Yankees pregame
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Sep 21, 2010 
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Brian Heyman here for Chad today. Joe Girardi was asked about a number of subjects during his pregame media session, including about his sit-down with tomorrow’s starter, A.J. Burnett, the subpar season for Derek Jeter and Curtis Granderson’s power surge.
Burnett is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in September, better than his overall ERA, which is rather high at 5.08. He’s 10-13. Girardi had a talk with him last week.
“I like the way he’s been throwing the baseball, and I didn’t want him to forget that I’m looking at what’s ahead of us, not behind us,” Girardi said. “You can learn from what’s behind you, but you can’t really change it. (I said), ‘So don’t try to make up your season in the last few starts. Just go out and pitch and be yourself and continue to work and continue to attack hitters.’ I just thought it was time.”
Jeter is 9 for his last 25. But the 36-year-old captain’s numbers are going to wind up way down. He’s at .264 with 10 homers and 64 RBI in 146 games.
“But if you look at the last seven, eight days, he’s swung the bat pretty good,” Girardi said. “There’s a right time to get hot. This is the time, the end of the year and hopefully in the postseason. … He’s went through a tough year. Sometimes it happens with guys. People are always going to debate, ‘Is it a tough year or is it age?’ None of us really know. I guess we’ll probably find out next year.”
Granderson’s numbers are so much better since he began to make his swing more compact during that session in Texas on Aug. 10 with Kevin Long. Granderson had 10 homers, 33 RBI and a .415 slugging percentage in 88 games before the change. He has 11 homers, 26 RBI and a .578 slugging percentage in 37 games since then.
“I think when your swing is short, you have a chance to have more power because you get to the ball so quick and you can wait and you can hit within your body and you usually don’t get jammed,” Girardi said. “Usually the best hitters are short to the ball.” …
The Yankees would only confirm that prospects Dellin Betances and Jesus Montero are coming tomorrow to be around the team and go through the pregame workouts. They haven’t confirmed Andrew Brackman as yet. …
Here’s the Rays’ lineup:
1. John Jaso C
2. Ben Zobrist 2B
3. Carl Crawford LF
4. Evan Longoria 3B
5. Dan Johnson DH
6. Matt Joyce RF
7. Carlos Pena 1B
8. B.J. Upton CF
9. Jason Bartlett SS
James Shields P
man, I hate Dan Johnson.
1. John Jaso C
2. Ben Zobrist 2B
3. Carl Crawford LF
4. Evan Longoria 3B
5. Dan Johnson DH
6. Matt Joyce RF
7. Carlos Pena 1B
8. B.J. Upton CF
9. Jason Bartlett SS
How does this lineup score any runs????
AJ is definitely getting a start in the post-season; I don’t think there’s any doubt.
If Jeter can get hot going into the post-season, that would be huge. Granderson? I think he’s going to have a big impact – he could be one of the most important players in the post-season.
Dan Johnson is how.
Chad which relievers have red stars by treir name making them unavaialble. That’s what I want to know
“Chad which relievers have red stars by treir name making them unavaialble. That’s what I want to know”
Rivera, Wood, Robertson, Joba, Mosely, Logan, Ring, Sanchez, Vazquez, Mitre, Albaladejo
Gaudin, however, is available to pitch multiple innings.
Yank 97 sad but true I’m afraid
GB7 -
I did get a chance to see Montero in Trenton last season. He was not nearly as bad as I’d read even there. And I am so encouraged by the depth of his desire to be a catcher. He really wants it. So I would be surprised if he doesn’t soak in a lot during this short period of time. And it’ll whet his appetite for next season.
I think Phil will let up 3 runs or less in 6 IP.
Good news about Josh Hamilton’s ribs.
Dont get me wrong, I really like the guy, but this is excellent news if the Yankees face the Rangers in the ALDS.
WooooHooooo!
Given the context of the discussion today I think some will find this amusing.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.c.....ys-on.html
For Phil Hughes, it will be all about location with his fastball to set up hitters for his secondary pitches.
