Game 120: Yankees at Royals
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 16, 2011 
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YANKEES (73-46)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Andruw Jones DH
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Ivan Nova (11-4, 3.85)
Nova vs. Royals
ROYALS (50-72)
Alex Gordon LF
Melky Cabrera CF
Billy Butler DH
Eric Hosmer 1B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Johnny Giavotella 2B
Salvador Perez C
Mike Moustakas 3B
Alcides Escobar SS
LHP Danny Duffy (3-6. 4.97)
Duffy vs. Yankees (debut vs. Yankees)
TIME/TV: 8:10 p.m., MY9
WEATHER: Much, much better than yesterday. A lot of wind blowing right to left, but the sky is blue.
UMPIRES: HP Doug Eddings, 1B Chad Fairchild, 2B Dan DeMuth, 3B Kerwin Danley
ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN: Ivan Nova’s 11 wins are the most among Major League rookies. He is the 10th Yankees rookie to record at least 11 wins in a season since 1950, and first since Orlando Hernandez went 12-4 in 1998.
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR: According to Elias, the Yankees are 13-4 this year in games in which they have been opposed by a starting pitcher who was facing them for the first time in his career. They’ve won their last eight such games and 11 of their last 12. The Yankees were 5-9 in those games during the 2010 season.
OLDER AT THE CORNER: Third Base Coach Rob Thomson is celebrating his 48th birthday today.
UPDATE, 8:21 p.m.: Nova made it look pretty easy through the first two hitters, but the next two singled and doubled and now it’s a 1-0 Royals lead in the first inning.
UPDATE, 8:23 p.m.: And there’s an RBI single by Francoeur. It’s now 2-0.
UPDATE, 8:48 p.m.: Rodriguez is finished for the night. He went 1-for-3 and played six innings in the field.
UPDATE, 8:54 p.m.: Duffy’s a little wild this inning, and the Yankees have taken advantage with an RBI single by Cano.
UPDATE, 9:03 p.m.: Two-run single by Martin and the Yankees are in front 3-2 in the middle of the third.
UPDATE, 9:06 p.m.: Don’t see a lot of triples to left-center, but Escobar can move and Gardner picked the wrong angle to cutoff the ball. Royals have the tying run at third with no outs in the bottom of the third.
UPDATE, 9:12 p.m.: The triple came around to score, then Melky Cabrera went deep and now the Royals have another runner at second base with one out. It’s a 4-3 Kansas City lead, and Nova doesn’t look especially sharp.
UPDATE, 9:18 p.m.: Make that 5-3 Kansas City. By the way, Melky Cabrera has tied his career high with 73 RBI.
UPDATE, 9:43 p.m.: After a tremendous at-bat, Robinson Cano just crushed a home run to right-center. Melky Cabrera took maybe a step and a half before freezing in his tracks to watch it fly. It’s now an 8-5 Yankees lead.
Also, the Yankees have claimed LHP Raul Valdes from the Cardinals. He’ll report to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Jeff Marquez has been moved to the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man.
UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: Rough night for Nova. He’s out after 5.1 innings, having allowed seven runs on nine hits. The Yankees lead is down to 8-7, and it’s intact only because Boone Logan stranded a runner in the sixth.
UPDATE, 10:43 p.m.: Derek Jeter stays hot with an RBI single and the Yankees lead is up to 9-7 in the seventh.
Go Yanks!
Danny Duffy’s line tonight:
Option A: 7IP – 3H – 0ER – 1BB – 7K’s
OR
Option B: 3.1IP – 7H – 7ER – 5BB – 1K
There really is no middle ground with the Yankees against a garbage new SP they have not seen.
I’m actually kinda feeling an Option B beat down tonight, esp if the Yanks are patient cuz this guy is wild.
Go SuperNova! Go Yanks!
John Flaherty just gave props to Russell Martin calling him one of the best defensive catchers in the AL. It’s always good to see someone who knows – school the stat heads who don’t.
WCYF
How many non Yankee games do you think John F watches?
4 th post of the game thread and WCYF does what he does best…TROLL.
Flash was a catcher, what do you expect him to say about another catcher.
Giving props to the Yankees starting catcher is trolling? Really? LOL.
“4 th post of the game thread and WCYF does what he does best…TROLL.”
lol. It’s really considered “trolling” now-a-days when someone says they like the Yankees catcher? Damn, times change. I remember when trolling was coming in here and telling why the Red Sox were better than the Yankees.
“Giving props to the Yankees starting catcher is trolling? Really”
No.
This is
“It’s always good to see someone who knows – school the stat heads who don’t.”
LGY – please, don’t waste time with your ridiculous absurd comments. You are saying John Flaherty doesn’t know what he’s talking about? That’s real credible! lol
Hey WCYF! Since you’ve made the same accusations against Irreverent Discourse that your close, personal friend Vineyard Yankee has made, I’m going to repost this for your benefit. Perhaps you could help out your buddy Vineyard Yankee and let him know tooso this silliness can be stopped once and for all. TIA
re-post:
Oh my goodness gracious, the Vineyard Yankee stuff in the previous is painful to read and it makes me cringe. It really makes this whole comment section worse.
Vineyard Yankee, I’m going to do you a favor and clue you in: the thing that you have accused ID of doing — going back and changing the link in his handle here — is not technically possible.
So if he has ever linked to the blog you said he’s linked to, the link would remain. And anyone could find it.
That you’re now accusing him of linking to “advertisements and other crap” instead of a blog suggests that you’re finally aware of this, but really, you should just stop. You’re not doing yourself any favors when you keep saying things that aren’t true and that anyone who’s paid any attention to this dispute knows aren’t true.
Easiest way out is to just say your had ID mixed up with someone else and then cease and desist.
Or provide the link to a LoHud comment in which he linked to his so-called blog. If it ever existed, it’s still there.
Otherwise, you’re just bringing ridicule onto yourself. I get that you don’t like ID, so presumably these accusations and attacks are meant to diminish his reputation here. But anyone still reading this knows that the attacks are false, so it’s your own reputation that suffers. That would be a good reason to stop, no?
Duffy has a good arm, he is far from a garbage pitcher, you can tell that much just watching him throw a few pitches.
Flaherty obviuosly reads LoHud and knows who to read and who to ignore.
WCYF
It’s a question. Why are you so defensive?
Tar August 16th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
“Giving props to the Yankees starting catcher is trolling? Really”
No.
This is “It’s always good to see someone who knows – school the stat heads who don’t.”
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No it’s not. It’s calling the stat heads here who constantly fling around nonsensical defensive metrics to demean Russell Martin on their garbage.
Nasty slider to Gordan.
M
Lol, my bad. Back to reality. Beautiful pitch to Gordon.
“It’s a question. Why are you so defensive?”
You do have to admit it was a pretty absurd question. How can any reasonable person believe they know how many games John F watches? I mean baseball is his job and how he makes a living, so I would assume it’s a large amount, but no one can prove it or otherwise…
I’m not defensive LGY – your questions are usually nonsensical. Like this one. Trying to cast doubt as to John Flaherty’s credentials to evaluate catchers, and especially Yankee catchers borders on laughable.
