Game 60: Yankees at Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Jun 09, 2011 
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YANKEES (33-26)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Brett Gardner LF
Francisco Cervelli C
LHP CC Sabathia (7-3, 2.80)
Sabathia vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (35-26)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Marco Scutaro 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Kevin Youkilis 3B
David Ortiz DH
Jed Lowrie SS
Carl Crawford LF
Mike Cameron RF
Jason Varitek C
RHP Josh Beckett (4-2, 2.01)
Beckett vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: Originally scheduled for 7:05 p.m., now 10:30 p.m., YES Network and MLB Network
WEATHER: Hot early, but the rain helped. Not too bad now.
UMPIRES: HP Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B Brian Knight, 2B Jerry Layne, 3B Bob Davidson
SWISHALISH: Nick Swisher has hit safely in 10 of his past 11 games, batting .297 with three doubles, three home runs, seven RBI and nine walks since May 27.
SWEEP BUSTER: According to Elias, since joining the Yankees, CC Sabathia has won each of his four starts in which the Yankees were in danger of being swept. Most recently he did it on May 29 in Seattle.
STRONG FINISH: The Yankees are 15-5 in series finales this season, winning each of their last season. They are 7-3 in series finales at home.
TRYING TO GET BACK: The Yankees have spent 47 of 70 days in first place — or tied for first place — this season.
UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: Must say, there are a lot of people still here. Not sure they’ll all still be here when it’s 1 a.m. and we’re just starting the sixth inning, but more people than I expected stuck through the delay.
UPDATE, 10:38 p.m.: Francisco Cervelli’s throws are all over the place these days.
UPDATE, 10:43 p.m.: Jeter hit by the second pitch. Things might get interesting.
UPDATE, 10:44 p.m.: Granderson makes it count, following the hit batter with a two-run homer.
UPDATE, 10:56 p.m.: Is it just me, or did Ortiz look like he was expecting to be drilled by one of those first two pitches?
UPDATE, 11:26 p.m.: Wow. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a call quite like that. Bad call by Brian Knight is an opening for the Yankees.
UPDATE, 11:35 p.m.: Absolutely no reason for Beckett to intentionally hit Rodriguez in that situation, and the Yankees know it. But still.
UPDATE, 11:40 p.m.: Standing ovation as CC drills Ortiz right in the hip. He did it even with a runner on first. Ortiz took his time going to first, but that’s to be expected. Benches warned.
UPDATE, 12:11 a.m.: Even with warnings, a guy’s not going to be ejected for a hitting someone in the foot with a curveball. It’s just not going to happen. Beckett got Granderson with a curve, but he’s still in there.
UPDATE, 12:53 a.m.: Seven-run seventh inning was started by an Ortiz single and punctuated by an Ortiz double. He did the Rangers claw when he got to first base. It’s 7-2 Red Sox.
UPDATE, 1:03 a.m.: Jeff Marquez making his Yankees debut. The crowd has thinned considerably.
Welcome to West Coast baseball on the East Coast!
Anyone going to Mike’s tonight to watch the game? Ya got 5 minutes.
Wish we had the West Coast weather!
“If ur any kind of yankee fan, you want this game played tonight.”
Spoken like a man who didn’t actually have tickets tonight.
Thanks Chad!
The way the Yanks are going, it might have been better to have this one be rained out… got to get to Beckett early, can’t let him settle in.
Jackson,
lol
let’s see some Yankee Pride tonight
go Yanks!
Yanks need to watch out for a huge strike zone from the ump.
I can see the umps trying to speed this game up.
Great crowd after the delay.
Welcome to West Coast baseball on the East Coast!
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Or it could be East Coast baseball for the West Coast if you think about it….
10:00 am baseball is odd. Kind of like indoor baseball.
get that fastball down now, CC!
It’s on my9 tonight, so 725-1 on Directv.
here we go
Great now Cervelli and his noodle arm will be tested out early
cheap hit to start the game.
NESN here. So you understand my pain.
It’s amazing how much more of an impact Ellsbury can have on the basepaths right now than Gardner. For guys with comparable speed, there is quite a gap.
nibbling to scuturo. amazing
Is it fishy to anyone else that pedroia went back to boston during a yanks/sox series for a nonchalant knee injury? Doesn’t that ring a little hollow?
Big pitch there by CC… scoreless first is huge here. Give the guys a fighting chance tonight.
Don’t see Gonzalez look that bad on a pitch often….nasty
Amazing how a good pitcher can make Gonzalez look ugly
Was someone called up from AAA or are they playing 1 man short tonight?
CC has been pretty much locked in lately.
location is a bit off so far but he’ll settle in hopefully
“Is it fishy to anyone else that pedroia went back to boston during a yanks/sox series”
maybe they saw the weather report and knew tonight’s game would start past his bed time.
surprised ellsbury isn’t running
RS June 9th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Amazing how a good pitcher can make Gonzalez look ugly
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CC is a good matcup against Gonzalez going lefty-lefty. Gonzalez is scary up there though. Really good hitter.
“Amazing how a good pitcher can make Gonzalez look ugly”
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as for Youkilis?
again???
I’m DONE with CERVELLI!!!!
This is just ridiculous with these throws.
Please get Cervelli off this team…..it’s unreal
i hate Cervelli
WTF are you doing Cervelli??
Elias needs to call me immediately with the record for catcher throws into centerfield. I want to be aware when cervelli breaks it.
Cervelli sucks behind the plate.
How can you keep running Cervelli out there… It’s becoming Knoblach like…
Cervelli is a moron. If he are on your knees and have no chance DON’T THROW TO 2nd BASE!!! He has zero brain cells.
finally a scoreless first. Prayers have been answered.
the manager and assistant coach are former catchers.
how can they continue to let cervelli make throws that bad?
Maybe it’s Cisco who has the eye infection.
BD (Boston Dave) June 9th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
“Amazing how a good pitcher can make Gonzalez look ugly”
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as for Youkilis?
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Genetics did that long ago.
Cervelli is an idiot. Girardi needs to step in and tell him to quit trying to throw. He’s obviously having issues.
Tonight is a prime example of why the Yankees need another lefty in the rotation and one also for the pen….if they face the Sox in meaningful games down the stretch or in October they’ll need one
cut Frankie some slack….
IF
he can go 3-3 again tonight
Can we PLEASE get rid of Cervelli?
I don’t care how much enthusiasm he has — he can’t catch.
Cashman cannot just keep watching Cervelli play little league ball and not do anything. It’s a huge fail.
I’m not calling for Cervelli’s DFA until AFTER Martin is back.
The front office must really feel Montero is a bust if they are sticking with Cervelli…
good start, we didn’t down 0-3 this time after 1st
and Tyler hits that softball DEEP
and they are keeping Montero down because HE can’t catch….
Tonight is a prime example of why the Yankees need another lefty in the rotation and one also for the pen….if they face the Sox in meaningful games down the stretch or in October they’ll need one
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Santana would be nice, but i believe we will see Liriano on the team within the next month.
I am not advocating that though.
At the very least, Cervelli can hit granderson in the chest with his throws rather than short hoping him.
Pat M. June 9th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
GB….You have your game face on I see !!!! I will be watching the Red Sox next time they come to NYC, Friday night 9-23-2011….I’m thinking the Yanks will put The BoSox to rest that weekend and cruise to The AL Eastern Division and secure home field……
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Pat, just can’t help it. I have no use for whining idiots and trolls.
Could be a good thing in a way Cervelli making these throwing errors. Forces the hand of the brass to give up any reasons on not bringing up Montero.
Posada is a better catcher than Cervelli
blake,
its one inning
ac1,
is Johan even going to be back healthy? We need to see that first before even thinking about it…..Mets would need to eat some salary as well. Lot of ifs there….
f’n amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Knock someone down CC….
and CC has a green light now to drill Papi
already?
throw him out!
It begins . . .
i want ortiz hit in the ribs
Here we freaking go…..I’m so sick of this crap.
Triple,
and….
Are you effing kidding me?
Typical
Alright, someone needs to get nailed tonight. Enough already.
Chances CC plunks ortiz next inning are HIGH
Wait let me guess.
It was unintentional and tonight is not the time to retaliate?
as much as a d-bag as Beckett is, there’s obviously no way he meant to do that
This is becoming a joke. They need to go after somebody this game.
This game has bench clearer written all over it.
fxxxk, seriously, sux pitchers consistently hit Yankee batters.
It’s been like this since Torre era.
CC should take care of it tonight. I’m almost positive he will.
Can someone tell me WHY Girardi loves Cervelli so much. We had fake molina and he played like once (but he good defense to BU Martin).
But the moment Cervelli is off the DL he was rushed back (a shortened rehab) and thrust in a game.
nothing will happen. we all know that
I’m fine with CC hurting someone tonight. I won’t think less of him if he does.
Beckett dropping his arm angle early a bit…..
CC drills Ortiz in the ribs next inning – both teams are warned – and it’s over.
as much as a d-bag as Beckett is, there’s obviously no way he meant to do that
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True, and neither did Lester but at some point you have to defend your hitters.
If that was Zambrano pitching for the Yankees, he would have punched out Cervelli in the dugout.
Never a dull moment . . .
Ortiz or Youk better go down, at least make someone move their feet. Enough is enough already. That wasn’t on purpose but this jerk does it to scare the batters and show that he doesn’t care how far instead he throws.
Granderson – good time to end the slump.
I think it’s physically impossible to hit Ortiz in the ribs with all of the fat in the way…
Way to break out of a slump Grandy!
Granderson!
GRANDYMAN!!!!!
Grandy says YEAH!!!!
adios….
not going to be beckett’s night.
Go Granderson!!! And the hit by pitch scores….
Hahahaha….I love it. Take that Josh!
West Coast Yankee Fan June 9th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
This game has bench clearer written all over it.
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Timeout. Call up Slade.
Granderson MVP
. . . well there you go!
yeah!!
let’s send the Sox to Toronto beaten and tired
Yeah! Don’t forget to walk real slow off the mound dckbreathe.
Nice…
as much as a d-bag as Beckett is, there’s obviously no way he meant to do that
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I don’t agree.
Curtis got the best revenge right there though.
Maybe he hit Jeter to make sure he doesn’t add another hit on today. You know how Jeter’s chances of getting hits comes when leading off.
GRANDERSON!
lol. “curtis drills a 2-run homerun” that’s great! but then sterling breaks into his song and dance. ugh.
Love that Jete was on base at the time. Beckett’s fault — trying to get guys off the plate.
HAH!
where’s the bat flip Grandy?
oh, that’s right, you have class.
That’s how you answer the HBP!
Bob Costas on Jeter running-”There he goes.” Split second later Grandy with homer and there it goes!!!!!!!
BD,
No its not settled. They have hit us 3 times in a row. 1 time does not make up for it
Grandy just puts his head down and runs. Class act…. And that is the definition of a bomb right there Ortiz.
pay back!
fxxxxxxking sux!
Thank you Grandyman! HUGE HR!
NOW DRILL THAT FAT STEROID ABUSER, CC!!!
Cone is on his way to TV stardom. He’s great.
Beckett’s m.o. is to hit a yankee hitter first so that the opposing pitcher can’t retaliate.
I’m so sick of hearing people say that a Red Sox hitting us was not intentional
Granderson with the perfect hit and run
HBP followed by a HR.
This is the Beckett we know and love!
Beckett always hits Jeter….been doing it forever…..it gets old.
Costas and Cone. Superb.
Triple,
the Yanks don’t keep score on HBP. CC should drill Ortiz (for the bat flip) and that’s that.
I don’t think they’re gonna “owe” the Sox another HBP when they play them again in a couple months or whenever it is.
The Sox have all these veteran pitchers that are supposed to be a championship-caliber staff, yet they lead the world in HBP. Their offense also has the highest batting average in the league. Someone needs to get payback and make their hitters less comfortable up at the plate
Cone and Costas is a good listen….like both of them.
i could see arod getting hit here as well
Just missed it.
Arod didn’t get enough of that one
omg, almost abomb!
aw, that’s at least a double off the Green Monster
got it off the end a little….Beckett isn’t on top like he was at Fenway so far….pitches are sailing and flattening out on him a bit.
that had the sound of a HR off the bat
ugh
just missed it
BD,
Yea of course that don’t keep count, that’s the problem. i would be shocked if the Yanks hit anyone tonight
Screw Beckett..I can’t stand how every 2 or 3 years or so he has a good year or a couple of good months and people act like he is one of the greatest pitchers ever. He definitely should be on the list of overrated players in MLB.
Based on this game so far, Curtis Granderson is a HOF.
Triple,
I think CC will plunk someone but he might wait for the right moment.
cc may wait until he is ready to come out later, to avoid being the one ejected in the 2nd inning.
lol. “curtis drills a 2-run homerun” that’s great! but then sterling breaks into his song and dance. ugh.
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I know that pain.
I honestly hate beckett with such a passion that there is very little that could happen to him that would bother me.
CC will hit his last hitter of the game.
Carlo,
I’ve met Beckett and I know people who are huge Sox fans and know him…
we all agree – he’s a d1ck
it never seems to be the right time to hit someone
Cone and Costas is such a dream tandem.
