Game 108: Yankees vs. Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 06, 2010 
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YANKEES (67-40)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Lance Berkman DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Javier Vazquez (9-7, 4.61)
Vazquez vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (62-47)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Marco Scutaro SS
David Ortiz DH
Victor Martinez C
Adrian Beltre 3B
J.D. Drew RF
Mike Lowell 1B
Ryan Kalish LF
Jed Lowrie 2B
RHP Clay Buchholz (11-5, 2.59)
Buchholz vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m. / MY9 and MLB Network
UMPIRES: HP Bruce Dreckman, 1B Jerry Layne, 2B Mike Winters, 3B Hunter Wendelstedt
WEATHER: Temperatures in the 80s, dropping into the 70s during the game. Right now the wind is blowing in. Not a cloud in the sky and practically no chance of rain.
DANGEROUS COMBINATION: Keep an eye on Adrian Beltre tonight. He’s having an outstanding season, and he’s done some damage against Javier Vazquez in the past. Beltre is a career .441 hitter (15-for-34) against Vazquez, with two home runs and three doubles.
GOOD NUMBERS: The Yankees have hit a two-run home run in each of their past three games and four of their past six. They’ve scored in the first inning in eight of their past 10 home games.
SOUNDS FAMILIAR: This is the second year in a row that the Yankees are hosting the Red Sox for a four-game series August 6 through 9. Last year the Yankees swept the series, outscoring the Red Sox 25-8.
UPDATE, 7:20 p.m.: One David Ortiz home run later, the Yankees are down 1-0 heading into the bottom of the first.
UPDATE, 7:21 p.m.: Lead-off single by Derek Jeter moves him into a tie with Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list.
UPDATE, 7:30 p.m.: This is the fourth consecutive game the Yankees have hit a two-run home run in the first inning. It was Teixeira this time, and the Yankees are up 2-1.
UPDATE, 7:35 p.m.: A lot of things wrong there. How does Cervelli drop that ball? Why is Vazquez in the way? It’s an E-2 to put runners at the corners with one out in the second.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: Bases-loaded walk and a two-run double, both with two outs. Not a good inning for Vazquez. Red Sox are in front 4-2 with the bases loaded.
UPDATE, 8:20 p.m.: Not much Yankees offense since that Teixeira home run. Still 4-2 in the fourth.
UPDATE, 8:29 p.m.: That’s the first time Granderson has grounded into a double play this season, and only the second time he’s grounded into one the past two years.
UPDATE, 8:55 p.m.: Joba Chamberlain warming in the bullpen in the sixth inning. Meanwhile, Ryan Kalish just went deep to push the Red Sox lead to 6-3. That’s his first career home run.
UPDATE, 9:03 p.m.: Here’s Chamberlain. Not a good night for Vazquez.
UPDATE, 9:35 p.m.: Not many updates. Sorry about that. I’ve gotten busy with newspaper stuff. Anyway, it’s 6-3 here in the Bronx. Joba Chamberlain and Kerry Wood have kept it there, but the Yankees haven’t been able to score the past two innings.
blake
I think it?s because teams are locking up young players now. Times have changed you can?t depend on Free Agency alone to solve problems.
That why the Yankees were lucky to get Tex, CC and Burnett in one year because the chances of that happening again is slim to none.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/new-.....id=5441952
Q: Which team, as constructed, will have the best chance to win in October: the Yankees, Red Sox or Rays?
McDonald: It’s the Red Sox, believe it or not. When Boston’s starting rotation is healthy and productive, it’s one of the best in the game, and that’s what helps a club win in October. The Sox bullpen, however, is suspect and that could be a problem. Offensively, if leadoff hitter Jacoby Ellsbury can contribute and once Pedroia returns to the lineup, the Red Sox could make some noise in the postseason. They have to get there first, however, something that’s very much in doubt.
Matthews: Probably the Rays, who are the youngest of the three, have perhaps the best starting pitcher in David Price and have a good, reliable closer and setup men who can get him the baseball. All they lack is the experience of having gone all the way, which the Yankees and Red Sox have. As far as having the personnel and the ability to get not only to October but even to November, the Rays seem more durable and resilient than the Yankees and Red Sox.
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I think McDonald is closer to the truth than Matthews…………I somehow suspect the Yankees will be underdogs in the eyes of many pundits if they make the playoffs.
I will say this about the Red Sox. John Henry & Co. better make some moves because Red Sox fans no longer accept losing. After they won two titles and on top of that they pay the highest prices to watch a game in a antiquated ballpark.
I can’t wait until this game is over………
Betsy
I don’t agree with anything the ESPN writers have to say. It’s nothing more than NESN part II.
They said the same thing about the Yankees last year not making it all the way.
It’s never interesting to praise the Big Dog.
It’s why media Q&A’s are a waste of space.
McDonald does not write for ESPN, he covers the Sox; I happen to agree with him about the pitching……..Jeremy, I know you are preternaturally inclined to not give the Sox any credit.
It’s not like either of them said anything outlandish, though I’m not sure what Wally means by the Rays being more resilient than the other teams.
Good announcers tonight.
Who answered the first part of that, Betsy? Ronald McDonald?
GB, I think the Sox first 3 pitchers are outstanding………..I can’t disagree with him on that.
I guess I’m Mrs. McDonald, lol
Betsy
I give the Sox credit for sticking around especially their offense. But unlike you I don’t give too much credit to the opposition when they don’t deserve it. ESPN is nothing more than an extension of NESN. Almost all of their writers are Red Sox fans.
And the Red Sox pitching staff is not that great. Beckett is a homerun machine, Lackey is average, Dice-k usually only lasts 5 innings. If anything the Rays have the best pitching staff not the Sox.
The Devil Rays are going to be tested without Pena’s power and if anybody else get’s hurt, they are in deep trouble. They don’t have the all around depth to cover that, too.
Buchholz and Lester are really good. I give the Sox credit for having a good offense and having two good pitchers.
What was Cervelli jumping up from behind the plate to do? He could have cost us a strike there.
who cares what some lame writer thinks? 75% of those guys have no business even watching this sport for fun, let alone making a living writing about it. their predictions are empty and meaningless.
Jeremy
I agree. Lester is a star. Buchholz, he’s good, not great, despite his season of success this year. Beckett is good, and Lackey is good, but not great.
no excuse to lose the series to Sux. Even split is OK.
My9 bad magic to Yanks again?
Ortiz looked like he was stretching his leg out. He must have used some extra juice in that needle tonight!
CR9
Right ! Stats don’t lie. The rays have the best pitching staff right now.
And the juice paid off. Fill ‘er up.
????? I thought papi sucked this year???
should have walked this ugly man
Jeremy, I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on what is “too much” credit. Beckett is not a HOFer, but he’s still a very good pitcher………inconsistent? Yes at times, but very capable of dominating. Lester? Nuff said………Buchholz is excellent. You say this stuff about Dice K and Lackey, but AJ is awful, and I don’t trust Javy in a big spot – that has nothing to do with 2004 at all. His stuff just isn’t that good. Phil is Phil – he’s not an ace yet, he’s a #5 starter for this year and this year is what we are talking about. You have to be consistent; it’s not fair to knock the Sox’ weak links and not the Yankees.
Terrible pitch from Javy. Can’t throw that there and expect it to NOT get hammered.
Wow, big surprise.
You would think the Yankee pitching staff would know how to pitch to Ortiz by now.
I can’t wait till he is gone.
“Out of respect for the M?s, its unlikely Cliff would have just come out and said ?I?m outta here come November?..”
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Actually… (back in May 1)
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports......riners.php
The typical Javy start.. He seems to give up an early from from HR or just hits, then he settles down, but come one Ortiz.. Only FB in that sequence and he pipes right down the middle of the plate!
Vazquez. Great against bad teams.
He got away with pitches in bad locations the entire inning.
Only a matter of time before it was going to hurt him.
Horrible job by Vazquez. He has to be better than this or it’s going to be a short night for him.
20 HR from Vazquez on the year. Just way too much.
Red Sox should have to wear red not blue
the fact that Michael Kay calls this steroid loser Big Papi says all you need to know about Michael Kay.
How can you call a steroid user from your chief rival Big Papi
Serious question. When’s the last time they hit Ortiz?
Damn you guys are hoping on Javy already.
“The typical Javy start.. He seems to give up an early “run” from HR’s or just hits, then he settles down, but come on Ortiz.. Only FB in that sequence and he pipes right down the middle of the plate!”
…hate damn typo’s
Betsy
I never hear you say one bad thing about the Sox. That analysis you just gave made the Yankees sound like a 3rd place team and the Sox a 1st place team.
And yes Dice-k is average and Lackey is average. The same could be said about Burnett and Javy.
# Ace August 6th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Serious question. When’s the last time they hit Ortiz?
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no, they refuse to do so. That’s a sucker’s tradition from Joe Torre era.
Jeremy
Betsy can be ridiculous sometimes. If she ain’t worryin’, she ain’t breathin’. It’s best to not respond sometimes.
Jeter’s been tearing the cover off the ball lately.. Good sign going into the stretch run!
Jeremy, I guess we’re never going to agree on this…………time will tell.
Good job by Jeter !
Yes, you need Betsy on IGNORE. Permanently.
This gun is off by about 3 MPH.
Just flew out weakly on a 2-0 count. another 2-0 count wasted.
as always, this blog is unreadable during a Yankees-Sox game when the Sox are ahead by even a run. Enjoy your hatred, children.
struggling to find the strike zone, and we bailed him out.
Come on Tex..
All the reports of jeters demise? False
That would be great, because why would I want a person like CR to pay any attention to me? He has no business calling anyone out given the fact that he calls every non-Yankee a scumbag and accuses other teams of not trying against the Sox.
Tex crushed that
TEXXXXXX!
Yes !
SEE YA! TEX!
God I love this guy!… Great job Tex
omg, Tex is HOT!!
nuff said
Am I the only person who finds it slightly irritating when announcers comment on how Nick Swisher got to be an All-Star this year? Its kinda seems almost like they’re trying to diminish him going or something.
Personally, I think its kinda refreshing that someone wanted to go badly enough to campaign for it. But that’s just me.
Tex says ill take that hanger and deposit it over the fence.
Go Tex!! I hope more runs actually follow the 1st inning homerun.
601 tonight?
Tex!!!! Nice blast. Javier has to step it up now.
It is written in the scrolls that the Yankees will hit a 2-run HR in the first inning.
Aaaaaand Bucholtz returns the favor with another mistake pitch. Middle of the plate, no movement cutter, and Mark was all over it.
When Mark’s on, his swing is a thing of beauty. I’d watch the guy take BP all day.
Lowell got surprised there, but still got it
Man Robbie can hit.
Hopefully the day off helped Cano, I think he was someone who definitely needed it.
Am I the only person who finds it slightly irritating when announcers comment on how Nick Swisher got to be an All-Star this year? Its kinda seems almost like they’re trying to diminish him going or something.
Personally, I think its kinda refreshing that someone wanted to go badly enough to campaign for it. But that’s just me.
Ahhhh the squabbling, lol. Why did I post here again? lol
And Berkman continues to fail . . .
2-16.. First pitch weak ground ball to 2nd. Hmm!.. Will he resemble any part of his old self during his stay here?
Laird is 0-1
Montero is 1-1 with a double and scored on Vazquez’ RBI double.
4 straight games with a 2 run homer in the bottom of the first. Yanks lost the first two, now let’s hope they win the next two. Nice response by Tex there.
don’t know if he’s always done it, but I don’t like Berkman’s closed stance. i hope he heats up and proves me wrong, but i would open my stance a little if i were him. if it’s something he’s always done in his career, ok he’s had some great success, but he looks really stiff up there right now.
Berkman is all upper body when he swings, he doesn’t use his legs at all. I wonder if he has always hit like that or just now because his knee is shot.
NYY fan in NH — “old self” are the operative words. Fat Elvis is cooked. I can’t wait until Girardi gets wise and sits his useless butt down.
Don’t worry about Berkman. Berkmania will be arriving soon!
At what point do you consider another DH option over Berkman? While it’s unfair to say he’s washed up or anything like that, he certainly doesn’t have enough credit to stick with him for too long.
Looks like we got Bad Javy tonight
How did he even hit that pitch ? lol
Roid user Beltre hopped on the needles of Ortiz this season!
Beltre better not accept his $5 million up to $10 million option. He’s having an MVP season at a prime offensive position. Boras is the agent.
Some bad outfield positioning. The man is a pull hitter with 20 bombs.
# NYY fan in NH August 6th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Looks like we got Bad Javy tonight
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Are you kidding me? Did you see where that pitch was that Beltre hit? The guy was practically falling on his face and still managed to reach out and get that pitch into the gap.
That was a good pitch by Javy. It was an amazing double by Beltre.
Yanks can’t afford to waste a bat on a DH who can’t hit. That’s a power production spot in the order. Would have been perfect for Dunn, but would have cost some good players in return.
wth are they doing damn.
That can’t happen. Just can’t.
I dont understand. Why did the two idiots not figure out who was going to catch it, and let Cervelli catch it.
What are they doing ? Get your head into the game !
Cisco sucks.
Cervelli booted that.. Javy got in the way, but Cervelli booted that
Glad Cervelli is in there tonight for his defense.
And then MR. Hustle Cervelli didnt hustle, and go pick up the damn ball.
Cervelli totally can’t hit anymore and now he’s making mistakes in the field. throw into right field, this debacle of a play, sorry no player is perfect but when your hitting is so limited you CANT make mistakes like that. ever.
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I mean, right now Posada only can catch 1 game every week?
Terrible, TERRIBLE play by Cervelli, but it was facilitated by Javy wandering around on the field instead of getting out of his way. He had no business being where he was.
He needs a DP or a K here.. This isn’t good!
The pitcher usually never catches it.
What absolute morons. Vazquez should of got out of the way that is the catchers ball. Cervelli needs to wake up. For someone hitting .150 or so over the last 3 months he needs to wake up if he wants to be on this team. Once the ball dropped you need to pitck it up and make a throw.
Great sequence by Javy when he needed a K..
Hey Joe,
Why is Posada not catching in this big game? Enough of Cervelli already. He cannot hit and if he cannot field what good is he?
Did i miss something about Posada?
That’s more on Vazquez being in the way.
Either way, that ball has to be caught.
Ump missed that 2-0 pitch there
Vazquez needs to throw strikes especially to Lowrie. He is the easiest out in the lineup.
Sit him down Javy.. Big pitch here early in the game!
Leave Berkman Alone
There is absolutely no reason why the pitcher shouldn’t make that play. Its much easier for them than the catcher…..no matter, one of them has to take charge there and catch that ball.
What is the point of Cervelli being on this team?
2-0 pitch was way outside. I agree, it was on Vazquez for being in the way. The catcher catches that ball 99% of the time, but Cervelli should have caught it and at the least, should have gone to retrieve the ball.
He’s hanging pitches in the middle of the plate to everybody.
He’s really living on the edge.
walks the #9 hitter in Lowrie.. Just pathetic!
walk the no.9 hitter, good.
What a disaster. You can’t give this team extra outs…Eiland should come out to talk to him
overall this season Vazquez has been a disappointment. high ERA, giving up the most flyballs in his career, and his strikeouts are down also. and the walks are up. i mean we only gave up Melky but Vazquez has not really delivered on what he could have been.
Javy’s command is nonexistent so far tonight. He’s either hanging pitches over the middle of the plate, or coming no where near it. Gonna be a battle.
Staying in the way of a pop up and walking Jed Lowrie. Vazquez is just trying to hand the Red Sox some runs here.
Thanks for the reminder Costas
40 pitches already for Javy
Too afraid to throw the #9 hitter a fastball on a 3-2 pitch and he walks him. Just awful.
This is the Vazquez that leaves fans with little confidence in him. Rightly so.
“2-0 pitch was way outside. I agree, it was on Vazquez for being in the way. The catcher catches that ball 99% of the time, but Cervelli should have caught it and at the least, should have gone to retrieve the ball.”
that 2-0 pitch wasn’t way outside. It was just that Cervelli was set up inside, but that pitch was on the corner.
I see Javy didn’t get a cheap strike call on the outside corner.
Javy is scared, apparently.
Well I had a feeling that this would be a high scoring game.
This is stunningly pathetic.
What a waste! Boy, he sucks.
Javier in despair?
