ALDS Game 1: Yankees vs. Tigers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 30, 2011 
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YANKEES (97-65)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
LHP CC Sabathia (19-8, 3.00)
Sabathia vs. Tigers
TIGERS (95-67)
Austin Jackson CF
Magglio Ordonez RF
Delmon Young LF
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez DH
Alex Avila C
Ryan Raburn 2B
Jhonny Peralta SS
Brandon Inge 3B
RHP Justin Verlander
Verlander vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:37., TBS
WEATHER: Feels perfect outside. Very slight breeze. Not hot or cold. Just a gorgeous night.
UMPIRES: HP Tony Randazzo, 1B Eric Cooper, 2B Gerry Davis, 3B Dan Iassogna, LF Ted Barrett, RF Bill Welke
CLOSER AT THE BEGINNING: Mariano Rivera threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and he threw it to Jorge Posada. Pretty cool.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: CC Sabathia is making his eighth career Game 1 start, including all round. He ties Whitey Ford and Roger Clemens for the second-most Game 1 starts all time behind Greg Maddux (11). His five career Game 1 wins are tied with John Smoltz and Red Ruffing for the most in postseason history. Since joining the Yankees in 2009, Sabathia has started Game 1 in each of the club’s five postseason series, going 3-1 with a 3.41 ERA (31.2IP, 12ER). The five straight Game 1 starts is the longest such streak in club history.
WINNING: The Yankees have swept each of their past two ALDS matchups, both against Minnesota. Their current six-game winning streak in ALDS games is tied for the longest all time.
ONE AWAY: With one hit, Posada will pass Kenny Lofton for the fourth-most postseason hits all time. Posada currently has 97. Derek Jeter is the all-time leader with 185… Jeter needs two homers to tie Bernie Williams for the second-most postseason home runs all-time with 22.
Update, 8:46: Sabathia was dominant in the first expect for that one pitch to Young. Of course, that was a big one, a solo homer to put the Tigers up 1-0.
Update, 8:56: Brian Heyman to continue the in-game blogging. It’s 1-1 on A-Rod’s RBI bouncer. And it’s raining.
Update, 9:08: Rain delay. The home plate area was becoming a muddy mess.
Update, 9:15: Bad news if you’re a player assigned to Triple-A by the Yankees next season. You’re living out of a suitcase. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees will have six home venues because of reconstruction at PNC Field – Rochester, Syracuse, Batavia, Buffalo, Allentown and the Red Sox’s Triple-A home in Pawtucket.
Update, 9:37: The tarp is coming off. There’s more rain in the forecast into tomorrow night.
Update, 9:49: Tarp is back on. It’s raining hard.
Let’s go Yankees!!!!
No long faces or negative posts about the Yanks. Keep the faith no matter what. (Think Rays in the 8th inning of the last game of the regular season.)
People noticed the difference in the body language of the Sux and the Orioles. We have to look like the Orioles! Well, you know what I mean.
GO YANKS!!!
Go Yankees! Go time
As the black and white flag down hanging on the stands between third and home says…
GO YANKEES!
We have to look like the Orioles! Well, you know what I mean.
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lol
I hope the suits are loud at the stadium tonight
Go CC. Go Yanks.
Here we go!
GO YANKEESS!!!!!!!!!!!
Feeling good about the Yankees chances tonight, especially after hearing the Rays scored 9 runs against the Rangers pitching.
Verlander can be beat and SuperNova can duplicate what Moore just did to the Rangers.
Garcia is something like 18-6 against the Tigers and knows their hitters inside and out.
Positive vibes everyone!
Kenny Rogers karma, coming right up!
Yeah CC!
Good start there….right on by AJax
Austin Jackson struck out. What a shock. That never happens.
Clutch,
They are loud tonight!!! K!!!
I should of bought some captain crunch for good luck
Remember, this is CC back on regular rest.
Nervous time
As the Yankees are about to start their postseason, two thought about their long term nemeses:
(1) The Sox are about to become the Mets, if they aren’t already. Bobby Valentine (their likely next manager) will only make a very bad clubhouse worse. Like the Mets, you just can’t compete with the Yankees year to year and survive…
(2) Note to Theo: Reagins is out after the assumption of the abomination to baseball that is Vernon Wells contract. Looks like you have two of them in Lackey and potentially Crawford. Chicago is a great food town, with some of the best pizza around. Good luck.
Magglio has no bat speed….don’t help him out CC
I’m surprised Ordonez is still with DET.
CC dealing.
There was a period before the whole 6 man rotation stuff….where CC was just as dominant as Verlander was this year.
That’s right SIT DOOOWWWWWN! GO CC !!!
2 k’s!
god damn it
Crap!
Damn…
an early deficit isnt good
“(2) Note to Theo: Reagins is out after the assumption of the abomination to baseball that is Vernon Wells contract. Looks like you have two of them in Lackey and potentially Crawford. Chicago is a great food town, with some of the best pizza around. Good luck.”
I’m actually expecting Crawford to rebound next year. I think he had first year jitters this year and will find his footing next season. He will never be worthy of that contract, but he won’t be the bum he was this season.
Pittsburgh-
I heard Valentine interviewed this morning. He himself said he wouldn’t be a good fit for that clubhouse.
Crap!
come on!!!!!!
We’ll get that back on the bottom of the inning
I coulda caught that !!!!!
I hear crickets already !! LOL
No worries, we will get that back !! We are going to destroy Verlander tonight !!
Apparently, all Delmon Young needed was to get out of MIN to be good.
wow. that looked like it wasn’t a bad pitch.
CC looks on though. He’ll shut it down. Our offense will get that run back plus more
all right, come on. let’s get that run back.
Man, that was a cheapie!!!
Seriously, do you think Gardner would have brought that HR back ?
good CU there to get the roll over…..CC looked good that inning despite the YS homer. Need to get on Verlander early
I think Crawford will bounce back too next year, But I wonder if he’s happy there in Beantown
hopefully, this early run will impress upon the Yankees to get runs, work ABs like we did in the last 3 games against the Rays
PittsburghYankeeFan –
Wouldn’t it be ironic if both Tito and Theo wound up in Chicago, on opposite sides of town?
That really stinks after CC looked so good against the 1st 2 batters. But that pitch got too much of the plate.
Alright, battle back. Cmon
That’s one of reasons I am not optimistic.
