Game 145: Yankees at Rays
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 14, 2010 
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YANKEES (87-57)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Lance Berkman DH
Austin Kearns LF
Colin Curtis RF
Francisco Cervelli C
RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 2.92)
Nova has not faced the Rays
RAYS (87-56)
John Jaso C
Ben Zobrist 2B
Carl Crawford LF
Evan Longoria 3B
Matt Joyce RF
Dan Johnson DH
Carlos Pena 1B
B.J. Upton CF
Reid Brignac SS
RHP Matt Garza (14-8, 3.68)
Garza vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m. / MY9 and MLB Network
UMPIRES: HP Ron Kulpa, 1B Lance Barksdale, 2B Ed Rapuano, 3B Tom Hallion
WEATHER: Oh the weather outside is weather. Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Anyone?
HIP HIP JORGE: Jorge Posada has been named the AL East finalist for the 2010 MLBPA Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award. The award is given to a player who inspires others to higher levels of achievement by their on-field performance and off-the-field contributions to the community. Each division chooses one nominee.
TOUGH TO SWALLOW: The Yankees have suffered five walk-off losses this season, three in the past four days. They had four walk-off losses last year. The Yankees last had three walk-off losses on the same road trip in 2003 when they lost in Boston and Oakland. That was during a nine-game trip.
PUTTING UP ZEROS: The last time the Yankees played in a game in which both starters pitched eight scoreless innings was June 18, 2003, also against Tampa Bay. That day it was Roger Clemens and — of all people — Victor Zambrano who traded zeros. The Yankees won the game on Alfronso Soriano’s walk-off single in the 12th.
THE SHOW GOES ON: Last night was the first ever concert at Yankee Stadium. It featured Jay-Z and Eminem performing to a sold-out audience. They will perform again tonight. That’s an AP shot of Jay-Z on the right.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: Had some computer issues for a while, but things are back online. The Yankees got two on with no outs in the second inning, but the bottom third of the order left both runners stranded. Now Nova is trying to strand a runner in the bottom of the second.
Also, in case you didn’t see it, the New York Post is reporting that Mark Teixeira has been playing with a broken little toe.
UPDATE, 7:57 p.m.: Derek Jeter walked, Curtis Granderson hit his second double of the night and Mark Teixeira hit a sac fly for a 1-0 Yankees lead. It’s just that easy, folks.
UPDATE, 8:05 p.m.: This is the lineup the Yankees remember. RBI single by Rodriguez and now a two-run home run by Cano. It’s a 4-0 Yankees lead in the third inning.
UPDATE, 8:10 p.m.: That’s a four-run inning for the Yankees, and a 30-pitch inning for Matt Garza.
UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: Four scoreless innings from Nova. Meanwhile, Andy Pettitte’s night is finished in Altoona. He went five innings and allowed two runs, one of them on a leadoff homer in the first inning.
UPDATE, 8:35 p.m.: Home run A-Rod, 5-0 lead Yankees.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m.: Jake McGee is a pretty big left-handed prospect in the Rays system, and he’s making his big league debut here against Colin Curtis. Garza is finished after 4.2 innings.
UPDATE, 8:47 p.m.: McGee walked Colin Curtis to load the bases, then walked Francisco Cervelli to bring in a run, now he’s facing Derek Jeter. Think this is how he imagined it?
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: Looks like Joe Girardi was trying to find out something about Ivan Nova here. He had Boone Logan up, but let Nova stay in to face the lefty Matt Joyce. When Joyce singled in another run — the third straight Ray to reach with two outs — Girardi pulled the trigger. Nova threw only 74 pitches. Logan’s in with Johnson and Pena due up.
UPDATE, 9:11 p.m.: Aybar pinch hits for Johnson and takes Logan deep, a three-run home run that has given the Rays a 7-6 lead in the fifth.
UPDATE, 9:28 p.m.: Robinson Cano doubles in the tying run on a broken bat drive to right. The Rays have intentionally walked the bases loaded for Austin Kearns. Here comes Chad Qualls.
UPDATE, 9:33 p.m.: Kearns struck out, Curtis flied out and the game remains tied at 7 in the middle of the sixth.
UPDATE, 10:01 p.m.: Big inning from Joba Chamberlain. Heart of the order has a chance now in the eighth.
UPDATE, 10:08 p.m.: Kerry Wood has pitched three out of the past four days. Maybe the Yankees ran out of red stars during last night’s game.
UPDATE, 10:17 p.m.: Robertson is up in the Yankees bullpen. This is at least the second time he’s started throwing, maybe the third.
UPDATE, 10:32 p.m.: At no point did I believe Curtis Granderson had a shot at that ball. Not once. An incredible catch that left Robinson Cano standing with both arms raised on the infield dirt. Even the Rays fans here at the Trop gave him a standing ovation. One of the best I’ve ever seen.
UPDATE, 10:40 p.m.: Mariano Rivera was already getting loose, but Jorge Posada has given him a chance to close out a big win for the Yankees.
Go, Yankees!
I definitely think that Cashman is on board with Girardi on not trying to win the division. There is no way that Girardi could or would manage the way he has and not have the gm’s approval. Otherwise he wouldn’t be offered a contract next year with the way he has managed this week. Pitching Mo 2 innings made absolutely no sense when he gave up last night and is auditioning guys other nights.
Just put on my gear. Lets go Yankees!!!
Can they beat My9 curse tonight?
no matter what, I think they will lose this series.
Not a strike. High and inside.
Another at bat that Jeter had affected by the umpire. Should have been a 2-1 count. Instead Jeter had to fight off a 1-2 count.
we can’t get much lower then we are right now so…..i predict a win tonight
I see the gigantic strike zone is back tonight…how exciting….
Looking for at least one win out of these 3 games. Epic Fail last night, try again tonight, and if all else fails the Phranchise tomorrow.
That’s what could have happened last night with Kearns on 1st base.
Is it possible to actually get a base hit now with a RISP
Great swing by Grandy…need to get him in and set the tone for this game. If Granderson could ever do that consistently (stay on the ball and keep his shoulder in longer) then he could be an all star.
that toe doesn’t seem like it really has been effecting him. He’s not limping or anything
Neither of strike 1 or 2 were strikes. Tex just walked on 5 balls.
It was much more pleasant without Michael Kay last night.
should’ve been a walk
We just got cheated out of an AB.
HOW DO PEOPLE NOT SEE THIS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Strikes 1 and 2 were Ball 4. COME ON!!!!!!!!
The umps steal another baserunner from us. That 3-1 pitch wasn’t even close.
SJ44 will buy into his delusions that those were actually strikes.
Unbelievable Ron Kulpa. He has to be better then that calling balls and strikes. I don’t want to fuel CR9′s fire, but he totally took that ab away from Tex.
That’s not a strike. Up and Outside to left handers and low and inside to right handers are all being called strikes!
Those are balls A-Rod hit out last year. He’s a disaster.
the answer would be no…it is not actually possible to get a hit with a RISP
UnKnown – I dont need you or anyone to fuel my fire. That Tex At Bat fueled it enough. Im on fire right now. The first 5 pitches were balls, and they cheated him out of a walk, then cheated Alex on a pitch low and inside.
Ugh, I am in a crowd of rays fans. The guy next to me is yelling “steroids” at every at bat. I’m gonna need a beer.
haha, I was afraid that would be the answer. So freaking frustrating.
How can nobody see this???????? Instead of a 2-0 count for Alex, it’s 1-1. Let’s see if Ivan Nova gets these calls…
More offensive woes.
Every pitch in the Teixiera at bat was called correctly.
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Hang in there tyanksfan36, I see many games on the road during the course of the season as well and a few runs with some good pitching shuts those idiots up quickly.
RISP….Runners In Stranded Position…….I haven’t seen this many stranded since the last episode of Lost…..
i still however believe that we look like absolute sh*t on offense….i mean how much worse can it get. We can only go up from losing so much
You can guarantee that the Yanks won’t get gifts calls from the ump like Tampa just got. What happened to our fiery manager??? We were lied to when we thought that he yells at umps and stands up for players when they get bad calls. He is as quiet as Torre was.
Every pitch in the Alex at bat was called correctly
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Where is that pitch?????????????????????
Yeah, LGY, pitch 4 to Tex was right down the middle. Believe Brooksbaseball – run by a Red Sox fan.
Those 2 high pitches by Nova get called balls…BS
Yeah it was that 5th pitch to Tex that I really hated being called a strike. Could’ve went either way. Cmon Nova be Super tonight.
The 1st 2 pitches to Zobrist would of been a strike for Garza.
You are a liar. There is nobody in their right mind that would believe that pitch 4 or 5 to Tex was a strike.
Every pitch in the Zobrist at bat was called correctly
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CR9 — can’t you just disappear, you damn freak. Your stupid rants are so old and so childish.
Where was that pitch???? That was the same spot to Alex.
Tex usually gets to that ball and I guess because of the toe he couldn’t. At least now we know he will be limited at the plate and in the field.
WHAT???? WHAT????? That was a strike!!!!
Where the hell was that pitch
“RISP….Runners In Stranded Position…….I haven’t seen this many stranded since the last episode of Lost…..”
Lets hope the Yankees can pull off a win as good as the ending of LOST…
This is unbelievable. Im going insane. I wonder what brooksbaseball – run by a red sox fan – showed that one as. This is unbelievable. no cheap 3-0 strike for us. this is unbelievable. unbelievable.
Nova is going to have throw strikes tonight. He isn’t getting Garza’s gigantic zone.
I know the umpires really do suck, but let’s focus. The Yankees need to start winning games before something terrible happens.
Bad job on the Longria ab. Ump missed 2 pitches.
Talk about getting squeezed… Jesus.
Nice curveball
You’re right GoldGlove. Focus Focus Focus Focus. I didnt let the umpires take me down in last year’s postseason. I cant let them do it now. And Kevin Kennedy is complaining about strike 2 to Joyce. Focus Focus Focus. No more umpire talk, no more umpire talk starting now.
I like this guy Nova. He’s got guts. Nice working out of trouble, in a clutch game.
That 2nd strike curveball was a big time pitch….not a bad 1st inning for Nova….got squeezed a little.
good job Nova….i hope all the Yankee starting pitchers understand that if they give up any runs they run a high risk of losing the game
*umpire talk*
Let’s get to business. No more complaining, just let em go out there and hit. Hit hit hit. And teach these ….. a lesson by winning.
WHAT??? That pitch was outside!!! COME ON!
Sure that 1st pitch to Cano was a strike…Unreal..
W00t baserunner!
Man Crawford was playing Cano deep in LF….nice job going the other way there.
oh look at that a lead off single….
everybody should have been out there taking in early BP
Let’s hope we can improve on the current trend: 1 run in the last 22 innings
TWO hits in a row….i feel a little bit of a tingle
Puma is raking….
Back-to-back hits!? When is the last time this madness occured?!
Hey more RISP. Lets take this test again here in the second inning. First inning drew a huge big red F
BACK-TO-BACK HITS???? What is that?
Berkman has been on fire recently. Too bad they have faced soo many lefties recently they couldn’t take advantage of his bat. Now let’s see how they mess up this inning. Kearns should bunt here…
poor ab by kearns
Garza hasn’t thrown a strike all game, and Kearns just goes up there and swings like a buffoon. He might as well have bunted them over. Pathetic .
Kearns is ice cold right now….that was an awful AB with 1st and 2nd nobody out.
Now there’s the usual unproductive AB
At least Austin “Inning Killer” Kearns didn’t hit into a DP…
Kearns is a total waste. I don’t know why someone ice cold isn’t bunting. These runners will be stranded.
they should have made Kearns bunt….its so sad that Kearns and Curtis have to be in our lineup
Everyone needs to help out a bit. You put that big league uni on you need to help out to some extent. Cmon
And Curtis is up there hacking. 1-1 was a ball and he just fouled it off. Great at bat Curtis. Swung at 2 balls nowhere near the strike zone.
looking like a double F!! who’s left to save the day don’t tell me Cervelli
Curtis is so overmatched in the big leagues. He has no chance up there.
Strandation Proclamation of 2010.
Absolutely pathetic
Curtis is feeble at the plate.
Another dreadful at bat. The Yanks should play Nunez in the outfield he can actually hit and reach base. I have seen enough of Kearns, he stinks.
Christ those at bats were pathetic
Can’t get a ball to ever kick up chalk either right now. Just dismal
Look at this. Just terrible luck. You get 2 hits to lead off an inning, and do nothing and have to hope for Cervelli to come through. Garza the HR machine, wonder if he’ll give any HRs up tonight. Hey, Cervelli, you wanna hit your first HR in over a year??? Guess not. 1st and 2nd nobody out wasted.
F F
This has been one of the Yankees problems all season and its due in part to injuries and in part to Girardi’s commitment to resting people, but the the middle of the order will get on base and start a rally and then the bottom of the order will just kill it.
opp is wasted
What dies anyone expect with 3 auto outs hitting 7-8-9?
unreal…that inning was completely wasted!
1 run in 23 innings
The bottom of this order is death at bat.
how dare you guys tease me like that….getting two hits in a row only to leave me hanging…
maybe this is like baby steps, 1 hit in the first inning…2 hits in the 2nd, 3 hits in the 3rd
Pathetic.
Just fricking awful. God f’in awful.
I wish Nunez could play outfield.
Wow, who didn’t see that coming a mile away???
Barring something unforeseen, the Yanks will start this road trip 0 – 6.
How many pitches did he throw to the last three batters? 10?
Cervelli the black hole. Colin Curtis is even worse.
What dies anyone expect with 3 auto outs hitting 7-8-9?
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You realize cervelli has the same average as Teixiera right? And that he has been on base a lot the last week or so.
this is just a rotten baseball team. and luck has nothing to do with it.
Curtis won us a game against the Mets with a 2 run double earlier in the year. Won the game 2-1.
The saddest thing of all is that Kearns, Curtis, and Cervelli all went down with absolutely no fight. Man, this is beyond bad.
some nicve ab’s..
tex has 1 rbi in at least 10 games and it came by a walk with the bases loaded.
now you know why kearns got traded. he is a hack, swings for the fences and if he does not run into the ball he does jack.
curtis swung at a ball that was a ball by 2 feet.
some offense their. great situational hitting .way to go………………
Let’s Go Losers !
Unless Cano, Tex or Arod hit a homerun they aren’t scoring a run tonight. They are giving away too many easy outs with this lineup. Once you get past Berkman it’s absolute garbage. I am glad the bottom of the lineup is what you would see at a Scranton game.
So freakin’ pathetic……2 on, no out….not 1 run….Kearns looks like garbage….it’s gotten to the point of concern….how long can this go on for?!? If it was May, I’d shrug it off, we’ve had opportunities to rattle Garza already, and that s**t chin idiot “Houdini’s” his way out of both innings
Saw Jay-Z/Eminem last night at the stadium…it was the best concert I’ve ever seen
It’s all Joe G’s fault.
the black hole in this lineup isnt the bottom, it is the entire lineup right now.
russo won the game against the mets not curtis. curtis helped win the dodger comeback game…….
Nova looks to have his good curveball tonight. He’s thrown some dandies so far…
Tex with a broken toe>Giambi……then again, Tex with a blindfold on > Giambi
Curtis and Cervelli?
That’s the best the Yankees can do from their farm?
Jeter – not hitting.
Granderson – not hitting.
Teixeira – not hitting (as usual)
Rodriguez – not hitting.
Cano – stopped hitting.
Kearns and Berkman – haven’t hit since they got here.
How is this team supposed to win ballgames when their entire lineup is not hitting?
# CR9 September 14th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Curtis won us a game against the Mets with a 2 run double earlier in the year. Won the game 2-1.
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That was Russo.
Worst/Best? Case Scenario: The Yankees lose every game this road trip and Girardi is relieved of his duties. Okay, I can dream, can’t I?
I almost kicked the tv right there. Calm down. Calm down.
Yankees need to play some small ball…bunt the runners over, sac fly
Has there been ANY report of a team meeting after any of these brutal losses? At least Torre would do that once in a while.
Nice — walk a guy after being ahead 0 – 2
This guy has a teacup strike zone.
Trevor – Oops. Well, he did hit that big home run after Brett Gardner was thrown out in the middle of an at bat.
patience, patience. they will break through
cervelli didnt go down without a fight FYI. He was about 6 inches from a 2 run double.
blake – Yes, a teacup strike zone for our pitcher. But Im past that. Gotta put it behind and move forward.
Small ball… could not agree more. Let them make a few mistakes… best way to feel good and maybe get back on track.
But instead we have Babe Kearns, Mickey Curtis, and Iron Horse Cervelli
it’s ok. don’t panic
Thats fine he would’ve stole 2nd anyways. Get the 9 man here and go try to hit again.
All BJ Upton is good for
Not the best throw but that’s a play Tex normally makes.
Tex should of had that. Every part of their game is in the toilet right now.
Girardi is not a small ball manager. Situational hitting is not his style. Like Earl Weaver, he waits for the long ball. Hence, the stranded runners.
Glad that error didn’t hurt us…
Yes, Beautiful Composure there by Super Nova. Now try to score.
not for nothing. Nova is pretty darn good.
Solid 2 for Ivan….like we’ve said, hasn’t been the pitching….it’s been the offense
Solid 2 for Ivan….like we’ve said, hasn’t been the pitching….it’s been the offense
Hopefully the Yanks will stop knocking on the door this inning and finally walk through it.
# Captain Clutch September 14th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Tex should of had that. Every part of their game is in the toilet right now.
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Maybe he should have, maybe he shouldn’t have. But I’ll take his glove every single day.
the rays are essentially a younger version of the yankees this year. same pitching issues, same problems scoring runs. these teams are very evenly matched…
Nova has been really good. If he keeps this up, and somehow the Yankees make the playoffs, he should be the fourth starter.
Prediction 3 runs here from the top of order… give the kid a cushion.
Tonight’s poll question should be how many guys can we leave on base tonight?
4 straight way out of the K zone is the only way Jeter is gonna get on base
Wow a baserunner. I am sure a dp will follow….
Pitching hasn’t been the problem lately.
Pitching….22 innings….5 runs
Offense…..22 innings….. 1 run!
Like my high school used to say ” you can’t win if you can’t score runs”!
Jeter avoids slipping below .260 — for now
Russ Salzberg should be the new manager of the Yankees
I think AJ is definitely going to start; in fact, there’s no doubt in my mind. Therefore, I think it comes down to Nova and Phil and I think it could easily be Nova.
damn he could have scored
look at grandy..
Captain Clutch September 14th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Tonight’s poll question should be how many guys can we leave on base tonight?
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Choices:
A. 9
B. 11
C. 12
D. 15
text in your vote
good, they have to score at least A run here
2nd and 3rd and no outs!
If we don’t score at least 2 runs we don’t deserve to win this game!
I think AJ is definitely going to start; in fact, there’s no doubt in my mind. Therefore, I think it comes down to Nova and Phil and I think it could easily be Nova.
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no chance in hell.
Have to score here. Great job Grandy.
how can the Yankees f*ck this up????????
couldnt even get granderson over to 3rd. at least we got a run in.
thank god they got one finally.
A sac fly….OMG.
thank god they got one finally.
They have to score here, don’t they?
is that what you call a “sac fly”? Haven’t seen one of those in a while for the Yanks.
We scored a run, we actually scored a run!!
now go for a REAL RBI
Maybe one run will help us really take off. We are due for a 7 run inning, but that’s tough with Kearns and Curtis.
Nice to see a leadoff walk hurt the opposition for once
THE UMPIRE GOT HIT!!!!
Better than the past 23 innings
hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray the Yankees scored a run……………its been so long
Damn if that sac fly was deep enough Granderson would of scored on that.
CR9′s prayers have been answered..
what do you say arod does weak groundball to short, weak infield fly or strikeout?
Two very nice swings by granderson this game. There he kept his hands back and stayed closed, that allowed him to cover the outside part of the plate and hit a change up away. Garza tried to double up on the change there and Curtis stayed on that second change up and didn’t lose his balance.
Scoring a run feels like a novelty.
Garza can lose his composure quickly – they need to score more runs here.
# Captain Clutch September 14th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Damn if that sac fly was deep enough Granderson would of scored on that.
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I’m not sure he would have.
Wow…. This is… a good inning…
Am I going insane?
A-Rod
Takes a lot of guts to get back behind the plate after that…I’d be scared it would happen again…
2 RUN INNING!
works everytime
there we go a REAL RBI
love you A-rod
Great AB by arod!
Nice hit Alex.
A-ROD!
Rocket down the line
Very nice swing by Alex…very solid stroke on a pitch inside….good sign when he’s covering that.
YAAAAAY!!!!
How is a sac fly not a REAL RBI? Are you kidding? That’s smart baseball.
kearns is only in there because swish and gardner are out, and golson and thames are the other options.
