Game 67: Yankees vs. Mets
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Jun 18, 2010 
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YANKEES (41-25)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Francisco Cervelli C
Chad Huffman LF
Brett Gardner CF
RHP Javier Vazquez (6-5, 5.43)
Career vs. Mets
METS (38-28)
Jose Reyes SS
Angel Pagan CF
David Wright 3B
Ike Davis 1B
Jason Bay LF
Chris Carter DH
Rod Barajas C
Jeff Francoeur RF
Ruben Tejada 2B
LHP Hisanori Takahashi (5-2, 3.48)
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m. / MY9
UMPIRES: HP Mike Reilly, 1B Chad Fairchild, 2B Eric Cooper, 3B Bill Miller
WEATHER: I can’t see a cloud in the sky and I can’t imagine a nicer night for baseball. Very light breeze blowing out to center field.
BY THE NUMBERS: The Yankees are 43-32 all-time against the Mets. They are 22-14 at home, 21-18 on the road and 2-1 at the current Yankee Stadium.
METS ROLLING: Last time these two teams met, the Mets had lost seven of their past nine games. This time, the Mets have won seven straight, their second-longest winning streak of the season… The Mets also have nine rookies on their roster, the most in the majors… Mets starting pitchers are 17-3 with a 2.62 ERA in their past 28 games.
READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP: The Yankees haven’t announced which show will be taping, but on Sunday an “Emmy Award-winning primetime hit television show” will be filming a scene before Sunday’s game. The whole thing will start around 12:30 p.m. and fans are encouraged to be in their seats no later than 12:15 to be in the show.
UPDATE, 7:18 p.m.: Might as well start the game with some controversy. David Wright made a great slide to score on a two-out single by Ike Davis. Francisco Cervelli thought he had the out, but the home plate umpire disagreed. To be honest, I think I agree with the ump.
UPDATE, 8:15 p.m.: Got pretty busy with newspaper stuff for a while there, but if you aren’t following on television or radio, you really haven’t missed much. It’s still a 1-0 Mets lead and Javy Vazquez has retired 10 of the past 11 batters he’s faced.
UPDATE, 8:27 p.m.: That’s nine in a row retired by Vazquez, but the Yankees still haven’t scored to get themselves in this game.
UPDATE, 8:50 p.m.: I wasn’t covering the last time Cervelli did the from-the-knees throw to second base, but it’s a lot of fun to see in person. It goes without saying that he was pumped afterward.
UPDATE, 9:18 p.m.: That play by Wright has the potential be the biggest play in the game.
UPDATE, 9:32 p.m.: Francisco Cervelli took a big risk stretching that hit to a double, but it could pay off big. Here’s Granderson to pinch hit for Huffman.
UPDATE, 9:57 p.m.: A three-run lead looms as a huge deficit in this game. Chan Ho Park walked the No. 9 hitter — that never ends well — then allowed back-to-back doubles to put the Mets in front 3-0.
UPDATE, 10:09 p.m.: Another good job by Boone Logan, but the damage has been done and the Mets are ahead by three.
UPDATE, 10:14 p.m.: Obviously it worked out, but down three runs with Rodriguez and Cano coming to the plate, I’m not sure I’d have Swisher trying to take second base on the fly out. Says a lot about what the Yankees think of Jason Bay’s arm, though.
Lets go Yankees !!!
Vazquez auditioning for the Mets and we will get their pick
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Go Javy!
Vazquez would actually have to be offered arbitration and then declined by said player before the Yanks would get another team’s 1st round pick.
The odds of that happening are about as good as me being Mo Rivera’s heir apparent.
Enjoy the game folks.
Do you think the Yanks will offer Javy arbitration?
And then his value is too high to accept it.
I hope it works out that way. It’s been a while huh?
Javy just needs to keep pitching like himself and unlike the early season version of himself and he’ll be entering a market where he’s the only other guy out there other than Lee. Pitchers are making crazy money now because of shortages. Oliver Perez got 3 years. OLIVER PEREZ.
# Bronx Jeers June 18th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Do you think the Yanks will offer Javy arbitration?
And then his value is too high to accept it.
I hope it works out that way. It’s been a while huh?
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I doubt it very seriously.
If Pettitte does return next season, and they want to add Cliff Lee to the rotation, they would have no room for Vazquez.
One big reason why they wouldn’t offer it to him is the fear that he might actually accept it.
Kind of like Pettitte a couple years back when his contract was in the $16M range. Same issue regarding Abreu.
javy will get a 3 to 4 year deal on the open market, the only free agent better than him will be lee.
he’s not going to accept arb.
we’ll get two picks
Yeah but was from Minaya. It doesn’t really count.
looking sharp
Don’t bet on it, kd.
I think Javy’s case is different.
If he keeps pitching well, he will get more money on the open market than he will by taking arbitration.
I think they will offer, he will turn it down, and they will get the picks.
Provided he pitches well the rest of the way of course.
Let’s go Yankee bats!
1-0? Already? I just sat down.
You can kiss that arb. offer goodbye!
I think the Yankees should offer Vazquez arbitration if he has a good year. How many pitchers actually accept arbitration?
It’s not like he’s making $16 million, which is what Pettitte and Abreu made heading into their free agent years. His current salary is $10 million, which he could easily get in multiple years on the FA market.
Mets came to play, watch Jeter one maybe 2 pitches against the lefty and out! If he’s not hitting in the first, be prepared for a long game.
SJ44,
And what are your odds that Giuseppe Franco will be Mo Rivera’s heir apparent?
I just want to make sure I don’t lose $$ on this deal.
I hope the offense shows up tonight
Rays and Red Sox already up 2-0
Leadoff guy fails to get on again!
For anybody out there interested in following the Twin – Phillie game on a Twin blog here is a link.
http://www.twinkietown.com/
Why is Philly Phitins excited about the Mets taking a 1-0 lead? Does he realize the Phitins will be stuck in third place if the Mets continue to win?
Another team comes in your yard, gets a run, YANKEES DON’T ANSWER!
PHI-3 MIN -0
RS
Because there’s plenty of baseball to make it up. Mets love smack those balls Javy throws.
I smell another beat down a comin Yankees.
red sox 21-8 since joba meltdown back in may thanks chamberlain
JUNE STATS:
Jeter: .206 RBI 8
Swish .217 RBI 14
TEIX .228 RBI 4
AROD .273 RBI 3
CANO .400 RBI 9
POSADA .214 RBI 10
CISCO .189 RBI 6
GARDNR .387 RBI 6
GRANDY .226 RBI 11
I have not seen this teams offense this bad collectively in a long time. I blame Tex.. your slumping #3 hitter for the entire season never gets going and it becomes contagious. WHY he has not been moved down the lineup I have no idea. But whatever, you can argue that you should or shouldn’t move him, it’s besides the point now.
just horrible, it’s amazing we are tied for first, but that is not going to last much longer if this keeps up.
Shut it Philly Phitins…
Series
appearances? Team? League? Wins? Losses? Win %? Last win?
40 New York Yankees AL 27 13 .675 2009
18 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 6 12 .333 1988
17 St. Louis Cardinals NL 10 7 .588 2006
17 San Francisco Giants NL 5 12 .294 1954
14 Oakland Athletics AL 9 5 .642 1989
11 Boston Red Sox AL 7 4 .636 2007
10 Chicago Cubs NL 2 8 .200 1908
10 Detroit Tigers AL 4 6 .400 1984
9 Atlanta Braves NL 3 6 .333 1995
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 5 4 .556 1990
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 5 2 .714 1979
7 Baltimore Orioles AL 3 4 .428 1983
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 2 5 .286 2008
6 Minnesota Twins AL 3 3 .500 1991
5 Chicago White Sox AL 3 2 .600 2005
5 Cleveland Indians AL 2 3 .400 1948
4 New York Mets NL 2 2 .500 1986
2 Florida Marlins NL 2 0 1.000 2003
2 Toronto Blue Jays AL 2 0 1.000 1993
2 Kansas City Royals AL 1 1 .500 1985
2 San Diego Padres NL 0 2 .000 0 ?—
1 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 1 0 1.000 2001
1 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 1 0 1.000 2002
1 Colorado Rockies NL 0 1 .000 0 ?—
1 Houston Astros NL 0 1 .000 0 ?—
1 Milwaukee Brewers AL/NL[L2] 0 1 .000 0 ?—
1 Tampa Bay Rays AL 0 1 .000 0 ?—
0 Seattle Mariners AL 0 0 -1 ?— 0 ?—
0 Texas Rangers AL 0 0 -1 ?— 0 ?—
0 Washington Nationals NL 0 0 -1 ?— 0 ?—
Wouldn’t you think if you’re not hitting, you shoudl try to play a little small ball. Maybe bunt for a hit, steal some bases, hit and run. At least put some pressure on the defense. I’m beginning to think the Yanks won last year almost in spite of Girardi.
Braves and Mets are the two best teams in the NL East. The Phillies score fewer runs than the KC Royals. That’s beyond embarassing.
im so over this horrid bottom of the lineup…these are the Yankees for god’s sake…
Phitins-
Why are you still here? A Friday night and you’re on another teams message board. I bet you and Jill will get some nice quality time later?
# P- (BIG POSADA FAN) June 18th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
I blame Tex.. your slumping #3 hitter for the entire season never gets going and it becomes contagious. WHY he has not been moved down the lineup I have no idea. But whatever, you can argue that you should or shouldn’t move him, it’s besides the point now.
just horrible, it’s amazing we are tied for first, but that is not going to last much longer if this keeps up.
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Another genius post. Welcome to game thread. I didn’t realize hitting was a germ to be caught or not caught… Why don’t you look at May where every starter hit over .280? It’s BASEBALL. There’s ups and downs in the season. But I guess since Tex was hitting in May, that’s why they were all hitting…
If you’re going to be so positive about the season, why bother watching?
Who on this team is going to play small ball besides Gardner?
Who can’t play smallball with a non-smallball lineup.
Tex, Arod, Swisher, Cano, and Posada aren’t bunters.
Teams slump. It happens to everybody.
Just gotta ride it out.
Phil-
Not trying to troll and I consider myself a pretty positive poster usually, but I’d love to see some small ball from the Yanks. If Jeter isn’t hitting I’d love to see him try to lay down a bunt and beat it out. I’d like to see some hit and runs and put some pressure on. I feel like Girardi just sits back and waits for the 3 run homer sometimes and it’s not coming right now. The reason I wanted Girardi to manage the Yanks is because I thought he was more aggressive than Torre but I think I was wrong…
Mike Stanton his a Grand Slam for his first major league home run.
Good thing the Marlins showed up. They were down 2-0 and scored 5 runs in the bottom half of the first.
hits***
5-2 Marlins.
MIN-0 PHI-8 ain’t that sweet, Yankees beat down empowered my team!
LAD-1 BOS-3
TB-2 FLA-5
4 pitches and Arod out
3 pitches and Cano out
4 pitches and Jorge is on
1 pitch Cerevelli
Still no answer to the run
SJ-
I know there aren’t many burners like Gardner on this team but In my opinion Jeter, Grandy, Pena when he’s in can all run enough to get something going. Those are the guys especially Jeter and Grandy who need to get on for the meat of the order. It’s just not happening right now.
Cy Takahashi in rare form tonight
Philly Phitins -
Don’t you have somewhere else to be? Really, now.
You were a lovely visitor, but after three days, you know what they say? Fish and visitors….
best velocity Javy has had this year….stuff looks really crisp.
Javy has been looking so much better. Night and day from the beginning of the year.
Velocity has kicked up for Javy tonight.
He’s been at 91-92 all night.
He’s throwing well. Time for the O to get going.
Phitins leading 8-0 and it’s only the 2nd inning, does that sound familiar NY?
**Teams slump. It happens to everybody.**
What do you make of Tex’s season long slump?
Bunting isn’t the answer.
They lead the league in runs scored.
Like every team, they have hit a rough patch the past few days.
You hit, not bunt, your way out of it.
# Tyler June 18th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Phil-
Not trying to troll and I consider myself a pretty positive poster usually, but I’d love to see some small ball from the Yanks. If Jeter isn’t hitting I’d love to see him try to lay down a bunt and beat it out. I’d like to see some hit and runs and put some pressure on. I feel like Girardi just sits back and waits for the 3 run homer sometimes and it’s not coming right now. The reason I wanted Girardi to manage the Yanks is because I thought he was more aggressive than Torre but I think I was wrong…
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Wouldn’t accuse you of trolling, sir (or madam!). I don’t think you can really do it, though, without players that are accustomed to doing it. Jeter has done it before, sure. But those occasions were of his own choosing. I don’t think JoeG is going to call for Jeter to bunt for a basehit and honestly, I don’t think it’s something you can really call. Jeter, Gardner and maybe Granderson can if the situation and positioning call for it. But the others? Can’t be done. They don’t bunt for base hits.
I don’t think JoeG sits and waits for the HR. There just isn’t that much he can really do. You can add more to a hitter’s head when they are slumping. It’ll only make things worse.
Vazquez velocity up to 92 if radar gun accurate, with much better location the last two innings.
Who do you guys think gets Cy Young for AL and NL? Hughes has to get some consideration.
Robbie Cano had the same problem two years ago. It happens.
You deal with it because he’s not coming out of the lineup.
They have enough AAA players playing everyday. They aren’t adding another.
Every hitter at the plate trying to do way too much.
When you are down 1 run and in a 3-1 count as a guy at the bottom of the order, you have to be taking. Huffman not only swung at ball 4 there, but he didn’t even hit it that hard.
3-3 in Boston with Roger Clemens in attendance.
horrible AB’s tonight…Just brutal
Wouldn’t accuse you of trolling, sir (or madam!). I don’t think you can really do it, though, without players that are accustomed to doing it. Jeter has done it before, sure. But those occasions were of his own choosing. I don’t think JoeG is going to call for Jeter to bunt for a basehit and honestly, I don’t think it’s something you can really call. Jeter, Gardner and maybe Granderson can if the situation and positioning call for it. But the others? Can’t be done. They don’t bunt for base hits.
I don’t think JoeG sits and waits for the HR. There just isn’t that much he can really do. You can add more to a hitter’s head when they are slumping. It’ll only make things worse.
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Yeah I guess I see the point lol. The Yanks always go into these types of slumps but I just cannot remember them looking this dead before. I know last year when they lost 2 of 3 to the Nats they looked terrible but you still got that feeling that they would snap out of it. I guess since they really havent’ gotten it going on full throttle yet all season kind of worries me. At least the pitching has been pretty solid besides the occasional AJ last and Javy’s first 3 starts.
They’re not putting pressure on pitchers because they aren’t getting anybody on base and making these guys throw out of the stretch. They are not getting on base because they continue to bail pitchers out in hitter’s counts by swinging at bad pitches. The cycle goes round and round when you are having bad at bats and it compounds itself.
SJ44 June 18th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Bunting isn’t the answer.
They lead the league in runs scored.
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No. They don’t. Check your stats. Boston passed them last night. It used to not even be close. Yeah, Boston has been streaking, but it’s more the ineptitude of the Yankee offense, IMO, that allowed the hated rivals to pass them in runs scored.
**They have enough AAA players playing everyday. They aren’t adding another.**
What about moving him down in the lineup? Or does that do more harm than good?
Man Jeter was hustling
Thats why he’s great….don’t see many superstars give that effort on every single play.
I dont get Girardi sometimes. He goes on every radio station and praises Granderson with how he is hitting lefties this year. Then during a big Subway series like this he sits him for..wait for it…Chad Huffman…Very Odd
another brutal at bat
Another problem is that they are all turning into singles hitters. Not seeing many doubles or HRs.
He shut us out for 9 innings
Here we go again with the “BUT THEY LEAD THE LEAGUE IN RUNS SCORED!!!”
Well that certainly didn’t stop 2 total scrubs from shutting them down the last 2 nights, and Takahashi, who got smoked his last start, from doing such so far tonight.
They have looked downright PATHETIC the last 3 days. What you did 2 weeks ago has no bearing on what you do now, you still have to have quality at bats if you want to score runs, and they aren’t.
They have the talent to score runs, but aren’t, so there’s still a problem. You can’t just all of a sudden go out there and say “we’ll score 10 runs now” and score 10. Until the approach improves, they will continue to flounder no matter who is on the mound.
lYankees are going to chase 1 run all game. Still no answer after 3 innings.
# PL June 18th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I dont get Girardi sometimes. He goes on every radio station and praises Granderson with how he is hitting lefties this year. Then during a big Subway series like this he sits him for..wait for it…Chad Huffman…Very Odd
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Everyone needs a day off once in a while. Relax.
Yankees still near the top of the League in HRs. But they are WAY down in doubles this season. That, IMO, is more of a problem than not hitting home runs.
The curious thing is, they lead the AL in triples. How do you have so many triples, but so few doubles?
The Other Phil (Don’t Feed the Trolls)
Thanks for being so brilliant. You contribute so much that if you left this blog, it would cease to exist.
BTW genius..
You need to learn to be a little more objective and not take everything literally. My post was obviously expressing frustration and saying that “It’s all Tex’s fault” was very simply to express just how frustrated I am. I can’t change your comprehension level, or ability to think outside the box.. but please demonstrate for us some “thinking inside the box” before you attempt to go outside it.
Sheesh man, lighten up.. what are you the blog police?
Let’s just all live in fantasy land and only post happy thoughts.
The last 2 innings have been a prime example of why they are struggling.
They finally get a few lucky baserunners, and what happens?
Cervelli swings at ball 1 and with his non power flies out weakly to left. Swisher swings at ball 1, then checks his swing on ball 2 and grounds out to 2nd. The at bats are so bad that they get almost nobody on base, and then when guys are on base they expand the zone even more and take the pressure off of the pitcher.
Why is there a Philly troll on this board when Philadelphia is playing Minnesota? Shouldn’t he be trolling on a Twins board?
so much for the offense showing up…
Everyone needs a day off once in a while. Relax.
Relax lol open your eyes theres a lefty on the mound
Hows Granderson gunna work on hitting lefties when hes always sitting?
This is a long season. I think that Girardi wants to give guys a rest so that they are fit for the long haul. Sitting Grandy tonight is not a big deal. He’s not hitting that well anyway.
# TMZ June 18th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
This is a long season. I think that Girardi wants to give guys a rest so that they are fit for the long haul. Sitting Grandy tonight is not a big deal. He’s not hitting that well anyway.
last time i checked no one really is but he consistently sits against lefties. Come postseason are we gunna sit him against a tough lefty in favor for Huffman??
TMZ
“**Teams slump. It happens to everybody.**
What do you make of Tex’s season long slump?”
You mean that same slump that started in the post-season last year and has continued this entire year?
He doesn’t even look remotely comfortable at the plate. His body language tells all, he has that look in his eye like he is about to cry each and every time. Sure, he’s a professional and you just continue to go out there and try and do your job, but maybe the guy needs to do a Paul O’neill and throw the bat a few times, vent some of that anger instead of keeping it in.. there’s no doubt that it’s really getting to him at this point.
Grandy is just getting a normal day off. Everyone needs a day off once in a while.
**last time i checked no one really is but he consistently sits against lefties. Come postseason are we gunna sit him against a tough lefty in favor for Huffman??**
No. Grandy plays in the postseason. You can’t compare regular season tactics to postseason. They are like night and day.
Matt,
if you can’t take the ups and downs of a baseball season, find another hobby.
You cried about the offense all last year and they lead the league in offense.
They are at or near the top again this year despite spending the last six weeks with a partial lineup and Tex slumping all year.
Stop crying. You are embarrassing yourself.
Trust me Matt, this team will hit again.
If they don’t, tell me, “I told you so” in September and not in June.
PL,
“Hows Granderson gunna work on hitting lefties when hes always sitting?”
