ALDS Game 2: Yankees at Twins
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Oct 07, 2010 
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YANKEES (1-0)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada C
Lance Berkman DH
Brett Gardner LF
LHP Andy Pettitte (11-3, 3.28)
Pettitte vs. Twins
TWINS (0-1)
Denard Span CF
Orlando Hudson 2B
Joe Mauer C
Delmon Young RF
Jim Thome DH
Michael Cuddyer 1B
Jason Kubel RF
Danny Valencia 3B
J.J. Hardy SS
RHP Carl Pavano (17-11, 3.75)
Pavano vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 6:07 p.m. / TBS
UMPIRES: HP Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B Greg Gibson, 2B Brian O’Nora, 3B Gary Darling, LF Chris Guccione, RF Jerry Crawford
WEATHER: Temperatures in the low 70s and upper 60s through most of the game.
GOOD AND BAD: For the Yankees, there is good news and bad news about pitching Andy Pettitte tonight. In his career, Pettitte has held Jim Thome to a .214 average with no home runs. He’s held J.J. Hardy to one hit in 15 at-bats. On the other hand, Delmon Young has hit Pettitte to the tune of a .579 batting average and .737 slugging percentage in 19 at-bats. Michael Cuddyer has hit .389 with a home run and two doubles off Pettitte.
FAMILIAR FACE: Counting tonight, Carl Pavano’s past four playoff outings have been against the Yankees. He pitched out of the Marlins bullpen in Game 2 of the 2003 World Series, started Game 4 of the 2003 World Series and he lost the decisive Game 3 of last year’s Division Series. Between the 2003 World Series and 2009 Division Series, he spent four years with the Yankees but never once pitched for them in the playoffs.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Last night was the third straight Yankees postseason game vs. the Twins in which the Yankees hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning or later.
IT’S THE RUNS THAT MATTER: Mark Teixeira has scored a run in six consecutive playoff games, tied for the fifth-longest streak in franchise history behind Babe Ruth (9), Elston Howard (8), Reggie Jackson (7) and Lou Gehrig (7). Last night he hit his second postseason go-ahead home run in the seventh inning or later, becoming the fourth Yankee with more than one such homer (Bernie Williams had three, Mickey Mantle and Alfonso Soriano each had two). That’s all according to Elias.
ALREADY ON TOP: Pettitte is already baseball’s all-time leader with 18 career postseason victories.
UPDATE, 6:23 p.m.: Andy Pettitte was clearly trying to get Derek Jeter killed, but Jeter made the nice turn at the bag to get a double play here in the first inning. Pettitte pumped his fist then quickly turned to look at the Captain. Ummm, my bad.
UPDATE, 6:45 p.m.: Could have been worse. Pettitte had the bases loaded with one out and got out of it with only one run scoring. It’s a 1-0 Twins lead. The Yankees are going to have to come from behind again.
UPDATE, 7:06 p.m.: The Yankees are finally hitting the ball hard off Carl Pavano. Three hits and a sac fly in the fourth inning have tied the game at 1 and put runners at the corners for Nick Swisher.
UPDATE, 7:18 p.m.: Home run by Lance Berkman, who had just one homer for the Yankees in the regular season. Amazing how quiet this place got when the ball landed in the bullpens. They called it 423 feet. He got a lot of it.
UPDATE, 7:55 p.m.: Orlando Hudson’s home run has tied the game at 2, but I think the Yankees would have signed up for six innings and two runs out of Pettitte. He gave them what they needed, now the offense need another run.
UPDATE, 8:25 p.m.: Had a chance to break the game open, but the Yankees will have to settle for two runs in that seventh inning. Also, I’d say Lance Berkman finally has his defining moment as a Yankee.
Andy’s an old pro. He’s gonna come through for the Yanks tonight. It’s just too bad that he won’t have the opportunity to win the clincher in all 3 series, like he did last year.
Let’s go Yankees!!!
game time!!!
G o Y a n k e e s !
MG – I agree – put a 5th ump in the TV box, and look at the replays. Then communicate via cell phone with the crew chief on the field, as appropriate. It would take 10 seconds.
Five words to remember: Detroit Tigers Two Thousand Six
ruby
Cmon’ you have to post a negative comment on the Yankees for us to win… you KNOW that.
This game: Twins will win six-to-one .
Carl Pavano: eight innings, one run, two hits, eight strikeouts
Not gunna lie I’m really nervous :/ Lets go Andy you got this!
Not gunna lie I’m really nervous :/ Lets go Andy you got this!
# Ruby Tuesday October 7th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Five words to remember: Detroit Tigers Two Thousand Six
AHAHAHAHAHAH yessssssssssssss now we are guaranteed a win. Just make sure you don’t wuss out and disappear when we win tonight OK?
You finally got it.
Can Pettitte match CJ Wilson’s brilliant outing in Tampa?
No.
Five words to remember: Ruby Tuesday is a tulip.
another 5 words to remember. Its not the same team
jeter,
Can you match the reading and writing comprehension test score of a 5th grader? NO.
GreenBeret7 October 7th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Five words to remember: Ruby Tuesday is a tulip
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and the Jeter….play is a trolling moron…
Pettitte>Pavano in October!
Even with Andy struggling since coming off DL gotta go with the more experience in playoff games and thats Andy. Yanks win tonight 5-2. Arod hits big 2 run homer bank it.
I’d like to see the Yankees jump on Pavano for 2-3 runs in the 1st inning and give Andy a little breathing room…
whiny maddon, bítching like a little schoolgirl on that check swing, thinks he should get every single call. well you don’t. he should instead blame his crappy reliever, one with the 7 era, for not making a better pitch. the rays are done down 0-2 going to arlington.
2008 was refreshing – especially when they beat the arrogant red sux. but maddon’s constant bítching is getting old. now go start working on that AL east championship flag that you were so proud of raising next year in your crappy ballpark.
I love Ruby Tuesday! His accuracy runs around 20%. The more outlandish/negative his statements, the more likely the Yanks prevail.
And the haters keep showing up.
advice: Yanks go up 2-0, series is OVA!
the game hasn’t even started yet and the haters are out….
on a different note: its only 6 minutes into the broadcast and I am already sick of the TBS announcers
I wanna see Pavano choke, he should be shot already
GO YANKEES, enjoy the game all, and about the Rays – HO-LY!!!!
Looks like I won’t be paying myself the $100 any time soon.
I’ll update the charts later.
Well that was quick…
The captain! LOL
MG October 7th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I’d like to see the Yankees jump on Pavano for 2-3 runs in the 1st inning and give Andy a little breathing room…
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I’d prefer 10 runs in the first and then slowly pull away.
Pavano looks like a tool with the mustache
Let’s go Yankees!
Oh yeah, for my unnervous compatriots here, I have great confidence that the Yankees will take this game. Andy will be Andy.
Ciao
great start for the yanks!
if Pavano can keep painting that outside corner with his fastball he will be very tough tonight, hopefully he misses on some pitches.
pavano looks dominant
Pavano is going to be tough if he keeps hitting that outside corner to lefties.
wow, that’s how you pitch…
nice BS strike call that Mo wasn’t getting last night
I hate the Red Sox, but I think I hate this dork Pavano even more
aw how cute… Pavano is pumped up… I wanna see how he acts after he is pulled with the Yankees leading
I hate Pavano so much. Guy is a gutless puke
Need to score some runs early. That hasn’t been happening in a while. Step on their throats early and cut off any oxygen.
C*rl P*v*n* looking unhittable.
1st inning fist pump…what an a hole
This strike zone is abysmal. Three of Pavano’s 7 strikes were about a foot out of the zone.
On top of that, he’s getting the inside corner. I’d like an explanation of how he logically gets BOTH of those.
Who fist pumps in the first inning with nobody on base?
meh, lirirano was also dominant yesterday….remember how that turned out?
If Pavano is going to be getting those outrageous balls outside called as strikes, we’re in for a very long night.
now it’s pettitte’s turn to gag like CC
Please . . . anything but more whining about the umps. The CR9 epidemic needs to stop.
I wish we had more fans in the crowd to heckle Pavano.
as long as Andy gets the same strike zone as Pavano it’s advantage Andy, he can expand the strike zone as well as anyone…
go Andy
Leave the game thread to the few idiots…………they ruin the place.
The AL East champs really held their own in the first two games AT HOME!!!!!
whining about the umps is always amusing
JetergroundsintoanotherDP October 7th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
now it’s pettitte’s turn to gag like CC
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you need to STFU already, I know your IQ is under 20 but even at that level you should know Andy has won more post season games than anyone in history, doofus.
Span is like a little annoying bug
Jeter,
You meant “it’s time for Andy to gag like I do with my dad.” Right?
JetergroundsintoanotherDP October 7th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
now it’s pettitte’s turn to gag like CC
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It was a rough outing last night for this Troller. His trolling record this post season is 0-4. Should we go to the replay?
JetergroundsintoanotherDP, F U
another yankee pitcher unable to finish off a hitter…unlike pavano
# YankFanCA October 7th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Please . . . anything but more whining about the umps. The CR9 epidemic needs to stop.
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The difference is that CR9 complains that the umpires hate ONLY the Yankees.
Go back and look at GameDay. Two of Pavano’s strikes to Granderson were a foot outside, in the other batter’s box. I don’t care if he calls that consistently, that’s a terrible zone.
So, another game of this creep spamming the blog?
C’mon Chad, enough is enough.
Send this troll packing. He’s contributing nothing here.
i offically dislike Denard Span he is such an annoying hitter
throw him a pitch down low
no out pitch for pettitte
am I watching Pedroia up here?
great start for andy, lol
It seems like this little bug gets on to lead off every game we play against them
LOL
For a guy who fights off so many pitches, Span’s got a low .OBP.
compare that leadoff AB to Jeter, lol
Triple Short of a Cycle October 7th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
am I watching Pedroia up here?
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I know right
Yankees games are the best hours of the day for jerkwads like Ruby and JeterDP.
Otherwise, they’re picking their noses at Blockbuster.
They really should be grateful for the Yankees.
8-l
I don’t know why Andy’s continued to throw him strikes. He probably would of swung at something in the dirt off speed.
nice AB for Span, he fought off good pitches and got a hit. Andy is throwing the ball well, he will be fine…
JetergroundsintoanotherDP October 7th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
great start for andy, lol
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Looks like the Troller learned from last night’s mistakes. Wait until after a play happens to make a call. Lets see if he can hold it together.
Wow!!!!!!!!
Another disappointing outing from our pitchers.
Sigh.
sweet dp by derek
That’s the way to do it boys
DP!!!!!!!!
JetergroundsintoanotherDP , F U
that was beautiful…..
Giving up a basehit to Span is fine. Giving up that hit after 10 pitches to lead off the game just can’t happen.
what a play!
What a play. What a play. That’s fantastic
good job on Andy retrieving the ball and great job by Jeter coming down with it and getting the outs
Andy that throw was interesting lol…what a play by jeter.
JeterturnsanotherDP
Stupendous Derek.
SJ,
Obviously I agree with the motion of getting Jeter outta here but you know everyone that is here doesn’t have to “contribute.” This isn’t a damn job, it’s a place for entertainment and last time I checked… people do still have freedom of speech right in this country right?
rconn23, what do you want Andy to do, throw him something underhanded on the 8th pitch and say, ‘here you go, fella’?
LOL
JetergroundsintoanotherDP , F U
GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS!!! DJ brought tears to my eyes already!
So you know, no way they rachet it up in the postseason…
I TOLD YA!!!!!
“JeterturnsanotherDP”
Jerkface
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
wow, Andy made Mauer look really bad that AB. He is throwing the ball as if he never missed a start, he has location and command of his fastball tonight…
Joe Mauer’s steroid juice was sour, now he has no power!
I disagree. people that come here to only disrupt and cause havoc should be removed and banned
Mauer=neutralized
JetergroundsintoanotherDP , F U
LOL
Too many rights… sorry
Pump that fist Andy!!
Yeah, real disappointing.
You know, trolling is one thing, spamming is another.
At some point, it’s time to bid these two punks farewell.
there is nothing wrong with free speech, there is everything wrong with having to scroll past mindless trolling posts every minute on a Yankees blog game thread.
So jetergroundsintoanotherdp is a Sox fan, WCYF is a Mets fan, and Ruby knows nothing about baseball. Pretty much sums it up.
I’m feeling some runs this half inning
Triple,
If “the haters” leave… who would we have to make fun of when the Yankees win? It all comes together at the end.
yanks making pavano work, lol
Actually Faiaz, the TOS here clearly states what you can and can’t do and trolling and spamming are things you can’t do.
Be patient, Yankees! Let’s score some runs….
If Pettitte has any issues, it’s with throwing to the bases after fielding grounders. Strange because he has a very good glove and exceptional control.
i think you should be able to block people. That way everyone can say whatever they want and the people who don’t want to hear it can turn them off.
the first pitch missed outside
Target Field was electric last night. The Yankees just sucked the life out of it last night.
The balls are getting hit hard, they will get to Pavano.
“whining about the umps is always amusing”
Not quite as amusing as thinking about your favorite team riding with their kids in the duck boats on the Charles River!!!! What heroes!!!
SJ-
What do you think of Andy’s stuff so far?
I will say they are hitting some balls right on the button
JetergroundsintoanotherDP October 7th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
yanks making pavano work, lol
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Troll harder.
Pavano hardly ever walks anyone, there is no real point trying to work the count against him. Three of the 1st 5 batters have crushed the ball, they will get to him tonight.
Damn
tough luck for Robbie
Lots of hard hit balls so far.
Hard hit balls..
Finally one doesn’t find at fielder.
Too bad Cano couldn’t have gotten on
Smart play by swish to stay at second.
make that 4 out of 6…
Pavano isn’t fooling anybody so far.
This is what Pavano does. He pitches to contact.
The Yankees are making solid contact, but Swish was the first one to find some grass.
Span makes a good play and then a bad one…..good job Swish
Pavano is dead meat. We will scald American Idle.
Pavano’s going to loose command of that inside/outside part of the plate and his FB’s are going to get crushed.
LGY, good point, they will get him tonight…
pavano has good movement on his fastball today, but if he tries to come in its could move back over the middle. he should stay away, but let’s hope he doesn’t
We will get to Pavano.
OK whatever you do here Pettite don’t hit or walk Thome
it’s funny, Pavano’s fastball isn’t even in Burnett’s class but he makes good pitches, keeps the ball down, and makes the other team beat him. It just shows you how good Burnett could have been had he really worked on his command throughout his career instead of just being a thrower.
