Postgame notes: The one that got away
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Aug 14, 2010 
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
When he saw Billy Butler drive the ball toward the right-field corner, Austin Kearns’ reaction was to run sideways.
“I broke thinking I was just going to have to go over toward the line, and then I had to turn and go back,” he said. “It seemed like the wind had shifted after those first couple of innings. It was coming in real hard early in the game, and then we came back in and it was blowing out.”
The home run hit off the foul pole — I really thought it hit off that small railing at the top of the wall — and that was just enough for a 4-3 Royals win. Dustin Moseley was erratic early, but he had settled down after the first rain delay and was pitching pretty well when Butler took him deep.
A two-hour, 10-minute delay followed and neither team could score another run.
“When it came off the bat I thought it was definitely going to be foul,” Moseley said. “I didn’t think it was going to go that far, but it just kept going.”
• When he started the game, Moseley’s command was off. Joe Girardi said he thought the problem was Moseley’s curveball, but Moseley said it was pretty much everything. During that 31-minute rain delay in the middle of the third, Moseley looked at video and made some mechanical corrections. “When you’re elevating and you’re not overpowering, I put myself in some bad counts all throughout the first couple of innings,” Moseley said. “That accounts for three runs.”
• The Butler home run was a 2-1 fastball. “Guys are looking for a fastball,” Moseley said. “It wasn’t terrible, but in that count you’ve got to make a really good pitch.”
• Around midnight, when the almost restarted but was quickly delayed again, it looked like Joe Girardi pulled his players off the field himself. That wasn’t the case. “(Crew chief) Gary Cederstrom said, ‘There’s lightning and we’re not going to start in this,’” Girardi said. “‘Go ahead and sit him (Chad Gaudin) down, and when we feel it’s safe, we’ll get back to starting.’ They weren’t anticipating that.”
• Down by one run in the fifth inning, Girardi said he was confident the umpires would not call the game and give the Royals the win. “I didn’t think they would call the game in that situation,” Girardi said. “I thought Gary did a good job (with) us sticking around and trying to play it out.”
• The Yankees had some late chances, but couldn’t score off a weak Royals bullpen (despite some defensive mistakes). “We lined out a few times,” Girardi said. “Our at-bats weren’t bad. We just didn’t get the hit when we needed it tonight.”
• Boone Logan’s birthday was Friday, but he technically didn’t pitch until Saturday.
• Gregor Blanco had a career-high three steals for the Royals. The most recent Royals player to steal four in a bag … wait for it … Angel Berroa.
• Wondering what the Yankees did during that two-hours, 10-minute delay: “We pretty much watched the Boston-Texas game in here,” Lance Berkman said. “A few guys were playing cards. Just tried to keep from eating everything in the kitchen.”
Associated Press photos of Moseley, Jorge Posada and Gary Cederstrom
Chad did anyone ask Girardi why he didn’t have Granderson bunt in the 9th inning?
yanks signed GUmbs there 2nd round pick today…….
No. Some of us talked about it a little bit afterward, but Girardi’s session was really short. Frankly, we didn’t have time to talk very much. Everyone was rushing to try to get any sort of update to the paper.
On the road, I think you play to win rather than play to tie in that situation. That’s just my take. Bunting Granderson certainly makes sense, and I wouldn’t have had a problem with doing it, I just like the idea of swinging away and trying to win the thing rather than move Jeter station-to-station.
Crappy loss. Ugly game. Missed opportunities.
Poor Angel Berroa.
When a guy becomes the butt of jokes it just never ends does it.
Disappointing loss. On a night when both Boston and Tampa lost the Yanks pretty much swandered an opportunity to give themselves a little more cushion by not taking advantage of the numerous defenwige miscues KC made.
That said, this team has to be fatigued after all the heat, the rain delay, etc….they looked a little tired last night which is to be expected.
Positives: the pen continues to impress…they were great again last night and its looking to be a big strength moving forward.
Granderson’s swings are looking much better. Even when he makes outs, he’s having much better ABs and putting better swings on the ball. Again, its a small sample but has to be encouraging.
Yanks had plenty of chances last night but just couldn’t get that one timely hit….that’s baseball…lost no ground, go get uhm today.
Butler is the one guy on that team who you don’t want to let beat you.
This team lacks some HR power right now. They have overcome that, and they can continue to do so, but it changes what they are.
The pen continues to surprise me.
What’s up with the velo readings in KC?
Good morning all -
I’m just getting up and see that it was one of those games. Unsatisfying on a whole lot of levels. It seems the bats haven’t been getting that one big hit for a while now.
After that late night they’re fortunate it’s not a day game today.
Sooo The Yanks come back against Cliff Lee and grind out a great win the night before, then they lose this game to KC.. Hoping for some momentum, but at least Tampa and Boston lost.
Some days are diamonds some are stones.
Sometimes you get the gold mine sometimes the shaft.
That’s about it. House money. No worries.
Phil. I’m ready to pay you a tribute again if you give us a win.
I’ll hold up my end if you hold up yours.
Deal ?
P.S. I know you look forward to them.;)
You know. Sometimes things just don’t work out.
For example, a friend of mine calls me up yesterday to tell me that the Perseid Meteor shower should be visible in my area after dusk. Should be lots of shooting stars and stuff. Quite a show.
What happens ?
I don’t get to see one stinking shooting star. Not one. Nada. Zip. Zero.
The point.
Sometimes things just don’t work out. For the people who like to watch the skies, or the Yankees.
Good morning LOHUD
Tough loss last night but we lost no ground.
I started my day at the farmer’s market early this morning and I bought grass-fed beef, grass-fed chicken and grass-fed chicken eggs.
I hope your day is relaxing and stress-free.
I’m drinking a nice hot mug of green tea – a great way to ease into the morning.
Bret-
Morning.Sounds good. Enjoy.
We won’t tell anyone who plan B is.
Bret-
This is especially for you.
http://picasaweb.google.com/cy.....ValleyEtc#
MTU,
Considering Cliff Lee is plan A, I’m hoping it doesn’t come to Plan B but I’m sure Plan B is a big win for Cashman as well.
About the farmer’s market.
I got up early for it because I didn’t want to miss out on the eggs. They go fast. I bought 2 dozen. I acted with laser like precision maneuvering into my parking space, speed walking to the meat booth, stuffing my goods in a Trader Joe’s recyclable grocery bag and leaving immediately thereafter.
I think I spent about 5 minutes tops.
Food shopping is much easier when you know what you’re putting into your body and you don’t have to sit there examining food labels for dangerous ingredients and contemplating how many days of life must be subtracted with each purchase.
Farmer’s markets are great.
You don’t have to do any research.
You don’t have to study nutrition.
You just walk in, get your stuff and get out.
Saves time
Bret-
It seems to be a routine for you. A good one.
Ever since your tip on Dr. H I do many of the same things. Just not to quite the extent that you might.
MTU,
Is the Native American Hopi or Zuni?
That’s a wild pic!
I saved it to my laptop.
It’s gorgeous.
It looks like a woman but hard to tell since the person looks 115 years old.
What an amazing culture – far more healthy than we give them credit for being. Their life spans were much longer than recorded. The documentation on their health is shoddy and blurred by eurocentric biases.
Bret-
Navajo elder woman. Over 90. She appeared in many movies. She knows how to play to the crowds. And that is HER hogan. She demonstrated Navajo weaving techniques, and explained other things to the Long Knives in attendance.
Glad you liked them.
well, at least beckett got shelled. even with a TON of help from the home plate umpire he couldn’t hold it together.
can’t feel too bad about losing a crappy delayed mudfest game on a night TB and boston both lost too.