Game 114: Yankees vs. Angels
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 09, 2011 
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YANKEES (69-44)
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Eric Chavez DH
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez 3B
RHP A.J. Burnett (8-9, 4.54)
Burnett vs. Angels
ANGELS (63-52)
Erick Aybar SS
Howie Kendrick 2B
Bobby Abreu DH
Torii Hunter RF
Mark Trumbo 1B
Vernon Wells LF
Maicer Izturis 3B
Peter Bourjos CF
Jeff Mathis C
RHP Dan Haren (12-6, 2.81)
Haren vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., MY9
WEATHER: Could be hit or miss all night, but for now the rain has stopped and we seem to be in good shape.
UMPIRES: HP Chris Guccione, 1B Mike Muchlinski, 2B Mike Winters, 3B Mike Everitt
BACK HOME: The Yankees are 37-22 at home this season. That’s tie with Boston for the fourth-best home record in the Majors. They’ve won three straight at Yankee Stadium and have gone 24-10 at home since a six-game home losing streak in mid-May.
FOR STARTERS: The Yankees are 19-18 in series openers this season. They’ve won five of their past six openers, and have gone 25-12 in the second game of series.
EIGHTH-INNING GUY: From the moment Rafael Soriano threw his final pitch before going on the disabled list, Dave Robertson has allowed four earned runs in 32 appearances. In that time he’s thrown 30.2 innings with 17 hits, 16 walks and 50 strikeouts.
GO, GO GARDY: Brett Gardner is 30-for-34 in stolen base attempts since May 20. He has 121 steals so far, the third most in Yankees history for a player in his first four years in the big leagues. Ben Chapman stole 140 in his first four years in the 1930s and Fritz Maisel stole 154 in his first four seasons in the 1910s.
UPDATE, 7:20 p.m.: Granderson just clubbed a ball to right, a solo homer for a 1-0 lead. That was his 29th of the season. I think he has a solid chance of hitting 30 this season.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: The big board in center tells me that Howie Kendrick leads all active big leaguers with a .350 career average against the yankees.
UPDATE, 7:56 p.m.: You know those ropes that surfers use to keep their boards from getting away from them in the ocean? Brett Gardner should put one of those on his bats.
UPDATE, 8:09 p.m.: Pretty nice catch by Swisher in right. He might be underrated defensively. I don’t want to suggest he’s a great defender, but I think he’s perfectly fine out there. More range than you might expect, and he has enough arm for the spot.
UPDATE, 8:46 p.m.: Burnett gives up a solo homer to Abreu to tie the game at 1. This has been a nice game from A.J., but the Yankees haven’t done much of anything against Haren.
UPDATE, 8:55 p.m.: Two-out walk has loaded the bases for the Angels in the sixth. Pivotal at-bat for Burnett right here. Jeff Mathis is hitting just .180. Burnett has to get him out to keep the Angels from taking the lead.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Ground rule double on an 0-1 pitch. It’s a 3-1 Angels lead, and a positive Burnett outing is crumbling.
UPDATE, 9:00 p.m.: Wild pitch on a bad curveball, and it’s now 4-1 Angels as Burnett gets out of the sixth with a fly ball to right.
UPDATE, 9:23 p.m.: Three-strikeout inning by Cory Wade. He’s very quickly locking up a spot in next year’s bullpen, or at least making a strong case.
UPDATE, 9:31 p.m.: Little bit of life from the Yankees offense with three straight two-out base hits in the seventh. Martin doubled, Nunez singled him home, and now Jeter has singled to put runners at the corners and chase Haren. Jeter’s coming to the plate with two outs and two on. Gardner’s speed means a base hit could be enough to tie it.
UPDATE, 9:37 p.m.: Gardner steals second and Jeter lines a single to center. That’s enough to tie the game at 4.
UPDATE, 10:03 p.m.: With a lefty on the mound, Andruw Jones is pinch hitting for Chavez. The Yankees are clearly looking for a home run here with two outs and a runner at first.
UPDATE, 10:07 p.m.: No homer for Jones, but he keeps the line moving with a single to left. Here’s Martin, the guy who started that seventh-inning rally.
UPDATE, 10:09 p.m.: Martin grounds to short, and that’s that. Still 4-4 with Rivera coming in to pitch the ninth.
UPDATE, 10:21 p.m.: Abreu’s second homer of the night is a two-run shot in the ninth off Rivera. Angels back in front, Yankees with a half inning to get it back.
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who’s in pinstripes next year, garcia or colon? my guess is colon gets a two year deal somewhere. garcia’s back as the number 5
Yanks need to shake off losing the last 2 to Boston and refocus. The Angels are a decent team, let’s get back on track with a strong home showing against them.
There are 85 starters in baseball, among qualifiers, who have a lower ERA than Burnett, including 4 on his own team.
Go AJ. Go Yanks.
Go AJ!
come on AJ lets go blondie!
uis August 9th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
blake, gb7,
CC,Colon/garcia,Hughes,Nova and AJ, i think blake has a point in not having space to break out any of the youngsters….I don’t mind keeping AJ on the rotation, but don’t you think that he has to earn it first??
GO yankees!!
the slider was nasty!
that was mr nasty.
nice change
95 with a slider and a change! Who is that blond feller?
Why is Jerry Garcia sitting behind home plate when:
1) it’s Grateful Dead Night at AT&T Park in San Francisco and
2) he’s dead?
Relax, Mike. Abreu struck out swinging twice.
Nice first inning lets hope he can keep it up
i don’t believe it. an actual clean inning from the ace burnett
great start AJ.
KD,
Garcia has had 2 solid seasons in a row and is only 34….he’s pretty much reinvented himself so I really see no reason why he couldn’t pitch well again next year….so I’d go with him.
Nick in SF August 9th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Why is Jerry Garcia sitting behind home plate when:
1) it’s Grateful Dead Night at AT&T Park in San Francisco and
2) he’s dead?
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Are you grateful?
that makes sense blake.
man, haren is nasty. this kid would be ideal in yankee stadium. what’s his contract situation?
wow not a strike
NOT A STRIKE!
That’s out….close pitch but not a strike
Grandy man
Grandy man can!
that my friends, is a quick bat.
What a SHOT!. the Grandyman
THATS A HOMERUN!
MVP, MVP, MVP!!!!!
love ya Grandy
His move on the mound reminds me of a japanese pitcher, with the pause in the middle of the wind up.
Grandy!!!
Laser….
Granderson has been amazing.
Cano, learn from it when you face Sux next time.
kinda wish Trout was still with them….I wanted to see him.
THATS A FLY OUT! just kidding!
That was Steve Balboni like, but higher.
Stuck with the Angels feed on TV. One of the announcers just said that of all the players in MLB that Gardner complains more about balls and strikes than anyone in the game.
from the last thread…..my preference would be for AJ to pitch well enough to deserve a spot in the rotation and hopefully that’ll happen down the stretch and it won’t be an issue next spring……my only point was that if he doesn’t I hope they don’t let his contract keep guys like Noesi from getting a shot
The Angels broadcast is a Yankee hate fest.
WCYF,
Really?!!, i guess they haven’t seen the sux at their best
AJ on top of the ball early tonight….he’s been getting on the side of it more the last few games.
Haren threw 4 straight cutters to Curtis and he jumped on the 4th one getting out in front of it.
C’mon AJ forget about the fact that you now have a run to give back.
i love Hunter’s bat toss like he just hit a massive homer only it’s just a single up the middle
hilarious
That was a new one for me. I never thought of Gardner as a complainer, never noticed that at all.
blake,
Totally agree on your assestment, i think he has to earn it, like Hughes has to earn it too
Gardner gets a lot of balls called strikes on him.
RAB is reporting that Garrett Richard a rookie is throwing for the Angels tomorrow night. Jumping right from AA passing by AAA to make the start.
That might be bad, hopefully the kid gets rattled.
UnKnown August 9th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
I thought it was going to be Takagashi….same source
i don’t really feel like Gardner complains that much about balls and strikes
perfect pitch right there….this is what is so frustrating about AJ….he has these flashes even now where he looks like he could be one of the best pitchers in the league. 94 painted on the outside corner.
has anyone seen trout play? what makes him so good? does he have a faster bat than montero?
AJ has the old Velo tonight….or closer to it. sitting 93-94 and touching 96. He’s a different pitcher when he’s got those 2-3 extra mph.
Luis they updated it over there.
kd,
I just saw him in the futures game last year….he’s a 5 tool guy…not really the same type player as Montero. Probably doesn’t have that sort of power but he’s a guy that can do everything well. He’s got a lot of ability
The problem with AJ is that he is consistently inconsistent, great stuff but unable to execute regularly, which means that he is like a box of chocolats, you never know what you are going to get.
great job….good pitch
look at that AJ managed not to give up a run right after a half inning where the Yankees score.
Smart by Jeter to go the short way instead of trying to get the speedy Bourjos
AJ stinks, period. We will need 7+ runs to win this game.
Thanks, UnKown
I still think AJ might pitch better in rest of the season…..
thanks blake. let’s hope slade heathcott can get there soon
Unknown, sorry
That hack was ugly from Cano
nasty pitch
Robbie with early dinner reservations tonight…
The problem with a .500 pitcher like AJ is that even if he pitches well and gets a win tonight, he will be sure to stink it up in the near future. That will never change.
luis,
You are right, Heren does look like a Japanese pitcher with that pause.
So refreshing to see Robbie walk back to the dugout rather than running to 1B. That’s why Pedroia is better than you Robbie, because he’s always hustling and working to get better.
Chavez!…nice
kd,
I would take them both in two-year deals for each. However, I think that Freddy is probably a better bet than Colon.
No Brainer Chavez>Posada
Pedroia is FAR better than Cano, FAR BETTER.
Sunday in Boston, 7th inning bat by Cano and just a few minutes ago at Angels is why Cano will
always be a good player but not great–no plate discipline–what a waste of talent!
Tom,
I always thought that the reason for the early success from Japanese pitchers was that wierd pause, it’s kind of hard to time them correctly at first.
Only on Lohud. Cano K’s against a tough pitcher in Haren and gets Murdered.
luis August 9th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
The problem with AJ is that he is consistently inconsistent, great stuff but unable to execute regularly, which means that he is like a box of chocolats, you never know what you are going to get.
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The thing that is most frustrating about him is that it can change in an instant: He can give you five or six great innings, and come apart in the sixth or seventh inning. Still, despite his tendency to be erratic, he can be generally pretty good. The trick with him is to try to minimize the damage.
EDIT: weird
Nothing to do with the K, Unknown, and everything to do with walking straight to the dugout. Pedroia is far better than Cano, but Cano has far more talent than Pedroia
AJ looks pretty sharp so far.
Tex golden glove.
Luis,
Look how fast it went away with a man on.
thank god Tex has a glove!
Ghost,
Very good point…..Let him pich with a very short leash, interesting
Tom,
Yup,
Wow, AJ is dealing!!
AJ’s fastball has pop tonight.
JR, I’m not a Pedroia fan, but he does play hard and with Cano you never know what you are going to get but fully agree Cano has more raw talent.
career numbers
Cano: .307/.346/.491/.837. OPS + 118. 134 homers.
Pedroia: .306/.375/.463/.838. OPS+ 117. 69 Homers.
pretty similar…..Pedroia has never had season as good as Cano’s 2010 though….not even his MVP year
kay- “shaping up to be a pitcher’s duel”, 1-0 game in the bottom of the 3rd
i mean it may end up a low scoring game but c’mon it’s the 3rd inning
Jacob Ruppert August 9th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Nothing to do with the K, Unknown, and everything to do with walking straight to the dugout. Pedroia is far better than Cano, but Cano has far more talent than Pedroia
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Pedroia better than Cano? At baseball ? I don’t think so. I’ll grant you that Cano can be incredibly frustrating. And I’ll even concede that Pedroia might be having a marginally better season than Cano this year. However, Pedroia isn’t as good a player as Cano.
