Game 113: Yankees at Rangers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 11, 2010 
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YANKEES (69-43)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Austin Kearns LF
Lance Berkman 1B
Brett Gardner CF
RHP Javier Vazquez (9-8, 4.63)
Vazquez vs. Rangers
RANGERS (65-47)
Elvis Andrus SS
Michael Young 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Nelson Cruz RF
David Murphy LF
Bengie Molina C
Mitch Moreland 1B
Cristian Guzman 2B
LHP Cliff Lee (10-5, 2.44)
Lee vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:05 p.m. / YES Network, ESPN
UMPIRES: HP Paul Emmel, 1B Bill Hohn, 2B Gary Darling, 3B Mike Estabrook
WEATHER: Still hot. Should be in the 90s throughout the game, with 100 very possible at first pitch.
SMALL SAMPLE: Joe Girardi indicated yesterday that he would start Curtis Granderson against Cliff Lee because of solid career numbers against the lefty. Granderson was 12-for-40 for a .300 career average against Lee. Now that he’s tweaking his swing, Granderson has been replaced by Brett Gardner, who’s a .400 hitter against Lee (though only 2-for-5).
NOT MUCH EXTRA: After last night, the Yankees are 4-3 in extra-inning games this season. They have played the fewest extra-inning games of any major league team, tied with Cleveland, Detroit and Toronto.
WINNING SCHEDULE: The Yankees will play 33 of their final 50 games against teams with winning records. After tonight’s game, they’ll play 11 in a row against losing teams (Kansas City, Detroit and Seattle). The Yankees are 40-31 against teams with winning records this season.
PERFECT STRETCH: Derek Jeter has played 47 straight games without an error. According to Elias, that’s the longest streak of his career, passing a streak of 46 straight games in 2004. Jeter leads all major league shortstops with a .990 fielding percentage.
UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: Vazquez allowed one hit in the first inning, but it was home run to the smallest part of the ballpark for a 1-0 Rangers lead.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: RBI double by Alex Rodriguez has sent this crowd into a booing frenzy and pulled the Yankees into a 1-1 tie.
UPDATE, 9:30 p.m.: Just like the last time Lance Berkman played first base, it’s hard to watch him and wonder if Mark Teixeira might have gotten balls that got past Berkman. A two-run single off Berkman’s glove makes you wonder just that. It’s now 3-1 Rangers.
UPDATE, 9:40 p.m.: After back-to-back singles to open the fifth inning, Sergio Mitre is now getting loose in the bullpen… Make that three straight hits as Josh Hamilton gets an RBI double through the right side. It’s 4-1 Rangers.
UPDATE, 9:48 p.m.: Not a good rundown for Posada, who didn’t get the ball to third base in time for the out. That left the bases loaded for David Murphy, who singled in two runs. It’s now a 6-1 game with Mitre coming in to pitch.
UPDATE, 9:50 p.m.: Very nice throw by Swisher to end the fifth inning, but the damage has been done.
UPDATE, 10:19 p.m.: Hit the ball hard, good things happen. Lance Berkman just lifted a deep fly ball between the center fielder and right fielder. It probably shouldn’t have dropped, but it did, bouncing over the wall for an RBI ground rule double that has cut the lead to 6-3.
UPDATE, 10:22 p.m.: Not sure it’s enough to knock him out of his recent funk, but that’s a big hit for Brett Gardner, who lined a single up the middle to score Kearns, pull the Yankees within 6-4 and chase Lee from the game.
UPDATE, 10:35 p.m.: The bullpen doesn’t have to pick up Lee very often, but it did here with back-to-back strikeouts to strand the tying run at second base.
UPDATE, 10:48 p.m.: Marcus Thames just crushed that solo home run to left. It’s now a one-run ballgame, and Thames has more than pulled his weight in that No. 3 hole.
UPDATE, 11:28 p.m.: Missed chances in the seventh and eighth, the Yankees finally capitalize with an single that went over the pitcher’s glove, under the second baseman’s glove and scored Granderson to tie the game at 6.
That sound you hear is the slow death of every running game story in the Texas press box.
Enjoy the game folks.
In a sense we’re playin’ with house money tonite since TB lost.
Of course, I’d love to see a victory but at least TB left us a little breathing room.
HOME!!!
Hi everyone. Had to pay for wifi at the hotel in SF, so we only did it for one day.
My first reaction to Granderson re-working his swing was “it’s about time,” but then I thought about it and realized how courageous (and even desperate) it was for someone to do that this far into the season instead of waiting for the off-season. So, color me even more impressed with Curtis Granderson.
Just a reminder that GTLU will be back tomorrow.
Let’s Go Yankees!
That’s an amazing stat on Jeter. Leads all shortstops.
Jeter leads all major league shortstops with a .990 fielding percentage.
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They don’t give errors for “pasta diving”
Montero hits a double
Heading to KC in 1st place where we WILL win 3 of 4. That should cover the week and keep us in first. Hey Jays how about some help from you as well.
“That’s an amazing stat on Jeter. Leads all shortstops”
It’s a misleading stat in terms of his defense, which this year has been inadequate, but he does make the play on the ones he gets to.
I think it’s funny/pathetic that Sux fans excuse is a AAA lineup. If the Yanks were hit with all of those injuries nobody would be making excuses for us or listening to any excuses. Besides we as a team have gone through plenty of bumps in the road as well. Hate Sux fans.
When are they going to BRING UP Jesus Montero???
He’s just tearing it up in AAA.
Montero lined a double down the right field line. Not a good swing, though. It was a solid shot but he was bailing out and hit it off of his front foot.
Marcus Thames no.3 batter? LOL
“If the Yanks were hit with all of those injuries nobody would be making excuses for us or listening to any excuses”
Where were you in 2008?
Playing with house money? Only if Boston loses as well.
This streak that Montero’s on is crazy. He is getting close to .290. Over his last 10 games, 35 at bats he’s hitting .457 with 3 HR’s. He adjusts to the level of his competition. It may take longer in some cases, but he eventually makes the adjustments and just mashes the ball. He will eventually make an impact with this team and infuse some youth into the lineup, that looks extremely old on some nights.
Thames could be feast or famine tonight. 6 for 30 off of Lee with 12 K’s, 2 doubles and three homers.
Fielding percentage is the best indicator of defensive ability.
Yankees played like dogs in 2008 flat out. No excuses from me.
Nick
Please tell me the picture of the small child in bunny ears is you. If it isnt, lie to me and tell me it is because I so want it to be.
I just tuned in YES and realized — i have NOT missed Michael Kay’s voice at all!!!
Montero is amazing.
Thats what you have to do against Lee….be aggressive and think back up the middle and opposite field. Wait late….
Doreen
Welcome home. Hope your trip was wonderful.
“Fielding percentage is the best indicator of defensive ability”
It’s the best indicator of making plays on balls you get to.
all right, Thames time
New York has the look of a team with much focus tonight. They realize that Lee will have to be there in October more than likely and they need to figure out how to finally beat this guy.
Doreen August 11th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Hope you had a great trip!
I just tuned in YES and realized — i have NOT missed Michael Kay’s voice at all!!!
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Did you catch any of the Yankees/Sox games on Fox or ESPN this weekend? Cause if you did I think you might say otherwise….
Thames is K-ed calmly
Boston now up 4 -1. Oh, I forgot, I was told they’re out of it.
this could be ugly!
With Lee you have to swing at first pitch fastballs. Once you take a strike and get behind in the count he will abuse you. Thames takes a first pitch fastball right down the middle. Then falls behind 1-2 and then gets used.
If only he remembered his first big league at bat against RJ he would be fine.
it’s hard when you’re constantly down 1-2 in the count.
Bill D,
I was just trying to get a rise out of some folks. That said, I do think that making the routine play is very important. We saw it last night with Elvis…makes spectacular plays but throws it all of the yard at times as well. You win games by making all the plays you should make. I still think Jeter is playing the position plenty well enough.
Lee looking pretty sharp.
Boston up 4 -1. Oh, I forgot, I was told they’re out of it.
Big game in Aug and Thames hits 3. Good thing they added bats.
alex’s strike 1 was pretty high and looked out of the zone.
NYY626 -
I only got to listen to a few innings – Bob Costas and Jim Kaat – who I usually love and respect got me nuts, and then last night a couple of innings of the Rangers announcers, who were, I thought, very even-keeled.
Who shall we “knock” first ?
I’ll start with Thames ~
Looks like the
RedBlue Jays decided they were only going to show up versus the Yankees and Rays. How awfully convenient for the Red Sox.moral victory – made lee throw 15 pitches instead of 6
Boston up 4 – 1 over Toronto. Oh, I forgot, I was told they’re out of it.
# Bill D August 11th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
“Fielding percentage is the best indicator of defensive ability”
It’s the best indicator of making plays on balls you get to.
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+1
# GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Montero lined a double down the right field line. Not a good swing, though. It was a solid shot but he was bailing out and hit it off of his front foot.
GB I agree with your assessment about comparing him to Thomas, Alex and Miggy, but one guy you did not mention and I quote your post for this specific reason and that’s Vlad.
Jesus does not have to be level to crush the ball much like Vlad, if you remember the HR Montero hit earlier in the season where he was fooled by a curve, and he literally golfed the ball way over the left field fence, that one and the ball he hit tonight, as long as he swings level, whether he is on balance or not, the ball jumps off his bat.
# 57ryank August 11th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Who shall we “knock” first ?
I’ll start with Thames ~
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i was thinking Javier Vasquez, but first, he needs to give up a few runs first. too early….
and it has begun already with Javy!
there we go, Javier fires the first salvo.
Boy does Vazquez suck!
ouch
Commence sky is falling postings.
pat, I don’t know what picture you’re talking about, but yes, it’s totally me.
I am, in fact, a small child who often wears bunny ears.
So now you know.
A 1-0 hole against Lee might as well be 100-0. But stranger/better things have happened. If other teams can get him lit up since his move to the Rangers, I expect no less from the Yankees.
b
Is there anything Guerrero doesn’t swing at?
# The Phenom August 11th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Commence sky is falling postings.
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sky is falling ….
by making that statement , you are saying sky is falling on sky is falling?
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you guys really paniac as yankee fans..it is weird to me??? I’ll say again, regardless of tonight’s outcome, yankees win plus 100 games easy
Weren’t they going nuts about how badly the Angles messed up by not re-signing Vlad last night – how it was a “rare case of misjudgment”?
sound like met fans
Jason22 August 11th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
We can all agree with that
based on last year, not sure I would have resigned vlad either??? he is having a great year I thought he was done
And we get another great performance from Javy. A great 5th starter.
Nick- Thank you for humoring me.
The picture was a thumbnail on the page of the Lincecum Tee you linked.
“And we get another great performance from Javy. A great 5th starter”
It is only the second inning
# Ace August 11th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
And we get another great performance from Javy. A great 5th starter.
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Go away.
If u thought Vlad was done what would make u think Johnson wasn’t??
Boston up 5 – 1. Oh, I forgot, I was told they’re out of it.
# GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Montero lined a double down the right field line. Not a good swing, though. It was a solid shot but he was bailing out and hit it off of his front foot.
GB I agree with your assessment about comparing him to Thomas, Alex and Miggy, but one guy you did not mention and I quote your post for this specific reason and that’s Vlad.
Jesus does not have to be level to crush the ball, if you remember the HR Montero hit earlier in the season where he was fooled by a curve, and he literally golfed the ball way over the left field fence, that one and the ball he hit tonight, as long as he swings level, whether he is on balance or not, the ball jumps off his bat much like Vlad.
Here come the RED SOX> Don’t turn around their catching up.
which team has a fifth starter better than javy?? Name “5″ 5th starters better…I bet you can’t
At least if we lose, it will be quick…..
If Lee continues to get these pitches for strikes, I am sure glad Jeter got us a hit early. Wow that dish is huge!
Yikes guys. This isn’t Pedro ’99
never seen a team that keeps their bats on their shoulders as much as the Yankees do. Why bother standing in the box.
# Ace August 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
If u thought Vlad was done what would make u think Johnson wasn’t??
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Nick Johnson has always got on base, even this year.
Lee is a strike throwing machine and Kearns takes 2 fastballs right down broadway?
SWING THE BATS, YOU FREAKING MORONS!
“If u thought Vlad was done what would make u think Johnson wasn’t??”
I am pretty sure I did not sign nick johnson….I don’t remember brian cashman calling me and asking my opinion on that one…
I’m just saying it’s pretty ridiculous for Michael Kay to be ranting about how badly the Angels screwed up 24 hours ago, and then to ONLY say how badly Vlad has been since the All Star break during his first AB tonight. Just tell the whole story both times, no?
I’m gonna scream it at the top of my lungs if I have to. SWING.
SWING!
SWINGGGG!!!
@phelps. U really think javy is more than a 5th starter? His stuff is awful.
Boston is closing in. The Yankees had better wake from their slumber soon.
pat: aha!
Heh, that wasn’t my flickr page, I just googled “let tim smoke shirt” to find a picture of one.
I hate to even think the unthinkable but…
Are the Red Sox gonna catch us?
@ Ken Phelps – Bucholz is technichally the RS’s fifth starter (altough he’s outpitched them all except Lester)
This site is eating anything I try to post tonight, I give.
No…I don’t think he is that great..I just asked which teams in the mlb have a better “5th” starter than him….Everyone’s 5th starter is bad…javy, as a 5th starter, is decent in terms of 5th starters
Same here, Jason.
If bucholz is a 5th starter, he is much better!! Of course he is better than aj as well…
@//O. Gets in base? Sure. In the 9 games he plays a year. How can anyone think he’d be better as a DH than vlad or matsui or Damon?
the yankees will 1oo games..if the red sox win more than 1oo games than yes..they will catch us..
why on earth are we discussing nick johnson???
Bret The Hitman August 11th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
I hate to even think the unthinkable but?
Are the Red Sox gonna catch us?
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No Gardner is going to heat up and carry the team.
Problem was Javy wasn’t brought in to be a 5. Not after his last season. His stuff has been awful. Hence why they went after Lee.
Needed to grab Monday’s game
Guess the Jays aren’t going to help us out!
I think the game is half-mental and the YANKS sometimes psyche themself out against some pitchers.
shocker that other teams can hit Blue Jay pitching.
Javy has been pretty decent in his last 14-15 starts check the numbers..I think they brought in lee or tried to because they have no faith in AJ and want to limit hughes innings…
I’m not worried about the Socks but the Rays should be hella scared.
I wouldn’t count the Sox out of anything. Any team with two great starters and 3 decent ones has a chance.
You guys cant complain about the blue jays after they just swept tampa and helped to keep us in first place…
“Ace August 11th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I wouldn’t count the Sox out of anything. Any team with two great starters and 3 decent ones has a chance.”"
For once we are in agreement…sox have good pitching thats why they will hang around…yankees still win 1oo games though
Red Sox play Texas next so yeah. We know they Always beat down the Jays.
Ace August 11th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
@//O. Gets in base? Sure. In the 9 games he plays a year. How can anyone think he’d be better as a DH than vlad or matsui or Damon
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No one said he was, you asked why people who thought Vlad was done didn’t think likewise about Johnson. I gave you an answer. Matsui has been atrocious this year, he’s now a platoon player for the Angels.
Is that the same Marcum with the great changeup the NYY could not touch? I think Boston is like 9-2 vs a Toronto team we struggle aginst.
Is Joe G in trouble if we miss the playoffs?
Look at Javy against the good teams. He can’t pitch vs Bos n TB. Says it all.
The YANKEES ARE NOT GOING TO MISS THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!! Are you guys yankee fans!!!!! Although i do think it is possilbe that joe g leaves for the cubs
“shocker that other teams can hit Blue Jay pitching.”
PeteAbe:
Marcum in 2 previous starts against the #RedSox: 14 IP, 1 ER. Tonight: 4+ IP, 8 ER.
This team needs a wake-up call. Boston is providing one.
true true matsui has not been good at all for the angels…no one seems to ever mention that
javy shows the dead arm oh crap!
19 of the last 22 are against Red Sox, Rangers, Rays & Jays.
Girardi makes some mind boggling decisions, but I can’t for the life of me wonder why he would want to manage the Cubs and leave this team. Stranger things have happened I guess.
Screw this site
We r seeing again ton why Cash would have parted with his best hitting prospect in 15 yrs.
“NYY fan in NH August 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Girardi makes some mind boggling decisions, but I can’t for the life of me wonder why he would want to manage the Cubs and leave this team. Stranger things have happened I guess.”
I agree with eveything you just said there…cubs are terrible
no way posada near done
I’m not worried about the Socks but the Rays should be hella scared.
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Its a half-game difference…if the Rays should be scared, then NY should be scared too.
I’m hoping for rain.
“# NYY fan in NH August 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Girardi makes some mind boggling decisions, but I can’t for the life of me wonder why he would want to manage the Cubs and leave this team. Stranger things have happened I guess.
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I don’t think it happens. He knows every year he has the pocketbook to field a competitive team. But who knows what he’s thinking, maybe he says if he can win ONE World Series with the Cubs he would be a hero in that city after they’ve waited 100+ years
Lee is a quality strike throwing machine.
This team is completely lost right now and they look utterly awful and have since the calendar turned august. that said, anyone who thinks tampa should be worried about boston is kidding themselves considering we have a 0.5 game lead over tampa, or will in about 150 minutes. Secondly, boston isn’t making the playoffs, so the entire conversation is moot.
maybe long should rework the swing of the entire lineup
“jackamir August 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
19 of the last 22 are against Red Sox, Rangers, Rays & Jays.”
ALL solid teams…hard to go on a hot streak…just stay afloat and then tear up on the KC royals of the world
this game heading to the 2 hour range at this rate.. This Lee guy would look good in the #2 slot next year.
watch the bosux come into arlington after yanks leave and sweep 3 games this weekend
Guys in 2 out of the last 3 games the yankees faced lester and lee two of the best lefties in the sport…hard to score runs…yesterday they faced another tough lefty without posada, tex and cano in the line up…tough to score..STOP WORRYING!!!!
It’s hard to root against our future co-Ace.
Did I already say that or just think it?
I’m hoping for some unearned runs.
Cliff Lee pitches with a lot of confidence. He has a lot of swagger on that mound. I guess that’s half the battle.
Lee does this to everyone, not just the Yankees
Please avoid Texas in first rd. Lee twice is a killer.
would have looked better in 2010 pinstipes dudes not had 2 balls on any batter yet
Javy going to have to pitch his best game of the season to keep this one close.
Not likely given his recent velocity challenges.
pretty sure 1 run is all Texas will need in this.
Lee makes it look so easy
its easy to have swagger when you are good
Girardi’s done a good job with this team. He has managed to keep the old guys somewhat healthy. I’d like to see what Girardi could do with a younger, more athletic team. Maybe he could utilize a team like that better to his style. Pitching wise, I think he stays with guys too long and makes too many changes. Has faith in some guys too long too, but he’s taken them to a World Series championship.. That says alot!
all javy can do is try to throw a quality start..he has no control over the offense or who they face…
Y manage the Cubs when the Yankees want u back?
Lee may very well be a yankee next year, god willing. One thing he will not be is the #2 starter. Hands down better than CC.
Lee throwing precision darts… Montero hitting thermonuclear bombs… this is our future.
This year the other guys have to get it done on their own.
girardi is good and is improving..he does make strange moves though
We get lucky missing Greinke but Sawx get lucky missing Lee this weekend.
Javy throwing strikes now and getting outs.
have to take bats off the shoulders for offence
Javy is pitching well so far…getting all his pitches over for strikes and staying on top better than his last start. Hopefully he keeps it up.
It’s amazing that cliff lee does not throw 98 and he just mows down hitters. Its unreal.
Why are you guys talking so much about a 3rd place team?
Seems Javy’s velocity is still down again during this start.
Greinkes confidence shot these days
I think Lee holds back on his FB. That makes him pitch CG’s often. I bet if he wanted to, he could get it up there to 98 mph.
good inning javy
Winning the division is paramount because texas is the best AL team by far and were better than any team we faced in last years postseason. Winning the division will assure us a matchup with the central winner because the WC is definitely coming out of the East.
