ALDS Game 3: Yankees at Tigers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread, Minor League Teams on Oct 03, 2011 
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YANKEES (1-1)
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 (1-1)
Austin Jackson CF
Ramon Santiago 2B
Delmon Young LF
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez DH
Magglio Ordonez RF
Jhonny Peralta SS
Alex Avila C
Brandon Inge 3B
RHP Justin Verlander (24-5, 2.40)
Verlander vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 8:37., TBS
WEATHER: The rain seems to be following the Yankees across the country. It’s been rainy all day here in Detroit, but it was clear enough that the tarp stayed of the field pregame.
UMPIRES: HP Gerry Davis, 1B Dan Iassogna, 2B Ted Barrett, 3B Bill Welke, LF Tony Randazzo, RF Eric Cooper
LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN: This is the first time a pitcher has started Games 1 and 3 in a postseason series since Kevin Brown in the 1998 NLDS with San Diego. Sabathia and Verlander are the first American League pitchers to do it since Oakland’s Dave Stewart in the 1989 World Series vs. San Francisco. Sabathia is the first Yankee to start Games 1 and 3 since Whitey Ford took the loss in Game 1 of the 1956 World Series before tossing a complete-game win in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on two-days’ rest.
HOME ON THE ROAD: Sabathia is undefeated in four road postseason starts as a Yankee, going 2-0 with a 4.38 ERA (24.2IP, 12ER).
CHUGGING ALONG: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Jorge Posada became the second 40-year-old to hit a triple in a postseason game, joining Joe Morgan, who did it with the Phillies in Game 5 of the 1983 World Series vs. Baltimore.
STREAK SNAPPED: The Yankees had their seven-game ALDS winning streak snapped yesterday. It was the longest-ever ALDS winning streak.
UPDATE, 8:46 p.m.: Jeter’s single and Granderson’s triple have sparked a two-run first inning for the Yankees. Verlander is throwing serious heat, but two hits and an RBI ground out are enough for a 2-0 lead.
UPDATE, 8:52 p.m.: Sabathia walks Jackson, but get a double play ball as Russell Martin pumps his fist in foul territory.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Tight zone, and Sabathia has walked three of the first four batters he’s faced.
UPDATE, 9:02 p.m.: Martinez goes down swinging, and Sabathia is out of the jam. Took him 28 pitches, one more than he threw in two innings on Friday.
UPDATE, 9:06 p.m.: Sabathia made 33 starts this season and walked as many as three in a game — never mind an inning — only 10 times.
UPDATE, 9:16 p.m.: Another Sabathia walk. Another double play. Another inning-ending strikeout.
UPDATE, 9:33 p.m.: Sabathia never walked five in a game this season. He just reach that number tonight with his second walk to — of all people — free swinging Austin Jackson.
UPDATE, 9:37 p.m.: Santiago is in this lineup specifically to face Sabathia, and he just singled in a run on a 1-2 pitch. It’s 2-1 in the third.
UPDATE, 9:38 p.m.: Bases loaded for Miguel Cabrera. This may be the at-bat of the game.
UPDATE, 9:40 p.m.: Double play ties the game, but it’s far from the worst-case scenario in that situation. Have to consider that a huge plus for CC and the Yankees.
UPDATE, 9:51 p.m.: Good grief, that’s a heckuva curveball from Verlander. Swisher goes down looking and it’s still 2-2 heading into the bottom of the fourth. Sabathia’s already thrown 63 pitches.
UPDATE, 10:19 p.m.: Santiago does it again, this time an RBI double to put the Tigers in the lead, 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth. This was Leyland’s big move of the series, and it’s paying off big time right now.
UPDATE, 10:40 p.m.: That’s it for Sabathia. He threw 106 pitches through 5.1 innings and here’s Soriano to finish off the sixth. Six walks is the most in a game for Sabathia since April of 2010.
UPDATE, 10:55 p.m.: Martin plunked at 100 mph. The Yankees have a runner at second base for the first time since the first inning.
UPDATE, 11:00 p.m.: Huge double by Gardner, and a huge handclap for him as he settles into second base. A walk, hit batter and now the double — all with two outs — have tied the game in the seventh.
UPDATE, 11:03 p.m.: Seems like every single Yankee gestured or said something to Gardner as they took the field for the bottom of the seventh. He’s given this team new life.
Alex breaks out with a big HR tonight.
4-1 Yanks win. They play today, they win today!
Go C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Yanks!
Nasty cutter by Feliz to strike out Zobrist with 2nd and 3rd 2 outs. 4-3 Rangers top 9.
luis — love the confidence.
GO YANKS! CC kill ‘em!!!!!!!!
Go Yanks! Win this game, win the series
Let’s go Yanks!!!!
Set it right, C!
Smoltz forgot to take his Tiger Hat off before the cameras broke to him in the press box.
How embarrassing…
Go Yankees! Let’s do this!!
gotta win on the road to win it all. Yanks need to jump out early and get the fans out of the game. A win here tonight for us, will really take away most if not all of the tigers momentum! Go yanks
trisha, the game will go to TBS after the Rays game is over. But the game will remain on TNT until the commercial break.
GO YANKEES, GO CC!!
LGY, your words to AGOD’s ears
Let’s do this.
Alex breaks out with a big HR tonight
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LGY-Over the CF wall @422 feet or a smaller blast over left center @402 feet!
There you go Derek.
that’s how you start!
Atta boy, Jete!
that a boy jete!
Wang,
I little of swagger is never a bad thing,
Jeter!!!
Jeter breaks up the no hitter.
DE-REK JEEE-TER!!!!!
Nice, Jete!
Darn good start
Nice job by Jeter jumping on the 1st pitch. Let’s make him work in the 1st when he usually struggles. Make him throw strikes!!!
Tex is pointed out in yes pre game.
He and a rod are so important, I agree.
Pruf, It’s JEET-AH!
Grandy!!!!!!!
Nice, good strat
grandy man!
great start!
Grandy Man puede!
YES!!! GRANDY!! MVP MVP!!!!
Granderson ends the shut out.
Sending the message…..Valverde is a clown.
Is this the great Verlander or an imposter?
Go Granderson!!! They have to take advantage of Verlander’s 1st inning troubles.
Yes! Awesome…..huge to jump on him early
GRANDY MAN CAN!
GRANDY KNOWS COMERICA….
El Capitan & Grandy!!!
Nice start
Granderson didn’t want to be shown up by Posada.
Yankeefem,
He sure can!!!
I can’t believe the Greatest Pitcher of All Time surrendered a run in the 1st.
Cano make him throw strikes!! Lay off those pitches off the plate.
Grandy
I busted out my new DJ3K t-shirt (gift) about 30 seconds before the game started.
True story!
yankeefeminista October 3rd, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Pruf, It’s JEET-AH!
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You are right
luis, claro!!!!
Need to get Grandy in here. Absolute must.
100 mph…geesh.
C’mon Alex, nice fly to right field.
I dont understand. All Cano had to do was put a bat on the ball.
nick,
if this game goes our way, you may have to wear that shirt all postseason
That stinks..Cano had to be the one to score Granderson.
Straight up gas right there.
dammit i want this run to score we better take advantage of being able to go up 2-0
Jeter owns Verlander.
Cmon Alex get the 2nd run in.
Verlander can really crank it up when he wants, that’s why he’s so good.
The Yankees need to get this run home any way possible, they may not get many more tonight.
These announcers are dreadful
Wear down Verlander early. Get him revved up and out.
crap call
Jeez, two outrageous breaking balls.
What is a rod waiting for?
we have the correct chemistry tonight!!
The time to not take pitches is when you have a chance to get a runner in from 3rd with an out… and here we are taking to 2 strikes against a strikeout pitcher
100 mph and alex catches up to it.
good sign
Woo, we get the run. YES!
I’ll take that!
Beautiful.
alright! we will take it!
Nice job……
That’s two, very important run
I’ll take the 45 foot run scoring out!!
Great Alex!!!! Great decision Grandy!!! Gardner isnt going home on that, he’s staying at 3rd base lol
that’s big, great job by Grandy there…
ill take it.. it’s an rbi.
i will take the run!!! good job Grandy, he was half way to home before the ball was even hit
Great job to just make contact there and get the run in….
No K.
That’s what they needed.
Good job A-Rod, just keeping that ball in play. That’s a small victory. Verlander’s got that heater going, and those breaking balls.
Alex definitely had good AB’s in game 1. He will break out soon.
What a read by Grandy. That pitch to Tex was in the other batters box. Called a strike. Always fair /sarcasm
WOO HOO!!!
65 five foot ground ball, very decisive, but I’ll take it! THey had the infield in, just chopped along…thank god that wasn’t Jorge on 3rd
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First pitch to Tex is strike?
Ok, please be consistent
great running by granderson.
even though it was a dribbler, it got the run home. given how alex has been swinging, and the importance of confidence in hitting, it has to help him by relieving some of the pressure.
Alright CC take it from here. You got your 2 runs. What an awesome start from the Yanks
some pitchers crank it up an extra 1 or 2 mph, Verlander cranked it up 5 those last 2 ABs.
the Yankees are doing a great job against him so far, they just need to keep the pressure on…
Of course Tex is sat down. Ughhh, he is terrible.
I’ll take that, 2-0 Yanks.
Now we need a shutout from CC.
Huge first inning. Hopefully CC has his Friday night stuff and it will be smooth sailing
couldn’t have drawnit up any better!! 2 runs in the first inning against verlander.
Good job by the Yanks in the 1st inning. I see the strike zone is going to be gigantic again for the Tiger’s pitchers.
Very nice start by the Yanks. It’s CC time! Hold it down!
Yankees followed the ideal strategy when you’re playing against Verlander. Get to him early and fast, and you don’t let him find his groove!
Yankees look ready for tonight!!
i don’t think the tigers are taking sure outs because they trust their offense… i think they are nervous and don’t want to mess up.
And I continue to maintain that looking great in the AL Central is much easier than looking great in the AL East.
Thanks for the info on station switches, hairy!
the Verlander-Cano AB was classic baseball.
Probably the best pitcher in baseball throwing as hard as he can against one of the best hitters and possibly the best power hitting contact hitter in the past 10 years.
Verlander won that one, he still has to face Robbie a few more times tonight…
Hi JAP!,
Good to see you around!, a bit dissapointed that Montero didn’t play in the first two games, especially with how his swing is taylor made for NYS
Tex better work with Long all off season to get his swing right. It’s unreal how many change ups and pitches in the dirt he swings at.
22 pitches for Verlander
trisha, Verlander is a great pitcher in any league, period. You have to give him his due.
Verlander’s 2011 postseason ERA 27.00
Don’t let Miggy get up this inning.
c’mon CC please bring your A game…we need you to pitch like Scherzer did yesterday through 6
Hi Trisha!,
Glad that you are around!
That pitch would be a strike for Verlander
why was that not a strike????
Clutch-
All the Yankee hitters from the left side need to work on hitting the changeup
Darn, got to give us one of those.
Tbs, what a bunch of morons
gotta love these PRO TIGERS and OH VERLANDER IS SO GREAT, unbiased announcers. JERKS.
luis October 3rd, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Hi JAP!,
Good to see you around!, a bit dissapointed that Montero didn’t play in the first two games, especially with how his swing is taylor made for NYS
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hey luis, I’d want both Po and Jesus in there…
Yankee Trader October 3rd, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Clutch-
All the Yankee hitters from the left side need to work on hitting the changeup
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Spot on
wow… come on.
WTF?????????????????
Where was that pitch?
CC getting squeezed already.
Sorry but that was strike 3
Hmmm, cc got squezzed
he had him struck out.
grrr you have got to be kidding me…..these calls are BS
CC getting SQUEEZED
WHERE THE F WAS THAT????
Not a good start for CC.
WHAT?????????????????????????????????
That was strike 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theyre cheating us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a strike on gameday. We are getting squeezed.
YES!!!!
Nice!!!!! F U ump
YES!!! good job CC and everyone around the horn
Yeah, f y, home ump
Wow, what a turn by Robbie!
hell yea CC!
what a turn by Robbie there, he threw it flatfooted…
543,with nice turn by the 4
Yeah, Big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great play, Robbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 3rd, 2011 at 8:54 pm
“Where was that pitch?”
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In the strike zone, according to TBS’s K-zone graphic.
Hell YEAH!
Beautiful slomo DP or was that real time?
Cano. Incredible. Best in the game at turning the DP.
YES
DP!!!, the ump has two different strikezones again….CC got squeezed with Jackson
What a freaking turn by ROBBIE
Not a good start for CC
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He was struck out. Not our fault it wasn’t called
I think he struck him out twice that at bat. I’m lucky I’m not in the dugout because I’d have already been tossed. The first pitch to Tex was 6 inches outside was called a strike. Shut up Darling.
Don’t bite your tongue Young
This umpire is a joke. Girardi has to work the umpire like La Russa did last night and it worked in his favor.
Yes!
Pitch count got extended b/c the ump didn’t call one of those two changes a strike in the first place.
Davis looks like he calls the pitches inside to righties and away from lefties, watch CC adjust his location a little from now on.
Sweet DP, boys!!
Delmon Young won’t be poking one into the right field seats, here.
tigers two homers this series have both been cheapies…. no such thing will happen in this park.
Throw the change up, C.
We’re up 2-0 with our ace on the mound. The umpires have to do something to get the Tigers back in the game.
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Gerry Davis is the home plate umpire. In his career, Sabathia is 6-0 with a 2.19 ERA when Davis is the home plate ump.
C is sharp/right off the plate; they are messing with his strike zone.
RadioKev-
Well that’s good to know. Hopefully it comes true! Or maybe the evil Buster Olney is trying a reverse jinx…. hmmmm
CC isn’t as sharp as he was in game 1. But hopefully it will come.
CC struggling to put batters away so far…
Allow me to correct MG. What MG meant was:
Looks like the HP ump is going to call strikes for CC as balls and calls balls for CC as balls, while he will call strikes and balls for Verlander as strikes.
MG – IMO Velander pitching in the AL East would not have the record he has coming out of the AL Central. Doesn’t means he’s not a good pitcher. The downside to playing in the AL East is that you’ve had to fight harder for what you have to show. The upside is that you are so much better prepared and so much tougher for the competition once you get there.
CC’s fastball command is not as good as it was the other night.
He better stay inside on Cabrera
Where are these pitches???!~?!?!??!?!?!?!?!
Beat this mother fxxxxker
CC has just got to get through this inning and then settle down.
Come on big man.
Where are these pitches. Thats was a first k to miggy
CC’s smart. He’ll adjust to the strike zone du jour.
This strike zone is a joke.
Captain Clutch October 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 pm
He better stay inside on Cabrera
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Inside, outside, up, down, I don’t think it matters.
This ump is blind
Walk him now 3-0
THIS IS BULLSH*T!!!!!
Where was that pitch??? Is this ump kidding me?!?!!?!?
I would walk Cabrera now…
great CC is all over the place…obviously you just walk Cabrera
Rays lose
Joe needs to say something to this ump. This is outrageous
He better not give anything to Verlander an inch off the plate. This is ridiculous.
I knew all that business about this ump being kind to C was going to backfire. The guy probably got wind of it and has decided to pre-empt any notion of C bias by going in the opposite direction.
Basically, CC has to put every ball down the middle to get a strike call, and the Tigers know it, so they’ll sit there waiting for a cookie.
That 2-0 pitch was a strike. Sickening. Appalling
Holy crap a called strike
Apparently, anything over the right half of the plate is going to be a ball tonight.
yikes… CC is not sharp at all.
this ump is horrible. cc is hitting the black.
CC=BB
I’m ok with that walk.
CC is really getting squeezed. But of course that curveball in the dirt to Arod was a strike.
Just unreal…
Good thing Joe has a full bullpen. Get out of this inning CC
I’m totally fine with walking Cabrera…just please get Martinez for the out!
texas up 2 games to 1.
The tighest k zone in COAMERICA
So far about half of the pitches called balls are strikes. Not even borderline.
Tbs is excited now
That’s fine. Wasted a pitch doing it. Should’ve walked him in 4. Get Victor now.
This reminds me of the strike zone Pettitte had in game 6 of the 2009 WS.
That puppet stick figure better get jammed the way CC is getting jammed. I guess the only way to get a strike is to throw it right down the middle!
Get out of this, C
CC’s command isn’t great, but getting squeezed by the ump isn’t helping matters.
cc hasn’t walked three batters . the ump has walked three batters.
Same spot as the first pitch?!?!?!?!? Thats a strike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
should be strike 2
Same pitch, now is called a ball
Holy teacup strike zone…..my lord.
Girardi has to come out to talk to the ump after the inning.
The strike zone is no where to be found.
The past two hp umpires have been horrible. This is a freakin joke
CC doesn’t have his best command but this strike zone is a joke.
Come on C. Punch him out.
CC knows Davis, he’s had him many times in his career.
He’ll settle in, it’s the 1st inning…
I always mentioned that game, LGY. It was blatantly obvious. Joe West was the HP ump that game. I intend to find West one day and ….
And people don’t believe these games are fixed. Hah. Anti-Yankees bias in full effect.
CC is going to throw 40 pitches in the 1st inning because of this stupid ump
C’s command was fine until the ump started toying with him. One more, C.
HE WENT!
Bull.
that was a swing!
oh come on
WAT
“cc hasn’t walked three batters . the ump has walked three batters”
Seriously. This sucks so bad.
Lol, omg he went
He went!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Yanks better get these same calls when they hit…..CC is painting the black and not getting any calls. Awful……giant zone last night and teacup tonight.
Smoltz is pathetic
We are getting no quarter from this MF.
If you go that far, & he cant control it, that means he swung!
game isn’t fixed, but CC is getting squeezed according to the pitch counter on the right….
EVERYTHING is touching the box.
This doesn’t look good at all
Uno mas, big C.
He’s outta there
John smolz does not deserve to be a commenator in any game Yanks play.
EAT IT UMP
go ahead, call that a ball…..
BOOYEAH!
Joe should talk to the fxxxker ump
Alright CC. Did what he had to do.
Just settle down now.
K! 28 pitches. Give C a rest now. Long AB’s.
Smoltz ignores fact that Verlander threw 25 pitches.
He threw about 10 pitches more than he should have had to…..horrible
god i really cannot believe these bull**** calls the past two games!!!
this f…king scumbag umpire just cheated CC into 30 pitches. I despise this scumbag worthless umpire.
it sucks when umps decide games. gotta pack on some more runs here!
Smoltz, you were a great pitcher, but as a unbiased analyst, you suck! 1996 still hurt little Johnny?
There you go, CC. Good job.
HA HA HA HA HA!
No matter how that garbage caller behind the dish tried, CC still got out of the inning.
Good inning, but this ump better get his zone right!!!, it hasn’t been fair the whole series
i’m listening to john and suzyn. what’s smoltz saying?
Switch to TBS if you haven’t already.
This umpire must be watching the pitching with his eyes closed, and is just guessing. CC having to strike out Martinez twice, as he did go around and almost every ump would have rung him on that.
This is just wrong.
hopefully someone in mlb tells that ump bewteen innings he’s being embarrassed on national tv.
Moving to TBS?
Thank God. Now I can get back to those Law & Order reruns.
If that wasn’t a swing, nothing is a swing.
Smoltz is still waiting for Melky’s homerun to land. The anticipation is killing him.
CC is being squeezed, but his breaking stuff is just not right. It hasn’t been for a good chunk of the season.
If I was Girardi I would come out to the ump and nicely just ask where those pitches where. The Tiger’s strike has been gigantic in every game this series.
Listen guys, we got 8 more innings of being cheated like this. Our offense is going to have to do more damage, and CC is going to have to do his best despite being cheated by the league wide anti Yankees conspiracy
No hits no worries.
Sabathia’s postseason ERA 3.00, Verlander 27.00
OK back to TBS and the same crappy announcers. Different home plate ump?
wow… the booth has already started about how to prop up detroit… Verlander is fine pitching in 2 days rest whereas sabathia throwing 27 pitches is going to affect him later in the game?? also, detroit knows that verlander is probably going to give up only 2 runs the whole game.. so thats why they are not taking any risks and got the sure outs?? I mean is there any more blatant detroit/verlander love ??
Smolts is not a great pitcher,
He sucks shxxt
That Tigers did damage that inning even though they didn’t score by running up pitch count.
Trish,
It will matter if his pitch count starts to mount, that’s what i don’t like for that sorry excuse of an ump
Derek gets rung up for a lot less violent swing than V-Mart’s offereing…. My my….
what is the point of that stupid strike box on the screen if the announcers aren’t going to acknowledge the strikes not being called..
give us the same kind of calls.
“Switch to TBS if you haven’t already.”
you mean the Totally Bullcrap Station
amateur hour.
Pat, QFT.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than a CC fastball to pass through this umps microscopic strike zone…
What A Surprise .
C. C. Sabathia struggling in a postseason game.
this is why I despise these scumb.g umpires. they try to decide games on their own….against us. Its sickening.
What??? They didnt call that a strike for Verlander?!
This turd behind the plate had better give Verlander the same treatment.
Horrific umpiring so far…..better go both ways.
t”his f…king scumbag umpire just cheated CC into 30 pitches. I despise this scumbag worthless umpire”
Hence the fallacy of records, ERA, and everything else. A pitcher’s ERA is what the umpires decide it should be. They can’t get electronic calls behind the plate soon enough!
And of course the kool aid drinking broadcasters skip right by that and talk about ALL THE PITCHES CC HAD TO THROW!!! I hate to say it but I despise them too.
No integrity left in this damned game!
looks like the HATE element has been exterminated
but not the stu-P-idity…
2-0 count Nick, really?
Why, Swish?
randy, unfortunately, being at Comerica is the only alternative.
Stupid is as Swisher does.
You can be sure that Verlander will settle down after than first inning.
TBS…Tigers Booster Station
Baseball is a game that umpire’s impact can be minimized. But MLB chooses to have it amplified as much as possible.
Man these announcers can’t stop praising the Tigers. You’d never know the Yankees were winning! I miss my Yankee announcers!
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
As Sabathia came off the field after that half inning, he motioned to home plate umpire Gerry Davis and asked him about some of the calls.
You better not call that a strike.
Why Nick….2-0 with a marble sized strike zone……need to give CC a breather here.
Hip f’ing hip!
I hate having to watch these games with the sound off, but the announcers are so bad, I just can’t stand to hear them.
Jorge with a hit!
Jorge en fuego!
Yeah Po
Jorge has found the fountain of youth.
JORGITO!!!
HIP HIP!!!
Posada continues making me eat crow. Awesome to see. The guy is a champion and is playing like it.
pat m-
jorge is making us look good.
Dammit Martin.
“It will matter if his pitch count starts to mount, that’s what i don’t like for that sorry excuse of an ump”
luis, I agree! Thank God it’s CC because he’s used to throwing a lot of pitches.
And….Russell the DP machine wipes it right out.
Martin.
The GDP machine does it again.
Martin is a great catcher, but that bat is toxic.
Aggh. The Anti-Christ hits into a double play.
Ugh Martin.
Martin the new dp artist.
Now CC needs one of those innings.
Great job, Russ. Free Montero!
Russell-Occasionally lay off the 1st pitch, unless you can hit it over the infielders for a hit.
again Martin swings at first pitch .. YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME
WTF ????????????
WHAT A BUM !!!!!
