Game 117: Yankees at Royals
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 15, 2010 
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YANKEES (72-44)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Lance Berkman DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Brett Gardner LF
Francisco Cervelli C
RHP A.J. Burnett (9-9, 4.87)
Burnett vs. Royals
ROYALS (48-69)
Gregor Blanco CF
Willie Bloomquist 3B
Billy Butler 1B
Wilson Betemit DH
Alex Gordon LF
Mike Aviles 2B
Mitch Maier RF
Bryan Pena C
Yuniesky Betancourt SS
RHP Bryan Bullington (0-2, 4.85)
Bullington vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 2:10 p.m. / YES Network
UMPIRES: HP Mike Muchlinski, 1B Gary Cederstrom, 2B Ed Hickox, 3B Fieldin Culbreth
WEATHER: First day game of the series, but it’s not nearly the hottest game of the series. Temperatures are in the 80s with almost no chance of rain.
THREE TIMES TWO: Alex Rodriguez is the fifth player to hit three home runs in a game more than once as a Yankee. Rodriguez has done it twice. Lou Gehrig did it four times, Joe DiMaggio three times, Tony Lazzeri and Bobby Murcer each did it twice.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL: The Yankees have won 13 of their past 15 series finales, including seven of their past nine on the road. If they win today, they will have gone 4-2 on this road trip. The have the major’s second-best road record this season.
CLIMBING CAPTAIN: With a hit today, Derek Jeter will pass the immortal Zack Wheat for sole possession of 36th place on baseball’s all-time hits list. Jeter and Wheat are currently tied at 2,884. Up next is Al Simmons, who has 2,928.
UPDATE, 2:25 p.m.: After a couple of hits, a stolen base and a throwing error gave the Royals a 1-0 lead in the first inning, Alex Rodriguez very nearly tied the game in the second with a deep drive to center field. Gregor Blanco caught it just in front of the wall.
UPDATE, 2:52 p.m.: Burnett worked a quick 1-2-3 third inning, but the score is still 1-0 as Bullington got through the Yankees lineup once without allowing a hit.
UPDATE, 3:15 p.m.: It only took the Yankees four-plus innings to finally get a hit off Bryan Bullington. Of course, they followed that with a double play. They seriously can not hit guys they’ve never seen. Meanwhile, Lance Berkman limped off the field after a bang-bang play at first.
UPDATE, 3:29 p.m.: Single for Brett Gardner, then he’s caught stealing. Bullington has still faced the minimum with two outs in the sixth. Crazy.
UPDATE, 3:40 p.m.: Good A.J. just bailed out his defense, stranding a runner at third and keeping this a 1-0 game through six innings.
UPDATE, 4:00 p.m.: Berkman must be hurt, otherwise there would be no reason to pinch hit Thames in that situation. Meawhile, Bullington — who I’ve called Burlington at least four times this afternoon — is through eight scoreless innings. Unreal.
Go Yankees!
Go Yankees! Get ‘em boys
a pitcher with a change up who they have never seen
oh boy
An interesting game going on in Cleveland. Through 4 innings, neither Masterson nor Hernandez has given up a hit.
scratch that. Kotchman led off the 5th inning with a double
Allergies are kicking my butt. Just as a friendly reminder though – don’t say things you’ll be forced to take back! Both Joba and Curtis Granderson are contributing members of the New York Yankees. If the Yanks had taken the advice of a lot of you posters, both would currently be DFA!!!!!
GO YANKS.
Enjoy the game all.
Please tell me that pitch count is wrong! And Tex took 6 of those pitches!
AJ, keep your back problem in the back of your mind, and dont try to do too much! Stay within yourself, and you should be successful!
And last game, AJ didnt throw any of those stupid curveballs at LH batters’ back foot – the one that either Kenny or Al Leiter laud – like that’s a good pitch.
i wonder if aj’s back problem forces him to control his body more…which in turn gives him better control?
Yankees facing a pitcher whom they never seen, yet Jeter swings at the first pitch to open the ball game. not a good approach for IMO.
Ugh!!!! Facing Cy Bullington and the Yanks have Bobo Holliman Burnett going.
There more silly remarks out of the way.
Cervelli.
boy oh boy. cervelli has become inept behind the plate.
If Cervelli doesn’t play stellar defense….. Why is he on this team then?
The steal was on Burnett. The error was on Cervelli.
The throwing by both Posada and Cervelli have been horrible on this roadtrip.
Tony Pena has to get back to the drawing board with both guys when they get home.
Was there ANYONE who didn’t think AJ would give up that run?
Cervelli has really come back to earth with a thud.
i see aj brought his a game today.
Well, that sure didn’t take long.
Will this rattle AJ?
is amazing the yanks can’t get out minor league hitters
I never realized AJ got this rattled with runners on base.
I didnt think AJ would give up the run.
error or not, the run would have scored on the single anyway after he stole 2nd.
What a play by Cano!
Everyone can relax now. It’s only 1 run.
stellar play by the loafing Cano. Perfect backwards angle to get to it, and got AJ out of it with minimal damage.
AJ looks stiff out on the mound. His front side looks more vertical and he’s not finishing his pitches.
For a long time, many yankee fans were in love with Cervelli’s energy and enthusiasm. But there’s a point where enthusiasm tips over into being rash and that throw was one of them.
The base runner had an enormous jump. AJ is poor at holding runners on and slow to the plate. Cervelli knows this. The runner had the base stolen easily off of AJ. Cervelli rushes horribly to make a throw which would never have caught the runner anyone. In process he gives him an extra base on the over throw.
The wind kept that in the park…
Wow– Alex nailed that.
We’re gona hit this guy today for sure.
Another just about
cheap strike on alex on the 1-0 count, and bs that that shot didnt get out. ****
arod locked in, wind not helping anybody. gotta hit linedrives
I don’t know why they’re taking a Lester/Hernandez approach with this guy.
that was stung by Berkman. we’ll hit this stooge, Crappington, before the game is over.
Some very loud outs by our guys so far.
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early dinner plans?
yankees are making contact. they will fall in eventually. hopefully aj can keep them in the game.
“I don’t know why they’re taking a Lester/Hernandez approach with this guy.”
Because he’s throwing low quality pitches early in the count.
If Bullington doesn’t adjust they are going to pound him.
Heavy humid air is having as much to do with two of those not getting out as the wind does.
They are crushing balls. The wind kept all three balls in the park.
If the guy is around the plate, there is no reason to “work counts”.
Swing and look to hit it hard somewhere. Eventually, those balls will drop for hits.
last comment was a joke
AJ is landing on a very stiff front leg. He is not right.
Let’s hope Bullington doesn’t adjust.
AJ might be the must frustrating pitcher to watch in all of mlb…
Ouch!!! That had to hurt. It hurt too much to rub.
They are going to have to crush Burlington with Burnett on the mound today.
AJ doesn’t look right, he looks very stiff and does not look like he’s finishing his pitches. Could be issues with his back.
i hope aj is on a short leash today.
He is all over the place.
He’s either hurt or Bad AJ is in full bloom.
He has no idea where the ball is going when it leaves his hand.
Will be interesting to see if he makes adjustments.
HE WAS OUT!
he was picked off!!!
Another close call that aint going our way. Thanks 1B umpire!
Burnett is really a mass of confusion. slow to the plate, but, he has a great pick-off. Most on the team.
some good aj stats. leads the league in hit batters. leads the league in stolen bases.
top 10 in most walks. this guy is simply a wreck. he does none of the little things well and is all sizzle and zero results.
aj sucks.
Of course he was out, would you expect anything else with these umpires on the field?
