Game 69: Yankees vs. Mets
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YANKEES (42-26)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
LHP CC Sabathia (7-3, 4.00)
Mets vs. Sabathia
METS (39-29)
Jose Reyes SS
Angel Pagan CF
David Wright 3B
Ike Davis 1B
Jason Bay LF
Rod Barajas C
Fernando Tatis DH
Jeff Francoeur RF
Ruben Tejada 2B
LHP Johan Santana (5-3, 3.13)
Santana vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m. / YES Network
UMPIRES: HP Eric Cooper, 1B Bill Miller, 2B Mike Reilly (crew chief), 3B Chad Fairchild
WEATHER: Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Southwest winds around 5 mph becoming west 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Heat index values in the mid 90s, aka stifling.
BIG AND EASY: Super Bowl champ Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints delivered a supersized $10,000 check made out to the Yankees Foundation. He just passed it to Teixeira on the field, with son Baylen, the Super Bowl baby, in tow.
REMATCH: Sabathia and Santana met on May 23 at Citi Field. The Mets beat the Yankees 6-4 and Sabathia was rocked for six runs on 10 hits in just five innings. Santana allowed just a run on six hits over 7.2 innings. Still, the Yankees are 5-2 all-time against Santana. His 4.02 ERA in 12 games is one of the six-worst for Santana against opponent, although it is skewed by last June’s nine-run, three-inning thrashing here.
CAPTAIN LIKES TO MESS WITH THE JOHAN: Jeter is batting a robust .433 in his career against Santana. He is 13 for 30 with a homer and five RBI. Cano is also batting .400 (8 for 20). Conversely, Granderson is 0 for 12 with six strikeouts.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY: And Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Enjoy the game!
Update, 1:23 p.m.: A quick first inning, 0-0. As someone said in the comments, Santana’s stuff is shorter than it used to be, but his changeup is still a great pitch, as Teixeira just learned.
Update, 1:29 p.m.: For those following along in the car or at the game, Sabathia’s fastball has been between 90-94 and Santana’s 89-90 so far. CC just struck out Barajas on a wicked breaking ball.
Update, 1:32 p.m.: Sabathia strikes out Tatis looking to end the top of the second. Was that pitch low? It was close.
Update, 1:49 p.m.: No blood for Yanks, but they did a good job working the count that inning, especially after A-Rod’s leadoff, check-swing squibber. Santana’s already at 40 pitches through two innings of play. Still 0-0.
Update, 2:09 p.m.: That’s a grand slam for Teixeira to give the Yanks a 4-0 lead. It’s his first grand slam since Aug. 2008, which was hit at the old Yankee Stadium off Edwar Ramirez. It’s Tex’s fifth grand slam and the seventh of the season for the Yanks, who lead baseball.
The Mets were really hurt by bad luck and poor defense there. Jeter reached on a squibber to third to put two on. Then they really botched Swisher’s bunt attempt, although credit Swisher to pushing a bunt into no-man’s land between first and the pitcher’s mound.
Update, 2:12 p.m.: Yankees lead 4-0. Posada struck out looking to end the third inning and did not like the call. He chirped at home plate umpire Eric Cooper. Girardi put his hand over Jorge’s mouth to prevent him from going to far. But as Posada was pulled back to the dugout, Cooper started to move his hand as if he was going to toss him before stopping. It looked very close.
Update, 2:22 p.m.: That is Granderson’s first hit vs. Santana. He had been 0 for 13 with six strikeouts in his career.
Update, 2:28 p.m.: We’re through four innings. Yankees still lead 4-0. Santana got a quick inning there thanks to a great double play started by Wright, who has really matured into an outstanding third baseman. Still, the Yanks will have a chance to strike in the fifth with the top of the order due to bat.
Update, 2:36 p.m.: Gardner nearly pulled the chair out from under himself there by jumping so far from the wall. That just shows you what kind of athlete he is. There was no wall to lean against and he still kept his balance after catching Barajas’ fly ball. Yanks lead 4-0, middle of the fifth. Just 66 pitches for CC, who should pitch deep into this game.
Update, 2:46 p.m.: Quick reaction: Some people will tell you A-Rod, slumping, should swing 3-and-0 to get going. Maybe in a different lineup that would be true. But not with Robinson Cano on deck. Sorry. (For those who don’t know, A-Rod just popped out to the catcher in foul ground on a 3-0 pitch with two on and one out.)
Update, 2:52 p.m.: With Santana at 93 pitches after five, the Yankees should be done with him after the sixth. This is a big inning for Sabathia, who will need to keep the Met speedsters off base.
Update, 2:57 p.m.: Yanks still lead 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth. Does that diving stop by A-Rod make anyone feel better about his health?
Update, 3:09 p.m.: If that’s it, not a good start at all for Santana: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HP. He did allow a pair of infield hits in the third that could’ve been avoided. That said, A-Rod bailed him out of a jam in the fifth when he popped out on a 3-and-0 pitch.
Sabathia heads to the seventh working on a three-hitter, up 4-0.
Update, 3:14 p.m.: CC will need to be careful here with two on and nobody out. Barajas is not a good hitter but he has tremendous power and could easily turn a sleeper into a one-run game.
Update, 3:21 p.m.: CC squirmed out of the jam pretty easily, getting Barajas on a called strike three (that missed its location by three feet but was definitely a strike) and a double play. He’s at just 92 pitches through seven and could go the distance. Yanks up 4-0.
Update, 3:30 p.m.: Why is Jenrry Mejia in the major leagues? He pumps sinkers at 96-97 mph at 20 years old yet is relegated to mop-up duty, pitching the seventh down 4-0. Obviously, he has a lot to work on, but isn’t it worth waiting for? Does this make sense at all to anyone?
Update, 3:37 p.m.: Rain delay. Once Mejia took the mound the sky grew very gray. It didn’t take long for it to open up.
Update, 3:42 p.m.: The Rays lost to the Marlins, 4-1. If the Yankees hold on here (or if the game is called), they will move into first place in the AL East.
Update, 3:53 p.m.: The tarp is being folded up. We should start here in a little while. No one is throwing in the Yankee pen.
Update, 3:59 p.m.: Looks like we’re going to get started. The delay lasted 22 minutes. Fernando Nieve vs. Rodriguez to lead off the bottom of the eighth. There is movement in the Yankee pen but no one is warming.
Update, 4:00 p.m.: Mariano Rivera and David Robertson are now both warming in the pen.
Update, 4:06 p.m.: Rivera on to pitch the ninth. Ramiro Pena is in at third for Rodriguez.
Update, 4:12 p.m.: The line for CC: 8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K.
Update, 4:13 p.m.: Yankees win, 4-0. They wrap it up in 2:41 thanks to a 1-2-3 inning by Rivera. They are now in first place, one game clear of the Rays. The Red Sox can remain one game back with a win tonight over the Dodgers.
More from the clubhouse in a bit.
Joe from LI,
I couldn’t post the link but you can google the doctor’s name + “metabolism” at the bottom of this quote:
“It’s a simple method to help you lose weight automatically. Unlike fad diets, it focuses on improving ALL of the fundamental health problems that cause obesity and disease.
The concept is based on a scientific breakthrough called “nutrigenomics” – the science of how food talks to your genes.
