Game 59: Yankees vs. Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Jun 08, 2011 
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YANKEES (33-25)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner LF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
RHP A.J. Burnett (6-3, 3.86)
Burnett vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (34-26)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Kevin Youkilis 3B
David Ortiz DH
Carl Crawford LF
Marco Scutaro SS
J.D. Drew RF
Jason Varitek C
RHP Tim Wakefield (2-1, 4.40)
Wakefield vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., YES Network and ESPN
WEATHER: Hot. Not as hot as it might be in mid-July, but for right now, this feels really, really hot.
UMPIRES: HP Bob Davidson, 1B Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B Brian Knight, 3B Jerry Layne
FAMILIAR FOES: Derek Jeter has 31 hits in 115 plate appearances against Tim Wakefield. He has more hits off Wakefield than against any other pitcher in his career, and Jeter and Wakefield have faced one another more than any other active batter/pitcher combination in the big leagues.
NEW GUY ARRIVED: Jeff Marquez walked into the Yankees clubhouse just a few minutes before 6 p.m., when the room was closed to media. He took a corner locker and I saw him exchanging familiar hellos with two players: Brett Gardner, who he played with in the minors, and Andruw Jones, who he played with in Chicago.
CHAVEZ TO THE 60-DAY: To make room for Marquez on the 40-man roster, Eric Chavez was moved to the 60-day disabled list. Girardi announced last night that Chavez is not ready to begin running, so he’s still a little ways from baseball activities.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE: The Yankees announced today that Paul McCartney will perform at Yankee Stadium on July 15. Tickets go on sale on June 13. More information at www.yankees.com/mccartney.
UPDATE, 7:31 p.m.: Once upon a time, Francisco Cervelli was a good defensive catcher.
UPDATE, 7:58 p.m.: That strikeout snaps a 58 plate appearances streak without a strikeout for Jeter. That was a career high.
UPDATE, 8:20 p.m.: This is not at all the start the Yankees needed, and Cervelli hasn’t helped. Burnett’s already approaching 90 pitches in the fourth and Pendleton is up in the bullpen. Amazing that it was only two days ago the Yankees were rolling.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m.: Cervelli’s second hit of the night scores Nunez and pulls the Yankees within 7-2. Two three-run innings by the Red Sox are everything in this game.
UPDATE, 8:44 p.m.: Jeter’s career hit No. 2,989 is an RBI double that scores that Cervelli and makes it 7-3 in the fifth.
UPDATE, 8:54 p.m.: Of course Cervelli would take a foul ball to the cup tonight. Been a rough 24 hours or so for the Yankees. Last thing they needed was their only healthy catcher to be hurt. Looks like he’s alright.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: Oh wow. Boone Logan and I talked yesterday afternoon about how badly he wanted to pitch in this series. He said he was feeling better, thought he needed to throw more fastballs, and felt he could prove himself all over again. So far, he’s faced three batters tonight, allowing a single and two walks, the second of which came with the bases loaded.
Go AJ. Go Yanks.
LETS GO BOMBERS!
Take a stand tonight and protect your home turf.
ESPN breaking out the bias tonight. That O’Brien dude and Nomar.
Wow they are not even trying to play pretend neutral tonight.
“Oh Wow ESPN just named Schillings appearance in game 6 04 as the #1 performance of a hurt or ill athlete.”
Yes, but that whole segment was sponsored by Heinz.
Its about time to wake up and win a damn game against Boston. Take some inspiration from our first basemen. Its amazing he is out there tonight. Time to earn your money, Burnett.
Nick lol
Nick in SF,
Bigger then Willis Reed or Kirk Gibson??? Wow just wow
And Jacoby is on base again…SMH!!
Odds on Burnett shutting down the Sux tonight?
30%
How about we don’t spot them a lead right away. That would be a good plan
here we go
Why is Cervelli on this team again?
Mr. Defense Cervelli. He really sucks!
Montero must be really really bad at catching I guess.
Why is Cervelli even on this team? He can’t field or hit. What good is he?
You know, it’s not that easy mentally when we are ALWAYS losing before coming to bat. Tough on the hitters when they are constantly trailing the Red Sox.
There was time to catch the runner if he made a good throw… error smh
Do they mean Paul McCartney Jr.? Seriously, what is he 105.
Ellsbury getting third base is on Cano.
1-0..i’m shocked!
Fantastic start!
Infield defense outside of A-rod has been… bewildering
That’s what happens when you have a real lead-off hitter.
Thanks Cervelli. Are they ever not losing to this team at home after the first?
Should have just drilled Gonzalez.
That’s your run Cervelli, you stiff.
Cervelli is awful
Girardi will tell you Cervelli is on this team for his grit and defense. And Girardi is a liar.
That’s your run Cervelli, you stiff
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It’s Cano’s run. He does his job and Ellsbury is standing on 3rd.
Martin’s back probably hurts from stupidly jumping on the fence last night….this isn’t American Gladiators.
BTW, I guess Aceves was still not needed on this team. We’ve got Soriano, Joba, and Feliciano.
What is it about when our pitchers face the Sox? Why are they unable to throw strikes?
@triple. Cos the Sox are great hitters who work counts and actually hit
Sux are loving this unbalanced schedule right now.
another Yankee announcer who makes excuses for David Ortiz and blames the Yankees. Amazing.
When Jeter, A-Rod, or Cano is up with a 3-1 count, the pitch has to be at least eight feet out of the zone for them to hold up.
The lineup is awful ton. That means they’ll scor 10
Nick in SF June 8th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
“Oh Wow ESPN just named Schillings appearance in game 6 04 as the #1 performance of a hurt or ill athlete.”
Yes, but that whole segment was sponsored by Heinz.
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Would have been more appropriate if sponsored by Massengail
Love listening to the Sux announcers condone what Ortiz did
“We have seen worse”
“Manny would just stand there sometimes … hahah chuckle chuckle”
Best u can hope from AJ. 5 inn. If u get 6 thank God.
Unreal!!!
No who said Burnett would crap the bed tonight
Who was that
Let me think
Game over……there is not even a question which of these two teams is better.
Time to go head hunting AJ
Great job Tin Man Burnett.
wow. 3 runs already. How big is that error. inning should be over already.
AJ just needs to focus, don’t give up any more
Maybe David Ortiz can spit in Derek Jeter’s mouth the next time he comes up to bat.
That is how you shut someone up.
down 3 runs before we bat again.
The Yanks better turn this into a track meet against Wakefield and Varitek.
No difference between this starting staff and 2009′s against the Sox right jerkface?
Does anyone know why Montero hasn’t played the last several games?
Typical AJ. Tell me y he didn’t hit Ortiz? Show heart.
good thing they didnt bother to make ortiz uncomfortable up there….
Eye infection austinmac
Its amazing that the yankees cannot beat this team for whatever reason. Its becoming so annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!
WCYF,
Head to the red sox blog already. Jeeze. You’re worse than the ESPN announcers.
Well at least he didn’t flip the bat this time.
Can’t even make this stuff up so far.
Like I said yesterday it will take 7 runs or more to beat them tonight. I know I have said it before but will they ever get a game against them where a pitcher goes 7 and gives up 2 runs or less?
It must be a big game against Boston. Same old TIN MAN Burnett. Disgraceful. Mr Meltdown.
No difference between this starting staff and 2009?s against the Sox right jerkface?
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One game, with 11 left to play
A.J. Burnett. The Fool’s Gold of starting pitchers.
Good job by the Yanks retaliating
Captain Clutch….2-0 count hacking away down by 3 runs. Unbelievable.
Cashman has said multiple times so far this season that you can’t begin making trades and shuffling your roster until after the draft. Time to keep your word Brian.
This movie is tiring.
“wow. 3 runs already. How big is that error. inning should be over already.
AJ just needs to focus, don’t give up any more”
ummm what error??
Ellsbury was safe at 2nd by a mile even without the crap throw from the Double AA catcher
BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
WCYF, Head to the red sox blog already. Jeeze. You’re worse than the ESPN announcers.
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I hate the Red Sux and that’s why I am so annoyed at this. If you want to bury your head in the sand and pretend all is fine and root mindlessly, be my guest. I’m calling it like I see it.
AJ should have walked him & got the next batter. Dont give up a 3run homer.
I still blame that error. If he makes that throw, the runner is caught. Sloppy play, bad pitch to Big papi.
We need to score. AJ needs to bear down & hold it here. Let us catch up
Ace June 8th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Typical AJ. Tell me y he didn’t hit Ortiz? Show heart.
Umm…why didnt he just get him out???
Jerkface,
Let me know the next time that stat line I mentioned before happens against them
This is infuriating.
Let me know the next time that stat line I mentioned before happens against them
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Will do, I will definitely make sure to rub a single game in your face extra hard.
Hahaha – JF, have to laugh man, its not “1 game” its the 8th game, we have 1 win.
respond to a 3 run first with an 8 pitch inning against wakefield’s junk? really?
well are all the clowns that were making fun of me earlier for correctly predicting the Gutless AJ would show up?
To me it looked like he could have gotten ellsbury with a good throw. I’ll have to take another look. You could be right & maybe I saw it wrong.
Carlo,
I will respond for JF
2009
What an incredibly embarrassing inning. Love that not a single one of the Yankee announcers bothered to mention Mark Teixeira batting righty against a righty pitcher. ANALYSTS!
WCYF,
Alright – though I couldn’t disagree with you more and find your posts short-sighted, that’s fine.
It just seems like you’re posting about how Ellsbury is amazing on a nightly basis.
Have at least a little faith. Doesn’t this seem to happen every season, yet the Yanks end up in the playoffs?
AND NO ONE CALLS OUT JETER…..a leadoff hitter down by 3 runs….swings away on 2-0. Unbelievable.
Hahaha – JF, have to laugh man, its not “1 game” its the 8th game, we have 1 win.
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Triple has already discounted CC’s 1 ER start, Colon’s 2 ER(3 R) start. Its not like they’ve pitched like butts every time against the Sox. And to believe that not one of our pitchers will ever have a good game against the Sox is unfathomable to me, considering we have CC Sabathia.
1-2-3 inning. Of course. whatever
Groundhog day?
Yankees need to try for base hits and not homers against Wakefield. It is pretty simple.
doubla06 June 8th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
What an incredibly embarrassing inning. Love that not a single one of the Yankee announcers bothered to mention Mark Teixeira batting righty against a righty pitcher. ANALYSTS!
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I did think that O’neill did a pretty good job explaining how to hit a knuckleball though… I wish he could talk to some of these Yankee hitters… pretty pathetic 1st inning.
Once again, the Yankees hit like they’re double parked. 8 whole pitches.
It’s one inning. 8 more people. Deep breaths.
Yanks deserve what get. No demand respect, no stand up for other, Ortiz lash out. Live and learn. Kay no respect for Yanks. Plug Radio show every game. Name drops every game. Spoke to so and so every game. Embarrassing first inning. Wake lead league in strikes batters foolishly swing. No control over knuckleball, 2 batters ahead 2-0 in count, swing and make out. YES network is now on mute
Wouldn’t shock me at all if this game is totally out of hand by our at bat in the 3rd inning.
Thanks for the Montero info.
Jerkface,
CC couldn’t even get through 6 in that game and he walked like 4 guys. Let me know when someone goes 7 innings with 2 or less runs let up
Do you want to know how to get terrorists at Gitmo to spill their guts?? Don’t even bother with water boarding…….make them sit through a replay of last night’s and tonight’s game….sheer torture,Dick Cheney approved!
We will win when CC pitches ..maybe. This organization is being embarrassed by boston who prepared their organization for 1 purpose, beating NY. They added lefthanded and patient hitters who swing at nothing but strikes like the yankees did for some many years. They have their pettitte in lester. Its ugly
10.61 ERA for Burnett as a Yankee at Fenway
I guess that is what $17M a year gets you these days
This is 2nd half of 2010 AJ. Not good. No command so he puts it down the middle to Papi.
infield single… of course.
MONTERO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cervelli looks great!
Gotta love how we are now laying down again for the RedSux 1-6 now headed for 1-7 against a team we are supposed to GET UP for!
They look ridiculous out there.
did that really just happen again?
jesus christ
My dvr is busted, it’s replaying the first inning on its own.
Twice? Where’s Montero?
Is Cerveli throwing with his d/ck?
BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
WCYF, Alright – though I couldn’t disagree with you more and find your posts short-sighted, that’s fine. It just seems like you’re posting about how Ellsbury is amazing on a nightly basis.
Have at least a little faith. Doesn’t this seem to happen every season, yet the Yanks end up in the playoffs?
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Sorry, I HATE losing to the Sux and I don’t enjoy watching this kind of Yankee baseball. Nor am I inclined to not be realistic. I am commenting on what I see before me now, I have no idea what is going to happen down the road.
There you go; a wild throw by Cervelli into the outfield. You like watching this kind of baseball?
Are you kidding me???? Cut this piece of crap!!!
Nice fake Cano, how about gettin’ back a little farther !
So. Where’s that emergency catcher?
flipping Cano needs to hustle a little more
Cano no try for ball. Cervelli no value to this team. DFA or demote him tonight. Cannot let player get off without consequence
another run charged to cano and cervelli
This does sort of have a 2009 feel to it. The law of Yin and Yang sets down that when everything goes wrong, the opposite must occur because the universe is always seeking balance.
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It’s a shame Cervelli’s this bad. I like the kid, but it’s time to bring Montero up (yes, I know he has an eye infection).
Nice catch, Grandy.
TWO ERRORS
brownies,
Why do you think they will beat them with CC on the mound? They lost both his starts this year
Double A catcher
Cervelli wouldn’t even make the Pirates
I love Burnett.. he walks the ballpark, he doesn’t hold anyone on, he throws wild pitches, he hits batters, and gets shelled half the time
Burnett is the complete definition of a losing pitcher
Who’s the BUC tonight ?
flipping Cano needs to hustle a little more
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Jeter could also have done a bit more than stare at the throw
I repeat–Time to go head hunting AJ
I don’t give a sht about pitching lines for starters. I care about wins and losses. After that, I care about not getting embarrassed. When we play this team I worry more about not getting embarrassed considering I’m getting numb to the losses. This game has 8/9/10 to 3 written all over it.
Do I need to tatoo AAA on Cervellis head tonight to get the memo to cashman and girardi? Anyone who thinks the yankees believe in montero the way the fans do, is not paying attention.
WCYF,
not at all.
I suppose I’m better at containing my frustration, knowing that a game is 9 innings, and a season is 162 games.
I’ve seen enough of this crap play even on championship teams to know that it’s too early to panic.
Two god awful throws by cervelli. AJ is consistent missing the target.
AJ Brunette…..pitches like a girl…..(sorry girls)
I hate to say it but Cervelli is overrated and should be dfa’ed. Molina would be better than this. I would hope Cash is calling him up tomorrow.
Sigh.
JF,
it’s on both of them.
it was obvious the throw was sailing. Cano was practically walking to back it up and Jeter played it as if he actually might have a chance to get the out.
I just don’t get why we have to look at the same crappy players over and over again. I mean there is no upside to being patient with a guy like Cervelli.
