No lineup changes for Yankees
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Oct 04, 2011 
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YANKEES
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
TIGERS
Austin Jackson CF
Ramon Santiago 2B
Delmon Young LF
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez DH
Don Kelly RF
Jhonny Peralta SS
Alex Avila C
Wilson Betemit 3B
Need to hit the ground running tonight.
AJ stepping up tonight could really energize this team and give them a second wind
I’m hoping for Cano to have another “Game 1″ performance.
SOS,
I’m Actually a Aggie from Austin… I follow them because of family ties. I Went to the University of Mississippi ( ole miss) so i always keep up with them as well. Horns and ole miss start up a series starting next year!
Still more of a die hard Aggie!
# Erin October 4th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Ledger_Yankees Valverde is available for the Tigers. #nyy
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This could actually be good news for the Yanks.
The Rangers don’t have Cliff Lee…..but they are better than they were last year.
man, i am pumped for this cards/ phille game. Playoff baseball in the LOU is CRAZY. Phillies might not make it out of there.
JM-yeah, that’s what I’m thinking too.
Go cards!
The worst thing about that Rogers game is that it was obvious he had something on his hand. They checked it and let him stay in. Told him, “Wash it off”. If it was nothing, why make him wash it off?
YESNetwork Burnett: “I’ve been proving people wrong my whole career.” Hear more from A.J. on the Yankees pregame show tonight at 7:30.
blake-
The rangers had arguably the best offense in baseball last year…. they added mike napoli and Adrian Beltre. CJ wilson is going to decide their future though. I’m sure he is going to get huge offers from texas, boston, and new york, possibly the angels. If he leaves, it will be a huge blow for texas. However, if he stays… the rangers are going to be world series contenders for the next few years.
Someone has to step up here and infuse some life into this team. AJ stepping up would be epic. Fingers crossed.
Tabbert,
ol miss vs anm. Who do you root for?
If Swish bombs this postseason, does he still get his option picked up?
Girardi should at least move Posada up behind Arod. Tex and Swish are totally lost so they shouldn’t be batting before him.
I’m not going to listen or read any pre game quotes today. It’s put up or shut up time… I don’t need to read what these players plan to do tonight. I simply want to see it done on the playing field.
Told him, “Wash it off”. If it was nothing, why make him wash it off?
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mel
It wouldnt happen to be the home plate ump from last night would it? That would explain everything.
Poll time !
Who will beat our Yankees tonight :
(a) Ainge
(b) Santiago
(c) Don Kelly
(d) Cabrera
(e) V-Mart
(f) combination of above
Make your voice heard. Vote now.
Who has AJ proved wrong?
Tabbert,
Yea…their own os better also…..one thing though is that Hamilton isn’t quite the same guy he was a year ago…..and neither is Cruz…..but their offense is still very good.
Troll harder.
HaleMark Leyland on people in Michigan being excited about sports: “If you can make somebody happy, that’s what the song says, make somebody happy.”
Rangers closing out the series today, there will be champagne in Tampa, but not in the Tampa locker room.
They are going to be a tough team to beat, no matter which team faces them in the ALCS.
BryanHoch Leyland on Teixeira and A-Rod: “They make you nervous every time they come up.”
Is that Danny Ainge?
Prediction –
Texas vs. Tigres –> Tigres will advance
Can’t wait for Halladay and Lee to cage those f****** Tigres.
I like Leyland a lot……he’s a classy dude.
Red Robin…Take a hike.
Tex makes me nervous every time he comes up
blake October 4th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Tex makes me nervous every time he comes up
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Longoria looks like he belongs on the Yanks in this series. He would slot in good between Tex and Swish.
No lineup changes for Yankees
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Chad actually has a macro for that.
Ctrl + F1
Oh look. The troll showed up early.
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Go Yanks and Go Cards!
Tabbert,
I am a Horned Frog in Austin. I am hoping for a Big 12 invite. With a daughter at UT I am afraid I must pull against the Aggies.
Leyland’s ingame interview was hilarious. Monotone mumbling.
Yankees will win tonight, 9-4, you can PUT IN ON THE BOARD!
Why would there be changes to the lineup (ugh)
SOS-
That is too hard for me to decide. I would be happy with either team winning the game…. but i would probably have to go for the team that could least afford the loss. LOL. I know i should root for my school…. but i have been a Aggie fan since grade school.
I believe swish will be back based on the fact that there really is not a better option. How many true game changers play right field right now? Swish plays good d, he has pop, he can be a pretty productive hitter. As much as we want guys to step up in october, players are going to get contracts or lose contracts just because of their performance in october. Swisher brings a lot to the table with his personality, his work ethic, and on a scale of a 162 game season he is worth the money he gets paid and he is a solid right fielder. If there was a absolute better option… then the yanks might take a look. But, i think swish will be a yankee for a while.
Game 4 ALDS 2006 –> Jared Wright
Game 4 ALDS 2011 –> Allan James
Amazing. 5 years have past but nothing has changed.
Don’t rock the boat, we got this.
Feliz looks like he is on the verge of blowing these post season games. But he usually finds a way to just barely hold on.
Game 4 ALDS, Saturday, October 7, 2006 –
Tigres 8
Yankees 3
(Bonderman played the role of Porcello.)
SOS, no Noesi but Hughes is on the roster and ready to step in, if needed.
I want 7IP from AJ
, but I’ll accept 6.
I got a feeling, tonight’s gonna be a good night
Tonight’s gonna be a good, good night…
The day of the 7 year long term contract is hopefully coming to an end. It’s not going to be pretty watching Arod for the next 7 years. I pray that he gets back on the hgh to stay free of the injury bug.
I love when they show Nolan Ryan and he looks like he is about to crap his pants
man, its really hard to watch a team on the verge of elimination. No matter the team ( unless its the phillies or the sox) it’s pretty hard to watch any teams season just end. Stay alive tampa… get it to game 5.
So do you have any “Scherzer-istic” predictions for Porcello’s start tonight ?
DKnobler Another talking point among baseball people here: How in the world did CC Sabathia let himself get that big?
Hey this is kinda like 2006……the Red Sox finished in 3rd place and missed the playoffs then also.
Yea… cause i know what always scares me… the middle of my line up hitting about .050… got Tex looks awful at the plate… as does AROD
Hey this is kinda like 2006……the Red Sox finished in 3rd place and missed the playoffs then also.
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if that’s the case, can we lobby the Tigers to pitch Nate Robertson?
Will Ian Kinsler text a picture of a dead Devil Ray to Cliff Lee?
Tigres got the magic dust this season.
No “O” for the Rays…
this is our night to shine!
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!!
Rays out. That’s one of my predictions gone wrong.
I don’t know whom I hate more:
Santiago or Cold Camels.
But I bet Joe is getting ready to shake up the lineup for game 6.