Plunk the sh*t out of Papi here to lead off the 2nd.
That Cano graphic makes me
Ledger_Yankees
RT @Joelsherman1: Since joining #Redsox in ’03, Ortiz has never been hit by #Yankees P. In same time span Jeter has been 18 times by #Redsox
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There is a first time for everything!
I hate Schilling more but Beckett is right there with smug faced sneering Papelpuke.
i wouldnt hit ortiz now because they could choose to throw cc out of the game…
now wouldnt be a bad time to hit Ortiz if CC plans on it (despite him leading off) because they’ll immediately issue warnings and Beckett can’t try to follow it up with another HBP
I still remember Beckett dropping f-bombs when he was asked about his ex-girlfriend singing the anthem for the opposing team in the post-season.
Classy guy, that Beckett.
The Yankees drill Ortiz but lose the game, or they win the game but don’t hit anyone.
Which would you rather have at this point?
Costas said Nelson hit popi another in the post-season.
CC drills Big Sloppy here
is it Ortiz, or lowrie, the ss?
Ledger_Yankees Star Ledger
RT @Joelsherman1: Since joining #Redsox in ’03, Ortiz has never been hit by #Yankees P. In same time span Jeter has been 18 times by #Redsox
2 minutes ago
Chad,
I’ll take the win and that’s not even a question.
There not going to throw out CC if he hits Ortiz. Hunter knows whats going on.
Win the game.
Chad how bout drill Oritz AND win the game?
Mavs kicking butt
I would almost rather plunk Ortiz every time and lose the game.
BD – I usually don’t get too emotional about a player off the field because I obviously have never met 99% of them, but with Beckett, the way he carries himself wreaks of immature self absorbed first class jerk. I hated Milar as a player, yet would love to have a beer with the guy. I hate beckett as a player and would love to have 10 beers then smash a mug on his head and pummel him.
but drilling Ortiz and winning is preferable.
ortiz is backing off
Ortiz looked like he was waiting to be thrown at
m,
Beckett routinely walks past and ignores kids asking for autographs in the players parking lot (and I don’t mean a huge crowd… I mean ONE kid)
Schilling is a blowhard, but Josh just looks plain mean. Seems like he’s the kind of guy who’d kick a dog.
told you he wouldn’t hit him. what a disgrace
win the game, and leave them wondering when the hammer is going to drop.
good enough….. k him now, scare him later.
bye bye Papi….dominated.
I hate that K. I want blood and I want it now.
As bad as Beckett is, one of the Yanks beat writers (sorry, can’t remember who) tweeted this, when asked who was a bigger jerk – Beckett or Pablebutt, he responded: “Pabelbutt, no contest.
Can you imagine having BOTH those jerks on your team?
CC’s breaking ball is completely fooling these hitters
see, Ortiz is scared in the AB.
Yankees HAVE TO do something to scare those mxxther fxxxkers.
Why did Ortiz have his ass in the Yankee dugout?
hardwired7 nice thought but that Hammer will never drop and they know it.
I’ll take CC making Ortiz look bad at the plate.
yup…Ortiz looked a little jumpy in there. That’s what they need to do…..he’s too darn comfortable up there most of the time.
hardwired7,
How much wondering can they do when it never happens?
Ortiz is so fat, being hit probably wouldn’t hurt too much…
Awww Ortiz was worried that CC might pitch “inside”. Good let their batters know that they shouldn’t get so comfortable when 3 Yankees have already been hit in this series.
Couldn’t have agreed with randy more.
BD,
Unreal. Weren’t you the one telling us about the party at Tek’s house? He was a real douche or something?
Chad,
First place, baby. First place.
CC has the good slider tonight
at this point i’d rather cc gets a rythym, scare ortiz from time to time, then deal with the hbp when he reaches his pitch limit.
I would take 2ER for 8
I want to get the game in control then I want our pitchers drillings guys until one of them gets ejected. Drill, warning, drill, ejection.
Lowrie looks like he is 12 years old
Ortiz should have done his johm kruk impression and batted right.
And gotta work on the season record v. the Sox.
Joe In LI, that’s better than hitting Ortiz right now. He knows it’s coming and trying to figure out when. It will come on Sabathia’s last pitch of the night. Not leading off an inning early in a close game.
m,
I’ve been to Tek’s house and one of his charity events. Tek isn’t a bad guy – he even badmouthed the Sox front office to me
but yes, Beckett is legit jerk. As much as i don’t like guys like Papelbon, at least they do have a shred of goodness in them when it comes to kids and some things.
Beckett is pure evil IMO.
“at this point i’d rather cc gets a rythym, scare ortiz from time to time, then deal with the hbp when he reaches his pitch limit.”
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sounds good to me.
especially if they’re up 8 runs when that time comes.
Where’s the slider to Crawford?
Is O’Neil racist for preferring white bats over black bats?
big enough lead tonight, and CC might bring it down.
CC is going to worry about getting guys out now but if another Yankee gets hit I think you can guarantee he will hit someone in his last inning of work. If it’s Arod I wouldn’t be surprised.
How could Ortiz know its coming when he has never been hit?
CC in the mid 90′s tonight…he wants this game.
That’s who I meant. Beckett being a doosh what at Tek’s house. Or outside his house to be exact.
lol. He’s probably a doosh everywhere.
Dallas up 5 over Miami going to the 4th.
A 7 game series would be pretty cool (IMO)
The Red Sox are going to run until Cervelli doesn’t throw one into CF
tonight is the night CC earns his big $.
They haven’t been swept by Sux twice in YS since 1913.
you got that right m
CC looks really good so far. Yanks have to continue to work the jerk and get his pitch count up.
“tonight is the night CC earns his big $.”
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or you could say he earned it in October of ’09 too
and I’d like to think that he’ll earn his extension with a dominant October in ’11
I think the winner of this game wins the series, BD.
Wade probably done for this game, but no way he misses anymore.
This helps LeBron get his game going, but will Dallas’ bench keep up their stellar play?
BD-
Dallas needs to go down by 10-12 quickly in the 4th, so they can stage a big run and comeback like they did in games 2 and 4.
I just observed CC dominating the Red Sox for that inning.
BD, that’s what I hope to see!
The Yankees could hit all 9 of the Sox hitters and still not even come close to the total number of batters Sox pitchers have hit this year
m-Wade is playing.
NM. Wade is back. It’s a miracle! Pierce texting strategy at halftime.
m,
you’re probably right. Dallas certainly must win tonight to have a chance.
How could Ted Williams’ hit be swallowed up in Fenway? Isn’t Pesky’s pole like 5 feet from home plate? And he just needs to tap it to hit the Monster
eesh, prob should be 3-0
When did Kay start saying Posatha (as he he can speak Spanish). I’ve only heard Ken do that until now.
BD,
You said you met Beckett before? What did he do or say that rubbed you the wrong way?
I wonder if the organization thinks that Cervelli’s defense is better than Montero’s right now
can jorge get off the interstate?
That’s funny. He just said Posada the second time without the Spanish pronunciation.
AND GO JORGE III!
“He made the catch. How do you like that?”
Um. Sterling. We don’t like it AT ALL!!
Why am I watching Centerstage on YES in NJ?
Wang – kay has done it off and on for a long time. Bob Shephard used to always do it. “Now batting, #20, jorge posatha, posatha”
BS!!
so much for the tie goes to the runner
Too bad Beckett didn’t hurt his back running to 1st on that play
that’s it for me, good night guys. Busy day tomorrow.
He was safe I do believe.
Safe???
If I’m gardner I forget about beating the play out and I run right into that old mans back of Becketts and lower the shoulder.
Tie goes to the runner!
Why am I watching Centerstage on YES in NJ?
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My 9 game
Are you getting this Captain Mogan commercial?
Hmm…I’ve been listening to Kay for about 15 years (radio/then TV) and have never heard him use the Spanish pronunciation before. I speak some Spanish so it’s something I notice.
Dallas 90 Miami 85 9:35 to go
Triple,
I’ve only actually met him once and he was just an arrogant jerk the whole night. I’d say hi and he wouldn’t even make eye contact and wouldn’t respond. Mind you, this was a VIP charity event that I believe cost people $5,000 to attend. He acted like the guests who had donated were a pain in his butt and beneath him.
I have some friends who work for the Sox and he’s like that with them as well. They’ve told me plenty of stories about how he treats people – kids, doesn’t matter.
I can’t say anything that bad about any of the other players except Beckett. Most of them seem like good guys (at least off the field.)
but enough about him… I just hope the Yanks knock him off his high horse tonight.
I am a passionate fan and I can’t stand that call going to Beckett.
great play Cano
That’s the Cano we know.
Unbelievable play there….even with Varitek running that’s a very tough play.
Nice play by Cano. I didn’t think he had any chance and then I remembered that 90 year old captain jerk was running.
Cano is having a Jerkyll/Hyde season at 2B.
I hope that’s the start of some solid Yankee defense for a change.
I wish Gardner would play with the pitcher like Ellsbury does. Gardner plays like someone with no speed.
Let him bunt! Jeez
So the troll Pedroia just has a bruised kneecap. What a tool. Had to fly all the way back to Boston for that.
Might as well just go to third Jacoby
Granderson better take 10 steps in.
Come on CC. He was trying to bunt. Throw it over the plate
I think it’s safe to come back here now that all the screaming has subsided……Yes, Costas and Cone are great….Bob Costas will be in the HOF within the next 10 years I feel…..
Ellsbury is going to run here….lets hope Cervelli just allows him to make it to 2nd.
time for Cervelli to redeem himself with a perfect throw to nab Jacoby
Nice play by Jeter
blake,
not so fast!
DP! Even better!
Great work by Jete. That ball came off funny on the 2nd hop.
Sometimes CC seems out of sync agaisnt lefties because he faces so many righties
Awesome job….tricky hop there to Jeter….ball stayed down instead of hopping up.
BD (Boston Dave) June 9th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
time for Cervelli to redeem himself with a perfect throw to nab Jacoby
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Cervelli cannot be redeemed. One way ticket to AAA
“So the troll Pedroia just has a bruised kneecap.”
Lol! There goes his excuse for batting .240. He’s not seriously injured, he’s just plain bad
Lets get some more runs!!!
Pedroia took the train. Hates flying apparently. Something about a prank where he was stowed in the overhead bin.
I think when a guy tries to steal 2nd vs Cervelli, he should just throw the ball down to 3rd base…
I hate you Cervelli
nice cervy real nice. idiot
Good job Cervelli keep earning your job. Was that Cervelli or Gardner?
Nice idea there Cervelli….test Beckett’s back
Nice bunt by Cervi! not!
Eh….I don’t mind that when it’s for a hit….he gets it down and it probably is.
Dallas 95 Miami 96 5:16 left
It would be nice to see Beckett have to field his position or run to 1st base considering he has had a bad back this year
m,
lol
Give him a hit
wow
that’s pretty funny even if it was a bad call
LOLCameron
Thank you for the gift. That is a catch lol
Ha Ha !
YES!….nice swing by Jeter there even though it was at him…..that’s a terrible call but we’ll take it.
Laugh out loud!
That Jeter is such a great actor. Mesmerizing.
hahaha umps suck….
oh well.
Gardner was safe. Jeter was out. Bad impiring.
Gardner was safe so………….
Cervelli is obviously a graduate of the Brett Gardner School of Bunting and Wasted AtBats…
Jeter can still run
RUN.LIKE.THE.WIND
Goood job running on grandpa
the Cap can still run a little bit…..he still gets great jumps.
Jeter playing with houses money.
Surprised they didn’t give Jeter a ‘lost it in the lights’ single..
Let’s go Teix!
Runs pls
Come Teix, tear him a new one !
If you could put Jeter’s brain in Gardner’s body he’d still 100 bases
4 more homers and Jeter will be in the 6-6 club.
Come on Tex swing at strikes!!!
Not hoping for a score, wouldnt be fair. but 2 more hitters, 10 more pitches would be nice.
make beckett throw strikes…
C’mon Alex!!!
ugh
good pitch
Doesn’t Tex have like 2 hits against them this year?
son of a b!tch!
eject him….
out of hand now.
Not the right time
here we go. making excuses Oneill.
unbelievable….make them pay Cano.
The Captain…..For all the ragging that Derek gets here at The Yankee fan blog, you never ever hear of a former teammate even hint of a negative comment….Just a great player and great teammate….Someday when he hangs them up which will be before his contract expires I think his detractors here will feel a sense of remorse and loss……Some of us have discovered this and learned from The Mantle days ……
I knew Alex would get hit
how many guys is that tonight
Girardi is the biggest pacifist since Ghandi
Throw out Beckett
Let’s go Cano!
Was that a triple bank shot?
Hunter the HP ump is mad now at beckett it got him too on that pitch. CC gets a free pass for sure.
Enough. CC, do it.
no other team in baseball would put up with this garbage
That’s it. CC better put Big Steroid Papi on his rear end.
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
You have to be kidding me Robbie
what a waste this team has become….
1 pitch?
Exactly what I said before, that was 100% on purpose to pitch to Cano. He didn’t want to pitch to Arod after he hit that long fly ball before. Great at bat by Cano.
