Postgame notes: Going home, feeling good
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes, Podcast on Jun 05, 2011 
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There was an unmistakable energy in the Yankees clubhouse tonight. It was the feeling of a team heading home and looking forward to it. The final day of a long road trip feels different depending on the outcome, and it was obvious the Yankees felt good about this one.
“I don’t know if we’ll ever face a nine-game stretch of that kind of starting pitching again,” Mark Teixeira said.
Even the bad starters on this trip were pretty good, but the Yankees won six of nine and played legitimately good baseball. The games they lost were all one-run games. The starting pitching was tremendous, the bullpen did its job, the offense came to life and the defense was especially good the past two nights. Less than a month ago, the Yankees lost six in a row and seemed to be spiraling. Now they’ve won 13 of 18 heading into this week’s showdown against Boston.
“I thought we played pretty well at home before we left, the Mets and Toronto series,” Girardi said. “But before that, we were struggling. We were struggling to win series. There were times we’d win the first agme and we couldn’t win the next two and we weren’t playing well, but we’ve played much better the last five series, and that’s encouraging.”
Pitching deservedly got a lot of credit this road trip, but Teixeira had five home runs during this West Coast swing, including two of them today in Anaheim. He has eight home runs and 19 RBI in the past 16 games. He’s still not hitting for much average, but he’s driving the ball taking his walks.
“I feel good physically,” he said. “Sometimes when you don’t hit home runs, a lot of it’s because you’re a little tired. Your bat’s a little heavy, your bat’s a little slow. Physically I feel like we’ve had a good amount of off days. I feel like I’ve taken care of myself like I always do, and up to his point, my bat’s felt pretty good. Pretty much all season it’s felt pretty quick. I’d still like to get a few more hits. My average is probably not where I want it, but that’s just really good pitching.”
Pitching doesn’t get much better than what the Yankees saw during this road trip, but six wins in nine games shows how well they’re playing heading into tomorrow’s off day and this week’s three-game series against the Red Sox.
Here’s Teixeira.
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More than anything, it seemed the Yankees wanted to talk about their bullpen after this latest win. Bartolo Colon didn’t have his usual command, so the Yankees had to lean on their relievers for 3.2 scoreless innings.
“That might have been the toughest of all the wins that we had,” Girardi said. “It seemed like we had two runners on every inning form the sixth on, maybe even the fifth on, I don’t know, but that was a tough win… When (the relievers) had to get it, they got it.”
Dave Robertson struck out Maicer Izturis to strand the bases loaded in the sixth. Joba Chamberlain struck out Howie Kendrick to strand two runners in the seventh, then he got a double play to end the eighth. Mariano Rivera let the winning run come to the plate in the ninth, then ended the game with a quiet fist pump after the Yankees turned a quick double play.
“There’s a lot of days when you feel great and you’re blowing fastballs by people,” Chamberlain said. “This is the time you have to pitch. You rely on your command, your catcher and your defense most importantly. You’re not going to get a strikeout here, but you’ve got to let them put it into play and let them make plays behind you.”
Both Chamberlain and Robertson called it a battle. Neither had his best stuff, but both found a way. Girardi said some of the credit goes to the rotation for pitching so deep into games lately that he could stick with Robertson and Chamberlain through slightly extended outings.
“I was sitting there thinking, ‘I just put the winning runs on base,’” Robertson said. “I was struggling, I couldn’t find the strike zone, but I wasn’t going to give in. I was going to give everything I had to get out of it.”
And he did.
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• Colon only walked two, but it was clear this wasn’t his best day, and he didn’t have his usual command. “I couldn’t find a good grip on the ball,” he said. “I was trying to throw my two-seamer, and I couldn’t.”
• More than any other Yankees pitcher, I would say A.J. Burnett talks most often about shutdown innings, scoreless innings after the Yankees have scored. Colon only had one of those tonight. The Yankees scored in the second and third, then he let the Angels tie in the bottom of the third. The Yankees scored two more in the fifth, and Colon gave up a run in the bottom half. “The good thing is we got the two-run lead again, and he only gave them one more,” Girardi said. “That was the important part.”
• Colon called Robinson Cano’s charging, barehanded play to end the third inning, “the play of the game.” It really was a remarkable play from a guy who’s been surprising inconsistent defensively this season. “The barehanded play is incredible,” Girardi said. “That’s just an incredible play, and that saves a run as well.”
