Game 36: Yankees vs. Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on May 13, 2011 
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YANKEES (20-15)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Bartolo Colon (2-1, 3.86)
Colon vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (17-20)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Kevin Youkilis 3B
David Ortiz DH
J.D. Drew RF
Jed Lowrie SS
Carl Crawford LF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
RHP Clay Buchholz (3-3, 4.19)
Buchholz vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., YES Network and MLB Network
WEATHER: Pretty nice night. Might want a very light jacket, but right now it’s warm enough without one. Cloudy with some wind blowing right to left, but nothing too crazy.
UMPIRES: HP Chris Guccione, 1B Mike Winters, 2B Mike Everitt, 3B Mark Wegner
SPREADING THE OPPORTUNITIES: The Yankees are the only team in the majors with at least five players who have 20 or more RBI (Cano, Granderson, Martin, Rodriguez and Teixiera).
NEXT ON THE LIST: Derek Jeter needs one hit to pass Sam Crawford for sole possession of 29th place on baseball’s all-time hits list… Alex Rodriguez is 11 RBI from tying Mel Ott for ninth on baseball’s RBI list. If all of those RBI come on solo home runs, he’ll also tie Ken Griffey Jr. for five most homers all-time.
A NUMBERS GAME: On this date in 1929, the Yankees and Indians played the first Major League game between two teams wearing numbered uniforms.
UPDATE, 8:05 p.m.: Well, things were moving along pretty quickly and easily for Colon, then Gonzalez hit a no-doubter to right field for a 1-0 Red Sox lead in the fourth. Meanwhile, the Yankees are being no-hit with only Nick Swisher’s walk and Kevin Youkilis’s error putting runners on base.
UPDATE, 8:19 p.m.: Girardi was hoping the Red Sox would snap the Yankees out of their funk, but Russell Martin’s passed ball — on a strikeout — has opened the door to a second run in the fourth inning, and it’s now a 2-0 Red Sox lead.
UPDATE, 8:40 p.m.: A solo home run and a passed ball shouldn’t be enough to beat the Yankees. They’ve gotta consistently score some runs at some point.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m.: And there ya go, single by Posada and a two-run homer by Martin. Just like that, it’s tied at 2 in the bottom of the fifth.
UPDATE, 8:49 p.m.: Yankees caught a break there with the blown call at second base. Looked like Pedroia’s foot was on the bag when he caught the ball
UPDATE, 9:31 p.m.: YES had Chamberlain’s fastball at 98 mph on the Youkilis home run. Velocity didn’t do much to help on that one. It was a tied game just two batters ago, now it’s a 5-2 Red Sox lead.
UPDATE, 10:14 p.m.: Most of the air went out of this place on the Youkilis home run. The rest of the air went out on that Posada grounder. The speakers are apparently not working in the stadium, and the place is silent.
Roll call!
I’m here!
Costas and Kaat doing the game…..nice.
Bartolo had better not let that 2 seamer leak over the plate to Gonzalez…..he’ll with it the other way hard……really can’t let him beat you.
I thought Jed Lowrie had the flu and was supposed to miss tonights game?
If HGH were used one time as part of a surgery somehow then I don’t see the problem with that.
96!
Today is our Independence Day!!
Colon has his good stuff early tonight…..he looks good.
Does Colon throw anything other than the 2-seam and 4-seam fastball?
Blake–
Do you use Platelet-rich plasma therapy in your practice?
He has a change up and a curve that he throws sometimes.
Bojo,
No.
Can’t walk Pedoria in front of Gonzalez the way he’s been swinging the bat.
I’ve worked with some oral surgeons who use it…It seems to be gaining popularity
I read an article last night on SI, essentially, what Colon had done was microfracture surgery on his shoulder and elbow.
I never knew that Microfracture surgery was PRP added into micro holes hin the knee..
Michael Kay carrying the media memo how the Sox gave up “alot” for Agon
Bojo,
Yup it is in some situations.
Great pitch to gonzo ….that’s where you have to stay against him.
Nice. Colon looks on tonight
Nice work Bartolo…..good start.
Colon and Garcia are consummate pros…they give the Yankees an edge in pitching over RS
I’ll say this once.
I feel very bad for John Lackey, and my prayers go out to his wife in her battle with cancer.
Having said that, he and DiceK are going to weigh down the RS this year.
kind of a small sample size to label him Mr. May
Make laptop work.
Jeter has to be able to handle fastballs down the middle
Jeter looked horrible in that at bat.
Curse you Jon Sterling!
Jeter looked ok. He swung at strikes and laid off the balls.
Buchholz is getting good sink on his fastball early.
OMG–Sterling–PLEASE get some glasses! That call was embarrassing
Jeter has to get wood on that but it was a pretty good 2 seamer to be fair.
Costas thougt it was gone also….
Yankees apparently not seeing the ball well at all
Gotta hope Buch can’t control his cutter and 2-seamer all night like this
Buchholz always starts off well against the Yankees but they usually get to him in the middle innings.
When Buchholz is on it’s really hard to make solid contact. Looks to be another long night for the offense.
Buchholz looks pretty nasty actually….he’s throwing the ball well so far. He can be shaken though so they just need to battle him.
You can gurantee that Swish and Posada won’t see 1 fastball tonight from labtops to hit. Considering the numbers that Cano has against him he is lucky if he gets anything to hit with those 2 batting behind him.
“Buchholz always starts off well against the Yankees but they usually get to him in the middle innings.”
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that’s been the MO for Buchholz alot.
he definitely gets rattled a bit both when runners get on and in the later innings.
still, you’d rather not see him commanding his pitches well – and when he missed he missed in the dirt instead of up in the zone.
I am going to try hard tonight to not complain about the NYY tonight.. but they have to show me something ..
JF >>
“Yankees apparently not seeing the ball well at all”
I noticed in the last few weeks.. certain players bury themselves in the count immediately.. constant 1-2, 0-2 counts.. still nothing bothers me more than first pitch swinging.. the only person I may tolerate that with is Cano.
blake May 13th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Buchholz looks pretty nasty actually….he’s throwing the ball well so far. He can be shaken though so they just need to battle him.
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If JF is still at the game, maybe he can streak to the mound and kiss him. That would rattle me.
Im calling a Russ Martin homer tonight.
i like that Colon is sticking with the fastball the first time through the order…
but that 3rd pitch to Ortiz was risky!
2nd time through the lineup, the sox will be waiving at sliders
blake May 13th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Im calling a Russ Martin homer tonight.
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Taking notes
I got the hell out of there after that 4 hour snoozefest
If they really want to rattle him then have Jeter send Minka out there.
When a pitcher can hit his spots as Colon has, he can live on 2 pitches.
Bartolo dealin tonight so far.
Wow.. Colon is throwing 95MPH heat and an 82MPH change.. that is sick !!!
“Im calling a Russ Martin homer tonight.”
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I’m calling a CC win and Beckett loss tomorrow! Josh is due for a beatdown.
now that that’s settled, Yanks just need to win tonight to take the series.
Jerkface May 13th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
I got the hell out of there after that 4 hour snoozefest
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You don’t live in NYC, do you? I thought I saw you mention something about a flight…
That pit h to lowrie moved about 2 feet
I live in Florida
Colon looks really good so far. Hopefully the bats can give him some runs to work with…
This big guy looks amazing…. jesus.
“Wow.. Colon is throwing 95MPH heat and an 82MPH change.. that is sick !!!”
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that slider really only worked because he had thrown only fastballs so far (and because Nancy Drew is prone to take too many pitches)
he actually left them up quite a bit and will get hammered later in the game if doesn’t get them down in the zone a bit.
but I’ll take teh result for now.
Jerkface May 13th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
I live in Florida
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Do you get up to NYC for games often…or just a few times a year?
I’m calling ARod homer toniight
Colon is sharp early on
I go as often as I am able, usually around 6 times per year, but sometimes I visit other stadiums instead. I prefer to go to New York though because I love Gyu-Kaku and I think the 2nd nearest one is in Cali.
Noticed that Alex isn’t resting the bat on his shoulder anymore…..he’s gone back to the way he used to hold his hands pre pitch.
Next time Arod has to take his walk
“Noticed that Alex isn’t resting the bat on his shoulder anymore”
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wish he rested the bat on his shoulder on that 3-1 pitch in the dirt
The Yanks need to get better swings in hitter’s counts.
Awful by Jetes and Alex.
Not off to a sterling start.
Lol, kay’s statement regarding sux pitchers high era against Yankees are just silly and pathetic
This looks like it is going to be a pretty good pitching duel tonight
Bad at bat for Arod there.. Swung at a pitch in the dirt.
How is it silly and pathetic?
Robbie selective as always.
I take it back, I can’t tolerate Cano swinging at the first pitch.
What was swisher just swinging at there?? WOw.. not seeing the ball at all.
And Swish. WTH was that 2-0.
2-0 count for Swish and he swings at a pitch in the dirt.. Ugly at bats!!
Yeah Swish keep swinging for a grand slam
Real lack of contact on these pitches, which is worrisome, because that shouldn’t be happening with Buchholz.
Buchholz hasn’t thrown a changeup yet – which is arguably his best pitch.
Yanks really need to lay off those fastballs low or they’re gonna really look bad when he mixes in some changeups.
Swisher swinging at fastball in the dirt 2-0
Swish seems to be getting fooled on low stuff lately.
I mean, when you face Yankee lineup over and over, your era is expected to be higher than your average.
course he throws a changeup the next pitch after I type that…
Nice battle Swish
here come the curveballs and changeups to Po…
They are really going to have trouble against labtops today because he throws very few fastballs. Everyone knows how the Yanks are struggling against breaking pitches so he is going to throw 99% of them.
I mean, when you face Yankee lineup over and over, your era is expected to be higher than your average.
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Shouldn’t the idea be, good pitchers ought to pitch well against anyone and everyone? King Felix certainly handles the Yankees.
They need to separate Swish and Posada in the line-up. Bat Swish 7th and put Posada on the bench (replaced by Montero)
or not.
I’d love to see the #s, but I’m pretty sure Buchholz’s ERA is considerably lower in the early innings (not unlike many pitchers – but his inning splits are probably more disparate)
Tampa winning again. I guess Cash should just follow the Rays script and put together the worst hitting lineup he can imagine and we should be ok. Matt Joyce? Seriously?
Bats look good. Can’t wait to go to the game tomorrow.
is there a big difference between an Ipad and Ipad 2?
I doubt the ever bench Posada. The best you can hope for is a platoon split
255 OBP?! Wow!@
blake,
kind of (size/weight, camera, processing speed)
but ipad1 is still great and most importantly cheaper
Carl “Whitson” Crawford
blake,
Save your money. There are better tablets out there and they include flash
“I doubt the ever bench Posada. The best you can hope for is a platoon split”
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i could be wrong, but i also doubt he hits under .200 for too much longer.
he will figure it out…. but sure, we may have to settle for a DH who hits .250 with an OPS under .750.
Hard to believe Apple doesn’t support Flash
come on Cano. damn
Weak hit
Jerk face, I think if you put all ace pitcher’s numbers on the table, it won’t support kay’s view.
BD, triple,
Thanks….I just got an Ipad not long ago….I was just wondering how out of date it was already
Ellsbury will be running here
another non-chalant attempt by Cano.. That was easier than it looked.
where did Robbie’s range go on that one.
BoJo,
They do on their laptops. Just another example of Jobs not giving people an option to choose what they want or don’t want. HTML 5 and the cloud the standard. I’ll believe it when I see it
You watch the game and everyday you think ok this will be the day that the lineup busts out. It really is amazing that Swish and Posada haven’t shown any signs of life yet and the lineup as a whole has been very poor.
just dont leave your ipad (or laptop) where Buchholz can see it
Need runs.
Great job Bart.
Trip–
I have yet to own an Apple product…I always look for standards support
Triple,
I agree – give people the option to have Flash.
Flash (supposedly) burns through the battery much faster and would cost Apple a little $… but who cares – that should be up to the users.
i do believe html5 will change things a bit but still… you’re right.
I amusing ipad2 now. Yeah, it’s amazing apple doesn’t support flash.
Apple represents close and expensive, in the long run cheap and open will win.
Of course Gardner swings at a 2-0 in the dirt….
1. Bojo – I didn’t know that about Lackey’s wife, battling cancer. I’m not a fan of the guy, but I hope they do well. Must be impacting his performance, poor guy.
2. I need to replace my laptop. It’s ten years old. Any suggestions, esp. vs. tablet?
The only reason iPad doesn’t have USB or SD port is apple sells 16GB memory to you for $100.
BD (Boston Dave),
Totally agree on all accounts. I also don’t like how Apple makes the decision on what apps to accept and what not to. Jobs says he wants to keep the iphone and ipad apps porn free. Who is he to decide? This coming from someone who used to refuse to hire people who haven’t tripped out on acid
Jerk face, I think if you put all ace pitcher’s numbers on the table, it won’t support kay’s view.
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Let me take a cursory look:
David Price – Career 3.28 / Yankees 3.38
Cliff Lee – 2.98 (08 to 10) / Yankees Less than 3 (don’t wanna add up multiple splits)
Halladay – 3.29 / 2.98
Verlander – 3.77 / 3.97
Santana – 3.10 / 4.18
Haren 3.59 / 3.78
King Felix 3.20 / 2.73
I think we see that aces have a range but most are around their career ERA. The Red Sox ERAs are all like 2 runs worse, its a fair comment. Especially Beckett who had the media calling him some super clutch ace but he had more bad games than good against the Yankees
montero gets the boot after the ump blew the strike 3 call.