I am pretty sure they will score bunch of runs off Pavano
They just have to feel out Pavano. His stuff isn’t overpowering. If they just stay patient a big inning is going to come very soon.
Pavano – it’s a matter of time.
Waiting for Fran so I thought I’d see what kind of stupidity the trolls have tonight. They have NOT disappointed.
Triple Short of a Cycle October 7th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
OK whatever you do here Pettite don’t hit or walk Thome
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Thome is 6-28 lifetime against Andy, No HR, 2 RBI-not exactly threatening…
(from my I-phone)
I wish I could watch the game but I had a prior obligation to attend a poetry reading so I am recording it.
When you go inside to Young you have to get it inside. That was right over the plate.
Wow….this ump giving Pavano a huge strike zone? Andy is not getting the same calls.
First pitch was a strike, and not even close. I have no idea what Wendelstedt is looking at tonight.
come on andy
c’mon Andy snap out of it…..you got this
complaints will start in 5 4 3 2 1 …..
This is the same problem that Andy had against Boston. Trying to go inside and leaving the ball over the plate. Hopefully it gets better but his fastball command isn’t good.
With both Andy and CC, I never worry with men on base because they both know how to focus. Though I guess it would be good for them to get first blood since we always beat them when they score first.
Probably when they score second also.
Delmon Young VS. BJ Upton. Two years ago Upton would be your preference: Not now!!!!
testing
cant wait till this series goes to the bronx. Magical stuff happens in october in the bronx
Alright two twins are on base, where are the yankee fan bridge jumpers?
i’ll take the out, but I wish the runners didnt advance…that was basically a sac bunt
okay, lets get a strikeout or infield pop up!!
come on Andy. You got it.
what a lucky dribbler!
Andy looks better out of the stretch than outbox his windup.
Ump squeezing Andy… of course….
Yankee pitchers constantly behind in the count. Andy’s not sharp so far
where are these pitches?
Those pitches would be strikes for Pavano
its all good…DP now
Been giving Pavano that call all night. I have no problem with establishing a zone, but this floating zone nonsense has got to stop.
Look like they were pitching around Kubel there.
Ernie Johnson go nuts when the Twins start to rally.. Biased TBS announcers!
Looksl like a long night for the bullion ahead.
No fastball command at all.
Got to grind it out here and just keep it to one run.
Not worried. Also not worried about one run in.
Just not worried.
It’s all good.
We get out here down 1-0 and we are in the drivers seat. Missed opportunity for minny and they know taking the lead on us early is all part of the routine
Just keep us in it. Pavano is gonna get SHELLED. SHELLED. They are hitting him hard already.
2nd time though the order they’re going to crush Pavano.
eh, its only 1 run. Twins always have the lead against us.
Andy has to hold them here but he is throwing a lot of pitches.
batters hit .087 against Andy in 0-2 counts…
Come on ump
Andy is a stud.
I’m tired of Pavano’s “Magnum P.I.” mustache
he needs that corner. wow.
Andy likes those low borderline pitches….he is not getting that call as he should be
There are no words. Wedelstedt is awful.
Jeez….this is terrible.
Come on, Andy, keep it to 1 run!
That was a strike. The ump is really giving him a small zone and the total opposite for Pavano.
This umps zone is ridiculously tight
That was a smart play by Swish. He wasn’t going to get Young, so throw to third and keep the runners at 1st and 2nd.
I don’t care if wewere up by 20 runs this ump is terrible.
This is unbelievable. A farce.
Pitches 2 and 3 to Kubel were better than anything Pavano threw in the entire first inning, but one of the greatest pitchers in postseason history cant get a call, but Poo Poo Pavano can.
This is horrendous.
We get hard hit balls that go right at people. They get bloopers and soft grounders to go through.
THAT WAS STRIKE 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great by Andy to get out of this with only 1 run.
HARDEE HAR HAR HAR!
Andy is a stud.
STRIKE THR- no? Ok. (Andy gets him to line out.)
Awesome.
The zone is only tight for Pettitte, Pavano is getting pitches in the other batter’s box. Last night he was consistent with his zone so you could live with it, but tonight it’s only going one way and it’s pretty embarrassing.
Nice job minimizing the damage. That’s where postseason experience counts.
no worry at all
its time for berkman’s big hit…watch and see
Pettite was squeezed a little there but he limits the damage. Vintage Andy there. They will get to Pavano and hit him hard. Just got to keep it close…
The at bat that hurt that inning was Thome’s broken bat Rivera Blooper on a good pitch.
well, unless were going to lose 1-0… im not too worried.
Did a good job holding them to a run.
His command is awful and his stuff is flat.
But, you know Andy is going to grind and hopefully his command and stuff improves as the game goes along.
“no worry at all”
None.
Andy is not sharp, but let’s blame the umps. That’s just how it goes here.
the Yankees aren’t getting shutout tonight so limiting them to 1 run is fine. Andy really seemed to get squeezed that inning.
It’s hard to believe J.J.Hardy hit 26 home runs just three years ago.
That was not a strike for Andy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Berkman should be a good match up for Pavano
WHAT????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
That 1-1 pitch was SO FAR OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg, what is that strike 2?
This strike zone is not equal at all. Those two pitches from Pavano are not being given to Pettite.
There’s that floating strike zone again.
2 pitches off the plate called strikes. Girardi is going to have to scream at this ump.
i feel as if Pavano is getting that borderline call and Andy is not
I’ll bet the Yankees dugout is already squawking at Wendelstedt, he’s giving Pavano a huge strike zone down and away to the lefties and not giving it to Andy. And I never complain about this stuff.
The issue with wendelstadt tonight is not inconsistancy. Its that he is seeing the outer half of the plate for lefties and not seeing the inner half. That happens to work completely against us with andy being a lefty and pavano a righty. Our left handed hitters are being hurt by it.
Berkman had to swing at that pitch because of the 2 strike calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HP Ump and Gardenhire have had issues in the past. Obviously Hunter is trying to squash that with this floating strike zone tonight. WOW
Man that Craig Sager sure can dress.
Berkie really squared that one up.
Pavano has a can opener for a nose. He needs that mustache to take away focus on that schnoz. He dated Alyssa Milano but what baseball player didn’t.
An 18-wheeler could breeze through Pavano’s strike zone right now.
I hate Pavano.. He will always be worthless in the mind of Yankee fans. 4 years of his bullcrap contract.
That pitch wasn’t a strike to Gardner. Pavano is going to be unhittable with this strike zone. These pitches are clearly outside.
the Yankees will adjust the 2nd time through the order against Pavano…
Sager gets dressed in the dark
Surprised that wasn’t a strike
Big outside corner for pavano. Long night for Yankees left-handers.
I predict a ground ball from Jeter , the ultimate groundball combo here.
Another cheap call in the Gardner PA. Nothing you can do when the zone is this far off.
And TBS is arguing over one call that Pavano wanted. I really hate this guy.
Andy’s got 40 career playoff starts. What makes anyone think that Pavano should have the umps strikezone?
Sagers wardrobe comes with a volume control.
Nice swing Jeter.. way to make Pavano look good!
This is going to be another long night.
Pavano does pitch tough.
If Pavano is going to get 4-5 inches off the he’s going to be tough as will any pitcher.
jeter: when the ball is released low its going to stay low…. a pitch wont magically rise into the strike zone.
I hate Pavano. Gee I can’t wait till we face Vasquez next year and Vasquez is all of a sudden hitting 95
SOB Pavano’s Yankee highlights…every time he went to the bank and cashed a check…Friggin loser..
We’re forced to swing at slop because of this Hunter Wendelstedt. Dont worry, one day….
It’s amazing how much trouble this team has hitting Pavano.
His stuff is nothing special yet, they keep chasing bad changeups in the dirt.
They have to adjust better to his pitching patterns.
It is easy to succeed when anything thrown within a mile of the plate is called a strike
This reminds me of 1997 when the late eric gregg decided that if the ball left livans hand from 60 feet 6 inches, it was a strike. Difference being, greggs zone was everywhere. Wendlestadts is anywhere from the middle of the plate into the yankee dugout
Hate seeing American Idle make his pitches. He got a nice $40 million vacation with us and now seems to be back to the grinder he was when we signed him.
RadioKev October 7th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
This is going to be another long night.
Pavano does pitch tough.
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Another long night? Last night the team looked flat for 5 innings before turning it on and winning. The biggest concern is Andy keeping it close. If Andy keeps it close they will come alive and blow the American Idle out and maybe send him to the DL with a new pair of bruised buttocks.
“This is going to be another long night.
Pavano does pitch tough.”
Until he doesnt. I’m guessing we get to him around the 4th or the 5th. Okay, even the 6th.
SJ, they need to get him early in the count, it’s just tough when he’s nailing the black (or outside of it) and getting 1st pitch strike calls.
Pavano has not thrown his changeup for a legit strike in this game, he really has not been that sharp and the ump has been allowing him to hang around through it.
As soon as that zone becomes any bit tight with some runners on he’s going to give up some runs, since his stuff is not good enough to get away with having to throw it over the plate legitimately.
Every slider for a strike has been a hanger and he hasn’t located a fastball for a strike that wasn’t 6 inches outside. He’s really not that sharp and it will show soon.
Its hard to figure out Pavano’s pattern when he gets 0-2 / 1-2 on balls off the plate away
last time when berkman ran to the 1st base, he should have pushed Pavano down to the ground. This might get him injured, which I don’t mind.
Haha, anyone see Jeter’s evil smirk at the end there? He knows it’s only a matter of time before this dirt-stached coward gets hit.
The game is early, and there have been some good swings. Only a matter of time.
“It is easy to succeed when anything thrown within a mile of the plate is called a strike”
Hear, hear. I could go out there and get Yankees batters out. I would just throw balls all day!
quick 1,2,3 inning is what we need here from Andy
I don’t hate too many players as I’m usually able to keep a boundary between the game of baseball and real life but I can’t stand Pavano. The smug look on his face as everyone knows he stole 40 million for the Yanks. The guy should serve up meatballs to this team all day to make up for his pathetic excuse of 4 years here.
That was Swishalicious.
Am I the only one who realizes we are in control here? Andy is going to settle in with a quick inning and eventually we will break through in a big way.
The fact that it’s Pavano on the mound makes it even worse. The large strike zone is making the guys chase pitches they usually wouldn’t. Eventually they are going to have to say something to the ump or Girardi will have to. A large zone is fine but give it to Andy also.
nice inning andy
Swish!
come on BATS!
Yay, 1-2-3 inning, great job Andy! Let’s get him the lead now please…
Nice inning for Andy.
Yeah, Andy is really struggling.
The Yankees are very lucky that Joe Mauer is not Joe Mauer right now. That injury must be lingering.
Where was that pitch??? Why isnt TBS arguing that call??? I thought the umpire was standing on the inside corner for the LHP Pettitte???
Quick inning! Heart of the order! Let’s get to this piece of ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. carcillo Pavano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i called it……now lets go get some runs guys
whatever tweaks Eiland and Andy did in between innings seems to have helped, that was a very quick inning-5 pitches?
It is pretty obvious that some umps favor right-handed pitchers, some lefties. No real human is symmetric, so they have to favor one side.
nice 6 pitch inning. now they need to pound the idle
My karma guess is that there is no way Pavano gets the best of the Yankees.
Andy only at 42 pitches through 3 now.
Beautiful easy inning there for Andrew.
CARLO——–From your mouth to God’s ears!!!!!!!!!
I’m guessing the Yankees start attacking the first pitch fastballs away, it isn’t like they can’t do damage with them going the other way.
Best commercial of all time? (Mo/Girardi taco bell commercial.)
Tyler it’s okay to hate IMO , if it makes you feel better. It’s not like your hate has any tangible effects on a MLB player. They don’t know you exist. Hate away.
Taco Mo!
Oooh, Girardi and Mo’s Taco bell commercial. Nice!
Thome is the one hurting them so far in these 2 games not Mauer.
if not for a little luck, twins have 0 runs. A tight game like this plays into our favor the later this game goes.
Tyler October 7th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
RadioKev October 7th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
This is going to be another long night.
Pavano does pitch tough.
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Another long night? Last night the team looked flat for 5 innings before turning it on and winning. The biggest concern is Andy keeping it close. If Andy keeps it close they will come alive and blow the American Idle out and maybe send him to the DL with a new pair of bruised buttocks.
You don’t think last night was a long night? It was a tight game all the way through.
Also the Yankees have never really hit Pavano well to my memory. Even post Yankee career he’s been very tough against the Yankees. Not outstanding but he manages to keep the ball off of the good part of the bat. I’m not being negative, it’s just the way it is.
Grander Message!
The Grandy Man!
Ya curtis
I still cant believe some of you wanted to trade grandy man!
Until he doesnt.
just layoff the change and attack the fastball, nice job Grandy…
Grandy blast off Super Mario
Holy crap this announcer is so bad. He just can’t generate any excitement…
Is this moron play by play guy allowed to talk when a ball is hit deep?
He ate a heck of a chalupa today.
i’m telling you Granderson is sizziling……anyways lead off double we should be able to get this run in.
This damn stadium is too freaking big.
Granderson got a gift 1-0 which turned to 2-0 then murdered the ball.
Can we stop whining about balls and strikes now?
HR at YS.
Any of you guys still want to trade Grandy?
Go Granderson!! This ballpark is gigantic.
Tex going the other way from the left side???
Awesome!
alright yankees, lets get some runs
Here we go…
like I said, attack the fastball away and go the other way with it…
Getting to Super Mario
Nice….Arod and Cano have to come up big here.
There we go, let’s hope Pavano gyrating himself out of this game here.
back 2 back hits
Come on, A-rod!
sac fly is good enough
brand new ballgame boys
tie game
Good call MG
and just like that…..
Love the sac fly there
Now it’s coming….
Yawn. Another RBI for Alex.
Pavano looks like the mexican mafiosa with that fake stash
Smack this coward around
LASER SHOW!
boom goes the dynamite
Also, I couldn’t be happier to be proven wrong right now. Shell him.
I think I’m more excited for things like sac flies and Posada two out singles than for Tex’s homer and anything else. This team is all of a sudden playoff built, and capable of playing small and big ball, even against guys like Pavano. That’s more reassuring than Andy’s last inning.
RadioKev-
I actually enjoyed last night. It was a really big victory and the way they did it set themselves up for the rest of the series. CC struggled and the bats bailed him out. Most (myself included) didn’t think they could do that… coming from behind. it was a great night.