Is A.J. hurt.
He’s very upright when he lands.
he was out
Get Mitre up. He’s not right.
time to warm up the bullpen, he is not even close.
Girardi really can’t stick with Burnett too long here. He’s a disaster waiting to happen today.
Another reason you simply can’t count on him.
oh well, could have the first out of the inning, but now AJ is rattled. Changed the entire complexion of the inning.
if cervelli cannot field what benefit does he have for the team? the guy has 8 errors…….
So typical.
They don’t have an off day this week so, this guy can’t come out of the game now.
He has to give him innings even if he gives up 10 runs.
He’s just not a guy that has any ability to put together consistent outings.
aj is never right. he is a mental case.
why don’t the yankee announcers say the truth he sucks and is a meathead.
all his peripheral #’s are horrible.
HUGE DOUBLE PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great turn!
talling about taking a pitcher out in the 2nd is a little bit of jumping the gun………..
they are not facing roy halladay
YES! Lucky to be right at Cano! Good job AJ, make them put the ball in play, anything can happen!
Lucky inning by AJ.
We’re gona torch this guy sooner or later
Not pretty but a huge pitch to get the DP.
AJ back must be bothering him. You could see it from the first pitch he threw.
He’s not as dynamic in his rotation. And usually he lands on his front leg in a more bent position. Today his front leg is so straight he almost looks like Joba.
It’s going to be very difficult for him to command his stuff. AJ is a very rotational pitcher with the way he twists around.
Twisting and then landing on a very stiff front leg is a bad mix.
And being so stiff he’s not getting any extension or finish on his pitches.
Why swing 3-0 ????
Let him work instead of getting yourself out…
The way the rotation is set up , Andy could slip into Moseley’s spot and be the #2 starter in the postseason.
Don’t know if I like that. If Phil is favored for the 2 spot with Andy 3rd, I like Andy in the 3, sort of like an Ace in the hole. AJ should be the #2 like last year because of his potential mercurial performances but he will prolly be #4.
It said 3-1 on YES. This Crappington is 0-7 in his career. PLEASE God dont let this loser get his first win over us.
That said, it’ prolly be CC, Andy, Phil, AJ
at some point. gotta have to put a take sign on.
nobpdy on this team lately can hit a fastball down the middle
when is a 3 and 1 count
Just amazing how this team can’t hit journeymen pitchers. Unreal.
okay. The KC broadcast had it at 3-0….
Every facet of their game looks lazy and careless today. This is categorically terrible.
perfect game for Bullington ! this kid is good ! nasty stuff.
Again with other teams throwing their crap against us and standing us on our heads.
Why not bring up the AAA staff against us from now on.
Time to tip your cap to Cervelli, say thanks and send him on his way…
You don’t put a take sign on 3-1 to a guy who has the ability to hit the ball out of the ballpark.
Especially when the next two hitters in the order are mired in deep slumps.
Granderson is making a lot better/consistent contact it looks like.
Victory is almost assuredly assured.
How can anyone not see it??????
(full disclosure, I am not able to watch the game)
Looks like AJ has it switched on now….
Where was that three innings ago?
@SJ
Thought it was 3-0… If he gets on, Gardner can bunt – and even bunt for a basehit….
SJ,
Very much enjoy your posts; thanks for being here.
Curious about Gardner’s value among scouts/other teams. Do they consider him starter, 4th outfielder, bench player, pinch runner. . . .
Do you think NYY will move him this off season?
Bloomquist would be a good back up player on a real team.
Baseball 101: get somebody on base.
How many balls are we going to hit to the warning track?
# Captain Clutch August 15th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Bloomquist would be a good back up player on a real team.
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he is pretty versatile , not much of a hitter ( better than DF Pena of course) but Mike Aviles would be better, probably would cost better prospects though.
12 up 12 down – Monkey class on the flight home as penalty
Scouts think Gardner can be a useful player for the Yankees.
As with all young players, he has to continue to improve on his weaknesses.
Mainly, taking too many pitches, not aggressive enough on the bases, and his bunting skills.
Overall though, he has certainly given the Yankees more than they could have hoped so far this year.
The fact that they need 5 innings to read a pitcher they haven’t faced is pathetic. No hits..really???!! It’s the same bs every time unless the pitcher is terrible and throws the ball right over the plate.
bloomquist has a 280 OBP. Just because he hits well against us that means zero. there are 30 teams in baseball not 1.
blomquist has stunk for about 6 years.
290 obp is horrible. granderson has a 310 OBP..not good.
It is weird the yanks struggles against unknown pitchers
again why not.
the yanks have getting ahead in the count and hitting weak pops up.
or how abou trying to drawing some walks
I hope AJ is ok; after last start, he didn’t sound like he was 100%
I hope the offense is ok………really? Bullinger?
I would be searching the waiver wire for a catcher if I was Cashman. Enough is enough with Cervelli. This is the Yankees! You don’t produce you are replaced. Thanks but no thanks. If your not going to take a chance with Montero bring Moeller.
stuart a August 15th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
bloomquist has a 280 OBP. Just because he hits well against us that means zero. there are 30 teams in baseball not 1.
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it’s all relative, Stuart, Pena 241 OBP 216 slug !
AJ has some weird mechanics going on today
AJ looks physically uncomfortable. If he has an issue, he’s battling through it.
Cano with another nice play. Looked like that was going to sail over Mark’s head, but it was a beaut.
cashmoney. pena’s #’s are bad. they tried to bring in a replacement with no luck. also pena is at least 6 years older and defensively could be the everyday SS in case something happened. but yes Pena’s offensive #’s are terrible also.
Come on- break up this perfect game!
This d-bag is gonna throw a perfect game, isn’t he?
What makes him a d-bag?
I think the Yanks are mentally on the flight home.
Stuart , Pena is the very definition of a replacement player, so is bloomquist prolly.
I mean, seriously. The only real d-bag in the league is Beckett.
Thanks, Cano.
come on Puma blast!
about time a hard hit ball found a hole
uh oh. please let berkman be okay.
freaking, fuc….. horrible offense
That didn’t look good for Berkman’s ankle.
Hitting into some back luck right now.
Who cares if Berkman is hurt? The guy has been a huge bust
going to have to disagree with that. youkilis, ortiz, beltre, papelbon among many many many others on that team are d-bags.
Aaaaaand he can still pitch to the minimum. Not a perfect game or no hitter, but still embarrassing.
Ah, Youkilis and Papelbon are indeed d-bags.
But no one tops Beckett.
today might not be the yanks today.
every hard it ball, right at somebody.
nothing you can do
Wow, how can you say that? He hasn’t been a bust, but even if he has – not caring about in injury to any player is cold.
I would have to add Garza to that list. I don’t like his cocky attitude at all.
Sorry, I can’t blame this on bad luck – they’re doing nothing with a terrible pitcher. This should not come as a surprise to anyone.
You can’t simply blame only bad luck for a journeyman pitcher being on track for a complete game shutout against purportedly one of the league’s best offenses.
This is a mounmentally wretched performance by the hitters today.
Well, AJ has settled down quite well.
I don’t think they’re “trying” to lose this game. But I do think they’re focused on the “getaway” part of “getaway” game.
It’s still just a 1 run game. AJ doing a good job so far. Let’s go, bats.
Whatever Eiland said to Burnett in the 2nd inning, it has worked…. Too bad the offense doesn’t give him som runs to work with.
chad, what are you7 talking about.
the yanks are squaring pitches up and hitting bullets.
this guy not fooling anybody
How come its bad luck when the Yankees don’t hit but, when other teams get hits you guys call them lucky?
