Posada at DH for Baltimore opener
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Aug 26, 2011 
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Because of the impeding weather, road closures and public transportation closures, the Yankee Stadium Ticket Office will be closed both days this weekend (Saturday and Sunday).
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
Hoping this storm lessens or veers right.
How many of the 5 games do you guys think they’ll get in?
Today. Rain out Saturday, DH on Sunday and Monday?
what??? no Po at 2nd?? after his sterling debut?
Holy crap. Somebody did ask him.
eboland11 Reporter asked Jeter about Minka. His reply (politely but a little irritated): “that’s the end of the questions.”
Wow.
# m August 26th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Today. Rain out Saturday, DH on Sunday and Monday?
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I’m thinking they’ll be lucky to get four games in this weekend.
Three games might be more realistic, which would really suck.
One guess as to what idiot reporter asked that question.
# Erin August 26th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Holy crap. Somebody did ask him.
eboland11 Reporter asked Jeter about Minka. His reply (politely but a little irritated): “that’s the end of the questions.”
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Sadly, that’s the world we live in.
“One guess as to what idiot reporter asked that question.”
Heyman or Matthews
Josh,
You’ll be, like, the favoritist writer here if you tell us who the offending party was. And did the other writers give him stink eye when things ended abruptly?
eboland11 Erik Boland
Reporter asked Jeter about Minka. His reply (politely but a little irritated): “that’s the end of the questions.”
8 minutes ago
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As I said earlier, I kind’ve figured someone would claim the prize as biggest idiot for the day award.
Someone wanted to take bets on how many press credentials were requested by, Star, US and People.
m- it’s not Josh-Chad’s back (I think anyway)
Obviously GB it was asked by the person who cares most about Derek’s love life…Michael Kay (dressed in disguise as Kim Jones).
Erin,
lol. Chad won’t ever tell. He never does.
# GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
One guess as to what idiot reporter asked that question.
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My guess would be Matthews, but King or Sherman wouldn’t exactly shock me.
Actually Suzyn’s love for Derek is almost as disturbing to me as Michael’s. Almost.
M
were you trying to take advantage of Josh?
I wonder if Alex Rodriguez put on dark glasses aand a Groucho Marx mustache and pretended to be a reporter?
No, couldn’t be him. Must have been Bobby Valentine.
oh, now I see your strategy, m.
kate,
Yes. But I didn’t pay attention to the byline. Last one I saw was Josh.
So, it was an honest mistake.
if some of these games have to be made up in NY – who gets the gate proceeds/concession profits? if it’s the orioles that could explain why the could care less about rain outs this weekend since they’d get more $ if these games were at YS.
GFm Matthews was my guess. Heyman’s too gutless. Do Sherman and King ever get out of the office to attend games or just watch it on TV?
How about Lupica?
Chad. What do you think of the unabashed hatred directed at your friends in the media here?
Howard,
Saw your message. Gotcha. There’s no doubt Adrian Gonzalez is a great player. I was just making the point that IW doesn’t have much value in MVP discussions. We’re on the same page.
Meanwhile,
It’s pretty rude that someone asked Jeter that question. No real excuse for that.
I’m not surprised that a reporter asked the question and I’m not surprised by Jeter’s answer. Unfortunately, we live in a world where the general public believes that they are entitled to know the private business of celebrities. Just because you have a very public job doesn’t mean that your personal life is supposed to be public as well. I’m very glad that I’m 100% of a nobody because being somebody would probably drive me to suicide.
NYY should get the proceeds from 1 of the games. Orioles could have hosted 2 games today, but refused to.
Loopica couldn’t bother to get off of his polo pony long enough to ask a question. He just steals other reporters stories. (Thanks for the running joke, Murph)
teixeiramark25 I am honored to be inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame! Very cool to go in with my good friend Bryce Molder! http://fb.me/18NBtPRCF
# GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
GFm Matthews was my guess. Heyman’s too gutless. Do Sherman and King ever get out of the office to attend games or just watch it on TV?
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I don’t know how often King get out there but I do hear Sherman’s voice asking Girardi questions in his press conferences every now and then.