So much for Burnett taking the ball and coming up with a big effort tonight. Showing once again was he is a mediocre .500 pitcher.
Hopefully we can ‘paste’ Wakefield to the OF wall now.
Great job by Cervelli. Can’t hit and now can’t throw.
AJ-way to pick up your teammates. Crapping the bed.
Only 1 dependable pitcher, CC.
Next time he should just throw to 3rd base
Doctodd – hahahaha re cervelli. Hard to laugh while watching this game, but that one was solid.
This team is overmatched right now; spin it as you wish. Just pathetic performances against Boston. If Cervelli isn’t released soon, there is no justice. He’s ungodly awful.
“I hate to say it but Cervelli is overrated and should be dfa’ed. Molina would be better than this. I would hope Cash is calling him up tomorrow. ”
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tough to say that a backup catcher is overrated. he’s struggling for sure – but the expectations for pretty much any backup catcher need to be tempered. You’re right, however, that his defense is leaving a lot to be desired.
Molina is on the Blue Jays.
That was another grooved fastball that ells bury popped up. Wow. And to think I was actually looking forward to watching then game tonight.
Cervelli has ‘Anthony Weiner’ pictures of Girardi….
BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
WCYF,
not at all.
I suppose I’m better at containing my frustration, knowing that a game is 9 innings, and a season is 162 games.
I’ve seen enough of this crap play even on championship teams to know that it’s too early to panic.
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Dude, the guy is a closet Red Sox fan. He can post whatever he likes, it’s a free blog, but he’s fooling no one.
You didn’t know . .Cervelli has secret pictures of Cashman and a goat
RMS,
7 runs in 2 starts against the Sox would beg to differ
and we have CC vs. Beckett tomorrow
CC will do what he does against the Sox give up 4+ and Burnett will go 8 and give up 2 max
Cervelli is not overrated. Everyone who watches baseball knows he is garbage.
But Cervelli is gritty you guys! He pumps his fist! You expect to find THAT out of someone else?
Beckett will go 8*
My bad
unless you meant Bengie Molina
how this team is where they are is beyond me
Even if the yankees lose tonight,they are even with the rs in the loss column,with a chance to go up 1 game in the loss column tomorrow.
Worst case we are 1 behind in the loss column if we get swept.
Then maybe some changes will be made like getting rid of cervelli,trading for a pitcher,if possible.
This team will have great pitching if we can trade for a number 1 or 2 pitcher & push burnett to the 3rd slot,colon the 4th slot,garcia the 5th,maybe hughes to the pen.
DocTodd: you spell like a moron.
Apologies to morons.
The Yanks all have dinner plans
Just Tip your Cap
Selfish piece of crap Ahole
Easy for me to say from the couch, but Wakefield’s knuckleball looks hittable tonight.
Yanks will/better get on it soon.
BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
WCYF, not at all.
I suppose I’m better at containing my frustration, knowing that a game is 9 innings, and a season is 162 games. I’ve seen enough of this crap play even on championship teams to know that it’s too early to panic.
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There is no panic. It is the frustration of watching the Yankees get beat up at this moment and lets face it, get humiliated by the Sux of all teams. You know, as a fan I watch and want to enjoy every game. I don’t enjoy watching this kind of baseball. Lousy defense, poor pitching, bad managerial decisions, etc. It’s not fun now – no matter what they do later.
Take A-Rod just now. Down 4-0, swings at the first pitch from a knuckleballer and pops it up. How is that good baseball?
Seriously, what more does Cervelli have to do to get demoted or cut? It makes me sick everytime I see his name penciled in. Youd think we were low on catchers.
alex really starting to master the one pitch pop up
The people bringing up 2009 in relation to the Sox /Yankees series would be like being a Red Sox fan and bringing up 2004 every time they go down 3-0 in a series and say no big deal we did it in 2004 and expect it to happen again
I believe he meant Gustavo Molina who plays for Scranton and was on the Yankees roster earlier this year.
YankFanCA June 8th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
This team is overmatched right now; spin it as you wish. Just pathetic performances against Boston. If Cervelli isn’t released soon, there is no justice. He’s ungodly awful.
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There does seem to be an organizational fascination with him. The only solace I take from it is they’re not bothering to upgrade because they think Montero will eventually take over. If they were really shopping the kid, they would have done something already. But it’s really time to just hand the backup role to Montero & let him learn whatever else he has to while he’s hitting bombs for us.
Yankees are acting as if they have never seen Wakefield before.
Gustavo. He was sent to AAA when Cervelli returned.
Cano swing 2-0. Take pitches, take walks
thanks Straw. you’re probably right.
too many Molinas for me to keep up with
I dont care about what happens at this point, I see no excuse for once Montero is healthy why he shouldnt be here. Martin is not hitting anymore, Cervelli absolutely sucks on both sides of the ball, and Posada will not catch.
The last thing frazzled AJ needs is hyper-active Cervelli tonight.
And was it really essential to have Arod DH tonight — of all nights?
Every time we’ve played the Sox since Girardi arrived, he’s put the guys into a less-than-premium situation. He rests guys (Arod this time) when we play them all the time. Like he’s saying — “Don’t worry, we don’t need our best to beat you. It’s more important to keep our guys fresh.”
With being so shorthanded already (Posada, Martin, Joba), does he have to make it worse??
J. Alfred Prufrock – no one is more insignificant here than you and your mindless babble.
2-0, foul off 2 pitches, swing miss at third. Awful
This team will mail in the rest of the game. Disgraceful.
Cano swinging for upstate ny.
Niblick you idiot…I purposely spelled Burnett ‘Brunette’, a term a girl is referred to…Guess it went over your head..
# Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
flipping Cano needs to hustle a little more
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Jeter could also have done a bit more than stare at the throw
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My God man, what did Jeter ever do to you ? It must have really been something.
Yeah, he should go to the dugout and tell G. we need a catcher that can throw !
Cervelli show play slow-pitch softball . Wouldn’t have to throw out any thieves.. ( attempt to, I mean )
should, now show
They just don’t look interested. This is all about starting pitching. Momentum from the west coast was destroyed by Garcia and by Burnett in the first inning. The Yankees are still in home run mode when they play here…..look at A-Rod’s pathetic at bat.
“The people bringing up 2009 in relation to the Sox /Yankees series would be like being a Red Sox fan and bringing up 2004 every time they go down 3-0 in a series and say no big deal we did it in 2004 and expect it to happen again”
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Except the Yankees are in 1st place with the best record and best winning % in the AL.
2 0 0 9
I don’t care that Molina can’t hit. We need someone mature behind the plate. Cervelli is a cartoon character.
Chambliss June 8th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Yankees are acting as if they have never seen Wakefield before.
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I think the Yanks are acting like a team who is down 4-0 before they could blink. They need to absorb the ambush before trying to climb back into the game.
The stats may say otherwise and I am sure jerkface will point out those that do, but watching these two teams play each other leaves little doubt in my mind who the better team is. U watch our pitchers work to their hitters and they struggle in every way. Our hitters don’t get big hits and sometimes get completely overmatched. We don’t get to their pen guys. We make a plethora of errors that they turn into runs. In all honesty, watching these two teams play, its hard to say whether the games mean as much to our guys as they do to theirs.
They could have actually cashed in Cervelli for a useful piece in the offseason. Not now.
yes they are percentage points in first, but at the end of the day, they are going to have to beat Boston to win the division.
A-Rod has to the infield pop up leader this yr.
ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
I dont care about what happens at this point, I see no excuse for once Montero is healthy why he shouldnt be here. Martin is not hitting anymore, Cervelli absolutely sucks on both sides of the ball, and Posada will not catch.
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was waiting for the Montero talk to start…..he’s not coming up, he’s trade bait for this team..they wanted to trade him three times already & will try a fourth
BD (Boston Dave),
So your point is what? That you expect the Yankees to even up the Red Sox by the end of the year?
Maybe ..maybe CC would win. Likely He could give up 3 or 4 runs and not get support from our offense . Wouldn’t surprise me
SoS June 8th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Seriously, what more does Cervelli have to do to get demoted or cut? It makes me sick everytime I see his name penciled in. Youd think we were low on catchers.
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Makes you think that both Montero AND / OR G. Molina are better than Cervelli, huh ?
we just need to get that run in . . .and the flood gates will open
Triple Short of a Cycle
CC is the best pitcher on the Yankees. Unlike AJ, he battles and doesn’t fall apart when things go bad, errors, etc.
Carlo,
Boston keeps aligning their rotation so that their #1, #2, and #3 starters face the Yankees.
the Yanks send out whoever happens to be in line.
If Wakefield shuts this offense down tonight, fine… but until then, it’s too early to say.
I’d like to see what the Yanks would do to Lackey.
West Coast Yankee Fan June 8th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
J. Alfred Prufrock – no one is more insignificant here than you and your mindless babble.
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Um, whatever you say WC.
ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
alex really starting to master the one pitch pop up
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Don’t try that at home…Remember, he is a professional
Hats off to Gardner. Hopefully some of the vets will follow his lead.
I wonder how many knuckleballs Nuney has seen to hit in his career.
Wakefield should be pitching in a softball beer league….losing team buys the keg..
Triple,
why not?
I do expect the Yankees to make the playoffs. As always, anything can happen after that and you hope the Yanks are the hot team that wins it.
Bring up Montero cut Cervelli
after the allstar break bring up Romine maybe Jorge hangs them up!!!
Russell Martin is being run into the ground.
Get Younger Yanks now
4-0 and you guys are acting like Sandy Koufax is pitching against us….they still play 9 IIRC
was waiting for the Montero talk to start…..he’s not coming up, he’s trade bait for this team..they wanted to trade him three times already & will try a fourth
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Three? Lee and Halladay, maybe Haren?
All aces.
He is only trade bait for aces.
Are there any available?
Wakefield isn’t a #3 SP on that team
What happened? Every time I turned on tv, it.s 3-0.
GWB is nearby, it,s easy for the entire team jump off the bridge.
Shameless.
2 automatic outs at the bottom of the order. Maybe the $200M should be spread around a bit.
Makes you think that both Montero AND / OR G. Molina are better than Cervelli, huh ?
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How much worse can it be? Hell, have Montero throw balls to the outfield. At least he has a chance to make it up at the plate. Something Cervelli cannot do.
ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
was waiting for the Montero talk to start…..he’s not coming up, he’s trade bait for this team..they wanted to trade him three times already & will try a fourth
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Three? Lee and Halladay, maybe Haren?
All aces.
He is only trade bait for aces.
Are there any available?
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there was talk he was offered to KC for Soria
2 automatic outs at the bottom of the order. Maybe the $200M should be spread around a bit.
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A start would be 30 of that 200 hitting the ball somewhere other than in the air to 2B.
Fellas. The good news is that its only 3rd inning and their bullpen was used yesterday. We’ll crawl back in this game in spite of all thats happened.
BD – yes, they align their best to face us, they always do it. Lester has probably pitched in every yanks/sox series this year and last. That said, we don’t even have 2 or 3 horses to make sure we line up. We have 1 and girardi gets him into a sox series if its really easy to. If he has to get creative two weeks in front of the series, he doesn’t. Boston does.
Also, we faced lackey this year. Smoked him. Lost the game because they faced our 2010 18 game winner.
there was talk he was offered to KC for Soria
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Wonder if Soria can be had this year, since he has completely fallen apart.
Carlo…Other tha the games vs NY, how many BoSox games do you see ???? They just seem to play at a high level against the Yanks in the first half of every season
BD (Boston Dave),
Because the odds of a team evening up another team after sporting them like the first 7 out of 8 games are miniscule.
All you need to do is watch a game between these teams and see the amount of times the yankees make out on first pitch swinging and the amount of times the Sox do it
Yeah continue to look for excuse for losing.
The odds is very high that they will be swept again in Stadium if they lose tonight, 70 percent.
Triple Short of a Cycle June 8th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
The people bringing up 2009 in relation to the Sox /Yankees series would be like being a Red Sox fan and bringing up 2004 every time they go down 3-0 in a series and say no big deal we did it in 2004 and expect it to happen again.
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It does have the same vibe to me. I didn’t say we’re going to win the WS. Although I think we’ll win the division because we have more ready talent in the system to upgrade the team for the long push. The Red Sox have to hope nothing goes wrong because they have nowhere to go if it does.
Triple-
It will be a lot closer to even than you think.
Martin is off every other day.
How is he being run into the ground?
Is he doing it toi himself or is girardi doing it?
Montero looked overmatched in st & is not doing well now in AAA.
I also think he gets traded for a pitcher.
It’s hard to imagine Montero being worse than Cervelli. And even if he struggled at least it’s major league experience being given to a player with a lot more potential.
SoS June 8th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Either could be behind the dish and be doing as good a job as Cervelli if not better. Cervelli needs to buy himself a pizzeria in Queens and call it a day.
This team never plays with any urgency. Going through the motions. Much more than not, if we are down by 3 or more, Game Over.
JobaTipsHisCap June 8th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
What happened? Every time I turned on tv, it.s 3-0.
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Quick…turn off the TV and turn it back on again so we get a run back!
“BD (Boston Dave),
Because the odds of a team evening up another team after sporting them like the first 7 out of 8 games are miniscule.”
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these two teams are almost ALWAYS even in the season series. every year.
I’ll worry about their heads-up record at the end of the season if the Yanks miss out in the playoffs. If the Yankees make the playoffs, who cares?
other than that, the only heads up record that will matter is if they meet in the ALCS.
They do seem determined not to bring up Montero, so that begs the question: are we really stuck with Cervelli or the rest of the season?
At this point, Jorge would would be a better back-up.
Burnett is going to settle in, but the Yankees have not been good when they are losing early…
ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
there was talk he was offered to KC for Soria
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Wonder if Soria can be had this year, since he has completely fallen apart
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rather use him in a package for a #2 ..20 something year old SP..but those are tough to come by
Now I’m waiting for someone to say not the right time for the Yankees to retaliate.
That phrase is almost said as much as Evan and Joe saying we will get to the Yankees in the 11 o’clock hour
Joeman – I’m on the same page as you re Montero. Anyone who believes he will be a star in a Yankee uniform will be sorely disappointed IMO.
I find it funny that the preseason mantra was that if any of bostons starters got hurt, look out, no depth. Yup.
Game going on tonight, but we constantly see O’Neil replays and Leiter. Terrible
Granderson, Teixeira, Gardner best 3 hitters right now. When Gardner is top 3, team in trouble
“This team never plays with any urgency.”
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As if the team with the best record in the league needs a sense of urgency?
If they need to play with urgency, I’d save it for a time when perhaps they’re looking up at the wildcard in September.
At this point, Forrest Gump Lieutenant Dan be better back up catcher than Cervelli
Gardner, Nunez and stiff Cervelli. Wow! Great bottom of the lineup. Is Cash-Man going to do anything to strengthen this team?
Ortiz better get on in the snot box the next time up. He is freakin owning us.
If they dont want Montero to come up, bring Romine from AA or use the bullpen catcher instead.
BoJo June 8th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
4-0 and you guys are acting like Sandy Koufax is pitching against us….they still play 9 IIRC
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Ironic, isn’t it, that people calling Burnett gutless & people wailing we’ll get swept are actually the cowering little losers, not the team. They’ve given up in the 3rd inning of a game in which a 40-year old knuckleballer is our guy’s opposite number.