Get him out of the game.. This is 2004 all over again here.. Can’t pitch a big game with losing his composure.
Vazquez is another head case. Now he is scared to throw strikes. How do you walk Lowrie and Ellsbury???? Lowrie is awful and Ellsbury hasn’t had a hit since coming off the DL.
This game isn’t gonna be a fun one. We’re either going to win a high scoring affair, or get hammered to death. If this is what Javy is bringing tonight, we’re in for a long night, either way.
Terrible! This is the best team in baseball?
Vazquez is gutless.
Lets groove one here Javy?
# SJ44 August 6th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Too afraid to throw the #9 hitter a fastball on a 3-2 pitch and he walks him. Just awful.
This is the Vazquez that leaves fans with little confidence in him. Rightly so.
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i can’t say it any better SJ
i wish the yanks had a catcher who could catch a pop up. need a real backup
javy pathetic too
Vazquez won’ be in this game much longer if he doesn’t start throwing better strikes and stop nibbling. He is scared of the strike zone now and the poitches in the zone aren’t good.
Got to pull him now.
Hrs just too afraid to throw strikes.
Hard to understand why but, you can’t wait any longer.
He’s not up to the task.
And this is why Hughes should pitch in the postseason. Burnett and Javy are just all over the place.
I’d start warming Mitre if he doesn’t make this out.
almost 50 pitches in less than 2 innings.. Just plain terrible!
Eiland should of went out to the mound 2 batters ago. Vazquez is ready to crap in his pants.
SJ44,
Totally agree. He’s nibbling right now and his fastball is 86mph.
all because cervilli a loser
Ugh @ the pitch count.
Time to warm up the pen and get Javy out.
His delivery is so slow, going to be a long night
what a joke this guy is
he was crap for us in 2004 why would it be any different this year
some people just can’t cut it with this team no matter how good they do for other clubs
unreal
wow.
wow.
wow.
let’s hope the umpire keeps his small strike zone for Buchholz like he has for Javier.
This team sucks, Vazquez is batting practice.
Get rid of Cervelli tonite.
Man, he is awful. We are in trouble.
Ugh- and after Yanks took the lead.
Javy shows his true color in every big game, or against any good teams really.
We’re about to lose the game on a swing here.
Get what you can out of Vazquez. Mitre and Gaudin are both worse.
might as well get Javy out of there now and stick in somebody, give us a shot in this game.
Vmart will probably hit a grand slam. Vazquez is a joke, he will get booed off the mound later.
Has Vazquez even hit a spot yet? Even his strikes are not even close to where Cervelli is set up.
I bet Victor hits a GS. I’m closing my eyes.
This is stupid. Why walk Ortiz to face V-Mart who has power and he is batting from the left side.
Again, thanks for the great additions last year, Cashman
Javy is aiming the ball…..
Wow. Cervelli sets up outside, and that was on the inside corner. You can’t win when you pitch like that. Between his complete lack of command, and his wandering around like a drunk on that pop up, which has basically cost us 3 runs, his head’s just not in the game tonight. Martinez gets a hit here, we all might as well find something else to do tonight.
yeah sure, walk Ortiz and have Vmart bat with base loaded… that makes all the sense in the world. with a guy who having problem finding strike zone or too timid to .
Is it Vazquez or AJ on the mound? When things go bad those 2 crap their pants and give up.
Javy has no velocity tonight. He looks to out guile the competion. Good teams don’t swing they take pitches. He is vastly overrated. Cervelli is toast. I would rather have Moeller.
so much for all those injuries to the red sox lineup hurting their scoring abilities. they just went up there and stuck to the plan of taking pitches and working Javy.
Where was that pitch??????????? Maybe Buchholz will be treated likewise.
total joke of a noncall
should be 0-2
f this
Geesh these games are annoying. With a depleted lineup we’ve coughed up a lead 2X and it’s only the 2nd inning.
I just hope Bucholz doesn’t go into shutdown mode suddenly.
Stayed too long with him.
He was afraid from the first hitter of the game.
They keep him out there, he could give up 20 runs tonight.
Just an embarrassing performance against a shorthanded team.
He’s showing tonight that he can’t be on a post-season rotation.
He’s completely unreliable.
Strike zone is a bit interesting, at times.
That pitch was close too!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!
here comes a grand slam
Edge of implosion
Obviously Javy you’re not getting that low call for a strike.
Either he will walk him or he will hit the ball 500 feet. One or the other….
is not javy fualt cervilli can’t catch a pop up
He’ll be lucky to make it 4 innings.
…at the risk of sounding like an idiotic conspiracy theorist
This is still all about Cervelli and his inability to catch.
Amazing how fickle people are.
I don’t think Vazquez is afraid to throw strikes. You have a guy who’s pitching with diminished stuff and is still adjusting to throwing a fastball 2-3 MPH slower than he has his entire career. Its not his fault, its just a fact.
If Vazquez was such a headcase, he wouldn’t have pitched badly hurt for the second half in 2004 and he wouldn’t have had any shot of rebounding from the start he had this year.
He’s fine.
Vazquez blows. Mere mention of anything Red Sox and he craps in his pants. Doesn’t belong in the AL East. Send his ass back to Montreal.
What a joke…
So after he walks in a run they issue an IBB to Ortiz to get to Martinez? It worked out but was still incredibly stupid.
Complete luck that he got out of that inning. This is absurd. If you’re a coach how can you let a player like that go out there again? He doesn’t deserve the ball.
thank god
have to pause it for a while hopefully things will be better when i’m back
not too optimistic but if Javy can at all give us some decent innings 2 run defecit is nothing
Giving up early, are we Javy? Oh, well… let’s hope for a slugfest.
Public Service Announcement….for those who are done watching this dreadful game, a Reba episode is now airing on the Lifetime network….
Yeah, Vazquez is fine. I’d like to see him be fine for 7 innings on the bench.
Javy’s gotten squeezed a bit, but his pitches seem flat to me.
Lets get back in the game
God forbid if they had Pedroia and Pukilus
Public Service Announcement….for those who are done watching this dreadful game, a Reba episode is now airing on the Lifetime network….
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Yes, that sounds like just the show and TV network for some of the candyasses on here.
Javy better get it together because people already view him as a choker against the Red Sox because of 2004.
NYY fan
So far so good. The first pitch by Clay was a close pitch, called a ball.
Good news is he’s thrown 57 pitches, so he won’t last long either way.
If Posada is only going to catch 3 days a week then they will need to get a better back up catcher for next season. Cervelli can’t touch major league pitching and you can’t have him behind the plate this often. His energy isn’t so cute when he is hitting .100.
Vazquez is awful. He cannot be trusted. Don’t listen to any of his defenders. They don’t realize he is gutless. Just ask Ozzie.
Public Service Announcement….for those who are done watching this dreadful game, a Reba episode is now airing on the Lifetime network…
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Yes, that sounds like just the diversion and appropriate TV channel for some of the candy@sses currently posting on here.
Javy was pissed after Cervelli’s drop but he should have been able to recover but didn’t. I don’t like that he got ruffled but I do blame Cervelli for a stupid play. I don’t care whos where … You call for the damm ball and make the damm catch.
It’s the second inning…everybody chill out. Javy is not long fornthis game because of pitch count, so we are going to have to cobble together the putting and hope for lots of runs.
He’s not fine. He’s pitching backwards and is afraid to throw his fastball.
That’s not fine. That’s a guy who can’t pitch in thar games.
He even zoned out on the popup. That’s just embarrassing.
Pull him now while it’s a 2 run game.
Leave him out there? He will pitch you out of this game in the next 5-6 batters.
lol Mike Lowell can scoop a ball.
Just hope that inning didn’t knock the wind out of our offensive.
And Burnett better show up against the Sox this weekend. I’m actually getting tired of seeing him pitch for the yankees. He needs to start earning his money.
Our 6 through 9 is pretty awful
Look at it idiot Cervelli swinging for the fences. How many homers have ya hit in your career Frankie, 1?
Lets remember Cervelli in all this … terrible job by him.
Why canT Posada catch after an off day? Joe continues to go with lesser lineups.
Maybe if the Sox sweep Joe will show more urgency.
They have better pitching matchups in all games but tomorrow and CC has been struggling.
can Cervelli buy a hit now?
Watching Javy against good teams gives me zero confidence come playoff time. I would actually rather have Burnett out there if you ask me. Yes Burnett could implode but he gives you the potential of an absolute gem like game 2 of the world series last year. I know Javy has been very good since may but he nibbles against these teams way too much. He hasn’t looked good against Tampa all year and the Angels have hit him hard also. Just doesn’t look like his stuff is translating against these good teams.
Time to replace Cervelli with Montero…..
I agree that 3rd inning tells the story on Javy. Can’t stick with him long if we want to stay in the game.
And some here wondered why Cash went for Lee. Hello exhibit A
LOL, he can!
need to take pitches this inning, work counts, hopefully get on base, because javy needs a rest.
There’s Cervelli’s maximum power.
Burnett is way better than Javy and he can barely be trusted.
Javy was obviously pissed after Cervelli dropped the ball. He should’ve been able to recover and pitch out of it and get Cervellis back but he couldn’t compose himself. I do blame Cervelli for making a stupid play tho. You call for the stupid ball and make the fricking catch if you have to push Javy out of the way.
Vazquez is a mid summer innings eater and not much else in the Al East. He’ll do fine on a Tuesday night game against the Royals but can’t be put in big spots
maximus-
it was a strange play all around. i put 75% of the blame on Cervelli as he got his glove on it and 25% of it on Vazquez lol. Javy should have been directing traffic there and just gottten out of the way. Part of Cervelli’s problem was dealing with Vazquez there. Regardless, Cervelli still needs to come up with that though.
Cobble the pitching that is…
Javy was obviously pissed after Cervelli dropped the ball. He should’ve been able to recover and pitch out of it and get Cerveliis back but he couldn’t compose himself. I do blame Cervelli for making a stupid play tho. You call for the stupid ball and make the effin catch if you have to push Javy out of the way.
Posada has to be pissed. He really needs to play.
That WAS NOT A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Javy was obviously pissed after Cervelli dropped the ball. He should’ve been able to recover and pitch out of it and get Cerveliis back but he couldn’t compose himself. I do blame Cervelli for making a stupid play tho. You call for the ball and make the fricking catch if you have to push Javy out of the way.
Clay doesn’t look too sharp but he still looks better than Vazquez.
…not for Vazquez
Should have been a 3-0 count, turns into an out.
HP Umpire did his job
Javy was obviously pissed after Cervelli dropped the ball. He should’ve been able to recover and pitch out of it and get Cerveliis back but he couldn’t compose himself. I do blame Cervelli for missing the play tho. You call for the ball and make the catch if you have to push Javy out of the way.
That was the same pitch NYY FAN in NY argued and I said was way outside. Because it was….and here Criminal Clay gets it called.
Tyler
“Yes Burnett could implode but he gives you the potential of an absolute gem like game 2 of the world series last year. ”
That’s what makes his starts even more frustrating. He has filthy stuff
Stupid blog keeps filtering my comment. Stupid blog.Stupid blog.Stupid blog.
Stupid isn’t the word. And that was the dirtiest word I used?
i’m not sure I can watch the top of the 3rd with Javy.. I’m very irritated between him and Cervelli right now.
Got cost an entire inning because of a 2-0 count to Gardner that should have been 3-0. But the HP umpire DECIDED he was not going to give Criminal Clay the same small strike zone as Javier!
Really Bothers me that Gardner refuses to steal.
Stop with the stupid umpire conspiracies. Really, its just dumb.
The HP umpire has had ZERO impact on this game.
The problem with this game so far is the Yankees starting pitcher is petrified of throwing strikes.
That’s not on the HP umpire, that’s on Vazquez.
If he continues to pitch afraid, he will continue to be ineffective.
Girardi will wait until it’s 7-2 and then he will take Vazquez out. Good thing CC is going tomorrow and not the head case AJ. The bullpen will be used plenty between these 2. Vazquez is going to have to adjust to pitching with lesser stuff, especially against lefties in this ballpark. He misses his spot way too often and his fastball has nothing on it tonight.
I hope Vazquez doesn’t stay in this game too long. His stuff doesn’t look good at all tonight.
Gardner should have stealed 2nd before Jeter hit that ball.
Seriously, this deficit is on the hairy edge of growing quite large. Boston hardly hit Cleveland in Fenway, so that tells you a bit about Vazquez.
Nice play by Tex!!
Ugh. Game is headed toward loss land. Offense is the only thing that’ll save this game now.
those 2 fans should be punched right on face
Maybe we should have had Tex catch that pop up instead of letting the 2 idiots trying.
# CR9 August 6th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
That was the same pitch NYY FAN in NY argued and I said was way outside. Because it was….and here Criminal Clay gets it called.
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CR9 just venting or Buchholz really an ex con somehow?
Personally, I’d would have gone to Mitre to start the third because I have zero confidence Javy can pull it together tonight.
With the offense slumping for the last week, you really can’t give up anymore runs if you want to win tonight.
I know Girardi wants to show he has confidence in Vazquez but, its really risky having him continue in this game.
His game and his body language is showing that the mound at Yankee Stadium is not where he wants to be tonight.
Hard to figure out why. The guy is a good pitcher.
For some reason though, he just can’t step up in these moments.
Tex knows that Vazquez needs all the help he can get. The stupid fan with a Yankee shirt on needs to get out of the way.
As bad as Vazquez looked that inning, maybe he gets through the inning and settles down if Cervelli makes that catch. Now he is in damage control mode, not a good thing for him mentally.
# Jeremy August 6th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
I hope Vazquez doesn’t stay in this game too long. His stuff doesn’t look good at all tonight.
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honestly Jeremy, when your fb is 88-86 , your stuff may never look good. the problem with Javy is , for pitcher who depends on guile this season so far , his control is not pinpoint either.
Against good team you can’t get away with that.
SJ44
Im not going get into a verbal sparring war with you. You think Im an idiot, that’s fine.
I agree, Javy has been afraid to throw strikes and hanging pitches all game. However, he did not receive any close calls, and also received “balls” on pitches that were actually strikes.
But when it came to Gardner and his 2-0 count, the pitch way outside was called a strike to change the complexion of the AB.
It’s hard to watch this
Right back where we left off, I see. Javy doesn’t have it tonight.
Will Girardi please take Vazquez out. I have more faith in Gaudin at this point.
OK get Vazquez out of there!!!
I just don’t get this. Every ball is hit like a rocket. Even the foul balls.
He continues to get in bad counts because he won’t attack the strike zone and he keeps him out there.
Its hard to understand what Girardi is thinking on this one.
Javy does seem to be getting something of a dubious strikezone at times…. but its not like thats something pitchers aren’t used to.
Ghost
I dont know whether Criminal Clay is or not for stealing those laptops, but regardless, who on this team isn’t a criminal!
The offense definitely better show up now.
Vazquez has no movement on any of his pitches.. He can’t locate even with the ump squeezing him. Almost 70 pitches! Terrible!.. Least he got Lowell.
it’s time for them to look for a catcher. Posada’s days are numbered, I guess.
Another 2 strike pitch right down the middle. Get Gaudin or Mitre up. Vazquez is going to give up 10 more runs if Girard lets him. Bring in someone who isn’t scared of the strike zone.
Cashmoney
That is true !
Stop begging for calls and stop believing there is an umpire conspiracy. There isn’t.
If you can’t throw strikes, you aren’t getting close calls. That’s the way it is in MLB.
Its never going to change.
The umpires have had NOTHING to do with tonight thus far.
Joe is still praying.
Javier Vazquez is an invertebrate. He is useless in pressure games. Useless.
Much better inning from Javy. Unfortunately, he’s at 70 pitches, so even if he turns it around, he’s got about 2 innings left.
can they at least drill Ortiz tonight?
The state of panic on this blog is almost unbelievable.
SJ44
Vazquez has no movement on his pitches. And like you said he can’t locate.
The ump definitely isn’t squeezing anyone here. In fact both pitchers are getting a fairly large right side of the plate.
They don’t need to drill Ortiz. They need to attack him.
If you get yourself in hitters counts, he will sit on a fastball and hurt you.
The object is to win the game. The more baserunners you put on, the less of a chance you have to win.
I agree with SJ. Give Javy a short rope now. Go with Mitre for 2 and Gaudin for 2 if need be. All of the short men are rested so you just need to get to the 6th holding the score where it is.