Your suggestion was clearly meant to put forth that Flaherty is not qualified to make that assessment because he doesn’t watch enough games. Ridiculous.
I am so sick of the self indulgence & wildly inappropriate posts on this effing site.
Probably the reason we’re now losing is because of the BS in here.
Goodnight. I think I’ll watch the BASEBALL GAME. Remember BASEBALL??
Good riddance.
Not a good start by Nova, command is off.
cue the complaints about Nova, the Yankees defense, and life in general in 3….2……1
Damn all of this with 2 outs. Especially to Francoeur who will swing at anything in sight…
Everything’s up.
bad ju-ju already and the game just started. messing with the nick dude from the bay is not cool. he’s in a different league west coast guy. he’s like one of the few magnificent 7 dudes that still hangs out here. he’s too witty and he’ll cut your tail down. go yanks
DFox
I assume the opposite about most announcers.
Personally I don’t think that Martin excels at anything behind the plate. Do you think he does?
of course the royals hit everything..SMH!! come on nova..settle down.
Get Meat tray up….oh yeah, forget that…
Great throw by Martin!
I hate Francour, I’m not sure why…
russell has been like clint eastwood with the gun.
“Personally I don’t think that Martin excels at anything behind the plate. Do you think he does?”
He’s a great thrower. That’s what I think. Poor offensively, but he can throw guys out and calls a decent game. I don’t see where questioning John’s credentials really comes in there.
And before you bring up any throwing stats or percentages, note that the Yankee starters are pretty bad at holding guys on. Andy Pettitte isn’t here anymore.
Well I guess this throws a wrench in the security of the Yankee rotation. Hope Nova can hold them down for the next 6 innings.
May I say, I love Cone.
Can someone tell the damn camera man to get the cricket away from the camera.
DFox
Generally i think appealing to authority is weak and signals someone can’t support their opinion in a substantial manner so I wanted to point out the flaw in doing so in this discussion.
Lets go Smiley
unless Duffy can consistently hit a corner the Yankees are going to get to him, his fastball is as straight as a string.
Andruw smiling all the way to first base.
NO DP
martin is a top 5 defensive catcher playing today. washington named to the all star game for a reason don’t you think so lgy .
“Generally i think appealing to authority is weak and signals someone can’t support their opinion in a substantial manner so I wanted to point out the flaw in doing so in this discussion.”
You didn’t address anything I said. I said Flaherty’s opinion could easily be supported by Martin’s throwing, and I agree with that element of it. You responded with a personal attack. That’s as weak as it gets.
But yeah, I’m still waiting to see you show us the evidence that indicates it’s incorrect to deem Martin a good defensive catcher. Not the greatest defensive catcher of all time, but good. I really can’t comprehend how you see that as being far-fetched. It’s as if someone said Martin had a good offensive game.
LGY August 16th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
DFox – Generally i think appealing to authority is weak and signals someone can’t support their opinion in a substantial manner so I wanted to point out the flaw in doing so in this discussion.
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Authority? He’s an ex big league catcher whose job is to be a baseball analyst. I think that what you call authority, I call having the expertise, experience and qualifications to evaluate a catcher.
When you are hitting what Martin is since April you better be a good defensive catcher
People who bang on Martin are offense-first minded. Nothing wrong with that.
But some of us appreciate what Martin does bring. And can wait for Montero a little bit longer.
Freaky play.
Let’s go, Gardy.
Duffy is hurt, the same kind of play wound up breaking Jason Marquis’ ankle the other day.
Nice try by Doofy
Nova has been cursed by My9.
Big at bat here for Gardner. Lets go!!!
When you are hitting what Martin is since April you better be a good defensive catcher
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No you need to be a GREAT defensive catcher. Martin isn’t close to that.
You can’t throw a FB by Nunez. That should have been up the middle for an RBI.
Well that stinks…
Wow a lot of effort and comments being used on Martin.. Martin is what he is.. A stop gap for this year… Hopefully montero steps in next year
this year the odds for them to do something when base is loaded is very low.
DFox
Personal attack?
Flahrety is certainly qualified to evaluate catching but like most hometown broadcasts they lean towards the most positive spin possible and he likely doesn’t have much of a point of comparison. You are only as good as how you compare to your peers.
Martin doesn’t excel at anything. He’s pretty average in every aspect of catching IMO. His CS% is average, the Yankee staff is towards the top in WP and PB, and he is towards to top in errors.
A pregame statement from a hometown announcer is likely just hyperbole without much context or research behind it.
I have also asked WC a bunch of times what he thinks Martin does well but always resorts to authority so that’s a separate issue.
Saying an athlete know more than the average Joe just because he played is retarded. There are numerous examples of this through sports
http://www.nizkor.org/features.....ority.html
what we are going to see yankee fans is a big fall off with the leather when montero is finally catching. but will his bat offset this is the question cash and his dudes have to be asking themselves. isn’t he a plus bat prospect yet a known minus defensively guys. never seen the dude play only what they write about him.
I kinda like John f. He’s okay. Singleton great!! Cone good!! Oneill as an announcer… Not so much
The entire discussion began with an attack:
“John Flaherty just gave props to Russell Martin calling him one of the best defensive catchers in the AL. It’s always good to see someone who knows – school the stat heads who don’t.
The attack was the whole point of the post. Take out the italicized portion of the quote and replace it with something non-inflammatory and you have a different discussion.
“Martin doesn’t excel at anything. He’s pretty average in every aspect of catching IMO. His CS% is average, the Yankee staff is towards the top in WP and PB, and he is towards to top in errors.
A pregame statement from a hometown announcer is likely just hyperbole without much context or research behind it.”
That’s fair enough, but if you can’t see it from the other point of view, then that’s absurd. If you can’t grasp why some people might believe that a catcher who is throwing like Martin with a pitching staff that is known for not being able to hold runners on is a GOOD defensive catcher, then I really don’t know what to say. All I know is in past years this team has been run like crazy on.
I do believe Flaherty really knows his stuff. You don’t have to think that, but from what I hear from him, I really think he does. Just because he’s a Yankees announcer, that doesn’t invalidate his credibility.
Flaherty was a catcher. He’s not much of bootlicker. He made a not-outrageous statement.
Martin is a good catcher. Find anyone in baseball who thinks that Montero is a better catcher than Martin.
This is about wanting Montero’s bat here.
Guess what? At this point in the season, if Martin is not catching the bulk of the games it’s Cervelli not Montero back there.
Duffy looks very uncomfortable pitching out of the stretch…
Exactly Nick.
A vast majority of his posts all have that last line. He defines the word troll.
A former catcher has been coached,so he knows more than the average joe who has not.
He simply has to.
Also the yankees have one of the lowest era in all of baseball.
I’d like to see montero up but you do not need a catcher to hit 30/hr/100 rbi to win a ws.
Montero? We talking bout Montero? Montero? We talkin bout Montero here man.
