Game 156: Yankees vs. Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 26, 2010 
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YANKEES (92-63)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Lance Berkman DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Phil Hughes (17-8, 4.31)
Hughes vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (85-69)
Marco Scutaro 2B
J.D. Drew RF
Victor Martinez C
David Ortiz DH
Adrian Beltre 3B
Jed Lowrie SS
Ryan Kalish CF
Bill Hall LF
Lars Anderson 1B
RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-6, 4.86)
Matsuzaka vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:05 p.m. / ESPN
UMPIRES: HP Phil Cuzzi, 1B Brian O’Nora, 2B Jerry Crawford, 3B Chris Guccione
WEATHER: Temperatures in the 60s, with a breeze blowing in from center field. It feels pretty chilly at the ball park.
STUMBLE IN SEPTEMBER: The Yankees are so far 10-13 in September. They haven’t had a losing record in the final month of a season since 2000 when they went 13-18 and went on to win the World Series.
ONE MORE FOR JETER: With a hit tonight, Derek Jeter will extend his hitting streak to 15 games. It would be the 12th hitting streak of at least 15 games in his career, the second most among active players behind Ichiro Suzuki who has 14.
MORE WITH LESS: Alex Rodriguez has a home run in three of his past five at-bats. He already has 117 RBI and will play, at most, 137 game this season. According to the Yankees, since RBI became an official statistic in 1920, there have been only 19 times that a player has recorded more than 117 RBI while playing 137 games or less. Two Yankees have done it: Babe Ruth in 1929 and 1932, and Joe DiMaggio in 1939 and 1940.
CUTTING IT CLOSE: Eight of the Yankees past 12 losses have been by three runs or less. So have 21 of their 31 losses since the all-star break.
UPDATE, 8:56 p.m.: RBI single by Victor Martinez has given the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Nick Swisher didn’t help things by diving for a ball in right field, playing a single into a double.
UPDATE, 9:13 p.m.: Last night, Alex Rodriguez said the Yankees needed a starting pitcher to step up and give them a big start. Hughes seems to be on his way, but he’s going to need some runs. It’s still 1-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth. The Yankees have Swisher, Teixeira and Rodriguez coming up.
UPDATE, 9:45 p.m.: Hughes is through six innings, but the Yankees still can’t get to Matsuzaka. It’s 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth.
UPDATE, 9:54 p.m.: Hughes walked the leadoff man in the seventh and Robertson is getting loose in the bullpen.
UPDATE, 10:02 p.m.: Hughes is finished after back-to-back walks in the seventh. Robertson is in. Hughes walked off to a big ovation. He gave the Yankees what they needed, but the Yankees homer-happy offense hasn’t done anything tonight.
UPDATE, 10:08 p.m.: Some big outs from Robertson who didn’t let the ball out of the infield. He was pretty fired up when he struck out Anderson to strand runners at the corners.
UPDATE, 10:18 p.m.: Rodriguez comes through for the Yankees, a two-run home run to put them in front 2-1 in the seventh. Kerry Wood is getting loose in the bullpen. Rodriguez has four home runs in the past three days. Every run the Yankees have scored since Friday has come on a home run.
UPDATE, 11:02 p.m.: Ryan Kalish stole two bags, the Yankees infield was playing in and Bill Hall got a game-tying single past Rodriguez at third. Tied at 2 in the ninth.
UPDATE, 11:35 p.m.: While I’ve been frantically rewriting and re-rewriting my running game story, Mariano Rivera has given up the lead, and Jonathan Papelbon has blown a save. It’s now 3-3 in the 10th, and I can’t help wondering if Eduardo Nunez didn’t just locked up a spot on the postseason roster with his steal of third base. He might not be as fast as Greg Golson, but he might be a better base runner, and that might make him a better option as a pinch runner off the bench.
Kick some Sawx ass.
This season they’ve been showing a Yankee highlight video to this song right before the guys take the field.
It kind of grew on me.
Go hard, today
Can’t worry the past, cause that was yes-terday
I’m gonna put it on tonight cause it’s my time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ksa0j9TBQ8
I’m expecting a win tonight. Phil has been pitching really well lately and with the A lineup they really have no excuses. Go Yankees.
play tonight WIN tonight !
Are we all stuck with the ESPN broadcast tonight?
yep.. miller and morgan. Sox love fest day 2.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 26th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
““Girardi should be nominated for ‘Idiot of the Year’” – He doesn’t stand a chance in winning with half the posters on this blog in the the running.”
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lol – Right on the money!
I imagine at least the first three innings will be ESPN gleefully detailing the Yankees recent losses. I think a quick four spot might shut them up. Come on boys!
Anyone but Joe Buck.
Seriously. I would rather castrate myself with a workboot heel than listen to him broadcast a game.
Minny’s lost three in a row. Hmmm. I guess even the best teams can lose multiple games!
What size boot would you like?
Can’t subject myself to two consecutive days of Red Sox this and Red Sox that.
Sooooo… no Joe Buck then?
I HATE when the game is on FOX or ESPN….Loathe it!!!
I AM LOVING JOE MORGAN ALREADY!
“Can they win the world series? I think they can.”
Me too Joe. Me too.
Think positive – Be positive.
Later folks.
LOL. A little mood lightener before the game.
“Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco tweeted today that his landlord has evicted him and he needs an attorney.
“I need an attorney pro-bono my landlord evicted me and would not let me take my chandeliers with me, need your help to get them back.”
BIG AL-
al least a size 17.
Morgan’s got such a man-crush on Cano.
It’s OK Joe. Just tell him how you feel.
I may stay away from the forum tonight but you know I’m here in spirit.
So I am leaving a bunch of possible posts for you to plug in. Please do so (in your thinking process) appropriately!
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He hasn’t even thrown one pitch yet!
It’s only the first inning!
Pul-lease!
I love that Morgan loves Robby!
WOO HOO!!!
It doesnt matter. There’s plenty of baseball left.
Good job Betsy!
These are the Yankees.
That’s what I like to hear!
GO YANKEES!!!!
Great job by the offense.
Beautiful DP!!!
I may stay away from the forum tonight but you know I’m here in spirit.
So I am leaving a bunch of possible posts for you to plug in. Please do so (in your thinking process) appropriately!
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He hasn’t even thrown one pitch yet!
It’s only the first inning!
Pul-lease!
I love that Morgan loves Robby!
WOO HOO!!!
It doesnt matter. There’s plenty of baseball left.
Good job Betsy!
These are the Yankees.
That’s what I like to hear!
GO YANKEES!!!!
Great job by the offense.
Beautiful DP!!!
Much as I dislike Morgan and “what’s his name”, at least I get to watch the game today.
If you think the move to start Hughes looks like panic. Panic will be in full affect if they lose the game tonight. It won’t just look like it. It will be.
go Yanks!
don’t make the game over after 3 innings
Giant game tonight..win tonight breeze through next week and set up your pitching for postseason…lose tonight…well then next week becomes crazy stressful.. It would be sad if the yankees need the white sox to help them eliminate the red sox
And a loss tonight will set fire to the Lohud Blog. Go Yankees time a for a big win.
Oops. I posted before I was ready.
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I TOLD YA THEY’D WIN THIS GAME!
(or in the alternative, not that I think we’ll need it)
We’re still going to the postseason. Yes I wish we had won tonight also but these are the Yankees. I understand your frustration and disappointment, but we’ll still win it all. Plus I still say we win the world series.
Trisha does pro bono work.
Minny?s lost three in a row. Hmmm. I guess even the best teams can lose multiple games!
Mauer, Thome and a bunch of others were supposed to get a few days off to heal nicks and bruises.
Benefits of clinching .
GO YANKEES!!!
already tired of the talk about francona should win the manager of the year. boston is in 3rd place. i dont care how many injuries there are.
“Mauer, Thome and a bunch of others were supposed to get a few days off to heal nicks and bruises.
Benefits of clinching .”
Geeze, don’t they care about home field advantage? I guess not!!!
Perspective- just watched 60minutes piece on Afghanistan. Godspeed to our troops.
Let’s go Yankees.
we got this one….
Its nice that minny realizes u rest guys AFTER u clinch..not before
Girardi’s pre-game comments were highly comical
I laughed
wow that was nasty.
Hughes needs to play stopper tonight…big start for the kid.
Nasty hook there to Drew.
“Its nice that minny realizes u rest guys AFTER u clinch..not before”
Yeah, and maybe give up HFA.
And maybe need to rest them even longer in the process.
Whatever.
That was like a wiffle ball curve.
Its nice that minny realizes u rest guys AFTER u clinch..not before
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helps to be in a division where you are the only good team.
so far the curve looks really sweet.
Hughes just has no way to finish off hitters…
Good play by Gardner there to cut that off …that’s where speed saves you runs
That was a really good piece of hitting from Martinez. Hughes put the curve right where he wanted it.
He is pinpointing the heater right now. Looks great so far.
come on…. two strikes again, lets get him this time.
phew that looked worse than it was…..
“That was a really good piece of hitting from Martinez. ”
Yea it was….that was a pretty good pitch he hit. Good first inning for Hughes….got in on Ortiz just enough there
Wow. A little bitta luck! “Perhaps the wind knocked that down” said by Jon Red Sox Miller. Nice try, Jon. Shove your bias and disappointment up your …
“Hughes just has no way to finish off hitters?”
Drew AB looked pretty finished to me.
No fear going inside to Ortiz.
That was inside. That never touched any of the plate. BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are going with our best offesnive lineup.
We have one of our best pitchers on the mound.
All key BP arms are available.
We will win convincingly and all the ills will be cured.
I predict that Alex will go yard again today.
Let’s be patient with Dice K. He nibbles and gets himself in trouble. High pitch count is the key.
I feel like Jeter is taking the first pitch of the at bat more. I like it.
How is a wild pitcher like Matsuzaka going to be successful, with cheap calls like that.
And thanks Nick for getting out on the 2nd pitch.
He’ll nibble, but get the calls he needs from the umpire to be successful.
Im calling a Tex homer here!!!!!!!!
If MG is still around from the comments in the previous post…
Feinsand was the first to report Sabathia was being pushed back to Friday, a move that made perfect sense in lining him up to start the ALDS opener. That credit was always given. I’d linked to Feinsand in the pregame notes the day he had the story. News is flowing constantly from different sources around this team, and I understand it’s sometimes hard to keep up, but I’m not sure why you felt the need to rip me in this situation. Mark was able to talk to CC on Friday, I never saw CC on Friday, and so I linked to the guy who had the information. Not sure how else you wanted me to handle it.
Neeeeeeeeeeeed to be patient with him.
Gotta get a lead in this game and play ahead.
Thats not a strike either! What is this!!!!!!!!!!!
what in the world was tex looking at??
If he throws that same FB to Alex, It’s going to end up in the bull-pen.
a quick first inning for th Diceman…next inning the pitches start…..The full count fairy will show up and demand his due.
especially liked the tex ab. i guessright down the middle is not astrike.
he is clueless, done nothing in 3 weeks… 2 hrs in a losing game that is it.
swisher swinging for the fences as usual….
win a friggin game……
Chad
You did nothing wrong. Some people will always find something to complain about.
Rather than complaining about umpires, or even the former Lohud blogger, they’ll complain about an actual professional.
Feinsand is an idiot.
A few days back he made a big deal out of something Alex said and claimed that Alex cares only about his personal satistics. He most be sorely missing his big buddy Pete.
“If he throws that same FB to Alex, It’s going to end up in the bull-pen.”
or farther.
That may have been the best cutter I’ve ever seen Hughes throw….that thing moved a ton.
MLB can’t be happy with the current Red Sox/Yankees. I can’t see how ratings are too good here. Their nightmare is three meaningless games in Boston at the end of the year.
Woooooah! Phil got an 0-1 borderline strike call. Yipppppeee! Quick inning Phil!
good inning….. low pitch count.
NIce..Grab a drink and a snack. Go to the bathroom too. It may be a long inning….
I really hope Hughes has shut down stuff deep into this game.
This team needs a jolt.
They do seem amped for this game.
Playoff atmosphere.
Come on OLEC!
A-Rod goes deep
Let’s go Yankees.
Slow him down…
Hughes starting this game is ridiculous. What part of 99% chance of making the playoffs is hard for Girardi to comprehend?
That was a nice sequence by Dice K
You get in first then make your moves.
Anybody can hit this chump, and yet the best hitter in the game strikes out on 91 mph slop.
Hit Cano!
There we go….
Great piece of hitting.
Ripped, right at ‘em. UGH!!!!!!!
What kind of swing was that?? That pitch was pure and utter slop.
I have to say that Morgan, Miller, and Hershiser are an absolute breath of fresh air compared to those passive-aggressive fawning Sux suck-ups McCarver and Stockton. Only having the games back to back does one realize just how hideous the FOX team really is – and how acceptable the ESPN team really is.
It helps that Joe Morgan wants Robby to be his son!
My Nats have been kicking butt!!!
Nice trivia question on the radio broadcast. Only two players with 400 homers and 10 steals of home in their career. My answer is Ruth and Gehrig.
Boo Hoo. No one…no one feels sorry for the Yankees.
Got to catch that, Swish.
it starts again?
Defensive mistake by Swisher
Nick Whiffer
Giggity.
Can’t let that get by right there…..
Swish was moving real slow there.
The knee was be hurting him a lot more in the field than at the plate.
*must* be
I rather see hustle and heart from a player than someone letting every ball short hop.
Swisher had little chance of catching that ball. Just knock the thing down or block it.
GB
Willie Mays?
Stupid how Pedroia & Pukalis are suited up in uniform….
Trisha, while I agree with you these guys are better than the fox guys, don’t let Miller fool you he is a former redsux announcer from the 80s.
Youk and the gnome are not Ruth and Gehrig….please….
Small ball will put us down 1-0
I didn’t know Thames was playing RF tonight. What a terrible play by Swish that will probably cost them a run.
“Small ball will put us down 1-0″
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Power ball just put Scutaro in the dugout.
Weep for me Miller. Your tears for the red sox DL players taste delicious on my burger.
Big pitches right there from Hughes.
Big K for YMH!
Nice! Way to go Huuuuughes!
Nothing worse than a closeup of Youklis in HD.
I hope I’m wrong guys & gals
big out right here.
They should have amputated that little freak’s foot..
hahaha highlighting the Red Sox starting rotation and stating what could have been
Beckett has a 5.7 ERA and Lackey and Dice-K are both 4.5+
Nice going NESPN
Nothing worse than a closeup of Youklis in HD.
LOL,. agree
Really needed to get Drew. V Mart scares me here.
Hughes is allergic to the third out
Pitch 1 to Hall was a strike. Mistake by Swish, but good try and good to keep it to only a double.
Lars Anderson fouls that nasty breaking pitch right down the middle off, but Mark takes it right down the middle.
Lars was able to get a runner over to 3rd with an out. HA!
You got Scutaro at 0-2. Put him away PHIL! YEAH! SIT DOWN Scutaro!
Get out of this with no runs PHIL! Where was that 1-0 pitch???
Yes, there is something worse, Brock. A closeup of that shriveled old man, Peter Gammons.
Works back to 3-2 and then throw a pitch nowhere near the strike zone not even close to being swung at.
ESPN….Exclusive Sox Patriots Network
V mart is a much better hitter then Nancy is it would of been to get him out there.
crap.
Got the run anyway. Get 2 outs and give up the hit. And Drew was out at 2nd.
Yanks never lead once in this series.
Awful with 2 outs again from Hughes. We need this game.
…or not. Drew was safe.
more 2-out runs given up by a yankee starter.
the noose is tightening even further around the yankees collective necks….
And right on cue, Martinez delivers. Ugh.
Of course they get a 2 out hit. Hughes had to go after Drew there.
Gammons teeth in HD….brown piano keys..
Please don’t give up another hit or Girardi will put Gaudin in!
deja vu all over again. Playing from behind…….
Put him away PHIL! SIT DOWN Ortiz!
Another big K there.
Thanks Nick!!!
That’s what a good change up does. Look how late he was on that fastball.
That’s what a changeup can do.
One run shouldn’t win this game….
Lets go offense, take this game and end this nonsense!!!!!
Yet another uphill climb..good job minimizing the damage
Crap. What happened to Dice-K’s 7.83 first inning ERA?
Just one run, but would be nice to play with a lead for once. This has been an awful, awful series.
Yanks will take it tonight though.
Atta boy Hughes. Let’s get some runs.
It’s time for the offense to wake up and stop swinging at pitches out of the strike zone.
Jon Miller liked that one! “Way late on that fastball! Hughes made Big Papi look bad!”
Yeah why can’t gaudin be in an innings limit
Robbie knows BOOM!
http://www.youtube.com/results.....&aq=f
Ugly dolphins wearing very ugly uniforms…
Hard hit ball, right at them.
But Victor Martinez, hard hit ball, base hit and run scored.
Getting some good swings off Dice K….it’ll come
Bunt Gardner?
tonight, we will only see the good bullpen… they know they need this one.
Too bad Torre wasn’t still the manager…he would have burned out Gaudin’s arm by July 1st..
Yankees have yet to have a lead in the series.
3-0 was nowhere near. The gift 3-0 strike again. Just walk Gardy.
If Torre was the manager we would have a 6 game lead.
a 3-0 count turns into an out.
Thanks HP umpire. Did your job again.
Does not swing at a single pitch, then swings at ball 4. frustrating.
Takes strike one, swings at ball four.
Terrible at bat Gardner.
Sox are playing with a swagger, confidence and we look tight and not confident…almost like 2004…sounds crazy but to me this is like a playoff game and is a big indicator of how this team will fare the rest of the year and maybe playoffs…IF we make the playoffs…..
DocTodd September 26th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Too bad Torre wasn’t still the manager…he would have burned out Gaudin’s arm by July 1st..
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Lol
CR9 September 26th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
a 3-0 count turns into an out.
Thanks HP umpire. Did your job again.
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maybe, but this team is still not hitting.
Can Gardner’s at bats get any worse?? He takes a 3-1 cookie for the 1,234,456,00 time this year and then swings at a low pitch. Let Golson play over him he is pathetic.
Brett has been lost at the plate of late.
What’s frustrating is he walked on 4 pitches, but now resides in the dugout. Dont blame for not swinging at the first 4 balls of the AB.
I can’t believe they haven’t even had a lead. I’m trying to stay positive but they’re making it tough.
Someone needs to put the ball in the seats to wake them up. We need a lift from someone right now.
Jeez….