Cano crap!
Cano apparently doesn’t want this game to go too long.
I swear that was a smirk on B’s face as he was walking off the field.
That’s not making them pay.
Pat M,
well said.
At this point they deserve to get hit
I mean this is really sad that the Yankees continue to let this happen. Beckett has free reign until CC does something to issue out warnings by Hunter.
CC has to drill someone right now.
# Pat M. June 9th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
The Captain…..For all the ragging that Derek gets here at The Yankee fan blog, you never ever hear of a former teammate even hint of a negative comment….Just a great player and great teammate….Someday when he hangs them up which will be before his contract expires I think his detractors here will feel a sense of remorse and loss……Some of us have discovered this and learned from The Mantle days
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Amen, brother !!!
Girardi is making Gandhi look like Genghis Khan.
I don’t understand how the umpire is letting these redsux pichers just hit us at will. A-rod almost hit a HR, so he didn’t want to pitch to him & threw a pitch at his hip
I really wish that Girardi would take Cano out of the game one time after he mails in an at bat like that. Cano seems very immature and has no approach at the plate.
So much for the pacifists here. If CC had already drilled a Sox and both benches had been warned, Beckett would not be able to throw inside and would have had to face ARod, and IIRC ARod has hit him hard in past.
They look like they’ve all been emasculated by not responding to all these HBP, esp as they continue to get hit. Where’s the pride? Where’s the anger?
Yet the moron Oneill will continue to say it wasn’t on purpose. Bet he was singing a different tune when Bal kept on hitting Tino
time for k-long to stop living off his fixing granderson and get this team fixed now.
Alex gets hit with a pitch. Bases as loaded. Pressure on Beckett.
Robbie goes up there hacking. Horrible ab.
Was that Arod’s bad hit that got hit?
I don’t care if BUckett hit them on purpose or not, he always does.
Time for some retaliation at the proper time in this game
Cano no care. All fun games in Cano world
“hit” – hip
get these first two guys and then if he doesnt drill that Ape they never will
Beckett knew that he wanted to pitch around Arod so instead of having to throw 4 pitches to walk him he just got it over with quickly in one pitch. The Yanks can’t let this continue, it’s embarrassing. You have to protect your players especially against this team that has been hitting them for years.
Don’t know if I’ve seen Gonzalez look that overmatched twice in a row
A – Gone ! Grab some bench !
CC knows he has to win this game & stay in it. I can see CC hitting someone late in the game
Get Youk out and then you can hit Ortiz with 2 outs, no one on
It does not matter if none of them were on purpose at this point.
Joe I have been waiting to “see what happens” lets go nail somebody.
Cone just said it all….”doesn’t matter if it’s intentional or not….be more careful out there”
Terry nails a 3 – Mavs by 7 with 33.3
Great ending to this Dallas game so far. Then I can turn my full attention to this dodgeball game.
Go Mavs!
Ortiz lucks out again.
I love CC
he f’n warns the benches??????????????? are u f’n kidding me????????????
God I love CC
CC was pissed!
P L U N K !
THANK YOU!!!!
oh and I love our fans
Finally!
Costas: “That almost had to happen.”
Dont give a f…thank you CC
# UnKnown June 9th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Ortiz lucks out again.
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not with CC
If you’re going to put him on base. Do it with one pitch, CC.
what utter bullcrap
Good job CC but you don’t want to hit someone with a guy on 1st. You have to do it with 2 outs. Now it might cost them a run, that wasn’t the right point in the game.
That wasn’t smart
Do it again, CC! Hit him where it hurts next time.
He said he was coming inside and he did.
Go CC!
They still got 2 to our 1. Now pitch out of this.
Finally.
Costas: “Almost textbook, really.”
yea that’s the thing….would have been better with 2 outs and nobody on
5 Yankees get hit and 1 Red Sox get hit and they warn the benches
That didn’t look like it hurt Ortiz. I want him to suffer.
I stayed up to hear that…now I can go to sleep. Bless you CC–you are a great Yankee and team mate!
Oops, meant do it with one pitch to Youk.
I would’ve preferred back to back HBP, now that I think about it.
If that costs them a run then it was stupid. I thought he would do it at the end of the game not now.
Better get out of this now.
Its about time that the fat POS gets hit. CC is THE MAN. Enough is enough with these RS scum hitting our batters. I hope that Ortiz is hurting.
The next game they play against them they have to hit Ortiz again before their pitcher hits ours.
Triple Short of a Cycle June 9th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
5 Yankees get hit and 1 Red Sox get hit and they warn the benches
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The ump had to…no choice or a fight would have broken out sooner or later.
Why is it that Beckett could have hit 2 more guys and the benches still wouldn’t have been warned.
The Red Sox announcers are saying “credit to CC, at least he didn’t throw at his head.” They were expecting that one. Somehow that seemed polite from CC. Right in the thigh, move on, statement made.
people are actually upset that he hit him with 1 runner on? enough is enough. if they have a big enough lead put a scrub reliever in and hit him again
It took 161 games for someone to man up and hit that pile of crap but CC finally did it. BRAVO
I love the passion here. “Red Sox scum”
Nice…no damage
Captain — you obviously have little confidence in CC.
So…how many more of our guys are going to get hit by a pitch before we retaliate?
Perfect inning….plunks Papi and then gets out of it. My night was just made.
Wow.
CC is the friggin man
BoJo,
so another words the Red Sox could have hit another 2 yankees in a row and no warning would have come?
No way could CC wait. Two batters got hit tonight from Bucket of Crap.
LOVING CC. Still not happy with Girardi waiting so long. This has been a long, long time in coming.
Crawford’s a good guy. Helping dole out justice in that inning.
Unreal that’s the first time we ever hit that fat pig
I would have loved absolutely loved to know what Papi said to Beckett as he walked by him there
CC gets redemption and Mavs win!
Yanks get a good lead…drill another one CC.
CC had to hit him there. They had just hit Alex. You don’t want to wait until Ortiz’s third AB. He got out of it so no harm done. I still think that if we get a big enough lead, they should hit Ortiz again.
I guess it was the right time for CC to hit him contrary to what people said
CC!!
Maybe this is the game we have to play. Screw the score. As soon as they hit us, we hit them. Just play dodgeball.
It’s sad that this has to be done
CC has some huge cojones. That was a risky move.
Nice job !
What are they going to do, charge CC?
Carl Everett might have, but these guys are sane.
Please…you folks who think you wait until the stars line up to hit someone are not guys I want in my foxhole.
CC is a real leader.
blake…You just knew when time came it was going to be Ortiz that gets drilled ….
I LOVE CC!! Extend his contract tonight just for that. He will get BIG props in the clubhouse for that. Everyone else especially AJ is a ________ but CC doesn’t let his players get used as batting practice especially the #4 hitter.
Side note: Heat lose again
I guess we just did!!!!
CC looks like a man on a mission tonight
Now if Beckett hits someone you go out swinging to the mound
ESPN can now go and write 14 articles about the last 2 innings now.
GO MAVS!
Now if one “slips” from Becketts hand he gets tossed. Finally some consequences
CC might have actually waited til Ortiz’s next AB but when Beckett hit ARod, he had no choice.
Pat M,
yup….it had to be.
CC did the same thing with Baltimore a few weeks ago.
Here goes Oneill making excuses for Beckett again.
The MLB guys pretty much asked Girardi if he were going to retaliate and his answer pretty much said “Yes, we will”. LOL!
I have a feeling that could really get the Yanks going.
In a huge game CC shows the confidence to put Ortiz on there.
That could really bond this team and pump them up.
Giradi post game words to Ortiz should be “take it like a man, I’m done with that’
Wow, Mavs win two in a row. First time in the playoffs for the Heat to lose back to back games.
They won by a decent amount too.
Swisher’s lefty swing is still really pathetic
Laura,
I thought Girardi doesn’t believe in that? Thats what he told Mike today
Yeah Mavs!!!
Beckett will all of a sudden divinely exhibit exceptional command.
I would be surprised if Beckett doesn’t hit someone when he is at 100 pitches. That is the classy person that he is and I wouldn’t expect anything else.
Yea ! go Po !
I always find it humorous when twits here who most likely never played the game beyond bobbysox get more upset than the players……
“CC might have actually waited til Ortiz’s next AB but when Beckett hit ARod, he had no choice.”
Exactly, especially since Beckett hit Alex on purpose. Cano was really the one who was supposed to make Beckett pay for that, but we all saw how that turned out.
.199….
So close to the Mendoza line.
He can smell it…
That’s how the game is played. Enough is enough. CC is earning his pay tonight.
Red Sox pitchers have hit 8 batters in their past 4 games.
I’m pretty sure CC hit Ortiz in the same spot he used to inject his “protein shots”
Did Papi ever get to the bottom of why he failed that steroid test?
He said he would “get back to us” when he solved the mystery.
Posada has been have pro AB’s lately….
Captain Clutch June 9th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
I LOVE CC!! Extend his contract tonight just for that. He will get BIG props in the clubhouse for that. Everyone else especially AJ is a ________ but CC doesn’t let his players get used as batting practice especially the #4 hitter.
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You were the one questioning the move at the time. Can’t have it both ways now that the result is known.
amazing how Kay makes it seem like they both hit each other the same amount of times. I feel like I am watching a game on NESN
Posada’s a hit away from the Mendoza line
“Laura,
I thought Girardi doesn’t believe in that? Thats what he told Mike today”
Um, he lied. LOL!
I’m sorry, but I’m sick of Kay thinking he knows that Lester didn’t do it intentionally. There are far too many times they suddenly lose control when going against the hot player of ours.
god Gardner sucks!
Gardner = terrible.
At least he hit him and didn’t throw it behind him or something. Only got one bullet to do it right in that situation. AJ would’ve airmailed it or something.
The Yankees are really bailing out Beckett.
This shouldn’t be a 2 run game
Anyone watching NESN?
Their question is who had exactly 3000 hits.
Remy says, oh got to 3000 and hung it up?
O Brien says ‘sort of’
Because the answer is Roberto Clemente.
Hang it up = died in a plane crash.
” I’m sick of Kay thinking he knows that Lester didn’t do it intentionally. ”
I’m basically sick of anything Kay says.
The Yankees have actually been pretty good at retaliating HBPs since Girardi took over. I know they’ve stood up to Guthrie a few times, and I know Burnett has gotten redemption at least once in addition to CC
You were the one questioning the move at the time
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I was definitely happy that he did it but I didn’t know if that was the right time. But I am glad that he did it and it definitely had to happen.
randy, if you’re out there… you were 100% correct
dont worry about what GB says about your golf game
Luckily Coney and Costas aren’t spewing that garbage. They are straight up had to be done and are completely fine with the Yankees doing it.
Never seems fair though. Yanks get hit 4 or 5 times before they do anything….which is dumb…and then we hit Papi in his fat ass where he has lots of padding, and somehow thats called even?
I think the ump was even rooting for CC to hit him
“The Yankees have actually been pretty good at retaliating HBPs since Girardi took over. I know they’ve stood up to Guthrie a few times, and I know Burnett has gotten redemption at least once in addition to CC”
They have to stand up to Guthrie. That loser hits one of our guys every game he pitches.
CC was the perfect pitcher to hit Ortiz because of the way his fastball comes out of his hands. If Burnett tried to do that against the lefty, he could have seriously messed it up.
scuzzles,
right on.
CC: That was my point earlier. You don’t wait until “the time is right” — that’s what wimps do.
You lead, you take charge, you do what it takes. THAT’S a leader. CC’s proven again and again, he’s just that in the Yanks clubhouse.
Wow, the Twins are actually trying to act like a real baseball team. I wonder if they can make it all the way back.
Coney and Costas – really enjoying them.
“They have to stand up to Guthrie. That loser hits one of our guys every game he pitches.”
Yup, and I feel like there’s another team the Yankees fought back against. it might have been the Rangers when they had Padilla, who ALWAYS hits Tex
It’s probably the only thing I DO like about Girardi: he supports the pitchers hitting batters when it’s called for.
“Coney and Costas – really enjoying them.”
they are great….Costas sounds like October baseball….such a shame he doesn’t do the games and we are forced to listen to what we do.
We need to score a few more runs here. Still a bit too close for my liking. CC is in Beast mode though.
he has a great slider tonight….CC definitely has a little extra edge tonight to him, you can tell him wants this game badly.
Nonetheless, I loved it. Shouldve hit Papy in the back though.
Cano is playing the field tonite !
lol. “Inning over. And so is Feinsand.” (awkward silence)
They’re yucking it up because Feinsand doesn’t know where Soriano is atm.
Jackson….Tin Cup is most likely sleeping in his car in the parking of the golf course so he’ll be the first one on the links tomorrow……Sandbagger
Girardi waits for about 10 guys to get hit and at least one guy to get hurt to ever retaliate.
He never cuts it off right from the start.
“Yup, and I feel like there’s another team the Yankees fought back against. it might have been the Rangers when they had Padilla, who ALWAYS hits Tex”
If memory serves, he and Tex have a history. Tex said something to him about hitting batters when they played together. Padilla clearly took offense and makes it a point to try and hit Tex when he faces him. I think he plays for LAD so Tex is safe for now.