Also while I was tabulating that we saw 2 examples of BABIP magic, line drive to center and a gardner grounder that most definitely would have been an IFH had buchholz not layed out for it incredibly.
Ugly finder…..
Joe from LI,
you can get a perfectly good 15″ laptop for around $400 or so.
considering what you’re upgrading from, I don’t think you need to go all out and buy top of the line.
Youuuuuuk
Got u, jerkface
Also, I know Sabathia has good numbers against the Red Sox (mid-3.00′s ERA) and Pettitte’s numbers were right around his norm.
jeez. Not helping my fantasy team AT ALL!
how does Granderson go from seeing the ball so well lately… to that AB?
granted the 3rd pitch with 2 strikes was very tough… but the first 2 pitches were abysmal.
Granderson aside from the power numbers has looked terrible at the plate lately, but he’s not the only one. It’s a team virus right now!
tough error on Youk no? I’d think in NY Jete would get a hit there.
but could just be me. definitely seemed like a really bad hop.
and i also dont want Clay to have a no-hitter through 3.
I am using a Toshiba Satellite 13.3 inch laptop. Cost me around 500-600. Great battery life. Best laptop I have ever bought
I don’t recall Laptop’s delivery. He doesn’t hide the ball especially well, does he?
can’t let him beat you
ouch
its one thing to hit a HR…. its another to hit it to the moon
Gonzalez is really starting to heat up.
That was coming eventually…at least it’s a solo shot
Gonzalez is just locked in right now. He’s likely the new Yankee killer unfortunately. The way the Yankees are swinging the bats, that might be all it takes.
We had a guy who used to swing like that. His name was Arod. Anyone seen him lately?
thats been the difference so far IMO – granted it’s only 1-0
Bartolo has left some pitches up
Buchholz, when he misses, is throwing balls in the dirt (and the Yanks still swing anyway!)
Yankee fans are turning into Boston fans, acting just as classy changing “Boston Sucks”.
err chanting !
and I got ridiculed during the off season when I said Gonzalez is better and would have a better season then Tex.
Yes I know May does not make a whole season
wow.. team defense rearing its ugly head again.
That would happen
“”"BD (Boston Dave) May 13th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
thats been the difference so far IMO – granted it’s only 1-0
Bartolo has left some pitches up
Buchholz, when he misses, is throwing balls in the dirt (and the Yanks still swing anyway!)”"”"
yep.. good observation.
P: I hate that kind of chanting. It’s classless and it’s lazy.
Trip: Not sure who would have ridiculed you for that. I would say that is true, though probably not hugely greater. I expect their numbers to be very similar at the end of the year.
BD – thanks. Right now, I have a 17″ Toshiba laptop, the satellite series. Worked fine for years, now takes forever to load content.
how about a dP here.
lets get this inning over before it turns into one of those “ugly innings” the Yanks have been giving up lately
HR, error…. gulp
Joe from Long Island May 13th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Just a couple of thoughts.
1. I will never again buy HP–they don’t take responsibility for product flaws and screw their consumers
2. I like the convertible laptops that switch to tablets myself…
3. I like Ausus. Alienware, and Toshiba equipment
this team is pathetic. this broadcasting is pathetic. great stuff from the red sox 2nd home network, YES. just continue drooling on Gonzalez and now Ortiz.
get your pitches down Colon. You’re middle in or away with your FB and getting tagged with it.
I feel bad for the starting pitchers during this stretch. The pressure on them is unreal. They know if they give up more than 2 or 3 runs the game is most likely over.
Damn
Don’t let this game get away here
where is that 2 seamer to lefties Bart?
you know… the one that start way inside and drifts back to the inside corner?
Kay and Cone sound like they’re auditioning for NESN tonight
Oh geez, don’t turn to a big inning
tough to double Crawford here… how about a pop up
Colon better find himself quickly here….
“blake May 13th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
is there a big difference between an Ipad and Ipad 2?”
Blake we have both..
the ipad2 has a much nicer display and much faster (More ram, better CPU)..
for the extra $$, the ipad2 is a no brainer.. I love mine.. (well we all share it).
Joe from Long Island May 13th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
BD – thanks. Right now, I have a 17? Toshiba laptop, the satellite series. Worked fine for years, now takes forever to load content.
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Might just need a cleanup–what is processor speed?
oops sorry – i mean Lowrie.
DP!
I just can’t watch this team lately. I almost have to go live in a cave for a week and hope when I come back things have changed because they are just an ugly team to watch right now and it kills me to see them this way.
great play by colon to keep the runner off second….and preserve the double play, the double play that we will never get.
The Other Phil,
Gonzalez is a 300 or close to 300 hitter. I don’t think Tex is a 300 hitter anymore. Take out Tex’s first week and he has not been so so
Bartolo is pitching like he’s afraid right now.
go at them!
every pitch is tailing away to left handers and missing badly
Don’t walk Lowrie to get to Crawford
Gonzalez is a 300 or close to 300 hitter. I don’t think Tex is a 300 hitter anymore. Take out Tex’s first week and he has not been so so
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A-gon has hit .300 once in his career. Tex 3 times.
Oh man, colon magic is gone quickly
Trip: it does seem to trend that way, doesn’t it. I do think Tex will end up around .280 tho. With that, 30+hr, 100+rbi, I’ll be happy with that. Gonzalez will probably be at 300 but around the same for everything else.
i dont understand why Martin keeps calling outside fastball after outside fastball.
Colon’s pitches are tailing 2 feet to the right.
let’s get this figured out asap.
The frustrating thing about Colon is how often he overthrows the ball.
Honestly,
If it was not for our pitching.. we are playing like a last place team..
Maybe we should ALL bunt.
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I love how people think that just because BC and FG have pitched really well for us .. that they will stay like that for the entire season.. I’d be very surprised if they both pitch this well up until the all-star break !!
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I’d much rather have Carl Crawford than Nick Swisher !!!!!!!!
What happened to Colon in this inning??!?! With the way the offense is hitting they can’t afford to give up more runs here.
come on. GIDP please!
C’mon Bartolo – DP here!!
Colon is going to get hurt in this game if he doesn’t stop overthrowing.
Colon pitching scared right now. One hit and this game is certainly over.
Jerkface,
I said 300 or close to 300 and that was hitting in San Diego. He is a better hitter than Tex. Tex’s swing is a mess. Always has been
time to break out the slider for strike 3
Joe hopes the Sox bring out the best…wow!
Maybe a sweep will alert them they need to do something.
It is a mediocre team so maybe expectations should be tempered….they have played poorly for awhile now and other than HRs the Off is embarrassing.
Gonzalez and Teixeira have almost identical lifetime averages (.286 to .285, respectively). Although I agree that Gonzalez is more likely to hit .300 going forward, although part of that is the tendency of Fenway Park to inflate averages.
another slider…. little more bite this time please
Colon is having a Cano-like moment on the mound. Just completely lost his focus.
Bojo – I have no idea of speed (I’m a true 20th century guy. my wife’s the computer/tech wiz). My wife got her IT guy from her job to work on it a little bit ago, this is as good as it’s going to get.
RS: I agree. He hits to the opposite field well so he’ll be able to pepper that stupid wall.
Bojo,
the laptop is 10 years old.
it’s time
I hate when the announcers talk about how bad the Sox bats are struggling. No matter how bad they are doing they always hit against the Yanks. It’s like clockwork.
2 runs might be enough to shut the door. two perfectly placed balls got them another run. and we lead the league in double plays. bad luck
Joe–
Sometimes a larger hard drive or more memory or just cleaning up the apps will get it to run faster. There is an app called Game Booster (google it) that turns off background apps to also speed up the PC
Finish him – c’mon Bartolo keep it at 2
RS,
Yes they have close to the same average as of now but Gonzalez has hit in the worst hitters park his whole career with no protection around him where as Tex has hit in Texas and NY in stacked lineups
“Gonzalez and Teixeira have almost identical lifetime averages (.286 to .285, respectively).”
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its really hard to compare the two, especially just on BA.
Gonzalez has hardly had any protection in the lineup, hit in SD vs hitters parks.
Both guys are among the best. If Tex were more consistent, it would be easier to take him over AGone.
It’s a good thing that the Yanks brought up an extra arm because it looks like they are going to need it tonight.
Nice. Good job to get out of it with minimal damage. Let’s get one back now, please.
who is this debbie downer “beth” ?
what the hell is this woman talking about?
another unearned run (the martin passed ball)
gotta tighten up on D… this is getting ridiculous
Does hitting in big parks hurt your average though? It seems like it’d be easier to get doubles and triples (if the outfielders are playing in) or bloop singles if the outfielders are playing deep.
BD: leave it be. Just another commenter that craps on everything.
Buchholz will have a blowup inning…
just wait for it
Other Phil,
will do!
What’s frustrating is that Buchholz has fallen behind in almost every count and the Yankees have just 1 walk and no hits
RS,
More foul ball space, balls that should go out in other parks don’t there.
BD: Dangle your laptop at him. It’ll distract him.
I dont remember Buchholz throwing this many cut fastballs.
i dont like it!
Yankees need to make good on these hitters counts, unbelievable waste of great counts
Man it seems like Arod and Tex have had 3 and 0 counts like every game and it always goes to 3-2 and then they make out. So frustrating
That is what Tex does that Gonzalez doesn’t. Gonzalez goes with the pitch the other way. Tex rolls outside pitches over.
Verlander with another no-no through five….
no-hit through 4 last night
no hits thus far tonight.
what the….. ????????
let’s go!
Finally!
There we go. Let’s get something started, boys.
thank you
Atta boy mr invisible, I mean Tex.
Yay a hit!!!!
JM,
Kansas City used up all their hits last night.
they don’t get any tonight….
Bojo,
My brother got the MacBook Air 11″ and it is an absolute amazing laptop… for around ($1000).
I used to hate Mac and would laugh at the Apple fanboys, but after using it for a couple weeks, I will never ever again use a Microsoft computer again.. Mac is so much “cleaner and “simpler” to use.. plus I don’t have to waste countless hours doing cleanup/maintenance tasks like unintuitive configuration crap, clearing caches, dealing with viruses, browser hijackings.. like I did with Microsoft.
There was like a solid week of a learning curve going from Microsoft to Mac, but now my entire family has changed to Mac…
I love how on the Mac, that all of my software programs are 1 click away!!
getting alot of low strike calls.. and I mean low
These are pathetic at bats in hitter counts.
That was the worst swing i’ve seen by Cano in some time.
dont buy a mac.
buy a laptop with the same parts for half the price and just install the apple OS if you want it.
Come on Cano stop swinging at anything in sight…
“That was the worst swing i’ve seen by Cano in some time.”
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that’s what a good changeup can do.
if teixeira had tried to get on base with a three zero count, we could have had the first 2 runners on base
The Yankees can’t even get it out of the infield on hitter counts.
Wow. Didn’t get Sterling’d on that one. I’m kinda shocked.
That would be a double off the Monster. No wonder Cano hits so well in Fenway
i’d like to see alex run here
put some pressure on the sox.
buchholz struggles more often under pressure.
Swish really is pathetic
With all the balls that have ended up in the dirt, why the Yankees would swing at anything in the lower half of the strike zone is beyond me
that pitch was way outside. no matter anyhow as swish will go down swinging for the fences
Alex really doesn’t run much anymore, does he?
i saw this coming.
Yanks were waiving at fastballs in the dirt in the first 2 innings.
you knew Clay would turn to the changeup soon enough. you need to have good plate discipline against Buchholz or you’re in trouble.
I hope Verlander throws another no hitter.
Swisher is swinging at everything….
Swish. Damn. I dig you, dude, but you are killing me right now.
that was swish making his grandparents proud
Swisher is just useless. Not one good swing that whole at bat.
“Alex really doesn’t run much anymore, does he?”
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no, but he can. even if he gets thrown out…
Yanks need to make Clay think.
he has a hard time with speed guys on base. he has a tendancy to worry too much about the runner and it affects his pitches.
put some pressure him. and quick.
I have been a MAC guy for more than fifteen years now – they are so far superior to a PC in every respect it’s not even funny. The new Firefox browser 4.0.1 on a Macbook Pro is blazing fast. They are worth every penny.
I’m usually an optimist and I usually look at things very positively, but man… this offense looks like crap. Absolutely horrible. Not being patient, not looking for “their” pitch. The only player who looks like he knows what he’s doing is Gardner and that’s been the case for a while now.
Swisher’s swing has gotten really long again and his plate discipline is all but gone right now.
Very likely a sweep.
Go Melky!
“BD (Boston Dave) May 13th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
dont buy a mac.
buy a laptop with the same parts for half the price and just install the apple OS if you want it.”
I don’t know about you Dave, but not only do I love the Apple OS now.. I love the machine itself too.. I used to love Dell and that is all I would get until I switched to Apple.. (I even still have a nice Dell that runs Linux)..
The AIr is an amazing piece of technology in every aspect !! I am saving up for one, and it’s worth every penny !!
I am using my Dad’s MacBook Pro 15″ right now, this thing was very expensive, but he got it fully loaded.. it’s ra friggin beast too.. but I like the smaller lighter Air better!