Good job Derek. Take strike 3 right down the middle.
that’s strike 3, Jeter
what are the pitch count splits? anyone?
if the yankees cant recover from a few bad strike calls, then they really arent that good are they?
M’zaka changing speeds with command? What’s up with that.
We’ll still win.
5k’s for Dice? Methinks we may be a little too patient at the plate tonight.
Tell it like it is. Dice-K looks very good. Excellent command, nasty slider, good fastball.
Are you sure the Red Sox aren’t playing the KC Royals tonight? It sure looks like it.
This entire team has some really bad diarrhea.
Swept by Boston. Great job girardi taking foot off gas.
Yes they need someone to pick them up with a big hit…take the edge off..or they may fall into full panic mode
The bats look exactly how their manager has looked all month. We have seen this way too much with this team. Things go bad and the offense is no where to be found. Is Hughes supposed to pitch a shut out today?
These guys need to take some hints from the other team while they’re out in the field. If the sux can hit, they should be able to as well! Goodness. Dice-k isn’t even good.
panic is setting in on this team and fans
Where was that pitch???????????????????????????
nice take by jeter. it was at least a millimeter away from being right over the plate at his waist. so far jeter has had 2 great ab’s. sign him to 3 years $18 mill per, do not want to insult him.
swisher should have caught that ball but the golden glover played it into a double.
looks like the yanks are clicking on all cylinders aagain tonight…….
What’s to be positive about? The manager hasn’t actually managed to win in a month.
Definitely appear to be playing a bit tight. Someone has to get a big hit.
West coast Yankee fan..your post last night was brilliant it made my day..still laughing..
Wow. At this rate 1 run might hold up. I really miss the Yankees offense. There hasn’t been any for a while. Now Dice K looks like Cy Young.
Gardner was clearly looking for a walk. Why else would he have taken the cookie on 3-1.
Not sure what Jeter was trying to do.
nice.
Need a quick inning so we can get back out there. Someone really needs to jack one out to get everyone going. If not, this is going to be a long, long week.
Our team is notorious for taking strike 3′s looking right down the middle.
We take more strike 3′s down the middle than any other team in baseball.
Why? Most likely because we’re guess hitters.
Jeez, the negativity is hardly unsurprising, but it is premature.
we really do need 6-7 good innings from hughes tonight.
You mean the locker room skit? lol Thanks Ken.
Jed Lowrie wasnt guessing on 1-2, he was seeing the ball and trying to put it in play or foul it off. Great pitch Phil.
Hughes so far is good
Squiddlecakes!
that was a nice curve
Good pitching from Hughes there… his stuff looks sharp tonight.
The ESPN guys are doing a decent job tonight.
Hughes looks good tonight..good stuff..there I was positive..offense not so much..getting shut down by bad pitcher
My fantasy baseball was a nightmare…
Oh yeah, WCYF: some really great writing yesterday!!
Great catch Phil!
This is the inning we must go out there and value each AB and score some …. damn …. ….. …… …….. ….. ….. …… …… runs!
could they go into Boston next weekend with a 1 game lead…..hope not
The offense has been extremely inconsistent all year and especially the last 3 weeks or so. I think tonight has more to do with them being lost than DiceK pitching great. His stuff is ok but how many fastballs down the middle can a team take?
So dicebb suddenly knows how to pitch? Yanks have hit a few on the nose though. Yanks need to get runners on base as dice struggles from the stretch. Thank god Hughes is pitching well.
Hughes pitching good, need the bats to wake up.
Espn guys are okay.. They don’t let the game breath though
Good inning. Lets hope the Yankees make some adjustments the 2nd time through against Dice K…perhaps be more aggressive as he’s actually throwing strikes tonight.
only 1 hit so far
Whoever likened the Yankees to the Royals obviously hasn’t followed the Royals this season. The Royals are 3rd highest in the majors in average and hits!!
Look for the yankees to start to get to Dice-K from the 4th on. I think the 6th or 7th will be big for the Yanks. That’s what I think, yes.
COME ON YANKS!
This is the inning. This is the inning. If you believe, it will happen. If you believe, it will happen.
Paps….jeez.
“Hey, Fonzi, your career jumped the shark.”
Too soon to worry, but it’s frustrating how really bad pitchers seem to consistently have good starts against us.
Offense needs to wake up.
Hughes will leave this game around the 6th..7th inning, then the trouble will start
This is the inning we have to score.
Heart of the order coming up and they have already seen Dice-K once.
They have to start swinging early in the count if Dicek continues to throw fastballs right over the plate. Usually the game plan against him is to be patient but he is throwing strikes tonight so they have to start swinging.
Beats the Fox turds don’t you think Ken?
He just swung at the 3-1 pitch. JOKE! JOKE! JOKE! And it was lined right at them. This whole …. is BS
Lot of at-them balls
Good grief…these will have to start finding grass at some point.
there you go…Yankees were due that hit.
Yeah west coast..I guess..I don’t like Morgan though
C’mon A-Rod, put one in the seats.
Yanks are snakebit at the moment. Did they do something to p–s off the baseball gods? It must have been that Alex as centaur painting.
come on bloop and a blast
wow……
Gaaak.
And screwed out of another inning. This just gets worse and worse. a first pitch dp. geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
damn
frustrating….Hughes has to hang tough tonight and hope they will score at some point.
Get ready for words of wisdom from Joey G. (rolling my eyes)
“Hughes will leave this game around the 6th..7th inning, then the trouble will start”
Are you a Yankee fan?
If you are so sure, may be you should do something else rather than watch this game and write this …… here.
Ugh.
We finally found a hole. The hard hit balls were going right at people.
Ugh ugh ugh! We couldn’t take advantage.
The usual from the Yanks after a hit. Arod should shut his mouth about the pitchers not pitching good. What a pathetic, pathetic at bat.,
Phil stay strong . . .
3-game postseason, here we come.
I understand that Ken. I do like how much he digs Cano though. Nice props coming from a HOF second baseman.
Swing like you mean it Alex.
BFan September 26th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
“Hughes will leave this game around the 6th..7th inning, then the trouble will start”
Are you a Yankee fan?
If you are so sure, may be you should do something else rather than watch this game and write this …… here.
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been a Yankee fan longer than you have been on this earth
I just can’t believe this.
The quality of at bat is deteriorating with every inning as soon as they have started trailing in this game.
I think it’s pretty clear that this team is starting to press big time. They are not getting the greatest starting pitching, but the offense has gone into a total slumber and not allowing them to stay competitive in spite of it.
The hitters are all swinging at the first pitch garbage and getting themselves out. They are in total free fall mode, and quite frankly it’s on Girardi who allowed them to get complacent before they clinched so that when a slump like this came it would start to snowball because they would start to press.
We just mailed in 4 batting innings against perhaps the biggest loser pitcher the game of baseball has to offer.
48 pitches through 4, must be a record for him.
Let’s be fair – Dice K threw a great slider to A-Rod there. Sharp break.
Westcoast Yankee fan
I agree, the broadcasting has been pretty objective thought I hated seeing that dive and miss by swish repeated 5 different times from every angle.
this Yankee offense is putting a lot of pressure on Hughes. Can he hold up ?
True..anyway west you fake press conference made my night..u gotta repost
Why dont we wait until we’re down 10-1, 4-0 or 6-0 to start to compete. Get it together now guys instead of waiting til it’s too little too late.
This is just really, really tough to watch.
# beedogs September 26th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
3-game postseason, here we come.
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You’re assuming they’re going to go to Toronto and win, which hasn’t been a given all year, and then beat Boston, in Boston, with their season on the line.
How’d that work out for us in 2004?
This team is in trouble. Period.
Kern – I don’t want to clog up the game blog. I’ll re-post it right after.
I hate to say it but you know when Hughes gives up another run the offense will officially call it a night. Unfortunately right now that is how they roll. They are pressing so much and the at bats show that. Someone on that team has to start breathing.
Big time pressure on Hughes right now. We can’t go down 3-1 or 4-1. I want no part of Bard and Papelpuke tonight trying to play catch up.
Espn’s announcing has been very fair…lead off walk to bill hall..bad
““Hughes will leave this game around the 6th..7th inning, then the trouble will start”
Are you a Yankee fan?
If you are so sure, may be you should do something else rather than watch this game and write this …… here.
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been a Yankee fan longer than you have been on this earth”
I respect that.
Then why are you so negative?
YEAH! YEAH! Bill Hall fouls pitches off and walks! WOOOHOOOO! Or he got a hit.
tyanksfan36 – true dat.
Matsuzaka has not been that much better than Hughes, the difference is that the Yankees are not having good at bats to fight off pitches and work deeper counts off of him like the Red Sox have been doing with Hughes.
Night after night it’s the scrubs in their lineup who are beating us, and the millionaires in this lineup can’t buy a hit with a runner on base. It’s pretty sad.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great executed DP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tex saves the day again.
Excellent defense! Hip hip Jorge!
good play…..
they will score, it’s just whether they will hold them to the 1 run.
Nice!! That is 2 big outs for Hughes.
Nice!! Score it 3-3-6-2
Lately, it just seems like when they get good pitching, they don’t hit. And, when they hit, they don’t get good pitching.
Tex can slump all he wants.
Big DP, lets get back in the dugout and get some runs.
Can this awesome double play spark something here? I hope so!
It’s pretty clear this team is tight as a drum.
The AB’s are getting worse and worse.
Somehow, some way, they have to find a way to win tonight’s game.
If they don’t, the last week could go very badly for this team.
Great job by georgie to hustle down there and be in the right spot
Where was that pitch?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
That was a strike..Wake up ump…
that was closer than jeter’s strike 3.
where the hell was that???
That was strike three to marco
ummm… Jeter’s strike 3 was right down the middle. cant get closer than that.
# BBFan September 26th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
““Hughes will leave this game around the 6th..7th inning, then the trouble will start”
Are you a Yankee fan?
If you are so sure, may be you should do something else rather than watch this game and write this …… here.
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been a Yankee fan longer than you have been on this earth”
I respect that.
Then why are you so negative?
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you have to say what you see….this team has been in the toilet since their last 8 game win streak
What has pissed off the baseball gods? Who knows, maybe constantly celebrating injuries to other teams’ players? Maybe some quick but sincere atonement might help turn things around. I don’t know that it has to be public so long as it’s sincere – and permanent.
Anything’s worth a try right? Especially to a superstitious baseball fan – which I am.
Quick inning!
Yankee fans are nervous and uptight and understandably so. It’s all good.
Lets get the bats going!
We’re supposed to get a lot of rain tonight too. Once it starts, it’s not supposed to stop until Tuesday night. So, we need to get on the board soon because this game might not see 9 innings.
Let’s go, Yankee bats!
Come on offense!
“you have to say what you see….this team has been in the toilet since their last 8 game win streak”
As a fan, one would wish for things to turn around…..
I blame alot of what is going on, on the lame fans who now go to the games. The $2600 seats are filled with rich snobs who dont even clap except when a home run is hit. They are entitled pigs. The marketing people have changed nothing. All I hear is ” Dayo” and Hava na Gila Hava. It is the most boring place to see a game. If not for the large number of people it would be as quiet as any other park I hate the cow bells in Tampa but…… I hate the towels in Philly but….. The Yankees feel as they are special so they need to make no effort to get the crowd into the game. The only crazies are in the bleachers. Since 2004 no one is afraid of the big bad wolf. If you saw the special with Hal S you will see the fish stinks from the head. He is a military school brat who cares only about budgets. He said so. If this was my team I would take a bat to the locker room and remind everyone of the humiliation they suffered in 04 cause its about to happen again. There are no words to describe how disgusted I am with the entire product. They are lazy over paid pigs and the fans are lazy and entitled as well. BORING
They have to find a way to put some runs on the board against Dice K….he’s just not that good. A win allows this team to breathe again….they need one badly.
I hate the fact that the offense is putting so much pressure on Hughes to be perfect in this game. Of course the run scored wasn’t even 100% his fault.
Hughes had Scutaro struck out on 3 pitches.
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BBFan September 26th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
I respect that.
Then why are you so negative?
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Ha-ha. That’s obvious. The Yankees are losing and you are reading a blog post on this site.
Phil has missed getting that strike 3 to Scutaro on 4 occasions tonight.
Phil at 82 pitches. One more inning for him….
# Munson Fan September 26th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
We’re supposed to get a lot of rain tonight too. Once it starts, it’s not supposed to stop until Tuesday night. So, we need to get on the board soon because this game might not see 9 innings.
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they’ll get this game in…steady rain is south of Philly
Okay, here it starts…
(fingers crossed)
Lowrie had him played perfectly. Well hit ball by Cano.
Please score some runs!!!
I still want Cano to hit two more HRs by the end of the season to get to 30.
Ruby Tuesday September 26th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
I get the feeling that
D**su*k* M*ts*z*k*
will pitch extremely well tonight.
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Unfortunately, I am right again.
Shut down by a scrub like Dice K. Sad.
Can this offense show a freakin pulse??? I can understand getting shut down by Price, Lester, Lee but not Dice-K. He hasn’t even been good recently but unfortunately at this point I don’t think it matters who is pitching they won’t hit anyone.
Good point by Munson Fan – it’s raining hard in Tom’s River and moving North. We need to at least tie this game soon.
Who is this guy impersonating dice man? Are you kidding me?
Swing at strikes!! Swing at strikes!! Swing at strikes!!
This is really just saddening. We score 7 runs down 10-1. 54 pitches through 4.1 innings. But we dont score down 1 run. Just horrrible.
He’s stalling for the rain.
Yep, the at-bats are getting worse each inning.
Dice K has an 8.4 ERA in Sept….
Putting a lot of pressure on Hughes….just silly
Another strike 3 just taken. Not even sure it was a strike. Another inning mailed in and wasted.
those seats behind home plate are not all filled by rich peeps, us reg peeps can sit there for a small fee or just ask to sit there…..if reg people were not sitting there most of those seats would be empty
This game is driving me crazy!
Don’t blink when the Yankees are up u might miss them
The bats really need to get going because it is just a matter of time before Hughes gives up a long ball.
Great inning, guys. Way to be.
Team looks good yet again. Very proud of them. Playing real hard.
Posada has swung at two balls. Making it easy for dice man.
And Jerkman swinging at the 1st pitch.
At this point, all I can do is just laugh. This is horrendous. Despicable.
WOW. This offense is REALLY struggling.
lol @ first pitch swinging against dice-k.
That’s right, just GIVE THEM the game, Yankees.
dice BB is usually at 100 pitches by now….
When Dice-K is under 60 pitches in the 5th, you know the Yankees offense is in a tailspin.
They just can’t him. Unreal. Absolutely unreal.
It was very tough for this team to win in Toronto even when they were playing well. Can’t really count on winning more than one up there, but the way they are playing, even that could be difficult.
This team honestly might not make the playoffs. I just can’t believe what I’m watching.
Wow- one pitch. This team is awful right now, and has been awful for close to 2 months now. This is going to be a painful last week.
All of a sudden I feel the need to become a huge White Sox fan.
what a listless team right now.. are they even breathing out there.. That was the worst attempt at offense… Pathetic
just experiencing a lot of conflicting emotions: mad, sad, confused and a little tired too….
What was that inning? It was over in a blink. Are the Yanks in a hurry to get somewhere? I love this team, and I really want to be positive, but there hasn’t been much to cheer about lately.
Nice…..
Way to guy Yanks. The game plan Girardi draws up is quite sad. It’s like once they are on a roll he plays Lineup roullette and they go into these slumps.
What does he tell them? Swing at every pitch that smells like a srike?
unless this is a quick inning it may be Hughes last, the next one is for sure
This offense is completely dead.
They took the foot off the pedal too soon on the season and are now paying the price.
It could end up being the ultimate worst case scenario for the Yankees this week.
Having to blow out the entire pitching staff to win three games.
Meaning, if you get into the playoffs, no CC for Game 1.
That’s why it’s vital they find a way to win tonight.
A real opportunity tonight and they’re blowing it. Now they’ll have to just try and avoid one of the most historic collapses in baseball history.
What was Swisher thinking on that play in the 2nd inning? Grr.
Oh well, what can ya do, but sit back and hope for better.
i’ve seen DiceK pitch a million times, and he is not that good.. But it figures the Yanks turn him into CY K…
Got quite a curve ball tonight
gotta get through this inning without giving any more up….
You know it doesn’t matter what someone did last month. Dice-K is throwing very well, that’s reality. He’s throwing strikes, good fastball, nasty sharp-breaking slider, low pitch count. Francona has his team lose and playing well that’s for sure.
I’m keeping the faith, maybe Swisher or Grandy; someone will get a hold of one. Hughes has got to keep shutting them down.
can we please get some intensity?!
The at bats can’t get any worse. They are so anxious at the plate that they are over thinking things and then swinging at anything. I love Hughes but this is a tough middle of the order and I expect him to give up another run or 2 and then the offense will really be in trouble.
They will make the playoffs and here is how. They will win a game in toronto, probably tuesday, and boston will split 4 with the white sox. Yankees will back in while losing 70% of their games in september
pretty crazy to think that if we lose tonight and only win 1 of three against the jays that the sox will be in a position to make the playoffs if they sweep us at home.
We thought scoring on the road was the problem. Well looks like scoring period is the problem.
Come on guys! Play great despite Girardi!
You’re assuming they’re going to go to Toronto and win, which hasn’t been a given all year, and then beat Boston, in Boston, with their season on the line.
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On the positive side, this would expedite Girardi’s move to the Cubs.
Swisher can’t run – that’s a bad sign.
I can’t believe they are sleepwalking in this game!!!!!!
UNREAL!!!!!
man swish can barely run out there….. that leg looks awful.
appreciate his guts, but at some point he is going to not be able to walk.
ac 1, keep up your positive spirit.
We will win this game.
Tabbert-
You’re assuming they will sweep Chicago?
Great point sj…his game has bearing on the post season..you lose it it messes up your rotation in the playoffs..u win u can organize your rotation
Instead of being hypercritical of everything about the Yankees and trashing them, you could try to just cheer them on. Try something new for a change, right? It might help turn things around. It’s called putting positive energy out to the universe (as opposed to the whiney crap trashing some of you utilize as second nature.)
I am not blaming you for feeling frustrated. But I am suggesting you might want to try to suck it up and try a different way of “support”.
Or not.
Scoring was never bad on the road or at home.
