A pleasantly uncomfortable situation
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Oct 16, 2010 
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Superstitions are big in the big leagues and guys will do whatever they have to do to keep the baseball gods on their side. After the Yankees win last night, Joba Chamberlain was asked where he was when the Yankees were ripping through the Texas bullpen during their five-run eighth-inning rally.
Chamberlain, who made his first appearance of the postseason in relief of CC Sabathia, said he was up in the clubhouse. As Brett Gardner reached on his infield single and Derek Jeter followed with a RBI double, Chamberlain and some of the Yankees support staff were watching on TV. Once the rally started, it was decided that no one would move from their positions until the inning was over. To do otherwise might throw off the Yankees karma.
There was only one problem. “I had to pee really bad,” Chamberlain said. “It was getting to the point where” – he paused for a second, searching for the right words – “I was going to have to figure something out,” he finally said without an ounce of apology.
You know the rest. Joba stayed put, the Yankees finished off their comeback and the power of the baseball gods was reaffirmed once again.
Associated Press photo
just 7 more wins until championship number 28 !
It is 0 Days, 7 Hours, 39 minutes until Game 2 of the ALCS.
Just a reminder:
GTLU is Open for Business
I will accept lineups until 11 a.m. or until an official lineup is posted, whichever occurs first.
Nicely done Doreen
Thanks, Erica. Go pack!
What a story!
You can never offend the baseball gods.
yeah, good thing there were all those CC cookies and chicken sacrifices to the baseball gods
Doreen October 16th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Thanks, Erica. Go pack!
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Can you keep a secret?
I didn’t shower last night.I wanted to wait until the morning. I knew there could be massive ramifications, but I stuck to my guns.
Besides, the Yankees were in a hole so quick there wasn’t much of a window.
But somewhere around the 6th, I realized that my Yankee Snoopys were out of position.
The rest was history
have a great weekend Erica!
Does anyone know whether the game will be replayed today? I watched it but should have recorded it. It’s a keeper!
Erica -
It’s all about the Snoopys!!!
My unfortunate superstition is if I have changed the channel and they start to score, I can’t switch back until after they’re done. Ask me how much I wish I hadn’t started THAT one! So, I’m relying on the highlights and there’s a replay of the game on MLB at 11:30 this morning.
The only remedy is to never change the channel and go back to hiding in the closet.
Doreen October 16th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Erica -
It’s all about the Snoopys!!!
My unfortunate superstition is if I have changed the channel and they start to score, I can’t switch back until after they’re done. Ask me how much I wish I hadn’t started THAT one! So, I’m relying on the highlights and there’s a replay of the game on MLB at 11:30 this morning.
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I understand completely.
All the talk of brussel sprouts here yesterday I had an omen so I had some last night. This means I need to again today to keep it going. Brussel sprouts the food of champions.
GTLU
SS Jeter
RF Swisher
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
2B Cano
DH Berkman
C Posada
CF Granderson
LF Gardner
upstate kate October 16th, 2010 at 8:48 am
have a great weekend Erica!
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Thanks Kate!
It really is amazing how much easier I bounce out of bed to get ready to go to AC than to go to work. LOL
RhapsodyInBlue October 16th, 2010 at 8:57 am
All the talk of brussel sprouts here yesterday I had an omen so I had some last night. This means I need to again today to keep it going. Brussel sprouts the food of champions.
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Brussel sprouts are the food of “champions”? LOL
Is “champion” what they are calling it these days
Nice Yahoo article about last night’s game
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....eone101510
Texas Rangers won Game Two of the Two Thousand Ten American League Championship Series .
Sometimes when guys are swinging 1st pitch they may have a plan.
About Alex and Robbie’s ABs….
“A-Rod had seen O’Day twice in his career and had struck out both times. He didn’t wait around to get into a bad count this time.”
“I know against me with runners on base, he has taken the first pitch,” Rapada said. “So I felt confident in throwing a sinker away.
I don’t want to get too caught up in the wonderfulness of last night’s victory. It was a fantastic win and it was a heartbreaking loss for the Rangers. But there are potentially 6 more games to play. One at a time.
But it is nice to be able to read all the nice things this morning.
And I love that Gardner and Cano were big in the game.
I love that so far all their wins have been team efforts.
I love that they never give up.
The pressure is now off the Yankees and tonite is pretty much a must win game for Texas. They can’t afford to go back to NY down 2 zip.
Unfortunately for them there’s a guy pitching for NY named Phil Hughes.
If we win again we’re golden. Either way, I figure we’re playing with house money today.
That was a superb come back win that may have changed the course of the series.
Doreen- Exciting come from behind win!
My GTLU:
Jeter SS
Granderson CF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Berkman DH
Posada C
Gardner LF
It never gets old! Winning never gets old! The feeling of exhilaration after a team performance! Always believe!
Gardner’s hustling, Jeter’s Jeterness, Swish’s and Tex’s patience, Alex’s timeliness, Cano’s MVPness, Thames clutchness! Mariano, the greatest of all time.
Did Texas lose the game? That’s a manufactured, professional Sportswriter angle.
