Sabathia coming on
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Jun 20, 2010 
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CC Sabathia finally seems to be getting in gear. This 4-0 win over the Mets meant he has now won four straight starts. The lefty allowed four hits and struck out six over eight innings. The Yankees were briefly debating whether to let him to try to finish off the shutout himself, but a 22-minute rain delay after the top of the eighth took care of that decision for them.
The Mets had whacked Sabathia around for six runs and 10 hits over five on May 23 when Johan Santana beat him 6-4. Now Sabathia has beaten the Phillies/Roy Halladay and the Mets/Santana back to back, improving to 8-3 despite an uneven first half that includes a 4-0 record against the Orioles.
“I think it’s global warming,” Joe Girardi joked. “In April, he had a great month and he’s usually a slow starter, and in May, he struggled. So I don’t know. They seem to chalk up so many things to global warming.”
Girardi also said Sabathia hadn’t been far off, and Sabathia agreed.
“I think this year was just a matter of being (a little) off, making bad pitch selection, making bad pitches,” Sabathia said. “Most of the time, that’s pretty easy to correct.”
I’m not the least concerned about Burnett. He has these runs every year. Then, he turns it around and just WOWs you for 7-8 straight games. at the end of the year, he’ll be at 14-15 wins and a 3.85-4.10 ERA. He’s cut down considerably on the wild pitches and especially, the walks. Problem is, the hit batters are way up. Of the 9 he’s hit, at least 4 of them have been on the back foot or back leg.
86
Like I said earlier…not sure of it’s footwork (or like you just said)…gripping the ball, but, either one is very correctable. No mistaking that bat. a lot of power and good average. That’s a really good right handed bat to have. Hits right handers and left handers very well and not a pull hitter. Power to every field.
Houston must be getting ready to kae a few 1 for 2 or 1 for 3 trades. They just designated 3 players for assignment. Corey sullivan, Kevin Cash and Casey Daigle. Daigle gets no sympathy from me. He gets to go home to Jenny Finch.
ready to ***make*** a few
Every time AJ pitches, you don’t know what you will get. He can be great or stink it up. Will he ever be consistent? Probably not. He has great stuff, but he is what he is. A .500 pitcher.
And, yet in the last 2 years, Burnett has benn a .600 pitcher with a 4.00 ERA and a career .540/3.90 ERA pitcher. Considerably different from a .500 pitcher.
In a must win game I would pitch CC or Andy before AJ.
His best year was his “walk” year.
I agree with you GB7 on Burnett. He’ll be fine over the course of a season, but with him you just hope he doesn’t throw a stinker at the wrong time in the playoffs.
As with CC, Tex, Arod, Granderson, or any other player that struggles for a period if time, some fans overstate the struggles.
Same thing holds true when folks overstate hot streaks. Like Cervelli for example.
AJ isn’t as bad as he has pitched lately.
If he is the #5 starter here from a performance perspective, I wouldn’t call that a “problem”.
It would mean the Yankees have a heckuva rotation.
I’m concerned about AJ and his implosions on the mound. The only thing thought the Yankees had to worry about when he came was injuries. Who knew he had A.D.D. too.
I enjoy Javier on the mound more so than the head case, he’s seems lost.
Enjoy the real 1st place Yankees this time, it won’t last long, Boston has made up too much ground. You’ll be looking up at them in at best a week.
I’m looking forward to LAA, they always have the Yankees number, I’ll see you then.
Oh the phat guy on the mound actually looked like an Ace!f
It seems some foul odor dropped in.
The pen needs to be fixed. Asap
@Phitin. U lost to Pavano after an epic choke last nite. Enjoy
Here’s an article about the DES players.
http://amonthhoffundays.blogspot.com/
There should be some Wack a Troll app for this site.
Happy Fathers Day GB7 and anyone else who is a Daddy.
I’ll continue to monitor the Yankees Phrauds, the bigger they are the harder they phall.
I can’t wait, this weeks loses were phun to watch, enjoy the short ride at the top, phonies!
The phool is back.
Just ignore that idiot until he gets banned. Acknowledging his pitiful existence is what he wants. Don’t give it to him.