Scoring is just inconsistent. No matter where they play.
ok get ortiz out and save it for the 7th…
That is exactly what the Sox want to do is exhaust this pitching staff.. This offense is pathetic and i’m afraid for this team.. I would have thought that with the earlier games decided today it would have gave the Yankees some sort of positive spin to win this game tonight, but they show no fight whatsoever.
Hughes is giving them all he’s got tonight…..he’s doing his part, the bats need to do theirs.
I hate to be all Gloom and Doom, but I don’t know where the Yankees get 3 wins in their last 6 if they lose today. Going to need help.
Two words:
frisbee
I am not ready to call it a collapse yet, but they will not make the playoffs if Boston still has a chance next weekend.
I can’t believe I am even thinking that.
Miller making it seem as if Hughes was pitching bad last year. He was taken out of the rotation because Wang came back.
“pretty crazy to think that if we lose tonight and only win 1 of three against the jays that the sox will be in a position to make the playoffs if they sweep us at home”
You left out the part where the Sox have to take 3 of 4 at the White Sox.
Here we go I’m calling runs for the Yanks.
Great job by Hughes. I’d go batter to batter with him in the 7th.
We miss Matsui and Damon…I don’t care if their #’s are not that great they would be better with the Yankees….Matsui #’s by the way are good anyway….I did not want to lose those guys…this offense has been in funk all season long, I don’t care what the #’s are…too many games like tonight making decent pitchers look great…..like groundhog day I have seen this offense do this sooo many times this year…..hope your happy Cashman as you did this and please don’t start the Damon contract talk and Matsui’s knees…..without those 2 we don’t beat the Phillies in the World Series, but it’s OK to let both go?????
Here we go…..
Let us all use our positive energy to make the Yanks score a couple of runs.
Hughes deserves to win.
You’re right Brock. We wont win any of those 3 games. The Red Sox and umpires wont allow us to. And if we were to win any of them, it would be a minor miracle.
Hughes is giving them what they need tonight.
Let’s go Yankee bats. A run or 2 this inning, please.
Trish come on – rooting on a computer is senseless, no one can hear you. This is about analysis and observation, that’s what many fans find interesting. What’s so enjoyable about “let’s go guys get a hit”. Let fans act the way they want.
Sorry to cut against the negativity, but I am very pleased to see Hughes pitching so well. Yanks will scrape together a few runs, and Hughes’ effort will be the story of the game.
Great to see him executing his pitches in a big game like this.
This offense has been pathetic all year.
How can we be surprised?
Maybe we can actually get a baserunner this inning.
Eric-
They only need a combo of 3 wins and/ or Boston losses.
Fantastic job by Phil, he’s stepped up. The offense, however, seems content to embarass themselves.
If waving pom poms were the answer, they wouldn’t be 6-13 in their last 19 games and on the verge of a historical fact.
Whatever people post on a blog has no bearing on the game.
Time for some runs.
# Brock September 26th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I am not ready to call it a collapse yet, but they will not make the playoffs if Boston still has a chance next weekend.
I can’t believe I am even thinking that.
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I think your right on with that
1-0 final score? geeez
It’s going to take a Granderson HR to get this started.
I know TheStraw, but assuming no help from Boston, need 3 wins.
I know TheStraw, but assuming no help from Boston, need 3 wins.
For those of you who think the Yankees are going to make the playoffs you are dead wrong and here is why. Every inning, every game the media circus and pressure will mount 10 fold. Each at bat will get more difficult. The mental issues will kill this team. In 04 when they lost ga,e 6 it was over becaus eof the preassure of not losing game 7. You all know much more about baseball then me but I know people. And people these over paid under achievers are all mental midgets for the most part. Mo is the only tough guy out there. They have no killer instinct and are all soft. Jeter is no captain. He does nothing except have the title.
Six strikeouts in six shutout innings for Matuzaka – golly. The Yankees really need to find their collective gangster and start scoring runs. Phil’s giving them everything they could have asked for.
They wouldn’t necessarily need 3 wins…only a combination of Yankee wins and Sox losses that equaled 3. Still really need to win this game tonight…..
Lets do it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
They have to win this game. Toronto has been tough on them all year and AJ is pitching one of those games.
One pitch well well well
Lol @ thinking that any of our negative or positive thoughts have any impact whatsoever on the Yankees’ performance…. Google “thought action fusion”
what can we say that hasnt already been beaten to death?
Trisha believes in Karma. Can’t fault her for that. I would like to see some friggin hits.
“Trish come on – rooting on a computer is senseless, no one can hear you. This is about analysis and observation, that’s what many fans find interesting. What’s so enjoyable about “let’s go guys get a hit”. Let fans act the way they want.”
What you put on the computer now belongs to the universe. It’s called the power of positive thinking. It may not work, but I certainly would want to give it a try.
If it doesn’t float your boat, don’t do it. If people want to keep trashing the Yankees it is their right.
the way that wind is blowing it’s going to have to be a shot to get it out of there
Watch now Gardner will get a cookie and not swing.
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
This is a playoff type game and Hughes has come up big so far. That’s a positive.
The only positive from this game, and this month, so far.
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
Boston fans as so enjoying our pain.
some yankees need to be more patient, gardner needs to be less…
Jeter got rid of his bubble gum a couple of years ago, so what’s that in his cheek?
brianlopez22
September 26th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
This offense has been pathetic all year. How can we be surprised?
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The Yankees lead the AL in Runs Scored. Pitching – Pitching – Pitching.
“Whatever people post on a blog has no bearing on the game.”
That includes yours too.
And, mine too…..
Still Yanks will make the playoffs and kick butt who ever they face.
This is actually painful to watch.
does gardner ever get on base anymore?
never seen so many weak groundballs in my life.. I could hit those!
Another 3-1 count and out for Brett.
He fouls off 2-0 and 3-1 but NO BOTHER to foul off 3-2. DISGRACEFUL!
This is just sad
Mykll – u sound like an idiot and have for the better part of the night. Ur teams season has been a complete joke and u should be embarrassed to have that payroll and still miss the playoffs
“Trisha believes in Karma. Can’t fault her for that. I would like to see some friggin hits.”
That’s it exactly.
And can it hurt to be positive as opposed to negative? Wouldn’t you say anything’s worth a try?
SJ – you wouldn’t know a pom pom if it hit you in the face.
Again, it was just a suggestion. Whatever floats your boat, go for it.
Wow these guys are really pressing at the plate now…rolling over on everything.
Fenway will be 100 times worse (that is saying alot) next weekend if the Sox have a shot to sweep and get in the playoffs…and I usually look forward to the weekends, but not next weekend if such a scenario plays out……
Can someone please hit the ball hard somewhere maybe? This is pathetic now.
awful effort, tonight.
but you have to credit Dice-K – he’s not falling behind.
yes the yankees will eventually get into the playoffs, but that doesnt make this less frustrating.
Jeter is gangstah….
Let this be a lesson to Girardi for the rest of his managerial career, whether its here or somewhere else next season (and if this debacle continues, it surely won’t be here). You put the pedal to the metal all year long and you have the luxury of doing what they did last year and resting guys. You do what he did this year, and you always risk some kind of tragic disaster.
This is purely unacceptable, and falls pretty square on his shoulders. Its hard for me to find a much more appropriate time to put a heapload of blame on a manager.
trisha – true pinstriped blue
September 26th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
“What you put on the computer now belongs to the universe. It’s called the power of positive thinking…”
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Oh dear.
This is just incredible.
Wow. This is disgracefully horrifying.
I cannot believe DiceK is still in this game.. Completely shocked by this.. and another pathetic weak groudball by Jeter!!! UGH!
Well, at least this one will be quick….
This is officially a nightmare scenario for the Yankees.
They’ll make the playoffs. They just won’t be there long.
The sox don’t have to sweep the chi sox. IF they win tonight they tonight the lead is down to 4.5.
If boston goes 6-1 and the yankees go 1-5
Boston 93-69
Yankees 93-69.
The yanks losing tonght is very likely, the yanks only winning 1 game is against the blue jays s also very likely.
Boston can easily win 3 of four against a sox team already eliminated from the playoffs.
Trust me, we don’t want to test a 3 game lead going into the final series of the year in fenway.
P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C
# ac1 September 26th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
does gardner ever get on base anymore?
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I said it last year Gardner should not be starting on this team….he’s a AAA player
Yankees playing with fire
Jeez
If they could just score 1 run to tie – that’s all I’m asking.
Can we just give the Red Sox the wildcard and forfeit the rest of the season? This is awful.
10 more outs and they can shut down the stadium. There will be no more baseball in 10 after this series os over. Trust me. Get ready to turn off your phones cause all your Red Sox friends are going to torment you for the rest of your lives. This can not be happeneing. It feels like God is punishing me for something I did not do.
girardi only gets some of the blame…
the A lineup has 2 hits against a BUM…
they cannot hit with RISP….
Those are on the team.
Joe’s pitching management has been off and on confusing, but the hitting is still on the players.
Okay, since we each will post our own way, here’s mine.
THE SUX ARE SHUTTING OUT THE YANKEES? THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
Dice-K on track to pitch a complete game shutout. Just an atrocious performance by the offense.
This is absolute torture.unbelievable!!!
At this rate, gardner is playing himself into a 4th outfielder role next year. Yanks were probably hopeful he could be a starter long term but he has seriously tanked since the break. Carl crawford needs to get his uniform size over to the bronx asap.
9 more outs and turn out the lights.
I am usually optimistic, but I have a very bad feeling about this week. Not saying we won’t find a way to get in, but I have a feeling the Fenway series will matter.
An epic choke possible now Thanks to Girardis lack of managing
has matsusaka ever gone 6 innings without a walk?
This is all on Joe Girardi.
By taking the foot of the pedal and all of a sudden having to put it back on because of the losing he helped foster, he’s put an enormous amount of pressure on a team that has already shown that they press big time this year with runners on base and have trouble getting big hits.
If they keep this up much longer, they may actually lose this game 1-0 which would be beyond pathetic at this point in the season.
If they lose tonight, they most likely will not make the playoffs unless they earn it themselves, since the Red Sox have to lose 3/4 to the White Sox to eliminate themselves if you can’t win any games like they have been doing lately.
In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose this game to see them go into a total free fall and lose 2/3 or get swept by Toronto, and have to win at least 1 in Boston just to make it. If that ends up being the case, Girardi single handedly managed to screw up the roster’s alignment for the postseason as well as prevent himself from giving these guys the rest they need to be sharp.
Where was that pitch???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Lead off man for them, no problem.
Trisha,
I know baseball and you don’t.
This team is pressing bigtime.
Wasting AB’s, rolling over everything, and are losing every night.
All the “karma” in the world isn’t going to do a bit of good unless someone on this team steps up and hits.
If not, the next week may not be a pretty one for this team.
Sadly, this was all avoidable.
Now he gets squeezed on 2 pitches..Good job ump…
Where are these pitches.. 2 of those were strikes.
“yes the yankees will eventually get into the playoffs, but that doesnt make this less frustrating.”
Yes indeed.
geezzz
This is a big, big inning. We can’t allow another run.
Get the one up. NOW.
I can’t decide what irks me most…a lifeless effort like tonight or the lack of hitting with risp that we have seen so often lately.
Phil is now nibbling because he knows that one run could essentially eliminate the Yankees chances of winning tonight.
“I said it last year Gardner should not be starting on this team….he’s a AAA player”
Gardner’s been the second best player on this team this year.
Girardi should get Robertson up in the bullpen. That walk was more the umps fault but they can’t let this inning get out of hand and he is almost at 100 pitches.
West Coast Yankee Fan ,
soring runs when’s its already 10-0, doesn’t mean anything. We are .500 in 1 run games.
And lets think back to the 1st half, if it weren’t for Cano and Swish, we would not be here.
Tex lit up when Cano has fallen off.
But we have exactly 1 YANKEE batting over .300.
That is pathetic!
They are great when its 10-0 and hitting against the other team’s 12th reliever.
How about when it matters?
Oh yeah, 3 straight weakly hit ground balss!
Great obersvation…
The pen, that is. Damn iPad.
The blue jays will turn out to be our kryptonite. Remember AJ pitches tomorrow… and we have not played well up there this year.
You guys really think the whitesox ( whom have completely fallen apart) will challenge a red hot team that is seeking the playoffs?
We have to win this game tonight or we will be playing with some very serious fire.
I agree…..Gardner is playing himself into a 4th outfielder again. If he could actually bunt, he’d be a .300 hitter.
It would be kind of ironic if Girardi’s attempt at resting his players leads to them being worn out just trying to back into the playoffs at the last-minute.
The manager sets the tone and if he never started resting guys a month ago this never would of happened. It set a terrible tone, gave off the wrong message and his anxiety rubbed off on the players. Say what you want about Torre but he was always the same in the dugout and you would never see him sweat. How are the players supposed to play free and easy when their manager looks like he needs oxygen in the dugout? If they get knocked out of the playoffs in the 1st round because they have to exhaust everyone to get there then he should take most of the blame.
# trisha – true pinstriped blue September 26th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
“yes the yankees will eventually get into the playoffs, but that doesnt make this less frustrating.”
Yes indeed.
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you can’t say that and be 100% sure…..they are showing you nothing for you to believe that
They haven’t had runners In scoring position
Where was that freakin pitch?!??! This ump is a joke…
Remember all those games in April and May and June that did not matter because it was not Sept. Well with all due respect that is the most unbelievable bit of stupidity I have ever heard. All those games we gave away will help us lead us to the most horrible place on earth. red Sox popping corks in Fenway
“has matsusaka ever gone 6 innings without a walk?”
Few times this year. Twice against Toronto, once against Oakland.
Every thing is likely…
Including Yanks making playoffs very likley.
Check out the wind……the rain is coming……need a run badly…….
Dice K is the Meg Griffin of MLB
Hughes is getting so squeezed here that its laughable.
GREAT job by him in a big time game.
Unfortunately, ten days from now his performance this season may stand as one of the only positives on the team.
Playing with fire
Awful freaking job by the umpire this inning.
Can anything awaken them from their slumber?
You people blaming girardi sound like idiots. Girardi told CC to blow the lead in the wednesday game verus tampa? Girardi made it rain thursday so burnett had to be pulled? Girardi told pettitte to give up 7 runs in 4 innings friday? Girardi told the hitters to get no hit for 6 innings yday? Honestly, u all sound very naïve. This team isn’t very good right now. That’s it.
brianlopez22 – some good points but ultimately winning is about pitching. That’s pretty much everyone’s consensus. Also, remember that there are some very good pitchers out there, they are not in the show for no reason.
SJ –
Whatever. You missed the entire point, which is not at all surprising.
YAWN!
See ya now.
You just can’t turn it on.
Which is why taking their foot off the pedal was a huge mistake by Girardi.
If they don’t win tonight, all of the pressure shifts to the Yankees and they have to push everybody just to try and make the playoffs.
The exact OPPOSITE of what they were trying to achieve.
Hard to believe what we are seeing at this point.
Where would the Yankees be right now if Jeter hit 10 points under his career average and A.J. was one game over .500 pitching?
This is EPIC….like the Collapse of the Roman Empire
he looks to be done here
The wheels are coming off now.
Yanks are taking a queue from the New York Football Giants – making it difficult for themselves.
The Pollyana in me thinks that all the bridge jumpers will whine, then we’ll go into the playoffs and dominate.
Hughes is gassed. He could give up the game here. Can’t put away hitters.
Oh yeah.
GO YANKEES!!!
We’re in trouble now.
Another run and full out panic will begin
what a joke. 3-2 pitches…. foul offs, and on 2 of them, Phil was nowhere near.
Most important pitch of the ballgame, and Philllerup couldnt bother to deliver a strike.
the game is ……
Just stop it with the umpires.
The Yankees have zero runs and have had pathetic at bats against Matsuzaka.
The umpires cannot make you swing at a first pitch slider that almost bounced on home plate. If they lose this game it will be their own fault.
If you can’t score any runs, it doesn’t matter what the pitching does.
OK, Quick Hook. Can Robertson keep this a 1-run game?
damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
So many complain Girardi rested people.
It is mostly because the players were injured or tired.
You play them, the results would be worse.
its almost bad for baseball if the yanks collapse this season. Can you imagine how much money the yanks would spend this off season??? cliff lee would make record money, carl crawford would make record money, they would go out and sign another starter to record money. yu darvish might be in pinstripes.
Oh, Those things might happen even if we win the world series this year.
This is like a 55 year old guy who can’t perform when he has a chance with the gorgeous girl…just can’t perform…
I find you lack of faith disturbing
Good job by Phil. Could not ask for much more. This ones on the offense.
Crazy to think we had a 9 game lead over the RS on Tuesday….
This mess is on the players not Girardi. The GM as well and the pig spoiled fans who think the Playoffs are a right not to be earned. Tex gas been horrible and that has hurt too.
This team hasn’t had anything clutch since I can remember… The losing has clouded my fond memories of Yankee wins..
Hughes with zero margin for error…. Still can’t believe those comments from a-rod the other day… Outright blaming the pitchers and whining and moaning… And then phil has a great outing tonight and where is the offense including alex? A no show so far… That’s right alex blame your teammates and then don’t show up when its on you…. What a joke
Hughes pithced well enough tonight, but he likely gave up the game right there.
His inability to put away hitters has come back to bite him in the most crucial inning.
no matter what, Hughes is good tonight.
quick hook. he walked 2 straight guys over a 100 pitches. the ump sucks. scutaro ws struck out on 3 pitches a inning ago. had to waste 5 more pitches.
beltre ab, hughes threw at least 2 strikes that were called balls.
if they blow the playoffs it iwll be a bigger f up then the playoffs a few years ago….
“Hughes is gassed. He could give up the game here. Can’t put away hitters.”
He had both of those guys struck out.
Embarrassing job by the HP umpire, whatever piece of garbage he is. All the umpires have basically become so indistinguishably horrific this year that they don’t even deserve to be dignified with names. They all suck.
Unfortunately, when you play like the Yankees have over the last month, you don’t create your own luck. Its not funny anymore. Its not part of any kind of grand “scheme.” Its a flat out collapse.
For Hughes not to be winning his 18th game easily tonight with the effort he gave is just pathetic. Pathetic.
Phil pitched great..Yankee offense so far tonight has been garbage…another run..panic begins…
Hughes did his job and the offense hasn’t.
Story of the game so far.
Can’t blame Hughes, who pitched probably the best game he has pitched as a Yankee. It’s on the pen and the offense now.