The Rangers are a tough team to face in the play offs. On paper their starting pitching is very average but Lewis and Harrison come up big in these games. Especially Lewis he had a 4.40 era this year but in his last 3 post season games his era is under 1.
RR: who are the “Tigres”?
Good question for Russell Martin
@DKnobler: Talking point among scouts at Phils-Cards: Why in the world did Rafael Soriano throw that pitch to Delmon Young last night?
Clutch, they’re pitching to the Rays very challenged lineup…if we get there, it’ll be a very different story….
The problem with letting players go because of their lack of success in the playoffs is its a short sighted move that GM’s arent going to make. Obviously we wish that we had a team full of clutch players in October… but we don’t get there without the productive players that play well during the regular season for us. Swish might suck in the playoffs, but he is a solid defensive RF, that brings a lot to the table outside of baseball, he can mash, he can get on base, and overall is a productive hitter. Cashman has to assemble a team that can get to the playoffs every year… and he has. Weather or not these guys perform in October is out of his hands. You cant base someone contract off such a small sample size.
The only thing i WISH we could somehow do is package a deal around tex to get a starting pitcher and then find away to bring in pujols or fielder. Tex is a masher with one hell of a glove… but he is not the all around superstar that we thought he would be for us. He has failed his regular season, and playoff goals and expectations. That can’t really be said about swisher.
If the Yanks can get by thebest Tigers then I like their changes against Texas because they are so much better offensively against LHP……Jeter, Tex, and Swisher in particular are like different players
Tex isn’t going anywhere. Waste of time this kind of talk. Tex will apply himself to fix his LH swing. Tex will be fine. Not looking to move Tex.
blake, also, then our manager will feel his book justifies giving Montero some ABs.
We win tonight, we ain’t losing on Thursday.
JAP,
Maybe but by then he wont have played in like 2 weeks so who knows what he will even do.
The Yanks will definitely pick up Swisher’s option because no one else is available and it’s easy. But I can’t see them signing him to an extension after next year. With Jeter and Arod getting older and production from those 2 starting to go down they have to upgrade LF or RF soon.
Wait… is this clown a Phillies troll?
hahahaha
Good luck everyone! Get the good vibes going early. I’m gonna stay off the net and just watch the game and telepathically will AJ, Tex and Swisher and the rest of the Yankees to have the game of their lives.
Tell trisha to get her mojo going early.
I want to see Nova on Thus in the Bronx on the mound with the series tied up.
Let’s go Yankees!
blake October 4th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
JAP,
Maybe but by then he wont have played in like 2 weeks so who knows what he will even do.
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ugh. I know. I said to my brother yesterday, what will he even be able to do at this point? There’s nothing we can do about things they didn’t do to help us in the present…sigh
Tabbert, we need players who are better suited to the type of pitching you face in the playoffs. This team is really just a slugging team – sure they hit a lot of HRs and that’s impressive in the regular season, when you are beating up on many bad teams. This team has to be constructed with better overall hitters. Swisher? I’m tired of him, but at most he’s here for another year. The problem is Tex – who has been absolutely brutal in the post-seasons – and, for the last 2 years, has seen a decline in his numbers. I don’t mean he’s the only one, but we’ve got him for another 5 years. What do you do with the rest of the lineup? This happens every year in the post-season – except for 2009. At some point, you have to make changes for the better, but except for Po next year and Swisher the year after that, where is there room to make changes?
What is bothersome also is that our rotation was so mediocre that we’re down to AJ to save our season. What will our rotation look like next year and will CC bounce back?
One thing about tonight – Joe should write his ticket out of here if he leaves AJ in too long. He must have someone warming up as soon as the game starts. AJ doesn’t and shouldn’t get a chance to work out of things.
Allan James can do this
Irreverent Discourse October 4th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Wait… is this clown a Phillies troll?
hahahaha
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Josh Beckett groupie, I would say.
What is bothersome also is that our rotation was so mediocre that we’re down to AJ to save our season. What will our rotation look like next year and will CC bounce back?
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Ownership will force CJ Wilson on Cashman.
It is a vicious cycle that won’t end.
Cash said at the Tex PC when we first signed him that he is a cornerstone player who is going to be an anchor in our lineup as the core players start to fade out. If Tex is a cornerstone player, we are in deep trouble.
The problem with the offense is the middle became soft when Alex wasn’t Alex.
He has been very alert on working with what he’s got right now to get on base. That one scorcher to AJax was the best he’s hit the ball. Maybe something will finally click tonight…
“because no one else is available”
I see Michael Cuddyer and Jason Kubel, just to name two.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....gents.html
I’d rather see either of those two up in a big spot rather than Swisher. Defensively, is there really much of a difference?
The Rays will be competitive again in 2012. A full year from Desmond Jennings, and possibly Matt Moore. They can afford to deal either Niemann or Davis for whatever they need.
In a better position than Boston will be.
Better CJ Wilson than trading one of the stud kids for some band-aid starter…I don’t want CJ either, though…can’t Andy do this circuit once more? Just once more??
Yanks78, I would hope that’s not true ….I’m not going to criticize the Yankees because they disagreed with their GM, but if it becomes a habit for them to make moves against his wishes, then it’s a problem.
Geez, that’s what these dopes have to talk about ? How big CC is? They sound like a bunch of gossipy HSers ……give me a break.
108, I said earlier in the year that the Red Sox needed to hope everything went right, because they really don’t have anywhere to turn for 2012…they have no farm to make deals off, no arm on the way up, and present roster guys who anyone would want would not be worth the holes they’d leave behind…
Cuddyer or Kubel?! Come on.
Rays would have made it easy had Longoria not had injuries and Jennings had been brought up sooner…
Is it game time yet?
Wouldn’t mind CJ Wilson actually. Better that than Montero being mentioned in rumors all winter for a starter.
I’m not convinced Hamels makes it to FA and he is the only name that excites me next winter. Danks, Greinke, Cain, etc. don’t do much for me.
They have to fix the pitching somehow, right? They are not just going to hope Banuelos, Betances, Warren, etc. turn into studs like Generation Trey was.
Then you have the issue of CC and how much $$ to give him when he opts out…
I would like these problems to be delayed a little longer rather than having to deal with them from tomorrow. Offense needs to step up tonight – it is their game. No reason not to pound Porcello.
Cuddyer or Kubel?! Come on.
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lol
they are at least marginally better.
Joba goes back into the rotation…Hughes bounces back…that would solve a lot of problems without a hair on the head of an elite prospect being disturbed…
Between Joba, Hughes and Noesi, they will sort it out. CC and Nova are solidly in there…
lol @ YES already running promos for their Hot Stove show.
They must not have much faith in Burnett tonight.
Red Robin October 4th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Who will beat our Yankees tonight :
(a) Ainge
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Ainge as in the Celtics GM ? Must mean Brandon Inge who isn’t even in the starting lineup……..half wit.
they are at least marginally better.