Spineless hysterics.
rather use him in a package for a #2 ..20 something year old SP..but those are tough to come by
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If we can get a 1 or 2, ok…
Because I think Romine can be good too, though i want to see Montero get a shot.
Truthfully i still want the Yankees to offer to take Johan Santana and his contract off the Mets hands. I think he would be a good #2 when he gets back.
I know most don’t agree, but CC/Santana will be a good 1-2.
Alright well time to start working on this deficit I suppose
The excuse so far is sux lined up their better pitchers against yanks.
Ok, this series actually yanks start their top 2 starting pitchers.
Then, what’s the excuse if they got swept again?
ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Burnett is going to settle in, but the Yankees have not been good when they are losing early…..
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Better late than never considering our pen is a disaster right now.
Lets also remember the sense of urgency comes from the fact that we have played many more home games than road games…
Finally they don’t catch something. That is a shocker.
Finally, the ballerina slips.
Historically the yankees have a losing first half record against the red sox, and a winning second half record.
JobaTipsHisCap,
2009
“The excuse so far is sux lined up their better pitchers against yanks.
Ok, this series actually yanks start their top 2 starting pitchers.”
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a) it’s not an excuse.
b) CC and Colon are their top 2 starters
c) it’s the 3rd inning of the 2nd game and you’re talking about getting swept already. jump off the bridge already.
I’ll still say the Yankees don;t need to go outside for a pitcher. Colon is pitching like a #2, Hughes will be coming back, Burnett is fine for #4, and Nova or Noesi are fine for #5 or they could bring Joba back as a starter (PLEASE DEAR GOD!), and move DRob ot EIG and Noesi and Nova to pen.
Pat – this year I watch them quite a bit on apple tv mlb. That said, I readily admit they have tons of flaws…..we just don’t expose theirs like they expose ours when we go head to head.
Howie Karpin must be blind in at least one eye.
The yankees managed to make the playoffs last year with a losing record against tampa bay. In the end all that matters is that you make the playoffs. The yankees will make the playoffs.
“The yankees managed to make the playoffs last year with a losing record against tampa bay. In the end all that matters is that you make the playoffs. The yankees will make the playoffs.”
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touche
I liked it better in the 70′s when our players Hated Boston. Munson, Nettles and Piniella would knock out a Red Sox player before having and small talk with them.
that K does hurt
Derek Jeter: Refusing To Walk Since 1995.
I really hate knuckleballers.
But don’t worry…he’s having fun laughing with Varitek after the 1-0 pitch. Way to move the runner over.
One can only hope
YankeesInk Jerome Preisler
Overheard in PB, 1 very veteran NY baseball reporter to another: “Watch and see how fast Girardi brings up Montero. This is an emergency.”
Trying to do too much against this guy.
Alex needs to step up and start carrying this team.
J. Alfred Prufrock June 8th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
BoJo June 8th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
4-0 and you guys are acting like Sandy Koufax is pitching against us….they still play 9 IIRC
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Ironic, isn’t it, that people calling Burnett gutless & people wailing we’ll get swept are actually the cowering little losers, not the team. They’ve given up in the 3rd inning of a game in which a 40-year old knuckleballer is our guy’s opposite number.
Spineless hysterics.
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You and I are new here this year, but I guess this is what the old timers talk about when they say they don’t come here anymore. People looking to put down the Yankees and/or insult others and start fights.
38HotDogs,
What is an emergency?
jerkface,
Touche. This is not football where the head to head match ups matter as much. Wildcard are allowed to play in the W.S. and thats worst case scenario. Still think we win the division though.
“Overheard in PB, 1 very veteran NY baseball reporter to another: “Watch and see how fast Girardi brings up Montero. This is an emergency.””
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An emergency would be if Martin is seriously hurt.
The mediocre play of your backup catcher, unless there are repeats of tonight’s performance behind the plate, is probably not an emergency.
That’s not to say that the Yanks aren’t a better team with Montero here rather than Frankie… but I’m not sure the fate of the Yankees depends on their backup C.
People looking to put down the Yankees
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This has always happened. And will continue to happen. A certain sect of fan would rather be a pessimist and be surprised at the positive outcome.
i hope next year they trade or realease half of this team.. theyre an embarrassment!
i stopped watching for a week had to take a break from the humility
Come on guys…..it’s not like R.A. Dickey is pitching tonight.
Something positive: That was Jeter’s first strikeout in 58 plate appearances, the longest stretch of his career.
Despite beating the yankees a bunch the red sox are still 1 game back in the LC. Yankees beat up everyone else and the red sox can take a walk.
“and the leadoff double is wasted”
2011 motto
Wakefield looks real hittable tonight right?
its not pessimistic when it comes to fruition.. speaking about 1 fame at a time.
i stopped watching for a week had to take a break from the humility
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You missed their 6-3 road trip.
1 game at a time
Bojo,
It could be 1-0 vs. the Royals in the first game of the series and some would come out and say they were going swept. I do think Girardi is insane for continuing to use Cervelli.
Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
People looking to put down the Yankees
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This has always happened. And will continue to happen. A certain sect of fan would rather be a pessimist and be surprised at the positive outcome.
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JF–How long have you been posting here? Has the blog changed that significantly that old timers would stay away?
its not pessimistic when it comes to fruition.
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Baseball is failure, to be a pessimist is the easy way out.
My guess at the “emergency” would be the lackluster offense and guys simply going through the motions
You and I are new here this year, but I guess this is what the old timers talk about when they say they don’t come here anymore. People looking to put down the Yankees and/or insult others and start fights.
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Bojo, I marvel how the same “gutless” players could have won anything two years ago. I bet those same people were fretting & calling the same guys losers then, too.
JF–How long have you been posting here? Has the blog changed that significantly that old timers would stay away?
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Since 07. The only thing that really probably chased anyone away is when people were being stalked. The game threads were always a disaster and the yankees stink and the gm stinks and a-rod stinks etc.
Thats his personality. Another broadcaster on our side that continues to excuse behavior from another player. Disgraceful.
Instead of Burnett busting him inside he is nibbling on the outside corner. Amazing
all this crap about Ortiz flipping the bat.
Guys, if you want to stop him, either hit him, or stop him from hitting homeruns….
Wakefield has his floater really floating tonight
AJ don’t walk him if your going to do that you shouldve hit him.
Go boys, swing really hard at a knuckle ball. Hey, might be a HR there.
Jeter patting the Varitek on the shoulder during an at bat. This is a guy that started a fight wearing his catcher’s mask.
It is to weep.
SoS,
So you are happy with the performance against the Sox this year?
Something positive: That was Jeter’s first strikeout in 58 plate appearances, the longest stretch of his career.
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I knew those swinging bunts were good for something.
“My guess at the “emergency” would be the lackluster offense”
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you mean the lackluster offense that is leading the league in runs per game?
underpeforming and sometimes inconsistent? probably. lackluster? not really. no?
We are back to 2005 and are terrified of Ortiz again. It’s funny how the Yankees can only succeed when one or two players carries the team. Granderson clobbers the ball, we go on a streak. Teixeira is on a tear, we win a few. The rest of the team can’t really do much. A-Rod hasn’t carried the team at all this season.
Pat M,
Funny since others would say he is hittable tonight
Triple,
Im happy with them being in first place without a person batting over .280. Its the same story every year. They own us the first half of the season and we win the second + what really matters.
Yanks lack urgency in games time to time, happens every season. One day Cano look like best defense 2B in history, next day looks like worst. One game, Yanks come back down 5 runs in ALCS Game 1, next game bats no exist against unestablished pitcher
lackluster is the wrong word.
hit or miss is better.
no one on the team hitting above .280?
Only 2 hitting above .270.
No matter how many runs they score, those numbers are not good.
so is AJ crapping the bed yet
or am I still stupid
GoldGlove9486 June 8th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
We are back to 2005 and are terrified of Ortiz again. It’s funny how the Yankees can only succeed when one or two players carries the team. Granderson clobbers the ball, we go on a streak. Teixeira is on a tear, we win a few. The rest of the team can’t really do much. A-Rod hasn’t carried the team at all this season.
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Arod was the hottest hitter in the game for about the first 2 weeks. Then he missed time with an injury and hasn’t been the same.
“Something positive: That was Jeter’s first strikeout in 58 plate appearances, the longest stretch of his career.”
I don’t see that as a positive at all.. he doesn’t strike out much because he swings at some many pitches out of the zone and hits a feeble ground ball.. do I need to remind you just how often Jeter swings at the first pitch and makes an out?
I have seen Jeter show patience at the plate maybe 5x this year total.
Yanks do seem flat but that’s how it feels when you’re down so fast by that much. AJ needs to work out of this one.
Enjoy the game folks.
Wake may be unhittable tonight, but not unwalkable.
Since 07. The only thing that really probably chased anyone away is when people were being stalked. The game threads were always a disaster and the yankees stink and the gm stinks and a-rod stinks etc.
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I just turned the game on. Can someone please tell me what Cervelli did to get 2 errors?
This is a disgrace. Every single player wearing the Yankee uniform should be ashamed of themselves right now. Losing to those pigs from Boston is inexcusable.
“No matter how many runs they score, those numbers are not good.”
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well, that’s not really fair.
if you want to suggest their run production isn’t sustainable, that seems reasonable.
but i care far more about runs than anything else. would it be better if they were hitting .270 as a team but scoring less runs?
I think the point is that this offense is capable of being even better. It’s frustrating to see them underperform despite the fact that even now they’re still a top offense.
I obviously agree with my Dad! Plus I think Jeter looks sick, like something wrong with him healthwise. He seems tired all the time.
It’s looking like Sanit is going to see some action. Yikes.
Cervelli not so good at defense.
Anyone actually watching this crap? Our team blows.
Cervelli threw the ball into the outfield trying to throw out base stealers. (Ellsbury and Scutaro)
P:
I am off to watch the Stanley Cup at Mike’s, if you wanna come, be ready in 5 min.
Burnett after the game: “I’m a great pitcher in the postseason.”
Captain-
2 throws into centerfield… first one should have been stopped by Cano on the backup though. But still, Cervelli can’t throw down to 2nd. It’s almost become mental.
when’s the last time an opposing team IBB a yankee hitter in the early part of the game?
anyone care to explain hoe Burnett used to dominate the Red Sox before he came here but is now awful against them?
Yanks have always evened out the early losses against sux, but this yr. seems different, unless we make some good moves, before it’s too late.
Sure seems like an overhaul of the pitching will have to happen in the next couple of years.
Along with some hitting Who knows how many hitters at this point. Doesn’t look good though.
We put two pretty lousy pitchers up for a sox series. I don’t know why we didn’t push back Cliff Lee to pitch game one. I feel like when win I’m amazed our pitchers pitched well and when we lose its like oh well, we knew that guy sucked.
Ortiz over there yuking it up with Nunez. Slapping him on the butt. That’s the crap I hate. Nunez should punch him in the face.
All these guys are buddies and the only hatred is between the fans. = Truth.
That would happen
of course they hit it too poorly to turn 2
75 pitches for burnett and it’s 3 1/3 inning?? Pathetic.
Cano had Ortiz at home.
Why didn’t Cano go home and get ORtiz? He had him.
Ortiz would have been out by a good margin with Cano’s arm if he had thrown home.
wow. an almost DP is too weak & scores. Of course…
Nice job walking the leadoff batter down by 4 runs. If not for Game 2 of 2009, we’d have Burnett ranked right near the top of worst free agent signings.
Posada is the only Yankee who hates the Red Sox and that’s a shame
Way to step up tonight, Tin Man Burnett.
”’UnKnown June 8th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Ortiz over there yuking it up with Nunez. Slapping him on the butt. That’s the crap I hate. Nunez should punch him in the face.
All these guys are buddies and the only hatred is between the fans. = Truth.”’
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AND YOUR POINT IS?
Are we sure that C on tekies shirt means Captain ? Could mean something a lot worse !
True. Cano should have thrown home… Oh well…
Might as well just leave Burnett in now……
Why waste the pen?
Tyler,
Thank you. I figured his throwing was the error like it usually is. Cervelli should be in AAA and bring up the fake Molina. Cervelli’s defense has been a disaster this year and 9 times out of 10 when he throws to 2nd the ball goes into CF. There is no reason for him to be the back up catcher, just awful.
I’m trying to find the patience to continue watching this game but it’s extremely hard.
This is turned ugly. Errors, not throwing to home with weak grounders, AJ not limiting damage & digging us in a bigger hole.
Not the right time for retaliation right guys? Pathetic
West Coast Yankee Fan June 8th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Odds on Burnett shutting down the Sux tonight?
30%
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Apologies for overestimating AJ Burnett.
I have a $5/game bet with a sox fan, I might have to take out a second mortgage.
What’s the next excuse? Early in the season it was too cold? Today- the heat?
Cano no care about game today. Cervelli neither. A-rod neither
This is one of those games that will spawn very reactionary thoughts.
George wanted to Sign Ortiz when he became a FA. Cashman had to remind him that they had just signed Giambi.
Goodnight. If I turn the game off the Yankees might come back!
Okay, can we PLEASE give up on the idea that AJ Burnett was ever a good pitcher?
Overpaid pile of crap.
Sad that I remember one fruitful AJ Burnett vs Boston start duriing his yankee tenure. August 2009 at YS. Outside of that, every other one has been totally forgettable.
That wasn’t hard to catch. Cervelli is killing me.
GoldGlove9486,
2009
Another pathetic, gutless and clutchless showing v. the Red Sox. Just awful.
Girardi’s Post-Game:
“I thought AJ threw the ball well. He missed a few locations but I liked his approach.”
Love the hustle Cap.
so is 7 runs crapping the bed?
C’mon geniuses who mocked me earlier
You gotta be kidding me. ANOTHER infield hit.
“This is one of those games that will spawn very reactionary thoughts.”
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I’ll be disappointed if they don’t score some runs, but it’s definitely “one of those games” where nothing is going right.
Yeah, this is a championship caliber Yankee team. What a fiasco. 1 – 7 vs. Boston. Wouldn’t surprise me if Wakefield goes 8 scoreless. Man, this is putrid.
Girardi’s first word: “Wellllllllll.” Then it’s, “I gotta go, I’m having a late night skype session with Dante Bichette.”
You coud take everyone out of the game and put andruw jones in for everyone since we have no bench
Ahhh the good old days
“YankeesInk Jerome Preisler
Wow. Read this from the Doc: RT @DocGooden16: In the 80s Ortiz would be laying on his ass right now after the stunt he pulled last night”
Everyone says, well at least the yankees are leading the league in runs.
I think the Sox have overtaken them.
I’ve never been a heavy drinker…..before tonight, anyway….
Hate to admit it, AJ is reverting to last year a bit. Wild in the zone, 3 walks, etc.
Now who said there was plenty of time to come back after the 4 runs?
I think most fans who watch this team a lot can tell when they have it, and when they don’t. And for some reason, they just lie down for the Sux.
SO glad we signed AJ!! What a coup.
The defense is horrible. Jeter needed ti hustle there.