This should be Swisher’s last year in pinstripes. His swing looks like Shelly Duncan. All geared up for the fastball and can’t hit or adjust to anything else. He is really lucky that the Yanks don’t have a young outfielder ready to come up from the minors.
Yankees have swung and missed 14 times tonight…37% of B’s strikes…
This is the Swisher of the ChiSox. .210-.220 hitter, and no plate discipline.
It’s not about plate discipline. It is that they cannot recognize pitches at all.
Dave, plus I didn’t know you can actually install Apple OS on a Dell? I mean I have seen hackers do it.. but it looks really difficult and buggy.. and view myself as a tech savvy.
blake: That’s what they’re saying is wrong with his swing now, right? Arms are too long so he’s not generating power?
I do wonder if the ‘new’ swing is causing that. It seemed to helped a little at the end of last year, but overall, it has been a huge detriment. Maybe he needs to pull a Jeter and go back to what’s comfortable?
“I have been a MAC guy for more than fifteen years now – they are so far superior to a PC in every respect it’s not even funny. ”
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really WCYF?
what brand motherboard, processor, memory, hard drive are in your Mac?
and what makes those parts better than the parts in a PC?
if you cant answer that, you probably shouldn’t be paying double for a Mac.
just my opinion…. considering you can buy a PC with the same parts for half price and install the Mac OS if you so choose.
Alex is swinging the bat much better….he got beat in his first AB but he’s looking like he’s about to break out.
The rest of the guys…..still not there yet.
So far, this game looks like a continuum of the past week. Yankees offense non-existent, poor defense, and AGon scorching the ball.
P,
I have anti virus software that runs in the middle of the night and windows updates that run automatically. Any programs you want can be put on your desktop for one click action and I paid half for my laptop and never had a virus or malware or anything To each their own I guess
Are they gonna mix up this lineup or continue doing the definition of insanity?
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The Other Phil May 13th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Go Melky!”"”"
Hah. Melky is like a totally diff player this year.. he looked fat and sluggish last year.. I do miss the C&C boys energy when they played together, but I think it’s been better for both of their careers to be on diff teams @!
And Fausto Carmona turns back into Fausto Carmona and potentially costs me a win…
i’ll bow out though – just my opinion. i know better than to diss Apple.
and i actually like apple products (own appleTV, iPhone, iPad2)
it is a guess lineup. rather than see the ball hit the ball approach, it is just guess guess guess. if swish could just continue to take walks as he did in first plate appearance tonight.
Phil,
to me he looks like he’s gone away from what he was doing last year and is trying to yank everything. Last year he was very short to the ball and used the whole field….even early this year he was taking the ball the other way a lot. He’s pulling off the ball badly right now…..almost like that HR total is bothering him.
P: I always liked Melky. Frustrated as heck when he would swing at junk in the dirt, but liked him nonetheless. I really hope he has a nice long career.
BD (Boston Dave),
Totally agree
nice play by Colon to retire the Keebler Elf
You your glove Bartolo Vizquel
I think we should go to Scranton and kidnap Montero and bring him to NY. They have to mix things up instead sending the same garbage out here everyday.
Swisher is walking more than last year and striking out less, but making less contact overall. Hardly any of his flyballs are going for HRs and he is getting less of his line drives falling in for hits than average (as well as flyballs and groundballs)
Swishers BABIP this year is like 08, where he was a very unlucky hitter and why the Yankees were so wise to trade for him.
i wish i could get the mlbn feed, so i could hear what kaat is saying about colon’s fielding.
BD – seriously? I’m not getting into a childish Ford versus Chevy debate about computers during a Red Sox game. I commented I think MAC’s are superior. If you like PC’s great, I hope they perform flawlessly for you.
Yankee offense is just like last year, maybe even worse…no high average hitters, too dependent on the HR, and too easily beat with good pitching and “unknown pitching”….media and fans: please, please, please stop saying we have a great offense…it’s great in names only and as I have said numerous times I could care less about leading the league in runs scored b/c of piling up runs in certain games…when it counted vs. Texas in the ALCS the bats went to sleep for the most part…..it’s like a broken record the number of games the past 2 years this team goes into team slumps….we need some young bats that can hit for high average!!
Kay’s reference to the holy trinity of shortstops was kinda stupid…
that 2nd pitch looked good to me
lets get Gonzalez here…. cant let him heat up anymore than he has
blake: Could very well be. I haven’t had the chance to see enough games (West Coast livin) to watch his swing.
As much as I talked about hitting coaches and too much tinkering yesterday, there is obviously something wrong mechanically that they need to work on.
With Alex, it really seems like he’s just fighting thru an injury and is getting closer to being back. JoPo… sigh. I don’t even know. But Swish has a good eye, always has. He should be getting his hits.
They traded a lot of their farm system. The jury is still out of the Padre package but who but Hanley have they ever traded that went on to have very good careers?
macbook pro.
just sayin’
WCYF,
and i asked you what makes paying double for the same parts worth it?
if you dont know what parts are in your laptop, you can simply say so.
if you like the Apple OS better, that’s one thing – course that’s not what you said.
I have heard enough about the Sox already tonight by Kay. It’s like watching a Sunday night baseball game or a Fox game. Enough already…
Colon’s season against the Red Sox: 9.1 ip, 2 ER…0 run support!!
JoPo goes yard. I’m calling it.
(Hey, can’t hurt, right??)
Phil,
yea, Swish has always had good command of the strike zone and took his walks. He’s just not seeing the ball right now….hopefully it’s just a slump and he’ll come out of it…..no reason to think its not as he’s still pretty young.
WCYF,
you said “they are so far superior to a PC in every respect it’s not even funny.”
that’s quite a strong statement coming from someone who doesn’t know much about the product.
“”Triple Short of a Cycle May 13th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
P,
I have anti virus software that runs in the middle of the night and windows updates that run automatically. Any programs you want can be put on your desktop for one click action and I paid half for my laptop and never had a virus or malware or anything To each their own I guess”"”
Well, like I said.. I preferred Microsoft for a long time.. but it’s not only what you describe.. After using apple for a few weeks.. and then going back to Microsoft, I realized just how much better OSX is over Windows in so many ways.. probably one of the top reasons is just that Microsoft feels like a cluttered mess of old technology design too me.. and Apple feels so clean and intuitive.. I Like the layout of everything much better on the Mac..
I honestly don’t get why people would use windows at all today.. I mean it was pretty much the only choice when I first started using computers 7 years ago.. but too me you get what you pay for.. I mean, a ford escort will get you to/from work just like a BMW M3 will .. but I know if I want a BMW, I expect to pay more for it than a Ford!
About you never having a virus/malware problem.. you sound like a smart computer user then..
Microsoft without anti-virus software is like driving a car without a steering wheel.. seriously.
“Colon’s season against the Red Sox: 9.1 ip, 2 ER…0 run support!!”
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yup.
can’t blame Colon. this offense is certainly frustrating…. but you have to have faith.
those bats can’t be held down forever.
I like PC’s better….I’ve used both and PC’s just are more user friendly to my brain.
Boys, boys… let’s not go all “I’m Apple/I’m PC”. This isn’t a commercial with that crappy actor.
Other Phil,
close enough -
now let’s get another one of those “HR”
Hey! A hit! Woo!!
Yankees really need to make Buchholz pay for falling behind 2-0 in every freaking count. I mean, how long can you do that and be successful?
Hip Hip!
Blake called it!
RMart!!
Good call Blake
MARTIN!!!
yesssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I heart Martin
YES!
did you call that blake?
Martin going yard!!!
Martin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
russell has muscle
Haha…..I think I called that!
blake is on a roll lately!!!
nice one
HAH, who called the Martin HR earlier ?? !!! ??
Spot on.. call another !
I guess that makes up for the passed ball and unearned run, hehe
Never thought that one was goimg to carry out
Russell Martin I give thanks to you. That was very much needed. Ellsbury almost caught that.
Wait. “Russell shows muscle”?? That’s Sterling’s call for RMart? Wow. I must’ve missed all of the games he’s gone yard…
he was due….and he just seems like a big game kinda guy.
and that’s all we need to cheer this place up in a NY minute!!
let’s go Yanks!
GB: Seems like the ball isn’t carrying at all, is it…
If Gardner can get on, that would really mess with Bucky’s head
hopefully Colon can maintain for another inning or two now.
Former catcher and current catcher make 2 runs….nice.
and it’s all the Yanks need to rattle Clay a little bit.
he is prone to bad innings – circa 2009-2010 AJ.
BD – I know what I have and don’t feel the need to get into a childish debate. PC’s and the Windows OS are inferior. That’s pretty much accepted these days. Enjoy your viruses.
RS,
exactly
Gardy will drive Buch crazy out there
Go Gardner Go! You have to run!!
let’s not forget Posada’s single.. he smashed that ball.. did he swing at the first pitch? Just curious???
If Gardner doesn’t try to steal here, I think I may get off his bandwagon
this is the team I remember. Swing aggressively at their pitches, not Clay’s!
good for jorge and good for russell to break out of his slump. will brett gardner consider stealing a base early in the count? will derek give him the chance?
P: 3rd pitch
Don’t bunt, let Gardner run first!
Run Gardy!
Gardner is killing the ball lately……I wouldn’t sac bunt here but I wouldn’t mind Jeter dragging one at Youkalis
I like PCs because I enjoy being able to use every application that exists and hardware. For people that are even a bit tech savvy, PC is the way to go. If you’re not familiar with computers, I can see how Mac would be appealing. Espcially those that don’t want to worry about what is under the hood.
Posada swung at a 2-0 pitch
How is Gardner only 50% on steals? 5-10
jajajajajaja, gardner did not go on the throwaway. he seriously must have no baseball instincts or understanding whatsoever
The Other Phil May 13th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
GB: Seems like the ball isn’t carrying at all, is it…
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Seems to down the line, but, not in that direction, at least not tonight.
blake: per Sterling, Yook was back so he showed bunt.
WCYF,
your ignorance shines through yet again.
but it’s not worth teaching you about computers. people have tried to educate you on here before and you’ve shown you’re either too stubborn or simply not capable of retaining any of it.
anyway….
that was a base hit up the middle if gardner was not stealing. bad bad luck
NYY: Some of those are pick offs, I think?
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And beth, he didn’t go cuz he was on the ground and it only rolled a few feet. You have no idea what you’re talking about, as usual.
(Yes, BD, take my own advice, I know…
The ELf gets burned – bad call
had gardner taken the base on the throw away, yankees get a run. no baseball instinct. does gardner know what it means to steal third with one out?
I don’t think youkalis could field a good bunt and throw Jeter out,.
Yanks fans really do need to knock off the dumb Boston sucks chant.
and the ump needs to knock off calling that inside pitch to Grandy a strike.
I hate the Boston Sucks chant. It’s silly.
Clay’s pitch count is starting to climb up there a bit too
I’m getting to be a pretty good software programmer. I love it ! I am working on my first iPad app for school.. I know 4 programming languages now and Apple Mac has a much nicer development environment than Microsoft.
At school we have .Net and Microsoft Visual Studio or we can use Apple XCode for C++, but I really like Apple’s Xcode.. Also Mac taught me about UNIX which is absolutely awesome in itself!
Yeah I do remember a couple pickoffs for Gardner, but his timing is definately off right now.
Gardner would have been thrown out had to gone on that pick off attempt. Gonzalez throws very well.
darn!
gardy should/could be on 3rd…. oh well
At least they’re making better contact now
gardner stays put, those are words to live by
Now Gardner could have been on 3rd with that ball in the dirt and that would have been a sac fly.
P,
Again everyone should use what they are comfortable with. I don’t know how much experience you have with windows 7 but to me it is just as good if not better then OSX. I have not had windows 7 crash on me yet. Mac has released a ton of security patches over the last few years. Vista was awful but it was rushed. Vista was like a half release. It was supposed to be what Windows 7 is today. I also work as a programmer so windows will always be the choice for me
I think we should swap Jeter and Gardner right now in the BO. I know Joe will never do that because he is a wuss.. but, Gardner deserves it.
RS: Agreed. I’ll take hard outs since it means they are squaring the ball. They have to land sooner or later.
RS,
yes they are.
Buchholz has finally cracked and left some pitches up in the zone too.
There’s the changeup.
Ugly.
gardner would not have been out. ball rolled all the way to the stands
Okay, heading home to catch the last couple innings. Catch you all on the flip side.
now the fact that Colon has given up just 2 hits and 1ER through 5IP feels a little better
(though 3 walks)
I hope he can give them 2 more strong innings.
with DRob, Joba, Soriano, and Mo available tonight – just gotta keep this close.
Verlander update:
that pesky Melky Cabrera broke up the no-no with an RBI triple
but even the great Eric Hosmer is hitless… shouldn’t that count for something?
P May 13th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
I’m getting to be a pretty good software programmer. I love it ! I am working on my first iPad app for school.. I know 4 programming languages now and Apple Mac has a much nicer development environment than Microsoft.
At school we have .Net and Microsoft Visual Studio or we can use Apple XCode for C++, but I really like Apple’s Xcode.. Also Mac taught me about UNIX which is absolutely awesome in itself!
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May have a better environment to code in, but how good is it developing {C apps (I don’t know)? That is where the money is…
Just gotta get into laptop’s head — he’s vulnerable at that point.
