Game 51: Yankees at Mariners
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on May 29, 2011 
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YANKEES (27-23)
Derek Jeter DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Andruw Jones LF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Francisco Cervelli C
LHP CC Sabathia (5-3, 3.17)
Sabathia vs. Mariners
MARINERS (26-25)
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chone Figgins 3B
Justin Smoak 1B
Franklin Gutierrez CF
Mike Wilson DH
Brendan Ryan SS
Jack Wilson 2B
Michael Saunders LF
Chris Gimenez C
LHP Jason Vargas (3-2, 3.86)
Vargas vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 4:10 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: Cloudy, cool and rainy. Good to experience the stereotypical Seattle.
UMPIRES: HP Gerry Davis, 1B Greg Gibson, 2B Todd Tichenor, 3B Sam Holbrook
JUST IN TIME: With the Yankees coming to Oakland tomorrow, the Athletics have activated closer Andrew Bailey from the disabled list.
GOOD IN THE END: The Yankees are 11-6 in series finales this season. They’ve won their past three… The Yankees are also 11-3 in day games this season, tied with the Phillies for the best sunshine record in the Majors.
WAS THAT A GOOD YEAR? According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson are the first pair of Yankees teammates to have at least 15 home runs through the first 50 games of the season since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in 1961.
ON THIS DATE: On May 29, 1995, Derek Jeter made his Major League debut here in Seattle. He didn’t get his first hit until the next night.
UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: Swisher keeps hitting right-handed. He just went deep for a 1-0 Yankees lead in the second. Meanwhile, Andruw Jones followed and nearly swung out of his shoes on a foul ball.
UPDATE, 4:59 p.m.: Good block at the plate. Jeter out at home, up to Cano with two out and two on in the third.
UPDATE, 5:00 p.m.: And Cano gets it done. RBI single pushes the lead to 2-0.
UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Yankees got away with one there, but a nice slide by Nick Swisher and a big double by Andruw Jones have broken the game open. Now Nunez has followed with an RBI triple (finishing with a less-than-graceful slide) and it’s now 6-0 in the third.
UPDATE, 5:28 p.m.: Girardi must be on a hit-and-run kick this weekend. By the way, RBI single by Teixeira has extended the lead to 7-0.
UPDATE, 5:50 p.m.: Hard to explain Sabathia walking the No. 9 hitter to load the bases, but he handled a comebacker by Ichiro to get out of the fifth inning with a 1-2-3 double play.
UPDATE, 5:59 p.m.: Derek Jeter single up the middle. Twenty away from 3,000.
Go CC. Go Yanks. Need a W.
Atta boy, Jetes.
Go Yanks!!!
I don’t think he has looked at Jete once.
Tarn, he just needed to stay healthy, but, if he does, NYY has an arm real soon….and they can start removing the tire patches like ayala, but, as you ay, he’s under the fan radar, but, I’ll bet other teams are quite aware of him. Sort of like a heath bell as far as being healthy and blooming late.
GB
I know I haven’t been aware of him. Those are some crazy numbers he has. Thanks again.
Set it right, C.
CC! (clap clap)
Nice jump Swish
How about giving Jeter a full day off. Does he have to play every day? Not like he is knocking the cover off the ball and he is not a DH.
Only thing Girardi seems to be sure of is Posada will never again in life bat against a leftie.
Any time, Tar. I have less issues bringing in a good AA relief pitcher than a AA starter or hitter. He can give them a solid 1 or 2 innings. His batting average against is about .136 against right handers and .135 against lefties. Swing and miss and control.
nice play by swisher
The Red Sox can actually score of another teams pen after they give up a lead
It was a tie game in Detroit,3-3, until Valverdi gave up a solo pinch hit Ortiz homerun in the top 9th taking the loss 4-3. Hopefully Tigers win game 2.
Swishalicious!!!
That’s it, Nicky.
Yanks take the lead, and lose to another 1 run game.
You could see it coming from the prior pitch. Swish was all over it.