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How? Both have been much worse than Swisher for their careers
The only option better than Swisher is if you can convince Pujols to wear an outfield glove……just stick with Swish and wait on Kemp.
Ignore the buffoon. Quoting his dumb posts means having to see that crap again.
He’s a disconsolate Red Sox groupie. Ignore him.
Swisher’s Postseason #s speak for themselves.
There is literally no way to spin them.
They are not SSS. Over 100 ABs.
Pining for Kubel or Cuddyer is just a grass is greener thing.
Wish some of our sexier OF ‘spects were closer…
Swisher is an average outfielder and doesn’t hit in the play offs, but I think he will be a Yankee next year. Will Cashman look into getting a rightfielder, free agent or trade, I don’t think so.
Joba is not going back into the rotation…
Swish had a stretch where he really shortened up and met the ball, and I’m talking about left-handed. But it’s not the way he’s done his thing. Under pressure, most have trouble making changes; you go back to a comfort zone. And it seems the more pressure there is, the longer his swing gets. He can make adjustments, but it would have to be mandated by the Yankees that he do so.
Yanks78 October 4th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
What is bothersome also is that our rotation was so mediocre that we’re down to AJ to save our season. What will our rotation look like next year and will CC bounce back?
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Ownership will force CJ Wilson on Cashman.
It is a vicious cycle that won’t end.
Cash said at the Tex PC when we first signed him that he is a cornerstone player who is going to be an anchor in our lineup as the core players start to fade out. If Tex is a cornerstone player, we are in deep trouble.
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I don’t know how long the CC opt out activity will last. Granted there wasn’t much out there, but last year the Cliff Lee thing paralized the Yanks for weeks. CC is going to want more money, I can’t see the Yanks letting him run some where else so maybe the Yanks just pay him what he wants and fight the battle on the years. In the meantime times passes with the Yanks needing SP’ing in again a sellers market with not many out there. Hopefully we don’t miss the boat.
If the Yanks can’t hit Porcello they deserve to go home. Getting beat by Verlander(and Soriano) fine but you have to be able to hit Scherzer and Porcello. Now if AJ craps his pants and doesn’t give them a chance that’s another story.
Warren’s another one who could help us next season…
Joba and Hughes both have starter experience…
If I had to rate who I thought was a good dude, Swisher would probably be at the top of the list. I don’t to come off like I’m just bashing him.
If he’d go back to that shorter swing, or whatever the hell it takes, nothing would be better. You just have to be ruthless in the PS.
it’s good to see against another righty that Gardner who is the one guy with speed and can create some offense on the basepaths continues to hit ninth.
And Swisher batting .235 against righties this season stays right where he is as well.
Are we starting the 2012 season or something where we are looking for consistency over the course of the season and make sure we don’t overwork our bullpen?
Gary, all I know is that I have no interest in giving CC 3 or 4 more years on his deal – I dread this because the Yankees will completely cave.
Scherzer pitched better than Verlander did…..his CU was sick……but yes they should hit Porcello
Wish the Yankees could stick Lance Berkman in RF next year.
CJ wilson is not a true ace, and will get overpaid. That being said, he is a solid pitcher that would stabilize our rotation and give us another lefty. I would be happy with a Opening day rotation of:
Sabathia
Nova
Wilson
Burnett
Hughes
you could put wilson second.
With that rotation and the killer b’s getting ever so close… we look a lot better off than we did to start this season.
Can’t believe these callers on Fransucka…C is too heavy…. reminds me of the whole Joba is Fat crap in ST…
They didn’t hit Porcello last time…………and how many times have we said “they should hit so and so” ?
Wilson is going to be drastically overpaid.
Texas, as they showed last year, has no problem going toe to toe with anyone now for a FA. Plus the Sox will jump in just to drive up the price. Some “mystery team” will be in there.
Back to tonight – offense and bullpen have to win it for us. All of the guys who come in need to throw up 0s. The offense must score 5-6 runs tonight,
What saves Fransucka is his callers are even dumber than he is…
J. Alfred Prufrock October 4th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Joba goes back into the rotation…Hughes bounces back…that would solve a lot of problems without a hair on the head of an elite prospect being disturbed…
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At this point I think the jury is out on Hughes. One wonders what the issues are short term or long term and if he gets back to where he was, what kind of a SP can he be in the future? I don’t know that he can handle the wear and tear of a full season of starts and the playoffs.
No way am I giving Wilson 5 years and tons of $$$. I’d rather take a step back and see what some kids can do.
Posada has no bat speed left but he’s been their best hitter these playoffs because he’s stayed within himself and outsmarted the pitchers …….maybe guys like Swish should play attention to his ABs.
They didn’t hit Porcello last time…………and how many times have we said “they should hit so and so” ?
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Porcello has a 5.5 ERA vs the Yankees. Unless 1 successful start means he is now immune to all his problems or the Yankees forgot what a baseball is, I think you can say the Yankees should be able to handle him. You can say that as much as you can say his 1 start means he is now invincible.
swisher does have a homer in this series. It was going to be hard for anyone to get a hit against verlander anyways…. so maybe swish breaks out tonight. Porcello is extremely friendly to the lefties.
Swisher’s one year $10 million will be picked up. One year of Swisher who remains solid at least in the regular season, consistently getting on, makes complete sense. He is a secondary player on this team, not getting paid to carry it, post season or otherwise. Just look at the Jason Werth contract and how he faired. Crawford?You want multiple years of that or one year of Swish? I take Swish every time. We have to find out if Montero can catch and if not his arm is pretty good, could he make it in the OF at some point or will we make another move next year? I really thought as cheap as the Jays got Rasmus with his talent, I would have grabbed him and worked on his swing to eventually take that RF spot cheaply for years. If he didn’t pan out, fine, no big contract, if he did, he could be asuperstar
“Wish the Yankees could stick Lance Berkman in RF next year.”
I wish they coukd stick him in RF in 2 hours.
Gary, if he and Noesi aren’t battling it out for the 5th spot next year, I can see where Phil gets half a season to prove himself and if he doesn’t do well enough – that he gets sent to the pen and Noesi called up.
He is so stupid. If they’re down by 3 instead of 4, you can’t assume the ninth gets approached in the same way….
I wish they coukd stick him in RF in 2 hours.
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HA! Yeah. That would be nice.
I don’t know how long the CC opt out activity will last. Granted there wasn’t much out there, but last year the Cliff Lee thing paralized the Yanks for weeks.
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The 1st order of business for Hal is to get Cashman’s deal done asap. The organization can’t move onto CC until that is done so hopefully it happens quickly. Then Cashman should approach CC’s agent before he opts out and see how much it will take for not to. But knowing Cashman he will wait until CC opts out and then it will be a headache for everyone.