I am loving this.. Pavano is getting smoked out there. First pitch swings this time around for the Yanks.
you could see it was just a matter of time, except for the K’s they have ripped almost everything so far…
they are crushing him now
Batting practice now,let’s take control
The french connection starting to fall apart !
Huge at bat here
“I still cant believe some of you wanted to trade grandy man!”
Benny, tell it like it really is. I counted about three or four people who DIDN’T want to get rid of him. One day in particular on the forum just about everyone was ready to ride him out on a rail! Tar, Fran, and I said we thought he would be fine.
“I’m guessing we get to him around the 4th or the 5th. Okay, even the 6th.”
That was mine.
damn Robbie crushed that ball…..you guys are right this stadium is ridiculously large. But thats how they are building these new ones
EJ acactually raised his voice a bit on that cano hit.
All 3 of those were HR at Yankee Stadium
I am surprised that Arod wasn’t more patient. They are really hitting him hard now. Swish has to get Tex home.
that pitch was so far off the plate.. Ump is pissing me off!
BS that was a strike!!!!!!!!!!!! ANDY didn;t get that call!!!!!!!!!
Ridiculous
Unlucky there
damn
Sh–t.
Sigh , worst case scenario…
Well that woke up the TBS team at least.
Well that sucked.
MVP MVP MVP MVP
gave him a bs strike 1 call which forced him to be in swing mode
That was jeteresque there by Swisher.. Rally killer!
It’s a start. It’s early. We’re getting to him. That’s what counts.
Okey dokey?
Let Pavano off the hook.
At least they tied it.
That’s too bad but I think the Yankees have Pavano’s number. It’s only a matter of time before they score more runs.
how cano not get to 2nd on that single
First pitch was low
piece of crap idle got lucky again. i’m so sick of that loser
nice
Carl “Big Game” Pavano escapes again
That one hurt. He was on the ropes and woozy.
Swisher has sucked since August!
He has been getting hit hard since the very first inning. Been on the lucky side a bit, even sometimes because balls have been hit TOO hard.
He will be out by the the 7th.
Let him get it from us slowly and painfully. No point in having him yanked. We want him Yanked.
The ump cost Swish an at bat. The 1st pitch wasn’t a strike and he didn’t want to fall behind 0-2 so he swung at garbage. They hit the ball extremely hard and to only get 1 run isn’t good.
First pitch to Swisher was a ball. Great by Swisher to try going right back up the middle. Just bad luck, the ball finds Pavano’s glove perfectly.
First pitch of the inning to Grandy was cheap, but in our favor.
Man – did Chad ice Ruby/JeterDP, or did he/they go crying to Mama when the Yanks tied?
Either way….
That entire at bat was on the home plate umpire.
He called a first pitch strike an inch below the knees and 2-3 inches off the plate outside on the changeup. Swisher had to swing at the next pitch which was incredibly even closer than that one, but what are you going to do with that pitch in that spot? Most likely hit into a DP with a ground ball.
Just embarrassing, and hopefully the uneven zone doesn’t cost them this game, because it has cost them the lead already.
“how cano not get to 2nd on that single”
That ball was smoked. It got out to the guy in RF in a hurry; he had no time to make it to 2B.
Shutdown inning Andy, PLEASE!!!!!!………. We have Pavano on the ropes. He’s been lucky so far but luck runs out and reality opens the door.
Seriously, some of you complaining about balls and strikes and the stadium they’re playing in are making this painful.
Guess what? They’re in Minnesota, not Yankee Stadium, it’s the beauty of baseball you have to adapt to your surroundings and play a different game on the road sometimes. I’m sure there will be a couple of balls at YS where you wish you were in Minny and vice versa. No need to announce it every single time. These pitchers know how to pitch in Minny, get over it.
And the crucifying every ball and strike needs to stop. It’s mindless, it’s proving nothing and it’s not remotely entertaining. Granderson was given a free ball 1, it changed the 2nd pitch then he doubled and scored. These things happen and eventually for both teams, you’re all sounding like Joe Maddon.
damn you swish
another quick inning by andy to get the momentum going our way
rather keep the momentum going…..
Andy was Mo like on that last pitch…
I was expecting a few double plays with the Pettite and Pavano anyway. At least , Pettite is looking sharper by the inning, nice cutter there.
Andy’s location seems to be improving, this is very encouraging, especially in lieu of what Pavano just looked like.
Thome looks like Buzz Lightyear..
Trisha,
my feelings on Grandy have not changed. I cant honestly say that I knew he would break out of his slump. I’m just happy he’s hitting the ball like he’s suppose to.
Andy is almost in cruise control right now, he is throwing the ball great…
I don’t know what Girardi is thinking putting Swish behind Cano when Posada has done nothing but perform at that position. Make Swisher earn it.
Once we take the lead I bet this MN team will tense up … they are the verge of toppling over IMO.
Nice & quick!
Andy looks pretty good now.
Andy has pitched like Doc Halladay the last two innings…
Quick inning! Let’s get to this piece of …… …… ……. …….. carcillo Pavano!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful inning. That was Andy in mid season form.
Hmmmm, andy settling in just right. Reminds me of a guy who pitched for us and went 11-2 in the first half of the year.
Come on BATS ! it’s time for a PUMA blast ! I know Godzilla would have hit 2 already!
Posada should bat before Swish in game 3 and the rest of the play offs. Swish gets too over anxious in some of these at bats and chases bad pitches.
Swisher has a double today and performed last night…He also wasn’t woefully slumping like Posada, is faster than Posada and is a switch-hitter just like Posada. No issues with Swish hitting in front of Posada, he’s far likely to do something fundamental most of the time anyway.
Andy is now fearless and quickly mowing them down now.
Momentum is ours, and so is the game.
Whatever Andy and Eiland saw on the video allowed them to make an adjustment.
His command is much better and his cutter is really moving, leading to the broken bats.
can’t believe that Andy has only thrown 50 pitches…he can last several inning longer pitching like this
Andy is dealing. He looks to be pitching to contact. That’s great = low pitch count…….
home ump is trying hard to screw up Yanks
Pavano with that porn star ‘stache.
I never do this (because of the keeping score aspect of it), but I have to interject. If you’re listing people who have always thought Granderson would do well, you need to count myself and Pat M, who made our delight known the day of the signing.
Is Andy on a normal count tonight? Can he go 100 pitches or is he still at the 85ish mark?
What ever Eiland told Andy after the 2nd inning worked. Andy has settled done nicely.
damn posada hit that hard
PUMA BLAST!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sir Lance
Puma tees off on a cookie!
Welcome to the NYY Mr. Lance Berkman!!!!!
Beast. Most unlikely at bat of the post season so far
Yay, Berkman!!
Great job Lance
friginn Elvis
berky!!!
MPF Lance Berkman = AWESOME
Go Berkman!! I definitely wasn’t expecting that.
Yay Puma! Scoring runs for his BFF. How cute.
i’ll take it Berkman…….and now the crowd is dead
the adjustment the Yankees made is having an effect on Pavano, he is being much more careful with the fastball now and the Yankees are hitting him even harder.
And Pat M. props to you, Berkman did exactly what you thought he would…
Puma Puma Puma
I never know if any of these balls are going out because of this stupid basketball announcer
Wonder what’s up the the first pitch swinging outs though!
Anyone else just heard Sterlings Berkman HR call.
Berkman is a good match up for Pavano.
See it hit it right now. Only chance to chase him will be by pounding him. Won’t be pitch count.
Smoked by the King!
“Sir Lancelot rides to the rescue!”
Listening to John and Suzyn, lol…..I love it.
I am shocked Berman’s 2nd pitch wasn’t called strike, then he homered.
LOL
Pat M with the Grandy and Puma call!!!
That was an oppo bomb. Really impressive.
Cashmoney October 7th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Come on BATS ! it’s time for a PUMA blast ! I know Godzilla would have hit 2 already
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Nice call my friend – woohoo – those pickups are looking good here – the in-season trades (Puma, Wood) and the off-season trade for Granderson.
Nice job F.E.!
That ball was crushed the opposite way by Berkman.
Most Hated:
__ Jonathan Papelbon
__ Carl Pavano
__ Curt Schilling
Benny – you know I ALWAYS believe they’ll break out of slumps. Plus I thought he had done nice things in the field, and he had helped us in games. Unconditional love for my Yanks.
SLOW
AND
PAINFUL
Gardner is making Crawford and Werth look very attractive this offseason….
They have to stop swinging at the 1st pitch and make him work. The game plan going in must be to swing early but when they make him work he is making mistakes and they are hitting the ball hard. Be patient…
Cashman needs to go!
That’s Berkman’s trademark in Houston – driving the ball with authority t0 LF as a LH.
the Yankees are professional hitters, they went 1 time through the order and made the adjustment to attack him before he got ahead, the results were 2 runs and it could have been a couple more except for some tough luck.
What now HATERS?
gotta love grandy and puma!!
NYY626 – Andy in 2011 October 7th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Yay Puma! Scoring runs for his BFF. How cute.
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I told y’all he’d come up big this post season
i hate when the camera stays on the pitcher for the whole pitch.
Nice job F.E.!
Nice to see that Pavano is finally giving the Yankees something back for their 40 million!
The Target Center got quiet because they’ve seen this movie before.
As I said before, I hate Big Sloppy, Pimplebutt, Pedroia midget & Puke, but Pavano burns me up.
alright, time to get another quick inning to silence the crowd then the big bats come back up for us next inning!!
Shutdown inning Andy. Come on.
i believe i called a big hit from berkman tonight…
Btw- I have been cooking & baking in the kitchen since this game started and listening to the announcers. They really do suck.
There is absolutely no enthusiasm. An out, a hit, a strike out and a home run all sound exactly the same. The only way I know whats happening is crowd reaction
Triple Short of a Cycle October 7th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I never know if any of these balls are going out because of this stupid basketball announcer
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Indeed – where is the ‘it is high, it is far it is…. gone!’. Both Sterling and Kay do a nice excited homerun call. I heard someone (forget who) on WFAN today making the case that they need to bring the top announcers from each team together to create the national TV team calling the game. I love the idea. Team Kay with someone from the Twins and you have a recipe for success.
Suck I feel like we have hit him harder than 2 runs worth. Oh well Postseason baseball runs are hard to come by.
Erica going witht he “y’all” in honor of the Big Puma!
Paco, that is the way it used to be in the old days, one announcer from each team and it was great…
Gratuitous HR stat padding from Berkman. lol.
I want the American Idol to be beaten like a drum.
Carl “Big Game” Pavano :
five innings, fifty-seven pitches
It’s obvious the game plan is to jump on Pavano. He, like most of this Twins staff throws a first pitch strike 70% of the time. They’re sitting on a first pitch fastball after they realized his off speed stuff isn’t being thrown for strikes the first time through the order.
Asking them to be patient and work his pitch count would be counter-productive, unless you want to see the first three innings unfold again.
The announcers are terrible. I have John and Suzyn on with the TV on mute which is surreal because of course it is not quite in sync.
Still want to see his Pavano’s pitch count up. He’s missing in his location, but the Yanks keep swinging out of the zone. Work him a little and they can still pound him.
Pavano was a thief in NY. The worst part is not he was injured but rather, I thought the guy dogged it for three years.
The Twins are lucky that this ballpark is soo big. Most stadiums don’t hold all of these bombs that the Yanks hit in the 4th inning.
“If you’re listing people who have always thought Granderson would do well, you need to count myself and Pat M, who made our delight known the day of the signing.”
Doreen, I was supportive of the signing, but I must admit that I did turn on Grandy when he started to stink up the joint. I am glad that he’s turning things around and is helping the team win.
The cast of Flatliners is calling this game……..
Erica, I think you showered?
Vince, exactly, they went once through the order looking at pitches and went into attack mode in the 4th inning. And it’s worked…
“If you’re listing people who have always thought Granderson would do well, you need to count myself and Pat M, who made our delight known the day of the signing.”
That was actually a reference to a near murder that took place on one of the game threads and continued after it. Poor Curtis probably didn’t get a run in, or maybe he had several Ks, don’t remember, but I think it was close to when he had come off the DL. He wasn’t tearing the cover off the ball, and you know how it goes on lohud. There was little love for him, and I am talking from just about everyone. We’re talking regulars, we’re talking the looked-upon-as-elite, we’re talking butt ugly.
Come on Andy , shut these &*&er down… these guys are ready to topple.
Hey I’ve always loved Grandy too. I’ve stated countless times he would be a dynamic player come October.
Then again, I also really like the Nick Johnson signing at the time…. maybe they cancel each other out?
Nasty Andy
anyone want to complain about Dave Eiland after that in game tweak after the 2nd inning? The guy obviously knows his stuff and Andy is the kind of pupil who can make the changes-most pitchers wouldn’t be able to pull it off.
The ump and swinging at the 1st pitch 4 or 5 times has helped to keep Pavano’s pitch count down. They really have to work him and he will continue to make mistakes.
MG,
I knew we could one day be on the same page about something. Exactly. Patience isn’t always the answer, it’s just a nice blue print for an offensive philosophy.
No damn walks
For a stadium that supposedly doesn’t give up a lot of HRs, we’ve already had what, 5 in two games? I was expecting maybe one.
Andy looks locked in.
# JM October 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
The announcers are terrible. I have John and Suzyn on with the TV on mute which is surreal because of course it is not quite in sync.
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Me too, but I’d rather have the delayed radio broadcast than listen to the TBS guys.
High strike, no?
That was a strike. This ump is so one sided it’s unreal.
Come on Andy. No walks here. Get this Valencia.
Andy isn’t getting that outside fastball strike, it’s his bread and butter to get ahead of batters. Fortunately, he knows how to work around it…
Trisha,
I think the game Granderson had against Lester when he struck out twice in situations where he had to advance the runner to tie the game was the ultimate low point for Granderson supporters.
That was the only time I was frustrated, but I was prepared to give him the entire season before making irrational decisions about the trade.
Fat Elvis has left the building!!!!
I haven’t see Derek swing at so many bad pitches and seem to be so impatient at the plate. Clearly he looks like he is really pressing.
good recovery by Andy, Valencia needs to hit his way on…
MG,
I agree and same can be said of K Long.
Andy squeezed Valencia like an orange..
JM October 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
The announcers are terrible. I have John and Suzyn on with the TV on mute which is surreal because of course it is not quite in sync.
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I’d love to do that as well, but I have to stream the games online (I’m not in the US), so I can’t. Even if I got a couple of computers going, it would never properly sync since the streaming feeds buffer and are never quite live.
one word: DEALING!
andy is locked in!!!
