Game 135: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 03, 2010 
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YANKEES (84-50)
Brett Gardner LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Lance Berkman DH
Austin Kearns RF
Ramiro Pena 3B
Eduardo Nunez SS
RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 1.93)
Nova vs. Blue Jays
BLUE JAYS (69-64)
Mike McCoy SS
Travis Snider LF
Jose Bautista RF
Vernon Wells CF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Aaron Hill 2B
Adam Lind DH
John McDonald 3B
Jose Molina C
RHP Brandon Morrow (10-6, 4.27)
Morrow vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m. / YES Network
UMPIRES: HP Gary Cederstrom, 1B Ed Hickox, 2B Fieldin Culbreth, 3B Jim Wolf
WEATHER: Clouds are starting to roll in, but still no rain and no tarp. Wind is blowing in pretty hard.
NO SECOND CHANCES: Last time Ivan Nova faced the Blue Jays, one hitter finished with two hits off the Yankees rookie. That was Yunel Escobar, who’s not in the lineup this afternoon.
WELCOME TO THE BRONX: Although Brandon Morrow has had considerable success against the Yankees in Toronto, he’s been hit in two starts at Yankee Stadium. His line in those two starts: 11.1 IP, 16 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 3 BB, 16 K.
THE YANKEES ACE: After yesterday’s win, CC Sabathia is now undefeated in 21 straight starts at Yankee Stadium. According to Elias, that matches the Whitey Ford for the longest undefeated streak at home by a Yankee. Ford went 21 games without a loss from August 8, 1964 to August 18, 1965.
UPDATE, 1:11 p.m.: After a routine grounder to short, Ivan Nova’s first pitch to Travis Snider was a solo home run for a 1-0 Blue Jays lead.
UPDATE, 1:30 p.m.: Curtis Granderson might have caught up to every other Yankee on that play, but Brett Gardner’s fast enough to stay a few steps ahead and score on Mark Teixeira’s double. Granderson scored one batter later to make it 2-1 Yankees.
UPDATE, 1:52 p.m.: I remember being a little kid and thinking the only trick to running fast was to hold my hands perfectly flat. Apparently I was a big believer in wind resistance. How flat would my hands have to be to run as fast as Brett Gardner? It must be a lot of fun to go from Point A to Point B that quickly. It’s now 4-1 Yankees as Gardner scores from first on a double by Granderson. It’s 4-1 Yankees.
UPDATE, 2:14 p.m.: How many times do you see it, the guy who was just the Name That Baby Bomber comes up in the next inning and gets a big two-out RBI single? This time it was Ramiro Pena who’s baby photo was shown after the second inning, and who drove in a run in the third. It’s 5-1 Yankees.
UPDATE, 2:36 p.m.: Heading into the top of the fifth with the score 5-3. Nova gave up a couple in the fourth and the Yankees went down in order.
UPDATE, 2:42 p.m.: Wonder if Joe Girardi is anticipating rain. Nova has been pretty solid this afternoon, but with two on and two out in the fifth, Boone Logan is in to face Lyle Overbay. It’s still 5-3.
UPDATE, 3:15 p.m.: Brett Gardner has an RBI triple to the right-center gap and it’s a 6-3 Yankees lead… Make that a 7-3 lead on Granderson’s second RBI double of the game.
UPDATE, 4:12 p.m.: After 1.2 strong innings from Kerry Wood — which will probably earn him the win — here’s Mariano Rivera to close it with a four-run lead. Sergio Mitre was also getting loose, but Girardi’s not messing around.
CC’s wife must really be a good cook…
let’s hope they score early and often
Ben Dover will be administering all prostate exams at the Stadium.
With the wind blowing in, a weaker lineup, and Morrow on the mound (though they have gotten to him at YS) runs could be at a premium. Hopefully Nova throws well and the Yanks play fundamentally sound. I think Berkman’s going to do something big today. He’s going to be a key piece of this team somehow someway
Glad to see Nunez at SS , not as originally reported at 3rd.
That’s really an amazing streak put together by CC.
When stories run annually re: the best bargains in baseball, strange as it may sound, CC should be on that list.
I’m so tired of seeing the blue jays. Hope to keep the win streak going.
There was mention of Jack Curry in the last thread. I miss Coney a lot myself but Curry’s the real deal, world class. Hate to say it but sometimes I feel like he’s slumming at YES. And did I mention that he also went to Fordham?
As for his standing among his peers:
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/.....3u74uFi0kK
So, opinions: do we think girardi moved nunez to short upon realizing he would have Swish, and therefore have a less powerful lineup, and felt he’d need all the defensive help he could get?
m September 3rd, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I?m so tired of seeing the blue jays. Hope to keep the win streak going.
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Me too. Its stretches like this that make me hate the unbalanced schedule
Nunez is a ss. Pena can play anywhere! Pena can catch in a pinch.
For you guys getting exams, beware of a doctor that goes by the nickname “Dr. Knuckles”.
Is that Matt Knucles?
Who would’ve been our catcher if moeller wasn’t on the bench the day that jorge got tossed? Pena right?
“For you guys getting exams, beware of a doctor that goes by the nickname ‘Dr. Knuckles’ ”
The one I watch out for is Dr. Hook.
If there is a break, it’s that the wind is blowing in from left field at 10-11 MPH.
Go Nova
murphydog September 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 pm
“For you guys getting exams, beware of a doctor that goes by the nickname ‘Dr. Knuckles’ ”
The one I watch out for is Dr. Hook
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Yeah, but an interesting band.
Doesn’t stop it from going out to right field, though.i
so much for no balls flying out because of the wind
following on game day, just thinking to myself, “he needs to get down in the zone, these guys will make him pay.” Sigh.
Hopefully, he’ll settle down.
If Nova drilled criminal Bautista in the …. right here, id be really excited.
Oh I do remember
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.....icine_Show
after 0-2 Nova through the same pitches and he wasn’t fooled 4 straight times…but I guess they were kinda pitching around Bautista
wow Nunez…I thought SS was his primary position….i know we haven’t seen a lot of Nunez so I don’t want to jump down his throat but so far not his defense has been shaky
You have a guy, I don’t care who it is, you have to attack the guy.
I hate walking Bautista after getting out front 0-2.
Sometimes, you show a hitter too much respect.
It’s funny how silly Bautista looks when he swings at a curveball. Or basically anything but a fastball…
Not much control today. Even split on strikes to balls
We know Nunez can hit but he has to work on his throwing. He has a strong arm but he makes a lot of bad throws. That is probably why he had so many errors in the minors because of his arm.
great bounceback from Nova.
Hopefully Morrow doesn’t have great control today or a great slider. The Yanks chased a ton of them in the dirt the last 2 times they faced him.
good job umpire
cheap strike 1 to Gardner. Gardy walks anyway.
oh yeah!
GreenBeret7 September 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
For you guys getting exams, beware of a doctor that goes by the nickname “Dr. Knuckles”.
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I’d be more wary of Dr. Pfister
My doc is a little latin lady under 5′ with hands like a 9 year old.
BG oh BG
How’ this for a new nickname – GGOBBG
Gritty, Gutty, On-Base Brett Gardner
Nice…Let’s score some runs before he has a chance to settle in.
morrow struggling with command
That wasn’t even close to a strike. Molina steals another one…
wow that was not a good strike call at all.
Hey gang. Happy Friday-before-Labor-Day!
Go Yanks!
GGOBPBG?
