ALCS Game 1: Yankees at Rangers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Oct 15, 2010 
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YANKEES (0-0)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Marcus Thames DH
Jorge Posada C
Curtis Granderson CF
Brett Gardner LF
LHP CC Sabathia (1-0, 4.50)
Sabathia vs. Rangers
RANGERS (0-0)
Elvis Andrus SS
Michael Young 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Nelson Cruz LF
Ian Kinsler 2B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Matt Treanor C
Jorge Cantu 1B
LHP C.J. Wilson (1-0, 0.00)
Wilson vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:07 p.m. ET / TBS
UMPIRES: HP Gerry Davis, 1B Tony Randazzo, 2B Jim Reynolds, 3B Angel Hernandez, LF Fieldin Culbreth, RF Brian Gorman
WEATHER: It’s beautiful outside. Temperatures in the 70s. Big blue sky. No real chance of rain. A perfect way to start the LCS.
FEELING YOUNG: As a team, the Rangers have not hit CC Sabathia very well. There’s only one player on their ALCS roster who has a better than .222 career average against the Yankees ace. That one exception is Michael Young, who leads the team in Sabathia at-bats and has a .316/.325/.421 slash line against him.
GIVE AND TAKE: Combined, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, Brett Gardner and Jorge Posada are 0-for-19 with eight strikeouts in their careers against C.J. Wilson. On the other hand, Derek Jeter, Marcus Thames, Nick Swisher and Robinson Cano are a combined 20-for-59 with four doubles and two homers against him. This season, Wilson has held lefties to a .144 batting average.
A GOOD START: The Yankees have won the World Series every time they’ve swept a division series (1998, 1999 and 2009).
JETER AND BERNIE: Derek Jeter needs one run to tie Bernie Williams for the most ever scored in the LCS round of the playoffs. He needs one hit to tie Williams for the second most LCS hits. As for the playoffs in general, Jeter needs two doubles to tie Williams for the most postseason doubles of all time. He needs two home runs to tie Williams for the second-most postseason homers… With one run, Jeter would also become the first player to ever score 100 runs in the postseason.
OTHER MILESTONES: With one double, Jeter would surpass 15 players and tied Jorge Posada for the thrid-most LCS doubles of all-tiem. He needs one home run to tie Steve Garvey and Albert Pujols for the fourth-most LCS home runs… Tonight Posada will tie Kenny Lofton for the sixth-most LCS games ever played. Posada needs two doubles to tie Williams and Hideki Matsui for the most LCS doubles of all time… Alex Rodriguez needs one home run — like Jeter — to have the fourth-most LCS homers of all time.
UPDATE, 8:22 p.m.: Walk. Single. Home run. It’s a 3-0 Rangers lead before Sabathia has recorded a single out. Would have been tough to predict this kind of start.
UPDATE, 8:34 p.m.: Yankees might have caught a break there. Either way, Sabathia just had one of his most un-Sabathia innings and the Yankees are in an early hole.
UPDATE, 8:37 p.m.: Cruz looked safe on the first replay shown here in the press box, but he definitely looked out on the second. I’m going to take credit for being one of the few people up here who said he was out after seeing the play live.
UPDATE, 9:10 p.m.: Another wild inning from Sabathia, but he got out of it with a ground ball from Kinsler to strand a runner at third. Sabathia is already approaching 70 pitches after three innings.
UPDATE, 9:42 p.m.: Two more runs and a 5-0 Rangers lead after four innings. The Yankees had Joba Chamberlain getting loose that inning.
UPDATE, 9:53 p.m.: Here comes Joba. Sabathia is finished after four innings. That’s his shortest outing of the year.
UPDATE, 10:06 p.m.: Dustin Moseley getting loose for the Yankees. Wonder if the pitching plan beyond this inning depends on whether the Yankees get on the board against Wilson.
UPDATE, 10:27 p.m.: Robinson Cano has put the Yankees on the board. It’s 5-1 in the top of the seventh.
UPDATE, 11:01 p.m.: Better late than never for the Yankees, things have gotten interesting here in Texas. RBI single by Jeter, two-run single by Rodriguez. It’s now 5-4 with no outs and runners at first and second in the eighth inning.
UPDATE, 11:06 p.m.: Is everyone finding their way back up from the bottom of the ledge? Robinson Cano’s RBI single has tied the game, the go-ahead run is at third base and the Rangers are up to their fifth pitcher in this inning. That matches an LCS record. Does Ron Washington know it’s not September?
UPDATE, 11:11 p.m.: Washington’s choice is to go to the right-hander to almost certainly face Lance Berkman, or bring the lefty in to face Marcus Thames. He took his shot against Thames, and Thames delivered the go-ahead single. Yankees are up 6-5 and there are still no outs in the eighth.
Let’s Go Yankees!!!
Beat Texas.
Go Yankees!
Love those stats.
Will C.C. ever be dominant in the postseason — like Cliffie Lee, Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum ?
What a mess my keyboard is, cooking, running to the TV, back to the computer. Ah who the heck cares! Let’s kick some cowboy butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Yankees!!!
Time for cookies
Catch y’all later.
Let’s go Yankees!
Let’s go Yankees!
Ruby,
Yes – tonight.
I have never liked the Dallas Cowboys. Might as well lump the Texas Rangers into that ‘pile’.
We play today, we win today…..dassit!
Let’s go Yankees!
I know we will lose to the Rangers tonight .
Nevertheless, I still love this team .
Let’s
Go
Yankees !
Yankees win in 6.
Go Yankees!!!!
Hey Ruby, try looking at his numbers during last year’s postseason.
At least have a clue what you are talking about before you try to bust balls.
And with that, you have gotten your only response from me for the night.
Have fun watching the Yanks win…loser.
Rangers in 4
go Yankees!!!!!
They are pretty pumped in Texas
We’ll deflate them soon
Now Rangers get those low strike call.
see what happens to CC
looks like this ump is all about the low strike…..hope he calls it both ways
The crowd sounds jacked up. We need to silence those Rednecks.
Is GWB in the stadium? lol
c’mon CC!!!!!!
The Yanks will, jackamir. They will.
just got to work the counts with this guy. get his pitch count up and get into the bullpen early in game 1.
I agree with a couple of other posters. It will be interesting to see if CC is getting the same low strike calls. If that is called all night, runs could be very hard to come by for both teams.
I love how they can’t draw 25,000 fans for a regular season game but know they are all great baseball fans. That is what ticks me off most about alot of these playoffs teams. These fans are terrible bandwagoners. The two best fan bases left are Philly and the Yanks with San Fran being pretty good too. Texas should stick to football though UT sucks and the Cowboys are even worse..
Their lineup looks a little thin on the bottom half. Shutdown the Rangers, please, CC.
Crowd in Minnesota was pretty pumped up too. Makes it even more fun when the Yanks start whoopin them.
Let’s go, CC! I hope he’s not too strong from all the rest.
Are these the Texas Rangers or the Texas Jackelopes?
What’s with the antlers?
That pitch was a STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a ball? 1 borderline pitch against.
Yikes. Settle down big man!
Sabathia getting squeezed on the first batter. Not good.
walk the first batter?
I predict a double play!
So much for being dominant tonight .
Wow rusty CC
THAT PITCH WAS A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Already twice.
This strikezone is already ridiculous.
AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A leadoff walk? Are you kidding me?
There is no excuse for that.
Of course, CC has been known to struggle in the first couple of innings before settling down.
I hope CC has good fastball command. He was off against the Twins because he was too strong, hopefully he finds it quickly here…
Ruby Tuesday October 15th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
So much for being dominant tonight .
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STFU, troll, go get a life.
WTF? Strikes according to TBS
wow so far CC not getting any borderline pitches like the other pitcher
WERE GETTING CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow, CC really got screwed up
Stay down Posada. He’s not catching him right at all here. Frame some pitches
wtf is going on. throw a strike
Guys, he’s nowhere near the plate right now. It’s not the umps. He needs to settle.
Yikes, come on CC! Shut them down please!!
what a joke. some ace
You really should quit the umpire stuff. Not one of those pictures was a strike.
right down the middle
That’s what happens when you have to throw the ball right down the middle on 3-1.
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE!
Because he didnt get any calls on the outside corner.
CC didnt get behind Young. The umpire put CC behind Young.
He is too strong and the Yanks and he knew this would happen. He should of threw a stimulated game inbetween starts.
CC’s one bad inning. Getting out over with
there is nothing worse that a bunch of know nothing fans complaining about everything. I’ll see you after the Yankees win this series.
yeah texas will tee off on cc if the only strikes he gets called are right down the middle.
sp pitches
wow he actually got ahead of a hitter
Yanks are not in Minnesota anymore.
Ouch… Looks like we give Texas a heads start…
ok, 0-2, let him chase
Uh oh.
CC has some difficulties when he has too much rest.
f u cc. you suck
Oh no. This is an awful start.
I dont believe what I just saw.
Oh well, we got cheated big time. That’s what happens when you throw strikes and dont get them called.
yikes. well that isnt a good start.
Fudge. Except I didn’t say fudge.
CC’s 3rd pitch is soooooo bad.
what a joke. pitched like crap against the twins and pitched like crap tonight
Smh
The ump set that entire inning up
Fine, get it out of your system early. We win this game 10-6.
saw that coming……wow I’m going to punch CC in the face. Like WTF really!!! How can you have two crappy starts in a row
Okay, that’s all they get…get out of the inning!!!
Great…The Yanks get what they deserve by not letting him throw between starts.
Ouch. That was crushed.
0 and 2 pitch
well, when hte umpire doesn’t call strikes and you have to throw right down the middle, what do you expect?
I’m sorry. This is not being prepared. This is not what an ace does. This is not what Halladay and Lee do. Really a dissappointing start.
Thanks Doreen.
how do you give up a homer on an 0 and 2 pitch
Not a good start. CC needs to find some way to be sharp when he doesn’t pitch much. In the playoffs you’re just not going to be on schedule like the regular season.
CC will settle down
Why are you guys blaming the umpire?
CC is nowhere near the plate, and when he is it is right down the middle.
There is no excuse for that pitch to Josh Hamilton on an 0-2 count.
There were no strikes. CC is throwing junk right now. Come on be real!
CC didn’t get that same low strike call
This is sickening. And hearing this criminal Ernie Davis yell like a maniac is despicable. Try some unbiasedness Ernie.
Its alright. Keep it at 3 CC settle in. Then lets go to work on Wilson.
he is not an ace. Look at him last year in the playoffs. an ace is Lee or Halladay. CC never goes 8 inning of 1 run or shutout ball in the playoffs
There were no strikes. CC is throwing junk right now. Come on be real!
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Don’t let the facts get in the way:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/....._type=.gif
Come on big guy settle down!
I agree with Brock. Nothing to do with the ump, CC looks fricking horrible!
CC is nowhere near the plate, and when he is it is right down the middle.
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except all three balls to Hamilton before the homerun were in the box.
Keep it at 3. The Yanks will get more than that off Wilson.
The umpires took a bad situation and made it worse. CC wasnt on his game to begin with. So they cheated him and forced him to put it right down the middle.
Like I said, any “Jerry” that spells his name Gerry is a dirtscumpile.
They were high strikes.
Apparently low borderline – good, high borderline not good.
Too much rest? Hope he settles down soon, otherwise we are going to have a long night.
He will settle down. It is up to the Yankees to score some runs and get back in this thing.
It is going to take more than three runs for Texas to win this game.
Not good at all
Hamilton looked terrible on off speed pitches why would you call a fastball to him? Hamilton hasn’t seen pitching in a month and looked awful against Tampa. Terrible pitch calling
Ok, honestly, CC looks like poop. I am embarrassed.
The entire broadcast is all Rangers. The Yankees dont even exist in this game. Nothing about the Yankees whatsoever.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
You really should quit the umpire stuff. Not one of those pictures was a strike.
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According to Gameday and the TBS zone you are not correct sir. Not usually one to complain but so far this zone has not been quite even.
You guys are out there. There were no questionable balls called.
He better settle down or they will have to get someone up in the bullpen. His fastball command is absolutely awful..
wow he’s not throwing strikes….
Gameday is not better than my eyes. His control is off, he’s not on, come on.
Cc has nothing – not even close. This inning will cost this team big time.
This ump is awful..
Let’s just get through this inning CC with it at 3 runs and our offense can come back and you can settle down.
unbelieveable
They’ll come back. Most come from behind wins. And if they lost tonight, its not the end of the world They lost game one of the WS last year when CC started and we all know what happened at the end of that series.
This isn’t the way I’d like to start it off but they’ll be fine.
CC is a piece of garbage
CC will settle down.
3 runs will not win this game. But 5 might. He needs to get out of this without further damage.
Oh here we go with the umpire whining. Face it cc was just not good
I’m sure your eyes are better than pitch FX WCYF
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Gameday is not better than my eyes. His control is off, he’s not on, come on.
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Listen, his command is obviously off. Don’t have to be a baseball scholar to realize that. He does not look good. But those pitches have all been borderline strikes that Wilson got the first inning. We will have to see if it continues.
Last year was a fluke for fat boy – he sucked in the PS (well except when he faced the yankees in 2006) and he’s showing once again why he isn’t a true ace….
so the list is
Lee
Halladay
Lincecum
Pettite
hughes
Burnett
Fatso…
and please stop with the he’s had too much rest..
cj wilson had just as much rest and he’s looked fine so far
this will be the only inning cc struggles. but he may not make it past 5 or 6 at this point.
And the typical no-class “Yankees suck” chants have begun. Im starting to move Texas up my list of hated.
How do you give up a home run to a guy who can hardly swing the bat. What kind of ace is this??????????
CC needs to get out of this inning without giving up any more runs.
I was little troubled why Posada called the last pitches on the outside corner against a guy like Andrus, make him hit to get on.
Come on, please get a DP and get out of this inning!
I wouldn’t call CC garbage but this is not a good start. This series is far from over but he can’t even get out of the 1st inning. Not good !
Wow, this is Aj-esque.
CC got cheated in the first 2 plate appearances. Gerry Scumpile made an early statement to CC. Statement: You’re going to have to throw the ball right down the middle to get a strike.
Well this is a nightmare. Not a surprising nightmare, but one none the less.
I guess we won the last time this happened, so it’s not over yet.
I’m almost tempted to get the pen up! CC looks horrible!
You can tell the layoff is effecting him he has no control at all just hope he settles down and gives the yankees a chance to win
CC has no feel for his breaking stuff. He’s either hanging it or missing badly.
The umpire? Seriously?
Are you even watching this game. CC looks lost on the mound. He is not sharp at all. Blame it on the days off. Blame it on the mound. Blame it on the rain for all I care.
But don’t blame the umpire. That is just lame. It is not his fault.
An ace like performance here cue the excuses….I bet Halladay does not do this tomorrow after a lot of rest.
Terrible job here by CC.
please CC please – get out of this inning and keep us in this game…
You guys accuse others of whining? What do you think you are doing complaining about the umpire. CC and Posada, Girardi, Eiland, no one is giving any indication there is any question on the balls and strikes. CC would be the first to tell you his control is non-existent right now.
CC is just getting the rust out…
yeah we can prolly come back and win if he holds it hear at 3. 3 runs in the first inning isn’t insurmountable
And Ernie Scumpile is complaining about a non balk call. My goodness, an actual strike call in our favor.
CC got nothing so far
Almost tempted? He’s got nothing tonight. Hell, throw AJ out there now and get it out of the way, and let Sabathia try again in game 4. He’ll be luck to get out of this inning with 40 pitches at this rate. What a mess.
Can you put us in a deeper hole ace?
This start if it holds up will change the whole dynamics and favor Texas immediately.
You wouldn’t call him garbage???? Let me know when Halladay or Lee have a first inning like this in the playoffs.
and CR9 shut up already with your complaining. CC is horrible. It has nothing to do with umpires
Easy for me to say but I thought the extra rest might make CC off his game a bit. Still early where if he can hold them here our offense can get to work.
Not exactly loving this start so far. Ouch.
Come on CC, settle down big guy.
the yankees will get to wilson at some point so keep it at three and they will be alright.
Quit whining It’s Baseball Sh*t happens.
Also You are an idiot if you you are bashing CC because of a bad inning.
Personally I think we have them right where we want them.
wow he actually got another out. Maybe he will have 100 pitches by the third innning
I don’t remember him ever looking so bad.
Watch Pos glove – nowhere near his target.
Hard to believe he can regain his control this game.
He hung that breaking ball.
Well, I hope we get lucky against CJ. Really lucky.
Let’s see how Gerry Scumpile calls the game from here on out for CJ Wilson. To RH batters, he should not get borderline calls on the outside part of the plate.
And I wouldn’t say that last year was a fluke. Pitchers don’t always perform great during the postseason.
Come on, one more out! Please, no more damage…
Even if the Yanks get blown out of the park in this game, the series is by no means over.
Of course, this game is nowhere near being over. Hang in there folks.
You wouldn’t call him garbage???? Let me know when Halladay or Lee have a first inning like this in the playoffs.
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let me know when halladay has enough playoff starts for there to be a comparison….
let me know when Cliff Lee completely carries a team on his back for 6 months.
Let me know when another “ace” has a first inning like this in a playoff game
A hit here would be really painful, we need CC to buckle down. what is his pitch count like? if he gives up more runs I wonder if he gets pulled early and starts game 4…
he is totally lost out there.. Shaking his arms.. It’s almost like AJ right now
CR9 you are a great blogger here – but you are way off base always complaining about the umpires. 3-0 to Matt Trainor? Come on!
This is a garbage first inning but no I wouldn’t call CC garbage. I can’t wait until the Yankees destroy Lee in game 3. Then I want to see the ace stuff.
Where is the low pitch? The gift 3-0 pitch???????????????????????????
I cant believe what is going on! How many pitches is he at?
His command was off against the Twins from the extra rest also. So I am sure Girardi and co were expecting this tonight. Girardi has to get the bullpen up…
ac1,
Are you seriously comparing Cc to Halladay???
He will settle down. He just needs to get out of this inning. Unfortunately, he’s not going eight innings tonight.
wow, CC sucks big right now.
whats the point of even having that pitch trak there other than to show us how many calls are missed. CC is struggling, but he is also getting no calls his way.
Yikes, I don’t think I’ve ever seen CC throw so many balls before…I hope he can figure out what he’s doing wrong before things get really bad.
girardi is pissed
Craig Sager. Call the fashion police quick!
Nice gift
WOW. that is lucky.
40 pitches for CC!
WCYF – This inning was 60% Gerry Scumpile 40% CC Sabathia!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy did we luck out on the riccochet.
Oh man, we got so lucky there.
THAT turns a game around! LETS GET ‘EM!
Finally. Maybe that will be the spark the Yankees need.
Cash will spend his way in getting an ace but unfortunately it cant be til next year.
CC is doing what he can to take them out of the game.
The ump bails him out.
Terrible CC,
And Jorge gets them out of it. How’s that for irony.
wow that was f’d up but it worked out for us LOL
from that angle, he was in the air when he was tagged, so good call.
AJ got himself quite a tan in that Texas sunshine, didn’t he?
CR9 – you are wrong dude. There was not one bad call. CC had nothing. Everyone can see that. CC would be the first to say that.
That was a a brutal inning. Look at the bright side, it could have been alot worse.
Triple Short of a Cycle October 15th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
FU CC. That run should have scored. This guy is a joke and doesn’t deserve to be wearing pinstripes
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go away loser.