• Derek Jeter had another single, this one to right field to pull within 14 of career hit No. 3,000. “As a club we’re starting to get excited,” Girardi said. “I think the fans are starting to get excited. We would love to see him do it at home during the home stand.”
• Jorge Posada said he didn’t think anyone was in position to catch the throw from left field, that’s why he rounded second base on his fourth-inning double. He saw the relay men in front of him and didn’t think any one was behind him. “To be honest,” Girardi said. “He hit the double and I looked down, and I was looking over this way, and the next thing I know, he’s in a rundown. I’m like, what happened? First baseman did his job, he followed, and I guess they threw behind him. I didn’t actually see the play because I assumed it was a double.”
• Posada had his first two-hit game since May 17. He came into the game 1-for-16 on the road trip
• Brett Gardner also had two hits. He had one hit in the first seven games of this trip, now he has four hits in the past two.
• Gardner was caught stealing for the seventh time this season. He’s never been a guy who gets caught stealing very often — nine times all last year — but for whatever reason he keeps getting thrown out this year.
• Swisher on Robertson: “D-Rob’s been doing it all year long, man. That kid doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves. It boggles my mind.”
• This was the 30th career multi-homer game for Teixeira. It was his third multi-homer game in this ballpark, one as an Angel, one as a Ranger and one as a Yankee.
Associated Press photos
I sure miss a lot of the former posters. Doreen, SJ44, Erica, m, Pat M. most of the time and a lot of others. Wonder what happened to Uncle E? Passionate Yankee fans and good baseball people. If any of you still read this blog please come back! We need you.
Glad that Randy and GB are still with us as well as a lot of others who have hung in.
BTW Posada had a good day today and is showing signs of coming out of his slump. I’d give him until the all star break and play him every day against righties and lefties. Just have the feeling that he is finally coming out of his funk. People jumping all over him today picked the wrong day to do it IMO.
C
Comet…..I too long for the old group to return and maybe little by little some will…….As for Brett Gardner’s woes on stealing, here’s my take….I saw the Yanks play 8 of their 9 West Coast games ( Seattle’s Safeco is a must for baseball fans )…….Besides the basic fact that he doesn’t possess great instincts but what I’m seeing this season is that pitchers are holding him longer to the bag….Next time you watch him on first just notice how long the pitchers are holding the ball before going home….They’re freezing him out there and his feet and legs get heavy and he’s not getting good jumps……This is what Texas did last October and now he’s 2nd guessing and thinking too much……..Stealing is a reaction and you have to have a short memory and some gonads….Brett right now lacks both
Pat M, you came to Oakland too???
I wonder if Gardner is telegraphing his moves. When I went today, he kind of angled his arm in a certain way that I’ve noticed before. But maybe he does it every time he’s on base, steal or not.
Even more disconcerting, I just imagined that I saw a commercial for a Hugh Jackman movie about boxing robots coming out in… October.
Maybe I need to get more sleep.
Evening Pat and Comet. Great series. and almost an historic west coast road trip. three low scoring 1 run games. Could have been a sweep. Still, was nothing to toss away.
Hope you guys had a great day. Comet, you’ve been missing. Been snowed into your igloo?
What this place needs is Muppet Magic to scare away the trolls. Trolls are afraid of Muppets. It’s a known fact. Where’s Erica and Erin when you need them?
I thought Gardner was good in the Oakland series. So I was thinking maybe he’s putting it together. He seemed more aggressive there. I don’t remember it all, but I thought he even stole early in the count. But today he was tentative.
Maybe he needs to see films of opposing pitcher’s moves.
I too imagined Hugh in a robot boxing movie commercial
This team will only get better when Hughes, Chavez, and Soriano return.
I saw Kate from Lost…what a dream.
I’m enclosing the last two pitching breakdowns from the tampa Yanks from yesterday and today…compliments of our scout in Tampa, TampaYankeeFan.
Heredia from Today:
Jairo Heredia pitched a great game. I don’t know pitch speeds because they don’t put speed on the board and it was way too hot to sit behind the scouts to see the radar guns. Heredia pitched 7 innings, gave up 1 run on 6 hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts(9 swinging, 1 looking). He only got into a full count on one batter which was his last batter of the game. His only run came in the first inning. He got the first 2 outs on a strikeout and on a 3-1 pitch to Plagman, the Tigers DH, he got a long flyout to left, Zoilo Almonte seemed to have it the whole way, he started drifting right and at the last second he got turned around, the ball fell to the left of him and bounced over the wall. The next batter hit a 1-2 pitch to shallow left and the run scored. Had Zoilo gotten to that ball which he really could have had he not gotten turned around, they wouldn’t have scored. The TY won 3-1 in a just over 2 hour game which is more than you can ask for on a day when its about 90 degrees out.
