Posada at DH for Detroit opener
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Aug 16, 2010 
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Not many beat writers covering tonight, but Marc Carig comes through with the lineup.
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
Chad you do a great job. I love the work from Marc as well. His twitter updates are great throughout the games. Funny guy.
Frankie behind the plate again, at least no one will try to “steal center field” tonight.
just got back home from KC. pretty disappointing series although the trip was pretty fun. waited out the rain delay friday with the help of some special beverages with the guys which definitely wasn’t worth it haha. still can’t believe they got 2 hit by bryan freakin’ bullington. the guy was at 91 on the stadium gun and was rarely mixing in an offspeed pitch. he also wasn’t ahead of the count as much as the Yanks have made it sound. Really disappointing game especially considering Burnett held it together despite Cervelli continuing his terrible defense.
No beat writers are covering MPB Johnny Damon’s return to Yankee Stadium?!
upstate kate August 16th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
good job Warning Track Power
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Thank you & thanks to Doreen once again for taking the time to put this fun game together for us all.
I really think it is time to give Rivera a shot at Catcher.
Or Moeller
Johnny who? Not like he’s Melky Cabrera or anything….
Hello to all – couldn’t post because of the Chrome browser problem.
# Tyler August 16th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Johnny who? Not like he’s Melky Cabrera or anything….
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Johnny Rockets!
Berkman must be not feeling well.
Today would be the ideal time to have him DH, not Posada.
Just makes me mad that Berkman turned his ankle yesterday vs. the royals.
Posada is cooked it seems.
# Warning Track Power August 16th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Berkman must be not feeling well.
Today would be the ideal time to have him DH, not Posada.
Just makes me mad that Berkman turned his ankle yesterday vs. the royals.
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or Posada could have caught , leaving DH spots to Thames, Kearns, but I am sure G has his reasons. I think Scherzer is pretty tough on righties. DH thames and Kearns might be only marginal upgrade than Cerv, since chances are neither of those are going to hit Scherzer well.
so. PUma would have been ideal, except he pounced on the wrong animal yesterday.
Tyler August 16th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Johnny who? Not like he?s Melky Cabrera or anything?.
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I don’t like your attitude…
@Erica , what’s MPF stands for?
against a hard throwing righty, i would not start thames or kearns at DH.
Berkman is hurt-leave him on the bench.
insert Posada at DH and Cervelli behind the plate.
pretty simple.
“You boys are suddenly making young Erica look like an angel. The worst thing I ever did was show off my art skills all over the walls with magic marker”
I once spray painted our dog, Muppet, green.
And I once dug a moat around the backyard-which compromised the foundation of our home.
Needless to say, I didn’t see much sun that summer.
@warning track power, do you have a favorite warning track power yankees player?
Cashmoney August 16th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
@Erica , what?s MPF stands for?
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My Pretend Fling
Tom in N.J. August 16th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
?You boys are suddenly making young Erica look like an angel. The worst thing I ever did was show off my art skills all over the walls with magic marker?
I once spray painted our dog, Muppet, green.
And I once dug a moat around the backyard-which compromised the foundation of our home.
Needless to say, I didn?t see much sun that summer.
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I liked you before, but the fact that you had a dog named Muppet warms my heart
And I am glad I am not your mother
thank g-d cervelli is catching. he only has 9 errors and is hitting under 250 with zero power. but hey he has a lot of energy……….
Warning Track-
To be honest the play that Berkman got hurt didn’t even look that bad. Watching Berkman live, he just doesn’t seem to be very coordinated or nimble. I thought he would get up fine but he must have just rolled his ankle or something. That entire game was so bad that I just want to get it out of my head. Being there was embarrassing…
at the risk of sounding like a ‘negative poster’, I have to say enough w/Francisco Cervelli.
the #s don’t lie:
17% caught stealing
.248 BA
.307 Slugging
9 errors
the system is replete w/catching prospects, but I guess we’ll have to wait a year or so before any of them see the light of day in NY.
How about playing a catcher who can actually hit? Cervelli’s glove hasn’t been looking too great lately either.
I’m sorry, cervelli was great at the beginning of the season but he’s just horrible now. Even his defensive upside is no longer there.
I would much rather have Montero up and catching 2 or 3 games out of the 5 in a rotation sequence. That’s what they did with posada with Joe girardi. They eased him into the starting roll and playoffs.
I think they can use a young spark right now down the stretch!
YankeesPR HOPE Week at the Stadium. Mariano stretching with today’s honoree Jorge Grajales http://tweetphoto.com/39441474
To be fair to Cervelli, his arm is just so darn strong that he can’t help but overthrowing 2nd base. He’s used to play Super Major League Baseball where the 2nd base bag is 20 feet further back. He’s just playing an even more complicated game than the rest of his teammates, to the point that only hitting .250 and not having hardly any extra base hits on the year is actually very positive.
ON WHICH PLATFORM DOES CERV PLAY HIS SUPER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1. NINTENDO
2. SAGA
3 PLAY STATION
4 XBOX
5 OLE SKOOL NEO GEO!
Tyler – I second all your posts. Being at the Big K myself over the weekend, the Yankees were really disappointing to watch. However, Saturday’s game was truly unreal to be at with the show that Alex put on. That made the trip worth it in my mind.
As for yesterday it is one thing watching that mess on T.V. another thing when you are there in person. I am glad that Girardi was more upset than usual with that performance yesterday. The players definitely need to be aired out a little after that disgrace. Bullington should not ever ever shut down a Yankee team to the extent that he did yesterday.
Have to turn the page and have a terrific homestand starting tonight. Go Yanks.
I hope Johnny gets a good hand. Thats steal of third in the WS was priceless.
insert comment about how Cervelli sucks
like no one on here has been watching the games??
thanks for the update
YankeesPR HOPE Week at the Stadium. Mariano stretching with today’s honoree Jorge Grajales http://tweetphoto.com/39441474
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pure class.
cs, Damon will get a great reception… and he deserves it
the reality is that yanks has two of the worst offensive players in MLB on their 25 man roster. Cervelli and Pena, I understand they are part time and fill in player, but when you have 210 million dollar team , there simply isn’t any good reason to have those two on the roster if you strive for the best 25 man roster possible. Cashman fail to address catching / back up infielder during the deadline for whatever reasons.
that is pretty much that.
btw, Bonk’s adventure was possibly one of the greatest video game ever for the short lived Neo Geo gaming system.
Cashmoney August 16th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
@warning track power, do you have a favorite warning track power yankees player?
Kevin Mass or Pat Kelly
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So.. nobody remembers the travesty that was Jeters first call up? The errors, the lack of power, the ineffectivenss at the plate? I’m not calling Cervi the next Jeter, but give the Guy a chance to improve.