Andy dealing now.
Beautiful Andy. Beautiful.
Andy is rolling now
Andy is dealing
Andy looks great right now !
Let’s score some more!!!!
Nice shutdown inning for Andy.
Time for more runs.
Some of these umps need to be called out on the matt. Get demoted. One pitch Pavano tossed was right down the middle. The TV exposed the flaw. Will MLB hide the problem by telling networks to stop showing this or fix the problem?
WELCOME to BERKMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quick inning! Let’s put an end to the night of this piece of …… …… ……. ……. carcillo Pavano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JM – I’m doing the same thing.
This veteran team is making adjustments on both the hitting and pitching end. Tough combo for a team to beat.
Andy is making me teary….
the Yankees chances of repeating went up enormously tonight with this performance by Andy…
Nice inning. Now Grandy, Tex, Arod… Lets add some more here. Keep the pressure on.
this is the inning they blow it open
well, i guess its safe to say the yanks have one heck of a rotation.
Andy is a big game pitcher. He steps his game up in the postseason.
Tyler October 7th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Erica going witht he “y’all” in honor of the Big Puma!
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No, its in honor of Andy Pettitte!!!!
lets rip their hearts out this inning!!
I’m going to miss Andy when he hangs ‘em up.
TR10 October 7th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Erica, I think you showered?
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No shower. But I did wash a sinkful of dishes!!!!
Pettitte with only 60 pitches.
Heroic effort by Andy. Here’s hoping he can keep it up.
Yogi Mantle October 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Gratuitous HR stat padding from Berkman. lol.
I want the American Idol to be beaten like a drum.
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it’s idle when referring to pavano.
Pavano has been pretty lucky so far, you have to figure the breaks will even out over the course of the game and the Yankees will get a couple of cheap hits wrapped around a couple of line drives and put some distance between them and the Twins in either the 6th or 7th…
Keep it up Andy! He’s always been up there on my favorite all-time Yankees list. I think his biggest assets are his ability to make adjustments during the game and to grit it out when he doesn’t have his best stuff. The consummate pro. Cool, calm and collected.
i’m kinda worried for Hughes. the twins are gonna be due.
Smoltz is drunk. He is way off. Instant replay makes the game legit. Don’t drink during the telecasts. Right is Right. Get’um right and it leaves no questions!!!!!!
Is it time for expanded instant replay ? Add 2 extra umpires on the LF and RF lines for all postseason games and they still muff the calls as evidenced last night by RF umpire Chris Guccione who had a bird’s eye view of the Greg Golson catch.
Will they ever learn ?
MLB is going to announce tonight they will have one of their execs serve as a spokesman/middleman for the umpires for the rest of the post-season.
In other words, their solution to the umpire problem is to make them less accessible and accountable.
Unreal.
see how Pavano has changed his pattern and is trying to go inside this time through the order? That is the danger zone for him.
Trisha -
That explains it – I’m hit or miss on game threads.
“That was the only time I was frustrated, but I was prepared to give him the entire season before making irrational decisions about the trade.”
Grandy on fiya
curty!!!
would you guys put Granderson in motion here, hit and run?
Grandy is en fuel.
Granderson! Great! Come on Tex keep the line moving here.
Grandy is en fuego.
“Trisha -
That explains it – I’m hit or miss on game threads.”
Believe me Doreen, you were happy to miss that one. It was so awful.
This is good hit and run combo with Tex IMO.
does anyone know what the berkman home run call was from sterling?
i would imagine its “fat elvis has left the building” although i also like “another top hit from fat elvis”
I’d send him..
Pavano was throwing 90-92 earlier, that last fastball was 88.
SJ44,
That really is absurd…
I think the homerun call was “Sir Lancelot rides to the rescue” or something to that extent.
I want Grandy to steal base here it puts him in scoring position with no outs…..
haha I’ve watched Curtis long enough to realize we hadn’t seen his best, but yeah, the hatred for him in such a short amount of time was pretty impressive.
Hmm, just added the MLB nextdef plugin – you can watch the TBS video with the Min announcers or just with the park noise, but there is no option for the NY audio. Presumably, when the games are in NY there will be a nice option to watch the TBS feed and listen to the NY radio feed with it. I can’t stomach these national announcers in most of the games (though I thought Ron Darling has been pretty good in the Rays series).
you can’t send Grandy here, it takes that hole away for Teix…
Good enough Erica!
SJ, does the Umpire’s Union wield a relatively large amount of power?
I can’t really wrap my head around how any of the MLB’s approach to consistently poor officiating makes any sense.
SJ – if that’s correct – I don’t know what to say. That’s straight out of the Kremlin’s playbook, or 1984.
Elvis proved Pavano ain’t nothing but a houndog..
Pavano is on the ropes here.
SJ-
In an era with unreal technology, PitchFx, etc, how do they not have the ump with the highest strike accuracy rating behind home plate?
I think A-Rod will do some damage this inning
# Tyler October 7th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
I think the homerun call was “Sir Lancelot rides to the rescue” or something to that extent.
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Then he started singing towards the end. Funny stuff.
Time for an Abomb.
Doreen, count me as a Granderson supporter – and a Berkman one as well!
come on clutch rod
I remember one game when [INSERT PLAYER NAME HERE] didn’t execute a [INSERT SITUATIONAL FAILURE HERE] and everyone on this forum but me trashed him but I said he would still be a good contributor later and then he was and it proves that I am THE BEST YANKEE FAN.
Wow…if Berkman and Grandy hit through the playoffs, where in Yankeeland is the most important time, I am going to happily eat my words about Cashman and not keeping Matsui and messing up a Championship team with his offseason moves…..
It’s all Bud Selig folks.
He’s in denial of how bad the umpiring is in the game.
Once this “solution” is made public, the national media will tear it to shreds.
Steal baby
Steal, be aggressive.
come on Rod , put this fool out of his misery , we need a Centaur trot here!
Grandy is friggin fast
Nice hit and run execution there!
clutch rod delivers!!!
That’s the way Joey G! A little hit and run! Love it!
I’ve always thought Grandy would be a good player for the Yankees and he is showing just how dynamic he can be…
sac fly
Alright Arod! Come on Robbie! Knockout punch here… MVP MVP MVP\
Gotta get him home
SJ, the umpires are cowards and Selig is their leader……….pathetic.
I wasn’t sure how Andy would do simply because of the rust issue, but that aside, he’s the Yankees’ security blanket.
I’ve been very harsh on Girardi recently but I absolutely love that hit and run. Smart, aggressive baseball. beautiful call by Joe there.
That was really bad Cano..
Robbie let’s him off the hook.
damn!
Aw damn that run would have been really nice to have. I don’t see the Yankees holding a 1 run lead for the rest of the game….
damn you Robbie for not getting the run in on the out (still love you though)
damnit robbie
Very very bad at bat.
they should have 4 runs in this game
just dreadful
That was not MVP swing there, Cano has to have a better idea where to attack in the zone ahead of count there.
Cano should know better than that.
SJ, Selig doesn’t care; he just keeps saying that players and teams tell him that no one wants IR. I think most umpires must be good people who love the game; it’s no sin to be human and IR would just correct egregious mistakes. It’s no reflection on the competence of the umpires, but they are so defensive.
Completely irrelevent panic attack-
Someone just told me they are bringing another friend over tomorrow.
I now have to make room for 15 people in my apartment. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
I have to go bake more now
cant let this crowd back in it
Wild pitch
That’s all baseball IQ there by Cano.
Both Robbie and Tex reached for bad changeups to bail Pavano out again.
Too many opportunities to add on falling by the wayside.
The way they’ve hit the ball, they should be up 6 runs.
That change up was NASTY
They reached on pitches that were being called strikes all night. Tex’s pitch he swung at was a called strike in that same AB.
Arod has got to go. Make things happen
Yeah arod needs to steal here.. No doubt about that.
It still looks like a different team than the one that finished the season.
just pathetic…. now the twins will score.
Terrible job by Cano. You have to look for a pitch to drive instead of reaching for an outside pitch. They are really letting Pavano off the hook in this game because they can’t score guys from 3rd.
That was a big run to lose out on….
Swish not getting it done again
What are these bats made of, balsa wood?
just a bad job by the middle of the order there.. That could come back to haunt them.
2nd time this game Swish did not come through in a big spot…..
Tabbert- You’re a clown. Get out of here with your negativity.
Could have broken this open. Need some more Andy.
These missed opportunities are their albatross. I hope it doesn’t cost them.
They have really bailed Pavano out tonight.
Really poor AB’s in big situations tonight.
The cancer that infected the team for the last month of the season.
Inconsistent production with RISP.
Tabbert October 7th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
just pathetic…. now the twins will score.
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is that a rule? I think they need to get someone on base first…
Hope that doesn’t come back to bite us.
Another great job by Pavano. He put it exactly where Mauer wanted it and got Swisher to swing at his pitch. He’s taking advantage of the Yankees aggresive approach now and getting them to swing at pitches out of the zone.
Posada has to bat before Swish. Swish is terrible in these spots and will swing at anything.
Man this game thread is going down the tubes…. Some of you people are being ridiculous
Andy has to hold it here. They should have at least socred one run from that. And it was all on Cano.
Swisher continues to act as if he’s the one in trouble when it’s the other way around. That’s the way Arod used to be at the plate. Posada know how to turn the screws on a pitcher in trouble. He should be batting behind Cano the rest of the post season.
“i’m kinda worried for Hughes. the twins are gonna be due.”
I’m not.
“It still looks like a different team than the one that finished the season.”
Yankees always know how to rachet up in the postseason. That was our ace in the hold.
(where did the saying “ace in the hole” come from? Is that a golfing term?)
Multitasking. Fran still not home yet. Also DVRing the game so I can see any parts I miss.
swisher is forced to swing at that pitch because the douche behind the plate has been calling it a strike!
What can you say? They have to swing at these pitches because nearly every single one of them has been called a strike in some at bat in this game. Even the horrible ones they are making weak outs on have been called strikes at times in this game.
Not much you can do when you’re forced to swing at garbage pitches 6 inches off the plate because the HP umpire isn’t calling a consistent strike zone.
Cano crushed the ball the first two times he was up tonight. He made a bad swing, that’s baseball, get over it, he’s been clutch all season…
Terrible, lazy AB by Cano. Why did he swing at that pitch? Missed opportunity.
Making it tough on Andy with that poor inning offensively. Now he has the top of the order again.
Huge at bat here with span
That inning was more on Cano, He was ahead of count and reach for next offering outside the zone . He needs to have a better approach than that in that spot.
They have hit the ball extremely hard but those at bats by Swish and Cano killed them. With a runner on 3rd they have to swing at better pitches. They had a chance to put 5 runs on board and they failed of course just like they have in the 2nd half of the season.
Same pitch as the first one. First is called a ball, that’s a strike? This umpire is a joke
It’s playoff baseball. Just have to keep grinding.
Can’t be clutch every AB, but you can have good ABs and Cano did not have that.
cant walk the leadoff batter dude…
WTF???????????????????? where was that pitch
That would be a strike for pavano
Cano actually had a good approach there, he reached for the ball and made a conscious effort to drive it in the air. He just didn’t get it deep enough, but he had the right approach.
Swisher was up in his last at bat with a runner at 3rd and was pulling off changeups down and away and hit into a DP.
The strikezone has been awful tonight.
No question about that.
I think the ump is hammmered.
way to battle back
Way to battle there Andy! Keeping Span off the base is clutch.
Atta baby andy, way to battle back.
Buster posey looks 11.
Now Andy is getting squeezed even more
Good LORD call that a strike blue
crud
f***
Thanks Swisher!
tie game, because nyy hitters can’t hit a sac fly
darn
Crap.
Sh– t. Hanging curve.
That’s y u can’t leave men in scoring position.
thats what you get CANO and SWISHER…..thanks!
Put that on cano
Are you kidding me O. Hudson!.. Really!.. I told ya that last half inning would come back to haunt them.
that’s exactly what happens when you leave runners on base, it energizes the other team…
hanging breaking ball, Hudson nailed it…
Huh? They have 7 hits off Pavano.
Ace in the hole —-> poker.
Alright , time to move on, Andy just to need to hold them there.
Another strike missed on the first pitch to Hudson and bam, new ballgame.
The poor AB’s with RISP come back to bite them.
Shake it off andy.
Orlando Hudson. really??
Last innings failure looks huge, the first pitch to Hudson was a strike!!
got the crowd back in it.. Now Pavano stays in the game!
Why call for another curve ?
we will get them
Wow, haven’t seen someone round the bases on a blast that fast in a long time.
Curtain call? HA! yea… nice might as well.
Time to spank Pavano.
tbs broadcasters seem to be excited
The strike zone is awful.
While the yanks have definitely blown their chances, this ump is BRUTAL….BOTH WAYS……..
Stupid stupid pitch. You got Hudson out easily both of his previous AB’s on cutters in on his hands, why are you throwing him an offspeed pitch when he is likely starting his bat early? You’re just helping him out, just not a smart pitch.
This is insane? Nothing is being called for a strike now
Yankees choking in RISP came right back to kill them!
okay, lets go andy.
squeezing Andy all night. Wow. Well have to keep battling here. No worries were 2 outs here get Thome.
Ump squeezing Andy!
All of a sudden the basketball announcer has a pulse
god damnit….
Ernie Johnson is gonna have cardiac arrest. Another dropped ball by Granderson.
Ball touches glove? Gotta catch it
It comes back to hurt everytime and usually in the next inning. That pitch was right down the middle. 2 pitches to Young not called a strikes so Andy has to throw a cookie.
What a poor tease to the Minnie fans….
Andy can’t get Young out. He hits over .600 against him.
I cant stand listening to scumpile broadcasters. The whole game, Ernie and Ron red sox Darling are crying and hoping and praying and wishing for the Twins to win This is horrible broadcasting.
They are more biased against the Yankees/in favor of the Twins than our own home broadcaster Kay is biased towards us.
This umpiring is a sham. There have been 5 missed strike calls in this inning.
That triple by Young was entirely caused by the umpire. Those first 2 pitches were both strikes so Andy was forced to toss it right down the middle.
Jerkface and Matt have acknowledged what’s going on.
“They reached on pitches that were being called strikes all night.” Cano and Swisher.
gotta make the catch
he looked out at third to me
you knew them not scoring would come back to bite them in the rear. But half of you cheerleaders refuse to believe in anything called momentum.