Heredia threw 98 pitches, He threw 30 balls, 52 strikes(15 looking, 23 swinging and 14 foul balls) 15 pitches went for hits or outs. His groundout to flyout ratio was 6 to 3. He threw mostly first pitch strikes.(I didn’t note how many times though)
Ill do a batter by batter recap like I did with Marshall. If you’d like to see it a different way then just let me know
First inning – saw 5 batters and threw 21 pitches
1st batter – 1-2 – strikeout swinging(first 2 strikes were foul and called)
2nd batter – 1-2 – strikeout swinging(first 2 strikes were called strikes)
3rd batter – 2-1 ground rule double to left
4th batter 1-2 single to left -(first strike was foul, second was swinging and he fouled off 2 more)
5th batter – 1-1 groundout to 2nd
Second Inning – saw 3 batters and threw 11 pitches
1st batter – 1-1 single to left
2nd batter – 1-2 – strikeout swinging(1st 2 strikes were swinging)
During the 2nd batters at-bat he picked off the runner trying to steal 2nd
3rd batter 2-1 flyout to center
3rd inning – saw 3 batters and threw 8 pitches
1st batter – first pitch groundout to short
2nd batter – 2-0 – groundout to short
3rd batter – 1-2 – strikeout swinging(1st to strikes were looking and swinging)
4th inning – saw 4 batters and threw 13 pitches
1st batter – 0-2 strikeout swinging(1st 2 strikes were swinging and called)
2nd batter- first pitch flyout to right
3rd batter 2-0 double to right center
4th batter – 2-2 strikeout swinging(first 2 strikes were swinging)
5th inning – saw 4 batters and threw 16 pitches
1st batter – 1-2 strikeout swinging(1st 2 strikes were swinging)
2nd batter 2-1 double to right
3rd batter – 0-2 strikeout swinging(1st 2 strikes were called)
4th batter 3-1 flyout to center
6th inning – saw 3 batters and threw 11 pitches
1st batter – 2-2 strikeout swinging( first 2 strikes were looking and foul)
2nd batter – 0-2 – groundout to 2nd(strikes were swinging and foul)
3rd batter 1-1 groundout to 3rd
7th inning – saw 4 batters and threw 18 pitches
1st batter – 1-2 single to center(strikes were swinging and called)
2nd batter – 0-2 strikeout looking(first 2 strikes were looking and swinging and he fouled off 2 more)
3rd batter – first pitch flyout to center
4th batter – 3-2 groundout to short(strikes were called and then 3 fouled)
Chase Whitley came in to pitch the 8th and had a 1-2-3 8th on 3 groundouts. He made a great stop on a comebacker for the 2nd out and then on the 3rd out he got a groundball down the RF line that Murton almost bobbled but recovered in time to throw the ball to Whitley who was covering 1st. Whitley threw 8 pitches in the 8th (no balls, 1 called strike, 3 swinging and 1 foul, the other 3 went for outs) In the 9th he got 2 flyouts and a strikeout and 1 walk. On the first flyout to center, Neil Medchill chased the ball back and caught the ball as he slammed into the outfield fence(we decided that was the catch of the game) Whitley threw 19 pitches in the 9th(7 balls, 3 called strikes, 3 swinging and 4 foul balls, the other 2 were for outs)
As for the TY offense, everyone had a hit but Neil Medchill, Walter Ibarra and Rob Lyerly. Kelvin Castro had 3 hits(he has not really stopped hitting since he came up here). The TY scored their 1st run in the 2nd inning when Walter Ibarra got got hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, he moved to second on a fielders choice ball hit by Jason Place(he started running on the pitch so they couldn’t turn the DP) Zoilo got thrown out at home on a single to left by Taylor Grote(Taylor moved to 2nd on the throw) Taylor scored on a single up the middle by Luke Murton(they tried to throw Taylor out at home but the ball got away from the catcher, he would have been out if he hadn’t dropped the ball) They scored their next 2 runs in the 6th when Kelvin Castro led off with a single, he moved to 2nd on a single by Zoilo Almonte and Kelvin scored on a ground rule double to center by Jason Place(they would have scored another run had the ball not hopped the fence, Zoilo was at 3rd when the ball went over the fence so he would have scored easily) Zoilo ended up scoring anyway on a Taylor Grote Sac Fly to deep right. Even though Taylor struck out once tonight he has definitely been making more consistent contact lately
Mass delusions, must be dementia spread by exposure to YES.