What I would love to see is Papelbon giving up a solo shot to Arod to end the game!
how about a quick inning…. Clay had to work in the 5th and will start to tire if they can get him back out there shortly
NYY fan in NH,
I second that.
Or Grandy.
heck, I’ll vote for Posada to hit the walk off this time.
he needs it.
Heathcott was hit by pitch in first inning and was tossed out of the game after getting into a fight with the greenville catcher.
brett marshall was outstanding in his 7 innings for Tampa. 7 innings, 5 hits. 1 run, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts. Lyerly is 2-3 with a double and 2 RBI. Castro is 2-3 with an RBI double.
Melky mesa is 2-3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI
I’ll second the Posada walk off
Tampa with another strong pitching effort – Hellickson 7IP, 4hits, 0 runs
Triple,
As a developer than you should know that SW gets patched.. and Windows has had plenty of patches and many many more zero-day exploits than mac. According to:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1222 there has been 5 security updates in the last 12 months.
You can’t tell me that MS is more secure than OSX (UNIX) .. that’s just silly.. but you are correct in it’s whatever your comfortable with.. I Know MS pretty well since that is what introduced me to computers.. but I find that a lot of MS users bash Mac’s when they have little to no experience with them, just because they are comfortable with MS.
that is my biggest hatred for windows is that it is not a UNIX or Unix-like OS.. which is the reason why Mac viruses rarely exists and when they do they are trojan’s that effect only the local machine and not a self replicating viruses that can wipe out your entire network.. which is due to the UNIX filesystem layout and how it does not have a “registry” like windows that is the core of the OS.
BD I’m sorry you have an inferiority complex and find the need to equate your self worth with what kind of computer you use. Maybe someday you too will be able to enjoy a MAC. Since you are so possessed to talk tech during a Sux game. I have a 17″ MBP – 2.3GHz Quad configured with 4GB SDRAM and a 256 GB solid state drive. No moving parts chief.
GB7,
nice to see Marshall with another good outing.
and after reading the article Chad posted about him… queue the “Heathcott has off the field issues” debate
“I like PCs because I enjoy being able to use every application that exists and hardware. For people that are even a bit tech savvy, PC is the way to go”
are you sure it’s not because you are stuck in your rational brain.
there is this thing called creativity.
macs dominante in the creative world.
Does anyone know if Soriano is available tonight?
and how lucky are the Red Sox in this inning?
WCYF,
dont be sorry about that – be sorry that you are utterly confused about what I said.
I read earlier that Soriano is available – not sure if that has changed though
how abotu a slider????
Triple Short of a Cycle May 13th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Does anyone know if Soriano is available tonight?
and how lucky are the Red Sox in this inning?
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Yes he is.
Soriano is available, but I do NOT want to see him in this series.
nice job Bart.
6IP, 1ER
kept the team in the game.
now it’s up to the pen and bats to take care of business.
BD, Heathcott has become a pitcher’s target lately.
Yeah, nice to see marshall rounding into pitching shape as far as his arm goes. Nive to see the strikeouts and no walks. he’s sort of a CM Wang type pitcher, a few strikeouts and a lot of groundouts. 8 ground outs and 3 fly outs tonight.
“Soriano is available, but I do NOT want to see him in this series.”
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I’ll take my chances. If we see him, it’s because the Yanks have the lead in the 8th inning.
I’ll sign up for that. Soriano was throwing much better before the sore elbow too.
another quality start for Bartolo. Hitting 96 on his 99 pitch. He’s leaving it all out there.
macs dominante in the creative world.
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Do you know why though? Probably not, so let me explain. The reason why Macs are preferred by artists is that the software was originally available only on mac. This is no longer the case, so there isn’t any real reason to go with mac other than personal preference for user interface or some miniscule advantage in load time for original mac applications like Photoshop. Nothing about a mac is inherently more creative than a PC, infact, PC can do more things generally due to the ease of modability.
“May have a better environment to code in, but how good is it developing {C apps (I don’t know)? That is where the money is…”
Bojo >>
Now your talking my language.. !! ANSI-C my friend was developed ON and originally FOR UNIX, which Apple Mac OSX is 100% UNIX certified.. and comes with gcc as the built in C/C++ compiler.
I have to disagree with you about C being where the money is.. I am making very good money developing in Python and Ruby right now.. and OBJ-C (which is the language most use to build Ipad/Iphone apps) is what I am currently learning.. I know C/C++ pretty well already and there’s just not the same type of market for that language, unless of course you’re writing device drivers.. but that’s not where the $$ is either.. the money is in Mobile Apps both Android and Iphone etc.. Also wed development.. I was making $120.00 an hour programming ruby on rails… do I need to remind you that 120.00hr for a 14 year old is like 1200.00hr for adults !!
Last call at the Stadium. WTF?
I’d bring Colon back to at least open the 7th inning. He’s good for 110 pitches tonight.
wow – Matt Joyce is en fuego and hit a long HR tonight
gotta tip your cap to those Rays in Tampa…
they are apparently gonna keep the AL East a warzone this season.
Not in the least confused Boston. Like many, I grew up on PC’s and the Windows OS.
I have never heard of one person that switched from a PC to MAC that said they made a mistake. What they usually say is why didn’t I do this years ago.
And how many people do you know dumping their MAC for a PC?
Bartolo in the 7th. Good deal.
We all know what will happen if they bring back Colon – he will start to tire, and put a couple runners on, Joe will pull him, whoever relieves him will allow them to score. Joe will be blamed for sending him back out at 100 pitches,
Macs dominate creative world?
Lol, it’s all about apps. None of my daily use apps has Mac version. I am glad to say reject to Mac,
Let’s go Jorge.
I still can’t believe that Cano didn’t beat that hit out. Stunning!
WCYF,
you are quite confused.
I never argued about personal preference over Windows or Mac OS.
My contention is that you can buy a laptop with the same parts as a Mac for considerably less $$ and then install whichever OS you want on it.
Since that went as far over your head as Swisher’s double did to Crawford, just let it go.
you are too stubborn to make this “debate” worth continuing.
thanks greenberet7, er, larry rothschild for letting us know bartolo is okay for 110. could bartolo go 112 pitches, larry?
cmon Po!!!
good eye
Posada and the rest of the Yanks were swining at that 2-1 pitch earlier
JobaTipsHisCap May 13th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Macs dominate creative world?
Lol, it’s all about apps. None of my daily use apps has Mac version. I am glad to say reject to Mac.
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The creative world as in the film business, advertising, graphic design, video editing, etc. Overwhelmingly MAC.
another three-one count wasted
that was painful – sitting 3-1 fastball and hits a weak dribbler that another runner may have beat out.
oh well….
momentum is still currently in the Yanks favor
If you wanna be ripped off by aapl consistently, go for it.
Lol
a 3-legged alligator could’ve out run Po to first on that one. He has legs like HellBoy has fist.
Another great hitters count where the Yanks don’t get the ball out of the IF.
If Mac is so good why does Apple promote you to install Windows and make it dual boot?
I’m confuse, is this a Mac/PC blog? Or Yankees blog? Get your unrelated stuff out of here.
wow, great first and second pitch
i guess he is definitely good to go another inning
Boston – right, I am sure that is well within the skill set and time constraints of most people out there, to rebuild computers. Must be a huge market huh?
on a zero-two count, jarrod saltalaminorleaguer gets a hit past a diving cano. is past a diving cano the new past a diving jeter?
its ok – bad pitch execution on 0-2
but he still looks like he has it so far this inning
get the force and then a DP
For PC it is. Which is why PC has like 1000 times as many installed machines than Mac.
just do NOT wanna see Gonzalez this inning
no more hits or walks!
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Jerkface May 13th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
macs dominante in the creative world.
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Do you know why though? Probably not, so let me explain. The reason why Macs are preferred by artists is that the software was originally available only on mac. This is no longer the case, so there isn’t any real reason to go with mac other than personal preference for user interface or some miniscule advantage in load time for original mac applications like Photoshop. Nothing about a mac is inherently more creative than a PC, infact, PC can do more things generally due to the ease of modability.”"”
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JF>>>
I believe the word you are looking for is “portability” but I disagree with that. Microsoft very rarely adhere’s to industry standards and creates their own proprietary compilers and “closed source” libraries. Apple has a lot of “closed source” too, but they adhere for the most part to industry standards and when they do create something proprietary they often release an open source version of it as well.
Than again, Mac which was mostly coded in C/C++ is now mostly OBJ-C language.. so it’s pretty difficult to port Mac software to Windows just the same as it is to port Windows to the Mac.. I think that stinks personally, which is why I am becoming very interested in “open source”.
I partially agree about the “artist” and “mac” statements.. but the mac apps for musicians specifically are spectacular.. Logic/Garage Band etc.. so simple to use! Let’s not forget about Hollywood and movie makers who use Final Cut !!
Like Triple said, it’s all a matter of preference today.. but I can list tons of reasons why I switched from windows to mac and will never go back.
The only thing that I give Windows props over Mac these days is video games.. I am a big gamer.. and point blank.. windows has a ton more games and just does it better! Although, I think that will change in the future as well.
i guess greenberet7/larry rothschild was wrong with his colon is good for 110 pitches. pulls things out of his deteriorated brain. good start for bartolo, has really given this team a huge bonus thus far this year
Film & photography is all Mac. It’s not even close.
If the Yankees can ever get Cody Johnson, the Trenton outfielder to grab onto the concept of the strike zone, he’s going to be monsterous. Big, strong and a left handed hitter with unreal power. He just hit one into the Delaware River on the fly at Trenton. He’s just 23.
WCYF,
enough – not sure which is more irritating, your ignorance or your stubbornness.
you were confused and now you’re just trying to grasp at straws. I’m guessing I knew more about computers when I was 5 than you do now, and that fact is completely irrelevant and pointless.
why? because I never once said Macs were bad or worse than PCs. I just prefer to pay less for things than you do.
let it go.
Jerkface:
“Nothing about a mac is inherently more creative than a PC, infact, PC can do more things”
this is an absolute absurd statement.. mac’s have a ton more apps and software that cater to the “creative” art industries..
Mac has developed Final Cut, Logic Pro/Express, iMovie (where almost anyone can create a film).. while Microsoft has been busy working on spreadsheet and office applications (oh that is another thing windows does better than mac.. office software) Mac pretty much focused on the “creative” markets not business.
I don’t understand the need to insult someone when making a point.
As a side note it’s sort of sad we’re talking computers during a Sox game.
P,
I was referring not to programming but to the programs that are purchased by consumers. Macs have become the defacto machine for artists simply because that has always been the way, despite many of the once mac-only programs are now available for PC (not the case for Final Cut PRo, though you can buy a PC that is just as fast for half the cost and simply use an OSX emulator).
It used to be you couldn’t get suites like Photoshop et al on the PC, but they are available for it now. And with the freedom of parts choice and ability to do your own setup you can do some wild stuff with a PC.
damn
they had 2 with a perfect delivery from Jeter
but tough
how awful is this… cano could have had the double play. he did not get his feet tied up, he got his brain tied up.
this is an absolute absurd statement.. mac’s have a ton more apps and software that cater to the “creative” art industries..
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Its not absurd. The Mac does not do anything creatively that a PC cannot. You’re simply referring to software, most of which is available on the PC as well.
thank you Bronx
I am more than happy to let go of that useless debate.
i’m more interested in seeing a DP so we dont see Gonzalez this inning
this is consistently becoming one play a game in which cano falls asleep defensively.
Cano has to turn 2 there.
What is wrong with him this year? His defense stinks.
Turn two here boys
lgy maybe cano has become full of himself and thinks he is more of a star than he is
LGY,
tough play but i figured he would attempt to turn 2 at least.
dont want gonzalez up with a man on this inning.
gulp.
or 2
Of course our stolen base attempt / swing messes up, theirs works out.
glad pedroia started to hit when he plays us
lets go Joba
earn it here
just keep the damn ball down
thanks cano for costing yankees the lead. more of your brain dysfunction hurting the team
lgy maybe cano has become full of himself and thinks he is more of a star than he is
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Nonsense.
no fly balls
“Triple Short of a Cycle May 13th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
If Mac is so good why does Apple promote you to install Windows and make it dual boot?”
Are you really asking that? you can’t figure out that strategy?
Windows dominated Apple for years.. they still have a lot more market share.. what is it 80% ?
they simply are giving those 80% the ability to use both OSX and Windows so that they can (and believe) they will start stealing them away and get them to use mac.
BTW, the PC market has declined dramitacally the last few years.. yet Apple’s market share has been on a steady rise … granted Windows has much much more marketshare due to being a million times better than the original Mac OS. Basically for almost 10 years it was either Windows or nothing.. well that’s changed.. Windows now has OSX and Linux to compete with!
Yes, film and photos are all about Mac.
But, future trading, equity trading and forex trading have no place for macs, none, nothing, zero.
Trenton and igawa get the 6-3 win.
