Game 137: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 05, 2010 
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YANKEES (86-50)
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Marcus Thames DH
Jorge Posada C
Curtis Granderson CF
Greg Golson RF
Ramiro Pena 2B
RHP Phil Hughes (16-6, 4.10)
Hughes vs. Blue Jays
BLUE JAYS (69-66)
DeWayne Wise RF
Aaron Hill 2B
Jose Bautista 3B
Vernon Wells CF
Lyle Overbay 1B
John Buck C
Adam Lind DH
John McDonald SS
Travis Snider LF
LHP Brett Cecil (11-7, 3.74)
Cecil vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m. / YES Network and TBS
UMPIRES: HP Fieldin Culbreth, 1B Jim Wolf, 2B Gary Cederstrom, 3B Ed Hickox
WEATHER: Temperatures in the mid-70s with nothing but sunshine in the sky. It’s a good day for the game.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL: The Yankees are 28-15 in series finales this season. They’ve won 13 of their past 15 finales. A win today would give them their second straight series sweep, and their seventh sweep of the season.
NOT EVERYDAY WINS: Ivan Nova and Javier Vazquez were pulled after 4.2 innings in the past two games, and the Yankees won both. According to Elias, the last team to win two consecutive games when its starter was removed with a lead after 4.2 innings was the 1961 Pirates. But I’m sure most everyone remembered that.
GOOD THAMES: Marcus Thames is rolling, and today he’s facing Blue Jays starter Brett Cecil. In his career, Thames is 3-for-6 with a home run and a double against Cecil. That’s a tiny sample size, but it’s also a .500 batting average with a 1.167 slugging percentage. Both of those extra-base hits came the last time the Yankees faced Cecil.
UPDATE, 1:15 p.m.: A couple of random Greg Golson observations: Apparently he recorded his intro at some point, because he just did the whole “Right field. No. 27. Greg Golson. No. 27″ routine during the video introductions. It wasn’t an in-house voice calling his name, it was an actual video of Golson. Second, during roll call, he did Swisher’s salute. The Creatures seemed to like it.
UPDATE, 1:16 p.m.: Putting guys away has occasionally been a problem for Phil Hughes, and it was an issue again on an 0-2 pitch that Vernon Wells just hit for a two-run homer.
UPDATE, 1:47 p.m.: Another 0-2 home run for the Yankees. This time it was Aaron Hill who took Hughes deep. This was a better pitch than the one to Wells in the first inning, but the result was the same. It’s now a 4-0 Toronto lead.
UPDATE, 1:56 p.m.: When Golson leads off with a hard-hit double and Pena follows with a bunt single, it’s a good time to take advantage. Up to the top of the order to get some runs in this inning and cut into the Blue Jays lead.
UPDATE, 2:05 p.m.: Sac fly from Brett Gardner scored Golson, but that’s all the Yankees could do in the bottom of the third. It’s a 4-1 game.
UPDATE, 2:26 p.m.: Not a bad throw from Golson, but it wasn’t quite in time and the Blue Jays added one more run on the sac fly. It’s 5-1 after the top of the fifth. Still no action in the Yankees bullpen.
UPDATE, 2:47 p.m.: Phil Hughes is through six innings, but he’s allowed another home run and it’s a 6-1 Blue Jays lead. Albaladejo is getting loose.
UPDATE, 3:00 p.m.: Posada doubled in a run, cutting the lead to 6-2. Now the Yankees are heading into the seventh with Sergio Mitre coming in to pitch.
UPDATE, 3:12 p.m.: Sergio Mitre just walked in a run. He hasn’t pitched since August 27, but it’s hard to excuse a bases-loaded walk.
UPDATE, 3:37 p.m.: I’m not sure one more run in the seventh inning would be considered chipping away, but the Yankees did cut the lead to 7-3. Red-hot Marcus Thames came to the plate with two on and two out, but he popped up to end it.
UPDATE, 3:50 p.m.: Not sure who’s going to play right field, but Nick Swisher is pinch hitting for Greg Golson here in the eighth. Maybe they’ve decided Swisher’s knee is good enough to play the field for one inning.
Marlins are running Melky Cabrera ragged chasing down doubles and Ramirez just bombed on to right field. No outs in the 3rd and it’s 6-0.
Gosh, this is a beautiful day for baseball and grilling.