I know right.. let’s just trade away our young talent for a guy that can only play when there is a righty pitching. Wow, isn’t that getting half a player?
**You mean that same slump that started in the post-season last year and has continued this entire year?**
I forgot about his postseason struggles. His problems are really mind boggling. Something is not right and I’m not sure what it is. I wonder if he’s hiding an injury.
No. Grandy plays in the postseason. You can’t compare regular season tactics to postseason. They are like night and day.
I understand there is no comparison but its hard for a new guy like Granderson to get into a rhythum by sitting once or twice a week. Also he was out a month with the groin; he needs to get into a rhythum to be succesful.
When is the last time the Yanks beat a team that’s .500 or better?
Answer that question before you say anything else.
When is the last time the Yanks beat a team that’s .500 or better in a series?
SJ44, stumped?
Yeah. Just what I thought.
SJ,
Where did I say they won’t hit? Keep putting words in my mouth.
Right now, they have been terrible. Scoring a combined 3 runs off of Moyer and Kendrick is terrible, you cannot deny that. That doesn’t mean they will be in 2 months, but right now, they are not hitting like a team that “LEADS THE LEAGUE IN RUNS SCORED OMG!!!”
Right now, this team is not that deadly at the plate and opposing pitchers are going right at our hitters with little fear of getting hit. You have to earn respect at the plate, and they could very easily score 20 runs right now, but until they do, they have to prove they are going to hit before they will be attacked like a scary lineup.
They’re gonna start hitting sometime…it might as well be now….
Let’s go Yankees clap clap clap clap clap
POP UP POP UP POP UP POP UP
Also, our 30mil+ per year player needs to go on the 15 day DL if he can’t run the bases. What is he thinking? Oh, I’ll just keep playing until I can get the entire year off on the DL?
Red Sucks in first place before the weekend’s over.
Takahashi on a roll… what a joke
Sunday the 6th in Toronto?
Two out rally!!!
Damn, I sure wish we didn’t have to face Cy Young’s every night.
arod and tex weak. they are pathetic. first pitch popup and 2 and 0, normal line drive
Let’s go Cano!!
NEVERMIND…Minesota they beat in a series
Tex is having an off year and A-Rod has no power this year, Cano’s season is keeping the offense afloat – this offense could put this team in serious trouble.
5 pitches, 3 outs. Yay?
Javy finally gets his act together and he can’t get any run support. He probably feels like he’s cursed.
You can’t keep sitting around and waiting for the slump breaking performance, you have to make it happen by having better at bats and hitting the ball hard. They have not had good at bats or hit the ball hard the last few games.
Right now, they are not a league leading caliber offense out there. Eventually you have to have some results out there, and while it isn’t going to last for weeks on end most likely, you want to break out of this before you give away too many very winnable games like they’ve been doing the last few nights.
Yankees playing another fantastic game. Earn your paychecks Jeter, Texeira and Rodriguez.
big sigh
another weak at bat.
the yankees can’t compete
unbelievable. Cano pops out again on a 2-0 pitch. for as great a hitter as he is, he’s still giving away at bats
3rd day in a row that the Yankees are facing a softer throwing pitcher, and they have yet to adjust. They are out in front of everything and are getting way too many pop ups.
These guys aren’t very watchable right now. They’re at home where they feel the most comfortable and they are just brutal to watch.
come on. this weekend is not looking so good
trisha,
“Cervelli will be the regular starting catcher before all is said and done this year.”
Yeah, you might be right. But If Cisco can’t show some discipline at the plate and produce somewhat respectable numbers, he is guaranteed to be here next year.
I know, Jorge is aging quite quickly.. I feel bad for him because he is seriously all baseball in his heart (on the field). He loves the game, just as much as I do and have ever since I was playing T-Ball and got my first base hit.
I am totally okay with Jorge being our full-time DH for the remainder of his contract, he just needs to get used to that roll.
Every freaking hitter in the lineup is trying to go deep off of Takahashi and taking huge swings. That is EXACTLY what a pitcher like Takahashi wants you to do, because then he will just keep throwing changeups that he can disguise as a fastball and by pulling off of it, you will hit it off the end of the bat.
Again, if you have a bad approach and bad at bats, you aren’t going to score runs. It’s not “bad luck,” it’s bad job. When you try to hit home runs, usually you don’t because you try to do too much.
When is the last time the Yanks beat a team that’s .500 or better?
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Tuesday when they slapped around Halladay and Phillies.
3 up 3 down
Let’s go Yanks!!
Don’t you just love 1 pitch Mark, 3 pitch Arod, and 3 pit Cano? 7 pitches for the mighty Bombers
to go down in shame. 4 innings and still no answer to the 1st inning run.
If Cervelli is the everyday catcher at any point during my life on this earth I will cease being a Yankee fan.
But notice that the offensive struggles only started once teams started scoring first in these games. As people were pointing out last night, this team has not looked confident trailing in games at the plate. They are not fighting back as much when they trail and are giving away at bats. They had no problem when they led in games, but when they trail is when the at bats start to tail off.
It’s only a 1-0 game at home, I don’t know why these guys are pressing. While you say that one guy getting a big hit may turn it around, nobody is going to get one if they all go up there with such a terrible approach.
let’s go boys!!!
The offense also puts a ton of pressure on the pitching because they can’t afford to make any mistakes. Two or more runs could be Javy’s downfall.
They beat the Phillies and Halladay Tuesday night.
Did you forget about that already?
Joe West must be loving this game. It’s destined to be a 2 hour affair.
Matt
Your talents are being wasted here. You should give Cashman a call because it does seem you have all the answers.
lets go Yankees
clap clap clap clap clap
hughes is gonna have to be perfect tomorrow
We’re lucky that Tampa Bay is struggling as well.
The New York Mets will sweep!
You can stencil that on your foreheads now!
Good evening all.
Terrible at bats by everyone in the lineup so far.
Robbie has seen 6 balls, swung at two 2-0 counts, the Mets know he is the only guy in the lineup you can’t pitch to, and they haven’t yet.
Tex is still lost, uppercut on every pitch, he still is not staying back on the ball, his swing is so messed up and we are half way through June, not good.
Jeter is off balance again, this lineup is going to struggle this series unless Kevin Long works some magic.
They need a hitters meeting and remember they used to like to work pitchers and swing at strikes.
Javy other than the two out blip in the first is pitching well again.
Jesus is 2-2 for Scranton with his second triple in two nights, not sure where this one went, last night went off the top of the wall.
Noesi dealing again shutout through 5.
Kontos back on the mound again, getting roughed up in Tampa, but good to see him back.
S.I begins thier season tonight, some good kids to watch there.
Lets hope the offense can wake up and at least start having some better at bats.
Lets go Yankees.
I understand that Girardi doesn’t think its necessary to move Tex out of the 3 spot but at this point it’s not gonna hurt…sometimes change is good….
BTW, last August, the team was 24-29 against teams .500 or better before going on a roll.
That team turned all right. So will this team.
Guess that out
Posada whiffs
Cervelli and Huffman ground out
Let’s go Yankees!!!
One more run for the Mets and the game is official over. We can’t come behind when the lead is 2 or greater. Heck, we can’t even come back when down by one.
Let’s go Yankees!!
one hit at at a time…..
In 1961 Ralph Houk moves the struggling Maris to third and moves Mantle to fourth…What followed was the best summer of baseball ever….
2010 Girardi flip flops Arod and Tex who knows???
The Philly Phitins June 18th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Don’t you just love 1 pitch Mark, 3 pitch Arod, and 3 pit Cano? 7 pitches for the mighty Bombers
to go down in shame. 4 innings and still no answer to the 1st inning run
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you still hanging around here? what – you hoping by some off chance the Phils can eek into the playoffs and get throttled by the Yanks in the WS again?
make him pitch strikes….
I am going to attempt to make a mature and intelligent post.
This is my opinion, you don’t have to agree.. but please be mature if you are going to reply to it.
Ever since we got knocked down by Kenny Rogers in the post-season, this team has yet to learn how to adapt and change their approach when they go 3 innings without producing. It seems there answer to that is to jump on the first pitch and hope it’s a fastball over the plate. Sure, we’ve beaten some pitchers that way, but if that isn’t working you can’t just stay with the same approach the entire game to no avail.. except sometimes a big HR comes and puts them on the board. Well, we can’t always play for that big HR, especially this year with two of our HR hitters gone..
I just don’t get how they don’t work the count, it’s like they are so afraid of taking that 3rd strike looking. When your bats are this cold, you have to adjust and force the pitcher to throw strikes, and run up his pitch count. Even if it means striking out looking. I NEVER see them do that.
Youk (who I can’t stand) and Pedroia do that very well. In fact, a lot of teams do that much better than us.
Let’s get a baserunner!
come on posada
that was a ball also
wow
SJ44, look at the Phillies!
You know what they say.
“Nothing cures a slumping offense better than Yankee pitching.”
one baserunner at a time
Okay, we got a baserunner, now how about a hit.
Where is Alex’s hr power?
lets’ go big C
maybe Girardi needs to get thrown out in order to ignite this team!
let’s go Cisco the kid!!!!
I rest my case with Cervelli…horrid
shoot
RMS June 18th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Where is Alex’s hr power?
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it’s coming
Hirgaintgdoto Tasgsksgsabusihmatsubi is just killing the Yanks. Who would have guessed….. Oh wait.
Yankees this year are 12-11 against LHP BTW
It’s been very noticeable if you watch their at bats even against mediocre ones a lot of the time.
come on Huffman
Let’s go Yankees!
clap clap clap clap clap!!!
repeat!!!!
yea he is def better than Grandy
Maybe when a pitcher always throws offspeed in hitter’s counts, hitters should stop looking for fastballs? Where is the adjustment?
When pitchers beat you, you tip your cap. When hitter’s refuse to adjust to the same exact pitch sequences at bat after at bat, that’s your own fault.
back to back strikeouts.
hahaha
this offense is offensive
it’s frustrating cause you know the Yanks should’e had 10 runs a night these last 3 days
This really is disgusting. Cashman has to go out and get a bat. Dont wait until we are 5 out clueless cashman!
should’ve
Soo… can we give Huffman the “Shiniest Helmet” award now. He’s played some, it should not be that clean if unless it’s being shined on purpose.
Rob B (Never a Gardner doubter) June 18th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
3rd day in a row that the Yankees are facing a softer throwing pitcher, and they have yet to adjust. They are out in front of everything and are getting way too many pop ups.
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Oh but Kevin Long is such a great hitting coach – one of the best. He’s good only when they face the indians, astros and orioles. A Tee ball team can hit against those scrubby losers. If cashman had any balls he start threatening both players and coaches with firings and trades – and maybe he can fire himself for signing losers like nick johnson. Gonna love when he gives jeter 4 years at 20 million furthering not being able to sign anyone else because hal now all of a sudden has a budget and squeezes winners like matsui and damon off the team.
11 scoreless innings against a loser
11 shutout innings
even if Gardner could have got on, Captain Groundout was looming on deck.
When these guys get into hitters’ counts they make weak outs on hittable pitches. A “slump” would be maybe scoring 3 or 4 runs off of these mediocre pitchers, this is much more pathetic than that.
I predict a complete game shutout by Hirgaintgdoto Tasgsksgsabusihmatsubi.
How do you guess?
3 and 1 weak groundball pathetic
let’s just hope they’re waiting for the 7th or 8th inning to score
How many innings before the Bronx Bombers wake the hell up? You better hope Boston and TB lose too.
Reyes is coming up to the plate, who is now leading the league in every offensive catagory, including nosehair. – Harry Doyle
“When these guys get into hitters’ counts they make weak outs on hittable pitches. A “slump” would be maybe scoring 3 or 4 runs off of these mediocre pitchers, this is much more pathetic than that.”
so whats your solution.
it can only get better
Bad at bats. No one looking like they have a clue up there. Just bad. And the End of the lineup are turning into automatic outs. Huffman and Cervelli or Pena or whomever is getting thrown out there.
The lack of a #2 hitter is killing us.
It shortens our lineup and the 7 and 8 hitters are weak.
Nick Johnson in the 2 hole lets Swish and Grandy bat 7th & 8th.
They are not good #2′s.
Damon was.
Great play.
Another lifeless performance from an offense that has quit since beating Doc
good defense leads to good offense?????
Is anyone else nearly indifferent about what’s going on tonight with the Yanks? I mean, one day after Phil Jackson solidified himself as the greatest coach of all time and La Lakers pulled themselves within 1 of most championships !! What a beautiful day !! The mentally draining 2 months was all worth it !
Javy covered! Progress.
can’t believe a missed tag in the first is going to end up costing this game (unless Joba comes in to blow it somehow).
one of these days I’d like to see a Yankee outfielder throw someone out at home. Gardner’s arm is garbage, Granderson has a weak arm, and Swisher is average at best.
Cashman has to go put and get a solid #2 hitter to DH. Like DeJesus.
lets go Yankees
Damon, Matsui and Melky of 09 were better than Granderson and Gardner of 10.
There is the difference.
Look at how Vazquez is pitching. Every time he gets to 0-2 he nibbles off the corners because he knows any mistake is the game with the way they are scoring runs. Working such deep counts is running up his pitch count, so instead of throwing 8 he may only be able to go 7. Now the erratic arms like Joba and such will have to come in and it may not be as easy to come back later on.
When you don’t score, it affects every aspect of your game. When you pitch poorly you can overcome that with a good offensive performance. When your offense goes to sleep, you can’t win even if you get good pitching.
wait thats what a quality AB looks like
Average at best? Not a game goes by where I don’t here “A strong throw from Swisher keeps that as a single…” or something to that extent. Also, Swish’s throw was spot on, Cervelli shouldn’t of moved off the base.
PHI- 9 MIN-0 THAT’S HOW REAL BALL PLAYERS PLAY. When the pen comes in, Mets will have a feast.
Nick Johnson instead of Damon looks stupider by the day.
the lakers can suck my nuts. they have a rapist for their best player, thugs surrounding him at every position, the most obnoxious fans in basketball, and one of the most overrated coaches in history at the helm. let’s see that fool do something coaching a team that doesn’t have the best player in the world on it. i could win titles with jordan and kobe. give me a friggin break
meanwhile david ortiz hit his 15th homerun tonight – yes that same david ortiz that francona had no problem dropping in the order when he couldn’t buy a hit in a record factory. But Tex can feel comfortable knowing that he’ll stay at #3 no matter what happens, and when did they start paying Alex to be a singles hitter?
Cervelli baby
We haven’t been shut out since May 13th….Javy is pitching well….caught stealing….we can do it!!!
What a throw by Cervelli, I didn’t think they had a chance.
From his knees….unbelievable throw right there.
great throw
Who wants Tex batting 5th protecting Alex , not gonna happen.
Javy just got squeezed
meanwhile david ortiz hit his 15th homerun tonight – yes that same david ortiz that francona had no problem dropping in the order when he couldn’t buy a hit in a record factory. But Tex can feel comfortable knowing that he’ll stay at #3 no matter what happens, and when did they start paying Alex to be a singles hitter?
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touche
What a terrible job by the home plate umpire that last at bat.
Two balls in that bat were in the exact same spot as the first strike, and the 3-1 curveball was a pitch that was called on Gardner just last inning.
These guys are terrible at their jobs, no matter what excuses they make.
# Asd June 18th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Average at best? Not a game goes by where I don’t here “A strong throw from Swisher keeps that as a single…” or something to that extent. Also, Swish’s throw was spot on, Cervelli shouldn’t of moved off the base.
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Exactly. It’s pretty obvious that Joba Farnsworth wasn’t watching the game at all.
“Is anyone else nearly indifferent about what’s going on tonight with the Yanks?”
No, not at all. And since there’s a game on and most people commenting right now are watching, and since most Yankee fans are indifferent at best to teams from Los Angeles… um…… well, draw your own conclusions.
i’ve complained as much as anyone about their recent offensive swoon, but honestly, sometimes all teams need is one big hit. one big home run or one big double. the yankees, even with scrubs like huffman playing, still have too much talent to hit this bad. let’s not forget they led baseball in runs almost all year (don’t know if they still do). momentum is huge in this game. it’s the kind of thing where if the yanks get maybe one big hit in the late innings tonight and win, it could propel them to another hot streak. they just HAVE to start having better at bats. they can’t give away any ABs.
alex doesn’t look like he’s slumping, it looks worse than that.
It’s sad when 1-0 is basically 10-0. Shut out at home by the Mutts…what an embarassment.
lol kevin !! Id rather cheer a “rapist” and an “overrated coach” than a team of criminals and murderers like the Celts !! I couldnt have felt better seeing the ole’ Perk miss Game 7 due to injury !! No greater feeling !! Karma came around for arguing every single foul call !!
What are they talking about? They look the same. Ike just has a beard.
when your 3 and 4 hitters are not producing, even if your 5 guy is at 380, it’s a problem.
atta kid!!
not let’s go swing the bats!!
Great changeup. Javy has been brilliant in this game…lets get him some runs.
good to see this place is still on the cutting edge
but it is only one run…. not 10
“Who wants Tex batting 5th protecting Alex , not gonna happen.”
Who wants Tex batting 3rd stranding runners as often as he blinks?
My lineup for a trial week would be as follows:
Gardner
Jeter
Arod
Cano
Swish
Tex
Posada
Grandy
Cisco
c’mon make him work!!!
what happened to taking pitches?
I hate one pitch one outs
6 1/3 and 74 pitches from an average bullpen arm
You can’t make this stuff up
Basketball season ended at the beginning of April.
$200 million freakin’ dollars and they can’t even buy a god-blessed hit.
Takahashi just fell behind in severe hitter’s counts to 3 of the 4 hitters last inning and walked the leadoff guy. Clearly that means you should go up there and swing at the first pitch!
How is it any shock they aren’t scoring when you see such intelligence displayed at the plate?
The Yankees are actually worse against Takahashi the second time around.
Let’s go Swish!!!
Jeter should be ashamed of himself … like I said, they can’t work the count when they struggle, the work themselves right out.. one pitch one out.
at least swish just took 2 pitches. and then swings at ball 3 assuming he is going to throw a strike. Use your eyes not your head.. or use both. JEEBUS!
No hits against Crapahashi.
Matt,relax & let’s see what happens.
I am sitting here reading your posts popping valium like tic-tacs.
Jeter shouldn’t get an extension. In real baseball world u don’t give a contract to 36 yr old SS’s.
When did this team turn into the god dmm royals??
TB-3 FLA-7 even though TB is losing, they are still hitting the ball and scoring runs.
teams shouldn’t throw their best pitchers against the yankees. they should throw their scrubs who throw junk and try to trick you all the time and pitch backwards. those are the pitchers that shut down the yanks.
This team cannot hit soft tossing leftys.
It’s as simple as that.
It’s all in their approach.
No tough outs.
Last year Jeter and Damon made pitchers work sometimes getting 15-20 pitches between them.
Where is Kevin Long?
Matt,
“Takahashi just fell behind in severe hitter’s counts to 3 of the 4 hitters last inning and walked the leadoff guy. Clearly that means you should go up there and swing at the first pitch!
How is it any shock they aren’t scoring when you see such intelligence displayed at the plate?”
OMG, seriously man!!! I’m about to turn it off like I did last night.
YAY!!!!
Wow a baserunner in front of 3-4-5. It’s a miracle.
What is this? We foul a few good balls off, and we get one to hit? Baseball works that way?
Here’s Tex with his easy out.
Too bad this team can’t play the Disastros and the O’s for the rest of the season…
This team goes as far as 3-4 take em.
“I am sitting here reading your posts popping valium like tic-tacs.”
Right prescription, wrong patient?
come on tex shut everyone up
come on tex shut everyone up
This team is in a coma.
Let’s go TEX!!!
Tex just was way out in front of that pitch it was ball 2 also.
same with ball 2 but now its 1 – 2
out in front and tries to pull an outside changeup, shocker!!!!