Cc’s last few starts were not clean, got too many bad counts also.
laura,
that was a ys special
… instead of going into offensive shutdown mode like we do sometimes in the playoffs
I don’t think we will ever see Tex bat 3rd again..
Seriously, the goal was to have the batting order optimal, and they finally figured it out that it makes sense to give Robbie the 3 spot and Tex the 5 spot.
Man is Girardi a genius or what ?
darn and it was starting off great
The Yanks have to be very patient early. He is known to really struggle and run up his pitch count in the 1st inning.
Actually Luchchino, the splits on verlander show that he’s hit with the count 0-0 and 0-1. 7 of his 21 homers were given up on 1st pitch counts.
not a strike
wow I hope CC gets that same strike call
People it was 1 run.. we are going to smash Verlander tonight watch !!!
This is our town, our game and our team.
Verlander starts at 93 or so……then by the 6th he’s touching 100. Gotta get him early
Offense needs to overcome the inconsistency.
trader, still gotta work count in an attempt to get him out of the game earlyier than usual
Yeah Jetes!
Great AB
get on any way you can
Now use your speed and steal.
We’ll take it.
nice hustle Jeter!!!
You’ve got to take advantage of that kind of break. Let’s tie it up.
YES!!!!
there you go Jeter.. always hustling !@ But what were you swinging at
just as good as a base hit if you as me ..
Good call by the ump.
Come on Grandy…turn one around
Nice
Anyway to get on. I will take it.
C’mon Grandyman!!!
i get the bad feeling verlander is gonna strikeout 12 or more
Be patient, make him throw strikes
He is rattled
Verlander has pitched 120 pitches twice in the last month.
Curtis Granderson is locked in.. I talked to his baseball bat tonight and it was nervous.
WHAT KINDA STRIKE WAS THAT ????!!
not a strike
How is that a strike!?
I see rain.
Grandy Man!
Yes.
yeah, so get him to 120 by the end of the 6th inning. attempt to..
Let’s go Cano!!!
YES!!!!!
Come on, Robbie! Wait for your pitch.
bunt!
j/k
Great start guys. Lets go Cano!
That pitch he called strike 1 was so far out of the zone it was ridiculous, it wasn’t even close.
Double steal!
Come on Robbie!
what a terrible call.
not a strike
That’s not a strike.
Wide strike zone for Verlander
That’s not a strike
i am not loving these calls pitch traxs shows all of these as balls and I love how the announcers say nothing
Robbie Cano is locked in.. I talked to his baseball bat tonight and it was shaking from fear !
He lost the stirke zone, i hope the ump doesn’t help him out, wow exact same ptich and is a strike?
i’ll take it.
Cabrera can mash….but Tex he is not at 1B
if Verl is gonna get those calls, it may be a long night
Suboptimal.
A-Rod carried them in ’09. If he does it again I will sing his praises when he’s 40.
Arod has to get a run in here with Tex on deck
another break….omg we have to score a run here i don’t care if its on an out
just get that run back at least. Come on Alex.
I love Miggy!! sure doubleplay turned in to moving the riunners
Just put it in play, infield is back.
i am not loving these calls pitch traxs shows all of these as balls and I love how the announcers say nothing
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These announcers are the absolute worst . boring monotone .. bland personalities that read from script.
alright its 0-0 again
Okay. I’ll take it.
At least we tied it up. Now we need a hit to score the Grandyman
one gift run deserves another.
Welcome to the AL East, Justin Verlander.
All even. Heads up Jeter.
What the heck is Arod doing batting 4th? Is Girardi living in the past?
These announcers are the absolute worst . boring monotone .. bland personalities that read from script.
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that’s the worst part about the postseason…announcers who haven’t followed the team all year.
not getting a hit and tying the score.
not bad.
Now a two-out hit for the lead. Come on Tex.
So far, DET’s defense is playing scared.
Jeter’s hustle gets them a run
Thank you, he had a play at home ‘but chosed the sure out
Verlander getting call off the plate. CC did not.
What the heck is Arod doing batting 4th? Is Girardi living in the past?
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I would say he’s there to protect cano.
got the run back…..that was the minimum. Good job by jeter reading that ground ball….he knew it was a chopper.
Cheat on a fastball here Tex
Bunt down 3rd
Okay we got the run back…
but this UMP is gonna really get on my nerves tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tex homered off verlander opening day. stop swinging at that CU!
Verlander is testing the ump now to see him how far off the corner he will give him to lefties
The Tigers aren’t a great defensive team. Put the ball in play and make them make plays
Verlander is gettin loose now. 98
what’s toe forecast this weekend? Rainy? jesus.
The only good thing about these announces is that they are not the FOX or ESPN crew..
work that pitch count!
Did Ron Gardenhire give these guys a pep talk before the game?
wow its really raining
STUPID RAIN!!!!!! UNREAL!!
Man, God sure has been doing a lot of crying this season. This is like the 100th game where we’ve had rain.
4 Cheap strikes thus far. how can we compete against a 24 game winner when is strike zone reaches from batter’s box to batter’s box????? CC wont get more than one cheap call all night
Yeah Teix!!
Great AB by Tex. Really impressive.
COME ON SWISH!
c’mon. Let’s get that hit.
If Verlander pitched in the AL East, no way would he have the record he does.
That’s why there is nothing to fear. And we are building his count up.
CC in his division would have 162 wins, dammit!
Great first inning for the Yanks even if they don’t score again….theyve made him work
Rain… go away!!!!
I would love to get more than 1 run out of this. Verlander always struggles early and you have to take advantage of this. But with Swish up I doubt it.
Man, God sure has been doing a lot of crying this season. This is like the 100th game where we’ve had rain.
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God made the Red Sox lose…you didn’t hear? That and the schedule…too many ESPN games lol
intermittent only indicates frequency, not intensity of rain. what an idiot verducci is.
Well, they’ve made him work. But they need results.
25 pitches in the 1st.
Swisher didn’t get the memo about running up Verlander’s pitch count.
Rain delay again in NY.
WHAT A SURPRISE.
Just think..
Somewhere in New England there is a man named Terry Francona that is watching baseball on TV without a job.
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and if I was able to call Nick Swisher right now I would yell at him for swinging at the first pitch.
FPO = first pitch out, new stat I am creating.