I’m hoping, obviously, for a Yankee win. Our guests this evening will be some good fans, who have the misfortune to follow the Mets. I won’t taunt them too much, cause they are friends and all. Just going to wear my Yankee polo and my wife’s got her Yankee jersey on.
Regardless of how Hughes does today, it would be nice to have one day on here without any Phil Hughes angst.
After the first 5,000 times, it gets old.
Mets fans, pffffft. ’nuff said.
Come on Phil, I want a post-game In-N-Out Burger!
Let’s sweep these bums out of town.
A-rod back and Robbie gets a well deserved day off. Hopefully Hughes can come out and have a strong start…get win # 17
GB – heck, Melky is looking at going the playoffs again. It’s going to be interesting to see the NL – I think the Braves, Phillies, and the Reds solid teams. San Diego looks like they’ve been reading too much Padres’ history.
It doesn’t take Columbo to figure out why there has been utterly no Phil Hughes talk at all the last couple of days.
Looks like a tough sky in left. Snider – as well as Brett – might have trouble.
still looks like Pena tagged him out to me
BS got him on the calf.
Where has betsy been???
MIA. Vacation??
It’s been nice without the “whining poster” here.
up yours Bautista…
Nice strikeout on a nasty cutter
What a beautiful cutter!
I really like that pitch as a K pitch a little off the plate. Great late movement.
Nice sequence of pitches to Bautista with an excellent cutter to finish him off.
That was a MEAN cut-fastball. Thats the kind he needs to throw.
There was no missed call. Hill deked Pena with a slide, intentional or not.
ouch!
dang it!! Did not think that was going out of the park…..
oh my.
More 2 out, 2 strike runs against the Jays. We’ll win the game, but thats gotta end. Terrible 0-2 pitch.
WHOA!!! Never thought that ball was going to carry that far. Brutally bad pitch.
Got to throw some other pitches. Too many fastballs.
Again Phil having trouble putting batters away and closing out innings after 2 outs. Get to work offense!
The obligatory 2 run homer in the 1st by the Jays?
Yanks will win 8-4.
Same mistake he made with Wells in Toronto. Can’t throw 0-2 fastballs to Vernon Wells.
This time, he shook off Posada twice to throw that pitch.
Not smart and he paid the price.
Phil just gave Boston fans new hope.
/misguided nonsequitur’d
Hughes and 2 strikes troubles continues. He will earn to expand the zone. Lets go offense!!
He’s got to throw better two-strike pitches.
Well that stinks. He made very good pitches to Wells and then he got a fastball right down broadway. It seems like all the runs that Hughes gives up are 0-2 and with 2 outs. A lot of the time with 2 strikes Hughes is too aggressive.
DJ = DP these days
Predictable
Ugh, Derek, I love you, and will always remember being in RF for Game 3 of the 2001 World Series, but the DP’s need to end soon,
At some point, Girardi needs to grow a pair and move Jeter down in the lineup. The guy stinks right now.
I really love Gardner leading off….but oh boy Jeter batting behind him. Gardner has got to know that he pretty much needs to attempt to steal base on the 1st or 2nd pitch
At this point, if Gardner reaches you have to send him almost immediately with Jeter at bat. He just can’t elevate the ball consistently.
I hate that Gardy isn’t aggressive when Jeter is up.
Jeter has to be playing hurt.
Gardner shouldn’t even bother getting on base. Unless he steals on the 1st pitch he gets erased by Jeter everytime.
This Jeter GIDP crap is getting real old real fast.
stop blasting “jeet” – he’s the iconic captain who can do no wrong. his iconic-”ness” should mean something. what kind of fans are you people?
Jeter has to be playing hurt.
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You would think if he is playing hurt that Girardi would give him more off days than usual. But he played in 17 games in a row and plays basically everyday. So I don’t think it’s an injury.
This is a trap game. I hope Phil can pitch tough today, I think the offense will not be sluggish.
I love Jeter as much as anyone, but how can Yankees management justify giving him (as has been speculated) a 4yr/$100M deal?
This offseason should be VERY interesting.
I think Hughes got away with that 2 strike pitch to Lind
throw a curve or a change up
how was that not a strike
just love how gardner is blamed for not stealing on the 1st pitch every time he gets on instead of pointing out who the real culprit is.
nice job hughes
On pitch aside to Wells, Hughes looks good. Getting ahead, attacking the zone, making quality pitches. It’s going to be great watching him develop.
