Game 143: Yankees at Angels
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 09, 2011 
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YANKEES (87-55)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Russell Martin C
Andruw Jones RF
Jesus Montero DH
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Bartolo Colon (8-9, 3.72)
Colon vs. Angels
ANGELS (78-65)
Erick Aybar SS
Howie Kendrick 2B
Bobby Abreu DH
Torii Hunter RF
Mark Trumbo 1B
Alberto Callaspo 3B
Vernon Wells LF
Peter Bourjos CF
Jeff Mathis C
RHP Jered Weaver (16-7, 2.49)
Weaver vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 10:05 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: It’s L.A. Even the slightly cloudy days are gorgeous. The sky has pretty much cleared at this point, and there’s just a little bit of wind blowing from left to right.
UMPIRES: HP Dan Bellino, 1B Tony Randazzo, 2B Larry Vanover, 3B Brian Gorman
EXTRA, EXTRA: According to Elias, the Yankees are the second team in Major League history to lose extra-inning games on consecutive days against the same team in different ballparks. It also happened in 1900 when the Boston Beaneaters — now the Atlanta Braves — lost to the Phillies in Boston and then in Philadelphia.
ADD IT TO THE MVP RESUME: With two assists yesterday, Curtis Granderson now has a career-high 11 assists this season. That’s tied for the third-most among Major League center fielders this season, and it’s the most by a Yankees center fielder since Melky Cabrera had 14 in 2007… The last Yankees center fielder with two assists in a game was Omar Moreno in 1984, but you probably knew that off the top of your head.
KEEP IT CLOSE: The Yankees have had three of their last four games — and four of their past seven — decided by one run. They are 18-20 in one-run games this season, including 6-11 in such games on the road.
UPDATE, 10:35 p.m.: The Angels just put a “congrats on 3,000″ message on the board. Turns out, the Angels gave Jeter a gift pregame — some sort of painting it looked like — and the crowd gave him a big ovation.
UPDATE, 10:37 p.m.: Probably should mention that it’s still scoreless heading into the third.
UPDATE, 10:38 p.m.: The kid’s still got it. Montero just went deep to left field and it’s a 1-0 Yankees lead. That’s a bomb of Weaver, by the way. Not a bad pitcher.
UPDATE, 10:59 p.m.: Yowza! That’s a heckuva play by Howie Kendrick. Martin smoked that ball, and Kendrick absolutely robbed a single.
UPDATE, 11:32 p.m.: Now Kendrick has the big hit for the Angels. His two-out single has tied the game in the fifth. Colon came right back to strikeout Bobby Abreu and keep the game tied with runners stranded at the corners. It’s a 1-1 game.
UPDATE, 11:44 p.m.: Looked like Rodriguez had zero chance of making that play. That’s a big-time throw to end the sixth. Still tied at 1.
UPDATE, 12:12 a.m.: Weaver is through the top of the eighth, and now the Yankees have turned the game to Robertson in the bottom of the inning. Colon gave them enough, they’ve just got to score at some point.
UPDATE, 12:28 p.m.: Nunez pinch runs for Rodriguez and gets thrown out on a pitch out. Never had a shot.
UPDATE, 12:35 p.m.: Laffey couldn’t get Callaspo, and now Ayala is in to face Vernon Wells with one out and a runner at first
Go Saltimbanquito and that lively two-seamer! Go Yanks!
Betances is up? Awesome…
Are all 40 men on the 40-man with the team now?
these west coast games are soo late to my EST. RedSox already lost….so the night begins well
Go Yanks!!!
Go Bartolo! Go Jesus! Free Dealin’!
what’s up with the Angels uniforms?? Throwbacks???
that was quick!
At the Yankee batters worked up the pitch count.
“Rhode Island also harbors plenty of Yankee fans, because of Joe D.
Everybody knows that.”
Well people with half a brain, anyway JAP! Of course you’re right. RI has such a predominant Italian population, Joe D is a hero here.
“I have family in RI…..It’s actually a pretty cool place. But yes, they are Red Sox fans. But one of their best friends is a Yankee fan.”
“yes, plenty of Yankee fans in Little Rhody. Lived there for years. Not just RS country.”
And I know you carried that banner well when you were here, Yankfem!!! Wish I had known you then. We could have had such good times going to McCoy when the little Bombers played there.
“Sux lose… again… Wade Davis a complete game. Rays still in it, just as some of us predicted at season’s start.
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Girlfriend, you rock!
GO YANKEES!!!
THANK YOU RAYS!!!
Going to watch the game in my living room. No DirecTV in the den. But I think I will have my new laptop sometime over the weekend.