Announcers are boring, but so far they don’t seem to be anti-Yankee.
I really wish Swisher hadnt swung at first pitch Verlander was not throwing strikes, shoulda took a few…anyways we got the run back so i’m not too mad…
I think I said
There Will Be Water.
25 pitches…not bad….swish please he has lost the strike zone, be patient let him throw strikes before you swing
Trisha-
Positive vibes. Yes I like it.
Remember all that Water in 2006.
“God made the Red Sox lose…you didn’t hear? That and the schedule…too many ESPN games lol”
I did hear that. And also that the Force wasn’t with BOS this year.
Swisher sucks in the playoffs, as usual. G. Love has mentioned that before and he’s right.
Teix had a good swing. too bad it went foul. He needs to have a big game.
Swisher has to be kidding me. Verlander is struggling to throw strikes and you swing at the 1st pitch??? That was so stupid to let him off the hook that easy.
The Yankees are a stronger offensive team than the Tigers. The Yankees are better overall team than the Tigers. And I will repeat (ad nauseum before it’s over I’m sure), Yankees play in a tougher division.
Verlander is nothing but an overrated wuss.
Just a ridiculous big strike zone for Verlander.
3 Walks, one miss dp, yanks score one run.
Anyway cc is given another opportunity.
The next big hit Swisher gets in the playoffs……will be his 1st….
Swish swinging at the 1st pitch was not good.
Laura, I will pull all my hair out if that happens again no matter who it is.
Note to Swish:
Next time don’t be doing that crap. Come on.
Trader – it works all the time!
Keep it going!
EliasInNH September 30th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
What the heck is Arod doing batting 4th? Is Girardi living in the past?
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I would say he’s there to protect cano.
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Again, protection comes when there’s fear. Arod’s hitting .212 since being back. Tight spot with Cano up, they’ll walk him. No one fears Arod right now.
oh wow. look at that rain.. you have to be she-ittt-ing me !
Verlander is nothing but an overrated wuss.
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Feisty!!:)
a wuss, trisha, with a strike zone the size of 60 foot yacht
Love Tex’s glove.
Re: There Will Be Water
Is this a biblical intervention of some kind ?
what would we do without Tex at 1B!!!! Thank you Texeria
Rain delay favors the Yanks no? Both pitchers can’t continue our pen is better.
They leveled the game – but the offense really needed to do more with that opportunity.
Verlander wasn’t throwing the ball that well – his command was off and he was still getting loose.
Swisher’s at bat was disappointing. He was just sitting and guessing on that first pitch.
Great play by Tex. Huge difference from Miggy at first.
And Arod makes 30 million dollars.
NYC weather stinks the whole year, they might get rain delay.
WOW!!, Alex taking lessons from Nunez on throwing
Note to Yankee fans – it’s a little early to be getting down on Yankee players – 1st inning of 1st game of the postseason? Come on now, give it a rest! You sound like disgruntled Sux fans!!!
Hopefully the rain lets up very quickly
Again, protection comes when there’s fear. Arod’s hitting .212 since being back. Tight spot with Cano up, they’ll walk him. No one fears Arod right now.
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I’m having a hard time walking anyone to face A-Rod…even if he’s hitting .212 since coming back…i don’t know…
Don’t doubt arod, he is going to make magic happen this post season.. oh did I tell you..
Arod is locked in.. i talked to his baseball bat today and it was crying for it’s mommy afraid of getting smashed by a 420FT flying baseball !
You guys and girls make a great point..the AL East is way stronger than the AL Central….no way Verlander wins 25 in our division…
Lets give Swish at least 2 ABs before jumping on him…..Verlander is kinda good
Great play TEx
The Yankees should have more experience playing in the rain at least
Captain Clutch September 30th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Swisher has to be kidding me. Verlander is struggling to throw strikes and you swing at the 1st pitch??? That was so stupid to let him off the hook that easy.
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No one has ever accused Swish of being brainy.
“a wuss, trisha, with a strike zone the size of 60 foot yacht”
but you know what’s happening with yacht-like things these days. Accidents and hopitalizations!
is this really a “passing” shower it is pouring out there
Is this a biblical intervention of some kind ?
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That part is over with, the sux are out!!
Avila looks like Youkilis
EliasinNH — let’s hope you’re right.
Wow. That rain reminds me of 2002 when Giambi hit the Grand Slam vs. Minnesota to win the game 13-12 in the 14th.
The rain is really going to complicate this issue as both pitchers have already loosened up and thrown. Stopping the game becomes very complicated.
CC looks really good so far…..one semi mistake to Young so far. Rain is not cool……if they had a long delay I’m not sure who that benefits
EliasinNH — let’s hope you’re right.
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I certainly hope so…but i don’t know…
CB:
Swisher is often disappointing. He has great energy and brings fun to the team.. but his mediocre defense and offense.. sigh, I don’t have high expectations for him like some.. but there is no excuse to swing at the first pitch other than being anxious.
what the H was wrong with that pitch.
Gerry Davis will make the Tigers pitch in this as well to make it fair. Delay coming the top of the 3rd
where was THAT pitch????
This is a mess. The pic is blurry with rain. That’s pouring down.
Lol, NYC weather does stink
Hopefully this rain is passing FAST.
How is that not a strike when Verlander is getting it wider than that?!
I wonder who has the advantage if the game is stopped.
They said on the news earlier that there will be rain storm but it shouldn’t last long
1-1 pitch WAS A STRIKE!
Different strike zones so far
Go CC. Please no rain delay!
CC in the rain.
With all of this rain this season, I’m beginning to think that God is a football fan.
Good thing CC has a lot of bullets in that gun. Strike 4!
our pen is better.
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Valverde == Mo
Benoit == Robertson
Alberqurque > Soriano
Goodbye Rayburn. Stop raining!!!
Great job….get CC off there and in the dry.
This rain means has Girardi wishing he had taken Noesi over Ayala.
CC certainly brought his A fastball tonight. This is the way he looked when he was at his best this summer.
Great fastball life and command to both sides of the plate. Sharp tilt on his slider.
It’s supposed to rain tomorrow too.. there are no windows.. the map is green
Nice clean inning.
If he’s interrupted by weather, that would suck.
Swisher in the post-season for the Yanks has practically been a no-show. I’m not expecting much. I hate getting disappointed.
I’d say advantage Yanks because the Yanks have a pen as deep as the Atlantic Ocean.