Shut down inning by Phil is a step in the right direction.
Phil Phailure — again and again.
Sigh.
Nice economical inning by Hughes.
nice bounce back inning for Hughes….
The Yanks won’t take the sweep, I bet. Not with Cecil on the mound. But a run they’ve been on, right? I guess anything’s possible
The Curse of A-Rod: the winning streak ends as soon as he returns?
I blame Gardner for not hitting enough doubles.
Ruby-
Go away!
Jays flashing some leather today.
hitting balls well, arod and thames got robbed!!!!!!!!!
Didn’t Girardi bat Jeter leadoff and Damon 2nd in 2009 to minimize the double play? Why do anything different now? This makes no sense.
Bey Derek Turn 2 means your defense not your offense.
I blame society.
You’re a white suburban punk, just like me.
and posada swung at ball 4 about 6 times
just love how gardner is blamed for not stealing on the 1st pitch every time he gets on instead of pointing out who the real culprit is.
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The real culprit?
It’s tough stealing on Sundays.
http://tinyurl.com/3y5kbom
Cito gave the Jays the “pride talk”. So don’t be surprised to see all out effort and play from them today. Losing to the Yanks obviously kills Cito.
I don’t think DJ is playing hurt, otherwise the management is just dumb, ’cause he doesn’t contribute much anyway.
Jeter doesn’t divulge his injuries.
Haven’t you learned this by now?
look at 2008, he played most of the season with a messed up wrist.
Anyone know what song Gardner has been coming in to? It sounds like a country song
I bet the O’s are feeling they deserve to take a day off today.
forum7200 September 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Anyone know what song Gardner has been coming in to? It sounds like a country song
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“I Never Promised You A Rose Gardner”.
Nice change on the 1-1 pitch. Wasn’t even that good, but totally fooled him.
good setup by phil change up, nice fastball
Phil’s fastball seems like its off a tick or two. His command looks pretty good today.
Hughes is really on today
It’s a shame about that one pitch to Wells, then
Hopefully the offense doesn’t suddenly drop for Hughes in what’s so far his best outing in a while
You should take a month off, Ruby Fool’s Day.
DeWayne Wise. Another guy who seemingly is helpless offensively against anyone but the Yankees.
Also, is it just me or has DeWayne Wise been killing the Yankees this year?
Hughes is solid today?
Scoreboard doesn’t think so.
Another 0-2 homer. Man, the Jays take serious hacks down in the count.
“Also, is it just me or has DeWayne Wise been killing the Yankees this year?”
If you consider 1 out, none on singles “killing”, then likely, yes.
0-2 again?
Ah crap
hughes doesn’t get it.
he nevers learns from his mistake
Cutter down the middle.
Too many mistakes on 0-2 fastballs.
You keep making them, you will keep giving up home runs.
His approach just has to change on 0-2.
geez, among all starting pitchers, I only trust CC and Andy.
Well, can’t win them all, I suppose. My biggest concern is that Hughes has looked bad on three straight starts now. He’s not attacking at all, and when he’s not nibbling around the zone, he’s hanging pitches.
Those darn homeruns! Cannot believe the Jays’ power.
a fastball team, all he throws is fastball.
you think he learn by now
who’s gonna be the 3rd pitcher in postseason?
No one is trusted.
Hughes on anything but regular rest is not our best man toeing the rubber. Offensive will step and come from behind to win this one, though.
Another 0-2 cookie. Hughes won’t be good until he has another good pitch to go to. 0-2 cookies and 2 outs absolutely kill him. Another pathetic start for him. It’s not even like they are hitting good pitches they are all right over the plate.
It’s just mind blowing how many times Phil has gotten himself in trouble when so far ahead in the count this season…….Once he figures this out he’ll be at least a run better per outing
Gardner has been coming to the plate to a Jason Aldean song called Crazy Town.
Hughes is overrated.
Come on offense!!!
Candyman!
Brandon loves this guy Golson
Scratch a run here or there and hold them down and we’re back in it. 4-0 is nothing. I guarantee the Yanks get the tying run to the plate today.
Nice bunt by Pena.
Hughes has a million dollar arm and a .10¢ head.
game’s not over
they’re a grinding team
Golson and Pena are killing the Yanks today.
Hughes will never reach his innings limit if he keeps pitching the way he has been recently. Go Pena!!
