Game 74: Yankees at Dodgers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Jun 26, 2010 
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YANKEES (46-27)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
A.J. Burnett RHP
RHP A.J. Burnett (6-6, 4.83)
Burnett vs. Dodgers
DODGERS (39-34)
Rafael Furcal SS
Matt Kemp CF
Andre Ethier RF
Manny Ramirez LF
James Loney 1B
Casey Blake 3B
Russell Martin C
Blake Dewitt 2B
Hiroki Kuroda RHP
RHP Hiroki Kuroda (6-5, 3.06)
Kuroda vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m. / FOX
UMPIRES: HP Jerry Crawford, 1B Chris Guccione, 2B Brian O’Nora, 3B Phil Cuzzi
WEATHER: What do you know? Another beautiful day in L.A.
GOT ANY ADVICE? The Yankees have a total of five career at-bats against Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda. All five were by Mark Teixeira, who has a single, a double, a walk, a strikeout and an RBI against him.
BIRTHDAY BOY: As you know, today is Derek Jeter’s 36th birthday. Since 1961, the only players to accumulate more hits than Jeter’s 2,834 before their 36th birthday are Hank Aaron (2,956) and Robin Yount (2,868). That’s according to Elias. Who else would know that? Jeter has hit pretty well on his birthday. He’s never homered, but he’s 13-for-40 with six runs, two doubles, three RBI and six walks in 10 games on June 26. He hasn’t played on his birthday since 2007, when he went 2-for-4 in Baltimore.
HUG IT OUT: The cast of Entourage is here, I guess to throw out the first pitch in anticipation of their season debut. Kevin Connolly – the guy who plays Eric — was shaking hands with a ton of the Yankees as they came off the field after BP.
UPDATE, 7:22 p.m.: Walk, walk, home run. That’s an easy way to take a 3-0 lead. Mark Teixeira went deep and the Yankees are in front before A.J. Burnett even goes to the mound.
UPDATE, 7:45 p.m.: If this is going to be the game when Burnett turns the corner, he’s going to have to do it a little later. That first inning was more of the same, two runs for the Dodgers to cut the lead to 3-2.
UPDATE, 8:10 p.m.: Not a good throw by the kid from Sikeston, Mo. Blake DeWitt threw the ball away trying to turn two, and the Yankees got a run out of it. That makes it 4-2 Yankees.
UPDATE, 8:28 p.m.: My guess is Burnett is facing his final batter. He’s already allowed two runs this inning, now the bases are loaded again, still with no outs. He’ll pitch to Russell Martin, but lefty Boone Logan is getting loose in the bullpen and lefty Blake DeWitt is on deck.
UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: A double play seems to have bought Burnett more time. It left first base open for an intentional walk to DeWitt. He’ll now face the pitcher Kuroda with two outs and runners at the corners. Dodgers are up, 5-4.
UPDATE, 8:33 p.m.: Chad Moeller has cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
UPDATE, 8:56 p.m.: Girardi chose to keep Burnett in the game, letting him hit for himself with runners at the corners and one out in the top of the fourth. Burnett got down a sac bunt, that squandered the chance at a game-tying sac fly, and it did no good for the pitching staff as Burnett stayed in to face two batters without getting an out in the bottom half. Just a bad move all the way around. Boone Logan is in now.
UPDATE, 9:26 p.m.: Good at-bat by Nick Swisher, but it went for nothing when he grounded to first. Logan let two runners score in the bottom of the fourth and it’s now 7-4. This game might not be over in time for tomorrow night’s game to start on time.
UPDATE, 9:50 p.m.: Interesting. With a lefty on the mound, Girardi is pinch hitting Jorge Posada for Curtis Granderson. My guess is Curtis will stay in to play left field, Gardner will slide to center and the new pitcher — probably Park — will bat second in the lineup.
UPDATE, 9:51 p.m.: Posada flied out, stranding the runners at first and second. Gardner is moving to center, Curtis to left, Park pitching. And the crowd is booing as Park’s introduced.
UPDATE, 10:35 p.m.: The Dodgers are going to closer Jonathan Broxton for four outs, calling on him to face Jeter with runners at first and second and two outs in the eighth. The Yankees bullpen has not been able to keep this thing close and it’s now a 9-4 Dodgers lead.
looking for a big game from AJ….sucks that we have to endure mccarver and bucky boy
Chad,who’s the biggest soccer fan on the team?
Lets go Yankees!!!
Just turn off the sound!
Useless info….
Kevin Connolly was born the same day as me. So I guess that means we’re old. Jeter, too.
Rescue Me trailer Jeter is in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....fjLRi4o6l4
I think there would be a market for TV games to just broadcast with the stadium announcer and ambient stadium sound. I know I would prefer it to some of the commentary that we have to hear, though many times I turn off the sound, which causes you miss out on the sounds of the game.
Baseball is fine to listen to on the radio, but you don’t need it when you can watch the game for yourself. Sometimes the mediots tell some very good stories, but far too often they detract from the game.
…did Tim McCarver say “Joe Horny”
Ouch…
just realized the game(s) are on Fox so I’m stuck with Sox/Giants.
Anybody know a way to “cheat” so I can see the Yanks?
Kevin Millar still looks like a moron.
http://atdhe.net/watchtv.html
BD click Fox on that link
Great at bat by Jete
thanks carl.
Good evening everyone.
Great at bat for Derek to start the game off.
Lets go Yankees.
Nova, Phelps, Ramirez on the mound in the minors.
np
Granderson is going to go yard today.
TRADE FOR DEJESUS TO HIT 2nd
TRADE FOR DEJESUS TO HIT 2nd
Atta boy Jete
another nice at bat by Curtis
I prefer Swisher hitting 2nd but Granderson hitting 2nd does not bother me.
Tex!!!!!!!!!!!!
TEXXXXXXX
Boom goes Teix!
You meant to say Tex was going yard today!!
Now this is a good start.
Tex sat on that one finally.
Don’t let up, I want to thrash this team badly all night long.
Come on Alex.
Lets go Yankees……
Boom!
Nice to have you back, Tex!
A-Rod is hitting everything hard.
Carl,
thanks!!!!
really appreciate it
Tex & Arod set to go on a tear, coinciding with Pedroia out & Tamapa sliding, is just delicious!
np BD
Bad at-bat by Cano.
that’s a horrible AB by Cano
You’re right… still think Granderson is going yard.. A-Rod going to be on a serious tear
Ok A.J. makes us forget what happened Monday.
I think bad AJ will show up tonight, hopefully I am wrong.
Anybody knows where I can watch the game online??? I live in RI and the local fox has the Sox Giants game and our game is blacked out.
Come on, Let’s go AJ!
This is a good situation for Burnett. Good job on the offense for taking the pressure off.
Aaaaaand that’s not a good start.
Tex on pace for 28 HRs, 109R and 105 RBI, with more than half the season left to play. Which even if he splits the difference between his start and the back of his baseball card the rest of the way, means he’s gonna finish 35HR+, 115R+, 110 RBI+, hitting on front of Jeter (not having a typical start, who’s behind door #3 in the 2-slot, and in front of a power-lite year for A-Rod
Not defending his start, but it could be a LOT worse.
whats up with all these “Yankees suck” chants? I don’t even remember heating it that much in Fenway
# thunderzz June 26th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Anybody knows where I can watch the game online??? I live in RI and the local fox has the Sox Giants game and our game is blacked out.
try
http://atdhe.net/index.html
# whatever June 26th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
TRADE FOR DEJESUS TO HIT 2nd
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Sick as usual !
Come on AJ, do not unfold.
I think I have found my new preferred way to watch the Yankees—in Spanish.
not many people in here tonight, apparently
Good curve.
Johnny Damon just got robbed
McCarver said that Eiland was on bereavement leave; did anyone else catch that.
On 0-2? What was that about?
Burnett’s just as frustrating in any language.
# Carl June 26th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Johnny Damon just got robbed
911 !!!
# Hector Lopez June 26th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
# Carl June 26th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Johnny Damon just got robbed
911 !!!
Go look at the called strike 3. He needs to call 911.
I guess it could have been a home run?
This is really not encouraging.
aj,
please don’t throw manny that pitch
if AJ gives up another single, he’s done tonight.
I mean in this inning
I’m tired of AJ Burnett already.. 3 zip lead and he just gives it right back!!
That pitch to Ramirez was thrown to where Cervelli had his glove.
I’m stuck listening to Sterling…is AJ really looking as bad as it sounds?
This is unbelievable. 0-2 and you give Ethier a fastball. Then you give Manny a fastball to hit.
Burnett is a POS
Gonna be a little negative here : Burnett is ….. ??????
To say the least !!!
It’s hard to see how Burnett can even make it to the 5th inning tonight.
C’mon A….get it together
I’m stuck listening to Sterling…is AJ really looking as bad as it sounds?
yes
A.J can’t locate his fastball the velocity is there.
He was out
manny was out!
manny=out
Manny looked out.
May have been out !
Stupid pitching, bad results. What do you expect when you throw Manny a fastball out over the plate with runners on base? All he’s trying to do in these situations is shoot the ball the other way, and you are just helping him out. If you go with a fastball, it has to be inside and have 2-seam action on it.
In a double play situation, you throw a pitch that is one of the least likely to induce a double play (fastball up and away). Makes no sense to call for that pitch.
And what is he thinking on 0-2? The way Ethier was swinging at this fastballs, to not even throw him one curve with a runner on base is just a brain lock.
He keeps throwing straight fastballs and they keep waiting for it. So why don’t we try mixing it up and throwing more 2-seamers?
Man they could have used that call.
These are crucial calls in the game and umps get them wrong so often.
all of sudden, our million dollar starting pitcher cannot finish the first inning.
I really can’t handle another few years of AJ.. It’s beyond me trying to understand the mindset of this guy.. A fully grown man for some reason cannot figure out how to pitch over the years… He’s just terrible.. Plain and simple!
Yankees need a lot of runs.
The question is, how bad does it get before Gaudin starts warming? Because I’m afraid Girardi’s going to let it get *really* bad.
One of the 2 starters is gonna get better. Guess which ? (Not ours)
Burnett is trying to throw 150 mph, thats his problem.. slow it down.
# Matt June 26th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Stupid pitching, bad results. What do you expect when you throw Manny a fastball out over the plate with runners on base? All he’s trying to do in these situations is shoot the ball the other way, and you are just helping him out. If you go with a fastball, it has to be inside and have 2-seam action on it.
In a double play situation, you throw a pitch that is one of the least likely to induce a double play (fastball up and away). Makes no sense to call for that pitch.
And what is he thinking on 0-2? The way Ethier was swinging at this fastballs, to not even throw him one curve with a runner on base is just a brain lock.
He keeps throwing straight fastballs and they keep waiting for it. So why don’t we try mixing it up and throwing more 2-seamers?
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Do ya’ think AJ is smart ?
At least AJ didn’t give all the runs back. Please settle down AJ!
Good evening bad AJ…we cant just get enough of you ugh!
A.J. has been playing baseball for years and he still doesn’t know how to select pitches.
Just got home from going to Loudon to see Danica race.. She came in 30th, 4 laps down. But otherwise she didn’t get into any accidents.. It’s Nationwide racing, but still she has alot of followers.. Nice to see Tex come out strong tonight!
Whew a 21 pitch inning wih 2 runs given back, by AJ.
Id rather have crazy ass Zambrano on our team punching out umpires and teammates than Burnett and his lack of HEART
AJ will be fine.
All he needs is the worlds best catcher behind the plate, worlds best pitching coach in his ear and worlds best offense putting up crooked numbers and then he should be good to go.
Manny makes catch?
Nice catch Manny
I’m afraid AJ is gonna be hearin’ it here tonight. Deservedly so !
Man what a terrible inning.
AJ gonna blow it if he has anything to say about it.
# PL June 26th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Id rather have crazy ass Zambrano on our team punching out umpires and teammates than Burnett and his lack of HEART
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Has a heart, little sense !
MTU – sorry I’m late getting back to you, just finished dinner with the mrs.
I can’t, I’m not an orthopedic surgeon. But, it clearly doesn’t sound good.
That about sums it up !
=============================================# Bronx Jeers June 26th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
AJ will be fine.
All he needs is the worlds best catcher behind the plate, worlds best pitching coach in his ear and worlds best offense putting up crooked numbers and then he should be good to go.
You don’t wan’t zambrano.He would get lit up in the al,worse than burnett.
He doesn’t have heart. He gave up in the first inning on Monday. Just gave up. Luckily Lopez was the 9 hitter so he got out of the inning.
Redsox lose Bucholz and Pedroia the same day.. WOW!
Buchholz hurt his hamstring on the bases!!!!
he’s out of the game
Kuroda is a good pitcher, gonna be tough for Yanks tonight.
Buchholz was limping and pointed to his left hamstring in the dugout.
Wow….
nobody felt sorry for the Yanks when CMW hurt himself on the bases.
I am a big fan of the DH and this is one reason why.
Come on AJ!
This is the inning!
wow Can you imagine if Bucholz became the next Chien Ming Wang…hate to see that happen in a miserable NL ballpark
# thunderzz June 26th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Anybody knows where I can watch the game online??? I live in RI and the local fox has the Sox Giants game and our game is blacked out.
try
http://atdhe.net/index.html
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I’m getting the game on Directv 624 in Spanish. So far they’ve interviewd Pau Gasol and Reggie Jackson in Spanish.
This ump is terrible. Ball was down the middle.
Woody,
Carl hooked me up. i’m watching here:
http://atdhe.net/watchtv.html
FOX
Anyone know why the back of Russell Martin’s uni reads “J. Martin”?
I just got Wang sympathy pains for Buccholz.
last post meant for thunderzzz also
Bucholz is out, encouraging
it’s called bad karma, Laptops… bad karma
What happened to Bucholtz. Did he get hurt on the bases?
Woody,
Carl hooked me up. i’m watching here:
http://atdhe.net/watchtv.html
FOX
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Cool.
Buchholz out of the game! Looked like a leg injury of some kind, any one have any word on it?
BD – just saw that on FOX. Wow. (I’m listening to John and Suzyn.)
Buchholz came up short running to 2nd and left the game.
He was limping and pointing at his left hamstring.
That’s all there is so far.
Burnetts Grandfather passed yesterday
pete says it looks like a calf or hamsting
All Hail, King Burnett!
all right, still 1 run lead, not that bad
A.J. Burnett is not pitching on the level of a MLB pitcher. Batters are licking their chops facing him.
This is what is going on at the Sox board:
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I almost feel like laughing at this point.
