Game 55: Yankees at Angels
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Jun 03, 2011 
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YANKEES (31-23)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Russell Martin C
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Ivan Nova (4-3, 4.67)
Nova vs. Angels
ANGELS (29-29)
Maicer Izturis 2B
Erick Aybar SS
Bobby Abreu LF
Torii Hunter RF
Alberto Callaspo 3B
Russell Branyan DH
Mark Trumbo 1B
Jeff Mathis C
Peter Bourjos CF
RHP Jered Weaver (6-4, 2.10)
Weaver vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 10:05 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: Every time the Yankees come to Anaheim, I’m reminded of what great weather really looks and feels like.
UMPIRES: HP Mike Estabrook, 1B Marty Foster, 2B Bill Welke, 3B Tim Tschida
CASHMAN HONORED: General manager Brian Cashman has been awarded the Covenant House Beacon of Hope for his work with homeless and runaway youth who get support from the Covenant House shelter. That’s an AP picture of Cashman receiving the award.
GOOD BEGINNINGS: According to the Yankees game notes, the Yankees starters have gone 9-2 with a 2.99 ERA in the past 15 games. The Yankees are 11-4 in that stretch, improving from three games back to two games ahead in the AL East.
RELIEVED: The Yankees starters have been terrific during his four-game winning streak, but the bullpen’s also been awfully good lately. The Yankees reliever have combined for a 1.68 ERA in the past 16 games dating back to May 14. Excluding the first nine games of the season, the Yankees has a 2.44 ERA.
STREAKING: Mark Teixeira has a nine-game hitting streak, with a home run in four of his past seven games and seven of his past 13. Derek Jeter has a seven-game hitting streak, Nick Swisher has a six-game hitting streak and Robinson Cano has a five-game hitting streak.
ON THIS DATE: On June 3, 1932, Lou Gehrig hit four consecutive home runs and just missed a fifth. Tony Lazzeri also hit for a cycle in the game and the Yankees beat Philadelphia, 20-13. It’s the most combined runs in a single game in franchise history.
UPDATE, 10:13 p.m.: Fifteen-pitch at-bat by Jeter to open the game.
UPDATE, 10:32 p.m.: Yankees might be lucky Nova gave up only two runs that inning. He was all over the place.
UPDATE, 11:07 p.m.: Not sure Nova actually settled in during those past two innings, but he didn’t allow any more runs, so I guess that’s a good thing for the Yankees. It’s a 2-1 game heading into the fourth.
UPDATE, 11:21 p.m.: Check it out, Posada with a big hit. That’s a two-out, game-tying double in the fourth. Would have put the Yankees in the lead, but it bounced over the wall and Nick Swisher had to stop running.
UPDATE, 11:33 p.m.: Yankees bullpen is starting to stir as Nova allowed a hard-hit, bases-loaded single to put the Angels on top 3-2 in the fourth.
UPDATE, 12:13 p.m.: He wasn’t good tonight, but I’ll give Nova credit for lasting into the seventh. I thought for sure he’d be finished before the end of the fifth. Absolutely have to go to Robertson with a one-run lead here.
UPDATE, 12:36 p.m.: When Teixeira got on in the eighth, I really thought Rodriguez might do something in that situation. Guess not. Still a 3-2 game, Boone Logan coming in for the bottom of the eighth. Hector Noesi also getting loose.
Bob Lorenz in the house.
I’m at Safeco and I’ll be keeping an eye on the out of town scoreboard….
Go, Yankees!
Game plan:
Pretend Jeff Weaver is pitching.
That must mean… No Michael Kay.
Go SuperNova! Go Yanks! Go Jete!
Rich in NJ June 3rd, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Bob Lorenz in the house.
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unfortunately Flash is with him.
Does Kay have it in his contract that he doesn’t do the West Coast swing?
And can someone explain the Angels hats? What is the white circle on the top?
White circle is presumably a halo
What in the world do the Angels have on their heads.
Jeter is really working that count.
Good AB by Jeter so far
A halo? Who is the idiot that came up with that design?
Even if the numbers aren’t fantastic, at least now we can see that he’s still got composure and talent
Just aging, not depressing
Good AB going for Jeter….10 +pitch first batter.
Man, you know that Weaver has got to be pissed. LOL!
Jeter turning back the block
what an AB jeter has going
Kay once said on his show that gets around 30 games off and he gets to choose which games. I’ve noticed he seems to go on the west coast trips later in the year and he skips the early trips.
Great AB, don’t care about the result, this is a great AB.
Too bad my mlb.tv sound is out I can’t hear bob
This is awesome….even an out is a victory
Man, you know that Weaver has got to be pissed. LOL!
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Haha, yeah really
14 pitches in
he wanted an inning out of that
These hats are worse than the Memorial Day ones.
“You gotta be kidding me…Jesus…” – Weaver after that AB
15 pitch AB….
To me, that was Jeter’s best AB of the season. Unlike the leading off the game stat, which is a fluke, taking and fouling off pitches can endure.
15 pitches and he increased his fly ball rate!
Those halos do look silly.
Tex gets booed because their owner was too cheap to pay him lol
YankeesWFAN Sweeny Murti
15-pitch AB featuring 10 straight foul balls by Jeter to lead off the game. Hardest 0-for-1 you’ll ever see.
“Those halos do look silly.”
That’ they way they were in the ’60s. Reminds me of being a little kid.
That Jeter AB reminded me of Damon. He just to have those ABs that went on forever.
“Tex gets booed because their owner was too cheap to pay him lol”
Don’t the TEX fans boo him for being traded to ATL?
Good first inning…..weaver isn’t fooling anybody so far. Keep that approach and they’ll get him.
27-pitch perfect inning
Good work
Weaver’s stuff really doesn’t look like anything special. But I guess he has good movement and 4 different pitches helps.
and Justin hits another smoak bomb
Nova is throwing his changeup 6% less than last year. Girardi mentioned he thought that Nova’s slider is his best secondary pitch. However, Nova throws it only around 2-3% of the time. Not sure why they haven’t encouraged him to throw it more if they consider it a better secondary pitch than his CB. However, when it is on his CB is his K pitch.
Whatever happened to Vernon Wells? I don’t see him in the lineup.
I would be afraid of Weaver on a big contract….I don’t like his delievery and he’s too junkerbally for elite money
# Laura – I Bleed Blue June 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 pm
“Tex gets booed because their owner was too cheap to pay him lol”
Don’t the TEX fans boo him for being traded to ATL?
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poor Tex he gets booed in Texas, LA, BAL, and BOS
Wow, Abreu has been with the Angels longer than I thought he would.
I am curious to see how Nova does tonight with guys on base. He knows these guys will be running but he has to be able to worry about the batter at the plate and make his pitches. He has really struggled with guys on base recently.
Wells was DL’ed w/groin strain
There’s the bad curveball.
Okay, I’m ready for Nova to be replaced in the rotation.
Here we go with Nova….