Not really back phreak!
A troll from a third place team, whose team blew a five run 9th inning lead yesterday and got dominated by Carl Pavano today, is going to “monitor” the team with the best record in baseball. The team that beat his team in the WS last year.
Only on the Internet do you find this special brand of stupidity.
Last year’s team might need some additional monitoring as well:
http://www.amazon.com/York-Yan.....038;sr=8-5
We’ve beaten the Phillies in the WS a few times.
Philly Phitins = Hit Girl
Phil,
What are you hearing on the IFA front re: the Yankees?
Only guy I’ve heard a lot of noise about was a Mexican pitcher.
YOU ONLY HAVE THE BEST RECORD BY 1 GAME, PHANTASY MAN.
Who is Hit Girl, I’m male?
Men don’t act like you.
SJ,
On the IFA front, I’m hearing the same as you. I’ll look into it again later this week, but I think they are finding they’re having really good luck in the by-pass market after July 2. So they may not want those targeted names out there. They have literally killed it in the last few by-pass periods.
That’s all it takes moron.
Especially since you predicted they were going to be in third place by today.
Your team isn’t even a playoff team right now.
You are as bad at trolling as the Phillies are at playing right now.
The bypass market is fascinating to me.
If you have good scouts with good contacts you can sign more talented kids, guys who few teams know about, for a fraction of what you pay for one of the hyped kids.
If one of those kids make it, it’s gold.
I love the power in numbers philosophy on the IFA front.
Come on BOSTON , show the Yankees No Phear! Stay close ready to pounce, like tomorrow when AJ implodes!! Tie it up Boston!
We still speak of the games we lost to the Nationals last year.
A year from now will be be laughing about those funny games we dropped to the 3rd-place Phillies?
Butholez (as trolls like to call him) is in some trouble in the 1st.
You know every time you replace “f” with “ph” you are just paying homage to Phil Hughes right.
BOSTON BOSTON !!
Laptop needed 30 pitches to get out of the 1st inning!
Our troll has a fascination with third place teams.
They got Custodio, Alcantara, Lopez, and a slew of others in recent bypass markets. You know that the Yanks have now got Danny Rowland himself running international scouting for them.
I think AJ will be fine. Yes, he has his up and down games, but, without him last year, no ring. Alfredo Aceves will start a rehab assignment in SWB soon, and hopefully if all goes well, the bullpen will be in good shape. Aceves will be needing surgery in the off season. Let’s all hope he gets through this season healthy again.
I’ll take our starting five over any other clubs five right now. This group has held the team in a position with a chance to win on most nights.
If the Phitans don’t add a pitcher then they really aren’t making the playoffs. The braves and mets both pitch better than them 4 out of 5 games.
Pedroia pulled a Damon.
PH IS “TSOP Tthe Sound Of Philly, its a Philly’s tribute to our team because we got it like that!
….But I do like PHIL and Andy AS I’VE STATED MANY TIMES.
Our troll has a fasci
That’s great Phil. Great news!
I obviously meant Hall of Fame scout Donny Rowland above, sorry.
pat June 20th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Pedroia pulled a Damon.
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He became MPB?????
I don’t see the Phillies adding a quality pitcher this season. It seems they gave away most of their trade chips making the deal for Halladay.
Pedroia took less money to get a one-year deal in Detroit???
Wha?????
Nick in SF in Larkspur June 20th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Pedroia took less money to get a one-year deal in Detroit???
Wha?????
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Philly Phitin isn’t even a Philly fan.
He/She is just a Boston troll in disguise.
Just ignore the moron.
Your answers better than the real one.
Pop up slide at second and stole 3rd because no one was covering.
pat June 20th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Your answers better than the real one.
Pop up slide at second and stole 3rd because no one was covering.
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Was 3rd base considered a steal or an error or indifference????
He is one of my Avengers, but they only gave him credit for one SB
A good Damon (stealing 2 bases in one play) or a bad Damon (not being able to throw the ball)?
Torre just plain sucks as a manager. No question his teams carried him and not the other way around!