Does Lester gets AIDS next?
“He doesn’t have heart. He gave up in the first inning on Monday. Just gave up. Luckily Lopez was the 9 hitter so he got out of the inning.”
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when will people stop this kind of nonsense?
we all know AJ loses it and has blow-up bad innings. At this point in his career, it is what it is. But that doesn’t have anything to do with “heart” or giving up.
I am pretty sure he has more heart than the idiots who let their frustrations shroud the little pea in their heads with comments like this one.
Anybody on here know why my computer is making clicking noises with every letter I type and all movements I make like refreshing.
Looks like AJ is changing pitch to pitch. But, I guess that’s our boy….
16 pitches, no runs I’ll take it AJ.
anyone know what hotel the yankees are staying at this weekend? they usually stay in pasadena but this weekend its beverly hills somewhere
Jeter is good,
The Cash-man June 26th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
anyone know what hotel the yankees are staying at this weekend? they usually stay in pasadena but this weekend its beverly hills somewhere
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Busy stalker weekend?
# rj June 26th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Anyone know why the back of Russell Martin’s uni reads “J. Martin”?
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Honoring his mother.
heres why McCarver was never offered a job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xdTYVxzEwI
mcarver would put the shift on for jeter.
he’s a total idiot. jeter can handle the bat. it’s a simple fact. if you challenge him like that, he’ll hit .600 against you.
Thanks HL.
another 3 run hr?
The Cash-man June 26th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
anyone know what hotel the yankees are staying at this weekend? they usually stay in pasadena but this weekend its beverly hills somewhere
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Busy stalker weekend?
no but i thought little tikes didn’t have school saturdays?
strange
Nice hitting by the Gunderman
deja vu?
cmon Tex!!!
Boston Dave:
“we all know AJ loses it and has blow-up bad innings. At this point in his career, it is what it is. But that doesn’t have anything to do with “heart” or giving up.”
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Absolutely right Boston Dave!
You don’t get to be a Major League player if you don’t have heart.
I don’t know what is wrong with Burnett, but it is certainly not lack of “heart.”
# BD (Boston Dave) June 26th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
deja vu?
cmon Tex!!!
Al’s turn
I don’t like the guy, but Youk is one heck of a 1b.
The sox will never let that guy go but i wish he would.
Yankee Braves ????
It is fixed thanks anyway
Yuck. Nice throw though.
wow, Yanks tried to hand the Dodgers a couple chances at a double play.
thanks for the gift run, LA.
Blake Dunston.
According to FOX
“Buchholz felt a twinge behind his left knee.”
could be tendon, hamstring, etc….
Pat M. June 26th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Yankee Braves ????
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I say Yankees-Giants.
It’s the Cards, I think. They’ve got the next most WS appearances – 11? – after the Yanks.
I think it is Yankees-Giants.
I do believe Yanks -Giants
I just looked it up, Yanks-Giants 7X, Yanks-Cards 5X.
New Sox infielder?
joestiglich #Athletics trade Eric Patterson to #Red Sox for minor league LHP Fabian Williamson.
Walks the coldest guy in the lineup
Buchholz hurt also,hamstring?
Becket,ells,buchholz,pedroia.
OUCH.
The Athletics have traded outfielder Eric Patterson to the Red Sox for minor league lefty Fabian Williamson.
Experienced fans know ! LOL
This is Yankees vs Dodgers. The Nats are not playing damn.
Can’t AJ throw sliders down and in or curves down and in ?
Really? That’s the best they can do to replace Pedroia? I take it he’ll be a reserve & Hall the starter? Run prevention takes another hit. Hall is brutal.
Pitch Manny inside with fastballs. Don’t pitch him away.
Patterson can play 2b and all three OF positions.
the A’s had DFA’d him so we’re not talking about a very good player here.
he is not good offensively, not sure about his infield defense, and has a little speed.
AJ ????
AJ is really tough to watch.
He just can’t get anybody out with any level of consistency.
This lead will be gone soon.
When Mitre comes off the DL, time to get him out of the rotation and put Mitre in.
See if he can work out his troubles in the bullpen.
He’s a complete mess at this point. Not worthy of a spot in the rotation.
Can it be Jeter’s b’day every game, it seems to be working for him.They need to post a picture of Torre in Alex’s locker for the rest of the season.
One team to watch that’s surging in their division, winning 14/15 games CWS
If AJ throws Manny a FB here in a hitter’s count, Joe’s head will explode.
AJ is horrible
AJ imploding as we speak!
Walking Manny might not be a bad thing
Sorry, but AJ is not a fan favorite ! Except on the road. Forget the $$$
Loney is the best hitter on the Dodgers.
This must be Posada’s fault.
3 starts 11 runs given up and we are not out of the 3rd
Dave Eiland should be ashamed, his vacation has destroyed AJ BURNETT.
Take this guy out now
Get him out of the game.
do you think aj is tipping pitches?
Got to get him out of there now before he gives up 10.
He no longer has the ability to get major league hitters out.
Can’t waste a rotation spot on him anymore.
Burnett is 20 different types of awful right now.
Are you here only to make idiotic remarks ?
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hatever June 26th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Dave Eiland should be ashamed, his vacation has destroyed AJ BURNETT.
Giradi is giving up this game, plain and simple.
AJ is an absolute joke. He has no idea where the ball is going. So much for getting the head case a lead.
AJ you gutless wonder
“This must be Posada’s fault.”
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do you think the Yanks could get jose Molina back with a package of Romine/Betances/Heathcott ?
(Montero is obviously untouchable
)
2009 off-season: three good acquisitions and one GIANT headache.
AJ has no idea where his pitches are going; he is taking something off of it just to get it over the plate and it is getting ripped.
Just grip it, throw it and hope.
Bring in Gaudin or Logan at least they will compete out there. They better skip AJ’s next start. This is embarrassing.
Bring in Gaudin or Logan at least they will compete out there. They better skip AJ’s next start. This is embarrassing.
# kd June 26th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
do you think aj is tipping pitches?
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He can’t even tip em’ to his catcher !
Pat M,
Not the greatest timing for this but I know you are around now.
I just saw yesterday your wife has some medical problem. I hope all is well and wish you the best for whatever is going on.
Cliff Lee anyone??
AJ sucks eggs. HRkey doing a crappy job in Eilands place.
This is pathetic. And why in the world would you throw a 1-0 inside fastball with the bases loaded? Wonder what pitch the hitter is sitting on in that kind of spot?
All straight fastballs and they’re all crushing them. Burnett is not only pitching poorly, but pitching with no sense of how to attack hitters and it’s just embarrassing.
Burnett doesn’t feel like himself again.
Giuseppe Franco June 26th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
This must be Posada’s fault.
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You’re so cool Franco. So clever.
Four and a half more years of this. Wonderful.
He’s just awful. There’s no nice way to put it. He forgot how to pitch. I can’t see them sticking with him much longer. Seattle’s going to fire sale, and Lee will be available. If he can be had without giving up everything, there’s no reason not to get him. Having an automatic L every 5th day is entirely too much pressure on the rest of the rotation. He’s not even giving us a chance.
It’s just impossible to have any kind of confidence in Burnett. Especially when he gives up runs early on. With other pitchers you expect them to make adjustments, but Burnett just keeps giving it up.
Get him out of this game immediately!!!
Please get an out!
Burnett is so freakin overrated… He is a .500 pitcher who gets paid like an ace!
Er, sorry. THREE and a half more years of this.
KGY, she’s doing better thanks……
Skip hiis next two starts
Yeah he’s tipping. Ball. Ball. Ball. Ball.
I apologize to Posada, this is all on AJ. He needs to be put on the ‘mystery DL’
another game that shows AJ is indeed our 4th or 5th best pitcher…..dude REALLY stinks lately !
Cervelli with the “I’ll wash your car” speech again?
2009- Derek Lowe or AJ Burnett
WRONGOOOOOOO
This is about to get ugly **closes eyes**
I can’t believe Girardi is leaving him in here this long.
The only pitcher in this rotation who could possibly put up a performance like this is AJ Burnett Every other guy would go out there and grind it and find a way to get it done. Burnett doesn’t have his best stuff and he continues to do the same exact things that aren’t working and wonders why it continues not to do anything.
Sabathia couldn’t find the zone for the first inning last night and went 8 innings. Pettitte never has good stuff and shuts down offenses. Burnett has the best stuff on the staff and consistently gets hammered. There is really no excuse for his performance out there.
I am grateful for the couple of big games last year this guy pitched last year in the post season.
That was a big credit on the ledger. So I was holding back my frustration.
But this is a joke. He misses Eiland. His front side is flying open. Yada yada yada.
For 80 million bucks he should have some clue how to pitch on his own. He does not.
Money aside. Sit his psychotic butt down. The AL East is too competitive. One game could mean
the difference.
I would love to know what Girardi is waiting for to take him out? With AJ it never gets better. It’s not like he is Andy or CC who will try to find it, AJ never finds it.
What a freakin baby this guy is.. I don’t care what he’s being paid. He needs to be sent down and work on his mechanics.. There’s gotta be somebody down in Scranton who could do no worse than AJ right now
Pretty much Farnsworth as a starter
That double play is big if AJ can get out of this with a one run deficit.
Burnett is the defenition of insanity- Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results…He is a crazy Arkansas Chode
# Terry from NH June 26th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
What a freakin baby this guy is.. I don’t care what he’s being paid. He needs to be sent down and work on his mechanics.. There’s gotta be somebody down in Scranton who could do no worse than AJ right now
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Sure, there is, but that’s not how they play with high priced guys !!! Sucks
AJ s unwatchable, walks, wild pitches. What is the solution? He pitches like a #5.
Yankees need to score 15 runs when he pitches. Maybe they can win 15 to14.
Even right down the middle, but because it was a 2-seamer and had some movement on it he got the double play. Amazing that he has one of the best 2-seamers on the staff and almost never throws it when he needs ground balls.
Get him out.
This is going to put pressure on cashman to trade for lee.
Hi, I’m AJ Burnett and I just shat my pants.
He can’t even throw strikes to the pitcher. Just throw it right down the middle. He does not have a hit on the season!
what a piece of shít this guy is
strike that, AJ is entrenched as our LEAST EFFECTIVE STARTER until such time that he decides to pitch like someone who is paid A THIRD of the STUPID MONEY he is getting this year. Too Bad we have an innings limit on Hughes, or we could start skipping THIS SLUG in the rotation more often ! ;-(
I think Girardi is hoping the Yankees offense can score enough runs to give Burnett a cheapie win and help his confidence.
That’s the only reason I can think of for him still being in the game.
this is embarrassing
McCarver is suuuuuuuuuuuuuch a moron!!!! “I think he should take 3 strikes”
Waldman just said : “it’s all between his ears.”
taking something off? half the hits are on 95 MPH fastballs. that’s where i think burnett’s “stuff” is overrated. there are a bunch of games that they just tee off on 94-95 MPH fastballs consistently. his breaking ball is nasty, but i think his fastball can be very staright.
contrast it with hughes. he only throws 94, but if gets it between the belt and the letters, hitters have major problems with it.
last game bell’s homer was off a 94-95er at around the letters. bautista hit 2 homers off 94 and 95. both in, one up and in. he should not be able to do that with really electric stuff. again, i’m talking fastball. when he is on, aj’s breaking ball is nasty.
Burnett just looks terrible right now. Just a disgusting display of pitching by Burnett.
There’s no trading this guy either. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if Cashman is trying to find someone to trade him too.
This guy is just stealing the Yankees money…his hero is Pavano
clap…clap…clap…clap…clap
3 1/2 more years of contract on this piece of shít
Will someone take him please ! Will pay contract !
If Burnett bats next time around, I’m outta here.
Good to hear Pat.
Cliff Lee anyone?
Yes, the silver lining here is we get Cliff Lee by the 4th of July !
Can’t stomach this guy any longer !
AJ is painful to watch at this point, pitiful actually! The real question is HOW long Joe leaves him in to sink the team?
AJ better not come out for the 4th inning. The Dodgers hitting has been dreadful you can’t put these guys on base. Either be competitive out there or pitch someone or will.
I now this has been mentioned here before, but maybe it is time for Cashman to sign Crash Davis……..
How much do you guys appreciate an aging Andy vs this piece of a wreck?
AJ with 5 hits, 5 ER’s, 5 BB’s and 5 K’s.
Consistent.
we come back with a crooked number in the top of the next inning here….go back on top….will need to keep doing that for as long as Girard@$$ keeps running out this bum to toe the rubber for us
i should have said last game upton’s homer, not bell. the one over the cf fence.
“Pettitte never has good stuff and shuts down offenses”
don’t make yourself look like a buffoon trying to prove a point.
Cliff Lee if Cashman has any guts
At least Pavano can now pitch ! Check today results !
Susan Waldman-
O my goodness gracious its between his ears
AJ Bustnett with another glorious outing
In case you missed it in the post: Chad Moeller cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
# NY forever June 26th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
At least Pavano can now pitch ! Check today results !
And what good does that do the Yankees?
Igawa could do what AJ is doing out there. It’s the same crap from AJ every at bat 94 mph fastball right down the middle.
How about Burnett “rules”….zero innings per month
# OKI/DAVE June 26th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
How much do you guys appreciate an aging Andy vs this piece of a wreck?
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Andy fooled me, I have to admit for 2 yrs. running. Always loved him though
ronx Jeers June 26th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
AJ with 5 hits, 5 ER’s, 5 BB’s and 5 K’s.
Consistent.
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And people complain about his inconsistancy. lol
here we go, Fox bullshxt.
They don’t need another starting pitcher.
They have 4 other guys pitching well.
They can skip his next start if needed.
Right now, he’s not able to pitch. If they can’t fix him, they will have to sit him because nobody is trading for a guy who can’t get anybody out.
I understand the Cliff Lee trade talk, but where would he fit in the rotation technically. They would have to trade Vasquez or Burnett and I don’t think that’s going to happen.
Buck and McCarver in their role as Torre’s surrogate agents.
Burnett is a nervous breakdown.
“AJ with 5 hits, 5 ER’s, 5 BB’s and 5 K’s.
Consistent.”
……………………..All in 3 pitiful innings of painstaking, teethgrinding watching of this headcase!
Does either team really want to win this game? It’s comical.
can you believe the way that pavano is pitching? and complete games to boot. even when he did pitch for the yankees, he wasn’t any good. i could see him becoming okay, but complete game shutouts? complete gaming roy halladay?
