ability to pitch to major league hitters. Time to get rid of him.
Observer May 29th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
LOL. Yankee fans are incredibly reactionary and apparently very spoiled.
The Yankees are a playoff team. Everyone who makes the playoffs has a chance to win it, the Yanks a better chance than most.
Man…..
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Playoff teams don’t blow 6 run leads, or the 3 run lead we blew against the Twins and Red Soxs a few weeks back. If our staters don’t go 7 its hard for this team to win games.
CC gives 5 runs to a last place team in 6 innings…
Joba gets 1 out and gives up 4 runs…
yet gardner has 3 walks and hes getting the blame…lol i love it!
Playoff teams don’t blow 6 run leads,
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I have some very interesting playoff box scores for your perusal
Remember when people said the bullpen will be fine? lol
How many wins have they cost us this year? 6?
Need to fix it or we will slide in the standings.
Lol- Jeter hits into a double play and your rubes are actually blaming Gardner
I’m voting for Cano to make the All Star game, but I can’t think of any other Yankees who deserve to go! help?
People maybe they just want some pie for the holliday weekend.
Down by 2 with 2 innings to go. And we have the best o in baseball. Relax
randy, thanks, but I think your retort about affording the trinkets was ill-advised. You had the upper hand!
“Name a worse loss last yeare than blowing a 6 run lead at home to a last place team in the 7th inning?
Just one, please. Then you can go back to being a homer.”
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April 18, 2009. They lost to Cleveland at home – end score 22-4. Gave up 14 runs in the second inning alone. The Yankees went on to win the World Series, the Indians did not.
You’re welcome.
Now you can go back to shutting your cakehole.
Something has to be done about Joba. His stuff is too average most of the time. I think he needs a different pitching coach to work with him in the minors.
Got to keep it at 2 runs if we have a chance to win. Get one runner on and potential tying run is at the plate.
Girardi on the post game, “Joba was just missing location.”
Joba is just bad karma. Sends a bad vibe to the team when he is on the mound. Need to get rid of him and bring in someone who WANTS the ball and doesn’t give up 4 runs to blow games 3 times in 10 days.
Cano is playing like an top ten player.
we’ve got to win this game
This game is this game. It’s not tomorrrow and it’s certainly not the season.
And this game isn’t over yet.
Does Gardner have an automatice green light to run? Is it possible that he was told not to run in that situation? He knows better than to wait more than a few pitches to run. And if Girardi wanted him to run that badly, then he would’ve given the steal signal and basically command Gardner to run on the next pitch. Just sayin…
Jerkface -
I am all for perspective, but the dude has an ERA close to 6.00. It’s one thing to blow a few one or two run leads every once in a while, but this has to be the third big lead Joba has coughed up this year so far.
I am also for patience with younger players, but at what point should Job be hitting his “prime?” It’s hard not to get reactionary here, is he not regressing? Wen was the last time you saw a truly impressive outing from him? Truly dominate. Not just getting the job done.
This should be a time when Mike Kay actually cares that we blew a big lead, and instead, he is busy talking about Ron Howard, and continuing to promote the Michael Kay Show on YES, starring Michael Kay, and oh, the New York Yankees.
Marte got his one out for this week. We’ll see him next week against the Blue Jays.
Trisha,
Joba has a 5.82 ERA and a handful of blown saves. He is having a bad season, plain and simple.
Gaudin is a ROOGY.
Yes it is frustrating to see Gardner not be as aggressive lately but that’s more about the Yankees than it is Gardner.
I can’t say that Girardi puts up a stop sign on running but their team mentality is to wait for the big inning, i.e. homerun.
The grand slam yesterday just further cemented that in their minds.
They don’t try to play small ball.
Gardner just goes along with that just to not upset the apple cart, so to speak.
Look on the other side, Trevor Crowe stole second base last inning when Cleveland was down by 5 runs.
Gardner won’t steal because the Yankees are down by 2.
Joba used 24 pitches, allowed 7 runs 4 charged to him, to get 1 out!
Of course this all or nothing loser Branyan hits a homerun.
Jeezus Christmas.
Every good team has a bad game, a bad stretch, blows leads etc.
It isnt incredibly encouraging that the Yanks BP isnt pitching well right now, but if I know the Yankee organization they will do what they can to fix the weakness in this area.
Is there anyone in the pen who isin’t a bum outside of MO?