Newsflash everyone….C.C. Sabathia is not Cliff Lee of Roy Halladay. And you know what? He doesn’t have to be. True, he has to be better than he has been so far tonight but he is still an ace and he has been very reliable the last two years.
Stop trying to compare him to those other pitchers. He may not be as good as those guys, but I will still take him on my damn team any day of the week.
Posada is just an AWFUL defensive catcher. He has 3-4 plays like this every game. I love him as a player, but he should spend most of his time at DH next year.
Gotta get at least a run back here.
Cc looks like Nuke LaLoosh out there.
Where’s Moseley??!!
CC will be fine for the rest of the game – if he gets a fair strike zone.
He had a bad inning, but Eiland will work with him between innings.
WCYF
When you can identify the velocity and break on a pitch with your eyes then maybe you have a claim to be better than pitch FX.
Until then though move on. You’re wrong. Pitches were missed that inning by the umpire.
CC was getting no calls, but that is what happens when you are wild.
now lets get some hits and let CC get a little rest, and get into this game…
# Triple Short of a Cycle October 15th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
FU CC. That run should have scored. This guy is a joke and doesn’t deserve to be wearing pinstripes
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You Red Sox fans really have nothing yo do? I don’t think I ever read a Sox blog site (because I’m not a Sox fan!!!!!!)
Not making up excuses because CC has looked terrible. But it looked like the ump was really squeezing him early and it got to him. The Ump changed the entire Michael Young ab.
the dude was clearly out….but good job CC running to cover the plate….’bout the only thing he did right in that inning
Well that was pathetic.
Triple Short of a Cycle
Plenty of Ace’s have had bad games in the postseason. Roger Clemens, David Wells, Randy Johnson, and the list goes on.
Did someone just say CC is an ace??? Let me know when he pitches a playoff game where he shuts down another team for 7 or 8 innings
WCYF – Of Course CC would be the first to say that. He’s too classy to complain about umpires.
We need to go out there and work counts this inning. CC needs a rest.
Let’s get 2 runs back this inning.
Posada is just an AWFUL defensive catcher. He has 3-4 plays like this every game. I love him as a player, but he should spend most of his time at DH next year.
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100% agree. posada is really struggling behind the plate, but i still believe he has value hitting.
Thank the Lord that inning is over. Wow. CC is probably too strong and being somewhat amped up for the game has him over throwing.
Some of the “balls” were in the strike zone, but on the edge enough to go either way.
Let’s hope the Yankee bats go to work early and often to change the tempo of this game, and that Eiland can get CC on track.
“The ump bails him out.”
???? you really see that play from all the angles, right? certainly TBS just proved you are wrong.
Not giving up further damage was important there. It may be the play that ends up not losing this game. CC will be ok.
Brock October 15th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Newsflash everyone….C.C. Sabathia is not Cliff Lee of Roy Halladay. And you know what? He doesn’t have to be. True, he has to be better than he has been so far tonight but he is still an ace and he has been very reliable the last two years.
Stop trying to compare him to those other pitchers. He may not be as good as those guys, but I will still take him on my damn team any day of the week.
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Very good post. Very rational. +1
Did someone just say CC is an ace??? Let me know when he pitches a playoff game where he shuts down another team for 7 or 8 innings
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like he did in 3-4 games last year?
Good call by Davis. CC got him on the arm prior to Cruz’ foot touching HP.
That was a ball
Jeremy,
David Wells was one of the best post season pitchers of all time. Clemens and Johnson were past their primes. what is CC’s excuse?
LOOK AT THAT CALL!!!!!!!!!! Right on the outside corner. CC got none of those.
That was a good athletic play by CC there. Good athlete for a big man.
ac1,
You would be incorrect
West Coast-
Do your eyes tell you that the 4th pitch to Arod was the same exact pitch CC was throwing all last inning? Or did you forget your glasses for that pitch?
To all you whiners complaining about the ump: grow up, CC had a bad inning; it wasn’t the ump’s fault. Let’s hope he rediscovers himself in the 2nd.
did he yell in his glove like he always does when he walked off the mound? he was probably looking for another hot dog in that glove so he could stuff his fat f’ing face with it…
Umpire is kinda giving wilson the spots he wasnt giving c.c. Although, C.C. was horrible, i still think the yankees are fine…
The yankee m.o. dont hit till the 7th inning, then turn and burn!
it looks brutal via mobile. but give CC credit. they got nothing after the homerun. lets go, yankees.
CJ Wilson is shutting them down. What a joke
Caught it without diving in the stands like Jeter…
Swinging at a 2-0 pitch, our ace just threw 40 pitches, needs a rest, and 8 pitches thus far.
LGY October 15th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
WCYF – When you can identify the velocity and break on a pitch with your eyes then maybe you have a claim to be better than pitch FX. Until then though move on. You’re wrong. Pitches were missed that inning by the umpire.
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I played the game. You’re wrong. Balls and strikes were not an issue in that half inning.
Team looks like a team with a week off and CJ is getting that outside call that CC didn’t get..
THAT PITCH to THAMES was exactly where CC threw it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Getting a little sick of Ron Darling’s loveliest for the Rangers.
You know you’re bad at trolling when you have to resort to fat jokes. Troll fail.
it looks brutal via mobile
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Mel,
It looked brutal in Hi Def too. But hopefully CC will adjust.
Getting a little sick of Ron Darling’s lovefest for the Rangers.
Perfect game
Damn iPad autocorrect.
Straw – Same crap every game. All these scummy broadcasters are going against us. Theyre all criminals.
Lets hope CC finds it in the second inning.
Triple Short of a Cycle
I love how you cherry pick stats in order to fit your narrative. The fact is that Clemens in his prime had rough postseason moments as well and Randy Johnson in his prime. And I’m talking about their careers prior to be Yankees.
WCYF – they may not have been an issue. CC was the issue. but there were still some bad calls.
Cc dominating In the post season last year..relax babies
“Triple Short of a Cycle
Perfect game”
Perfect idiot.
This has been ridiculous so far, the strike zone has been different for the two pitchers.
Their timing is really off at the plate. Hopefully it comes back soon but we have seen some really bad swings. I don’t like Tex or Cano swinging 2-0 either.
WTF does playing the game have to do with seeing if a ball is in the strike zone or not?
Good grief man you are so full of crap its unbelievable. Just move on and see an eye doctor ASAP.
You would have to be a moron if you can’t tell that CJ Wilson is getting the strike calls on the outside corner and CC was getting the ball call. It is frustrating to watch this ump crap, but we shall see this inning if CC gets that call.
Simply, in the first one and a half innings of this game, we all saw that Wilson got borderline pitches low and outside, while CC COULDNT GET ONE CALL TO GO HIS WAY.
It is what it is. Gerry being Gerry.
WTF CC?!?! AJ is that you??
Kidding.
Hope he calms down asap.
CR9 -
Chill out dude. You are killing this game thread with your crying.
Again, you can also tell by CC’s reaction, and Posada and Girardi’s and Eiland and the announcers – that balls and strikes were in no way an issue. Sabathia didn’t have it. Talk about whining! Geez!
Mstarr116 October 15th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
This has been ridiculous so far, the strike zone has been different for the two pitchers.
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BOOOOOM! On the money!
So acording to people here the only reason the Yanks are losing is because of the umpire. You guys are pathetic
Cashman Needs to Go,
You are one of the least intelligent people I think I’ve ever seen on this blog.
And thats really saying something.
Yankees can come back..cc got to hold them down though..no more runs!!
I’ve seen only about 3 hitters on either side so far bat, and it’s incredibly glaring that there are 2 strike zones already in this game.
CC is getting nothing away to righties and the exact same pitches are called strikes for Wilson. Sabathia had nothing in the first inning, the strike zone wasn’t the reason he was terrible, but it would be nice if the Yankees hitters had a chance to back him up by getting the same advantage.
It would be nice if the strike zone was called the same for both sides. Identical locations were called balls for CC and strikes for Wilson.
Yes CC looks great in the second
Well CC doesnt have it
Did someone just say CC is an ace??? Let me know when he pitches a playoff game where he shuts down another team for 7 or 8 innings
Hey Triple Short of the Cycle,
In last year’s ALCS, CC went 2-0 by allowing only two runs in 16 innings. He walked three and struck out 12. Is that good enough for you? Probably not, but it answers your trolling question.
Still missing high.
Wow. There are so many people on this blog that are never on here except when were losing. No wonder this place seems so negative. Its a Series guys! Not just one game.
NYY fan in NH October 15th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Some people just refuse to see the truth for what it is. They’d rather turn a blind eye or make excuses than face reality.
His release point is way off.
Ok, this is not a good start to this inning either, come on, CC!
In the words of the infamous Bender … “we’re boned.”
Is Gerry Davis the ump that had problems with Girardi in a couple of series this year? It’s unreal how small CC’s strike zone is.
alright CC bounce back….1,2,3
It is not time to give up…its still early…CC is still the Man..
Brock-
He will magically disappear if the Yanks take the lead later in the game.
TBS should interview somebody at Target Field last week and ask them how their 3-0 fourth inning lead worked out.
Wow he got an out before someone reached
Tyler makes a very good point here. If anyone is following the game on Gameday as well, look at the release points of his pitches in that at bat to Cantu. The two pitches that sailed way high were released at a much higher point in the delivery than the ones he got in the zone.
Cc was not good in the first but the ump did not do him any favors. He is not sharp. Poor command.
go take a look back at the game threads to see if I am on when the yanks are winning you moron
come on Po, don’t get cute, just make Andrus hit it.
CC trying to find his release point, everything is high and outside
Now Gerry Davis calls the 3-1 pitch.
The umpire is totally consistent and fair.
In only 3 starts all year did Sabathia have as many as 3 BBs and a HR. He had that in 1st inning
Triple Short of the Cycle
Are you a Red Sox fan ?
Great stop Tex!!!
Very nice play by Tex. There’s a lift.
Andrus thought he was walked because in the first inning, the ump called that a ball.
A borderline strike for cc…and a fine play by Tex…broadcasters silent…lol
CC has to pitch ugly and give us 6 innings. Not allowing another run through 6 would be a minor victory here.
Better.
Hope you all are paying attention this half inning – CC is throwing more strikes and the umpire is calling them strikes.
CC is slowly getting his game back, and TBS is slowly getting less and less excited.
Much better. Now the Yanks need to get some offense going.
And CC gets a cheap strike 3 call. What a joke. When we’re down 3-0, then we get ‘em.
Young AB looked like vintage CC, come on offense.
I usually don’t whine about the umps. But this umpire has given a wider strike zone to Wilson and if you can’t see that then you need to get your eyes checked.
Sorry guys you are right. CC is pitching amazing tonight if not for that unfair umpire. CC looks unhittable tonight
Good comeback inning. Big difference when the strike zone is fair.
yup good job CC….if you pitch like this the rest of the game I forgive you and trust your teammates to be able to score 3 runs off of CJ Wilson
Lots of time, relax, be patient.
Okay, now we score some runs…
There ya go.
Too bad he made that bad pitch to Hamilton.
He’s struggled, but had no help from the ump, either. And he looked much sharper in this inning.
Can we please drop this crap about the umpire?
This 3-0 lead is not the umpire’s fault. And even if it is, there is not point whining about it.
Just score some runs and shut up all of the bandwagon fans in Texas and trolls on this board.
The Yankee bats look rusty so far. Time to work the count and get some baserunners…..
We need to get the bats going. Wilson looks very good.
CC is not getting the outside calls.. Lots of calls which show up as strikes on the TBS K zone have been called as balls.. first inning 3 balls to michael young was in the same spot and all the 3 pitches showed that it got the corner.. There was one pitch that showed right down the middle in the k zone and smoltz or EJ called it that caught the corner… So either the TBS K zone is awfully off or smoltz is wrong…
TRIPLESHORT is RUBY TUESDAY under another alias.
Triple short of the Cycle
How come you didn’t respond to the comment I made ?
CC has it. Just rusty! Third out in the second was vintage CC. All is well. Now the Yankees have to score off Wilson! OFFENCE!!!
let’s go yankees
As bad as CC was in the first
As good as CJ has looked so far
As inconsistent as the strike zone has been
The deficit is at 3 runs and it’s the 3rd inning. I will take that.
let’s go Yankees.
jackamir,
Really I am somebody else??? Grow up dude. BTW CC is lights out tonight
Calm, cool, collected.
This game has the feeling of game 1 in Minny. If they stay close I think they break out 1 inning against Wilson. this game isn’t a must-win. It would be great to take it but they just got to stay close and capitalize on some Rangers mistakes…
You guys will enjoy this story: My girlfriend’s flight is delayed in Philadelphia right now. The security guards are all cheering for the Rangers. My gf, who is a baseball fan like me, acted all girly and dumb, turned to them and asked – “Are you guys rooting for the Rangers because you’re afraid the Yankees will beat you in the World Series again?”
That’s why I love her.
Triple you are missing the point. Cc is far from good tonight, questionable ball calls are making matters worse. A more flexible strike zone in the second made things much better.
Quit whining about the zone. If you all cannot see that he is missing up and away every time, you are crazy.
Know why he did not give up runs this inning? He actually threw some strikes.
Get a clue.
This is CC’s strike zone plot. 7 missed calls. Maybe your magical eyes can see this WCYF.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/....._type=.gif
CJ Wilson??? Is this a fairy tale?
OMG a hit. Wow
Grandy!!! Good job
Curtis continues to be hot.
Granderson is on fire this postseason.
hman23 – thanks for injecting some common sense here.
Granderson stays hot, albeit with a bloopers.
thats my boy Curtis….lightening it up getting the team going…..(i loved Johnny Damon…but I will say that Grandy is feeling his shoes well)
This is CJ Wilson’s strike zone plot. 1 missed call.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/....._type=.gif
This isn’t a must win game? Without the win tonight they will lose the Lee game so right now they are down 2 -0
Has Ron Darling always sounded that annoying when he talks? Blow your nose, dude.
Wilson’s command isn’t great but their timing is really off. They are swinging at pitches that they usually wouldn’t swing at. Hopefully their timing comes back very soon.
LGY October 15th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
This is CC’s strike zone plot. 7 missed calls. Maybe your magical eyes can see this WCYF.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/….._type=.gif
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That’s known as being inaccurate don’t make me laugh. Stop whining about the umpire. Sabathia sucked in the first and he would be the first to tell you that. He had no command.
Come on, Gardy!
It’s not the borderline calls that did CC in in that inning. It’s the pitches that he badly missed on that put him behind in counts and led to bad results.
See! 3-0 to Gardner! Fair!
do you hit and run here?
The K Zone isn’t always 100% accurate. Just like the radar gun isn’t always accurate. They were borderline pitches and the Yankees didn’t get the call. CC hasn’t had great control so far this game, and it has nothing to do with the umpires. The HR he gave up was on an 0-2 pitch. That said, saying that CC isn’t an ace is beyond ridiculous. He won 21 games this year, and was arguably our best player in the postseason last year! Every pitcher has off days. Hopefully out offense can pick him up.
That’s known as being inaccurate don’t make me laugh.
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It certainly is not.
Please provide evidence of this.
Does that strike zone plot show how the ump throw Hamilton’s HR over the fence?
double steal
Come on Jeter. Do something already
Close pitch outside – ball 4. See? No bias.
If CC can be hit, so can Lee. That is why you play the games. By the way, Yanks have something going here.
Does that strike zone plot show how the ump threw Hamilton’s HR over the fence?
this umpire is inconsistent…..but I will take it
The two LH hitters get on. Can’t figure.
The umpire has had absolutely no impact on this game. the formula is simple. Keep the ball down in the zone, force the hitter to hit the ball into the ground and let the 3 inch grass eat it up. Wilson has done it. CC has not. That’s it
No one is blaming the ump.
However, claiming the ump missed no calls is pure ignorance and stupidity.
Good job Jeter. First pitch too
Wilson doesn’t look as sharp out of the stretch.
jeter with 1st pitch swinging again
Jeter FAIL!! WTF… first pitch swinging!
Nice job working the count to a CJ Wilson who’s struggling to find the strike zone Jeter. Good stuff.
Come on, Swish!
LGY – the umpire is 2 inches behind the plate. Sorry. That’s baseball. CC sucked thats the story.
Horrible, he just walked a guy and you swing at the first pitch.
First pitch swinging by Jeter after Wilson walks Gardner? WTF?
C’mon Swish.
Swish is the man.
Jeter take a freaking pitch..Terrible job against someone not throwing strikes.
Lousy at bat for the captain. First pitch swinging after a walk to a gardner.
Atrocious there by Jeet. Come on Swish.
They have to be patient with him tonight. Wilson walked a ton of guys this year and his command isn’t good.
Terrible.
team stinks tonight.. this is the playoffs. not regular season.. every single at bat counts!!
That’s an early heartbreaker.
Umpires are causing the Yanks to have no runs right guys?
Stop changing the discussion WCYF.
You claimed several times the ump missed no calls.
And don’t try that the ump is 2 inches behind the plate. They have been beyond awful this postseason no matter how close they are. The HP ump missed 40% of his calls in game 3 of the ALDS, so that argument is more crap.
Jeter and Swish fail, especially Jeter, pathetic AB by him.
in case anyone of you guys complaining about Jeter actually watch Yankee games…..Jeter swings early in the count all the time…..it’s pretty much his M.O.
What a waste. I can’t believe Jeter didn’t take at least one freaking pitch when he seemed to be losing the strike zone.
Wilson led the universe in walks just about and we are swinging away early. Go figure.
Jeter killed that inning by swinging at the first pitch. Bailed out Wilson and allowed him to regain composure.
Horrible job. 1st and 2nd 1 out, fair calls from Gerry Scumpire, and 4 pitches later, we’re out of the inning on 2 impotent popups.
Jeter hit it better than Swish did.
Hoping to get at least a run there. Surprised Derek swung at the 1st pitch after the walk.
We should let that Subway Rookie pitch.
I’m sure CC will be fine now that there is no pressure on him
Even though the are rusty right now, way too early to panic.
I have never seen a fan base that panics more than the Yankees. Its a long game!
3 runs is OK; 4 is much tougher.
CC needs to hold on
Regardless of how good Jeter can be at times, that was a prime example of why he is a mediocre leadoff hitter.
Wilson just walked Gardner, a lefty, on 5 pitches. You have 2 guys on, you are down 3 runs, and Wilson has a reputation for bad control. Take some pitches? Nope, you swung at a perfect inside corner slider and flew out weakly, a pitcher’s pitch in a spot in which the pitcher was in trouble.
There are hitters in this lineup that take it upon themselves to break the game plan because they think they are above being patient, and in the end all they do is hurt the team and get themselves out on pitches that aren’t quite frankly meatballs that you would swing at in that situation.
The Yanks should of played spring training games this week. They haven’t faced pitching in 7 days and they look it. Just terrible at bats.
Didn’t get it this time but we are not TB and in a very short time we can be right back in it…GO Yankees!
What was the score in the top of the 4th in minnesota in game 1?
Darling had just said that Swish wasn’t trying to hit a 3 run homer. That swing was a homerun swing. Total uppercut. Granderson has been the only one with a really good approach so far. Tex looked good to that first at bat and hit it hard.
WHAT IS JETER DOING
Please. Has Jeter earned any respect as a hitter during his HOF career? Jeter thought he had a pitch to drive the other way. Just got a little under it.
If he would have gotten a hit, nobody here would have claimed he got in in SPITE of committing the cardinal sin of swinging at the first pitch.
This game is so far from over.
