Game 68: Yankees vs. Mets
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Jun 19, 2010 
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YANKEES (41-26)
Brett Gardner LF
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Curtis Granderson CF
Ramiro Pena SS
Kevin Russo 3B
RHP Phil Hughes (9-1, 3.11)
Career vs. Mets
METS (39-28)
Jose Reyes SS
Angel Pagan CF
David Wright 3B
Ike Davis 1B
Jason Bay LF
Chris Carter DH
Jeff Francoeur RF
Alex Cora 2B
Henry Blanco C
RHP Mike Pelfrey (9-1, 2.39)
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m. / YES Network
UMPIRES: HP Chad Fairchild, 1B Eric Cooper, 2B Bill Miller, 3B Mike Reilly
WEATHER: Temperatures in the 80s with almost no chance of rain and hardly a cloud in the sky. If I were still in Missouri this would be a good day for harvesting wheat. Instead it’s a good day for baseball.
STAYING IN FRONT: Kind of an amazing stat that Kim Jones brought up pregame: Neither Phil Hughes nor Mike Pelfrey has blown a lead this season. Not bad for two young guys.
LOOK AWAY: Not a good stat for the Yankees. After last night’s shutout, they have now scored a total of four runs in their past three games. That’s the fewest runs they’ve scored in three-straight home games since 2008. It’s the first time they’ve been held to one run or less in consecutive home games since 2005 when they had back-to-back 2-1 losses to Cleveland.
CANO STAT OF THE DAY: In his past 30 games, Robinson Cano is hitting .415 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 26 RBI. That’s not a bad month. Cano has reached safely in 61 of 67 games this season.
UPDATE, 1:12 p.m.: The 16th lead-off home run for Jose Reyes has given the Mets a quick 1-0 lead.
UPDATE, 1:28 p.m.: Mark Teixeira managed to drive in the run, but he did with a GIDP with runners at the corners. Tied game.
UPDATE, 1:50 p.m.: Walking the No. 9 hitter is rarely a good idea. Hughes walked Blanco and gave up a second home run to Reyes. It’s now 3-1 Mets.
UPDATE, 2:05 p.m.: Well there ya go. Mark Teixeira comes up big with a game-tying two-run home run in the third inning. We’re even at 3.
UPDATE, 2:26 p.m.: When this game started, neither starting pitcher had blown a lead this season. That’s changed now that Pelfrey has allowed a go-ahead two-run home run to Curtis Granderson. It’s a 5-3 Yankees lead.
UPDATE, 2:55 p.m.: Double play gets Hughes out of the sixth, and sends him off the mound with a small fist pump. Take away those home runs by Reyes and this has been another outstanding start for Hughes. He’s in line for his 10th win.
UPDATE, 2:59 p.m.: The Associated Press photo on the right is proof that Bryan Hoch left his spot in the press box to spend at least an inning in right field. He should have caught that ball!
UPDATE, 3:15 p.m.: Joba Chamberlain getting loose in the Yankees bullpen. Hughes has pitched seven strong and is sitting at 99 pitches.
UPDATE, 3:18 p.m.: It’s Chamberlain to pitch the eighth. The crowd here at Yankee Stadium gave an uneasy cheer when he was introduced.
Lets go Yankees!!!
Enjoy the game folks.
Big assignment today Phil. Go get ‘em.
Let’s go, Yankees (clap, clap….)!
Enjoy the game folks….Go Phil!
Maybe Young Master Hughes does something special today
Jeter scratched with a bruised right heel. He needed a day off anyway.
Chris:
overall, you are right.
however, last night Tex did have the proper approach. He hit the ball up the middle – hard.
it was bad luck. Which you and i know when you’re batting .225, is what normally happens.
Here’s hoping Gardner repeats his last at bat.
Lets go Phil
Ka-Boom.
Reyes.
hughes too fastball happy
Well, that’s just super.
You see Reyes posing after that HR?
Wow, second pitch and the game’s already over. Not wasting my time watching this one.
JS–
Go rewind it. He finished his swing and ran as soon as he hit it…and jogged back to the dugout. Stop trying to make something out of nothing.
Go talk about your retarded catcher and his fistpumps on a 1-1 count.
I’m not often critical of Girardi but enough is enough. He is showing he has no balls with Tex.
Tex need to be dropped in the lineup. Sometimes little changes in a line up can jump start a team and lord knows we need that NOW!
Last year is over Joe so get creative and get the team going, thats your job. Anyone can roll the same group out there day after day. Be a leader and make a change.
Jeter 1
Swisher 2
Arod 3
Cano 4
Tex 5
Posada 6
Granderson 7
Gardner 9
The 8 spot is for Cervelli and the DH’s including Johnson when he gets back. Miranda should be in the lineup today and send down Russo until you drop Moehler and then decide between Russo and Huffman.
Go get another hitter and a relief pitcher Cash.
Phil’s command is very off. Hopefully it gets better….
Looks like the Yankees will chase 1 run for 9 innings again, Go Mets
Yea Nat–too fastball happy. He should have a hook-uo to you and your strategic baseball brain.
It’s funny how excited the Mets get to play the Yanks. It’s like their world series. Pumping fists and excitement from scoring a run.
19 pitch 1st inning is in CC territory a little high Yankees. I think Phil blinked first.
Sour grapes Michelle. Act mature.
children please calm yourselves.
“Go rewind it. He finished his swing and ran as soon as he hit it…and jogged back to the dugout. Stop trying to make something out of nothing.”
I did rewind it, and yeah he did start running as soon as he hit it. But make no mistake his whole demeanor was being a hot dog. Makes no difference to me, but I guarantee the Yankees noticed it.
Well Michelle, that’s because this is the closest they’ll ever get to one.
Reyes-
First he posed, then he didnt…then he ran, then he hotdogged….
Spare me.
Thank you Tarheel.