Nova not doing himself any favors early here.
Nova not looking good early here..
“Wells was DL’ed w/groin strain”
Vernon Wells – the contract that just keeps on giving.
oh boy
What’s up with Martin?
Montero would have caught that
What is going on with Martin, wake up….
“Montero would have caught that”
And if he somehow didn’t, he’d be killed.
Playin at LAA–the Yankees house of horrors.
He can’t locate.
Can’t throw a strike..when he throws one it will be a meatball.
Nova reminds me of Wang with risp even though he is obviously younger. With guys on base it just snowballs. He might need to go to the minors to get his curveball and confidence back. Noesi is always an option….
He did his job there.
Just got my tix for the thunder tomorrow. Haven’t been there in 5 yrs.
he’s behind in the count every time, doesn’t make for success…
Yanks always play sloppy baseball in Anaheim. Martin continuing the trend
Was that a cross up earlier or did he just miss the ball? Nova’s mechanics are all screwed up…..he’s throwing the ball different pitch to pitch.
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# rr212 June 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Just got my tix for the thunder tomorrow. Haven’t been there in 5 yrs.
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Good for you. Betances is pitching. Should be a good game. Fisher Cats are always very competitive.
Messy, but could have been much worse.
I suppose that could have been worse…
Anyone know our record when Lorenz and Flaherty call the game? I want to say its bad so far this year. 1-3 or worse.
Better have Noesi on stand by. If Nova can’t start repeating better than that then it’ll be a short night……I really can’t stand the Angels.
All that and he still threw fewer pitches than Weaver
I’m not going to stress over this game. We always play poorly in Anaheim and it’s our #5 starter against their ace. Haren is out and we have CC and Colon next. Just take 1 of the next 2 and it’s a winning road trip. Stealing a win tonight would just be gravy.
Must. Score. Alex.
Nice start Al.
Atta boy, Alex! I’ll take a slug fest if we have to win that way.
maybe alex breaking up with cameron woke up his bat…
Alex is batting 1.000 post Cameron!
Angels wearing their 1961 hats?
No idea why Cano takes swings like that ahead in the count…..but he moved the runner at least.
Martin calm down
Nice Martin! Weaver doesn’t look any better than Nova so far.
Russell delivers!
Come on, Swish.
Nice..Good thing Swish isn’t batting behind Arod..
Pretty piece of hitting by Martin right there….very nice.
I could only imagine how many off speed pitches Swish is going to see in this series
Arod must really have he goods…he keeps dumping chicks left and right..must have a stable of ‘em..
Good approach tonight by the hitters not named Cano.
Other fans want to complain that the Yankees have too many all-stars…but our lineup looks ready to face the NL’s top starters based on what they’ve done this road trip
Keep getting that pitch count up…
Not a strike.
Let’s go Po!
That was a tough pitch.
Have to assume Joe skips Nova vs Boston next week and goes with Javy, AJ, and CC. as usual, boston will finagle lester, beckett, and bucholz. Its so amusing how they manage their pitching around series with us.
Tick tock tick tock. Its June, Po.
Oh Jorge-You knew that was coming. You look totally lost at the plate.
I am actually getting sad watching Jorge bat….hate to see him go out like this.
That happens to Posada WAY too often
Jorge looks so discouraged……I hate it for.him….I wish he’d turn it around.
I like Bob, but Flaherty is the very definition of boring and humorless.
I wish Cone and Singleton were still calling the games.
Well, if nothing else, Weaver is working…
It is a catch 22 if they aren’t given Jorge enough AB’s.
Wow — they’re really making Weaver work. 52 pitches and they’re in the second inning.
Wow.
Looked inside.
Unacceptable that two hitters go down looking in that situation. That’s awful. Get aggressive.
you can’t have two batters strike out looking with two on…
Borderline, but probably too close to take. Broke back in just enough, I guess.
If Nova doesn’t implode, we should be fine tonight. Weavers got 5, 6 tops in him, and those 5 may not even be anything to write home about.
If they don’t skip Nova while playing Boston, then somebody needs their head examined. The Sux actually lined up their pitching again so their best are pitching against the Yanks.
Gardner swing the bat…..He gets caught in walk mode too much. Great scouting report on him and Posada.
# blake June 3rd, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Better have Noesi on stand by. If Nova can’t start repeating better than that then it’ll be a short night……I really can’t stand the Angels.
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The lack of repeating is such that I wonder about Nova’s ability to make adjustments.
Not liking that we let Weaver off the hook.
I know it’s been asked a million times, but how much longer can they stick with Posada?
My opinion is that Chavez becomes the DH versus RH when he returns.
It’s sad to see Jorge play so poorly, but he is really hurting the team with his lack of production.
Our DH is Definitely Hopeless
That really didn’t look like a strike.
I’m pretty old school, but I think we are getting to a point where the umpires are so bad that balls and strikes should be determined electronically.
I don’t think these umpires can be “fixed”, as that might hurt too much.
Wang,
Boston does that every time we face them. Look at 2010 and YTD 2011. We have faced them 24 times in that span. I will guarantee Lester, Bucholz, or Beckett have started 18 of those game.
Can’t live up there, Nova. Get the ball down.
When Posada comes back from his son’s surgery I am sure his playing time will be less and less often. For whatever reason he just can’t get himself going. Nunez is a much better option right now with Jeter and Arod sharing time at DH.
Actually Posada had a decent AB, especially considering he has mostly been sitting. He hadn’t played since the 30th.
OK, looks like Nova is settling down here.
Carlo,
Meanwhile, I remember last year, Joe decided to rest our best players against Boston. Geez, it’s not like they’re in our division or something…
DUMB.
Anaheim’s lineup is terrible. They really are. I would be shocked if we didn’t win 2 out of 3.
Anyone who expects any less needs to get their head examined.
Yankeefem-
Before this game Posada had 136 ABs, Martin with 17 more. If Posada was catching this year he’d probably have the same or less number of at bats. He’s totally lost out there, especially knowing he only has to work on his lefthanded swing.
Nova’s mechanics are all over the place. For whatever reason he really has trouble keeping the ball down and repeating his delivery. It looks like he just winds and throws the ball instead of worrying about where the ball is going.
Wang-
But I guess if you look at how injuries derailed their season, it makes Joe look smart. But I agree with you…put the best on the filed against them.
It’s awful that our designated HITTER has a .169 avg, .285 Op, and is batting .138 with RISP in June..
Robbie’s range is crazy. He makes it look easy too
Who are the announcers on YES tonite? None of the regulars I take it…
Time for another 20 pitch inning, please.
ray: but he’s lazy, doncha know??
“Meanwhile, I remember last year, Joe decided to rest our best players against Boston”
The best was a couple years ago when the Yankees were facing some rookie lefty on the Indians, and he sat Damon, Abreu, Matsui, and Cano all in one game.