Hard to win when you are relying on 6 bums to get you through the late innings.
Chamberlain rebounds for Yanks: Yankees RP Joba Chamberlain has recorded a hold in each of his last two games, bouncing back from a pair of rough appearances. He’s allowed no runs on one hit in three innings over his last two outings after giving up six earned runs on six hits in 1 2/3 frames over his previous two.
(Updated 05/26/2010).
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Inconsistent reliever equals bad reliever I’m sorry but 3 bad outings, then 2 good ones, then 3 good ones, then 5 bad ones. Joba has been horrible this year, the bullpen outside of MO has been disgusting. With a good to descent bullpen the Yankees easily have 5 more wins.
Nice HBP. Awesome!
“Joba used 24 pitches”
Dennis Hopper tribute?
Ok NOW the game is over.
Enjoy the rest of your Memorial Day Weekend. No need to expend energy watching this loser team with losers like Joba on it.
It would be great to send Joba down but honestly who is going to be called up to replace him. It would be all fine and dandy if the rest of the pen was pitching great to send him to Scranton to ride buses for a little while. But there is nobody to call up. Melancon? I don’t feel any better about him than Joba. The pen is a mess right now plain and simple. Hopefully it will right itself over time like last year. Getting rid of Joba right now I just don’t think is an option unfortunately. I personally think he needs a strict talking to from Harlan and Mo. If that doesn’t do it, then I dont know what will.
Instead of “that frequently happens” from Mike Kay,
the one without diction says “that freakently happens”
Speak Clearly you ****
Chad comes in giving up a home run too.
They have no bullpen. If they can’t fins six bullpen arms, they are playing for next year.
Mo and six garbage men is not enough to be a playoff team.
This is Cashman’s solution for the bullpen? Chad Gaudin?
Times like this are when he proves how awful of a GM he is and where he would be with the Twins payroll.
Joba is just bad karma. Sends a bad vibe to the team when he is on the mound. Need to get rid of him and bring in someone who WANTS the ball and doesn’t give up 4 runs to blow games 3 times in 10 days.
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I get being aggravated at him (I am a bit), but this just flies in the face of the fact that they managed to win a World Series last year, with him being a part of the team.
Joba sucks he is not a good pitcher except it and move on and try to improve this team. Joba can’t get out good hitters and is 50-50 on bad hitters.
# Forest Hills May 29th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
This is Cashman’s solution for the bullpen? Chad Gaudin?
Times like this are when he proves how awful of a GM he is and where he would be with the Twins payroll.
I bet we would have a better farm system.
2008 all over again. There is no Hughes in the minors to save us this year.
This team is just not as good as we thought. We’re just going in circles now that the starters have come down to earth.
Joba has given up runs in 6 out of 22 appearances but the problem for me is that he is so inconsistent. One day he throws heat, the next day he is awful. He probably needs some time at Scranton to work out the problems but, at the same time, the other guys aren’t getting the job done either and there isn’t anyone in the minors capable of stepping in and doing the job. I could see the Yankees looking to make a trade but the reality is that there aren’t many reliable setup pitchers out there.
Maybe Gardner was told not to steal, don’t know, but it is possible. I said it last night too, when you are down by 2, the risk (being thrown out) is not worth the reward of one base this late in the game. Especially with Jeter up (usually a DP machine), but lately been punishing the ball.
By not running Gardner, Girardi maybe playing for a multiple run inning there, not just one.
Agree that Gardner is too passive; he used to make things happen, putting the pressure on the defense – needs to get back to that.
Some people should watch how the Rays steal bases. A lot of their base stealers don’t have speed close to Gardner’s and they still steal on the 1st or 2nd pitch. If Gardner’s problem is that he can’t read the pitcher then he needs to do a better job. But they clearly have a better read/approach to running. It’s not his fault that Jeter hit into a DP but he needs to be more aggressive in that spot.
Pretty soon, it’ll be a moot point anyway. Joba’s day of reckoning, when he can’t go down without passing through waivers, is coming up soon.
Hey, we can always try MELANCON!
That worked out so well last week, let’s try it again!
Pops ups impotently on the 1st pitch. What a sick joke.
“April 18, 2009. They lost to Cleveland at home – end score 22-4.”
I remember that game. But that game was over in the 3rd inning. It was one of those losses that you just chalk up to your starting pitcher having an awful day. It’s easy to move on from that.