When you eat, you not only supply your body with the energy it needs to operate, you also provide it with a set of very specific instructions that tell it how well or poorly to operate. In a sense, your body is like a computer. They both require energy. For the computer, that energy comes through a cord. For your body, it comes from the food you put in your mouth.
We now know that good fats turn on your body’s fat-burning genes and bad fats turn them off…
Don’t think this is a big deal? Well, consider that earlier this week, three separate lawsuits were filed against (the Golden Arcs) because their fries contain gluten. This revelation shocked people with food allergies who had no idea that potatoes could be a source of this substance that they must avoid.
So not only do (the Golden Arcs) fries have bad trans-fats (which shut down your brain chemistry and slow your metabolism), they also have gluten, which could put a damper on your thyroid gland, slow your metabolism, and cause you to gain weight. A deadly double- metabolic whammy.”
-Mark Hyman MD
Beware the unnamed scout.
If you guys wanna see something funny, go to youtube and type in bigfoot, cleveland county NC….
Go Yankees.
I was talking with an unnamed scout this morning ans she said the more gluten you can eat the better.
Then she growled and tried to sniff another dog’s butt.
Of course, if the scout said something positive about the Yanks and negative about the Rays/Sox, he would have been hailed as a genius…
Curtis Granderson: Brian Cashman’s version of Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps!
Oh great, TBS viewers get to be treated to insights from the Eck.
Granderson has a higher OPS than Jackson.
Odd since Jackson’s a superstar and Granderson is a bust.
Quackery at work on the blog, could kill you! Fish oil is great for the heart, just take vitamin E with any omega3 or 6. GOOGLE Omega 3, or 6 please research before you take unqualified opinions.
I don’t think we were arguing Granderson vs. Jackson.
It was Granderson vs. Damon, with Jackson still being here as a key trade chip.
Jackson is not the type of player who would ever be a starter for us. He is, however, a good trade chip.
Thanks for that Bret… interesting stuff.
Since June 3rd Jackson OPS has fell from .850 to .764, and BA from .341 to .308. He’s on pace for 3 HR’s and 170+ K’s. He’s still a good young player and a great defensive CF’er but Granderson can do many more things with the bat and thats why they made the trade.
Lets go Yankees!!!
Who said fish oil is bad? It’s Omega 3 fat. 60% of the human brain is DHA also found in sea creatures.
Don’t tell me you are uneducated about Omega 6 fats which counteract the benefits of Omega 3′s?
Don’t tell me you bought Fish Oil pills that also contain Omega 6′s?
If you did, go get your money back.
Bret, no doubt you know what you’re talking about but Oatmeal is fine to eat unless you are doing the metabolic diet or something.
You don’t have to go crazy to lose weight. Just eat clean, spread meals out to every 3 hours and exercise.
Granderson has twice as many homers and more RBi’s than Damon in nearly 100 fewer AB’s
BTW, Nutrigenomics is hard science. Don’t waste your time or money attending a med school that doesn’t offer you at least 1 course in Nutrigenomics. You don’t want to attend a quackery school where the curriculum is designed and sponsored by the drug industry, the food industry and the FDA and Department of Agriculture.
Wow, ARod is not ready to play in the field.
Bret – yes, the type of fuel drives metabolism, as you pointed out. It really is fascinating science. The complexity is why it’s not as simple as advising people to do just this one thing, or that thing.
Why I advise to eat things in moderation.
The best thing I’ve read on the subject was written by – gosh, I can’t recall his name, maybe Michael Pollen – that the best thing to do was these things –
1. Eat real food (If your grandmother wouldn’t recognize it as food, don’t eat it.)
2. Just less of it.
3. And more plants.
4. Finally, exercise more.
Blake,
Stop clogging this game thread with facts! It’s not allowed.
Only sheer panic and whining is acceptable.
SJ,
My bad
Don’t forget the Yankees swapped Damon for Granderson because they felt they needed more power after letting Matsui go. Nick Johnson was supposed to be able to pop 15-20 HRs and Granderson was supposed to provide the 30 HR power that Matsui did.
There’s also the issue of Granderson being much better defensively and less prone to chronic injuries.
Santana’s changeup is still a very good pitch.
As I predicted 1-2 pitches and out, thanks Captain, you proved my point!
We need Brett t leadoff!
Joe from LI,
My new thing is the Caveman Diet which puts the modern diet in historical perspective and tries to remember the food sources that helped our genes thrive.
Honoring our ancestors and our genetic heritage is a science in and of itself.
I agree, very complex.
You are right Brett… we take in so much Omega 6 with out diets. Omega 3 is needed to balance it out.
Teixiera better hit the fastball when he gets it. He has trouble with change ups and Sanantana’s is certainly one of the best.
I hope some way some how, Arod retires after this year, and Cashman gets a real 3b bat, that cost less!
Matt predicted a Mets no-hitter this weekend.
I’m glad he was wrong yesterday, now I wish the Yankees would hurry up and get a hit today.
OK I have been quiet too long. WHY IS TEX STILL BATTING 3RD. I CAN NOT STOMACH WATCHING THIS ANY LONGER. PLEASE MOVE THIS BUM DOWN IN THE LINE-UP
Check out this video from a guy at Yankee Stadium.
It’s hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux52A9WfiwQ
Who is Yo-Hand Santana? And who is this awful broadcaster? Give me Eck, even.
Top of the 2nd inning for Trenton, score is 1-1. Phelps pitching: 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 strikeout.
Laird with a solo homer. #16
SJ, I bought a pack of baseball cards for the heck of it hoping to get a Strasburg, and I ended up getting an autographed card of your nephew! Tony Sanchez, right?
I guess yesterday’s HR by Tex is forgotten.
The LoHud Game Thread. Where childish idiocy rules.
Chan Ho,
He is. You drew a lucky card!!
CC looks good today…
You’d think that on a nice sunny summer day, the the little SOBs would stay out of the house and off the blogs and give the adults an effin’ break for a change. Go do your fathers a favor and go stand in front of a moving train.
That was a wicked change Santana threw Tex. Give the pitcher some credit
Good grief…how’d that stay fair.
m, you don’t know Dick Stockton? And you’re an NBA fan???
GB,
it’s one kid changing SN’s to post his idiocy.
Probably fatherless with no life.
We get to “inherit” him for a day.
No surprise, Cano comes up with the bases empty and Santana wants no part of him.
I don’t think that shift is such a great idea with Cano….thats a double down the 3B line waiting to happen.
Thankfully, there goes the no-hitter!
ok Granderson – let’s do something good here
so much for the no-hitter!
No I remember the home run by Tex. I also remember all the runners left on base, the horrible average and the $25,000,000 he makes for being a scrub at best. $155,00 per game. REMEBER THAT
Wow. Amazing what a little patience can do. Let’s go, Curtis.
Putting out an APB for Matt…..
I know you only post when the Yankees are losing.
Just want to let you know your “foolproof” prediction didn’t work out. Sorry.
come on Granderson… Gotta get Santana while he’s wild.. a 3-1 count.. Geez!
SJ44 June 20th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
GB,
it’s one kid changing SN’s to post his idiocy.
Probably fatherless with no life.
We get to “inherit” him for a day.