“This is about wanting Montero’s bat here.”
m, are you saying that those who don’t think Martin has been a great defensive catcher only say so because they want to see Montero up here — that they’re biased to the point where they distort Martin’s defensive abilities because of his offensive shortcomings?
Phelps – difference in personal preference but I think flaherty is far and away the worst on the payroll.
DFox
I can definitely see the point of view that Martin is a good defensive catcher. I lean more towards above average but good is understandable.
I have a problem with great, excellent, one of the best in the league type descriptions.
yay Cano + Grandy’s speed
what a great piece of hitting by Cano there…
Nick,
Either that or they can’t see what’s happening on the field.
Cano is just a great hitter…Period
Nick in SF August 16th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
The entire discussion began with an attack:
“John Flaherty just gave props to Russell Martin calling him one of the best defensive catchers in the AL. It’s always good to see someone who knows – school the stat heads who don’t. The attack was the whole point of the post. Take out the italicized portion of the quote and replace it with something non-inflammatory and you have a different discussion.
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No one was mentioned by name, it was a perfectly valid comment given the incessant beating Martin takes here from stat heads who love to dump defensive metrics on this blog.
You don’t dictate how people comment here, if you don’t care for it, feel free to find another blog.
atta boy Robbie!
What’s the deal with the cricket chirping on the My9 broadcast?
LGY – not really taking a strong opinion either way on Martin but what do u find to be his defensive shortcomings that seperate him from great?
Cano – what a great hitter!
Wow that was some swing. HAHA Cone was right that was stickball
“I have a problem with great, excellent, one of the best in the league type descriptions.”
Yeah, I mean in the end, something so subjective really comes down to opinion. I don’t think there’s that many standout defensive catchers in the AL. But like I’ve said before, I can easily see people not going along with “best in the league,” but I think it’s not absurd to say he’s up there.
Duffy really has problems out of the stretch, he can’t get the ball down whether it’s a fastball or something off speed…
Smiley time. Hit a dinger here Smiley.
base is loaded again.
“You don’t dictate how people comment here, if you don’t care for it, feel free to find another blog.”
Where did I dictate anything?
Any response to my above post about you and your friend Vineyard Yankee’s mistatements about Irreverent Discourse?
Come on let’s blow this game apart!
Nick, watching and commenting on a game here. Go troll elsewhere.
Granted, Martin might be living off his reputation in LA. Thus the hyperbole.
But, it was an opening comment. Go big or go home.
just drive the ball here.
Come on Jones!!!
rbi single
Ellsbury must have an MVP trophy on his vision board.
Jones
Geez…..
“Nick, watching and commenting on a game here. Go troll elsewhere.”
Too busy insulting people who disagree with you about Russell Martin. Gotcha.
I hope that means this nonsense about Irreverent Discourse and his phantom blog is over.
A former athlete knows more than the fan on stuff strictly concerning the game (mechanics, swings, ect.) that may be true. In terms of analysis they’re usually absolutely retarded (see: Kevin Millar, Mitch Williams, Doug Glanville, John Kruk).
Martin!!! getting back on track
finally!
lol. LoHud Reverse Curse
I guess Martin can hit at least a little…
Martin!
Thanks Andruw.
LOL, reverse curse.
hahaha
Martin!
I guess Martin will stick as the topic at hand tonite….
“You don’t dictate how people comment here, if you don’t care for it, feel free to find another blog.”
My only Chad complaint is that he hasn’t gotten rid of your sorry a##. Because a lot of good people have found another blog.
So funny – clearly yes programmers reading the blog and feeling the need to address the crickets
I find it very amusing that the most universally reviled poster on LoHud, having achieved this dubious distinction in far less than one season, has the chutzpah to call a long time, almost universally respected poster a ‘troll’
Maybe in the George Costanza bizarro world, but not here…
I actually think Flaherty is extraordinary at both analysis and the nuances of the game that only an athlete can fully understand. Flaherty is my favorite baseball mind in the game. I like Buck Showalter’s acumen as well but his personality sucks.
Really nice inning going here…..Martin has been swinging the bat better lately….and throwing it well also.
nice work….hold uhm there Ivan
Millar, Kruk, and Williams are hicks.
You can’t confuse dumb athletes with smart athletes.
Bret The Hitman August 16th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
I actually think Flaherty is extraordinary at both analysis and the nuances of the game that only an athlete can fully understand. Flaherty is my favorite baseball mind in the game. I like Buck Showalter’s acumen as well but his personality sucks.
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I like Flaherty as well. I think YES overall does a great job. Lorenz, Flaherty, Singleton and Cone are all exceptional baseball analysts IMO.
The crickets must also be driving Lorenz crazy, too…..”ambience?”
Martin and Jones have both contributed lately. Jones is hitting .368 in his last ten games.
Thanks, MG.
I’ve been to Turner Field, I don’t recall it sounding so back-woodsy.
you can really see in this game how it is necessary to stick with a young pitcher through problems if you want to see him develop.
Duffy has a good arm and has pitched pretty well lately (less than 3 runs in 12 out of 15 starts, according to the Royals broadcast) but it’s obvious he has problems out of the stretch and that the Yankees would get to him unless he was almost perfect with his command and location.
He has a good arm and there is no guarantee that he’ll be good, but the only chance for him is to pitch throw these issues and learn. The answer will come in a few years.
Too bad Gardner couldn’t cut that off. I never thought that was a triple..
Nova’s command is awful
Not Nova’s best night obviously.
DAMMIT MELKY!!
Can’t hold a lead today.
WCYF,
Flaherty is soft-spoken but his intellect is very precise and everything he says resonates with me.
Oh and Nick in SF is not a troll.
offense is gonna have to keep putting up runs tonite.
that was not a good pitch by Nova…
I’ll repeat what I said yesterday…. Melky can hit
Nova dng a great AJ impression….give the lead right back as fast as possible
I give nova a mulligan. He’s won his last 8 starts
yeah, he is having a good year.
Nova is having an off night
Gardner got a bad read on that ball.
Nova is not pitching his best tonight. He has some good stuff, but is very inconsistent tonight.
Next stop Scranton, unfortunately.
Noesi will definitely see some action in this game. Nova is up in the zone on every pitch.
Nova is doing his best Burnett imitation tonight-everything is up and missing the glove
Man, KC owns Nova. Just like Toronto owns Hughes.
mlb needs to investigate where the melkman got his hgh during the off-season.
This is why I really have to chuckle at anyone who thinks Nova should have his rotation spot guaranteed.
It’s looking more and more like his bat missing exhibition against Chicago was a mirage.
He has a good arm and the only way for him to harness it is to keep pitching, but the guy is a backend prospect until he shows he can miss bats more than once in his big league career.
He’s still my choice to be removed from the rotation, hands down, at least if the goal is centered on winning this season.
Nova is awful tonight, just like AJ
TIME TO DFA DFA DFA NOVA AND DO IT 2X SINCE HE HAS GIVEN UP WHAT AJ DID AND MORE IN HALF THE TIME!!!!!!!!
Does that steal go on Martin or is it a WP
Nova is awful tonight, just like AJ
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Difference is AJ has been awful the last two months where Nova has been great.