Remember when people wanted to win the division to face Texas. Michael Kay was one of them
Matt, were you on vacation for the ALDS? Oh wait, we won all those games.
Actually Syd…you are right in most cases. But late in the year when he started hitting the ball better he was working the count more. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
I’m pretty sure he swung first pitch because he was sitting on a fastball right over the plate. He just didn’t hit it solid.
Carlo-
This game feels like that one. I like the Yanks chances if they keep it at 3 or 4. At least they have righted the ship a little bit here.
How can he not get Hamilton out. The guy can barely swing the bat
hman-
It was a good pitch to drive and he didn’t hit it that badly but it just killed the momentum of that rally. I think Jeter is the key to this series. With Texas loaded up on leftys I think he’s going to have a huge series. Just frustrating after 2 good atbats to see that…
Triple Short of a Cycle October 15th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Remember when people wanted to win the division to face Texas. Michael Kay was one of them
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Oh no you’re right because if the Yankees lose tonight the series is over!!!!!! Done! Finished!! except you’re wrong…so calm down and watch the game/series progress before you freak out
CC Burnett
CC is in trouble again, sigh
gotta take CC out if he gets in trouble this inning. I know he’s a warrior but you got to try to win this game and if you take him out early enough he can come back for game 4.
CC looks great. Oh wait I forgot guys its the umps fault
Lotta good takes by texas. Almost makes me feel he is tipping his pitches.
Nobody is saying the game is over. The difference is that some of us can acknowledge that so far, the team has not played that well. Jeter had a horrible at bat given the fact that he walked the previous hitter, the slap hitting Gardner, on 5 pitches. If you can’t see that, you don’t know baseball.
Getting lucky is not the same as being smart, Wilson is a guy who could walk the next bunch of hitters if you simply let him, but you never gave him a chance because you thought you were above the game plan.
syd_cash,
Are they beating Lee?
29 strikes, 32 balls
Was Posada trying to throw out a runner at 2nd or 3rd on that throw?
Here come all the trolls….
So by the fifth inning CC will have 150 pitches and Mitre will be warming up in the pen.
Awww… now I know they’re losing. Matt’s around.
take him out now Girardi
Ranger will get this run in
Tough blog tonite, lots of emotion here.
wait not a balk/ Umps fault right guys?
Alright good job CC. Posada can’t throw out my grandma on the basepaths but I’ll take the out.
is CC panic now?
WTF happened to Posadas arm???
Come on CC, settle down!
Good post Matt.
Tyler -
I admit it was frustrating to not get one or two there, but these guys are making split second decisions.
Nice play by A-Rod by the way.
stop blaming CC guys its the umps you should be looking at
Nice play by arod.
Get over it, I can post here whenever I want.
They are losing, so what? They aren’t playing well, they deserve to be losing right now. Unless they start playing better baseball then they will lose this game as they have earned with their play on the field.
Unlike the insane people on this blog, I’m not going to sugar coat things. If you don’t like that, then you can just turn your computer off and watch the game. It’s your prerogative, just like mine is to post here on the blog when I have something to comment on.
Whoo for A-Rod…one more out to go.
CC is doing his best AJ impression.
Matt-
No one is saying they have played well tonight. But your analysis of Jeter simply makes me laugh. He got a good pitch to hit and simply didn’t quite get it all. When you learn how to hit a baseball better than Derek Jeter let me know.
CC does it again. Do it 3 more times.
Alright take back the momentum now Yankees! Play for 1 Girardi!!!
Nice job by CC escaping the jam. Now maybe the Yanks can score some runs.
Yankeeeeeeeees!
JobaTipsHisCap October 15th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Ranger will get this run in
(Nope.)
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Matt October 15th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Get over it, I can post here whenever I want.
(Get over it, you only post here when the Yanks are losing.)
Nice job getting out of that inning. The Yanks need to score at least one run soon. Just something to shake out the cob webs.
Huge huge job by CC. This feels just like game 1 ALDS. Lets get to this Wilson!
Cc is grinding. Way to hang in there. Yanks can’t win if they don’t score. Time to hit.
we can all say that this is not the way to start a series with your ace struggling severely out there. Of course, emotions are high. This is playoff baseball. everything is magnified!. Texas could win this series. They are a good team. Yanks should win the series though. SO it’s tough to sit here and stomach this. So what if CC settles down. His pitch count is so high that he will have to come out in a couple innings, then what do you have?? No good to think about that.
We can come back against this guy. Sabathia will settle down – he was rusty after the long layoff, that was discussed.
And for the record, I said upthread that CC looked awful tonight.
Where is that idiot known as jetergroundsintoanotherdp? Tonight seems like a perfect night for him to come out.
So, Texas leaves the bases loaded in the first, and now a runner on third despite having two chances to get him in. Wonder if they’ll regret missing those opportunities.
If he threw one right down the middle I still would have rather had Jeter take the pitch.
Some of you cannot separate the results from the approach, and it’s blatant in your lack of understanding of the situations.
CJ Wilson is notorious for losing his control periodically within his starts, and it looked like he was starting to do it out of the stretch for the first time. He walked the singles hitting Gardner on 5 pitches, and many which weren’t even close.
Down 3 runs, you let him get himself in trouble. And if he throws it down the middle, you take it, big deal. Maybe he throws 10 straight balls in a row following that pitch and walks in a run and puts Teixeira in a spot in which he is going to get a cookie. But since you made a weak out on what was actually a perfect inside corner pitch, a pitcher’s pitch, you never gave him the chance.
If he got a hit, it would have been nice, but it still would have been the wrong approach. Results are not the same as approach, and even though results are all that count, breaking the approach decreases the chances of achieving the results and one hitter swinging at the first pitch as often as Jeter does can keep his pitch count down and get him an extra inning on the mound.
Matt October 15th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Get over it, I can post here whenever I want.
They are losing, so what? They aren’t playing well, they deserve to be losing right now. Unless they start playing better baseball then they will lose this game as they have earned with their play on the field.
Unlike the insane people on this blog, I’m not going to sugar coat things. If you don’t like that, then you can just turn your computer off and watch the game. It’s your prerogative, just like mine is to post here on the blog when I have something to comment on.
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Excellent! I love your common sense! Well articulated Matt.
1 hit in 3 innings
What “game plan” did Jeter ignore? Guy walks the 9th hitter, Jeter probably figured he was going to come in with a good first pitch.
He saw the shot, and he took it.
He gets a hit, everyone would have been happy.
Don’t say its bad baseball just because the result was bad.
this is what I want to hear sadly announced in Game 5: Hamilton hasn’t had a hit since his first inning HR in Game 1
Not having stuff or being off doesn’t mean you don’t get pitches called in the strike zone. And not having stuff / command + not getting calls is pretty much the worst confluence of events you can ask for.
The rangers only scoring 3 on the back of 1 Hr is a testament to CC’s ability.
Too much stupidity even for me to handle tonight. Later
stupid umpires made Tex pop up. Damn you
if CC can go 6 with 3ER, I think he’s OK
The Yankees need to gear up for Wilson’s fBs, he can’t throw his secondary pitches for strike so far.
Remember when the Rangers had terrible pitching?
Okay, I am back and I will now eat the chicken that will turn the tide.
GO YANKEES!!!
Off to happyville forum.
I have to agree with matt about the jeter at bat. Wilson was having trouble from the stretch and jeter made it easy for him by swinging early.
hman23, regardless of what happened, it was a risky move to swing at the first pitch of the pticher who gave up the most walks in the league but Jeter has done that throughout his career and taking such risks has gotten him plenty of clutch hits – but many more outs.
Boy, Matt, Kevin Long must consult you regularly for your sage advice. Matt, the professor of hitting!
Crying that I only post here when they lose is a weak excuse which just says you are incapable of having an objective conversation.
If you have a disagreement, then post about the topic. Launching personal attacks in fact makes you the ones who are “polluting” the blog.
I hope you are right, trisha.
Just look for Wilson’s fb in the zone.
Matt-
But you do only post here when they are losing?
omg, A-ROD got k twice
Stupid Umpire made Arod strike out
still waiting for Arod to show up…. If Arod doesn’t start hitting, the Yanks will not win the WS
I’d like to have CJ play in NY.
Matt October 15th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Crying that I only post here when they lose is a weak excuse which just says you are incapable of having an objective conversation.
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Posting here only when the Yanks are losing is a weak excuse which just says you are incapable of having an objective conversation.
Circular logic is circular.
patient at bats will turn this game into a battle of the bull pens.
i like our chances then.
CC, CJ, AJ
Hope we don’t find out how much good will Arod accrued during last year’s playoffs.
Jim -
I hear what you are saying, but I think it is hard to criticize a guy’s approach who is on the verge of 3000 hits, but is sure is easy after he makes an out.
No, I do not only post here when they lose. It just wouldn’t be proper for anyone to acknowledge it because it would remove the only comeback that they have left in their weak attempts to discredit my posts.
The people on this blog who are trying to “police” it are actually the ones causing the problems, through their personal attacks and general lack of objective discussion.
Triple Short of a Brain Cell
Stupid doctor delivered you
All of the time off last year didn’t hurt them but it definitely has showed up tonight. They are late on fastballs right over the plate.
SerfSurviving October 15th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I’d like to have CJ play in NY.
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Actually I’d just like to have him sit down and talk with Joba.
OK. I’ll post about the topic. Your analysis is wrong, and I disagree with it. I prefer the aggressive hitting approach when a guy is pounding the strike zone.
Tbs horrible.. John smoltz just said rangers and yanks paying arods contract.. Um he opted out like 3 years ago.. Rangers don’t pay it any more
Wilson is throwing strikes. Yes, he led the league in walks but he has great command tonight. It’s a tough night to work the count. You can’t take pitches or you will be down 0-2. Wilson has been great but I think he will crack here eventually.
That makes absolutely no sense. Posting in a losing effort shows entirely your ability to have objective conversation. While some on here are blaming the umpires and saying it’s “bad luck,” others of us can actually acknowledge that poor play yields poor results as we have seen on the field tonight.
Most of the people on here are making irrational emotional statements, whether optimist or pessimist. I’ve criticized Jeter’s approach for years, and I continue to do it now. It doesn’t matter whether he succeeded or failed, he needs to be more patient as a leadoff hitter. Last year his OBP was over .400 because he was patient, this year it’s exactly .340. You don’t think the lower number of runs is in part due to the leadoff hitter not working deep counts?
Thames HR please.
hman23, no one is perfect and if there is any flaw in Jeter’s game it’s that he takes chances early in the count when he might be served by waiting a pitch or two. He’s so great on so many other levels that it’s easy to forgive. But taking a pitch in that situation is texbook.
CJ Wilson is an awful pitcher.
Matt October 15th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
No, I do not only post here when they lose
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How is claiming otherwise a personal attack? You only post negative things about this team when they are losing to get into posters heads.
If you want to troll, fine. That’s your business. But don’t get upset when legitimate users call you out on it.
I really hope we resign Thames. I love having him on this team.
Posada, please do something
RALLY TIME
Game night chicken will do it all the time. Have a little faith grasshoppers.
Need a big hit here
Actually Ken, the Rangers owe Arod $25 million which was frozen by the Chapter 11 proceedings. Not his current contract, but they do owe him money still.
come on posada. do something already
Don’t even start laying the seeds of the arod choking in the postseason fad. The first idiot to actually go there should literally be banned from the internet.
I disagree though, because CJ Wilson was pounding the zone from the windup. A lot of times pitchers lose their release point for a few hitters when they first pitch out of the stretch, especially when they have been working out of the windup for a few innings in a row.
He walked Gardner and was having trouble locating. You have to wait him out a bit and see if he will get himself into trouble before you start swinging. Maybe he gets ahead of Jeter 0-2, but until he proves he can do it you have to be patient.
bad LUCK!
The Yankees need to start hitting with runners in scoring position. Now starting to get runners on base, need to drive them in.
Just no luck
hit it on the screws
shut out by cj wilson. what a joke
“If you don’t like that, then you can just turn your computer off and watch the game. It’s your prerogative, just like mine is to post here on the blog when I have something to comment on they’re losing.”
There I fixed it for you.
it’s coming….IF C.C. can keep the yanks in it for two more innings, it will be fine.
Damn, Cruz was playing really shallow. I never thought he would catch that.
No the Yankees need to put runners on base before there are 2 outs.
Oh they’re gonna get to CJ Wilson.
Don’t you worry.
At least they’re hitting it hard, I think they can get to him.
the narrative has changed from its the umpires fault to hitting in bad luck
“Legitimate users,” that’s priceless. I’m not legitimate because I post things you disagree with? Boo hoo, get over yourselves. I’d say the more illegitimate posters are the ones who think that nobody is allowed to ever have a negative opinion on “their blog.”
That could have been to the gap and scored a run or two. But right at them. I really hate that Nelson Criminal Cruz.
Well, jeter’s career numbers and rings and postseason performance kind of disprove your hypothesis.
i know this is a little rough for us….we have been smashing a lot of outs…..which means that in the next inning or two those outs are going to turn into hits. Just need CC to hold the line down
Runner on second = Kiss of Death
Cant we all just get along….if you dont like what someone says, ignore it.
And all you guys do is say the same stuff every night about how “i know they will win,” whether they win or lose. Then the times you happen to be lucky and get it right you rub it in everyone’s face, and the rest of the times you cower in the corner like a fool. Yeah, that sure makes you a more intelligent poster than the rest of us. I think I’d rather have the ability to think rationally than wave the pom poms with no original thought.
Wilson isn’t impressive and his command isn’t great either. CC has to hold them at 3 runs and I like the Yanks chances. Hopefully CC can hold them here.
They look like a team that hasn’t played in five days. Not ideal, but it happens.
Posada crushed that ball, it was just right at the outfielder. You figure some of these will start finding grass eventually, it’s on CC to hold them at 3, and so far he has done it.
Wilson has proven he is throwing strikes from the stretch so now you swing at those strikes. See how that works?
Matt, can you just post what you want and ignore the people who criticize you?
Matt October 15th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
“Legitimate users,” that’s priceless. I’m not legitimate because I post things you disagree with? Boo hoo, get over yourselves. I’d say the more illegitimate posters are the ones who think that nobody is allowed to ever have a negative opinion on “their blog.”
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First of all, who’s “yourselves.” I’m the only one talking to you. Man up.
It’s not that you post things I disagree with. I disagree with a lot of people on here every day. It’s that you ONLY come here when they’re losing and post negative things specifically because they’re losing. It’s Trolling 101. You’re not fooling anyone. Seriously.
WILSON WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES.
I love how the broadcasters keep saying that this game could be 6-0 and that the Rangers missed opportunities to put us away. HEY GUYS, we’ve missed opportunities too! THe Yankees are playing in this game too!
WILSON WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES.
I cant believe Misty May Traenor actually knew to take the walk in the first inning, and got an opposite field base hit this inning.
Do you even know what the definition of a troll is?
Calling me a troll because I have a different opinion than you just makes you ridiculous.
I don’t think everything is sunshine and rainbows, but I’m not proclaiming the sky is falling either. I’m just making observations on some things that the team has been having trouble with in this game.
Just because he’s Jeter and has rings and hits doesn’t mean he always takes the right approach at the plate. How many times has he swung at garbage and hit into DP’s on the first pitch when a pitcher hasn’t thrown strikes? Just because he’s Jeter doesn’t excuse him from sloppy play. If it were Posada who did it you guys would be killing him.
Meh. CC is getting them 0-2 repeatedly and having a tough time putting them away. He’s definitely out there pitching without his best stuff tonight.
Funny, now he changes his argument to agree with me. And I agree with concerned, Matt is a troll. He just thinks that attempting to sound like a student of the game will make people think he us not one.
What a surprise: the Yankees are losing so now the sky is falling from the usual suspects. It’s not 10-0, it’s 3-0.
I will admit that Sabathia doesn’t look very good though. Six innings is all I see the big guy going tonight.
WILSON WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES.
NOTE IT!
Extending CC’s pitch count on that hit to weak hitting Treanor. Hoping for a clean inning but…
And for those of u who think if some posts here only when the yankees are losing it means they are a troll. That’s just very narrow minded thinking. I am as big a fan as anyone here. I don’t post much. Sometimes I post during games and I too tend to post more when we are losing. Sometimes its therapeutic for me to air my aggravation or read others airing theirs. Calling someone a troll who posts only when the team is losing is just dumb.
Again Matt, I trust Jeter’s instincts on a pitch location more than I trust yours.
If the situation were reversed and the yankees had played the kind of game Texas has so far many Yankee fans would be apoplectic about how bad the yankees offense was, how they couldn’t come through in the clutch, how they were wasteful and didn’t put the game out of reach when they could have, etc.
CC is hopefully settling down. It was clearly the rust from the layoff. He wasn’t keeping his front shoulder closed (which is usually the problem he has when his command is off). They key now is to just keep the rangers at 3 runs.
The offense is likely going to get to Wilson. They’ve hit a number of solid shots but they’ve just been at defenders. Those will start dropping in.
Wilson is having trouble commanding the arm side of the plate, especially with his off speed stuff. If he can’t change that the yankees will look to protect on the other side of the plate and force Wilson to have to use that weak side of the plate.
Right on Carlo
What in the world are you talking about? I’m not “changing my argument,” I’m simply posting my observations. They aren’t all going to be negative, and they aren’t all going to be positive. You’re just upset because it makes it harder and harder for you to keep touting the same nonsense when I post things which contradict your mantras.
I think they are getting close to hitting Wilson, that’s not changing my opinion, that is my opinion. I can still think they are having bad at bats in the process that are keeping it from happening sooner rather than later. One is a positive comment and one is a negative, but they are not contradictory.
@Matt This isn’t an argument worth having. I JUST said I’m not calling you a troll because you have opinions I disagree with. I’m calling you a troll because you’re only on this blog when the Yankees are losing AND post negative things.
Maybe you’re a fan and that’s your way of coping with a potential loss. If that’s the case, fine, I’m sorry I brought it up. But if you read the rest of this game thread, it hasn’t been exactly posting baseball opinions based in reality.
agreed Carlo- if we are educated Yankee fans who blog and we critique the team and vent it certainly doesn’t make us trolls. Trolls are just stupid ill informed Yankee haters. I vent alot about this team when it’s not playing well at all and I do post when they are playing well.
@ Carlo See my 9:34 post above. I admit that some fans only post here when we’re losing. It’s just been a particularly bad game thread tonight IMHO. Again, if thats the case I’m sorry I brought it up.
Real Yankee fans comment with a poultry font.
That is typical of how things are going tonight. Yanks have hit a couple right on the screws and Andrus gets a little check swing single.
Is it just me or does this Andrus not seem like he is going to be another Chone Figgins?
Game Over
Aw, crap.
I said Wilson was pounding the zone, which precipitated Jetes aggressive AB. You said he had no control. Now you say he is throwing strikes. Which is it?
Well the Yankees just can’t catch a break.
Now you can say this game is out of hand… Piss poor job by CC here.. Disgusted!
TBS wasnt talking about us getting a key 2 out hit to get back in the ballgame.
But theyre asking for a key 2 out hit for the Rangers to make up for runs they didnt get earlier.
WHAT RUNS DID THEY NOT GET IN EARLIER???????????????????????
This broadcast is so lopsided.
And TBS got what they wanted.
2 bloopers and a gapper. And that scumpile George W Bush. That piece of dirt.
The fact is that CC’s career post-season ERA is now 4.82.
Ace?