Take every mistake Ron Washington arguably made and still the Yankees have to put the ball in play a number of times with productive results before making three outs in order to retake the lead. The likelihood of all of those productive events occurring before three outs are recorded – all other things being equal – is pretty low. Thus, it could be that the
Yankees were, statistically speaking, lucky last night. On that point, however, I defer to Branch Rickey: Luck is the residue of design.
Haha superstitions.
I have to admit that I didn’t eat chocolate chip cookies cause I couldn’t make it to the store before the game, after CC got taken out I realized I had a bag of chocolate chips from baking, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to eat a few so I’m guessing that helped. When things were still not coming together I checked to make sure I in fact did have my lucky shirt on and I did so I knew they were going to come through.
I had muted the game after Jeters double and I kept it muted until the inning was over because I didn’t want to mess anything up.
See, our suserstitions do work!
Erica in NY October 16th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Nice Yahoo article about last night’s game
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne…..eone101510
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Erica, thanks for posting the link. I laughed out loud a couple of times reading it. Best game summary I’ve read thus far. And some new quotes, too…
That was wrong what somebody did to Nick in SF last night….
MTU-
I only got to watch the recording of CC’s first 4 innings. I could see he wasn’t getting the outside corner, but his location was terrible and his velocity down. Too much rest or bad mechanics or both. Wilson seems hittable but the Yankees couldn’t do any damage until the 7th.
Okay Yankee people….
I leave you in Doreen’s capable countdown hands….
I am leaving now for the weekend. Happy Yankee viewing for all!
Texas found out last night that paybacks are a bit*h.
We owe ‘em at least one more.
Oh- and I will see you Monday afternoon
Haha superstitions.
I have to admit that I didn’t eat chocolate chip cookies cause I couldn’t make it to the store before the game, after CC got taken out I realized I had a bag of chocolate chips from baking, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to eat a few so I’m guessing that helped. When things were still not coming together I checked to make sure I in fact did have my lucky shirt on and I did so I knew they were going to come through.
I had muted the game after Jeters double and I kept it muted until the inning was over because I didn’t want to mess anything up.
See, our superstitions do work!
Have fun Erica…
“Luck is the residue of design.” I never agreed with that sentiment.
From the article Erica linked
?That?s what he?s good at,? Wilson said of Gardner. That?s why he wears his pants up. He?s got fast calves. ? He?s a legitimate deer.?
Out Antlered.
Gotta say this: I think Carl Crawford is a great baseball player. But I wan’t Brett Gardner on my team, I’m happy he’s on my team this year and I want him back out there next year. You need guys who will scrape & claw & crawl through the dirt to win and that’s Brett Gardner.
Erica
If you win a million you have to take us to Yankee Stadium for game 3.
YT-
CC definitely had an off game.
Fortunately for him his team mates picked him up.
Personally, I think the extra rest did him no good. He struggled the whole time. I was glad Joe G. pulled him early. The BP was great.
Especially Moseley. Mo is a G-d.
Let’s see if YMH brings a killer’s instinct to the party tonite.
Man, the Red Sox troll is still on here posting his gibberish? Talk about needing to get a life……
I’m in Wisconsin this weeken doing the “Dairy Double”.
Ohio St.-Wisconsin game tonight, and the Miami-Green Bay game tomorrow.
Out a dinner last night and the game is on.
Just as we are getting ready to leave, Gardner is diving into first base.
I said to my dinner group (I was driving), “We aren’t moving. I smell a comeback”.
Sure enough, we stayed for the rest of the half inning before heading back to the hotel.
I would think that CC had some problems in part due to so much time off. He is used to throwing more often, having swept the Twinkies meant him getting off his routine, and BP sessions or sim games aren’t the same as a real game.
CC did get beat out of some strikes. There were at least 7 called balls that were in the strike zone. When that happens and you are not on top of the game, it can lead to being more off.
Its funny how the Rangers have not had a win at home yet during the playoffs. I hope that trend continues.
Last night there were shots of Lee sitting in the dugout. You have to wonder if he was thinking about what might have been had the Rangers not used other people’s money to get him and the trade to the Yankees had gone off.
I’m thinking that Kinsler being picked off at a crucial time might have the Rangers playing a little more conservative on the bases. The pick off was because he had every intention of going, now Kinsler will have a slightly different mindset which can help the Yankees.
Ruby Tuesday October 14th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Texas Rangers will S W E E P .
Ruby Tuesday October 15th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
We will get stampeded by these Rangers .
Ruby Tuesday October 15th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
I know we will lose to the Rangers tonight .
Nevertheless, I still love this team .
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Go play with your dolls, hyena.
You’ll have a better chance of success.
Let’s
Go
Yankees !
Is it just me or is Brett Gardner with a shaved head a dead ringer for this guy:
http://www.megamind.com/
murphydog -
SO much so that I wouldn’t be surprised if he found pictures taped to his locker by jesting teammates.
Also from Yahoo article (author: Tim Brown)
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The dirt exploded beneath him. His left hand found the base. And then Wilson’s spike found the back of his hand. The shoe left two wounds, a chunk that bubbled with bright red blood an hour later in the middle of Gardner’s hand, and a small nick near his third knuckle.