It’s a DELUGE!!!!
yankees need to hit some HRs, haven’t had one in a while
no my prayers were not answered. i no longer take pleasure in the injury of others. even though my dislike is evident, i hope ron kulpa is not hurt.
Alex is so good. He’s got such a great swing. He has great hands. He is just a great, great baseball player.
He’s swung the bat well since coming off the DL even if it hasn’t necessarily translated into consistent results. His swing has been very balanced.
Let’s hope he gets locked in.
Boy, Alex is just so clutch………..
not a real rbi? he hit the ball and a run scored. the very definition.
the question is how is a bases loaded walk an rbi?
“Two very nice swings by granderson this game. There he kept his hands back and stayed closed, that allowed him to cover the outside part of the plate and hit a change up away.”
He could be an all-star if he could do that more consistently. He becomes a totally different hitter when he stays on the ball that long.
blake September 14th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Very nice swing by Alex?very solid stroke on a pitch inside?.good sign when he?s covering that.
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so that only could mean that blockhead girardi rests him tomorrow
Garza is on the ropes here…
Locked into the lineup, too – please no more days off.
Come on Robbie!!!
Arod has just missed a lot of pitches the last few days. I thought the first AB was gone when he hit it.
# Betsy September 14th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Boy, Alex is just so clutch………..
This would be wonderful if we get going and bat around….give Nova 5 runs…I don’t want to sound greedy, just want a cushion
# ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
not a real rbi? he hit the ball and a run scored. the very definition.
the question is how is a bases loaded walk an rbi?
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New stat? Rbbi?
joe will prolly rest A-rod and Granderson tomorrow
I should have asked for a HR earlier
ROBBIE is a beast!
YES!!!!!
They have awaken!
WOW WAS THAT LONG!
ROBBIE CANO F’ING DID IT!
LETS GO BOYS
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
CA-YES!!!!
told you Garza was on the ropes…
they break through tonight?
Robbie!!!!!!! I was hoping you would get in on this action
YAY!! down and in slider crushed!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks blake for asking that they walk through the door and not just knock on it!!!!!!!!!
MEAT Garza…..Ha,luv it!
That looked like Cano reached out and hooked an outside pitch.
New stat? Rbbi?
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The LOHUD blog should patent that right now.
Hey – I didn’t know the New York Highlanders could do that?
What do they call those things? When the dead ball goes over that wall thingy out there?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hm. The Yankees didn’t F this up. Imagine that.
Who are these impostors in gray???
ROBBIIEEEEE!!!!
Offense is getting defibrilated!!!!
There aren’t two prettier back to back swings in all of baseball than Arod and Robbie.
It was that real sweet swing and hopefully this gets Cano going.
With Hamilton hurt, he still has a shot at MVP if he gets hot and carries the team rest of the way and they win the division.
Not sure what I saw. they say it was down and in.
That’s more like it. Cano works the count, gets it to 3-2, and gets s pitch he can really handle. Great at bat.
That’s it… Cano & Arod get rested tomorrow…
An offensive deluge here.
Feels good huh?
First HR in 6 days. Couldn’t have been against a nicer pitcher. From our best hitter to, just great.
“He could be an all-star if he could do that more consistently. He becomes a totally different hitter when he stays on the ball that long.”
He should be one of the 2-3 best CF in baseball. He really does have great hitting tools. You watch him swing like that and you can see it.
Same thing for that swing he put on the ball yesterday for that hit against Price last night. Price was chewing up everyone – especially lefties. And granderson had a great at bat – battled Price, stayed closed and balanced against a left handed pitcher who has an incredibly fast arm and squared up the ball. Very impressive.
Hey ju kno I try to hi de ball and win de gay.
syd_cash September 14th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
joe will prolly rest A-rod and Granderson tomorrow
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I hope not. especially a-rod. they have a day off thursday.
syd_cash September 14th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
joe will prolly rest A-rod and Granderson tomorrow
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I hope not. especially a-rod. they have a day off thursday.
Austin Kearns swings at everything possible.
A PLUS for this inning.. WOOHOO
mlb channel discussing cano vs hamilton in mvp. I think at this point, Miguel Cabrera is probably the MVP. Cano slid a little and Hamilton has missed too much time.
Nice to see Cano with a big hit………………….except for this slump, he’s carried the team this year, without a lot of help.
YankFanCA September 14th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Who are these impostors in gray???
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The imposter is YOU
Kearns should get his eyes checked
Kearns swung at the fist 6 pitches tonight, couldnt bother to get hit by the pitch, just so he could get his extra hack in.
lol i was about to say that Kearny should have leaned in to that pitch
Look at the bright side = 0 LOB.
ac1: Miggy really is a beast. Unfortunately I don’t see Cano getting unless he goes on a torrid run these last weeks.
Today is a good start though!
Would be nice to have a 1-2-3 inning right here…just give Nova some confidence, make him feel good, and continue to tack on runs. This game isn’t over by any means (as we saw the other night in Texas up by 3…..) We just need to focus on knocking Garza outta the game
Pettitte has pitched much better than his line. Defense killed him, especially Romine. Cutters down and in that he didn’t catch that went for 2 wild pitches. 5 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs (earned), 1 walk, 4 strikeouts and 1 homer allowed.
A good time for 1-5 to break out
Kearns has a relatively long, very top hand dominant swing. He swings at so many bad pitches because he needs to start his swing very early due to its length and orientation.
CB,
Granderson is sorta a funny case since the KC series. He’ll find it for a several AB’s and look great and then he’ll lose it for awhile. I’m sure a lot of it is him still getting used to doing things differently and his new swing…hopefully with time it will become more consistent and he’ll look like the hitter we think he can be on a more regular basis. He’s had two really nice swings tonight.
Good response, TR10 — you moron
mashmore98 Pettitte: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR — That’s likely the end of his night.
67 pitches, 49 strikes
Kearns is just swinging at everything right now…looks lost up there.
Don’t look at Pettittes results. Look at his pitch count. Velocity. And how he feels after.
As long as Andy emerges healthy, that’s all that counts…I guess his next start would be Sunday, a long, long time in coming
most important stat for Andy tonight: zero groins pulled.
Blake, that sounds like what happened with Swish last year. I think Curtis just needs that muscle memory – more work over the off-season should really help.
Isn’t Kearns hurt?
GREAT INNING IVAN!
Where was that 0-1 pitch?? Just put it behind and move forwad. Good job Nova.
“most important stat for Andy tonight: zero groins pulled.”
LOL very true.
Is this the step upwards we’ve been waiting for? Was last night truly rock bottom?
Nice shutdown inning from Nova after the runs.
Sweet. Quick inning. Love it.
this kid is GOOD.
EFFICIENCY.
That ball has movement and the Rays can’t square up on Nova.
SUPERNOVA
Nova looking sharp….nice shutdown inning after the run support
thats what is real nice to see. get a lead, quick 1-2-3 inning, no runs given right back. I really believe Nova has to be the 4th starter in the postseason based on everything we have seen lately. Put Javy in the pen where he has actually been good, and let AJ watch from a distance.
Look for genius Giradi to pull Nova after 5 innings, and try to mix and match the pen to get the final 12 outs….
Nova is good. #4 starter down the stretch and, hopefully, into the postseason as well.
Ben Zobrist is a relatively patient hitter. In that last at bat, he was guessing first pitch fastball, likely thinking that Nova would try to just throw a get me over fastball with the lead.
Nova threw a fastball – Zobrist got his pitch. But still couldn’t get on top of it due to the location and action of the pitch.
Very good to see from a young pitcher.
Nova is inconsistent with his mechanics. But he’s able to control things enough to where the quality of his arm still comes through significantly.
Can anyone imagine if the Yanks had the guy on the Mets- DUDA?
John Sterling: “Suzyn, there is goes to left. DOO-DAH, DOO-DAH. The Yankees have a three run lead. Oh the DOO-DAH dayyyyy.”
AJ will be in the rotation, count on it.
AJ has a role. He bakes pies . . . and muffins. You know — the one who lives on Drury Lane.
Nova is pitching his was into consideration for a post season start, he looks really good out there…
Betsy — you’re rarely right. Please don’t start now.
Nova is certainly making the case for himself to get a playoff start.
It’d be tough to oust Burnett because of his veteran status, Game 2 win last year and high salary.
Hughes has earned a spot with 16 wins. He’s also playoff tested.
But Nova is tough to ignore.
Betsy September 14th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
AJ will be in the rotation, count on it.
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Probably but he shouldnt be. If Cashman was being honest, then Nova has earned this.
You know what’s scary/sad?
Nova is a better pitcher than AJ Burnett.
By “pitcher”, I mean the ability to work hitters in and out and up and down.
He can also change speeds and give them different looks.
He doesn’t meltdown when he messes up.
You wonder if a guy like Burnett notices this and realize just how much adjusting he is going to have to make if he ever hopes to be an effective pitcher again.
Pettitte gave up a bomb in AA?
Oh he’s gonna hear about that when he returns to the team I’m sure.
Um, ok YankFan – trying to pick a fight? What’s your problem? Wow……..
Actually, AJ was a former Keebler elf, until he grew too large to fit inside the tree..
Can someone explain why Cervelli just cant hit a HR?
Who’s to say Phil will be in the rotation?
I firmly believe AJ will be in the rotation, for many reasons.
“Can anyone imagine if the Yanks had the guy on the Mets- DUDA?
John Sterling: “Suzyn, there is goes to left. DOO-DAH, DOO-DAH. The Yankees have a three run lead. Oh the DOO-DAH dayyyyy.””
I’m all punned out after listening to Sterling yesterday LOL
Today Cano is not a leading candidate for MVP, but if he gets hot I would not rule it out.
If Yanks win the division and Cano makes significant contributions towards that it is a big plus.
He already has 97 RBI (tied with Hamilton) and has a chance to end with close to 110 RBI.
He is sixth in the BA and if he gets hot and reaches a BA of 325, could finish with 3rd in AL.
And he plays 2nd base for winning team.
His only competition at this time is Cabrera who playing for a losing team.
It is very much possible he wins MVP.
As opposed to the Yankees in gray? Calling the kettle black there YankfanCA
Jeter all over that pitch.
Jeter’s swing look vintage
This makes me happy
it’s nice to see all of the top of the line-up guys hitting….maybe everyone is heading upwards
The old Jeter appears to be stirring from his slumber…..
Man, that Jeter is so finished…
Jeter has his stroke back, it’s pretty clear there is a huge difference in his swing the past 3 games…
jeter has been hitting better.
on mlb i think the announcers think the yankees AA team is altoona and the thunder are the opponents. they keep making jokes that make no sense because they seem to be thinking that andy pitched for altoona.
Another classic Jeterian swing. This is such a relief to see. Even on his outs he’s hitting them in the air the other way the past few days.
He’s stopped doing that ridiculous swing where he tried to open up his hips early to clear room for his hands.
Cervelli graduated from the Jason Kendall Institute for Powerless Catchers..
Woohoo Jeter! Getting back in the groove?
Jeter & Cano both 2-for-2
I never thought Jeter was done……………………but the next time he makes an out, the clowns will be out in full force
Nova is doing a great job so far especially considering the strike zone he is getting.
Excellent point SJ!
I didnt want to jump to conclusions but i’m trying to remember the last young pitcher the yankees had other than hughes that showed this much promise.
CB, when did Jeter make those changes that effed up his swing?
DocTodd September 14th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Actually, AJ was a former Keebler elf, until he grew too large to fit inside the tree..
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ROFLMAO
Just for reference: is “-Matt-” a different from “Matt”?
“Nova is a better pitcher than AJ Burnett.”
I think pending the return of Pettitte, Nova has been the best pitcher behind CC.
If he continues this, he has to be in the playoffs rotation.
Joba?
I’m concerned for this inning….let’s see if he really has it….can he handle Longoria….Pena…..Joyce….the power hitters
Cb- yes
You know, I had been thinking that the Yanks might be interested in bringing Kearns back next year. I mean, he’s a fairly decent OF, with a decent bat.
However, given that he would be a bench player, and that his swing, if it’s naturally this long….that might mitigate against Cash having interest. Especially given how well Thames has done his job this year. Coupled with Colin Curtis, whom Girardi has said he’s liked his ABs and can play all three OF positions, that might be their 2011 OF bench there, Thames and Colin Curtis. You could do worse.
Jeter & Cano both 2-for-2
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Jeter is 1-2 with a walk.
Unfortunately, many pitchers are better than AJ ……..but he’s got currency with the organization and the Yankees think his upside in the post-season is a big enough reason to start him.
Yes
Well that was encouraging….1 pitch/1 out from Eva….we’ll take it every time
Varitek is back tonight…ugh. Anyone see that Boston gets to miss a date with King Felix….it feels like everytime we face Seattle he is in the rotation for the series, and the same for Uncle Cliffy with whatever current team he’s on….luckily that won’t be the case next season for Cliffy
Unfortunately, many pitchers are better than AJ ……..but he’s got currency with the organization and the Yankees think his upside in the post-season is a big enough reason to start him.
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Well see. Nonetheless. if he is the 4th starter, he will have Nova warming up after the first hit he gives up.
Fergie Nova is pitching a solid game tonight…
any time a Yankee hitter drives one to the outfield that looks like it’s going to be caught, a part of me waits for it to a cat walk (the eternal optimist in me, I suppose.)
I want to join the parade regarding the lack of production from Cervelli. We know he is not going to get a hit. So swinging at the first pitch and going out does not even contribute anything in the bigger picture of getting to the bullpen! I vote Nova starter…AJ long relief not the other way around…
Nova reminds me of Aceves when he first came up in 2008.
He knows how to pitch and how to make adjustments. And he’s not scared to throw strikes.
I like it.
Mosely’s been alright too but Nova’s been great.
The Rays can’t square up on Nova’s fastball at all.
That was impressive from Nova. Low pitch count.
Someone lock Girardi in the manager’s office
If AJ pitches is in the postseason rotation, Girardi MUST have a very quick hook if AJ struggles..
another quick inning.
I like SuperNova and he should have come up a month sooner.
“when did Jeter make those changes that effed up his swing?”
MG-
I can’t back this up more than from memory and observation – but I think it around midseason or just after.
To me it looked like he was trying to adjust due to problems he was having with inside pitches. Rather than trying to use the swing that made him so successful where he’s leading with his hands he started attacking pitches in a more conventional way. He became more of a “hips” hitter.
I don’t know if he did it intentionally or unintentionally but he changed the way he was swinging. For the first part of the season he wasn’t great by any means – but he was a league average shortstop at least.
When he started trying to adjust his swing that’s when he really went into the toilet. I just don’t think Jeter knows how to swing the way he was trying to – it was too far from his natural swing.
AC, If Nova outpitches Phil, he’s going to start in his place. It’s hard to believe, but I think that’s the way it is.
Nice to see Jeter stick a hit in there each game, but, it’s been 19 games in a row without a multi hit game before tonight.
That was impressive from Nova. Low pitch count.
Someone lock Girardi in the manager’s office
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Ha. I hope these quick innings make it harder to pull Nova after 5 like he normally does.
Nova is really, really impressive. He has a plan and knows what he is doing out there. They should just him a chance to be the #5 starter next year. If they knew he was this good they didn’t need to trade for Vazquez.
Jeter is showing patience, not swinging at too much garbage, and going opposite field on a hard line a lot more.
Please be real Please be real Please be real Please be real
AJ is not set in the post-season.
If he was, Cashman would have said so in his media rounds last week.
Cash was very specific that everybody but CC was pitching for post-season positions.
He doesn’t go on these talk shows and speak off the cuff.
The bottom line is, if this kid keeps pitching like this, he’s going to have to be considered for a spot in the post-season rotation.
I read somewhere that after that 1-7 performance in Texas, Jeter went to KLong. You know, that hitting coach that gets all the criticism for not doing enough….
SJ – I don’t know that comparing Nova to AJ is scary. Sad, maybe. We know that an athlete’s psychologic background is very important to their success. This may be just another piece of evidence for that.
In a lot of lines of work, the psychologic aspect can turn a brilliant guy into a bum, and a so-so guy into a star.
AC, If Nova outpitches Phil, he’s going to start in his place. It’s hard to believe, but I think that’s the way it is.
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LIke i said, i dont disagree with the possibility you are right. I HOPE that Cashman steps in and makes it clear the best 4 go and right now that is CC, (Pettitte), Nova and Hughes.
The only way I would give Nova the #5 spot is if Andy comes back………….and even then, I’m not sure.
Exactly, if Nova can keep it up, he’d be a great Vazquez replacement for next season
What about Nova’s innings limit.
I read sometime back it is also aorund 175 innings.
They do not care as he pitched in the minors?
CC
Lee
Hughes
Pettitte
Nova
That can be a good starting 5 next year.
sadly Burnett is there. So Nova is not going to get his chance.
We should probably wait until Nova starts a whole season before we say he’s better than so-and so. If he ends up the #5 starter, he’s going to have his struggles………..of course he will.
You wonder if a guy like Burnett notices this and realize just how much adjusting he is going to have to make if he ever hopes to be an effective pitcher again.
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I doubt it. He doesn’t seem to have a high baseball IQ. Maybe as high as Joba’s which isn’t much.
Unfortunately, many pitchers are better than AJ ……..but he’s got currency with the organization…
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Id say he’s got currency because of the organization.
Lot$ and lot$ of currency.
Tex is slumping…
Nova has been great since coming up. And he’s not even close to being a finished product. His delivery is still relatively unrefined.
The kid knows how to pitch and has a very live arm. If he could become more consistent with his throwing mechanics he’d have 3 plus pitches.
Just threw a gorgeous dead fish change last inning. When he’s got his release point right his curve ball has nice bite to it. Importantly he throws both those pitches with good arm speed.
Mark Teixeira is nothing more than Jason Giambi with a better glove.
Streaky
All power
No consistency
Nova is just 23…..wow..
CB, thanks, it’s hard to believe he would make major changes like that in mid-season unless he was hurting. There is just a huge difference in the way the ball is jumping off his bat the past 3 games. He’s always been a streaky hitter, if he gets hot it will make a big difference in the team the rest of the way.
They think AJ has pitched better recently and he sort of has, whereas Phil has continued to struggle. Now if AJ reverts to being horrid, perhaps he won’t start, but I do think he’s got the edge.
A-ROD!!!!!!
A-bomb!!!!!!!!!
A-Bomb
in A-Rod we trust
Alex!! Alex!! Alex!! Alex!! Alex!! What were Kennedy and Staaaaaaaats talking about that Garza is an elite pitcher??
A-BOMB! FROM A-ROD!!!
hahahahahaha it looked like that was coming down well short of the seats and then it just disappeared.
A-BOMB….that was the slowest HR ever….i thought it was still in the park….cause they outfielders were looking up for a little bit
Brackman pitching in relief. 2 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts
What was the hang time on that punt???
so much for the rumors of Arod’s loss of power this year…
Alex!
AN A-BOMB FROM A-ROD
“Isn’t it amazing Suzyn….you can’t predict baseball. The Yankees can’t hit a lick, and today they have 5 runs already against the best team in baseball.”
Hoot! 7 more to go.
Pepitone, you’re not serious, are you?
Teixeira would be a .300+ hitter every year if not for his slow starts
His slow start was just longer this year
also he’s not that streaky
this is really his first small slump since he’s gotten hot
Go Arod!!! It’s really nice to see them hit Garza. I can’t stand him and his cocky attitude.
You could see an absolute moon shot just coming. It’s been coming for days now.
His swing has been beautiful since coming back. Just beautiful.
My goodness. How much back spin can a human being put on a baseball with a swing? It’s unreal. The action on the ball is just amazing off his bat when his swing is right.
What an absolute bomb.
Thank goodness he’s back and looks healthy.
The thing I don’t trust on Nova is he leaves his breaking and offspeed stuff high too often. I would take him over AJ but not Phil.
CC, Pettitte, Phil, Nova would be a confident rotation in the postseason if you consider their work up until now.
Garza is the Rays version of AJ.
He’s either great or awful and is rarely in between those two extremes.
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
It looks like someone taught Girardi how to manage again.
WOW the ump didn’t give Garza the 3-0 gift. Amazing…
I thought the DL stint would be good for Alex and not just for his calf, but his hip. That rest really appears to have done him some good.
Come on Berkman!! Hack one out!!!
They think AJ has pitched better recently and he sort of has, whereas Phil has continued to struggle. Now if AJ reverts to being horrid, perhaps he won’t start, but I do think he’s got the edge.
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Hughes numbers struggling are still better than Aj’s improved.
What AJ has done the last three starts is better than before, but hardly good.
Berkman doesn’t look like he’s seeing the ball well against Garza
still, he’s 12-25 since coming off of the DL coming into the AB
just awesome
Late to the dance (though I was watching this elsewhere) so I don’t know if there’s been “how about Nova in the postseason rotation” talk, but…
Stranger things have happened, right?
