Berkman day-to-day
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Aug 15, 2010 
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Lance Berkman tried to convince Joe Girardi to keep him in the game this afternoon, but the Yankees played it safe and got their designated hitter out of there after he rolled his right ankle on a close play at first base in the fifth inning.
“I think it was precaution,” Berkman said. “We’ll see how it feels. It started to swell a little bit, so we’ll see how it feels in the morning.”
Girardi called Berkman’s injury a “jammed” ankle and called him day-to-day. Berkman said he rolled it on the play, beginning when he stepped on pitcher Bryan Bullington’s foot and continuing as Berkman’s foot slid off the edge of the base.
“I think it’s just more painful than anything else,” he said. “I don’t think there’s anything major wrong. I think I just twisted it when I hit the bag there.”
Well, that’s relatively good news
Good! Go Berkman!
MaineYankee August 15th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Bret
Both those teams aren’t full of contact hitters.
They both had enough power to complement the contact hitters and still didn’t get by the Yankees.
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Are you saying that contact hitters are useless?
Are you suggesting that the Yankees inconsistent lineup wavering between 7th and 9th out of 14 teams in the AL in hits, wouldn’t stand to benefit from an additional contact hitter or two?
I certainly hope not.
I understand that all 162 games are equal in value. But, as long as our guys stay healthy for the playoffs, then I’m okay with a few games thrown away here and there. If that’s what keeps them phsyically healthy and mentally rested, then I’m okay with it.
At least the Red Sox are losing in the 8th. Hopefully that will hold up so we don’t lose ground to them.
Bret
What I’m saying is I don’t agree with your assesment of the job Cashman has done.
First look at this lineup and where do you make a change like you’re talking about?
we have missed so many chances to snuff out boston all week. such a bummer.
The comments saying that if not for all the sox injuries the yanks would miss the playoffs… That’s a joke. You don’t think the yankees would be more motivated if bostons at full strength all year? If boston was a real threat the yankees would step up their game even more. They don’t need to panic. Sure getting shutout by bullington is pathetic but one lazy sunday is insignificant. Its about what u do in the playoffs, period, and the yankees will make it there. Getting shutout by bullington on a getaway day going home, not a big deal when u r looking at the big picture.
what a bunch of losers texas is. They had a sure win here. and ron washington took out their good starter at 110 pitches for some loser from the minor leagues named strop.
what happens next. 3 quick runs with, all with 2 outs. that’s what happens when losers face the red sox.
7/40…still have faith in him ????? not me and never did
Yes Mathematically all games are equal but there are games you should win (like today) and then there are games that are evenly matched that would be harder to win. If you lose a game like today then that means somewhere along the line you have to win a tougher game to balance it out.
Against the better teams you can expect to basically break even or even finish a little over .500, its in series like this past one with the Royals that playoff teams usually make hay and get to their record….hold your own with the good teams and pound the bad teams, that’s always been the playoff formula. Not the end of the world, but I disagree that losing a game 1-0 in August to the Royals is the same as losing a game in May in Tampa.
com’on strop. try to give the game away you piece of crap!
I like many seem to be obsessed with Boston.
Tampa folks is nor going away. Line up shut down against a nobody I just wish some at bats were a little more patient.
strop throws slop!
the Yankees inconsistent lineup wavering between 7th and 9th out of 14 teams
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Again I ask…why does everyone think Kevin Long is any good? And keep in mind the insane payroll he is working with. The guy is a joke and the proof is in the pudding.
I’m on my way out, but my thoughts on today:
Getaway Day + facing a pitcher they’ve never seen before is just a BAD combination for this team. LOL Frustrating loss, but all you can do is move on
I caught a little of Girardi’s post game-he sounded pretty annoyed. I don’t imagine they’ll have a very pleasant flight back to New York.
But remember, HOPE week kicks off tomorrow. That was a big spark for last year’s team-hopefully it will be this year too. And in case anybody’s interested, Alex is going to be on the Today show tomorrow AM.
5-3 Tex now.