Here is yesterday’s game by brett Marshall
The Tampa Yankees won tonight 5-2 over Lakeland. It was a very close game until the top of the 9th when Zoilo Almonte hit an 0-2 pitch for a 3 run home run over the right field fence about 10 feet from being foul.
As promised, here is the pitching info on Brett Marshall from tonights game. He pitched 6 innings, gave up 1 run on 5 hits, 3 walks and had 4 strikeouts(all swinging) From my count he threw 92 pitches. He struck out 4. He was up to 92 pitches because he got into some deep counts on batters. He has full counts on 6 batters and some 2-2 counts, and some just hit the first pitch. He had good defense behind him which really helped, normally they save their errors for when he pitches(because he is a groundball pitcher) but they were pretty solid tonight. He was throwing as high as 92 that I saw and got most of his strikes on his low to mid 80s stuff. He threw 37 strikes, 11 called strikes 11 swinging strikes and 15 foul balls and he threw 37 balls. 18 of his pitches were either an out or a hit. his groundball to flyout ratio was 9-3.
Ill go inning by inning because that just seems easier. Red=out
In the first inning he saw 5 batters and threw 15 pitches.
1st batter- first pitch groundout
2nd batter – walk on 5 pitches
3rd batter- walk on 5 pitches(on both of these batters he had 1 called strike)
4th batter – strikeout swinging(1 called strike and 2 swinging)
5th batter – first pitch groundout
In the 2nd inning he saw 4 batters and threw 19 pitches
1st batter – Strikeout swinging on a full count
2nd batter- first pitch flyout to center
3rd batter – full count walk
4th batter – 2-2 count unsuccessful bunt attempt
In the 3rd he saw 5 batters and threw 9 pitches
1st batter – single up the middle on a 1-1 pitch(he stole 2nd base during the next players at-bat)
2nd batter – 1-0 bunt attempt, moved the runner to 3rd
3rd batter – 1st pitch run scoring single
4th batter – first pitch grounder up the middle – got the force out at 2nd – batter safe at 1st
5th batter- Marshall had a called 3rd strike on this batter when Kyle threw out the 4th batter trying to steal 2nd.
4th inning – saw 3 batters and threw 13 pitches
1st batter – full count flyout to center
2nd batter – 1-0 groundout to short
3rd batter – 2-2 strikeout swinging
5th inning – saw 3 batters and threw 13 pitches
1st batter – full count groundout to 2nd
2nd batter – single up the middle on a 2-2 count
3rd batter- grounded into a 3-6 double play(the ball when right to the 1st baseman who stepped on the back and threw to the SS covering short for the inning ending DP)
6th inning- saw 5 batters and threw 23 pitches
1st batter – full count groundout to 2nd
2nd batter – 0-2 single to right
3rd batter – strikeout on a 1-2 count
4th batter – full count single to right(moved the runner to 3rd)
5th batter – first pitch flyout to center(you would think with a man on 3rd he wouldnt have swung at the1st pitch)
Brett got as high as 92 that I saw, he also got some of his strikes on balls in the low to mid 80′s and a few on fastballs but more on the low to mid 80s pitches.
As for the TY offense. The first run we scored was in the 5th inning and was on a triple that was almost a flyout. The Lakeland centerfielder ran in to track down a flyout by Jason Place in shallow center, when he almost got to the ball he slipped and the ball bounced behind him. Place scored on a double play ball off the bat of Kyle Higashioka(Kevin Mahoney reached on a walk just a batter after Place) The TY scored another run in the 7th when Rob Lyerly tripled on a fly ball to right center and and scored on a Walter Ibarra sac fly. In the top of the 9th with Abe Almonte and Rob Lyerly on base, Zoilo Almonte hit a 3 run home run that put the TY up 5-1 going into the bottom of the 9th. Michael Solbach gave up a run in the 9th but the TY were able to hold onto their lead and win.
GB-
Who the Yankees gonna take with their first pick of the draft ?
Any hunches ?