Both runners will score
The ump did whatever he can to help the Sox out. You know at least one of these runs will score. I would of brought Wood in not Robertson. Wood has been their best reliever and Robertson hasn’t pitched in a couple of days. This could be the game right here and you bring in your best.
can’t wait for girardi to put Gaudin in the game to put this one out of reach.
take your time Arod.. almost didn’t get him.
The exact OPPOSITE of what they were trying to achieve.
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How true.
Like Tito’s “rope-a-dope” strategy from last year.
Sometimes you run out of rope and then you’re just a dope.
Whatever happens in this inning, if they lose, it will not be on Phil. And please no cap tipping. Please.
We’ll see the mettle of this team if we give up any more runs this inning, or even if we dont give up any more…
Big spot for D-Rob here. Need the K.
West Coast Yankee Fan,
absolutely, pitchers are in the show, but we can all agree that facing CC, Lester, David price is not the same as facing Atchison or Randy Choate or whoever Baltimore pitches.
Think about it. The best teams can hit great pitching.
And great pitching should limit the damage from the other team.
This team has not hit great pitching ALL year.
I’m really not sure Girardi gets a contract next year. The past 4 weeks have been god darned awful.
A tight manager makes a tight club. This was a test. Some people just can’t handle success.
It will only get tighter after going 2-5 in their last homestand of the year.
Joe, go to the Cubs. Your wife wants to move back there anyway…
“This is like a 55 year old guy who can’t perform when he has a chance with the gorgeous girl…just can’t perform.”
How do you know
Are you 55 years old
Have to play in. Can’t give them one more on a ground ball
K him.
need a K or pop up here.
K him
No ibb?
3 zip in 1.5 minutes
This is the right move with the infield. But sad that we are that inept offensively that we have to play it this way
Normally I’m a mess in situations like this, where the Yankees appear to be collapsing, but now I’m really just angry. Angry at the hubris of management, not going for wins earlier in the season, and making games against the Red Sox, at the end of the season, mean something. We lose tonight, we need help; that’s the bottom line. We have to go into Boston and win there, if we don’t take 2 of three from the Blue Jays and the Red Sox don’t sweep on their own.
If we go into Boston needing to win games, it constitutes a major collapse. It becomes playoff baseball, 3 games away. I’m willing to be everyone on this thread can think of 3 games Girardi gave away; not to mention all the games we had a better chance of winning with a decent lineup.
So I’m not depressed over the slide, just furious for once at a management that has potentially let this all slip away.
That the team can’t hit Matsuzaka tonight is icing on the cake, really. The Red Sox will go up by 6, and we’ll score 4 off the bullpen I’m sure, but close doesn’t cut it, so it will be for nought.
Really pathetic baseball this entire month, and I almost feel like we need to pay for it. it’s like Torre’s back here or something. It’s just terrible, terrible management of a team, getting people “rested for the playoffs” before you’re in.
That’s my rant.
This could get ugly..crossing fingers
We can all thank Brett Gardner for not bothering to foul off either of 2 3-2 pitches. He just didnt care to. And his speed is utterly inconsequential. Rarely any infield hits. Just weak grounders at the middle infielders.
A real risk having Robertson, as opposed to Wood, come in for this situation.
Nice. One more.
one more!
good play by jeter…..
gotta get out of this.
Or that….good play by Jeter, that ball was hit hard.
K him and rally squirrel time.
Gehrig27 September 26th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
I find you lack of faith disturbing
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Sorry lord vader
Good job by Phil.
Good gracious stop worrying, the Yankees will be in the playoffs.
In fact last I checked they are one game out of HFA.
Robertson please get out of this. No 2 out hit…
Come on D-Rob. 1 more out. Old-school Houdini!
I see one guy clapping with 2 stikes in the rich people seats. One freaking guy, Everyone else on their phone or eating Shushi. Makes me sick
can’t blame Hughes. Looks like he’s gonna have to make another start.
K him out…
its lars freakin anderson…. get him out.
Isn’t lars totally lefty? No boone logan ready?
K him now
I like shusi
i dont see hughes making another start this year, no matter what. this was all or nothing….
cliff lee might want to stay in texas where they will also be playing for world championships during all of his prime years.
The Toyko Chicken flapping in the dugout?
If you are going to take your foot off the pedal and rest guys, the objective is to do it in a coordinated fashion.
Girardi did not do that and is paying the price for it now.
Which is why they are in the dilemma they are in.
The team is “rested” but, are as tight as a drum.
That ain’t good and that’s on the manager.
He sets the tone.
At this point though, the players just have to take control of the situation.
D-ROB!!!!
K him !!!!
turning point, guys!
Dave Robertson you’re the man!
Wasn’t DiceK on MadTv for a season or two????
nice !…we are winning this game….TIME TO TAKE CHARGE !
Robertson is good in these spots.
Great pitching by D-Rob!
Maybe thats the jolt we need. RUNS.
Inning of the game. The Yankees WILL win this game!
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GET THESE PIGS THIS INNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this has to be the inning…
Alright let’s put up a “snowman”….(8 run inning)
theREALkevin September 26th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Isn’t lars totally lefty? No boone logan ready?
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logan is there for drew and ortiz.
That’s the kind of f’ing emotion and fire I am talking about. D rob with the k and the big fist pump…..one fire in a sea of wet noodles.
I don’t want to exaggerate, but that was maybe the biggest hold of the year right there.
Just a great job by DRob there….huge pitch. Yanks gotta find a way.
big K, let’s get some hits!!!!!
stop swinging for the fences, stop taking pitches down the middle…
singles and doubles…LET’S GO!!!!
If we get a “bloop and a blast” we’ll need 1 game to clinch a spot, the same as those amazing, gutty gritty Rays who win every game and are “red hot”right now.
Need runs now. This is it.
Haha Matsusaka goes sprinting out there to start the bottom half. Going to be standing out there awhile now for all the middle of the inning stuff.
Lets go we need runs badly.
Nice job D-Rob!!!
SJ44
Seal the deal then rest it up. G-man decided to rest first…
ac1 September 26th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
i dont see hughes making another start this year, no matter what. this was all or nothing….
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what if it’s all or nothing is next turn?
Cliff Lee is an absolute must after seeing this staff during the year. I know why Cashman went all in on him in July.. He’s no fool!
Great job DRob! Rally time!
Pitching has been fantastic so far. Everything they could have hoped for and more. This all-star lineup has to dig deep and muster a run or two. A very winnable game here and going into the last week itd be huge to slash that magic number to one.
If that doesn’t jack this lineup up, I dont know what will. Lets go, now.
Great job by Robertson. NOW OFFENSE WAKE UP!!!!
Come on! If that doesn’t get them fired up, nothing will.
Great job by Robertson.
Would be a good inning for the offense to wake up.
mykyll can officially shut up now. Neither runner scored. Why don’t you go grab a bite to eat? And it’s sushi, idiot. Sushi.
going to be tough to hit a hr tonight…don’t see it happening
All right since Mystique and Aura are apparently watching the Jets… it’s time to wake the ghosts from across the street.
Win!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
David Robertson has some big you know whats.
He’s shown it this year, and he’s shown it from the very time he’s come up.
A guy I always have loved to and am proud to root for.
I’m gonna start a rally…Anyone want to sign on?
“I don’t want to exaggerate, but that was maybe the biggest hold of the year right there.”
I think you are right on.
you guys see the robbie cano nike commerical?
key inning of the game here
SHOW ME THE RUNNY!!!!
i don’t mind the resting players too much. But when he rested Alex the last game in Texas against Cliff Lee when ALex hits well in Texas. And was having a good series up to that point. That’s what I didn’t understand. And he basically had 2 days off. Since the Wednesday game was a 1pm game and they had a day off Thursday.
Come on Swish make up for your circus play in RF…..
“the objective is to do it in a coordinated fashion”
What does that mean? Just asking…
Lets go bats.
Gotta make it happen right here.
Tabbert, WHO CARES!!!!!
WATCH THE GAME!
I got my rally cap on
Crooked number
I’m all in. Let’s do it.
Nice…. walk..walk away…
Ball 4.
ball 4.
Ball 4.
this is the second game against Boston this year that Hughes pitched well enough to win. And is on the losing end on both.
ANOTHER 3 BALL COUNT. WASTED!!
Nick swings at ball four.
there was ball 4.
wow, ball 4 there… awesome
I never liked the rally cap
Terrible Swish on a 3-1 count.. God help this team!
Swisher swung at ball four. That was poor.
He just swung at ball 4
he just swung at ball 4
he just swung at ball 4
He just swung at ball 4
i dont understand. i dont undeertsand. i dont udnertastnad.
Why swing at that?
Why swing at that?
Swish swung at ball 4.
Swish is a joke tonight. Swing at a ball why don’t you. Absolutely pathetic.
Still having poor at-bats…….
I’m calling a homer here.
Come on!
Swung at ball 4.
This entire team is tight.
A more relaxed AB and Swish takes that pitch and is on first base.
man Swish, need a baserunner there should have taken two strikes, just to get this guy in the stretch
i am watching the game! but robbie having own comericial is badass!
Robbie knows BOOM!
http://www.youtube.com/results.....&aq=f
Teixeira with 2 great swings, but unfortunately, they’re just foul off strikes.
can’t someone just get one big hit.. Is that too much to ask for with this team?
Swisher’s never been the brightest player, as evidenced there.
These guys are squeezing the bats so tight, they have sawdust on their batting gloves
This team needs A-Rod to earn his 33 million dollar paycheck tonight.
If he doesn’t do something big here, I don’t think they’re winning this game.
This team doesn’t deserve to make the playoffs. What a pitiful display by the offense against a garbage pitcher like Dice K.
Base hit. Wow.
arod is gonna go DEEEEEEEP
Bloop…blast??
please no DP please no DP.
Bloop & a blast?
Lets go A-Rod, just jack one out for us.
way to snag Bill Hall’s leg Mickey!!!!
Okay. The bloope and blast syndrome..
COME ON ALEX!
Come on A-Rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just amazing that Swish would swing at that pitch. I guess he is getting ready for the play offs..
We better hope for a Rodriguez BB here, because there AINT no way he’s hittin’ a HR
There is the bloop.
Now it’s time for the blast.
Now is the time for Alex to bop one out.
don’t think Arod can hit one out with this wind
arod is still the best player in baseball….
should hit and run here
Let’s see if Arod can actually have a good at bat here
of course Arod only thinking HR
you called it sj!
A-ROD!!!!!!!!
YEAH!
AROD!!!!!!!
I love you Alex Rodriguez!!!!
like he should…
THANK GOD!
even miller screamin…
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
told you, turning point!!!!
My man, A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arod is great….I don’t know how he hit that pitch out against the wind.
R u kidding me?????
called it. Like i said, arod is still the best player in all of baseball.
Yes!!
He is amazing!
THANK YOU GOD IN HEAVEN!!!!!
Thank you forum for the positive vibes for our guys!!!!!
THEY”RE ALIVE.
Here we go……
We will win.
Show faith.
oeman September 26th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
don’t think Arod can hit one out with this wind
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it worked..finally
yes !!!!!
ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A-GOD.
This is Arod’s team
Stunning! Finally! Thank you ARod!
ADMIRAL CLUTCH!!!!!!!!!!
Need some GEICO runs.
DAMN YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He says to pitch, we pitch, he delivers the offense. U cannot fault the man anymore. Booyah
The clutchest man in baseball.
If this was the NBA, and you take Arod off this team, it’s a lottery team.
He’s worth every penny the Yankees pay him.
On such a windy night too. Opposite field. Wow!
Am I Nostradomus or what ?!?!?!
WooHoo
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CLUTCH AROD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW ITS TIME FOR CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BACK TO BACK BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Base hits, get a big inning going…
Let’s go Robbie!
Dice will melt down now
a typical Rodguiguezian swing.
Does Phil get the win now?
That’s stepping up. That’s more like it. You call out your pitching? Back it up with your bat. And he did. Alex gets a free pass from me for the rest of the reg season. Just a huge hit right there. Absolutely massively clutch.
Dear Lord, A-Rod is turning on that post season magic early.
blake
It was headed for the pen and curved at the last minute.
Yankee fans should appreciate watching one of the best players ever….he just does amazing things.
Told you he was going deep.
Go Arod!! Now they need Wood and Mo to pitch lights out.
Wow! Arod is the only hitter earning his paycheck lately.
That was masterful.
Alexander Emanuel….very big..very strong man…hit ball hard….make fans very happy
i was a little early with the bloop and blast
Can’t say enough about arod’s clutchness!!!!
Sorry my spelling is very bad and so was my prediction about the runs. I have been wrong before and will again. I am just freaking out as I still have nightmares about 04 and too many Sox fans have my phone number
what a baseball cliche – a bloop and a blast. I have seen dozens of superlative pitching performances ruined by that 1-2 punch.
NYY fan in NH September 26th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Does Phil get the win now?
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No robertson does
6 outs!
Need more runs. Need need need to hold this lead.
NYY fan in NH September 26th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
can’t someone just get one big hit.. Is that too much to ask for with this team?
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and my prayers were answered!
Well, that was Mantle-esque.
The guy is a God. He carries this team out of this funk and through the playoffs, and he’s going to be on the fast track to one of the greatest, yet most tortured, careers a Yankee has ever had.
base hits!
Come on Robbie
Swisher needs to be replaced in RF next inning
Robbie’s due for a hot streak.
Everyone rallied behind the team and look what happened!
Hey, I think you guys and your trashing and whining are responsible for all of the poor play!!!
Right center field – the deep part of the right field – and Alex is strong enough to drive a good pitch over the wall the other way.
There are maybe 2-3 players in the game who could have hit that pitch for a home run.
Fortunately the yankees have one of them playing for them in pinstripes.
nothing gets between Arod and 30 hr. Nothing.
Be honest.
How many of the negaive Nancies are eating crow right now?
I know I know, you are happy now…..the crow is tasting great….
Tar,
I saw…though I was thinking more the LF pen….That is some crazy power to hit that pitch out opo against the wind….he gets such incredible backspin on the ball.
I can look past the bad spelling, but please tone down the negative comments. Thank you.
I almost just caught my dog with a monster fist pump.
I say Golson in RF… I don’t want to see Kearns at all.
its not over yet, everyone. pray hard.
Where are all the fools carrying on about arod calling out the staff? The guy drove in 6 runs on his own the past 3 games. The pitching stunk and so does the rest of the lineup other than al and the grandyman
God damn he’s good!!!!!!!!!!! A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!
(I screamed so loud the crew downstairs freaked)
You can have pujols, longoria, utley, howard, hamilton, mauer, or any other superstar you would like.
However, arod has always and always will be be better in the big spot then any of those guys.
People forget that he is prob the greatest to ever play the game.
I’m still not a fan of rally caps
# KevinP September 26th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
If we get a “bloop and a blast” we’ll need 1 game to clinch a spot, the same as those amazing, gutty gritty Rays who win every game and are “red hot”right now.
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Gotta love it Morgan talking about it as well
(not my brilliance but the saying “bloop & blast)
When he first hit it I never thought it would go out of the ballpark. I thought it was into the gap but he is so strong.
joy in yankeeville. all the dudes are happy and love the yankees. short memories for all.
Cano having a nice AB here
NYY fan in NH September 26th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Does Phil get the win now?
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Unfortunately not. But he’ll be glad he’s not taking the loss.
I’m glad we all put on the rally caps
Like that shot of Jeter and A-Rod. Baseball gods.
Wow nice catch
M
Thanks for helping me off the cliff. The neg stuff is not healthy for me.
man…. nothing you can do there….
Trisha and all:
We are negative, because we are angry.
This team’s talent should never put us in this situation.
he just makes a catch. a bona fide loser makes a big catch. a loser loser loser makes a catch. loserest of the losers makes a catch.
Why do I feel like Cano always gets robbed?
Damn, that hung up a little too much.
Matz finally pitching carefully. Darn good catch robs robbie
Great play by Kalish. Ugh.
What a catsch by Kalish. Imagine having an outfielder of his caliber that you can bring up from the minors. Something we don’t have.
kerry wood time
Hey Jorge, you gotta hot date tonight? Why the hurry?
No way Ellsbury makes that catch
Unbelievable catch by Kalish.
It’s 2-1. The game is far from over.
Did people call out arod??
LMAO….Kalish superstar?
Now it’s all on the bullpen.
3 outs to Mariano.
Come on Kerry. Keep firing on all cylinders.
These last 6 outs somehow feel like Game 7 of the World Series right now.
Game.
No way Kerry Wood is giving up any runs.
No way Mariano Rivera is blowing any save.
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And if you want to see who really called it, read this:
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 26th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Okay, since we each will post our own way, here’s mine.
THE SUX ARE SHUTTING OUT THE YANKEES? THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
“There are maybe 2-3 players in the game who could have hit that pitch for a home run.”
Cabrera, Pujols, Arod…..(and maybe Montero in a couple years)
# West Coast Yankee Fan September 26th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
What a catsch by Kalish. Imagine having an outfielder of his caliber that you can bring up from the minors. Something we don’t have.
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hey….we have Gardner
# West Coast Yankee Fan September 26th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
What a catsch by Kalish. Imagine having an outfielder of his caliber that you can bring up from the minors. Something we don’t have.
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Yeah I can imagine.
They traded him for Granderson.
Something the Red Sox couldn’t do because Jackson is better than Kalish.
Freakin’ Kalish. Another AAA guy that turns to gold for them.
Unfortunately, my crystal ball says we will give the runs right back … now.
Rally cap ha. It was my post above who started this rally.
OMG! Did he just say,” Call a cop because Cano got robbed”. Yikes!
It was because of the Rocky/Old Yankee Stadium video I posted.
You can thank me later.
They need a 1,2,3 from Wood and then hopefully they can tack on another run in the bottom of the inning.
I read the book let me in was based on..it was freaky…I wonder if the movie will be good
“It’s 2-1. The game is far from over.”
Hmmm. I’m thinking that unless the Yanks tack on more runs, this game ends at 2-1.
Time will tell!
Pom poms out – GO TEAM!!!
Amazing that a-rod has gone from choker to the one guy I always want up in clutch situations in just 2 years.
Too bad that wasn’t the bottom of the 9th. The pen has got to hold them.
Jets blew a 14-0 lead.. 17-14 Fins..
Much better! Now the bullpen just has to continue to keep the door shut. We can all thank Hank lol – I’m glad Hal’s in charge, he’s definitely the man for the job, but Alex is worth every penny.
is this the first really big spot that Kerry Wood has pitched in?