Having him and Moseley as backup is sure a nice feeling.
AC, I don’t think AJ has been particularly good either, but he’s like an incumbent: it’s going to take a LOT to knock him out.
Bigger beak?? Garza or Nomar??
even kearns joining the party.
look at that Kearny got a hit
“What AJ has done the last three starts is better than before, but hardly good.”
AJ still has a few more starts to get it right.
What a difference in the lineup with DJ hitting.
Berkman since coming off the DL is hitting .500 from the left side.
Berkman/Thames have DH covered in the playoffs, please round the rest of team into shape
I would like to be Kevin Long’s agent. He’s on line for a pretty nice multi year contract. The players really buy into his BS.
AC, I don’t think AJ has been particularly good either, but he’s like an incumbent: it’s going to take a LOT to knock him out.
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I agree with you, but i am hoping brains win out over worrying about AJ’s sensitivity.
On the mlb network Joe Magrane just compared Alex’s home runs to Harmen Kilibrew’s.
Kilibrew was way before my time. In some sense I can understand the comparison in terms of home run distance and raw power.
But just from the old clips I’ve seen and from what I’ve read, that comparison seems off to me. I’ve always associated Kilibrew with tremendous upper body strength and power that was generated by his shoulders and arms and torso that produced a very violent swing with a lot of misses.
Good bye Mr. Cocky.
Goodnight Garza!
“Bigger beak?? Garza or Nomar?”
Close, but I say Norman has the edge by a nose…
Bye Bye S**T CHIN
Overrated piece of trash
That would be “Nomar” not Norman
Betsy -you’re absolutely right about Alex.
Yes. Good job by Kearns knocking Garza out of the game. Although, the bullpen will probably pitch better.
It’s why I’ve been saying he’s got to play.
He is swinging the bat well and wants to stay in rhythm.
That’s what he’s been telling Girardi and that’s why he wasn’t happy sitting out two games in a week with an off day.
Alex is the most rhythm-like player on the team.
When he is in rhythm, he wants to play everyday.
He feels he needs to in order for his swing to stay in sync.
Hughes last 8 starts has a 4.7 ERA (and both his bad starts came against the blue jays)
AJ’s last 8 has a 6.7
I wish it was the eighth inning instead of the fifth.
You mean Nose-mar?
People got on Berk’s case WAY too quickly after he came over – holy cow, people are reactionary. I always thought he’d contribute, and he has – big time. I’m happy for the guy – he has a great sense of humor and just seems like a good person.
“The thing I don’t trust on Nova is he leaves his breaking and offspeed stuff high too often. I would take him over AJ but not Phil.”
That’s an issue. He’s just not consistent with his mechanics yet and that’s why you see the wide variation in the quality of his off speed stuff. His arm action is longish and his release point varies.
Don’t know if he can fix those problems – but if he could Nova would be very good.
Wow… who would have predicted this outcome after 4.2 innings?
RiverAveBlues McGee in AAA: 17.1 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 27 K.
Straw, without going through these posts all I can say is that I really hope there hasn’t been any foot stomping and self entitlement tonight because if there has, I personally will have the poster committed – or fitted for coment shoes!
I remember Harmon Killebrew, and he was definitely an upper body slugger. I don’t get Magrane’s comparison, either.
Man, it feels like ages since the Yankees were hitting like this.
Nova has been doing a pretty good job since coming up. He is like a shot of adrenaline seeing a young kid come up and be affective on the mound.
I’m not going to go overboard with him, but its nice to see him riding the wave so far.
I am shocked that Girardi isn’t pinch hitting Thames here. You know he loves to use his toys at any chance he gets.
mlb just showed garza punch the wall with his pitching hand. pretty dumb .
Girardi will cool the team right down with some ill-advised days off for some players tomorrow..
I could be off here, but I actually think it is the opposite with AJ. I think it is going to take a lot for him to start in the playoffs.
The Yankees can’t be happy at all with how he has performed this year. He has been dreadful and I can’t see them just looking past that and saying you killed us all season, just don’t kill us in the playoffs.
The comments from Cashman seemed like they were directed at AJ. Show us what you have the last few weeks, or you are not starting.
Captain Clutch September 14th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I am shocked that Girardi isn’t pinch hitting Thames here. You know he loves to use his toys at any chance he gets.
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not up 5-0
Jerkface, but AJ has done it before for the Yankees and he’s a veteran. I don’t know how the Yankees are evaluating Phil, but he’s not pitching well enough to be a slam dunk starter.
mmm….”experts” what do you think Joe Madden was thinking, bringing in a prospect pitcher in big game? Should he be fired?
this next one has to be coming right down the middle. turn cervelli loose.
“People got on Berk’s case WAY too quickly after he came over – holy cow, people are reactionary.”
Uh, yup.
Very surprised that the Rays didn’t call up Jake McGee earlier this season to help out their pen. Didn’t understand that given how big this year is for them and how much work Soriano and Benoit have gotten.
McGee had one of the best left arms in the minors. Throws very hard. Off speed stuff is so so. Command is also so so.
If Cervelli ever hits a HR, I’ll streak down 5th Ave…. (inside the park homers don’t count!)
Brackman effective in relief of Pettitte. 3 so in 2 inn.
Can we ban the bold trisha?
Trisha-
It’s been pretty civil and enjoyable so far…as usual when the Yankees are winning.
ac1
hope he broke his hand…..(any pitcher that is dumb enough to do that deserves too)
LGY, actually I thought those comments were directed at AJ and Phil…………..
Joe, that DL stint could have been the best thing to happen to him.
But just from the old clips I’ve seen and from what I’ve read, that comparison seems off to me. I’ve always associated Kilibrew with tremendous upper body strength and power that was generated by his shoulders and arms and torso that produced a very violent swing with a lot of misses.
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CB -
I was around for Killebrew, and you are right on.
The Twins fans went from calling him “Killer Killebrew” when he was on, to “Harmless Harmon” when he went on one of his regular down streaks.
His power was all upper body.
A-Rod reminds me of Tony Oliva, before he got hurt. Although with more power, obviously.
“mmm….”experts” what do you think Joe Madden was thinking, bringing in a prospect pitcher in big game? Should he be fired?”
If his name was Joe Girardi you would have already had a forum full of calls for his firing!
Good job by Cervelli being patient
CB September 14th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
On the mlb network Joe Magrane just compared Alex’s home runs to Harmen Kilibrew’s.
Kilibrew was way before my time. In some sense I can understand the comparison in terms of home run distance and raw power.
But just from the old clips I’ve seen and from what I’ve read, that comparison seems off to me. I’ve always associated Kilibrew with tremendous upper body strength and power that was generated by his shoulders and arms and torso that produced a very violent swing with a lot of misses.
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I saw lots of Killebrew in his prime and also fail to see a comparison to Arod. Killebrew, like you said, was all arms and shoulders and swung out of his socks; Arod is much more fluid at the plate. Maybe Magrane was describing the arc of the home runs rather than the way the ball is hit. Or maybe he has no clue, that’s what working with DeWayne Stats for a long time can do for you
What in the world are these pitchers doing walking Cervelli the past week??
Well, a walk IS as good as a hit..
Wow, best result we could have hoped for there.
How does anyone walk these 2 auto outs??
CB September 14th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
On the mlb network Joe Magrane just compared Alex’s home runs to Harmen Kilibrew’s.
Kilibrew was way before my time. In some sense I can understand the comparison in terms of home run distance and raw power.
But just from the old clips I’ve seen and from what I’ve read, that comparison seems off to me. I’ve always associated Kilibrew with tremendous upper body strength and power that was generated by his shoulders and arms and torso that produced a very violent swing with a lot of misses.
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Killebrew was just brute strength….pretty much a right handed version of Thome with a lower average. High, arching flies to left and center. Not really so much to the opposite field.
Rodriguez was much more like Mantle in that he could hit them out in any park in any direction. Rodriguez, like Mantle had incredible strength to combine with a blindingly fast bat.
velli getting it done
Can Jeter put something up with the based loaded for once?
Joe from LI-
Thanks. That’s what I figured. Those two hitters just seemed so different to me even though they both hit a lot of home runs.
mcgee looks like a fat randy choate in his gameday foto. pitches like him, too.
Wow. First career outing. Way to go, mad-genius. Trying to scar the kid?
He got squeezed, but that’s what happens to rookies.
Wow o_O
who said that earlier about a bases loaded walk shouldn’t give the batter a RBI.
Nice one there for Cervelli
Can you imagine the carrying-on if it were AJ and Joe and the Yanks who were performing like Garza, Maddon, et al here tonight?
Did he use his pitching hand? Real smart, 2 weeks or so before the playoffs.
We can use a Jeterian hit right here
Pitching around BamBam Cervelli to get to Jeter
The ump helps out the rookie here. Good job…
how does a man unable to throw a strike get that call?
“Can we ban the bold trisha?”
Is that to be read “Can we ban the bold, trisha?” or “Can we ban the bold trisha?” or a little of both!
# CB September 14th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
That’s an issue. He’s just not consistent with his mechanics yet and that’s why you see the wide variation in the quality of his off speed stuff. His arm action is longish and his release point varies.
Don’t know if he can fix those problems – but if he could Nova would be very good.
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He still pretty young though, and I don’t see him being penciled into the rotation other than as a replacement, but he could end up getting himself straightened out.
What I like about him is he isn’t afraid major league hitters.
Joe, we may yet get to see how much carrying on goes on when AJ makes his next start, lol
One could easily say that Maddon, by putting in McGee, a rookie pitcher in this spot, was accepting the WC in order to saved his bullpen. Never mind sticking so long with Garza, who didn’t have it tonight.
I guess Jeter, being the good sport that he is, didn’t want to embarass Tampa by getting a based-loaded hit and putting the game out of reach.
I think this will be a big inning for Nova. In his starts when he gets to the 5th he seems to get tired. So let’s see how he does.
“Is that to be read “Can we ban the bold, trisha?” or “Can we ban the bold trisha?” or a little of both!”
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It depends how often you use the bold type
I went to get some dinner…just caught up and saw Jeter’s double and Arod’s homer.
That was classic Jeter….since the 3rd game in Texas against Lee he’s looked much much better and closer the the hitter we all know. Staying back, staying inside the ball, and driving it.
They showed a side view on Arod’s homer and its just textbook…..hands load, short to the ball, and kaboom…back spin back spin back spin ….
Joe, the thing is, the Rays are down by 5- I can’t kill Maddon. Last night the Yanks were involved in a tight game – different story.
betsy the stalker chick once again going on about her prey phil. the dude needs to know about this glenn close fatal attraction wacko. sj dude stays away from her now , dude is scared of fatal betsy chick. knows zero about baseball but takes up 10 % of the postings. nut job
Exactly what I just said. The 5th inning for Nova is usually bad.
Ugh.
pitching to the scoreboard. relax, kid. no problem.
awww dammit Nova I wanted you to pitch a shutout…..oh well shake it off buddy
I think Maddon brought in a prospect because he knows the struggles that the Yankees have had with pitchers they haven’t seen before. And Jeter was struck out, so there could be something to it.
Nova got burned there. Can’t leave it down the middle of the plate.
Yikes…hang on gang…..and away we go
Oh oh…here comes the quick hook…
GET RIVERA READY!
Gotta focus and regroup here and limit damage. Got a 5 run lead, keep pitching like you have been.
Hey, where’s Matt?
Anybody seen Matt?
Oh, that’s right, i forgot, the Yankees are winning.
Pena hits 6-8 HR’s against the Yankees the every year.
The fifth inning is like a glass ceiling inning for this kid.
Time to get the bullpen up and not turn this into a game again.
Pepi, MG and GB7-
Thanks! I knew I could count on you guys. It’s good to hear from people who actually saw Kilibrew play.
I read about him when I was a kid quite a bit and he never struck me as a balanced hitter. I remember all of the black and white photos of him in books had him in short sleeves and always featured his arms and upper body.
Even back then I never liked the odd comparisons that would be written about him being similar to mantle. Can’t see the Arod comparison.
Get the bullpen up!! Nova is a 4 inning pitcher.
Snyder with his 2nd error of the game. Allowed a runner to get to 2nd base on a dropped infield pop-up. One of Pettitte’s wild pitches was changed to a passed ball on Romine, his 2nd tonight.
Brackman is in trouble in the 8th inning because of the error, hit batter and an intentional walk. Bases loaded with 1 out in the 8th.
as I’m typing, Brackman ends the inning with a ground ball DP to short. 2-2 tie starting the 9th inning.
so Nova is tired again? already? how can a starter so consistently poop out so early in the game? was this the case in the minors, too?
Settle down there Nova. You can get out of this inning.
Maybe Nova can be sent to that Athlete’s Institute to get stronger; maybe that will help his stamina
If Nova can navigate through this, he’ll be fine…..calm down everyone, it’s 1 run….
2 hits isnt pooping out.
I’m happy to announce that today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday!
Funny how something that looks bleak one day can look so bright the next, hey Yankee fans?
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So say we can a healthy Andy back, which I truly think is going to be the case. Our postseason, division winning rotation would shape up to be CC, Andy, and AJ, I would think, with Hughes, Moseley, and Nova in the wings. Today that’s feeling pretty good. I would agree that AJ would have to totally spit the bit in the remaining games (I predict the opposite is going to happen) for Joe to even consider not starting him.
Big K.
Nasty hook right there.
good job Nova
That’s 1 out….he has to take care of the bottom of the order…..let’s not go nuts here.
Have some confidence, the kid has been pitching good.
Brignac is still angry about the first pitch strike. It was right down the middle. Quit cursing and sit your backside on the bench Brig knack.
maybe we can send Nova to hang with Big Papi this Winter to get ‘stronger’
He’s not tired. It’s a mental thing and young pitchers have to fight thru it.
It’s a part of growing up in the game.
Maybe Nova can be sent to that Athlete’s Institute to get stronger; maybe that will help his stamina
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Doesnt help that he is pulled in the 5th and 6th inning every start. caant build strength that way.
# SJ44 September 14th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Pena hits 6-8 HR’s against the Yankees the every year.
The fifth inning is like a glass ceiling inning for this kid.
Time to get the bullpen up and not turn this into a game again.
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I wouldn’t pull him just yet. He needs to get pushed a little. There is still cushion enough for it not to get out of hand… yet.
Leave the kid in, he’s got to learn doesn’t he?
“If Nova can navigate through this, he’ll be fine…..calm down everyone, it’s 1 run….”
I was posting and so didn’t see poster reaction here. Are they really starting to kvetch or was that pre-emptory? Neither would surprise me.
Girardi can’t let this inning get out of hand. They have 5 runs to work with and who knows if they can score more. Nova has only thrown 60 pitches he shouldn’t be tired but if he walks this batter Girardi has to take him out.
Walking Jaso could lead to issues….Craw/Evan waiting in the wings
Wow, he got a cheap call in his favor, and Kennedy and Staaaaats are whining and complaining. And it didnt matter anyway. They whined about it, but they didnt care when Garza couldnt throw a strike and was getting gifted strike after gifted strike. Put it behind and move forward.
Jaso has killed the Yankee pitching all year.
oh no. girardi going to the book.
This is scary now….imagine if jeter got a hit last inning, this wouldn’t be that bad.
John Jason is absolute garbage.
“Leave the kid in, he’s got to learn doesn’t he?”
Me too Pep.
Now you have to get him out of there.
Can’t wait because he’s pitching the Rays back into this game.
Girardi put down your stupid freaking book and take the kid out. Nova was too worried with Upton at 2nd base instead of worrying about the batter.
This is not good. Do not let panic set in.
CB September 14th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Pepi, MG and GB7-
Thanks! I knew I could count on you guys. It’s good to hear from people who actually saw Kilibrew play.
I read about him when I was a kid quite a bit and he never struck me as a balanced hitter. I remember all of the black and white photos of him in books had him in short sleeves and always featured his arms and upper body.
Even back then I never liked the odd comparisons that would be written about him being similar to mantle. Can’t see the Arod comparison.
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I would have compared Killebrew to Dick Stuart, but, they’re from the same era. Killebrew was rather short (about 5’10″ and weighed about 210 pounds) but, built like a linebacker. Hugh hands and arms. A blacksmith in flannels.
Well the Yanks have to win these games, not develop Nova………….
one more hit or walk and get him out of there. no need to let this thing get too close
Nova’s stuff still looks fine. He’s just got to settle down here and get through this inning.
He’s leaving his pitches up in the zone.
I know Nova was trying to throw strikes with the lead, so the HR to Pena I wasn’t upset about. But, the double to Upton, and now this single to Jaso for the run….makes me wonder if Nova might be better used, at least short term, as a Ramiro Mendoza wannabe.
he isnt tired. he is getting hit. was garza tired when the yankees shelled him earlier? relax.
It is so obvious now: the Rays will sweep.
This isn’t the time to learn – in a pennant race?
See if he can get Zobrist, if not, pull him.
I wonder if the issue is him wanting a win so much that it amps him a little more, and it affects his control.
We do have the big boys coming up…lets see if he can pitch outta this, and maybe we can tack 1 back on
Girardi killed the bullpen for 3 days with his debacle in Texas.
Do not do it again. Nova looks fine. Pitchers give up runs.
and who would everyone like joe to bring in tonight if he goes to the pen in the 5th inning? hope you all are excited to see Joba at some point tonight.
Hello, ruby trolls day.
It’s too bad. For four innings, Nova is better than AJ and Hughes.
It’s amazing how Eiland hasn’t come out to say anything to Nova yet. Texas and Tampa’s pitching coach comes out every other second and Girardi just stands there with that stupid look on his face.
Good pitch right there. Nova looks fine….gotta let him battle in the 5th inning.
He can’t afford to kill the pen tonight anyway because Phil does tomorrow and he’s a 5 inning pitcher at this point. I’m not happy with Joe, but his SP leaves him very little room. Bring in Alby at some point……….
Robertson, the Eraser, is up.
This is big for Nova, he has to show he can get past trouble and the third time thru the order.
Nova can’t be tired after 65 pitchs…at 6′ 4″ and 220 lbs he has to be stronger than that.
I think he lost a little concentration and needs to refocus. rookie mistake.
take him out.
The at-bat of the game is right here. He walks Crawford…Longoria is waiting
Let’s see if Nova can do this
COME ON IVAN!
oh c’mon ump that was a K
Nova’s shying away from his fastball after that home run to the left handed Pena.
will we see javy tonight?
Have to go after Crawford here…don’t want Longoria up there with a chance to make it 6-5 with one swing.
This is making me sweat….I don’t want a close game, I want a sure victory. Pleaseeee
He’s leaving his pitches up in the zone.
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Don’t your pitches get up in the zone when you are tired? The 5th inning hasn’t been kind to Nova in his starts so far.
Unbelievable. Can’t ever have an easy game.
Let him finish the inning.
Ballsy move.
Girardi is either getting a pass, or is about to get villified here
He better stay away from Eva here
Come on Nova, beat Eva Longoria.
ok now joe is going to take him out.
What the f**k are they waiting for
That’ll do it for Ivan.
How many innings did Nova pitch this year? Maybe he’s tired?
Oh well…
Robertson and Logan have to see action this game. Apart from winning, the game, they can’t give guys the dry hump. It will kill your pen.
And now Nova has to come out. Just a matter of when the pitcher are ready.
so everyone but girardi knows nova can’t go five full innings?
Another dumb move. Having Nova pitch to Longoria.
Girardi is becoming a huge problem with this team.
Not a good sign when the young pitcher looks puzzled and starts shaking his head,
why isnt logan coming in?
What in the world is Girardi waiting for?!?!?!?! Nova is done. He is a 4 inning pitcher. Hasn’t he proved that so far??? I love how the infielders have a meeting with the pitcher and the pitching coach is looking at that stupid book.
If it’s Robertson, this is early for him………….very early.
Too many good pitches to hit. He’s ahead in the count there. No reason to give longoria anything over the plate kike that.
GO IVAN!
well that lead was cut in half rather quickly..
Nova is like the other members besides CC of the rotation. Solid 4 inn
Wait, he’s leaving Nova in? Oy vey
curse word.
Oh come on
One batter too many.
Okay, I think it’s fair to take him out now.
Yikes!!!
ok so game 4 of the playoffs…
nova for 4
Javy in relief.
in a matter of minutes.. the lead has dwindled
One? Try 4.
It’s similar to Ted Lilly when he was here. Trouble getting pass the 5th inning with the lead.
I hate Girardi. Should have taken him out before Longoria….would have maybe saved 2 runs
I really hate this team these days
This is a tough spot for Boone Logan to come into.
wow, girardi truly is the worst manager in baseball
aww i thought Nova could get out of it can’t complain too much…..but maybe Joe should have taken him out two batters ago
Oops, mistake – that was Longoria that got that hit.