We need to chip away. Put up a crooked number. Golson showed a quick bat. Pena has a good idea.
The only viable option is to go with a two-man rotation in the post season.
just realized bautista is at 3rd today. take advantage.
Golson, Pena and Gardner. That’s some team speed.
“Brandon loves this guy Golson”
Who is this ‘Brandon’ person?
tying it up, at least, THIS inning !
Uh oh, here comes the DP.
Here we go again. GIDP in 5…4…3..2…..1……..
Jeter do the team a favor and hit the ball in the air
Nice aggressive swing by Gardner.
Captain GIDP
kd, were you at the beatdown in Berkeley yesterday? Fun game. Keenan Allen looks like our next wide receiver superstar.
pena is still an idiot there for not stealing 2nd on the 1st pitch
Hughes ERA:
Home 4.84
Away 3.38
A full run and a half difference. Complete head case. Give him some effing xanax when he pitches at home.
Who cares about the Red Sox? They are DOA.
josh hamilton may be out for a while. gives cano a chance to get the mvp.
He is being careful with Tex today since Arod is just off the dl and rusty.
Do you want 100 RBI Alex?
3 run JACK right now !
Slap his glove man come on!
A-Rod needs to get hot and the Yankees need an A-Bomb right now
FUDGE !!!!!
If Jeter was a real man, if Jeter really cared about the team, and not just his contract and endorsements, he’d ask Girardi to drop him down in the order, the same way Lou Gehrig asked McCarthy to take him out of the lineup.
Wait, never mind
Baltimore can break it open against Tampa here.
I still think the Yankees can win this, but it would be nice to still be on the win streak when we play Baltimore
Davis @ 30 pitches in the 1st in Baltimore. Is he on a limit since he just got off the DL?
The answer is 1963, Whitey Ford with 24 and Jim Bouton with 21 wins.
good inning
I feel like a solo homerun from someone to cut the deficit to 2 could really spark the offense
Well, it would be nice anyway
GB just won himself a trip to Hawaii……Say hi to m for me…..
Thames has done a nice job adjusting as the league stops throwing him as many fastballs. He’s been hitting off-speed stuff hard for a few weeks now.
i hope hughes is watching cecil embrassed the yanks again with a changeup
Granderson has to be more selective there.
another killer
it is just a matter of time, before we break through today…keep pluggin away Yankees !
Another stupid dp. Before the winning streak in the games that the Yanks lost or were losing there were a lot of dp’s.
Pat M. September 5th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
GB just won himself a trip to Hawaii……Say hi to m for me…..
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If I have to for her, Pat. I’ll be stending most of my time with Kiana Tom.
The odd innings have not been kind to Hughes today. Terrible job walking McDonald.
I’ll be ***spending***
can’t afford another 2-run bomb here.
Tex September 5th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
If Jeter was a real man, if Jeter really cared about the team, and not just his contract and endorsements, he’d ask Girardi to drop him down in the order, the same way Lou Gehrig asked McCarthy to take him out of the lineup.
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Shut up.
It’s the manager’s job to make those decisions, not the player.
Hughes just has not done a good job keeping his team in the game today.
4/5 of the rotation is a question mark.
Who knows how Pettite will pitch when and if he returns.
Eventually a starter not named CC has to get passed the 5th inning. Recently it doesn’t seem like anyone else feels like doing it. It seems like Hughes is against reaching his innings limit.
nice curve phil
And we once called him Phil Phranchise.
Lol.
Phil’s best curveballs are always the back door on the corner. He should stick to those for now and throw it more often. The ones over the plate always get tattooed.
Story about Jorge and son
http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/.....ynostosis/
hughes’ fastball is around 90 now. is he getting worn down?
WTF?
Make the friggin tag Jorge!
Posada, good effort there. Why would actually try to block the plate or make a tag?
Does anyone else think Hughes’ issues might be an effect from the bullpen work? Sure it gave him confidence in his fastball, but perhaps it gave him too much confidence in it. It’s not a put away pitch for him. Bullpen got to the majors on his curveball, why has he abandoned it?
Why vacate the plate Jorge ???? Why do you always vacate the plate on throws ???/
what happened ?
Sorry, “Hughes got to the majors on his curveball” not bullpen. The typo is probably a product of watching the US Open, baseball, and typing complaints..
This year has 1st round and out written all over it. No pitching past CC.