What happened today was completely different. There’s just no way to defend all the leads Joba has blown recently. To put it into perspective, the Yankees lost just 3 games all of last year in which they were leading after 6 innings. Joba alone is making sure the Yankees will eclipse that mark in just a 2-3 week span. There is no 2009 precedence for his current futility.
“Send Joba to Trenton, send him message….The Front Office has to be beyond frustrated with him…..Tin Cup, do you have an on line catalog for your store ????/”
pat m-
joba does need a wake up call. that would do it.
pat, we don’t do online because it’s a loss leader for the kind of business i have. it would slow us down. if you click on the list of craftspeople on the left of the blog you can get anything we have. i do that as a customer service thing because we don’t ship.
http://wellfleetcrafts.blogspot.com/
you want something, we’ll make an exception
I wish we had a Bard or Okijima who we knew what we were getting from everytime thye took the mound.
Heck, we don’t even have a Manny Delcarmen. We have a pen full of Scott Schoenweisses….
Bottom 4 of the Indians lineup has 9 rbi’s.. I don’t i’ve ever been so irritated with Joba as I am today.. He comes in to get 1 out and gives up 4 runs before that happens.. I’m done with him.. He is DiceK of NY
2008 all over again. There is no Hughes in the minors to save us this year.
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The yankees were .500 at this time last year.
When is Joe going to start taking heat from the press for his bullpen managemant? He gets a free pass. Ahter an injury he goes two pitchers to two batters. Horrible.
Will he PH Granderson in the 9th or does he still need to rest?
There is no deep analysis necessary. He can’t get out and he can’t hold leads.
That makes him useless on this roster.
Send him to AAA and then deal him at the deadline.
He’s useless.
Gardner’s fault, Gardner’s fault . . .
But good ol Tex keeps slumping along …..
Watching them go down so easy after that big inning is not fun
Not going to find a worse loss than this. At least the Red Sox loss was blowing a 4 run lead to a great team. This was blowing a 6 run lead to a last place team.
Losing 22-2 is the best kind of loss.
I agree Gardner needs to be more aggressive but from what I’ve heard he is always watching video and studying pitchers’ moves. He needs to put more pressure on the defense and pitchers by stealing more often.
“This is Cashman’s solution for the bullpen? Chad Gaudin?”
Girardi blew through the bullpen so he had to bring in a mop up guy. The same guy who was cut by Oakland.
“Times like this are when he proves how awful of a GM he is and where he would be with the Twins payroll.
I bet we would have a better farm system.”
Yes, and we would also have no championships since 1978…
This is a game that hurts. Something needs to be done about this bullpen or this team will not make the playoffs.
I wish we had a Bard or Okijima who we knew what we were getting from everytime thye took the mound.
Heck, we don’t even have a Manny Delcarmen. We have a pen full of Scott Schoenweisses
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Bard has allowed 50% of his inherited runners to score, and has 3 blown saves already. Okajima has a 5 era.
Team has quit. They want to go home after watching that fat slob Joba ruin the game.
Can’t expect them to come back after a disgraceful performance like that. No team does. They are shell-shocked.
Send joba down
And he keeps on hittin’, with machine-like efficiency! So cool and suave Kay-man!
Yankees behind 3 runs and Teixeira swings at the first pitch for an out. I think Joba knocked the wind out of the team.
This game is all on Joba. Not on Gardner or anybody else.
this team is gutless
Robbie has been on fire but too bad Tex and Arod haven’t been on base to be driven in.
Come on, Sweet Swingin’ Juan, bring us back to within 1!
I have never hated a Yankees player as much as I hate Joba.
Mel Hall, Sheffield, Pavano, etc. are all OK in my book. Joba is just a complete tool. How can anyone like him?
I think it’s the SJ imposter. not sure.
I still can’t believe the Yanks are probably going to lose this game.. From up 10-5 to down 13-10 in one inning is just hard to digest.. Even if the Yanks come back, it shows that the pen is really, really bad…
It’s unfortunate but Joba hasn’t been consistent in almost 2 years. He was bad in the rotation last year and has been inconsistent at best in the bullpen this year. The hold is an even more ridiculous stat than the save. This guy needed AAA from spring training, IMO he has an ego that is unearned. At some point “upside” and “talent” aren’t a good enough reason to send a guy out onto the field. I think it’s time he head to scranton.
I don’t necessarily think Joba needs to be demoted to the minors, but Girardi should not let him pitch with the tying runs on base for a while.