Great job by Swish and Martin there. CC could have used a brief break.
Wow umps strike zone is insane
Martin looks like a pitcher at the plate batting. Has he not swung at the 1st pitch in any of his at bats? Just brutal.
Geezus, 2-0 to Swisher, 2-0 to Jorge, chance to run up the count with an ump that isn’t calling strikes and Martin swings at 1st pitch?
Why are we in HACK MODE when the ump will not call a close pitch?
Martin is a DP machine.
really martin???? the guy should be pulled. why is he swinging at the first pitch every time up?? very annoying.
swish indeed is an idiot…
Single play, double play, triple play. Martin grounds into everything. **sigh**
I wish Jorge could still catch semi-effectively and then Jesus could DH.
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Posada continues making me eat crow. Awesome to see. The guy is a champion and is playing like it.
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phffft. They can crawl on their hands and knees. Losers.
Martin offcourse, he swings at the first pitch…I wonder where is his patience at the plate, because this has been going on for a while now
Girardi should have had them taking a strike that inning.
Bottom of lineup, is bottom of lineup after all
“Baseball is a game that umpire’s impact can be minimized. But MLB chooses to have it amplified as much as possible.”
Absolutely. It is disgusting, not to mention unfair.
Jorge can still catch semi-effectively. This team hardly runs a lot. But there’s no sense going there.
Too bad we can’t see Jones in LF and Montero catching.
Swish and Martin are totally useless at the plate.
Martin has really come to play, hasn’t he?
All we need is for CC to six innings and keep the lead.
SO RO MO are fully rested and they will take care of the rest.
Posada is good
Martin has to be more patient considering the tiny strike zone. Horrible ab.
another great ab from martin., he swings at the first pitch all the time and loves hitting ground balls to short and 3rd. terrible terrible terrible.
binder joe would never put the take sign on…..
get out.. fine. just get out productivly. make their ace throw pitches…….
clueless…
its like he isnt even trying he has done this at every at bat .. maybe his manager might wanna tell him he cant swing at the first pitch ?
its beyond absurd at this point.. these managers need to stop sugar coating everything and calling their players out on stuff like that..
it’s one thing if it was once in awhile but every single at bat he does it !!! *FUMING
Would have been nice if they had worked some could ts and gave CC a breather.
The reason why these umpries are allowed to continue doing this and get away with it is because fans like many of you will ignore the obvious. You’ll accept that there is no conspiracy, when in fact, there is one. The only way something can be done about it is if the fans let the league know that they know whats going on, people from the team letting the league know that they know whats going on. Itll never change until someone is willing to do something.
Guess the real strike zone just isn’t going to matter. You can see that unless CC gets in the middle of the plate, he ain’t getting calls.
Nolan Ryan threw 259 pitches in a 12 inning game in 1974.
I’m not worried about rubber-armed CC’s pitch count
He is not commanding that fastball.
If CC’s fastball command doesn’t get better it’s not going to be a long night for him. His pitch count is going to get high very quickly.
CC is not sharp.
Hopefully he will find his groove soon.
He is throwing hard though.
john and suzyn saying that yanks are swinging early because they feel that to wait against verlander will put them 0-2 and 1-2. we’ll see.
JobaTipsHisCap October 3rd, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Posada is good
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You don’t say
Come on CC no more walks.
He’s missing, unlike Friday. Hope he didn’t hurt himself when he slipped on the mound.
4 BB??
Get Hughes ready
Good thing Joe used Ayala last night instead of Soriano
I hope Phil is ready for a big spot tonight….
Throw it down the middle…….stop walking guys at the bottom.
Come on, CC!
Damn I knew this was going to happen. He looked so sharp in game 1. He has zero fastball command and his breaking stuff isn’t sharp.
Holy S@#! CC, you better make an adjustment.
with this ump the pitcher needs to pitch for contact.
wow i am about to mute this game. I love how the announcers are making it sound like Verlander is pitching a perfect game and CC has given up 5runs. Sheesh….
I think the stupid calls of the Ump are affecting CC’s pitching.
Yankee Trader October 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Nolan Ryan threw 259 pitches in a 12 inning game in 1974.
I’m not worried about rubber-armed CC’s pitch count
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Do you expect all scientists to be on Einstein’s level?
But if Verlander isn’t throw strikes, we shouldn’t be swinging based on reputation.
Nice!
CC is going down, so are the Yanks.
Adios, suckers!
thank you!!!
Justice sometimes does out…
Huge DP
Tbs is upset
Keep those DP”s coming baby.
The best friend of a pitcher…..DP!!!!
thank you cc,
make them put the ball in play.
DOUBLE PLAY!!!
REALLY needed that one.
DP again! Yeah!
Double plays bailing them out big time…..get another out and then hit for awhile and let CC regroup.
That is one way to guard against the ump, good defense and DPs.
guess he will get around the ridiculous strike zone with double plays
Trisha, well said lol
Nice
Lol. TBS now saying that Cano’s style would have been called “lackadaisical” in the past.
Remember CC vs the Yanks in the 2007 ALDS? He was kind of like this.
K!!!!!!!! C!!!!!!!!!
Actually Tyler, that’s the one thing tonight they said correctly. But that’s the ONLY thing…
slider seems to be working for cc…
hopefully he can build on that
“Tbs is upset”
This is a nice k.
Tbs went silent
Joe-
.277 BA and 7 of 24 homers against Verlander on 0-0 count
.377 BA on 0-1 count
Something to swinging early.
That’s our C
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C’mon Gardy, you own Verlander
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6 scoreless from CC would be GOLDEN
these clowns are praying for cc to implode, little do they know he has guts…he can walk 9 for all i care cuz they aint touchin him
Beautiful, CC! Even when he’s a little off and getting screwed by the ump, he finds a way.
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Lol. TBS now saying that Cano’s style would have been called “lackadaisical” in the past.
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They’re right. Cano did get a lot of criticism. Hell, he looked lackadaisical in the field for the first half of this season.
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Lol. TBS now saying that Cano’s style would have been called “lackadaisical” in the past.
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Fluid? Effortless? Obscenely talented… come to mind.
What Mick said.
sd-
It might have but those that know him realize that he works just as hard if not harder than anybody on the team off the field.
I like the Honus Wagner version better
if you notice, CC got a pitch outside of the zone away from Avila for a strike.
Davis sets up on that side of the plate, he doesn’t call the pitches on the other corner.
You would think that would help Verlander because he can get calls away from the lefties but in his career he’s had some problems with Davis behind the plate.
it’s 2-0 Yankees, their bullpen is rested, and the Yankees are getting good cuts against Verlander unless he’s throwing 98-100.
I’m feeling pretty good about this game right now…
Joe-
sorry only .321 BA against verlander on 0-1 count.
i wonder if the announcers are deliberately playing up detroit to maintain interest from viewers?
if so, it’s a bad strategy. you should report the game, and play it straight. not try bs tactics like that.
or, they could just be that bad all on their own.
TBS now saying that Cano’s style would have been called “lackadaisical” in the past.
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That’s funny. In the past I would have called this TBS coverage “total crap” . Now I’d say it’s par for the course.
did one of the clowns say robbie was called LAXidaisical?
i guess he meant lackadaisical…get the word right if you’re gonna use it…
YF I agree. Verlander has been all over the place. Of course he was the same way at Yankee Stadium so it causes me to replay my AL Central theme.
Hopefully the Yankee batters will make the adjustments if he doesn’t settle down and throw first pitch strikes.
Happiness is…muting the TBS broadcasters and listening to the Yankee broadcast on the radio. Much better that listening to a booth of Tiger fans.
these clowns are just buck and mccarver light…imposters
Got to love when the tiger fans hide in this thread cause they can’t have there own then talk crap then go hide again LOL…And the best way to watch the game is TO MUTE THE TV AND LISTEN TO RAIDO WCBS JOHN S. that is what i am doing not going to let TBS ruin my game the yanks can but not them.
“the damage is done” -TBS (my wife says what damage? They don’t have a hit!)
GGBG!!!
GREAT JOB BRETT!!!!
Hee hee hee!!!
RadioKev October 3rd, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Lol. TBS now saying that Cano’s style would have been called “lackadaisical” in the past.
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They’re right. Cano did get a lot of criticism. Hell, he looked lackadaisical in the field for the first half of this season.
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I think fluid is a better word. Lackadaisical implies not caring which has no merit talking about Cano.
I was wrong, Davis sets up inside with all hitters…
Nice, Gritner…..now run, run, run.
Verlander… WHAT A CLUTS!!!
very cool english on that bunt !!!
gardy!!!!
Gritty. Now steal 2nd.
TBS, uninterested in Gardener’s bunt.
The ball deadened brilliantly, so Verlander couldn’t pick it up.
GRITTY!!!
NOW STEAL
Don’t bunt Girardi. Dont even think about it
Always a big weapon for Gardner.
i heart Gardy
that was perfect by brett
*Gardner’s
back to back bunts for hits?
Verlander probably would have killed Gardner if he threw that at his back.
finally gardner gets a bunt hit .. move that pitchers feet .. SMART MOVE FINALLY !
I hate Girardi, Tex and Martin !!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t bunt Derek.
TBS has never been shy when it comes to piling on the Yankees. At least they dumped Chip Caray. The 2007 ALDS against the Indians was particularly unbearable.
On the broadcast here, they left the announcers’ mikes on and didn’t go to commercial. One of the guys actually said, “CC is having a Scherzer game”. I don’t care if he was referring to CC’s zero runs thus far, Scherzer will NEVER EVER be a CC.
I’d sure have Gardner running here before Jeter bunts…
Great Brett!! Please dont bunt him over Derek
Smart baseball so far from our guys. I’m impressed. That being said, it’s far easier playing with a lead.
Don’t bunt with Jeter, please. If he steals 2B first, then you can bunt if you must…..
verlander is not that effective out of the stretch
a hit by jeter here would put a ton of pressure on him
randy you got your wish, brett on first and bothering verlander.
Sorry about the exclamation points excessive, Nick
That 1-0 curve to Jeter was a ball for CC his firts 2 innings
Tyler, I agree, but it used to chap my ass watching him go out on pop ups over the shoulder. Now, I know he’s going to make the play but those 1st couple years, I would just scream. Dudes a stud..
Great , a Met & a Brave these guys should broadcast from the Detroit dugout, they’re so anti Yankee
Oh, and one of the announcers also said…”look for a bunt here” during the break.
all hail Verlander who can do no wrong and is perfect
Just wait for your pitch Jeter
Damn. He got a great jump.
Welp, looks like Gardner had a helluva jump there.
“I hate Girardi, Tex and Martin !!!!!!!!!!!”
Yeah because none of them had anything to do with the Yankees being the postseason. 1st base just kind of took care of itself.
what have you done for me lately?
Ooo, ooo-ooo, ooo yeah!
Not what I had in mind…damn, why didn’t they have running…
Jeter should have taken the pitch when Gardner ran….
we got fxxked.
Dp. Darn
Dangit
Aw, man, that went straight to Cabrera.
That hurts
what a fail how do you ever have a DP with Gardner on base…..he should have went already
ugh
Crap. That foul ball comes back to bite
Suck it.
Jeter really messed that up. When Gardner was running, he should have taken that ball.
sad
Recognizing you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
Let’s go CC
J. Alfred Prufrock October 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Not what I had in mind…damn, why didn’t they have running…
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Probably thinking about a throw to first.
Way to take the pitch Jeter, Garnder was 3/4 of the way there.
why doesnt jete let gardy steal that base?/!!
this is getting old quick.. this offense is stale .. how many times have they put up 2 runs in the first and that was it ?
wish we had some life on the offense like Ryan Braun or a Young Jeter
Girardi doesn’t know a hit and run sign, we all know that, so nobody say it was.
mick-
That’s what I was wondering. Jeter swung so late that I wonder if it was a hit and run or if he was protecting Gardner? Kind of puzzled me…
Yea the 2-1 pitch he could have taken, but he’s aggressive.
Jetes had to take that pitch.
It wasn’t even a good pitch to hit. Up and in. Gardner had the base stolen.
we just got fxxked out of a potentially big inning
If CC can keep putting up zeroes, our pen should be able to take care of the rest.
Get the nine man here CC to start the inning.
jete saw him go…don’t get it…he had a longer than usual lead, it was obvious to me.
P October 3rd, 2011 at 9:28 pm
this is getting old quick.. this offense is stale .. how many times have they put up 2 runs in the first and that was it ?
wish we had some life on the offense like Ryan Braun or a Young Jeter
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You keep mentioning Ryan Bruan like he has a chance to be a Yankee. He’s a Brewer until 2022. Guys like him don’t grow on trees.
As for the dubious quality of this broadcast, it’s being sponsored by a Joe Piscopo-sponsored product.
So what did you expect?
And we continue to let Verlander even out that pitch count that was 20 plus in inning 1. Sometimes, the baseball IQ just doesn’t seem to be there with this team, and that is worrisome.
joe form long island-
i wish he would have bothered him a little more. man, gardner got a bad start for second base mostly because he was watching the first baseman field the ball. with his speed he should have got down there a little faster than that.
Recognizing you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
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Nick…gamblers anonymous?
Offense just in deep funk.
If he only puts one on, we avoid Cabrera until next inning.
Suck it, there goes the no-no…
Here is the big inning.
Going to have to work from the stretch again this inning.
thats what happens when CC has to throw the ball right down the middle.
Let’s play a drinking game…take a shot everytime the TBS announcers mention CC’s 4 walks. We’ll be good and drunk by the 5th inning.
“P” is sounding more and more like West Coast Sux fan with every post.
Just sayin’
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Good thing Comerica is a big park.
watch the bunt
Which announcer is doing the play by play?
make austin jacskon put the ball in play
watch the bunt from ajax
where are these pitches?? seriously!!!!!
there it is. that was a strike.
you can see that the umpire is in CC’s head.
where was that pitch ridiculous
despite the bad calls…CC’s command is clearly off
Brandon inge… Really? Wow cc is not bringing his a game.
“Nick…gamblers anonymous?”
No, I was responding to C-R-9′s apology.
I’m long Yankees and I’m not anonymous.
next time joe west whines about the time of games, tell him to watch tape of this home plate ump…
I know CC is not sharp but he is also getting squeezed BIG time
Tarheel In NYC October 3rd, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Let’s play a drinking game…take a shot everytime the TBS announcers mention CC’s 4 walks. We’ll be good and drunk by the 5th inning.
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lol
He should be 0-2 according to gameday
I will take tie game into 7th.
Cc is not sharp tonite
“Let’s play a drinking game…take a shot everytime the TBS announcers mention CC’s 4 walks. We’ll be good and drunk by the 5th inning.”
It would be one thing if they were actually walks. But it makes it that much more aggravating to hear it when they were so bogus!
Yes he’s stealing signs from 2nd
If I were a non ALDS roster guy, like Cervelli, Id take a tee from inside, bring it out to home plate at the start of our pitching inning and place it on home plate….then say to the HP ump, this is what you wanted, for the Tigers to hit it off a tee.
Can we ignore the trolls please
Whew, Leyland is pissed…
Pitches on the corners are just not strikes.
K here please.
Brian Anderson is play by play I believe
BA October 3rd, 2011 at 9:32 pm
I know CC is not sharp but he is also getting squeezed BIG time
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Yep. Both factors are what is hurting him. He doesn’t look great but the pitches he is making aren’t being called.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 3rd, 2011 at 9:33 pm
“Let’s play a drinking game…take a shot everytime the TBS announcers mention CC’s 4 walks. We’ll be good and drunk by the 5th inning.”
It would be one thing if they were actually walks. But it makes it that much more aggravating to hear it when they were so bogus!
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Precisely! I’m muting and tuning in to John and Suzyn. I can’t stand this.
This strike zone is silly-small on CC…
Does this ump have Austin Jackson on his fantasy team? What the hell is this?
Strike 3. Cheated again. This isnt going to be a favorable game. This umpire fixed this game.
These calls blow.
Cmon! Verlander got those calls.
this is so freakin aggravating.
Really need a K here…
F O C K
They’re killing C
And you guys were complaining about yesterday’s ump?
how long before girardi or martin lose it on the ump?
This ump is killing us. This is a joke.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope the umpire takes one off the head, bad enough to knock him the F out of this game. This is disgusting.
TBS says the pitch has to be “all the way in” the “box” ridiculous that’s why its a ball
Time for Girardi to get himself thrown out of the game!
Hate to say it but Joe needs a quick hook with CC tonight
this strike zone is ridiculous. i dont know what to say
CC just had no chance. Get hit hard or give walks. Ump doesn’t give him a chance.
High fastballs CC. pop it up.
he’ll bunt now
wow
it would be one thing if Verlander weren’t getting calls off the outside corner
crazy
This guy is going to bunt, and then they’ll hope for a base hit to tie the game.
The umprie created this opportunity for the Tigers.
I love how confused these broadcaster are at the amount of walks cc has given up when they themselves are commenting about the lack of strike calls.
I can only pray that justice still keeps coming around. Otherwise this is going to be hugely upsetting.
TheStraw October 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 pm
And you guys were complaining about yesterday’s ump?
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I couldn’t imagine one that could be worse…i was certaintly wrong
This ump has to be embarrassed with this performance.
16 in. K zone !
K this scrub
I generally never piss and moan about balls and strikes but this is rough….
Cant Greg Golson appear from the dugout with bat in hand and attack the umpire??
This game always is and always will be fixed against us
ac1 October 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 pm
how long before girardi or martin lose it on the ump?
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I’ll sacrifice Martin lol. Have him get in his face.
C’mon CC bear down!!
CC isn’t locating well…. he needs to clean it up
but Verlander got the calls – CC needs to get them too
He’s getting squeezed agree… But he’s not sharp at all…
I blame the ‘I Like Inge’ commenter more than the umpire.
TBS needs to adjust their K zone to reflect only that tiny little square in the middle.
Hate to say it but Joe needs a quick hook with CC tonight
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If cc isnt getting calls, he is the best strike thrower we have..
Don’t think anyone is coming in from the pen and pitching well with this strike zone…
I’ve never complained about the K zone this entire yr., but this is ridiculous !
Home plate ump sux
Hes going to be at 100 pitches by the 4th inning at this rate
CC will be lucky to get through 5 innings at this pace
This is really testing CC. Now it’s a good thing that the bullpen is pretty well rested besides Ayala. CC might not give as much length and its not his fault at all…
this is such a joke
this is so sad….c’mon really to the loser hitters
Some umps obviously favor right-handed pitchers, some lefties. We just got one that favors righties.
Forget about Santiago, I am gonna order a code red on the ump!
I’ll give up that run if CC can get another DP here.
Terrible pitch 1-2.
and here we go.
The ump last night was calling everything–tonight CC can’t buy a strike. How about a little consistency for the post season! CC has to try and limit the damage here.
Ken Phelps October 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 pm
He’s getting squeezed agree… But he’s not sharp at all…
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His offspeed stuff isn’t sharp but I wonder if the ump isn’t in his head right now.
Tigers are doing what we can’t figure out to do..
there comes a time when you realize this offense is just not that good.
So much for our “ace”.
Girardi should get thrown out of this game right now. Maybe it will do something.
We’ve lost this game. Its over. They cheated us repeatedly. He struck out, didnt foul that pitch off. CC has to throw the ball down the middle. I wish this umpire dead. I hope he suffers a blow to the head right now and drops dead on site.
Strike zone is too damn small.
Some ace. Sad
What a surprise. If CC had to throw enough of them right down the middle, the bast*ards were eventually going to score.
Needs a big strikeout here.
Game over.
Still up 2-1. Limit the damage here. Come on CC. Still in the lead.
well
could be the biggest AB of the game here
Get the bullpen up.
see ya next year .
0 outs.
this ump is horrible.
horrible….
the yanks are going to lose this game, sorry to say. sabathia has nothing and this ump is horrible………….
Meltdown….
get the hook
Do you walk him and hope to get Martinez?
CC has had to put eveyr ball down the middle. This is all the umpires. Game over
I guess we have troll city here tonight.
I agree. Ignore the posts that are obviously meant to incite. Because they’re not highly intelligent.
the Tigers are a high BA team that doesn’t walk a lot outside of Miggy and VMart. If the ump is giving them free passes, it’s going to be really hard to hold them down
And so it begins.
Ball game is right here.
Will cc choke?
Ump totally subverted this game. Absolute BS.
just gotta find a way to keep it 2-2
DP here, please
or K
Crap, nowhere to put Cabrera. CC has to man up here….this could be the turning point either way.
Well the game is on the line right here.
this umps strike zone is the size of his brain….
but nah no big deal……….
NO THE UMP IS M AKING CC WORK…
The site is degenerating. I’m out of here
how can he make a good pitch when if he isn’t getting any inside outside up down calls….pretty much leaves the middle….sheesh
I see. I’m not the only one baffled by the strikezone CC is getting.
really annoying that tbs not acknowledging the lousy strike zone…
I can’t believe how awful this ump has been with CC so far. I would never blame an umpire for a game, but he has put Sabathia in an awfully tough position the whole night.
I love how Smoltz says the “Tigers” are making CC work. It is the ump that is making him work so hard.
Ugh.
He will not get out of this inning
fat and sweaty and not an ace
Time to go to Hughes here. CC has nothing and is going to cost us the game.
Put our offense on ice again why don’t you CC.
What a crappy performance.
The ump lost us this series. Sickening. The MLB is a biased joke.
cc got zero pitches on the box. none….
Yikes, this is very scary.
CC has unfortunately reverted to his early career post-season form.
Here’s the effect of the rain. If Scherzer had this tight ump instead of the loose ump yesterday….
Im gonna find Gerry Davis in the offseason, and Im gonna make him pay for his trangressions tonight. I want to mutilate him limb from limb
how do you pitch when the ump is this bad?
do you just give in and throw down the middle?
i seriously think someone needs to go out and get in this umps face and get thrown out.
but get the umps knowing that he’s the story out there which is never a good thing if you’re an ump.
It’s tied, but I’ll take it for the 2 outs.
Wow, CC needs to buckle down. But if he gets through this, he’ll be lights out the rest of the way.
F–Cabrera
i’ll take that dp
DP city
I sure miss the YES announcers. It’s hard listening to announcers who don’t want the Yankees to win.
Will give up another run here.
Thatta boy. Get out of this with only two.
TBS announcers are SOOOOOO dissapointed by the double play.
Embarrassing.
That was the optimal result there.
STFU DSJ.
i’ll take that. Now strand that runner on third CC.
get this last out and live for another day, c’mon CC
“Meltdown….”
Seriously? Try having to throw 5 strikes to get a strikeout and see if you meltdown!
Please, CC…
YES
2 OUTS
blame the ump – sad
Well, AJ’s going to have to be the savior.
Go have another beer Miguel.
The ace is behind the catcher. I mean arse !
Thank you BD for calling th DP
Big big pitch. If he gets out of this inning without giving up another run, maybe we can build off of that.
Hughes?
Oh no, he will be exposed hard
“I sure miss the YES announcers. It’s hard listening to announcers who don’t want the Yankees to win.”
You bet.
Nobody can answer this question of mine: why don’t they let machines call balls and strikes?
cc with a chien ming wang post season performance thus far, aided by friend of detroit, gerry davis
Uno mas, C.
CC survived the worst.
Now offense has to give him some rest, by having long at bats and scoring a run or two.