The point is that Pettitte has nowhere close to Burnett’s “electric” stuff and he pitches more consistently well. Sometimes you have to make adjustments out there if you don’t have your best stuff, and Burnett is totally incapable of finding a way to work through a tough start because he continues to try to make the same pitches that he can’t make on a given day.
Unfortunately lee probably is not an option because we have 5 pitchers & none are going to the pen.Maybe next year.
I don’t see burnett going to the pen making 16.5 million.It would take an injury at the very least.
ronx Jeers June 26th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
AJ with 5 hits, 5 ER’s, 5 BB’s and 5 K’s.
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He needs 5 across his lip !
“snowman June 26th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Cliff Lee if Cashman has any guts”
what does trading several top prospects for a rental have to do with guts?…if anything, trading for lee is a sign that you dont have guts because its the “easy thing” to do…just like trading for santana would of been the easy thing to do
Cardinals lost Lohse to surgery, and Penny to an oblique pull. They love Yankees left overs. Duncan would even pull his hair out with him, but he’s an ex-Yankee !
Vazquez is tradeable cause he is a free agent after the season.. Burnett should be in the NL wear he could dominate..lol
Imagine having the pressure of “having to win a championship” every year.
Is that really why Joe left?
He didn’t mind winning them though, I’m sure.
Wonder if the Mariners GM is watching this game and calling on Cashman to tell him that Lee is available. lol.
Let Burnett take his next AB, maybe he’ll pull a hammy like Buchholz & then we can bring up somebody semi-competent from Scranton.
Why does the media love a two-timing self-promoter like Torre?
He knows the media is full of crap and they know he is also, so they get on well.
# ron June 26th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Unfortunately lee probably is not an option because we have 5 pitchers & none are going to the pen.Maybe next year.
I don’t see burnett going to the pen making 16.5 million.It would take an injury at the very least.
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He is injured : BETWEEN THE EARS !
No matter how many runs the Yankees score, AJ finds ways to give them back.
Can’t hold a lead, can’t keep them in the game when they are behind.
Can’t make adjustments in game. Not at all like Andy and CC. He has no fight.
Vazquez has a no trade clause. He isn’t tradeable.
Burnett started the year so strong. He was like 4-0 with a 2 something ERA. He’s just fallen apart. I think he’ll get it back.
damn. he’s fast
Cervelli is an automatic out now.
Scouting on him has outfielders playing very shallow to take away most of his hits that were dropping in earlier in the year.
snowman June 26th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Cliff Lee if Cashman has any guts
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This team doesn’t need Cliff Lee. He’ll be 32 next season and will require at least a 5 year contract in FA (possibly up to 7) and $16 million/year minimum along with giving up your 1st round draft pick. It simply isn’t worth the risk purchasing another veteran at their high water mark and then waiting for them to decline while you pay top dollar.
Pinch hitter please.
yeah, we’re stuck with aj, for better or worse. i guess i could see trading vasquez with this being the last year on the contract.
gotta love that speed
Girardi pinch hit for AJ here….Have to score this run at 3rd base.
Yeah, Tyler…he will get it back as he watches his bank account deposits
Well AJ Can hit I guess
I would PH.
Giradi is a first class idiot.
Joe Buck is a d-bag. “The next question would have been about ARod, but we ran out of time.” Yeah, right.
Burnett should be in the NL wear he could dominate..lol
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Yeah, he’s dominating tonight… against a NL team no less!
That sure looked like a balk.
AJ batting is nuts !!!
check my last post. didn’t realize that, SJ.
Come on AJ!
We need the runs! Our pitcher bites the big one tonight.
Why doesn’t Gardner try to steal 2nd while the first baseman charges and then let Burnett swing away? Just totally giving away an at bat here if he gets one down.
FIRE GIRARDI
What the hell is Girardi thinking?!!!!
Really stupid by Joe G.
snowman- I’m as frustrated as everybody else but he’s trying. Trust me, he’s as embarrassed as anybody.
Not sure I liked that sacrifice.
I can’t believe AJ is batting here. He isn’t going to pitch more than another inning in this game should of tried to score the run.
Luckily the Dodgers are fundamentally a terrible team. Turning routine ground balls into base hits. Let’s go Jetes
# Matt June 26th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Why doesn’t Gardner try to steal 2nd while the first baseman charges and then let Burnett swing away? Just totally giving away an at bat here if he gets one down.
Because hes stupid.
# OKI/DAVE June 26th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Giradi is a first class idiot.
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If he wasn’t making the $$$, do you think he would be in the game ?
lol…lets fire girardi wooooooo…..classic
I hate NL baseball.
I’m sorry but this is delusional and idiotic, to let this moron stay in the game. The only guy he can get out is the pitcher. You have to try and score this run with less than 2 outs! You had guys throwing in the bullpen earlier because you know Burnett sucks and you were ready to yank him. To think he is suddenly going to become a decent pitcher who can get big league hitters out again is delusional! Just beyond stupid managing! Bite the bullet and pinch hit for the clown!
What is the point in having Gardner at first if he just stands there and doesn’t try to steal? That is the perfect time to steal with the first baseman charging, and then you don’t have to give away a chance to score on an out. Burnett can hit a little, so if you steal 2nd base you can get that run home on a ground ball or something.
Terry in NH……Burnett has been pitching vs. NL teams as of late…It doesn’t matter this is the big leagues, if you can’t throw strikes you’re not going to win……Give up this AL / NL crap
the game is still young, they will come back.
Not to quibble, but with the bunt defense on, it may have been more advisable to try a straight steal with Gardner and then let Burnett swing away.
Pinch hitting for Burnett this early pretty much guarantees this game will be a bullen taxer.
The Cardinals wouldn’t take Burnett would they?
Girardi kills our rally to get AJ out there to give up some more walks and more runs. FIRE GIRARDI.
Way to go Joe G. Way to cost us some runs.
If the Yankees lose by 1 its on Girardi. The game should be tied right now!
# Terry from NH June 26th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Not sure I liked that sacrifice.
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PH’er like Colin would have been nice !
Why trade Javy. He is better than AJ.
And that is why that move is idiotic in every regard.
If you want Burnett to stay in the game, you absolutely CANNOT have him bunt in that spot. You have a situation in which you can tie the game on an out, and doing so would swing a lot of momentum back your way after the terrible third inning.
Bunting the runner to 2nd base decreases your chance of scoring a run in that inning. Gardner can easily steal that base, so a bunt is just giving away an out in that spot. Just terrible strategy there, and it may have cost the Yankees dearly.
Matt, you’re just exhausting with your rhetoric
What a great inning. Now AJ will continue to get smacked around and walk 3 out of the next 4 batters. That was a stupid decision by Girardi.
leaving AJ to bat will come around to haunt them, especially if he gives up more runs this inning. Perfect time to take AJ out right there.
Kuroda will continue to do well now, and bullpen will take over in the end. GUARANTEEED !!!
So here it starts all over again.
They’r not trading Javy (because there’s no point) or AJ (because they can’t). Deal with reality.
How dumb can Joe G be?
PatM
You have to admit letting AJ bat was strange.
Matt has a point in his last remark.
Here we go…This should be a fun inning.
Yanks bullpen will also falter today ! GUARANTEED !!!
I think Kuroda will have a bad inning, soon.
Here we go again. A stolen base should be coming up shortly.
Girardi will take AJ out after he gives up some more runs.
UPDATE, 8:33 p.m.: Chad Moeller has cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
my head hurts
The Yankees also wont trade AJ because they couldn’t if they tried. No team would take him and his enormous contract.
Obviously not the real SJ – give me a break.
LOL at Torre taking a dig at Alex with his comment about Jeter – I doubt Alex cares at this point.
I’m glad I missed this game while I was out for dinner – seems like AJ was awful again. It’s one thing for a pitcher to have a few bad games in a row, but AJ is just out of control. The Yankees have to get him straightened out, period. I don’t know if it’s mechanics or what but this is hard to watch. Right now he’s pitching like the worst type of #5 starter and he’s not that bad; he’s a good pitcher. I don’t know what the Yankees do………….except just keep sending him out there; they have no choice.
As to Buchholz, well I don’t like him (mostly because he’s a Sox), but I am genuinely sorry he got hurt – hope he’s ok.
How was that pitch not a strike? Burnett is tough enough as it is without good pitches being called balls.
The biggest problem I have had, and still have with this team is their BLIND loyalty to bad employees. Joba and A.J, are just a small example of what gets my goat. Baseball is a business and in my business if you don’t perform you get fired, demoted or hours cut. The loyalty this organization shows to high priced spoiled brats makes me sick.
Since it can’t be proven, one can assume the absence of Eiland is effecting AJ.
Drip…drip…drip
Girardi decides not to bat for AJ so AJ can give up 8 more runs, PURE GENIOUS
WTH is this nonsense with Cervelli throwing from his knees?
What is it, the 3rd or 4th time he has done it?
Can’t imagine Randy is too happy right now.
12 baserunners in 3+ innings? Girardi left him in too long.
now our id iot manager takes out AJ ANYWAY..
“Since it can’t be proven, one can assume the absence of Eiland is effecting AJ.”
He pitched even better in his last season in Toronto and he credited Halladay, so one can assume the absence of Halladay is affecting AJ.
Now he takes him out?
Oy vey.
Thank you Lord !
How about skipping AJ’s next turn like they did with Javy?
OH now you take him out!
Great managing Joe…
Who could have predicted that?!! I’m sure NOBODY on here was expecting that to happen…
Mick, I doubt it, but if that’s true that doesn’t speak well of AJ (again, I don’t believe that to be the case). Forget the veterans – 24 year old Phil Hughes who has spent practically his entire career under the tutelage of Eiland, is doing fine without him and AJ can’t even put up a representative effort? It just doesn’t make sense. No, AJ had this type of run last year and Eiland was here – this is just who he is. I don’t care so much about one game, but the Yankees have to figure this guy out or maybe they will need Lee. If AJ can’t get going, then we’re depending on CC, an old Andy, a young Phil and Javy, who I still don’t completely trust
If he had that short a leash on Burnett, then why even let him start the inning? There was nothing to indicate Burnett had even a hope of getting it together in this game. He’s behind on every hitter and has no idea where the ball is going. Even the outs he got in the 3rd were on meatballs to the bottom of the order.
this mofo continues to get lit up every start. nice
Chad, can we please change the default sample picture in the “Yankees Photos” tab to the right? I don’t like looking at AJ pitch, I SURELY don’t want to look at him every time I log on to the blog.
At this point, skipping his next start needs to happen.
He’s not able to pitch one quality inning at this point.
Skipping a start to clear his head can’t hurt at this point.
Well if were going to lose can eithier please hit a grand slam,I have him in fantasy.
Cervelli came down to earth, fast
People’s guy Giradi really blew this. One thing I’m happy about. I have no doubt the Yankee top brass will cut their losses and make a big deal this year vs next year.
AJ should not have hit last inning. Now he leaves with guys on base.
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Can’t wait to hear AJ on the post game.
Is anyone watching this game and can you tell me about his body language or did he throw his glove when he got the hook?
Did Girardi think AJ was going to suddenly right himself in the middle of this game?
Mick, I agree – they can’t keep sending him out there at this point. He’s a basket case.
Fake SJ44 makes sense!
Dodgers smells this meltdown and want to take advantage, before Joe wakes up and takes him out. So Jo brings in a lefty to face a righty, with two on, please!
It’s about time Girardi. Did he take some of Torre’s tea and fall asleep on the bench? Of course they didn’t score the run in the 4th and head case can’t even get an out in the inning. Gaudin or Logan should of started the inning I don’t like one of them coming in with 2 guys on base. Girardi needed to take him out while the Yanks still had a chance.
What will be especially telling is whether Boone Logan and Chad Gaudin and Co. shut down the Dodgers offense. In each of Burnett’s last two implosions, the other team barely put together anything offensively the entire rest of the game against the worst pitchers in our pen. That really shows you just how bad Burnett has been in those games.
Fake SJ44 makes sense!
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That’s because he agreed with me.
Um, no he doesn’t. Removing him from the rotation? Saying he can’t get major leaguers out?
I’ll continue to watch, but I’ve made my predictions and I’m outta here
The only reason Joe pulled him now was that his diaper needed changing.
There are times when you must send a signal to any player that is struggling that you haven’t lost faith in them….Unfortunately it didn’t work …Remember it’s June not September……Confidence is such an important factor for an athlete
1st and 3rd 1 out. Gardner could have stole 2nd. Curtis could have came up to bat.
Remember when AJ was pitching for Toronto and pitched great against the Yanks. Where did that AJ go?
Fake SJ44 is actually not a bad poster a lot of the time.
I don’t understand why he/she doesn’t just post under their own handle instead of hiding behind SJ’s.
You are here every night. I don’t get it.
Manny is actually hitting .233 with a .690 OPS against lefties this year. Makes snese to have Logan in the game.
Betsy
I think we both agree that AJ is a major headcase.
Therefore one can assume anything one wants to and have a good chance of being right.
Hence I believe Eiland was needed and is needed to straighten him out.
Something has to be done, why not start with your pitching coach?
Not the fake Jeers, the real me tonight.
I feel bad for AJ. He’s not this bad but, he can’t get out of his own way right now.
Needs to clear his head and skipping him for a turn needs to be done, IMO.
Remember when AJ pitched for Toronto and he owned the Red Sox??
Pitching to Manny like this is 2003-2007
I have no issue with leaving AJ in.
I just don’t understand the bunt. What’s the point?
Have Gardner steal second and hope AJ can make contact. The bunt was a complete waste.
Ok.. this is where I switch it off and come back for the ninth.
FRUSTRATING.
Manny clearly swung at the 1-1 slider, and that 3-1 slider was probably a strike. Great strike zone.
You want AAA Logan to start the inning not come in with 2 guys on. This will be a diasaster.
On the verge of losing this game right here..
What does Boone Logan have to do to throw a strike? This is ridiculous.
SJ, with Hughes being skipped, is that possible ????
Girard@$$ mismanaging another game away….get used to it. He must REALLY LOVE AJ, huh ?
Mick, I don’t think anyone is a headcase – Manny, maybe or Milton Bradley. AJ is just inconsistent.
LGY June 26th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I have no issue with leaving AJ in.
I just don’t understand the bunt. What’s the point?
Have Gardner steal second and hope AJ can make contact. The bunt was a complete waste
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Agree with this, all he has to do is put the bat on the ball and Swisher scores from 3rd. Giving away an out.
Pat M. June 26th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
There are times when you must send a signal to any player that is struggling that you haven’t lost faith in them…
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C’mon Pat ..I expect more from you…AJ has had every chance under the sun….why not skip a few turns till after the ASG…like they did with Javy?