God it’s like every at bat is the same thing. Falls behind, then changeup changeup changeup. Would be nice to see an adjustment one of these at bats.
he got lucky, that was strike 3
“I am sitting here reading your posts popping valium like tic-tacs.”
Right prescription, wrong patient?
Maybe, because I’m seeing double.
another thing about this team and girardi’s style of managing – 2 nights ago when the yankees were threatening in the 9th inning against the phillies – arod on 3rd and cano on 1st – 2 outs – not once did cano attempt to take 2nd base – something that pretty much is a given nowadays when that run doesn’t mean anything – right? But if cano takes second – which he would have taken it without a throw – that forces the infield to make the throw to first on a ground ball – and a throw from lets say deep at third is alot harder to getto first then it is to second
little things like that that this blockhead joe girardi doesn’t quite get. and why not tryto bunt a few times on 72 year old jaime moyer – you know get his heartrate up a bit – make him move his fragile body off the mound which may upset his rhythm – but not for girardi – he’s content on watching his pathetic team swing wildly pitch after pitch -
shut me up tex you slumpaholic…
Worst at their job: Tony Hayward or Kevin Long? Discuss.
Er, worse
“God it’s like every at bat is the same thing.”
Yeah, it must be frustrating to see something that always seems the same…
good job.
Yay TEX!!!
Thats the approach against this guy….right back through the box.
win a g-damn game.
NO WAY
let’s not waste this
work the count!!!! grind it out!!
rally time!!!
did he really get a hit? OMFG..
broadcaster said “Good at bat by tex” ARE YOU KIDDING ME? HE was struck out and got lucky the ump missed it.
so that’s how tex hits??? YOU have to give him 4 strikes per at bat.
I was pretty surprised they didn’t send the runner there with the way Teixeira has been lunging at changeups. It worked out, but Swisher would have been at 3rd instead of 2nd if they had. Surprised Takahashi didn’t throw it on 3-2 the way they’re swinging at it, he already showed the fastball on 1-2 when he almost painted it, seems like a stupid pitch on his part.
come on alex shut everyone up
bomb here for arod…
this team has got to get angry and focus
Arod needs to call Ortiz and borrow some more HGH while MLB is unable to test for it still.
It’s sad that to us, being down 1-0 in the 6th needs a rally.
let’s go Yankees!!
clap clap clap clap clap
Just don’t hit into a DP and give Cano a chance to bat.
how is he late on 89?
right down the pipe
this team has not been whole all year and they are sulking
Arod leg kick is very off.. much lower lift than normal.. you know his groin is still bothering him and he doesn’t want to admit it.
weak
Come on Cano, just get a single.
and u know why is groin is bothering him
something about mary
really terrible at bat there by alex. this guy right now is nowhere near where he used to be. he doesn’t scare anyone.
I am going to pull my hair out in shame. Arod’s always been one of my favz even with the opt-out fiasco, i’ve never boo’d him either.. but c’mon alex needs to go on the DL or at least take a week off.. he is obviously hurt.
pitching around Cano right here
Thanks to A-Rod for not being able to catch up to 90 mph fastball right down the middle
I don’t want Cano to walk.
cano will have to hit a mistake
REDSOX have found a winning formula. 8-3 Yankees better stop falling for Boras’s player hype, they’re over paid duds.
dissing posada
jorge with another grand salami if cano gets on base.
there was the mistake pitch
these guys are missing MEAT PITCHES WOW
C’mon Robbie!!! how did he miss that!
Phitins, come on man. Do you have to go against the Yanks. Philly is a city of brotherly love. Treat NY fans like brothers, and unite against Boston. It’s the only right way to go.
c’mon Yanks!!!!
Just got home and are you kidding me. Takahashi is pitching a 4 hitter. This is pathetic job by the offense.
Kay needs his eyes checked
come on cano
Kevin Long absolutely sucks
same thing jorge make him work
looks like stupid jerk has left
Hip Hip
I haven’t been around much lately, so someone please tell me if I have this wrong…
We have a Phillies troll who showed up to talk smack before the series, disappeared after the first game, then showed up again when the Phillies took the next two and is still here for some reason?
Is that about it?
That my friends, is the difference between the old and new Robinson Cano
Pressure is on the pitcher, let’s swing at strikes now.
Good AB by Cano, he’s going to start seeing a lot more of that and he has to be careful not to expand the zone and chase..Good job there.
I give up. Poor Javy, never gets any run support.
last year every ab was like that
@cashman needs to go. Why? Didn’t he just assemble a title team?
very weak at bat by Cano with RISP.
you need to get those runners in.
this will be another inning where the Yankees fail to score.
this is what’s wrong with this team.
you can’t make this pitcher look this good.
Any other team in baseball would have scored 8 runs by now.
Wow, SNY’s feed is a good 3 or 4 seconds behind the MY9 feed.
“Is that about it?”
yes that about covers it.
O MY GOD SOOO SLOW HOW EMBARASSING
STUPID WORTHLESS
wow jorge is really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY slow
Nice play by Wright.
Well that’s the ballgame. Pelfrey n Santana will sweep these bats now
Pathetic!!! No runs in 6 innings off of takahashi. Pathetic excuse they are simply no showing up tonight.
Posada goes up there with the bases loaded, and swings at ball 1 and ball 2. Just terrible.
How can you make excuses for these guys? If you go up there and swing and miss at a first pitch fastball, what in the world are you looking for? 90 mph up in the zone and you completely missed it. Do they even have an approach other than swing at anything near home plate?
it is so pathetic it is funny
fake Matt right there
come on pos
major let down
“Is that about it?”
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this place is a shell of its former self.
Thanks, blake. I’m trying to get caught up.
ada
Matt is a buffoon. Weak at bat? They were trying to walk him u moron!
Who would have thought that Cano would end up being the most selective hitter in the lineup? No one else can take a pitch or two in a big moment?
This team is asleep. Call up Scranton – they can hit better than these overpaid clutzes.
“fake Matt right there”
what was the difference.
This is what a gutless bunch if 3rd place losers looks like. Mark it down- Javy will give up 2 and yanks lose 3-0. The mets are legitmatally the better team.
i think we’re figuring this pitcher out. just 6 more innings
“this is gonna be a tough play,” M. Kay
jorge is running you fool
Anemic is back in fashion with this lineup.
Tough to watch.
Getting changeupped to death.
Game over. Screw this team, Javy should punch every single player in the lineup in the face. They deserve it.
Rob B (Never a Gardner doubter) June 18th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
# Asd June 18th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Average at best? Not a game goes by where I don’t here “A strong throw from Swisher keeps that as a single…” or something to that extent. Also, Swish’s throw was spot on, Cervelli shouldn’t of moved off the base.
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Exactly. It’s pretty obvious that Joba Farnsworth wasn’t watching the game at all.
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are you jokers kidding me? Swisher’s arm is average, Abreu and O’Neill had plus arms that changed how players ran the base, Swisher’s arm changes nothing – average at best.
Glad someone has enough intelligence to tell that was a fake post, unlike Fredo who flips out at the sight of a post by that name and immediately rushes to judgment.
Yeah, because Cano clearly had a terrible at bat by drawing a walk when they were pitching around him. How about Posada tries swinging at strikes with the bases loaded? Just a pathetic job by the offense once again.
I don’t even care what Javy does anymore. Even if he pitches 7 scoreless innings we’re going to see the bullpen come in soon enough.
This is very hard to watch. Arod shouldn’t be playing. He got 2 great pitches to hit and I don’t even remember the last time he was able to drive the ball. Every batter is taking gigantic swings trying to be a hero. The approach and swings are very bad. I can’t even believe the loser pitchers that are shutting them down the last couple of days.
I see the natives are restless here once again……..I hope most here stay away from sharp objects…….Sanity is a precious commodity here at The LoHud
You don’t play like a 1st place team, bases loaded and not a single run scored STILL. .
When CC gets on the mound, they’ll smack him around too, he always gives up runs.
Dean,
Notice the difference in style. Everything he types is a short sentence and one line long. I would never use such simplistic language, and not only that but I type in paragraph form, not as one liners.
Also, as much as you guys dislike my posts, it’s pretty obvious I would never say anything as dumb as what that guy tried to pass off as my work.
This lineup has to get shaken up tomorrow.
At least we now know that AJ is now the 5th starter.l
Javy is pitching a great game!!
# Joba Farnsworth (Gardner > Crawford) June 18th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Rob B (Never a Gardner doubter) June 18th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
# Asd June 18th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Average at best? Not a game goes by where I don’t here “A strong throw from Swisher keeps that as a single…” or something to that extent. Also, Swish’s throw was spot on, Cervelli shouldn’t of moved off the base.
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Exactly. It’s pretty obvious that Joba Farnsworth wasn’t watching the game at all.
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are you jokers kidding me? Swisher’s arm is average, Abreu and O’Neill had plus arms that changed how players ran the base, Swisher’s arm changes nothing – average at best.
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Swisher’s arm strength isn’t the question. The fact is, Swisher had Wright thrown out, but Cervelli moved away from the plate and had to go too far back to get him. The throw was there in PLENTY of time. If Cervelli stays back at the plate, it’s an out.
Like I said, you obviously weren’t watching the game.
so is the game plan for all teams against the Yankees is just throw changeups?
what the F is wrong with this stupid team?!?!
This team plays for the HR, esp at home.
Not workin’.
Javy probably got better run support on the Braves.
Hey Pat M, I think I prefer “Los Angeles” by X to “I Love L.A.” by Randy Newman, but vive la difference….
Congrats on the win last night.
thank heavens
You want to beat the Yankees find a pitcher that trows nothing but slop and junk. Moyer, now Takahashi. My granda and a change up would beat this lineup.
This team is so bad Joba could put up a few scoreless. That is, with his meth.
poor javy. he is pitching his butt off and has 0 offense backing him.
As well as Vazquez has pitched tonight, the game almost just ended with one swing.
That’s what happens when your offense goes to sleep. Even a good pitching performance is not good enough to win. Offensive struggles make it a lot harder to win than pitching slumps.
“Also, as much as you guys dislike my posts, it’s pretty obvious I would never say anything as dumb as what that guy tried to pass off as my work.”
Oh I see, so you use more words to say the same thing. Gotcha.
.Sanity is a precious commodity here at The LoHud
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Disagree. Insanity works better here.
Losing to scrub pitchers
Don’t worry. The pen will pour gas on this fire
1 mo out Javy. Just 1 mo.
All the regulars have left and this place has no friction.
Boring.
atta boy Javy
let’s get Javy a run or two boys!!!!
Javy was fantastic tonight. 3 more AB’s to score him some runs now.
Great performance from Javier tonight. The offense will reward him!
I think the Yankees, as an organization, are just very behind on the development of changeups. They have very few pitchers who throw the pitch (in fact, Sabathia is the only one I can think of who uses it regularly) and their hitters seem to be fooled by it more than any other pitch.
It’s a shame my blog is dying.
Dodgers working on a comeback!
Philly , BOSTON, TOR all winning, come on TB you can regain 1st all by yourself.
kinda wish gardner was leading off the next inning so he can bunt his way on. i think cervelli should
Can we shut Matt up with some runs?
Cervelli-Huffman-Gardner due up
No chance they score this inning to get Javy a win.
I feel bad for the Yankee pitchers. Anything other than perfect and it’s most likely a L. The Yanks have done a lot of damage against other teams bullpens in the 6th and 7th innings but they have had a lot of trouble having big innings against starting pitchers. It seems like it takes them 4 to 5 innings to get anything going in a game.
Mick – what did this blog have that it is now missing?
Javy has another fantastic game and what does the offense reward him with? A loss.
This offense has had a lot of mini slumps this year. The numbers don’t tell how inconsistent they have been. first they can’t hit good pitching, second the sometimes shut down for 2-4 games at a time then have a 7-8 run outburst.
It sounds crazy, but Vazquez’s record should be something like 8-4 instead of 6-5. He had 3 or 4 really bad starts, but the rest have been very good.
where is trisha, randy, betsy ?
HOW DOES JAVY NOT MAKE THAT PLAY!??! IF HE EVER WANTS TO WIN A GOLD GLOVE HE NEEDS TO MAKE PLAYS WHETHER SAWED OFF BATS ARE FLYING AT HIM OR NOT!!!! JETER COULD HAVE THROWN HIS BACK OUT FIELDING THAT BALL AND CANO COULD HAVE STUBBED HIS TOE ON THE BAG!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!
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That sound about right? Do I fit in?
This is precisely the problem with our team right now
How the hell are we supposed to score any runs with 3 guys at the bottom of the lineup who have 0 power? We have 3 slap hitters who won’t hit anything more than a single.
A pitcher is supposed to be afraid of that? Until we bring the circular lineup back, the offensive futility will continue.
YYYYAAAYYYY!!!!
Yeah Cervelli!
Wow, that was closer than I thought it would be. Good thing the throw was off.
or a leadoff double works
Whew, Cervelli got away with one there. Shouldn’t of gone for two…
There’s a little energy from the offense. Let’s go Yankee bats!
this blog averaged over 1000 hits per game, people were fighting with each other, it was fun
Let’s bunt him over and strand him there.
Nice hustle from Cervelli, but even a decent throw from Bay and he would have been out. Gutsy play down in the game, but might not have been that smart. Results are what count of course.
Ok Matt, Yankees got a double…discuss.
Nice going Cervelli. Good thing he wasn’t out at 2nd base. But knowing this team getting him over and in will be very hard.
Nice Job by Cervelli. Its a shame when we have to count on cervelli to dig us out of a whole.
they can’t be here every single night….I hope they have some sort of life…it is Friday night
This is the chance. Leadoff guy on at 2nd, don’t even need a hit to score him. Gotta be able to manufacture runs like this when you’re struggling a bit at the plate.
Bunt Cervelli over ???
That is the kind of aggressive hustle baseball we need.
Atta kid Cisco!!!
It’s not surprising that other posters would try to copy me. It completely baffles me that you people can’t tell the difference. Are you idiots? My posts are always intelligent and full of baseball knowledge that you just can’t find elsewhere.
The only thing dumber than an imposter are the the dimwits who can’t tell the difference between a simplistic short-sentenced moronic negative post and my intelligent narrative baseball analysis.
The regulars are a bunch of cheerleading losers who don’t work and talk to each other all day long and play stupid games such as guess the line-up!!
They think they are all knowing
Should he bunt?
If they don’t score here I will vomit.
Should Granderson bunt? Feliciano is one of the toughest lefties.
Aww, poor stupid mets management. Doesn’t even know how to hang up a phone properly.
I’d rather leave Curtis for Krod.
Girardi pulled that trigger too soon
too all lohudites
Other than to post last night in order to congratulate the Lakers, I have NOT been back to the forum since I said that I would be boycotting baseball if Selig didn’t reverse the decision on Galarraga – the final straw in my disdain with the way umpires have run/ruined the game.
I did notice that someone posted as me all this evening. I have written to Chad about it and asked him to ban the person. If you do see someone posting under my name, it will not be me. If anyone has posted using my name since Galarraga’s perfect game (other than last night), it has been an imposter.
I notice Nick is on tonight. Several seasons ago I nicknamed (no pun intended) Nick after a living person – don’t want to say anymore than that. If I come back to the forum at any point, feel free to ask me Nick’s nickname. If I don’t spit it out immediately and correctly, it’s the imposter. Most of the regulars here will recognize the name when they see it – or let me say that they will likely pick up if the wrong name is given.
Thanks.
Granderson against Feliciano’s sliders will not be pretty.
I really hope the Yankees get Javy the win. He deserves it.
Lol my imitator seems to have finally wised up and tried to actually follow my posting style.
Too bad he still gives it away by trying way too hard yet again.
this neighborhood is changing
Had to know they’d bring in a lefty.
Why PH Curtis there????
Oak Man June 18th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
This is precisely the problem with our team right now
How the hell are we supposed to score any runs with 3 guys at the bottom of the lineup who have 0 power? We have 3 slap hitters who won’t hit anything more than a single.
A pitcher is supposed to be afraid of that? Until we bring the circular lineup back, the offensive futility will continue.
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Why not blame A-Rod and Tex for their lack of hitting this year. I mean yes they have the RBI numbers but batting 3rd and 4th for the Yankees means its almost certain that a player will run into 100RBIs. Cervelli, Gardner have done their Jobs.
This blog definitely isn’t getting the insane amount of posts it used to. I remember a game against the Red Sox last year Pete had to make 3 game posts because of all the comments.
Let huffman bunt, leave Curtis on the bench.
Granderson against lefties is still better than Huffman against righties. Granderson is not completely helpless against lefties, he’s hit some decent ones since coming back off the DL. He’s got enough power that pitchers still have to fear him a bit because he can run into one if you leave it out over.
Both real and imposter Matts are equally awful….Imposter Matt writes less so he wins.
Huffman should of stayed in and bunted. I know the Yanks aren’t great with getting runners in from 3rd but the chances of Granderson getting a hit against Feliciano isn’t good at all.
and now the test …cold granderson pinch hitting against a LEFTY…great
This is a k in the making.
Awful managing call by Joe
Nicl in SF……I only hit on the money line last night…….Stood in line during half time with Rocky Balboa who was right in front of me….Short dude, too much juice for Sly, head and face looked strange……..Randy Newman’s video and song is just classic……OMG ( ? ) does a nice cover……
DAMN IT JOE…
Should have just bunted on the first pitch.
Granderson whiffs naaaa never
that is why ladies and gents u start Granderson against lefties once in a frickin while
lol.. I’m sorry, but Granderson sucks this year.
How is he not bunting.
Even if he hits bad choice.
And as I’m typing there goes that chance.
Dumb.
Yawn… leadoff double, don’t move him up, who could have guessed they’d fail to do even the remotest of situational hitting?
Well, that was expected from Huffman. Oh wait, that wasn’t Huffman at bat?
Knowing that Granderson would be facing Feliciano that move made zero sense. What a waste of an at bat. Huffman should of bunted. Granderson is useless agaisnt lefties. Pathetic.,..
So that was a strike on Granderson but a ball on Gardner?
Matt
You give the impression that you think the Yankees are having bad at bats on purpose, like they’re actually going up there trying not to get hits.
Why don’t you EVER post when things are going well? Answer me that.
i would to thank giradri for not doing your job and blowing the game
Joe thought he was slick and Curtis was true to form, a dud with a lefty.
Girardi needs to be way more proactive in these situations.
Granderson gets one swing to see if he can read the breaking ball. If he has one like he did, he needs to be bunting.
You can change things up in the middle of at bats, it doesn’t have to be so rigid all the time.
This game is not on Giradi, its on this pathetic offense!
That was a bad managing job by Girardi. If the Yankees were up by a couple runs, you can let Granderson swing away and hope he gets a hit to boost his confidence or something. Now Granderson’s AB might be the difference in the game.
Cashman’s Offseason for a World Series Championship team has been absolutely positively awful even with Vazquez…..
trish – are you boycotting baseball or just the forum??? i can’t believe you’d boycott the Yankees because of a bad call. i wanted to boycott the Yankees for outpricing me from the best seats at Yankee Stadium and for anybody paying A-Rod the ridiculous amount of money he gets paid to play a game….being a teacher that seems really obsurd…but I can’t stay away. just curious??????
Blah… Lets hope Jeter can break out of it.
come on jeter
Derek Jeter coming out to Blow the whistle by Too Short now lol
C’mon – be Captain Clutch – not Captain GIDP
Just mind numbing that decision.
Blew the inning and the chance to tie the game.
Outmanaged.
Jeter is getting this done right now
If Granderson moved the runner up or bunted, that chopper may score the tying run.
If you aren’t scoring, you have to do things to manufacture runs rather than just sitting around waiting for a barrage of hits.
