Tigers shuffle lineup (again), Yankees stay the same (again)
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Oct 06, 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
Don Kelly 3B
Delmon Young LF
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez DH
Magglio Ordonez RF
Alex Avila C
Jhonny Peralta SS
Ramon Santiago 2B
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
And Verlander’s bullpen session, after long-tossing, lasted 56 pitches.
Why is Swish still batting before Posada? Maybe it’s so Swish and Martin aren’t back to back but it’s stupid. You want all of your hot hitters back to back.
luis,
Put that shirt on and sit down, now!
man, this place is dead. It’s not like it’s the biggest game of the year or anything.
Hip, Hip Jorge!
http://riveraveblues.com/2011/.....art-57453/
I don’t post often these days, but I figure if any day s good to post, it’s today. I’m really excited about tonight’s game, but I’m holding my expectations. I think we’ll get a good game out of Nova…obviously hoping for 6 innings. I know C.C. is available, but obviously, I’d like to avoid seeing him have to pitch.
CC,
It’s 4 and a half hours until game time. Maybe everybody is just gathering him or her self’s energy.
People are all getting ready for the biggest game of the year ….putting the gear on, stocking up on the drinks and treats, chilling the champagne…maybe that’s why it’s dead. I’m at work waiting till I can leave and head up to the Bronx for the game. I’m sure it will pick up soon enough …
Go Yankees 2011 !!!
Let’s hope Alex and Tex show patience and have their timing so the ‘heart’ of the order can start to produce. The top and bottom are looking good and if the middle can heat up they can score a bunch of runs. The Yankees will have their entire bullpen ready to rock, with a very well rested Mariano (3 pitches in the series) and Robertson (1 inning pitched). Maybe even Hughes is again available, plus an inning of CC our of the pen. This team needs to score a few early runs and hammer Detroit will the pen (unless Nova is rolling).
1st elimantion game at the new staduim, in the old stadium yanks were 5-4 in 9 elimantion games at home…
Whats the book on Fister again? Lots of first pitch strikes?
I really think the Yanks are rounding into shape (Arod, Teix, Hughes, Montero with the big confidence bump in game 4). If they win today they’re going to be a handful the rest of the way.
If they have the lead after 5, they should win with the shape the pen is in. After 5, even if Nova has pitched well up to that point, Girardi needs to go to the pen at the first sign of trouble (unless Yanks have a big lead).
Shame Spencer October 6th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Whats the book on Fister again? Lots of first pitch strikes?
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Yes. He has very good control. And he works on the corners.
BenBadler Ben Badler
In 2000, opponents hit .357/.435/.587 against 23-year-old Roy Halladay, .290/.369/.496 vs. 25-year-old Chris Carpenter
Hate this lineup. Where is Montero after his 2-2 the other day?
Why is Swisher hitting ahead of Jorge? Why isn’t Gardner, their best hitter this series, leading off?
Yes. He has very good control. And he works on the corners.
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I think we’ll see a better version of Fister tonight than we saw a few days ago but I still think our line up should be able to generate some runs against him.
So it really looks like verlander is unavailable then if he threw a pen that consisted of 56 pitches. Just seems crazy to me that leyland wouldn’t use him
5 runs gets it done tonight
Erin, no Fake peter gammons tweets today??
glad to see the ritual of the line up complaints has been performed
Where’s Bojo?
A nice RAB preview of Doug Fister, Part 2:
http://riveraveblues.com/2011/.....two-57398/
Verlander went max effort for that entire game. Leyland is protecting Verlander’s career going forward. He’s a good manager.
This lineup did just pull off a epic 10-1 victory on the road in a elimination game. Have some faith. Arod has been getting closer and closer with each at bat… tonight is the night he unloads.
I agree with Gardner batting 9th because he’s clearly more comfortable there than leadoff right now.
Jete is ready to rock and roll people and Cano has a big night if the situations allow him too as I believe Leyland will avaoid him in and every opportunity he can
Verlander went max effort for that entire game. Leyland is protecting Verlander’s career going forward. He’s a good manager.
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If he was such a good manager he wouldn’t have burnt Verlander out during the regular season to the extent that he has to baby him in the playoffs.
This is our A line-up right now when facing a righty starter. If anybody is demanding a change, then they are off target.