No meatballs tonight please and a generous amount of run support.
Jeers-
Lol. I told Wave earlier today that if it had been available when Kubrick was making 2001 he could used it as the Monolith.
Girardi probably isn’t going to tell anyone which relievers are available and which aren’t.
He keeps that info under wraps until the game is over.
Doreen September 21st, 2010 at 5:43 pm
GB7 -
I did get a chance to see Montero in Trenton last season. He was not nearly as bad as I’d read even there. And I am so encouraged by the depth of his desire to be a catcher. He really wants it. So I would be surprised if he doesn’t soak in a lot during this short period of time. And it’ll whet his appetite for next season.
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defensively, he should be no worse than Pettitte/Piazza. with a bat like his, what’s not to like. If NYYs get a Mike Piazza bat or a Joe Mauer bat with power, the Yankees will ride his back to quite a few titles. It will help that a lot of the young pitchers have worked with him and have done pretty well.
The Yankees A lineup is succeptable to LH pitching after Arod. That would make Posada and Berkman bat RH and then you have 2 more LH hitters in Grandy and Gardner.
Girardi is doing the right thing resting relievers. There is no reason for them to be overworked. The yanks are making the playoffs. You need fresh for the postseason. Hopefully he can give Mo a little break before the end of the season.
MTU,
Last week we we’re talking about Jeters apt. being for sale. You wanna see 2001? Check this eyesore out.
http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=62782
5. Dan Johnson DH
6. Matt Joyce RF
7. Carlos Pena 1B
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some Royce Ring please .
Jeers-
Yup. That’s it. All the way from Jupiter to NYC. Wow.
Mo looked tired last night and has been last couple appearances. Wood and Logan could use a breather. Drob has pitched 3 inning the last couple days.
To that end, I echo SJ’s sentiment in resting those four. Let’s give a chance to Abla , Ring and Joba a chance to close out the game tonight.
CB -
You mentioned Ted Turner. Wow. I watched the Atlanta Braves on TBS. It was great! Apparently, the mid-section of this country especially was exposed to the Braves. Recently, I read about Andy Pettitte and how he wasn’t Yankees fan, wasn’t really aware of the Yankees history when he was drafted by them. He said first of all he played more than watched baseball, but IF he watched, he was watching the Braves.
The Cubs on WGN used to be mass-broadcast as well.
But Turner took his product far and wide.
GB7 -
I agree. If a guy can hit like Montero has shown he has the potential to hit, you can live with average catching skills. And as you said, the fact that the up and coming pitchers have thrown to him will be beneficial.
all the kids in puerto rico use to love the braves or the cubs because they were always on tv. The rangers were also big because of Ruben Sierra
This is coming from observation and not bravado, and it is merely my opinion. After having watched both teams play other teams and play each other, I cannot help but think that the Yankees are heads and shoulders above the Rays talent-wise. The Rays are a very very good team, no question. But the level of talent on the Yankees far surpasses that of the Rays. Did we see that in action throughout the season? Not nearly enough. Quite a few of the Yankee players did not perform as expected. But it doesn’t mean they can’t and won’t pick up the pace. (I use AJ as an example. His improvement is coming at the right time. Same thing with Jeter’s (re)emergence.
To quote Girardi (though he used it in another context) : I’m looking at what’s ahead of us, not behind us…You can learn from what’s behind you, but you can’t really change it.
I have no fear about what’s ahead of us. To a player, the Yankees can get the job done.
GO YANKEES!!!
Doreen,
Yes, Andy said that in his interview with Michael Kay. He only watched the Cubs growing up because that was nationally broadcast.
I sense, tonight, Hughes will — unfortunately — get quite a beating by the Rays.
I see – unfortunately – that Snoozeday says the same dumb sh*t night after night.
When I was growing up the only two teams that were ever on TV were the Cubs and Braves. My dad was a huge Yankee fan but the games were rarley on….the Braves own from North Florida to northern VA in part because of TBS.