Now if they took CC out last inning he could have pitched Game 4. Now this game is lost and so is CC until Game 5.
well so much for C.C. keeping the yanks in the game.
Get Mosely up. No point in wasting CC now.
Now that is a big hit to make it 5-0. The Yankees are going to be the ones regretting the inability to get in some of those early runs.
Well there goes this game..That pitch was right down the middle. What an embarrassing game for CC.
That really hurt. 5-0 is going to be hard to come back from.
heartbreaking
And this with our supposed ace on the mound. Nothing like a ton of pressure on Hughes.
all right, that’s it for game 1.
Phelps – A-rod was the Rangers largest unsecured creditor during their bankruptcy, they owed him about 25 million in deferred compensation.
Tonight rests solely on the shoulders of Sabathia. He has been terrible, there is no way of sugar coating this start.
Stop with the rest excuses. Aces should be able to find a way to get it done regardless of all of these “obstacles.” Sabathia was inconsistent down the stretch too when he was pitching on normal rest.
He has had two terrible starts in the postseason. If Sabathia can’t pitch like an ace, this team is not anywhere near as dominant as they would have seemed to be heading into the postseason. With Cliff Lee going in Game 3, losing games like this with your ace on the mound just becomes even more likely to be costly later in the series. If they don’t win at least 1 in Texas they are in big time trouble.
Game over! Thanks for nothing fat ass!
hughes is gonna have to bring his a-game tomorrow
And to think we were all worried about AJ.
They should take CC out now so they can bring him back for game 4. What a pathetic performance. With 2 outs I thought he could get out of this inning.
Fk. 3-0 was do able. 5-0 has me very concerned and upset. The only silver lining here is that if we come back from 5 down to win this game, this series is over and we win in 5 games tops. Annoying that CC has been hurt twice tonight by the only guy with respectable numbers off him coming in.
Hey, all you who are worrying about Hughes: he was the best pitcher in the last series, if you recall.
Lots of pressure for Mr. Hughes next time out. Yanks can’t afford to go down 0-2 with Lee on deck. This game was crucial beyond all our imaginations!!
CC really needed to keep the deficit to 3
If we lose this game – IMO tomorrow becomes a must win. Going down 2-0 with Cliff Lee looming is not the way to win this series.
Still think the umps are too blame?
While the game is far from over, this doesn’t seem like it is going to be the Yankees’ night. But the fact of the matter is if they win Game 2, they have the advantage. Lee or no Lee, a Game 2 win will change this series.
Posada is soooooooooooooooo bad behind the plate
Are people SERIOUSLY still talking about a “come back” this game? They have 3 hits in 4 innings. The offense is back to September form tonight, and Sabathia has earned nothing but expletive laden tirades from anyone. Do yourselves a favor, and find something more constructive to do with your time.
Man Posada is just so bad behind the plate…
Posada is just terrible behind the plate.. He’s regressed so quickly this year.
I hate to say it but you would never see a performance like this from Halladay. What a joke..
MVP signs? For who? Most Valuable Pothead?
Sheesh.
Josh Hamilton and Michael Young are two great players. It happens. Especially when your pitcher isn’t sharp.
Come on CC. Just drill Hamilton in the ribs and take him out of the rest of this series.
He swung at that. Give me a break…
CR9
I cannot stand the bias in the broadcasting. This game certainly is a stinker but its not like they’re getting no-hit. Like I’ve said before. Its a series so just cause we lose one(which its looking like right now) it doesn’t mean we can’t bounce back. We lost CCs first start in the WS and we still won it all.
After waiting so long for the games to resume, this was not what I wanted to see. I’m thinking this game is toast.
i didnt see CC falling apart this inning….i thought even after the two cheapy hits he would get out of it…suprised that he gave up the double to Young
I’m hurting inside. I really am.
4th inning of Game 1 of a 7 game series. Not time to panic. Oh wait, I forgot that God almighty will be facing us in game 3. Guys, anything can happen in these series. Long way to go, even in this game.
That was a killer… Commence the crying.. Actually I might cry
Wow CC looks like crap!
What in the world are you talking about?
If you are going to twist my arguments to feed your own ego, then there is no point in wasting my time arguing with you.
Wilson had not proven he could throw strikes out of the stretch yet. He faced one hitter out of the stretch and immediately walked him and looked out of whack. You don’t swing at the first pitch when he has not proven he has made the adjustments out of the stretch to find his release point.
By the time the Posada at bat came around, Wilson had faced 4 hitters out of the stretch and been able to pound the zone to 3 of them. It became clear that he had made the adjustment to find his release point and then you can be more aggressive.
Again, it’s only contradictory if you twist the argument. If you cannot understand this on your own, then you are either not as knowledgeable as you think or you are a sociopath.
Any ace can have a bad game, at any time in the season. Including the postseason. They’re human – not ace machines.
CR9, please keep your foul language off this blog and find another way to deal with your mental problems.
Fowl language is supposed to help the Yankees, however.
I have yet to see Hamilton pulling a CC fastball.
I’m gonna drink a hot cup of Camomile tea laced with Gamma Amino-butyric Acid.
Not worrying about Hughes, but the season will fall on his shoulders thanks to the team reverting to September form. Just a huge fail by CC.
And with that strikeout, CC lowers his career post-season ERA to 4.79!! Congratulations, CC.
Our ace has not lived up to his billing this postseason. Offense bailed him out twice last start and he has put them in a deeper hole this start. CC is a phenomenal pitcher however this is unacceptable.
I hope Jesus is ready this Spring because Posada’s old ass is done!
tyanksfan36 October 15th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Exactly. Perfect post. You dont play 162+ games, as fans and players, to give up after 1 loss. CC didnt have it today. Got cheated in the first inning, though. Offense has been getting bad luck. We can still come back and win this game.
Hmm, didn’t Jesus Lee have a 5 run lead against us earlier this season in the SIXTH inning?
still just one game. we’ve been down 1-0 before
I’m gonna drink a hot cup of Camomile tea laced with Gamma Amino-butyric A
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it is sickening when we, as fans, get so severely disappointment when our team is getting their ass kicked and playing poorly in defense of a WS Title.
damn umpires. right guys?
Wow. This looks just like the Rangers series with the Rays. No wonder both teams were trying to throw the AL East crown to the other. lol The Rangers look like a team of destiny.
“If the situation were reversed and the yankees had played the kind of game Texas has so far many Yankee fans would be apoplectic about how bad the yankees offense was, how they couldn’t come through in the clutch, how they were wasteful and didn’t put the game out of reach when they could have, etc.”
Absolutely true. The history of game threads proves this. Heck, even last series vs Min. proved this.
im calling this now, the yanks come back and win this game 8-6
Now I’m a sociopath? That’s hilarious. You are the one who posts here to see your own writing.
Too bad we couldn’t have won the East to play Texas. Right guys?
“We lost CCs first start in the WS and we still won it all”
Bumped.
“The Rangers look like a team of destiny.”
Where is a throwing up emoticon when I need one?
ConcernedCitizen,
Cliff Lee wasn’t pitching game 3
Next year in the play offs if the Yanks have a long lay off between series CC will have to throw a stimulated game between starts. He said a couple of days ago he thought all of the rest would be bad and it was. He was also bad against the Twins with the extra rest. Eiland said since he threw 230 innings this year they didn’t want him throwing between starts because it was too risky. It’s obvious he doesn’t pitch good with extra rest and they need to make sure this doesn’t happen next year.
Granderson is i the zone. He should be #2 for the rest of the post season. Swish should be batting 7th.
Yanks’ big bats, A-ROD, TEX, are quiet
Except CC was facing Lee in that game and actually pitched well, so they were facing lesser pitchers in the next few games. Tonight’s game is costlier than that one because they aren’t facing the best pitcher on Texas until Game 3, so if they lose to the lesser pitchers it becomes that much harder to salvage it later on.
Jim,
I agree
Did the Phillies look like a “team of destiny” when they beat the Yanks in game 1 of the World Series last year?
Some of these comments are just silly. CC pitched terribly and yes, the offense looks rusty but even if they lose tonight it’s just one game.
Triple,
He is not a machine. He is just a really good pitcher. He can be beaten.
Matt,
The cheerleaders on here can’t follow logic
streal brett
Dead offense so far outside of granderson
Please no DP!!!!!
TheStraw,
When was the last time they beat him?
Where did all those Rangers fans come from? Sorta like Rays fans phenomenon, lol.
Gardner scalded that ball as well. You figure this will be a lot closer than 5-0 before it’s over.
JM,
what are we not following? Lee is not pitching tonight. Lee will pitch game 3 so a loss tonight and they are down 2-0
Gardner scalded that ball as well. You figure this will be a lot closer than 5-0 before it’s over
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Yanks are also running out of outs. That’s why 3-0 was alot better!
In a merit-based world Gardner and Granderson should be batting 1-2, they’ve been putting together top of the order-type ABs all post season.
Again, did neither you triple, nor Matt watch the game where we scored six runs to come from behind against Cliff Lee? You simply can’t predict what will happen. That is not cheerleading or bad logic, just the truth.
Oh, Jeter. Sometimes you make me so sad.
why didn’t brett go/
That was not a very useful AB.
Jeter is terrible tonight. What else can you say!
How is CJ Wilson shuting us out through 5? He is an average pitcher
John Sterling keeps talking about taking CC out, saving a few pitches, and bringing CC back early (as in game 4).
Question: why would the Yanks want to do that?
Totally dominated by C J Wilson. Very sad.
Well if you are going to honestly assess Cliff Lee’s starts against the Yankees, other than the one in the World Series he was not really pitching in close games for the most part. They tagged him for 5 runs in Game 5 of the World Series and in most of his games against the Yankees he has a big lead and is just able to coast.
If the score is closer, Lee might have to be more careful with hitters and then he might start ending up in more hitters’ counts in which the Yankees can make him pay. He’s not unbeatable, but if you don’t pitch like we’ve seen in this game, it doesn’t matter who is on the mound opposing you.
I am shocked that CC is coming out to pitch the 5th inning. It would make a lot of sense to pull him incase he has to be brought back for game 4. He had nothing tonight so why continue to keep him out there?
TheStraw,
Lee did not lose that game
The Captain just ain’t what he used to be….sad – playing like a ‘hanger-on’. Sad.
Here’s the September team I remember!
4 game sweep, comin’ right up. Enjoy the World Series, Rangers fans. This Yankees team doesn’t seem to want it.
Question: why would the Yanks want to do that?
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to maximize their chances of winning
wow.. Jeter has slowed down so much.. he has only 2 hrs since July.. He’s not a HR hitter but he used to jack one out at crucial situations.. not anymore
Give him 4 years and $100 million!!!!
Please!
Oh what a shock, CR9 uses multiple screen names and social media to stalk commenters on here and then “expose” them here.
Again.
You need some help and you’re not finding it.
CC pitches better on short rest. He’s proved that in the last 2 years in the playoffs. Having over a week off did him no good tonight.
Jeter – Swisher – Teixeira – ARod – Posada
0 – 11
Flat is the word tonight
One thing is for sure. If Texas beats us i will strongly be rooting for the Philllies.
The ‘core’ of the Yankees is old and they are going to stop this team from winning this year!
Nick – I havent done anything.
Well, tomorrow is a must win. Lose tomorrow and the series is doneskies.
well, let’s see if joba can bring himself back in to the yankee fold
Nick has a brother?
Again, you are twisting the arguments to suit your purpose.
Nobody is proclaiming this game over, but it’s very unlikely they come back and win it thanks to the horrible efforts all around tonight.
Cliff Lee in Game 3 is the reason these games have added weight. If you let Texas steal games in which they had the matchup disadvantage, then that makes it a lot harder for you to bounce back and make up for it. That’s not giving up or being a negative nancy, that’s common sense. If you have a garbage game like this, you put yourself in a bit of a hole when the pitching matchups are set up as such.
#Jerk – you did say winning?
CC officially fails tonight.
Now Yankee season is on Hughes.
I bet the Yankees beat Lee. I’m not sure why Pettitte is being ignored in the equation. He pitched great last time around and he was the man to win the World Series last year (and folks doubted him going into the game as well).
We’ve seen enough of Lee to know what he does. I bet we’ll do a whole lot better than most people are expecting.
Oh its not Nick.
That’s just creepy.
Nick in SF October 15th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Oh what a shock, CR9 uses multiple screen names and social media to stalk commenters on here and then “expose” them here.
Again.
You need some help and you’re not finding it.
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Who did he expose?
cr9,
its been 5 minutes and no mention of the umpires? you feeling ok?
How is CJ Wilson shuting us out through 5
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Wilson isn’t impressive and he is giving them pitches to hit but I really don’t think it matters who was on the mound tonight. Their timing is awful…Granderson, Thames and Cano look ok but everyone else is behind the fastball. The long lay off killed them tonight.
Just left a party where I couldn’t get signal on my cell phone and am shocked by the score. The Yanks definately had too many days off. I hope the rust is out now and they can get back on track. Maybe I should have stayed at the party longer! These announcers are annoying me. They sound like the Rangers are going to the WS tomorrow. Ugh. Let’s go Yanks- get going!
At least Joba is getting into a game now.
CR9, there is no other suspect. You are the guilty party.
Hughes start tomorrow is of epic proportions. He will either entrench his legacy as the next great Ace by winning the game or the team will face Lee down 0-2. Now that’s pressure!
The umpires arent to blame for this game. CC just had an off night.
Matt,
logic is not the strong suit of most people on here
CJ Lilly.. That’s what I see on the mound.
Jeter fails now twice.
Swings at first pitch after Gardner walks, then follows that up with a Jeter Special here in the 5th.
Glad he gets more at bats than any player on the team.
cr9,
now the umpires aren’t to blame? my how times have changed?
Nick – The only thing Im guilty of is being too big a fan of the Yankees. The same cannot be said of you.
Ive done nothing wrong to you. Stop making baseless accusations.
Jeter should be swapping spots in the lineup with Gardner
why does Joba always look like he was just crying?… He always has that look.
Wilson has been impressive. Shutting us out on 3 hits is not impressive?
I had a bad feeling that the Yankees would look flat tonight, but I really did expect C.C. to give them more than he did.
That being said, I am all for brining C.C. back to pitch Game 4. He has earned it much more than A.J. with his consistency throughouto the year.
It would be nice if the Yanks could at least make this one interesting before it is all said and done.
So what, that doesn’t mean that he isn’t capable of being hit again. The fact is, both CC and the offense are rusty tonight from the five day layoff. It just means that they are starting the series off at a deficit. If they can fight through it and regain their form, they will be fine. If not, they’ll be home. But spare us the minutae of your analysis. If they hit Lee, they’ll beat him. If they don’t, they’ll lose.
This team is an embarrassing joke tonight!
This game isnt over by any means. All it takes is a 7 run inning.
Wilson has really not been that impressive. Again, this is the difference between staring at the stats and using your eyes to observe what is actually taking place on the field.
On paper, it looks like he’s having a lights out, shut down start. But in fact, what is happening is that almost every hitter is hitting a hard line drive right at somebody, and that he has induced very little weak contact, and instead has gotten lucky that balls were right at people with runners on base.
He’s had the results, so it’s still been a good night for him, but he hasn’t done it in a dominant or impressive manner. You figure that if he pitched the way he has tonight on another night, he may have given up 3 runs.
CR9, you are a very sick individual and you are perhaps the worst thing about this comment board right now. Which is saying quite a bit. The notion that you have “changed” is incorrect.
OMG how did Jobas face get so fat?? He put on A LOT of weight, WTF??
Tough game, zippo, zilch with RISP again.
Looks like first team in the 2010 post season to win at home is the Texas Rangers……Eww
why is Washington going to his bench with a 5-run lead????
The problem with bringing CC back in game 4 (assuming that he regains good pitching form) is that you then have to use AJ in game 5, since neither Phil nor Andy are likely to go on short rest. Of course, we could all pray for rain – lots of it.
blackaccord October 15th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
wow.. Jeter has slowed down so much.. he has only 2 hrs since July.. He’s not a HR hitter but he used to jack one out at crucial situations.. not anymore
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Can’t hit a HR when virtually every at bat is a flocking ground ball…
Maybe Granderson should sit him down and try to convince him to ‘swallow his pride’ and ask Kevin Long for some 1v1 help.
No big deal, we lose Game 1, Hughes comes back and wins game 2….we go back to NY tied 1-1 and have taken the home field advantage.
pinch hitting murphy up by 5-0 and one man on base.. weird..
Wow……………this team is in serious trouble without CC. Is it just the long rest? I don’t know – he wasn’t all that sharp down the stretch, except in the Toronto game.
man, this blog has become a wreck….people impersonating others, people insulting others; this is the reason i dont come here anymore. Some of you are childish, some of you just ignorant. Cant we just watch the game, respect others opinions and deal with each other in respectful adult manors…
{stepping off my soapbox}
#PL – what are you talking about? The first team to win at home? You missed the series against the Twins?
Nick – Please refrain from accusing me of doing something I havent done. I find what’s being done to be very disturbing also.
This loss is on CC, not the offense.
Jeter is a prime example as why you can’t always just look at a low BABIP and say it’s bad luck. Jeter has noticeably lost some power this year, and seems to be getting beaten sometimes on average fastballs in on his hands. When you hit almost 2/3 ground balls, you create your own bad luck!
Don Vito has the correct attitude. A split here in Texas is a victory for the Yanks.
The problem with bringing CC back in game 4 (assuming that he regains good pitching form) is that you then have to use AJ in game 5, since neither Phil nor Andy are likely to go on short rest. Of course, we could all pray for rain – lots of it.
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Why is this a problem??? Once you clear the first 4 games, you know how in trouble you are. At which point it becomes easier to manage the AJ burnett game, for example: Take out AJ burnett immediately and go to the long man if there is trouble.
If the lineup can knock the rust off by tomorrow’s game then I think they will be fine in this series. The Yanks are a much better team than Texas is and they have much better pitching. The offense has to use the rest of this game to get their timing back.
# Niblick October 15th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
#PL – what are you talking about? The first team to win at home? You missed the series against the Twins?
WHAT???????? They were in Minnesota and swept them
“Where did all those Rangers fans come from? Sorta like Rays fans phenomenon, lol.”
Actually, the Rangers outdrew the Rays by more than 640k in the regular season and by 13k/game in the post…
but maybe all the antlers make the house look fuller
Michelle B. of Yankee Stadium West October 15th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
man, this blog has become a wreck?.people impersonating others, people insulting others; this is the reason i dont come here anymore. Some of you are childish, some of you just ignorant. Cant we just watch the game, respect others opinions and deal with each other in respectful adult manors?
{stepping off my soapbox}
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Best post of the night.
I really don’t mind the Rangers that much because they have never been that successful, but the whole bandwagon fan thing really bothers me. It wouldn’t surprise me if 20 percent of the fans in that park tonight didn’t watch an entire regular season game this year.
Joba!! Good boy.
Joba didn’t give up a run?
encouraging sign. LOL
Joba. The new 5th inning guy.
PL-
Game 3 was at Yankee Stadium.
For all u guys worrying about lee in game 3, take this approach. If we win tomorrow night then game 3 is a must win for texas. If they don’t win with him on the mound there we go up 2-0 and the series may not even make it back to texas. If we win tomorrow and lose game 3, then we need to take 4 and 5 at home. This game would have been good to have, but we didn’t “need it” just because sabathia was going against their #2. We needed one of the first 2, that’s it.
in a 7 game series, the home team winning game one is hardly the end of the world. Any true Yankees fan can see that being down 1-0, and that has NOT even happened yet is hardly a reason to go insane. Good night, ALL.