Tricia, There’s no sugar coating that will offset his performance thus far in 2010……He’s been bad more often than being effective…..He’s sporting an era of 6.00
Does Joe get a pass in the media b/c Robertson gets hurt?
This is a terrible loss.
The O going down so easy to this bullpen is also sad.
Tex has got to take some heat as well.
CASHman lets look to improve this team.
Jerkface May 29th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
2008 all over again. There is no Hughes in the minors to save us this year.
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Thanks to the great pitching of Hughes, Andy, A.J, and CC. and 2008 bullpen was better than this crap bullpen and you are right no Phil Hughes to save this mess.
# Mike Ri May 29th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
we’ve got to win this game
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And I’ve got to win the GD lottery so that I can buy a new 3D TV, and start my own horse racing team. But some things just aren’t going to happen, now are they?
Acta probably can’t believe his loser team is going to pull out this game.
Have to send this clown Joba a message, have to. Cannot just stand ideally by watching garbage performances like this. One is OK. He has had THREE. He has a 5 ERA. He is contributing to us losing ball games.
What message are we sending by keeping him up here?
and why is Miranda still on this team???
The bullpen is awful. Girardis handling and over managing of it is equally as brutal. 10-7 game in 7 u don’t bring on Joba. This is not Game 5 of the WS
Joba is the biggest pig but he’s not the only one. CC was not good either and neither was virtually anyone else out of the pen. This may be the most pathetic loss in my 40 plus years of being a Yankee fan. A 10-4 lead over a last place team with your “ace” on the mound, and you can’t hold it. Beyond disgusting. Time for Joba to go. And Texeira to be placed in the 9 hole like the automatic out he has become.
The yankees were .500 at this time last year.
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Thanks to the great pitching of Hughes, Andy, A.J, and CC. and 2008 bullpen was better than this crap bullpen and you are right no Phil Hughes to save this mess.
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I meant the yankees were .500 at this time in 2008. The 2008 team was bad and full of injuries and no starters.
This is not even close to the 2008 team
Momentum does carry over from one game to the next. We lost the next 2 games and 4 out of the next 5 after Joba’s last performance.
If he keeps Mitre in the game instead of this ridiculous over-managing we might still have the lead, A bad game for Girardi.
Bard is trust worthy. Joba isnt
Oh well. It’s just one game. It’s a shame, though, that we just threw away the game we gained on the Rays yesterday.
And this game is not over yet.
Add DH to the list of needs. Miranda is another one who sucks.
The bottom of the( non-hitting) order will close out this game next inning, pathetic!!
Momentum does carry over from one game to the next. We lost the next 2 games and 4 out of the next 5 after Joba’s last performance
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In baseball momentum is your next starting pitcher
5:04 SJ sounds like the real SJ.
Not sure about the ones that say to get rid of Joba. Those sound like fake SJ or at least the ones he’s attributed to the fake one.
Can’t get rid of him. They refused to go down the path when they had the chance. They chose to “rehabilitate” Joba in the majors. Even SJ said it was the right thing to do.
But now it’s too late. Relegate him to middle relief and have him earn his way up the bullpen depth chart.
When it starts slipping for Joba, it really gets away. Need to pull back the reins and break down everything for Joba.
Not a day for pom poms people.
Save it. They are as uesless as Joba.
Why doesn’t Boston have games like this?
Why does this only happen to us?
3 freakin times in the last 2 weeks. When is Boston going to blow a 5 run lead to a last place team at home?
In the last 8 game…25 out of the 36 runs the Yankees have given up have been with TWO outs. Very bad baseball.
Too ba girardi over managed again. Why couldn’t gaudin pitch the 7?
# Ron May 29th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Why doesn’t Boston have games like this?
Why does this only happen to us?
3 freakin times in the last 2 weeks. When is Boston going to blow a 5 run lead to a last place team at home?
Did you watch them play yesterday?
Jerkface May 29th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I wish we had a Bard or Okijima who we knew what we were getting from everytime thye took the mound.
Heck, we don’t even have a Manny Delcarmen. We have a pen full of Scott Schoenweisses
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Please Id trade everyone in the Yankees bullpen except for Mo for Bard at least he is consistent enough and is able to get good hitters out. I mean the guy has a .92 Whip. Bard and Joba shouldn’t be mention in the same sentence.