Pat, I was never a fan of swipe tags at any base unless necessary.
“This year has 1st round and out written all over it. No pitching past CC.”
You’re right
CC has been crazy this year with his 86 wins
The rotation is a disaster. Even when Andy comes back he will probably only have 2 starts so he will be rusty going into the play offs. They have a month to try and AJ right and then they have to hope for the best. Hughes will probably be on fumes by then and Vazquez is lucky if he is even on the roster. The keys will be does AJ actually pull himself together and how effective Andy is coming off his injury.
pena will start us up !
This game isn’t looking particularly good for the Yankees. At least so far.
Why can’t they hit Cecil? His “stuff” isn’t all that great, despite what Flash says. (He always over praises the opposition, along with Woe is me Kay).
or not
LOL @ the children overreacting today.
No pitching beyond CC?
Ok, whatever you say.
Good Lord you would think some of you have watched enough baseball not to overreact over one game.
Eduardo
I read the book by Jorge and his wife, it was a great read and eloquently written. Its great that they are in the position to help people that have been affected by that condition.
Beckett pitching himself into-and-out-of trouble. I know the RS are out of it, but I love seeing that guy fail.
Gardner is an on-base machine.
GB….The ball travels so much faster than an arm and hand……Jorge is just mentally spent when it comes to a possible collision
well, this game is over. what a waste.
atleast the rays are losing.
Time for Gardener to steal third.
I hope AJ, Hughes and Javy get it together soon! 86 wins means nothing in the postseason. Remembwer Piniella’s Seattle team that won more regular season games than the ’98 Yanks?
Jeter up with 2 outs?
Awesome, so he can’t GIDP
Tex drilled that too.
arod out on 1 pitch with runners on his last AB and now tex swinging at 1st pitch after 2 walks.
4-1 O’s
At this point in the season the only collision I’m interested in seeing Jorge involved in is when his bat collides with a fastball.
Damn come on Yanks.
utter frickin nonsense that after 2 walks, he swings at 1st pitch,,,that is complete BS !
The Yankees have certainly had their chances today. Not much hard contact off Cecil though.
Everybody is overreacting about Hughes. Hughes is not part of the rotation problem. He came out of spring training as the #5 starter. Then, with all the injuries and ineffectiveness of others, he was forced to become the #2. 16 wins with a mid-4 ERA is pretty damn good for a 5th starter and a 24 year old.
You would think by now the Yanks would know what Cecil is throwing and how he is attacking them. His stuff isn’t impressive so it must be the famous changeup that they have so much trouble with no matter who is throwing it.
So you really enjoy watching Phil Phailure regressing with every start?
# tampa yankee fan September 5th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I hope AJ, Hughes and Javy get it together soon! 86 wins means nothing in the postseason. Remembwer Piniella’s Seattle team that won more regular season games than the ‘98 Yanks?
Who did they get beat by in the ALCS? The Yanks.
Another 2 out homer.
Really Hughes Really?
that was crushed!
Son of a bitch
Hughes = HR machine.
How can you let him pitch in postseason?
tex smoked that ball.
can’t score 7 every day.
is a shame cause hughes is one quality breaking ball and a average changeup from beening a number 2 starter.
he got that fastball, he got the command of it.
And ballgame. Dreadful job by Hughes today.
This is gonna be some comeback.
Time to hit the showers Hughes. Yet another 2 out homerun.
Sweet grab there by that fan.
Notice how he kept that beer bottle level. Skills!
Hughes has given up 6 runs and they say he has been good today?
Why does Girardi let Hughes stay in when he is getting crushed meanwhile he takes out Nova and Vazquez when they have a shot at the win?
And did John Flaherty really just say that Phil Hughes has been “fantastic” today?
I don’t get it, now Flaherty is saying Hughes is fantastic today.
ouuuuch, all I need is ugly win.
At this point, we’re going to be running with a 3 man rotation in the playoffs again. Hughes is awful anymore. I don’t know if he’s tired, or if guys have just figured him out, but he’s not making “good mistakes”. When he makes a mistake, it’s a hanging pitch, and it gets hammered. We simply can’t send him out there in the playoffs if he’s going to pitch like this.
what are these announcers smoking???… “Hughes is pitching outstanding” and he has given up 6 runs…. sorry, I don’t but it….