Go Swish!!! Too bad he can’t face lefties everyday…
Go Swish!!! Too bad he can’t face lefties everyday…
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.283/.357/.326 vs LHP before that at bat.
He hasn’t been good vs left or right, so I’m praying this is actually the start of something for him.
JobaTipsHisCap May 29th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Yanks take the lead, and lose to another 1 run game.
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You’ve been wrong in the past.
At least they are getting his pitch count up. But they did the same thing the last 2 days and it didn’t help.
Salliedogs7 May 29th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
JobaTipsHisCap May 29th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Yanks take the lead, and lose to another 1 run game.
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You’ve been wrong in the past.
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Do you attend Charleston RiverDogs games? I only ask because of your username.
J. Alfred Prufrock May 29th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Salliedogs7 May 29th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
JobaTipsHisCap May 29th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Yanks take the lead, and lose to another 1 run game.
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You’ve been wrong in the past.
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Do you attend Charleston RiverDogs games? I only ask because of your username.
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No
Have to admit I don’t remember Tim Norton. Sounds like very good news, to say the least.
Did that throw have a chance at second?
Great another pitcher struggling against this crap lineup
I thought so.
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Tar May 29th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Did that throw have a chance at second?
CC will go 8 today, if not 9. ( said very, very, hopefully )
Way to pitch out of a jam.
That’s it, C.
God, this is a negative site.
Good job by the big guy. With Jones and Swish out there when the ball is hit shallow to LF or RF I never know if it’s going to be caught.
Prufrock RE: RiverDogs–I am still going through Charleston withdrawal. You notice as per Lakewood that in the last game Kahnle walked three and then got out of it w/2 K’s. His control was also pretty bad when I saw him, but his velocity was nuts. Speaking of velocity, supposedly a lot of high velocity bullpen-type arms will be available later in the draft. JR is killing it vs. lefties, but his righty splits need to be much better. GB, Mikey O’Brien is going tonight.
Need to score the run here, Alex.
A-Rod has been awful this season with RISP.
Jeter definitely should of beat that out but he is so slow
That’s Yankees baseball for you
Clutch hit Cano.
It seems like Granderson and Cano are the only ones who can hit with risp
Ca-Yes™
Do you all work together?
Cano is officially back on track.
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# J. Alfred Prufrock May 29th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
That’s it, C.
God, this is a negative site.
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More like suicidal. The current quality of this site is pretty depressing.
I marvel at how Cano can get the bat head on any pitch.
Not scoring in this inning would’ve been a kick in the nuts.
People always want to move Cano to the 3 hole, but if Cano is getting back on track him and Alex should really be the ones to switch if you make a move.
I am going off for a while; see you later, JAP.
Negativisty never takes a holiday.
need runs. a lot.
Nick in SF May 29th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Negativisty never takes a holiday.
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There are still some of us on this site that are positive.
Captain Clutch May 29th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Jeter definitely should of beat that out but he is so slow
That’s Yankees baseball for you
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A-Rod hit it on the screws, Figgins made a strong thow, and the catcher did a fine job of blocking the plate. Gardner couldn’t have beaten out that play.
I like this rally, and I appreciate Swish’s willingness to take the walk in that situation.
YankeeFem, O’Brien has been pretty impressive for most of his starts this year. Another strikeout pitcher. I’m showing Nuding as the starter, but, that night be wrong.
Andruw Jones, killing lefties, doing what he is paid for. Let’s bench him.
Salliedogs7 May 29th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Nick in SF May 29th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Negativisty never takes a holiday.
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There are still some of us on this site that are positive.
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They’re negative-squared!
Yes!!! Jones comes through!
Jones come through.
Go Jones!!!!!
Andruw!!!!!
Singles and double oh my – singles and doubles oh my.
Andruw and Nuney!!
Dancing in the streets. It’s one game folks.
Everytime Nunez plays he hits
LOL @ Nunez floppin’ into 3rd
awkward slide
Show the dug-out. they got to be cracking up
Now, this is much more like it! Nice triple by Nunez!