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Possibly, or, he was abandoned, because his mother wouldn’t feed him mother’s milk. she only liked him for a friend.
Sweet, it’s a pretty awesome card. Definitely gonna be holding onto it!
Have a Coke and smile little boy. It will be ok.
SJ44,
Tex has been everything and more this year. Right old man?
Mike June 20th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
No I remember the home run by Tex. I also remember all the runners left on base, the horrible average and the $25,000,000 he makes for being a scrub at best. $155,00 per game. REMEBER THAT
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How much value have Beltran and santana given your Mets, Tulip?
santana’s pitch count rising…
a lot of foul balls
Great AB by cervellli going…Johan already at 40 pitches.
now this is the Yankees offense i remember, working the count, fouling off pitches….
tex should learn from the cerv at bat look changeup
CC needs a quick inning here to get Santana back out there
Top 10 in the league in RBI, great with the glove, struggling for consistency.
They don’t win the WS without him last year.
Since the season isn’t over yet, I’m not cashing in my chips on him. If you want to, it’s your choice.
All it means is you are too emotional and ignorant about the game.
It’s ok, you aren’t alone on that here.
rbi dreadful way to judge a player
Rishi – just thinking that. That was a good AB by Cisco, and a long inning for Santana. mets should look to take a few pitches to give him a break.
“rbi dreadful way to judge a player”
So is less than half a season.
Way to come back CC from 3-0 count!
niiiiiiice inning…someone wanted Gardner lead off, right? Now’s his chance to get them started
blake
true
What was that, 10 pitches for CC? Good inning on a hot day. Now get Santana back out there.
lol, Nick. Am I supposed to know him by voice?
Stockton, related to John?
Thats such a great stroke right there for Gardner
Thats such a great stroke right there for Gardner
CC lookin good. Get the man some runs.
Hit and run?
Wow, thats a balk…not even close.
m, yes, you are supposed to know him by voice.
No relation.
Double steal? Make something happen!
really working Santana these last 2 innings…be nice to break through here.
Swisher!!
run, please…i hate the “excitement” – much prefer runs early and often
come on tex, great job swisher
Love that play right there…surprise bunt, worst that can happen is runners move up…caught them off guard and everybody is safe..
I know that a lot of people aren’t fans of the bunt, as it’s “a throw away out.”
But sometimes you just got to do it. And that last play is a perfect example of why.
ok, Tex – GAME ON
Tex!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU TEX !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hes heatin up folks…him and CC both.
Michael Kay: “Santanta has allowed 4 Grandslams in his career, 2 this year.”
Thanks Kay!
Wow. Perfect half inning.
Yeah Tex is washed up. Two run dinger yesterday, slam today.
Just pitiful. He should have hit at least a 7 or 8 run homer there.
Keep killing Tex Mike. You are his good luck charm.
Good swing from the right side-BOOM-4-0!!
TEX! One Bronx beatdown coming up!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Slump buster?
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s one of the greatest Tex Messages ever!!!!!!!!
Joe Girardi — 1
Bridge Jumpers — 0
Phitin Phils — -1
That was a great play by Wright…
“Mike June 20th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
OK I have been quiet too long. WHY IS TEX STILL BATTING 3RD. I CAN NOT STOMACH WATCHING THIS ANY LONGER. PLEASE MOVE THIS BUM DOWN IN THE LINE-UP”
Mike, are you related to Matt?
A Grand Slam off Santana by Teixeira no less whoa!
Is there any way the Yankees can just face All-Star/HOF pitchers for the rest of the season?
I am so over David Wright
Reports of Tex’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
NYPost_Kernan #Yankees 7th slam of the season, you didn’t think they were losing a Subway Series for only the third time, did you
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if only the Yankees had listened to one of “the other” Dave’s 1000 word posts and they had signed Ben Sheets to a 2 year deal in 2009. They might have gone somewhere.
anyone remember those posts?
Once Tex and Arod come around this team will take off with this great pitching staff.. See ya Rays and Sox!!!
“Is there any way the Yankees can just face All-Star/HOF pitchers for the rest of the season?”
It is kinda funny that they score off 3 of the best pitchers in the NL and do nothing against 3 very mediocre guys….just the nature of baseball. No way to explain it.
I think that’s 7 grand slams for the Yankees in less than half a season. Their numbers with the bases loaded are incredible so far this year.
“Mike June 20th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
OK I have been quiet too long. WHY IS TEX STILL BATTING 3RD. I CAN NOT STOMACH WATCHING THIS ANY LONGER. PLEASE MOVE THIS BUM DOWN IN THE LINE-UP”
Mike, are you related to Matt?
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to be fair Cano probably would have put the first meatball that Santana threw to Teix in the stands. I think Cano batting 3rd between Swish and Arod would make him the first .400 hitter since Williams. Who exactly was the last player to hit .360 batting 5th?
Great inning.
Swish great bunt – Tex says bye bye.
Again, Gardner gets it started; gets in Santana’s head – and things just started to roll.
Ledger_Yankees Rob Thomson and Joe Girardi had to shoo Jorge Posada away from home plate ump Eric Cooper
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Tex hasn’t hit much this year but he’s gotten some of his biggest hits against the Mets and Red Sox.
I love being wrong and don’t mind it being rubbed in my face. I love the Yankees most. I do not know Matt and hope I can continue to be a good luck charm.
It really is amazing. They smack around pitchers like Halladay, Pelfrey and Santana, and look lost against junkballers. I’ll never understand why that is.
Santana is at 62 pitches, CC for the same innings 41
A-Rod just looks dead in the field.
I do remember dave’s dark Russian novels dedicated to the signing of Ben Sheets.
Scary thought: he might be a doctor by now.
Great turn right there…there are guys that make the pivot quicker than Cano but his arm strength usually makes up for it.
I think the most underrated reason the Yankees are in first place is the seamless DPs between Jeter and Cano.
Summer weather = CC out of hibernation and ready to roll.
CC looks fantastic. Best he’s been for a while.
Tex hasn’t hit much this year but he’s gotten some of his biggest hits against the Mets and Red Sox.
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What has saved Teix with people like me is that when he does hit, it’s when it counts. Pretty much a continuation from the playoffs last year.
Not dead but, definitely favoring the injury.
It’s why Girardi has to juggle the lineup so much.
It’s also why the offense is inconsistent, IMO.
It’s something you have to do with an older team that’s banged up.
“It really is amazing. They smack around pitchers like Halladay, Pelfrey and Santana, and look lost against junkballers. I’ll never understand why that is.”
If you watch the games, instead of just the results, you might start to understand. Moyer and Kendrick had excellent command, and were throwing reliably to the corners. Pelfrey was all over the map yesterday, missing high and over the plate with his fastball. Still, he balanced his mistakes with good pitches down that turned into 13 groundouts.
So the pitcher needs to make some bad pitches in order for hitters to light them up. That said, the offense did nothing with the damage pitches they did get from Moyer, Takahashi, and Kendrick.
TB-1 FLA-1
Min (Pavano)-1 vs Phi (Halladay)-0
Nick in SF in Larkspur June 20th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I do remember dave’s dark Russian novels dedicated to the signing of Ben Sheets.
Scary thought: he might be a doctor by now.
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He’d be lucky to get a job as a mortician. They don’t like doctors that provide morticians with customers on a piece work basis.