This game is SLOPPY. Bad all around.
Garcia – throws too soft not the right time to retaliate
Noesi – rookie pitcher not the right time to retaliate
7-0 game – not the right time to retaliate
Just a matter of time before the Yankees get 3 runs but only because the game is out of reach
This is really embarrassing. AJ is really lucky that he pitched that great game against the Phillies in the world series. Otherwise fans would treat him like garbage and he would get treated like the head case that he is. Besides that one game he has been a disaster and is a total waste of $80m.
And for some reason, they just lie down for the Sux.
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This season, I’m glad you deduced this from their first 60 games.
Gooden also tweeted:
” DocGooden16 Dwight Gooden
Who is going to the Yankee Game tonight? I’ll be there.Need a big night from A.J…we need to put Boston in their place..which is NOT in 1st”
Girardi post game is guaranteed to use the word ‘scuffling’…..
Way to go, choke-artist Burnett. Still zero wins against Boston as a Yankee. Biggest mistake of Cashman’s career as GM.
Yanks will lose the game 10-5……just enough to keep me up all night.
Nobody erases the memories of a 6-3 west coast trip faster than these guys in this series.
Great job Tin Man. You are a damn disgrace.
This entire pathetic bunch of gutless clowns needs to be booed off the field. Maybe then they will show some shame, at least, for yet another pathetic, gutless performance.
Whatever happens, we had a father use the blog to tell his son to be ready in 5 minutes.
Anything else would be a bonus.
I’m not mad we signed AJ, I’m mad we have no other pitchers and haven’t developed even a legitimate innings eater in years!
BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Cano had Ortiz at home.
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I hate this off field fraternization….Cano shouldn’t be hosting Ortiz at home IMO
anyone who believed this team was a championship team coming into this season needs to have their head examined.
after Lee chose Philly and Pettitte retired the Yankees were screwed. this patchwork rotation behind CC, the aging lineup – and all the moves Boston made.
meanwhile the Yankees still keep counting on chumps like Joba and Cervelli. Or that Rafael Soriano bust.
# ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Everyone says, well at least the yankees are leading the league in runs.
I think the Sox have overtaken them.
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They’re leading league in avg. and can put rallies together. We hit HR’s and it’s not good enough.
well thats something…
Yep. Exactly what I said. Here comes the BS runs to make jerkface happy when he gives us their run total
See ?
Well look who finally showed up to play! Only 6 more runs to go…
I wish they’d all get mad and go battle!!
Dwight Gooden is going to be on Season 5 of Celebrity Rehab w/ Dr. Drew :O
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/0.....on-5-cast/
Here’s the start of our rally….The score will end up something like 7-5, so it will look close,just like yesterday’s 6-4 final.
Nick in SF,
lol
This year against Boston the Yanks look like how Tampa looked against the Yanks and everyone else 5 years ago. Garcia doesn’t have the stuff to get a good lineup out but AJ just melts down against them. It doesn’t matter if he has great stuff that day eventually he will give it up.
“BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Cano had Ortiz at home.
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I hate this off field fraternization….Cano shouldn’t be hosting Ortiz at home IMO”
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very nice bojo
AJ started off great last year before falling apart in June. Same old story this year.
well alex woke up the funeral…the place is a morgue….depressed team playing in front of a depressed audience
Post game comments :” gotta tip your hat to wakefield he pitched great…”he’s 55 yrs old and they have seen him before! Ridiculous .
Any chance K-Long can help with hitting for average and not just the occasional revamp of a swing like Swisher and Granderson?
I loathe the word, scuffling.
Roided up Giambi used it over and over and over again to describe his sorry state.
Yep. Exactly what I said. Here comes the BS runs to make jerkface happy when he gives us their run total
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Should I accompany that with their wins total?
who are the FA starters in the next offseason, worth paying?
# Captain Clutch June 8th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
This year against Boston the Yanks look like how Tampa looked against the Yanks and everyone else 5 years ago. Garcia doesn’t have the stuff to get a good lineup out but AJ just melts down against them. It doesn’t matter if he has great stuff that day eventually he will give it up.
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I’m afraid you’re spot on.
With a $200,000,000 payroll, I’m sure I can *pick* better players.
Hal Steinbrener is the issue, he needs to be veto’d out of any sort of ownership of the New York Yankees. He should take over the boys next door.
Yanks should overpay the Whitesox for Danks. The sooner the better.
Turkey Hill David Ortiz Fat Man Swirl….chocolate fudge ice cream with bacon bits and 100% natural lard swirl…
# Triple Short of a Cycle June 8th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Posada is the only Yankee who hates the Red Sox and that’s a shame
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Jeter and his buddies Youk and Pedey are a tight fraternity.
I’m just really amused that leading the league in runs scored can somehow be skewed as a negative.
Jerkface,
Since it should remain the same until Thursday I’m good
Should have ran through the bag and bowled him over.
Yeah keep diving into 1st base it won’t slow you down or anything…
That’s gotta hurt Wake’s bad back.
Still only 4th inning….long way to go before it is over.
Jerkface,
Not the right time to retaliate
Why is Gardner sliding to first?
Well maybe the Canucks can at least win tonight. Need something.
Jeter’s not close to Yuck, just Pedroia. Frankly, I’m not sure anybody likes Yuck.
Should have ran through the bag and bowled him over.
Instead we get a head first slide and an apology for getting kicked in the head and tripping him
I just wish old man Steinbrenner were alive, with all of his senses still intact…man would he be unleashing some heavy crap at this team!!!
The State of the Yankees is not good. Deer in the headlights AJ is back and he is not a winner and a drag on this team. No clue as to what he is doing on the mound, how could he go out there and not know how to pitch to this team?
Any chance the Yankees make a tough decision this offseason and just release Burnett and eat the $30 they still have to pay him?
I would rather see the Noesi’s, Banuelos, Betances, Mitchell, Phelps of the world up here struggling, but learning and getting better, than the same ol Burnett year after year.
jeter would never fight with anyone
Why is Gardner sliding to first?
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He just watched on dvd the best way to look good going to first. The Melky Way.
Oh no, only 103 games left to right the ship!
Again a lot of hatred out there tonight on the field. Don’t hold your breath on NY ever getting back at the Sux for anything. They just keep on bending over
Don’t get mad. This team isn’t in same class as Boston. It’s obvious. Their SP is just so much better
sit down you POS
AJ tries to intimidate Boston’s hitters with his tats
wow. A ground ball that doesn’t amount to an infield single…. Sorry for the sarcasm. Bad game in every way
All that talent unharnessed…..They won’t release him, maybe they can trade him to the Nationals, pay most of the salary and bring on some real talent that wants to get better.
AJ’s settling down.
Don’t get mad. This team isn’t in same class as Boston. It’s obvious. Their SP is just so much better
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Highest ERA of a starter on either team…. John Lackey. (since Hughes is on the DL)
Wang IS Taiwan June 8th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Jeter’s not close to Yuck, just Pedroia. Frankly, I’m not sure anybody likes Yuck.
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you are moron. the youkilis/jeter friendship is well documented, from their time on Team USA in the WBC
This is kind of embarrassing. I’m sure no one feels worse than Burnett, but we sure needed him to come though tonight, and he just didn’t have it, with an assist to Cervi.
And all that good will from the road trip…
Maybe we follow the same pattern – lose the first two and win all but one of the rest?
# Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I’m just really amused that leading the league in runs scored can somehow be skewed as a negative.
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You don’t think it matters when those runs are scored ?
Hit for a better avg. and you’ll hit even more HR’s and execute some rallies !
Jeter just lets Youk come with him to clubs so he can look like a 10 even in his old age
i hope this depression doesn’t carry over to tomorrow
Y would they cut AJ n eat 30 mil? Not like he’s o Perez. He’s a 4-5 starter. The problem is expecting 2.
You don’t think it matters when those runs are scored ?
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Context matters, but the yankees are somehow near the league lead in wins despite scoring runs at the wrong time all the time.
Nunez is useless. He “won” the job in Spring Training with his bat, but his OBP is dreadful. Where is Jerry Hairston?
Toronto scored more runs than the Yankees and now Boston has too.
So they are NOT leading the league in runs scored.
What a game tomorrow? lmao
CC will give up 3 or 4 runs and we will scratch 1 maybe 2 against Beckett
Bridge jumpers: its a long season.
Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Should have ran through the bag and bowled him over.
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The one guy on the sux that doesn’t act like a jerk ?
Ace,
He was signed as a 2 or at worst a 3
Toronto scored more runs than the Yankees and now Boston has too.
So they are NOT leading the league in runs scored.
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Runs per game, Yankees have yet to play 2 games. They will be made up after the ASB which is a huge boon for the team.
the broken record is here. why is JETER hitting first? Sorry he stinks, lowest slugging % on the team, bad OBP, and cannot hit the ball out of the infield.
when was Cervelli a supposed good defender?
IS AJ’s performance really a big suprise.. The baffoons that cover and talk about the yanks think AJ is having a great year if over a 4.00 ERA is great then they are correct.
BTW more clutch ab’s by the yanks with RISP. the usual solo homer. that is the yanks……….
also the yankees are next to last in the league in hits (mariners only team worse).
What a game tomorrow? lmao
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that’s michael the shill at his best.
Kevin Not That Kevin Brown June 8th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
This is kind of embarrassing. I’m sure no one feels worse than Burnett, but we sure needed him to come though tonight, and he just didn’t have it, with an assist to Cervi.
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I’m irritated. We really needed AJ to come up big. But to be honest I don’t think he was dreadful, just not dominating. A lot of things went wrong besides him. I wonder how the game would have gone had Martin been able to catch… regarding errors.
Dribblers didn’t help, Cano not throwing to home, Jeter not hustling on the groundball to end an inning but instead a run scored.
But it starts with AJ. If he doesn’t put someone on base, the error & all the other stuff etc… doesn’t happen
The one guy on the sux that doesn’t act like a jerk ?
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Kill em all, let God sort em out etc I can’t be bothered to figure out which of them are nice.
It truly is a mystery to me how AJ is consistently so bad against the Sox. The same guy who was so good against them (and the Yankees) before he came over here.
and yes i realize they have played less games than any other AL team.
“Context matters, but the yankees are somehow near the league lead in wins despite scoring runs at the wrong time all the time.”
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Yankees lead the league in runs per game AND winning % (as of this moment.)
no bridge jumping but jeters seniority and pass deeds do not mean he needs to bat leadoff.
the yanks owe jeter zippo… they over pay him huge…….
# Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Jeter just lets Youk come with him to clubs so he can look like a 10 even in his old age
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He’s gonna turn you down again, if you keep this up !
whoa cervelli…..
who knew!
Final score 7-4….this way we can watch the a-hole close the game and do a rain dance.
Chip away boys, chip away. At least Cervelli is doing something to make up for his sh-TTY fielding.
Bridge jumpers: its a long season.
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its hard when you live for the moment.
He’s gonna turn you down again, if you keep this up !
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I’m a man, unless you know something about Jeter that we don’t?
Frozen Rope,
You’re mistaken. That friendship was with Pedroia.
just like i said
a rally?
that had some tang on it, knuckler must not be knuckling
That was his hardest hit ball of the year other than the HR.
At least move him over here Curtis. One more run and it’s a game.
maybe Jeter told Varitek in his last AB that he was going to hit an RBI double in his next AB… and that’s why Tek laughed
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DJ!!
I think the so-called “bridge jumpers” respond to the poor play we frequently see from this team. That, and losing to the Red Sux is enough for any real fan to threaten to jump.
This team is really pathetic, don’t they know its futile? Just padding their stats in this feeble comeback attempt. I can’t wait for someone to talk about Jeter’s 3000 hits, we know atleast 1 of them came in this ‘rally’. Hope they put an asterisk on that.
The question you want to be asking yourself is, if the Yanks come back and win this game, do you want to be watching them do it or do you want to be watching the NHL over at Mike’s?
“Context matters, but the yankees are somehow near the league lead in wins despite scoring runs at the wrong time all the time.”
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yet Triple continued to suggest that I must be insane for saying that I thought the Yanks would hit Wakefield at some point.
Nick – hahaha. Classic
Do not let Cervelli fool you
that had some tang on it, knuckler must not be knuckling
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yet Triple continued to suggest that I must be insane for saying that I thought the Yanks would hit Wakefield at some point.
holy cow I can’t believe they ran on crawford there, totally embarrassing for him
ballsy, crawford is like damon out there
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Jerkyface
I’m a man, unless you know something about Jeter that we don’t?
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You’re so jealous of Jeter. What will you say when he gets no. 3000 ?
What exactly did he do to you ? Come on, put your “big boy” pants on and tell us !!!
crawford have a damon arm out there?
I realize this is a few innings ago, but it absolutely drives me nuts when Girardi issues intentional walks early in the game like that. Especially at home. And usually, it doesn’t work, and only adds more baserunners. Here, he even scored.
Girardi is far to wedded to his matchups.
EXCELLENT.
And Nick, I’m staying right here, win or lose. I took the morning off to see the guys battle. I hope that decision pays off.
Game is far from over.
now the D needs to not give any runs back
Alright well now its crucial to get great pitching again these last 4 innings.
LOL Nick – i would be watching the Stanley cup, but i want Boston (shudder) to win – can’t stand the Canucks
hman23 — Agree. I’d especially stay away from intentional walks with AJ pitching. He’s just too erratic.
“Alright well now its crucial to get great pitching again these last 4 innings.”
so we can lose 7-4.
“# TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Game is far from over.”
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are you sure? because 80% of this place was saying the Yankees had literally zero chance and were unequivocally “outclassed” by the Sox.
so either they are complete fools… or…. or….
well beedogs obviously preferable so that we can get 4 more and win this game.
jeter hugged youk at 3B, they’re not buddies though
AJ – Shut down inning please!!!!!!
BD (Boston Dave),
They scored because they were down by 7. Doubt the same result if they were down by a run or 2
BD,
I like your optimism, but it’s probably too early to say this game is going to turn around in our favor.
Where do they get these idiotic text poll questions? And how dumb is “Take on Russ?”
Tell you what, Wang, if the Yanks win this game, Din Tai Fung on me!*
(*the next time I’m in the ROC)
Quick- bring up Montero!
What exactly did he do to you ? Come on, put your “big boy” pants on and tell us !!!
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Nothing. He’s just not my favorite player. He was a valuable, maybe even the most valuable, component of multiple championship teams at a position of scarcity for many years, being paid millions to do so. Last year he reached a point where his offense no longer made up for his lack of defense, and I didn’t like the idea of paying him to play into his 40s because his bat wouldn’t fly at any other position and I don’t think he would be the type to retire. I cheered for him to win the MVP in 99 and 2006, thought he was robbed outright in 06 and thought he was incredibly awesome in 09. Just so happens he isn’t playing well anymore and the yankees contract with him ended and yet they gave him 3 years. I would have given him 1 year. I thought 2 was a good compromise but expected 3. Got 3+1, so not the best result. For the yankees my favorite players were posada, bernie,mariano, pettitte and in the 2000s matsui, a-rod sheffield cano wang etc.
All you whining yankee fans,how about supporting your team.