“Do Sherman and King ever get out of the office to attend games or just watch it on TV?”
Sherman only comes to important games or games where there are storylines or something for him to write about or investigate. He is like O’Connor now. I doubt he is in Baltimore this weekend.
Ledger_Yankees “Sometimes, you just want to say uncle.” – A-Rod, who was asked about facing extra scrutiny #nyy
Ledger_Yankees A-Rod says meeting with MLB went well but refuses to divulge details of conversation #nyy
DanBarbarisi A-Rod says he met with MLB officials for almost two hours, cageys with details but says he’s happy with result
2 hours? I’ll say it again, what a huge waste of time
“Ledger_Yankees A-Rod says meeting with MLB went well but refuses to divulge details of conversation #nyy”
I take it that means he didn’t take my advice about telling them to kiss his a$$. Bummer.
Ledger_Yankees Asked if MLB asked him to change his behavior, A-Rod said “nothing like that was discussed.” #nyy
Laura – I Bleed Blue August 26th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
I’m not surprised that a reporter asked the question and I’m not surprised by Jeter’s answer. Unfortunately, we live in a world where the general public believes that they are entitled to know the private business of celebrities. Just because you have a very public job doesn’t mean that your personal life is supposed to be public as well. I’m very glad that I’m 100% of a nobody because being somebody would probably drive me to suicide.
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I don’t think the general public feels they are entitled to know, they want to know. The media gives the people what they want. The celebrity TMZ oriented gossip industry is a billion dollar one. This is an indictment of western society, it’s no different in Europe, perhaps worse.
Erin August 26th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Ledger_Yankees “Sometimes, you just want to say uncle.” – A-Rod, who was asked about facing extra scrutiny #nyy
Ledger_Yankees A-Rod says meeting with MLB went well but refuses to divulge details of conversation #nyy
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Alex Rodriguez: “I’ll bet Bud $50,000 that I won’t gamble in highstakes games anymore.”
MLB: “You just did.”
AR: “$50,000 ain’t high stakes. That’s chump change.”
……There are too many Sorianos, Cabrerras and Rodriguez’s in baseball……..
Trigeminal Neuralgia Yank August 26th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
……There are too many Sorianos, Cabrerras and Rodriguez’s in baseball……..
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And all these other non-Latino last names:
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/f.....names.html
ESPNNYYankees
Jeter just chased a reporter who asked about Minka: what is this, a gossip lockerroom now?
Today and Monday do 2 – the O’s will have to play the rest in NYC in my view – they should have agreed to 2 today
Radio:
Cool info, crazy what you can find on the net.
I didn’t mean to infer prejudice, just acknowledging my stupidity in remembering names of course.
Yes, gossip is annoying, but it’s human nature to be curious, and being a multimillionaire superstar does open you up to special scrutiny…. Sign me up!
Jeter makes millions of dollars, so why shouldn’t the public have access to web cam streams of every room in his mansion?
GF, I was not ridiculing the military. I was ridiculing the person posting as GB7. He has no backbone, regardless of whether he was in the military or not. He attempts to bully anyone with a differing opinion. Face and LGY have forgotten more about than GB7 will ever know, but he attempts to bully them.
Trigeminal Neuralgia Yank,
Yeah, just providing some context.
therealarieber Mayor Bloomberg just ordered all NYC residents to evacuate and go to jeter’s house in tampa
# Howard August 26th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
. I?m done responding to whatever it is.
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Thank the good Lord. The day you stop regurgitating the spew you spit here daily, this blog will be a much better, more objective place.
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1000+ posts can’t be wrong and none by GreyBeard7 or his network of sychophants, it really was a pleasurable day. He must of been jealous he wasn’t a part of it. How anyone can come in here and denigrate an entire days posting is beyond me. Only a miserable old coot would be capable of putting a damper on an amazing Yankee win.
*more about baseball than…
i literally fell out of my chair at miserable old coot. mick, you are genius. GB7 could put a damper on an orgasm lol
WCYF..that’s bunk. If the media stopped reporting on the daily comings and goings of the Kardashian sisters ( and the like ) for 2 weeks, they would be forgotten. Nobody would be clamoring for more info on them. Most of the celebs of today are media creations that are constantly pushed down our throat.
