Offense shows up for Hughes 10th win
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Jun 19, 2010 
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Phil Hughes was the last starter named to the Yankees rotation this spring, and he’s the first starter to reach 10 wins this season. Two-run home runs by Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson made the difference today as the Yankees beat the Mets 5-3. Five runs was one more than the Yankees had scored in the past three games combined, and it was only the second time Mets starter Mike Pelfrey had allowed more than four runs all season. This time, the bullpen held it together, with Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera each pitching a scoreless inning.
Associated Press photo of Granderson’s home run.
Mets or Yankees post game?
great win
Mets – to hear Carlin whining.
Yanks score 5+ runs against two of the best pitchers in the NL and do nothing against 3 that are very mediocre…sterling is right, you just can’t figure baseball sometimes.
Nice win…looks like they weren’t going to lose the rest after all.
Nice game all around.
Kay and Pauly said it, Hughes is ASG bound.
Blake, I could have sworn the Yankees season was over but I guess this win keeps it alive.. For one more day maybe
Very nice game.
I love listening to Granderson-but does he ever take a breath? LOL
Young Master Hughes is 10-1……Somwhere Betsy is smiling…..You know that the Front Office is……His time has arrived
Nice win Yanks!!
Great job by Hughes…. 10-1 who would have thought?????
CC for the series win tomorrow!!!
You are so right Pat.
It’s amazing how good this team is while operating on like four cylinders.
Excellent game today. Great settling down by Phil. All-around performance.
Blake,
Trust me, the next loss, the calls for mass firings will begin again.
You wonder how some of these kids could handle being fans of a bad team?
They would be suicidal.
Win tomorrow, and it’s a 6-3 homestand.
Hard to complain about that.
Nice win, but I am not getting excited yet
Let’s see CC out duel Santana tomorrow before we get excited.
Rich,
That’s what the whine brigade doesn’t get and never will.
Does Girardi favor his guy and give Hughes the ASG start even if his ERA isn’t quite as good as Price or Buchholz but same amount of wins?
Hughes has just been so darn consistent, he has great stuff but he doesn’t beat himself by giving teams things. I think the Yankees know they should win when he pitches now and it shows in how they play.
blake and rich, please ignore that clown
6-3 homestand. Anything less than 14-0 on a 9 game homestand is unacceptable. ; )
I’ll take one repeat of last year’s Santana beatdown in the Bronx to go.
SJ44 June 19th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Win tomorrow, and it’s a 6-3 homestand.
Hard to complain about that.
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I’m willing to bet someone will come up with something along the lines of, “well, they should have gone 9-0″.
Let’s go Dodgers!!
“Does Girardi favor his guy and give Hughes the ASG start even if his ERA isn’t quite as good as Price or Buchholz but same amount of wins?”
No. But everybody keeps forgetting about Andy. At this point in time, I would start Andy.
SJ,
You’re right…as soon as they lose again or fall behind it will be the same old thing and I’m sure Matt will be back to break down the action for us…just the nature of the beast around here I guess.
Hughes could be 14-1 by the break fingers crossed
Great win. The way the season is going, it’s been all or nothing from Tex and Granderson. Would have been more encouraged to have seen Granderson get a single or a sac fly in the 8th in a close game. But, any time you win it’s a good day. I wonder if the team reads the blog?
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.
This version of Satana might be tough on us – only throws 89-90 these days. Uses his 2-seemer more. Tries to out think guys.
Joe G can bring who he wants. Terry Francona did it. Why Can’t Joe G do it?
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.
I do kind of like the idea of blog police. At this point what do we have to lose? Too many good posters are jumping ship. I say take back the blog. One game thread at a time.
Nate-
Santana already was tough at Citi Field on the Yanks. Regardless of the drop in velocity, the guy is still a gamer and is one of the top pitchers in the NL still. Obviously it’s easier to adjust to the change when you don’t have to worry about a 95 mph fastball but he’s still got a enough velocity to make his change difficult and effective.