Nova has taken a step back tonight. Disappointing!
So Nova is a mirage now?
JobaTipsHisCap LIKE AJ? HE HAS GIVEN UP MORE AND IN HALF TIME TIME AS AJ
Fear weather fickle fans. He’s a ROOKIE for Jesus’ sake smh
*Fair
Although the word fear could describe the group as well.
HE MUST BE DFA’ED 2X since AJ was to be DFA and he gave up 1 less run and in half the time right?
“Nova is awful tonight, just like AJ”
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AJ was scoreless for 4 innings and only gave up singles…
Nova is just having an off night. We’ll score lots of runs
This whole KC team can hit. I felt it would be a tough matchup for Nova because he needs his slider in order to miss bats. Last start he was missing his slider so I feared it might carry over into this game. He’s still learning out there. With those 8 consecutive wins, he made us forget.
there is a big difference between one bad start from a kid who is 11-4 and two months of mediocre to bad pitching from a vet with a big contract and the worst haircut in the history of mankind, give me a break.
nova has not taken “a step back” and he’s not being sent to Scranton.
You can’t discount what Nova has done this season. He’s having the same season Hughes had last season. Lots of wins, lots of improvement, lots of runs. But the ERA is a little high.
He’s done for tonight
It isn’t a step forward is it??
NOVA HAS MADE JOES JOB EASY SENT DOWN OR DFA’ED WHEN FREDDY GETS BACK.PRINT IT DOWN BYE BYE NOVA
Nova has been great he is allowed an off night. I would get Noesi up because Nova is getting hammered and this game will be out of reach very soon.
There isn’t much left of this blog.
these freaking royals playing better than their crappy record indicates
5 RUNS AND HAS NOT MADE IT OUT OF THE 3RD INNING SEE YOU IN AAA
Oh no!!!! CC has taken a step back. Did anyone see his last 2 starts???!?!?!?! The sky is falling!!!!!!!!!
suddenly burrents night doesnt seem so bad
(im not hatin on nova, hes havin a tuff game, i like him, just shows how biased some of these readers are)
lots of “run support”
Nova is having an off night, it happens to everyone. As long as he doesn’t do it two or three games in a row it’s not a concern.
get him out of the game already. He can’t hold the lowly Royals offense down. Leave him in and this game could be over quickly…
Who is this batter? Johnny Genitalia?
But 5 runs in 2 2/3 IP is too much. Girardi needs to recognize it’s not his night and get him out of there.
Doc Iac YUP IF THIS WAS AJ THE BOARD WOULD BE GOING NUTS WITH THREATS IF AJ WAS NOT DFA’ED IF HE HAD THIS START….SEE YOU IN AAA NOVA
This should be Nova’s last batter, this is ugly and every pitch is up in the zone.
Martin needs a day off after today. He’s getting beaten up.
The Royals are an excellent young hitting team. Their pitching stinks or else they would compete in the AL Central.
Stupid trade by Cashman…Melky was a homegrown talent who needed a little extra time to develop and should now be our starting RF, Swisher DH….Bloggers, a question for you and please be honest….
Who would you rather have up in a game 5 situation vs. Red Sox in ALCS, series tied 2-2 and we are down by 1 in the 6th with men on 2nd and 3rd, 2 out….Melky or Swisher and remember Swisher’s playoff stats…Matsui or Tex or Posada….if you answered Melky or Matsui then we are going to have a problem in the ALCS which is what Cashman should have re-tooled this team for this year by re-signing Melky in the off-season and trading for Matsui at the trading deadline…if we are going to beat the Sox in the ALCS, we need clutch hitters who the Sox fear and have beat them them before!!!
This is the real Ivan Nova folks
So we got 2 guys with mid 4 era’s in the rotation, a struggling ace and 2 reclamation projects and Hughes who nobody has a clue what to expect.
m August 16th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
lots of “run support”
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Some of these idiots on here are obviously on “rum” support. It’s the only explaination for it.
Meh, chronic complaining about AJ is a sport for some here. Hard to take those people seriously.
Is Binder Joe asleep again?
Nova is not going back to AAA. What is with all this over reacting. We’re going to win this game. We’re only down by 2.
The Royals weren’t giving Melky away. They were probably asking for Phil Hughes+
You guys were turn on a pitcher in a eye blink. Amazing!!!!!
Nova gets a mulligan. Period. He’s 24 years old.
ralph ur right,
dont get me wrong nova is havin a great yr, i like him, but aj pitches decent games with some great and some bad in the mix, and ppl wanna send him to the firing range
*will turn.
NYY fan in NH August 16th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
So we got 2 guys with mid 4 era’s in the rotation, a struggling ace and 2 reclamation projects and Hughes who nobody has a clue what to expect.
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And we’re going to win the WS!!!!
Mulligans are for Golfers.. There are no mulligans in baseball.
Jiminy Cricket, Gardner is fast!
Gardner has really improved his bunting, that’s the 1st good drag bunt I’ve ever seen him get down.
time to get some runs back here.
Yankees also have the 2nd best ERA in the AL. They’re doing something right.
This place has gone to hell in a hand basket. Sad really.
He has 68 strikeouts all year long.
Comparing his current season to what Phil did last year is a borderline insult to Phil.
I hope Girardi has someone else start the 4th inning. Nova has nothing tonight. He has to know when it’s time to pull someone instead of giving the other team 3-4 extra runs because he thinks the starting pitcher will “find it”.
Go Jeter!!! He owns lefty pitchers…
Jeter pulling the ball. love it!!!
wow, it got really ugly here.
geez people. it’s a baseball game
Captain, my Captain.
# West Coast Yankee Fan August 16th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Jeter pulling the ball. love it!!!
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hell ya
LOVE! this small ball this inning!
what ever happened to Larry the Loser, aka ‘YanksNMore’?
I guess the Jeter resurgence has taken away all his material…
Wow, Granderson with a nice bunt! Shocked me.
Nice!!! Let’s go Tex!!!
I think Girardi should leave in Nova. If you can’t coach a pitcher through rough outings when you have a 9 game cushion with a little over 1 month left in the season, when can you?
G-C,
I’m trying to be fair-minded. Just saying that both Hughes and Nova got a lot of wins because of great run support.
Damn, Jeter.
Anyway, Hughes had a great first half. Nova has shown he can pitch deep and pitch well with men on base.
Wow. They went to 3B?
Anyway. I feel they made their pronouncement too early. Phil is back and Phil is healthy. He should get a spot in the rotation.
Crud, just missed that one. A little too quick.
Just a touch out in front
“Some of these idiots on here are obviously on “rum” support. It’s the only explaination for it.”
that wasn’t a very good bunt, just a bad throw by the catcher.
Grandy hasn’t had good swings against Duffy so it wasn’t a bad play and turned out OK.
wow, it got really ugly here.
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Yes, I’m not gonna act like I haven’t made a fool out of myself on here before, but i’ve learned to try to curb my un-enthusiasm a bit more.