I think the most important thing is to try and get Alex right by October…if that means DHing him more or resting him all together more then I think you have to do it.
IMO the Yankees can make the playoffs without him at full strength but it will be very hard to win the title again without him healthy.
Granderson with a hit off a good lefty. Nice swing.
I don’t think Tex should get killed at all.
The guy was great last year.
He has scuffled this year yet, still helps the team wins games.
Sometimes, being a good fan is supporting a struggling player. Especially a guy so important to the team as Tex.
I think he’s built up enough equity to be given a break.
Although his batting average hasn’t shown any improvement against lefties, Granderson still gets some good at bats and hits against some tough lefties.
AfterR 4, CC 51 pitches Santana 71
You can see improvement with Granderson against lefties if you watch his AB’s and not just check the boxscores and look at splits. Sometimes improvement just starts with having better AB’s and eventually leads to better results. He’s keeping his front shoulder in much better than he used to and isn’t pulling off the ball nearly as often. Thats why I don’t think the Yankees will be so quick to give up on him against LH pitching….if he’s able to improve in that area then you have a real every year all star type player.
Teixeira has always been a good hitter from the left side, so is it the shift, change in batting stance/stroke, steady diet of off-speed low and away pitches that he can’t lay off of, or what???
wow BG!
Man the ball is carrying today…that was a pop up.
# blake June 20th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Man the ball is carrying today…that was a pop up.
I thought it was gone to be honest.
Crawford would have made it look like a boring routine fly ball catch.
A-Rod couldn’t even grab the ball when Jeter flipped it to him lmao
Crawford would have made it look like a boring routine fly ball catch
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Both guys catch the ball, but Cash should pay 20 million more to Crawford for “style points”
FLA leads 2-1
Anyone roooting for the Ivory Coast?
Nice too see Jeter back in the lineup. two hits today and puts Gardy where he should be!
ok, Alex…a hit….something productive…how about it
Even when Tex is struggling with the bat, he saves many a run with his glove. Don’t any of you Tex bashers remember Jason Giambi trying to play first base?
I agree with Carl, blake. At the park here that Barajas ball seemed like it was gone off the bat.
Me thinks Santana was afraid of TEX that at bat!
“Even when Tex is struggling with the bat, he saves many a run with his glove. Don’t any of you Tex bashers remember Jason Giambi trying to play first base?”
in nightmares occasionally.
hey – a walk would be VERY productive…
unbelieveable by arod, is embarssing
Why green light him with Cano on deck. CANO.
Hmmmmm.
Not sure about that.
I guess I like it if it works.
that wasn’t smart Arod..
Gotta be more selective than that. Come on Alex.
NYPost_Kernan There’s that wind again, blowing back A-Rod’s popup. He is getting beat left and right now #Yankees\
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Josh,
looked like he got it off the end to me on TV….either way I’m glad it found Gardner’s glove instead of the seats
FLA now up 4-1 on Tampa
#blake June 20th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
?Even when Tex is struggling with the bat, he saves many a run with his glove. Don’t any of you Tex bashers remember Jason Giambi trying to play first base??
in nightmares occasionally.
I will admit to having an occasional nightmare about the golden thong.
A-Rod ruined that inning swinging 3-0 on a pitch too high in the strike zone with the best hitter in baseball waiting on deck….play smarter not harder
You can’t get beat by Ruben Tejada!
Wow!What a goal by Brazil
After 5, Santana 93, CC 66 pitches !
Fla-4 TB-1
Pavano-2 vs Doc-0
Alex looked pretty spry on that one.
U pay when u don’t tack on runs
I like green lighting him at 3-0. They are trying to get him going. He hits that pitch out, everybody loves that move.
It didn’t work but, it’s worth a try.
best play A-Rod has made in a while
Stacey, another West Coast Yankee fan? Welcome.
The image of the mustachioed Pavano on MLB.com right now is truly horrifying.
nice play arod
# SJ44 June 20th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I like green lighting him at 3-0. They are trying to get him going. He hits that pitch out, everybody loves that move.
It didn’t work but, it’s worth a try.
He walked Tex on 4 and was about to walk Alex on 4. Don’t know why you would give him the green light in that situation.
arod saved the mets rally. give it, take it away
Good job stranding Tejada.
CC is dealing today.
Nice job A-rod makes up for that at bat a little bit but announcers on TBS said it saved a run??? At most it would have been a basehit to left field and I’m not sure Jeter wouldn’t have had being right behind him
Alex is playing hurt, and trying to mask it, he’s hurting for sure!!
Ian kennedy is tossing a shut out against the Tigers, so much for being an NL pitcher.. CASHMAN SHOULD BE FIRED…. Jackson, Kennedy and Coke for Granderson? COME ON!
They gave him the green light hoping he would get a cookie to hit and crush it.
They had a four run lead and Girardi is trying to get him going.
Probably doesn’t give him the green light if it’s a closer game.
johan keeps getting lucky
# whatever June 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Ian kennedy is tossing a shut out against the Tigers, so much for being an NL pitcher.. CASHMAN SHOULD BE FIRED…. Jackson, Kennedy and Coke for Granderson? COME ON!
And he got rocked by the Red Sox.
# Carl June 20th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
# whatever June 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Ian kennedy is tossing a shut out against the Tigers, so much for being an NL pitcher.. CASHMAN SHOULD BE FIRED…. Jackson, Kennedy and Coke for Granderson? COME ON!
And he got rocked by the Red Sox.
And you jinxed his shutout. Fail.
Reyes has some of the worse fielding mechanics in the big leagues…he’s lucky he’s got a great arm because he couldn’t play SS if he didn’t.
Any updates on Aceves?When will he be back?
Just missed a bomb
longest hit ever by cervelli? nice
Great AB by Cervelli. That ball really carried!
I really wish the nickname Gazoo would catch on
Roger, do you want Italy in the first knockout game???
You know Cervelli savors that – Santana is a god where he comes from.
Yea its really carrying today…nice job cervy.
Maybe the Mets should worry about Reyes antics and not concern themselves with Cervelli.
On June 20th who would have bet that Cervelli would have as many triples as Granderson?
mets were really crying about Cervelli pumping his fist after strikeouts?
seriously? Francisco Rodriguez and Jose Reyes are on their team. talk about living in a glass house
Josh Johnson is a beast…
7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER (HR by Crawford), 1 BB, 8 K’s.
4-1 Marlins, top 8.
You know, what Cervelli and Joba do are spontaneous burst of enthusiasm. What Reyes and K-Rod do are premeditated, choreographed dances.
After 6, Santana 114, CC 76 thats a 38 pitch advantage Yankees Santana might not make 7.
Pavano-3 vs Doc-1
Fla -4 TB-1
There can’t be a catcher in baseball with as many triples (3) as Cervelli has.
was that really a Lets Go Mets cheer? That’s embarrassing.
W.T.F
nibble nibble nibble
“mets were really crying about…” You can usually stop right there.
Roger, I think there was an Aceves update yesterday, threw off a half-mound again, still no timetable.
Ubaldo Jimenez,Josh Johnson, maybe even Stephen Strasburg- could be 1st loss for AL since 1996 in the All Star game.