“It’s amazing that cliff lee does not throw 98 and he just mows down hitters. Its unreal.”
Thats what happens when you can throw 3 pitches wherever you want to….his fastball command this year may be the best I’ve ever seen.
Yeah Javy throwing alot of breaking balls and curves.. Not seeing his FB often.
“# LGY August 11th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Why are you guys talking so much about a 3rd place team?
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that 3rd place team might only be 4 back by the end of the night
Toronto putting up a good fight at home.
most of you never saw them pitch but Cliff Lee is pitching in the same style as both Whitey Ford and Warren Spahn-locate the fastball in good spots, mix in breaking pitches, and get ahead of virtually every batter. Andy has been very similar this year, that’s why he pitching the best baseball of his career.
“that 3rd place team might only be 4 back by the end of the night”
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Which means what exactly?
The increase their playoff odds from like 16% to 18%?
Texas is the best AL team by far? I think all the teams are pretty even – Texas is not the best by far. I agree that they are extremely dangerous. Lee twice and Wilson? Very, very tough.
“most of you never saw them pitch but Cliff Lee is pitching in the same style as both Whitey Ford and Warren Spahn-locate the fastball in good spots, mix in breaking pitches, and get ahead of virtually every batter. Andy has been very similar this year, that’s why he pitching the best baseball of his career.”
totally agree.
Javy always pitches to the scoreboard. Just never good enough to win these.
‘just the second hit off lee”.
VAsquez has only given up 2 hits too…
Sad that they think Lee will stay in Texas instead of NY or Philly.
Cliff Lee has walked 9 batters in 154 innings this year, I’ve never seen a stat like that in my life…
CJ Wilson is not as dangerous as his ERA shows. He does not pitch deep into a lot of games, like last night where he only pitched 5 1/3.
The Yankees would just have to take care of the Rangers bullpen which will obviously be easier with the A lineup out there in the playoffs.
here comes a curve ball
arod’s trotting around like a chicken
Sutcliff hating on AROD
Tex is the best team we’ll face. Two great leftys. A power pen. Power on offense. TB doesn’t have the O
I don’t think anybody has. 9 walks at this point of the season is just absolutely unreal.
Great, great AB by Alex.
Yankees get to the playoffs and they will be fine.
alex!
AWESOME!
AWESOME AROD!!!
thanks for shutting up Sutcliff AROD
That was a great swing by Alex.
I don’t like the trash talk of ESPN on Arod!
to me, home run is the stat i care about least for arod. rbi, and hopefully getting his average back above .280.
if he brings in 130 rbis, who cares if he only gets 25 homeruns.
sutcliff always rags on alex
When u have a shot to score off Lee u better take advantage
sutt did trash talk, but he still gives him credit for last year.
Hopefully Alex is going to get on a tear here shortly..He can carry the offense when he does. That’s great swings on back to back nights for him.
I agree Arod doesn’t need to HR’s, but if he’s getting 120+ rbi’s then i’m for it. I just hope the hip holds up during the next few years.
Betsy – when I said texas is the best al team by far I was referring to teams we would face in the playoffs, ie, not ourselves. And when it comes to a 5 game series, texas is by far the last team I would want to face.
lee’s pitch count is up a bit compared to his starts.
Alex has 90 rbi and he only has 18 homeruns???!! Could you imagine if alex has a a homerun tear over the next two months? yikes
Suckcliffe needs to focus more on how he mails in every broadcast than about Arod.
CJ Wilson is a very good pitcher – he goes about 6 innings…………..I’m not saying he’s Lee, but he’s had a terrific year.
if alex is to get hot i hope it’s soon
if alex is to get hot i hope it’s soon
Pauldanand August 11th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
arod’s trotting around like a chicken
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trot around that, little man.
sry
Carlo, ok – got it. If we make it, I think all teams are dangerous, particularly in the ALDS. I hate the 5 game series……..
By the way, a pitcher who’s having a ridiculous year at age 22 is Trevor Cahill. Wow.
Come on Posada!
Can Posada please swing the bat today? He’s not going to walk you.
that curve is nasty
I would like to know how that pitch before the strikeout was a strike
What are the odds that if Cliff Lee is on the Yankees next season he will no longer get the call on every close pitch??
Posada must have forgotten Lee isn’t pitching for us (yet). Don’t know what he was looking for. Or why he was even looking to begin with. He has a bat. Use it!
what is it going to take to get lee next year? I feel like 4/80 may not be enough. Do the Yankees try to go somewhere between CC (younger), and Halladay? Something like 4/84 or 4/88?
Tell me why Jorge would take 3 of 4 pitches for called strikes IN A SINGLE AT BAT!!!??!!
back throught the heart of the order for Javy. Huge inning to keep them off the board here.
more stranded runners……….not good..
Alex’s swing looks very good right now. Perhaps the best it’s looked all season. The swings he put on his last two home runs were tremendous. That double off Lee was very good (if that pitch had been up a bit Alex could have hit it out).
This is the first run Alex has had where his swing has started to look like it did last season when he was locked in.
yankees have seen lee enough to know his pitches.
Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to a pitcher; this isn’t some mediocrity out there……..Lee is doing what he’s been doing for well over a year.
Yankee pitcher, as usual trying to give back the game asap
Javy’s got to start throwing his FB. Was that really 88 mph?
and here comes the javy special. yanks get a run, javy gives it right back…
And i like Vazquez, but have seen this before….
That doesn’t mean they can hit them……………..most teams can’t.
It’s official – I can’t stand the sound of Sutcliffe. I was unsure, but now I know that I definitely can’t stand his voice.
nice play Arod!… Javy playing with fire here..
well at least ump called that low strike too.
“What are the odds that if Cliff Lee is on the Yankees next season he will no longer get the call on every close pitch??”
Great point. It is amazing how many ways the Yankee surcharge manifests itself.
whoa, that rolled around in the glove.
Vazquez is doing a really good job of keeping the Rangers off balance, they are a dead fastball hitting team.
lees home in texas so may be tuff to sign him 4-5 against yanks i believe
I’ve turned off the Rangers announcers.
I. hate them.
I’d rather miss the game than listen to them.
why would you walk him with 2 outs?
I hope what Michael Kay refers to as Alex’s “Reggie Swing” isn’t really just the right hip collapsing on him.
It’s happened 2 or 3 times this year and I don’t ever remember that happening with him before.
You know, Cano makes that play in the short OF very well. Coupled with Jeter, they are very good at going back on pop-ups. That’s a tough play.
Lee lives in Arkansas, I believe – where he’s from
Every ESPN Sunday Night game people complain about Joe Morgan.
Morgan may be bad – but Rick Sutcliffe is far worse. He is horrific. He is one of the single worst broadcasters in any sport for in the country.
It’s amazing how bad Sutcliffe is. He’s lazy and his broadcasting is immensely cynical.
wow… a 68 mph curve?
Is it me, or does javy sometimes look just nasty, and other times looks like Burnett?
good point pat
Javy Killing them softly here
I think Lee is a Yankee next year-in spite of the way he’s pitching for the Rangers he’s 2-2 in 6 starts. He and CC are good friends, he knows coming to the Yankees will get him at least one ring and probably a few more.
CB August 11th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Every ESPN Sunday Night game people complain about Joe Morgan.
Morgan may be bad – but Rick Sutcliffe is far worse. He is horrific. He is one of the single worst broadcasters in any sport for in the country.
It’s amazing how bad Sutcliffe is. He’s lazy and his broadcasting is immensely cynical
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No surprise coming from a man who thought it appropriate to call a game while drunk. I don’t know who I like less, but there’s no doubting Sutcliffe’s ineptitude.
go to a change?
That’s why you don’t IBB a guy.
cb,
you’re totally right. his nice guy act is getting so old. why does he only give arod a hard time about steroids and talks about barry bonds like he’s a great guy?
“Morgan may be bad – but Rick Sutcliffe is far worse. He is horrific. He is one of the single worst broadcasters in any sport for in the country.”
He really is. He mails in every broadcast…..I’d almost rather listen to Hawk.
unbelieveable Girardi. This is all on you.
George w bush got some good seats
Well with Lee on the mind it is not dumb to think the game lies right here. Bases Juiced. Cmon Javy.
javy starting to A.J. us now
Intentionally walking to get to Molina…only to walk Molina. Nice.
Why int walk Murphy? Likes he’s Hamilton now?
Can’t walk Molina…..you just can’t.
that’s it, the game is lost.
Girardi mis-managing strikes again.
Worse intentional walk ever!!!… DISGUSTED
Awful, awful Javy. Just terrible. He gives the game right back, AGAIN.
Typical Javy. All the Javy defenders must love how he competes.
Tex makes that play
How do you walk Molina
Thanks a lot Teix
again with the girardi blame? how bout javy doesnt throw 4 straight balls to molina?
That is JAVY’S FAULT – NOT the absence of Tex
Back to back nights we’ve tied the game up for our pitcher only to see them give it right back.
# JobaTipsHisCap August 11th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
that’s it, the game is lost.
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Alrighty, you have a good night then.
And there is the ball game. No way the Yanks are going to overcome 2 runs on Lee with the way Lee is pitching and the way the Yankees are hitting tonight.
Bet that Tex would have had that ball. Just goes to show how much Tex means to this team.
Javy throwing junk out there
Who thought Javy could battle Lee? This is a HUGE mismatch
Walked Molina after having him 0-2.
In fact – it’s impressive Berkman even gets a glove on that play – which was Tex-ish in appearance.
What do you know another case of Girardi over managing. No one should be surprised. You can’t put guys on base with Vazquez on the mound. He got ahead of Molina 0-2 and then like always he starts nibbling. Vazquez is a joke plain and simple.
We are used to Javy immediately giving back runs, what we are not used to is seeing ground balls like that see daylight.
Maybe Joe g thought Dale Murphy was up??? So that’s why they ibbed him?
Javy is garbage. He never gives you that shut down inning
How is this on Girardi? Vaz is the one who walked Molina, after going 1-2 on him. I agree with Jim Kaat – the guy who throws the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.
The mark of being an average pitcher. Give up runs the very next inning after your team ties it up
Tex probably would have made that play, but that’s not the problem. Javy should have gotten Molina out.
Chill on Javy. He got a ground ball. He didn’t give up a HR.
Who walks Molina? U almost need a medal for doing that. His Obp is under 300
1. javy shouldnt have walked molina after an 0-2 count.
2. berkman should have had that grounder, or at least knocked it down in the IF.
Again, not being able to put away batters or close out innings.
bottom line, Berkman should make that play
Ken Phelps,
Now we are calling CJ Wilson a good pitcher? The guy was a failed reliever
The struggles continue for the NYY. If the beat up Sox end up passing them it is a complete joke and one in which Girardi or CASHman should survive.
Just turned game on. What is Vazquez throwing-eephus pitch?
Everyone may not agree with Girardi’s move there with the IBB, but when you make that decision you can’t expect Javy to walk Molina.
Can’t get too worked up over Girardi’s decision when Javy does that.
YankeeRay August 11th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
How do you walk Molina
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Throw him four balls
Javy just can’t use his Fastball. He was even afraid to throw it to Bengie in his at bat. I mean when you can’t use your fastball it only takes 2 times threw the line up and the off speed junk just isn’t that effective anymore. New York needs to try to grind out some good at bats and make a comeback. Stay on the grind here.
Navy needs to drag his pathetic butt back to the NL
I criticized AJ last night, have to do the same for Javy – awful job. Then again, I can’t say I’m surprised
intentional walk call gave Texas another run
Vazquez doesn’t throw any strikes after 2 strikes. Every hitter should know that.
Maybe Tex will take the weekend off or better yet the rest of August. No problem with him taking yesterday off. Him not playing today is a disgrace
Vazquez has a 8 era in the inning after the Yanks score a run. As Ozzie Guillen would say I am not surprised. Maybe they should just fire up the jet right now…
Don’t worry. Javy will win 15 games next yr for the Mets after signing a 3 yr deal
I noticed last night that Berkman doesn’t move back into position when holding a runner on first. He just kind of stands there.
Girardi really does tend to overmanage at times. Javy clearly has no fastball what so ever tonight. You know he’s doing this with smoke and mirrors and that he’s going to have to nibble to survive. Javy’s been behind in the count all night.
Very difficult to intentionally walk Murphy to put another guy on base. Javy walking Molina wasn’t a big surprise there.
Girardi puts a remarkable amount of importance on getting platoon match ups. Murphy being left handed was part of why he was walked.
Since so many are convinced the Yanks have now lost, feel free to log off and go away. Clearly there is no need for you to watch or post now since you are so sure the game is over.
I don’t mind the intentional walk. It was a better match up. Javy just didn’t challenge the hitter….plain and simple.
# CecilioGuante August 11th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
bottom line, Berkman should make that play
Incorrect. I truly don’t understand your thought process.
Triple Short of a Cycle August 11th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Ken Phelps,
Now we are calling CJ Wilson a good pitcher? The guy was a failed reliever
Did I call him a good pitcher??? I don’t remember saying that
I meant not survive.
Hard Knocks cant be on soon enuf.
“I criticized AJ last night, have to do the same for Javy – awful job. Then again, I can’t say I’m surprised”
Why did you criticize AJ? He made one bad pitch.
you can’t kill Tex for taking a couple of days off
The Yanks have to start stepping out of the box on Lee. They are playing right into his game by allowing him to keep throwing pitch after pitch. Which has been strike after strike. It seems the Yanks don’t think of this things until after the game.
kearns has been doing his best gardner impression.
SWING THE BAT BEFORE 2 STRIKES!
Berkman is 34 years old and meant to be a DH. The play LOOKED like a classic, gold glove caliber play Tex makes – I’ll grant that
“YankeeRay August 11th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
How do you walk Molina
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Throw him four balls”
LOL.. How do you intentionally walk Dave Murphy? wasn’t he a Sox a couple years ago?
Javy’s stuff stinks, period…………..
Here Javy. Watch a good pitcher take care of business after being handed a lead
yankees having been on the losing end of a 3 game sweep this year?
No doubt in my mind that Andy’s injury was a two-fold blessing in disguise.
One, he gets a much needed rest in this heat and will be rested for the post-season.
Two, it gave Mosely a chance to develop and replace Vazquez who will be DL’ed for dead arm, he is throwing pus.
This will establish Phil as the 4th starter in the post and Mosely will be in the pen as long man or middle relief if Aceves returns.
some of you who equate every run the other team scores to the end of the season need to find another team to root for, you’ll enjoy Mets baseball.
Kearns always looks like he’s swinging for the fences. He has a very big swing. Maybe Kevin Long should work with him as well.
havent?
“No surprise coming from a man who thought it appropriate to call a game while drunk. ”
That’s certainly a key part of the resume.
Sutcliffe is far worse than Morgan. Far worse. Morgan at least makes some good points regarding things like hitting mechanics.
Sutcliffe is a wind bag of cliche and vacuous language – even about pitching. And on top of that he talks endlessly. He’s atrocious.
Forget blaming Javy, Girardi, Bergman etc.
Fight the real enemy in this game!
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypos.....15;300.jpg
well at least the Yanks will still be in first place, but there’s some issues with this team right now. I just keep imagining Montero in the bottom of the order and crushing a 475 ft shot to left center at YS.
Don’t blame Berkman for the scrub pitcher walking Molina and int walking an average hitter.
Laura, the team got him a lead and he gave it right back………..that’s not good no matter who’s pitching.
One of these two teams will be in the WS this year.
Not impressed with Kearns or Berkman.
Panic moves.
Like intentionally walking David Murphy.
Dave85,
it’s amazing out of all the out of line comments on this board, you choose mine to reply to. I think Berkman should have had the ball or at least kept it on the infield
Ken Phelps,
You called him a tough lefty
When thinking about whether Tex would make that play (not that it would matter anyway) I hope everyone realizes Tex wears the glove on the other hand.
ughhhhhhhhh.. gardner is unreal.
the Yankees really need Hughes as the #4 starter in the postseason, that’s really clear watching Vazquez grind through the lineup with absolutely no fastball. I just don’t know how to get there without blowing up his innings limits.
Mets aren’t signing anyone. They have an incredible amount of debt as is. That’s why you’re seeing the Buffalo AAA team in Queens already. The players were devastated when the team did not get any reinforcements at the trade deadline. It sent an unmistakable message about the future of that franchise. Francouer, Castillo, even Beltran – if they could unload these contracts, they’d do it in a minute, regardless of what it did to their record.
Javy will look good as the long man in Oct.
“you can’t kill Tex for taking a couple of days off”
I was killing him when Girardi hinted that he might not play for some of the KC series, but now I’m cutting him some slack. A two day break for a kid is fine. Longer than that would have been a problem.
wow. I officially hate brett gardner. why bother playing him? Put a rock at the plate and let it take 3 strikes.
U think someone can tell Brett it’s ok to swing?
Unbelievable. Gardner is lost. Anyone who thinks we keep Gardner next year over Crawford because he is cheaper is out of their mind.
Nice at bat Gardy
Signed
The MelkMan
And i think Hughes is the 3rd starter in the playoffs. Unless they want to put him between the lefties. Hughes is a lot more reliable than AJ.
Where’s the guy who said Gardner was the fourth best OF in the AL???
Laura – I Bleed Blue,
Fine me another player who takes off an additional day after their wife had the baby the day before
Is Gardner going to take his bat off his shoulder ever again?? To say he is overmatched is an understatement. At least Granderson swings the bat, Gardner just looks like a fool now.
Okay I did he is having a good yeAr check his numbers… I think I was mire talking about the fact they faced lee and lester in 2 out the last 3 games…. 2 of the best lefties in the game
“When thinking about whether Tex would make that play (not that it would matter anyway) I hope everyone realizes Tex wears the glove on the other hand.”
True, but he’s made diving stops to his right. The issue is moot. The fact is that the play wasn’t made and now we are down 2 runs with Cy Lee on the mound. A big hill to climb for sure, but it can be done.
I have to say though that I will like Cliff Lee a lot more next season when he’s wearing pinstripes.
MG-
Hughes is going to be start in the post season. There’s no way you take a guy with that kind of stuff and composure and don’t have him in your post season roster.
He’s not perfect – but he has shut down stuff and that’s what wins in the post season.
Gardner is a great PR and a solid late inning defensive replacement. He shouldn’t be playing every day. He is still gutty and gritty though
Gardner makes me want Granderson in there…
Swing the bat!
Did Gardner really take 3 straight fastballs?
Really?
And he continues to play because….?
I dont think we need crawford. we have guys in the minors that can play LF. I want to see Laird get some time in LF.
How much does Cash curse Jack Z?
Kay keeps mentioning Montero. Leads me to believe he will be here this year.
Vazquez’s fastball tops out at 87 mph now?
# Ace August 11th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Javy will look good as the long man in Oct.
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Not to my eyes.
I’d take Mosely, Aceves,Mitre, even Gaudin over him, he will be left off the roster.
“Find me another player who takes off an additional day after their wife had the baby the day before”
I can’t since I don’t keep track of all of the MLB births throughout the league. I can only comment on what Tex did. As long as he’s back at 1B tomorrow night, I have no problem with him.
Game over.
CB August 11th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
MG-
Hughes is going to be start in the post season. There’s no way you take a guy with that kind of stuff and composure and don’t have him in your post season roster.
He’s not perfect – but he has shut down stuff and that’s what wins in the post season.
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we’re in complete agreement there plus he’s shown he can shut down the better teams as well.
As much as I would kill for Lee because I trust no one outside of Andy and CC, I’m glad we still have Montero…..
no competition tonight.
Gardner had me convinced around June 1 that he was for real, not so much now. And round and round we go.
Time to get Vaz out. He is busy making his case to be left off the playoff roster.
Javy Vazquez the gutless wonder
Javy is in there for mop-up now. Save the pen, this game is ova.
Great job by Vazquez the human choke job. Warm up the jet….