Ted Turner invented an entirely new way of experiencing baseball for tens of millions of people. This is what Wave was getting at I believe when he brought Turner up as making a larger impact on baseball’s business side than Steinbrenner. And he’s correct.
People on the coasts often don’t have a sense of what a massive impact putting the Braves on national cable TV had on the game. Same for the Cubs. Turner originated that. That model is what ultimately lead to the YES network, SNY and NESN, only those three inverted the model and were able to do so due to the growth of technology. Turner’s model was the earliest seed in forming the MLB network.
Turner completely changed the industry through innovation. An innovation that at the time seemed crazy.
He wasn’t only reacting to changes in a set of rules. He invented something almost entirely new for the industry.
trisha,
As someone who supports nearly everything the Yankees do, I am curious what your take on GMS plaque is.
CB September 21st, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Ted Turner invented an entirely new way of experiencing baseball for tens of millions of people. This is what Wave was getting at I believe when he brought Turner up as making a larger impact on baseball’s business side than Steinbrenner. And he’s correct.
People on the coasts often don’t have a sense of what a massive impact putting the Braves on national cable TV had on the game. Same for the Cubs. Turner originated that. That model is what ultimately lead to the YES network, SNY and NESN, only those three inverted the model and were able to do so due to the growth of technology. Turner’s model was the earliest seed in forming the MLB network.
Turner completely changed the industry through innovation. An innovation that at the time seemed crazy.
He wasn’t only reacting to changes in a set of rules. He invented something almost entirely new for the industry.
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Ted Turner is a true renaissance man-he managed to combine baseball, rasslin’, the America’s Cup and Jane Fonda all in one life. Can you imagine how much fun a party at his home with Dale Murphy, Henry Fonda, bluebloods from the Newport Yacht Club and the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes could have been?
OT but I want to post this anyway
If you care to, could you please say a prayer for the family of David Main? I don’t know them or him personally, but he is a 49-year-old gas station manager, father and grandfather, who was shot to death in broad daylight as he was on his way to make a bank deposit.
This explains it.
“The manager of a local Shell station was robbed and shot to death as he attempted to deposit the store’s money at a Citizens Bank branch late Monday morning.
The 49-year-old man was on his way into the bank at 1675 Diamond Hill Rd. when someone shot him multiple times outside the front door, according to the Woonsocket police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Witnesses said they saw the man collapse on his back, seriously wounded and bleeding from his head. The gunman escaped on foot.
Investigators were seeking two men, one in his 20s and one in his 30s, and a vehicle believed used in the crime, said Police Chief Thomas Carey and FBI supervisory special agent Amylynn Miller.”
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The newspaper story said he and his wife had just celebrated their 25th anniversary. He was an every-day guy, working hard trying to live out his version of the American dream. An entire family’s life has been shattered.
I have felt numb since reading the story. I didn’t know what else to do except say a prayer that the family can somehow find peace.
Thanks.
Bronx Jeers September 21st, 2010 at 6:00 pm
MTU,
Last week we we’re talking about Jeters apt. being for sale. You wanna see 2001? Check this eyesore out.
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I worked in that building when it was being built. The outside isn’t impressive, but every bathroom I saw had gold fixtures. I believe they were gold plated. The building might not be all that, but the rooms in the apartments were impressive.
I think Phil will do well tonight. Hopefully not a stick my foot in my mouth situation in a few hours but I don’t see why he won’t do well. Last time against Tampa, Phil worked his other pitches besides his fastball and he was able to put everyone away but Johnson. I think as long as he does what he did last time but pitches differently to some he shouldn’t have problems. Hopefully he gives them length and saves the bullpen.
Had to laugh at Ted Turner at times. When he became manager of the braves (for 1 day) he wore #17. he wanted then to have another word on the back of his uniform. Instead of “Turner”, he wanted the word “Channel” of the number #17. Channel 17 was the Superstation’s assigned number on cable.