Oh. I forget, he makes 16.5m, that’s why.
Glad the Dodgers ran themselves out of a potentially huge inning there, because this was about to get really ugly.
Betsy,
He can’t get anybody out right now. He’s pitching to a 12 ERA in his last 6 starts. A 12 ERA!
That’s worse than Javy’s bad run and they skipped him.
He needs to get skipped. You aren’t going to fix him by continuing to run him out there to get killed.
Steve Swisher
First pitch was a strike ALL DAY….now that BLUE is squeezing the ‘pen, we are MORE than TOAST…..look to take the 3rd game and the series, but this Fat Lady Sang and has already hit the sack too !
Why did this moron Girardi bring in Logan?!
Great throw by “Steve” Swisher!
blake will hr
MCCARVER IS A RETARD..
He ALWAYS calls Nick Swisher ‘Steve’.
Pat M
You’re right, but AJ’s confidence has to be shot.
Even if Eiland is what makes AJ pitch well 50% of the time, if he should come back soon, it may be the psychological vehicle that AJ needs to put this behind him.
Betsy, AJ is a headcase and there may be a picture of him next to the definition. He is not a 22 year old rookie… Even if Manny is a headcase, he can still hit the ball.. AJ can’t even find the plate.
The Yankees need to do something as AJ’s games have become automatic losses.
Yankee pitchers just fear Manny, except Mo and CC.
Mick, I don’t think anyone is a headcase – Manny, maybe or Milton Bradley. AJ is just inconsistent.
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You don’t?
Your statement is inconsistent.
If nobody is a headcase then why is Manny or Bradley?
Bringing in Logan was the right move. The wrong one was leaving in Burnett until he allowed the first two guys in the inning to reach.
Boone Logan has issues with control at times. It makes no sense to wait to bring him in until there is a situation in which walks could open up the inning.
Furcal is a much better hitter from the left side, Kemp isn’t hitting anyone, then you have the lefty Ethier, Manny hitting .233 vs LHP, and Loney. There was no advantage gained from leaving Burnett in the game.
this is one of the worst umpires i’ve seen all year also
I’d still rather have Melancon give up these hits and walks instead of Logan.
LGY,
Agree re: AJ and the bunt.
Pat M,
They have an off day on Monday. With Hughes pitching on Tuesday, they can skip AJ and keep the other four guys on turn.
Betsy,
Well…he is having trouble getting ML hitters out. Which is a pretty big part of the equation.
I think he just went home on Thurs. to see his grandfather who just passed yesterday. Nothing shameful about giving the guy a breather and letting him attend to his family. It couldn’t hurt. He’s certainly not figuring it out on the mound.
# Rich in NJ June 26th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I’d still rather have Melancon give up these hits and walks instead of Logan.
I’ll take Albaladejo.
SJ, that was you saying he can’t get major leaguers out? I don’t want Mitre in the rotation – he’s not very good (done a nice job out of the pen, though) and at least AJ has the upside of possibly pitching a good game. AJ would be awful in the pen; he has not reached Mussina level bad yet. Also, Pat is right – you can’t skip him with Phil being skipped.
I love AJ and he’s a good pitcher, but 5 or 6 starts of this is just brutal and he’s hurting the team.
the reason mccarver calls him steve is because steve swisher, nick’s dad, was a major league player in the 70s
Time to shut him down.
Where’s Mitre?
Away away away
“I’ll take Albaladejo.”
I think he’s a AAAA pitcher.
Just bad pitch calling by Cervelli.
I absolutely despise these nationally televised games.
Like I said.
You put Logan in a situation in which walks open up a n inning, and you are just asking for trouble.
Stupid people will blame Boone Logan. Smart ones will realize that Girardi put him in a spot in which he could not possibly succeed.
# Rich in NJ June 26th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
“I’ll take Albaladejo.”
I think he’s a AAAA pitcher.
Yeah just like Melancon.
GAME OVER!! Thank you AJ Burnett!.. Could care less if he ever pitches again!
How about that AJ Bustnett everyone
What a complete loser she is
Get AJ a skirt
Enough with all these walks!!!!!!
Rich in NJ…..I agree that Burnett is mentally spent..But what I was saying is that Girardi might have been hoping that AJ would come out and throw a clean inning and that could help him turn the corner some……The All-Star break cannot come soon enough for AJ at this point……
Walking Martin? This game is over.
I don’t think I have ever seen any manager managed that top of 4th inning so stupidly as Joe Girardi did.
It’s actually hard to believe.
I think AJ could be awesome for an inning.
This just in… Boone Logan is awful
This just in… Boone Logan is awful
Brett Marshall back on the mound. Good start for the GCL Yankees. Gary Sanchez another hit.
Betsy,
Of course they can skip AJ. Hughes is only getting skipped one time and with the off day on Monday, everybody stays on turn.
Also, Pat is right – you can’t skip him with Phil being skipped.
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Wha?
HA HA HA…..A Yankee/Dodger classic matchup. Here’s to you Joe…
SJ, that’s awful – wow, a 12 ERA? When I thought you were fake, I thought you mean that he can never get major leaguers out and that he’s just a terrible pitcher. I guess you meant right now – well, ok, I can see that. Mitre is on the DL, though – it’s not like he’s coming back tomorrow – so I don’t see how we can skip AJ? His grandfather died – maybe he’s having issues with that. I feel for AJ too because he’s NOT a POS like someone said, he’s not a bad pitcher at all.
Get out of this inning before the games gets way out of control.
If Eiland is unavailable, how about a sports psychologist? He could see one every day next week and have him skip his next turn. Monday is an off day.
SJ, Then it would be prudent for all concerned to skip his next spin
Because Girardi did not want to wear out his bullpen by leaving AJ in, he does exactly that now that Boone has to come in with this mess and has to throw 30 pitches.
It is scary how stupid Girardi is.
Melancon isn’t the answer. He’s just a name at this point.
His performance this year doesn’t merit a callup.
The answer us fixing Burnett. Tough to win games when your starter is this bad.
Betsy, is that really you?
You are losing credibility with your remarks.
Either that or you are drunk. I know you had a long dinner.
Mick, I meant that most players are not headcases – a couple of exceptions being Manny and Bradley.
Tyler, thanks for the good news. I know the Yanks were high on Marshall – hopefully he can progress nicely this year.
SJ, I didn’t know they had a day off Monday ; if Andy pitches tomorrow, then when does Javy pitch? Wednesday? If you’re talking one start, then I guess I can’t disagree. However, I don’t see how working out of the pen is going to help this guy.
Betsy,
So sorry that idiot was bugging you all afternoon. You are so good; you deserve better than that.
When was the last time the Yankees swept a 3 game series?
Mick, it’s me – and I’m sorry? I’m losing credibility ? Over what comment?
Lasorta looks like a weebles.
I hate Fox
That inning went on for 20 plus minutes, watch how fast the Yankees go 123 out.
SJ
Stop hurting yourself.
Get the other fake SJ out of the pen.
the gay Yankee fan June 26th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Because Girardi did not want to wear out his bullpen by leaving AJ in, he does exactly that now that Boone has to come in with this mess and has to throw 30 pitches.
It is scary how stupid Girardi is.
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That move certainly did backfire. Sometimes Girardi plays it to much by the book. Everything about that move backfired. You don’t tie the game and you still kill the pen.
They can, and should, skip his next start.
The guy needs to clear his head.
It certainly can’t hurt at this point.
# Fred Sanford June 26th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I’ll continue to watch, but I’ve made my predictions and I’m outta here
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I agree with your predictions for this game Fred. Our bullpen will not do well tonight and Kuroda will do well the rest of his time and bullpen will finish up good for dodgers.
Whatever happened to the days where a starter fails for so long, then goes to pen ?
$$$$ That’s why !
SAS, thanks! He doesn’t really bug me because I skip over his posts, but it’s disturbing to be honest; I think he’s sick.
“Mick, I meant that most players are not headcases – a couple of exceptions being Manny and Bradley.”
Add Zambrano and AJ to the list.
Does AAA Logan ever get people out? A guy who throws hard but doesn’t know where the ball is going is useless. I would rather someone like Aceves who throws 85-90 and locates. Logan should be in the minors where he belongs.
Betsy-
He was one of those mid round signability issue guys who has real potential. I forgot what his injury was (maybe Tommy John related?) but he went 5 strong today, 1 run, and 5 K’s.
Cito Culver also got his first hit today! 1-7 so far.
LOL at Lasorda who will never forget that play.
Putting all the Torre drama behind, this series is a good foray into baseball history.
And the Yanks can still win this game.
Girardi didn’t leave AJ in to preserve the bullpen. Logan and Gaudin hardly ever pitch. Lately they’ve only been pitching in AJ’s starts! They can’t keep trotting this guy out there and take an automatic loss every 5 days. They have to shut him down until the all star break. Get Eiland back to work with him. If he still sucks then they need to release him and go hard after Cliff Lee.
Oh, and letting AJ hit was pretty stupid on Joe’s part – to put it kindly
Finally FOX is entertaining! Grown men bickering!
Money has more influence on game today than common sense !!!
woo swinging at ball 4
WOW reggie and lasorda are going at it like CRAZY
this is hilariously awkward to watch
LaSorda and Reggie are oil and water.
Yeah seriously. We think Burnett is a mess. Ask Cubs fans about Zambrano right now. After his suspension is done he’s going to the pen probably long-term. And he hates that so he will probably not give 100% and get shelled. makes 18 million next year. just atrocious. and to think i used to want him to be a yankee back in like ’06.
Betsy,
You think he is sick!!! Both people this afternoon were sick.
Are we about to see a fist fight?
Tyler, it was TJ surgery…………..boy, the Yanks have a lot of those kids, lol.
Congrats to Culver – I hope it’s the first of many!
When was the last time the Yankees swept a three game series?
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Two weeks ago against the Astros.
Don’t let one game affect your thinking.
Believe it or not, if they lose today, the season isn’t over.
LaSorda never got over Reggies “hip” play.
Time for Cano to hit one
3-1, down 3 runs, Teixeira chasing 2 pitches that were probably balls and making an out.
This is what I mean when I say guys have bad approaches. When you need a baserunner down 3 runs, TAKE a pitch on 3-1. A-Rod is on deck who with one swing could get you right back in this game, why not make the pitcher earn these outs?
SAS, that other guy is definitely sick as well……….maybe the same person?
Girardi didn’t want to go to his pen for 6 innings
He showed faith in AJ that he could settle down and keep us in the game. AJ has done that before– settled down for a few innings after a rough start.
And it’s not like Goone Logan or Gaudin are much better
this is AWESOME to watch
Lasorda thinks Reggie’s a punk.
Wonder how he feels after we win this game.
Lasorda is senile.
Look at that piece of hitting from Alex and Cano back to back
Two of the best hitters with the best swings.
If these guys get really hot at the same time…scary.
lol @ Lasorda
SJ44 June 26th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
When was the last time the Yankees swept a three game series?
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Two weeks ago against the Astros.
Don’t let one game affect your thinking.
Believe it or not, if they lose today, the season isn’t over.
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Amen. While it was ugly, they still took 2/3 from Arizona. And regardless of tonight they can still take the series with Pettite on the mound granted that Kershaw will be tough tomorrow. 4-2 on this western road trip would be great.
I don’t care about sweeps, but series’ victories. Tomorrow will be tough, but they are still doing better than any of their division rivals.
The Yanks have to hope that the old man and the child (sort of) keep this up, because if they don’t – with AJ having major issues and Javy being not more than a #4 or #5, their rotation isn’t great. Then again, who has a great rotation?
Buck is holding Reggie ‘s neck, holding him back
Flashback to Billy-Reggie in Boston.
Lasorda brings up Welsh.
Swish is terrible. Trying to go deep again.
Reggie sez Tommy is insportsmanlike.
They are serious.
Tommy is a bitter man.
Swish has been swinging at absolute garbage
Betsy,
Javy has a 3.00 ERA in June.
That’s why Swisher isin’t batting 2nd anymore
Guy is in a major slump. Tries to hit everything in the seats rather than shortening his swing like he did earlier
“Two weeks ago against the Astros.
Don’t let one game affect your thinking.
Believe it or not, if they lose today, the season isn’t over.”
I was asking because I couldn’t remember. Your attitude is not appreciated.
Who the hell suggested the season is over? Get a grip.
I’m hoping the Yanks don’t score this inning, this is awful to watch any more.
the Reggie sideshow is just horrible
3 runs might as well be 20 to this team
If it wasn’t for brilliant pitching, we would have lost yesterday as well.
The Yanks have to hope that the old man and the child (sort of) keep this up,
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This can’t be Betsy.
mick – everyone during the game thread is an imposter
none of the regulars post during the game threads.
LGY, I know he’s pitched well, but I just don’t have a great feeling about him. The point still stands, though…….Andy and Phil have to keep this up.
Swish’s swing is getting too long. He has to stop trying to hit homeruns.
SWISHER TIES IT UP !!!
Um, Mick – it’s me. I really have no idea what your issue is with my posts.
Dreadful at bat by Swish. It is ok to take a walk.
or not
Just a bad at bat by Swish.
Even though he seemed to have a “good at bat” to the not so attentive observer, the reason he wasn’t standing on first with a walk was the fact that he swung at pitches nowhere close to home plate earlier in the count.
With runners on base, these guys start swinging at anything close. A smart pitcher will expand the zone and take advantage, and Swisher made the out as well on a pitch that was ball 4.
Swish has reverted back to his old stance – trying to hit HRs instead of taking with the pitcher gives him
at least he made him throw some pitches
# Tyler June 26th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Yeah seriously. We think Burnett is a mess. Ask Cubs fans about Zambrano right now. After his suspension is done he’s going to the pen probably long-term. And he hates that so he will probably not give 100% and get shelled. makes 18 million next year. just atrocious. and to think i used to want him to be a yankee back in like ‘06.
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Honestly, I prayed back then that the rumor of Z coming to the Yanks would NOT happen. And he was good then, just felt he was a hot head.
What is the prognosis on Nick Johnson?
Betsy,
With the run CC is about to go on with his usual dominant summer, Phil and Andy don’t have to keep pitching this well. They just have to be good and both of them are very good pitchers.
Matt. They can’t with with RISP. Never have all season.
It’s almost the ASB now and these same problems persist.
Whenever we get a subpar start from the pitcher, we are screwed most times.
Game threads are bizarro world.
Our alter egos take over.
All that drivel I post? Impostor!
Including this post.