Enjoy the game all. We have this one.
Nice play, Alex.
what a arm!!!
whooohoooo nice play A-rod
The thing that I find most concerning about this Yankee club is their difficulties winning close games, coming from behind, winning in extra frames. In ’09, it seemed like the team always found a way to win, and this club always somes to come up short.
Abreu seems to be under the Showalter attitude against the Yankees.
Yogi Mantle September 9th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Abreu seems to be under the Showalter attitude against the Yankees.
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What do you mean by that?
lol, Thanks, Trisha. Maybe we can go to a minor league game yet. Enjoy the Yanks game!
Great play by Alex.
It’s extremely annoying when Abreu stinks against everyone else but kills the Yankees….same with Crawford.
That couldn’t have felt good. Maybe it will slow Hunter down a little.
Chad, any update on Cervy?
K
nice!
Just wanted to give Russel 2 days off, but he said he was fine.
Ghostwriter, since the Yankees didn’t look to keep Abreu he has had an attitude against the Yankees. When the Phillies and Yankees faced each other in the WS he was rooting for the Phillies “of course”. He is not close to the same player as he had been, yet in Yankee games the guy who never would go close to a wall would run through it when playing against the Yankees. His batting is always better against the Yankees than any other team.
why aren;t the Yankees being patient. They are normally patient and its the best way to get at a good pitcher like Weaver
So we can pencil in 5hr for A-Rod this weekend right?
Abreu would have looked good right now as the Yankees DH
syd_cash September 9th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
why aren;t the Yankees being patient. They are normally patient and its the best way to get at a good pitcher like Weaver
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Doesn’t Weaver throw a lot of strikes?
Nasty pitch.
Starters:
Lester
Sabathia
Beckett
Nova
Colon
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Why is Lester above CC?
Weaver is good. But you wonder how long his arm can hold up to the stress of his delivery.
It’s not in any order dumbo.
Off Topic but is Kim a Dyke?
It’s not in any order dumbo.
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Suuuuure…
One of your poorer attempts LGY. Loser.
Niice
And a NO-HITTER by Weaver.
How about that.
Vernon Wells….yeesh.
Is Kim a lesbo?
Nice inning for Bartolo.
syd, Can’t be patient when Weaver is throwing strikes or you will be behind in every count.
When was the last Angels NO-HITTER ?
Yogi, thanks!
Jesssssuuuuuuuus!
OH MY
By Santana ?
OMG!….yea pitch him inside
JESUS!!!!
wow that is an impressive homerun against a good pitcher. This kid is on fire
There goes the shutout and no-hitter.
Weaver whoooooo????
He is a beast.
Jeez.
he’s special guys….very very special
I guess Jesus didn’t get that memo from Wynegar that he hasn’t learned to hit that inside pitch for power!
Montero is really off to a promising start.
DAMN!!!!!!!
Works every time.
Classy of the Angels to honor Jete.
And how fun is Montero going to be to watch??!!
need a tape measure
Demonstrating your love for the Red by putting Lestaaaaah ahead of CC.
and with 2 strikes
Sorry Rabbi I’m outa here! Praise Jesus!!!!!!
GordonEdes Gordon Edes
Tito says exam shows Youkilis has bursitis in his left hip.
I wish Jorge was in there.
Possessed by The Spirit of Shane Spencer.
LGY go crawl back in your hole child.
Montero is SLUGGING nearly .900. Most guys can’t even sniff a .900 OPS.
The only man that has been able to contain the locomotive that is Montero is Girardi, when he is foolish enough to keep this kid on the bench….
Stupid Angels feed no replay on homer. TiVo baby seen it 5 times!!!
Weaver threw him 2 slow curves and then tried to bust him inside…..he didn’t get it all the way in there and he pounded it. Pitchers are going to try and pitch him inside…..but if they don’t get it in there then he’s going to make them pay…..he can hit everything
FREE JORGE ?
Yikes.We still have 7 left with the Rays?
makes you wonder where Montero would be right now had he been playing since April
yankeefeminista September 9th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
syd, Can’t be patient when Weaver is throwing strikes or you will be behind in every count.
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guess that’s true, just don’t like them making out so easily on a few pitches.
“makes you wonder where Montero would be right now had he been playing since April”
catching part time and playing every day either there or at DH…..
igotid88,
He needed work on his catching, so I’m fine with him coming up later in the year.
Where does Montero go when he gets bored of this level?
Montero doesn’t seem to have a problem with Weaver
igotid88 September 9th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
makes you wonder where Montero would be right now had he been playing since April
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Eh, whatever. He’s here now. The organization made him work for it a bit.
igotid88 September 9th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
makes you wonder where Montero would be right now had he been playing since April.