AJ did all you could ask hopefully homecooking produces some wins.
AJ was remarkable. He didnt have it to start out with, but gathered himself together, held us in the game, and saved our bullpen.
“You don’t think the yankees would be more motivated if bostons at full strength all year? ”
Um no. It isn’t Football, getting more ‘pumped’ bc ur rival is doing well doesn’t really help you play good baseball. Having an even keel no matter the opponent, they don’t think like fans
Good point about hope week erin. It did inspire their play last year, it was obvious. Yanks r goin home to play crap teams, hope week, everyones healthy, still in first place. R the yanks goin on all cylinders? Hell no. But they will have a very strong homestand. I’m not worried at all.
Losing “one game” either in May or in August (to whomever) is the same – as long as MLB continues to count wins & losses in the manner they’ve been accustomed to for the “last few seasons”.
If you have a 8 or 9 game lead – then maybe ‘it doesn’t matter’….
When you are grappling with other teams for limited playoff spots – all losses matter regardless of opponent.
i am actually hoping that Tampa and Red Sox creeps even closer. It would be interesting to
see what how this team will react when their backs are against the war.
Problem with the lineup they have basically playing the entire season without a legitimate DH. Berkman and Johnson both have been horrible when they play. And when they have A-Rod or Posada DH there bench players like Pena and Cervelli are weak hitters. They would of been much better off keeping Damon as the DH. Cashman made a big mistake letting him for someone who is injury prone and then he had to trade for someone that is washed up.
Tampayank, please quote where I mentioned any rivalry factor. I never did. Boston is a good team in their division. They are not a threat. The Yankees may lose focus at times because honestly they are a lock to make the playoffs. If boston were a threat to leapfrog both the rays and yanks, yankees would be more motivated, period. it has nothing to do w “rivalry” or “football” thx for that, tho
“If you lose a game like today then that means somewhere along the line you have to win a tougher game to balance it out. ”
Like when you beat a guy named Cliff Lee?
losing two games to KC without Greinke is quite pathetic to me . But nothing you can do except moving on.
With 4 games looming against Det and Javy taking the mound tom. It certainly will be interesting to see how the Yankees react tomorrow.
good time to bring the kid up and let him DH
Games like today remind me a lot of Forrest Gump.
Sh*t happens sometimes. Especially during a 162 game season.
For all the talk about how well the Red Sox have played they’ve managed to gain like 1 game in the standings since the middle of July.
1 game folks. 1 game, since the middle of JULY.
The Rays were in first place 2 weeks ago.
The Yankees still have the best run differential in the league which is really all that matters.
The team with the best run differential isn’t missing the playoffs folks.
put Berk on the DL & lets see the kid
Texas putting their foot on Boston’s throats right now.
lets just hope the Tigers don’t bring up a kid who just graduated high school!
lets just hope the Tigers don’t bring up a kid who just graduated high school!
What scares me is that 16 of the last 19 games are against the Rays, Red Sox, Rangers & Blue Jays UGHHHHH!!!!!!!
Excuse me 19 of the last 22.
How is that Berkman play not some type of interference? Bullington had his foot clear across the bag and was blocking it, such that his ankle was off the opposite end of the bag. Is it within the rules to block 1st base? That’s how it appeared, whether on purpose or not.
Detroit would be coming off 2 great comeback wins in Chicago. Throwing some hard throwers at us.
We’re only 14-13 in our last 27 at home.
Hey all!
1. I didn’t get to watch our game but listened to some of it on the radio and then saw the final result. Two tips of the cap – one of AJ for an outstanding job, the other to the KC pitcher for an even more outstanding job. I am always so pleased when a young pitcher does something great.
2. Someone mentioned disappointment that the Yankees had chances all week to “snuff out” the Sux and didn’t do so. Here’s the reality. The Yankees snuffed out the Sux a long time ago. It’s ovah. Stop you’re worrying.
GO RANGERS!!!
at least the sox lost, and lose another game on tampa bay.
jackamir –
Tampa, on the other hand, plays its last 10 games against Seattle, Baltimore, and KC.