Cano is a better defender, hits better, and hits for more power than Pedroia. Pedroia draws more walks and has more apparent intensity than Cano, but that’s where his advantage over Cano begins and ends.
The key with AJ is when he starts imploding get him out of there immediately. Girardi used to give him 2-3 extra batters when it was obvious he was done and 9 times out of 10 it would back fire. I think after the Indians game where he gave up the hit to Duncan and then the homerun to Kearns Girardi learned his lesson. After the 5th inning the bullpen should be ready to go incase they are needed. It usually happens so quickly with him that the bullpen isn’t ready.
How can AJ look so good, and look so ugly? Maybe, I hope, the blond AJ is the good AJ
blake August 9th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
career numbers
Cano: .307/.346/.491/.837. OPS + 118. 134 homers.
Pedroia: .306/.375/.463/.838. OPS+ 117. 69 Homers.
pretty similar…..Pedroia has never had season as good as Cano’s 2010 though….not even his MVP year
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I never thought pedroia deserved that MVP award
blake, based on the fact that Pedroia has far less talent than Cano, Pedroia makes more out of his talent than Cano, and thus, better.
luis August 9th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Ghost,
Very good point…..Let him pich with a very short leash, interesting
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I would let him go through five, but after the fifth, I would have a very quick hook with AJ. Generally, speaking, I would let a starting pitcher work through his own jams through the first six, or so, innings…
WHat is Gardner doing??
Montero 2 run Opo bomb!
The only thing to keep D-rob from becoming a top closer is his walks.
He would have a few more K’s if not for the walks ! Amazing !!!
Have you noticed how Nunez has improved as the season wears on??, very patient at the plate and the throws have improve tremendously
Terrible bunt attempt buddy
i hate bunting here, especially with Burnett pitching. playing for a 2-0 lead? like you feel that much safer with a 2 run lead with burnett pitching. Why not try for a big inning.
Montero??? Who???
Sacrificing in 3 inn? Jesus
the guys is locked in. bring him up and keep chavez from throwing out his back
Jacob…. I dont think any of that is based in fact
Jacob Ruppert August 9th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
blake, based on the fact that Pedroia has far less talent than Cano, Pedroia makes more out of his talent than Cano, and thus, better.
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I think that you’re probably right about Pedroia extracting more from his talent than Cano, but that doesn’t necessarily make him a better player. It makes him a hungrier and more intense player, but not better. At some point, results have to matter more than effort or intentions.
Cano’s advantage begins and ends with his power. Cano’s fielding is more than suspect. How many errors this year? Has to be over 10? We all know Gold Gloves are fairly meaningless. And as previously stated, Pedroia has far less talent than Cano, but maximizes his talent as opposed to Cano
AJ is a bum. I dont care how well he pitches for a few innings. Its not gonna happen 2 games in a row.
Montero 2 run Opo bomb!===
He’s forcing himself on the roster..
That was ball 4. Gardner got out of sorts because he was so concerned about getting Nunez over instead of just hitting.
Pedroia runs around and gets his uniform dirty….but that doesn’t mean he tries any harder than Cano…..and his ability is greatly underated. He’s got a ton of baseball ability…..and incredible hand eye coordination despite his size.
blake, I think we both can agree that Cano has more skills and tools than Pedroia could even dream of having. Based on that, I think we can agree that Pedroia maximizes his talent and Cano does not, and that Cano has more talent than a .307/.345./850 line, especially a .345 OBP.
Gardner wasted 2 strikes with the sacrifice crap.
jacob,
cano has 8 errors on the season.
People discredit Pedroia’s baseball ability because he’s small…..I wanted it just as bad as Pedroia does and if I had his ability I’d be in the big leagues right now. He’s not a great athlete but he’s got a lot of baseball talent….you can’t do what he does and not.
Jacob Ruppert August 9th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Cano’s advantage begins and ends with his power. Cano’s fielding is more than suspect. How many errors this year? Has to be over 10? We all know Gold Gloves are fairly meaningless. And as previously stated, Pedroia has far less talent than Cano, but maximizes his talent as opposed to Cano
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Assuming everything else equal (hit for average, speed, fielding, etc.), I’ll take the guy with more power. Pedroia is a scrapper, and I generally like scrappers. However, as a Sox player, I find his scrappiness insufferable.
blake, come on. let’s not be biased in Cano’s favor. Cano does not try as hard as Pedroia. Not even close. I think Cano has the most talent and potential of any hitter in baseball today, I just wish he’d work to realize that potential.
sigh, as if ESPN didn’t discuss Pedroia enough during the Sunday telecast….
swbyankeesTT
Montero is going the other way, with power. Worth noting that ball he hit to track for last out last night would’ve been 5 rows back at YS.
Montero is going to love that short porch
At least they raised haren’s pitch count big time on this inning
“Cano does not try as hard as Pedroia. Not even close. ”
how can you be sure of this…..
Wasted a man on 2nd with no outs…
terrible ab by gardner. totally clueless. trying to bunt a ball at his head. ruined the whole inning.
terrible..
Jacob,
I would agree that Cano has more raw talent than Pedroia…..but I’m not sure that matters when you’re comparing the players. Pitch selection is a talent….that’s what limits Cano more than anything.
Jacob Ruppert August 9th, 2011 at 8:05 pm
He does try hard, but he is so good that it seems effortless. His main drawback is that he has no plate discipline, not lack of effort
AJ can’t throw Hunter a 1st pitch fastball in his next at bat. Or maybe just don’t throw it right over the plate.
Blake,
Stop stealing my ideas!!!,LOL
Right now Pedroia has a better ability to read a pitch out of a pitcher’s hand and know whether to swing or not…..now is that acquired through hard work……or is that a natural ability that he has?
Ghost,
I hate the little midget
that was very close
great catch by swisher
Ouch
Here we go. Every RS player is better because they try harder. AJ sucks. Gardner takes too many pitches, bunts too much. Next is Colon is too old, Garcia is going to fail soon, Montero can’t hit, Jeter is on his way out, Chavez is doomed to injury, Cano is a slacker, Teixera doesn’t earn his pay, Swisher should be cut, Arod will never be nearly what he was, Nunez isnt a major leaguer, Jones can’t hit lefties. Did I leave anything out?
blake, obviously i cant be sure unless I knew Cano personally. But that also means that you cant be sure that they both try just as hard. Just watching the both of them play everyday, it leaves little doubt in my mind…
tom,
post of the night. thanks
i think some forget that watching baseball is supposed to be fun. if you’re not enjoying the game, go do something else
Stuck watching the Angels feed on Extra Innings. Bunch of real homers…
WOW Wells has a .245 OBP and making 20 million, what a horrible albatross
i hate the little midget too.
Tom,
yes you did, Hughes has no upside, last season was a fluke, lol
6k’s in 4 innings for blondie!
kd,
Thanks, but that’s the game thread I’ve been reading.
Cano has to be by far the most frustrating hitter on the team for Kevin Long. His talent is unreal but it just doesn’t seem like he brings it all to the field every day. I thought he would have a break out year this year but he has been very inconsistent and just average for his talent level.
luis,
How did I forget Hughes! Worthless, coddled and pampered kid who should be in AA to learn how to pitch.
Nice piece there by Robbie….
Tom,
I forgot, we should trade the farm for a veteran, because the prospects are way too hyped
Theres Cano for ya
just missed
Damn..I thought he just got enough of that.
Cano looks so natural going the to opposite field. If he did that more often, I bet that he would hit .350.
Sadly, this blog is a shell of what it used to be. The “venters” and cynics have sucked most of the life out of it.
Blake,
i was just joking, don’t get mad
Just in case anyone cares. Our boy tex is 2 for his last 17. this is the inconsistency that we all complain about. When he goes into hitting droughts the well is not even moist, it’s completely dry…
Martin could at least look at a couple of pitches
aptain Clutch August 9th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Cano has to be by far the most frustrating hitter on the team for Kevin Long. His talent is unreal but it just doesn’t seem like he brings it all to the field every day. I thought he would have a break out year this year but he has been very inconsistent and just average for his talent level.
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I partly blame Long for that, because I think that Long was the knucklehead that told Robbie that he could hit forty homers.
23 days till Montero…..
From here on out is when things get dicey with AJ, short leash please
You’ve go to let him go through at least five, Sparky…
23 days till Montero…..
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Or Chavez goes on the DL…whatever comes first.
aj’s throwing the high fastball on 2 strike counts. not what he usually does, wonder if it’s martin’s idea or aj’s
typically throws a slider in the dirt
Here comes the trouble…
Ghost,
true
DocTodd August 9th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
23 days till Montero
It’s almost midnight,so it will be 22 days.
This where tge wheels come off?
According to gamday that was a strike
Scoiscia stop crying like usual
Y give AJ a free out??? Thanks Mike
Damn!!
Why can’t we get AJ a run or two?
Nice play by Tex and Martin
Big play there!!!
Nice play by Tex!
nice play there by Tex and Martin
I say again, Tex doesn/t ear his salary, except twice on defense tonight.
What are the odds that a run doesn’t score here?
Nice job by Burnett, working out of trouble.
good job by AJ, but the Yanks should really give him more then one run to work with
And that is y u don’t give away outs folks
YES!!!!!, thank you Aj for proving me wrong!!!
That was a nice surprise. Now let’s score some runs!!!
Tonight AJ has a lot more going for him than just the blond hair!
AJ has had his normal implosions this year, but it also seems like he’s had a few games with little to no run support.
AJ has thrown only 71 pitches through five innings…
AJ has gotten a bad rap this year.
AJ’s really pitching a terrific game and has great stuff tonight…
Ghost,
This is the AJ I hope to see every start. He CAN pitch this way. Now that he’s blond, he seems to be lettin’ em rip. Fun to watch.
Ghost,
well……..i think he earned it last season
Who knew that all we needed to do to get AJ to pitch a solid game was hire Eminem’s hair stylist?
Bedard impressive in the first
Welcome to what apparently is “Yankee Shots To The Warning Track” Night.
Bedard just finished a 37 pitch first inning..
Really making Haren work here. Terrible job
so glad bedard is a red sox.
JM August 9th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
AJ has had his normal implosions this year, but it also seems like he’s had a few games with little to no run support.
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I agree with that he has had a few melt downs but also a few of his L’s were solid games where he got 3runs or less
ugh. Brought the bats with the holes in them again.
When this offense goes bad, it is pathetic. It’s like the whole team has to either be hot or just disappears, all at once.
Burnett has had 23 starts this year (not including tonight’s start). He has allowed 4 earned runs or fewer in 20 of these starts, and 3 earned runs or fewer in 15 of his starts. This really isn’t bad at all…
Lets hope Liriano shuts the sux down
syd,
Let’s get him some runs tonight.
http://sportsnetny.tumblr.com/.....londe-hair
Wow…………forget the color – he looks like a blonde Alfalfa
Ghostwriter August 9th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Burnett has had 23 starts this year (not including tonight’s start). He has allowed 4 earned runs or fewer in 20 of these starts, and 3 earned runs or fewer in 15 of his starts. This really isn’t bad at all…
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That’s true and as blake said, if you look at him as a 4th or 5th starter, he is done a pretty good job
luis,
I’m not mad….not sure what you’re talking about
I’m happy as a lark watching AJ tonight.
Betsy August 9th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
http://sportsnetny.tumblr.com/…..londe-hair
Wow…………forget the color – he looks like a blonde Alfalfa
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Too funny. I really don’t get guys that do that to themselves. C’est la vie….
Rats.
Like I’ve said all year. AJ is good for 15 outs tops.
Game is also on MLB Network if you are not in NY…..and its the MY 9 Feed so Yankee announcers and not the Angels announcers on extra innings thankfully…..I have never seen a MY 9 feed on extra innings so I’m thinking they don’t broadcast them……
Damn!!!
I hope he doesn’t completely lose it now.
In the wheelhouse, damn it.