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yep, and how far up we would be in the division race…
Hard to justify not playing this kid every day….Wow.
I’m not going to fault the Yanks for swinging early with Weaver. Hey — that guy can pitch. We’ll be lucky to get a couple of runs off him.
BJK September 9th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Where does Montero go when he gets bored of this level?
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Let’s not get carried away.
You can’t second guess how the Yankees dealt with Montero.
He’s plenty ready now, but he wasn’t earlier.
The nice part about Montero as well is that he seems to exude confidence and is not at all rattled on the big stage. I mean could he be hyped up anymore and he is preforming like nothing is fazing him.
I still have to chuckle at how the “team of the century” is struggling to keep their wild card slot.
The thing about the Red Sox that everyone kept assuming this spring was that they were going to be healthy this year…..they have a ton of injury risk on that team and it showed last year and it’s showing again this year…..it’s also showing that they don’t have nearly the organizational pitching depth that the Yankees do
blake September 9th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
“makes you wonder where Montero would be right now had he been playing since April”
catching part time and playing every day either there or at DH…..
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i mean numbers wise. like avg hr rbi ? roy candidate?
Cashman better bring Jack Z. flowers next week when they play in Seattle for taking Smoak over Montero. This blog would be on fire next week if we had to watch him hitting homeruns against the Yanks. Good thing that never happened.
Phranchise September 9th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
The nice part about Montero as well is that he seems to exude confidence and is not at all rattled on the big stage. I mean could he be hyped up anymore and he is preforming like nothing is fazing him.
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It’s easy to be confident when everything is going your way. Let’s see how he copes with his first 0 for 20, or his first significant failure in a game.
Yea Montero would never have helped all season as the DH. Cue eye roll
@captain clutch. I think Lee and a title would have made our tears ok
He is still nothing until he has proven he can hit Buckett and Lester.
LGY go crawl back in your hole child.
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Sorry Lestaaah Lovaaah but you are DISMISSED!
That.just.happened.
Colon looking good.
“i mean numbers wise. like avg hr rbi ? roy candidate?”
possibly….I do think that the struggle period he had at SWB helped him because he had to adjust to seeing a lot of slop…..it took him awhile to do that……so I’m not sure he should have been up all season…..but he should have been up when he started coming out of his funk and got back on track
The thing that people assumed which was the biggest joke was that pitching staff.
Lester – a stud
Beckett – seems to have one on season and then one off, this year he has been fantastic, without him where would they be this year?
Lackey – on the decline when he left the Angels, awful last year, what logic would say he would get better
Dice K – what did he find his gyro call again?
Bucholz – Young thin pitcher, great stuff, injury history and you can’t always depend on a young guy coming back strong (Phil Hughes, Hammels, etc)
So the comments that their staff somehow was tremendous and rivaled the Phillies was the most ridiculous assumption I had seen.
ANYONE IS KIM JONES A LES? i always wondered
Ralph, get a life.
Good morning, Wang IS Taiwan.
I noticed the other day that Hong-Chi Kuo came into a game for the Dodgers while Chien-ming Wang was still on the mound for the Nats. I wondered if that was the first time two Taiwanese pitchers had been on the mound in the same inning for opposite teams in an MLB game.
Did that occurence get any media play in Taiwan?
disgusting bald man
Ghostwriter, I hear what you are saying, but that’s a slump. He is one of the most hyped rookies in baseball, walking into Fenway park for first game, playing under a huge spotlight, replacing essentially a Yankee legendary player and everyone is setup to call you a bust and why would you hold onto this guy instead of having Cliff Lee (whether that is true or not). He responds with his play so far? That tells you quite a bit about him right away. He’s young and will struggle, but you couldn’t ask for anything more from a 21 year old.
Phranchise September 9th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
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Nice post. I also considered the Sox pitching staff to be way overrated. They were lucky to have gotten the year that they got out of Beckett. The longer that Beckett remains sidelined the more the Sox bullpen will get hollowed out.
Biggest joke of the century – Montero can’t hit right handers. Hopefully that’s the end of that platoon garbage. This guy should play every day.
It’s amazing how many times we hear Tex and pop up in the same sentence.
Jesus is making his teammates look like minor leaguers.
I remember seeing Montero hit the first few times with that stance he has. I was like you can’t be serious that this guy can flat out rake the ball let alone have any crazy bat speed. But he seems to pick up the ball extremely quickly out of the hand and the stroke is consistent and quiet, not much head movement or anything else.
great play….tip your hat there.
Wow. Nice play Kendrick.