I can’t blame Joe – it’s not even 5 innings and now he has to kill the pen tonight
Unreal . . . giving it all back. Well played, Girardi.
Thank God he’s finally out of the game. Christ… he was going to single handedly give up the game.
Pathetic
I am sick and tired of gutless performance after gutless performance
pathetic job by Nova. Get 1 out before giving up 2 more runs and he couldnt do it. More pathetic is the Rays actually efforting; they arent ripping balls up the middle and looping balls in there with 2 outs. They go down against the red sox 6-0 and they’re done.
Girardi has been absolutely brutal handling this staff the 2nd half
out now
out now
Kid put us in a tough spot burn our lefty in the fifth
WOW!
Wow, left him in too long. But i saw Pena and Eiland agree with the decision though.
wow all this with 2 outs.. 6-4 now. I almost started to feel comfortable, not now!
Like* hehe… This is gettin unreal. Didn’t have a problem with him going against longoria, but that was nuts to let him face joyce…
This would be the worst defeat this season, in a week of worst defeats.
This is on Joe….Nova was losing it and he shoulda pulled the plug….he coulda went with the bullpen for 1 inning each and not taxxed them
Thanks Kearns BTW, you waste of space
WAKE UP girardi…
If we lose this game……….
If Joe Girardi is really trying to get himself fired he’s doing a great job.
Ninth straight game of moron managing.
A rested pen and an off day on Thursday and he pulls this crap tonight.
Amazing.
guess he won’t be taking Hughes’ spot
ok now it is time to go. mood changed, and the whiners are out now.
By the way, Gardy fields that fly in his sleep.
if the Yankees lose 7-6 – we all know who to thank.
When the umpires aint cheatin’ ya, your own guy is cheatin’ ya. Nice to see no offensive outburst with CC on the hill yesterday. And Staaaats and Kennedy keep whining about balls and strikes, but when the play the Red Sox, they never show FOX TRAX and all they do is talk about how great pitchers deserve those calls in re: to Beckett Lester even Dice K
This would be the worst loss of the season hands-down.
This would be unreal
He should have taken him out after the walk. Quick hook against garbage teams like Balitmore, but he decides to let him stay in now?
What the heck is he smoking?
SJ, who would you have brought in?
The pitching coach and stupid manager were too busy reading the book of morons instead of coming out to talk to the pitcher. What is Eiland’s job???
Girardi is in a slump, he’s making so many decisions that don’t work out it’s unbelievable. It’s almost like he’s got ‘paralysis by analysis’-instead of going with his gut and experience he’s overanalyzing everything. He pulled Nova the last time he was in this situation and it worked out, tonight he decided to go against his gut and let the Rays back in the game.
Nova’s inconsistency with his mechanics seem to hurt him the third time through the line up.
It looked like the Rays adjusted that inning and were waiting for mistakes in location to square up.
Very tough game now once again. Really not sure what’s going on with the status of the Yankees pen.
Robertson and Logan were ready. It looked to me like that was an evaluation for Nova throwing a game in the post season.
Ouch. Can’t blame Joe for that … Nova imploded.
C’mon, Girardi knows what he’s doing. It’s only one game, after all.
C’mon, Girardi knows what he’s doing. It’s only one game, after all.
Damn. I thought Nova would get through that.
crap
Wow
Unreal!
Horrific
Good job YANKEES!!
FOX TRAX again saying he Logan didnt deserve that call. Oh well, there goes that game. So much for this.
man, this sucks. big time.
Fugggggg.
Brackman through 4 innings of relief, 4 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts. 2-2 top of the 10th inning
And the Ivan Nova Experience fades into the sunset.
Girardi should be fired tonight
Girardi should give the Steinbrenners a week of pay back.
the Yankees need a manager
# Abes Odd World September 14th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
if the Yankees lose 7-6 – we all know who to thank.
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You’re good.
F’in MORONS!
did we really just blow a 6-0 lead???????????????????????????????????????????
you have got to be kidding me
wow all of you were right. good thing he went to the pen.
C’mon Yanks!!
That is a crusher!
Unreal
devastating…….
Crap. Just crap.
Ok, maybe this really isn’t their season.
If that was an audition, I don’t think Nova gets the part.
Just wow
Y the hell didn’t be bring in Logan to face Joyce?
If George was alive and well Girardi wouldn’t last until tomorrow.
And we have just witnessed utter implosion on a grand scale. Kiss this team goodbye.
I’m done with this team
Believe me – I wish I was wrong.
no words.
This manager needs to be fired tonight.
If not, there is a very real possibility this team won’t make the playoffs.
are you kidding me?
Unbelievable. Girardi really has the opposite of the Midas touch right now….Willy Aybar…..seriously.
I’m not going to blame Joe – he can not keep burning this pen. Logan chose a bad time to have a bad game.
This is also another example of how it will b
the Yanks have looked absolutely horrible for days and days and days
I wanted to leave Nova in so I can’t get mad at Girardi for that, but when he did go to the bullpen why Logan over Robertson?
Girardi had to know that if he sent in Logan, Maddon would send up a RHB to pinch hit.
Robertson is the better option because he can get both LHB and RHB out.
6-0 and the rays come back.
Girardi should be fired, I hate his guts so much. Just ruined my entire night
the ultimate collapse. worst loss of the season
*facepalm*
And yes keeps showing the rays dugout?? Wtf??? Like any yankee fan wants to see that???
I wonder if Nova would’ve given up a dinger there…we’ll never know.
Girardi has to go. This is not spring training, stop auditioning guys and giving up games. The Yanks can’t hit and finally score 6 runs and he just allowed his pitcher to give them all back. I am sick and tired of this fool who can’t manage under pressure. NY is pressure so get out of here.
Nova just pitched himself out if any post season discussion
I mean, that having one lefty is not a good situation. You use him early and then that’s it.
If he went to the pen before Nova chocked up 6 runs, that would’ve smart.
A mess
No one listened when I sad we might miss the playoffs. We can’t win any games at all.
“Damn. I thought Nova would get through that”
I also. I will be stunned though if this is the end of the Yankee scoring.
Yes it did look like an audition for the postseason.
The minute the announce team said “Logan has a 0.53 ERA since the All-Star break”, it was the kiss of death
devastating. there are no words
The game is not over yet…………
After the Yankees lose this game, jusy rest the injured guys for the rest of the season. It simply doesn’t matter anymore.
This is unbelievable. There must be something going on with Girardi. This all started happening after the Cubs job came open.
That is the only explanation.
The manager is killing the team.
There are four innings left in this game and their starter is out. It is not over yet. The offense just needs to continue to awaken.
This game is now a big time gut check for the Yankees and their manager.
Horrible swing of momentum in a game they appeared to have in hand.
It’s inexcusable that after having so many relievers unavailable yesterday they didn’t add anyone to the pen tonight to lengthen it.
They simply have far fewer pitchers in the pen to use than the opposition and that handicap is hurting them terriblly both in this series and in the texas series.
Um, last time I checked a baseball game is 9 innings – and there is slightly less than zero chance of a rain delay.
Now this would be the worst loss of the season. Can kiss the division n HFA away if they don’t show some guts
Baltimore is rolling. This could become an 0 – 9 road trip. Unfriggin real. Unimaginable. These are the Yankees of the early 90s.
5 runs with 2 outs. This is the waste our farms is. We get all these meaningless updates for our farm system that will never do anything with us. OUr great rotation of Betances, etc. will never do anything. ANYTHING. They wont be able to get out of the 5th inning like this bum Nova.
looking like a worse lost then last night.
i was yelling at the tv for the left fielder ab to take nova out…
classic girardi… sentimentality got you wooped.
fre falling. morons..
btw nice ab with the bases loaded for jeter.. does el capitan have a hit with the bases loaded this year?????????????????
what a friggin joke……..
“the ultimate collapse. worst loss of the season”
Oh so the Yankees will now stop hitting because the Rays just took the lead? PUH-LEASE.
Should’ve been over. Girardass let the Rays have life. He’s a moron of epic proportions.
I’m numb right now.
We were up 6-0 this inning. We couldn’t get through it? We couldn’t get out Jaso? We couldn’t get out Upton? This is horrific
now this is a collapse here.. Unbelieveable
Nova facing longoria…just no….the idea that ” you got to get the kid a win”. The kid pitched his way out of a it..rested bullpen after last nights nonsense… Well they are still rested
This is absolutely My9 curse.
“If not, there is a very real possibility this team won’t make the playoffs.”
Who would make it in place of us???? The Red Sox???? I thought they were cooked a long time ago
Well got to go back to work offensively now. Don’t know how many more runs we can expect out of an offense that has been shitty all week, but its going to take a few more. Oofta
some idiot still talking about not making the playoffs? seriously. go jump off a bridge please. not figuratively.
And we’re not going to miss the postseason. Please try to control yourselves. This game is far from over.
Geez, ,we’re down by 1 run. If you have no faith in your team to come back, why not just quit on them now and stop watching?
We have to have some sort of hope here…..maybe get a run back, something….I am so upset over this, but we have to hope we can maybe come back and get 2 or 3 this inning
I will never understand how we can give up seven runs in one inning to the team that has a half game lead on us in September…..how do you win 8 in a row and then lose 9 out of 10….not saying this game is lost yet but seriously!
“some idiot still talking about not making the playoffs? seriously. go jump off a bridge please. not figuratively”
Amen.
see how quick Madden switched to his better bullpen
this game is far from over but, at the same time, what was Girardi thinking last inning? How the hell did he let Nova put the tying runs on base in the 5th inning of a game they really need to win?
Bad managing, bad decision making, he’s really overthinking everything right now.
If the Yankees play like this in the postseason – who cares if they make it or not? It’s one and done.
The Rays are not this good, it’s more like the fact that the Yankees are just that bad.
At a certain point a slump becomes more than just bad luck, and it looks like it’s really getting in their heads right now the way they are playing and managing so tight.
If the Yankees go on to lose this game, it would be one of the most embarrassing losses of the entire season if not the most. You have to be able to hold a lead like that in a game like this, there’s really no excuse, and to give it up in 1 inning to the singles hitting Rays offense is just sad.
The Rays now have a huge structural advantage in this game with the lead.
Both starters are out of the game very early in the game. The rays have a lead in a battle of the pens.
The Rays still have Jeremy Hellickson to use and he’s been great since he’s been called up. They also have more arms in the pen and more rested arms.
Very tough game. Probability is not with the yankees.
I mean who cares if nova gets the win? You got stop the bleeding that Inning!!
“Yankees of the early 90′s”
Obviously you didn’t watch those teams much. Winning 87 games would have been a banner year for them.
I told you so.
No?
Girardi is costing himself the Cubs job
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Yanks don’t score another run tonight after what happened in that inning. I could only imagine the things that Jeter, Arod, Posada and all of the veterans on this team say about Girardi. It wouldn’t surprise me if they go to the Steinbrenner’s and ask for Girardi not to be back next year. He has no business being the manager for this team.
I was fine leaving Nova in – you can’t keep burning the pen – and Logan has done a great job. Tonight? What can you do? He didn’t have it.
# joeman September 14th, 2010 at 6:21 am
it’s very possible that they get swept in this series also, they just aren’t playing well now…
# CB September 14th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
The Rays now have a huge structural advantage in this game with the lead.
Both starters are out of the game very early in the game. The rays have a lead in a battle of the pens.
The Rays still have Jeremy Hellickson to use and he’s been great since he’s been called up. They also have more arms in the pen and more rested arms.
Very tough game. Probability is not with the yankees.
Hes been bad in the Pen. At the same time, the Yanks have never seen him before.
Unreal . . . giving it all back. Well played, Girardi.
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Uh. Logan still would have faced Aybar and still would have given up the homerun.
“Geez, ,we’re down by 1 run. If you have no faith in your team to come back, why not just quit on them now and stop watching?”
Seriously.
“I will never understand how we can give up seven runs in one inning to the team that has a half game lead on us in September…..how do you win 8 in a row and then lose 9 out of 10….not saying this game is lost yet but seriously!”
Stacey, not of what you’ve said is at all unusual. This is baseball.
Good start there, have to keep battling through this nonsense. Only option.
Well, the game is still going to be played, so it doesn’t matter what the odds are…………..
slightly less than zero stalker betsy chick. you are real sharp one . now you are defending giradi after all week calling for his canning. go away now and take all your thimble of baseball knowledge with you. oh vey you.
Days like this make me miss old firey George. Girardi would’ve been fired before the 8th inning.
.474 average against out of the pen. We’ll see what happens.
Lol the overreaction tho is pretty funny. It actually makes me laugh. Seriously tho, just once, the offense needs to bail out the pitching. This is the biggest pitching blowup in a while. The offense has to pick them up.
These aren’t the 2007 Mets. They won’t blow a 7 game lead with 20 to play
yankees will make the playoffs and they will be fine.
Maddon going for the kill bringing in Hellickson. At least one manager in this game plays for the win.
Again Joe contradicts himself…. Everything by the numbers or the book… In every start nova struggles to get through the fifth.. He is struggling and he leaves him in to face longoria… Just plain silly
So you guys wanted the starter taken out after less than 5 – and who would you have brought in? Then what? Use another 4 relievers?
SJ44 is totally right. He and I don’t always agree, but he’s right. If you are saving these releivers, use them when the bleeding has to be stopped. Girardi is a complete moron.
SJ44 talking about us missing the playoffs. Talk about delusional!!
It appears that some people think Nova staying in was a bad move, others thought it could have worked out. It’s over.
Yankees have been hitting. This game is far from over. Get behind your team and keep the faith.
If you are going to make a move there with the bullpen it can’t be Logan.
Maddon completely negated any advantage Logan brings over Nova, because he sent up a pinch hitter. Girardi had to know that would happen.
# CR9 September 14th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
5 runs with 2 outs. This is the waste our farms is. We get all these meaningless updates for our farm system that will never do anything with us. OUr great rotation of Betances, etc. will never do anything. ANYTHING. They wont be able to get out of the 5th inning like this bum Nova.
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Agree 100%
Our kids can’t even hold 6 run leads in a pennant race.
Can arod do it again?
“Hes been bad in the Pen. At the same time, the Yanks have never seen him before.”
Let’s hope. They need to win this game.
More brilliance by our fearless leader Stump Girardi. More worried about hurting Nova’s feelings than giving him the hook. One batter too late, Stump.
Good start to the inning here. Lets Go Alex!
Maddon going for the kill bringing in Hellickson. At least one manager in this game plays for the win.
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Yeah 1-1 off hellickson so far…
You take out Nova and have Robertson pitch to Longoria.
Actually, you pull Nova a little sooner.
Absent that, no way you have Nova pitch to Longoria with Robertson ready.
Also, you know Maddon isn’t going to have Joyce hit against Logan because Joyce doesn’t hit lefties.
He screwed up once again.
He’s a BIG problem now. The biggest one on the team and that ain’t good.
don’t want to say anything yet……
C’mon Alex, pick us up again,
How many games are the Yanks going to have to beat the opposing team plus their own manager? Girardi was in over his head in the play offs last year and I can only imagine how many bad moves he will make this year.
There are four more innings and the Yanks are down by 1 run.
Now a few here want to fire the manager.
May be the blog will be better of if these troll like posters are fired from here.
C’mon Alex, pick us up again.
Trisha
Girardi had to wait to use Logan until a LH batter was coming up. Instead of just yanking Nova and putting in Robertson for Longoria. Girardi decided to wait for a matchup, in which Maddon outsmarted him anyways by PH for Johnson.
If our offense is going to show some signs, now would be a good time……keep it continous this game…
Now we find out what guts this team has
When Nova started leaving the ball up and walking batters, it was time to give him the hook. Giving a rookie a “W” in the middle of a pennant race is asinine.
If Arod walks.. I like our chances with Robbie and bases loaded
He’s got to avoid the double play. They need a bomb in the worst way.
Hellickson has been garbage in his two relief outings since being recalled.
I hope A-Rod can calm down, and take the walk, then let Robbie work some magic
Yanks bounce back this inning…Don’t know how Aybar hit that pitch into the stands…Golf shot, maybe a 7 iron
Couldn’t agree with you more SJ44. A-Rod swings at misses at ball 3.
“You take out Nova and have Robertson pitch to Longoria. ”
I wanted him to pitch to Crawford, after he walked him though you had to go to Robertson with Longoria coming up.
A win is still possible. But this team’s already shaky confidence is taking a beating.
I admit that’s pretty asinine – bringing in a lefty, when Maddon is just going to PH for his lefty. That said, Logan didn’t have to make such a bad pitch.
Why didnt alex crush that?
This is another example of how ridiculous it is that they don’t have more leftys in pen
same people that complain about not letting nova go 5 complain that he wasnt taken out soon enough. amazing.
Sure the Yankees can come back and win.. But instead of having breathing room you are in a dog fight now..that could go either way. Game went from 6-3 to 7-6 in a hurry…all because..” we got to get the kid a win”
Why are people still watching if this game is over? If they think we’re bound to definitely lose?
Great slide, Tex. Clutch right there. Horrible swing by Alex. Horrible at bat. Should have been 3-0
Robbie needs to get thus run in.
Nice hustle by Teixeira. 2-0 count to Alex was a ball and he swung weakly at that slop pitch. But on 2-1 right down the middle, he took it
I got on the subway it was 6-0!
Flabergasted.
at least no DP….Robbie can tie with an out….don’t think it would have been a DP even with a good throw
That was a poor at-bat for Alex…..he has been so good lately, that was disappointing. We need at least a tie here…I’d like the lead back, but we need a tie
Abes Odd World, as others suggested, it might have been an audition for the postseason.
But it’s over. Best to move on.
The Yankee offense isn’t going to go into a forum-like tailspin because the Rays took the lead.
And yes, anyone talking about the Yankees not making the postseason IS delusional.
“Golf shot, maybe a 7 iron” A Vlad iron.
I don’t think it was getting the kid a win as much as girardi’s obsession with matchiuos and a gamble to get out of the inning. Neither of which worked.
Arod helped him out a little in that AB…
Girardi has gotten so outmanaged lately it’s not even funny, and everyone in the world can see it when it unfolds.
He brings in Boone Logan to face one of their lefty hitters, so what will Maddon do with the expanded rosters? Obviously pinch hit with a right hander. Then Girardi has already lost his matchup and given himself an even less favorable one by bringing in the left hander.
Dan Johnson is hitting under .200 on the season. Willy Aybar is hitting .250 and has some power. Who would you rather be facing at that point in the game?
Girardi thinks he’s outsmarting other managers by going to the matchups, when in reality the only one he’s outsmarting is himself. I wonder if Joe Maddon is snickering to his coaching staff every time Girardi decides to go to his bullpen.
Betsy,
They can’t burn the pen with an off day on Thursday.
Vazquez is also available in the pen today.
You can’t blow the lead in that inning in a game they have to win.
They can’t keep losing every night.
Girardi also can’t keep making these nightly mistakes.
He’s killing this team right now.
Come on, Yankees, prove me wrong.
I doubt you could.
SJ44 September 14th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
You take out Nova and have Robertson pitch to Longoria.
Actually, you pull Nova a little sooner.
Absent that, no way you have Nova pitch to Longoria with Robertson ready.
Also, you know Maddon isn’t going to have Joyce hit against Logan because Joyce doesn’t hit lefties.
He screwed up once again.
He’s a BIG problem now. The biggest one on the team and that ain’t good.
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He totally lost the chess match that inning..that whole inning made no sense.. The kid is a rookie who cares if he gets a win..Robertson well rested should have pitched to longoria
how anyone can criticize an Arod AB tonight after an RBI single and a HR is beyond comprehension. This isn’t a video game, it’s real baseball.
Yanks gona win this.
“Why are people still watching if this game is over? If they think we’re bound to definitely lose?”
Because miserable people like nothing more than to impose their misery on the rest of the world Betsy. It’s what makes their lives worth living.
Hellickson throwing everything low and away trying to get Cano to roll over on the ball.
I still cannot believe we blew a 6-0 lead….I don’t remember the Yankees doing that at all recently….except that sad game to Cleveland this year…which was IN MAY….and NOT IN A DIVISION RACE
Betsy, that really wasn’t such a bad pitch in truth
this is basically looking like an INT BB to Cano
Bronx Jeers September 14th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
I got on the subway it was 6-0!
Flabergasted.
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You should have just rode it all night
SJ, good points – and I’m hardly a Joe supporter.
Robby!!!!!
trisha acts like she’s never met a Yankee fan before ROFL.
cano getting it back.
Robbie out of his slump!
CANO!
still need 12 outs though.
Piece of cake.