If Joe thinks they have a chance to win this game he’s got to take out Vazquez right now.
this game is slipping away right here
Javy is a lame duck.
Oh where oh where did Javy’s fastball go? Maybe he drank a lot of Coca Cola’s before his starts in Atlanta.
Has to be something wrong.
Maybe he’s having trouble seeing?
Thumb bothering him?
If only we had a promising young RH centerfielder in AAA we could call up.
Oh, wait.
So how many runs does Vazquez gives up tonight? I say 7.
Let’s just hope all these Yankee slumps end with August
this game is way over, once berkman botched that play.
i wouldn’t call Javy gutless, he is pitching with a “deadarm”
he just can;t pitch against good line ups.
This team needs to get it together, The Sox and Rays are up their A$$
blake…dead arm, lame duck.
of the guys not on the dl, i think i trust cc, hughes, moseley……
Refresh my memory -
TWO game series here, no? In Texas?
This has got to have been the worst week of baseball we’ve played in a long time
This is getting so hard to watch……and it’s my Birthday
ac1 August 11th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
I dont think we need crawford. we have guys in the minors that can play LF. I want to see Laird get some time in LF.
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We need his speed. Let Laird play some OF and 3B. Crawford is a day to day difference maker. We haven’t had a LF like that since Ricky.
Well good nite. Thanks again Javy. Javy defenders I’m excited to hear how u defend this
The Yankees can’t offer him arbitration – coming off of this year? He’d probably take it. He’s brutal…………I want Andy to come back ….like now.
Please, you guys complain about Suttcliffe. Listening to Kay is painful. I know what he’s going to say before he utters his nonsense. That’s how you get a shut down inn. Easy 5th for Lee. Now Lead off hits for Rangers. Javy is not a pennant contending pitcher
how is Vazquez a ‘choke job’? He has nothing out there on the mound and is doing it with smoke and mirrors. Maybe you should grow up.
Game over.
All of you crucifying Javy are doing him a disservice. He is what he is. You want to blame someone? Go find Brian Cashman. And when you ask him why he traded for Javy, ask him how it is that he thought Nick Johnson would be healthy for longer than 2 months.
Probably can’t get Crawford unless 1) you lose out on Lee 2) you can find a taker for Granderson.
Starting to get ugly….get Javy out of there.
Game set and match Getting ready for hard knocks at 10.
CB-
You’re usually right on, but IMO, Tim McCarver is worse!
Anyone remember the last Yankee with the eephus pitch?
Maybe the Yankees will luck out and get a pitcher off waivers who might perform.
I Take it back CB Sutcliffe is terrible!!
when Pettitte comes back does Moseley take Javy’s spot?… Now the game is over. Take him out.. he’s terrible.. Can’t stand him anymore..
Hey Girardi you think Vazquez is done for the night? I am not sure
We had our shot to bury Boston n blew it.
not sure why Girardi didn’t just bring in Gaudin, it’s not like he needs to save him. Javy has nothing – throwing 70-80mph. He needs to learn how to throw a knuckleball or something.
NOW, Berkman should NOT have had that one!
Can we send Javy down? I am kidding
Paging Andy Pettite!
@57 Yanks, i am ready to knock Javy now…. actually Javy blows up against a good team is such easy call it is tragically comical.
Laura, no thanks – no need to find Cashman. How could he have predicted this from Javy? The guy lost all his stuff in a few months……..
it seems like he usually get 3 or 4 good innings from javy, then this. make him the long man or even the 8th inning guy. Bring up Nova or something, anything….
Vazquez blew the game against Boston because he is gutless and blew this game
Game over
this all started with that IBB call by Girardi. It opened the flood gates.. You don’t give Javy an extra batter. He will implode on a moments notice
Cashman is looking bad right now. All of his off-season moves look AWFUL right now.
Gardner looks like the 4th outfielder he is.
MLB app had 1 pitch that inning as a 85.6 mph Changeup and 1 pitch a 85.6 mph Fastball.
:-0
This is a bad pitching performance, flat out…where as Hughes and AJ pitched solid….this is pathetic and so is Javy
Take him out now and completely burn your pen?
Well the games over now. Pathetic Vazquez. And the stifled offense sputters on.
How the heck does that happen?
well, if the game is over (like most of you are saying) shouldn’t you let Javy pitch to save the bullpen?
let him throw 150 pitches
ARE YOU KIDDING ME POSADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As soon as Arod threw that ball to Posada I knew he’d be safe. Posada has no clue what to do in a run down
Pathetic.
Come on Posada throw the ball…
terrible job there in the run down. Alex was in the way but Posada held the ball way too long.
Posada is just a terrible defensive catcher in all aspects. You throw as soon as runner commits himself not 1 second later.
can’t walk Murphy now.. Can you?…lol
if anyone thought the playoffs were nailbiting last year with only 3 starters, this year (if the yankees make it) will be even more fun – with this clown Vazquez and AJ taking up half of the rotation
f’ing posada is D-O-N-E…..buy out his last year and send this senior citizen packing as well..that was just bleeping brutal
What a crap game by the Yanks. Can’t even execute a rundown. Javy stinks.
Seriously Montero can’t do a better than Posada behind the plate? Posada’s brain cells are fried.
Sutcliff is pouring it on now. He is loing it
Sutcliffe shut it.. Posada hesitated there
I’d rather see Mosley pitch than Javy
# Laura – I Bleed Blue August 11th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
All of you crucifying Javy are doing him a disservice. He is what he is. You want to blame someone? Go find Brian Cashman. And when you ask him why he traded for Javy, ask him how it is that he thought Nick Johnson would be healthy for longer than 2 months.
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Laura–
Javy is our 5th starter, for now.
Cash got him as an innings eater.
He has failed and will not be on the postseason roster.
He will be gone next season and Lee will take his place.
Vazquez, Pro Trade. Thanks Cashman for bringing this scrub back.
ballgame
It’s Murphy! Shouldn’t we walk him?
I hate when managers give up on games in the 5th inning. Shame on you Joe Girardi.
That was Berkman’s fault
Let’s get to the post-season first, lol
Yankees are playing like a bad team right now.. 50 games left to get it together, but Texas is a strong team. This isn’t the 09 Yanks here
Booooooo.
Coming up with 6 runs off of Cliff Lee is one tall order.
Seriously can Montero be worse defensively than this?
mmm… i wonder who are we going to knock first?
What excuse will the Yankees use for Javy’s poor performance? balky shoulder-no that was Posada’s excuse for his inability to throw out any runners.
Rundown, field of screams
now you people are killing Jorge? perhaps they should trade Gardner and Berkman to the Twins for Joe Mauer
this board has become more of a joke than Javy Vasquez is
Good night all—— Hard knocks in 14 minutes.
Why does Girardi always leave the starter in until the game is over? His instincts this year have completely gone down the tubes. The starter is always allowed to put the game out of reach instead of taking him out when they still had a chance. Girardi’s managing is not impressive this season.
Rick Sutcliffe comparing Josh Hamilton to Mickey Mantle is just awful on so many levels.
Hamilton hasn’t accomplished anything remotely like Mantle did. Not even close.
Nor are Hamilton’s tools comparable to Mantle’s.
Why is it that so many people love to wax poetic about Josh Hamilton?
And they keep bringing up Hamilton being 6’4 as a point for why he’s like Mantle.
Oh yeah, Mantle was 5’11. I can see the similarity.
Posada can still hit. DH him next year, and pleaseeee bring up Montero.
Hey, posada is a great defensive catcher the 4 times a year he hits a 3 run homer. Other than those days, he is the worst in baseball. Its tiring watching him muff simple plays, drop balls on plays at the plate, not block the plate, and throw balls all over the field. Genuinely tiring
You want to know if you have character? Look into the mirror when you’re faced with adversity. This blog is filled with accusers, whiners, and quitters.
Javy has to go to the pen. We can get 3-4 solid innings from him, no more.
All the pro Javy people r real quiet
Montero is not ready………….and he’s not a savior.
I feel bad for Javy really. His stuff has abandoned him. He has literally been going out there with nothing for much of the season and trying to get guys out. Unless he’s been hiding an injury all year then I just don’t know where it went.
Mantle was also a SH, piss poor comparison by Sut the drunk
This team lacks a sense of urgency right now. Just too many mental errors. They are in first place I know but this is disgraceful. I would be tempted to bench Posada for that garbage. What does he have an irritated brain too? I’m not one to usually overreact but botching a run down is absolutely pathetic. I wish he would retire after this year.
Laura – I Bleed Blue August 11th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
All of you crucifying Javy are doing him a disservice. He is what he is. You want to blame someone? Go find Brian Cashman. And when you ask him why he traded for Javy, ask him how it is that he thought Nick Johnson would be healthy for longer than 2 months.
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hence my name….people keep saying this guy is a genius GM because he won the world series last year while he spent HALF A BILLION DOLLARS to do it – meanwhile they conveniently forgot the 8 years prior and all of the assinine moves he made – sort of like this past offseason…
wow. amazing throw my swish.
Vazquez should be released. Nova or anyone in AAA can do what he is doing on the mound. He doesn’t have the stuff or guts to get it done in NY or the AL.
Tough series.
We’ll pick up this game over the weekend against KC – back to 1-2 game lead in division.
Give Mitre Javys next start. The guy needs rest.
it seems like he usually get 3 or 4 good innings from javy, then this. make him the long man or even the 8th inning guy. Bring up Nova or something, anything….
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No you don’t.
They have already set up the scenario with the “Dead Arm” remarks.
Javy is headed for the DL and oblivion.
Never to be heard from again.
Welcome Mosely and welcome back Andy. Timing couldn’t be better.
Vazquez’s fastball has been down all year but now there’s something else going on. His arm isn’t right.
He’s not over that dead arm problem.
He threw a ton of innings in Atlanta and it may have caught up to him.
Cruz = Low baseball IQ
I think Cruz was thinking that Swisher was still shining shoes.
Good news for today. Brenda’s back on GH
CB-
I’ve given up on listening to Sutcliffe a long time ago. On a network of complete idiots, he takes top prize imo.
Jeez that was a good throw!
The Cannon formerly known as Swish.
I just turned the game on…I think that may have been a mistake.
Yanks really need to consider keeping Moseley in the rotation. Vazquez is OK against weak teams, but he hasn’t turned in one single good outing against a playoff caliber team.
Give Cash credit. He knew he needed Lee. Just didn’t finish the job.
His off season? One word. Horrendous
Nice to see the Yankees letting the Red Sox back into the race. This has been some truly pathetic baseball over the past few weeks.
Red Sox will only be 4 back after tonight.
I don’t know what else to say except, sweep Kansas City, and then 3/4 from Detroit.
This team is not motivated, not hitting, and look listless. They are embarrassing themselves, allowing Boston to get back into the race, and in danger of another collapse circa 2004. They are turning into the Mets before our very eyes.
I don’t want to constantly be a downer…but what else is there to say…..Monday, should have won, yesterday should have won, and then today would have been understandable. I want Girardi to be a f***ing manager instead of a soft-spoken fool in denial.
# Perlo August 11th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
You want to know if you have character? Look into the mirror when you’re faced with adversity. This blog is filled with accusers, whiners, and quitters.
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You forgot to mention realists.
“Rick Sutcliffe comparing Josh Hamilton to Mickey Mantle is just awful on so many levels.”
Glad to know that I’m not the only one who doesn’t know where that comes from. When I think of Mantle, the first name that comes to my mind is most certainly not Josh Hamilton.
Tyler, I don’t think they lack a sense of urgency, they are just playing terrible baseball. This isn’t football, where you use your emotions to your advantage…. They do need to turn it around – and quickly – because the Sox are NOT that far away and they are not going away no matter how many times people proclaim it to be so
We’re going to Kansas City,
Kansas City here we come.
Cash will learn from this offseason, and do better in 2010. Starting with Lee. I think they should give Colin Curtis and Greg Golson a REAL look in LF next year (and i think Laird should learn LF too).
Great swing Jeter!
come on get this run in.
If that db didn’t happen, that boo would’ve been attached to a hiss pretty darn quick.
Boston 4 out. We better take all 4 in lowly KC
Yet the Yankees let him pitch…………and Joe doesn’t think anything is wrong, so he’s going to keep throwing him out there. Ouch.
Cashman needs to go August 11th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Laura – I Bleed Blue August 11th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
All of you crucifying Javy are doing him a disservice. He is what he is. You want to blame someone? Go find Brian Cashman. And when you ask him why he traded for Javy, ask him how it is that he thought Nick Johnson would be healthy for longer than 2 months.
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hence my name….people keep saying this guy is a genius GM because he won the world series last year while he spent HALF A BILLION DOLLARS to do it – meanwhile they conveniently forgot the 8 years prior and all of the assinine moves he made – sort of like this past offseason…
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Alot of those weren’t Bryan Cashman’s choice. Steinbrenner made alot of the rash moves early on in that 8 year drought. After Cashman got his new contract and took over more of the baseball decision making some of those assinine moves have gone down. Now this offseasons moves haven’t worked out but the Grandy trade didn’t look bad at the time, the Javy trade still actually is good because they gave up virtually nothing now that Vizcaino blew out his elbow
Too bad the triple doesn’t mean anything now that Vazquez spit the bit like usual.
Red Sox will only be 4 back after tonight.
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but 5 losses.
Said it last night, and I’ll say it again…
This team is really, really hard to watch right now. They just aren’t playing good baseball in just about ANY facet of the game, outside of the pen. If it’s not the offense struggling, it’s the pitching. Tonight, it’s both (though going against Lee, it’s expected).
I really don’t know what the problem is, but it’s persisted through the last 4 series, and that’s concerning to me. Right now, I’m not feeling real confident about the playoffs, especially given that we’ve looked terrible against two teams that we’d likely have to get through to make the Series.
They have time to turn it around. I just really hope they do it. If this is just a rough stretch, I’d rather it come now, and turn it on in October (kind of like the Celtics did last season in the NBA).
at least we miss greinke again.
Jeter still has good speed, especially after being shot in the leg by Mark Wohlberg!
When the yanks are to acquire a player, they need to look at his character as well as his tools. Some people are just not mentally strong enough to succeed in New York.
You can get on Vasquez all you want but even if Vasquez held them to 2 runs they weren’t going to score again off Lee. This offense is a joke. Well at least Tex will be back hitting homers against the Royals.
I feel a good 15 runs against the royals in one of those games just to keep the
“But we have scored the most runs in the league” crowd happy
See, if you took out Vazquez when it was 3-1 there would still be a ballgame happening right now. Instead we are going to have to witness one of the great Yankees comebacks of the decade.
Can we score Jete from third?
This guy with Sutcliffe is also an idiot. He just said that the new YS was a bandbox. Complete.F’ing.Moron! Check the stats, you tool!!!
Josh Hamilton has amazing physical tools. He doesn’t have Mantle’s speed, but as one who watched Mantle for years, Hamilton has the other tools. He has yet to utilize them for a long period, and who knows if he will.
I think Javy will go to the pen if Moseley contiues to pitch well and Pettitte returns.
I don’t blame Cash for his off-season moves, esp. for the Javy and Granderson trades. Kennedy had no future here and Coke was not that good. It’s not fair to kill him for Javy when everyone thought that was a steal – the guy just completely lost it; it’s bad luck, not bad judgment.
I need more Javy excuses. Posada, dead arm, the heat, pressure, his socks didn’t fit etc
.616 winning pct. +137 run differential
Best record in Baseball but I guess it is over.
you people are just silly. Two of the last three games the face Lee and Lester! 2 of the top 3 LHP in the game!
RELAX! the Rays and Sawx are going to be there to the end
the yankees have not won a series in nearly three weeks and that series victory was against the royals. The yankees simply have not had the ability to put away tough teams or pitchers much of this season.
there we go…… small ball (sarcasm)
6-2, they need a miracle.
Lee felt sorry and let the run score himself.
We needed a wild pitch to do it.
Jim, and kill the pen? Who would you have brought in?
# Yankee Trader August 11th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Jeter still has good speed, especially after being shot in the leg by Mark Wohlberg!
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Jeter was the best thing about that movie.
7 games to 4 game lead in a matter of a few days is something keep your eye on. Thank God Tampa has played lously lately.
…..Sutcliffe is unbearable to listen to. I’d rather listen to Jon Miller.
Can’t the Yankee hitters see the loop on Lee’s slow pitches?
@Betsy. A gm is graded on results. Not assumptions or coulda’s.
Swisher’s swing from the right side is really ugly.
CecilioGuante,
Lester has not been good since the break
“When the yanks are to acquire a player, they need to look at his character as well as his tools. Some people are just not mentally strong enough to succeed in New York.”
I don’t think that’s Javy’s problem. I agree with the earlier post that something might be wrong with his arm. The drop in velocity isn’t a character flaw; it’s a physical problem.
I hate to be the voice of doom, but I really think that there are several players currently playing injured and keeping it on the down low. There is definitely something wrong with Alex. Javy may be another one. I think Jeter is hurt as well.
Betsy-
IMO they absolutely lack a sense of urgency. I look at this team and I see a sense of entitlement. Baseball is played on a certain amount of emotion. Just look at the Cards this weekend. Brandon Phillips opened his mouth and woke up a team that has sleep walked through 95% of the year. The Yanks are playing soft baseball. I would have loved to see Swish jar the ball loose from Molina last night. Instead he pansies around him and takes the brunt of it. They aren’t playing like there is no tomorrow….
i still say vazquez trade was ok, but still gave up melky. whose year in 09 was better than gardners 2010 will end.
All the people bitching about Sutcliffe here’s an idea. Turn on YES
At least the Rays lost.
So looking back no one wanted to give up Montero but if we would have included Nunez we could have had Lee. Would you do that deal now or live with it as is and keep Montero and hope you sign Lee next year?
I would have let Vasquez be his own mop-up guy. The pen has better things to do, so let him pitch a complete game regardless of the score. It’s Cliff Lee they’re playing against! Let it be a blow out.
How the (post)season turns out in the end will either make Cashman look smart or something else altogether. I wasn’t that keen of him dismantling various parts of the team with weaker/cheaper counterparts. So until the final out of the deciding game is made…
i dont understand what these guys are looking at…. these are right down the middle.
why not just swing at 2 strikes?
Ace, IMO, Cash is a very good GM
Tyler, I disagree completely – and you and I are usually on the same page
SWING.
THE.
BATS.
YOU.
IDIOTS.
Well Lee throws a lot of strikes. I mean a lot. So chances are the pitch will be a strike. Next time we face him in Sept. lets at least hack at them.
We haven’t had much luck on pitchers acquired after they last pitched for Atlanta:
Chris Hammond
Jaret Wright
Kyle Farnsworth
Javy Vazquez
But we succeeded with Mike Stanton
Did I miss anyone?
The ump really doesn’t have to help Lee anymore. His strike zone is gigantic. I hate when any of the Molina brothers catch because they get every call.
“I don’t blame Cash for his off-season moves, esp. for the Javy and Granderson trades. ”
Really? Not even Nick Johnson? You are very understanding woman…except when it comes to AJ.
triple, he sure looked good on Monday!
Ace, extra innings package is giving the FSSW feed so YES is not an option!
may get lee out before the 8th inning, thats something.
# YankeeRay August 11th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
So looking back no one wanted to give up Montero but if we would have included Nunez we could have had Lee. Would you do that deal now or live with it as is and keep Montero and hope you sign Lee next year?
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Keep Montero. There’s no guarantee Lee would pitch well for us.
This is the Javy of 04′ we’re seeing here. Yeah he started out bad, had nice middle run, but now back to his normal self. Just a bad signing and we all knew it from the beginning. He may have a dead arm, but his good outing sample size is so small that it’s not worth it to count on him.
… As Arod K’s.. strikes out the side.. Get this guy Cashman!
LOL Laura……….
The NJ move did not work out, but I have no problems with him taking that risk…………..
whether it’s cashman’s or javy’s injury, it’s all kinda of moot point to me. The point to me is Javy is pitching tantative with junk and wets his pants against a good team. his mgr of 4 yrs calls him a choker.
in summation
I don’t want to see this guy in a Yankees uniform and please get him out of here( unlikely to happen) but at least put in the pen and give a guy like Nova a chance.