GameDay shows “strike 2″ to be 1 foot off the plate (ala JoPo’s strike 3 the other night)…
oh yeah
So, I figure the prostate exams will happen during the seventh inning stretch, no?
LMAO…..Bautista is so bad in right field….yeah I thought 3-run homerun too
Cheap strike 2 to Teixeira. Morrow has not had any control all inning and has not been around the strike zone, and gets that crap called. So much for having to be around the plate to get close calls. And Teixeira ties the game anyway.
Nice!!! But the wind definitely held up that one.
doesnt matter. tex makes that lousy strike call irrelevant and is now at .270. amazing.
I thought that ball was in the seats.
The wind pushed that ball back into the field of play.
Great job to get the run in and the other runner over Cano!
maybe cito should have shut morrow down before this game and not after.
robbie hasn’t been hitting much the last few games…but at least he does his job in scoring the run
this lineup is so much better w/o “jeet”. if he was in it the inning would’ve been over w/o a single run scored
Keep it going boys!!! Since the Jays are the best offense ever they can afford to give up the run.
Morrow looks really bad right now…
Amazing…Morrow has no command and the ump is still helping him out.
Posada trying to get thrown out of this game too! But I think that pitch was low
Cheap strike 1 to Posada. Again, the guy is struggling with control, and a cheap strike here and a cheap strike there to try and help him out. Should have been a walk on 4 pitches.
A Berkman HR here?
Cano still needs a day off. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday, but he is needs and deserves one.
Wind held up 2 bombs
1 out and runner at 3rd doesnt score. oy. at least they got 2.
The umpire most likely cost the Yankees a run in that inning.
Morrow did not throw a single strike in that Posada at bat, and has barely thrown any in the game, yet the umpire gives him pitches that Nova could not get to bail him out when he was on the ropes.
If Posada walks as he should have, Berkman’s ball becomes a sacrifice fly for a run instead of the third out of the inning. With how bad Morrow’s stuff and location was in the first there, the Yankees were robbed of what could have been a much bigger inning.
Usually when someone is that wild, they dont get ‘close’ calls, and those were not even close.
I challenge any one of the umpire whiners to track call on both sides until the end of the game.
Cheap strike 1 to Lind. Borderline strike 2 to Lind. If Nova gets those calls all day, then it’s fine.
i readily admin the calls are going both ways, but that doesnt change that bad calls may have cost the yankees runs that inning.
ac1
That’s a myth. When people say that, it’s just lazy.
calling a strike a foot off the plate is bad. Just because he calls it consistently both ways doesnt make it ok…
Perhaps Morrow pitches Berkman differently in that situation with Posada on base.
Cederstrom has a wide zone today for both pitchers.
yea so far Nova has recieved so favorable calls as well. At least this umpire is consistent with his bad calls
That’s a myth. When people say that, it’s just lazy.
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Which part? the close calls?
ac1
No, it doesn’t make it okay. Umpires are incompetent, lazy, and biased. So if they’re making the calls both ways, then at least they are being fair.
nice bounce back inning by Nova.
ac1
It’s lazy and inaccurate when people say that “pitchers around the strike receive close calls” and “pitchers not around the strike zone do not receive close calls”
No, it doesn’t make it okay. Umpires are incompetent, lazy, and biased. So if they’re making the calls both ways, then at least they are being fair.
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I know.. i said it doesnt make it ok to be bad for both teams equally. Bad is still bad. Should be the umpires association motto for 2010.
“calling a strike a foot off the plate is bad. Just because he calls it consistently both ways doesnt make it ok…”
Agreed. But now we have a control. We know the zone will likely be wide both ways for both teams.
Let’s adjust and react to the game with that factored in.
Im saying as long as they are fair to both sides, then I am okay with them being “bad”
Look at this, Morrow has absolutely no control.
Gonna be a short day for Morrow, which is always good for the Yanks in a start of a series.
talk about out of control……wow!!!!
ha morrow should have been shut down earlier.
Neither of those first 2 pitches to Nunez were strikes. This strike zone is an absurdity. Forced Nunez to swing at the third pitch.
Nunez had to swing at that because of the gigantic strike zone.
This strike zone is a joke I’m sorry. You’re gonna see swings like that all day.
Morrow is lucky he has this ump behind the plate today. Otherwise he could have walked every batter.
eventually he is going to have to put one down the middle and it will be crushed. Grandy, Tex, Cano?
GGOBBG swung at a 3-1 with a man at second, btw…
Morrow is pitching like he’s already been shutdown for the season, he’s not exactly bringing heat up there…
Grandy yes!
I wonder if Morrow also thought he was getting shut down for the season before this game.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRETTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
told you. down the middle and crush.
jeet should have a day off everyday
Man, Gardner can fly!
Go Gardner with the speed!!! Good thing vitamins don’t help someone throw.
TELLING Morrow was probably the mistake.
Could be like Mo in a non-save situation.
Great luck for that Grandy foul off to get out of play. I was hoping that would come back to cost Morrow.
I’m guessing BumKnee won’t be making any blog appearances in the near future the way Grandy is crushing the ball…
I wonder if Kevin Long is going to present video of Curtis Granderson that past couple of weeks, when he goes to negotiate his new contract? Maybe Alex can give Long Scott Boras’ phone number….
that was a brave take by tex.
Oh look everybody, we have a Derek Jeter hater on the blog today.
Can’t be a Yankee fan because no Yankee fan is dumb enough to hate Derek Jeter.
The more I think about it, Brett is so much cuter than I originally thought.
another Teix strikeout, DFA him or just use him as a defensive replacement
“Can’t be a Yankee fan because no Yankee fan is dumb enough to hate Derek Jeter.”
I’d like to be able to say that’s true.
Unfortunately…
Gotta love Gardy and Grandy at the top of order.
Could be the future of the lineup esp vs. rightys.
Grandy really came through again. His total runs scored and rbi will soon surpass Ajax.
I think the offense has been just that good the last few days. I mean the A’s brought some good starters in to face us and now Morrow. And the offense is cruising. They may have finally found their stride after scuffling for what seemed like forever. The bats get all the credit from me. Great job.
Granderson is getting hot at the right time. I was hopeful that once he was healthy and back playing every day he would find his groove. If we can get Alex back hitting the ball well and get guys like Berkman and Kearns adding to the offense when they are in there, we are going to be hard to stop. Of course pitching trumps everything and Pettitte’s health is key but the Yankees could put together a solid run if everyone gets back in the lineup feeling good by October 1st.
great play by Pena and good decision to go to 2nd.
Keep tacking on runs Yanks.
This Nova pitches like a veteran.
Good shutdown inning for Nova.
Two more innings like that and it’s an official game.
MG, you’re trolling, right?
Teix has been the best offensive player MAYBE except for Cano in the past few months.
Cano needs an off day
Why is Cano expanding his strike zone again?
Cano’s off day is set for tomorrow…
missing their Hall of Fame left side of the infield, the regular right fielder, and pitching a rookie, the Yankees are up 4-1 in the 3rd inning against a guy who threw a no hitter earlier this year.
that is the true essence of a championship team…
Robbie needs a mental health day.
That pitch was a foot over his head.
Bautista lol
Posada waddles like a duck.
Cano’s off day is tomorrow?
It looks like he’s pretty off today
Posada runs like he’s carrying a lead weight in one pocket and a Faberge egg in the other.
Berkman looks hitterish.
