ALCS Game 3: Yankees vs. Rangers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Oct 18, 2010 
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YANKEES (1-1)
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 Andy Pettitte (1-0, 2.57)
Pettitte vs. Rangers
RANGERS (1-1)
Elvis Andrus SS
Michael Young 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Vlad Guerrero DH
Nelson Cruz LF
Ian Kinsler 2B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Bengie Molina C
Mitch Moreland 1B
LHP Cliff Lee (2-0, 1.13)
Lee vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:07 p.m. ET / TBS
UMPIRES: HP Jim Reynolds, 1B Angel Hernandez, 2B Fieldin Culbreth, 3B Brian Gorman, LF Gerry Davis, RF Tony Randazzo
WEATHER: It’s not warm. Temperatures in the 50s. Very slight chance of rain.
TWO IN A ROW: The Yankees have lost consecutive ALCS games just three times. In 1980 they lost three straight against the Royals, in 1998 they lost two straight against the Indians and — of course — in 2004 they lost four straight against the Red Sox. They are 23-6 when winning the first game of a best-of-seven series.
LEANING LEFT: The Yankees lost their final nine regular-season games against left-handed starters. In the postseason, they are 3-0 against lefties.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: The Yankees have outscored opponents 12-1 over the final three innings — seventh inning and later — in this postseason. they have outscored the Rangers 16-0 from the seventh inning on in 12 postseason games between the two clubs.
HOME SWEET HOME: The new Yankee Stadium is the third stadium in history, and the first in the American League, to host a League Championship game in each of its first two seasons. The Pirates hosted NLCS games in 1970 and 1971 at Three Rivers, and the Braves hosted the NLCS at Turner Field in 1997 and 1998.
UPDATE, 8:16 p.m.: Two-run home run by Josh Hamilton. The guy can hit the ball a long way. It’s a 2-0 Rangers lead before Cliff Lee has thrown a pitch.
UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: Jeter saw six pitches and drove the ball to right, but it’s still a 1-2-3 first inning forLee.
UPDATE, 8:59 p.m.: Pettitte seems to have settled in a little bit, but Lee hasn’t given the Yankees many chances. He’s hitting corners, throwing a lot of strikes that aren’t good pitches to hit.
UPDATE, 9:22 p.m.: Since pregame introductions, the loudest this stadium has gotten was for the final pitch of Swisher’s 11-pitch at-bat. That’ a great at-bat, but it ended with a strikeout.
UPDATE, 9:58 p.m.: I had some technical difficulties for a while, but I’m back up and running. Meanwhile, Pettitte has been dialed in since that Hamilton homer. He’s through the sixth inning, still 2-0 heading into the bottom of the inning. The Yankees offense has shown some life the past two innings, seeing 22 pitches in the fourth and getting their first hit in the fifth.
UPDATE, 10:13 p.m.: Cliff Lee is the first pitcher to have 10 strikeouts in three games in a single postseason.
UPDATE, 10:19 p.m.: Bengie Molina. Not fast. Still a nice play by A-Rod.
UPDATE, 11:01 p.m.: Based on the crowd here at Yankee Stadium, I’m guessing an RBI single in the ninth is the time to throw in the towel. Fans are heading for the exits pretty quickly now that the Rangers have added a run against the Yankees bullpen. It’s 3-0 in the top of the ninth.
Let’s go Yankees!
we play today, we win today… das it!
Yanks will make Lee turn Ug-Lee by the 4th inning.. Go yanks…
Win and we in (contention to continue to go to the World Series that is)!
calling it 4-2 Yanks!
Go Andy ….Go DJ, Swish, Tex, Alex, Robbie, Marcus, Georgie, Grandy & GGBG ….Kick Lee’s butt and beat the Antler and Claw crew ….
Go Yankees 2010 !!!!!
Hang tough, Yankees. Your opening will present itself.
A-Rod homer… called it
Your opening will present itself.
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Gross
Jerkface October 18th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Your opening will present itself.
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Gross
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Sounds like a fortune cookie
Lets do this, MAN!!!
Well time for everyone to shut the hell up. Lets play the game. Come on Boys. Get to this guy tonight. And lets finally pitch a good game.
Sounds like a fortune cookie
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I like to add ‘…in bed’ to the end of my fortunes
Let’s go, Yanks!
Get us in the dugout tied here Andy
here we go….Go Yanks!
Let’s go Yanks!!!!
LETS GO YANKEES!!!
Yankees sneak one out 3-2 late..keep the faith..
OMG an out! just kidding. I thought i’d never see that again from a yankee SP. LOL
Andy is throwing the ball pretty well, that was a good cutter to get Andrus on that chop.
Nice. I hope Gardner can turn into as annoying of a player as Andrus is.
Great play!. First 3 pitches were exactly where they were supposed to be.
You’re gross!
Nice play by Andy!
That first pitch fastball on the outside corner is Andy’s bread and butter, when he is hitting that spot he’s very tough.
let’s go yankees
That’s fine. Lee better not be getting those corners either
That pitch was close
amazing. 0 and 2 to full count
If the ump gives those corners to lee, I will scream.
“look for a mistake..hit that mistake” is that really great coaching? I could have told the hitters that
Double play, please!
jesus. does this texas team ever go 3 and out in the first? I have never seen anything like this
nice AB by Young, that was a good pitch by Andy.
That was just a great at bat by a very good hitter Young.
what a shock. a yankee pitcher not getting the borderline calls
It would be nice to have a quick inning. These hits after an 0-2 count are getting very frustrating
Young was just waiting for the pitch and knew it would be on the outside corner. They have to change things up. Come on Andy!!
Okay, how soon before CR9 starts “the umps are biased against us” posts
Darn! There goes the no hitter.
are you kidding me already!!!
*&&^^^%!!!
crap
well, our starting pitchers……
You have to be kidding me…
Can we just skip the first inning from now on?
again we’re down.
That swing should not have hit a homerun
holy crap
we can’t manage to score first can we
Not a good start to the game.
That is exactly what I said earlier today – we always seem to get down in games early.
Our starting pitching has just sucked.
this is not going to be easy at all.. Pitch count rising, down in the hole already against Lee.
you know that now Lee is gonna come out there throwing seeds like he’s freaking Cy Young
Eiland has done a stellar job preparing his rotation for this series, hasn’t he?
pay attention to the strike zone, so far home ump called pretty tight
I mean it is very simple someone on this team is going to have to give us a well pitched starting effort. If that doesn’t happen we will lose this series. No suprise their.
Yankee starting pitching has been awful in this series so far
The starting pitching has been absolutely dreadful. In every game they are in a hole before they even bat. Andy has to come inside to the righties they are looking for the ball on the outside part of the plate.
Starting pitching is killing us. Spotting Lee runs is a bad idea.
can we ever get a 123 inning
I told you so .
I hope you remember my Absolute Certainties number one, two, and five .
2 run lead for Lee? Might be enough the way he’s going
10-0 in first three innings announcer said.
Anyone know who is pitching for Texas?
Wow. Hole already. Well unless the offense can mount something against Lee, we’re pretty boned now.
I hope cliff lee doesnt get out of the first inning.
so far in this series….yes our starting pitching blows. But will say what I said in the other two games…if we hold them here we should be fine
You have got to be kidding me. How many first inning runs have they given up? Six so far, that’s just crazy.
John Sterling is already basically saying that the game is over. I’m tired of his incessant pessimism. John, get a life already.
Really unreal how Texas has scored first in all 3 games….we haven’t given ourselves anything to work with.
2-0 first inning….yeah maybe vs. Hunter, not Lee
Rangers are having very comfortable ABs. Something needs to be done.
Bad execution by Andy.
Tough lineup for him to face.
Offense HAS to step up tonight.
Hard to believe Andy can hold this team to 4 runs over 5 innings. Not with a 2-0 lead.
Shut up already, CR9. Man, you can’t see anything else. What a joke.
I really wish Josh Hamilton would go away. Far away.
No words.
Boned.
looks like we should just walk Hamilton everytime he comes up and we’ll be fine
How is it the pitching coach’s fault genius?
You fall behind jitters, you get beat.
I don’t know a pitching coach anywhere who coach’s pitchers to fall behind power hitters.
And already we’re getting the whiners complain about the ump’s calls. The ump didn’t groove that pitch to Hamilton, Pettitte did.
Maybe they should stick to walking Hamilton like they did in game 2.
who would have thought the Yanks relief pitching would outshine the starting pitchers? AJ could actually pitch better than all 3 of them.
so far, left outside pitches are called balls.
Please be consistent.
# West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
10-0 in first three innings announcer said.
Anyone know who is pitching for Texas?
Cliff “Pedro Koufax Halladay Wilson Lewis” Lee
Only fools think this game (and series) is not over .
Sometimes the other team just go crazy with the bats. It happens. Remember the angels?
Deja vu all over again. I hope we can come back like in game 1. What is it about the 1st inning?
Oh I’m sorry SJ 44. I forgot how “inside” you are with the team and what a genius you are about all things baseball. My apologies, master. Everything you say is gospel.
Benny Blanco October 18th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
I hope cliff lee doesnt get out of the first inning.
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I had a dream like that….really hopes he gets shelled and then I would lmao. Really starting to hate that guy
Niblick — it’s only CR9. Complaining about umps is the limit of his baseball commentary. He’s the Rain Man on this page.
There was nothing wrong with the strikezone.
Can you go one night without this nonsense?
It’s hard to believe how stupid this battery was in those 2 at bats after Andrus was retired.
All Michael Young does is try to shoot the ball the other way, so all they did was throw him fastballs away and that’s exactly what he did. His swing is like Jeter’s, you have to go in on his hands and they did it maybe one time in 9 pitches and paid for it.
Hamilton has not proven he can hit a fastball in this entire series. He just swung through a 2-0 fastball, why would you even think of throwing him a breaking pitch?
He didn’t even get a lot of it but because it was a dumb pitch to a lefty pull hitter, he was able to hook it over the short porch in right.
These are mistakes you absolutely cannot make in a postseason game with a great pitcher like Lee opposing you. None of these results had to happen, and it wasn’t just that Pettitte didn’t execute his pitches, it was that he threw the wrong ones so he paid for the mistakes even moreso.
Just a terrible pitch selection. I thought I saw Posada signal for a fastball outside which was the right pitch IMO and then he hangs a breaking ball over the middle outside which was obviously not the right pitch.
They said pre game on yes that they weren’t going to let Hamilton beat them with any good pitches.
So much for the good start.
Ruby Tuesday October 18th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Only fools think this game (and series) is not over .
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You’re a tool. Why even watch the game?
Do us all a favor and step away from the computer and jump off a bridge.
I mean 2 runs are what they are. Just that 2 runs. Doesnt matter if one comes in the 3rd and the other in the 6th. OR bothe in the 1st. Just two runs. Shut them out from here on and the Yankees win the game. NO DOUBT
I’m thinking the offense has their work cut out for them tonight. As does Pettitte. He needs to cut it off right here and limit the damage.
I really thought Pettitte would coast through 1-2-3 in the first after it started off promisingly enough. No matter, there are 8 innings left to do that. Cliff Lee is not infallible; a small mistake is all it takes.
I’m sure no one’s more angry about that HR than Andy himself.
Derek Jeter is not half as good as Michael Young right now.
Here’s my question:
Why are the Yankees continuing to throw a high percentage of fastballs to a fastball hitting team? Wouldn’t it be smarter to throw more offspeed and breaking pitches than usual?
Well how pitches will Yankees hitters see in the first…over under 10
Hey cheer up! The good news is we got AJ Burnett going tomorrow!
If Hamilton was a Yankee he would have 50+ hrs every year, it didn’t even seem like he put a good swing on that dinger
Cliff Lee’s dirty cap
i think we need to be patient with Lee….and I think that the Yankees lineup swing earlier in the count when they are behind
Only a moron blames the pitching coach when a hitter gives up a HR.
If you fit the description, so be it b
# qiantom October 18th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Derek Jeter is not half as good as Michael Young right now.
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Why are you comparing Jeter (SS) to Young (3B)?
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to compare Young to Rodriguez?
CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Im not complaining about the calls Pettitte received. They were all FAIR
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WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!
Jerkface October 18th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Sounds like a fortune cookie
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I like to add ‘…in bed’ to the end of my fortunes
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well, Lee’s 2nd strike…. LOL, we might be in trouble.
Nice AB though.
Ump= small strike zone for both so far
When was the last time Jeter hit one out?
I thought that was gone. What is Brian Wilson doing in right field?
This game decides the series; especially w/ Burnett going tomorrow.
Reynold hasn’t been a problem. We are in the game. Need to relax and get some pitching. They will scratch across a few. Probably not a bunch. So we have to pitch.
This is the postseason we need pitching.
Andy got to give 6 strong now at least hold them at 2.. Have to
The zone is not small, you are just used to seeing a zone the size of Montana every time an opposing pitcher steps onto the mound.
If these umpires called the actual width of home plate as the strike zone, there would be a lot more walks and runs scored in games than you see today. Pitchers get a lot more leeway than people realize, and they are usually working just off the corners, not on them.
Awesome. Already down 2-0. 1st innings are killing us…..
ENOUGH with the umpire analysis. They are not robots. They are humans. Believe it or not, they won’t be perfect with every pitch.
Give it up already.
are we really complaining about Jeters AB there….that’s one of the better looking AB’s he’s had all postseason
It’s like every game this series is the worst case scenario. Constantly having to come back is not a good recipe for long term success. Maybe the Yanks need to send Rivera out to start the game.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
When was the last time Jeter hit one out?
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His last homer inside the Parker
2 fastballs down the middle taken for strikes…cant wait out Lee he has pin point control…gawd
lee is getting all the close pitches
Just f’in awesome.
a 1-2-3 for texas…how interesting.
Tex must think it’s April, May, and July again
The hitters should be looking for fastball/cutter. Lee didn’t get any of his offspeed pitches over the plate.
They have to start swinging early in the count. Lee is throwing the ball right over the plate and they are taking the pitches over the plate and swinging off the plate. You can’t do that against Lee. Terrible 1st inning.
this is gonna be a long night and it started righ out of the gate. Typical Yankee at bats there!
Come on, Yankees! Quick 1-2-3 inning for Andy here!
So much for aggressive hitting..Tex looks at two down the pipe and fans at the third. It’s early, though.
Man, I wish I could put CR9 on Ignore. Dude — your comments are meaningless. Grow up. Normal people stop crying about the umpiring areound age 12. Too bad you haven’t evolved.
speaking of Texeria striking out there….if we are going to win this game then our number 3 & 4 hitters need to step there game up just a tad bit
well i have midterms to study for so this match-up is pretty optimal for me tonight. glad Pettitte is instructing me to attend to other matters tonight. that Hamilton HR was the most predictable thing of the postseason thus far. Rangers should be up 5-0 by the 4th.
i still have no clue why Burnett didn’t start as I recommended earlier. this game was an automatic loss from the get-go, and wasting Pettitte’s 5IP 5ER performance over Burnett’s 3IP 8ER performance tomorrow makes no sense. now they’re going to be down 3-1 going into Wednesday, and I’m not even going to bother leaving work early for that 4PM game since the result is imminent. team does not have nearly enough balls to overcome a 3-1 deficit.
blame CC, he initiated this trend.
not sure what Teixera was doing there. Can’t take 2 hittable fastballs against this guy.
Lee has good control of all his pitches. 2 Runs will be very tough to overcome.
you mean our non-existent 3-4 hitters.. Cano the only guy hitting with authority right now!
oh my, Potter new movie looks horrible.
Game over. Yankees lose 2-0.
Yep, new guy jumping ship. This hitting approach is pathetic. What the hell was Tex thinking??
I hate how Lee runs on the field. It shows up the opponents and it’s obnoxious.
Some of you really seem to be enjoying the fact that we’re down. You guys, at least 4 of you off the top of my head, seem to live for this. Your true colors really come out when the Yankees are down.
Our SP has been flat out crap this series.
You guys must not be watching the same game I am, because the 2nd pitch to Teixeira was a perfect fastball on the inside corner, and most of the fastballs early in the count have been at the knees on the outside.
I’d rather the hitters get struck out on 3 pitches than bounce out weakly to short on a fastball down and away that they can’t hit on the first pitch.
The bottom line is this team is only going as far in this game and this series as the pitching can carry them, and Pettitte did a terrible job giving them a chance to grab an early lead by making dumb pitches to hitters who have not proven they can hit pitches other than the ones he threw them.
CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Fairly called Teixeira PA. Rulebook strike zone being called through 1 inning
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Thanks so much for the analysis. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have your pitch-by-pitch review. PHEWWWW!
C’mon folks. We all knew starting pitching was this team’s Achilles heal. Why all the surprise when it plays out that way?
Lee is pitching to a 1 ERA in the post-season. Do you expect him to give up 5 or 6?
Its the 2nd inning…..game isn’t over.
pitching pitching pitching. Cmon Andy P. We need pitching. Have not gotten it all series.
We swept the Twins because of Pitching. Need it Now
Tex simply sucks!! He has no clue in big games.
I’m miserable that we’re down. What is there to say. We’re down 2-0 to Lee. Maybe we’ll come back.
Almost game over.
Pitching has been less than awesome. Any more runs and the Yankees are in deep ca ca.
If you don’t like CR9′s posts STOP responding to them.
This isn’t rocket science.
It is the same exact thing every single night. You are not missing a thing if you scroll by.
dear yankees
please show some emotion and hunger.. it wouldn’t hurt.. but when you seem so lifeless, it hurts even when you sneak in a win.
Brappy55 October 18th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
I hate how Lee runs on the field. It shows up the opponents and it’s obnoxious.
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????? How is he supposed to leave the field
Those were some Gardner like at bats in the 1st inning. They have to start swinging instead of falling behind on pitches right over the plate. Lee is getting all of the pitches off the plate that Andy didn’t get but I expected that. They have to be more aggressive. Tampa was patient against Lee and it killed them.
Man, I wish I could put CR9 on Ignore.
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You and 99% of this blog. The other 1% are his alternate screen names.
He doesn’t seem to understand that no one likes him and no one wants him here.
qiantom October 18th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Sometimes the other team just go crazy with the bats. It happens. Remember the angels?
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I was thinking that this is starting to remind me of 2002 when the Angels kept hitting and hitting
JobaTipsHisCap October 18th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
oh my, Potter new movie looks horrible.
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I disagree looks cool
man not getting lee is really stinging right now.
The two teams are not playing on the same level right now.
LOL Lee should skip and pirourette as he leaves the field.
NYY fan in NH October 18th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
you mean our non-existent 3-4 hitters.. Cano the only guy hitting with authority right now!
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Yup that’s exactly what I mean…(they each have only stepped up in one at bat in the entire postseason)
“frenchy” sucks…if u have a sub .300 on base u suck
Seriously guys, are you even watching the game?
Would you rather the hitters fly out lazily on first pitch perfect outside corner at the knee fastballs instead of what they just did?
Lee threw maybe 1 or 2 pitches that entire inning that weren’t on a corner. Why should a hitter swing at a first pitch pitcher’s pitch just because it’s a strike? Take the pitch and wait for him to leave one more out over the plate, that’s common sense and that’s little league.
I like you, you’re nice.
I’m embarrassed to say that you root for the same team as I do. Have any of you ever played sports? If so, would you say aloud that your team is going to lose after the first inning?