Boy I sure wish Brett would actually try and steal more bases..
toooook forever for him to run!
joe should seriously think about moving gardner into the leadoff spot. jeet just blows. hope they don’t give him another 7 yr $30M per contract. yanks are already stuck with so many crappy long term deals – arod, tex, cc, burnett and granderson
every team goes through ups and downs…yankees went through a bit of a valley the past few games, and soon will be on a torrid streak…
Nice, will a run actually score? Let me guess Tex with a pop up in the infield and then hopefully Arod can get the run in.
tex can’t compete at this level, but giradri will never do his job
Michelle–Midol works wonders
nice rally killing play. tex’s contract could be worse than bobby bonilla’s
He scored the run…but that was pathetic. At least swing at a strike. He kills every rally batting 3rd. Would of loved to see Tex hit in that spot.
Mike
I never said he didn’t run, but he did hotdog it, admit it. I saw very little of yesterdays game and I noticed the same thing. It surprised me because I didn’t think he was that kind of player. Thought maybe he was up for the Yankees, but 2 days in a row, not so sure.
I meant see Cano hit there
You see a lead off guy that got on in the first, sets the tone. Jeter was an automatic out.
What Swisher got on too, what! Iknew Tex would GDIP, he’s the lug at the top of your order.
Nice to see Gardner leading off. Maybe its time to drop Jeter to the 2 hole and Gardy leading off.
tex still says look at the back of my baseball card
it’s hard to verbalize how bad tex is.
could turn out to be worst contract since mike hampton.
arod without ped’s is just another hump who should get paid no more than $5M a yr. yet he’s owed another $250M for the next 8 yrs. hank steinbrenner is more retarded than i originally thought
Gardner didn’t do well when he batted at the top of the order. But it’s really nice to see a lead off batter actually make the pitcher work. Instead of easy 1 or 2 pitch outs. Jeter needs to do a much better job working a pitcher.
“could turn out to be worst contract since mike hampton.’
No Tex last year, no championship. Even worse who knows how far the Sox go with Tex on the Sox.
“Act mature.”
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What is to be sour about? lol Speaking of immature that would be Reyes.
tex did nothing in the playoffs last yr except that one extra inning hr
Phil needed only 6 pitches to retire the side.
Cano is just amazing…
What do you know a hit from Cano. Would of liked to see him up in the 1st inning with guys on base.
this team would be in 4th place without cano.
All this whining about Tex… go look at his peripherals. He’s getting a lot of bad luck right now. He will snap out of this and start to rake
Imagine if Cano was hitting behind Gardner and Swisher…he’d probably have 60 RBI by now.
Tarheelyank,
How far the Sox go? All Tex does its make out in key situations. We needed him Last April when Arod was out. He did nothing. we needed him in the playoffs last year. Other then the one big home run he did nothing. We needed him this year with arod not having an Arod year and he did nothing. when will people admit he is not the player they thought he was when the Yanks got him
I want to see and say something positive day but with runners on first and third and no outs with your two aces up, that’s an opportunity to take control of the game. Not tie the game with a pathetic double play.
“Jeter needs to do a much better job working a pitcher.’
As a leadoff batter, your number one priority is getting on base. His avg. this year swinging at the first pitch is .358
bad luck happens for a week or 2. it’s been 3 months – can’t blame luck any more. just keep on pulling and upper cutting everything with no adjustments. if that’s bad luck then i guess so
I agree that Gardner should lead off, but not if Jeter bats second. Jeter doesn’t take many pitches so Gardner wouldn’t be able to steal, and he hits too many ground balls that would lead to a zillion double plays. Leave Swish at 2 and bat Jeter 9.
Why is Phitin hanging out in a Yankees game thread?
posado looks older than my nana
But if Jeter hits into a lot (14 was considered a lot, doesn’t seem all that many), but if he hits into a “lot” of DP, then wouldn’t a speedy guy before him help? Better Gardner hits in front of Jeter than Tex who supposedly doesn’t like activity on the bases.
Jorge struck out, but at least he took 8 pitches to do it.
“Look at the back of my baseball card”
I stand by my statement. No Tex last year, no championship. I also feel he will start hitting this year. But I would not keep him in the 3 hole until he figures it out.
granderson can’t hit water if you dump him in the middle of the atlantic
Let’s go Yankees!!!!
Pena has been hitting the ball hard lately
The Yankees will never move Jeter to the bottom of the lineup so the next best thing is to leave him at leadoff and Gardner at ninth, but move Swisher and Cano to bat second and third.
Jeter
Swisher
Cano
Arod
Teixeira
Posada
Granderson
Cervelli
Gardner
Michelle
Gardner wasn’t a complete failure as a leadoff hitter. He does .280 in the leadoff spot. I think most have to agree that he is getting much better as a hitter. Also I don’t look at it as a demotion for Jeter because Derek has almost twice as many games batting in the 2 hole as opposed to the leadoff spot in his career. The results are almost completely the same also.
For the life of me, prey tell why does the Bombers have anyone on their team batting .186, or .209? Do you want to win games?
just a pathetic bench
For the life of me, prey tell why does the Bombers have anyone on their team batting .186, or .209? Do you want to win games?
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The Yankees have the best record in baseball. Next…
I see the it’s dumbass time on lohud like usual. What a sad place this has become during a game.
RS
Not a bad lineup. I would bat Alex 3rd. Also Gardner is making a strong case to move up, I would swap Brett and Granderson. But what do we know.
Good thing for Hughes is his pitch count has gotten better the last couple innings.. That hole in the bottom of the lineup wouldn’t be there with a healthy lineup.
Patrick,
“All this whining about Tex… go look at his peripherals. He’s getting a lot of bad luck right now. He will snap out of this and start to rake”
LOL
bad luck? Not hitting at all since October is “bad luck” .. c’mon dude, I think you need to take a look at your peripherals.
wow.
walk the 9th hitter – way to go
nat,
“granderson can’t hit water if you dump him in the middle of the atlantic”
HAHAH.. it does seem that bad doesn’t it?
crap
I would love to see Phil move him off the plate. oops to late
here goes the pitching.. the offense is falling apart and now the pitching..
a real right fielder would’ve caught that.
another meatball
one guy, two hits, three runs….really????
ball game . hughes pathetic, walking blanco
hughes has tanked
PHIL 8 pitches to walk a guy you had 2 strikes on already? Reyes will own Phil today!
Next time the gay Reyes comes to the plate he needs a ball in his ribs.