Are the bats gonna slow down now? Please tell me no!
Vazquez is missing hit spots by a mile tonight, that’s got nothing to do with the opponent, he just doesn’t have it. He is what he is, you just have to accept it-he’s pitched some really good games this year but when he’s off he gets hammered by the better teams.
Re: Clay’s history….
http://www.kfdm.com/news/lumbe.....chool.html
Hopefully the middle of the order can do some damage against lab tops. The 2 run homer is nice but the runs need to continue. We saw what happened the last couple of games after the 1st inning.
Darn!!!
Why cant Michael Kay say Sixth or Fifth?
Why must it be Sixt, or Fift?
RadioKev August 6th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
The ump definitely isn’t squeezing anyone here. In fact both pitchers are getting a fairly large right side of the plate.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/....._type=.gif
Well the Yankees are going to have to rally at this point. I hope Javy doesn’t give anymore runs.
Double darn.
Unbelieveable.. See what happens when you catch the ball. Take note Cervelli!
How do you know Vazquez is an “invertebrate?” How do you know he lacks “mental toughness?”
All I know about Javier Vazquez is that he pitched an entire half season in 2004 hurt because the Yankees had exhausted any and all options for their rotation. They had already finished plucking God in the form of Orlando Hernandez out of the sky and still were woefully short of pitching. If that isn’t tough, I don’t know what is.
He’s also one of the nicest guys on the team. If not the nicest.
Lay off.
Puke.
The pressure of 601 is getting to Rodriguez
The Yankees need to get Clay out of the game and face the Sox pen.
At this point, the game is about managing to keep the Red Sox at 4 runs.
Meaning, you can’t go much longer with Vazquez.
First sign of trouble, you have to get him out of there.
The offense has been scuffling for the last 10 days. Being behind 4-2 is tough enough.
If you allow Javy to give up more runs, you pretty much kiss tonight’s game goodbye.
Girardi has to manage accordingly this inning.
He has CC going tomorrow and he has a rested bullpen. Can’t be afraid to use it.
G-C August 6th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
How do you know Vazquez is an “invertebrate?” How do you know he lacks “mental toughness?”
All I know about Javier Vazquez is that he pitched an entire half season in 2004 hurt because the Yankees had exhausted any and all options for their rotation. They had already finished plucking God in the form of Orlando Hernandez out of the sky and still were woefully short of pitching. If that isn’t tough, I don’t know what is.
He’s also one of the nicest guys on the team. If not the nicest.
Lay off
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There has to be better catching options then Cervelli. He is toast! After this year he floats into oblivion. The best thing that happened to him was that his arm was broken in spring training in 09. That gave him exposure and Girardi felt some compassion for him. He has been totally exposed. He will be gone after this year.
I keep reading people advocating pulling Javy now. What exactly is your plan for the remaining 6 innings? Do you really want to burn the pen in the first game of a 4 game series?
This is Redsox vs Yankees here sunny615. 2004 was 10 seasons ago. Javy is healthy and he still can’t handle the Sox. It is what it is!. He won’t make it to the 5th if he’s lucky. Can’t afford to fail in these big series. This series is gonna determine whether it’s a 3-team race or a 2-team race.. BIG GAME!
We’re down in a game against our chief rival, and Michael Kay is laughing about ball boys.
Sizzling heat at 87 mph
I wonder how many runs the Yankees average between the 2nd-5th innings? Recently it doesn’t seem like a lot at all. The bats seem to stay in neutral until it gets to the 7th inning.
Girardi needs to learn when to send out his picthing coach. It’s after your pitcher walks the bases loaed and before he walks in a run. Girardi also needs to learn when to get the bullpen going. Again after your pitcher walks in a run is good time to do so .
Maybe it is time Cerveli and Girardi had a chat as well.
Comet
What is wrong with Girardi ? Can’t he see that even the foul balls off of Javy are hit hard. I would get ready to take him out.
He is a very nice guy. Unfortunately, he also has a terrible habit of wilting in big games.
That rep has followed him his entire career.
The only way to get rid of it is to pitch better and tonight, he has been awful.
In this instance, you can’t get on fans for getting on him.
The walks, messing up an easy popup, the fear of the strikezone, you have to admit, its not like he is shedding his rep for failure in big moments so far this evening.
1st pitch strikes.
Get ahead is the most important thing a pitcher can do.
Fell behind on ortiz,ortiz sitting on fastball,home run.
They have to let Javy pitch more in this game, and pray of course.
Girardi will wait till the Sox score about 3 more runs before pulling Javy
The thing is, is this really a big game?
Well the Yankees have two long guys so it shouldn’t be an issue.
# CR9 August 6th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
The thing is, is this really a big game?
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Not. Even. Close.
We’re down in a game against our chief rival, and Michael Kay is laughing about ball boys.
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yeah how sad an announcer doesnt act like the world is ending like you do.
I still can’t believe that he walked Lowrie and Ellsbury. He should get fined a lot of $$$ for that in kangaroo court. That is like walking the pitcher twice.
If they Yankees tie or take the lead in the bottom half of this inning, you know darn well Vazquez will implode and give it up again.
Kay is just happy that he’s finally getting laid after 50 years
whats funny is the same people whining to take javy out will also complain when gaudin or mitre come in. great how some of you can manage in hindsight with no consequence.
For all the Javy bashing, he’s sure seemed to settle down after that rough 2nd. If not for Cervelli’s error, we’re talking about what a great start Javy is putting together. That’s no excuse for his poor pitching afterwards, but everyone should be keeping things in perspective.
****the
I would like to see the Yankees win but if they lose so what. I just don’t want to see a blow out against the Sox.
who said the world is ending? I just said that this isn’t a big game.
Kay should try discussing baseball instead of feeding his own ego.
what i cant believe is that almost everytime they hit a 2 run homerun in the first, they seem to not score after that.
Offense. Where art thou?
Is it a “big” game? Yes and no.
Yes in the sense that winning 3 of 4 or sweeping the Red Sox this weekend puts them in your rearview mirror.
The Yankees also have to go to Texas after this series and you don’t want to do that after losing a home series to the Red Sox.
You also need somebody besides CC Sabathia to be able to pitch in post-season games.
I’d count Andy in that mix but, he’s on the DL right now. Until he comes back, he’s still an injured player.
No, because its August 6.
Its not a be all, end all series but, it is an important series for the Yankees. Moreso for the Red Sox of course but, still important to the Yankees.
tampayank August 6th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Girardi will wait till the Sox score about 3 more runs before pulling Javy
How may I ask do you know he will allow 3 more runs. Javy has allowed 1!!!!! ER in 4 IP and based on the comments on this board you would think he has allowed 8.
Right now he does not warrant being taken out.
An error caused most of their runs.
wish cano could steal 2nd, before the DP.
Come on Puma find a way to get on base…
thats not a strike!!!!!!!!!
first hr here would be helpful.
I honestly think we as fans have to relax and appreciate what we have. We could be MET fans and really suffer.
Bucholz has a smoking-hot wife. Just shows you that being a professional athlete with money gets you a long way haha.
LOL ! That great Sox defense.
sunny615 August 6th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Offense. Where art thou?
It’s Javy Vazquez’s fault. He has never had a big hit in his entire career and that will not change until he gets one. History!!!!!
capitalize on the error like boston did.
I don’t blame javy for that inning. Should he have picked up cervelii? Yes. But i think he was really pissed and lost control. But cervelli should’ve called for it and pushed javy out of the way if he had to.
jackamir
LOL ! So true !
wow.
wow.
Are you absolutely kidding me??? How is Granderson not bunting?? Seriously release this guy already.
ron August 6th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Right now he does not warrant being taken out.
An error caused most of their runs.
Thank you! This +27.
Ugh. Granderson.
bunting? with cervelli batting after him?
That looked outside.
redsox give the yanks a gift and they choke it away
if girardi wanted him bunting he would have called for it.
Grandeson is a DISASTER
We dont even get to see a replay to see if that ball was fair.
Thanks John Philipelli (sp?)
“YankeeBlue222 says:
August 6, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Bucholz has a smoking-hot wife. Just shows you that being a professional athlete with money gets you a long way haha.”
She hosted a show on HD Net called Get Out where hot women in bikinis travel to tropical locations. Very informative travel show. Mark Cuban is a genius
Stupid offense.
lowell is playing pretty well at 1st .
You can’t have Granderson bunt with Cervelli on deck. He’s hitting .190 since May.
Not exactly the guy you have Granderson bunt for since he hasn’t hit in 3 months.
Javy gave up 1 ER on his error. It was wrongly given to Cervelli.
He’s given up 4 runs and hasn’t pitched well. ER’s don’t tell the story of his outing this evening.
# IIOIIOIIO August 6th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
# CR9 August 6th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
The thing is, is this really a big game?
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Not. Even. Close.
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Javy owns 10 plus ERA in the playoff with NY and CW, are those bigger enough games?
when you had your own manager call you out on your fortitude and responded with literally Zilch against those challenges that pretty much says it all.
Cervelli has really fallen off a cliff.
Why not bunt? It’s probably easier for Cervelli to hit a sac fly than actually get a base hit.
Guys have faith yikes!! And everyone ignore cr and his crying
Cervelli looks worse and worse at the plate and behind the plate. He shouldn’t be playing this many games.
Yanks capitalize by scoring 0 runs
that is exactly why you dont bunt. cervelli Ks.
The Yankees should have scored at least one run from that.
Hey TampaYank,
I might have to head to Channelside early tonight if this game keeps up!
And yes, Mark Cuban can be a genius.
But in all honesty, does Clay get that girl if he’s a graphic designer working from home? Highly doubtful lol.
It was HIS error! He got in the way of an automatic out.
He also walked the #9 hitter because he was afraid to throw Jed Lowrie a fastball, proceeded to walk the next hitter to walk in a run and then leave a pitch in the middle of the plate to the next hitter Scutaro.
That’s not counting the Ortiz HR in the first.
In other words, all 4 runs are on Vazquez. He’s been living on the edge all night and so far, he has put the team in this deficit.
Buc-head at 52 pitches. He’s going to pitch all nine innings.
Rays 1-1 in the 6th. Maybe just maybe the Blue Jays at home can pull it out.
I hope Javy can get through this inning.
Vazquez is getting away with bad pitches to Ortiz…So far…
Never liked the vaz signing.
I don’t believe in 2nd chances usually in baseball.Vaz,johnson,etc…
You don’t bunt with cervelli on deck…Curtis has had a terrible year
Just curious SJ. If it was Cervelli’s – why didn’t Cervelli call for it and push javy out of the way?
I’ll admit, I bashed Javy earlier, but now that I think about it. It seems he just unraveled during that Cervelli drop. Now he seems to have found a groove, but still the pitch count getting up there.
would be nice if javy can get through 6.
At this point, you have to seriously wonder if Cashman is going to consider calling up Montero to do a little more than watch come September.
I know that people will present a heapload of arguments against it, of why it doesn’t make sense. The development stuff, the 40 man roster thing, etc. But at this point I have a hard time believing he’d be drastically worse than Cervelli has been behind the dish, and I really believe he’ll hit right away.
It could actually be a nice thing for his development too, getting a chance to play in some semi-meaningful September games as a reward for the way he turned his season around.
It’s amazing how bad Granderson is. His numbers have gone down every year for the last couple of years but seriously he is awful. The Yanks have to hope he is just having an off year and after working with Eiland in the off season he will be better. Cashman has to find a good insurance policy who could play CF with him next year.
“SJ44 August 6th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
It was HIS error! He got in the way of an automatic out.
He also walked the #9 hitter because he was afraid to throw Jed Lowrie a fastball, proceeded to walk the next hitter to walk in a run and then leave a pitch in the middle of the plate to the next hitter Scutaro.
That’s not counting the Ortiz HR in the first.
In other words, all 4 runs are on Vazquez. He’s been living on the edge all night and so far, he has put the team in this deficit.”
It’s very difficult to debate when statistics and your opinion carry the same weight.
javy hasnt been great, but the offense has to do better than it has recently.
Vaz was almost due to get yanked but should not be yet regardless of what happened.
How do we know mitre or gaudin don’t immediately take us out of this game?
This game could still be brought back, but its up to the top of the order to do damage. Granderson and Cervelli are pretty much automatic outs.
This game seems like too many others where the Yankees score 2 runs early on a HR, then the offense wilts.
# NYY fan in NH August 6th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
I’ll admit, I bashed Javy earlier, but now that I think about it. It seems he just unraveled during that Cervelli drop. Now he seems to have found a groove, but still the pitch count getting up there.
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if the yanks takes the lead , you can always trust Javy to give it right back.
# ac1 August 6th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
would be nice if javy can get through 6.
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Looks good right now. I think Girardi might push him to about 120 pitches or so considering the bulk of those came in one inning.
LOL ! Beltre looked like a fool.
Javy has been decent this year… I worry more about aj
Vazquez has made some amazing adjustments. He’s really changing speeds right now. Some really wacky pitches. What an inning!
Nasty!
Games between the rs & us are usually always high scoring.
There is a reason why girardi did not pull vaz yet.
Finally. Vazquez doesn’t deserve much credit for these innings, the Red Sox really are this bad right now. This is how it should have went the whole game.
# Ken Phelps August 6th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Javy has been decent this year… I worry more about aj
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100%
this again???? muscle memory??? as if nobody has ever seen a Yankees game. we’ve been subjected to the same schpiel every god damn game.
THIS IS THE CROWNED JEWEL OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS and these are the commentators we have.
That’s like buying a $100/lb. filet mignon, cooking it, and then topping it with feces. That’s what the Yankees commentary crew is, feces.
ok javy has settled in, so now the offense has to wake up. please dont make this a typical game where we get a 2 run homer than look like the single a team for the other 8 innings.
Buttray came out of his shoes on that.
He looks like he’s trying to imitate Mantle with those down to the knees swings.
Thats impressive!
Some strange, yet effective curveball right there.
Vazquez sucks! Get him out of there!!! Boo!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I never doubted Javy.*knocks on wood
Girardi is a genius
If vaz continued to get bombed then you take him out or does in later innings.
He came close to losing it but did not,this is why he is still in there.
AJ definately the more disappointing of the 2 pitchers… Javy at least can rebound and keep the team in it.
CR9 August 6th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
this again???? muscle memory??? as if nobody has ever seen a Yankees game. we’ve been subjected to the same schpiel every god damn game.
THIS IS THE CROWNED JEWEL OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS and these are the commentators we have.
That’s like buying a $100/lb. filet mignon, cooking it, and then topping it with feces. That’s what the Yankees commentary crew is, feces
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It’s amazing, the franchise has so much money, but the worst announcers around. Both the television and radio crews are embarrassing. Sterling and Kay are two of the worst play by play men in the business IMO. Meanwhile, over in Flushing, the Mets have an outstanding booth.
granderson did hit the ball hard, lowell was strattling the line. bad luck there. berkman could have tried to slide, or at least realize the ball didnt make it through.
Yankees hang close pull this game out late…everyone stop crying
I would prefer having Singleton doing most of the games. Kay just loves hearing himself far too much and for someone who has been doing it as long as he has, he never seems to learn much about the game.
This is all on Vazquez. If he doesn’t get in the way of Cervelli, that’s two outs. Yeah, you can say Cervelli should have had it, but on the replay you can see him shying away from the ball because of Vazquez being in his face – Cisco is obviously grimacing and closing his eyes before the ball hits his glove.
Not to mention the walks and giving up ringing hits. It’s nice that he’s getting it together now, but those four runs are all Vazquez’ responsibility.
Game’s not over, not with 5 more go rounds to get two runs. But Vaz dug the hole here. Ozzie Guillen was wrong about Swish, but he’s looking dead on here with Vaz.
Posada needs to get off his ass and pinch hit Cervelli’s next AB. Nice way to make $10M by playing 3 times a week. Berkman, Granderson & Cervelli are automatic outs. Just awful
Vazquez has had 1 bad inning thus far. It’s embarrassing coming to this board sometimes. You would think the Yankees don’t have the best record in baseball judging by some people in here. SMDH
when is the last time gardner tried to bunt for a hit?
It’s ironic that you mentioned Flushing. Because that’s exactly what the Yankees should do with this group of turds!
in actuality, i dont mind kenny and al.
