Game 127: A’s at Yankees
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 24, 2011 
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YANKEES (77-49)
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
LHP CC Sabathia (17-7, 2.96)
Sabathia vs A’s
A’s (58-70)
Jemile Weeks 2B
Coco Crisp CF
Hideki Matsui DH
Josh Willingham LF
Brandon Allen 1B
Conor Jackson RF
Kurt Suzuki C
Cliff Pennington SS
Scott Sizemore 3B
RHP Trevor Cahill (9-12, 4.17)
Cahill vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., YES
WEATHER: Clear and windy. Winds will be blowing out to left and center field.
UMPIRES: 3B Gary Cederstrom, HP Cory Blaser, 1B Adrian Johnson, 2B Fielden Culbreth
Second time’s a charm: The Yanks are 29-12 in Game 2 of series and just 21-21 in Game 1. If they lost tonight it would mark just their third series loss in their last 20.
Jeter stays hot: With his three hits last night, Jeter is batting .351 over his last 41 games. His .418 average in August is the fourth-highest among all players. If it continues he’ll have his first month over .390 since July of 2006.
UPDATE 7:11: Home run Coco Crisp. There goes the no-hitter.
UPDATE 7:20: Jeter has moved past Rod Carew into sole possession of 22nd place on the all-time hit list.
UPDATE 7:56: Matsui is batting .361 since the all-star break, fifth in the AL. Hasn’t done much against the Yankees though. he just bounded out to end a third-inning threat.
UPDATE 8:01: That was a cool play by Oakland’s middle infield. Brett Gardner hit a ball up the middle that 2B Jemile Weeks snagged going to his left. Knowing he didn’t have time to stop and throw, he tossed it to SS Cliff Pennington who was coming toward him. Pennington made a strong relay to first. Gardner was safe, but had the runner been anyone else, the play might have worked.
UPDATE 8:05: With that RBI single, Jeter tied Rickey-be-Rickey Henderson for 21st on the all-time hit list. Jete has reached base in six straight plate appearances.
UPDATE 8:25: That looked like Nunez’s ball hit the dirt behind home plate. It certainly sprayed up some dirt. If so it should have been a foul ball and Eduardo should still be batting.
UPDATE 8:32: That strikeout of Suzuki was CC’s seventh. If not for the Crisp home run he’d have a real gem on his hands.
UPDATE 8:35: Top of the lineup coming up for the Yankees.
UPDATE 8:41: A little while ago I put up a post about Carlos Pena being claimed off waivers by the Yankees, which ESPN is reporting. If you want to join the discussion about that move, use that separate blog post.
UPDATE 8:48: Wow, I did not think there was a chance to get Weeks there. Most players would have held up at second base, but Weeks streaked through the bag without slowing down a bit. Once he turned the corner with a full head of steam I thought he was definitely safe. Beautiful relay by Cano there.
UPDATE 9:08: Would you be taking Cahill out if you were Bob Melvin? Yes, he’s thrown 100 pitches, but he’s been keeping the Yanks in check so far. I guess Melvin really wants a lefthander in there.
UPDATE 9:17: Guess it was the right decision. Brian Fuentes gets out of a 1st-and-3rd, no-out situation.
UPDATE 9:36: That double play was lucky.
UPDATE 9:40: No Pesky Pole home runs for Teixiera. That tater was a man’s home run. We’re tied again at 3-3.
UPDATE 10:10: Pennington’s hit brings up the dangerous Scott Sizemore. Wait, did I just say that? …. Sure enough, as I type that Sizemore picks up his fourth base hit.
UPDATE 10:13: I guess when you allow four hits to Sizemore and another four to Coco Crisp, you deserve to lose. The Rafa Soriano experiment isn’t working out so well, huh?
Yanks claim Carlos Pena??
Fearless prediction:
9 – 3 Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees WWWWWIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
YES just said matsui is playing LF…. who is wrong here?
Well theres 1 of the A’s 3 runs… Damn
Nice.
So, Jeter hitting .418 in august. Yep, gotta bunt him in the 9th, down two runs with two on… just give up that out.
geez hopefully tonight will not be like last night
cue the ‘CC is not an ace posts’ in 3….2…..1……
Ledger_Yankees Marc Carig
Indeed, Yankees have a claim on Carlos Pena. However, I’m told by a #PWKOTS that they were just “one of a few.” Looks like a block.
Nasty CU there. Coco got lucky. Score some runs now.
Refraining from being negative, but damn CC!
CC is an ace among aces. When CC is off you can bet that he is either going through a dry spell – happens to all pitchers – or he has some injury.
Of course if you are dealing with stockholders in Depends, nothing short of perfection can bring them comfort or stability.
Enjoy the game everyone! It would be sweet if the talk about the bunt situation from last night has been put to bed, but I’m sure there were posters who lost sleep over it and may feel the need to continue with their arm-chair managers rant.
Good luck with the game thread, and for the rational posters on this forum, my wish for you is that the Yankees quickly take the lead and don’t lose it because otherwise the stockholders will hold you and the game hostage.
Adios muchachos and muchachas.
another rope by Jeter…
Mick…….Baseball royality ????
Derek Jeter, *clap, clap, claP*
Hey…..when you’re hot you’re hot. Everything going Derek’s way these days…..
Didn’t take long for the Sox to take a lead..
Tricia…….Good advice
Cahill really looks like a pitcher who has no confidence out there, that’s amazing considering he’s a good pitcher…
Got to give credit to Francona for putting Pedroia in the cleanup spot. With Gonzalez leading the league in DP’s, it’s worth it to put a subpar hitter like Scutaro or McDonald in the #2 spot and not erase Pedroia’s hits
Fascinating conversation on the Olsen twins. Very stimulating.
Napoli had an easy out at the plate and dropped the ball. Very sloppy. 4-0 Sox.
That was a really good at bat for Tex, but bad result
another fabulous Tex with RISP DP…
Tex is brutal with the bat. Needs to hit 6 when ARod gets back
NYY fan in NH August 24th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
another fabulous Tex with RISP DP…
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what are you, 2 years old?
Teix took the count to 3-2 and hit a line drive right at Weeks with the runners going, do you actually have a television?
It’s okay guys, Batting Average is overrated! Tex told us all this during a pregame so it’s okay!
Only an idiot manager would be running both runners on a 1 out, full count pitch in the first when sabermetric numbers say that would be the highest likelyhood for a linedrive DP to the 2nd baseman.
Tex hit a laser…..can’t do anything about that.
blake, good luck with these idiots, see you another time
No way should a guy batting .248 be batting 4th, Period!!
That’s 10 stranded and counting for Tex
MG,
They’ll be ahead soon and you can come back
MG shut it! He’s batting .248!
How can it be a block? They had the last waiver claim. They want Pena vs RHP
That was one of the better LH ABs Tex has had in awhile.
NYY fan in NH August 24th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
MG shut it! He’s batting .248!
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MG gave you too much credit for being as old as 2.
CC has a nasty CU tonight…..good arm speed….good.location.
Jeter already has 3053 hits,before tonights game.
Should have close to 3100 before the years out.
So i’m 2 and I can type .. that is pretty amazing if you ask me.. Idiot!
blake, GB, this blog has fallen so far down on the baseball IQ scale it’s unbelievable, isn’t it?
Jeter probably isn’t going to catch Rose….but he might have a great shot at 3,500 and top 5 all time.
NNY fan in NH……..Are you for real ??? Maybe you and stuart a play in the same playground
Have a great night, Blake. Ya’ll don’t deserve this torture of these posts.
blake, I agree, CC has the best change he’s had in at least a month, I doubt the A’s are getting many more runs off him.
Tex needs to bat down in the lineup, but that is something Girardi will never consider doing. That takes cojones and an ability to think outside the box. He has neither
NYY fan in NH :
Don’t pay vany attention to gb7.
He is a scout,doctor,gm,manager,psychiatrist.
The resident blog enforcer & expert.
Man i miss the days when pete abe treated him like a 2 year old & gb7 cried like a baby.
MG,
Yea….CC looks good so far. He’s messing with his finger though so hopefully its not a blister or something
Cahill is really rotational…..probably why he struggles with his command.
There goes Colon’s 2 seamer… It was thrown at posada for stike 3.
blake August 24th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Cahill is really rotational…..probably why he struggles with his command.
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do we know any other pitchers with lots of rotation in their motion and command issues?
Coco Crisp? I’d love to see CC get back in his groove – it’s been awhile since he’s been really good.
Coco throws the ball like my little sister, but he can definitely track it in the outfield.
OH Pat put a sock in it. If you guys can’t see that Cano should be batting 4th and not Tex than you have no clue. I’d even drop him to 6th in the order. Not for the fact that he’s batting .248, but because he can’t seem to hit in big spots.
our bats are asleep again tonight….hope they don’t wait to late to come alive like last night
“do we know any other pitchers with lots of rotation in their motion and command issues?”
Oh too well
MG August 24th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
blake August 24th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Cahill is really rotational…..probably why he struggles with his command.
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do we know any other pitchers with lots of rotation in their motion and command issues?
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Does he have/had blonde dyed hair??, Does he have plenty of tatoos??, does he have earings on his nipples??, gee tough one MG, LOL
By the way, hi everyone
Yankees will be tagging Cahill for some runs very soon in this game, his pitch count is high already and they are making solid contact. Need a little help from the BABIP gods.
MG, don’t let these puerile idiots chase you away.
253/341/480/820 26 HR 96 RBI
248/356/512/858 34 HR 95 RBI
OK, whiners, which one of these would you rather have at 1B?
i hope girardi realizes that in roughly 60% of the games, he has a .220 hitter batting third
Pat M
You sure do get a different view of the game reading here.
Some generic thoughts and some specific thoughts:
Teams go through slumps. Teams come out of slumps. When a team is slumping, especially when you’re talking about a very good team, there is really nothing to do but patiently wait it out.
Tex is not trying to have a terrible season. He of course is trying to go up there and make good contact with the ball. When players are having down seasons/times in a season, that’s the time fans should give their best support – unless you feel the player is dogging it. Then the player doesn’t deserve support. Short of that, trashing the player is really juvenile.
Defense is highly underrated, IMO. If you have a phenomenal defensive 1B, that person is helping to win games as much as if he is hitting them out of the park. Appreciation should be flowing for that kind of player regardless of whether he is having a down time at the plate.
JMO
Over and out – for now anyway.
I played with Sizemore’s brother….met him a couple of times. He’s a nice kid but I’m not happy with him right now.
BryanHoch Pay up, Francisco Cervelli. Mexico defeats Venezuela, 2-1, in LLWS, as Cervelli loses his bet with Luis Ayala.
CC needs to use the change a little more tonight, it’s his best pitch so far…
I have never seen CC miss his spots as much as we have seen in his last 4-5 spots. I hope it’s just bad mechanics and not his arm being fatigued or something else.
spots=starts
Looks like some squeezing going on.
I’m starting to question the importance of homefield advantage. Seems like our pitchers are worse at home, and our offense hasn’t taken advantage as much as the last two years
Ok, the ump is squeezing CC on the outside corner
c’mon CC, snap out of it
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Nice job getting out there…..lets get some runs.
Thanks Ron- I’ve been on this blog for a few years now and during Pete’s time. There used to be over 1,000 comments most nights. I follow this team religiously here in NH. The heart of Sox country. I defend the Yanks to no end here and hate the Sox more than anyone. I always voiced my opinions and if i’m posting about Tex’s .248 average I get crucified for not being positive. It is what it is, but what it is, is the truth that Tex is still batting .248 I guess that really makes me a realist. I can’t sugarcoat everything I see with this team.
That was almost a sick play.
Captain oh my captain.
Jeter is playing out of his mind….ridiculous and I love it!!! Go Jeter
someone wake derek. he’s unconscious!
Another RBI for the Yankee Captain! Marching towards 63+!