How about A-Rod homerun….
Ump must have blinked, called one on the corner
“i seriously think someone needs to go out and get in this umps face and get thrown out.”
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agreed.
you know CC can’t be happy but he can’t say anything.
Girardi or even Pena need to let him hear it, get tossed, run out and make a spectacle of the umps strike zone for CC
P October 3rd, 2011 at 9:41
see ya next year .
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I hope this means you’re leaving.
If CC gets squeezed into a walk again, Girardi has to do something. Give Pena the manual and stick your neck out there.
Way to grind it, C. We have your back.
Randy
Did you ever accidently on purpose miss a FB that somehow hit the ump? I wonder if Martin could pull it off.
Good job CC
UP THEIRS!
Not an Ace my ass.
houdini
HEY CC did a damn good job considering and the score is tied so no need to panic…..I sure hope these calls get better or at least Verlander get the same ones
the thing is, CC isn’t throwing the ball badly. it’s the umpire who’s off his game.
Okay, let’s get some baserunners now.
I would take this CC over Hughes any day.
Did Martinez just hit that ball on the bounce???
Well the Game is not over. The umpire facilitated the tie game, so our offense will have to go back out there and get more runs.
We cant let the umpire win. We have to fight and fight til the end.
That’s our boy
He got squeezed and hurt by a bloop and he got out of it in nearly-best-case scenario
2-2
I’ll take it considering…
Could’ve lost the series there with the batting champ at the plate.
You deal with what you can with the zone, but I mean A Jax shouldn’t have been on in the first place. I mean what do you have to lay one in the wheelhouse. Nothing on the corners?????
Are we going to be tight for both pitchers or are you going to not give CC the outside of the plate but give it to Verlander?
Yankees need to get some guys on and take the momentum back
Bronx Jeers October 3rd, 2011 at 9:44 pm
P October 3rd, 2011 at 9:41
see ya next year .
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I hope this means you’re leaving.
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aww diaper change for wittle bronx guy
CC is going to do what he always does, which is fight through the adversity and keep giving the Yanks a chance to win.
I think Girardi will let him go for a long time, since he isn’t pitching again until Saturday.
burnett to save the season – sad
no problem YT
it’s critical that the Yanks don’t go 3 and out here
gotta let CC rest – CC can still buckle down but gotta let him rest a minute
I would love to see Girardi get in the HP umps face. Its absolutely warranted.
can the offense make Verlander work a little? doesn’t help that all these DP’s are giving CC almost no rest between innings
Girardi can’t sit on the bench and continue to let this happen. CC has no strike zone to work with. He doesn’t have to get thrown out but Leyland or any veteran manager would never put up with bs.
Give cc one more inning then let the pen take over. D rob can pitch innings.
Way to step up CC, I gotta say, I expected that to be worse.
i feel a Texeria home run i’ve been feeling it all game…that is going to happen
“Nobody can answer this question of mine: why don’t they let machines call balls and strikes?”
I’m all for it. I’m sure they’d have to work out some kinks, like how to even measure the zone with someone not tall enough to reach the plate, like the beantown elf. But I’m sure they could figure it out!
The only thing worse than the strike zone is what’s going on here…..Game over, see you next year ??? What in the hell is up with that ??? Yanks win this tonigh guys……Maybe the post game environment will improve……Later
Offense needs to win this game.
Gotta step it up with the way CC is throwing the ball.
Brock October 3rd, 2011 at 9:45 pm
I would take this CC over Hughes any day.
Did Martinez just hit that ball on the bounce???
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I think so
Now put up some runs, Yanks. Go to battle.
Great recovery, CC. Could easily have been much MUCH worse.
Verlander has been sitting forever. Let’s have good AB’s here.
63 pitches thru 3. If we can get another run or two soon and CC can go 3 more innings unscored upon, Im still optomistic. Time for A-Rod to step up.
mybe girardi will get fired up …. doubt it his thumb is stuck to his mouth.
“# DSJ October 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 pm
burnett to save the season – sad”
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if only we had a way to get rid of people like you and “save” the blog
maybe now you people will understand how ive gone C R azy over the years. These umpires do this every postseason, it never fails. and im tired of the injustice.
Cano, A-Rod, Tex and Swisher need to step it up against Verlander. Martin needs to strictly work walks and not put any balls in play.
CaptC — you can’t argue balls and strikes. You get thrown out. Period.
Pat M. October 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 pm
The only thing worse than the strike zone is what’s going on here…..Game over, see you next year ??? What in the hell is up with that ??? Yanks win this tonigh guys……Maybe the post game environment will improve……Later
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need a tissue ?
“i feel a Texeria home run i’ve been feeling it all game…that is going to happen”
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Tex needs to show he can lay off the breaking balls in the dirt or he’ll never see a fastball eh cant hit out of hte park.
Tabbert October 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Give cc one more inning then let the pen take over. D rob can pitch innings.
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U R kidding right ?
i truly wish we would take pitches and know Verlander is pitching but still….can we try and work the count
…not that I’d mind if Girardi got tossed. He’d still be managing from the clubhouse, though.
I’m sure there’s no answer to this one, but how in the name of all that right and good can the umpires continue to get away with this sh*t? Is it that Selig and Gammons are too busy getting drunk together all the time that Selig manages to miss this stuff?
C got an inside strike…that’s a clue to this umps strike zone
he can throw 150 pitches tonight
Nice condescending “Not in this ballpark” comment from the announcing team.
CC isn’t going to continue to get guys out with the stuff he has tonight. Girardi is going to have to consider taking him out soon. The strike zone is a joke and CC has nothing. The offense has to get going. Now that Verlander has settled down they are doing nothing.
Yankees not exactly giving the ump a chance to squeeze Verlander either. Hacking away.
Don’t bail; just scroll past the trolls.
Teix couldn’t even hit his 89 & 90 change.
I feel an Arod dinger coming on.
Take……..
Do something Tex.
maybe the yankees will learn to stop swinging the way detroit has….
Nice Arod. Thank you
no freaking DP
lets go!!!!
step up and double in this run Mark!
Wow! someone learns to take pitches. Thanks AROD
BB
verlander didn’t get the memo that rodriguez blows
Put in a call to Dr. Questec…
or swing at everything…
Surprise surprise, Yankees got a few close calls on ARods AB
4 pitch walk for the almighty one (apologies to Mo).
Teix is at least trying to go opposite. It will come.
lol @ tex the bum first pitch out
“P October 3rd, 2011 at 9:45 pm
aww diaper change for wittle bronx guy
P October 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 pm
need a tissue ?”
Does your father know you’re posting stuff like that? I always enjoyed his insights, but I wonder what he would say to those comments.
Lost, you out there?
Damn Tex hit that well, opposite field too.
Demon Young is one fat…..
thanks for working the count mark!
Texeria just saw this guy throw 4 straight pitches out of the K zone and he swings at the first one he sees. That makes since of course
Good God, liner the other way caught. I hope this isn’t one of those nights.
Not hitting and no luck. Don’t see how we can win this game.
chance for Swish to shut some people up here
And then there is that. team is seriously brain dead.
Pat M, you’re the person we need here, not the trolls who are trying to incite crap! Stay here please.
Why didn’t they talk about shut down innings after the Yanks scored their runs.
What a joke they are
Way To work the count Tex
NOT A STRIKE!!!!
It’s also very physically taxing on CC when he’s not getting calls.
The big bear looked so relaxed on the bench just now…yawning. Love CC.
Ok, really Verlander got that pitch?
I want to see CC get that same pitch right there to Swisher!
FU ump, you d bag.
Swish needs a 10 pitch AB here.
yankeefeminista October 3rd, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Teix is at least trying to go opposite. It will come.
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Let’s hope !
AS much a strike as C’s were/
They won’t win this series if Tex and Swish continue to struggle. The offense has gone to sleep since the 1st inning and the DP’s killed them.
Wang, me too.
That was in Swish’s wheelhouse and Verlander missed his spot. Damn
really?
maybe show how far that was off the plate?
What a joke!!, that was outside
This umpire is a complete joke.
R u kidding me with the location of that pitch
Oh Swish, that was terrible.
Not a strike.
That is not a strike
Amazing how u can get outs when u are getting calls. SMH.
Lord this ump is dreadful
somebody has got to do something about this HORRIBLE calls….why would Swish swing at that it wasn’t anywhere near the strike zone…..$#@^@%$!
it’s comical how much of a tool this guy is making himself look like on national TV.
In the other batters box. NOT A STRIKE!!
And Joe Girardi doesnt argue, just sits there. He got tossed in meaningless games against the Rays
Gotta be swinging at that. Of course when CC throws that, it’s a ball.
WHAT A F’N JOKE.
Not a shot in hell CC gets that strike tonight
Oh boy. So what did we learn here. Verlander will get the outside pitches called a strike, but CC won’t against righties?
where is this strike zone tonight??
And here is starts. Instead of putting the blame where it lies tonight, let’s start kicking the Yankees.
I don’t see a lot of trolling in this thread just frustrated fans
now he finds the outside strike?
gerry davis not having a good game, not at all.
I thought if it doesnt go in the box its not a strike??? right Ron Darling!!!!!!!!! OMG Pathetic
Wtf? That was outside and ump calls it strike 3 to swisher! It’s the tigers and ump vs the Yankees! Bulls$&@!
I wonder if any of the players realize Verlander is getting called strikes where CC us getting balls…. Id be pissed.
Seriously, if CC had gotten that same pitch Verlander just got, he’d have NO walks…
Cc needs like an 8 pitch inning… And no more walks to Austin Jackson!!!
Funny how all the strikes there weren’t “completely in the box” and yet were strikes.
That last strike call was absolute bs!
It seems like the Tigers are paying the umps in this series
Im just thinking of dismantling Davis limb from limb this winter. I need to make this criminal pay for what he’s done tonight. I need to. He needs justice.
teixeira tried to bushwhack Verlander and almost got him. No problem since he wasn’t going to see much better in that at bat.
Gee that last strike wasnt all the way in the box, it was all the way out of the box.
“Oh boy. So what did we learn here. Verlander will get the outside pitches called a strike, but CC won’t against righties?”
That’s exactly what we learned.
I hope CC can hold them down this inning…then we can come back.
P October 3rd, 2011 at 9:51 pm
lol @ tex the bum first pitch out
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Go tuck yourself in !
Cant use the box theory anymore TBS!!!!!!!
just doesn’t look like its in the cards tonite. everything is going against them. very annoying and frustrating.
Girardi needs to grow a effin pair. Just cuz you got braces doesn’t mean your 12 Girardi, show back your club retard.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You are seeing one of MLB’s ugly sides tonight. An in depth study this summer documented that umps give the benefit of the doubt on a pitch thrown by a pitcher of the same race. And the opposite result was also documented.
Just the facts. Sorry.
We are playing against ten tonight
“Did you ever accidently on purpose miss a FB that somehow hit the ump? I wonder if Martin could pull it off.”
the catcher really can’t fight with the ump as much as you want to sometimes.
i’d tell the ump i had to go talk to the damn pitcher and tell him if he didn’t start throwing strikes he was out of there.
then i’d get to the mound and say to the pitcher that a%^%$ hole ump is squeezing you.
then i’d get back to the ump and say i told that a#$%hole to throw strikes.
i’d make it like me and the ump were on the same team trying to get my pitcher to throw strikes.
it worked more often than not .
i don’t know what i’d do with this guy. he has to know that the balls that get the black are strikes, but he just doesn’t care.
it’s really an embarrassment to baseball that an ump is allowed to ruin a match up like this.
chance for Swish to shut some people up here
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BD- No such luck!
Cc needs like an 8 pitch inning… And no more walks to Austin Jackson!!!
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has to get a call first…
tex tries to bushwhack everyone and it almost never works. tex’s approach is horrible.
gery davis is blind. this ump is horrible…..
need a quick inning here
There should be a way to protest games that have such horrible umpires calling the game. The players can’t argue balls and strikes, yet these turds are horrible with what they keep calling.
It really is sickening that the umpires are allowed to do this with no recourse.
That last pitch was a great pitch and should have been called a strike. But CC also needs to get that call.
you can’t argue balls and strikes. You get thrown out. Period.
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That is such bs. You can come out after the inning and just ask where those pitches are and if you do it nice you won’t get thrown out. Girardi can’t continue to let this happen to his ace. Leyland would NEVER allow this to happen to his ace.
What, does the ump think we are playing Boston???
How can you not give him the inside pitch either then?
That would be a strike for Verlander
“I don’t see a lot of trolling in this thread just frustrated fans”
When you’ve posted here long enough you know the difference. There’s definite trolling.
You could sense the deflation inside the “unbiased” analyst press box as that went foul.
same excact f’ing pitch.
literally same pitch Verlander struck Swish out on pitch #2 this at bat…called a ball
lets stop putting the blame on the ump
This is a postseason ump? I thought they were supposed to use the best? This guy is either blind or a homer. Girardi should have got himself tossed out on that Swisher strike call. Sabathia’s getting squeezed beyond belief and that homer gives Verlander a pitch that far outside? Ridiculous. Get off your *** Joe!
Hey, that pitch was exactly where Verlander’s strike call was… AND IT WAS A BALL FOR CC…
Too much nibbling
I cannot understand why Teixeira generally gets a pass on this site. He has been absolutely terrible this year and he has probably the worst approach on the team.
Verlander throws 4 straight balls to A Rod… and Tex thinks it’s a good idea to flail away at the first pitch he sees? It makes no sense, and the pop up to left was beyond predictable.
I just can’t stand watching him hit this season. It is legitimately cringeworthy.
MG – IMO Velander pitching in the AL East would not have the record he has coming out of the AL Central,
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CC pitched for the Indians and the Brewers. Not exactly the AL East and he has done quite well for the Yankees.
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CC not sharp tonight but the home plate umpire is not giving either pitcher strikes.
safe@gerrydavis.com
here is his email if you want to tell him how you feel about his job tonight:)
Nobody is paying the umpires. Get that conspiracy out of your heads. Nobody needs to pay these hacks. They do what they do because the Yankees are the Evil Empire. The Evil Empire that makes MLB thrive, but the Evil Empire
Verlander showing A-Rod more respect than Yankee fans.
joeman says:
October 3, 2011 at 9:57 pm
lets stop putting the blame on the ump
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Agree!!! He’s not good but still…
“lets stop putting the blame on the ump”
go soak your head
gotta love the boys for there D, good play A-rod
This game is going to be tough to win if it continues to be called like this. If the Yanks pull this out, then I think they roll tomorrow because this is a gut check game.
Niiice, Alex.
Regardless of the strike zone CC needs to start getting swings and misses with 2 strikes.
He’s not putting batters away.
Tex six as a hitter
I guess Jerry Davis wants to be the story of this game instead of the ace matchup
RMS October 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 pm
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CC not sharp tonight but the home plate umpire is not giving either pitcher strikes.
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Exactly. Neither pitcher is getting the calls. Aside from Verlander.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 pm
“lets stop putting the blame on the ump”
go soak your head
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OK
That’s it, C.
CC CANNOT give up another run.
You can’t put hitters away if you don’t get strike calls. I think that is pretty obvious.
Hey, at least it’s not Joe West…I think people would be going even more insane if he was umpiring this one.
LGY October 3rd, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Regardless of the strike zone CC needs to start getting swings and misses with 2 strikes.
He’s not putting batters away.
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Tough to get swings and misses when you have to groove it down the middle to get a call.
I would actually love to see Teixeira move down to 7th or something. It’s one thing to struggle, it’s a totally different thing to just not have any kind of sensical approach to your at bats. It’s like he’s just not into it. I don’t get it.
LGY, the guy is pitching on short rest. The least he should have is a fair game called.
That said, it appears he’s settling down.
The best news of all will be the Yankees taking this game in spite of the absolutely horrendous calls.
Get this last out CC. Let’s go!
Randy
Makes sense, get him on your side.
Not only is this ump terrible, but he is also the opposite ( at least to CC) of what the ump called last night. No consistency at all in the strike zone. MLB should be embarassed.
Joe Girardi interviewed:
What he’s really thinking. “The ump is really screwing CC over.”
I’ve been waiting all night for Martin to call a high fastball.
Everything he has called is down. Need to change eye levels more.
Daniel in Toronto says:
October 3, 2011 at 9:58 pm
I cannot understand why Teixeira generally gets a pass on this site. He has been absolutely terrible this year and he has probably the worst approach on the team.
Verlander throws 4 straight balls to A Rod… and Tex thinks it’s a good idea to flail away at the first pitch he sees? It makes no sense, and the pop up to left was beyond predictable.
I just can’t stand watching him hit this season. It is legitimately cringeworthy.
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He has not gotten a pass… Yank fans down on him… He hit the ball hard but that was a bad at bat following a walk
wow – CC got a call!!!
a rare corner call for CC
finally he got that call where verlander did
Uno mas, C
Dang, we got a call outside the TBS box…
for some reason, davis hasn’t loosened up his definition of a strike.
whoa! he got the outside pitch called a strike!
“CC not sharp tonight but the home plate umpire is not giving either pitcher strikes.”
What do you call that strike 3 call on Swisher?
I can see calling that if you have a liberal strike zone. Even a normal strike zone, for both pitchers. But this guy’s strike zone for CC is the size of a postage stamp. And he calls that b.s. a strike for Verlander?
Maybe this is where the game turns in our favor
LGY, he’s not putting batters away because the umpire is in his head.
Davis wont be the story, so long as he cheats us. Because nobody will care. Davis wants to decide the game against us.
Strike 1 too Avila was one of the worst pitches that CC has thrown all night….
Nice inning, C.
Point to ponder:
Why did the Yankees totally change their patient approach after the first inning? Verlander was almost up to 25 pitches after 1 inning… and now he’s at 50 and we’re headed to the 5th. It makes NO SENSE. NONE.
Let’s go boys, get after it…
beautiful CC, you are a warrior you got this!!!! now lets go F up Verlander
just what was needed
Good inning for the Big Man.
Great inning for CC! He’s amazing. I love so much about him.
77 pitches for C.
now that outside slider by sabthia to the lefty was called a strike and missed totally .
will the ump call it again?
if he does that’s something to work with.
There we go…
We need to get montero to play a different position. Perhaps some time at 1st? Tex is pretty good, that’s the problem both our 3rd and 1b are decent at their position… outfield right field?
CC for 2 more innings
Soriano, Robertson, Mariano
4-2 Yanks
gotta get to Verlander for a couple more here….
Wake up offense!!!!
It seems like the ump only calls strikes off the right side of the plate. But pitches right down the middle are balls…makes sense.
Good inning!! Still has throw too many pitches.. Glad bullpen is rested!! Hopefully they left Ayala at the hotel!!
Maybe CC stared down the devil with that Cabrera DP last inning.
Ok CC – giving your your team a chance.
Ump just has a relatively big right side, which is the inside of right hand hitters. CC does not pitch much to that side. Ump has a tiny left side which is the outside corner for right-handed hitters and CC has got zero calls on that side.
In fairness, I think the zone has been tight for both pitchers. Yankees need to be more patient at the plate and stop helping Verlander.
It’s not all the ump guys.
The umps has been horrible but CC has not been sharp at all.
That said, he looked much better than inning.
Someone has it. Davis is giving the outside sttike to lefties, but not righties.
CC is settling in…too amped up before…72 pitches after 4 not bad…getting the outside corner to leftys, inside to rightys
wow, CC got a strike call against Avila. That one call isnt gonna save you, Gerry Davis.
who was the ump in game 7, ’97 ws, who called everything a strike?
randy, wasn’t that livan who got like 18 ks that game?
Come on guys, were nearing the Verlander tunnel end and not losing! We can do this!
He hit the ball HARD? You consider that Teixeira hitting the ball HARD? A lazy fly ball to medium depth left field… man, how the mighty have fallen.
Come on Yanks! Nice job CC! Huge bounce back inning. Lets get to this guy. A little bottom o the order magic starting with Mr. Posada!
God bless him. If there is justice in the game, the Yankees will find a way to ram the ball right down Verlander’s throat – or hit it into the outfield and have it drop, anyway.
It takes a lot to have my blood pressure rise, but this sh*t definitely does it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
Can’t get anything off verlander if you keep swinging at his crap that would be a ball if they took
CC just needs two more scoreless innings to turn it over to the bullpen.
Asd,
He’s thrown less than 50 pitches. We’re not nearing the end of anything unless the guys start taking some pitches.
I dont care that CC isnt sharp. These umpires cant get away with these criminal acts any longer. And how about the number of extra pitches has thrown b/c of the umpire, and how the bad pitches have affected him mentally. He made a gesture at that criminal Davis at the end of the 1st inning
“Strike 1 too Avila was one of the worst pitches that CC has thrown all night….”
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It was a great pitch – sweeping slider just off the outside corner.
I hope he can land that Avila all night. Problem is he’s the only lefty.
Does anyone else wish that Montero was in the lineup?
Martin is killing us.
RSM October 3rd, 2011 at 10:03 pm
In fairness, I think the zone has been tight for both pitchers. Yankees need to be more patient at the plate and stop helping Verlander.
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I would be fine with it if it was tight for both pitchers. It would be frustrating but fair. Verlander has gotten far more calls off the outside corner than CC has. Maybe it’s because he’s righthanded and the ump is picking up the ball better. I don’t know but it’s not even.
“In fairness, I think the zone has been tight for both pitchers”
Did you see the outside calls Verlander got that were called balls when CC threw them to the same outside spot, opposite side?
Yes Joe that was Livian hernandez against the Braves. Have to look up his name
Posada could go deep…
I know it’s getting a little crazy in here but remember: When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Yankee offense needs to get going . . . need more runs and the bullpen ready
Verlander going right at Posada.
Can’t be patient if he wants to throw fastballs down the middle.
BD-
It was a great pitch but it was actually probably farther out of the zone than a lot of the balls that have been called tonight. I loved the pitch but I found it humorous that it was a strike when some fastballs that were painted weren’t called.
Fastball right down the middle..Swing the bat!!!
That was one of the worst at bats I’ve seen in my entire life.
Yankee pitchers better not give up any more runs,
because you know (!) Verlander will not give up any more run(s) (!).
Tyler,
agreed.
Posada, you gotta lift the bat off your shoulder.
And that’s the main problem about taking pitches.
Can’t complain about those 3. Those were in the heart of the zone.
“What a beautiful pitch.”
Apparently CC hasn’t thrown any that were beautiful…
Jorge was completely baffled there. He was better off swinging aggressively.
Verlander is dealing now
terrible at bat.
Wow. Leyland barely moves his mouth when he speaks.
They’ve gotta start swinging at the first pitch again.
Russell Martin has no business swinging the bat. It does us no good.
just filthy
gotta hope he makes a msitake and punish him
Verlander getting better as the game goes on. Let’s hope CC does the same.
Ouch, this inning is painful. Hopefully Verlander gets tired soon.
This inning would almost be funny if this game wasn’t almost a must-win.
Verlander is dealing now.
I would of loved to see Montero against Verlander’s fastball.
Martin is totally useless at the plate and basically has no chance. Just brutal…
“randy, wasn’t that livan who got like 18 ks that game?”
livan? never heard of him.
ask gb7
he’s so old he remembers all that old stuff
Verlander is dealing…not good
See, that’s why cc should have pitched yesterday to go 2-0
Leyland didn’t move his mouth because he had a cigarette in it.