“I don’t know what size he wears,” Gardner said, speaking of Wilson’s shoe, holding up his hand. “I’m just glad he’s a little guy. I was thinking I’m glad CC wasn’t the one who stepped on me. Eh, just a couple scratches. It’s all right.”
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Two hits on CC’s size last night: one from Girardi, the other from the speedy guy, Gardner.
I wish Gardy had shown his hand to the cameras in the post-game. I was thinking how those marks on his hand would have been proof against any bad umpire’s call. How could they NOT change a bad call after they saw his hand?? Fortunately, no proof was needed.
Murphy-
I don’t know about the Megamind but he sure has Megaspeed.
I love that Wilson called Gardner a legitimate deer. I love Gardner. There’s a reason the Yankees nominated him for the heart and hustle. He always runs out ground balls and he makes pitchers work. I hope they consider all that in the winter. They did keep Cano and let him develop and get better, hopefully they do the same with Gardner.
Can’t say enough what a stellar 2 innings Dustin Mosely provided. No hits – no walks and 4 K’s with 27 pitches. He deserved the “W” aside of his name.
Sergio Mitre, David Robertson, and Boone Logan weren’t used and Chamberlain threw 18 pitches, Kerry Wood 19 pitches, and Mariano just 14 pitches.
C.C. simply had too much rest. He was flying open. His next outing will be the real C.C.
In his post-game interview, CC said the ump wasn’t going to give him the outside pitches when he wasn’t even close to throwing strikes most of the time. It sounded like you’ve got to earn those close calls by pitching well, and he just wasn’t.
The following people have submitted lineups for GTLU so far. If you submitted a lineup and don’t see your name, please let me know.
comet
Erin
SAS
Cashmoney
upstate kate
Rhapsody in Blue
Yankee Trader
Doreen,
Here is my line-up:
Jeter SS
Granderson CF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Berkman DH
Posada C
Gardner LF
Thanks for hosting and for the countdowns.
I sent you an email yesterday afternoon. I made the cheesecake and it is ready for tonight. Looks like cheesecake, hopefully it came out good. Thanks again.
108 stitches
I was thinking the same thing about Moseley. He pitched well in the first few inning in that last start in Texas so I was confident when I saw he was coming in. He struck out as many in those 2 innings than wilson did the whole game. The Broadcasters were even complimenting him on his pitches and how well he handled the lineup. He was really impressive. I’m glad he got the win too.
Wang IS Taiwan -
That explains the second or third hitters, but the umpire didn’t even give him the borderline pitch on his first hitter.
I am not an umpire complainer, and CC was not sharp, but I think if he gets those first two or three calls that were close enough to call either way, it may change his approach to Hamiton, for instance.
But it’s water under the bridge, and clearly, CC has no problem accepting the responsibility for his pitching performance, and I suppose that most pitchers are capable of adjusting to an umpire’s pitch-calling tendencies.
Plus, it does no good to whine anyway – they don’t listen to us.
I was having problems viewing the game as well.
One of those games when the bad things seem to only happen when you’re watching. I feel like I killed a few early chances and I definitely ended the big rally in the 8th. Then I put the first batters on in the bottom of the eight and the ninth.
It got so bad I couldn’t even follow it on Gameday and I was scared to refresh in here.
Totally irrational? Maybe. But a win’s a win.
RE: throw over that caught Kinsler
“It came from the bench,” Wood said. “I just caught him at the right time.”
That was a very good Yahoo article Erica linked.
IMO (almost) every Yankee has a moment when he is reminded that he is “just a part” of a great team. “keep the line moving” mentality. I believe CC had that moment last night. Just an added benefit to a tremendous win.
For CC I think it’s all about rest (or maybe better stated- fatigue). Which is why I wish he would pitch on short rest. It’s not a desperate move, just the smart one. CC will be the beast that he is next outing and the whiners will again disappear.
Fran -
You’re welcome!
I’m going to make mine this morning. I’m going with the mini-cheesecakes.
**I kind of forgot that Phil was pitching game 2 (yeah, I know, how????) and was planning on cheesecake for game 3.
“I just caught him at the right time.”
That play was all about timing. Wood timed it perfect. Kinsler had no chance. It made him look stupid, but I think even Derek Jeter would have gotten picked on that play.
happiness is having friends that will do long runs w/ you when it is windy and cool…and having lohud to share your Yankee joy with.
yeah, I have to go out and pick up the cheesecake ingredients…got to keep the line moving
BTW: is ruby tuesday employing the reverse jinx or is he a red sox fan?
Doreen,
Same lineup Girardi used from LDS game 2 against RHP
Jeter SS
Granderson CF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Posada C
Berkman DH
Gardner LF
Thanks!
vtyankeefan October 16th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Who ever gave up on this team last night should be ashamed of themselves
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Would be a long line if people had guts enough to admit it.
Funny how when they lose it’s Joe’s fault.
He gets no credit when they win.
It’s scary how low the IQ drops in here during a game.
Good morining Doreen! Anyone else have no voice from screaming last night? What a game. Unreal.
SS Jetes
CF Grandy
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B Robbie
RF Swish
C JoPo
DH Lance
LF GGBG
Moseley could be a cheap keeper or a good trade chip for 2011.
I saw a lot of complaints about CC last night, and how real aces figure it out and make things work.
