No Rodriguez in Twins series opener
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Aug 18, 2011 
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As expected, Alex Rodriguez is not in the lineup or even on the roster tonight against the Twins. He is here, though, and pregame he went through fairly intense fielding drills with Mick Kelleher standing behind him at third base. Rob Thomson basically stood at the plate, took soft tosses from about three feet away, and pulled sharp ground balls and line drives to Rodriguez on the left side of the infield.
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher DH
Andruw Jones RF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
a-rod is back!
Andruw Jones…..ugh.
Apparently Mauer is playing right field tonight…
Erin,
That’s it….the more we complain about Andrew the better chance he hits a homer……Jonesy stinks!
blake-exactly
Girardi has to lodge a protest whenever a disputed call goes against the team…it doesn’t cost anything, does it?
And I am for getting rid of the Girardi clown even before this game happened, this just adds to my list of Girardi blunders that cost us games. WOuld a protest have mattered? I dunno, but it would be interesting to how it would have went if JG actually did what he was supposed to do. Guess he couldn’t find his binder where it says, “If call goes against the team, protest before next pitch even if the call is clear”.
what does it hurt to protest?
Those called strikes on Jorge were BS too, but we’ve seen Mo get the benefit of those as well. Not sure with bases loaded tho.
Lefty so Jones starts and Chavy sits, no surprise. GTLU would not have been very difficult this year.
The ground rules at Kaufman Stadium in K.C. can’t possibly be more complicated than the ones at Tropicana Field in St. Pete.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....d=16956182
Ledger_Yankees Garcia no longer wearing a band aid and his cut looks healed. Hasn’t tried splitter yet, though if he does today, he’ll likely go Sat. #nyy
I might have sacrified a little speed for more defense at third and put Chavez in at third base. Span or Revere will bunt Nunez to death.
and even ***sacrificed***
I want some visual evidence of Pavano shaking hands with former
Yankees on the field before any of the 4 games this weekend.
If there are none, then that is a clear sign nobody that played with him
cares enough to say hello!!
In Minnesota here they have been talking for awhile now moving Mauer to the outfield. So I guess they finally did it.
I asked a little earlier but it probably got caught in the raucous..but I’m still curious, does any independent group keep track of missed/incorrect calls? I know the umps keep track but I wasn’t sure if that information was public.
Shame-
Cashman said they never go anywhere so why even bother.
Oh no , not Jones !
tex is a absolute joke of a 3 hole hitter.
Jeter – nearing the .300 mark
Grandy- nearing the .280 mark
Then the big bat of tex is .240
Then arod is a .300 hitter
then cano is a .300 hitter
basic knowledge would show that the .240 hitter does not belong in the MIDDLE of guys hitting .280 or better. Girardi is clueless and so worried about players feelings its sickening. If you don’t produce, you get moved down. That’s the way its been since coach pitch. If posada got benched for only hitting 9 points worse than tex, then why on gods green earth is tex being rewarded for sucking and batting 3rd? Sure, he is great at defense… but you don’t shape your lineup based on defense. By that logic, Yadier molina, and brett gardner would be the ideal 3-4 hitters for any team in baseball. Get over your loyalty towards players, and do whats best for the team.
I think Axisa must read Lohud because he just added a post basically exactly about what we were talking about this morning regarding the draft……its pretty good anyway.
http://www.riveravenueblues.com
Lol, well that’s the thing MTU, if someone started compiling how much it’s possibly effecting the outcome of seasons (division races, etc) I feel like it’d be harder to ignore. I’m not smart enough to figure out how someone would go about doing this I was sorta just hoping someone else was and already took care of business
GreenBeret7 August 18th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I might have sacrified a little speed for more defense at third and put Chavez in at third base. Span or Revere will bunt Nunez to death.
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Luckily, Span is injured and not playing tonight.