Thats a perfectly manufactured run, head up running and batting
And the Idiot manager had Jeter bunt in the 9th last night LOL bunt jeter to let Tex bat makes no sense.No wonder we lose so many games we should win.
MG August 24th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
253/341/480/820 26 HR 96 RBI
248/356/512/858 34 HR 95 RBI
OK, whiners, which one of these would you rather have at 1B?
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Everytime people do that they never say who’s who?
Derek is on fire! 1 hit from .300
NYY fan in NH August 24th, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Thanks Ron- I’ve been on this blog for a few years now and during Pete’s time. There used to be over 1,000 comments most nights. I follow this team religiously here in NH. The heart of Sox country. I defend the Yanks to no end here and hate the Sox more than anyone. I always voiced my opinions and if i’m posting about Tex’s .248 average I get crucified for not being positive. It is what it is, but what it is, is the truth that Tex is still batting .248 I guess that really makes me a realist. I can’t sugarcoat everything I see with this team.
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you complained about a line drive DP by Teix with both runners on the move, do you know how pathetic and stupid that is?
“Thanks Ron- I’ve been on this blog for a few years now and during Pete’s time. There used to be over 1,000 comments most nights”
I think some of those comments #’s can be misleading because pre-regristration there was at least 1 troll nonsense post for every real post…..some nights 2 or 3.
MG August 24th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
253/341/480/820 26 HR 96 RBI
248/356/512/858 34 HR 95 RBI
OK, whiners, which one of these would you rather have at 1B?
Neither. Howard has been declining for years and now Tex has joined him as well.
Great job by Gritter and DJ.
I want Tex at 1B….he’s still a good player and a productive player….he just doesn’t profile as a 3 hole hitter vs RHP currently.
Jeter is absolutely on fire. I remember his .334 season just 2 seasons ago. Nice to see him prove some of us wrong. I admit I thought he may have be done. That slump was well over a season long. He’s a big part of this lineup when he’s being Jeter.
Yes, and many people and posts were driven away by the psychopath who still inhabits this forum.
However, karma is extremely potent. So we just sit and wait patiently because his day will definitely come. Every demon has his day.
This kid has some serious bat speed…..CC’s tough on lefties but he really gets the bat through the zone and that 1st homer he hit last night was hit about as well as you’ll see one hit.
wow, Pena.
Exactly Blake. Another point of my disdain for where Tex hits. #3 is a not ideal spot for him. Especially when AGon is batting .347. Hundred points higher! With a mix of Jeter, Gardner and Curtis in front of him batting .248, that’s alot of chances missed. I always wondered what Cano would be like in that slot.
A’s announcers discussing CC’s coming opt-out.
They agree he will surely opt out and get a new 6-year deal or get an extension that would give him the same extra years and money.
Cano, Arod, or Granderson should probably hit 3rd vs RHP. Tex is still that type of hitter vs LHP as he’s a much more complete hitter from the right side.
CC just knows how to pitch and limit the damage even without his good stuff-all of a sudden he’s through 4 with just the 1 run.
the Yankees will score more runs on Cahill, they’ve hit in some bad luck so far.
It’s not what’s said that’s annoying. It’s the amount of times the same person repeats the same crap.
I love Tex at 1b. I would like to see Alex hit 3rd. Cano, Tex etc.. But I have always thought that way.
I am grateful that we have put the never ending lead-off position debate finally to bed. Or have we
If you asked me, i think CC has been good tonight, he has both his CU and Slider working.
Cano!!!
Impressive: Josh Beckett has been pitching for 1+ hours and he has a no hitter. Not-so-impressive: He’s only made it through 2 innings.
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MG- Obviously not watching the friggen game here in NH since MLB doesn’t carry it. I get NESN and ESPN and sometimes a TBS Yankees game. So go fly a kite when Irene comes to say Hi!
Robbie is getting hot at a good time….
Maybe YES could explore making Curry a broadcaster?
Josh Beckett has been pitching for 1+ hours and he has a no hitter.
Thanks for the help!
Come on Jorge!
Maybe’s it’s Kay’s look-a-like game with Melvin and Bob Saget, but does anyone else see the kid from ‘King of the Hill’ in Cahill?
Trevor Cahill grew up on the farm from Green Acres.
True story.
Beckett with a shutout and still throwing at a snails pace. Ridiculous!
Muddy, I saw it more in Andrew Bailey, actually
Girardi with the always imaginative 2 strike swinging bunt call, I wonder what page in the binder that’s from lol
Posada with the perfect AB….he didn’t bunt but he did bunt…..everybody should be happy
Time to start rocking this puff face.
Ha, Tricia! No hitter! No hitter! No hitter!
fair ball…..ugh. probably better off trying to sell that though than actually running.
good call by the Ump, even if Nunez runs he’s out…
Nunez doesn’t know the rules of baseball or just not paying attention
Well, another rookie mistake
The bunt coming back to haunt the Yankees
c’mon Cervelli big clutch hit
put Montero in…..oh wait.
Cahill threw some good pitches to get out of that…
Now that was a missed opportunity!
Dude is hitting .455 WRISP and 2 out and is a lifetime .320+ hitter with RISP and you’re making a Montero joke?
Uncalled for!
“Uncalled for!”
that’s a joke right? small sample…only 143 career bats with RISP. I like Cervy but he’s just not very good…..good and improving backup….but he is what he is.
Ugh. Cervelli.
How big is Montero’s sample?
Cervelli’s sample may be 143 ab but A: it’s more than Montero and B: it’s stretched over two years in a familiar role. It weighs much more largely when you’re talking about a backup catcher in a maximum damage situation.
Ah, much better………..the threads have been switched. Going back and forth was getting confusing, lol
ok Vince…..I WAS joking but I’d still rather have Montero up to see what he can do before playoff time.
The Yankees usually kill Cahill – not tonight
Yay Cervelli….hosed him
Well, we’re in agreement as far as having Montero up, but I think the writing is on the wall, this is his 1995
Now let’s pound this puff face.
Will Jeter become the first SS since Luke Appling at the age of 37 to hit .300 ?
Wouldn’t bet against him, for sure.
“Well, we’re in agreement as far as having Montero up, but I think the writing is on the wall, this is his 1995″
probably……who is going to be his Tony Fernandez though?
“.299 for Jeter! one more hit from .300?.
blake-
the question now is how high can he go in the next 5 weeks.
i’m guessing .315.
Cahill has a lot more movement on his pitches tonight. The last couple of times that they faced him he was throwing meatballs.
Randy,
I guessed .308 before the season I think…..I’d be fine with higher than that though.
Hey everyone, Chad here. Jake added the Pena news when it broke, but I know you guys like to keep the conversation focused to the most recent post, so I’ve moved the Pena post down. Just keep the conversation going here in the game thread. Sorry for any confusion.
By the way, for whatever reason Jake’s login wasn’t working, that’s why he’s posting under my name.
Just stay over .283, Captain Jeter.
blake, randy,
Whatever avg he ends up having, he has turned around his season in a big way
Pat M.,
I still see Cano more as a right handed version of Clemente with that power and if he feels he can hit it, he’ll swing and often hit it hard anywhere. Not really a base stealer but getting better at picking his spots. Cano plays second like Clemente played right field.
When Gardner struggles…..he really struggles.
Blake,
Jorge Posada is my guess…A-Rod and Montero split time at DH next year (with Nunez splitting time at third and also spelling the rest of the infield to get his 450-500 ab) with Montero as the backup catcher to get his other ab’ and you resign Martin. Then in 2013 Romine is prob your starting catcher and you evaluate what you have in Montero.
God this ump sucks.
Yes needs a better CF camera!!!!!!!!
Thanks Chad…
On a different topic, looking at the forecast, at least one of the games this weekend is very likely to be rained out.
Cano reminds me of a LH’d Nomar (when he was good)…..not so much in the swing but just in his ability to put the barrel on the ball and hit line drives all over the park. Both guys were tough to strike out and both guys didn’t walk a ton…..but hit for high average and had 30 homer power.
Chad, thanks – and thanks to Jake for the update.
Cahill has really settled in, he was all over the place in the 1st couple of innings.
And CC has settled in as well, this is becoming a good ole’ fashioned pitchers duel, at least for now.
It’s amazing how many days off the Yankees are going to lose thanks to rain…….that makes a hard schedule even harder
# Pat M. August 24th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Mick…….Baseball royality ????
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Didn’t you play the game?
Vince,
I think you’re probably right….but I remain hopeful that Montero can catch at this level….at least some. I’ve seen him catch quite a bit and he just doesn’t look nearly as bad as you see written to me. I think it’s possible that he’ll stick….we’ll just have to wait and see what happens and how bad he wants it.
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randy l. August 24th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
“.299 for Jeter! one more hit from .300?.
blake-
the question now is how high can he go in the next 5 weeks.
i’m guessing .315.
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I’m guessing he won’t stop till he gets the MVP.
Just stay over .283, Captain Jeter.
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Is there anything you don’t have a bet on?
mick, Pat M is a blowhard.
Great throw by Cano!!!
Who’s Jake?
Don’t try and run on Robbie…..he’s not your average 2B out there…….just an unbelievable relay by the Yankees
wow, what a great relay from Grandy to Cano to Nunez…
Cano’s swing reminds me of a young Barry Bonds.
In the upcoming years I think we’ll see the power numbers go up. (Not crazy roid up tho)
If he ever becomes more selective at the plate, WATCH OUT.
Weeks can really swing the bat
Heck with the throw-what a catch by Nunez
mick, sorry not Pat M. Betsy is a blowhard
I can clearly see why Pedroia is in the MVP conversation and Cano isn’t.
I can’t tell you how incredible that play by Cano is right there…..there isn’t another 2B in baseball that would have turned that into an out……sorry Pedroia.
Ha! Beckett’s no-no busted in what’s looking like a 6 hour game.
Bronx,
Jake was filling in for Chad yesterday.
Cano’s arm should banned!
What a great pair of throws. That throw from Cano looked like a white blur…like pouring milk out of a glass.
should be **
Great relay.
Vince and blake,
I think is going to end up being how much does Montero wants it…..If he works hard he might become a more than passable catcher in the Big Leagues, but in any case is good to have so much depth at the position.
Blake,
I agree. I only saw him in spring training, but I’ve heard from people who have seen him live who say he’s not a good defensive catcher but he can be passable and he’s not as bad as is usually written.
Still, even if the Yankees do believe he can stick at catcher, I think next year, at best, he is a part-time catcher and if his bat translates, he is a part time dh
Wow great inning.
also a great job by Granderson…..pinpoint throws by him and Cano. Stuff like that wins games….the Yanks are a really good relay team.
Robbie = effortless excellence. I get emotional sometimes behind the beauty of his play. Truth.
Grandy also made a great play and perfect throw, they were both closer to the target from 100 feet+ than Burnett is from 60
Vince,
oh yea….they’ll ease him in next year. He won’t be ready to catch full time.
Jesus, this emphysema commercial needs to die of emphysema.
“Grandy also made a great play and perfect throw, they were both closer to the target from 100 feet+ than Burnett is from 60″
yes….but it’s just a blip….he’s going to get on that roll
Now let’s score some runs!!!!
If Pedroia was in the same spot as Cano right there, Pedroia would have ended up on the ground and the runner would have been safe.
Effortless, as it’s been said numerous times here, is a great way to put it. He doesn’t throw the hardest ball, but he releases so quickly that it more than makes up for it.
MG, that throw by Cano, though at differnt bases, reminded me of Bobby Richardson’s relay from Maris in the Game 7 of the ’62 Series. A game stopper.
I love Tex…..but it does get frustrating to watch him roll over outside pitches into the shift.
Jacob
Why was that neccessary? Do you like to cause trouble? It makes you look bad, just stop.
Go Swish!!!
Swishalicious!!!
Swisher!!!
Tex is painful to watch hit. He’s Giambi now
swish!!!!!
What a swing by Swish….very nice! He’s turned his season around quite nicely.
Is it OK to bring Swish back next year yet?