I like Singleton but Kay and Leiter are extremely weak. Kay is on cruise control. He repeats himself over & over again.
great… three weeks of jeter not hitting the ball hard coming up.
What is Gardner swinging at ?
What statistics? Are you watching the game?
He got in the way of a little league popup. He either has to catch it or get out of the way.
HE caused the error that was given to Cervelli.
On plays like that, the pitcher either takes charge or gets out of the way. He can’t just stand there and allow that ball to drop. Which he did.
He then walks two guys in a row and gives up a 2 run double.
Its not about ER. This isn’t fantasy baseball.
Javy blew up that inning with his play and that’s the reason why they are behind right now.
He has settled down a bit, even though he is still consistently missing his spots.
However, that inning was ALL Javy and his impolsion has caused this deficit.
AJ Burnett has had successful post-season starts. Unfortunately, Javy has not.
AJ also has much better stuff.
You can’t pitch backwards in the post-season and expect to win.
Even though AJ is shaky, if I had to choose one over the other to start, its AJ in a landslide.
Need Joba to come in and drill Youkilus
# Joe from Long Island August 6th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
This is all on Vazquez. If he doesn’t get in the way of Cervelli, that’s two outs. Yeah, you can say Cervelli should have had it, but on the replay you can see him shying away from the ball because of Vazquez being in his face – Cisco is obviously grimacing and closing his eyes before the ball hits his glove.
Not to mention the walks and giving up ringing hits. It’s nice that he’s getting it together now, but those four runs are all Vazquez’ responsibility.
Game’s not over, not with 5 more go rounds to get two runs. But Vaz dug the hole here. Ozzie Guillen was wrong about Swish, but he’s looking dead on here with Vaz.
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Give me a break.
Guys javy had a bad inning but he is keeping us in the game hang in there enjoy the show
I think Sterling is hilarious but horrible for play by play, I’d still keep him around but the TV crew needs an overhaul…I despise Kay. I only like Singleton
Buchholz has the type of face that just gives me the desire to punch it. lol. He is a punk.
Nice plunking of Jeter. grrrrrrrr.
Need Joba to come in and drill Youkilus
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Yeah maybe if youk didnt end his own season swinging the bat last week.
Gardner seems to have run out of gas recently. He hasn’t been hitting and when on base he never tries steal. He said the other day his legs have been tired so Girardi might have to rest him more.
# tampayank August 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I think Sterling is hilarious but horrible for play by play, I’d still keep him around but the TV crew needs an overhaul…I despise Kay. I only like Singleton
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RIP Jim Kaat.
Swish is awesome.
# IIOIIOIIO August 6th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
# tampayank August 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I think Sterling is hilarious but horrible for play by play, I’d still keep him around but the TV crew needs an overhaul…I despise Kay. I only like Singleton
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RIP Jim Kaat.
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Haha, not literally of course. Just from the YES booth.
Remember this
SJ44 August 6th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Got to pull him now.
Hrs just too afraid to throw strikes.
Hard to understand why but, you can’t wait any longer.
He’s not up to the task.
come on TEX!!!!!
Just get a run in. One run would be OK. Of course if Tex wants to hit one out I wouldn’t argue.
Don’t worry when Beckett pitches against the Yankees he might hit 2 or 3 guys.
these are the guys who have to hit in this situation.
Why would he hit Jeter on purpose to bring up the tieing run?
you have to be kidding
Aughhh!
we get our hottest hitter up and he pops up on the first pitch.
bad luck.
One of the worst ABs I’ve seen from ANYONE all year. You can’t be swinging first pitch like that, let alone with such an uppercut.
Up to Alex to drive in a run. Don’t keep letting these chances go by.
maybe take a pitch or two. buchholz is on pace to pitch a complete game.
Has this team clicked all at once at all this year? so frustrating. absolute awful at bat by Tex.
601 would be helpful here.
Why is Tex swinging at the first pitch?
Swinging at the 1st pitch…. How many chances do they want to be given in this game???
Tex should no better. Why bail out the pitcher.
# ChokeXOnXFailure August 6th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
One of the worst ABs I’ve seen from ANYONE all year. You can’t be swinging first pitch like that, let alone with such an uppercut.
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I guess you can say that he CHOKED ON FAILURE!
Costas is doing a good job calling the game on MLB Network
sorry lol -know
# ChokeXOnXFailure August 6th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
One of the worst ABs I’ve seen from ANYONE all year. You can’t be swinging first pitch like that, let alone with such an uppercut.
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have we completely forgotten how to move runners and hit with runner @ 3rd with less than 2 outs?
thank god.
About time
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex!
Big hit from A-Rod. Imagine how well he’d do if he was clutch.
OK, Al! Game’s not over yet. Not by a longshot.
Damn I wish Youk was playing today! He absolutely HATES getting hit. Its always so funny when the Yankees throw at him! Way to go Alex!
Let’s go cano,give me some fantasy points.
SJ, I obviously can’t refute much of what your saying. This is a guy that has for his career has a 3.40 K/BB ratio and has averaged over 8 strikeouts per 9.
There’s a reason why he doesn’t have better than a 4.22 ERA. Its because he often has problems with runners on base and with the long-ball in key spots.
That being said I still think you’re a bit too harsh on him most of the time. For the better part of this year, the guy has shown that he can hold his own when it comes to grinding out starts and pitching into the game even when he’s struggled.
If the Yankees lose this game, it won’t be because of Vazquez.
I can’t believe the Yanks haven’t been more aggressive on the basepaths so far. They do realize V-Mart has a pretty poor arm to be nice about it. I’d love to see Swish take 2nd and if they want to throw down, Jeet break for home. They should be pressing the action more. That’s what frustrates me at times with Girardi and a guy like Gardner. He should be going first pitch…
The bad inning is kind of a weak argument.
His first inning was also pretty bad. Missed his spots the entire inning and eventually Ortiz got him.
Often though, all it takes is one bad inning to lose a game.
Hard to understand why guys are swinging at the first pitch with RISP. Both Granderson and Tex have done it tonight and that’s not helping.
Got to see Arod pick up Tex there.
A HR would be helpful here.
Yes. Alex keeps the line moving and drives in a run. A one run ball game now.
Can do Cano?
Thank you Arod. Now hopefully Vazquez doesn’t give the run right back.
Hey all. Just got in from a foray to the beach. I listened to the game on the way home and as soon as I heard that F’Ortiz the juicer hit a homer, I decided that the Sux would lose this game. It’s all about the karma thing.
Let’s see if I’m right.
i get the feeling cano is about to wake back up and up the avg 20 + points.
# Dylan August 6th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Damn I wish Youk was playing today! He absolutely HATES getting hit. Its always so funny when the Yankees throw at him! Way to go Alex!
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He won’t be playing the rest of the year.
AROD well placed. Two out RBI’s are important
ok at least they got one.
Nice job Arod! If he can go on one of his huge hot streaks it would be huge. He’s a guy who can absolutely carry a team with the weight of 600 off of him.
At least we got one. GJ Alex
Hey chip away!! Good job
To those of you complaining about the Yankee announcers:
Are you freaking kid? As someone who has spent the last 5 years living in New England, watching MLB.TV before the commentary choice was made a selection, I’ve listened to a lot of awful commentary. I think the Pirates win. The Red Sox have shocking poor production on NESN, their commentators are completely lame and not star studded when you compare that to the YES team.
Please, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Announcers have to talk a lot, it’s the job. Sometimes you got off track or you say something stupid. It’s bound to happen.
YES is a very good quality broadcast.
Thank god for arod
I’m more frustrated at Gardner never trying to take a base anymore. I thought he realized that he needs to run more. His speed is negated by his being afraid of stealing a base.
# IIOIIOIIO August 6th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
# Dylan August 6th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Damn I wish Youk was playing today! He absolutely HATES getting hit. Its always so funny when the Yankees throw at him! Way to go Alex!
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Yeah I know. Huge loss for the Red Sox. I think their season ended when he got hurt!
chipping away. if javy and the bullpen can keep it at 4 you get the sense they will break through and get to Okajima, Papelbon etc.
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Girardi should have someone warming up in the bullpen…
Listen I am a Yankee fan but other Yankee fans have to stop with the red sox are “juicers” because I think it is possible that there have been Yankees who can be also called ” juicers”
Javy needs a quick inning. Part of the lineup he can get it done against.
RadioKev August 6th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
To those of you complaining about the Yankee announcers:
Are you freaking kid? As someone who has spent the last 5 years living in New England, watching MLB.TV before the commentary choice was made a selection, I’ve listened to a lot of awful commentary. I think the Pirates win. The Red Sox have shocking poor production on NESN, their commentators are completely lame and not star studded when you compare that to the YES team.
Please, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Announcers have to talk a lot, it’s the job. Sometimes you got off track or you say something stupid. It’s bound to happen.
YES is a very good quality broadcast
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Who cares about “star studded” commentators? I don’t know anyone who thinks Michael Kay is a good play by play guy. And please, don’t call anyone “kid,” save that for your New England brethren.
Yeah, I remember it Mike and I stand by it.
After your starter puts you in a hole the first two innings of the game, he doesn’t get a medal for settling down.
Now, let’s see if he can have a clean inning here. This is an important inning. You don’t want to give up runs the half inning after you score.
G-C,
You can’t say that. If they lose the game, he certainly has contributed to it.
If they lose 4-3, his mistakes would have cost them the game.
I don’t hate the guy. I can’t understand though why he goes out there in games like this and doesn’t attack hitters.
When he does, he’s effective. When he doesn’t, he is brutal.
Dylan August 6th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
# IIOIIOIIO August 6th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
# Dylan August 6th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Damn I wish Youk was playing today! He absolutely HATES getting hit. Its always so funny when the Yankees throw at him! Way to go Alex!
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He won’t be playing the rest of the year.
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Yeah I know. Huge loss for the Red Sox. I think their season ended when he got hurt
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It’s a shame. Despite everything, I do enjoy watching Youk hit.
I think Okajima is on the DL. The RS also traded away their worst relief pitcher.
okajima is on the DL. Going to have to deal with Delcarmen.
really javy? really?
That hurts. Really, really, really hurts.
Yuck.
oh well. we got a run back, and after settling down, he gives up a hr to kalish
oh well !
Thanks Javy for nothing !
Nice meatball.
Nice meatball
Not a 1 run game any more.
Kalish? Really?
Ugh, that one hurts.
A little too late Girardi. Get this low life out of the game. I was going to say after the base hit take him out.
so to summarize: walk 9th hitter, walk 1st hitter, give up first career homer to the 8th hitter, get in the way of an easy popup?
Pat
Thanks for the picture. That was hilarious. Though he seems a bit taller in the photo.
Just as I mentioned earlier…if we get closer, Javy will just give it up again.
The guy simply can’t pitch effectively against good teams or in big games.
When is Girardi going to make the move. This is like the ALCS all over again.
Just. Awesome.
a little late with this comment… but anyway…
4th game in a row, and 5th of 7…
Jeter singles as first Yankee batter, then a Yankee homerun (2x by Swish, 2x by Tex, 1x by A-Rod) gives the Yankees 2 runs to open the game. Unfortunately, the Yankees have not done a good job of holding the lead in these games. Same today… Let’s hope they can get it back!!
“YES is a very good quality broadcast”
It would just be nice to hear Michael Kay actually talk about the game for a change. I definitely like the Mets broadcast team much better. YES is definitely better than the guys on FOX or ESPN though. Joe Morgan is THE WORST in the business and McCarver despises the Yankees.
This is why you can’t trust him.
You folks still want to quote stats to me.
You can’t trust this guy in games like this.
Failed again. Beaten by a guy playing on one leg and a rookie to put the Yankees in a bigger hole.
The one inning he had to step and he fails.
That’s why he can’t be trusted.
Every single kid on my college team could have crushed that pitch. A changeup low right down the middle to a lefty? Absolutely pathetic.
# CR9 August 6th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
oh well. we got a run back, and after settling down, he gives up a hr to kalish
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Tough for anyone to defend him here. That’s brutal. Like you said, you get one back, then you give it right back. Takes the wind right out of their sails.
Ryan Kalish? Really?
I don’t see the offense coming off the mat from that. Javy looked unhittable for 3 innings, and then reverted to the 2nd inning form. I don’t understand this guy.
Here we go. Let the whining intensify.
i hope we dont give kalish that ball
it’s jed freaking lowrie. throw a damn strike.
Freaking HR to a nobody after the team guts out a run.. Now it’s 3 runs. More of a hill to climb.. He’s got to come out now!!
This is just like the AJ game. Starter is left in to long to give up the game. Is Girardi sleeping?
Vazquez has no fastball. They are just sitting on his off speed stuff
And I’m not talking about the 2004 ALCS I’m talking about the 2009 ALCS with Girardi making bad moves.
Must prevent further damage here to have any shot at this game.
cue the booing. walk lowrie AGAIN!?!?!
pat! I’m laughing at that tweet pic, and I come back to find the score has changed.
SJ
Unfortunately, we dont have anyone else. Phil has an innings limit. AJ is AJ. Pettitte is injured. Who are we going to rely on in playoff games?
Now that’s bad.
# Cashmoney August 6th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
# NYY fan in NH August 6th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
I’ll admit, I bashed Javy earlier, but now that I think about it. It seems he just unraveled during that Cervelli drop. Now he seems to have found a groove, but still the pitch count getting up there.
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if the yanks takes the lead , you can always trust Javy to give it right back.
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EXHIBIT A see Javy stuffing meatball down pipe to Kalish!
And I’m not talking about the 2004 ALCS I’m talking about the 2009 ALCS with Girardi making bad moves.
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am i wrong or did we win that series?
I meant who are we going to rely on in playoff games outside of CC, Andy, possibly AJ?
Walks Lowrie for the second time. Too afraid to pitch to the #9 hitter.
Should have been out of the game in the second inning.
Instead, as per his history, he does just enough to get you beat.
An awful start by a guy who should never see a start in the post-season.
Another failed audition for Javy.
Save him for the Royals. Its more his speed.
# WMD August 6th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Vazquez has no fastball. They are just sitting on his off speed stuff
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Yeah, he must know that. It would explain why he went to that 63 mph breaking stuff. He definitely didn’t have it tonight.
I never for 1 minute trusted vaz,he is just not good in big games & is barely ok in the al.
Unfortunately, we dont have anyone else. Phil has an innings limit. AJ is AJ. Pettitte is injured. Who are we going to rely on in playoff games?
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Pal, i think pettitte will be back by october.
“This is why you can’t trust him.
You folks still want to quote stats to me.
You can’t trust this guy in games like this.
Failed again. Beaten by a guy playing on one leg and a rookie to put the Yankees in a bigger hole.
The one inning he had to step and he fails.
That’s why he can’t be trusted.”
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Look, I’m not going to disagree with you.
What I will say though is that its surprising that you were a staunch advocate of the trade and the implications it had in terms of Joba not being in the rotation.
Now I don’t mean to call you out because I feel like you’re the unfair recipient of that type of criticism way too often. But I genuinely am curious as to what you thought we were getting here.
If this is the way you truly believe he is, and the way he’s been his entire career, then why bring him over?
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It was a typo, I meant “kidding.”
I’m saying I’d rather listener to players who know what they’re talking about, who have had success in the careers, who are relevant to the franchise history, than some schmo. I love listener to David Cone (if he’s ever on..), Al Leiter, Paul O’Neill, Singleton, and Flaherty is a bit flat but he’s ok.
Michael Kay is fine, he can be obnoxious, but he knows what he’s doing and he’s good at it. There are play by play guys out there that are completely uninteresting and sound lost out there.
Also Michael Kay isn’t “YES.” There are other announcers, cameraman, guys working the graphics in the booth, and a whole lot more going into the broadcast.
I’m just saying YES is amongst the top, of not the top, baseball broadcasts out there.
Hopefully he got booed lustily. He is a mental gidget.
“# Mike R. August 6th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
tampayank August 6th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Girardi will wait till the Sox score about 3 more runs before pulling Javy
How may I ask do you know he will allow 3 more runs. Javy has allowed 1!!!!! ER in 4 IP and based on the comments on this board you would think he has allowed 8.
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not quite 8 but close enough
I hate the rs.
Another clutch performance by Vazquez in pressure situation. He’s been so huge in these games
I’m really tired of newbs and weak hitters jacking homeruns off our pitching.
eiland needs to sit these guys down and really put an end to walking the 9th hitter WAY TOO OFTEN.