They said on the news earlier that there will be rain storm but it shouldn’t last long
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You know what they say about Expectation and Reality in baseball.
Do the Yankees pick up Swisher’s option at the end of the season? I’m thinking they do, unless they want to go with Dickerson.
CC is getting squeezed on pitches that Verlander was getting called strikes. If the umpire is going to give outside strikes, it should be for both pitchers, not just one.
It certainly is pooring in YS, let’s hope it goes fast, i don’t want a rain delay and lose CC because of that
Oh just stop it with trying to say Verlander isn’t as good as people think. He is arguably one of the best in the game.. seriously, stop the nonsense.
Even so, last time we faced KIng Felix we handled our business and we will handle Verlander tonight.. I have no doubt..
I would kill to have Verlander on our staff !
Who’s behind the plate tonight?
WTF with these retreaded umpires! It makes me puke.
Weather-wise, looks like this will be a repeat of 2006.
No ?
Damn it all.
CC handled that rain beautifully. He really looks sharp. Short homerun by Young but other than that not many good swings by the Tigers.
Yeah man, I think it really helped they let him rest a bit throwing the simulating game..
This stinks…..
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tarp? Oh crap. Hopefully it doesn’t last long. CC was really sharp so far.
Lol, rain delay
NYC weather sucks.
Damn, damn, damn.
Anybody know who the Tigers would go to for some length in the ‘pen? I’m guessing if CC gets knocked out due to rain, the Yanks go to Hughes or AJ.
Great. Rain delay.
“You know what they say about Expectation and Reality in baseball”
Yes, and you would know since your lovechild team is riding Duckboats right now as opposed to running the bases!
Expectation———————————————REALITY!!!!!
I can see it now. AJ comes in and pitches 6 innings of 1 hit ball.
Oh F that .. you need to let Verlander pitch 2 innings if you are going to pitch CC 2 …
this is the postseason for crying out load. UGHHHHHGHHGHGHGH ! They are cheating already !
And they’re not making Verl pitch in it. CC may be hurt
Let’s hope it’s not long.
Hopefully CC comes back the same & Verlander starts over like he was before… shaky
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 30th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Who’s behind the plate tonight?
WTF with these retreaded umpires! It makes me puke.
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Frank Drevin or Mr Magoo??
Good think Selig made our game the late game, idiot……
Damn…I really hope that doesn’t hurt CC, his command looked really good.
P,
That’s one extra inning Detroit’s bullpen has to throw.
oh wait.. there’s a window at 2am.
“Oh just stop it with trying to say Verlander isn’t as good as people think. He is arguably one of the best in the game.. seriously, stop the nonsense.”
Yeah – for the AL Central.
Like you almost know how he would pitch if he was in the AL East.
“I can see it now. AJ comes in and pitches 6 innings of 1 hit ball.”
With AJ, you never know. It could be 1 inning of 6 hit ball.
Anyone watch the Rays game today ? I caught some highlights but it looked like they were on fire.
More bad news:
According to weather.com,
water is also in the forecast for Game 2, Game 3, Game 4 (if necessary), and Game 5 (if necessary).
Look, take the good out of this that you can and wait to see what happens. CC is pitching great. You should feel great about that as we go forward. If he doesn’t get to come back out our pen is much deeper than theirs.
Adjust if you have to.
Midnight is not so bad… Hopefully this will end quickly and they’ll have 2.5hrs+ of clear sky.
Verlander is one of the best pitchers in baseball easily. The thing that the Yanks do so well against him for the most part is getting his pitch count up. He’s actually not a horrible matchup for the Yanks since they are so patient. But he is an ace for any team including if he pitched in the AL East. He’s a stud with the best stuff in baseball.
Did nobody see the rain coming or what ?
How stupid is this.. 1.5 innings .. nice call to start the game.
FYI –
RE: bullpens
Sorry to rain on your parade, but Tigres bullpen has a lower ERA than the Yankee bullpen.
I think this game is ruined.
The winning team will be just lucky
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 30th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
You are right, but i would love to see CC outpitch Verlander and stick it to ESPN
He’s actually not a horrible matchup for the Yanks since they are so patient
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Except Swisher
Hopefully, the delay isn’t too long. If CC continues though, it effectively reboots him. Effin weather.
JobaTipsHisCap September 30th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
I think this game is ruined.
The winning team will be just lucky
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I have a feeling you might be right. It’s a shame because CC vs. Verlander is baseball at its finest.
I think both pitchers will return – but if they can’t it will likely be Brad Penny vs. Hughes or AJ.
weather for detroit-
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USMI0229
and somewhere Terry Francona is pondering.
Not that this means anything…But Francesa said yesterday that someone in the organization said that Girardi won’t be afraid to give Jones a start in RF if Swisher continues to struggle in the post season. They said he get’s way too amped up and can’t control his emotions during these big at bats.
I don’t understand how this effects CC more than Verlander. I would think it sucks more for Detroit they don’t want to lose Verlander and have to go to Penny
Lockdown-
I almost threw the remote when Swish did that. It looked like a decent pitch to hit but they already had him at 24 pitches. Getting to Verlander early is absolutely huge. When he settles in, it’s almost impossible.
Tyler, I don’t take things on someone’s sayso. Cliff Lee was also one of the best pitchers in the game but some of us weren’t unhappy when he didn’t come here since he sucked against the AL East – OUR MAIN COMPETITOR, RIGHT?
Now if you look at Verlander’s stats and tell me that he is stunning against the AL East, that’s another thing. But I don’t get stars in my eyes behind stats coming from a weaker division. Come to think of it Lee came from the AL Central, too.
was the crowd really chanting dui at cabrera when he batted in the first? Lol
trisha-
I respect your opinion. I just think he’s a good matchup for the Yanks and Sox since they simply get his pitch count up. That’s not a knock on him. He no-hit the Blue Jays this year who were .500 in the East. Maybe he doesn’t pitch to a 2.40 ERA in the East but he puts up Sabathia numbers at worse. Just my opinion though.
“You are right, but i would love to see CC outpitch Verlander and stick it to ESPN”
Luis, absolutely and unequivocally. And hopefully that will be the case.
I’m just trying to tell people not to flip out in despair if it doesn’t happen that way because advantage is still with the Yanks because we have a better pen.