Tar, I appreciate your having my back, but it’s a waste of time with this guy – I wouldn’t even give him the time of day.
Swish!
Nice.
Swish’s turn to carry the team!
That was a very good piece of hitting
Opposite shot from left side by Swish. Don’t see that happen a lot.
Blake,
Swish and tex are both switch hitters. What is it that swish is doing from the left side that tex is not ( besides not getting hits)?
A’s announcers have already picked up the team option on behalf of the Yankees, it’s pretty much a done deal.
Tar, I was sort of trying to get mick started on Betsy. Sometimes, listening to Michael Kay for too long will make a person do crazy things.
Is it time to move Swisher into the 3 hole and Tex down to 6?
The Yanks organization has to be concerned that their $23m 1st baseman can’t hit any off speed pitches. He has to make changes to his lefty swing in the off season. If he doesn’t hit a homerun everything is a pop up or hit into the shift.
“Is it time to move Swisher into the 3 hole and Tex down to 6?”
Certainly against righties.
Benny,
Swisher has a better swing from the left side…..he worked with Long to shorten it and reduce his movement. Tex has more natural talent but he’s really making it tough on himself with how he swings the bat left handed…..he has to have such good timing to hit the ball squarely. Tex can’t do what Swisher just did…..(opo homer)…..or it would be very difficult the way he collapses his back side and opens up
Captain Clutch August 24th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
The Yanks organization has to be concerned that their $23m 1st baseman can’t hit any off speed pitches. He has to make changes to his lefty swing in the off season. If he doesn’t hit a homerun everything is a pop up or hit into the shift.
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Like.
Benny-
Swish doesn’t have to try and pull everything from the left side.
all of this Teix hating is so overblown it’s ridiculous. He’s not having a great year by any means but has 34 HRs and 96 RBI’s, he has contributed to this team being in 1st place.
I’d have Cano batting 3rd and Teix 5th if I made out the lineup card but it really doesn’t make that much difference, they still score tons of runs and have the best record in the AL.
Benny Blanco August 24th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Because of his uppercut swing that makes it imposible for him to keep the barrel of the bat long enough over the plate, therefore he can’t wait for the ball to travel deep before comitting to a swing, another thing is that his back leg collapses making things worse.
Tex just should not be batting 3rd, but I don’t expect the Yankees to ever move him out of that spot.
Swisher’s option was getting picked up even when he was struggling. It actually wouldn’t be the worst idea if they could buy it out and try to work him to a reasonable 3 year deal or something. Even if they replaced him in RF he could have a lot of value DHing, or playing LF some and backing up 1B. He’s a fun guy to root for IMO
MG, it’s not hating. Tex is a good player, but he’s not the same player they signed to that huge contract.
Jacob
That was obvious. I appreciate the honesty, But If you want to have intelligent discourse with some pretty smart baseball people on this blog, I would not go down that path. Thanks
Blake, I’m fine with Swish for another year, but I’d prefer to move in another direction long term
Swish took so much crap on this blog earlier when he was scuffling for the left side of the plate it’s really good to see him raking now and basically telling the complainers they need to just shut up already.
Yeah, that’s really mature, trying to start something…………..give me a break
Montero just drove in 2 runs with the bases loaded!! That being Miguel Montero!!
Free the real Montero!!
The Yankees have the highest run differential in the majors and I posit to you that Tex’s defense is largely responsible for that.
People seem to be largely offense and I truly believe that defense is a forgotten art. But given my druthers I’d take defensive excellence over offense every day of the week – though I obviously realize that offense is also necessary.
Hits have to be really something special for me to sit up and take note. But my eyes absolutely shine behind great defense.
MG,
I agree…Tex still has a ton of value and he’s not having a terrible year….still plays great D and still is hitting lots of homers…..but he’s really been all or nothing vs RHP for 2 years now……so he better fits in the 5th or 6th spot vs RHP IMO. He’s a 3 hitter still right handed. He’s developed a pretty significant platoon split over the last 2 years….
Tar, I was sort of trying to get mick started on Betsy.
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why would i do that?
but we appreciate your honesty…anything else you’d like to add?
MG August 24th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
all of this Teix hating is so overblown it’s ridiculous. He’s not having a great year by any means but has 34 HRs and 96 RBI’s, he has contributed to this team being in 1st place.
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MG, it’s not that he hasn’t contributed. Of course he has. But he should be capable of contributing more.
It’s not just a bad year. He only hit .256 last year too. What’s disturbing is that it’s becoming a trend. He should be at least in the .285 range. At least. He needs to fix his swing.
blake, I’m fine with that if that’s what Girardi does-at the end of the day it won’t make that much difference in the number of runs scored, I’m sure we both agree on that.
This year, everyone in the rotation,bullpen or on offense has been DF’d, released, traded, benched or moved to the bottom of the line-up, traded, sent to the minors, released or buried, except for Cano, Sabathia, and Robertson. Even Rivera was moved from the closer’s role after 3 games in August. I’m happy those three guys were around to carry the team by themselves.
Trisha
You remember last year when we talking aboput Granderson. We both said all he has to do is keep playing good defense and got hot at the right time.
Well that’s Tex this year. keep playing great D, and got hot in time for the post-season.
Looking for a breakout inning here
Many thanks for theHansons. Looks like little Joshy’s no hitter went south.
Nice…Now let’s score a couple of runs.
I hate that bunt.
MG August 24th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Swish took so much crap on this blog earlier when he was scuffling for the left side of the plate it’s really good to see him raking now and basically telling the complainers they need to just shut up already.
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That has been the case with every player on the team when they struggled.
Girardi begging the a’s to take a free out. Not like Nunez isn’t already in scoring position or anything
Blake I understand completely! Blake it’s similar to golf I think. I have a propensity to scoop the ball in my swing so that causes me to lose distance and pop the golf ball up because I go over the top to square the club head. It’s getting better because I’m squaring the club face better—-i’ve been practicing.
“blake, I’m fine with that if that’s what Girardi does-at the end of the day it won’t make that much difference in the number of runs scored, I’m sure we both agree on that.”
eh….I think that’s kinda hard to know….it may very well not. However Tex is hitting .221 with a .793 OPS vs RHP for the season…..and it was kinda like that last year as well so it’s not a recent development.
I was reading an ESPN story earlier and the Yankees have the best offense in baseball, but are below average against changeups and off speed pitches. The reason Yanks struggle against the Sox pitching is because the Red Sox have the highest changeup/offspeed rate in baseball.
LMAO. That didn’t take long to start.
Benny,
It’s a constant fight for me to keep the baseball out of my golf swing….coming from the outside-in just feels more natural to me and it is always creeping back in……just I scare a lot of squirrels on the right side of fairways.
bunt Gardner here
BJK August 24th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
MG August 24th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
all of this Teix hating is so overblown it’s ridiculous. He’s not having a great year by any means but has 34 HRs and 96 RBI’s, he has contributed to this team being in 1st place.
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MG, it’s not that he hasn’t contributed. Of course he has. But he should be capable of contributing more.
It’s not just a bad year. He only hit .256 last year too. What’s disturbing is that it’s becoming a trend. He should be at least in the .285 range. At least. He needs to fix his swing.
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this blog specializes in attacking every player who goes through a bad spell, whether it’s on the mound, in the field, or at plate.
It’s happened to Jeter, Swish, Posada, Teix, Cano, Hughes, Soriano, and Martin this year. In Burnett’s case it’s well earned so I’m not putting him on the list.
In every case (except Burnett), all of them have snapped out of it and contributed-Teix will most likely get really hot down the stretch and everyone will forget his struggles in August. When that happens, I’ll remind the blog of another overreaction.
Players are what they are, I don’t understand the disappointment when a player doesn’t live up to whatever expectations there are in the fan base. No one wants to excel out there more than Teix, I’m pretty confident he’ll figure things out sooner rather than later.
betsy chic sharing all that baseball know how with us. right. mick dude is in town
squeeze
GB7
You must have been napping because Cano was a taget too.
That pop up is why u don’t bunt. Should b 2 outs
Go Jeter.
Nunez on 3rd and Gardner at the plate…..ever a better time for a safety squeeze? oh well. Come of Derek….continue your murder of lefties please.
MLB players consider Joe Maddon of the Rays the manager they’d most like to play for, according to a recent Sports Illustrated poll. Red Sox manager Terry Francona placed second in the poll and Yankees manager Joe Girardi placed seventh. Having a popular manager in place no doubt helps teams trying to attract free agents or sign players to long-term extensions.
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Really? Maine, i had to be in a coma to miss that one
Jeter is gonna laser Fuentes
hahah @ Blake…I’m a 17 handicap. I got my first eagle this weekend @ split rock golf course in the bronx on a par 4. Wish I could have taped..:(
“this blog specializes in attacking every player who goes through a bad spell, whether it’s on the mound, in the field, or at plate. It’s happened to Jeter, Swish, Posada, Teix, Cano, Hughes, Soriano, and Martin this year.”
You didn’t mention Brett Gardner.
Tar, I’m still picking the arrows out of my back that I got for defending Curtis when this forum was in a minor insurrection! I remember you, I, and Fran in particular coming to his, well, defense. The thing that blows my mind is the myopia I see when it comes to demands for offense, or the player is trash. What?????
I know I mentioned this before, but as someone who has always valued pitching and defense over offense, I was struck by a response by the Captain on a day (last season or the season before) where he had absolutely sparkled both in the field and at bat. I think he singlehandedly won the game for the Yankees that day. Well he was asked whether he would prefer for people to remember him that day for his offense or his play in the field. Without hesitating he said “Absolutely, my play in the field.”
Yeah!
MG August 24th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Players are what they are, I don’t understand the disappointment when a player doesn’t live up to whatever expectations there are in the fan base. No one wants to excel out there more than Teix, I’m pretty confident he’ll figure things out sooner rather than later.
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Because Tex isn’t a .240-.250 hitter. At least that’s not what he should be. So that’s frustrating.
Again, if the same thing didn’t happen last year, you could write it off as a down year. But with 5 more years on his contract, I’d like to see our #3 hitter figure out how to hit .300 again.
Tex can hit .800 from hereon out – it doesn’t mean that some of our concerns about him weren’t at all warranted.
Did yopu get my e-mail?
‘It’s a constant fight for me to keep the baseball out of my golf swing….coming from the outside-in just feels more natural to me and it is always creeping back in…”
blake-
just close your stance , close the club face slightly, and swing towards the squirrels on the right side of the fairway
when you start duck hooking and scaring squirrels on the left side of the fair way you can dial it back to where you want to be, either a sight fade or draw.
YT, I seriously doubt having Girardi as manager is going to hurt the Yankees, but if players want to play for Francona, so be it.
eh….almost got it through there.
Benny,
nice!
the Yankees have hit in bad luck the last couple of nights…
Matt Harrison taking one for the team – and killing my fantasy stats in the process!
How’s the bunt working out? I’m telling u. Girardi is going to kill us in October at least once with this small ball nonsense
Offense is anemic over the last 2 days. Outside of Swish, of course!
Jesus Christ that was pathetic.
“just close your stance , close the club face slightly, and swing towards the squirrels on the right side of the fairway “===================
LMAO!!
What a waste of an inning. They will probably regret this later…
jeter gives away cracked bat…cool.
That Gardner bat was a killer. He hasn’t hit a ball hard for a week.
Randy,
that’s what I do….however it often leads to a crazy duck hook into the woods about 10% of the time or a crappy dead pull. I’ve got to where I just play a power fade off the tee and try to draw my irons a bit. It’s a struggle…..and I don’t get to play enough to really fix anything.
“hahah @ Blake…I’m a 17 handicap. I got my first eagle this weekend”
I don’t even have an official handicap, but it would probably be 25+. But I got an eagle during my first year of golfing, also on a par 4, and long before I got by first birdie.