Okay, please get out of the inning, Andy!
why didn’t Arod keep the tag on him?
now this is big AB
Granderson definitely should of had that.
all right, get porn star!
Get it back, boys.
ok…. Now go kill Pavano. Put a fork in him.
Andy has pitched his guts out. This is definitely not on him. Lets score now come on.
Nice job Pettitte.. Tied up.. Now that bats got to cash in these opportunities.
This happens every time, doesn’t it? If you cannot capitalize on a good chance, you will be punished the next inning.
thank god for thome sucking, but god….this is just sad and pathetic….someone better come through with the key hit for us SOON, because im sure pavano will come out rockin and im sure the ump will give him calls now
Again, these sick piece of crap broadcasters. “If there ever was a time for a mistake hit to the shortstop, here it is.”
They couldnt be unbiased if they were paid to be unbiased. I cant take it anymore, but I cant turn the game on mute because of superstition! :SCREAMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS:
Good job Andy, now offense put some hits together!!
Since time immemorial, have we ever (EVER !) knocked Carl Pavano around ?
now way good play by Granderson….that was a tough play any other outfielder wouldnt have even come close to the ball. That would have been a phenom catch if he came up with it
It stinks to get beat by Hudson. Andy made perfect pitches until that pitch he left right down the middle. The offense has to stop leaving guys at 3rd base. It has really hurt them in this game.
I thought Alex snuck the tag in on Young.
A replay would have been nice.
Time for the offense to go to work and get Andy something to work with.
The offense has failed twice in this game already to hit a simply fly ball to get a runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs.
Pettitte has been unbelievable, now will the offense start doing its job? Pettitte’s going to give you a chance, you just have to put up some runs.
He was safe at third.
New ballgame and the AB’s have got to be more productive.
You can’t expect a starter to be perfect. The O has to do it’s job.
tie game, 3 innings left, Yankee territory, particularly against the Twinkies…
The most important thing tonight is that Andy is back to being Andy, he’s pitched an excellent game with just one bad pitch, the one to Hudson. Young just wears him out…
offense really missed their chance last inning
Oh look. The Twins standed two runners. Maybe that will energize the Yankees.
lets get a bloop then a blast. rip their hearts outs!!!
I’m looking for the foot on the throat, but this team keeps lifting the boot. C’mon, stick the dagger in ‘em.
This should be a 4-2 games, twice Yankees had runners on third and less than 2 outs and did not drive them in.
CR9
I agree. These guys are so biased it’s not even funny. It’s like they are praying for Yankee failure.
Can’t continue to let Pavano off the hook another inning. Scratch, claw, manufacture runs, …….. whatever it takes to have Yankees crossing the plate. No waiting for the long ball as a bailout.
I want to win this game!
I need to win this game!
I need this! I cant take these broadcasters and umpires any more! Im about to fly off the handle!
Win this game, Yankees, and shove it in the broadcasters/umpires eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Captain Clutch October 7th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Granderson definitely should of had that.
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Serious??
*stranded.
Triple Short of a Cycle October 7th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
All of a sudden the basketball announcer has a pulse
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apparently only when the Twins hit homeruns… I thought perhaps I had switched to listening to the Twins radio feed when I noticed the announcers finally getting excited
# Ruby Tuesday October 7th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Since time immemorial, have we ever (EVER !) knocked Carl Pavano around ?
who cares? as long as Yanks win this game, who cares?
Andy’s done all you can ask. He was a huge unknown coming in and 6 IP 2 runs is very good. What is killing them is wasted at bats by guys like Cano and Swish. Have to take advantage of these opportunities…
Andy has pitched well tonight. Can’t complain about this performance.
THATS NOT A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHould be 2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
That pitch was not given to Andy on the outside.
how many pitches does pavano have?
swung at ball 4
Absolutely right about Andy. We’re due for more runs. I apologize for not doing something I should have (a superstition). That Minny run is on me. But I am rectifying that right now.
These guys are talking about the Twins winning 3 straight games, when they havent even won ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These announcers r brutal
what is it with the close ups of pavano
yanks22 October 7th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Yankees choking in RISP came right back to kill them!
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Twins ARE a playoff team – really cant pizz away those chances against these types of teams….
Now – gotta try and comeback again !!!
Wow these guys are praying to whatever God they can for a twins win.
I have to say, I had tuned at last night when the Yankees started scoring, so I didn’t hear the difference in the broadcasters.
But the bias is unbelievable.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ball 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fairness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posada is one of the great professional hitters I’ve ever seen in the post season.
In both games so far, the Yankees have done their absolute best to swing at ball 4. It’s the only truly annoying thing I’ve seen.
Turn that lineup over, guys!
Posada has really had tremendous at bats over the past two nights.
The rest of the team would do well to take note…
Lets go, Berk.
leadoff walks lead to trouble. Lets hope so !
Thank you people for agreeing on the broadcasting. You dont know how much it means to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We will win this game. Not to worry fellow lohudites.
Ernie Johnson was so effing happy to call that HR on Hudson. These guys are an effin joke.
I suppose a bunt is out of the question.
let’s see if what they say about leadoff walks is true.
Come on, Berkman!!
Now the GIDP ?
c’mon c’mon guys lets get the run back this inning so Andy can get the win
another bs call
I think what is happening with the announcers, beyond the fact the Twins are the home team, is they have almost polluted themselves beyond repair with this David vs. Goliath mind game…It’s almost like they’re announcing this game for Twins fans who would do anything in the world to beat the big bad Yankees bullies.
Forgetting there is more than half its viewers who are completely OK with the Twins failing again.
you have to be kidding me with that last pitch, it was 6 inches outside.
THATS NOT A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ball 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS A SHAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow these guys are praying to whatever God they can for a twins win.
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because they know if they Yankees win tonight they only have one more payday left
Not close to a strike.
That was not a strike when Andy threw it.
The technology is there for computers. End this ‘human element’.
“what is it with the close ups of pavano”
they’re trying to make us lose our lunch
the strike 2 call to Berkman is just so awful
Pavano just keeps getting gift after gift strikes to help him out.
One good turn deserves another, now Pavano is being squeezed.
That was strike 3.
gotta love every time the call is questionable for Minny out come the replays
Why do the announcers make a big deal about a missed strike but they say nothing when Pavano gets strikes called that are 6 inches out of the zone?
BirdMAN!!
PUMA!!!!!!!
Berky!!!!!!
Yes !
Yay!!! Posada booked it!
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posada all the way from the 1st base?
Chug baby Chug. POSADA chugging around the bases!
Berkman. Another guy who was brought for October. N delivering.
I am laughing my asses offvat Elvis
Puma earning his spots, errr pinstripes!
Are they seriously going to blame the game on that 1 pitch? Really?? After all the garbage we got called against us?
Pat M is right again, Berkman comes up big for a second time, that ball was hammered.
The Berk-Man does it again!
I like that better than the Sir Lancelot stuff….
Puma with another huge hit and posada scored from first!! they are doing their best to get Andy this well deserved W.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ! PUMA POUNCED AGAIN!
Berkman having an MVP kinda night.. Now they are all whining about the pitch before..
TOLD YA!
Now chill and enjoy. If you listened to me more youd be a bunch of calm and happy peeps!!!
bought time Pavano didn’t get that call…..
and gooo Posada first to home and wow Berkman is about to become my new hero!!!!!!!!!!
BIG LANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE THAT UMPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG LANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
And Sir Lancelot takes advantage of the bad call.
Make me hot? What? Yanks been gettin screwed all night
MPF Lance Berkman = REALLY Awesome
Posada is a speedburner. When was the last time he EVER scored from first in back to back games? I don’t think he’s done it in back to back seasons.
That makes up with some of the non-strike calls Andy’s been getting.
Usually, when Jorge is scoring from first on a double and Andy is pitching a better game than CC just pitched the night before, we win.
You can look it up!
I love this!!
TBS crews begin to complain that strike 3 pitch.
I mean, fxxk them.
Posada was flying around the bases hahah.
He can turn it on the jets when he needs to!
Go cry Gardy
Go Lance
Goodnight, Ron,
Foot To Throat! Foot To Throat. Rinse, and repeat.
Shut up Andy has been squeezed all night
We have got to get Berkman in from second here… the Twins are ready to crumble!
Maybe Gardy’s trying to energize his team.
I really do like the guy.
Nice.
Now only if we don’t give the run right back .
haha, trying to rally his squad
This piece of crap Ron Gardenhire is arguing with the umpire.
He’s been gifted this entire game.
HOW DARE HE GET ANGRY!!!!!!!!!
HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DARE HE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
think Lance Berkman just became really popular in New York.
Yankees have been squeezed too. So both sides are getting bad calls.
I don’t understand. The blue thing on the side of the screen is homeplate right? And the circles are the pitches, right? So how come if the pitches aren’t in the blue box they’re being called strikes?
And the one IN the box is a BALL?
And why, when the Yankees are up, they talking about what Pavano needs to do to get them out? When the Twins are up they’re talking about –
YES!!!! BERKMAN!
– how the Twins should attack Pettitte.
Ugh.
maddon and gardenhire can go have donuts together now.
Like I said, Pavano ain’t nothing but a houndog
is Wendelstedt supposed to be a good umpire? He has been awful tonight and has missed a ton of pitches to both teams plus given Pavano a bunch of calls outside the zone.
I almost miss micheal kay with these clowns
why do they toss managers so quickly in the playoffs?
Use the computer and no one can complain.
Come on Gardner pull one to the right side !
BLEEP gardenhire because Pettite didn’t get that call all night!!!!!!!!! So once again BLEEP gardenhire
Drop a bunt here.
I hate bunting but I would bunt here.
Is this Fenway Park?
Its amazing. The bias is just insane. We get 20 bad calls. They get 5 and the whole post game will revolve around that. They need to bunt here
Add on. Add on.
“Nice.
Now only if we don’t give the run right back .”
Did someone drop acid before the game? Trying reverse jinxes?
You’re a fool, no offense.
Hey look on the bright side Minnesota, now your manager doesn’t have to watch his team go down once again… maybe he can catch an early flight to JFK
Stay classy Twins’ fans.
The thing is that the Twins have this weak “oh the World is against me” attitude. Grow up !
“Is this Fenway Park?”
In case you hadn’t noticed, that chant goes on in every park we visit.
U don’t bunt when u want a big inn. Do not give free outs.
Hahahahaha
He can turn it on the jets when he needs to!
LOL
Poignant moment as the Minnsey fans see Gardenhire for the last time in the 2010 season.
He’s trying to fire up the fan base for next year’s early season ticket sales though, savvy move.
Beautiful. Open this inning up here and win the game.
Steal second!!!
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAA
And that’s why the bunt is sometimes a good play.
I cant believe these fans and this team have the AUDACITY to argue one bad call in our favor!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW DARE THEY!!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GARDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gardner is so fast it doesn’t have to be all that great, he just needs to get it down.
Gritner needs to go right here…
Unless he’s bunting for a hit.
Must steal
Got to open the game up here.
And why, when the Yankees are up, they talking about what Pavano needs to do to get them out? When the Twins are up they’re talking about –
YES!!!! BERKMAN!
– how the Twins should attack Pettitte.
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Doreen I had a couple of Twins fans tell me how biased the announcing was against the Twins this morning.
Why yes….they did say it with straight faces.
This is what I was hoping when Berkman was stinking up the joint when he came over. Cashman finally found his replacement for David Justice.
Have to choke them out now. The series hangs in the balance here.
Get the damn ball in the outfield !!!!!
Gardenhire and Maddon both get tossed out of the games today.
I’m sorry, but that pitch was probably close, but the graphic that they put up isn’t the be all or end all. The Umpire was directly over that pitch, so he would know very well if it was a strike or not.
Why doesn’t Gardner do that a little more often? Very nice bunt, and he gets on. Now the Yankees need to add on, also need to try to steal a base to keep out of the DP.
Steal immediately.
Jeter and Pavano is a perfect combo for a DP.
Steal dope
BEAUTIFUL!!!! That is baseball Brett Gardner!
Run gardy run.
Jeter better got an RBI here…..don’t care how but it better result in an RBI
Time to break this one open, boys….
This couldn’t be happening to a nicer or more deserving guy…
Must steal.
Come on, Captain GIDP, add a run here !
I wonder what Berkman’s career number were against Pavano, he must have played him a lot in the NL
LGY, so be it , we need to get this run in !!!!!!
Jeez Cap. Let him steal
Had that stolen
What was Jeter thinking that was a ball way out of the zone!!
isha – true pinstriped blue October 7th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
TOLD YA!
Now chill and enjoy. If you listened to me more youd be a bunch of calm and happy peeps!!!
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Please stop taking credit for the performance of the team. It is a cheap attention-getting ploy.
Take the damn pitch!
steal brett
No way he gets thrown out
Damn Derek, don’t swing at the 0-1 pitch. Gardy had the base stolen.
Jeter was showing some good signs last game, not so much today.
I wonder if Pettitte comes back out for the bottom of the 7th.
jete is duuuuuuuuue
The ump needs to speed this game up
lol, my other half just said exactly what SJ44 just said.
Jeter blew that
come on Jeter , just make contact to the right side… A Jeterian dribble would do..
Anybody who knows baseball that this is New Yorks chance to move on. Have to capitalize
Anybody who knows baseball that this is New Yorks chance to move on. Have to capitalize
oh Jeter, what are you thinking?
Had that base stolen again and Jete swung at a ball.
why did jeter swing at that pitch and not let gardner steal?
Jeterian Bloop! good job Jeter!
THat’s MY CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cluuuuuutch!!!
again why did jeter not let gardner steal there.
Jeet!
LOL
Jeter is thinking RBI!
There we go! Jeter finally dunks one in.
Big hit!
YES….American Idle…HAHAHA
Ya jeter is done.. go away
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OCTOBER JETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PUT IT IN PLAY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s your call in the Yankees’ favor AND the bloop to make up for the liners.
Now stop whining.
There’s your Jeterian bloop.
Deliver the death blow Doctor Grandy. Finish them.
That is where having Jason Kubel in a gigantic OF kills you.
Jeter did a great job on that AB, that pitch was nasty…
yay Jeter!!!!!!!!!!!!
should have had 2rbi there for Jeter if he just let Gardy steal.
Good night Mr Pavano
Yesssss ! …….. step on their necks – full throttle.
Captain bloop!
Porn star is gone
gardner could’ve scored from second on that.
OMG A HIT WOOO WOOO!
Twins have a moat too. Only the Yankees get complaints about separating people.
Jim October 7th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Posada is one of the great professional hitters I’ve ever seen in the post season.