Trap game, I said it early on. Phil has to go to the Philosophy of pitching 101. How to pitch with 2 outs.
Yanks will definitely get the tying run to the plate in this game
Hughes is horrible. A home run machine.
Using the Kay-Flaherty logic if Hughes pitches any better the Yankees will be down 12-1
so WTH ???…he stinks again today and is on an innings limit and he STILL is in the game….STUPID !
if he was fantastic today, expectations could not have been real high.
J44 September 5th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Regardless of how Hughes does today, it would be nice to have one day on here without any Phil Hughes angst.
After the first 5,000 times, it gets old.
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Howis it working out?
a 1 or 2 inning for the Yankees now and we show some LIFE !
Name one starting pitcher in baseball that can get by on just throwing a fastball?? He has had a good year for a rookie but it’s hard to know how good he can be with only 1 pitch. Rushing him to the majors cost him in developing any secondary pitches.
Bye, bye, Hughes.
Just a shame we would have to see each other again in five days.
We need some A-Bombs!
# Pat M. September 5th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Why vacate the plate Jorge ???? Why do you always vacate the plate on throws ???/
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Fear of collision?
WTF Bautista looking like Nettles at 3rd
Ask Jeremy Giambi how he liked the swipe tag.
A Jorgie HR would be really nice here.
Not over yet folks.
Come on just 4 runs. Come on Yanks!
here we come !
nice hit
At least murderer’s row of Golson and Pena is due up soon. *sigh*
Granderson squared that one up, just missed it.
Too bad Bautista wasn’t out there.
Golson HR right here
hitting cecil well, no luck though
Man, Granderson’s transformation is beautiful. Can hitting coaches make the hall of fame?
Granderson needed a little bit more wind there. You know since the Yanks don’t have the “power” that the Jays all of a sudden found.
Sigh
Hughes has a 4.29 era. Enough of people talking about how great he has been. I dont care about his win and loss record. Because the offense averages around 8 runs in his starts.
that 1 run is a start…like our chances against their bullpen…
It would of been nice to cut the lead in half there with a Granderson or Golson hit
Hughes has a 4.29, but John Lackey has a 4.48. Whatever, the kids 24 in his first full/healthy season as a starter.
It’s tough to play inexperienced guys this time of year for contending teams. They get too hyped up in run scoring situations.
This is the scrub Mitre I know.
Hughes will never learn how too pitch if he is never facing adversity.
Part of the learning process.
If this kid ever masters a changeup too go with his fastball he will be filthy.
He will come to st with an offspeed pitch,i guarantee it.
He has learned through trial & error that he needs one & only by him pitching will he learn this.
St & early in the year next year will be the time too experiment.
Have some faith in a 24 year old kid who is just starting too learn the art of pitching in the most stressfull atmosphere on the planet.
Those two followups from Hope Week are fantastic. There’s a good reason right there why it’s so public.
Last 3 days the SP has not been good. Can’t expect the Yankees to score 6/7 runs every game.
Jorge was hurt in the minor leagues blocking home plate….. Been fearful of blocking the plate since…
great call Michael Kay
RMS September 5th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Last 3 days the SP has not been good. Can’t expect the Yankees to score 6/7 runs every game.
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Although apparently some people expect them to win every game. 8 in a row? So what? What have they done for me today?
Mitre is pitching as if it was batting practice.
“Death Watch” teaser.
Gaudin would be better in his spot. I think his hard stuff is better against these guys. It’s only 4 runs you would think Girardi would still want to give the Yanks a chance to win this game. But leaving Mitre out there shows he is giving it up.
wow
Wow, Mitre is awful. Get Albaladejo or someone else in.
Time to surrender this game…..
The Yanks can’t win every game obviously but I don’t know why at only 6-2 Girardi decided to give up the game. Mitre is definitely Girard’s boyfriend.
total team effort to lose today…that’s OK, start another win streak tomorrow….see ya, ALL
if they are going to beat us today, at least make them win it and stop giving it to them.
Gaudin and Mitre are interchangable mop-up guys. And this is a mop-up game. No reason to burn real pitchers in this one.
see.. throw strikes, get outs.
BUT…if we just score 2 runs an inning and hold them with our pen….WE WIN !
Hopefully Baltimore can hang on to win their game. But with their bullpen who knows if that is possible.
The same whiners probably complained all last year about every game we were behind,all the way through the postseason until we won the ws.