Excuse me, Jerkface, I did not say Porcello was invincible. I’m not going to make any predictions about this offense. I hope they come out swinging – that is all.
yea… it would have been awesome to have brought back berkman this year. But, it would not have made much sense.
blake October 4th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Posada has no bat speed left but he’s been their best hitter these playoffs because he’s stayed within himself and outsmarted the pitchers …….maybe guys like Swish should play attention to his ABs.
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He did crank a 9th inning home run, which we would be talking about if they won.
Betsy, if you want to let CC walk if he asks for an extension and/or opts out and you also want no part of CJ Wilson, what’s your plan for the rotation next year?
I don’t think anyone is killing Joe if AJ doesn’t come through. Hughes isn’t at full strength, he wasn’t really a starting option.
Swisher can’t acquire what Posada has innately. Posada is just better.
Going forward…..I think the Yankees need another plus bat against RHP more than they need pitching.
By signing Colon and Garcia this year the Yankees didn’t spend a ton other than on Soriano unfortunately. They have flexability especially because we now know Montero can hit in the bigs (not saying he won’t go through struggles – but he has looked solid), Nunez has proven he is a big leaguer, Gardner. They definitely have some cheap home grown guys. They will still have the majority of the bullpen with Kontos coming up too and maybe Joba back. The starters have to be straightened out. But a years more of experience from the youngsters helped this year, a trade is always possible, there are ways to improve for sure.
He did crank a 9th inning home run, which we would be talking about if they won.
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The next time Swish hits a big HR will be his 1st.
Nick, I said I would be willing to take a step back – and I would. I have no interest in having CC for another 7 years …….I wouldn’t sign any pitcher to that type deal. Wilson ? He’s very good, but worth that $$ in this division? No, I really would rather go with the kids…………
CC isn’t going anywhere. That’s the least suspenseful order of business in Yankeeland.
CC is set to make $23M/yr for the next four yrs.
Does he expect more money, or is it the add’l yrs that he’s after?
I just can’t see him getting many more millions than he’s already guaranteed. It must be the yrs, right? How far do you extend him?
11/8 BB to Ks for Porcello? Um, cake, if we show up.
If CC opts out, he might sign with the Phillies to replace Oswalt as the third starter. Seems everyone wants to pitch with them.
JAP,
True but he could observe the approach.
So your rotation is — not in any order — AJ, Nova, Hughes, Noesi, Garcia (if he comes back for a year)?
I would much prefer some grind it out batters in this offense them more big bats. Montero could be the big bat. But you want guys like Sanchez last night, fouling pitches off, making pitchers work, getting on. When you put a pitcher in the stretch, higher pitch count, stress with runners, etc, it only aides in the guys we have actually succeeding. Quick outs, not getting on, swinging for the fences constantly continues to kill this team.
What’s C, 30? Offer him five, cave at 6.
Jerkface October 4th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
They didn’t hit Porcello last time…………and how many times have we said “they should hit so and so” ?
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Porcello has a 5.5 ERA vs the Yankees. Unless 1 successful start means he is now immune to all his problems or the Yankees forgot what a baseball is, I think you can say the Yankees should be able to handle him. You can say that as much as you can say his 1 start means he is now invincible.
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Well looking at it a different way the Yanks couldn’t have more to play for then they have today. I don’t expect their was near the intensity in his regualr season start as there will be tonight. Can’t imagine them not scoring against this guy. If we can’t beat him tonight then it wasn’t going to be a year that we were going to go very far anyways.
Swish just needs to slow down the damm swing and stop swinging from his heels every pitch, just what he did in the ninth yesterday. At times he’s patient for the walk, but that foul pop on the 2-0 pitch sure wasn’t one of those times. Just make contact and hit the ball it will fall.
This staff is in a shambles and it is a miracle they have gone as far as they have.
It reminds me of the many years with Torre where we patched a staff together and made it into the playoffs.
Now we are hoping for a miracle with AJ, who was not supposed to start.
The loss of Pettitte is now being felt as is the never was of Lee.
The important thing about wilson, is the years… not the money.
Im not 100% sure CC will opt out…..especially if the Yanks get bounced early and he didn’t pitch well……not because he wouldn’t still get more money but because that just seems like something he coukd possibility do to me……
WFAN is littered with smirky loser Met fans hoping to watch us fall. Having no major league team, the pith they feed on is hoping the Mighty Yanks are toppled. Losers.
2006 ALDS Game 4 –
Jaret Wright
IP 2.2
Hits 5
Runs 4
ERA 10.13
Does he expect more money, or is it the add’l yrs that he’s after?
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I think the money per year is enough and the Yanks aren’t giving him more. But I think 1 more year and an option for a 2nd should be enough for him to not leave.
I would approach CC and offer to tack 2 more years on at the same money if he doesn’t opt out……
blake, I’m guessing CC will opt out, unless we pre-empt with a sweet deal. I know what you mean about him, though…
blake October 4th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Posada has no bat speed left but he’s been their best hitter these playoffs because he’s stayed within himself and outsmarted the pitchers …….maybe guys like Swish should play attention to his ABs.
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The same with Gardner. These 2 guys aren’t looking to send the ball to the moon, just bat to ball & drive it.
It seems like Teix, Martin & especially Swisher are looking for homers.
Phranchise October 4th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
I would much prefer some grind it out batters in this offense them more big bats. Montero could be the big bat. But you want guys like Sanchez last night, fouling pitches off, making pitchers work, getting on. When you put a pitcher in the stretch, higher pitch count, stress with runners, etc, it only aides in the guys we have actually succeeding. Quick outs, not getting on, swinging for the fences constantly continues to kill this team.
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Makes you wish that the Damon, Knoblock (sp), or O’neil type was in there. Those guys wore out pitchers, 8 or 10 pitch AB’s were the norm then they just slapped the ball somewhere or took a walk.
First and most important – Go Yankees ! Go AJ!
But I couldn’t let this one go.
Yes, the Yankees should let CC walk, because they have 5 aces in the wings ready to take his place.
Sheesh.
CC is their ace, their horse, and right now, their most reliable pitcher, recent difficulties notwithstanding.
CC will be extended because the Yankees have no choice but to do so. Actually, CC holds all the cards here. And the Yankees put that clause in there, so it is fair game. And I do not begrudge CC choosing to act on the opt-out, if he does in fact do so.
And believe it or not, pitchers and players are no longer lining up to take Yankees money. Parity has been, pretty much, achieved. The Phillies, the Rangers, the Red Sox, are among teams that I think players would seriously entertain over the Yankees.
It is a more even playing field than it was in the early 2000s, when everyone and their brother wanted to sign with the Yankees to “get a ring.” Worst thing that happened to them, in my estimation.
At any rate, what that means is, CJ Wilson is probably not going to come to NY even IF the Yankees want him, which I am not convinced they do.
And that’s it for me for the duration.