LOL
bad luck? Not hitting at all since October is “bad luck” .. c’mon dude, I think you need to take a look at your peripherals.
wow.
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Don’t speak about things you don’t understand.
Come one, someone say something positive about this pitching and offense right now?? Truth is this team could be in 3rd place by weekends end!
Let’s go, Phil.
“I would love to see Phil move him off the plate. oops to late”
Seriously, not a single Yankee pitcher since Clemens has the ability to move feet in the box.
If Clemens gave up a HR to Reyes his first at bat, you better believe his next at bat he is going to buzz him inside and make him move his feet.
Where is that kinda mentality? Stop letting hitters get comfortable!
you are looking at a sweep with fat man against santana tomorrow
There is no bad luck with Teixeira, it’s simply that he looks clueless at the plate.
And that Reyes homerun may very well be the game. Hughes walking Henry Blanco…HENRY BLANCO…is a disgrace.
Patrick,
I grok your use of peripherals jsut fine, I used it out of context because you saying it was the dumbest thing I’ve read on this blog so far today.
Nice try. Wake up.
Nice job Jorgie!!!!
‘Next time the gay Reyes comes to the plate he needs a ball in his ribs.”
I wouldnt go that far, but the Mets are too comfortable at the plate right now.
Nice throw Jorge
Great job by Posada/Cano
Positives: The Yankees actually scored a run. They have managed to throw out a baserunner in two straight games.
Negatives. Pretty much every star on this team except for Cano still can’t get a hit.
Let’s go, bats.
Get ‘em back…lets go!!!
Today is a perfect example of why Hughes can’t only have 1 main pitch. His command is very off and you need to show major leaguers different pitches can’t keep showing the same pitch and approach.
Hughes ERA is starting to skyrocket over the last few starts.. went from mid 2.50 to 3.36 ERA currently.. When it rains, it pours!
“But if Jeter hits into a lot (14 was considered a lot, doesn?t seem all that many), but if he hits into a ?lot? of DP, then wouldn?t a speedy guy before him help? Better Gardner hits in front of Jeter than Tex who supposedly doesn?t like activity on the bases. ”
M:
No. You are looking at this all wrong. Gardner is fast, but not fast enough to avoid being thrown out at second on a groundball. That experiment already failed when Damon lead off with Jeter batting second and we lead the league in double plays for three years.
Gardner IS fast enough to avoid being doubled off if he bats in BEHIND Jeter, which he would be doing if Gardner is 1 and Jeter 9.
Gardner should lead off. Swish should bat second – he takes a lot of pitches, which can give Gardner a chance to steal. Jeter should bat 9th in the “second” lead off spot.
1- Gardner
2- Swisher
3- Cano
4- AROD
5- Posada
6- Tex
7- Cervelli
8- Grandy
9- Jeter
How is being one of the worst hitters in baseball since October last year considered “bad luck” for Tex.
You’re dreaming. He lost his swing last year during the post-season and has yet to find his swing since.
Bad luck happens sometimes, sure it does.. but not for an 8 month stretch. LOL.
Here we go!!!!
Yankees won’t answer the 2 runs scored, Phil threw 21 pitches that inning, he’s in CC mode for sure, expect more runs.
Jeter batting 9th just might make him cry. Didn’t he say that he doesn’t care where he hits as long as its at the top of the line-up?
That’s like saying, I’m not worried about you paying me back as long as it’s by tomorrow.
what a 1-2 punch of jackson & gardner at the top of the order it could’ve been. nice trade cash
Nice swing Tex, nice Swing. WOw, can you look any worse than that?
Come on Tex something productive here!!
Jesus, people are still on the Austin Jackson bandwagon? Some of you “fans” are unreal…
Sorry, but talking about batting jeter 9th is just plain stupid.
Yay!!!!! Yankees answer!!!!! Shut up Philly!!!
thanks tex
Wow, a fastball right down the middle that Tex muscled out of the park. I can’t believe it.
Patrick, is the slump over now?
Yay for TEX!!!!!!
about time – a long time
TEXXXXXXXXX
thats why you remember baseball is a long long season. tex will come around.
ask and you shall deliver.. Thank You Tex!
let’s go A-Rod!!
“Why is Phitin hanging out in a Yankees game thread?”
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he’s actually lowering the bar for low-life losers
I didn’t think it would be possible to make Red Sox trolls look good, but he’s doing it.
before everyone gets too excited – even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while
“Jesus, people are still on the Austin Jackson bandwagon?”
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Please don’t use Montero’s name in vain.
arod needs to get hisself some hgh if steroid is now illegal in the game
ARod getting old before our eyes. Can he get back on HGH w/out getting caught? His contract will soon become the worst in Professional sports.
Only a Phillies fan can be dumb enough to root for the Mets over a division rival. Typical idiot.
“before everyone gets too excited – even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while”
Calling Tex a “blind squirrel” is ignoring his whole career.
TEX htr a run the world stopped, everybody is more motivated with Jeter on the bench. He should sit weekly like the others, he’s older it will help him, help the team.
3-0 count to A-Rod, and he ends up striking out on ball 4? Pathetic AB.
They seem absolutely unwilling to take a lead.
his whole career’s got nothing to do with a 1/2 season slump and counting. that’s right – keep apologizing for an $18M per contract
So Tex tied it up? Nice! Keep it up.
Some of you idiots can’t even be happy Tex hit a HR.
It’s amazing the stupidity you children possess.
Thankfully, it provides more comedy than anything else.
“Why is Phitin hanging out in a Yankees game thread?”
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Not a Phillies fan; just the Philly fan persona for his long time trolling.
next week he will be the “azzhat from Arizona”
Good job by Phil, there.
This will be my only post because it’s getting difficult to post on this website anymore with all the whining. Phil has settled. The Yanks will win. Have some faith you guys. Stop harping on every since pitch. Marathon. Not sprint.
Psh. Even a blind squirrel could find LoHud.
Once and for all, I’m here to see Boston catch TB and the Yankees. I want to see your Yankees lose ,and Boston pull even. My team will be ok, there’s plenty of baseball to make up 3 games.
Then watch your demise, while you brag about how great you were.
Is Joe a gambler, hit and run?
There’s also lots of season to stretch our lead.