The Yankees suck today so far. Its yet another poor effort because they are too arrogant to get up for games against weak pitchers, games on travel days, day games, etc….
That’s inexcusable if they are focused on “getaway”. This isn’t the 1998 Yankees, both in performance and in terms of positioning for playoffs. They have a narrow lead in the division and a relatively narrow lead in the WC chase and those teams are not mailing it in. They have a very tough schedule coming up and they are not assured of anything. IF they are not completely into this game, then there’s a real problem.
Chad is right. The Yankees do have a tough time facing new pitchers.
no one willing to take a walk
Hmmm… Weak swing by Granderson
steal immediately brett, give us an opportunity to drive you in!
i don’t know maybe cause yanks are hitting bullets and the royals hits are like bloops.
too bad curtis swung at ball 4
Let’s see if the roadrunner actually tries to steal 2nd here
Last games of a road trips against crappy teams= trap game.
Happens all the time in basketball. And I’ve seen it with the Yankees occasionally.
Nice job, Gardner. Now please be the first man to reach 2B.
Gardner has to steal. They can’t score otherwise.
lol, pena got interfered with and still got him. LOL!
That was pretty awful. He had a decent throw to run on too.
SMMFH.
Gardner sucks on this play
Gardner didn’t get a good jump at all
Of course he gets thrown out.. This game has shutout written all over it
well, 0-1 till the end?
Still faced the minimum. This is miserable.
Cervelli has become one of the worst back-up catchers in baseball. The Yankees just can never find one that hits at all.
I’m not one to freakout, I’m still pretty sure we’ll score some runs, but a split against KC would be pretty bad.
That SS blocked the bag on Gardy, surprised they said nothing about that.
cervilli can’t compete at this level.
again this might be a different innings if curtis was willing to take a walk
Holy missing offense batman.
Cervelli has certainly fallen off a cliff. Yeesh.
Stop saying they are having bad luck.
You create your own bad luck by swinging at pitches that bounce on home plate like Granderson did leading off this inning. They have no patience at the plate even though the guy is falling behind on many hitters, and they are swinging at garbage and getting themselves out.
Every team has a few hard hit balls that find gloves in a game. Burnett has gotten lucky too in that Betancourt’s ball in the 2nd was right at Cano. If you don’t take a good offensive approach and swing at good pitches, you aren’t going to get any breaks because you aren’t hitting balls hard.
I know it’s not him, but JobaTipsHisCap’s writing is a lot like ER/REM/California.
Maybe Berkman is done.
He came here doubting his abilities and desire to play.
Maybe he thinks he’s done.
A split against a team of this caliber simply can’t happen at this stage of the season.
That’s two wretched performances by the offense in this series.
You don’t need an expensive ace like Halladay, Verlander or Lee to shut down the Yanks just bring in a crappy rookie.
I pitched in high school. Had a decent change up that wasn’t usually a strike. I could probably beat the Yankees once. They haven’t seen me before.
This guy isn’t even a rookie – he’s a mediocre/bad veteran (but the Yankees have scored the most runs in baseball, lol. I love that old chestnut).
Its going to come down to hitting with RISP late in the game now, hope we can deliver.
Having scored the most runs in baseball is a stat, not a chestnut.
Wow- a little league play, I hope AJ bears down on this one now. That was embarassing.
Its going to come down to hitting with RISP late in the game now, hope we can deliver.
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First you have to get a RISP
Bad, bad play all around. Cano and Cervelli.
Wow!
Whatever it is, I don’t buy it in terms of the Yankees having some great offense. This is brutal………….
Cervelli loafed again there.
Awful, miserable, embarrassing baseball today. Pretty likely they’ll lose, and they absolutely deserve it.
With all these catching prospects: every one of them can do a better job than Cervelli. Another error. No chance to get Blanco.
That was beyond pathetic. That was an easy dp. I have seen enough of Cervelli he has a noodle of an arm now.
Cervelli is a bonehead.
Tired of Cervelli.
that was disgracefull.
cervilli a lazy tool.
Bad News Bears on the field!
Egads. Can we trade cervelli now? Cripes.
You know it was all cute and dandy speaking about pitchers the Yankees haven’t seen before and can’t hit etc, but this is becoming the stuff of true ridiculousness with this ballclub
Game isn’t over but you should not be splitting with Kansas City late in the season when you are battling for a division and playoffs
Being 2 hit by some guy named Bullington is disgusting to watch.
I for the life of me cannot understand this team, guys in that dugout should have some more pride than succumbing to this mental block of being incapable of hitting no name scrubs they have never seen. Disgrace
These are the kind of teams and series you fatten up on down the stretch drive
Not being snarky, but which team in baseball has this “great offense” that you speak of?
Tried to freeze with him with his eyes.
Even the “eyes” are failing Cisco!
Cervelli literally provides no value to the team. They have to try to find a competent backup catcher by the waiver wire deadline.
great job burnett.
time to take a lead
Way to pick up Cano & Cervelli, Betemit.
Great job by AJ to bear down and get out of it. Outside the 1st and 2nd, he’s been very good and efficient. We’re gona score.
I have to give kudos to AJ – who may not even be healthy and who has an embarrassing offense behind him.
Nice job AJ!!
Here’s the thing with the Yankee offense: They can succeed when the decide to. There are sometimes games – I call them throw-away games – in which they dont come to play. Whether it be a getaway day, or early dinner plans, they don’t put together the requisite at bats to succeed.
Nice to see AJ get that stikeout there. Sometimes he implodes in those situations. Lets go Jeter get it started.
Remind me why we need to keep running Cervelli out there?
If the backup catcher is going to start as often as Cervelli has done this season, they cannot continue to carry a player who not only cannot hit a lick, but also cannot make up for it by making good plays in the field. He has made a ton of throwing errors lately, many of them on unnecessary and careless plays such as pickoffs to first base with two outs.
The Yankees system is loaded with young catchers, and has a few veteran options down in AAA. He didn’t hit in AA, and he’s not hitting in the big leagues. If he were a catch and throw guy you could live with him as a backup, but he’s inconsistent defensively as well. They need to make a change if they are going to put in the backup 2 out of every 5 games like they have been doing.
C’mon …………. get aggressive. Rattle the cage of Bullington.
What has become Cervelli’s issue, dude is really gotten under my skin with his play for a while now, guess his glass slippers fell off and broke into pieces,
good job, AJ!
9 outs away, let’s win 2-1 and let Mo do some pitching.
Rconn, I agree ……..Cervelli is awful. He can’t hit and and he can’t play D; other than that, he’s terrific. Bring up Moeller at this point – he’s a better hitter (not good, but better) and a better defensive catcher.
Burnett saves Cano and Cervelli. Both got a little lazy on the throws and Cervelli is getting way too lazy going after pitches that get away from him. Montero is better than that as is Romine. Cervelli’s job is going to be in jeopardy if he isn’t careful.
Cervelli shouldn’t be on this team. His defense and hitting is dreadful and hurts them. He reminds me of Joba. Way over hyped early and is now trying to get by on a good couple of months. They should bring up Moeller he is a better option.
AJ is pitching a great game. Time for the offense to get him some runs.
If Cervelli could just get back to the simple basics of playing good defense, and taking level swings designed to put the ball in play, he’d be fine. We don’t need a superstar backup catcher. We just need a competent one – both defensively and offensively. Then again, all we need is competent defense – as that’s all we had in Molina last year.
Burnett has really been betrayed by both his offense and defense today.
He’s really made some big pitches.