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Jim……I couldn’t agree more!!!!!
Derek
GET OUT PAVANO AND SIT YOUR ASS DOWN~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There you go Jete! Way to cover the plate.
Yeah scum bag walk off the mound in disgrace!!
Buh bye creeper.
Crappy, “excuse me” defensive, weak swing…..and we’ll take it dammit – we’ll take it !!!
haha , buh bye you thief!
Nice!
(I’m not complaining, but if Gardner had been able to get to 2nd, 2 would scored. Oh, well.)
Foot to Throat!!! It’s happening. The oxygen tube is the width of Canseco’s shriveled man tool now.
Let’s break it open here now. No mercy!!!!
I could not be happier than to see Pavano sent to the showers…I hope he slips in the shower & hurts his buttocks again..
Why are they cheering Pavano?
The Yankees had to let Pavano go in order to get a couple of big wins out of him.
Vince,
You mean the few calls compared to the 15 the Twins have gotten? Are we watching the same game?
MG October 7th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Pavano has been pretty lucky so far, you have to figure the breaks will even out over the course of the game and the Yankees will get a couple of cheap hits wrapped around a couple of line drives and put some distance between them and the Twins in either the 6th or 7th…
I guess that was a pretty good call…
PAVANO SUCKS
PAVANO SUCKS
PAVANO SUCKS
# qiantom October 7th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Jeter was showing some good signs last game, not so much today.
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Thanks for playing.
Exit is on the left.
Next question , would you bunt Granderson next ? Consider he has been swinging a red hot bat….
So Granderson Bunt, then intentional walk and ARod bats with bases loaded
Jeter didn’t really make it easy on Gardner to steal.
NO MERCY!!!! Keep on Tacking on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pile it on these ………….. Put em away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Put this disgrace Gardenhire where he belongs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maddon & Gardner can go cry together…on the links
Roids shrinks your luggage, not your man horn.
Must get pen going as it looks to be a long inning for Andy to stiffen up.
Like I said this morning, Pavano is at his worst in tight games.
CHOKE!
This guy is a fat slob
Yeah, I’m watching the game where the Yankees lead and are threatening, and I’m watching where half their runs came on bad ump calls they took advantage of. Like I said, it’s happening for both sides, albeit more to the Yankees, the difference is the Yankees are taking advantage and the Twins are not.
I’m celebrating what the Yankees are accomplishing, not complaining about what they aren’t.
I don’t think Gardner would have scored from 2nd. I think he would have had to hold up to see if Kubel made the catch. But, he’d be on 3rd now.
I don’t think I like the bunt here, it gives up an out and takes the bat out of Teix’ hands.
DEREK JETER clap clap clap clap clap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good point Straw, it has been a long inning by the Yanks , I do hope the Yanks has the pen warming at least.
These idiots are talking about getting Granderson to pop up a bunt?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Ive never heard that before.
GRANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
There is no excuse for a manager to blow his cool during the post season. Gardenhire getting tossed didn’t do his team any favors. Same as Maddon.
Their being tossed from the games shows why their teams are playing well. Too much tension to the point where the whole team is struggling. Tell me again, why do people think they are such good managers? The Twinkies play in a very weak division. The Rays have tons of talent built up from being bottom feeders for a decade and finally making some good moves to put the talent together on the field.
Great job Grandy.
Doing it all tonight.
Cash-
I always love a good sacrifice but at this point I think I let Grandy swing away. He’s on fire plus you have good speed on the bases so a ball in teh game should score 2 anyway. Tough call but he’s too hot to give away an out…
Have to get this run or both in
Almost threw that away.
Hot hitter? Good wasting an out.
They never learn.
Again I hate bunting, but I liked it there.
Man it feels like an 8-2 game instead of 4-2, the Yanks need a big hit here
Gardenhire got run on purpose there.
Free pass to face Arod
they are walking tex to get to arod?? Haven’t they learned their lesson????
walking the bases loaded for arod?
I don’t like the bunt there at all!
ummm Grand Slam coming up for A-rod!!!!!!!!! walking Tex to get to A-rod
Against a LH, MG, I don’t have a problem either way because you have Arod coming up… this puts tremendous pressure on the Twins.
I will be rolling on the floor if Alex goes deep once they walk Teixeira.
Walk Tex to pitch to Arod and Jon Rauch will come in to pitch to Arod.
And they play right into our hands with the walk to Tex. Mwa ha ha..
don’t like bunting with your hottest hitter there and I’m pro bunt
With this great lineup it’s foolish to give free outs.
Jon Rauch in. Alex will be leaving the yard via the Grand Slam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
come on alex do your bases loaded work
Make them pay again Alex.
Arod with bases loaded after IBB! Me likey.
All we need is a fly, great speed at 3rd…or a grand slam would be okay
if the season stats pay off here…….oh man! come on arod!
Is it just me or is it really hard to listen to the game with the Blue Angels flying overhead every two minutes?
Oh yeah, it probably is just me.
Biggest at-bat of the game. Cmon Alex
A-Rod, kill them right here.
but sac fly is good too
a good announcer would pull out the stat of Arod’s average when Teix is intentionally walked. A good announcer would do that.
I love it when they load the bases for Alex.
Nick in SF October 7th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Is it just me or is it really hard to listen to the game with the Blue Angels flying overhead every two minutes?
Oh yeah, it probably is just me.
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WHAT??
Arod has only faced Rauch 2X, nothing to really go on there other than he has been incredible this year with the bases loaded. Here is a chance to put the game out of reach.
Walking Tex to pitch to A-Rod??? LMAO! That’s worked out well in the past. Damn I am enjoying this game so far. Love it when the team and manager do a great job. Poor it on!!!!
Arod has to be smart and think SF.
Keep it off the ground and think situational hitting and not trying to do too much.
Big run at third base. Got to get him in.
Rauch’s stuff is average, Advantage Arod here on many layers.
The hole is dug Al, throw them in and cover them up here.
we need to put this game away NOWWWWW
we really need to get at least one more run in this inning. Stamp out the Twins don’t let them feel good getting away with only two runs
# MG October 7th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Gardenhire got run on purpose there.
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Its stupidity. You don’t abandon your team in the post season to “fire them up”. It shows he is not all that smart a manager. During the season is different. Managers never get thrown out in the post season, till today, and it was stupidity on the part of both the idiotic managers that got tossed today.
Arod missed his pitch there, it was a bad slider down the middle…
THATS NOT A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ball 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man ARod missed that.
Safe to say Pettitte is done tonight.
trouble, the 1st is the one to hit
“Poor it on” … LMAO!!!
This strike zone is pissing me off…
Got away with the first pitch. That was a “crush me” pitch.
Yogi, I didn’t say it was smart, I just said he did it on purpose, that’s why he made the mound visit.
Very poor
arod needed that first pitch back….GOD…..
damn, A-Rod fails!
Please Dear Lord just allow one more hit this inning. Please Dear Lord.
That’s y u don’t give away outs. Case closed.
Ugh… aight , It’s up to you Cano!
FAIL
Okay up to Cano! ARod missed his pitch and that was a nasty curve.
can anybody hit a sac fly .
the yanks refused to play simple baseball
darn.
Alright Cano. You are due now.
Alex guessed wrong there.
just because you did good last October doesn’t mean you don’t have to try this October…..Alex….just saying
I hate that I’m missing all the excitement, I made an unnecessary pitstop at chipotle but I’m still 30 minutes from home so it won’t make a difference. Hopefully the DVR is working tonight.
Caon is automatic in these situations
come on, Cano!!!
Canos due.
please Robbie
This game should be a blow out.
damn, the opp is wasted
Come on robbie…. He’s taking a totally different approach than during the rest of the year… stay within yourself…
this is a disgrace, no smart baseball
Patience, young cano.
you can’t keep the twins in the game
Why hasn’t Gardner stolen home twice already????
So far Arod has had some hits, but not the clutch from last year.
Cano swinging too hard.
announcer said the same thing last inning about changing the Mo
Pettitte is at 76 pitches, why would he be done?
NYY fan in NH October 7th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
So far Arod has had some hits, but not the clutch from last year.
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It’s game 2.
we wanna hit we wanna hit
The ALDS could be wrapped up right now….That first pitch to Alex was the one…..
NYY fan in NH October 7th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
So far Arod has had some hits, but not the clutch from last year.
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It’s Game 2.
Pettite has been sitting a long time. Doubt he’d come back out.
2 out hit will be juggler here
he will throw a curve
Shutdown the twinkies, Andy.
The season long Yankee bugaboo has reared it’s ugly head again tonight.
Poor situational hitting and too many swings at balls in the dirt and off the plate.
Could have put the game away.
Instead, time to go back to work and put up a shutdown inning.
They said there is no one warming
damn!!!!
well, that hurs.
darn
The bunt looms large.
Yankees fail again in these situations!!!
Gag
I hope that lack of execution doesn’t hurt them. By the way, how many times are these guys going to talk about something changing the momentum in this game. They are doing all they can to will Minnesota to a win.
This team sucks with RISP! Pathetic man!
Horrible Job by the offense, This game should be 8-2.
Cano has to stop swinging at garbage. That was a ball.
another gutless by cano, he refuses to have a quslity at bat. he killing nyy
Another wasted opportunity.
ugh….way to get the fans back in the game. Alright if Andy comes in and mow them down in order then that will silence the crowd again
Here’s to those that have been ridiculed by the “English Professor”.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 7th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Walking Tex to pitch to A-Rod??? LMAO! That’s worked out well in the past. Damn I am enjoying this game so far. Love it when the team and manager do a great job. Poor it on!!!!
Fail.
Pat M. October 7th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
The ALDS could be wrapped up right now….That first pitch to Alex was the one…..
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it sure was, Pat, it’s not the first time a great hitter missed his pitched and it won’t be the last. I’m guessing before the playoffs are over Arod will atone for that one and a lot more.
This team certainly has its difficulties getting runners in from third with less than two outs.
Lets Go andy!!
Cano got himself again! He needs to stop chasing in these situations ! He is little too anxious.
swinging at 4 pitches at his eyes, helped rauch out that ab.
JM October 7th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Pettite has been sitting a long time. Doubt he’d come back out.
Exactly. Hopefully he’ll still be sharp, but I doubt it. I see the appeal in getting one more inning out of him, but this is rolling the dice.
Crapola. That was less than what was hoped for. Hope the long rest doesn’t get to Andy. Girardi should have the pen cranking right now.
This is what they’ve done all year, so it doesn’t surprise me that they are doing it in the post season.
Epic Yankee Failure, as usual.
Big runs left out there
That really hurts, I’ve seen it for months…at least we are up 2 runs though
By bunting u take the bat out of the hands of ur 2 hottest hitters. Just doesn’t make sense with this lineup.
jesusmonterofordh October 7th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
another gutless by cano, he refuses to have a quslity at bat. he killing nyy
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at least learn English, you moron, before you complain. How worthless you are.
Bullpen needs to take care of business because the heart of the order did not.
lol I guess scoring two runs immediately after the Twins tied the game wasn’t good enough. I can only imagine what Twins fans are saying on their blogs right now
Yeah Cano not doing to much but killing rallies… I say Pettitte, then Joba (if Pettitte holds), then Mo
4 times the Yankees have failed to get a runner in from 3rd with less than two out tonight, lets hope it does not come back to bite them.
Robbie swung at at least 3 balls that were not strikes. Bad Robbie!! Bad, bad Robbie!!
Now no doubt the Twins will come back to win this game .
Cano and Swisher need to calm down.
Hopefully Robinson is not avaliable
Cano couldve leaned into that 0-2 pitch. oh well.
Literally, the least possible amount of runs they could have scored there was 2. It’s almost as if they tried to not score.
Pettitte is only at 76 pitches. Of course he’s coming out for the 7th.
They have squandered a ton of chances tonight.
This game shouldn’t be close but, the poor situational hitting continues. Guys trying to do way too much.
Need a shutdown inning.
Why isn’t Rauch their closer?
Aight Andy, get back in rhythm… don’t give these guys any hope.
Cano swings at balls with 2 strikes, although he is already more desciplined than he was before.
Ha TBS has turned off the pitch tracker on tv. That thing was a bad bad idea. With that said Pavano had the benefit of the calls for the first 5 innnings.
so Andy comes out after a long half inning and throws two perfect off speed breaking pitches, that is very, very impressive…
i’m not sure who was speaking about it today but for all the baseball knowledge arod has (he can remember every pitch thrown in a sequence) he has got to be the worst guess hitter around…he looks so bad swinging at crap out of the strike zone…
if he such a baseball savant you’d think he’d stop guessing and just see ball/hit ball like all the great hitters do…
JesusMontero,
Who are you fooling? We all know you are the same troll that uses the name “JetergroundsintoaDP.”
Nice to see that registration hasn’t curtailed the trolls at all…
struck him out on 3 pitches!
Pavano got that strike call
Andy is such a stud, unbelievable…
Well, sometimes you have to win the close ones.
“Epic Yankee Failure, as usual.”
Hey DUMBO – this is the postseason. I know it’s not a terribly familiar sight to you since your guys don’t do it a lot, but you don’t often see football scores in the postseason. Teams are there because they are the best of the best (unlike your toad team) and pitchers in the postseason, especially in your first games, are the creme de la creme.
So it was NOT an epic Yankee failure. It was the Yankees being challenged by another postseason team.
Count your blessings pal. The Yankees are winning.
Oh wait – this is you I’m talking to troll face.
THE YANKEES ARE WINNING.
andy could go complete
other than the SF – # 4,5,6 hitters stinking it up tonight for the yankees…
TBS got rid of their pitch tracker! I dont wonder why!! Hey, TBS, you think taking off your garbage Pitch Tracker is going to stop people from seeing what’s gone on all game long???
4-2 Yanks in the 7th. I’ll take it and stop your whining. Those wasted opportunites happen. You can’t dwell on the negatives, A…holes!!!
The least possible amount of runs you can score is 2?
Who knew!!
Newsflash…the Yankees are WINNING this game. Can we stop the complaining until it is the other way around?
The bunt was the right play. We had a guy who is #3 on the list for career GS’s and with 125 RBI’s with the bases loaded. Just can’t get behind 0-2 on pitchers at this level. ARod mistake was taking that strike 2 pitch.
Andy Pettitte is freaking awesome
I hate these announcers.
what is that old saying about momentum? It’s your next inning’s starting pitcher?
strike 3
SIT DOWN VALENCIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SIT THE **** DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy’s looking good. Maybe stays in batter-to-batter in the 8th?