It’s not like Tex has hit 320 tge past 2 years. Hrs become an all or nothing hitter. He doesn’t use the whole field. Loses a ton of hits into the shift I wish for a week he’d just bunt everytime to third just to make them respect it. Stubborn really
2 pathetic games in a row in terms of hitting w/ risp.
how is it that Gardner is never criticized on LoHud? He’s about 3 for his last 27 and 2 of those hits were in the infield.
Never mind, I have the answer…
God this team is pathetic with runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs, or man on 2nd with no outs.
Over and over and over again they squander easy run-scoring chances.
How did the bunt backfire there? It didn’t even result in an out. Hard hit balls just didn’t find holes…
When the Yanks offense is hot, the Sox aren’t.. When the Yanks offense is terrible, the Sox are a juggernaut. Arod needs to come back with authority IMO.
MLB players consider Joe Maddon of the Rays the manager they’d most like to play for, according to a recent Sports Illustrated poll. Red Sox manager Terry Francona placed second in the poll and Yankees manager Joe Girardi placed seventh. Having a popular manager in place no doubt helps teams trying to attract free agents or sign players to long-term extensions.
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If I had to guess, I’d say that Maddon, Francona, Leyland, Soscia, Cox, and Manual were ahead of him.
A real silly poll though considering if you asked a random player, they wouldn’t even be able to name more than 10 managers. Think Jeter knows who the Brewers manager is or Jimmy Rollins knows who the Mariners manager is?
It’s time for Robertson….
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I don’t particularly care whether Tex hits 800 or 080. Bad times happen. As long as he keeps making those plays in the field, he’s well earning his money. Keeping a runner off first keeps that runner from coming home. Simple math.
I’m not commenting on whether or not people should or should not be concerned with his hitting or lack thereof. I know I’m not. Yankees are one run behind the leaders in runs scored in the majors, first in run differential, and tied for the lead in the AL East. I can live with Tex having a down year at bats. Just keep flashing that leather.
Nick F…..
When I first started playing it seemed like it took me forever to get my first birdie. I’ve only been playing for 3 1/2 years..
I play at least twice a week.
this could be CC’s last batter with Robertson ready in the ‘pen…
Tex was a .290-300 hitter just two years ago. Pretty rapid decline. Long needs to fix him!
last batter for CC
How do these players even know enough about these managers to make a serious decision as to who they’d like to play for? Girardi has his players’ back as much, if not more, than anyone – they might find that a good thing.
One run allowed pitching into the 8th. I guess CC can be an ace again.
GreenBeret7 August 24th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Really? Maine, i had to be in a coma to miss that one
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I can’t believe you gave me an opening like that.
To prove I’m a nice guy i won’t use it.
Had enough of Sizemore. I’d almost rather walk him.
there is respect from Girardi…
Lots of low OBP numbers in this A’s lineup. And they’re supposed be the Moneyball team, lol.
You Ok? Yeah I’m fine Goodbye before I sit on you.
Sizemore better not see a fastball to hit
“how is it that Gardner is never criticized on LoHud?”
It was just funny that you left Gardner off your list. Your own whipping boy.
MaineYankee August 24th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
GreenBeret7 August 24th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Really? Maine, i had to be in a coma to miss that one
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I can’t believe you gave me an opening like that.
To prove I’m a nice guy i won’t use it.
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And I won;t mention your prized collection of moose chips for at least a day.
CC has been hit hard the last couple innings. he probably shouldn’t have even started the inning, but his pitch count was too low for Girardi to pull the trigger
Oops.
Nick in SF August 24th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
“how is it that Gardner is never criticized on LoHud?”
It was just funny that you left Gardner off your list. Your own whipping boy.
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Nick, you would really have to show me a time when I went after Gardner on this blog because although I am not a big Gardner fan I don’t spend time criticizing Yankees players (other than Burnett).
Ugh.
That shouldn’t surprise anyone. Sizemore is hot and CC has missed over the plate a lot tonight. Robertson should of faced Sizemore or the pinch hitter. Girardi didn’t want to hurt his ace’s feeling so he left him in instead of making the right move and bringing in Robertson.
AJ like inning by CC. Take a lead. Throw it back.
Offense deserves to lose this game just as badly as yesterday.
Hopefully Robertson can strand Sizemore at 2B.
Oh well. Hope all the chances they have had don’t burn them. Stinks
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I don’t particularly care whether Tex hits 800 or 080.
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that’s where you lose credibility..
The manager should always look into the pitcher’s eyes to decide if he’s lying about feeling fine. Tough to do when your pitcher is 6’7″
Oh well
One too many sliders and he left that one up
How can you let him to pitch to a guy who has had his number all night? god i hate Joe
“you would really have to show me a time when I went after Gardner on this blog…”
Now I’m curious, what’s the blog you use to go after Gardner????
Girardi didn’t want to hurt his ace’s feeling so he left him in instead of making the right move and bringing in Robertson.
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Did you see the look that big bear gave him?
Is that on Joe? With our pen, not sure you need to leave CC in there. Not that I have a huge problem with it, but hopefully not making the conservative move won’t cost them the game.
Where was that pitch?? Come on ump..
um, hasnt that pitch been called a strike on Posada all series?
CC hasn’t been the same since the Sea game with the rain delays.
“2 pathetic games in a row in terms of hitting w/ risp.”
It happens. They are 4th in all of baseball in avg with RISP so they haven’t been that bad.
Interestingly of the top 5 teams in avg. with Risp, the Yankees are the only team with a Babip under .300. Maybe they are due to start getting a little more luck in that regard.
but his pitch count was too low for Girardi to pull the trigger
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Girardi doesn’t manage by how the pitcher looks he goes by the pitch count. He has no feel for when a pitcher is done. If you haven’t thrown 110 pitches you aren’t coming out.
Going to get no calls? What is up?
Nick in SF August 24th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
“you would really have to show me a time when I went after Gardner on this blog…”
Now I’m curious, what’s the blog you use to go after Gardner????
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you’ve read my posts on this blog for 2+ years, when do I ever go after a player?
As for other blogs, I used to post on the Daily News blog but haven’t since early in 2010, I don’t think I ever really criticized any player there either.
Weeks may not hit a lot of homers, but, he has a quick bat…..a lot like Nunez
Robertson still walks too many
Brutal loss.
This is pathetic. Against this crap team the Yanks have looked awful.
Second place Yankees.
What a frustrating game.
Unreal. Letting this game slip out of their hands. Cano took a weird stab at that almost diving back instead of across not that that would matter.
“That pop up is why u don’t bunt. Should b 2 outs”
“How’s the bunt working out? I’m telling u. Girardi is going to kill us in October at least once with this small ball nonsense”
“Loses a ton of hits into the shift I wish for a week he’d just bunt everytime to third just to make them respect it.”
A little schizophrenia going on here?
This is just a terrible way to close out a game. CC what happened???
See what happens when u don’t tack on
I’m just messing with you, MG, I know you don’t ‘go after’ Gardner the way some people go after players here. But I do think I’ve seen you be critical of him in chats/arguments with Jerkface and perhaps others, and Gardner has gotten plenty of hate on this site, so it amused me that you left him off your list of players. That’s all.
Whatever on Girardi’s call to leave CC in there.
When you have innings of 1st and 2nd no out + 1st and 3rd no out and don’t score in either your asking for it.
Unless they have some late inning heroics tonight it will be 2 ugly losses against a lousy team in a row. They should have lost them both the way they have hit in the clutch.
GreenBeret7 August 24th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Weeks may not hit a lot of homers, but, he has a quick bat…..a lot like Nunez
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Like his brother
The Yankees pitchers are really getting squeezed tonight
@Trisha. How is Tex bunting for a free hit the same as SACRIFICING?? Seriously?
I think I’ll just watch the Yanks over the next couple of innings before declaring the winner.
“Brutal loss.”
Some things never change.
Someone remind this astute multiple that games are 9 innings.
Robertson sucks now. Send him to the bullpen
Girardi loses 2 games, should have been Robertson to start the 8th.
Beautiful!
Remember that play when we win this game!
Tough to 2nd guess leaving CC in. Stop making it like Sizemore is A Gon.
Okay, lets rephrase that.. It will be a brutal loss if it stays this way. No doubt about that. Pathetic offense and CC/Girardi combination in the 8th inning.
Phranchise August 24th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Unreal. Letting this game slip out of their hands. Cano took a weird stab at that almost diving back instead of across not that that would matter.
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The ball off Weeks’s bat had weird spin on the ball. I think it fooled Cano.
Do the A’s throw Bailey out there again tonight? If so you have to like our chances
“Gardner has gotten plenty of hate on this site”
I’m curious Nick—- would you say that Gardner or Jeter has gotten more hate on this site, this year?
Trader. the older Weeks has Cano like power. but, he’s no Cano in the field. The younger Weeks, I haven’t seen enough of in the field to say whether he’s any good, but, love that bat. Strong for being on the smallish side. Big brother is getting huge.
Why did Girardi bother going out to talk to CC? If he knew he was going to leave it up to CC, obviously he’s going to lobby to stay in the game.
every manager in MLB, having asked CC the question if he was OK and could get Sizemore out and heard ‘Yes’ would have left their ace in there.
I already posted before the bunt that I thought it would be CC’s last batter so would have made the change then but it’s not an open and shut case, once CC told Girardi he could get him I figured it was in the bag because CC wouldn’t make that kind of mistake, particularly up in the count.
CC is outpitched again
I didn’t know the game was over……Yanks have 2 more ABs.
Was kinda a strange decision to leave CC i’m against Sizemore……and then once that decision was made to then pull him with 3 lefties in a row coming up next.
And here we start with the ridiculous Monday morning (Wednesday evening) quarterbacking by the keyboard krew.
Everything is “should have” – when something else doesn’t work out.
Talk about an inability to roll with the punches!
timmyb72 August 24th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Girardi loses 2 games, should have been Robertson to start the 8th.
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Man people are brutal on the manager in here. The importance of the manager in baseball is so overated.vHow about they get some freakin hits with risp.
This game should not have even been close.
Time for Tex to step up.
Good thing we have Tex leading off the inning
These r the games that scare u come playoff time. Can’t hit with risp. Hr or bust. Let a team hang around. These are the a’s. Boston would have scored 3 more there.
“every manager in MLB, having asked CC the question if he was OK and could get Sizemore out and heard ‘Yes’ would have left their ace in there.”
Without question.
Jeter’s gotten way more hate on this site early since starting out brutally and after a .270 season last year.
Eh…who cares…we have an eight game lead for a playoff spot and this game is not over yet. Would hardly call it a “brutal loss”. It’s baseball. Every team has up and down min streaks during the season.
There isn’t a manager in baseball outside of Joe Maddon and maybe Ozzie Guillen who would pull their ace in that spot, and neither of those guys have someone as good as CC
save CC!
Tough to take Trisha seriously when she defends AJ’s pitching. Credibility gap. She would defend bin laden if he wore pinstripes
Another useless teixeira homer
There he is!!!!!!! That’s the way you crush a pitch you are looking for
thank you Tex,
BRUTAL LOSS!!!
TEX SUCKS!!!!
Getting hot at the right time, that’s all it takes!!!
There we go. Tex needed to hit that shot.
It is just all or nothing with this guy
WOW!!
See when we get in his head!
TEX!!!
And now all the Tex bashing can turn to hand jobs all around, Yay!
and I will be the first to congratulate Tex! Now that’s a big hit!
Tex haters??? Hello anyone anyone… Something voo economics…voodoo economics…
Like Swish last night but with the extra ummph required.
It’s nice to see Tex come up big for once
Another useless teixeira homer,
another predictable post
priceless…
He should still hit 6
yeah, I’d like to see Tex hit bases clear double or something next time when bases are loaded.
take GS also. LOL
That was odd, what is going on there?
Tex reads Lohud between innings!
Let Soriano pitch the 9th. I don’t want to see Mo in a tied game.
“Tough to take Trisha seriously when she defends AJ’s pitching. Credibility gap. She would defend bin laden if he wore pinstripes”
Seriously C*R 9?