Girardi may have overmanaged by pulling mitre after one batter (with a huge lead!). But that’s not why we’re losing this game. Get real, please.
Why doesn’t Boston have games like this?
Why does this only happen to us?
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The red sox blew a 5-1 lead to the royals.
This is like a 2008 loss. They looked like they were building some momentum and about go to on a streak and they lose a game like this at home thye have no business losing.
Happened a lot in 2008, has happened several times so far this season.
The only difference between this year and 2008 is Boston’s slow start. But they are going in the right direction and we are going int he wrong one and the standings will reflect that soon enough.
Girardi may have overmanaged by pulling mitre after one batter (with a huge lead!). But that’s not why we’re losing this game. Get real, please.
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Mitre gets crushed by lefties and showed little command in his 1 AB. They pinch hit with Branyan who can pretty much only hit righties.
It was the correct move.
I don’t think that’s SJ44. He said he was going to be watching his nephew all weekend.
They just can’t have an eight inning guy who can’t put hitters away. But – who would replace him?
The entire Boston pen, including Scheowness, are better than everyone we have except MO. Don’t care about ERA. Trust them all more than anyone in our pen. Think any of them will blow 5 run leads with regularity like we do?
The only difference between this year and 2008 is Boston’s slow start
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The 2010 yankees are so far ahead of the 2008 yankees at this point that were they in the same division the 2008 yankees would be in 5th place right now.
**eighth inning guy**
So Joba/Gaudin/D-Rob are unavailable tomorrow
Why is the 3rd out so hard to getfor Joba and Gaudin?
It’s just the same tiring act. We get ahead 0-2 and our pitchers cant finish them off.
Joba had 0-2 on Lou ****** Marson and then threw slop trying to strike him out.
But then Joba threw a NASTY pitch for strike 1 to the next hitter. Instead of using that nasty pitch on 0-2, 1-2, or 2-2 to Marson.
Oh, well. Just one game. Joba will turn it around.
Well, then. Girardi didn’t overmanage. The moves are logical. If anything he undermanaged by trusting Joba for as long as he did.
Though I know Joba is amazing, still I am surprised by him performance today.
Good job!
this pen SUCKS.
There is no one via trade, aside from Soria and maybe Throton who can help us. And Cash would never trade what is needed to get either of them.
We’re on our own with this one. Have to sink or swim with what we have right now. And I’d say the chances are greater that it sinks.
Ok, I understand taking Mitre out, but why Marte? He is a former closer, making more money than anyone in the bullpen besides Mo. he should be able to get more than 1 out every once in a while, don’t you think?
It’s not Joba’s fault. Some days you just have to tip your cap to me.
As Trisha so often says, it’s just the Baseball Gods.
I still haven’t decided who will win today, maybe I’ll order extra innings – but the players have no say in the matter.
“So Joba/Gaudin/D-Rob are unavailable tomorrow”
That is a good thing. They all suck.
Let’s come back this 9th inning! Who wants Pie?
Doreen,
I would’ve said Park, but he’s having a rough go of it now.
How about Ian Kennedy?
gfd May 29th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Why is the 3rd out so hard to getfor Joba and Gaudin?
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Because right now Joba is a horrible pitcher.
” This may be the most pathetic loss in my 40 plus years of being a Yankee fan.”
dillpickler-
i can’t remember any particular game , but nothing could be as bad as the late 60′s when the yankee dynasty had fallen apart.
this game is just a bump in the road.
it’s a really good team with weakness in the bullpen and injury weakness.
expect three – four more weeks of this because there’s no easy fix.
as i’ve been saying since posada went down, if they can stay at 10 games over they’ll be doing well and in good shape for the rest of the season.
it’s not going to be easy.
Well, then. Girardi didn’t overmanage. The moves are logical. If anything he undermanaged by trusting Joba for as long as he did.
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The incorrect move was letting anyone pitch. Girardi should have taken the team off the field after what happened to Huff.
I hope Cash has room in the budget for staff psychologists
(really the worst thing that happened was robertson getting injured, that threw the whole bullpen out of whack)
Baseball Gods May 29th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
It’s not Joba’s fault. Some days you just have to tip your cap to me.
As Trisha so often says, it’s just the Baseball Gods.
I still haven’t decided who will win today, maybe I’ll order extra innings – but the players have no say in the matter.
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Joba and his almost 6 ERA has nothing to do with baseball Gods it has to do with him sucking this season.