Whatever, entertain yourself however you wish.
Just cut the taunting crap and treat the other posters with respect.
What Philly fan roots for the Mutts? What a fing moron. Go play in traffic.
Watch our “demise”? What “demise”?
1) It’s June
2) We’re tied for 1st place
3) Boston is simply on a hot streak, we are on a cold streak
4) When this team starts to click around July, like always, we’ll be fine
Just stop, you sound foolish.
C-GRAND!
Yankees take the lead!!!!
Atta kid Grandy!!!
Boy, these guys love Phil.
Good job by Granderson spoiling pitches until he got one he could drive.
The Yankees have a lead again!
Which sign of the apocalypse is that?
when you’re the best, you have to deal with jealous trolls.
nobody is trolling the Orioles, Pirates, Phillies, or Indians blogs. Heck, nobody is posting on them either.
I can’t imagine a more miserable existence… trolling Yankee blogs and praying they lose.
But there’s a lot of people in this world… just gotta ignore the people who want you to be as miserable as they are.
Pretty funny the 2 guys that were so awful and were killing the team have both homered and given the Yanks the lead.
The Yankees just needed a good pitcher to hit.
I know that World Series loss must sting pretty bad, doesn’t it Phitins? So bad, in fact, you’re trolling a Yankee blog in June.
Stupid and bitter is no way to go through life, little fella.
Another example of why some of us laugh at the stupidity of some of the children in the game threads.
Is the game still “over” at 3-1 kiddies??
Are they “competing”?
What a bunch of morons. No better the the Philly fan trolling here.
A LEAD?! Hughes needs to bear down and keep it.
Everybody needs to ignore this loser.
He’ll go away soon enough.
At least Red Sox trolls are sometimes interesting.
agree with Bronx jeers
I’ll follow the suggestion – hope everyone else does as well.
I don’t mind trolls. But the repetitive OCD taunting has to stop. It’s driving me nuts.
Philly Granderson over Damon, and Nick Johnson over Matsui , the two players that hurt us badly.
What! what, is going on, a HR from Granderson? If this line up doesn’t scream to Joe, he’s a fool.
Yankees are RUINING MY CELEBRATION PLANS !
Hey chan ho, I thought you were “done with this team” after last night? That’s what you said.
If you are “back”, all that makes you is another fraud Yankee fan.
If you are “done with this team”, be done with them and go away.
agree with Bronx jeers
I’ll follow the suggestion – hope everyone else does as well.
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me too
Phil is missing his spots.
Time for Phil to bear down and finish this win.. Been quite some time since 5 runs have been put on the board.. Go Yanks!!
And yet they still can’t hit it.
bd
You don’t know our blogs, you think you do.
I’ve pretty much given up either posting or reading this blog, way too much nonsense and stupidity. It’s a shame because there are some very knowledgeable baseball people who participate.
Terry,
it’s been 3 days. Not a long time in the grand scheme of things.
They are too good a team not to hit over the long haul.
So I thought granderson couldn’t hit water from a boat? Nice to see all the fraud fans are out in force.
When has Gardner been a complete failure?
MG,
game threads are especially unbearable. I’m gonna head out too.
I really wish you could “subscribe” to posters. It’s become much more difficult to find the posters that you want to see amidst the garbage.
I know it will never happen, unfortunately, and I’m not sure how much longer the comment section of this blog can last.
MG
Stick around. We are trying to make it better.
Granderson actually had a solid single last night as well….everyone just focuses on the AB where he came off the bench cold and struck out when they probably should have been bunting anyway.
I think one of the other posters hit on it this morning that the idiot who is the alleged Phillie troll is actually a Sox fan who has been here right along using different names.
Recycled nitwit.
There’s a thing called “saying things you don’t mean in anger”. You might have heard of it.
Hopefully Hughes can get this immature brat out easy.
You can’t keep the Yankee bats down forever, ain’t going to happen.
Ross,
If they win this game, the same “fans” who have spent three days writing nothing but nonsense will be back on the bandwagon……until the next loss.
Reyes bring in the run!
Reyes up with a man on base again. I’m nervous.
Same for you BD.
Sunday morning is usually a real good time to come on here.
Oooh, nice pitch Phil. That was Philthy.
Reyes bowing to Hughes.
Great curveball.
Much better pitches to Reyes
Thank you Phil for finally sitting Reyes down and keeping the lead!
Reyes looked like a phool on that one.
There ya go Phil, sit that punk down.
There is also a saying that says sometimes it’s best to remain quiet and not act like a fool rather than open your mouth, or write on a blog, and remove all doubt.
Swisher just stings it every time lately…
Anybody on here now cheering for this team who has spent the last three days trashing it is a fraud Yankee fan no better than the Philly troll.
Wow. Just grabbed something to eat, and the inning is over!
It’s pretty sad when Swisher took twice as many pitches as the next two guys. That wouldn’t have been so bad if Swisher had a 12 pitch AB.
I like the fact that they’ve managed to score 5 runs and are winning the game. But there is still too much struggling going on with this offense. Unfortunately, I don’t think they are out of this slump yet.
That was a quick workthrough for Pelfrey there.. I barely left for a couple minutes and inning was over.
I really hope the Yanks know what they are doing by allowing Arod to play. I don’t even remember the last time he drove the ball and it’s obvious he isn’t 100% maybe not even 80%. I hope him playing threw this injury doesn’t lead to a bigger issue.
Hey Chan Ho, you’re back I guess?
This team isn’t a fraud anymore? They suddenly care (after not caring for the past three nights?) How perceptive you are!
There’s a thing called “saying things you don’t mean in anger”. You might have heard of it.
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Plenty of times I’ve had an irrational thought enter my mind. I just don’t bother to type it out to share with this community.
Ump has a small zone today. That pitch was close.
We’re slaves to our words but masters to our silence.
This could be s trouble inning. It’s one thing to get into a 10-pitch battle with a hitter to lead off the inning, it’s another to let him get on base, with the heart of the order coming up.
Not a good job by Phil there at all.
I’m not worried about the offense. They will have ups and downs. However, they will hit over the long haul.
My concern is the bullpen. The seventh and eighth innings are becoming innings where guys are giving up too many runs.