I guess I shouldn’t expect an answer
of course
Or just be Captain suck ass.
haha .. wow
I was wrong.
1st pitch jeter, i just dont get it
This is sad
this game over
This weekend Yankees will be looking up to Boston in 1st place . Jeter is a joke.
X,
“lol.. I’m sorry, but Granderson sucks this year.”
uh he sucked last year too! I think he his .240 or something around there.
plus he hit under .200 against lefties. That’s why we traded Jackson, Kennedy, Coke..
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Jeter swings at the friggin first pitch again.. WOW. what the heck is going on???? Just pathetic !!!!!!!!!!!
Granderson is awful. He’s an automatic out
That is an absolutely pathetic job by Jeter. Awful.
This team is going down hill fast. Jeter should just retire. ughhhh.
is pathetic the operative word here?
Just pathetic. This offense has been lousy lately. Joe definitely deserves some blame for that inning though. Why make the Mets put a lefty in the game with two left-handed hitters coming up?
This team has gone from great to pathetic in 30 seconds.
US soccer team tied the game from 2 goal down. They should have win the game if not because of that French ref.
On the other hand, Yanks can’t compete against quality teams now.
PATHETIC. PATHETIC. PATHETIC.
Leadoff double, no situational hitting, and then Jeter caps it off with his usual swing at the first pitch down and ground out.
No, they aren’t TRYING to have bad at bats, but they are certainly allowing them to happen by having the same bad approach at bat after at bat. If you refuse to make an adjustment, then how can you even be surprised when they get you out in the same way every time with first pitches nowhere near home plate?
this is why cash is in hiding, he lets 1/3 of a championship team go, and disappears
Good to know Captain first-pitch groundout will be signing an extension with this team in the offseason.
Get used to more rallies killed.
Jeter is a dreadful lead off hitter. He never takes pitches or looks for a pitch to hit. He looks like what Cano did a couple of years ago swinging at anything in sight. He lets pitchers off the hook easy all the time.
Boston winning again – Tampa losing.
easy with the Jeter should retire comments…it was a pathetic at bat but c’mon
I’m done. Completely done with this team of overpaid chokers.
Man, was that Granderson trade a mistake or what?
This guy is absolutely inept against a lefty.
all of the opcc are too quiet, things will be better tomorrow, get a clue
I can’t believe Javy is in line for the loss after giving up 1 god f’in run in 7 innings. This team owes him a f’in apology for their craptastic effort.
I think Kevin Long is going to lose his spot on the pedastal.
Does Jeter ever hit fly out anymore?
Robertson or even Joba should be pitching the 8th inning. Not Park in a 1-0 game.
last years team had magic.
this team has been tragic.
36 year old short stops are not pretty
And get used to it because it is only going to get worse from here.
Saving grace is that the Mets are going to bring in K-rod at some point and the Yankees will be ready when they do.
Fabulous job by Vazquez. This isn’t over yet by a longshot.
first rule if I was manager:
Take the first pitch!!! (I learned that in little league) Never an exception!! ALWAYS take the first pitch!!
Posada is another one that swings at the first pitch and 99% of the time, Posada cannot hit anything off speed.
the last 2 jeter at bats.. 2 pitches 2 outs.
That kid in the stands looks like Short Round
Now watch the bullpen give up a run here.
This team just looks old and slow
And I’ve had enouhg of Grandy too. A streaky platoon player who strikes out a million times.
Yeah, he’ll run into the occasional HR against the Orioles, but will do nothing in a big spot against a good lefty.
One pitch Jerer strikes out again, this is painful to watch.
good AB by granderson. jeter seeing many less pitches per AB this year. He is not a patient hitter.
O’neil finally figuring out the team is in a slump….
he is a real sharpie, should help sterling on the radi.
granderson has been a big dissapointment season to dat, his numbers against lefties still sucks…
arod missed 2 home run pitches last at bat……this team is not hitting at all the last 3 games, very frustrating…
maybe jeter has a hot date after the game
I’ll take tragic teams that are in first place….I like those odds
Unless something drastically changes I don’t see the Yankees scoring all weekend.
Their approach is horrible and they are all pressing. It’s only going to get worse.
You can’t give up at bats with RISP.
They aren’t swinging at strikes, and now in the last two innings they’ll try to hit home runs.
Not scoring runs will just put more pressure on the pitchers. They’ll try to be too fine knowing 1 or 2 runs will be too many.
This could be the worst stretch of professional hitting I’ve seen in quite some time.
but la di da, the sun will come up tomorrow
bet your bottom dollar…
Swisher’s arm strength isn’t the question. The fact is, Swisher had Wright thrown out, but Cervelli moved away from the plate and had to go too far back to get him. The throw was there in PLENTY of time. If Cervelli stays back at the plate, it’s an out.
Like I said, you obviously weren’t watching the game.
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Cervelli couldn’t stay back because the throw was slightly up the line and off the plate fool.
even girardi is hanging his head…
i like to thank giradri for quittting as well.. this team is gutless
nice walk park. to the #9 hitter to boot. Good ol’ bullpen shining through!
don’t worry hank will personally give jeet a new 7yr contract worth $180M at the end of this season for his iconic presence
Yankees don’t lose games 1-0. Usually the bullpen is guarenteed to cough up 1 or 2 more to put it out of reach in situations like this.
“Several seasons ago I nicknamed (no pun intended) Nick after a living person – don’t want to say anymore than that.”
Living person… so you’re not referring to Satan, then?
but I’d dump Park…not much confidence in him…
Why is Park in this game?? He should be a 6th, maybe 7th inning guy. In the 8th inning you can’t afford to give up extra runs.
Robertson, Marte should be pitching here.
I blame A-Rod and Tex, they need to be doing their jobs and carrying this offense when things are not going well. the need to earn their money. Not once has A-Rod or Tex carried this team for lest say more than 2 days. Pathetic 3-4 hitters have been horrible. Thank God for Cano and swish this year or this team would be in 3-4th place.
Great job with a lead off walk to a non hitter. I can’t believe garbage Park is pitching in this spot.
Walk to start the inning to crap hitter. Perfect
nice walking the 9th hitter. the last 3 games have been hard to stomach……..
how many 3 and 1 pitches tonight did the yankee hitters try to kill and got themselves out???
Everyone clamoring for Cliff Lee may want to address the old offense
Jeter looks shot
A-Rod is hitting for more power
Posada is another Moisis Alou. Can’t stay healthy and streaky as hell.
Combine that with Granderson’s severely flawed game, and we are down in the numbers as far as the offense is concerned.
What good is Cliff Lee if all of our star players are over the hill?
I will puke if the Mets score a couple runs here and then Krod comes in in the 9th to celebrate a 3 run save.
we are in 1st place today but will not stay there playing like this
Your leadoff hitter has the 7th best obp on the team. He has 19 walks. Minimal steals. You need a catalyst to get this going and Jeter isn’t getting it done right now. This lineup needs to be shaken up and Jeter needs a day off. Gardner needs to get a crack leading off. The switch of Damon and Jeter worked last year. Damon isn’t here. And this isn’t working.
They’s lucky they only will play Sux in Aug, not now.
The offense problem is on A-Rod and Tex. They need to earn their fat checks, not just collect.
Everyone killing Nick Johnson – I’ll take him on my team over Granderson any day of the week. Granderson sucks.
At least Nick knows how to take a walk and put the ball in play.
“I’m done. Completely done with this team of overpaid chokers.”
1 down.
You KNOW they’re not trying to make adjustments?
Damon isn’t here. And this isn’t working.
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Surprising Cashman didn’t notice the importance of Damon.
We did to him what the RS did. Disrespect. Same with Matsui.
Another bat from the trade market won’t save us.
If A-Rod, Tex, Jeter, Granderson, Posada don’t pick it up, we’re going to slide right down the standings, regardless of how good our pitching is.
Paul Konerko or Jose Guillen can’t pick up the production for 6 players.
Should have left last year’s team in tact.
This offense for me at times has been change the channel and just wait until Cano hits. Damon and Matsui how I miss you guys.
Do you see how young their players are to your senior citizens?
Come on TB claim your throne.
When you only need to score 1 run to beat the Yankees, it shows the Yankees aren’t very good.
who would rather have Joba pitching right now? just curious?
I have a feeling Park will give up 2 or 3 runs in this inning. His stuff seems very hittable like usual.
Wow — anyone watching the mets broadcast (thats all I get). Announcers really insulting Cervelli — think he is dirty and annoying..
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
CRAP!
Hmm, nevermind I guess I’ll stick around then.
Dear Javy, I am very sorry your team can’t hit. You’ve turned it around, and I appreciate it.
I really hate Park…
This is what happens when Chan Ho Park pitches… what was Girardi thinking?
Why pitch him in? Why?
last years pen was better
will they be swept?
giradri blew the game, then conceding the game by bringing in park
That was just too predictable. Should have at least brought in a lefty to turn Reyes around to his weaker side and the bigger part of the ballpark.
Pull him!!!!!
another brilliant off season cashman signing
Note to self: Add Reyes to “People to punch in face upon meeting” list.
Looks like Chan-Ho has diarrhea of the right arm.
Park needs to be sent back to Philadelphia. He sucks!
I like all the fools that wax poetic about missing Damon and Matsui when the Yankees offense doesn’t do well. News flash folks – those two aren’t exactly lighting up the league. And how can you complain about overpaying for old talent and they should have kept Damon and Matsui? Were they going to play for free?
Park going to throw a wild pitch to let a run in on top of it?
Need a reliable arm for the bullpen.
If we get?? to the bottom of the inning still at 1-0[unlikely] we’ll win?
Goodnight!!
The same location 4 pitches in a row. What do you expect to happen when you are throwing breaking balls to a slap hitter who has no power with 2 strikes?
Again though, if the Yankees offense even has a mediocre performance tonight, this isn’t even close to being the game.
Michelle June 18th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I have a feeling Park will give up 2 or 3 runs in this inning. His stuff seems very hittable like usual.
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Another great pick up by Cash. I’m scared of what A-Rod will look like in 3 years. He just looks hurt and old. The American league only has one DH spot in the lineup.
Living up to my namesake, eh there?
What a joke.
Game over. This is a disgrace.
What do you know….I was right, Park is an ABSOLUTE joke. Note to Girardi you needed to try and keep the game at 1-0 not bring in a batting practice pitcher and allow the other team to tack on runs. Girardi has made a lot of weird moves the last couple of games. Wheel play, Granderson pitch hitting and now bringing in Park. Girardi wake the freak up.
amazing
“last years pen was better”
Not so much early.
Can we get rid of this bum already?
This is the part where the Yankee reliever comes in and puts the game out of reach. Like last night.
Three runs in an American League park is BELOW AVERAGE.
Not for these Yankees. Three runs is like 300.
no pun intended
nice relief
damn ynkees
Also, I’d like to note that Paul O’Neill said “A quick throw in by Swisher.” If anyone knows, it’s him.
Hey ross, Nick Johnson isn’t even playing… and not cheap as well
The Jeter contract..
Yes, I know he is the Capt and the face of the NYY. I also am for bringing him back, but not for 60/3 just because he is Jeter. If Jeter hit the FA market the most I could see him getting is 42/3
but because where the yankees and have overpaid every single player.. we are going to over pay him. I’d love to see him humble himself and stay with the Yanks for 28/2 ..
I say humble himself not because 14mil a year is something to be humble over for a 37 year old player, but because just as Damon felt entitled for his 22/2 (yankee tax) and ended up with 8/1 — the same will be the case for Jeter.. he’ll want 60mil for 3 years but any other team would laugh at that number.
If Jeter just wants to win and finish his career with the yanks he needs to be a team player and be humble and not act like a spoiled entitled old man.
Even if he finishes the year with .300+ 14+ HR I still would not go over 14mil for 2 years
I trust Gaudin more than Park
Honestly does Girardi know how to manage??? Bringing in Park over Robertson or Joba??!! I mean seirously Park is GARBAGE. The worst part of the Yankees is on display yesterday and today, the offense and bullpen. Dreadful managing by Girardi.
angel pagan, make up your mind…
Last years pen was pathetic before Phil Hughes came in to save it. No Phil Hughes in the bullpen this year.
we’ll really know how bad of a slump this offense is in. if they don’t give Hughes run support. I think they give him just over 7 runs.
What time is it, bull pen melt down time, the best time to score runs on the Yankees.
Never thought I wuld say this bit I miss Mitre. A lot.
lol @ ron darling he just called Cervelli a very irratating player. And then Reyes pumping his fist and clapping like crazy at 2nd and he doesn’t say anything.
What if Granderson had bunted and/or Robertson and Marte had pitched this inning?
Girardi isn’t putting the team in the best position to win. And the bullpen is horrendous, they deserve to get this loss and yesterday’s loss.
deja vu all over again. the pen stinks the last few games and the offense is horrific..
walking the 9th place hitter worked out well again.
now we get boone crap logan, to pitch to a lefty. right field fans get your golves out.
one of the yanks worse stretch’s of the year, especially since the starters except brain dead burnett are pitching so well.
bad bad performance. arod and tex still doing nothing………..
I’d rather take my chances with old Damon and Matsui than with the losers Cashman signed. Nick Johnson stays on the DL and Granderson hasn’t done squat except get hurt and strike out against lefties. I won’t even mention Thames and Winn.
Dear Cash Money,
All I want for my b-day is a good bulpen. Mo is starting to seem like a mirage. Mo who? Oh right, the best closer in the universe. He’s a nice bench fixture with noone to get him there.
Another great pick up by Cash. I’m scared of what A-Rod will look like in 3 years. He just looks hurt and old. The American league only has one DH spot in the lineup.
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It’s going to look like the middle to late Giambi years all over again and aging player who can’t get it done with an albatross contract.
Girardi .1 inning too late to play matchup.
Red sox back in it.
Could leapfrog both yanks and rays in 3 days.
This is sickening. Its gonna take another Girardi tirade to wake this team up.
@chris
What does that have to do with what I said? Damon and Matsui would have wanted millions upon millions of dollars, and not just for one year. How people simultaneously cry about old talent, and then wish we kept old talent? I don’t get it.
And again, Matsui has been poor since April and Damon isn’t exactly lighting it up.
Chan Ho Puke needs to be DFA’d already.
This team is falling apart.. we’ve got a few good starting pitchers holding it together and that’s it. But the pressure of having to win with defense will eventually take its toll..
Thanks be to Gawd that Joe G’s contract is up this year, because I don’t see him coming back even if we make it to the post-season.
bad bad performance. arod and tex still doing nothing………..
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even the optimists are quiet…
Yikes. Let’s hold it at 3 runs, and we’re still in it.
Stacey, it’s my own personal thing and I think it had been building for a while. I’ve seen too many games now where bad calls by the umpires have changed the outcome of the game. I can no longer enjoy the game when absolutely atrocious balls and strikes calls are made, pitchers are forced to get more than 27 outs in a regulation game, and teams lose games they might have legitimately won. I was bothered almost to distraction when a blown call by Tim McClelland several years ago sent the Padres home instead of possibly to the postseason. A perfect game is the pinnacle of success for a pitcher. That’s why there have only been 20 in the history of the game. Selig’s refusal to reverse the bad call and in essence robbing Galarraga a recorded perfect game finally did it for me. It didn’t help that I had seen two blown calls in the preceding evenings that absolutely changed the outcomes of both of the games. I am a pinstriped-bleeding fan of the New York Yankees, but I am also a fan of the game of baseball. So this isn’t only about the Yankees, obviously. It’s about the umpires, and not the players, deciding the outcome of games. And Selig sitting on his hands in the meantime.
The Yanks should try Sanchez or Nova in the bullpen. All Park does is throw batting practice. I can’t even believe that he is on this team. His “stuff” is pathetic.
Chan Ho Park good one CASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bet your house, the Yanks score 2 runs before the game ends………..
with pelfrey & santana pitching next 2. one can see yanks scoring 1 run in both games on the way to a sweep and into 3rd place
boston fans how was the basketball game last night????
I can give Cashman a pass on Granderson and Vazquez was never a terrible idea but Park and Nick Johnson were idiot moves.
Demote Joba and cut Park for starters.
Again, the lack of offense sets up these kinds of situations.
When you are behind in the game, you try to make perfect strikeout pitches rather than induce contact because you know that any mistake is the game. When you try to be too perfect, you are more likely to grip the ball a little too long and hang one.
When you don’t score, the other team is a lot more comfortable at the plate as well and makes you pay for the mistakes. There is so much less pressure in a game in which you lead and the opposing team has put up almost no fight.
# M June 18th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
This is sickening. Its gonna take another Girardi tirade to wake this team up.
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Where is Cashman?
Actually, Park has been pitching well lately. But when he walked Ruben Tejada, I figured he didn’t have it tonight. Offense is the story of this game thus far.
nat the clown… how old are you? 10
why do I keep seeing people mention Winn….he’s gone…got it, he sucked so they got rid of him….
Reyes is very annoying to watch.
Yankees will be lucky to finish 3rd in the East. The Sox and Tampa are monsters this year!
This Yankee offense has shown that if one player goes into a slump they all do. Jeter, ARod, Teixeira, Posada, Granderson against lefties especially.
It isn’t fun watching them being shut down by average pitchers, yet this is the third game in a row where that’s happened.
The bench is really poor. Meanwhile the starting pitching is doing enough that it should keep them in the games, and the offense looks like little league players, or Philly players.
It doesn’t matter what Damon and Matsui are doing with their current teams. You don’t know what they would have done being back in a lineup that they excelled in just last year.
Chan Ho Puke………….and AJ Brunette (pitches like a girl)…………awful
The Yanks should try Sanchez or Nova in the bullpen. All Park does is throw batting practice. I can’t even believe that he is on this team. His “stuff” is pathetic.
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seriously I understand Mitre and Gaudin (injury replacement anyway) taking up a spot, but Park is trash meanwhile live arms like Nova and Sanchez toil in Scranton.
Losing a game in which your starter went 7 innings and allowed one run is beyond pathetic.
This is the kind of garbage a team like Baltimore would do.
Wow, doom and gloomers out in force today. Guess it would be a waste of keystrokes to tell you this team will still be in first place after tonight? And that teams go through slumps? And that, you know…. we’re going to lose between 60 and 70 games and people need to deal with losses better?
Reyes is gay.
I see a swept.
good night.
Unless the hitters change their approach I think we will see a Mets no-hitter this weekend.
It has all the makings of finally happening.
Met pitchers are due to finally throw a no-no and the Yankee hitters are beyond pathetic.
The Yanks should try Sanchez or Nova in the bullpen. All Park does is throw batting practice. I can’t even believe that he is on this team. His “stuff” is pathetic.
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Damon is hitting for average and OBP with only 3 hrs, he’d have at least 7 playing in NYS though…
Anyway that’s it and Nick I think it was obvious that if I said it was reference to a living person, it wasn’t Satan. However comments like that are what led me to dub you the other…
Take care all.
The Yankees miss Aceves even more than they miss last year’s version of Hughes. Ace was a huge part of the Yankees magic comeback ability. I say they have at least 3-4 extra wins this season with Aceves on the team.
It’s almost mind-boggling that this team will still have the best record in baseball after tonight regardless of what happens. Thank God the Rays are losing again.
I’m not pleased with Park. However… as of late, he has improved, as has Logan and Robertson and Gaudin. If Middle Relievers pitched like closers and Starters, they would be closers and starters. I don’t expect the world from them, because middle relief will always be pitchers who are at the end of their careers, or not good enough to be something else. So you are going to surrender a few runs with them, its just a part of the game. More so, I think this highlights that the Yankees are just in a bad spot right now. It doesn’t mean that they are miserable, it doesn’t mean they aren’t making the playoffs, it just means they are in a bad spot like every team goes through. Boston started off bad, Tampa was up five and isn’t any more, Phillies have been what they’ve been lately. Every team goes through bad sections. I’m just glad this is happening now, and not toward the end of the season or worse, the playoffs. Have your bad parts now so you learn from them and hit your stride when it’s most important, I say.