TWINS (54-68)
1. Ben Revere, CF
2. Trevor Plouffe, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, RF
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Jim Thome, DH
6. Danny Valencia, 3B
7. Rene Tosoni, LF
8. Tsuyoshi Nishioka, SS
9. Drew Butera, C
Joba says he could be throwing in a few weeks. Thinks a mid-April return is realistic.
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I will be happy if he’s able to take the mound at Yankee Stadium by
June 1st.
WOW.
j. mauer in RF-
Sucks for the Twins that our RFer is better than theirs …..
blake August 18th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I think Axisa must read Lohud because he just added a post basically exactly about what we were talking about this morning regarding the draft……its pretty good anyway.
http://www.riveravenueblues.com
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Axia is talking about Junior Mints and how much Bert with a beard looks like Pedroia?
Mauer is in RF because they have too many injured players, Kubel had to leave for personal matters, and their AAA outfielders isn’t going to make it to the game today.
Their bench is missing tonight.
http://www.startribune.com/spo.....27613.html
“Axia is talking about Junior Mints and how much Bert with a beard looks like Pedroia?”
Lol…..yes and he doesn’t know if Bert and Ernie are Mupputs either
bjk-
that works for me.
i am not going to feel sorry for the twins.
I like Mauer and I actually hope Im wrong…….but his contract is looking just hideous right now.
Where is Bert and Ernie ? ?
Blake-
Does Pukelis really shave his back with rusty old blade he found in a local dumpster ?
Is it the same one he uses to shave his head ?
blake August 18th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
“Axia is talking about Junior Mints and how much Bert with a beard looks like Pedroia?”
Lol…..yes and he doesn’t know if Bert and Ernie are Mupputs either
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Oh, man. Now you’ve done it. You’re going straight to Hell for that one.
Cashman is right, protests never go anywhere. It’s like asking Congress to come back from vacation.
MTU,
That’s gross…..
“I like Mauer and I actually hope Im wrong…….but his contract is looking just hideous right now.”
In one corner, wearing the red trunks and the current champion, the ARod Contract. In the other corner, wearing the blue trunks and the contender for the crown, the Mauer Contract.
The champ is old and has 6 years left, the contender still young and has 7 years to go…money left about the same…the contender’s punches are pretty weak right now, but the champ has trouble staying in the ring…close call at the moment but I think the champ retains the crown…
Blake-
Maybe that’s how he got the lock jaw ?
Lockjaw? The umpires only wish.
WYH-
And new undisputed heavyweight champ is :
Zito. A fortune and completely useless.
MTU August 18th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Blake-
Does Pukelis really shave his back with rusty old blade he found in a local dumpster ?
Is it the same one he uses to shave his head ?
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Yukliss found an old rusty Gem safety razor at the very bottom of the dumpster that was stuck there for years. He fished it out with a pry bar and hurt his back in the process.
If Mauer can’t catch then I take Arods contract. Mauer can’t stay healthy either and would be a no power bad defense corner outfielder……he has 1 HR this year.
108-
I was wondering if that’s how it might have gone down.
GB-
Yeah. Their wet dream. Maybe the whole team will get it.
If Pedroia would remove those stilts, people would realize just how short he really is.
WYH – … and then Vernon Wells jumps off the top rope and takes them both out with a flying elbow… Followed into the ring by Ryan “can’t stop me from swingin” Howard to make sure that no one mistakes his awful contract for weakness.
GB-
C’mon. Don’t make fun of Dustin.
He’s cute in an elfy sort of way.
I wonder why his shoes don’t curl up at the front like all the other elve’s do ?
tabbert: eaxactly!
nobody seems to worry that Tex has dropped from a .300 hitter to a .240 hitter with the Yanks. His first year was okay average-wise but if his bat has slowed down this much in his prime, I just see it as another Giami contract, and Giambi I sorta remember batting 5th.
Ledger_Yankees Marc Carig
Joba says he could be throwing in a few weeks. Thinks a mid-April return is realistic.