Oh Kerry come on. Don’t have control issues now.
The most ignorant crap ever started in the media on by so-called fans and people on these message boards was that Rodriguez wasn’t a clutxh hitter. Nobody hits 600 homers, drives in 1800 runs and has 2800 hits without being a good pressure hitter. Just look at his post season numbers before 2005.
heavy rain shower right in the area of the ballpark
I hate the jets
Come on Wood…
Ughhhhh, my crystal ball is right again.
Oh boy. Here we go.
This might turn into a 4 out save.
Damn, stupid Scutaro that scrub.
come on, KW!
Any Yankee fan who keeps criticizing A-Rod is a bonafied moron.
But for Alex, we would not win WS 28.
But for Alex, we would not make the playoffs this year.
“I saw…though I was thinking more the LF pen”
LOL, so was I.
Not sharp so far
I have a very bad feeling about this…
Why am I seeing a tension filled end to this game with Mo and Ortiz and bloop hits and drama…..sorry Trish. Should have whispered so the universe wouldn’t hear me.
Yankees please hang on . . .
“is this the first really big spot that Kerry Wood has pitched in?”
Dont think so. First with us maybe.
Wood’s having issues and here we go again with pitchers pitching with leads.
Wood has been so perfect recently so who knows when he will have a bad inning. But they need perfect here…
It can never be easy.
kenny powers easily gets out of this jam
Biggest appearance of wood’s brief Yankee career right here.
Who criticized arod?? I didn’t see it..why would they??
If Drew reaches, go to Mo and don’t screw around.
that’s what I meant trisha, I know he’s pitched in the playoffs before.
whoa… easy there cano…
Nees a ground ball in the worst way.
Damn it!!!!!
How does Cano mess that up.. Is this for real??
He just cost us a double play. Gold Glove Cano just screwed us out of an easy double play. an easy double play.
That hurts
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES!!!!! Needed that DP!!!
Wood’s gonna be fine, just two more outs… should’ve been one.
I hope that throw ends up not making a difference.
Cano
let’s hope that missed dp doesn’t have negative effects this inning
How many double plays can this team not make?
I hope that doesn’t come back to haunt us with Martinez and Popi lurking.
Damn Cano. That was a perfect dp. With Vmart and Ortiz coming up that might be costly.
Messed up an easy DP there.
Nothing coming easy for these guys.
Amazing how perfect these two have been on dp’s the all season and this week they’ve just been off.
# SJ44 September 26th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
If Drew reaches, go to Mo and don’t screw around.
Why not go to Logan then Mo.
Redeem for one Free out
They’re nervous, you can tell by that throw.
What side is VMart better from right or left.
Gotta turn that. Now you bring up their hottest hitter with a man on.
You can’t give this team extra outs especially with the middle of the lineup up. That pitch was a strike..
Have to hope that doesn’t bite the Yanks.
Martinez is locked in at the plate – he scares me.
“Wood’s gonna be fine, just two more outs… should’ve been one.”
That’s the spirit.
I don’t like any power hitters up lefty in Yankee stadium
wood will prevail
# UnKnown September 26th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
What side is VMart better from right or left.
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right
Brock –
Agree on arods rise, unfortunately, another guy has made the exact opposite transformation.
DiceK has that motion down pat in the dugout
Carl,
Because Martinez is hitting .400 against lefties this year.
You want him to bat LH.
That 7th inning by Robertson was just too perfect to think that the baseball gods don’t have a win in mind for the Yankees. I’m just not buying it.
The pen needs to hold it here; this would be a crushing loss.
I can’t say this was the biggest game of Phil’s career, but it was his biggest start and he came up big; I thought I saw a comment criticizing him for putting 2 men on base. That seems awfully harsh.
As to Alex, the man is a one man wrecking crew; it’s almost impossible for one player to carry a baseball team, but he’s doing it.
Get Logan I hate that Rivera 4 out save stuff
Logan or mo?
DO NOT PITCH TO ORTIZ!
MO time?
Great pitch….he had it stole anyway. Gotta get Papi here.
how did patterson not make 3rd with Jorge jogging after the ball
There ya go. One more out. LET’S GO!!!
ok logan, your turn…
I leave Wood in
good move
really? i dont know about this one…..
WHAT!?!
I don’t like this.
thats fine but no what. Wood or Mo?
Walking the go ahead run??
good thing there was one out
Stupid move
He would have had the base stolen.
I would walk Ortiz and bring Mo in to pitch to Beltre.
Joe going after Beltre? Already lost confidence in Logan!
I would LOVE to see Mo in now.
Girardi has done this before and it has come back to haunt him.
I hate, hate, hate the idea of putting the go-ahead run on base.
In a sense though, I’m glad he’s managing with his gut and not going strictly by the book.
Gotta be willing to trust the best ever in this spot. Lets go.
Alright lets dance baby
It’s now up to the greatest closer of all time.
Ortiz is a bum and Beltre is there best hitter
This is amazingly stupid
Putting on the go-ahead run? Really?
C’mon mo!!
I don’t like Walking Ortiz there to get to Beltre.
what a game, man
who is that number 42 guy? have not seem him much lately. Is he a call up or something?
Lets go Mariano!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God I wish I were at the Stadium. Nothing rocks like Mo coming in from the bullpen!
You walk Ortiz to face a guy hitting .320 when all they need is a single to tie?
cano f’ed up the dp. tailor made. hope it does not come back to haunt us.
please we need this.
arod is still the best yankee and most clutch by far
This game is epic.
This is the wrong move and Girardi is overmanaging here. I would bring in Logan to face Ortiz. Beltre is a better hitter than Ortiz and late in the game you can’t put guys on base. Mo also hasn’t been great recently and I wouldn’t make him pitch more than 1 inning. I hope it works but this is the wrong move.
They shouldn’t have walked Ortiz. Righty lefty who cares. He’s not nearly the hitter that beltre is right now.
And that’s especially true against Mo’s cutter. Ortiz doesn’t have the bat speed to hit that pitch anymore.
Huge batter obviously. If you get Beltre, not only do you get out of the inning, but it leaves Mo to face the bottom of the order in the 9th.
Have to play to Beltre’s lack of plate discipline here. He will chase.
This is best on best. Beltre has been the Sox MVP. Great matchup here.
Well, it was Mo who blew it in 2004.
why doesn’t Rivera just pitch to Ortiz? He’s better vs lefties anyway and the go ahead run wouldn’t be on base. Girardi’s a moron.
Don’t really understand walking a lefty to bring up a righty then you bring in moe, who’s always been better against lefties. We’ll see what happens. Man this will be a crucial at bat.
Lets go Mo!
the rangers would not even make the playoffs in the NL…. OUCH
Why would you ever IBB the go ahead run on base with Beltre hitting behind him and 2 outs?
The Red Sox cannot take the lead without a HR, but instead you give them an opportunity to do it on a double.
Classic case of Girardi overmanaging. You have the lefty warm and Ortiz is a much weaker hitter against lefties, and you have Rivera warm who can get anyone out.
sj hew is doing whatyou want hope it works out……..
mo will prervail !
Hey can’t complain about mo.. Biggest game of the year…
Win or lose, the way Girardi played this inning is the best news of the last 4 weeks. That’s how you manage–put your team in a position to win with the best reliever ever on the mound.
Thankfully, if they make the playoffs, this looks like how he’ll manage.
I thought something was wrong with him.
I meant good move walking Papi…..I would have let Wood pitch to Beltre. I don’t have a good feeling about this….
Girardi’s decision – Logan pitching to Ortiz – or Mo to Beltre. We’ll see how this works out.
Here’s one scenerio for Mo. Get this out and have the Yankees score a bunch of insurance runs in the 8th.
Adrian Beltre will
(a) Homer
(b) Single
(c) Double
(d) Triple
Mo loves these moments. He is our walk on water leader.
Guys, think about this. This game counts for two. After this, all we need is one Yankee win or one Sux loss.
What a difference a day can make…
LET’S GO MO!!!
People that are sorta panicking right now… if the tables were turned, how confident would you be with 2 outs and men on 1st and 2nd with the games best closer coming in to close it? Confident? I think not.
# SJ44 September 26th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Carl,
Because Martinez is hitting .400 against lefties this year.
You want him to bat LH.
No Logan for Ortiz. Ortiz can’t hit lefties.
I’d rather take the Mo/Beltre matchup over any matchup they have with Ortiz.
Risky? Yes but, I’d do it anyway.
Everytime Girardi does this it costs them. I hate this move…
good sign… the ball is cutting..
Only advantage to throwing to Beltre is that he hasn’t seen Mo much.
Time for pitchers to earn their keep.
I liked Wood against Ortiz there honestly…..Mo may make me understand the move though. (I hope)
rivera is rested….
he should be able to do this.
.I would have let Wood pitch to Beltre. I don’t have a good feeling about this….
more fodder from the moron committee. only an idiot would prefer someone else to Rivera.
bad pitch
at least the 9th will be the bottom of the lineup for them.
girardi = wade phillips of mlb.
Explain to me hoe bringing in the best closer in the history of baseball is “overmanaging”? That sounds more like someone “overposting”….also known as saying nonsense just to say something
Stuart,
He’s doing well.
Getting ready for the Arizona Fall League in a few weeks.
Thanks for asking.
WHERE WAS THAT PITCH?
yes
yes……………….
Done deal
The Greatest ever!!!!!
(E)-Ground out
how does mo not get that call?????
All I can say is thank God!!
YEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phew. Cano makes up for prior mistake.
Ruby- you ****ing loser- u forgot “none of the above”
HARDEE HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR!!!
BIG! OUT!
That 2-2 pitch was called strike 3 to Jeter in his first appearance against Dice-K today!!!!!
THey tried to cheat the best reliever in baseball history.
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!!!!!
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the confidence u all have in the best closer ever?
thanks for expanding the zone Beltre !
Big pitch…perfect location and Cano makes up for his previous throw. Rivera is a good matchup against anybody but I still would have rather pitched to Ortiz there. Nevertheless, it worked so good move.
Ok Mo. You got that out. Now Yankees get some insurance NOW. I MEAN NOW. NOT NEXT YEAR.
Beltre’s been pretty cold lately so….
great play by Robbie, great pitch by Mo.
OK, 4 runs here.
Well it worked, good job by Mo. He has gotten squeezed a lot recently. It’s like umps are testing him to see how many perfect pitches he can throw. Hopefully this offense can actually score another run.
It was a ball. It was the correct call.
Mo threw his two best cutters this month to Beltre.
The first and last pitch were vintage Mo cutters.
Well Cano certainly made up for that poor throw on the DP there. That is not an easy play to make and Beltre runs well.
Have to make that play very smoothly and flawlessly to get the out. He’s charging forward very hard to field that soft chopper and then has to throw perpendicular to his line of motion and across his body to get the ball to first.
Would be nice to get Mo another run, or two. Or three.
“Girardi has done this before and it has come back to haunt him”
Some people are so tortured they can only wish bad things even when things are going good.
Tack on runs would be very nice here.
add insurance runs!
And Wood’s ERA still goes down. It has to give him confidence to have MO there to help him out. He doesn’t have to do it all by himself.
Great pitching as usual by Mo.
The prior pitch was definitely inside by the way.
That Ruby Tuesday is funny! I’m sure it’s an act.
I think moe would definitely have gotten ortiz just as easy but its all good. Looked like the rest helped him. Better movement, better location, crisper. I like it.
“Adrian Beltre will
(a) Homer
(b) Single
(c) Double
(d) Triple”
YOU D-BAG TOOL.
GOOD BYE RUBY TUESDAY
WHO CAN HANG A WIN ON YOU
WHEN YOUR TEAM IS SUCKING WIND NOW
WE’RE NOT GOING TO MISS YOU!
It was also a ball to Jeter in his first appearance. That was called incorrectly for a loser like Dice-K, but not for the greatest reliever this game will ever see. Get over yourself and look at facts.
And a great play by Cano. That was very tough.
Let’s go offense!!!
starting hughes was definitely the right move. he held them in the game…
Maybe, just maybe, this marks the end of the Bizarro Yankee World of the past 4 weeks.
PS, SJ, my 8 year old son wants to catch and idolizes Ryan Doumit. Hopefully Tony sticks with the Pirates (you never know with the Nuttings) and my son can root for him.
An insurance run would be nice here.
Cano has great body control….that is a really tough play.
Thank you Mo.
3 more runs, then 3 more outs please.
Jets leading, Yankees winning… would’ve been complete if the Giants won.
It looks like Mo’s cutter is moving well. 2-1 could be enough.
wasnt that the same place rivera’s pitch wasnt called?
Berkman is such a Dud at times
wasnt that the same place rivera’s pitch wasnt called?
Faiaz – And Manchester United. But they threw away another 2 points today
Would love to see Granderson lose one here.
Granderson for a bomb I think.
1 HR away from 30
ac1 – Yes, indeed it was. But hey, Rivera is nothing but a scrub rookie pitcher. Rookie pitchers dont get those calls.
I hope the league outlaws DikeK’ s arse wiggle…and no ,it is not arousing me
Pittsburgh,
Hopefully he sticks at least thru his arbitration years! lol
7 K’s tonight, 6 looking.
Too much guessing at the plate.
D-bag tool? LOL, I’ll add that to my repertoire.
this offense is still bad for the hitters they have
It’s amazing that Alex is very likely going to get 30 HRs after all the injuries and the slow start power wise……………what a weapon. Still, it’s hard to win with a 1 man offense.
Seems like a long long time ago when CBGB was over .300
The killer about a 1-0 game is exactly what you just saw happen. One pitcher pitches his brains out and a bloop and a blast changes everything.
Phil Hughes deserves to share the game ball with Arod. Just a tremendous performance. If Swish wasn’t playing with a bum knee, it could have been 0-0 when Phil left the game.
Geeze too bad Girardi took his foot off the pedal, or whatever the phrase is. Swish could be out in the outfield with crutches right now if Girardi had played it right!
A-God. Don’t doubt his greatness.
MO always seems to get that 1st out of a 4 out save. I mean always. But then that following inning he just doesn’t seem as sharp. Now with that said Girardi had to go to him there. But far from an ideal situation. Sums up the end of the season. Nothing has really been “idea”
Does Gardner ever get on base?
starting to rain there.
The offense doesn’t look interested in giving Mo another run to work with. Lowell will hit and whoever else they pinch hit.
if arod doesnt miss a month this season and last season he could have hit 35+ homers and 120+ rbi’s. Pretty sure he is still a ELITE baseball player.
Gardner is an expert at fouling off 1 strike and no strike pitches.
CR9
I still can’t get over Barca losing at home to Hercules.
No post game?
DAMN!
# DocTodd September 26th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Does Gardner ever get on base?
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AAA player at best
Walk, SB, Hit. Lets go.
AHH the wonderful smell of dirt when it starts to rain. Let’s get this done before a delay.
HAVE.TO.STEAL
# DocTodd September 26th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Does Gardner ever get on base?
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Apparently he does.
Stolen Base Brett. 1st pitch. Who cares if you get thrown out. Take a chance, make it happen.
run gardner. First pitch take off
MUST STEAL 1st pitch
Have to run Gardner here and hope Jeter can pick up the run with a base hit.
“It’s amazing that Alex is very likely going to get 30 HRs after all the injuries and the slow start power wise”
All those mediots (Lupica, Sherman,….) -who were predicting that Alex lost power as he is off steroids and predicted gloom for the Yankees – are eating crow as well.
jeter’s hit streak in jeopardy
Gardner has got to go on the first pitch
Run on the first pitch Brett. Don’t wait, be aggressive.
Yes. MUST STEAL.
Oh well. I appreciate the try Brett. And he was safe fwiw.
Gardner is just awful sometimes.
did he really get thrown out by martinez? is that martinez’s first CS this year?
chalk that comment up as a fail by me. shoot. Lets go MO
Worth the risk
maybe not first pitch…..Tito guessed right there.
Great running once again by Gardner. Get Crawford in the offseason, please.
Looked safe. Guess espn didn’t think a replay was necessary.
Drat
Well he tried!
Lets go Mo. 3 and out.
**************
Nothing beats a two fer.
Win this game, only need one more. One Yankee win, one Sux loss.
On the road to heaven.
That’s ok, at least he was aggressive.
Can’t mind that play.
Get 3 outs now and try to keep the drama to a minimum.
I hope the Yankees learned their lesson when they didn’t trade Joba when his value was high. I’d love to see what Cashman could get for a Joba, Gardner, Cervelli package this winter.
they don’t have yes-mo
# West Coast Yankee Fan September 26th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Gardner is just awful sometimes.
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I can’t stand this guy…..
That new guard for the Jets, Slauson? he’s not too good huh?
I would imagine YES would have a post-game show……………not sure about that though
If I’m Girardi I go right up to Gardner and tell him good job. We need this kid stealing earlier in the count.
DiceK…1st complete game since little league in Japn..
MO finish this out and everyone can exhale. For at least one night.
Lets go mo. 3 outs please.
please no drama.
Gardner is still a terrible base stealer.
Running on the first pitch with 2 outs is just far too predictable, and makes it way too easy for them to pitch out on the first pitch and have a chance to throw you out.
He either stands there and does nothing, or runs in predictable counts in which they are either going to throw a fastball or a pitch out. He looks nervous out there and he makes dumb decisions to try to “make things happen” because he’s afraid that he won’t end up running at all.
My prediction is we win this game, we definitely win the next one in Toronto.
Book it.
Clinch is tomorrow night.
(who do we have on the mound, not that it matters)
No walks.
Who here didn’t know that the Red Sox would call for a first pitch pitch out?
Getting thrown out by V.Martinez is beyond embarrassing.
I assume Slauson ? got called for 2 holdings, since a friend has updated me it was 2nd and 4 to 2nd and 23. I wouldnt blame Slauson, but rather credit the referees.
I’d love to see what Cashman could get for a Joba, Gardner, Cervelli package this winter.
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A third place finish in 2011?
“I hope the Yankees learned their lesson when they didn’t trade Joba when his value was high. I’d love to see what Cashman could get for a Joba, Gardner, Cervelli package this winter.”
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Weren’t you just complaining about the Yankees not having position players from their system?
Now you want to trade Gardner, who has been absolutely fantastic this season???
Well done Gardner. If he wants to stay in the majors he has a lot of work to do in the off season and spring training. He won’t last in the majors if he doesn’t learn how to bunt and steal bases. He does a good job fouling off pitches but he very rarely hits the ball hard.