Enjoy the Game folks. Not every fan has the pleasure of seeing their team get to the playoffs as often as the Yankees do. Win or lose, they are always in the mix. And you can be sure that th Yankees will always try to get stronger and better. It may not always work out the way you’d like, but the EFFORT is ALWAYS there.
An article on Allan James’ restaurant –
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.ny.....allet/?hpw
2006 ALDS
Red Sox watched from home
If Martin makes it through this game without taking a swing that almost makes him fall over I’ll be happy with his contribution.
blake October 4th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
2006 ALDS
2010 ALDS
2011 ALDS
Red Sox watched from home
Red Sox watched from home
Red Sox watch from home
Nick, I’m not sure Noesi should just be given a spot – if the Yankees were going to do this, I’d give Hughes one last shot in the rotation and let Noesi fight it out with another kid or two (and yes, I would love Garcia back). However, this is not going to happen as we all know. I guess the Yankees will go after Wilson – they generally go after anyone who is even close to a big name and their pitching is relatively deficient. I just don’t think he’s worth the $$ or years…….
Mets fans are even sadder than Red Sox fans. At least the Sox’ season lasted up until game 162. The Mets were making vacation plans by Memorial Day.
LGY, what do you have against Martin? I get that he’s had a rough series, but you’ve not liked him all year.
blake October 4th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Im not 100% sure CC will opt out…..especially if the Yanks get bounced early and he didn’t pitch well……not because he wouldn’t still get more money but because that just seems like something he coukd possibility do to me……
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Blake he will opt out unless they get something done early. It really depends how the Yanks want to play it. Lets just get this done so the team can move on for the winter or some long drawn out thing. I don’t think they are far apart, it shouldn’t take much to just put it behind someone. Now of course if no one calls anyone, stuff flies in the media, he said we said everyday who knows.
All Burnett has to do is keep us in the game through the first few innings. If he can go 5 and give up 3, I think that’ll be enough for the bullpen to takeover from there and give the Yanks a shot to win the game. If Burnett looks like he’s loosing it early, he’s going to get yanked right away, probably for Hughes. If the lineup can’t hit this kid Porcello than they don’t deserve to be in the playoffs anymore.
Villa, I didn’t say that – but I still wouldn’t do it. Oh well, we disagree. We’ll just have to leave it at that.
JM,
There are so many Mets fans posing as Red Sox fans. Now that they’re doubly disgraced, whose uniform will they hide in now?
Ron Darling just said, “CC was for sure being squeezed last night !”
I don’t think CC deserves more money or years. The guy has been average at best in the postseason excluding 2009. He gets paid the big bucks to shut other teams down and out pitch other teams aces. And so far he has failed in 2010 and 2011.
This situation is going to go down just like the A-rod contract and the yankees will be hit with another big contract for and aging player.
JAP,
A couple of my Met fan friends are rooting for the Tigers….How sad, that they must switch allegiances continually since their team is never in the mix.
You can’t bring in Phil Hughes to try and stop AJ’s bleeding – he’s extremely prone to making mistake pitches. You bring Robertson in early if possible, pitch him a couple of innings, then maybe Hughes to bridge to Soriano or Mo.
all of you with this formula for aj to follow are daft if you think girardi will pull him in the nick of time…..say he loads the bases in the 1st inning with cabrera up, do you think joe will pull him?
joe is loyal to a fault and will do no such thing…
The bottom line is I can live with AJ if he is attacking hitters. Lots of ks in that lineup. If Cabrera beats you for a solo homer or V Mart fine. But don’t give up walks to A Jax and others. If AJ gives you six innings 3 runs, then you can hang it on the offense for not showing up if we lose. That is all you should have hoped for the guy.
right, bring in DRob in the 1st? why not just start a reliever ?
And hopefully Giardi is realistic, if the game is close, don’t let AJ beat himself and leave him in there. The bullpen must be used. Against Texas he had a great game until Girardi left him in there with all those pitches after he hadn’t come close to that pitch count and hadn’t been pitching for weeks.
Hughes is exactly who will come in early for AJ.
Villa Nova-Ya October 4th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
First and most important – Go Yankees ! Go AJ!
And believe it or not, pitchers and players are no longer lining up to take Yankees money.
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From what I have been told it is because people don’t wanna play for Girardi, but even more than that, is not many people want to play with over the hill veterans who are locked up for more years when they are already seen declining.
That’s what I have been told and heard from more than one baseball people.
Betsy, you said you would let CC walk rather than sign him. The other half of the sentence was sarcasm, as in, yeah, sure the Yankees should let CC walk because they don’t need him because they have plenty to take his place.
So, yes, we disgree, because I don’t see how the Yankees will want to be in the position of having to (a) look for another ace – and there are none on the FA market this year, and teams don’t trade their aces unless they wipe out your farm system; or (b) looking at AJ or Nova or Hughes to be their #1 next season.
You don’t cut your nose to spite your face. Yes, the contract might get expensive on the back end, as you get less in return for your money – but with CC you also have a leader and a mentor – lots of intangibles. He’s worth his substantial weight in gold, to me. One of the best FA pitcher sigining the Yankees have had in quite a while.
If Hughes has to come in for AJ we are in deep trouble. It means he has to come out in the third
JM October 4th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
JAP,
A couple of my Met fan friends are rooting for the Tigers….How sad, that they must switch allegiances continually since their team is never in the mix.
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Irrelevance will do that to you, I guess. I was curious about Citi Field but after the tacky crap they pulled on our AAA kids, turning them into a traveling circus, I will never darken their door, they’ll never get a penny from me.
Phranchise October 4th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
The bottom line is I can live with AJ if he is attacking hitters. Lots of ks in that lineup. If Cabrera beats you for a solo homer or V Mart fine. But don’t give up walks to A Jax and others. If AJ gives you six innings 3 runs, then you can hang it on the offense for not showing up if we lose. That is all you should have hoped for the guy.
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AJ this year has been more his control beating him on several occasions rather than other team beating him with the bat. Walks and WP’s have weighted on him greatly. It’s all about his control and location. If he throws his curveball well and hits his spots and doesn’t give up the free pass he will do well tonight.
P -
Right. I forgot. You have connections.
The problem with this team is that they don’t have starters that can turn in up a notch during the postseason. Ivan Nova showed promise in relief in Game 1. And we don’t have a offense that can step up during the postseason. 2009 A-rod is gone, Damon is gone, Matsui is gone, Jeter is not the same player, Tex can’t hit, Swish can’t hit. Cano and Granderson are really the only solid players in the lineup.
I could see Phil in the 5th .