But I too want to CC stick it to Verlander.
rain delay!!!!! ridiculous
Water helping out the Tigres again, just like 2006.
The Tigres defense looked a little jittery tonight. I think this break will help them big time, unfortunately.
Frozen Rope-
Yeah lol. You could hear a chant going on pretty loudly on T.V. but couldn’t tell it was DUI until I read that. Maybe the suits in the Legends seats go home and the bleacher guys come sit behind the plate?
Tyler,
i would love to have Verlander on our team, he is one hell of a pitcher, but so is CC
Speed kills!! Yankees speed will prevail! Tigers with the least number SB’s in the majors.
Lol at the dui chants at miggy, and some thought the new stadium wouldn’t be the same
Tyler, and I respect your opinion also. And you may be exactly right.
I guess I automatically afford more respect to anything coming out of the AL East just because it is such a tough division. But at the same time, I feel that puts us in a better position because maybe we’ve had to play tougher for our wins and so we are a few notches up because of it.
i would love to have Verlander on our team, he is one hell of a pitcher, but so is CC
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So do the Mets. They were all set to take him if the Tigers didn’t
luis-
I’m not complaining at all about CC haha. It’s amazing how underrated he seems to be. The guy has had 3 19 win seasons in a row. But all ESPN and TBS and Fox seem to do is complain about him. It’s unbelievable.
Just curious, how soon can CC pitch again if he can’t return?? two days or three days?
This stinks….Since CC is going to be throwing inside he might only be able to give them 80-100 pitches instead of his usual 120. It will add on to his pitch count some what. AJ might become a big factor tonight..Ouch.
Poor Yankfem, J Al, LGY, Bronx Jeers, and anyone else of us at the game tonight. I would hate to be out in that rain. Then your seat is soaked when you get back to it. Yuk.
rain screwed the yankees in the 2004 playoffs too
I have a question. I have tickets to tomorrow night’s game. What happens if this game gets postponed?
trisha-
I agree that the East helps the Yanks (and Rays) in the playoffs. They play a lot of tough games in big atmospheres throughout the year. Plus, they usually stay sharp through September since the races are so close. A lot of guys can’t pitch in the East but I don’t think Verlander would have that problem. He’s tough.
There’s a theory that CC lost is mojo when he had is no-hitter going and and came back after the two rain delays.
He will come back from this rain delay with full mojo restoration. It’s all come full circle.
Meanwhile, Art Howe is livid over his portrayal in ‘Moneyball’:
“They couldn’t have demeaned me more,” Howe told The Chronicle by phone Tuesday. “It’s disgusting. I’m hurt by it. My reputation is altered by it. People who don’t know me are going to think that’s the real Art Howe.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....1LADIJ.DTL
the problem is, if the window only has 1.5 hrs; then what?
resume again at 1am?
DJ said Torrasco should’ve jumped. lol
Crap…
Buster_ESPN
Forecast is terrible, by the way: thunderstorms expected in the 10 o’clock hour and 11 o’clock hour, and rain expected well past midnight.
Tyler,
HAHA!!, very very true
cb-
i can see in a regular season game being careful with a guy like CC in a rain delay, but all he has to do is warm back up after only throwing two innings.
i don’t really see the big problem in warming back up after throwing so few pitches.
it just doesn’t happen too often so it’s uncharted territory. so i see the problem with that, but still, what goes bad on a pitcher when they have to warm up twice ? could see taking CC out of he had gone 4-5 innings , but two just doesn’t seem like enough to wear him out him that much.
I’m guessing this forecast isn’t something…. why make this the late game? I know the Yanks are ratings gold but this is ridiculous. You just wasted Sabathia and Verlander. If Selig did this, it just confirms that he’s a moron.
F the rotten garbage Mets for not allowing Scranton to play in Newark.
“ColinCurtis425 “@jimrome: These dude’s are overmatched against Papelbon. This freak is DEALING.” … Sure Jim”
Somebody probably already mentioned this, but I *like* Colin Curtis.
If they kill off the game for the entire night, is it suspended or played completely over.
Sorry to rain on your parade, but Tigres bullpen has a lower ERA than the Yankee bullpen.
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I don’t believe that this is accurate. Post a link, please.
Too bad this rain came. Verlander got worked in the first inning.
Nice to see Ripken praise Jeter.
Tyler September 30th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
He is a moron and a yankee hater as well
isn’t something new *
Ruby -
just f*ck off with the weather sh*t already.
Chris-
When did Rome say that? lol. I love Colin Curtis’ comeback haha.
“Poor Yankfem, J Al, LGY, Bronx Jeers, and anyone else of us at the game tonight. I would hate to be out in that rain. Then your seat is soaked when you get back to it. Yuk.”
As a veteran of many a rainy night in the Stadium, all you need is a full length poncho and a towel. Much better than 40 degrees and wind.
Nick-
Thanks for including the article and quotes from Art Howe. I just saw Moneyball this afternoon and agree with how he was portrayed. Did you see the movie?
The rain seems to have lighten up. Seems they will have to play with intermittent light rain for a while as per doppler
http://www.accuweather.com/us/.....?play=true
A roof on the stadium would have been nice.
I was at the game vs Washington last year with the 1:05pm start time that started at 6:15pm lol
Chris-
When did Rome say that? lol. I love Colin Curtis’ comeback haha.
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Presumably during the fateful 9th inning after he blew away the first two batters.
YT: I haven’t seen it yet. I’m still bitter about the 2002 season.
I had great ALCS tickets for the anticipated A’s-Yankees matchup, but neither team made it.
randy,
I agree – I think he’ll be back out. But it is an uncertain area. And CC was so locked in to start the game.
Hard to know. Also, this may set Verlander back and force him to build his stuff back up which could help the yanks.
Not sure if you watched the Tampa game – but Matt Moore was just unbelievable. Stuff was on par if not better than Price’s.
Since his team took a massive dump on him, he’s reduced to relying on needling us about the weather.
I think it’s awesome.
that’s not Ruby Tuesday trust me
this Red Robin guy is not 1/100th of the troll that Ruby Tuesday was
The American League Central is absolutely nothing compared to the AL Beast. The Blue Jays would have challenged the Tigers for the division.
All of the Yankees’ numbers need to be weighed against the fact that they faced very good teams on a far more consistent basis than any other team in the majors.