Posada & Jones or
Damon & Matsui or Abreu, you make the choice, hopefully you don’t blow it like Ca$hman did.
Erin August 18th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Andruw Jones…..ugh.
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He’s not that bad. He is hitting .294 in his last ten games.
MTU August 18th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
GB-
C’mon. Don’t make fun of Dustin.
He’s cute in an elfy sort of way.
I wonder why his shoes don’t curl up at the front like all the other elve’s do ?
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God was kind to him. He figured making him an elf was cruel enough, so he gave him big feet so he dodn’t fall over when the wind caught that big head and ears.
GB-
Thanks. That explains it.
You solved a big mystery.
I was watching TV weekend this weekend and thought I saw Pedroia make a spectacular play, but then I realized it was the Little League World Series.
I wouldn’t put anything past Joba. He seems to have the same pain threshold as the lead character from ‘A Man Called Horse’.
HW-
You’re confused. it’s AJ who has the nipple rings.
GreenBeret7 August 18th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Ledger_Yankees Marc Carig
Joba says he could be throwing in a few weeks. Thinks a mid-April return is realistic.
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Joba, Soriano, Robertson, Rivera next year. Good lord. That’s a 6 inning game.
filthy slider August 18th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Posada & Jones or
Damon & Matsui or Abreu, you make the choice, hopefully you don’t blow it like Ca$hman did.
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The last thing in the world I would want is Bobby Abreu on this team. He was probably one of my least favorite Yankees of all time. I don’t think it was entirely coincidence that they won the World Series the next year even with a guy like Swisher in right.
Pain is interpreted by the Brain.
No Brain no pain.
Kinda like no pain no gain. Only different.
(Just kidding. I like Joba and wish him well.).
ARod hoping for weekend return. Says first-step quickness is still lacking on defense.
Feels he could be in better shape
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Nice to see ARod is being honest and very smart about his rehab.
I’m hoping that getting A-Rod back will be like adding jet fuel to a dragster.
Guess I assumed ARod would be in shape, but it makes a ton of sense that he might not yet be in “baseball shape”
I’m not worried about tex’s overall production, but i think he is being valued way to higher by girardi. Tex is playing like a dan uggla, mark reynolds, adam dunn, type masher with that batting average. Yes, he can put up 30 homers, and drive in 100… but when your leadoff guys get 7 hits in a game and your going 0-4, your obviously a rally killer. Mashers with low averages like the guys i named above have no place in batting third in a lineup with as many .280- .300 hitters as we have. Sure, he will get some big 3 run blast in some games in the middle of june… but do you really want a .240 hitter batting 3rd for us come october? i sure don’t. I love tex, and his glove is amazing.. but you cant bat a guy third because you like him and he plays good D. Fact is, Tex is only batting 9 points higher than posada ( who’s career is obviously over) so i don’t understand the double standard. Posada gets benched, but tex gets to keep hitting 3rd or 4th? Absolute joke of managing, and that’s what we call playing favorites in the clubhouse.
Tabbert,
That’s over the top……but their is a thread of truth to what you’re saying. He should hit 5th or 6th vs RHP…….he’s a fine 3 hitter against lefties.
Tex is hitting .295 vs LHP
Hi everyone,
MTU, How are you, saw the pictures you posted from the devil’s whatever
I like Joba too, hope he gets a chance to start again, becuase when you have TJ surgery usually you start throwing a lot harder, besides he already has four pitches.
Tyler,
Yes, it’s going to shorten the game incredibly if Joba stays as a reliever
EDIT: because
Good Luis. Thanks for asking.
How’s things in Chavez land ?
Got to run.
Everyone have a good evening and enjoy the game.
CC with gem tonight (I hope).
Well……I’m happy because i’m gonna watch the game tonight for the first time since monday, i also had trouble with the router because we had a surge in the electricity and it burned the thing!!, that’s life in the third world!.