Nick
That’s gonne be a big game huh?I’d rather not but we beat them 2years ago in the EC.And they are playing very poorly this WC.Not that we are playing our best football right now.But Robben will be back then
if any team can blow a big lead with its ace on the mound it’s this one, they’ve already done it a few times this year.
96 MPH gas.
OMG Cervelli just pumped his first and the Mets just cried.
Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli plays the game with a lot of enthusiasm. But the on-going fist-pumping behind the plate is not appreciated by opponents.
“He’s got to calm that down a bit,” one Met told the Post. “He’s over the top with that.”
Forget that Reyes and K-Rod play for the Mets…
big dp!
# Joba Farnsworth (Gardner > Crawford) June 20th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
mets were really crying about Cervelli pumping his fist after strikeouts?
seriously? Francisco Rodriguez and Jose Reyes are on their team. talk about living in a glass house
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I’m glad their worrying about Cervy’s fist pumps. Good distraction from CC’s pitching.
atta boy CC.
Arod, Cano, Tex must be the surest DP in baseball.
CC nice
GJ, CC!!!
Way to pitch out of a jam!!
DP!Great job by CC so far
The Big Man really bore down that inning, didn’t he? Get himself in some trouble, pulled back and found something extra, and got out of it.
Hey, AJ! You paying attention?
CC has been great today.
Another guy the bridgejumpers prematurely predicted his demise.
Dodgers trying to avoid a sweep in Boston – have to figure that when the Yankees go to LA they will suddenly turn into world beaters…
I love it when CC goes into beast mode at this time of the season.
If CC and Teix start heating up with the humidity the Yanks might just create some distance between the Rays and Sox.
Roger, that seems like the most likely matchup, if the Italians can even make it that far… I guess Italy can still win the group with a win and a good goal differencial, but they shouldn’t count on the Kiwis to help them out too much. So Paragruay probably wins the group.
I see they’re going to start having games on at the same time, that’s going to make things more difficult… or make more people watch in sports bars.
CC coming thru in the clutch.
David Price knocked out of the game. Guess predictions of their inevitability were premature.
If things hold, we’ve got first to ourselves, no?
Nothing to motivates an Acemore , than to have the #5 pitcher just win his 10th win, before the AS break!
“Dodgers trying to avoid a sweep in Boston – have to figure that when the Yankees go to LA they will suddenly turn into world beaters…”
We’re seeing 2 guys we’ve never faced (Kuroda and Kershaw), so that’s likely. Kuroda is basically a Takashi-clone. And box of chocolates Burnett pitches in one of the games and that is always shaky
Michael Kay talking about Meija and how Strawberry said he reminded him of Rivera.
Darryl Strawberry also tried to give Jeter advice re: the A-Rod situation – a guy like Strawberry trying to give Jeter advice! That was when I knew I’d seen it all.
Is arod slumping?
Arod is clearly still hurt. Trying to battle through it.
The Gigantes are pounding the Blue Jays 7-3 — in case anyone was still wondering about our neighbors to the north.
What are the chances arod keeps his 30/100 streak alive?
pointing to the sky down 4 runs. lol.
Happy Fathers Day to all you “Mothers.” LOL
Haha – as I promised I will try to be here everyday to remind you Philly than your team blew it by trading Lee in the offseason. That and they are losing again to the Twinkies – 3-1.
I think some of you should can the doomsday predictions.
Two days ago, you guys had them in third place by the end of the weekend.
If today’s scores hold up, they will head to the West Coast in sole possession of first with the best record in baseball.
Sometimes, it’s best to quit doing something you aren’t good at.
# Joba Farnsworth (Gardner > Crawford) June 20th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Michael Kay talking about Meija and how Strawberry said he reminded him of Rivera.
Darryl Strawberry also tried to give Jeter advice re: the A-Rod situation – a guy like Strawberry trying to give Jeter advice! That was when I knew I’d seen it all.
For someone that has been through what straw has, I’m sure he can give someone great advice.
“What are the chances arod keeps his 30/100 streak alive?”
If I were a betting man, I’d bet way under.
He has 8 HRs and it’s almost the ASB. Last year, he had 17 HRs by the ASB. 17! That is amazing considering he missed a month and was recovering from the surgery. He also went through an ice cold stretch for half of June.
Clearly not the same player. Whether he has an injury or not, who knows. But he looks terrible.
Nick
Holland vc Italy seems to be a sure thing for the next round.
So far this WC isn’t anything what I expected.Top players/teams seem really tired and they are not playing their best football.Having a WC in Africa isn’t a big success as well
Derek Jeter speaks very highly of The Straw ……
Yankees knocked Santana out after 6, “a fete accompli ” as they say in French, in English mission accomplished.
Last June’s memory is still in Johan’s head.
yankees in 1st place, all by themself.
Pettitte was the designated rain pitcher in the Spring and CC is the rain guy in season.
It seems it rains in every one of his starts.
quite a swing by Reyes there…don’t kill your back!
Wonder if Joe will let him for for the CG shutout?
wow – the rain really did kick up…great job CC…
Let CC finish it?
I seem to recall many posts on here saying CC wasn’t an ace.
Where are those folks today?
At this rate, A-Rod will be lucky to have 15 Jacks by the end of the season. They should just take him out until he’s 85%. Right now, he looks around 50%.
Top of 9th Fl- 4 , TB-1
Pavano -4, Doc-1 Looks like Phitins only motivated to beat Yankees!
Complete game shutout?
CC is going to get on a roll now that the hot weather is here. Watch out, AL East. He is such a beast.
Marlins win 4-1.
really – just call the game…a rain delay/?
now cc can’t finish the game or end it with a cc complete game
the Florida Marlins really seem to have Tampa’s number.
“Having a WC in Africa isn’t a big success as well”
The time zone isn’t very friendly for the west coast of the USA, that’s for sure.
I was also very annoyed by the noise during the games, like everyone else, but I read that the country of Vuvuzela only has that one export, so I guess it’s ok.
Good day for Yankee fans. All alone in first place.
Bad day for trolls, bridgejumpers, doom and gloomers, and haters of Tex, CC, and Granderson.
SJ
I posted above at 3:25 pm above, Phil has embarrassed him!
SJ, as a righthand hitter Sabathia is just tough to hit…..He runs that fastball in on your hands then he offspeeds you down and away….Just so hard to get a read on him when he spots that running heater…….He’a an Ace and I’m confused as to why some think otherwise……
josh is the mets they fail at baseball
The Rays have come down to earth.
I guess Buster Olney will have to stop comparing them to the ’98 Yankees. Which was dumb to begin with.
NEW YORK — Lady Gaga is still welcome at Yankee Stadium, but just not in the clubhouse. Especially not after a loss.
“She’s not banned,” New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman said on Sunday afternoon. “Celebrities aren’t banned. If Michael Jordan showed up here he would have access [to the clubhouse], but not after a loss.”
The New York Post reported on Sunday that Yankees co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner was furious at the display Lady Gaga put on in the clubhouse — dressed in a half-buttoned Yankees jersey and a bikini bottom, she swilled whiskey and fondled her chest, the Post said, citing sources — and that Steinbrenner had permanently banned Gaga from the team’s clubhouse. Cashman downplayed that, but added that the Yankees have other places in the Stadium where players can interact with celebrities.