Girardi should of used his own eyes to see that with the stuff Vazquez had tonight he needed to have a short lease. With the way that the Yanks are hitting 3 runs is probably too much for them. Girardi needs to wake up. He is managing like a moron who doesn’t know when to take a guy out.
ac1
yes we did win but that doesn’t mean that Girardi didn’t make any bad moves with the pitching staff.
20 homers for javy on the year. he is as reliable as burnett which means not at all.
obviously the cervelli error killed.
boston big hits and not the yanks. the granderson DP killed. tex with a bad ab last inning.
joba has been pitching well but he is a bad fielder
ac1
pal, look at my correction prior to your post.
If we win this game we have got to get buchead outta the game.
While I don’t trust Javy in a big game, that trade still is a win imo. They gave up virtually nothing. Melky (at best a 4th outfielder), Michael Dunn (great stuff, a million walks), and Arodys Vizcaino (tons of potential, great start to year but blew out his elbow; who knows how he rebounds from that) for Vazquez (eats innings) and Boone Logan (pleasant surprise out of the pen
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Sorry. Go back and look at the tweetpic again to make you feel better.
“# CR9 August 6th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
I meant who are we going to rely on in playoff games outside of CC, Andy, possibly AJ?
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good question. CC hasn’t even been sharp lately but I expect him to get it together by October
Of course they have other guys.
You mean to tell me, CC, AJ, Hughes and Pettite can’t start in the post-season?
There aren’t any innings limits in the post-season.
This guy is never going to see a post-season start.
If he can’t pitch in games like this, how in the world is Girardi going to give him a post-season start? He’s not that dumb.
Its not whining when you point out facts. The guy pitched like garbage tonight.
Every time he needed to have a shutdown inning after they scored, he imploded.
Unfortunately, because of his history, that’s ain’t good and certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in the guy in important games.
captain clutch, it was a short leash. three quality innings, one hit and then a homerun. if it was a single he would have probably come out too..
You can’t keep walking weak hitters,then getting behind power hitters.
This seems on odd move here.
berkman needs to pick things up.
get your uniform dirty…
phil will start in the postseason. i think cash said that the innings limit is regarding the season, not the playoffs.
Why Joba and not Logan?
Girardi uses that book of his too much. He need to have a feel for the game.
Hopefully Tampa loses.
Hopefully Tampa loses.
I wish you wise posters were the manager, then we would definitely be 162-0.
Small consolation. Jays take lead
Hughes will start before vaz.
Vaz will never be given a big game.
SJ,
You (and I was too) were mentioning a few weeks ago that Hughes would be inserted into the bullpen at the end of the season/playoffs.
Due to the addition of Wood and the lack of trust in Javy, you think Hughes is a definite for the playoff rotation now?
Joba looks a little trimmer tonight….
Good inning from Joba. Liking this trend, I wonder if the trade deadline got his head back in the game.
as stated joba has pitched well for about 2 weeks. but michael kay cannot see that because he is stupid. 6 or so straight good outings for joba, that is a start…
Vazquez should go in the pen for the playoffs. Limit Hughes innings and start him in the playoffs.
The Yankees don’t need two 8th inning guys. Robertson is doing a fine job.
Ok, if that’s the case, then that’s fine with me. Using Hughes in the postseason that is. Ive been reading on here from everyone that Phil will be moved to the bullpen in the postseason because of innings limit and to bolster bullpen.
Obviously it’s a little early for this but I’m thinking the postseason rotation will go CC, Pettite (though I would be tempted to start Phil in game 2 at home and have Andy start in the hostile environement), Hughes, and Burnett (Who I believe will have a big September and push hsi way into the rotation. Javy will be used out of the pen imo.
# Pat M. August 6th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Joba looks a little trimmer tonight….
He ate 4 burgers before game instead of the usual 5
the first 3 starters in the playoffs are; cc, andy, then hughes. we will see about the other dopes but that is how it should be……
Berkman, Grandy, Cervelli. Striking fear into the hearts of the Nation.
Or not.
Girardi has no feel for the game. There’s only two cues for him to take out his starting pitcher – if the game is out of control or if the pitch count gets high. He never nips opponent rallies in the bud. That’s why you hire a baseball guy not a stat-head.
I am so god damn tired of these MY9 games.
Joba isn’t a starting pitcher. He’s never going to be and the Yankees realize that. Vazquez is, and has been for a long time.
Unfortunately, the guy they acquired has an 87 MPH fastball and not the 92 he had last year.
Despite that though, he has shown he can pitch.
However, in more important games he wilts too much. The “Why” is something everybody would love to know.
You look at his game tonight and you just can’t understand how a veteran pitcher could self-implode like that.
The popup was just a disaster. He then follows that with 2 straight walks and a double.
A HR to Ryan Kalish? That’s just ridiculous.
You don’t need to throw 95 to pitch up in the zone at times. You need to change eye angles.
Everything tonight was soft and in the middle of the plate. Go upstairs on some guys.
Changing the eye angle alone will help.
You can’t just throw slop up there like Vicente Padilla and navigate through AL lineups.
Fat Elvis is just fat. Not a puma and not Elvis
Hughes needs to get experience anyway if you want him to be a big game pitcher/ace. Let him pitch in the postseason.
Good job by Joba again.
Blue Jays 2-1 in the 8th
Maybe Jose Guillen would be an improvement.
I cannot mf believe the pitch count is in the 60′s still.
CC, Pettitte, and Hughes for now it looks like the postseason rotation. And I’m still worried about Pettitte and how he comes back the rest of this season
Berkman is another waste of space.
And pure class once again by the Yankees giving Kalish his HR ball. I wonder if Beckett will take that into consideration before drilling our guys with the intent to injure.
Nice AB
To put it bluntly – this team sucks right now. This past week has been ugly.
Grandy looking completely baffled.
I still think Granderson will turn it around, but he’s making it awfully hard.
Granderson seems like a great teammate but I hate him on this team.
Breaking news: Berkman and Granderson are really, really bad.
I always knew the day would come when this criminal Clay would get a victory over us….Im still hoping today is not that day.
I am not going to panic, but I really miss the whole “making the pitcher work” mentality. 72 pitches through 6. Eeesh.
Berkman & Granderson & Cervelli. THE LOST BOYS
That was uninspiring.
I meant to say I was worried about the day that would come when Criminal Clay got a victory over us.
YankeesInk Kerry Wood warming.
# Rich in NJ August 6th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
I still think Granderson will turn it around, but he’s making it awfully hard.
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I’m still in this camp, but it’s getting awfully lonely over here.
Hughes is much better on the road,pettitte similar stats + i don’t see 2 lefties going back to back.
The bottom of the lineup is pathetic. Hopefully they can do to Granderson what they did to Iqawa. Send him to AAA and write off the contract.
Anyone else really tired of Granderson? I mean, he’s a nice guy, good ambassador for the game, and he plays decent centerfield…but…he’s just…been really, really bad for us.
I can’t help but hope he’s traded in the offseason, Gardner is moved back to center, and we get a new leftfielder.
Its getting late early for Granderson to turn it around.
Unfortunately, he is so messed up at the plate right now, he is just swinging blindly.
He’s going to need a lot of off-season work to re-tool his swing.
Vaxquez in playoffs=early exit
# Spiced Ham August 6th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Breaking news: Berkman and Granderson are really, really bad.
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don’t ever say Berkman stinks….joe might get made at you
Rich in NJ–I agree with you on Granderson–he will turn it around. He just needs a little help. Blindfold him, spin him around four times, and let him pin the tail on the jackass–that’s himself.
Anyone know how Betsy made out with the crazy who called her? Hopefully the manager’s warning will be enough.
Betsy, if you’re around, it’s probably some impotent loser who feels threatened by women. Those are the only kind brave enough to do that kind of thing!
Can we agree granderson isn’t good??
ChokeXOnXFailure August 6th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Anyone else really tired of Granderson? I mean, he’s a nice guy, good ambassador for the game, and he plays decent centerfield…but…he’s just…been really, really bad for us.
I can’t help but hope he’s traded in the offseason, Gardner is moved back to center, and we get a new leftfielder
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Tough to trade him now or during the off season. His value is at its lowest point. They’re sorta stuck for the time being.
All this resting of Posada is absolutely killing the Yankees. His bat lengthens the lineup. They need him in there. Why should Javy get a personal catcher? Joe is a good manager, but he makes some odd decisions sometimes.
nice performance by that pathetic bm Vazquez against a AAA line-up
What to man up again you ball-less wonder
a hypothetical question that I may get chastised for: If you were GM of the Yankees would you trade Granderson for BJ Upton? I would, BJ is better defensively at reading balls, been bad at the plate but has been batting 290 the last 22 games, a bad attitude but I think he’d turn it around with a fresh start w/ a new ballclub.
It would be even better for our bullpen if Wood could be good.
I wouldn’t be making out a postseason rotation yet. After tonight the sox will be 5 back, they are having a season like the Yankees did last year, lots of late comeback wins, contributions by lots of role guys, and they have a much deeper/better rotation than the Yanks. They are not out of it by any means. Don’t kid yourself.
I think it’s not likely Grandy turns it around this season. He seems lost up there. Maybe after K. Long works with him in the offseason. At least he plays a good centerfield.
it’s not just that berkman is getting out but these ab’s. he is a big OBP guy but crappy ground balls to first.
granderson, has just been awful. about 5 huge hits for granderson but his ab’s all year stink.
throw the guy a offspeed outside and low and k=lunge city here we come… can the guy learn?????seriously everyone gets him out the same way.. why ever throw him a fastball..
cervelli is a total hacker.. yea yea line drive, 1 friggin pitch…….
Berkman..2/18 and counting..
Granderson is gone in the off-season
Gardner moves to center and the Yankees sign a LF
Hello Carl Crawford
SJ44–I also agree with you about retooling Granderson. Arm him with a mop and let him works as a closer at McDonald’s
Too bad okajima is on the DL. He would’ve been very useful here.
Swish
Ball was catchable
That should be an error.
swisher needs to cattch that ball. that is not a basehit that is an error.
Good job Swish…..
JM–Read Joel Sherman’s article in the Post today if you are convinced that Granderson plays a good centerfield. He doesn’t.
BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
SJ44?I also agree with you about retooling Granderson. Arm him with a mop and let him works as a closer at McDonald?s
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At least something made me laugh tonight!
what a disgraceful performance . can anybody catch anything
look, the guy hasn’t prove anything in a big game. He sucked in NY in the playoff, bombed in his only appearance in CW, why would anyone give Javy a start in the playoff? i rather have Moseley or anyone else not named Javy Vasquez to start for me if it comes down to it , at least I know there is remote possibility that they won’t suck.
Zero Zero confidence in Javy in a ‘big’ game.
woah, kerry is getting smoked this inning.
BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Rich in NJ–I agree with you on Granderson–he will turn it around. He just needs a little help. Blindfold him, spin him around four times, and let him pin the tail on the jackass–that’s himself.”
What up, troll?
In many ways, the BoSox season is on the line this weekend……I’m not counting them out until the ref says 10
Everything this inning from Wood’s been tattooed
Girardi really needs to stop staying with pitchers so long. I really wish this game was 4-3 but because of his lack of a feel for the game once again he helps put this team in a bigger hole.
Granderson definitely has the talent and the upside to turn it around. Remember Swisher had a fairly mediocre season when the White Sox bailed on him. Now he’s a very productive player now. Maybe it’s a lost season for him, but I doubt he’s forgot how to play baseball.
My guess is that this is not a happy place right now. I haven’t read the posts but I know how game threads can be if the Yankees are losing or any Yankee players arent having perfect games. Or generally if the Yankees struggle – even though all teams do during the course of a season.
Okey dokey. I’m still calling for a win but I will let y’all do your thing. For the record, my predictions remain the same. Yanks take the division, Rays come in second, and the Sux come in third. Yankees win the world series. So no matter what the Sux do this weekend, my response will be the same – no big deal.
Tampa would never trade with the Yankees.
Plus, trading Granderson isn’t going to be easy because his value is at its lowest.
The chances the Yankees sign 2 100+ million dollars players, Crawford and Lee, AND Jeter and Mo are slim and none.
Especially since they are taxed at 40% on every dollar above the tax threshold.
Yeah I fail to believe Grandy is a total lost cause. I think the injury screwed up his adjustment. Assuming nothing changes with him by the end of the year, I do expect him to make much more contact next year and not look totally helpless in alot of these AB’s
# Pat M. August 6th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
In many ways, the BoSox season is on the line this weekend……I’m not counting them out until the ref says 10
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you can never count out the bosox while they have a healthy pitching stuff, which they do.
They shouldn’t let Granderson’s presence on the payroll prevent them from pursuing Crawford.
i got a fair trade curtis for byrd of the cubs
they added three bad players to this team
“# BA August 6th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
I wouldn’t be making out a postseason rotation yet. After tonight the sox will be 5 back, they are having a season like the Yankees did last year, lots of late comeback wins, contributions by lots of role guys, and they have a much deeper/better rotation than the Yanks. They are not out of it by any means. Don’t kid yourself.
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if Boston somehow made it in to the postseason, their rotation would terrify me
Need some runs now
that was well struck by drew also, lol
People keep saying things about the Red Sox like when they get back to full health they will go on a roll and are still a threat.
That is only half the story though.
For the Red Sox to make the playoffs they have to play EXTREMELY well the rest of the season AND the Yanks or Rays have to play mediocre or worse.
The Sox will be right in this race. The smurf is coming back. Their rotation is decent but they are all healthy. Their lineup is bad but they have enough to get by. For the Yanks Andy is hurt and Vazquez and AJ are nut jobs.
woah, there was an officer that looked very similar to Dwyane Wade.
Need to score some runs this inning. Let’s go Yankee bats.
Top 9th Jays 2 Rays 1
at what point does Berkman sit…say 4/30
There is a reason why Boston and NY have the same record since April 19th… despite their injuries, both teams are evenly matched. It is terrifying to think what would happen if they were healthy.
Even the Indians were able to split a series with them, so were the Mariners….
Cmon people it’s just three runs. It can happen.
If the Yanks go 28-27 the rest of the way, Boston needs to go 34-20 to overtake them. Neither if these is very likely to happen.
Agreed with what others mentioned.
No one gets by the Sox if they can find a way to get into the playoffs. That rotation is lethal.
“at what point does Berkman sit…say 4/30″
Berkman- another awful acquisition.
Rather have NJ, at least the guy got on base.
You can’t get on folks who are on Javy tonight.
No, this isn’t the biggest game of the season.
However, it is a game that if you get off to a good start and win, you begin to put pressure on the Red Sox.
From the first pitch of the game, he was tentative.
Its one thing to challenge guys and get beat. That’s baseball.
To get beat pitching not to lose? That’s not good.
The popup was all on Javy. That’s inexcusable.
Despite all that, the Yankees get back in the game and need a shutdown inning from him.
He has the bottom of the Red Sox order coming up.
What does he do? Implode again.
You can’t expect him to get a standing O for that performance tonight.
He’s got a rap of not coming up big in big games. As Arod will attest last year, the ONLY way you beat that rap, is to perform better.
Tonight, he performed poorly. No other way to say it.
This isn’t April or May.
This is August.
Being 7 games back in the loss column in August is a terrible place to be in.
You can’t just look at the games back. You have to look at how many games they have to make up that difference.
The Rays trying to make a comeback, man on first, none out, top of the ninth
Rich in NJ–Seriously Rich, and I’m saying this as kind as I can—you know as much about baseball strategy as Tiger Woods knows about fidelity.
Did any Curb Your Enthusiasm fans see Larry David puckering his lips to God Bless America?
CLASSIC.
this lineup is weak.
posada needs to play more. thats just the bottomline
will gardner ever attempt another bunt single ever again?
Shame on everyone on here that thought vazquez was different this time around than he was in 2004. I can shutout the bleeping indians and mariners with 37 people in the stands. I’ve written it on this blog dozens of times (as have a select few)- lets wait until vazquez faces the rays, redsox and rangers in a pressure game and see what he does – and this is what he does folks. This is vazquez in game 2 or 3 come playoff time, if he makes it that far.