Every time I see Jered, reminds me of the brutal times we were subject to watching Jeff. Is he officially out of baseball or where is he now?
His bat speed is nuts. I loved the way he pulled that pitch. Where are they going to pitch him?
Hi Nick,
It was reported on during the day’s newscycle on the all the TV news stations. But honestly, there’s no contest between the love for Guo and Wang. Wang wins by a landslide.
I’m honestly glad Wang’s back pitching, but every time he does pitch, the Yanks are not on TV.
I don’t like watching on MLB.com. I don’t have the same problem with Guo’s appearances 
Jeff pitched for the Dodgers a little last year….not sure what he’s doing this year……maybe being his brother’s butler?
So was it really the first time that two Taiwanese pitchers had been in an MLB game at the same time?
Cooling off there yet?
Trumbo is a big boy
Legit ROY candidate.
Colon locating very well early in this one…..
Pitchers, yes.
Cooling? No, it’s Moon Festival weekend and I have a BBQ at 5pm today. Ugh. Too muggy to want to go…but I will.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Weaver hits montero. Can’t wait to see next AB, even his outs are so exciting to me.
Yup. Colon looks good so far. Needs to keep it down and not have these little mental lapses that lead to home runs. His arm has definitely held up so far.
PeteAbe: ” John Lackey is questionable for his start on Wednesday … ”
Fan: ” … at this point aren’t all of his starts questionable? ”
Me: L . o . l .
Weaver should try pitching Montero outside this time….
Good AB by Jones….good takes
I know how crazy those Moon Festival parties can get. Ah, memories…
http://www.trinity-artworks.ne.....Autumn.jpg
Another laser and beautiful swing….just bad luck….could have easily found a gap
Jeez, Pedrioa talks about a laser show………. his outs are lasers.
Damn. Good contact.
He hit that pitch well and looks upset that he didn’t get a hit
His outs are fun to watch.
Well the ball certainly jumps off his bat, very much Arod and Cano esque.
That was a nice pitch, but the one before it-not so much.
Weaver’s delivery is funky…but he repeats it so well and everything is out of the same slot with the same arm speed. He gets by with a lot of bad pitches because he has so much deception and because he keeps guys off balance so well.
Too bad Weaver signed a contract, I would love to see him pitch here, just easy motion and great stuff.
he’s not foolin Jesus though so far….
Kershaw vs Lincecum also going on tonight in Cali
FauxJSterling Faux John Sterling
Suzyn, Jesus Montero DESPERATELY wants a ring… no wonder he went to JERED!
I’d like to see Gardner and Bourjos race
Here’s a question, starting a pitching staff right now. I give you a choice Verlander, Weaver, the Freak, or King Felix who do you take?
Nick — I think your moon festival celebrations were probably different than mine. I’m meeting my church group for a BBQ.
I don’t care what the holiday it is — I’m all for having a day off!! (Monday).
Damn Jeter..It’s a catcher running…
jete got a little lazy there and didn’t get his hips clear….you don’t see that often on those type plays from him
Who’s the Freak?
Jeter’s throws have been kind of shaky lately.
Should have been out of the inning, damn
“Here’s a question, starting a pitching staff right now. I give you a choice Verlander, Weaver, the Freak, or King Felix who do you take?”
right now….Verlander…..next 5 years…..Felix or write in option (Kershaw)
Freak is Lincecum
Come on, Colon!
Phranchise September 9th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Freak is Lincecum
Verlander.
I’d take Verlander.
Kershaw would definitely have to be included somewhere
and I know he hasn’t done anything yet and he has to stay healthy…..but Strasburg could be better than all of them within a year or two…
Wow. Colon’s got a triple-chin working there.
crap
There’s a big moon cake promotion going on at Sheng Kee around here, I just can’t remember if those moon cakes are any good.
http://www.shengkee.com/
double crap
Defense costing the Yankees again
Kendrick the old Yankees killer and another sloppy play costing them runs. Not a good week for this defense.
Its kind of frustrating that a) bobby abreu seems to be batting close to .800 against us this year and b) we can’t seem to get through a game without allowing some unearned runs
Damn, errors usually come back to hurt you..
The Yanks have to clean up the errors especially since they haven’t been scoring a lot of runs recently
Somebody was asking the other day if we didn’t have Girardi, who would we want?
Girardi is mediocre at best and his in-game management is awful. I’d want Scioscia.
great great pitch right there…..errors kill ya….
Kim reported that Jete got up at 6:30am and couldn’t get back to sleep.
That throw showed it.
Thank goodness no more damage was done.
Nick — Thumbs down on the moon cakes. I call them, “wasted calories”.