He left that right out over the plate, begging to be crushed. The Yankee hitting has left the pitching very little margin for error, ever since they came back east from Chicago.
Ghost, AJ has had a variety of interesting hair styles throughout his career, lol. He has a sort of Bieber (ich) hair-do going on here …………looks kind of like a slacker dude, lol
AJ drives you absolutely CRAZY when he falls behind and just throws a meatball right down the middle, 100% of the time it’s a homerun. It’s beyond words how stupid he is when he does that because he doesn’t want to walk the batter.
Ghost, that’s true, but of course you can’t expect much against Haren. AJ’s been very good despite the mistake ………
I am getting the My9 feed on my extra innings package tonight up in Minny.
I guess i spoke to soon, lol.
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Blake,
the thing is you said in diferent words at exactly the same time, pretty much what i had said…. so i asked you not to steal my ideas… joking offcourse!!lol
c’mon AJ its just one damn run….snap out of it
Get Wade up and get AJ out of here. His imploding happens way too quickly. His leash always has to be extremely short.
AJ has gone six or more innings 13 times this year.
Betsy August 9th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Albino AJ???!!, lol
Betsy August 9th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Ghost, that’s true, but of course you can’t expect much against Haren. AJ’s been very good despite the mistake …
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They could at least scratch out the league average against him.
How come Cano is always so slow applying the tag on that play. He never just swipes it quick to the bag.
Jerkface was right…..Vernon Wells is shot
Watch AJ walk Bourjos. Nothing would surprise me with this guy…
This IBB should work out well. Good thinking.
Ghost, very good pitchers tend to throw these types of games. Nothing the offense does, bad or good, surprises me………..
Luis,
Oh I didn’t see that. Gotcha
im in and out tonight….got a lot going on.
I hope someone is warming up in the bullpen
Damn.
I would pull him here but of course Girardi will give him another batter…the usual. I thought Girardi learned his lesson against the Indians.
It’s fine get Mathis here easily. Everyone else is able to.
Cmon AJ one more out please
What is Sciocia’s problem?
Saw that coming. Carryover from the 1st inning.
Come on AJ…..bear down….you’ve been too good tonigt to let it slip away.
blake,
Anything else to report on Montero?
annnnnd there you go….
Burnett left in too long again
Get him out of there if the pen is ready. AJ is done.
We’ve seen this movie before with AJ. He always implodes. Always.
He sucks.
You cannot trust him. Never, ever, ever, ever.
You’ve got to get him out there.
That could have been Mathis’ grandmother, and she would have drilled him.
Guy bats .186 but kills us. Should have had AJ out of there.
Lucky break that the ball bounced into the stands for an automatic double.
Betsy August 9th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
http://sportsnetny.tumblr.com/…..londe-hair
Wow…………forget the color – he looks like a blonde Alfalfa
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Wow is right. And Alfalfa would be a step up from that IMO. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to look like that but it’s the worst hair I’ve ever seen.
AJ BURNETT IS A PIECE OF GARBAGE.
Exactly what I just said. It doesn’t matter what the batter is hitting, AJ is a headcase and has to be treated as one. Girardi never learns his lesson. Why is he still out there??!!?!?
So, that’s no surprise is it? It’s AJ Burnett, he is a mediocre pitcher that has no command. Everyone knew what was going to happen mid-game.
this inning proves that with AJ everything is mental….sheesh. Just limit the damage to 3 please
Thatta boy Bustnett
Always doing enough to lose
Why don’t you cry about the offense not scoring and that you aren’t having fun
why intentionally walk someone when he has no command?? He could have as well pitched to izturis..
The AJ implosion blond hair style is official…..
wp…..
Girardi again way to late with the hook. This last run the 4th run is all on Girardi.
This isn’t brain surgery. 15 outs he’s good for. Y push it?
Walks, HRs, wild pitches Bustnett’s MO
Bronx, it’s bad……..
I’m not going to kill AJ…………he’s still pitching a good game. Maybe the offense might want to do something at some point.
Martin has got to make sure that ball doesn’t get away from him in that situation
On schedule: The Yanks fall behind by a couple of runs, and here come the trolls. I’m out of here.
4 runs 2 hits three walks and a wild pitch.
choke
i sometimes think the anger at girardi is misplaced, but with Burnett i think it is justified. How many times does he have to leave him one batter too long before he gets a clue?
so just to give some perspective. he gave up a homer to a guy with 4 on the season.
he gave up a double to jeff sub 200 mathis.
really why the f-ck is this guy pitching ever??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Please explain how he stays in rotation
This is on Girardi. What in the world is he waiting for to take him out? AJ always starts the fire and then Girardi leaves him out there to dry. Wade should of been in the game to face Mathis. What has AJ ever done to deserve his long leash?!?! Girardi is really brain dead when it comes to when to take a starting pitcher out..especially when it’s AJ.
He WAS pitching a good game…Until this inning….
The Yankees have had their chances to score though and still may….
That fourth run may hurt though…
I’m sorry, but Girardi should be fired for not getting AJ out of there. That was ridiculous. Anyone who has watched that tattooed idiot at all the past two years knew what was coming. The patented Burnett meltdown. Plus he was around 100 pitches, and no one was even warming? Girardi has no excuses, none. The day after an off day, his bullpen is at 100 percent. What was he thinking?
What is AJ not allowed to give up any runs. I think I would have left him in there as well don’t disagree with that he was pitching fine. Gave up a HR. Even with all the other runs given up in the inning still wouldn’t consider this a bad start. Ppl give up runs. Which is why you hope your team scores more than one. Who thought the Yanks were going to win tonight 1-0, because I didn’t.
There isn’t anything good about the way Burnett has pitched. This is a typical, brutal Burnett outing. As long as this guy is in the rotation, the Yankees will suffer. Period. He can’t shut down a team and he can’t hold a lead. He’s awful. And don’t say he looked good earlier in the game. He ALWAYS looks good at some point in a game. And then he pitches to his typical 7 era. Just brutal. Please get this guy out of the rotation.
Ok, now he’s not pitching a good game, lol
girardi thinks aj is a stud an ace.
he should be treated like a rookie, with zero trust.
thsi was a winnable f-cking game., thrown away with hillbilly jackass.
a pitcher cannot be a timebomb….
@Betsy. U would defend Hitler is he wore pinstripes.
Is Girardi brain dead? On what planet does Izturis deserve to be intentionally walked with 2 outs?? If you can’t trust Burnett to get him out, TAKE HIM OUT OF THE GAME.
Fer F’s sake AJ!! You worthless toad.
with aj it is simply a matter of when he will implode not if……………….
he is horrible. look at the #########################”s…………
The yankees would be better off setting fire to $17 million dollars every year than let that waste of oxygen take the mound again.
Bad thing is Haren is probably good for 2 more innings.
Have to get a run or two off of him and get the rest off of the pen.
syd.cash….Do you understand the game of baseball ??? Or are you here to share your wisdom with us ???? Go back to croquet
If Girardi can’t see that AJ is good for 15 outs tops he shouldn’t be managing
AJ simply has no ability to battle.
When it comes apart, it comes apart badly. And he wonders why he has a sub .500 record – because of games like this where he has the lead.
If I believed in conspiracies, I would believe that AJ intentionally throws games.
the post game bs will be the usual. blah blah blah. had a good hook, a mistake or 2,
BULL
the implosion was bound to happen.
Fer F’s sake AJ you turd.
I’m not gonna call him names like so many others, but AJ is not a good SP ! PERIOD !!!
Only the money being paid to him keeps him in there. You think Nova would be here if he pitched like this ?
This guy is the most gutless Pu$$Y the Yanks have ever had.
Y walk izturis with 2 outs?
Ace, screw you
This is why you wait until AJ’s night is FINISHED before you evaluate him. People never learn. He has made a career of turning great starts into mediocre/bad ones in 1 inning.
Ghostwriter August 9th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
On schedule: The Yanks fall behind by a couple of runs, and here come the trolls. I’m out of here.
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LOL Ghost, I just arrived & I’m leaving, too.
Girardi is always the last person to know when a pitcher is done. He treats AJ like he is CC where he is allowed to work out of his trouble. It really is amazing how many times Girardi leaves AJ out there to give up the game and no one is warming up. His love for AJ hurts the team time and time again.
Did AJ have fun???
@Betsy. U would defend Hitler is he wore pinstripes.
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Now that’s going to far.
Here they go down 1-2-3
Jeez, Tex pulls one way foul and Kay goes nuts.
The problem with aj is he is making 17 or 18 million a year & nova is better,making league minimum.
You can’t have all your players making that kind of money & not producing what he is getting paid to produce or your in trouble as a team.
Burnett is also the 5th,maybe 6th best starter on the team & was signed to be our number 2 starter wich he is not even close.
If it is not your money,you probably don’t care but it puts the yankees in a bad spot because the lack of a number 2 starter is the difference wether they go to the ws or not & might have cost them a ws last year.
Anytime you have a player playing under what they are getting paid,it strains the resources.
Tex watch…..2 for his last 18. Just saying!!
Tin Man’s wife needs to give him another black eye this year.
@Betsy. Please keep defending AJ. We r all dying to hear how u will tonight
remember when this hillbilly was supposed to be curt schilling 2.0?
he is now, what, 4 games below .500 as a Yankee? you have to suck pretty badly do to that. I don’t even think Wright, Vazquez, Pavano, etc. did that
AJ pitched well….but with him when the wheels start to wobble a little you have to act…..especially in a game where runs are at a premium. He pitched OK tonight though……the Yanks have to hit or it won’t matter.
Would anyone be surprised if AJ starts the 7th inning? I wouldn’t. Girardi’s blind love for him is disgusting.
“Here they go down 1-2-3″
You can blame the offense, but Burnett was spotted an early one run lead against a good pitcher and of course he couldn’t hold it.
I will argue if the Yankees scored 3 runs tonight, Burnett would have given up 4. If they scored 4, he would have coughed up 5.
Potent offense – where art thou?? In fl
girardi thinks aj is a stud an ace.
he should be treated like a rookie, with zero trust.
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Girardi should treat AJ like he treats Posada, but he won’t. Girardi “AJ pitched very well, he just had that one bad inning.”
Can someone remind me why AJ is in the rotation? And please don’t mention game 2 of the 2009 World Series; that was 22 months ago.
That start was not nearly bad enough to oust AJ from the rotation. Girardi needs to be ready in the 4th with the hook and no more than 5 innings in a playoff game. I don’t care if he’s pitching a no-hitter. AJ loses confidence when his fastball drops a mere tick. He is a fastball needy pitcher.
With arod.
Burnett is a #4/#5………but we have no better options and the Yankees will have to live with him.
The inning could have wrote itself. AJ imploded. Bats go down 1-2-3
AJ is not a good pitcher.
Haren is a stud… when he gets a lead, he keeps it.
Would have looked nice in pinstripes…
You have to be able to get Mathis out in that spot. The guy is hitting .180.
JAP and Ghost,
I’m out, too, but why did that one homerun lead to a collapse?
He’s being paid $17 mil. That’s why. Beginning to wonder which contract was worse – AJ’s or Pavano’s?
That start was not nearly bad enough to oust AJ from the rotation
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Which is why I wanted him to get shelled and put out of his misery.
Y can’t AJ get the posada treatment here?
“Burnett is a #4/#5………but we have no better options and the Yankees will have to live with him.”
Are you serious? How can this be considered a rational statement when the Yankees have 5 pitchers who are significantly better than AJ Burnett? Burnett is their 6th best starter. Any rational person would rather see rookie starters from the minors before Burnett. Anyone can give the Yankees a chance to win. Burnett can’t. He’s a loser, not a winner.
$17 mil for a pitcher you don’t want to pitch or $10 mil for a pitcher who never showed up?
Is it me or do we just look listless tonight? First home game after that Boston debacle and you would think they would be up and excited to be playing at home, but, not really.
Not defending AJ, but did not really think one run would hold up against the Angels – they are still a very good team.