Ledger_Yankees Marc Carig
Hal in the house. Stopped in on Girardi already. #nyy
I hope the fans are loud tonight. Instead of some suits having a business meeting….
baldvinny vinny milano
Bronx Bound. Can’t promise a lot about tonight, but i can promise the Creatures will be f’n LOUD! #LetsGoYankees
I’m hoping it’s safe to be there today…..Jerkface, I’ve been told by several that Angels owner Artie Moreno is still hopping mad over Napoli coming into town and just pull the plug on the Angel’s postseason hopes…Then he watches Naps go off on The Rays…….Front Office gets cleaned out…..His eyes are on Bud Black to come back to Anaheim to be the GM………I just thought you’d like to know all this being you were pumping Napoli more than his agent was….
Look at Bald Vinny setting the tone for tonight. Looking forward to hearing them all night
long.
Bronx Bound. Can’t promise a lot about tonight, but i can promise the Creatures will be f’n LOUD! #LetsGoYankees
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this is why we live for twitter?
BryanHoch Bryan Hoch
Girardi would go to Mariano for about 35-40 pitches tonight. Thinks could get a couple of innings from CC.
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Pitching CC tonight just to pitch him would be stupid. Hopefully it’s only if he’s really needed.
Pat M,
Safe so far, except for a little lineup griping. Let it be so tonight.
Safe so far, except for a little lineup griping. Let it be so tonight.
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That changes on a pitch to pitch basis tom
“I hope the fans are loud tonight. Instead of some suits having a business meeting….”
Will be a real test for the stadium. The first win or go home game at the New Stadium. If they don’t get loud tonight, when will they get loud? Can’t use weather as an excuse either… no rain or anything, a perfect day.
CountryClub October 6th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Pitching CC tonight just to pitch him would be stupid. Hopefully it’s only if he’s really needed.
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All hands on deck. This is why they get paid the big bucks.
I could totally see Girardi something stupid like using CC as a LOOGY for Don Kelly or something.
As long as Nova gets through 5 with a lead, it’s not tough at all to get through this game. Soriano/Hughes for the 6th. Then get as much as you can from Robertson then hand it over to MO to finish it off.. split 9 outs between them.
tonight is indeed an event but we should beat this team right?
it’s not like we are facing verlander or lee…
pat m,
no need to apologize the other day. it was a small issue, nothing like others on this place.
i’m hoping for some civility as well.
i hope people sit back, relax with a beer or two, and watch just how lucky we are to be yankee fans. nova wasn’t supposed to be anything more than a 5th starter. Buster Onley should start to rethink his player evaluations.
mick,
You’re right, of course, and we’ll be missing some of our usual antidotes who are all going the the game, lucky stiffs. Getting a nice early lead always quiets the carpers down, though. Let’s do that, Yanks!
Yanks78 October 6th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I could totally see Girardi something stupid like using CC as a LOOGY for Don Kelly or something.
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Who do you want in the game tonight with the entire season on the line?
Logan or CC?
If he was such a good manager he wouldn’t have burnt Verlander out during the regular season to the extent that he has to baby him in the playoffs.
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The M.O. for Verlander this year was that he was able to pace himself during the earlier innings before emptying the tank to finish the games. The guys is a freak and a horse.
But the 120 pitches that he threw in Game 3 weren’t the regular season garden variety types. He went all out from the first inning till the 8th. Even he has limitations.
it will be loud and drunk and feature many tourists there for the sake of saying they were…
Season BA against right handed pitchers:
Austin Jackson CF .245
Don Kelly 3B .250
Delmon Young LF .256
Miguel Cabrera 1B .353
Victor Martinez DH .337
Magglio Ordonez RF .231
Alex Avila C .304
Jhonny Peralta SS .323
Ramon Santiago 2B .245
Pat M
Still a big storm cloud over the “Nation” here.
I think they will have enough fodder to keep the air waves filled all winter.
I think from many of the coments Lackey may not want to come back to the Fens.
I think they aren”t to happy about Cash duping them on Crawford.
@YankeesWFAN
Girardi said Robertson and Rivera could both go 35-40 pitches. Sabathia available maybe two innings depending on situation.
Girardi would go to Mariano for about 35-40 pitches tonight. Thinks could get a couple of innings from CC.
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Because Mo pitches 2 innings so frequently and CC has been lights out dealing with a disrupted schedule.