Parity and a few more teams getting to the dance every year will not effect the yankees greatly in their pursuit to get free agents. The yanks are in the postseason every year… which means they have a legit chance to win it every year. Just because lee turned us down, that doesn’t mean its going to be some sort of new trend. Lee went back to a team he had played for more than he turned us down. If the yankees offer the most years and money to guys like fielder, pujols, wilson,… they are most likely going to get their guy. Some players only care about money, and years which favors the yankees, and to a lot of ball players being a YANKEE is the ultimate accomplishment in baseball. There will be players that want no part of new york and the media… but for the most part this is still the best destination for a ball player wanting to win. Forbes just announced that The yankees are the number 1 sports brand in the world now. That carries weight.
JAP,
If you’re still here, Im joining you while defragging the computer. Eeyore is here, and already being relentlessly negative about everything and everyone. I’ll be sending the best positive vibes I can muster to the Yankees in generally, and AJ in particular. Go Yankees!
Both Garcia and Nova are available tonight according to Girardi.
Villa, I get all that, but 7 years? Do we really know he’s going to be great (and not just very good) for even 4 of those years? It doesn’t matter because the Yankees aren’t going to let him go, but I completely dread the last few years of his contract.
JAP
Driving by Citi is like driving by a warehouse with those glitzy ads they have outside.
You wouldn’t know it was a stadium.
CC is exactly the guy I have no issue paying for. He is a great pitcher, leaves it all out there, battles thru, a character guy, pitches hurt, wants the ball and will do whatever it takes. I don’t care what people deem as what is an ace or not. Lee lost the game the other night, if he was here everyone would kill him too regardless of his regular season. It would be the old he beats us but stinks when we have him. CC has to be the leader in this rotation. Many so called aces can’t say they have a ring.
It must be Nova’s throw day………he’s available for an inning, probably no more.
Villa Nova-Ya October 4th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
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Right. I forgot. You have connections.
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Actually overheard that between a former yankees 1B and a scout talking.
@BryanHoch
Ivan Nova threw his bullpen to prepare for Game 5 yesterday. But it’s all hands on deck in Game 4. If Girardi needs him, he’ll use him
Swisher is available to pitch too….. in case we want to save Mariano for a game six.
I think 100% that CC will be here next year. But if he could get another year or 2 added onto his deal why wouldn’t his agent ask? They know the Yanks have all of the money in the world so they are going to make them pay.
tomingeorgia October 4th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
JAP,
If you’re still here, Im joining you while defragging the computer. Eeyore is here, and already being relentlessly negative about everything and everyone. I’ll be sending the best positive vibes I can muster to the Yankees in generally, and AJ in particular. Go Yankees!
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tomingeorgia, one of the most utterly delightful, yet realist & still positive Yankee fans on the blog.
GO AJ!!!
D-Rob is going at least 2 innings tonight.
ARod – Tex – Swisher – 3 for 32. Sad.
Where did you get the 7 years from, Betsy? Do you know this? Did you read this? Or are you guessing?
And even if it is 7 years – CC is 28 or 29 years old. I think they can count on him for 5 of those 7 years to be a very good pitcher at least. And like I said, the other things he adds to this team are immeasurable.
I’d rather give 7 more years to CC than waste money on a secondary pitcher.
If CC leaves, it’s rebuilding time, let’s put it like that.
C will come out of the bullpen if needed, though they have no earth shattering LHB…
Bring us home AJ Baby!
I’m already geared up for Thursday, boys!
Im positive and hopeful. I think we will get it done.. the only 2 i have lost all faith with is Tex & Martin.
Still we are going to handle our business tonight !
@JackCurryYES
Other than CC, Girardi said every pitcher is available. Nova would be a last resort. “You manage it like it’s the last game,” Girardi said.
Villa, LOL. Why strain yourself protesting something that will never be in play in the real world?
C is all but locked up. Non-story.
We need to limit the amount of 1-2-3 innings we have tonight. We need to try and get guys on base every inning and make this kid work. The last thing we can do, is let this kid get a few 10-15 pitch innings and start to get in a groove.
The 6 man ro clearly hurt CC this season. He is a workhorse and when they disrupted his flow he lost his rhythm. What did you see last night, more of the same. The biggest disappointment this year was Hughes and it continued when he came back and became the 6th man.
“You manage it like it’s the last game,” Girardi said.
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If you had managed Game 2 more like it was the last game, then maybe you wouldn’t have to manage tonight like it is.
Burnett to save the season. Sad.
No need for C, really. No LHB. But if there were, C would just run Joe over and get out on the mound… No one need doubt that. Then he’d be back out there, beasting on Saturday.
Think about how much things will change if we win tonight against a very beatable pitcher in Porcello. Game 5 Yankees Stadium, Nova with CC, Robertson, Mariano all there, momentum in your favor and the crowd. You have to like your chances especially seeing Fister again who you already hit well against. Come on. Maybe one of the guys steps up tonight or Cano takes center stage again.
I for one won’t start thinking like a whoa is me Sox fan and cry in my beer, this is the NY Yankees, 27 time World Champion Yankees, we win, they cry and moan, that simple.
Let’s go Yankees !!!!!!!
Burnett saves the season, sad?
Burnett saves the season, happy!!!
Is it game time yet?
BJK, this is true but we have to just put it in the past and hope those sins don’t have the last word, here.
tomingeorgia October 4th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Is it game time yet?
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Last I looked there are quite a few WS rings on our fingers. Is there one on any of theirs? We know how to win these games. Come on !!!!!
Phranchise: Quoted for truth.
Phranchise October 4th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Swisher is available to pitch too….. in case we want to save Mariano for a game six.
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hahaha !
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DSJ October 4th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
ARod – Tex – Swisher – 3 for 32. Sad.
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pathetic !
-Swisher, .182 .
-Martin, R .111
-Tex .091
-Arod .000
I didn’t have high expectations for Tex, but I really didn’t see this coming so awful.
Not sure if CC is going to get a 6 year offer. There’s a lot of mileage on that arm.
And CC’s probably not looking to move his family again.
I think the Yanks might be able to get away with offering just a 1 year extension at a higher AAV.
Well, as fascinating as this C leaving the Yankees digression is, I think I’ll go have supper…
GO AJ!!!!!!!
GO ALEX!!!!!!!!
GO TEX!!!!!!!
GO YANKS!!!!!!!!!
There is no doubt that Tex, Arod, and Swisher have done little to nothing in this series but it seems that Jeter is getting a pass. Sure, he made a great defensive play in the 1st game with a huge assist from Avila but other than that he has not exactly embellished his postseason resume.
He made a huge error in game 2, and he K’d 3x in big situations; the 9th inning in game 2, and the 7th and 9th in game 3.
DSJ can’t make a positive or even a neutral comment. Sad.