# GreenBeret7 May 29th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
YankeeFem, O’Brien has been pretty impressive for most of his starts this year. Another strikeout pitcher. I’m showing Nuding as the starter, but, that night be wrong.
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GB, my bad; it *is* Nuding. I was reading media notes from yesterday. I wanted to see Mikey live, but didn’t get to. Nuding couldn’t locate his pitches at all when I saw him; he was pretty bad.
Atta boy, Eduardo.
Hahaha that one will be in Kangaroo Court
J. Alfred, I just got out of the hospital after a month for hip surgery, with nothing much to do there between two 2-hour therapy sessions a day except to watch baseball on MLB.TV and read this blog. (BTW, this little rural 23-bed hospital had amazing 10 meg, up and down, wireless.) I agree; day after day here is a parade of negativity. I’m very glad the net wasn’t around in the Horace Clark days.
I root for the Yankees, hope for the best for and from some of our aging stars, truly enjoy the reports from milb from gb7 and the others, but for crying out loud, I get the impression that very few here really like baseball, other than the numbers and the chance to complain about something, anything.
I liked Andruuw’s triple, for instance. Lighten up and enjoy the game. Glad to be back in the world.
This game should make Jerkface and ID happy. It helps to get their runs per game average up
Nice hit Nunez.
Ichiro not willing to do a Jeter for that ball.
gotta love nunez
“It’s one game folks.”
Wet blanket.
“Ichiro not willing to do a Jeter for that ball.”
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can’t blame him. imagine if he got injured, they could never replace him
Smart blanket
yankeefeminista May 29th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Prufrock RE: RiverDogs–I am still going through Charleston withdrawal. You notice as per Lakewood that in the last game Kahnle walked three and then got out of it w/2 K’s. His control was also pretty bad when I saw him, but his velocity was nuts. Speaking of velocity, supposedly a lot of high velocity bullpen-type arms will be available later in the draft. JR is killing it vs. lefties, but his righty splits need to be much better. GB, Mikey O’Brien is going tonight.
Need to score the run here, Alex.
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Kahnle had live stuff but couldn’t locate when I saw him, so more of the same I guess. JR has such a low maintenance swing, I wonder at his troubles. Hope we don’t package him before he gets to Trenton
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There’s your big inning, sports fans.
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Nick in SF May 29th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
“It’s one game folks.”
Wet blanket.
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Ignore him.
All runs after 2 out. Nice. Why would Vargas throw a fastball to Jones? Hopefully the Yankees can get Nunez more at bats.
Nunez is not a punch & judy hitter, he’s has some power.
We take it for granted, but what an arm.
You’re more like a blanket hanging over the back end of a horse. Scratchy, irritating and full of crap.
This game should make Jerkface and ID happy. It helps to get their runs per game average up
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“In a case like that, you’ll often see the argument made that their average runs scored per game is propped up by a few blowouts, and if you remove those from the average you will have a more realistic assessment of how good they really are.
So let’s take away the top three highest-scoring games from that team and see what their average runs scored per game is.
Yep, if you do that, Boston’s R/G goes from 4.88 to 4.29.
Oh, the Yankees? 5.14 to 4.61.”
http://www.rlyw.net/
“can’t blame him. imagine if he got injured, they could never replace him”
No I agree, can’t blame him. but it does make me appreciate what we got.
Also, even if the stakes were a lot higher- I think he would pull up the same way.
tomingeorgia May 29th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
J. Alfred, I just got out of the hospital after a month for hip surgery, with nothing much to do there between two 2-hour therapy sessions a day except to watch baseball on MLB.TV and read this blog. (BTW, this little rural 23-bed hospital had amazing 10 meg, up and down, wireless.) I agree; day after day here is a parade of negativity. I’m very glad the net wasn’t around in the Horace Clark days.
I root for the Yankees, hope for the best for and from some of our aging stars, truly enjoy the reports from milb from gb7 and the others, but for crying out loud, I get the impression that very few here really like baseball, other than the numbers and the chance to complain about something, anything.