They called the swing on that one!!!!!
These f…king scumbags.
This game has the writing on the wall. Verlander is dominating, in large part to the large strije zone.
Whoever said “in fairness, the umpire’s strike zone has been small for both pitchers” I wish you dead.
JOE-
Eric gregg was the umpire who gifted Hernandez with 15 strikeouts
The Yanks need to sneak Montero into Martin’s uniform at the plate and then switch them back so Martin can catch lol.
Verlander unhittable now. Game over.
oh the great one…..how awesome is Verlander and his no-hitter tonight….oh wait he’s given up 2
we’re screwed. the bats have gone silent yet again.
Not a single batter that inning had a clue what they were doing up there during those at-bats. Verlander was just nasty.
Trader-
I was too young to remember that game live but I remember watching it on ESPN Classic. Livan was throwing balls like a foot off the plate outside lol.
this is a disgrace.
Crap. We might be in trouble now.
And Montero rots away on the bench
They look like they have no chance now. They have to stop taking so many fastballs and trying to work the count.
Now it’s see fastball swing…
Gardner is a waste
I do not lose my temper at games at all and it takes a lot to make me mad at a Yankee game. But I am dangerously close to throwing something at the TV.
charlestonchew October 3rd, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Does anyone else wish that Montero was in the lineup?
Martin is killing us.
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Not really against the Cy Young winner. Maybe PH later. And we NEED Martin behind the plate.
time to start tipping the cap. he is looking pretty nasty right now.
WOW.
We’re in trouble.
I must admit that was impressive
All three at bats first pitch fastball down the middle. Gotta swing at those first pitches.
Cc vs. Verlander, advantage is on verlander,
But cc has advantage against any other tiger pitcher.
Joe is not a creative person.
That was an impressive damn inning. I hope he doesn’t have too many more of those.
I love how Verlander, probably the best pitcher in baseball this year, is dealing
and it’s the hitters who are “terrible” and “absolute waste”
did you expect the game to be 12-10?
It’s a pitcher’s duel – and the Yanks need to grind out a win.
Come on, CC! Another scoreless please…at least we are at the top of the batting order next inning, maybe we can get something going.
Chill, people. Eric Chavez is looming.
Our guys are up there hacking because every pitch is a strike.
Its truly sad when an umpire is allowed to decide a game like this, and nothing will ever be done.
That was pretty dominating stuff. They probably are going to have to swing early in the count. Getting behind 0-2 is a death sentence the way he’s throwing right now.
“Verlander unhittable now. Game over.”
“we’re screwed. the bats have gone silent yet again.”
Opposite sides of the same coin it would seem. I guess you guys are going to watch something else?
Verlander threw 1 ball that inning.
#minorvictoriescountassomethingtoo
take it easy guys he had a good inning, cc need to do the same
Verlander led all 3 hitters off with 97mph fastballs down the middle.
Yanks just need to adjust.
Jeter, Granderson, and Cano have to grind out their next at bats. Slow this guy down.
You guys sound like the game is lost!!! Really!! Yanks will be fine!! And stop crying about umps..
Any team whose fans wave hankies or towels do not deserve to win in the PS.
I say give Andruw a few AB’s against those fastballs. Screw the left right thing.
He’s looking pretty nasty because every pitch he gets is a strike. That kind of helps the confidence and eases the early inning trouble, dontcha think??!?!?! Jerkoff
Maybe we’ll get an andruw Jones sighting?
“I love how Verlander, probably the best pitcher in baseball this year, is dealing
and it’s the hitters who are “terrible” and “absolute waste”
did you expect the game to be 12-10?
It’s a pitcher’s duel – and the Yanks need to grind out a win.”
Yep
Umps decide the outcomes of games a lot of times. You cannot convince me that CC is not still leading by 2 runs if the ump has a normal strike zone.
pitch count is low …CC has to match him
With due respect to Andrew Miller, that was as good of an inning as I have seen.
We should’ve taken advantage when Verlander was in a corner
Giving all the credit when they take strike 3 twice? 3 k’s swinging, fine, but swing the f’ing bat
Nick in SF says:
October 3, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Chill, people. Eric Chavez is looming.
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Great post!!! Lol!!! Maybe another walk to Austin Jackson???
Ken Phelps October 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 pm
joeman says:
October 3, 2011 at 9:57 pm
lets stop putting the blame on the ump
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Agree!!! He’s not good but still…
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Davis hasn’t been good enough to just be bad.
It must be pretty easy to dominate when eveyr pitch is called a strike for you
Once you get past Arod the lineup is brutal. You can’t win in the post season with so many automatic outs. I hate to say it but if CC gives up another run this team is in trouble. Verlander is dealing and his pitch count is very low. At this point he is throwing a complete game.
austinmac October 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 pm
With due respect to Andrew Miller, that was as good of an inning as I have seen.
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Blasphemy!
Shutup John Smolz.
“take it easy guys he had a good inning, cc need to do the same”
Yep
Ken Phelps October 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 pm
You guys sound like the game is lost!!! Really!! Yanks will be fine!! And stop crying about umps..
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someone will tell you to go soak your head..
Amazing. The Yankees hitters didn’t do anything to break up Verlander’s rhythm.
They are just taking it — just like they were taking it against Kenny Rogers and Jeremy Bonderman in 2006.
We need to hold them off on this inning we will get to Verlander in the next inning.
ASD,
The next inning you have to take the first pitch because he is going to change his pattern again
CC has no confidence in his fastball now.
Lets hope AJ is good tomorrow. This game looks hopeless
cc throws two pitches to the same spot so you only see one circle.
ones a strike and ones a ball.
this ump sucks.
ah, yes, eric gregg……memories……
this ump is no eric gregg. just bad.
This game is beyond frustrating. A 2-0 lead vs. Verlander with our “Ace” on the mound, and he’s pitched like AJ Burnett instead of CC. I want to believe we’ll win this….but in all honesty, I’d be surprised.
Tex looks clueless at the plate
theREALkevin October 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Giving all the credit when they take strike 3 twice? 3 k’s swinging, fine, but swing the f’ing bat
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When you are geared up for 98 and he throws an 84 mph hook, sometimes it is hard to get the bat off the shoulder lol.
Well, we can expect to see Verlander the entire game. They are going to have to find a way to grind out some runs and, if last inning is any indication, that is a heck of a lot easier said than done.
this little f..king turd Brandon Inge. I despise this guy, and every piece of crap on this team.
Inge on base, CC done.
CC can’t put anyone away.
This is not the ump. He doesn’t have it.
CC sucks not the ump
“Any team whose fans wave hankies or towels do not deserve to win in the PS.”
this x ∞
Shoot, CC has to get us through this 5th somehow. Pitch around this here CC. Season is hanging in the balance.
I wish the Red Sox were in the playoffs so they could torch this worthless turd Verlander for 10 runs in 2 innings, as they get all the pitches in their favor.
CC does not throw fastballs any more.
The dreaded Austin Jackson walk??? Lol
Inge hitting 197 this year
Really, Brandon Inge with two hits?
Shut up TBS, CC will throw 120 as long as he’s getting outs.
I hate Brandon Inge. Always have, always will.
CC is brutal tonight. Girardi really has to consider warming someone up.
i knew this would happen.
C’mon CC don’t get out of wack….you got this
The bullpen needs to be up.
CC just does not have it.
He could not finish off after two strikles and gives up a hit.
They should start the bullpen.
this isn’t going to be good
i feel like hughes is pitching w/ all these foul balls and inability to put anyone away. ump or no ump, still having trouble putting guys away.
Maybe we can trade A-Rod for Brandon Ainge . No ?
Well, this isn’t good.
I liked the Tiger fans better when they waved rusty spark plugs.
Verlander has only thrown 60 pitches and he is good for another 70. The Yanks are introuble….
I wish I could waterboard all these umpires and make them suffer like I suffer
Just get another inning. They wont score on our pen. Cant let them score here.
That’s fine. I’ll take the out. Get the next two and it won’t matter where inge is.
C’mon CC. Hang in there through this inning big guy.
By the way, at least Girardi acknowledged during his interview that CC was getting squeezed by the ump. Perhaps he could let the umpire know that.
Thats a strike
who’s next in the pen
CC doesn’t have an out pitch against righties. That and he looks mentally comatose out there – G’night CC….
Ouch, that hurts.
WHERE WAS THAT F’N PITCH!
Or trade Montero for Ramon Santiago ?
Game over. Series over. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Game over. Season over actually.
Well there you go.
Girardi will pull CC after he puts this game out of reach.
One batter too long.
Soriano please
These two scrubs are killing us tonight.
I give CC one more batter.
Nick in SF October 3rd, 2011 at 10:17 pm
I liked the Tiger fans better when they waved rusty spark plugs.
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Lol. I get to watch Tiger fans celebrate in baseball and then Red Wings fan celebrate when they kill my Blues on a yearly basis.
cc chokes.
CC isn’t built for the postseason.
He just isn’t. You can see it in his eyes.
Wanna guess what Brandon Ainge’s batting average is in the regular season?
First pitch was a strike, and the 1-0 count cost him. Loser Ramon Santiago does something, whereas that f..king piece of crap Swisher does nothing.
And our
Well, it’s unlikely that Verlander will give up any more runs, so maybe bring in Luis Ayala?
Lol dead to rights at 2nd base. Between pitch selection and not throwing to 2nd there, wow, CC is an idiot.
He is getting smacked around by absolute garbage.
Girardi has to take him out..he has no choice.
How do u let this guy beat you? Wow. Cc is a horse but not a true ace. Verlander is showing you what a true ace is.
CC should not face Miggy here.
thats going to happen when you get no calls on the outside third of the plate.
that’s our ace. giving up hits to inge and ramon santiago.
cc chokes.
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I have been saying that since day one.
Once again, we’ve been had.
This game is pretty much over. Unless the top of our order does something next inning, I’d be shocked if we can win this
Boned.
Nick,, thats good:)
Brandon Inge and Ramon Santiago, Really? No Young, No Cabrera? Leyland pushes the right buttons, and Girardi chews his gum and watches..
Go jerk yourself off Carlos until your d.ck bleeds you worthless piece of trash
Sori is coming in for VMart.
Ainge in scoring position again .
Funny how pitchers don’t throw intentional walk pitches well.
Brock October 3rd, 2011 at 9:45 pm
I would take this CC over Hughes any day.
Did Martinez just hit that ball on the bounce???
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I don’t know about most days.
if i were sabathis i’d attack the effing middle of the plate and hope the balls finds a fielder.
i have no other ideas what to do with this ump.
Here’s to next year. Oh well.
I can’t totally blame Sabathia, but it would have been nice if he was a little sharper tonight.
A.J. Burnett with the season on the line….that is a nightmare if I ever did know one.
Yanks HAVE to find a way to win this game tonight.
Pull him!
I agree with this walk….hopefully it’ll all work out and Martinez will get an out.
My GOD Joe….. you can’t leave CC out there…
$23m man needs to stand up in this kind of situation.
He fails. CC has to get vmart out
Not for nothing but that first pitch to Santiago was a STRIKE.
Much different AB if the count is 0-1 there
Another big hit by Santiago , AL MVP !
VMart owns CC. I would bring in Soriano to face him but of course Girardi will leave CC out there. Girardi is always too late in these spots.
Wow, lots of “fans” in here tonight. 5th inning guys…..
CC sucks in the postseason
This may be one batter too many.
lol i think i am the last person who has not put red robin on ignore guess it is time for me to join red robin you post alone now
I guess we can blame the 6-man rotation.
Why is he still in the game?!
I think 2nd guess on yesterday’s staring pitcher will be in full swing now.
The umpires are winning this game for the Tiggers. I wonder how much they are being paid to determine the outcome of this game.
This is a gigantic mistake by Girardi
We will win this game.
There are still four innings to go.
I guess the one bright side is that this ump wasn’t behind the plate for AJ. That would have really been ugly haha.
“How do u let this guy beat you? Wow. Cc is a horse but not a true ace. Verlander is showing you what a true ace is.”
This comment is so pathetic and reprehensible that I have no desire to be on the same forum when you’re there. No offense but you’re no better than the trolls that frequent this forum.
See ya.
This is why they HAD to win Game 2. I am so tired of this lineup disappearing in big spots.
Isn’t this like every game CC has pitched since Girardi started his 6-man rotation crap? All that did was take their best starter out of his routine. He hasn’t been sharp since. I’d much rather have a manager cater to the guys at the top of the rotation not worry about who might be the 5th starter.
Nick in SF October 3rd, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Well, it’s unlikely that Verlander will give up any more runs, so maybe bring in Luis Ayala?
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CC is 5-1 fir the Yankees in the postseason.
I hope the offense isn’t asleep.
If Leyland was such a good manager, his Pirate teams would have figured out a way to beat the Braves and win a World Series and his 2006 Tigers pitchers would have been able to field bunts and beat the Cardinals in the WS…..1997 Marlins were a bought team with 50 foot strike zone in NLCS as mentioned…
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Ainge and Santiago !
Tyler, AJ throws to the middle of the plate anyway, so it affects him less actually.
Montero could do that
What’s the point of getting Sori up if you are not going to use him here?
Even though he was getting squeezed tonight, CC has thrown way too many pitches outside the strike zone. His command hasn’t been as good this year.
CC is so tired, he is not even abloe throw to the plate.
Martin really helped with it.
This is like 2005-2007 all over again…..no offense in the first round, a team of disappearing stars, and let downs by pitchers (CC looks like Wang circa the Indians series in 2007)
Should have soriano faced v-Mart??
Come on, CC ! Please get out of the inning now!
qiantom October 3rd, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Tyler, AJ throws to the middle of the plate anyway, so it affects him less actually.
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True, but if AJ threw a pitch on the corner for a strikeout and it wasn’t called, he’d probably implode.
Way to grind it, C.
You know, I have a feeling Granderson’s going to hit it out this inning. Let’s hope!
verlander finishes 8th, and that ugly dancer will come again.
Well….we’ll tie it in the 6th
They can squeeze a run off verlander.
Gutsy game by CC. Now it’s time for the offense to show some guts
I just don’t see where our next run is coming from.
Good job CC. Quality effort tonight despite getting raped by the umpire.
Captain Clutch October 3rd, 2011 at 10:22 pm
This is a gigantic mistake by Girardi
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Would you like your crow slightly salted?
Girardi has to have a really short leash with CC in the 6th. What a major dissapointment from him tonight.
There you go, CC. Good man.
Game is far from over…..
3 ER through 5 IP on 2 days rest isn’t awful. It’s not good enough either.
they should pitch cc yesterday.
Well… That could’ve been a lot worse. You get a feeling the Yanks can still get at least one back.
I think we will score at least one more off of Verlander. Problem is, that might not be enough by the time this is done.
By the way, I have been complaining about what the 6-man rotation crap did to CC for quite some time now myself. I am glad that I am not the only one who thought that was idiotic.
Clearly, Joe wanted CC to finish the inning, which is the right thing to do.
No harm done.
Now offense has to come alive and score a couple of runs.
With top of the order coming up, that is possible.
Red Robin October 3rd, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Wanna guess what Brandon Ainge’s batting average is in the regular season?
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Is his brother named Danny ? INGE !
Big inning here. Top of the order. Need to tie this up soon.
anyone posting that the Yankees already lost can go somewhere else, no?
what’s the point in watching the game and commenting on it if you already know the outcome?
it’s 1 run.
DESPITE 5 walks, getting squeezed, 2 weak/bloop hits (Young, Inge), CC held them to 3 runs through 5 and they are only down 1 run.
12 outs – they need 1-2 runs… it can be done.
Someone take the microphone away from Verduci. He should stick to writing.
Ken Rosenthal
Have to admit, this is hilarious: “@esthermary22: The strike zone for tonight’s game… http://yfrog.com/h74gjhybj #Tigers #Yankees #MLB
I hope he opts out.
and CC will pitch the next inning too
I see game thread is going as expected…
Offense better step. The pen will shutdown the tigers unlike cc.
only 12 outs but at least this thread is peaceful now if ignore on
Wow! Desperate times.. But tigers couldn’t put yanks away that inning… A couple of good bounces good bullpen work and we take this game??? Maybe??? Stay up and positive… Yanks will be fine..
Clutch,
I don’t think we will see CC in the sixth.
Lets go boys time do do big things! it can and will happen;)
May not even see Tigers pen tonight.
Hey, everyone.
This team has so few comebacks this year that the 1 run deficit seems insurmountable.
screw this a$%$#hole home plate ump.
lets win this game despite him.
R Sox will make a huge push for CC
If the Yankees want to win this series, they’ve got to beat the best. It comes down to this line up scoring off of Verlander. If they can’t do that, they will lose and they will deserve the loss.
“I just don’t see where our next run is coming from.”
It will come tomorrow.
They are done for tonight.
CC has given up only five hits (Verlander 4). The problem has been the walks (many of which were due to borderline BS) running up his pitch count and tiring him out.
Please tell me why CC is the highest paid pitcher in the game and why he’s gonna be come the highest paid pitcher in the game a second time? Our ace needs to step up in games like this.
Well, I can hear the post season press conference already from Girardi saying how CC battled and left everything out there. Something about tiping your hat to Verlander and how he fully expects AJ to pitch great. Which loosely translates into, our Ace couldn’t match there’s, our offense disappeared yet again in the post season, and AJ has no effin chance…
I’ll be happy with a walk here, Jeter.
Fact :
Santiago has more clutch hits than Teixeira and A-Rod combined — both regular and post season.
Go check it. You’ll see.
Leyland already putting in a defensive replacement. I’d love to get 2 here and mess his plan up.
Girardi has to pinch hit Jones for Gardner. I am sure he can handle LF for 4 innings. This lineup is giving Verlander too many easy outs.
Verlander may just be warming up…not good
Jump bridge jumpers! Please jump!
Go Jeter!
good hit!
thanks derek!!!!
Wow. That’s a serious ab from Jeter. Impressive.
Nice, just flick it at that heat….
Trolls aren’t even trying tonight. Sheesh, troll harder guys.
Go Jeter! Way to get the inning started….hope my prediction (Grandy hits it out) comes true!
Like I said, Jete owns Verlander.
Shorten up and go with the pitch.
Jeter is still a heck of a hitter. He knew exactly what Verlander was going to do on that 2-2 pitch. Nice job.
Let’s make it mean something.
Man, someone knows how to swing at a curve !
Good start
Did Jeter a favor by going curve ball and not coming back with fastball there
gave jeter a huge break there
a hit?
but…. but…. but….
Verlander is invincible… I thought?
THAT’S what i like to see.
HA! DJ came to play!
I’m pretty pumped up right now.
I think we’re going to win this game, I really do.
And then, the gelato’s on me. Come one, come all.
Beautiful hitting by the Captain. First inning repeat? Lets goooooooo Grandy!
Please no DP
They say Verlander is infinity and 0 when the Tigres scored 3 or more runs for him.
Tyler..I thought the same thing, it’s the 6th inning…
After watching the offense this postseason fail yet again, Hal/Hank/Levine have to be compelled to look at Prince Fielder no?
Especially to keep him away from Boston. Imagine him hitting 60 bombs a year in Fenway while we have pathetic Teixeira hitting .240 and hitting 100 points less than that in the playoffs?
wouldnt mind Jeter running here.
gotta keep the Tigers on their toes and apply the pressure
Granderson has to lay off those pitches
0-2 count was the time to go though
Fastball coming here…
work the count Grandy
Can’t go after that 98 up in the zone. Never going to be able to hit that pitch.
BD: if he goes and gets caught, the board blows up.
‘I see game thread is going as expected…”
The Other Phil
We need reinforcements, once they scored a run the tide turned. Hope you stick around
Gas.
Cano or Grandy will homer.
Grandy just embarrassed right there
I would gladly take a walk here with Cano on deck.
He should stick with the fastball…he’s going hang that curve at the wrOng moment..
No chance of hitting Verlander’s fastball. If I were him, I would keep firing it past the Yankee hitters.
Cano is going to pop one out. You heard it here first…
Aw, man…come on Cano!
c’mon Cano be patient this guy’s got nothing
Other Phil:
who cares about the board?
anything to try to rattle Verlander.
if he gets caught, so be it.
apply pressure.
pumping 99.
Tar: I’m here and sticking. Hope you’re doing well.
Verlander is bringing the gas. Yeesh.
Maybe Verlander can blow out his arm between innings
That fastball is just exploding.
Bad job by CC blowing a 2-0 lead……..I’m sorry, he has to do better than that. You’re team gives you a 2 -0 lead against Verlander and you can’t hold it?
big AB…. lets go Alex. sit offspeed here
Red Robin October 3rd, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Fact :
Santiago has more clutch hits than Teixeira and A-Rod combined — both regular and post season.
Go check it. You’ll see.
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Fact:
Sox lost 2 of 3 to the lowly O’s including a heartbreaking blown save by Papelbum to end their season.
They are sitting on their couches eating cheetos watching this game (or gay porn)
(Sorry I had to bite to make myself feel better for a second)
C’mon Alex, time warp time.
Ok Alex, time to earn your check…
He will hang that curve at the wrOng moment..
BD: I hear ya and agree. It would just be harder to find your posts.
Come on A-Rod. Any time now would be great.
Time to sign Fielder
A-rod is going to get a hit eventually a HR too….no time like the present
Well, maybe this is a good time for A-rod to be the hero.
Okay Alex. Now is the time.
I said “OFF” speed
Actually we may get a chance if we get to face that a hole closer again today.
We get that he’s a great pitcher having a terrific couple of innings. I just muted the TV.
That’s a long swing there, Arod.
Somebody…STEP UP. Stop being so soft!!!!
Ken Phelps October 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Did Jeter a favor by going curve ball and not coming back with fastball there
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Yeah, don’t give Jeter any credit, right ?
he missed that one.
why do I (as uneducated as anybody) know what Verlander is gonna throw but Alex doesnt?
come on
Arod, please….
Betsy says:
October 3, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Bad job by CC blowing a 2-0 lead……..I’m sorry, he has to do better than that. You’re team gives you a 2 -0 lead against Verlander and you can’t hold it?
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Hate to say It Betsy but you’re right there… Yanks can come back though…
This is hard to watch
Let Go Yanks
Wow. He didn’t get that call? This is my shocked face.
Too much to ask.
I know I know I know verlander is great but our o sux
BD (Boston Dave) October 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 pm
a hit?
but…. but…. but….
Verlander is invincible… I thought
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looks that way
jesus Alex. What are you looking for
DISGRACEFUL!!!
Gotta swing at that Alex.
damn close but when he throws the same pitch twice, you kinda expect the same call twice
Hm. Same EXACT spot, but THAT one is a strike?
Okay…
Verlander may not be unhittable, but he is pretty close right now. Yankee hitters don’t stand a chance with the way he is chunking it the last couple of innings. It is actually really impressive to watch despite my hatred of losing.
Of course, that last pitch to ARod was the same one that was called a ball the pitch before.
Jeter stuck at first…jeez…
I would really love a homer amid MVP chants. But that’s probably not going to happen.
BD (Boston Dave) October 3rd, 2011 at 10:34 pm
why do I (as uneducated as anybody) know what Verlander is gonna throw but Alex doesnt?
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Because it’s a bit different when you are standing 60 feet 6 inches away….
maybe Joe gets tossed?? What have we got to lose this calls….no words
It was the same pitch in the same place no?