The yankees have won 1 game, and the two games they lost… they had the go ahead run on base in their final ab. No matter what happens, this team battles to the end. I’m thinking the bats come alive tonight and we will take care of business. Porcello on the mound instead of verlander is huge. Porcello does not have the velocity of the other pitchers for the tigers and wont be able to pitch hard and inside to arod like we have seen this series. Yanks are going to get a lot more walks tonight, and see a lot more hittable pitches. We might see more hittable pitches tonight than we have seen all series combined. Forget all the what if’s… the umps, the rain, losing the 3 man rotation, throw it all out the window. This is a winnable game, and if were built to win it all then were going to have to come out victorious. We are a very good road team and our guys will be ready to go tonight.
The Yankees can definitely still win tonight. They just need to play well. There’s nothing magical at all about it. The team has all the pieces and all the talent, just use it.
I do like our chances in a game 5.
I feel like not using Montero this series has been a tragedy as well. I thought going in Andruw Jones, Miguel Cabrera, guys both in this series who came up young and made a monster impact on the postseason. I thought Montero was the spark we needed and instead after providing a nice lift when he came up, he sits at the end of the bench not even pinch hitting.
In a close game can they go back to Valverde again?????
The guys have to have the right approach against Porcello and not try to do too much. If they start swinging at anything and pulling the ball it will be double play city.
I think it’s poetic that the season lies in the hands (arm & brain) of Burnett.
He was signed to be the #2 starter on this team. This is his job.
A strong performance tonight erases the disaster of a season he’s had.
Here’s to redemption.
Jeter has to step up tonight and get things started. They are a different team when he is on base and gets big hits. Forget about Swish and Martin everyone else needs to step up.
You find out just how good a team is when their backs against the wall. If Porcello dominates that will say a lot about the quality of our offense.
This was the worst of all possible match ups for the Yankees because of the lack of LHP on the Tigers. I believe that if we somehow can find our way to win this series, we match up much more favorably with the Rangers, in a seven game series with HFA.
Need a good all around game from many guys tonight. But I’ll go on record right now and say that Alex gets a meaningful hit tonight.
JimK October 4th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
There is no doubt that Tex, Arod, and Swisher have done little to nothing in this series but it seems that Jeter is getting a pass. Sure, he made a great defensive play in the 1st game with a huge assist from Avila but other than that he has not exactly embellished his postseason resume.
He made a huge error in game 2, and he K’d 3x in big situations; the 9th inning in game 2, and the 7th and 9th in game 3.
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I think people aren’t as hard on Jeter because he’s batting above the mendoza line
AJ can erase the disaster of his entire yankee tenure tonight. If he gets the win and gets us to a game 5 everyone will forgive his failures. If we get to game 5, win the series.. and make a deep run… AJ will go down as a yankee hero that saved the season. He literally has a chance to atone for his entire yankee career past and future tonight. That’s a pretty incredible spot to be in.
I am summoning the Ghosts of the 2001 ALDS….Yanks won three in a row and two on the road that year.
I just hope Binder Joe’s decisions don’t prevent us from winning tonight.
Tabbert October 4th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
AJ can erase the disaster of his entire yankee tenure tonight. If he gets the win and gets us to a game 5 everyone will forgive his failures. If we get to game 5, win the series.. and make a deep run… AJ will go down as a yankee hero that saved the season. He literally has a chance to atone for his entire yankee career past and future tonight. That’s a pretty incredible spot to be in.
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The guy pitched a big game in 2009 too. This would certainly help lock it, though.
Tabbert October 4th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
The yankees have won 1 game, and the two games they lost… they had the go ahead run on base in their final ab. No matter what happens, this team battles to the end. I’m thinking the bats come alive tonight and we will take care of business. Porcello on the mound instead of verlander is huge. Porcello does not have the velocity of the other pitchers for the tigers and wont be able to pitch hard and inside to arod like we have seen this series. Yanks are going to get a lot more walks tonight, and see a lot more hittable pitches. We might see more hittable pitches tonight than we have seen all series combined. Forget all the what if’s… the umps, the rain, losing the 3 man rotation, throw it all out the window. This is a winnable game, and if were built to win it all then were going to have to come out victorious. We are a very good road team and our guys will be ready to go tonight.
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I’ll agree it has a different feel then last year against Texas. After the first game heroics we were just out of those games in the late innings.
My wife doesn’t know the Detroit Tigers from a hole in the wall but one look at Valverde last night and she knew he was an a-hole.
Later in the postgame she would comment that Verlander “seemed like a nice man”
Porcello will be the first tiger pitcher that wont have the ability to pitch hard and inside to arod. I think alex is going to get some good pitches to hit tonight. This might even be the game that gets Arod going. Lefties mash porcello…. so hopefully that means grandy, robbie, swish, posada, gardy all have good games. If martin and tex decide to wake up then that will just be a bonus. But, if our lefties can get going and we get some production from alex were going to be just fine.
Phil Hughes also got a win in relief in 2007
My wife usually follows baseball simply by asking “did we win”? Last night she was watching Valverde doing his celebration, she said “Oh my God, what is wrong with that man?”
I just had to laugh. I often think the same thing, only far less kind than that.
girardi saying everybodies bats have been good.. including Tex, saying “Tex is just missing them, but having good at bats”. so tired of his blatant lies.
I just have such a odd feeling today. What are we going to see from our guys tonight? obviously if we flip the switch… we have the best offense in the game. Will that happen tonight? I’m anxious and nervous to see what yankees team we see tonight. Funny thing is, even the bad yankees put themselves in a spot to win games.
Tex should bunt if they shift on him.
AJ 5 or AJ 4S???????
Last night she was watching Valverde doing his celebration, she said “Oh my God, what is wrong with that man?”
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That’s pretty much what happened in my living room as well.
Detroit wins. Valverde dances. Wife walks by.
Wife: “Who’s that?”
Me: “Some A-hole”
Wife:”Yeah he looks like one”
CC is exactly the guy I have no issue paying for. He is a great pitcher, leaves it all out there, battles thru, a character guy, pitches hurt, wants the ball and will do whatever it takes.
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Great description of CC. Yankees will not let him go.
1972 Yankees roster:
Pitchers
22 Jack Aker
45 Stan Bahnsen
50 Bill Burbach
50 Al Closter
39,43 Rob Gardner
46 Roger Hambright
29 Jim Hardin
39 Gary Jones
18 Mike Kekich
38 Steve Kline
43 Terry Ley
40 Lindy McDaniel
19 Fritz Peterson
30 Mel Stottlemyre
54 Gary Waslewski
Catchers
41 Jake Gibbs
15 Thurman Munson
Infielders
26 Frank Baker
25 Len Boehmer
10 Danny Cater
20 Horace Clarke
23 John Ellis
28 Ron Hansen
2 Jerry Kenney
17 Gene Michael
Outfielders
24 Felipe Alou
13 Curt Blefary
12 Ron Blomberg
27 Jim Lyttle
1 Bobby Murcer
14 Ron Swoboda
21 Frank Tepedino
21 Rusty Torres
21 Danny Walton
6 Roy White
9 Ron Woods
Manager
35 Ralph Houk
Coaches
44 Jim Hegan
32 Elston Howard
34 Dick Howser
31 Jim Turner
Would you feel better with that?