# chuck June 26th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
What is the prognosis on Nick Johnson?
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Pretty sure he legally died 3 years ago.
57′ Yank June 26th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
# Tyler June 26th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Yeah seriously. We think Burnett is a mess. Ask Cubs fans about Zambrano right now. After his suspension is done he’s going to the pen probably long-term. And he hates that so he will probably not give 100% and get shelled. makes 18 million next year. just atrocious. and to think i used to want him to be a yankee back in like ‘06.
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Honestly, I prayed back then that the rumor of Z coming to the Yanks would NOT happen. And he was good then, just felt he was a hot head.
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You were definitely correct. I thought that he would bring fire to the team. At that time our rotation was so depressing with RJ, Mussina, etc. I wanted a guy who competed hard. But I am so happy he’t not a Yank in retrospect
Reg & Tommy was great entertainment…..I understand many here weren’t born yet during the Bronx Zoo Yankee era, but it was a great time…..Those were great Dodger teams that the Yanks beat in 77-78
I, too, am a imposter.
And it’s not like Goone Logan or Gaudin are much better
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Yes they are better. Boone has been very good since being recalled. Gaudin came in after AJ’s other debacle in Houston and pitched very well.
You obviously don’t follow the Yankees and are about as clueless as Joe.
It stinks – on the day we actually score runs, our pitching implodes.
Now watch tomorrow, we’ll score 1 run
Can anyone in their right mind blame Posada now or even Eiland not being here?
Mike June 26th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
The biggest problem I have had, and still have with this team is their BLIND loyalty to bad employees. Joba and A.J, are just a small example of what gets my goat. Baseball is a business and in my business if you don’t perform you get fired, demoted or hours cut. The loyalty this organization shows to high priced spoiled brats makes me sick.
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These aren’t $13.50 hourly employees. This is contractual labor, guaranteed at that. Like it or not the Yankees (and other teams) are stuck with the high-risk contracts they enter that go sideways.
LGY, that’s very true………good points.
Those were great Dodger teams that the Yanks beat in 77-78
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# 57′ Yank June 26th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Can anyone in their right mind blame Posada now or even Eiland not being here?
I blame Eiland. If no one in his family is dying, he should be here. It’s his job.
The start of the game was so promising when I last posted and then A.J sh-t the bed again , unbelievable someone with his talent can lose it so completely.
As SJ and others have said, you can’t keep on letting him go out there every 5th day anymore.
I think an option you could see is calling up Nova to pitch the next time he is supposed to go.
They are lined up on the same nights, and if I was them, that’s what I would do.
the gay Yankee fan June 26th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
And it’s not like Goone Logan or Gaudin are much better
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Go find ROSIE !!!
McCarver said he was on bereavement leave.
Dont know if that was a senile remark or not.
The game seems longer than 5 innings old.
Sorry, I meant Arizona, not Houston.
Yanks as a team are hitting .276
With RISP? .273
Carl, obviously the Yankees don’t feel that way……….wow, that’s rough. You don’t think people take leave from their jobs when they have personal issues? Eiland being away isn’t even the problem……..the other pitchers have been fine.
So why have a g-damn pitching coach?
Cmon!
# Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) June 26th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Carl, obviously the Yankees don’t feel that way……….wow, that’s rough. You don’t think people take leave from their jobs when they have personal issues? Eiland being away isn’t even the problem……..the other pitchers have been fine.
AJ is not the other pitches. When you have a headcase like AJ, you need someone to work with him. That is Eiland’s job.
Billy Crystal…this will be funny!
Holy cow you huckleberries.
# mick June 26th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
So why have a g-damn pitching coach?
Cmon!
lol
The offense has to step up, not the pitchers.
We can’t be so reliant on the starters to pitch 7 innings, 2 runs every time.
Look at the Sox – Dice-K and Lackey both give up 5+ runs and they came back in both games, against Jiminez too and went to the 9th inning with a lead in both.
We can’t throw our hands in the air when the starter has a bad outing.
AJ had a stretch like this last year and Eiland was around; this is not about Eiland. I completely disagree – the man is human and has some things to sort out. If it wasn’t important, he’d still be here. This is on AJ…………
The game has become secondary.
# Carl June 26th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
# 57? Yank June 26th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Can anyone in their right mind blame Posada now or even Eiland not being here?
I blame Eiland. If no one in his family is dying, he should be here. It’s his job.
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I think that’s exactly the case with Eiland. ( bereavement leave )
AJ didn’t exactly set the world on fire last year with Eiland. Lead league in walks.
See what happens when he comes back.
How can you be sure Eiland would not help.
Patently ridiculous.
# 57′ Yank June 26th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
# Carl June 26th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
# 57? Yank June 26th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Can anyone in their right mind blame Posada now or even Eiland not being here?
I blame Eiland. If no one in his family is dying, he should be here. It’s his job.
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I think that’s exactly the case with Eiland. ( bereavement leave )
AJ didn’t exactly set the world on fire last year with Eiland. Lead league in walks.
See what happens when he comes back.
Yanks said its not a health issue. Is he married? Maybe his wife is gonna leave him.
“AJ is not the other pitches. When you have a headcase like AJ, you need someone to work with him. That is Eiland’s job.”
Bingo. The other pitchers don’t have fragile psyches. They can adjust on their own and know how to prepare for a game and straighten themselves out.
I’m not panicking about the offense, but then I don’t think it’s all that great either. It’s good to very good – but it’s inconsistent; when they bash a pitcher, it doesn’t surprise me. When they do absolutely nothing, it doesn’t surprise me.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) June 26th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
SAS, thanks! He doesn’t really bug me because I skip over his posts, but it’s disturbing to be honest; I think he’s sick
What’s sick is A, that you trolled this board as Philly Phitins, and B, these sycophants who stick up for you.
If they only knew the truth! And I am trying to tell it from the mountain!!
I am gonna pass tomorrow night’s ESPN,those national coverage is just unwatchable.
Exactly Walrus!
They had 4 runs in this game before Burnett completely imploded. How many runs do they have since?
Zero.
When Burnett falls apart, you have to consider it something that’s over and done with. From the point Burnett left this game, it was 7-4 with 5 innings to go. The offense is well within reach of this one, but they are getting themselves out at the plate.
It’s no coincidence that this team has had fewer and smaller comebacks this seasons. It’s all about the bad approach with runners on base. They give away too many at bats early in the count by swinging at bad pitches.
Burnett himself said he is a .500 pitcher to Kim Jones
That’s what he is and that will never change, regardless of catcher, pitching coach, or anything
AJ had a bad stretch last year but Eiland was there and I’m sure he helped him through it.
Lets see if AJ can do it by himself this time.
Totally different story.
Hit one out kid!
AJ Just Stinks…. Please do not post great “news” ( “Swisher ties it up”). Some of us follow the game via the blog, not having the game available. Don’t need the fake rush. Already have the fake SJ. Thanks.
The Yanks should of brought up the AAA pitching coach the day that Eiland left. You can’t go a month without one. They need one especially for AJ, Joba and Hughes. I don’t know what the Yanks are thinking. Why pay a pitching coach $1m or whatever if the Yanks are making it seem like they don’t need one this whole month? How much does Harkey actually know about pitching?
The offense is 2008-esque.
Someone find the runs scored total through this date from that team. I bet it is similar.
fact is, the yankees have been better with risp this year. i mean comparatively to their overall stats. certainly better than last year. most of the hitters in the lineup have been better with risp.
arod, jeter, cervelli, tex, swisher. gardner and posada have been worse.
last year, arod was worse, tex was worse, swisher was worse, cano and jeter were far worse.
f*cking burnett makes kenny rogers look like roy halleday. this guy sucks balls
J is a .500 pitcher because he can’t control his pitches often enough ! SIMPLE
ridiculous. 2008 yankees were in the middle of the league in runs scored. this team is second in baseball.
Betsy you are saying things to piss people off again.
This is what gets you in trouble.
But you love the attention it gets you.
If Andy goes 7 innings and gives up 3 runs tomorrow, we’ll probably lose lol
Horace Clarke,
If you are following the game from the internet, then you should load up the MLB Gameday in the background. It tracks the pitches for you and will show you the outcomes of plays. Reading the blog is nice to see whether plays were really good or bad and such, but you don’t need to rely on this for a play by play necessarily.
Curtis comes off the bench to have one of the best at bats of the game.
This kid Curtis should be the DH.
Great at bat from Curtis there. The reason the offense has been inconsistent is that they are not consistently having at bats more like that at the plate with runners on base. You can say that you want to find a pitch to hit and swing, but sometimes working the pitcher increases your chance of getting a positive result, especially when he knows he’s under some pressure and nibbles.
Please don’t tell me Park is up throwing a baseball. Take the baseball away from that man.
How can the Red Sox go through a 6 week stretch where they pound the ball every night, yet we can’t even sustain offense for a series?
And they are doing it with replacement-level players too at the bottom.
Frustrating
mick June 26th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Betsy you are saying things to piss people off again.
This is what gets you in trouble.
But you love the attention it gets you.
You sir are a truth-teller.
We’ll see if Torre is right.
He said Jeter is the last guy you want to see come up with a man on 2nd.
Buchholz apparently has a hyperextended left knee…….
# Michelle June 26th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
The Yanks should of brought up the AAA pitching coach the day that Eiland left. You can’t go a month without one. They need one especially for AJ, Joba and Hughes. I don’t know what the Yanks are thinking. Why pay a pitching coach $1m or whatever if the Yanks are making it seem like they don’t need one this whole month? How much does Harkey actually know about pitching?
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Good post.
Curtis does look like a hitter that can play up here. Not a lot of power, but a good looking hitter. Certainly an improvement over Winn, maybe even Thames.
“He said Jeter is the last guy you want to see come up with a man on 2nd.
Captain Groundout might be the last guy we want to see up
Cano, Alex, Curtis, Tex, Granderson, Gardner Swisher
I’ll probably put him ahead of Posada though.
Girardi should let Curtis start tomorrow and play LF, sit Granderson. I really really doubt that Granderson is coming close to hitting Kershaw tomorrow.
Curtis hungry and will be the DH, my prediction.
Jeter needs to show us CAP’N CLUTCH here !
Girardi and Harky are best friends. No way he is going to demote him back to bullpen coach until Eliand comes back.
And Scott Aldred has dealt with minor leaguers, not basket case Burnett. How is he supposed to straighten him out when he knows nothing about him?
“He said Jeter is the last guy you want to see come up with a man on 2nd.”
as expected, he is wrong.
ACK….this will be ugly….thanks for trying Curtis…..NEXT INNING, please ?
That is why we don’t want to see Jeter up anymore. Years ago yes. Now no. He took 3 fastballs down the middle then swings at a slider.
Pinch hitting for granderson. platoon player.
hmmmmm….a ph for granderson, interesting
Unless Girardi double switches and puts Curtis into left field, this is a total knee jerk move to pinch hit for Granderson here.
Pinch hitting for a guy you traded 3 prospects for. lol
“Buchholz apparently has a hyperextended left knee……”
I don’t wish injury on anyone, but I hope he misses a couple of starts, just so he doesn’t overtake Phil in the win column (though he will do that today if their pen holds on)…..
lots of confidence for granderson
oh….FREAKIN’ MY !…..Girardi with a GOOD MOVE ?……miracles with never cease, huh ?
perfectly example of being too patient. firstpitch fastball right down the middle. taken to take a pitch for taking a pitch’s sake. sets up the entire ab. now he extends the zone because he’s behind 1-2
Granderson could have done that.
and Jorge does us in with one swing of the bat……ACK !
Well that was disappointing.
another pathetic AB by posada
Well that move worked. Coming off the bench some patience would of been nice there.
that’s it for me tonight, cannot take the Fox sh?t anymore.
hahahaha he pinch hits for our big off-season acquisition
great move, cashman.
Leaving Burnett in to hit and taking out Granderson for Posada (last catcher and a confidence drop). Real good managing tonight by Girardi…..
It’s no shock why this team is inconsistent offensively.
One guy goes up there taking pitches to see what he has, and then the next immediately hacks away at a tough pitch and makes a weak out.
No consistent approach, no consistent results.
# kent June 26th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
The offense is 2008-esque.
Someone find the runs scored total through this date from that team. I bet it is similar.
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Fail.
In 2008, through 74 games, the Yankees scored 347 runs and gave up 325.
In 2010, through 74 games (assuming they don’t score any more), the Yankees have scored 401 runs and given up 301.
Sorry. Not a good comparison.
Wolf, Buchholz didn’t go 5, so he can’t get the win.
and Jorge does what he does best…. ground out in big spots.
The Core 4 is now the Core 2.
MO and Andy are the only ones who can still get it done
The Yankees had a chance to tie this game with an out, with no guarantee that A.J. would turn it around the next inning. Instead of pinch hitting for A.J., he was left in, costing us a tying run, and an extra 2 baserunners the next inning that would both score. Difference in the game right now.
Girardi has taken Torre’s stupid pills tonight. He is managing atrociously.
Girardi has taken Torre’s stupid pills tonight. He is managing atrociously.
Btw, I love Jeter but he hasn’t driven in a guy from 2nd in about forever. He’s living on his reputation right now as a clutch hitter.
unlike jeter as well. usually, in that situation, he swings at the first good pitch he sees. taking fat strike ones for the sake of taking a pitch, with men on, is traditionally more like arod
# Matt June 26th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
It’s no shock why this team is inconsistent offensively.
One guy goes up there taking pitches to see what he has, and then the next immediately hacks away at a tough pitch and makes a weak out.
No consistent approach, no consistent results.
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Hate to say it but Damon was a better hitter than anyone on this squad outside of Cano so far.
PH for Granderson shows absolutely no confidence in him……..wow.
PH for Granderson shows absolutely no confidence in him……..wow.
Game was totally winnable and they did nothing on offense for 3 innings following Bustnett’s meltdown
Embarrassing.
So can we have a nice easy 10 run game anytime soon? Or is that too much to ask from this offense?
Last season through 74, the Yankees scored 411 runs and gave up 358. Better run differential this season. Better record through 74 as well.
Granderson can’t hit lefties. Long hasn’t worked his magic on him
Thus, he can’t hit in big spots against good lefty relievers like Kuo
probably girardi’s worst move all year in the 3rd for not ph-ing for burnett. and now he panics and pinch hits for granderson.
Park vs Manny should be great to watch
1 inning for Park please.
jeter has absolutely been slumping lately with risp. that i don’t dispute. but overall he hasn’t been bad this year. comparatively speaking, much worse last year.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) June 26th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
PH for Granderson shows absolutely no confidence in him……..wow.