Straight up playoff feel to the game when Costas is on it. NO DOUBT about it.
The all time best CC hit by pitch was when Padilla hit Tex and then Padilla came up to bat and CC hit him. That was great and Torre(managing the Dodgers) had a look on his face like he understood it and knew that Padilla got what he deserved.
How many guys did Guthrie hit and injure before the Yanks retaliated?
CC is the only one with some balls and that includes Girardi.
ok. they played like they always do. we retaliated. that’s that.
just make sure we go out and win this game
“Girardi waits for about 10 guys to get hit and at least one guy to get hurt to ever retaliate.”
Complain all you want about how long it takes Girardi to retaliate. At least he does. Bigelow Tea Joe Torre never let the guys retaliate, although I believe that CC would have done that tonight regardless of what the manager says.
Now let’s score some runs!!!
Meaning Girardi has no balls.
He waits way too long.
LGY,
+1
I think Girardi leaves it up to the players of when the right time to retaliate is.
And I only care about this particular situation because it’s Boston. And they have no class.
I still can’t believe Ortiz’s response to Girardi was.
LGY….Giradi didn’t have the comfort of a lead ( slim as it is ) in this series, besides the games have been close until Boston broke open last nights game late….You have to be smart and pick and choose…….
Girardi waits for about 10 guys to get hit and at least one guy to get hurt to ever retaliate.
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It’s hard to do it sooner when CC only pitches once every 5 days. Pettitte would never do it and AJ has enough trouble finding the plate. Knowing AJ he would hit someone with 1 guy on base and then give up a 3 run homerun to the next guy.
“I still can’t believe Ortiz’s response to Girardi was.”
He’s an a$$ and he needs to be hit again.
AJ used to have some balls.
But he sucks so bad now he can’t afford to put runners on base by hitting them on purpose.
CC is the guy to take care of it everytime. And Tex on the hitters side when he gets a chance to destroy a catcher.
CC and Tex. Those guys have fire.
Anyone keeping track of the Phillies game? Crazy stuff happening
Because of the rain delay they blew through most of their bullpen. They took a 3-2 lead into the ninth but gave up the tying run.
Now it’s the 10th inning, and the Cubs just intentionally walked the bases loaded to face the Phillies pitcher. They have one player left on the bench (Valdez) but if he pinch-hits, he has to pitch the rest of the game should the score remain tied. Unreal
Jeter just can’t lay off those pitches out of the strike zone
Pat M. June 10th, 2011 at 12:01 am
Jackson….Tin Cup is most likely sleeping in his car in the parking of the golf course so he’ll be the first one on the links tomorrow……Sandbagger
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lol, he can try to get an early tee time but waking up with 22 coors light cans on his stomach won’t hlep him
LGY….Giradi didn’t have the comfort of a lead ( slim as it is ) in this series, besides the games have been close until Boston broke open last nights game late….You have to be smart and pick and choose……
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Beckett and the rest of the Sox staff has been drilling Yankees for years.
Neither Lester or Beckett ever have any fear of going inside.
Laura – I Bleed Blue June 10th, 2011 at 12:03 am
“Girardi waits for about 10 guys to get hit and at least one guy to get hurt to ever retaliate.”
Complain all you want about how long it takes Girardi to retaliate. At least he does. Bigelow Tea Joe Torre never let the guys retaliate, although I believe that CC would have done that tonight regardless of what the manager says.
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Yeah. All “Bigelow” did was win World Championships.
“And Tex on the hitters side when he gets a chance to destroy a catcher.”
Remember that game against the Rangers when he got hit by Padilla for like the umpteenth time in his career, and then went in hard at second to break up the DP? And the next batter after that (Matsui) hit a 3-run jack. Tex was so pumped when the ball left the yard, it was awesome.
That 2009 season is great to look back on when you think about the chemistry the team built in such a short period of time.
what utter BS
WOW.
For those of you who may not have followed what happened over the weekend between the Red Sox and A’s:
On Saturday, Beckett hit DeJesus with a fastball aimed at his foot. Same type of malicious pitch he threw at Cano’s knee last year. No Sox batter had been hit; Beckett doesn’t need a reason.
On Sunday, it was announced that DeJesus was DH’ing because his foot was hurting. He comes to the plate in the first inning and Lackey throws first pitch fastball right at the same foot, hitting him again. DeJesus is in a lot of pain this time but stays in the game.
Later, as payback, Crawford gets hit and puts on a big show of yelling at the A’s pitcher as he goes to first. Warnings are issued.
In the next few innings, Lackey hits two more A’s batters with aimed fastballs but, despite the warnings, nothing happens. He doesn’t get ejected (and of course, Francona doesn’t either).
On the NESPN Sportscenter coverage that night, they only show Crawford getting hit, no mention of the three batters Lackey hit.
Next game the Red Sox play is against the Yanks and Lester hits two in the first inning and then we have Beckett’s act tonight.
I’m not in favor of retaliation for vengeance; I’m in favor because the Red Sox have a policy and retaliating is the only way of putting a stop to it before more of your own players get hurt.
Its hitting practice…
throw him out !
so much for the warnings
time for cc to ‘accidentally’ hit someone else?
Throw the loser out!!
no ejection?
What’s the point of warning the benches if you’re not going to follow up on it?
I actually think that toe hit was by accident. But idk. I just dont want CC ejected
I love how Beckett hits people to pitch around them
Come on guys that was a 75 mph curve ball in the dirt. Ump has discretion.
Waldman made a good point about Soriano though. Where the hell is he?
Every injured player I’ve ever seen has been in the dugout supporting his team. Where is Soriano?
funny how these pitches only slip against our best players
accident or not, there were warnings….
Beckett: Damn the warnings I’m hitting everybody
A warning doesn’t mean an automatic ejection.
“Yeah. All “Bigelow” did was win World Championships.”
Don’t even go there.
now we get thrown out by Varitek?
WOW
according to 80 percent of people on this blog everytime we get hit by Beckett or Lester it is not on purpose
Granderson must have got a terrible jump there.
Wow – how many Yanks need to get hit before someone in pinstripes grows some balls and hits back?
Granderson wanted to run because he got hit but he didn’t get a good jump. Obviously it’s not a good jump if grandpa throws you out…
while the curve was unlikely intentional, how many people can Beckett be allowed to hit in 1 game?
It is rarely on purpose.
The point is that the Sox have no fear of pitching inside.
They have no hit 9 batters in their past 4 games. NINE.
To me the biggest crap was when Pedro was allowed to remain in the Don Zimmer game
Lounge Lizard your description sounds about right. Amazing isn’t it.
beedogs,
They mentioned that they knew Hughes was in Tampa. That’s why it was funny. Feinsand was flummoxed. Cat had his tongue. Suzyn wouldn’t let it go.
Sad, Soriano is out of sight out of mind. Sad that Feinsand didn’t know. You’d think he’d know.
lounge lizard ,
I don’t understand how the league allows the redsox to just hit people like this. And for crawford to get upset after he watches his pitchers injure player after player, shows what a punk ass he is
Laura – I Bleed Blue June 10th, 2011 at 12:11 am
“Yeah. All “Bigelow” did was win World Championships.”
Don’t even go there.
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I just did. Why did you?
“I’m in favor because the Red Sox have a policy and retaliating is the only way of putting a stop to it before more of your own players get hurt.”
Let’s not forget Mr. Alfredo “impeccable command” Aceves hit Marlon Byrd in the head a few weeks ago and fractured multiple bones in his face. I believe he’s still on the DL.
of course we will be polite in the post game interviews involving this topic
“according to 80 percent of people on this blog everytime we get hit by Beckett or Lester it is not on purpose”
That’s not true. I was one of the few people in here arguing that Lester wasn’t hitting people on purpose the other night. Beckett, on the other hand, is a scumbag who would rather hit a guy than pitch around him.
Boston pitchers had hit 37 batters before today’s game, to lead the league; the next team in the AL had only 26; the average team had 20; and the Yanks had 20.
Gonzalez is bailing big time….wonder what he would have done against the Big Unit in his prime.
Soriano was in the dugout last night
CC may actually be able to go 8 again
They zoomed in on Sori’s gumby face a couple times last night
CC is going to get his extra 2 years when he opts out in the offseason and he has earned it.
“Soriano was in the dugout last night”
Marte was there as well.
It stinks that the Yanks only have 2 runs and nothing after the 1st inning. Beckett really doesn’t looked that unhittable. CC is pitching great but as we know very rarely does 2 runs hold up against this team.
Need some more runs….they are letting Beckett stay in this game longer than he should have
Laura,
Then you would be part of the 20 percent
The level of intelligence by some people is around the level of the Titanic.
Beckett wasn’t trying to hit Granderson in the foot. Burnett’s hit batters are mostly in the foot and ankle. Hard sliders and curves to left handers will always be diving for the feet.
Let’s not forget Mr. Alfredo “impeccable command” Aceves hit Marlon Byrd in the head a few weeks ago and fractured multiple bones in his face. I believe he’s still on the DL.
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Yeah, Aceves destroyed Byrds face.
And it was never reported that Ace reached out to Byrd after the game.
“of course we will be polite in the post game interviews involving this topic”
It will be 2am and by then, no one will care. LOL!
well who gets hit this inning?
Well Beckett your going to have to pitch to Alex this time you weasel
Alex or Cano need to go yard
“according to 80 percent of people on this blog everytime we get hit by Beckett or Lester it is not on purpose”
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I think all the HBP from the redsux were on purpose, except I’m not sure about the toe tapper to grandy. But after reading the article about Dejesus who they hit in the foot 2X. Now I’m thinking it was.
“Beckett wasn’t trying to hit Granderson in the foot.”
I agree, but I thought the warnings meant any batter being hit resulted in an ejection. I guess not.
Going inside again I see. Guy won’t stop.
Tex looks awful tonight
run the pitch count up on beckett. it’s time for him to leave this game
Triple short of a brain
way to work the pitcher Tex
pretty terrible AB by Alex there….that ball is right there
Laura,
Remember in years past when our guys would get thrown out for NOT hitting a players, Johnson,Joba
need.to.score
Laura….It’ll be at the umpires discretion on the intent of that pitch..It doesn’t even need to hit a batter….
The Yankee offense is brutal to watch these days
Nice placement….
Pat M,
Witty
Tex and Alex look awful.
When was the last time Tex hit an off speed pitch?
Robbie with a whoopsie double.
Costas calling Cano out for not running hard on that play.
I repeat. A warning is not an automatic ejection, it is up to the umpires discretion. He made the right call. Obviously, a 75 MPH breaking ball in the dirt was not intentional.
Here comes all of the off speed pitches to Swish or high fastballs
Don’t know what’s going on with the Yankee hitters.
Beckett’s fastball is tailing right over the plate
That meat is plastic.
“Laura….It’ll be at the umpires discretion on the intent of that pitch..It doesn’t even need to hit a batter….”
I got it now. You would think that after watching baseball for almost 4 decades, I would have known that. Oh well. You learn something new every day.
“Costas calling Cano out for not running hard on that play.”
he’s right….he doesn’t get to 2B there if that ball doesn’t bounce in the stands….he still had the bat in his hands when he got to 1B
LGY….Looks lke Beckett has some serious movement tonight
big hit here Jorge.
“Tex looks awful tonight”
Remember, he has a deep bone bruise in his knee. Many players would have needed a day off or two. I’m sure he doesn’t feel physically as great as he did a couple days ago.
Surprised
thought Beckett would have hit Swisher if he was going to walk him anyway
Sucks, wanted to see him suspended
it’s dagger in the heart time, jopa
Come on Posada be patient!!!
Watch out for when Beckett tries to throw into the bullpen to hit Mariano Rivera
“Beckett’s fastball is tailing right over the plate”
I think because it’s the cutter they’re either fooled by the speed or expect it to move more
Beckett’s been dropping his shoulder and allowing it to lag for much of the game. It’s creating significant arm side run on his pitches. His fastball command has not been good.
The Yankees offense should have done much better against him tonight.
Still time – but this game was more about the Yankee offense than Beckett’s pitching.
a cb sighting! great to see you back
Nice hustle Jorgie.
Zzzzzzzzzz……
Damn another wasted inning
Man, you’d feel ten times better with even one more run.
LOL at Kay acting surprised… “and posada never ran”… ughhh was he gonna beat it out?
Anyone else get the feel that this is going to be the ALCS matchup for this year. Sure feels like that to me.
Ball looked like it hit off of Posada’s foot. Strange bounce up the line.
shocking Posada with the ground ball out to the right side
This game is going to need to be a shutout…kind of pathetic that the Yankees have allowed Beckett to hang around this long considering he has only pitched 7 innings once since mid-April, and that was against the Twins
cb,
do you think alex is about to come out of his funk or is he still unbalanced at the plate?
CC felt bad. Left one over for him.
SMH
unreal Swisher!!
And there’s your game. Nick Swisher is a terrible baseball player. He should be traded. I don’t get why Dickerson never plays.
GREAT JOB SWISH
this team is CRAP.
Wow. Swisher.
Swish is an idiot out there.
I think he though it might hit the front facing wall.