Not a lot of reliability out there.
I’m hoping Cash can find a dependable arm for the pen in trade.
blake June 19th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Swisher just stings it every time lately…
He and Kevin Long have done a very good job with Swisher’s swing. I’m a big Swisher fan and its fun to see a home town guy do well for the Yanks. Even better to see doubting Yankee fans start to believe in him.
Never said they were a fraud, but way to put words in my mouth.
I admit, I have been very negative the past two days and I apologize. I want to see the team win badly, and I get very frustrated when they don’t. I only get that way because I know the team is better than they’ve been playing, and they have way more talent than the struggles have shown. Again, I apologize to the blog and its posters (CB is my favorite, love reading his insight.) I will leave if it is for the best, as I do not want to become a hindrance to the blog like that Philly moron. Thanks.
2-2 3-2 curves.
Why not 0-2 1-2 curves?
why does kevin long work as hard with texieria’s swing as he does with swisher?
Phil is starting to lose it and the pen isn’t reliable.
Big moment in this game.
Great call for the cutter on the first pitch to Bay, who was sitting fastball, to get the DP.
Biggest play of the game to date.
Got lucky there. Nice job to get out of it. Can’t throw that pitch on a 3-2 count to walk Davis, with Bay, the better hitter, coming up.
Now the question-
If the score holds at 5-3 do you bring out Phil for the seventh?
chan ho,
just gotta have a little faith…
and remember that even a team that loses 44% of it’s games is a 90 win team with a good shot at the playoffs.
(Yanks are on pace for 99 wins)
Good job by Hughes getting out of that mess. Hopefully he can get an out or 2 in the 7th. The bullpen is scary for the next 2 innings.
Off topic
Some of you might appreciate this, my Son had a game this AM. His team is losing by 3, bases loaded, bottom of the last inning, 2 outs.
Batter strikes out, ball gets away from catcher, who air mails it to right field, a couple of throws later he scores winning run! A walk-off grand slam strikeout! LOL
Phil is eating some pitches he’s at 91/6th
No sweat as the saying goes, “get to the pen if you want a win.” Happens every time!
“Some of you might appreciate this, my Son had a game this AM. His team is losing by 3, bases loaded, bottom of the last inning, 2 outs.
Batter strikes out, ball gets away from catcher, who air mails it to right field, a couple of throws later he scores winning run! A walk-off grand slam strikeout! LOL”
Ha! Gotta love those little league rallies.
# whatever June 19th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
why does kevin long work as hard with texieria’s swing as he does with swisher?
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Swisher asks Long to work with him, and Tex doesn’t? Who knows? Maybe he does work with Tex, we just don’t hear about it as much.
Tarheel Yank, that is great, haha.
where is eiland?
To me that’s just adding a “little English” to the ball but Cano does like to do imitations.
Remember when he was aping that umps strikeout punch?
Chan ho,
Apology accepted.
Here is the thing……
This blog is getting ruined not by trolls. It’s getting ruined by idiotic, no nothing, Yankee fans.
Those of us who care about this place are sick of it and aren’t taking it anymore.
Be part of the solution by being a good poster and not part of the problem.
You now have a clean slate.
Please don’t leave….
I am relatively new to this blog, just found it last year after reading Confessions of a She Fan (my dad thought I might enjoy it). I live out in Seattle, grew up in Portland OR and have been a Yankee fan since I was born. My dad grew up in the midwest during the M&M days……as a result I was relentlessly teased during my elementary and JH days for being a fan of a basement dwelling team and now its for being a frontrunner….I can’t win. Anyways, I can’t find any real Yankee fans out here to cheer with and love following this blog. I read more than I post and often get frustrated by the irrationality of many. Consider what kind of baseball Seattle has had to offer lately and it is ridiculous how quickly people seem to betray their team here. I never miss a Yankee series when they come out here, have made the trip back east several times to see the team in pinstripes, and feel a little more connected because of this blog.
That is both my plea for you to stay and my thanks for being here.
-Stacey
Memo to Yanks: take some pitches and get Pelfrey out of this game
Robertson has been pitching better recently so hopefully he can be trusted to get some outs in the 7th. For the 8th who knows which Joba will show up.
That was a great turn by Cano. His arm strength really comes in handy ….he just makes the game look easier than it is.
“Those of us who care about this place are sick of it and aren’t taking it anymore.”
100% agree. My patience is very thin.
Cano has a Game Genie in his locker.
This would be a good time for Kevin Russo to repeat his Citi Field heroics.
Let’s go, Russo. Ignore what the vets told you to do with RISP.
Russo starting to wear thin on me.. Along with the bottom of the lineup.. Auto outs they are!
im tired of scrubs with RISP
Stacey,
Nice to “meet” you.
If you can put up with the craziness, this is a great place.
Warning: LoHud is a drug!
Don’t you just love the one pitch outs ? Joe has the two duds at the bottom of the order back to back, the Cave man!
Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.
Great job by the Yanks hitting Pelfrey today, 5 runs is a lot off of him.
They really let Pelfrey off the hook there. Posada swings at the 1st pitch, then Pena and Russo back to back. Next year the Yanks need to get a veteran back up infielder. Pena needs to play everyday in the minors and playing once a week doesn’t help him or the team.
It’s what injuries do to a lineup. It shortens it bigtime.
Also contributes to the offensive inconsistency because pitchers know they have soft landing spots in the lineup.
That looked like Coke in the Yankee bullpen. What the?!
Thanks M
That was a fantastic inning by Hughes. He’s at 99 pitches. would you go batter to batter with him in the 8th or just go to Joba to start it?
I bring Hughes out for the 8th and go batter to batter.
Russo and Pena wouldn’t both be playing today if it weren’t for the injuries. If it was just Jeter, then we’d have just Pena, with A-Rod at 3rd. If it was just Alex, we’d have Jeter in there instead of Pena.
Let’s take this in the proper context. Injuries have caused those two to both be batting at the bottom of the line up. They shouldn’t be there come August/September/October.
Quick! Find a mets blog.
“They really let Hughes off the hook there. Only 8 pitches?!”
Stacey,
So now the question is, “should Phil come out for the eighth?”