“Baseball Tonight” is gonna have a field day with this game tonight..
No pie today, The team looks deflated thanks to fat boy Joba.
I imagine if they could, they would lock Joba on a room and throw Peter Gammons shaped Watermelons at him.
I remember that game. But that game was over in the 3rd inning. It was one of those losses that you just chalk up to your starting pitcher having an awful day. It’s easy to move on from that.
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And today it was Joba having a bad day.. so what’s the difference? The fact they were ahead? It still boils down to bad pitching at some point in the game.
A loss is a loss is a loss.
“He is a former closer, making more money than anyone in the bullpen besides Mo.”
Bling-timidation?
Wood with a 100 era will probably have an easy inning. Too bad the bottom of the order is up. Not that the middle of the order has been doing much these days.
LOL, it’s not on Joba? All right, I don’t know. Probably it’s on A-Rod, ’cause he didn’t hit 4 hrs today.
hahaha…..
Wish Damon was here. Not only for the offense, but do you really think he allows Joba to pitch like this and have it go unscathed?
This team needs a leader – a guy not afraid to call out a struggling teammate who is costing us games.
We lost more than just a good player in Damon, we lost our only player with guts to address problems, not pretend everything is OK.
Boone Logan, Chad Gaudin, Chan Ho Park, Mark Melancon.
What do these guys have in common?
Release that fat, lazy mxxther fxxker, or just trade him.
Fat Joba == Loser
Fat CC == Loser
Before the top of the 7th inning, this thread had 212 posts (I counted).
Now, it has 700.
GET RID OF JOBA!!!!! He sucked last year, and is getting worse this year. And, why in God’s name did we bring back Gaudin? He has an ERA over 8, the same he had in spring training and with the A’s. We have better in AAA Scranton.
gardner who is on the roster because of his so called speed gets on base and doesn’t steal (and get picked off in the other inning) if he’s going to stay put on first he is of no use to the yankees –
trade him, joba, 2 of the better arms in the minors and if you gotta incude one of the 8 stud catchers do it – and get david dejesus and joakim soria in here pronto – or konerko and thornton & jenks from the whitesox….
enough is enough
then again if sabathia pitches like he should you wouldn’t have seen slobba pitching this game…
oh and girardi needs to stop with the 3 pitch pitcher before he takes him out… pathetic!!!
“How about Ian Kennedy?”
Another shot taken??????
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Do you think he Diamondbacks would send Ian back????
Union,
I agree. Joba is just a very unlikeable player. Not only does he sucks, he has an undeserved sense of entitlement.
Hate him. Wouldn’t even flinch if they got rid of him. He contributes nothing to the team except fraud fist pumps that tick off the other team.
Joba is fat, lazy, and is not a competitor.
He would be more happy in front of his coach playing Pacman or whatever the kids today play rather than on the mound competing.
Have to get rid of him. He has done nothing to warrant staying here.
I wanna see Joba’s postgame interview. I notice he hasn’t used ‘tip hat’ stuff for a while, will today be the day?
this place is total trash when the yanks are losing…the stuff people say on here is much more embarassing than anything the yankees could ever do on the field
The Yanks are trying to tease us again in the 9th inning
“this game is just a bump in the road”
not really. mo giving up a grand slam, that’s a bump in the road, a fluke.
this game indicates a severe repetitive problem on this team – the worst bullpen in baseball.
Ain’t over yet.
this game indicates a severe repetitive problem on this team – the worst bullpen in baseball.
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You obviously don’t watch the:
diamondbacks
pirates
royals
blah blah blah
Kerry Dudd threw a strike on 3-1. Joke!
Ralph,
I know you like Joba, but he deserves every insult and derogatory term that he is being called today. I don’t blame anyone for being mortified after watching that…. a week after watching the Red Sox implosion.
You don’t lose a game in home when leading 5 runs with 3 innings left, period.
RalphieD (OPPC) May 29th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
this place is total trash when the yanks are losing…the stuff people say on here is much more embarassing than anything the yankees could ever do on the field
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Yes. That.
Royals do not have a worse pen than us
Give me Farnsworth, Tejada, Hughes, over the garbage we have setting up MO.
Pirates and D’Backs are close… I’d have to look into it further but I can’t imagine it is much worse than our pen.
yanks li
NO YANKEE deserves the insults and derogatory terms thrown around on this board.
NONE!
Scranton is calling your name Mr. Chamberlain.