So cute…
Joba_62 My son an his best-friend went downstairs to play and they came back up in these!! #Speechless http://yfrog.com/kewncufj
munson15,
I worked for a while at the National Enquirer when they were based in Connecticut. The rule in the newsroom then was that “If a person has a publicist, you can say anything about them, short of libel”. A picture of Farrah Fawcett on the cover was worth an extra 100,000 sales.
munson15 August 26th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
WCYF..that’s bunk. If the media stopped reporting on the daily comings and goings of the Kardashian sisters ( and the like ) for 2 weeks, they would be forgotten. Nobody would be clamoring for more info on them. Most of the celebs of today are media creations that are constantly pushed down our throat.
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Munson with all due respect that is not true. All media content is measured by public interest and demand. Without this, there would be no financial motive to provide content. It’s just like the drug industry, demand drives the marketplace. Drugs are not the creation of the smugglers and dealers.
eboland11 Balt mayor declares state of emergency; Orioles still studying weather maps to make their call
I’m sure there are enough idiots in the world to drive the interest in celebrity doings, but it is a small percentage of people. If it wasn’t for having 400 channels and the internet covering all of this, most people wouldn’t know, or care, about whether J-lo puts mustard or ketchup on her hot dog. And drugs are the creation of the people who grow it, and or, make it. Not the people who use it. If it wasn’t there, they wouldn’t use it.
Everyone getting along swimmingly this afternoon?
If everyone conducted themselves like you, blake, then the answer to that question would be yes.
WCYF,
You’re absolutely correct, the market determines media content. If the Federalist Papers were in demand, there would be competition to deliver them, and the nation would be better off, but Hollywood Tonight would still rule.
munson15 August 26th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I’m sure there are enough idiots in the world to drive the interest in celebrity doings, but it is a small percentage of people. If it wasn’t for having 400 channels and the internet covering all of this, most people wouldn’t know, or care, about whether J-lo puts mustard or ketchup on her hot dog. And drugs are the creation of the people who grow it, and or, make it. Not the people who use it. If it wasn’t there, they wouldn’t use it.
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You have it completely backwards you could not be more wrong. Users drive demand, not the other way around.
Ledger_Yankees
Yankees could lose both their off days: “It could get a little ugly here,” Granderson said
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The O’s organization are a bunch of jealous losers. Selig should be the one to make the decision on when teams play a DH and not the home team. Just because the Yanks are a big money maker and the O’s hate the Yanks they shouldn’t have the right to make the decision in this type of situation. They are just trying to screw up their schedule as much as possible.
I mentioned this a while ago. The Yankees only have two off days in September:
* the 8th (the day before a game in Anaheim – flying from New York)
* the 15th (the day before a game in Toronto – flying from Seattle)
(Baltimore flies to Toronto on the 8th for a game on the 9th. And to Anaheim on the 15th for a game on the 16th)
They could always do a DH on Monday, but no way the Yankees would agree considering they go to Boston the next night.
There has long been a market for celebrity information. Now, technology allows us to follow and broadcast anywhere.
All I know is I wish Derek and Minka the best.:)
NYC in total lockdown………..well, not much we can do except “weather” the storm: stock up on batteries and hope the power doesn’t go out. Hope everyone stays safe and sound. The weather guy who was on WFAN earlier said what will make it worse is that this is the time of the month for high tides……..so the water surge will be that much more dangerous
Play a single-admission DH tonight
Game 1 – 7:00-10:00 PM
Game 2 – 10:30 PM-1:30 AM
Then reschedule tomorrow’s game to 2:30 PM and play as many innings as the weather allows.
Both off days have cross country trips scheduled on them, or a red eye after the game the night before.
I have 90% faith that AJ will give up 12 or fewer runs tonight.
