Pregame notes: Piecing together a lineup
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Aug 10, 2010 
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Mark Teixeira’s wife had a baby this morning, Robinson Cano started feeling sick yesterday, Jorge Posada played three games in a row and Curtis Granderson has long struggled against left-handed pitchers.
All of that left Joe Girardi’s lineup options extremely limited. For the first time this season, someone other than Teixeira is the No. 3 hitter, and his replacement is Marcus Thames, who got the last spot on the bench in spring training.
“You look at Marcus’s at-bats against left-handers,” Girardi said. “He’s been outstanding this year. He’s seen C.J. Wilson, so we felt we would put him in the third spot and go from there.”
The situation might not be much different tomorrow.
Teixeira: “I expect to have him some time in Kansas City,” Girardi said. “We want to make sure everything is OK, so I think it will be sometime in Kansas City.”
Cano: “I hope I feel better tomorrow,” Cano said. “I didn’t have energy yesterday. Just tried to play, and I don’t want to take a chance again today.”
Posada: Girardi said he won’t commit to a lineup until he has to, but it’s been a long, long time since Posada caught Javier Vazquez. He could DH, but that would leave Thames in the outfield in place of either Swisher or Kearns.
Granderson: Girardi hinted that Granderson will start tomorrow against Cliff Lee. Granderson is a career .300 hitter in 40 at-bats against Lee.
• Teixeira’s son’s name is William Charles Teixeira.
• Cano is available to pinch hit, Girardi said.
• Joba Chamberlain is almost certainly not available. Girardi said he would have to check with Boone Logan to make sure he could use his only lefty reliever.
• Girardi said he has checked with Gene Monahan to make sure Alex Rodriguez’ ankle is OK, but “I anticipate he’s over it,” Girardi said.
• Andy Pettitte is not with the team. He’s already down in Tampa scheduled to face hitters on Thursday.
• Alfredo Aceves begins a rehab assignment tonight.
• Not much of an update on Damaso Marte: “He’s just kind of plowing along here, and he’s gotten stronger,” Girardi said. “He hasn’t done any work off a mound yet, but he’s playing catch and he’s throwing harder and things are better.”
Associated Press photo of Granderson
give away game here we go
# YankFanCA August 10th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
No one’s writing off these games. If they lose both, they may find themselves looking up again at TB. Detroit isn’t putting up much of a fight anymore.
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Everything isn’t rosy for TB either.
Two of their starters were just placed on the DL and they are still having major issues scoring runs consistently.
oh MTU you know how photo challenged I am…how do you post them?
I live in FL but am visiting my sister in NJ and went to the game yesterday….frustrating to say the least…Lester is the type of pitcher we will see in the playoffs and right now our offense is lacking….the combo of a not right and older ARod, older and less effective Jeter and Posada, a terrible Granderson especially vs lefties and good pitching, a not so good Berkman and the absence of the clutch Matsui and/ or Damon has me thinking we could lose in the first round b/c of the offense not the starters or bullpen….I really hope I am wrong….
hope I get the Yankee game on MLBnetwork where I live instead of the White Sox game.
Hope I get the Yankee game on MLBnetwork where I live instead of the ChiSox and awful Hawk.
Aceves is out after 2/3rds of an inning. 1 strikeout, 2 walks, 1 stolen base allowed and 1 long loud fou;. It’s expected after 4 months off. 19 pitches, 9 strikes, 10 balls. no runs allowed.
Pitcher Lance Pendleton is in relief after being promoted from Trenton.
Tech guys….if you’re out there. The comments section still doesn’t work for some folks when using Google Chrome. At least it doesn’t for me. If you could check that out it would be much appreciated.
kate-
Download Picassa from the Google website and install it.
It’s free and it’s really easy to use. Great for e-mailing and posting photos.
When the program asks you if you want it to find photos on your computer just tell it yes. It will go out and grab and organize every photo on your machine.
Once you get that far let me know and we’ll try to go from there.
# blake August 10th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Hope I get the Yankee game on MLBnetwork where I live instead of the ChiSox and awful Hawk.
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you can put it on the booooooooooooard! I listened to him a couple times, he actually cracks me up.
# blake August 10th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Hope I get the Yankee game on MLBnetwork where I live instead of the ChiSox and awful Hawk.
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blake do you have MLB Extra Innings? It’s a dream come true for a Yankee fan in Chicago.
And I could not agree more about Hawk. I hate that man.
Brandon Laird’s 95 RBI’s on the year are insane.
ps
Did I not win the Jeter ball?
Looks like Romero is doing just as well as he did against the Yanks last week.
# blake August 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Tech guys….if you’re out there. The comments section still doesn’t work for some folks when using Google Chrome. At least it doesn’t for me. If you could check that out it would be much appreciated.
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ditto, i switched to FF, but I rather use Chrome.
I find Hawk refreshing… he roots for the team and doesn’t pretend not to.
He adds excitement to the broadcast. I love how he refers to the team as “we” or “us”. More broadcasters need to do it. It is a hometown broadcast, they don’t need to be objective
Bret-
Don’t feel bad. Not one regular won a ball. Erin didn’t even get the Cano ball. Can you believe that ?
Erin,
No, my cable company doesn’t offer it and Direct TV would be really difficult where I live. I watch most games on MLB.TV but I would always rather watch it on TV than the comp when given the choice. I would have extra innings if I could though
Suminobatching country. Fargin iceholes.
Thames in the 3 spot?