Erica
There was a throwing error on the steal of 2nd so I would presume only 1 SB.
More on Lady Gaga in the Clubhousegate
http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010.....a-yankees/
pat June 20th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Erica
There was a throwing error on the steal of 2nd so I would presume only 1 SB.
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Just making sure that CBS is not screwing me out of precious points!!!!
Frank
I’m PHILLIE PHAN 1000% I came here rooting for the Phitins to kick your butt, and they did. I’m not a he/she, I’m male. You have me confused with someone else on your blog that phits that description.
Phirst and Phormost I’m a Phitin, got it dig it ,understand it!
Who won the 2009 world series ?
“I came here rooting for the Phitins to kick your butt…”
And stayed because you forgot to leave breadcrumbs…?
Doreen
The Damon who chose to work for less than what the Yankees offered!
matt June 20th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Torre just plain sucks as a manager. No question his teams carried him and not the other way around!
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Matt – You are correct. The Yankees made the manager a success, not the other way around.
Torre’s Record:
Met’s ’77-’81 286-420
Braves ’82-’84 257-229
St. Louis ’90-’94 351-354
NY Yankees ’96-’07 1173-767
LA Dodgers ’08 84-78
As they say, numbers don’t lie.
Damon didn’t realize how good he had it in NY. Shame on him.
Haha – your “boys” lost to the Twinkies again. I will be here and post to remind you that the Yankees fans still have bragging rights b/c of the postseason. Cannot take those bragging rights away until your “boys” do it in October/November (remember your “boys” won 2 of 3 last year during the regular season – no one remembers those games and they do not count b/c bragging rights are established with wins in the postseason – that is why Yankees fans still have bragging rights over the Mets b/c of 2000 WS).
Haha – your GM messed up by trading Lee. Enjoy 3rd place w/out Lee.
ron
The title is up phor grabs ,every year, it’s a new season, focus now chop chop!!
Good night guys & gals. See you all tomorrow – Late!
Until it is done in the postseason – bragging rights vest w/ the fan base that last won in the postseason. It is the best of seven series that really count – not the best of 3 during the regular season.
Haha – imagine if you still had Cliff Lee – ouch.
Our Phanbase wants LAA to slap that Cheshire grins off your phaces!
Great Monday night baseball. Gonna see that bloop single over and over!
This Dodgers/Sox game feels like Steve Trachsel is pitching for both teams
Dodgers/Sox?!?! The Northern Irishman is about to beat the Frenchie at Pebble!
Today we are all Ulstermen.
Clay is having to throw a lot of pitches, Kuroda has 41 for 3 innings, he has 60, yikes
Schilling in the booth???
Ugh, maybe this would be a good time to watch Paraguay-Slovakia.
No spoilers, please.
Schilling looks like he put on about 50 lbs.
Boston is a on base hitting machine, Ortiz always gets to slap one in!
Them dirt dogs are hard o beat Yankees, you’re on notice.
Please go away and shoot yourself.
How a grown man could come here regularly just to make an ass out of himself and purposely disrupt the board is beyond me.
I’ve never commented on another team’s blog in my life. Never understood why people come here just to make fools out of themselves.
“As they say, numbers don’t lie.”
Neither does the talent. That’s what matters. Girardi was useless without talent too.
Strange that the Yankees are 5-3 against Boston so far this year, when they are so hard to beat. Also I just noticed the “Phitins” are now 5.5 games out.
Why dos Joe have a .190 hitter batting 5th?
Jm
They weren’t hot then, like they are now, Ortiz was like Teixeira , now he hits
“Why dos Joe have a .190 hitter batting 5th?”
Anderson is semi-hot, hitting under .300 for the month. That said, Anderson is playing mostly because of the DH being available.
I think Phitin is actually a Met fan masquerading as a Philly fan.
Franco
Maybe you like walking through life dead, get some phit in ya! Who wants to be you, dead man walking?
Phoor Yankees can’t take heat phrom a rival.
LAA is turning into pinstriped toilet paper.
We wipe our butts with it.
Girardi managed one season before he was with the Yankees. Talk about small sample size.