“These r the games that scare u come playoff time. Can’t hit with risp. Hr or bust. Let a team hang around. These are the a’s. Boston would have scored 3 more there.”
No, whimp. These are the games that scare U. Speak for yourself. We actually have some balanced posters on lohud who haven’t been wetting their pants throughout tonight’s game or still having diarrhea over last night’s bunt. You’re pathetic.
Did anyone know what was going on with Cano and Suzuki there???
LOL Triple. GB is nothing if not predictable
When is Tex going to get back to the guy we signed, the guy who went to all fields with authority, and not just an all or nothing hitter?
Please don’t jinx Mo!
“I’m curious Nick—- would you say that Gardner or Jeter has gotten more hate on this site, this year?”
Are you counting all posts, regardless of author? Jeter probably got more pure hate from ‘Yankees ‘N’ More’ alone than Gardner has from all others combined.
But I don’t really consider “I think Jeter should [or maybe 'should have' now] bat lower in the lineup vs. righties” posts to be hateful.
Like Maris and R. Jackson before him, Teixeira’s not getting paid for pretty batting averages. he’s getting paid for home runs and run production.
Soriano should pitch the ninth if still tied.
“Let Soriano pitch the 9th. I don’t want to see Mo in a tied game.”
You ain’t kidding.
just for the record, Teix has 59 RBIs in 117 ABs with RISP.
Granderson, who is having a great, MVP like year, has 58 RBIs in 133 ABs with RISP
how can Teix be that bad with RISP if he has more production in that spot than Grandy?
Where’s Carlos Pena when you need him, haha
To be fair… CC needed to close that out like a true ace.
He has the among the highest run support in the game. How about he close out some 2-1 games every now and then?
Anyone can win games if they get 6+ runs a game (except AJ).
Ace August 24th, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Brutal loss.
Speaking about being tough to take someone seriously!!!!!
Big brother[Weeks] is getting huge.
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Would that be like big brother Bret Boone?
Andruw Jones pinch running?? Oh geez!!
Posada’s creeping up on .250 and 50 RBI. Pretty decent for a part timer.
The “InheritedRunners Scored” stat needs to be gievn much more attention. It needs to be “front and center”!!… Relief pitchers should be judged by that, NOT ERA or Saves, or Holds… grrrrr
And Sabbathia’s ERA should not be totally damaged by those runners scoring…
There should be an ERAx which would split the “credit” for inherited runners between the pitcher who p[ut him on base and the pitcher who let him score.
Wow Nick that was down right politically correct.
A bunch of baloney, yet still correct. Outstanding!! I knew you were the man for the job
you know you’re slow when Andruw Jones pinch runs for you.
Nice job of hitting, though, Jorge…
Chavez should be in here, even for defense in the ninth as well beyond being a lefty
Yankee Trader August 24th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Big brother[Weeks] is getting huge.
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Would that be like big brother Bret Boone?
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I ain’t talkin’.
Are the Yankees allowed to put Nunez on 2nd and put Jones at first??
I was just going to say that Chavez should PH for Cervelli, the binder and I must be on the same wavelength
There he is. Cervelli Mr Clutch sits.
Teixeira’s not getting paid for pretty batting averages
he was when we signed him
Jackson didn’t decline when he came here
Can’t do more than hit it hard.
Damn. No luck. But I will take it. Let’s get the walkoff we should have had last night !!
That’s where 6 SP kills u. Jones PR.
Logic tells me they can easily adjust the inherited runners situation by only crediting ER if that runner is in scoring position and the run scores. You punish the starter for not closing the inning, but you don’t totally kill him if a runner wasn’t even threatening to score if he was taken out.
And if anyone reached on an error, they shouldn’t count, regardless of where they are on the bags.
Any thoughts?
they sure have hit a bunch of line drives right at someone with RISP the last two nights, that’s about 4 times it’s happened.
I’ve always been staunchly pro-Jeter and I’m sure he’ll do something great in the 9th.
Dinner time, go Yankees!
MG,
Granderson did more in his 1 playoffs with the Yankees then Tex has done his entire playoff career
“That’s where 6 SP kills u. Jones PR.”
1 week away from having 5 pinch runners AND 6 SP
Nick in SF August 24th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
I’ve always been staunchly pro-Jeter and I’m sure he’ll do something great in the 9th.
Dinner time, go Yankees!
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Nick, can you do me a favor while you’re out and get an order of Shaking Beef from the Slanted Door and cyber it to me? lol
I’m not gonna lie, I less confident when Mo pitches in tie games.
Chavez has really been struggling recently
Not as effective in non save situations – Damn you Michael Kay
Why not Soriano? Then save Mo for extras if you need him? Don’t like this move…
c’mon Joe u shoulda went with Soriano
Pie game coming up. Get AJ ready.
Captain Clutch August 24th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Chavez has really been struggling recently
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he hit a rope right at the 3rd baseman, what more can you want?
GreenBeret7 August 24th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Like Maris and R. Jackson before him, Teixeira’s not getting paid for pretty batting averages. he’s getting paid for home runs and run production.
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The Yankees didn’t pay him $180 million to hit .250.
I’m a Tex fan, love his glove, love his power, but he is capable of being a more complete hitter.
That doesn’t mean he should be bashed the way he is by some on this board, but it also doesn’t mean that we all should be satisfied with a “B” on the report card when he’s shown in the past he’s capable of bringing home an “A”.
Not Allen again. That cutter better cut in to the lefties tonight.
Ok, Mo making me look stupid…
MG August 24th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
they sure have hit a bunch of line drives right at someone with RISP the last two nights, that’s about 4 times it’s happened.
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Both teams have. Weird.
And you know what “Ace”? I apologize for stooping to your level. I actually do have more dignity than that and as long as I know what you are all about, nothing else much matters.
Say what you want, publish personal information about me – that you actually have gotten wrong so you’re outing some other innocent person whose never done anything to you – keep playing your games. I don’t have to do anything but sit back and watch, because karma is bigger than you.
Ace is C*R9?
Let’s go Mo 123
Not liking this match-up.
No such thing as karma
mick August 24th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Pie game coming up. Get AJ ready.
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The way AJ is going Cano will get the walk off. AJ will trip just as he is about to hit Cano with the pie, fall into him, and tear Cano’s ACL.
I’m calling it… Watch out Robbie!
Rivera lookin nasty btw
Splinter em up Mo
Then again…
That kid can mash a baseball
Made Allen look like a preschooler.
Mo pitching in a tie game. I’d say that rumors of his demise were grossly exaggerated! (Or whatever the Twain quote is)
Mo is saying ‘rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated’
Not liking this match-up.
stop being a whiner
As long as Tex is still with a .346 obp it doesn’t bother me. A hot streak and he gets up to around .270 fine with me. He’s not as complete to be a 300 hitter as he has in the past but .270-.280 with that production I will take any day of the week.
Can’t wait to see Jeter bunt Gardner over.
This Rivera guy, he’s pretty good!
Kim jones in danger if AJ uses a pie
“No such thing as karma”
Okay.
Gardner needs to get on and steal 2nd and possibly 3rd. And have Jeter deliver some pie.
Good thing Girardi doesn’t listen to us. LOL.
@phranchise how is a 340 obp for a 3 hitter good??
“Ace is C*R9?”
That is my belief.
Could jeter win comeback player of the year? What he is doing since coming back from his injury i would consider a damn good comeback from where he was for a year +.
Having been whacked by it so often I recognize the handprint well.
“Why not Soriano? Then save Mo for extras if you need him? Don’t like this move…”
Maybe Because if the Yankees score the game is over. Than no Mo.
So no Mo of this, no Mo talk.
Is there some cosmic force in the universe that is head of the karma department that i am unaware of?
walk off by……
Lol….anybody still worried about Mo?
How is Jeter winning CP over Colon on his own team?
bottom 9th
Gardner bunt single
steals second
jeter bunts him to 3rd
granderson gets pie on walk-off sac fly!
How great would the world be if karma was around the corner..
trisha – true pinstriped blue August 24th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Mo pitching in a tie game. I’d say that rumors of his demise were grossly exaggerated! (Or whatever the Twain quote is)
MG August 24th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Mo is saying ‘rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated’
That was pretty unbelievable MG!!!
@Trisha what r u talking about? Publish info? Keep it baseball. Makes everything easier. Thanks.
Gardner seems overmatched by this guy…
that was fast!
Looked bad in that at bat. Come on Mr August.
Well I’m batting a big fat ZERO
This guy is all over the place and getting calls. Come on
Almost glad Gardner didn’t get on so girardi didn’t have jeter waste an out
I think Gardner needs a couple of days off. When he is struggling he looks completely lost.
I’m calling walk off for Cap.
no extra innings c’mon Grandy get this done
Or not.
De Los Santos is just protecting his ears from moths
trisha, here is the real quote: The report of my death was an exaggeration
not nearly as literary as ours…
If there was karma, the Yankees would win the World Series every year. Did anyone see that pitch low and outside just now called strike 1 against Granderson?
Huh?? What’s up with the strike zone now??
The HR or bust offense needs a hr
vince-
good point… i completely forgot about him. Colon is a very nice story but with the way jete is going and the way colon has fallen of a bit.. it might be a different verdict by the time the season is over. Not to mention, jeters struggles were made nationally and the fact that he started off this season struggling again and out of nowhere he seems to playing like the jeter of old could start to gain a lot of attention and momentum. Not sure how they decide of the winner though.
Wow, that kid was throwing gas!
That was an awful inning
De Los Santos has ++ stuff, if he can harness it he’ll be a big time reliever…
Just an ugly offensive performance tonight..
If karma existed Donald Trump wouldn’t be here anymore
Yanks will see De Los Santos in the 10th. throws impressively hard. At least in that inning, no messing around.
The strike zone was a joke. Same pitches he wouldn’t give Robertson he gave Santos who didn’t exactly show pinpoint control there no matter how hard he was throwing.
strikouts will be grandy’s undoing when it comes to the mvp race. Cant be that high in the k department when your going against a guy who is starting to get hot again and hitting at a .347 clip.
“How great would the world be if karma was around the corner..”
Indeed it would. But that’s the thing with karma. There’s no telling exactly when it shows up.
I believe in casting my bread upon the waters, always have. I’ve lived a very blessed life and am eternally grateful for everything. Sometimes I don’t feel deserving, but I know in my heart that I’ve tried to be a good person. I think I’ve gotten great returns because of it. I’m far from perfect but I would say I’m at least on the positive side of the curve!
I also appreciate any effort my team makes to win a game and can’t get too ruffled with the law of averages comes around and they end up losing (horrors).
I’d like to see you hit a 97mph fastball.
“If karma existed Donald Trump wouldn’t be here anymore”
Triple, life isn’t over – not that I have anything against Donald Trump! That’s why I said that there is no time schedule for karma.
I don’t know what was more embarrassing. The inability to score on first and third and no outs or that half inning. We can still do this! Hopefully Soriano handles his and we take care of it with the big bats in the 10th. Perhaps Swish hits it three feet furthur tonight in walk off fashion?
the fact that De Los Santos was throwing 97 mph and backing it up with a Joba rookie-like slider seems lost on the LoHud whining contingent.
“If there was karma, the Yankees would win the World Series every year.”
Well we have no idea how many years the karma gods are going to make the Yankees atone for Roger Clemens’s alleged use of PEDs!
There is an important game going on in extra innings and we are reading about karma. Really?
This is why we need arod back. When were on, we don’t need him. Arod is going to be great because he is such a good hitter that he can turn a entire game around with one swing. On nights like these, we need our best hitter.
Ok, come on. Soriano is throwing same spots as Santos now and no love on the calls.
It would be nice if the Yanks got the small wide strike zone
“I believe in casting my bread upon the waters, always have”
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I like to dip mine in soup.
Let us stick to baseball. Trisha, you used the correct word in your last post referring to Clemens. Alleged.