Girardi is mediocre at best and his in-game management is awful. I’d want Scioscia
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Gross. Scioscia would run Jesus out of town.
Errors cost us again.
But I’ll take Jeter’s defense over Nunez any day. #StatingTheObvious
So Montero is the only batter who can figure Weaver out?
That grandy MVP thing isn’t looking so hot
this weaver is way better than our weaver…
Granderson watching the MVP slip away.
Well. Looks like the Angels will win this game.
Another Red Sucks loss.
Another missed opportunity for the Yanks.
Grandy strikes out twice a game.
Who is taking the MVP from Granderson?
Tex batting lefty is really a problem. He is an automatic out now from that side of the plate.
And Tex is terrible. He’s a 250 hotter who hits a few homers playing in a band box. Did we sign up for 250?
Cano is a better candidate than Grandy.
Feels like this is the inning where we lose the game. Hope not.
2-3-4 really put up a fight there. This is tge big inn for Colon.
Great play by Tex….need to clean the D up
At least Tex brings a glove.
At least Teixeira has a good glove. His batting is getting frustrating.
Considering how much errors are killing the team recently, Tex’s play was huge.
Mercury wants the Yankees to lose because Montero homered and not his boyfriend Posada
i just saw a replay of montero’s homer – so he can easily hit out pitches on the outside part of the plate…and now looks like he can quickly turn on pitches inside as well.
exactly what do we have in our hands here? he better make that postseason roster…
Captain Clutch September 9th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Tex batting lefty is really a problem. He is an automatic out now from that side of the plate.
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Tex’s batting avg from the left is under .200. So how does that not get you platooned? Instead, Girardi thinks he’s our everyday #3.
Depends on the rest of the year. Bautista – Gonzalez – Cabrera and others maybe if they get hot.
Cano is a better candidate than Grandy.
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With an OPS 70 points lower??
good play by Alex and another nice pick by Tex
Depends on the rest of the year. Bautista –Gonzalez –Cabrera and others maybe if they get hot.
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Well he’s not really watching it slip away if those guys need to get hot to surpass him.
Based on the media narrative behind the MVP award he still probably has the strongest case even with his recent slump.
I hope that Girardi uses the games against Seattle to rest guys. Weaver is good but I definitely think the guys need a break and then we will see them playing better defense and hitting better.
Feels like this is the inning where we win the game. Hope so.
“Tex’s batting avg from the left is under .200. So how does that not get you platooned? Instead, Girardi thinks he’s our everyday #3.”
because he’s a great defender at 1B and he still hits for power from the left side….he shouldn’t be platooned…..he just shouldn’t hit 3rd vs RHP.
Scioscia’s obligatory quizzical look from the bench. He looks like the fat DeNiro from Raging Bull.
Sorry Gonzales should not be in the MVP race right now above many names mentioned. Ellsbury by far is the MVP of that team this year. A Gone’s BA is impressive, but that stadium was supposed to suit him for the way he hits the ball and the power numbers aren’t there in the heart of that lineup.
I know people feel differently about a pitcher getting the award, but Verlander should be in there this year.
Miggy is not getting any play in the media as an MVP candidate and Bautista seems to have been written off months ago.
All the focus is on the Yankees-Sox and Grandy is a better candidate than any Sox player especially if the Yankees come in first.
Another terrific start for Weaver, the AL Co-Cy Young, one run allowed all game.
Granderson isn’t winning anything if he winds up hitting in the 260′s.
U don’t wanna see weaver n haren in a short series
They need to hold on a hope to get Rodney in this game, then they will score
Cabrera is having another monster season
Verlander getting the MVP and CC the CY would be cool.
yanks in a coma against good pitching again.
tex with the usual miimum 1 pop up on the infield.
nice play by jeter on the error.
the yanks done zip on offense in 2.5 games….
U forget there’s 20+ games left for MVP resumes.
“Miggy is not getting any play in the media as an MVP candidate and Bautista seems to have been written off months ago.”
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Nonsense. There is no such thing as “play” and “written off”. The writers will vote when the season is over and no one has said jack squat about who they are going to vote for yet. It’s a stat driven award.
this ump is giving weaver pitches 6 inches off the plate…
granderson strikes out like the oriole 1b. he strikes out every night.
ellsbury’s #’s are great. if the sux fade that will hurt him…….
Ace September 9th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
U forget there’s 20+ games left for MVP resumes.
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Exactly.
So sins for pitchers matter this yr in verlanders case but didn’t last yr for cy young?
Granderson isn’t winning anything if he winds up hitting in the 260?s.
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Why not?
People said the same stuff with wins in the Cy young race the past few years. Times have changed.