Kay needs to not go on the air from now on and pretend he thinks the Yankees have a shot when he said several times on his radio show that, because of their pitching, they have NO shot to beat any of the playoff teams. I agree with him philosophically about the pitching – it’s no great shakes – but his worry about Nova as a rookie was completely overstated. Rookies have pitched well in playoff games – no reason to think Nova will be overwhelmed
The roster could get interesting this weekend if AJ or another starter gets knocked out early. I would think they have a starting pitcher in AAA on standby just incase they need another pitcher.
# Yanks78 August 26th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
They could always do a DH on Monday, but no way the Yankees would agree considering they go to Boston the next night.
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They won’t have much of a choice if 2 games get washed out this weekend.
I don’t think it would matter whether they were playing Boston the next day or not.
There are two day games scheduled against the Orioles the 5th and the 7th.
“Kay needs to not go on the air ”
This was all you needed to say Betsy
I think AJ goes 5 and a third, gives up 4 runs, three earned, with a wild pitch. After the game Joe will say AJ kept the Yanks in it and threw well except for a few pitches.
I’m still mystified why people actually listen to Kay’s radio show.
He irritates the hell out of me during a YES broadcast. I can’t imagine listening to him for an additional 3 hours a day.
Not sure Monday afternoon is ideal either if the Os are looking to get the most gate. Weather is supposed to be fine, but who knows about flooding and the like. MLB might make the Yankees play a DH on Monday, Boston-series looming or not.
The only other options are to play a DH at Yankee Stadium when the Os come in (this has happened before, most notably when Cleveland played “home” games at Seattle to make up for that snowstorm) or to forfeit the off-day and play before we go to LAA.
There is no way they can schedule a DH on one of the off-days. So I’m not sure what they do about that 2nd game.
Blake, lol.
The O’s are not going to do anything to help the Yankees; that’s Angelos for you.
Well GF, I needed to listen to something and I just put him on- I don’t get good reception of 1050 anyway, so it’s not like I listen to it all the time. I agreed with most of what he said anyway – just not the point I mentioned.
Remember how we were doomed without Cliff Lee? Seems a little irrelevant these days.
I hate to complain but its just amazing to me the the greatest organization in sports can’t find someone better than Michael Kay to broadcast their games.
I hope the Yankees just destroy the Bucks 20-2 every game this weekend…..
‘Users drive demand, not the other way around’.
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Just like consumers of milk, beef and………………….seafood to name a few.
I hate the O’s, but I’m sure they are going to have a video in honor of Mike Flanagan – I hope YES shows it as I’d like to see it.
“Remember how we were doomed without Cliff Lee? Seems a little irrelevant these days.”
They were never doomed …..but he sure would look nice in the rotation about now if we’re are just talking about the present and this year. When you figure that Andy may have came back as well…….title time.
The smart money when we lost Lee and Pettitte was that the rotation would be a problem. We caught lightening in a bottle with Colon and Garcia the first half, but that’s catching up to us now. No surprise.
blake August 26th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
I hate to complain but its just amazing to me the the greatest organization in sports can’t find someone better than Michael Kay to broadcast their games.
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Amen, brother. It really does boggle the mind.
Not to mention he’s the host of every damn show on YES as well.
After watching a fox MLB broadcast Michael Kay seems like a Golden voice.
“eboland11 Balt mayor declares state of emergency; Orioles still studying weather maps to make their call”
What are they studying the maps for? Even Stevie Wonder can see how large and potentially dangerous Irene is yet the O’s need help. What a pathetic organization.
“I hate to complain but its just amazing to me the the greatest organization in sports can’t find someone better than Michael Kay to broadcast their games.”
I guess I’m in the minority, but Kay doesn’t bother me that much. The one thing he does that irritates me is when he exaggerates how far a ball has traveled to the outfield. He makes it sound like the ball is on it’s way out of the park, yet the camera clearly shows Brett Gardner catching it nowhere near the wall. Other than that, I don’t think he’s as offensive as the FOX or ESPN announcers.
blake August 26th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
I hate to complain but its just amazing to me the the greatest organization in sports can’t find someone better than Michael Kay to broadcast their games.
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I have said the same thing in years. And not just the greatest organization in sports, the greatest organization in the history of the world. It is, plain and simple, mismanagement of epic proportions
Well yea anybody is better than Joe Buck….