That’s really not a fair comparison. I’m pretty sure Lee or Halladay have never had layoffs like CC has had at any point in their careers. Those guys are even more creatures of habit than CC is, who is fine to throw with 3 days rest. How often does Halladay or Lee do that?
CC will be sharper next time around.
I also think it would be unwise to pitch CC in game 4 on short rest. Let AJ throw game 4, and if he doesn’t win, then you’ve still got CC for game 5, Hughes for 6, and Pettitte for 7. Would you want to pitch the other guys on short rest too? I wouldn’t. I also wouldn’t want to rely on AJ for any of those games.
We can’t lose the series in a game 4 which is the best place to put a gamble like AJ.
Yankees who have yet to touch the Postseason field.
AJ
Mitre
Kearns
Pena
Cervelli
The Rangers have yet to win a postseason game at home and I really, really, really want that streak to continue. Welcome to the suck boys.
I like Moseley. But Moseley is what he is. Bullpen long-man and occasional spot starter. Moseley’s not a trade chip; his inclusion or exclusion wouldnt make or break any deal
Hi Maine Yankee, I was wondering where you have been
I will admit I was worried, not so much when CC gave up 3, but when he gave up the next 2. However, I know that the 3rd time facing a pitcher is often when the Yankees come thru, so I kept watching and hoping. That was a total team effort.
MaineYankee
You can’t pay attention to the people who comment on here when the game isn’t going well. Those people are never on the board in games we are doing well in, they just show up to stir the pot and make all the regulars mad.
Ill admit that I had given up on them. CC says he did too, he apparently was apologizing to everyone for losing the game. He was as surprised as most of us were that they came back.
“You need guys who will scrape & claw & crawl through the dirt to win and that’s Brett Gardner.”
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His type of play is a microcosm of his whole baseball career since he was kid. Never the most physically big or strong, he was always dismissed as a weak player. He was even cut from his college tryout.
He is one that we will all look back years from now and wonder how crazy we were even questioning playing him or not.
One day, when Gardner no longer plays for the Yankees, fans will wish they had another one just like him.
Maine-
Good to see you around. Hope you and Mrs. Maine are doing well.
I feel pretty confident that CC will be better in his next start which will be on regular rest. I didn’t get to see him throw much last night but he’s just too good to struggle for long.
Would be great if the Yanks could steal another one in Texas tonight. They have their split already but I like the pitching matchup and heading back to NY up 2-0 would be huge. Would put a lot of pressure on Lee and the Rangers in Game 3 in the Bronx.
CC had a bad game. It happens. He carried the team on his back for almost the whole second half of the season, when all the other starters were either injured or struggling. Last night the team picked up their ace in a big way.
The silliness about him not being an ace, being too fat, all that garbage, was really disturbing. I know people have to vent when the Yankees are losing but it’s funny how one bad performance by the guy makes some of these posters immediately forget the past two years.
“BTW: is ruby tuesday employing the reverse jinx or is he a red sox fan?”
Sometimes I wonder about that as well. You would think a troll would have abandoned ship by now. Personally I think he is a good luck charm for us because whatever he posts never seems to come true.
And then sometimes he posts links to Tom Friedman articles. It’s weird.
Blake-
If the Yankees win today I think you can just about kiss the Rangers goodbye. The chances of them winning 2 of 3 at YS are pretty slim IMO.
Great win for all the reasons stated. Gardner has earned a spot for 2011 and beyond with his play this year. Carl Crawford is better, but he’s not $ 10 Million a year better.
Mosely is much more valuable as a keeper than a trade chip. Say goodbye to Mitre and Gaudin and see if Aceves can get healthy.
The story of the post-season so far has been the Yankees bullpen. In four games they have thrown 12 innings and allowed one earned run (0.75).
CR9
Moseley may not be what you have come to expect from a Yankee starter but he could start on other teams.
“O’Day’s the best ground-ball guy I have,” Washington said. “He got the ground ball. It got past Michael.”
Way to CYA Ron. Just an average 300-mile-an-hour barely-touching-ground ball.
Come on now, be nice to ‘Tuesday’ since it is ‘Saturday’.
Kate, MTU
I really enjoy this place when it’s sane.
The insanity was spoiling my enjoyment of the team.
I’ve followed sports long enough to know that the game isn’t over untill the final out.
As many players said last night, you play till they get 27 outs.
That’s not the first or second inning.
I haven’t even convinced my wife to wait till the end of the game to make a judgement on the outcome.
I have even asked her to leave the room so I could enjoy a game.
GTLU
SS Jeter
RF Swisher
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
2B Cano
C Posada
DH Berkman
CF Granderson
LF Gardner
Maine-
“I have even asked her to leave the room so I could enjoy a game.”
That’s pretty cold.
CC on long rest is horrible. the stats are really bad. that is something at this point that is a reality…..
how they won that game was staggering, a game we will never forget. hughes come up big today and we are in business.
seeing bush and ryan in the 8th was beautiful.
Lizard – spot on.
Gardner is the Yankees’ REGULAR leadoff hitter next year. Book it.
Who is a better lead off hitter in the league right now? Ichiro maybe (and that’s a maybe ’cause Brett has better OBP and speed).