Nicholas Swish. Team has no fundamentals
Here we go. The bumbling Yankees defense strikes again.
Bad play by Swisher
Swisher is such a joke. Bring in Dickerson for defense. Now the game will be tied and the bullpen is extremely short.
Swisher is a clown. I hope his antics make all you giddy. He’s a fan favorite after all!
kd,
Alex does not look good to me at the plate. It’s both concerning and disappointing.
I think he’s hurt. Not acutely. But I just don’t think he’s able to rotate through that hip like he could during spring training.
He looks completely different.
Can’t put the tying run on intentional to set up the DP I suppose?
They gave Lowrie a triple on that?
What a joke.
Don’t worry, he’ll jog out to right field tomorrow night, do his little salute, and we’ll love him. But we’ll complain about Jeter and Posada all day.
aw too bad that fan couldn’t reach over and grab the ball
Look like fan touched ball. No excuse for Mr Happy Swish. All fun an game in Swish and Cano world
Alex does not look good to me at the plate. It’s both concerning and disappointing.
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It doesn’t look like he can catch up to to any semi good fastball.
Swish was thinking about nailing Ortiz before getting to the ball…..CB, good to see you….
please dont walk a guy hitting .160
“Can’t put the tying run on intentional to set up the DP I suppose?”
at home, I think you try not to put the go-ahead run on
One of my least favorite parts of this season has been on mlb.tv with that dumb commercial with Swisher for razors that they keep showing again and again before the games start.
That’s the last thing I’ve wanted to see before a game. Swisher yucking it up with Papelbon.
You gotta love Swish. He swings from his heels against RHP with his eyes closed and he plays RF defense like a kind playing catch by himself in his backyard.
He’s a fan favorite!
Swish is like Cervelli. He doesn’t hit enough to make up for his awful defense. He can’t hit righties so he shouldn’t even be playing tonight.
This is yet another home game where the Yankees hit a homer in the first inning, then looked like they weren’t that interested.
please don’t let Cameron score
Does anyone know the last year the Yankees finished a season without a player hitting .300 or above b/c it looks like this could be a year for that…..
CHANGEUP there
HORRIBLE pitch selection with Varitek on deck.
unlike us Boston can come back in late innings against us
Probably shouldn’t have gave in there with a fastball. Shoot.
the only damn pitch Cameron can hit and he throws it
Cue the criers and Boston trolls now.
Great a fastball right down the middle. Everyone knows that Cameron can’t hit off speed pitches awful call from Cervelli.
better be careful or cameron might try to steal here…
This has no business being a 2-2 game.
The offense needs to get it’s act together and quick.
Keith,
who cares?
Were fine hold it here tied. Come on CC
It seems like every time this Yankees team makes a bad fielding play it bites them on the butt.
Don’t worry. Swish will hit a 9 run HR next inning. He’s already amping himself up to do it. All is well.
Our offense is going to have to tack on some runs. Letting Beckett off the hook & sitting at 2 runs is not getting it done now.
CC get these 2 outs
Cue the sensible old man to chase the kids off his lawn
This team aging, no fundamentals, disastrous, injured
what a waste of a pitching effort tonight
amazing their 8 and 9 hitters are making cc look bad.
“It doesn’t look like he can catch up to to any semi good fastball.”
No. He can’t. He’s just not generating enough torque through his hips. He kind of looks like he did for so long last season.
It’s really concerning. Without him, their offense is just completely different. It has no foundation and just drifts.
Swisher almost threw that ball away.
4 hits this inning.
thanks cb. i agree. that hip is probably not near 100%, maybe not even 75%. he’s probably also pressing since the team needs his bat.
they need to score some runs and pick cc up
Game is over
Yeah, Swisher is definitely aging. He’s a regular Methuselah.
Way to collapse CC. Another sweep?
Wow, this all happened fast. Lots of pressure on Sabathia with no offense and no bullpen behind him. And now Ty Cobb is up.
CC really lost it quickly. A hit to Cameron and 90 year old Varitek is patethic. I hate to get on CC but to lose this game would really stink.
Ortiz would no be send home if Swish field ball cleanly. That was Swish being Swish
Way to collapse CC. Another sweep?
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of course Yankees have no comeback ability
does this game remind anyone else of that game at Fenway in ’09? I think it was the third series of the season against the Sox, the Yankees were trying to avoid the sweep with CC against Beckett, and they blew a 2-run lead I believe. almost the exact same thing, except I think it was the pen that eventually gave it up in that game. oh, and it was on the road
And who started the inning? Ortiz….guys hitting about 40 points higher than any Yankees. Unbelievable.
gotta get a K here since a double play is unlikely.
RS….absolutely. They had a 3-1 lead and CC lost it in the seventh or eighth. I think Aceves did poorly as well.
They were trying to throw a fastball in to set up the change up away on the next pitch to Cameron.
And he made a mistake.
That’s why the offense needed to do more. It’s a ridiculous way to allow a game to progress.
Beckett just wasn’t that sharp tonight.
Cano needs to get the ball out of his glove on any dp poss.
imagine beign at the game for 6 hours to watch this train wreck.
usual crappy situational hitting and bad fielding.
this team stinks…….cc has to be great for them to win tonight…
K here !
SOB !
night all
way to tack on runs yanks. posada great ab with men on base. etc.
no one hitting over 280 and now varitek and elssbury are killing them.
OVER
OVER
Is it possible that Joe Girardi MIGHT want to have a team meeting after the game?
“It seems like every time this Yankees team makes a bad fielding play it bites them on the butt.”
that’s because all their errors seem to put runners in scoring position with just 1 or 0 outs. they can’t make their errors with 2 outs nobody on.
This. Team. Sucks.
The race to .500 continues!
G love right on. Swish with no fundamentals is fan favorite. Posada thrown under bus though
This is on Sabathia. 5 hits in one inning with 1 out is just plain awful.
What can you say? The Red Sox are a better team. It’s sad, but it’s true.
Game over. This offense won’t come back. They score a couple runs then take the rest of the night off. It’s their trademark this season.
this game is lost. just terrible inning
Really game over now. I hate this team so much. I hate the fact that boston never quits and the Yankees have no life
Girardi has to get CC out of here. I hate when he allows the pitcher to give it up like this without going to the bullpen.
If the Yankees get another base runner, I’ll be surprised. Another game with an early homer, and they pack it in. Maybe the Captain should think about a team conversation.
Swisher cost them one base not an out. This is Sabathia losing it after pitching well for 6.
Ellsbury no swing for fences every pitch as most Yanks roster. If swept 3 game series at home 2 times consecutive, shameful.
Hey, just tip your cap to them. Those guys know how to battle, right Jete?
maybe some of you should stop following baseball if you can’t handle it.
or just stop whining like little biotches
Wow. No matter what CC throws, they just manage to slap a hit somewhere. That’s the difference in the 2 teams. Our offense can’t string together bloopers & just past people grounders with RISP
Pat M.,
How are you? Hope things are well.
I’m not liking how this season is going.
The model the offense has been built on for almost 15 years is coming apart. And it’s unclear how they are going to reinvent it.
Once again Joe leaving a pitcher in too long and not knowing when his pitcher has lost it
Seriously get CC out of the game!! What is Girardi waiting for, he is clearly out of gas.
“They were trying to throw a fastball in to set up the change up away on the next pitch to Cameron.”
wasn’t it a 3-2 count?
Wow. No matter what CC throws, they just manage to slap a hit somewhere. That’s the difference in the 2 teams. Our offense can’t string together bloopers & just past people grounders with RISP
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when there are 5 automatic outs in the lineup that is what happens
cc is staying in for gonzalez since he has owned him all night.
Well if that gets over Brett’s head it is game. Now get Gonzo and try to come back and show some fight possibly.
G love They do battle, some times Yanks show no urgency or battle, pack it in, go into fetal position
Gotta be his last batter.
CB,
good to have you back making a few posts… even if it’s not under the best circumstances
“i agree. that hip is probably not near 100%, maybe not even 75%. he’s probably also pressing since the team needs his bat. ”
In spring training I was hopeful that his hip in fact was back to being right.
Now I’m not sure if that’s really possible anymore for an extended period of time.
Well, now that the game is over, Matt The Mook and his piss ant patrol can leave now.
this game sucks!
Well that will do it for cc
Hey, here comes Joe Girardi. I hope his Yankeeography airs after the game.
Everyone happy that CC hit Ortiz?
CC has crapped the bed right here. Amazing. No playoffs this year . . . And none deserved.
time to bend over
Good ace. Need you tonight step up, 6 hits in inning, fail. Huminah huminah
Girardi needs to fired
As Sabathia gives up his obligatory 4 runs to the Red Sox
Does he EVER hold them below 4???
EVER??????????
Seriously Girardi what are you waiting for? Another great job by the manager leaving a pitcher in when it’s CLEAR that he has nothing left. Maybe it’s time for a new manager who can actually read the signs of when a pitcher is done. Just an awful job once again by Girardi.
CB,
Definitely good having you back on here.
I hope you’re not right about Arod being injured. Although, with the way things are going this season it wouldn’t be a shock.
i wish i had one ounce of confidence that the offense can come back. instead, we’ll likely see Papelbon celebrate like it’s the WS
BD,
Thanks. Long night. Thought it would be safe to see how things were here.
I’m not liking this at all.
Is this our ace?
Anyone willing to put a few hundred up that the Yankees make the playoffs this season? I’ll give 2:1 odds!
the softies will not come back in this game . no chance. joke.
AGON 350 WITH risp TEX LEADS THE yanks at 290. swisher and jeter are micrscopic.
is arod even on the team….
what a friggin joke……….
CC is the least of the problems on this team.
How about A-Rod’s .276 average being the highest on the team?
“The model the offense has been built on for almost 15 years is coming apart. And it’s unclear how they are going to reinvent it.”
Well said.
Well, now that the game is over, Matt The Mook and his piss ant patrol can leave now.
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I know your such a true Yankee fan douce bag. ow many time have they come back this year? ow many times have they blown leads from the 7th on?
Terrible pitches that inning by CC.
What stands out more for me though is 3 hits through 6 innings. 2 since Curtis’ HR.
David Robertson is being Scott Proctored this year.
How about people like O’Neill that say this game is a likely ALCS preview? The Yankees have had nothing but home games, and can’t seem to win them.
You can guarantee that the Yanks will go down 1,2,3 in the next 2 innings. That is how they roll this year when they get deflated.
They never quit, and Yanks lifeless. Still 3 innings, lead not insurmountable, keep at 2 runs, have chance
celebrate the yanks hit big poopie in yankee world that is considered a big deal took them 162 game to do it….
varitek, the rf, and lowrie beat CC, and the yanks neve rget big hits.NEVER
beedogs,
I’ll put up $500 (to win $1000) with those odds.
or would i be better off taking out a life insurance policy on you? just let me know when you plan on jumping off the bridge.
girardi is not overusing the pen, you are drunk or stupid. who the hell you want him to put in?????????????
CB……I think it starts with the top of the order, the 1 & 2 hitters…..Alex hasn’t been right on a consistent basis….Very spotty at times……I more concerns with the bullpen ever since Soriano went down…..I see that being the area that could bring the season to a quick end in early October….
i think cb is right in stating that the foundation of the offense for the last 15 years is disintegrating. they stopped grinding out at bats this year from some reason. they got too bunt happy. maybe it’s time for a change…
wow
Now take out Robertson before hs arm falls off. This game is long over. This is really embarrassing.
Fact: Boston has better starters and a better line-up. Cashman has done wonders crafting this team. What an old and lousy team.
lambs going to slaughter.
they hit when it matters and the yanks suck. the yanks have a leadoff hitter with a barely 600 OPS… El capitan, the great one… Good news jeter hit the ball out of the infield today.
implosion……
The lineup isn’t circular anymore. You look at the progression of players we’ve replaced and you can see how this is happening. In RF we’ve gone from Sheff to Abreu to Swisher. In LF we’ve gone from Damon to Gardner. At C we’ve gone from Posada to Martin. At DH we’ve gone from guys like Matsui/Sheff/etc. to Jorge on his last legs.
And when you make stupid fielding mistakes like Swisher did to start the inning it doesn’t help.
This game is a disgrace and this team is a mess.
Boston plays here like it’s their home park. The Yankees play at home like it’s a burden.
Awful pitches by D-Rob. Just awful.
This team is in big trouble.
well, that’s how you unravel.
glad Boston is out of town. Yanks need to get back to basics and rack up some wins.
Tomorrow is another day.
G. Love,
I don’t buy that whole kind of “oblique” injury he went down with. I think it was something directly or indirectly related to his hip.
He looks almost exactly like he did last year when he just couldn’t rotate through his swing.
That fly ball he hit in the first inning tonight was a perfect example.
Throughout Alex’s time here there were pitches thrown in locations where you could just see that the ball was going to get crushed a moment later.
And that stopped last season for most of the year.
That fly ball he hit tonight was emblematic of this. If he’s right, that ball is absolutely screaming into the stands.
Tonight it stays in the yard.
Girardi has his hands full right now. He’s going to need to keep this team intact. They are going to have to dig very deep to get through this season.
Nice inning. Stick a fork in ‘em. They’re done.