Perhaps this is just to put a bit more pressure on the Tiger offense. get em pressing.
Doubt it’ll work as Leyland is like Obi-Wan and Girardi’s the ” 4th stormtrooper on the left “
CC isnt going to be used as a LOOGY. It will take him too long to warm up (unless they start warming him up an inning before they want to use him). Plus, it’s not like you really need a LOOGY for Detroit. It’s not like David Ortiz or Josh Hamilton is coming up.
YankeesWFAN Leyland said Verlander not available but Scherzer is.
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Now that’s a big weapon for them. His FB/CH combo out of the pen could be filthy.
Unless I am reading this wrong, Verlander has never started a game on less than 4 days rest.
http://www.baseball-reference......p#dr::none
@BNightengale
#mlb Congratulations to Robin Ventura, who just got named #White Sox manager
As long as Nova gets through 5 with a lead, it’s not tough at all to get through this game. Soriano/Hughes for the 6th. Then get as much as you can from Robertson then hand it over to MO to finish it off.. split 9 outs between them.
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I agree with all of this.
Maine,
Snow on Mt. Washington yet?
Verlander has also never appeared as a reliever.
http://www.baseball-reference......prel::none
Girardi would go to Mariano for about 35-40 pitches tonight. Thinks could get a couple of innings from CC.
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So basically all Nova needs to do is go 3 innings?
And we don’t need even need to throw Soriano/Hughes/Wade?
This is not game 7 of the WS here – they have plenty to win tonight without doing anything unconventional (besides using MO/Robi for 9 outs, perhaps).
Robin Ventura ….new manager of the ChiSox?
Pumped for tonight. Feeling much more positive going into this game.
9-4 Yankees win and ADVANCE !
@YankeesInk
Will not say how he will use CC. “If I feel there’s a situation where he can help he’s gonna use him. It will be a gut move.
@eboland11
Girardi on using Robertson and Rivera two innings each: “That’s conceivable, yes.”
Francona and Theo go take over the Cubs, win?
Boston has no one, this is fantastic.
YankeesWFAN Sweeny Murti
Girardi said Robertson and Rivera could both go 35-40 pitches
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That’s the first we’ve heard about Robertson being available for that many pitches. Between the two of them, they could probably give the Yanks 4 innings.
I didn’t even know Robin Ventura was managing…….
Angels owner should probably fire Scoscia, since its his fault they had to dump Napoli
Why not just DH the man?
Don Vito,
I like the way you think!
About to leave for the stadium…..Have a great (and mostly civil) night all! Let’s go Yankees!
Nova really just needs to go an inning or two ‘cos Ayala is back on max rest now and his numbers on max rest are off the charts.
NoAyWaLoSoRoMo
Would love to see Boston hire Ron Dibble as their manager
CC/Mo/So/DRob scenarios are if Nova is having any trouble. If Nova is doing fine, I think it will be business as usual.
The offense needs to deliver the goods.
I think maybe game 2 was a wakeup call for Girardi on how you ma age in the playoffs.
Tonight the Yanks will have pie throwing party washed down with some bubblies!
Who will come through tonight? Im going with Alex. Burnett erased somewhat his awefull season the other night. Alex will make us all forget his un-alex like year.
I have to admit. I am very nervous for this game, just because we have a rookie starting an elimination game and all the so called experts have us winning out. Those guys get it wrong more times than not.
tomingeorgia October 6th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Maine,
Snow on Mt. Washington yet?
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Not yet but probably soon.
I can see it from my kitchen window.
Nice breeze in the summer.
Not so much in the winter.
We had a light frost for the first time last night but it’s supposed to get back in the 70′s in the next few days.
Nova for 2
Hughes for 2
Wade for 1
Soriano for 1
then let Robertson and Rivera figure out how they get the last 9 outs.
That’s how I would do it. Give the Tigers different looks each time through the order.
Who are the top 3 managers in MLB? NOT just for this year but who are the top three guys you would want to manage your team on a game 7 of the World Series? Reasons?
Wouldnt it be great it Ventura went out to argue a call vs. Texas. Nolan hopped over the fense and proceeded to put him in a head lock. Ryan/Ventura part deaux.
Madden is the best game manager in baseball right now IMO .