Most of you are ridiculous. Enjoy the game and have some faith.
Even if they don’t win, it’s fun to just watch the game. Most of ya’ll need to shut up!
Just got in. Noticed the score. I immediately ate some chicken and will eat more later. But I got some in.
Hopefully things turn around soon.
I don’t know how the two runs scored (radio in car not working) but I am hoping Andy is looking good despite that. If he isn’t, he will.
We WILL win this game.
GO YANKEES!!!
I don’t mind cr9 I think he is just being goofy
Old “French Heart” is usually good for a quick out.
Nice inning by Andy.
qiantom October 18th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Sometimes the other team just go crazy with the bats. It happens. Remember the angels?
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I was thinking that this is starting to remind me of 2002 when the Angels kept hitting and hitting
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but 02 is not a good Yankee year to be reminded of :/
Nice inning for Andy. Cmon bats! Time to bust up Myth Lee.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who hate how Lee runs off the field. If he becomes a Yankee he better cut that crap, its so annoying.
It sounds loud in the stadium, at least it does on the radio (TBS is on mute here).
Arod has to wake up and have a big game tonight. They can’t have Swish, Tex and Arod being automatic outs. Swish and Tex were awful last year also so I am surprised but they need Arod. Cano can’t do it himself.
Good inning for Pettitte. We’ll need a whole lot of those. And maybe an alarm clock will go off in Tex’s and A-Rod’s head. Maybe?
the bottom line is, don’t give up more runs.
I wonder if anyone is there. Can they tell me how the crowd is?? Very hard to tell on TV
Nice inning from Andy that right there is what NY has to have. Put up zeros and give this offense a freaking chance to go to work.
I don’t like feeling like the underdogs, but until these bats start showing up, I can’t help it.
I hate the parker race home, what’s in your wallet and that’s logistics commercials so much right now that I want to flip them all off.
@Trisha…
Andy gave up a 2-run homerun to Hamilton behind a Michael Young single
The bottom of the Rangers lineup can be pitched to. Good job by Andy of getting through them quickly. Yankees need to get one here to make a statement….long way to go in this one.
Trisha
It was a 2 run homerun by hamilton. I wouldn’t put too much stock in that because he does hit a lot of them
Yanks need to cut down on their swings and hit the ball th either way. Jeter had the right approach. Lee will stay away from the right handed batters. Arod needs to put one in the gap in right center.
Andy can’t give up anymore runs. If he holds them at two for the rest of the game the Yanks will claw 2 runs out of Lee and then it’ll be a battle of the pens.
YankeeBlue, I just noticed your post. I haven’t read the posts in the game thread but let me say this in case you are not used to game threads.
EXPECT the ridiculous. You will get it here in spades.
EXPECT some posters to turn on the team immediately and do nothing but criticize everything and everybody throughout the game.
EXPECT the same posters to act like butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths as soon as the Yankees turn things around – which of course they will.
It is a sadly predictable script here.
Look for posters like the straw, big al, MG, ac1, mel, and SJ44 among others (if any are brave enough to be here), to cheer the team on. Look for their posts. You won’t be disappointed.
yo new idea..
how about we just get on base.
our big bats need to do something, not just Cano.
Stadium is so quiet. Cmon. It is 2-0, not 10-0.
Francouer sure does talk a lot for some scrub that was acquired in August, and has (for the most part) done nothing to get the Rangers to where they are today. He’ll be on some random midwest team next season doing nothing.
The Yankees lineup is much more dangerous than the Rays lineup, and as you can see Cliff Lee is being much more careful with Yankees hitters early in the count.
This is exactly why you don’t just go up there hacking away because of his reputation. He is working deeper counts tonight because he is in a close game, you have to wait for him to make some mistakes and not just help him out.
3 and 4 are killing us
was there a reason that A-rod didn’t swing at that last pitch????
remember when everyone wanted to win the division and play Texas?
Thats just a great sequence by Lee
I can’t get enough of the Robbie M-V-P chant
Robbie and Jeter hit balls hard at least….
Halladay no hits in post season
and lee perfect games… yay.
Thanks syd and tyanks.
Hamilton hits homers. What else is new, right?
Wish I had gotten home in time to watch the pre-game ceremonies. Were they nice?
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Okay, so maybe the baseball gods are letting Hamilton get in some homers since Robby will beat him out for AL MVP and the Yankees are going to win the ALCS. You know, they try to be fair too.
This thread isn’t even that bad. I’ve certainly seen worse.
But I’ll give it more time before announcing this place fit for humanity.
do doubt in my mind Cliff Lee is on steroids. Guy turns into Bob Gibson at age 30
can somebody and call Lee and remind him that he might be on our team next year and to hand a few just in case????
“remember when everyone wanted to win the division and play Texas?”
No, I remember a lot of ambivalence because winning the division would mean playing Texas.
The baseball gods are clearly punishing the Yankees for Michael Kay’s hubris.
Any Yankee hits yet?
El duque! Did I spell that right?
Yanks are making it easy for Lee by swinging at a lot of balls. Cliff lee love fest on tbs is sickening.
Cano did not hit that hard, nor did Jeter.
Hitting it hard is barrelling the ball.
Jeter was off the end, Cano the handle.
Kevin Long looks so good when the team can’t buy a hit.
this makes me sick, get rid of all these old farts already.
no hits yet
I assume Cliff Lee will have a bad inning. When he does, we have to capitalize because that is going to be the only chance.
Wow !
Second Perfect Game in the Postseason !
CLIFF LEE IS PITCHING A NO HITTER. THAT WILL END VERY SOON.
signed
true blue trisha, a superstitious Yankee fan.
Jeter didn’t hit the ball hard? He hit a line drive that was hit so hard that Francoeur caught it on the warning track one or two steps from the wall.
Yankees have had actually decent AB’s so far…Lee has not made a mistake yet but he will.
We’re screwed……
Don’t want to be pessimistic, but it looks no different than any other CLee game
“Look for posters like the straw, big al, MG, ac1, mel, and SJ44 among others (if any are brave enough to be here), to cheer the team on. Look for their posts. You won’t be disappointed.”
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I like my posts actually!!
dude is dealing…He really is just the perfect pitcher…Hides the ball well…First pitch strike thrower…..Tough as nails….coming from a Yankees fan here…I’m not sure how you can really approach this guy
Need another zero from Mr. Pettitte here.
Before anyone gets too angry at the Yanks’ offensive futility: Lee now has a 1.00 ERA in the post-season; Pettitte a 4.00.
deal .200 hitters if the season is always about winning, well try getting a hit crabface.
Less than awesome hitting.
Arod had a pitch to hit to right but Lee set it up with offspeed before, so Alex was late.
Thanks syd. Look for the Yankees first hit the next inning, the one after that at the latest.
I think I’ll read the game thread posts now and then get the rest of my superstition dinner together.
Be back.
This game is over. Yankees aren’t going to touch Lee!
can’t wait till Lee starts his first playoff game for the Yanks next year and gives up 5 runs in 6 innings
You don’t really talk about no hitters in the second inning,… U wait till the fifth
They seem confused at the plate. They start the at bat and try to be patient by taking pitches over the plate that they should swing at pitches off the plate. Whatever it is those were some ugly at bats.
when are people going to learn that this team offensively is not all that special and way too streaky.
If those two brave Texas fans know what’s good for them, they’ll refrain from the claw and antler schtick.
I know we’ve had zero baserunners, but they’re working him to a certain extent. Pitch count at 30.
Just spoke to aaron boone, he’s gonna call kevin long and tell him a secret.
Triple Short of a Cycle October 18th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
can’t wait till Lee starts his first playoff game for the Yanks next year and gives up 5 runs in 6 innings
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Lol!!
What’s really agonizing is that we’re handing Game 3 to Texas. Maybe Girardi has Halloween plans in Chicago.
Very likely going to be a game where the Yankees will have one inning with runners on and they better capitalize at that point in time. Or else it will be on to Game 4 with AJ, Ouch
Scenario two is keeping this game within 2 or 3 runs and then getting to the bully of the Rangers in the 8th and 9th.
those who think that watching your favorite team lose is “fun” and “enjoyable” needs to check whether they’re an actual Yankees fan. horrible excuse
Matt – look at the replay and see where that ball hit Jeters bat. And do some math and tell me how far it is to the RF warning track.
No Yankee has barrelled a ball yet.
Sorry, meant Game 4
They love the expression ” firewood”
Robbie is at least the Yankees MVP….even if he isn’t the AL MVP
we have one player that can handle a bat on this teem
, the bat boy.
I think our guys are having some good ABs except Arod and Tex who apparently didn’t get the memo that you can’t attempt to hit the ball if you don’t swing at it.
See, the pressure is BEING a Yankee, not starting a game at Yankee stadium. Guaranteed Cliff Lee turns to jelly as a Yankee, just like Randy Johnson and Kevin Brown. It’s one thing to be David and win it’s quite another to be Goliath.
Stadium needs to get louder
# Ken Phelps October 18th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
They love the expression ” firewood”
Id say its better than “fisted” every at-bat like Chip Carey
You people clearly are too biased to objectively assess the performance of these teams on the field today.
Cliff Lee is throwing almost every pitch on a corner and down. Why do you think the hitters are being patient? Lee isn’t attacking the zone, he’s nibbling around the corners and not throwing anything over the plate.
Hitters are not going to all go up there and swing at the first pitch just because it’s a strike if they can’t hit it that hard because it’s perfectly located.
They have had some good at bats off Lee thus far and have worked some deeper counts off of him, eventually he will make some mistakes or someone will get a piece of something.
Lee actually does not have great numbers with runners on.
Bases empty: .214 AVG and .563 OPS
Men on: .288 AVG and .722 OPS.
Gotta get a lead off guy on and see if they can string together some hits.
Is Hughes watching Lee pitching? Lee’s fastball is not that great, but when he mixes it up with different kinds of breaking pitches and off-speed pitches, it becomes so much more difficult to hit. The Texas hitters knew that Hughes’ fastball is coming, that’s why they were able to hit it.
Don’t walk this guy please!!
Game thread deterioration is in full effect.
Poster P seems to be leading the charge.
You said he didn’t hit the ball hard, not that he didn’t hit it on the sweet spot.
You can hit a ball hard without getting all of it, you are just looking for excuses to criticize him even though he actually had the best ab of the game thus far for the Yankees.
the Lee lovefest is really sickening….i totally didn’t even hate Lee until this postseason. I LOVE when the one announcer is like….”you know he did lose 9 games this year”
You’d think this guy is 20-0 with a 0.00 ERA….
What is so funny is that when the Yankees are losing a PLAYOFF game, trolls and losers that are fans from teams that we beat out: BoSux, Rays ( yes WE beat them out….they are NOT in the ALCS ) …Minnesota and all the rest of the Yankees haters come out in numbers….and when we win championships like we do, they SHUT THE HALE UP ! Looking forward to lots of that in the month of October and into November. I’ll check back in after we have found a way to both solve Lee and win this game, and it won’t take long !
Make that 6 people who enjoy the Yankees being down.
Gives them a chance to try out their lame material. Everyone’s a
criticcomic.let me get this straight – eduardo nunez held up the deal for cliff lee? prospect hugging at its best…
i hope this is the jinx to turn this team around but it looks like Tex is good for one game winning hit per postseason – and he usually gets it against the twins..
cc sabathia is back to being horrible in the postseason
and for that matter arod is back to being the arod of the last 4 games of 2004 and the 2005 – 2007 postseason – all we need is for him to try and smack a ball out of the pitchers hand while running to first..
Thank God Andy has settled down. I don’t think I could stomach another crappy pitching outing.
“Yanks will make Lee turn Ug-Lee by the 4th inning.. Go yanks…”
“calling it 4-2 Yanks!”
“Yankees sneak one out 3-2 late..keep the faith..”
Thanks for the great posts. It’s nice to see that some parents brought up men and not little boys.
syd, the guy is on a post season domination streak like none we’ve ever seen, so I’ll forgive the announcers their superlatives. I don’t remember El Duque being this dominant, he was just great when he needed to be.
Michael Young totally killed Andy.
young is annoying
Time to walk hamilton
“Yankees sneak one out 3-2 late..keep the faith
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To be fair I said that at 0-0 but still
Lee has so far put up pretty historic numbers in the postseason…The guy has dominated so far. Doesn’t mean he can’t be had, eventually. But even though generally I don’t like the TBS guys, Jim is right, you can’t blame them for blathering on about Cliff Lee. He is actually worth some blathering. LOL.
Pettitte over 60 pitches already.
16 pitches to Young alone in this game and no outs to show for it.
Playing with fire low and inside…good job by andy
CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
This sick bum Michael Young does nothing against the Red Sox. It’s strikeout, popout, or double play versus the Red Sox.
Against us, it’s max effort and fouling off pitch after pitch and a refusal to give away an AB.
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It is the post season guys generally give max effort
whoever said we should be pitching Young inside is right…..Hughes never pitched him inside either. (He constantly lunges at that ball on the outside) Anyways Andy looks like he is back in top shape
Hamilton has not hit a fastball hard in this entire series, I don’t understand why they threw him that slider in the first because the hanging breaking pitch is the only thing he has hit this entire postseason.
cmon.. some base runners please..
“To be fair I said that at 0-0 but still”
Does it matter when you said it? It still looks like a good prediction.
One thing about Andy is that you feel pretty confident he can bounce back from a tough inning and not let things spiral out of control. Bats need to wake up now.
pitch Young high and tight next time, make him feel uncomfortable.
that 2 run homer keeps looking better and better, in the case that this is all they have gotten now through 3. Hold them at 2 and we win.
Andy is looking fantastic, the hamilton HR was a cheap fluke (I know it counts) I am just saying, Pet is gonna keep us in the game, just needs the bats to wake up and get hungry!
RS October 18th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
One thing about Andy is that you feel pretty confident he can bounce back from a tough inning and not let things spiral out of control. Bats need to wake up now.
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He got guile
P.S. Have a sense of humor for crying out loud. Stop being a bunch of old grumpy old me/women.
Geez.
Andy HAS to give the Yanks distance tonight. Mosely must be saved for tomorrow.
“Game thread deterioration is in full effect.
Poster P seems to be leading the charge.”
You have a smorgasbord of D bags here. Read all of the posts from WCSF (West Coast Sux Fan). All trash the Yanks except the first that said Go Yankees. The only positive one is a compliment about Michael Youngs AB.
Continued to be fooled by that dork, Yankee fans.
that may be true JM….(not saying the guy isn’t good….and hasn’t been great this postseason) but still its a little too much.
Besides Halladay had a no hitter his first start and gave up 4 runs in his next. I am expecting something similiar from Lee…if the Yankees remain patient
C’mon bats.
C’mon bats.
Andy has made 1 mistake thus far……I’m hoping we get 1 inning. 1 inning where we string some hits. Not a grand slam, not a 3-run shot….lead-off double, single, walk, out, single….things like that…..still plenty of time.
Optimistic Brappy
we need to add Posada to that done nothing list…along with number 3 & 4
Is that you “Eduardo”?
You know you never collected your 100 bucks.
Yankees need to start bunting
That was a strike jorge
Sad to see Jorge at the twilight of his career
# JobaTipsHisCap October 18th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
pitch Young high and tight next time, make him feel uncomfortable.
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Pettitte is not that type of pitcher.
Here comes a hit.
You people are so stupid, the pitch to Posada was a perfect pitch on the inside corner, what do you want him to do with that?
Come on, get some hits!
They are totally lost. Swinging at balls and looking at strikes. No chance.
Geez Granderson, why are you not thinking bunt here? Girardi, why are you not making him bunt? Why just concede the game? Break up his momentum.
Mind your P’s and Q’s.
my lord
Can we trade for Lee right now. I can give Rangers Hughes and Joba.
Strike 3 to Georgie and strike 2 to Granderson same spot. Looked outside.
“a 9 inning win” most baseball people call that a complete game
Boy this is pathetic!
Posada is toast. I can’t even look at this old man and his dumbass mug. He and Girardi don’t even speak to each other.
If Gardner doesn’t attempt a bunt I’m going to drive to the stadium and break his legs
only takes 1 inning here to turn things around. Gotta keep it at a 2 run game
Okay, just feel good about this. After tomorrow (we will win tomorrow) all of our pitchers are on regular rest.
safe
So close!
Stop sliding into first base it slows u down!!!
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
“Game thread deterioration is in full effect.
Poster P seems to be leading the charge.”
You have a smorgasbord of D bags here. Read all of the posts from WCSF (West Coast Sux Fan). All trash the Yanks except the first that said Go Yankees. The only positive one is a compliment about Michael Youngs AB.
Continued to be fooled by that dork, Yankee fans.
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He stopped once m called out the trolls. Shockingly, he had a guilty conscience:
m October 18th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Some of you really seem to be enjoying the fact that we’re down. You guys, at least 4 of you off the top of my head, seem to live for this. Your true colors really come out when the Yankees are down.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
I’m miserable that we’re down. What is there to say. We’re down 2-0 to Lee. Maybe we’ll come back.
So he’ll just hit a bloop shot to the first baseman, how is that a better outcome? Maybe he calls that pitch a ball instead of you getting yourself out.
We really are finished here….how can anyone else say that we aren’t?
I’m not saying for the series. This game. We look like absolute garbage.
He was safe there
Totally safe
Looked safe to me!
This game is so over!
what approach are these hitters taking??? he is around the plate constantly…swing the bat
Did Brett miss the bag?
Safe.
He was safe!
yanks22 October 18th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
This game is so over!
Then leave. Bye.
Gardner may have missed first base on that replay, but they showed it so quickly that it was hard to be sure.
I don’t think he touched the bag
Think he never touch the bag
Good job by Gardner sliding next to the bag and not actually touching it. What a tool..
i think GGBG missed the bag… Lee getting a few calls on the corners which Andy didnt get.. That’s what you get for throwing quality strikes earlier than nibbling and hoping to get a call..
No offense of any sort.
he was safe and he would not have been safe is he didn’t dive head first
How can u miss the bag when sliding like this?
“Optimistic Brappy
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That’s what we need. More positive energy put out into the universe.
Gonna go and get dinner together.
GO YANKEES!!!
perfect game
He had to slide again, Lee would have tagged him
Conan stole a Simpsons gag.
Sorry..this team is toast….Michael Kay cursed us….”this series is ovah”..what an idiot. We are old and uninsipired
He did miss the bag. It looked like the ump was ready to give the “safe” sign, but then called him out when he saw him miss first base.
Hopefully, Brett’s slide will inspire the offense anyway.
“CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
How hard is it to hit this god damn guy!!! Just go out there and pretend he’s naked for god’s sakes.”
Does that work?
ANDY IS SOLID!
The Andy Man Can!!!
Yup, he never touched the bag.
Angel didnt call him out because he missed the bag he called him out because he thought Lee beat him to the bag. Just for the record. Angel no way saw him miss the bag.
Gardner drew his hand back. Coward!
His hand moved at the corner, it hit the base
Ok, he was out, missed the bag.
And that curveball to Granderson was just unfair…
TR10
ROCK
SOLID
THE ANDY MAN!
Tom in N.J. October 18th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Conan stole a Simpsons gag.
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Simpsons did it!!!
He was a simp sons writer
never touched that damn bag, how the hell did the ump see that? It’s hard enough to catch on replay
I’m thinking maybe Jeter tries to bunt his way on leading off in the 4th. We just need something to get it started!