I think if this goes past 10-10:15 Girardi won’t let CC come back out. AJ would come out and then maybe CC in game 3, who knows. But this stinks…
On another note – the Red Sox will allow the SWB team to play some of their “home” games at Pawtucket next year.
But, the Mets would not. I have to think this was a decision made by the Wilpons.
Go Irving Picard.
eboland11 rain has slowed to a steady drizzle. but as yet, no movement to de-tarp field
I wonder what’s the correlation between Water and championships.
Were there any water problems in 2009 ?
“All of the Yankees’ numbers need to be weighed against the fact that they faced very good teams on a far more consistent basis than any other team in the majors.”
QFT
BryanHoch Grounds crew out to grab the tarp.
“On another note – the Red Sox will allow the SWB team to play some of their “home” games at Pawtucket next year. ”
Cool! I’m there!!
That’s pretty cool of the Red Sox to do that, Joe. Probably because of $$, but it’s still good.
I can’t believe they would plan and announce these renovations before securing a playing field.
It’s practically stopped here in the bronx. So hopefully we could get it started. More rain will come, but the heavy stuff is far away. So maybe that 2.5 hr window.
I have a feeling this game is going to be start-stop. It’s going to be a grind. And a lot of beers consumed haha.
Captain Clutch September 30th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Not that this means anything…But Francesa said yesterday that someone in the organization said that Girardi won’t be afraid to give Jones a start in RF if Swisher continues to struggle in the post season. They said he get’s way too amped up and can’t control his emotions during these big at bats.
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Nice to know there’s a backup plan.
CB-
no i didn’t see the tampa game.saw the kid did great though. they are not afraid too play new people down there. i think there’s some lessons for other teams to pay attention to how the rays do things.
yes part of it is out of necessity, but they do seem to think about the game a bit differently from other teams.
Nick- Did you go to any of the WS games in San Fran?
That was the year that the Angels brought up rookie Francisco Rodriguez in the middle of September and he shut the other teams down. Looks like Matt Moore might challenge that feat.
Lol the SWB Yanks are going to be playing in front of some hostile crowds in those “home” games. But it’s still nice of the Sox for a change to give the Yanks a bit of help.
Kevin-
it’s the same housebound assh*le
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUm_Y0R6Og
Only for REAL Yankee fans!!!!!
LOL
KenDavidoff
During the rain delay, players from both teams have been drinking beer and complaining about buses. No, wait, wrong team… #Tigers-#Yankees
I have been saying this since time immemorial :
Ban outdoor professional baseball .
Enough is enough .
I have a feeling this game is going to be start-stop. It’s going to be a grind. And a lot of beers consumed haha.
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Tyler-
Hopefully only in the Tigers clubhouse!
“All of the Yankees’ numbers need to be weighed against the fact that they faced very good teams on a far more consistent basis than any other team in the majors”
the yankees only face two good teams in boston and tampa. how would you like to be the blues jays or baltimore? they have to face three good teams.
Reagins fired by Angels this afternoon….just when he was about to trade with Sox for Carl Crawful..
theREALkevin September 30th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
that’s not Ruby Tuesday trust me
this Red Robin guy is not 1/100th of the troll that Ruby Tuesday was
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We could agree he is a troll.
Does it make you a bad Yankees fan if you feel just a little bit bad for the Redsox?
Hopefully Verlander is back in 1st inning mode
Tony Reagins the Angels Gm resigned
“Beer? That’s for amateurs.”
-Miguel Cabrera
Kinda, faiaz
Trader-
*Insert Miguel Cabrera joke here haha.
but I was talking about myself haha.
Faiaz, yes.
m – they had to do something about that field. A few years ago, we went to a LoHud game at Scranton. However, the game was called even though it stopped raining there two days before. The field was still unplayable. The Yanks even sent Danny Cunningham, head groundskeeper at the Stadium, there to see what could be done. There was just no drainage.
From what I’ve read, the Yanks were planning on playing those games at Newark, and had made some good progress with the local authorities to do so. The Newark Bears were even making plans to move their team. However, at the next to last minute, the Mets refused to waive their territorial rights. I guess they were afraid that they would pull fans from the minor league team in Flushing.
So is it tougher for the the defense or the offense to play in the rain?
How long a wait is too long for Verlander? He has been down for about 50 mins now
they are working on the field now
Hasn’t rained in lower Manny for 30 minutes.
But wouldn’t it have been more enjoyable if we would have sent them home in the ALCS? I also found myself stalking the Redsox blogs just for kicks on that epic night.
I would have loved to have Verlander and or Lee in the Yankee rotation. I think they would do just fine in the monster AL East.
At least Lee would pitch like a #2, unlike someone named AJ.
“yes part of it is out of necessity, but they do seem to think about the game a bit differently from other teams.”
Think Moore was an 8th round draft pick.
Two years ago he was walking around 6/9 then in the middle of the season it all clicked and he took off from then. But the rays stayed patient with him and didn’t bring him up until now.
They are clearly the top talent evaluation and development organization in the game. They are in substance what so many people try to make the Sox out to be.
Really can’t tell you how impressed I was with Moore. The first game he threw in the regular season was fantastic as well. But for him to go out there in a playoff game against one of the elite offenses in the game and give the Rangers no shot to win – really remarkable. Best game I’ve seen a first year pitcher throw since Strasburg came up.
Blake said he reminded him of Steve Avery. GB7 – Rick Ankiel. That’s how good he was.
Who is everyone pulling for in the NL? Cards for me. Cards vs. Yanks would be classic.
“Sorry to rain on your parade, but Tigres bullpen has a lower ERA than the Yankee bullpen.
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I don’t believe that this is accurate. Post a link, please.”
Tigers’ bullpen ERA: 3.98
Yankees’ bullpen ERA: 3.12. The FIPs back up those numbers.
Oh, and Valverde’s peripherals belie his perfect season. He’s very beatable in a big spot.
is it raining again?
SI_JonHeyman
Removed tarp. Pouring again. Now back on.
They should have started this game early.
this is a shame. could have played the 5pm game.
Absolutely pouring.
“But wouldn’t it have been more enjoyable if we would have sent them home in the ALCS? I also found myself stalking the Redsox blogs just for kicks on that epic night.”
No. The collapse was epic because they had been annointed the best team ever assembled. It had to happen the way it did for us to get the most mileage out of it.