Final Box score
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_treaax_1
c’mon Joba – big strikeout here!! Dial it up
get 2 strikes on him and throw a nasty slider, please
Way to go Joba.
gardner took his time, went to the robinson cano school of brain dysfunction, and allowed pedroia to coast into second base
Excuse the error….Trenton wins 5-3
dont like it
unless you’re throwing 100, dont throw a fastball out over the plate there to one of the hottest hitters in baseball right now
why not try another slider?
that run is on cano. his defense is sloppy altely to say the least
Again, Joba shaking off the catcher. So glad Joba’s smarter than everyone out there…well, except for Girardi. NO ONE is smarter than that guy.
gardner took his time, went to the robinson cano school of brain dysfunction, and allowed pedroia to coast into second base
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Pedroia was at 2nd by the time the ball even got there, that would have been impossible. Gonzalez pushed him all the way back to the warning track, no time to set and run at the ball to get momentum to 2nd.
That was a horrible pitch by Joba
gonzalez knows how to drive runners in. teixeira could learn something from a real first baseman on how to get a runner in via a productive out. how many times has teixeira failed already this year in attempting to do so..10?
Our guys don’t deserve to win.
Good thing Joba got that day off. That’s how you manufacture a run boys. Hope they took notes.
lately
Coming into the season out strengths were supposed to be our pen and offense. Who would have thought neither of those would be the case and our pitching would be the one keeping us in ball games.
What is that like 6 games blown this year by the pen?
gag
the sickening part is Bartolo threw a great game and is in line for the loss now
good job cano. cano cost yankees 5 runs yesterday, 3 runs today. laziness, lack of concentration, lack of desire, lack of effort. smile some more cano
Awful pitch selection the last 2 batters.
worse team in baseball hands down
not even a contest
they lay down for everyone
Joba looking like a thrower instead of a pitcher this inning
fastball after fastball up
Thank you again Robbie Cano.
So disheartening.
Cano’s been a “little” shaky, Kay? Ya think?
yea good thing Retardi didn’t use Joba the other night and saved him for today
And that is why throwing 95 doesn’t mean jack when you are pitching to great hitters. You cannot bust fastballs by these guys.
“Its not absurd. The Mac does not do anything creatively that a PC cannot. You’re simply referring to software, most of which is available on the PC as well.”
Right. I am referring to software.. it’s the same HW.. they all have the same intel or AMD processors, same memory manufactures, same HDD, same GFX card manufactures (windows has many more to choose from) ..
It’s the OS that is the only thing that is different.. nothing will ever get me back to windows.. from a “casual user” it really makes no difference what OS you use.
Bad Joba has returned at an inopportune time.
jajajaja, smile cano. smile hijo. attababy. smile about your solo jack yesterday. jajajajajajaja, mvp cano taking time off defensively
Let’s face it. Yanks aren’t that good. 89 win team this year. Offense and bullpen (other than Mo) are severely overrated.
Cano didn’t throw that meatball…
“You cannot bust fastballs by these guys.”
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Then tell Martin to stop calling for them.
Joba is throwing what Martin puts down.
You cannot bust fastballs by these guys.
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ever?
Here come all the sage predictions…how about we see how the season plays out?
“Awful pitch selection the last 2 batters.”
yup…Cano has to clean it up though. We are used to plus defense from the 2nd base position and he’s underperforming defensively. That double play has to be turned, that’s taylor made and it may have cost them the ballgame. Also….Robbie needs to run out of the box, he beats that chopper out if he doesn’t stand there for a split second after contact…..he has all the talent in the world…..its’ the little things that make a player great and he needs to get back to doing them as this team is going to be his team pretty soon.
Scranton squeaks out a 2-1 win over Pawtucket
Final Box score
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_pawaaa_1
Colon threw over 80% fastballs.
But I guess you cannot bust fastballs by these guys??
Inconsistency is going to prevent Robertson or Joba from becoming closers and will keep them at middle-reliever status eternally.
If Cano had made the double play like he should have the inning would have been over.
“JobaTipsHisCap May 13th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Yes, film and photos are all about Mac.
But, future trading, equity trading and forex trading have no place for macs, none, nothing, zero.”
LOL, I am not even touching that statement.. good point tho man, way to contribute to the discussion! *cough
If Cano turns that doubleplay it would have been a diferent story, but what the hell……
Let’s face it. Yanks aren’t that good. 89 win team this year. Offense and bullpen (other than Mo) are severely overrated.
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The yankees are going to the playoffs!
Mediocre pitching and less than that on Offense gets these results…..heading toward 20-16 w/ Beckett and Lester on deck.
When does Casman do something? When does Joe get a few of these stiffs out of the lineup? I have little hope in Joe doing anything other than continuing running out Posada, Swisher et al
Hey Johnny D cranks one for the Rays win.
I hope someone tears into Cano after the game, there is no way the Elsbury ball should not have been 2 – it couldn’t have been hit any better to set it up. Too many mistakes by Cano the last month or so in the field
“yup…Cano has to clean it up though. We are used to plus defense from the 2nd base position and he’s underperforming defensively.”
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The two things Cano made huge strides in last year: Plate discipline and defense.
Those two things have regressed in a big, big way this season.
Cano is looking a lot like the 2008 version.
Hell, the team looks like like 2008 Yankees.
Tampa yanks and Brett Marshall get the 5-3 win
Final Box score
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....8;did=milb
glad I didn’t expect too much from them tonight.
This team just does not look good right now. I know that they have it in them but there is no continuity, no extra effort out there. It’s only May and they are still in good shape but it’s a little concerning. They looked dead for a stretch in 2009 also before Cashman talked to them in Atlanta. I wonder if it will take a similar type of meeting. The lack of execution is bothersome. Slumps happen but you should be solid fundamentally.
When does Casman do something? When does Joe get a few of these stiffs out of the lineup? I have little hope in Joe doing anything other than continuing running out Posada, Swisher et al
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I don’t know who else he could play.
Blake,
I couldn’t agree more with your comment, he is been playing very bad defense, even the hit of saltalamacchia was a makeable play
I got so caught up in the tech conversation that I was distracted from the game that now has my stomach twisted! GRR.
unreal. Another fantastic job by our offense. Confidence in the clubhouse must be thru the roof at this point.
WTF are you swinging at 2-0 and 2-1?
Jeez. This is awful. Hitters counts all night.
lgy yes because cano was content with his progression last year, he no longer strives to be better, he uses maybe forty percent of his talent. imagine if you used even seventy percent, he would be league mvp multiple times
Tyler-
Now that is actually a well reasoned critique. Well done, sir.
“glad I didn’t expect too much from them tonight.”
from what we’ve seen, hard to expect much from them this season.
once the starters inevitably come down to earth, it will turn like it did in 2008. That team hung tough for a while too, then just couldn’t overcome the combo of inconsistent offense and inconsistent pitching. I suspect the same will happen this season.
LGY May 13th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Colon threw over 80% fastballs. But I guess you cannot bust fastballs by these guys??
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Correct. Colon is successful because of his command. It’s where you throw it, not how hard. Try to learn the game.
Yank1 May 13th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Inconsistency is going to prevent Robertson or Joba from becoming closers and will keep them at middle-reliever status eternally.
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They both have fantastic stuff and can look unhittable at times but you’re right. I think we do have to keep in mind that most pitchers (not named Rivera) do have a few bad outings and blown saves. We are spoiled with Rivera but both of those guys do need to be more consistent. Joba has the most dominant 4.00 ERA out of the bullpen I think I can remember haha. He just gets killed at times.
honestly who cares about the final score of trenton and tampa scranton games when there is a big league game going on?
lgy yes because cano was content with his progression last year, he no longer strives to be better, he uses maybe forty percent of his talent. imagine if you used even seventy percent, he would be league mvp multiple times
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Get out of here with that nonsense.
Cano’s winter workouts were well documented.
The lazy Cano stuff is just bs latent racism.
I’m not trying to get on Cano….but he’s 28 years old and in his prime…….they need him to be the best player on the team both now and for the future. He’s got to make these plays.
slumps happen but you should be solid fundamentally, great line tyler. agreed
JobaTipsHisCap May 13th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
glad I didn’t expect too much from them tonight.
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I was guilty of thinking that they would come out on fire with the Sox in town. Definitely did not happen. CC has a chance to earn his paycheck tomorrow. They need a dominant, shutdown outing from him to get this ship righted.
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Why are you assuming no changes will be made before that is allowed to happen?
Just got to tip your cap
Jeter was practicing saying that in warm-ups
Correct. Colon is successful because of his command. It’s where you throw it, not how hard. Try to learn the game.
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Try to learn not to fall over yourself flip flopping on every comment you make.
What is it? You can’t throw fastballs by them or you can’t throw poorly located fastballs?
lgy no racism, same applies to brett gardner. gardner has no desire to get any better and make use of his best asset, speed.
honestly who cares about the final score of trenton and tampa scranton games when there is a big league game going on?
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Particularly the Red Sox vs. Yanks. Geez.
“blake May 13th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
I’m not trying to get on Cano….but he’s 28 years old and in his prime…….they need him to be the best player on the team both now and for the future. He’s got to make these plays.”
Blake he usually does.. maybe he is dizzy from the beam ball ! Seriously, not like Cano to play like that.
CC will give up 5+
Mark it down
Bet the house
the trolls are creeping in…..
blake May 13th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
I’m not trying to get on Cano….but he’s 28 years old and in his prime…….they need him to be the best player on the team both now and for the future. He’s got to make these plays.
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This should be Tex and Cano’s team at this point of their careers. They are 2 guys in their prime and are 2 of the better players in the game. It’s frustrating to see them be so streaky.
same with swisher. has no desire to get any better. content with 2009 world championship, lazy
beth was conceived behind the local elks club on nickle shot night what would you expect?
“Jerkface May 13th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Let’s face it. Yanks aren’t that good. 89 win team this year. Offense and bullpen (other than Mo) are severely overrated.
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The yankees are going to the playoffs!”
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Not if they keep playing like this.
Gardner hitting the ball hard twice today , little victories
GB7:
Did you happen to see footage of the goings on in the Charleston/Greenville game? Sounds like a nasty brawl went down and that Slade Heathcott, among others are about to get a vacation.
P,
he’s not really played defense like he can all season for whatever reason…..guys can go into defense slumps just like they can offensively….but they are usually confidence and concentration based.
Like your mom beth.
Gardner is now .002 batting average points away from Jeter
Tyler, you didn’t REALLY buy into that, did you? I literally can see them sweeping us this weekend with the poor play by the Yanks we’ve been seeing for quite some time now…
“I was guilty of thinking that they would come out on fire with the Sox in town. Definitely did not happen. CC has a chance to earn his paycheck tomorrow. They need a dominant, shutdown outing from him to get this ship righted.”
CC can pitch like Colon did tonight and they still might lose.
The offense is just in a deep freeze and has to break out of it. And break out of it and sustain it. Not score 10 runs then score 10 combined the next 4 games.
That is what doomed them in 08 – not enough hot streaks to compensate for the cold streaks. And this offense is 3 years older than that one too,.
Who is this Beth person ??? Reminds me of someone and who might that be Beth
You guys probsbly predicted an 89 win season in 2009 when they were 15-17 and jose Veras was blowing games.
gardner cost yankees offensive inning, cano cost yankees defensive inning. some things never change.
I guess the Red Sox didn’t bring out the best in the Yanks. Just further exposing why this team is not really that good.
That is what doomed them in 08 – not enough hot streaks to compensate for the cold streaks. And this offense is 3 years older than that one too,.
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The offense in 08 had hardly any good hitters in it. Posada got hurt, Jeter had his then worst year with no power, they scored only 789 runs that year. Compared to 07 that was a drop of like 100+ runs!
Wang IS Taiwan May 13th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Tyler, you didn’t REALLY buy into that, did you? I literally can see them sweeping us this weekend with the poor play by the Yanks we’ve been seeing for quite some time now…
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I guess that I am naive enough to buy into that. I thought they’d come in with another gear tonight. I’ve seen them do it many times against the Sox. Seems like they hit another gear. This games not over yet but they haven’t found it today. Maybe CC can spark them tomorrow.
Watching this on MLB and this game has a number of things that upsets all of us, I’m sure.
But for me 3 things really have turned this game around for the sux. One, Cano not reaching 1st. on that dribbler to Yuk. He again hesitates to get started to first after hitting the ball. I’m taping the game and rewound to see him without a first step being made towards 1st. and the ball was 2/3 of the way to Yuk and then he had trouble gripping the ball and still got him by 1/2 a step. His missed douple play didn’t help either.
2nd. Gardner has got to go to 3rd. when he see the ball about to bounce way in front of the plate. He would have scored on the flyout.
3rd. Girardi should never have removed Colon the way his ball was moving. Joba’s FB is much straighter, and he doesn’t hit his spots as well as Colon.
Other than that we’re just getting outplayed and we remain playing the same as we have for quite a while. Not good.
IMO
Matsui got hurt, A-rod was out for an extended time, melky and cano both stunk. Jose Molina caught 100 games! 08 was bad bad juju, and they still won 89 games. This team is better and will win 92+ games
How is it that Tampa’s offense is hitting better than ours?
Keep it at 3 – Arod slam of fish lips for the walk off
Straw,
Well, the problem with this team is offense. That is incredibly hard to fix because of the roster configuration of the team – salaries, status, etc. They are not just going to discard A-Rod, Jeter, Swisher, Posada, Cano, etc. and replace them with some big name.
If the problem was pitching, it would obviously be fixed because they can get someone at the deadline and it is easy to replace anyone not named CC/AJ.