What a fantastic trip out west…..I would have been happy with 5-4 or even satisfied with 4-5…..but a 6-3 trip against the arms they saw was awesome.
Another solid outing by Colon even though he didn’t have his best stuff. Joba and Drob have been so important this year…..if they keep pitchig well and they get Soriano back healthy for the 2nd half then the back end of the pen could be really special.
So good to see Tex be the guy he’s supposed to be.
On to the stadium…..beat those BoSox!
MTU, I haven’t seen a thing. Not sure if they go close to who the main baseball pundits think is #51-#55 or not. This year, I’d take the best outfielder available
Blake-
And it looks like Swisher is staring to find his left-handed swing.
GB-
Hasn’t the Yankee’s philosophy in years past to take the best talent available on the board at the time of their pick regardless of position ?
Who do you like as an OF draftee ? Got a name ?
Wait, blake. The experts on here said that Chamberlain was a dog and needs to be unloaded because he was fat and immature and totally incompetent. Get a bag of donuts for him.
Did I miss anything?
GB
Thanks for crediting me. though you got my Screen name wrong lol but youre old so I forgive you
Has anyone else realized that only one Yankee (A-Rod with .287) is hitting over .277? I’m use to the Yankees of yester-year having 5+ .300 hitters. Unbelievable to think the Yankees are tied for 3rd best record in MLB. They have a chance to have the best winning record tomorrow.
Nick in SF……It was a last minute decision as an old NY friend who lives in the Oakland Hills area called me Tuesday afternoon…So I hopped on a flight and caught the Tuesday Wednesday day game …Quick turn around but well worth the trip……..It’ll be September ( Boston series ) before I see the Bronx Bombers in their home Pinstripes……
“They have a chance to have the best winning record tomorrow.” <- in the AL, that is.
MTU, that’s usually the case, yeah, and not likely to change. Not sure who that will be, though.
One thing that needs to change is that Cashman needs to start offering arbitration with everyplayer that’s worth a draft pick, with the understanding that if they accept, they’ll be traded….unless it’s a player NYY needs to keep.
tyanksfan36 June 5th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
GB
Thanks for crediting me. though you got my Screen name wrong lol but youre old so I forgive you
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OLD? I remembered to not post your e-mail address, didn’t I? Just can’t please anybody.
Thanks again, TY. Great stuff from the games. I assume that you couldn’t sit with a scout and a radar gun, huh?
One thing that needs to change is that Cashman needs to start offering arbitration with everyplayer that’s worth a draft pick, with the understanding that if they accept, they’ll be traded….unless it’s a player NYY needs to keep.
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sounds like a good plan. The Yankees need to start stock piling picks
GB-
Those 12 draft picks in the 1st 100 by TB look mighty appealing.
Let’s get us some more of those in the future.
Maybe we clean up on the International scene and get us some more Montero’s, Sanchez’s, and Manuelito’s.
It’s been a long time since all of the day’s baseball games were over before 11:00 PM.
MTU,
Yea I agree….if so that’s huge. He never was as bad as he played.
GB,
I’ve not always been enamored with Jobber…..but right now its a blessing he’s still on the team. He and Robertson are super important and they probably don’t win tonight without them.
GB
haha, it was definitely too hot to sit in the sun to read the radar guns. I was going to ask some of the pitchers after the game who were charting pitches but I didnt. I got the velocity on Marshall’s outing though. Its not my fault that the Yankees are too cheap to put a radar gun on their scoreboard
MTU, the Yankee scouts need to find out where, Rodriguez, Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte, Clemens and Posada have been hanging out over the years and try to sign the fruit of their loins.
GB-
What good is going to do getting their underwear ?
Blake, if Rivera could teach Robertson the command and control and Robertson could teach Chamberlain that overhand hook, the bullpen would be set for 15 years.
GB-
Besides. Maybe they wear Hanes.
GB,
I agree…..I just love Robertson’s stuff. If he threw more strikes then he could be a great closer.
MTU June 5th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
GB-
What good is going to do getting their underwear ?
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Not Fruit Of The Looms you fool…Fruit of their loins….their offspring…the little muchachos, the little ankle biters. You know that htere has to be a completely new generation of Core Fours Plus More out there.
Maybe his Mo-ness gets the Bartolo treatment and he just pitches the next 15.
Screw Satchel Paige.
I’d like to inject all of the Yankee bats with platelets and see if they can generate a few more hits.
GB-
Oh sorry. I misunderstood.