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No. It just shows that it was an important point in the game against a lefty with 95 mph in his arsenal. Good time to pinch hit Jorge. Did not work out. No knock on Granderson at all.
Good for Girardi…. finally made a good move today. Too bad Jorge didn’t cooperate, but the PH was the right call.
Jeter isn’t hitting well right now. Get over it.
“Park vs Manny should be great to watch”
For Dodgers fans.
Joe G is mailing this one in, figures to win tmw.
How many more times can we send Burnett, supposedly our No. 2 starter, out there? Every time we get on a roll he kills us with yet another spineless performance. This is not the Yankees team of last season. We don’t have a circular lineup any more to come back from a big deficit. We rely on good pitching.
that is the difference, rob. the pitching has been so much better through 74 games. how many comebacks do you expect when they win a lot of games fairly easily.
Granderson had 0 shot against a hard thrower like Kuo, 0.
And now Girardi is having the pitcher bat 2nd because he completely knee jerked and pinch hit for Granderson in the 6th inning. Brilliant.
Girardi sometimes needs to do what’s obvious rather than trying to be creative and different. What happens if that spot in the lineup comes up in the 8th or 9th inning and the only options we have are guys like Pena, Russo, and Huffman? It could kill any chance of coming back in the game off of a tough reliever late.
And on a related note, Cervelli is an automatic out right now pretty much at the plate. Pitchers have completely figured out that he has no power whatsoever and are just attacking him with fastballs inside, not unlike they do to Jeter. Except, Jeter actually can occasionally turn on one.
Unless they plan on letting Thames DH when he gets back, which it doesn’t seem like they would given that they think he’s a platoon player (even though he is a better hitter than who they start against RHP in his place), they should give someone like Montero a chance. He can catch on the days Posada DH’s, and DH on the days Posada catches. They can then carry Cervelli as a 3rd catcher and send down Russo.
Here comes Park to implode the game.
Of course, the obligatory 2004 reference. FOX is atrocious.
Spinless Bustnett needs to be put on the DL or something
He is a liability at this point and a waste of a roster spot. Skip him his next turn.
His next turn is against Toronto, they will pound him. He might give up 4-5 HRs in that game.
Sanfords prediction looks solid to me !!! Only Lamont and I have agreed ! LOL
Kuo hasn’t given up a hit to a lefty ALL YEAR. This is why Joe PH for Granderson. It wasn’t about the hitter, it was about the pitcher.
i suppose the new stadium should be considered as well. the team should score more runs playing half their games there. althought last season i think runs scored was pretty close. not homers, but runs scored. this year, i think the home advantage is pretty significant
Matt – the game is over anyway. The offense quit today, along with Burnett.
3 innings and couldn’t even muster a single run after he imploded.
Girardi probably figured as much. That was his last shot to tie it, so might as well try. Dodgers have a great bullpen. Torre will probably use Broxton for 2 innings as well.
Its only the 7th.
Maybe if I leave they will come back.
I’m leaving.
This game is on AJ…but the offense has been very inconsistent this season. They fall behind and it’s like every batter starts panicking and try to tie the game with 1 swing. The at bats with risp have to get better. Guys are swinging at everything and not willing to take a walk. This game was/is definitely winable but after AJ imploded the offense hasn’t gotten any big hits.
If the yanks lose this game the blame falls on aj Burnett.. He was staked a three run lead before he threw a pitch.. Can’t blame offense they do have four runs in 7 innings that Is nit bad.. Aj should miss his jet start
# Larry June 26th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
that is the difference, rob. the pitching has been so much better through 74 games. how many comebacks do you expect when they win a lot of games fairly easily.
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Yeah, the pitching has been better this season, so far, compared to last.
And the offense hasn’t been as bad as people think. They’ve scored just 10 runs less through 74 this season than last. And it could be even closer if they score some more runs today.
The run differential is much better. This team has some flaws, for sure. But to get overly worked up because Burnett is having a bad month is ridiculous. They are still a team that is playing 4 games better than last season at the same point.
Decision to skip Hughes looks great. He could have gotten his 11th win for us today.
The Yankees penchant for come-back and walk-off victories last year was not the result of scrappiness, or toughness, or any other bullsh*t intangible. It was luck, plain and simple. This team is actually a *better* team, in my estimation, because they are winning games, and a whole lot of them, by leading throughout instead of relying on coming back.
And this is with the offense misfiring frequently.
I suppose I shouldn’t even bother pointing out that this team delivered a world championship *last year*, and the fans of almost any other organization (save some fairweather Sox fans) would be forgiving of some slip-ups the year after winning it all.
You guys are pathetic. We’re on Game 74 of the season. Gain some freaking perspective.
mick,
No… you are the only non-imposter in this thread. You must stay here to call out the other people impostering the regulars
Yankees could still come back in this game, but if they don’t it’s on AJ. They gave him 4 runs and he coughed it up yet again.
the difference is that you don’t know what will happen in the 8th when that spot came up. might be with noone on. you know there are 2 people on in this situation. i don’t know enough about the pitcher, but if he’s really tough on lefties, i agree with the move. result wasn’t there, but it never is 100% of the time.
The decision to skip Phil is about his long-term future………and that is a lot more important than one game.
Basically all aj is good for is pies in the face that is about it
If we lose tomorrow, just another series dropped to a .500+ team after the Fenway Series in early May. Nothing new for us.
Sad stat of the game. Yankees have just one more baserunner total than the Dodgers have walks. (10-9) Hard to win games that way.
Yes, Kuo is really tough on lefties, they are 0-25 against him this year.
“Basically all aj is good for is pies in the face that is about it”
Fat Mike said it best… Burnett can’t get anyone out, but he can throw one hell of a pie.
Okay, let’s hope Girardi learned his lesson about park !
Wonder if the Dodgers would trade Valenzuela for AJ ? Hear he still does pretty well in Mexican League LOL
Burnett is gutless
He is Carlos Zombrano except without the Mike Tyson in him.
He better not be throwing any pies anytime soon. Win some games before you pull all that crap
“Wonder if the Dodgers would trade Valenzuela for AJ ? Hear he still does pretty well in Mexican League LOL
Can’t be much worse lmao
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
Arod really guessing at the plate during this at bat
that pie shít is getting way too old
And we have to spend the whole day tomorrow thinking about this crap game. And if we lose tomorrow, we have another 48 hours before we play again
uggghhhh
Hate off-days. And hate night weekend games
Any news on Clay?
I dare him to pie someone after the way he has pitched. He won’t. Or Joba will do it for him
Joba can be this year’s designated clown, Burnett passed the torch LOL
Burnett is struggling mightily. And the Yankees will have to consider skipping him. But based on his career, he’ll probably come round and finish with an ERA around 4.
It wasn’t a very inspired signing by Cashman, and I hope they can ditch him before year 5. But he’s not nearly this terrible.
We are going to come back and win this game.
4 runs off Broxton.
Yes – he has a hyperextended left knee
arod is till opening up way too early on way too many pitches for my tastes. the line drive in the first, hanging breaking ball inside. single on the third ab, hanger inside. throw him a decent breaking ball and he waves at it. homer yesterday, he cheated. guessed first pitch fastball inside and opened up way early. hate to be a naysayer, but it’s what i see. i was more impressed by 2 of the at bats in arizona on monday. 1-2 breaking ball on the outer half. kept that front shoulder in and drove it to right center.
“4 runs off Broxton.”
Doubt it. The guy has a 0.96 ERA. I don’t even think he has given up 4 runs all year
both arod and tex guess ALOT, Michelle.
Why Girardi? Seriously, why are you doing this AGAIN!
# Truth June 26th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Yankees could still come back in this game, but if they don’t it’s on AJ. They gave him 4 runs and he coughed it up yet again.
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Ain’t happening this time with Dodgers Kuo and Broxton waiting in the wings.
See predictions an hour ago.
A-Rod is struggling, but far from our biggest problem. They just have bad AB after bad AB with RISP. Swisher and Jorge with a chance to tie game in back to back innings with awful ABs
The decision to not pinch hit for Burnett back in the third inning could end up being the difference in the game.
woo another inning out of Park.
Coming back in games is not “luck,” do you seriously believe that?
They are a better team overall, but there is no way this is the same quality of offense as last year. Run totals are a terrible way to judge how a team is offensively. They score a ton of runs, but they do not come back in games. They tack on runs when well ahead or well behind, but don’t fight back consistently in games.
You come back in games when you have many tough at bats in a row and hit balls hard with runners on base. You need some luck for balls to fall in, but stop deluding yourself. If you don’t hit the ball hard because you swing at garbage pitches, you aren’t going to score a ton of runs.
Teams that are good at coming back realize that they are not out of games and don’t press when they are down. This year’s Yankees team bails pitchers out quite often by swinging at balls or pitcher’s pitches in counts in which they did not have to swing. When you are down runs in a game, you need to be patient and wait for mistakes to chip away.
Teixeira for example. 3-1 count, down 3 runs, A-Rod on deck. Chases ball 4 twice and grounds out. The next two hitters follow it up with back to back singles, but it’s not a big rally anymore because there are now two outs and Teixeira did not get on. Swisher had a bad at bat as well immediately after and swung at balls on numerous pitches and grounded out.
You can’t chip away if you don’t score anything. When you keep putting up zeroes offensively, you let the other team build confidence and momentum and that’s when they finish you off. If you keep chipping away, you keep them on their heels and they start to press a bit more offensively and you hold deficits.
When teams feel like your lineup can come back from large deficits, they change the ways they manage the game. There is so much less pressure on a team like the Dodgers right now knowing that the Yankees don’t come back from these kinds of deficits that it probably compounds the problem even more.
You know Girardi has officially given up on this game when he allows Park to pitch another inning.
Dodgers have a good bullpen, unlike us.
They have hard throwers with control who get outs… and we have Joba and Park.
The 2nd inning is usually where Park gets whacked around…….
bucholz is hurt too? we talk about the yankees, but they have had a lot of injuries.
I really don’t know what the hell is going through Joe G’s brain.
“Doubt it. The guy has a 0.96 ERA. I don’t even think he has given up 4 runs all year”
He has. But only 3 were earned.
AJ deserves some of the blame but the game was still very much winnable when Joe Girardi made his boneheaded decision to not PH for AJ.
It’s 50/50 between AJ and Girardi at this point as far as the blame goes.
What has Girardi seen from the offense to not give up?
Unless the starter pitches a good game, they are screwed. He knows it, the players know it, the fans know it.
Especially against this great bullpen that LA has. We had our chances and we failed.
No use in wasting a good arm in a game that is lost. 3 runs might as well be 10 with the way we swing the bat. What is our record when we are trailing in games? like 2-45?
I amused that you are even trying to get inside the psyche of the Dodgers, Matt.
I admit I’m only on this site whenever we are losing. I have to get the frustration out of my system somehow. As Yankees fans, we are spoilt. We expect to win every game!
Oh boy, Weaver warming up.
I didn’t even know he was still in the bigs.
As if this game couldn’t be any more unpleasant.
Does hyper-extended left knee mean disables list?
dang garret anderson makes randy winn look good
Joe Buck may as well be wearing a Dodgers jersey during this telecast.
Matt is a guy with self esteem issues
And predictably, Park gives up a run. That was never going to end well.
Girardi is remarkably stubborn.
That’s Joe Girardi folks.
jeet for furcal. i do it in a heartbeat
Park gives up a run in his 2nd inning of work. Is anyone surprised? Girardi, if you know that Park is not a 2 inning pitcher why do you allow him to pitch 2 innings? Girardi needs to wake up and manage with a brain.
And we face Kershaw tomorrow… yikes.
for all u granderson apologists out there, would girardi have pinch hit matsui or damon (or even the DL’d ghost of nick johnson) had they been up in that spot? i don’t think so – and thats why come playoff time you’ll see a bunch of lefthanders ready for just that situation.
like it or not granderson at this point in his career is a platoon player.
as for jeter, sign him to a 10 million dollar 2 year contract, anything more in $$$ or years and you’ll be seeing a 4th place team in 2013 – with jeter swinging at wild pitches at 38 years old and arod and tex looking worse than they have this year.
how dumb is girardi ?- keeping park in for a second inning when every bleeping poster on here knows he sucks after that first inning – just goes to show the yankees won the WS last year in SPITE of blockhead joe and not because of him
Think this game was over the minute Burnett took the mound.
If Bustnett decided to show up today, we are not even having this conversation.
Don’t blame the manager when the starter gives up 6 runs in 3 innings
Yanks stopped using their brains in this inning. Really fun to watch…
Wrong call to give Swisher that error. The ball was right to Cervelli. Letting it go between his legs is his fault.
If he gets his ass back by the plate, not only does he have a better chance of fielding that ball, but he actually would have had a chance to make a tag also.
it’s like batting practice tonight
Girardi isn’t clueless, so much as overly optimistic. It’s annoying.
Get Park off this roster. They DFA’d LaTroy Hawkins. They can DFA this washed-up garbage.
Park just cannot pitch a second inning. It’s too obvious.
This game has fallen apart.
“Think this game was over the minute Burnett took the mound.”
It was. The guy is noncompetitive out there. Sad to see. At least Javy had a few mediocre outings mixed in with the bad ones, Burnett is all noncompetitive games.
Park needs to be DFA’d.
This game won’t be played on YES encore tomorrow will it?
If so, be sure to put on Bizet’s “Carmen” when watching this inning.
you .could do that every season with every ab. put them all under a microscope and find a ton of examples of things like players swinging at 3-1 pitches when behind multiple runs. this is mark teixeira, you know. the guy who hit 40 homers last year. it’s not brett gardner we’re talking about.
i could go find the pitch by pitch in some of the walkoff games from last year and find the same thing. i would bet money on it, but i’m not spending the time doing it.
last year was a rare thing. that amount of walkoffs is a rare thing bottom line, when you lose, every little thing comes under scrutiny. when you win, gets glossed over
you .could do that every season with every ab. put them all under a microscope and find a ton of examples of things like players swinging at 3-1 pitches when behind multiple runs. this is mark teixeira, you know. the guy who hit 40 homers last year. it’s not brett gardner we’re talking about.
i could go find the pitch by pitch in some of the walkoff games from last year and find the same thing. i would bet money on it, but i’m not spending the time doing it.
last year was a rare thing. that amount of walkoffs is a rare thing bottom line, when you lose, every little thing comes under scrutiny. when you win, gets glossed over
Kershaw has been wildly inconsistent. He’s in no way automatic.
nice 7+ era
Dodgers also haven’t been scoring any runs lately
That is a way to break out of a slump – face basket case Burnett!!!