Great inning there. Equally poor job by the Mets of working him.
If thats it for Hughes, another very solid start. For the most part Hughes has either been great or good this season…..remarkably consistent and gives the Yankees a chance to win every start. Can’t really ask for more . I’d strongly consider letting him start the 8th here.
Way to go Hughes!.. Other than Reyes, Phil beared down and hopefully gets win #10!
Get to the pen if you want a win, repeat…..
SJ44 June 19th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I bring Hughes out for the 8th and go batter to batter.
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that makes two of us, sj, that inning was way too easy to pull him without someone getting on base in the 8th.
SJ-
That’s exactly what I would do. Doesn’t seem like he’s lost any velocity or is stuggling out there.
Gardner scores 2 of our 5 runs so far today; he definitely has had a very nice season for us.
Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot the qualifier – - – “so far”
I really don’t want to see Joba.. Hughes batter to batter.. This game is to important to let Joba give it up.. Not saying Joba can’t do the job, but you never know which Joba will show up..
“should Phil come out for the eighth?”
I’m with SJ, bring him out, go batter for batter. His command has gotten better as he has thrown more pitches.
Send Phil out for the 8th, go batter to batter. The bullpen outside of Mo makes me nervous.
He gets that at the 2bman and its a hit…
Fake SJ
Why do you do this and why don’t posters see through it?
Again, I just don’t get it.
SJ,
What do you think about Yankee Stadium? I’ve noticed that some of the good pitchers like Andy, Doc, and Hughes seem to give up the bulk of their runs via the HR there. It’s a strange phenomenon.
Gardner should leadoff again tomorrow. Jeter will be more patient at #2.
Looks like he’s going to Joba.
I wouldn’t do it.
Big gamble by Girardi.
I would leave Hughes in but Joba meatballs warming up. Hopefully its the decent Joba not the dreadful one.
He came off the bag.
I’m certainly more comfortable seeing Hughes to start the 8th, rather than the highly inconsistent Joba who is warming up.
Does the real SJ pay you for your time?
First pitch swinging resulting in outs today has kept Pelfrey in this game too long!
Please no Joba please keep Hughes in!
Joba has actually been pretty decent this year. By no means has he been ’07 Joba but he’s had some nice runs. Unfortunately, when he’s bad, he’s been very bad.
He put Joba in
Gardner is starting to remind me a lot of Damon. No, he doesn’t have the power that Damon has/had, but he seems to be one of those pesky hitters that can foul off a lot of pitches until he can find one he can hit.
He’s still young in his MLB career, but I could definitely see him developing into a guy that can give you a lot of 10 pitch ABs.
I would leave Hughes in but Joba meatballs warming up. Hopefully its the decent Joba not the dreadful one.
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Geez, it used to be Bad Joba vs. Good Joba. Now it’s only decent vs. dreadful Joba. LOL.
Good Joba please!!!!!
Less than 100 pitches, I like Phil batter to batter, but I can understand if they go to Joba.
Let’s go, Joba.
Not the fake Mick. It’s me.
m,
I don’t have a problem with the new place. I think it plays fair and it’s been a great homefield advantage for the Yankees.
Nobody can say Girardi isn’t giving Joba every chance to be the EIG.
This is not the move I’d make though.
Definitely hold our collective breath time.
joba will be alright here,
K maybe not, he stayed on.
I would have stuck with Phil as well here. Come on Jobber..
Good start!!
Please be the good Joba.
Did he just call Cano Cora?
I’m nervous.
Jesus Feliciano? I’ve never heard of him before.
SJ44 June 19th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Not the fake Mick. It’s me.
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You blow it every time.
The real SJ wouldn’t even respond to me .
Better luck next time, hope you’re having fun duping everyone.
Plus, he doesn’t come on during games.
Get a life.
My favorite Yankee,Joba, alright JOE, like clock work the stupid continues.
joba vs. reyes. a deal should be struck that whoever wins this gets to jump around and celebrate. lol
Joba does his job and get Mo to close, this is the type of game a club can build upon……SJ, I see you’re trying to hold down the fort amongst great odds…..
Joba under pressure is the good Joba.
Will Tex get some pie today?
On Hughes not starting the 8th:
At 99 pitches, he certainly could have come back out. But I think there are perhaps two factors that led to Girardi pulling him:
1) He is on an innings limit this year. He’s given you 7 good innings, let’s save some bullets for later in the year.
2) They don’t want the potential of bringing in the reliever with men already on base. Plus, giving Joba the 9 hitter to settle in against isn’t such a bad idea. Better than bringing him in to face the heart of the order with men on base.
I certainly wouldn’t have been opposed to Hughes staying in the game, but I can understand why they took him out.
Alright joba, 1 more. Then Mo gets the meat of the order.
Rivera for 4 outs?
Not true. I have a free day today and have hung out in the game thread because I’m sick of the children ruining this blog.
Rob B-
I mean it could have gone either way. I agree the innings limit probably plays a huge factor. I wouldn’t have been upset either way. Joba has actually not been as atrocious as everybody makes him out to be this year. He just needs to keep things under control better when his stuff isn’t as good and not let up these big innings.
SJ,
No, I don’t have a problem either. It’s just that those 3 guys in particular seem to give up runs only to the long ball. I don’t know, maybe with Doc especially, the only way you’re going to score is if your defense can’t get to it. Just something strange I noticed.
Let’s go, Jobber. 1 more out.
Joba lets go..always with 2 outs
A knee buckler
Come on Joba…Let’s not give up a run here
Good sliders.
“Rivera for 4 outs?”
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I know the Yanks want this game but no reason to burn out Rivera in a June game. Save his bullets for September when they will need him if the division race stays this close.
Joba to thine self be true, blow the game up baby Huey!
Good for “decent” Joba!!
SJ’s on here more than he admits. Plus, too, he’s being impatient with the children. It’s him.
Joba with the primal scream!
Really not that great of a pitch, but he fooled Wright. I’ll take it.
nasty sliders!! no doubt that was good joba today. That was impressive.
You want to fist pump and dance? We can do that too.
Don’t worry SJ,1/2 of the people you are talking to are imposters also.