The rs have been chasing us for over 100 years & it ain’t changing now.
We will do what it takes to make this team better & we have the kids in our farm system to get it done.
If we don’t have the kids,we will just spend a ton of money to get it done.
Makes no difference to me.
And how dumb is “Take on Russ?”
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was pedro the most hated redsock?
Wang IS Taiwan -
Even worse, he walked a guy hitting .227.
“BD (Boston Dave),
They scored because they were down by 7. Doubt the same result if they were down by a run or 2″
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Yeah yeah, ok.
Doubt all you want in the 5th/6th inning. I don’t think the Red Sox decided they were going to let the Yankees back in the game just to make it exciting.
Gonna need to slap Cervelli to uncross his eyes
Tomorrow’s text poll: “How badly does it hurt to get hit in the cup?”
Nick — I’ll hold you to that!
I will be sure to tell you how jealous you are of whoever you complain about, 4 NYY, in the future. Though I’m not sure who ISN’T jealous of good looking multimillionaire athletes that get paid to play a game.
Or what BD?
They are just complete pessimists who use this place to vent their frustration when the Yanks play bad. I understand, but I don’t think it does much to add to the baseball conversation here.
Of course sone are just plain trolls. Right, Ace?
hman23 June 8th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Wang IS Taiwan -
Even worse, he walked a guy hitting .227.
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Doesn’t matter. The binder prevails over all common sense.
“BD,
I like your optimism, but it’s probably too early to say this game is going to turn around in our favor.”
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not saying that at all. I’m just saying the same thing I always do – the game is 9 innings and the season is 162 games. Only a fool panics when the team is in 1st place but losing one game in the 2nd inning.
Lots of fools, IMO, in here.
If the yanks were getting destroyed and were 7 games out right now, fine. But they came into the game with the best winning % in the damn league but people are acting like the Yankees are ruining their lives with their despicable performances.
I’m just glad Burnett settled in before the game got out of hand.
Good move here Joe. Get him out of there.
That ball three looked a lot like a strike.
Crap, now AJ can’t get the win.
I worry about the yankees postseason chances when they are more games out than games left to play.
How do you walk Varitek? Man is Burnett frustrating!
“They are just complete pessimists who use this place to vent their frustration when the Yanks play bad. I understand, but I don’t think it does much to add to the baseball conversation here.”
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well said straw.
Does Cervelli call anything besides low & outside….
Boo his sorry ass off the mound.
Nick in SF June 8th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
The question you want to be asking yourself is, if the Yanks come back and win this game, do you want to be watching them do it or do you want to be watching the NHL over at Mike’s?
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What if Mike has beer and pizza?
Time for an infusion of Jesus?
There are a lot of upset, tense people in here right now.
I feel your pain.
I suggest you take a deep breat and calm down.
This will help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TkgQVfiZqU
the game is in the hands of the bullpen….
lets do this
Montero comes up after Jeter gets 3,000. So two weeks. He backs up Martin and DHs against lefties.
Well Boone you need to be huge now especially with Joba down. Test #1 here.
BOONE!!!
“boone logan becomes very, very , very important now.”
thank you mikey kaye
Time for an infusion of Jesus?
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And MItchell, Phelps, more Noesi
Eventually Baunelos and Betances.
Not much in the way of for average offense down there though.
Boone Logan is atrocious.
Boone has only ONE job. smh
# Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
What exactly did he do to you ? Come on, put your “big boy” pants on and tell us !!!
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Nothing. He’s just not my favorite player. He was a valuable, maybe even the most valuable, component of multiple championship teams at a position of scarcity for many years, being paid millions to do so. Last year he reached a point where his offense no longer made up for his lack of defense, and I didn’t like the idea of paying him to play into his 40s because his bat wouldn’t fly at any other position and I don’t think he would be the type to retire. I cheered for him to win the MVP in 99 and 2006, thought he was robbed outright in 06 and thought he was incredibly awesome in 09. Just so happens he isn’t playing well anymore and the yankees contract with him ended and yet they gave him 3 years. I would have given him 1 year. I thought 2 was a good compromise but expected 3. Got 3+1, so not the best result. For the yankees my favorite players were posada, bernie,mariano, pettitte and in the 2000s matsui, a-rod sheffield cano wang etc.
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I can accept that as a creditable response. But, don’t expect the Yanks to call you for your advice. We all have certain ideas and feelings. I never liked Sheffield one iota, he always wore out his welcome everywhere he went.
Now, go get a coke or something. ( Make it Phil, if you will )
mick June 8th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
jeter hugged youk at 3B, they’re not buddies though
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Brokeback Yankee?
Logan gave up a hit to a lefty? No way!
There’s our loogy again, who can’t get lefties out.
In the 70′s i witnessed the yankees 14.5 games back of the rs & the rs folded like a cheap suit.
They say life is not about where you end up,it’s the journey.
Baseball is not about the journey,it’s where you end up.
Can someone remind me why this jackass Logan is on this team????
A.J. Burnett is a journeyman pitcher who had one good year, and Cashman got suckered into overpaying. It’s just that simple.
Right now the Red Sox are just better than the Yankees, but there is still a long way to go. Let’s see where they’re at come August.
By the way, GB, what happened to all the regulars – Betsy, Pat M., Trishia, CB, Guiseppe, SJ44, et. al.? Or are they like me waiting until the season really starts?
logan doesn’t have it tonight needs to dig deep here
Lefties batting .342 against Logan this year – even the binder can’t hide that statistic, can it?
Good job Logan….pitch around Pedroia.
Its feels like ellsbury has more hits this season in games against us than gardner has hits this season. The boone logan experience is akin to a barium enema.
But, don’t expect the Yanks to call you for your advice.
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Did I ever?
well, Logan needs to earn a bit of his paycheck here.
even I’ll say the game is on the line.
Boone can’t get ONE freaking out
By the way, GB, what happened to all the regulars – Betsy, Pat M., Trishia, CB, Guiseppe, SJ44, et. al.?
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They are out on a protest march.
$5 he walks in a run
Pep-
In Cash’s defense, the Yanks needed multiple pitchers that year and got the biggest prize in Cc, so taking a gamble on AJ didn’t seem so bad at the time, although not at those $.
Logan just has no idea where those pitches are going right now.
not good….. might be better if he just walks AGone
where was that?
That was a strike, but I don’t blame the ump. Logan is awful.
Did Kay just say that was a big ball?
Cervelli didn’t frame the pitch right. I’m done with him!
my god!
I think Logan’s stay with the Yankees is over.
Now that is unforgivable. Logan sucks
Test #1 FAIL
everytime our offense get something back, someone gives it up…
“where was that?”
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very bottom of the strike zone. close but probably a strike.
the fact that he can’t put a fastball anywhere near the plate is the problem.
Oh go f urself. That f”ing 2-1 pitch cost us another run.
Meanwhile, boone logan is miserable.
sigh….. so much for the shut-down inning
# LockDown June 8th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Does Cervelli call anything besides low & outside….
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Not sure ! LOL But he does throw “high & away” to 2nd real well.
Flores, Norton, someone? Anyone?
Why hasn’t Boone Logan been DFA’d? He’s HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE.
Why do I sense that Youk is going to clear em here?
Logan’s body language is just awful – time to DFA – he isn’t getting it back
gotta stop it here
I would probably DFA boone for that walk, simply because they don’t have time to let inconsistent relievers struggle. June 1 to the ASB is time to work in new guys and maybe make a trade.
There are too many players on this team who shouldn’t be on it. It is just unreal how they trot the same crap out there night after night.
This whole Battery right now should be gone.
Thankfully wrong.
sit down Youk
clearly a strike
joy to the world!
sit down youk
Nice. 3BB in that inning = 27/9.
“taking a gamble on AJ didn’t seem so bad at the time, although not at those $.”
Straw -
Like you, I didn’t have a problem with giving him a contract, the problem was the money he gave him. It’s just too much for a journeyman.
I mean he has zero confidence in himself. He would’ve bet $5 he walks in a run as well. Get rid of him. Its not that tough of a decision. My Goodness.
final score could be 8-6, another 2 run game.
Three more would be nice here.
we got AJ to keep him from the sox who he once owned
BD,
I get it, but we’re not playing the Orioles. There is a difference when we play the Red Sox. Perhaps not for you, but for most fans, these are the series we look forward to.
All started with a 2 out walk to Varitek – for some reason the pitchers on this team have struggled with the #9 hitter for the last 2 or 3 years. It drives me crazy – no idea why that is
“Nice. 3BB in that inning = 27/9.”
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and I’d consider them lucky to get out of that inning with just the 1 run.
4 runs is tough, but not insurmountable. If Logan had grooved a fastball to Gonzalez they might be down 7 right now.
it’s up to the offense to bail them out…
Logan still throwing with great velocity and is effective versus RHers…Just needs to find his mindset for slider and he’ll be a force again. You don’t give up that easily on a lefty who throws 95mph…
He is frustrating to watch right now though…but we’ve seen this before.
4 NYY June 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
# LockDown June 8th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Does Cervelli call anything besides low & outside….
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Not sure ! LOL But he does throw “high & away” to 2nd real well.
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Sad but TRUE!
Cervelli needs to go. He has no business catching for us.
# ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Flores, Norton, someone? Anyone?
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Flores, worth a try. Norton finally healthy, GET HIM HERE NOW !!!
I don’t get how relievers can come in the game and walk people.
Maybe Logan needs to focus on breathing through his eyeballs.
Don’t have to retaliate for that one.
charge the mound – that was totally intentional
I don’t get how relievers can come in the game and walk people.
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Every reliever you bring in increases the chance that the pitcher just doesn’t have it.
cano is so used to getting beaned by 95mp fastballs he didnt even keep that 66mph one
and to add insult to injury, AA is warming up
# GoldGlove9486 June 8th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
I don’t get how relievers can come in the game and walk people.
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Takes a lot of balls !
swbyankeesTT
Norton has a pretty wicked slider. He has faced three hitters and struck two out with them.
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Call him up.
It would be more fun to see the Yanks load the bases and then Aceves comes in and shuts it all down.
aceves will def. retaliate
“I get it, but we’re not playing the Orioles. There is a difference when we play the Red Sox. Perhaps not for you, but for most fans, these are the series we look forward to.”
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Wang,
until you’ve spent your entire life as a Yankee fan in Boston, you don’t know what the “difference” really is.
I had elementary school teachers pretending to give me “F’s” because i had drawn the Yankee logo on my bookcovers. My friends are having a laugh with their posts on Facebook about how they love it when AJ pitches.
I get it.
But I also understand the grand scheme of things. EVERY year in April, May, or June some of my friends say “how bout those Yankees (behind the Sox in the standings)”?
and every year the Yankees make the playoffs.
I don’t get down… because the Yankees almost always come through over the long haul. No other team can say that.
But what I also get,
Pepitone June 8th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
“taking a gamble on AJ didn’t seem so bad at the time, although not at those $.”
Straw -
Like you, I didn’t have a problem with giving him a contract, the problem was the money he gave him. It’s just too much for a journeyman.
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That’s the price for pitching if you don’t develop your own.
On the bright side, he was a big help in winning WS in 2009.
Imagine what the score would be if the redsox were as good as this announcer thinks they are.
What about Igawa for Logan ….. /ducks and hides
“You don’t give up that easily on a lefty who throws 95mph…”
And you especially don’t give up on a lefty who is only 26 years old.
Barring injury, he’s only going to get better.
The good news is Logan’s ERA actually went down.
Annnnnd another 3-1 swing.
the 3-1 swings are brutal…
Why are you swinging there Brett. Unbelievable. Time after time chasing ball 4.
Let’s light up the Mexican gangster!
here we go….
let’s score at least 2 here and make it interesting against old pal Ace.
And you especially don’t give up on a lefty who is only 26 years old.
Barring injury, he’s only going to get better.
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He is a reliever, this is debatable that he is guaranteed to improve, and he hasn’t thrown as hard as he did last year. Avg down to 91 mph. Waiting for relievers to improve can be folly, because a reliever is uniquely positioned to absolutely blow up any game they enter, and they only have limited chances to recover or make up for it. You can’t keep throwing him out there to suck waiting for the 1 year when he puts it together. Relievers are volatile, thats why you don’t give them huge contracts. Mariano and other elite relievers are exceptions.
“Why are you swinging there Brett. Unbelievable.”
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funny thing is, swinging against Wakefield’s fastball is probably a good thing.
It just happened to be a pretty nasty pitch. It had decent movement on it (or maybe it was just so slow that it had a changeup effect.)
either way, Gardy made up for it.
It would be cool if Nunez walked and Cervelli hit a grand salami…you never can predict what will happen in this game
TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
They are just complete pessimists who use this place to vent their frustration when the Yanks play bad. I understand, but I don’t think it does much to add to the baseball conversation here.
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TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Why do I sense that Youk is going to clear em here?
TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Now that is unforgivable. Logan sucks
TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
There’s our loogy again, who can’t get lefties out.
come on Nunez…. wait for your pitch and hammer it
PLEASE
Jenny Craig should call Ace
eesh
tough test for Nunez with 2 strikes vs Ace
lots of pitches to try and fool him with to get him to chase.
patience Nunez!
# 38HotDogs June 8th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
What about Igawa for Logan ….. /ducks and hides
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I had no idea !
You think they would like one another ?
so aceves throws 95 now????
West Coast Yankee Fan June 8th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
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2 of those are reactions, not gloomy predictions
“Historically the yankees have a losing first half record against the red sox, and a winning second half record.”
Not last year. 5-3 vs. BOS in 1st half. 4-6 in the 2nd half. And they were sending out AAA lineups in those September series.
dont see that every day
BD,
There is NO WAY I could have lasted in Boston, so congrats (I’m serious about that.) I was there working for a while and hated the Sox fans — and that was before they finally won in 2004.
My best friend happens to have grown up there and rubs in in my face when we lose…in a nice way, of course.
When we play the Sox, I don’t care about the season; I only care about the series.
Ah jesus. This is the nightmare.
how does one fall a ball off his face?
“Waiting for relievers to improve can be folly, because a reliever is uniquely positioned to absolutely blow up any game they enter, and they only have limited chances to recover or make up for it.”
They used to say the same things about Sparky Lyle early in his career, and he turned out to be pretty good.
I understand your point, but it’s still too early to consider him a bust.
Pitch to Nunez was a foot inside
why didn’t they take Aceves anyway?
LOL
Wow — the hits keep coming. He’s going to have a whopper of a headache.
After all the pre-season ink about our rotation being the week spot, we may be undone by the bullpen.
Feliciano out, Soriano proving Cashman right every day, Logan has seemingly lost whatever he had, Joba DL’d, all after we let Aceves and Mitre go.
I guess Noesi, Ayala & Co. are suddenly very important pieces.
H Y P O C R I S Y
Probably why you don’t DH your only other IF for the night. Now Nunez has to stick it out.
Tough kid. Good for him!!
Aceves always starts the year good and then gets injured by the break.
He’s a trooper! Also, it sickens me to see Aceves on the Sox. Ugh.
I understand your point, but it’s still too early to consider him a bust.