If Girardi continues to pitch Park for more than one inning, he should admit that he has conceded the game.
Park needs to be used properly. Stop having him do something he can’t do.
Kershaw has only given up more than 3 ERs in 2 games this season.
He is a stud. He had a bad outing last time, but this season he has been great.
why is park even still on the team? get guys like Nova or Sanchez up instead
Well, Swish Bats, fortunately, Pettitte has been absolutely phenomenal. And he’s pitching.
Allowing Park to pitch 2 innings is like watching a car wreck over and over. We already know what the outcome is going to be so why even bother sending him out there for the second inning?! Girardi is trying to turn him into Aceves. But he is a 1 inning pitcher at best so stop trying something that doesn’t work.
Haven’t we got someone called Andy Pettitte pitching? He’s not been too shabby this season, has he?
This sure is a long game.
I’ve been tuned in on and off and I’ve skimmed here.
I’m not surprised to see Matt.
pat,
You’re right that Park usually has a good first inning and a poor second one. Why doesn’t Girardi see that. He wasn’t helped by his defense at all. Curtis should have just played that ball on a hop.
AJ situation needs to be addressed.
Doesn’t look like a good ending is due. There is tomorrow, though.
Not looking good for our Yankees tonight.
There is a huge difference between having a lot of walk offs and having a lot of comebacks.
Walk offs come when you have comebacks, but they are essentially luck, as in the score has to be tied and you have to wait till the 9th or later to score. Also, you need to have a good bullpen that holds deficits so that when you tie a game up and don’t score for many innings (like this team has done a tone this year), you can still have a chance to win the game.
Comebacks are not luck, they are a mindset and an approach at the plate in which you swing only at good pitches and move the line forward. You need a good enough bullpen to keep it close, but mainly an offense that doesn’t help pitchers out by swinging at bad pitches.
This year’s team has neither of those traits, and that’s why they don’t come back a ton. If they don’t hit home runs, they are totally lost at the plate in many of these games.
Long time fan June 26th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Okay, let’s hope Girardi learned his lesson about park !
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Blowing own here; how many times does it have to happen ?
Predictions looking good also. Yanks pen falters, Dodgers shines !
It’s not always an easy trip to the lake.
Look who it is our buddy Weaver. From 1 head case in AJ to another.
Just let Go-Dan pitch. He can go multiple innings
Release Park, he sucks.
Seeing Weaver in there gives me hope.
# franmerrf June 26th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
This game has fallen apart.
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Are we watching the same game? To say it’s fallen apart implies it was ever together. We haven’t been in this game since Tex’s homer. It’s been downhill ever since then. Even when we scored the 4th run, you just knew the Dodgers were going to blow it open at some point, because Burnett couldn’t pitch a lick, and the mop up guys aren’t very good, either.
Albie will be up next ! And he should, doing a great job right now.
The Dodgers have so little fear of this Yankees offense coming back that they took Manny out of a 5 run game in the 8th inning.
Think about that for a second. Even the opposing team has little respect for our offense. What do you think that says?
You would never see a team do such a thing with a 5-run lead. And for those who say it was a defensive replacement for Manny, you’re wrong because Reed Johnson was on deck with Ethier at the plate.
how nice would it be if park can get a torn hamstring in the next few days and aj tear up his elbow again and have him pavanoed the rest of his contract
Does a hyperextended left knee mean DL time for Clay?
Torre has so little faith in our offense coming back that he sends out Weaver to get us out
Torre must be shocked when he read the scouting report that we rarely come back in games anymore.
“Hope” he doesn’t hit someone and injure them !
In 38 games last year as a reliever, the Phillies used park 9 times for multiple innings.
Joe G has already tried 7 times.
This would of been a good spot to have Posada pinch hit for Cervelli. Cervelli seems to have lost his magic.
Hate to say it but after watching Pavano pitch a shutout against the Mets today, I would sure as hell take him over Burnett.
Cervelli is totally useless up there at home plate now.
Pitchers have figured out how to get him out, you can’t get lucky forever if you can’t hit the ball past shallow outfield.
This is why I’m totally shocked that they are content to have all of these games of Posada DH’ing and Cervelli catching. Cervelli is an automatic out pretty much at the plate right now. If Nick Johnson is going to be out until August, then what is the harm in letting Montero play every day, splitting time between DH/C with Posada and getting some experience hitting ML pitching?
I think that most team’s scouting reports say they rarely come back from a 5-run deficit in the last two innings. Cause, you know, it doesn’t happen much. To anyone.
“Does a hyperextended left knee mean DL time for Clay?”
Depends if there is ligament damage.
Matt,
The reason they never come back is they refuse to have good ABs in succession. If Swisher draws a walk, Tex swings at junk when he is ahead in the count and strikes out. Or Posada swings at the first pitch with runners on (as we saw last inning) or they refuse to talk walks when they have 3-ball counts.
They are just overanxious at the plate and refuse to take what the pitcher gives them. A huge change from last season. A lot of that might have to do with Damon/Matsui who were two excellent professional hitters. But Tex/Jeter/ARod are much worse this year too.
They usually do get guys on base, but they never get the big hit to drive them in or put them ahead. Last year’s team came back so often. It felt like they were never out of any game. I remember they were down 5 runs to Toronto with Joba on the mound and we came back the next inning and scored 6. We used to do that almost every game. This year, 3 runs seem like 10.
“Hate to say it but after watching Pavano pitch a shutout against the Mets today, I would sure as hell take him over Burnett.”
Pavano wasn’t terrible, when he was on the mound.
There’s a problem in that statement, of course. And that’s why Burnett has actually been a better investment.
glad to see weaver up to his old self
“Hate to say it but after watching Pavano pitch a shutout against the Mets today, I would sure as hell take him over Burnett.”
I would sign up for that in an instant. People are mad at Pavano because he faked an injury, who cares? He is 10x more consistent pitcher Burnett is. He has as many wins as CC for a reason, he is good.
Don’t think the words Burnett and “investment” go together right now.
I think Torre owed it to us to leave Weaver in longer.
Just so you know, Matt, I’m listening to Steiner’s broadcast. And I watched the FSN Arizona broadcasts for parts of the D-Backs series.
Unfortunately for your theories, they talk incessantly about how *dangerous* the offense is, and how careful the pitchers had to be.
Torre has his flaws as a manager. We sure found that out. But his baseball intelligence, and more importantly, his patience and perspective, are vastly superior to yours.
When Burnett was signed, he wasn’t the model of durability either.
Hindsight, but how could they have signed Burnett when they knew he was this up and down? When he is bad, he takes you out of games.
The guy can’t have a 5 IP, 4 ER performance like Vazquez did the other day when he had nothing on the mound?
No, it has to be 3 IP, 6 ER
The people here are correct about Matt being a boorish idiot, he talks alot and says little
Exactly. If a guy draws a walk, why would you swing at the first pitch right afterwards with runners on base unless the guy is known to throw a ton of strikes?
What they did against Dontrelle Willis was just disgraceful in Arizona, and a primary example of why they are struggling to sustain consistent offense. He would have probably walked home 3 or 4 runs in that first if they just let him, but every time they got to a 3-1 or 3-2 count they either ran into an out or helped him out by chasing pitches.
This team sometimes refuses to take pitches, even in spots in which it makes very good sense to do so. They are overaggressive at the plate, especially with runners on base, and they get themselves out.
Matt must be following a different Yankees team than I am. My Yankees are in first place with more runs than anyone else. It doesn’t seem like it should be out of the grasp of most people to understand that no team will go undefeated and that most times when they are defeated it is not going to be pretty. It is tedious to scroll through post after post which attempts to make clear just how awful the Yankees are when they are losing.
I also find it interesting that he does not bother to go chapter and verse explaining hoe the Yankees have managed to win their games, as if it is all due to some kind of happenstance.
And look here at Girardi overmanaging once again.
Huffman pinch hitting for Curtis because the lefty is on the mound. The pitcher’s spot is due up in 2 batters. If you are going to have a rally and a chance to come back, then you have to have Pena or Russo hit in a crucial spot.
So let’s think about what is the better option. Huffman and Russo/Pena, or Curtis and Huffman? Tough one, I’m just totally scratching my head over this one.
Joe Torre is still an idiot with bullpens.
Have a feeling Bustnett is hiding an injury. At no point in his career has he had a stretch this bad.
He usually has 3-4 bad games, then goes on a tear for 2 months. This year, he had a good start to the season and has sucked for the past 6 weeks.
Rich on NJ
Lol. I agree that Torre owed the Yankees a longer shot at Weaver.
So let’s think about what is the better option. Huffman and Russo/Pena, or Curtis and Huffman? Tough one, I’m just totally scratching my head over this one.
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Gotta agree with that one!
Dodgers have a quality bullpen. Just Kuo and Broxton alone are better than anything else outside of Mo that we have.
Girardi overmanaging again pinch hitting Huffman for Curtis. He is so scared of a lefty lefty match up. Maybe he didn’t see that Sherill has a 6 era. Is Huffman a hall of famer or why exactly was that move made? Let’s see what Colin can do.
“My Yankees are in first place with more runs than anyone else.”
Boston surpassed us last week, FYI.
Darn, Huffman finally hit one hard, and got nothing.
Here comes Broxton. Maybe he’s due. He’s not Mariano, after all. We know what happened the last time a portly, hard-throwing Dodgers’ closer was anointed the next Mo.
# Minny Bob June 26th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Have a feeling Bustnett is hiding an injury. At no point in his career has he had a stretch this bad.
He usually has 3-4 bad games, then goes on a tear for 2 months. This year, he had a good start to the season and has sucked for the past 6 weeks.
Hes still throwing hard.
“I don’t wish injury on anyone, but I hope he misses a couple of starts, just so he doesn’t overtake Phil in the win column (though he will do that today if their pen holds on)…..”
Phil doesn’t need a handicap in order to be better and Ws are a poor stat with which to judge a pitcher.
And btw, he won’t because he only pitched 1 inning.
How bad does Torre want this game? Bringing in his closer with a 5 run lead…Really pathetic.
Doreen from Deerfield beach
Where’s Deerfield beach?
Dodgers have an excellent pen and Torre brings in Jeff Weaver lol You can’t make this stuff up
Either way, he is lucky the offense has been shell-shocked since Burnett blew it, or he would have been screwed.
Doreen,
Runs totals are completely deceptive. You can score a ton of runs one day and then have dead bats for the next game or two and your run totals will look good still.
There is no denying that this team has trouble fighting back in games this year. Nobody expects them to go undefeated, and making such a statement on your part makes you look pretty full of yourself. While they will not win every game, great teams do not have many games in which you feel like they have no chance to win. Last year’s team lost games, but they usually made them interesting by fighting back late.
This year’s team falls behind and you just feel like they have little chance of winning. There’s a difference between losing a game and looking lifeless, and losing a tough game in which you played them tough and got beaten in the end. Which one do you think today is?
captain unclutch is overmatched once again
I wish Mariano was 10 years younger then we could use him for 4 and 5 outs routinely and avoid Joba.
“Lol. I agree that Torre owed the Yankees a longer shot at Weaver.”
It’s reunion weekend and he made Jeff leave the party early.
Matt, you are in no place to be lecturing people about “looking full of themselves.”
It’s game 74. What part of that can you not comprehend?
Jeter sure got old quick.
wow jeter looks old, 20 million for 4 years in the offseason? i don’t think so – not if the yankees want to be competitive in 3 years
torre knows this is probably the only game the dodgers can win. that’s why he’s shooting all the bullets.
wow jeter’s been looking terrible lately it’s a double play or a strikeout.
nat,
Did you expect anything less? Jeter is proving that 36 yr old short stops are extinct.
No way can he catch up to Broxton’s 100 MPH heat. Too old for that.
When Jeter struggles, it’s usually because he’s playing with a nagging injury.
Jay
Brain freeze. I meant to type more wins not more runs. Sorry.
Torre using his closer with a 5 run lead to get a 4 out save
He probably wants to brag about this win to the media
Jeter sure got old quick.
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Just yesterday he looked 35. Today? 36
Doreen,
Why am I going to explain how they win games? That it incredibly obvious.
If their starter is lights out, they win. If their starter has anything worse than an average day, they have almost no chance of winning the game.
It’s almost too predictable.
You have to be able to win in more ways than lights out pitching and swinging for the fences. When you face pitchers who can keep the ball down and suddenly find you can’t hit home runs, you have to be able to score runs in many ways, and so far this team hasn’t.
Looking blindly at stats and trying to draw conclusions from them makes for a weak argument at best. Even the baseball stat heads will admit that not everything in baseball can be quantified in a statistic. Use your eyes as well as stats and you will see what is going on at times.
Jeter is definitely going to be an interesting case. He’ll likely finish with much better numbers. But he’s got 2-3 years tops left at last year’s level of offensive production. And his defense could slip at any moment.
The Yankees may already be regretting A-Rod’s contract, as the previously injury-proof superstar has been anything but. It’s a risky business, these long, expensive contracts.
Going to be fun paying the declining shortstop $20 million a year for ages 37 through 40.
That is a great way to spend money. Guy can’t even catch up to a fastball anymore.
Jeter will swing at anything these days. Pitchers know how to apporach him 0-2 just expand the zone. It’s funny his strike zone is exactly how Cano’s used to be. Jeter never used to swing at such garbage.
Matt It’s not Doreen who is full of herself, it’s you being full of manure….You’re a wind bag with zero credibility
This is the worst Yankee bench of all time. Yikes.
Time for a phantom injury for Burnett.
Maybe ‘Sand in Snatchiticis’?
Mr. T. rubbed the Yankees’ nose in poo by bringing in Jeff Weaver. Good on him…. I guess.
Great now we have to watch Matsui hit a grand slam.
I hate to say it, but watching Jeter there reminded me of Randy Winn against Papelbon. Just completely overmatched and lacking bat speed.
Jeter has looked like that a lot this season. But then again, how many SS are his age in baseball today?
SS is a young man’s game. Such a demanding position. Players just don’t stay productive this late into their careers in the post steroid era.
LOL Pat M………..
Kevin MIllar be quiet.
“Why am I going to explain how they win games? That it incredibly obvious.”
So is 99.9% of why they lose games and you explain that.
Best record in baseball doesn’t mean anything in Matt’s world of whiffle ball
wow and look at that, hideki matsui with a grand slam, why doesn’t our DH do that? Oh thats right he’s on the disabled list
“Great now we have to watch Matsui hit a grand slam.”