Yet another two hopper to left…. EMBARRASING
Im not one to act rash, but it does seem like Cervi has really stopped playing the good defense he is up here for, and he stopped hitting which makes things worse. With Sado having more days off it does look like the Yankees need someone more dependable as a backup.
Such negativity !
Some of you know nothing about sports or baseball specifically !
Nor sh!t from wild honey !
Another first pitch thrown away at bat. Swish!
And a weak 1 pitch pop up – Very good
“# CR9 August 15th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Here’s the thing with the Yankee offense: They can succeed when the decide to. There are sometimes games – I call them throw-away games – in which they dont come to play. Whether it be a getaway day, or early dinner plans, they don’t put together the requisite at bats to succeed.”
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I hope to goodness you are wrong about that, there are no throw away games when you are 2 games up in the division
I hope the Yankees players aren’t of that mindset or it would explain some of the deadwood we can see against absolute scrubs.
Swish maybe look at some pitches unless you get a cookie. That was not a cookie. They are sleeping today.
Teixeira Home Run Right Here
If I’m Jesus Montero this off-season, I make sure the Yankees find me a place to catch everyday in Winter Ball.
I also make sure I don’t show up to ST 30 pounds overweight like I did last year.
He doesn’t have to be Johnny Bench back there.
He just has to be passable and he can catch 60-70 games per year.
It won’t take much to be better than Cervelli defensively because Cervelli is a terrible defensive catcher.
However, he has to be BETTER and right now he isn’t.
That’s the only reason why he is still in Scranton.
I hope the kid takes on the challenge.
If he does, he is going to have a big role on this team next year.
In the meantime, they have to play with what they have and that’s a very, very weak backup catcher on the field 3 days a week.
Moeller………….Moeller. He can’t be any worse than Cervelli, though today it’s on everybody in the lineup. Putrid.
Wow. That was really pathetic. Could come down to A-Rod jacking one in his next at bat.
YOU HAVE A_ROD coming up and you SWING 3-0…..
This is really sad to watch from the Yankees hitters.
Absolutely a disgusting performance today by the lineup, pitiful.
another 2 and 0 useless at bat .
the yanks need to start taking pitches and drawing walks.
need patience
If the Yankees lose this game after losing Friday night’s, this will be a total failure of a road trip.
You cannot get a bigger gift than this part of the schedule, getting 4 games in KC late in the season.
The only chance a team like KC has to beat you is if your offense doesn’t show up and you let them believe they can steal a game. If you wait 6 or 7 innings to score a run like this offense tends to do, you are going to lose these games regardless of how bad the opposing team is.
Now they are 1 inning away from Soria and a likely series split, unless they wake up and pull it together. I’m sick and tired of the excuse that they haven’t seen this guy, he has NOTHING and they are letting him dominate them. His slider is flat, and he is not throwing strikes, yet they still continue to get themselves out.
Its really amazing how quickly we turn on the yankee players. Now we want to get rid of cervelli? SMH!
Hey, those are really impressive HR swings. Rinse and repeat and expect different results. Amazing.
Macfan
It’s happened for years. And it probably happens with every team. It only really matters in the playoffs, if we choose to throw away at bats against the Kenny Rogers and the Jeremy Bondermans of the world.
Montero seems like the type that needs a kick in the pants; the fact that he came to camp 30 lbs overweight in ST still bothers me. From what Donnie Collins says, he has a lot of work to do to be a professional; I just don’t see him being ready next year. Why is Frankie still on this team? Just bring Moeller up.
How can the defending champions with the highest payroll in the #1 market in the country have such a weak backup catcher.
Especially, when you consider their #1 catcher is 39 yrs. old and can only catch maybe about 100 games a yr. if that.
Cervelli can’t hit, has NO power (0 HR’s), & a poor arm. Why is he still here? At some point bring up one of the young guys and give them an opportunity, or find a better veteran backup.
This is just unacceptable.
Does anyone think this guy would have been doing this to Tampa or Boston or Texas, 0 ER, 2 Hits through 7 innings
This game disgusts me
It’s the worst offensive performance this year. Inexcusable on so many levels.
It’s the worst offensive performance this year. Inexcusable on so many levels.
Oh please, turning on Cervelli? No one is killing him personally, but he’s been awful; what do you want us to say?
Yanks are playing like there’s a plane to catch.
Guys it’s not leaving without you.
Jeter and Swish saw 3 pitches.
This series shows exactly what is wrong with the Yankees offense this season. Score 8 runs in one game and tack on run after run and today face garbage and get 2 singles. All season this offense is all or nothing.
RConn, can you say it again? It’s so true, you should repeat that ten times.
“# SJ44 August 15th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
If I’m Jesus Montero this off-season, I make sure the Yankees find me a place to catch everyday in Winter Ball.
I also make sure I don’t show up to ST 30 pounds overweight like I did last year.
He doesn’t have to be Johnny Bench back there.
He just has to be passable and he can catch 60-70 games per year.
It won’t take much to be better than Cervelli defensively because Cervelli is a terrible defensive catcher.
However, he has to be BETTER and right now he isn’t.
That’s the only reason why he is still in Scranton.
I hope the kid takes on the challenge.
If he does, he is going to have a big role on this team next year.
In the meantime, they have to play with what they have and that’s a very, very weak backup catcher on the field 3 days a week.”
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Fully agree SJ, fully agree, Posada is on his last legs and Cervelli clock struck midnight a while ago
Lets hope that Jesus and Romine are the real deal for the future.
Yuck.
Something happened in TB. It’s now 3-2. Texas is up on Boston.
The Yankees are not hitting this guy because they refuse to let him get himself in trouble.
Every time they get ahead in the count, they swing at pitches that are not strikes and help him out. Why does nobody in this lineup take pitches? They are down 1 run, with the big hitters coming up. If he falls behind you 2-0, 3-1, etc, TAKE SOME PITCHES.
The majority of the outs from these guys are coming in counts in which they are ahead or neutral, which just goes to show you that it’s not the pitcher beating them.
Betsy, I agree he hasnt played well but it will be funny to watch the reactions of some of you if he gets a big hit before the game is over. Then he will turn back into “dreamy eyes.”
# Benny Blanco August 15th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Its really amazing how quickly we turn on the yankee players. Now we want to get rid of cervelli? SMH!
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Benny , in case you haven’t been watching , Cervelli has stunk up since early May , both offensively and defensively.
Anybody’s speakers making cricket noises throughout the entire broadcast? It makes watching this painful game even more painful..
Yanks are playing like they want the season to end, nevermind the road trip. Obviously that’s not true, but they might want to take a look at the standings. We’re talking about the playoffs and there is a reasonable chance that they don’t make the playoffs…………… Even if they do, they play like this and they are out in 3 games.
Cervelli is hitting .188 since May 31. He has no power.
He has made more errors than any catcher in the AL.
Simply put, he isn’t playing well and hasn’t for months.
Unfortunately, Montero isn’t ready yet to play behind the plate.
Hopefully, a season of winter ball and a good ST puts him in position to be able to play at least 50-60 games behind the plate in 2011.
In the meantime, they are stuck because they can’t burn out Posada everyday and Chad Moeller also isn’t the answer.
There are no perfect teams out there. You just have to deal with your weaknesses and try to find a way to not have them impact games.
Unfortunately, when the offense is once again in deep freeze mode, Cervelli’s daily miscues hurt the team.
Cervelli since the end of May is OPS’ing about .450. Running the same non players out there and expecting a change is just foolish.
I really hope a player like Jeter steps up after the game and tells the truth – That they sucked big time….
Dont want to hear the classic – he kept us off balance – mixed his pitches well- crap
“# Benny Blanco August 15th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Its really amazing how quickly we turn on the yankee players. Now we want to get rid of cervelli? SMH!”