Weaver is a monster.
Imagine if when everyone assumed the playoff seeds were locked up that it ended up being The Yankees, Rays, Angels and Tigers that make it.
“Why not?”
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Because I doubt they are going to vote for a player who hits in the .260′s (40th) and is 3rd in the league in strikeouts.
Nonsense. There is no such thing as “play” and “written off”. The writers will vote when the season is over and no one has said jack squat about who they are going to vote for yet. It’s a stat driven award.
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So much wrong in one short post.
You do realize there have been dozens of articles written about the MVP race right? Many by writers with votes.
And many writers have made clear on twitter that they will not vote for Bautista. Many have also indicated who they think is the MVP.
Finally a HUGE part of award races is narrative based. It’s not just stat driven. Not at all.
Idiot.
10 strikeoutd already. You’d think this Weaver guy was a CY candidate!!
LGY you are about as dumb as they come. Go play with your toys you are an embarrassment.
Too bad Gardner can’t use his speed the way this team does
as good as Weaver has been….Colon has basically matched and and still should be ahead 1-0 really.
You have been beating the Grandy is not an MVP candidate drum all season while talking up the Sox players.
Not fooling anyone.
Can’t ask for more from Colon tonight for sure.
The DUI stuff could affect Cabrera’s chances……..the writers kept Robbie Alomar out of the HOF for a year for spitting at an umpire years ago.
Colon did his job. Outpitched Weaver through 7.
montero is tagging every pitch…
BABIP not kind to Jesus tonight.
Thought we were going to get a Leiter PBP inning for a second there.
I love how Montero gets pissed at himself when he swings at a pitch out of the zone. Not bad for a 21 year old.
another rip….Montero has crushed it 3 times tonight.
Nice to see him bust it down the line, too.
Montero seeing the ball far better off Weaver than anybody else in the lineup
Two smoked line drive outs for Montero.
Gardner is lost right now…..
Colon leaving town right now?
jesus montero is now must see tv…
Weaver has the full array of pitches, its amazing that he signed such a cheap extension.
I’m not talking up anyone. I am saying the season isn’t over.
The Yanks really need Granderson to snap out of his funk
Time for Proctor to come in and lay another smelly turd.
finally found a hole….can’t get over how good Montero has looked against a very tough and unorthodox pitcher…..a guy that messes with your timing so much and he’s right on everything.
Gardy and Grandy are both lost right now.
somebody please crush one of those changeups he’s leaving up in the zone.
bad luck again
They’ve hit a lot of balls hard right at people…..Weaver has left so many changeups up in the zone and they have just swung through them because his arm speed is so good.
Defense is the difference in this game.
The Angels D has saved Weaver and the Yankee D cost Colon.
Grandyman needs to step it up in Sept. to help him get MVP votes, not slide the other way as he has recently with a truckload of K’s.
Montero looks incredible… he’s seeing everything, and barreling up at least 1 pitch per AB.
THIS GUY IS ONLY 21 YEARS OLD!!
Weaver hasn’t fooled Montero once tonight. Every at bat has been a good one where he hit the ball hard. I hope Tex is watching and sees what a level swing looks like.
Is it just me or does it seem like D-Rob has been pitching almost everyday.
The offense is playing on fumes right now. Weaver is very good but they didn’t touch the Orioles bullpen so it’s not like this is just a one night thing.
Major props to Colon.
at least Weaver is out.
We don’t have the pen to go deep into this game.
kudos to the umpire there for calling the pitch a strike despite him missing his spot….they usually don’t do that
As much as I like Robertson escaping jams, these 1-2-3′s are much better.
starters have “throw days” between starts.
why not just make their “throw days” in a game?
like why can’t hughes pitch an inning tonight if it’s his throw day?
now is the time….push one across here.
3,4,5 coming up…….can we get just a run please?
Why does YES have to show Buck and Scioscia’s faces after a bad call or something that they aren’t happy about? Who cares what they think every second.
Pure uppercut there, missing a very hittable pitch
Colon pitched a damn fine game, too bad Weaver did as well.
Montero chillin in the dugout with his countryman Garcia.
They have a lead off guy on in any inning?
Laffey warming up….Ouch.
Boris looks like such a creeper in his “suite”.
Tex is depressing to watch hit this year. 40 long balls n no other hits
Good AB Alex….come on Robbie!
those were clearly outside.