But like so many AJ starts, he pitched really well, just a couple of batters too many.
There r 5 better options than AJ. U don’t have 6 man rotations.
So as a Yankee Bustnett has:
1) Never beaten the Red Sox
2) Never won a game in August
You can’t make this crap up
Please skip this jackasses next start.
The $17 mill is a sunk cost. Why add to the losses by continuing to pitch him?
“He’s being paid $17 mil. That’s why. Beginning to wonder which contract was worse – AJ’s or Pavano’s?”
that one isn’t even close….AJ helped them win a title and has taken the ball every 5 days. Pavano just stole 40 million dollars from the Yankees.
I’m out, too, but why did that one homerun lead to a collapse?
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He cannot handle adversity.
It’s simple.
He kills us. The team doesn’t hit for him.
The offense disappears when a good pitcher shows up = short playoff post season.
Calm the hell down, geez. You want to tell me who’s better than he is as the #5 starter? Nevermind, I’m not interested in discussing this you.
:AJ simply has no ability to battle.
When it comes apart, it comes apart badly. And he wonders why he has a sub .500 record – because of games like this where he has the lead.
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Bingo. And the excuses for him are always “he pitched well except 2/3 bad pitches or 1 bad inning”. That’s why Burnett is a below .500 pitcher. How many of his implosions have come in the 2nd half of the game?
He sucks, plain and simple. Best thing the Yanks can do this winter is eat some his contract and get rid of him and let some young promising guys take his spot.
And for those saying how “valuable” he is because he throws 200 innings… there are almost 100 guys in baseball who have a lower ERA than him. Finding a guy to throw a lot innings with a high 4 ERA is not hard to find at all.
“But like so many AJ starts, he pitched really well, just a couple of batters too many.”
So he’s a 5 inning pitcher? He didn’t pitch really well, he pitched poorly. That’s why he’s probably going to get an L. See “Haren” for “pitched really well.”
do people sit around, wait for the yankees to go down a few runs, and then post just to irritate regulars? seriously….
You don’t win games scoring one run no matter how AJ pitched….Haren is a good pitcher yes….but they are going to have to hit good pitching in the playoffs
The HR or bust offense strikes again.
Who cares how good AJ started, the 6th inning told you all you need to know about him. Once the wheels start to come off he never fixes himself and just gives it up. It’s half Girardi’s fault because he never pulls him at the right time. Let him grow some balls and stop wetting his pants everytime he gets in a pickle.
what a find Wade was….
I’m seriously so pissed at Girardi. You can get mad at AJ all you want, but at least he’s consistent. He’ll keep you in the game for 5 innings and then it’s a complete toss-up. The Rays game against Price, the Indians game, the White Sox game…just off the top of my head are all starts of his where he was pitching well and just fell apart in the middle innings after being given a lead.
First of all, treating Izturis like Miguel Cabrera is laughable. The guy is hitting .270 with no power. Why in the world would you put extra baserunners on for Burnett? And then keeping him in with the bases loaded….
The only good that comes out of these stupid managerial decisions is that come playoff time, there’s no way Girardi can possibly justify leaving him in the rotation.
Betsy: Get a clue.
AJ- 6 innings, 4 runs. Another “quality start.”
Next start, dye your hair another color, apparently, in AJ’s case, blonds do not have more fun.
But he throws a mean pie.
Maybe AJ can be a redhead next time.
“Calm the hell down, geez. You want to tell me who’s better than he is as the #5 starter? Nevermind, I’m not interested in discussing this you.”
Phil Hughes? Nova? Anyone who has ever won a start in August in the Yankees minor league system?
I see the Yanks offense is in bit of a funk lately. That 18 run game seems so long ago.
Blake, this is no surprise – this is how the offense has been for the last few years; they blow hot and cold – and mostly cold in the post-season.
Riding AJ when he’s going good is fine, but when he falters you’ve got to get him out of there before it all unravels.
The problem is, your bullpen needs a little time to warm up, & AJ’s cave-ins are swift & colossal.
The insults and epithets aimed at him from you guys in here though say more about you than they do about him. The guy has mechanical problems & no clue where to go when things go wrong, but he is none of those things you say he is. So, eat it, why don’t you.
@Betsy u don’t think cc colon Garcia nova Hughes r better than AJ? Seriously?
blake August 9th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
You don’t win games scoring one run no matter how AJ pitched
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blake
they don’t hit for him. they know whatever they do he will give it back.
If Girardi has to have such a short leash with Burnett, what is the purpose of having him in the rotation?
They are doing a team a disservice by not seeing what Hughes/Nova have. We all know Burnett isn’t helping us at all in October. He’ll be lined up as a #4 and will pray that we can score enough against the other team’s #4 to make up for it. At least see if we have guys who could potentially be better.
6 mediocre innings from Hughes > 6 mediocre innings from AJ.
HELLO McFly – are you listening? I SAID who is better than AJ as a #5. Nova is not a #5………….. and you’ll forgive me (or not) for not saying Hughes is better than he is at this point. Regardless of what YOU may think, AJ is not being removed from the rotation. Got it, McFly? Now why don’t you make like a tree and leave.
Girardi should have went right to wade to start 6. AJ needs to EARN trust to go more than 5. He hasn’t
Ace August 9th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
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talk to your boy tex who’s in a 2-18 slump right now.
Remember when people thought Burnett had somehow morphed into Curt Schilling after one ok contract year in Toronto? Teehee
Dump the SOB! Eat the money!! MOVE ON! He’s a #4 or #5??? For who? …. A National League noncontending team? Why pay $17 million to pitch him and lose? I’d rather pay him NOT to pitch!
Maybe AJ can be a redhead next time. Or wear a mask !
AJ is not being removed from the rotation.
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He might if he got shelled.
Ace, why does it not surprise me that someone who referenced Hitler on this blog also flunked reading comprehension? NOwhere did I say AJ was better than CC, Colon, Garcia or Nova.
mick ,
I don’t know if there is anything to that or not….there could be who knows. Joe stuck with him a few batters too long tonight…..I understand that he wants to show faith in him and let him pitch out of trouble….but the recurring theme and pattern with AJ says that when the wheels start to wobble after the 5th they usually fall off.
Can’t believe you people.AJ is way a better option then Hughes or did you guys not watch the end of the Boston game the other night? Yes AJ walked a few batters and that killed him but since he gave it all up in 1 inning people jump on him.The guy pitched almost 6 innings of 1 run ball.The homer was a cheap one then he walked a guy he should not have and the big hit to a 180 batter.But besides the big hit by Mathis and the cheap HR he did not pitch that bad but people on here have a hard on for Hughes who would have got smoked so deal with it.
@Betsy. Ar u serious? Isn’t the goal to have FIVE best pitchers in rotation? Not slots. In ur warped view u wouldn’t take Halladay cos wr already gave a 1
DFox:
Yes, he had allowed no runs and no walks till the sixth. That’s not bad at all.
And yes, that’s what I meant: he’s basically a five inning pitcher.
“HELLO McFly – are you listening? I SAID who is better than AJ as a #5. Nova is not a #5″
Wow, you really are clueless. You’re correct, Nova isn’t a #5. He’s a number 6 because AJ Burnett demands a spot in this rotation. I never said he’ll be removed. He probably won’t. That doesn’t mean it isn’t nonsensical to believe AJ Burnett is a good, or even decent pitcher.
Betsy loves AJ and thinks he’s really smart. Not to mention he’s a bad boy and cute. (Betsy’s words not mine) har har
BX, Nova is a fixture at this point – you don’t have to worry about the Yankees not giving him any chances.
And yes i agree he was left in too long.When he walked the bases loaded out he should have came to pitch to mathis that was on Joe.
Oh, that makes a lot of sense, lol
4 runs ( while not great ) isn’t horrible… this offense tho has rarely shows the ability to hit good pitching. Not a great postseason formula.
“Remember when people thought Burnett had somehow morphed into Curt Schilling after one ok contract year in Toronto? Teehee”
lol. Some people actually bought that stuff too.
He was a much better pitcher in Toronto than here. He had 2 sub 4 ERA seasons, and in 08, was the best pitcher in the AL in the 2nd half and dominated the division.
With us, he has been a mediocre innings eater.
AJ had a bad inning but the offense has had a bad game. Again.
The AJ defenders grasping at straws tonight. Need the comedy though
Well, I agree AJ can’t be in the postseason rotation. He seemed to be more in tune with how to get through rough stretches and self-correct at times earlier in the season – I have no idea where that has gone but it does seem to be gone.
Fortunately, we have enough quality depth to throw guys not named AJ. I doubt very much the Yankees are going to hang themselves. I really do feel for AJ, though. It’s tough to see someone struggle & not have the ability to right himself. I really do wish the guy well, he helped us win a World Series, which can’t be taken away from him.
the regular season is a joke.
with or without aj we will make the playoffs.
what i worry about is the post and aj should see no part of it.
left off the roster.
cc, colon, nova, garcia
Montero flys out to the track in CF in his 3rd AB….hit it very well….CF made a nice play.
why is it that millions of ppl in the ballpark listening on the radio watching on tv following on gameday all knew the implosion was coming except 1 person the only one that counts girardi
LA is now going to be only 6 games behind us and they have a easy time the rest of the way the yankees better win the next 2 or WC will go to LA and we sit home.
AJ is basically a 6 inning 4 run pitcher. Doesn’t even bother me anymore. When I see AJ is starting I know the Yankees will need at least 5 runs for the win
Good job by Cashman not getting Haren last year.
Enough is enough. This guy is a loser and is not fit to wear the pinstripes. On the rare nights when he’s not giving up runs left, right and center with walks and wild pitches, he’s nearly always the first to crack. He can never seem to limit the damage; it’s always a big inning that leaves his team in a hole. How can you hope to win anything with this guy in the rotation? As for the offense, well it’s been pretty clear lately that they can’t hit quality pitching. Lester, Beckett and now Haren.
Am I wrong or did AJ have around a career .500 record when we signed him? And even that took an 18-win season that last year in Toronto to get there, right?
So the fact that he’s around .500 for us shouldn’t really be a surprise. Except maybe to Cashman.
really need to score martin here.
Cano has the ability and talent to have the same type of #’s as Gonzalez with the Sox–.350/18 HR/90 RBI…so why doesn’t he?? The Yankees really need it b/c our offense is not superior even though Cashman will keep saying that….
Raymagnetic…….Yeah, I was one of the guys who thought that AJ had turned the corner much like Schilling had
AJ needs a 2 week disabled list vacation.
It isnt a surprise to Cashman. Cashman was interviewed last week about AJ and he pointed out that they knew they were getting a .500 pitcher when they signed him..
the yanks need an infusion of offense in alex and jesus.
they will get on a roll and eliminate aj from the postseason and trade him over the winter eating salary.
Pat M. No worries, AJ fooled a lot of people his contract year.
“Cano has the ability and talent to have the same type of #’s as Gonzalez with the Sox–.350/18 HR/90 RBI…so why doesn’t he?? ”
because Gonzalez swings at better pitches more frequently.
JAP,
Hi, besides the game is far from over
The yankees have to live with burnett in the regular season rotation because he is under contract for 2 more years but as we get closer to the end of his contract,the yankees will find it easier to pitch him less or put him in the pen,trade him & eat money.
They won’t start him in the playoffs unless he is the better option & right now colon,garcia,cc,nova are better options,making burnett the number 5 playoff pitcher,wich means he won’t pitch unless someone falls off & struggles
They wen’t with a 3 man rotation in the first round last year & that was with hughes struggling,wich might have cost them.
AJ is a 34 year old pitcher being paid big bucks. Has no clue how to straighten himself out when he gets in trouble. He implodes.
Send him to the Cards. Maybe Duncan can help him.
aj is the anti-Pettitte.
and we don’t need Haren. Haren being here would not mean AJ wouldn’t be here.
The pitching has been fine other than AJ….
Cashman should be fired if he knew AJ was only going to be a .500 pitcher for the Yanks.