““All of the Yankees’ numbers need to be weighed against the fact that they faced very good teams on a far more consistent basis than any other team in the majors”
the yankees only face two good teams in boston and tampa. how would you like to be the blues jays or baltimore? they have to face three good teams.”
The Blue Jays, despite finishing at .500, *are* a good team. They can absolutely rake, and have some great pitching talent.
This is a big problem for me. Have to get up tomorrow morning.
I think it’s possible that this game get’s cancelled. If not it looks like AJ will come back after the delay. Girardi isn’t going to let him sit for over an hour.
feel bad for the red sox? huh? how can you feel bad for an organization that labeled us the Evil empire, when there are millions of terrorists out there, mother nature killing thousands of people, and millions of people dying of hunger and air pollution across the world?
this game might be a lost cause….
LGY – CC was looking like a beast out there!
Just call this game.
“The Blue Jays, despite finishing at .500, *are* a good team. They can absolutely rake, and have some great pitching talent.”
And nobody in their right mind would want to face the September Showalters!!!
It’s going to rain all weekend.
Torre meeting with the GM’s of both teams tells me that they are really thinking of cancelling this game tonight. I would have to think they will still play it tomorrow at the same time that Game 2 was suppossed to start, right
what does a mamma bear on the pill have in common with the world series? No Cubs
raining heavy now in the bronx & the really hard stuff will come later
Remember earlier today when someone asked what AJ was on the roster for?
The answer could be to pitch tonight.
The rain delay was good for me. I squeaked in a writing assignment before my midnight deadline. I was never going to get that thing done during the game. Now I’m BORED.
Thought I was going to make this game but then a work-related issue came up and I couldn’t go….My friends are up there in the rain. What a shame. I guess we should have figured it the way this year has gone.
Have tix for tomorrow night’s game and hoping that the showers pass by before then but it looks a bit shaky as well.
If the game gets postponed, it gets picked back up in e bottom of the second, right? Isn’t that the rule after the 2008 debacle?
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 30th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
“But wouldn’t it have been more enjoyable if we would have sent them home in the ALCS? I also found myself stalking the Redsox blogs just for kicks on that epic night.”
No. The collapse was epic because they had been annointed the best team ever assembled. It had to happen the way it did for us to get the most mileage out of it.
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In deed, and as some troll said earlier, it was of biblical proportions
, if they made the playoffs they could have said that they had bad luck, this way they just suck!!
Theoretically, they could play on the travel day, Sunday. Unless, it rains then, too.
Generally, when a division has three teams finish with 90+ wins, that means the others teams are going to be much better than their records. Possibly not in the case of the Orioles, who had absolute *dreadful* starting pitching outside of Guthrie, who was barely average.
this game might be a lost cause….
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if they restart and we win, its all good
I live about an hour south of the city and it’s pouring here, lots of thunder and lightning. Sigh.
My roommates are all giggly and loud. I should tweet that.
because it’s completely meaningless.
I don’t think they restart it ….can someone confirm?
I wonder if they would lose Sunday’s off day and play game 2 on Sunday? Or do they just push the whole series back? It looks like AJ is going to be a big factor in this series.
Girardi kicking himself for not taking Noesi over Ayala. If AJ bombs, then what? no long man.
man, this sucks.
YankeesWFAN No way Sabathia and Verlander come back now. Bigger question is will anyone come back tonight? Or do we move to Nova-Fister in Game 1 Sun?
glad Hughes is on the roster for this very reason
See how excited Eckersley was when he said “The stars are lined up for the Rays!”
Guess he can’t gush about Verlander against the Yankees so he had to mention the Rays’ triple play against the Yanks.
If the window doesn’t provide a chance to play, I don’t see them continuing this game tonight at all. The stuff coming after midnight is nasty. It’s in virginia & heading this way & it looks to last a while.
Another question to pass time for the delay… What is the reason that you are a Yankees fan?
Me… I fell in love with Donny Baseball and I was fairly new to this country then. In my country, Bangladesh… we play cricket. So naturally I was automatically into a sport that involved a bat and a ball. The first game I saw was that game when Don ate that kid’s popcorn… I think I was 10 then… On my 18th birthday I got a Yankees tattoo… I wrote so many essays on the Yankees for my creative writing class in college. I found myself hungry for finding out every little detail about all of the history of the greatest franchise in sports history. I became good friends with the ballboy from Boone’s homerun because he went to Iona college also and heard so many interesting stories about the clubhouse and how the players really are. If it wasn’t for women and the Yankees… my life would be soooooooooooooooooooo boring.
Bad vibes here at the stadium.
Captain Clutch September 30th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
I wonder if they would lose Sunday’s off day and play game 2 on Sunday? Or do they just push the whole series back? It looks like AJ is going to be a big factor in this series.
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Words I hoped to never hear: “AJ is going to be a big factor in this series.”
Amazing.
2011. And the outcomes of baseball games are still decided by Water.
HUUUUUUUUUUGHES
rays win the game 1 so easily
told you NYC weather sucks! I am tired of it already this year
Does not look promising.
blame Joe Torre!
pcaldera Hearing Joe Torre has been in the umpires’ room discussing a rainout and a game on Sunday.
The way the weather is for the next 30 days:
They may have to either postpone the series until 2012 , or move the games to a dome .
Man, this is just a hell of a curveball.
A bunch if dudes on the RF wall just put on a big, orange “group t-shirt ” and everybody started chanting a bad word.
Then the cops came and told em to take it off and scram.
Straw – nobody seems to have the answer to your question on TBS! They are going to research it.
From weather.com… it’s gonna rain really hard from 11-12 and then from 2-3
What is the reason that you are a Yankees fan?
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Family. I was indoctrinated by an uncle who used to listen to sports radio 66 WFAN every morning while fishing for large mouth bass on his pontoon boat. My best friend was born and raised on Long Island and moved to CT when we were in 6th grade. We used to mow lawns in order to save money for baseball cards. We used to play wiffle ball and baseball (with a tennis ball) in our backyards all summer long. I always wanted to be a sports writer. I was published in the Sporting News in an editorial blurb about the Yankees Mets World Series in 2000.
I wonder if CC could pitch game 2 if it’s on Sunday. Or is that too soon to bring him back….