CA-YES
Girardi should be fired because he let Cano bat, is that right SJ, Matt
thank you Robbie I really love you, you are the best
what I didn’t want to say earlier…its nice to see the Yankee hitters bounce back that’s how you know the hitting is getting back to where it should be…..I hope that Thames PH for Kearns
Leave it to our MVP to help us here. Lance – now would be a splendid time…oh nevermind…..here comes Kearns…..can we PH Swish? Nope…….I have some confidence in Austin….he has been good with the bases loaded this season
posada is o-ever pinch hitting, so Kearns has to make it happen here.
Nice, show some heart. Let’s Go.
trisha – i don’t believe it was a post season audition as it was just allowing him to finish the inning. But when batters are teeing off your waist high offerings and walking batters, it’s time to go whether or not your in line for the win or not.
It was a dumb position that ended up costing the Yankees a lead they haven’t had in days. Now they have to fight hard and burn arms to get a win they so desperately need.
I do believe the Yankees will make the post season. I agree, those claims of the Yankees fall off the map are ludicrous, but they way they’ve been playing, they won’t be in the post season for long.
Time for a gut check.
Atta kid Cano!!
MG, good point…………..I guess Alex has to do everything for this team; can’t anyone else pick HIM up? Which Robby did………..
Pat M, I’m not upset with Logan – he’s done a great job.
Maddon is going to Qualls.
ROBBIE!!!!
I hate to say it, but this is shaping up eerily similar to the 2007 Mets collapse
They were cruising, looked like the best team in the NL at the time…. then everything just hit the fan in the middle of September…. their starters all collapsed at the same time, their bullpen was great all year but slumped at the worst time, the offense went cold, when they hit they didn’t pitch and vice versa. Then when they hit, they blew huge leads and lost games. And Willie made plenty of questionable moves like Girardi is as well.
Boston could be 6 back after tonight. And with Hughes tomorrow and pathetic Seattle for them? 5 back by tomorrow is a real possibility. Then Girardi will be forced to put the pedal back on the gas… except he will have to do it against the Rays, Sox, and Jays, teams that are tough even if we’re trying.
They are just imploding in every facet before our eyes.
i’d actually consider letting juan miranda hit here instead of kearns.
“trisha acts like she’s never met a Yankee fan before ROFL.”
Actually being in RI I have to say I hadn’t been exposed to the oppressive, whining, always complaining, self-entitled, fearful type that I’ve come across on this forum ever before. Yes you’re right.
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
posada is o-ever pinch hitting, so Kearns has to make it happen here.
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Pinch hit for cervalli not kearns
That a kid Robbie.
Its curious how Girardi keeps burning his only lefty so early in games….especially in situations where a right handed pinch hitter is a possibility. Logan isn’t all that effective against righties so really you’re burning him and also having him face a bad matchup to boot.
Putting the kid in the Pen is a mistake. Joba and Price did well in the pen because of the fastballs they have.
Chad Qualls?
He sucks slightly less now than he did in Arizona no?
brackman with 5 shutout innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 1 hit batter for the 3-2 win.
“Because miserable people like nothing more than to impose their misery on the rest of the world Betsy. It’s what makes their lives worth living.”
That is absolutely right.
Some of these folks have such a miserable life, they want every one else here to have the same kind of misery.
They have to pinch hit here for Kearns. Let Thames or Nunez hit, let anyone hit but not ice cold Kearns. But since this is a spring training game for Girardi he will let Kearns hit here.
Logan isn’t the issue.
There was no way he was going to face a lefty in that situation.
Unfortunately, everybody but the Yankee manager knew that.
I didnt criticize Alex. I criticized his AB. He helped out Hellickson, but in the end hustled to keep it from being a DP. Pull your head outta your ….
yeah except if the yankees beat boston even 1 more time, that is basically a dagger to the sox and im pretty confident they can win 1 vs. Boston.
Chad Qualls has quite possibly been the worst reliever in baseball. If they can’t hit him, there isn’t much hope.
Robbi is unbelievable. Once again, just like that the swing is back and he’s locked in.
That was just a great at bat. Just showed how much more disciplined Robbi has become. Hellickson kept trying to get Robbi to expand the zone off the outside edge in the hopes of getting him to roll over to second to start a double play. But Robbi refused to expand the zone. Instead he got the count in his favor and attacked a very weak change up that was right in his wheelhouse.
Getting the real Cano back would be huge for this team.
You people still ready to sing boone logan’s praises….please don’t forget he WAS A THROW IN in the vazquez trade – 2 months of good pitching doesn’t change who he is…the last few outings is more of who boone logan is
dp coming up
Here comes a dp…
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Come on Kearns – Grand Slam.
hey Kearny all you got to do is hit the ball to the outfield and I will be happy
hey Kearny all you got to do is hit the ball to the outfield and I will be happy
WHERE IS JORGE?
Wow – can’t even swing
“I do believe the Yankees will make the post season. I agree, those claims of the Yankees fall off the map are ludicrous, but they way they’ve been playing, they won’t be in the post season for long”
Actually I think they’re turned the corner for us, and I would guarantee you that you wouldn’t see the same thing in the postseason in terms of leaving pitchers in who don’t have their best stuff or who start to lose it quickly.
The uncertainty of Nova tonight is all the more reason why last night’s moves were so awful.
Captain Clutch September 14th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Here comes a dp…
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your life must really suck.
A pitcher can hit better than Kearns right now. Of course now he decides to not swing the bat..
Only reason I wouldn’t go to Miranda here is that he has a tendency to roll over sinkers.
No good matchup for Girardi here.
Missed his pitch
Cheap 2nd strike. Essentially, we have nobody else here but Kearns. Good job Kearnsie!!!!!!! Screwed us again Kearnsmeister!
Should have hit the hanger.
JORGE????
yup can’t say i’m surprised with that outcome by Kearns
GODDAMNIT KEARNS
That was a crap AB by Kearns.
AUSTIN KEARNS IS MOTHER F**KING GARBAGE. He cost us the inning with his “non catch” and now struck out and had an awful at-back
Wow….what an inning
i think it struck midnight for austin kearns as well
SJ44 September 14th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Logan isn’t the issue.
There was no way he was going to face a lefty in that situation.
Unfortunately, everybody but the Yankee manager knew that.
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True true.. Not only that now u got no lefties the rest of the game to face craw ford or pena
Son of a bitch
If Girardi goes to Robertson in the 5th inning… that means Joba will come in sometime in the 7th inning to protect a lead.
Would folks here be happy with that? He’s not using Wood for 2 innings after he was used both games in Texas and last night. So Jobamania would have made an appearance.
Girardi tried Logan and he actually made a good pitch, but it failed. When you only have 2 reliable arms in your pen and you have to go to it in the 6th inning, stuff like that happens.
If you wanted Robertson in that spot, you have to accept the manager would have used Joba in the 7th. He isin’t going to use Robertson for 2.1 innings or Wood for 2.
Ach.
Another missed opportunity.
“Girardi has gotten so outmanaged lately it’s not even funny, and everyone in the world can see it when it unfolds.
He brings in Boone Logan to face one of their lefty hitters, so what will Maddon do with the expanded rosters? Obviously pinch hit with a right hander. Then Girardi has already lost his matchup and given himself an even less favorable one by bringing in the left hander.
Dan Johnson is hitting under .200 on the season. Willy Aybar is hitting .250 and has some power. Who would you rather be facing at that point in the game?
Girardi thinks he’s outsmarting other managers by going to the matchups, when in reality the only one he’s outsmarting is himself. I wonder if Joe Maddon is snickering to his coaching staff every time Girardi decides to go to his bullpen.”
You know what Matt, you would be the firlst one to lynch Girardi if he brought Robertson in to face a left hander and gave up a it. What a joke….
forget joe’s moves. leaving WAY TOO MANY men on base.
This team is a joke.
Bring in Chad Qualls, in 4 or 5 pitches, he’s out of it. Great job Kearnsie and Curtis!!!
Kearns really is struggling right now. He’s nowhere close to hitting the ball in a lot of these AB’s. Really poor job there by Kearns and Curtis with the bases loaded and less than 2 outs.
Thank you Joe for keeping Curtis in there….thanks Joe
was no one available to PH for those two guys????????????????
Colin, take some pitches for crissake!
What a waste. Curtis should be in Scranton n kearns is an absolute hacker
Cashman has to take the blame for getting the beyond awful Kearns.
Austin Kearns strikes out swinging with the bases loaded, one out, and two rookies behind him. It’s September, and there are no position players on the bench to sub in the outfield?
What is going on here?
Seriously…. the bottom of the lineup is a giant f*cking hole.
“Actually being in RI I have to say I hadn’t been exposed to the oppressive, whining, always complaining, self-entitled, fearful type that I’ve come across on this forum ever before. Yes you’re right.”
So why do you keep coming back?
Just a horrible at bat for Kearns again. His swing is just long and ugly. His pitch recognition in turn is very poor.
He strikes out without even getting one good swing on the ball.
Another pitch in the dirt and off the plate waved at by a Yankee hitter and another squandered opportunity with the bases loaded.
Zero for the roadtrip with the bases loaded.
Not good.
Reynolds explaining why Gardner should have been safe yesterday because the pitcher balked ….which he did.
2-11 with risp. Cano and A-Rod have the hits. Sad. 2nd inning in a row we left the bases loaded.
Thames couldn’t PH for one of these useless scrubs?
God that was horrible… why is Colin “instant out” Curtis still in the game??
That may be true trisha (or so I hope), but then, Girardi goes into matchup mode and starts pulling relievers left and right – one batter, one pitch, one whatever… it still makes be queasy to think of his stupid stat book controlling the game because he doesn’t have the faith/guts/instinct/experience to fall back on.
Cashman is not to blame for Kearns…he got him for peanuts…not a bad veteran addition…..Girardi cannot manage the Yankees
sorry 2-12
Trenton wins 3-2 in 10 innings. The box score.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_altaax_1
Lol kearns took a fastball right down the middle 1st pitch, then couldn’t even put in play a hanging slider huge mistake on 0-2. Then chases a slider low. A guy in low a could give u a better at bat than that. This guy is a veteran?? That ab could cost them.
I wish Nunez could play LF.
Brappy55 September 14th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Thank you Joe for keeping Curtis in there….thanks Joe
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WHo would you like him to bring in? Babe Ruth? Jesus Christ… Swish and Gardner are hurt, there is just no one to go out there, unless you think Thames in RF is a good idea.
Ok Boone – you had your brain fart, now pitch like you have all season….and that was a good start
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Your own….Personal…Keaaaarrnsiee.
Someone to end our luck….Someone who sucks.
I still think we win this game, but it is going to be a battle now..
This game that was slotted for the win column – is now a battle and up for grabs …
another opportunity with the bases loaded 1 out flushed straight down the instant out toilet.
Nobody with any baseball sense can defend Girardi’s work in the last inning.
It didn’t make any sense on any logical baseball level and once again, he paid a big price.
another heart broken choke job is in process?
blake September 14th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
I wish Nunez could play LF.
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And i wish Swish and Gardner were healthy, Pettitte was here, and the Cliff Lee trade went through.
Can someone please explain to me what Girardi is doing? Besides not caring at all if they win or not. How do you let Kearns bat in that siutation? You have Posada, Swish, Thames and Nunez on the bench.
Sounds like Brackman was pretty darn good tonight in relief….bring him up.
Clock has struck 12 on Kearns
He is now the same guy Washington released. He sucks. Posada/Thames should have hit,
Thames at that point woulda been better….yes. We need to play to win this game. Granted Thames isn’t Pujols, it’s just absurd that with 2 bases loaded opportunities we have faltered. Jeter swung away at that piss poor pitcher McGee when he walked Cervelli and Curtis……
Meanwhile…Boone looks much better.
Players refuse to execute. For that AB, Kearns should be yanked from the game immediately for Golson, lock him up in handcuffs and make him spend the night in jail in St. Pete. That ought to be his punishment.
Send Leiter!
Yet ANOTHER bad decision by Girardi. How do you not pinch hit Thames there?
fwiw – Gardner catches Joyce’s looper off of Nova.
Cliff Lee…. sigh
This is what u get with a NL lineup. 7-8-9 a blackhole
Why leave Curtis in? Can the Blog take over as Manager? Anyone have Cash’s Cell number?
SJ, with all due respect, your attitude is killing me.
SJ44 September 14th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Another pitch in the dirt and off the plate waved at by a Yankee hitter and another squandered opportunity with the bases loaded.
Zero for the roadtrip with the bases loaded.
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Is that true..I guess so..wow!! Makes it hard to win..
SJ44 September 14th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Nobody with any baseball sense can defend Girardi’s work in the last inning.
It didn’t make any sense on any logical baseball level and once again, he paid a big price.
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Odd. Because it looked like he asked Pena and Eiland and they agreed. But you are probably right. Girardi, Pena and Eiland are useless but you who has no baseball experience knows best.
You my friend are just a whiny little b –ch.
look at Logan poning lefties
He was just up there hacking. We should have Kearns arrested and have him thrown in jail for the night.
Maybe that will teach him to value situations and not just go up there to take his hacks.
The terrible Orioles are embarrassing the Blue Jays too, 9-0.
Couldn’t you have done that to Aybar, Boone?
We’ve left the bases loaded in two straight innings. Just saying.
Logan is really good against left handed hitters…..wonder why they don’t use him in situations where they know they’ll be facing a left handed hitter more often.
Why leave Curtis in? Can the Blog take over as Manager? Anyone have Cash’s Cell number?
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Because there is no one else that can go into right field.
Fantastic shut-down inning from Logan. Gotta keep the bats going.
“The uncertainty of Nova tonight is all the more reason why last night’s moves were so awful.”
See Straw I don’t see it that way because the uncertainty of Nova is the reason that Joe needed to save his better relievers for tonight. There was no guarantee whatsoever that the Yankees were going to take last night’s game no matter who Girardi brought in. But his bringing in “tougher” relievers could have guaranteed a much longer game, burning a lot of relievers, and the possibility of the same outcome since Yankees were certainly not burning up the base paths last night nor getting a lot of hits.
I think he played it right based on what his potential needs were for tonight and tomorrow night. And it looks like it’s pretty much working out because despite the pitching giving up all of those runs, the Yankees are really hitting the ball tonight. I’d rather have the likes of Robertson, Logan, etc., at the ready tonight, when there is a better chance of our taking the game than there was last night.
Do any of you pay attention at all or just complain about every single thing that goes wrong?
Offense with another chance to take the lead. Their lineup has to seize this game. A win tonight in a crazy albeit blown game by the yankees would be huge for this teams confidence.
If we are going to lose, please let it happen before the bottom of the 9th….cannot take another walk-off….seriously, just can’t
“Because there is no one else that can go into right field.”
Golson or Gardner
I wouldn’t have PH Thames in that situation.
Mainly because you burn two players because you would have to put Golston in the OF because LF is too much for Thames to cover defensively.
With both Swisher and Gardner out, you can’t afford to burn two position players in the 6th inning.
Does cervalli bat to lead off the inning?
trisha why do you try to explain. people dont care, they just want to complain then act like they didnt when something good happens.
“The terrible Orioles are embarrassing the Blue Jays too, 9-0.”
They’re terrible but just on a good run, right?
And guess who comes crawling out of the woodwork the minute the Yankees give up the lead?
That’s right ladies and gents, our very own Eeyore:
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Matt September 14th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
The Rays are not this good, it’s more like the fact that the Yankees are just that bad.
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Precious ain’t he?
Is that all Girardi does all day is look at matchups??
I hope Joe doesn’t go to Vegas and gamble, he is what they call a mark. Just can’t guess right lately.
Great job by Logan to come back and have a quick inning after the Yanks tied it up.
Matt Joyce is horrendous against LH pitching. His swings against lefties are brutal. There was no way in the world that Logan was ever going to face Joyce.
For his career Joyce is a .152 hitter against LH pitchers with a .477 OPS.
This season he’s only gotten 22 plate appearances against LH pitchers.
There was no chance that Madden wasn’t going to pinch hit there. None.
WTF are you doing Cervelli??
kearns is a hack. he runs into the ball on occassion. he is a classic player on a crappy team…………
This entire team is full of uncertainty. For having the best record in baseball, we are full of uncertainty, and that’s without mention of the biased umpires.
Because there is no one else that can go into right field.”
Golson or Gardner
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Golson yes but then he has to hit. Gardner cannot hit so you lose him. Then you cannot sub kearns either.
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Odd. Because it looked like he asked Pena and Eiland and they agreed. But you are probably right. Girardi, Pena and Eiland are useless but you who has no baseball experience knows best.
You my friend are just a whiny little b –ch.
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Logan is a left-handed specialist. Dan Johnson is hitting .200. Is there any reason at all to think Maddon would let Johnson hit against him?
Why give him a reason to take Johnson out of the game?
You have one left-handed pitcher. Save him for the troublesome left-handed bat (Crawford). It was a horrible move.
what the yankees need to do is bring up 2 more outfielders. Huffman and someone else.
It’s okay to whine when you lose 7 out of 8.
Nice swing at Ball 4 Frankie.
Kearns, Curtis, Cervelli are 1-10. There’s your game right there.
Isn’t Kearns hurt? He’s playing, but the injury really seems to have slowed him down.
i will agree that in september they need at least 1 more lefty in the pen. no idea why they dont have one.
ac1…..didn’t you know….this blog is full of oppressive, whining, always complaining, self-entitled, fearful types
7 runs and the yanks could easily have 11 runs..
bases loaded left full tw2ice…
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 14th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
“The uncertainty of Nova tonight is all the more reason why last night’s moves were so awful.”
See Straw I don’t see it that way because the uncertainty of Nova is the reason that Joe needed to save his better relievers for tonight. There was no guarantee whatsoever that the Yankees were going to take last night’s game no matter who Girardi brought in. But his bringing in “tougher” relievers could have guaranteed a much longer game, burning a lot of relievers, and the possibility of the same outcome since Yankees were certainly not burning up the base paths last night nor getting a lot of hits.
I think he played it right based on what his potential needs were for tonight and tomorrow night. And it looks like it’s pretty much working out because despite the pitching giving up all of those runs, the Yankees are really hitting the ball tonight. I’d rather have the likes of Robertson, Logan, etc., at the ready tonight, when there is a better chance of our taking the game than there was last night.
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I’d hate to be one of your clients if your legal briefs use the same kind of logic as this nonsensical contention. They didn’t have a good chance to win last night? It was 0-0, both Soriano and Benoit were gone, who else were the Rays going to use that could shut down the Yankees? Next you’ll be saying that Jose Molina is a better option for the Yankees than Jorge Posada. Oh wait, you did that for a whole season, didn’t you.
Chad Qualls. Shut down reliever. Simply amazing.
kearns is hurt in the brain and eye…
that is it…….
There’s the Derrick we know and love
“trisha why do you try to explain. people dont care, they just want to complain then act like they didnt when something good happens.”
Good point. I guess I just get frustrated when I hear the same old silliness spouted over and over again, with the usual suspects happily tagging on to the engine.
Okay ac, let’s move on together and let them continue to go on and on about what happened two innings ago…
For those of us hoping Girardi leaves for the Cubs, here’s KDavidoff on his guess.
He also weighs in on the bullpen decisions in the last game which I didn’t include.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....print=true
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Girardi has been managing the Yankees for three seasons now, and I think it’s safe to conclude he’s just not that strong an in-game tactician. He’s good at roster management, but not game management, IMO.
We were all scratching our heads when, with Austin Kearns on first and no outs in the 11th, Curtis Granderson bunted Kearns over to second – to put a runner in scoring position for, um, rookie Colin Curtis, who didn’t shock the world by flying out to centerfield.
The post-game media session was tense. Girardi’s face was so tight, I couldn’t come up with a simile or metaphor to do it justice. He didn’t like answering questions about the bullpen. He didn’t like answering questions about Brett Gardner’s foolish decision to try to steal third in the 10th. He snapped at Kim Jones, on-camera, when she lobbed him a softball question about the team bouncing back from such a loss.
It made one wonder, do nights like last night make Girardi think, “Forget this racket – I’m going to Chicago”? Maybe, but it’s not like there won’t be tough losses with the Cubs. And he won’t have a never-ending payroll, and he can’t know for sure how he’s going to get along with ownership and the front office.
Which is why I still think that Girardi will return to the Yankees after this season. But he somehow needs to improve with the in-game stuff. The media stuff? It is what it is. I don’t think he’s ever going to be fully comfortable with it, and it doesn’t have great consequence. Although, as Joe Torre could tell Girardi, strong media relations can buy you some goodwill.
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Again tonight, I ask why no Royce Ring call up ?
Just gave Qualls an easy inning. We put together a great inning last inning and had it ruined by a fat loser Kearns. And so instead of doing the same thing this inning, we just hand Qualls an easy inning.
Qualls was garbage for the backs. Why does he suddenly look like Goose Gossage?
Swisher and Gardner can’t get back soon enough. The bottom of the lineup is brutal. Kearns may be the worst of the bunch, although it is hard to beat out Curtis.
Joba for the 7th it seems.