Hes gonna use these 20 games as tryouts for loogy slot
Robertson with another great inning, he has been lights out all year.
i hope they are putting Chavez in for defense
How do you take Arod out of a tied game??? That move makes no sense…
Alex’s wheels don’t look so good. I’m hoping they put Chavez in like blake said.
blake September 9th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
“Tex’s batting avg from the left is under .200. So how does that not get you platooned? Instead, Girardi thinks he’s our everyday #3.”
because he’s a great defender at 1B and he still hits for power from the left side….he shouldn’t be platooned…..he just shouldn’t hit 3rd vs RHP.
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But Blake, that would require Girardi actually using some common sense.
terrible
This game so far has been an exercise in futility offensively.
Scosia won that one.
ARod needs more rest. LOL !
Well that worked well and now the Yanks lose their #4 hitter. Unless Arod has an injury that move is absolutely insane in a tied game.
Ugg. Laffey. Here goes this game.
vblade September 10th, 2011 at 12:31 am
This game so far has been an exercise in futility offensively.
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Weaver had something to do with it.
Laffey?
Laffey? Seriously????!!
Good as Cano has been lately, he’s been far too susceptible to chasing 2 strike offspeed pitches out of the zone.
And here comes Laffey to pull a Proctor
Easy game Jeter gave them this win like Nunez gave the other game away.Yes the yankee offense has been bad but if Nunez makes the play and in this game Jeter makes the play the yankees have a 4 1/2 game lead.But now after this loss it gets closer and closer because of stupid error’s
Where is Wade? Laffey definitely isn’t who you want to see in this spot.
Hey, aren’t we all glad Nunez is in there for his glove now?
Dumb move, Girardi.
I’d rather NOT get walked off two days in a row :/
Where’s Chavez?
I hate this. Why can’t Girardi actually try to win a game? Boston lost; let’s grab this one.
Girardi is treating this September like he did last September. He will use certain guys and then it’s post season roster try outs time. No matter how Laffey pitches he would never make the post season roster so this makes no sense.
LGY,
Let’s hope Chavez comes in for Alex and not Nunez.
If they are going to go with minor leaguers now, Betances would have much more entertainment value.
Captain Clutch September 10th, 2011 at 12:37 am
Girardi is treating this September like he did last September. He will use certain guys and then it’s post season roster try outs time. No matter how Laffey pitches he would never make the post season roster so this makes no sense.
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It drove most of us nuts last year. I can’t watch his passive attitude toward Sept wins again.
As I said before – we have no pen deep in this game.
Playing match up baseball with Aaron Laffey. Awesome.
Well that worked Joey binder….
I really can’t stand how Girardi just gives up these games once it hits September on the calendar…
That’s a joke that Laffey is on this team.
Where’s Chavez?
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Resting….
I like how this team is constructed…but our record in 1-run games is starting to worry me especially on the road.
another give AWAY GAME.
stuck watching the angel trelecast. so here it is .nunez if he is in the game you run him early in the count. 0 and 2 classic pitch out.
now on the laffey STUPIDITY.
callasp is better right handed and they have 2 righties coming up after callaspo so the LOGIC ON BRINGING LAFFEY IN IS??
GIRARDI GIVING AWAY ANOTHER GAME. HE IS A JACKA–
From Laffey to Ayala. Yeah this should work.
Wade has appeared in 4 of the last 5 games. They can’t use all their A relievers every night
That’s what happens when the offense doesn’t show up and you play close games every night.
Seen this script before.
Rafael Crapiano really can’t pitch 3 in a row?
What a shock
Great job by Scranton tonight
GIRardi wanted callaspo on his stronger side… seriousliy girardi is now a dope…
why not run nunez early in the count.
game is over. they gave away another 1 run game. you counting on luis piece of garbage ayala to hold a game late you are smoking something.
game over……..watch
This game is over. What dies that idiot in our dugout think that Laffey and Ayala are going to shut them down. Please.
That went well.
Ughhh. Pena should have had both of those. Alex would have.
what the offense showed up. tex only popped up once….
this offense is asleep at the wheel against good pitching again……..
3 in row all 1 run games, giveaways literally…….
I gotta think this stuff infuriates the tired players, as well.
arod can’t move so therefore he can’t field. middle of the lineup the last few games has been stellar.
can grandy strikeout again please…………….
The Angels will win due to having a smarter manager than the Yankees have.
Throwing a pitch out on the first pitch you knew the second pitch he was going to go.
Face it, if it comes to a manager doing something to win or lose the game, Girardi is going to come up short.
“Rafael Crapiano really can’t pitch 3 in a row?”
Not one of his rules, I guess.
Ayala and Laffey in a tie game? That’s laughable. But who else is available.
Doubleheaders & extra inning games are hurting us now.
A solitary run on a HR is unacceptable against any pitcher. The offense can look so inept at times this season.