I liked Andruuw’s triple, for instance. Lighten up and enjoy the game. Glad to be back in the world.
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Tom, glad your horizons have expanded now that you’ve been released & congratulations on your recovery.
The lack of patience to me seems to me a symptom of a culture that has none. I agree there doesn’t seem to be much love lost on the pure sport around here. Equal lack of respect by some for the players, which manages to be both depressing & boring. I admit, many of the discussions, if you can call them that, are dueled to the death over the superfluous, but one man’s trash is another’s treasure, I suppose.
Yea many seem to dislike the team itself. Weird.
LGY,
Your being selective by taking only 3 games away.
Props to Nunez for working on his throwing to 1st base. He should be untouchable in trade talks if he isn’t already. He is most likely the next Yanks SS. He can hit and also because there aren’t any young SS available as a free agent. By next year he should be playing more and more.
Nunez has always had an arm. His problem was footwork. Looks like Kelleher, Rodriguez and jeter has been working hard with him. Those throws look like a Rodriguez throw…straight and hard. Like milk pouring out of a pitcher.
GreenBeret7 – Go play with your guns .
Gold Glove Grandy?
LGY,
Your being selective by taking only 3 games away.
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How many games exactly would you like to remove?
Every time they score a lot of runs?
GB Now that was funny!
wasn’t jeter ahead of pete rose’s pace at one point?
Ghostwriter May 29th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Ignore him.
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Translation – intimidated by grasp of reality. That it’s one game is a fact. Let’s see some consistency.
“How many games exactly would you like to remove? ‘
every game that they hit a home run.
Grandy man can!!
Granderson has been amazing….Too bad you have to hit the ball 900 feet to get it out of here.
Tex!!!
tomingeorgia, glad to hear you are home and healing. Baseball has a way of helping us get through the difficult and the impossible.
Double – single – love it.
There’s only one good thing that I’m seeing on this place today.
Tomingeorgia is back home and doing well. Good luck to you.
Joe from Long Island May 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
There’s only one good thing that I’m seeing on this place today.
Tomingeorgia is back home and doing well. Good luck to you.
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How about 7-0 Yanks?
A-Rod = garbage
LGY,
Its not a matter of taking more games out. It was predictable that after the last 2 games they would score a ton today against a not so good pitcher and CC on the mound. How many times has this team scored late on another teams pen to tie a game or go ahead?
I guess a hit and run is Girardi’s new friend
J. Alfred, Thanks for the kind words. It seems like everybody expects Jacob Rupert’s favorite kind of Yankee season, every season: “Lead by 8 games in June, then slowly pull away”.
LGY,
Its not a matter of taking more games out. It was predictable that after the last 2 games they would score a ton today against a not so good pitcher and CC on the mound. How many times has this team scored late on another teams pen to tie a game or go ahead?
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How do the Yankees compare to other teams in those things?
For whatever reason the Yankees have struggled with relievers this season. But they have scored more as an offense than any other team because they are beating up starters.
Tar May 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
GB Now that was funny!
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It’s a good bet that he got his ass beat every day on the way home from school….usually by his little sister.
That is my favorite kind of season.:) Glad you doing well tomi.
“There’s only one good thing that I’m seeing on this place today.’
Tom in georgia is very good news.
But I think the negativity angle is being exaggerated today. There will always be some Negative Nellies.
But there are a lot of very good posters who have checked in to this game thread. I would say a overwhelming majority actually.
And to the others who welcomed me back, thanks!
This place is still a cesspool
LGY,
Their late and close stats are horrible. Also in the playoffs they aren’t going to be beating up on starters as much
Tomingeorgia, Cograts on the recovery. Good to see a little much needed sense returning to the board. I was unaware that you were incapacitated, but, good to have you back.
LGY,
Their late and close stats are horrible. Also in the playoffs they aren’t going to be beating up on starters as much
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Remember in 2009 when everyone was saying the exact opposite?