I really can’t stand this team. What a joke they are.
This inning is shocking. Everyone is getting hit after hit after hit & almost all of them had 2 strikes on them
Wow. If I wasn’t awake I’d think I was having a little nightmare here.
It’s a little upsetting that the Yanks got totally spanked this series.
Drob chokes, anyone says he is good is stupid.
Basically Yankees have no pitchers to match sux at all, except mo.
What got into Ortiz? Never liked him, but never thought he was such an ass.
BD: you’ve got to be the most delusional person on this board ever since Trisha ran away with her tail between her legs.
$500 it is. Let me know how you want to organize this.
Sabathia craps out once again against the sox.
Yankees will make the playoffs.
It may be as the wildcard but they just have to be better than the other teams not named Boston.
Boston now cruises to the division title.
Yankees will not make postseason.
This team sucks, has too many holes.
yep cashmans fault the ysigned soriano and wasted $15 mill.
yep cashmans fault they gave jeter 3 yrs with an option..
that is untrue. those are on steinny and levine and the sappy fans who care about yesterday over tommorrow. enjoy 3 more years of Jeter.. THink of that 3 plus years of Jeter acting like Walt Weiss or Bud Harelson.. YECH..
Nope do not want to insult the great one.. I would have signed him to 1 yr $8 mill and go from there. Yea they needed to sign him for the 3000 hit chase. WHy.. it is bringing the yanks all this residual income, no it is not…..
3 MORE YEARS OF THIS DEREK JETER. WATCH AND CRY.
The Yankees offense gets what they deserve in this game for cruising after the 1st inning. When you score 2 runs in the 1st inning and nothing after that 9 times out of 10 you will lose. Beckett wasn’t unhittable tonight and it was another pathetic job by the offense. Any day now Cashman will realize it’s hard to consistently score runs when your lineup is 4 men deep.
This is Yankee stadium massacre.
Bottom line, the redsox are just better atm. They have a legitimate potent offense where anyone of them can score. What they did that inning was something we used to do.
So we’re now down by 5 with 3 innings. Let’s see if we even get a hit
It’s hard to win games when you only have 3 hits tonight
Watch, no more hits, just limp away with a tail between their legs.
Why is Gardner always 0-2 in a count.
good news jorge is almost at 200……
good news the captn. is going to get his 3000th hit in this milenium….
good news jeters slugging % is higher then most pitchers in the NL……….
Biggest problem with Girardi is that he doesnt seem to light a fire into this team at all.
Someone like Pinella would never ever stand for the way they are playing….
score in the first then bend over.
go down in the first and bend over…
CB,
If the oblique was a cover for the hip then we’re really screwed. I was really counting on Arod being the player he was in those opening weeks and I was hoping it was a oblique that would right itself eventually.
He doesn’t look right at the plate although he’s moving well in the field to my eyes so I question if it’s the hip since he’s playing good D…although that could be because of good positioning.
It’s really time for the Yankees to bring up Montero. You have to get that bat up here and develop it and hope it mitigates some of the personnel mistakes the Yankees have made over the years and some of the old age as well.
The Yankees stashing him in the minors still tells me they don’t believe in him and they want to trade him for what shakes loose next month.
this team is a pathetic, gutless embarrassment. Every time they manage to beat up on some hapless team that’s even worse than they are (Oakland, Anaheim, Baltimore), they claim to be “on a roll” and “there’s such a good feeling in the clubhouse.” Then they play a decent team and get steamrolled in every phase of the game. They are an embarrassment to the pinstripes. They should not be buyers at the trade deadline, they should be sellers. Face it, this team is going nowhere this year, and they shouldn’t mortgage the future to get a couple of more mediocrities just so they can try to win the wild card and get embarrassed by whoever they play in the first round. Your 2011 Yankees: a disaster.
If the Yankees are going to play such uninspiring baseball, can we PLEASE see some prospects?
..and we can only muster a pop up.
NO WAY this team makes the playoffs. They are so flawed, it’s sad. At least we still have millions committed to ancient players.
I liked it better when it was raining.
Only if George was still alive……………….
It’s time to bring up Montero and let him get used to major league pitching. This team isn’t going anywhere this year with half a lineup, 2 good starting pitchers and 2 good relievers. Cashman has to face the facts and move on to the future and stop living in the past.
did not see the cano ab with the bases loaded. But I think he fouled out on the first pitch to 3rd.
he is not as great as you all think. look at his #’s…
he needs a kick in the a–.
this team is plain bad… make some moves. bring up whelan, say adios to andruw jones(hate guys that smile when the ystink and strike out on 3 pitches)..
once garcia goes into full implode mode say adios.
bring up the young guys why not. also send cervelli down and bring up montero. his defense is worse then cervelli????Really…
Lets keep Montero in the minors I mean we have Cerville
Pat M.,
Bull pens are bull pens. They are almost always is some state of disarray. No matter how good they look in the winter they almost always collapse. Just look at what the White Sox have gone through this season.
What’s happened in the pen is bad. And Soriano is about my least favorite yankee in a long time, but that’s just the way it is with relievers.
Though I must say – Soriano is just a dote. What kills me about him is that he put in almost no work in spring training and was completely indifferent as if he were Mo.
Then the season starts and he tells the Yankees – don’t worry – in a month I’ll have my usual velocity.
How dumb is this guy? I’m not going to put any work in during spring – but I’ll catch you in a month.
This from a guy who has had multiple arm injuries for his career. You think those two things may be related – I’m unprepared for the start of the season and I keep hurting my arm when I need to reach back for something in high leverage innings. It’s idiotic beyond belief. So I’m not even surprised he’s hurt again.
But there is something deeply concerning about this offense – it far surpasses the problems they have in the bull pen or even in the starting rotation.
Bull pens always enter periods of chaos. The starting rotation isn’t great but it’s been better than expected.
I know what their aggregate runs produced are and their run differential is.
But this offense is fragmenting at it’s foundation. It’s deeply troubling.
can someone who knows how to please pull up what the Yankees ERA is with Cervelli behind the plate versus Martin?
LockDown,
I don’t think Boston is the better team. The minute they go out and play lesser competition they’ll struggle again.
A lot of their success is built on their dominating the Yankees this season. If the Yankees were splitting these games with them they’d be in first place by a few games.
They play the Yankees hard and the Yankees treat these series like they are a burden and a chore.
That said, the Yankees will probably be in 1st again next week because Boston will struggle against whoever comes next and the Yankees will beat up on the little sisters of the poor they face in the coming weeks.
I would rather see a struggling Montero than ever see Cervelli again.
Ooo. A meaningless hit now from Captain GIDP.
I love, love, love the Yankees, but this is unbearably painful – to watch them picked apart by the Red Sox – and in particular, Ortiz – like we’re a AAA team. To see this patchwork pitching staff give up this many runs in a three-game series – at home. To see CC lose for the third time this season to that arrogant punk, Beckett.
And for all the Pollyannas out there screaming, “But we’re in first place!,” you’re right, we are.
But does anyone think we’re a playoff team with:
– Swisher, Posada, Gardner and Martin/Cervelli in the lineup on a regular basis?
– A-Rod settling in to become just an above average HR and RBI guy?
– Jeter probably a .260-.270 hitter from here on out?
– A pitching staff counting on Colon and Garcia to last well into the season?
– Ivan Nova?!
And now the killing blow: our decimated bullpen.
I love the Yankees, but I don’t see how this gets turned around, as much as I hope and pray that it does.
Now Joshy boy can plunk another Yankee on his way out. This is his last inning anyways.
Ten to go.
beedogs June 10th, 2011 at 12:53 am
BD: you’ve got to be the most delusional person on this board ever since Trisha ran away with her tail between her legs.
$500 it is. Let me know how you want to organize this.
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I’ll be glad to hold the money. For a 10% vig of course.
Stuart that what this ream needs. Someone let go and someone sent down to shake things up
CF, 2nd base and closer are the only positions I’d say the Yankees have an edge on the RedSox anymore. Cano gets the edge more for last season and the fact Pedroia is playing hurt. The rest of them lay down like dogs.
they have millions guaranteed to old guys like Jeter. fans and the media morons were outraged that cashman was so hard line with the GB machine and did not want to give him this deal.
enjoy derek for 3 more long long years…………
jeter has 11 extra base hits on the year. gardner has 18. granders has 33. jeter has 11 friggin extra base hits……………
It is beyond me how they scored only 2 runs against Josh Beckett with no fastball command.
Really pathetic.
Wow this team is silly anemic.
what a comeback inning by the Yanks
I’ll watch the rest and hope like heck, but I really don’t wanna comment anymore.
I can’t recall ever seeing this team look so inept in every aspect of their play. Just awful.
The Mavs winning made my night, now this garbage has ruined it.
I am so sick of this “team” laying down for the sux. There is no excuse for this kind of crap. None.
The Jeff Marquez era now begins! Prospect Huggers Unite!
And the Marquez era begins.
adios andruw jones. that is easy, cheap, and a start. next cervelli go down and work on his throws bring up jesus. if jesus struggles you send him down. it happens all the times in which guys struggle at first.. Pedroia was awful early on for the sux.
next send down sanit or some other placeholder and give whelan a try, he has earned it.
next if garcia starts to falter, adios, hughes will be back soon and they have phelps or warren or the B’s who can be given a try.
and you go on and on. jorge continues like this, on the pine or adios.. I like jorge but the yansk owe him nothing. They owe him zilch… jorge with the 5 year met threat, they owe him jack.
After this game we will be 17-16 at home. That is just pathetic.
When does Cashman “speak up”.
Don’t worry!
When Jeter finally gets his 3,000th hit on an infield dinker that should be an error the Yankees can finally start prioritizing winning baseball games.
Congratulations to the Yankees offense for doing something only the mighty Twins offense has done in the last 6 weeks…allow Beckett to complete 7 innings
G. Love,
Redsox have been winning a lot lately too. And atm it looks like we don’t stand a chance against them. And if this continues & we see them in the postseason, then I don’t see how we win a single game.
Our offense has issues.
One last thing, is there anyone who looks more puzzled in the face than Crawford when batting ?
And who’s uglier poopie or yuk yuk ?
This is what happens when you win championships or contend for them for 10-15 years. You have to overpay the players that got you there; you don’t want to change radically the teams that got you there, so you hang on to older players longer than you would otherwise; and then, of course, there is the premium they have to pay players for paying in New York. Whether this is because of the precedent set during the early free agent years, or the hassle of dealing with 1970s or 80s Steinbrenner, or the press, or not wanting to raise your kids in NYC, doesn’t matter, the premium is there and it’s probably 20% of the contract. Bottom line is that for the Yanks to field a team with the type of pitching and hitting to win a WS now, you are looking at a 250 million dollar payroll (or you have to bring up 6-8 great players from your minor league system). Neither one of those things looks doable in the short term. So, we’re stuck.
I saw Jeter’s 2000th hit in person….it went about 18 feet. I hope number 3000 is the same.
Swisher really broke out of that slump, eh? Glad everyone was patting him on the back after the weekend.
The Yankees didn’t play good teams out on the West Coast. I don’t know why everyone got so excited.
When does Cashman “speak up”.
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when does Girardi speak up? That is the question.
The problem now is that they might win a few games this week and all will be forgotten, swept under the rug. Joe will say that the season has it’s “ups and downs” and the anemia will just continue, unabated.
“The Yankees stashing him in the minors still tells me they don’t believe in him and they want to trade him for what shakes loose next month.”
G. Love,
I think it’s Alex’s hip. He does look ok in the field but he’s just not rotating right at the plate. This is how he looked last season when he couldn’t generate power. When he’s right he’s just so fast and smooth through his rotation. And he’s not close to that now. That’s why he can’t even square up good but not great fastballs.
I don’t think the team can consider him to be a foundational piece anymore. Which is extremely concerning (and that’s even without the contract implications).
On Montero – I love him. He’s got a great swing. But watching him so far this season in AAA – they are throwing him a lot of soft, junk away and he’s not handling it that well. He’s pulling off the ball quite a bit rather than driving it to right field like he needs to.
Until he starts doing that I don’t know if it makes sense to call him up. Perhaps getting called up will push his game to that next level. But if this is an adjustment period he has to go through with how they are pitching him – he is going to struggle at the big league level. Major league pitchers will throw him nothing but junk away.
A few seasons ago I really wanted the Yankees to sign Matt Holliday. In my head I understood why they didn’t. But I just had a sinking feeling that it was a big mistake. It was a feeling that I really couldn’t shake. I understood why – but that didn’t make me feel like it was less of a mistake.
I am really shocked that Cashman hasn’t given anyone from the minors a chance yet. They have gotten nothing out of RF, DH and Jones. But the gm for some odd reason refuses to do something to improve the team. You can’t win with this many under performing players and a starting rotation like they have.
It’s the manager’s job to speak up…..it’s the captain’s job to speak up. Someone needs to do something. We can’t just assume that any moves are going to work.
the problem is cashman is not allowed to treat this like the real world.
the yanks treat there old players” differently”
now kay will whine about bullsh-t.
how about the offense do something. i have never seen an uglier league leading offense in my life. the yanks lead in runs score but are so underachieving and ugly it is unbelievable.
no 1 hitting over 280… men on base you need to put the ball in play unless you are jeter because it is then hit to short on the ground and leads to bad things………….