The Yankees approach of working the count doesn’t work against a guy constantly throwing strikes like Lee is. You have to swing early and often against this guy.
Tyler – i was going to list all of the stupid moves cashman made up to last year (there have been ALOT) but then when you said the vazquez trade was actually a good one i decided to not waste my time as its obvious i won’t be able to get through anyway
This loss is on Javy. Terrible job, can’t even keep the game close. Not going to get 7 off Lee.
Mosely, please step up and take Javy’s spot.
Kinda pathetic that the run scored off a wild pitch instead of a hit. Lucky it did because the next three whiffed horribly.
I hate it when everybody’s talking about a really cra ppy announcer like Sutcliffe and I don’t get to hear him.
I want to experience that suckiness too.
Keeping Montero was a blessing. Now to get Lee would be the icing on the cake.
The Yankees were the best team in baseball and on fire when Cashman decided this current roster wasn’t good enough to win at the trade deadline. These moves seemed to have altered teh chemistry much in the same way getting Irod in 2008 did. I think Chad Curtis was a great story and I had visions of him being the Ricky Ledee of 2010
Why put Javy in the pen and take away a spot for a real reliever?
DL him, he has a dead arm.
We still have Marte and Aceves in the wings.
Laura, that’s true.
RMS, that’s true, too. The offense has been bad, but this is Lee – Javy couldn’t even keep it close. That’s the most disturbing part…………
“why not just swing at 2 strikes?”
There’s a difference between swinging at strikes and swinging at strikes you can drive. Lee isn’t throwing strikes down the middle and the hitters are hoping/waiting for a mistake.
“The NJ move did not work out, but I have no problems with him taking that risk…………..”
Well, I’ve made it quite clear that I do. I’m one of those “We should have kept Damon and/or Matsui”. I would go on, but I’ve imposed my own radio silence on that subject.
“Josh Hamilton has amazing physical tools. ”
I agree with that. I’ve followed Hamilton’s career from the time he was drafted and all of those stories about him started.
But as you pointed out he doesn’t have Mantle speed – not even close. And Mantle’s speed was an enormous component to his game and a significant differentiator between Mantle and other great power hitters.
Josh Hamilton is poor to mediocre in CF – he’s not truly a CF because he doesn’t have the range to play the position. He’s really a corner OF that the Rangers try to shoe horn into a CF.
Hamilton has great bat speed. But he doesn’t have great contact hit tools. He’s never going to make contact like Mantle.
Hamilton is also mediocre against LH pitching. He’s just ok. So it’s particularly difficult to compare his overall hit tools to a Mantle as a switch hitter.
I never saw Mantle play – but I find it hard to compare Josh Hamilton’s overall package of tools and talent to Mantle’s.
And it’s particularly difficult to do because Hamilton has squandered so much.
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Ace, IMO, Cash is a very good GM
Tyler, I disagree completely – and you and I are usually on the same page
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That’s fine. I look out at this team and I see a bunch of players who don’t look totally engaged. I saw that all year with the Cards and this week they woke up and played ball. The Yanks need a kick in the butt. If it takes Boston passing them so be it. I’m seeing them in KC for all 4 games and I hope they don’t continue this garbage. I went to all 3 games they lost in Chicago last year and it was embarassing to wear a Yankee shirt.
The Yankees aren’t playing with a sense of entitlement. Everyone looks like they are playing with no emotion when you get dominated by Cliff Lee.
He destroys everybody. Being the best pitcher in baseball will do that.
They are playing without Mark Teixiera, and with players at several positions who in decline offensively.
They are playing with a flyball pitcher in a hitters park, whose fastball velocity has dipped and command has vanished.
Tough to beat a team like Texas with those odds.
This was a pitching mismatch from the start. Javy’s stuff is tailor made for the Rangers.
Burnett is a much better mathcup for them, because Texas is free swinging and A.J. is harder to sqaure up.
I’m sure the Yankees burn to win as much as they ever have, they are just getting taken to the woodshed again by a dominant pitcher, one who will hopefully be wearing pinstripes next year.
# mick August 11th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Why put Javy in the pen and take away a spot for a real reliever?
DL him, he has a dead arm.
We still have Marte and Aceves in the wings.
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i would very much like to DFA him, but that is not realistic.
I want to know where the proof is that the Yankees are playing like crap because of chemistry issues. It seems a lifetime ago, but they played GREAT at the beginning of the year; they beat the Sox, the Angels, the Rangers…………where were these concerns about chemistry then? I give major kudos to Cash for refusing to stand still…………..and, lol, Damon and Matsui aren’t even having good years.
“I want to experience that suckiness too.”
Um, no you don’t.
This team is in trouble. They can’t win series against good teams. Vazquez, Granderson, Gardner, Posada, and especially Berkman look horrendous. Burnett is a coin flip.
“….and, lol, Damon and Matsui aren’t even having good years.”
Ask LGY my view on that. I can’t speak on it. That radio silence thing can be a *itch.
Not to beat a dead horse but replacing 2 seasoned vets like Damon and Matsui was a monumental task.
Gardner is wilting. Grandy is a mystery. Johnson an accident waiting to happen.
Granderson alone is reason to kill Cashman. Granderson is an absolute unmitigated disaster who was a disaster last year as well. They will be lucky to deal him for a bag of balls and a million dollars of his absurd contract. The guy is a AAA player with some power.
not having the hottest bat in Tex for this short series does hurt a bit, but look at Bill Hall lately.. Why can’t someone on this team step up and carry them for a few games?
Laura, ok – that’s why I didn’t bring NJ or the other guys up; we are worlds apart on this, so why even get into it?
RConn, I agree with you………….. there is a huge difference between not executing and not trying. They’ve been awful for a few weeks, but I have no doubt they burn to win………..
I know he hasn’t pitched a lot yet, but I’ll take Moseley over Vazquez when Pettitte returns.
Maybe Mitre should have started tonight.
The Texas crowd gets very excited by anything hit in the air.
Ace August 11th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Give Cash credit. He knew he needed Lee. Just didn?t finish the job.
His off season? One word. Horrendous
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Give cash credit!?!?!? He knew he needed Lee because he bleeped up the offseason so badly that he knew this team isn’t going anywhere come playoff time..if they even make it..
give him credit for what…and to add to it he STILL couldn’t complete the trade even though he knew the starting rotation has only 2 trustworthy pitchers on it
Javy must go. Berkman must go. Do you think Cashman regrets not pulling the string on Lee? What a fool?
# Jim August 11th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
The Yankees were the best team in baseball and on fire when Cashman decided this current roster wasn’t good enough to win at the trade deadline. These moves seemed to have altered teh chemistry much in the same way getting Irod in 2008 did. I think Chad Curtis was a great story and I had visions of him being the Ricky Ledee of 2010
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Chad Curtis is back?
I’m starting to believe that Father Time has lapped Posada. He’s a .250 hitter with occasional power. Sadly, he’s close to Granderson, but with no speed and a poor arm.
in the car heard jorges great play on the run down on XM.
man he is becoming a liability, next year something has to change.
doom and gloom all over the site tonight.
berkman could not hold Tex’s jock in fielding. Did not see the play but the ranger announcers said tex would have made the play. the thing I do not get is why look at strike 3.. lee throws strikes over 70+ % of the time, newsflash he is throwing strikes.
javier has to be perfect throwing junk all night long, good teams most nights are going to rock him…
the yanks will be fine. 11 in a row against junk… tex will be back, relax losers……..
Why does this team feel like it’s exposed when it faces off against the better pitchers of the league?
Lee walks 1 guy every 2 games. Do the players know this? It doesn’t seem like it with them watching fastball strike after fastball strike just cruise by at 90 mph.
CB-
I saw Mantle play. If he was playing today at age 30, on good legs, he’d be the most dangerous hitter in baseball, and a 5 tool player.
Pat–that’s because the Rangers fans are new to baseball. They haven’t sold out that park consistently in YEARS!
Cashman needs to go August 11th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Tyler – i was going to list all of the stupid moves cashman made up to last year (there have been ALOT) but then when you said the vazquez trade was actually a good one i decided to not waste my time as its obvious i won’t be able to get through anyway
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What did the Yankees give up for Javy? They also got Logan who has been a key part in the bullpen doing much better recently. The Yanks gave up Melky who at best is a 4th outfielder, Michael Dunn who walks the bases loaded every outing and is worse than Boone Logan, and Arodys Vizcaino who is a good prospect but blew out his elbow. You replaced Chad Gaudin with Javy Vazquez who was 4th in the NL Cy Young voting last year. And that was a bad trade? I know Javy is strugglin and I don’t want him starting in the playoffs but it’s actually still not a bad trade. Please don’t use logic though.
Tyler, I’m never embarrassed to be a Yankee fan…………….I would never accuse my team of not putting out the effort, no matter what it looks like. Sure, I might scream it in a moment of frustration, but I would never mean it. That would mean they have an underlying lack of integrity and that is just not in any of these players’ DNA – IMO, it’s not in most players DNA.
this team has alot of players slumping currently in Swisher, Gardner, Granderson, Posada all the way down to the new guys. That can send a team to a slump real fast. Pitching has to pick them up until they get it back together.
“I never saw Mantle play – but I find it hard to compare Josh Hamilton’s overall package of tools and talent to Mantle’s. ”
I agree that comparing him to Mantle is ridiculous and just another one of Sutcliffe’s aimless ramblings but Hamilton does have unreal ability. I played against him in high school once. Pretty scary with an aluminum bat in his hands…then he’d get on the mound and give you 96 from the left side. I remember them trying to decide whether to make him a pitcher or outfielder…..sadly he did neither for several years.
Mick – what exactly is the “mystery” with granderson? He’s awful, and it isn’t mysterious at all really. He’s just not a good baseball player.
Hmmm. Cashman’s offseason: Granderson, Vazquez, Johnson, Park. All are utter failures. And Berkman is total garbage.
Laura, I like radio silence, lol. When 2 people disagree that strongly, there is no point in continuing that discussion, lol -
“Do you think Cashman regrets not pulling the string on Lee? What a fool?”
He did pull the string. Seattle backed away in favor of what they perceived to be a better deal for them. Cashman was as all in as he could be on Lee.
I liked the Vasquez acquisition at the time. Good era, innings eater, and he is still in his prime. And I thought his early woes would be worked out by now. But after tonight, I don’t know?
I’m not ready to join the ledge jumpers just yet, but this little slump is starting to look more serious than I thought. This is August, not May. Now is not the time to start sputtering.They still have lots of time and lots of games, but this ship is floundering, and the two behind them are coming on with a full sail.
Every game Lee beats the Yankees is another 3-5 million he gets next year from them.
Great ab for robbie..he adjusted to his curve.
MG August 11th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
how is Vazquez a ‘choke job’? He has nothing out there on the mound and is doing it with smoke and mirrors. Maybe you should grow up.
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But.. but… it makes them feel really tough to say nasty stuff anonymously on the internet that they’d never say to a players face.
I still think Berkman will be fine, but I really don’t want to read any more articles on how dumbfounded/overwhelmed he still is to be a NY Yankee………..
If we could have gotten Adam Dunn without giving up the farm then that would have answered all prayers, but hopefully the Puma can get it together
Don’t K George
I didn’t say chemistry issues if that post was about me. I said a sense of entitlement and a lack of urgency. They get along fine. And they played great throughout the beginning of the year. And I believe they will play great to end the year and I still think they win the World Series. But right now I see no fire. Chemistry is fine. But they don’t seem to be in the game right now. Too many mental errors and lack of performance…
NYY fan in NH,
Funny you should mention Hall. I was ridiculed on here when Pedroia went down and I said watch what Hall does.
With the rare exception of Renteria and Lugo not only do hitters perform at their norms they exceed and often have career years. Jason Bay, Beltre etc
Robinson Cano’s swing is unreal.
It’s like watching someone who is playing another game.
Cano really has become Don Mattingly.
# Carlo August 11th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Mick – what exactly is the “mystery” with granderson? He’s awful, and it isn’t mysterious at all really. He’s just not a good baseball player.
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Sorry Carlo, I meant to say “misery.”
Just think if Joe got Javy out quicker. May have had a chance
Ugh…well, at least I’m not a Red Sox dope.
“I saw Mantle play. If he was playing today at age 30, on good legs, he’d be the most dangerous hitter in baseball, and a 5 tool player.”
Lets fire up the Delorean and get him!
Tyler, who said I was directing that at you? Jim was the one who mentioned chemistry issues.
# Laura – I Bleed Blue August 11th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
“I want to experience that suckiness too.”
Um, no you don’t.
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Hey, it’s not like Mike Kay is making broadcasting history over here on YES.
Also, I’m a person that actually enjoys listening to Sterling/Waldman.
Sometimes you jut gotta revel in the suck.
i think people would have no problem telling Javy he sucks to his face
unreal!
Not Jorge’s best game tonight.
worst at getting productive outs.
good thing posada brought his A game tonight
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I hear ya. Stupid Sox always have these guys with career years.. Ugh Posada reeks! Not saying Hall is having a career year, but he’s filling in for Pedroia nicely.
ace-
If joe got Javy out quicker? Like in the 1st inning, maybe….
Adam Dunn didn’t want to DH which is why he wasn’t traded
Betsy thinks Berkman will be fine. She knows a lot about baseball, so I’m feeling much better now. What a joke. He’s done; his body is shot; he’s a shell of his former self.
…Melky who at best is a 4th outfielder.
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let me correct you: he’s THE best 4th outfielder and someone who’d be once again playing every day right now for the Yankees while Gardner gets his sh% together.
Too watch AJ Burnett quit on the mound in the 2nd inning of a game and let up 8 runs is embarrasing when you pay that much money to go out of town for a ticket. I woudl love to see guys go all out a little. I’m sure they care and are competing but to my eye they just don’t look into it recently. I would have loved to see Swish truck Molina last night. Jarring the bar loose could have been the difference in the game making it 2-1.
Kearns does not have the Yankees “look” at all. I mean, he doesn’t look like a Yankee.
“good thing posada brought his A game tonight”
I think he brought his K game…
Send em Thomson….oops that was last night.
Kearns getting better swings than Berkman at this present time
Kearns is swinging the bat pretty well.
Berkman needs to come through here!
Josh Hamilton reminds Sutcliffe of Mantle?
Josh Hamilton wouldn’t make a pimple on Mickey Mantle’s butt.
It’s true Betsy, it’s the obligatory fan lament: “These guys play with no heart, no emotion!”lol
I’ lived in Boston and heard Red Sox fans say the same thing after their team got shut down by great pitching, and it’s such nonsense.
Derek Jeter is 36, A-Rod 35. Thie performance is down considerably over last year. Tex, a player in his physical prime struggled until July.
If it wasn’t for Cano and Swisher, the two best players on the team so far this year, the Yankees would be in second place at best and possibly in third. Garnder, who had been terrific is now an automatic out.
The lineup is going to have to be insulated next season hopefully by Montero and an outfield bat (Werth, Crawford, etc.)
Kearns does not have the Yankees “look” at all. I mean, he doesn’t look like a Yankee.
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He needs a haircut.
How was the game doreen?
why Yanks have to sign Lee next year?
Next year economy will be like a sucker. Yanks are already in deep debt for the new YS. From money point of view, I don’t see any sound reasons to sign another expensive free agent in a much weaker economy.
New Yankee owner might show his true color.
Kearns looks way better than Berkman; I don’t care if he looks like an Indian.
Kearns is starting to get his knocks in.
But he just looks very unkempt.
Time to spend some time with the master and upgrade that look.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/fil.....268-12.jpg
Looking at the stats. Beltre’s stats are right there with Cano.
“Why does this team feel like it’s exposed when it faces off against the better pitchers of the league?”
And in a nutshell- This post explains 90% of the comments tonight.
The Meat Tray better start flinging wet poo…
Good point on mosely over vaz.
I would skip vaz next few times out & go with mosely.
Berkman could really use a hit
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Tyler, who said I was directing that at you? Jim was the one who mentioned chemistry issues.
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I went back and read my post before that and it wasn’t really clear so I didn’t know if you thought I was mentioning chemistry issues. I didn’t go back and read Jim’s post so I just wanted to clarify my comment because I didn’t write it very well. Sorry for the confusion.
Nice job Puma.
Nice, puma!
Its not so much a lack of fire its just not executing a gameplan. Every1 knows lee pounds the strike zone. When the o’s got to him right after the trade lee remarked about how aggressive they were early in the count. And the yanks come out totally passive and take strike after strike. Just use your head more and that talent will rise above.
Interesting…… Lee may be tiring.
Nice job Berkman. That ball was muscled out there
damn, almost 3run HR
Good and bad break for the Yankees. Should have been caught, but a bad bounce.
Chip chip chip
i don’t believe it. lance dorkman hits something other than arod right handed
CB I see what you say about Hamilton being an average CF, he needed to take charge there.
big at bat here by Gardner. He has to get a run in here somehow
Do we need Thames any longer ?
Tyler
If i was girardi i would of sent burnett home.
Any chance of getting at least one more run here?
Gardner hasn’t hit in over a month. Being pinch hit for is not the reason why he’s slumping.
little base hit by garnder here would be great
why no squeeze play?
just suggesting
Gardner’s battling.. Crucial here
“I played against him in high school once. Pretty scary with an aluminum bat in his hands…then he’d get on the mound and give you 96 from the left side. I remember them trying to decide whether to make him a pitcher or outfielder…..sadly he did neither for several years.”
blake-
I remember when he was drafted. Huge debate on whether he or Beckett should go first. And then with hamilton whether he should be a pitcher or hitter.
When he was drafted, by one test, he had the highest recorded bat speed of any player to enter the draft, IIRC. With an aluminum bat he must have been very dangerous.
He is very talented. I do think announcers tend to over rate him. Too many people project his home run derby performance at the old stadium onto his game play and that’s a false projection.
His hit tool actually isn’t that great and he’s really isn’t a dominant hitter against LH pitching. He’s never come close to showing the kind of contact he has this year in prior seasons.
He clearly has uber-elite physical gifts. Hamilton, ARod, Justin Upton, Jason Heyward – I think you can cluster those guys together in terms of tools, though Alex has the best swing bar none in that group.
Good time for Gardy to find some magic.
Slump over.
ron August 11th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Tyler
If i was girardi i would of sent burnett home.
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Those 3 games in Chicago were beyond frustrating to be at. Cano threw away a potential double play ball with Hughes in from the pen and Dewayne Wise got the walkoff, then Mitre and Burnett both got shelled. of course i didn’t go to sundays game when cc beat buerhle but those 3 games were pretty rough.
Is Lee wilting in the Texas heat?
Yes!!!!!!
mick -
The Giant game?
We had a great time. Fantastic ballpark. Got to see Nady and Soriano for the Cubs. Always interesting to not have a rooting interest in a game. Left after 7 – very, very cold – and the game went 11.
I guess Gardner’s psyche is just fine, huh, Michael Kay???
Yankees win big and you tools will be sorry! You’ll all be sorry! Really, really sorry!!!
Muhuhahahahahha!!!
Welcome back Bret Gardner. That’s a slump buster hit right there folks.
You guys keep complaining, meanwhile there’s a game going on.
Here comes the greatest comback of the decade!
Yanks are back in this game 4-6 now.
Where’s that rally monkey?
He is not a machine…. He is a man…
Wow, this is almost miraculous…
“I saw Mantle play. If he was playing today at age 30, on good legs, he’d be the most dangerous hitter in baseball, and a 5 tool player.”
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I saw Mantle play from 55′ on. He wouldn’t have accomplished much if he hadn’t played hurt all the time. Was taped up like a mummy most of his career. Amazing player with heart !!!
i don’t believe it. yanks actually knocked out cliff lee instead of folding like a cheap tent
where are all the “this game’s over” people?
Funny, if we win this game, will it change the minds of those who cry “No Character, No Chemistry?”
Filter won’t let me say just
Chip chip chip
Gee I’m a little worried about Cliff Lee here. I mean what the hell?