I’m far from a dead man walking. Too bad you don’t live close or I’d show you just how dead I am.
” Girardi managed one season before he was with the Yankees. Talk about small sample size”
True, and he had pretty fair talent and still did poorly (4th place, spetember collapse, etc). The guys that win are the guys that have the best players. Always been that way with few exceptions.
Phitins, your team is no more our rival than the Orioles. We don’t think of them. I have no idea what’s evening happening on your roster. I didn’t even realize Happ was on the DL or that Utley’s steroids finally wore off. It’s just not important to me. Neither are the O’s. No rivalry. It’s in your brain and no one else’s.
by spetember, of course I mean September.
Yeah true Billy, but the Marlins team was not supposed to go anywhere.
Ant time, Any place, Any where!!
“Yeah true Billy, but the Marlins team was not supposed to go anywhere.”
Which is right where he led them to.
Torre had the same issue. Most of his teams, pre-Yankees, weren’t expected to do much. He generally met expectations.
“Ant time, Any place, Any where!!”
Gotta give this to Philly people. There are no circumstances under which they mind being humiliated.
“Ant time, Any place, Any where!!”
Deborah Harry right?
The Philly Phitins
Isn’t it time to worry about Halladay who is 8-6 and not the “20+” game winner he was supposed to be?????? Nice choking the last two days bud.
bret-
Do YOU really want to call out steroid abuse, without looking at Your tainted Yankees, namely
Giambi, Alex, Sheffield, et al? Can you say Hypocrite?
“Deborah Harry right?”
Well played, Mauer. (:
Poor Doc… he must have thought he was a postseason lock when he went to the Phils
Should have gone to free agency and gone to a team whose GM won’t trade their best pitcher in order to get another pitcher….
“Ant time”
Adam Ant, I think.
Halladay was suppose to win 30 games, but no worries he’s going to be fine, he a Phitin now are you still jealous Yankees didn’t get him?
“Poor Doc… he must have thought he was a postseason lock when he went to the Phils”
Not to fall on the side of this Phitins dumbass, but the Phils have finished the last two Junes, 5 or fewer games over .500 yet still found their way to the World Series. They ain’t near dead.
Boston faces Ubaldo Wednesday…that should be interesting.
“Halladay was suppose to win 30 games, but no worries he’s going to be fine, he a Phitin now are you still jealous Yankees didn’t get him?”
no but perhaps he’s jealous he didn’t get the Yankees.
His record is 18-7 against the Yankees but you know that also. YANKEES GOT LUCKY!
“Boston faces Ubaldo Wednesday…that should be interesting.”
And Lincecum/Cain over the weekend.
Hu’s on first.
I’m sorry I had to do that.
Billy D
Poor Doc and Santana, went the wrong way.
“And Lincecum/Cain over the weekend.”
Think they may be missing Cain, as he’s presently scheduled for Thursday.
“Poor Doc and Santana, went the wrong way.”
They did? Not sure what you mean?
“Hu’s on first”
What?
whats on 2nd
Forgot about Liinceum/Cain, shoot!!
“Think they may be missing Cain, as he’s presently scheduled for Thursday.”
Well, SF is off on Monday, so if they keep the rotation intact, he’d be scheduled to go on Friday. If they use the off-day to skip someone, you’re right, he’ll start Thurs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....&NR=1
Mickey Mantle retirement day
Yanks 21:
Exactly. Seen a couple reports they are skipping whoever isn’t Cain, Zito, Sanchez or Lincecum.
Either way, they’ll see Linecum and Sanchez.
Think I’d rather play the D’backs and Dodgers than the Rockies and Giants….you never know though….Yanks will see Haren but he hasn’t been throwing the ball very well. Sox should definitely see better pitching on their trip out west….Ubaldo, Lincecum, Sanchez. etc…
they should’ve come to the Yankees.
“they should’ve come to the Yankees.”
Sure, but neither had a choice.
Santana did , Twins got greedy.
Girardi is indeed a wise man. His remarks about the hoax were spot on.
So what’s the word on Arod? I can’t be the only one that’s noticed his huge drop in production? Anybody, Buehler?