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No one is turning on him, he is what he is, not much, never was
He had a nice little start to the season, but its called a season for a reason
It exposes your true abilities as it progresses and his abilities are getting exposed as he is now consistently in the lineup because Jorge is a mash unit onto himself.
Having a “passable” catcher is like having a below avg. 1st. baseman. Can’t get by with that.
Gotta have a good starter at catcher and a decent ( especially defensively ) back-up. Way TOO important !
Look at Sux catchers, couldn’t throw out their mothers !
Does anyone hear god damn CRICKETS in the background on the YES feed???????????????
It’s killing me!!!!!!!!
Benny, you can exclude me from that group – I don’t care about his dreamy eyes. Just who exactly are you talking about anyway? I doubt his fans are thrilled with the way he’s playing.
AJ! Filthy!
Hoo, AJ.
Let’s go, bats.
AJ really dealing. I know its KC, but he’s looked very good for 5 innings now.
The offense is exactly like AJ. You never know what you are going to get. They can score 5 runs against a Santana, Halladay or Lee and get shut down by some rookie, journeyman, or 7 era guy. Today’s performance is embarrassing.
Moeller would at least be better defensively than Frankie………….he couldn’t be worse.
Gotta give AJ props – he’s really held the line. Hope the offense can get it done.
This team has not really fired on all cylinders since the All-Star break. They have been scuffling for awhile.
Cash, I dont disagree with you at all. He has stunk! However lets not forget about the good he’s done up to this point. He’s still learning and will make mistakes.
In addition, my confidence in burnett has waned, yet he goes out today and gives up 1 run in 7innings. The yankees just cant hit new pitchers. Its unbelievable!
this inning is their last chance to tie
Wow, Bullinger has thrown 80 pitches……………beyond pathetic
They r totally phoning this game in. Guess they want to catch that flight
The sad part is that Frankie isn’t the back up catcher. He shares the catching duties with Jorge. I will admit that I drank the Cervelli kool aid at the beginning of the year.
Agree with Betsy, just bring Moeller up and send frankie down.
“# CR9 August 15th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Does anyone hear god damn CRICKETS in the background on the YES feed???????????????
It’s killing me!!!!!!!!”
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LOL, they’re coming out because of all the deadwood the Yankees are producing today
With the deafening silence of the Yankees bats the crickets think its witching hours.
Romine is ready now to be called up. He CAN catch and is not a bad hitter at all.
A major fail by Cashman was presuming Cervelli could play 80+ games.
They’re all a little run down. It’s not easy running away from Tampa.
The disappointing part since the ASB has been their play at home. Maybe this road trip will make them appreciate home this time.
Good. The crickets are pissing me off. The Yankees are really not that good. Aside from a big inning last night, they haven’t hit the whole series in Kansas City.
Wow- really can’t go down 1,2,3 here. 7,8,9 against Soria is not a good spot to be in.
I was drinking the Cervelli kool-aid also earlier this season. Im still on his side; I just wish he would show the same effort defensively and level swing he had earlier in the season. IT looks as if he figured out his spot on the roster was guaranteed, and then stopped trying.
Phil, that’s right. So Moeller isn’t the answer……….so the answer is to let Cervelli kill them? Moeller at least can do the job defensively
Romine is not close to being ready. He’s been in an offensive swoon for over a month and defensively he’s not ready.
Girardi needs to kill this team in the postgame on live tv!
This is unacceptable
They are not even hitting anything hard. The at bats are totally non competitive, swinging at garbage pitches and hitting weak nothing balls. This team just does not know how to score without hitting home runs.
A split in KC would be pathetic, and incredibly costly when the team behind you is only 2 games back in the division race.
Another weak 1st pitch swinging. The Yanks obviously can’t wait to get on the plate. I hope Girardi lets them know he isn’t happy with the effort today. Or lack of…
Who’s asking them to run away from Tampa? This is an inexcusable performance from this team…………..
They are as good as done. Just lifeless. Literally, given the pitcher, the worst performance by a team of this caliber I’ve ever seen.
Romine isn’t ready yet.
His AA season has been up and down.
He’s neither ready to handle a ML pitching staff, nor hit at this level.
Without question, this is the most embarrassing offensive performance of the season.
Jorge was supposed to catch more games, but you can’t go back.
“# JM August 15th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
This team has not really fired on all cylinders since the All-Star break. They have been scuffling for awhile.”
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That’s something that I noticed as well, I thought and figured it was just a slump, but the longer this goes on it becomes a bit concerning.
The only aspect of this team that has improved since the break is the bullpen, the overall Yankee team play has been sub par at best.
I figured it was a temporary funk, but now I just don’t know.
Today has been the worst of all the poor hitting I’ve seen.
# Betsy August 15th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Wow, Bullinger has thrown 80 pitches……………beyond pathetic
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Who ? Oh, you mean Bullington ! The guy was a number overall pick. Not exactly a bum.
They might leave him in to give him the complete game. What a joke this offense is against no-name starters.
they will lose the series against Tigers
They’ve played badly at home………no question. They’re not playing well period………………they’d better pick it up.
How terrible must Montero be if they won’t bring him up?
Maybe the best thing for this team would have been to get no hit by Bullington. At least it could have been a wake-up call.
leave it to Thamesie to provide the best at bat of the day.
So he was a #1 pick………..so what?
A longball from Granderson would be pretty awesome right now.
hey look a walk
Why do the Yanks always seem to get *dominated* by rookie pitchers? :-/
split with Royals?
the guy is 29 years old with no major league wins. a BUM is exactly what he is. Probably worse than a bum. I dont mean to insult bums by calling Crappington a bum.
#Macfan
I feel the same way. Was excusing their play for awhile by thinking it was just a slump but it’s lasted for a long time now.
The bullpen is much improved and the starters for the most part have done their job but the offense is so inconsistent. They have a brutal schedule in September and if they don’t play a good deal better than this, there will be a lot of nail-biting in Yankeeland.
What do u know? Grandy fails again.
What a frustrating game.
Well, I’m pretty sure that the Yankees goals are lined up with my own.
1. Make the postseason
2. Stay healthy
3. Try to get HFA through the ALCS
So, yes, running away from Tampa who is also playing well is a grind.
Thames had the best at bat of the game and he didn’t have 3 at bats to figure this guy out like the other losers in this lineup.
Now Soria is coming in to face 8-9-1 in the order. A split in this series would be pathetic and embarrassing, especially if you lost the last game in the way they are heading towards today.
Same nonsense as always with this team- the offense just doesn’t show up whatsoever on some days and mails in AB after AB. A ton of hitters have gotten to good counts off this guy and have swung at anything close instead of making him throw pitches out over the plate.
There is no excuse for getting shut out in an American League game. No excuse! No matter who is on the mound.
JobaTipsHisCap,
Come back in an hour and you’ll have your answer. Jeez.
Maybe this will be one of those signature ‘get-off-the-deck’ wins?
RConn, the idea that they need a wake up call is disturbing. Their wake up call should be that they are being chased by a very good team and another very good team is only a few games back. I don’t know if they have a bad attitude or if they are just not executing. I just can’t believe that this team of professionals would giving up like this…………..I can’t believe that this team of professionals would not be putting out or would care more about getting home than winning a game. IF all these were to be proven true, then this team is in trouble, not just for this year, but for the forseeable future. I don’t believe these to be true – I just think they are a very inconsistent team with a lineup full of players having bad years. Swish, one of the few having good years, has been bad lately.