Kay said on the radio before if Nova is done after 6 innings and the Yanks have a 2 run lead does Girardi go to Soriano for the 7th inning or Robertson?? Then have Robertson and Mo get you 9 outs. I would definitely go to Robertson. I don’t want to see Soriano in this game if it’s close and they don’t have to.
Amazing how Arod has been pretty quiet. If he can hit to 50% of his capability, this should be a good WS win.
So let me make sure i understand this correctly. All Nova has to do is pitch against the leadoff batter, get him out and the Yankees bullpen of jslfjosjfosdufsomojoshmo will take it from there?
LaRussa, no question. Madden can lose you any game just as likely as he is to win it.
Charlie Manuel might fill his colostomy bag if that squirrel runs on the field again.
@TBrownYahoo: Friend of Ventura’s says Ventura was assisting the Arroyo Grande (Ca.) HS baseball team past couple years, has “Stunning feel for game.”
If they go to Scherzer then he’s due a clunker since he was so good last time…..he’s not that guy every time out. Getting a lead early in this game will be big….I think Detroit starts pressing if the Yanks take an early lead.
Shouldnt Larussa be MOY? I thought this would be the year he was on the outside looking in. Losing his Ace, best player in baseball and still making a run in Sept. had to have sealed that award.
I’ll be back soon. High school homecoming parade goes by the house at 5:30. Keep the good vibes going.
You figured this since the Tigers bullpen isn’t deep….
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AndrewMarchand Scherzer will be first guy out of bullpen.
The Yankees have the advantage tonight.
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huh?
Are you forgetting that Doug Fister has a 1.79 ERA for the Detroit in the regular season.
1.79 ERA.
Also, the Detroit hitters are more familiar with Nova this time around.
I think Detroit definitely has the big advantage in this game.
I wouldn’t annoint Maddon until I saw him manage a team where you aren’t as free to take chances, and/or a team that is mostly composed of seasoned veterans.
Some things about Maddon I like, others annoy me.
BTW -
This is Girardi’s third post-season and in his first post-season, he won a WS. I don’t think he “learned how to manage in the post season” after Game 2. I will agree that Game 2 left me asking questions, though.
SoS – Gonna be tough to take that away from Gibson. LaRussa still has more parts to work with without Pujols/Wainwright than Arizona does.
I would like to know what the Yankees record is vs. a pitcher in the playoffs theyve faced for the second time around in a series. Does the batting avg. rise or drop in those games?
SoS -
Don’t you think the D’Backs manager has a real shot at MOY in the NL? Didn’t they go from 20 under to 20 over or something like that?
The Cardinals are expected to contend. The D’Backs, not as much.
Melkmanisinhotlanta October 6th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Charlie Manuel might fill his colostomy bag if that squirrel runs on the field again.
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He’ll probably bring his gun just in case.
Probably wait till it crosses HP during a pitch from Carpenter.
The Yankee’s have a clear advantage tonight, despite what the troll thinks.
Fister has a 7.7 ERA in his last 3 starts against the Yankees. His “stuff” is just not good enough to get this lineup out.
And the Yankees are more familiar with Fister.
Even steven.
Kay said on the radio before if Nova is done after 6 innings and the Yanks have a 2 run lead does Girardi go to Soriano for the 7th inning or Robertson?? Then have Robertson and Mo get you 9 outs. I would definitely go to Robertson. I don’t want to see Soriano in this game if it’s close and they don’t have to.
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If Soriano has to face a lefty, who hit .302 for the season against him, no I don’t want to see Soriano against Martinez or Avila. If they need a reliever to face Young, Cabrera, Martinez in the 7th inning bring in Robertson.
it’s not like we are facing verlander or lee…
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Do you remember a person named “Scherzer”?
ID,
Your probably right. Im just think this might be his best job managing yet. Hate his attitude, love what he gets out of his players(ie Berkman, every avg. pitcher ever acquired).
Or Sean O’Sullivan, for that matter.
Sep 30 (ALDS game 1) – 4.2ip, 7 h, 6 ER, 2 BB, 6 K – LOSS
July 26 – 7ip, 7 h, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K – LOSS
Didn’t face the Yankees in 2010.
Sep 19, 2009 – 4ip, 9 h, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – LOSS
Captain Clutch October 6th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
AndrewMarchand Scherzer will be first guy out of bullpen.
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Anyone else find it fascinating how much strategy managers are willing to give away?