Ken Phelps September 14th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
It’s okay to whine when you lose 7 out of 8.
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Hell YEAH!!!
Because there is no one else that can go into right field.”
Golson or Gardner
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The whining was here when they were on the 7 game win streak too.
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Logan is a left-handed specialist. Dan Johnson is hitting .200. Is there any reason at all to think Maddon would let Johnson hit against him?
Why give him a reason to take Johnson out of the game?
You have one left-handed pitcher. Save him for the troublesome left-handed bat (Crawford). It was a horrible move.
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Agree you got no lefties for Crawford or pena now.. Unless Logan pitches next inning for the purpose of facing craw ford who is up..but I don’t think he will pitch next inning
Lets go Yankees!
Grandy goes yard here
I wouldn’t have PH Thames in that situation.
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With the way that the Yanks have been hitting recently they might not get another chance in this game. You can’t just give up a bases loaded situation and allow 2 non hitters to bat there. Who even knows if they get another runner in scoring position in this game.
ac1,
Take your pom poms and shove them up your $&@.
He played the entire inning wrong as has been pointed out by more people than just me.
Let me put it to you another way…….
He brought in his lefty specialist into a situation in which HE WAS NOT GOING TO FACE A LEFTY.
If you think that’s smart, so be it.
“I’d hate to be one of your clients if your legal briefs use the same kind of logic as this nonsensical contention. They didn’t have a good chance to win last night? It was 0-0, both Soriano and Benoit were gone, who else were the Rays going to use that could shut down the Yankees? Next you’ll be saying that Jose Molina is a better option for the Yankees than Jorge Posada. Oh wait, you did that for a whole season, didn’t you”
YAWN!!!!
And you”d never have to worry about being one of my clients. I wouldn’t touch someone like you with a ten foot pole.
Next!
Okay ac, let’s move on together and let them continue to go on and on about what happened two innings ago…
—-but If the game is lost it was because of what happened two innings ago!!
Qualls and his 8 ERA with a shutdown inning.
This offense always does this… explodes early, then when we need some runs later in that game, they go down feebly without even having good ABs.
They just cannot situationally hit, especially on the road, late in the game.
joba in for the 7th, the reason why joe did not want to go to the pen in the 5th, not because he was concerned about hurting nova’s feelings or he wanted to get him the chance to get a W.
wow. that was uninspiring…
well….strikeout-homerun almost the samething
we’ll get them next inning
Is there an easier late inn out than Grandy?
It’s just amazing, we have a very good reliever Logan who comes in there and one pitch costs us two runs. And they throw in this 100.00 ERA Qualls and he shuts us down.
THe Yankees throw Da Vinci’s and Mozart’s at the wall, and they get cheated by bad luck or umpires or fat losers like Willy Aybar actually trying.
They throw garbage at the wall versus us like Qualls and it sticks.
If I were Maddon, I’d just leave Qualls in for another inning. They can’t hit him.
Just an awful inning.
We don’t know what Joba is bringing here….I’m hoping that it’s good Joba…we have the big guns coming for TB followed by ours
Plenty of OF on the bench – Golson, Russo, Gardner, Thames. You could have hit for Curtis or Kearns easily.
“The whining was here when they were on the 7 game win streak too”
He’s right. That’s what makes it so hard to ever take it seriously.
Okay ac, let’s move on together and let them continue to go on and on about what happened two innings ago…
—-but If the game is lost it was because of what happened two innings ago!!
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I’ll take it…
The Yankees are struggling – at their lowest point. And all you schnucks can do is argue with another and fight with one another.
Really goes to show how classless most of you Yankees “fans” are. And classless is too good a word most of you dirtpiles!
Plenty of OF on the bench – Golson, Russo, Gardner, Thames. You could have hit for Curtis or Kearns easily.
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Ok AGAIN…
Gardner cannot hit today
Thames in the field?
Russo and Golson pinch hitting? Really?
“Odd. Because it looked like he asked Pena and Eiland and they agreed. But you are probably right. Girardi, Pena and Eiland are useless but you who has no baseball experience knows best.
You my friend are just a whiny little b –ch.”
What else you expect from a guy who has to feel miserable all the time.
So many people telling him to tone it down, but he does not get it.
He thinks it is his birth right to screw the blog.
I wonder what he would do when is nephew goes into slump when he reaches majors. Poor kid. I wish the kid great success though.
I dread this inning.
Remember sometimes you got to lose the battle to win the war!! On a side note just started reading the book Let The Right One In…if you don’t have that book go to a library and rent it or buy it
Joba needs to pitch to Zobrist like its 2010, not 2009
We need another shutdown inning here, Joba.
Garza must of been really bad tonight. Notice how they hit him and now they are back to terrible situational hitting. Here comes Joba meatballs. Here is his audition so he can lose the game for them.
Anyone that thinks Joe Girardi is doing ANYTHING but hurting this team is completely delusional. You have Nova on the mound with a 6 run lead and he is NOT CC !!! If the Yankees lose this game, and I do not doubt they will with NUMBSKULL as our Captain of the Ship, then his fate needs to be sealed once an for all. How can he not manage with any sense of urgency ? He is a FOOL to think that backing into the playoffs as the WC as opposed to having HFA until the World Series is NOTHING to be concerned about. Someone needs to start calling good ‘ol Lou and asking him if he wants to manage the Yankees next year. Girardi is a tee ball manager compared to the actual baseball BRAIN that Lou has !
CR9 September 14th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
The Yankees are struggling – at their lowest point. And all you schnucks can do is argue with another and fight with one another.
Really goes to show how classless most of you Yankees “fans” are. And classless is too good a word most of you dirtpiles!
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That’s rich. Maybe we should yell about umpiring consipracies and call every other team criminals.
“but If the game is lost it was because of what happened two innings ago!!”
Ken, you’re right, but don’t you think there’d be plenty of time after the game to talk about that stuff ad nauseum if that were to happen? Why not just try to move ahead for now at least and focus on what’s happening in the game right now? We still have a game we’re trying to win. Is all.
TheStraw September 14th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I dread this inning.
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Haha – we all do Straw….trust me, and if a walk starts it, it could blow up
Serious question. When was the last time he’s thrown the slider for a strike?
I better not see a 3-2 slider here
Hey guys it is okay to argue and disagree but lets not shove pom poms anywhere a little harsh..be nice
zobrist is helping joba avoid a walk.
Explain what? lol
He didn’t use Robertson last night in a 0-0 game because he “wanted to give him another day”. Girardi’s words.
Robertson is ready in the bullpen to face Longoria. Its the logical move with Nova falling apart.
Instead, he lets Nova pitch to Longoria, a mistake, and pays for it.
Instead of then going to Robertson, he goes to his lefty specialist Logan.
Only problem is, that “strategy” was bound to fail since Maddon wasn’t going to have his lefties face Logan.
He messed up that entire inning and paid the price for it.
If you aren’t going to use Robertson in that situation, why not use him in a 0-0 game last night?
As I have been saying, the inconsistency of his moves are baffling and is killing this team right now.
at this point, joba should go low fastball low fastball low fastball
Boy, some people get crazy when the Yanks hit a rough spot.
if recent history is an indicator of today….these late inning tied game on the road scares the sh*t out of me…but today is Tuesday and we have lost 7 of 8 and I am sticking to my….it can’t get worse then this theory…………..thus the Yankees will prevail go JOBA!!!
I just dream of the off-season and having Girardi go to Chicago….Torre leave LA (Which he definitely will with that team a mess), and having the Yankees and Torre make amends, and bring him back for 1 last tour of duty. 3 Year contract…..finish off careers of the core 4, and try and bring NY a few more championships.
Girardi did not win us a championship –
MO DID
ANDY DID
AROD DID
TEX DID
AJ (YES) DID
Behind 2-0 on the first two hitters.
Some analyst pointed out today that the Yankees play to the percentage of an 88 win team on the road but a 107 win team at home. If Girardi really thinks the division doesn’t matter, he is making a big, big mistake.
Girardi did not win us a championship –
MO DID
ANDY DID
AROD DID
TEX DID
AJ (YES) DID
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As opposed to other managers that win their own championships?
How bout Joe knowing when to bring in Marte. Seemed to help a lot.
Kay seems to think that Crawford won’t be back as a Ray next year.
Hey sj I agree Man… That inning was a mess ..let’s all tone down the fighting though
everyone is better at home…..
that isnt news.
“Some analyst pointed out today that the Yankees play to the percentage of an 88 win team on the road but a 107 win team at home.”
This is a misleading way to analyze data.
Yay, so far good Joba!!
JOBA
3-2 slider worked for a change.
That was a real good K of Crawford, by Joba.
SWEET JOBA!
It’s nice to see him looking like the old Joba again. Please God may it last.
And, if Crawford went after that same kind of 3-2 pitch as a Yankee, he’d be castigated on this blog for an entire week…
ac1 –
You could have hit Miranda or Posada or Thames for Kearns or Curtis THEN used one of Gardner Golson or Russo to play the field- and potentially hit for that spot again.
That was a really good 3-2 pitch because it was near the plate. 99% of the time his 3-2 off speed pitches aren’t even close for a batter to swing.
“Maybe we should yell about umpiring consipracies and call every other team criminals.”
Yes. We should. Rather than fighting amongst ourselves, we should band together and fight against the forces that try and oppress our Yankees.
Great inning by Joba….impressive.
Perfect role for joba. 7th inn. Leave him be Joe
Good Joba. Phew.
resting joba seems to have worked
good move by Girardi…..
that’s the best inning by Joba all season, he was overpowering.
Joba just hit 98 on the rader
Great job Joba!
Joba looked pretty damn good to me….now the Yanks score 1 or 2runs and then 6 more outs we’re back on top of the division
The rays are really a bad offensive team – everyone and their mother knew joba was going to throw a breaking ball in the dirt with the count 3-2 on crawford and the big dummy swung at it anyway
(just getting ready to bury crawford next year as a yankee);-)
You want to make this personal BBFan? Really? Ok.
First off, I am FAR from miserable. That’s not even close to being accurate.
You don’t like the opinions, skip over them.
You aren’t telling me what to post and how to post it.
You can wave your pom poms, believe every move the manager is making is perfect and that’s fine by me.
However, don’t get personal with me and don’t tell me how to post here.
It will fall on deaf ears.
And THAT is why I never gave up on Joba. As I said a while ago, players don’t just somehow forget how to play their game.
GOOD ON YOU JOBA!
SJ, I can’t say I disagree. Can a manager choke?
I like Joe personally and as a member of several WS teams, I always loved him as a player. I hate criticizing him like this- I really do – but his moves don’t make any sense and they are beyond frustrating because the goal in sports is to win. I realize he’s got an older club, but making moves that almost guarantee the team finishes 2nd is baffling to me. Now maybe Cash and Hal don’t care how the Yankees get to the playoffs, but how can they not want this team to get some consistency? It’s bad enough to be missing Swish and Gardner – so let the rest of the lineup stay intact.
Nice Job. The offense really needs to come through this inning with the heart of the order up.
Need offense to stay on…
CR9 September 14th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
“Maybe we should yell about umpiring consipracies and call every other team criminals.”
Yes. We should. Rather than fighting amongst ourselves, we should band together and fight against the forces that try and oppress our Yankees.
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You are as predictable as Ozzie being ejected in a game with Buherle on the mound and Angel Hernandez and Joe West umping.
Good job by young Justin there.
My kingdom for a Yankee run.
Let’s All get along and try to win this game…(like what we say or do has any bearing..but still we can pretend )
Hopefully, this will be one of those slump breaking multiple run innings that gets this team out of it’s funk and clams fears. Oh wait, we already did that once tonight.
Someone just seriously suggested Torre return as manager?
Things sure do get wacky during losing streaks.
Joba’s fastball that inning was very impressive. Very good downward plane on the pitch. Very hard to get any solid lift on that pitch.
He used to throw his fastball with that kind of downwards plane at 97-100. But it’s still a great pitch at 94-96.
That’s the pitch that has to be his bread and butter. That’s the foundation. None of the Rays could handle that pitch.
I don’t think he threw one slider in the zone that inning. But he got a couple of swing and misses because he had established his fastball early and went to it consistently.
Jobe did great in that inning.
Girardi is a genius
What do the whinesr have to say ?
Hey JC, JC, you’re all right by me, Zannah, Ho, Zannah, Hey, Superstar.
P.S. NO, NO, NO….. JOE….. PLEASE GO!!!!
i still cant get over the idea that some post that joe is trying to get 2nd place. That makes zero sense.
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God Joe sucks because Tex grounded out on 1 pitch. How dare him call that.
“Some analyst pointed out today that the Yankees play to the percentage of an 88 win team on the road but a 107 win team at home.”
Minnesota is 2 games over .500 on the road and Texas is under .500 on the road. Most teams play better at home…
great at bat tex. one pitch. unreal.
I hope the Yanks go strong after Crawford. I’ve been saying this since April. He is the igniter for this sluggish aging team. He would hit 20 homers at the Stadium.
What with all the first pitch swinging. God, I’m starting to sound like Matt.
Plese tell me I won’t have to watch another walk off tonight
Joba can drive you to distraction – he’s mediocre, he really is, because he’s so up and down.
If the Yankees lose, it’s not because they are on the road; IMO, it’s because they are inconsistent offensively – that holds true at home, where recently they didn’t hit at all. They need to win a game because this losing I think is sort of becoming a habit……………
Is anyone else thinking, “We’ve got to do it this inning?”
“However, don’t get personal with me and don’t tell me how to post here.”
That’s rich. Coming from the guy who tries to tell everyone what they can and cannot post. Deaf ears, sport. Deaf ears.
UMPIRES CHEAT THE YANKEES. UMPIRES CHEAT THE YANKEES. The sooner you can deal with my posts, the better of you’ll be, sport!
Tex has been killing this team as much as anyone.
Tex is playing with a broken toe – I don’t think we can expect him to do much.
Hold on
Isn’t Robbie a triple away from the Cycle?
Teixeira pulls a pitch outside off the plate and it winds up as a harmless ground ball straight into the shift.
He just can’t hit the ball the other way. that pitch was basically impossible to try to pull with any authority.
jeezus… the offense looks like it fell back asleep
here is the true stupidity of the contention that the Yankees had a better chance of winning tonight’s game before it started than last night in a 0-0 game with the Rays best relievers already used up.
Now it’s tied but Benoit and Soriano are still available. Wrong again, Trish
Ac1-
I believe Joe was quoted earlier in the week as saying that HFA would be nice and was the goal, but not at the expense of getting healthy. Or did I imagine him saying that?
“Plese tell me I won’t have to watch another walk off tonight”
Yes, and we will see the walkoff in the 9th inning off Vazquez, when Joe decides to use him in a save situation to give MOey a day off….
ac1 – Do you think you’re funny????
this game smells of walk off loss (again)…
I hope Kerry does not choose tonight to have a bad game.
These tied late inning games on the road have not ended well lately.
As CB said, the Rays have the probability considerably in their favor of winning this game.
This team can’t get a clutch hit to save their lives, so unless Soriano/Benoit serve one up, they are not getting multiple hits off them when they are this cold.
Only hope is an A-Rod or Cano HR. No one else is capable of hitting at this point.
They should give cano the ” home run sign”…not sure if it was this year on this blog when someone complained that Joe did not give the ” sacrifice fly” sign..classic
3-4-5. That was the chance.
How about if we re-name him Joe Walton. Would that help? I’m starting a movement.
LET JOE GO!!!
Sign my petition at NOCREWCUT-BRACEFACE.COM
I believe Joe was quoted earlier in the week as saying that HFA would be nice and was the goal, but not at the expense of getting healthy. Or did I imagine him saying that?
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And i agree with him, but that doesnt mean he is playing for it. that means 1st is getting everyone healthy. What good is having injured players hitting and fielding? Swish was 2-30 or something. Gardner wasnt hitting. Tex is now not hitting. Jeter wasnt hitting. Cano looked tired. Posada is banged up all the time.
What exactly is Joe supposed to do?
Tex A-Rod and Cano do nothing. That might be your ballgame right there.
Unfortunately, if the manager didn’t have his head up his $@@ in the fifth inning, he would be costing to a win tonight.
Instead, it’s a tie game after he helped torch a six run lead with his now nightly insanity.
i smell another walk-off loss coming!!
Another uninspiring offensive display. Jeezus Christ…
And that’s likely the ballgame. The middle of the order can’t go down that easily in a tie game in the late innings on the road.
Once again, if the Yankees could get a runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs in the 6th inning, they could have gone straight to their best relievers with a chance to grab this game without having to worry about holding guys back in case it goes 10 or 11 innings again.
If this offense could push across these crucial late inning runs, it would help keep the pen from getting burnt out every night. They are playing a lot of extra inning games simply because they cannot score enough runs to end it earlier. In the game on Friday night they had two chances to put across the go ahead run on an out before it ended and couldn’t, and if they did the game may have ended with Rivera on the mound and a Yankees win instead of a loss.
This was their chance. The bottom of this lineup against Soriano in the next inning isin’t going to end well.
This team is just inept on the road in the late innings. Far cry from last year. They can’t even hit Chad Qualls in a big spot.
Bets, the Yanks have scored 7 runs. I think this game would be in hand if it weren’t for the pitching in that 5th inning.
“Plese tell me I won’t have to watch another walk off tonight”
You WON’T have to watch another walk off tonight!
Hey I believe in positive energy affecting the universe in a good way. If we all dig deep and try to stay positive about winning this game, maybe we can get an energy flow going in the direction of the Trop.
Even if you don’t buy it, isn’t it better to err on the side of caution and try to do it?
We’re all after the same goal here, no matter what way we move toward it. So let’s can the negative and accentuate the positive – at least until the game is over, if you can’t can it altogether. Let’s give it a try.
GO YANKEES!!!!!
Heart of the yankee line up is done now. They’ve got Berkman and then the bottom of the line up which has been very poor. They’ve done little damage so far. But they’ll need to pick it up if the team is going to score.
i think if there is any issue with girardi, it is that he was a teammate of many of these guys. hard to look at him as authority. a manager needs to be more authoritative.
I know this is half serious, but i would love to see Pinella managing.
Three consecutive walk-off losses to the Rays aren’t too bad. We are being competitive at least.
And that’s your ballgame.
A total meltdown tonight by everyone involved.
Can’t complain about the offense they got 7 runs… Anytime u score more than six runs in a game you did the job..
Benoit threw eight pitches to retire Tex, A-Rod and Cano. It took eight pitches just to retire Zobrist last inning.
“Unfortunately, if the manager didn’t have his head up his $@@ in the fifth inning, he would be costing to a win tonight.
Instead, it’s a tie game after he helped torch a six run lead with his now nightly insanity.”
The only one with his head up his $@@ is you, sport! The guy who managed us to the 2009 World Series is now suddenly managing us with “nightly insanity”? The only insanity is your sick obsession with Girardi. Grow up.
Y is Wood available? He’s pitched 3/4 days. Ask Genius Joe
uh.. that could have been called interference from the ballguy..
SJ44 sounds like an impostor to me. The real McCoy never even uses expurgated profanity.
And he almost always defends the organization or apologizes for them, whatever the criticism.
I don’t trust this latest embodiment.
“It will fall on deaf ears.”
Every one knows you have deaf ears.
How many people are questioning your negetivity here. You do not give a damn. When you disagree with someone’s post you give them a lecture. It goes both ways.
In any case I do not intend to make anything personal with any one here.
I wish nothing but long, healthy and successful career for your nephew in majors.
Like playing whiffle ball in someones basement
Not having Gardner and Swisher really has hurt the team tonight….the lineup is short and its killed a couple rallies. This is the 5th straight very tight ball game the Yanks have played…they lost the previous 4. The ball has to bounce their way sometime right….hope tonight is the night.
The Yanks must really be feeling snake-bit at this point. Losing three games in the last week to walk-offs, Mo blowing a save, now losing a 6-run lead. It’s got to play with your psyche after awhile.
That’s a great play by Tex. You lose the ball in the white roof and the catwalks on balls that high at the Trop.
And let’s not forget the hot hitting Berkman, Kearns, Curtis, and if we’re REALLY lucky, Cervelli up next inning. Totally can win with those bunch of black holes coming up.
Berkman has been the hottest hitter, but his power is just gone. Not good.
I believe Joe was quoted earlier in the week as saying that HFA would be nice and was the goal, but not at the expense of getting healthy. Or did I imagine him saying that?
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love it. complaining about every single move. Wood is in and you are still complaining.
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
i think if there is any issue with girardi, it is that he was a teammate of many of these guys. hard to look at him as authority. a manager needs to be more authoritative.
I know this is half serious, but i would love to see Pinella managing.
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Yeah..I think he is done..however if the spot is open he would listen…I think he would say no in the end
“Unfortunately, if the manager didn’t have his head up his $@@ in the fifth inning, he would be costing to a win tonight.