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# Yankee Trader June 3rd, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Yankeefem-
Before this game Posada had 136 ABs, Martin with 17 more. If Posada was catching this year he’d probably have the same or less number of at bats. He’s totally lost out there, especially knowing he only has to work on his lefthanded swing.
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You do realize he is converting to DH. It is much harder to hit when you aren’t playing the field. Frankly, they can do whatever they want with him, but if people don’t get that the guy isn’t getting the chance to become acclimated. Oh well, have at it.
Of course Kendrick is back tomorrow.
Anaheim’s lineup is terrible.
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Angels team BA .257, Yankees team BA .253
Best of the 3 lineups the Yankees have faced on this road trip.
I like Lorenz, but how can Yanks not find an actual broadcaster for duties in Kay’s absence? Lorenz is studio guy, not play-by-play guy
I hate how they have to show Sciscoia 1 million times when they play the Angels. Especially when a call doesn’t go their way.
Grandy is not picking up the curve well so far…
Daniel-
It ain’t exactly Vlad, Kendry, Figgins and even Juan Rivera.
Groundout to end Bottom 2nd was easy play for any 2nd baseman
Well, there went that inning. Oy.
I really don’t buy the whole “getting acclimated to DH” thing. And honestly, I’d be a little more sympathetic for Jorge if he wasn’t a self-serving douche.
YES sounds like an opposition feed. Voices arent familiar…
So far, Grandy looks baaad as opposed to bad a**.
Amazing how the Angels rolled over and lost what, 7 out of 8 against the Red Sox this season?
Hold on.. You’re citing batting average to dispute my point of this team being terrible at hitting?
Kansas City was right up there in batting average last year. How did that work out for them?
The RS have beaten the Angels for years. It’s just one of those things.
Straw,
Girardi just gives away too many games. Either posts a crappy lineup, or he leaves an obviously struggling starter in too long so that the deficit is too large to overcome or he doesn’t step on opponents’ throats when it’s a “winnable” game. Those are just a few of my Girardi favorites.
I guess he just believes the wins are just going to magically appear at the end of the season.
Angels team BA .257, Yankees team BA .253
Best of the 3 lineups the Yankees have faced on this road trip.
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Bottom 4 offense by runs and OPS in the AL. They are terrible.
Yankeefem-
I don’t know if more AB’s will help Posada. He doesn’t seem comfortable at the plate at all. I agree. it’s hard to be #1 catcher, and then be told you can’t or won’t be needed to catch again, even in an emergency. HOF’ers Bench retiread at 36, Gary Carter at 38.
Hughes will eventually replace Nova who needs more time in AAA.
Well, this is a little crazy.
I’m watching the SF Giants game on the big TV. They just interviewed the mother of Brandon Crawford, who hit a grand slam in his first ML game while on the road a week ago. Tonight is the first home game for him, and his whole family is there.
Just after the interview ended, his mom got caught a foul ball.
Grandy can no be great every night, going to have off nights
Wang-
Agreed, I can think of at least three games that have been blown because of his decisions this season alone.
“Just after the interview ended, his mom got caught a foul ball.”
Not as weird as Span hitting his mother with a foul ball in ST, but still very weird.
Did anyone else find the standing ovation for Jorge against Boston on Sunday Night Baseball to be incredibly embarrassing?
Carlo June 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Have to assume Joe skips Nova vs Boston next week and goes with Javy, AJ, and CC. as usual,
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Have to assume you meant Freddy , Javy’s gone.
If you could combine girardi’s bullpen management with Torre’s everything else, you woukd have a hell of a manager.
“Did anyone else find the standing ovation for Jorge against Boston on Sunday Night Baseball to be incredibly embarrassing?”
No, he’s earned the benefit of forgiveness.
Girardi’s game to game bullpen management, that is…
Mick – hahaha. Yes, I meant freddy.
# Daniel in Toronto June 3rd, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Did anyone else find the standing ovation for Jorge against Boston on Sunday Night Baseball to be incredibly embarrassing?
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Jorge has become a fan favorite since he stood up to big bad Joe for batting him 9th.
Seems like the other babies liked Jorge’s rebellious nature.
TheStraw,
I totally agree. I loved Torre for the simple fact that he was likable. He was a great manager of people, but could not manage a bullpen to save his life.
On the other hand, I cannot stand Girardi. Not likable at all. But he does a pretty good job with the bullpen.
If you could combine girardi’s bullpen management with Torre’s everything else, you woukd have a hell of a manager.
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Why was Torre a great Mgr?
Wasn’t he loaded with talent and had Stanton, Nelson and Mendoza, not to mention Lloyd and Weathers setting up for Mo?
His biggest decision was whether to play Curtis , Strawberry or Raines in LF.
They are just missing a lot of pitches off Weaver…he’s settled in a little but the good news is that he’s going to be at 80 pitches by the end of the 4th.
It seems like Weaver’s off speed pitches has them behind his fastball. His fastball is nothing special so his other pitches must set it up well.
It is funny how Posada has not batted inthe 9th slot again….
# Jacob Ruppert June 3rd, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Grandy can no be great every night, going to have off nights
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No one expects him to be good every night, but so far he is totally off balance. 8 pitches in 2 AB’s and only one was a FB.
Mick-
He seemed to be pretty good at motivating the players when necessary, something I think JG lacks.
Weaver is all deception….in the delivery, in the pitches, in everything…..
No one gives a crap about Jorge standing up to Joe nor do they want him to get special treatment. Neither of which he expects. You people are brutal.
God, Lorenz and Flaherty are terrible. Boring me to death.
It is funny how Posada has not batted inthe 9th slot again…
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He also helped pave the way to no righty AB’s and less lefty….he is completely overmatched, it’s a pity.
Looked inside
Don’t like Torre.
Like Girardi, don’t love him.
Torre does seem likeable, but let’s not forget there were some pretty prominent players who he had a riff with (including Arod). For all of Girardi’s shortcomings with people skills, it does seem like he at least has all his player’s backs.
I agree with…
“God, Lorenz and Flaherty are terrible. Boring me to death.”
mick,
I find that alcohol is making this broadcasting team seem way more tolerable.
Also, I wish that JEFF Weaver was pitching tonight.
Posada gets his chance once again
C’mon Jorge….Jack one here!
So Haren not starting tomorrow?
The standing O for Posada wasn’t about what he did a couple weeks ago….it’s about everything he’s done for the Yankees for over a decade.
yankeefeminista June 3rd, 2011 at 11:17 pm
No one gives a crap about Jorge standing up to Joe nor do they want him to get special treatment.
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How can you make that statement?
There are mental imbeciles who definitely do.
You hear less of Hip Hip Jorge and more defiant cheers at the Stadium.
So both times Swisher walked, Posada swung at the first pitch?
They know that Posada can only hit a fastball right now so he definitely isn’t getting one to hit
The pre 2002 Torre was an awesome manager. He may have gotten complacent in the later years, although getting them into the playoffs in 2007 was an exceptional job given their start that year.