Was today a good effort? No. Are the Yanks better this year than last year? Earlier in the season I would have said maybe, right now I would say no. Does this mean they will fail in the playoffs? Maybe ( see 2002, 2005 and 2006) and then again maybe not ( see 1999 and 2000). Some of you should prepare yourselves for the possibility this season might not end with no. 28. If that happens, will I be disappointed? Sure. But my life will go on, I have real world issues to concern myself with like raising kids. The amount of hitching on here is reaching ridiculous levels. Why not just wait and see how it plays out and try to enjoy the ride?
Bitching, that is.
Lance should have run him over at first, he hurt himself trying to avoid Bullington.
Francisco didn’t pitch in the entire Sox series… no wonder the Rangers won 2\3… Francisco is good for at least a game for the Sox, if not more.
I’m not being smug here, just being practical and realistic. There is no chance the Yankees miss the playoffs. If you know your team, you know this to be fact. (That is absent the entire team ending up on the DL…)
Raymagnetic,
That’s true. You can look at it like that…or you can look at this game erasing that great win against Lee.
You can spin it however you want but the Yanks weren’t looking for a split in KC…especially when not facing their only quality starter.
All you can do is move on and take care of business on the homestand. Need to string together some wind though because the last 2-3 weeks of the Yanks schedule is pretty rough.
Agree, Trisha. And they may be successful there. Or they may not. But apparently most of the people on this blog would like them to be preordained as champs rather than actually watching them get there.
When’s the last time this team went on a long winning streak, or a 10 of 12, 14 of 18, etc.?
Seems like they have just been treading water. Win 2\3, lose 2\3, split 2, split 4, win 2\3, etc. They have yet to take off in the 2nd half like they have every year except 2008. This offense actually reminds me of 2008. The difference is we have pitching to compensate most nights.
They need to go on a nice run, score some runs, win a bunch of series in a row and play consistent ball. When they look like they are breaking out of it off a great win (Cano HR vs. Tampa, killing Beckett, the Cliff Lee game, etc.) they fall back into their old habits. They also can’t seem to build on good offensive performances.
This is supposed to be the soft underbelly the Yankees are supposed to feed off of. Losing two games to a softball team like KC is inexcusable.
You all need to stop with the 2008 references. We are not starting games with Matt DeSalvo, Sidney Ponson and the other crap we put on the mound that year.
Feast off of…
Blake,
Sometimes you win games you have no business winning and sometimes you lose game you have no business losing. It is what it is.
Winning 3 of 4 is always difficult and the Royals have played the Yanks, Sox and Rays tough all year. What can you do?
And I’m sure the sabremetricians could show us that this offense is better statistically than 2008.
Wild Card Teams GB
Tampa Bay -
Boston 5.0
Chi White Sox 6.5
I bought the Sporting News with the Hughes/Cano/Swish Q& A – pretty funny. Swish uses the word “man” a LOT, lol
Here are some excerpts:
It sounds nuts to say this about a Yankee, but is Robinson Cano underrated?
Swish: There’s no doubt about it man. I’ve been saying it since the beginning of the year. For some reason, his name isn’t as well-touted as it should be. But hey, man, he likes where he is. He’s going to keep doing what he’s doing.
Cano: Of course. Best team. The media and fans besides, I think I’d rather just be here and try to win every game and win the World Series.
Hughes: He leads our team in intentional walks, so I think the other teams aren’t underrating him.
Swish: (laughs) Classic! You almost don’t want to talk about it..Let all that stuff take care of itself and you just keep riding what you want to be riding.
By the way – and this is a conversation I had yesterday at a birthday party with nothing but Sux fans there – if the Yankees ended up in last place they would still be my team and I would still be proud of them. That said, I (and Vegas) have them winning number 28. I have no doubt in my mind that they will take 28 this year.
Now if a rocketship appears and beams up the entire team and they are therefore not available to play in the world series, will I be disappointed or thrown by it? Only because they were beamed up. As long as they are beamed back down, I will applaud their efforts for a great season. They are my guys, win or lose.