Sad.
does Nolan Ryan need the money that bad
The Philly Phitins June 19th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Joba to thine self be true, blow the game up baby Huey!
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How’s Jill?
I kinda want Mo here.
# m June 19th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
SJ’s on here more than he admits. Plus, too, he’s being impatient with the children. It’s him.
Joba with the primal scream!
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You too are an imposter.
Get your own identity.
Pat M
Congrats on your Lakers. (you too m). It’s good to see you, here. This game thread has not been too bad.
Rob B…..Good observation, makes great sense
Haha—LOVE the hypocrisy.
Reyes fistpumping – classless.
Joba fistpumping (with his 5.50 ERA) – passionate.
Wait, earlier the Mets were excited, because “this was their world series”….I guess this is the Yankees’ one as well?
# Tyler June 19th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Joba has actually not been as atrocious as everybody makes him out to be this year. He just needs to keep things under control better when his stuff isn’t as good and not let up these big innings.
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If I remember correctly, he’s had a lot more good appearances than bad, right? It’s just been a couple of outings where he’s been very, very bad.
I’m tryin’ Pat M. Tex and Granderson helped me today!
Most of the children ran away after their HR’s.
Good job on Wright by Joba. Great job by Posada tripling up on sliders in the AB.
Don’t discount the value of a veteran catcher.
Jorge did a great job working Hughes through this game today.
Nevermind, not needed, Phew!
# SJ44 June 19th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Not true. I have a free day today and have hung out in the game thread because I’m sick of the children ruining this blog.
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The real deal would never construct a sentence as poorly as that.
Good job by Yankee’s keeping Wright off base today with an 0-4 day
Tarheelyank…..Bombers are winning so therefore the white straight jacket types have left…….
Igarashi in. Time to add to the lead.
Alex looks wider at the plate this at bat
# SJ44 June 19th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I’m tryin’ Pat M. Tex and Granderson helped me today!
Most of the children ran away after their HR’s.
Good job on Wright by Joba. Great job by Posada tripling up on sliders in the AB.
Don’t discount the value of a veteran catcher.
Jorge did a great job working Hughes through this game today.
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Nice try! Poor content. D-
SJ- Great point. This place got very quiet after the Granderson HR. It’s a shame that a Yankees blog has more complainers, than people who actually enjoy watching a 1st place team play.
Tarheelyank,
Thanks! Baseball now has my undivided attention (and when US plays WC). Hopefully the Yankees heat up with the weather.
Not my moves either, but Girardi likely gets a lot of credit with his players for sticking with Tex, Joba, etc.
whadya know…robbie cano…
Wow. See? The weather helping us out.
Just missed a 2 run bomb
Homefield advantage!
Sj44 is that you? These gameday threads are an absolute wasteland when the Yanks dare to fall behind.
I’ve never seen so much panic about the best team in baseball.
Tex, Granderson and Joba all stink. Phil has lost it… Some “fans” huh?
Sun-aided double. I’m not complaining.
The bats are starting to look better, IMO. They seem more confident in their approach than they did earlier in the game.
If I remember correctly, he’s had a lot more good appearances than bad, right? It’s just been a couple of outings where he’s been very, very bad.
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I think so. I don’t have stats in front of me but before his last appearance vs. Philly, I think he had like a 1.35 ERA in his last 7 or so innings. He just needs more consistancy. If he limits those bad outings (Red Sox, Indians, etc.) to only 1 run his ERA would look pretty good and nobody would complain about him. People forget he hasn’t even had a full season as a reliever in the big leagues. He came up in August in ’07, became a starter in August of ’08. this is his first full actual season as a reliever in the bigs. He will learn. It’s a learning curve I think.
# SJ44 June 19th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Homefield advantage!
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You are piss poor.
Cano is just unbelievable.
Top 5 player in the game with his defense and offense this year. So consistant.
Oh no, Joba you didn’t listen, it’s Mo time, shoot!!!
Of all the days for accuscore to be right, after being wrong all this week predicting a Yankees win everyday.
Yankees got this I don’t want to see you win, seeya!
Go PHITINS TONIGHT!
Who cares if it should have been caught it works and we’re winning….all is right in the world
mick
give it a rest, please.
Mick, the blogs resident Sherlock Holmes is on the case lol.
Relax dude.
get the run in jorge
As far as sticking with Tex and Granderson, he HAS to.
No other choice. Can’t turn the entire lineup into the Scranton Yankees.
His job is to have his players backs and continue to back them.
Tyler June 19th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Mick, the blogs resident Sherlock Holmes is on the case lol.
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who is that tyler?
Ugh Posada!… needed a deeper flyball there!
Ughhh Jorge. That was not a quality out. Come on Grandy. Pick him up.
# Tarheelyank June 19th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
mick
give it a rest, please.
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not you either heel.
“who is that tyler?”
I hope that you’re not serious. If you are, I would get off the computer immediately and suggest that you start reading some books. fast.
Come on Granderson. They need to score 1 of these runs here.
maybe you like talking to a fraud tyler but it’s wrong
Patrick,
I know. The last three games have been a joke.
Had a free day and decided to play “blog cop” today.
We are losing too many good posters. That has to stop.
Notice, Matt is MIA today. Why? The Yankees are winning. He never posts when they are winning.
That’s just nuts.
mick,
we’re all imposters. the whole world is imposters
“maybe you like talking to a fraud tyler but it’s wrong”
I don’t care if he is a fraud really lol. I’ve said one thing to SJ the entire time I’ve been here. I’m just enjoying watching the game on a hot Saturday afternoon here before I go to a friend’s house for her bday party. I’m not going to get too worked up haha.
there ought to be a stat that measures not just era, but rather a metric to show how important the runs given up were…for example giving up 3 runs in the 9th with a 4 run lead is not consequential. whereas giving up 1 run in a tie game is….
id also be curious to see how many game joba has blown or whether his era is a result of when he gives up runs its 2-4 and not just 1….
just hit a frikin fly ball
not really tyler, but impostering is the norm here and this blog is a joke because people like you accept it
Yankees are now 1-7 with RISP today.
Of course, Russo is the only guy to leave men on with 2 outs and RISP, so does that mean Pena comes through here?
insurance would be nice here
Man. It would be great to at least get one run here to give a little cushion against a bloop and a blast. This Igarashi has been a pinada all year.