And this is why Cashman was willing to pay twice for Cliff Lee, because he knew he f’d up by trading for this sack of bleep in the first place (and hence my name). Add to that the fact that Headcase AJ may pitch even worse than vazquez and you now have 2 solid pitchers in CC and Andy and its a crapshoot the rest of the way (hughes may be decent but who knows what will happen with him come playoff time).
Also i don’t know about anyone else but I think I’ve seen enough of berkman – his first half with the astros in the weaker NL wasn’t that good and he’s now like what 2 for 18 – i know its a small sample size but his first half this year wasn’t – he ain’t drinking from the fountain of youth anytime soon.
BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Rich in NJ–Seriously Rich, and I’m saying this as kind as I can—you know as much about baseball strategy as Tiger Woods knows about fidelity
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as KINDLY as you can–seems you know equally as much about grammar.
i agree about posada. he seems to be integral to the lineup success.
# TheStraw August 6th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
If the Yanks go 28-27 the rest of the way, Boston needs to go 34-20 to overtake them. Neither if these is very likely to happen.
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sure Boston also has 16 games head to head with Yanks and Rays, for example, however unlikely, if the yanks gets sweep in this series, Bosox will only be 2 games back. neither yanks or Tampa’s lead are insurmontable.
for devil’s advocate.
Lab tops is pitching every lefty on the outside corner and the Yanks haven’t adjusted at all. They are trying to pull every single one of them.
captain groundout
I would love to see Crawford in pinstripes but I really doubt it for two reasons:
1- need to sign Jeter, Mo and Cliff Lee
2- they couldn’t have possibly traded AJax, Coke and Kennedy for 1 year of Granderson
the sox half inning takes 30 min and the yankees half takes 3 min.
As untrustworthy as Burnett is, I’d take the chance he turns in one of his dominant performances, rather than see fly ball Vazquez and his 88 MPH fastball try to pitch to big-time offenses in the postseason.
And with Burnett, you know if he implodes, it’s not because of the magnitude of the game. Can’t say the same for Javy.
this offense is pathetic and gone into hibernation since that Tex HR.. ground ball after ground ball out.
“# G-C August 6th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Did any Curb Your Enthusiasm fans see Larry David puckering his lips to God Bless America?
CLASSIC.
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lol he’s there? I love that show
Bumknee
And you must know about a BumThumb – that of Kevin Youkilis
That whining moaner Youkilis finally paid the price for arguing every strike call
Hey Santa Claus—this is summer recess time. Try to be not so anal. What are going to do when I catch you?
BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Rich in NJ–Seriously Rich, and I’m saying this as kind as I can—you know as much about baseball strategy as Tiger Woods knows about fidelity.
Thanks, troll.
Its not Granderson’s role on the team that affects signing Crawford. Its the other 8-10 guys who will be earning 15+ million a year that affects it.
They aren’t going to carry a 230 million dollar payroll next year.
Between Lee, CC, AJ, Mo, Andy, Tex, Cano, Jeter, Arod and Posada, that’s about 170 million right there.
If they want to stay at 200-210, you have 30-40 million left for the other 15 guys.
If Crawford takes 18 million of that, the math doesn’t work.
Berkman has never seen any of these pitchers before in the AL. Did you not think there would be an adjustment period??? How do the Yanks do against pitchers they have never seen before?? Give him a break
wake up, offense!
Down goes da Youka! Down goes da Youka! Youka!
Tampon Bay lose but Yanks need to win tomorrow. Burnett & Moseley don’t exactly get me warm and fuzzy. Sabathia hasn’t been lights out himself lately.
Jays win
Bring back Melky. So what if he needs a translator? Curtis needs a German Sheppard
Jays handle Rays, 2-1. No blood .
Aim higher.
# Captain Clutch August 6th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Berkman has never seen any of these pitchers before in the AL. Did you not think there would be an adjustment period??? How do the Yanks do against pitchers they have never seen before?? Give him a break
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he wasn’t having a good year to begin with….he’s done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
“And with Burnett, you know if he implodes, it’s not because of the magnitude of the game. Can’t say the same for Javy.”
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Thats really, really not fair.
How do you know what their struggles are because of? You have some special insight into their mental approaches that I’m not aware of?
Rays lose, 2-1
thank you for taking a pitch
That’s a terrible call
SJ44–Be careful==Santa Claus will be on you for using between rather than among.
at least get paps in there in the 9th.
imagine Posada next season, that might be rough. he may catch once a week in between his shuffleboard games
And if we take 3/4, they will be 10 back in the loss column. Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight.
If CC loses his game, we might get swept.
Huge pressure on him tomorrow. Do we really want to leave our chance of a split int he hands of Burnett and Mosely?
1st & 3rd strikes were outside
Not a strike
“Its not Granderson’s role on the team that affects signing Crawford. Its the other 8-10 guys who will be earning 15+ million a year that affects it.”
Subtract Granderson’s $8.25m and your more than half way there, which I predict they will do unless he has a dramatic turnaround.
Nice to see the strike zone gets progressively wider and wider as the night goes on.
Tex been quiet since that HR… running out of outs now!
typical yankees offense a 2 run hr in the first and then tanked
Thats not a strike!
Michael Kay: the umpire has gone unnoticed in this game.
Yeah, Kay, by you, because you douldnt care less about the team or the game.
if Posada isn’t catching he needs to DH…
That wasn’t a strike. The ump has given lab tops an extra 50 feet off the corner to lefties tonight.
Yep to all complaining about the strike zone expanding since we’ve been down.
It’s just another add-on to the Yankee tax.
BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
SJ44–Be careful==Santa Claus will be on you for using between rather than among.
Now he’s a concern troll.
Rich in NJ–you’re really dumb. Or is it your?
If the yankees split the rs will have to feel frustrated.
We have to go out & win tomorrow.
See!
What do you think I talk about all the time..
We’re down in a game, and we cheap strikes aplenty.
It’s the umpires version of kicking us when we’re down!
# BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
SJ44–Be careful==Santa Claus will be on you for using between rather than among.
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You’re reading my name wrong too. Looks like neither grammar nor comprehension is your strong point.
LGY,
I’m not worried about the Red Sox. I don’t think they will hold up the rest of the way.
Tonight, as in most games, its about starting pitching.
Javy stunk, Buchholz didn’t, and that’s the story of the game.
The concern is more about what the Yankees do.
The offense has shown it can be shutdown for long periods. Its been that way all year.
You have some real dead spots in the lineup. That isn’t going to change from now until October.
That means the pitching, especially the starting pitching, has to be really good. Its why the Yankees are where they are right now. Its certainly not because the offense has been firing on all cylinders this year.
When you see Javy doing his implosion act tonight, it doesn’t help.
They are really going to need CC, Hughes and AJ to step it up the next few weeks until Andy gets back because Vazquez inspires zero confidence in games against good teams.
# TheStraw August 6th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
And if we take 3/4, they will be 10 back in the loss column. Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight.
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Yanks aren’t getting 3 of 4
Agree, joeman.
Signing Cliff Lee is the most important off season issue…….Alex’s 30 million is the imbalance on spreadsheet for years to come…..And I’m an Alex fan
i think posada is going to be more of the full time dh next year, with montero and cervelli catching.
Every broadcast is the Michael Kay Show!
Here Michael compliment the other team, jinx the Yanks, and talk about himself!
With your first comment. I still think 3/4 is very possible.
BumKnee August 6th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Rich in NJ–you’re really dumb. Or is it your?
Troll on.
I can’t believe Girardi is asking Wood to pitch 2 innings. He will be on the DL very soon if Girardi continues this.
lol ZMAN!
Rich in NJ August 6th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
“Its not Granderson’s role on the team that affects signing Crawford. Its the other 8-10 guys who will be earning 15+ million a year that affects it.”
Subtract Granderson’s $8.25m and your more than half way there, which I predict they will do unless he has a dramatic turnaround
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How do you see them doing that? Trading him? I just don’t see it happening while his value is so low. And even if they do, wouldn’t another team ask for the Yankees to throw in some money to pay for his 8.25 mil in 2011 and the 10 mil in 2012? Unfortunately, I think they are really stuck between a rock and a hard place with Granderson.
# TheStraw August 6th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Agree, joeman.
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someone agreed with something I said….where’s that Joe Franco guy
The guy is a scumbag. His ego is bigger than his head, and that says something.
1 week from now…
RHP Kerry Wood placed on DL with shoulder inflammation…
Why is he being used for multiple innings?
captain clutch
re:berkman – the guy is a 13 year vet – if you have to wait for him to “adjust” you might as well not have traded for him – then again he was having a bleepy year in houston so he’s pretty much just continuing that.
Also – posada sat a game in tampa, and a game vs toronto and had a day off yesterday, if you’re going to sit him every other day you may as well trade for a catcher that can actually hit (snyder from arizona would have been nice) so that your 6-9 guys in the lineup doesn’t look like a triple A lineup with cervelli, granderson, berkman and at this point gardner – can you imagine when pena plays!?!?!?
All the Javy bashing aside, our offense hasn’t exactly instill confidence lately . would at least like to see the Yanks bring the tying run to the plate, win or lose.
I’m not worried about the Sox but it would be nice if they Yankees finished them off this series.
“he wasn’t having a good year to begin with….he’s done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1″
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He is replacing garbage. Do you want Miranda, Thames or Curtis dhing everyday against a righty? He is an upgrade over all of those guys. Cashman’s mistake is not getting a real DH in the off season.
now that we have wood, we need to sign prior.
This season is shaping up very similar to 2008 in the sense that, while the rotation is the obvious focus and where the money should be allotted, the offense cannot be ignored either because their long cold spells are just as much to blame as the pitching.
Are we going to rely on Granderson turning it around, Jeter/ARod reverting back to their 2009 forms, Posada staying healthy, no real DH, etc?
It’s the Michael Kay show on YES, starring, costarring, guest starring Michael Kay, with a special guest star Red Sox. WHy no Yankees you ask? Because the Yankees don’t mean anything to Kay-man!
# ac1 August 6th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
i think posada is going to be more of the full time dh next year, with montero and cervelli catching.
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can’t see Montero catching next year
And why is Girardi using Wood for two innings ?
This is the problem with Girardi as soon as you give him a new toy he wants to use it up.
Good job, Kerry!
I would vote to Waterboard Kay w/ soup
SJ44
About the tax limit, if I’m understanding you correctly, if you offered a player 1 million are you saying the cost would actually be 1.4 million? Also, where does the money go or who gets it?
Although a split is more likely, in which case nobody gains or loses anything. In fact, the Sox lose in that scenario because they have fewer games left. Anybody who thinks the Yanks will blow making the playoffs needs to back off the ledge. It’s not impossible, but not very bloody likely, either.
# joeman August 6th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
# ac1 August 6th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
i think posada is going to be more of the full time dh next year, with montero and cervelli catching.
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can’t see Montero catching next year
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While it would be fun to watch, I can’t see it either. I wonder if he gets a call up at the end of this year though.
joeman
How do you know if Montero won’t be catching next year ?
yankees should be playing brandon laird in the outfield in AAA, and next year have gardner in cf, laird in lf and granderson on the bench.
After watching Vazquez tonight, I thought Girardi was stretching out Wood for a future start!
IIOIIOIIO
As a general rule, I hate to trade low, but I think Granderson still has value. If he doesn’t, then they’ll have to hope he turns it around next year.
But his defense has been very good, and his power will likely return. There could be a GM out there who is willing to take a chance on him.
# tampayank August 6th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I would vote to Waterboard Kay w/ soup
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New England Clam Chowder?
Santa Claus–Recognizing a nit wit is my strong point.
# Cashman needs to go August 6th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
captain clutch
re:berkman – the guy is a 13 year vet – if you have to wait for him to “adjust” you might as well not have traded for him – then again he was having a bleepy year in houston so he’s pretty much just continuing that.
Also – posada sat a game in tampa, and a game vs toronto and had a day off yesterday, if you’re going to sit him every other day you may as well trade for a catcher that can actually hit (snyder from arizona would have been nice) so that your 6-9 guys in the lineup doesn’t look like a triple A lineup with cervelli, granderson, berkman and at this point gardner – can you imagine when pena plays!?!?!?
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couldn’t have said it any better
Perhaps Posada is more injured that what’s known.
That’s probably the case.
The Granderson issue is tricky because its pretty tough to trade him now unless you sign Crawford AND Lee (Lee being the priority), and taking back money on the deal in a possible Granderson trade.
Something I don’t see happening.
If the Yankees sign Crawford and Lee, I think the industry would go so nuts, they would make sure the Yankees ate the Granderson contract in a possible trade.
Its not easy to trade a guy at his lowest point.
Its why, if the plan to sign Crawford AND Lee were to take place, Granderson getting hot for the next two months would be a big help.
Then again, if he got hot like that, you wouldn’t want to trade him.
Therein lies the dilemma.
We can’t keep on throwing Posada out there. The guy is on his last legs it’s time to inject some youth.
i dont see why montero shouldnt come up next year, while posada is here to work with him. as for his hitting, long is here to help him recognize and hit offspeed pitches…
Rich in NJ August 6th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
IIOIIOIIO
As a general rule, I hate to trade low, but I think Granderson still has value. If he doesn’t, then they’ll have to hope he turns it around next year.
But his defense has been very good, and his power will likely return. There could be a GM out there who is willing to take a chance on him
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Yeah, maybe. Either way, Granderson hasn’t made things easy for the team during the off season. It’s going to be interesting to see what’s going to happen with Crawford as well. I wouldn’t be opposed to trading Granderson as more of a salary dump if the other team was willing to pick up his contract, especially if Crawford was going to take his place.
“Perhaps Posada is more injured that what’s known.
That’s probably the case.”
That’s what I said earlier to a friend when he complained about Cervy being in after an off day. Hopefully, he’ll be fine in a month.
Jeremy
Inject some youth? Or inject Posada with whatever David Ortiz uses?
I’d go with the latter!
SJ,
Couldn’t agree more with the concern is only what the Yankees do.
The one thing that keeps me optimistic about this lineup is that Posada (hopefully) will be catching every playoff game.
They are a completely different lineup with Posada in there.
When Posada is not catching, there are just too many guys who are not just not hitting but just quick outs. Just back to back to back these guys are going down with less than 10 pitches in an inning way too often.
Buchholz has looked pretty good tonight. I have not really been particularly impressed with him. He has been predictable vs LHB. There is no way he should be pitching into the 8th inning on a night like tonight.
Vazquez. He was awful tonight. Girardi needs to start reacting to what is going on with the pitcher on the mound instead of just sticking to a pitch count.
He was like a ticking time bomb out there and because Girardi stuck with him for too long, like Joe has done many times this year with his starters it is a completely different game.
with posada as full time dh, he is still here to catch if something happened to montero or cervelli. i think next year is the perfect time to bring up montero.
# Jeremy August 6th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
joeman
How do you know if Montero won’t be catching next year ?
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won’t be catching with the big team…..read a lot of scouts said he’s still a long way off catching in the Bigs
“If the Yankees sign Crawford and Lee, I think the industry would go so nuts, they would make sure the Yankees ate the Granderson contract in a possible trade.”
The Yankees are a stimulus package for the rest of MLB (that is in need of stimulus) and they do it without deficit spending.
After their hot July, both the Yanks and Rays are due for a bit of a correction. They just need to make sure the Sox are not allowed to creep too close.
KPB,
Correct. That money goes into the Central Fund and is distributed to franchises in need of money. Teams like the Marlins, Pirates, Royals, etc.
The one positive we are seeing tonight is the bullpen. Its really gaining length and quality lately.
Which is why I would have had a much shorter leash with Vazquez tonight.
You can’t put him in a position to get you beat. Unfortunately, they did tonight.
CR9
LOL ! good one.
He was like a ticking time bomb out there and because Girardi stuck with him for too long, like Joe has done many times this year with his starters it is a completely different game.
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between the 2nd and 5th inning, he basically breezed through. how is that sticking with him too long?
I think they acquired Berkman to compensate for the potential loss of offense as a result of Posada’s questionable health.
“between the 2nd and 5th inning, he basically breezed through. how is that sticking with him too long?”
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If you looked at the way he was pitching he wasn’t pitching well at all between the 2nd and 5th.
He had nothing tonight so he was basically pulling tricks out his back pocket like the extremely slow CB.
That is only going to work for so long. Once the Red Sox hitters stopped falling for the slop Vazquez was throwing it was over.
He was pitching backwards and throwing slop all game. You stick with a pitcher like that and it is only a matter of time until he gets hurt bad.