The Yankees always want the best and right now and going forward, they’ve got the best in Gardner.
MTU
It gets that way this time of year.
As far as Crawford, you mean 12-13M better as he will get a contract making 15-16M per year.
Great, exciting win last night! I’m still pumped up this morning.
In other news, how fat does Joba plan on getting? Is it just me, or does he look a lot bigger right now than the beginning of the year?
Maine-
Time for another visit to Cadillac mountain.
This time leave the stone tablets at home.
GB has been saying he misses the opportunity to harass you and Randy.
Poor guy is going thru harassment withdrawls.
MTU,
Thats why I think todays game is pretty big. They win today then all they need is one of Games 3 and 4 to give CC a chance to close it out in Game 5. Don’t want to give the Rangers life with Lee going in game 3 and AJ in Game 4 (though I think the Yankees will have a good chance in both of those games)
A great great win by the Bombers last night. Its too bad that I love the Mets and the Red Sox more.
pat -We Yankees fans have seen Moseley-type pitchers for a while. Gaudin, Mitre, Ponson, and Rasner to name a few. Is Moseley better than any of those guys? Maybe, but not significantly better. Ill give you the fact that Moseley could start for another team – perhaps an NL team. But again, nobody is going to trade anything of value for him.
Yeah Joe, I’m sure that remark will get to Young and I can’t imagine he’ll appreciate it.
I would imagine CC will be better next time, but I can’t say for sure that he will. Except for the Toronto game, he was not that sharp down the stretch. Either way, if the Yankees are to advance and to win the WS, they need CC to be better than he has been.
I’m going to try and avoid most of the media today. One, I don’t feel like reading about how the Yankees got lucky. Why? They strung together a bunch of hits and got big hits when they needed them. If they’re lucky, then so is any team that ever scores a run. Why not call the Rangers lucky for getting a bad CC? Two, There’s a lot of “CC is not an ace, CC is choking, CC is the worst out of the big name pitchers in the LCLS” around and I really don’t want to deal with that.
Thought I’d post this again:
http://www.mocksession.com/30f.....%2057.jpeg
It’s as funny today as it was last night.
Blake-
Let’s hope that the combination of that great win last night, and YMH on the mound is enough to take the wind out of their sails.
I have to believe that Phil can out pitch Lewis.
Lewis shouldn’t be that tough. He’s the type of generic pitcher the Yankees should clobber. I know his stats are good but I just don’t think a guy like him can stand up to the A team. We’ll see.
Texas has their back to the wall today so there’s that.
Glad you’ll be safe at home in the recliner with a beer in your hand.
It should be fun.
Maine Yankee I was happy to read what you posted and also what vtyankee had to say. Maybe it’s our New England resolve. I will admit that I get so angry I could spit bullets when I read the posts from an entire group of screaming children who get to blithely turn into the Yankees greatest fans when things are going fine. They pollute every game thread with their pathetic nonsense – EVERY GAME THREAD – but hang around to high five when the Yankees get the job done. They trash endlessly when things don’t go their way but all is forgiven when things do. Somehow it just shouldn’t work that way.
I give posters like Angel and mel credit because I know they definitely feel the same way I do but they somehow manage to keep their sanity in the process.
I know I’m at one extreme – someone who supports and loves the Yankees no matter what happens in any game – but these losers start with this first sign of trouble and then they are off to the races. They’re not even intelligent enough to shut up and wait until the last out. Ever.
Game threads are a lonely place if you are someone willing to wait for the entire game to be played before blowing up, even a lonelier place if you are someone who cheers on the Yanks no matter what.
“Glad you’ll be safe at home in the recliner with a beer in your hand.”
hopefully
I woke up to a TMI pee-pee story? Really? lol
MTU, take a look at Lewis’ stats……………..
“A great great win by the Bombers last night. Its too bad that I love the Mets and the Red Sox more.”
It is too bad.
I was walking by my barber shop this morning and I really wanted to pop my head in for a quick stop n chat about the game.
Can’t do it though. He’s a lifelong Met fan. It’s really kind of sad. Next season is the 25th anniversary of their last championship. I wonder if they’ll wear a patch or something.
I think this game can go either way, to be honest. Lewis obviously has swing and miss stuff as his K/BB and K/9 ratios indicate.
Betsy-
I have. I still think the Yankees will kick his Azz.
I am in such a good mood despite the fog at the beach. I think I will start my day with this:
Number of Post-Season Saves (All Time)
Mariano Rivera – 42
Jonathan Papelbon – 7
“I wonder if they’ll wear a patch or something.”
Haha. That is cruel, but I love it.
Phil Hughes also definitely will struggle tonight due to the extra off days .
No ?
can i ask one thing of you, my peers this afternoon. if the yankees struggle in the first few innings, please dont start with the complaining and assuming the yankees are done.
MTU
We talked about going to Cadillac Mt. to see the colors but I don’t think it will work out this year.
And then maybe this:
Lowest Post-Season Era (All Time)
Mariano Rivera – 0.72
Speaking of one of the worst troll offenders. Ugh.
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I have to give Matt credit. He is one of the worst offenders in terms of complaining but last night at least he came out and admitted he had gotten it wrong.