Dominant inning. Wow, that was impressive.
Andy is Dandy!
Brock October 7th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Newsflash…the Yankees are WINNING this game. Can we stop the complaining until it is the other way around?
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Welcome to Postseason Game Thread. Now with 10x more complaining than regular season game thread!
FYI. He’s called the outside corner all night.
Andy threw some filthy pitches that inning
Andy is stepping up big time in this game.
Nice pitching Andy!
Shut down inning
Right down the plate bro!
If Andy is dealing you have to keep sending him out there.
Not only do you not want to mess around with a RP who may not be on their game tonight, but it is beneficial to get Andy’s pitch count up.
He is still building stamina from his time off.
Good job Andy that’s my man.
did you see Jorge and Andy work that last pitch call verbally between them? You could just see Jorge say ‘outside’ and Andy gave him the nod and painted the corner for strike 3.
GREAT inning by Andy.
Time for the offense to get their heads out of their butts and add on.
Ladies and gentleman, have no fear. Pettitte is 100% back.
How many times am I allowed to say that i love andy before people get annoyed with me?
Seriously he is ON tonight.
Gary, I’m for bunting runners over as much as anyone but I don’t agree with the Granderson bunt. The playoffs are all about hot hitters and there is no one hotter than Grandy, you can’t take his bat away even though you’ve got the modern day Ruth and Gehrig following him.
I love Andy. Just a determined Warrior who is never fazed.
Cool customer
Andy Pettitte, ladies and gentlemen. Balls of steel. I still say he’s a hall of famed.
What a disaster. Pettitte couldn’t even strike out the side on 9 pitches. Another Yankee failure.
so much for andy not being able to pitch since the injury. Looks like the yanks pitching staff is pretty dominant.
typical bizarro game thread where scoring runs and taking the lead late in the game is somehow a bad thing…
Andy is phenomenal.
The Yankees in postseason form. So glad so many of you had the faith that they would notch it up the way they always do.
Andy Pettite is epic tonight…maybe put him out for the 8th
Thank you #46.
Class & determination.
….and that has to pizzoff the announcers to no end !!!
Andy Pettitte: Guts.
7 in the books. Looking good. What a job by ANDY. He’s the man!!!!
Andy Pettite: the consummate pro.
SJ –
Is MLB really planning on announcing that regarding the umpires? There have got to be changes made to the way umpires are graded by MLB or there are going to be a lot more blown calls and a lot more managers tossed as they continue to get more lazy and out of shape.
Andy starts 8th.. Let’s get more
Andy is picking up the team. Big game pitchers do that.
Now just score a couple more runs and give Pettitte the 8th inning to start. He’s been masterful.
It’s nice to see more hitters starting to carry their weight rather than relying on the 3 guys that carried them over the last month and a half to 2 months.
andy pettite is the ultimate Big Game Pitcher – eff big game shields – andy is an effin assassin when it comes to postseason baseball…
So now espn can shut up about the yanks not havin a #2
Hey guys ! Would you let Andy pitch batter to batter or go to the pen in the 8th ?
I say let Andy go back out there.
Andy will probably pitch even better after this game, he is just coming out of his second spring training and is fresh…
Does Andy come out for the 8th, with his low pitch count?
SJ, MG?
insurance run time! then andy in the 8th and mo in the 9th!
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Like I said, heroic performance by Andy tonight. AJ should take lessons from the man.
From the radio, sounds like Andy’s night is done.
Dave,
Yes.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Chad has the announcement in his inbox by now.
Sterling just said Andy getting congratulated in the dugout, so I guess we’ll see Wood.
Horrible swish come on focus!
I think the frustration stems from this: if the Yanks blow this open, the Twins psyche will be irreparably damaged.
Sterling said Pettitte was getting hand shakes in the dugout. He thinks Pettitte is done.
no plate discpline as usual
CR9 says:
October 7, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Does Andy come out for the 8th, with his low pitch count?
SJ, MG?
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u did not ask me but I say yes
Three different flyballs and this game is 7-2….Rauch is tough though
Well that answers that. I thought they might let him go out.
# Laura – I Bleed Blue October 7th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Like I said, heroic performance by Andy tonight. AJ should take lessons from the man.
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AJ who?
I don’t know if Andy comes out for the 8th, Girardi may want to have Wood pitch with a clean slate and that would be fine with me.
Enough of this retirement talk nonsense, Andy.
At the very least, you are required to sign a 3 year post-season contract.
Don’t argue with me, you will not win.
Pavano needs to go back on the DL with a Sprained Mustache. LOSER
This is a dominant, big game performance from one of the greatest Yankees in history.
At some point I have to stop expecting him to have a melt down playoff start because its been pretty clear over his past three postseasons here that those games are a thing of the past.
Gary, I’m for bunting runners over as much as anyone but I don’t agree with the Granderson bunt. The playoffs are all about hot hitters and there is no one hotter than Grandy, you can’t take his bat away even though you’ve got the modern day Ruth and Gehrig following him.
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Jim, Granderson’s job is to advance runners and get on base. He is not in the RBI slot. Just didn’t work out this time. We got the situation we wanted
What stinks is that the least possible amount of games the Yanks can win tonight is 1.
NYY626 – Andy in 2011 October 7th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
How many times am I allowed to say that i love andy before people get annoyed with me? Seriously he is ON tonight.
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You can keep going!
Posada has been great this Post-season so far.
if the Yankees win the WS this year and Andy wins another 3-4 games it has to make him a cinch for the HOF down the road.
it looks like Wood for the 8th….but i totally bet that Andy could have come out there and dealt it again with his low pitch count
That was a well-struck ball by Jorgie.
I definitely bring Andy out to start the 8th unless he’s gassed. He could be given that it’s been a long time since he’s pitched this deep into a game.
The bunt was the right play.
You had the bases loaded with Arod and Cano coming up. Can’t ask for more than that.
Unfortunately, they didn’t get the job done.
IF there is any trouble in the next inning bring mo in for another long save!!!
If you think that this thread is bad with the complaining, try listening to WCBS. Sterling and Waldman won’t stop repeating themselves. How about Berkman? He is having an incredible game.
Andy looks pissed as he enters the runway. He wanted to stay out there.
Presumptuous question. If Andy pitches this postseason like he did last postseason does that make him a lock for the HOF?
why does swish turn back into the batting clown come postseason
Huge inning coming up, not just for this game but up coming games.
This is an odd decision now. Less than 90 pitches, shut down inning, and Pettitte is done for the night?
Wood needs to challenge with fastballs here and get ahead so he can use his curve ball for strikeouts. Hardy never swings at the first pitch, get ahead and go from there.
alright Woody….carry on the torch from Andy, don’t make me nervous, don’t walk people and don’t let the lead off runner get on. Thank You.
Biggest inning of the game right here. Keep them off the board and don’t let them think they have a chance.
i never really cared for Ron Darling, but he has been solid. He is really standing out in this Broadcast.
once they get a lead, they go quietly into the night.
they have to learn how to tack on. the guys in the pen have pretty spotty control, so giving them breathing room is important
what do i know – but i think its a mistake not having andy at least start the 8th inning and go batter per better
Over 1100 comments with 2 innings left. Everyone must be planning date night on the off day.
Was following on the road. Back and forth affair. Just need a hold and a save.
Wood?
Kudos to Pat M. for calling it in September. That Berkman would be huge in the playoffs.
Despite the whiff – “good job” by the BIG PUMA.
(Fat Elvis stayed back at the hotel tonite)
No need to overextend him…he may be needed for a game 5. (hope not).
“What a disaster. Pettitte couldn’t even strike out the side on 9 pitches. Another Yankee failure”
This is the classic case of Girardi overmanaging just to make a move. Pettitte is cruising and 2 of the next 3 hitters are lefties leading off the inning. You need to build his pitch count for future postseason starts as well, and he has shown no signs of tiring.
Wood has to stop falling behind and walking guys, you can’t keep handing guys baserunners late in close games, you have to make them beat you by putting it in play.
The only frustration tonight is, this should be a 7-2 game right now.
Too many poor AB’s in key spots.
Still have the lead but, the margin of error should be greater.
Unfortunately it isn’t so, you gotta get 6 big outs.
I don’t know that I would take out Andy, here. Bullpen, esp. Wood and Mo have been terrific, but I just don’t like to mess with a pitcher who’s going strong.
Gotta have faith….
Pettitte’s not a HOFer until he gets to around 260 wins. Unfortunately, his injury in July cost him a even money shot at finishing this year at 250 wins.
Strikes please Wood!
Well this game’s a real sleeper.
I’m going out to catch that horse movie.
Gary, I know what the book says about the 2 hole bunting in that situation but you don’t always go by the book in the post season. Guys like Mark Lemke and Jose Vizcaino win big games with their bats more often that guys like Pujols/Arod/Teix. Granderson is hot and he would have gotten some fat pitches considering who was behind him. Not saying the bunt was the wrong move, just saying I would have gone against the grain there, and just so you know I’m not playing Monday morning QB I did post it at the time.
You must be kidding me Kerry I can’t get the ball over Wood
andy could’ve gone out for the 8th.
*2 of the next 4, but the first is the 9 hitter.
6 outs to go
nasty cutter by Wood…
five
Just Nasty!
m, I’m going to ask Erica on a date.
5 outs away
Filth.
nasty pitch…..good at bat
nice curve
Just got one, need 5 more….
when he gets ahead that breaking ball is unhittable, just an incredible pitch by Wood.
Love that curveball.
Bernard Spam???
Wood can take advantage of the strike zone outside here with the fastball..
Wood looks a bit sharper thus far, hopefully these guys are starting to shake off some of the rust from not having pitched in 3 or 4 days.
Unhittable knee buckler right there.
Smoltz should be counting the outs til Rivera, instead he’s passed out drunk lying on the floor in a pool of his own urine
This is a short and slightly long term move by Girardi I think.
He has faith in Kerry and wants to give him a big confidence boost in the postseason going against 9-1-2 especially since last night was not ideal for him.
That was a very nasty curve to hardy.
FOUR!!!!
Wood is making it look easy so far…
Wood needs to keep working the outer part of the plate.
attaboy, Kerry, you can go with almost anything here and get Hudson…
!!!!!!
THREE!!!!!
Just Nasty inning!
GRANDY!!!!!!!!
ANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the Twins are playing like a defeated team.
Filth. Pure filth. Wood is good.
Dang Wood looked great out there.
Hudson was overmatched by the heat and both Jorge and Wood knew it.
wowzers!!!!! way to prove your stuff Wood….very impressive inning
Absolutely brilliant pitching tonight. Wood was outstanding.
Wood is clearly the 8th inning guy. He is tons better than last night. That curveball is sick!
Great job by Kerry Wood
wow, just dominating!!!!! 3 more outs baby
Old country hardball. Love it.
Wood was just unhittable, dominant!
Great inning.
Twins were over-matched.
I want Wood signed……pronto.
Wood was about as nasty as I’ve seen him pitch, how did Cashman get him?
…and Mauer leading off ninth with at least a 2 run lead. Priceless.
Can’t ask for better than that.
Still jonesin’ for more runs though. Would be nice to add on here.
Well i wanted Andy for the 8th but Wood was spectacular. Also, can the media shutup now about us not having any pitching outside of CC? :eyeroll:
What a NASTY hook to Hardy for the K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sit down Hardy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Hardly knew thee Hardy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dominant.
Wow, that was domination
That was the definition of domination.
I always liked Kerry Wood, going back to when he broke in with Chicago, those many years ago.
Do to a longstanding commitment, I need to leave now to help a friend rearrange her sock drawer if you know what I mean and I think you do.
bring in joba for the 9th!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0x6U1aPuk
TR10,
You’re what? 10? The Social Network is supposed to be good. According to my 15 y.o.
Gas and a little mirror with that curveball. High octane stuff there.
If results hold… 10 games above .500 IN THE POSTSEASON? Nuff’ Said.
Great inning by The Woodsman.
Now, score a couple of insurance runs and shut down the bottom of the 9th. That’s some heavy lumber coming up with Mauer, Young and Thome.
1 run would be amazing.
That way you prevent Mauer or Young getting on and Thome being able to tie it.
Everyone around the country is wondering “where to the Yankees get these guys?” Wood probably could have been had by anyone if he ended up in Cleveland. If that’s not a wakeup call for your career then nothing is.
They could barely sat anything about Kerry’s performance…..just pathetic announcing.
That WAS a ‘top shelf’ performance !
Jerkman with a big HR today too
Nice to see all the new guys contributing – Logan, Grandy, Wood, Jerkman
Now we need Kearns to join them lol
for all the grief that Jorge gets about his defense he does call very good games. He knew Hardy can’t handle breaking pitches and could see that Hudson couldn’t catch up with the fastball. I didn’t see Wood (or Andy, who never does) shake him off at all, it’s a far cry from Joba constantly shaking him off when he’s out there.
BTX – He’s no longer Jerkman!!!!!!!! He’s Big Lance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
should wood come out for the 9th?
Wood is good.
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good night
Cashman must be feeling pretty good right now about getting berkman and wood.
I dunno, backing into the playoffs with resting all the starters and losing momentum in the process… it’s gonna be tough for the Yankees to get out of the first round.
I’m gonna admit that I have to watch this Tim Lincecum next.
I feel pretty, oh so pretty. Woodsy is downright filthy. I don’t think Mo sees the 9 th unless it starts to fall apart. I just bit my tongue …………
CR9,
I know, I just like the name Jerkman
One more run would be very nice…..
Horrible strike zone
Yeah!!!!!! Brett!!!!! Steal 2nd with nobody out!!!!!
Must steal.
Great job Gardy.
Now get to 2nd. Turn that single into a double.
steal
The Rays in the other hand has a strong, young pitching staff so they are a shoe-in to be in the World Series.
this is a great time for a hit and run…
All first 4 pitches to Gardner basically in the same spot for a 2-2 count.
MG – that was an excellent point about Po. He knows what he’s doing back there. Some of the physical stuff may be an issue from time to time, but he’s smart and knows how to call.
It would be nice to get a run here. Especially considering how many outs Mo got yesterday and he gets the middle of the order. Gardner has to steal 2nd base.
love how jeter takes one down the middle and Gardner doesn’t go jeez!
I bring Wood out,have Mo ready
Smoltz just called the pitch to Berkman right before he hit the double perfect
Gardner needs to run and the Jeter scores him.
Capp is easy to run on.
They keep on making excuses for the Twins. The fact is that they are losing due to their poor play not the umpires.