Hmmmm. So is this bad thing considering that he will certainly be in pinstripes next year????
Gardner has got to run on the first pitch and regardless Jeter needs to take it.
Nice to see the Yanks battling here. Haven’t seen much character lately, but this reminds me of the team I know and love
Great job still battling here. The effort has been there these 2 games, this would be an impressive comeback tonight. Too bad javy dug a hole, but there’s a big run over at 3rd base here
Gardner needs to run.
miracle, only miracle.
there’s got to be something wrong with lee if this crappy lineup could knock him out
It’s too bad Vazquez was garbage, yet again. Offense is doing a good job so far.
# mick August 11th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Funny, if we win this game, will it change the minds of those who cry “No Character, No Chemistry?”
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Not a chance. It’s sickening.
this would be a mighty, mighty nice comeback. Texas needs to try and get 8 outs now. If we keep it close, we can do this.
# CecilioGuante August 11th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
where are all the “this game’s over” people?
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It looked bleak at the time.
All right, who here thought that Lee would be at risk of coughing up a 6-1 lead? I sure didn’t. But, I’m a loyal sucker and will stick around till the bitter end. Which, may not be bitter after all….
If you can knock out Lee, then almost by definition anyone who comes after will not be as tough.
“Those 3 games in Chicago were beyond frustrating to be at.”
I was at the first game. I’ve discovered that I’m bad luck for the team; every game I attend, they proceed to lose. I’m skipping this year’s NYY/CWS meeting in Chicago (mainly because I’ll be out of town on business).
We had a great time. Fantastic ballpark. Got to see Nady and Soriano for the Cubs. Always interesting to not have a rooting interest in a game. Left after 7 – very, very cold – and the game went 11.
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Doreen,
Knew you wouldn’t make it through the game.
Heard there was a lot of smoke in the ballpark.
Don’t know if the Yanks pull this out or not, but the Rangers are for real for the first time in a LOOONg time !
Some very good arms !
He has K’d 11 Yanks tonight.. Didn’t see that they added up so quickly
This makes me feel like Girardi gave up too soon. As the season winds down and the games get more important he’s got to get better at recognizing when Vazquez/AJ/Hughes/Joba are done before further damage. The only Yankees who have earned the right to pitch out of trouble late are CC/Pettitte/Mo
# xcv August 11th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
there’s got to be something wrong with lee if this crappy lineup could knock him out
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There’s got to be something wrong with you
Let me guess Gardner doesn’t steal 2nd base and Jeter hits into his usual dp.
Circle the wagons boys, time to start scalping some Texans.
yup no character on this team?
to quote Robin Quivers “Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!”
Yeah Gardner needs to steal here quickly
Tyler August 11th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Cashman needs to go August 11th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Tyler – i was going to list all of the stupid moves cashman made up to last year (there have been ALOT) but then when you said the vazquez trade was actually a good one i decided to not waste my time as its obvious i won’t be able to get through anyway
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What did the Yankees give up for Javy? They also got Logan who has been a key part in the bullpen doing much better recently. The Yanks gave up Melky who at best is a 4th outfielder, Michael Dunn who walks the bases loaded every outing and is worse than Boone Logan, and Arodys Vizcaino who is a good prospect but blew out his elbow. You replaced Chad Gaudin with Javy Vazquez who was 4th in the NL Cy Young voting last year. And that was a bad trade? I know Javy is strugglin and I don?t want him starting in the playoffs but it?s actually still not a bad trade. Please don?t use logic though.
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Melky would be the starting CF (or LF) on the yankees thanks to the granderson trade exploding in cashman’s face – so right there the trade for vazquez was horrible – boone logan was horrendous the first half of the season the 4 weeks he was actually on the major league team- and has only been good the last 3 weeks or so – add to that the fact that boone logan will be the one sent down once marte and/or aceves comes back – so as good as he’s been (and he has been good the last 3 weeks) you can’t say that trade was a good one because some guy that has pitched well 3 weeks was part of the trade…is that logical enough for ya?
That was a strike in the Twilight Zone.
CB,
totally agree. Hopefully Alex is about to go on one of his rampages where he carries the team for a couple weeks.
Nice job by the Yanks of fighting back into this ballgame. Good to see regardless of the outcome.
That is the kind of at-bat I like to see from gardner. Now if Posada, who I like regardless of his shortcomings, had just given up that ball sooner, we might have a better chance of winning this game, though I know its not over til its over.
Gardner has to run !
Yes, Gardy!
It looked bleak at the time.
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yes, that’s why they play 9 innings not five
little bingo here Jete
Good Gardner !
See Brett run…..Run Brett run!
single should do the trick
I hate that a batter has to get into a 2 strike hole waiting for Gardner to run!
# IIOIIOIIO August 11th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
# xcv August 11th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
there’s got to be something wrong with lee if this crappy lineup could knock him out
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There’s got to be something wrong with you
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must be the heat then
Its about time you steal a base there Gardner. Its about time.
at least sac fly for captain
come on Capt, we need you
Put it in play Jete…somewhere.
Melky Cabrera would not be the starting CF or LF on this team lol. There is no way he would play in front of Kearns or even a struggling Granderson.
that was a smart pitch knowing Jeter was going to go the other way
Jeter got overpowered
Ugh, Jeter.
Derek:(
I love Jete, but he has to at least put the ball in play there.
Situational hitting please.
Mooove over butter! Here comes the Yankees!!
Mooove over butter! Here comes the Yankees!!
‘Atta boy Gardner! Be aggressive. i don’t care if you get thrown out, just use yor speed.
Can Nick be Swishalicious?
mick -
If by smoke you mean funny smelling stuff, I did detect some before the game. It was, after all, Jerry Garcia night.
About not making it to the end of the game, you have to understand our situation with my daughter. We stay as long as she can handle it.
The Yanks must lead the league in K’s with a runner on third and less then 2 outs
If the Yankees come back and win this I’m going to run around in my backyard with nothing more than a smile!
Dear Texas commentator. Can you not have an orgasm every time something good happens to your team? Thanks. That is all.
Really having a hard time understanding why Jeter is having trouble putting his bat on the ball in these situations lately.
well, i guess it’s time to get rid of Jeter now!
Not much of an AB there.
So, why is Washington turning Swish around? I don’t have the splits on hand, but I wonder if it’s to get Swish away from that supposed wind tunnel in right center (where Berkman hit his ball).
With Gardner’s speed it just doesn’t make any sense that he hasn’t been stealing more bases. He may make a few outs, but more times than not he causes the catchers to rush the throws.
Now its up to Swisher. I just hope he doesn’t try to do too much with his swing, just need a base hit. Hope he didn’t just slug down a Red Bull.
Another no contact AB for the Yankees in a close game with runners in scoring position. This is a very very frustrating team sometimes.
Dreadful at bat by Jeter. The freakin infield was back!!! Just like yesterday with the infield back the Yanks fail to make contact. Just brutal.
Jeter swung at balls 3 and 4. Ouch.
Aaaaaand now Swisher swings from the right side. Let’s hope he can snap the trend and gets some wood on the ball.
Wine enema time!
Doreen
I heard there was a Ga. Pif in SF.
Did you find it?
# TheStraw August 11th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I love Jete, but he has to at least put the ball in play there.
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Might be that he was TRYING to do just that ! Ya’ think ?
Wow. What’s that, 8 of our last 10 at bats with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs have ended in a whiff?
Ugh Jeet. Still trying to find the groove.
Yanks just can’t get a big hit lately, a lot of unproductive outs too, it’s got to get better.
0-5, then I hope he’s due.
On a night where the yankees are playing without Teixiera and are playing short a man, they come back to knock Cliff Lee out of a game he had in his pocket 6-1 before he can complete 7 innings. Lee walks off the mound with the tying runs on base.
Can we please stop with the idea that this team doesn’t have “heart.”
The Yankees may not pull this out but they could have easily folded down 6-1 playing on the road in that heat.
Joel Sherman’s article about Jeter’s demise was spot on… especially as it pertains to his clutch hitting.
“Mr. November” has left the building
Tyler, Melky has had a higher impact career than Kearns and their numbers are quite comparable. Just the fact that he switch hits would give him the nod in Joe’s book.
Darren Oliver just proves that if you are a LHP, you will always have a job somewhere
the rangers announcers are the biggest homers in the game…
They’ve been eating up swisher with breaking pitches lately.
Why does it seem like everyone is tired? This team needs 20 minutes of Billy Martin club house. Jorge needs to be called on the carpet for his BS tonight too.
oh damn,
I have started to expect when runners are in scoring position late, jeter will strike out.
Breaking balls kill Swish…
“So, why is Washington turning Swish around? I don’t have the splits on hand, but I wonder if it’s to get Swish away from that supposed wind tunnel in right center (where Berkman hit his ball)”
Swish is much better from the left side. Much more power from the left.
Oh my. This guy gets the juices going over anything. “Olivers ahead of Swisher!” Calm down, moron.
Ugh.
# ZMAN August 11th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Joel Sherman’s article about Jeter’s demise was spot on… especially as it pertains to his clutch hitting.
“Mr. November” has left the building
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Come back in Nov.
well, that’s it! Swish needs to go!
Can we pinch hit Swisher with runners on base? Jesus tapdancing Christ, he’s been useless in clutch situations the last 2 weeks.
and swish cannot hit a breaking ball from the right side.
didnt this happen last night too? RISP and Jeter and Swish K.
ugh…
whatever happened to the Nick Swisher that worked the count in his favor every AB? All this success has turned him into a hacker. Long better get on him and remind him why he’s been so successful – forcing pitchers to come to him.
Man, another wasted chance. This team is awful right now.
Swisher needs a day off.. Maybe he could film another E30 episode. Yanks should’ve gotten another run there.
holy cow,
Darren Oliver still going strong. Unbelievable.
Why isn’t anyone smart enough to realize that on 0-2and 1-2 counts they’re not going to throw you a strike!!??
I think Swisher struck out 3 times on Monday swinging at the 0-2 pitch!
Great job Jetes and Swish. Unfortunately, Swisher was living up to his name in the wrong way. Swish and a miss.
The .364 ba with two outs and runners in scoring position Swisher would have been nice there… not cold spell Swish we currently have.
Can someone find me Swisher’s numbers batting with 2 strikes? More specifically, how often he swings at pitches? Because as far as I can tell, the only things that are sure in life are death, taxes, and Nick Swisher swinging with two strikes, no matter where the ball is.
Yankees striking out way too much. They need to put the ball in play. Even Ken Singleton said it!
Yes Jeter was absolutely dreadful tonight. Went 2/3 w/ a triple against Cliff Lee. Disgusting.
Swisher really is in a funk
Well, we made it close. We still have a chance. We need our bullpen to keep them scoreless.
Tabbert — have you heard a White Sox or Nationals game recently? Those clowns are the biggest homers in the game!
close third goes to the Padres guys
Texas pitcher they hit the hardest? Cliff Lee.
I wish I had a dollar from every person that would have never believed that one.
# ac1 August 11th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
I have started to expect when runners are in scoring position late, jeter will strike out.
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Yanks will be calling you to come coach ! Stay by the phone !
>Yogi Mantle August 11th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Great job Jetes and Swish. Unfortunately, Swisher was living up to his name in the wrong way. Swish and a miss.
A swish is not a missed swing, it’s a made basket. Nice attempt though.
Spoke too soon. K after K after K in the big spots. Awful.
# pat August 11th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Can Nick be Swishalicious?
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Nope, not tonight …
tonight he was swingatrocious!
YankeesWFAN
6.1 inn equals Lee’s shortest outing of the season. He had gone at least 7 inn 14 starts in a row, 18 of 19.
Great retort, Cecelio. Meanwhile, the Yankees fail for the third straight game in a critical situation with the chance to tie or take the lead.
Jeter with one of the worst ABs. Chasing pitching out of the strike zone.
That inning was all on Captain DP. He has to get that run in.
Yanks will be calling you to come coach ! Stay by the phone !
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really? i never said i knew more, i said it has become expected, because it keeps happening.
cb- The yanks might have scored 4 runs with a weaker lineup then normal but the fact reamains they were unable to get THE big hit to tie the game. Posada made a huge mistake that little leaguers dont even make. The team simply does not have their heads in the game. Jeter knows that he was to get the ball in play to score a run but yet decides to chase pitches 6 inches out of the zone? This lineup should be capable of winning games with guys like jeter, swish, arod, posada, berkman in its lineup. Quit trying to act as if its some miracle and shows heart that we battle back and still lost. A loss is a loss no matter what… and the yankees have been losing.. a alot lately.
more trying to be a hero. lunging for crap out of the strike zone.
swisher and jeter, yech…….
you think these smart ballplayers would figure out smart junk ballers want you to swing at pitches out of the zone. WHAT AM I MISSING?????????????/
Decent pitching but it looked like jeter and swish both let the situation get to them a little bit. Damn, both these games have been so winnable. Yanks take these types of games come playoff time, tho, these are good tests here. And with no Tex and with javy pitching today.
To HR Fairy called and Darren Oliver has a huge bill due…
runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs, we failed again.
Swish really got exposed in the play offs. Team just attack him with breaking balls and off speed pitches and he can never lay off of them.
tyler believe what you want – they got kearns BECAUSE of how bad granderson is – melky and his 4th outfielder skills would be starting on this team right now…and add to that he would actually be good enough and cheap enough to trade in the offseason (to get crawford) whereas granderson is absolutely untradeable and therefore an albatross the next 3 years..
thanks jeter and swish!!
Who cloned Mark Reynolds and put him in the 1-9 batting positions of the New York Yankees’ linep?
Jeter sucks also
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Ha. Ha. ha.
white sox have the biggest homer announcers in the world. nationals are close behind.
red sux, texas, dodgers, have great announcers.
# RabidYankee August 11th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Why isn’t anyone smart enough to realize that on 0-2and 1-2 counts they’re not going to throw you a strike!!??
I think Swisher struck out 3 times on Monday swinging at the 0-2 pitch!
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The past couple of nights I was calling out the pitches that the pitcher was going to use to get various batters out. I was right far too often. My wife was amazed, but I said, “sadly, its become too much of a pattern for the Yankee batters, even worse, if I know it the opposition knows it even better, and you would think the Yanks could make some adjustment, but they don’t.”
it is spelled Cecilio. if you were not a bandwagon fan, you would know who I am
Washington beat Jete at his own game – threw him to unhittable pitches out of the strike zone. Jeter is a master at hitting ground balls to the right side but he was out-thought in that AB.
The point is that you can’t let chances like that slip away. Great night for Jeter going 2 fo 3, but he has to be able to get the runner in from third with one out.
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Stuff like that is how you lose the division.
Swish reminded me of Serrano from “Major League” in that at bat.
He just needed to bang his bat on his helmet.
We’re back in this game, but man we blew a chance to inch closer. This team feels a lot like the ’99 team, good, not great, strugged with expectations at times.
i like the red sox announcers. i live in boston and i find them informative, and not really homers.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Jeter fan but I think a difference between this yr and last year was that he came through more often in the clutch situations.
Hamilton would look great in pinstripes.
I don’t want Lee. He gave up 4 runs to a weak hitting Yankees team.
I remember longer than you do, idiot, and I still remember when you served up that meatball to Trammel at Tiger Stadium for a walk-off Grand Slam.
Yanks are fighting back. I give them credit. I know I was questioning them earlier but they are showing signs of turning it on. I’m not to afraid that I might be wrong. But they still need a clutch hit which has been tough for them recently.
I am not afraid though to admit if I’m wrong. Hopefully I am in fact. I was just pretty discouraged there at the beginning of this game…
Ain’t a Kerry Wood appearance til a couple guys get on base.
One thing I know cdamon doesn’t K in these spots like Swish
# theREALkevin August 11th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Decent pitching but it looked like jeter and swish both let the situation get to them a little bit. Damn, both these games have been so winnable. Yanks take these types of games come playoff time, tho, these are good tests here. And with no Tex and with javy pitching today.
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You really think Jeter, after all his experience is nervous ? LMAO Espn showed 3rd. strike was on upper outside corner.
These games are also winnable by Rangers, don’t ya’ think ?
Wood’s stuff doesn’t look good today at all. I don’t know why he just threw Vlad a strike.
the NESN guys are good as are the YES guys. I’d even include SNY announcers in the solid pile. Twins guys are fair as well. Vin Scully doing a Dodger game is still the best though
On the homer side, White Sox, Nationals, Angels, Rangers and Padres lead the pack
8th might be the Yankees best chance with 3,4,5 up. Tough to ask the bottom of the lineup to do it again
Jeter – Game Winning Hit…
I’m calling it now folks. Yup, heard it here first.
Nice DP.
what a great DP there by Jeter and Can0!
Nice turn.
# Ace August 11th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
One thing I know cdamon doesn’t K in these spots like
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So LAST YEAR !
Oh Vlad. U would have looked good hitting 6 in pinstripes
YankFanCA — i stand corrected
“red sux, texas, dodgers, have great announcers.”
Nesn is alot much more fair than Espn or Fox. Vin Scully is a legend, but I remembera few years back the Texas announcers screaming at Posada:
There was a bad call made against the Yankees, they showed Posada yelling in the dugout, and the announcer yells “go cry in a bucket of money guys!”
This was back when on MLB extra innings you didn’t have the choice of which annnouncers (home/away team) like you do now.
# CecilioGuante August 11th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
the NESN guys are good as are the YES guys. I’d even include SNY announcers in the solid pile. Twins guys are fair as well. Vin Scully doing a Dodger game is still the best though
On the homer side, White Sox, Nationals, Angels, Rangers and Padres lead the pack
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Keith, Gary and Ron are better than the YES crew IMO.
“i like the red sox announcers. i live in boston and i find them informative, and not really homers.”
I hate everything to do with BOS, but I have to admit that out of all of the non-NYY announcers, they annoy me the least. The worst is CWS, followed by TB and TOR.
@58ryank. U say that like it’s a decade ago. Open those eyes podna
Ya I agree. Hawk Harrelson has to be the worst. Any broadcaster who uses the word “we” is garbage imo.
If Girardi took Vazquez out when he should of this could be a different game. The game could be tied or the Yanks could have the lead. Girardi has to have a shorter leash with AJ and Vazquez. It’s not CC or Andy on the mound. When those guys have nothing the runs come quickly and he has to take them out immediately instead of letting the extra tack on runs score. It seemed like Girardi just gave up.
Really a pity what has happened to Kerry Wood’s career. In 1998, nobody was hitting his fastball and curve. Hopefully, being in NY he can carve out a new career as an 8th inning guy and emergency closer over the next few years.
play thames vs righties too.
The Pieman!
I hope when Jeter is elected to the HOF that all the fans calling him Captain DP don’t cheer him, don’t praise him and basically don’t say anything……
Marcus Thames – all heart.
# yankeenate August 11th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Jeter fan but I think a difference between this yr and last year was that he came through more often in the clutch situations.
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He’s had many good years one after another. Give him a break ! 4 errors, leading A.L. SS’s in RBI’s
Thames can really hit….he can’t do much else, but he can hit.
I forgot about Dewaynnnnnnnnnne Statts! he is along side Hawk Harleson for homer of the year.
Thames sucks too, we need to get rid of him
THAMES!!!!! MY GOD that was a shot!
Thames! Chip chip chip
Yankees Batting practice…coming up.
What a blast. And they say that he can’t hit right handers.
Thanks Thames.. If Jeter was able to make contact before the game would be tied.
Think this will be the game that makes Berkman a Yankee?
“Happy Thames are here again”…..seriously Sterling?
Wow, Thames! Too bad no one was on base for that.
Repeat with Alex? Too much to hope for probably.
Sutcliff is going to need another drink here. he is falling into a deep depression
Frank Francisco stinks. I don’t see how anyone could think this game was over after 7 innings.
I take back almost every horrible thing I’ve ever said about Thames.
Ya know, the Yanks just might win a game where they spotted Cliff Lee a 6-1 lead. Who would have predicted that?
posada’s mistake is really coming back to bite us
Alex is just missing these pitches.