Jared Weaver goes 7 innings, 2 hits, no walks , 11 K’s, no runs. Granted it was against the Cubs lol but that is still impressive.
7-3 with a 3.04 ERA. Nobody seems to be talking about him. No doubt an allstar in my mind. If had a few more wins he would be the allstar game starter in my opinion.
Tyler June 19th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
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.
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Don’t respond to that tool, Tyler. He gets his only excitement out of creating controversy. He doesn’t even enjoy Yankees victories.
“Jesus, people are still on the Austin Jackson bandwagon?”
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Wow, can you imagine the pissing and moaning from the bridge jumpers and self-loathers if Jackson was a Yankee and on a pace for 200 K’s (which he is)?? But since he’s on another team, all the warts are overlooked, while our guys go under the microscope from pitch to pitch.
Easiest way to foster good conversation – stay away from threads during/after losses.
After/during wins, the blog is fine except for a couple of morons.
Tyler – Agree. If he keeps this up, I’d go Weaver too.
Manny vs. Wakefield today. That should be interesting. I always wondered how Manny would do against Wakefield. Manny used to just crush guys who didn’t have electric stuff that could strike him out. When those type of guys left a ball over the plate it was gone. Think Mussina. Granted it’s not nearly the same Manny as back then though. But it will be interesting to see how he hits a knuckler
Oddessy-
It would be kind of cool to being his home park. Maybe throw him a bone and he takes it easy on the Yanks later haha.
Manny will do better against Wakefield than Padilla will do against the Sox offense.
Nice win today. Great job by Phil to hold it to 3 and go 7 innings. Thought he should have gotten a shot at the 8th, but oh well.
Phil is still a work in progress but it is pretty amazing what he is working with. It is like taking a Van Gogh and trying to improve it
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He has 25 walks this year. 19 are against LH.
7 HRs. 5 against LH.
6 of the 7 against LH. Not 5.
Tarheelyank June 19th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I do kind of like the idea of blog police. At this point what do we have to lose? Too many good posters are jumping ship. I say take back the blog. One game thread at a time.
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Who are the blog police going to be? The same people that turn this blog into a soccor or B-Ball blog? The reason a lot of good bloggers leave is the non baseball back and forth, and anytime they post their opinion, and one of the “regulars” disagrees, he’s called names and they attempt to drive them off by those comments. Whether or not you agree with a blogger, they have the same rights as anyone else to post their opinion. I’ve followed the Yankees for over 60 years, thru good and bad years, but, I’ve always been honest in my evaluation of the team, and that doen’t mean I don’t support them, but, when the stink you say so, and when play great, you acknowledge that as well.
LGY
The change would help v. LHB, but it doesn’t seem like it will be a weapon this season.
“The same people that turn this blog into a soccor or B-Ball blog?”
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That’s probably me lol. My bad.
He has to improve against LH hitters
Interesting conversation about skipping Phil with Curry/Flash
With the way he is pitching, it’s going to be tough to skip him. Hope they have a good plan.
Here’s hoping the offense stays for the rest of the year.
Phil is ranked #1 10-1, to David Price’s 10-2 according to espn
Our #5 pitcher is ranked 1st in the AL!!
I really think Gardner handled the leadoff , he got on early often.
Rich,
I agree on both counts. I keep hoping he mixes in the change a little vs LHB, but may need another off season to refine it and gain confidence in it.
What good bloggers have left because of the off topic conversations?
Must have missed that.
The problem with blog police is they have no power. What are they going to do to a troll or an obnoxious regular? Scold them? Banning doesn’t work, there’s ways around it.
Another problem is that the moderators go from being good posters to doosh bags.
The only thing I don’t like is the impersonators. And accusations of impersonators.
IIRC, the blog mentioned that registration won’t work with the current platform or something and that they’re working on it. So, they’re not unaware of our desires.
Cameroon is out of the WC!wow
Roger,
Congrats on the victory this morning!