Morrow is having the same problem today that AJ often gets into. He’s opening up his front side too early on the spin back-spin forward portion of his delivery and his front side is getting too far ahead of his throwing arm.
That makes it difficult for him to get on top of the ball.
Until he fixes that the ball is going to keep running high and arm side.
The Yankees need to continue taking advantage.
Great stroke by Berkman
Berkman is really starting to swing the bat well.
That’s going to really help the Yankees down the stretch.
We may need a separate hitting coach for rentals.
We can’t have players sprinkled around MLB with K Long’s expertise.
Berkman’s attitude and personality should have been on the Yankees long ago.
If Kearns could stop swinging for the fences , he would be a better hitter.
Add Berkman to the K. Long disciple list.
This is where Nino shines.
As I said.
Very underrated.
Kearns has been dreadful. Swinging out of his shoes every at bat and then takes a fastball. That was a big hit by Pena.
YEAH! PENA! The guy who supposedly cant hit gets another key hit!
Nino flipped the clutch button on again.
Just a horrible AB by Kearns.
Swing at a ball in the dirt and off the plate and takes a fastball down the middle of the plate for strike 3.
Can’t waste those AB’s and get a lot of PT down the stretch.
Pena picks him up, which is great to see.
Hustle, kid!
Nunez can fly!
How did Nunez beat that out?
Right down the middle BG come on!
Nunez! He’s also quite cute. His nose sort of resembles that of Kobe Bean 5 time NBA Champion Bryant!
I wonder if the time on the DL let Berkman rest up some undisclosed injury.
Pena doesn’t have many hits, but he seems to make them count. Gets the most out of his ability.
Nunez doesn’t even look super fast when he runs but he gets down the line in no time.
Pena may be an awful hitter but he hits with risp
Gardy is an ideal leadoff guy.
Makes the pitcher work.
Should be even better next year.
Kearns just has a very long, top hand dominant swing. That’s going to make him inconsistent.
He commits way too early because that swing is so long and winds up swinging at silly pitches like that slider in the dirt for strike two.
The Yankees scored one run there but they bailed Morrow out big time. Cano, Kearns and Gardner all got themselves out. Marrow can’t keep the ball down.
CB,
I think telling Mortow this is his last start was a mistake.
Tell him after the start.
I think it plays in a pitchers head.
If these guys would stop swinging at pitches over their heads, they would have 2-3 more runs.
Only hitters impatience has kept Morrow in this game.
# Joe from Long Island September 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I wonder if the time on the DL let Berkman rest up some undisclosed injury.
Pena doesn’t have many hits, but he seems to make them count. Gets the most out of his ability.
Had Knee surgery early this year or in the off season I think. I think the DL was good for Alex also. And Pettitte.
They need to start speeding this puppy up!!
before that hit Pena was batting .214 with RISP and .221 overall, that sounds to me like he’s the same batter in all situations.
Nyjer Morgan’s reaction to his eight-game suspension: ?Man, they threw the book at me .”
Rain at 2:30.
Pitch fast.
Carl – yes, agreed.
Grandy looked like Melky on that play.
Pena has improved has production since Nunez has came up. Who will be on the playoff roster?
timbritton Sixty percent of Ramiro Pena’s hits drive in runs (30 H, 18 RBI). #yankees
you don’t have to drink the jeter cool aid to be a yankee fan
maybe i’m the only who notice all those weak ground balls to short or 3rd. just saying the very obvious here – yanks wouldn’t have scored those 4 runs if “jeet” were hitting second. but god forbid his highness gets moved down the lineup – don’t want to bruise his ego or pride. he’s the captain after all.
people talk about arod and his prima donna attitude but jeter’s no saint. i’m not taking away his contributions and greatness over the years. and his number should be retired as soon as he hangs up his uniform and inducted to the HOF immediately 5 years after. but he’s every bit as petty and insecure as arod. just ask chad curtis.
Can’t pitch like that. You have to pitch your game.
If not, you turn this into a game.
Why was Morgan dumped on for stealing down 10 runs?
How the ….. did that get all the way to right center. It looked like a fly ball to the right fielder off the bat. Cant stand aaron hill.
Nova has to start locating again. The pitch to Hill was right down the middle.
SJ-
That’s a good point. He’s on a roll. Just let him pitch and then tell him thanks for a great season. It does look like he’s thinking out on the mound or at least isn’t as aggressive as he usually is.
Morrow’s tempo is down as well.
Nunez gets sloppy at times.
Is Nova coming undone??
LOL. Chad Curtis is a wonderful character reference.
One of the most disliked guys by teammates during the Dynasty Years.
If you are going to troll, at least be good at it.
A slumping Derek Jeter is still better at his job than you are at trolling.
both of those last 2 pitches in the SAME PLACE !….how is the 1st one a ball ????
Nunez’s playing time is going to decrease if he doesn’t start making better throws to 1st base.
Nova doesn’t have his best stuff today. Still doing a decent job.
Nunez time will be decreased Sunday when Arod returns.
Kearns has an arm.
Good throw by Kearns
This is why I hate day games: JOHN AND SUZYN.
John: “Fly ball to right, the run will score easily…..HERE COMES THE THROW!” Which is it John? Not sure how these two idiots are broadcasters for the best team in sports. Sick of this.
That 2-0 pitch was not a strike?? Nearly the same spot as the 3-0 pitch. Looking at that 3B umpire chewing gum was disgusting. What a pig.
Chad Curtis was a disliked guy? I remember after his Game 3 walkoff HR against the Braves in the World Series, he said “he and the guys” decided not to speak to Jim Gray for the way Gray harassed Pete Rose.
If AJ had Nova’s maturity, he would be an Ace.
It stinks to give back 2 runs to the bad part of their lineup. Nova’s stuff and command is not great today, obviously. Girardi will probably try to get one more inning out of him and then go to the bullpen.
# GoldGlove9486 September 3rd, 2010 at 2:28 pm
This is why I hate day games: JOHN AND SUZYN.
John: “Fly ball to right, the run will score easily…..HERE COMES THE THROW!” Which is it John? Not sure how these two idiots are broadcasters for the best team in sports. Sick of this.
Listen to the other teams broadcast.
Who was it on the Yanks that went out of their way to find Jim Gray and give him an interview after Curtis’ 2 HR game against Atlanta and he told Gray no Yankees would talk to him because of the Pete Rose thing, basically disavowing what Curtis said.
“Good throw by Kearns”
I feel like you posted that for your own amusement and I’m just along for the ride.
Nova is trying to throw too many off speed pitches early in the count because the Jays are a fastball hitting team. But his command isn’t very good today with either his curve or his change up and he’s falling behind setting up clear fastball counts.
Trying to be unpredictable is making him very predictable.
With a 4 run lead he should have prioritized establishing his fastball early.
The only thing wrong with Nunez is that since he’s been with NYYs is he has 5 innings at shortstop. He’s still trying to get down the changes to the footwork changes from this spring. He’ll be just fine.
Someone mentioned Pena’s hit with RISP – on the radio (went on some errands) John & Suzyn said Pena has 30 hits and 18 ribbies. Not too shabby.
Where does Nunez fit in here?
Jeter and Alex aren’t going anywhere and he won’t get much playing time.
I think the answer to my previous question was David Cone.
CB,
Exactly.
Sometimes, you pitchers show too much respect for ML hitters.
All part of the learning process.
Got to go batter to batter with Nova now.
Can’t risk blowing a 5-1 lead to this team.