Come on already with this crap lineup
Here we go.
c;mon Soriano I want to win this game….
Tab,
I feel like Colon being on a MLB roster should win him that award haha.
That said, Jeter is a pretty sneaky candidate.
Ellsbury probably has him SMOKED though.
This would be a awful deflating loss after last night. Nothing like having a great road trip, to only come home and drop 2 games in a row to the athletics.
How come no ones ever moved up on the bases when Sorianos staring in his hat w his pitching hand and ball in glove?!
“trisha, here is the real quote: The report of my death was an exaggeration
not nearly as literary as ours…”
MG – that was still pretty unbelievable! And both posted at the same time (9:56).
To those jumping on Tex, are you the same ones that were calling for Jeter to bat 9th?
TheStraw says:
August 24, 2011 at 10:06 pm
I’d like to see you hit a 97mph fastball.
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Fair point, but these players are paid millions and have made it to this level because they CAN hit a 97 mph fastball.
nice job by Soriano there…
That was pretty.
That was a pretty sick pitch right there
good night…
F- .
And that’s the game. Laid one right over the middle.
Done.
Coco Crisp is like a Yankee killer….sheesh.
Done in my Coco. Freakin A.
Brutal loss
That is the result of having to rely on throwing the ball right down the pipe to get called strikes.
ouch
Good night everyone
well the game is over now! I think i’m gonna be sick!
That wasn’t quite as pretty.
wow wow wow
Brutal.
Good night.
Golfed it. What a weak pitch. He’s a fastball pitching thowing all offspeed junk. Not sure on the calls there.
Soriano will NEVER be a true yankee. Just insane
Would be nice to have a lefty in pen
Can Alex pinch hit?
You have to be kidding me
so in the last 2 nights we’ve been beaten by Coco Crisp and a couple of nobodys last night. Sickening! Both at home also.
all right, over. lose series to OAK, in YS.
Thanks, Cashman. His signings haven’t worked out well.
“That is the result of having to rely on throwing the ball right down the pipe to get called strikes.”
Point worth remembering, JR.
This team should just opt to play the rest of their games on the road. Im sure we have a great home record, but i feel like we play much better on the road.
Deserved to lose. To lose two games in the standing with boston in texas and hosting oakland is fking awful.
Ouch…
Didn’t think we would lose ground to the Sox with them in Texas and Oakland at the stadium.
Overall 2 pretty horrible preformances
Jacob Ruppert August 24th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
That is the result of having to rely on throwing the ball right down the pipe to get called strikes.
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that is the result of a really bad hanging slider, period, it has nothing to do with the umpiring.
Ace August 24th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Brutal loss
LOL
Cashman’s signings? He never wanted the guy.
Ups and Downs of a season. Sometimes the ball breaks your way, sometimes it doesn’t. Still on pace for 99-100 wins.
I really hate it when mediocre players channel Willie Mays for one game and beat you.
Any team that lets Coco Crisp get more than one hit should not be allowed in the playoffs
When ur own GM doesn’t want the guy doesn’t that say something?
Soriano fails miserably. when was the last time he pitched anyways.
Asd says:
August 24, 2011 at 10:12 pm
TheStraw says:
August 24, 2011 at 10:06 pm
I’d like to see you hit a 97mph fastball.
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Fair point, but these players are paid millions and have made it to this level because they CAN hit a 97 mph fastball.
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Then again, Soriano is paid millions of dollars not to give up three run homers.
Soriano looks really sad, poor guy. Not your fault, Soriano
I hope Randy Levine takes over as GM after this season.
Understandable to be angry, but lets not jump the ledge. Sori has been damn good since he came back. Crappy night. For CC too.
Extreme flyable pitcher at YS? That’s y Cash didn’t want him
Does anyone else feel like the yankees NEVER win extra inning games? I know we have that big 16 inning game win but besides that it seems like once we get to extras we’re doomed.
“Soriano will NEVER be a true yankee. Just insane”
Why, because he made a mistake pitch?
You guys are incredible. Sh*t happens in baseball. It’s one game, not the end of the world. And the game isn’t over. And if they lose, they lose. They’re a great team and this is not the end of their season. Teams lose games, sometimes two in a row, sometimes to last-place teams. I remember getting swept by the Nats, I believe a year the Yanks won the WS.
Just some perspective here.
Hard to believe with how badly the Yanks usually beat up the A’s, that Oakland is 3 outs away from going for the sweep tomorrow. Has to be a long time since that’s happened.
Soriano hasn’t pitched since Aug 16th. & he understandably looked awfully rusty.
LGY, you hope Levine is the new GM? Funny. He was the one who wanted Sori.
sure we can blame soriano… but sabathia did not have his best ” ACE” stuff and was unable to get out of a late jam. Or… we could also blame the offense for not showing up again. Where is the team we saw in kansas city?
Yanks had numerous chances to win this game earlier and didn’t get it done. Pretty tough night…..but that’s life and that’s baseball.
Phranchise August 24th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Cashman’s signings? He never wanted the guy.
yeah, my mistake.
it’s hard to believe Bob Saget would put Bailey in a game on the night after he threw so many pitches, particularly since Bailey had arm trouble earlier in the season.
It would have helped if Joe gave Sori some appearances to stay sharp.
“Understandable to be angry, but lets not jump the ledge. Sori has been damn good since he came back. Crappy night. For CC too.”
How about understandable to be disappointed as opposed to angry. It’s not like Soriano did it on purpose! Right cs?
LGY, you hope Levine is the new GM? Funny. He was the one who wanted Sori.
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Sarcasm.
Well it was a nice back and forth game until that…
Well get ready for Texas. Girardi is definitely going to take foot off gas in sept
F’in Soriano. Christ.
Not over yet. 2 out rally?
Lol….he does look like Bob Saget
now it goes out
It would have helped if Joe gave Sori some appearances to stay sharp.
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You don’t tell Soriano when to pitch, he tells you.
Lovely. Soriano sucks ass.
Why not last night ???? Tooo bad. He waited and pulled that one didn’t he. Nice game for Swisher, getting hot again??? Too bad it was a 3run game.
Great job Swish, but now we need baserunners!
“Yanks had numerous chances to win this game earlier and didn’t get it done. Pretty tough night…..but that’s life and that’s baseball.”
Yep. And if they lose, we turn the page and look to tomorrow. Onward and upward always.
Guess Tex had his hit quota for the night
Please switch Swish with Tex when AROD returns. Or move AROD to 3rd, Cano to 4th, Swish to 5th, and Tex to 6th.
Called it. Now if Soriano just hadn’t given up three in the top of the inning…
Swish tomahawked that one……alas it couldn’t come an inning sooner.
Really on my nerves that he is getting calls Yankees weren’t getting earlier. Stinks
Swish hit the same pitch out tonight he just missed with last night, he was obviously looking for it tonight.
Soriano made more than 1 mistake pitch. There were two guys on base i’d say he made at least 3 mistake pitches. Swish could have one the game if there wasn’t 3 freakin runs on the board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tought loss… but the fact remains were still one hell of a team. Just look at the nba, or the nfl… neither the packers, or the mavs were top seeds in their own league. Think they were both like 4 seeds. In the end, the best teams will win in the playoffs. However, it is annoying to watch us play like crap during the regular season games, they are just that though.. regular season games. Were going to the playoffs and were gonna face detroit or texas. Lets just be thankful we are a shoe in for a playoff spot.
Soriano hasn’t pitched in 8 days?
Yankees offense had their chances and that’s what happens. Need a big Hughes game tomorrow. Key for him tomorrow will be keeping the ball in the park.
at least they didn’t demand they are paid in Japanese Yen.
Main thing? CC hasn’t been the same since the Sea game
If Joba was healthy Soriano would be pitching the 6th inning. What a stupid signing and now they stuck with him for next year.
“Ups and Downs of a season. Sometimes the ball breaks your way, sometimes it doesn’t. Still on pace for 99-100 wins.”
Well said Straw. Baseball is a marathon and not a sprint. Snapshots in time are absolutely useless. It’s the entire body of work that tells the season. Big picture.
Yep, 8 freaking days.
If Joba was healthy Soriano would be pitching the 6th inning. What a stupid signing and now they stuck with him for next year.
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Actually they are stuck with him for 2 more years.
The boo birds on this blog are amazing. Yanks hit the ball very hard tonight, got some unlucky bounces and ultimately lost because of one bad pitch. Let’s not turn it into more than it is.
Still tied with Bosox in the loss column, correct?
Y wouldn’t Girardi play with the lineup? Tex and his 340 obp doesn’t deserve the 3 spot
I liked it better when I thought Soriano was a missing person.
RIP Mike Flanagan.
Well, clearly we’re not post -season ready yet. We’ll get there.
“Tought loss… but the fact remains were still one hell of a team. Just look at the nba, or the nfl… neither the packers, or the mavs were top seeds in their own league. Think they were both like 4 seeds. In the end, the best teams will win in the playoffs. However, it is annoying to watch us play like crap during the regular season games, they are just that though.. regular season games. Were going to the playoffs and were gonna face detroit or texas. Lets just be thankful we are a shoe in for a playoff spot.”
There you go!
Frustrating loss. What is baffling is Sorianos pitch selection. Does this guy think hes a starter or something? All year it seems like he’s constantly “experimenting” with these offspeed pitches. Practically every hitter that inning got a first pitch offspeed, and Coco was sitting on it. No way he puts a fastball out like that. Hey Soriano, newsflash, you’re not a jaime Moyer junk thrower. Wtf. Hope yanks can get this crap stretch out of the way and play Boston tough.
At seasons end, we would have either won the world series or come up short. None of us will ever remember that we lost a series at home in august to the athletics. Short term, this blows… but big picture is that this game really doesn’t mean much. We have to start beating the sox if we want to win the division anyways.
“Well, clearly we’re not post -season ready yet. We’ll get there.”
This!
Keep these posts coming. This is exactly the way we should be processing tonight – nothing more nothing less.
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Mike Flanagan??????????
The good news is that if Cashman decides to stay, the Steinbrenners will have learned their lesson.
I don’t normally get frustrated, but this game made me scream. Two nights in a row where we really blew it. I don’t even know who to blame anymore. Soriano is one, for sure. He looks like he doesn’t care. The guy just looks depressed, apathetic.
I guess it is better to fall apart now than in the playoff. Go get them tomorrow.
People are pointing fingers all over the place and that’s just silly to me.
Before Crisp ended the game, the pitching gave up 8 hits to Oakland. Just like last night, if you give up that many hits, to an offense like Oakland, you deserve what you get.
Likewise, when you have runners on 1st and 3rd, and none out, and relief pitcher with an ERA north of 4 on the mound, and you hand him 3 outs without a run, you aren’t going to win. Period.
This is a team loss, and they all deserve to take a hand in it. End of story.
But hey, let’s celebrate this one, just like the one last night!
I don’t know y n how some of u tell everyone else how to react to brutal losses. I understand being a Pollyanna but have a lil respect for most who don’t think it’s all flowers n sunshine when they lose 2 brutal games to the leagues worst offensive team
According to the schedule, the Yankees had the A’s and Orioles and some weaker opponents while the Sox had the Rangers a few times. This is the time to take a lead and play them head to head and actually win before the season ends Rays Sox Rays. If they lose ground during this stretch second place will be waiting for them going into the final week. They need a big Hughes game tomorrow
So much for first place…
Mike Flanagan??????????
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Sadly, found dead on his property in suburban Baltimore late this afternoon. 59 yrs old.
Coco Crisp. Seriously? Thought that was a breakfast cereal yet it was the Yankees who were done like a kipper. Going to choke on my cocoa crispies tomorrow morning, that’s for sure.
Soriano hadn’t pitched in 8 days. He was rusty. He had been very good before that. I still think he is key in October in shortening the game.
Also, I’m not worried about this game and our playoff chances, etc. I’m more pissed off that I wasted so many hours watching a game that ended in severe disappointment. Those are valuable hours.