Hey Yankees, Boston is nipping at your heels, 1 game back until tomorrow when AJ implodes AGAIN.
Actually, Santana should have just stayed on the Twins. How scary would that team be if they still had him and had the prospects to rent Cliff Lee (which they do)?
YANKEES:CC,,ANDY, DOC ,SANTANA, Phil how scary would that line up be?
It only gets better when we pick up Lee. He will sign the contract with NYY faster than white on rice.
Erica’s Avengers just lost this week by 12 points….
Thanks so much Matt stupid Garza.. ARGH!
CC Lee AJ Pettitte Hughes
Here is more on Lady Gaga in the Clubhousegate with a photo
I have to admit…. I haven’t ever seen a Yankees jersey worn that way.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblo.....topstories
Torre probably told his boys to go easy on the Red Sox seeing the town’s in mourning over the Celtics getting their butts kicked by the Lakers. Didn’t want another LA team showing up Boston. LOL
Torre sucks. He had the dream team in 2006 and still managed to fall flat on his face.
Lee has what, 6 walks and 87 Ks?
drool….
Erica’s Avengers just lost this week by 12 points….
Thanks so much Matt stupid Garza.. ARGH!
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Did Garza choose you or did you choose Garza?
Yeah, Matt. I’m sure Torre didn’t want to hurt Boston’s feelings.
matt June 20th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Erica’s Avengers just lost this week by 12 points….
Thanks so much Matt stupid Garza.. ARGH!
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Did Garza choose you or did you choose Garza?
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I chose Garza. He was solid for me at the beginning of the season but has been floundering lately. He got bombed the other night and I lost 17 points cause of him. Even if he broke even I probably would have won the week.
I also have Neimann. Not thrilled that I have 2/5 of the TB rotation
Dave it was a joke man.
Tampa’ll pick it up again. The team was due for a slump.
it’s a joke or what, baseball’s 3 best records are allin the same div?
For the record, I predicted in the wee hours just two nights ago that we’d beat and hit both Pelfrey and Santana.
Am I requesting a medal? No.
I’m just reminding people to try to remember this team goes through these slumps every single year.
Does that make it less frustrating? Not at all. I could hardly stand to watch them lose to the 3 guys they lost to.
That said, we’re alone in first place and we’re doing it without the majority of hitters functioning at their peak levels.
Tex breaking out of the slump for a few days shows you just how important he is to this lineup.
That said, 2 days of good hitting doesn’t erase the months of invisibility.
Hopefully, he’s about to get hot and help the team recapture the lead they lost while he was flailing and failing.
And for the record, no one should be comparing this team to any other recent Yankee team.
This team has the best starting pitching in I don’t know how long. None of the recent teams can even come close to comparing.
Cashman and Girardi know what starting pitching means and that makes me as a fan, very happy.
Still, I want us to find a bat and possibly a bat that can play some 3b at times.
Ty Wiggington or Jorge Cantu would like nice in Pinstripes.
Good night Yankee people!
Torre has a heck of a schedule coming up Yankees LAA, SF, THEY MIGHT NOT RECOVER.
His team last week Swept the Cardinals, now they look bad.
Yankees might have to hit Kuroda early he’s a sinker baller too
Sorry, Matt. I got testy for no reason. Let’s hope Torre stays mellow for the Yankkes series.
The best bat available, that would be a perfect fit, is Paul Konerko. Great numbers and power. Need someone to P/U A-Rod & Tex.
So much for .500 for those Avengers. I always thought they were overrated
No problem Dave. I can see why you thought I was serious.
G Love
BaL is planning on a fire sale. Last week MLBTR said they wanted to, in so many words shake things up. Wiggington WOULD BE A GOOD FIT
good night, Erica.
Winn hitting .300 for the Cardinals
The 2006 dream team had alot of holes too. If I remember correctly they didn’t have the greatest rotation or bulpen. And that lineup was tailored for just 3 run homers. Teams like that tend to go dry in the playoffs and if everybody isn’t clicking it can get ugly.
Jorge Vazquez may be a better hitter than Wiggington right now.