It’s called unconditional love. (I only practice tough love when someone is being lazy or nonchalant.)
By the way – and this is a conversation I had yesterday at a birthday party with nothing but Sux fans there – if the Yankees ended up in last place they would still be my team and I would still be proud of them. That said, I (and Vegas) have them winning number 28. I have no doubt in my mind that they will take 28 this year.
Now if a rocketship appears and beams up the entire team and they are therefore not available to play in the world series, will I be disappointed or thrown by it? Only because they were beamed up. As long as they are beamed back down, I will applaud their efforts for a great season. They are my guys, win or lose.
It’s called unconditional love. (I only practice tough love when someone is being lazy or nonchalant.)
The Yankees are currently 2 games off of the pace last year when they won 103 games. I still like their chances a lot personally.
Upstate,
Sadly your Bosox are actually 6 games behind the first place Yankees. 7 in the loss column.
I do too, Ray. And unlike some other so called fans, the bumps in the road they overcome before they get there will make it that much sweeter for me.
would the kid hit ML pitching right now, I say yes & would be a improvement over Berkman….bring him up and let him DH
Look, on Montero, if we didn’t have such a vital need to develop a good defensive catcher who can replace Po in the next two years, I would say bring him up for his bat. But we do need to develop a catcher, and he needs seasoning defensively that he will not get playing on the big club right now.
TheStraw August 15th, 2010
“… But my life will go on, I have real world issues to concern myself with like raising kids. The amount of hitching on here is reaching ridiculous levels. Why not just wait and see how it plays out and try to enjoy the ride?…”
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Please do.
This give & take; banter; or discussion for many IS ‘enjoying the ride’..
For others – maybe just reading here when you can….
Take from this blog what you will/want..
Let those who are “hitching” do just that…
Find your comfort level here and “enjoy the ride” — we all do at different paces.
“You all need to stop with the 2008 references. We are not starting games with Matt DeSalvo, Sidney Ponson and the other crap we put on the mound that year.”
Give the 2008 team the 2010 pitching staff, and they make the playoffs. That pitching staff was put together with strings.
The offensive woes, however, are very comparable. Like that team, this team has yet to take off in the 2nd half. The comparison of RS totals don’t tell the story because teams are scoring less this year than they did in 2008.
Raymagnetic,
I agree…that’s baseball. Its a funny game sometimes. I don’t take a lot from this game in the big picture of things…Still think the Yanks will have a good chance at a title (which is all you can hope for) it was a hot and tiring road trip but that doesn’t make it taste any better.
AJ has had two pretty solid outings in a row so that’s a good thing.
raymagnetic August 15th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Upstate,
Sadly your Bosox are actually 6 games behind the first place Yankees. 7 in the loss column.
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Far from a Boston fan of any sport….
Just recognizing that the GDRS are STILL within striking distance despite being hammered with injuries from the get-go…
I’m not saying to abandon all criticism. I’m just saying that the constant complaints about how we should be pulling ahead by more games, or putting foots on throats is getting tiresome. If the history of the MLB tells us anything, it tells us that when there are a few good teams battling for a limited number of playoff spots, the races will go right down to the wire. And that we will usually prevail.
More:
Many Yankees have praised Nick for his clubhouse-loosening personality; Nick, do you ever feel as though you have to be “on” all the time?
Swish:That’s the thing, man I know I have a personality, but there’s more to it than that. I know I’ve gotten a lot of credit for coming over and brightening up the clubhouse and this and that, but that wasn’t my goal at all.
Cano: he’s a funny guy, though
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What do fans around the country need to know about Phil Hughes?
Cano: Phil? He’s funny.
Swish: On the mound he’s Mr. Collected. He’s got his poise and everything but he ain’t like that off the mound.
Cano: He’s one of the cool guys (in the clubhouse). It’s not the way it looks when he’s pitching – he doesn’t want to smile or anything – but he’s one of the best guys in there. He talks to everybody.