This is embarrassing. The at bats are absolutely dreadful and they look like they have no game plan at all. Every batter looks completely fooled and they aren’t swinging at the pitches they are getting to hit and instead are taking them. They have gotten out played in every inning except one in this series. Pretty pathetic.
Tom in N.J. says:
October 18, 2010 at 9:08 pm Conan stole a Simpsons gag.
He probably wrote the Simpsons gag.
The whole offense is just “September Dazed” all over again. So much for just turning it on. I think both Tex and Arod are 2 for the series together.
Don’t slide into first !!
I’m getting so sick of Lee it is ridiculous. Man I hope we can get to him. Really really starting to hate him
Can we have one good swing in this inning please??!?!?!
Hold on Andy . . . Yankees are bound to connect at some point . . .
“He was a simp sons writer”
Yeah, I know.
He still took the gag though
Andy! No worries, even if this takes seven games.
You people criticizing the Yankees at bats just do not understand the game of baseball.
Cliff Lee is making perfect pitches over and over to every hitter, whether on the corner or just off of it. They have a great game plan against Lee, they are waiting him out and not helping him out on borderline pitches. They are working deep counts and just not getting the results yet.
Eventually he will work it to a 2-1 count say and make a mistake out over the plate, and then he will pay. You have to learn to separate the results from the approach, I keep saying this and many of you clearly do not understand that yet.
74 thru 4 for pettite.. he can go 6… need some baserunners now.. The good ABs alone are not helping..
I’m so sick of Lee jocking off that freakin mound after the 3rd out. we are professional hitters, best lineup most would say, why can’t they even figure it out?
Pettitte really is dealing….it’s up to our team to score anything. Maybe start by getting on base.
sunny615 October 18th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
The whole offense is just “September Dazed” all over again. So much for just turning it on. I think both Tex and Arod are 2 for the series together.
Or perhaps the fact that Texas has better pitchers than the Twins has something to do with it.
Andy is looking pretty tough tonight. Now lets get the ‘O’ (offense) going !
What was the line Trisha?
“One, Two, Three…Dispersed!!”
I got a good kick out of that one.
Alright well now the problem is clearly starting to turn towards the offense. Andy P is doing his job. One mistake and only a 2 run shot.
Matt, I get it; I’m just impatient!
Lee was reaching out to tag Gardner, so in this case he had to slide into first.
What you say now, Kay?
“You people criticizing the Yankees at bats just do not understand the game of baseball.
Cliff Lee is making perfect pitches over and over to every hitter, whether on the corner or just off of it. They have a great game plan against Lee, they are waiting him out and not helping him out on borderline pitches. They are working deep counts and just not getting the results yet.
Eventually he will work it to a 2-1 count say and make a mistake out over the plate, and then he will pay. You have to learn to separate the results from the approach, I keep saying this and many of you clearly do not understand that yet.”
This may be the best and most on-target post I have ever seen written by Matt.
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO IT AND STOP WHINING!
get something going here, something to go on, a BB would be nice!
Yeah Andy looks great
TIME TO BREAK UP CLIFF LEE’S NO HITTER
yeah Lee is better then the Twins pitchers….but who the hell is CJ wILSON or that other guy that pitched game 2….they are the same as the Twins pitchers and we couldn’t hit them either
Lee looks unhittable tonight
I am not whining
Trisha….the post makes sense, but we’re getting dominated. We’re at home, 4th inning, best offense in baseball, haven’t put a man on base.
Jeter just struck out.
This is just embarassing.
Hey if u guys didn’t realize from the announcers talking about him every two seconds, Cliff Lee is a good pitcher. Gag.
The guy is on steroids
pathetic at bats
This Lee ain’t Sandy Koufax…He is in the Yankee hitter’s head.
why do they swing at these high pitches, with no movement?
How often does it happen that a 30 year old becomes the best pitcher in baseball
pitching really is all about location. If you can put your pitch where you want it, it doesn’t matter if you throw it 90mph or 100
Matt,
Nobody’s going to take you or what you say seriously if you keep calling people stupid.
come on walk
How often does it happen that a 30 year old becomes the best pitcher in baseball
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the guy does have a Cy Young, it’s not like he came out of nowhere.
everyone in baseball riding Cliff Lee’s jock
If someone can work a walk the next guy has got to come up big, Lee doesn’t put guys on base so they need to make it count when/if he does.
wait to see those number after next years playoffs.
I’m pretty sure Swisher just fouled off 2 pitches to hit
Jim October 18th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
pitching really is all about location. If you can put your pitch where you want it, it doesn’t matter if you throw it 90mph or 100
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You are right..for proof on the other side see aj Burnett
i think that was the first hard hit ball off of lee
bloop and a blast and it’s tied up
Swish with a good AB here.
Jim,
look at his stats that year. No where near close to what he is doing now. Something is rotten
keep fouling pitches off
Great at bat
swung at ball 4
everyone can’t stop accusing Batista of steroids but nobody says anything about Lee.
nice AB for Swish! at least get his pitch count up!
Great AB that ended with a pathetic swing.
But he got fooled there.
7k’s in 4 innings.
Thats still a good ab
after all that Swish swings at ball four
Well – it’s not like this performance by Lee is a surprise to anyone.
All I can say is…Yankees better give Lee a blank check..
Come on, Tex, please get on!
This is incredible! Lee really is about to perfect game their ass!
Tough AB but you gotta lay off that stuff and take the walk.
Swish swings at ball 4…oh well
not even one hit so far
19 innings 28 ks 0 walks is amazing
cmon Tex
DocTodd,
why so he can get bombed next year in the playoffs?
Yes – Matt, that was right on the money. Thank you.
This is the most disappointing game I’ve seen in a while.
Playoff game, at home, can’t hit nothing…..
So frustrating
Nice whiff there Tex
“everyone can’t stop accusing Batista of steroids but nobody says anything about Lee.”
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What the hell are you talking about?
Do steroids give you pinpoint control and command?
What a ridiculous accusation.
we just faced Lee nearly 3 weeks ago and as I recall he did not pitch a perfect game, shutout, no hitter or complete game. In fact he gave up a few runs. That is what I expected tonight. Lee to give up 2-3 runs
The problem with Lee is that when he misses – he just misses. He’s all around the plate so the balls all look like strikes.
Odds of Teixeira going down on an off speed breaking ball?
a lot of 3-2 counts..maybe Lee’s arm will fall off.
Woohoo!!!
no hitter now
What’s sad is that Lee is pitching this dominant and he’s not even getting his curveball or changeup over for strikes. The curve is always in the dirt and the changeup is usually just off the plate outside.
OMG A WAAAAALLLLKKKK
A walk????
finally a walk, perfect game is gone
Jesus walked a batter.
Yes!!!!! No perfecto!
Hallelujah!!
Praise God…Hallelujia….no perfecto..
There is the walk. Time for an ABomb.
Yay, go Tex! Come on, Alex!
Good two at bats in a row… John smoltz is useless
An A-Bomb from A-Rod would be heavenly right now
RS – that is the idea.
yeah! no perfect game! Halladay is safe!
Good AB there. I think Lee is throwing balls on these full counts trying to get them to chase
oh fxxk!
that was close
FU AROD!
Okay, I am going to take the all important shower now.
Yankee lead to follow
Now would be a good time, Alex.
Grrr.
The perfect game went bye bye.
That ball just got a ride.
Yankees will get to Lee.
Can’t get a stinking break
Yankees may have to wait until the 8th inning again
why does A-rod swing at the first pitch…..we’re making him throw a lot of pitches and A-rod swings at the first pitch
Not unhappy with that. Alex just missed it. Patience, young skywalker.
I’m really getting sick of Cruz misjudging fly balls and recovering at the last second. Getting really sick of it.
I’d pick Lee over Halladay at any game
That was a ball Alex!
Jim,
No need to celebrate. Halladay didn’t throw a perfect game either.
so dissapointing that was a flat fastball down the middle
Josh Hamilton hits a bomb. Arod fly’s out.
Thats the difference in the game. Pettite and Lee are dealing but our hitters have forgetten how to hit before the 7th inning.
How is Cruz a criminal again??
Lee is very, very on tonight.
Arod got a pitch. He just couldn’t put it out of cruz’s reach. So frustrating.
Need a quick inning from Andy and get Lee right back on the mound.
Erica is taking her shower, I am eating my chicken, we are doing our part. Everyone else can post positive. Worth a try yes?
why does A-rod swing at the first pitch…..we’re making him throw a lot of pitches and A-rod swings at the first pitch
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Cause Arod had to revert to ugly hero mode. They guy was not throwing strikes, take a pitch, geez.
anyways at least we are making Lee throw a lot of pitches
Wait, I thought you all wanted hitters to start going up there aggressive?
What happened? Oh right, you all became hypocrites. Lee walked Teixeira but it was on a lot of REALLY close pitches, so Lee wasn’t really losing control and A-Rod got a good pitch to hit and smoked it but right at Cruz.
Cruz made that look ridiculously harder than it had to be in left there
I don’t care who the pitcher is. We need to hit better than this.
pettitte needs a quick 1,2,3
Andy has the bottom of the order.
1-2-3. Let’s go.
there was nothing wrong with Arod swinging at that pitch. he almost had it.
Our approach so far is guaranteeing he won’t go 9. That’s what we hope for now, Andy holds ‘em and we get to their BP late.
“Not unhappy with that. Alex just missed it. Patience, young skywalker.”
Shouldn’t even have to say it.
I am going to post my Andy Man song.
Lee is throwing a no-hitter tonight.
Cano is the only one capable of getting a hit tonight, so it rests in his hands. if he doesn’t get a hit then Lee will pitch a no-hitter. MARK MY WORDS
i’m trying my mojo and it almost paid dividends immediately… with cano and thames up, we will do some damage next inning..
I’d pick Lee over Halladay at any game
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I’d take Andy Pettitte over both of them.
I don’t like how TBS starts off every inning mid-pitch
JobaTipsHisCap October 18th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I’d pick Lee over Halladay at any game
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Can’t go wrong with either. I think it personally just depends on what team they are facing. Lee matches up well with the Yanks but Halladay used to kill the Yanks also. I remember them going to Toronto and never sweeping because of him.
Must have hit it off the end of the bat, looked like a gapper when he first hit it then it kind of died.
“frenchy” sucks
f uck Lee, I’d take Halladay any day over him
thank god for francour…
West Coast Yankee Fan October 17th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Stats from the past don’t usually mean much and no one can predict what’s going to happen. Lee may be great, he may stink, or he may be average, and the same goes for Pettitte. Profound? Not even close. Reality? Yes.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Well – it’s not like this performance by Lee is a surprise to anyone.
People who run on the field…lame
What a F**** moron. Andy is rolling and this idiot runs onto the field.
I think it’s more important to get long abs and get Lee out by the 7th.
Yanks starting to figure out lee maybe? i hope.
did someone run into the field question mark
if you are going to run on the field do it when Lee is on the mound
Maybe they should taser that idiot.
The non-stop Cliff Lee love from the announcers makes the game virtually unlistenable. It borders on groupy-ism.
What an absolute idiot. Drop off in the middle of Bed-Sty with a Confederate Flag and let it be done with. Moron doing with it Pettite on the field.
lol if this was Philly that guy would be tasered
now Andy’s rythm is all screwed up geez
I REALLY hope Pettitte keeps this at 2 runs. By the way, if some idiot is going to run on the field can’t he at least do it with Lee on the mound!
Doreen October 18th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
The non-stop Cliff Lee love from the announcers makes the game virtually unlistenable. It borders on groupy-ism.
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The Yankees are making him look unhittable. I hate it to but they have no reason not to gush over him.
Who can take a fastball
Make it cut inside
Fool the Texas hitters
as it goes from side to side
The Andyman can
The Andyman can cause he mixes it all up and makes his team feel good
Who can take a curveball
Starting way up high
Make it drop so hitters swing
while it tails to their thigh
The Andyman can
The Andyman can cause he mixes it all up and makes his team feel good
The Andyman fakes,
while the hitter quakes
throwing off the expectation;
changeup fits the situation
cheering comes from Yankee nation!
Who can walk a batter
Get him out at first
He can load the bases
And then one, two, three – dispersed!
The Andyman can
The Andyman can cause he mixes it all up and makes his team feel good
He makes his team feel good
He makes the fans feel good
GO ANDY!!!
Perfect. Andy is rolling baby.
so sad the Yankee bats are asleep with Andy pitching a gem.
A night in jail for that?
can’t expect an idiot who runs on the field to know the advantage to run on the field when Lee is pitching…. good economic inning from Andy..
Pettitte is keeping us in the game, great job so far.
maybe that fan was a Texas plant…..why would you do that with Andy on the mound that could not have been a Yankee fan!!!!!! Better not have been!!!
Alright back to work on god….I mean Lee
definitely not Andy’s fault tonight. If he can get through a tough 6th with their best hitters coming up that would be one heck of a great outing.
Lets go bats.
Tom in N.J. October 18th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
I don’t like how TBS starts off every inning mid-pitch
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I have a bigger issue with their inability to discuss anything other than Cliff Lee. They should fire Conan and debut “The Cliff Lee Show” instead
Andy keeping us at the game, lets hit some balls hard !!!!!
Lets get the bats goin
Pettitte showing class and grit. Would be nice if someone else did so.
we just faced Lee nearly 3 weeks ago and as I recall he did not pitch a perfect game, shutout, no hitter or complete game. In fact he gave up a few runs.
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Actually, he gave up one run, in eight innings pitched.
It was the three walks that were practically unheard of
Erica, I have the game on mute.
I’m playing the “White Album” as background.
Come on, this is the inning we get some runs!
Pettitte is doing what I am expected him to do….the Yankee batters aren’t. I want 2 to 3 runs off of Lee
I’m starting to get really pissed at the fat ass Kojak GM from Seattle who made us have to work so hard to get back to the Series. Imagine if Cliffy was doing this for us right now. That jerk backing out of a deal in principle may end up costing us the pennant directly.
cano tries to bunt?
Who are the announcers? I particularly hate the color guy.
Cano shows bunt when he is taking first pitch
I was trying to watch the game on mute and then my dad turns it on real loud, I feel like I’m watching the rangerography of cliff lee. Seriously, if you’re watching the game, you know cliff lee is good. I’m sure there is something else for them to talk about. And with their vast knowledge of him it still took them a minute to realize that was his first walk of the PS. Every yankee fan already knew
Robbie never hustles down to 1st base when he hits a ground out to first
Right now Lee is just better. Really has nothing to do with heart or desire. He is just better and it absolutely sucks.
Now hopefully he will make a mistake or two. Until then the Yankees have to hold Texas to 2
why not just save time and start off every count 0-2
how many pitches does Lee have?
How bout a stink in single?
I’m watching the game totally in silence now, even John Sterling is all about Cliff Lee. Maybe I’ll turn on some music.
feeble swings…I dont care if Lee is locating…perfect pitches occasionally are freakin hit
This is so pathetic!
Lee is excellent, but this offense has produced in one inning this series. Just awful.
i watched Halladay pitch that no hitter in the NLDS and in progress of that the announcers weren’t kissing ass as much as these TBS guys
He’s pitching a no-hitter what else do you want them to talk about?
this game really begins to piss me off
This line-up blows…they deserver to lose.
Jim October 18th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
I think it’s more important to get long abs and get Lee out by the 7th.
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He ain’t coming-out…they got to beat him
ok, no-no is gone
Jorge ‘The Turd’ gets a hit.
Whoo! A hit!
a hit!!!
Yessssss!!!!a single baby!
Lee just lost $5 million with that pitch
Dude is earning himself an extra 25-30 million tonight. There goes the no-no!
BUH BYE NO HITTER. BUH BYE!!!
Lee — say “hello” to your (hopefully) future catcher.
Well what do you want the announcers to talk about??? the guy is dominating…Do you want them to talk about how awesome Cano was in May?
A hit… What a concept.
This lineup really does look pitiful.
Jorge’s single is all that we can be happy about? THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS. ALCS. Not some random game in August. It’s really pathetic. Unless Curtis strokes one right now, it means nothing.
Great strength by Posada there. Just muscled it.
look at that he isn’t GOD….and Posada of all people get the hit…..now to end this shutout and I will be happy
How can you get long at bats when he throws strikes?
Well, he is human. Now how about something to really cheer about.
“this game really begins to piss me off”
That is why patience is a virute!
one step at a time…..I’m just glad Lee isn’t pitching a no hitter anymore so these douche bag announcers will STFU
“see he’s not a machine..he’s just a man”
Tom in N.J. October 18th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Erica, I have the game on mute.
I’m playing the “White Album” as background.
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Hmmm- mixing the Beatles with the Yankees. Interesting idea
I have a weird superstition thing (shocker), that whenever I am nervous or scared about something, if I randomly hear Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks, I know it will always be okay
Hey as long as we are down 2 a bloop a blast changes this game
Brappy what are you schizoid? You just posted something positive a few minutes ago. STAY WITH IT!
incredible 0-2 pitch, this guy’s location is just unreal tonight.
Lee is up to 77 pitches and the Yankees have only had 2 baserunners.
They have had long at bats with him
If only Lee would get unglued like other pitchers when losing no-nos.
TheStraw October 18th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
“see he’s not a machine..he’s just a man”
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” I must break you”
Are the Yankees even trying?!
make him work at least
just embarrassing.
Granderson with 2 outs they still have to throw down there. Oh well we got a hit. Now time for some more pitching by Andy.
miserable ALCS…the whole thing…1 great inning doesnt excuse the play of this team right now
This game is painful to watch. Like the 2001 WS. Hopefully it will end like every home game that series.
Yay…let’s all clap for Posada’s single….unreal.
This team is pathetic. I know Lee is good, but whatever plan they had is absolutely not working.
Sorry CR9….I just don’t feel it like you do…I have ZERO confidence in this team.
This is beyond pathetic!
how many pitches has Lee thrown??? Anyone know
The Yankees are averaging 5 pitches per plate attempt this game.
Goodat bat here,.,yankees having good at bats
Does anyone think that “fan” who ran on the field was a loyal Rangers fan, or just a jerk?
Lee with only 5 less pitches than Andy.
80 thru 5 for lee… can probably take him out of the game with one good inning or so.. if not 2… we can still get to their bullpen.. i dont see the hitters doing it against Lee though
Ken, I now feel the need to crank “No Easy Way Out” at 11.
They do have him at 79 pitches through 5 innings. Chances are they will get a crack at the Rangers pen at some point in this game. Keep grinding out AB’s and hope Lee makes a mistake…he’s been really good so far but it could change.
I really don’t think it matters who is pitching tonight the Yanks wouldn’t hit anyone. They couldn’t hit Lewis how are they going to hit Lee? I am shocked that they haven’t changed their approach since the 1st inning. They just continue swinging at pitches off the plate.
Our season may boil down to the next 4 innings. Will someone please step up? Please?
excuse me …80 pitches.
Its flat out embarrassing that a lineup like this can’t muster more than 1 hit off this guy.
Somehow a lineup filled with role players from the dynasty years + 2 or 3 years managed to get to Pedro Martinez, the greatest pitcher ever, on a pretty consistent basis.
The game is far from over, but I would send AJ home for the night and let him know right now that he better be ready to bring it tomorrow.