If the offense remains a problem, it is going to be incredibly hard to fix. Not replacement wise, but handling it properly. That’s an area that can be fixed in the winter (Po retiring, not picking up Swisher’s option, etc.), not so much midseason.
did not run to second on pickoff throw away. did not run to third on pitch in dirt to catcher. no desire to get any better, gardner
It is May 13. There are still 127 games to be played. A grind, not a sprint…
Hey, gotta tip your cap for the 10th time in the last 16 games. I think that is right.
It is way too early to condemn this team but the lack of execution — as several have pointed out — is quite disturbing. Someone really needs to call a clubhouse meeting, if they haven’t had one already.
Anyday now these guys will play like the back of their baseball cards. Where in the world is Cashmoney and what is he waiting for to rip these guys apart?
Tough to watch them bat right now, pretty feeble efforts and they aren’t even good outs. Writers will give Joe the out tonight, you know wasn’t Clay really tough out there tonight? Yes he was tough to hit, but you know we have to get better. We need to get ready for tomm’s game and hope for something better.
Gardner is now .002 batting average points away from Jeter
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Same now.
Jerkface May 13th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Matsui got hurt, A-rod was out for an extended time, melky and cano both stunk. Jose Molina caught 100 games! 08 was bad bad juju, and they still won 89 games. This team is better and will win 92+ games
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Exactly, the lineup that the Yanks were throwing out there in ’08 was ridiculous. Injuries just killed that team along with players having career worst years. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
JM May 13th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
It is way too early to condemn this team but the lack of execution — as several have pointed out — is quite disturbing. Someone really needs to call a clubhouse meeting, if they haven’t had one already.
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That is Derek’s responsibility.
Gardner out OPSing Jeter by 100 points, restore him atop the lineup!
lack of execution is astonishing. jeter is captain, he sets example every day with work ethic and desire to succeed. why do these guys not take after him, cano in particular. why cano content to be very good, strive to be great cano, cano could be better than ted williams if he so chose
“Gardner is now .002 batting average points away from Jeter”
yeah, so. is there a point there?
I still can’t believe Saltalamacchia got a hit to start that rally
Nice to see Carl Crawford still hitting .212. Tampa couldn’t afford him anyway so it doesn’t matter in this case, but Tampa really evaluates their own players well. Every trade they make looks great. Trade Kazmir, he falls off the face of the Earth. Garza hasn’t been good…. they evaluate their own players very, very well which they have to in order to compete.
cashman is too busy climbing down buildings like a joe shmoe to care about state of yankees
Good for Boone. Who knew he’d have a 1-2-3.
quick, someone call brian cashman, there is a building that needs scaling
Cannot begin to tell you how great I feel about this season and all those to come.
As long as we have an amazing genius like Brian Cashman making decisions, the Yankees will continue to be the absolute MACHINE you see on the field today.
#onlypositivecomments
beth you could be Jimmy Cannon if you had a brain.
yeah, so. is there a point there?
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Gardner is heating up and getting back to where he was last year. Hitting as good as the Yankee captain should be a laudable feat right?
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Your theory was that once the pitching went south, it would be 2008 all over. There was no Granderson or Tex in 2008′ and Cano was not as good at the plate as he is now, this month notwithstanding. The bats will turn it around, and the overall depth of the staff is better than last year and way, way better than 2008 which had Matt DeSalvo and Rasner starting games.
“You guys probsbly predicted an 89 win season in 2009 when they were 15-17 and jose Veras was blowing games.”
Veras was rock solid that year. The pen in general was. Joba was there most of the time, Bruney was lights out. Edwar/Veras were great. Farnsworth even gave us something. Coke came up and was dominant. Joba/Robertson will probably be worse this year than Veras was last year.
The 08 team lost early on because of their offense and later on because the pitching predictably caved in as well. If they don’t wake up on offense, history might repeat itself. The pitching won’t be as bad as that year even with expected Colon/Garcia regressions, but it probably won’t be good enough to carry us to Oct unless the offense gets back to normal.
yankeesnmore good to see you here tonight. can you tell cashman there is a building that needs scaling?
“cano could be better than ted williams if he so chose”
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Are you out of your friggin mind?
That may be the dumbest thing ever said on this board which is a pretty amazing accomplishment.
beth
I have a feeling you and yankees N less road here together tonight.
I love those Grandy triples
ted williams no good. batted .200 in world series. cano can do better than .200 in world series and frozen head, jajajajajajajaja
Now can Tex or Arod please do something here????
Tex is a streaky hitter that apparently forgot how to hit for average since coming to the Yankees. I wouldn’t count on him to be some impact force.
Cano is the key. He has to perform like an MVP candidate like last year. He no longer is a guy who can blend in and be the best 7th place hitter in baseball. He has to be the man.
What would we do without Grandy?
The old clever alias trick by yankeesNmore.
You moron.
Gee, game not actually over yet..
Veras was rock solid that year.
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5.95 ERA didnt finish 09 with the team.
I was about to turn off NESN and switch to YES and then I discovered I was on YES
Gardner has no confidence on the bases, It`s time to get some instruction or to be incl;uded in a trade pkg.He`s one of the few trade chips on the team.
its not fair when Bard is throwing the slider for strikes
beth and yankeesNmore = get a life
Bard might throw 100 mph but his fastball is straight as an arrow. Kay forgot to say that. I hope Bard becomes their closer.
Ted Williams with the highest career OBP in the history of baseball.
The guy who hit .344/.482/.634.
Yeah Cano could be better than him “if he so chose”
Mell May 13th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
GB7:
Did you happen to see footage of the goings on in the Charleston/Greenville game? Sounds like a nasty brawl went down and that Slade Heathcott, among others are about to get a vacation.
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No video, at least, not yet. I figure that it will be on the Charleston site tomorrow. You don’t expect to get hit within the first 2 pitches of the game. The guy throws hard and it hit him in the top of the shoulder.
And with that, Gary Sanchez just hit on top of a roof of an insurance building beyond left field, about 70 feet above ground.
cmon
tying run is just one ball away
ARod with 2 on…. let’s go
To be honest, when they were comparing Gonzalez and Tex earlier, I thought, “wow — wish we could trade players with them at 1st.” Tex just hasn’t been the player I had imagined he’d be for us.
Now watch him hit here….
That’s ok by me, if he does.
Just the worst swings in hitters counts today
cmon Mark
we need baserunners!!!
good job teixeira, fake first baseman. learn from gonzalez how to play game of baseball
At least he got it out of the IF on a 3-1 count.
I have never seen a game where a team has wasted so many great hitter’s counts.
Our guys simply don’t know how or can’t move runners over nor can they hit sacrifice flies when needed. Grrr…
just like Gonzalez. seriously are people on here going to continue to defend Tex? The guy is the worst situational hitter I have ever seen
What a waste of an at bat for Tex. Just complete failure there.
beth May 13th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
yankeesnmore good to see you here tonight. can you tell cashman there is a building that needs scaling?
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Can I pick the rope?
#onlypositivecomments
“I have never seen a game where a team has wasted so many great hitter’s counts.”
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hard to argue with that.
they haven’t had many good swings on 2-0 or 3-1
What in the world is Tex swinging at?? How are you going to get under that high of a fastball? It’s not June yet so that is Tex’s excuse.
just like Gonzalez. seriously are people on here going to continue to defend Tex? The guy is the worst situational hitter I have ever seen
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You are ignoring all the times he succeeds, simply look at the stats and you’ll see he is just fine in those situations overall. Certainly not in this PA.
Tex needs to be out of the 3 spot.. he is one of the biggest rally killers of all time..
so tired of this trash…
Tex what an a bat
now lets watch A-Roid hit a dribbler
Then Cano whiff at a ball over his head
Grandy: a one-man scoring machine.
Yank1-
Neither Edwar nor Veras played a full season for the Yanks in 2009.
Yanks get a run that they should have been 85% to score anyway
but the way things are going – it’s probably closer to 50% so I’ll take it.
beth how about your boy Saltaladoggia?
come on, 2 run game
beth what a suck catcher.
Need the baserunner
just take a pitch Alex
Jerkface,
Ignoring what? That Tex will have a good June and July and be largely absent for the rest of the year? But at least he plays a mean defense right?
ok, Cano!
Speed isn’t everything, is it?
Tying run at the pkate one out….keep jumping, jumpers.
Bard has no idea where the ball is going and Tex chases a 3 and 1 count. amazing
all you can ask for
tying run up in the form of Cano – one of the league leaders in HR
with a pitcher who isn’t locating all that well
bard cannot throw strikes. if mark tek shara had taken a walk, we would be in business. can cano hit homer this game as he hit meaningless one yesterday?
Can tie it here…. Big AB for Cano
Bat ears Bard with another walk.
Cano please be patient…
Ignoring what? That Tex will have a good June and July and be largely absent for the rest of the year? But at least he plays a mean defense right?
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This is the first time all season that Gonzalez has a higher OPS than Tex.
c’mon cano make up for the miscues!!!
Cano getting hit again
hope cano is okay.
Ignoring what? That Tex will have a good June and July and be largely absent for the rest of the year? But at least he plays a mean defense right?
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Tex has a .900 career OPS for his career in every month except April. Tex is really good.
get ready for Joe G to put the bunt sign on now.
Swish?
Bat ears Bard hits lazy Cano.
Tex has a higher career average in august and sept/oct than any other months
Great just what the Yanks didn’t want. Now Swish and Posada come up in a big spot.
Higher OPS too. Tex is good down the stretch, not just for 2 months.
swish will be lucky to get bat on ball this plate appearance. try to draw walk swish
Granderson just completely rocks my socks for getting that run and starting this rally! LETS GO YANKS!!!!!!!!!!
Retardi bunt time
tough strike 1
bit high, no?
swish, please don’t hit for the fences, let the ball travel
How many grand slam swings will Swish take in this at bat?
I hate Swisher in this position. Can’t we move up Martin?
Retardi they wont expect the bunt!!
let Bard walk you swish
geez, almost dp
Coach goes to the mound and then Cano gets hit
awesome
would it not be nice if yanks can string a few hits together this inning?
Swish has a huge “hero” complex and can’t help himself but swing out of his shoes.
double steal
whoohooo no double play now!!!
Brilliant play by ARod!
cano had head in the game, good job cano
Jerkface,
I could care less what he did before he got here. the only thing that is relevant is what has done since he has been here.
Assuming both players stay healthy who would you rather have Gonzalez or Tex?
wow, no dp; nice move!
Nice..but I doubt Swish or Posada will be able to get them in.
heads up play!!
Has anyone explained to Swish what a “single” is??
Alex is such a smart baserunner.
Clean single is all it takes
C’moooon Swish
you just have to get those RBIs
extra base hits don’t matter
that’s a good pitch, or bad swing?
Tex had a career low last year, and so far it’s continuing this year.. I don’t see the Tex of ’09 anywhere at all.. will he get hot soon? I hope and would guess probably.. but if he ends with a .256 BA this year.. I won’t be happy .. a 20mill .250 BA .. wish I could pull off that magic..
SWISHER COMPLETELY SUCKS !
Get that freakin’ smile OFF your face. Sick of that.
I could care less what he did before he got here. the only thing that is relevant is what has done since he has been here.
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Gonzalez is younger, so I might take him, but I like Tex a lot. He was very good in 09 and was good in 2010 despite having a ton of injuries.
well, I asked for a walkoff HR from Posada off Papelbon
he’ll have to improvise and just hit the game winner in the 8th off Bard
heck, I’ll settle for a game tying base hit
Posada?
Posada can’t touch this guy at all.
Like that actually surprises anyone…Swish needs to go I am so tired of him already.
I have faith in Jorge here….he has been swing better of late.
yay swish. walk away smiling wild man. yay for swish. it is swish time. it is always swish time. lazy. could have gotten another run home there, but swish was playing for swish, not for yanks
haha Jorge
This should be a comical at bat
You are not going to catch up to a 99 mph fastball at your eyes. It’s just not going to happen. Terrible plate discipline by Swisher.
Atrocious Swisher. God awful!
It ain’t happening unless he walks him.
Posada showing better discipline than Swish did
let’s go
Best we can hope for here is that Posada walks.. he is completely overmatched !!!!!
great the game rests on Jorge Posada
Please let Martin come up here
You HAVE to feel good about Posada crushing this guy, don’t ya?
Just an AMAZING player when he’s the plate with that weapon in his hands.
If I’m Francona, I would just put him on first. You can’t get this guy out!
#onlypositivecomments
Pitching around Posada to get to Martin? ReallY?
Please — someone explain to me why Martin is still hitting behind Swisher and Posada??
Take another pitch here
3-1 count
I don’t see the Tex of ’09 anywhere at all.. will he get hot soon? I hope and would guess probably.. but if he ends with a .256 BA this year.. I won’t be happy .. a 20mill .250 BA .. wish I could pull off that magic..
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Tex was worse at this point in 09.
Wang IS Taiwan,
I have been asking that for weeks
i wouldnt have minded him swinging on 3-1 at that pitch
That was literally right down the plate.
Effing hilarious. Swish sucks. Not even a productive out to cut it down to 1. Hear me Patrick? A productive out is useful and DOES exist.
LOL, I don’t know what he’s looking for.
he tried
Bard hit 101 on the NESN gun on that pitch
though i doubt it was that fast
What is Posada looking at??!?!!? A fastball right down the middle swing the freakin bat
best chance to tie the game right there and of course Swish/Po can’t get the job done
and the pathetic team comes through again
Where is Montero???? Posada kills me..