JOBA
JOBA
JOBA
JOBA
Here comes the Faux comeback
Coming down to Alex again?
Do you walk Swish and pitch to Tex LOL.
This is where the homerun Gaudin’s gave up hurts.
The D-backs, collectively, in relief have a 7 ERA
“NO YANKEE deserves the insults and derogatory terms thrown around on this board.
NONE!”
When they pitch like Joba did, they do.
Joba is fat and he sucks. What else can we say about him? That he is thin and good?
jerkface,
great comment… comparing the yanks to the worst teams in basball, you just made my point…
we are supposed to be world champions, not cannon fodder…
“Coming down to Alex again?”
That would mean Tex didn’t end it, a positive.
come on Swish… 2 run shot right here.. Please!
This is where the homerun Gaudin’s gave up hurts
touche’
I hope Swish doesn’t swing for a homerun here
Yankees bullpen has a collective 4.12 ERA. Which is better than the pirates, royals, and dbacks
Union: I don’t know you but I hate you more than any other poster. You don’t add anything tpo this team. Your a scrub! You should be demoted to the A team. And you are probably ugly to boot. Now that I have insulted you how do you like it? Tough beans. If you are going to give out, you damm well better be ready to take.
Just leave Joba alone. I bet you were cheering for him in 2007, 2008 and in the 2009 WS.
And for the rest of Joba haters. Get over your selves!
Worst loss of the year.
the Faux comeback returns!
great comment… comparing the yanks to the worst teams in basball, you just made my point…
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Actually I refuted it??? You are the one comparing the yankees to the worst teams. When you actually compare them, the yankees are better.
D’Backs don’t have a $200 million dollar payroll and a contending team.
And doesn’t this speak volumes about the pen that we are comparing it to the pen’s of last place teams?
Worst loss of yr. Shows pen is brutal.
100 era gets the job done
Game over.
Just like I said 35 minutes ago.
“That would mean Tex didn’t end it, a positive.”
I needed a little optimism but unfortunatley I was wrong.
Ugh. Well that was a sucky day… on well another day tomorrow.
U cannot have Joba pitch the 8th til he shows consistency
Gutless performance today by the Yanks…. This one ranks right up there with worst losses..
I guess I’ll just continue to be in the minority here but that’s okay too. I don’t think Joba needs to go anywhere, I think they need to figure out what is going wrong. I don’t think the bullpen is “garbage”. I believe the Yankees are on their way to winning #28 and i just don’t get thrown by bad games, no matter how many I may see.
I also believe there may have been a different outcome if Huff didn’t get hurt.
To answer the question, who could still like Joba at this point?
I know I do. He didn’t try to kill my dog or hurt my family. My loyalty isn’t based on whether or not a player is having an off season…
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Well thank you Joba on a day the CC pitched, on a day that Yankees had a 6 run lead twice, on a day where we faced the last place Cleveland Indians you allow 7 runs to cross the plate while getting 1 out. The sooner the Yankees organization realizes that Joba has become a poor mans I mean a really poor mans Kyle Forenswerth the better this team will be in the future. I need a drink.
Before the top of the 7th inning, this thread had 212 posts (I counted).
Now, it has 700.
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And 300 of those are calling for them to get rid of Joba.
Inexcusable loss.
Hold open tryouts for 6 bullpen spots and get rid of Chamberlain.
That would be a start to fix what’s broken.
TyCobb and you do deserve the name of one of the dirtiest, meanest player ever. My comment to Union also goes for you. What kind of Yankee fans can say such dreadful things about the Yankee team and a players (s).
Enough of you losers and back stabbers. I am out of here.
No wonder the good posters are drifting away from this blog. It “sucks”.
Thanks, Tricia you are a voice of reason and compassionate also. Keep saying nice things and defending players. I’m gone.
Thanks, Tricia you are a voice of reason and compassionate also. Keep saying nice things and defending players. I’m gone.
This game just shows how little this team is like 09 team. The Pen is terrible. No Hughes. No aceves. No coke.
How come people think just because we are criticize the Yanks tha makes us “fair weather” fans??
These players get paid millions of dollars to perform and get paid even if the perform badly.
I’ve been a fan since the early 70′s and just because I may chastise the team or players at certain times doesn’t make me a “fair weather” fan…
This loss is all on Joba and frankly I could give 2 craps what people think..Joba had a 0-2 count to get the last out and imploded.. I am tired of his antics also.. Over-rated and hasn’t progressed in over 2 yrs.. Come on, really??? Phil Hughes has learned how to pitch, Joba hasn’t period!