Hughes: You guys can’t get the smiles off your faces.
Swish: I think he’s more Office Space humor.
Hughes: Yeah, probably. I’m not the guy who’s superoutgoing like Nick, but I like to consider myself sort of funny.
Swish: That’s the big thing- everybody complements each other in their own way.
Cano: He can imitate people, the way they talk.
Swish: Oh, he’s good at that man. He can do anybody, man…….How amazing of a season is he having? And just to be able to see what he accomplished last year, to take that role as a setup guy in front of the greatest closer of all time. And then to come into a starting role, win the job out of spring and be an all star as a starter? I don’t understand why that isn’t the top thing to talk about.
Cano: That’s true. That’s the big thing about him this year. He proved (to the organization) that he’s deserving………
Hughes: All the credit goes to these guys. I mean, you go out there and don’t have a great start, give up 5 runs in 6 innings, we can still win the game and we know that……… I haven’t pitched well enough to win a lot of the games I’ve won. But these guys go out there and never give up………….All the credit goes to these dudes.
I am not at home and am using my sister’s computer, and so as not to be entirely rude
I haven’t been able to read the comments from today. So if I repeat anything, I apologize. I did get to see a few in this thread so those are the ones I am responding to.
The Yankees have the “right” to lose games, and “bad” teams have the “right” to beat the Yankees, even 1-0. Last I looked the Yankees had the best record in baseball. Last I looked they were well ahead of the third place Sux and remember that they play in the toughest league in the majors. I’m betting if you go back to last season – remember the 0-8 record against the Sux – you will be able to point to some games that they “should have” won – but didn’t.
It’s baseball. It’s the majors. Teams have the right to have good games, even KC.
I say get over it, understand the difference between a sprint and a marathon, and celebrate the fact that your team is in first place and somehow got there without any of our counsel!
I am not at home and am using my sister’s computer, and so as not to be entirely rude
I haven’t been able to read the comments from today. So if I repeat anything, I apologize. I did get to see a few in this thread so those are the ones I am responding to.
The Yankees have the “right” to lose games, and “bad” teams have the “right” to beat the Yankees, even 1-0. Last I looked the Yankees had the best record in baseball. Last I looked they were well ahead of the third place Sux and remember that they play in the toughest league in the majors. I’m betting if you go back to last season – remember the 0-8 record against the Sux – you will be able to point to some games that they “should have” won – but didn’t.
It’s baseball. It’s the majors. Teams have the right to have good games, even KC.
I say get over it, understand the difference between a sprint and a marathon, and celebrate the fact that your team is in first place and somehow got there without any of our counsel!
# TheStraw August 15th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
And I’m sure the sabremetricians could show us that this offense is better statistically than 2008.
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Hard to quantify considering how offense is down across the board. There are certainly similarities, however, when dealing with the inconsistency of that offense compared to this one. Team-wide, there is no comparison. Strictly talking offense, it is a fair comparison. They have yet to get hot and go on a tear, kept waiting and waiting, just like in 08.
TheStraw, I’m right there with you.
Tricia….Have things settled down somewhat ??? If you prefer not to address it I do understand entirely
To a question about how certain playes are always lumped together (Alex, Jeter, etc…), and now the “other all stars” and whether anything gets lost in all that:
Cano:…. Yeah, with these guys you menntioned – Jeter and A-Rod and the ones who have won before -we’re more than blessed to be here. But we’re part of those guys who came before, won those championships and put the team right on top.
Hughes: Right. You look in the clubhouse, we don’t categorize each other. We’re all like one human trying to pull for the same goal. People say stuff outside, but in there it’s just 25 dudes trying to win.
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Look ahead 5 years. Do you imagine yourselves all still Yankees, two of you everyday stalwarts and the other an anchor in the rotation?
Swish: That would be a major blessing, no doubt, and something we would all sign up for right now. We know what we have here. Not only that, but the friendships and personal relationships that we’ve gained. These guys are my boys.
