Pregame notes: Jeter approaches games played record
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Aug 28, 2011 
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In today’s first game, Derek Jeter will pass Mickey Mantle for the most games every played in a Yankees uniform. Today, they’re tied with 2,401.
“I don’t even think you’re aware of anything like that,” Jeter said. “When you first come up, you’re just trying to keep your job and stay here as long as you can. I don’t think people get called up and look at, let me see who has the games played record for the organization. So this one was something I never looked at. No one ever talked about it.”
The top five in Yankees history: Mantle, Jeter, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra and Babe Ruth. It’s a fairly intense list, and after today’s doubleheader, Jeter will be one game away from tying Mike Schmidt for the 15th most games played, all with one team, in baseball history.
“I take pride in coming and doing my job,” Jeter said. “I think that’s probably the best way to put it. My job is obviously to come and play games, try to stay on the field and try to stay healthy. I’ve done it for a long time, I guess.”
• As expected, the Yankees have shuffled their rotation so that Freddy Garcia will come off the disabled list to start tomorrow in Baltimore. CC Sabathia’s start has been pushed back to Tuesday against Boston. He’ll be followed by Phil Hughes and A.J. Burnett.
• Girardi said the Yankees chose Bartolo Colon for today’s first game because he’s had success in day games. They chose to push Garcia to tomorrow so that they wouldn’t have to make a roster move today. Making a move for Garcia would have cost the Yankees either a hitter or reliever for the doubleheader.
• Girardi doesn’t expect to stick with a six-man rotation beyond this turn. “My guess is we’ll get to five as soon as we can,” he said.
• If Alex Rodriguez plays today’s second game, it will be at DH. He’s not going to play third base both games.
• The Yankees have stressed to Colon that he has to stick with his sinker tonight. Even if he doesn’t have a great feel for it early, they want him to keep throwing it.
• Girardi said there was nothing new on the team’s fight again playing on September 8. “I’ll let the powers that be handle that,” Girardi said. “We’ll just worry about playing these games, getting two games in today, playing a game tomorrow and trying to win the series.”
ORIOLES
J.J. Hardy SS
Nick Markakis RF
Adam Jones CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Matt Wieters C
Mark Reynolds 1B
Ryan Adams 2B
Nolan Reimold LF
Robert Andino 3B
Associated Press photos
Calhoun is a fan of the Red Sox, lied about the Yankees organization asking him to throw out a first pitch for Yanks, and commits many recruiting violations. Geno Auriemma is the true mastermind.
The O’s are a joke of an organization and very unprofessional. Not wanting to play a DHer on Friday was 100% about money and screwing the Yanks comes in as a close 2nd. Buck who does interviews about “hating the Yankees” while his team has a 52-77 record should put as much effort into winning games.
• Girardi said the Yankees chose Bartolo Colon for today’s first game because he’s had success in day games. They chose to push Garcia to tomorrow so that they wouldn’t have to make a roster move today. Making a move for Garcia would have cost the Yankees either a hitter or reliever for the doubleheader.
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Now that makes perfect sense…
Jackson,
I totally agree with your sentiment. The only thing standing in the way of a repeat is Shabazz Napier. He will have to elevate his game and play with more conviction. He did play erratic for much of last season but I think it’s a huge plus Calhoun increased his playing time significantly towards the end of the year in order to rest Kemba Walker. That experience will come in handy for Shabazz and I feel fully confident he will grow and mature as a point under Calhoun. He has NBA potential. He has to go for it. If not, Boatright will be given a greater share of his minutes. And Boatright is a pass-first point guard with polish. We do need Shabazz to keep his head in the game and not rush plays. He played very composed late last year when it mattered most.
Jacob,
Calhoun put the state of Connecticut on the map. His sucky taste in baseball has nothing to do with it.
Let’s go boys we need two from this last place team.
Buck who does interviews about “hating the Yankees” while his team has a 52-77 record should put as much effort into winning games.
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And some said the O’s would be a threat this season.
Great pitching was it?