Hit by pitch. Of course.
ayala looking sharp. after the laffey 81 mph gas. 2 steller stud relief pitchers. why not try kontos when you have these 2 studs. if you are going to throw a game away might as well see if the young guys have anything
Wow. 3 straight games lost by the bullpen.
At least they didn’t lose in extras this time.
Well that was fun
This sh*t is getting old being walked off against three times in a row.
shocker the yanks lose. what a suprise. nice managing by dope girardi.
not running nunez pitch 1 is pure fuc–in stupididty
Terrible job by the offense. Just awful.
Isn’t there a chance Betances is better than the garbage they are currently throwing out there?
Well whoever did not see this coming is blind.Again Jeter and Joe gave this one away
Just pathetic. The Angels announcers are the worst in baseball I hated them tonight.
losing close games does not inspire confidence in our pen for the postseason…
That was so not surprising. Laffey and Ayala? Seriously, Joe?
An why are the Angels celebrating like they won the pennant? Lame.
Great pitching duel. Unfortunately Colon ended up on the wrong end of the decision.
now the girardi bullcrap, try to win bulls–t.
tex at his usual249, he is a heck uv a player after all give him a medal he has 101 rbi’s…..
the softerst 100 + rbi guy in baseball.
Needed a K pitcher there. You were going to lose anyway. Should have put in Betances or even Brackman.
Nicely done Yankees. Granderson has turned into a strike out machine. Teixeira should leave his bat in the rack and just stand there, he might produce more. Gardner doesn’t do anything. This whole team is sleep walking, and the manager is taking his usual September nap.
If I never see Laffey pitch again I’ll die happy.
Defense loses another game.
The bullpen was weak, Girardi’s managing was underwhelming, the offense sucked, but Jeter’s error was huge.
They have to clean up the D.
They really need to stop using proven trash like Ayala, Laffey, Proctor, etc.
At least let Kontos, Betances, Brackman, etc. show what they have. Can’t be worse.
Montero and Colon were awesome…..I’m going to hold on to that
Forget the bullpen, Jered Weaver has a 6.67 ERA in the last month and they can’t touch him. Embarrassing.
This, my friends, is what the Yanks are going to be like in the playoffs – completely shut down by good pitching, with a bullpen ready to puke away the games in the last inning.
Anyone explain y girardi keeps punting these games? Laffey. Proctor. May as well go brackman betances
Niblick September 10th, 2011 at 12:49 am
This, my friends, is what the Yanks are going to be like in the playoffs – completely shut down by good pitching, with a bullpen ready to puke away the games in the last inning.
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The problem is, the last month, Weaver hasn’t even been a good pitcher.
Who does he get back to on track against? The Yankees, of course.
Joe probably wants to go for the wild card, like he did last year.
Gotta score more than 1 run to win most games
Girardi saw the Red Sox lose and was like, eh, it’s all good even if we lose tonight.
The Yankees and Girardi are lucky that the Red Sox have lost 4/5 of their pitching staff. For now.
yankees had 3 hits
Ace September 10th, 2011 at 12:50 am
Anyone explain y girardi keeps punting these games? Laffey. Proctor. May as well go brackman betances
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According to some on this blog, it’s because Girardi “cares” about his players. Yeah? Well, I would say this is why he has some problems in the clubhouse with the veterans. He gives away too many of their hard-earned wins.
If I was Girardi I would sit everyone tomorrow and play the B lineup. Give them all 1 full day off and come back on Sunday. The offense being exhausted is killing the bullpen and costing them runs from bad defense. Wade, Robertson and Mo can’t pitch every night and the offense not scoring any runs is forcing Joey binder to use the awful part of the bullpen.
We should be worried about losing a lot of 1 run games n lack of offense besides homers.
This is ridiculous. Joe needs to make up his mind on what he’s going to do. Either go all out and pitch your best guys to win the East, or rest everybody for the playoffs.
Looks like last year, rest is more important than winning. Do we have the killer instinct anymore ? Win the division ? Bury the Sux when they are hurting ? Crap !
Yankee shortstops have cost the Yankees three games with careless errors.
Pena vs the Mets, Nunez vs the Orioles, and now Jeter tonight.
I’d rather get blown out.
Gonna be funny when bos n us lose in rd 1. Way both r going
FYI watch him sit Montero tom
Backing into the playoffs is a recipe for disaster. IMO, you need to hit your stride, gather momentum and roll into the playoffs hunger for blood and winning the title.
Tampa may be in the playoffs yet.
Our pen is now a weakness and I’m not saying that only because of this game. Robertson is great and Mo is still Mo despite some rocky outings. The rest of the staff is poor.