Hip Hip
Take that Po haters.
Woo Posada! Can we get a little excitement from the booth? lol
Daniel in Toronto June 3rd, 2011 at 11:20 pm
mick,
I find that alcohol is making this broadcasting team seem way more tolerable.
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Anyone is better than M. Kay. He is not the story, the Yankees are.
Well that has to make him feel good…
Almost! LOL
# Rich in NJ June 3rd, 2011 at 11:11 pm
“Did anyone else find the standing ovation for Jorge against Boston on Sunday Night Baseball to be incredibly embarrassing?”
No, he’s earned the benefit of forgiveness.
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It was about that but also the fans were just showing love and support for a great Yankee. Simple as that.
Did I just hallucinate that double?
That was a good swing on a bad pitch.
Hip Hip….that makes me very happy.
Popo power!!!
hall of fame jorge hits haren* hard!!!
*stupid non alliterative starter on the mound!
WOW go Posada!! Too bad the stupid ball had to bounce over.
Weaver isn’t going past 5 innings tonight.
“It was about that but also the fans were just showing love and support for a great Yankee. Simple as that.”
Yup, you’re hitting on the cause, I’m hitting on the effect.
Dam 3 foot outfield wall!
That stupid wall screws us again.
At least there were no thunder sticks involved.
The Yankees are doing another really nice job tonight against a good pitcher….they’ve done that a lot this year….grinding AB’s and making stars work. They did it opening day against Verlander.
Rays losing again in Seattle. I really hope they just fall back and disappear. It’s annoying when one loss takes you from first to third place because there’s two teams to compete with.
Gardner is like a friggin turnstile out there!
I think that if Posada could just get above .200, he would take off from there….
was never expecting much over .250.
The off speed pitches are really fooling Gardner
Weaver likely can’t go past 6 now….they make him work next inning and 5 might be it.
The Rays aren’t that good…..that hot streak they had fooled a lot of people. They have pretty good starting pitching….they are a bad team everywhere else.
For the person who said something about “take that Posada haters”…
Am I a Posada hater because I recognize that he is terrible and should not be playing regularly?
Am I a Posada hater for believing that it is petty and weak to throw a temper tantrum because you were put 9th in the order, even though that is where you belong?
I certainly don’t cheer AGAINST Jorge, but he’s been terrible.
I’m not so sure the players all have Girardi’s back, though…
Miss the post-game interviews that Torre gave and they weren’t just interesting because he “threw players under the bus”. He didn’t. He just was a lot more honest and candid in his answers.
Girardi comes off like a defensive 7th grader — esp when questioned about his own idiotic moves.
Miss Zimmer and Torre managing together. They were a good team. Girardi could NEVER have handled some of the personalities thrown at Torre by George’s insane signings.
DocTodd,
Jorge hitting .250 would be a miracle. Glad he got his double there, though.
“It was about that but also the fans were just showing love and support for a great Yankee. Simple as that.”
*raises hand*
“Am I a Posada hater because I recognize that he is terrible and should not be playing regularly?”
I’m casting a much wider net.
Zimmer and Torre were a great team.
Has the Rally Monkey been retired?
Branyan only gets hits against us…
Roll a dp
Can someone sacrifice something to the BABIP gods before the Angels bloop us to death?
Girardi could NEVER have handled some of the personalities thrown at Torre by George’s insane signings.
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Who do you mean? Not Doc and Darryl?
Now the Bronx Zoo had some personalities.
Who is Girardi’s bench coach?
Mick: Gary Sheffield comes immediately to mind.
Neither starting pitcher is long for this game….
get a DP here
What an awful curveball. He is so inconsistent from pitch to pitch on his location.
Girardi is at least as good a manager as Torre. That team was more talented relative to the competition partly as a result of prior CBA, and Bernie, Jeter, Po, Pettitte, and Mo in their prime.
“Anyone is better than M. Kay. He is not the story, the Yankees are.”
^ That
where was that pitch?
David Wells also.
If Jeff Mathis gets a base hit here, Nova should apologize to every Yankees fan through a written letter.
Martin is getting upset behind the plate.
Thinking he is going to get into it with the ump before it is over.
TheStraw June 3rd, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Branyan only gets hits against us…
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But you know that if he were on the Yanks, he would never get a hit…that’s just how it works when Yankee-killers come over. (I’m thinking AJ here…)
Can’t walk Mathis….he’s terrible.
I hear the rally monkey was beaten to death with thundersticks..
Pena
You cannot walk Jeff Mathis!!!
This was predictable. Nova will give it up here.
Ugh.
that hurts….that’s almost like walking the pitcher.
Get Hector up please….
Those 2 pitches were strikes but he is all over the place. I wouldn’t be surprised if Girardi gets Noesi up.
DocTodd June 3rd, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I hear the rally monkey was beaten to death with thundersticks..
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Excellent!
Nova is just too inconsistent. He has a way to go makeup-wise to being a big league pitcher.
Hughes can’t get better soon enough.
First piss missing… ball one..
Lorenz: “First piss, oops, first pitch.” I think he got it right the first time.
get Noesi up now
1 for 23 with RISP….1for 1 with RIDP vs us
Walks Mathis and gives up a hit to the #9 hitter – get Hector up pronto!
Alex might’ve gotten that a few years ago….
This guy can’t locate. Its either a ball or down the middle.
RISP
Oh, but leave Nova in until they Angels are up by at least 6 runs…that way, we’re sure to lose.
Nova looks like he did before he made the adjustments when he moved up from AA to AAA.
Guess Girardi will skip Nova’s turn vs the redsox for CC…
he won’t admit it yet but he will soon.
Nova just really doesn’t have the consistency in his mechanics right now…..he finds it then loses it then finds it again then loses it again.
Get someone up in the bullpen and get Nova out..Pitching in the majors every 5th day is obviously too much for him right now. They should consider sending him to AAA to work on his issues.
Ayala up. I was wrong. Girardi sucks.
This performance by Nova is beyond unacceptable, particularly against this horrendous lineup. Seriously unacceptable. Do not leave him in too long.
This should definitely be his last batter
Ayala?
Ayala??? WTF???
Noesi might get a shot before Hughes comes back.
He seems more mature, more of a pitcher.
Big K there.
Wow. A strikeout?
my goodness. What has gotten into my M’s? They seem to feast on this TB pitching. 4 homers last night, 3 already tonight.
I think Ayala will come in if Nova needs to be taken out in the middle of an inning, but Noesi would come in to start an inning, since he’s not used to being a reliever. At least, I hope that’s the only reason Ayala’s up.
Not terrible. More runs.
Nova just really doesn’t have the consistency in his mechanics right now…..he finds it then loses it then finds it again then loses it again.
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blake
wouldn’t you consider that more mental than physical?
Nova is like AJ…finds it, then loses it just as quickly
Crisis averted.
Another inning that could have been worse.
Damage limited. Now get it back please.