“Someone mentioned Pena’s hit with RISP – on the radio (went on some errands) John & Suzyn said Pena has 30 hits and 18 ribbies. Not too shabby.”
That ratio only looks good because of how few hits Pena has. It’s not a positive. He’s come up a lot with men on base.
Nunez does have a strong arm.
Alright, Cano’s hitting under .320
He finished with a BA of .320 last year
Obviously he’s been absolutely HUGE for the Yankees this year and his OBP and K and SLG numbers are better, but c’mon
remember when he was hitting a solid .370?
Nova needs to throw fastballs early in the count. It’s about to start pouring.
Now is not the time for first pitch change ups.
Nova doesn’t rely on the fastball, seems like more of a finesse pitcher with lots of composure out there.
Nunez fits in as a backup INF on this team.
With a SS and 3B in their mid-30′s, there could be plenty of PT opportunities for him next year.
I’d keep him and prepare him for that role in 2011.
CB -
I’m not under the impression that Pena is a good hitter, but if you’re looking at glass half full, you could say that at least when he does hit, he’s driven in some runs. It’s not a glowing endorsement, but it’s better than having 30 hits with nothing to show for it at all.
I read somewhere, maybe it was in Buster Onley’s book, that Chad Curtis had mellowed out with age and realizes why he was disliked
“remember when he was hitting a solid .370?”
A “solid” .370?
Is there some other variety of .370?
Big AB vs Wells, could be the game, go get em kid.
It’s ridiculous to think Cano was going to hit .370 all year.
He’s a MVP candidate. He’s entitled to 3-4 rough games.
Doreen-
My comment was particularly directed towards you. I only mentioned it because that point keeps getting raised on the yankee broadcasts repeatedly and it’s misleading. Both the TV and radio people bring it up over and over.
Let the kid have Overby here
Logan for Overbay?
1 out from the win, I’d get him.
I would take Nova out. He is falling behind too much to be successful against this fastball hitting lineup.
good move!
Have to have Logan face Overbay. Can’t have Nova face him.
“Is there some other variety of .370?”
I mean that he was keeping up at .370, not just that he peaked and his BA went down
I know he couldn’t keep it up for the whole year, but he’s been hitting somewhere between .270 and .290 or .300 between then and now, which is fine
That .370 was very shaky, look how easily it faded away.
Dont be upset, Nova. You’re just a kid, and you’ve got plenty of years ahead of you. You did a good job today.
No issue with this change at all. He had almost no clue where the pitches were going.
Wow as if we aren’t going to score anymore runs. Cmon Joe!
Kay, the alarmist, overexaggerating Nova’s walk to the dugout,”as if he’s walking on glass.”
Part of the education kid.
Dang tough break for Nova. 1 out from qualifying for a win. I would have stuck with him 1 more batter but Logan has been very good…
It’s probably the right move to take out Nova now.
With the impending rain probably a good move. I retract.
Overbay kills us, right move.
Who cares if he gets the win or not. Moot point.
Girardi playing the right %. Chance of a lengthy rain delay. Nova might never have seen the top of the 6th even if he got Overbay.
If Nova was facing the A’s or Seattle or they had a bigger lead you leave him in. Falling behind almost every batter 2-0 and then having to throw fastballs over the plate is not a good receipe for a W.
Chin up, Ivan
He’s a young pitcher and this was a learning experience. You have to throw strikes with a lead.
His stuff wasn’t crisp and his command wasn’t there, especially on his off speed stuff. But rather than taking advantage of the lead that his offense gave him to be more aggressive with his fastball he pitched as if it was a 0-0 game.
He may not be happy to get a win but it’s not an accident that he won’t get one here.
Let’s hope the rain holds off and they get this out. A pitching change is not what you want to do when a rain delay is coming. That’s why it was the right move to take him out. Can’t let the jays tie it now.
Nova got himself in trouble today moving away from his fastball. Especially when they gave him a 5-1 lead.
All part of the learning process for a young pitcher.
“I would have stuck with him 1 more batter but Logan has been very good…”
Tyler-
You can’t chance it here. Nova repeatedly hung his curve ball. If Overbay pull one over the right field wall and it rains after the next half inning it sets the yankees up to lose this game.
LOGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Logan makes Overbay look silly.
Good pitch from Logan
Wow Logan has come out of nowhere. He has been absolutely unreal in this stint in the league. Anybody have any knowledge of why he has been so successful.
# UnKnown September 3rd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Wow Logan has come out of nowhere. He has been absolutely unreal in this stint in the league. Anybody have any knowledge of why he has been so successful.
Attacking the zone. Using his fastball more.
Big out to get. Especially since Overbay kills the Yankees.
I don’t mind Nova being upset about being taken out. Shows the competitor in him.
He just needs to be more aggressive with fastball in his next start.
CB/SJ, given the absence of a 2nd left handed bullpenner, do you take a chance with bring Royce Ring up to help out Logan, regardless of his past MLB failures?
Why hasn’t anybody told Nova to lead with the FB and finish with the offspeed.?
Would have loved to see Nova get through 5 but with 2 on and rain coming Overbay could have given the Jays the lead with one swing. It was the right move by Girardi and once again Logan comes in and does his job.
The Jays are a tough test for a young pitcher…especially when they just saw him a couple weeks ago…he probably let that affect his gameplan a bit too much.
UnKnown
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....87802.html
Read that
Nova shouldn’t be upset. He should look at AJ and be proud. When AJ doesn’t have his curveball he only lasts 2 innings. He should be happy that he lasted almost 5 innings. lol
Nova didn’t make any friends in the dugout with his sulking after being pulled. There was no expression on his face after Logan got Overbay out. Hopefully he’ll learn…
I have half a mind to go back to July 17th and pull “Why’s Boone Logan coming back, he can’t throw the ball over the plate” posts.
You’d be surprised at some of the name attached.
Nova wasn’t as down as Kay portrayed.
Part of his “story line.”
Fat Elvis didn’t really hit it well, but we’ll take the hit anyway.
Girardi and his quick hooks. I guess it’s better than having the kid give up a 3 run HR. Then we’d all be screaming at him. But he does seem to have a much quicker trigger on AJ, Javy, Moseley and Nova than he does with the big three of CC, Andy and Hughes. Either way, we are out of the inning. I just hope we don’t need to get a tough lefty out in the 8th inning having used Logan already.
My husband and I are debating – is Nova ticked off because he was taken out and he wanted to finish his own game or is he ticked off because he didn’t pitch as well as he’d like, or a little of both?
GB,
Probably not. It would necessitate a 40 man roster move and I don’t think he’s good enough to go that route.
Is there rain really coming? I sit here in midtown Manhattan and the sun is out. We aren’t feeling any effects of this hurricane. It’s passing WAY to the east.
Kearns should stay on the bench for a long time. His approah is pathetic. Either swinging out of his shoes or swinging at the 1st pitch.
Are you sure that you can spare any part of that half?
There are times you have to have a quick hook.
Today was one of them.
I hear it’s raining in East New York.
Berkman and Grandy are on fire. If only we could get everyone on the same page at the same time. I guess we don’t need to, leading MLB in wins, but I hope all of these guys are hitting come October.
can Logan pitch to a righty?
The main reason why Logan has been more successful his second stint in the majors is that he finally learned to stop making the mistake that Nova made today.
Logan finally – after several years – has stopped giving big league hitters too much respect.
Logan has terrific stuff for a left handed reliever. A lefty who throws that hard can largely get by on his fastball alone.