He is one of the main reason the offense is as inconsistent as it is.
Losing Sui has sucked. Guy knew how to hit and hit in big spots. He would never be pinch hit for against Kuo
“It’s almost too predictable.”
Matt said that.
If the Yanks give Jeter more than 2 years they are crazy. He is 36 years old, his defense is average and his offense is slipping. If they had the DH spot open it wouldn’t be a big deal but they don’t.
“The Yankees may already be regretting A-Rod’s contract, as the previously injury-proof superstar has been anything but. It’s a risky business, these long, expensive contracts.”
Cash regretted it from the moment it was signed because he was against it.
That’s on the brothers Steinbrenner.
That said, A-Rod is far from done, but I wouldn’t want to be paying huge money at 40 and older.
They need to be much smarter with Jeter.
Yanks have left 9 on base since 3rd inn, including two on base in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th innings.
From Sweeny
So funny… the day Matsui hits his 10th HR (as many as our cleanup hitter), his replacement is hitting .240 and gets pinch hit for.
can’t make this stuff up
Rich in nj
I am visiting my folks In Florida.
Matt
I do not get all twisted up by the exact way they lose.
Pat,
Really? Because lecturing someone about how a team can’t go undefeated just because they point out that a team is not playing well in certain situations is not someone being full of themselves?
I could have sworn that lecturing and talking down to someone was not normally respectful behavior? Or I could be missing something?
You guys think you are the best fans in the world because you don’t ever get upset when the team plays poorly? I’ll give you a hint: Someone who has no emotional investment in a team is not a fan of said team. If you aren’t frustrated because you know they are better than this, you are either deluding yourself or not as much a fan as you think.
There is a difference between bridge jumping and being realistic. The team has not been coming back in games this year, the bullpen has been erratic, and they have been inconsistent at times. That’s what’s happened on the field. If you can’t see that, then you aren’t watching the games hard enough. That doesn’t mean the season is over, and none of us are saying that. However, they need to play better than this if they want to sustain it over the course of a season.
We know they are better, and we expect more from them than what we are getting. That is why we are frustrated with what we are seeing, because we are FANS, not because we hate them.
Make no mistake. The Dodgers need wins.
I guess I’m the only person here who has never read one of Matt’s posts.
“This is the worst Yankee bench of all time. Yikes.”
Oh please. The mid-2000s were worse. At least the bench players are young guys.
Doreen
Great. You’re very lucky. Enjoy.
If the Yanks play hard ball with Jeter, he will go join Torre in Los Angeles.
Better be careful about insulting him with a 2 yr offer. If you don’t give him 4/$100, he is going to walk.
Can’t ask a player of his stature to take a paycut or a 2 yr deal.
The Nick Johnson move has really ended up as a worst-case scenario. I don’t think anyone believes Cashman made the right choice there. Could bring him back as a DH time this offseason. He’s a free agent, right?
“If the Yanks play hard ball with Jeter, he will go join Torre in Los Angeles.”
Not a chance. The Dodgers can even sniff a contract that’s anywhere near that high.
Insults go both ways. A ridiculous demand from him is an insult as well.
Wow, Matsui hit a grand slam; if he strikes out the next time you see him, will you be crying in your coffee then?
The team does have definite flaws, but then there are NO great teams out there – they all have flaws.
Jeter is not having a great year, nor are Tex and Alex. The pen is completely unreliable outside of Mo……….I do like Robertson, but he’s not completely trustworthy yet and I’m waiting and seeing on Joba.
The offense, no matter what it’s numbers, just is inconsistent.
However, though flawed, they are (right now anyway) less flawed than their competition.
A-Rod’s contract is not as bad as Jeter’s next one will be
A-Rod is still a very good hitter. Not an elite one anymore, not a slugger anymore, but a very good hitter. Can still drive the ball, takes his walks, hits doubles, hits for a high average, and will continue to hit 20-30 HRs every year.
Jeter is a singles hitter with no patience, no speed, and no pop in his bat.
A-Rod can still hit in a prominent spot in the lineup as his numbers slip. Jeter’s numbers indicate he should be hitting 8th.
Can’t have a 36 year old short stop who hits .280, doesn’t hit for power, steal bases, or walk, or play defense. What does he do exactly? Sell tickets?
“The Nick Johnson move has really ended up as a worst-case scenario. I don’t think anyone believes Cashman made the right choice there. Could bring him back as a DH time this offseason. He’s a free agent, right?”
Not really. They are in first place with a great offense. They may have him back by the late in the season, which is when they really need him.
Matt, go stand in the corner for awhile, you’re like a child who just doesn’t stop talikng , especially in a room full of adults
“Time for a phantom injury for Burnett.”
Like Met pitcher Oliver Perez. Another head case.
“If you don’t give him 4/$100, he is going to walk.”
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Yeah ok. Jeter isn’t going anywhere. The Dodgers can’t afford him and I am sure he would enjoy playing infront of fans who don’t care about baseball. I really doubt the Yanks would be that stupid to give him 4 years. It would really hurt the team for the last 2 years of the deal.
Matt
You do not seem to be getting the message that this is not your personal baseball clinic that we have signed up for in order to get your tutelage on the way losing baseball games works.
I think it is just as obvious how and why this team loses.
I also think it is interesting you have no desire to compliment this team when it wins even in the most cursory fashion but are oh so quick to point out their faults.
“The Nick Johnson move has really ended up as a worst-case scenario. I don’t think anyone believes Cashman made the right choice there. Could bring him back as a DH time this offseason. He’s a free agent, right?”
I hope they do bring Matsui back. This team could use his professional ABs, power, and clutch hitting.
The NJ move was doomed from the start. Sign a guy who has been on the DL 10 straight years. Brilliant.
The nature of offenses are they are inconsistent. If they weren’t, guys would be batting 1.000.
is it me or are david robertson’s pants really tight?
as for jeter leaving to go to LA – if this is the jeter we will have to painfully see in the next 4 years and his ego won’t allow him to take a pay cut then eff him – the dodgers have a productive SS who is making $8 million dollars a year – paying a washed up jeter 20 million for 4 years AND having a budget will spell doom for the yankees in 2 years – maybe less
Matsuii must have thought it was his birthday and not Jeter’s.
“The offense, no matter what it’s numbers, just is inconsistent.”
Exactly.
That is what the stat-heads do not understand.
They throw out the runs scored total as if it means anything.
That is like saying a pitcher is good based on win total.
Actually, I can’t wait until the 2nd half when they go on a 40-15 tear…Maybe then we’ll be spared of all this nonsense…..
Again, stop citing overall stats and thinking that is any bit indicative of how they are playing.
They are winning a ton of low scoring games in which they are letting mediocre pitchers off the hook and getting unbelievable pitching. When the pitching slumps even a little bit, they struggle, as we saw in May.
They have a great record, but they are not playing as well as it would indicate. Even look at the recent games on this mini 3 game winning streak.
They won 2-1 last night and couldn’t tack on crucial runs in the middle of that game that may have given them some breathing room (Granderson at bat was a primary example). I don’t know if they win that game if a starter other than CC Sabathia is on the mound.
The last game in Arizona? Rivera escaped bases loaded no outs, but how often can you rely on that kind of job? They had 2 on and no outs after the Granderson HR and Jeter hit into a rally killing DP. Extra runs there could have been the difference in that game.
In the 2nd game of Arizona, they went out there and gave back a lead and let Haren off the hook inning after inning. The game was only a one run game until the 8th inning. They finally did the job and tacked on the late runs to open it up in that one, but failed throughout most of that game.
You make it a lot harder to win games if you are inconsistent offensively. They are basically riding the pitching right now and a few booms from the offense. When the pitching is not perfect, they have a tough time finding other ways to win. They had an unbelievable stretch against the worst teams in baseball in the beginning of the month, but besides that have been very streaky since April and have not been the dominant team their record would suggest.
Matt,
Why do you always show up to say negative stuff about the team?
The pinch hitters in the 8th and 9th innings are really impressive.
It’s way too early to say Alex isn’t an elite hitter, for pete’s sake. Just based on less than 1/2 a year? He was damn elite when he got his rest last year and he was elite in the post-season.
lol
Basket-case AJ gives up 6 runs and doesn’t make it out of the 4th inning and people are blaming the offense.
Yes, this offense is not the 2009 one that came back seemingly every night and could overcome bad games from the starter.
However, when AJ takes you out of games in start after start, you can’t expect the offense to keep coming back.
“is it me or are david robertson’s pants really tight?”
This should be the primary topic of conversation. Well done.
Exactly China Doll, that is exactly what these people don’t get.
If I score 15 runs, 3 runs, and 2 runs in a 3 game series, I’ve scored 20 runs in 3 games (6.67 per game). But would anyone think that it was a good offensive performance in that series? No way. With such run totals, they probably lose 2/3 of those games.
No, only your posts fit that statement !
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# the gay Yankee fan June 26th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Jeter sure got old quick.
Ugly game. If they win the series tomorrow, it won’t mean anything, except that Burnett is still struggling.
Let’s go Pettitte!
This is a game Yankees need to forget.
A-Rod is on pace for a Matsui 2005 type season
Is that elite?
Pujols is elite. Melky Cabrera is elite.
A-Rod is not. What, is he going to hit 30 HRs in the 2nd half? Hitters don’t get better at his age.
its on cashman for thinking he could replace both matsui and damon – 2 winners – with nick johnson, the king of losers, and platoon players like granderson, thames and randy winn
In do believe I called this crap !!! Along with Fred Sanford
At least they get a chance to see Broxton up close and personal for tomorrow night
If Mariano or CC give up a 2-R HR yesterday…. people are killing the offense. They pitched unbelievably, so all is well.
If they don’t get get a great pitched game, they rarely win. Look at that last Arizona game, it was like getting our teeth pulled to claw out a couple runs against their horrid bullpen.
And again, if we lost that game, people are not blaming MO, they are blaming Jeter for his horrible DP and not tacking on runs.
We only post when they are losing because we are using the blog to vent frustration with poor performances on the field. Unlike some of you, we don’t take this blog so seriously that we get insulted by anyone who dares come on and doesn’t schmooze with everyone else and nod their heads in agreement with everything the “blog police” puts forth.
How dare you question our fandom based on the fact that we are critical of the team. We care about their performance so we get upset when we don’t see them do well. That is what being a fan is all about. Some of us take it more seriously than others, that doesn’t mean that we aren’t fans as well.
Get over yourselves and stop thinking you are better than the rest of us. You claim to know us and that we aren’t fans based on venting posts when they lose? That’s what happens when you try to exert your perceived superiority over everyone else on the blog.
Here comes the obligatory ninth inning tease by the Yanks. :rolleyes:
Pujols is elite AND has always been juiced !!! Another Dominican “milkshake” user and I’m sure that includes our beloved Cano !!!
“Melky Cabrera is elite”
Think you meant Miguel.
Matt June 26th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Exactly China Doll, that is exactly what these people don?t get.
If I score 15 runs, 3 runs, and 2 runs in a 3 game series, I?ve scored 20 runs in 3 games (6.67 per game). But would anyone think that it was a good offensive performance in that series? No way. With such run totals, they probably lose 2/3 of those games.
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or you’d lose all 3 if aj burnett pitches the game where you scored 15 runs
But Matt they are winning over 60 % of their games…..Game’s over and so are you, thankfully
“It’s way too early to say Alex isn’t an elite hitter, for pete’s sake. Just based on less than 1/2 a year? He was damn elite when he got his rest last year and he was elite in the post-season.”
Well, if 30/100 is elite, there are lot of “elite” players in baseball.
Tex hit 39/119 last year… is he elite?
I guess we have different definitions of “elite”.
Thanks Furcal…Against the Yanks you bust your butt.
Alex is hurt and playing at 70-80% that is why his production is down. His power numbers being down has nothing to do with him getting older or “losing” it. When he gets healthy in the second half he will be the regular Arod. Arod has an excuse Tex doesn’t. Tex loses his timing from bat to bat and game to game. He just can’t be consistent.
Matt
You also don’t seem to get that just because I don’t want to deal with
That should have been a hit!!
The specifics of every at bat in a loss does not mean I do not care when they lose. However, I like to think I have a sense of perspective.
Also, did you say I was a stat- head?????? Because I look at number of wins versus losses?
And like some people are saying, people are looking at things only from the perspective of winning and losing and missing the bigger picture.
Winning a game 2-1 is nice, but they still had a terrible offensive performance. Some days your pitching isn’t that good, and then you need a good offensive performance to pick it up. The problem is that the majority of the time, it only goes one way- the pitching picking up the hitting.
Scoring 8 runs in the Halladay game was nice, but then they went out and got shut down by mediocre pitchers the next 2 games. I don’t expect them to score 6 runs every single game, but scoring 4 or 5 usually is good enough. Today it wasn’t, but they had 5 innings after Burnett came out and scored zero times, so it was still a failure.
4 runs in the first 3 and nothing afterwards is still a bad job despite the number of runs on the board. Even when the Phillies creamed Burnett, they got no hit by Gaudin and Logan. Is that a good offensive performance? Not really, the Yankees almost came back and they should have had a ton more than they did.
New thread….Matt you stay here and listen to youself talk
Long time fan June 26th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
No, only your posts fit that statement !
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Idiot.
Girardi leaving AJ to sac bunt in the 4th being down 1 run with runners on the corners is one of the dumbest moves I’ve ever seen.
I’ve been saying for 2 years he’s a bad manager. The team won last year in spite of him, with great overall talent. Girardi is a good motivator, good with the media, but terrible at in game decisions.
Matt
But the big picture is that they are winning a big majority of their games and no matter what they are never going to win all their games.
It makes little difference if those losses are pretty or ugly. If they were losing a majority of their games it would be different story.
You keep citing their record, but keep in mind that they had an out of this world start in April. They haven’t been the same team since the middle of May.
This is my point that I keep trying to make. They are not playing like a .630 team on the field. On average they have been a .630 team, but they have not been playing like a .630 team for over a month. They have been more like a .550-.575 team over that stretch, which is a disappointment given the talent they have on the field.
Other than that stretch against Houston, Baltimore, and Cleveland, they have been incredibly streaky since they took 2 out of 3 in Fenway in early May.
Look at the playoffs last year. Cano was a .320 hitter in the regular season, but he wasn’t hitting like one in the playoffs. So even though his stats were good on the whole, he was in the middle of a bad stretch and wasn’t playing like one. Right now, the Yankees are not playing like the dominant team that their record would suggest they are.
Kuo the man, a key to the win today and the future Dodgers.