I HATE GETTING BEAT BY THIS CRAP SUX TEAM!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN IT SWISHER AND POSADA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posada has to sit down. I have the highest respect for him, but seriously.
seriously, I can see Posada is scared now
no laziness from pedroia. gets his body in front of it, makes absolutely sure to make the play. all yanks could manage was one measly hit in the inning. could have gotten a second run, but the swish man was playing the swish game on the swish stage with the swish brain
Posada is done. 3-1 fastball right down the middle and he didn’t swing. If you cannot hit that pitch, you cannot hit any pitch.
Yankees N more what do you get out of coming here and ruining the comment section? You get off on annoying people?
Swisher’s be-bopping and skatting, and I’m losing it.
Up 3-0 and the at bat ends in a weak groundout.
Unbelievable.
“What is Posada looking at??!?!!? A fastball right down the middle swing the freakin bat”
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yeah – but if he got out people would rip him for not taking another pitch to try and draw the walk
tough to criticize him there – but sure, he probably should have sat fastball down the middle and only swung if it was
he got another straight fastball on 3-2 and just couldnt get good wood on it
I hate how Girardi refuses to adjust anything after he sets things in STONE. “Oh, he’s my 8th inning guy.” “Oh, he’s definitely in the 3-hole for eternity….”
What’s the point of even having a manager???
They are given the opps, fair enough.
Swisher and Posada suck
This is the guy who is holding Montero down???
Man, what a lucky break for Boston.
How do you pitch to a beast like Jorge Posada in THAT spot???
Better to be luck than good, I guess. Thought that ball was gonna be in the second deck for a moment there.
#onlypositivecomments
I guess Martin is more productive hitting behind Swisher and Posada. Posada will be here until the end of the year because we can’t hurt his feelings.
This is the same type of offense we have seen so many times before in the playoffs except that is usually against better pitching
Well thank goodness for the past ball or else they wouldn’t have scored at all. Its actually funny now. All you can do is laugh.
Pitch 5 right down the middle.
What on earth is Po looking for there?
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
Yanks will have Martin, Gardner, Jete
and it anyone gets on….. the league leader in HR comes up against Papelbon
remember what Granderson did to Pap early last season??? that’s right. HR deep into the Fenway right field seats to win the game.
Posada can`t pull the trigger, reflexes are shot, need another DH with some punch
You can’t have these 2 fools batting back to back. They are absolutely killing them on an everyday basis. It’s like having the pitcher batting twice back to back.
Captain — I have no doubt Posada knew he’d never catch up to the fastball, so chose to risk him throwing a bad pitch.
Truthfully, I didn’t want Po to swing.
Girardi at a minimum has to split up Swisher and Posada, at least put Martin in between
Why are our 2 worst hitters hitting back to back?
Swisher can go too, along with Jorge. He was refreshing early on, now he is just annoying. Can’t get a big hit to save his life.
Rob_NY May 13th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Yankees N more what do you get out of coming here and ruining the comment section? You get off on annoying people?
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No idea what you’re talking about. Everything I say now is positive.
I realized everybody here was right, and my never-ending negative comments were too much.
So, I’ve turned over a new leaf.
#onlypositivecomments
girardi has got to make changes. swisher needs to be moved down or out of lineup, gardner needs to be moved up, and start running every chance he gets, martin moved up, posada benched
The only thing we could trade would be one our many players that are having a bad year for another somewhere that is doing the same for his team and hope the change of scenery would work. No, that would only work for the other team !!!
relax on Posada
he swung at almost an identical pitch on 3-2 and grounded out
you can’t yell at him to take pitches and try and get on base and then yell when he takes one.
Swisher has some eye, never swings at balls what a load of BS.
At this point, the Yankees need to break up the Swisher-Posada tandem just to protect Cano’s health. Cano barely gets any strikes to hit, and since he’s so hard to walk, teams have resorted to hitting him just so they can face these guys.
I agree. It was the right decision for him to lay off the 3-1 pitch.
Why don’t they option Cervelli, make Posada the once a week catcher and bring up a big bat for DH?
do not walk Ellsbury under any circumstances
All you hacks act like a 100 mph fastball is an easy thing to hit.
It seems our 6-7-8 inn. guys just take turns falling off a cliff about every 3rd. appearance.
Posada could cheat if he knew fastball is coming and start early. He is just lost.
baboon logan, yay. yay for baboon
Joe always seems to make a move one batter too late.
yankeesnmore every one appreciates your presence here. welcome hijo
“The place is silent”. Shocker!
Still waiting for that first yankee stadium big hit got swisher. Its only been a few years in hibernation. The Guy Is Tapioca.
TheStraw,
It is when its straight. Just ask our buddy Kyle
Yankees may need to Fire the MGR like the old steinbrenner days or for that matter the Bull pen coach, a meaningless move.
Still waiting for that first yankee stadium big hit got swisher.
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He has walked off in the stadium, twice
Watching the team the last year and a half really makes you appreciate 2009 even more. What an anomaly that team was – they got every big hit. This team never gets any.
Need some new blood in here. Too many guys just clinging on to their past numbers. Montero is obviously the easiest guy to infuse and Posada to phase out. No idea what they will do about Swisher. Everyone talking about 2008 earlier, Swisher looks the most like he is back in 2008.
Cashman should sit down Posada and tell him that they are bringing up Montero and cutting his playing time to 2 -3 times a week. If that is ok with him fine otherwise he should retire. But it is absolutely insane to continue to play a DH everyday who is hitting .160 when they have another option who could be helping them. Him and Swish back to back is a joke.
just gotta keep it at 2 runs
if Yanks can get a man on, Granderson would come up as the tying run.
lets go Soriano
Why don’t they option Cervelli, make Posada the once a week catcher and bring up a big bat for DH?
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i suggested this earlier..
So Slade Heathcott got hit and turned around and punched the Red Sox catcher. NOW thats the game we should be watching!
THE CORE IS JUST TOO DAMN OLD, PETTITTE KNEW when to quit.
Now they are going to waste Soriano here so you only can use him in 1 of the next 2 games
Jeter needs to handle throws to 2nd, Cano has failed to pick so many
wow, can’t even come close with a pitch out.
“Why don’t they option Cervelli, make Posada the once a week catcher and bring up a big bat for DH?”
That makes sense. Problem is, they need to give him ABs and take them away from Po. That is keeping them from making the move.
I have a feeling they will just bite the bullet this year rather than alienating Posada, then retool the offense this winter.
he swung at almost an identical pitch on 3-2 and grounded out
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3-1 pitch was directly down the middle.
3-2 pitch was a little down and in.
4 NYY May 13th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
It seems our 6-7-8 inn. guys just take turns falling off a cliff about every 3rd. appearance.
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The important thing is Joba wa well-rested.
Of course, having only thrown 9 pitches over the last five and a half days, maybe he was a little rusty… But at least he got some rest on Wednesday… Might have lost two games because of it, but that doesn’t matter… The important thing is, he got some much-needed rest after that brutal 9-pitch outing.
#onlypositivecomments
that ankle sprain didnt look too bad…. but let’s hope it’s enough to slow him down
we know how (questionably) feeble he was with injuries in the past
# cs in la May 13th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
So Slade Heathcott got hit and turned around and punched the Red Sox catcher. NOW thats the game we should be watching!
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Any video of that? Priceless.
Has Cano lost the ability to catch the ball?
no way.
i know it is frustrating, but they aren’t giving posada the entire year to struggle.
well, gotta IBB ADrian
girardi, that is when you bunt, to move a runner to third. learn from tito, joe. that concept is alien to joe retardi
Can you get the “yips” in catching?? (As opposed to throwing) Maybe that’s Cano’s prob.
I love how Ellsbury goes right away but Gardner would wait for 10 pitches to go and then probably get thrown out.
cs in la says:
May 13, 2011 at 10:21 pm
So Slade Heathcott got hit and turned around and punched the Red Sox catcher. NOW thats the game we should be watching!
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Bad character! Can we trade him for Xavier Nady?
If you were planning to use Soriano this inning why would you start the inning with Logan??
Cash and Joe will do nothing…..dont want to hurt any feelings. Joe will keep running out the same lineup no matter what……. Bring up Montero and get Cano in the 3 hole and bat Swisher 9th if he has to play.
Mediocrity at its finest
Why is it that Maddon, Francona and even Manuel change up their lineups reguarly, yet Joe just keeps sending out the same lineup. Change the insanity! Who cares if someone’s feelings get hurt. This is a winning business, not kindergarten.
As much as I would like to see Jesus here, he’s not exactly mashing in AAA. Not sure it would be much of a short term improvement.
“THE CORE IS JUST TOO DAMN OLD, PETTITTE KNEW when to quit.”
He’ll never admit it, but that probably was his thought process. Hell, Lee admitted that the he felt the team was too old to join.
Though Andy probably thought the pitching would doom us, not the offense. Though with all the age on it, it was bound to happen eventually.
This is a very weird spot for Soriano but perfect spot for Ayala. He has been out with an injury so why are you pitching him down by 3 runs? Now he probably won’t be available tomorrow if they need him.
Ellsbury was officially declared a weenie in his own clubhouse (Youk).
What is with Girardi and now giving his relievers a fresh slate?
Strike this dirtbag out
rr212 May 13th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Why is it that Maddon, Francona and even Manuel change up their lineups reguarly, yet Joe just keeps sending out the same lineup. Change the insanity! Who cares if someone’s feelings get hurt. This is a winning business, not kindergarten
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Haven’t you gotten the memo? Girardi is a much SUPERIOR manager than those men. How dare you question him.
Why is it that Maddon, Francona and even Manuel change up their lineups reguarly, yet Joe just keeps sending out the same lineup.
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If he changed his lineup, everyone would complain (infact, many here did complain, even though it was pointed out how often other managers also changed their lineup). Something about batters craving consistency.
BloggingBombers Montero has a .347 OBP with 2 homers and 11 RBI at Triple-A. Why are people so convinced he’d be a hitter in the majors right now?
BloggingBombers Posada isn’t going anywhere. Not for at least another 4-6 weeks, anyway.
if nothing else, martin should be hitting between swish and posada.
with gardner hitting more i say
6. martin
7. posada
8. gardner
9. swish
but then you have swish/jeter
I’m a pretty positive person by nature, and I’m positive I’d like to see the Yankees get Beltran for DH
I’m a pretty positive person by nature, and I’m positive I’d like to see the Yankees get Beltran for DH
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or RF.
why were people so convinced that casey kelly was a stud pitcher before he got traded to the padres, then just average after the trade went through?
What does the radar gun have Sori at?
As much as I love Andy, he kind of jerked the Yankees around by waiting so long to announce his retirement. The whole offseason may have looked different if they had known that earlier.
nhyankeefan May 13th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Cash and Joe will do nothing…..dont want to hurt any feelings. Joe will keep running out the same lineup no matter what
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I get the feeling Cash doesn’t care about anyone’s feelings. Period. This is Girardi’s problem. Interesting to see how long Cash supports his “genius” manager, though.
No one wants Posada to go anywhere. Just cut his playing time until he proves that he can hit and help the team.
Captain Clutch May 13th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
This is a very weird spot for Soriano but perfect spot for Ayala. He has been out with an injury so why are you pitching him down by 3 runs? Now he probably won’t be available tomorrow if they need him.
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That’s the beauty of our bullpen… Its AMAZING versatility… No roles… How many teams can pitch their mopup guy in the 10th inning of a tie game, then turn right around and pitch the guy who led the league in saves last year when losing late???
This is a MACHINE I tell you… And absolute MACHINE!
#onlypositivecomments
#BrianCashmanIsAgenius
Random (ignorant) question: itd be against the rules to step over the plate and try to take a swing on a pitch out right?
PLAYER | BUY/SELL | FEEDBACK
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Jeter – Buy – Keeper for 1 maybe 2 more years than bench player
Grandy – Buy, Buy, Buy (Always liked Granderson’s hustle even when he was a Tiger)
Tex – Sell (although I was begging the almighty for him)
Arod – Buy, will be great DH
Cano – Buy (would sell for King Felix) don’t like his Big Papi like attitude
Swisher – Sell. go away – This game isn’t for likable’s
Posada – Sell (love ya Jorge, but I everyday passes I see your career over)
Martin – Buy – until Montero or Romine are ready
Gardner – Sell – great tools but baseball dumb.
it is time to cut ties with swish. yanks got everything possible out of him. swish did not hit in either playoffs, struggles against better pitching, cannot throw anyone out.
As much as I love Andy, he kind of jerked the Yankees around by waiting so long to announce his retirement. The whole offseason may have looked different if they had known that earlier.
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What? We’d have Crawford?
How’s he doin in Boston?
TheStraw,
What would be different? The problem is the offense not the starting pitching
Tough break for Soriano – he had Papi struck out except for lousy call on ball 3
How did Cashman know that Soriano was not a good fit for NYY ?
I was super excited for this guy, but he is trash.
agree with p except maybe teixeira. who is better than teixeira that is available, nobody would take him anyway.
BloggingBombers Posada isn’t going anywhere. Not for at least another 4-6 weeks, anyway.
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Isn’t he the same guy who kept talking about how well Javier Vazquez was pitching last year?
Not being negative, just asking a question.