This game will ride on this inning. Mainly the top half. NO more runs Andy Going to be a tough inning 3rd time through
Don’t get your hopes up folks. I don’t see them pulling Lee from this game unless they have a lot more breathing room. HUGE inning for Andy here.
This crowd is sooooo out of it
I love Andy but I doubt he will be able to keep them at 2 runs. Then the lineup will really be introuble. What an embarrassing display from the offense in this series.
Its obvious Lee is cheating. No idea how or what he is doing but he is doing something for sure. Guys don’t become the best pitcher in baseball at age 30
yanks22 October 18th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Are the Yankees even trying?!
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P October 18th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
just embarrassing.
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PL October 18th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
miserable ALCS…the whole thing…1 great inning doesnt excuse the play of this team right now
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Brappy55 October 18th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Yay…let’s all clap for Posada’s single….unreal.
This team is pathetic. I know Lee is good, but whatever plan they had is absolutely not working.
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Then why don’t you all stop watching and jump off the nearest bridge. The Yankees won’t miss your kind of “fandom”.
“Our season may boil down to the next 4 innings.” Damn right it does! AJ will get killed Game 4 so they better win tonight!
too bad Petite wasn’t pitching Sat
Lee can throw 115-120 pitches. They may not get to the pen. So they need to figure a way to hit him.
Trisha
If you notice, the only people on here that have confidence in this team are the ones who come on and post at times other than when the game is on, or when we aren’t losing. Someone just posted that they have NO confidence in this team? We just have to ignore them. When we come up big later on, they’ll all be gone.
I’m proud of the way Andy has pitched today. He is truly a warrior for the Yankees.
You want to know EXACTLY what the problem is? ALCS To Date:
Teixeira – .000
A-Rod – .167
Granderson – .143
Gardner – .167
Swisher – .111
well at 79 that’s two more innings for Lee if the batting is like it has been. But if they get a few baserunners possibly even score a run then the 6th will be Lee’s last inning
“Drago: I win for me! FOR ME!”
Let me guess Lee will sign with the Yanks and be terrible in the play offs next year. I can see it game 2 and he gives up 6 runs. Makes sense.
this umpire blows
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Does the truth hurt? We are all fans but they are not playing up to their potential and its frustrating to watch. It doesnt mean we are not fans…If you can go through life being a blind optimist then your better than I.
It would be nice if Andy got the same strike zone that Lee is getting. These pitches to Hamilton are close and Lee would get them called, no question.
2 good innings can take Lee to 115 pitches.. i dont think they will risk him for more than that.. remember last year ws game 5.. lee was tired by the 8th and started giving up hits..
What’s more embarrassing than this performance is the fact that our #2 starter shouldn’t be on the roster and our #4 deservedly isn’t. Just awful.
Tex’s excuse last year was too many off days. This year its his foot. What will next years excuse be?
Captain Clutch October 18th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Let me guess Lee will sign with the Yanks and be terrible in the play offs next year. I can see it game 2 and he gives up 6 runs. Makes sense.
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I’m with you there….i’d bet almost anything that in pinstripes he goes 3 innings 6runs or something
Tommy Hunter has a chance to be great tomorrow against this offense.
” It’s suicide. You’ve seen him, you know how strong he is. You can’t win”.
Man….that was close.
I just can’t believe the Yankees are gonna have to rely on AJ Burnett in what will be such a crucial game. Hindsight is 20/20, but I would have liked to see Burnett out there for Game 2 to see what happened
West Coast Yankee Fan October 17th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Stats from the past don’t usually mean much and no one can predict what’s going to happen. Lee may be great, he may stink, or he may be average, and the same goes for Pettitte. Profound? Not even close. Reality? Yes.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Well – it’s not like this performance by Lee is a surprise to anyone.
I really thought that is gone
“I feel lime a Kentucky Fried Idiot”. I know it’s from Rocky II! But I couldn’t resist.
I thought that was out!
Hamilton is a great ball player…
i almost had a heart attack there.. the angle that tbs showed was horrible..
I was getting Chase Utley douche chills there for a second
one thing is for sure if Texas makes it to the series I will be strongly rooting for the Phils
Andy hold on . . . thank you Swish!!!
wonder if the yankees will ever pitch a scoreless first inning or at least stop throwing fat sliders to hamilton
Lee has thrown about 80 pitches. He’s definitely not going 9 tonight, that’s a positive.
LOL TBS trying to kill every Yankees fan with that angle
The camera almost gave me a hernia. They have to pitch Hamilton away because obviously he can just flick it over the wall.
Thestraw and I are on a rocky 4 quote binge…sorry
i really, really think that Joe G. needs to invest in WALKING HAMILTON EVERYTIME HE COMES UP. OMG!!!!!
THis crowd is pathetic. Lets just go back on the road. Losers pay all that money to sit on their hands. Pathetic
TJ the troll appears.
I almost lost my dinner when I saw that pitch travel so much. Come on, Andy, 1 more out and we’re out of the inning!
TheStraw October 18th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
“I feel lime a Kentucky Fried Idiot”. I know it’s from Rocky II! But I couldn’t resist.
— rocky ii best lines:
“hey, yo, mr. Tiger we getting married over here
one thing is for sure if Texas makes it to the series I will be strongly rooting for the Phils
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I agree. But I really, really doubt the Rangers pitching is good enough to beat the Phils so I am not worried about that.
PL – it isn’t that they’re not trying. Yankee pitchers and hitters had to work on extra rest/no hitting for four days. You can’t discount the effects of that.
Just wait ’til they’re back on regular rest (the rotaiton). The series will still be going on and they will take care of business.
Keep an eye on Young. Don’t let him cheaply sneak down to 2nd
Ya know, guys…I’m gonna go ahead and watch the rest of Monday Night Raw. If I’m going to watch something where the outcome was determined before it even started, I’m at least going to enjoy it.
This game is josh beckett 2003 all over again
BY THE GODS!!!
ANDY ROCKS!!!
I say Brett should drag one
Vlad is more of a ghost in the postseason than Teixeira.
Pettite gytsy fellow he is
perfect pitch…..what a gutty performance by Andy Pettite so far tonight. How bout lets get him some runs.
Pettite gutsy fellow he is
Andy is doing a fine job. He has nothing to be ashamed about. The offense just did not pick him up.
“I put it on every day and it makes me smeel manely”.
This is a very important inning.
It is a swing inning.
They need to have good at bats off Lee. They quickly go down 1-2-3 and Lee could be right back on pace to cruise through this entire game.
They get to Lee at all here and the rest of the game will be very different.
I guess I should really stop with quotes. Too much humor on such a dire night for some people.
Well you can’t ask for anything more than Andy has given us tonight. One mistake to the MVP to be, nothing to be ashamed of there.
“Reporter: Rock, you got anything derogatory to say about the champ?
Rocky Balboa: Derogatory? Yeah. He’s great.”
can we really be mad at Pettitte….i didn’t think the guy would pitch a shutout. I figured the Yankees hitter should be able to score 2 runs off of the Rangers
Some thoughts-
This situation would be eerily similar to the 1998 ALCS, when the Yankees fell down 2-1 to the Indians. Especially considering that the said team won 114 games, New York was in a downright panic when Torre tabbed El Duque to start on the road on about 15 days rest, instead of bringing back Wells on 3 days rest.
Duque pitched 7 incredible innings, the Yankees won, and rolled on to win the series in 6.
Hard not to see some similarities between that and the scenario tomorrow.
LGY,
totally agree. Lee has been in total control but the last 2 innings you’ve seen tiny cracks forming in the armor. They really need a good inning here. They have 4 more AB’s to score 2 runs but this half could be key in getting him out of the game before the 8th.
Gardner should try a bunt.
Pettitte is keeping them right in the game. Great start! Offense needs to string a few hits together in the same inning.
TheStraw October 18th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
I guess I should really stop with quotes. Too much humor on such a dire night for some people.
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No!!!
“In the morning I splash it on And it makes me smell like a jungle rat..cat”
yup I don’t know why Curtis and Grandy has’t tried for the bunt already
Here iss where Brett starts us off
“I figured the Yankees hitter should be able to score 2 runs off of the Rangers”
And that’s reasonable! And that’s why we wait out all 27 outs.
GO YANKEES!!!
# trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
PL – it isn’t that they’re not trying. Yankee pitchers and hitters had to work on extra rest/no hitting for four days. You can’t discount the effects of that.
Just wait ’til they’re back on regular rest (the rotaiton). The series will still be going on and they will take care of business.
I never said they werent trying….I stated Lee is looking great…I just feel as though excuses like too much rest are not relevant…This is the postseason; nothing ever works on schedule. However, in the postseason thats when you dig down inside and find that extra gear and use it. Love the Yankees always will. Thats why people on this board are so passionate and want them to do as best they can.
Time for a rally.
Here we go….
There’s one!
Baserunner!
A hit works too…
Great way to lead it off Brett
There we go….nice Brett.
rally time. here we go
do you steal a base here? or at least hit and run with Jeter?
YA FLIPPIN HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a start sports fans!!!
Single made to order..thx Brett…now steal 2B, and score the first run
Rally Caps folks!
Great job Gardy.
Absolutely cannot have a DP here.
Absolutely cannot.
No DP’s DJ
Brr rerun and stay out of the damn dp. No standing like a statue
Jeter needs to take some pitches here
“south Camden, south jersey, south paw”
Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP Please no DP
we’ve got to make this a LONG inning….i feel like this is our BEST opportunity to make something happen
Gardner needs to run/steal and prevent a DP situation.
bunt for a hit Jete
Come on Jete….base hit somewhere.
Come on, Jeter, be a good captain and pick up Andy!
Must steal here. No gidp!
Gardner should be running….(just don’t get picked)
Gardner should be running….(just don’t get picked)
“I just feel as though excuses like too much rest are not relevant”
Postseason or no, people need to learn the difference between reason and excuse. It’s reality.
those 120 pitches 5 days ago should start taking their toll right about now
” I got a milkshake machine for Paulie…he likes milkshakes.”
If Gardner runs he has to be POSITIVE he will be safe.
You cannot afford to give up outs in this game.
Come on Yank FIGHT BACK
They’re really paying attention to Gardner, may be too distracted to pitch well to Jeter – I’d be happy with a walk here also.
C’mon, Jeter. Make Lee throw more pitches.
should h&r if it gets to 2-1
TheStraw October 18th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
“I put it on every day and it makes me smeel manely”.
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Still laughing at this one rocky 2 by far the best rocky movie..
Come on bats!
Curtis and Grandy? You mean the players have more than one name, too?
I’d love for Jeter to get on here. Swish had a tough at-bat.
can’t believe Gardner is not even forcing a throw over, pretty pathetic, take a lead!
Let’s go Yankees (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap)!
Speed!
Nice steal!
OK BRETT!!!
Lee command isn’t quite as good as it was earlier…he may be tiring just a bit. They need to make this a long inning.
Great job Gardy.
Come on YANKS !!!!! FIGHT BACK !!!
Nice..making things happen and shifting the pressure slightly.
Great jump.
Great job by Jetes.
2 runs please.
Now steal third
why wasn’t that a hit and run?
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s my Yankees and I’ll cry if I want to…
I always cry when I’m happy.
Swinging at ball 3
Damn Jeter strikes out a lot!
YES!!!! Baby!!!! Gardner should try for 3rd lol. be like Andrus….manufactor a run
Ugh. Put the ball in play
jeter MUST put the ball in play….no clutch at all
GJ Brett! Gotta get a run in here
Come on Swish!
yes steal third, get in his head right now, first pitch to Teix.
Postseason or no, people need to learn the difference between reason and excuse. It’s reality.
Yankees had the same number of days off after last years ALDS and won the world series…played awesome…thats all im goin to say
Steal third GGBG
Swung at ball 3
Does that strike zone look a little large to anyone else?
Here comes a blast…
Please blast Swish.
That was a good take by Jeter to let Garder steal but that may have been the best pitch to hit that anyone has seen tonight….fastball right down the middle.
Guys don’t become the best pitcher in baseball at age 30
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Randy Johnson won his first CY when he was 31.
Maybe lefties are late bloomers …
“did I teach you to feed them squirrels??”
Quite a rapid falloff by Jeter this year at the plate
Molinas are very good catchers.
same pitch? one strike one ball
With a right-handed batter at the plate and a lefty on the mound, Gardner should have a good shot at stealing 3B
Must score at least one here…this is it
i’ll take a hit here…..at least get 1 run in this inning
I want Gardner on third, take some chances here, I don’t think we can count on a hit
Lee will not be pitching a complete game tonight.
Need to put the ball in play here w/ 1 out if Brett doesn’t go.
Swish is dreadful in the play offs. Swing at freaking strikes!!!
Come on Swish !!
Son of a b:&@”!!!!!
What is swisher swinging at??
Swish drinks too much red bull…he’s hacking at pitches
How about we start the Cliff Lee drinking game.
Whenever they bring up his credentials, strikeouts and ability to hit the corners you take a shot.
I wouldn’t expect to make it through the inning.
I don’t like Swish in the 2 hole
What the hell are derek and swish swinging at? last two pitches were up and away.
i wish all the little people were up at bat instead of the top of the order….seems like the lower guys do better. Swish, Tex chokes
“Lee will not be pitching a complete game tonight.”
Wonderful thought.
how many pitches is Lee at
Time for Teix to wake up
Maybe our 3 and 4 guys could do something for once
Damn, if Gardner just stole third that would be a run
Great Tex up!
If Brett had stolen third, he’d be home by now.
man o man
Your turn Tex. Let’s see what $21 million will get us here.
What a joke this team is with RISP
Jim,
Seriously, what do you like?
Base hit Tex
Come on, Tex! We need you to get your first hit of the series here…
Get it to Alex.
Good job by Jeter and Swish chasing pitches. 2 absolutely dreadful at bats.
Will someone other than AP please step up tonight?
Need a big hit
think Mark Texeria can get a two out base hit. How can Brett Gardner can a hit and these other losers can’t Tex you owe us big time……now I would like to cash in
Tex knows how to hit. Never underestimate what he might do.
WE NEED A RUN HERE BASEBALL GODS. HELP US OUT PLEASE. AT LEAST ONE RUN.
Thanks
Ever faithful trisha
That was the prototypical anti-rally inning. Lead-off man on, then followed by three seemingly quick outs.
Tex is an auto out
Crap.
Gardner should try and steal home. It’s the only chance they will have to score a run.
1 for their last 20 with risp. Ugh.
This offense is putrid. And Tex is a bad joke.
“I say we knock his lights out”
“Absolutely”.
0-10 for Tex, yikes
damn!
Not much.
Tex is an automatic out…bad job all around
This is what kills me about Girardi, he still expects to get 2 hits in an inning against a pitcher who is dominating. He could have used Jeter to move Gardner to 3rd and scored him on Swisher’s ground out. Then face teh bullpen down 1
Lee barely breaks a sweat going through 1,2,3. Pretty bad.
Who are those people clapping?!?!?!
PATHETIC! GAME AND SERIES OVER!
Tex = 2 straight years of epic fail in the playoffs
how much longer does Tex get the free pass?
DON’T COMPLAIN PLEASE!
They made some progress. Lee won’t pitch 9 innings.
geez. I really want to do bodily harm to #3. Way not to show up 0-10 in the series!!!! Gah #$#@$@#@*&(*&^
Damn! Wasted opportunity. Leadoff runner at 2b with no outs, you really need to get him home.
I hate managers that play for the big inning in a game like this. That’s the reason I got so sick of Torre. He made his bones scoring runs without hits in the playoffs then got lazy
We are getting closer….first a walk…..next inning a hit..now a runner all the way to 3rd!!!
Jim — Jeter knows what he needs to do.. he doesn’t need Girardi to remind him.
Pathetic offense this entire series. One big inning in 24 innings. 0-12 with RISP!
# Bring in the Goose October 18th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Tex is an auto out
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But for one inning in the first game, pretty much everybody but Robbie is an auto out
“PATHETIC! GAME AND SERIES OVER!”
Then how about getting the F out of here and leave the rest of us alone. GO LOSER!
He could have rolled the ball to first and still got him there. Looks like Lee might only go 7 if they can work him a little next inning. Got to keep it at 2.
They are still in it but it’s going to be tough. I just don’t understand why it’s taking this team so long to get going. They just cannot string hits together early in a ballgame.
How many more years of Tex and A-Rod again?
Its painful to watch.
Andy hold on – offense still not there yet . . . hope it shows up soon . . .
Cruz will be trying to tack on here. Big out to start the 7th. Need another Zero on the board.
West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Your turn Tex. Let’s see what $21 million will get us here.
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Right, because his salary is based on that one PA.
Horrible at bats there with the runner in scoring position, that was the first time in the game when they really started expanding the zone and pressing under the pressure of the situation and they got themselves out.
Lee was missing all over the place, yet they were swinging at balls when they were up in counts and bailed him out. Just a terrible job by the offense there.
The big bats have really been MIA this series. Makes it difficult to score runs against any pitcher, much less a stud like Lee.
The good news, at least, is that the Yanks will see the Rangers bp tonight.
Tex really is a waste of money. What is the point of paying him $180m if in the biggest games of the year Mr. Timing can’t touch major league pitching? So he doesn’t hit in April, May or October..great. I love the excuses.
yup i agree with earlier poster…..after Gardner stole 2nd….Jeter should have bunted. They didn’t even play in at the corners or anything….it would have worked
As frustrating as it is people, when a pitcher is good, he makes you swing at bad pitches. Simple as that.
Stealing 3rd with Swish and Tex coming up would not be smart.
People are way to “loosey goosey” with outs.
You simply cannot afford to give an out to Lee and Molina has a strong arm. Getting thrown out at 3rd would have been absolutely awful in that situation and this game. It wasn’t worth the risk.
Not sure I would be sticking with Andy. Hope it works
Lee is just a machine… nothing we can do about that.
Will be nice to have him on our side next year.
Texas is built for a short series… they can pencil in the guy for 2 wins.
I thought they were the Yankee wives, but the guy with the claws shirt sealed it. Ranger wives.
# syd_cash October 18th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
yup i agree with earlier poster…..after Gardner stole 2nd….Jeter should have bunted. They didn’t even play in at the corners or anything….it would have worked
YOU WOULD HAVE BUNTED ON A 2-2 COUNT? I WOULDN’T HAVE
Let’s all take a reality check: These Yankees get paid millions of dollars to “play” baseball. What do they care if they win or lose? Most people need to perform in their jobs just to survive and pay the bills. What motivation do they really have to win. This does not however apply to Andy Pettitte….:)
What is there to say?
Seen this ineptness so many times this season.
From Tex especially – absolutely awful.
No game plan from him – uppercut and pull.
I would go batter to batter with Andy here. He hasn’t pitched a lot recently and he will be out of gas very soon. One guy gets on and I bring in Robertson.
TJ the troll back stalking again.
9 outs away
It is two consecutive postseasons in a row that Tex has failed miserably. It is worth taking note of!
FU Trish!
Joe G. has Nick freakin Swisher bunt in the 9th inning in game 1 but here it makes no sense to bunt. None whatsoever!!!
“# syd_cash October 18th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
yup i agree with earlier poster…..after Gardner stole 2nd….Jeter should have bunted. They didn’t even play in at the corners or anything….it would have worked”
there were 2 strikes
Jeter had 2 strikes on him, there is no way he was going to bunt. The problem with his at bat was that he chased a pitch way out of the zone to strike himself out instead of staying in himself and just trying to advance the runner.