PL,
I’m not sure what you are suggesting with you remark about home teams. There have been 4 home wins in the playoffs thus far, and teams with home field advantage have won 3 home games between them at home, so I’m not sure what you are trying to get at. If you can clarify what you are saying though, maybe we could all better understand.
#PL – they won at home – that makes them a home team that won at home.
*5 home wins, sorry
The pressure on Phil tomorrow is going to be enormous……………
I guess the silver lining is that Joba looked decent out there.
brock, I wonder if 50% of the fans could name their starting lineup..
Niblick
I should rephrase that.
The Rangers will be the first A.L. team to win a postseason game at home in 2010…if the score stands up
thanks JM…i just wish people would acknowledge that opinions are like a-holes, everyone’s got one….Just deal with it, make your point and move on.
What you are doing, CR9, is beyond creepy. There is no doubt — none — that you are the responsible party.
Thanks to your alias Eduardo, that is.
Cease and decist.
If we can put up some runs this inning, we still have a chance. Please get 7 runs Yankees!!!!
I’d say that CJ Wilson made his pitches when they mattered. That’s what using your eyes will tell you. Pop ups, fly balls, and ground balls when needed.
PL – you are still wrong – they will not be the first AL team to win a postseason game at home. The Yanks already won a game at home.
Nick – Accusing me of stalking is a horrible accusation to make. I had that happen to me once and there was not a thing I could do about it. The person got away scot free. It infuriated me.
well, im having a hard time figuring out what the yankee’s gameplan is tonight…the at bats are terrible. The rust is certainly showing.
Betsy-
I think we fans feel more pressure than these athletes, particularly the Yankees. Not that they don’t feel it, it just seems worse to us.
CJ Wilson made the pitches when he had to? Posada lined out with one of the hardest hits you could possibly have, right at the left fielder. I would not say that’s “making his pitches” with runners on base, I would say that’s getting lucky.
The lineup should take extra batting practice before the game tomorrow. They aren’t even making Wilson work out there. Too much first pitch swinging and not working the count. Being rusty is an understatement for the lineup tonight.
So the Yankees are playing with rust after a layoff. This isn’t a huge surprise. Just chill and let things evolve without passing around cyberkoolaid. It’s really a little early for despair. There are worse things that can happen than a split, if we shouldn’t win tonight.
# Niblick October 15th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
PL – you are still wrong – they will not be the first AL team to win a postseason game at home. The Yanks already won a game at home.
what they played an NLDS and swept Minnesota in THEIR home not at the Stadium…A home AL team hasnt won at their home ballpark…..Rangers won 2 in Tampa lost 2 at home…won game 5 in Tampa…..Yankees swept Minnesot at home…Minny lost all their home games
Who swings at the first pitch down 5-0 in the 6th?
ALDS I meant
CJ Wilson is very good and so is Lewis – that’s a nice duo to have behind Lee. That said, hopefully we’ll look better tomorrow. I’m not going to use the long rest as an excuse……….though it did concern me with CC. It’s very possible that his heavy workload is catching up to him.
Adios beisbol
PL-
Still incorrect. The Yankees won game three at Yankee Stadium in the ALDS.
Just a terrible performance so far by this team.
Everyone is swinging for the fences. Hate to admit it, but this game wreaks of September.
Twins must feel unfair.
ughhhhhhhhh
CC has an 11.25 era in the playoffs. If this team wants to win a WS that era must go down.
This is just one bad 6 innings of a game. If the Yanks dont come back to win, they’ll get over this one and be out there tomorrow ready to go.
# TheStraw October 15th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
PL-
Still incorrect. The Yankees won game three at Yankee Stadium in the ALDS.
yup your right im wrong….Brain fart
2-3 batters swung at the first pitch in the 6th. That’s inexcusable
I think his heavy workload could be catching up to him. I know he’s a big guy, but just a few years ago the Brewers rode him like a plow horse. Last year, he pitched a ton of innings and then went on short rest several times in the post-season. This year – the staff was terrible for two months – and CC had to do it all himself.
They’ve tossed in th white towel. It’s all up to Hughes. Maybe they’ll score a run or two for him.
I thought that whole chop thing in Atlanta was ridiculous until I saw this antlers and wannabe wolf thing.
Boy these Yankee hitters are really struggling with their timing tonight. I hope that improves by tomorrow. Facing Lewis, they should be able to plate plenty of runs if they get the kinks worked out. We will see.
It’s amazing how many excuses are being made for these players. CC is an ace, he should be able to find a way to make the adjustments necessary to not get destroyed in Game 1 on the road. These guys are all stars, they should be able to make the adjustments after 2 or 3 at bats and start having higher quality at bats even with the rust.
They have played a bad game today, and it’s not because of all of these excuses, it’s because they have simply been terrible. They could have been just as bad even without the rest, they’ve had performances like this quite often this season even playing regularly.
The pressure on Phil tomorrow is going to be enormous…………
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Betsy,
But Phil will be up to it. And the Yankees do score a lot of runs for him and hopefully that will continue tomorrow.
Swish and Arod swing at the 1st pitch?!?!?! Are you kidding me?? They look absolutely dreadful. Another hard hit ball tonight would be a positive going into the game tomorrow. Tex had more than 2 days off so his bat is probably lost for the series anyway or at least that will be his excuse.
I can’t get too down on the Yankees for playing like they haven’t played in a while. They havent.
Everyone is swinging for the fences because CC put them in an AJ-esque hole. That, and the fact that their timing is slightly off from the layoff between series. Momentum is as good as the next days starting pitcher.
So how bad do the Twins suck? It really must be nice to be a team that gets to play Cleveland and Kansas City for 36 of your games each year.
“The pressure on Phil tomorrow is going to be enormous”
When you’re in the Yankee rotation, you deal with it. He’s not made of glass, unlike some of the fans.
hope hughes can keep his shutout streak at arlington going.
Do the Yanks think they are facing Lee tonight? They look like they haven’t faced live pitching in a century.
West Coast Yankee Fan
October 15th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Joba. The new 5th inning guy.
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Correction:
Joba. The new 5th inning guy with the million dollar arm.
Straw, I agree. I don’t think the Yankees or any WS-caliber team ever let themselves get down after a loss. They’ve been through this before. That said, this reminds me of the WS last year. I felt if we didn’t win game 2, that the WS was over. I don’t necessarily think that’s the case here and I think we can beat Lee, but that’s going to be difficult to say the least. Tomorrow is, I think, a must-win.
Two things.
First, I had said that the team would be affected by the long layoff and was told to shut up, called a troll and get out of here.
Second, some of you were just so arrogant during the past week. Talk like that just invites things to come back to bite you.
With all that said, this is just one game. The Yankees will come back.
So does Girardi get any blame for this team not being prepared? Whatever was done to prepare Sabathia with the extended rest obviously didn’t work. And the hitters were obviously not ready to play either.
trisha – true pinstriped blue says:
October 15, 2010 at 10:12 pm
So the Yankees are playing with rust after a layoff. This isn’t a huge surprise. Just chill and let things evolve without passing around cyberkoolaid. It’s really a little early for despair. There are worse things that can happen than a split, if we shouldn’t win tonight
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I couldn’t agree more. This is only game one and we all knew there was the possibility of them being rusty. The defense has been fine so far, they just haven’t been able to hit like they had been in the ALDS, they’ll get back on track tomorrow. Now if we were down 0-3 in the series and this was game 4 then there would be cause for concern.
Arod quietly putting together 2005-2007 playoff numbers this fall.
Once he gets going like that, he wilts under the mounting pressure.
Important for him to get out of the gate.
So far he’s been one of the weak links.
Matt- on that point I will agree with you. CC should have been better tonight, and the bats probably should have been slightly better as well. But if this game becomes an aberration rather than a trend, I’ll be happy.
Flatness
Oh man.. Its just that kind of game…
Trish:
Did you get my predictions ?
Game time tommorow 4:07?
Forget Sweet Caroline, we’re listening to September Mourn
Aww “Yankees suck” chant.
*applauds the Rangers fans for their staggering originality*
“Once he gets going like that, he wilts under the mounting pressure.”
wrong. Not many people pay much attention to him so far, not yet.
Fran,………..He’s very capable of dominating, but if he doesn’t pitch well, I just hope we don’t hear shouts of what a choker he is. Anyway, I think he’ll go out and pitch the game he was meant to pitch. If he doesn’t do well, I honestly don’t think it will be because of the pressure; I think Phil is too cool a customer for that.
One team came out prepared for this game. It was not the Yankees.
# joeman October 15th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
# Betsy October 15th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
You know, if you look at the stats, Colby Lewis has a fantastic year.
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he’s not going to be a easy pitcher to beat……
Glad to see that A-rod came to play – 2 K, one ground out to the pitcher and an error, to boot.
yanks22 October 15th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Game over! Thanks for nothing fat ass!
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I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing at this post… wrong, I know…
Wow! The Yankees suck chants! Criminals
Swisher: “tip your cap”
Arod: “I’m happy for Young.”
Tex: “I’m happy for Young,”
Jeter: “We knew CJ was good.”
Game time tommorow 4:07?
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That’s correct.
What a let down. Looked forward to watching this game all friggin week. It’s not just that the Yankees are losing, but its boring.
“CC should have been better tonight, and the bats probably should have been slightly better as well. But if this game becomes an aberration rather than a trend, I’ll be happy.”
Based on what kind of scientific assessment would you agree with this? Because Matt said they should have been better? Holy God you’re slipping.
I LOVE OUR PEN.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if AJ threw a gem in game 4 after CC’s clunker tonight?
Vineyard – got them.
Core no-score
Jeter – Swisher – A-Rod – Teixeira – Posada
0-14
Time to see what Phil is made of tomorrow. He can pitch well when things are going well (up 2-0 facing a team that was dead). Let’s see what he does when his team needs him to win a game. AJ answered the bell last year, let’s see if Hughes does tomorrow. He cannot do what CC did tonight.
Then again… the hitters have not seen Colby Lewis (only Jeter/Berkman have ABs against him, and even those were like 4-5 years ago, he is a brand new pitcher now) so I do not have high hopes for the offense.
Tough loss. Not an ideal situation sending out a 24 yr old kid to save our season and our offense against a pitcher they have not seen. If they are good enough, they’ll overcome it.
GTLU is at 8 am tomorrow, ending at 11 am or as soon as the lineup is up (probably via Twitter).
Maybe Moseley can give CC some pointers.
RSM October 15th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
What a let down. Looked forward to watching this game all friggin week. It’s not just that the Yankees are losing, but its boring.
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Agreed.
Betsy,
As Eiland told Phil after Game 3 of the ALDS, Phil “grew up”. I have a lot of confidence in Phil and I also think that the Yankees will come out swinging tomorrow night.
“Wouldn’t it be ironic if AJ threw a gem in game 4 after CC’s clunker tonight?”
Fran and I already said the same thing. There’s no way to know what kind of magic is in store and who the heroes are going to be.
So CC wasn’t sharp tonite, it happens. Phil will be solid tomorrow and we will beat up on Lee in game # 3. Nuff said.
I think his heavy workload could be catching up to him.
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I really don’t think that has anything to do with his start tonight. He doesn’t pitch good with extra rest and that’s why he said he wanted to start against the Twins on his regular rest. All week be said pitching on 7 days rest or whatever it is will hurt him and he was right. He was too strong against the Twins also and didn’t pitch good in that game.
Trisha-
I just was trying not to be called a sociopath again by him by (slightly) agreeing with one of his points.
#TheStraw October 15th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Wouldn?t it be ironic if AJ threw a gem in game 4 after CC?s clunker tonight?
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I was just thinking the same thing.
Cano!
4 more of those please.
Cano!
all right, at last we get on board.
Whoo, Cano!
Vineyard – got them.
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Thank you for that.
finally something
Well all of you who said that Wilson would not shut out the Yanks were correct
Whadaya know!
Robbie came to play tonight.
# trisha – true pinstriped blue October 15th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
“Wouldn’t it be ironic if AJ threw a gem in game 4 after CC’s clunker tonight?”
Fran and I already said the same thing. There’s no way to know what kind of magic is in store and who the heroes are going to be.
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I for one believes that AJ gets the job done…..
Cano definitely isn’t rusty tonight.
“It’s amazing how many excuses are being made for these players. CC is an ace, he should be able to find a way to make the adjustments necessary to not get destroyed in Game 1 on the road. These guys are all stars, they should be able to make the adjustments after 2 or 3 at bats and start having higher quality at bats even with the rust.”
Its not amazing at all. They’re not excuses, its acknowledging the reality of the game of baseball. I’ve been watching baseball a long time, and the only thing that’s really consistent about it is that things don’t always happen as they should. It’s very prone to unpredictability. Aces have bad games in post season games. Offenses can’t get a hit off a guy they’ve hit well in the past. Errors happen to teams who are defensively strong all year. And that applies to both teams competing. Not just the Yankees.
Yeah Robbie! I’ve been waiting for something to cheer about!
That was all the K Long screen drill
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 15th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
WILSON WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES
Cano is an unbelievable hitter, the way he kept his hands back like that even after being late on a fastball on the first pitch to drive the offspeed pitch out for a home run. They are still in this game, but the offense is going to need to do their part.
I read the Phillies used their regulars in the simulated games; might have been a good idea for the Yanks to do so. That said, this is on CC
I am pretty sure it’s too little too late.
Let Hughes be ready tomorrow.
why is there enormous pressure on Phil tomorrow? I’m having a complete Trisha moment here….only Yankee fans think that we are supposed to go into Texas and win both road games and its a failure if we don’t (I think we will win tomorrow….and that Phil will be fine)
Robbie starting the come back. Yes we can!
TheStraw October 15th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Wouldn’t it be ironic if AJ threw a gem in game 4 after CC’s clunker tonight?
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Yup. But I would not be surprised either. That is what is great about sports. You never know. So many of the experts here think Game 3 is already lost simply because Lee is pitching.
What ugly swings from Posada
Yes it happens that rust makes players not as sharp, but that doesn’t make it a valid excuse for not performing well. It’s a factor, but these guys still are the ones playing the game on the field. If you aren’t sharp, you have to be able to make the adjustments and make them quick in these kinds of games. If you don’t pitch well, it’s not because of the rust, it’s because you didn’t play well that day.
It could have just as easily happened without rest, these guys are professionals and they will have to be able to deal with less than ideal situations.
I read the Phillies used their regulars in the simulated games
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Betsy,
We have to wait until tomorrow night to see if that made a difference.
“It’s amazing how many excuses are being made for these players. CC is an ace, he should be able to find a way to make the adjustments necessary to not get destroyed in Game 1 on the road. These guys are all stars, they should be able to make the adjustments after 2 or 3 at bats and start having higher quality at bats even with the rust. ”
You couldn’t be more ridiculous if you tried.
Even the commentators were saying that after a long layoff adjustments aren’t made that easily. Grow up child whiner.
Posada is K calmly
Clutch, He should have pitched an inning or two in Boston – that would have helped against the Twins. There’s nothing we could do about this, though – we swept and that’s the way it is. I still think it could partly be do to the workload. He wasn’t good down the stretch of the regular season.
We’re only down a grand slam. One good inning of working counts, drawing walks, and a couple timely hits, and we can win this game.
Anyone here remember the 1996 World Series and how that started?
jeter hit into a DP tonight. What a shock.
CC failed bottom line… rest of the team not really showing up.
they are sleepwalking. BAd loss…….
Just tuning in now. What was going on with CC?
Game isnt over yet. Look at this loser GWB. What a pile
m -
You didn’t hear? It was the ump’s fault.
How can you not understand why there is a ton of pressure on Hughes tomorrow?
Win both road games in Texas? If Hughes does not step up and pitch well, they may not win even one. You have to split in Texas because with Cliff Lee going in Game 3, you could very well find yourself in a deep hole before you even have a chance to regain your footing.
Anyone who discounts the importance of Hughes’ start tomorrow if the Yankees lose this game is just not that knowledgeable. Splitting in Texas is a huge key to this series, and if the Yankees can’t do it then it’s going to be very hard to win it unless they play out of their mind baseball.
CR9-
Easy. Some of us like him better than the current resident.
Fran the original October 15th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Thank you
# m October 15th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Just tuning in now. What was going on with CC?
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He just wasn’t locating his pitches, its as simple as that. He walked too many batters, and gave up big hits to Hamilton and Young. Thats the difference in the game.
I believe I heard Curry and Lorenz saying right after the Yankees took the DS that the one Yankee pitcher who did not benefit from extra rest was CC. If anyone remembers hearing that it was one of the others, please feel free to correct what I just said.
Ironic that the wilson is able to keep the righties off the board but the lefties are actually getting hits off of him. And how bout that Robbie. MVP right there. First lefty home run given up by Wilson since 2008.
They’re getting hits off wilson, they just can’t string enough together. Tomorrow is a new day
Straw – Not a political thing. We didnt win a World Series with him in office, thats all.
If you split in Texas you take away the home field advantage and essentially start with a fresh 5 game series to win with HFA. Nobody is saying it’s impossible, but you certainly would rather not put yourself in that kind of hole because chances are, it’s not likely you’ll be able to dig yourself out of it. It’s happened in the past but that doesn’t mean it will happen now, so you would rather not tempt fate.
Wow, Matt. How profound. Who would have thought that going down 0-2 in a series would make it very hard to win the series?
Halladay has averaged more innings than CC the past 3 years and he has been fine.
Lee threw more innings last year than CC, yet he was dominant in the postseason.
CC only threw 7 more innings this year than last year. He also had even more time off then than he did this year. So why the rust/workload excuses this year and not last year?
And shouldn’t CC have felt the effects of the work LAST year after he threw 250+ innings in 2008, rather than this year, after a relatively light (compared to previous years) workload in 2009?
ESPN Insider Rumor Mill
Good that our pen is getting their feet wet.
There’s nothing we could do about this, though – we swept and that’s the way it is
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The other option would of been for him to throw to batters like the other pitchers did. But Eiland said it was too risky because he already threw 230 innings this year and they didn’t want his arm to “waste” anymore innings. I get his point but he at least should of threw like 30 pitches or so he wouldn’t be so strong today. I think next year they shouldn’t abuse him like Girardi does so he will be fresh down the stretch and in the play offs. All of these innings will catch up to him…
PL,
You’re welcome. Pregame show on YES at 3.
Sabathia came out in Game 1 of the ALCS last year on the same amount of rest as he did this year and threw 8 innings allowing only 1 run. Again, stop with the rest and rust excuse. It’s still on him to get the job done and he couldn’t make the adjustments. That’s his fault, not the schedule’s.
Cano is such a great player, hoping for a 6 out collapse by the Rangers but I’m sure Jeter would kill any potential rally
There is no more pressure on Hughes than would be normal. No pitcher, pitching in the postseason, is going “Whew I can totally stink cuz we’re up 1-0!”
Any time the camera flashes to Bush I lose my anger about the ongoing game for about 2 to 3 seconds and just smile. American hero.
On the game…
1- It isn’t over yet. 4 runs with 2 innings to go. Not impossible.
2- Even if you assume its over, its not the end of the world. I’m sick and tired of people treating Cliff Lee like he’s an automatic loss. Yankee teams beat Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, and Curt Schilling in their primes. Lee isn’t remotely on the same planet as any of those three.
In 1996 the Yankees dropped both games at home in the World Series and headed to Atlanta to face Tom Glavine in his prime. How did that series turn out again?