But Logan would try to throw his slider over and over and over.
The problems is that his slider command isn’t very good. His slider has great action but he doesn’t throw it consistently for strikes. His fastball command isn’t great – but it’s significantly better than his slider command.
What it appears he’s finally figured out after years of bouncing around is that his fastball is more than good enough to miss bats, especially bats of LH hitters. He’s now getting ahead more with his fastball and using his slider more selectively.
Eiland altered Logan’s mechanics in the spring and that helped. But his enhanced use of his fastball is the biggest thing that’s made a difference this second stint.
SJ, was just curious. I felt the same way about him as I do about Albaladejo. Too good for AAA and not good enough for NYYs. Maybe a trade if NYYs still hold his contract after the season.
Carl, Interesting stuff, thanks.
# MG September 3rd, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Nova didn’t make any friends in the dugout with his sulking after being pulled. There was no expression on his face after Logan got Overbay out. Hopefully he’ll learn…
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I don’t think that’s going to be any kind of issue in the clubhouse. If anything they understand he wanted to get that last out. They have to understand he’s young and it’s all a learning process. It’s not like he’s some 30 year old vet and he’s copping a ‘tude.
Lind is probably Logan’s last batter.
Logan needs a double play and a lot of rain fast.
The strike zone has gotten really small this inning
Robertson time
I guess Robertson’s arm is feeling better. Well hopefully it is…
Its been raining in Nassau County for at least 30 minutes
“You’d be surprised at some of the name attached.”
That was the only time Vaclav Havel ever commented on LoHd, wasn’t it?
Oh boy, here comes the “why in the 8th inning guy in the the inning, Girardi must not trust him anymore” discussion.
You never have everybody hot at the same time.
It’s why you have to deal with the ebbs and flows of a long season.
Kearns was red hot on the last road trip…he’s ice cold on this homestand.
It happens. You deal with it and keep playing.
Strike zone would have been larger if Logan had gotten the pitches in the strike zone.
Erica where are you in Nassau County? I’m in Oyster Bay and the sun keeps peeking out.
He just could never stop dissenting.
PagsandRags September 3rd, 2010 at 2:51 pm
But he does seem to have a much quicker trigger on AJ, Javy, Moseley and Nova than he does with the big three of CC, Andy and Hughes. Either way, we are out of the inning. I just hope we don’t need to get a tough lefty out in the 8th inning having used Logan already
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Of course he has a much quicker hook with those 3 guys, they’re 100x more reliable than ,AJ, Javy, Moseley and Nova and at this point in the season he HAS to have a quick hook.
Cano just found somebody with as good an arm as he has.
“do you take a chance with bring Royce Ring up to help out Logan, regardless of his past MLB failures?”
GB7-
It really depends on what you can do with the 40 man roster. If it means DFA’ing someone the yanks like I don’t think it is. Not sure if they have any additional guys they could put on the 60 man DL.
You have to hope Marte can come back at some point this month to get prepped for the post season.
But as I think about it – Marte is already on the 60 day DL. If he’s going to come back eventually they’ll need to make some kind of 40 man roster move anyway. I guess they could just make that move now and put Ring in that slot. Then if Marte is ready they could DFA Ring and put marte in there.
If they think Marte is going to come back, I guess they could bring up Ring if they think he’ll help. Depends on how they feel about making these moves and juggling things just for Ring.
GoldGlove9486 September 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Erica where are you in Nassau County? I?m in Oyster Bay and the sun keeps peeking out.
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Jericho
Leaving work now! Bye people
Robbie is scuffling the last three days. He should have turned that DP.
I hope Joe gives him a day off tomorrow.
Cano is sleeping out there today. Just because he is young that doesn’t mean he doesn’t need days off. Girardi has really taken advantage of him with Arod on the DL.
Posada needs more foul tip practice.
Remember when Robertson’s ERA was well above 11?
Man, he’s been great
“Strike zone would have been larger if Logan had gotten the pitches in the strike zone” Lazy and inaccurate
please dont walk this loser
Nunez doesn’t know where to put the ball for Robbie to turn the DP-that throw was away from first base instead of letting him run through the base. If the throw is in the right place that gets turned easily.
Cano should have made that turn but its more difficult when coming from a SS you’re not used to..not making excuses for him but it can throw your rhymn off a little a times.
This is terrible hitting Molina at the plate. Why are they throwing him curveballs?
Thanks, CB. Not really anybody that they could turn loose of other than maybe De La Rosa, which makes no sense.
This man just walked Molina up 0-2
HORRIBLE job by Robertson walking Molina. I don’t care who’s up next.
I don’t know where this guys strike zone went…looked good to me.
Because curveball is what Molina is terrible at hitting.
Girardi had to ride Cano. He had no choice.
You can’t sit the entire team in one day.
You just can’t walk Jose Molina in that situation.
That’s a bad job by Robertson. .
Can’t walk Jose Molina in this line up.
The Yankee pitchers today are pitching too much to the scouting report of not throwing the Jays fastballs.
Robertson was trying to strike out Molina rather than challenging him to put the ball in play with a man on first.
This is y Robertson isn’t high leverage material. Too many walks
please retire this loser.
Guess I spoke a tad too soon
He just moved John McDonald to 3rd
oof
I don’t know, MG. Nunez fed him a chest high throw. a little hard and may have handcuffed Cano just a bit.
Too many CB’s to non-hitters. That’s how you blow leads.
I don’t understand why they are throwing so many breaking pitches to these hitters today.
ROBERTSON!
“I feel like you posted that for your own amusement and I?m just along for the ride.”
Nope. That was all for you!
Nice job D-Rob!!
Two very late swings there…right on by him.
Not high leverage material? Try again.
Strike out pitcher with a history of getting out of jams.
Even the bridgejumpers biggest critics are getting jumpy and restless.
Jose Molina can’t hit fastballs. You don’t need to trick him.
It’s pretty clear what Eiland just told Posada and Robertson.
Put the CB in your pocket and attack non-hitters with your fastball.
Great job by Eiland there. He saw exactly what the problem was. And he went out to the mound and told Robertson to stop messing around and throw his fastball.
Well done there. And good to see Robertson listen and adjust accordingly.
That was the same message Nova needed prior.
It’s just difficult for young pitchers to do what’s needed in the flow of the game because it moves so fast.
They have one scouting report prior to the game. And conditions inside of the game dictate that they alter from that scouting report. It’s just tough to do all of those things out on the mound.
GreenBeret7 September 3rd, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I don’t know, MG. Nunez fed him a chest high throw. a little hard and may have handcuffed Cano just a bit.
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that’s possible, GB, but I’m sure Robbie would have preferred to be moving across the base rather than away from 1st when he caught the ball-that’s a tough pivot for anyone even Robbie is so good at it we’re all surprised when he doesn’t get the DP.
How much of lack of fastballs/challenging hitters do you guys think is on the pitchers as opposed to a set gameplan.
I haven’t really noticed the pitchers shaking off Jorge all that much.
Need runs quick. Two big bands of rain heading in.
That inning was much longer than it should of been. The infield coach will definitley be working with Nunez soon.
Nunez has a live bat, I can see him as a useful utility infielder in 2011 and beyond…
Nunuz has nice hand speed, especially or a middle infielder.
If he can adjust his approach at the plate some he can be a good ball player.
Not restless. There is a difference between smart baseball and less than smart baseball.
Throwing CB’s to non-hitters isn’t smart baseball.