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He doesn’t have to be a bust. Its not like we need to develop boone logan. He has been bad his entire career. They did something last year and he was very good in the 2nd half. They either need to do that or move him out of the bullpen/into a less important role.
And what the hell, Sparky Lyle started his career with 1000 innings of 2.6 ERA ball?
Time for a Cervelli Grand Salami!
need to get some here….
where did aceves get this spike in velocity???
a Cervelli slam would be awesome!
Not signing Aceves is another notch on Cashmans great resume.
Wang,
forget about the girls I date.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone out with a girl and she simply assumes I must be a huge Sox fan and starts to talk about how much she loves them.
If a girl in Boston tells me she isn’t really a baseball fan I pretty much want to hook up with them right then and there.
Come on Cervelli!
Now this is getting interesting
Alright! Move the line along!
so has Cervelli made up for his 2 errors yet?
yeah baby!! let’s do this!
These are the situations where Jeter has shined…
Right?
Right?
“My best friend happens to have grown up there and rubs in in my face when we lose…in a nice way, of course.”
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Yes, but when all is said and done, they are still stuck being Red Sox fans.
Cervelli comes through today. An unexpected bonus we’ll take!
just when you wanna hate cervelli he goes 3 for 3
At least Cervelli has redeemed himself tonight.
Get 2 runs back here…the Sox don’t have anyone to put in the 7th that’ll scare the Yankees and we have just one more inning till D-Rob
Cervelli = Boston killer
.429 career hitter!
Aceves is leaking, disgusting.
if he hits into a double play im going to scream…….
Nice DJ-3K logo on ESPN.
Thinks Aceves is sweating a little??
I thought Ace was all fired up to go to boston to shove it up our a$$es? Bring it, Ace.
I’ll set myself on fire if jeter gidp.
if he hits a GS
it should count for 11 hits!
Insert derogatory Mexican term here.
oh man
Gardy……
but better safe than sorry. hard to argue.
gardner has no instincts
Are u serious? Brett gardner is the worst baserunner in the game.
Wow. Gardener has the yips.
Gardner
Smart Gardner !
Gardner = worse baserunning instincts
Cervelli’s really not terrible with the bat. He has a propensity to drive in runs, which makes up for his low overall batting average. the issue is with his defense, which is very ironic considering how he was tauted his rookie season
Gardner WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! Worst base runner ever
3-1 again….
Take the 3-1 pitch pls
Posada would’ve scored on that!
WTF Gardner?!?!?
And they should have sent him anyway….
Is Aceves sweating? What the hell is that?
Ace is trying to get a commercial deal with American Airlines “wanna get away?”
cmon Jete
94??? where was this when he was a yankee?
good take make him throw a strike
That was a good take by Jeter. He wouldn’t have hit that pitch
Ughh
LOL
hahaha, enough said
damnit, who didnt know that?
Please no GIDP, please!!!
Carlo,
you jinxed it!!!
FIRE
DJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ JETER!!!!!!!!!
Carlo no
Double play jeter as usual
CAPTAIN CLUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who didn’t see that coming…..
Wow. Just amazing. More amazing that its not at all amazing actually.
Hate to pick on him…but Gardner ran us out of that inning….
Jeter fails again!
is anyone really surprised that happened?
Now the runners not moving up on the wild pitch looms large
Unreal. Only Gardner could not score on a wild pitch and then Jeter bangs into 2.
Gardner cost us 2 runs there. He and Nunez both score.
Jerkface – no what?
Gardner not scoring there is big right now
Hate to pick on him…but Gardner ran us out of that inning….
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Technically Jeter hit them out of the inning, but if Gardner scores on that WP its 8-6 and jeters ground out is an rbi ground out 8-7 with a runner at 2nd/third 2 outs for granderson.
Where is the brain-splatter emoticon?
Jerkface – no what?
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Don’t set yourself on fire
YEAHH!!!!!!!!!!
Brett Gardner picking his butt while he could have walked home and everyone move up which is pivotal with Captain Groundout at the plate
the DP KING DOES IT AGAIN
all of that and only 1 run scored…
3-1 count to a DP..
Carlo June 8th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
I thought Ace was all fired up to go to boston to shove it up our a$$es? Bring it, Ace.
I’ll set myself on fire if jeter gidp.
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Anyone got a match?
I’m sure Jeter will beat Gardner with a sock full of soap bars in the lockerroom after the game for basically FORCING him to ground into a double play.
I’m en fuego. Skin melting.
And that was the game. Man it’s tough watching Jeter.
I really have trouble still rooting for Jeter…….first thought when he came up was worrying about a double play.
Next time just take the strike out.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
It should be 8-7. Inexcusable!!!
“Technically Jeter hit them out of the inning, but if Gardner scores on that WP its 8-6 and jeters ground out is an rbi ground out 8-7 with a runner at 2nd/third 2 outs for granderson.”
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painful, very painful, but true.
It’s hard to blame Gardner there because if he’s out at home he looks like the goat. but… well… yeah
Can anyone explain what good Gardner is on the team? The ONE thing he has is speed. Yet he never uses it. He doesn’t steal in key points late in games, and he can’t score from 3rd on a ball to the screen? What good is he? He’s a .240 hitting singles hitter who doesn’t use his speed. He needs to go. Get somebody in left field with some pop or at least someone who can do SOMETHING to help the team win.
Jeter hasn’t been clutch in at least 5 years
Gardner is an idiot and Jeter sucks.
Major Fail by both Gardner and Jeter there. DJ should have taken that pitch as a K was less costly than a DP there.
Dill Gardner plays scared, that was ridiculous w/ his speed on 3rd base
That inning is so demoralizing. Then having to watch more boone logan is the pee on the sht sandwich.
Just because your fast does not make u a good baserunner!! Gardner is a horrid baserunner
Gardner apparently thought jeter was HBP.
Jeter is still the one that GIDP AGAIN!
Jerkface June 8th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Hate to pick on him…but Gardner ran us out of that inning….
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Technically Jeter hit them out of the inning, but if Gardner scores on that WP its 8-6 and jeters ground out is an rbi ground out 8-7 with a runner at 2nd/third 2 outs for granderson.
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Gardner was dumb, but this is not the excuse for Jeter hit DP, period.
I understand you are good at looking for excuses for any Yankee weakness/failure.
good.
Good time to hit poopi
Can anyone explain what good Gardner is on the team?
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He is the best outfielder in the majors and when he is right gets on base a lot. And he is cheap. The Yankees can upgrade any time they want without having to kick Gardner off the team or worry about a huge contract.
Jerkface,,,,Gardner advances like he should have there is no DP….
“# TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Major Fail by both Gardner and Jeter there. DJ should have taken that pitch as a K was less costly than a DP there.
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yeah he just swings away to avoid the K, a 58 straight no strikeout streak doesn’t mean much when most are weak grounders
These announcers are all over the sox! I want to switch to yes but I have to hear more of this crap?
For some reason, Gardner is afraid to run — in any situation. I’d have him talk to a sports psychologist. I’m serious when I say that. His speed is his best asset and yet he doesn’t use it? Why?
the 3-2 fastball from Aceves was up too. It seems like it was hard to get on top of that ball and hit a grounder but Jeter found a way.
He needs to start driving those – obviously.
Pat that doesnt change the fact that Jeter DID hit into another DP.
West Coast Yankee Fan June 8th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Carlo June 8th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
I thought Ace was all fired up to go to boston to shove it up our a$$es? Bring it, Ace.
I’ll set myself on fire if jeter gidp.
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Anyone got a match?
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Too easy….
The Yankees will probably lose this game by 1-2 runs, as they always do.
Brett Gardner is what Jerkface ??? He’s a 4th outfielder
I have to think most other players on the team score on that wild pitch. Not Posada and obviously not Gardner, but most others get in there. Ruined a great chance.
I’m a big Jeter fan and it’s hard to see his demise.
I’m sorry is someone suggesting that Jeter not swing at a strike? Then why have him on the team?
Jerkface,,,,Gardner advances like he should have there is no DP….
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yea thats what I just said? But he didn’t, and Jeter had trouble again in a late inning RISP situation. There were factors that, had they been different, would have led to a more positive result, but end of the day Jeter hit a groundball, not a line drive or flyball.
now logan seems to be ok….
if anyone needed proof of how pitiful Crawford is against lefties…
That just killed us.
Jeter is unclutch. He GIDP with bases loaded.
Garnder should have run on wild pitch, everyone moves up, avoids DP and another runner scores.
Wonder if guillen was our manager if Gardner would be getting an earful right now or Jeter?
I’d start to give Dickerson some playing time in left field for the time being. I don’t care what his past base stealing percentages are- Gardner needs time off. He has the worst base running instincts of a guy with his speed that I’ve ever seen. Give Dickerson some at bats, both are leftys and play similar games.
Jeter sucks so hard with RISP.
Brett Gardner is what Jerkface ??? He’s a 4th outfielder
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When he is going right he is an extremely valuable ballplayer that would fit in on most teams in CF. Best defensive OFer or in the running for it and very cheap.
need another rally before Bard/Papelpants
Jerkface,
2009 Jeter was great
Well at least Logan recovered there.
sunny615 June 8th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Wonder if guillen was our manager if Gardner would be getting an earful right now or Jeter?
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Not that it would make a difference but both deserve it. Even if Gardner scores, Jeter’s groundout probably wouldn’t have even scored Nunez from 3rd…
2009 Jeter was great
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One of his best seasons ever.
I am not a hockey fan and I really don’t care if the Bruins win or lose…. but it’s kinda nice to see the Canucks getting their butts handed to them after their shenanigans in this series.
RS June 8th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
if anyone needed proof of how pitiful Crawford is against lefties…
doesn’t matter for them, pretty much 1-7 and counting.
* butts handed to them in the last 5 periods at least
“Not signing Aceves is another notch on Cashmans great resume.”
Considering Cashman cited the 40 man roster spot/big league deal as his reasoning, then proceeds to fill the roster with garbage like Sanit, Carlyle, Marquez, Pendleton, Molina, etc. is highly questionable.
Gardner has no baserunning instincts, Melky would have scored on that passed ball.
Brett Gardner: fastest guy in baseball. WORST BASERUNNER IN BASEBALL.
should have signed Carl Crawford and traded Gardner away for a bag of Doritos
Give Logan a few innings and maybe even a start to sraighten himself out. I recall several relievers who were struggling and given some innings and came around from that point onward. Last one I recall was Scott Proctor.
“The Yankees will probably lose this game by 1-2 runs, as they always do.”
Yep.
Gardner exposing himself the more he plays. A guy with his limited talent can’t be as dumb as he is. If he doesn’t correct himself, he is a 4th OF at best.
Sanit, Carlyle, Marquez, Pendleton, Molina, etc. is highly questionable.
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like gardner they are cheap.
garage sale pickups.
Pat M.!
Good to see you on here, I was wondering what happened to all the regulars.
Are they still around?
Gardner is the worst fast guy I’ve ever seen at running the bases. He’s not a great hitter, either and he can’t bunt to save his life. Good fielder though. Although I think Dickerson or Go,son are essentially the same player.
It’s not like Aceves has been great for the Sox… They gave him a shot in the rotation and he’s already lost his spot. He’s been alright but if he’s on the team then I doubt they take the chance on Colon. Colon entered the year as the long man which was Ace’s old job.
Oh well. At least http://jetergroundercounter.com will tick up a few more points today. The march to history continues!
We had chances even w/o a strong outing by AJ.
That Gardner/Jeter inning.
Boone logan not chocking up a run when all he had to do was get ONE out
Cervelli’s error tacked on another run
Cano not throwing home to get Big Sloppi
Jeter not hustling for ground ball to end inning, run scores.
This score would be very different if a lot of crap didn’t happen
should have signed Carl Crawford and traded Gardner away for a bag of Doritos
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YEah another long term contract is what this team needs.
Purenyyankee June 8th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Brett Gardner: fastest guy in baseball. WORST BASERUNNER IN BASEBALL.
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Not even close, but I would like to ask Jorge Posada to quit coaching him.
tampayank June 8th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
should have signed Carl Crawford and traded Gardner away for a bag of Doritos
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I’m not a Gardner fan but 142 million for Crawford? No thanks…
Jeter has become a major choke artist. He is clueless with no approach at all with RISP. Sad.
“Brett Gardner: fastest guy in baseball. WORST BASERUNNER IN BASEBALL.”
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the Yanks were down 3, so it’s not quite as bad that Gardner didn’t run there.
If they were down 1 in the 8th or 9th, it’s a different story.
Hindsight is 20/20… if he’d have been out at home – this place would be destroying him for running home when the Yanks were down 3 and there was a rally going.
it stinks that Jete hit the DP…. but I personally don’t think it was the worst decision not to run.
“should have signed Carl Crawford and traded Gardner away for a bag of Doritos”
Forget Crawford. Gardner isin’t even as good as Melky.
Gardner not running doesn’t excuse Jeter’s double play….
He has to be better with runners in scoring position.
He has to be better with runners in scoring position.
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Currently hitting .175
“It’s not like Aceves has been great for the Sox… They gave him a shot in the rotation and he’s already lost his spot.”
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aside from one bad start, he’s exceeded expectations so far.
Granderson is now in a slump… Tex gets robbed. Now the Jeter DP is looming large.
If they were down 1 in the 8th or 9th, it’s a different story.
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This is true, the score deficit being so high resulted in not sending anyone on those hits to left despite crawfords arm being terrible and likely resulted in Gardner being more cautious. They needed base runners and a big hit.
““It’s not like Aceves has been great for the Sox… They gave him a shot in the rotation and he’s already lost his spot.”
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aside from one bad start, he’s exceeded expectations so far.”
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take away that 1 bad start and his ERA is in the low 2′s.
not bad for a low risk bullpen signing.
Boston Dave:
Do you watch Gardner? He is a terrible baserunner. He needs a better secondary lead and he scores standing up. Nunez was almost at third.
Pepitone # 25….Good to see you here…..Did you catch the Yanks last weekend when they were here ????
“# ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
should have signed Carl Crawford and traded Gardner away for a bag of Doritos
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YEah another long term contract is what this team needs.
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heat of the moment post :0
Bring back Melky!!!!
Watching Aceves do for the Sox what he used to do for the Yanks is very annoying to watch. Cashman wastes so much money and I can’t believe that he wouldn’t guarantee him a contract. Just pathetic..
ac1 June 8th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Gardner not running doesn’t excuse Jeter’s double play….
He has to be better with runners in scoring position.
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True, but with Jeter hitting into DPs with RISP on a regular bases, the dude has to RUN.LIKE.THE.WIND!!!!
Jeter really is captain unclutch thusfar. Very sad to see.
Do you watch Gardner? He is a terrible baserunner.
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This year, but its coachable. And it doesn’t negate his ability to get on base and play outstanding defense.
BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
“It’s not like Aceves has been great for the Sox… They gave him a shot in the rotation and he’s already lost his spot.”
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aside from one bad start, he’s exceeded expectations so far.
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You probably know more than me as I haven’t followed him that closely. I just saw his last start against the White Sox and he didn’t look good at all. The Yanks made an attempt to keep him but I’ve heard he wasn’t the easiest guy to deal with either…
Watching Derek Jeter makes me nauseous. You keep thinking he’s got one more good moment, but he really doesn’t. He’s awful, and doesn’t look like he cares.