Vintage moe, please
Joba,Cervelli & Gardner package gets you a bag of balls
No dink hits pleeeease.
“I would imagine YES would have a post-game show……………not sure about that though”
God I hope so. What better night than tonight!
Why the heck is Swisher still playing?
that didn’t look good off the bat. Phew!
It was over aggressiveness in a situation in which he made it easy for them to pitch out on the first pitch and nail him stealing.
It wasn’t a smart play, it was the classic case of trying to do too much and running into an out.
Boy Swisher isn’t running too well but he made a nice play to get to that ball
close call
Thanks wind!!
that absolutely scared the hell out of me.
Why is Swish still in the game?
Wow Mo… Jed Lowrie seriously.. That was close!
Wind knocked that ball down.
Whoa! That was scary.
Why is Swisher in RF?
Wow. Not good location there.
It’s funny.
The same people criticizing Gardner will kill him the next time he doesn’t take off on the first pitch.
Hilarious.
Lowrie is a Yankee killer. that probably took both the Babe and the Iron Horse to blow that back onto the field!
Ouch, it almost looked like Swish wouldn’t get there.
West Coast – stay with us man. Talk about trades later. We need your energy.
Golson should be in there!!!!… I hate this Kalish guy!
Big first out! Get two more.
“Why the heck is Swisher still playing?”
Good question, you’d think Golson would be in there defensively.
did mo thank the wind?
Warning track and a base hit – come on Mo.
For a minute I thought why is Swisher still in there.
He bats 2nd in the ninth if it is needed.
west
This winter? Maybe before trade deadline, if there’s a need. Lee, Crawford and Darvish are available this winter for us to see what fits best. What are you expecting to trade for? A catcher?
# DocTodd September 26th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Joba,Cervelli & Gardner package gets you a bag of balls
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at one time joba alone would have brought something decent back…he’s got to get himself in shape next year
His command is still off. That pitch got too much of the plate.
“Lowrie is a Yankee killer. that probably took both the Babe and the Iron Horse to blow that back onto the field!”
It don’t come easy
Jeez, rivera really hasn’t been a sure thing lately. His location has been more inconsistent than everyones used to
Golson should definitely be in RF.
Multi-tasking Trish.
Terrible Posada.. what was that?
I dont believe it. A good throw gets him. He couldnt make a throw, but limp Martinez could.
Swish is running like Buckner out there. If I’m Girardi I take him out now, might need Golson’s cannon.
Damn…These stupid stolen bases are killing them.
Alright Matt, you know it all…..
I have a bad feeling
Never easy
Negate.
“He bats 2nd in the ninth if it is needed.”
That’s not how you play this inning up 2-1. You try to make sure it never gets to the bottom of the inning.
not for nothing and I believe Mo is the best ever, but he’s not making it easy anymore
Get swish out
Mo just hasn’t looked the same since the two inning stint in Texas.
Where the hell are my nitroglycerin pills!
VMart throws out Gardner and Posada can’t even make a decent throw to 2nd base. Unreal..
Mo is getting squeezed a teeny bit
Told u miller was a sox lover. Bringing up Roberts name.
mo is getting no calls even close.
It isn’t supposed to be about him hitting second in the 9th.
You make the defensive change so you can preserve the one run lead.
1-0 pitch to Hall was a strike. Should be out on that swing & miss.
“Multi-tasking Trish.”
“I have a bad feeling”
I don’t.
Girardi is playing scared with the best closer in history if he is worrying about who is up in the bottom of the 9th.
He is getting squeezed
This guy is gonna steal home
Strike 3 just called a ball
What a joke Posada is…This game is as good as tied…
unreal
what is going on with this Kalish and letting him run rampant on the base paths
Mariano is not getting any close calls.
Hall working the 0-4 count
The ump is squeezing him again, of course.
Mo is getting squeezed just a little…
Stole both of those bases on Mo.
He wasn’t even paying attention to Kalish.
these calls give legs to CR9s conspiracy theories.
Hating this ump right now
Pulling the infield in is almost NEVER a good idea.
Cmon Mo, hurry the F up. Gotta watch Boardwalk Empire.
Is Mo really going to fricking blow this?
Mo’s cutter doesn’t look as sharp this inning. Strange. These 2-inning saves appear to be rough on him.
again with the imaginary,..NOT !….squeezing of the strike zone for the Yankees….what a bunch of bullsheet !
FU Mo!
haha
Why was Arod playing so close?
Noooooooo
I am going to throw up!!! Good job MO and the Yankee defense.
This team sucks so hard. So, so, so hard.
The end of the world as we know it….
And there it is… pulling the infield in costs us a run. Good job Joe
GREAT JOB POSADA!!!!! RETIRE!!!!!
How do you let the steal 3rd uncontested with 1 out….struck Hall out twice, but still can’t let them just run all over the place.
He’s just struggling mightily out there.
Good job Arod…
This team just can’t get out of it’s own way.
Terrible.
Well we can’t count on Rivera anymore!
Ouch!
the old mo is gone…..
And of course he gets a hit. This was on the ump. Totally squeezed him on two calls.
I think I’d rather watch Slauson hold guys. This is too painful.
This inning is a fail on so many levels
Wow, Mo’s blown 3 of his last 5 chances?
oh well, season on the line, and the red sox stole 2nd and 3rd in the same at bat.
Hall should have been struck out, but hey guys, the umpires werent calling things fairly for Mariano. yippppeee. hooray.
mark sanchez scrambled for a TD and had a 3rd holding call on the drive take the TD away.
yyipppeee.
# Jim September 26th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Why was Arod playing so close?
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Because if it had been a soft tap to him, it would’ve kept them from scoring the run.
Well look at the plus side… walk-off wins are more enjoyable anyway
certainly easier to do that when you have a nice small strike zone to hit with….what a bunch of CRAP !
S W E E P
arod gonna get number 30 in the 9th?
PUT A TENT AROUND THIS CIRCUS!!!!!!
Here we go.
Jump jump jump!
Rain? Let’s go back to the last full inning.
Hey Jeter, how about you go talk to your buddy and tell him to FO(*)(*kin hold on a runner!
Trouble
Maybe the savior wants to hold the runners????
Posada is the worst defensive catcher.
That’s on Rivera. Grestest closer or not, he didn’t do his job.
He blew this one because the ump gave Hall 3 or 4 extra strikes.
Really Jorge? 3 bases in one inning?
I don’t know what is going on out there.
Mariano cant get a *********************** call to save his god damn ************ life.
No reason for Arod to be playing in… This team deserves to lose tonight.. This is unacceptable here.. Mo is definately not one to fear right now.. He is just average lately.
This is ****ing embarrassing
Stay after lowell here
What a freaking joke
Mo just has not looked sharp since he threw those two innings in Texas. He’s missing location far more than he was prior.
He just doesn’t look right.
His stuff this inning doesn’t look nearly as good as it did against Beltre that prior inning.
FOUR?
Wow, I can’t believe this. Mo is still not sharp – and he’s blown another game. Crushing.
WOW.
This is embarrassing.
This isn’t all bad. Just think of all the time you’ll all have in October when you’re not watching the Yankees play.
so now another Yankee steps up to lose the game from us. This really stinks !
How are they letting this happen!.?!
Seriously…this team is a joke
stole 2nd and 3rd two times in the same inning.
that’s called effort, gents.
something our team doesnt show.
amazing!!!!!
So they steal all over the place, but Gardner just stands at first 99% of the time. Great…..
…Are you $@&%ing kidding me.
Mo looks terrible. Posada is going to lose this game for them. What a joke he is..Bill freaking Hall steals 2 bases are you kidding me?!??!
Mariano isn’t even looking at the baseunner.
All four bases stolen this inning have been on him.
They lose this game, making the playoffs is going to be an uphill battle.
The core four is old and done!!!! Time for changes!!!
This is the way the Yankees should have been running on Vmart all series
This would be the worst loss of the season.
“Girardi is playing scared with the best closer in history if he is worrying about who is up in the bottom of the 9th.”
Now what you say.
Swisher has not given up anything so far and we may need his bat.
Bill freaking Hall
game over…..oh well….good night
Wow- this is just an embarrassment.
Rivera is about to blow the game. He can’t get outs at this point.
Embarrassment
and they get the run home. effort. determination.
worst team in the majors!
Just. Wow.
Wow, is this really happening?!?
wow…. this is a terrible sign.
Now we need another bloop and a blast. Even if we win this, there is no joy, only relief.
This team is f@cking pathetic!
the sox are showing so much heart. IF they win tonight, is there any doubt in your mind that they will take 3 of four from the chi sox if not sweep?
Absolutely crushing!
You’ve got to be kidding me…………..
I officially have seen it all.
EPIC
And there goes the ball game.
Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha did anyone see jorges throw to third on hall??? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahah
I have no words for this embarrassment. As much as i hate to say it, Mariano has killed us down the stretch.
This is why Girardi is a lousy manager and was thoroughly out managed by Francona.
1. Francona thinking of extra innings sticks with Dice-K, meaning his entire bullpen is rested and available right now. Hello Papplebon in the 9th.
2. Girardi uses Robertson, Wood and Mo and we have little left.
3. Girardi runs Gardner when the world knew it.
4. Francona embarrasses us and Posada by running circles around us. Not one pitch out.
Having trouble believing this is actually happening.
Posada basically gave up he lead with is bad throws.
oh fxxk, I thought Vic is bad
# Bring in the Goose September 26th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
This would be the worst loss of the season.
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Worse than the last worst loss of the season and until the next worst loss of the season…
This team is PATHETIC.
Rivera has cost the Yankees 3 games in the last couple weeks. Hate to say it, but its true.
Why even have a catcher behind the plate?!?!? Posada is embarrassing. He can’t even make a decent throw to get old man Hall.
Game over. Season over.
Now we need another bloop & blast. Even if we win this, there is no joy, only relief.
There is no excuse for what just happened.
Shaping up to be the worst loss of the year – Mo has sucked since Texas and Posada is done behind the plate
Golly – they’re really not making it easy . . . everything that can go wrong . . . Not much confidence in a walk off win either. I never, ever question Mo, but is there something off or is it just rust?
Oh well. Game is not over. But this is pitiful.
And the HP umpire did Mariano no favors. Cheated all inning long, folks. Time to start looking at facts and stop sweeping them under the red rug.
This is embarrassing now.
And Posada should just turn around and deck the home plate umpire.
Now we need another b& b. Even if we win this, there is no joy, only relief.
Yankees look lazy. Mo cant hold a runner, posada cant throw the ball…..
Ouch/.
This must be what it’s like to root for the Mets
Who’s surprised? Yankees being up 3-0 in the AL Championship, AZ.
I still love the Yanks, but they’ve been damn brutal to watch for most of September.
worst half inning of baseball I have ever seen.. No care in the world for the guy on base and the Sox are going to steal a win literally and this Yankee team deserves to lose.. This is absolutely pathetic baseball and an embarassment to the Yankee fan base!
Y is he in for 4 outs? He’s not a 2 inn pitcher anymore
Deflating
Well at least the Sox play in a game that feels like it’s the postseason. Good for them.
2010 Yanks – meet the 1964 Phillies.
This may go down as the biggest choke of all time. Makes 2001 and 2004 look like good efforts.
cue the BoSux idiots, I am gone, this Yankees team has nothing ready for any playoffs they may bump into by default. Nice job of getting swept at home by a piss poor BoSux NON PLAYOFF team….this next week is gonna s*ck !
Need two runs or so begins panic time
We will have the biggest 2 chokes in the history of the majors.
2004 AND…
2010, 7.5 game lead with 9 games to play.
All because they can’t throw runners out. The Sux can’t either, except when the Yankees try it.
Hahahahahahahaha—–keep blaming the umps. Its been the ump’s fault every single time. Should have called all those SBs out…
That is truly devastating. Sox have a lot of hopemrightnnow. Disgusting.
Well Mo is officially done!
Let’s face it. Mo is 40 and no one fears him anymore. He’s not the Mo of old. Neither is Jeter. It’s a reality Yankee fans. It’s a reality.
Oh well, once they are eliminated I won’t care.
Girardi’s moves aren’t working and Posada has been exposed….
Hate to say it, but this one is entirely on Mo.
I don’t remember Mariano blowing this many saves in this short of a span.
Jump jump jump jump jump jump jump!
You can’t blame Girardi for this game.
This one is on Mo.
I don’t see Posada have much chance to throw out the runner
there is an excuse for what just happened….even though MO couldnt bother to hold anyone on, the umpire cheated him. Plain and simple.
He didnt get one SIMPLE call all inning long. He basically had to throw it right down the middle to get a call. Not the Hall of Famer Dice-K though.
Thank you Rivera! Not because you gave up hits, runs, and blew a save b/c that happens. Because you allowed 4 SBs….You’ve got to be better than that.
Thank you Rivera! Not because you gave up hits, runs, and blew a save b/c that happens. Because you allowed 4 SBs….You’ve got to be better than that.
Those stolen bases were 90% on Rivera. He didn’t check the runners at all in any way.
Teams don’t steal second and third like that – with slow runners like Bill Hall – unless their scouting report says the pitcher loses contact with the runners.
Was that a fine mist or midge bugs in the air? I can’t tell the difference.
I have seen it all.
If they lose tonight, they better pray the White Sox win 3 in Boston.
It’s the only way they are making the playoffs because this team looks cooked in every way.
Mariano didn’t pay any attention to the baserunners in that inning and paid the price.
Mo is aging right before our eyes over the last month.. He has got to be held responsible for some of his play.. he always gets a pass, but not this time.
Welp that felt like 2004
I fear the old Mo is finally gone forever. And this is coming from someone who thinks he is the greatest pitcher of all time.
watch arod hit number 30 in the 9th
Hate it when Mo tries for the 4 out save.
Well wind blowing in means we need to string some solid hits together.
Mo is my favorite, but he’s blown huge games for us lately. I hope this is not the beginning of the end…………..I won’t even go there. Deflating…………..I can’t even get upset actually as I’m sort of stunned.
I don’t have a problem giving up hits…that happens, but you can’t let the opposing team steal their way into scoring position and then to 3rd twice in a row with 1 out. That’s just incredible……I’m speechless.
Assuming we tie, who do we have to pitch the 10th? better NOT be Gaudin, I say bring in Vasquez.
lets see what Jeter can do
cool girardislady gaudin can pitch the 10th.
what a bad loss in a month of bad losses.
jeez
Blown save and loss for Papelbon?
I understand a fast runner stealing but Bill freaking Hall are you kidding me?? He didn’t even get a good jump to 2nd base and the throw to 3rd was dreadful. This inning is on Posada being a joke behind the plate but Mo looked terrible. I wonder if he even has anything left for the play offs.
…and exactly when did Posada actually throw out a runner ???
This would be worse than 04, if they blow this season. This is unacceptable.
WIN!!
Wow, I’m shocked. The Yankees aren’t making the playoffs- and will lose it in Boston next weekend. Just watch, it’ll be fate. Or…they clinch in Boston next weekend and are too beat up to win a playoff game. Man, what a way to go.
This is now Mo’s worst season ever, in terms of save percentage.
The ump had better squeeze Pimplebutt like he did Mo.
If they lose this game it is definitely time to start panicking.
That was just a pathetic job by a team that mentally did not keep their heads in the game yet again. The manager’s strategy of resting guys has taken his players physically and mentally off the field, and it’s costing him big time.
Posadas second throw to third bounced halfway there. Wow
actually I still see they can make the playoff even if they lose this game.
Because ChiSox is not as bad as Yanks, period!
I can’t believe that just happened.
Anytime Bill Hall steals two in an inning (after the runner before did the same friggin’ thing!) is about as bad as it can possibly get.
Did not help that Mo through about five strikes to Hall
groundout, strikeout, flyout this inning?
Those bases were stolen off Mo. Jorge is not good back there, but this one is all on Mo.
Its 75% Mo, but more importantly, POSADA can’t throw anybody out, EVER!
He is old and slow and needs to remove himself from catching duties immediately!!!
That inning is on Rivera. He didn’t get outs against the bottom of the order. Simple as that.
If the Yankees make the playoffs, it’s a good thing that Francona exposed this weakness in the regular season. He knew that Mo wasn’t going to give up a hit so his best bet was to steal bases. It was a genius strategy and now that it’s exposed hopefully Mo will fix it.
Maybe Mo should retire. He’s turned into Brad Lidge.
im not even angry right now. im disheartened, saddened, most of all because nobody sees what just happened to MO. That he couldnt bother to get 1 call in his favor.
Make or Break time.
This game is exactly why I have been saying for a month that playing in the playoffs is not a certainty. The Yankees have pissed away sooooo many games this year (not getting guy home with no outs, pitching Gaudin instead of DRob, etc etc). Meanwhile the redsux have been winning gritty games with bill hall, AAA guys, etc etc.
Ultimate frustration!
Typically we can get to Papeldone. But what’s typical these days…
Is it possible he’s injured? Because that just doesn’t seem like Mo.
I’m glad you all think the season is over and they won’t win anymore games. It’ll save me all of your “MY LIFE IS OVER! THIS TEAM SUXXX!1!1!” posts…
I feel like I can’t trust Mo anymore and that’s a devastating feeling. The offense did squat, but they still had the lead when they gave the ball to Mo. He’s usually so aware, so baseball smart.
This sucks
This would be one of the most embarrassing losses for the yankees I’ve ever seen. On par with 2004 almost. That sequence there with the steals, that was utter little league. Jesus almighty. I’ve never felt so helpless watching this team than last inning. That was truly sad.
Make Papelbon throw strikes in the rain
Let’s see what $50 million gets you.
Whats wrong with Mo? He’s rested…so what can it be?
At least the weather is nice
swings at ball one
Let’s see if it takes the Yanks more than 5 pitches to lose this.
How on earth do you allow TWO runners in a row to steal 1st to 3rd…
Just frigging embarrassing.
Maybe the 2000 Yankees would have closed it out.
Come on bats! This guys sucks now so it’s possible.
Just get it to Arod…..that’s their best chance.
Yogi Mantle – Dream on. The ump aint squeezin Pap. We’ll have to earn this on our own merits.
Hopefully Swish can stick it this inning. He is still in there.
Age cs age.
# Tabbert September 26th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
watch arod hit number 30 in the 9th
I hope you’re right
Team is really clicking on all cylanders when it counts late. I am really enthusiastic about our chances to make this season special. Everyone looks so crisp and sharp, from the starters to the closer to the brilliant offense. So smooth and money.