Another 2-0 count down the tubes.
He is replacing garbage. Do you want Miranda, Thames or Curtis dhing everyday against a righty? He is an upgrade over all of those guys. Cashman’s mistake is not getting a real DH in the off season.
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Curtis has swung the bat well. Miranda has had his moments as well. Rather take a chance with a young guy, rather than a washed up slugger with diminished bat speed. He looks like Sexon did.
Either way, they need a full-time DH next season, no question.
yeah Cano
just a thought with getting crawford and the payroll –
if you trade granderson (cashman afterall traded for him and you all say he’s a genius so there has to be a dumber GM out there) you’ll save what 8 million – next year will be posada’s last and you’ll have either montero or romine catching in 2012 so that another 15 million (cashman doesn’t look at just one year he looks longterm – so thats 23 million saved) you play hardball with jeter and give him only 15 million next year (and he’d still be overpaid by 8 million)so thats another 5 million saved (28 million), vazquez will be gone next year and that another 12 million (40 million) – so you have 40 million to sign crawford & lee – rivera gets the same money (15 million) – you have to pay posada for his last year but thats just one year of the payroll being inflated and in 2012 you’ll have both crawford and lee and save about 8 million from 2012 on
lets see what happens here
scoring in the first has almost become a guarantee that they won’t hit much the rest of the game.
And now we can a shot at least get Bard and Paps..
Wow pulling Butthoelz after 97 pitches.
You know the Sox are desperate.
This would be a good time for Berkman to prove he has something left.
except they arent going to play hardball with jeter and rivera.
Berkman goes yard, time to earn the PinStripes
Can’t they go over the payroll for one year, knowing that Posada is off the books the following year and can be replaced in-house?
I don’t think they can bring back this same offense (minus Berkman) next year.
I think cano got all 3 hits on the first pitch.
berkman if he gets out at least needs to have a good AB…
interesting matchup, Bard vs Puma , this would be good test to see if Puma can catch up to Bard’s fb, a few can.
LGY,
That was my frustration with Joe tonight.
You could see from the first pitch, Javy wasn’t going to attack the zone. Once a couple of balls were hit hard foul, he lost his confidence in his fastball and went Vicente Padilla on us.
You just can’t leave him out there when he does that.
If you don’t pull him to start the third, which I would have done, once you get back in the game at 4-3, any sign of trouble, he has to be out of there because, simply put, he has not shown the ability to step up in games like this.
I know he struck out Kalish twice. You know what? I don’t care.
As soon as he gave up the hit to Lowell, you have to get him out of there.
You say, “I dodged a bullet, now let’s go to the pen”.
Instead, he goes one batter too late and he pretty much puts the game out of reach.
With guys like Pettitte and Sabathia, even Hughes, you give him the benefit of the doubt and extend him if need be.
Javy? No way.
Frankly, I have more confidence in Moseley because, with his sinker, he can induce a DP.
Javy no longer has swing and miss stuff and doesn’t induce groundballs.
IMO, you have to manage his starts, especially against good teams, differently than the other guys.
If you don’t, you get beat. Simple as that.
I wonder how many laptops Buttholez will steal after the game.
cant even catch a break.
Berkman robbed
and that’s the game.
we had the tying run to the plate, but more bad luck. the ball hung up there.
Berkman’s few hard hit balls have been caught.
Come on !
Watch Curtis the Ambassador strut his stuff
That is the 3rd time in the last couple of days that Berkman has been robbed. Twice by Overbay the other day.
No luck for Berkman.
nice effort by Berkman
would the Red Sox go after Crawford also?
2/19 and counting
This is the Yankees!!!! Sell high, sell low —-They don’t care. You produce you stay—–
Can Barack make Curtis Ambassador to Portugal?
would be great if it wasnt the bottom of the lineup vs. paps. Athough i think that gardner is like 6-6 against him or something.
heh, berkman hit it hard, all you can ask.
maybe curtis will jack one here, and next inning, the top of our order will win it.
Can’t get much of a rally going with the bottom of the order.
The futility continues.
Wow. I’m shocked
Granderson is absolutely uselss.
Granderson is terrible,really hurting us.
this team has become home run or bust.
Grandy is an automatic out at this point.
another good ab by granderson.
man he just sucks, how can that be disputed???
gaudin comes in this game is over, he sucks
Nice at bat Granderson.. Swinging at a pitch off the plate on your hands. Can’t wait until his contract is up.
well we can assume posada will PH in the 9th (?), Gardner and Jeter?
Wow. He’s brutal. Granderson’s OBP is .309
Rich NJ–”he’ll be comin around the mountain when he comes.”
BumKnee
Will you stop with the politics talk ! Also the Granderson stuff is getting old.
The fat lady is clearing her throat
hey at least Grandy didn’t strike out, I guess that’s progress
Captain Clutch August 6th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Nice at bat Granderson.. Swinging at a pitch off the plate on your hands. Can’t wait until his contract is up
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You’ll have quite a wait.
On the days that Posada doesn’t play the Yanks are playing with a lineup 1 threw 5. With Posada needing a ton of off days and Gardner slumping since the all star break it definitely hasn’t helped. They are getting nothing out of DH, C, and CF. It’s tough to ask the top 5 guys in the lineup to carry the lineup every night.
Granderson, by far, is the biggest disappointment this year.
Once you get past Cano, the opposing pitcher has a very easy time getting through the lineup.
Wasn’t it nice when we had guys like Matsui/Cano/Posada/Swisher/ from 5-8? All guys who had big-time power, 3 of them were high OBP guys, and none of them got neutralized by any kind of pitcher.
buckhole gave up 9 hits in 7 1/3 and 3 runs. no clutch hits.. 2 extra base hits.
cervelli fielding play absolutely killed as javy wet his paints and did an AJ.
it is all about BA with RISp…not real complicated……..
Jeremy—go smell your feet.
eh, could be worse. the mets season just ended with an 8 inning implosions
I gotta say Chads a rookie but Pete was absolutely killer updating. Great stuff. Chad has a lot to learn n improve
I find it funny that if I say I don’t trust Javy, people get on my case – SJ says it? No big deal. I’m sorry, the hypocrisy ticks me off. Tyler said it too………..I’m not trying to get on anyone’s case, but please.
Gee, you wonder why I don’t trust Javy in a big game? His stuff stinks…….and he’s been bad against good teams all year. I hope Phil keeps improving because we might need him the playoff rotation.
montero 2 for 4 with a double
AmalieBenjamin:
Exellent catch by Ellsbury there. Big, big play. Can’t have felt good landing on those ribs, though.
Bumknee
Yeah really funny ! /sarcasm
The Sun will come up tomorrow and at least I have my health.
saw that Gardner slip myself..BA has dropped 13 pts since the AS Game
“Exellent catch by Ellsbury there. Big, big play. Can’t have felt good landing on those ribs, though.”
It was a good catch. Nothing more.
they have to sit posada down after the season and tell him, look we need you in the lineup everyday, so you are going to dh. thats all there is to it. he will learn to deal with it.
They are going to have to seriously consider sitting Granderson at this point.
Put Kearns in LF and Gardner in CF.
The AB’s aren’t even competitive.
This is AL Baseball. You can’t give away 8-12 AB’s a night, which this lineup is doing all too much.
Especially on nights Vazquez pitches and you know you need to score.
He can be a defensive replacement in the late innings.
They have given him 110 games to get it together and for whatever reason, it hasn’t happened.
Now its time to play winning baseball down the stretch and you can’t pencil him in everyday any longer.
That was a very poor at bat by Granderson. He is an automatic out these days. I was very surprised to hear that tonight was the first time he’s hit into a double play this season. I would think there would have been more. I guess he mostly strikes out and hits pop ups.
Gaudin should plunk Ortiz, payback for Jeter
I’m sick of Cervelli too. Guy went from gritty to annoying real fast.
If Posada needs as much rest as he does, we need to bring up Montero or someone who could at least potentially be an impact bat.
Why not try Montero at DH to see if he can give us a spark and hit enough to hold it down next year too? Have no idea what they will do with the DH next year, Montero makes sense, but I bet they just leave it open.
Betsy
I never got on you about Javy. Because I said he was average at best. I just didn’t agree with some other things you said about the Red Sox.
# pat August 6th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
AmalieBenjamin:
Exellent catch by Ellsbury there. Big, big play. Can’t have felt good landing on those ribs, though.
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she is kinda of cute, in a librarian sort of way.
# BA August 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Gaudin should plunk Ortiz, payback for Jeter
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thats not going to happen
“Put Kearns in LF and Gardner in CF.”
I was just going to post that.
I was never a big fan of Torre, but especially early in his Yankee tenure, he didn’t play favorites, e.g., sitting Tino and playing Fielder.
Cano had more time than he though to plant and throw. Not a good game tonight for the pinstripes…
The difference between SJ44 and Betsy is SJ44 has knowledge of baseball, has knowledge of the inner workings of the game, probably even knows Javier Vazquez and he also uses statistics to back up his case. So if he thinks that Javy has a problem pitching in big games, then he is probably correct. Giving knowledgeable opinions and whining are two different things.
in his last 22 games (not counting tonight), Granderson is hitting .303/.349/487 with 3 HR and 9 RBI
yep, worthless.
what was the first base coach doing there? everyone in the dugout was telling that fat slob to go to second, but the first base coach was fortunately thinking about what to eat after the game.
bring Damon back for the stretch run
Ace August 6th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I gotta say Chads a rookie but Pete was absolutely killer updating. Great stuff. Chad has a lot to learn n improve
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Couldn’t have agreed more. I miss him big time. His commenting issues aside, the man knows how to write and blog.
save the beanballs for beckett’s game.
Fretsy Betsy doesnt trust anyone’s stuff. Probably doesn’t trust Mariano’s stuff. If she ain’t worryin’, she ain’t breathin’
CR9,
The absolute last thing you should be doing on this board is calling people out for anything.
oh and another thing about cervelli – he has completely shut it down offensively – or better said he’s back to normal..
but he has also dropped defensively – the little league throw to first the other night (which he’s done alot) and if i’m not mistaken posada has a better throwout ratio than frankie boy – so other than to rest the senior citizen there is absolutely no reason to ever make him play in a game – i’d be hitting the waiver wire right now and searching for a catcher with some sort of bat -
Hughes is going to be in the playoff rotation.
The bullpen has a ton of depth now.
Logan, Marte and Ace (who will both be back, IMO), Wood, Joba, Robertson and Mo.
That’s enough firepower out there.
They need a starter who inspires belief he can win games.
One thing Hughes…..he isn’t afraid to challenge hitters and his BB-K ratio is as good as anybody’s on the staff.
As long as he is healthy, I would have him in my post-season rotation.
Too bad the Yanks can’t put Granderson on the bench until the end of the season. Until Long works with him in the off season he isn’t going to hit. He is a mess. Of course the only time he makes contact is to hit into a dp. Someone in single A could do a better job.
what the hell?
That was a strike 3 all game for the Red Sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SJ44
Thanks, by the way do you know what the criteria is? Is it strictly a set dollar amount not reached or are there other factors also to qualify for the fund?
tampa lost.. yanks will win tomorrow.. we will be back to the same standings by tomorrow.. no worries..
“in his last 22 games (not counting tonight), Granderson is hitting .303/.349/487 with 3 HR and 9 RBI”
Last 5 games:
.077 .133 .077 .210
When you’re hitting .242 .309 .419 .728 overall, 22 games are just not enough.
The Grandy trade was well is a disaster. He’s just not competitive at the dish
How’d Wood look? I just came back from dinner…………. Buchholz, yuck.
The Mets are choke artist. Always will be !
the umps in general have just been horrible all year.
Buchholz always allows a lot of baserunners… the difference is that he bears down with guys on base and makes big pitches.
He is the opposite of Vazquez… who has the nice WHIP, low walk total… yet gives up big hits and HRs with guys on base. Guy gives up a HR to Ryan Kalish after we get back in the game and walks scrubs like Jed Lowrie to load the bases.
He pitched scared tonight. Then again, an 88 MPH fastball against this lineup in this ballpark isin’t anything to be confident about.
LGY
Is there some unwritten rule that I’m unaware of? Am I breaking the code of blogs?
Since everyone on here likes to call everyone else out, Im joining in! Shove it!
Stop bitching bout umps. Blame Javy n Cervelli.
# Rich in NJ August 6th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
“in his last 22 games (not counting tonight), Granderson is hitting .303/.349/487 with 3 HR and 9 RBI”
Last 5 games:
.077 .133 .077 .210
When you’re hitting .242 .309 .419 .728 overall, 22 games are just not enough.
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His OBP is mind bogglingly bad. I still can’t believe it.
I don’t know what the deal is with the Yankees getting a 2 run homer in the first inning than going flat the rest of the game. It’s pathetic. This lineup needs to be shaked and baked.
i hope paps come in for the 9th…
# Betsy August 6th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
How’d Wood look? I just came back from dinner…………. Buchholz, yuck.
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Got 3 outs in the 7th inning on 4 rockets. Didn’t exactly inspire confidence.
“Hughes is going to be in the playoff rotation.”
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I have been hoping for this all season. I am glad more and more people are starting to see this as a possibility.
You throw your 4 best starters in the playoffs.
I don’t care about contract status, age, etc.
Even though Hughes projects best to the bullpen, starting pitching is much more important come playoff time.
The Kiid–what did Granderson hit for the month of April? for June? for July? Yep–really worthless. Oh, he only played a handful of games in May
Berkman needs a adjustment period….needs to see every pitcher on every AL team at least once….that’s going to take a while….he is all done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
agreed about the first inning. it’s becoming almost a guarantee that after a 2 run hr in the first, that they will do very little after.
pinch hit Posada?
The problem with Granderson is he will hit for 2 or 3 games and then do nothing for 3 weeks. The only thing he is consistent at is being terrible. Something has to be done with the bottom of the lineup. They don’t get on base at all.
“Last 5 games:
.077 .133 .077 .210
When you’re hitting .242 .309 .419 .728 overall, 22 games are just not enough.”
oh, ok… you like comparing small samples to large samples to make your argument.
im not saying he’s having a great year, im just laughing at people who are saying he’s worthless. but then again, these are yankees fans… ive been dealing with them all my life, and they complain more than anyone. carry on…
Jeremy, I wasn’t referring to you……..but everytime I mentioned not trusting Javy, plenty of folks would jump down my throat. That annoys me to no end
Granderson accumulated hose 9 RBIs in a week (against Cleveland and KC), and the HR total in 2 games.
That’s what he does – one or two good games, disappears for 3 weeks.
About to lose to Pawtucket.
The lineup is giving away too many bats. It’s feast or famine right now.
Put up a couple of runs in the first and then it’s into the deep freeze for the rest of the game. Wade Davis, Rickey Romero, now Buccholz. Can’t win like that.
C.C. needs to put the team on his back tomorrow and stay away from the tightrope he’s been walking the past several starts. He’s allowing way too many baserunners. Walks up and homers up, strikeouts down.
Hopefully, he can get back on track tomorrow.
Is there some unwritten rule that I’m unaware of? Am I breaking the code of blogs?
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Because too many people have put up with your BS (I am very guilty of this) on this blog for too long.
You pollute this blog worse than any troll or impostor and most of your posts are honestly extremely disturbing.
ugly game.
LGY, that’s exactly what I said earlier, lol………….
Rich,
I’m one of these guys that gives players as long as leash as you can because its a long season.
Its why, no matter how badly he was hitting, I didn’t want Girardi to move Tex out of the 3 hole because I didn’t want to mess with his head. You keep grinding, which he did, and now he’s the only guy in MLB so far this year with 80 runs scored and 80 RBI.
Watching Granderson’s AB’s all year, you just don’t see improvement. There are so many moving parts and he’s so messed up there right now, its tough to watch.
Plus, its hurting the team in a big way.
If they didn’t have another guy to play CF, that’s one thiing. However, they do in Gardner.
Kearns has been an everyday player all year. Stick him in LF and see if he can get hot.
At this point, even if he just hits the way he hit in Cleveland its an upgrade.
They have got to get themselves in a mode to get on a run. They really haven’t gotten on one of those runs all year.
The sputtering offense is a big reason why. IMO, now is the time to change some things up to get it going.