I definitely belief in the right to vent and speak your mind, but some of the stuff on this board lately has gotten ugly. Again, I’ve been guilty of it in the past, but it’s been bad lately.
they will win tonight
Hughes is not going to the pen or sent to AAA in favor of nova.
Colon,garcia,burnett,cc aren’t going anywhere.
The only thing that makes sense,is nova to AAA.
Tied by Tex.
Nova is saved
Just saw the Sox spent over 10 million on draft picks this year. Amazing. Yankees around 5-6. Not saying it means a ton with the int’l signing , but still can’t believe they only got 20 guys signed.
that’s what I expect; just overhit them
Haha Tex strikes out and then has the game tying hit. We’ll take it!!
Only one RBI?
Knocked the Duffer out of the game.
Nice going Tex!! Keep the line moving..
Love it. Bunts, singles, taking the extra base. That’s the way to keep the line moving and to have a big inning.
Duffy is a completely different pitcher out of the stretch than in the windup at this point in his career, the Yankees obviously noticed it and made sure they worked to get runners on early in the inning and took advantage of the weakness.
GB7,
Some of these guys would demand their money back if the Yanks didn’t have a five run lead in the fifth.
Quite a pitching duel tonite
Stop crying like a baby, go back to the dugout.
Duffy is being squeezed a couple of times tonight. That pitch to Teix looked like a K.
Congrats to our old pal Chien-ming Wang, who just won his second consecutive game, going 6 1/3 innings and giving up 4 runs to the Reds. Not the best outing ever, but another step in re-establishing himself as a credible major league pitcher.
Huh? Guess not.
Hope yanks bring in a new pitcher. Don’t want to give up any more runs.
yeah, the strike zone has seemed a bit tight
Duffy, as with Nova, not having great control, will not get close calls.
Perhaps I talk about the broadcasting too much (hey, it’s my line of work) but the YES guys are really admirable. I’ved watched a ton of away games since I haven’t lived in NY in years, and the commentators are just so sickeningly biased towards their team. All the folks on YES take the time to compliment, and analyze the other team from their perspective.
If a Royals fan was sitting next to me, I can’t imagine they’d be offended.
Boston had quite a few more earlier picks that bumped up the cost. It’s hardly a concern. They have the best stable of young catchers of any system and a lot of quality arms.
arodys vizciano is pitching against the giants in a 1-1 tie bottom 10. walked brandon belt. on the giants broadcast they are just raving about his arm. first fastball was 97.
you win some you lose some, unfortunately history will say that the yankees came up short in that trade
Cano has to be patient
Nova is having an off night, so what? He’s 24 years old and doing a heck of a job for the Yanks this year. He’ll only get better.
As far as the game goes, all he needs to do is hold em here and the Yanks will get the lead back.
The sign of a good pitcher is to hold the line when he’s having a bad game.
this is a character building game for Nova right now, the Yankees can afford to let him pitch through a night like this as it will pay off in the long run.
why did the manager get tossed?
Tampa scored another run.
Cano in swing mode now, but at least he is elevating the pitch count, if nothing else.
all right, 3 run hr
Nova is a young pitcher who struggled tonight and got the ball up. It was like a bad Wang game back in the day. Bound to happen. People went from saying he’d be our #2, Hughes stinks and put him back in the pen. Now it will be send Nova to AAA and Hughes is our #2 until he has a rough outing of course.
Except when you’re AJ Burnett. Then you suck. Nova is going to have these types of starts because he doesn’t strike guys out.
Foul.
What an at bat by Cano.
from one extreme to the next, phranchise
# kd August 16th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
arodys vizciano is pitching against the giants in a 1-1 tie bottom 10. walked brandon belt. on the giants broadcast they are just raving about his arm. first fastball was 97.
you win some you lose some, unfortunately history will say that the yankees came up short in that trade
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I shake my head at Yankee fans that would still make that trade again.
Is it really only the top of the 4th or did I fall asleep and the replay is on now?
man there is a lot of angry and not very smart people here. and to think i thought nny and river ave was crazy. use to get some good stuff here , now only knife wounds and bruises.
Crushed.
I guess neither of these pitchers want to win tonight.
MG August 16th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
this is a character building game for Nova right now, the Yankees can afford to let him pitch through a night like this as it will pay off in the long run.
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The best thing about Nova is his make-up. I don’t sense any panic in the kid when things aren’t going his way. He just keeps battling through it. I think that he’ll get the win tonight.
CANO IS A BEAST!!!!!
Jimenez not pitching great again tonight. Imagine him getting killed if we emptied the farm for him??
R-O-B-B-Y
Woo hoo! Atta boy, Robbie!!
The was BIIIIIIG pimpin by Robbie
called, not surprisingly
The Prince of NY
BANG!
Robbie, the HR king! lol.
Man he killed in that at bat.
That is a classic at bat. Cano with the KO.
The best Yankee at bat this season maybe!!!!!!!!! 12 pitches and yard!
Nice call, JobaTipsHisCap
WHOA!! What a rocket with a great at bat
Another run for Tampa
Boston pitcher getting trashed
Love that fumble at the plate by Tek. Now, 6-2 Rays.
Haha I guess Melky is still buying the beer tonight.
reminded me of Matsui vs. Pedro in World Series. Knew he had nothing for Robbie there, either BB or HR.
You can keep the bunts, I’ll take the 3 run bombs.
That was a pretty long shot he hit there. Love when they do a long at bat, fouling off tough ones till they can get a meatball.
The folks that were ragging on AJ last night for giving up 10 hits neglected to note that KC is a pretty good hitting team, and not a collection of stiffs. Yes, Nova is having a bad game, but give the Royals their due. They are hitting the snot out of his mistakes…
I love having TiVo….I can just watch that beautiful HR swing over & over!
lol, just announced we are losing on the Sawx broadcast… a little behind. Guess again!
Take that Melky…you little weakling
The Yankees have claimed LHP Raul Valdes from the Cardinals. He’ll go to Triple-A. Jeff Marquez moved to the 60-day to make room on the 40-man.
Matsui vs. Pedro in World Series.
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Those memories will never fail to bring a smile to my face.
Ubaldo doing his best AJ Burnett impression against Chicago
Wasn’t it Fox telling us what a tremendous bullpen the Sox have? I’d say the Yankees have the upper hand there no?
Choose 1 option
A)Trade Vizcaino, Melky and Dunn to the Braves for 1 year of Javy Vazquez
B)Sign John Lackey above the amount the Sox paid.
John Lackey rhp
5 years/$82.5M (2010-14), plus conditional 2015 option
5 years/$82.5M (2010-14), plus conditional 2015 option
signed by Boston as a free agent 12/16/09
$3.5M signing bonus
10:$18M, 11:$15.25M, 12:$15.25M, 13:$15.25M, 14:$15.25M
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Those were Cashman’s choices.
The Braves knew what they were doing.
They knew.
Rays are doing their part tonight, will the Yankees? Be nice if they can tack on a few more runs to give a big cushion for Nova, maybe that will help settle him down.
Thanks for playing, Danny Duffy, if that is your real name.