I just dont see how if things stay the same, when Hughes returns how they would not send Nova back to AAA. Colon and Garcia are pitching too well to move one.
Very big. Nova keeps Yanks in game, Weaver out of game in the next inning, bullpen time
mick June 3rd, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Guess Girardi will skip Nova’s turn vs the redsox for CC…
he won’t admit it yet but he will soon.
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Hmm…that’s way too logical a move for the Donkey. I’ll wait and see…
Is Girardi drunk? Why would Ayala come into this game before Noesi?
“my goodness. What has gotten into my M’s?”
they forgot that they can’t hit?
Doc, If he had AJ’s stuff, I’d live with it. But he doesn’t. Not yet.
He reminds me of AJ. Two pitch guy. If one isn’t working, then he can’t adjust (although AJ has been decent so far). I know Nova has a change, but right now, its useless.
Why doesn’t Nova throw that 95mPH heater more often?
Good on Nova for getting out of that jam without giving up the farm.
Alright, Nova hasn’t been completely terrible. Only 2 ER and pitch count wise he should be able to complete 6 innings if he doesn’t have a blowup.
Fuentes sucks.
I just don’t get it with Nova. Its like once the lineup turns over the 3rd time he sucks.
I’m not buying the Flash talk, not that I usually do anyway, the game gets called by the catcher, and if he gets in trouble because of repeating his way of going after every batter that would have been corrected already. Nova being a rookie will be told just throw what the catcher tells you or you gone.
He has good stuff. It seems like a case of the yips once the line up turns over too many times.
Hmm…that’s way too logical a move for the Donkey. I’ll wait and see…
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you can bet the house he’s not throwing Nova vs Beckett in the rubber game…
I could do without Nancy Newman’s updates.
Make Weaver work this inning. Get him out of the game.
Good job getting out of it but I would go batter to batter with him in the 5th. When guys get on base it’s very hard for him to slow the game down and just concentrate on making the right pitch. I guess it will come with age.
Score this runner please.
mick June 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Hmm…that’s way too logical a move for the Donkey. I’ll wait and see…
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you can bet the house he’s not throwing Nova vs Beckett in the rubber game…
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I would certainly hope so, but Girardi’s proven everyone wrong before. And I mean EVERYONE. Still, he insists that he’s always right.
Can we please do something with this intentional walk?
Jeter is taking more pitches, and that is correlating to hitting better.
Have to think this is Weaver’s last no matter what.
“wouldn’t you consider that more mental than physical?”
I guess there is a component of both to repeating a pitching motion….I don’t think the reason he’s struggling is because he’s intimidated or anything like that. He just isn’t consistent in how he throws the ball….and that’s why he looks great one hitter then loses it completely…then finds it again etc…..he’s young and inexperienced and that’s not helping either.
Grandy is gonna jack one…
No fastballs for Granderson tonight
Not this time.
Something about Weaver’s delivery has Granderson f-d up.
Granderson is probably going to start seeing a lot of slop I would guess….he’ll have to adjust.
Grandy will have a better AB next time up against the pen
the RS have Lester, Buchholz and Beckett lined up…we have Garcia, Burnett and Nova/CC…
it would be suicidal to throw Nova after laboring tonight,
whether it’s a rubber game or we are down 2-0,
even if we are up 2-0, going for the sweep.
Weaver will be out for the 6th inning
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That’s what they didn’t need…..they needed to work Weaver one more inning.
That inning was really, really bad.
Pulls the pitch away…
That just ensured another inning or two of Weaver.
I hate watching all the Weavers pitch
Dammit double play
well that just bought Weaver a ticket to the 6th inning
Tex has to stop trying to pull those outside pitches. Weaver has pitched Granderson and Tex very good tonight. The binder does work…
There is as bad and at bat as his first one. The roll over kid.
Buchholz was bad tonight. 6 runs in 5 innings. He tends to still be an on/off kind of guy. I would expect him to have settled down by now. He’s not a rookie anymore. Yes, every pitcher can have an off night, but when he does, it blows up on him.
Still the Sux won tonight.
he’s young and inexperienced and that’s not helping either.
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exactly. he is immature. he needs to learn from mentors Colon and Garcia how to pitch, not to mention CC, keep away from AJ though.
joking around with them is one thing, taking them seriously is another.
“Pulls the pitch away…”
that’s the real thing with Tex’s LH swing….he can’t really go the other way on outside pitches so to hit them he has to get out in front and try to hook them. He’s dead pull from that side and sometimes he gets too far out in front and tops it like that. He can drive a pitch like that the other way righty.
Burnett and Nova are not similar. At all. Nova sucks and eventually all these guys he puts on base are going to come back to bite him.
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# CompassRosy June 3rd, 2011 at 11:38 pm
my goodness. What has gotten into my M’s? They seem to feast on this TB pitching. 4 homers last night, 3 already tonight.
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Tonight, one word: Sonnanstine…
Nice SO of Abooboo.
Nova doesn’t have great “stuff” (AJ does) and when his accuracy is off, he’s toast. He does need a third pitch for his “off” nights.
Ouch..That can’t be good getting hit in the hand.
looked like he got glove on it….nice play
Nova is trade bait.
His stuff isn’t good enough or consistent enough to have the patience to wait for it to develop.
nice inning…
Nova has sinker, breaking ball, and changeup. I think he has the pitches to get hitters out….it’s consistent command that he’s lacking IMO more than pitches or pitch sequence.
Phew!
Mick-
“but but but the Cliff Lee trade”. I agree, ship him out for a good lefty out of the pen. Noesi can do just as well.
Nova’s stuff is good enough; it just isn’t consistent enough plus he hasn’t been using his full arsenal of pitches enough. Mostly FB, CB. He would be more formidable if he threw his other 2 pitches because he really does have 4 pitches at his disposal.
Whatever happens, can we please just not lose by 1 run?
Annoying thing is if Martin catches that passed ball, and Posada’s double doesn’t hit a fan, we’d be leading
Nice quick inning now let’s get Weaver out of the game….
weaver may go 7.
Why doesn’t someone whisper in Nova’s ear ?
Does he get to call his own pitches?
Nova does not conceal the ball well enough. Noesi does a better job of it.
good news, lookin like we have allowed Weaver to possibly make it into the 7th.
Yep. He’ll go 7. Guy has really battled. Gotta tip your cap.
Christ, let’s let Jered have another free inning.
Ugh, awful inning.
Well that was not good.
Now Weaver will pitch the 7th inning. Bad job by Cano and Martin swinging at crap.
that inning was just terrible….
you guys realize Nova was returned to the Yankees after being selected in the Rule 5 draft right? I want to see him succeed but reality is this is probably his highest upside. He doesn’t throw enough strikes to be effect long term as a reliever.
The good approach they had early got lost somewhere…..
What happened to grinding pitchers out??
Nice discipline by Cano and Martin there
And just like that the inning is over.
Way to work him all game and then go out on 5 pitches assuring one more inning from the guy. At least Rodney probably looms in the 8th.