Not really sure how it’s Girardi’s fault.
Anyone want to claim Joba, Marte, Robertson, Guadin, Logan, Park or anyone outside of Mariano has been consistent this year.
Joba is throwing straight and 94-95. Not 97-100 anymore. So if he doesn’t have control his slider is ineffective.
Robertson is coming around so I will always go with him.
Park was the last guy signed and signed for a minimal deal for a vet free agent. You DFA him who exactly are you bringing up who hasn’t failed before? Albajedo? Melancon? Ring?
Losing Aceves is a bigger loss to the pen than people highlight and Hughes changed the pen last year, Joba hasn’t.
The solution will be a trade and maybe Nova at some point this year.
I hate when Girardi walks people, it always comes back to hurt them. When you have a AAA pitcher on the mound why are you putting extra guys on base??!?!!? Girardi seems to over manage a ton this season. I guess when the team isn’t playing good he gets his underwear in a bunch and can’t think straight.
“It doesn’t matter what Damon and Matsui are doing with their current teams. You don’t know what they would have done being back in a lineup that they excelled in just last year.”
Yeah, you’re right. Cashman should have just doled out eleventy billion dollars for a DH with bad knees and an OFer that can barely play the OF anymore. Brilliant. Johnson was a bad luck trade, but he only cost 5 million dollars and is gone after this season.
Matt
We get it. You understand the game of baseball better than anyone on the planet.
If the Yanks lose this one (and it looks like they will), the whole line up owes Javy one big fat f’in apology.
This team needs to be called out by Cash, Giradi, and Hank and Hal because they are playing like trash. Beating The O’s, Indians, and Astros is one thing try beating some average to good teams once in a while.
Is there even a case to continue using Park?
It seems like every time he enters I expect the worst.
Say what you want about Cash but he had a terrible off season. From Granderson, Damon and Matsui, Winn, Park. It’s almost like because they won the world series he didn’t think they needed to be improved in certain areas.
I think the 2007 Yankees that had average pitching but won a bunch of slugfests was more entertaining to watch than a team with great starting pitching that often gets wasted.
Stop with all this “The offense needs to give Javy an apology” nonsense. Did he apologies to them when he got torched earlier in the season every game? This is team game – they need to back each other up. The offense didn’t do its job tonight, we move on.
This place has become humorous in a very sad way…….Matt, do you really consider yourself a Yankee fan ???? If yes, your a disgrace to all Yankee fans
“However comments like that are what led me to dub you the other…”
Touchy!
I know who you’re talking about and I won’t ruin your game, or whatever it is you’re up to.
Enjoy the boycott.
Say what you want about Cash but he had a terrible off season. From Granderson, Damon and Matsui, Winn, Park. It’s almost like because they won the world series he didn’t think they needed to be improved in certain areas.
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Looks like he tried to reinvent the wheel.
He had a winning combination and dismantled it.
Say something to the team after the game Jeter
Girardi was never a good player, he was mediocre just like his managing skills. He is a good talker with the media, and you have to be that if you are the manager of the NYY, but you need some baseball skills too..
Love to have a guy like Billy Martin back.. but more realistically, there are much better managers in MLB then Girardi, I’d even say Francona is a better manager.
I miss Aceves… Good job by Logan though.
What a joke is right. One or two players go into a slump and they all do. Where’s the character in this team? Did Cashman let both Damon and Matsui walk to save on shaving cream because I’m not seeing many of AJ’s pies this year?
With the way this week has gone, maybe the Yankees will hit Pelfrey and Santana like they hit Halladay.
Still tied for the best record it baseball….you can’t complain too much people
Reyes ihas no class
Doreen, Matt is a 4 year T-Ball veteran, show him some respect
whays jeter gonna day after the game to the team??? swing at the first pitch every at bat and become a 1 pitch 1 out wonder like he is tonight????
yeah, say something to the team jeter!!! what???!!??
YANKEES COULDN’T SCORE 1 RUN IN 7 INNINGS, don’t fool yourself into thinking they will score 4 in 2?
When the Yankees get on base they are no threat at all, good pitching shuts them down.
Phitins won AGAIN, 9-5
“Reyes has no class”…
That’s awesome, considering that Mickey Mouse catcher in pinstripes.
I’m looking forward to another boring post game interview by Jeter, where he talks about how sometimes the pitcher gets the best of you. This week, that’s every day, Derek.
God the whining here is absolutely pathetic. Are any of you real fans? Do you even watch baseball?
“Cashman tried to reinvent the wheel. He had a winning combination and dismantled it”
Please, find me a championship team that DIDN’T let people go or change things after they won.
lol at wanting Billy Martin back. Really? Is that what it’s come to around here in June?
Good start…..
“Say something to the team after the game Jeter”
What can he say? He’s been just as pathetic as anyone, so he really doesn’t have a right to call people out at this point. The only ones who can talk are Cano, Swisher, Pettitte, Vazquez, Hughes, and Rivera. Sad, but true. Only 6 players out of 25 who have consistently done their jobs over the past month.
we rely on the explosion, let’s explode!
Hmmm… too good at bats. I wonder if it’s time for Swish to come out of the slump.
Swish and Cano back to back in the lineup would be nice to see. Cano really should bat 3rd. He would have soo many more chances to score runs. Instead here comes Tex and his pathetic timing.
Ross, stop the bs. This team has issues, get real.
what the??????
Holy Geez! Lucky he made it there. Whew!
Sorry. Cashman also is not causing Jeter, Arod & Tex to play like they have. That’s your 1, 3 and 4 hitters not getting it done. They have all had chances. At some point you have to feel like those spots in the lineup are solid and they haven’t been. Who cares about Park? They weren’t looking for a reliever when they signed him for nothing. Melky, Dunn and the other minor leaguer for Vasquez and Logan? Was that an awful trade at the moment? The Yankees would be no better with Coke and Austin Jackson that they are now. Nick Johnson is the one sign I will agree with everyone. Only because he is an injury prone player no matter how old he is and the purpose was to get younger and get rid of players regressing who can’t play the field. Damon was stubborn and that became the issue. I would have paid him to DH him regardless. And Winn cost them no cash really. And neither did Thames and he has been ok at the plate as a bench bat. And let’s be real it was Matsui or Damon, not both. And then everyone complaining about Arod or Jeter or Posada looking old would have two more guys to complain about.
“That’s awesome, considering that Mickey Mouse catcher in pinstripes.”
Don’t know which catcher you’re talking about, but all the Yankee catchers have rings and Reyes is known for being a choker in September and October. That’s why his celebrations make him look pathetic.
Tex is completely lost. He has no idea how to hit a baseball right now.
I wish I could spend one maybe two hours with this team during batting practice.
I would have them turned around. Their approach is terrible. The pitch guessing has to stop.
Keep it simple. See the ball. Hit the ball.
Pathetic decision by Swisher there to try for second. Heads are not in the game!!
That was incredibly dumb by Swisher. What in the world is he thinking down 3 runs even thinking about trying that with A-Rod and Cano coming up?
Is Tex even batting over the Mendoza line?
I would trade Tex for steve balboni right now.
Please, find me a championship team that DIDN’T let people go or change things after they won.
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He disturbed the chemistry of a winning team, bottom line.
Not a smart play by Swisher, but understandable. Nothing’s been happening. At least he pushed the issue a little. And perhaps that’s why the catch wasn’t made – BECAUSE he pushed it.
Can Tex please visit the eye doctor??? Every at bat is the same pitches to hit and a pop up. Dude has no timing and never drives the ball. It’s like the pitcher batting 3rd.
You know they are pressing when Swisher does that and Cervelli stretches that double. Not the best decisions.
You guys are funny.
They’re about to lose three games in a row! Call in a firing squad to end everyone except Vazquez and Cano! The Red Coats are coming! The Red Sox are coming!
Do you realize that teams go through slumps and will occasionally lose three games in a row?
Guess not.
Why is Michael Kay shocked? That should be an error, he was out by a mile and it was a good throw that he just dropped.
“Ross, stop the bs. This team has issues, get real.”
Yeah, best record in baseball, tied for first place in the toughest league in the majors, 5 solid pitchers, a slumping offense that still ranks as the best in baseball, and the best closer in the history of the game. DOOM AND GLOOOOOOOOOOM
Oh, and there are 95 games left in the season. Take your own advice – get real.
Boston must be throwing a party that they didn’t sign Tex
Would they really want to be committed to a guy like this for 8 years who takes half a season off?
“He disturbed the chemistry of a winning team, bottom line.”
You’re so delusional and hysterial its funny. This team has a better record at this point than last year’s team did. They are better than last year in every way.
The main problem with this year’s team has not been the new acquisitions, its been the holdovers. Teixeira and Arod have struggled.
Staring at a weekend sweep
God, it’s like a deer in the headlights when he’s up.
TAKE THE BAT OFF YOUR SHOULDER!!!! GOOD LORD!!!!!
Just keep the lefty in Mets Yankees CAN’T HIT them
Shoot TB lost, but Boston will be moving up.
Can Tex and A-Rod give back their paychecks?
They are pressing no doubt. Arod now is starting look like the guy who will start trying to swing for the big one too. Make freakin contact please.
Matt -
Copy all your posts here and send a resume. Maybe they’ll hire you. You’re so much smarter than anybody running the team. Know so much more. In fact, I truly don’t understand why you’re not already employed by someone in MLB.
“You’re so delusional and hysterial its funny. This team has a better record at this point than last year’s team did. They are better than last year in every way.
Last year’s team sucked early and peaked
This year’s team peaked early and has sucked for a month
Ross, analyze who their wins have been against. Forget the slump this is June. Alex and Tex have done nothing. CC has 4 wins vs Balt. Get a clue kid.
The pathetic duo of Tex and A-Rod do it again! Why Tex is batting 3rd is beyond me he is killing the team.
I can’t even get excited about Hughes pitching tomorrow when I know the offense will just roll over and die.
wow Cano is even swinging at the first pitch .. they want this game over, that’s obvious.. when 8 of your 9 players are playing like crap, you toss in the towel, it’s contagious.
Tex and Arod have been the worst 3rd and 4th hitters in baseball this season. One is lost and one is hurt. Very easy top of the lineup to navigate. Very cold Jeter, hot Swish and then zero timing and hurt-rod.
Al June 18th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Boston must be throwing a party that they didn’t sign Tex
Would they really want to be committed to a guy like this for 8 years who takes half a season off?
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Yeah I’m sure they are psyched that the Yankees signed a guy that helped them win the World Series…
A leadoff single, followed by 2 of the worst at bats in this game.
I’m glad our hottest hitters are hitting in crucial spots in the game… not.
When a team’s offense struggles how about you try to put the guys who are hitting somewhere near important spots in the lineup, especially when they are legitimately good hitters?
Swisher and Gardner have the best 2 OBP on the team. Why is Gardner batting 9th when the leadoff hitter has one of the worst and refuses to take pitches?
Why is everyone questioning Swisher? He’s in a lineup where the number 2 and 3 hitter are completely useless and can’t hit the ball. Who cares if he’s out tagging? It’s worth the shot, Tex and A-Rod aren’t going to do anything so he might as well try SOMETHING and make the Mets make a play.
Tex and A-Rod fail again. They should donate their paychecks to charity but they sure ain’t earning them at the moment. This isn’t entertainment. This is absolute agony.
feel bad for Javy:(
this team is just going through the motions
The Red Sox are gaining fast
Matt is a true fan, unlike many here who are OK if they lose and get on with their lives like it is no big deal.
A true fan sees flaws of the team. Fraud fans ignore the flaws because they don’t live and die with the team, they just watch them with no emotion.
People call them trolls, but they are a hell of a lot more passionate than the “keep the peace” brigade.
Whoops, I meant number 3 and 4!
Can we get Alex some HGH?
If they keep playing like this all you pollyannas will change your tunes.
Let’s see what you say if we get swept at home by the mets.
anyone think AROD will hit over 25 HR this year? I have my doubts
bridge jumpers are out in force tonight. only problem is they dont jump……
There goes Cano’s hitting streak.
3-4 are pathetic
Mark, I’ve been saying that for a month.
Tex needs to be moved down in the lineup, it’s a no brainer at this point.
I’d rather see..
Gardner
Jeter
Swish
Cano
Arod
Tex
Posada
Grandy
Cisco
(i know I changed my lineup from earlier, but i thought about it a bit longer).
A-WASTE of 30 million dollars
This team does have issues…but we’re in first place therefore we can work on fixing them and still be in the race…..and it might be as simple and switching up the line-up.
Matt -
Must you comment after every single at-bat.
SHUT UP.
Red Sox are going to pass us by the end of the weekend. Take that to the bank.
This is why Theo gets all the praise. His team hasn’t stopped hitting for 6 weeks, despite a bunch of flawed hitters, minor league players, and older players.
Our star-studded $200 million dollar lineup hasn’t hit for a month.
I’ll take the Sox offense over ours any day of the week, despite the fact we have twice the talent.
How in God’s name did this team beat Roy Halladay this week?
Get ready to see Krod come in and celebrate a 3 run save like it’s the biggest accomplishment in the world. That’s if the bullpen doesn’t turn this into a laugher in the ninth.
Matt is a true fan, unlike many here who are OK if they lose and get on with their lives like it is no big deal.
A true fan sees flaws of the team. Fraud fans ignore the flaws because they don’t live and die with the team, they just watch them with no emotion.
People call them trolls, but they are a hell of a lot more passionate than the “keep the peace” brigade.
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Very true Dust. We are passionate, not pollyannas. Front runners don’t know.
I hate Tex right now.. HATEEEEEEE HIMMMMMMMM
“Ross, analyze who their wins have been against. Forget the slump this is June. Alex and Tex have done nothing. CC has 4 wins vs Balt. Get a clue kid.”
I’m sorry, do those games not count? Do you get extra points for beating good teams? This is a marathon not a sprint. They haven’t been clicking on all cylinders since April but they still have the best record in baseball. That is the mark of a good team. Do you think they won’t turn it around?
Did you already forget A-rod’s two grand slams this year? Is that “nothing”? Or the 2 run homer he hit against Papelbon? Those must all be figments of my imagination…
Doreen – maybe you need to take your own advice. Can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.
It’s time for a team meeting. If they get swept by the Mets at home heads are gonna roll within this organization. That’s what happens with the Steinbrenners. Either win a World Series or else we panic and throw $$$ at worthless free agents.
The pollyannas dont see the flaws. Huge flaws. This team has been saved by great starting pitching and three hitters. Cano. Swisher. Gardner.
That is the difference between senior citizens and everyone else.
Senior citizens are calm and don’t have any passion anymore.
Hence, the blog police.
A-rod is hurting…I hate to sit him but he’s not doing much more offensively than Pena….I’d rather he sat for two weeks now than in September….get him well.
Cashman won’t seriously blow 18-20 million a year on Jeter after this crap season will he? He’s currently worth half what he’s making now – they’ll already be handcuffed with A-Rod’s ridiculous contract (when they felt they had to bid against themselves). A shortstop with no range, no power, and hits into tons of groundball outs – please don’t saddle this team with another joke contract – play hardball, obviously he’ll stay
I guess we’ll just tip our cap to every single pitcher that comes in? What quality pitches Feliciano made to get out of that, especially that middle of the plate slider to A-Rod which he stared at and the 1-1 pitch a foot off the plate that Teixeira thought he could hit.
If you allow 3 runs in an American League park, you would probably win at least 2/3 of the time, maybe even more than that. Scoring zero in your own ballpark is just embarrassing, no matter who is on the mound. Even when guys like Johan Santana in their prime used to come in the Yankees still could scratch out more than zero.
Yankees still think you’ll make it to the WS with no bull pen? This isn’t last years team, anyone can beat you but BAL, or Astros!
Just wait till Andy and Hughes come down to earth
Then we are really screwed. Bad enough we have box of chocolates Burnett in the rotation and Joba in the pen.
This team really can’t hit the change this year. Its really weird. I definitely miss Matsui and Damon, but this team is VERY good and they will turn in around. The Yankees are in 1st place and they haven’t even really put it together yet. I think the Yankees will add a hitter before the trade deadline. This team really could use another big bat, especially since A-Rod and Tex aren’t hitting home runs.
I really don’t care if the Red Sox pass us in the standings this week. The Sox have been ahead of the Yankees at the all-star break EVERY YEAR since at least 2004, and they ended up winning the division just once in 2007 (barely).
Jim,
Ortiz is hitting .255 for june but everybody else on the redsox is hitting over .350 for June..
aside from Cano/Gardner we are ALL hitting .235′ish for June..
that scares me.
“Matt is a true fan, unlike many here who are OK if they lose and get on with their lives like it is no big deal.
A true fan sees flaws of the team. Fraud fans ignore the flaws because they don’t live and die with the team, they just watch them with no emotion.
People call them trolls, but they are a hell of a lot more passionate than the “keep the peace” brigade.”
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I really hope you’re not married. I’m sure all the ladies love your upbeat, positive attitude.
I am not in any way suggesting that the Yankees are in trouble (in the bigger sense, ie their season is in jeopardy), but I will say this:
I have not had really any fun watching this team this season. Last season seems like a polar opposite to this one.
Who had a worse off season than Cash? Granderson is overrated. Can’t hit leftys at all. Johnson was a joke. Park is a NL pitcher. No pen help. No bench.
It’s the curse of Nick Johnson.
Seriously, though. That signing probably hurt us the most. It put a questionable health situation in at DH, and we had/have no real DH alternative to him. Signing Johnson, along with signing Granderson’s one side of the plate, made this lineup pretty fragile.
Also, Teixeira got his paycheck and his ring, and now he’s just going thru the motions.
Oh well!
Who are you to talk Philly?
Watching the Mets get so pumped up that they might win a game against the Yanks is pathetic and really funny to watch. The Yanks are like there big brother and all that matters is that they prove they can play on the big stage with them. It was like this in the last series also. The Yanks could care less about them and they treat it like its the world series.
Please this team should be compared to last years version, a champion.
We have no energy, no chemistry.
If Cano werent hitting 380 we would be in 3rd or 4th place.
Every move Cash made has failed. Sooner or later he will have to come out of hiding.
Matt,
Tip your cap to Moyer. Nevermind he gave up 9 runs to Boston and has a 5 ERA in the NL.
Tip your cap to Kendrick. Nevermind lefties destroy him, he has an ERA of 5 in the NL and gives up a lot of HRs.
Tip your cap to Takahashi. Nevermind that the Padres and Marlins tattooed him.
The next 2 days we’re going to get shut down because we are facing good pitching. No excuses for the previous 3 nights though.
wow, was Jeter standing still on that hit by the number 9 hitter?
They ought to get rid of Park, he stinks!!!!!!!!!
Girardi needs to do the old “pick names out of a hat” tomorrow when he draws up the batting order.
They need some kind of shake up.
It’s just astounding when you look at the OPS of our top 6 hitters how badly this team is doing right now.
who’s record is 35-50?
who is tied for the best record?
okay, sorry, I’m finished feeding the trolls
This slide started with Nick Johnson went down
Don’t forget that. He knows how to have a good at bat, unlike the rest of the clowns on our team.
Right now the only thing circular about the Yankees line up is the zeroes they are putting up against scrub pitchers like Moyer, Kendrick and Takahashi.
is that the real trish?
You win = Boy, this team has such great chemistry! Clearly they’re getting along because they love chatting over cups of tea in the clubhouse!
You lose = This team has no chemistry! Fire Cashman for ruining a great clubhouse!
Eventually you have to stop doing the same things over and over again that aren’t working.
If Teixeira is going to continue to press and you have a better option to bat third, then you need to try something else. What is the harm in dropping Teixeira for a week and seeing if he can get it going in lower pressure spots?