Nuneeeeeeeeeeeeez!
Nunez does what 4-5-6 can’t do.
Cano’s newfound patience helped him incredibly last year. This year, he has reverted back to a hacker. Still a good player, but not elite like he was last year. He was rock solid consistent, got big hits, made every play in the field, etc. Wish he could have sustained that
Beautiful Nuney. Really starting to like his bat. Hate his glove though…
well good for Nuny
Nuney!
Now is 4-2 NUnez!!!
AJ still had a 4.07 ERA and a 1.342 WHIP in his walk year with the Jays…..he had a nice year but the Yankees had to know they weren’t getting a lock #2 starter……he helped them win a title though.
Are we really not going to see Montero until September 1?
Yea let’s not get a top SP cos Garcia and colon have surprised. Really?
Yawn when was the last time the yankess came back to win late in a game like this? anyone care to look????? i did which shows this game is toast
a come from behind victory tonight sure would make everyone feel a bit better
I am glad that the angels gave up their 5th starter for haren. Cashman really messed that up.
Nothing wrong with Nunez’s glove, he’s got very good hands. His problem has been his throws, but I’ve noticed of late, when he’s got time, he is sure to set himself before he throws the ball, keeping his throws in line…he’s still young, & he’s got a lot more help on the Yankees tweaking those kinds of problems than he did probably in the minors…
“Cashman should be fired if he knew AJ was only going to be a .500 pitcher for the Yanks.”
The apologists will say he was “desperate” to make the playoffs in the first year of the new stadium and his only other option was Lowe, thus, he is justified in signing Burnett.
I guess a rotation of CC-Wang-Pettitte-Joba-Hughes wasn’t good enough…. And I guess there are no such thing as trades….
Montero should have been here since ARod went on DL.
“LA is now going to be only 6 games behind us and they have a easy time the rest of the way the yankees better win the next 2 or WC will go to LA and we sit home.”
Agree, and even if we hold them off it might not be an easy ride like we thought. These head to head games are where you have to put this team away, or else you’re looking at must-win games the second half of September against the Rays and Red Sox, where the Angels get to face the mariners and A’s
Montero is banging the ball the last 2 games….he only has the homer to show for it but he’s really swinging the bat well
Blake, I don’t blame the Yankees – they needed another pitcher; who was out there? Derek Lowe? That’s the price they paid for not paying attention to their farm and not developing pitchers ……….
Great piece of hitting by Gardner….very nice.
Cometh the hour cometh the captain. Well, we can but hope!
Jeter. K?
There are 5 pitchers in the AL who qualify for the ERA title whose ERA is higher than AJ – and one of them is our good friend MRI Pavano.
Stats are stats, but that says all anyone needs to know about AJ.
Can’t wait for the excuses from Binder Joe today. He’ll probably give the old 3 bad pitches (or one bad inning) excuse.
good at bat by Gardner
Still waiting for someone to post the last game we came back when trailing by more then 2 runs after the 6th? look it up you won’t find it lol.
“AJ still had a 4.07 ERA and a 1.342 WHIP in his walk year with the Jays…..he had a nice year but the Yankees had to know they weren’t getting a lock #2 starter……he helped them win a title though.”
Yes, but he was DOMINANT in the 2nd half of that year. 2.86 ERA with a 1.18 WHIP in the 2nd half… plus he killed the Yankees down the stretch and had great numbers against the Sox and Rays as well.
I also recall Cash saying players were ‘begging’ him to sign Burnett… which shows how much players know. The guy dominated them, so they thought he would do that to everyone…
I would venture to guess the Yankees have never missed the playoffs with a six game lead and 48 games left to play.
The bad move was intentially walking a batter and forcing AJ to reset the strike zone. This happens more often than we would like with many pitchers having to reset. Girardi even made the mistake with a relief pitcher. They brought him in & had him intenitally walk & he couldn’t find the strike zone. When he should have had the leaving pitcher intentionally walk or don’t even intentionally walk.
This inning could have gone differently if not that because he had good control this game & there were 2 outs. The last walk was a high FB to a free swinger that just wasn’t chased.
AJ is not a #2 pitcher, but I still think he will pull out mostly wins for the remaining of the season. I don’t see this as the end of he world. But our offense has to score regardless of who’s on the mound. It’s difficult to win a game if you can’t score.
Yeah, 4 runs is a lot, but it shouldn’t be for the yankees.
Let’s rally. Haren is gone. One could say that Haren imploded here, but I’m sure no one will….
After seeing Banuelos two starts in AAA so far, i believe as soon as the AAA season ends, he will be up here, and maybe a second lefty option in the pen for the stretch. Only after the minor league season ends, and he gets his innings up..
Betsy,
I don’t blame them either….it was a gamble and as I said it helped them win a WS. However….I don’t think that necessarily means you have to pencil him into the rotation for all 5 years if he’s no longer deserving of it. We aren’t there yet….he’s been better this year and he pitched ok tonight…..but I wouldn’t be shocked if they had some conversations about his spot this winter.
How can The Over-Manager possibly (at least largely) get off the hook from all of you for his decision to walk MAICER IZTURIS in the 6th inning with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd? That is honestly one of the most bizarre/ridiculous moves I’ve ever seen him make. Moreover, it blew up in his face the last time he did something similar (against Toronto earlier this season).
Guys, AJ allways tries his best, he just doesn’t have the ability to be consistent. Anyway i think we are winning this game
i manban a september callup?
“Yes, but he was DOMINANT in the 2nd half of that year. 2.86 ERA with a 1.18 WHIP in the 2nd half…”
but the overall track record should mean more than a half season…..as I said, I don’t blame them for signing him at the time.
J. Alfred Prufrock August 9th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Riding AJ when he’s going good is fine, but when he falters you’ve got to get him out of there before it all unravels.
The problem is, your bullpen needs a little time to warm up, & AJ’s cave-ins are swift & colossal.
The insults and epithets aimed at him from you guys in here though say more about you than they do about him. The guy has mechanical problems & no clue where to go when things go wrong, but he is none of those things you say he is. So, eat it, why don’t you.
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Excellent post–nailed it on all counts.
is manban a september callup? sorry for the typo
Bout time we got a big two-out hit.
cud jeter hit a dp with 2 outs? heard that now that torre works for mlb he made a special rule for jeter
Any way… Here come the Yankees!
good for Gardner steal there
COme on Derek!
Jeter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Captain!!!!!
Awriiight
Joek, sorry to disappoint.
Can’t we all just get along?
yup, jeter’s done as a player….
And the captain comes through…woohoo! Let’s go Yankees!!!!
I can’t believe my eyes. El Capitan
umm sorry haters looks like Jeter came through
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There’s a guy that needs to win. Jeter needs to win and always has.
Glad the Cap is healthy.
Great job by Gardner there also….I love it.
It’s inevitable that AJ is going to have one bad inning per game. I’ve never seen a pitcher that appears so dominant and then loses it for an inning. I wonder what his ERA would be if you could remove his worst inning per game. I would guess the 1-2 range. He simply can’t be trusted regardless of how he will try to spin it after the game with his “I just gotta focus on the positives. Be positive and take the ball 5 days from now”. We have an ace in Sabbathia and then five 3-5 pitchers.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, see!!!we are back in to this
Not sure why you can’t “believe (your) eyes”: he’s Derek Jeter.
This one’s in the bag.
Later
Great comeback so now we can refrain from blaming this one on the offense. If only they got a quality start from their starter. Hopefully the bullpen can hold them.
Nunez got lucky but great at bat by Gardner set that up.
I just wonder if Derek had some other nagging injury besides the calf that got healthy while he was on the DL….he just looks so much more himself since coming back. He’s hitting the ball hard again.
Blake, if we were better off, then maybe, but going into next year:
CC, let’s say Garcia (I think Colon will attract too much interest to be back), Nova…………AJ. Then you have Phil competing with whomever. If you also have AJ competing………that rotation looks weak. It looks weak even with AJ not competing. The Yankees are going to have to suck it up, hope Nova solidifies himself in the rotation and that one of Phil/whomever can be good enough……
Now we can all breath a sigh of relief. Haren is gone & yanks on their way to winning this game!
Jeter!! And let the record show that he got it off a righty! Hah!
ace1 was kidding relax im not a hater
Raymagnetic….AJ also sucked CB, SJ, and a few more into his web…..JobaTipshis cap, Jeter K??? What’s your gig…Now that Joba is out you’re another negative cynic ???
“Cashman was interviewed last week about AJ and he pointed out that they knew they were getting a .500 pitcher when they signed him..”
I’m sure he was talking about his career record up until that point. there’s no way anyone could have known he’d still be a .500 pitcher with the Yankees. Even the worst starters the Yankees have had manage a winning record because of their crazy good offense.
Problem with AJ is that as offense has decreased around baseball (thus run support going down) he has actually gotten worse. On the 2005 Yankees he wouldn’t even be an issue. But we’re now in a world where finding starters who can put up a 4.00 ERA are a dime a dozen, let alone one with a 4.50+ ERA
“There are 5 pitchers in the AL who qualify for the ERA title whose ERA is higher than AJ – and one of them is our good friend MRI Pavano.”
Yep. People look at Burnett’s mid 4 ERA and think he is doing solidly… a mid 4 ERA in the post-steroid era is below average. Look at how many pitchers in the AL and baseball have lower ERAs than him.
As you mentioned, only 5 AL qualifiers have a higher ERA than Burnett. Yet people will still dissect his starts to say he has been good in most of his games. Do that to every pitcher and you can subtract 2 runs from their ERA… bad starts count.
Oops… Haren the stud droped the lead…. just like AJ–oh my!
Well here is tomorrows starter for the Halos. For sure now they will be going with the Rook Richards
Betsy,
Yea we’ll see what happens…..as I said earlier my preference would be for AJ to pitch well and deserve to stay in the rotation.
Yay Jete. Way to come back, Yanks!
ok, glad I was wrong.
Like the fight here. A lot. And to think anaheim moved 6 games behind us in the 5th inning.
That pitch Jeter just hit was the one that has been killing him vs RHP….2 seamers and sinkers inside…..he pulled his hands in and got the bat head to the ball there vintage Jeter style
very good two out rally for the Yanks (perhaps the Angels left Haren in a tad bit too long)
Hard to believe this is a Yankee blog site anymore, so little faith based on so little information
Ghost, I’m probably wrong, though. He’ll probably be in that postseason rotation. I really hope for and pull for AJ, but he just doesn’t seem to progress. Maybe he’ll surprise us? ?:/shrugssheepishly
Pat M,
I was all for signing AJ at the time as well…..they needed a starter and he was the 2nd best one out after they had already signed CC
Is it realistic to put AJ in the bullpen at this time. Long relief, 6th or 7th inning from time to time depending on if Sori or Robertson were used the night before?
Nothing like a late-inning rally to chase away the trolls!
http://www.gtoforum.com/attach.....spray-.jpg
walk off?
Takahashi is coming out of the pen? Isn’t that their starter for tomorrow?
Great job there to tie it up…lets win this one
Grandy’s really only fault : ( K’s ) Love him though ! Good guy, good Yankee !
Blake, that’s mine as well………he’d make the team’s life a lot easier if he could be reliably solid.
“Still waiting for someone to post the last game we came back when trailing by more then 2 runs after the 6th? look it up you won’t find it lol.”
LOL. Always a first time for everything…
J. Alfred Prufrock August 9th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Ghost, I’m probably wrong, though. He’ll probably be in that postseason rotation. I really hope for and pull for AJ, but he just doesn’t seem to progress. Maybe he’ll surprise us? ?:/shrugssheepishly
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I wouldn’t count on it, unfortunately he is too inconsistent, but who knows???!!!
Gardner really set that up with a terrific AB and two strike approach and then stealing 2nd….great job by him.