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About Ruby Tuesday. The reason I think he is a bona fide troll and not a reverse jinxer is that he flies away the minute things look good for the Yankees. A legit Ys fan wouldn’t be able to do that. Anyway, the regulars here already know who he really is. He was ER in the past – I also think he was California last season.
Who knows.
Considering Game Three is a give-away game (Cliffie Lee pitching) .
Effectively, as of now, we already down two games to one to the Texas Rangers .
Just depressing .
Shut up Trish
“can i ask one thing of you, my peers this afternoon. if the yankees struggle in the first few innings, please dont start with the complaining and assuming the yankees are done.”
ac1 you know it isn’t ever going to happen. There are regular posters who complain incessantly, let alone the fairweatherers, trolls, and pretenders. This will be a sewer the minute something goes wrong.
ac1 October 16th, 2010 at 10:53 am
can i ask one thing of you, my peers this afternoon. if the yankees struggle in the first few innings, please dont start with the complaining and assuming the yankees are done.
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You’re talking to the wrong crowd.
The complainers only show up when the Yankees are behind.
It seems as if they only get pleasure when they are losing.
A hard way to enjoy a sport but it takes all kinds I guess.
Last Call for GTLU
comet
Erin
SAS
Cashmoney
upstate kate
Rhapsody in Blue
Yankee Trader
Fran the Original
rb from LI
NYY626
Aerosol
Maine-
It’s a great place. I’d like to see it.
Try showing up in the mornings. That’s usually when the mellow crowd is around. No Zombies.
And also the ones with the best sense of humor.
And who take the best pictures.
And who give the best tributes.
“can i ask one thing of you, my peers this afternoon. if the yankees struggle in the first few innings, please dont start with the complaining”
I will do my best. At some point last night, I made the decision that I was not going to whine about umpires any longer. I was going to put Gerry Davis’ cheatjobs in the first inning behind me and move forward.
As I learned from the greatest poster on this site, ONWARD and UPWARD. I wasnt going to allow Gerry Davis to bring me down, and allow myself to bring you down!
ONWARD AND UPWARD!
FYI. There was a great deal of blaming of the umpire last night during Sabathia’s rough first inning when seven of his first eight pitcheswere out of the zone. Many of us were saying that there was nothing wrong with the ball and strike calls it was all on CC. I also said that Sabathia would be the first to say that. This from CC after the game:
“I just had no command,” Sabathia said. “I couldn’t execute a game plan because I couldn’t throw the ball over the plate. I was just trying to battle to throw a strike.”
I have been here mornings but some guy that lives in a rock pile talks about how pretty it is.
“Shut up Trish”
V-O-M-I-T
Sorry, vomit, I didn’t mean to offend you by comparing you to redfish.
You are such a fraud and a liar.
But if people here don’t mind having your esteemed presence not much I can do about it.
Okay Sux sycophant. I HOPE THAT’S CLEAR REDFISH.
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karma’s a b*itch. Thinking of what may happen to you for your chicanery makes me smile.
GTLU
SS Jeter
CF Granderson
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
2B Cano
RF Swisher
C Posada
DH Berkman
CF Gardner
LF Gardner
The majority of people posting on here last night especially early on were people that I’ve never seen post before. It wasn’t until we started winning that those people disappeared and the regular posters came on.
I was skeptical they could pull it off especially the way Wilson was pitching and their lack of hitting, but when he came out of the game then I knew they had a chance against their bullpen. I read a book about the 96 Yankees and they always seemed to somehow comeback and win games they were pretty much out of so I thought this team could do it to and they did.
I know the whole, can’t give up on them until the final out but we did lose games by a good margin where we weren’t able to come back so its not unrealistic to be worried that they can’t do it. If they were able to come back in every game that they were trailing, AJ would have more wins.
Overall, its a good feeling when they can come back and win. And I loved the faces of Nolan Ryan and Bush.
Great win last night… reading the game thread LN was like navigating a bizarro world.
Anywho, 5 hours to more intense playoff baseball! got to love it!
Get get to us Trisha when you know enough about baseball to intelligently observe what is actually happening on the field.
Maine-
You know the old saying about leading Cows to water but not being able to make them drink.
WCYF -
I know Gardner is fast, but I don’t think he can cover both CF and LF.
Do you want Granderson in the 8th spot?
LOL, isn’t always Joba? Wasn’t it just recently he ended up in somebody else’s pants?
CR9, I would much rather hear someone complain about umpiring than to listen to the Yankee trashing and abuse that comes from the self-entitled fairweather fans who inhabit the game threads. And then who turn into the biggest Yankee lovers when things go their way.
It’s a sad state of affairs when their voices outnumber the voices of those who are attempting to cheer the team on.
In the disturbing trend department….
Does anybody have any idea how someone is getting personal information about us?
MTU
I have a flock of turkeys in my yard and I’m trying to pick out a fat one for next month.
GTLU
SS- Jeter
CF- Granderson
1B- Teixeira
3B- Rodriguez
2B- Cano
RF- Swisher
C- Posada
DH – Berkman
LF- claw and antlers aka. Gardner
I’ll say thins about Joba:
He’s lucky that he isn’t middle-aged.
WCYF
It really is amazing you are still pressing this ball strike thing. Was it the reason CC struggled last night? Absolutely not.