To a man each and every Yankee player in that lineup should be ashamed of their performance out there today
You would have thought they were facing Bob Gibson out there
Girardi should tear them a new one after this disgusting performance today, it has been an absolutely pathetic effort at the plate from 1-9 in the lineup
Very troubling and disturbing the way this team has played since the All Star break
They have had 0 significant injuries on offense, but the play has been very poor since the break. That is the disturbing part. If you look at the AVG of many of the regulars it has been awful to say the least.
Sterling: “You have to be excited about Bullington.”
I’ll cop to sucking at sportsmanship, but I’m really not.
Well they may not make the playoffs if they play like this…………….
They might have a better chance against Soria than this guy. We need to accept they are just not the same team as last year.
# CR9 August 15th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
leave it to Thamesie to provide the best at bat of the day.
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Yeah, he’s a real hero isn’t he ? NOT HARDLY !!! He’ll be lucky to survive the season.
Someone has to step up and get on this teams ***. They need a liitle George type front page tirade. Light some fire under them. Not so sure if Joe G can get it done.
At first the excuse for why they couldn’t hit was that guys were injured. Now what are they going to say?
The entire lineup is healthy, and they still can’t hit these loser rookies who have mediocre stuff and don’t throw pitches over the plate.
They aren’t even having competitive at bats to make him work and tire him out, possibly making a mistake and allowing them to break through. This guy has gotten every hitter out in exactly the same way all game, there is just no adjustment being made.
A.J. pitched his butt off today His teammates didn’t show up. Just awful.
Has anyone read about the Improv Everywhere stunt “The Best Gig Ever?” Basically they got a bunch of people to show up for this totally obscure band and act like the band was amazing.
I feel like that’s what the Yankees are doing to Bullington today.
Did Flaherty just call an almost 30 year old pitcher a kid?
What a moron.
SJ44 August 15th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Cervelli is hitting .188 since May 31. He has no power.
He has made more errors than any catcher in the AL.
Simply put, he isn’t playing well and hasn’t for months.
Unfortunately, Montero isn’t ready yet to play behind the plate.
You can keep stating that he is not ready SJ, and maybe the Yankees agree with you, but I don’t, I think he is ready.
All he has to do is not be worse than Posada and Cervelli, and that is impossible right now. I have seen him catch over 40 or 50 games online this year, the passballs for the most part were the first two months of the season. He is throwing the ball much better than either of the two other guys, and it’s not even close. The Yankees need to suck it up and call him up now. The team needs him, because he makes them a better team, period.
If Berkman is injured, then he will be called up by the end of the day. but even if he is not, he should be, but I guess you will be proven right at least until Sept, because this team refuses to test their prospects at the moment.
The approach the team has taken today is disgusting, honestly, if they don’t call Jesus up, they are hurting the team at this point, Cervelli is supposed to be at the very least a good defensive catcher, and when Jorge is better than him, that’s scary.
A.J finally put together a really gutsy game after the first 2 innings, we all kill him for not being able to make adjustments, and he did it today, and for them to just not show up, and be on the plane already, if this is not a team meeting today, I don’t know what would be.
If I’m Yost, I leave Bullington in. They are hopeless against him.
# CR9 August 15th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
the guy is 29 years old with no major league wins. a BUM is exactly what he is. Probably worse than a bum. I dont mean to insult bums by calling Crappington a bum.
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The “bum” has a era under 3.00 now !
Well, AJ has been on the mound when he didn’t give his team a chance to win, so although I guess I feel a little sorry for him, the shoe is on the other foot. I’m not upset about AJ not getting the win; I’m upset because this team is trying to give games away.
Rene Rivera is probably the best backup option in the minors. He’s a very good catch and throw and he can hit much better than Moeller. He’s only in Trenton for a place to park him and help tutor Romine.
They’ve been playing .500 ball for the last 3 weeks now. The only reason they aren’t in 2nd or 3rd now is that TB and Boston also have (more so TB). Sooner or later TB and Boston will go on a streak and Yanks can’t keep this up and expect to make the playoffs.
Splitting with KC is sinful. They needed more offense at the deadline if Cervelli was going to catch 4x a week. Dunn would have been perfect
The Yanks really have to pick up their game against the bad teams and bad pitchers. Bad teams bring their best effort against the Yanks and they have to match that. We have seen this a lot against Toronto, Baltimore the bad Tampa teams. I could understand if AJ gave up 3-4 runs but to not be able to score 1 run is beyond pathetic.
# Betsy August 15th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
So he was a #1 pick………..so what?
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Means he’s not a BUM, that’s what !!! Pitchers sometimes “pitch.”
il in Columbus August 15th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Someone has to step up and get on this teams ***. They need a liitle George type front page tirade. Light some fire under them. Not so sure if Joe G can get it done.
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Sounds like a job for Betsy.
there’s only one way for this game to end, and it’s with a Yankee win!
#Mr. Sandman42 August 15th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
They?ve been playing .500 ball for the last 3 weeks now. The only reason they aren?t in 2nd or 3rd now is that TB and Boston also have (more so TB). Sooner or later TB and Boston will go on a streak and Yanks can?t keep this up and expect to make the playoffs.
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This is right on.
I wonder if it’s a case of poor scouting, lack of video, etc on these rookies that the Yanks hit so poorly against them, as other teams don’t seem to have nearly as much trouble. Do the players just take it for granted they’ll hit the rook and not adequately prepare? You’d hope not on a veteran team like this. But it’s happened so often now that it’s gone from a mere coincidence to a pattern of poor performance against these types of pitchers.
Shame to waste such a good effort by A.J.
What does it really matter if Montero is “ready” if he can contribute more than Cervelli offense/defense right now?
What does that even mean???
he was a number 1 pick???
Who gives a flying rat’s …..
Plenty of number 1 picks are busts.
LETS GET EM BATS AND WIN THIS DAMN GAME!
He’s not ready to handle a ML pitching staff Jason.
Especially in a pennant race.
If he was, he would be here by now.
He needs more work in that area.
That’s why winter ball is going to be vital for him this year.
Another run won’t make a difference here anyway.
Ya know, no offense to Bullington, but he’s not a good pitcher. At all. He’s 0-7 lifetime coming in to today, with an ERA over 5. He’s not good.
His performance today was not “What a GREAT game he pitched”, and hearing Sterling continually proclaim it as such is starting to get on my nerves. This one was a gift from the Yankee offense, bottom line.
Consider it an early start to Hope Week.
great game by burnett. at worse they lose and then pen get rested.
how about a 2 run 9th and give the ball to mo.
if not, is baseball.
Wow, here’s a shocker. Panic on the lohud blogs when the Yankees have a bad game.
This place is so bi-polar.
It’s a 162 game season. There’s going to be some clunkers. Have some of us not figured that out yet? Now we might miss the playoffs?
Losing ugly is no worse than losing pretty (if there is such a thing). I’m no happier losing 1-0 than I am losing 4-3 or 6-5 or 12-5.
If we’re going to slump and not play at peak performance, let’s do it in August rather than September or worse, October.
Meanwhile, we still have the best record in baseball.
If they waste an 8ip, 4h, 1r, 6k game from AJ, that would be terrible.
ric in FL August 15th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Has anyone read about the Improv Everywhere stunt “The Best Gig Ever?” Basically they got a bunch of people to show up for this totally obscure band and act like the band was amazing.
I feel like that’s what the Yankees are doing to Bullington today.
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Are you saying the Yanks think they can beat anyone whenever they want to , so they are not up for this game?
I think the Yankees will tie the game.