It’s not a ‘slap in the face’ or any of that nonsense. He would be the first to admit that he deserves to be dropped in the lineup, he’s probably just as hard on himself as the fans are going to be on him soon if he keeps this going. If you bat a .220 hitter who is still hitting like one in the 3 spot, then you just aren’t going to score runs.
Your best OBP guy is batting 9th, and your lowest batting average is in the 3 hole. That’s ok if it’s April and it’s just a small sample, but it’s been 2.5 months of numbers now. The guy is what he’s doing on the field until he proves otherwise.
WHy is logan still in? He’s Throw about 50 pitches in 3 days.
Letting Damon n matsui go was a huge mistake
Mark my words, if the Yankee bats stay the same the Mets will throw a no-hitter this weekend.
This is a total embarrassment.
Phillies fans still here? Really? So you got beat in the series last year and are looking up at the Braves and Mets in your own division????? Please. Next you will be going on about the Eagles and Kolb.
look i changed my name again June 18th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Mets sweep all 3. BOOK IT!!
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my prediction from this morning – looks pretty good right about now! If it wasn’t for the astros, o’s and indians they’d be in 4th place right now –
nice job cashman ruining this team – next year just do what you do best and spend millions of dollars and stop trying to play GM – start with trading for konerko play him at 1st base and send tex a message that his sh*t will not be tolerated – tell arod to drop the “i want to be an actor” crap with dating B-list actresses and concentrate on baseball
Seriously, just cut Park, Nick Johnson, and demote Joba either in the pecking order or to Scranton.
Daniel June 18th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
I am not in any way suggesting that the Yankees are in trouble (in the bigger sense, ie their season is in jeopardy), but I will say this:
I have not had really any fun watching this team this season. Last season seems like a polar opposite to this one.
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I doubt you were having much fun watching the Yankees at this time last year. I hear what you are saying, but the Yankees will turn it around after the all-star break. If the Yankees still aren’t hitting by the trade deadline, they will trade for someone like Konerko or Berkman.
WIN TOMORROW OR ELSE!!!! ENOUGH!!!!!!
1-0 game and the Yanks are pitching Park and AAA Logan. You just have to laugh. Girardi never even tried to keep the game close. He figured after the 6th inning that the Yanks aren’t scoring a run and he gave up.
mick,
Agree. It is an insult for anyone to compare this collection of mediocrity to last year’s world champions.
That team had character. It knew how to come back. It knew how to hit in big spots. Hughes saved the pen in the 2nd half.
Anyone who compares the teams clearly doesn’t watch the games.
This team is sickening to watch right now. Can’t pitch, can’t hit, and the defense isn’t doing anything spectacular.
Last year innings 7-9 were the most exciting. Now after the starting pitcher leaves, the game is simply unwatchable.
mick -
Not pollyannas. But enough is enough.
Slumps happen. To every team. Sometimes early, sometimes middle, sometimes late. It’s the rare team that doesn’t.
You deal with the slumps. They stink, but it doesn’t mean the season is over. It’s not fun to watch at all, but the season is not over.
And to whoever said if you don’t live and die with the team you’re not a fan – I suggest you get some perspective.
who’s record is 35-50?
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huh?
Now I think the game is out of hand. Ugh.
the bad Boone Logan has returned…..
And like Paulie is saying, what is the value of a hard fastball if you refuse to throw it inside? It’s a lot harder to hit a hard fastball when it bores in on your hands than when it’s on the outside corner where you can just slap at it.
You want to induce weak contact with the infield in, so why don’t you try jamming him?
They waste the hard throwers in this pen by not going in with the fastball. When you throw the same pitches in the same location every single time, hitters will start looking for it and put the ball in play. How are you going to overpower a hitter when he doesn’t even have to think about you running it in on his hands?
team meeting, refocus, don’t panic, move Tex, stop swinging at the first pitch and grounding out, get A-Rod right, lose Park, replace Johnson with a real DH…..its not that complicated.
So the only good Yankee news today is that Brackman is going to AA soon and Betances is back.
Matt,
I actually think Pelfrey might throw a no hitter tomorrow.
If we were so baffled by Kendrick and his flat sinker and floating breaking ball, then Pelfrey’s 94 MPH moving sinker and his hard splitter with life are going to be brutal for us.
Heck, Santana is basically a junk baller now anyway, so chalk that up as a loss as well.
Normally I’d be wondering why Logan is still in this game, but what does it even matter at this point?
Why are you going to burn your decent arms in a game in which you have no chance? How is this offense going to come back even if you hold it at 4? They haven’t been able to score a run for 8 innings off of mediocre pitchers, why are they going to do so now with the bottom of the order due up?
enough with crying for team meetings – they really don’t do jack, it’s just nice publicity. a team meeting isn’t some magic key for a sudden turnaround – otherwise everyone would be doing it.
If Cashman doesn’t do something after this game, he’s never going to. They’re about to be swept by the Mutts at home. This is so embarassing.
They will turn it around and Cashman will have to trade for reinforcements.
We just have to sit and watch this slump while it lasts. It happens every season.
Doesn’t make it fun or right. Just the way it goes with this team.
When they go into a funk, they all go into funk.
It’s been this way since Torre was here.
Mattingly used to say when this team was struggling everyone in the lineup was looking to the next guy to be the hero and fix it. I’ve always thought he was right.
Someone needs to step up and then the rest of the team will follow.
Time to bring up Miranda and bench Tex
This is simply inexcuseable.
This has become a horrible pattern. The offense does nothing for 7+ innings and then the bullpen comes in, gives up runs to make sure that they lose.
If Girardi and Cash don’t have a meeting after this game then they don’t have brain cells . The offense is no where to be found and the bullpen is a disaster. If you can’t hit garbage pitchers how are they going to bet good pitchers or good teams?!
Stacey
Clearly an imposter.
Doreen
This doesn’t look like a slump anymore. Hate to say it but we don’t have a clue who we are. Even Jeter looks out of sorts. Something is missing. Damon. He was a character guy and we dismissed him for personal reasons. He, being Cashman and his henchmen. We broke up a winning combination.
Hey don’t get mad at me, Ive been telling you for 3 days the Yankees are in trouble.
Boston WILL PASS you this weekend , and unlike last year they won’t wait until after the ASG like the Yankees did.
“# Butch June 18th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Can we get Alex some HGH?
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That’s probably what’s missing(not naive)
chan ho,
What can Cashman say without looking like a horse’s behind? He got them into this mess to begin with
Signing NJ and letting Matsui go
Trading for a streaky platoon player over signing Damon
Signing Chan Ho Park
Trading for Boone Logan
Keeping Joba up here when he should be in AAA
It’s his fault that the team is scuffling. If he tries to chew these guys out, one of the players should take him to task and ask him why he screwed this team up this winter.
Someone needs to contact Kate Hudson so that she can date A-Rod again, all the way to October, then they can do whatever they want in the off-season.
The Captain looks like he needs a day off, but he won’t say anything because that’s just how he is.
As for Teixeira, he seriously needs to wake up. It’s not April anymore. He doesn’t even look like he’s trying to get out of whatever it is that’s making him fail every time he comes up to bat.
All the Yankees need to do is add a bat and a reliable reliever before the trade deadline. The starting pitching has been unbelievable, and overall our offense has been pretty good. We are missing a big power hitter though, because Tex and A-Rod really aren’t getting it done. We also need to add an 8th inning guy. Joba and Park have been awful this year.
The Philly Phitins June 18th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Hey don’t get mad at me, Ive been telling you for 3 days the Yankees are in trouble.
Boston WILL PASS you this weekend , and unlike last year they won’t wait until after the ASG like the Yankees did.
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A Philly fan would know about a team getting passed in the standings, considering they are looking up at ATL and the Mets.
Trasha you are a narcissistic jerk (ette).
I am boycotting blah blah blah – who cares.
Your boycott involves lurking on Lohud all night praying and hoping your name is mentioned, it is and you post 5-6 self serving comments, take a shot at Nick, and stomp off in your martyrdom.
Remember, Narcissistic Anonymous meets tomorrow at noon in the “YAWN” building, the cross streets are “I am the victim” street and “It’s always about me” blvd.
You said ‘nite all’; but you are still lurking. You can’t help yourself, but you do need help.
Skip over this post, please, please.
What, no K-Rod?
10 year old kids or a lohud game thread?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtDmEs0IYQ0
“This has become a horrible pattern. The offense does nothing for 7+ innings and then the bullpen comes in, gives up runs to make sure that they lose.”
Yup, and last year it was the complete opposite. Ace would come in to stop the bleeding and the offense would come from behind to score runs and win the game.
Doreen-
I ♥ you
Boone Logan – didn’t he say he was a changed man when he went down to AAA last time – guess not – this mess of a pen is on cashman, as is bringing in all of the losers that he signed and traded for this offseason – losers breed loser mentalities – as winners breed winner mentalities – he got rid of 2 major winners and brought in losers like johnson, winn, thames, vazquez (no matter how well he’s pitched against bad hitting teams lately) and i hate to say this because i liked him but granderson as well
“We just have to sit and watch this slump while it lasts. It happens every season.”
Exactly. Happens to every season and to everyone. Look no further than the Yankees last guests, the Phillies. 60 runs in 24 games heading into NYS and now they’ve broken out and scored 6+ in three straight. Slumps happen, but everyone comes out of them sooner or later.
No matter what happens this year, if Tex and Arod don’t start hitting we are done.
Blank Check June 18th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
chan ho,
What can Cashman say without looking like a horse’s behind? He got them into this mess to begin with
Signing NJ and letting Matsui go
Trading for a streaky platoon player over signing Damon
Signing Chan Ho Park
Trading for Boone Logan
Keeping Joba up here when he should be in AAA
It’s his fault that the team is scuffling. If he tries to chew these guys out, one of the players should take him to task and ask him why he screwed this team up this winter.
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don’t forget the 2 mill that was wasted on Randy Winn.
What about Cashman’s team meeting in Atlanta last year? no impact?
I hope the Yanks are embarrassed getting shut down by the losers that have shut them down this season. Just shows you how bad Halladay must of been that they slapped him around.
When a team is struggling a manager needs to implement the bunt, hit and run and steal some bases. The Yankees had an opportunity to bunt with Granderson but made him swing away against a lefty. He could have H&R with Teix and Swish but didn’t do it and it cost a run. Girardi needs to understand that slumping teams rarely get more than 2 hits in any inning so in order to score they have to be creative.
As an example of my previous point about the hard fastball, look at the kinds of pitch sequences you get from Joba the majority of games.
Against righties, he throws fastball after fastball on the outside corner and then tries to K them on the slider. But the fastball away you can just flick foul down the line so when he throws the slider you can wait back longer and see it better, and not chase it as much. If you threw the fastball inside a few times to make them think about it, then they would have to legitimately be concerned about getting beaten on a fastball. Now when you throw the slider down and away, the hitter is worried about the inside pitch and may open up a bit and flail at it.
If you don’t change the hitter’s eye level and go in-out a bit, they can sit on a location and just take a “see the ball, hit the ball” kind of approach. Changing speeds is not as effective if the hitter doesn’t have to worry about not being prepared for the location.
# Ace June 18th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Who had a worse off season than Cash? Granderson is overrated. Can’t hit leftys at all. Johnson was a joke. Park is a NL pitcher. No pen help. No bench.
Ace-
What about that SP that gave up 1 run in 7 innings?
What are the similarities between this team and last year’s?
Tex was an MVP canidate. He is one of the worst players in baseball this year.
A-Rod was our team MVP and hit 30 HRs in a truncated season. This year, he might hit 15.
Damon/Matsui had career years and got big hit after big hit. Granderson sucks and is a .240 hitter who can’t hit lefties. NJ is on he DL
Hughes made our bullpen lights out. Who do we have this year? Joba? LOL Chan Ho Park? LOL
CC and Burnett had taken off by now. This year, they are going in circles. CC can’t beat anyone but the Orioles. Burnett started out 4-0 and is 2-5 since.
No similarities at all.
G.Love
HAHA, the old hat trick eh?? Seriously, at this point it really makes no difference where anybody is hitting..
Not sure who said it above but, I 100% agree regardless if we are winning or not I do not think watching this team is nearly as exciting as it was last year.. Our line-up without hitting is just boring. But again, pitching is the reason why we are at where were at this year.. our bats this year have been bothing special.. except Cano, he is keeping it fun to watch.
Holliday was once available ya know.. (I am glad we didn’t give him that monster contract tho) but Damon’s one of the most pesky hitters in the MLB, he really gave this team a different feel.. I just can’t believe that Cash and Hal pinched pinnies and couldn’t come up with a 2 year deal with Johnny..
Nick Johnson, wow.. dumbest move of all time.. dumbest. 10m for a play of Damon’s caliber is well worth it. 20mil for 2 years even..
then we gave NJ the same Angels gave Matsui.. and to even compare those two players value.. forget about it.
Not to mention that Japanese advertising for Matsui just being on the team brought in an extra 14mil for the yanks. Very dumb decisions in this off season leave us in the situation we are right now.
Miracle comeback?
Yeah Blank Check, you are right. I’m just so at a loss right now, I don’t know what else can be done. Yes, teams struggle, but this is just embarassing. When Cano, the best hitter in baseball can’t get a hit, you know you’re in deep doo-doo.
I’m actually getting a headach from all this.
A sad day when Cervelli is the offensive star for the Yankees.
And now Granderson to lay down for the lefty…..
Who wants to defend the pen now?
figures, now that it’s garbage time Granderson manages to get a hit.
Matt sure knows his baseball. I don’t know why he gets so much grief on this site.
If played minor league ball or had a nephew in the minors you’d all be gushing at his astute baseball knowledge.
Sit back, put down your pom-poms and learn something.
Game Over.
And another thing, we can’t even have someone pinch hit because our bench fails tremendously with Randy Lose and Marcus Shames sitting there warming up the bench and making sure that the gatorade coolers work.
Lol why do the Yankees only start hitting in the bottom of the 9th?! ITS SO FRUSTRATING!!!!
Why are those who point out obvious flaws in a team called naysayers?
To make you feel better about yourselves so that you can say we are the losers?
Face reality June is almost over and Tex and Arod look done.
Without them fuggetaboutit.
Michelle,
They don’t care if they lost. Do they look like they care?
Granderson, from his interviews, sounds like he would rather be in Detroit anyway.
A-Rod seems content with 1 ring
Tex is his usual arrogant “my baseball card speaks for itself” persona. He is delusional. He probably thinks he is an MVP candidate.
Chan Ho only came here because no one wanted him. Joba is a slob anyway.
They don’t care and that is the problem. The only guys who might care are Jeter and PO, but they are now victims of old age. Their skills have simply diminished.
Never say never!!!
It ain’t over til it’s over!!!
# CR9 June 18th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Miracle comeback?
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Can they score a first please.
just when I thought we’d be deprived of seeing K-Rod celebrate a June game like it’s October.
JOY. Too bad Luis Castillo isn’t playing
Thanks for the extra runs…Its the same bs recently. Do nothing for 7 or 8 innings, bullpen gives up the tack on runs and with 1 or 2 outs in the 9th the Yanks wake up and try to erase sleeping threw the 1st 8 innings.
run
If BG can just get on base and let Jeter hit. Come on BG!
Limbo, you lived last yr. you could die this yr…just saying.
Chan Ho,
Yeah bro, I agree. Best thing to do is to not expect much. They have not shown any indication that they are going to play consistent, so lower the expectations.
They are no fun to watch at all. It’s sad watching a $200 million dollar team look like they could care less about baseball. Just don’t get so wrapped up in them. No need to waste time on a team that can’t get out of its own way.
It’s not Cashman’s fault that Teixeira isn’t hitting or that Arod and Posada can’t stay healthy for more than a week at a time, or that Jeter swings at the first pitch and grounds out at least once a day. Or that Aceves is on the DL.
Lets Go Yankees!!!!
(clap clap clap)
We can do it!!!!
Here comes the tease…
lmao at some ppl on here, bout to lose 3 games in row and already ready to call it a season..you “people” are pathetic.
it doesn’t even matter what Gardner does, Captain Groundout is on deck.
“And another thing, we can’t even have someone pinch hit because our bench fails tremendously with Randy Lose and Marcus Shames sitting there warming up the bench and making sure that the gatorade coolers work.”
Seriously? You are going to try and sell yourself as a Yankee fan after you wrote that?
Brandon’s Awesome (B/c my AWESOMENESS is within me) June 18th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Limbo, you lived last yr. you could die this yr…just saying.
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Thats deep Brandon. Very deep
This game is so over.
If they don’t get a top set up man this is a 3rd place team
mick -
I disagree with you. I won’t take a 3-game slump and extrapolate it into something bigger. I don’t think it’s a character thing. I think it’s an injury thing. They haven’t had their opening day lineup for weeks; they ARE still trying to find themselves as a team. So was last year’s team at this time.
A lot of revisionist history goes on.
Damon was far from perfect and Matsui was and still is streaky AND he can’t play the outfield. He’d be being ripped apart here (he was in a huge slump before this last stretch).
I won’t rehash the off-season stuff, but Damon was as much to blame as Cashman, and I have a hard time blaming Cash when he was the ONLY GM to offer Damon a two-year contract.
I get people feeling down. I do.
BUT I hate Matt’s constant pedantic posts. I hate that after they beat Halladay they were THE TEAM, and they fall into a slump and they’re trash – same players mind you, with Tex batting 3rd and all the other “problems.” Not Matt, though, because he’s never here when they’re winning. So I can’t take anything he says seriously.
Gardner needs to swing at the 1st pitch more often. When you get a fastball down the middle swing stop with the patience crap already. Too often patience gets the best of him.
They have not shown any indication that they are going to play consistent, so lower the expectations.
Yeah they only went 12-4 over there last 16 games before this little losing streak and won 9 in a row at home..thats not consistent or anything..good call hoss
Last year’s team just felt different.
Even when we were struggling with the Nationals, the team’s overall offense was fine. A-Rod/Tex/Jeter/Posada all had perfectly fine numbers. The pitching was fine too. Even Wang looked solid but lost a bunch of low scoring games.
This year’s team has tremendous flaws in the lineup that are very troubling.
Yeah… all those teams with top set up men. Like… like…… *draws blank*
Ross June 18th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Yeah… all those teams with top set up men. Like… like…… *draws blank*
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Daniel Bard for starters.
Oh no not the 9th inning tease, after the bullpen screws it up, as per usual.
They just can’t beat good teams.
9-15 vs. over .500 teams since NJ went down.
Ball 4…
That was ball 4
Gardner stares at what should have been strike 3 and swings at ball 4. Keep up the good work!
Doreen
Then ignore him.
I hope you are right.
I’ll take Ruben Tejada as a set up man over Joba any day.
Daniel Bard for starters.
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Who else? He hasn’t been lights out against good teams either, you know.
who said Wang looked solid???? really????
Pat,
It’s the truth. If we had someone in the bench reliable enough to pinch hit (especially in the bottom of the 9th) for a slumping batter, then these games would be more interesting. Don’t get me wrong I’m not giving up on the season just yet, but come on, those two are clearly bench warmers.
At least maybe Krod will be tired when he comes in to save tomorrow’s game.
Wang – 6 IP, 3 ER vs. Washington, 6 IP, 3 ER vs. Atlanta
and he lost both games.
I have aged 6 years during this at bat
Gardner battles for a few pitches and Jeter will probably swing at the first pitch for the ground ball out…
11 pitch AB and counting for Gardy
By the way, A-rod was still batting about .220 during the Nationals series last year. He never turned it around and got hot, right?
If we had someone in the bench reliable enough to pinch hit (especially in the bottom of the 9th) for a slumping batter
you’d need 8 pinch hitters
This is a Damon-esque at bat.