I could easily see us losing tomorrow and bouncing back and winning four straight.
Trisha – Hi. Hope you are feeling better today.
Actually I saw in the comments it was the umps fault. That was when it was still 3-0.
This game isn’t over by any means, but Hughes has been great as the stopper for this team. Too bad it’s happening in the playoffs. But at least we’re in the beginning of the series and not the end.
Do you understand that I am responding to someone who said they do not see why there would be pressure on Hughes tomorrow?
Thanks for your constructive comment, I really appreciate your pointless waste of all of our time.
3,4,6, days who cares. C.C. has been pitching since he was how old? He shouldn’t be rusty but oh well he sucked big time tonight. I’m putting the rally cap on and hoping for the best. He’ll get em’ next time.
# Fran the original October 15th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
PL,
You’re welcome. Pregame show on YES at 3.
o man now i have to make sure im up by 2pm
No denying there is pressure. But we tend to over blow it here. He just has to execute. CC didn’t tonight, but anyone who would argue that was because of pressure would be wrong. He just was off. As long as Phil gives the offense a chance to win the game, he’ll be fine. Can’t worry about Game 3 before game 2 is even played.
If they come back, it will be a miracle.
I think Michael Kay is serving two masters right now and it’s not good.
And for whoever called CC “fat ass”. That “fat ass” carried the Yankee rotation on his back this season. He’s the reason they made it to the postseason. Instead of criticizing it you should be kissing it.
What bugs me is that we just didn’t look prepared.
It really pisses me off that Hamilton hit that homerun. His swing has looked terrible on every swing except the homerun. That was a terrible, terrible 0-2 pitch. I really wonder why Posada didn’t stick with the off speed stuff.
Anybody calling CC a fat … is not a Yankees fan.
And Id kiss it any day and twice on Sunday!
lol Kay probably sneaked into the Rangers locker room and rubbed the “illegal substance” on his hate. That guy is a huge Yankees Homer.
The Yankees can come back and win this game
Dustin Moseley and Joba are getting out hitters that CC couldn’t get out for his own life. that explains enough… Hughes should have started
I’m still crossing my fingers for a comeback tonight, but it’s looking like there’s going to be an awful lot of pressure on young Mr. Hughes tomorrow.
Mosley game 4 starter
That was a terrible, terrible 0-2 pitch. I really wonder why Posada didn’t stick with the off speed stuff.
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the HR was on a hanging breaking ball in the middle of the plate
Doreen,
Agree about Kay. If Lee does sign here, it would give the Rays and Red Sox something to think about when they face Lee.
*hat
thinking they should take moseley out now and save him to come in when Burnett struggles.
Moseley seems to own the Rangers.
Lol. We knew last season something was up with Lee’s cap. Baseball won’t crack down until Lee is a Yankee. Then the hammer will come down.
Cruz was like hey, that was sneaky slow.
Good job by the bullpen do far. Moseley doing a great job.
CR9, I CAN run for the president of the USA. doesn’t mean I’m gonna win tho. when the chances for them to win descend below 1% – statistically – than some are better off making plans on their Friday night that are actually fun.
“the HR was on a hanging breaking ball in the middle of the plate”
CC should have stuck with the hard stuff, given Hamilton’s lack of plate appearances and his injury.
Yankees looked awful all around. CC is going to have his bad nights but their at-bats have been awful as well
also really enjoying seeing CC and A-Rod in their 2007 postseason versions
CC the Oriole Slayer.
$23M for a guy who can’t beat Texas, can’t beat TB but owns the Orioles.
CR9 I’ve noticed Cliff Lee’s lid would always have what looked like a chalk stain
“That was a terrible, terrible 0-2 pitch. I really wonder why Posada didn?t stick with the off speed stuff.”
Hamilton HR was on a curveball.
Jerkface, of course not, but there is still pressure. However, as I said, if he pitches badly, it won’t be because of that.
Yeah CC didnt win all his 21 games against the Orioles.
“Trisha – Hi. Hope you are feeling better today.”
Actually I am feeling somewhat better thanks. Just happy all of my obligations are over and I can watch the games unhindered.
“I think Michael Kay is serving two masters right now and it’s not good.”
He sounds like a completely different person on his radio show than he does as a broadcaster.
Opponents hit .246/.304/.378 against Sabathia in his career on 4 days of rest.
On 6+ days of rest, they hit .239/.312/.379.
Sabathia is one of the top 10 pitchers in all of baseball, he can pitch under any circumstances and simply did not get it done tonight.
Excuses like too much rest are for those who refuse to take responsibility for their own performance in the games. Sabathia has thrown over 240 innings this year, he could just as easily have benefited from the rest since he’s got a lot of mileage on his arm but he did not leverage it that way and instead got beaten up.
Matt,
People can’t hide from that fact. People this year laud AJ Burnett for “saving the season” because we were not coming back down 0-2 down against a quality opponent without HFA. Same situation now. We would have to win either 2 Cliff Lee starts or win 1 Lee and a Burnett start (after what he showed us tonight, I don’t think they go CC twice in a row on short rest.) and beat Lewis/Wilson each as well.
Tomorrow is a huge game. As good as Andy’s reputation in the playoffs is, remember, he gave up 3+ runs in 3 of his 5 starts in the postseason last year. He gave up 4 runs in the WS and put us in 3-0 hole early. Unless you think Lee will pull a Sabathia, Andy is going have to be on his absolute A game to win.
The Twins went away a long time ago. Now we’re facing a real team that has no fear of us. Hughes should be fine tomorrow… it’s the offense that I would be concerned about.
sad so sad … go yanks!
This game was the testament to how one umpire can give a team one inning and change the entire game around. Series ain’t over though, hell the game ain’t over yet. Still it’s a shame this game was screwed up in the first inning.
Trisha, as much as I do often disagree with Matt, he’s right.
There’s no excuse for anyone to ever complain about a “long layoff.” If a layoff is such a problem, then Sabathia should have been at Yankee Stadium last week and thrown 90-100 pitches at full bore in the bullpen. He didn’t do that, which leads me to believe he preferred resting to throwing at this time of year.
“It’s the layoff” always bugs me.
Big Start to the inning!!!
SAFE!!!!!
good hustle.
Matt -
There is no more pressure on Hughes than there already was. I think you are overemphasizing it. When he is in the moment, I would bet he is thinking about making his pitches, and not what happened tonight. He’ll be concentrating on his job, not the “big picture.” He would be doing just the same if they were up 1-0.
Jump jump jump
wow
Gardy wants to get something started.
Great job by Gardner.
THAT WAS SO COOL!
Great hustle by Brett.
They need some big hits from big guys.
I approve of the head first slide just this once.
almost got his hand stepped on.
What did Kay say?
Gardner should steal 2nd base here before Jeter even has a chance to hit into a dp.
gardner needs to try to steal before jeter swings the bat.
dp jeter up…..
Hope double jeter doesnt get into a derek play
LIFE IS HERE
Yes! Come on!!!!!
wow, good stuff…. and jeter on 2nd.
finally jeter!!!!
Big hit from Jeter!!!!
DOUBLE!!!!!
Here we come. 5-2.
never mind…..lol good job jeet
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless Brett Gardner!!! Whoa did he fly!!!!
Finally the bats are waking up. Those 2 extra runs CC gave up are looming large now.
WOW. WAY TO GO, GARDNER & JETER!
Even if the Yankees lose this one, good to see some signs of life. Hopefully we’ll pick things up and at the very least bring some momentum into tomorrow.
they always have one inning they light it up, hopefully this is that inning.
Yes!!! just a bloop and a blast away from tying this thing up!
Hopefully it will be a rally and not too little too late! Let’s go Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!
that was some good baserunning….Here we go, no Feliz yet… that BP is hittable…
Keep hating, haters. P.S. This team believes in itself a lot more than you guys do.
now, big hit please.
so why didnt we start Moseley in game 1.. what a terrible move by Girardi giving CC the ball…
i’m kidding of course ; )
Jeter: Hit line drives like that & you won’t look like a 45 year old trying to make a comeback. Good job (finally)
go gardner wooo
go gardner wooo
Feliz his hittable too.
Go Jeter!! They need some big hits from the middle of the order here. Feliz looked like he was going to crap his pants against the Rays so he isn’t automatic in the 9th. Let’s do some damage now!!
Just a few clutch hits away from making this into a nail biter to the very end. You always wonder in games like this what they may have looked like if instead they had managed to get a few of those runs in earlier in the game.
Thanks to the bullpen though, they yet again have a chance. The Texas bullpen has been somewhat shaky in these kinds of spots, so they have a shot at it.
Enjoy the rest of the game, folks — looks like it’s still going to be an exciting one.
I’ll be seeing you again soon, I hope.
I thought we traded montero for lee, how is he pitching for texas???
What Gardner did can change momentum obviously…But the question is can we capitalize
Swisher, Teixeira, A-Rod with a chance to make this a game again. The top-middle of the order guys need to start carrying some of their weight in these games, now would be a good time to start.
This is why you have to take Halladay/Lee over CC and people shouldn’t have gotten offended when the media says as much.
The former two have superior command. They can fall out of their bed in the middle of December and throw strikes. That is very important this time of year.
CC is a lot like AJ in the sense that his command/mechanics get out of whack too much for a pitcher of his caliber. CC is just obviously much more refined as a pitcher than Burnett, but that is what separates pitchers from guys like Halladay and Lee. If those guys have a bad start, it is because the other team hits them. They don’t suddenly lose the plate.
CC was fine on long rest last year because his mechanics remained intact.
# P October 15th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I thought we traded montero for lee, how is he pitching for texas???
Na, that trade fell through and Lee was traded to Texas for Justin Smoak and others
I want Jeter to steal 3rd with the lefty on the mound. I don’t care how many outs there are.
Here comes 55 year old Oliver, one of the 25 million lefties out of the pen. They have to at least score Jeter and then 2 runs against Feliz is definitely possible.
should have leaned into it :/
just enough not to get hurt, but get the tying run up.
OLIVER is muff cabbage against the Yanks
book on swish, no fastballs.
Patience, patience….
Good job by Brett and Jeter. They just needed some time to warm up. CJ wilson is good, they knew it was going to be a tough game but they’ve been hitting. Its just taking them a while to get going. Were still in this thing. Feliz hasn’t been too good in the postseason.
That was a bs strike call…..Nice to help him out..
Suddenly the most negative complainers are strewing daisies. How very convenient.
3-2 breaking ball.
I would have kept Wilson in there if I were them… Rangers bullpen is a mess. We have a real chance now
I just tweeted to nick swisher to get on base. so don’t worry.
Big takes from Swisher!!!!
WALK!!!!
tie this up Tex!
o my goodness big hit here…..
now crying for big hit for the next 1-2 punch.
Tying run at the plate.
anyone know tex’s twitter?
big hit for Tex upcoming?????
first, absolutely no dp
I believe in Tex. He looks like he’s gonna get a huge hit here. I feel it. Tex is in the zone.
The big boys are getting their chance here. Let’s go Tex!!!
gardner shouldn’t have slid though. he would’ve made it running through.
I would love to see Tex or A-Rod tie it up!
Quickly deciding which child I’d give up for a HR here.
though actually I will take a base hit here….hope Tex just thinks base hit and not try too hard with the whole swinging for the fences thing
Darren Oliver is the Arthur Rhodes of the aughts. Let’s hope he continues it into the 10′s.
LOL, m
I feel a good one coming, I really do !!!
flip a coin
Tex has to be patient here. Oliver hasn’t shown he can throw strikes. Take a pitch…
Come tex..work the walk.
Unfortunately, the two tack ons loom large…
either way 3,4 and 5 better make something happen in this spot
o my goooooooooood….its AROOOOOOD
Darren Oliver? LOL!!
Where is that Ogando kid?
And people complain about Girardi’s pen management………….
WOW!!!!
Big takes from Teixeira!!!!
WALK!!!!!!
I just make dreams says alex rodriguez.
alex should take, unless he gets a fastball right in the wheelhouse, then light it up!
always GS opp is left for A-Rod, ALWAYS.
just amazing.
LOADED for AROD.
Grand Slam A-Rod! *clap clap clapclapclap*
Grand Slam A-Rod! *clap clap clapclapclap*
Grand Slam A-Rod! *clap clap clapclapclap*
Grand Slam A-Rod! *clap clap clapclapclap*
Clutch-Rod step up please!
Well this game just got a hell of a lot more exciting.
This is the game right here. All we need is a single to extend the rally.
Don’t worry, Joba. I have plenty to spare.
Cmon, Alex. You hit like a thousand HR in this park.
this team is really going to be the death of me….can’t just lose down 5-0 they gonna fight here and give me a heart attack….but I love them for it
wow i cant believe the decision to use Oliver there…his numbers against the Yanks are so bad
wowwwwwwwwwwww
“I hope that O’Day can quiet the Yankees”
Nice impartiality in broadcasting buttwipe
We need to get AT LEAST 2 more runs in this inning.
Mel,
LOL. Hope we get that HR from Alex without giving up your child! Or at least a base hit/
Pete had it right, years ago. It seems to always come down to Alex.
Pete had it right, years ago. It seems to always come down to Alex.
This is the game. Obviously.
Another chance for A-Rod to add a huge hit to his postseason resume. At the very least they have to get 1 of these runs in, and 2 fly balls to get 2 of them in would be even nicer.
come on yanks
I was kidding about Lee.
Let’s go A-rod! Be selective and be good.
I am nervous.
4time October 15th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Darren Oliver? LOL!!
Where is that Ogando kid?
And people complain about Girardi’s pen management………….
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Washington is really bad with the pen….that’s one of the reasons I was happy to play Texas figured that he would screw up a little and that would help us win a game or two
If alex hits a grand slam, this message board might short circuit.
Alex has hat YARDBALL swings tonight but has come up empty…He is due
even a sac fly is ok here.
we should get 3 here!!!!!!!!!!
this is for Arod… another story book shot to the moon !
A-rod should just be so thrilled that his “nemesis” Wilson is out of the game…..that alone should make him get a hit here
O’Day is a sinker baller and Arod has to make sure he gets the ball up in the zone otherwise it could be a dp. I hope he has a patient at bat because he has been over agressive in his at bats today.
ABOMB TIME
Please tell me Kate Hudson stayed in ARods room last night
Actually the “looms large” argument always strikes me as more than a bit shaky since if the runs had not scored, the entire sequence of the game would be different. Different hitters coming up to the plate etc.
It’s the fallacy of the predetermined outcome.
Nothing says that even if the two runs hadn’t scored the Yankees would be in this very position.
I think it’s about time somebody crushed one.
thats 2
A-ROD!!
woooooowowowowowoww
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
YES
I’ll take that. Yay A-rod!!!
yessssss!!!!!
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE HIT BY ALEX !!!!!
alex my man
Great job by Alex.
geez, I have to thank m.
Woot!
A-Rodddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big hit from Rodriguez!!!!!!
SINGLE!!!!!!
Erica, did they actually say that on TBS? Who?
holla!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woop there it is.
First pitch swinging A-Rod? C’mon…work the count! (/Sarcasm)
GOD DAMN IT! THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Arod!!!!
Syd_cash
Tell me about it. The nerve of them to get it 5-4 and load the bases with no outs. This is when I don’t like to watch. Goodness.
I love A Rod!
Who said he looked like the 2005-2007 arod? LOL. His 125 RBI beg to differ.
time to get logan, robertson and wood up in the pen.
yes 1 run game!!!!!
COME GET SOME
the fans faces priceless!!!!!
*will settle for lots of consecutive base hits so m doesn’t have to sacrifice any of her children*
WOOOOOOOOOO
ALRIGHT AROD
YES
YES
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD!!!!
YES!!!
C’mon Robbie you started this last inning with that HR…………tie it up
No unproductive outs. No unproductive outs.
One more time..
Make no unproductive outs.
I swear, when they said o’day was in to get a ground ball, I said to myself, “past a diving young”
But on replay, that ball looked playable.
I am so freaking nervous Im on my second bag of potato chips !!!
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 15th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Okay, I am back and I will now eat the chicken that will turn the tide.
GO YANKEES!!!
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AHEM!
Lets go MVP!
Trisha- true. At any rate, we still have a chance.
o my god….after that Michael Kay post the Yankees started the comeback…Any more Michael Kay foot in mouth stories?????
and….there are still no outs! Lets go yankees!
Syd_Cash
Just to be clear, I wasn’t mocking you or anything. Just having the same thought process and feeling here.
Darren O’Day, we hardly knew ye.
Bret The Hitman October 15th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
WOOOOOOOOOO
ALRIGHT AROD
YES
YES
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD!!!!
YES!!!
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almost made it through a night without thinking about the Hawk.
It’s the fallacy of the predetermined outcome.
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Trisha, you are channeling Michael Kay and that is scary. But I get what you are saying.
still need 1 run.
*Mel does love her children.
Need 2 more runs.
2 run single. You can keep the kids, but the dog has to go!
jackamir – I told you the fans there would get quiet.
o man….those Rangers fans look so upset
What a lousy at bat swinging at that first pitch. What about the game plan A-Rod?
lol
Man, those last 2 runs……….
The Yankees were going to get to Wilson. It was only a matter of time.
For them to extend the rally against a tough pitcher in Oliver and then for Alex to get that huge hit against a very tough ROOGY like O’Day is just a tremendous job.
Bah, this Rapada guy against Cano.
They need to atleast tie this game up!
Cano is the perfect guy up in this spot. Here comes a AAA lefty…Let’s go Cano!!!
Eat chicken. I’ll eat a live carp if we score 2 more.
Come on, Cano! Keep the line moving.
Can you give up someone else’s child by proxy, m?
tie game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes! And ARod to 3rd!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big hit from Cano!!!!!!!!!!
SINGLE!!!!!!!
Joe from Long Island October 15th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Erica, did they actually say that on TBS? Who?
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I am not sure which one said it. But I rewound to make sure I heard correctly. It was right before the cut to commercial
YES! Tie game!!
cayes
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cano is now the Freight Train…He does not stop for anybody!!!!!!!!!!!
I will now eat the chicken that will turn the tide.
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Trisha, I guess chicken takes longer to digest and that was the problem
tyanksfan36 October 15th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Syd_Cash
Just to be clear, I wasn’t mocking you or anything. Just having the same thought process and feeling here.
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Its cool I knew you weren’t
5-5
These are our yanks we know…no quit whatsoever!
This is unbelievable. The Yankees are running away with this now. Marcus Thames vs LHP. God this is good.
the fans look like they want to throw up
That’ll cost two goldfish!
yesssss!!!!!
Hmmm…who’s the pressure on now? Not the Yankees.
WTF?!!!!!! THIS IS INSANE!!!!
I said 40 minutes ago we are gonna win 8 – 6….
GIVE ME CARP
That was a HUGE bobble by Hamilton! Make him pay Jorge!!!
Cano’s doing so awesome tonight! I guess the break didn’t hurt him any…
“Man, those last 2 runs……….”
Actually the “looms large” argument always strikes me as more than a bit shaky since if the runs had not scored, the entire sequence of the game would be different. Different hitters coming up to the plate etc.
It’s the fallacy of the predetermined outcome.
Nothing says that even if the two runs hadn’t scored the Yankees would be in this very position.
Robbie is clutching up tonight
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of!
There’s nothing you can’t do in NY!
Tattooed that ball!!
Lucky thing Hamilton screwed that up, Tex needed the extra help.