“There is just a time and place,” said Cashman. “It is not her fault.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-.....id=5307886
“a fete accompli ” as they say in French”
http://amonthhoffundays.blogspot.com/
Here’s the draft article I wrote yesterday. It’s getting linked a few places, so I wanted to share it with you.
Carl Pavano has a 3 run lead against the Phillies, it’s 4-1 Twins. Halladay started for the Phillies. Pavano’s going for a CG. Damn.
Sole possession of 1st place. The heat is on Laptop tonight vs. Dodgers.
I think CC proved all he needed to in the playoffs last year when he was willing to take the ball 3 times a series…
We’re seeing 2 guys we’ve never faced (Kuroda and Kershaw), so that’s likely. Kuroda is basically a Takashi-clone. And box of chocolates Burnett pitches in one of the games and that is always shaky
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Box of chocolates Burnett. LMAO. Best thing I’ve seen around here in awhile.
It’s just ridiculous to see empty seats a a World Cup.Africans can’t afford the tickets and the rest of the world doesn’t want to go because of safety reasons.
Pat M,
He’s so tough. You could see him beginning to find his arm slot the past few starts.
As you correctly predicted, he had the dominant outing in him today and he delivered.
One good game does not an ACE make, not when he gives you indigestion through most of his outings, that may or might not end so well
He brought it today Yea, now repeat!
Brasil making it look easy now.
I thought the Ivory Coast was supposed to be good????
Group of Death my foot.
tarp coming off and CC getting ready…that was quick!!
“One good game does not an ACE make,”
Good thing CC has pitched a lot of them in his career.
Minn beating Doc unreal!
I think Elano just broke his foot…that didn’t look good
If you need more proof on CC’s “aceness”, with everything he has done so far as a Yankee, you probably need to find another hobby since baseball is clearly not your strength.
As bad as Tex and A-Rod have been this year, do you all realized that, through 68 games, they have scored just 1 less run this season than they did last season? And that they’ve given up 22 less runs than last season?
If this team heats up in the second half like they did last year, I don’t think we’ve got much to worry about.
Phil,
Excellent blog piece. Agree 100% on the recommanded strategy.
Another fake SJ. SJ is way more annoying and defeatist.
Remember when Halladay was going to win 30 games this year?
8-6 record
CC not an ace? That’s a joke
Did the game start up again?”
I’m in Bayonne, not watching the game, though I knew Tex had a GS and CC had 2 on no one out in the 7th.
Bret – just saw your post from the top re: diets. It’s such an interesting topic, I’d love to pursue some questioning on it, but obviously not during a game.
Is everyone enjoying their Father’s Day?
So now CC is not an ace ! After his postseason performance, Cy young, all the big game victories.
game back on – alex out
Kennedy threw 6 pedestrian innings. He belongs where he is.
pat -
If you’re there, I had the radio on in the car (had to go out to run an errand for my MIL), and Suzyn was talking about the Extreme Makeover. I missed the beginning, of course, but it sounded like a tear jerker, and the Yankee tie-in was a bedroom for one of the children?
CC is a legit ace. He always has a rough first 12 starts.
I thought CC put all the “ace” questions to rest after his run in the second half of last season? And even that shouldn’t have been a question (though I was guilty myself) after his stint with the Brewers. That man should never have his “acedom” questioned.
I just saw a commercial of Heineken LIGHT on YES?
What?Does that exist?!I have never heard of that and Heineken is Dutch brand…
Santana said 1 mistake could cost him the game. He was right.
nice piece of hitting.
Roger(The Dutch Yankees Fan) June 20th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I just saw a commercial of Heineken LIGHT on YES?
What?Does that exist?!I have never heard of that and Heineken is Dutch brand?
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it’s been around for a while (a beer of choice at our house) – i’m going to imagine they don’t sell that in Amsterdam?
Doc has lost his edge, he’s in that softball, senior circuit league and isn’t the threat he’s always been. I hope they had fun this week, because they’ll never see postseason. If ATL wins they’ll be 5.5 GB in their .
Pavano held that line up to 1 run.
Now if only Torre’s team will help us out with a W or face a sweep.
Because of CC’s size, he has invited rare abuse over his career in this era of pitcher protection. Especially before he came to the Yanks, so it is not so out of the ordinary for him to get off to some slow starts as his is still recovering on some levels from past abuse. He’s a horse. He’ll have a big second half, and, hopefully, next year he’ll be beyond past abuse and go more or less wire to wire us. He’s is greater for the team that whatever any snapshot of his numbers might reveal right now.
No they don’t.I would think it’s a only for the American market
Thanks, SJ!
There aren’t enough… heavy … people in Holland for Heineken Light — the country is too small and we all know that Dutch society maxemizes its space.
The American market has ample room for another light beer.
Why are they waisting Rivera here, with a game tomorrow?
Now who closes tomorrow, Joba?
Interesting, interesting – something potentially brewing in the future in AA: Tim Norton, finally back from arm/shoulder injury – not easy to do – was promoted to AA from High A Tampa – is racking up the Ks – pitched 2 IP today – 4Ks – 1 h – no runs – interesting – 6’5″ from CT I believe – nice fastball – pitching in relief – another interesting chip going forward and could be making waves in August if he continues to fast track to the majors. Interesting, interesting. . . .good for this kid!!!!
Phil,
I agree, his ability to log innings is often overlooked and is something thats hard to quantify. He’s a perfect anchor for a rotation.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/201.....nt-1416025
Nitpicking, but it’s “fait accompli” – a “fete” is a party.
I knew that highschool French would pay off at some point.
haha does it even taste the same?
Rivera can pitch tomorrow. He needs the work.
He’s only pitched twice in the last 9 days.
ballgame!
clicked over to the Met’s feed – sounds very 1995
“K-Rod will have to command thousands of future pitches to scale Mount Mariano, but simple math says it’s a do-able proposition.
So Rivera shouldn’t bother looking over his shoulder this weekend to see if the Mets’ closer is gaining on him. Francisco Rodriguez is already way ahead of the field.”
quotes from a ridiculous article by Ian O’Conner. I guess he hasn’t watched Krod pitch lately.
Joe really needs to let Alex rest, he didn’t look good today.
BryanHoch The Yankees now have 9,500 wins in franchise history (since 1903).
half a minute ago via Chromed Bird
Guess the season didn’t end this weekend bridgejumpers.
That KRod article was ridiculous. I think that O’Connor was just trying to stir the pot, but he didn’t even do that very well.
I request a detailed breakdown of the win from Matt….
Roger, I have never tried the Heineken Light, but I don’t drink much of the regular either.
Not that there’s anything wrong with it.
Lately I prefer Moretti and Perono Nastro Azzurro.
Now maybe Joe Torre will help out his old team tonight
Guess the Date of the 1,000th Win?
With the hip issues coming up a lot with Arod – is this something we’ll be looking at for the next 7 years? Will arod’s contract become an albatross? Or is this hip tendonitis just a one time only deal? A fluke injury?
Congrats to Yankees !
O’Connor has been bashing the Yanks since his days writing for the USA Today Baseball publication ” The National “….Then he wrote for The USA Today and was still ragging on the Bombers…..He should stick to writing books, he’s a hump
Blake,
Strangely absent. Especially after predicting the Yankees would be no hit this weekend.