Gotta love that the Yanks get Verlander out if rhythm, CC in rhythm and this happens. Argh!
im glad these tbs idiots that are paid to know these things dont
Bret, nice story. What was your writing assignment on, btw?
rain out, then tomorrow it will rain again during game time.
Jeers, do you think there’s any shot they play this game tonight?
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This is certainly unfortunate because you want your postseason games to be games of your best v. their best, and set up in a pattern that reflects that. Now you end up scattergunning things and just hoping for the best.
This is like a bp session. So I’m guessing they continue to play again on really short rest.
CC at 27 pitches
Verlander at 25 pitches
And they should pick the game up where it’s at because CC has already pitched a scoreless 2
I just read the rule on MLB.com and I still can’t figure it out. And I have a law degree.
Maybe ZZ can go for games 3 and 5.
Build a roof for Yankee Stadium
…and you more Garcia to game 4 obviously.
That’s a nasty ass fu manchu on Axford.
Faiaz,
My writing assignment was a reflection on an etiquette dinner I was required to attend for my nutrition in practice assignment. I’m assuming formal dinners are geared more towards corporate professionals. I sat next to a gorgeous Carolina blond and practiced offering to seat her. The head of our table pressured me to propose a toast to about 300 students and professors.
I said…”I propose a toast. May we all find jobs that we’re not just good at but we also find jobs that we love” something like that.
all right, I think no game tonight
hairy lucchino September 30th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
im glad these tbs idiots that are paid to know these things dont
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No kidding what a crap show.
Blake-
Build a roof and they will come!
We released this guy? He got some nasty stuff!!!!!
I’ve very disappointed you didn’t thank the good lord for making you a Yankee fan, Bret.
Ledger_Yankees Marc Carig
According to the official scorers… if this game is banged, it would be picked up at the point of the delay. #nyy
So we got the news from the official scorer via twitter, and these guys still talking about that fu manchu (it is nasty)
looking like a rainout.
with rain in the forecast for saturday night, would the then play a split dh on sunday?
Well said bret… I rather get paid less for doing something I love, any day of the week.
m September 30th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
I’ve very disappointed you didn’t thank the good lord for making you a Yankee fan, Bret.
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That would’ve been ballsy in the deep south. The accents here are thick and the girls like the charm. Have to play the game, m.
on the bright side…..if the game is postponed then they basically start a 1-1 game tomorrow where the Yankees get to bat 8 times and the Tigers only get to bat 7 times……and Verlander won’t be pitching.
Girls from the south can cooooooooook. oooooooooooweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I don’t think they could even play a DH on sunday. The window may only fit one game. idk This is crazy
the game would be picked up…. when? tomorrow afternoon, or sunday, it would be essentially a dh.
can’t believe they would resume at 4 in the am
Well, aren’t you quite the tomcat.
No…bad weather tomorrow means no travel days….which is a wash for both teams. If anything, it may favor the Yankees because they have both Burnett and Hughes on the roster.
Faiaz,
Me too. It’s amazing how many people prolong misery by staying at a job just because they’re good at it. It’s rare to find someone who is good at what they do AND loves what they do. That’s a key to happiness IMHO because we spend so much of our lives at our jobs.
I just want to face Lee. It’s all I’ve wanted since the hot-stove days.
Verlander looked off tonight. Would have been good to get to him tonight.
He and CC might not match up next time, Verlander will have that advantage.
Rain coming up the east coast all weekend.
And the other series is in Texas.
And they make the game where it’s raining the late game.
Nicely done baseball, as usual.
Lots of rain expected during the day tomorrow but then supposed to taper off by evening so they can probably play at night.
Faiaz,
I love the girls here. It’s really bad. I can’t make up my mind.
Pushing this game tomorrow. Sunday will be game 2 at 3:07 on sunday.
they have tonight, tomorrow, and sunday to play two games. if one is a rainout, that’s two games in two days.
WCBS reporting that Joe Torre just announced game is called. no further info at this time.
No game. Tomorrow game 1, picking it up in the bottom of the 2nd. Sunday Game 2, at 3:07 p.m. No off day.
Game postponed. Tomorrow? game 1, sunday game 2 at 3:07 no off day
so another night game tomorrow…..wouldn’t it make sense to move that start time up
They lose the off day. That hurts the Yanks even more..That means CC only pitches 1 game and AJ has to pitch…Agghhh…
Jeers, do you think there’s any shot they play this game tonight?
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I’m going to take a bug gamble and leave early before 50,000 others.
damn. how does this affect us vs them
This falls on MLB. This game should have gotten the earlier time slot. ratings don’t mean much when a game is going to be rained out. They wanted the CC/Verlander match at primetime, but look how it turned out
Girardi’s prediction about a post season DH could come to fruition, just because of TV!
This game picks up tomorrow night at original time. Game 2 Sunday at 3:07. No off day between Game 2 and 3
UGHHH! this just sucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/USNY0172
So CC pitches game 2 on Sunday?
CB – it’s all about TV…….
Who will pitch for the Yankees tomorrow? Nova moved up? Burnett? Wells thinks CC can pitch tomorrow.
Wells said he thinks there’s a chance CC comes back tomorrow. “He’s a horse.”
Now what do you do with CC?
Baseball really materially changed the potential outcome of this series through this nonsense.
Really hard to believe the men who are always talking about the “integrity” of the game are so willing to treat that integrity so casually when it suits their purposes.
The Yankees are now in a real bind. I don’t see how CC is going to be able to come back on short rest as they were anticipating for his next planned start.
This game shouldn’t have been the late game – and starting it in the rain was foolish.
All of this was driven by TV ratings.
Postponing tonight’s game to tomorrow, picking up where they left off in the game tonight. Game 2 to be played on Sunday afternoon, no travel day. Rain has really had its way with baseball this year . . .
Just pitch CC Tomorrow. If anyone can handle it, he can. Go for the jugular
” If it wasn’t for women and the Yankees… my life would be soooooooooooooooooooo boring.”
i think i can speak for gb7 and say that boy do we have a woman for you.
she’s a die hard yankee fan and is a respected health professional.
she also has a famous hollywood star as a relative.
anyway, it’s the least we can do to introduce you to nurse karloff .
just email chad and he will connect you with gb7 so you can get her phone number.
CC threw how many pitches? I would pitch him tomorrow if it is at all possible.
the game tomorrow is at the same time as it was going to be anyways, so I imagine that Nova starts