96 MPH????????? of course , bc he’s not with the yankees no more..UNREAL
Jeter needs to spend more time in the weight room and less time in the clubs.
Losing bat speed as you get older is normal, but to have it fall off the cliff the
way it’s happened to him since last June is ridiculous. The only other thing I
can think of is a torn or inflamed tendon in his right arm/shoulder.
“Boston Dave:
Do you watch Gardner? He is a terrible baserunner. He needs a better secondary lead and he scores standing up. Nunez was almost at third.”
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Nunez has nothing to do with it. Of course the man on 2nd is going to make it to 3rd easily.
In hindsight, of course Gardner should have run… but the way people are reacting it’s as if it was a no-brainer decision.
I don’t see it that way.
Now they go quietly.
Arod keeps missing cookies right over the plate. He missed 2 yesterday and 1 today. It’s not a great time for him to go cold.
Guess the injury assessments about Aceves were not correct.
“This score would be very different if a lot of crap didn’t happen”
Isn’t that the story of this team? Out of 26 losses (if they lose today), I would say at most 5 were attributed to good, hard baseball. This team beats itself all the time, especially with errors/misplays and bad baserunning.
Guess the injury assessments about Aceves were not correct.
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Let’s talk in September
Tyler,
I really liked Ace when he was on the Yanks so I was pretty ticked when the Sox landed him.
He was a bit of an injury risk plus the reported attitude issues so I’m not going to criticize Cashman for something I don’t know all the details about.
It’s just a shame he landed in Boston. I could root for him if he had gone almost anywhere else.
AROD did hit a HR tonight….
Pepitone # 25….Good to see you here…..Did you catch the Yanks last weekend when they were here ????
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No, I didn’t, did you?
I hope to see them when they come back here in September.
So, tell me, where are Trisha, Betsy, CB, Guiseppe, and all the other regulars?
leaving logan in for a 3rd inning would indicate they intend to send him to Scranton no?
It was a no brainer for Gardner to run. No instincts on the basepath.
Logan in the 8th = white flag
^ SJ still post here, want his thoughts on Lebron last night?
TheStraw June 8th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Guess the injury assessments about Aceves were not correct.
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To be fair to Cashman….Aceves never looked like this before. His weight loss has really helped. From Cashman perspective, he apparently did not see such dedication when Ace was recuperating…The bike incident pissed him off.
“He (Gardner) is the best outfielder in the majors…”
Jerkface, whatever drugs you are on, I want some…
I don’t know what was more pathetic about the 6th inning. The fact that Jeter can’t ever get a big hit or the fact that Gardner has zero instincts as a player?! Can anyone think of a big hit that Jeter has gotten this year besides the hit against Pelfrey? Just a dreadful inning.
Game not over yet, but they really missed a great opportunity in the 6th. Hope they get another one, but it is getting late . . .
Oh look… Cervelli framed a pitch. #sarcasm
Jerkface, whatever drugs you are on, I want some…
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Defensively.
There is no excuse for 1 – 7. Period. And more good news: Garcia, Nova, and Burnett get 60 percent of the starts. They will do worse as the season progresses.
The Yankees should never play this bad at their own park. Especially against the Sox. There is no excuse for this disinterested, unclutch team to play this way.
Great, Joe, burn out the only remaining arm in the pen.
Nice job by Logan. He is going to need to step up with all the injuries, and should be getting more work going forward. This might just be the best thing for him to get back in synch.
We could have used Aceves huh?
Great, Joe, burn out the only remaining arm in the pen.
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What?
Pendleton is the only arm?
YankFanCA,
2009
Pepitone # 25…..Not too many come around here anymore……Stay around for a few days you’ll see why………
cannot walk varitek. just cant.
only 7 walks allowed by the Yanks.
that’s good, right?
“Pepitone # 25…..Not too many come around here anymore……Stay around for a few days you’ll see why………”
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I don’t think it’ll take a few days.
I think these 2 games show that we need 2 legit top SP
I was referring to Logan and his 33 pitches. Worked out well for Joba. Although with Logan, I’d almost rather see him unavailable.
I came in for those that love to justify pathetic performances by the nyy.
This team is totally outclassed by Boston. An 200 mill embarrassment really.
When is something done about this? We did just sweep Oakland so this is just an aberration right?
AROD is the worst contract in sports.Hate the fact we are paying him 30 mill to be an avg player.
at least the Yankees have a higher batting average than the Red Sox over the past 2 games
I think I read that’s what really matters earlier in this thread
Right now the Yanks look like the Angels against the Sox. I understand the starting pitching has been dreadful but the offense could of done more. When they start losing the body language changes and they act like the games is over. Like usual Jeter’s DP killed them.
The crowd is really cheering that pitch?? Shows how far this team has sunk as far as retaliating goes
“I think these 2 games show that we need 2 legit top SP”
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like CC and Bart?
Inexcusable to walk Varitek twice in one game.
walk counter: 8
that aint good
I’ve been on this blog for a few years.. I tell it like it is.. Love the team, but I say it like it is.. They are in a bad place right now. Holes and flaws exposed more as the season progresses. Changes need to be made. I hate Pendleton. 8 walks tonight.
How are guys in the big leagues who can’t throw strikes? I seriously don’t get it.
Did anyone else hear Michael Kay say something along the lines of “don’t do me any favors, either of you” right when they came back from commercial? Sounded like they were actually fighting.
Pendleton pitches once a century what does Girardi expect
Ace,
Why so they can get beat up by Boston as well?
This AB could clear the stadium in a hurry. Right now its still of interest.
“I hate Pendleton.”
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(I hope I’m not jinxing it but) is it the 10 inning of scoreless ball he’s thrown this year? or something else?
Pepitone # 25……I saw 8 of The Yanks 9 games on the West Coast swing……First 2 in Seattle were give away games in my opinion……
DFox, would you be surprised? I’d love to see O’Neill deck him.
See, there is a difference between criticizing bad play TONIGHT and saying the Yanks are totally outclassed by Boston. A one game difference in the standings is totally outclassed? Some perspective is needed here.
“Defensively.”
Jerkface, he is not even close to being the best defensive outfielder in baseball.
Franklin Gutierrez and Adam Jones are two I can name off the top of my head who are better defensively.
And this is not football. Gardner has to play both ways, and he is in an offensive position. He has to “hit.” The only offensive tool he has is speed — and he refuses to use it or can’t use it, for whatever reason. He should not be the starting leftfielder for the Yankees.
“Pepitone # 25…..Not too many come around here anymore……Stay around for a few days you’ll see why………”
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Pat M.
That’s too bad. I haven’t been around much myself lately, been too busy.
But, I never thought Trisha would stay away just because of the morons.
Oh well. Hope to see you more often as the season progresses.
Gardners awful. Strikes out too much doesn’t hit for power and doesn’t steal enough bases. How he doesn’t score from second on Cervellis single and then on a passed ball is a joke
here comes aceves who now throws 96 mph..:)
Alright still in it. Just dream for a second how huge this would be to come from behind and get a win. Oh it would be sweet.
Trisha is away because of the stalkers not the morons.
It’s June 8 and Ace has been a godsend for Bos. Don’t tell me wait til sept. It was for a mil!!
“Alright still in it. Just dream for a second how huge this would be to come from behind and get a win. Oh it would be sweet.”
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Agreed.
problem is I already dreamt it back in the 6th
they can still do it though
the Yankees losing games to the Sox is frustrating, but in perspective, if the Yankees make the playoffs, i dont care if they go 0-18 against the Sox.
Though i’d rather never see that.
Tito trying to stick it to us with Ace still out there.
at least the yankees don’t have lebron, he’s awful
When is Cano going to start doing something?
Ace is toying with Cano here.
Cano needs to make him pay
Where has Cano been tonight.. His swings are terrible and lapses on defense again with non-throw to home.
They are 1 game back bc the sox started 2-10 otherwise they are 5-6 back.
Two diff teams.
Theo was willing to steb back last year, retool add draft picks and answer this year. Cash never does that…..just bad contract after bad.
Jeter bad contract……Arod awful contract…..Soriano…terrible job by owners Feliciano,,,,bad
Poorly put together, continue to defer to vets, only thing Joe has done is move Posada.
More needs be done imho
Good job swinging at strikes Cano. Just mail in your at bat…
oh no
low and outside
ouch
that was a gift
maybe just outside, but still
that’s the one he chose to take?
“Pepitone # 25……I saw 8 of The Yanks 9 games on the West Coast swing……First 2 in Seattle were give away games in my opinion……”
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Pat M.
I hope to get tickets for the September trip to Anaheim.
Maybe we can meet up somewhere at the stadium.
“They are 1 game back bc the sox started 2-10 otherwise they are 5-6 back.”
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and the Yanks had a stretch where they were 3-11 (or something like that)
otherwise they are 5-6 ahead.
Cano and A-Rod need to get hot and carry this team for a stretch.
I hate to say it, but I’m really getting sick of Cano.
His defense and his plate discipline is just mind boggling.
Jerkface, he is not even close to being the best defensive outfielder in baseball.
Franklin Gutierrez and Adam Jones are two I can name off the top of my head who are better defensively.
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Not even close?
Gutz 35.9 UZR/150
Gardner 23.6 UZR/150
Adam Jones -8.5 UZR/150
Gardner is one of the best outfield defenders in the game. It cannot be denied.
Papelbum needs velcro straps, he is always tying his shoes.
team has no fight left tonight. You can see it in their swings. Cano is just terrible right now. His swings in the dirt are getting annoying.
he was out
looked like a terrible call
Does Gardner run now or not?
we got a gift there, but no doubt we will not capitalize.
Let me see if I understand this. Cashman didn’t sign Aceves because he was worried about his health; but Nick Johnson and Chavez, no problem.
2009 Yankees: 0-8 vs 9-1
2008 Yankees: 3-5 vs 6-4
2007 Yankees: 3-6 vs 7-2
2006 Yankees: 5-5 vs 6-3
2005 Yankees: 4-5 vs 6-4
2004 Yankees: 3-6 vs 4-5
First half and second half wins numbers vs the red sox. I looked it up since someone posted 2010
closer than i thought
eh, bad call but it was still close. his foot did come off the bag.
finally a SB!
He just barely made it there….
hard hits just not dropping
This comparison to past teams has come up before. It has absolutely no relevance to this year’s team at all. Different players and/or older players = a different team and different results.
amazing how we never tried to steal on wakefield/varitek
story of the night so far
frankly, the Yanks are lucky to be in this game with some of the mistakes and sheer bad luck they’ve had.
Gardner ideally is a 4th outfielder. He would be an asset to a deep team as a $500k defensive replacement, pinch runner and to spell your regulars. I said this two years ago – I was right then and I am right now.
He just barely made it there….
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He isn’t getting good jumps, I remember in spring Girardi pushing Gardner to steal 70 and Granderson to steal 40. Perhaps aggression doesn’t work for Gardner. They should just let him do his own thing. Or bring in a competent outside coach to work with him.
Well let’s see: Jeter is the most un-clutch player ever, Cano has regressed to hack-mode, Garcia and Colon are coming back to earth, Joba is out, A-rod is mediocre and making 30 million, Jorge isn’t hitting .200, Gardner has the worst base-running instincts of all time, and the worst thing is Cashman/Stein won’t call up anyone named Jesus, Vazquez, etc., because they’re too worried about the egos of aging ex-superstars who can’t get it done anymore.
Yep, should be a great 2nd half!!!!
Jerkface,
so we can expect a repeat of 2009 then is what you are saying?
Francona managing this game terrific. Saving bard/paps.
I wouldn’t say they are “in” the game down 3 with one to go.
Cano complains about being called out on a ball out of the strike zone after swinging at them all night long.
Francona managing this game terrific. Saving bard/paps.
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Bard is not available tonight
so we can expect a repeat of 2009 then is what you are saying?
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I’m saying crying right now about the future doesn’t do you a lot of good.
“He just barely made it there….
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He isn’t getting good jumps”
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though true, it was also essentially a perfect throw from Varitek, but point taken.
West Coast Yankee Fan June 8th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Let me see if I understand this. Cashman didn’t sign Aceves because he was worried about his health; but Nick Johnson and Chavez, no problem.
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Pretty ironic, huh?
It may have had something to do with Aceves’ personality and attitude and not just his back. There was some talk about it this year with the Red Sox. He’s not as easy-going as I had once thought. He’s a little “difficult” to manage — that’s according to Red Sox reports. I guess he was telling everyone he should be starting…
“I wouldn’t say they are “in” the game down 3 with one to go.”
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you should write to the league and tell them that saves should only count for 1 run games then
RhapsodyInBlue June 8th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Cano complains about being called out on a ball out of the strike zone after swinging at them all night long.
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Gotta admit: I smirked when Cano started arguing. He’s been swinging at garbage all night.
Gardner ideally is a 4th outfielder. He would be an asset to a deep team as a $500k defensive replacement, pinch runner and to spell your regulars. I said this two years ago –I was right then and I am right now.
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Really dumb.
Gardner has much more value as trade bait than as a 4th OF.
# BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
at least the Yankees have a higher batting average than the Red Sox over the past 2 games
I think I read that’s what really matters earlier in this thread
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Silly post. You know I was referring to season avg., not 2 games. They’re leading in avg., we lead in homers. If we hit for a better avg. than we have so far it’ll mean even more HR’s and more rallies & more runs.
Have to let Cervelli hit to lead off the 9th, no real solid options off the bench from the left side, plus Martin is hurt.
Wang – not a good reason to not sign him. The guy was what, 13-1 with a 3.29 ERA in 2009-10?
“Really dumb.
Gardner has much more value as trade bait than as a 4th OF.”
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no doubt.
frankly, I am still in the camp that believes Gardner has value as a starter on this team anyway.
Jerkface,
Neither is comparing everything that happens this season to 2009
“you should write to the league and tell them that saves should only count for 1 run games then”
I have, they do not respond. 4 runs now.
Write your story Chad.
Someone jinxed Pendleton !
and there goes Pendleton’s 11 inning scoreless streak
and no save for Papelbon….
Good job now Papelbum gets saved for tomorrow
Neither is comparing everything that happens this season to 2009
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Everything? Or you mean that its possible that the Yankees can beat the red sox at some point this season? Thats not everything.
The only question about tomorrows game is if the Red Sox score in the first inning
Cano has been awful this yr. His discipline is shot. Hrs an easy out
“Someone jinxed Pendleton !”
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maybe – I don’t think it counts since it wasn’t the same inning
# Wang IS Taiwan June 8th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
RhapsodyInBlue June 8th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Cano complains about being called out on a ball out of the strike zone after swinging at them all night long.
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Gotta admit: I smirked when Cano started arguing. He’s been swinging at garbage all night.
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he needs to get his head in the game I don’t know if he’s trying to prove that last yr wasn’t a fluke or trying to do to much because the guys batting behind him haven’t done much but whatever it is he needs to get on track.
I hate to say it, but I’m really getting sick of Cano.
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I am really trying to figure out what his problem is. Either he is immature, has ADD, a lack of focus or just plays half assed, one of those. He never gives a full effort and when was the last time he busted it to 1st base instead of jogging?