The biggest reason why he, and others like him on here, get so much abuse is, they only post when the Yankees are losing or lose a game.
The folks who filled this blog with ridiculous drivel this week when they lost three games this week ought to ban themselves. They are too dumb to post on this blog.
How about this, as bad as the Yankees played this week, they beat 2 Ace’s on different team with CC.
Santana has a last year repeat to sleep on tonight, and Doc especially after his loss today, has to be 2nd guessing himself on coming to the Phillies.
Nice game!!
and they’re in 1st place!
Ledger_Yankees Pena for A-Rod was precautionary. – Girardi
“I request a detailed breakdown of the win from Matt….”
Now see, that AB is precisely the problem with the offense. Fernando Nieves is throwing NOTHING close to the zone and Cano just swings at the first pitch. Horrible horrible AB. Granderson can’t even square up a righty pitcher who is throwing nothing but FBs. He swings at a slider away. Who does that? Our offensive numbers over the past month speak for itself and ABs like that are the reason why. WHY WOULD YOU SWING?! They can’t hit meatballs in the zone, they swing at slop out of the zone. Just horrible approaches at the plate. Again, WHY is Posada starting his AB early and trying to cheat? He should be waiting for the slider to elevate instead he swings away at a horrendous pitch in the dirt. Why does he not shorten his swing and take it into left field? They are overanxious up there and cannot lay off horrible breaking pitches in the dirt. It is not one AB, it is a theme of the season.
Sunny,
Groin strains are tricky. They just have to manage him carefully.
I think going back to last years day off schedule would be smart.
It worked out well last year.
Does this mean the Empire State Building will be resplendent in blue and white?
Erin June 20th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Nice game!!
and they’re in 1st place!
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I guess I should amend this to say they’re alone in first place, since they have been in first place for a while. lol
Ledger_Yankees Swisher had option to swing or bunt. You know what he chose and it worked.
How come the same idiots predicting the rapid decline of Rodriguez and Teixeira aren’t talking about the rapid decline and burial of Jeter? Both Teixeira and Rodrriguez are going at a 103 RBI clip. That’s without having a fulltime #2 hitter and a slumping #1 hitter.
Lance,
lol, that was pretty good actually.
SJ, I know. The people who enjoy this blog are just going to have do their best to ignore the nonsense….otherwise they win. It gets very tedious though.
Lance, that was pricelessly funny…….Matt is at T-Ball practice
“I think going back to last years day off schedule would be smart.”
Agree. We all would like Alex to keep his 30/100 streak alive but that has to be secondary to him being as close to 100% as possible come playoff time.
Where is Phitins to call CC not an ace today? Oh i Forgot, the “Phitins” forgot to Phight Phight Phight and he’s not here.
“Where is Phitins to call CC not an ace today?”
at teeball with Matt, he’s their mascot.
“global warming” – that’s an answer
You are all being unduly harsh on poor Matt.
He is not absent because the Yanks won today; he is busy breaking down the ’27 Yanks’ 44 losses.
Pat M’s prediction of 3 game lead by the ASB is looking pretty good. If the starting pitching continues at this clip, it might even be 5.
Giving Alex every 4th or so game off (dh or off) isn’t a bad idea. Same for Jorge, and maybe even Tex, Derek – these guys, though very, very good, aren’t getting any younger, and it’s a long season.
Given how hot Robbie has been, it will be gutsy for Joe to rest him, but I think he shouldn’t forget about him. It’s a long season.
can josh thomson do every game thread instead of chad jennings? chad’s posts are lazy and lacking in knowledge. this guy that did it today was really thorough and knows his stuff better.
good win today. sabathia looked as sharp as he has all year, u know with him, as the season gets going and the weather gets warmer look out….
“He is not absent because the Yanks won today; he is busy breaking down the ‘27 Yanks’ 44 losses.”
On August 6th, 1927 we face the Rochester Browns and Phil Collins struck out with Bob Meusel and Earle Combs on 2nd and 3rd base. The guy couldn’t even get a fly ball in. Absolutely terrible fundamentals. He was waiting for Ruth and Gerigh to hit a 3-R HR. He was facing Slim Harriss that day as well who was 10-18 with a 5+ ERA on the season. He couldn’t even get a fly ball off him. Just poor fundamentals. Slim Harriss threw nothing but off-speed pitches, yet he couldn’t even elevate one.
Herb Pennock pitched a tremendous game, yet lost because Collins refusal to take a strike and put a ball in play. Rather than get a fly ball, he tried to hit it around the foul pole! Newsflash Collins, YOU ARE NOT BABE RUTH. Stop trying to hit HRs off breaking balls low and away.
Just poor fundamentals and it will cost us down the line if we can’t get in runners from 3rd less than 2 outs. How hard is it to shorten the swing and take a slider into right field for a single? Just textbook baseball and we lack it. Same thing last week when we played the Cleveland Blues and Lazzeri struck out on a fastball high. It is going to cost us a pennant.
Lance, I feel I have seen you post before today, but not often.
Please post more.
Lance is on fire!!! lol.
Great stuff!
Yawn…
First of all, I never predicted a no hitter this weekend because I would never say something so ridiculous. That was obviously my imposter, and you just made my day by still harping about it days later. My imposter, who is trying to annoy me, seems to have annoyed you off the most, which is just priceless.
And I’m not here because unlike you, I’m not obsessed with posting on this blog 24/7. Maybe I’m watching the game instead of sitting in front of my computer? I come on here to comment on things I find strange or interesting, I’m not here posting “nice hit” every time a guy gets a ground ball single.
You guys take this blog so seriously. It’s not even about baseball anymore, it’s about taking petty snipes at people who post things you don’t agree with. You guys keep bemoaning why people leave the blog? Maybe because of the very people who are making such remarks, who think they are the “blog police” and try to drive people away that they don’t like rather than comment on the baseball.
lol at wfan calling Tex’s homer a “pop fly”
Carl Crawford had another good day today (2 for 3 with a homer). He needs to be a priority signing in the offseason. I’m all for signing Crawford and Cliff Lee.
Just got back from the game… Nice win, crisp and efficient. For some reason the crowd couldnt seem to get into it. Aside from a lot of noise after the slam I found the stadium very quiet. I still contend that the noise doesnt seem to carry as well in this stadium for whatever reason as it did at the old one. Anyone else notice that ? I still miss the old one I guess.
Steve Phillips has his own show on WFAN now periodically on weekends. He usually pairs with Adam the Bull.
What a crazy week. We lose to three ordinary pitchers and end up beating three aces. Typical Yankees and whoever said this would happen on Friday (someone on this site did) great call! It was a great comeback thanks to Tex’s resurgence and some superb pitching by CC today. We’re in first place but despite that, I still believe we need another power bat and to strengthen our bench. Another reliever would be also be nice as we rely too heavily on Mo and Joba.
If you can watch the game and post when they are losing, which you do all the time, you can watch and post when they are winning. Which you never do.
Your excuse is weak.
SJ44-
weren’t you at that game in 1927?