Thank you!
Did you know that you can drive from Rome to Barcelona in under 12 hours (plus rest stops and photo ops, of course)?
I did not know that!
By next spring, Nunez will suprise a lot of people with his gap shots…no so much homers, but, doubles and triples.
I wonder if Gardner leads all of baseball in called strikes on him?!
GB,.
It did look like it handcuffed him a bit..he’s used to how Jeter gets him the ball. It doesn’t take a whole lot to get off rythmn on the pivot and if the ball gets there a little quicker or with different spin or tail than you’re used to it can affect your throw…again not making an excuse…he should have made the play.
Nunez impresses me..I like his ability.
“You just can’t walk Jose Molina in that situation. ”
He did and could.
That’s jumpy and restless.
TRIPLE! GARDNER!
nice job BG
Nunez/Gardner is quite the combo of speed.
I should have said, Rome to Barcelona in under 6 hours if Brett Gardner is running.
Go Gardner!! Nunez is really fast…
One thing that cannot be denied. Nunez can run. All legs and arms.
“Did you know that you can drive from Rome to Barcelona in under 12 hours (plus rest stops and photo ops, of course)?”
Yes. Unfortunately, it became well established that you can drive in a large bus from Barcelona to Milan in 14 hours if there’s a volcano billowing soot into the air making it impossible to fly to the champions league semi-finals…
Grandy Man!!
niiiiiiiiice
YEAH! GRANDERSON!
That’s what I’m talking about with Gardner.
He has the ability to drive inside fastballs.
He has to look to do it more.
It will make him a much more effective hitter.
Another great AB against a lefty by Granderson.
I guess coaching does matter after all.
Need a home run for the inning cycle
don’t know what else to say about Granderson…he’s like a totally different hitter.
Lots of speed those last 3 hitters…all 3 can flat out fly.
That is a whole lotta speed with Nunez Gardner and Grandy in a row.
Haven’t read the rest of the thread, but anybody else liking the Gardner-Granderson combo?
Poor Jeter.
Not often in this season that somebody has been walked to get to Cano. Make it hurt bad.
“You just can’t walk Jose Molina in that situation. ”
every sabermetrician knows that molina will clog the bases and no one can get past him.
it’s a classic baseball ninja move.
That’s 3 extra base hits and on-base 6 times for the NYY 1-2 hitters so far today
Sterling is laughing at himself on the gameday audio. Out of control. I’m laughing too, but it’s still out of control.
i think cano needs a day off.
It’s seemed like dumb baseball to Dave Eiland Stuckey because he went to the mound and out an end to it.
Another bad AB by Cano.
Definitely needs a day off.
Poor Robbie.. Girardi is really riding him hard…
What can you say about Curtis Granderson. Brian Tallet is a very gangly, tough left handed reliever how comes at you with a lot of arms and legs.
Granderson kept this hands back and his front side closed and drove the ball.
He’s gotten hits off of some very tough lefties since making those changes in his swing.
Cano needs a day off. This is the first time all season where it looks like his approach at the plate has taken a step back. He’s been forced to play a huge number of innings and it’s showing.
CB
What a beautiful country Spain is. Just saw hundreds of pictures from my friend’s visit to Barca! He went to a Barca/Sevilla match and bought a Messi jersey!
Nunez will really come in handy next year. Especially with Jeter and Arod getting older and they will need more off days next year. You can plug him in to give those guys days off once a week. Like what Tampa and the Angels have with there players. Guys who can play all over the field.
“It’s seemed like dumb baseball to Dave Eiland Stuckey because he went to the mound and out an end to it. ”
Might have been dumb, but if you watch baseball, you’re going to see dumb on a regular basis. if you’re going to micro-analyze dumb on a per batter basis, you’re going to be very, very busy.
Robertson recovered, and not 5 minutes after he “couldn’t do something, a 2-run lead was 4.
People who preach patience should practice it.
Cano gets the day off tomorrow. Yankees win, he gets Sunday off too.
That’s how I’d play it.
Usually what happens when sample sizes get bigger…..
Cano batting 4th- .315
Cano bating 5th- .319
CB, as long as they keep throwing inside to Granderson, he’s going to continue pulling home runs and doubles down the line. They can’t throw it past him right now. If they go outside, he’s been rifling shots to left center.
That was some great pitching to a left handed power hitter.
Where is that pitch?? COME ON!
The strike zone has gotten smaller and smaller for the Yankee pitchers.
I know this is bad but I’d love it if there was a situation sometime this weekend where a Yankee pitcher could plant a hard fastball on Bautista’s backside.
That’s the way it often goes, Captain Clutch. Eventually, every Yankees fan on here will begin catching on.
Hard to understand where the strikezone is.
The first 3 pitches to Bautista were all strikes and two were called balls.
You end up walking the guy when you could have had an entirely different count to work with.
I would have a short leash with Robertson today. He has pitched recently and his command is really off.
“They can’t throw it past him right now. If they go outside, he’s been rifling shots to left center.”
A big key for Curtis is being able to improve his plate coverage on the outside part of the plate. That’s where he really struggled this season. He was opening up too soon and pulling off the ball and couldn’t reach the outside part of the plate well. That was especially true against LH hitters.
His plate coverage has been much better recently because he’s better about keeping his front side closed and his hands back.
has=hasn’t pitched
Where was that pitch. This is BS! Where is the urgency on the part of the HP umpire with the rain coming. Why has his zone shrunken to grape-size.
U can’t be a high leverage reliever if u walk guys
2 baserunners that should never have been baserunners.
Terrible job by Robertson. It looked like he was nibbling and trying to hit corners.
Unfortunately, when you don’t throw enough strikes, this is what happens.
No excuse to walk two guys in a row with a four run lead.
Get him out and see if the next guy can throw strikes.
These are the kind of performances that drive managers nuts.
“I guess coaching does matter after all.”
i think good coaching is the difference maker when team talent is so close in this revenue sharing time .
the more players a coaching staff can get to play close to their potential the better that team is going to be.
the players are the ones who have to play, but often the tipping point for a player being successful is being coachable.
Where has the strike zone gone? What is Cederstrom calling? Just horribly inconsistent. Compare his zone now to what he was giving morrow and nova earlier.
It almost looks to me like he had one strike zone planned before it became an official game just to move thing along quickly. And another zone after the game became official.
“U can’t be a high leverage reliever if u walk guys”
You cant be an umpire if you cant make correct calls. Oh wait, you can.
Can’t give these guys additional runners. Hopefully, Wood has control and a nasty breaking pitch today.
So long as the Yankees keep winning 100-103 games a year, and no one else is, I hope the umpires continue to cheat the Yankees.
Maybe it makes them really, really mad or something…
Bit of a crossup
Hopefully Wood has his good stuff today. He seems to put a lot of guys on base but get out of it.
1 inning, 3 walks, 28 pitches, 16 balls/12 strikes.
Not exactly a sterling performance by Robertson today.
randy-
Speaking about coaching – your thoughts on the changes in Granderson’s swing? Don’t think you’ve chimed in.
I’ve been very impressed. He’s moved his hands down and back, much closer to “launch position.” His swing is much more direct and far less rotational. He’s also keeping his front side closed and his hands back much better.
Good thing Eiland fixed him.
That was a nasty pitch by Wood to get the strikeout
Nasty..how long has Wood thrown a cutter? Its pretty good.
Great cutter for strike 3 on Overbay.