I’m still annoyed at the USA getting jobbed by the ref yesterday
Hamels getting rocked in the first. Where is Phitins when you need him?
That’s not why people are leaving. Non-Yankee discussions are a big reason why a community has been created here.
People are leaving because uninformed, emotional children fill this place with bile in the game threads and after almost every loss.
Dissenting opinions are always welcome here. Nobody is looking to turn this place into a cheerleaders blog.
We all have crticisms from time time. How you discuss it is the issue.
Trash every player and act like an absolute idiot posting moronic drivel isn’t welcome here and isn’t going to get tolerated anymore.
LGY-
Even worse than getting jobbed is them not saying who the foul was on! The matchbook says Edu but he didn’t even touch anybody! He got through clean. The ref should be forced to talk and say what he saw. Have some accountibility.
And it’s okay to critique the team or criticize the players, but the constant droning about the offense (best in baseball) and record (best in baseball) is old.
We’ve been hit by injuries, so a lot of things need to be kept in perspective. Baseball has a long season, but yet people want to whine from pitch to pitch.
Kick back, take a breath, and enjoy. They’re not going to win every game or every series for that matter. Perspective, please. That’s all we ask. Not asking too much.
I agree. I would be much less
and have much more respect for the guy if he would just come out and say what happened. Even if he was completely wrong, if he just explains what he saw this whole thing would be forgotten about in no time.
He’s also lucky this happened to the US and not some soccer crazy country like Brazil. That could have gotten ugly.
FIFA is like the secret service for some reason though.
EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA DIFF STRK L10
NY Yankees 42 26 .618 – 24-10 18-16 372 275 +97 Won 1 6-4
Tampa Bay 41 26 .612 .5 18-15 23-11 350 256 +94 Lost 3 4-6
Boston 41 28 .594 1.5 24-15 17-13 383 321 +62 Won 4 7-3
Toronto 38 31 .551 4.5 19-14 19-17 326 297 +29 Won 3 5-5
Baltimore 18 49 .269 23.5 11-21 7-28 216 351 -135 Lost 2 2-8
And there ya go folks. First place and best record in baseball. Warts & all, I wouldn’t switch rosters/positions with either the Sox or the Devil Rays (yes, I insist on calling them that. A simple name change can’t erase years of terrible baseball!
LGY
Thanks.It wasn’t a good game but now we’re the first team to have qualified for the next round
Have you seen the match?
How do you feel about your 2 teams (Germany and the US?).
CNN is reporting that Manute Bol has passed away at the age of 47……
LGY-
I forgot who said it but somebody said if it was the Mexican team there would be riots in the street. That call still blows my mind. The only thing I can think of is he saw Bocanegra fall on top of his guy but the Slovenian had initiated the contact and the reason Boca fell was because he was in a headlock lol. Bradley dd nothing on the play, Edu did nothing, Jozy was in a bear hug. It was atrocious.
man ram credited with a SB (hit and run?) on a strikeout. and then scored the first run. Dodgers on the board.
For a good laugh, MIN-3 PHI-0 , Hamels just avoided an additional Grand Slam bottom of 1st. He threw 38 pitches !
There won’t be anymore visits today by you know who.
Roger,
I didn’t see the game. I am only getting up on Saturday at 730 for a USA game
I’m still confident in Germany even with their little mishap. I don’t think any one team in this WC has really stood out so far, but I think Germany’s style of play will be successful with this group of teams.
I am just happy the US controls their own fate. The have to get the defense in check though. Too many mental lapses. I am confident they will beat Algeria. Their offense is really going to show up and score 2 or 3 goals.
Last year, during the WS, I went to the Phillies blog to read what they were saying. They have a very good,well run blog, and seemed so different from what you see from the fans at the games. They had very smart comments, even had a respectable back and forth with a few Yankees fans, but they did not tolerate abusive bloggers. A real surprise. Just a thought that came to mind.
Oh well, I guess baseball talk is over now – see yeh.