Someone should ask Leyland how they’re going to pitch to A-Rod tonight.
VNOVA,
Gibson slipped my mind. Yes he probably get it.
Still cant take anything away from what Larussa did. I would like to know the last team to lose their Ace prior to the season and their MVP for quite sometime and still make the playoffs.
Fister is 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in the playoffs… when it matters.
don’t hard things happen in life? don’t they also happen at Yankee Stadium? does the sun not scorch you, does the rain not soak you? Does the crowd not crush you, isn’t it difficult to pick yourself up? don’t the shouts, the noise and the other discomforts bother you?
but it seems to me that you are willing to put up with all this and so much more, and that you do so by thinking of the magnificent spectacle you are about to see!
go yankees!
Girardi is the master of the match-up, no?
He’s not going to bring guys in willy-nilly. He’s going to see where they’re at in the game, who’s due up, etc., etc.
This is the one area Joe Girardi has proven he’s good at.
(Before I get yelled at, I realize sometimes things don’t work out, but that’s as much on execution as choice)
Scherzer will be first guy out of bullpen.
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Hope we have the lead on Detroit by then.
Rundown of Fister’s repertoire and pitch selection in his career:
•Fastball: 62.9% – 89 MPH (fastest: 94 MPH)
•Slider: 12.1% – 85 MPH (will pound outside corner against RH hitters)
•Curveball: 11.3% – 76 MPH (movement: +3.6 horizontal, -8.2 vertical)
•Change-up: 13.8% – 82 MPH (slowest: 76 MPH)
A few other stats, and compared to Tigers ace, Justin Verlander:
•First pitch strikes: 63.4% (60.3%)
•Swinging strikes: 5.5% (9.4%)
•Contact: 87.2% (79.7%)
Thoughts? Will the Yankees be swinging early or working the count on their way to piling up runs on him?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.co.....nster.html
Uhhh maybe we should ask the person we marry if they like fava beans on meat.
Have a good night fellas. Cant watch the game live but I can count on you guys to keep the vibe strong and will us to the next round.
Rundown of Fister’s repertoire and pitch selection in his career
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Maybe he will “change” things “up” a bit this time around?
Yankees hitters easily get confused; e.g., they were for a few innings dumbfounded by those high sinkers from Porcello.
Nova will pitch a solid game.
Hope Alex and Tex have big games tonight.
If the Yankee offense was that “easily confused” they wouldn’t have been one of the top run scoring offenses in the league…….again.
The Yankees have hit fister before. In Game 1 Fister looked good for a few innings and then fell apart as he went through the order a second time.
I’m not saying that Fister is garbage but the guy is not some great pitcher. He has pitched in pitchers parks (Safeco, Comerica), and pitched against weak lineups in the AL central. This guy is no Cliff Lee, Chris Carpenter, or Halladay.
one of the top run scoring offenses in the league
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Do I have to Scherzer you?
The waiting is the hardest part…
I think the reason why the Yankees were confused at first by the high sinkers being called strikes is because of the fact that sinker ballers have to keep there pitches down and it looked like they were looking for anything over the middle of the plate not the upper level of the strike zone. But the Yankees adjusted and scored runs off of Porcello.
Joe said Mo for 6 tonight – that means unless Nova struggles, he, Mo and Robertson are likely the only pitchers we see tonight
NoRoMo is a gogo.
I’d like to see Mitch Williams as the next pitching coach in Boston.
I’m sorry but Scherzer is like A.J. One day he can command his pitches and throw a great game with his good stuff, and then the next day he wets the bed.
Just like A.J. he is like two face. A great pitching performance or a horrible one.
Yanks will win this game in the 1st inning with 3 runs. Jeter, Grandy on for Alex A Bomb!
I’d like to see Mitch Williams as the next pitching coach in Boston.
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I’d rather see John Rocker or Mark Wohlers! LOL.
I hope we will beat Detroit tonight, because FEMA doesn’t have much money left to pay for disasters.
3 posts?…must be a slow news day in yankeeland! not much going on i guess.
Doug Fister is 8-1 with a 1.79 ERA — with Detroit October 6th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
I hope we will beat Detroit tonight, because FEMA doesn’t have much money left to pay for disasters.