Sometimes I think the Yankee offense is ‘giving the finger’ to AJ and Javy, – for all the times they stunk on the mound and didn’t give the team a chance to win
Their lackadaisical attitude comes from Girardi. Its Girardi’s job to keep his team motivated and playing right. But Girardi’s more concerned with their egos and nurturing the pampered brats. They don’t play to win every game because Girardi doesn’t manage to win every game. All that “its a long season”, “we’re scuffling”, “you gotta tip your cap” crap.
Look at how the pathetic Orioles turned around instantly once they got a reputable, serious, all-business manager. Its amazing. Its no coincidence that the pampered NY superstars are all having off years.
Its Girardi’s clubhouse – better to have everyone like you than to hurt feelings while trying to win. Take your sorry act to Chicago Joe!
A wasted great performance from Burnett today. A real shame.
A wasted great performance from Burnett today. A real shame.
I honestly wonder if the Yankee htiters have any shame in them after what they have done out there today, simply a putrid performance, enough to bring up the phlegm and mucus and induce nausea
I have seen some pitiful performances from them this season at various points but today is a new low for even them.
Guess they have better things to do with their time than win series as of late. They
Lost the Tampa series
Lost the Toronto series
Split the Boston Series
Split the Texas series
on the verge of splitting the Kansas City series
notice the disturbing trend of their play.
Its like the team has no life or something
This is no longer a temporary thing as I felt it was and others have all along, its something much deeper going on.
No thanks, Mick, lol. I don’t even think those “pep talks” work in baseball, not really. This isn’t football, where you use your emotions to your benefit. These guys are just not executing – and haven’t all year. The idea that with a month and a half to go they need to be motivated is galling to me.
The bottom line with this team is that as good as their record is, it should still be much better than what they have right now. It’s a testament to the amount of talent on the roster that it is still this good, but at the end of the day it’s going to come back to bite you when you keep giving away games you should win.
Joba single handedly blew 5 games they had a lead in, and the offense has not shown up for at least 5-10 others. If this team was more consistent, they would be up at least 5 games on Tampa right now and sitting comfortably, but instead they let these lesser teams hang around and may pay for it unless they get it together.
Last year’s team you felt had a better record than they played- they only had 3 starters and the offense stole a lot of games late. This year’s team is definitely underachieving, and their record should be many games better than it is.
If you did a plus/minus for games they stole vs games they gave away, last year’s team may have been +3 or +4, but this year’s team is probably -5.
The whiners can’t blame Burnett for the loss in Texas or this one if they lose. somehow one wizard will try.
heads up
http://www.zerohedge.com/artic.....-omen-here
rconn23
“A wasted great performance from Burnett today. A real shame.”
You can say that again. Oh wait.
Bunt single and then Posada pinchhitting…
He can’t contribute more defensively right now Rich.
Gamecalling, setting up hitters, and receiving the ball are still big holes in his game.
If he can’t catch, I don’t see them bringing him here to DH everyday.
That doesn’t help his catching development.
That was a terrible, terrible bunt attempt.
lol what bad luck. a bunt right at him.
Moeller…………just replace Cervelli with this guy; at least he can catch.
Gardner is a nice backup. He is in a deep slump.
SJ
That’s why I said offense (over) defense.
Cervelli sucks.
They can call pitches from the bench.
It’s not just a bad game. It’s a pattern of bad games against pitchers like this. These are games they “should” win and you know that Boston or any other AL team would crush this pitching. They are in first place, but haven’t played like a first place team and it will eventually catch up to them.
Carl Crawford, come on down! Your the next free agent signing on the New York Yankees!
That may be the worst bunt from Gardner this season, and that’s saying something.
Gardner is a patient, pesky hitter leading off the inning in a 1 run game. I wish he would have fought him for a real at bat instead of giving himself up. Maybe he can foul some pitches off and draw a walk or something.
gardner is an idiot…
Gardner is a joke. That is how over matched he feels at the plate right now. He never ever bunts but now tries it leading off the 9th inning??!?! Not the inning to test out your bunting skills. He doesn’t seem to have a lot of baseball smarts.
swung at ball 4. UGH
It’s been a long time since Jeter hit a HR.
Sleepwalking
U can’t keep sending out a lineup with automatic outs like Cervelli.
# CR9 August 15th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
What does that even mean???
he was a number 1 pick???
Who gives a flying rat’s …..
Plenty of number 1 picks are busts.
LETS GET EM BATS AND WIN THIS DAMN GAME!
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Like I said earlier, some don’t know SH!T from wild honey !
Useless umpire just turned that entire at bat, maybe the entire game with a terrible call on that 2-0 pitch. That pitch was FURTHER outside than the first pitch of that at bat which was called a ball.
Not that it matters, thanks to the joke of an offense this team has compiled today.
Be a nice time for a Jeter HR
What a PATHETIC display of hitting today
Great job since the break offense, really stepping up your game for the stretch run
I’m out had enough of this
Mr. Sandman42 August 15th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
It’s not just a bad game. It’s a pattern of bad games against pitchers like this. These are games they “should” win and you know that Boston or any other AL team would crush this pitching. They are in first place, but haven’t played like a first place team and it will eventually catch up to them.
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And luckily, the good teams we’ll be facing down the stretch and in the playoffs won’t have “pitchers like this”.
They haven’t played like a first place team, yet they’re still in first place. I disagree it will eventually catch up to them. I think they’ll get hot and be just fine.
Not enough curse words in the English language. Pathetic.
how can this futility vs rookie pitchers keep happening over and over? dont they watch any film or something?
> Mr. Sandman42 August 15th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
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>It’s not just a bad game. It’s a pattern of bad games against pitchers like this. These are >games they “should” win and you know that Boston or any other AL team would crush this >pitching. They are in first place, but haven’t played like a first place team and it will eventually >catch up to them.
That’s what I’ve been saying. But does it fall on poor scouting, poor preparation by the players, or the manager (This happened all the time under Torre too)?
damn!
That may be the worst loss of the year. Totally awful.
Gotta take care of business at home now.
Carl Crawford makes himself more $ with every terrible Gardner game
Worst game of the year… period
wow, we gave away this game! lol!
oh well, just one game!
Wow. That was uninspiring.
Worst loss of the season.
An embarrassing offensive performance.
There are no more trades that can be made.
This is the team the rest of the way.
I hope the pitching can hold up because the offense will be of little help the rest of the way.
Getting rid of Gardner doesn’t get them Crawford because he makes no money.
I hope they r happy they made their plane
oh well
LOL beyond pathetic……………. An absolutely disgraceful performance; they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
When you win your first game at almost 30, where you were drafted means < nothing.
SJ, why is then that Nova has pitched so great this year, who exactly is catching him every time out?
Why has Phelps been so impressive, who is catching him?
This not ready to catch a major league staff, is total bs, it just is.
That is what you have coaches for, to help in calling a game in the majors, he does a really good job for Scranton, or is them being in first place and having a very good staff ERA and him catching almost all of their games mean absolutely nothing?
Again I have seen over 40 or 50 of Scranton games, he gives a better target than Posada ever has. Yes he is going to make mistakes, I am not arguing that point, but so what? He is going to be much better than Cervelli offensively, and right now, he is not going to be worse than either of them on defense.
Just pathetic approach today, I am not a negative kill the team person, but today is just the low point of the year, you can’t go out there and play this passive of a game, it’s not acceptable, at least I hope it is not.
If they don’t have a team meeting and lit into the team after that charade, something is wrong with Giraldi.
Another pathetic performance against a career loser
You can’t make this up
“how can this futility vs rookie pitchers keep happening over and over? ”
Lack of effort. Wanna catch an early flight. Got Cameron Diaz, Minka Kelly, Joanna Garcia to go home to. Not feeling good today. Tired from a long season, so take a game off.