The Yankees only hit relievers. They can’t count on that in the playoffs with good starting pitching.
***congrats***
Had to spell something wrong. If I didn’t, Tom would think that he’s on the wrong site.
tomingeorgia May 29th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
J. Alfred, Thanks for the kind words. It seems like everybody expects Jacob Rupert’s favorite kind of Yankee season, every season: “Lead by 8 games in June, then slowly pull away”.
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Tom, we sort of had that season in 2009, although it happened later than June. Some folks are spoiled by that season, I guess. Some of the talk makes you feel like you wandered into the wrong forum, maybe the Kansas City Royals’ forum… Like the song says, nobody knows the trouble they’ve seen…Let’s see if the angry masses will be soothed by a laugher-win today. Nice that CC won’t have to work the high wire today.
I’m out… all the best.
# tomingeorgia May 29th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
J. Alfred, I just got out of the hospital after a month for hip surgery, with nothing much to do there between two 2-hour therapy sessions a day except to watch baseball on MLB.TV and read this blog. (BTW, this little rural 23-bed hospital had amazing 10 meg, up and down, wireless.) I agree; day after day here is a parade of negativity. I’m very glad the net wasn’t around in the Horace Clark days.
I root for the Yankees, hope for the best for and from some of our aging stars, truly enjoy the reports from milb from gb7 and the others, but for crying out loud, I get the impression that very few here really like baseball, other than the numbers and the chance to complain about something, anything.
I liked Andruuw’s triple, for instance. Lighten up and enjoy the game. Glad to be back in the world.
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I know exactly what you’ve been through and it’s no piece of cake. Had hip fixation at the end of 86′ ( bad car accident ) and later replacement 92′ ( arthritis ) Hip replacement parts are doing well, but have had a new onslaught of arthritis and had an injection which has helped quite a bit. For me, every thing the Yanks do is icing on the cake, as
I go way back as a young kid to the 57′ W.S. when they lost to Braves and came back the next year and beat them after being down 3 games to 1.
My best to you.
I like the implicit optimism that, though the Yanks are so awful now, they will still muddle their way into the playoffs.
David Cone dropping sabermetrics all over this broadcast
LGY,
This is not 2009. They have no Matsui or Damon. Just about every player is worse then that team with the exception of Grandy.
I worrried about the starters coming into the year but I never thought the offense and bullpen would have cost so many games. They should have at least 5 more wins then they do
But I think the negativity angle is being exaggerated today. There will always be some Negative Nellies.
But there are a lot of very good posters who have checked in to this game thread. I would say a overwhelming majority actually.
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You’re right Tar I guess the ugly comments, especially when repeated over & over, seem to cast a shadow over all the good will.
Back to baseball. Good one, all.
GB7, Thanks! The main reason I didn’t post from the hospital was that, at least early on, I was so Oxycontined I couldn’t trust myself to not say what I was truly feeling about the negativists, which would have been uncivil, to say the least. “Basaball been berry, berry good to me!”
They had Damon and Matsui for years before 09 with nothing to show for it. Its never 1 or 2 players.
“It’s a good bet that he got his ass beat every day on the way home from school….usually by his little sister.”
Spoken like a true coward sitting in his basement.
I worrried about the starters coming into the year but I never thought the offense and bullpen would have cost so many games. They should have at least 5 more wins then they do
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But you think they’ll make the playoffs?
C!
Tar, the character assassination both about the players and each other that goes on day after day here is exhausting, and a pain in the *ss to scroll through. Just saying.
CC getting squeezed in this at bat
tomingeorgia May 29th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
GB7, Thanks! The main reason I didn’t post from the hospital was that, at least early on, I was so Oxycontined I couldn’t trust myself to not say what I was truly feeling about the negativists, which would have been uncivil, to say the least. “Basaball been berry, berry good
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It could have been worse for you, Tom. Could have sent Nurse Karloff to help nurse you back to health. Randy swears by her.