You don’t deserve to celebrate when we win.
2 runs this inning go.
Jeter looking this bad at the plate makes me sad
Watching Jeter at the plate has become painful.
The Yanks really should get Jeter’s eyes checked. He will never get out of his “slump” if he keeps swinging at such bad pitches. He will hack at anything right now.
Tough time for our Captain…..Can’t abandon him now…..
Jeter looking bad makes me sad too. The classiest thing he can do at the end of the year is retire.
Yes! Keep it going!
arod hit 3 balls hard today
Good thing Arod made them pay. They have been pitching around Tex all game.
DearRon,
Stifle thyself. You overstate.
I do to deserve to celebrate.
I also certainly can whine and I shall continue to do so when the team plays poorly.
It is my privilege as a true Yankee fan.
Pena should have ran into the catcher like Morgan.
Jeter looking bad makes me sad too. The classiest thing he can do at the end of the year is retire.
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Joking i hope?
One bad year?
If that isnt a joke, feel free to go root for another team.
Nice, simple swing there by Alex. He has really adopted the theory that sometimes, less is more.
Tampa up 5-4.
Despite how well the O’s are playing, their bullpen is still among the worst in the league.
Hard to second guess ph here for Thames but it sure has to be tempting to go to puma
Gawd damn them O’s
Jeter looking bad makes me sad too. The classiest thing he can do at the end of the year is retire.
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Joking i hope?
One bad year?
If that isnt a joke, feel free to go root for another team.
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ditto
“Hard to second guess ph here for Thames but it sure has to be tempting to go to puma”
Jays have 4 lefties in their pen
Ball 6
Shut down inning please
no doubt at some point the yankees will being the tying run up.
GardGranderson in CF with the catch
Rally Yanks come on!
What the hell are you looking for Posada?
I predict we will hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back homers to tie this game up.
Wow good timing here. Ruby Tuesday you’ll be interested in this. I would think nobody but Tuesday cares about this at this point, but I figured I’d fill you all in anyway. (If you’ve been watching the Sux game and know or have reports, then this will be redundant. Sorry about that.)
Beckett has just been lifted. Chicago is threatening and Juan Pierre is on third after a steal of second and Beckett throwing the ball away trying to keep Pierre at second. One out, runners on the corners. Konerko is up. That should be scary.
Juan Pierre is on my fantasy team. That’s an aside. I dumped Konerko. Oh well you can’t get it right all the time.
5-5 o’s & rays
Why didn’t he take the walk
Crap that was ball 4
*6- 5 O’s
thnk that was ball 4
Ruby Tuesday continues to bring her/his Sux bad karma by hanging on a Yankee forum and pretending to be a Yankee fan.
Good job Tuesday!!!
7-5 O’s
Game at Camden is getting crazy today. Come on Buck and the Gang.
You could see that Swish’s leg is still really bothering him. When he walked out of the box he was flexing it and then jogging to 1st base. I doubt he will be in the lineup for a couple of days.
lol Boston
Berkman’s right handed swing is ugly. Why is he still a “switch hitter”?
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby you have been had! (Ruby, Ruby. Ruby, Ruby)
Chicago White Sox have taken the lead!!!
now that alex is back, sit swish until he is healed.
The O’s have had bigger innings today than our Yanks
The defunct Sux are on their way to being even more defunct!
I blame Ruby Tuesday for that. Oh well. It could have been so nice having them in the postseason.
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, who could hang the game on you
When you curse your Sux by lying
October’s going to miss you
Phil didn’t have a good day, but neither has the Rays bullpen or Bard.
Carl did you see Ozzie Vizcail’s catch from his back?
“The O’s have had bigger innings today than our Yanks”
They have.
What’s to become of “us” Ruby?
What’s to become of “us”?
Who was it the other day critisizing yankee fans for giving updates about red sox games???
8-5 o’s
Tell you this. It would be a lot more fun facing the Sux’s shambles of a rotation than facing Chicago’s rotation. They can throw gas!
# m September 5th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Phil didn’t have a good day, but neither has the Rays bullpen or Bard.
Carl did you see Ozzie Vizcail’s catch from his back?
Yeah. Dude is 40+ I think and still has it.
A bright spot – the pen got a nice day off.
Carl,
“I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up. I’ll just make the catch anyway.”
“Who was it the other day critisizing yankee fans for giving updates about red sox games???”