I thought only balls in the box were strikes??????
Remember when pitchers feared arod
I don’t want to hear any garbage about how amazing Verlander is after the game. We have an offense that shouldn’t look as helpless as he’s making us look tonight…..this is a Joke.
Verlander is going to plow through Yankees for the final three innings.
Davis k zone is confusing …first a ball and then strike in exact same spot??
Go out there and get tossed Girardi. Do something. This is an absolute joke and travesty.
oh well. that was a ball inside. same as the pitch before it.
CC tried his best. We need to mutter one run at the very least.
The towels have got to go. Do they not understand white towels waving symbolizes surrender? What do you think — worse than the monkey or the claws?
Let’s hope we can hold them here.
This is why I hate best of 5 series. Yanks are built for this.
Why does our offense just disappear in the playoffs? Besides 2009, it’s been chronic.
Thank god the summer was so much fun. And the Red Sox got embarrassed.
Third pitch Was ball and fourth pitch was strike.
Both at the same location.
Karma dictates Valverde will blow the save tonight….
Did the Yanks luck turn when their own manager conceded Game 2? We’ll soon find out.
Unless something drastically changes, Leyland is a fool if he pulls Verlander from this game tonight.
A-rod hitting cleanup. Smart, Girardi. Does he not realize alex is a shell of his former self? Cleanup is a joke for this player at this point in his career. A complete joke.
4 NYY says:
October 3, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Ken Phelps October 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Did Jeter a favor by going curve ball and not coming back with fastball there
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Yeah, don’t give Jeter any credit, right ?
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No I’m giving Jeter credit it was good two strike hitting.. I just would have called another fastball
that’s probably it.
It would be a miracle to win it toinight
Time to say goodnight all and turn off the game for a while. That usually helps. Expecting mystique and aura to pull it out tonight.
Joe needs to blow his stack and start screaming at the ump til he gets tossed. He alluded to the fact the ump sux in the TBS interview, no he needs to let the ump know about it!
Package a deal with tex and some other pieces to get a pitcher and sign fielder.
Youre a joke betsy. CC has more intelligence, leadership, talent, personality, and zest for life in his left pinky than you could ever dream of having.
100 mph at the knees on the inside corner = unhittable for anyone.
JWeav October 3rd, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Remember when pitchers feared arod
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Remember when adults were too mature to troll?
that’s it for cc
According to gameday, the FB from verlander was 100,4 miles per hour
Next year Darvish. No doubt about it….
TheStraw: I like the cut of you jib. I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.
CC has to hold it here, though. Not a good start…
That ball (er Strike) was well below the knees of A-Rod.
How can any team win against an Ump like this?
“damn close but when he throws the same pitch twice, you kinda expect the same call twice”
it might depend on how much the ump has on this game.
Holy S@#! Joe, WTF R U DOING????????
“Why does our offense just disappear in the playoffs? Besides 2009, it’s been chronic.”
100 mph fastball might have something to do with it.
Why is CC still in?
Yeah, CC falling there isn’t metaphoric or anything…
Ouch…I hope he’s okay.
One of the oldest axioms of baseball, look for the FB and adjust to the other stuff. Don’t stand there frozen !
They do everything right obviously. I highly doubt they are running out of their luck for the next series.
Pitching change??
CC is really tired and not moving well either.
Joe should take him out now.
Why is CC still in this game?
Someone explain to me why a clearly gased, and ineffective CC is still out there?
Clueless Joe at his finest
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
F*** THIS TEAM!!!!
Well at least we have a rested bullpen for tomorrow
Okay, that was some terrible fielding there from Gardner.
unbelievable
Somebody please explain why CC was back out there for this inning. It makes no sense.
Thanks Girardi, you moron.
Girardi is an absolute moron. A complete and utter moron.
CC looks terrible tonight. He has his bullpen rested and ready to go.
Disgusting.
Why is CC in there? Should have been So-Ro-Mo for 4.
Ladies and gentlemen, I fear we’ve just seen the nail in the coffin.
Good luck trying to opt out cc.
Yankees don’t have a chance now. Between Verlander and the bought off umpire, this game is pretty much over.
Why Girardi doesn’t use the bullpen is beyond me.
Uggh.
I hate to say it.
Yankees are done in 2011.
Uh, bullpen? Anyone?
fxxxxk you, Girardi
still cc? he’s apparently done
Good job Clueless Joe. He was tired all night due to the 1st inning and the umpire cheatjobs, and you didnt use your bullpen. Ya know, the same bullpen that didnt get used in the 1st 2 games. Robertson could have gone 2 innings today.
Did Girardi bring out CC for the 6th because he doesn’t have a 6-inning guy? We know he’s all set for the 7th, 8th and 9th, but hmmm…no 6th inning.
Tough on CC right here. He’s on fumes.
What does CC care, he’s still gonna opt out and get what he wants
Hang this one on the skip. He’s not making the pitches or swinging the bat but man, he’s got to put the team in a position to win and CC ain’t it tonight.
Wow?? He was done after 5… Girardi having tough series
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY CC WAS STILL OUT THERE? I THOUGHT WE HAD A NEW PITCHER TO START THE INNING WTF WAS JOE DOING?
Bunch of entitled sissies on this blog. There’s a lot of baseball left and we are down one
Of course Girardi waits too long once again. Why am I surprised??? Girardi should be fired if he doesn’t know how to manage when a starting pitcher is finished. I have seen enough of this bs. Girardi is the worst manager ever when it comes to when to take a pitcher out.
I never criticise Joe, but he is insane to send CC out.
We just got Girardi’d…
Game over. Burnett to try to salvage the season tomorrow.
This series took a HUUGE turn with the rain delay which allowed Verlander to pitch at home (BIG difference in how he fares against the Yankees) and to force Burnett to start a game, even though he had no business being on the roster in the first place
Anyone still think Girardi is a good manager? Anyone? Trying to gamble and get another inning from in WITH YOUR WHOLE PEN RESTED
Bad job by CC blowing a 2-0 lead……..I’m sorry, he has to do better than that. You’re team gives you a 2 -0 lead against Verlander and you can’t hold it?
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He has a career 4.76 ERA in the postseason. He is just one of those guys who isn’t as good in October.
CC is an ace, but there are quite a few pitchers who are as good if not better than him, one is on the mound tonight unfortunately. He got a lead and is holding it.
Verlander is throwing 100 mph out there.
I don’t think the Babe, the Mick, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Munson, or Reggie could hit him.
The guy is just amazing.
Ainge
Santiago
Don Kelly
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Don Kelly
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Don Kelly
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CC has no idea what to throw with this strike zone.
they need to make the change to get a fresh head in there.
cc’s brain has turned to mush.
Straw, I don’t think so………..this is just one game. Every year except 2009 the team just goes ice cold and puts awful at bats……I knew this was going to be an issue in ST – it is every year. Yeah, they lead the league in runs scored – that’s nice…….but what happens when the post-season comes? They fall apart offensively. That said, if we lose this game it’s on CC
Girardi at the post-gamer presser: “Saving the bullpen for tomorrow.”
Girardi should be fired if they lose this series.
Awful, awful managing.
Sabathia is clearly gassed.
Now, the game is getting out of hand so its too late for Soriano. Where’s Ayala?
Joe manages by the book….the book on how to lose games.
Girardi figuring out how to get ayala in the game???
Out pitched, out hit, out played, out umped.
Pathetic.
One of the best bullpens in the league, and Girardi is sticking with CC.
I am glad that these announcers are calling him out on it. It makes absolutely no sense!
We are screwed now for sure.
CC hasn’t been anywhere near as sharp tonight as Friday….but the zone has was atrocious early and cost him a bunch of pitches and he got tired quicker because of it.
They let Verlander get plained out…..had their chances early and now he’s loose and dealing…..gotta hold them here and then hope he makes some mistakes.
Pepitone October 3rd, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Verlander is throwing 100 mph out there.
I don’t think the Babe, the Mick, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Munson, or Reggie could hit him.
The guy is just amazing.
doesn’t matter; he won’t win WS this year. This is a lock
We really need an ignore function.
Red Robin October 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 pm
cc chokes.
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I have been saying that since day one
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you havent been here since day 1, go back to boston.com and pete abe’s blog
Finally…it’s a few batters too late though.
I haven’t seen the fat lady yet anywhere ! And sure as hell don’t hear any singing !
This move is about 2 innings too late.
CC was toast tonight.
There’s a chance the Yankees could lose this series without ever using Robertson, Soriano, or Mo. If that happens, Girardi needs to be fired. You do not leave 3 of the 5 best pitchers on your roster to sit there and rot.
Two years removed from a ws title. Sp is worse, lineup is worse, and were older. Wowza. Yanks better have a massive off season. Sign cj, get fielder, and fire girardi.
Why are they not bringing Robertson in here…..they need a strike out and 1 more run might just be the game.
Gardner is a waste…
A day late and a dollar short again. SJ44 was right, Girardi is going to cost Yanks the season…
Joke Girardi=WORST MANAGER IN YANKEES HISTORY. It’s the truth.
This is the most pathetic game I’ve ever seen. Not that the Tigers are a bad team, but we’re a better one. This season is pretty much over (barring a vintage AJ performance tomorrow).
ANd Out managed
Betsy, I agree. I guess I’m so used to this it doesn’t make me angry anymore. Used to.
I can’t wait for Halladay and Lee wack the hell out of Ainge, Santiago, and Don Kelly.
Now Alex is trying to get Cano killed.
Joe’s brilliant 6-man rotation succeeded in messing up the ace of the staff so he hasn’t pitched well since it was instituted. On the other hand, it’s managed to keep one, AJ Burnett fresh to pitch game 4.
“# Bret The Hitman October 3rd, 2011 at 10:41 pm
I hate to say it.
Yankees are done in 2011.”
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guess you can leave then
of course if the Yanks come back and win, please dont have the gall to show your face back here
Girardi is an AWFUL manager
How come he NEVER knows when to take the starting pitcher out!??!? He is ALWAYS 2-3 batters too late
The Yankees have a great bullpen and what the F is Joey binder waiting for?!?!!?
Fire Girardi
Hire Francona
Is there any chance we can delete this idiot who is typing the same thing over and over and can’t even spell the players name right (or write as he his illiterate self would type it)
The Yanks are going to need game 2 2009 World Series AJ. Porcello is garbage. AJ needs to pitch like an 82 million dollar man.
Girardi is just another average Joe.
he sxxxxxks
Now Soriano should prove he is worth the contract he signed for.
This game can still be won.
BP has to shut them down.
Joe bring in Proctor!!!!
Pepitone says:
October 3, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Verlander is throwing 100 mph out there.
I don’t think the Babe, the Mick, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Munson, or Reggie could hit him.
The guy is just amazing.
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He is and I agree that those guys could not him… Especially the dead ones!!! Lol
2006 all over again.
with burnett playing jaret wright tomorrow in game 4.
Giving CC a contract extension through his late 30s is just asking for trouble. If he opts out, I let him go.
CC is a fine pitcher and great teammate but he is not a big game pitcher.
Im a yankee fan big boy. Arod is terrible.
Brappy55 October 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Fire Girardi
Hire Francona
good, I fully support
watch burnett got torched by the scrubs tomorrow too
CC threw about 15 pitches tonight that were strikes that were called balls…..he was painting the corners early and was walking people when he should have been striking them out…….the home plate umpiring has been awful in this series…..just awful
wow.. this game is not over and the booth already says that tigers can close out the yanks tomorrow..
Okay, let’s get out of the inning please without any more damage! I want our offense to get angry and try to pick CC up.
Fire Joe (who I don’t like) because his ace came up small tonight and his lineup shrank as usual?
It was obvious that CC had nothing from the 1st inning. But of course Girardi leaves him in there long enough to gift the other team 3 runs. What a moron. The great Yankees bullpen is fresh and hasn’t even been used yet. Cashman get a real manager.
No, no LGY: I think I read on here somewhere that we were supposed to robotically mutter “In Joe we trust” all the game long. Besides, we’ve all been sufficiently indoctrinated to know that Joe knows much more than we do and, according to Girardi himself, he is never wrong.
The Yanks just gave up an extra run because he had CC out in the 6th. Was he the last person on earth to notice that CC was done?
I kind of hope CC opts out. I think that contract could turn sour down the road.
CC better not opt out after this pathetic performance.
You know, I spent all year complaining about Girardi and people CONTINUALLY said the following to me:
“We’re (insert number) games above .500… What is your problem?”
And I REPEATEDLY responded:
“Just like it did last year, having this guy as our manager in the playoffs is going to cost us games.”
Well, I can say, with absolute confidence, that I was right. On the heels of Chavez/Ayala yesterday, Girardi did something that I honestly imagine that NO ONE ON THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE DONE: left Sabathia in when he clearly had nothing left.
He needs to be fired, and he needs to be fired immediately after this season ends. He is a liability and it is embarrassing.
If Soriano wants to paint the ouside corner, he will have as much success as CC with this ump.
BD-
this game isn’t close to being over.
heck yea…that’s what they needed. Now strike Ajax out
negate
I am not ready to generalize and say Girardi is an awful manager overall, but he has sure made some big mistakes in this series.
That being said, the offensive performance yesterday should take the biggest blame for the hole they are in. Tonight against Verlander is understandable, but they were completely shut down (at home) for eight innings yesterday. That was a lot more hurtful than anything happening tonight.
He left CC in so he could face the Lefties. Everybody needs to chill out.
“wow.. this game is not over and the booth already says that tigers can close out the yanks tomorrow..”
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they better hope the Tigers don’t close them out tomorrow. People sure aren’t watching TBS because of their sorry as$es.
the Yankees = ratings for their channel… the only prayer they have of getting viewers despite a horrible crew
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 pm
The Yanks are going to need game 2 2009 World Series AJ. Porcello is garbage. AJ needs to pitch like an 82 million dollar man.
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The Tigres got the magic dust going … Ainge, Santiago, Don Kelly.
I don’t think any thing in the universe can stop them … save for Halladay and Lee.
Burnett on the mound to try and save our season
That’s nice. Like Jaret Wright in 2006.
Just can’t go very far in the playoffs with mediocre pitching.
Come on! 1 more Sori!
panic has set in. is there a non-chicken little blog to post at?
Stopping the run from third from scoring would be big.
Sorry, I’m not going to blame the ump because CC sucks tonight…..notice how Verlander isn’t having any issues.
Who did you want to bring in for CC anyway – and at what point in the game?
Good thing our bullpen is well rested. Thanks, Joe.
Our ace gets out done by Verlander who has done a much better job…13 of 26 batters reached base…a poor outing that may leave the season in the hands of AJ. That makes me feel better,
good thing Soriano and DRob haven’t pitched since Tuesday…
Man, I really don’t like Soriano. He constantly makes me nervous.
And Ron Darling is such a terrible announcer.
Can the Yankees somehow get their hands on Joe Maddon? Joe Maddon would look great in PINSTRIPES!!
His ace came up small????? What is wrong with your brain, Betsy? Do you even have one, you worthless bum
The lineup hasn’t exactly shrunk…..Verlander is the best in baseball and when he’s getting all 3 pitches over he’s impossible…..you just can’t cover all three….you have to get a mistake like Jeter did and not miss it.
blackaccord October 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 pm
wow.. this game is not over and the booth already says that tigers can close out the yanks tomorrow..
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You’d be well-advised to turn down the sound.
But if you fire Joe, you can fire Cashman; he’s the one who has put this lineup together, the same lineup that does squat in the post-season year after year
Yanks pen can easily shut it down from here on out.
if Verlander “bleeds” they can “kill it”
Bret The Hitman October 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 pm
I kind of hope CC opts out. I think that contract could turn sour down the road.
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the years will be tough to give, nothing out there (FA) unless they can trade for a SP…..they could start by getting rid of Brett
Thank you CC Wang
Complaining Girardi is all but irrelevant right now. The hitters need to do something against Verlander first.
masterful job by soriano…
Great pitching by Sori.
Girardi should be fired because he constantly overmanages and makes stupid idiotic decisions (this game, these playoffs not even included). We won the AL East. To go down to an inferior team is just not acceptable, especially with the Yankees offense. I am still holding out hope we come back tonight, but I’d be stunned. Gonna follow on Gamecast and hope for the best because I can’t stand these Detroit bandwagon fans.
Some ace huh?
Bad job by CC blowing a 2-0 lead……..I’m sorry, he has to do better than that. You’re team gives you a 2 -0 lead against Verlander and you can’t hold it?
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That said, if we lose this game it’s on CC
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GUESS WHO?…Pathetic.
sori looks better than cc
Well….. (I have nothing to say here.)
This game is on CC. He was handed a lead and couldn’t hold it. He let crap hitters like Santiago and Inge beat him.
Now the Yankees are looking to A.J. Burnett to save their season. Tough position to be in.
Good job by Sori. Let’s get to Verlander this inning!
JWeav October 3rd, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Im a yankee fan big boy. Arod is terrible.
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Why, nobody said you weren’t, Jeff.
Soriiiiiiiiii. Bloop and a blast. Show some life Yanks! Lets go
Red Robin October 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 pm
I can’t wait for Halladay and Lee wack the hell out of Ainge, Santiago, and Don Kelly.
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What an idiot ! INGE Maybe Ainge will invite you to a Celtic game.
I’m not ready to say this series is over at all yet. Very slim chance at winning tonight yes.
But I think they have great chance at winning the final 2 games in the series.
The tiger are a pretty decent matchup for AJ though.
Mostly right handed hitting and not much speed + he gets to pitch in that HUGE ballpark.
I don’t see Porcello shuttin the Yanks down either.
I would go as far to even say I think the Yanks are favorite tomorrow.
If they can win tomorrow obviously they can win a game 5 in a rocking YS with Nova VS Fister.
Long way to go…
All that said. F_CK Gerry Davis and these BUM TBS announcers.
blake,
stop making excuses for the Yankees. They should have scored at least 8 runs by now off Verlander.
and Cashman should be fired if they score less than 10.
Blake, you’re going to face good pitching in the post-season; this team consistently comes up small in the post-season. As I said, though, this game is on CC much more than the offense. He didn’t do what Verlander is doing – but he hasn’t pitched well at all for months now.
Save us, Jesus.
Betsy October 3rd, 2011 at 10:48 pm
But if you fire Joe, you can fire Cashman; he’s the one who has put this lineup together, the same lineup that does squat in the post-season year after year
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lol – we won a world series not 2 years ago. some of things written today have been unbelievable…
cc hasn’t pitched a decent and clean game for a while
I’m far from a Girardi fan, but it’s not his fault that his ace can’t hold a 2-0 lead or pitch effectively pats the 5th inning
CC is a 5 inning pitcher now? Like we’re going to get very far this October with that.
And another great performance by the lineup. We can change the names – from Sheffield/Giambi/Abreu to Swisher/Tex/Martin… names are different, production stays the same.
Right on by AJax…..great job by Soriano…..would have been nice if maybe he could have pitched earlier in this series.
Don’t worry, she’ll leave now…
Dont blame the k zone… Verlander did just fine with it.
Will Joe rest his regulars tomorrow to save them for a potential game 5 in NY? I sure hope that retard doesn’t read this blog and get any ideas..
BD, are you referring to my posts? If so, way to completely twist what I said, lol
“This game is on CC. He was handed a lead and couldn’t hold it.”
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people are acting like CC had a 4 run lead in the 6th.
It was 2 runs in the top of the first. Saying he couldn’t hold a 2 run lead is asking him to be pretty much perfect… despite a horrendous strike zone.
not CC’s best effort – but hardly the nightmare some of you are making it out to be.
If you have a runner on and Martin coming up, do you pinch hit Montero looking for the bomb?
If he opts out, I definitely let him go. Remake the staff with young arms…
Way to step up and be our ACE big man. Pathetic. Everybody see how a REAL ACE pitches with a lead.
Burnett – 2 innings?
Haha… The pen comes in and does work. Girardi is a moron for not using the pen earlier. Tigers wont score on our pen.
Tabbert, yep…..
this team…….
CC can’t throw it down the middle at 99 like Verlander can….he has to hit the corners and he was early before the umpire tired him out.
Having a lineup full of expensive hitters is pretty useless when you can’t score runs off of good pitching. If Tex & Arod are not going to show up, they aren’t going anywhere anyway. This team needs to compose itself, grind it out, score some runs and get momentum coming back their way. The ump blew and CC simply wasn’t getting them to miss, the squared up every pitch he was forced to throw over the plate.
If that happens, Girardi needs to be fired. You do not leave 3 of the 5 best pitchers on your roster to sit there and rot.
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Girardi manages like the Yanks have the worst bullpen ever and he doesn’t want to use them. He has absolutely zero feel for when a starting pitcher is done or the wheels are coming off. If Soriano is warmed up why would you give the other team another run when it’s obvious that your starting pitcher has nothing?? Just stupid.
I predict Tex will pop up or K.
Its easy not to have issues pitching, when u are getting every. single. call.
Just sayin’.
Besty,
you and about half of the board who have already mailed it in in the 6th inning.
The Ultimate Troll is here spreading her venom and hate.
Is what it is…. Verlanders just better
Now would be a wonderful time for Tex to snap out of this.
Time to produce, Teix.
With still 3 innings left, those who give up on the game, just have a nap, come back an hour later and enjoy Yankee win watching the postgame show on YES.
Did you see what happened to Lee and Phillies today with a four run lead?
“I’m far from a Girardi fan, but it’s not his fault that his ace can’t hold a 2-0 lead or pitch effectively pats the 5th inning”
But isn’t it his fault that CC went from having to pitch two months on 5 days rest to pitching on 2 days rest?
The party’s over, folks.
Time to pack it up.
Better luck next year.
good luck with that…
I told you so, I told you so…Hughes,CC stink, I detest them….
This f…king loser Tex didnt take the HBP
it’s on CC, mostly.
No one asks him keep 2 run lead, hey, at least don’t let us down, $23M man.
Man, Tex! Take one for the team!
fake it and take your base dummy
The strike zone isn’t affecting Verlander because he can just throw it down the middle and get away with it…..he’s got the best arm since Nolan Ryan.
Come on Tex,
Need to wear that one Teix !
A hanging mistake Tex has to hit.
Tex you have to take one for the team and let that hit you…
SJ is a joke – I don’t know why he’s watching when an hour or so ago he proclaimed the game over.
Should have hunted it down the 3rd base line, you stubborn f$&k Tex
Cash admitted that he wasn’t sure if this team was good enough to go all the way……trying to bide time until the FA pitchers become available in 2013.
Sad that the potential last game of our season will rest on the shoulders of AJ Burnett. I predict he will hold true to form and pitch just good enough to get a loss.
I know this sounds bitter, but I still hate Joe Torre and blame him for screwing up the whole series by starting game 1 when the idiot knew there was no chance of finishing it. Just stay out of Baseball altogether Clueless Joe, you’re still finding ways to hurt the Yankees even though your outside the organization.
Tigers a better team with a better manager and a true ace and a real MVP in Cabrera. Sad.
There’s just nothing you can do there…..you have to gear up for 99 and then he drops a CU for a strike.
CC had a 2-0 lead.
He is paid millions of dollars to be our ace.