Actually Matty, you’re only on here when NYYs are losing. You can set a clock by it. Within one minute of the Yankees going down by a run, you’re here, whining and moaning about it and attempting to tell everyone else what the players did wrong. The only difference between you and idiots like Chimp and Bret is that you don’t know enough players on another team to make stupid trade suggestions. For that, we are all very grateful. Anything you say is strange,,,,none of it very interesting, though. My twins are 10 months old and they know more about baseball than you do. You are the very definition of a troll, with one slight difference. you troll the boards of the team you profess to like (though I find that doubtful). Face facts, junior. You aren’t happy unless you can annoy people.
SJ,
Again, why are you so obsessed with this? I post when I want to post, get a life. I have just as much a right to post on this blog as you do, and probably contribute more to the baseball conversation as well while you sit around and snipe at everyone who has the “nerve” to say something you disagree with.
Give it a rest. This is a baseball blog, if you can’t handle when people disagree with your opinions and have to launch personal attacks against them, then you clearly can’t handle the privilege you’ve been given to post here. If what we are saying is within the terms of service, then there is nothing you can do about it.
If you don’t like what someone says, then argue the point or ignore the post. Tossing around childish insults like you do is just sad. Find a new hobby if you are that obsessed with this place.
I had season tickets. Sat behind the on deck circle.
Santana as of today is 5-4. Cubs are killing LAA 12-1 Zambrano vs Saundersup coughed 8 by himself
GB,
Again, I post when I want to post. I don’t care to waste my time posting on here when there is nothing to discuss. Sitting and here and posting “nice job” for 9 innings straight is boring, and I’m sure you would agree. Posters like you seem to think you’re large and in charge here, but in reality I’m sure the majority of the people really dislike seeing your name pop up, because they know that nothing related to baseball will appear in the post.
Once again Matt has shamed us all.
Matt, the next time a Yankee batter fails to execute a simple fundemental and you find it interesting enough to post a dissertation, I hope your comment gets all the respect it deserves — and then some.
Matt,
the only problem I have with you is you only post when they are losing.
That breeds the whining and crying, most of it moronic, which reduces this place to a sewer.
I’ll tell you what I have told others.
Be part of the solution and not part of the problem.
And on the subject of baseball, did any of you guys see what happened in the bottom of the 9th last night in Florida? Just terrible that an umpire can allow that to unfold. It’s one thing to miss a close play, but another thing entirely to punish a team for a complete brain lapse on your part. There has to be a better procedure in place for corroborating such details than a simple “he said, she said” kind of thing.
The next time he posts something interesting will be the first time.
CC is showing he’s the ACE of the staff. He is getting it going at about the same time as last year, when he really showed why the Yankees signed. Great job CC.
Great pitching + Timely hitting = WIN.
Go Dodgers – Beat the Red Sox.
Last night in Florida reminded me of reading you and Stuart Little discussing baseball. It was as screwed up as a soup sandwich.
And by the way, if you guys think it’s fine and dandy to come on here and insult everyone in sight, then explain to me how it’s not fine for me to come on here and vent some frustration about some of the plays taking place in a game, none of which is directed personally at the posters on here?
Hypocrisy at its finest.
Matt, nobody said it was fine to ‘come in here and insult everyone in sight’ and, in fact, I don’t think you really give a rip about anyone else being insulted, you just don’t like it for yourself. Now who’s being a hypocrite?
What people object to is that your posts make this place worse.
I haven’t seen anyone question your right to do that, however.
There’s nothing wrong with criticizing the team or venting your frustrations regarding the play of the team.
We all do it. None of us are exempt from it.
But if you write nothing but complaints then you’re posts aren’t going to be taken seriously by any of the sensible baseball fans who still remain during the fecal storm provided by the whiners and complainers who have turned this place into a sewer during game threads or postgame threads after a Yankee loss.
Why can’t everyone agree to disagree, and not turn the blog into personal attacks. I for one, if I don’t like a blog, don’t give it much thought, and ignore it. We all love the Yankees, and wish them nothing but success, but, we can get upset at times with the players, manager’s and GM, but, again that don’t mean we are against the team, only frustrated at times.
No much good happened in the Scranton game today. They lost 4-1, most;y on Sanchez’ wikdness.
Monyero was 0-4 with a strikeout.
Charleston lost 1-0 on an unearned run in the 1st inning, though solbach pitched 5 very good innings. 5 innings, 1 hit, 1 unearned run, 3 walks, 1 strikeout.
Trenton pulled out a win over Binghamton late on a 2 run homer by Austin Krum, 4-3.
Laird with his 16th homer, but also made another error at 3rd (12).
Phelps pitched a lot better than the 5 hits and 3 runs showed over 6 innings. Three of the hits were off of the gloves of the infielders and one line single and a solo homer. walked 1 and struck out 10.
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Matt,
Like the others have said…you have every right to be Critical of the Yankees SOMETIMES…everyone is. The problem is that it seems like that’s all you ever are. Maybe its just the biggest coincedence in the world that you only post when the Yankees are losing, I don’t know…but its hard to take you seriously when you don’t tell both sides of the story…and for a team with the best record in baseball…the other side is a pretty big part you leave out.
Big Al, can you agreee to disagree about soccer comments during the World Cup?
lance-
benny bengough is throwing out 42% of the runners attempting to steal. pat collins couldn’t throw out cobb if his life depended on it.
yeah collins has an . 825 OPS and some pop in his bat, but rumor has it yankee pitchers don’t like throwing to him.
urbie shocker has said off the record that he could win 20 if he could have bennie as his personal catcher
we all know shocker is a bit of a head case, but still ,if he likes bengough, i say let him have bengoughie.
Nick in SF in Larkspur:
Did I read you were in Ashville, NC on a trip? I live SW of Winston-Salem, and we’ve been looking into a possible move west to the Ashville-Henderson area. What were your thoughts of the area?
Sorry for the none BB post.
Nick in SF in Larkspur June 20th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Big Al, can you agreee to disagree about soccer comments during the World Cup?
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OK, you got me, I’ll not complain about the none BB posts again. Go USA!
BIG AL, no worries from me on a none-BB post.
I am not the one who was commenting on Ashville, I have only been there once and it was just for a couple hours. It’s quite lovely up there, however.
I have family in Charlotte.
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Nick in SF
Thanks for that. We moved here 1 1/2 years ago from NE PA, had season tickets to SWB Yankees. Sure do miss those games. We met, and became friends with several players, and it was great seeing the up and coming stars. Love baseball, and I love my Yankees.
Big AL,
I grew up about 25 minutes from Asheville and love the area. Beautiful and really growing….Henderson and those areas are growing quite a bit as well and are also nice.
blake:
Thanks for the input. We lived in the mountains in PA and wanted to get away from the very harsh winters. That’s why we didn’t look that far west, but, it’s just too crowded in this area. Are the winters very bad in the Ashville-Hendersonville are on average?
Big AL,
Relative to up north they are pretty mild..this past year was a bit of an outlier..it snowed more here than I can ever remember..
Boone gets a fair amount of snow but Asheville isn’t too bad..enough where you’ll see snow every year but rarely will it affect your routine much.
blake:
Thanks for the info. We have been looking on the net for homes in those areas, and plan a trip out there in a month to look around. Thought I’d get better info from someone from the area, that was not in the reality business.
Great day everybody – got to go, I pulled BBQ duty.
Al,
No problem.