Did the ump miss several calls on CC? Absolutely. Through 3 innings the umpire incorectly called 7 strikes balls.
That is what happened. You don’t get to use the excuse my eyes tell me better than the pitch FX data. That is simply absurd.
You just make a fool of yourself constantly questioning things that can be fact checked like velocity and balls and strikes.
I think Phil Hughes has ice water in his veins and I expect him to be very competitive today. I think a second win would totally suck the life out of Texas, Cliff Lee or no Cliff Lee. I am sure with the rust now gone, the pros in that lineup are going to bear down to do just that. Big game from Hughes today, big game!
Also, to be fair. As not one of Girardi’s biggest fans I have to give him credit for his managing this post season. I didn’t think the team seemed ready to play early last night, but hy, take a mulligan Joe for the time off that happens. His bullpen moves were spot on he wasn’t going to the binder and playing matchups, putting Moseley on the roster has worked out so far, he is sticking with a set lineup and not over-managing and seems cool and collected. So far – good job.
8 days of rest for C.C. is obviously too much. It could be seen from the get go. Next time he’ll be in full synch.
“Get get to us ”
Stutter much redfish?
There’s a saying that you can’t embarrass an ignorant person and you personify that saying. Regulars here who posted with you in the past actually posted things you said when you were redfish, exact duplicates of the crap you put up here, but I guess it’s easier for posters here to ignore your trolldom and pretend you’re for real.
I guess I have a harder time with hypocrites and liars.
And I don’t get to “us” on anything since I don’t get to Sux fans. On anything.
See ya now queen.
Rich, Joba knows the ways of Tantra…
“You just make a fool of yourself constantly questioning things that can be fact checked like velocity and balls and strikes.”
You could have stopped right after “yourself”.
Sorry bleary eyed typo it’s 8AM here.
GTLU
SS Jeter
CF Granderson
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
2B Cano
RF Swisher
C Posada
DH Berkman
LF Gardner
Shutup Trisha.
Cash
I guess I should too.
trisha
We know how you feel about certain posters so can we not have to endure that each day please.
Maine-
Thanksgiving might just be my favorite Holiday.
It’s not a good day for the birds though.
At least it’s over quick for them and they do provide a delicious meal, and, best of all, leftovers for us for days.
“trisha
We know how you feel about certain posters so can we not have to endure that each day please.”
Okay
# SonyBravo October 16th, 2010 at 11:05 am
LOL, isn’t always Joba? Wasn’t it just recently he ended up in somebody else’s pants?
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Actually, I think Joba gave his uni pants to Logan when he was called up.
The running of the mouth just goes on and on and on ad nauseam. Give that big mouth a rest.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 16th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
trisha
Thanks.
LGY October 16th, 2010 at 11:09 am
WCYF – It really is amazing you are still pressing this ball strike thing. Was it the reason CC struggled last night? Absolutely not. Did the ump miss several calls on CC? Absolutely. Through 3 innings the umpire incorectly called 7 strikes balls. That is what happened. You don’t get to use the excuse my eyes tell me better than the pitch FX data. That is simply absurd.
You just make a fool of yourself constantly questioning things that can be fact checked like velocity and balls and strikes.
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I am not pressing it. I just saw that article quoting CC and posted it. I think you are wrong. So does Sabathia, every single commentator on the YES post-game show and Joe Girardi, not one of whom said anything else other than Sabathia’s command was off. Here you go, one more time. From the horse’s mouth. If you want to believe an imperfect computer simulation go right ahead.
“I just had no command,” Sabathia said. “I couldn’t execute a game plan because I couldn’t throw the ball over the plate. I was just trying to battle to throw a strike.”
I agree, never mess with the baseball gods. Long, long ago, my brother and I were listening to the second game of a double-header, now known as the Jack Reed game. The game in Detroit started in broad daylight but as it moved into extra innings, the sun set and it got dark both outside and inside our house. My bother and I listened to the last several innings (five or 6?) in complete darkness because we weren’t going to tempt the baseball gods by turning on the lights and changing the conditions of our listening to the game. Jack Reed, Mantle’s defensive replacement, came into the game in the 13th inning. He hit his only major league HR in the 22nd inning and the Yanks won 9-7. By not messing with the baseball gods, my bother and I won that game just as much as Jack Reed did
Great win yesterday.
GTLU is Closed.
Thanks, everyone.
WCYF
It’s not a difficult concept.
Yes CC’s command was off.
Yes the ump blew some (critical ?) ball/strike calls against CC early.
No you will not here the Yankees complain or make excuses about it.
I think the folks who are questioning Trisha’s baseball acumen ought to go back and read their game thread posts from last night. That will shut them up.
She doesn’t have to be a baseball savant to recognize stupidity. It was there for everybody to see last night.
If you follow this team, and CC in particular, you would realize there was a possibility he would not be sharp after a long layoff. It’s happened before.
That doesn’t make him, “not an ace”.
It just meant the team had to pick him up for a change.
If you follow this team and really believe CC Sabathia is “not an ace”, you are showing the world your stupidity from a baseball perspective.
That’s ok. Just don’t get your panties in a wad when you get called on it.
By a pair of Dependz, and watch the game.