#onlypositivecomments
“”ac1 May 13th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
As much as I love Andy, he kind of jerked the Yankees around by waiting so long to announce his retirement. The whole offseason may have looked different if they had known that earlier.
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What? We’d have Crawford?
How’s he doin in Boston?”"
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Be realistic.. he had a hard time adjusting but in the last 3 weeks he is hitting over 300.
Soriano will be fine.
This offense is horrible with runners on base.
Jesus isn’t mashing in AAA because he’s the guy opposing pitchers target in the Scranton lineup. If he’s batting 8th in this lineup, or even 9th behind Gardner, I bet he’d get more pitches to hit. Also, sometimes getting promoted to any level jumpstarts a talented hitter. Jackson hit .300 in his first full season here, and I don’t think anyone will tell you he’s a more advanced hitter than Montero.
get the pie ready for a Tex message walkoff
*fingers crossed anyway
Jeter hits the 3rd in the bottom of 9, will he be the last out again?
Be realistic.. he had a hard time adjusting but in the last 3 weeks he is hitting over 300.
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So what’s different about fenway then?
Not sayin’ this one is over, but I’m over and out. There’s always a chance !
Jesus isn’t mashing in AAA because he’s the guy opposing pitchers target in the Scranton lineup. If he’s batting 8th in this lineup, or even 9th behind Gardner, I bet he’d get more pitches to hit. Also, sometimes getting promoted to any level jumpstarts a talented hitter. Jackson hit .300 in his first full season here, and I don’t think anyone will tell you he’s a more advanced hitter than Montero.
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Cervelli hit a lot better in the majors then the .190 he averaged in AA.
YankeeNmore….How is it that you have your very own blog yet you need to post 50 or more posts per game and just make a complete fool of yourself….You can do that without putting us all through this…..You and your shadow Beth …
Jerkface,
Managers are paid to take the complaints and criticism. Joe is hyper-sensitive, as we’ve seen for ourselves in post-game interviews. Who cares what others think? If you’re the manager, you do what is best for the TEAM, not for one individual. He’s so focused on everyone’s individual self-esteem issues, the team is suffering as a whole.
Girardi’s got to understand this is not “let’s feel good about ourselves” kindergarten soccer, where everyone wins. If he can’t handle it, then he should go coach those that need his pandering.
# beth May 13th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
why were people so convinced that casey kelly was a stud pitcher before he got traded to the padres, then just average after the trade went through?
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It’s the Red Sox magic. If they kept him that means he’s automatically great but since he was traded away that means he’s a bust.
They may have gone after a veteran bat or two instead of reserving that 14 mill for Andy and then ultimately giving it to Soriano.
and regarding Montero, he wouldn’t be the guy they pitched around here.
Also, he may be mentally blocked in AAA, thinking there just isnt more he can do to prove himself.
Also, he took a shot to the balls a few weeks back.
Wow, Jorge Vazquez needs to come up and let Mark Texieira go down.
Grandy walk off time
Pettitte didn’t stop the Yankees from getting Crawford. That would be Cliff Lee. Pettitte’s money went to Soriano, which is more of a short-term committment.
They may have gone after a veteran bat or two instead of reserving that 14 mill for Andy and then ultimately giving it to Soriano.
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You mean Jones and Chavez?
TheStraw,
and where would that veteran bat play?
I forget…does Jones mash lefties or righties?
“Girardi’s got to understand this is not “let’s feel good about ourselves” kindergarten soccer, where everyone wins. If he can’t handle it, then he should go coach those that need his pandering.”
Jorge won’t go down without a fight.
Girardi has to be careful with him. That has to be a mandate from above.
“Girardi’s got to understand this is not “let’s feel good about ourselves” kindergarten soccer, where everyone wins. If he can’t handle it, then he should go coach those that need his pandering.”
Wow. well said.. I should have put Joe on my Buy/Sell list.. SELL !!!
Even when we won the WS, that entire season I did not like Joe. Now it’s not a matter of disliking him.. I actually HATE him.. yes I said HATE.
Papelbon has been pitching like it’s his contract year so far….
ugh
just need one man on….
lets go Gardy
i really hate when gardner does that….
The beat writer’s twitter feed thing at the front of the page is amusing – they really need to stick to reporting rather than commentating/analyzing.
After watching the Yanks for the last 3 weeks or so now we know what Mets’ fans feel like
crud
lets go Jeter….. take that fastball up the middle
“ac1 May 13th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Be realistic.. he had a hard time adjusting but in the last 3 weeks he is hitting over 300.
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So what’s different about fenway then?”"
ac1 .. sometimes you are mind boggling.. Crawford has played his entire career in Tampa.. it’s common that some players struggle when they change teams until they get comfortable.. did he struggle? Absolutely.. more so than typical? Probably.. will he be the Carl Crawford we all know ny years end? Yup.. I believe he will.
The media will look at Youk’s homerun as the difference in this game, and praise him a hero.
When the real difference in this game was Martin’s passed ball, and Swisher’s strikeout. Once again, sloppy defense and poor hitting come back to bite the Yankees.
There’s Derek Jeter swinging at the first pitch yet again and going in the hole!!!!!!
ac1 .. sometimes you are mind boggling.. Crawford has played his entire career in Tampa.. it’s common that some players struggle when they change teams until they get comfortable.. did he struggle? Absolutely.. more so than typical? Probably.. will he be the Carl Crawford we all know ny years end? Yup.. I believe he will.
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How does that help us now?
Triple-
True.
No doubt the great Derek Jeter gets on here.
He is just another amazing piece added by the brilliant Brian Cashman this offseason.
How he got a game-changer like Jeter for only $51 million is beyond me.
#onlypositivecomments
Let me guess more hat tipping after this game? It has to get old after awhile…
So Slade Heathcott got hit and turned around and punched the Red Sox catcher. NOW thats the game we should be watching!
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I said it earlier. Can’t wait for this guy.
Keep hitting brother. We got your back.
The Grandy man can. Please can
YNM: You truly are a horse’s ass.
Good gut check Derek
Ok Grandy. THIS IS WHAT COUNTS!!!!!
The real differences in this game were Cano’s miscue and Joba’s meatball.
ac1 .. sometimes you are mind boggling.. Crawford has played his entire career in Tampa.. it’s common that some players struggle when they change teams until they get comfortable.. did he struggle? Absolutely.. more so than typical? Probably.. will he be the Carl Crawford we all know ny years end? Yup.. I believe he will.
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You said he would be .300 by NOW.
Not by end of the year.
He is hitting .210 NOW.
Sure he will probably be closer to .300 by the end of the year, but i bet so will Gardner.
the only person that I feel comfortable up.. GRANDERSON..
LETS GO CURTIS
I hear the Redsox fans saying, “God PLEASE DON”T LET CURTIS HURTUS”
time and time again,
Papelbon never gets that high fastball high enough.
I’ve seen it countless times…
one of his biggest flaws
I agree that they have to be careful with Po — esp considering Girardi’s history with him. But does Posada have to play every game? Of course, this would all be easier to stomach if we had Chavez right now. He would have been a great pinch hitter tonight for either Swish or Posada. Heck, I would have started him tonight.
He was such a solid, consistent player. We’re missing that consistency from so many in the lineup right now. It’s hard to put anything together.
Damn you Swisher. Game could have been tied.
Love Pabelbutt.
# BD (Boston Dave) May 13th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
get the pie ready for a Tex message walkoff
*fingers crossed anyway
oh tex….
please dont pop up to short center again.
Hopefully Tex will shut his haters up here.
of course Grandy man comes through….no surprise there. I will just be surprised if anyone else on the team can step up
Curtis is the man..
Now here comes the Choke artist! (Seriously, I’d rather not say that, but it’s true).
now it’s getting fun. i really enjoy watching papelbon implode
Come on Tex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice hitting by Granderson…he has been on fire. Too bad Tex is in an ice cube.
Tex?
Tex will swing at the first pitch watch !!!
Not feeling great about Tex here. Prove me wrong, TEX!
Now here comes the Choke artist! (Seriously, I’d rather not say that, but it’s true).
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He is our leading hitter with RISP this year
Tell he guess Papelbum will throw a high fastball and tex will try to get under it
BD (Boston Dave) May 13th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
get the pie ready for a Tex message walkoff
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You called it!
You suck!
WOW, called that one.
they almost lose the series for certain; I will be glad if they avoid sweep.
grrrr
that wasn’t what i predicted
welp he popped up to 3rd AC1 instead of center
DID I NOT JUST TELL YOU HE WOULD SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH????
FECK TEX.. HE IS A DISGRACE.. HATE HIM!
Once again, the Yankees beat themselves tonight
Nope. Tex totally baffled on that AB.
close enough.
At least Tex doesn’t have that insane grin on his face Swish graced us with.
What is wrong with Tex? That contract is starting to stink!
Thank you Joba.
Lost 7 out of the last ten. We are now 2 games behind Tampa – who shut another team out today – and the Sux are only 3 games behind us.
He doesn’t even give Grandy a chance to steal. Most over rated player ever
we had no chance unless Granderson could take more then one at bat, (his at bat and then Tex’s and A-rod’s)
Tex sucks now.
It’s more fun to watch NBA games these days
Really? lol
Tex isn’t worth anywhere near his contract with how little impact he has.
Girardi needs to take these guys by the neck and let them know what up.
HOW THE HELL CAN HE SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH!?!?!?!
Exactly what I just wrote. Tex is a joke. Every single at bat is the same thing with him. The pitcher throws a high fastball and he tries to get under it. Can’t he ever lay off those high fastballs?!!??!
Nice patience Tex. Look for a ball down and in not up and away.
The best pop out hitter in the game. I am so sick of him batting 3rd. Your best hitter bats 3rd and he is FAR from that. But,Joe will never change.
Granderson leads the league in homeruns but you never get the feeling he’s up there trying to hit one out. Tex always has that big homerun swing and ends up popping the ball straight up. Very infuriating.
Mark Teixeira has officially turned into Dave Kingman.
Joba – one inning pitched – 3 hits – 2 runs – a homer and an ERA of 4.00
Good night folks
“ac1 May 13th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
ac1 .. sometimes you are mind boggling.. Crawford has played his entire career in Tampa.. it’s common that some players struggle when they change teams until they get comfortable.. did he struggle? Absolutely.. more so than typical? Probably.. will he be the Carl Crawford we all know ny years end? Yup.. I believe he will.
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You said he would be .300 by NOW.
Not by end of the year.
He is hitting .210 NOW.
Sure he will probably be closer to .300 by the end of the year, but i bet so will Gardner.”"
WHAT???
I said that for the last 3 weeks he has been hitting over .300 .. I didnt’ say his avg would be .300.. Common sense?
“Lost 7 out of the last ten. We are now 2 games behind Tampa – who shut another team out today – and the Sux are only 3 games behind us.”
Boston’s 2-11 start will probably turn out to be a mere footnote. Tampa’s 1-8 start certainly has been.
This team might be Brian Cashman’s greatest work to date.
It’s amazing what an absolute genius we have for a GM.
This team is a MACHINE! I’ll be surprised if they have another bad stretch the rest of the season.
LOCK CASHMAN UP NOW! BLANK CHECK! HE CANNOT BE REPLACED!
#onlypositivecomments
Night Bojo !
Ughhhh.. Cya tomorrow.
Please someone steal Girardi’s binder – if Swisher and Posada are back to back tomorrow I am going to cry
This team needs to get it’s sh!t together.
Girardi ought to shake up the order of the lineup if for no other reason than to try to snap them out of their collective funk.
It’s funny Joba gave up those runs right after Kay praised him. talk about timing.
night, night.
Time to make some moves.
I would have loved to see Cano get an at bat against that loser Papelbum. But of course not they don’t want to hurt Tex’s feelings by batting Cano 3rd where he should be.
“rr212 May 13th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
The best pop out hitter in the game. I am so sick of him batting 3rd. Your best hitter bats 3rd and he is FAR from that. But,Joe will never change.”
I’ve been saying that for the past year plus.. but people keep telling me that he has a high OBP.. That doesn’t mean crap for you #3 .. your #1,2 sure.. but
TEX HAS BECOME A RALLY KILLER.. HE NEEDS TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE 3 SPOT..
WAKE UP!!! Mark my words, he won’t even finish over .250 this year.. Feckin’ dud.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 13th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Thank you Joba.
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He might have been a little rusty, but at least he was well rested. That’s the important thing.
#onlypositivecomments
Yankees should move Cano to the Cleanup slot
It’s interesting that everyone is so focused on Posada.
How about the utter lack of production from Tex & Alex?
How can you expect to score runs when your #3 & 4 hitters are in a coma for 3 weeks.
Tex has become a pop up artist with that uppercut swing , why not try a level swing like a Joe DiMaggio? He was a great line drive hitter the best i ever saw.In a doulbleheader against the Chisox, he hit Three Line Drive Homers to left and 4 shots that the Lf caught up against the fence.
The truly inexcusable at-bat was Swisher swishing with a runner on third and one out in the 8th. Time and time and time again this team fails to put the ball in play in that situation. Just. Put. the ball. IN PLAY!
Swisher is just brutal. There is not a less clutch hitter in the game. His goofball act is really wearing thin, and when you add in his total choke job in the last two postseasons, he really should not be smiling.
Anyone still disagree with me that this team’s in the middle of an EPIC losing streak? They are finding every possible way to suck.