Instead, it’s a tie game after he helped torch a six run lead with his now nightly insanity”
Can you at least TRY to stop with the negativity and complaining? This game isn’t over. Can we try to be hopeful and not keep reliving what you feel about the fifth inning? It would be more helpful for you to try to stay upbeat than continuing with this. We still might win this game. When the game is over I’m sure there will be a lot of discussion about what happened in the game.
Thanks.
kill schill – All those times SJ44 claimed there was an imposter, he was lying. Simple. Low-class or no-class, take your pick.
This inn is y they need another lefty.
Excellent command by Wood
No, Straw. You are absolutely correct in repeating what Joe said about HFA.
Missing Swish and Gardner really hurts…………
Cano and Alex have done their share tonight; I can’t kill them. Someone else on this team has to come through – you can’t have a 2 player lineup.
Joe, that’s true…….nothing much is going right, is it? But I’m not giving up and even if they lose, I’m not giving up.
Berkman is due for a big big Big BIG HIT. I feel it. Kerry just has to dispose of Pena.
I am following the game on gamecast now…don’t want to frustrate myself by watching the TV….hoping to see Berkman go deep
In an ideal world, Kerry gets 1-2-3
We Score
Mo comes on and DOES NOT GET TO Craw or Longoria
“Not having Gardner and Swisher really has hurt the team tonight….the lineup is short and its killed a couple rallies. ”
It’s really killed them in these close games. The bottom of the order is just a series of black holes. They generate almost no offense what so ever.
It’s a huge break for the pitcher and allows the opposition manager a great deal of flexibility in how he uses his bull pen.
UnKnown September 14th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Like playing whiffle ball in someones basement
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Agree of course I don’t have catwalks in my basement
CR9,
Take your medication and play with your black helicopters.
What you have to say is worthless to me.
How is Wood in this game. Joe and his rules make him technically unable to participate.
Every night Tex makes a play ! ( well, almost every night )
Trisha – He’s like a spoiled child. It comes from everyone on here bowing down to him like he is special. He becomes full of himself, and thinks that everyone has to listen to everything he says, including Girardi.
Kerry Wood is unbelievable, too bad he doesn’t get leads to protect anymore thanks to the offense and the manager giving away the lead before it gets to him.
assuming we get out of this inning undamaged first that is.
I don’t think it unreasonable to criticize the coaching staff when the team is one Swish HR away from an 8 and possibly 9 game losing streak. Especially coming on the heels of an 8 game win streak. SJ may be blunt, but he’s right. At this point they just need to win A game and stop the bleeding.
They just have to make the playoffs – after that, it’s a whole new ballgame. The Rays aren’t a great team – there are no great teams. It’s just about who gets hot at the right time. I do admit that I don’t trust Joe…………….and that’s a killer.
you would have to think that Thames and Posada are grabbing bats in the 9th inning against Soriano, there is no way Cervelli and Curtis should be hitting in that situation.
c’mon Wood keep it solid
Yeah..I think he is done..however if the spot is open he would listen…I think he would say no in the end
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I know he is taking care of his mother, but after that he may feel differently, especially with the yankees. but i dont necessarily think Girardi is going anywhere.
That was a good walk. I am tired of watching Pena hit homeruns against the Yanks. Just have to locate against Upton here.
Boy everyone is on sj…I think the guy is a good poster…
Not the worst guy to walk given that the Yankees offense is in the late-inning tank and one run is likely all it will take to win the game.
SJ44 – Not worthless enough for you that you had to respond! You’re a punk, and you’re gonna get called out for it. Your insanity has no place on this board.
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Where was that pitch????????????
Nice Frame job by Cervy. Almost got a call there
That cut fastball wood has added has just made him devastating when he locates. It’s an excellent pitch. Great late movement and it looks just like his fastball out of his hand.
you would have to think that Thames and Posada are grabbing bats in the 9th inning against Soriano, there is no way Cervelli and Curtis should be hitting in that situation.
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Posada doesnt pinch hit.
He is 0-all PHing.
Trisha,
Can you at least TRY not to tell people what to say or post?
CR9 is lecturing people on what they can and cannot say on this blog? Funny, coming from the one who thinks that the umpires cost the Yankees the game when they pop out and strike out every night with runners at 3rd and less than 2 outs.
Oh come on
don’t tell me I didn’t jinx Wood
That said, no one is going to feel bad for the Yankees. If they have a weak bottom of the order because of injuries? Too bad – they’ll have to deal with it. In the offseason, Pena and Cervelli have to be bounced because they simply are not major league hitters. For now? It’s up to the top/middle of the order to carry the team – that’s what they are being paid for. Tex’ broken toe really complicates things.
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Yeah..I think he is done..however if the spot is open he would listen…I think he would say no in the end
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I know he is taking care of his mother, but after that he may feel differently, especially with the yankees. but i dont necessarily think Girardi is going anywhere.
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Is he really taking care of his mom..or is he just sick of the cubs?
kill.schill, the reason you have to trust the latest version is because you can only register one unique screename (meaning for example there could not be two trishas or two kill.schill-ings) and only the registrant has the password.
Bets, never give up.
i think rivera has to come in tonight.
Kerry Wood, ladies and gentlemen
good work Wood
Wood is good.
The Yankees are 2 for 12 with RISP despite all their runs. The Rays are 4 for 7 and have had only one chance and taken advantage of it.
The Rays don’t scare anyone, but the Yankees once again do very little with a lot. If they could take care of their own business offensively, they’d be winning every single one of these games regardless of what the pitching does.
Nasty. Lets go offense!
It’s amazing you have the nerve to call anyone “low class” CR9. You’re the poster who keeps wishing horrible injuries to opposing players. Your rants are sickening.
If that description fits anyone, it’s you.
Kerry GOOD !
I swear, win one game – whether tonight or tomorrow and things will look a whole lot better. It’s just a snowball right now………….
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
you would have to think that Thames and Posada are grabbing bats in the 9th inning against Soriano, there is no way Cervelli and Curtis should be hitting in that situation.
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Posada doesnt pinch hit.
He is 0-all PHing.
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so you would let Cervelli hit with a couple of men on base instead of using Posada? That would be about the worst move ever considered, I don’t care what Posada’s numbers are as a pinch hitter.
We must remember also that if tonight were Game 2 of a playoff series then Andy Pettite would have started it and most likely would have made that 6-0 lead hold up. Its not an excuse but the Yanks are playing short handed and the Rays are not…
Great job again by Wood. Would be a great time for Berkman’s first Yankee homer right here.
Anyone wish Joe had used Wood, Robertson, and Joba last night?
Guys we are in the same team…it is okay to disagree but fighting is silly…has Ken Phelps become the voice of reason on this blog? If so we are all doomed
Matt – I spend much of my time defending you on here. That you have the right to post what you want without the likes of a bully (SJ44) telling you what you can and cannot post.
Anyway, darn right. Im getting in on the action. And I’ll forever post that the UMPIRES CHEAT THE YANKEES. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees. umpires cheat the yankees.
Have to score here to have any realistic chance of winning this game.
Hey, CB, why doesn’t Joba’s fastball look like that anymore? I saw your post earlier about Joba losing about 3 mph on his fastball. What happened to it? Was it that arm injury? Can a pitcher as young as he is just have his velocity erode? I’ve never seen that occur before. Is it common?
Kerry Wood—I would try to sign him and let him start in 2011. Sign Crawford and trade Gardner.
Called out by a mental patient who believes in umpire conspiracies? LOL.
Ok, whatever you say.
Up your dosage. It’s not working.
I can’t believe we were up 6-0 at one point and choked up 7 runs because the manager wanted to get a rookie a win. It’s like a bad dream now that I can’t get out of my head. Even if the Yankees somehow pull off a win, it still leaves a sour taste in my mouth about the ineptitude of the decision making running the team.
And now after berkman, it’s the three biggest black holes in baseball – kearns, curtis, and cervelli…
what a mess…
“I swear, win one game – whether tonight or tomorrow and things will look a whole lot better. It’s just a snowball right now………….”
Absolutely. Let’s make it tonight and continue it tomorrow!
Cmon Puma
Blake I would guess Andy would pitch game three not two…
Why do I keep thinking Lance is going to go deep?
If the Yankees somehow win this one I’ll dance around the blog naked. Anyone else would be welcome to join.
What happened to Girardi’s reliever rule when it comes to Wood?
That is now 4 appearances in 5 days.
that was quick.
I hate Soriano and his antics…..he is a mini-Valverde and rips out his shirt everytime he gets a save. He was a mediocre reliever before this season, and with this offense. Send him out to Milwaukee or Pittsburgh…see how many celebrations he’ll have there
The Yankees have a weak bottom of the order, but the lineup is still better than the Rays lineup on paper. Hell, it is better than basically every lineup in baseball.
They are just not executing… at the worst possible time.
They have a 1-man pitching staff and 2-man lineup. Not going to win many games against playoff teams like Tampa and Texas with so many ineffective parts.
Joe, I know I’m a pessimist – and I worry all the time – but when people start giving up, calling games over and talking in absolute negatives, well – I just don’t get it. They still have to play the games………..and no amount of negative talk will prevent the games from being played.
The Yankees have flaws- for one, their SP. For another, their inconsistent offense. However, when I look at it – they have the 2nd best record in baseball, so what does that make everyone else?
Great here comes the automatic outs
Can I make a request? Not get caught up in personalities here. It’s a blog to discuss Yankees’ baseball, not who doesn’t mesh with who. Yeah, we can all skip over posts, but it does get tiresome. Especially when so many have something constructive to contribute to the discussion.
SJ44 – No matter what the dosage, it never works. As the dosage gets higher, I get crazier!
It doesn’t sound like him though Trish. Does it sound like him to you? Maybe he sold the identity to Bobcat. LOL!
is it legal for Soriano to keep info in his baseball cap?
almost Austin
“Blake I would guess Andy would pitch game three not two…”
as things stand now…I don’t think so.
the bright side is that we are losing some games but by 1 run. we could just as easily win by 1. in the playoffs, it all starts over. and we WILL make the playoffs.
WHY IS KEARNS PLAYING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL???
The extremely ill=tempered Randy should be happy. His great-grandson, Livon pitched 8 shutout innings against the Braves and hit a homer and an RBI single.
even more awesome… hope that golden sombrero fits nicely and doesn’t itch.
This Kearns is ridiculous. He’s struck out iirc on 3 pitches that were all in the dirt, all worthless pitches that shouldnt have been swung at.
Golden Sombrero
I’m really trying to take positives out of a bad situation here. Alex is still clutch, Cano had a big hit, Jeter looks better – Wood has been phenomenal. Just get to the playoffs- I don’t care how, by hook or by crook – then take care of business.
Kearns is a guaranteed K or GIDP
Great post Joe from long island
Blake, about things bouncing for the Yankees, earlier when I was watching the game ast a friend’s house I said exactly that, that it finally looked like things were starting to bounce right for the Yankees. The balls wered being hit down the line and staying in-bounds, and the Rays were looking like keystone cops in the field.
I am hoping the baseball gods looked on the 5th inning as an aberration and the ball has indeed started bouncing the right way for us again.
Fingers crossed.
Yanks playing with half a lineup cause the bottom for aren’t doing nothing tonight!
Cashman basically told Curry last week that Pettitte is starting game 2.
a good feature here would be to block being able to see some people’s messages.
Why is Girardi going to the bench with two outs against Rafael Soriano? Pitch count?
kill schill – the guy is bipolar. One minute he’s rational, the next he’s crying and whining a river about a manager that won the 2009 WS.
Oh boy…..just can’t get on base
Kearns really hasn’t had much of a chance tonight…he got a mistake there and yanked it foul but other than that he’s missing pitches by a mile.
“Yanks playing with half a lineup cause the bottom four aren’t doing nothing tonight”
Wow, so Kearns is struggling – big deal. I swear, whenever a player goes into a funk, it means he’s garbage. Right.
What do you know Kearns swings at another pitch in the dirt. How surprising. I hope the Yanks don’t lose this game without ever using Thames and Posada in a big spot. I still can’t believe Girardi let Kearns bat with the bases loaded.
“The extremely ill=tempered Randy should be happy. His great-grandson, Livon pitched 8 shutout innings against the Braves and hit a homer and an RBI single.”
THE NATS!!!
That’s our Juan Miranda! Mr. Popup Miranda!
Kearns had what, 10 good days with us?
Another awful acquisition.
Now an opportunity for another walkoff loss, thanks to this “great” offense. 1 run in the last 4 innings…
Figures….Yankees are in home run mode. This is why they lose walk off games all the time. Haven’t had a base runner since the sixth inning.
sigh…..
And lucky for us, Cervelli gets to lead off the 10th (if we get that far).
“Wow, so Kearns is struggling – big deal. I swear, whenever a player goes into a funk, it means he’s garbage. Right.”
Nice Betsy.
anybody smell walk-off?
Trisha,
mine too, and toes.
That sucked. Not feeling good about the bottom of the ninth.
I dont like our chances with the scored tied at the rays. How many times is are the yankees going to get walked off on?
Just walk us off. Please get it over with.
The issue with using Robertson in the 9th is, he’s been up three times warming up tonight.
That’s always a risk when a guy gets hot more than once before coming into a game.
In those situations, sometimes guys leave their stuff in the pen.
It’s why it would have been a better use of him to have brought him into the game in the 5th inning while they had the lead.
You know nothing. Posada sucks pinch hitting.
And btw, that performance by the black hole that is the bottom half of the order was truly pathetic.
LGY, that means if the Yanks are on the road that Phil (or whomever Pitches at home……….but I suppose that’s worth the tradeoff for having Andy pitch a game 5.
I know last night I said that I was getting conditioned to the pain of walk-off losses but a walk-off after blowing a 6-run lead?
That’s new territory.
Come on Yanks. Help a brother out.
I am truly scared of the impending inning. Can we bring in CC?
I cannot believe this game isnt over yet….and we didn’t win….can’t wait to hear Joe’s postgame….and his dumb look.
These MLB announcers sound like they work for NESN….
Benoit-soriano will be deadly in a playoff series
Woods has been lights out last few outings.
He basically locked up the eight inning role for the playoffs.
Robertson for 7th.
Joba for 6th if needed.
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I don’t really know what happened with Joba and his stuff. It’s just baffling.
On the whole my best guess is that after he was drafted and worked with the minor league coaches he was able to adjust his mechanics in a way which made him a very different pitcher than he’d been before.
But he just wasn’t able to maintain those skills because he doesn’t repeat his deliver well and isn’t very athletic. Pitching is a complicated set of linked interactions. If that kinetic chain is thrown off the results can differ. I just don’t know if those mechanics that made him so good were every really an ingrained, “natural” part of him that he could sustain.
If Girardi didn’t screw up in Texas and burn out his entire bullpen, the Yankees may have been 3-1 in their last 4 instead of 0-4. Now tonight he couldn’t get Nova out of there because he didn’t want to get 5 innings out of the pen again, and it burned him once again. That’s why you never mess around in games you have a chance to win, because one game like that can have a ripple effect for the entire next week .
“Wow, so Kearns is struggling – big deal. I swear, whenever a player goes into a funk, it means he’s garbage. ”
no, just means he’s struggling.
“That’s our Juan Miranda! Mr. Popup Miranda!
Yet Boston brings up nobody losers like Don McDonald, Nava, Kalish, etc. and they get big hit after big hit.
Looks like another walk off tonight. Unbelievable how the offense just goes into the tank in the late innings.
they cannot hit good pitching at all.
kearns looked like me at bat….
how can they blow this game tonight?????????????
cervelli has been on base a lot this past week. he has been better than most of the other guys in the lineup lately.
walk off cometh…
I can’t watch this anymore. I cannot sit and watch another mfing walkoff.
“I’m really trying to take positives out of a bad situation here. Alex is still clutch, Cano had a big hit, Jeter looks better – Wood has been phenomenal. Just get to the playoffs- I don’t care how, by hook or by crook – then take care of business”
Betsy at her best. Perfect post Betsy.
Seriously how many shut out innings does this lineup think the bullpen can pitch?
they cannot hit good pitching at all.
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Garza is good and they nailed him tonight.
I don’t think I can physically take another walk off. Can we just win this one? Please?
calm down everyone. robertson will be fine.
Hold on tight everyone. Its going to be a wild ride here late again.
Girardi deserves another walk off loss….let him keep spewing his nonsense excuses and he can tell his lame @$$ story walkin’ !
Yes Robertson might have throw 90 pitches in the pen
“Benoit-soriano will be deadly in a playoff series”
Tampa in general will be very dangerous. They have a “never say die” attitude. Seems like everytime you see highlights of their games, they are rallying in the late innings to win.
They have character, looks like it just might be their year. Good thing they are losing their key pieces next year.
Blake, I know – but take a look at some of the posts about Kearns; it’s like a soap opera in here.
I keep on envisioning the ball coming to Austin Kearns, and me thinking…hey! He will catch this….but he doesn’t and the inning continues…..and we lose our lead….He can share goat of the game with Girardi
yank – that’s because they get all the luck. they get career losers to hit for them. why? Because when their guys come up, they want to make an impact and help the team. Juan Miranda is just up here to take his hacks and swing for the fences.
with the bottom half of the order sitting as it is, the pen is going to have to have a ton of shut out innings…
Sit down, Brignac
Regardless of what some thing of him and the innings that he’s being used in, Chamberlain has allowed just 4 runs in his last 20 games over 21 innings.
All these games they have been losing have been competitive….they haven’t been getting blown out. Its been heart breaker after heart breaker….its gotta stop sometime.
Tampa has a never say die attitude? Up until the past few days, they were in 2nd place…………for a long time. The Yankees are just in a terrible slump now; it’s not like the Rays have been playing lights out.
i agree with betsy.
1st priority has top be getting healthy…
get to the playoffs one way or another and they will be fine.
HFA is ideal but getting there either way as long as they are healthy is more important.
Well, I would have used DRob earlier, maybe the 5th, and been concerned with wearing him out in the pen, but he sure seems to have his stuff here.
blake, really ? When ?
The pitching staff can only do so much when you don’t score them any runs.
The bullpen once again except for one pitch from Boone Logan has been lights out tonight. If the Yankees offense did its job and hit a ball in the air in the 6th inning, Rivera would be in this game right now with a chance to win it and they wouldn’t have to burn out every single pitcher in the pen yet again tonight.
Someone a little while back said Soriano was nothing before this year, NOT quite so !
Has had several good years.
I was hoping NY would sign him last off season. The guy is damn good.
All these games they have been losing have been competitive….they haven’t been getting blown out. Its been heart breaker after heart breaker….its gotta stop sometime.
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look at the positive there. competitive means one single thing can turn it all the other way.
0-2 to 3-2. This happens too much with our pitching staff, minus CC.
Blake, that’s the good thing about baseball – you play everyday and every day is a chance to put the last game behind you. If they lose this game, then you just have to move on and forge ahead. Most of the players on this team have been through worse – it’s not the end of the world.
“anybody smell walk-off?”
Not I! But I tend to be a rather upbeat, rosy person that way.
Come on….Jaso?!?!?!
Cervy needs to hold the glove so the ump can get a look there.
Alright one more out to go cmon
blake, yeah, I had the exact same thought.
Don,
tonight we can hope.
6 to nothing. sheesh.
“Blake, that’s the good thing about baseball – you play everyday and every day is a chance to put the last game behind you. If they lose this game, then you just have to move on and forge ahead. Most of the players on this team have been through worse – it’s not the end of the world”
Betsy, I swear I could hug you when you are in this mode (and no, I am not funny that way!)
Posada should be pinch hitting to lead off the 10th for Cervelli. Let’s get to business and get some runs and win this game.
Maybe we can still win?
AC, I want to win the division, but really my point was that once the playoffs start, it’s a whole new ballgame and it doesn’t matter how you got there……The team still has destiny in their hands. I do just wish that I had more faith in the manager; I wonder how the players feel about Joe.
about 3 weeks ago, Kearns was the board darling because he was hitting. Now those same people want him dumped out by the curb with the garbage. While they were taking Kearns out, they were salvaging Berkman, who they carted out there two weeks before that because he wasn’t hitting.
How do you expect this Yankees team to respond when they finally score runs and get some swagger back, only to see Girardi wait and wait and wait to yank Nova until he’s already given away the majority of that lead?
If you keep losing games like they have been lately, eventually it really starts to wear on you. These games hurt a lot more than losing 10-1, whether they all count the same or not is irrelevant. Having walk off losses in 3 of the last 4 games just crushes the players, and if you don’t win some of these games in which you finally start having some good, it’s going to keep snowballing.
So who is next after Robertson? Gaudin, Alba or Girardi’s boyfriend Mitre? lol This lineup might need another 5 innings to score a run.
Wow – walk Zobrist to get to Carl?