I’ve been keeping track of Jeter’s lefty righty splits since coming off the DL if anyone is interested. Pretty vintage rbi base hit by Jeter there
‘Frock,
I can’t say that I’m any AJ fan, but I hate the way folks dump on him. I would use him in the postseason, but it would depend on the match-ups in my view. He wouldn’t be automatic inclusion in the postseson rotation. CC and Bartolo are in my putative postseason rotation, with two slots to be shared between Burnett, Garcia, Nova, and Hughes. AJ can be a valuable weapon, but he has to be kept on a short leash…
I may need to seek help but I’m still on the AJ bandwagon. I really thought he was going to turn it around tonight – and I think that idiotic move of walking Izterius completely blew that inning open – that’s on Girardi.
Question….If the Yanks win in a walk off, does AJ get out of the shower to pie someone??
Burnetts 4 ERA in 08 is a lot different than a 4 ERA now. if AJ was pitching now like he was in 08 He’d probably have around a 3.7-3.8 ERA
If Nova and Hughes are pitching well in September, I would try Burnett in the bullpen. It may seem like a slap in the face or a demotion, but in reality it’s probably his best chance at making the postseason roster.
“I’ve been keeping track of Jeter’s lefty righty splits since coming off the DL if anyone is interested. Pretty vintage rbi base hit by Jeter there”
they probably still aren’t great vs RHP but he’s noticeably making better contact and having better AB’s against them….he hit the ball hard at least twice against Beckett the other night….he’s hit a lot of At uhm balls in general this year.
Statistically Jeter still sucks vs RHP, but he has looked better which counts for something. I still wouldn’t bat him top 3 vs righties.
DocTodd August 9th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Question….If the Yanks win in a walk off, does AJ get out of the shower to pie someone??
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Might be a good excuse to retire the whole pie thing. It’s kind’ve played…
But I would bat him ahead of Russel Martin.
Hey good Yankee fans, I totally forgot about our buddy Chien-ming Wang’s start tonight, but I just checked and he’s through 5 innings of scoreless ball vs. the Cubbies, who are still technically an MLB team. Hopefully this is a real step forward for our old pal.
And with that, I must go.
Jerkface August 9th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
I’ve been keeping track of Jeter’s lefty righty splits since coming off the DL if anyone is interested. Pretty vintage rbi base hit by Jeter there
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I am curious about that.
haren was at 120 pitches. The not so brilliant Angels bench coach left him in waaay too long. He didn’t melt down like AJ. But AJ can be good – but only when he doesn’t get distracted or flustered. Maybe some prozac will help him.
“Burnetts 4 ERA in 08 is a lot different than a 4 ERA now. ”
true….higher K rate and more consistent outings…..however he had the same WHIP virtually in 2008 as he has this year 1.342 vs 1.346 so he was still allowing a lot of base runners…..he just had better stuff then and was striking out more guys to mask it.
Looking at the redsox series, I think having as many pitchers as possible is a good thing.
Colon: Had his good FB but they caught up to it. He beefed it up to 98 and they still didn’t strike out on it, forcing his pitch count up & forcing him to go to his slider, which they didn’t chase. So he couldn’t finish the 5th and left with bases loaded.
Garcia: hung in there and did well to finish 5 innings. But he was done at that point.
CC: Let’s just say that game made me cry
Post season may not even be about CC + #2,3,4 but about match-ups. And going against the redsox, it may come down to SP giving it all they have for 5 innings and the bullpen finishing it off. So it may come down to picking the best to relieve for 2-3 innings & picking SP to go 5 strong. Though CC should get past 5, but if he can’t then the bullpen comes in.
JAP, Ghost,
Couldn’t stay away, just as I could not
The doubters, the detesters, and the RS fans can’t stay away. I guess they think everything is going to be fine every night. Looking back, AJ did in fact keep us in the game. In the bullpen now, where we have a pretty good chance.
I am curious about that.
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RHP 0.233 0.283 0.311 0.594
LHP 0.536 0.545 0.929 1.474
Jeter is absolutely on fire against lefties.
“I may need to seek help but I’m still on the AJ bandwagon.”
As am I still on the AJ bandwagon.
It’s amazing how dominant Robertson is….guys just really have no chance
I hope Mo doesn’t have back to back issues tonight if we see him. It usually takes him 2 games or so to get his command back on track.
sweetness DRob, as usual shutting it down
U think it’s time 4-5-6 did something?
D-Rob!
true….higher K rate and more consistent outings…..however he had the same WHIP virtually in 2008 as he has this year 1.342 vs 1.346 so he was still allowing a lot of base runners…..he just had better stuff then and was striking out more guys to mask it.
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Yea and striking out guys will mask things, thats why robertson is so good, but the point is more about the run environment. He was in the AL east facing better teams, where as now he has eliminated the Yankees as one of his opponents, the run environment was more dangerous for pitchers.
If you put 1.3 guys on base per inning in 2007-2009, you’re doing a helluva lot better than if you put the same amount of guys on base in 2010-2011.
Burnett ERA+ in 2009: 114
Burnett ERA+ in 2011: 92
It’s not even close.
Anyone on the AJ bandwagon better say goodbye cos it is flying off the GW bridge
trisha – true pinstriped blue August 9th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
“I may need to seek help but I’m still on the AJ bandwagon.”
As am I still on the AJ bandwagon.
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Me too. But I’m on all my pitcher’s bandwagon except Mitre. So it probably doesn’t mean much
C’mon Tex HR
Love it, Nick! Wang’s sinker still at 94 in the 6th inning.
“He was in the AL east facing better teams, where as now he has eliminated the Yankees as one of his opponents”
true
Jerkface August 9th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I am curious about that.
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RHP 0.233 0.283 0.311 0.594
LHP 0.536 0.545 0.929 1.474
Jeter is absolutely on fire against lefties.
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Damn. I’m quite surprised by this result. I expected to see significant improvement against righties, considering how his batting average had increased since coming back.
gah….two of those that looked gone
damn almost….
That was close
Need someone to channel Alex. He’s usually good for a HR against the Angels.
Wang: 81 pitches through 6, 53 strikes.
Darn–he jst missed that one.
“Me too. But I’m on all my pitcher’s bandwagon except Mitre. So it probably doesn’t mean much
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Well to imbue mine even more, I’m still on the Mitre bandwagon.
Again, I say: Welcome to what apparently is “Yankee Shots To The Warning Track” Night.
Good job running hard to 1st base Cano
Nick in SF….I’m playing the Wang-Man tonight with the hopes of making up from last week………Tricia….I’ll be in NYC in September for the Yankee Boston series…….Are you in NYC that weekend ???
yankeefeminista August 9th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Wang: 81 pitches through 6, 53 strikes.
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Good for him! I’ve been pulling for him. I really wish that Cash would have taken a flier on him–two-time 19-game winners are hard to come by.
cano loves jogging down the first base line..
Benny Blanco August 9th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
cano loves jogging down the first base line..
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I hate that about him.
trisha – true pinstriped blue August 9th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
“Me too. But I’m on all my pitcher’s bandwagon except Mitre. So it probably doesn’t mean much ”
Well to imbue mine even more, I’m still on the Mitre bandwagon.
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You got it worse than me
He has some sort of pinched nerve, so let’s see how he does next year. There’s time for me to jump on it.
Cano once again coming up small and not hustling……he has good #s but continues to come up small just like he did all weekend in fenway
Angels announcers are right. Cano needs to hustle !
I thought we were past this with Cano… the nonchalant play, the lackadaisical fielding, the non-clutch hits, etc.
interesting switch
tomingeorgia, yea I agree. Just wish AJ could avoid the vortex when things start to go south. If he could do that, we’d have that guy back who won Game 2 WS, the one who blanked Boston with Jorge catching him at home in August 2009 (he was unreal that night, I was sitting up in the 300s, right behind the plate: magnigicent). It just seems unfair to have a gift & then to lose it so inexplicably and so thoroughly….
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luis, I am not counting on it, more of a wish…:D
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Ghost, yup, matchups will be highly relevant when it comes to AJ starts, so will having an arm at the ready to rescue him…
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Good for Wang! Miss that kid. Speaking of ex-Yanks, Melky’s hitting .300 from both sides now and is hitting .352 in his last 96 PAs. His bat has really arrived..very rewarding to see.
This is where having posadas dead weight hurts. Could use montero or even a speed guy like golson
Binder Joe strikes again.
Maybe Andruw can turn back the clock here
i don’t like this switch, but that’s why i don’t get paid the big bucks.
I would of left Chavez in because if this game goes extra innings I want Chavez’s bat in there and not Jones.
Melky is another one that we shouldn’t have let go. That trade for Vazquez turned out pretty badly.
“There’s time for me to jump on it.
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There ya go. I have the greatest respect for those who nevah say nevah!
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Pat M – Not sure about that weekend but I can do my best for a meet up! I’m sure I can talk Fran into meeting us too.
Tough playing with 24
Ghost, yup, agree but I hope Wang is wildly successful with Nats. He has worked his tail off to get back. Thrilled that he is hitting 94 on his sinker so late in a game.
Captain Clutch August 9th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
I would of left Chavez in because if this game goes extra innings I want Chavez’s bat in there and not Jones.
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Jones has been killing lefties. Girardi had to make this move to get us a lead.
Ghost, JAP,
Was Wang really hitting 94mph in the 6th??
Well it worked now they need a big 2 out hit
well good for smiley, guess Joe G won that little battle
nice job jones.
Jones comes through with a pinch-hit single!
Melky would be a great 4th OF
Terrible switch, eh, rr212?
Good for Wang. Always liked the kid. Wish he hadn’t hurt himself running the bases like he did. What a shame.
Luis,
I don’t know; I wasn’t watching his game.
Melky would not be hitting .300 if he wasn’t playing everyday, so he would not be a great 4th OF.
Nice leveled swing from Jones there
Oh boy, here comes Rivera in a tied game.
did i say it was terrible tom?
Wang not getting hurt would have changed everything….
CC/Wang 40 wins between those two per season?
Don’t have the August stats, but in the month of July Jeter actually had a triple slash of .283/.333/.396 versus right handers. So, he has definitely improved and has clearly had much better AB’s from the right side, driving the ball at times even when he hasn’t gotten a hit.
It’s been a while since we had pie. Let’s go Yanks!
Too bad Nunez wasn’t up in that spot instead of Martin. Martin’s dead bat is really getting to be annoying.
thanks ghost anyway
Ghost, I thought he’d really break out last year, but I guess he needed time to adjust to not being with the only organization he’d ever known, plus hitting behind the pitcher not good for an aggressive swinger to begin with…he’s become what I thought he always could be, just a year later. Still not quite 27 years old…
I also feel a “grrrrr” at losing Vizcaino…that truly sucks…like I’ve said, the Joba mishandling made them turn to getting a “veteran” who could eat innings…or not. I just hope they don’t reprise by trading, say, Montero and Betances this winter…that would be infinitely more crushing, too…
If Wang has a good September, maybe the Yankees go back after him? He will be a FA right?
I thought Martin was breaking out of his “ground ball” slump
Martin has been hitting pretty well lately, in fact he has a hit tonight (i think he’s over his “dead bat phase”)
Hopefully Mo’s command is better tonight but he usually has 2 bad games in a row.
My stats count all of july, so unless you believe he dropped 50 points 9 days into August, I find that slash line hard to believe. You take away 5 hits off lefties from July and he is hitting .250 overall on the month, so I really doubt them. Do you have a link? ESPN used to have split stats but no one does anymore, which is really disappointing.
luis August 9th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Ghost, JAP,
Was Wang really hitting 94mph in the 6th??
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luis, I know better than to question Yankeefeminista’s sources
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why do i worry more about marino then any other guy in the pen?
ac1 August 9th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
If Wang has a good September, maybe the Yankees go back after him? He will be a FA right?
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I doubt it. The Yanks blew it with him. Apparently Wang didn’t care for the way the Yanks treated him during his arbitration hearing. They save about $100 K as a result of going to aribitration. It was a classic case of being penny-wise and a pound foolish.
We’re not set up well for the bottom of the 9th with Nunez-Gardner-Jeter up.