Why not go with:
Gardner
Jeter
Swish
Alex
Thames
Kearns
Lance
Cervelli
Pena
“He adds excitement to the broadcast. I love how he refers to the team as “we” or “us”. More broadcasters need to do it. It is a hometown broadcast, they don’t need to be objective”
To each his own…personally I can’t stand it.
Can’t wait to hear about the Lester/Bard inning as the turning point in the Boston season.
Big brawl (or pushing contest) in Cincy.
Ricky Romero getting lit up by the Sawx, 3 love top of the 2nd.
Eroc, you are 100% right. I grew up a Cubs and a Yankees fan, living in Chicago. You ALWAYS heard the Chicago announcers REALLY EXCITED when things went well for the Cubs and really NOT when they were getting trounced. Hometown broadcasters that identify with the emotions of the Hometown fans are the only way to go. I will never listen to a NESN broadcast, and truthfully, listening to ANYONE announce the Yankees ( ESPN, FOX, and even YES ) with their either totally against the Yankees comments OR totally “objective”, with sometimes leaning toward OUR opponent (YES), is brutal !
“ditto, i switched to FF, but I rather use Chrome.”
I downloaded FireFox…much better than IE but I still prefer Chrome as well. Its faster and I just think its easier to use.
Boston up 3-0 already in the 2nd against Romero
MTU
too close to game time, but I will give it a try when I have some free time…I owe you some Zion pix!
# Eroc August 10th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I find Hawk refreshing… he roots for the team and doesn’t pretend not to.
He adds excitement to the broadcast. I love how he refers to the team as “we” or “us”. More broadcasters need to do it. It is a hometown broadcast, they don’t need to be objective
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Wow. Even my friends who are CWS fans can’t stand the guy.
I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes… like yourselves
blake August 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Tech guys….if you’re out there. The comments section still doesn’t work for some folks when using Google Chrome. At least it doesn’t for me. If you could check that out it would be much appreciated.
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E-mail Jeff Marx at; jmarx@lohud.com.
Jeff’s a great guy, he’s working short handed right now, but he’ll help you I’m sure.
“Big brawl (or pushing contest) in Cincy”
One of the Catching Molinas giving Phillips a mouthful as he was coming to bat in the bottom of the 1st set it off. Interesting that the ump ejected only the managers. LaRussa’s on his 3rd beer.
Enjoy the evening everyone.
Go AJ!!
# blake August 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
To each his own…personally I can’t stand it.
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Agreed. When the Yanks play the WSX, I dread having to hear his biased “broadcasting”. It’s bad enough when the color commentator is a homer, but for the play by play guy to be one, too, is just terrible broadcasting IMO. The way he stepped all over Buerhle’s moment was terrible. “Alexei?? YES!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!! YES!!!! History!!!” How about letting the moment speak for itself?
And he says actually say the word “bleeping”. What’s that garbage?? If you want to be a fan, fine. Do it from the stands. A broadcaster has a job to do. Be a professional.
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard “Hawk Harrelson” and “refreshing” in the same sentence.
There is nobody worse to listen to than Hawk Harrelson. The sound of his voice and his stupid antics make my skin crawl.
Thanks Big AL, I’ll do that I couldn’t find his address.
“LaRussa’s on his 3rd beer.”
lol
blake -
just to let you know, Jeff lost some of his staff last week, so his response might be slower than normal, but he’s good at resolving issues.
Being a homer as some announcers are and actively rooting for your team and against the opposing team on air are two different things. Hawk crosses a professionalism line IMO and is just unbearable to listen to unless you are a ChiSox fan and even then I don’t know how they stand him.
Just thinking back to Cano saying he was taking medicine for his cold/fever/flu or whatever ailment he actually has… I certainly hope that whatever he took for it was vetted through the Yankees. Can’t chance that it would contain something on the banned list.
I used to call Claudell Washington “ducksnort” because it always seemed as if he had a lot of those type hits………….
Forrest Gump Burnett.
We know you are like a “box of chocolates” when you take the mound. But we still pull for you anyway because you are ours.
Tonite. Just for tonite. We would like you to be like a piece of candy with a hard center that doesn’t melt in the Texas Sun rather than the kind with the soft center that melts easily.
Can you do that please ?
Enjoy the game folks.
YOU CAN PUT ON THE BOARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD
YEESSSSSSSSS
honestly though, he’s like my least favorite announcer of all time. it’s one thing to root in a respectful manner for the team you’re broadcasting for, but they might as well plunk some moron out of the home stands and announce the game.
blake -
Can’t you get DIRECTV? I have it, and it’s great. When I lived in NE PA in the woods, I had to do some tree trimming to open a path to the Sw, but it was worth it. Here in NC all I have to worry about are the severe thunder storms that roll through at night.
Another good reason to not like The Hawk.
He used to play for the RS.
Can anyone really be less informative and more speculative than Suzyn Waldman?
“Can’t you get DIRECTV? ”
I could, but it would have been a huge ordeal because where the TV is and where they would have to position the thing you’d have to run wire like all through the house and drill through the walls and everything so I just said forget it….If I ever move though I’m gettin it.
# theREALkevin August 10th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
but they might as well plunk some moron out of the home stands and announce the game.
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They didn’t?
I have said this before, not that I a, a fan, “the hawk” used to Announce Yankee games in the 80s
Enjoy the game folks – Time to take care of some family business ……. Later.
game thread up ->
Don’t know if anyone mentioned it, but now there are 2 World Series babies. CC had one last week.