This is the same offense that kept coming back against the royals every time they scored. Remember that epic night? Im sure ivan no does. The redsox went through a week plus stretch recently of not playing well on offense. Its the nature of the beast… we have to struggle at some point. The question, is for how long? I wouldn’t bet on it being much longer.
@tabbert isn’t it all short term? Otherwise y not just watch startuing oct 1?
at least we can claim players ahead of the sox so a better chance to get better.
“Soriano hasn’t pitched since Aug 16th. & he understandably looked awfully rusty.”
Absolutely.
Don’t begrudge Oakland some wins. They weren’t going to go 0-162. Any team can win on any given day. We’re playoff bound. They’re not. Yankees are the titans with all the money. (Oakland’s a bad example because they have a cheap owner). But the point is that it is good for the game of baseball for all teams to be able to win and to win against the best. Yankees will be there at the end, and that’s when it counts.
When this team is down, man do they stink it up.
Ace-
They are 77-51. And they will never be 162-0. Tough losses happen, quite frequently. Baseball is a game of failure, even the best fail 7 of 10 times. I find it hard to get mad about a single game in August. Now if they lost a playoff game in that fashion, I would be more upset.
charlestonchew-
The difference between a banwaggon fan and a true fan is the true fans ride through all the ups and downs with the team. Games over, now we just focus on winning tomorrow. If we win tomorrow, all of this is forgotten and we get prepared for the series in baltimore. The season moves way to fast and is way to long to get hung up on just one game. I hate watching us lose, but its also a humbling feeling and reminds me that we are not some 162-0 team that i think we are when were rolling on a 8 game winning streak. lol
If a player makes it to the Yankees to claim on waivers, they’re either A) got a buttload left on their contract B) stink worse than Laffey or C) both.
Coco Crisp and Scott Sizemore tonight: 8-8, 2 2B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 4 R, 6 RBI.
Rest of A’s: 3-28, 1 2B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 2 R, 0 RB
“Sadly, found dead on his property in suburban Baltimore late this afternoon. 59 yrs old.”
Oh my God. Now that makes me cry.
Maybe Yankee fans need to quicly get over this loss and think about what’s really important in life.
RIP Mike Flanagan. I’m still so shocked by that news.
Mike Flanagan??????????
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Sadly, found dead on his property in suburban Baltimore late this afternoon. 59 yrs old.
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Born and raised an hour away from where I live, Manchester NH. Great pitcher back in the 80′s
Pathetic, losing two in a row to the awful a’s. Back to the horrible, clutchless offense that can only score by solo homer, the lineup where leadoff doubles go to die.
Sorry, 77-50′ I gave them an unearned loss. Still tied with Bosox in loss column.
Really upsetting losses here. Just goes to show you sometimes this team can crap out on any given night. Worries me in the playoffs.
“The difference between a banwaggon fan and a true fan is the true fans ride through all the ups and downs with the team. Games over, now we just focus on winning tomorrow. If we win tomorrow, all of this is forgotten and we get prepared for the series in baltimore. The season moves way to fast and is way to long to get hung up on just one game. I hate watching us lose, but its also a humbling feeling and reminds me that we are not some 162-0 team that i think we are when were rolling on a 8 game winning streak. lol”
Great post Tabbert.
Good night everyone. Prayers for Mike Flanagan and his family and friends. What terrible news.
7th inning was our undoing. Had to score at least one there. Way too many tough losses this season for my money. Not enough walk-off wins, that’s for sure.
Of course last week, the Vaunted Sox lost two tomthe lowly Royals. Didn’t hear anyone writing their epitaph, except maybe some of their own obnoxious fans.
mother tertrisha are you a flower child?
Ace-
Your cleary missed my point. I enjoy watching every yankee game of the season, however big picture all that will ever matter is that we win in october. That doesn’t mean that i’m just not going to watch the yanks until the playoffs. The players will let a loss sting for a few hours… but by the time they shower, and are driving home they are over it. Why should i be more upset about a loss then someone who gets paid to play on this team? Thats a absurd notion. The players understand the whole short term / big picture thing.. that’s what makes them professionals.
tabbert –
i understand the ups and downs of a season, but when your team seems like it’s not even trying and you’ve invested the time, it gets frustrating. of course, some players were trying. but some seemed not to care – and it was those players who cost us the game.
anyways, such is life.
She definitely smokes something happy.
If they are willing to give carlos pena a shot. I am sure montero will have a chance to make an impression. I am waiting on how this lineup looks with the addition of montero and arod.
its not that they lose its how they do it they look lifeless
bad body language
Born and raised an hour away from where I live, Manchester NH. Great pitcher back in the 80?s
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Terrific pitcher. One of only 3 pitchers to beat Ron Guidry in 1978. Won the AL Cy Young in 1979. Very nice career.
Of course last week, the Vaunted Sox lost two tomthe lowly Royals
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Thought they won 3 of 4 in KC.
they need a lift for sure come sept a shot of youth and alex
Trisha, I always enjoy your straight to the point posts. Hope you stick around.
“Pathetic, losing two in a row to the awful a’s. Back to the horrible, clutchless offense that can only score by solo homer, the lineup where leadoff doubles go to die.”
The last-place Nationals swept the Yankees in Yankee Stadium in 2009 and the Yankees won the World Series that year!
I guess we had horrible, clutchless offense the rest of that season too, right? Because we lost three in a row to the Nats?
“Trisha, I always enjoy your straight to the point posts. Hope you stick around.”
Jacob, thank you so much for saying that. I intend to stick around. This is my team and you are my peeps.
the forum emotions range from the depth of depression to joyful exuberance…
Sweep?
mick August 24th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
its not that they lose its how they do it they look lifeless
bad body language
Yeah, Swish looked pretty lifeless tonight. Jete too. Ridiculous post.
Who gave your the power to determine if one is putting forth their best effort or trying? Now obviously, i cant just say they are trying.. or that would be contradicting. However, do you honestly believe these guys aren’t trying to win? Who has ever played a game, sport, or anything competitive and gone into it not trying to win?
Most of the time you lose, its a frustrating way to lose. I have never heard of a great loss, or ” wow that was a thrilling way to lose in the 9th”.
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Yeah, Swish looked pretty lifeless tonight. Jete too. Ridiculous post.
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Talking about the team in general.
“mother tertrisha are you a flower child?”
Nah, I’m just a really optimistic and grateful – and understanding – person. I understand down moments in life because we all have them. But I also have total faith in what the Yankees are all about and that keeps me from feeling despair.
When I love, I love. I find it hard to hammer those I love. And I love our Yanks!
soriano has poor body language.
Right, cause body language is the most important thing to look at during a professional baseball game.
When was the last time we had pie? It seems so long ago…
straw get a life
The difference between a banwaggon fan and a true fan is the true fans ride through all the ups and downs with the team. Games over, now we just focus on winning tomorrow.
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Yes… But tomorrows game is a whole thirteen hours away. That’s thirteen hours of this loss and the night before’s loss eating at the very core of me. Thirteen hours.
He got beat on a bad slider, not band body language.
pie is for losers started by a loser
soriano looked beat before he threw a pitch
“This is the same offense that kept coming back against the royals every time they scored. Remember that epic night? Im sure ivan no does. The redsox went through a week plus stretch recently of not playing well on offense. Its the nature of the beast… we have to struggle at some point. The question, is for how long? I wouldn’t bet on it being much longer.”
Damn, great points Tabbert! I wish people would read and re-read this post. It’s all in the course of a season.
Geez, great comeback Mick…you always been this quick?
Sori looks very sad.
TheStraw says:
August 24, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Of course last week, the Vaunted Sox lost two tomthe lowly Royals. Didn’t hear anyone writing their epitaph, except maybe some of their own obnoxious fans.
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Can we stop using words like “vaunted” and “epitaph” when talking about the Red Sox. Such fine vocabulary is wasted on them.
I swear he looks like he is going to cry unless his eyes are always watery looking.
The sad thing is, besides obviously playing baseball for the money, and their own personal love for the game… they put their heart and soul into their craft for the city, the organization, and the fans. Yet, we decide to critique the guys and claim they aren’t trying, they are lifeless, and they have poor body language? you have got to be kidding me. Be grateful for this cast of 25 guys we have and just get over it. If you want to talk about lack of clutch hitting, talk baseball fact.. you are entitled to do so. But, to come on here and just bash a player on his body language or their lack of trying is a absolute joke and you don’t deserve to ever celebrate a championship with/ for this organization.
Tabbert-
Nicely stated.
Asd-
look on the bright side, we could be playing a night game tomorrow. But, the baseball gods are looking over us and gave us a day game just so we wouldn’t have to deal with this loss for those extra 6 hours. : )
mick says:
August 24, 2011 at 10:46 pm
pie is for losers started by a loser
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Aww… I kinda like the pie. It always makes me think of Swish during the TB George Steinbrenner game last year. That was a great night and he was so happy during the interview. Of course, pie also reminds me of Jason Biggs. Not so pleasant (whatever happened to that guy?)
“Yes… But tomorrows game is a whole thirteen hours away. That’s thirteen hours of this loss and the night before’s loss eating at the very core of me. Thirteen hours.”
asd, try not to let it get to you that way because it’s wasted energy. We’ve had spans of losing 8 in a row and coming back to win the world series. Don’t let two games do you in. It’s baseball, it happens. To all teams. Remember who our players are. They’re not chump change.
Be happy that we root for the team we do.
And the great news is that CC is back. He looked great right into the 8th. Always good things to take away.
Trisha, straw-
Thanks. I’m happy to know that there are still some sane people on here after a loss.
“The sad thing is, besides obviously playing baseball for the money, and their own personal love for the game… they put their heart and soul into their craft for the city, the organization, and the fans. Yet, we decide to critique the guys and claim they aren’t trying, they are lifeless, and they have poor body language? you have got to be kidding me. Be grateful for this cast of 25 guys we have and just get over it. If you want to talk about lack of clutch hitting, talk baseball fact.. you are entitled to do so. But, to come on here and just bash a player on his body language or their lack of trying is a absolute joke and you don’t deserve to ever celebrate a championship with/ for this organization.”
Just wow.
If the Russians had only known. Today, they lost an unmanned cargo resupply rocket headed for the space station when it failed after launch. Had they known, they could have strapped that rocket to Brandon Allen’s home run last night.
bs…pie is for glory hounds…
GB-
Yeah, but Mo made him look foolish tonight….
Yeah, but last night was a thing of beauty, except for what it did to the score.
Time for some mindless television.
Night gang.
mick says:
August 24, 2011 at 10:56 pm
bs…pie is for glory hounds…
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I guess to each their own…
if it wasn’t for the loser aj there would be no pie
yogi, mickey,bernie they were never pied
jeter was never pied
mick says:
August 24, 2011 at 11:00 pm
if it wasn’t for the loser aj there would be no pie
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True, he’s the source of the tradition. But I don’t see your point. He hasn’t had any glory to hound.
Blaming Soriano alone is just silly. CC had the lead and he didn’t close it out. The offense was bad.. Soriano did his part to be sure, but he hadn’t pitched in awhile – and prior to tonight, he’s been great. I’m not going to kill him.
Hughes to avoid the sweep tomorrow.
mick says:
August 24, 2011 at 11:02 pm
yogi, mickey,bernie they were never pied
jeter was never pied
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True. But I’m sure those teams and players had traditions and celebrations that aren’t practiced anymore today, so again I must return to “to each their own”.
Ask yourself why Joe couldn’t have found ONE inning for Soriano in the last week
he tried to change the image of the yankees, as well as swisher.
we were thought of as a stoic, joyless team and they brought their juvenile ways to reinvent the yankees
we got along great before that, its just a cheap thrill that will end when the loser is gone
SJ killing Girardi on Twitter.
Joe Casale
sportsJC16 Joe Casale
@@MatthStarr can’t score 5-7 runs every night because the mgr continues to make the same mistakes over and over.