Michelle – that’s actually not good. That means his usually slow slop will be even slower and baffle us like Jaime Moyer did.
This is the worst type of closer for us to face – a junk baller who relies on changing speeds. We’
ve proven we can’t hit them
two games??? not enough for me
GREAT AB!!!!!!
Pretty nice fight by Gardner
Why do I get the feeling this is all going to come down to Alex yet again.
If Jeter swings at the first pitch, I’m going to scream!
Gardner is a pest.
Here comes captain dp..What are the odds he can actually get the ball out of the infield here? I hate to say it but probably very small.
Before we badmouth K-Rod’s celebrations let’s not forget Valverde. THAT GUY is a real horses ass out there.
Jeter’s 2nd slam coming up
Great, Captain Clunker is up. Gary Cohen is going on and on about Jeter being the tying run, nevermind the fact that Jeter’s power is non existent esp with the bases loaded. forget it.
Still not buying a comeback vs KRod, he’s one of the best in the league. Last yr. maybe, this yr. …
They’re one more hit away from really having a chance to make this exciting. Jeter has to make sure he doesn’t help him out here, make him get the ball in the zone.
still can’t believe Tex has hit 3rd all season
‘cmon Jets
A-Rod had 17 HRs by the all-star break last year. Oh and he missed a month too.
A-Rod might not hit 17 HRs all of this year
That is the difference.
Oh Lord Jeter, Captain one pitch and out.
SWINGS AT THE FIRST F’N PITCH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, Gardner has turned into quite the player.
I was hoping for a first pitch grannie.
Jetes
Pitch up right over the plate…
DOES JETER EVER LEARN!
We better hope for a Jeter BB here, because he AINT hittin a HR here.
I’ve covered my ears for your screaming
whatever, just K so we can have a shot with Swisher up.
Can someone hit a fastball please?!??!?!
Damn, right now we can’t hit crap w/ RISP
he was on that first pitch, not the 2nd though
At least it wasn’t a DP.
SWINGS AT FIRST PITCH BALL AND MISSES A FAST BALL RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE..
GO JETER!!! WOW YOU SUCK
Okay you know what, Jeter deserves all the badmouthing he’s going to get tonight, and for the first time ever, I’m not sure I want him re-signed.
jete’s in a funk
He clearly went around.
WOW that was so pathetic!!!!
this is the worst I’ve seen Jeter look in years
By all means sign Jeter to a huge contract
Jeter had 2 hittable Fastballs.
that was a swing.
nice job keeping the ball in the infield as usual Jete.
IBB Swisher to get to Tex?
They should let Jeter walk at the end of the season.
That was another dreadful at bat from Jeter. His patience at the plate is no where to be found. He is 100 times worse than Cano ever was.
If you’re going to go up there and hack away early in the count, I’d think you’re looking fastball? Jeter got beaten by fastball after fastball in that at bat.
ah phooy
And, OF COURSE Jeter has something to say to the umps….
Of course.
Great job guys!!
idiot swings at the first pitch.
David Wright with the Ricky Henderson snatch?
F’in Yanks.
Now we rely on Swisher putting up All Star numbers. Last year we were fine with his 10 pitch AB’s, his 250 avg. But we won.
This year Cano is hitting like an MVP. He was good last year, not this good, but good. And we won.
Tex and Arod last year. This year?
I can go on…
I hate this offense. They couldn’t just go down 1-2-3 against Valdes, but instead had to make us suffer throught Krod’s antics.
Jeter should be ashamed of himself. That was a disgrace.
I hate Krod.. I’d Like to take his kisses up to the heavens and shove them right down his throat.
THIS TEAM WAS BRUTAL TONIGHT
yanks failed to compete, games on the line they choke, jeter pathetic
Chokers.
Let Jeter go n find a good SS
They just won braggin’ rights vs us.
Why do they love swinging at the first pitch with the bases loaded? -_-
Those were two very embarrassing ABs after Gardner’s gutty AB.
This team is a fraud. Last year’s team would mount a late inning rally and pull it off. This one only likes to pretend that they are going to do something.
im in the Jeter is done camp, but just keep him around for 3000.
Right now, this is the worst team in baseball.
Swish with a gigantic homerun swing. Why am I surprised. They will never get out of the funk if the approach doesn’t change. They need a single there keep the line moving. Everyone comes up trying to be a hero.
this team is so pathetic
Just an embarrassment
Why do they love swinging at the first pitch with the bases loaded
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when you are slumping you are scared to death of falling behind in the count.
# Fredo June 18th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Let Jeter go n find a good SS
you can be shot
Anyone think they will get healthy vs 2 studs the next 2 days??
Well tomorrow is another day, the sun will rise in the east, and the Yanks will start the day in first place…lets go from there.
bragging rights? NYY are 27 time World Series Champions. Nobody gets bragging rights over that.
man, it hilarious to see all the idiots here when the team loses. its almost no worth coming here. this used to be a great place, with smart fans, but no more, tons of bandwagon losers.
ahh yess were such an embarrassment, still tied for first and tied with best record in baseball, jus pathetic
Funny to hear Reyes and Krod crucified, but Cervelli’s retardation gets a free pass.
Mets fans will think they accomplished something tonight, but I wouldn’t have been surprised to see them do the same thing against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight the way they are hitting.
Who cares what the bullpen did? They scored ZERO times today. Remind me of how many games you can win scoring that many runs?
The Yankees will win tomorrow!
Book it!!!
Great AB by Gardner to give us a shot.
Now we need one of Cashmans brilliant quotes” we will handle this from within” We have Thames coming back soon. What a joke. an absolutely disgusting off season from cashman. i still remember the famous quote” we have only 2 million for a left fielder” lol. what a joke he is. If i was given blank checks to sign CC,Tex and AJ id look like a brilliant GM too.
Matt called it. Dead bats all night.
I’ll be watching to see if his no-hitter prediction comes true tomorrow.
He’s rarely wrong, but I hope is. I would hate to see the Mets celebrate at Yankee Stadium.
“Anyone think they will get healthy vs 2 studs the next 2 days??”
Anyone think they’d get healthy against Halladay earlier in the week?
Last yrs team had grit and fight. They grinded. This years? Not half the team.
Chan Ho needs to be DFA’d…he’s just done.
The Captain took 3 pitches with bases loaded. Swisher took 1 pitchwith 2 outs.
PHIL HUGHES, YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN TOMORROW WITH THE LOUSY PEN, AND NO OFFENSE.
You do realize the Yankees will make the Mets 2 aces look like batting practice pitchers now. It’s how this game works.
Too bad for Javy, he pitched a great game!!
Need to shake up the team. This is simply unacceptable to be shut out at home by the lousy Mets
The Captain took 3 pitches with bases loaded. Swisher took 1 pitchwith 2 outs.
thank you captain obvious, someone must be lil bitter bout last years WS loss, still comin here huh
“Everyone comes up trying to be a hero.”
For what’s going on with them right now, I’d rather them coming up trying to be heroes than thinking they’ve got nothing to offer.
“Right now, this is the worst team in baseball.”
Really?
9 of 10 posters here are names not very familar …….If this was such a simple game, I still doubt any of you could make it beyond Little League
Dig deep Yankee optimists.
Don’t shoot the messengers.
That’s how clueless Matt is. 1-0 game is a lil dif than 4-0. The bullpen killed this.
This team is a fraud. Last year’s team would mount a late inning rally and pull it off. This one only likes to pretend that they are going to do something.
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that’s why you NEVER trade away winners like Melky Cabrera. He wouldn’t have gotten a hit but he would have hit a slow roller that David Wright would have thrown down the right field line to clear the bases. No hit, no rbi, avg goes down yet another pivotal play in the game – that’s Melky Cabrera. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a bunch of losers like the Braves suddenly figure out how to win when a true champion joins their team.
trish you cant leave can you
Pelfrey is going to have such an easy time with us, don’t even bother watching.
He’ll just change speeds all day.
Or, if we do actually hit him, Hughes will probably be worse. Just the type of year this is.
In Phil I trust!!!
“bragging rights? NYY are 27 time World Series Champions. Nobody gets bragging rights over that.”
Beat the champs 3 out of the last 4 and you do.
“Too bad for Javy, he pitched a great game!!”
2nd best pitcher on the field this evening, but he was outstanding.
# Fredo June 18th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
That’s how clueless Matt is. 1-0 game is a lil dif than 4-0. The bullpen killed this.
1-0 4-0
We got shut out. It doesn’t matter.
I’ll agree. Melky was a good luck charm.
“Time to get Posada out of the lineup.”
Will never happen because he will whine and cry about it
If he was a real team leader, he would step down for the betimet of the team
Give Jete the day off tomorrow.
Good thing the Rays are slumping too. The Red Sox have been red hot for two months and are still in third place. That’s a little humorous.
he would step down for the betimet of the team
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Wilson?
Beat the champs 3 out of the last 4 and you do.
not really, lets see them make the postseason and win the WS vs us then they can have bragging rights..reg season dont mean shi
How happy were those spicks KROD and Pagan. They should be doing my laundry
Jim,
I agree. Melky and Hinske (along with Glaus, who was a WS MVP) are the reasons for Atlanta’s resurgence.
Cashmoron went out and got 2 guys who have never won anything in their lives in Granderson and Johnson….
Being down 1-0 changes the whole game. Down 1 they tie it in the 9th
thought you were on boycott trish
# Brandon’s Awesome (B/c my AWESOMENESS is within me) June 18th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
“bragging rights? NYY are 27 time World Series Champions. Nobody gets bragging rights over that.”
Beat the champs 3 out of the last 4 and you do.
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They were champs last year.
That’s a joke, Brandon. The Nats beat us 2 out of 3 last year. Do they have bragging rights over us? LOL!
“Good thing the Rays are slumping too. The Red Sox have been red hot for two months and are still in third place. That’s a little humorous.”
Not for long though if we continue to play like this
“that’s why you NEVER trade away winners like Melky Cabrera. He wouldn’t have gotten a hit but he would have hit a slow roller that David Wright would have thrown down the right field line to clear the bases. No hit, no rbi, avg goes down yet another pivotal play in the game – that’s Melky Cabrera. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a bunch of losers like the Braves suddenly figure out how to win when a true champion joins their team.”
Dude Melky’s a scrub, Troy Glaus and Jason Heyward and Martin Prado and McCann..are why they are winning.
Robi Cano turned superstar when they traded him, Javy Vazquez is one of our best SP, SUCKS WE CAN’T SCORE FOR HIM!
Yeah right….you’d rather have Pena at SS? I don’t think so….Jete’s not hurt.
Pat M,
I always wonder where they all come from too. You never see them during the week. That said, I’m all for venting within reason. I don’t get mad at fans for being upset and trying to break down what they think is wrong with this team.
Something is wrong. They’re in a huge slump. It happens every year. What we all forget while they are in it is that they eventually break out of it in a big way.
The one question I would ask Chad if i could is if he has watched any of Arod’s batting practice lately. Is Arod showing power in the cage? I’d really like to know that.
Can’t beat good teams, 9-16 vs good teams (.500plus) since Johnson went down and we’ve had no DH. Team lacks pop, and power since their power hitters are having sub par seasons, Arod and Tex. Yanks have scored 4 runs in 3 games against not exactly Roger Clemens type starters. Need to shop for a versatile bat that can play outfield, need an eigth inning reliever, and need a better infield utility player. Pena and Russo are unacceptable. Come on Cash the starters and Cano have carried this team to now but we need help if we’re going to continue. How about J Cantu from Florida, DH/ infield hitter with good power, good avg and solid ops. How about B Harris from Minn for utility, he’s having a lousy season for Minn but is far superior to Pena and would be cheap. When right he has a decent bat, he’s a NY kid and lifetime numbers are solid for a utility guy. He can play all 3 infield positions.
The Sox won’t be in 3rd for long
All I can say is:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/players.....yerId=5799
if the Sox can turn it around so too can we…..ye of little faith
“bragging rights? NYY are 27 time World Series Champions. Nobody gets bragging rights over that.”
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I’m a Yankee fan but invoking the 27 championships is akin to Sox/Mets fans invoking that Yankees buy championships. It’s an automatic argument loss.
Jeter needs a day off.
Susan—as opposed to Cano, Cervelli, A-Rod, Vazquez, etc.
Love the ignorance.
Changes have to be made with this team. The starting pitchers have been outstanding and they can’t even win when they give up 1 run. The offense does absolutely nothing against starting pitchers. Then they attempt to hit the bullpen guys and they can’t even do that. A major issue is Tex batting 3rd. The 2 hottest hitters Swish and Cano need to bat back to back. They need to ride those 2 guys right now. Tex is a joke at the plate.
I am the last person who should be defending Trisha, but she is being impostered right now.
I can’t fathom how it wouldn’t be completely obvious.
tampa is the team that already peaked. it will be yanks v sox for the 2nd half.
Go crawl back in your hole Trish
“Beat the champs 3 out of the last 4 and you do.
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They were champs last year.”
I don’t mean it that literal.
Don’t spend your Father’s Day tomorrow watching this garbage, heartless team.
Go out and enjoy the beautiful weather, not stay inside to watch this loser team get 2 hit in 9 innings off Pelfrey and some scrub reliever.
Jim
Actually, it’s an automatic win. Every team buys their championships. A team cant win without buying players.
Russo is the only Yankee who’s had any success against the Mets this year and he gets benched for Huffman? What do the Yankees see in this guy? Whatever happened to that Weber guy who tore it up during spring training?
# mick June 18th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Jeter needs a day off.
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He hasn’t had one in awhile. I would do it tomorrow if Posada can catch.
Pat M -
It’s too much of an uphill battle to get through a losing game here. I agree with you that I don’t recognize more than half the people here.
It’s depressing…
# Pot-head June 18th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Pelfrey is going to have such an easy time with us, don’t even bother watching.
He’ll just change speeds all day.
Or, if we do actually hit him, Hughes will probably be worse. Just the type of year this is.
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Agree 100%. I wouldn’t be surprised if your 2nd sceniero occurs – we score 3-4 off Pelf but Hughes gets rocked. It would be fitting. We are a mediocre team at best.
why do people have to be imposters??? be a man say what you need to say and use your name to defend it.
Billy D June 18th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
“Too bad for Javy, he pitched a great game!!”
2nd best pitcher on the field this evening, but he was outstanding.
not really. he was more lock down, pitched longer, and with less runners. just gave up 2 hits in one inning.
Jeter killed them tonight. No excuse for going down 1-2-3 and out on a check swing for that matter. You need to keep the quality at bats going following the lead of Gardner. Jeter normally works a count better. No excuses. If he gets a single there we may win that one. Terrible at bat.
Jeter killed them tonight. No excuse for going down 1-2-3 and out on a check swing for that matter. You need to keep the quality at bats going following the lead of Gardner. Jeter normally works a count better. No excuses. If he gets a single there we may win that one. Terrible at bat.
Good night…bring a better attitude tomorrow….yeah I’m talking to you
I’d love to see Girardi shake up the offense, even for just a week or so. The Mets moved Reyes to third, the Red Sox moved Ortiz to fifth, etc. It shouldn’t be a crime to experiment a little.
Gardner
Jeter
Cano
Arod
Swisher
Tex
Posada
Granderson
Cervelli
Technically, Swisher should bat second in that lineup but moving Jeter down to eighth would be blasphemy so I kept him at the top. I’d like to see our best hitters actually getting the most ABs (Gardner, Cano, Swisher).
I am sure Hughes is thinking right now I wish I could call in sick tomorrow. Pelfrey will probably get double plays all day and then CC will get smacked around like usual on Sunday. Or one of them will have the lead and Joba will come in and have one of his usual dreadful performances. Not a lot of fun watching this team right now. I hope Cash is in there screaming at them rigth now.
Every time the team slumped last year Cervelli would get a big hit to wake them out of it. He tried to do that 2x tonight yet the bench just rolled over and started snoring even louder. I think Girardi needs to get thrown out of a game tomorrow – early.
G. Love…Great point about Alex and his pre-game BP sessions…….
Great performance by Javier. Good for him. Glad he’s turned it around as we all knew he would.
Alex is the key to this team and he has been a shell of his former self.
Enough said?
If he didnt come up big last year from May on, we would not have won.
“not really. he was more lock down, pitched longer, and with less runners. just gave up 2 hits in one inning”
So the guy who faced the better lineup, on the road, and gave up ZERO runs, was the 2nd best guy?
Yeah, if you say so.
Only thing getting me through tonight is well the night capper and the news about our prospects. Culver is signed. Heathcott and Murphy are doing great.
Stoneburner, Brackman and Betances look like fast movers. Brackman has found his ability to control, he ditched the curve for the slider and has turned dominant, is touching 96, 97. Betances touched 98 mph.
Betances and Brackman in AA will be interesting to watch the competition there. Where’s GB7?
Arent we over the bragging rights for the city thing ?? Maybe that was fun in 1997 when they first played but this has been going on for 13 years now. Its just another series in my book.
don’t worry about Jeter, if he starts having average to below average years, he’ll walk away and retire. Don’t think he’s the type of guy to hang around just for a contract
Say what you want about Matsui’s streakiness but he is 10x the player Granderson is.
Higher OBP – check
Higher average – check
kills lefties and righties – check
strikes out less – check
And both have similar power.
For those who were here ragging on Jorge, did’t he hit two grand slams earlier this week ????
On another note, how did this game last nearly 4 hours? Only 4 runs were scored.
“Only thing getting me through tonight is well the night capper and the news about our prospects. Culver is signed. Heathcott and Murphy are doing great.
Stoneburner, Brackman and Betances look like fast movers. Brackman has found his ability to control, he ditched the curve for the slider and has turned dominant, is touching 96, 97. Betances touched 98 mph.
Betances and Brackman in AA will be interesting to watch the competition there. Where’s GB7?”
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And Cashman will probably trade them all for more flawed players like Granderson
We turned Jackson and Tabata into Granderson and Nady
Brian….It was Nick Johnson who replaced Mats…..
Pat M. June 18th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
For those who were here ragging on Jorge, did’t he hit two grand slams earlier this week ????
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Already forgotten
“And Cashman will probably trade them all for more flawed players like Granderson
We turned Jackson and Tabata into Granderson and Nady”
I still want to punch him for those moves!
what happened to all those minor league arms pete abe use to brag about. and i don’t mean melancon. bring something up here. ps tex has been garbage
“Heathcott and Murphy are doing great.”
Heathcott has been terrific. Murphy? Not so much. Sub .300 OBP and doing a lousy job catching. He needs to be at SI when short season starts. Sallie League is too good for him right now and he needs to catch everyday to see if he can…well, you know, catch.
“Brian….It was Nick Johnson who replaced Mats…..”
Ok, then replace Damon in that conversation and the same points are true, except Grandy has more power and the speed differential is no longer there.
I’d like one of you reporters to ask Jeter if he plans to swing at the first pitch every at bat and continue to suck. I hope he finishes his career with the royals.
Pat M. NJ+Thames+Winn+ Granderson=Damon + Matsui? or should I say does Granderson =D+M?
It is truly pathetic when you know the game is over at 1-0.
Oh well, tonight was just one game. Put it aside and move forward. That’s certainly what the Yanks will be doing tomorrow.
darn
Damon and Matsui looked good last year because Tex and A-Rod were HITTING
A-Rod had 17 HRs by the Break
Tex was an MVP candidate and was insanely hot after Alex came back
And Jeter was hitting .309 with a .379 OBP. He is well below those marks this year as well.
The blame is misguided. Granderson has sucked but he isin’t the reason the offense is streaky. 3 of the top 4 hitters are having awful starts (except RBI totals).
G Love
One of the BP Shows on YES earlier this week (Wednesday or Thursday?) showed Alex in the cage and hitting HRs to right and left field.
Can’t tell from that whether they were the only ones he hit in who knows how many swings but he was spraying the ball in what they showed.