Bronx Jeers October 4th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Last night she was watching Valverde doing his celebration, she said “Oh my God, what is wrong with that man?”
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That’s pretty much what happened in my living room as well.
Detroit wins. Valverde dances. Wife walks by.
Wife: “Who’s that?”
Me: “Some A-hole”
Wife:”Yeah he looks like one”
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LOL
My wife really thought that he was having some kind of medical issue going on. Then she said he looked like a pregnant moose.
I really would love to see him blow a save and a game against the Yankees, on one hand, on the other I would prefer not to see him at all, as it would hopefully mean that the Yankees are winning by a nice margin.
i hope aj dominates tonight but to only remember game 2 of world series is why he stinks.
i was at i think game 5 against the angels in anaheim where he got torched…
pray for the best but aj has a huge IOU for the yankees and their fans…
Hi everyone,
My two cents:
CC: he is worth every penny the Yankees pay him, not only for his on field performance, but he is a mentor and a leader on the team. I love him!.
AJ’s: GO AJ!!, i think he is going to do just fine tonight, he always tries hard, he may not have the results, but he is going to pull it of tonight. He’ll be on a mission. 5 or 6 innings of one run ball.
The lineup: I’ve given up on both Martin and Swisher, but the rest of the lineup is goiong to step it up…..Wish Montero would bat at some point.
tex again has been bad the whole season his #’s are deceiving….
lefty he should bat 8th or 9th but will not. btw martin cannot hit worth a crap and besides that he shows no patience at the plate.
is porcello going to do a kenny rogers deux to the yanks??? let’s hope not.
I hope I’m wrong, but in a way, it’s hard to see us pulling this out. Besides the obvious (AJ), if you look back at this great 15 year run, the Yankees have been great front-runners, with the exception of 2004.
But besides 2001, down 0-2 to Oakland, and staving off elimination three times, is there another significant comeback?
2002, lost Game 4 & series in Anaheim.
2003, lost Game 6 & WS in the Bronx.
2005, won Game 4 in NY but lost Game 5 & series in Anaheim.
2006, lost Game 4 & series in Detroit.
2007, lost Game 4 & series to Cleveland in the Bronx. Couldn’t beat Paul Byrd.
2010, lost Game 6 & series in Texas in a game they were never in.
I really believe we must be ahead after 3-4 innings tonight, regardless of how Burnett is pitching. If it’s tied or we are down, then the crowd & everything steamrolls, then it is an all too familiar feeling of “over.”
Please don’t ever call C.C. an Ace again .
Go Cards
Get the f%$# out of here you sorry excuse of a Troll!!
Tom,
Those were tough years for a kid thinking 1960-1964 were the norm. I will taje Murcer from his prime to play.
It’s been “over” seventy something years, but we’ve won the other twenty-seven. LET’S GO YANKS!
This TBS crew working the cards/ phillies series is pretty solid.
AJ may stink but he is not the fool who paid him 80 million dollars
Don’t ever call Lestah an Ace again.
I feel a dramatic comeback in this series, that will propel the team to the WS
Or buckett for that matter
Victorino scores.
We may have our backs against the wall…..but i rather be in this position, than miss the postseason altogether, like “the best team ever asemble” has.
Isn’t there a rule against posting false news
lets get ready
Great thing about sports, is it’s a full year cycle. If the yanks do get booted… i will be upset for a couple days. Then it will be time to focus all my attention on college football and the NFL. By the time both of those are done with… we will have the hot stove, nba season will be in full gear, and a little bit after that we get march madness.Then, spring training starts back up…. and we do it all over again.
Lets go! This WILL NOT be the last pre-game!
luis,
Buck up, Senor. The game hasn’t started yet. And if my contractions haven’t been good, it’s because I have a sticky apostrophe key on this old laptop. Were going to win tonight, and then Game Five. I’m not predicting who will do it, it will just get done.
Luis-
If we get eliminated, sox fans will give it to us pretty good. Fact is, we got to play meaningful games and they didn’t. As a fan, that’s all you can really ask for.
It just gets worse for the Red Sox. Adrian Beltre slammed three HR’s today…
How could they give it to us pretty good? I guess they might try, but after the epic collapse, I’d just laugh.
Tom,
I hear ya!!, i don’t really care how, i just think this game is ours!, or so i hope!
betsy chic, the sturat a dude and the p kid must hang at the same pre school . they rap with so much conviction yet know zip, zilch. yo get a clue.
Tabbert,
Spot on….post season is a crapshoot, anything can happen. We as fans can only ask for the team to make the Playoffs, everything else from there is gravy in my view.
cs in la October 4th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
my brother is a red sux fan, and he doesn’t even take my calls
eboland11 Erik Boland
Many of those edge-of-their-seat Rays fans TBS keeps showing have been passionate about this team dating all the way back to yesterday.
There should be a No Bashing AJ rule for tonight’s game. If he sucks, well what did we expect. Also if he is going great there should be no posts about how AJ has found his rhythm and his improved mechanics are paying dividends, because we know how quickly that can change.
However, after game 2′s fiasco Girardi is fair game. As is Tex and everyone else not named Gardner.
“Many of those edge-of-their-seat Rays fans TBS keeps showing have been passionate about this team dating all the way back to yesterday.”
Too funny
YANKS WIN TONIGHT!
These 5 game series need to go. One idiot factor can destroy your entire season. Case in point:
Idiot Joe Torre making the call to play game 1 when everyone else clearly could see there is no chance to fit the whole game in, ruining the entire pitching roster setup for the series. This was the biggest catalyst for the failure. If Freddy Garcia pitches in Detroit like he was supposed to, he doesn’t give up the cheap 2 runs to the stadium porch. Also, we wouldn’t be fated with having to rest the entire season on the pitcher that deserves it least.
Umpire last night was a complete idiot with an aweful strike zone that was different for CC than it was Verlander.
Remember the midges in Cleveland that cost us the series? Idiot Torre again for allowing Joba to pitch.
Playoffs are too important to be decided by idiot factors. At least seven game series give the better team a chance to recover and balance the idiot factor out.
Please don’t ever call C.C. an Ace again .
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Carl Crawford?
No one ever called him an ace.
Lasthope, quit the crying. 2 wins til ALCS. TWO WINS. Easy
Hurricane, in case you haven’t been watchin AJ for the last couple years, he’s a joke. He will cost us the series and the season. You know it, I know, sportswriters know it, bookies know it (check out the lines), and so does AJ. Only thing that saves us from sucky AJ performance is a quick hook and dominant performance from the bullpen.
Too many things are not going our way, and in a 5 game set it’s just too hard to overcome.
martin first pitch swinging again… i hate him !
was he going for 2 ???????????