In other news, Dac Halladay blew his own save vs. the Diamondbacks and took the loss as well. Which is nice for anyone who didn’t have some coin on the Philies tonight.
Ghostwriter August 16th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
The folks that were ragging on AJ last night for giving up 10 hits neglected to note that KC is a pretty good hitting team, and not a collection of stiffs. Yes, Nova is having a bad game, but give the Royals their due. They are hitting the snot out of his mistakes…
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Yup, a young team, but a talented one.
guess you can put Nova back out there and try for the win
Cano crushed that ball. And he hit it to the opposite field, no less! I love it when Cano is smacking the ball the other way. His BA can jump 25 points in a hurry if he continues with that approach.
I have to say I was pretty damn close
Option B: 3.1IP – 7H – 7ER – 5BB – 1K
Duffy: 3 IP – 8H – 8ER -2BB – 3K’s
Ghost, the HR was to right center, were you watching the game in a mirror? lol
Thanks for the trade update, Chad. Looks like a bit of insuance and an organizational lefty.
Fat
Albers
yeah KC can hit. When Melky had that rbi on Soriano that said it all. Because Soriano is throwing well since coming back.
we’ll see how Nova handles this but the last fastball for the K to end the 3rd was the best pitch he’s thrown tonight, down and moving.
Is Nova coming back out or Noesi?
MG August 16th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Ghost, the HR was to right center, were you watching the game in a mirror? lol
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Sh*t! I don’t nknow how I could have made that mistake! Oh well, nobody’s perfect…
Everything else I said is true…
Love to see the bats pick up a pitcher having a bad start.
2 more runs scored by Granderson tonight already…just the 4th inning…
6-2, sux is losing?
LOL, good
MazzESPNMike Mazzeo
“I was a little tentative. A little hesitant. That’s something that comes with time and repetition.” A-Rod #Yankees
Today was a good day, and hopefully we’ll have another one tomorrow and then we’ll see what happens and make a team decision after that.
a return thursday a possibility for rodriguez, but not by any means set in stone #yankees
Goota see if Nova can go 5 for potential W
Trouble with bringing in Noesi in is that he isn’t getting much work. He isn’t going to be all that sharp.
KC can most definitely hit. They are going to be a fun team to keep tabs on in the coming years. Duffy and Moustakas haven’t had the impact that they hoped but Hosmer has looked very good. If they resign Melky (who somehow is only 27) and get some more of those top prospects up, they have a nice future. Just hasn’t worked out this year. Plus, signing Bubba Starling is very impressive. He’s an elite athlete.
Bottom of the order coming up. I have to give Nova the inning on a leash
C’mon Nova, throw a zero up and get the bats at ‘em again.
Jacoby Juice Berry has 2 HRs today…his locker must be right next to David OrCheats’
Cano is hitting .400 this month which is pretty incredible considering he did next to nothing for 3 games in Boston. He’s absolutely been on fire the rest of the time.
2 more innings out of Nova would be perfect.
Nick thanks for the details and CMW. Great to see him making his way back.
DocTodd August 16th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Jacoby Juice Berry has 2 HRs today…his locker must be right next to David OrCheats’
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I was pretty amazed to see that he had 20 homers in his career before this year. 22 this year alone. He’s had a huge bounceback year.
CANO!!!
Classic.
The Red Sox pulled off a triple play in this game, but for the second time tonight, the Lowrie-Varitek duo coughs up a run.
They appear to have Jennings in a rundown between 1st & 2nd, but Zobrist is at 3rd, by the time they check the runner, he’s already coming. They throw the ball to Lowrie, who relays to Varitek as Zobrist slides in safely, as the ball bounces away.
Makes you wish Hosmer was in our system, NY kid..
Nice bounceback inning.
what a nice job by Nova that inning, he kept the ball down and threw strikes…
Nice work Nova.
How Granderson doesn’t stand out as an MVP guy I have no idea. He has been pretty consistent all year, crushing the categories, great defense. I would argue Verlander should be up there too for Cy and MVP. It does crack me up though when they start to sell Pedrioa. I mean come on. Ellsbury is having a great season. But Grandy is simply sizzling all year. Where would we be without him?
I was looking at Salvador Perez obp and it is lower than his batting average how is that possible any one have any ideas because my family has no clue.
cbo111 August 16th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
I was looking at Salvador Perez obp and it is lower than his batting average how is that possible any one have any ideas because my family has no clue.
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no walks, 1 sac fly…
it’s only 19 ABs, not exactly anything of significance.
nice shut down inning by Nova….that was big.
I’m still marveling at that AB by Cano….you could see it coming…he had thrown the kitchen sink and Robbie and he spoiled and spoiled and spoiled until he got a mistake and then just pounded it. Robbie is really playing great baseball right now……the guy that they needed to be great is starting to do just that.
“I was looking at Salvador Perez obp and it is lower than his batting average how is that possible any one have any ideas because my family has no clue.’
More sacrafices than walks. Sacs don’t count against average but they count for OBP.
cbo111 August 16th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
I was looking at Salvador Perez obp and it is lower than his batting average how is that possible any one have any ideas because my family has no clue.
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Sac flies> walks
any one else routin for damon to get to 3000 hits…i loved him as a yankee…so clutch
“any one else routin for damon to get to 3000 hits…”
yup…I hope he does. Love his time in pinstripes….good player
Alphonso Soriano had a higher OBP than BA for a big chunk of his first season as a Yankee.
I saw that referred to as ‘a stat geek’s wet dream’ in the Village Voice sports section. Does that still exist?
blake August 16th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
“any one else routin for damon to get to 3000 hits…”
yup…I hope he does. Love his time in pinstripes….good player
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Ditto.
Braves win!
Nova has new life here
Nova has settled down very nicely.
Nova may have just earned another inning there.
Nice job by Cano there. He gets rid of the ball so quickly and throws hard.
Nice to be good AND lucky. Give Nova the 6th inning on the same leash.
great job by Ivan here to settle down and give them some length here.
Nova has thrown only 76 pitches. He could still give us 7 innings tonight. Not bad at all, considering how he started out tonight.
Red Sox lose.
Pete Abe on Nesn postgame. What fun!
Robby is toooo good. Also amazing is the Robby.]/Dustin debate. Pedrioa is a heck of a player, but Robby’s physical tools are far superior. I take Robby any day of the week over Pedroia. You cannot tell me that Pedroia is a better defensive player even though they try to sell that constantly. Power on offense and then arm strength, range, everything on defense.
It’s funny how quiet t gets around here once the Yanks grab a lead.
Fat Pete Abraham on NESN postgame
Sox lose
blake August 16th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Sox lose
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Why the frown? Is there something you’re n telling us?
Jiminez 4 2/3rds 9 hits 5 runs 4 earned 1 walk 5 ks 105 pitches. Welcome to the AL and maybe the physical was well worth the request. Does it not strike you as an AJ outing? Would we be comfortable with him as our #2 now with no Montero and whatever other pieces we would have had to move?