Who cares about what type of organization the O’s are? Yankee fans have bigger fish to fry.
Geno Auriemma is the true UCONN mastermind. Calhoun is a recruiting violation machine.
Burnett in Fenway. Inexplicable and intentionally insane.
Chad,
‘Girardi doesn’t expect to stick with a five-man rotation beyond this turn. “My guess is we’ll get to five as soon as we can,” he said’
Is that supposed to be “six-man rotation”?
Burnett in Fenway. Inexplicable and intentionally insane.
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a kamikaze mission?
In today’s first game, Derek Jeter will pass Mickey Mantle for the most games every played in a Yankees uniform. Today, they’re tied with 2,401.
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Think Jete gets a standing O today?
O’s fans are big on games played stats.
Sorry, I forgot, 75% of the fans are Yankee fans.
Big O for Jete.
Any chance AJ goes to the phantom DL, when Garcia is activated?
Is today and tmw final auditions for the #5 starter job?
Any chance AJ goes to the phantom DL, when Garcia is activated?
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maybe aj can borrow one of freddy’s knives…
Thursday is 9/1. Depending on what happens between today and then, there’s no legitimate reason why Burnett has to start against the Sux and show more of his same old batting practice stuff. It’s the same as gift wrapping a loss. A combination of Noesi and Warren offer much more hope.
Bret, agree with everything you posted at 12:41 except that the Boat Show is a pass first pg. He has a scorer mentality more so than when Kemba was a freshman, he’s more along the lines of Khalid, BG, or Jerome Dyson. He’s got crazy ups though for a 5’11 pg, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
A combination of Noesi and Warren offer much more hope.
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as wc said, this could be intentional on th e NYY’s part.
if its between colon and garcia for #5 , i see colons stuff more bullpen ready
he could always get a start in the playoffs and would be rested
for some reason they don’t want to give up on aj
jacksquat August 28th, 2011 at 12:45 pm e
Chad,
‘Girardi doesn’t expect to stick with a five-man rotation beyond this turn. “My guess is we’ll get to five as soon as we can,” he said’
Is that supposed to be “six-man rotation”?
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Yep. My bad.
Good old Binder Joe. He’ll keep rolling our AJ every five days until the Yanks are eliminated from the playoffs. Then he’ll say “we need AJ to pitch the way he’s capable of next year. He’s an important part of the team.”
HOT:
* Swisher has 5 HR and 10 RBI in his last ten games.
* Martin is hitting .382 with 5 HR and 13 RBI in his last ten games.
* Jeter is 20-45 .444 BA in his last ten games.
* Granderson is hitting .324 with 9 RBI in his last ten games.
* Jones is hitting .350 in his last ten games.
* Nunez is hitting .353 in his last ten games.
NOT:
* Gardner is hitting .146 in his last ten games.
* Teixeira is hitting .189 with in his last ten games.
* Chavez is hitting .167 in his last ten games.
Why does Showalter hate the Yankees soo much, jealousy??
what no posada?
Jackson,
WOW! Boatright is kind of sliding under the radar with all this Drummond hoopla. He could definitely be a factor. He looks like a strong 6th man.
WCYF, I get tired of seeing Tex’s commercials for his charity. How about performing?
mick,
That x. It’s gray right now. When the page is spinning, I only see red. GRrr.
yanks,
Cool story.
As for Flanagan, I don’t know who he is or was to the Orioles organization. I can only gather that he was a very big deal to them because they are going with a uni patch in the aftermath of a suicide.
Buck Schowalter has just sunk to a new low insinuating the that the Yankees weren’t sensitive to his death. His own organization said that it just wouldn’t work. It’s done and over with, but Buck just couldn’t let it be.
Boatright reminds me of Jose Juan Barea. The perfect time to put him in the lineup is when the opponent is showing signs of fatigue. He can be a serious weapon.
Jacob Ruppert August 28th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
WCYF, I get tired of seeing Tex’s commercials for his charity. How about performing?