You would think Arod bought some goodwill from some of you morons with last years playoff performance. Guess not.
Hey bTrisha why don’t you talk about the game instead of policing everyone’s comments?
Right on I would have Robertson in the game.
If Andy can finish 7 innings with 2ER, he’s done a very good job.
That HR is lucky one to Rangers after all.
“FU Trish!”
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
This isn’t meant to be a slight on Teixera but from the first day of Spring Training on next year Cano needs to be hitting 3rd. He needs to hit 3rd for the same reasons Josh Hamilton hits 3rd….because he’s their best hitter.
charge the damn ball Arod r u kidding
guess that’s true about the two strikes but dang I just feel as if they should have done something different
“If Andy can finish 7 innings with 2ER, he’s done a very good job.
That HR is lucky one to Rangers after all.”
Absolutely.
Jeter already had 2 strikes on him when Gardner stole second. You can’t be bunting in that situation with Lee able to drop in a cutter on the corner or a a curveball.
“Well now I don’t wanna get mad in a biblical place like this, but I think you’re a hell of a lot more than that kid”
blake,
Absolutely.
Performance not contract needs to dictate next season.
I love that the bleacher creatures are yelling Andy Pettitte…They know this could be his last inning
Lee will go 115 plus. Think Wash will hand it over to the pen for two innings?
What the eff are they doing showing ranger fans in Yankee stadium! This broadcast is so dang lopsided. They talk about garbage when the yankees are out on the field and when the Rangers are on the field they talk about Lee and the defense and the claw and antlers. Don’t they know there are two teams playing in this game?
Andy gets squeezed again…Good job ump…
RS, Girardi should have had the h&r on when Jeter got to 2-1
West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
TJ the troll back stalking again.
I commented on your words I disagreed with and also showed your hypocrisy.
“so why don’t you stand up and fight this guy HARD- like you done before. That was beautiful.”
Ok, at least our 3 and 4 guys showed up on defense
Nice scoop by Tex!
Let’s go, bats
And that is why Tex still has great value.
Nice defense there!
Let’s whine about Tex shall we?
Whew….
Alex Rodnettles.
Great play on both A-rod and Tex’s sides! Now let’s get the lead in this inning!
unbelievable that ppl are asking jeter to bunt there with a 2-2 count… if he bunts foul, I bet the same creatures would come and say what a bone head play… its good that we got the pitch count high on Lee ….. Attaboy Andy…. if not for that one pitch we are looking at a 0-0 game..
Great play by Alex.
What an absolutely great performance by Andy.
Who wouldn’t sign up for 7 innings 2 runs? Incredible job.
Bring in the Goose October 18th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Lee will go 115 plus. Think Wash will hand it over to the pen for two innings?
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No they got to beat lee…would u trust their pen
Andy has done his job. First quality start by the Yanks in this series. He is a gamer. I hope he comes back next year.
blake,
I agree about Cano. Tex is such a streaky hitter. I love his D and I love his bat when he’s hot but he disappears completely for long periods each year.
ok . . lets go guys ..!!
Great JOb by Andy and nice job by Joe managing. I would have been wrong by taking him out. NOw we need runs.
What the eff are they doing showing ranger fans in Yankee stadium!
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probably wanted to prove there was actual life in the stands
Unbelievable pick by Teixera. That was a tough “tweener” hop.
What a performance by Andy Pettite. Regardless of the outcome tonight he was brilliant and did his job as he nearly always does. The Yankees need to find a way to win this game…..
give pettitte credit, he made one mistake and pitched a great game
that’s the only contribution that Tex has had to the entire series…….
NICE PICK. Can’t ask much more from AP tonight, total warrior out there. Bats need to repay him for his gutsy performance. 1 pitch, which wasn’t even a bad one, is the difference right now.
The games are aging me prematurely though. LOL
Wow, I really hope that’s not the last time we see Andy pitch
I’m sick of Haley Swindal already.
What an amazing job by Andy. Only 1 mistake to Hamilton after he got squeezed by the ump. Too bad the September offense showed up in this series.
Great performance by andy! You couldnt ask for more.
“Please Dear Lord, allow the Yankees to score 4 runs in the bottom half of the 7th inning.
Ive done my best tonight to not upset people. Please reward me.
-CR9″
Great effort from Andy tonight, the lineup just didn’t back him up — not yet anyway
Nice job by Andy.
Lee is getting tired, I can feel it…
Haley’s usually a good luck charm.
no hate to Pettite at all how is he supposed to know that his teammates blow and that they can’t score 2 runs in 9 innings
I am summoning the ghost of the Boss….make it so, George.
Time to get that come back cooking. It always playing with fire when you leave Cliff Lee in to finish his games against the Yankees. It’s either a tight win or he gives up runs and you have to shift to the pen quick..
Is that the last time we see Andy Pettitte in a Yankee uniform ?
Maybe the ghosts will show up and give a little help now. Let’s get those runs back for the Boss.
Why play for one run when you are down two???
# CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Please Dear Lord, allow the Yankees to score 4 runs in the bottom half of the 7th inning.
Ive done my best tonight to not upset people. Please reward me.
-CR9
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Proof that anything is possible in this world.
Now let’s do it again and score 3+ runs.
Game six against the 2003 Marlins ?
Not a shred of hypocrisy TJ, just baseball smarts. You are a troll who is stalking who makes no comments about anyone else no matter how insane they may be. You are a troll. Keep it up.
Straw- oh my God that gave me chills.
Maybe something’s happening on high.
Jorge will have his hands full tomorrow night.
Burnett is bound to be rusty – could be a long, slow game.
Tommy Hunter must be drooling watching Swisher, Tex and co. Flail away at garbage.
No, and unfortunately not the last time we see your posts, either.
Another big inning. 3 more AB’s to go. Long inning gets Lee out of here…..need to start swinging at strikes. Lee’s command isn’t what it was earlier in the game…if he’s going to make a mistake now is the time.
Sorta like when Rocky Fought Mr T !.. we’ve got him tired . .now its time to knock him out !
They are going to need to get Lee out after seven to have any shot to win this game. Have to get him past 110 pitches this inning.
The real question is did Girardi get his team ready to play this series? The offense is absolutely dead. CC and Hughes had too many days off and Eiland said he didn’t want them throwing against the Yankee hitters between starts. Obviously just taking batting practice wasn’t enough for this team. I would love to know why didn’t have the offense face Moseley, Mitre and Vazquez to stay sharp.
come on Yankees….my husband is not appreciating how much this game has ruined my good mood…so score some damn runs
I bet Haley Swindal can outhit Tex.
Alex can make it a one-run game with one healthy swing.
Lee may be getting tired….Now is the time to strike.
Lee’s at 99 pitches
Dearest New York Yankee Offense-
I am tired of the Cliff Lee show. Lets score some runs off of him and win this game. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely Yours,
Erica
Nice job by pettitte. If u told me we would get 7 innings of 2-run ball, I would have said heck yes.
Maybe not this time.
Andy Pettitte is the man. Bottom line.
If this score holds, the loss is on the Yankees offense, Kevin Long (and his big plan), and nobody else.
Andy showed he is the best postseason pitcher of all time tonight. He’ll hold that title until Lee wins a title or two…..sorry. Pretty pitching performances are accomplishments but you have to win.
.351 BA and .796 OPS when Lee is above 100 pitches.
YankFanCA October 18th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I’m sick of Haley Swindal already.
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i thought it was really nice the first time she performed.
By this point, they should just introduce her as George’s granddaughter. I think the jig is up
even Tampa’s lame hitters managed to score 1 run off this DB
Andy’s done a great job, but Lee is phenomenal and the Yankees aren’t hitting. Team’s in trouble with AJ going tomorrow.
# Betsy October 18th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Andy’s done a great job, but Lee is phenomenal and the Yankees aren’t hitting. Team’s in trouble with AJ going tomorrow.
We lose this Aj is not goin tommorow
This offense stopped hitting in August….
I can’t believe not one bunt attempt tonight. Cano only bluffed once but had no intention. Just drives me nuts when a pitcher is baffling a team and they don’t even attempt something different. Jeter/Granderson have looked foolish at the plate you’d think they try to lay one down.
Up and down, up and down…..
The most boring postseason game I’ve ever seen in my life.
Thanks a lot overpaid offense for giving your fans (who paid a ton of money) something to come see.
Did i say how much i HATE CLIFF LEE??!! Go away!!!
Lee will go the distance.
Lee will definitely pitch 8 innings now with Arod and Cano making out so easy. The Yanks had to foul off some pitchers or make him work in this inning.
Is that the last time we see Andy Pettitte in a Yankee uniform ?
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Maybe, but I think it’s up to him. If he wants to come back I think they will have him if he still has the skills. In my mind Posada is the one who I wonder about. Is there still room on this team for a great player, but one that has seen his skills erode also.
Baseball smarts, LOL. I said awhile ago I saw who the detriments to the blog were….
I was on this blog long before you.
Should Andy start game 2, we might already lead 2-0.
just saying.
Come on! Marcus Thames, please get on!
i’m not looking forward to game 7 with lee pitching like this
This game isn’t over yet !!
If the Yanks lose tonight, they’ll need to win 3 straight to win the series, with one of those games started by Burnett. The odds? 1 in 10 at best.
Andy’s done a great job, but Lee is phenomenal and the Yankees aren’t hitting. Team’s in trouble with AJ going tomorrow.
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I’m pretty sure there are 2 1/3 innings left.
You are better than giving up on this game Betsy.
“Team’s in trouble with AJ going tomorrow.”
I disagree.
Lee may come out for the 8th if he gets Thames quick. My guess is that Washington goes batter-to-batter with Lee. Lee tired is better than anyone out there anyways.
I am so irritated with all the Cliff Lee talk. Andy has been pitching just as good and they haven’t said a thing about how he was through 7. He made one mistake in the whole game. I’m turning this game off. I hate this.
Reynolds is having a really good/consistent game tonight.
I think Lee has officially replaced Doc Halladay as the Yankees #1 killer. As great as Halladay is, he at least struggled in some of his starts here at the stadium. Lee has been invincible in YS so far.
This team is terrible tonight. The whole lineup is in a funk and 11 K’s against Lee. Just Pathetic!
11ks??
He’s not being taken out of this game unless he shows signs of tiredness. Yankees have to threaten or something. Washington would be silly to take him out. Doesn’t matter if he’s over 100 pitches now.
Thanks for the blimp camera angle TBS idiots.
straight up EMBARASSING
“I’m pretty sure there are 2 1/3 innings left.”
Thanks LGY.
My prediction: Kerry Wood gives up 2 runs in the 8th.
make that only 2 innings left
Thus far, the Rangers are the better team………….so be it.
Please AJ do something constructive tmrw
This sure puts the pressure on AJ for the next game and makes my stomach turn thinking about that…
He’s pitching a shutout.
Just complete and utter domination. The Yankee hitters have no chance against him and they know it.
It’s over. Lee owns them in every way possible. Not much they can do.
Joba — your reasoning doesn’t hold. You can’t assume Pettitte would pitch the same game in Texas.
well, so much for seeing the bullpen. They Yankees should have been taking strike one all night. He’s be at 130 pitches by now even if he was pitching a perfect game.
Pretty embarrassing we have Yankee fans giving up on this team down only 2 runs.
I guess some of you refuse to be impressed by a guy who has struck out 10 or more for the third time in the playoffs. Sometimes you really do have to tip your cap ( even though I hate that expression). This, so far, is one of those times.
“This team is terrible tonight. The whole lineup is in a funk and 11 K’s against Lee. Just Pathetic!”
Yeah, everyone else in the majors has just annihilated Cliff Lee, but he sure has the Yankees number!
An aside and an observation. It’s understandable why some baseball fans have issues with the Yankees. Cliff Lee makes us look impotent so we go out and pay him $130 million so he’s on our team. Something no other team can do.
Sigh…
the way we owned Pedro is the way lee owns us.
The problem is that most of our hitters are not built for the postseason
Same thing last year… except A-Rod saved us through the first 2 rounds and Damon/Matsui came alive in the WS.
Now that A-Rod is pedestrian, the offense is shot.
These overpaid clowns couldn’t hit Colby freaking Lewis, why would anyone think they could hit Cliff Lee? $200 million for a bunch of zeroes. Nice.
tyanksfan36 October 18th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I am so irritated with all the Cliff Lee talk. Andy has been pitching just as good and they haven’t said a thing about how he was through 7. He made one mistake in the whole game. I’m turning this game off. I hate this.
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He is throwing a 3 hitter with 11 ks
Maybe AJ will surprise all of us with a 2 hit shut-out?
I’m sorely tempted to go back and what I said earlier about wishing the trade had gone through. Damn, we need this guy next year…………and I don’t see how he leaves a team that could very well win the WS
This so frustrating. I really hope this series goes to a seventh game and they find a way to beat this hillbilly. That would be really sweet.
By the way, no way they pitch AJ tomorrow, right?
I really can’t believe that the Yanks aren’t stepping out of the box on Lee. Just like they didn’t think to bunt on Schilling they are playing right into Lee’s hand. Pretty pathetic to not try and get him off his rythum like the Phllies or Sox would do.
Nyy 1-6, 0-17
all you need to know
You know it will come down to ARod in the 9th
#1-6 hitters are 0-17 tonight per TBS.
Stay within two and it gives us a great shot of winning this game.
Wood can not can not give up a run
I mean, any of you who think you can hit him better than the Yankees, step up and have at it.
CR9
They just wanted to irriate me by showing his annoying run off the field. Did you forget this was not the ALCS but the Cliff Lee show?
Man if it weren’t for one pitch we’d have a great game on our hands
“Pretty embarrassing we have Yankee fans giving up on this team down only 2 runs.”
Pretty embarrassing that they undoubtedly already raised the white flag.
Yankees are the best team in baseball. Too bad this is a three-game series.
Oh it isn’t? Hell, I thought it was over after tonight!
Come on Kerry! A quick inning please!
# Betsy October 18th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Thus far, the Rangers are the better team………….so be it.
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They’ve definitely have outplayed the Yankees. Outside of that 8th inning/Pettitte’s performance tonight, they’ve done very little.
CR9….couldn’t agree with you more. That pissed me off….it’s obnoxious and annoying. We don’t want cutsey angles.
JorgesArm: I hope Wood makes you look like a complete jackass.
Save the eighth inning implosion Friday, Texas has just dominated.
Every inconsistency from the Yankees has to come home to roost this series, Tex’s horrible streakiness as a hitter, Hughes up and down performance, A-Rod’s loss of power, and the inability to hit lefties overall.
Depending on AJ Burnett to save your season is a terrifying proposition.
UnKnown October 18th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Stay within two and it gives us a great shot of winning this game.
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Agree…
# JorgesArm October 18th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Maybe AJ will surprise all of us with a 2 hit shut-out?
The dudes not going to pitch tommorow…Your not letting a headcase pitch when they can take a commanding series lead..no way…3 days rest for CC then Hughes then Pettite in game 7 if need be.
Is Tex really a player that Cash thought we could build around?
2 postseasons now he he has sucked. And we all know he takes months off at a time during the season.
If A-Rod doesn’t hit, the lineup doesn’t click. Scary thought moving forward as he turns 36 next year.
As much as we drool over Lee in FA… what about the offense? What’s to stop this same thing from happening again next year in the postseason? Cash addressed it after 08 and he has to address it again now. They are simply too old/streaky.
Well the 8th is when the Yankees like to threaten and give us hope.
I don’t want Lee in pinstripes. I want the Yankees to beat his ass.
With the way this team is hitting, I’m have zero confidence in them tomorrow – plus with AJ on the mound? Oy vey
AJ is pitching tomorrow. Bank on it.
Don’t think we will see AJ tomm. They Yanks really have to be thinking about how to win in 6 instead of 7 since Lee is just unhittable right now. CC gives us the best shot at making it even if the Rangers win today.
Maybe Felix the Gardener for GBA tomorrow night?
Aj will go tomorrow.
Because if CC loses instead, our season rests on Hughes on short rest.
I’d rather start Moseley tomorrow.
I wonder if beating Minny is enough to save Girardi’s job (should this series go as it’s trending)?
Tommy Hunter absolutely stinks just like AJ.
Regardless of what happens tonight tomorrow is a crapshoot. You people have such a losers mentality.
That’s all I’m going to say about tomorrow. Back to this game.
“I mean, any of you who think you can hit him better than the Yankees, step up and have at it.”
These lohud toddlers give new meaning to the word pissant.
Trevor, that’s why I’m not that upset; the Rangers appear to be the better team. If that’s the way it is, so be it.
Cliff Lee’s dominance isn’t even what bothers me the most. It’s the fact that he’s going to force the Yankees to give him a huge contract and I can just picture him going downhill once he gets here. Because, let’s be honest, pitchers ALWAYS become worse when they come to the Yankees.
If the Yankees don’t make it past the ALCS, Montero will already owe the Yankees a pennant before he even has a major league AB.
i agree with Brock.
so it’s all about game 4 now.
but it’s hard to have any confidence on AJ at this moment, unless you expect miracle.
One more time. Burnett is pitching tomorrow. They are not going to pitch Hughes and Pettitte on 3-days rest.
Next year we’re going to have the same issues with the lineup……..I’m a lot more concerned about Tex than I am Alex, though I’m disappointed with him as well this series.
oh sorry, I guess it’s Nunez who owes the Yankees a pennant. Too bad he isn’t on the roster he might actually be able to do something about it.
After watching Lee’s performance against Tampa and tonight you can guarantee the Yanks will give him a blank check. I can’t wait until the world series is over and the Yanks get down to business and sign him. Watching Nolan Ryan’s face when Lee is putting on the pinstripes will be great.
Ken Phelps
Thanks, did not know that, the announcers havent only mentioned it a thousand times. I thought 11Ks and a couple hits was just a normal night for him, not something to gush over.
STOP with the game 4 stuff ! We still have 2 innings to play
Yanks better do something in the next 2 innings.. I dont expect much from AJ and his walks and wild pitches and the rangers will be running freely like a deer when they get on base…
Burnett might have to be near perfect with this offense
How people can assume that Hunter is going to get rocked is beyond me. Have people seen this offense against Texas’ starters this series?
Sending a 6.67 ERA pitcher (since the end of May) when your offense isn’t hitting is a recipe for disaster.
AJ is pitching tomorrow unless the Yankees totally switch gears and throw everyone on short rest…any they have given no indication that they will do that. Its better to have AJ pitch against Hunter than CJ Wilson.
It’s only 2-0… Can still steal this game
Time to get Young out tonight here
# West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
One more time. Burnett is pitching tomorrow. They are not going to pitch Hughes and Pettitte on 3-days rest.
You dont know that Girardi has not said he def pitching him…He beats around the bush when asked
“You people have such a losers mentality.”
Uh huh.
Onward and upward LGY. It’s really pleasant to leave them behind on their bandwagon.
Okay, this will be the Yankees inning.
Can’t believe they didn’t even make an attempt to stretch Lee out in the 7th. The playoff are won by strategy not brawn.
COME ON YANKS !!! go after him !!!!! NO F—ng MERCY
come on jorge…. a 7 or 8 pitch walk is needed from you now..
Lee is like facing Mo but for lots of innings.