Another Pendleton, Carlyle type. Boy, we’ve got em’ !
Ha I see red sux fans on the social network claiming that Beckett has a real shot to win the Cy Young. HA, only if he throws against us every start.
Cleveland will come in and rock this team.
Murcer,
While you are right, the Yankees have Tex, Grandy, Swisher, Cano, Gardner in their prime. They should make up for the decline of the Jeter and Posada, but they don’t. Swisher is useless unless a LHP is on the mound and Tex is hitting .250-.260 like Giambi did with walks and HR’s galore.
This team doesn’t string anything together offensively. There’s too many holes in the lineup. We’ve downgraded talent since 2009 ended and that what we’re paying for.
Sign Matt Holliday last year and this wouldn’t be happening.
Look, guys–Cashman is a very bad GM. The sooner he goes, the better off the team is.
“Yankees didn’t play good teams out on the West Coast. I don’t know why everyone got so excited.”
But it’s not like the Red Sox were playing great before they got here. They got swept by the White Sox at home, then beat the A’s three straight but gave up 17 runs in the process.
enough with the alex hip bull.
it has been 3 years and that is bull. the guy is not what he was 3 year sor more ago. he is soft, does not grind ab’s, is prone to significant slumps.
he is not that great…… tex has 47 or so rbi’s but the guy is hitting in the mid 250′s, is that really so good? they did not sign him to hit 250………
We wil sweep Cleveland, watch. But our problems won’t be solved.
CB!
Good to see you on here again, I thought the regulars had flown the coop.
I have said since the beginning of May that the Yanks will go as far as their veterans can take them, and so far it doesn’t look like they can go very far.
But, there is still a long way to go, and a whole lot of baseball to be played. It will be interesting to see how the Steinbrenner Kids handle this if it continues to sink. Cashman wanted them to get younger, but the clamor for instant success (and in 09 it paid off) sometimes gets in the way of good judgment. This team needs some young fresh blood, but how are they going to do it with all the high priced, long term, veterans standing in the way?
Even though I understand why he retired this team really misses Andy Pettitte.
If we sleep Cleveland with Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia on the mound, I’d be thrilled.
GoldGlove9486 June 10th, 2011 at 1:11 am
It’s the manager’s job to speak up…..it’s the captain’s job to speak up. Someone needs to do something. We can’t just assume that any moves are going to work.
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It’s difficult for the captain to speak up when he probably has the lowest BA with RISP.
CB,
Agree with you about Holliday. Everyone in here pushing for it looked ahead the coming free agent classes and knew it was the right time to strike.
I think Cashman thought he’d get Crawford and then pursued him like he didn’t really want him. Gardner & Swisher fooled the front office last season into believing Crawford was a luxury and not a necessity.
cahsman is a good gm, he has never been allowed to do his job.
watch when he leaves after this year what a train wreck this turns into.
steinnys boys making moves, randy levine thinking he has a clue, it will be the wild west. btw I was more then around when the yanks sucked when they were leaderless, if that happens again you will be whining for the next 10 dark years.
if cashman was allowed to do what he wants soriano would not be on the team, jeter woul have 2 year deal at $10 mill, jorge may be at home in a rocking chair, etc……………………
It really is amazing how everyone in the lineup besides Granderson is having a bad year offensively. The only guys on the team having good years are Granderson, CC, Colon, Robertson and Mo. It’s hard to win that way, it puts too much pressure on everyone else.
The only thing that would make this series remotely tolerable would be if Joe Girardi was fired as a result of it.
So beyond unacceptable.
jeter is a version of marco scutaro…
jeter is a slower yuniesky betancourt.
that is scary………..
Ortiz gets hit and he retaliates by getting hits. Alex and Jeter just roll over.
CC is 7-4 now…3 losses against Boston. Like last year, he just lives on beating the Orioles.
Time to Dream…
leadoff man – Reyes SS
Well time to get back to the basics here starting tomorrow. Forget all about the Sux don’t look at the scoreboard anymore or anything. Start winning series again and winning games in your home ball park.
Try to right this ship this weekend with a wrap around against the Tribe. Look for 3 out of 4 as a goal and then 2 out of 3 against the Rangers. Get this thing back on track before this turns into another 6 game losing streak.
All that you can do right now. Really hoping there is some frustration taken out on the Tribe.
G. Love June 10th, 2011 at 1:15 am
Agree with you about Holliday. Everyone in here pushing for it looked ahead the coming free agent classes and knew it was the right time to strike.
I think Cashman thought he’d get Crawford and then pursued him like he didn’t really want him. Gardner & Swisher fooled the front office last season into believing Crawford was a luxury and not a necessity.
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Maybe the best post all season.
Sign Matt Holliday last year and this wouldn’t be happening.
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Isn’t he injured? He definitely didn’t play against the ‘Stros tonight.
Pepi!
How are you? I miss the old regulars here. Such is life. Everything changes.
I agree with your assessment. The team needed to bite the bullet and I don’t think Hal and Hank fully understood the implications of that.
I think the success of ’09 made the organization lose sight of what the fundamental dynamics and risks for the organization where.
The team is going to make the playoffs this year.
But unless Alex gets back in form, Cano gets his head straight and Hughes comes back very strong this team may face some real limits in what it can do.
when are people gonna realize this yankee team is mediocre at best??? in october when were bot in the post season?
as soon grandy hit the 2 run bomb i knew those were the only runs we’ll score… how often fo we do that?
sorry but i love the yanks but dont like this team at all.. they need to dump more thsn 1/2 of them and the other half should retire!
The team is only locked in cement at SS and 3b with older guys. They can replace the corner OF’ers and the DH and change this offense overnight with the right pickups.
Swisher and Gardner fooling the front office into believing they were what they were projecting to be is the downfall of this team’s offense. That and Posada being the worst DH in baseball.
We could have signed Vlad for 4 million this off season and he’d be making this lineup a lot longer than Posada has.
# Daniel in Toronto June 10th, 2011 at 1:17 am
The only thing that would make this series remotely tolerable would be if Joe Girardi was fired as a result of it.
So beyond unacceptable.
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AMEN. I never wanted Girardi in the first place though, so I am biased against him. He has not done anything to change my mind.
i know it is girardis fault jeter sucks, jorge is toast, cervelli stinks, arod is soft, swisher stinks, granderson is a k machine, tex is hitting 255, aj burnett is a hillbilly baseball moron, freddy garcia throws 86, nove is 23, and on and on.,
cano is a baseball moron……….
yep fire girardi because we cannot say anything bad about jeter, jorge, and the gang………..
Before the season, my dad told me he thought the Yankees were just going to bite the bullet and wait for next year. Then the Red Sox started so poorly and you had guys like A-Rod teeing off, so I thought we’d be fine. Oops.
CB
What do you think is wrong with Cano?
He has been so disappointing this season.
Boy, these guys are just having a great time out there, down 7-2.
Arod doesn’t look pissed at all chatting up with Scutaro.
Once Lee told Cashman to get off his jock I knew that this was going to be a bad year
I am sure Cashman did also
Reality check. The Red Sux came in to our house with swagger and confidence. They threw at us, out pitched us, out hit us and played better fundamental baseball. In short, they humiliated us. Anyone that isn’t really upset about these last three games is burying their head in the sand.
signing matt holiday is the standard stupid move that would lead the yanks to having about 10 bad years.
holiday is slow, not young, and cannot field….
this team is pathetic.
Cashman’s had autonomy since 2005. He was right about Soriano; but Nick Johnson last year? Vazquez? Come on… Look, support the man all you want. But when you’ve got essentially no payroll restrictions and one championship in the last decade, well, it’s safe to say there are others who might be able to achieve similar heights. And by the way, Stuart A: are you really that illiterate, or is it an act to disarm the rest of us on this board?
WE ARE NOT MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR! absolutely no chance.. the morale isgetting worse and worse.. the team hates girardi too.
Crawford is not the type of hitter the Yankees need.
They need a legit middle of the order bat.
“when does Girardi speak up? That is the question.”
seriously…I would be fine with his relaxed attitude if the Yankees had come out and won today. At least they would be in first place…and it’s hard to scream about AJ and Garcia stinking it up against the Sox lineup
But tonight…they took an early 2-0 lead against Beckett and then the bats fell asleep. CC was cruising and just fell apart. Swisher made a key misplay that might have changed the inning by rattling Sabathia/giving the Sox an extra lift. And this is nothing new…it’s been the same old story all year. I want to see Girardi get MAD and the Yankees veterans to stop feeding us that stupid mantra of “you have to grind through the ups and downs of a season”, or “that’s baseball.” I want a little of sense of urgency
CB, it’s good to see you here – your insights are as keen as ever. This board, like the Yankees offense, is a pale shadow of itself, and it’s not clear when/if either will bounce back . . .
Fell asleep…woke up to this?
For everyone blaming the offense, the pitching staff gave up 25 runs in three games. Not gonna win many games that way….
The 2011 Yankees are an absolute disgrace to the uniform. Even the fans have quit. Where are the boos? Wheres the accountability? Losing to the Red Sox is UNACCEPTABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. This should NOT be tolerated. To be swept at home, TWICE, to these scumbags is an embarrassment to the fans.
Major changes need to be made, and NOW. Get rid of the worst manager in team history, release Posada, bring up the prospects, and demote Cervelli, Gardner, and Nova. NOW.
WCYF that is a good post there and absolutely correct.
holiday is slow, not young, and cannot field….
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This just isn’t true.
Holliday is a very good defensive OF.
The more I think about it, the more I think Reyes is a necessity as a free agent. It’s a chance to bring in a premium offensive guy who can play a better SS than Jeter. He could make up for the misses on Crawford and Holliday to an extent if the Yankees also deepen the OF corners.
I’m not saying they should trade for him.
I am starting to think they should sign him. He would change this lineup from the top and be the leadoff guy pushing Jeter out of the places he’s holding based on reputation and legend. It would be a page turning move in more ways than one.
I think it should happen.
I don’t really think there’s one player who respects Girardi the way people looked at Torre. You didn’t want to let Joe Torre down.
Texas is the team I fear coming into The Bronx in a few days….CB, Matt Holliday would have been a fixture for some years in left
“I am really shocked that Cashman hasn’t given anyone from the minors a chance yet. ”
The Red Sox slow start and the Yanks hot start made everyone believe in fool’s gold. Now that reality has sunk in, and this pathetic bunch of don’t-care do-nothing flailers have been exposed, they have to act and make some changes. Get some of the kids up here and start getting ready for next year. See how much of the dead wood you can jettison. And Girardi benching Cano for his lackadaisacal play might be a good thing again, the way he did a couple years ago. Clearly Cano has forgotten that lesson, the way he throws away AB’s. There’s no excuse for it.
stuart a,
Your posts are consistently incomprehensible. Wanting Girardi to be fired doesn’t mean that I’m ignoring the other problems this team has.
It simply means that he’s a horrible in-game manager, rarely puts his players in a position to succeed, and doesn’t really seem to “motivate” this team.
They look DEAD right now. That’s on the manager.
The Yankees are going to need to trade for Beltran.
Sux is a much better team, all around.
I think they need to take a shot at getting Beltran – I don’t think they can swing getting Reyes mid-season and moving Jeter to the OF. They need to do something with one of Swisher/Gardner, one needs to be on the bench
GoldGlove9486 June 10th, 2011 at 1:17 am
CC is 7-4 now…3 losses against Boston. Like last year, he just lives on beating the Orioles.
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CC…who’s your daddy?
G. Love,
Don’t think Crawford was the answer to this team at all.
The best way to win is to generate differentials in performance vs. what the other teams can muster.
And over the past two years that’s become hitting – solid hitting that generates base hits and power.
Pitching will always be the foundation of the game.
But right now the opportunity to gain competitive advantage in the game is through high quality, well rounded hitting.
Over the past few years there were a few distinct moments where I was just really disappointed when guys signed long term deals. The first was Felix. The second was Justin Upton. And the third was Tulowitski (Tulo was a a killer….).
Getting truly high quality bats in free agency is getting to be impossible. With revenue sharing all teams can lock up players and with hitters there just isn’t that much risk in doing so.
I don’t know. They are going to need to pull a rabbit out of hat to make this work.
Girardi is just as bad as the rest of the lames but its his blatsnt lies after every game that makes me really hate him.
why does swisher try and hit a HR every at bat.. idiot.
sure g love. the yare going to move the great 1 from short. sign reyes for a ton of money and cross there fingers he does not get hurt…
NO THANK YOU…..
try this. bite the bullet go younger and add by subtraction…….
You didn’t want to let Joe Torre down.?????
are you kidding me?
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
again, are you kidding me?
“Ortiz gets hit and he retaliates by getting hits”
Let’s just hope that by getting all these hits, he forces the Sox to give him a multi-year contract with a salary raise at the end of the year. I was afraid the Sox might try to make a run at Prince Fielder for DH, but looks like that can’t happen now.