Would have been foolish to give up some of our best prospects for Jiminez….you only do that for guys like King Felix and Doc Halliday..
“Why the frown? Is there something you’re n telling us?”
sarcastic frown
For all the over-thinking about lefties in Boston, tell the Rays and Jennings how irrelevant right-handed power with loft is in Fenway Park. Matter of fact, tell the Red Sox, tonight’s losers.
Jimenez bombed again? When does Cleveland send him for that MRI?
Ph – no we wouldn’t. Ubaldo had a great first half last year. That’s it. One half season does not a hall of famer make.
that was a strike!!!!
Joe from Long Island August 16th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Jimenez bombed again? When does Cleveland send him for that MRI?
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He had a good start mixed in there. I don’t think that Cleveland needs to panic just yet. However, I am very glad that Cash didn’t make that deal.
By the way, fangraphs says Cano is the 4th worst fielding second baseman in baseball. Perhaps not coincidentally, it says Pedroia is the best.
Didn’t see the last few innings.
What happened to Nova in the 3rd?
they are right….this guys strike zone is terrible….no wonder there was been 13 runs scored, you have to throw the ball up to get a strike called.
Jimenez has been hit hard twice in a row now, right?
Went out for my walk and the Yanks had a big inning….Maybe I should leave again.
That ball 4 pitch looked pretty good to me. I don’t like this umpire’s strike zone.
“By the way, fangraphs says Cano is the 4th worst fielding second baseman in baseball. Perhaps not coincidentally, it says Pedroia is the best.
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that’s hilarious….whoever you think is the better defender between those 2 they are pretty close. Pedroia probably has a little more lateral range but Cano makes plays with his arm that no other 2B can…..they both are good.
Time for Nova to take a seat now. He had a bad game. That’s ok, but don’t let them back in here.
dammmit!!!!!!!!!!!!
Opps, Like I said. Dumb. He didn’t have it. That was clear.
Girardi always a batter too late
Nova threw a ton of good pitches that were called balls tonight. This ump makes you throw the ball up in the zone so what are you gonna do….
Ugh
Why is AJ pitching again today?
I left for a while after we went ahead, 8-5, and I just got back to the game and I was stunned to see Nova still in the game?! What, five runs is not enough to give up for one night? Did the announcers at least question his coming out for the sixth?
although the pitcher has to throw strikes, its a damn shame that the k zone is so damn small you have to throw meatballs to get a strike call.
Defensive stats are next to useless.
Girardi always the moron with his pitching staff
Letting frenchy go 3-3 is unforgivable
It’s not coming out for the inning. It is getting first and second where a hit gets them back in and it was clear he wasn’t there tonight. Close the door on them. Instead you just opened it again.
blake August 16th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Nova threw a ton of good pitches that were called balls tonight. This ump makes you throw the ball up in the zone so what are you gonna do….===
Blake, that sucks! Duffy had some strikes that were called balls as well, But you have to throw too good of pitch to get the damn k called.
“Did the announcers at least question his coming out for the sixth?”
he was only at 70+ pitches and had retired like 8 straight coming into the inning. He had settled down so I was ok with it…..you hate to make excuses but the strike zone tonight really didn’t jive with where Nova tries to keep the ball…..when he has to get it up it flattens out quite a bit and he gets hit.
Tex WOW!
Tex is amazing with that glove.
Tex saves the possible win for Nova
Tex is unreal…….what’s his UZR again…lol
need more runs….both sides are swinging the bats tonight so have to keep adding
Girardi iS always a batter or 2 too late, so that isnt surprising. We see it everytime aj takes the mound. He was playing with fire even letting nova start the 4th inning and he tried to press his luck and he got burned like usual.
Nobody makes the Nova Wang comparison? Seems like when they get in trouble the same issues too. Although Nova’s fastball seems more swing and miss stuff where Wang just couldn’t get the ks.
Another RBI for Teiceira and a nice job fom Logan. Give him the first to batters in the 7th….Goardon (left) and Cabrera. First of all, get those 2 runs back.
SoRoMo?
Don Vito A. Bellamo August 16th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Girardi always the moron with his pitching staff
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What? For letting the kid work his way through a tough start? On the contrary, the best thing Girardi does well is working with these young pitchers. And this includes his efforts to develop the bullpen.
Case in point: Logan is becoming a very key piece for us in big spots.
What a play by Teixeira.
Another chapter in the book of Joe leaving guys in way too long.Nova was done awhile ago.
Just got here and saw on CBS sports.com that Nova got hammered.
Can someone who knows, tell me, was he not mixing up his pitches or unable to get them over or what ?
How can the ump call that a strike? Nova was squeezed in that whole at bat.
Wang and Nova are totally similar. Pitches to contact, works in the zone, low walks, low strikeouts.
Jeter used to ask Wang before every game. How many runs you need. Wang would joke with him and say “5″.
tell the ump to make up his mind.. are they strikes are not??
Wang’s two seamer was better than Nova’s. Wang could throw the two seamer the entire game and do well. Nova needs to throw other pitches.
4 NYY August 16th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Just got here and saw on CBS sports.com that Nova got hammered.
Can someone who knows, tell me, was he not mixing up his pitches or unable to get them over or what ?
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Nova didn’t have god control, and kept missing the catcher’s mitt. The ump had a very high strike zone, and forced Nova to throw the ball where the hitters could handle it. It was kind a of a perfect storm, but I thought that Nova soldiered through it pretty.
“Can someone who knows, tell me, was he not mixing up his pitches or unable to get them over or what ?”
He had good stuff early but he was just up all night and the ump wouldn’t call the ball at the knees…..he had to throw the ball up in the zone and it flattened out and he just got hit. Missed a lot of spots but got squeezed some too and just got out of his gameplan. Just didn’t have it tonight.
Gardner with the easy triple…..man he really can fly.
Jeter just wow, how different he looks up there.
derek is swinging the bat so well..
Nova cannot hold vIntage CMW’s jock strap. He had the best sinker I have ever seen and pin point control.
HUGE run there! Captain is looking strong.
Jeter looking pretty good.
that’s vintage captain right there….great job
Atta boys, Gardy, Jeet!
jeter is so good , it’s like he’s reborn or something
Thanks Ghostwriter & Blake
very big insurance run….good job Jeter also loving the two out RBI
Jeter’s resurgence is really great to see.
Jeter has been great since coming off DL. He had to have been injured the first half.
The Captain’s unstoppable march to 63 RBIs continues!
up to 284
When will they make a new Aamco commercial?
Jeter has been unreal recently. I think it would really help him if he had one day off every week, his body was probably really fatigued. Martin needs more days off also but that’s another story.
great job Boonie!!
Jeter with the inside out against a right -hander. He’s on fire.
It would of been nice to see if Wade can get 2 outs here instead of Soriano. Now the whole back of the bullpen most likely won’t be available tonight. Soriano scares me on back to back days.
Ex Yankee Vizcaino won his first game in relief in a 2-1 Braves win over the Giants in 11
Verlander wiith another good game.