Yes, he did lead us to a title in 2009 (pitched masterfully sans Gm 1 of the Series)
He should have made 2-0 standup, or at least 2-1…..the Tigers are mediocre behind Miggy, VMart and MAYBE Avila (postseason debut). He got beat by the Tigers no-names, and was hit all over the park. This game is 100% on him. The offense should get some blame, but they gave him 2 runs vs the AL Cy Young winner
Tell you what – Verlander is starting to leave his curveball up. If the Yanks can be patient they might have a shot. Because they aren’t close to that 100mph FB.
How predictable was that strikeout? Seriously. Would you EVER trust Tex to come through when you really needed him?
Tex is just wonderful.
How come YANKS always sign losers like him?
another stellar at-bat by teixeira
this team was built for early October golf…..anyone who did not know that after they rolled Colon and Freddy out in the spring was kidding themselves….I hoped for a deadline deal and when that did not happen…
Most can’t get around on his FB
Sabathia has stunk since August 1. To deny that is to be completely delusional.
Mark Teixeira has just killed this team offensively all year long.
This f..king loser Swish swinging at the first pitch. Tex and Swish = 2 jokes.
Swisher…..stop swinging at the first pitch and popping it up. They have to get Verlander out of there if they want any chance at this game….
getting zilch from the 4-5-6 hitters
the discussion that should come out of this is a philosophical one…should managers match up their perspective aces in a playoff series?
A lineup of streaky .240 hitters is not a recipe for October…A Rod should be on a milk carton….Tex is channeling Adam Dunn….
Yeah, right, because that’s what I said BD……give me a freaking break.
waiting for Verlander to make a mistake. He’s not…
guy is just amazing.
gotta hope he gets a little tired somehow
Tex’s 2011 stats are plastic.
Yankees gone in the first round. Sad.
How can anyone in here possibly defend Girardi at this point?
The people who do keep saying things, “Oh, well, he can’t pitch, he can’t hit… it’s not his fault…”
You know what? It’s a manager’s job to put his team in the best position to win. And moves like Ayala and Chavez yesterday and leaving in CC today show me how obvious it is Girardi simply doesn’t do that.
Open your eyes.
If D-Rob comes in tonight, he probably won’t have good control. He needs to pitch often.
And the season rests on AJ “freakin” Burnett.
Betsy… here is what you said:
“# Betsy October 3rd, 2011 at 10:48 pm
But if you fire Joe, you can fire Cashman; he’s the one who has put this lineup together, the same lineup that does squat in the post-season year after year”
case closed
If they don’t hit Porcello tomorrow then we can complain…..there isn’t a team in baseball that would fair any better than the Yankees against this guy right now.
Having Tex and Swisher bat back to back can never work. They rarely come up big in the playoffs.
Soriano has pitched well for a while now.
If we don’t come back tonight, at least we’re done with Verlander. I’ll be damned if I’m going to quake in my boots over Rick Porcello.
That’s it J, make him throw strikes.
They do face Porcello and Fister, not exactly Cy Young candidates over the next two. If they can’t score runs, they never deserved to be here in the first place.
what an AB by Jorge
Jorge going out in style….
Blake, so CC is an ace – aces are not supposed to let umpires get to them. That’s just making excuses for CC
“This game is on CC. He was handed a lead and couldn’t hold it. He let crap hitters like Santiago and Inge beat him.”
Right on the money. Joe is now supposed to take him out in the 5th inning of a must-win game because he can’t get crap hitters out?
He came up small and now left the game in the hands of AJ Burnett (if we don’t rally) because he couldn’t hold a 2-0 lead.
Must be deflating for the players to see their ace blow a lead in a playoff game after they scratched and clawed to get 2 runs.
2 runs should be PLENTY
yeah Jorge!!
let’s go…. get the pitch count up and make him crack
SJ is not a joke Betsy. You are.
Tex f..ked us this inning. Could have had the leadoff man on via HBP, and the f..king loser was busy wanting to strike out. Hey Mark, nice homers against the Rays….trying to help the Red Sox. Continue shilling your worthless charity, you Scott Boras clone. I wouldnt give a nickel to any kid you were trying to help.
Good job Po. Imagine if either of our other assholes this inning tried to get on base
Some of you should just jump off the bridge and get it over with.
Please.
Very nice, professional AB from Jorge.
Someone hasn’t given up, apparently.
Nice AB, Po.
Verlander tipped those breaking balls
Great at bat by Posada after Tex and Swisher go down like dogs.
Can we pinch hit for Martin???
Pinch hit Montero, dammit. Anything to change it up.
This is Montero’s spot. This is it. sigh……
The “old pro” keeps it going !
Ugghhhhh!!!! You gotta pinch hit here Joe. Jesus H …
posad relaxes more the harder verlander throws.
that’s the secret to hitting a good fastball .
relax.
Jorge with another pro AB. The old guard has had the best AB’s tonight….maybe martin gets lucky and catches one here…..swing hard Russ
Ph Jesus for gardner
Here we go. Command is going.
Pinch freakin hit!!!!
Please put in Jesus now!!!
Wow. We would have bases loaded 1 out if Teix had taken one for the team. Come on Teix!
get Gardner out of here. Bring in Jesus.
wish there was only 1 out and not 2….
but Verlander is starting to lose it
(please)
Martin did well….
Need to pinch hit with Jesus
I would have pinch hit for Martin. Have Montero hit and catch. He can catch up to the heat.
JobaTipsHisCap October 3rd, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Tex is just wonderful.
How come YANKS always sign losers like him?
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lol – there is no telling what ANY player will do once they come to ny. he did help us win a world series. but you never know what you will get from anyone under the pressure of the big city media and a real intelligence-overrated fanbase.
same folks will probably never have the patience to cultivate and entire team from the farm but will complain when a team signs premiere FA’s and don’t perform.
there is no logic anymore around these parts.
Martin should be happy that he got on base…no matter how
best thing that could’ve happen is martin getting HBP.
now can we pinch hit montero ?
Gardner has a Bucky Dent like moment??????????????????? Pretty please.
Yes. Verlander is just better. CC couldn’t hold a 2-0 lead, really? It was the first inning. Many “aces” give up two or three runs in a game.
I will say this….I think this game is over. But this series is not over. Yanks can certainly win tomorrow, and I like their chances going back to Yankee Stadium if that happens.
Yikes…that HBP in the ribs had to hurt Martin.
Jesus saves!
And again, if Tex had any brains or heart, he wouldve taken the HBP.
Jesus Montero can change this game with one swing of the bat.
my man is up
How in the world did Russ not curl up in a fetal position after taking 100 to the ribs…..hockey player
No stir from the bench?
I’m not sure we can afford to have Swisher here even for next year
He is actually setting records for postseason futility. Him and Tex actually. I believe after today, no one will have a lower average in postseason play than those 2 among guys who qualify.
NOT GARDNER. THIS IS INSANE.
Pinch hit Montero please.
Valverde does not go tonight…tossed what 35 pitches yesterday?
Elias: yes, because everything happens in a vacuum… ::rolleyes::
Um, Joe. Joe are you there? Did this F!@##$$ guy pass out or something?
Betsy,
As Blake said earlier, CC was squeezed big time, while Verlander was given a wide strikezone, we are playing against ten tonight
YES great job Martin lol.
gardner should be able to hit verlander.
small
quick bat
come on come on!
Why is Gardy batting here?
IF Tex took the bhp it would be bases loaded w 1 out
I’m not blaming Girardi for CC’s struggles, but he is getting my blame for starting him in the 6th. What else has he been saving the blasted pen for if not moments like the 6th inning???
And whoever said CC was still in to pitch to lefties needs to consider that CC overall was just done. So. Done.
Still have hope, though Verlander is freakin’ tough.
What on earth does that have to do with tonight’s game? BD, I hope you’re not an atty because if that’s the sort of evidence you gather to prove your point, I’m sorry for your clients. That has nothing to do with anything. Have a nice night.
Don’t swing, Brett.
BB would be SO choice.
why is Po still in the game
WHERE’S CHAVEZ, GIRARDI, YOU $*!@$*!@$!*$!* MORON?
Pinch run for Jorge?? Pinch hit Montero??
can Verlander throw 100mph for 7 more outs?
maybe… but can he locate too?
let’s go Yanks!!!
on the ropes
Why is Gardner hitting……See if Montero can turn one around for a 3 run dinger.
This is why Tex needed to take that HBP.
answered your own question. Canadian cities have names like Moose Jaw
.
Hey, maybe Verli’s lost it some…
Elias: yes, because everything happens in a vacuum… ::rolleyes::
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I was being mildly sarcastic.
He should not swing the bat unless he’s fouling off strike two.
balk!! lol
they have what a $10m club option on Swisher…..
Betsy,
I wasn’t singling you out, first of all. But you are just feeding the people who are overreacting and throwing in the towel.
Whether you are conceding or not, your posts certainly aren’t helping anything.
Even if Gardner singles here Posada may not score
We need an XBH
Now or never
At least pinch run for posada….
Ok, trust in Gardy. Work the walk.
I’ve been stuck with a delayed transmission because of the last inning in the Rays-Rangers game. Im following online now. I want something to cheer me up.
Yankees really need to stop handing out no trade clauses to entice a player to come.. forget that, we’ve been burned way too many times.. we are stuck with Tex for 5 more years ..
I sure hope he asks for a trade, because he really can’t take NY pressure.
Take two pitches.
do not swing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tex doesnt care about winning LGY.
Joe doesn’t wanna try for a 3-run homer tonight !
Strike three, that is.
oh cmon
ball 4
cant help the guy
Elias: Ok. Hard to tell, muddling thru the crap…
strike ??? I declare BS.
that was not a strike…..sheesh
Luis, I’m sorry, I don’t buy that – and CC has to overcome.
One last “F-U” from Jerry Davis.
come on Gardy.!
took a little off at 96. Get it to Jeter and see if he can get a big hit
Yes, where is Jones? Or Chavez?
Here comes the CB…
Is Montero on the roster?????
“How can anyone in here possibly defend Girardi at this point?”
Because people are sick and tired of your whining day in and day out.
Did you ever have anything postive to write about the team?
Is Girardi kidding me??? How do you not pinch hit Montero or Jones for Gardner??
oh geez
this ump is about as anti yankee as you can get.
Gardner is a jerkoff, just swinging at the pitch. even though it was a strike anyways
mick October 3rd, 2011 at 10:53 pm
I told you so, I told you so…Hughes,CC stink, I detest them….
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Hughes didn’t even pitch
here’s the “gut check”
YEAH BRETT!!!
i heart Gardner sooo sooo much
Gritner!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow Gardner did it again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big time hit!!!!
wow, I stand corrected.
THANK THE GOOD LORD! FOR MAKING BRETT A YANKEE!
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
HOLY EFFIN SHIITIK:ERIWERIOOIPRWEIOPRWE”IOPFWEjkfds
I’m sorry for doubting Gardner.
GARDNER!!!!
STFU YOU F’N LOSER FAKE FANS!!!!
OH YEAH
YEAH BABY!!!!!
EAT IT to everyone who said it was oveR!
the little guy did it…..nice drive!
WOOT!!
Yeah Gardy! Suck it to everyone that wanted to pinch hit!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F you tigers and tbs
Yes!!!! Yes yes!!!!!
GARDY!! He was due and he came up bigtime!
OMG Gritter! Good guessing right there !
you go my man Brett
I’m here late…. I have biatching to do & I’m a glass half full kind of person BUT….
MLB needs to reevaluate themselves. Rain was forecast for Friday & they put the yankees in primetime for their ratings & look what happened. CC was dealing better than he had in the last couple of months & had an ump calling a proper strike zone.
MLB needs to ensure that the umps give an equal strike zone. If CC had gotten the proper calls, he doesn’t give up those first 2 runs & his pitch count isn’t sky high.
Girardi left CC in too long. He shouldn’t have been in the 6th & definitely not after the bunt where he fell. As for the lefty excuse, what is Boone there for? Plus, Soriano can get lefties out too. CC was DONE!
This series isn’t over, they can still win tonight & if not they can win the next 2. But it’s depressing to see CC not even be able to complete 6 innings & give up the lead.
As I type this…. Gardy ties it up!!!!
YES!!!!!
TIED!!!!!!!
HOLY CRAP!!!!!
Do you believe. For those that gave up. Please leave now
That was a huge freakin’ hit. Just like Game 1!
HOLY!!! GARDNER!!!!
Wow!!!!!!
Brett Effin Gardner!!!!
this team never quits, unlike so many of you losers…
Ha! Gardner mastery over Verlander continues!
Hahahahahahaha!
There is a beautiful SILENCE in that booth…..the greatest sound in the world!!!
GGBG!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! to no one else but Verlander!!!!!, the game isn’t over till it’s over!!!!
Let me apologize to Girardi…boy I was wrong
Smolts sounds depressed:-)
I can’t believe that just happened
Holy crap, Gardner saved us….
Gardner got the hit on Sat too.
All who have given up on the team keep napping.
Do not jump on the bandwagon now…
Hmmmm.. What happened to the best pitcher of all time and the offense that stalls every postseason?
GARDY!!!!!!!
Thank you Gardy! Season still alive!!!
Oh Derek…
OH YES!
We were wrong.
Girardi was right.
Gardner haters in shock.
Happy days are here again!
Silence from the booth.
if you said the series was over 10 minutes ago….
PLEASE LEAVE and crack an egg in your face
Verlander isn’t an ace.
I stand corrected. Woooo Hooo!!!!!
Verlander is no ace. He couldn’t hold a 2-run lead. Blah, blah, blah!!!
oh wait so everyone on this blog who said Verlander was a better “ace” then CC………..?????????????? is that still true???? huh he gave up 4 too
Brett Gardner has 2 words for all of the bridge jumpers:
SUCK IT.
So sorry I doubted my boy Gritner.
I will never do it again Brett.
cmon jeets
Gardy!!!!
Come on Jete! Let’s grab the lead and go get ‘em.
Posada
Martin
Gardner
Posada
Martin
Gardner
Red Robin you tool !!!!!
that’s for all you “Fans” – seriously STFU, drink your milk and get ready for your geography test tomorrow. time for the adults to take over this blog.
They are fighting very hard tonight…..they know how big this one is.
Brett did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MG October 3rd, 2011 at 11:03 pm
this team never quits, unlike so many of you losers…
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Sometimes it pays not to have much of a reputation. They think they can throw you a gimme and get away with it. Just a fantastic AB by Gardner.
DSJ October 3rd, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Some ace huh?
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Yep. Just like the one on the hill for detroit.
Jeter should stay patient he is still eratic and we could potentially gain another run….whoo hooo Gardy and the two out hit….still happy about that
Verlander choke. Sad.
Ok, until Arod and Tex get a hit I don’t ever wanna hear crap about Gardner again
wow I still can’t believe Gardner clutched it again !
Get us a lead Cap’n….come on!
I love how sad the TBS announcers sound about this. They were ecstatic during the Tigers moments.
Jesus Jete, what are you waiting for…come on man! Let’s Go Yankees!
Posasa/Martin/ Gardner
Posada Martin Gardner
Posada&Martin&Gardner
Red Robin – tool
THAT’s HOW A TRUE ACE PITCHES WITH A LEAD
F’N POSERS!!!
I hope we see Phil Coke tonight. I like our chances against him.
It’s pretty bad when I am glad the Yankees score , just to shut up so called Yankee fans. Wow that was jetes pitch
what a game!
We need the lead. I am still not comfortable. Although I feel a lot better than I did 5 minutes ago.
jeff jones is the tigers pitching coach?
well that’s another guy i caught getting an mlb coaching gig.
Did they just call him Brent?
There was nobody on the bench that I would rather have than Gardner with his speed. And he’s needed in LF.
watch all the cry baby sissies leave the post or change their tune. this place has been unreal declaring the game over and crapping on everyone wearing a Yankee uniform.
Damn Jeter. At least we tied. Feels a lot better now.
Man, what a crappy pitcher Verlander is. Staked to a 2 run lead and he couldn’t hold it. He’s no ace.
“Sometimes it pays not to have much of a reputation”
absolutely…..Verlander was going to challenge Gardner and he knew it and was ready for it.
Soriano throwing CHEESE
Verlander cracks
Robertson and Mariano are ready!
BRING IT!
Brett Gardner is my hero!!! I love him and really don’t understand why so many on this blog consistantly diss his skills
posada and gardner are carrying this team .. who would’ve thought ?
Jorge Posada got it started…with two outs…
Brett Gardner.
Biggest hit of the season.
Grittiest hit of the season.
That was a great decision by Joe not to pinch hit for Gardner.
Verlander was wild and Gardner was good at drawing walk.
He did much better by having a base hit.
John Smolz is speechless.
Also what a series for posada… He’s taken a lot of heat this year… His at bat was tough
Now this becomes a huge inning for the bullpen. Yanks need to keep the momentum.
I go to Robertson, NOW.
Thanks Jorgie for starting that inning. Jorge Posada, a guy on his last legs, had more desire than Tex and Swish combined.
Tex and Swish are selfish jerks. Theyre up there for themselves, up there to swing for themselves.
I love how when the Yankees do something good, instead of celebrating for them, we take the opportunity to yell at each other.
Joe not opening up the 6th with Sori looming large now
you effing loser you stick your ugly head in here when you think its over, you don’t deserve to be a yankee fan. quitter.
The velocity is still there for Verlander but the command is starting to slip a little bit. Need a shut down inning right here and get him back out there ASAP
Told ya’ the fat lady wasn’t around !
just when you want to strangle the little *eckerhead, he gets a hit.
Please, Soriano, be good. Be very good.
Gardner 4 rbis in the alds…. 0 hits for arod. Wowza
That was the LAST thing I expected. Verlander cruising. Yankees flailing. And my whipping boy ties the game with a clutch 2 run hit.
PHENOMENAL
“Sometimes it pays not to have much of a reputation. They think they can throw you a gimme and get away with it. Just a fantastic AB by Gardner.”
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well said J Alfred.
just a great AB.
ok…now that the idiots have been shut up…time to concentrate on the game and actually hoping the yanks perform instead of being peg bundy’s with their bon bon’s.
girardi needs to really micromanage this bullpen now. we have the guys in sori + robertson + mariano.
What was that about the game being over?
This is baseball, chumps, you can’t take a knee, you’ve got to get the last man out.
Ask the 1986 Red Sox about that.
How do u let this guy beat you? Wow. Cc is a horse but not a true ace. Verlander is showing you what a true ace is!
It cracks me up that people think they are “better fans” because some people vent on a blog and are considered bridge jumpers. I live and die with every pitch and every AB. It’s either vent on a blog or kick my dog. P.S. my dog loves this blog!
It’s annoying that espn/tbs are so anti-yankees in their announcing.
clean inning here
Soriano threw the ball better last inning than he has all year, I would stick with him and go batter to batter.
Robertson and Mo will each go 2 innings if needed tonight, the season is on the line here.
new game
What a 4th outfielder this Gardner guy is….huh??
hey guess what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAVE THE LEAD OF CLUELESS DID NOT PUT CC OUT THERE FOR THE 6TH WHEN ANYONE WITH A BRAIN SEEN
I can’t imagine anyone ever considering Swish as “selfish” but I guess theres a first time for everything.
can we now let Gardner leadoff? That’s two huge hits in this series. Lefty vs Righty pitching as well.
So I’m guessing that by keeping Gardner in to hit tonight he realized how absurd pinch hitting for him yesterday was…?
Right?
Did they just call him Brent?
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No, they aren’t THAT stupid…wait a minute…
…but they really didn’t call him Brent lol
Let Soriano start this inning…..he was throwing the crap out of the ball. Have D. Rob loose……if Girardi mentions Ayala’s name then somebody please tackle him.
Good thing Joe didn’t burn Soriano or Robertson last night.
Good thing Joe didn’t pinch hit for Gardner.
Good for Joe.
That ought to fumigate this place
Yanks have the momentum
and the better bullpen
and the better offense
gotta hold it down here and leave this one with Detroit fans, and TBS employees, in silence
Verlander started to overthrow that inning. That was the problem.
Gardner flat out guessed on that 3-2 pitch. 100mph fastball – and instead of trying to accelerate the bat head to the ball (which is impossible to do) he kept his front side closed and took the ball the other way.
“Brett Gardner.
Biggest hit of the season.
Grittiest hit of the season.”
from the nine hole!!! Who knew
Gardner has been hot & cold all year, but he came through, all that matters.
“Two years removed from a ws title. Sp is worse, lineup is worse, and were older. Wowza. Yanks better have a massive off season. Sign cj, get fielder, and fire girardi.”
How sad.
i wonder if Tigers fans are saying “how do you let Brett Gardner beat you?!” lol
Come on Soriano. Let’s go. I completely believe in you.
first pitch was a strike
at least the stench is gone…yankee troll the worst..
Don’t look now, but Gardner is our MVP so far this series. That’s two times he comes up big in that situation. Who knows if he does it again had Girardi let him in the game instead of looking for the “3-run homer”.
Bret,
but you said the Yankees 2011 season was over.
blake October 3rd, 2011 at 11:05 pm
“Sometimes it pays not to have much of a reputation”
absolutely…..Verlander was going to challenge Gardner and he knew it and was ready for it.
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The other night, they threw him a curve that didn’t break and he took care of it.
TRISHA! Glad you’re back lol
Soriano throw strikes!!!!!
wow – nice to see a pitch over the knees and the plate is a ball
Huge inning for Soriano. I am quite worried about this.
do not like tied games on the road…..but all our pen needs to do is shut it down
WHERE WAS P;ITCH 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santiago and Gardner offense stars. WHo had those Lotto #s?
If he walks so much as one guy, DROb better be in there….
Cmon sori…
I haven’t posted in a while but thank god for gardner !
And Girardi is a idiot ! I have never seen such horrible decision making when it comes to the postseason. Like I said before the only reason why the Yankees won was because of the players not because of Girardi.
Thank GOD Eric friggin Chavez was not sent up to pinch hit tonight.
Po doesn’t try to do too much and knows how to work the count. Always has.
And I have been sitting in lucky seat # 11 at the Stadium and yelling Gritner during every AB to increase his good fortune.
Go So!
Soriano looks as good as I’ve personally seen him in a while
nice to see the guy can pick it up a little for the postseason
Do we get to beat Valverde tonight?
I think that would easily be more satisfying than beating Verlander.
all right, all right, all right, all right,!!
and about Sabathia: no, there is no excuse for him walking the park. but it could have been a lot worse. i thought Gardner could have caught the Santiago double but that’s neither here nor there. what bugs me is that the Yankees rode Sabathia into the ground for basically no reason during September. he is paid the big bucks for a reason but he is only human. throwing 238 innings will take its toll on anyone and this game is being started on short rest.
now i am going to get changed, go to the bar, and watch the Yankees win. to the few who haven’t already jumped off a bridge, good luck.
DAMN IT ALL
Does anyone else cringe watching Arod go for pop ups? He doesn’t really drop a ton, but always looks awkward
Sigh.
Crap.
ugh
that hurts
Gardner just made me smile. Hadn’t smiled since the top of the first. Thanks Gardner!
Drat.
oh Soriano…..
Smoltz called that one….
Damn
Oh oh not good
And that is that. Too predictable.
Get happy why don’t you Mr. announcer.
Think we need that run back now that Girardi gave up in the 6th?
Rafael Soriano will continue to break Yankee fan hearts.
Smoltz: watch out for the first pitch.
Boom.
Unreal.