“Yanks are fighting back. I give them credit. I know I was questioning them earlier but they are showing signs of turning it on. I’m not to afraid that I might be wrong. But they still need a clutch hit which has been tough for them recently.
I am not afraid though to admit if I’m wrong. Hopefully I am in fact. I was just pretty discouraged there at the beginning of this game…”
The thing is, they rarely get blown out of games. The problem is, when they do rally, very seldom do they finish the job. Many nights our rallies end just like it did the last inning – failing to get the big hit. They’ve generally done well getting back into games, but unlike last year, they often seem to fall short when the game is right there for them to take back. They have to finish the rally more often than they have. They HAVE to improve their situational hitting.
GB, he seems like a great guy – not bitter at all. I’m rooting for him personally – obviously I want him to do well because that helps the team, but I’d like to see him finish his career, whenever that is, on a good note.
you can’t predict baseball.
He had a couple good fastballs to hit there and just didn’t get to them…lets go Robbie.
1 run game.
did Sterling say that? that’s terrible
# 57ryank August 11th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
He’s had many good years one after another. Give him a break ! 4 errors, leading A.L. SS’s in RBI’s
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For some posters here, it’s not “what have you done for me lately?”, it’s “what have you done for me since the last at bat?”
Some here are ready to call the entire team as “done”, “cooked” , “toast” and should be dropped, traded, sent to AAA.
Welcome to LHYB game thread.
Joe from Long Island August 11th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Ya know, the Yanks just might win a game where they spotted Cliff Lee a 6-1 lead. Who would have predicted that?
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Me…that’s who. I’m all go and no fro.
What I hate about scoring runs with HR is that it seems like Arod and Cano are just looking to tie it up now with one swing. Work the count!
Best thing to take from this game, no matter the outcome, is that the offense seems to have woken up, a least a little. If Javy hadn’t been so bad, we’d be winning or tied now.
That, however, was a terrible AB from Alex.
Also, 14 strike outs (and counting) as a team is terrible, I don’t care how many runs you score.
c’mon Canoe!
Arod gets into trouble when he tries to hit a homerun. He almost came out of his shoes on those pitches.
Francisco looks like a thin Biggie.
Singleton said “Don’t Bllnk!” when they showed the replay of Thames shot but you could have blinked 50 times in the time it took to land.
There’s Arod this time…another 0-2 pitch….you would think that Kevin Long would be able to get through to these guys…
Don’t know why Long seems to get so much praise all the time
jeter is still jeter, but lately he has K’d a lot in those situations. that’s all im saying. i still believe we will see more .300 seasons from him.
“He had a couple good fastballs to hit there and just didn’t get to them…lets go Robbie.”
He just missed. He was on those fastball’s.
# CB August 11th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Frank Francisco stinks. I don’t see how anyone could think this game was over after 7 innings.
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CB i doubt this guy will be TX’s setup man @ the season’s end.
These guys are trying to hard to tie it on one swing.
Just like Monday, Jeter and Swisher failing to lay bat on ball could well end up costing us the game when one fly ball would have us tied now.
Yankees are .264 with RISP – that’s not very good to put it kindly
sutt just made sense. sit javy, bring up Nova.
Full count. Watch for the breaking ball Cano.
C’mon Cano work a walk
It seems like a lot of guys are slumping at the same time Jeter, Gardner, Swish, Granderson (always), Arod….but if they get to the post season, this might just be a good time to swoon.
I take a walk or hit from Cano.
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I hope when Jeter is elected to the HOF that all the fans calling him Captain DP don’t cheer him, don’t praise him and basically don’t say anything……
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Agreed. I cant stand the reactions to Jeter anymore. I didnt know going 2-4 was a bad night. You cant love/hate him every other inning, its ridiculous.
“He just missed. He was on those fastball’s.”
Yup, I was thinking if he challenges him again he may be sorry…unfortunately he threw a good split and got him.
The Javy mistakes r now amplified
Francisco reminds me of Farnsworth
5-6 now, can they get this done?
“i doubt this guy will be TX’s setup man @ the season’s end.”
I thought they would have called up Tanner Scheppers already.
Sado. Gotta make up for those three SO.
This is better than playing corn hole with a one armed eunic.
Come on posada. Don’t make us pine for Jesus
question is, will Joe G pinch hit Grandy with Kearn, Texas has Matt Harrison in the pen , LH.
NYY, it’s painful…………..this guy has represented the Yankees incredibly well since a rookie; he’s a first-ballot HOFer and will be considered one of the top 5 or 6 to ever play his position. The name-calling is sickening.
http://www.myyesnetwork.com/12465/blog/
Grandy for Kearn.
The strike zone is gigantic tonight
what a gift!
That wasn’t a strike. How often are the Yankees going to get burned by these umpires strike zones moving?
“Yankees are .264 with RISP ? that?s not very good to put it kindly”
Where does that rank them in the league?
The Other Phil wrote :
For some posters here, it’s not “what have you done for me lately?”, it’s “what have you done for me since the last at bat?”
Some here are ready to call the entire team as “done”, “cooked” , “toast” and should be dropped, traded, sent to AAA.
Welcome to LHYB game thread.
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They should go follow other teams and see if they have any PROBLEMS !
Seems they think Yanks are only team that isn’t perfect ! ( of which, there are NONE )
I am surprised Girardi isn’t pinch runing for Cano here. Try to steal 2nd base to score on a single.
Lee would have gotten that call
Don’t wear the golden hat there Sado.
Nice AB Jorge.
One clutch hit…. come on!!!
i don’t believe it. posada didn’t strike out
yup, Jorge sucks too. Montero would have worked a BB in that situation
Pat, I read that on another board…………..I’m not even sure how to look that up. The point the poster who brought that up was making was that this team leads in runs scored and it’s not because of their great at-bats with RISP. I’m going to see if I can find this stuff on ESPN, but I doubt it.
I hope Granderson took note of what a ML late inning AB is supposed to look like.
we are in business again, don’t waste it!
That was odd.
The umpiring in the past few years has been exposed. The human eliment in a game like this is a joke. There are preset rules and guide lines for balls, strikes and outs…but it’s ok to look the other way when a person chooses to do what he wants and changes the rules during the game? Automate this…
Berkman’s Yankee moment is right now….
# Captain Clutch August 11th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
I am surprised Girardi isn’t pinch runing for Cano here. Try to steal 2nd base to score on a single.
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With whom? Pena isn’t much faster than Cano. And as everyone got on Girardi the other night for PR Gardner for ARod, you then lose Cano’s bat for possible xtras.
We can’t be taking Cano’s bat out of this lineup. He spot will probably come up again.
say what you want but these two games in texas have been fun. a playoff matchup would be fun to watch and texas has a good chance to beat us in a 5 game series.
“They should go follow other teams and see if they have any PROBLEMS ! ”
It’s really amazing to compare what fans of other teams think of the Yankees and what Yankee fans think of the yankees. It’s really remarkable at times.
Way too many Yankee fans have no perspective at all.
Well, the Yanks sure do always keep it interesting.
Come on Kearns. Don’t try to do too much.
francisco looks scared
Or Kearns first…
They used Feliz for two innings last night. Wonder how that affects their strategy tonight. Is he available?
just a single will do. keep the line moving.
Kearns needs to calm down and swing at strikes
good point by singleton
# djsunyc August 11th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
say what you want but these two games in texas have been fun. a playoff matchup would be fun to watch and texas has a good chance to beat us in a 5 game series.
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I think they would be more enjoyable if the Yankees had played better the past couple weeks.
take unless it is right down the middle.
francisco not ready for prime time…
Take a pitch here…
KICK IT!!!
YOU GOTTA FIGHT…FOR YOUR RIGHT….TO…..
spoke too soon…jeez louise…
Why, why, why?!
no words.
why don’t they just lose 1-8?
YUCK.
Epic fail.
what a joke!!
that’s a shame.
What the F was he swinging at
Well that was a suck.
Why swing at that?
Great job there Kearns. How pathetic.
how many chances can we possibly fail on?
The new guys have been brutal
LOL nice………..
# NYY626 – Andy in 2011 August 11th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I hope when Jeter is elected to the HOF that all the fans calling him Captain DP don’t cheer him, don’t praise him and basically don’t say anything……
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Agreed. I cant stand the reactions to Jeter anymore. I didnt know going 2-4 was a bad night. You cant love/hate him every other inning, its ridiculous.
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AMEN !!!
Can’t even work a 3-1 count in a meaningful way.
Kearns hits into a DP, shall we trade him now?
this makes me sad
Now Jete will get a shot in the 9th… and maybe Swish will get a shot at redemption
Wow. What a tease.
Horrible.
How doesn’t he take a pitch there? Just trade for Jose guillen. He can at least hit
can we get a clean up on Isle Javy?
Man, the DP, such a downer. Unless your guys are turning it…
Not many more – the game is almost over
Good job Yankees! Continue failing to drive runners in from 3rd with less than 2 out. Continue wasting 3-1 hitters counts in which you are in control.
Excellent job! 4 games ahead of Boston, 5 in the loss column. I wonder what cool standings and accuscore have to say now!
Kearns has been down right awful
Can’t field can’t hit
You can’t make these things up.. Does Kearns have any brain cells? You have Farnsworth on the mound ready to implode and he swings 3-1??!!! Girardi should of put the take sign on there. The Yanks have had absolute dreadful at bats recently in big spots.
I’m honestly not sure why Kearns was swinging at that. The guy was all over the place. I know the tendency is to swing at 3-1, but not at stuff THAT low, that is either going to be a swing and miss, or topped to short. He turned what was looking like a good AB in to an absolutely wretched one.
Also, I can’t stand seeing Ron Washington happy about anything. It absolutely disgusts me that the guy is an admitted coke head, and everyone seemed to just say, “Oh, okay, but he’s REALLY sorry about it”. No. I’m sorry. Not acceptable.
# ac1 August 11th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
this makes me sad
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makes me angry….((*(*()*)(&()*)(*()*()*)(*()_*(()!
I’d rather lose 8-1
the last thing Singleton said before Kearns swung was “unless this is right down the middle you’ve got to take this one”. The pitch was inside.
Come on people! Get behind the team!
And push!
# Ace August 11th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
What the F was he swinging at
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Strike two, right down the middle of the plate…
<> that was the worst possible thing that could have happened.
let see if the Yankees make this career bench player look like Babe Ruth again
Wood’s arm is going to fall off if Girardi keeps asking him to pitch 2 innings.
Kerry trying to hit the bull.
Austin Kearns just showed miserable composure.
Fundamentally, this team sucks. Fortunately their talent has overcome it thus far.
just plain disgusting
Cashman!!! Send these a__holes back where they came from. This is ridiculous!!! No clutch. All CHOKE!! Including the captain.
Didn’t the Yankees say they were going to pitch Wood only 1 inning? The guy just came off the DL……………
You can’t fix stupidity. Which coach gave him the green light?
ChokeXonXFailure: really? Anyone who does cocaine is automatically not entitled to happiness ever again, in your estimation? That’s a really idiotic thing to say.
How many times have we heard this season how the Yankees had their opportunities but couldn’t cash in?
Is Wood really good enough to pitch consecutive innings.
Tampa fan, are you kidding? Take your meds……..
a loss tonight would make it THREE weeks without winning a series.
berkman, gardner and jeter in the 9th?
This is for most of the posters here.
http://tinyurl.com/28bb2cc
Just do it already.
Lee got that calll all night
Fundamentally, this team sucks. Fortunately their talent has overcome it thus far.
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I rarely do this but like what exactly are you talking about?
# Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Didn’t the Yankees say they were going to pitch Wood only 1 inning? The guy just came off the DL……………
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Bestsy, he came off the DL with a blister, hasn’t really pitch that much.
i hope joe sticks with the hot hand and keeps Thames in there to DH tomorrow.
If Granderson isn’t hitting for Kearns vs a righty late in games why is he on this team, I mean Kearns is a spare part and Girardi feels better with him than Cashmans crowned jewel centerfielder, please. Girardi just can’t make a right move, it happens, but it’s getting frustrating. Maybe he forgets the guessing and just goes with the odds. It killed him vs Boston when he let Granderson bat vs Lester with Berkman on the bench and gardner to play cf, it happened last night when he let Cervelli bat vs the righty with Posada on the bench, and it happened tonight with Kearns batting vs a righty with Granderson on the bench. Three nonmoves, all unorthodox, all failed. Back to going by the book Joe or get some other players you have some faith in, this guessing game is getting old.
Nice catch Kearns
ok, so Tampa lost and this is slump. better to have it now than later this month. these games, while important don’t mean much because the division is going to come down to the multiple head to head series we still have with Boston & Tampa. It will be decided by those 11 September games.
i feel bad for baseball if the yanks somehow fail to make it out of the first round this season. Cliff lee, carl crawford, and whomever else the yanks want will be back in pinstripes for another run at redemption.
# Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Didn’t the Yankees say they were going to pitch Wood only 1 inning? The guy just came off the DL……………
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They’re building up his arm strength, meet your replacement for Hughes when he’s put in the bullpen as he approaches his innings limit…
Cash, I think he was on the DL for awhile……….not sure about it, though.
It just seems like it’s playing with fire pushing Kerry……….
# The Other Phil August 11th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
This is for most of the posters here.
http://tinyurl.com/28bb2cc
Just do it already.
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Best post in an hour !!!
# Bronx Jeers August 11th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
I rarely do this but like what exactly are you talking about?
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I’m going to guess it has something to do with being a “grinder” or “clutch” or “heart” or whatever other nonsense these people think is the “cause” of the current situation.
Not much you can say. Just a frustrating series. Need to take three out of four in KC.
The next 11 or 12 games will determine the Yankees fate.
news flash to the whiners: this is not world series game 7, despite what the texas fans/announcers may lead u to believe
some of the comments on here just reek of idiocy and false entitlement…. the season is played over 162 games…. you expect perfection? unreal. when the Yankees are in the world series again this season, so many of you should not even be allowed to root for them
ChokeXOnXFailure August 11th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Also, I can?t stand seeing Ron Washington happy about anything. It absolutely disgusts me that the guy is an admitted coke head, and everyone seemed to just say, ?Oh, okay, but he?s REALLY sorry about it?. No. I?m sorry. Not acceptable.
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Cokehead manager,cokehead star in Hamilton. Fitting isn’t ?
ChokeXOnXFailure,
I could care less if Washington used to do blow. I hope he is clean now
Biggest pitch to Jeter in his failed attempt at getting home Berkman with 1 out was the first pitch.
It was far inside, but O’day got the cheap strike 1 – to change the complexion of the AB. Thanks HP umpire.
So many missed opportunities tonight…..just so disappointing…would have rather gotten blown out, then come this close and still lose. But Girardi will say they “showed a lot of fight” tonight right? Thames looked good….the bullpen….Wood…..blah blah…….not that he’s a complete moron of a manager?
Well with one more out the Pen with another successful night.
This is now back to back games that the Yanks failed to score a runner from 3rd with the infield BACK. Yesterday they failed twice to get the runner in from 3rd. They are striking out way too much in those spots. They all seem to be swinging for the fences and contact never comes easy.
Betsy
.264 is 6th in the AL and 10th in MLB.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/t.....order/true
The first 1-2-3 inn for Wood will be his first
Kearns has to make him throw 2 strikes in a row there (unless that was HIS pitch and he just missed it)
cmon one more out here. make this 9th inning interesting.
30 pitches is quite amount, if Kerry is tired I am hoping Eiland is about to find out, they should bring Joba in.
Damned. He always has to work hard to get outs, but, since joining the Yankees he’s done a really nice job of limiting damage.
# RabidYankee August 11th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
ChokeXOnXFailure August 11th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Also, I can?t stand seeing Ron Washington happy about anything. It absolutely disgusts me that the guy is an admitted coke head, and everyone seemed to just say, ?Oh, okay, but he?s REALLY sorry about it?. No. I?m sorry. Not acceptable.
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Cokehead manager,cokehead star in Hamilton. Fitting isn’t ?
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Look, it’s a pair of jackasses on here tonight.
Pretty straight forward. The team has a lot of talent, as evidenced by the 69 wins, but their ability to do fundamental things is lacking.
Tonights examples: coming back from down 6-1 to cliff lee.
That’s talent
Whiffinf numerous times with runners on 3rd and less than two outs and the infield back. Bad fundamentals.
Catcher muffings a tee ball style rundown. Bad fundamentals.
hitter swinging up 3-1 after back to back walks and grounding into a double play.
Bad fundamentals.
Am I clear now or should I go back to the 3 straight whiffs with a runner on 3rd versus boston? Or how about the dropped popup friday night 4 feet from home plate?
That’s how much Girardi hates Granderson. Not putting him in for Kearns.
Ronnie likes his nose candy. Josh likes the needles.
we are all human.
I for one drink non-diet soda.
GUUUILTY!
Note to Girardi…Wood’s arm has fallen off 50 times already. He is not a 2 inning, 35 pitch guy.
Jorge is just not right right now…
Least valuable player = Posada and Vasquez tonight
Both garbage
Kerry Wood throws the ball a lot like AJ does. He’s very rotational.
KW is doing a fine job so far in Yankee.
What makes me laugh is the fact that, if AK takes that pitch, which was down the middle, all of you biatching would be saying “Why didn’t he swing!?!? It was right down the middle!! WHARGGLLLL!!!!”
Nice job, but he’s toast now for 2 games………I don’t get it.
Kerry looks a lot like AJ on the mound…………….but I still like him, lol
Posada has turned into Jake Taylor
Nasty hook. Good job by Wood. I think a chance in the 9th is about all that could have been hoped for after the way this game started out.
# CB August 11th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Kerry Wood throws the ball a lot like AJ does. He’s very rotational.
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Wood can throw his Curve for strikes better than AJ does.
I don’t want to see Javy throw a meaningful pitch in Sep n Oct
amazing Wood still has the stuff he does considering the massive number of injuries he’s had…. no he doesn’t throw almost 100 anymore but he has good stuff still…. good snag to get him
The yankees don’t play team offense. You don’t seem them bunting for hits, tearing up the basepaths, all you see them do is wait for fastballs and hack for the fences. Tons of talent, tons of power, but a major inability to manufacuture runs. I would like to see some of our guys like grandy, jeter, gardy lay down more bunts with me on and have grandy and gardy even bunt for base hit. This team would be deadly if we mixed our power with a NL style of offense at times. Just because we are in the american league does not mean we have to play the AL style of offense.
Alright lets rock now. One run and tonight we win in extras.
The mound had a Woody?
There needs to be a category called wild balls or passed pitches, where both pitcher and catcher get penalized. It was low and in the dirt, but, needed to be knocked down.
“That’s how much Girardi hates Granderson. Not putting him in for Kearns.”
Do people bother following what’s going on with the team?
Kevin Long is reworking Granderson’s swing and expressly asked Girardi to sit Granderson tonight. Granderson was not going to swing tonight.
quick pop out by Berkman, walk by Gardner – immediate steal of 2nd – base hit by Jeter to tie it.
Pat, thanks!
guy on base – Jeter HR.
Print that out.
Joe pushed Wood – not thrilled about that at all.
Please let there be a rally in the bones..
Betsy, I strongly disagree. The Granderson trade is maybe the worst move Cash has ever made.
Just look at his career numbers. Always has been terrible against lefties, low OBP, and only 250 BA last year. They were just hoping to get some HR pop with the short porch, but even so you need guys with OBP on this team.
Berkman has no shot here
I doubt Berkman can catch up to his heat
K.. K
rally time
other Phil, i think that pitch was definitely a strike, but it seemed in the low outside corner of the zone. not really a pitch you want to swing at on 3-1. but the overreaction on here is excruciating. you just have to ignore it, i guess. people just like to bitch and moan and expect perfection, even though this is a game where if hitters fail 70% of the time they are considered really good. it’s funny.
worked 2 innings last night. Washington is playing this like it’s the playoffs with the President sitting next to the new owner. This has all the ingredients for a blown save.