That way, you won’t soil yourself, or the blog, with your issues.
OK Tar. I respect your opinion. I have gotten on umpires before when I thought they were biased or wrong consistently. I didn’t see it that way last night and no one else in the professional arena did either that I saw or heard. It was not just the Yankee players.
WCYF
Nothing CC said addresses the 7 missed calls in 3 innings.
This is why people call you a troll. It really is trolling behavior at this point.
One game I told you CC exact velocity that game and what his velocity has been measured at all season. I clearly demonstrated you were flat out wrong about his velocity. Yet to this day you claim I’m wrong abou that.
Its trolling and that’s why people get irritated with you.
Doreen —
I’m deeply hurt I didn’t make the lineup. Maybe I can pinch hit? Be a situational lefty out of the pen?
I haven’t been around much before October-November is really hectic for me. But weekend mornings aren’t.
Great day to go up 2-0
the constant back and forth from grown adults calling eachother trolls is getting old. Cant we all just enjoy that AMAZING win last night?
Anyone who said Sabathia is not an ace is wrong. He was awful early, that’s true. Bu actually last night as time went on I posted things like, let’s go big guy and he’ll get it together. I’m a huge Sabathia fan, he is obviously an ace and a number one and one of the best pitchers in the game. There is no question about that.
Tough to do when diarrhea of the mouth keeps flowing and flowing and flowing. Give it a rest please.
it’s a typical redfish/WCYF reaction-be the biggest fan when things are good, post whatever he can find to support his ‘opinion’ and turn on the team as soon as they fall behind. A typical redfish comment is to call out Teix and anyone else who makes out twice in a row and blame Kevin Long for not providing a good ‘game plan’ for the hitters, exactly what WCYF does regularly on LoHud.
I’m not a huge believer in the Gameday strikezone stuff but to claim that his eyes are better is, as LGY said, the stupidest contention of all time.
CC stunk last night, he said it. He had some strikes not called but, at the same time, he is good enough to adjust to the umpire’s strikezone and throw the ball where it will be called. He wasn’t able to do that last night and didn’t pitch well. If he had gotten a few of the close ones called I don’t know if it would have changed things.
LGY October 16th, 2010 at 11:22 am
WCYF- Nothing CC said addresses the 7 missed calls in 3 innings. This is why people call you a troll. It really is trolling behavior at this point. One game I told you CC exact velocity that game and what his velocity has been measured at all season. I clearly demonstrated you were flat out wrong about his velocity. Yet to this day you claim I’m wrong abou that. Its trolling and that’s why people get irritated with you.
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You are wrong LGY. I come here to talk baseball (or the occasional recipe) that is not a troll. I have every right to have my opinion on the umpiring and if you don’t like it that is really on you. Am I supposed to not share my opinion here because you don’t agree with it? Really? You do not know what a troll is. Ruby Tuesday is a troll. I am not even close.
You see, I believe sincerely that YOU are the one that is wrong on the merits and I don’t take a computer “SIMULATION” as facts and gospel. And I provided accurate quotes from Sabathia and observations that NOT ONE other professional that I saw made the same observation you did.
I did not think the umpiring was bad and certainly not worth the constant whining I saw last night. Some of you complain about whiners? Are you kidding me? Go read the beginning of the game post and see all the whining that went on.
and one more WCYF/redfish ploy-talk out of both sides of your mouth on a continuous basis, as he does here on a daily basis.
and then, of course, is his specialty, talking out of his a**
Anyway, the real troll behavior is that exhibited by those above, not all, that stalk and obsess over posters, not just me, on a sports blog who have differing opinions.
What they don’t seem to get is that my opinions on balls and strikes is honest baseball dialogue, agree or not.
But their ad hominem personal attacks are truly troll-like behavior.
That’s all I will say on this. I will continue to give my opinion and participate and if you don’t like it that would be tough.
WCYF
Thanks for bringing the garbage from the game thread here so we can see why not to be here during a game.
FYI – I post on BTB as TJ0413. Looks like the similar California crew is back to impersonating:
TJ0413 October 16th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Tough to do when diarrhea of the mouth keeps flowing and flowing and flowing. Give it a rest please.
TJ0413 October 16th, 2010 at 11:15 am
The running of the mouth just goes on and on and on ad nauseam. Give that big mouth a rest.
TJ0413 October 16th, 2010 at 10:40 am
A great great win by the Bombers last night. Its too bad that I love the Mets and the Red Sox more.
If I have to change my name on both sites so they are the same I’ll do so. Keep up your childish activity as I’m sure there are more names you made up to fulfill your agenda.
Why do some here have to continue with the personal attacks? Everyone has an opinion and is entitled to post it here.
If CC stunk, pitches were missed by the umpire etc. it is what it is. Give it a rest and enjoy the win last night.
I spent time at BTB. Redfish is up to his old tricks. I stopped counting his different names there. Now he’s WCYF and Tim in Trenton. Sick dude for sure.
SJ44 -
Well said, it’s always nice to have a person of both intelligence and reason on this blog.
trisha -
Please don’t shut up, i enjoy reading your posts, even if the troll doesn’t.
Could not get on the other site last night, kept saying something about an network error, should have written it down.
Good day to you.