Lots of cutters leading to bloops, broken bats and K’s.
AJ will start tomorrow night and Moseley will be ready to back him up.
Well look at that. JorgesArm, you are, in fact, a jackass.
Okay, here we go, late comeback…
Pitchers go downhill when they come here? What about mussina wells cone or clemens? Dummy
Burnett can do what Pettitte did; throw 7inning and 2 runs and it still may not be good enough. The offense has to come alive, they’ve been anemic.
What exactly can Cash address with this lineup? Jeter is back (and I think he’ll have a much better year), Swish, Granderson, Cano, Tex, Alex – all set. Posada is back for his last go-round. These are good/great hitters…….but this year has been one giant bout of inconsistency. Long may need to work with them. That said, their SP outside of tonight has been disgusting – it’s hard to constantly come back from big deficits – and Lee is like Lee from the WS last year.
lets go offense. its all set up now.
Lee is getting tired, I can feel it…
Nice job by Kerry. The pitching has been great tonight for the Yanks. They just have to find a way here to touch home plate and get Lee out of the game. They will go batter to batter but at 108 pitches they likely won’t let him pitch through a lot of trouble…
Pitch AJ and the put in Mosely at first sign of trouble. I’d much rather have CC pitch game 5.
I would have cervelli pinch hit and bunt. Then have granderson bunt. Then have gardner bunt.
“but it’s hard to have any confidence on AJ at this moment, unless you expect miracle.”
I’ve witnessed miracles. I’ve also seen players come through in style and really surprise.
I still say the Yankees take this ALCS. How’s that. And yes, I absolutely mean and believe it.
guess that idiot was wrong about Wood giving up a run that inning. **Shocking**
AJ has a chance to atone for an entire failed season in one start tomorrow.
My gut is that he’ll come up very, very big. I think he knows what’s at stake. And I don’t think this team is ready to bow out quietly.
Ron Washington will show no faith in his bullpen if he brings Lee out here…..they should go Ogando and Feliz right now.
Lee back for the 8th with the Darren’s warming in the pen
Moseley better be ready from the 1st inning tomorrow. The Rangers are going to run like crazy and abuse AJ. A single is going to turn into a triple in seconds. Anyone who gets on base will be running and they will probably steal 10 bases. It’s going to be very hard to watch because Hunter isn’t good at all but AJ is such a head case.
I hope you are right, trisha!
How about we worry about next season another time? GEEZE.
Some of you need to jump to make room on the ledge for the others.
JobaTips – me too.
Why would Girardi get fired when his starting pitching(except Andy) let him down and his hitters froze up with RISP?
If Lee doesnt come out for 8th Washington is a complete moron
Betsy,
Are you seriously spelling out doomsday scenarios for next year’s lineup in the middle of Game 3 of the ALCS?
Honestly, even though it is a loser’s mentality, the theory of ‘punting’ tonight’s game with AJ looks good right about now.
If we had Andy against Tommy Hanson tomorrow? Most of us would be absolutely confident. I also think we shouldn’t have concerned ourselves with game 7 and lined up Andy in game 2 and went for the kill.
Oh well.. what’s done is done.
God, Posada’s bat speed is so SLOOOWWW
Brappy55 October 18th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Ron Washington will show no faith in his bullpen if he brings Lee out here…..they should go Ogando and Feliz right now.
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Why??
I don’t think you can get on the offense too much. In six postseason games they’ve scored 5+ runs four times. The one thing they struggle with is situational hitting, but what do you expect them to do…sign David Eckstein? The guys they have just need to do a better job at advancing runners. And Gardner needs to be more aggressive on the basepaths.
“Some of you need to jump to make room on the ledge for the others.”
Jorge is going to do something heroic. I feel it.
Cashman was interviewed today on Francesa and said Burnett is going tomorrow.
G-C,
Correct. AJ can erase a whole season’s worth of failure with one good outing, and he knows that. If he isn’t focused for tomorrow then I don’t know when he ever would be.
Like I said earlier… Lee will go the distance.
this guys is still pitching?!
Jon Heyman has estimated that Lee will increase his contract next year by 10-20 mill based on this game.
‘guy’
my goodness Posada
not evena peep Jorge not even a peep
Wow this is pathetic!
Not so heroic…
Jorge you struck out a few times there cmon.
This is pretty awful.
I’m sorry, I respect Posada and everything he has done for this team, but for the better half of 2010 he has been just putrid. Tonight is no different.
Oh Posada, that was sad.
Jorge “PISS-ADA”
Sheesh, cisco would have at least swung.
What was Jorge looking for? Mr Goodbar?
We make Bruce Chen look like Warren Spahn.
WTF was Posada looking at?
Very heroic K, Jorge
Notice the fans in the stadium sitting there unenthusiastically. Pathetic. Philly, SF and Texas stadiums were rocking.
“Jorge is going to do something heroic. I feel it.”
Well you had a 50-50 shot lol
What the HECK was Posada looking for there? That pitch was as hittable as it gets
WOW what is Posada looking at? He gets fooled on pitches right over the plate way too often. Swing the bat!!
How’s it going guys? I hate working til 10:15 at night. It’s just not fun following on my iPhone…!
grrrr is all I can say
I don’t know, is Lee that good tonight? or our offense just sucks?
why
not
bunt
???
A Bruce Chen reference
Pathetic offense showed up tonight. Down 1-2 if they don’t stop playing like jack @$$es.
they should’ve gone with the bunting like i said.
Why are we taking all these pitches?
What a fing joke this club is.
No fight.
Game over. If I’m wrong I’m wrong.
This is past embarrassing.
Yankee offense still not in the building . . .
# JobaTipsHisCap October 18th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
I don’t know, is Lee that good tonight? or our offense just sucks?
Lee is other worldly tonight…plus the offense stinks
lee was unhittable today
I can’t wait to hear Big-Head Kay on the post game and his analyis of the series again
Lee will finish this game because we are taking strike after strike.
This is way too easy, even for Lee. Just horrendous.
This hurts me.
Ugly. Ugly. Ugly.
No way I pull Lee from this game if I am Ron Washington.
We’re watching a phenomenal pitching performance. This is just silly.
we need a miracle
13????????????????????????????????
Enough said really
As if Lee wasn’t pitching good enough, the ump gives him two pitches off the outside corner.
Wow…..that wasn’t very good.
He is that good tonight.
This team is pathetic, bottom line.
This is sooooooo pathetic!
Hopefully his high pitch count will affect his next start on much shorter rest.
Game over? I bet Lee comes out for the ninth.
so embarassing ! one of the best lineups in baseball .. and i can care less about pitching wins
Man.!
What a bunch of eunuchs.
Ok, so he’s not tired…
This is why I “feared” Cliff Lee.
Hopefully he doesn’t come out for the 9th.
Okay, now it’s not looking good.
Girardi is the most unimaginative manager imaginable. Why no bunting?
I’ve never seen a team so freaking clueless against one pitcher.
LGY, interesting that you pick on my post.
What was Brett waiting for? Three straight pitches down the middle of the plate and he stares at them.
Ron Washington is on crack if he sends Lee back out there with 122 pitches.
Assuming they need him.
Maybe the Yank’s egos need to get a bit bruised before they feel like playing baseball again.
Why did the Yankees stop swinging?
Absolutely pathetic
I don’t know, is Lee that good tonight? or our offense just sucks?
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Joba it’s all Lee, One runner to second base, 13 K’s and the guy is still hitting 93MPH after 120 pitches. He toyed with the Yankees today, they were no match.
This lineup is a joke. If Igawa was on the mound tonight would they hit him?!?!?! Losing this series would be right there with when they lost to the Tigers and Cleveland. Getting beat by a better team is one thing but the Yanks have a much better team and they didn’t even show up in this series. Girardi should be absolutely embarrassed.
“Ron Washington is on crack if he sends Lee back out there with 122 pitches.”
Well, he does dig the nose candy…
# m October 18th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Ron Washington is on crack if he sends Lee back out there with 122 pitches.
Wouldn’t be the first time…Just saying
And next season an old team gets older still.
Looks like Septembers team all over again. Worthless hacking all night long.
something tells me if we sign lee next year. he’s going to have a 100 walks.
Lee dominated the first 4 or 5 innings of this game, but the last few have been an example of why Cliff Lee is still human, and they have had terrible at bat after terrible at bat to bail him out. Almost every pitch was up in the zone in those innings with runners on base and they got themselves out on garbage way off the plate.
THE YANKEES HITTERS SHOULD BE EMBARASSED!! there’s nothing special to cliff lees pitches. They are going up there guessing and guessing wrong. Brett gardner just looked at 3 fastballs right over the plate at 92 mph. WTF are they doing?!
I just can’t believe the hubris of this team after what happened to them in the WS last year to not even have a plan. As far as I can tell, their only plan was to be aggressive early. Seems to me the only plan is to take a lot of pitches to get him out of the game but I assume that would be greeted as a defeatist attitude by the players? Who really cares, you have to get to a team’s weak link in the playoffs and it’s obvious that Washington has no faith in his bullpen so get to them anyhow you can.
Granderson is hitting .125 in the ALCS. What happened to the “new swing”?
Ok well you have to hold here obviously. And then see if we can possibly get the tying run up. Give yourself a chance and see what happens.
I guess I’m one of the few not embarrassed by an ALCS postseason team with their best pitcher on the mound winning 2-0. It happens.
The series is tied 1-1. We’re not down 0-3.
Anyway, I still have total confidence that the Yanks will win the ALCS. And the good thing is I never need an army behind me to feel any kind of resolve.
I hope they send him out. It will make his shelling in Game 7 easier.
poor Andy gets the short end of the freaking stick
when you strike out 13 times, Just ***(ing guess on FB at least you may see some results!
The Yankee hitters are so in between in game, it comical.
I wonder how many times the announcers said ‘Cliff Lee’ tonight????
“Why did the Yankees stop swinging?”
They got tired of missing…
Andy made a mistake. Lee did not. Good pitching beats good hitting. Have to hope Lee makes a couple of mistakes in the 9th.
Those calling the team pathetic are in fact themselves pathetic.
# RadioKev October 18th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Why did the Yankees stop swinging?
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I think they don’t have a clue at all.
This is just getting depressing… Score a freakin run already!
Probably not as many times as they’ve said “Conan.” It’s embarrassing the job they’ve done in this game as a broadcasting team.
And by the way, one pitch made the difference in the game. If the Rangers didn’t get that, I wonder if their fans would be sitting there moaning about how embarrassed they were for the Rangers.
I’m sorry but the Yankees ain’t winning sh!t! Their offense is nowhere what it was last year!
And what has happened to the “new clutch” A-Rod who with his .154 BS in the ALCS has been as silent as a door mouse so far?
Boone fail.
Thanks Boone!! WTF
Drug addict
It really is a joke what Hamilton has done this series. Guy is like 40 percent healthy
This is not all about Lee. It’s about a Yankee “offense” that didn’t show up in game two and got shut down by a mediocre pitcher, for about the 80th time this season. Too often these overpaid flailers just sleepwalk through games, and it is catching up with them now. and with the tattooed idiot going tomorrrow, this series looks done.
# igotid88 October 18th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
something tells me if we sign lee next year. he’s going to have a 100 walks.
If Lee even WANTS to come here it will be the best signing the Yankees have made in the last 10 yrs…Better than CC, Tex, Igawa, or Arod….reason being he has done it on the biggest stage; the World Series…He has done it in New York and he has beaten this team in 2 seperate postseason games for 2 different teams…Enuff said
love you Brett…..but you cannot let that ball get behind you and at this point might as well walked the guy instead of let him get a freaking double
miserable
we can’t afford to be down 1 more run.
Gardner had to cut that ball off. It would be nice if these guys woke up..
Terrible…..behind Hamilton then has to lay 3 fastballs in there and Gardner takes a little league route to the ball. Really can’t have that in this game.
“Those calling the team pathetic are in fact themselves pathetic.”
I couldn’t agree with you more.
Seriously wheres Kevin Long ??? boy wonder can give some tips
spend money on pitchers, not on big bats please.
This is pretty freaking embarrassing.
WCYF-
You maenads except for his two game tying RBI in game one? Pretty important hit, it was.
The pitch Pettitte threw Hamilton that will likely lose this game is about as dumb a pitch selection as you could have had in that situation. What a shame, because he pitched an unbelievable game otherwise. This series isn’t over but the Yankees are certainly in a very difficult position going forward if they lose this game, and this team has done its worst under pressure this year which is a scary thought.
If Logan had walked him everyone would be up in arms!
WCYF-
You mean except for his two game tying RBI in game one? Pretty important hit, it was.
200 million dollar lineup being shut out on its home turf. Pretty bad when you think of it.
Also, no more Yankee “Ghosts” to help out in the new Stadium…:(
I stand by my thought that we should have thrown Burnett in here, and Pitched Pettitte for game 4. Now we’re pretty much down 3-1 unless something happens.
# West Coast Yankee Fan October 18th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
And what has happened to the “new clutch” A-Rod who with his .154 BS in the ALCS has been as silent as a door mouse so far?
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Whoever said that was probably comparing him to Tex
(Which I’m not saying won’t happen)
Joey Ramone October 18th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
“Why did the Yankees stop swinging?”
They got tired of missing…
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That made me laugh
I expect better from you Betsy. To be better than the pathetic fans that pollute the game thread.
I wish some reporters should really let them know their offense tonight is beyond miserable.
So uhhhhh…. anyone still feel confident about this team with Burnett going tomorrow?
I’m pretty sure these are the last 3 games the Yankees will play this year.
This game isn’t over but DRob needs to do one of of his Houdini acts for sure. 2 runs isn’t insurmountable….just a bloop and a blast but they can’t afford to get any farther behind.
“Those calling the team pathetic are in fact themselves pathetic.”
I couldn’t agree with you more
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PATHETIC!!… Are you watching the same game I am where there are 13 K’s and the top 1-6 hitters are 0-17???????
this game is going as i expected. was hoping to be wrong.
looks like Lee is done
if we sign lee. he’s going to be another carl pavano.
What’s going to be really frustrating is when the Yankees sign Lee to a huge contract in the offseason and he pitches poorly on the 2011 postseason.
that was teh first “Let’s go Yankees” chant I heard all night. Pathetic support. They need to lower the ticket prices in the playoffs
Why are they throwing Vlad strikes? Throw him a curveball in the dirt.
who’s coughing?
Lee is going back out there. If they can hold them here, the Yankees can scratch out a few in the ninth. Lee is mortal. Top of the order coming up.
# syd_cash October 18th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
looks like Lee is done
uhh no he aint
The middle of the lineup has really come up weak this series (obviously excluding Cano). A-Rod and Tex need to hit if the Yankees are going to win this series, let alone the World Series.
i know this sounds wierd . .but i have a vison that Arod is going to win this game ! ..
Even the Rays managed to scrape some runs across against Lee. Us? Not a damn thing. This is awful.
Still holding out hope for this game and of course for the series. But Game 1 aside, has the Yankees offense really shown up yet? Lee I understand, but were the other Texas pitchers so unhittable? Although being put into a 5-run hole two games in a row is a tall order for the best of offenses. If they don’t pull off a miracle comeback tonight (still hoping!), it will be interesting to see if they come out slugging tomorrow no matter what AJ does or doesn’t do, or continue to be held scoreless for the first seven innings as though Cliff Lee were still on the mound. It’s tough to win that way even at home. Not impossible, but tough.
I just realized that ‘Cliff Lee’ backwards is “eel filcher” — no wonder we’re losing!
Anyone counting on Burnett to restore order hasn’t watched the Yanks this season. It could get very ugly tomorrow and the fans will rain frustration down upon him.
LGY, I responded to someone’s post – that’s all. No, I do not think they are winning this game. If that makes me a bad fan, so be it. I’m just as much a fan as you are, but no – I don’t think they are winning this series as the Rangers have completely outplayed them. I hope I’m wrong.
All the talk before the game about having seen him before, blah blah blah…this team still whiffed.
Attacking early one minute then taking pitches down Broadway.
The switch is turned off right now. What will it take to turn the lights back on with this anemic offense?
They didn’t do nothing against Lee tonight.
for god’s sake, even Rays got a run off Lee.
The offense showed up for 1 inning out of 26 in this series and it’s not like they faced Schilling and Johnson of 01′. What is the excuse for not hitting Lewis??? Now Lee will come back out for the 9th inning because the Yanks gave him a free inning in the 8th. Girardi treated September like it meant nothing and the team looks like garbage now.
“that was teh first “Let’s go Yankees” chant I heard all night. Pathetic support. They need to lower the ticket prices in the playoffs”
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Why?
The people on here not at the game have been even worse.
Give up on the game here, but you would be there cheerin your lungs out? Right.
TheStraw October 18th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
WCYF-You maenads except for his two game tying RBI in game one? Pretty important hit, it was.
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He is hitting .154. He gets paid $30 million a year. I am sorry, it is reasonable for fans to expect more. He is supposed to be able to hit good pitchers more consistently.
maybe the fans aren’t getting up because they have had nothing to get up about. The 1 opportunity they had tonight with Gardner on 2nd and no outs, and still didnt score. Why would they believe something positive would happen?
NYY fan in NH October 18th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
“Those calling the team pathetic are in fact themselves pathetic.”
I couldn’t agree with you more
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PATHETIC!!… Are you watching the same game I am where there are 13 K’s and the top 1-6 hitters are 0-17???????
No she never watches the game, just lives in a dream world somewhere
If they make it 3-0, we will probably score 2 runs in the 9th.
Yikes!! Slipping away
“PATHETIC!!… Are you watching the same game I am where there are 13 K’s and the top 1-6 hitters are 0-17???????”
No wonder everyone here has wanted Cliff Lee on the team…
Tough pitch there
There are no bad fans, just disappointed ones. That’s understandable.
Girardi treated September like it meant nothing and the team looks like garbage now.
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don’t start with this crap again. The rough september didnt hurt in the last series.
game and series the f@ck over! Thanks for nothing Yankees!
Pathetic is just wrong. The guy is pitching a great game. Memo to posada. Don’t throw through.
B O N E D
shoot like to at least have a chance in the bottom half here. Have to houdini this thing here.
“No she never watches the game, just lives in a dream world somewhere”
YAWN!!!
Hope your mom used the no-leak diapers tonight Gary. Sounds like you need it.
maybe teh best thing to do here is to let a couple of runs score so Washington gets lulled into not having Lee come out for the ninth. Then the Yankees strike
I don’t think we should be calling out the fans who payed a lot of money to support the team. Maybe if the team actually gave them something to cheer about, they would be.
Just a disgracefully stupid pitch sequence to call to Vlad there. 0-2 and you keep throwing the ball down, that is the only pitch he can hit out of the zone, the one off the plate and off his shoes.
They didn’t even throw a single pitch above the zone to try to get him to chase. Just a stupid pitch sequence and they helped him out in every way.
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# CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Angel Hernandez is smiling. He’s got his plans for tomorrow as the HP umpire already lined up. Maybe Robertson could drill Vlad, then throw over to first and square one right off of Hernandez and knock him out of action for tomorrow.
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LOL, thanks CR9, you cheer me up.
This game was hideous.
Series isn’t over yet.
If we win tomorrow, we have CC waiting for 5.
If we lose tomorrow, then yes…..series over.
truthfully they might as well have Cervelli, Golson and Pena in there. Can’t do worse than this…..