You should see Turner’s ranch out in New Mexico. … Just to add to the list that CB posted.
I met the man a few years ago. He gave a 50 minute speech without any notes. I don’t agree with a lot of the things he believes, but he is an impressive man.
LGY, that’s a good question. I think I am ambivalent because of comments that I’ve seen about him getting more play than the quintessential Yankee players who have been the heart and soul of franchise as well as the icons of the game.
I guess I look at it this way. GMS was bigger than life, and so is his plaque. For generations of fans to come who go into Monument Park and see that, the first thing it will probably say to them is this must have been some amazing man. And he was. He was a Yankee through and through who lived to see his team win and his fans happy. He put his money into the game and into his teams, and from all accounts he was a truly giving human being who really cared deeply about people who were hurting. He was the quintessential owner.
That’s an off-the-cuff (where did that saying come from?) response and a gut reaction to something that has just happened. I have no idea if my feelings about it will change as it settles in – but I don’t think they will. I just about worshipped the guy.
I need to know, how do you feel about it, at least right now?
word “Channel” ***over*** the number #17
Doreen September 21st, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I could make the A(pple) J(ack) cookies I made last year during the playoffs when AJ pitched. I don’t know if they helped, though. He was 1-1.
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Maybe some black-eyed peas…
trisha,
It bothers me. But, I haven’t really thought it out completely how much it bothers me or all the reasons it does and I also don’t want to have too much of a reactionary response because it just happened yesterday.
To put it simply, I don’t think it is appropriate.
Last year my friend made pinstriped cupcakes for the playoffs.
I believe Arod grew up watching the Braves on TBS. He was a Dale Murphy fan.
Yanks should start doing that. Just zap it down from a pirate satellite or something.
We need powerful media weapons to halt the poison spread by ESPN.
LGY – I can certainly understand those who would feel that way. That’s why I too said that I was given you a gut reaction to something that just happened. I don’t know whether with distance I will feel the way you do or stay with my initial reaction.
I used to carve an interlocking NY jack-o-lantern.
AJ cookies sound good Doreen. I love that cereal.
Nice CR9 – cheering a guys broken ribs. God forbid we should beat a team with their best players on the field.
“Given the context of the discussion today I think some will find this amusing.”
Ah I see what today was about.
I don’t think I need to read today’s posts.
GO YANKEES!!!
I didnt know it was up to Yankees fans to decide the appropriateness of how a family decides to grieve and honor a loved one. Talk about arrogance!!
BrianCostaWSJ Jerry is going to rip Torre in “The Mets Years.”
WCYF – Im about winning, baby! I dont care who gets injured along the way! And Hamilton is probably my favorite non New York athlete; a real class guy who has worked and worked to try and overcome his off-field issues.
Fran and I have an entire secret menu that we stick by during the playoffs.
We tried out a special menu for Javy in an attempt to help him when he came out struggling. I guess I should have taken it as an omen that all we got out of that was indigestion.
oh boy – i am getting this in the UK via “SunRays”, it’s already muted… (sorry Dewayne Staats and Kevin Kennedy).
Same here Dano. What a function Mute is!
BryanHoch Ivan Nova just lost an earned run from last night on that catcher’s interference call. Three runs, two earned now.
2 minutes ago via Chromed Bird
“Yankees go with A lineup tonight ”
I truly belive there is a method to Girardi’s madness, and I approve of that message.
Well now you know CR9. Yankee fans that pay for tickets and watch the YES network have every right to express their opinion. The monument to GMS was garish, obnoxious and inappropriate; IMO.
“BryanHoch Ivan Nova just lost an earned run from last night on that catcher’s interference call. Three runs, two earned now.”
Yeah now to try to get CBS to take the time to assign me extra points for my fantasy team to make up for the points I lost due to the as-of-last-night earned run. Good luck.