“Whatever happens, can we please just not lose by more than 1 run?”
+1.5 run line thanks you.
Tip your cap? Why, because Cano and Martin swung wildly instead of attempting to work the count?
had enough of these w. coast games, only one more in mid sept, only 6 games.
it disrupts my flow…
at least Martin swung at a hittable fastball…..Cano swung at a first pitch breaking ball that probably would have hit the dirt. I’m not one to jump on Robbie’s approach too much but he’s really hurting himself by swinging at pitcher’s pitches…….he’s his own worst enemy because he can get the bat on pitches that most guys miss.
You got to love Yankee fans. You saw a kid fight through a bad inning giving up one run and then come back through the fifth. And all you spout is crap. Yada Yada Yada. Not one person gave kudos to the kid.
Nova is the number 5 and a rookie and he’s basically matched the Angels ace so far.
So leave Nova alone!!!
For all of Weaver’s wildness, he has held the Yanks to three hits.
one good inning…kudos, ok?
he’s a different pitcher every inning.
Nova is 2 outs away from a quality start after all this !
Kid is battling and giving the bats a chance. Hopefully they can respond.
Wacka flocka-
You are right, Nova sucks big time. Hope the Yankees trade him after the, better yet, in the middle of this inning (sarcasm). Nova is a 5th starter and as far Im consern 5th starters are not aces, so stop it and accept fact that the Yankees will never have five aces pitching in the rotation at the sametime.
Bad read, Swish. Dang.
the angels cant hit…nova is a aaa pitcher right now…
Trumbo with a two hit night?
Time to bring in Dickerson for defense….
make that aaaa
Tip your cap because he battled and has given up only 3 hits. Its respectable outing. Wasn’t just talkin about that inning alone.
7th. Go batter to batter with Nova and have Robertson ready.
Not sure what folks were expecting out of Nova this year….he was always going to struggle some….he’s hung in there tonight despite being all over the place. He’s given him 6 innings and 3 runs….I would take that every time out from him.
Nice job by Nova. 6 ip, 2 ER, and still under 100 pitches
Wacka flacka- youll make a really good scout…….NOT!!
It’s hard to believe that the Yankees have only 3 hits against Weaver tonight.
Nova dances around Swisher’s poor defense for a solid 6 innings of work tonight. Not great, but can’t ask for much more from Nova than what he gave them tonight
blake: agreed. Hopefully the bats respond and give the kid a chance for the win.
the angels cant hit…nova is a aaa pitcher right now…
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Well I guess the Yankees can’t hit because the Angels have a better team batting average than the Yankees.
And like always the Nova haters hide when the kid has a good inning or two. SMH.
Actually, the Yanks needed Nova’s roster spot b/c they had signed CC and AJ. However, they did not want to rule 5 Nova, but hoped he wouldn’t stick w/the Padres and that they would get him back.
Yeah, not a bad line, but has looked inconsistent.
Yep. I woulda signed up for 6ip 3runs from Nova. He has kept them in the game. Offense needs to get going.
swisher has a decent OBP considering his average
These are the situations that the offense has to improve on. Losing in the 7th, 8th and 9th innings. I believe they are 1-19 in this situations. The only win was against the Mets.
Sciscia trying to burn out Weavers arm before he gets traded to the Yanks….
Nova is not an ace, we all know that, so why are people expecting ace stuff like from him. Unbelievable.
Gah Swish….changeup right down the middle.
YF-
and I guess last night the word was Shields.
Straw: inconsistent or not, he’s given the team an opportunity to win this game. Exactly what you want from your SP.
Good swing by Jorge….2 good ABs tonight.
Kid has good wheels.
Another great job by the overrated offense
Bad read, Swish. Dang.
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Wait — does Swish ever have good reads?
Jorge just needs consistent AB’s. He will hit, and better than .260.
I don’t think Swish is going to be playing aganst righties much longer. He has some walks today but he doesn’t make hard contact.
And on capt clutch’s note, I’m hittin the sack. gotta get up early. Go get ‘em tomorrow.
Cliff ERA is over three, which means that even he would give up three or more runs per start. So whats the problem?
Yup, I’ll give him props..he pitched a good game. But if I’m trading a young pitcher for some area of need, he ‘s still the first one they should include.
Yanks left their bats in Oakland.
I’m sick of the HR or bust offense
Can’t believe they let Weaver get through 7 in this game….
.260 for Posada is generous.
Even if he goes on a tear.
where he is now, i think .230 would be something.
Huge fail on the Yankee offense to let Weaver get through 7 innings.
Cliff ERA is over three, which means that even he would give up three or more runs per start. So whats the problem?
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Almost 4 in fact, in the NL.
Look! The trolls are coming!
Jorge just needs consistent AB’s. He will hit, and better than .260
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I’ll eat my hat if Jorge gets his BA up to 260.
Have the Angels announced who is pitching tomorrow?
As the game goes along the Yanks hitting gets worse and worse in these close games. They start off good and then the bats get quieter and they can’t start any rallies.
“Another great job by the overrated offense”
Do you expect anything less these days? Their beating up of the Oakland pitchers only meant that it was time for them to go into another deep freeze on offense for the next 4-5 days.
need to throw better 0-2 pitches…
Ervin Santana starting tomorrow. Haren won’t pitch in the series.
Who would have thought Nova was going to make it to the 7th in this game? Good for him. But watching this game has been similar to watching AJ pitch — never comfortable.
need to throw better 0-2 pitches
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No put away pitch.
And here I thought we might actually enjoy a game thread without the stupidity. What a fool I am.
Have the Angels announced who is pitching tomorrow?
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Santana and Pineiro on Sunday
Complain about Nova all you want, but that’s a quality start.
I’ll take 6 innings and 3 runs from our #5 starter…
Complain about Nova all you want, but that’s a quality start.
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Well, unless the runner on first scores.
Rich in NJ June 4th, 2011 at 12:15 am
Complain about Nova all you want, but that’s a quality start.
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Yep.
How is that a fail – Weaver is one of the better pitchers in the AL.
Weaver is out and they don’t exactly have Shields and Percival out there anymore….this game isn’t over.
Some people will never be happy, the Yankees have won four in a row, and might I add, on the ROAD.
Complain about Nova all you want, but that’s a quality start.
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The Angels only score 3.89 runs per game.
Good job by Nova after a shaky beginning. It’s called growing pains.
Anyone know what the Angels’ bullpen ERA is?
Robertson 35k’s in 21.1 innings? WOW
Phil-
Most if the actual trolls are not here. Discussion has been reasonable tonight. What are you complaining about, and where were you the first six innings of the game?
it is funny how activity really picks up when something is going wrong…
It’s not that Nova was awful tonight… But the Angels are absolutely terrible offensively. So it isn’t like giving up 3 runs in 6 innings is impressive.
That’s meaningless LGY, it’s an average – on any given night they can score ten runs; they did 3 days ago.