Ouch. That hurts even more.
Gardner throws like my little sister wtf was that ……
“There are no bad fans, just disappointed ones. That’s understandable.”
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There certainly are bad fans.
I am disappointed right now, but I sure as hell have not given up on this game or the season.
Bad fans give up.
we lost already
cya next year yanks
Great job D-Rob.
all right, I am done, ladies and gents.
still no outs…..shoulda left Andy in lol he’d be better then this
Game over.
Goodnight Irene. With the exception of one inning, they have thoroughly dominated us.
fans are leaving the stadium!!
Rangers will be running all over Burnett tomorrow….
Despite what everyone thinks, this game isn’t the series. Tomorrow’s game very well could be though. If the Yankees win tomorrow then they have Sabathia going in Game 5. They just need to win 2 of the 3 games at home…..doesn’t matter which 3.
This sh!t is embarrassing!
haven’t given up on the series, but this game isn’t looking good.
dammit.
Just goes to show how great Pettitte was tonight. But it had to remain 2-0 for the Yankees to have a realistic chance.
Good thing they put Mo in to keep it at 2 runs.
Where was Mo to keep it close
I really hate Ron Washington. He’s like a goofy little kid. Jumping, hollering and cheering in his dugout. You don’t see other managers do that.
Too bad he’s a coke head. Definitely still uses.
bullpen fails… had to end sometime.
The Fat Lady has sung…
Burnett may throw a 2 hitter tomorrow, but it won’t matter if the offense continues to play like they have these three games minus that one inning.
No bad fans are those who are unwilling to make accurate observations about a team and who blindly bury their heads in the sand and pretend all is ok.
If you are happy with Mark Teixeira’s batting average being the equal of John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky’s GPA good for you.
“There certainly are bad fans.
I am disappointed right now, but I sure as hell have not given up on this game or the season.
Bad fans give up.”
Absolutely LGY. And there are self-entitled crybabies who call themselves fans and who only cheer when the Yankees are winning. Look for them to be out in droves if the Yankees don’t come back.
The yankees have a lead for only 2 innings in 3 games. Those two innings are only because of one of the worst collapses in playoff history by the rangers. Not only are we LUCKY to not be down 3 games to none… we have been absolutely dominated in this series. Time to face the facts.
Posada has called the wrong pitch in almost every single crucial spot tonight.
Robertson hit the target to Vlad, it was just a dumb pitch and he hit it.
You cannot have so many mental mistakes in a postseason game, the Yankees beat themselves as much as Lee beat them tonight. This could very well be a 0-0 game right now if not for the dumb pitches that were made.
Washington is looking so MUCH better that Girardi now
yankee season is on AJ’s hand.
ouuuuch.
Yikes. The Yankees may need another team meeting. Before the bottom of the 9th.
He is hitting .154. He gets paid $30 million a year. I am sorry, it is reasonable for fans to expect more. He is supposed to be able to hit good pitchers more consistently.
That sums up most of you so called fans in a nutshell. Did you watch the postseason last year. Or are you just a spoiled brat who expects guys to play like it is a video game?
you can’t waste Mo in this situation. Tomorrows game is more important for Mo.
Well they better win 3 in a row cos they stand NO SHOT in game 7
Oh well. Maybe next year.
That made no sense. I would of walked Cruz to try and set up the dp. What a pathetic throw by Gardner in LF the runner never should of went to 3rd and been safe. Girardi should take the hit for this series. This team just isn’t ready to play. Plain and simple. They are getting beat by a decent team at best and look absolutely pathetic.
“No bad fans are those who are unwilling to make accurate observations about a team and who blindly bury their heads in the sand and pretend all is ok.
If you are happy with Mark Teixeira’s batting average being the equal of John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky’s GPA good for you.”
YAWN!
Can we take a poll? Tomorrow’s starter will be:
A. burnett
B. Sabathia
All the 2 strike hits have to be a little blame on the catcher.
how exactly is this girardi’s fault?
he surely isnt responsible for this disaster of an offense.
What a bunch of pussies some these posters are.
cya next year yanks?
Game over?
game and series the f@ck over! Thanks for nothing Yankees!
You don’t deserve to call yourselves Yankees fans.
No bad fans are those who are unwilling to make accurate observations about a team and who blindly bury their heads in the sand and pretend all is ok.
If you are happy with Mark Teixeira’s batting average being the equal of John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky’s GPA good for you.
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WTF do accurate observations or Mark Teixiera’s BA have to do with giving up on the series and declaring it over?
You say the dumbest things sometimes.
SEE YA
Game over.
Okay seen enough of robertson
“Or are you just a spoiled brat who expects guys to play like it is a video game?”
That.
Ace-
You don’t waste Mo here. You may really, really need him tomorrow.
Chokers. I am disgusted.
Dylan: I’m sorry that another post season appearance nor a WS championship last year is good enough for you. I’m sure fans I’m LA, KC and even Boston would prefer to be in the ALCS, noatter the performance in a specific game.
Dylan: I’m sorry that another post season appearance nor a WS championship last year is good enough for you. I’m sure fans I’m LA, KC and even Boston would prefer to be in the ALCS, noatter the performance in a specific game.
burnett will start tomorrow. he is going to have to start sometime.
Zero point zero
D-rob!
Well, we gotta get it back tomorrow.
LGY October 18th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
No bad fans are those who are unwilling to make accurate observations about a team and who blindly bury their heads in the sand and pretend all is ok. If you are happy with Mark Teixeira’s batting average being the equal of John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky’s GPA good for you.
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WTF do accurate observations or Mark Teixiera’s BA have to do with giving up on the series and declaring it over? You say the dumbest things sometimes.
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Hey LG. I never said the series was over. Why do you lie?
wow. it got ugly
We weren’t scoring in the 9th so who really cares anyway.
Why didn’t Mo come out to pitch the top 9? I know its not a tie game but I would want the best of the best out there to try to keep a close score. I know the BP has been great but I would rather have had Mo out there.
“WTF do accurate observations or Mark Teixiera’s BA have to do with giving up on the series and declaring it over?
You say the dumbest things sometimes.”
Time to leave this carnival of a game
Put in mitre or someone…
at least lee probably wont pitch the 9th now.
Start printing up those Rangers/TBD world series tickets…
DRob too down in the done.
As Dandy Don Meredith used to sing, “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.”
I guess it’s AJ or bust, tomorrow.
All the credit in the world goes to C. Lee. He has been amazing. Same as his last start against TB. Has he thrown even 1 pitch down the middle ?
All the crying and blaming in the world won’t solve him tonight.
Let’s hope he joins US next year.
Not over yet, but it will tough to come back in this series against the best Ranger team (IMO) Texas has ever produced.
I guess we shouldn’t say anything bad about Robertson
THE RANGERS WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES
AJ will have his chance tomorrow to atone for this season. A pivotal playoff win washes it all away…hopefully he seizes that opportunity and hopefully the Yankees bring their bats tomorrow.
Lee, Hamilton give Rangers 2-0 lead over Yankees
By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer 40 minutes ago
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NEW YORK (AP)—Cliff Lee(notes) struck out 10 and pitched two-hit ball and Josh Hamilton(notes) hit a two-run homer off Andy Pettitte(notes), giving the Texas Rangers a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees through six innings Monday night in Game 3 of the AL championship series.
Lee allowed just three runners in the first six innings, only one past first, keeping the Yankees off-balance with some horrible swings as Texas tried to take a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven matchup.
Mark Teixeira(notes) walked on a full count with two outs in the fourth, Jorge Posada(notes) fisted an opposite-field single into short right with two outs in the fifth and Brett Gardner(notes) singled up the middle leading off the sixth. Gardner was stranded on third when Teixeira hit an inning-ending groundout.
Acquired from Seattle in July, Lee entered 6-0 with a 1.44 ERA and three complete games in seven career postseason starts. He had struck out 54 and walked six in 56 1-3 innings.
In the first six innings, Lee allowed just three balls out of the infield. In addition to Posada’s hit, Derek Jeter(notes) flied out to the right-field warning track leading off the first and Alex Rodriguez(notes) flied out to deep left-center ending the fourth.
The dominating left-hander who beat the Yankees twice for Philadelphia in last year’s World Series walked one. He joined Bob Gibson (1967-68 World Series) as the only pitchers to record double digits in strikeouts in three straight postseason starts.
Lee has 30 strikeouts and one walk in 22 innings this postseason. Of his first 97 pitches against the Yankees, 64 were strikes.
The closest New York came to a hit before Posada’s was when the speedy Gardner grounded to the right side with two outs in the third. First baseman Mitch Moreland(notes) made a backhand flip to Lee covering the base, Gardner made a headfirst dive and first base umpire Angel Hernandez called him out. Replays were inconclusive—Gardner’s hand may have veered away from the bag to avoid Lee’s spikes.
Nick Swisher(notes) fouled off six straight pitches before striking out on Lee’s 11th pitch leading off the fourth. Teixeira then walked on a full count—Lee’s first free pass in 19 2-3 innings this postseason—prompting a standing ovation.
Rodriguez drove the next pitch, Lee’s 22nd of the inning, to deep left-center where left fielder Nelson Cruz(notes) made a running grab.
After Posada hit an 87 mph 0-1 pitch into right in the fifth. Curtis Granderson(notes) became Lee’s ninth strikeout.
Gardner reached on his single in the sixth and watched two pickoff throws, then stole second. Jeter struck out, Gardner took third on Swisher’s groundout to second, and Teixeira grounded to shortstop.
Following a split in Texas last weekend, the series shifted to new Yankee Stadium on a cool autumn night.
A.J. Burnett(notes) starts Game 4 for the Yankees on Tuesday night against Tommy Hunter(notes). It will be the first appearance since Oct. 2 for Burnett, who lost seven of his last eight decisions.
Seeking to become baseball’s first 20-game postseason winner, the 38-year-old Pettitte made his record 42nd postseason start.
Pettitte started off the first inning with five straight strikes, retiring Elvis Andrus(notes) on a squib in front of the plate. Michael Young(notes), down 0-2 in the count, worked it full and singled to right-center on the ninth pitch.
Hamilton then got ahead and pulled a 2-1 breaking ball into the second row of seats in the right-field short porch for his second postseason homer and a 2-0 lead. Left-handed batters hit just two homers off Pettitte during the regular season—both by Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena.
New York fell behind for the fifth time in six postseason games this year.
Pitching for the first time since Oct. 7, Pettitte allowed four hits in the first six innings, striking out five and walking none.
He threw 17 pitches alone in the first two at-bats of Young, who was 3 for 3, reaching on a two-out infield single to shortstop in the third and on a sharp single to right-center in the sixth.
Following the homer, Pettitte retired 15 of 16 batters before Young’s third hit of the night. Hamilton, who grounded out in the third, flied to Swisher just in front of the right-field wall on a 3-2 pitch in the sixth. Vladimir Guerrero(notes) took a called third strike on Pettitte’s 100th pitch.
Former Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur(notes), also acquired by the Rangers during the season, was booed when he came up to bat in the first inning.
Before the game, Broadway star Kristen Chenoweth sang a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” that nearly took 2 minutes.
A fan ran onto foul territory in left with one out in the top of the fifth and was wrestled to the ground by three security men and carried off.
this will be a nice rally!
“Hey LG. I never said the series was over. Why do you lie?”
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Like I said, you say the dumbest things.
I said bad fans are those that have given up on the series yet somehow you interpreted that as directed at you even though you didn’t say that.
We just need to find a way to win the next two, and we will be back in control if the series.
tyanksfan36 – Mo isn’t in because it isn’t a save situation, and Joe G’s book says “The closer must only be used in a save situation”.
The Yankees have been one of the worst teams in baseball the last 2 months and they are proving it! Pathetic ass team!
As bad as things have gone tonight, this series is not over. They still have to win two more games folks.
I hope it rains out tomorrow so that Sabathia can start the next day. But I’m willing to bet that AJ Burnett will be the Burnett of old out on the mound tomorrow. I guarantee it. And we will win tomorrow’s game and be in the 2010 World Series. I’m positive.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
THE RANGERS WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES
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you are right. in fact, we may score 5.
accident
It’s a fireable offense that Mariano was not in this game after the double
Tonight, we get a good start from Pettitte and the RP fails.
What do you expect when your catcher is an idiot who is incapable of making any kind of adjustments in the middle of an inning?
Every hitter is up there reaching out and looking for the ball down on the first pitch, and Jorge keeps obliging them by calling for the same exact pitch over and over and over down in the zone.
EVERY HITTER IS SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH DOWN. Maybe you want to throw a high fastball and get him to pop out? Nope, we’ll keep giving them the same exact pitch to hit.
This team has beaten themselves mentally EVERY GAME in this series. If not for the once in a decade kind of rally in Game 1, they would be down 3-0 now and their season would pretty much be over.
If you’re calling the series over, do the world a far and kill yourself already. Your dark hole of a life isn’t worth living obviously.
Game f in over. Here comes AJ!!! No brainer!! Worthless pathetic game. No one but Andy showed up.
Damn you fans for not cheering. Thats why we lost the game! It had nothing to do with our lineup not doing anything, and out bullpen letting the Rangers blow the game over! Why do people always need to find an external source to blame or get angry at? If it wasn’t the fans it would be the umpires fault. We lost this game because the lineup couldn’t do anything against Cliff Lee. The Yankees sucked tonight, bottom line. Do I think we the series is over? No. But I’m not going to pretend that I am confident in this team with AJ on the mound, and the lineup not hitting.
Maybe one of these days Girardi will learn how to manage. Maybe…How do you let a pitcher get tattooed and not take him out?!?!? I don’t know what is going on in Girardi’s personal life but he definitely doesn’t have the fire or energy that he had last year. It’s really tough to watch him not even care about these games. I really hope he is gone after this year. He looks tired and worn out.
If we had lost Game 1, as we should have, and won tonight, we’d be in the same position we are now.
Down 1-2.
I think we’d all take that.
Time to win tomorrow.
# trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
THE RANGERS WILL NOT SHUT OUT THE YANKEES
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Give it up it’s over.
Tbs crew just pointed out that yanks are one good inning away from being down 3-0
nice effort. especially jeter and other morons swinging at high strikes that they can never hit. then jorge and grandy watching a 90 mph right down the middle.
especially like the effort of our lefty specialist, boone wimp logan. scared of the strike zone.
yeah we got aj dumbass pitching tommorrow, great.
Burnett is looking nervous already lol
*blow the game open
“AJ will have his chance tomorrow to atone for this season. A pivotal playoff win washes it all away…hopefully he seizes that opportunity and hopefully the Yankees bring their bats tomorrow.”
I’m with you Blake. If the Yanks don’t come back, put this one in the books, turn the page, and look forward to tomorrow.
NO!! you’re wring, this team is PATHETIC?! it’s not just this game, it’s been the ENTIRE series!!! They have effin SUCKED!!!
They don’t deserve to win
If they don’t pitch aj tomorrow then he has to pitch game five..he has to pitch sometime?
take robertson out………………….
burnett might as well start tomorrow. he is going to have to start either 4 or 5 because they arent going to hughes on short rest.
I hope it rains out tomorrow so that Sabathia can start the next day. But I’m willing to bet that AJ Burnett will be the Burnett of old out on the mound tomorrow. I guarantee it. And we will win tomorrow’s game and be in the 2010 World Series. I’m positive.
Thanks a lot David Robertson, Joe Girardi and Yankees offense.
Should have been Andy in Game 2, Phil in Game 3. Would have taken a 2-0 series lead home…hands down. Andy doesn’t lose playoff games, and he lost this one thanks to his listless team.
Thanks a lot David Robertson, Joe Girardi and Yankees offense.
Should have been Andy in Game 2, Phil in Game 3. Would have taken a 2-0 series lead home…hands down. Andy doesn’t lose playoff games, and he lost this one thanks to his listless team.
Tommy Hunter is a terrible pitcher.
It’s terrible vs. terrible tomorrow.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
“WTF do accurate observations or Mark Teixiera’s BA have to do with giving up on the series and declaring it over? You say the dumbest things sometimes.”
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Trisha please provide the post where I said I was giving up on the series and declaring it over? You can’t because I never said it.
Why do you post lies?
We would have gotten to Feliz too, if it was 3 or less.
Can’t wait till tomorrow. We get to see AJ on long rest. Wow, this is just pathetic. I can see Girardi lookinhg very snazzy in Cub blue next year.
wow.. Drob killed us in this game… hope the bats come out swinging tomorrow..
“Give it up it’s over.”
You give it up! I’ll stick around and hope for runs in the bottom of the 9th, thereby making it impossible for the Yankees to be shut out.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what your New York Yankees used to do to teams. Go up early, pitch great, then put the game out of reach. We’re being Yankee’d.
Rooting for them to keep piling it on.
No joke. The more humiliating this looks, the better I believe they’ll play tomorrow.
I hope its 12-0 by the time its over.
What would be really awesome is if the Yankees made everyone think Burnett was pitching tomorrow and then Mosely just appeared on the mound to start the game. Throw the Rangers hitters off completely
Should have been Andy in Game 2, Phil in Game 3. Would have taken a 2-0 series lead home…hands down. Andy doesn’t lose playoff games, and he lost this one thanks to his listless team.
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You know this for a fact? Yankees had the same crappy offense in game 2. Whose to say Pettitte wins game 2?
Does Girardi think this is April?
The way he has managed this postseason has just been disgraceful. Leaves his pitchers who clearly have nothing in until the game is so far out of reach that they have NO CHANCE.
What team’s manager repeatedly gives their team NO CHANCE and keeps their job? Not this one’s most likely if they don’t recover to win this series.
Robertson was throwing 89-90 mph from the first pitch, he had nothing and Girardi once again fell asleep.
at what time is the freaking game tomorrow?
screw aj he can pitch next year. the guy sucks and is a friggin hillbilly moron.
look at his numbers, he should retire and save the yanks %50 mill.
nice effort by boone and robertson… maybe aj can have his personal catcher tommorrow, the power hitting cervelli. he is the defensive specialist, he only has 11 errors playing part time…………
what a train wreck……..
Jeez, now Alex is going to have to hit two grandslams in the bottom half.
That’s a tall order.
# LGY October 18th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Tommy Hunter is a terrible pitcher.
It’s terrible vs. terrible tomorrow.
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The Yankee offense has been terrible too. Something has to give.
And the Rangers are one good inning away from sitting at home. Who cares how they won the first game.
I just registered because I needed to say you guys do an absolutely horrible job with in-game updates…though in all fairness I guess you don’t do anything, so the inference is inaccurate.
I always felt Pete was too openly biased, but at least he kept an educated conversation going.
And to top it all off, Wallace Matthews (who’s a complete clown) posts the line-ups, match-ups, etc, hours before you, on a regular basis.
I’ve been following this blog for 5+ years, and it pains me to say I’m done with it. It’s only purpose is an outlet for frustrated, fair weather fans.
It’s all about pitching and Lee was masterful. ( so far ).
Wow I feel bad for DRob. I like the kid and he made some decent pitches with unlucky results. The stats say he was just totally destroyed tonight.
Robertson’s appearence did hurt, but what difference does it make if the Yankees don’t score anyway?
2-0, 7-0? Whatever.
What was that crap. What was the crap Robertson?
If you still think this team isn’t in trouble, you’re kidding yourself.