Not I, ron. Not I. I applaud it – as long as it’s done out of scorn and not out of fear.
Quite good Tricia
Thank you, ‘dejo.
I didn’t realize the sox and rays play tomorrow. Would be good for us to start a new win streak.
ha. too bad it was a curveball.
“Regardless of how Hughes does today, it would be nice to have one day on here without any Phil Hughes angst.
After the first 5,000 times, it gets old.”
SJ, here’s hoping you got your wish…
Mitre should replace The Phailure in the rotation.
Guess we found our new designated hitter now that Melancon left
“”Quite good Tricia”
Thank you my sweetie Pat M!
# m September 5th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Carl,
“I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up. I’ll just make the catch anyway.”
haha
Suzyn Waldman kissing Buck Showalter’s ass is a disgusting mental picyure.
Truth in reporting. The Sux just regained the lead, 4-3.
Oh well.
Yankees are due to beat Kevin Gregg right? right?
What are S.W.B.’s chances of winning the Governors’ Cup without J. Alba.?
Gregg’s motion makes him look robotic.
Tampa pull within 1
8-7 O’s
Rich in NJ was right about Gardner
Rocco Baldelli is back playing. Shocked.
Ozzie Vizcail?
9th inning hasnt been where jeter shines this year
At least Gardner got extra bases before Jeter came up
That out hurts
jeter hit it well. but another game jeter fails to do his job
couldnt even advance him?
# Nick in SF September 5th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Ozzie Vizcail?
I didn’t want to be mean and say anything lol
that was called a strike?
Ha. I knew it looked wrong. But this device let it go, so, I did, too.
Come on just walk damn!
“Nick in SF September 5th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Ozzie Vizcail?”
Combination of Ozzie Smith and Omar Vizquel?
nevermind, gameday off today.
Tex with a terrible at bat. We need base runners. Why not take the walk?
Wow Baldelli hit a pinch hit homer for the Rays. Good for him. It’s nice to see him in there after all of the medical problems he had. I think most people thought his playing days were behind him.
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There is no doubt in my mind that the Yankees will take the division. But here’s a question. Is this going to be on-going trauma in the event the Rays overtake the Yankees between now and the end of the season? Is there anyone who wouldn’t be satisfied with the Yankees making the postseason whether it be as winner of the division or the wild card winner? Just curious.
It was only the first and last names that were wrong.
Teaching is not mean, Carl.
“Ozzie Vizcail?”
“Combination of Ozzie Smith and Omar Vizquel?”
I wondered the same thing.
Tex has to lay off those outside pitches when he bats lefty.
A-Rod K to end the game
told you.
“It was only the first and last names that were wrong.”
That’s not so bad!
That ball was so far inside.
Brignac hit the PH HR. I didn’t even know Baldelli was back with the Rays.
Haha. Manny PH.
Manny pinch hitting in the Syx game. Definitely mixed crowd reaction!
Tricia, I rather they win the AL East , so they have home field and rather than going on the road to face the Twins or Texas……I still think they’ll win the division and will be up by 3 games when they clinch……
It shows you what opposing teams think about Jeter now when Gregg basically threw him a fastball right down the middle. He was saying here it is prove you can hit it.
NOT a strike …typical Ump wants to go home call….4 inches inside AT LEAST !
Aw, just got back from our day in White Plains. Saw the 4-0 score earlier, but that was it. Tough game, I guess?
Make the Sux.
Sorry, I thought he did it as a pinch hitter. You’re right, he started in right today!
“Tricia, I rather they win the AL East , so they have home field and rather than going on the road to face the Twins or Texas……I still think they’ll win the division and will be up by 3 games when they clinch……”
Pat M, excellent point. I’m with you.
Papeldone pitching to Manny. Ah the drama!
Doreen,
It was my fault. I didn’t start watching until Mitre came in.
I thought I read that Manny cut his hair?
trisha,
The PH is right. But Brignac PH behind him and Baldelli scored on the HR.
These fans want Manny’s blood. They look distraught on each close call, including that HBP.
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I don’t want to go back and read the game thread; I suspect it’s nasty. I don’t need anyone to tell me it was disappointing.
I heard Manny had a barber in the clubhouse, but no one can tell whether or not he got a haircut. I believe Manny thinks if he got “A” hair cut, he’s followed the rules…
mel, Baldelli also hit a homer in the game.