I didn’t cheer for fatbastard in 2009 playoff. I just hate this guy, no matter he’s Yanke or not.
He sucks.
Hey, how’s everybody doing?
(beer bottle flies by missing head by 2 inches)
OK, thanks anyway!
SJ44 May 29th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Inexcusable loss.
Hold open tryouts for 6 bullpen spots and get rid of Chamberlain.
That would be a start to fix what’s broken.
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SJ? Is that you SJ? YoooWhooooo … come out come out wherever you are…
It sucks that joba wasn’t the who got drilled in the head.
i don’t get really cranky until the yankees drop to 8 over .500. they’re at nine.
they should be at 11.
as this month goes on the pressure is going to build.
it’s why a guy like posada is essential to this team.
i have no idea what’s up with joba.
he looks like he’s 45 when he’s twenty five.
if he’s taking it for granted being a big leaguer on the yankees pat and sj44 are right that a minor league gig would get his attention.
i would also play moeller more. with cervelli less is more.
he’s going to start getting exposed playing so much.
tiexeira needs to be dropped down .
swisher and gardner saw 67 pitches between them. wow.
And the hatred for Joba just keeps rolling on. If you don’t like him don’t watch the game when he is pitching.
This is the pitcher who helped the Yankees win the WS while Phil choked.
He gave up 4 of the 13 runs so it is all his fault. I just saw the last couple innings. Do you blame Jeter for hitting into that double play when Gardy was on base on a walk and NO outs. Jeter could have worked the count to a walk the way the pitcher was pitching. The rally could have been still alive. I have have always been a Jeter fan but he does hit into DPs.
Joba is not the only one who lost this game. You whiners should be sent down to A ball.
BPandM
Just think. People wanted Joba to start.
Hey joba fan don’t forget it was Joba who let Feliz tie the game in game 5. He choked too
“# 3rd place May 29th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
It sucks that joba wasn’t the who got drilled in the head.”
What the hell is wrong with you? This is only a baseball game.
3rd: that was one of the most distateful things I have ever read on this board or any other.
A pitcher was hit on the head by one of the strongest player in the league. To say that you wish Joba get hid on the head instead is just plain sick. You stink.
And tip your hat. Change your name and take out Joba out of it.
Ace: I still think that Joba should be a starter. Period.
Give Chamberlain garbage innings in blowout games until he earns the trust of being used in critical innings, if or when that happens. He’s not a pitcher, he just a thrower with no idea what location means.
Get the best available for him and let him be another team’s headache. Seen enough – - – heard enough.
Jobamania has come to a screeching halt.
Ace: you are still a whiner. If it makes you feel better than you need to get a life.
Yankees have been letting up way too many 2 out runs. 12 of the Indians runs came with 2 outs! Girardi made some bad decisions in the 7th inning. I would like to have seen him leave Marte in.
Joba Mania is still alive and well. Most of them don’t post on this board because it is so mean spirited.
Thank goodness Winn is no longer on the team because of all the terrible things that were said about him. I felt so sorry for him because he was not intended to be anything but back up. No one gave him a break but Tricia.
Now that Winn is gone Joba has now inherited the “bad Yankee” title.
Ya-ll will be eating your words later in the season.
Tyler Clippard has 11 holds for the Nationals bullpen. Chamberpot has nothing close to it.
I would send Joba down to Scranton, move Vasquez to the Pen, and let Mitre get a few starts. It can’t be any worse than it is right now.
Don’t know if anyone noted how “classy” Winn left the team. He blamed no one but himself.
( maybe they should have kept him to relieve on the mound { NOT } Glad they cut him, but he was a gentleman.
Relief has got to come from somewhere pretty soon, or a trade or 2 will surely happen before deadline.
I like that idea, TexMessage. Mitre will give you a really good start half the time. The other half sometimes we will outscore the oppostition. Joba needs to be sent down. It may be the last opportunity they have to send a message. Vazquez needs work but let him do it mopping up. Maybe if Mitre has a bad start you have someone to step in.
Too bad for Winn. Class guy. Probably a good mid-season pickup for someone else.
It took a while, but I think we’re all realizing that Joba is a fake. He pitched well for a few months in 2007, but after that its been all hit or miss.
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what about 2008