Valencia is a player
Productive out…
almost like a bunt.
all right, another 2 opps!
drive him home!
***Capps***
Lance Berkman = Big Puma or Fat Elvis
I prefer Fat Elvis
Gardy needs to steal 3rd. Mauer has a bad knee for gosh darn!
Grandy could go yard here…
This is amazing. The umpires botched 2 calls in the PA of Berkman prior to the 1-2 pitch. You cant argue a 1-2 pitch when you got 2 other cheapos in the PA. You just cant. There are unwritten rules to arguing umpires, darnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on, get him to “tip” his Capps.
Close play, but the result was like a sac bunt. I’d like to see an insurance run here.
although they got lucky it wasn’t a dp.
This is an excellent match up for Granderson… watch Granderson smoking Capp’s fb.
Very happy to not see Fuentes here
I have no problem with wood in the 9th. Stay with the hot hand and give mo a few days off.
I prefer Fat Elvis-
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how about skinny Leno
Come to think of it I don’t know why Gardenhire didn’t go to Fuentes with Gardner and Grandy due up
Fast!
SAFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Steal Brett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew ya had it in ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sac fly please!!!!
Great SB by gardy!!! He’s learning!
He didn’t steal 2nd, but he did steal 3rd.
YES! Gardner doing a nice steal of third! Sweetness.
Aggressive stealing with a lefty up. Love it.
Nice.
love the steal of 3rd!!!!!!!!! great stuff Gardner
Big steal there.
Please, a flyball.
Speed kills.
hey look the fastest guy in the universe stole a base with ease. who’d a thunk?
nice steal
Beautiful Brett….Get this run in….
m, I guess I’m too young.
Don’t really give a rat’s a$$ about that movie.
Drob is a better closer than Matt Capps.
cmon single
Granderson putting together a decent at bat, but some of those should have been hittable.
Brobdingnagian in size!
ahahaha as predicted
I’m sorry but I don’t agree. You go with your best and Mo is the best. Don’t ever mess around especially in the postseason.
this is BIG!!
How good is grandy!!!!!
How good is grandy!!!!!
oh, the grandy man CAN!!!!
Granderson is really making the haters feel foolish.
Granderson comes up big once again.
Big asssss run there
Grandy!!!
Yes!! Great AB by Grandy!
Molton Lava just burned its hand on Granderson’s bat
the stadium is so quiet its scary.
GRANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SJ44 calling for more runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gardy & Grandy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the G&G boys……great stuff
I really like Curtis. He’s been one of their best hitters the past month or so.
Molten Lava just burned its hand on Granderson’s bat
7-21 with RISP?
That’s .333 AVG!
Nice job Granderson, a little dinker and a RBI.
Now I’m getting greedy for more. lol.
why is Granderson not running?
Who wants to trade Granderson now?!
TR10 October 7th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
m, I’m going to ask Erica on a date.
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Dude, you better ask nicer than that!!!!
I really, really like Grandy in the 2 hole, he gets so many fastballs.
Darling just said the Yankees are 7-21 with RISP in this series, why are all of you complaining?
Nice catch.
i don’t think he need to jump for that
Darn it. I thought that was gone off the bat.
Young made that look harder than it really was..
how good is grandy??
almost…
I thought that was going out at first. Come on Alex, put the hurtin’ on.
Teixeira just missed, but, he’s had great swings for the last two games
gardy stolen base was HUUUUGE
we need a new thread, this thing is dragging.
love how grandy and puma have carried the team tonight!!
What up gangtas?
Hey guys just got back from Antartica, how the Yanks doin?
why isn’t Grandy taking 2nd?
Grandy bothered Arod with that fake towards second, you could see Arod look over there
new acquisitions… same Yankee results.
Ok, up to Mo to hold a 3 run lead.
Mo time.
“love how grandy and puma have carried the team tonight!!”
That’s what October baseball is all about. The little guys lifting the team up. The veterans Andy and Woodie lifting the team up!
It’s all about team, team effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE NEED A PART 2 THREAD!!!!!
Yeah, got locked out of the thread briefly, too much activity, I suppose.
“love how grandy and puma have carried the team tonight!!”
Pettitte made it possible.
UNCLE ELLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to Berkmania!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love having guys like grandy and berkman… both have always been clutch players! yanks have so many clutch guys in this lineup….
Pretty big run there ! A blooper and a blast won’t kill us with the meat of the order coming up.
Uncle E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve missed you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a 2nd Yankee snoopy and I still haven’t vacuumed!
OK…Rivera comes in, gets 2 outs and allows Thome to get another broken bat single, then strikes out Cuddyer to end it.
if they can’t put the Twinkies away with a 3 run lead and Mo in the game in the 9th they don’t deserve it.
I would put the win percentage now at 99%+, Mo threw the ball great last night.
Alex is saving his clutchness for the ALCS and WS, because Grandy is taking care of business right now.
When the offense is at it’s best it’s very patient and analytic. It probes for the weakness of the opposition pitcher and relief corp and then progressively damages identified weaknesses.
The team still isn’t quite back to that level yet – but the signs are there. It’s coming.
Can’t say enough about Curtis Granderson. Not many CF can carry their teams to victory in the post season the way we’re watching Curtis do.
Curtis and Berkman have been berated all season for not being Damon and Matsui.
Sometimes if you give other guys the opportunity to build their own post season legends they’ll do it.
Uncle E, Antartica?
How was it?
Tex almost hit that out. But besides Cano and Swisher the Yankees have done a good job. It seems like they finally got the offense and pitching clicking on all cylinders.
alright Mo ‘em down
welcome back, CB, your analysis and observations have been missed…
Gardner = Crawford to the Angels.
“Curtis and Berkman have been berated all season for not being Damon and Matsui.”
What people tend to forget is that Damon and Matsui may no longer be Damon and Matsui as we knew them.
Berkmania is thet like thunderdome?
Hi Erica
How much do you hate Katy Perry?
i really think the lineup should be tex-cano-a-rod or a-rod tex cano
those of you complaining about Cano need to have your heads examined.
first time up, he lines it to the warning track in dead center.
second time up, he hits a line drive so hard over Kubel’s head he gets held to a single.
he made two outs later in the game, that’s baseball, so what…
“Curtis and Berkman have been berated all season for not being Damon and Matsui.”
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Berkman wasn’t even a Yankee all season… let’s ease up on the narratives here.
all inside
needed
CB- Where have you been?
Bloop.
Uncle Ellsworth October 7th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Berkmania is thet like thunderdome?
Hi Erica
How much do you hate Katy Perry?
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Not much. She got to hang with Elmo.
I am slightly jealous, but it wasn’t like she was showing her stuff to Ernie
Tom
Cold.
just kidding was just layin low
yup they scares me that Mauer was 1-8 in this series
Big double play is needed here
Sager is wearing a table cloth.
Could this turkey TBS announcer be any more Twinkie biased?
The cutter has some serious bite the past 2 nights. Holy cow.
How does Mo not get that call!?!
Either way, Uncle E, glad you are back….
Another damn bloop off a good pitch.
Isn’t it AntarCtica? as in reference to the arctic region?
Erica, should we take offline…can Chad send me your email address or vice versa?
come on mo
TYM
dp!
one to go…
One Mo Time!
YES! One more out.
Nice DP.
Mo, the best there is, the best there was, the best there will ever be…
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you Mo
Ahhh… Just what the Doctor ordered.
GB calls it!
How are you sir?
His cutter has been sick the last two nights.
A ton of movement.
where was that???
Quietest double play ever from an announcer. My god try to act least ACT neutral…idiots!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEES WIN!
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!
TR10 October 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Erica, should we take offline…can Chad send me your email address or vice versa?
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Just wondering, but how old are you?
I don’t really like giving out my e-mail addy to stray LoHudders anymore (Sorry)
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Get yer brooms out.
2-0!
Going for the SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
at least act* sorry typos
2-0
back to the bronx!!!!
YAYYAYAY we are going home up 2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you, thank you. It will be nice to see a game at Yankee stadium.
The Yankeees Win
Mo is god. Andy is amazing. The yankees rule. That is all.
Great game!!!
The Yankees Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Good job Yankees! Glad it ended early so we can all get some sleep tonight.
Mo has just thrown the ball great the past two nights, 92-93 with tons of movement…
Cleanly played game with great results and outstanding October pitching by the Yankees
LOL trying to pick up chicks online? LOL pathetic. Even if it’s a joke.
what a machine this team is, much more dominant that last year this time.
The best there is, the best there was, the best there will ever be.
Or as my Met fan said after 2000 quoting the Ten Commandments (movie) His God IS God!!
Yankees win!!! West Coast Yankee Fan sits glumly at home, feeling unfulfilled, not knowing what to say or do with himself.
Let’s finish this up Saturday night so they don’t have to use CC on three days rest.
The Twins officially have some problems to deal with.
Now we need the Rays to win a couple.
sweep on Sat.
Next Fri open ALCS in Tex!
Vintage Andy tonight! Who was worried about Andy?
Great job by the Yankees.
Have to be in the Twins head’s now.
Hope we get the sweep Saturday.
Guess Joe and Cash’s ” Brady Bunch” strategy looks pretty good so far.
Mo was fooling the umpire.
I predicted Granderson would be the key for the Yankees this post-season and I’m just so happy that he’s proving me to be correct. He took a LOT of grief from fans and media alike and now they can just sit back and watch as he dominates.
Berkman? How many fans got on his case for having a rough 22 at bats ? More than I care to remember. Plus remember that he’d been in Houston almost his whole life………… I always believed that Sir Lancelot would come through.
What can I say about Kerry Wood? I love the guy. Holy smokes – we got him for nothing and look what he’s done.
But who am I to judge, I’m sure you have your reasons TR
Excuses like Darling is making is just laughable. They sound like they are in a funeral after the Yankees win again.
YanksfaninPA October 7th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Pettitte>Pavano in October!
Even with Andy struggling since coming off DL gotta go with the more experience in playoff games and thats Andy. Yanks win tonight 5-2. Arod hits big 2 run homer bank it
Gotta love my score pick from earlier tonight!
I was right on 2-0 Yankees series lead.
Its all over Twinkies!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take that, Gardenhire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take that, Ernie Johnson, Smoltz, and Ron Darling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So we knocked you outta the league, Smoltzie!! Deal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANDY!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BERKMAN!!!! GRANDY!!!!!!!!!! Big Evening Wood, and it feels mighty
hardGOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LANCE calling out the umpiresx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What were you doing in Antarctica, Uncle E?
Holy hell does that guy wear the ugliest suits for postgame interviews.
damn, shall I root for Rays for a couple of games?
Give home plate ump credit. He was consistent.
Joba, do you think it’s okay for me to say we have the series NOW??????
Mo has just thrown the ball great the past two nights, 92-93 with tons of movement…
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Mo has an extra gear for the playoffs, similar to Michael Jordan
THE YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!!
Lets go home… see you Saturday.
8:30.
Be there, aloha.
The unsung hero tonight is Jorge Posada-he called a great game and worked the only walk of the game from Pavano in front of Berkman’s double. That’s why you have him in there instead of the Cervelli, the human jumping bean behind home plate.
AldotheApache October 7th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Yankees win!!! West Coast Yankee Fan sits glumly at home, feeling unfulfilled, not knowing what to say or do with himself.
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I hear there is a late showing of The Social Network on the west coast tonight.
trisha, finish them on Sat!
“Yankees win!!! West Coast Yankee Fan sits glumly at home, feeling unfulfilled, not knowing what to say or do with himself.”
How about his twin Ruby Tuesday and their triplet jetergroundsintodp? Jonestown revisited!!!
Darth Helmet shall only be unleashed during the direst of times…
Angel October 7th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
What were you doing in Antarctica, Uncle E?
Holy hell does that guy wear the ugliest suits for postgame interviews.
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Craig Sager is actually a very nice guy, I got paired with him at Pebble Beach about 10 years ago and had a great time-he only dresses like that for TV.
Uncle Ellsworth October 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
GB calls it!
How are you sir?
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More of a prayer than a prediction, Ellie. Doing fine, Bud. Thanks for asking. How have you been?
What’s this with Antartctica? Were you down there whaling or just climbing the mountains? Not sure being down there in the winter would be that comfortable. Nice to see you back, by the way.
jetergroundsintodp??? That moniker HAS to belong to a Mets fan!
“I hear there is a late showing of The Social Network on the west coast tonight.
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Has he even been around? I had to multitask since my brother is coming in from Houston tonight and Fran came home so I went to the alternate forum. Haven’t seen the recent posts.
YAY!!! The West Coast Disgruntler.
hahahah Yea….
the trolls left the building early tonight, I wonder if Chad banned the jeter… idiot…
I’m younger than 30 and older than 25
2-0…couldn’t ask for anything more right now.
“the trolls left the building early tonight, I wonder if Chad banned the jeter… idiot…”
Can’t wait to hear about the “commitment” the WC Vampire had tonight…
It does look like an intentional costume, MG. I wonder where he gets them from.
Now that ‘ve addressed the buzzkill portion of the blog, on to the Yankees …
They’ve exceeded my expectations, since I would have been happy with a split at Target.
Andy is a true warrior, with heart and guts that continue to amaze me, evgen though I’ve been following him his entire career.
The most pleasant surprise of the lineup has been Curtis Granderson.
A good spot for Hughes to make his first post season start, with his team up 2-0 in a 5 game series.
Brock October 7th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
2-0…couldn’t ask for anything more right now.
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True.
But believe me, the chicken little brigade will think of something.
Hughes can pitch free and easy Saturday night.
Mo is amazing. Taking it to a different level, again. He is superhuman. More movement and velocity than he has had in a long time.
I would SO love to be wrong with my prediction in the “pool” that we are Yankees in 4 and sweep out the Twinkies with Phil Franchise on the hill. Looking forward to being 3-0 on our way to the 11 postseason wins we WILL SECURE as we win championship number 28 !
# Patrick October 7th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Man this game thread is going down the tubes…. Some of you people are being ridiculous
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I’ve read almost half of this thread tonight and this is the best observation of all !!!
SJ44, you’re as bad as anyone. Trying to be a know it all is not smart at all. You started off saying Andy was way off his game, pitches were flat, and no command. Then later you stated you had no complaints of his pitching in this game. Most act like kids in a schoolyard
on this thread. Criticizing every pitch, play, umpires call, at bat, etc., the entire game !!!
Grow up and at least act a little adult !!!
# SJ44 October 7th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Andy has pitched well tonight. Can’t complain about this performance.