Negative bloggers be sure to wear your “big boy” pants next time !!!
the yanks lost 2 out 3 to was last year, that was worse
I disagree about crawford. yankees should get some of their talent in AAA familiar with LF: Laird?
Put the money into Cliff Lee. Just dont need another huge offensive contract blocking more minor league guys in the field.
2 hrs and 7 minutes of pure torture.
Sorry to say I called this before the game
r. Sandman42 August 15th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
It’s not just a bad game. It’s a pattern of bad games against pitchers like this. These are games they “should” win and you know that Boston or any other AL team would crush this pitching. They are in first place, but haven’t played like a first place team and it will eventually catch up to them.
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In the playoffs these unknown pitchers won’t be around.
Gardner will play CF next yr. They’ll trade Granderson n sign Crawford.
SJ44 August 15th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Worst loss of the season.
An embarrassing offensive performance.
There are no more trades that can be made.
This is the team the rest of the way.
I hope the pitching can hold up because the offense will be of little help the rest of the way.
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Et tu, SJ44?
A 2hr 7minute game is not a real Yankee game.
Are we going a bit overboard in here?
Of every loss this season, blown games, bad starts, extra inning losses, bullpen meltdowns, poor hitting losses
This one today has to really take the gambit
Wonder how they will try and spin this $hitfest today.
No way can this miserable performance be explained, other than the old ‘Oh well it happens”
MOST PATHETIC LOSS OF THE SEASON, HANDS DOWN.
Splitting a 4 game series in KC is just a joke.
The only reason teams like Boston and Tampa still have a chance in this division race is that the Yankees have not won easy games like the one they were faced with today. I guarantee you that if you compile a list of the games they stole and the games that no self respecting first place team has the right to lose, they would be at least around -5 or -6 on the season.
If they win even half of those games, Tampa is 5 games out and not even sniffing first place. Stop with the nonsense like “best record in baseball,” because that doesn’t mean much if you keep giving away games like this and keep the other teams within striking distance.
This is NOT a dominant team, and they are LUCKY that Boston is so injured because otherwise they may have been on the verge of not even making the postseason with the way they have played.
If this team doesn’t get its act together and soon, they may not make it out of the first round. It’s sad, but it’s the truth. This offense could disappear for 2 games in the middle of a series like they have done all season and it could be enough to make a difference with the quality of competition in the AL this year.
Betsy
Not talking about a “pep talk” Some one in the organization who is respected by all, needs to set a fire under these guys. Not sure anyone can do that or who that person is, maybe Mo.
Hard to say. They could just rely too much on scouting for regular pitchers and not have as much, so they don’t know what to do and can’t fall back on their natural baseball skills that got them here. So frustrating.
As for facing first place teams, that is not a good thing either. I’d rather them not face TB or Boston with a 1 game lead. They are getting shut down by everyone lately except Beckett: TB, Toronto, KC.
TB and Boston will get hot too, so they won’t necessarily be able to build on their lead.
They list visited Fenway in April (or May), so all season long dont go back there until the last weekend of the season, but until now never seemed boston was close to being in it. IF they have to win (or sweep) the final series in Fenway to win the division or make the playoffs, that is not good.
# SJ44 August 15th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Worst loss of the season.
An embarrassing offensive performance.
There are no more trades that can be made.
This is the team the rest of the way.
I hope the pitching can hold up because the offense will be of little help the rest of the way.
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You didn’t used to be so negative !
The Yanks offense is hardly terrible and will NOT “be of little help the rest of the way.”
Jason,
I’ve watched Montero catch a dozen games in person this year.
He’s not good back there. Doesn’t move well and guys like AJ, with the movement he has on his pitches, would be a disaster.
Half the time, pitches are called from the bench to help him out.
He’s not close to being able to catch in a major league pennant race.
They must think montero is just terrible defensively. Otherwise why wouldn’t he be here?
When they have to face Cliff Lee twice in a 5 game series, they can thank themselves and be happy they aren’t facing a rookie.
“# jackamir August 15th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
2 hrs and 7 minutes of pure torture.”
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ROFL, You can say that again, this was truly a miserable display of hitting fundamentals by the Yankees.
I honestly don’t know what I just saw from them.
The little leaugers now playing the in the Little League World Series could have probably done better against this no name stiff today.
Oh well the Yankees got their private jet to get to, can’t blame them.
Just so the less knowledgableones will know, KC is 2-2 against Tampa and 3-4 against Boston. The Royals haven’t rolled over for neither team.
We have the best record in baseball despite the “not clicking on all cylinders” so many people on here are complaining about. Relax, we will be fine.
Let Montero come up here and DH. He can’t be any worse than the 6 threw 9 hitters on this team who contribute absolutely NOTHING everyday. They are lucky if they get more than 2 hits combine from the group of Granderson, Gardner, Berkman, Cervelli. I would DH Montero, let Kearns play LF and platoon Granderson and Gardner in CF. They can’t continue like this. This group will never score runs in the play offs. They had trouble scoring runs last year in the playoffs and now Matsui and Damon were taken out of that group. The best record in baseball is nice but the idea is to win the world series and this lineup the way they are now has no chance. I am not expecting Montero to be a hero but if he will be up here next year why not get his feet wet now.
LOL! I’m with you Chad. I was out biking today and a couple of times checked my At Bat on my phone, and must have said “Who the F is this Burlington guy?” at least a couple times.
Definitely lacking that bit of ‘something’ from last year: comebacks, timely hitting, etc…
Not the way to end a road trip. Can’t bame Burnett for zero run support. Waiting for big innings doesn’t cut it.
Ace August 15th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Carl Crawford makes himself more $ with every terrible Gardner game
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Two hits, Gardner had one of them = “terrible game”
Gardner ( 100 million) to come thru.
Don’t get it, Gardner has been a productive player this year and last three games is hitting .333, he has and will help this team.
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They haven’t hit consistently since the ASB.
Over half the lineup is having career low years.
Only Cano and Swisher have been consistent offensive performers since Day One.
In today’s lineup, half the guys in it, Cervelli, Berkman, Gardner and Granderson have hit .200 or under the last 3 weeks.
Those are the facts.
That’s how you get dominated by a bad pitcher.
At this point, they are just going to have to make the best of it because this offense isn’t consistent enough to be able to carry this team over any period of time.
Hitting and pitching is contagious.
KC lost their entire starting outfield and their DH, and Betemit continues to put up good numbers against the Yankees!!!
The other teams speed is hurting us, because our starters haven’t been able to hold runners and the catchers can’t throw anyone out.
This team should still make the playoffs, but if they get lucky and make the WS, they’ll be facing some really tough pitchers that they have no experience with.
Maybe it’s time to do a Billy Martin and pull the lineup out of a hat!!
I don’t see how a 1-O loss is the worst game of the year. There’s a lot of overreacting here. Just yesterday they were hitting great. Today they just didn’t hit as well probably because of the wind and the new pitcher problem. AJ did terrific allowing only 4 hits and was able to complete the game even though they lost. According to half the people on here he should have been taken out in the 2nd. Kudos to AJ for keeping it together and at least giving them a chance to take it over. It just didn’t happen today like it didn’t happen on friday.
platooning Granderson and Gardy in CF? Two left handed hitters platooning? Makes sense…
Montero is not coming up this season so it is completely pointless to even talk about. This team leads the league in runs and that is still not good enough for some people.
How about, instead of panicking about the offense, we talk about A.J. throwing well for a second straight outing and how HE is more important in October then the offense is.