To be fair.In the first minute a US player should have had a red card.Don’t remember who it was
Pat M. June 19th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
CNN is reporting that Manute Bol has passed away at the age of 47……
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Wow, that’s really sad. He was a fun player to watch (7′ 7″ and in love with the 3-ball!), but more than that he was a great humanitarian who did so much to help his countrymen.
That strikeout of reyes changed the game for the better. completely fooled him.
Your right Roger. The ref was a disgrace the entire game. Not just that call.
I think I posted at half time on here that the ref was awful. And he only got worse in the 2nd half.
“Oh well, I guess baseball talk is over now – see yeh.”
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Oh no. Another good blogger gone
Roger,
It was Dempsey with the elbow on a header. I don’t know if it should have been an auto red card. It was borderline red/yellow I thought but to not give him a card at all was ridiculous. Findley’s intentional handball yellow was awful also. It hit him in the face and then hit his arm. Now he’s out vs. Algeria.
Blame this on Blatter.Why would you have a ref from Mali on this WC??
Well, that was short lived. 1-1 in Boston. How the heck does a NL starter have a 6+ ERA?
Blame this on Blatter.Why would you have a ref from Mali on this WC??
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I thought I heard somebody say that they have to have a certain geographical distribution on the refs. Supposedly this guy is well respected in Africa. I don’t see how. Maybe he just got stage fright at the WC.
Tyler
You ring, Slowey is getting rocked too!! all tied up 3-3 so far, thank you Yankees we get to go up a game.
Gotta go my BOYZ are bringing it !
you never answered me how jill was doing phitin?
Beltre with his 12th error. That sounds like a lot.
The Philly Phitins June 19th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Tyler
You ring, Slowey is getting rocked too!! all tied up 3-3 so far, thank you Yankees we get to go up a game.
Gotta go my BOYZ are bringing it !
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What a punk. Talks smack, then disappears while his team is losing, only to reappear when they come back.
Big AL
Philly has many blogs, some of them will go off on you in a NY min.
m-
12 errors is alot. Especially in less than 70 games. The guy is hitting though. .335 with 10 homers and almost 50 rbi. Hes rakeing.
Blake-
Gonna do a special one tomorrow for Hughes 10th win.
What does a well respected ref in Africa mean then?It’s ridiculous.Not that there should be but there is NO ref from the Netherlands on this team.And those guys are doing Campions League games…I would think they would do a better job at a worldwide stage then some guys from Mali.There is a lot at stake right?
If players are not hitting and haven’t been hitting alll year… then don’t you guys think it would be a good idea for Girardi to change something in the batting order.. Jeter was great hitting 1st, when Damon was here.. but Damon isn’t here anymore and this year Jeter jumps at the first pitch way too often, he’s not doing his job as a lead off man.. Tex, Granderson, Arod, Posada.. have been struggling ALL season.. why not go with this lineup tommorow and see what happens?
1- Gardner
2- Jeter
3- Arod
4- Cano
5- Swisher
6- Texieria
7- Granderson
8- Posada
9- Cervelli, Pena, Huffman etc
Tyler
Read very slowly, Baseball is played an inning at a time. Visitors up first, they scored, we answered.
There wasn’t any running away, but I do have a date a little later, please don’t feel slighted if I’m not around. I can use a remote device if needed.
Roger-
Haha I totally agree. A well respected ref in Africa means nothing. I’m just repeating what everybody at FIFA has said. I hope he doesn’t work a game the rest of the tournament. All FIFA is saying is he won’t do a game before Monday. Big Deal.
Tyler,
No doubt the fans like his offense. But he was supposed to be a gold glover!
Phil is starting to use his change more. That’s huge. When he figures out when to use that, the curve and the cutter to optimal effect, he’s gonna be scary. He’s already dragging a very good to great team to even more wins.
Tyler
I don’t want you to miss me now, I’m here for you, oh the score Phil-7 MIN-3, and a PITCHING CHANGE AFTER 1.2 innings for MIN. Joe would’ve left the lug in.