Yankees pregame: Mo gets a phone call/Red Sox now Yankees fans
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Sep 20, 2011 
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Mariano Rivera said he has been receiving congratulations from family, friends and a couple of other people of note after posting record-breaking save No. 6o2 Monday. Trevor Hoffman, the former record holder, texted him. And the president of his native Panana phoned him.
“It’s an honor,” Rivera said. “It’s a pleasure. It’s a privilege that the president calls you and wishes you good luck and thanks you for everything. It was great.”
Rivera really is happy the record is behind him now.
“It’s nice, yes,” Rivera said. “But we’ve got business to take care of tonight. Yesterday is over. Tonight is a new game. We have to be ready for the game. I don’t have time to be thinking about what happened yesterday. I thank God for that, but we have to move on.”
*Joe Girardi plans to start Phil Hughes in Game 1 and CC Sabathia in Game 2 of tomorrow’s day/night doubleheader vs. the Rays But Hughes is written in pencil because of the back spasms he suffered after his bullpen session Friday, the ones that pushed his start back from yesterday to tomorrow.
“He’s better, but I can’t tell you he’s 100 percent yet,” Girardi said.
Girardi didn’t say what the alternative would be if Hughes can’t go.
*Francisco Cervelli said yesterday that he had been symptom-free for three days in the wake of his concussion suffered Sept. 8. But Girardi contradicted that today.
“He still has some symptoms,” Girardi said.
The plan is for Cervelli to see a neurologist Friday.
“He’s not ready to do any baseball activities yet,” Girardi said. “… Let’s just see what the doctor says. I’m not sure were going to get him back.”
*Girardi said A-Rod is the DH tonight because he played three straight days in the field.
“I don’t feel we can run him out six or seven days in a row in the field,” Girardi said.
*Tampa Bay begins the game two games back of Boston in the wild-card race, so the Red Sox are in the strange position of having to root for the Yankees.
“It doesn’t matter if they’re pulling for us or not,” Rivera said. “We still have to go do our job. But I definitely know they’re pulling for us.”
So who’s starting the next game for Baltimore, Brian Matusz, Jr?
schilling talking about boston…
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston.....playoffsRT
The best way to look at this situation is that as long as the Red Sucks lose, it is a win-win for everyone else.
The best way to look qt it is we win the rest of the games, we don’t have to worry about it.
Didn’t Schilling say something at the beginning of the season that the AL East wasn’t going to be much of a challenge for the RS this season…..or something to that effect?
Granted…..nobody could have expected this much of a collapse a few weeks back but it’s anything but surprising that their rotation is in shambles.
Lester is excellent, but Buchholz had one good season, Dice-K just isn’t very good and has had a ton of health issues on top of it, Wakefield is 89 yrs old, Beckett has had plenty of health issues as well, and Lackey sucks. Not to mention Bedard hasn’t been both healthy and good in the same season since his final year in Baltimore.
It was obvious from Day 1 that this team was going to be in huge trouble if they suffered any significant injuries to the rotation and their bullpen was always overrated.
Didn’t both WCDB and Bret whine everyday about Cashman not making significant enough moves during the offseason and praise Theo for making headlines with their moves?
So how has that turned out?
GF,
They won’t show up until were 2 down in the fourth, but maybe if we’re up a couple, they won’t show at all.
Honestly, although I consider myself a Yankee fan, I find it much more enjoyable to see the Red Sucks lose than to see the Yankees win.
I don’t think it is obvious that the RS would be rooting for the Yankees. If the Rays win 3 of 4 or sweep, and the RS win all of their games going into the Yankee series they have a chance to overtake the Yankees for the division lead. Based on this I would think the RS and their fans have to be sitting on the fence as to who they want to win.
# tomingeorgia September 20th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
GF,
They won’t show up until were 2 down in the fourth, but maybe if we’re up a couple, they won’t show at all.
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We can only hope.
“From a pitching perspective you’ve got Josh (Beckett) and you’ve got Jon (Lester) and they’re going to have to be perfection. Honestly, I think if you’re going to get through October you’re going to have to bring your No. 1 back and throw three guys in a five-game series and three guys in a seven-game series.” – Schilling
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Yeah and that’s never happened before. Poor Sox.
tomingeorgia
I haven’t seen Westy around lately.
Did GB7 finally drive him over the edge?
Maine,
I don’t think so. He only comes around when were losing. GB7 does the proper thing every time he shows up, though.
Maine, you live over by Fryberg, I think. Great time of year there. Hope you are enjoying the cider and donuts and hayrides.
I don’t mind the public comments about hoping to get Cervelli back. But I hope that they are privately planning on shutting him down for the rest of this season. Let his brain heal.
If (when) we clinch, I expect to see some youth behind the dish. Let’s close that gap soon.
Why say you wish your former team doesn’t get in? Unfortunately, Schilling’s comments will fire up the troops. Exactly as he planned.
This story about Full Tilt Poker is very confusing to me, but hardly surprising:
http://espn.go.com/poker/story.....-complaint
Home field advantage will help the red sox bec. the yankees needs to win games to get ahead of the tigers who seems to be on a roll. The orioles will be the real obstacle to the red sox.
the yankees needs to win games to get ahead of the tigers who seems to be on a roll.
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The yankees are already ahead of the tigers??
Did you guys talk about the Tim K. rumor (from RAB), that Nova will be the 2nd starter in the ALDS and AJ won’t get a start?
How many runs will the Red Sucks score tonight against that scrub in Baltimore ?
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 24
(d) 28
I seem to recall reputed seer 38 donuts predicting preseason that the Yankees would finish 3rd or 4th with our current rotation.
A later day Nostradamus 38 is.
Girardi has his post season line up playing.
I think Montero will see some action, but it will likely be second to Chavez.
It’s like I died and went to heaven watching this Boston collapse.
And where is the esteemed MIT professor who preseason predicted 100 wins for both the Rays and the Red Sox?
More then likely up on the bridge where he belongs.
RIB
it just goes to show you, you can’t predict baseball
Did you guys talk about the Tim K. rumor (from RAB), that Nova will be the 2nd starter in the ALDS and AJ won’t get a start?
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That’s a rumor? Sounds more like common sense.
GB7, randi, etal,
Old farts can’t do anything, right?
http://espn.go.com/college-foo.....ege-player
I wonder if Buchholz provided the computers to play simulated baseball on?
” PeteAbe Pete Abraham
New blog post: Sim game goes well for Buchholz – By Julian Benbow, Globe staff A 32-pitch simulated game this afternoon.”
@OldHossRadbourn: If C. Schilling said I couldn’t pitch again that would be enough to make me come back from the dead and win 70 games in 2012.
Enjoy the game folks.
We need a strong outing from Nova for a number of reasons.
It will be interesting to see if he delivers yet again.
Here’s my ideal scenario: Yankees beat the Rays for the next three games and the Sux lose the next three games. If my calculations are correct that gets the Yankees the division and keeps the Rays status quo. Then the Yanks beat the Sux and the Rays win whomever they play enough that the Rays sneak in as wild card.
Maybe my numbers of games are off but you get the picture.
GO YANKS!!!
GO O’S!!!
WEEI has reported that if Bedard pitches well tonight he will get the game on Sunday.
Man, this kid is something.
Yes!!! Papelblown!!!