Hopefully one of them can get on and we can pass it to Grandy.
There might be 1 other pitcher in baseball who can do that.
Mariano so good, best athlete on the team
Mo is such a splendid fielder….wowza
good play
When did Mo become our 3rd best RP?
Wang last batter he faced in 6th: sinker 94/94/91/93 (as per gameday)
MO is a great fielder. The Nunez not at 3rd nightmare resurfaces
rr212, No, but you didn’t like it much. Any way, Jones did what he does.
We’re not set up well for the bottom of the 9th with Nunez-Gardner-Jeter up.
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Uh I think one or 2 of those guys can get on and if Nunez or Gardner get on that means RISP
Good job by Mo. Shows Nunez how he really messed up that play in Boston.
J. Alfred Prufrock August 9th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Ghost, I thought he’d really break out last year, but I guess he needed time to adjust to not being with the only organization he’d ever known, plus hitting behind the pitcher not good for an aggressive swinger to begin with…he’s become what I thought he always could be, just a year later. Still not quite 27 years old…
I also feel a “grrrrr” at losing Vizcaino…that truly sucks…like I’ve said, the Joba mishandling made them turn to getting a “veteran” who could eat innings…or not. I just hope they don’t reprise by trading, say, Montero and Betances this winter…that would be infinitely more crushing, too…
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I don’t regret losing Melky……but Vizcaino!!!! that’s a diferent story.
Nice play MO!!!
EA – we’re set up very well. If either gardner or nunez get on a jeter or grandy single will win the game.
Awful, awful throw by Martin.
Everyone knew that stolen base was coming
oh Martin hmm better throw has him….(so basically they gave Mo a free out with the bunt)
tom, i did say i didn’t like it, but also noted that i don’t get paid the big bucks. turned out to be a good move and i applauded jones in my next post. i’m not a big jones hater like a lot of people on this board. i’m more indifferent towards him. I do, however, like Chavez a lot.
yankeefeminista August 9th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Wang last batter he faced in 6th: sinker 94/94/91/93 (as per gameday)
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Thanks!! Yankeefem, impresive!, never thought he would pitch again, good for him
ralphfl August 9th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
why do i worry more about marino then any other guy in the pen?
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well, great as he is, he does throw a fair amount of interceptions.
Come on Mo!!
yankeefeminista August 9th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Don’t have the August stats, but in the month of July Jeter actually had a triple slash of .283/.333/.396 versus right handers. So, he has definitely improved and has clearly had much better AB’s from the right side, driving the ball at times even when he hasn’t gotten a hit.
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This sounds more plausible to me. Now, I don’t know what to think. It’s a shame that nobody provides these kinds of splits.
c’mon Mo
Abreu scares the heck out of me here
Yea. He’s become our 3 best reliever
There’s the ball game.
wow….
Bad pitch… I wanna cry
And now we know why he scares you
ok, Mo officially should be worried
another gut wrenching game.
Just like I said before when Mo has 1 bad game it’s usually 2. I love Mo but he has been dreadful in tied games.
kinda saw that coming sheesh oh well….I soo hate Abreu playing against us he always does well
Can Soriano please close now
Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.
He didn’t have to throw a meatball there. We know Abreu is dangerous. Why?
He’s the difference between a nice lead over boston and the soon to be 2.5 game defecit.
Mo is not looking like Mo lately…
mo doesn’t like pitching in tied games.
unbelievable
Wow. Two consecutive turds by Mo.
Christ…!
Feels like April in August…I’m betting he is not really all that healthy…
brutal
Mo is old. Have to accept the reality, guys.
Abreu had 4 homers before tonite
And if the red sox win, the Yanks 1 game lead will turn into a 2 1/2 game deficit in 4 days. That stinks.
and now Rivera is blowing games right and left
terrific
love how the Yankees get beat by pathetic players such as Bobby Aboo Aboo and Marco Scutaro
totally embarrassing
He is healthy just Old like posada
That’s a lot of blown games for Mo this year. How many does he get?
Nice opinion by Kay –
“Well, these guys are such actors….”
For some reason I wasn’t surprised by mo was a gut feeling. It happens we can rally
The man is 40 years old – I’m not saying this is the time, but at some point he was going to not be the same. What really sucks is this rips the heart right out of that comeback.
West Coast Yankee Fan August 9th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.
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YOU are going to school us about Rivera???
YOU???!!!???!!!
I wanted Soriano in there before the inning even started and if needed have Mo for the 10th and i thought that way before the inning even started.
Hate to say it but the core four is no more.
Ugh.
JF, I took it from an article, but unsure of the link. Also, as is my usual norm, didn’t double check it b/c I am doing something. Think it was 57PA’s so obviously wasn’t for the whole month of July b/c he had 98 AB’s.
Jeter now is the core one…..and here I thought he was through…
Two tough losses in a row unless they rally. Mo is really kinda average in tied games.
“Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.”
On the road, yes. Hitters are hitting well over .300 against him.
He’s not supposed to suck at home too.
He’s our 3rd best RP at moment.
“That’s a lot of blown games for Mo this year. How many does he get?”
If he’s hurting, it’s time for him to be DLed and let Robertson show what he can do as a closer.
2 of the 3 teams we could face in playoffs just beat Mo. Advantage other guys
Quick, DFA Him. Idiots.
I had a bad feeling when Abreu came up….they should have just put him on when it went 3-1 and pitched to Hunter. Mo just didn’t get cutter in far enough.
hey every definately panic time 2 1/2 games behind the red sox in early August. We are definately gonna lose the divison and of course Mo is done. He’s greatest days are behind, what shall we do. Chill out. We can still win the division even if we lose tonight and Mo isn’t done yet. He blows saves occasionally it happens, sometimes…shocking…i know back to back.
JF, I took it from an article, but unsure of the link. Also, as is my usual norm, didn’t double check it b/c I am doing something. Think it was 57PA’s so obviously wasn’t for the whole month of July b/c he had 98 AB’s.
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Ok so I am pretty sure my numbers are more representative of the situation then.
relax about Mo, he has one of these stretches every season….
He didn’t blow a save – it was a non-save situation.
Robertson is the Yankees best option for the 9th inning in a tied game. It seems like the last couple of years Mo never pitches well in those situations. The Angels are an awful offensive team and Mo had bad command and the ball wasn’t cutting. Terrible way to lose once again.
He just hasn’t been that good this year. The dominance is very spotty at best.
Mo threw a cookie to Abreu, but he was getting squeezed
JobaTipsHisCap August 9th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
ok, Mo officially should be worried
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Yeah, because he’s never had a slump before.
yeah, they’d better decide the closer of next year.
No, he was not healthy earlier in the year, and probably has some lingering problem. Age is a factor because when you have those aches & pulls, they hang around longer…
2 of the 3 teams we could face in playoffs just beat Mo. Advantage other guys
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If they really want to think its an advantage going into the playoffs I’ll have the caskets lined up.
I swear, every run Mo has given up this year has been a gut wrencher. He doesn’t ever give them up with 3 run leads, he does it when the game is tied, or we’re clinging on to a 1 run lead
I dislike Michael Kay with a passion.
How could the moron tell from that angle if the ball actually hit Hunter? It’s impossible to make such a call from that angle, but he is so sure of himself. He is far from intelligent and far from bringing up logical arguments.
Y is he pitching in tied games? Doesn’t Joey looseleafs read his binder?
By the time Montero gets called up Sept 1st, we might be trailing in the wild card race…
Time for Soriano to close and Robertson the 8th Mo take a break.
Do we get another at-bat? Abreu has always been a good player, had a very good night tonight. Nunez, base hit!
Rally time!
MO must have mchanical issues. He’ll work it out. He has to.
Mo has a spell every single year when he blows a couple of games in a row.
J. Alfred Prufrock August 9th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
West Coast Yankee Fan August 9th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.
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YOU are going to school us about Rivera??? YOU???!!!???!!!
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Schooling you is very easy. A five year old could do it.
Good boy Nunez, c’mon Gardner, let’s do it again…
In a tied game Soriano should have pitched the 9th and left Mo if a 10th was needed but binder Joe
“relax about Mo, he has one of these stretches every season….”
Usually in August too.
9 walks given up by Twins in 7 innings vs Sox
And Mo is 41, not 40, he is going to be 42 this November.
Of course the Yanks had 5 balls die on the warning track but Abreu and his big roid head gets the ball out twice. And he only had 4 homeruns coming into the series.
Mariano’s career SV% is only 89%. Its not like he was automatic. This is just another case of WWWMR that happens every year. For 1 week in april and 1 week in August Mo blows some games close together and everyone thinks he is done. Guy is still throwing 93 mph and has a change up he has yet to break out.
Still has a 2 ERA
Blake, I would not have done that. Mo is Mo – even a mediocre Mo is still better than 99.9% of the other closers -I would never imply that he can’t get a hitter out when he’s 3-1. It might be time to give him a break and let D-Rob or Soriano close some games
JF, nvm ignore what I just posted: that was 98 total AB’s *including *lefties. So, whatever the 59 AB’s were in July vs. righties those were the numbers. I’ll post link if I find it.
J. Alfred Prufrock August 9th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
West Coast Yankee Fan August 9th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.
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YOU are going to school us about Rivera???
YOU???!!!???!!!
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this is the guy that pronounced Mo done after 5.1 IP and a few runs surrendered last year. If Aldo is out there, I’m sure he’ll be happy to fill you in on it.
The game is not over, and Mo usually has his rough patch every season, so this is it, so please cool it down please
Surprised he’s not bunting.
why is when old yankees..i.e abreau, giambi, matsui, damon, play us.. they proceed to stick it to us..
Pretty bold swipe by Nunez.
Glad Nunez was safe but down 2 runs that’s not terribly smart….
Atta boy, Nuney.
Stupid people on this blog. Mo is still Mo and he was never invulnerable. In fact, his biggest failures have been colossal ones. But he has far more successes.
swung at ball four!!!!!!!!!!!
Gardner choked
That was very unlike Gritner. Changes the whole inning.
JAP, WCYF cant’ school anyone except about the numbers for the last week or ten days.
Nice steal for Nunez.
Gardner swinging at a ball that would have hit a lefty in the back…
awesome..
Tough pitch.
“Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.”
Only the most uninformed and ignorant D-bag would even dare to make a statement this whacked out.
The best closer in the history of the game blows two saves in a row and it’s time to worry. Because of course he’s never blown two saves in a row.
What idiots.
a righty sorry
Couldn’t reach that with a pool cue
CHEESE
Gonna need a grandy dinger
Good job Gardner. How does he take fastballs right down the middle and then swing at garbage like that? Just pathetic and the 2nd time today.
Imagine if Teixeira hit 50% of this seasons home-runs in one game, just as Abreu did. He would have hit over 15 home-runs in one game!
Throwing Abreu anything close to a strike in a 3-1 count was just dumb. He has such good bat control and Rivera is easy to make contact off of nowadays. Even if he didn’t hit a homerun, there was a good chance he could have gotten a hit anyway.
If Jeter can get on then Grandy is going to walk it off
Why wasn’t Soriano in to pitch 9th?
trisha – true pinstriped blue August 9th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
“Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.”
Only the most uninformed and ignorant D-bag would even dare to make a statement this whacked out.
The best closer in the history of the game blows two saves in a row and it’s time to worry. Because of course he’s never blown two saves in a row.
What idiots.
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It wasn’t even a blown save. For some reason, Mo always has been more susceptible in tie games.
Gardner has had some nad ABs today. The worse was trying to bunt at a high ball. Oh wel, I still love him
And the red sox infield single their way to another win.
Ghostwriter August 9th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
this is the guy that pronounced Mo done after 5.1 IP and a few runs surrendered last year. If Aldo is out there, I’m sure he’ll be happy to fill you in on it.
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There is no bigger liar than Aldo you DN troll. I never said any such thing and I defy you or he to present that link in it’s entirety.