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considerin that no one picked the yanks to win the divison and half the ppl said they wouldnt make the playoffs, i dont think itd be too big a disaster,
the golden child red sox not makin the playoffs is a disaster…
the 2006 cheatin tigers losin the WS was close too
extra bases has 3 posts today, too.
What’s all this breaking Yankee news we’re missing out on, Y’s Guy?
Where should I be looking to get it?
“who are the top three guys you would want to manage your team on a game 7 of the World Series? Reasons?”
I didn’t know there was going to be a quiz. I haven’t even studied.
players are on the field right now, locker room’s been open all afternoon, maybe a reporter with access could actually go in, talk to some guys about tonight’s game and find something of interest to yankees fans today. or maybe someone could just stay in the press box and wait for the lineups to be posted somewhere else first…
wasted access…
Nick in SF…..I just jumped on The Steerlers vs. Titans as the line is down to -3.5 from 6.5…..Am I missing something on this ???? I also played Cal + 25 …SJ is working that game tonight then he’s off to do The Jets Pats game Sunday
Parade report: High school band, two fire trucks, seventy-one pickup trucks, a troop of brownies and the cross-country team. I love small towns!
Right, ‘cos Yankee players are so often full of provocative, insightful things to say a few hours before the first pitch.
Can you link me to some of the juicy tidbits the other reporters are getting with their unwasted access?
Congratulation for Fister with the Tigers howver he has faced the Yankees in 2011 for two different organizations that have lost both games.
Chad does have other duties that doesn’t involve writing posts 24/7 on this blog. How many times is he supposed to report the same thing?
We know what’s going on in that clubhouse.
I’m sure he’ll post another thread shortly.
Maybe Chad should do some real hard-hitting Journalism like Pete Abe used to.
You know, things like telling us what’s currently playing on his iPod and doling out cheap shots at A-Rod.
i wonder what the mood in the locker room is… are they tight, are they loose, who’s cutting up, who’s hanging in the trainer’s room? how does the guys feel who’ve never been in an elimination game?
i guess that hasnt been released through the press room…
tomorrow you are going to read several columns which will have all this, because those columnists and beat writers are down there getting this. maybe chad is, too, (very unlikely) but nothing like that has ever made this blog since chad took over.
Tom,
Sorry i didn’t answered before….but for your information i am already sitting and with my shirt on!!
Pat M, I can’t thank you enough for your kinds words last night. I hope you know how much that meant to me. You made my day, and night.
luis,
Good going!
pete and i argued all the time. but he used his access and brought everything he had here. that stopped when he left.
this used to be the go-to yankees blog. now everything comes out elsewhere first.
I personally don’t care what the mood is. I’d just as soon let them have their space without the media encroaching on them. Unless there is something critical to report, my interest begins when they take the field.
trisha,What’s for dinner tonight? For me, it’s a little steak and local sweet corn, with salad and garlic bread. Can’t go wrong with that, can I?
what is the obsession with getting everything 1st?
the blog is meant for discourse , it’s not meant for fast breaking news.
luis, I see our black-cloud good luck charm is here! YES!!!
btw, when pete left i was all in favor of chad taking over, i had been reading his scranton blog for some time. but im looking at this objectively and you get nothing on this blog that you couldnt get from AP or google news.
I’ll take Chad every time over Pete Abe.
The guy is a professional and doesn’t beat his chest or send nasty emails to readers that disagree with him.
Just our rotten luck that Chad is the only Yankee beat writer with access to the internet, I guess? What has come out today? Where is it? We’re missing out on which players are smiling authentically and which ones have steely determination in their eyes?
Pat M, I don’t know what the deal is with that game, but I just checked my sportsbook and it doesn’t have a line up, which usually means that there’s some player injury question, maybe Big Ben is questionable for the game?
I hope the Cal Bears reward your faith. I’m going to dvr that game, not sure how much I’ll be able to watch with the Yanks on tonight.
chad goes on vacation in september…enough said…
Hi Trisha!!,
Let the good vibes roll!!!
Here’s an actual similarity between 2006 and 2011:
Ruby was then a lonely, half-witted d-bag and remains one today.
darling and smoltz are so much better than kay and anybody yes has. the play by play guy is pretty weak, though.
In deed!!, i thought that he might have deserted us after last night “sad” comment, but i guess he is shameless, good!!
Here’s an example of something that hasn’t hootenanny enough coverage.