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I think Tex’s charity is a great thing – and a little better performance would be a great thing too.
WCYF: you forgot Jorge. He’s batting .400 over his last 10 games.
Yesterday the O’s media relations person said they couldn’t play a DHer on Friday because they didn’t have enough time to tell “their fans” and it wouldn’t be fair to them. But today Showalter is blaming it on Flanagan’s death and that makes him look awful. He should just keep quiet and win some games and then he wouldn’t have to hate the Yankees.
Niblick August 28th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
WCYF: you forgot Jorge. He’s batting .400 over his last 10 games.
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Thanks, You are right. .400 with 3 home runs and 8 RBI.
And Jorge’s slugging .800 over his last 10 games.
Nibs I hope Posada goes out with a bang, Good for the team and good for Jorge.
mick August 28th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
what no posada?
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PA 46…….. .302/.348/.558/.906
PA 23…….. .350/.435/.700/1.135
10 for last 25, 3HR, 3BB, 8RBI
Boatright reminds me of Jose Juan Barea. The perfect time to put him in the lineup is when the opponent is showing signs of fatigue. He can be a serious weapon.
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Exactly. Calhoun will use him just like he did with Shabazz last year, as an energy boost.
Niblick August 28th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
And Jorge’s slugging .800 over his last 10 games.
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We simply MUST find a “real” DH!
WC, Mick, Jake:
Where are all our fans today ?
Boatright is a smaller, not as strong, young D Rose.
And I like what I see from Deandre Daniels. Here’s a guy the Huskies basically stole from Duke and Texas. They came out of nowhere to snag him after they won the championship. I think Kemba Walker’s reign really influenced these recruits. He’s a streetballing success story. He probably has all kinds of street cred with aspiring basketball players. Daniels left his west coast roots to join the pride of the East Side.
Calhoun will start Roscoe for his defense but I see Daniels grabbing big minutes.
The amount of skill on this UCONN team is mesmerizing. And the Big East is still the best conference in the NCAA.
m August 28th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
mick,
That x. It’s gray right now. When the page is spinning, I only see red. GRrr.
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It’s ez. Just hit the red x when the wheel is spinning. It will stop it and the page wont go down.
its a breath of fresh air to have yankee baseball back with no hurricane
now boston faces the day we had yesterday except we killed the storm for them
It stops the page from loading, though. All I get is a nice subway ad.
It doesn’t matter for now.
And the Big East is still the best conference in the NCAA
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Yup. DD just needs to assert himself. The talent is there.
Power returns just in time for Yankee baseball. Good timing Irene.
“WC, Mick, Jake:
Where are all our fans today ?”
You just liste all three. Behave and don’t ruin it for everybody else, or not we’ll see.
Stuff it clown.
Wow. That was an impressive comeback.
You have to laugh VY; after being humiliated and laughed at all day he’s back for more.
“You have to laugh VY; after being humiliated and laughed at all day he’s back for more.”
By who, you three. HAHA Thanks for the laugh.
WC he doesn’t give orders, he takes them from Pinkie. Shine my shoes, fetch me a beer, do the dishes etc.
I suggest pitying him VY, it was a total embarrassment for him. He pontificated for hours pleading and begging and was laughed at. A major fail.
Absolutely correct. Done, maybe a pity party later ? NOT…………….LMAO !
Oh yeah, I gave you three orders to behave. Every time you post you are thinking about if I am going to respond or not.
So far today you have been better, but I am guessing it won’t last. Unfortunately (if the past is any indication) redfish and the minnows will show their true colors again. And I will be there to spank you again.
VY, he believes we think about him! ROFL! It’s one of the attributes of the truly delusional. Like I said, he deserves pity more than anything else. He’s a powerless insignificant nothing on this blog who gets his jollies trying to tell others what and how to post.
You can’t make this stuff up!
You can’t make this stuff up!
Exactly.
Everytime
Smack! Thud!
Dismissed!
“Dismissed!”
Quick call the minnow he just loves that!!!
LMAO ! What a putz !