YankFanCA October 15th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Eat chicken. I’ll eat a live carp if we score 2 more.
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Let me know how that tastes
another pitching change? ugh….
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH
YEAAAAAAAHHHHH
BAAAAAABY
Washington makes a million moves. Good lord.
YEAH BABY!
sac fly will do it.
*pinches Erica*
Berkman?
Keep the line moving, boys!
right here, do you trade dp with 1 run?
I would, 100%.
This team is like a damn Cobra strike. This is just like game 1 of the Division series, turn your head and the game is tied.
Wow Robbie! So glad the Ranger fans have stopped waving those silly towels,
Seems like the rust is gone!
unfreaking believeable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what I wanted to say when this rally started that I couldn’t say until they actually tied it up was that…..Joba & Mosley just seemed like they were getting meaningless outs but now it turns out they did good holding down the fort. So props to them.
IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? IS THIS JUST FANTASY? CAUGHT IN A LANDSLIDE. AND LOSE TO THE YANKEES.
Yankee pride. Love it!!!!!!!!
You’ve got to believe Washington yanking these pitchers quickly is only making things worse.. He’s sucking the energy out of his own team and his guys don’t have time to warm up.
I’ll be a man and admit I was wrong. No one could’ve possibly seen this coming two innings ago. Unreal.
do we see wood or robertson/logan in the bottom?
3 run homer right here.
Calling it.
Got home late – saw the 0-5 score – figured CC didn’t have it – asked “where’s the offense” – question ANSWERED!!! GO Yanks!!! Yankees offense, keep the line moving, Yankee bullpen, shut the door!!!! LET’S GO YANKS!!!!
Angel October 15th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
*pinches Erica*
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Hi Angel
I knew it! They just needed to shake off the rust. I kept saying that they were getting hits but weren’t able to get any together and now they have. Key was to getting Wilson out of the game.
Looks like what I thought was my “chick magnet” hat is actually a lucky hat. explains alot lol
Exhibits A and B why folks should not have been so hard on Jeter for swinging at the first pitch earlier in the game.
The Troll Train has left the building…..
YankFanCA October 15th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Eat chicken. I’ll eat a live carp if we score 2 more.
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Let me know how that tastes
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Like crow… hopefully.
The yankees heart of the order doesn’t have much in the way of platoon splits but Ron Washington is absurd with his match up baseball. ROOGY, LOOGY etc doesn’t matter much with hitters like Alex and Robbi.
And the Rangers have now burned through a significant portion of their pen in a game that is tied in the 8th while the yankees have only used Joba and Mosley.
This team has enormous heart. Enormous.
I know I’m dead to him, but I love UnKnown right now!!!
I AM PANICKING !!!!!!! OMG PLEASE WIN YANKS !!!
Need this go ahead run here. A sac fly would do it.
ChokeXOnXFailure October 15th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
I’ll be a man and admit I was wrong. No one could’ve possibly seen this coming two innings ago. Unreal.
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Thank you.
I was thisclose to e-mailing you your 9:40 post and it would have been really Erica-mean
Smoltz is having ’96 flashbacks
Man even the announcers are somber…HAHA
this is so huge for our morale as a team too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO YANKS !
The TBS guys going to cry?
FLY BALL FLY BALL FLY BALL
Nice job by the offense coming on this inning.
And they still have a chance to pull ahead now. Amazing.
yeah I’ll do anything to take the lead here….so we can just get these six outs with Wood/Mo
Oh, my, my, my oh my!!!
these pitching changes are only making the situation worse for them, and showing more panic
Go Cano!!! Putting a AAA guy on your roster and then bringing him in to face Cano is really stupid. They have to score the runner at 3rd. Let’s go Thames and Posada!!!
Now this looks like the Yankees we know and love!!!
“Trisha, I guess chicken takes longer to digest and that was the problem
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You know Fran, some of these fans don’t deserve to be fans of the Yankees IMO. Read some of their posts – and it’s always the same ones. Now they are just loving their Yankees. But if the Yankees didn’t pull this out they’d be here for hours after the game trashing them.
The flop like fish in the bottom of a boat right after they’ve been removed from the hook!
Marcus Thames has to be thinking sac fly all the way.
c’mon Thames baby……you can do it….basehit, fly ball I don’t care just get that run in!!!
I’ll take a sac fly to go, please.
Go yankeeeeeeeeesss
relax thames
Picking up CC.
keep it going…
“I’ll be a man and admit I was wrong. No one could’ve possibly seen this coming two innings ago. Unreal.”
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No one could have seen the best offense in baseball and a team with the most comeback wins in MLB come back? No one could have seen a team actually playing out the full 9 instead of giving up?
Yeah right.
Come on!!! Fly ball!!!!!!
Thames gets so over aggressive in these spots. Calm down…
omg!!!!!!! we can do it
come on Thames….swinging at balls in the dirt isn’t the way to get the RBI
Come on, Thames! You can do it! Fly ball please!
Ball in play Marcus…
Arod doesn’t run particularly well? Smoltz is an idiot, he’s one of the best baserunners on the team.
Come on Thames, just a hit, don’t look to over do it.
got the lead!!!!!!!!!
Yikes. I’d be scared of a mean Erica. I’d run away like the snuffleupagus.
Fu** YEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Big hit from Thames!!!!
SINGLE!!!!!!!!
Oh wow. What a comeback by the Yankees.
come onnnnnnnnn!
Thames is clutch
Better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The pieman delvers!!!!!!!!
WHOOOOOOOOOO DOGGGGGGYYYYY
What a come back!!!
yeah, baby!
YEAH!
THE PERFECT DAMN STORM!!!!!!
Arod doesn’t run particularly well? Smoltz is an idiot, he’s one of the best baserunners on the team.
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was thinking the same thing….
TIMMMMMMMMMMMY!!!!
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great at bat Thames!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
alright….Wood and Mo time
Keep it moving Jorge!!!!
Damn what an inning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heh, my dog came in to say hi to me just as Thames was hitting the ball, when I screamed, she just turned around and left again.
yyyyyYYYYYYYYYeeeeEEEEEEEEssssSSSSSSS!!!!
Anyone who has watched this team all season could have seen this comeback.
You can never count these boys out.
NEVER.
I’m chugging chicken gravy!
incredible adjustment to pull in those arms at the last milisecond Marcus!
*does a guppie fish impression*
Thames is so damn clutch!
No outs, this is unbelievable. The Yankees have come alive, and Washington has dug a monster hole for himself.
Still no outs. Un-freaking-believable.
And the OF. Scrubs.
that’s why this Franchise has 27 Championships!!!!
hey Nolan, do you like apples?
Marcus “F#$KING” THAMES!!!!
nolan ryan looks scary.
Bush and ryans face are priceless…LOL!!!
come on we need some insurance…not to sound greedy, but you know…
Go Thames!!! So does Robertson pitch the 8th or Wood? Wood was really shaky against the Twins. Maybe he was nervous who knows but I would go with Robertson.
Told ya’ll. Miracle.
Oh W. you look so sad…Nolan looks like someone hit him with a mallet
Ron Washington pays for his prior tactics.
By burning through so much of his pen early in playing matchups with two hitters who have no significant platoon splits – Alex and Robbi – he is unable to afford to play match up ball with a hitter like Thames who actually has a huge platoon split.
YankFanCA October 15th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
“They’ve tossed in th white towel. It’s all up to Hughes. Maybe they’ll score a run or two for him.”
“Now this looks like the Yankees we know and love!!!”
mvp tonight: Gardner…
who agrees?
they woke the sleeping giants!!!!!
Angel October 15th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Yikes. I’d be scared of a mean Erica. I’d run away like the snuffleupagus.
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I would kind of like to see Snuffleupagus run
take two pitches.
Heh, my dog came in to say hi to me just as Thames was hitting the ball, when I screamed, she just turned around and left again.
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My dog hates me during the postseason. She stays well out of fist pumping zone.
Atta boy Jorge – take 2 now
need more runs, I can’t remember if it was this year or last year but the Yanks lost a game in Texas after a big comeback.
Very poor performance by the Texas bullpen. And I can’t imagine that they have a lot of time to warm up, the way Washington is going.
And, still none out. What a lineup.
Smoltz has said a few strange things this postseason. Especially strange given he’s not that far removed from actually playing the game.
just amazing!!!
Be patient…
O my god demoralized Texas is
Announcers were right to pick out GBGB’s play. That was the spark they needed to jump start the offense.
mvp tonight: Gardner…
who agrees?
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or moseley
Can Posada turn on one here?
Love that look on doofus Bush’s face. Moron!
ball!!!!!!
Arod is so damn clutch. Love me some never say die Yankees
A gift by the ump!
Hip hIP
Now comes the hard part: Keeping them off the board in the bottom of this and the 9th. What a freaking comeback.
I’m going to admit that this team so far in the postseason offensively has really proven me wrong. They have gotten some huge hits and rallied against tough pitchers from tough deficits. If they can keep this up it really makes them an incredibly dangerous team, you feel as if they are never really out of games even when the deficit is large.
# ac1 October 15th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
mvp tonight: Gardner…
who agrees?
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or moseley
games not over but both for me
WoW!
Remember in ST when people wanted to dump Thamese because he looked terrible? I knew he was a keeper because he’s a professional hitter…………I admit, I didn’t think this was going to happen
Win game first then MVP.
wow that went for a ride
That’s good that’s good….,
thought that was gone.
The mvp has to be Cano.
just missed!
damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok productive out
Damn that was close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big fly ball from Posada!!!!
SAC FLY!!!!!!
Best. Inning. Of. The. Year?
Oh just missed.
definitely have to win the game first.
Ron Washington is the worst manager I have ever seen.
Micro-managing with a crappy bullpen and trying to play matchup against the portion of the order that switch hit.
no dp, sac fly is good!
Thought Posada’s ball had a chance, but he did get Robbie to 3rd. Good chance to get another run.
Posada just missed it. Just hit it a little off the end of the bat and off the sweet spot.
Need Curtis to plate this run.
Keep the line rolling!
I am not a fan of sliding into First, but it was the exactly right thing for Gardner to do otherwise he might have been tagged.
Sado just missed that one.
Gardner’s in the hole already?
Just keep fouling off balls until this kid chokes.
Ah, at least Cano is at 3B with less than 2 outs.
Left for awhile, snacked on the Cajun chicken salad I had made earlier….Shoulda done it earlier. My apologies.
Too bad Cruz didn’t misplay that. This is a huge run at 3rd base, let’s go Granderson!!!
grandy come on kid…great swings all P.S.
another run would be good.
i may be being greedy here but I would LOVE a two-run lead here with 1 out and a runner at 3rd
Erica in NY October 15th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Angel October 15th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Yikes. I’d be scared of a mean Erica. I’d run away like the snuffleupagus.
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I would kind of like to see Snuffleupagus run
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LOL. Okay, yes he surely doesn’t run.
Skulk then.
Come on, Grandy, you can do it! Sac fly would be fine also….
Ron Washington wishing this was still September with the expanded rosters. haha
Curtis looking strong keeping that shoulder in against lefties… He’s coming thru
Yankees are so good is scary.
Betsy, Marcus Thames is one of those surprises that gets a team to the ALCS.
It’s like the offense turned on a switch and came to life! Awesome!
not getting this run in is going to push the momentum back to Texas
Come on Granderson. Some more runs would be fabulous.
WHEEEW.
The ump flinched.
Ump flinched
sit down pal that was outside
Good eye Grandy
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I AM SO NERVOUS I CANT STOP EATING POTATO CHIPS????
haha washington has a look of absolute panic
ick oh well at least we took the lead
Crap
Damn, I hope that doesn’t come back to hurt them like it always does.
damn…gatta get that run in there…but a 2 out hit would be even worse i think
Come on Gardner!
That was a ball, Grandy.!
Lay a bunt down here.
Wood to Mo?
I’m freebasing giblets!
And here’s the man who started it all! Great job by Gardner!
lets just be happy that as we speak, we went from down four to up at least 1. a good inning no matter how it ended.
The ump has given them gifts on the corners all night.
Yankee bullpen BAR THE DOOR!!!
gardner should’ve bunted
An insurance run there would have been nice.
6 outs!
Need a hold and a save.
Let’s go, Yankees!
man id go Mo for 4 outs
This is great ! IMPLOSION ! ! ! Where did all the trolls run off to ?
Kerry or DRob?
whew….whew (i’m nervous) but really our bullpen should be able to hold this lead. Specially since the boys came back from 5-0 down………….ridiculous
Brett Gardner!
would have been nice to give Wood some breathing room considering his last outing
Time to bring it on home.
Man that was awesome, but feel like we needed one more.
Lucky to be in it though – I’ll take it!
no he shouldnt have bunted.
1. he hasnt been real good bunting
2. they were playing in
Wood prolly and then Mo-time
Getting Cano home would have been some nice insurance but you gotta love having the lead with Wood and Mo coming in.
Wow it looks like about 40 additional posters showed up just as the Yankees started to score all those runs…
IT’S BACK TO SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOL
bring wood out, but have Robertson and Logan up and ready in case Wood struggles.
Arod had the biggest hit of the inning
Wood has to be throwing strikes in the 8th inning here since they didn’t get the insurance run home. Now it’s in the hands of our best relievers, and you figured the pens would factor into this series but maybe not as much as it has been tonight.
The Yanks can obviously still win but it would have been nice to get that extra run in – if only for my blood pressure.
I have to say Grandy failed
now, come on KW!
Nolan Ryan looked really happy in that shot. Someone here said HOF executive earlier ? Not tonight.
What an inning! I can’t imagine what my neighbors are thinking.
Hopefully Wood got his bad outing out of the way last time….Back to being lights out, please Kerry!
I would feel more comfortable with Robertson just because I’ve seen him do the job last year in these situations.
Texas is a free swinging team. Wood doesn’t have to be perfect just around the plate
Throw strikes no free passses
Classic comeback. Wood needs to hold them here.
Grandy swung at a couple of balls there. Cmon Wood.
Come on, Kerry…be confident and trust your stuff!
Wood we need your A game tonight…………please, please its called throw strikes!!!!!!
seriously, have robertson and logan both up to come in at first sign of trouble.
missing the first two not good.
do not walk the leadoff hitter.
one walk here and bring in Robertson
I definitley would of pitched Robertson over Wood. Wood seemed very nervous against the Twins. This is a bad move.
Wood makes me a bit nervous.
Wood come on man…wtf
come on wood. don’t give them hope.
come on wood!!
Cmon Kerry!
Woods head isnt right
Aw, man…Wood get it together!
Wood. Come on are you kidding me?
Not a good way to start the 8th.
Leadoff walk. Damit
gotta take him out. dont give him time to implode like he did last time.
Line drives = Good.
Little toppers = Not Good.
Wood still looks bad. Might have to go to Logan to get a lefty, and then let Mo get 5.
The thing that Girardi did right last year is that he stuck with the hot hands out of the bullpen. Wood was shaky last outing, Robertson has been lights out.
Get him out now, terrible Wood _ are you kidding?
Overthrowing.
I HATE leadoff walks!
Woody is wild again, like in his last post-season outing
I knew wood would collapse right here
What’s Kyle Farnsworth doing on the mound?
5 balls
Come on.. please let that man on first be a set up for a double play.
ok no more Wood….looks like D-Rob should be the 8th inning guy…..really a 4 pitch walk after your freaking team scores 5 runs to come back. I could really punch you in the face right now
Great job Wood. I would take him out he is going to blow this game.
They need to have Robertson up and warm. Woods mechanics are off again.
now the ump is not gonna call strikes
Would have gone with DRob also.
I’m completely losing it now. I can’t bare to look.
Way to start Wood.
Way to let crowd and Rangers back in game. Just awful. No excuse for a 4 pitch walk.
5 straight balls…. not acceptable after that inning.
Gift strike there. Wow
This guy Finally calls a strike
Come on, let’s get a DP….
They better check the runners.
Wood better watch Kinsler or he is going to steal 2nd base very easy.
We really could have used that extra insurance run…
now the ump is not gonna call strikes
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wood hasnt thrown any..
seriously warm up farnsworth or sturtz, do something @!!!!
I want Wood gone next year. The guy cannot throw strikes to save his life.
This guy cannot find the plate. He walks him, bring in D Rob
YESSSSSSSSS
HUGE PICKOFF !!!!!!!
phew….
HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice!!!!
yes. picked off
what a break
Got to get ahead in counts!
wow Awesome. Sweet
Oh man, that was crazy!
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! big break there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW I say again
I can’t help but laugh.
How stupid. Where are those antler horns now?
Christmas in October. Oh my.
thank you dummy trying to steal down one run
HAhahahahahaha @ Kinsler
huge break.
KW only throws balls so far
More horrible fundamental baseball by Texas. Just bailed out a pitcher who couldn’t find the plate
Come on now Wood relax and throw strikes, the Rangers are feeling the heat,
I rather see Robertson. He walks guys too but he usually bounces back by K the next hitters.
Wood making like Andy with the pickoff move
GOD SENT!
ok Woody you get a second chance please don’t F it up
trisha – true pinstriped blue
October 15th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Wow it looks like about 40 additional posters showed up just as the Yankees started to score all those runs…
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Bandwagon trolls now after all the whiners disappeared into the rat holes.
That play goes right up there with Molina’s pickoff of Werth in last year’s ALCS, it was the turning point of the series and it settled down an about to implode AJ.
if wood cant throw strikes, gotta go to robertson.
WOW
wow…i would sit him down.
not a big break, a huge break…
Come on, 5 more outs!
Great job by Jeter deeking out Kinsler.
wow.
Now focus, Kerry…. focus !!!
That was a big play. If Davis reaches base you have to take Wood out. You can’t pitch the 8th inning if you can’t throw strikes.
PLEASE DO NOT GO INSIDE ON MURPHY
at least wood is getting very outside strikes
Come on Wood!!!
qiantom October 15th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I want Wood gone next year. The guy cannot throw strikes to save his life.
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his k/9ip beg to differ
Shutup Trisha
Bandwagon trolls now after all the whiners disappeared into the rat holes.
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I worked till 10:30.
Get him out now Joe before he coughs up the lead.
Strikes wood Strikes cmon man
Wood needs to throw strikes. Cmon
Jeter really is the best guy you want on the back end of a run down. No one bluffs a runner better than him.
does joe even have robertson up?
They have to stay outside with Murphy. We have seen how quick he is inside.
Huge out
BEAUTY
one more
i really feel like in the postseason, you should always be prepared with a plan B.
One out to mo.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Shutup Trisha
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West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Core no-score
Jeter – Swisher – A-Rod – Teixeira – Posada
0-14
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
So does Girardi get any blame for this team not being prepared? Whatever was done to prepare Sabathia with the extended rest obviously didn’t work. And the hitters were obviously not ready to play either.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Just a terrible performance so far by this team.
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you are the one who should shut up, troll. You are the worst kind of fair weather fan imaginable.
wth, 4 out by Mo?
one more to go….c’mon Wood…..just think like this: “I will throw strikes, I will throw strikes…”
Wood has settled down his stuff is good. He just needs to throw strikes.
Be great to only use mo for the 9th. one more out here Kerry
We really need to give Mo some extra room and score 1 or 2 runs in the 9th here. He’s struggled a bit against the Rangers this year. Better safe than sorry.
yanks22 October 15th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Game over! Thanks for nothing fat ass!
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Nice call yanks22. So you gave up on the game almost two hours ago? Really believe in those Yanks. Good job!