Straw: I’ve been here off and on all game. And now that the game is late and the team is down, the ridiculous comments are starting to come.
And yes, I know I should ignore.
I’ll never forget Aybar dressing to scale K2 for those WS games in 2009
Some folks just like to type the word “troll” to feel superior, I guess.
Daniel: Maybe so, but the goal is to give the team an opportunity to win. They are (currently) 1 run down. Nova did his job.
ac1 says:
June 4, 2011 at 12:18 am
it is funny how activity really picks up when something is going wrong…
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Trolls are always ready to come in when something goes wrong. Where is wacka flocka, by the way.
ALCS games excuse me.
One of Nova’s runs was unearned (Martin passed ball followed by a groundout that allowed a run to score).
6 ip, 2 ER is a 3.00 ERA….
Wow. Looked out to me…
He was out.
Ignore Ace, he IS a troll.
how did jeter miss that tag?
Wow Jeter, just wow.
Why not make an actual tag?
Jeter DID miss the tag, or he would have had him by a lot.
Damn, throw was in time, Jeter with the lazy tag
That’s meaningless LGY, it’s an average – on any given night they can score ten runs; they did 3 days ago.
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What on earth does this have to do with anything?
The Angels offense is atrocious. That’s the point. Not all pitching lines are created equal.
Come on DRob. One more Houdini act please.
Robertson is throwing gas tonight.
While I love watching him K guys, please get the ground ball and get out of the inning.
He has Hunter setup for the hook – c’mon Robertson
While I love watching him K guys, please get the ground ball and get out of the inning.
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D-Rob is a flyball pitcher, they shouldn’t have walked abreu.
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
Thats how D-Rob can get a double play, nice
Or that kind of DP too!
yes! rack up another K for D-Rob
Nice.
Love DRob.
dont know what hunter is whining about.
right down the middle.
Sweet!!!
Dear bats, please get something going. Your friend, Phil.
Nice! Robertson has one of the better curveballs out there and he doesn’t even need it a lot of nights because his fastball is so good. I’m thinking more and more that he’s a future closer.
ac: He’s Torii Hunter. He whines a lot.
Weaver throws 16 pitches per inning. He is a major strikeout pitcher which leads him to throwing a lot of pitches per PA. He actually leads the Angels starters in pitches per PA.
Between the 5th and the 7th inning, the Yankee offense saw 30 pitches.
Martin had a good inning there….2 good throws and a great block.
Whats strange about players tagging guys out is that they seem to care more about showing the ball to the ump, then focusing on making the play and actually tagging the runner out. The ump knows you have the ball in the glove if you caught it, just tag the damn baserunner.
Jerkface- Robinson is more of a k’s pitcher than a flyball pitcher.
Yes, true, but on any given night even a poor hitting team can hit well. Just because a team averages 3+ runs a game doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t score 5 or 7 that particular game. One can’t assume a team will play to their statistical average every game. To try and diminish Nova’s start because the Halos average is only 3+ isn’t very appropriate IMO.
Who’s the Angels closer?
blake: I agree. I’d love to see him take over the mantle when the unthinkable eventually happens.
So much win in that at bat. D-Rob and Russ.
That blocked pitch was baseball gold. Been waiting so long for that.
Nothing but breaking balls for Curtis here.
Fox Sports West TV poll for tonight’s game: What do you dislike the MOST about the Yankees. Oh FSW. You’re SO clever…
“blake: I agree. I’d love to see him take over the mantle when the unthinkable eventually happens.”
Mo might pitch til he’s 50 for all we know
Jerkface- Robinson is more of a k’s pitcher than a flyball pitcher.
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He strikes out guys and gives up linedrives and flyballs (though this year he has increased his GB percentage, good for him!), and he K’s a ton of guys. Pretty much not the guy you use to get a double play. Just let him strike out abreu.
Man, Grandy just not reading the ball well tonight.
Granderson should’ve brought his golf clubs tonite… have a better chance.
I just saw that Phil, the always classy Fox broadcast team – at least Rex Hudler is gone
Go deep, Tex.
38: There is that. Gubicza is a homer, but nowhere near as bad as Hudler. He gave the White Sox guys a run for their money!
“What do you dislike the MOST about the Yankees”
Was “the offense” one of the choices?
Give Alex a shot here against the lefty
Go deep, A Rod.
Good eye. Come on Alex.
Can Arod go deep against the lefty? Or even a double in the gap?
I’m stuck watching the Angels feed – what torture. The first ten seconds of the broadcast literally, they say watch the Angels take on the Yankees an older team that plays poor defense – I’m not kidding.
WCYF – i muted the game right after the old team and poor defense comment, haven’t had it back on yet
WC: Really? Wow. I must’ve missed that.
Bull
Wow. Awful call.
TERRIBLE call!
Not a swing.
awful call. Not even close
that wasnt even close to a swing.
Marty Foster sucks
WOW…..thats not even close
vargas with the complete game shutout.
com’on Yanks, beat the halos!
Good eye. Zone one Alex!
He never stepped on the bag.
Stupid Marty Foster. Alex should have gotten a walk
The umps suck tonight. But in a subtle way. More insidious.
Angels throw a bunch of off speed stuff against us and we can do nothing about it.
Well hopefully we get to the rookie closer.
Cano, Martin and Swisher in the 9th? We’re going to win this game.
Please be good, Boone.
Anybody notice that Logan has been Nasty against righties?
.167 BAA / 2 RBI / 2 BB / 0 HR / 3 SO / .417 OPS against in 18 AB
Why does Joe Girardi have a Yankeeography?
UP NEXT: TIM REDDING’S YANKEEOGRAPHY!
LAA is just .500 team, Yanks still have trouble with them.
Uhhh, no I mean NO range at SS
Daniel: Win a WS, get a Yankeeography. Must be part of his contract.
The Logan-Ayala special!
Wow — Girardi, the ULTIMATE Yankee — not why waste a Yankeography on him? Ridiculous.
Joe with some more drunken managing tonight.
matt-
From your lips….
Why was Logan even in the game? Looks like Joe went to the binder before that AB.
Stop with Logan. He stinks.
Callaspo vs RHP: .809 OPS
Callaspo vs LHP: .658 OPS
Shouldn’t this be Robertson for 1 more??
Daniel: Win a WS, get a Yankeeography. Must be part of his contract.
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The Yanks the WS IN SPITE of Girardi.
I guess I need a verb: won
Didnt NY just pick up a journey man LH reliever? Forgot his name, but might as well give him a crack. Logan doesn’t have it anymore.
Logan-Ayala, Sure to instill fear in all of the AL.
Really, Girardi puts in Ayala?
Ayala’s actually been trash against righties
They really have to try and find another lefty for the pen….Logan isn’t good enough to be the only guy out there….especially when a lot of the team they need to beat have lefty heavy lineups
That rookie closer is lights out
swisher has a decent OBP considering his average
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He has one of the best BB rates in the AL.