I hate to complain but its just amazing to me the the greatest organization in sports can’t find someone better than Michael Kay to broadcast their games.
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Singleton and Cone should be doing the games. They work well together. But the Yanks have to have a million guys doing the games. And unfortunately, Kay makes everyone worse instead of better.
We should not hate to complain. Michael Kay does not hate making every broadcast about himself and about plugging his stuff, we should do whatever is needed to have him fired. Petition?
Singleton is my favorite……….I love him
Singleton is a good broadcaster, but somehow every play ends up being about him. I’ve never heard anyone talk so much about what they did when they played. He was a good player, but he was no Babe Ruth. It sometimes gets tiring listening to him talk about himself.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s King, Sherman, Kay, Heyman, Lupica, Matthews etc. the common denominator here is that most here dislike them for whatever reason. They have a job to do just like anyone else. If their bosses disliked their job performance they would be fired.
blake August 26th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
I have 90% faith that AJ will give up 12 or fewer runs tonight.
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He should have pitched yesterday. He’s proven before that he needs a large cusion of runs to work with.
Stadium is next to the inner harbor. Looking at weather.com, not always very accurate, rain increases to 100% by 4PM tomorrow with wind increasing then. Saturday’s 1st game will be lucky to get in 5 innings if they still start it at 1:05. Hope by the time that game is over the parking lots aren’t flooded. Game 2 and Sunday will be cancelled IMO. Monday they’ll play a DH. It should be at 12 noon and 5PM.
if games are made up in NY, how do they split the gate?
Did anybody else see Jorge check the runner on 3rd for that final out.
That game was a comedy.
Jorge checking the runner with 2 out up 14.
Can’t make that up…
Singleton is a good broadcaster, but somehow every play ends up being about him
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Well at least they don’t show clips of Singleton like they do of O’Neill. He talks about his playing days also.
Niblick,
That’s interesting because I tend to enjoy Singleton’s stories. I don’t find them self-aggrandizing or self-indulgent but rather interesting insights into the life/career of a former player.
Beyond that, I find he’s just got an ideal broadcasting voice: smooth, dulcet tones.
Jorge has become a caveman/child. I saw him standing and staring the other day when a pitch came too close to Cano. Many times in the dugout he can be seen sitting unassumedly minding his own business. Other times he’s like a mischievous little boy. He can be dour but he’s as happy as a lark when they win. He’s a gamer.
GF – A year ago, I took care of a small child in my unit. I can’t remember too much about him (he did very well, and had an uncomplicated course, the kind that you don’t remember long term). But, what I do recall is that his family had a connection to Michael Kay; he was a good friend of a cousin, something like that. Anyway, they had a family event, a cookout or something, for another child who had cancer. A fundraiser/birthday party, if I remember correctly. Anyway, midway thru the affair, Kay shows up – and, he brought along some entertainer (clown for the kids, a juggler, I can’t remeber, but it doesn’t matter) just to e the sick kid happy. He stayed late, had his picture taken with everyone there, signed autographs, and accordingly to the family was as gracious and personable as you’d want.
I realize that Kay’s shtick is not for everyone. He can grate at times, no getting around that. But, for at least for that one day and for that one child, he did a good deed. To me, that outweighs many sins.
Later. Be well, and I hope all in harm’s way this weekend stay safe.
Yeah, but at least Paulie played with the Yanks. And we loved him. Singleton’s stupid stories about the O’s and the Expos. Who wants to hear those stories? Not me.
They all hate Kay. Flaherty esp. They told them to calm down as they were constantly sniping at each other. O’Neill literally laughs at Kay in the intros. They told Kay to keep his thumb in his pocket when he introduced ONeill as he would point at him.
Joe,
Thanks for sharing that story. I am a teacher and while I can’t claim to work with children in conditions of serious illness, I do get to know my share of those whose lives are far from harmonious, usually due to divisive familial issues.
Regardless of popular opinion about Kay (I generally enjoy his call) it was nice to hear of his taking the time to bring a moment of brightness and levity to a child in need. It is lovely to simply see a smile on their face.
Cheers!