“6 to nothing. sheesh”
Can you stop! Geesh. Concentrate on winning this game.
Wow !
Catch of the year?
NICE
Trish, just keep in mind there is nothing wrong with being negative or worried – it doesn’t make one a bad fan.
uhhhh thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give Grandy a double star!!
I can’t digest 3 walk off losses in the last 4 games. I just can’t
WHAT A CATCH!!!!!
Curtis with awesome leather there!
WOW that was a great catch!!!!
Web gem!
GRANDERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s the momentum we needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s get em this inning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes, fxxk off Rays!
Wow, Grandy looked like Tommy Agee in the ’69 WS there…
OMG….what a catch…..is it a sign? We’re winning this game…..the madness stops tonight!
Well he can’t hit but he plays a decent CF
What a play.
WHO SAID GRANDERSON’S DEFENSE WASN’T WORTH ANYTHING????
Matt,
Tonight was a night they scored runs.
6-2 lead, a rookie scuffling, you put Robertson in the game there to get Longoria, the Yankees win easily.
Instead, what happened changed the momentum of the game.
Seven runs should be enough to win if you make the right pitching calls.
Granderson just made the catch of the year!
Great catch!
The Grandy Man!!
they’ve been putting a lot of crappy games behind them these past two weeks. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon.
GB, yep………….I wonder who’s next on the hit list?
who hates Granderson now…huh damn that was phenom stuff right there
Wow! How the heck did Granderson possibly out run that ball and then hold on to it. What a huge play on an absolute bullet.
Granderson really has the capacity to dominate games both with his glove and his power.
Huge play.
OMG. Following on gameday. Drob making me have a heart attack. Need. Run. Now.
Beautiful diving catch after a long run. Never thought he could catch up to the ball to stop it from going to the wall, much less catching it.
If they don’t win after that catch, I don’t think they ever will.
sorry… still stuck in my throat and can’t seem to swallow it.
Catch of the year
Only fitting if Granderson hits a HR to give them the lead.
I would like to give a shout out to Fran and to Tar, wherever they are, for standing behind Granderson when the rest of the forum (minus me naturally) was ready to trade him away. Both said that there was still time for him to contribute offensively and both also said that we needed to remember that he also helped this team tremendously with his defense.
That’s called perspective folks.
GO YANKEES!!!
SJ,
I agree entirely, it really makes no sense the way Girardi has been managing lately.
Earlier in the season he was thinking outside of the box and bringing in his best relievers in spots like that because he knew that those moments may decide the game right then and there, not the 8th inning, but the 4th or 5th perhaps.
If you get out of the jam, then you most likely end up cruising to a win in tonight’s game and you don’t have to go to everybody in the pen before it’s over.
Another crucial mistake in managing, and hopefully this doesn’t cost him even more games when the bullpen is tired.
I didn’t think there was any way he was catching that ball off the bat. He closed on that ball very quickly.
Come on Jorge – give a reason to hip hip…
Please please, SOMEONE, run into a fastball.
Grandy is going longball this inn. It’s a storybook ending.
all of sudden, I begin to hate Rays
Wheeler. Ees bueno?
6-2 lead, a rookie scuffling, you put Robertson in the game there to get Longoria, the Yankees win easily
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No doubt…
THANK YOU JORGE!
damn……
Go Posada!!!! Get up Mo and please save this one.
HIP HIP JORGE!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCREW RAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT WAS CRUSHED!!!!
JORGE! That ball was hammered..
who said Posada can’t pinch hit?
Jorge and Mo. Game over.
THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!
And this is why they play the games, folks!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JORGIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUICED ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIP HIP JORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who said Jorge can’t PH? HIP HIP……
POSADA
HELLS YEAH
A true Yankee hero!
good call to hold him to face this reliever.
Anyone wanna knock Posada ?
YES!!!! MOST CLUTCH PINCH HIT OF THE SEASON!!!!!
and who said he couldn’t pinch hit?
Who said Posada stunk at PH? Take it back.
That might be the longest homer that Posada has ever hit. What a monsterous blast
HIP HIP JORGE!!!!!!!!
Big time swing for Jorge right there.
KILL ALL RAYS!!!!!!!!!!!
SADO. MONSTER SHOT.
i stand corrected on posada and pinch hitting, but he was 0-the year before that.
Off the top of the restaurant.
All you babies need to have your bottles now and go to your bed.
who said Posada sucked off the bench??????????
told you guys its only up from here
LOVE IT JORGIE
Damn! That Girardi is a genius! What a move!
Hip hip, Jorge!
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
You know nothing. Posada sucks pinch hitting.
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Ouch!!
How far did that go….good grief, 39 years old and still has lighting in those wrists.
JETER!!!!! JETER!!!!!
Lets go, more runs please. Lets get a little lead for Mariano.
Lets hope Mo has his mojo back.
here we go. Granderson woke them up!
I think Granderson is going to be huge next year for us.
Oh Thank God.
Let’s get it done Mo. Wash out that bad taste left over from Sat.
RAYS AIRPLANE WILL CRASH NEXT TIME!!
The captain is back!!!!
Get more runs. Don’t sit on one run.
ac1 – you’re really lookin’ good there, sport!
Oh man, my mouth is dry…..palms sweaty, you’d think I’m actually playing
Mo has to earn this for us…..Craw/Longoria….
Let me guess tonight is Alba’s audition to pitch the 10th inning?
this is why there was no reason to give up last night after the Rays had burned both Benoit and Soriano. You just can’t give up games in the heat of a pennant race, period.
lol Madden means business….would be nice to get another run here. Look at that dynamic duo…Grandy makes a great play and Posada makes the Rays pay!!
Posada does suck off the bench
that was absolutely fantastic, but it’s the exception, not the rule
And if we dont score any more runs this inning, chump SJ will predictably whine and moan about our offense being bad on the road!!
please win.
Ken Phelps September 14th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
You know nothing. Posada sucks pinch hitting.
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Ouch!!
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HA . I already took my lumps on that one. But i stand by the stats. Posada was 0-10 or something this year pinch hitting.
I can admit when i am wrong and i am glad i was.
Matt can you stop whining???????
Good Christ, the Yankees are winning now. Give it as rest. It’s sickening.
Dan WheelHouse
Granderson has to be feeling good right now…time to make himself feel even better.
This would be the best win of the year (if we get it).
The reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated. SADO LIVES!!!!!!!!!
that’s what hall of famers do.
posada is so underrated as a hitter.
he’s not going to be really appreciated until he’s gone.
Um. Crashing airplanes? No Yankee fan should joke about that.
That’s what having a Hall of Fame catcher sitting on your bench can do for you.
Hopefully it Granderson gets ahead 2-0 in the count Girardi won’t have him bunt, but I wouldn’t count on it.
MG September 14th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
this is why there was no reason to give up last night after the Rays had burned both Benoit and Soriano. You just can’t give up games in the heat of a pennant race, period
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You got that right!
still believe if swish and gardner are going to miss time, we need every OF left on the 40 up here tomorrow.
If Tex was actually hitting I would have Granderson bunt here. Instead he is just hacking away.
mo will have his work cut out for him against crawford, longoria and pena.
Girardi is genius. He saved Posada for the right time to pinch hit him.
When the offense shows up, it can cover up for a lot of mistakes in pitching.
Losing this game with a 6-0 lead could have been crushing and put them in a very difficult position with a worn down bullpen and desperately needing wins any way they could get it.
Instead, one swing of the bat and if Rivera can lock down the lead, they can erase a lot of frustration in one inning.
If they win this game, all of a sudden they have a chance to win this series with Hughes going tomorrow night. They would then have a chance to erase a lot of poor play with one good game in the series finale, and 1.5 up on Tampa would put them pretty much right where they were before the Texas series.
Hey ac1 …just busting your chops…
ugh, not a good AB there for Grandy, but oh well, that catch was worth a heck of a lot more than that AB.
Grandy is pretty much an automatic out. Hate to say that.
This would be a good spot for Tex to break out of his slump.
Teix could go yard here…
That’s why everyone wishes Posada could play more.
Not a good AB by Grandy but I think he gets a pass there after that catch….he’s also had some good swings tonight in other ABs
How can someone who was (maybe still is?) an unabashed supporter of Kei Igawa and Kyle Farnsworth’s pitching prowess post about their genius approach to baseball fandom? Everybody gets some right and plenty of calls wrong, even the folks who see the world through pinstriped shades.
Maybe Maddon pulled Soriano for the whole “win the war” idea, but he threw only about 10 pitches his first inning
that didn’t quite work out
I would like A-Rod to get a chance to hit.
Hopefully, there won’t be a double play.
Jeter’s first multi hit game in the last 2o games. That’s when you know that he’s slumping. He’s hit in 8 of his last 11 games.
They all thought that ball hit to center that Granderson caught was a walk off. The air just got sucked out of tropicana with that bomb by Posada. Hip hip jorge never sounded so good
I can take it
NIce to see Tex try to go the other way there though.
cs in la September 14th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Grandy is pretty much an automatic out. Hate to say that.
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give me a break, he had two doubles earlier in the game, what were those?
c’mon arod – hit #24
Alex, pop one out or a double so that we have an insurance run.
“Girardi is genius. He saved Posada for the right time to pinch hit him.”
Got nothing to do with Girardi. Only the bad stuff does.
Abes you can swallow now. I promise you we’re going to win this game.
I really would like another run. I trust Mo, but another run will make me feel better about things.
Is it so wrong to ask for vintage Mo tonight after his Texas implosion
cs in la September 14th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Grandy is pretty much an automatic out. Hate to say that.
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Except for the two doubles In this game
It would be nice to score Jeter here since Tampa has the meat of their order up. Instead the guys are hacking away at everything.
Hey, randy – You’re absolutely right. And the only way he’s not as fully recognized as he should be is if Montero turns into a monster playing C.
“that’s what hall of famers do.”
The number of catchers in the history of the game who could have powered a ball out to that part of the park and hit it that well is very small.
He’s just a special player.
Even at his age and after catching for so long he has great bat speed.
No doubt hall of famer.
Girardi made 1 smart move….and it was Drob over Mo….he needed to save Mo in hopes we had the lead
C’mon mo! 1-2-3!
Ok, Mo, please be Cyborg Mo tonight.
Betsy September 14th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
AC, I want to win the division, but really my point was that once the playoffs start, it’s a whole new ballgame and it doesn’t matter how you got there……The team still has destiny in their hands. I do just wish that I had more faith in the manager; I wonder how the players feel about Joe.
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Considering they won a championship with him last year (and aside from 4 guys, none of these guys had won before and guys like CC, AJ, etc. came here just for that) and considering the fact that he seems to care about them personally (allows daughters in the clubhouse, organizes ST bonding activities etc.)…. I don’t think they judge him on a bad week stretch.
They probably blame themselves more for leaving 32 guys on base in Texas, moreso than Girardi. We have good guys in the lockerroom.. you won’t see locker room mutiny here like you did on the Mets. They might roll their eyes at some of his moves, but like his overall package.
Even if they don’t score again, this game is now in Mo’s hands. If he doesn’t get it done, we shouldn’t go back and rehash the other chances we had to score.
3 quick outs, please. I need to pick up the kiddies.
Mo time!!!
Didn’t give Mo much breathing room.
Having Jorge pinch hit for Cervelli had nothing to do with any managerial ‘genius’, it’s something that every major league manager and every fan would do in the same situation. What would have been stupid was leaving Cervelli in there.
Rivera now needs to do as he always does…shake off a rare bad game and shut ‘em down on about 12 pitches.
ZMan, that’s true…………
Well, I suppose this is how it should be – the best facing the best.
Lets hope Mo is Mo tonight
Come on Mo. Come on Mo. Never wanted a regular season game as badly as I do tonight.
Now the Great One has to be nails here. Lets get a W
“If he doesn’t get it done, we shouldn’t go back and rehash the other chances we had to score.”
I dont agree. That’s like saying “just because the game was in MO’s hands, we cant blame the umpires for cheating us the rest of the game” or “for the bad luck of a Home run dying at the wall”
Crawford is a big batter to get out. With his legs a single is a double.
“How can someone who was (maybe still is?) an unabashed supporter of Kei Igawa and Kyle Farnsworth’s pitching prowess post about their genius approach to baseball fandom? Everybody gets some right and plenty of calls wrong, even the folks who see the world through pinstriped shades”
Your time of month, Rob? I was an unabashed supporter of Kei Igawa and Kyle Farnsworth because I am an unabashed supporter of anyone worth saving, including you.
I get most of them right because I’m bright enough to root for a winner without breaking step. You might want to try following suit. Or not!
I hate these flashbacks on YES….don’t need to see what happened last night or in Texas or anything that has happened in the last week….save Swishers walk-offs
Steal coming
Goddamn bloop hits.
broken bat….
Oh Man…….DP DP DP DP DP
Shoot. Just can’t let him walk down to 2nd here. Try to monitor it.
Double play please.
This game is far from over.
Where was that pitch??????????? Put it behind and move forward.
Hopefully mo will strikes out a couple of guys.
Here we go. That was basically a lead off double. Mo’s command is off again. As he gets squeezed on the 1st pitch to Longoria.
that was a strike!!!!
Terrible start.
wow, rivera looks really hittable again
how negative the impact will be on Mo if he blows again?
Mo needs a ground ball before Crawford steals.
Come on Mo.
This has the makings of trouble yet again
“Even if they don’t score again, this game is now in Mo’s hands. If he doesn’t get it done, we shouldn’t go back and rehash the other chances we had to score”
While I agree with you I don’t think you’ll get total support for this premise.
first pitch to Longoria was right there.
All Mo has to do is be concerned with the batter. Focus on the batter. Focus on the batter.
He doesn’t look good at all tonight.
# JobaTipsHisCap September 14th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
how negative the impact will be on Mo if he blows again?
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None. He’s Mo. He doesn’t get rattled.
Letting Crawford on? a recipe for failure
this cannot be easy can it? WHOA too close!
You go Mo!
Almost fainted
Yikes. Just missed that.
Man I thought he got that…must have got it off the end a bit.
Mo getting hit hard.
Crawford did not tag !
-heart stops-
Did anyone else’s heart just stop?
Mo is throwing batting practice
Rivera has not been getting the ball down lately and it’s obvious in how they are hitting the ball.
Got a break there. Crawford should have tagged up on that instead of going 3/4 of the way to second.
Joyce has power
OH CHRIST
my heart imploded for a second there
pitch out ?
WOW. I definitely thought that was gone. Mo’s command is still really off. He can’t miss to Joyce or Pena here.
Mo is Mo _ THE BEST !
There was the Yankee season in a nutshell. Jeter at first, no outs and the heart of the order swung for the fences. Now Rivera has been good all year, but why not tack on a run against Cormier? No team play at all.
COME THE F ON MO
“how negative the impact will be on Mo if he blows again?”
Not much, it is a veteran team.
They are almost certain to make the playoffs even if as WC.
i don’t care about Crawford….let him steal even at 2B I trust that Mo can get two straight outs at the plate….Crawford is a distraction that can lead to a mistake
i think mo needs a few mental days off. let wood close for a few days.
While anything in life is possible, this is Mo we’re talking here. Seriously my money would be on him all day and night.
Where was that pitch????????????????????????????? Put it behind and move forward.
I can’t believe that Yankees fans would be worrying about the greatest relief pitcher in the history of the sport blowing a save with a runner on 1st and 1 out.
I am really concerned about Joyce here….he has HR potential….I’m confident in Mo though
Yanks / Rays remind be of what the Yanks / BoSox used to be like,,,Every game an epic battle
Mo not sharp at all.
pitch out 1-1
Mo looks very hittable
# ac1 September 14th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
i think mo needs a few mental days off. let wood close for a few days.
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Where was that pitch???????????????????????? Put it behind and move forward.
All Mo has to do is focus on the batter. Focus on the batter. Focus on the batter.
Jesus jeter
Great throw by Posada
Crawford just got a good jump
Mo’s command is off. Not sure why. He just doesn’t look right.
He’s out!
Thanks to DJ ,he’s safe! fxxk off.
damn it!!! I think he had him
if jeter held onto that he may have been out.
Need the K here.
That was a very good throw by Posada. Nothing he can do there.
Mo just needs 2 outs.
Ok…ok…get strike 3
please please please
If Derek holds onto to that throw, he’s out.
Great throw by Jorge.
Safe by a mile
The 2B umpire looked like he was gearing to call Crawford out too. What horrible luck for that to happen.
# JobaTipsHisCap September 14th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
He’s out!
Thanks to DJ ,he’s safe! fxxk off.
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Wrong again. How does it feel?
Mo’s command is off but he’s getting squeezed a bit as well. He’s not missing by much.
Woulda been safe if Jete had it either way
DAMN – almost had him at 2nd.
“Safe by a mile”
That was strike 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was strike 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF, that was a strike
They shoulda gave Mo that…..
Where was that pitch?!??! Of course the ump tries to help Tampa now.
Where was that….lord.
“I can’t believe that Yankees fans would be worrying about the greatest relief pitcher in the history of the sport blowing a save with a runner on 1st and 1 out.”
I’m definitely with you. I’d feel a lot worse if there were no outs and someone as quick as Crawford.
Unreal.
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
What a throw!
OMG!!!
HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST
WHAT A THROW
OH MY GOD
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice gun by Golson!
What a throw by Golston!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take that Carl you piece of ….. Crawford!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE THAT BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOLSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Golson!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!…..what a canon. That is huge and what was Crawford doing?
Finally !!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRAWFORD, YOU FXXKING SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw
I NEVER BROKE A SWEAT!
I love going through life believing everything will be fine!!!
What a chuck to 3rd…where did that come from
Carl Crawford ties Brett Gardner for bonehead play of the year…
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now Gardner isn’t alone making a big mistake
GREAT THROW GOLSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In MO I always trust!!!!!!!!!
That was ichiro-esque
What a rocket throw by golson. He earned his call up paycheck on that throw.
Suck on that you stupid Rays!
You don’t run on Greg Golson!!!!!
Wow!!!! What a throw by Golson!! What was CC doing?
Candman has an arm huh.
He’s a good outfielder.
Well, that feels good
Whew, Sandman with a nail biter.
Can Matt go home now?
Defensive play of the year.
Told ya told ya told ya told ya told ya!
Gee Rob, I was right again!
CRAWFORD, YOU FXXKING MORON, SUCK TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!
I am in shock
I woke my whole building up
that was a great throw by Golson and incredible tag by Arod but Crawford made a horrible play there.
WHAT A THROW
Back to back nights with bad base running mistakes.
This is like a walk off on the road.
The Yankees Magic Number to clinch the division is now 18
GO GOLSON!!!! They are lucky that was a perfect throw and it didn’t go past Arod.
Golson is going to be arrested after the game for gun possession
PLAY OF THE YEAR
baseball game!!!!
what a throw.
nice pick up and tag by arod.
Great throw. Moronic decision by Crawford. Fun game to watch.
it’s so exciting to see the Yankees smile and jump up and down it seems like its been soooooooooo long.
Posada obviously player of the game
That rates with Brett’s blunder last night. Even worse, because it was the game.
Amazing.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crawford at max effort versus us!!! Take that baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s a play that could propel this team to a series win and a sweep of Baltimore
Good win.
Girardi deserves credit how he used the back end of the bullpen after lead was given up Logan.
Now all the worrywarts can breath easy and try to make this blog aa little enjoyable tomorrow.
HOLY OMG!
2 fastest guys in baseball made the same mistake on back to back nights. That was an unreal throw…..see fate made the umpire call that pitch a ball so that would happen.
Loser Crawford was max efforting versus and paid the price for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grandy-Posada-Golson- MO Yeah, you can put it on the win column !!!
Nice!
What will go unnoticed is that Gardner did a nice job backing up that throw
Trisha– Ah … my time of the month, funny. The interesting thing (to me) that I was pointing out was that it’s not an acute eye for talent that made you “stick with” Granderson. You take up a lot of the total number of posts telling people who disagree with Yankee management that they’re being bad fans or don’t understand baseball. I just don’t quite see how much you have to “understand baseball” to agree with every move Yankee management makes and say every player on the team is imminently talented.
Jorge, Mo, a Win……Andy’s back….Nick is ok…Brett may play tomorrow….first place
Can we all smile tonight?
this was a walk off on the road….we needed a win like that.
That throw was simply amazing . . . One of the best I’ve seen
WHAT…………………….A…………………………THROW!
Still smiling
Pat M. September 14th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
What a chuck to 3rd…where did that come from
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Pat, Golson’s only problem has been his bat. He’s a very good 3 position outfielder, extremely fast and a reallty strong and accurate arm. He’d be an ideal #4 outfielder if his bat ever starts coming around. Still young at 25. A #1 draft pick by Philly traded him to Texas for John Mayberry Jr.
immensely = imminently to my iphone.