In some of their cases of that I have no doubt.
Most of A-Rod’s are running around free in Hollywood.
Just get a net. Should be easy to round them up.
If anyone is interested, Here are some pictures I took yesterday from a stadium tour of GMS field. Theres inside pictures of places like the clubhouse and places that the general crowd doesnt get to see.
Way better than pictures of land formations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58208470@N04/
Cleveland was a nice story…..but they wont be in 1st place by the end of the month…..they may not before then.
GB-
Don’t forget the Stem and Weed cells.
Very important.
Oops !. I meant stem and seed cells.
Sorry.
I wonder if Koji Uehara would be available from the O’s since they are, predictably, 7 games out of it in last place. He is doing very well.
MTU…..The only name that I’ve heard the Yanks linked to is a tall lefty pitcher out of Huntington Beach HS, Henry Owens…..They’ve been bird dogging him for for the past 2 years…But his stock is going up and he’s now being considered a mid to late 1st rounder……I’ve seen him since his Sophomore season and he just gets better and better….He has always reminded me of Chuck Finley only taller…….Cole and Bauer ( UCLA ) will be top 5 picks but Owens is going to be one of the first 5-7 pitchers selected in my opinion
I’m not sure what you meant, MTU. If it’s what I think it is, I’m not into that stuff.
I can’t afford it anymore. I have to make do with beer and smoking crawdads.
TY-
That was a cheap shot. Have you been spending too much time around Maddon ?
I’m crestfallen. Heartbroken that you would say that.
My life’s work. Oh. the pain. The sheer agony.
Pat, that makes my mouth water…thinking about a Chuck Finley type in pinstripes. at #51 pick, though, I’m afraid it could be a Charlie Finley type.
Thanks Pat. Always value your opinions and inside info.
Blake-
The WS lost.
I read the caption on one of TY’s pix about stealing bases and saw the names of Garcia and Colon. I assume this was an early April Fool’s joke.
MTU
haha, Maddon…nope, though I am going to 2 Rays games this month(and the Yankees arent even playing in them) Did you know that Maddon refers to runs as points? what a special guy.
did you at least look at the pictures?
I always check out your pictures FYI
TY, those are some great pix on the layout of GMS III Field. That makes for a really nice tour.
Don’t let your offspring, muchachos, fruit of your loins grow up to be cowboys. Instead have them grow up to be left handed pitchers. I hear their the hot commodity in this years draft.
“they’re”
trader, I’ve been working with the great grandson. I keep putting his spoon and bottle in his left hand. Things are looking promising. Sidney doesn’t seem to think much of that idea. Maybe there’s not much of a future in raising left handed cheerleaders, huh?
TY-
Of course, and their really good in a sports kind of way (just kidding).
And yes you check them out but only to insult me.
And here all this time I really thought we were friends united in our mutual dislike of Maddon.
I may have to re-evaluate our imaginary relationship now and find a new partner.
Bad dreams for me tonite. I’ll never be the same. Facing Maddon alone won’t be easy.
Ill be able to go to my first Gulf “Roast” League game on July 2nd. Really looking forward to it. A 10am game at the Yankees minor league complex which has NO shade. It’s going to be a blast. Hope we have some exciting guys to watch that will make it worth it.
GB-
Start Sidney, throwing a fresh diet of knuckleballs. No matter how tall or how strong he grows up to be, if he can master the knuckler, he’ll last in baseball till 40 at least. I think Phil Niekro still lives in Georgia. He’d be a great tutor. No cheerleading!!!!! LOL.
You’re a lucky lady, TY. All of those games in the neighborhood. Just take an umbrella with you, come rain or shine. Enjoy the rookie kids. Just don’t be a cougar for those underage kids. I’d tell you to pick on kids your own age, but, most of them will be.
The draft is strong in pitching.
If I had to bet the Yanks take an arm in the first round.
Yankee Trader June 5th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
GB-
Start Sidney, throwing a fresh diet of knuckleballs. No matter how tall or how strong he grows up to be, if he can master the knuckler, he’ll last in baseball till 40 at least. I think Phil Niekro still lives in Georgia. He’d be a great tutor. No cheerleading!!!!! LOL.
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Sidnet’s more the cheerleader type. She’s blonde and blue eyed and if she’s like her mother turned out, she ain’t messing up her finger nails.
MTU
haha. you know I will always hate Maddon.