Bah
SORRY ANO!!!!!!!!!
well, nothing good you can say about that
Alright, come on. Its only one run, let’s get it back in the 8th. hold it here.
What?!
You gotta be bleeping kidding me
I dont believe it. Not one of our guys, aside from Montero, goes to the opposite field. Not in YS, Not in Detroit, Nowhere
And just like that…..
Punch in the gut.
Sloppy pitch to a sloppy hitter.
Why throw him that?
That is a huge punch in the gut. They came back once. 6 outs to do it again.
sdjohn October 3rd, 2011 at 11:07 pm
It cracks me up that people think they are “better fans” because some people vent on a blog and are considered bridge jumpers. I live and die with every pitch and every AB. It’s either vent on a blog or kick my dog. P.S. my dog loves this blog!
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we are tho…
Verlander at 101 pitches and he has been throwing hard
not unreasonable to think he’s tired and will lose a little location
Soriano is a 1-inn. guy ! PERIOD
Young low ball hitter, has been going opposite way the whole series. Jam him inside. Instead fastball right where he is looking to hit it. Great
Jesus. Good thing we are in Detroit.
Well, that didn’t last too long…let’s hope for another quick out to get out of inning without any more damage.
Still have 2 more AB’s…..they were going to have to score another run anyway
Cabrera almost hit that out with 1 hand.
Robertson should have been in….sori has shown that he struggles when he goes more than one inning.
What Gardner gives, Soriano takes it away. Can’t believe how bad he has been for us after the great run with the Rays.
that pitch was right down the middle to Young….who knows what was going on there…..
What was that joy?
Well Soriano has earned his money this year. Thanks for that
dang…heart breaking pitch…but we still have 6 outs left…
Should have been d robs inning. Mo could have gone two.
Cashman is probably shaking his head right now. I thought Soriano would be huge in the playoffs but that is a really bad time to let that up.
Ugh. Get the 3rd out.We’ll just have to get that one back. Fat of our order coming up.
Okay, time to score some more runs…
Okay, let’s get it back.
Please.
Kicked in the balls.
Someone needs to punch Levine in the mouth for signing Soriano.
so is Verlander coming back out?
Verlander is tiring
it’s not over
Does that really surprise anyone?
Before the series started everyone said that Soriano would blow a game or 2.
What a joke right after they tied the game.
wow. what a bad job. into the first freaking row.
goose dude, beware the crazy betsy chic has emerged from her swamp. instant headache for the whole blog now that she’s back. goundhog day betsy chic.
Smoltz called the first pitch home run by Young. Doesn’t it make soriano and martin look like idiots?
Any of our coming batters can tie it up with one swing.
Verlander is leaking oil, if it’s even him.
The bullpen? Bring ‘em on.
Wellup … tied the game up and our rested relief pitcher gives up the lead.
Eh … whadda gonna do?
You have got to hold them if you are Soriano. He has been doing this crap all year.
That being said, give credit to Delmon Young too. That was a nice job of going the other way.
And give credit to Smoltz. He almost predicted it with the “Watch out for the first pitch” call.
Ugh.
If you’re going to miss to Delmon Young – you have to make sure you miss out of the zone. He’ll chase it as it is.
Wonder what Randy Levine is thinking right now.
Tyler: I really, really hated the signing. Such a terrible move by “leadership”.
Really miss Joba right about now.
Grandy Cano Arod. Can someone just grab hold of one here please?
4 NYY October 3rd, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Soriano is a 1-inn. guy ! PERIOD
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What about No-Inning guy? Hope he leaves.
Yankees_Fan October 3rd, 2011 at 11:13 pm
What Gardner gives, Soriano takes it away. Can’t believe how bad he has been for us after the great run with the Rays.
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it’s a roll of the dice when it comes to playing in ny. you just can’t tell what any player will do under the microscope. some guys thrive…some don’t. there is no way to tell prior to their arrival.
“sdjohn October 3rd, 2011 at 11:07 pm
It cracks me up that people think they are “better fans” because some people vent on a blog and are considered bridge jumpers. ”
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declaring the season over because the Yanks are down 4-2 in the 6th inning is worthy of being ridiculed.
sorry – venting is one thing – the annoying declarations of “Fire Girardi” or “Fire Cashman” or “The Season is OVER” every single time the Yanks fall behind is what losers and quitters do.
Overpaid Gutless piece of $hit.
Verlander may be tiring – but his problem last inning was that he reacted to tiring by starting to overthrow.
He can “dial it down” to 95-97 to adjust to being tired.
That’s what he did to Jeter.
Looks like its up to Graderson or Cano
Let’s go bats. We need a boom! or 3!
So…. do you guys know if Valverde is available tonight? The “announcers” made it seem like he may not be.
Cano will go deep now
Alright guys. Time for another rally. This team can do it.
@Phranchise
Yep. If just ONE of either Granderson or A-Rod decides to Show up, it would be a huge advantage for us. Go Yanks, let’s get this one back.
Fat lady may be in the house, but she’s got a roll of duct tape around her mouth !
Let’s go Yanks !
Verlander is only at 100 pitches. They are really going to have to work him here for Leyland to even think about taking him out. The Yanks got beat by the biggest scrubs in this game
Pepitone October 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Wellup … tied the game up and our rested relief pitcher gives up the lead.
Eh … whadda gonna do?
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Get the lead for the real good guys in the pen. (Hint: Rob and Mo)
What tonight’s game underlined is that the Yankees are always capable of coming back. They did it against Verlander, Detroit’s best. I would never give up the ship, no matter how bleak things may appear at any given point in time.
qiantom October 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Smoltz called the first pitch home run by Young. Doesn’t it make soriano and martin look like idiots?
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well smoltz is one of the greater pitchers of our generation…
That ones on Girardi……he got a clean inning out if him–why push it?
Who’s gonna fill Mo’s shoes?
CB,
we’ll see if he has location though
and the ump giving him 3 inches off the plate
That’s 5 inches outside…
whats with this strike zone
heart of the order has to get it done now.
BD: Quoted for truth.
Dude, seriously!? 1 foot off the plate!?
THAT IS NOT A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
2-0 really
That first pitch was the worst call of the night
Must be nice to get a pitch 2 feet outside called a strike
Leland cares more about getting Verlander a win or he doesn’t have a good pen?
3-0 really
That was still maybe the best Soriano has thrown the ball all year….he got some big outs in the 6th there. Made one mistake to Young….but otherwise he was really good.
That wasnt a strike.
This is the inning. We cant expect any help from Tex or Swish. Gotta get the job done this inning.
Verlander is tired. Pitching on 2 days rest after throwing 25 pitches. At 100 now
And ball 4
Why does Verlander keep getting those strike calls that are outside the box now?
that strike is a joke call…
“Really miss Joba right about now.”
Me too. On that bunt earlier I was thinking CC should have done a Joba belly flop to stop it.
Come on…..that’s not been a strike the whole game
I also will say that A-rod and his contract will continue to hurt this team as we move along. Some people need to be removed from this lineup. I wish we could revamp this lineup for next year.
This guy is ridiculous behind the plate.
Well, regardless of what happens, they really can’t go with the Verlander narrative. They have to change it up. If we lose, it’ll be Delmon Young’s Revenge (for Twins series).
Maybe these guys can shorten up a little here & get something done? The big swingers are hurting us.
wow
my heart sank there
Wow this ump must have grown up in Detroit
damn just a little bit under
F-in ballpark.
Just under it
Phil-
I’m just not a huge fan of giving big money to relievers not named Rivera. Besides the top 5 closers in the game, relief pitching is so variable year to year. I don’t think they figured that Robertson would be quite this dominant so they wanted to pair up another guy with Joba. Still, 35 million is way too big of a number.
Tonight is truly the tale of two different strikezones.
Fack. Just missed it.
First 4 pitches to Grandy were ALL OUT OF THE BOX.
THIS IS SUCH BS
got it off the handle….ugh
crap
Grandy missed it by an inch. Literally an inch. Just too close to the handle.
I don’t know what was more disgusting, that strike call, or the awful dumb and dumber quote.
Sterling killing me!
Should have been a walk.
Granderson misses, and Cano is still late on the fastballs.
“# blake October 3rd, 2011 at 11:17 pm
That was still maybe the best Soriano has thrown the ball all year….he got some big outs in the 6th there. Made one mistake to Young….but otherwise he was really good.”
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blake – I agree. Of course the one mistake hurts as much as any pitch he’s thrown this season
oh Cano for the rest of the game our batters are gonna think solo HR. We should try and work the count and get on base
Tigers that beat us:
-Delmon Young
-Brandon Inge
-Ramon Santiago
-Don Kelly
Wow, can you find any bigger nobody’s in baseball. Unreal. Now we’re gonna have to watch Valverde dance.
apparently verlanders strike zone is twice as big and high now…
what a joke
this is just disgusting
Stop counting on the Tigers bullpen. We will not see them tonight. Like I posted earlier, Leyland would be a fool to call on them.
Okay, this ump is absolute CRAP. Jeez.
come on. Verlander and the mile wide and mile high strike zone. Christ.
WHAAAAAA? HOW Can these hitters have a shot??
there is no way in hell that pitch was a strike. are you kidding me?
Come on, no one has been getting that all night !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe a rod or Tex will come up big.
Baaaaaaawwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaa
LGY called an Alex homer earlier. Maybe that’s what we’ll get.
Did anyone just see strike 3 to Cano?????????????????????????/
Wanna shut down my conspiracies any further?
That call was such crap.
how is that anywhere near a strike…..it almost hit his hands!!!!!!
And TBS quickly takes away the K box after yet another missed call
NOT A STRIKE!!1!!!!!!!
Another high pitch !
I can’t stand this anymore. Can they protest this somehow? I’m just in shock by this.
Verlander has done something tonight that you don’t see often….he’s flat out beat Robbie on fastballs.
Funny that the strike zone is getting wider now……that’s a strike but CC didn’t get anything all freaking game. Awful
This is just stupid umpiring.
Right down. Broadway.
BS on the strike out pitch. Just bull.
This strike zone is unreal
Wow. That was unreal. What an awful call.
The Yankees would have been much better off with an all RH hitting line up.
So stupid that Gerry Davis’ “strike zone” is completely contingent on the fact that he decides to line up over the catcher’s left shoulder.
Where was the blue box on that called strike 3?
this ump’s zone is killing us…he’s all pumped up for verlander…this is almost like livan hernandez vs. the indians…
and Joe just sits in the dugout doing nothing
I cannot believe with everything all night, how does he get that call????
Can he keep fooling A-Rod?
This game should be investigated by the MLB. Im serious. This has been a joke of an umpire.
Yeah ok because that is a strike. I really can’t believe that Girardi has allowed this to go on all night long. I lost a lot of respect for Girardi to not back his guys.
Verlander getting every close and not so close calls now. No wonder he’s so great.
Surprised that ball in the dirt wasnt called a strike
let him swing pn 3-0?
J. Alfred Prufrock October 3rd, 2011 at 11:20 pm
WHAAAAAA? HOW Can these hitters have a shot??
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No kidding….thats why they are swinging cant take a chance on any pitch being called third strike no matter what. You cannot make up this awfulness
Ump blows
that pitch to A-Rod was 1000% times better than the strikeout one to Cano
Take 1
Strike there !
For unexpected, what about an A-Rod homer?
It’s ok to take this walk.
i guess so
Man, he missed that one.
why swing at a 3 and 0 pitch?
They need to give Montero a shot in this game.
They should not let his bat speed just rot on the bench down one run.
He challenged Arod with a fastball right down the middle and of course he missed it
He’s no where close on any of these pitches.
Breaking ball coming up.
This strike zone is awful. How can you call that strikeout pitch to Cano and not call that 2-0 pitch to ARod?
Give me a break ump.
verlander has mariano like mechanics
CC threw so many strikes that were called balls in this game….and now the zone starts to widen. It’s just BS…
changeup would be deadly
Montero’s dead
Trip: he got a pumpkin and missed it.
Wow, not a strike?!!
Atta boy, Alex.
Not a strike?
Verlander’s overthrowing.
Maybe Tex runs into one here
Sure that was high ump ?
116 pitches of max effort
just need 1 more mistake
PLEASE
Darn good AB by Alex….
Thank you Arod.
Can we pinch hit for Tex?
Nice Arod. Tex has to come through. A defining moment right here.
if the Tigers win, i won’t consider their win legit.
not with these HORRIBLE F#cKING ball/strike calls.
Come on Teix. Now is as good of a time as any. No time like the present to shut up the naysayers.
Tex, your entire season can be erased here, please sit on a breaking ball here.
sigh…glad A-rod walked but who knows what it means
So what is Binder Joe saving the good relievers for? Game 6?
C’mon Tex!!!!!
The time is now. Prove you are not the freaking bum that everyone believes you to be.
For unexpected, what about a Tex Message?
Baseball is such a funny game a Teix HR would be just about what you’d expect here…
Any chance Tex can get a big hit here?
Tex has made good contact a couple of times tonight….maybe he can cheat and catch one
Take the ball the other way.
CB,
he’s been overthrowing alot tonight
he’s due for another walk or a mistake right down broadway
Tex owes me a HR
C’mon Tex, change our destiny.
it’s Alex you’re down by 1 you always give him the green light on 3-0.
take your pick: slow roller to the right side or pop-up to the left
Lining up over the catcher’s left shoulder has no effect on pitches high. Try again.
Maybe this is Mark Teck sharas time?
Park one Mark ( I can wish & hope )
Joe Girardi is the worst. The guy has no connection with NYC, doesn’t back his players, and he overmanages. It really wouldn’t be a big deal if the Yankees parted ways with him this off-season and let him go screw up the Cubs (even more then they already are).
I’d pinch run for Alex
Earn Your salary mr. Popup
Need a Tex msg here
pinch run and give Verlander something else to think about (SB) and a guy who can score on a double
Niblick October 3rd, 2011 at 11:24 pm
So what is Binder Joe saving the good relievers for? Game 6?
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Unfortunately, Soriano was supposed to be one of the good ones.
I would be SHOCKED if Leyland pulls Verlander. Why would he?
damn you daver
Awful
damn it Teix. Damn it. Damn it. That was your pitch and you missed it.
swing too long…..hopefully they bring in the clown in the 9th
Pop up…
So $23m gets you 1 post season hit? Great sign me up…
next season, tex better bunt that ball when they play the shift on him…
Tex is worthless.
P is probably off the hook right now.
Mr Pop-up does it again. Tex is a better fielding Giambi with a worse on base percentage. It’s all or nothing.
So much for leaking oil.
Sigh.
Hittable pitch to Tex.
Man he is just awful.
This team goes as he and Alex go.
Sigh. Oh Tex, where have you gone…
Same old Tex at-bat. Jeez he is so freaking frustrating.
Just get on base for god’s sake. No. The same old Tex pop-up. Yuk.
I’ll take pop up to the left side for $200, Alex.
Bring on the dancing fool! Because it will be pleasurable when he blows the first save of the year.
The umpire is extremely asymmetric left and right. This is what it is.
Tex is the least clutch Yankee I have ever seen.
Well, that about sums up Mark Teixeira in a nutshell. Mr. Pop Up. Guy’s an overpaid waste. Jorge Posada, on his last legs, has more baseball value than Mark Teck shara
nice choke job, Tex.
performing your usual disapearance act in the playoffs. No off days in the playoffs this year. Can’t use that as an excuse
I guess Teixeira has tickets to the show tonight.
He’s in an awful hurry to get the game over.
Gardner was the only one to really approach Verlander’s heat the right way.
He kept that front side closed and just too the ball the other way.
All of the rest of the hitters keep trying to hit verlander’s heat by trying to swing faster. Just can’t do that. Too much power.
We can win tomorrow with Burnett, right? They’re pitching Rick Freakin’ Porcello!
Notice how the tigers live off the crowd and answer back? Yanks played with no life at home. This team really is a joke. No passion at all… They simply dont want it.
Fat lady is starting to move around, but still enveloped with duct tape at her mouth.
Although, for the record, I still believe they can win tonight, too.
It’s all up to AJ. Shudder.
I’ve tried to defend Tex all year but I don’t know how to anymore. His swing is an absolute mess from the left side. The guy needs to step and be a star player. Almost have to pinch hit for him at this point…
Tex is SO DISAPPOINTING. He may have great defense, but he never seems to do anything important on offense, especially in the postseason. The worst is that, he will be the first to praise Verlander. Newsflash Tex, you are a liability on offense right now.
Blake,
The clown threw 30 pitches yesterday. And Leyland’s not Girardi. (Lucky Tigers.)
Notice how the tigers live off the crowd and answer back? Yanks played with no life at home. This team really is a joke. No passion at all… They simply dont want it.
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I don’t buy this. I do buy that the crowd was hiding from the rain though.
Why doesn’t Tex just bat right handed all the time? He sucks from the left side
A rod has played a he’ll of a gutty game tonight….
no one can convice me that Verlander is not HIGHLY overrated. Nothing can, his 24 wins didn’t and this game doesn’t either he’s just lucky that he got 5 runs. (Tomorrow anyone who didn’t watch the game is gonna see 10K’s and think how great is that guy. False.) He so overrated and the love fest over him is disgusting.
I created an account just to post that this ump is a travesty. He squeezed cc’s strike zone all night and gave verlander every big pitch.
Sori blew it.
Again, the striking zone is a joke, the first pitch to brandy is strike?
Fu, ump
Mark Teixeria should be embarrassed.
It’s funny, because early in the season I figured his low average was due to bad luck (he had, and continued to have for the whole season, a REALLY low BABIP)…
Now? I know why he has a REALLY low BABIP. HE NEVER MAKES SOLID CONTACT. Ever. He pops out ALL of the time or weakly grounds out.
He makes the least solid contact on the team, I would argue.
The funny thing is Soriano’s location was really off. Even Darling said well he hasn’t pitched in days. But of course Girardi is the only person who thinks not pitching for a week is ok and he was “saving his guys” for tonight. Maybe if Soriano pitched the 9th inning yesterday he would of had command tonight.
You cant be that braindead to blame the anti Yankee umpiring tonight on where the umpire was positioned.
The umpire was making the same calls even if he had a TV monitor in front of him.
We’re getting cheated. Accept the facts. Stop trying to sweep them under the rug
tex bringing his usual playoff performance into 2011…
Tex has been non existant
Swisher, Posada, Montero? , Gardner
coming up…..
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Gardner’s approach was beautiful. Quick to the zone shooting the gap. It’s not easy to take Verlander deep. They have a better chance of stringing together some hits and walks.
We are pitching Proctor, since Verlander is in and the deficit is one, right, Skip?
I can’t bring myself to get worked up over Rafael Soriano blowing a game or Tex popping up in a big spot.
It’s just too predictable at this point.
The story of this series will be the big black hole on the middle of the lineup.
Tyler: he knows it is but it’s not something that can be fixed right now. I do wonder what would happen if he just stayed on 1 side.
Hopefully KLong and he can fix it in the off-season, when that starts in November…
Absolutely inexcusable that Soriano was left in for a second inning. Doe anyone disagree?
Teixeira is no better than carlos pena vs RHP. What a shame that he allowed himself to become such an all or nothing hitter. Surely not worth the contract.
Almost through 3 games and this is Robertson’s first appearance. Something doesn’t seem right about that.
The Tigers’ losers did the job tonight. Santiago, Kelly. His name rhymes with Ron Jelly for christ’s sake. But Tex and Swish do ZERO!
Benny Blanco October 3rd, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Tex has been non existant
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Who is this Tex?
Luckily, Proctor is long gone.
How is Ayala not in this game, if not Ayala why not Proctor? Damnit Joe…
Soriano was fine but the fastball first pitch to a free swinger was inexcusable. Martin call?
Definitely pinch hit Montero. Tex and A-Rod are a huge hole in our lineup. A-rod now still at .000 and Teixeira at .091
DRob
Swisher, Posada, Montero? , Gardner
coming up…..
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Montero who?
Robertson got that outside corner.
Elias, I absolutely agree we can beat Porcello. So that would either take it for the Yanks or bring it home to the Stadium to Nova.
Ooh, looks like Verlander is done.
I guess Verlander is NOT coming out for the 9th
Only total losers blame the ump. It’s not the ump’s fault that Tex and A-roid are hitting like they left their PEDs at home.
UntilIf he makes the adjustments, Teix has become a player who should only hit vs. lefties.
Drob should have been in last inning. Sori does not like pitching more than one inning. Girardi is a tard.
CB October 3rd, 2011 at 11:24 pm
Take the ball the other way.
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In terms of making adjustments, he’s one of the worst I have ever seen in MLB.
He either can’t, or he won’t. I don’t know which.
Hey look! The umpire got that strike 3 right. Now that we’re down a run, at least, heading into the 9th
Looks like Verlander is coming out. Thank goodness.
Take your chances with the worse pitcher.
What a shame to waste such epic seasons by Robertson, Cano and Grandy with such non-clutch performances by Arod, Tex and Jeter. Lets hope this isn’t the end.
Montero needs to hit for Martin in the 9th
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Almost through 3 games and this is Robertson’s first appearance. Something doesn’t seem right about that.
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Be glad you are seeing him today. Girardi was saving him for Game 6. Oh, wait…
Phil-
I know that it can’t be fixed right now. He’s just got to roll with it and maybe be able to take it the other way occasionally like he did in game 1. I’m not sure about staying on 1 side but it honestly can’t be much worse than it is now. I think they come back in the 9th though. I have faith.
Maybe the Yanks can actually get to the clown in the 9th inning. I would love to see Jones hit for Swisher and Montero for Martin but of course Joey binder would never do that.
Elias, I absolutely agree we can beat Porcello. So that would either take it for the Yanks or bring it home to the Stadium to Nova.
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Absolutely. I won’t be picky. We don’t have to win 1-0. Or even 10-0. I’ll take 15-12. As long as we win. So the question is…do we shake the lineup up, or no.
I mean, did anyone not see Soriano blowing a game in this postseason?
Anyone?
Tonight would be a glorious time for Valverde’s first blown save if that’s who they bring in….he’s due. Same approach as last night
Klong is overrated, or he is not that important after all.
Look at our 3-4-5.
I hope we come back agAinst Valverde the clown
start montero at DH and posada at first tom
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:28 pm
CB-
Gardner’s approach was beautiful. Quick to the zone shooting the gap. It’s not easy to take Verlander deep. They have a better chance of stringing together some hits and walks.
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Be a helluva lot easier at home, but he plays in such an intensely pitcher friendly park, he has no qualms about letting it all just fly. Great pitcher, but he’s got a huge HFA.
“Almost through 3 games and this is Robertson’s first appearance. Something doesn’t seem right about that.”
This can always happen with a bull pen. It’s why it’s very easy to overestimate their effect.
Can’t impact a game if you don’t get to play.
There was no reason for CC to be out there for that last inning. Remarkable that Girardi didn’t try to “shorten the game” with the weapons he has while the game was hanging in the balance.
first things first….D Rob has to get through this inning,
If the Yanks let Valverde do his dance on the mound, I’m gonna smash something.
Gotta make that scumbag pay.
I mean, did anyone not see Soriano blowing a game in this postseason?
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The sarcastic side of me says that I didn’t see this coming, because I thought Ayala was going to pitch every game and I wouldn’t see Soriano.
The realistic side of me says that we still have 3 outs to go before Soriano “officially” blew the game. So maybe our offense will let him off the hook.