# IIOIIOIIO August 6th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
# Rich in NJ August 6th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
“in his last 22 games (not counting tonight), Granderson is hitting .303/.349/487 with 3 HR and 9 RBI”
Last 5 games:
.077 .133 .077 .210
When you’re hitting .242 .309 .419 .728 overall, 22 games are just not enough.
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His OBP is mind bogglingly bad. I still can’t believe it.
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isn’t 728 OBP consider about league average for a CF? only with consideration what we had given up to get Curtis and our expectation for him, Granderson has been a disappointment in that sense , IMO.
LGY
Pass on by my posts! Disturbing, I like the sound of that! Is it disturbing to say good for the Youka and his bum thumb!!
# Captain Clutch August 6th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
The problem with Granderson is he will hit for 2 or 3 games and then do nothing for 3 weeks. The only thing he is consistent at is being terrible. Something has to be done with the bottom of the lineup. They don’t get on base at all.
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maybe don’t want to fool with it now but how about moving Gardner to the one hole and Jeter back to the 2 while moving Swish deeper into the lineup
Betsy
How dare you come on here and be critical of Javy!! Just kidding. Hope you are doing well and have resolved the issue with the nut job.
Kearns was an everyday player most of his career… he can handle it. He can’t be worse than Granderson.
except gardner hasnt done anything in weeks….
I think Hughes should be in the playoff rotation as well…always have. Just didn’t know if the Yankees would do it and if so how they would maneuver through that last month with the innings limits and still keep him sharp. I’m sure they could, just didn’t know if they would.
You could tell pretty early in this game that Javy may have trouble. He had nothing tonight stuff wise and an ump with a tight and high strike zone. Not a good combo for him. He got tentative and it cost him. Buchholtz was really good once he settled in as well.
At least the Rays lost.
Thanks, IO………….I still think he’ll be fine.
LGY, if he’s a starter, it’s by default – unless Phil starts pitching really well.. 5 and 6 inning games (unless he’s yanked due to innings) are not going to help. I don’t trust him in a big game at all – but then I don’t trust AJ or Javy either.
Why do you say he projects better in the pen?
Just an all around bad night for NY.. Yanks basically got 6 batters to get runs with 3 auto outs in the bottom. Hate losing to the Sox !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael Kay is not even paying attention to the game; doesnt even know what the count is.
KPB, thanks!
No resolution really; if he does it again and again, I’ll go back to the police with my reports and he’ll go down. If he doesn’t, then ………..well, good. I hope he crawls back under his rock.
where is the offense?
the most expensive lineup in the baseball.
F this game. Get em tomorrow and try to take 3 of 4.
Buchholz’ problem previous to this year was dealing with runners on base – dude is a very good pitcher now.
Note to Gardner when you see a fastball swing the bat. It’s like he waits for a perfect pitch every at bat and falls behind. He needs to adjust already.
Maybe a miracle will occur to get Alex to the plate, and Alex can walk it off!
in the last month, swish, tex and cano have been the offense with a little arod sprinkled in.
Betsy,
He was one of the best relief pitchers in baseball last year.
This team is really scuffling offensively right now and with the starting pitching being shaky, it’s a pretty bad combo.
Simple. Bench grandy. Play Jorge. Wow. Easy
I’m a Granderson fan but, he’s been a huge disappointment this year.
No numbers playing can discount that fact.
Offensively, he’s been barely functional.
Its August 6. If this is who he is as a hitter for this year, he simply can’t be an everyday player for this team.
Right now, the Yankees have to re-focus. They have to at least split this series.
A split hurts the Sox. Anything else, puts them back in the race and that would be a bad job by the Yankees because they are a much better team than the Red Sox this year.
Unfortunately, Vazquez made it tough for them tonight.
Its up to CC to step up tomorrow.
I REALLY hope I am wrong but I have no confidence the Yankees hold off the Sux this year- just sayin.
it would help them if they move Swish deeper into the lineup…
Gardner has a 371 OBP the past 28 days.
He is not hitting well but he is getting on base.
Thats not a strike! BS!
what a load of crap.
Well be real. Lester vs mosley is a loss. So be happy to take 2-4
The Rays offense has been sputtering as well….
BS call on that last strike
They will be 6 back in loss column, what is Kay talking about?
Strike 2 was ball 4
RConn, I agree – but you have to admit those are pretty good pitchers.
If the Yanks don’t hold off the Sox with there B-lineup then that would be a mini-collapse.
Last years team had a great feel to it, this year… Not so much.
As the game has progressed, the strike zone got larger for the Sox pitchers. Fact
CR9,
It is nearly impossible to pass by your posts.
Half the game threads are you talking to yourself under different names.
Rays lost, so tonight means little after CC shuts down these bums tomorrow. Cervelli can’t drop that pop up….a gift for the BoSux….NO MORE !
Javy is still pretty good at choking
Let’s hear it for Cash. Batted 1000 in failure in 2010
AMAZING!!!!!!!!
They have a JV lineup, and we can ONLY muster 3 runs.
We suck!
Lester’s lost his last 4 decisions so that game against Moseley is no shoe in for Boston
LGY, you think Phil projects better as a reliever than a starter?
Also, this IS a big series – so why is MOSELEY pitching instead of Phil on Monday? That’s pathetic.
Jeter giving the Yankees at least a pulse for the moment…
This is the Sox B team.
The Yanks really need to win tomorrow with CC on the mound. The other head case AJ is going Sat. and Moseley will probably get smacked around. It’s funny against the Indians the Yanks won every game except the won that CC pitched but I doubt AJ will set up and pitch a good game. He will probably crap his pants like Vazquez did.
If u think Mosley vs Lester isn’t a huge mismatch u r a total Super Fan.
Gotta love the Oh-fer-12 that Gardner, Grandy and Berkman gave us tonight….SO CLUTCH are they, huh ?
LGY
Sorry, man. Only use one screen name.
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At least Jeets is making Pap work here.
Jeter is gonna wear Papelbon out if nothing else.
Betsy,
Sorry I meant as compared to the other starters on the team. He projects better to the bullpen than Vazquez or AJ.
Will everyone now agree that the Granderson trade was an awful one?
Even if Melky and Granderson had identical #’s, we wouldn’t be paying millions of dollars for that type of production. Just terrible.
We’d also still have Austin Jackson.
This isn’t an overreaction or a new idea. I’ve said this since Day 1 of the trade.
Melky last year (with his salary) was better than Granderson is this year. Plain and simple.
Scratch that – I think you meant he projects better as a reliever than Javy. You’re right- screw it, it’s more important to get a good start from the starter
The offense needs to wake the hell up.
Even in the games where Javy/AJ imploded, we got back in the game and it was more than winnable. We just couldn’t get the big hit.
CC could pitch a gem tomorrow… doesn’t mean much if we don’t hit.
“# BA August 6th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Last years team had a great feel to it, this year… Not so much.
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I feel the same, you felt the magic last season. This season has first round exit written all over it
Betsy
I think LGY is talking about for the end of the season. Because Hughes might slow done because of the innings.
good AB by DJ, carry into tomorrow pls
Any team can win on any day of the week. Cleveland just handed the Sux their butts and the Rays have been losing games.
If the Yanks lose this game BFD. Get used to losses. They happen. The Sux are going nowhere this season. Get used to that too trolls!!!
Okay, we’ll take 3 out of 4 if we don’t take this game.
Any team can win on any day of the week. Cleveland just handed the Sux their butts and the Rays have been losing games.
If the Yanks lose this game BFD. Get used to losses. They happen. The Sux are going nowhere this season. Get used to that too trolls!!!
Okay, we’ll take 3 out of 4 if we don’t take this game.
Gardner needs to sit the bench. He is useless. But so are Berkamn and Granderson…and Cervelli, and Posada…
How do we possibly have the most runs in baseball?
Berkman is 2/19…..needs to adjust though ……he’s done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeter’s best AB in a long, long time.
Nice at bat, just a shame there’s 2 out.
Tomorrow we have the only favorable match up on paper, hopefully CC can pick this team up.
AMAZING AB by the Captain!!!
wow, the umpire gave us a cheap call! Swish, take pitches, take pitches, take pitches, take a walk, take a walk!
I would like to see Papelbon have a Joba-esque meltdown. Haven’t had that in awhile.
Yeah Hughes would be a betrer bullpen option than anyone else.
AJ is just as likely to outpitch Beckett on Sunday as he is to give up 6 runs. Great AB by the captain…..your job Swisher is to get Tex to the plate with a chance to tie it.
Can we at least end the Jeter is finished stuff til Nov?
That was a strike
I hate Papelbon!.. bunch of sissies!
gotta love, making the pug-nosed icehole face another batter !
tonight would be a good night for some magic
# Rich in NJ August 6th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Jeter’s best AB in a long, long time.
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Jeter can still work a walk when he wants to , just like the AZ AB vs Heilman
strike 2 was a ball, so atleast even steven
Tampayank-
2000 didn’t look the same as 1999 or 1998, but they managed to turn it on when they needed to. Will this be a year like that, or one like 2002 or 2006?
Cashmoney, the one thing I’ve totally learned to ignore is the favorable match-ups on paper. Seriously, those can lead you badly astray!
Jeter needs to have more at bats like that
aha, the Mojo for the Mojerk is a goner !
“Jeter can still work a walk when he wants to , just like the AZ AB vs Heilman”
Then I hope he wants to do it a lot more often.
Eeesh, Swisher swung at ball 2.
Hughes is going to be in the rotation for the post-season.
He’s got swing and miss stuff.
You don’t put an all star starting pitcher in the bullpen because you want to give a post-season start to Javy Vazquez.
Guys with swing and miss stuff are who you want starting for you in the post-season.
That’s why AJ, shaky as he can be, is a guy you have more confidence in during the post-season because of his stuff.
thestraw
great point. the team turned it on in the 2000 postseason after looking average all year.
Jeremy, I assumed LGY meant he projected to the pen better than the other potential starters. It’s too early to tell about Phil – we’re talking about an ok game against the Royals, a good for the most part game against the Rays and a decent game against the Jays. It tells you something about the state of the rotation that Phil at this point would be considered a favorite.
Papelbum pitched last night and now has thrown 21 pitches tonight. At least he will be unavailable or tired tomorrow if he has to pitch.
Someone is falling way down the Fay-Ga-Lah hole !
fyi… Carlos Pena on DL for Rays
why did he swing at that??????? that was outside, and your run means nothing.
# trisha – true pinstriped blue August 6th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Cashmoney, the one thing I’ve totally learned to ignore is the favorable match-ups on paper. Seriously, those can lead you badly astray!
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i agree, although as a gambling man, I trust in LV odds most of time, those guys more than anyone else knows what they are talking about. except i don’t gamble on sports.
BA August 6th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Last years team had a great feel to it, this year… Not so much.
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Because last year’s team had a curricular lineup. Damon was the perfect two-hole hitter. Swisher, who hit 30 bombs, hit 8th. Matsui had grind-it-eter, out ABs and killed lefties, two things Granderson is allergic to. Jeter is much worse, so is A-Rod. We had one slump after A-Rod came back – during the interleague stretch. After that, this offense was consistent throughout. This year, they go into a slump every other week it seems like.
Bench had guys who are now key everyday players on playoff teams (Gardner, Hinske, Hairston).
This offense looks like 2008 – HR or nothing, quick innings, blackholes at the bottom, neutralized by lefties, etc.
Oh, well.
In the end, we’re still in first place. But I really hate these 1st inning outbursts that are followed by a lull the rest of the way. This game should have been a bit more interesting than it was.
It’s scary, but I don’t trust AJ at all………..don’t trust Javy at all. At least AJ has good stuff………so I would probably trust him over Javy, but really – pick your poison.
Still playing like absolute crap.
GAME OVER!!!! This team sucks!
he was just up there swinging, and his run meant nothing.
Eh. So let them get excited about a game. It’s buh bye after this.
Game Over! … sleep this one off.
Great job there Yanks. The only time they were working the pitcher was in the 9th against Pimplebutt.
offense sucks, it’s been amazingly inconsistent all year long.
oh well. just one game. didnt mean that much. move on to tomorrow.
New rule. Only Alex is allowed to hit a 2 run HR in the 1st inning.
Betsy,
The Yankees can’t simply tip their hats to every pitcher because they have a good changeup. They haven’t even been competitive in those games. They aren’t seeing enough pitches. It’s as simple as that. James Sheilds? Kyle Kendrick? jamie Moyer? The whole league has blasted those guys.
Every pitcher now is seemingly going at least 7 innings against the Yankees. That’s not how this team functions when it’s going well. They ware starting pitchers out, take their walks and get on base and get to the bullpen early.
It’s just not happening. If it doesn’t start, they won’t win the World Series. Not a chance.
Javu of course was atrocious, but given his proclivity for folding in spotlight games, that’s not a surprise.
Booooooo. That’s better.
Oh well, made it interesting at the end…..win the next three and rip out their heart and show it to them, I say ( is that too harsh ? )
My9 strikes again, no kidding.
“GAME OVER!!!! This team sucks!”
AGREE! Even though they won tonight, they absolutely suck. What do they say about a blind squirrel finding a nut?
Cashmoney, I’m with you on Vegas. So as a treat I am going to go find the Vegas odds and let everyone know who the pros say will win the WS!!! Be right back.
“GAME OVER!!!! This team sucks!”
AGREE! Even though they won tonight, they absolutely suck. What do they say about a blind squirrel finding a nut?
Cashmoney, I’m with you on Vegas. So as a treat I am going to go find the Vegas odds and let everyone know who the pros say will win the WS!!! Be right back.
LOL ! I can’t believe some people on this forum can come on here and say that the 2009 Yankees had a “magical feel” to it.
Please ! They were getting beat down by the Sox and even the Marlins and Nats and most of you said that they weren’t going to even make it to the playoffs. So get out of here with that “Magic” crap.
Trish, did you get my e-mail?
The problem is, it’s not just one game. The offense has been struggling for a week now. The pen actually did well again but there are too many easy outs in this line-up at the moment.
Very bad pitch to swing at. Down by 3 runs Swish shouldn’t be trying to hit a homerun.
That’s why AJ, shaky as he can be, is a guy you have more confidence in during the post-season because of his stuff.
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SJ, if Javy is relegated to the Bullpen, what would his role be? mop up or garbage time guy, as i wont have confidence in bring him in any high leverage situation either.
I really like Swish batting 2nd but they might have to try batting Gardner 2nd and Swish 6th. Gardner hasn’t been hitting recently and hasn’t hit well at the top of the lineup when he was up there. He seemed to put too much pressure on himself but they might have to try it because there are too many automatic outs at the bottom. They need to extend this lineup some how.
This is the third series in a row we have lost game one. Vasquez was bad but our offense wasn’t much better. Best we can hope for now is 2-2 and if CC loses tomorrow, could easily be a Sox sweep. That’s not being negative; just realistic. We’re not playing well right now.
Bad game all around.
Vazquez pitched afraid and timid and the offense is still in a deep funk.
They have a cushion on the Red Sox but, a bad weekend here and its a three team race again.
Girardi is going to have make some changes in the lineup. There are just too many deadspots on it right now and its too late in the season to wait on some of these guys to get going.
You can’t have Cervelli and Granderson in the lineup at the same time. Too many unproductive outs there.
If Jorge can only catch 3 days a week, then you have to sit Granderson at least 3 days a week.
Vazquez? What can you say. An awful performance tonight and starting pitching sets the tone. When it stinks, you usually have a bad night.
Javy doesn’t inspire any confidence with outings like this.
Basically, he put the team in a needless hole in the second inning and they played uphill the rest of the way.
They get back in the game at 4-3, and he puts the game out of reach because his inability to get bottom of the order hitters out.
Just not a guy who can pitch in these kind of games.
Good to know so you don’t put him in the rotation in October.
In the meantime though, it would be nice he can be at least functional the rest of the way.
They need CC to come up big tomorrow. That would help a lot.
CC has to win tomorrow, that’s why he got paid big bucks for.
oh wait, doesn’t AJ get paid big too?
This game rally turned on two plays. One was obviously the dropped pop up in the 2nd. The other was Teixeira popping up with one out and runners on 1st and 3rd in the 6th.
too many deadspots in the lineup
Jeremy, sure they started 0-8 against the Sux last yr but after mid May they did have a great feel to the team. You started to believe they were never out of a game until the last out. This year… Not so
6 thru 9 an ugly 1 for 16 this evening.