LGY-
If it were up to me they’d take an arm AND a leg.
“You’re a lucky lady, TY.”
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OMG. And here all along I thought Ty was a………………………………………….
I need to get to know the non trolls a little better!!!!!!!!!!!
TY-
That’s understandable.
Why is it every time I see his face I flash on an image of a Prune ?
It’s amazing. Never fails.
tyanksfan36….Great stuff….Night and day from the ratholes I played in
There is a girl that lives in Plant City Florida that throws a Knuckle Ball. Here is the video of her on E:60 from last year. She has thrown 2 perfect games and had a 12-0 record last year. She got taught the Knuckleball from Joe Neikro.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....id=5386830
GB-
What’s the twin boys name.
Give me a little while to remove my foot from my mouth!
It’s going to be painful watching Cole get picked first tomorrow.
TY-
Or a prune dressed in plaid.
Yankee Trader June 5th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
GB-
What’s the twin boys name.
Give me a little while to remove my foot from my mouth!
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It’s anthony, but, it was my choice to name him sue…just to annoy my ex. She said that I wasn’t very funny. I wanred to show her that I was.
GB-
Sounds like you should have named him Johnny.
Pat M
The Tampa Yankees are really lucky that they play in the Yankees ST facility, the amenities that stadium provides for them is unheard of in the lower levels of the minor leagues.
They want to move the minor league team but I really dont think it will happen. There is just NO way that they will get the attendance that the person who wants to move them says they will get. He is saying that over 3000 people will come to the games on their way out of Disney. At the lower levels of the minor leagues where there are hardly any known prospects…yeah no one is going to those games.
TY-
Thanks for the link to Chelsea Baker, pitcher phenom. Sign her up tomorrow!!
The ex didn’t like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, jerry Lee Lewis or Bob Dyan. I think that she was a commie.
MTU
haha. I was just watching the news and they showed Maddon whining about the loss, I am assuming he was whining but I changed the channel before I had to hear him speak.
If Maddon’s mouth was moving, he was whining
GB-
Well. You wanted to piss her off didn’t you ?
And yeah. That sounds kind of “left” to me.
Next you’ll be telling me she didn’t like John Wayne, or the “Lone Ranger”.
Goodnight all. Very funny.
TY-
Good move. You got to be quick with those whiners.
MTU June 5th, 2011 at 11:52 pm
GB-
Well. You wanted to piss her off didn’t you ?
And yeah. That sounds kind of “left” to me.
Next you’ll be telling me she didn’t like John Wayne, or the “Lone Ranger”.
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I thought something was up when she thought it was great that Lenin played in a rock n roll band called The Beatles. She thought that it showed that he was up to date with the young people.h
tyanksfan36…….Even back when I played in the Florida State League, we did play in the parent club’s spring training home however they were not even remotely close to this….And the Yanks Fort Lauderdale complex was nice and Vero Beach was the best but they were sandlots in comparison…….
GB
i am going to buy a really big umbrella and stock up on some SPF 90 sun screen, take myself a gallon of water for the GCL games which should prevent me from dying from heat stroke. It should be fun though, I like going to the games at the minor league complex.
TY-
Especially those “one whiners” as Henny Youngman used to say.
I’m quitting while I’m behind.
See you all on sunnyside.
GB-
When she danced I bet she like to Fox Trotsky ?
edit: liked
I’m really going to bed now.
That’s a promise.
TY, just be careful there. Sounds like you’re prepared. It’s not just the heat, but, the humidity that gets to you. you have about a week and a half to go. I like the minor league complex too.
Pat M
From what Ive heard, the Pirates and Twins have very nice minor league facilities. I think the Pirates have dorms now. The Rays facility is also very nice, the stadium itself is not that great but their fields and facilities look great.
Where all the good people who were ragging on Mark Texeria a few weeks ago ???? Note of interest on Tex, over the past 7 seasons he averages 39 dingers and 117 rbi’s or there about…….Switch hitting gold glove 1st baseman who will hit 500 homers are not to be ragged upon……..Derek Jeter hasn’t whiffed in his last 52 ab’s,now if he could just getting a little lift to go with his contact……
pat m,
can you explain why it’s hard for him to get lift? it seems like he’s making contact so well, that some of those ground balls should be doubles in the gap.
the ragging on all-stars is unwarranted. tex, if he stays healthy, will be in cooperstown someday
GB
as a 2nd generation Floridian, I have water in my veins. the heat and humidity doesnt really get to me. Today at the game it was about 90 so we were sitting up in the shade , I thought it felt nice(my house temp is usually about 86+) so they dared me to sit in the sun for 10 minutes. Of course I had to do it.