Ledger-Yankees
“Leyland insists there is no circumstance in which Verlander will be used tonight. #”
I think Chad should find Leyland and ask him if there’s any double- secret circumstance that could get Verlander in this game.
I’m not convinced.
tom, that sounds great! I ate a few spoonsful of manhattan clam chowder and now I’m having shredded wheat with blueberrries (breakfast – I didn’t eat today because I felt kind of lousy.)
However, dinner is the belly of a burrito with the wheat burrito on the side. I went out and bought it a short while ago. White rice, brown rice, black beans, pinto beans, grilled chicken and pulled pork, corn, cilantro, chopped tomatoes, a little bit of sour cream, shredded cheese, and lime juice.
What do you think?
Hootenanny ?
I like that.
At least now you can post freely without the fear of getting hit by the old ban hammer.
Pete has a great wit, unfortunately he also has some of the thinnest skin on the planet.
Advantage, Chad.
“I’ll take Chad every time over Pete Abe.
The guy is a professional and doesn’t beat his chest or send nasty emails to readers that disagree with him.”
Amen!
“chad goes on vacation in september…enough said…”
You keep repeating that with no apparent understanding that Gannett employees have mandatory work furloughs every quarter and human beings with families attend weddings,etc.
Do you honestly think that Chad just looked at the calendar and said, ‘hey, nothing going on in September, should be a good time to get away….’? Maybe enough said from you too.
tomingeorgia October 6th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
trisha,What’s for dinner tonight? For me, it’s a little steak and local sweet corn, with salad and garlic bread. Can’t go wrong with that, can I?
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Nothing wrong with that, unless you are planning to kiss somebody ( garlic! ), LOL!
trisha,
Sounds fine. I think you have about everybody’s nationality covered with that menu!
However, dinner is the belly of a burrito with the wheat burrito on the side. I went out and bought it a short while ago. White rice, brown rice, black beans, pinto beans, grilled chicken and pulled pork, corn, cilantro, chopped tomatoes, a little bit of sour cream, shredded cheese, and lime juice.
What do you think?
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I think you should finish that soup and double-down on that shredded wheat.
the guys gives nothing thats not available to anybody. a reporter with a smartphone is bejing could give you everthing chad puts on this blog.
luis,
She’s having it too.
Heck, Pete threatened to ban us for saying “YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”. Go figure!
Also, I was warned about the use of the word “YAWN!”
Y-A-W-N!
Jeers,
Verlander threw 56 pitches in his BP session, he won’t be available.
Tom,
Then your are fine!!,
does verlander want to pitch? somebody with a press pass could go ask him, and im sure many have…wonder what he said…
trisha,
Can i have some?
it sounds delicious
“trisha,
Sounds fine. I think you have about everybody’s nationality covered with that menu!”
It’s actually a place called Mexican Grille. You get to pick what you want in your burrito and then they steam the burrito and wrap the stuff in it. I order it with the innards in a container and I take the burrito on the side. No way it God’s green earth can I fit the burrito in my mouth when they stuff it, plus it gets very messy!
I’m in the top of the 4th inning of AJ’s game. The crowd is going nuts because they have a runner on second with one out, 2-1 Yanks. And AJ just dropped in a GORGEOUS curve. Little do they know that the one run is it for them.
Man AJ has nasty stuff.
Ys Guy October 6th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
the guys gives nothing thats not available to anybody. a reporter with a smartphone is bejing could give you everthing chad puts on this blog.
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I guess the solution is to go to the blog that provides what you’re looking for.
Your complaining won’t be missed.
luis, it is very very good!
Senior Franco…….Happy October my friend….You feeling alright ????? Tricia, everything I wrote is by definition the truth !!!!! Not an original ( The Freshman, Marlon Brando )
Trisha -
I hope you have a strong stomach.
The Yankees caught some breaks in the 1st game against Fister, even Jeter admitted as much. Therefore, if the Yankees do not score quickly against Fister I would hope the negative posts would be kept to a mimimum, you know the last time this guy pitched to an ERA of 12 and now he looks like Cy Young; what happened.
Although I would love the Yankees to have a huge blowout win, I think it will be a close game. This makes me nervous with Girardi managing.
However, if the Yankees do win late I hope it’s off Valverde; it would be even better if its a walkoff and whomever gets the GW hit does the Valverde dance.