LGY,
No idea. I feel it will come down to them or the Rays
Come on Sabathia buckle down. Ichiro scares me no matter what kind of slump he’s in.
jerkface – Reportedly, David Cone does an awful lot of prep work for the broadcasts. I’m not surprised that he’s familiar with the trends in baseball analysis, and not just reciting the standard cliches and telling anecdotes.
C!!!!!!!!!!
1-2-3 DP!!!
Excellent!!!
Jerkface,
Of course its never about 1 or 2 players although without Arod they don’t win in 2009.
Now when you look at Jeter,Posada,Arod, and Swisher being worse now then in 2009 plus Matsui and Damon not being there it makes it even harder
Nice DP by the big guy
Jerkface suddenly feeling copious amounts of man love for Cone.
When was the last time you saw Ichiro ground into a 1-2-3 DP with the bases loaded?
I don’t think this is just a slump. I think he’s showing his age (of course I could be wrong on this), and why trading for him is high-risk. How many years left on his deal? Anyone know offhand?
A really slick 1-2-3 DP.
YankFem
No doubt.
But I enjoy your posts, and Gb and J.A.P. and Lgy and Jerk and Nick etc, etc, etc.
Ichiro contract runs out at the end of 2012
LGY, No idea. I feel it will come down to them or the Rays
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Why are you so much more confident in the Sox than the Yanks or Rays?
tomingeorgia-
Glad you’re doing better and back onboard.
GB-
I think there are Nurse Karloff clones in every hospital in the US!! BTW, I just finished a book-American Assassin by Vince Flynn, which if you haven’t read, you might enjoy. Fiction about special ops sent into Beirut to try and rescue a CIA hostage.
Joe, Suzuki is signed through 2012 at $17 mil per
LGY,
Better top 3 in the rotation and a more consistent lineup imo.
I thought we had a better pen coming in but going into the 7th with a lead we have lost 4 games and they have lost 3
# Tar May 29th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
YankFem
No doubt.
But I enjoy your posts, and Gb and J.A.P. and Lgy and Jerk and Nick etc, etc, etc.
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Likewise, Tar, but think of all that wasted energy we are expending. This blog is like some great sociology experiment.
Cervelli,
LGY, Better top 3 in the rotation and a more consistent lineup imo. I thought we had a better pen coming in but going into the 7th with a lead we have lost 4 games and they have lost 3
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In what way is their lineup more consistent?
Great to see a hit from the Captain.
Gives me another draw in the “Win $3000 when Jeter gets #3000 contest”
Thanks guys, I just checked Cot’s. (My laptop is so slow, it takes a good 5 minutes to do this.)
The yankees have had at least 5 HRs robbed by safeco this series.
Tar, a lot of bad docs and nurses, like in every field, but, a lot of good ones too. Nurse Karloff is just plain scary. Every night, I’d hear that hoof and the dragging of a foot down the hallway. It was like being looked into a soundproof room and the only sound was Howard Cosell, over and over, and over. brrrr.
LGY,
Other then Salty they don’t have as many dead spots in the lineup like we do.
What happened there? A misread there, no?
***locked***
Joe, everyone was running. There would have been a triple play on that one.
A word of advice: if you’re hospitalized, don’t watch “House”.
Gotta be a hit and run play.
Who will the Yankees call up next from their pitchers in SWB?
Silva before his option runs out in June?
Randy Flores as another lefty?
Whelan? Kontos?
LGY, Other then Salty they don’t have as many dead spots in the lineup like we do.
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That doesn’t answer the question.
Tom, was it a civilian or VA hospital? A lot of bad things are said about VA hospitals, but, I’m telling you, that’s not true any more. A lot of outstanding military surgeons coming out of the middle east conflicts.
Let’s go CC!!
Salty: .231 .286 .404 .690
Pedroia: .247 .358 .330 .688
JD Drew: .232 .353 .352 .705
Crawford: .245 .282 .383 .664
Varitek, Scutaro, McDonald, Mike Cameron combined to hit under .200
I’m guessing that Flores, Whelan, Kontos and Norton in that order for bullpenners.