Come on, 1 more out to get out of the inning. Please get it done without any runs scoring.
Everything I said was 100% correct!!!!!!!!! MG
Mo isn’t even warmed up. If Bourbon bunts himself on base he can’t bring in Mo yet.
i dont think they will go to Mo in the 8th here.
Is Cruz wearing mascara? serious eyebrows there.
Great cut fastball there by Wood to get in deep on the hands of Murphy. That’s why that cut fastball has become such a big pitch in baseball these days. Great weapon to have especially in dangerous counts. The ball has movement but is generally easier to throw for strikes than a pure breaking pitch.
Let’s go Wood!!!!
Where have all the loser trolls gone? Good job by wood against Murphy.
WCYF is not a troll.
Look up definition.
LOL, home ump calls every outside pitch strike.
I have no problem.
Lee resorting to resin in his soul patch.
Umpiring has been excellent tonight. Great call by Davis on the tag play at home. Just nice and chill out. Didn’t even have to sell it. Great call at 1st as well on Gardner last innning.
UpState October 15th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
WCYF is not a troll.
Look up definition
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you’re right, he is just a whining loser.
funny how you get more nervous about the game when they are winning than losing
No soft stuff to this guy. Right after him.
See ya…………bye
good come back for wood after the walk.
wooooooooood
Yess!!!!! Kerry proved me wrong!
Bada-bing.
great job by mr. wood!
that pickoff was HUUUUUGE
I LOVE the silence!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 more outs….
This team makes me so happy
K
They really have to try and get another run for Mo to work with.
Great job by Wood. 3 outs to go.
“Bandwagon trolls now after all the whiners disappeared into the rat holes.”
You betcha! Though WCSF is a combination plate of both.
if they hold on and get a win, this is a huge statement game for the yankees. it shows that they’re never out of a game and that 5 runs is simply not enough against this team. the rangers have to feel very uncomfortable
cc didn’t have it. they’re winning and they rangers are going to have to score runs on mo. unlikely.
think the phillies/giants are watching? of course.
Whew…………..
yup the pick off turned the inning around…..Wood was freaking me out for a few seconds before that
Got the hold, need a save now.
The play at home on Cruz and the Kinsler pickoff may end up being huge plays for the Yankees.
Time to tack on one or two with the top of the line up back up.
Shutup MG. I was rooting for the team all along. I was just making observation. They were not ready to play. Those players were 0-4. Sabathia was awful.
Good confidence builder there for wood after the gift from Santa kinsler.
Captain Clutch October 15th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
They really have to try and get another run for Mo to work with.
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Sure would be nice…..
Very good aggressive pitching there to Borbon. That entire inning Texas hitters could not catch up to Wood’s fastball. All he needed to do was get his pitches into the zone. He didn’t need to be particularly fine as his ball had hop on it.
The pitch before strike 3 Borbon was late on a cut fastball. Wood and Posada saw that and then went back to the 4 seamer to over power Borbon.
One more run with the top of the order up would be great. Fortunately Mo has snapped out of his brief funk and has looked great. But giving him one more run would go a long way.
Captain leads
Did Ron Washington go fishing during the ALCS last year? How does he bring in Darren Oliver in a big spot against the Yankees?
Texas looked like they had Wood on the ropes, but bailed him out with that poor baserunning. He was a different pitcher after that.
Thanks, Rangers.
Can we quit with this West Coast Yankee Fan is a troll nonsense???
The guy does nothing to raise my troll radar. All he does is express occasional displeasure. Taht doesn’t make him a troll. I have engaged in quality conversation with the guy. He is a decent poster.
If you don’t like him say so. Ignore his posts. Move on.
Just quit with this crusade already
Time for some insurance.
more runs would be nice, but i am grateful for the 6 they scored in the last two innings.
beg for insurance run
Honestly… I don’t know how the Rangers recover from this loss. 5-0 lead at home in the 8th inning and lose?
Bad, bad night for the Rangers franchise. They needed this win. Washington completely screwed his team with his ST-type managing. I will be impressed if they respond tomorrow.
EliasInNH
October 15th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
No prob. bro, please excuse me.
El Capitan!
Hamilton misjudged the fly ball?
Swisher needs to get Derek over to 3rd.
That second double was for anyone who said that Jeter ain’t got it. He’s still got it. Captain Clutch.
lead off double is the way to score more runs!!! (This is why I can’t be down on Jeter no matter how bad he’s playing….in October he always finds a way to step up)
THAT’S MY CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MG – good call on West Coast Sux Fan. He has some of the posters here fooled but not all of them. He lives to trash the Yankees but throws in some gratuitous crap from time to time so he can keep blowing smoke. He called himself redfish on another forum, in honor of the Red Sux.
West Coast Sux Fan, tell me to shut up and I’ll come and knock your eyes out of the back of your two-faced head.
I HOPE THAT’S CLEAR!
MG – he’s a troll through and through. You had it right the first time.
Get him over, get him in.
i hope swish doesnt try to bunt here.
Nice, now let’s score him!!! I would have Swish bunt.
Captain Clutch!
I want to kiss the person who gave Jeter a calendar today. He was like “oh it’s October already, well, gotta do what I do”
Man-o-man…
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Shutup MG. I was rooting for the team all along. I was just making observation. They were not ready to play. Those players were 0-4. Sabathia was awful.
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all you were doing is the same thing as in game 1 of the ALDS, complaining and whining. That’s because you are a loser and wouldn’t know how to win at anything.
A baseball game is 9 innings, not 6. Jeter now has 2 extra base hits, Arod a key basehit that drove in two runs, Swish and Teix both drew key walks. You are pathetic.
Bunt
he is horrible at bunting
And just like that Jeter delivers with an absolute scorcher to center.
Holland has a live arm but his command and control aren’t very good right now.
For Washington to turn to Holland to get the most outs out of the pen after burning through more experienced guys who threw only a handful of pitches is just extremely poor managing. No more 40 man roster for Washington.
He is trying to bunt. Take the bunt off.
Wow Jeter with all the crazy postseason stats!
That ball was ripped by the captain. It appears as if the rest was good to jeter.
Bunt? Bad call here. Swing for the big inning.
I would bunt Swisher. Set up the sac fly
how the heck was that a strike….retard TBS
Now Swish should swing away. He doesn’t look comfortable bunting…
Here you go Trsiha. Shutup. Deal with it.
no need to bunt here.
And that’s what you get for bunting.
why did he bunt? Joe’s idea?
Come on Swisher…you have Teix and A-Rod coming up after you…
sigh
what is swisher doing???
thats why you dont bunt there
Why does Joe insist on bunting all the time? Terrible.
Erica in NY October 15th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Can we quit with this West Coast Yankee Fan is a troll nonsense???
The guy does nothing to raise my troll radar. All he does is express occasional displeasure. Taht doesn’t make him a troll. I have engaged in quality conversation with the guy. He is a decent poster.
If you don’t like him say so. Ignore his posts. Move on.
Just quit with this crusade already
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Completely agree, Erica. I’ve said this before. I don’t understand the abuse WCYF gets. It’s ridiculous. He is a thoughtful, articulate poster.
Jeter says give me that contract baby. I love that guy. He is the greatest winner ever.
serioulsy how can you not be able to lay down a sac bunt
Bad at bat by Swisher.
Swish needs to bat 7th for the rest of the playoffs. You can’t be a #2 batter and not know how to bunt.
We can all agree that calling for a bunt there was a bad call, right?
damn it!!! that’s why you don’t have guys like Swish bunt…..because he doesn’t know how (sorry Swish)
Dumb dumb dumb. Why is he bunting?
If you’re really going to bunt there, let Golson do it, since he’s coming in anyhow. Fail.
Just poor baseball there. Swisher is a horrible bunter and despite that they keep asking him to bunt.
Holland has poor command. Swisher has a good eye at the plate. Bunting there given who was up was not a good decision.
Terrible. You have to get him over in that situation.
Exactly what I just said. Girardi should have taken the bunt off, now you wasted an out.
Unbelievable having Swisher bunt. He obviously doesn’t know how to do it.
Elias – nobody’s talking about you. By the way, you never gave me your prediction for the CLS. It’s too late for the Yanks series but if you want to give me a guess for the NLS you can.
Are you guys serious? Bunting was the right call. Just poor execution for Swish.
Hows everyone doing? Good? good.
Why take the bat out of Swisher’s hands? Oh, well. Let’s get Jeter home. Jeter wants to come hoome!
I know this will sound like hindsight, but I wouldn’t have had Swish bunt. Hit to the right side, yes, you might get the base hit. But, not waste a hitter like Swish int hat spot. Just my opinion.
Good call there TheStraw
awful. I was just explaining why it was stupid to bunt and did the worst possible thing. Nick Swisher bunting with no outs when you already have a lead. he should have been pulled in the middle of that at bat. Stupid arse
at least A-Rod has his shot
Let’s put up some insurance runs for Mo!!
This bunting nonsense has to stop.
Second best hitter on the team this year and Girardi has him bunt. I’ll never understand Girardi’s fascination with giving up outs.
Holland looks like he’s 18.
bunting may have made sense if jeter was on first, but not on second.
hopefully Teix and/or A-Rod can get a hit.
MG – through 6 we were awful. And everyone knew it. Don’t act like you knew this would happen. You are also blind. Even when CC was getting hit I posted “come on big guy” and cheered him on.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Shutup MG. I was rooting for the team all along. I was just making observation. They were not ready to play. Those players were 0-4. Sabathia was awful.
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Geeez WCYF….
you men you were watching the game;
noting what was actually going on in the game; and
then commenting on what was ACTUALLY happening in the game !!!
You’ve got to be kidding me !!!
Swishers popup ?
Was it a “RAH-RAH” kinda play ….or did it suck ???
=== Thank you for being a good & realist Yankee fan……not a pom-pom boob !!!
What a bizarre concept !!!
You betcha! Though WCSF is a combination plate of both.
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Just a very passionate fan who says what he sees.
that shot that jeter hit took a lot of bat speed, something that all of the pundits said he had lost a lot of, especially keith law. where do these people come up with this stuff?
If he had struck out, everybody would have been saying that Swish should have bunted. Its easy to second guess.
I liked the bunt on the 1st try but when you go up in the count Girardi has to take it off. This would be a huge 2nd run to score. Swish does some stupid things sometimes.
Erica, posters who knew him from another forum say the opposite.
So let’s just agree to disagree.
Come on Tex!!!!! Tex message in Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do you suppose Swisher was bunting on his own? I can’t imagine Girardi is that dumb…then again…he’s done some crazy stuff…but he did get us this far…
I feel like Gardener was just BORN to wear a helmet.
I didn’t like Swish bunting there either but it’s very possible he was doing it on his own, it’s happened before in that situation.
This 7th run is a biggy.
You don’t have the heart of the order bunt with the runner already in scoring position!!!
The bunt was the right play ther just a pathetic attempt by Swisher. Bunt strikes only as I told my 11 yr old travel team tonight.
Just pathetic.
The last time Nick bunted, it was on HIM, not Girardi (and I’m not a big Girardi fan).
why is Jeter not even considering stealing third here this kid takes forever to the plate. MOot
I have no problem with him bunting but you have to know who ur guy is…Swish cant bunt…never cud…Golson would be better like another poster said
That is not me Trisha. Shutup.
You should never ask a bad bunter to bunt. Replace him with a guy who can lay one down.
geez….
come on Alex break their hearts
agree, Laura
Swish bunting is almost always a bad call. He can’t do it.
Bunt was a weak weak call there. Why give away an out with a guy who obviously cannot bunt? No guarantee you get the runner in from third anyway.
Swisher hit .294 with a .415 OBP against LHP this season.
Good thing the bat was taken out of his hands.
pitch around to get cano question mark
if Jeter gets around on the ball one time, it doesn’t mean he hasn’t lost his bat speed. Sample size says hi. Keith Law knows more about baseball than you, me, and Ernie Johnson combined.
Right, can’t have Swish bunt. He is terrible at it.
No insurance run. Mo time.
well hope mo has better luck here than last time he was in texas. get the first out and we are set.
damn. come on. 3 BIG outs to go…
In Mo we trust
Leadoff double wasted. Cmon Mo, bring it home.
Gack! Let’s get 3 quick outs, Mo. Thanks a million!
Wasted opportunity there.
Time for Mariano.
Time for Mo to put all this talk about him, and the rangers, to bed.
Mo time……..let’s finish what the Yanks bats started
Postseason baseball isn’t about football scores. It’s about one run baseball and your closer closing out the game.
I hope leaving a runner on 3rd and Jeter with no one out doesn’t come back to hurt them. 9, 1 and 2 coming up in the 9th inning. Let’s go Mo!!!
Well that was lousy. No margin for error now. Cmon Mo! Show them why you are the Greatest!
SHUTDOWN INNING; PLEASE
Come on Mo!
Erica in NY October 15th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
In Mo we trust
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AMEN
but i’m still going to pace for the entire bt of the 9th
1-2-3
Mo trying to add to his legacy here.
You do not ask a 30- home run hitter to bunt with Jeter already in scoring position.
It’s just a nonsensical call. This isn’t the 82 Cardinals, for crying out loud.
You let Nick Swisher, the second best hitter in this lineup, swing the bat.
Hopefully, that miscall doesn’t cost them the game.
We’ve had chances to tack on. Let’s hope Mo is right.
Who isnt listening to Metallica right now?
“That is not me Trisha. Shutup.”
YAWN, redfish!!!!!
“That is not me Trisha. Shutup.”
YAWN, redfish!!!!!
if you don’t know how to bunt,why try to bunt????
Hopefully Mo is sharp tonight.
1,2,3 please for my sanity
Come on Mo. This is huge. The best closer in history will get it done!
Just a thought – Texas had no one warming up. Meaning, that was Holland’s inning, regardless of the outcome. I figure that as meaning that Washington thought that whether they were behind by 1 run, or 2 or more, didn’t matter. Because Mariano was going to pitch the 9th.
Pure speculation, I know, but I don’t know what else to make of it.
Let’s go Mo!!!
What is Mo’s save % with 2 runs compared to 1? I know 1 is extremely high but 2 must be in the stratosphere.
BREAK SOME BATS, MO
Hopefully, that miscall doesn’t cost them the game
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there is no guarantee he would have hit the ball anyway, so whether we win or lose, it isnt because of that AB.
No walks! Lets bury them!
Hate when Mo doesn’t get strike 1
West Coast Yankee Fan October 15th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Here you go Trsiha. Shutup. Deal with it.
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Very nice.
Erica, I enjoy reading your Yankees posts, but …
WCSF is a total troll. He’s Ruby Tuesday, with pretense.
As long as we win, I’m fine with it.
Who wouldn’t have traded a 5-run 8th inning for the call to bunt?
Come on now!!!!!!!!
Oh geez.
unreal!!
come on mo
Don’t get nervous. Don’t get nervous. Stay calm, Serf. Just don’t get nervous.
of course it wasnt going to be clean.
GD bloop hits!!
great really did not want that to happen……………..c’mon MO!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on, Mo! You can do it!
Oh no. Just past Robbie.
Be MO! Please, that is all.
Come on Mo!!!!!!!!!
Check the runner, get the groundball.
Come on Mo you can do it.
Here we go…Damn..Damn..Damn… This always happens when the Yanks don’t score runners that they should of.
That. Runner. Does. Not. Score.
our main pitchers are not sharp initially.
Surprised texas isn’t pinch running here.
Thanks Erica.
Lets go Mo!!!!!!!!!
don’t toy with my emotions Yankees…..if you guys were going to lose tonight it would be 5-0 not like this…..c’mon Mo you can do it
Pop it up!
unreal
Damn! 2 strike bunt
Two more outs.
all right, 2 shots for Rangers.
That was scary
i’ll take the out……lets get two more
Come on Mo, let’s go!
man that was close to rolling foul.
Going to have to really earn it now.
A 2 strike bunt? Too bad it wasn’t foul. Here comes the big hitters for Texas.
Young and Hamilton against Mo. Wow.
of course he gets the bunt down with 2 strikes
Young is so clutch …im nervous
So much for an easy inning………..
Michael Young is good against Mo D:
STAY CALM SERF
Michael young tough out.. Let’s go mo
So much for an easy inning………..
Great bunt.
Somebody went to Little League practice.
Nerve racking.
Cano should play more towards 1st base. Young always hits the ball between 1st and 2nd like Jeter.
I am worrying
Tough out here.. Let’s go mo
i’m nervous
god i can’t have a heart attack at 23 … haha come on MO!
Come on Mo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rivera’s cutter is still not looking right. Slightly disturbing.
hope Golson’s arm is stretched.
oh my god!!!!!!!!! wow
Going to vomit
that was a strike AND he went.
f you ump. that was a strike
Playoff baseball.. Gotta love it
he is so right on Rivera
Should have been a strike out.
he’s getting good swings on those pitches
he’s getting good swings on those pitches
That was a close pitch
Stay in on young here
Second out coming right now………………………………….
damn it the more pitches he fouls off the more likely he will get a hit
Young looks hitterish
Young is having very good swings. I would go inside.
Big out
Got him!
now, Hamilton
One more!
Mo is god.
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did you hear that sound? It was like someone shot a pig.
HUGE!! One more out please!
Cutter looks alright to ME.
down to josh hamilton…… gotta earn it here.
How him struck out 3 pitches ago.
pitch 4 a strike all day !
UNO MAS!!!
AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!YES! YES!! one more please, please, please
YEEEEEAH! ONE MORE COME ON!
Of course Young should have been struck out already if Mo got the low strike that Wilson got earlier in the game
1 more out to go.
Woooohoooo
Mo vs Hamilton classic!!
Greatest Of All Time.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
yes………………………..
YESSSSSSSS!
Yeahhhh
yankees win!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 mo
1 mo
GOD DAMN YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never thought they had a comeback in them!!!!!!!!!
Way to go Mr. Mo.
YES!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE WIN!!!! THE SANDMAN DOES IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEEEEEEAH! YANKEES WIN! THEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!!!!
In mo we trust. Huge win. Huge. Huge.
Go Mo!! That was a giant win!!!
Woohooooo! Knew we’d come back! Woot!
Cabs are here…O YAHHHH
0 Days, 16 Hours, and 3 Minutes until Game 2 of the ALCS
1st pitch swinging!!!!!!!!!! THEY DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe I just watched that EPIC comeback……
Can we all just knock off all the attacking BS and just root home the WIN ! All Yankee Fans here remember ?
yes.
like I said in the 3rd, the game was far from over.
huge win
Do you believe in miracles!!!!
Incredible win. The Yankees killed all the excitement for the Rangers. Hughes will keep it rolling for us.
What were those Ranger fans chanting before ???
“I can’t hear you guys !!!….What was that chant ??? “
GREAT WIN! That is deflating for texas. They beat up cc and got no where. Now they have to face cc again cc will be sharp.
Tremendous come back win. Hopefully it demoralizes the Rangers for tomorrow and Hughes can continue to pitch brilliantly.
He does it again. YES
And the Rangers STILL have not won ever a home playoff game.
and all you posers, and ledge jumpers can sit and spin !
Wow!!! Mo – the greatest now, the greatest there will ever be!
that was close
that was close
The bats should be ready to go tomorrow. They were rusty for 5 innings today and then started having better swings. In a game where CC had nothing who would of thought they would win this game?
i can;t go to sleep after this……WOW
SWEET WIN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
That was a crazy game, glad the Yankees came out of it on top! I’m glad they were persistent and able to come back (to say the least).