I need some theme music in this nuthouse. I’ll be right back after the orderly gets me my meds.
Thank you government! Putting a computer in here has been the BEST!
The granderson trade is awful.
AJ is better than him now!
“Joe pushed Wood – not thrilled about that at all.”
Wood isn’t a kid nor is he a guy who has most of his career in front of him.
He’s fine throwing 2 innings. It’s not going to kill him. He was throwing the ball well.
Wild balls, I vote for that.
alright lance….now put in a pinch runner…
“Berkman has no shot here”
He didn’t need one.
Get someone to run
Granderson the most expensive pinch runner in history…
he could’ve struck out also and probably made it to first.
Nice AB….yes good move by Girardi (a rarity!)
Pro AB by Berkman there. Fouled off some tough pitches and got on base. Lead off walks score a lot.
well, there’s a chance. really good at bat there by Berkman. he’s looking pretty decent lately.
The Grandy trade was great. A star CF for a pinch runner
CB, I just thought the Yankees made a point of saying he was a 1 inning pitcher……..I’m almost positive they did.
Take a base hre. Lets be ballsy. Take it instead of waiting for it here.
If Austin Jackson played for the yankees, yankee fans would complain about him non-stop. They would hate his game.
For someone how hits for no power whatsoever he strikes out a shocking amount. And he doesn’t draw many walks.
Berkman if he stays within himself can be the ’96 Wade Boggs of this team.
straight steal .. gotta do it…. don’t bunt
Good at bat by Berkman….Hopefully Gardner actually takes the bat off his shoulder this time.
“No Shot” Berkman gets a walk
wouldn’t they have brought in the left hander to face Grandy if he pinched hit for Kearns?
theREALkevin August 11th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
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I understand and for the most part, I just find it humorous. I just enjoy pointing out the inherent ridiculousness of the posts.
Bunt for a hit.
Steal. Steal. Steal.
So… Swish plays first if this continues?
why not have gardy bunt here? give two batters a chance to tie the freaking game.
Ace….oh Ace….who cuts your hair…
come on Gritner , i will take a blooper.
watch for a pitchout
captain clutch, you’re a moron. you claim Berkman cannot catch up to this guy’s heat, he fouls off some tough pitches, works a walk and then you compliment him
you should be banned
Ok Carlo fair enough but it’s not like they’ve been bashing solo homers on their way to winning 69 games.
When they lose…yeah generally they did something poor to do it. And they’ve been scuffling since the break.
But there was a time (not that long ago) when they were playing super crisp baseball. They’re not a fundamentally unsound team.
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Come on!….lead off walk scores here!
gardner bunt may actually get a hit. but bunt for a sac and then you have jeter and swish, who have been K’ing in those situations often.
Betsy-
It really isn’t one of those things where there are rules in concrete. It’s really not a big deal.
Steal, might have to wait on the count to even now
so granderson should go now on a curveball count right?
KAPOW!
If Long can get Granderson to start hitting like another pair of #14s (Skowron and Pinella), he’ll be special with that speed.
if gardner gets on. double steal
Why even pinch run
Granderson doing his best Gardner impression…just standing at first!!! Steal!!!!
Take off now. Don’t get picked make sure he fires home and run like the wind Curtis.
CB , ok……….well he got the job done and we presumably have Joba /Robertson available tomorrow and Thursday.
Skip to the Lou….
I hope Granderson goes before Jeter comes up
when is Granderson gonna steal?
Wood since being dealt here:
6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 9 Ks
Tough to expect more. He’s been very, very good so far.
Grandy you got to go man. If you get hosed so be it. Lucky to be even close right now giving up 6 on a night against lee. GO
this kid is at 13 pitches, once he’s over 20 his arm is going to turn to spagetti, keep fouling those balls off Gardner.
And it continues…
LET’S GO!!!
jeter has to bunt here.
Gritter……gotta get it down here Jete.
Hrm. Bunt or double steal?
this should be interesting
Feel the heat coming off that? You can roast a marshmallow on it.
We’ve got to score one of these guys.
Jeter has to bunt.
B. U. N. T.!!!!!!!!!
jeter has to be bunting here…plz Joe G , tell me so.
Set up come on Captain, make em pay baby.
Sutcliffe really is bad.
that is the gardy of old that we know. staying alive in the count and fighting and fighting until he finds something he can hit. that is major league hitting.
feliz is sleepy. jeter bunt?
come on double steal. even if grandy gets thrown at 3rd. it takes away the dp
Please don’t get cute Girardi! Just have him bunt.
now is the time to double steal!!!!!! DO IT, BE AGRESSIVE…. DO NOT BUNT AND WASTE A OUT!!!!! WRONG MOVE SINGLETON, HOW COULD HE BE THAT STUPID???
so lets see if Jeter can actually get a bunt down tonight
Bunt jeter here?
Damn if Granderson was running he would be on 3rd. He looked like he was going to go. Jeter should definitely bunt to stay out of the dp.
You guys ragging on Granderson to steal realize the Feliz is quick to the plate and B Molina has a damn good arm
baltimore chop it
Boy, tough call…………I guess bunt. Even if it’s successful, I don’t have a lot of faith that they would get the run in from 3rd, but on the other hand – I don’t want to see another DP
Bunt Jeter!
Lets go yankees, finish this rally off with some runs
I wouldn’t give up the out with Swsiher coming up, but…
WOW….
YES!!!!!!!!!! Wow that was crazy…
LETS DO THIS
So one of our most clutch hitters.. has to waste his bat to bunt…. when 2 of the fastest guys in baseball are on the bases……. got lucky there!!!
wow. yanks got lucky there.
YES…. now he doesnt have to bunt. three chances to get at least 1 run.
We caught a break there.
Wow wow wow. What a game. Now Jeter make them pay baby
Nice….now don’t have to bunt. little base hit/ fly ball now Cap’n.
38HotDogs August 11th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
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Stop making sense. You have no business posting that here.
Could that ball have come back any quicker or cleaner?
big break for us. now we have to capitalize
Never mind.
Dang, that ball came back in a hurry.
Keep the bunt on for Jeter
Bunting there was a brutally stupid idea.
I really can’t fathom why bunting in that spot is still used unless a pitcher or Mendoza-ish hitter is up.
Jeter for the win
Wow. Wow wow wow. If we don’t at least tie here, we deserve to lose. Gotta score them both.
WOW my screen flicked off I was hoping he wasn’t out at 3rd. Come on Jeter!!
come on Jeet!
Cow hide Joy-ride!
Heck yea!
yeah baby…
Wow!
Haha, destiny for sure.
its tied bitches
Yankee fans are going nuts in Arlingon
whooo
Okay that was two pitches worth of insanity. But well worth it.
nice. i think gardner could have made it home.
YES
YES
Karma.
Good thing this game was over in the fourth inning.
yes!
Great Texas hit, Jeter. Now, RUN.
That’s what happens when you bring the infield in…and make contact. Swish has to get Gardner in.
Thank you Captain!
That ball had eyes on it. haha
ok…was that talent or bad fundamentals? LOL…
Man, Jeter sucks. They should just DFA him right now.
If they don’t score here I think I may explode.
so we love jeter again this inning right? Im just trying to keep track here…..
Come on Swish!!!!
This was a desperation move by Washington trying to win this game with a pitcher who threw 2 innings last night, he’s a lock for the playoffs he better take out his closer right now before he puts him on the DL.
Steal Jeter!
38HotDogs August 11th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
You guys ragging on Granderson to steal realize the Feliz is quick to the plate and B Molina has a damn good arm
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ANd Feliz has a terrible move to first. Need to be agressive. Both Grandy and Gardner lack confidence on the basepaths.
# The Other Phil August 11th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Man, Jeter sucks. They should just DFA him right now.
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Yeah, he crushed that ball.
Post showed up too late, I don’t need to explode now, yay!
NYY626 – Andy in 2011 August 11th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
so we love jeter again this inning right? Im just trying to keep track here…..
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I am not sure if we can consider him a real Yankee
come on guys. They are proving me wrong. playing with heart. now just finish the job.
Ok I’m guilty of caving on this game.
Alot of heart here in the 9th.
you beat our closer…we beat yours.
swish, sac fly is good enough!
Is Mo available tonight? If you count 1 pitch to Scutaro i think he pitched 3 days in a row?
Some BABIP luck finally turning the right way for Jetes.
Really gotta get that run in with no outs.
rangers are killing their bullpen just beat the yanks. redsox are going to love it.
FRESCA’S FOR EVERYONE!!!!
i was hoping gardner would score there
Thames with another game winning hit?
jeez louise…
SWISH??? UGHHH!!!!
swish, a K is better than a DP!
looks like kevin long needs to work some magic with swisher too…… too bad Long is clueless
How many times has swisher struck out with a man on 3rd n less than 2 outs?
Good lord. Priority one for K-Long: Work with Swish on breaking ball recognition, and how to decide when to swing at them, and when to lay off.
Grrrr…Swish. What happened to you?
maybe swish needs a break.
# IIOIIOIIO August 11th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Yeah, he crushed that ball.
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Sorry, didn’t realize there were different runs scored for hard hit balls vs not. I must be new to this game you call baseball.
ZOWIE…SHIWSHINATOR!!!
Swish is absolutely dreadful in these spots. He was chasing pitches all over the place.
anything but a dp gives arod or cano a chance to hit for the lead
Useless, Swisher. Useless.
hit and run here
props to lance for that great long at bat to get on base and start to tire out their reliever…
It’s up to Thames, again.
Do I need to repeat myself again? Fundamentally abysmal! If they don’t score gardner, they 100% deserve to lose this game. Absolute junior varisty nonsense. Whiffing constantly with runners on 3rd and less than two outs. Constantly.
I’m not afraid to say I was wrong tonight. I’m usually pretty positive but I was very down on them tonight esepcially after Georgie’s botched rundown. But they fought back valiantly.
I will eat my crow now. Let’s just finish the job boys and I’ll be there in KC cheering you on.
Yankees have to get Swisher out of the 2 hole before the playoffs. Hopefully Berkman will come around so they can move Swish where he belongs behind Posada. The two hole needs a professional hitter who can play to the situation. Swish is having a great season but he’s a mistake hitter and pitchers don’t make many mistakes in the playoffs.
ugh. Swisher’s really been crap lately. great rally going still though, if they can get that run in from 3rd the game is theirs. and i gotta say i’m surprised he’s waiting until after he finally struck someone out to take him out of the game. can Thames come thru again? hope so
Need to get this run home and win it in the 9th, last thing we need is to burn out the pen some more
A dp would have been terrific the run scores
Do the THAMES thing you did earlier!!!
Wow swish – got to make contact there!
Some of the worst at bats of the year tonight for Swish. Very, very alarming.
Hey, when you’re in a slump, you’re in a slump. Rather it now than postseason.
Give us a fly ball Thames.
Thames might not see a fast ball this AB.
Squeeze. Why not?
Just give me a sac fly please!!!
NOT THIS THAMES, TEXAS!!
Let’s win this for little William Charles Teixeira!
Too many yankee fans have less hear than this team has.
Down 6-1 to Cliff Lee and they come back all the way to tie the game.
Lots of gutless comments in this thread today.
Very embarrassing.
Don’t look now bit swishers #’s r falling fast
Let’s go Thames!!!
How can you guys give Swisher grief? Without the season he’s had, we’re in 3rd place.
Run Jeter! Run!
# The Other Phil August 11th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
# IIOIIOIIO August 11th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Yeah, he crushed that ball.
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Sorry, didn’t realize there were different runs scored for hard hit balls vs not. I must be new to this game you call baseball.
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Haha, give me a break, I’m not in the ‘Jeter should be DFA’D!!!!!” camp, but using a seeing eye single as evidence that the guy can still hit just seems a bit weak. So, yeah, you must be pretty new to this game.
Can’t believe Gardy didn’t score on that single
Ace, you carnival clown. Leave the Swish alone.
would be nice if granderson can pick it up and get into the 2 hole.
Sutcliff was it a treat to see Feliz pitch. You dummy
Contact. Please.
Thames is over matched
a thames strikeout wouldnt be a bad thing. Give arod a chance
Do not swing 0-2!!!
“biiiiiiiiiiig, healthy cut” kay-man says
He did it again!!!!!!!
THames!!!!
thank God! or thames!
BAD FUNDAMENTALS FTW!!!
The Pieman again!!!!!!
Go Thames!!!! Mo is warming up…
Man, Thames is really trying to get himself some fans.
awesome, thats the way it should be.
MARCUS!
Thames bails out Swisher!!
Gold star for Marcus Thames tonight. He’s done a tremendous job the past few nights.
Absolutely terrific.
Best comeback of the decade!
start thames while he is hot. vs. lefties and righties.
i stand corrected, thames got the job done himself!
Thames is taking us to the promised land.
He threw him an off speed pitch???? Haha
COME ON SUCKING LEAMONS!!!
holy mother of crap. well, this team just proved me wrong.
Okay, I blindly hate Marcus Thames a little less tonight
Dear Lohud Bridge Jumpers, Trolls, and Know Nothing Baseball Fans,
We are World Champs, have 35 come from behind wins (the most in baseball), and play with pride. You have no pride and know absolutely nothing about baseball. Please go root for the Mets or another loser team and leave us alone.
Signed,
The 2010 New York Yankees
Well done, Yanks. Well done. Faith will get you everywhere.
Thames is earning his salary, thats for sure. He’s done everything they’ve asked of him this year.
Thames sure knows how to hit. Remember how bad he looked in ST, and early in the season?
Gameball Thames. And I get to see this team play in KC. Going to be fun coming off of a night like tonight. Yeah Baby
Ok,,, way to shut me up Thames!!!
What a game…. who knew he’d throw such a terrible 0-2 pitch!!
THAMES, with a homer off a righty and then the go ahead single off a CURVE off a righty
hell yeah
this guy has been great for us, big “little” pickup
# CB August 11th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Too many yankee fans have less hear than this team has.
Down 6-1 to Cliff Lee and they come back all the way to tie the game.
Lots of gutless comments in this thread today.
Very embarrassing.
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It’s just really frustrating to read. I understand there are plenty of kids posting here, but I just can’t figure out who taught them to be so pessimistic. When all is said and done, it’s only a game, and there’s just no reason for the state of panic this thread gets thrown into when something goes wrong. This should be fun IMO.
come on , here comes some insurance.
thames has done a great job filling in for tex this series.
This guy ALWAYS comes through!!!
Let’s go Arod give Mo some insurance
Huge game for Marcus – good for him!!!
for all of those that were killing thames..owes him a huge apology. Yes, I know he couldnt catch a cold but he can hit leftys and he’s been clutch.
Bet you Teix just jumped out of his chair almost dropping the baby!
Great job by Thames. Don’t know how Ogundo could throw that pitch though.
Ace hole.
Looks like I’m runnin’!
Runnin’ in my backyard with nuttin but a smile!
That was a curveball too, he stayed back and hit it hard with 2 strikes. Impressive.
Thames is a True Yankee.
blake, he’s done MORE than what they asked. he’s been exceptional.
For everybody who bashes Cashman for his supposed poor offseason moves – remember Marcus Thames.
How is that working out for you?
not over yet, Pepitone. keep your clothes on for a while. this game has been way too nuts to assume anything either way.
Another cheap strike for Molina
What was particularly great about this comment was how it was written in the past tense.
Down 6-1 game over. The yanks just suck.
abbert August 11th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
cb- The yanks might have scored 4 runs with a weaker lineup then normal but the fact reamains they were unable to get THE big hit to tie the game. Posada made a huge mistake that little leaguers dont even make. The team simply does not have their heads in the game. Jeter knows that he was to get the ball in play to score a run but yet decides to chase pitches 6 inches out of the zone? This lineup should be capable of winning games with guys like jeter, swish, arod, posada, berkman in its lineup. Quit trying to act as if its some miracle and shows heart that we battle back and still lost. A loss is a loss no matter what… and the yankees have been losing.. a alot lately.
We need insurance…it’s mid-August and Mariano is due for his bad week (the one that keeps his ERA from being 0.5 every year), they always with a flukey game like last night.
Wow. Fantastic job by the offense. Right now, I really, REALLY want this win, but if we lose, it’s because Mo coughs it up for the second straight night, and of all the players on this team, he is the absolute LAST guy I’m worried about. A loss would be heartbreaking, but win or lose, this team turned it around in a big, BIG way.
Swishalicious33 August 11th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Thames is a True Yankee.
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Nick Johnson is a Hong Kong counterfeit
CB-
I’ve admitted that I unfairly doubted them. I’m usually a pretty positive guy but I was down after that rundown. They have fought back. Hopefully the Great One can get it done tonight. Not another guy in the game i’d rather have out there. Some tack on runs by Arod or the MVP would be great though.
Thames earned his roster spot on Old Timers day
Gotta love Thames. This guy did everything he was supposed to do and more since joining the Yankees.
Thames is a professional hitter yet many of you want him dumped, that shows how little you know.
“For everybody who bashes Cashman for his supposed poor offseason moves – remember Marcus Thames.”
For every Marcus Thames, there’s a Nick Johnson.
*always start
more runs cant hurt.
IIOIIOIIO :
I was just joshin’ ya. Sorry if it came across as snarky.
Go Yanks!
good AB by Rod
For every Nick Johnson, there’s a John Olerud.
Who remembers John Olerud?
Bring the cheddah!
Cano lets get greedy and creat a cushion here.
# The Other Phil August 11th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
IIOIIOIIO :
I was just joshin’ ya. Sorry if it came across as snarky.
Go Yanks!
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Haha, alright, no worries then!
Jeez, Washington sure wants this same, huh? The 3rd pitching change of the 9th!
how many relievers are on this roster?
Christ Almighty, 16 K’s. That’s dry erase board material.
Oh lord don’t even suggest Mo blowing this game after coming all the way back. I would weep like a child if that happened.
alex had some good swings there
haha, washington bringing in a left to face robbie. Im calling a rbi for cano right here.
# Laura – I Bleed Blue August 11th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
“For everybody who bashes Cashman for his supposed poor offseason moves – remember Marcus Thames.”
For every Marcus Thames, there’s a Nick Johnson.
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for every Javy Vasquez , there is also a Chan Ho Parl
Swisher, Alex and Posada have combined to strike out 10 times (so far) this game…
another run or 2 would help here, Mo is facing the top of the order in the 9th.
Wow, how obnoxious are some people? Anyone that worries about the team is called a whiner, a non-fan and an embarrassment……………..wow.
did not see this coming after what happened earlier. The guys are showing a lot of pride, MO won’t blow a save 2 nights in a row, we salvage a split
Tyler-
My comments weren’t directed to you. You’re a very good poster and are almost always level headed. You obviously know a great deal about the game. You’ve got a track record with your posts where it’s clear where you stand.
It’s was pretty clear that you were just a little frustrated before. I didn’t really take your comments for much more.
Olerud wore a helmet at first.
was on the same team as Rickey Henderson at one point and Rickey meets him at first base while on two teams and Rickey says, ” hey man, I remember playing with a guy who wore a helmet too.” John O. replies,” yea, Ricky…that was me. We were on the same team.”
the Yankees can strike out all 27 times as far as i’m concerned as long as they win
now maybe that is not practical in the long run but let’s not forget they faced cliff lee + rangers have some strikeout pitchers in the pen
not all that surprising
# IIOIIOIIO August 11th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
# The Other Phil August 11th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
IIOIIOIIO :
I was just joshin’ ya. Sorry if it came across as snarky.
Go Yanks!
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Haha, alright, no worries then!
Jeez, Washington sure wants this same, huh? The 3rd pitching change of the 9th!
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I am pretty sure this is the playoff for TX , having Yankees in town.
Some folks wanted Thames gone in ST………….now that’s embarrassing
Another run would be nice. Texas has the top of their order coming up in the 9th.
This thread should be forever known as “The Thread of the Wafflers”
Come on Robbie!!!
# indy42 August 11th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
For every Nick Johnson, there’s a John Olerud.
Who remembers John Olerud?
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I do I do!!