Spanked
Jeter with an unJeterian AB
Jeter n his 330 obp doing it again
Jeter 0-4. Way to get on base Captain.
I said it before and I will say it again whenever Girardi brings Mo into the 8th it usually back fires. He was fine for the 8th but had nothing in the 9th. At 40 years old he is not a 2 inning pitcher. Most of it was obviously Posada’s fault but he got way too much of the plate to the guys that reached base and Lowrie just missed a homerun.
Jeter hits the ball on the ground 90% of the time and decides to flyout when we need him on base…
totally deflated.
I have serious doubts about the playoffs now. Are they going into Toronto and taking 2/3? With the way they played? the way they are hitting? Even Mo spacing out?
Once again Alex to the rescue…..
Amazing that folks did not blame the flameout on Girardi.
4.5 games back after tonight. Yanks get swept in boston.. so thats1.5.
Better hope to win 2 in canada.
Ha – Arod won’t even have a chance to hit.
Unless Alex is due up in this inning, they’re not coming back. I’d be delighted to be wrong, but nothing I’ve seen so far suggests otherwise.
“Is it possible he’s injured? Because that just doesn’t seem like Mo.”
I think it was that two inning stint in the heat of Texas. He hasn’t been the same since. Girardi pushed him hard that game and he hasn’t looked the same.
I don’t think his arm is right.
Just look at how his stuff decayed from that Beltre at bat to the hitters he faced in the 9th.
Go ahead and get ready for your commercials, Mr K aptain.
I am pissed
A loss here may doom this team.. This is heartbreaking!
This is what all those games in July and August gets you, when Girardi played a AAA team to rest people. How quickly we forget.
Good lord, thank you Joe Morgan for what you just said.
good news for the yankees: AJ PITCHES TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!
# NYY fan in NH September 26th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Jeter hits the ball on the ground 90% of the time and decides to flyout when we need him on base…
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Because he can dictate where the ball will go…
Amazing that Jeter didn’t hit his typical GROUNDOUT.
A pop out is good for him lately.
When was the last time he hit a legitimate line drive ?
This team should have clinched a playoff spot one week ago. The whole rest everybody strategy is looking worse and worse each day.
Arod looks like he’s still thinking about that missed ground ball
Well, I fully expected that 2-0 count to be called a strike. But it was fair.
Ump has not called that a strike all game
Rivera is a 1 inning pitcher TOPS
Thanks Joe G
I am pretty sure Sux will show their true color when they play ChiSox.
oh boy, Yanks are bad right now, very bad.
pr here obviously if he reaches
It doesn’t matter what happens this week they will have nothing for the play offs. They will use all of their energy just to get to the play offs and then get beat by the Twins.
Jeter sucks too!
Not a strike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There it is, folks!!!!!!!!!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!
the fix is in with the ump, that was ball 4. He squeezed the hell out of MO
Clutch, he threw 8 pitches in the 8th. He cant be tired. Must have lost focus between innings.
see….how the hell is that a strike ????
Silver lining: Joe G. may be closer to the door, after this monumental collapse.
It almost like the baseball gods want to torture the tortured even more.
Swish!
tex hit on off paps the other day no?
We got our shot with the big bats now.
I guess that’s why they left Swisher in…
can they fxxking steal here?
Come on Mark.
Okay….can still win this..
a double play would be so fitting right now.
Thanks, Girardi……………..but I don’t want to completely blame it on that. Mo is older -that’s just the truth. It happens to everyone and maybe it’s happening to him now. That will be the story of the game, but the Yankees did nothing offensively. If they miss the playoffs, it will be the greatest collapse in history and I wonder who will survive it. Joe won’t. Will Cash?
# NYY fan in NH September 26th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Jeter hits the ball on the ground 90% of the time and decides to flyout when we need him on base…
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Because he can dictate where the ball will go…
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Yes, but when you swing at a pitch up in the zone.. you will flyout!
I just became the biggest Ozzie Guillen fan in the world.
Ball fournto swish. Low and out
Not over yet. Papelbon has been very mediocre this year. Far from over.
Should Nunez steal? Or will Girardi wait for a HR?
So, lets steal a base. Tex hit a home run. Please.
What Golson just stand there and Tex hit a DP
Let me guess Nunez won’t try and steal and then a Tex dp.
It’s time for Teixeira to break out in a big meaningful way!
Tex needs to HR
they just need the bomb.
I’d like to think the baseball gods set it up this way to embarrass Papeldone for his bravado about being the best closer in the game, or whatever he said…
Mo and Posada are both to blame. You’d think after the first, second, or maybe third stolen base Posada could have made a trip to the mound to give Mo a breather and remind him to check the runners. Both players are veterans who should have known better that inning.
Well, now they are in a race to make the post-season.
All entirely avoidable but, that’s water under the bridge now.
The way this team is playing now, winning 3 games this week is unlikely.
Meaning, everybody better hope the White Sox show up this week.
All the mistakes they have made this month have come back to bite them.
Now we find out if this team has anything left in the tank this week.
Watch*
Mo looks sad.
That makes me sad.
Why no Golson for Swisher?
Papelbom with that stupid hallowe’en mouth of his.
Girardi is a genius.
He went against the conventional wisdom and kept Swish in the game.
Before people complain, Swisher did not do any defensive harm in the top of 91th.
Steal the friggin’ bag!!!!!!!
We really really need a big hit
Of course, we are not going to steal on V-Mart.
pretty sad we have to have another team get us into the playoffs. We wont win the wild card.. the white sox will have to win it for us.
how come the Yanks don’t run rampant on VMart?
so there’s no way they pitch out here so why not go, barring a PO Vmart can’t throw anyone out
Any chance Nunez stills second and third? Probably not because the Yankees will just wait for Tex or Arod to hit a bomb
teasing us now…..i hate this
Boston steals 4 bases and Nunez doesn’t even run. What are you waiting for??
how come the Yanks don’t run rampant on VMart?
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because Joe G has turned into Joe T. Waiting for the HR
Bad at bat by Tex.
I think this team has mailed it in ever since Cashman all but conceded to the press that they were going for the Wild Card instead of the division title.
shocked that wasnt called
That outside corner is not being called
Kinda like what WCYF said before —
:
…and all those piss-poor losses in May/June that almost everyone here kept saying:
” it doesn’t matter – it’s a long season”
Well – we really needed those “throw away’ games – didn’t we ????
Where is godson?
This September has been brutal. What happened?? Is this the same team as last year, it sure doesn’t seem like it?
Teixeira!
at least we have the right guy up…
don’t DP, Mr.A-Rod
Come on Alex.
rconn23 September 26th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Bad at bat by Tex
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Terrible.
We’re still in there guys
A-Rod and Cano….man oh man.
Nice hit but if Nunez ran earlier he would be on 3rd base now.
I’ll go with a Cano walk-off.
Man, how many times can this team ask A-Rod to bail them out? Lets go A-Rod!
Anything but a GIDP.
a walkoff could be what this teams needs to wake up and go on a tear.
They didn’t run Nunez because they wanted to give Alex an at bat.
It’s time for Rodriguez to do what he does best!
He cannot possibly do it again, can he?
Without Matsui, Damon, et al, it is nothing like the same team as last year.
Good job not stealing the base. Didn’t need a runner in scoring position anyways.
should be 1st and 3rd but they had Nunez stand on first against one of the worst defensive catchers in the game
If A-rod doesn’t come through, this is going to be a long week.
arod going for 30th?
Clutch you cant chance him getting thrown out.
Do not let Rob Thompson ruin this game for us.. Let’s go Arod.. AGAIN!!
Who wants pie?
Arod walk to the plate music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5vL8lgNEBA
Go Arod!! Please no dp…
Just a single here AL stay within yourself
You buy yourself 2 shots at it.
For all the ragging everyone does on VMart’s arm, I don’t see 4 bags being swiped against him this inning. Posada is done as a catcher
No DP. PLEASE
Steal 3rd
why don’t I hear “There goes Nunez!???”
4 stolen bases, a single and a flyout and this team shows just how “out of it” they have become because of the “decision” to get “healthy” for playoffs that have not even been assured. 5 game losing streak, unless PapelPug can keep s*cking…
VMart is 1 million times worse than Posaada why arent they running on him??
about time
# Niblick September 26th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Without Matsui, Damon, et al, it is nothing like the same team as last year.
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Because the Angels and Tigers are going places…
That was too close!!
Thank you Nunez!
ok, fly out would be good enough
That was wild.
“The way this team is playing now, winning 3 games this week is unlikely”
That is as good a prediction as the now wins on the road trip.
Any way as you wrote earlier, it does not matter what any one of us write here.
Risky….it worked but risky.
Like I said steal 3rd
Alex, we need more heroics. I know you have it in you!
You steal 3rd and not 2nd…. is Joe G DRUNK!!
Ump is getting worse
niceeeee
Got to at least get the sac fly.
Almost killed Arod but safe!
Tex still stuck at first???
holy sheet….we stole a base ?
Nunez is lucky. I thought he was out there.. Come on Arod sac fly!!
Gotta avoid the double play!
Keep it the bleep off the ground.
THANK YOU GOD IN HEAVEN! THANK YOU ABRAHAM.
Abraham. The faith of Abraham.
I’m getting a little choked up. I’m feeling hopeful…
Helpful steal by Nunez, but, not really the smartest play
Girardi showed guts there.
He got his mojo back
can’t believe Teix didn’t follow
Alex is ahead. He’ll get a fastball most likely.
arod is being very patient. waiting for THE pitch
I can’t type
Yankees with less than 2 outs and runner at 3rd. Gotta do what they havent been able to all month.
Joy. God squad has arrived.
That was low.
Tense
finally….papelpug get squeezed !
I am surprised Girardi isn’t running for Tex here
This ump sucks
Everything is down….trying badly for the DP
Homerun will be great, but I will settle for a fly ball.
The strike zone has magically become an inch or two wider this inning
One heck of a game
not on that one though////FUDGE !
Finally someone on this team with some balls
Somewhere in the outfield Alex….
Curve/ slider
now you pinch run??
Ray Romano to pinch run.
Why didnt Girardi do that earlier in the count? He thinks of things too late.
Rodriguez!
ok…. it’s cano time
Wow, that was close………..
# m September 26th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Ray Romano to pinch run.
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Ha! Never noticed that before!
Walkoff right here, Cano will get it done.
Lets go robbie!
well, cano this is your chance to prove that your a MVP.
Alright Cano, let’s do this. This could be an MVP clincher
ROBBIE!
What a Hold by AL. Unreal
Lord! We’ve gotten a couple of breaks.
MVP MVP MVP
Well, if Cano wants any votes for MVP, here’s the time to get some.
Man thats a tough take there by Alex….good AB. Come on Robbie.
It’s time for Cano to win the ballgame!
Close…almost a swing..great take
If cano swings at the first pitch… I will toss my laptop through the window.
why is the runner coming in NOW ?….did Girardi just figure out Tex has no wheels ?,,,,,IDIOT !
GIDP coming up.
Cano, single would be wonderful here
Oh god, please no DP
shallow pop up coming?
One helluva take by Arod.
Cano should hit a grand slam and seal the deal for MVP.
Great at bat by Arod. Hopefully Cano isn’t too over aggressive here. When he is it’s usually a dp.
Papelbon is a two pitch pitcher – fastball and splitter. In that at bat he went with his third pitch.
That’s how much he didn’t want Alex to beat him.
Come on Robbi.
Alex has been pitched around lately to get to cano. He’s gotta step up here.
Let’s go Cano
Alex is just an ice cold killer at the plate in this super big game here.
I can’t believe this situation here.. I almost can’t watch.. Robbie Cano time!!!!
Okay. Just wow.
Guess what? Papeldone just got jobbed.
Justice finally.
Who better to deserve to get a winning hit than Robby.
this may be for cano’s chance at mvp.
man if K Zone is right
absolutely no DP
Sorry Robi, but I’m hoping for a HBP here.
SO Glad the Ump sucks for PapelPukeFace, too !
Be patient
Make him throw strikes here…nowhere to put you.
Time for cano to convince some MVP voters.
stay calm Cano
take one pitch?
Push that run across
Cano has been hacking lately. You just hope he can come out of it here. Be disciplined.
was that a MVP chant?
Cano please be patient…
Well, this is pretty epic.
It would be cool it ‘Done walked in a run
Papelbon not wanting to throw his four seamer.
take a strike now?
yeah, be patient
“One helluva take by Arod.”
yeah. Shows a lot of confidence in Robbie
Good take, be patient….
Patience, Robby!
“was that a MVP chant?”
It was!
Better be your pitch here to swing.
Faiaz September 26th, 2010 at 11:03 pm(when 99% of “fans” accepted a loss for today)
Well look at the plus side… walk-off wins are more enjoyable anyway
Faiaz September 26th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I’ll go with a Cano walk-off.
Cano!
That’s being CLUTCH !!!
Thank You, Robbie !!!
wow!!!
mvp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!!!
CANO!!!!!!!!
Nice job Cano. This game is going 18 innings.
Good hold there by the 3B coach.
OH
MY
GOD!!!!!
Nice, now let’s end it
why hold him WTF
Held?
Who wants pie?!?!
OK, Posada, deep flyout would be GOOD!!!
thought that was a dp play at first
Robbie comes through ….man that was nearly a DP.
It’s time for Posada to win the ballgame!
Ca-Yes
Robbie! Now let’s end this!
Ca-Yes
Wow I thought that was right as lowrie.
Huge hit for Cano.
Jorge needs to get this ball in the air.
That at bat encompassed everything about Robbi Cano’s growth as a hitter and as a true superstar.
He forced Papelbon to throw the pitch that Papelbon didn’t want to throw to either him or Alex.
Fly ball
Cmon yall, didn’t we already lose this game like 30 mins ago? Why so excited?
No DP
Can we just get a sac fly?
told you, no DP from CANO!!!!
We want piiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!
Just get the damn ball in the outfield !!!
Go Cano!!!! Posada has to score this run from 3rd otherwise it’s Joba in the 10th. But Posada is a huge dp possibility.
Jorge make up for the FOUR SBs
This was lined up by the baseball gods. I have to believe that.
@trisha
You’re welcome
Posada scares the daylights out of me in this situation. Scares. The. Daylights.
everyone who got on base this innings deserves a pie
in the air!!!!!
Go Posada!!!
Ball two
Need that elusive sac fly
igotid, what did I miss?
Fly ball Jorge….I’m a little surprised they held Pena with it being wet.
What on earth was Jorge swinging at?
very bad chase here, Posada.
why fxxking chase that?
cano needs to cheat at first. They aren’t holding him, the only chance they have is for him to take out the SS.
Chased it! Should be 2-0.
Bad
A-Rod really amazes me.
He never tries to do too much, still hits lot of homeruns.
His walk was critical for Cano to get a good pitch to hit.
Not a good swing Jorge
Damn Posada it should be 2-0. Be patient…
Jorge looking awful up there
K coming
Flyball please
Maybe a pie for Puma coming.
What a great at bat by Cano. Just superb. That wouldn’t have happened last year. Different approach. More disciplined hitter.
a damn fly ball!!!!!!!!!!
Tough takes
wow. bad call there.
I would be glad if no DP here
Papelbon’s pitch count running up. Becomes less effective past 20 pitches.
Sado looks old.
Posada will probably strike out or hit into a dp. He doesn’t look good.
just think in a couple years a beast named Montero will be hammering HR at the catcher position.
Igotid -
I just gotid!!!
Time for Lance to earn his pinstripes.
awful.
BOOOOOOOO!
Come on Lance.
Ugh.
well, berkman can finally earn his stripes and get the pie.
Jorge’s having a super inning, isn’t he?
Wow, what a pathetic at bat by Jorge………………gross.
Will they leave the bases loaded again!?
Posada’s AB is very POOR, just bad.
Come on Berkman.
damn it
unbelieveable Jorge..
Posada SUCKS!!!!
Berkman will be a hero if he gets a hit.
Posada did what Alex and Robbi refused to – he got himself out.
Why is the sac fly so hard to come by for this team?
Two swings on pitches no where near the zone.
How much longer until he retires?
Fat Elvis loveeeeeeeees pie
Told you
Jorge just flailing up there
Strike out is better than a DP.
Come on Lance – go get some pie!!!
all we need is a BB
The last time I was this anxious watching a game was 2003 ALCS.
wait for your pitch and hammer it.
40 year old catcher who can’t throw out anyone……sad swings too….big nothing !
Berkman’s time to become “a real Yankee”
This team just can’t do the little things…………………..boy, I’m disappointed in Jorge.
clutch AB Jorge, MAN not even a sac fly or put the ball in play AT ALL ????
Exactly what I just said, terrible at bat by Posada. He chased 2 pitches. Now most likely Joba meatballs in the 10 inning. Too bad Girardi used everyone up.
This sequence reminds me how easy of an out Jeter has become
Crap Berkman!
Papelbon really missing spots now.
Berkman needs a Wade Boggs circa 1996 walk here.
Don’t take the bat off your shoulder, Berky.
Inning to forget for Jorge
Take here unless its right down the middle.
Have to win this now. Tex and swish are out of the game. And our best bullpen guys have been used.
Walk
Walk will do too…
And Berkman is very patient.
Walk off walk.
Not a game Jorge wants to put in the old time capsule.
Don’t call anything like Core 4;
epic fail
Jerkman screwed us again.
one hitter too late!
Berkman should have been hitting 6th…
dammit!!
So who comes in next inning if we can’t get it done here?
Joba?? Gaudin??
What a joke
Damn Berkman sucks!
*groan*
Umm, that’s the fly ball we needed Jorge.
Posada = goat
Great. Joba in.
ok get through this inning please, then grandy will walk off.
I am not impressed.
Ugh. Time for the box of chocolates.
What do u know. Berkman fails again
Now Joe G. can burn the bullpen.
Posada as goat of the game, anyone?
At least Fat Elvis got it in the OF … Posada = pathetic.
Okay we at least tied it.
If we can hold them, with their bullpen we should be able to put it away.
Hindsight is 20/20 I know, but if we don’t get the runner in after loading them up with 2 outs, that HOLD at 3rd doesn’t look so good, does it ?
Baseball is a wonderful game.
at least it’s tied. Papelbon is bad! If I were a sox fan he’d be enemy #1.
figures
Pathetic job by posada. If only berkman batted in his spot.
I’m guessing that Logan pitches the 10th inning.
Bases loaded 1 out and we can’t score
Cross your fingers and toes, here comes Joba.