Jerkface you beat me to it….
I dont get all the Sox love all of a sudden.
They were projected to easily win the division and are only 1 game ahead.
Jerkface,
You could throw out all the stats you want. I would still take their offense over the Yankees.
Sabathia through 7 innings and give the last 2 innings to Pendleton….unless the lead shrinks.
Shut it down here, C.
“I would still take their offense over the Yankees.”
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Why?
You could throw out all the stats you want. I would still take their offense over the Yankees.
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Right now yes, but i bet you wouldnt have said that one month ago.
It’s all about how they are playing right now.
Ryan is the king of the bloop hit
ac1,
Did you want them to be 10 games up considering the start they had?
GB – I don’t work in a VA, but my understanding is they have gotten much better over the past few years. As far as military docs go, I trained with a lot of guys – and women – who were rotating from Bethesda and Walter Reed, and they were a terrific bunch. All hardworking, dedicated, and very good.
Why did the Cardinals let Ryan go?
ac1,
I still would have taken them a month ago since I fully expected Crawford to not hit 200 for the whole year and I knew Pedroia would improve as well. I did not feel the same way about Posada or Jeter. Swisher yes
Soria is really struggling this year. Glad we didn’t trade for him
Gio Gonzalez sprained his ankle covering 1st last start. Not sure if he’s pitching Wednesday?
Joe from Long Island May 29th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
GB – I don’t work in a VA, but my understanding is they have gotten much better over the past few years. As far as military docs go, I trained with a lot of guys – and women – who were rotating from Bethesda and Walter Reed, and they were a terrific bunch. All hardworking, dedicated, and very good.
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joe, I always thought the world of the medical staffs from vietnam, but, these people now are sensational. The best at putting mangled bodies back together, a lot of it because it’s not just bullet holes. the IEDs (road side bombs) are the biggest reason for that improvement…but, if not for them after coming back from the last overseas tour, I’d be dead, because it was their physicals that found the cancer. These people are no longer medical people that couldn’t get a job as a civilian doctor or nurse. the emergency people are as good as it gets, and then they hand them off to the surgeons.
Jerkface,
I really hope it wasn’t true that Cash had offered Montero for him
I really hope it wasn’t true that Cash had offered Montero for him
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PRetty sure that was just a made up rumor based on something someone said and then a trade rumor and mashing them together.
That’s terrific testimony, GB. Bless them. And you, too.
Enough of this. This is LoHud. Let’s rag on somebody.
Jerkface,
The only way I could see that being true was if the Yankees were planning on making him into a starter, something the Royals should have done years ago
Nunez’s throws have gotten better with more work
Nunez is starting to smooth out on defense. feet under him and no rushed throws.
The only way I could see that being true was if the Yankees were planning on making him into a starter, something the Royals should have done years ago
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If it was true there is no way the Royals don’t make that trade. Someone offers you their top position prospect, top 5 prospect in the minors, a young player who could be in the majors immediately upon acquiring him, for your RELIEVER and you turn it down? The royals are so poorly run but I doubt they’d be that dumb.
Joe from Long Island May 29th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
That’s terrific testimony, GB. Bless them. And you, too.
Enough of this. This is LoHud. Let’s rag on somebody.
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There’s so many worthy targets. where do I start?
GB7 and Joe, My little local hospital is civilian, but the orthopedist was an ex-army (Iraq I and II) out of Augusta, GA. Bedside manner not so hot, but he was sure a good carpenter!
Would’ve been nice to have taken one or both of the previous two games, but we’re still leaving Seattle on a high note, then it’s two home games in Oakland, then an off day, then back on the road for a short series in Anaheim.
It can still be a very successful road/home trip.
LoHud – a target rich environment, lol…..
Sorry, three home games in Oakland.
Man, suzuki is really scuffling. Even his defense isn’t what it was two years ago.