I’m not sure why Teixeira so underappreciated by some Yankee fans.
kd….The easiest alteration would be to reduce his stride or a slight lowering of his hands and or shoulder as he moves into the pitch…….But hell this is Derek Jeter who is closing in on 3 k hits and a first ballot HOF……He’s coming along and will have a improved 2nd half…..I do need him to cover my over / under on his .270 BA……I do think the length of his stride is at this point in his career is resulting in his top handing or rolling over at contact
OMGoodness
Joe Mauer is here playing in the FSL I hope that he is still with them on Saturday when the Miracle play in Bradenton. I would be in heaven to get to see him finally.
Jeter hit .285 on the road trip. Would be nice if he could start to correct his home/road splits by carrying that performance back home against the red sox.
I didn’t even read Pat M’s post on Teix before posted. Good job, Pat.
“Where all the good people who were ragging on Mark Texeria a few weeks ago ???? ”
He got grounded.
tyanksfan36 June 6th, 2011 at 12:33 am
Supposedly Mauer has several more weeks of ML rehab games in front of him before rejoining the Twins again barring injury of course. Sounds like he will still be there for you to see.
VY
Well I read that he is going to spend time at each level before going back to the Twins, I just hope that he spends a bit more time down here. I hope I get to see him but if I don’t then ill just have to watch some Twins games when he gets back.
Morning, well that was a very successful road trip. Yanks did what they needed to do regained first place going into the Boston series and had a good mix of strong pitching and timely hitting.
TY,
Thanks for sharing pics. Great stuff.
So, that turned out to be a very nice road trip! I was very impressed with the pen yesterday. They bent, but didn’t break.
Off to face the Red Sox……the first game pitching matchup would seem like a mksmatch but Garcia actually has a better ERA than Lester and the Yankees have been pretty good against LHP…..matchups are better for 2nd and 3rd games. 2 of 3 would be nice.
Im gonna try to watch the draft tonight……even though the Yanks won’t have a pick I don’t think.
Good morning, Erin. Nice to see the “Godmother” of the Muppet Mafia on today. Say hello to your capo, Ms Erica for us.
It is nice to put the rally monkeys behind! I guess there are other teams out there that don’t score w/ RISP
Blake
we have a local kid in the draft this year…pretty unusual b/c this is not a baseball region
Nice road trip by the Yanks ! . . Nice to see Swish turn it up a bit too ! ………
I’m calling for the Red Sox to be shut out 3 times this week. That’s right. The only runs they’ll have are the ones in their hosiery.
Kate,
A kid fairly close to me is in there as well……I really hope he falls to where the Yanks have a shot at him but I highly doubt he will.
GreenBeret7 June 6th, 2011 at 7:41 am
Good morning, Erin. Nice to see the ?Godmother? of the Muppet Mafia on today. Say hello to your capo, Ms Erica for us.
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Morning GB
Will do.
anyone know where to follow draft live?
They are airing it on Mlbnetwork at 6. Im not sure if its live but I thought it was.
thnx blake
No prob
Would be nice for the Yanks to win a series against the Sox
pcaldera David Robertson has faced 38 batters with bases loaded in his career. He’s struck out 18 of them. Including the last 8 this year #houdini
RiverAveBlues Mark Teixeira now has three multi-HR games in Anaheim, and he?s done it with three different teams: the Yanks, Rangers and Angels.
triple, i agree, a sweep or series win would do wonders for the yanks confidence and media blow hards. Hpefully abig step towards some consistency and growth..
Abe Peteraham,
Lester has not looked good at all lately so I think we could steal that game and then we should be able to pound Wakefield
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New Post: Random thoughts at the end of a long trip
Erin-
Looks like trouble brewing in Cubsland. After being swept by the Cardinals and now on a 6 game losing streak, Carlos Zambrano called the Cubs ”embarrassing” and a ”Triple-A team” and criticized closer Carlos Marmol’s pitch selection on the tying hit in the ninth.
Also it looks like the White Sox might be putting Peavy back on the DL for a groin pull, which would probably end any chances in the near future of trading for one of their other 5 starters.
Kate-
Good morning.
Wasn’t last year’s first pick (Culver) from your general area too ?