Now Joba to worry about – and who is after him? Gggggg-ggggg-ggggg—aaaa—uuuu…can’t see it.
frustrating.
Berkman needs to do much more with that pitch. He got his pitch and just did nothing with it. That ball should have been driven.
We actually had the umpire calling things in our favor, and our guys went up there swinging.
Pap was nibbling and the umpire wasnt calling anything, and they swung away anyway.
Berkman couldn’t take a few more pitches?
thames better get a shot to hit
Awful performance……………………this team really doesn’t deserve to make the playoffs
The 2000 Yanks are killing me!
Another blown chance with the bases loaded.
Been that way all month.
No Tex, no Swisher, heart of the Sox order coming up and Joba coming into the game.
Advantage Red Sox.
Go ahead and take your gear off Posada we’re gonna call it a day. All 4 stolen bases are on you and to make it 5 for 5 you can’t even get a run in with the bases loaded and one god darn out
Core 4 era is gone.
Posada is just pathetic.
Terrible AB by posada
Now Thames becomes a very important player, with Swish and Tex out.
We will lose the DH.
These guys never ever hit a sac fly and it will probably cost them in this game then Berkman of course swings 2-0. Maybe use your brain and work the count. Joba is awful and the only decent pitcher left. The Sox still have a whole bullpen left.
# Betsy September 26th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
So who comes in next inning if we can’t get it done here?
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Justin Chamberlain.
I know Mariano wasn’t holding the runners well. But posada had terrible throws. An on target throw on the first stolen base would have gotten him.
Jesus the yankees should have won this game fifty million times over. No bad luck this season. No devastating injuries. Its clear releative to the league this team is one of the best. They just constantly beat themselves. Have to find a way to win this one.
I can’t believe we didnt score more. This is just awful
figures…joba time
Every other batter but Jorge was patient and selective that inning.
Crap Joba!
Bard in the bottom half?
should they have sent Pena? I think I would have been fine with him getting thrown out there. Aren’t you supposed to take those kind of chances against elite closers?
Posada has single handedly kept Boston in this game. Wow
I new Posada would K, not even a simple fly ball
Joba? OMG.
Dangit! I knew this was bad when it was top 8 at like 1050 and I still hadn’t gotten a text update by 1130. We were sooo close
Berkman is just not the same hitter he once was. That knee injury has just killed his power.
Nothing every comes easy. Robby Thomson sends a runner home down 4 runs, but doesnt send the winning run home.
Mike Lowell and Bill Hall efforted and valued their runners on 3rd with less than 2 out, and Posada didnt.
Berkman didnt value his 2-0 count. Plain and simple.
I thought the hold was a good one, but Jorge blew it.
Sheesh, Joba?
I’m guessing Joba is lights out…
(fingers crossed)
Let’s see how quickly Joba blows this game.
With Jaun Miranda in, we will not lose the DH.
What a freaking wasted opportunity. Choke!!! Choke!!! Joke!!!
CR9 September 26th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Jerkman screwed us again.
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…not as bad as Posada.
Joba got lucky here
Should have taken care of business when they had the chance,,, joba, please hold ‘em.
Pena wouldve been dead to rights at home. It was a smart move. Posada and berkman just couldn’t get it done. Yanks are allergic to sac flies this season.
Whew. 2 more.
not much offense in the lineup for sure now
Posada is a waste of space.
Bard might be unavailable.
“Crap Joba!”
Do you EVER stop complaining???
Just a fly ball from Posada. That’s all we needed. Pena at 3rd and a fly ball wins it.
Pap was nibbling, umpire was being fair, Posada could have taken a walk, but nope.
Jerkman could have taken a walk, but nope.
Core 4 becoming the Gore 4
Does this ump know what a strike is?
yeah pena was not going to score on that…..
Captain Church, do you ever have anything positive to say?
If you really care about Yankees winning, why do you wish bad luck to Joba?
Important play by Miranda. Thanks Miranda.
Too bad the yanks are without their best arms and two of their better bats now. Whatever they are going to do, I hope they do it quick. Work comes awfully early in the morning.
WOW!!!!
Okay Juan Miranda!!!
You have to trust that one of your best hitters is going to get it done and Posada was brutal.
Even if they win, boy – they sure aren’t showing signs of a team that’s ready to go deep in the playoffs
Yikes – glad to have been wrong, but it’s still hard to have much confidence at this point.
Just a terrible job by the offense. So many idiots at the plate, it’s unbelievable.
Papelbon could not throw a strike and they helped him out with the bases loaded every single at bat by swinging at garbage in hitters’ counts.
Why would you even take the bat off your shoulder on 2-0 with 2 outs? You need a hit to win it, but he’s only 2 balls away from walking you to force home that run anyway.
Cano swung at ball 3 and found a hole and got lucky, but Posada chased a 1-0 garbage pitch that changed the entire at bat, and Berkman swinging on 2-0? Wake up and use your head.
Girardi needs to put the outright take sign on because these guys always swing for the fences in counts like that and try to do too much. You can’t leave it up to the hitter, put the outright take on and he may throw 2 balls before he throws a strike. Why even have the possibility of helping him out?
Now the pen might get burnt out again, and they could very will still lose this game since it’s almost Gaudin and Mitre time. That was horrible, they had to finish it there and hopefully it doesn’t cost them dearly.
good call…. no way joba should face ortiz.
What happened to Mitre and Gaudin?
once again we miss having a real DH, thanks Cashman…..your WS MVP Matsui…..if we make the playoffs get used to those types of in the clutch failures as we have seen it all year from this team, runner on 3rd less than 2 outs, etc…….sorry to be so negative but this team was poorly constructed when both Matsui and Damom were let go and it has showed up all year and none so bigger than tonight…it has bothered me all year…sorry guys….
Chambliss September 26th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Posada has single handedly kept Boston in this game. Wow
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He’s no more the reason than Rivera, Jeter, Granderson or Gardner.
I’d rather hear Michael Kay’s pointless stats than Joe Morgan.
setting up for gaudin to come in the game.
A little vintage LT over the top for the late 8 point lead in Miami.
????
IF they tie in the 10th, who’s gonna pitch 11th?
Javy? Sux much be excited.
A tale of sac flies. Sox got one to take the lead. Yanks could not get one to win.
Here it is…………My predictions are worth crap……. But here goes….
After all the crap Granderson has taken on here all year long, Granderson walks it off in the 10th.
Mark that down!
Red Sox are loose, no pressure on them so they do something I’ve never seen in 40 years of watching baseball…they steal 4 bases in the ninth inning of a close game. Yankees playing tight, lots of pressure on them, don’t try to bring in a fast runner from second on an (admittedly) sharply hit single. It would have been close at the plate but it would have taken a great throw. One way to win is to play small ball and force the other team into making mistakes, Billy Martin knew how to do it. Hell, Ralph Houk knew how to do it. But not Joe G..
A safety squeeze might have been cool to try, and we would most likely be celebrating right now.
You can’t blame Thompson for not sending Pena, no way was he scoring on that play. Not liking the Logan versus Ortiz matchup though :<
We got lucky, Joba was not sharp. Need to keep men off base, they are obviously going to run.
Official Jorge Posada retirement party.
He better not come back next year.
They are going to go deep in the playoffs…as in deep six
Yanks 100% need to win this now that they battled back. No excuses, just go win the game. Maybe Granderson will jack one out.
Any person that comes in this blog and says the people who come on here and complain about the teams shortcomings clearly never watches the games! How can you not get irritated and question this teams chances when they load the bases with 1 out and get NO ONE IN! Good job by Cano though Ugh
What a terrible game for Jorge. As if the Red Sox running wild wasn’t bad enough – he couldn’t hit a damn fly ball to cut the number to one. That is a failure of epic proportions.
comet September 26th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
What happened to Mitre and Gaudin?
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that isnt funny. a couple more innings and one of them will have to come in.
Why does Joe pitch extra innings like he has a 1 run lead and only 3 outs to get? He just can’t wait to get Gaudin into the game can he?
# UpState September 26th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
…and exactly when did Posada actually throw out a runner ???
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a few weeks ago he caught someone, I remember it, because I asked the same question and then Posada actually threw someone out.
Sometimes things feel like omens. Robertsons 7th inning felt like an omen. Why we’re in the 10th now, I don’t know. But we tied the game when we could have lost it in the bottom of the 9th.
I still think this game is ours. I just hope Joba holds them down – I think he will – and we get something done in the bottom of this inning.
If we lose this game, I cannot blame the HP umpire. What he called for Mariano in the top half of the 9th, he called for Pap in the bottom half. All fair. Not one missed call.
“Sheesh, Joba?”
Who else you want?
Mo anohter innning?
Logan against RH hitters?
I would of left Joba in. He just got 2 easy outs and it’s hard to take him out for 1 batter when they don’t have anyone else decent left in the bullpen. If Ortiz gets a hit then where are you going? Vazquez? He will see the Sox uniform and need a diaper.
Keith – I feel the same way. Why let those guys leave and then sign Nick Johnson for the same dollars Matsui signed for?
But maybe the Yanks will win this game. Crazier things have happened.
They need to win this game to erase the embarrassment of the top of the ninth.
Gotta give swisher credit for coming through in the clutch.
Matt September 26th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
So many idiots at the plate, it’s unbelievable.
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Just like in here. How ironic…
CR9 September 26th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Just a fly ball from Posada. That’s all we needed. Pena at 3rd and a fly ball wins it.
Pap was nibbling, umpire was being fair, Posada could have taken a walk, but nope.
Jerkman could have taken a walk, but nope.
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Bullseye !
Horrible at bats at critical times !!!
…..and what did Jeter do to lead off the 9th ??? (oh yeah – nothing)
A squeeze would have been magic. But if it didn’t work, Girardi would have been crucified.
yaaaaay
nice play by logan….
good job!
Great play Logan. Thanks Logan.
Lets walk-off this inning!
Sorry. I hope Logan holds them.
GREAT JOB BY THE YANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, ch***okejima
now let’s FINISH the ICEHOLES !
If we don’t score which pitcher is next: Mitre or Gaudin?
Good play by Logan….Yanks really need to win this game right here as Logan, Robertson, Joba, Wood, and Rivera have all been burned.
Good thing Papi’s diaper was full as he ran to 1st
Maybe this will be the game that Derek Jeter gets pie in the face
Nice play Boone.
Please get win this game or next week is going to be a nightmare for this franchise.
Nice play by Logan.
Other phil, all u do is whine about other posters. If u don’t like it here, why don’t u just leave?
wow, anyone but Ortiz there is standing on 2nd ;0
OK, lets go walk off.
Nice play be Logan. Happy to be out of that inning. Joba’s command was not good.
Okajima has been horrible this season. They need to score now and end this game.
They have been playing tight for a while and winning this game will give them space to breath.
This is what happens when the team from the front office down to the manager down to the veteran players start acting like they won something before they’ve won anything.
We’re a team who took our foot off the gas weeks ago who is now trying to reach the pedal.
They better win this game tonight.
No Swish or Tex now hurts.
A tale of sac flies? I guess Dungy did not do the sack/sac talk I suggested. What a play by Logan. I thought it was a bonehead move, but lucky thing Papi drinks 5 shakes a day.
Jeter ALWAYS get pie in the face
Jets choking in the 9th inning as well.
“So many idiots at the plate, it’s unbelievable. ”
What a highly intelligent and perceptive statement. Because you know they went up there hoping to make outs.
Why not put your head in a paper bag and well punch on it when the game is over.
“Just like in here. How ironic…”
LOL
end this quickly…
how can I go to bed now…but 4:30 am will come quick…get it done CG
Don September 26th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
# UpState September 26th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
…and exactly when did Posada actually throw out a runner ???
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a few weeks ago he caught someone, I remember it, because I asked the same question and then Posada actually threw someone out.
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Prince Fielder or Big Pappy ???
walk off win !!!!
Three blown saves in September for Mo. That is what is happening here. He converts them, and the Yankees are coasting. Forget everything else and focus on that simple fact.
In fact, Mo blew 3 of his last 4 opportunities, and almost blew the 8-6 win over the Rays last week.
They lived with Mo for the past 15 years, and they die with him. What else can you do? Mo is going to close, and my suspicion that even if the Yankees make the playoffs, Mo may finally let them down.
It was a good run while it lasted.
Choke-Ajima
It worked. The Yanks need to score a run in this inning. If they don’t where is Girardi going for the next inning?? Vazquez, Mitre or Girardi’s boyfriend?? Terrible options.
we got no one left in the pen. i would have had joba pitch to ortiz because of that..
Too bad swisher can’t pitch if they don’t score here.
Grandy time….
is Granderson thinking hr or get on base?
West Coast Yankee Fan September 26th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
What a terrible game for Jorge. As if the Red Sox running wild wasn’t bad enough – he couldn’t hit a damn fly ball to cut the number to one. That is a failure of epic proportions.
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Perhaps if the pitcher had bothered to look at the base runners, he would have had a chance….or, Heaven forbid, keep them off of the bases.
End it Granderson.
Curtis needs to be patient here.
Why all the complaining about Jorge? I thought we had decided he should catch all the time because Cervelli is so awful. I guess we can’t have it all.
Typically Okajema doesn’t pitch very well in relief these days.
do they go to thames instead of gardner?
can’t wait for clueless joe to bring in one of the mitre/gaudin tandem to finish the game off!
Steal second
grandy!!!!!
now do you steal two bases here?
SteaL
Baby
Nice AB by Granderson
wow what do you know. granderson hit a lefty!
Just a huge at bat by Granderson leading off the inning against a LH pitcher.
can Gardner bunt?!
Great job by Granderson, really nice swing….don’t bunt Gardner.
Don’t bunt – Gardner just isn’t good enough bunter.
We win it this inning. Oki just isn’t the same guy he was his first year with the Sux.
Okijima takes forever to the plate.
can’t wait for clueless joe to bring in one of the mitre/gaudin tandem to finish the game off!
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you know at some point they may have to if the game goes too long.
Another hit against a lefty by Granderson.
Can Gardner get the bunt down?
Jeter can redeem himself this inning with a “little something good”….’bout time !!!!
DO NOT BUNT!!!
not many people in the lineup can hit these day, No.14 is one of them
can the dumbass lay down a bunt?
Granderson comes thru again. Winning run on first w no outs and he’s fast. Can gardner finally get a bunt down??
Now steal…..all the way to 3rd with error from Martinez.
please do not bunt.
Just let Granderson steal a base instead of Gardner’s adventures in bunting.
Go Granderson!!!Instead of bunting him over he should just steal 2nd base. Gardner doesn’t know how to bunt, but our team doesn’t play that way.
Steal, THEN bunt
It would be great to see him steal and then bunted to 3rd. But I don’t think that happens.
Time for Thames.
Jim, the way the wind appears to be blowing tonight no one should be thinking HR. Gonna take a rally.
Curve at the shoulders for a strike
gotta try to punch it down in the left side gap
maybe gardner will level the bat and actually square up this time since his bunting form is so atrocious, last time i saw him bunt the dumbo still had the bat head back
Can anyone tell me why they didn’t try to score the winning run on Cano’s hit? Surely it was worth the chance to end it there and then? I know there was only one out but the throw was way off line as it turned out.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Major break. Gotta win it now!
This must end now.
Hope V-Mart is ok? Other than that… YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
thats the way to do it. make them make mistakes.
pie for jeter!!!!!
I changed my mind; bunt, bunt.
Please let Martinez be okay. I no longer wish injuries on players.
all right.
If they still cannot win here, I am speechless.
Could Jeter get pie for the first time?
Now that was a nice bunt and his speed made Vmart hurry….i bet Martinez pulled a groin.
If we don’t get this run In,I’m done watching
Maybe it’s meant for the Captain to hit the walk off during the last game of the season at the Stadium. It would be a sweet ending to his not so awesome year.
@trisha
You said thank you abraham
I said so…….
Power of positive thinking…..
Trisha would love it……
Can anyone tell me why they didn’t try to score the winning run on Cano’s hit? Surely it was worth the chance to end it there and then? I know there was only one out but the throw was way off line as it turned out.
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pena had no chance. it was a hard single.
randy l was right about bunting that time!!
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Forgive me. Not my best post. Just frustrated that Jorge could not get the bat on the ball. Of course, he was trying the best he could.
Fly ball Jeter ????
Please no pathetic toppers !!!!
brice, the throw was perfect. he would have been dead.
SPEED KILLS!!! Do you get it now Gardner??? Girardi?????
LET”S PUT THIS AWAY!!!!!!!!
Pleasantly suprised that he got taht bunt down
Big break on the bunt. Gardner could have been called for been inside the baseline.
maybe this time the Yankees can hit a ball out of the infield with less than 2 outs?
So much for the sox “run prevention” (pitching and defense.)
now steal 2nd.
99% of “fans” penciled in a loss less than an hour ago and now they get to celebrate? There should be rules against that.
Ok. They have to win it here, right? If not, I may just go to bed and save myself from the misery.
End it here
Pena would have been out by ten feet.
Thomson was right not sending him.
That’s why its so big to get bunts down. Things happen. Defenders rush and panic. Even on sacrifices u can get on base. Excellent bunt and he’s rewarded. Gardner keeps bunting like that and his avg will go up 20 pts
Jets get the pick on the Dolphins last play. Big win.
Time for the Yanks to make their big play.
they may just walk Jeter….look at who is due up next 2 batters ?
Big break on the bunt. Gardner could have been called for been inside the baseline.
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They never call that, remember the playoffs last year??? Both times went against the yankees. Glad they decided not to call it tonight!
how ironic would it be if Jeter hit a game winning DP here.
“Please let Martinez be okay. I no longer wish injuries on players.”
High praise going your way CR9.
You may have won this game for us…
Thames for Golson?
Yes…What are the chances they can actually score Granderson at 3rd base? It stinks that they have AAA batters hitting instead of Swish and Tex. That might hurt them.
Great job by Gardner. …..this game must end here. Put it in play to the outfield somewhere…..pinch hit Thames for Golson.
I smell Marcus Thames
somewhere umpire Joe West is crying bloody murder for interference on Gardner (see 2005 ALDS if you dont get that reference)
how about a squeeze here???
Go go Golson.
wow…..this is crazy
pie for golson?
They will walk Jeter.
Time for Golson to get some pie.
gotta go with Thames to pinch hit
omg, strike out and dp, all setup.
NO!
So lame. Im basically crying for a jeter pie here and they walk him. Uggg
How about a squeeze play???