Hughes: It’s almost like it’s not up to us at this point. I think all of us want to be here; it’s just a matter of if we can continue to play well enough to where we’re wanted here. I think a lot of guys have power over their teams, but in the NY they kind of have the power over you. They’re going to get the best guys out there. You’ve just got to make sure you stay up here so you can be asked to come back.
Cano: Guys, we’ve just got to stay together so we can be the core three (laughs and high fives all around).
Thanks for posting that Betsy. Core three
Well, they may have a “right” to lose games but, the manager certainly didn’t feel today was one of those games.
He was HOT. As mad as I’ve seen him in a LONG time.
He was not happy with the performance today. Nor should he be.
Some days you get beat by a guy who pitched very well.
Other days, you get yourself out with horrible approaches to your AB’s, and not making the adjustments you have to make in game.
Today was a case of the latter and good teams can’t play like that in a pennant race and Girardi knows that.
Whiich is why he was HOT.
To split a series against a bad KC team, without Greinke pitching this weekend, is a poor result and everybody, from the manager to the players, know that.
It was not a happy group heading to the AP.
My guess is, Girardi aired them out pretty good once the media left the clubhouse.
SN: The “25 players, 25 cabs” days are long over. But let’s see how well you know one another. What sport other than baseball did Robinson Cano excel at in H.S. in the Dominican?
Swish: Soccer!
Cano: Geez, man
Hughes: What else they got other than soccer?
Cano: Bank robber.
Hughes (laughs): What was it?
Swish: Wait. Basketball?
Cano: Yeah
Hughes : point guard?
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SN: Are you suggesting you could have made it to the NBA?
Cano: I would say no.
Swish: No way dude.
Cano: I’m only 6 feet tall, but I was good.
Swish: He wasn’t NBA-good.
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SN: Lastly, what major league team did Phil grow up rooting for (Hughes is from So Cal)?
Swish: We’re talking Cali? The Dodgers?
Hughes: No.
Swisher: the Oakland A’s?
Hughes : Big Sox fan
Swisher: The ChiSox!
Hughes: No.
Cano: What? Oh man.
Swisher: Oh man!
SN: The Red Sox. How sick is that?
Hughes: Let’s try to keep it under wraps around here, all right? I’d appreciate that
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LOL these guys would stink on Yankees on Deck/How well do you know your teammate.e
Dassit, you’re welcome! It was a great read………….
I’m glad Joe was hot and he read them the riot act. I have no doubt they’re trying because that team is full of professionals and I would never accuse them of not showing up or thinking they’re entitled. I can’t figure out how they can go out there and play like that today – with the season down to it’s final weeks and the division/WC still not decided yet. That said, the offense has been inconsistent all year. I don’t think being reamed out is going to make these guys have better years.
“Cano: Guys, we’ve just got to stay together so we can be the core three (laughs and high fives all around).”
Awesome. What great guys.
Pat M – that would be a yes. There was more silly stuff but luckily my phone company is several steps ahead of the foolishness and the state police are several steps ahead of the phone company. It amazes me that someone would try to pull some sophomoric tricks with his computer and think that people wouldn’t check deeper than *69…
Thanks for asking though. I’m happy that I am absolutely staying ahead of the curve.
For those who are worried Yanks may not make it to the playoffs:
There are 45 games left in the season.
Even if Yanks go just .500 rest of the season, for the yanks to miss the playoffs the Red Sox have to go .666 rest of the way. They are a .580 team so far.
Unless there is collosal collapse, Yanks are making it to the playoffs.
Take it to the bank
These are Steve Phillips comments:
On Cano: His numbers match up with a guy from the Murderers Row teams, Tony Lazzeri, but I don’t think the Yankees have had a 2nd baseman since whose numbers match up with Cano’s. Another guy whose numbers kind of match up is Don Mattingly. Cano has the offensive capabilities of one of the most beloved Yankees ever and he’s putting them up at 2nd base, not first. When he first came to the big leagues, I thought his body language wasn’t great; he gave up a lot of at bats. But he’s come a long way.