Jerkface,
Totally agree yet it still makes its way around the landscape like it is a fact.
tomingeorgia May 29th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
GB7 and Joe, My little local hospital is civilian, but the orthopedist was an ex-army (Iraq I and II) out of Augusta, GA. Bedside manner not so hot, but he was sure a good carpenter!
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LMAO. yeah, hard to get good craftsmen anymore. When you get a good one, their language skills are secondary.
I wish we could clone like 4 other CC’s
Suzuki is no spring chicken. Happens to the best of ‘em.
Joe from Long Island May 29th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
LoHud – a target rich environment, lol…..
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yeah, so many targets that precision bombing is unnecessary. Back to carpet bombing.
Just curious but is anyone else wondering where Arod’s power went to?
BTW, Ichiro turns 38 in Oct.
tomingeorgia – I’ll spare you the jokes we have about orthopodic surgeons
As long as he was a good carpenter, as you put it, and he leaves the heavy thinking to a real doctor
GB – yeah, all combined I wonder if Ichiro is looking at the end of his line. Still think he’s got something left, and might be a good pickup (if the $$ work out) for a team looking for a 4th OF. If his ego would allow it.
Too bad Ichiro didn’t start his career here
Why would you pitch CC another inning here?
CC is pitching a gem.
Swisher playing a good right field today.
Salliedogs7 May 29th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Swisher playing a good right field today.
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Those are words you don’t read very often.
Joe — word on the street is the Ichiro’s ego is as big as Asia.
That’ll silence the “CC isn’t an ace” mongers for another few days.
Charleston’s Zach Nuding is off to a decent start through 2 innings. 1 infield hit and 6 strikeouts
Ichiro was always pissed at Matsui for not referring to him as his senior, due to Ichiro being older and being in the NPB and majors before Matsui. Matsui always said F that.
Granderson doing it all . . . again. He’s having a great year.
Granderson is locked in.
Good morning, Wang. Saw your last reply when I woke up today.
We’ll see if I make it to the place in San Jose before you make it to the original in Hualien.
sunny615 May 29th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Just curious but is anyone else wondering where Arod’s power went to?
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Father time. His days of 40 a year are over IMO.
Its amazing how they still feel the need to boo Arod in the 9th inning
Seems that Grandy slowed down on the homeruns in the past week, but he’s still mashing it.
Seems that Grandy slowed down on the homeruns in the past week, but he’s still mashing it.
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He has hit 4 balls this series that would have been out of NYS
# RadioKev May 29th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Seems that Grandy slowed down on the homeruns in the past week, but he’s still mashing it.
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ce May 29th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Seems that Grandy slowed down on the homeruns in the past week, but he’s still mashing it.
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He has hit 4 balls this series that would have been out of NYS
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Wouldn’t have been out of old YS in 1960 .
JobaTipsHisCap May 29th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Yanks take the lead, and lose to another 1 run game.
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Wrong again.
C, Da Man!
You know, this kid Pendleton, I think he’s got a future. He just throws strikes, and gets the job done.
Wouldn’t have been out of old YS in 1960
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If old YS was still 314 down the line, then I think they would have.
It’s amazing that you all can’t be happier about a terrific win after 2 close losses. This is a sad place.
Looks like Sox will be rained out, avoiding Verlander and the doubleheader… yet still having Beckett to pitch tomorrow.
wtf?
SAS May 29th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
It’s amazing that you all can’t be happier about a terrific win after 2 close losses. This is a sad place.
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I’m happy they won.
very good win for the Yanks. back on track….
They weren’t all hit down the line. It was 298 then down the line. 407 to RC, 461 to CF, 457 to LC, 402 dead LF. ( as I remember )
You would argue with a stop sign !
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# Jerkface May 29th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Wouldn’t have been out of old YS in 1960
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If old YS was still 314 down the line, then I think they would have.
Great game for CC and the boys!
Every winning streak begins with one game
Actually it was 296 down the RF line and 301 down the LF line.
But, 407 in RC, 461 in CF, 457 in LC, and 402 to left.