First two games, the starters killed us, and the pen picked us up. This game, Andy made one mistake, but the pen let the game out of reach. Going in to the 9th against Feliz would’ve at least given them a chance. But instead, they give up 4 runs (and counting).
It doesn’t matter, though, because the offense has already gone home. They don’t have to “play like a video game”, but they should at least bother to make adjustments. Every last one of them went up there tonight with absolutely no plan other than, “I’m going to be the hero”. They didn’t adjust to Lee at all, and instead elected to hack at whatever and try to drive it over the wall. That’s not to take anything away from Lee, because he was very, VERY good. But he could’ve been hit, and he wasn’t, because of their “approach”. The worst part is, that’s been the way they’ve played this entire series so far. More and more, I’m seeing that game 1 WAS, in fact, Texas’ pen imploding, and not the Yankees actually getting to them.
You don’t have to give up on them, but if you honestly don’t think they’re in trouble, you’re delusional. They look terrible, and completely outmatched, and have for all but one inning in the last 3 games.
wow, that god bad fast. i went to make some dinner and came back and the game was beyond over. damn. tomorrow night is a must-win.
There’s a plus. Take a loss but not get shut out. Good plan.
The fact is that AJ cannot be worse than CC and Hughes were in 1 and 2, so whatever. Have Moseley on standby just in case.
Total collapse this inning…
nice pitch.
I say we come back in the 9th
I’d rather go for the win.
What an embarrassment.
Night ladies !
Why would you want AJ going against Wilson in Game 5 and CC on short rest tomorrow. NO sense roll the freaking dice tomorrow with AJ and deal with it. The problem is not going away. Maybe we can out slug them. I know I know haha our offense sucks. Well not many other teams have hit lee either. This is only Game 3
“Rooting for them to keep piling it on.
No joke. The more humiliating this looks, the better I believe they’ll play tomorrow.
I hope its 12-0 by the time its over.”
G-C, I can get down with that.
no problem with hughes pitching game 2. he just chocked and stunk.
the 2 strike hits is staggering. the yanks cannot get a 2 strike hit for there lives.
arod with a big series, 1 hit. jorge is just old and crappy. jeter about the same…
nice ending to the game. wild pitch staggering…. mitre is a clown.
mosely will get the win tomorrow night.
The Yanks are embarrassing themselves today.
Chambliss October 18th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Tbs crew just pointed out that yanks are one good inning away from being down 3-0
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and how is this not the truth? I love the Yanks but this team has absolutely been manhandled this series aside from 1 inning. They look absolutely atrocious. The only bright spots have been Mo, Cano, and Pettite (with Wood also pretty good in a limited role).
at this point I don’t know that any of the Rangers pitchers are terrible…..the other guys who pitched that are supposed to be average but us look like crap….so Tommy will prolly go 7 innings tomorrow giving up 1-2 runs
I hope the team and manager are embarrassed after this game. What a joke.
Embarrassing. Pathetic. Worthless.
Or
Game over.
For some reason, I laugh at losses like these because they’re blowouts and not games we could’ve won. Close games anger me more. I’m not giving up hope in this series. Anyone who is should just stop watching baseball.
Who gives a damn if they get shut out or not?
It doesn’t mean a single thing to have a “moral victory” in the playoffs, because if Burnett doesn’t pitch well last night it won’t matter how they feel about themselves because they will lose.
There is no difference between scoring 1 run and getting shut out, at least if they get shut out they will get ripped to shreds and most likely play with a greater sense of urgency tomorrow.
Yankees are going to lose the next 2 and punk out like the little b!tches they are!
I STILL HAVE FAITH GUISE! NINE RUNS IN THE NINTH! WHO’S WITH MEEEEE???!!!
ANYONE WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IS A PATHETIC, AWFUL FAN AND SHOULD GO JOIN R*D S*X NATION!!! HURRRRR!!!!
“Jeez, now Alex is going to have to hit two grandslams in the bottom half.
That’s a tall order”
atleast some fans do love the yankees that they are willing to stay and watch the game until the end
At least this teams wasn’t one and done like the Rays were. They certainly don’t look like a team that is going to move on to the WS. They really look pitiful.
I swear, if we sign Cliff Lee and he gives us the Javy Vasquez treatment, I’m gonna say this team is cursed. It has to be. (jk)
Be ready for the biggest comeback in the history of baseball.
# ac1 October 18th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
The fact is that AJ cannot be worse than CC and Hughes were in 1 and 2, so whatever. Have Moseley on standby just in case.
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lol you obviously haven’t been watching AJ all year. I hope you are right, but I have zero confidence when he is on the mound. I was never big on signing him. The guy was always extremely overrated in my opinion. To be perfectly honest, I would much rather start Moseley.
Does Girardi think it’s September still?!?!? What a joke of a manager he is. With a full bullpen how do you let Robertson give up the game and not take him out??? The Rangers bullpen is an absolute joke. If the Yanks got someone on in the 9th they would take Lee out and the Yanks would have a chance. Girardi really does some strange things and I hope Cashman is smart enough to realize that after this brutal series is over. Joba should of been in the game when it was 4-0.
Not looking forward to work tomorrow – one Rangers fan (in New England) has a very loud voice and sits in the row next to me. Boo!
Why burn Feliz when you might need him the next two days. One being an afternoon game. Dumb by Ron.
Fans or you are just a glutton for punishment.
Well. Hope Girardi enjoys the Cubs. (if they still want him after this).
tomorrow will be a slugfest and we will win the next three… i think so…..i hope
That was pathetic. Tomorrow is a new day. AJ is going to suprise everyone, including me. This thing is going 7.
All we are going to hear from the mediots (well I won’t, because I won’t be reading any articles) is how the Yankees blew it pitching Andy here instead of Phil. I do not get that at all. Who’s to say the Yankees were locks to win 2 games in TX? They barely escaped with one win. The main reason why Andy pitched tonight and not game 2 is because they wanted him lined up for game 7 – totally reasonable. They are losing this series because the Rangers have been much better than they have been in every aspect of the game.
WE HAVE LED FOR ONLY TWO INNINGS ALL SERIES. COMPLETE DOMINATION FROM THE RANGERS.
“For some reason, I laugh at losses like these because they’re blowouts and not games we could’ve won. Close games anger me more. I’m not giving up hope in this series. Anyone who is should just stop watching baseball.”
Please, from your lips to God’s ear.
If these crybabies have any cajones, they will disappear after this game. Otherwise they are phony hypocrites. After all, if you believe the season is over you wouldn’t come around anymore and be a moronic haunt – unless of course you’re a troll or a total bandwaggoner. Then of course you would do it.
To be perfectly honest, I would much rather start Moseley
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I agree, but that isnt going to happen, so i am going to hope AJ used his time away to get it together.
I hate this team with a passion
AJ has to pitch tomorrow. It’s too risky putting Hughes and Pettitte on 3 days rest after.
At the first sign of trouble, get Moseley up.
The trick is (as we’ve seen all year) it’s hard to predict Burnett’s implosion. He could be dominating for 3 1/3 innings and then all of a sudden explode on the mound. Hopefully Joe knows when to pull the plug.
REAL NYY fans: Let the bandwagoners jump off the bridge tonight. Try to ignore them.
Look at it this way: tomorrow will probably be a high scoring game. If we win it, we’re in control. I’ll take my chances with CC pitching us to a 3-2 series lead back to TX.
One can only hope that full humiliation sets in and that professional pride can outweigh a terrible Game 4 starter.
i am also concerned that if the Rangers win the world series, Lee will be more likely to resign with them. Nolan Ryan wants him too and he will put out the money.
Feliz is going to get hit!
The plan was to get Lee’s pitch count up and take your chances against the bullpen. Accordingly I would have used Rivera in the eighth. But as the great Mariano says “Sometimes God lets these things happen to remind you to be humble”
Wow, the game got real bad real quick. I hope they write good things about Andy because he was really good. Just made one big mistake.
Choke-
You’re right, but that doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t change. I seem to recall everyone saying this before the Minnesota series based on the Yanks September play. Hunter, Wilson and Lewis are good, but they can also have bad games. The Yanks either need to take the next three , or find a way to beat Cliff in Game 7. Momentum can change on a dime. If the Yanks win tomorrow, they have CC going in game 5 at home, where he has a pretty good record.
“That was pathetic. Tomorrow is a new day. AJ is going to suprise everyone, including me. This thing is going 7.”
I vote for 6! With the Yankees winning it of course.
TBS: “facing these fine Yankee hitters”
I understand he really means that.
Joe Girardi should read this blog.
First question in postgame presser to Girardi is going to be, “Is AJ going tomorrow?”
Look at it this way: tomorrow will probably be a high scoring game. If we win it, we’re in control. I’ll take my chances with CC pitching us to a 3-2 series lead back to TX.
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and Pettitte can hang with Lee, so game 7 is open.
we’re still in this!
It would be awesome if this were the prelude to a magical comeback, but it’s a lot to expect this or any offense to come back with 9, 10, 15 or whatever runs in the bottom of the 9th. Basically, the Rangers would have to turn into batting practice machines for the Yankees to win. Any chance they would have had required a clean 9th, and D-Rob just didn’t have it tonight. Too bad. I look forward to a breakdown by the blog’s wiser heads (CB, SJ44, Pat M.) of what the heck is going on with this team aside from two bad starts, a sleepy offense and Cliff Lee. All I can say is if he signs with the Yankees next year, no slippage or adjustment period, blue eyes – you owe us BIG TIME lol. CC and Phil: regression to your respective norms, please. Seriously. Yankee offense: Godot’s not coming – please get your act together. Please. AJ, I know it’s been a rough year, but your chance for pinstriped glory awaits . . .
Joe better have a reliever warming up from the first inning tomorrow.
But of course Joe’s mind is already in Chicago, as it’s been since the beginning of September.
I guess if the Yankees lose Michael Kay looks really bad…
Girardi should just go home now and let Pena manage the rest of the series. A manager that gives up in the 9th inning of a play off game should be fired. There is no excuse for not having Joba warming up when it was obvious that Robertson had nothing.
# trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
“For some reason, I laugh at losses like these because they’re blowouts and not games we could’ve won. Close games anger me more. I’m not giving up hope in this series. Anyone who is should just stop watching baseball.”
Please, from your lips to God’s ear.
If these crybabies have any cajones, they will disappear after this game. Otherwise they are phony hypocrites. After all, if you believe the season is over you wouldn’t come around anymore and be a moronic haunt – unless of course you’re a troll or a total bandwaggoner. Then of course you would do it.
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At least they aren’t a liar like you are accusing people of saying things they never said.
well not feeling to good about this series but we’ve seen it done before after ugly games. hope AJ can keep the team in the game and that they get to Hunter early to set the tone to try to tie this series
The season itself was a bit of a mixed bag for Hunter. It started with an oblique injury that delayed Hunter’s season from starting until June 5. But once he got going, he reeled off a record of 8-0 and a 2.31 ERA over his first 10 starts. Hunter finished 13-4 with a 3.73 ERA. There were some lumps in the middle, when Hunter’s attention to detail wavered — which is not all that uncommon for someone with his level of experience, or lack thereof.
Hunter is no slouch.
AJ is the slouch.
Let’s get Feliz’s pitch count up. He will not be as effective.
I think Cleveland came back from down 11 or 12 in a regular season game against Seattle.
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Yep. Back in 2001, the Tribe came back from a 2-14 deficit to beat the M’s 15-14.
It wasn’t all in the 9th inning though
# ac1 October 18th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I agree, but that isnt going to happen, so i am going to hope AJ used his time away to get it together.
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I hope so too. I don’t trust him, but hopefully he can prove me wrong. He had a couple good games this year, so I’ll be crossing my fingers hoping that the good AJ shows up. Either way, this lineup needs to scratch a few runs across the board.
nice figth Cap!
Stop the bleeding…
This Yankees team should be really ashamed.
who cares about the tack on runs. THE YANKEES HAVE SCORED ZERO!!!
Bryan October 18th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I hate this team with a passion
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I get frustration but WTF kind of fan says this about their team?
Mo probably should have started the 9th, lol
Mmulvey: really? You’re that pathetic that you registered just to whine that the guys are too busy doing their actual job to give you a game update? An update that you can get anywhere, including, I don’t know, the TV?
You’re a moron.
This series is by no means over, but you can’t fault people for being down on them. The Rangers have played MUCH better 26 of 27 innings so far.
ac1 October 18th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
and Pettitte can hang with Lee, so game 7 is open.
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Exactly! Game 7 is a crapshoot anyways.
Lee threw a lot of pitches tonight. I can’t imagine he’d be as sharp in a Game 7. If you remember, his Game 5 of last year’s WS wasn’t as good as Game 1.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ll feel 100x better if AJ can put up a 0 in the 1st…
still need 27 outs to win.
You’ve really lost it CR9.
Freak.
The fact that Burnett hit Golson and Kearns and kinda shrugged it off and said “But after (hitting Golson on the back of the left arm) everything was good. The hook was good and the curveball was good” kinda worries me. I hope he’s gained a bit more control.
“AJ is the slouch”
Don’t sell yourself short judge you are a significant slouch
(name the movie)
Granderson should bat 2nd tomorrow and Swish at the bottom. I love Swish but he is a dreadful post season hitter.
less concerned about AJ/CC and Hughes and way more concerned about this ‘offense’…
This was beyond pathetic! I love the Yankees but why in the world should I think they will win this series?!
just let a-rod get a 2 run hr.
I’ve got game 5 tix, I’m excited for it at least!
Big game tomorrow with AJ on the mound. Lets all hold off on the season is over crap at least until tomorrow at this time. I know most of you all won’t. People can’t wait to be miserable, don’t get it. Oh well. Big big game tomorrow.
You do drugs, Danny?
0 Days, 20 Hours, 32 Minutes until Game 4 of the ALCS.
The Yankees can’t hit Lee, but they couldn’t hit Colby Lewis and C.J. Wilson either. The Yankees are not the better team. They just aren’t.
The offense is aging and inconsistent and the starting staff has one dependable postseason pitcher.
Signing Cliff Lee is the only shot they have of making the postseason next year.
Tex is 0- the series….
Tomorrow another day.
“At least they aren’t a liar like you are accusing people of saying things they never said.”
STUPID. I quoted what someone else said and laughed my ass off because you are such a pathetic fraud. Looks like lots of people have your number Sux fan!
So much for not getting shut out.
Ken, it’s caddyshack. Of course.
Andres from Peru – “Tomorrow another day” And another loss.
The offense in this game has been pretty pathetic but I know Cliff Lee is a beast and I didn’t really expect them to tear it up against him. The bullpen kinda let me down but I love Drob. Tomorrow is a new day. I believe in AJ and I believe in our offense. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t torture myself with watching the games.
Win 3 straight or it’s over. This team is not beating Lee in a Game 7 in Texas. Two embarrassing blow-outs in
a row.
I do hope someone calls Michael Kay out on the post game.
ONWARD AND UPWARD!!!
We’ll get ‘em tomorrow.
They went down as meekly as they started this game. A pretty pathetic effort by everyone not named Pettitte. All you can do now is grimace and hope they show up to play tomorrow.
# Doreen October 18th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
I do hope someone calls Michael Kay out on the post game.
i cannot wait!
# CR9 October 18th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Jack Zero handed Cliff Lee to the Rangers to screw us.
Jack Zero is a Red Sox at heart!
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Your conspiracy theories are absurd! You really think that he is going to screw over his own team, just so that he can see the Yankees lose in the postseason? Give me a break… Quit blaming everything EXCEPT for the Yankees awful performance. Its not Michael Kay’s fault, or the umpires fault, or the fans fault, or the Mariners fault. We are losing this series, because the Rangers have been the better team.
“Win 3 straight or it’s over. This team is not beating Lee in a Game 7 in Texas.”
I agree with you that the optimal thing is to win 3 straight. I’m hoping that some magic from AJ tomorrow coupled with CC and Hughes getting back on regular rest will do the trick.
Every year the Yanks are going to have to win in the post season without Tex. When you make $180m the excuses have to stop and you have to start performing. The offense looks exactly like it does every year in the post season last year was the one exception. Andy pitched his heart out but too bad the the switch was turned off for the offense in September and never turned back on.
Girardi had better understand that tomorrow’s game is the key game of this series.
Sabathia will have to carry us in game 5, but I don’t want to go to Texas down 3-2
with Cliff Lee waiting in game 7. So, what that means is that, as soon as AJ begins
imploding, out he goes, whether it’s the first inning or the fifth inning. And if it means
bringing in Rivera in the 7th for a couple of innings so be it. The stats on winning a
series when you’re down 3-1 and heading into the last 2 games in the opponent’s
park are grim (and, yes, I know the Sox did it in 2004…all the more reason it’s not
going to be repeated again very quickly).
I predicted the Yankees in 6 before this series started.
I am now not so sure they can do it. The offense is just terrible. They are nowhere near as good as last year, not even close. And the starting pitching (except for Pettitte) has been horrible. That was not the case last year.
However, sometimes, in sports, when a team totally embarrases the other team (see the 1960 WS for one example) the other team seems to find a way to come back and take the series. I never count the Yankees out until I see the look of defeat in their eyes. I haven’t seen it yet.
Burnett can be a hero tomorrow. Let’s see if he can prove all of us wrong about his abilities as a Major League pitcher.
If the Yanks don’t win tomorrow, then it will be the Rangers in 6.
One thing is certain: If Texas wins the series, no one can argue that they aren’t the better team. Right now they are much better.
Although pitching is what usually wins games, the offense really is going to have to come out slugging for three straight games for them to have much of a chance. I really didn’t count on this game given the caliber of the opposing pitcher. But there it’s hard to think of a good reason for the Yankees not to score early and often from here on in. Here or in Texas, no excuse for them at least to keep pace with the Rangers’ run-scoring and maybe the pitching somehow finds a way to do the rest. Unless they’ve just run out of gas.
This team this year has had a pretty hard time all year trying to repeat last years successes. And they haven’t been as strong. The hitting was streakier. The pitching fell apart in the second half. AJ was pathetic after April. Javy was no better than Gaidin was last year. Arod and his damn hip. Jeter’s decline. Posada’s aging into a 99 yr old Yogi. Cervelll’s stupidity. Too many flaws. I am seriously doubtful this team has what it takes to win it all.
I really miss Damon and Matsui. Unbelievable that Cashman thought the Yankees were better by letting those guys go.
“Let’s see if he can prove all of us wrong about his abilities as a Major League pitcher. ”
Pep, seriously, I still believe in AJ’s abilities.
i think we can catch up today.
From the YES postgame: 1 for 21 with RISP. Kay stating that they’ve been outplayed in 26 out of 27 innings (the 8th in the first game). O’Neil saying they’re lucky to be down 2-1 and not 3-0. Kay saying the have to start hitting. Kay saying Tommy Hunter (tomorrow’s Texas starter) is not a shutdown sort of pitcher, but if they can’t hit Tommy Hunter, then you really have to wonder if they can hit. Kay also citing the missed opportunity with Gardner on third. O’Neil saying Texas is a hot team right now. (Chills since that what SJ44 alluded to more than once about what would determine which team went all the way.
Not from the YES postgame: right now they’re back to playing like they did in September. Hope that turns around before they find themselves watching the Rangers dancing on the field either here (yuck) or in Arlington (still yuck).