That had Mo-like movement.
That was a great cut fastball wood just threw to strike out a touch LH hitter in Overbay.
Very hard. Very tight, late movement.
That’s not a pitch Wood had in his arsenal when he was younger.
michael kay has no memory and he is a reputation guy. you use to be good you still are, you have earned the reputation.
robertson has had 3 bad outings in less then 2 weeks. bautista jack against robertson. the white sox hit him hard, and today.
robertson is falling off towards 1st base.
walks can kill……
“The first 3 pitches to Bautista were all strikes and two were called balls.”
“No excuse to walk two guys in a row with a four run lead.”
The fact that the pitches were strikes would seem a good excuse.
“So long as the Yankees keep winning 100-103 games a year”
The last 2 years the Yankees won 100+ games was 2009 and 2004. That is not every year.
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GARDNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Late afternoon Wood!!!!!
Another solid job by Wood.
Speed caught that ball, not leather.
Sterling: “Gardner…COMING COMING COMING!” I’m very immature, but I can’t stop laughing.
robertson is overthrowing and losing his balance to the 1st base side……….
Good job by Wood cleaning up Robertson’s mess. That could of been a very bad inning.
Cutter helped him out again there. Hill sitting 3-1 fastball and he gets a cutter with just enough movement that he couldn’t square it up….real nice job by Kerry.
The Great Crisis of the LAST 15 minutes avoided…
Wood can make it really exciting at times….and not always in a good way. Still, he gets it done, and that’s what matters.
Wood started throwing the cutter when he got to Cleveland.
It would be be interesting if he has refined his cutter since coming to NY and talking to Mo.
I hope the Yanks can bring Wood back next year. But he will probably sign with a dreadful team to close for them. Unless of course winning a championship is more important to him than closing for a 70 win team.
No crisis stuckey, just talking about the game.
It is a game thread after all.
“The last 2 years the Yankees won 100+ games was 2009 and 2004. That is not every year. ”
Astute observation.
So long as the Yankees make the postseason…
Wait, what?
Only 15 of 16.
Shoot.
Gimme a few minutes. I’ll get it…
I think it’s time to do away w/the rotating umpires.
find the guys who can actually call balls and strikes properly, and have them work behind the plate.
this Overbay at-bat just typifies how bad things have gotten:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....yamlb_1%2F
Bautista should have been out after three pitches. of course, Cederstrom has his head so far up his ass that he can’t see a pitch right down the middle. it’s disgraceful.
I never imagined this game was going to make it to the 8th inning without a delay.
*Bautista AB
Kearns hasn’t been looking too good of late.
Kearns just can’t lay off the off speed pitches off the plate. He reminds me of Swish in the play offs.
SJ,
It certainly couldn’t have hurt him to get advise from Rivera on it. I didn’t see him pitch a whole lot in Cleveland but it looks like a really good pitch for him now…he gets a lot of outs with it.
“No crisis stuckey, just talking about the game.
It is a game thread after all.”
Fair enough. I almost always avoid the game threads. The impatience I often hear described I always assumed was somewhat isolated.
Didn’t realize it as widespread as this.
My bad.
Hopefully, Swisher can get back soon because Kearns is just lost up there right now.
He needs some video and cage time with KLong.
what’s it going to take to sign wood? he’s really doing a good job for us this year
Janssen would be a really nice acquisition if he ever makes the market.
“Only 15 of 16.”
Nice quick change of approach, stuckey. It just goes to show how truly great the Yankees have been that they have been able to overcome the opposition and the umpires each season.
Unfortunately, when postseason time comes, it becomes a crapshoot with less time to work with.
Nunez doesn’t get cheated up there…that’s for sure.
Can’t get Cots at work, I think Wood has an 11.5M option for next year. Can’t imagine the Yanks take that, however, I wonder if something could be worked out. This guy has the ability and guts to be a late inning guy.
“this Overbay at-bat just typifies how bad things have gotten:”
Robertson got squeezed terribly that inning. Horrible job by Cederstrom especially given his ridiculous zone early in the game.
The Molina walk was Robertson doing a bad job throwing curve balls in the dirt to a non-hitter with two strikes.
But that last inning the “strike zone” was absurd.
“It just goes to show how truly great the Yankees have been that they have been able to overcome the opposition and the umpires each season. ”
I agree. I’m just saying let’s stick with what’s working.
If the Yankees players need to pretend they’re underdogs like some fans do, and perform better as a result, I’m genuinely all for it.
If being cheated = winning, I want Joe West behind the plate EVERY game.
The Yankees always seem to have bad luck trying to play to the weather.
I remember the infamous game in Chicago two years ago when they pulled a starter and started a relief pitcher because of impending weather that never came.
I’d rather they not overthink it and just play.
The way the game is today, there are umpire crews who let games go on in monsoon-like conditions.
Why do they even call it a strike zone? A strike zone is clearly defined by a rulebook. What baseball actually has is an Umpire Zone. Or for umpire haters, a Scumpire Zone.
NYY won’t pick up Wood’s $11 mil option but, hopefully, they offer him a good deal for both.
what’s it going to take to sign wood?
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He has to buy into pitching the 8th inning and winning a championship is better than closing for a bad team. It’s as simple as that. Guys that really want to win will be all in on that. It depends what is more important to him.
what’s it going to take to sign wood? he’s really doing a good job for us this year
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Closer $$$$
OH! NUNEZ!!!!
Nice play by Nunez. Good thing he didn’t have to throw to 1st after that lol
I don’t think Wood is a Yankee next year unless Mo retires. Wood is a closer for 20-25 of teams in the league.
Nunez is a beast at short. A little work on his throwing and he is gonna be amazing.
What a terrific acquisition Wood has been. How does anyone berate Cashman with a straight face – and I know Cash has made some poor moves, but who doesnt…
Great by Nunez. It’s his inning so far.
He’s done a very nice job for the Yankees in Arod’s absence.
Nunez could really have value for the yankees next year and could get a lot of PT.
stuckey, my dear chap, you seem to have distain for the vast majority of comments here.
What is the appeal of reading and commenting here for you?
I would GENUINELY like to know.
Nasty curve
Pena and Nunez pushing eachother is great to see…
If this game was taking place in Hawaii, he’d be Morning Wood!!
What a strikeout of Molina!
“Nunez doesn’t get cheated up there…that’s for sure.”
No he doesn’t. But he also swings too often at the pitcher’s pitch.
He’s got nice tools but sometimes the ability to make contact at high rates can be a problem if it’s not coupled to good pitch selection.
Nunez is swinging at pitches he thinks he can make contact with rather than selecting a pitch that he has a high probability of really squaring up.
That looks like the big adjustment he’s going to need to make in the bigs. He’s young and needs to learn. But it’s a concern because he really didn’t demonstrate much of that characteristic in the minors.
Captain Clutch September 3rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Nice play by Nunez. Good thing he didn’t have to throw to 1st after that lol
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Nothing like being wrong, huh?
Wonder if Wood could be an effective starter again, ala John Smoltz. Doubt he’ll resign with Yankees as a setup pitcher.
what a job by Kerry Wood.
Wood will be with Girardi next year…………in Chicago! lol
CB, he learned from the old school. “You can’t walk off of the island.”
Earl is a dud so far. Sun is out at the Jersey Shore. Never thought they’d get this game in with all the dire forecasts.
Girardi must be tearing his hair out with both Swisher and Jeter on the bench.