Benny Blanco….you forgot Austin Kearns, I think he hit a 3 run bomb vs us
Betsy August 9th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Blake, I would not have done that. Mo is Mo – even a mediocre Mo is still better than 99.9% of
the other closers -I would never imply that he can’t get a hitter out when he’s 3-1. It might be time to give him a break and let D-Rob or Soriano close some games
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So true not that Mo is anywhere near medicore. He is statistically one of the top closers in MLB this year…and beyond the stats we know what he can do.
They are letting Walden off the hook. That was ball 2 to jeter….
C’mon Grandy, send everybody home happy.
All right, Jete. Big boys coming up and this guy isn’t locating. Patient AB’s.
great AB by Jeter…..come on Grandy turn that 97 around
“For 1 week in april and 1 week in August Mo blows some games close together and everyone thinks he is done.”
Thank you. But you would have to have a functioning brain and a backbone to be able to step back and think beyond your nose and recall yearly reality.
C’mon Grandy!
Trisha n Betsy could defend pol pot if he wore pinstripes
I say Grandy hits a 3-run HR.
Ghostwriter August 9th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
J. Alfred Prufrock August 9th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
West Coast Yankee Fan August 9th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Reality folks. No one is scared of Mo anymore.
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YOU are going to school us about Rivera???
YOU???!!!???!!!
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this is the guy that pronounced Mo done after 5.1 IP and a few runs surrendered last year. If Aldo is out there, I’m sure he’ll be happy to fill you in on it.
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YA knoooowwww, it’s really fine to not know much, it’s not a sin. It’s bizarre though, to know nothing at all about something and arrogantly try to poseur your way through your ignorance…to be pitied more than censored…
RS – agree, in that count abreu could bail the right leg and just jerk to right. Even if it’s a good cutter he can get the meat on it when he’s zoning and laying off anything middle out.
Could have maybe been bases loaded, nobody out
Mo’s getting older face it.. he’s starting to show his age. His arm is very sore quite often now.. but even still, he’s been great this year.. sadly the 2 saves he’s blown in a row were for games we really needed/wanted to win !!!
this offense is what concerns me.. sure they get some big hits and HR’s but nobody is hardly hitting for solid average!!! Even that is okay too but when the same people keep swinging at the first pitch time and time again, that is unacceptable !!
Nice walk by Jeter. Too bad Gardner didn’t take his walk also.
Betsy,
doesn’t have anything to do with confidence in Mo….it’s about not giving in with 2 outs in a 3-1 count with a base open. I have ultimate faith in Rivera….but Abreu is a good hitter and if you make a mistake he’ll hurt you
eventually walden is going to throw one right over the plate and grandy has to nail it.
This guy has no command and Gardner, a normally patient guy, lets him off the hook
Double steal anyone?
JF, Not sure if yours are legit. I’ll crunch the #’s when I have some time, but it’d be nice if monthly splits were readily available.
“For some reason, Mo always has been more susceptible in tie games.”
Absolutely. It isn’t like that’s any deep dark secret.
It still doesn’t change how absolutely excellent he is and has been this season – and will continue to be.
Mo had some kind of oblique strain, IIRC. Whatever it was, it may be nagging him.
Straw, it’d be nice if the boys pick him up, here…
It should be 3-0. Be patient….
Mo went through this last year, around this time – remember in Texas? He’ll be fine……just needs some rest
Mos problem was letting the leadoff guy on again. No pitcher overcomes that
“why is when old yankees..i.e abreau, giambi, matsui, damon, play us.. they proceed to stick it to us..”
How many Yankee players get cheered by the fans of their former teams? Perhaps the ovations from the crowds at Yankee Stadium makes them feel comfy and right at home.
Blech………
Terrible swing by Grandy on ball 3. No magic this year.
Thought Grandy would do something here. I don’t have a lot of faith in Teix. But hope he proves me wrong
#&@#%!
great all on Tex (whose gonna go up there and think 3-run HR and hack away)
Wow that was an awful pitch to swing at. He didn’t throw Granderson 1 strike in that at bat. The Yanks are really helping him out in this inning.
Figures it comes down to 4-5
tex fell under .250 again?
Patient AB, please.
man…
LockDown August 9th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Thought Grandy would do something here. I don’t have a lot of faith in Teix. But hope he proves me wrong
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same here
Man, this closer looks pretty bad. They keep helping him out.
we love to help pitchers by swinging at balls… we just love it.
I want Tex to walk off, but I don’t want to see that big uppercut to try & achieve it…how about a nice, level double???
Home run or bust.
Home run?
Tex is worthless in the clutch
c1 August 9th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
tex fell under .250 again?====
He’s 2 for his last 18…
Draw a walk Tex and give Robinson Carewski a chance to tie/win it
This strike zone has been terrible
That pitch wasn’t even close
That 1-1 pitch ended the game. Fking awful. Righty batters boz
mo was squeezed but that was a strike?
“Trisha n Betsy could defend pol pot if he wore pinstripes”
Yes, you’d probably find my picture near the definition of loyalty.
However, in this case no defense is necessary.
so he squeezed Mo and now he give this guy 3 inches off the corner
wow. Pitcher has had no control all inning and that’s called a strike?
thats not a strike
LOL!
wtf was that.. I HATE GIRARDI … FIRE HIM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
terrible….that’s just an awful way to end a game.
terrible inning…one of the worst executed innings of the season from top to bottom
The called strike was a ball by a mile.
unbelievable
Are you kidding me?
Boy, talk about the anti-2009 team.
what a fugly lost!
wow what an awful 9th inning all around, between swinging at balls and that pick off.
Awesome. Deserved to lose that game. That was ugly.
WOW. Sooooooo… Bad way to lose. MO giving up a 2run homer & Granderson in a rund down.
ugh
Same story. Mariano blows an awful one (boston) when the team is playing great, and then they go to sht for a week. Happened when he blew the met series finale as well. He’s a funk starter.
what are they doing trying to steal….unreal
Worst 3 losses in a row of season
The Yankees have had a few tough losses lately
wow Granderson (you failed twice in this same inning) really a caught stealing. That is a fail and i saw this with the utmost love for you Grandy.
That is crushing……well, we’ll get them tomorrow
Tex wouldve done nothing anyway… yes I know negative nancy… cant help the frustration
This game was an April fools joke, right?
I love Granderson but what a moron. That was the stupidest thing I have ever seen with a hitter like Tex at the plate.
now that was stupid
Just horrible
Well Grandy did do something…ran us out of the game. Yet another tough one. Not good enough when it counts.
WOW lets see MO gets slammed again.AJ has his bad inning again and now to top it off Grandy gets picked off LA WC TEXT DIV CHANPS YANKEES STAY HOME
“Betsy August 9th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Burnett is a #4/#5………but we have no better options and the Yankees will have to live with him.”
You are not serious!! Oh that’s right. You were MIA when Hughes pitched the 6 inning 3 hit shutout in Chicago.
Bonehead move.
Ouch…………..
blake,
Yeah. He is going to walk off the field with a caught stealing.
what a joke
what a dope. no excuses. you get picked off the base with 2 outds in the 9th.
what a friggin joke…..
gardner 2 horrible ab’s, the guy that never swings swings at ball 4.
tex would have struck out anyway.
back to the yankee reality, aj sucks, get rid of that joke. he has had over 75 starts as a yanks at age 34, newsflash he is not changing…………..
And on cue the Sox go ahead of the Twins.
Trisha – I hear sirens. You can leave now.
“Yeah. He is going to walk off the field with a caught stealing.”
hey….my crystal ball wasn’t specific
See you in the morning, before 8030 PDT. Not a good day today. We’ll get them tomorrow.
The Angels obviously stole a sign somewhere and knew that he was going. How stupid can you be to run when they already checked you at 1st base 3 times and there are 2 outs?!?!? 100% of the time the closers would be playing attention to the batter at the plate but they stole a sign somewhere to know he was going.
blake August 9th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
what are they doing trying to steal….unreal
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Ask Joe..
Really not impressed by Angels pitching. Gave up warning track bombs all night and Walden had no command at all this inning. This game was all about poor execution, first with Girardi not managing AJ properly, then Rivera making bad decisions on the AB to Abreu, and then the offense inexplicably making 3 outs without scoring a run on a pitcher who couldn’t throw a strike.
A caught stealing is one thing, but to get picked off when you’re the tying run in the bottom of the 9th, with the player at bat having 1 less home-run than the HR leader in all of baseball, is ridiculous. I expect Nunez to do something like that, not Granderson.
winnable game but 9th inning killed us
Don’t look now but we let the angels hang around
Is that considered a walk off???
More late inning magic from Mo and AJ was his usual dependable-self.
Even if no rundown, Tex wouldn’t do anything.
No clutch hit at all for this team, when they play good opponentent.
On the other hand, sux last night…..
blake,
Try adding the simple term “homer” somewhere in there next time. Maybe our fate wouldn’t be so gloomy.
I suppose the thinking is that if Grandy gets to second, a single ties the game…
But, um, that’s not very smart thinking.
comical…
Running into outs is bad enough. Running into your last out with an OPS guy at the plate & a pitcher struggling to throw strikes is dumb.
Bobby Abreu of all people. He never swung at a 3-1 pitch when he played for us. Guess that’s what Mo was thinking when he delivered that Subway meatball sandwich too!
Abreu has killed us yearly since going to the Angels.
“Same story. Mariano blows an awful one (boston) when the team is playing great, and then they go to sht for a week. Happened when he blew the met series finale as well. He’s a funk starter.”
Wasn’t there a game in that last funk where Burnett let a lead slip away late by giving up 4 runs?
Don’t expect too much on this team.
How did Sterling call it?
“A pick-off……of the jerk-off!”
Ouch, Granderson.
Typical rah, rah sis boom bah crap from some who have no perception of reality. Crawl back under your rock.
“Trisha – I hear sirens. You can leave now.”
If you hear the sirens it’s because the people from the institution have sent the ambulance to pick you up and take you back to your proper home, you half-wit Sux loving fraud.
And I will repeat – I totally understand why the posters on this forum who garner the most respect are all the ones who consider you a total joke.
Meh, this doesn’t bother me all that much, although it’s a dumb way to lose a game.
Can’t see us blowing the WC. Alex coming back soon, AJ’s not starting tomorrow, I like what Nunez-Gardner-Jeter are bringing to turn over the lineup, & maybe the struggles from the middle of the order give them pause on delaying Montero callup.
They’re a weird combo of being a highly successful team that is yet a work in progress. As many have been saying, we have moves we can make to improve this team that other clubs just don’t have at their disposal.
I’ve been following the Yankees since 1969 and you get good feelings and bad feelings about the team in a given year. I mean as far as knowing by the 4th of July whether you’re watching a special team or not. Sometimes you’re wrong, like in 1978, I had written them off. Sometimes you’re wrong the other way; I thought for sure we’d win everything in 1980 and 2003. But most of the time, you know when you’re looking at a really great team, one that has a solid, solid shot to win the World Series, and when you’re looking at fool’s gold. I don’t get to see many games on TV, but I do follow them here and using mlb.com. It’s August 9th and – to me – this team doesn’t have what it takes. Call it age, call it injuries, call it kismet. But this team has collapse written all over it, either in the wild card race or in the first round of the playoffs. I could be wrong (see above), but I just don’t feel that special feeling (like in 2009 with all the late heroics – everyone could see that was going to be a hell of a run). On the positive side, Robertson is our closer for the future. And there’s only one more year of AJ!
Bobby Murcer, I’d wait until you’ve got the final roster before you. Alex Rodriguez is a fairly dangerous guy, & they’ve more than treaded water in his absence.
They’ve got a kid in AAA who is a game changer, plus they can add the two best arms in the entire system to the bullpen, if they so choose.
What you’re seeing right now isn’t what you’ll see in October, I’ve a hunch. And I’ll say right now, they will not blow the WC. Forget about it, not happening.
Bobby Murcer – sorry to say but there are 2 more years of AJ