Phil-
Jorge Vazquez is tearing it up. I know he probably has no position and will have to DH which could be a problem with some of these guys like Posada, Arod, and Jeter getting older but I hope he gets a look sometime soon. The guy has raked everywhere he has been. Big time power too.
Glove-
Agree on the Yankees SP,, what a weapon..Wiggington would be an excellent fit,, of course it all depends on the price tag… Cantu will be a hard match as I imagine FL believes they are in the hunt and he is one of their key bats, the other guy that makes sense is Austin Kearns,, with CLE,, not the bat he was projected to be but a guy who could handle the 4-5 OF role… Although it is way early, Chad Huffman offensively doesn’t strike me as a guy who makes sense right now for NY…
Vazquez can play first and third. And both ARod and Tex could use a blow. All he does is rake and wouldn’t cost us a single prospect.
Phil-
I know Vazquez is listed as a first and third baseman (even though I haven’t heard of him playing there in the minors) but I heard he is an absolute butcher out there. I love his power but I feel like he could be Giambi-like in the field.
2006 lineup was sick
Damon (hit 24 HRs that yr)
Jeter (MVP runner up)
Abreu (red hot since he got traded to us)
A-Rod
Sheffield
Giambi (hit 36 bombs that yr)
Posada
Matsui
Cano (almost won the batting title that year)
With Bernie off the bench
Phil The Thrill,
You really think Vazquez can play some 3b? Has he played there in the minors?
If so, I’d rather solve the issue internally.
I don’t think we need Konerko per se. I think it’s more important to find a DH who can back up Arod at 3b. Konerko can only spell Tex who plays everyday.
And Kearns just doesn’t interest me. He kinda strikes me as the type of guy who plays well in low pressure based on his career.
“[F]inally seems to be getting in gear”? Ten of his 14 starts leading up to today were quality. And in two of his four poor outings, he didn’t even get the loss.
Clint-
The lineup was sick on paper but hardly any of them hit in the playoffs vs. the Tigers. I remember Jeremy Bondermann making them look absolutely foolish with sliders in game 4 when Torre bated Arod 8th. On paper, the Yanks sweep and win the World Series. In reality, none of them hit. What was the rotation of that team?
oh I know. On paper, it was sick though. A 25/100 guy hitting 8th and a batting champ contender hitting 9th.
The rotation sucked. Wang won 19 games that year, Mussina looked like a CY Young winner the first hald but tailed off a bit in the 2nd half. Randy had a 5 ERA but won 17 games. Jaret Wright was the 4th starter.
As soon as Mussina lost game 2 when he had a 3-1 lead, I knew we were screwed. Sending RJ to the mound on a 45 degree night in Detroit on a balk back… with Jaret Wright the next night. Most people were stunned we lost game 2 and thought the series took a major shift in their favor when they stole that game.
So much different year when we can send some combo of Hughes/Andy/AJ/Javy in big games on the road.
I remember Damon put them up 3-1 in game 2 with that homer. And then the Yanks couldn’t hit Zumaya
That whole 2006 ALDS was a debacle top to bottom
Mussina blowing the 3-0 lead
Zumaya and Rodney throwing 100 MPH in the shadows (and the whole reason we played a day game was because they canceled the game the previous night because of rain… and it never rained after they called it.)
Sheffield playing 1st base and doing it horribly, then complained publicly when Torre took him out of the lineup and put Bernie in.
Then batting A-Rod 8th
Kenny Rogers throwing 8.2 innings of shutout ball against us.
Jaret Wright putting us in an early hole in game 4 with Core Lidle (RIP) coming in to put gas on the fire.
Bonderman had a no-hitter against us for like 6 innings too if I remember
Just a forgettable series.
*3-1 lead
EC-
Totally agree. I think that team was the posterchild of the superstar post 2001 teams which failed so miserably. I remember getting so much crap talked about that at school. That team was loaded but just did not have any chemistry or play as a team.