Ubaldo Jiminez again pitches>100 pitches and lasts only 4.2 innings-9 hits 4 runs
tonight=tomorrow
“Ubaldo Jiminez again pitches>100 pitches and lasts only 4.2 innings-9 hits 4 runs”
rough
I didn’t think leaving Nova in was a bad idea, but the hook for him should have been quicker.
The Royals are a decent team, but their pitching isn’t good enough yet. They can hit pretty well, and they have a couple of dangerous hitters in their lineup.
The strike zone was frustrating. I can live with a consistent strike zone even if it is a little small, but inconsistent zones that move and change is a big problem.
Soriano looking intently at the inside of his cap-cheat sheet on what to pitch the next batter?
Soriano looked real good there.
Soriano did a very good job.
High smoke
“Ubaldo Jiminez again pitches>100 pitches and lasts only 4.2 innings-9 hits 4 runs”
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1 more out & he would have gotten a win tonight as a yankee
Verlander moved to 18-5….2.31 ERA in the AL. wow
I hope Jeter hits .300; would that be sweet.
Ubaldo Jiminez again pitches>100 pitches and lasts only 4.2 innings-9 hits 4 runs
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Not doing that deal could one day be on the scale of not trading Rivera/Jeter back in the day. We’ll see in some years.
I’ve been wondering what Soriano looks at inside his cap. Figured it was some prayer or family thing.
And u can safely say Soriano was hurt badly the first half too
You really don’t want to know what Matsui was looking at inside his cap.
I don’t think it was his wife.
Soriano is awesome… Our bp rocks!
If Cano wants to play like this, the Red Sox will have to settle for the Wild Card.
This umps strike zone is all over the place
I know this guy pitching for the Royals…he’s a good kid. Gave up the ball Arod hit into the fountain last year in his 3 homer game in KC.
I questioned Jimenez’ high pitch counts in the 2 games preceding his trade to the Indians, one lasting 6.2 innings at >120 pitches and another one at 5 innings and 101 pitches.
Boy, when Cano’s stats just popped up on the TV, it got me thinking…
If he could raise his average to .315 or so, he’s got a shot for MVP. Bautista looks like he’s not the same. Cano is right up there in RBIs and is hitting for some decent power. What do you guys think?
“I love war.”
Eh…Cano doesn’t play for the Red Sox so that hurts his chances.
The Royals are a decent team? Boy oh boy.
DFox August 16th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Boy, when Cano’s stats just popped up on the TV, it got me thinking…
If he could raise his average to .315 or so, he’s got a shot for MVP. Bautista looks like he’s not the same. Cano is right up there in RBIs and is hitting for some decent power. What do you guys think?
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I think that he’ll have a tough time winning the MVP on his own team, considering how Granderson has been playing.
“Eh…Cano doesn’t play for the Red Sox so that hurts his chances.”
Yeah lol, true that. Hopefully all the contending Sox stumble a good amount from here on so it makes it more difficult to support voting for them.
Martin is obviously not a homerun hitter so I don’t know why at least one time each at bat he swings like he is one.
Martin pulls his head out….I know that’s a little league critic…..but he doesn’t always keep his head and eyes on the ball well.
“I think that he’ll have a tough time winning the MVP on his own team, considering how Granderson has been playing.”
What if Cano passes him in RBIs and gets the average up to .315? I agree at this point Granderson would get the vote, but Cano really seems to be surging. And Robinson Cano sure can go on a major, major tear.
Thr Royals are in the top 5 in BA in AL. Their bullpen is pretty decent. Crow was their rep to the All-Star game. They need help with their starting pitching.
Cano getting that OPS up close to .900. (.886).
Sit down, Frenchy!
Robertson is dominant….guys just can’t catch up
it’s so nice not having to listen to Kay blabber on during the game.
Best BP since 96?
Sit down, Nutella!
The Royals are 22 games under .500! Are you serious?!
Robertson’s ERA is pretty unbelievable. It looks like it’s the best for anyone with any sort of innings count near his.
You got 3 closers in the bullpen. If Jobber was here, that would be 4. Add Hughes, that would be 5.
In the AL that is.
Is this guy the shortest pitcher in baseball?
Wonder how much of a shot Marte has to make it back.
I am assuming that Collins is related to Pedroia?!
“I am assuming that Collins is related to Pedroia?!”
LOL!
This pitcher makes Gardy look like a giant. And he’s in the foreground, too!
Collins with the leg kick reminds me of one of my favorite non Yankee pitchers-Juan Marichal
That screen shot did look very strange, like a little leaguer was pitching to Jeter. Or a shrunken person.
This blog always makes fun of Pedroia cause he’s small and non-athletic looking yet he shoves up it up the Yankees a#!!$ every time they play. The last thing I do is make fun of that guy. I don’t want to see that guy up ever.
Let’s go Mo!!!
Prufrock
Has there been any recent news on Marte?
Mo looked ok there….94 on the black
Somebody said he was throwing off a mound. I have no idea who said that or when they said it, but I think it was a couple of weeks ago, & I think it was here, but may have been on another site I visit.
poor Mo, he looks finished.
Royals aren’t scared of Mo.
hardwired7, you need to step up your game a little bit, I think Bronx Jeers might be on vacation.
How many saves does Mo need to tie Hoffman??
Mariano is a ridiculously athletic guy.
One out away from sole possession of first, all without Alex.
Rivera’s not really sharp. God help the rest of baseball when he is.
The bullpen did a nice job, despite having to use the washed up Rivera.
Mo nasty.
Another Mo down !
95! Rivera crisis averted once again. Great win for the 1st place Yankees!
Nice win!!!
Goodbye Escobar. Goodnight everyone. Till tomorrow!!
Touch and go for Mo tonight. Tough to see him having such struggles.
This Mo kid may wind up being decent……
Have the Red Sox ran away with the AL East yet?
YANKS WIN.
That train conductor can again tell the New Englanders when the train arrives in the Bronx that it’s the home of the first place New York Yankees
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Very nice win, seeing the bats pick up Nova.
1st place!
1/2 game back up. Predicted we would be in first by time I got to New England. Heading outside to strut.
J. Alfred Prufrock August 16th, 2011 at 11:28 pm
One out away from sole possession of first, all without Alex.
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Alex who?
And to think this team hasn’t had ARod for quite some time….plus Montero, Betances and Banuelos getting closer…..
I’d be more relaxed when Rivera pitches if teams were afraid of him. They just can’t wait to face him.
GreenBeret7 August 16th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I’d be more relaxed when Rivera pitches if teams were afraid of him. They just can’t wait to face him.
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His ERA has gone up every year since 2008! We’re doomed!
3.2 innings of perfection from the pen.
LOL. How will ESPN explain how their juggernaut in Boston, which would humble even Ruth & Gehrig and the ’27 Yankees, can possibly be in second place behind the Yankees, who don’t even have Alex Rodriguez?
Ghost, at the end of the year, his ERA will be under 2 again. amazing stat? 10 of 17 tears with an ERA under 2 and only 2 over 3 and one of those was his rookie yea as mainly a starter.
17 million TEARS for the hitters…17 years for Rivera.