Well, cross-eyed Carl is turning out to be a good signing for them. Sure wish we had him over Gardner…
I said on a deep team did I say the Yankees? No. Really dumb.
…and by the way – trade him.
does it matter what the Yankees record is against the Sox if they are still tied in the loss column after tonight?
This feels like 2009 not because of the Yankees ineptness against the Sox, but because of the fact that the Sox can’t capitalize on that ineptness.
wow
HR
*not happy*
““Someone jinxed Pendleton !””
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ok – I’ll take the blame after all….
I HATE THE REDSOX!!!
Very frustrating game….really no excuse for losing this one if they do. Wakefield is horrible and AJ laid an egg….with the assist by air mail Cervelli…..seriously Cervelli’s biggest problem is that he’s a better hitter than he is a catcher.
Embarrassing game
Do we have any pitchers that pitch to the Sux? Or is this just a bad night all-around?
If anyone thinks trading Montero is a good idea for a pitcher than you have not been watching this offense all year…….and I don’t care if we need to save the DH spot for the old guys collecting checks for past performance (Jeter, Posada, ARod)..we need some young offensive talent on this team that can hit for a high average and Montero can be a guy like that at DH and back-up catcher….
wow. Pendleton has been so good. Now it’s a blow out.
this team is PATHETIC. anyone who thinks they’ll be playing baseball in October, go check yourself into a mental clinic right now.
Tomorrow they will be swept.
they should drill Veritek
Pendleton
When you’re only striking out 3 batters per 9 with fringe stuff you’re gonna get hammered once and a while.
Jerkface,
at the beginning of the season did you think they would start off with 1 win against the Sox at this point in the season?
Again, in YS, by Sux.
good, $200M team.
An embarrassment. No other way to write this story. The Red Sux came to our ballpark and humiliated us. Right now, they are clearly a better team.
If Gardner is our biggest problem we should all rejoice
# mrpappageorgio June 8th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Well, cross-eyed Carl is turning out to be a good signing for them. Sure wish we had him over Gardner…
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Crawford was never in the mix for the Yankees though. They never really thought about bringing him on
Well at least this prevents us from hearing “rally in their bones” drivel.
“If anyone thinks trading Montero is a good idea for a pitcher than you have not been watching this offense all year…….and I don’t care if we need to save the DH spot for the old guys collecting checks for past performance (Jeter, Posada, ARod)..we need some young offensive talent on this team that can hit for a high average and Montero can be a guy like that at DH and back-up catcher….”
I agree but the yankees have to let him play even when he sucks, which they don’t usually do.
If I were C.C I’d opt out the first chance I got unless some major things change with the management of this club.
I’m tired of the excuses for not bringing Montero up…he’s their best prospect, he’s always been able to hit….he’s a catcher….let’s see what he can do.
at the beginning of the season did you think they would start off with 1 win against the Sox at this point in the season?
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Uh I generally don’t imagine what the series split is going to be on Jun 1st before the season. My position then and now is that the Yankees make the playoffs by hook or by crook.
“this team is PATHETIC. anyone who thinks they’ll be playing baseball in October, go check yourself into a mental clinic right now.”
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how are the meals?
RS,
so another words we should be happy with 1 win against them up till this point?
How come the Yankees always bring up guys for relief help that are not on anyones radar of talent they have in the minors? Bring some of these guys up that people think can actually you know help the team.
The funny thing is the Sox are a decent team at best with a ton of holes but against the Yanks they get up for these games. Garcia throwing 80 mph garbage and AJ needing a diaper when he is on the mound against them also helps. Too bad the Yanks can’t get up for these games.
It’s just demoralizing to watch this. So much for enjoying this series…
I really think they will be worse in 2012.
“Right now, they are clearly a better team.”
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that’s how baseball works. If the Yankees cruise tomorrow, they are the better team.
relax.
Bee dogs-
Care to out some money on that statement?
I’ve been watching the hockey, which is painful in its own right. At least Boston players are being stretchered off every now and then.
Oh well, I was hoping they could keep the deficit at 3.
Convert Brackman to the bullpen, promote Norton to AAA … let’s see what the power arms can do.
Clutch:
I mentioned that earlier — the Sux really do seem to play much better than they are against the Yanks. The Yanks are just the opposite.
man, Bruins on a 12-1 run over the past 2 games.
that’s gotta be an NHL Finals record, no?
I wish I enjoyed hockey… might actually be a good series.
Paul O’Neil: “You’ve got to hold your own turf”.
2011 Yankee Stadium
Sux 5 – Yankees 0
# Keith–FL June 8th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
If anyone thinks trading Montero is a good idea for a pitcher than you have not been watching this offense all year…….and I don’t care if we need to save the DH spot for the old guys collecting checks for past performance (Jeter, Posada, ARod)..we need some young offensive talent on this team that can hit for a high average and Montero can be a guy like that at DH and back-up catcher….
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I’d like to see Montero behind Cano not at first of course but if he comes up and does well than move him up in the order.
beedogs…The only thing PATHETIC are the ignorant posters like yourself… I think your more of a playground dodge ball participant
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that nobody here is wearing their rally caps yet.
Jerkface, you first said Gardner was “the best outfielder in the game.”
Now you’re saying he’s “one of the best defensive outfielders in the game.”
No, he is not even close defensively to Gutierrez or Jones, who both play CF. Gardner plays LF. Of course he’s ONE of the best defensive left fielders in the game, but left field is an offensive position. Gardner has one offensive tool, and he doesn’t use it. His defensive skills in LF do not make up for the fact that he brings no offense to this team.
Media (Sherman, Madden, Harper, Matthews among others) and Fans……please, please, please, please allow the Yankees to have a season or even 2 to develop some younger players, pitchers, hitters, like 1992-1994 then we can add a few peices from free agency because I absolutely hate watching this…I want to watch young, hungry players develop and become new homegrown Yankees….do you guys think the media will allow it or will they poison pen it until the Steinbrenners break and force Cashman’s hand….
leadoff walk. always comes back to haunt. let’s see if that holds true
Right now, they are clearly a better team.
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I know everyone is upset about the last 2 days but let’s not go that far. They are a decent team but the Yanks have played like garbage against them. You can’t judge their team when you throw Garcia who throws garbage and AJ who wets his pants against them everytime.
Over/Under on Jeter hitting a grounder to short?
Wow, Cervelli. That was AWESOME.
It is very rare that our season series with the Sox don’t end up about even, so even if they win tomorrow, they will only be up two games on us – despite having won eight of nine games against us.
So just like when they won the first eight against us, we ended up wining the next eight or nine and blowing them out. Let’s hope history will repeat itself this year.
“so another words we should be happy with 1 win against them up till this point?”
We should be happy that despite only having 1 win against them, we are tied in the loss column. That doesn’t mean you can’t be angry and frustrated about these games…but the goal isn’t to beat the Red Sox, it’s to make the playoffs. They’re still in position to do that
for these many runs this is an actually fast game for yanks/sox
that’s the spirit igotid88…
I’d settle for 11-8 with Papelbon being forced to pitch.
jeter really has before completely worthless with runners on base.
how is that possible?
# donnie23 June 8th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
“If anyone thinks trading Montero is a good idea for a pitcher than you have not been watching this offense all year…….and I don’t care if we need to save the DH spot for the old guys collecting checks for past performance (Jeter, Posada, ARod)..we need some young offensive talent on this team that can hit for a high average and Montero can be a guy like that at DH and back-up catcher….”
I agree but the yankees have to let him play even when he sucks, which they don’t usually do.
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If he struggles the 1st thing you’ll hear is the Yankees are down on Montero.
This is actually a lot like 2009.
The only thing keeping the Sox in the division right now is their ownage of the Yanks.
The Yanks would be well ahead of the Sox if they had even played mediocre in these first 8 games.
No, he is not even close defensively to Gutierrez or Jones, who both play CF. Gardner plays LF. Of course he’s ONE of the best defensive left fielders in the game, but left field is an offensive position. Gardner has one offensive tool, and he doesn’t use it. His defensive skills in LF do not make up for the fact that he brings no offense to this team.
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Gardner was just as good in CF in 09. He is very good and you’re severely underrating him and overrating a guy like Adam Jones. Brett Gardner led the majors in OF UZR/150 in 2010. You’re being silly if you say he isn’t one of the best OUTFIELDERS in the game.
Captain Clutch,
so your saying that AJ against Wakefield at Yankee stadium is in their favor?
“but the goal isn’t to beat the Red Sox, it’s to make the playoffs. They’re still in position to do that”
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as clear as it can be said.
if people still don’t get that, they never will.
how is that possible?
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It’s a lot easier to get hits that don’t leave the IF when no one is on base.
TheStraw: I’ll put up a few hundred. There’s no way in hell this team makes the playoffs.
The ’11 Yankees are junk, built with junk parts and playing like crap. Our GM should change his last name to Trashman, because he’s gathered up a bunch of garbage to work with.
though the goal is also for me to win my bets…
so Alex needs to hit more HR, Cano more RBI, and Yankees more wins.
# UnKnown June 8th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
How come the Yankees always bring up guys for relief help that are not on anyones radar of talent they have in the minors? Bring some of these guys up that people think can actually you know help the team.
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Flores has been around, but we badly need a 2nd lefty. And would certainly like to see Norton’s arm, while he’s healthy.
wow, that was a strike
As I posted this afternoon, Burnett losing to a 44-year-old has-been would not only be demoralizing for the fans but the team too. I never thought it would be this demoralizing. The only thing you can rely on from Burnett these days is to go missing in action as soon as the battle starts. DESERTER!
i HATE ACEVES!
Granderson looks like Swish now against all of the off speed pitches. It started in the Angels series and now the Sox have continued it. He better start laying off all of those pitches otherwise that is all they are going to continue to throw it.
“And would certainly like to see Norton’s arm, while he’s healthy.”
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or Whelan
“this team is PATHETIC. anyone who thinks they’ll be playing baseball in October, go check yourself into a mental clinic right now.”
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If you guys actually think this series determines the rest of the season for Yankee baseball, then you are the one’s who should be booking reservations for the nut house!
Bruins up 4-0. I hate the Canucks with a passion (it’s a Blues fan thing) but it kind of stinks to see Boston have another championship caliber team. The Patriots winning in ’02 really opened up the floodgates for that city…
Well maybe tomorrow they can at least score a run off of Beckett. That would be nice.
“As I posted this afternoon, Burnett losing to a 44-year-old has-been would not only be demoralizing for the fans but the team too. I never thought it would be this demoralizing.”
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do you expect anybody to take this seriously?
somehow, I think the Yanks will be able to move on.
the past offseason turned out to be a debacle for the yanks. signing useless guys and losing a pitcher like aceves to the redsox.
Aceves just doing what he did for NYY – bulldog, threw strikes, protected leads well, could go multiple innings effectively and give key arms the night off.
I remember a game on July 4th weekend where he pitched the final 4 innings of a game for us in relief of Joba I think and didn’t give up a hit or run.
Jeter will get to 3,000 Posada will finish his career hitting .187 …and this team will not play in October
Canucks are gonna come back BIG TIME when this moves back to Vancouver. The Bruins are taking advantage of the 100 degree heat and puddles on the ice.
West Coast Yankee Fan June 8th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Paul O’Neil: “You’ve got to hold your own turf”.
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Unlike some experts in here, real ball players know the importance of these games.
Yanks won’t win division this year. If they are lucky, the best outcome would be ALDS, that’s it.
“I remember a game on July 4th weekend where he pitched the final 4 innings of a game for us in relief of Joba I think and didn’t give up a hit or run.”
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I was at that game. Incredible comeback for the Yanks and massive game for Ace.
# BD (Boston Dave) June 8th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that nobody here is wearing their rally caps yet.
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No, but my monkey is close by ! LOL Too late !
so your saying that AJ against Wakefield at Yankee stadium is in their favor?
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Considering how dreadful AJ has been against them it has to be. He has a 9 era against them as a Yankee and the last couple of times he has faced them it has been batting practice.
JobaTips,
i guess you don’t need to watch any more games or waste your time in here.
you already know the outcome. so what does that say about you if you still do watch the games and post? Though, I suppose you’d probably still watch the Bachelorette even if you knew who was going to win… so I dunno.
Wakefield beats AJ!!!
good Yankee starting rotation! Just fantastic.
“Bruins up 4-0. I hate the Canucks with a passion (it’s a Blues fan thing) but it kind of stinks to see Boston have another championship caliber team. The Patriots winning in ’02 really opened up the floodgates for that city…”
It is really sickening – they have had perhaps the best run in sports history for a city over the past 10 years.
3 NFL rings
2 WS rings
1 NBA title
Probably a hockey title
And tons of deep playoff runs, even if they ended short of a title. Hate Boston.
anyone have the reason why AJ turned to garbage against them when he came here?
A.J dominated the red sox before he became a Yankee…what changed?
The Bruins have 1 awesome goalie and 0 else. When this moves back to Canada the tables are gonna turn.
Tomorrow is important. The bleeding needs to be stopped before we throw Nova, Colon and Garcia against Cleveland.
Melk Man June 8th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
“Bruins up 4-0. I hate the Canucks with a passion (it’s a Blues fan thing) but it kind of stinks to see Boston have another championship caliber team. The Patriots winning in ’02 really opened up the floodgates for that city…”
It is really sickening – they have had perhaps the best run in sports history for a city over the past 10 years.
3 NFL rings
2 WS rings
1 NBA title
Probably a hockey title
And tons of deep playoff runs, even if they ended short of a title. Hate Boston.
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Well, they still have a long way to go for the hockey title. The series is only 2-2 with home ice for Vancouver. Still, the Sox are a contender this year and the Pats should be good also if there is football. Celtics might not have another run in them though.
BD, I look for fun from these games. Tonight is NBA final off night, otherwise I would have switched the channel a while ago, like last night.
People make statement all the time.
You also made something like ‘relax, it’s early’, or ‘they will move on’. How do you know for sure? Because you are not sure. You just have to wait for these statements become true or false.
god our rotation is bad. if CC moves on in the fall we will have maybe the worst rotation in the league and still the highest payroll.
Not an enjoyable 2 games and the Yankees have played very poorly against the Red Sox. Good thing they’re where they are in the standings, mostly in first with occasional forays into second. If the offense ever gets it together for more than a couple of series, imagine where they could end up. Go CC and go Yanks . . .
This team is terrible. I do not expect an success. I watch to support but my expectations are slim to None. Can we finally trade or release Brett Gardner? He is awful! He runs the bases like he were Posada. If the only reason you are in the majors is your speed, you better use it!
“Brett Gardner led the majors in OF UZR/150 in 2010. You’re being silly if you say he isn’t one of the best OUTFIELDERS in the game.”
You’re being silly if you think he’s one of the best OUTFIELDERS in the game. Being one of the best outfielders means you have to be one of the best offensive players, too. Gardner isn’t close to that. Even just defensively, he’s not as good as the two players I mentioned (Gutierrez or Jones), and since he doesn’t play CF for the Yankees his defense is not enough to keep him in the starting lineup. Left field is not a defense-first position.