MLB is carrying the Yankees game in South Florida and it saved me from having to listen to Staats and Kennedy, that’s a winning evening already.
anytime I can have a point of view that is diammetrically opposite those of CR9 just validates my sanity.
Trisha,
Off the cuff “extemporaneously” is 1938 Amer.Eng. colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines.
I read one time that Ted Turner’s goal was to one day be able to ride his horse from Texas to Montana and never get off his own land….
good changeup
“The monument to GMS was garish, obnoxious and inappropriate; IMO.”
My only hope is that expressions such as those don’t reach the members of the Steinbrenner family (I don’t mean yours specifically just expressions of that nature). They were probably extremely proud and touched by that plaque and it maybe filled a bit of a void they may have felt having a father/husband/grandfather whose entire life was the New York Yankees.
Just my hope.
WCYF – That’s terrific. I never questioned that right. OTOH, I have the right to cheer injuries – especially injuries that help my Yankees.
As Trisha said, GMS III was larger than life, and appropriately, so is his monument!
As someone else said, the history of the Yankees was created and built by Ruppert, Huggins, and the stupidity of the Red Sox (selling Ruth). But the Yankees were restored, rejuvenated, and made into what they are today by GMS III. ♥
Swinging change up strike
Go to that change buddy
Hughes has a good fastball tonight…
Jesus throw the change again and strike him out.
Ben Zobrist looks about 40 in his mlb.com pic
I don’t have faith in Hughes in the playoff the way he’s not putting hitters away with two strikes.
blake September 21st, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I read one time that Ted Turner’s goal was to one day be able to ride his horse from Texas to Montana and never get off his own land….
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A big enough tornado might do the trick…
Re: Ivan Nova
This is a couple threads late but there’s no way in bloody hell I would ever pick Mosely, Gaudin or Mitre for the post season roster instead of Ivan Nova.
I wouldn’t even take Javy Vazquez over Nova.
Ivan Nova will make the post season roster and I’m willing to wager money on it.
You want some of that action?
“Trisha,
Off the cuff “extemporaneously” is 1938 Amer.Eng. colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines.”
Thanks Go Yanks! Every so often I will use a colloquial expression and it will hit me that though I understand the context in which it is used and understood, the phrase itself makes entirely no sense to me!
stop scaring me Phil
“Hughes has a good fastball tonight…”
Through 2 batters
Whew! Got lucky there. Thought that cc shot was gone off the bat.
Phil does have a really good fastball tonight.
MTU -
If you are out there, I just sent you an E-mail about what we talked about last week. For your edification.
“Ivan Nova will make the post season roster and I’m willing to wager money on it.”
I’ll have a heck of a hard time understanding if he doesn’t.
Catch you all later ……….. Go Yankees!
Nice work by Phil.
Good job Phil!
# Jerkface September 21st, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Swinging change up strike
Didn’t throw another that at bat. Annoying.
too many pitches he better be more economical next inning
Good curveball there….not a bad first inning there for Phil. Got away with one to Crawford maybe but not bad.
C.B.’s E.R.A. is down to 2.46.
It’s pretty simple why he may not make the post-season roster. He has no role.
He hasn’t pitched out of the pen all year. Having him do so in the post-season isn’t prudent.
He’s not starting in the post-season and is reaching a career high in IP.
Given those circumstances, it’s doubtful he will be on the post-season roster.
Carl September 21st, 2010 at 7:20 pm
# Jerkface September 21st, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Swinging change up strike
Didn’t throw another that at bat. Annoying.
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his change doesn’t have the kind of downward movement that CCs does so he has to be more careful with it. I would think that next season he will work on adding more movement to it and make it more of an ‘out’ pitch.
“C.B.’s E.R.A. is down to 2.46.”
Yeah, but how is his golf swing?
Bret – I wouldn’t be surprised.
C.B.’s C.B. is looking good — unfortunately.
Ruby Tuesday September 21st, 2010 at 7:20 pm
C.B.’s E.R.A. is down to 2.46.