And Aaron Boone, Shawn Chacon, Bobby Abreu, Cory Lidle… Every GM hits and misses. Some fans don’t want to think Cashman is infallible.
Washington is trying to win this game because he wants home field advantage in the playoffs. Wins matter, people. The more wins, the better.
I know one thing Coke Head Washington wasn’t planning on using 6 relievers tonight
For every marcus thames, there’s a randy winn.
An unsung hero in this game so far is Mitre who came in stopped the bleeding. He and Wood helped allow the comeback to be possible.
There should be a separate blog, one for the “good” fans……….and one for the “bad”. Anyone that has less than 100% confidence in this team, who worries or actually has concerns is a bad fan, a very bad fan……….send ‘em to the cornfield.
Geez, contact much?
WHOOOO HOOOOOO
all aboard the run train!
# Cashmoney August 11th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
# IIOIIOIIO August 11th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
# The Other Phil August 11th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
IIOIIOIIO :
I was just joshin’ ya. Sorry if it came across as snarky.
Go Yanks!
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Haha, alright, no worries then!
Jeez, Washington sure wants this same, huh? The 3rd pitching change of the 9th!
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I am pretty sure this is the playoff for TX , having Yankees in town.
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Absolutely. The crowd has been fabulous these two games. I was going to mention it yesterday, on My9 and YES, the crowd downs out Kay and Singleton at times. It really adds some juice to the game IMO
Alright Mo do you. Lets Go.
“I know one thing Coke Head Washington wasn’t planning on using 6 relievers tonight
lmao
win or not, 17K’s is not something to ignore.
everyone was just staring at rivera throwing.
damn, Alex and Robbie blew a chance for some insurance there
great effort, amazing comeback, now Mo needs to finish this one off
big shot in the arm for the Yanks if they can hold on to this one
I think I’ll just go to bed now.
Time to DFA Cano…
The Yankees caught the Runs in the later half of this game!
What’s the over/under on how many times Sutcliffe mentions Rivera’s outing last night and tries to dramatize things?
OK, Mo, you had your human moment last night, time to go back to your old robotic, indestructible self.
The Sandman Enters!
“Some fans don’t want to think Cashman is infallible.”
I do. I cheer him when he hits (CC, Tex) and boo him when he misses (Nick Johnson, letting Damon/Matsui go).
Being a GM is like walking into a casino and sitting down at one of the gaming tables. It’s a gamble. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
.. . . win or not, 17K’s is not something to ignore. .. ..
Yes it is.
“I understand there are plenty of kids posting here, but I just can’t figure out who taught them to be so pessimistic.”
You know – I don’t even think it’s only kids.
There’s just a portion of the yankee fanbase that is embarrassing and gutless. They have less heart than the team was.
It was the same thing last year when hundreds of people here were swearing up and down that the yankees “COULDN’T” beat the Red Sox when the yanks were 0-8 against them.
That was the worst.
well, the Rays were k’d 17 times by one pitcher alone and almost got no hit again for the 3rd time this year
so if the Yankees k 17 times in one meaningless game in august and they still win, yeah, that’s definitely NOT something to even pay attention to at all
Gehrig – the olerud/henderson story is not true. Was made up. Never actually happened.
17K’s. ouch that is atrocious.
How many LOB?
did not see the kearns try to be a hero roll over into a DP, in the car……….
# Laura – I Bleed Blue August 11th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Washington is trying to win this game because he wants home field advantage in the playoffs. Wins matter, people. The more wins, the better.
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Agreed, although I don’t entirely understand taking out Feliz. I guess it’s Monday morning quarterbacking at this point, but even at the time, I found the move a little strange. Maybe I’m just spoiled with Mo, though, he would never come out of the game in that situation.
It’s been a lot of years since the Yanks have come close to this many strikeouts in a game. It’s seldom that you see them strike out 10 times in a game. If they can shut down Texas in the 9th, that will be the oddest win of the year.
SEVENTEEN!
My GOD, that’s bad. Just…not good at all. I know a lot of it was the fact that a lot of the guys on the Texas staff throw really, REALLY hard, but SEVENTEEN? Yuck.
17 Strikeouts tonight.
Inexcusable
I almost forgot Swisher is a 1b by trade.
Wow, some enthusiastic flag wavers in CF the Rangers have.
Mo-man, all the way
Go Mo!!
I tuned Sutcliffe out innings ago….is he still talking?
17 k’s….that is ugggggly.
Hopefully Mo got his hiccup out of his system last night.
game over b!tches !!
Who cares about the strikeouts! The W is all that matters…
Wow, 17 Ks and 7 runs on 12 hits?
Strike out or hit.
Save here, getcher save here.
Show ‘em how its done Mo. Please.
CB August 11th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
“I understand there are plenty of kids posting here, but I just can’t figure out who taught them to be so pessimistic.”
You know – I don’t even think it’s only kids.
There’s just a portion of the yankee fanbase that is embarrassing and gutless. They have less heart than the team was.
It was the same thing last year when hundreds of people here were swearing up and down that the yankees “COULDN’T” beat the Red Sox when the yanks were 0-8 against them.
That was the worst
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I remember that. I was more lurker than poster at that point, and comments like that were a major reason I chose to stay out of the conversation. I guess I’m just being optimistic that only children who think that a game of baseball is life and death would act in such a way, but it’s quite likely I am giving the adults way too much credit.
no leadoff runner!
Carlo!! I was there!!!
I am Olerud.
Ugh
are you kidding me?
ouch
ugh oh
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
There should be a separate blog, one for the “good” fans……….and one for the “bad”. Anyone that has less than 100% confidence in this team, who worries or actually has concerns is a bad fan, a very bad fan……….send ‘em to the cornfield.
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‘worries about the team’? How about all the posts that the game was over in the 5th innings, that the team quit, that players had no guts, yadda, yadda, yadda, that’s what’s embarrassing.
wow….
Oy.
Crap. Lead off triple. How snake bit can the Yankees be?
The 17 Ks is a small trade-off — at least they’re winning. Not as nearly as bad as when they were on the receiving end of a no-hitter by 200 pitchers.
And as for Mo… uh…
ugh time for mo to crap the bed again.
Son of a……..
Mo needs Ks now
Thanks for the insurance runs, offense.
God damnit.
This isn’t Rivera’s week so far.
Mos in his aug dead arm phase.
Wow, unusual to see Mo miss his spots by that much.
absolutely unreal
horrible job by the OF, there was miscommunication on who would pick that up
what’s the deal with Mo
phew
Well, Kearns made that interesting…
big out
Here we go with Mo again….That is why insurance runs were so important. Game is as good as tied. Unreal..
great piece of hitting by andrus. high and in on the 1st pitch and was looking away for that 2nd pitch and roped it.
Wow. What a play by kearns. Just fantastic.
Wow. Kearns just got that.
Phew!
Mo is shaky. omg
# beedogs August 11th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
ugh time for mo to crap the bed again.
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Yeah, he sucks.
You know, IIOO, pessimism is not a “bad” trait – and it’s really obnoxious that you think that anyone who is pessimistic must be a child.
mo vs hamilton
Kearns! Whoah! Hits the heel, stays in. Nice
K this Cokehead
Aaaaaaand just like that…
Wow. Never would’ve guessed that. Never in a million years.
If we end up playing Texas in the playoffs, I really hope we have home field advantage, because I don’t care for this park.
Also, that was a gutsy play by Kearns. If he doesn’t catch that, it’s against the wall, winning run on third.
These games are tough on the nerves.
This is so upsetting. Kearns great job, but I’d be shocked if Hamilton doesn’t sac this in.
THIS IS WHY WE NEEDED A 2 RUN LEAD…….AROD AND CANO striking out
toss wet poo, Mo!
no walks, go at him MO
i would put Hamilton on here
geez, this is getting ugly quick.
Come on Mo.
Why does Mo have to be bad in bunches?? They should walk Hamilton to set up a dp for Vlad.
I’m going to kill myself. Dammit Mo why do you have to have your bad stretch now?!
I never said anything like that MG, but I get guff because I don’t think this team is infallible. Sorry, but it’s beyond condescending
Mo, please pull a houdini. PLEASE!!!
1 more please…………. PLEASEEEEEEE
one out away
Yankees need to forget about the run on 3rd and play for the tie
“This is so upsetting. Kearns great job, but I’d be shocked if Hamilton doesn’t sac this in.”
You were saying.
Don’t give Vlad anything over the plate!
One more…. then its a six pack to calm down.
Had to get Andrus. Just get the hell out of Texas. It’s the Bermuda triangle for the Yankees.
phew, was wrong, that guy is just so good
ONE MORE
Mo is the MAN. Beleive it people.
# Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
You know, IIOO, pessimism is not a “bad” trait – and it’s really obnoxious that you think that anyone who is pessimistic must be a child.
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I’m curious as to when pessimism can be viewed as a positive, especially in regards to a game meant to be entertainment? I think it’s really obnoxious that you misconstrued what I said to apply to anything more than Yankee baseball.
one out away
I would walk Vlad and pitch to Cruz here.
Okay, Mo, this guy has been awful for the last month. Please do not let him beat you.
Captain Clutch August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Here we go with Mo again….That is why insurance runs were so important. Game is as good as tied. Unreal..
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nice call, bozo
would you IBB Guererro?
great play Mo!
*has heart attack*
Why… Why Guerrero?!
“It’s been a lot of years since the Yanks have come close to this many strikeouts in a game”
Probably Pedro Martinez in the late 90′s was the last?
It had to be Vlad.
Vlad doesn’t need it over the plate to hit it though.
no
Great play and decision by Rivera. Take the sure out when its the 2nd one.
no IBB
YES!!! what a game!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT WIN!!!!
If this Texas team can solidify their starting pitching, they are going to be scary for years to come.
YES!
Never doubt Mo.
hard earned win!
YES! Nice.
Screw your lead-off triple, Elvis
wow… nolan ryan looks real mad….
Best win of the season. Hands. Freakin’. Down.
BALLGAME! GOD ESCAPES!!!!
Massive win. MASSIVE.
MARIANO – WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!!
YES! THANK YOU THANK YOU MO! Amen
jesus
wooooo,
The best there is, the best there ever was, the best there EVER WILL BE !!
Holy Hannah!! He is GOD in pinstripes.
wow! triple, nobody out! yanks win!! rivera is back!!
Yaaaaankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Wyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyynnnnnnnnnnn!
I am not even fazed cuz it’s MO!
Great win!
“# beedogs August 11th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
ugh time for mo to crap the bed again.”
You are an utter embarrassment to the franchise and it’s tradition.
Woohooo!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is God folks!
wow, that’s a heartbreak for the Rangers.
A well-fought win. Good job on that grounder A-Rod.
How does Mo do it? How does he wiggle out of these things… unbelievable. This is probably the most satisfying win of the season for me. Great great win.
HOW CAN ANYONE WHO IS A YANKEES FAN NOT HAVE FAITH THAT MO CAN ESCAPE FROM A JAM? ARE YOU NUTS?
Great win for the Yankees, 2009 World Champions and a team that plays with pride day in and day out.
I wonder if the TX boards are blowing up, calling for most of the team to be traded, DFA’d, sent to AAA, etc…
Hey, they beat the Rangers on a game that Lee started!
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A COMEBACK BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Yanks played playoff baseball for the last 6 games, agaisnt two differen t teams, and went 3-3. Not too bad.
YESSSSSSSSSSS
THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY, LITERALLY I WAS BORN ON AUGUST 11TH 1983!!!!!!! WHAT A GIFT
Despite his experience, you know Swish was using brute will power to get those balls in the glove.
POSSIBLY the best win of the season
simply awesome
screw anyone who doubts this team in the long run with this talent, you think games are over in the 5th inning? DOWN BY FIVE RUNS?
well Mo just gave me a slight heartattack but it worked out well. What.A.Game.
BELIEEEEEEEEEVE THAT BOOM
Collective ****whew****
BELIEEEEEEEEEVE THAT BOOM
OK, Mo, I just lost another hair foilicle, but otherwise, I’m ok.
OK, backyard, here I come!
Biggest win of the year
I do not want any one evert to say again that this team has no heart.
There was absolutely nothing easy about this win
Every single thing about this game seemed to defy the odds.
But this team never, ever gave up
You know what that was tonight? That was a statement by MO to Girardi that he’s doesn’t give a free pass to ANYONE.
You know when Kearns caught that little flair…..well that was just a good omen there.
How many times has Mo been victimized by that exact hit?
WOW, it started very scary. Great job by Mo. He can probably use a couple of days off. He is only used to pitching once a week, this week has probably been too much for him..lol
Nice…………great job, Mo!
we lost no ground to the rays this series and now we are off to kansas city
And there it is. Same thread, calling it the worst loss of the year to the best win of the year.
Welcome to game thread.
These were two incredible games. Incredible.
Sterling is calling this game the win of the year. A bit of an overstatement, methinks. But it’s the crucial point of the season against a contender, so I’ll take that, warts and all.
wow… nolan ryan looks real mad”
His team gift wrapped one for the Yankees. Don’t blame him for being mad.
That was Kearn’s Yankee moment
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
You know, IIOO, pessimism is not a “bad” trait – and it’s really obnoxious that you think that anyone who is pessimistic must be a child
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And as far as me saying that anyone who is pessimistic is a child, I think it’s really obnoxious that you completely misunderstood my comments. At no point did I say that. You’re trying to start an argument over nothing.
Leadoff triple and he finishes the inning with only 8 pitches!
Nolan is pissed, he wanted to show off in front of the worst president in history. That’s why Washington choked and brought in his closer when he had no business doing so.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but that took about 5 years off of my life.
This team still does not compare to the 2009 team in heart. The 2009 team would have won this game in a walkoff.
The 2009 team was actually so gritty and gutty that they could have walkoff wins on the road.
True Story.
“Sterling is calling this game the win of the year”
It’s right there. Very timely.
Great job by Kerry Wood tonight keeping it at 6!
After last night Mo might of told Girardi I will pick who I pitch to not you.
Beedogs…..dont embarrass yourself again here.
You could hear the heartbreak in Dave O’Brien’s voice. Red Sox broadcaster.
poor cliff lee….
i am the idiot who said yanks had no chance to beat cliff lee.
so please anybody want to rip me go ahead
“# MG August 11th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Betsy August 11th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
There should be a separate blog, one for the “good” fans……….and one for the “bad”. Anyone that has less than 100% confidence in this team, who worries or actually has concerns is a bad fan, a very bad fan……….send ‘em to the cornfield.
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‘worries about the team’? How about all the posts that the game was over in the 5th innings, that the team quit, that players had no guts, yadda, yadda, yadda, that’s what’s embarrassing.
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There is nothing wrong about venting after the predictable Vazquez/ AJ blow ups on the mound and NO ONE would feel confident coming down 5 runs to Cliff Lee the way he’s been dealing.
What is worst than negative posters? Posters that call out anyone for venting about their team….we’re all on the same side, this stuff just ruins the blog
“How does Mo do it? How does he wiggle out of these things… unbelievable. This is probably the most satisfying win of the season for me. Great great win.”
He’s just sublime. There’s no other way to describe it. He operates at a level of performance that few human beings in any field, discipline or industry ever have.
And the thing is – it’s not really that surprising.
His mistakes and the opponents success against Mo are moments of isolated aberration. The overwhelming patter is sheer domination.
…and we pick up a game on Tampa. Life is good.
LGY August 11th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
This team still does not compare to the 2009 team in heart. The 2009 team would have won this game in a walkoff.
The 2009 team was actually so gritty and gutty that they could have walkoff wins on the road.
True Story
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This is awesome.
I think it’s apparent Swisher has been struggling recently, swinging and striking out on terrible pitches. I guess it goes to show that the strike 3 pitch by Bard to Swisher wasn’t special one iota. And no, Bard’s non-strike was not the cause of Swisher’s struggles.
Hey Joba. Learn from Mo. Thanks
new thread
Pepitone August 11th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
OK, Mo, I just lost another hair foilicle, but otherwise, I’m ok.
OK, backyard, here I come!
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Lost follicles? No problem!! You still have your gamer that you can wear in public.
“Sterling is calling this game the win of the year”
It probably is for me. Down 6-1 with Lee on the mound and your starter out in the 5th. This was an important game and one they needed to win. Most satisfying game of the year for several reasons.
Yankees needed to do that after last night. Wood has been a good addition.
It was also nice to see Kearns make up for the lousy AB earlier with that catch. That catch saved the game.
It will be nice to see Tex back at first though.
Yankees struck out 17 times but scored 7 runs in a nine inning game. How often does that happen?
Yankees Classics material right there
# Captain Clutch August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Here we go with Mo again….That is why insurance runs were so important. Game is as good as tied. Unreal..
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Uh, would you like a do over on that one, Capn’?
CB: and you’re a ‘tard on a messageboard. your point?
Give Washington and Ryan a break they are happy that their team is going to make the play offs for the 1st time in 20 years and then we will see them again in another 20 years. I love these 1 year wonder teams.
Marcus Thames has earned approximately 6.5 million dollars throughout his major league baseball career.
In this day and age, that’s amazing.
He hit 26 HR’s one year and 25 another.
His career OPS is an even .800.
See, this is why you can’t predict baseball. All you posters who were saying we had to steal one last night because we have no chance against Cliff Lee should watch more baseball.
With all the nay saying here tonight, was it overlooked that the Yanks have the most come from behind wins in all of baseball ?
Not exactly choking are they ? Must be some clutch hitting happening somewhere !!!
Well then gehrig, now would be a good time for me to tell u how furious I am with u for getting hurt after game 3 of the 04 alcs. Tony clark proceeded to go 0-17 with about 12 whiffs in ur absense. Thanks a lot for ruining everything for us.
Just another ” Mo down ” !!!
“# Jim August 11th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Nolan is pissed, he wanted to show off in front of the worst president in history. That’s why Washington choked and brought in his closer when he had no business doing so.
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Obama is making a run for that title
Jim – obama was at the game with nolan ryan?
Lost follicles? No problem!! You still have your gamer that you can wear in public.
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Darn, I forgot about my gamer!
Good job GB7!
Now I can go in style!
Uh oh, I think I hear a siren. Oh, well, at least I go with a smile on my face!
# tampayank August 12th, 2010 at 12:05 am
“# Jim August 11th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Nolan is pissed, he wanted to show off in front of the worst president in history. That’s why Washington choked and brought in his closer when he had no business doing so.
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Obama is making a run for that title
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He is already that “title” “holder ! ( in less than 2 years )
beedogs August 11th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
ugh time for mo to crap the bed again.
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Captain Clutch August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Here we go with Mo again?.That is why insurance runs were so important. Game is as good as tied. Unreal..
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Good call guys. Why not to have faith in the greatest ever. It’s one thing to get frustrated during a game..I know sure do, but you have to have faith in Mo. He’s gotten out of jams like this countless times….got out of a bases loaded no out jam in Arizona a few months ago.
Hey Jim:
Bush was a Progressive who spent money like a drunken sailor, then Maobama came in and quadrupled Bush’s worst year in just his first 6 months in office.
Um, if you’re referring to the bank bailout, that was passed under Bush. You know, same guy who started two illegal, unwinnable wars?
Bush spent money on unjust wars unpaid for unbudgeted prescription drug policy costing billions and tax cuts for the rich that took a democratic budget surplus and vaulted in into a $1.3trillion annual deficit and doubled the national debt. His money was so well spent he left with a near depression, a worldwide economic crisis, and a general hatred of the USA around the world, no energy policy and 50 million Americans uninsured for Health Care. Bottom line he left Obama with a mess and you expected it to clean up without raising taxes in an economic crisis, please, give the guy a chance, at least he has a brain. That said let’s get the politics off this blog and stick to baseball.
i love the fact that in the 5th people on this board were writing this off as a loss
that is why they play 9 people!
This should be motivational for a lot of the guys who were struggling, like Gardner. A very important game, where Cano is under the weather, our pitcher being so so and not having Tex here and facing MLB’s best pitcher….Also Marcus. Just watch the pitches and hit at the one’s you can nail.