A reporter did ask Girardi if he thought it odd that Jeter swung at so many first pitches. Girardi said that Jeter has been doing that since day one. That is correct. However, here lately, he hasn’t had success with it so perhaps he should stop.
except it’s not one game. It’s your two biggest power hitters not hitting for power and having your starting lineup consist of Chad Huffman and Francisco Cervelli when your 3 and 4 already suck. Add your leadoff hitter falling off a cliff in front of our eyes like he forgot how to approach at bats all of a sudden. Not good. Not good at all. And why is Park not already DFA’d
Blaming cashman is just stupid. This team has the players to be good and even not being very good lately, they have the best record in baseball. Blame players, don’t blame the GM of a first place team who has dealt with injuries.
Park all of a sudden looks bad.
How many more times do we have to accept “inconsistent” as an excuse for “bad”.
Same goes for Joba.
Are we grooming a future closer for Mo or what?
Cashman better trade for a more reliable EIG and a solid hitter.
I had to check the standings after reading all the negative crap posted here tonight…..To my surprise, the Bombers are still in 1st place tied for the best record in baseball….Man imagine that, even as they work themselves into a 3 game skid
Pat M. June 18th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
For those who were here ragging on Jorge, did’t he hit two grand slams earlier this week ????
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Pat M., I hope that you haven’t spent the evening here trying to explain to these whining idiots like Matt, Bret and the lesser lights exactly how basebakk works. It’s a waste of energy on your part. NYY is going through exactly the same thing that Tampa, Toronto and Boston went through earlier this year. You get hitting, but, the starting pitchers are bad. you get hitting and good starting pitching and the bullpen goes sour…you get great starting pitching and the offense takes a vacation for a week. Then, as suddenly as they stop hitting, everyone starts mashing every mistake and every good pitch. It happens every year.
patm
we might not be able to say that by sunday
# Bret the Hitman June 18th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Park all of a sudden looks bad.
How many more times do we have to accept “inconsistent” as an excuse for “bad”.
Same goes for Joba.
Are we grooming a future closer for Mo or what?
Cashman better trade for a more reliable EIG and a solid hitter.
Park has thrown a lot of pitches like Logan the past few days. So has D-Rob and Marte. Joba’s choke job yesterday didn’t help the pen at all. He wasn’t even man enough to face the media.
Carl,
I agree but Park was bad out of the gate.
He fooled us for a couple appearances there.
He has no business in high leverage situations.
We have 1 reliable arm to use in high leverage situations.
Frankly, that’s not enough. The margin for error in this division shrinks by the minute.
I didn’t get watch the entire game but it sucks that Javy pitched so well and got the loss.
No Gb I arrived here around the 7th inning hoping to run into some of my baseball buddies here….Intsead except for a handful the place was overun by zombies retending to be Yankee fans who know ziltch about baseball…….I just guess that they forget that baseball isn’t the same as Little League where you play 20 games and that’s that…….The worst I’ve ever seen it here…..I missed nothing by just avoiding this joint
sorry- I didn’t get to watch the game.
Theme of the postgame from Girardi, Alex and Swish- Trying to make things happen rather than let them happen to compensate for the guy before and after you.
Do they draw short straws on who has to speak with the media after a game like this one?
Did anyone get the opportunity to see Strasburg pitch tonite ?
His stuff is just fantastic. All his pitches are plus and he commands all of them.
What a talent.
He struck out 10 batters, no walks. Low pitch count.
Of the 10 batters he struck out only 1 0r 2 were looking.
I think he struck out about half a dozen guys on an extremely nasty CU.
Wow is all you can say.
Good night everyone. See you on the sunny side. Just forget this one as quickly as you can.
At least I got to watch the game outside on a beautiful night
I’m worried that this offense is going to get shut down by Pelfrey. If they can’t hit old man Moyer, and scrubs like Kendrick, and Takahashi then they won’t hit Pelfrey and Santana.
The veterans in the lineup need to wake up and wake up fast. I still believe that the Yankees will make the playoffs but you can’t afford to lose games that you should win.
OK, I’ll take the heat, but, Granderson was bad last year, and getting worse this year. Hecan’t do the simple things, like move the runner over. another strikeout against a lefty. Let’s be honest, Granderson sucks big time, a terrible trade that must have the brass in Detroit still laughing. Phil Coke would still be good in the Yankees bullpen compared to what we have now. Cashman must have thought he was leaving the Yankees with the dumb deals made this off season. By the AllStar break we’ll be lucky to be only 3 games behind Boston. I love my Yankees, but, Girardi can only play the hand he’s dealt.
Phil Coke! Come on you guys are clueless.
May need to be more specific tomorrow for the many the lohud posters who want to meet LGY.
A lot of people wearing blue t-shirts with NY on the front
Also when is Tex going to step up. I’m a big Tex fan but enough is enough. The excuses are getting old and he needs to produce.
trisha shows up when CR9 does? Interesting. We know that trisha hasn’t been around except last night. CR9 likes using aliases. maybe he likes posing as trisha too? Something to think about…
Yanks will have a 3 game lead at the break……Been saying this for over a month
Well if we had Austin Jackson the majority of you would be calling him a bust. The point is that Granderson has to do better but Tex and A-rod have to do better as well. When the middle of your lineup does nothing then your not going to score that many runs.
GTLU HINT……
Ledger_Yankees Alex feels good. Probably a DH day tomorrow.
Ortiz with 15 HR
Arod with 8
Youkilis hitting .315
Tex hitting .225
Tito has 2 relievers he can rely on in high leverage situations.
Papelbon and Bard.
Joe has Mo.
pat,
Thanks for the response. If Arod is hitting HR’s in batting practice and showing power, then he just needs time to lock back in and get used to game situations again.
That said, tonight was a tough one to take. It stings that the Red Sox are now a game w/in the division lead, but it’s the way it is.
We could have buried them and the Rays a bit this week and after smacking around Halladay you’d think we would have, but that’s not the way it works.
The team goes into these funks offensively every year. It’s just like Mariano looks shaky for a few innings early in the year prompting the “is he done” articles and then goes off and becomes unhittable.
If you look at the OPS of the top 6 hitters tonight and add in Gardner, you’ll see that this team will hit again and will hit again in a big way.
The injuries and the lineup inconsistency is killing us.
I also think the lack of a real DH has hurt the lineup making it shorter.
I just don’t buy into “use DH as a vacation spot” idea. I think you need a real pro hitter there who can work counts and drive in runs.
Cash will get someone, I think.
Wiggington would be a great addition to the team since he can DH and spell Arod at 3b (and Cano at 2b in a pinch).
I also wondered earlier what the chances of getting Cantu from Florida were. He’s also be a great RH DH/3b/1b type for us.
Everyone expecting Pelfrey to be dominant tomorrow better be careful. All we’ve learned this week is whatever you expect to happen, the opposite will occur.
Granderson sucks.
He is the type of player Jorge in his heyday would have gone after – big personality, power, but not much else.
Can’t hit lefties. Doesn’t walk. Doesn’t hit for average. Strikes out 140 times.
He is essentially a defensive player who might run into a HR or two against a bad pitcher.
Pat M. June 18th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
No Gb I arrived here around the 7th inning hoping to run into some of my baseball buddies here….Intsead except for a handful the place was overun by zombies retending to be Yankee fans who know ziltch about baseball…….I just guess that they forget that baseball isn’t the same as Little League where you play 20 games and that’s that…….The worst I’ve ever seen it here…..I missed nothing by just avoiding this joint
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That’s the reason that I’ve been staying away from here. It’s a pity because I miss good baseball conversation and I’m sure that somewhere in here there might be a post or two, but, it gets missed when picking through the garbage. To tell you the truth, I’d rather go through Chemo again than try reading this crap. Hope the people that run this blog are pleased with the wreckage that they’ve allowed. They think getting these hits from the afirementioned idiots and the trolls are adding to the totals, but, it’s doing just the opposite. It’s running off the best of the posters and they are being left the dregs of blog society.
Bard already has 4 blown saves this year.
# LGY June 18th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Bard already has 4 blown saves this year.
That doesn’t count.
Brett,
Which is why, if we don’t make moves, Boston will eventually pass us in the standings.
Folks wrote them off way too quickly. Tex looks like the guy who needs to be benched, not Ortiz.
Good night Yankee people!
The only thing Rodriguez isn’t doing is getting lift on the ball. He’s still hitting as many hard line drives as he usually does.
Who would have thought that we’d be the team who needed to go after the bat to pick up the underperforming players, while Boston’s offense was the one that was clicking on all cylinders?
Just can’t predict baseball. Everything said pre-season about the Boston offense and the age and inconsistency can now be applied to us.
It’s so sad how many Yankee fans have an inferiority complex when it comes to the Red Sox.
It cracks me up that the Yanks could be in first place all by themselves after tomorrows games. All this doom and gloom and the Rays can’t put them away and the Yanks could lead the East tom! That’s why I love sports!
Yankees DC
Actually you have a point. The Yankees starting pitching has been better than the offense while Boston’s offense has been better than their pitching. Though Boston’s offense was in a funk early on in the season.
Tex might just be having a down year.
Why not? Happened to Vernon Wells. Happened to David Wright last year.
This late in the season, that is more likely than him hitting 30 HRs from here on out.
“Yankees DC
Actually you have a point. The Yankees starting pitching has been better than the offense while Boston’s offense has been better than their pitching. Though Boston’s offense was in a funk early on in the season.”
Yep. Which is why I always laugh at preseason predictions
“Sox are going to have the best pitching staff in baseball! Three #1 starters! They need a bat though, Ortiz is shot and they won’t score enough runs”
“Yanks pitching has questions. Andy is getting up there. Vazquez is an NL pitcher. Hughes is going to have growing pains. But their lineup is going to score 900 runs. Tex will win the MVP, they have A-Rod for the whole year, Granderson might hit 40 HRs in YS”
I still don’t think it’s the end of the world based on the standings and it is June. But the offense needs to improve.
Also some Yankee fans need to stop thinking about Boston. You sound pathetic talking about the Red Sox all the time.
“The only thing Rodriguez isn’t doing is getting lift on the ball. He’s still hitting as many hard line drives as he usually does.”
It’s not just that, he’s been clutch. I prefer that then weak fly balls.
miggs and trisha are good friends. Yet another imposter!
The Rays are 4-6 in their last 10 games.
Why is it that the Yankees are the team that will end up in 3rd place when the all might Red Sox come roaring back into 1st place?
You people have these blinders on where all you can see or think about is the Red Sox. Everything is about the Red Sox. How much better they are than the Yanks, how much better than are at drafting players than the Yankees, who the Red Sox beat that the Yankees didn’t.
Stop obsessing over the Red Sox. They have been in 3rd or 4th place all year. They got their as* handed to them in the first round of the playoffs last year. They have won 2 championships in 90 years!
The Yankees are defending World Champions and have the best record in baseball.
Start enjoying it and stop your stupid whiny worrying about a second class franchise.
LGY,
Forgive me, but mentioning the fact that the Red Sox are a game out of first place and we could have buried them already this season doesn’t constitute an inferiority complex. I’d be saying the same thing about the Blue Jays or Orioles if they were competitive and came roaring back to get w/in a game of us.
The fact is the Rays and the Yankees let them back into this race this week and they are rolling and scoring runs in bunches.
Does that mean they’ll win the division? No. But it means that they are for real right now and should be respected/monitored.
A lot of us counted them out earlier this season and now they’re standing one foot behind us.
It’s a problem. There’s only 2 spots for the post season and now 3 teams w/in a game of one another.
Those who follow the Yankees know we always struggle vs. NL teams in recent years. We are actually feast or famine against them. We usually sweep one or two teams, then lose series or get swept in the same season.
07 – Swept Pittsburgh/Arizona, got swept in Colorado, lost 2\3 to the Giants and Mets
08 – Swept Houston/San Diego, got swept at home by the Mets, lost 2\3 to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
09 – Swept the Mets, lost 2\3 to the Marlins/Nationals
I am not panic.
just because they are not No.3 in AL East right now doesn’t mean they don’t have to have another Atlanta style meeting.
Besides trisha doesn’t need this place to feel like she has a life. CR9 does.
G. Love,
Bingo. Pointing out the Red Sox surge is not “panicking” or “whining”. It is stating facts.
Sox were dead at this time last month and ever since Joba blew up against them, they have been on a tear. And they don’t seem to be cooling off anytime soon either. In fact, they are doing this with only two good pitchers.
BloggingBombers
Tonight was only the second shutout loss for the Yankees in the new Stadium. The other? One year ago tonight, a 3-0 loss to the Nationals.
How crazy is that?
The final 13 games of the season are against the Rays-Jays-Sox.
6 of them on the road. 2 series with Boston and end the season in Fenway
Shaping up for a very fun fall.
“I pose as Trisha. I am also a Celtics fan.
lol
Chad, Brian, Sam–
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!! and shame on the rest of the Yankee beat reporters covering this team besides!!!
Joe Girardi’s decison to use Chan Blow Park in the 8th inning and to stick with him after both yielding a lead off walk and allowing Reyes’ double was single-handedly responsible for losing his team a game tonight. A 1-0 deficit was eminently surmountable. A 3-0 or 4-0 deficit, right now, is not.
Girardi’s decision to use Chan Blow in the first place was indefensible. Leaving him for four batters was unconscionable.
Chan Blow is throwing 90-91 mph right now and can’t put hitters away. Reyes, the most impatient hitter alive had an 8 pitch at-bat and Girardi STILL STUCK WITH CHAN BLOW!!!
He used CHAN BLOW, in fact, for THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW, notwithstanding his execrable performance last night too.
JOBA threw 9 pitches last night and hadn’t pitched in days; where was he? And Where was Robertson?
What was it about CHAN BLOW’S performance last night that warranted another opportunity? Last night, Girardi pulled Joba after TWO BATTERS. Tonight, Girardi let CHAN BLOW throw TO FOUR BATTERS. Even though by the third batter, CHAN BLOW had cost the Yankees the game. WHY? More puzzling still, WHY DIDN”T ANY OF YOU INTERROGATE GIRARDI ABOUT IT????
IN THE POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE, why didn’t a single one of you ask him specific, direct questions about his use of relievers in the 8th inning?
Does that ornery, surly, condescending demeanor of Girardi’s so intimidate ALL OF YOU? Or are you all so awed by his World Series Championship? Or have Girardi’s little press outings for pizza and billards co-opted, pacified, and silenced you all? (That was the Yankees’ intent by the way. Wine and dine the reporters and they’re less apt to lambaste you in the papers)
Doesn’t a one of you reporters’ have the courage to confront Girardi and ask him tough questions? So what if you antagonize him? A journalist’s job isn’t to ingratiate himself.
Girardi is a consummately mediocre manager whose championship has earned him undeserved immunity to criticism. When you guys, don’t question him on his decisions, you’re all derelict in your responsibilities.
Less fraternizing, more pluck!!!
You pose as a lot of people. Why not trisha too.
Bard is not reliable in high leverage situations?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....erId=30158
Ok.
Do you ever think other teams play the Yanks like it appears Detroit did last year. First they complain they can’t afford Granderson’s $5.5m and Leyland cries that they have to trade him. What they didn’t tell us is that they were tired of him and thought he’d peaked and were dying to trade him. He stunk last year hitting only 248 and 182 vs leftys while striking out an alarming 140 times. Cashman bites, takes the progressive contract that goes like 5.5m, 8m, 11m etc, gives up A Jax our best outfield prospect who’s hitting over 300 as leadoff for Detroit, gives up Coke who’s 5 and 0 as a lefty set up man and better than our 2 lefty set up guys, and gives up Kennedy a solid back of the rotation young starter making nothing. Then Detroit who told Cashman they didn’y have any money, signs Damon for 8m. For $8m Detroit gets a 1 and 2 hitter and a good lefty and dump a progressive contract on a player who’s going downhill. Granderson stinks, he’s a bottom of the lineup hitter no better than Melky was and gave up a lot. His Nick Johnson signing left us with no DH and we now have to give up money and prospects to fix this mistake. Cash had a bad off season and needs to fix it now. We need a bat, badly and it can’t get done soon enough. And the pen need s help, now.
Why not blame the guy who brought “Chan Blow” aboard, thinking he would be good?
The same guy who brought Granderson and Nick Johnson and Boone Logan aboard.
Bard has the second most blown saves in all of baseball.
vtred,
It’s actually really impressive that Boston has come back like this. They lost Ellsbury and just got Cameron back and were doing it with AAA retreads in the OF for awhile. Tonight they have Nava, McDonald and Cameron in their OF because Drew pulled a hammy.
Give credit where credit is due. Ortiz, who people had been talking about retiring and sending to oblivion, has out produced Tex.
That said, a nice long road trip should cool them off. I think they have one coming up.
Still, a month ago they were dead. People were talking about them actually being sellers.
They’ve remedied that.
Other than that, how did everyone enjoy the game?
WHIP sub 1.0.
I love how Curtis Granderson goes 1-2 and its his fault we lost. Some of you Yankee fans make me want to kick my closet door in.
pete,
The Granderson trade has killed us just as much as Tex this year.
We could have used those chips in our farm to get some relief help and perhaps a real DH.
I was OK with the trade at first because I thought we were getting a young, athletic, power hitting CF. All we got was a .230 hitting platoon player who strikes out over 140 times and has a low OBP. He is a mediocre player who had one great year in 2007.
When a team wants to get rid of your $5.5 mil salary and turns around and replaces that salary in the same winter, you know something else was at play.
pistol pete,
You make a compelling argument re: Granderson, but even Boston was trying to get him when he hit the market.
He’s been awful this season, but I don’t think he’s going to play this bad throughout the year.
If he does, then we have a problem.
And then Cashman has to seriously think about trying to trade him and signing Crawford to replace him, moving Gardner to CF.
The problem there is no one will take Granderson’s money.
I hope that doesn’t happen. I hope he starts producing. If this team could just get him and Gardner on more often, the runs will flow.
I’m sure Tito and Red Sox fans tremble with horror when Bard warms up in the pen.
There’s only one man that can save the Yankees now.
http://www.google.com/m/search.....player#i=3
G Love,
Funny, I thought the same thing. That rainy night at the stadium when we rocked Beckett and he looked like he was headed for the DL… and the Sox were about to go 9 back of us and it looked like it would be an easy road to October…
and then Joba comes in… and that’s all she wrote. Since that day, they have yet to look back.
Tampa, on the other hand, has been ice cold. Seems like we’ve been tied with them for a week. Boston is the one gaining ground, Tampa is as cold as we are.
3 teams within 1 game. All 3 legit.
If all Cashman does at this deadline is tweak the team then he fails.
He fails.
Mario/Luigi platoon?
Forza Azzurri!
Joe Girardi’s decison to use Chan Blow Park in the 8th inning and to stick with him after both yielding a lead off walk and allowing Reyes’ double was single-handedly responsible for losing his team a game tonight. A 1-0 deficit was eminently surmountable. A 3-0 or 4-0 deficit, right now, is not.
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a 1-0 loss is better than a 4-0 loss? Is this what you learned about baseball over the years?
Need a DH more than a bullpen arm
I can live with Joba/Park/Logan if we get a good bat. Not a star, but someone who can pick up the slumping regulars.
“Where is my psychiatrist when I need one”
We have plenty of armchair psychiatrists here, if you need one.
I was the one who said Tex’s facial expression suggested that he is content with winning one world series and is not trying. So maybe I could help you out.
Tampa has no interleague games out west? They get SD and AZ at home.
So what’s the World Cup schedule for tom.?
I know the 9 am game is Ghana/Austrailia which I have a feeling isn’t going to be overly thrilling…
“Where is my psychiatrist when I need one”
Ron Artest can hook you up.
kobe the rapist. puleeze, get a life.