2006 was Murderers Row plus Cano. Torre f’d up by throwing a different team in the playoffs from the one that got them there. Sheff was out for most of the season but decided he wanted to play in the postseason and the whimp Torre caved. The kids got him there not Sheffield. Torre put Arod in the 8 hole that postseason because Giambi told him to. Murderers Row, one and out. They should have dumped Torre in the Hudson River that year. My grandmother could have managed the postseason better than Torre did. And she’s dead.
Rogers pitched that game with pinetar on his arm. Torre drank his green tea.
Winn is where he belongs NL, he had his chance in the AL East but couldn’t handle it. Last year they took Hollidayday and Lugo, and got swept by Dodgers in the first round,Cardinals loss.
Speaking of pine tar, anyone notice the ridiculous amount of pine tar Contreras had on the bill of his cap the other night?
How is that legal? Why does a pitcher need pine tar?
He’s been playing 3rd in triple A this year.
I would love for the Yankees to get Wigginton. Cantu would take more and I dont think Konerko is going anywhere. The Sox are not out of the race. Could that change in a month? Sure. We will see.
Forget Wigginton. The Orioles don’t make reasonable trades with the Yankees.
Crabby franchise; they deserve their sorry fate.
There were 8 posts Sunday to Yankees.LHBlogs.com, with 627 comments prior to midnight EDT (and 11 or more after midnight).
Some of the posts came in quick succession, and some stood as “the most current post” for a longer time frame.
Some on the blog know that I would like to see comments posted under the posting that they are relevant to. Anyway, I just took a look at today’s comments under each posting, and how long each posting was the “most current”.
How many of today’s comments on the blog were relevant to the post that they fell under, and how many of them were relevant to something else- such as a previous post, some other commentary about the Yankees, some other sporting event, or general commentary about news/life/recipes/whatever. I may look into those details at some point. So far, all I have is a few simple statistics about the posts, the number of comments under each posting, and the rate of commenting (comments per minute).
I was surprised at the relative consistency of the rate of commenting. The rate today was mostly about 0.5 to 0.6 comments per minute, except during the game when the rate went up to 1.26 comments per minute, and during a brief period in the morning when the rate was down to 0.24 (can we say that “other Sunday morning activities were to blame”?).
Time Comments Comm/min Post Title
10:21am…12 0.50 Sunday’s lineup: Jeter returns
10:45am…..8 0.24 Sunday’s Mets lineup: No rest for their best
11:19am…49 0.64 Jeter: Heel feels “great”
12:35pm…..9 0.69 Pregame Notes
12:48pm..370 1.26 Game 69: Yankees vs. Mets
(initial posting at 12:48pm; last update at 4:13pm)
5:42pm….24 0.53 Yankees back atop AL East
6:27pm….16 0.55 Postgame notes: Yank homers are grand
6:56pm..139 0.46 Sabathia coming on
(139 comments before midnight)
Now if I can find the time to go through all these comments and categorize them by what they relate to. (Don’t hold your breath– I’m not doing it tonight!!
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there were more than 11 after midnight.. I just forgot to go back and recount them.. But that wasn’t relevant to my analysis anyway.
I don’t like all these new fangled posting stats, back in my day you could just look at a post and know how it’d been posted. I don’t need no ‘posts/minute’ junk. Get out of the basement.
Did I just mess up your post statistics. I hope so.
I’m not worried about any of the guys on the NY staff. Its warm now and pitching is easier when its warmer. Pitchers like hitters can be streaky. Those on this yankee staff 4 out of the 5 are real vets. no 5 will be a vet I think one day. Barring health issues this staff should get better as time goes on.
butholez pitched great last night. the sox are on a roll, but i’d still take the yanks’ rotation over theirs….they do seem to feast on nl teams every year, though.
a good morning in Yankee land!
alone in first
Phil 10-1
CC 4-0 in his last 4 starts, including vs Halladay and Santana, so we can stop the nonsense that he can only beat the Os
Tex w/ HR on consecutive days
Good morning Kate. And all good points about the 1st place Yankees
good morning to you Fran, and congrats on your dominance at GTLU
Thanks. But it is really Joe Girardi who is dominating GTLU
Re: the 2006 “dream team”.