By the way, I would live to see Prince on the Yankees. Hitting over .300 with 50+ RBI. He’s an absolute monster
CB,
I’m doing good! I miss the regulars too, and I have especially missed your analysis. I’m not as sure as you are that they are going to make the playoffs this year this season is starting to remind me of the 1979 New York Yankees. Every one was starting to show signs of age at the same time – kind of like 1966, but not as bad.
But, like I said, among all the sports baseball is the craziest when it comes to predicting who will win what in the end. No one, and I mean no one, gave the 1969 Mets any chance, or the 1978 Yankees, but we all knew how they turned out. Biggest difference is the age of the players, and the injuries. Now that Joba’s career may be over, and Soriano and Hughes are out, it doesn’t look good. But, remember Aaron Small!
CB, great to hear your insight again. Wish you were here more often.
Thats it for me.
“For everyone blaming the offense, the pitching staff gave up 25 runs in three games. Not gonna win many games that way….”
Also not going to win many games when, after the first two hitters of the game, you do absolutely NOTHING on offense. With this pathetic, overrated, all-or-nothing (usually nothing) offense, the pitchers practically have to throw shutouts every game. That’s too much pressure. If it weren’t for Granderson and Tex hitting homers this year, we’d be the worst offense in the league.
Youk HR?
The more I think about it, the more I think Reyes is a necessity as a free agent
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It would be a great move. But you and I both know that the Yanks would never do that to their precious Jeter. They definitely need some young blood in this lineup. If you can’t get a middle of the order bat which they can’t then a leadoff hitter and great SS would be great. Arod is getting old, Tex is too inconsistent and Cano has issues.
this is the houston 5 pitcher no hitter about 7 years ago.
or the seattle debacle in 2000 when they destroyed the yanks at home.
make me happy make some moves. not the insane moves like trading for beltran or some other rental the moves like bringing up young assets and seeing what they can do and cutting old waste…………….
all right, Ortiz HR
“What do you think is wrong with Cano?
He has been so disappointing this season.”
LGY,
I don’t know. It’s sort of been crushing to watch. So many of those positives from last season have rolled back.
I just don’t think he’s focused enough to perform at the level required to maximize his talents.
Baseball is so long – it requires constant vigilence to focus on performing.
What’s so telling with Cano this season has been his defense. It’s been so puzzling. And once again we see how his offensive and defensive performance are correlated.
I don’t know. Maybe he’s just really pressing because he sees the team decaying around him. That’s very possible.
But he has to realize that he’s not young anymore and that this is no longer a team that Jeter and Alex are going to be able to carry.
Please no more bombs from Ortiz. And there isn’t. Didnt really need to see anymore of those.
Bottom line: at the end of the day no one seems to be in charge of this team.
Not Girardi, not Cashman, not the Steinbrenners, not Jeter.
No one to fire them up. No one to kick their butts.
Everyone collects their oversized checks, goes home to their mansions, plays with their kids.
No fire in anyone’s belly.
Man this is a tough one… last I checked it was 2-0 in the 6th. I had a bad feeling though when Cano had that awful 1 pitch at bat with the bases loaded. They had chances to tack on but didn’t. A really bad series by the Yanks. Only 2 back but they need to make some changes. That bullpen is going to really be rough for a while here.
4 freakin hits again – when is uber coach Kevin Long going to start taking some heat. Maybe teach these guys how to hit offspeed pitches
Time for a little bit of a wake-up call in Yankeeville.
This should be sufficiently embarrassing to bring on some kind of change.
Thing is, this team is still positioned where it looks like they will make the playoffs without much of an issue.
That still doesn’t excuse the inconsistent play and the glaring deficiencies we’ve been staring at. They haven’t put together a consistent stretch of two week play all year.
Bad job by CC tonight. I never want to get on him, but he has to hold that lead. If he spots them one, two, or even three, you can deal with that. But 6? That’s completely unacceptable.
I wonder if I can sell the tickets I have to next week’s game. I regret buying them now.
This is the time to see what the Steinbrenner kids are really made of and how badly they want to win. This season and next off-season. This team is worth almost $2 Billion dollars. They can afford to spend whatever they want to. It’s a privately held company. The farm system is OBVIOUSLY not going to fix our hitting deficiencies and our age. And our pitching prospects are not ready. Sitting pat and watching A-Rod and Jeter age is not a strategy.
Kevin Not That Kevin Brown June 10th, 2011 at 1:31 am
Bottom line: at the end of the day no one seems to be in charge of this team.
Not Girardi, not Cashman, not the Steinbrenners, not Jeter.
No one to fire them up. No one to kick their butts.
Everyone collects their oversized checks, goes home to their mansions, plays with their kids.
No fire in anyone’s belly.
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I have to say that I agree with this. I hate to question the fire in these guys as I know that they have pride but they have no shown any fight this series. They just smiled and joked around with the Sox out there while Boston came in ready to kick the Yanks butt. And that’s what they did.
I wish the old man were still alive and with it…he would light a fire under their ass but quick after three games like this.
Forget about Reyes, he’s a punk just playing for a contract. I don’t like him. I’d rather watch Jeter hit .270 and have mediocre range, as long as he’s hitting 8/9 vs rhp.
Kevin not that Kevin another great post.
Seems like a lot of good posts from some true fans that have it figured out. Can’t disagree with any of it.
posada i miss the younger you!
I feel as confident about this team as I do that the economy is going to turn around.
Use the tickets and boo. If Cashman and the Steinbrenners can’t figure out what an embarrassment this team is, the fans need to let them know. And let the players know that this is unacceptable. They are mailing it in.
CB,
Welcome back man. It’d be a pleasure to see you around here more often.
jeter should ask joe to hit 9th.
Beltran. Reyes. They are not going to be difference makers – either short term or long.
I guess Beltran might help – but at what cost.
And I don’t think Reyes is really going to help change the dynamics of the organization.
The organization needs to take a good, hard, honest look at itself right now.
There are deep fundamental issues that need to be addressed.
Hey look who is off the interstate.
Hitting, pitching, that’s all we need !
management’s dumb move started from A-Rod’s 10 yrs/$270m contract.
They won’t fix a thing, they don’t have the ability or the guts to do any major things.
Still only 2 games back, 1 in the loss column. The season is by no means over. I’m actually more worried about the bullpen for the near future than this series. That ‘pen could become a disaster. Even Robertson got hit hard tonight and he’s the only normally reliable guy out there besides Mo…
AJ Bustnett and the non-Ace ace
I was right again with both of my predictions
You want to REALLY send a message to this team? If you are attending a game like this, take the team jersey/shirt you are wearing and toss it on the field in protest and leave the stadium.
CB,
What are the deep fundamental issues as you see them?
P June 10th, 2011 at 1:35 am
jeter should ask joe to hit 9th.
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He would never do that. Less at bats for 3,000. This series it looks like that is very heavy on his mind. That 3-1 pitch he swung at in game 1 against Papelbon was very uncharacteristic of him…
MS, that’s a good start
Wasn’t sure Gardner would beat out the dp there. Looks like speed is back
I am sick of Gardner right now. I really with Girardi would give Dickerson some more at bats. I realize he’s not a savior but he’s shown he’s a fundamentally solid ballplayer. Mix it up a little.
CB whats your take on closed door meetings?
I think Chad is going to be locked out of the clubhouse before tomorrow’s game for awhile longer than usual.
If now was ever a time for one this is it, I am thinking.
Look at that, a young, hungry guy gets a hit.
Looks like Dickerson didn’t get the “let’s shut down like chumps” memo. Let’s play him tomorrow. Let swish warm the bench
“AJ Bustnett and the non-Ace ace
I was right again with both of my predictions”
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What were Sabathia and Burnett in 2009 you moron?
Did you happen to enjoy that playoff run?
You probably didn’t considering you aren’t a Yankee fan.
I wonder how Jeter will manage to hit into a DP now. I’m sure he’ll get creative.
How embarrassing it is that most of these pathetic underachievers are actually going to start in the all star game. What a joke.
As I said, give Dickerson some more at bats… Maybe he will provide a small spark.
Silver lining: Posada is finally hitting over .200
Next target for Jorge, Swish’s gaudy .219
By the way, Swish hit .219 in 2008 over 497 ABs…
jeter will gound into a forple play – 4 outs
I wish Girardi would give Dickerson a chance against righties. Enough is enough already with Swisher playing everyday when he can’t touch righties.
Can we move on from Gardner already.
Seriously, this guy has nothing left. Last season was a fluke.
Yogi Mantle June 10th, 2011 at 1:39 am
I wonder how Jeter will manage to hit into a DP now. I’m sure he’ll get creative.
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HA! It would have been
retire after u hit 3000 jeter please
I don’t want to throw my shirt on the field tomorrow, because then my wife will make me by one at the team store for $44.99.
At least Betances was dominant today in his start… only 1 walk also. Good to see him continuing his success from last year.
Posada’s hitting over .200 so no Montero
# P June 10th, 2011 at 1:35 am
jeter should ask joe to hit 9th.
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Who’s gonna lead off ? Cervelli ? Surely not Gardner, he freezes on first.
Gotta make moves now, what have we got to lose ? Several young guys need a chance.
These 86 mph retread pitchers sure aren’t the answer on the mound.
Say goodbye to Jones and let Dickerson stay as the 4th OF’er.
Bring up a couple young guys with stuff on the mound and see what happens.
And the Yankees take a trip back to 1912. WOWZA
Great job Yankees. Just beautiful how you played against the Red Sux. You do the pinstripes proud.
G. Love,
That’s a very long post. I’d like to answer but it’s just too late.
Let’s put it this way – Jesus Montero is perhaps the most important individual in this entire organization right now. Or perhaps second after CC.
i would be happy if no name rookies took over ftom the veteran beyond retirement group
I would like some type of explanation from people about why exactly they would be in support of keeping Girardi at this point.
Let’s consider his 4 years here.
2008: We missed the playoffs. There were a lot of problems with that team that had nothing to do with him (poorly constructed roster, injuries), but let’s face it: we didn’t miss the playoffs from 1995-2007, and the first year he took over the team we missed them.
2009: We won the World Series. One of the most enjoyable Yankee teams in recent memory. They looked awful for the first few months of the year, but from that point on were absolutely unstoppable. It’s questionable, though, whether or not they had any legitimate competition that season. This was clearly Girardi’s best managerial effort with the Yankees.
2010: We lost in the ALCS. Everything seemed to carry over from 2009, including Girardi’s adequate (if not excellent) in-game managing… until around the beginning of August, when Girardi started managing the team as if he was intoxicated. I will never forget how consistently angry I was (and many others were) with some of the absurd decisions he made. It felt like he cost us A LOT of games, which hurt, as we lost out on homefield advantage in the playoffs. His drunken managing continued in the playoffs.
2011: This team looks DEAD. D-E-A-D. DEAD. They are lifeless. They should be embarrassed. Much like 2008, this team has a lot of flaws that run far deeper than Girardi. HOWEVER, his drunken managing has continued. I’m convinced that he leads the league in “What the $*$!?” managerial decisions. That is, he leads the league in doing things that makes even the casual fan wonder what he’s thinking. Also, there is something to be said for motivating your team… He can’t seem to do it. This continual “Oh, it’s a long season….” garbage is embarrassing.
I suppose my overall point is that Girardi hasn’t really done anything to warrant keeping his job. Yes, we won in 2009, but we failed miserably in 2008, and he’s been drunkenly managing the team since about August of last year.
Aren’t managers hired TO BE FIRED? Clearly, you don’t fire the BEST managers in the game (if you’re lucky enough to have one). Girardi simply isn’t a good manager. He would not be the first manager to be fired a few years after winning a championship, and wouldn’t be the least.
Anyone that can’t see that change is needed really, really needs their eyes checked.
Changes have to be made to this team. It won’t happen until the gm can admit that there is a problem and unfortunately it seems like he is in denial.
And a PAPI chant breaks out in our Stadium. Rock Bottom anyone??
hope Betances continues to dominate so that he forces the Yankees to promote him to AAA, which will push one of the AAA starters to the majors
lol im boycotting this team until girardi gets fired
CB-
Would you rank Banuelos and Betances 3a and 3b?
I hate that AAMCO commercial
Tyler, Unknown:
Much appreciated. Were it only not so…
Just don’t know what the answer is, not just this season, but in the seasons yet to come.
As we learned, painfully, from ’01-08, just going out and buying free agents doesn’t work.
Our farm system seemed top-notch there for a while, but suddenly: we can’t even field a decent starting five with prospects, have not had a major-league ready catcher for several years, and have no decent infield guys ready to move up.
How did this happen?
The Sox have to be feeling pretty good about themselves.
There’s always the 0-8 start from 2009 but somehow you always had the feeling that that team just needed to turn the corner.
With the age and health issues this team’s got some big holes to fill. Might need a backhoe to fill em…regular shovels ain’t gonna do it.
I HATE GIRARDI AND HIS CANNED BS!
Gotta keep pluggin’ away ! Hopefully with some NEW plugs!!!
2-0 and I have to step away and its 7-2????
The bleeding has to stop. I think we are past the ride it out stage.
First of all, someone has to be led out back and take a bullet.
Bring up the kids. Just like 1990, the baby bombers.