SJ44
From your inside knowledge, would Wood like to become a closer again after this year? Or would he consider staying with the Yankees?
Wood will be with Girardi next year…………in Chicago! lol
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That’s mean! lol
wood has given up 1 ER in 15 innings so far for the yanks… what a pickup by cash..
Wood’s injuries preclude him from being able to start again.
CB,
You’re right on that..he’s got a good example playing a few feet to his left as to what a little pitch selection can do. I like his ability though and hopefully that part of his game will develop with more experience.
If someone offers Wood a closers role AND closers money, he’s gone.
If he doesn’t get that kind of offer, he would be open to coming back.
Odds are, if he continues to pitch like he has, I believe he will get a closers offer and closers money.
Kerry Wood the anti Eric Gagne
GB7-
I know. I appreciate that. But he needs to modify that.
He has really good tools. He has good hands up at the plate. He can damage pitches. he’s not limited to being the prototypical light hitting short stop/ middle infielder.
But he’s not nearly good enough to drive the pitchers pitch. And at this level, once he’s been around the league, pitchers are going to start to really expand the zone on him. You can see it coming just based on his approach. Scouts are going to see that quick.
And on those marginal pitches his inclination is going to be to see it and think that he has the ability to make contact – which he probably does. But the trick is to let that pitch go and wait for his pitch.
But of course that’s easier said than done. It took Cano several years to become comfortable with modifying his approach.
Nunez has talent. I just hope he’s able to figure out how to best use it. On the yankees, in the role he’ll play, he’s not going to get a lot of at bats where the team is going to prioritize his development. He’s not that kind of prospect.
# Howe Farr September 3rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Kerry Wood the anti Eric Gagne
Sitting in the pen with Mo > Sitting in the Pen with Pap
BloggingBombers If the game stands as is, it sounds like Kerry Wood will be awarded the victory.
For all of the complaints about what a dud Granderson has been, he has a very good shot at his normal 65-70 RBI, 20-25 homers, around .265-.270 average, 80 runs scored and 25 doubles. Not bad at all.
Nick, not inclined to talk about me, but due to your use of my favorite words, I will respond.
I should avoid and usually do avoid game threads. This is only the 2nd of 135 games you can find me here.
I don’t get micro-analyzing a game played over 6 months and 162 games on a per AB basis. It’s seem irrational to me. It’s like critiquing one note in a song.
The larger answer is, I enjoy reading the responses. I genuinely (see what I did there) find it interesting.
I have never pretended it speaks well of me as a person.
Come on Robbie, get the mojo gojoing.
SJ – I sincerely hope you were joking about Girardi and Chicago. And not letting slip some of your inside information.
CB, patience is not something that gets taught in pretty much any level in the system. Montero, Romine, Laird…none of them walk much, but, don’t normally strike much, either.
Teixera was right on Purcey there…maybe a little too much. Got in swing mode and chased a pitch he couldn’t hit.
***strike out much***
GB7-
With regards to Granderson, it just goes to show what a “Long” way a little confidence goes!
Bad attempt at a funny. lol
Curtis Granderson’s OPS is now up to .783.
That’s the 5th highest OPS for any CF in the AL. 4th best if you consider Torii Hunter a RF where he’s been playing more recently for the Angels. Only Josh Hamilton, Hunter, Alex Rios, and Vernon Wells have higher OPS’s than Curtis does now.
Considering where he was mid season that’s remarkable. He’s gone up like 10 spots in that category.
Curtis has a real shot at getting his OPS over .800 by years end.
One thing that I’d hate to see NYYs do is to change Nunez like they tried changing Jackson…into a power hitter.
GB7-
It’s not even walks I’m worried about. It’s just selecting your pitch. The pitch that you can drive. Not easy to do at all. But it’s crucial.
That’s the difference with say Montero and a Nunez. Both might not walk all that much (though Montero much more than nunez), but Montero has much better strike zone command and doesn’t go up there hacking at pitches that it’s unlikely for him to be able to drive. That’s part of what Montero had to adjust to this year in AAA. Being more selective was part of his huge turn around.
Joe,
No, I was just joking.
I’m guessing the Cubs are going to make a big run at him.
If they wanted Ryne Sandberg as manager, he would have already been named.
Will he go? No idea.
I know this much………..
With the talent on the parent club and what’s coming up through the system, whomever manages this team is going to be VERY successful in the next several years.
Not bad, trader. Your puns are as bad as mine. Those are the best kinds..bad ones that make you slap your head and groan.
stuckey, thanks for the reply to an obviously snarky (but still GENUINE) question.
Critiquing and commenting on games inning-to-inning and even pitch-to-pitch may not seem ‘rational’, yet isn’t it perfectly understandable for Yankee-loving members of the LoHud community to do so while watching the games?
Looking at the big picture is worthwhile, but this blog wouldn’t get too many comments if everyone looked at the team in April and said “yup, solid club, I’ll be back in October!”
look it this idiot trying to bunt on Mariano.
Mariano : quick as a cat off the mound. Still the best pure athlete on the team at 40.
CB-
Also would like to add that Wells, a righty is hitting less than .200 against lefties.. For the money, I’d take Granderson over all of those you mentioned, except Hamilton, who played mostly a corner outfield spot with the Rangers until Marlon Byrd left as a FA.
(alternate response: critiquing at-bats is no less irrational than critiquing comments, no?)
Nunez is 12-39 on the year,not bad.
Has a better bat than pena so i’d be suprised if pena is not gone in the offseason.
That kid will learn you don’t try to bunt for a hit against Mo. I guess he never see the cat like jumps off the mound.
great win
CB, I wonder if it’s an attempt by Nunez to get to NY in a hurry for fear of being traded, so he wants to impress with the bat?
SJ – I had a hunch that was the case, just got a wee bit nervous.
Joe knows, I think, that he has the chance to make a lot of money with the Yankees; just look at Joe Torre. And, if things break right, he could make a legacy for himself that down the road, he’s talked about as a possible HOF manager. I know that’s far, far down the road, as Joe is still a young man. But, if he moves on, he passes on all that right off the bat.
Just a crazy thought.
Nice quick inning for Rivera. Probably around 6 pitches. Excellent.
GB,
Certainly didn’t think Granderson would get anywhere near those numbers when he ended his first 300 ABs hitting under .250, with an OBP of .300 and slugging just over .400 with 10 HR. He’s last ~75AB have really changed his perception…I guess that’s what an approach that allows a left-handed CF to slug .600 with with a .969 OPS (including 7 HR) will do for you.
Mariano’s love for shagging fly balls almost got him in trouble there.
Tough day at the office for Mo. 6 pitches. I guess he felt like he needed to do some more work at the office and catch a pop up!
Did mo throw less than 10 pitches there? LOL. Cyborg mode.
Good win and another effective job by the bullpen. Guessing Cano might get that day off against the lefty Rzepczynski.
these games have become so boring… it seems like yanks take an early lead, tack on some more and its game over……
Cano should be given a day off & i’d like too see jeter get 2 days off in a row but it won’t happen.
I remember when girardi gave arod 2 days off in a row last year & right after that arod looked like a new person,crushing when he came back.
I remember the interview when they asked girardi why give arod 2 days off in a row & he said sometimes 1 day is just not enough & i really wan’t too give him a nice rest.
I would like too see him do that with jeter,especially with his knee.
Wood will probably get about $5m to close for another team. The most the Yanks can probably offer is around $3m. Since he has been pitching so good I doubt he will be back.
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