On Phil Hughes: He’s a tough one, still young, and he has the versatility of having been a reliever and a starter. But, if you want to close your eyes and really dream, Hughes has some Roger Clemens in him. He has that power FB with late life that jumps on hitters and that devastating breaking ball like Clemens had when he first came to the big leagues. He also has that same athleticism on the mound. He has outstanding command and control as well. He just hasn’t quite figured out how to put it all together yet.
On Swish: He’s a tough guy. Bobby Murcer’s numbers are fairly comparable. He’s got a little Paul O’Neill in him as well. Swisher shows up to play every day. He’s pretty playful, too – kind of un-Yankee like in that regard. Swisher is kind of a hybrid between of Jason Giambi and Paul o’Neill and Bobby Murcer, although he has more power than O’Neill and less than Giambi
No worries about them making the playoffs.
They will make the playoffs.
However, if they make the post-season as a WC team, that poses more difficulties than usual because the offense hasn’t been very good on the road all year.
Its why they need to pick it up……starting with this homestand.
They have always been a second half team.
Post-ASB this year though, they have not played well.
Guys know this. Several of them talked about it today.
I hope they get back playing with a sense of urgency and aggressiveness that was missing the entire roadtrip, with the exception of the “Cliff Lee Game” in Texas.
A final push makes their post-season lives easier.
Hopefully, they have it in them.
Yeah SJ, wah wah wah. BFD. Girardi was probably hot – if he was indeed hot – because the temps in KC have been high. I did not watch the game so don’t know if a lot of guys were left on base, etc., but give me a break. Check it out, I’m happy for the guy who pitched for KC. EVERY team has games in the course of the season that they should have won. If you get bogged down in those, you never get back up and play your other games.
See your track record of complaining here – read Granderson and Joba most recently – takes away from your credibility with me on any game assessments. You’re strident if you don’t like the way someone plays. So if this is an exception, so be it. In any case, again, BFD that they lost a game you are saying they should have won. There are games they’ve won that they should have lost.
Do what the Yankees and their players do – move on.
What does it say about them that they don’t see the urgency in this? Nothing good……If they get the WC, I’m not writing them off at all and if they get HFA, I’m not giving them anything. They can get knocked off in the first round either way and they can get to the WS either way. I hate the idea that they are this year’s version of the Sox who could never score away from Fenway last year…………. Good teams win on the road and not just at home
And if this wasn’t already mentioned somewhere you know that journeyman Bullington that shut out the Yankees today? He was the number one draft pick in the country in 2002. Maybe he remembered some of the things that caused him to be the most coveted player in the draft.
blake August 15th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I hope Girardi airs them out. He should. You can’t let a 29 year old guy with zero big league wins shut you out for 8 innings with this lineup.
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I guess they missed the “win” sign.
If I’m not mistaken, the only AL team with a better record on the road than the Yanks is the Rays.
They HAVE been winning on the road. To suggest they haven’t seems like another excuse to whine about this team – or you simply haven’t been paying attention.
They haven’t played up to par since the ASB regardless where the games have been played – at the Stadium or anywhere else.
Trisha,
I was at every game during this entire roadtrip. I think I know what I observed.
Especially, I SAW THE GUY BEFORE AND AFTER THE MEDIA SESSION.
Trisha,
You have no game assessments aside from cheerleading. Especially since you didn’t even watch the game.
Granderson? Are you kidding me?
The guy HIMSELF went to Kevin Long to completely rework his stance because he is having a horrible season.
Do you think a guy would do that if he was having a good season?
If you bother reading posts, I was on here praising him for having the guts to try something so radical to turn around his season.
Joba? LOL
Girardi pulled him from his 8th inning role because he was so bad.
He’s now pitching better in lower leverage situations.
In other words, he was relieved of his duties in an attempt to win games in the 8th inning because he was horrible for most of the season.
Tell you what, you cheerlead, and leave game discussions for people who have actually watched the games. Some in person to see the reaction of the players and manager.