Another bad inning for the offense. It’s unreal how many times Granderson swings and misses. I know he hit a homerun before but he needs to make more contact more often.
This offense is still way too inconsistent especially with runners at the corners and no outs and Pena up.. Doesn’t look good!
“not really tyler, but impostering is the norm here and this blog is a joke because people like you accept it”
So leave. Seems simple to me.
mick June 19th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
not really tyler, but impostering is the norm here and this blog is a joke because people like you accept it
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You are turning this blog into clutter and garbage with your conspiracies and nonsense.
Look, a second shooter on the grassy knoll.
PATHETIC !!. Seriously!
Losing too many good posters who do nothing all day long but hang out in a blog and talk to one another
Cool
ok tyler go to your middle school birthday parteee!! loser
Absolutely pathetic…Hopefully Mo actually makes good pitches to Bay. I am tired of watching him hit bombs against him.
Fake SJ44
Really needed a run there. ARGH
When was the last time Mo pitched?
Look, a second shooter on the grassy knoll.
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something crazy about that?
mick June 19th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
ok tyler go to your middle school birthday parteee!! loser
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You’re the loser. Not Tyler.
mick,
Stirring up things again?
go back to your mommys basement melody
Mick, of course you are right about SJ. I have been on and off this blog for several years, and SJ always stood out for a few reasons. His pomposity, his good knowledge of the game, his long CB-like posts (he was here before CB, I believe) and his fastidious care with his posts (if he made a typo in his original post, he would always post a correction). This SJ has the pomposity down, but none of the rest of the characteristics. Notice how many of his posts have errors (one today was using “no” for “know”). But if he/she wants to play this acting game, who cares?
when was the last time Mo pitched?
m June 19th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
mick,
Stirring up things again?
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Isn’t that what mick always does? Talking about middle school, mick is your typical middle-schooler.
SJ44,
It’s the internet man. A web blog.. I am surprised that as smart as a lot of people here on the blog that they haven’t figured out that just “ignoring” the people that are purposely instigating or as you say, “action childish” is the best solution.
Why answer them with a “grow up, troll” that fuels them?
But seriously, to have expectations that this blog will only have well written and thoughtful comments is setting the bar very high.
Compared to many other blogs,forums,chats, etc.. this blog is still the best.
Mo is going to have to pitch more in these blow outs to keep him sharp. Pitching once a week won’t help him. He hasn’t pitched in 6 days.
Great job Mick, Mo’s pitching and were discussing imposters.
Tom Tresh
I don’t know, it just bothers me that he dupes people.
Pfft. Who does Ike Davis think he is? He’s a rookie and he’s arguing about a call with Rivera on the mound? Pfft.
That was a game tying home run Michael Kay.
tarheel
go away that isnt you either.
Once again Kay wrong. Bays homer against Mo was a game tying homer not a game winner. Youks was the game winner
Go get em Mo.
Nice to see Mo again.
The unintentional rest is probably a good thing in the long run.
Bay takes big swings against Mo
What’s worse than the trolls and imposters on here are the people whining about the whining of others.
The only thing worse than whining is the whining about the whining.
It takes up the blog constantly. I have refrained from making posts on the subject, so as not to clutter the blog with more whining.
I have made an exception today because mick is out of school for the summer and posting his nonsense once every 2 minutes
melody,loser, you sit there in mommys basement waiting to strike, what a pathetic life.
never saying a positive word, i feel sorry for you
ballgame!
you knopw nothing about baseball and say nothing of substance melody
Yankees win!!!!!
lol, that’s fake mick talking now.
Well, the Yankees win. And nothing anyone says here can take that away. The mets streak is over. The Yankees, too. Looking for Boston and Tampa losses to make the day perfect.
Nice job by the bullpen today. Not being able to get those runners in from 2nd and 3rd was a little upsetting but obviously we will take the win. Hopefully CC who has been the 5th starter could get on track tomorrow.
Does Phil start the AS game?
notice the Fake sj has left the building
Yankees avoid their first 4 game losing streak of the season. This team has had three 3-game losing streaks, but nothing longer than that. At this point last season, the Yankees had already suffered a 5-game and two 4-game losing streaks.
It would be nice to seem them turn this into a long winning streak.
Yanks win! Nice game
Way to go Phil, just keep proving Joe made the right choice, 10-1,AND you beat Pelfrey the one that cost you your only loss.
HUUUUUUUUUGHES
Hughes wins #10, Pelfrey loses and Yanks end Mets winning streak.. Good overall day!
Phil Hughes: 10-1 3.17
Thats the story of the game, and the story of the year so far.
If he keeps going like this he’s on pace to have one of the best seasons a Yankee pitcher has had in a long time, comparable to Mussina’s 2001, Wells’s 1998, and Cone’s 1997.
All I’m going to say is I knew it.:)
G-C
Don’t forget Andy. He’s having a good year as well.
Phil Hughes is ranked #1 in AL for pitchers, David Price 10-2 to Phil’s 10-1, according to ESPN.
Our #5 pitcher is 1st if the CY Young was today, unbelievable !!
ok tyler go to your middle school birthday parteee!! loser
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True. That’s why I go to Mizzou and had a full ride baseball scholarship and walked on to the football team the past 2 years. I love those middle school parties though and sitting in my dorm room all by myself on weekend nights. Life is rough.
Hughes has been fantastic. It was so impressive how he kept his composure after that second homer to Reyes. I feel like 2 years ago, that inning would have turned ugly (I’m thinking like the O’s and Tigers starts that year). Didn’t allow another run and retired 12 of the next 15. He’s turning into the stud we all knew he could be.
kuroda a
Hughes and Pet have been sensational this year. We got the young kid and the old vet at both ends of the spectrum.
Reyes second homer was out by inches and it was catchable, swish took his eye off the ball and lost it, he was 4 feet away from it at the wall. I bet Gardner/Damon/Melky would’ve caught that.
Anyhow, I am glad we won. I am glad that Tex hit a HR.. 1 for 4 whatever, maybe he can go home tonight and feel good that he contributed to the W and that will carry over until tomorrow.