Too bad Tex doesn’t have Grandy’s brain. Grandy recognized he was having problems, went to Long, listened to Long, and fixed himself. That will never happen with “look at the back of the baseball card” Teixeira.
“I mean, did anyone not see Soriano blowing a game in this postseason?
Anyone?”
Um…
Wonder how it would have played out if Joe didn’t let a clearly gassed CC come out for that inning? That should be a fun explanation in the post game.
robertson overthrowing here…
smoltz “too bad he fouled it” – openly rooting for the tigers – lol…
Our guys need to adjust to playing in a homer hostile park.
Tyler: Me too. Verlander out, Valverde is prone to blown saves.
Re: Teix, I am just glad that he recognizes he’s screwed up his swing and wants to fix it. It does seem like he’s over swinging from the left side. If he could shorten his swing, some of those pop ups might drive a little.
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
Niblick October 3rd, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Only total losers blame the ump. It’s not the ump’s fault that Tex and A-roid are hitting like they left their PEDs at home.
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I’d agree if it wasn’t so obvious how he was horribly squeezing CC while Verlander had a normal zone. The Tigers tied the game at 2 thanks to the umpires. CC didn’t have it, but he still would’ve had a better line if not for the umpire.
Now, of course, since we tied it, this is now on Soriano. That doesn’t take away the dirty umpire’s job.
Remember last year when Grandy’s swing versus lefties was just terrible and they sat him down for a few games and got it figured out?
How has the same not happened with Teixeira? He CANNOT hit left-handed, and he looks terrible whenever anyone throws him anything on the outside corner (a pop-up to the left side is almost a given).
He hits the ball with no authority from that side, and I have no clue why nothing was done about it during the season.
Pepi-
I think it’s a combination of both.
But mostly I think he’s developed a swing and hitting mechanics which make it very difficult for him to hit the ball where it’s pitched.
Hey MG can you post some more awful post season stats to make me feel better about Marks
Verlander gets a K for that last ball for DRob
Soriano and Robertson both don’t have good command. Who would of thought? Of course they couldn’t pitch yesterday in the 6th and 9th because we were saving them for tonight. Great job Joey binder.
TBS broadcasters are totally criticizing Girardi’s managing.
OHHHH GOLD GLOVE DEFENSE FROM MARK TEIXEIRA. WHO CARES ABOUT HIS BAT WITH PLAYS LIKE THAT?
Valverde was right
culture change in sports – jeter joking around with peralta down a run in a pivotal game of the playoffs.
Please keep us 1 run behind here. At least give us a shot
I thought Grandy’s was gone off the bat….that’s two nights in a row (Jones last night)
the problem with Girardi is that he is a ‘pushbutton’ manager and in the postseason there are times you need to change your approach because each game is a series in itself-Leyland pulled Ordonez in the 6th inning, you would never see Girardi do that so early.
cs in la October 3rd, 2011 at 11:31 pm
What a shame to waste such epic seasons by Robertson, Cano and Grandy with such non-clutch performances by Arod, Tex and Jeter. Lets hope this isn’t the end.
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Last time I looked Jeter has 4 hits so far. How about some “clutch” behind him ?
“Montero needs to hit for Martin in the 9th”
Completely agree. They need to give montero a shot. Martin’s swing is not a great match up here.
There a difference between going the other way and then being late and the ball going the other way.. Tex has been late on everything !
Nice, DRob.
Arod some nice defense tonight for sure.
The yankees pen is supposed to be a strength and girardi has pitched the dregs more than the actual strong part. Terrible.
Thank god they are bringing in Valverde.
I don’t care if Verlander has 150 pitches, I want him outa there.
Beating Valverde after his douchbagery yesterday would be ultimate sweetness.
Shut up these stupid f_cking TBS announcers too.
This team needs to be overhauled. Posada will be gone, A-rod is always injured and getting old, Teix is worthless when it comes to clutch hitting, and Swisher is all over the place. When you have players that don’t have grit you get pathetic playt when it counts.
And with the number one clown A.J. Burnett pitching game 4 this series will be over.
darling criticizing girardi’s bullpen management.
smoltz has been spot on alot of the evening in his pre-pitch analysis.
qiantom October 3rd, 2011 at 11:35 pm
TBS broadcasters are totally criticizing Girardi’s managing.
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Darling is bitter that his Mets are constantly overshadowed by the Yanks and Smoltz couldn’t outduel Pettite when it counted most. Both are jealous of the Bombers.
Girardi has to pinch hit for Russell Martin … doesn’t he?
Need a baserunner to bring Gardner to the plate for more heroics
Montero needs to PH here.
Let’s keep that guy from dancing. If we don’t, we’re going to beat Porcello tomorrow. It might get ugly, but we can do it. Either way, they can do this. Might just be uncomfortable for a while.
Girardi will say that Tex had some really good at bats.
Daniel in Toronto October 3rd, 2011 at 11:35 pm
OHHHH GOLD GLOVE DEFENSE FROM MARK TEIXEIRA. WHO CARES ABOUT HIS BAT WITH PLAYS LIKE THAT?
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No problem if he is hitting #9. At #6, he has been horrible.
Soriano is a pu$$y.
Tex has tried to take the ball to LF in this series….his swing plane still won’t let him hit the ball on a line that way though so while the approach is better….it’s ending up as routine flys balls so far. He’s closed up a little so I’m hoping it’s a first step to more modifications this winter.
There will be Montero sighting in this inning.
But it is unfair to the guy to come to bat with the game on the line.
Still, he is the only one left who can hit one out.
rally caps on your couches folks
now would be the perfect time to deliver a huge blow.
verlander was dominant, but we still got 4 off of him
if the bullpen blows it, they’re broken
Regardless of this game, I think this season has been pretty successful in the fact that Nova looks like a rotation stalwart for 10 years and the Yanks finally found the heir apparent to Mariano.
GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Darling has one of the worst baseball voices of all time. Hard to listen to it
Teix is worthless when it comes to clutch hitting
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a lot of guys are. I’m sure MG has a list he can provide you with
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
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It flew over Gardner’s head, into LC twice, and over the RF wall for Young !
hope the silver lining will be that soriano will be too embarrassed to come back next year
This entire loss is on Girardi. CC gutted out five and Joe left him in too long. Yanks battle back to tie, and Joe leaves Soriano in too long. Now we’ll watch as he fails to pitch hit for Martin in the bottom of the ninth.
Smack this guy in the glasses !
Yankeeeeeeeees!
The worst decision of this game. Check that. The worst decision of this series was sending CC out for the 6th.
The offense needs to overcome Girardi and win this game.
“Let’s keep that guy from dancing. If we don’t, we’re going to beat Porcello tomorrow. It might get ugly, but we can do it. Either way, they can do this. Might just be uncomfortable for a while.”
Absolutely agree.
Girardi is a great regular season manager for a good team….he keeps everyone healthy and manages well for the big picture……he just hasn’t been able to flip the switch to the different mindset in the playoffs….that the moment is now in October so far….at least that’s how is seems.
Okay, Valverde. Time for a meatball.
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
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Yup. Remember when we played the Marilins? We were hitting 400 foot flyouts it seemed in the away games.
Let’s go Yankees!!!
BBFan October 3rd, 2011 at 11:38 pm
There will be Montero sighting in this inning.
But it is unfair to the guy to come to bat with the game on the line.
Still, he is the only one left who can hit one out.
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Hope he really gets a chance.
sure would be nice to beat Valverde, he is about as likable as Verlander
Blake,
I agree – Tex’s approach has been better even though the results aren’t there.
He needs to work on that swing this winter. Things have gone much too far.
hammering Valverde here would make me very very happy
How nice. The clown. Boys: DO NOT LET HIM CELEBRATE!!!!!
Wow, not strikes?? Shocking…
Relax Swish.
Just get on and get a rally started
It’s funny how Girardi leaves the starting pitcher’s in too long in back to back games and then get’s mad when the media questions him. It’s funny how testy he gets when he continues to make the same mistakes over and over.
he just hasn’t been able to flip the switch to the different mindset in the playoffs….that the moment is now in October so far….at least that’s how is seems.
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He was the manager in 2009, right?
Swish has Dancer spooked?
Jose, can you see?
no need to swing the bat even, this guy is eratic….it’ll take him a few batters to find the strikezone
Should be fun…smoltz talks too much but he makes good points
No.
Kill me now.
Damn
That was it. Dang it.
4 NYY October 3rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
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It flew over Gardner’s head, into LC twice, and over the RF wall for Young !
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Your point is? The park doesn’t play well for the Yanks. Great for Young.
damn Swish, you missed it.
Friggin Swisher.
Swinging out of his shoes.
swisher missed the pitch…jeez…
Come on. Dammit. We could use a leadoff single as much as swinging for the fences
How about we get creative here and let the kid hit?
Swisher is killing me…..2-0 count and he gets long trying to hit it out instead of just getting on base.
Yankees. Sad.
2-0 pop up….
does any team pop up on hitters counts like we do?
So Valverde said they’ll be celebrating tomorrow and this series is not going back to NY?
Get ‘em Yankees.
Pathetic. No way else to describe it.
Jorge, save us.
Swisher is the biggest clown ever. 2-0 and he is swinging out of his shoes??? How about work the count!??!!? I really hope that the Yanks don’t pick up his contract. I have seen enough of his bs in October.
F in swisher. 2-0 pop up again
anyone else want to pop up?? ANYONE?? This is so frustrating…
He hasn’t thrown a strike, and Swisher swings!!!
Who knew the entire season would come down to an A.J. Burnett start?
Swisher. Unbelievable.
What a horrible swing he has. He keeps trying to hit home runs when they can’t make outs and need base runners.
All right, Jorgie, let’s work that count.
Swish gone next year?
Swisher not good in post season
any way on Jorge….walk, hit, lean into one….whatever it takes.
I mean AFTER Jorge’s AB. I thought Martin was up for some reason.
Let Montero hit. Seriously.
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 pm
4 NYY October 3rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
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It flew over Gardner’s head, into LC twice, and over the RF wall for Young !
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Your point is? The park doesn’t play well for the Yanks. Great for Young.
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Oh, I see, a one-sided park ! That’s a good one !
Swisher is going to throw his back out one day in a key spot.
I’d let Swisher go. I’d rather see Bichette Jr. in RF lol.
How about some Showalteresque dramatics here!
All trying to hit homers, instead of just hitting the ball
Gotta hit Montero for Martin and hope he catches one.
Swisher definitely shouldn’t be in the lineup tomorrow after that at bat. Put Jones in LF and Gardner in RF.
Oh man, where was that pitch going?
Time for a quick poll:
Wh really thinks Girardi goes to Montero instead of Martin?
Valverde has awful arm action.
Thank god Boston didn’t make it. Playing like this, I don’t know if I could handle that show.
He’s got zero command
Come on!
Swish had a pitch to hit & he missed it. If the yanks were up or down by 3+ he probably would have gotten his hit for the night
4 NYY October 3rd, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 pm
4 NYY October 3rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
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It flew over Gardner’s head, into LC twice, and over the RF wall for Young !
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Your point is? The park doesn’t play well for the Yanks. Great for Young.
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Oh, I see, a one-sided park ! That’s a good one !
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Or the Tigers are built better for their home park than the Yanks are? You truly are an idiot.
baserunners by any means necessary
Work that count Jorge!
Swish gone next year?
No
Shocking that pitch wasn’t called a strike. /sarcasm galore.
Hip Hip!
Pinch run please.
pinch run posada!
Awesome, Posada. He’s been great this series so far for us.
Is Valverde pregnant?
Pinch hitter please.
What a masterful at bat from Posada – what a contrast to the garbage we keep seeing from Swisher.
posada has brought it this postseason. seasoned vet.
swisher swinging for the fences – smh…
There is the baserunner Gardner needs
Polar opposite of Swisher.
What an intelligent at bat from Posada.
I hope Swisher was paying attention to that at bat….Vervalde will walk you eventually DON’T SWING on a 2-0 pitch
What a pro.
Love Posada.
Heart of a lion.
Jorge has had the most consistent AB’s in these playoffs. Let MONTERO HIT!
Posada best Yankee hitter
Very niiiice Jorge.
Posada has a great patient at bat but of course Swisher was swinging out of his shoes 2-0. Unreal. Please don’t tell me we have to see Martin hit here??!
Nice at bat Jorge. That’s the difference between a professional postseason hitter and a guy like Swisher.
come on with martin?
Good time for Nunie to get picked off.
As bad is Jorge is on the bases, he can have GREAT at bats.
Damn this ballpark. Jesus.
Why is Martin hitting?
TBS is so excited about the possibility of getting the Yankees out.
damn. why didn’t that leave the park
FIRST PITCH!!!!!!
Why Girardi, why?
Montero could have hit that pitch over the wall.
FIRST PITCH SWINGING??? I give up!!!1
Why swing at the 1st pitch?
Martin trying for the 5run HR instead of working the count on a guy not throwing strikes…
Girardi is brain dead.
Everything just keeps falling short…..that’s 2 that could have been out of here
Just missed.
Another swing for the fence.
Montero NOW
Martin – another first pitch out .. ou can’t make this stuff up
That should of been Montero batting.
Yes, he could’ve.
At least Jorge Posada is ending his Yankee career with strong performances at the plate.
Martin just missed that. Oh well.
Let’s go Gardy. Get a rally going.
I knew Girardi didin’t have the cojones.
At the stadium, Yankees would have had three homeruns.
Montero rotting on bench.
Chavez too.
Come on Gardy, take a walk and turn the lineup over.
Martin has to be kidding me!! Swisher swings 2-0 and he swings at the 1st pitch??! Nice to make this loser work.
Girardi is a joke for not pinch hitting for those guys.
Steal second
Send Nunez?
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 pm
TBS is so excited about the possibility of getting the Yankees out.
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Indeed, which is why i’ve been watching on mute since the 4th inning
Valverde’s mechanics are an absolute mess out there.
And Martin – the catcher – the guy that is supposed to be the coach on the field doesn’t even give Valverde a chance to get himself into more trouble.
Montero will have several splinters in his behind to remember his first postseason by.
They just want to take chances instead of grinding out ABs. The fat toad is tired and not throwing strikes, stupid a$$!
How many pitches has Martin seen this series?
Ten?
Nuney!
Clutch SB.
I can’t understand why he didn’t pinch hit Montero there.
gardner to save our season again!
I can’t believe Nunez stole there. Good job by Gardner and his bat.
Valverde’s stuff is down big time tonight…..can they capitalize
Let’s go Gardner!!!
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 pm
4 NYY October 3rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Tyler October 3rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
JAP-
I hate Comerica. It’s probably the worst park for the Yanks in the majors due to its dimensions. I hate playoff series with the Tigers because it’s cold and the ball doesn’t fly. The Yanks are pretty dependent on the long ball and that’s a bad recipe in Detroit.
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It flew over Gardner’s head, into LC twice, and over the RF wall for Young !
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Your point is? The park doesn’t play well for the Yanks. Great for Young.
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Leading HR team can’t homer here ? No name for you !
no matter how many times TBS re-plays Nunez was safe!! Love that we have lots of SB threats on this team
C’mon Brett, don’t do too much.
same aproach Gardy
come on Brett!!!!
Girardi is unreal…
It’s going to come down to Jeter.
Valverde might have gotten jobbed.
Good.
Martin just missed to be fair
I can’t understand why he didn’t pinch hit Montero there
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He is saving him for a game 5
Girardi is unreal…
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concentrate on the task at hand.
Martin playing like an idiot all series at the plate. Girardi is a robot and can’t manage in a big spot.
i still can’t believe martin swung on the first pitch after valverde is showing no control…same for swisher on the 1st fastball he saw…
Take
valeverde cant throw strikes and martin swings at the first effin pitch!
“I can’t understand why he didn’t pinch hit Montero there.”
He doesn’t believe in the player – or rather the so believes in platoon “advantage” he doesn’t believe in the talent.
Martin wasted an AB and out. Otherwise we would be in much better situation.
Smolz is really getting worked up
This inning just kills me. They could so easily have no outs and have tied this already if not for 2 guys. Come on, at least tie this up!
YEAH BRETT. Come on Yankees. JETER!
C’mon Jete!
Captain on for the last out…
Atta boy, Gardy.
Swisher and Martin should be embarrassed after watching Posada and Gardner this inning.
yay Gardy! Hopefully Jeter can be as PATIENT!!! PATIENT!!! (Hope they can hear me)
Does the Captain have any Clutch left in those old bones?
Double steal?
Jeter needs a hit here.
cmon
this has GOAT written all over it for Valverde
PLEASE Derek
ThankS Martin
Does Jeter have another big playoff hit in that bat????
Montero probably hit it out with the same swing as Martin.
If Martin hit that ball to the track where would’ve Montero put it?
Up to the Captain.
I can’t believe that Girardi gave Valverde 2 free outs in this inning. It’s amazing how stupid Bwisher and Martin can be.
Valverde is really struggling with his command. If Jeter can get on then Granderson will have a chance to do some damage. Swisher’s AB looming large now…..he probably would have walked
yanks are given chance
Let martin, swish go in the offseason.
Swisher at bat really hurt though
Jeter has not been great in the series. Hopefully he will be the captain clutch in this at bat.
CB-
I realize that he doesn’t believe in Montero. I just don’t understand why. I know he has a small sample size but did he not see teams intentionally walking him down the stretch?
please don’t K again
Strike zone.
Dead.
inside !
Jeter and Posada -
Two of the last remaining players from the great years, and they are always making it interesting.
Love em both.
makes a pitch
Valverde now finds the zone
They are pounding Jeter inside all night
Yikessssss
CB,
that’s the difference between maddon and girardi.
I would say wear that…..but not in the helmet
Swisher and Martin’s at bats where just so horrible.
Valverde has no command.
Stay classy Valverde
or not
Purpose pitch.
The purpose?
Remind America that Valverde is a tool.
set up for a pitch away
Splitter down
Wow. we may have gotten a break there.
Wow. This guy is a mess.
holy crap that was a K…
Now that was strike three. Jeez
That wasn’t close at all.
wow….Jete probably caught a break there….make it count
I hate baseball right now. But I will be back for more tomorrow.
I am sure that I am not alone.
blake October 3rd, 2011 at 11:51 pm
I would say wear that…..but not in the helmet
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yea can’t blame Jeter for getting out of the way at that haha. Scary.
They choke.
Bunch of losers.
F u valverde
Well, that sucked. See you tomorrow, everyone. Hopefully we can pull out a win.
sh!t. gotta get em tomorrow. 15-12….10-8….22-18, whatever it takes.
gonna go out on the limb and say AJ comes up aces tomorrow (no i’m not being sarcastic)
Good night all. let’s get them tmw.
Lol, That seems bout right.
We WILL get it back to the Stadium.
The question remains:
WHERE WAS MONTERO?
A-rod and Tex as bad as they are we should be down 2-1.
I hate that ass clown.
Now our ass clown has to save our season.
It is actually sad to see Jeter and Arod being abused like this. They know where the pitches are coming but they cannot get to it.
Can’t take this 9th inning tease…
I am done. Jeter now strikes out in a big spot again tonight. He has what 8 ks in three games something like 11 runners left on base?
What a surprise. The Captain strikes out to the D-Bag to finish off the loss.
First round exit.
Just pathetic. What Swisher did should definitely get his butt on the bench for tomorrow’s game. Girardi gave Valverde 2 free outs in the 9th by letting 2 automatic outs bat. Terrible job by Girardi.
Choke Artists…….
AJ!!!
Two games in a row with a chance in the 9th but just can’t come through. That is not championship caliber I am afraid
Don’t know what might have happened if the game were called fairly from the first pitch. CC might have been out there in the 7th.
We’ll get ‘em tomorrow.
Why even have Montero on the ALDS roster?
Jeter 11 runners left on base this series. 6 ks in three games.
jeter almost never K’s in late clutch spots, didn’t see that coming
Derek has become the player I least like to see up there in key spots. My how things have changed.
Maybe AJ should bat cleanup tomorrow.
Girardi is just not a big game manager.
What’s the use in having a great bench? When will he call on Montero to hit?
Never, that’s when.
He’s saving Montero for game 6.
Derek had two hits off Verlander. Get off his ass.
They needed to pinch hit Montero for Swish or Martin.
They will never, never, never, never, never let that extraordinary bat see the light of day.
Girardi’s inability to manage the playoff bullpen or utilize his best hitters in a logical manner is really vexing me.
Girardi at least justly calling out HP ump.
Capt once again fails in the clutch. Swinging at everything.
I’m sorry but the Yankees are done. With AJ on the mound tomorrow, it’s over. I have zero confidence in AJ making it through half a game without choking up 6 runs or more. If in wrong, then hurray for everyone here but I knew it was going to come down to this after the rain delay F’ed up the rotation. The Yanks would’ve taken the first two and made it to beat the Tigers in 4 but with the dumbass playoff schedule as it is – it was something the Yankees couldn’t overcome with their deficient rotation. One and done.
sunny615 October 3rd, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Capt once again fails in the clutch. Swinging at everything.
I’m sorry but the Yankees are done. With AJ on the mound tomorrow, it’s over. I have zero confidence in AJ making it through half a game without choking up 6 runs or more. If in wrong, then hurray for everyone here but I knew it was going to come down to this after the rain delay F’ed up the rotation. The Yanks would’ve taken the first two and made it to beat the Tigers in 4 but with the dumbass playoff schedule as it is – it was something the Yankees couldn’t overcome with their deficient rotation. One and done.
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YOu are one of the most vision-less, negative, whiny posters ever to set foot in here.
STFU. The series isn’t over.
Jerkface October 3rd, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Girardi’s inability to manage the playoff bullpen or utilize his best hitters in a logical manner is really vexing me.
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Get in line
Jeter has 4 hits in the games so far. Who has more, maybe one guy. You can’t choose when you get them. He tries as hard as anyone on the team. Whose hitting behind him in the clutch ?
I certainly hope not. But having witnessed AJ’s 2011 season (and 2010), I have no reason to believe he’s going to pitch an outstanding game tomorrow.
You’re against Jeter, and jumping on Jeter, you’re not a Yankee fan. Just not. Now shut the f**k up and get out.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 4th, 2011 at 12:02 am
You’re against Jeter, and jumping on Jeter, you’re not a Yankee fan. Just not. Now shut the f**k up and get out.
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Seconded.
What’s wrong with letting Swisher bat? What did he do yesterday against Valverde?
AJ’s going to pitch a gem. & even if he doesn’t, even though this park has sucked for our hitters, it’s the best park for him to pitch in.
& I’m not the least bit scared of Rick Porcello.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 4th, 2011 at 12:02 am
You’re against Jeter, and jumping on Jeter, you’re not a Yankee fan. Just not. Now shut the f**k up and get out.
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Tripled !!!
That was Yankee Stadium.
4 NYY October 4th, 2011 at 12:05 am
J. Alfred Prufrock October 4th, 2011 at 12:02 am
You’re against Jeter, and jumping on Jeter, you’re not a Yankee fan. Just not. Now shut the f**k up and get out.
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Tripled !!!
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Losers
Night real Yanks fans, rest of you go to Boston !
this was an all around sloppy performance from everyone. but i have to say that the worst was when girardi pinch ran for posada….which was good, but why have martin swing on the first pitch without letting nuney get into scoring position with one out in a one run game??? awful
I think you’ve been drinking a bit too much.
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