28 minutes ago
Joe Casale
sportsJC16 Joe Casale
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@MatthStarr can’t have CC face Sizemore. 2 hits in gm, 6-10 lifetime vs. CC. Robertson is ready. That move cost them the game.
28 minutes ago
Joe Casale
sportsJC16 Joe Casale
Girardi’s saving grace is a great front office and a high payroll. Covers a lot of his warts most nights. #Yankees
38 minutes ago
Joe Casale
sportsJC16 Joe Casale
Common sense needs to take over the binder for Girardi. For a guy who was a C it’s amazing how little feel he has for the game. #Yankees
38 minutes ago
Joe Casale
sportsJC16 Joe Casale
Game was lost by staying too long with CC. Girardi has done it all yr with all of his starters. Another bad job by #Yankees mgr.
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sportsJC16 Joe Casale
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@Arena728 he’s blessed with a great payroll and FO. He’s a weakness as a mgr.
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Joe Casale
sportsJC16 Joe Casale
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@Arena728 Stayed too long with CC. Girardi always does it with his starters and it always comes back to hurt him. He’s a terrible mgr.
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Gnight all…..the sun will rise tomorrow.
i rather see them shake hands and whatever else they do then the occasional walkoff pie bs
cheap thrills
blake…classic 2nd guessing
Sorry, SJ, CC has to get Sizemore out…….blaming Joe for CC making a bad pitch? I don’t love Joe, but he’s not a terrible manager
Blaming Soriano alone is just silly. CC had the lead and he didn’t close it out. The offense was bad.. Soriano did his part to be sure, but he hadn’t pitched in awhile – and prior to tonight, he’s been great. I’m not going to kill him.
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you are right, it was a team effort.
I didn’t even know SJ had a twitter account………..glad I didn’t know it if he’s spent most of his time killing Joe
I guess SJ graduated from LoHud to a twitter account.
Congrats…
Not the manager’s fault that our ace couldn’t close out the 8th inning. He had a win right there, get 3 outs against a crappy A’s lineup and he gave it up.
this place cleared out like a bar at closing time.
You’re right. He’d have to improve quite a bit to reach the “terrible” level.
BX, it’s not – CC has to do a better job there…….
we aren’t hitting and swish looks like a god up there, jeter too.
they need a dose of arod and a montero callup to wake them up.
“glad I didn’t know it if he’s spent most of his time killing Joe”
He is actually hilarious on twitter. Extremely reactionary – what he used to kill people for here.
mick says:
August 24, 2011 at 11:06 pm
he tried to change the image of the yankees, as well as swisher.
we were thought of as a stoic, joyless team and they brought their juvenile ways to reinvent the yankees
we got along great before that, its just a cheap thrill that will end when the loser is gone
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Hmm… I see your point, if your point is that’s each persons viewpoint is different, therefore how things will translate for them is different. To you, you feel Burnett and Swish are juvenile, and have tried to change the Yankees. While I can see the origin of this opinion, I can’t agree.
I feel that each player expresses joy in a different way, how they express it doesn’t matter as long as it doesn’t harm anyone, the important thing is that no matter how flagrant they choose to express it, they are free to express it. It makes me happy to see Yankee players happy.
Also I disagree that they tried to “change the Yankees”. I think that you be saying they thought something was wrong with the Yankees in the first place. We’ve seen Swisher state many times how in awe of this city and this teams history he is, he clearly doesn’t think something is wrong with that history so he doesn’t want to change it. He just… Wants to be a Yankee in his own way, he wants to leave his mark. I respect that, wanting to leave your mark on this town embodies what it means to be a Yankee.
Pretty easy to second guess someone when it’s not your job to make the decisions. Girardi might have left cc in too long, but he was putting his trust in his best pitcher.. and one of the best pitchers in baseball to get out of the jam and it didn’t pay off tonight. What if joe pulls CC, and robertson implodes and gives the a’s the lead? Then joe is a idiot for not sticking with his ace in the most important spot in the game. Guess its a lose/ lose situation… that is unless we win and everyone is praising joe for pulling all the right strings. so funny how that works out.
Joe does make his fair share of mistakes at work, but who doesn’t? He must be doing something right, no? That 77-50 record seem pretty darn good to me. But, let me guess.. all those wins were accounted for because joe made mistakes and the players just bailed him out with their great play. Fact remains.. he is and will be our manager for years to come. The players have to come through in the end, and when they don’t its all about second guessing.
Need a big game from Hughes tomorrow. Harden can be very tough.
They are still too inconsistent offensively to trust in October. They need a healthy A-Rod in there and to get hot down the stretch here.
Compare Swisher to O’Neill.
Granted O’Neill played for better teams but he was the opposite of Swisher and people loved him.
Way more people loved him than do Swisher.
He was just a winner, that’s it. He celebrated in the middle of the diamond when they won World Championships.
They played today, they won today dassit…
D-Man, and he ranted about the Joe and AJ thing, blaming Joe completely for lying and mentioning that Cashman talked to him about that in 2008. Since Cashman has been even “worse” about backing up AJ, it’s obvious they are on the same page, so SJ should direct his ire at Cashman as well
That said, he doesn’t hold back and I respect him for that
Who cares about SJ’s opinions? Who appointed him God or baseball royalty?
His opinion is no more right than anyone elses and that includes your vaunted sportswriters who think they are experts because they get paid to opine.
Extremely reactionary – what he used to kill people for here.
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Whatever works, right?
It’s all about putting a**es in the seats.
yanks78-
If our offense is too inconsistent offensively to trust in October, then why are people so worried about the rangers prolific offense? They have been even more inconsistent than the yanks. October baseball is a completely different animal. We have enough professional, clutch, hitters in our lineup to scare any team in baseball come October… even the all mighty phillies.
Wow, Mike Flanagan died? How sad……………59 is way too young to go. RIP – and my condolences to his family, friends and the O’s organization
If you replaced the name on SJ’s twitter account with Stuart a, it would pass. I honestly couldn’t tell the difference. It’s just one complaint after another.
we are all obsessed with the Yankees, good and bad things come out of our mouths but all passionate, not always rational or coherent but always fanatical.
SJ is nuthugging the front office, the one who gave Girardi a staff that included Colon and Garcia, a rookie, a head case and slow learner.
But according to SJ THEY make GIRARDI look better, not the other way around.
Horsepuck.
I only went through his twitter for the last couple of days – it’s weird seeing a picture of someone you know only through the radio or the internet, lol. In any case, the same arguments SJ made against Joe as manager (huge payroll) can go for his GM as well. I don’t think Joe is anything special and I don’t think he’s got great feel for the game, but boy – he’s just so harsh.
mick says:
August 24, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Compare Swisher to O’Neill.
Granted O’Neill played for better teams but he was the opposite of Swisher and people loved him.
Way more people loved him than do Swisher.
He was just a winner, that’s it. He celebrated in the middle of the diamond when they won World Championships.
They played today, they won today dassit…
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Why can’t two different players, two different personalities both be okay? One personality is only allowed? You can only be one way? I hope that’s not the case. I love O’Neill because he was always guaranteed to be himself, the odd mix of stoic/fireball personality that played exactly into his role on the team. I love Swisher because of the ability to recognize just what a special thing he’s got going here and his ability to embrace it with his patented thousand fold passion. I love each of them for being exactly who they are, and I feel ba for anyone who tries to give credit to one over another simply due to honesty of ones self.
the people who put down stuart a never had an old grandfather around who did the same thing, it’s rooted in longtime Yankee excellence, more of it then we have witnessed in the past 15 years.
Stuart is over the top. I have nothing against him for it. It’s just his thing. Hollering at the TV non-stop.
Fans can pick and choose who they love.
Swisher’s breed is very rare but even he seems to be calming down with age.
Good thing AJ isn’t pitching tomorrow. That would be the worst thing having to watch that nut after these 2 losses to this crap team.
Stuart is over the top. I have nothing against him for it. It’s just his thing. Hollering at the TV non-stop.
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If you don’t think there are a lot of stuart a’s out there well think again.
That breed is dying out but just bc they don’t come on here doesn’t mean theyre not out there.
Boy, those games in Baltimore are going to be emotional…………….
Mick, one stuart is plenty.
just imagine fans who lived thru the 20′s-60′s who are still around today, most are perfectionists
fans who came around the mid-90′s have also witnessed near perfection but nothing close to the run of those old teams
that is why they are the way they are…
Those rants on twitter … it’s online version of road rage. If it’s that frustrating, sometimes it’s just good to step away and take a vacation or a hobby.
If you read his tweets over the weekend, that Jack Curry thing really struck a nerve with him… been killing Joe non-stop ever since.
the people who put them down in here are elitist for some reason
most fans are crazy extremists for their team
yet some think they invented the game
as if it were a science that only they know best
are these guys on twitter just trying to make a name for themselves?
what is the deal?
do they go on job interviews and show a resume that had X amount of followers so they must be good?
i cant stand the laissez faire fans more than the nutjobs…
Ranting on twitter about a baseball game against a last place team in late August, with a 8 game lead for a playoff spot is the height of stupidity.
Imagine when the playoffs start….
i’m done , please respond if anyone is out there, ive got about 5 minutes left in me…
Mick, Stuart complains non-stop. SJ was imitating him tonight. A rant is ok. Throwing the remote control at the TV is OK. But if that’s all you do, you take the fun out of the game. Some people just take it too seriously for my taste, whether in the numbers/stats or what happens on the field.
mick – Especially when this wasn’t even that controversial of a move. It is only bad because it didn’t work out. CC, who has the 2nd highest ERA on the staff this month, somehow is absolved of blame….
stuart is funny because you know his schtick
But people don’t realize how lucky they have it as Yankees fans… guaranteed playoff spots, meaningful seasons every year, the best chance at any player they want, it doesn’t get any better.
look, sometimes i feel its my fault when they lose, in fact i can feel it before a game sometimes and i have felt it the last 2 games, maybe i need a vacation or recharge and so do they. they look like they do now.
did not see the game…. not reading all the earlier posts.
6 letters is the story of last 2 games BA RISP… yanks suck and Oakland has been great. 3 solo jacks, what were they tonight with RISp??? left 9 on base, oakland got there goes over and in, yanks didn’t and they lose again.
did not see the soriano meltdown but yanks had multiple chances to win per the radi…
3 solo jacks………….first and 3rd no outs.. gardner needs to move down, he is playing like crap…….
I don’t understand why, if you don’t agree with or care for SJ’s tweets why you would follow him. I couldn’t stand Wally Matthews and his annoying anti Yankee tweets so I unfollowed him and I haven’t ever had the urge to look him up since to see what other stupid stuff he has to say about the Yankees.
SJ isn’t the only person on Twitter or this board that has complaints. That’s just how some people are.
stuart is funny because you know his schtick
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thing is, i dont think its schtick, its very very real, i know a lot of people like him, they are a dying breed but they exist and are ridiculed in here by laissez faire fans
stuart a did not see the game?
i take back everything i said about him…
Lord, I hope this isn’t true – I found this on an Oriole’s message board.
****Police did not immediately identify the cause of death, but sources confirmed that Flanagan took his own life “despondent over what he considered a false perception from a community he loved of his role in the team’s prolonged failure,” Sandusky said.
The soft-spoken and well-liked left-hander grew over the years into a fixture in the Orioles organization. From 2002-08 Flanagan shared or held the top baseball executive position in the organization. During that time Flanagan, according to those closest to him, struggled with not being able to the job the way he wanted to do it, Sandusky said.
2 for 10 tonight 1 for 9 yesterday with RISP. that is 3 for 19 and that equals 2 losses.
tex, guessed on a fastball in the 8th, did his swing for the fence outine and was rewarded. still went 1 for 5…
ba with RISP, matters in about 80% of the games.. CC cannot get out scott sizemore!!!ouch…
I have been reading SJ’s tweets for the past couple months. If you think tonight was bad, it was nothing. Continuous whining about managing of the Yankees, bad umpiring and coaching of the Heat.