Great lineup on paper that was built for 3 run homers…couldn’t manufacture runs, couldn’t make anything happen on the bases, didn’t perform when it mattered.
Average starting rotation at best, average bullpen, and terrible with a captial T team defensively….giambi/Sheffield at 1B, Matsui in LF, Damon in CF, and Abreu in RF, cano wasn’t near the defender he is now etc.
Torre was nearing his expiration date in 2006 and I certainly think that didn’t help but it wasn’t as much a “dream team” as one might think and wasn’t engineered for playoff success anywhere near as well as the current Yankees are…much better pitching, much better defensively, can produce runs in many more ways.
Good Morning.
I kept my end of the pretend bargain with YMH.
He did his thing and I did mine.
Phil tribute for # 10
http://picasaweb.google.com/cy.....skinGulch#
**Winn hitting .300 for the Cardinals**
Of course he is. He’s back in the NL where he belongs. I will never figure out why Cashman thought that guy could cut it in the AL.
MTU,
Great pics…now a real tribute would have been to climb up and walk across that log
Blake-
Good morning.
Some people will just never be satisfied.
MTU
a fitting tribute for #10…what do you have planned for #20 ?!?
according to espn, Jerry Manuel had a snarky comment that Tex’s GS was a YS HR. So what? Then it would have been a sac fly and still scored at least one run, which was all CC needed.
Kate-
Thanks. I try to hold up my end.
Whatever it turns out to be it will be something special.
By the way, that hike is one of the crown jewels of the GZ.
I hope you get to experience it sometime.
Kate,
Yea when your team scored 0 runs its hard to complain about anything
Blake -
It looks like we did good yesterday.
And the Marlins took care of the mighty Rays.
Can’t wait for the Sux to hit the road.
I hope they fold up like an old cardboard box when facing some really good pitching (which they will).
It’s time to separate ourselves from the pack.
Kate I guess he missed the HR his team got the other day. I’m sick and tired hearing other teams complain about it. First off it hadn’t played as a homerhaven for a year now second Yankees pitchers are here for 81 games.
“according to espn, Jerry Manuel had a snarky comment that Tex’s GS was a YS HR. So what?”
Didn’t seem to bother him when Reyes got a YS homer on Saturday.
Jerry Manuel needs some sour grape whine to go along with his cheese.
Jennifer & Billy D
good point about Reyes
yeah, it is easier to complain than to look at the facts
MTU,
Yea yesterday was a good day. CC was dominant.
Sox face Ubaldo on Wednesday…you should get up there and watch that one…how far from Denver are you?
Blake-
About 600.
Blake-
I get the Rockies feed on TV.
Billy D June 21st, 2010 at 8:20 am
?according to espn, Jerry Manuel had a snarky comment that Tex’s GS was a YS HR. So what??
Didn?t seem to bother him when Reyes got a YS homer on Saturday.
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“First off it hadn’t played as a homerhaven for a year now second Yankees pitchers are here for 81 games”
Still pretty homer friendly though. Last year 237 homers were hit in the 81 NYS games. This year’s pace is at 208. Definitely off from last year, but in 35 games played at YS 89 homers have been hit (48 by the Bombers) while in 34 road games 59 homers have been hit (30 by the Yankees).
Interesting number to me is that while the Yankees pitchers have allowed 41 homers at home, as opposed to 29 on the road, their home numbers as a staff are generally a little better across the board than their road numbers.
MTU,
That’s a pretty good haul then…at least you can watch Ubaldo mow uhm down (hopefully).
New Post: A good day to play
The Philly Phitins June 20th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Ant time, Any place, Any where!!
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Philly Phraud. When I asked you to show your face here in Philly, you backed off. Either a Phraud or just another internet tough guy. I’m waiting at 11th & Arch whenever you’re ready.
upstate kate June 21st, 2010 at 7:59 am
according to espn, Jerry Manuel had a snarky comment that Tex’s GS was a YS HR. So what? Then it would have been a sac fly and still scored at least one run, which was all CC needed
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I’m sick of sore losers bellyachin’ about YS dimensions/HR’s. Last time I checked, both the visiting teams and the Yankees play in the same park with the same dimensions.