Aside from that….things are very dicey here, the last thing they are planning is to take the international reserves of the country to Cuba, Iran and China, i guess we are never gonna see them again….But family is fine and healthy which is a plus down here.
I would much rather have robbie cano bat 3rd vs lefties over tex any day of the week… don’t care what splits you can come up with. Fact is, at the end of the day… tex is a .240 hitter. So, he should be hitting 5th or sixth depending on if were facing a righty of lefty.
Jeter
Grandy
Cano
Arod
Tex
Swish
DH
Martin
Gardy
Gardy
Jeter
Granderson
Arod
Cano
Tex
Swisher
Dh
Martin
Those imo are the best lineup’s we can roll out there. Neither which puts a .240 hitter in a key contact hitters spot.
cc bounces back tonight. mark it down.
arod should dh until he gets his legs sorted out. he’s a better bat than andruw or jorge, at least i really hope
Luis-
Good you’re back on line.
Sorry to have to leave.
We’ll catch up some other time.
Tex
Vs . LhP. .295/.370/.548/.918
Rhp. .227/.333/..482/.816
He’s always been a better RH hitter……but its getting more pronounced
MTU,
Thanks!!, and take care, the best to you and your loved ones
luis,
Good to see you. This afternoon’s thread was a complete mess because they’re back at it again. In the mean time, Go Yankees!
blake-
splits are great an all…. but when grandy is a legit .280 hitter, gardy and jete, cano, arod all with legit chances to finish with .300 batting averages. It seems very silly to put a .240 hitter in the middle of all of those guys.. much less move a .300 hitter down in the 9 hole for good.
A batting average is a overall showing of the quality of the hitter. The higher the average, most likely the better the hitter. You don’t need me to explain this to you. I get the splits on tex.. but the fact remains overall he is just a .240 masher. If anything, the fact that his numbers are so spread out vs lhp and rhp should be a scary sign. I don’t want a hitter whom cant seem to figure out a certrain type of pitcher in the middle of my lineup. What happens when the bullpen becomes a factor? You have a guy who cant hit righties hitting 3rd in your lineup again. That’s why i believe he is best suited for the 5-6 hole depending on the righty/ lefty matchup. Put your higher BA, and more consistant hitters higher in your lineup, and the low average mashers a little bit lower down.
Hi Tom!,
Yes, i read some of it, things are getting a bit out of hand IMO….It’s a shame that the level of civilty has gone to such lows….But as you say, we still got the yankees!!
Blake,
I totally agree with your assestment on Texeira….I think Tex’s lefthanded swing is a bit loopy, plus the uppercut thing that doesn’t help, i wonder if he should try to bat righthanded all the time
ugh….looks like the crappy home video broadcast for SWB tonight.
tabbert,
I really can’t argue….my only point is that Tex is a good overall hitter right handed…..he’s much more balanced and has a much flatter swing plane that allows him to use the entire field and keep the bat in the hitting zone longer. His left handed swing is an issue that likely only going to worsen as he ages…..I’m hoping he and Long try and address it this winter.
luis,
yes
this place is crazy. don’t know who is who and then some dudes attack the greenberet7 guy. hey man what’s up with that. it’s like when good people move out of a neighborhood suddenly sometimes the crazies come in. wild in the streets here man. wow
1,2,3 first for Betances with a K
Blake,
It’s Betances debut on triple A, right?
luis,
yup….
Economical first inning ? or he had trouble putting the batters away
luis,
11 pitch first….threw the ball very well from what I can tell.. The picture quality is terrible. Montero walked
just read the daily news article about alex and montero. hopefully that winter hitting camp in miami will bring jesus to camp ready to hit bombs
Is it me or are pitchers returning from TJS much sooner than they used to?
I heard on the radio that Brian Wilson is headed to Alabama to see a certain doctor.
Maybe it’s from all those criss-cross things he does after closing out games?