“Credibility”? lol Someone who didn’t watch the game talking about it as if they did has ZERO credibility when it comes to discussing the game.
That is a BFD.
Whoever that guy was today , he pitched one heck of a game.
Why don’t you knee jerkers calm down.
This aint checkers, it’s chess.
Why try to pigeonhole them? Every team carves out an identity in the postseason, and it’s not always the same one they had during the year, although sometimes it is. If they become mashers in the postseason and the pitching staff fails, no one will care about the inconsistent offense. Last years mashers largely were stifled in the playoffs except for Arod- but the pitchers stepped it up a notch. They are not last years sox, or last years yanks or any other team. To paraphrase Norman Dale in Hoosiers, we’re going to find out who they are and what they can be.
SJ, calm down, trisha just likes to talk.
Betsy, don’t buy into thinking that the Yankees don’t see the urgency in their upcoming games. Because some people on a blog don’t like what they are seeing doesn’t mean that the team doesn’t know what they need to do. This isn’t their first rodeo.
A micro perspective would have people worrying. A macro perspective tells you that this is an organization that knows what it has to do, from the manager to the players. They’ve shown time and again that they know how to get the job done and stay in first place.
They’ll likely lose more games before the season ends. And history should show us that if might be to some of those “soft underbelly” teams.
I guess people don’t remember when the world series Yankees were owned by both Detroit and Kansas City, then considered the dregs of the league, and somehow couldn’t beat them? Did that mean that they had no sense of urgency? I don’t think so. It’s baseball.
Nope, wrong again Trisha.
He was a FIRST ROUND draft pick. Not the #1 pick in the country, in 2002.
He washed out with two organizations and had a ton of injuries.
He’s not a good pitcher. Not in the slightest.
Most times when they lose a game like this, you hear a lot of “tip your cap” talk from the manager on down.
Today? Nobody, from the manager on down, “tipped their cap” to the guy because he’s not very good and they know it.
Again, try watching the games if you are going to comment on them.
It will help your assessment.
Tell that to Girardi. He’s the guy unhappy with his teams performance.
Even Suzyn Waldman, who is with the team everyday, said that’s the most unhappy he’s seen Girardi with the team in almost two years.
It happens to every team. Sometimes, you need a kick in the pants to refocus.
Given the mood Girardi was in, today looked to be one of those days.
SJ, I have never gotten worked up over a Yankee loss. I won’t start now. I said I didn’t watch the game, but I have a hard time believing the Yankees are distraught and won’t be able to recover from today’s loss.
Tip your cap to the KC pitcher. He was after all the number one draft pick in the country, I don’t care when it was. Perhaps he remembers how to pitch!
And we all know that teams seem to do their best against the Yankees.
I don’t do game assessments because I trust the Yankees to do what they need to. If they were as down on players as some of the posters here, there’d be no team. You have been too ready to permanently lop off the heads of certain players and I don’t do that dance. I’m not saying you’re the only one to do it, but you put too much pressure on players and they’re men not machines. They manage to figure it out. So my enjoyment comes in letting them be human and trusting them to get the job done. They haven’t let me down yet.
SJ
Then today’s loss could turn out to be a good thing.
If they finally get off a big winning streak, they will look back at this game as the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Things happen for a reason.
One thing I’m sure of is ,they know they are the best team in baseball, and sometimes there will be letdowns, but when they turn it on they will runaway and hide.
Today they played an awful game. They threw the ball around the field, and looked listless at bat. I don’t think it was, or is, emblematic of what the Yankees are as a team. But Girardi has every right to be mad with his team for how they played today…They’re better than this, he knows it…. they know it.
Good, I’m glad Joe is on them to pick it up. Today was a weak effort, worse than the rain delay game. I have faith that the right buttons will be pushed and their talent level and usual good effort will be back.
I am glad he was ticked off – but the fact that he has to be this ticked off to motivate his team worries me.
Girardi knows they played a bad game, so what?
It’s one freekin game.
Doesn’t every team play a bad game during the course of a season?
They call them “coaches” for a reason.
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