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do you actually think anyone here really cares? Go back to the Sox blog and join your brethren holding the wake for the Sox season.
West Coast Yankee Fan September 21st, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Well now you know CR9. Yankee fans that pay for tickets and watch the YES network have every right to express their opinion. The monument to GMS was garish, obnoxious and inappropriate; IMO.
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Nothing garish, obnoxious or inappropiate on the West Coast is there? To say nothing of plastic and phony.
“It’s pretty simple why he may not make the post-season roster. He has no role.
He hasn’t pitched out of the pen all year. Having him do so in the post-season isn’t prudent. ”
Maybe they’d use him for long innings if one of the starters spit the bit.
It’s still a pretty exciting thought.
SWISH!
Swish maine
What did Swish hit, change or FB?
Swisssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….
swish!
looks like Nick is running a little bit better so thats good
it’s funny, Shields has been very effective with his change against the Yankees but has throwin all fastballs so far tonight.
Why I have no prayer whatsoever of going on to the final playoff round in fantasy baseball.
My opponent has Gardner, Granderson, and Swisher on her team.
Swish feeling better.
She also had by far (in my opinion) the best fantasy team in our league. That would be lohud’s Gayle.
That’s not a strike. That was in the dirt!!!!!!!!!!!!
trisha – true pinstriped blue
September 21st, 2010 at 7:11 pm
“The monument to GMS was garish, obnoxious and inappropriate; IMO.”
My only hope is that expressions such as those don’t reach the members of the Steinbrenner family (I don’t mean yours specifically just expressions of that nature). They were probably extremely proud and touched by that plaque and it maybe filled a bit of a void they may have felt having a father/husband/grandfather whose entire life was the New York Yankees.
Just my hope.
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The Steinbrenner family I’m sure had ample time to grieve, like millions of people all over the world do when they lose a loved one. The monument is a public display and I hope they do read this so they understand what some of those that don’t live in ivory towers think. I don’t think my opinion on the monument is a unique one.
That’s what Vazquez and either Mitre or Gaudin will do in the post-season. Especially since all three of those guys have filled those roles at certain points this year.
It’s very tough to ask a rookie to fill a role he hasn’t done before in the post-season.
Which is why I think the Yankees will avoid doing that with Nova.
horrible call on the first strike
I could see Nova being left off the ALDS roster and keep open the possibility of having him available for the ALCS if they get there.
“That’s what Vazquez and either Mitre or Gaudin will do in the post-season. Especially since all three of those guys have filled those roles at certain points this year.
It’s very tough to ask a rookie to fill a role he hasn’t done before in the post-season.
Which is why I think the Yankees will avoid doing that with Nova.”
That makes total sense. But you never know what those guys (Yanks org.) are thinking!
Five curveballs in a row to Cano.
Complaints about Cano, who is 13-28 with that strikeout, begin in 3.2.1……
“I could see Nova being left off the ALDS roster and keep open the possibility of having him available for the ALCS if they get there.”
Another good point, especially if one of the tried and true relievers pitches himself off the roster.
hip hip..
this lineup is very, very tough to pitch against, it’s about time it’s all there together
MG – that was part of the basis of my earlier comment about the Yankees team being superior to the Rays. When this team is firing on all cylinders there is nobody anywhere who can beat them.
FWIW – a game thread has appeared…
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yees, yes, its so wonderful to see the Yankees get hits with runners in scoring position AND AND with TWO outs!!!!!!!!!!
boy, Upton played that ball really casually, Madden must be furious in the dugout…
Can we stop the Berkman complaints now?
Raise your hand if you predicted that the Yankees were going to mash the Rays during this series. We depend on the honor system here..
HAND RAISED SKY HIGH
Granderson’s swing, it looks so sharp and compact now.
Liking Curtis.
Elvis motoring there. LOL
At this pace the Yankees will score 45 runs tonight vs Tampa 9.
Tampa’s 8, pardon me
game thread up
grand salami time