I wonder why Scossia PH there.
Where is Joba?
Hell, just call up Royce Ring if we’re that desperate
Joba not available tonight?
Walden does have control issues at times. But he will run it up there at 99 – 100 mph
Wait crap I forgot they don’t have him anymore
UnKnown-
Randy Flores.
LGY: Makes this year so perlexing. He has a good eye, he’s just not making good contact with consistency.
I mean they were off yesterday….why not throw Joba in a one run game?
Oh yeah thanks Straw. Might as well try him and see if we can catch lightning in a bottle.
Come on Ayala hold it at 1.
Thaaaat’s not where a 2-seamer goes
control’s not really there
Slow dribblers. Jeez.
We can’t waste both Joba and Robertson in deficits. They’re the only decent set-up men.
If we win the World Series this year, can we PLEASE have a Yankeeography made about the deadly Logan/Ayala combination? It could discuss all the times Girardi needlessly mixed and matched with them.
LGY: Makes this year so perlexing. He has a good eye, he’s just not making good contact with consistency.
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Somehow Swisher actually has a 21.5% LD rate.
UGH. Matt, what did you say about control? Oy.
“We can’t waste both Joba and Robertson in deficits. They’re the only decent set-up men.”
Robertson threw how many pitches? and they could throw back to back days….they haven’t throw much lately.
Logan shouldn’t be on the team. He doesn’t have a job and I would rather have a righty who can get people out instead of him just because he is a lefty.
Joba pls!!
Whew. Ok.
luckily Angels small ball didn’t come through.
Well here is the game. And he gets him.
Alright here we go to the 9th
Okay. Break the Angels fans’ hearts please!
Ayala isnt that bad.
Jordan Walden – 6’5″ 235
I’m thinking of getting a custom Luis Ayala jersey.
Bend but don’t break – c’mon bats – Cano double, Martin single, Swisher K, Posada dinger – doesn’t sound that hard to me
I feel that’s it.
Prove me 100% wrong please.
What I’d like to see is Girardi use Noesi a bit more
…but no sure thing at all.
Any chance Feliciano or Marte comes back anytime soon? Can’t stand Logan anymore.
Get out your radar guns folks.
Other than this season so far, Swisher’s 2nd highest LD rate came in 2008.
It’s like line drives are bad for Swish.
Aw. Why does Swish have to K, 38?
The Angels have had the same approach against the top of the lineup in every at bat. All fastballs to Jeter and all off speed to Granderson and Tex. Also fastballs to Posada and Gardner with 2 strikes. It’s hard to win any games when you only have 3 hits. They really let Weaver off easy and slowly became easier outs as the game went on
JTIC-
What a shock.
that was low. Come on.
Cano looks like he is trying to be patient
looks like they need to sit back and make him throw strikes, then crush it…
Here see he does have control issues. Hopefully they can work off of that
Don;t chase this guy
DO NOT SWING.
thinking that was ball 4
Glad Robbie got out of the way of that…97 off the knee cap probably would hurt.
come on hacking at ball 4
Sorry Phil, I just wanted to setup the winner off of Sada’s bat
Dang ball four…
The Angels announcers have been such “homers” for so long it’s ridiculous.
How do you swing at that 3-1 after being so patient??!?! It’s amazing the pitches that he swings at.
Robbie can’t lay off the high cheese.
Logan no get lefties out, he does no belong on Yanks
The ball is going to need t be well off for Robbie to lay off
he is about to make major contact with one of these fastballs….
That’s fine, just stay alive.
Thanks, Robinson, for swinging at ball 4 and ball 5.
He refuses to take ball 4 and walk
All heat so far.
or not.
UGH.
Cano is such a hack.
Awful, no where close
And striking out on ball six.
Wow no chance for Cano there
That was a nasty pitch
have the yankees had a hit since the 4th or 5th?
I hate when Cano and Jeter refuse to take a walk. Cano should have been on base long before the pitcher gained the courage to break out his offspeed stuff
Cano NEVER ever goes to the plate with an approach. It’s just swing at anything in sight. He started the at bat so patient but of course it didn’t last.
Cano is SO STUPID. 3-1 pitch comes in at his head and he swings at it. Seriously, WHY, when you’re leading off the 9th down by 1, would you swing at that?
Good night..
38, we need to revise. Swish goes yard.
What bullpen has the Yanks hit this yr? These aren’t the Yanks we all remember.
My first 2 batters were wrong – here comes Swish for the tie
Oh well, get em tomorrow. Can’t be unhappy after four straight wins.
Have a feeling Swish is going deep…
When Lorenz said the Yankees have had some late inning comebacks on this road trip, What games was he referring to?
Not a strike.
Canos obp is 320. That is horrendous
When Lorenz said the Yankees have had some late inning comebacks on this road trip, What games was he referring to?
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He just meant the innings were late because they occurred after 10 pm
Cano may have swung a ball 4 a couple of times there but those pitches were fairly close and when a guy is throwing 97+ and you have 2 strikes then you have to protect….he had no shot on that slider after 9 straight heaters.
Crappy game….go get uhm tomorrow.
why is LAA .500 team?
Can they win freaking one series in there?
They had weaver on ropes. Let him off. This team doesn’t bash pens like years past. Let’s face it. They aren’t great.
Swish went deep alright, deep into the clubhouse.
That was not ideal. Had Weaver on the hook, but couldn’t get him knocked out. They had their chances.
Oh well, take the next 2, take the series.
Need to take 1 of next two to make this a successful road trip.
Let Weaver off the hook. If they were more patient at the end there he is out by the 6th and you make the Angels use Rodney etc. The game turned on the Cano 1 pitch swing followed by Martin 1 pitch for a 6 pitch inning
They should take the tape of that 9th inning and show Joba how he should pitch
Swish has no chance against a righty. I am surprised that Girardi hasn’t platooned him yet.
blake: agreed. That was nasty stuff. Amazing that he could be so “stupid” to swing at a slider that looks like a fastball after 9 straight fastballs.
Santana and then Pinero. We can beat them…if the guys’ bats (and brains) come alive.
These kind of losses are becoming old. Score early, then can’t buy a hit after the 5th inning. Bullpen does a great job, and an unearned run is the difference in the game. Same old story every time they lose.
Yanks are awful in 1-run games, which is why they’re only about 4th in the league in wins despite having the best run differential by far
Oh well. Another day another donut.
The real shame is they had Weaver and let him off. They seemed to go aggressive rather than keeping on working him over.
Nova did OK, the offense seems like they stayed in Oakland.
Angels left 10 on. We had 3 hits. Ball game ?
D-ROB k’s 2 in one, Nova 2 in 6. No command in the zone still.
Good news is that if Nova lasted into the 7th inning against this lineup, CC and Colon should eat them up. And the Yankees should be able to do damage off Santana and Piniero
D-Rob is really doing a great job this year. A few too many walks, but the K’s help erase that.