Game 142: Yankees at Red Sox
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Sep 12, 2012 
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YANKEES (77-62)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher 1B
Raul Ibanez LF
Eric Chavez 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
RHP David Phelps (3-4, 3.55)
Phelps vs. Red Sox
RED SOX (64-78)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Pedro Ciriaco 3B
Dustin Pedroia 2B
James Loney 1B
Cody Ross RF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
Daniel Nava LF
Scott Podsednik DH
Jose Iglesias SS
RHP Aaron Cook (3-9, 5.17)
Cook vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m., YES Network and ESPN
WEATHER: Little bit warmer than yesterday, but another clear sky and a nice night for a game. Doesn’t seem to be much wind at all.
UMPIRES: HP Alfonso Marquez, 1B Tom Hallion, 2B Brian O’Nora, 3B Chad Fairchild
GETTING IT DONE: Derek Jeter is batting an AL-high .379 against lefties this season. That’s sixth-best in the Majors. He also has a .360 (114-for-317) road batting average, second in Majors behind Melky Cabrera (.367). Jeter is batting .394 (50-for-127) with five homers when leading off the game in the first.
WIN ONE, LOSE ONE: The Yankees have played 25 games since August 15 without winning consecutive games. That?marks their longest such stretch since a 31-game stretch from in 1991. They went 9-22 over that stretch.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: The Yankees have been in first place — either tied or alone — every day since the start of play on June 12. They have won three of their last six games, but they have lost eight of their last 12 and 13 of their last 20 since August 20.
UPDATE, 7:49 p.m.: Phelps looks sharp through two scoreless. But once again, this team needs to score some runs.
UPDATE, 8:00 p.m.: Eric Chavez leads off with his 300th career double … and is quickly left stranded.
UPDATE, 8:11 p.m.: Cano now has 30 homers, which is a single-season career high. He and Granderson have each gone deep this inning, good for a 3-0 Yankees lead in the fourth.
UPDATE, 8:41 p.m.: That’s just a terrific play by Iglesias to end the fifth inning and probably save a run. Impressive. But it’s a 3-1 Yankees lead.
UPDATE, 8:52 p.m.: Wow, a rare show of emotion from Phelps as he strikes out Iglesias to leave the leadoff triple stranded in the fifth. Usually the only emotion we see from him is when he does something bad and he screams into his glove. But he looks really sharp today. Not a single out hit into the outfield so far. It’s still a 3-1 Yankees lead.
UPDATE, 9:03 p.m.: Seems like Nix has done a good job handling the bat this year, but he couldn’t get the bunt down here in the sixth and wound up striking out. Now Jones is pinch hitting for Chavez.
UPDATE, 9:25 p.m.: Line drive to first base does the trick for Rapada and the Yankees are out of the sixth inning, still holding that 3-1 lead. Phelps lasted 5.2 innings, and looked good doing it.
UPDATE, 9:32 p.m.: Granderson’s second homer of the night pushes the lead to 5-1.
UPDATE, 10:17 p.m.: Jeter’s been playing with a bad ankle, and now he’s out of the game after apparently hurting it further while trying to beat out a double play in the eighth.
Go Phelps, Go Yankees!!
Go Phelpsy! Go Yanks! Go Jeet! Go Luis!
Fearless prediction:
We POUND Cook (he is AWFUL) and put up 8+ runs today.
GO PHELPS!!!
GO YANKS!!!
GO RAYS!!!
GO JAYS!!!
Really good discussion on EEI about pitching v. offense. Pitching seemed to trump. But I heard something that really opened my eyes about the Sux offense, and it’s something I had never thought about. They said that in 2004 and 2007, the Sux had incredible pitching, and that’s what they thought led to their victories. They mentioned that since the Sux have a hitter’s park it would be natural for their stats to be somewhat inflated – that for future reference too – but they said at the same time, it would seem that the pitching stats would also be inflated – yet it wasn’t the case in 2004 and 2007. They also pointed out that the Cards pitching was amazing when they went on their run last year. They believe it was the pitching that put it over the top for the Cards.
Yankeefem – I concur!
Go N YY!
Nomar and Schilling as commentators? Oh God I don’t know if I even want to listen to this game!
That was fast TB HR – Upton
This ceremony delay was just to stick it to us. Sux trying any gamesmanship they can.
Let’s go, boys. Don’t give the trolls a chance to utter a word! Phelps, you DO have it in you. Show us.
YF and Primo!!
Hey guys!!…. We are beating this sux team tonight!!
Yay – Rays leading O’s.
Luis, QFT! Any pitchers in the YES booth tonight? I’m watching from a Korean restaurant, eating bibimbap and watching on my laptop but the music is too loud to hear the broadcast.
They said today on EEI that even though the Sux are dead in the water and there hasn’t been any excitement around them for the past month or so, there is still special kind of buzz when the Ys are in town.
Come on Jeets do what you have been doing all season and lead off the game right. Must score base runners tonight. It really doesn’t get anymore simplistic than that.
Go get ‘em!
Cook hasn’t been as awful as you think. Check out his stats. He’s had some really good games – and a few stinkers too. But lately not terrible.
Earlier in the season when I said Ciriaco bore watching, I remember someone scoffing at the suggestion.
Ciriaco is definitely a huge spoiler!
Ghostwriter September 12th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Who would have thought that ESPN2 would be television the Rays-O’s! (meaning who would have thought the O’s would be where they are right now)
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They’ve had a pretty terrific run. I was at the ballgame last Friday in Baltimore. The place was packed and brimming with excitement. It’s really good for the city and for baseball for the O’s to be a solid contender. Don’t get me wrong: I’m no Showalter fan. It’s just that it’s much more fun kicking their butts when they’re good, than when they’re pitiful cellar dwellers.
I think my grandma would K less than Grandy, he’s just awful.
Do we really have to pick up his $13M option?
Cook is the new King Felix…
Don’t like A-Rod hitting third. I’d flip him and Cano.
Cook threw a one-run game against the Rangers. I wouldn’t dismiss him out of hand. He can be awful, but he can be good too.
He can be awful, but he can be good too.
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This is any pitcher in baseball. He has a 5 ERA. He gave up 6 runs 2 starts ago. He is a pitcher that gives up lots of hits and HRs and can’t strike anyone except Granderson out.
Ghostwriter, I agree with you. I also think that it’s good for teams to have fans in the stands cheering for them and for fans to have something to cheer about!
theREALkevin September 12th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Don’t like A-Rod hitting third. I’d flip him and Cano.
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I think that A-Rod is well-suited to the three-hole. Arod is still probably a more rounded hitter than Cano, able to work the count and draw walks.
Come on Phelps, probably your last start whether you get chased in the 1st inning or throw a no-hitter. Might as well throw a no-hitter.
Cook is not a gold pitcher.
Luis, we ‘d better take care of business tonight!
See you in a few!
YF,
Cone is at the booth tonight
Russell has been hitting well lately, so it’s time to give Stewart some action. – Girardi
Good, gold is completely out of the question
Here’s hoping that Phelps can make Girardi’s decision difficult, with respect to putting Andy in the rotation.
Nasty pitch
Sorry Ghost, don’t agree. I don’t think Cano is really a cleanup hitter either. Knowing how their offense has been though, either way they would still probably have trouble scoring runs
J. Alfred Prufrock September 12th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Cook is not a gold pitcher.
Luis, we ‘d better take care of business tonight!
See you in a few!
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Big pitch for the k…..Every pitcher looks like CY recently against us, let’s hope the offense wakes up tonight. Take care my friend,
In his last 6 games Aaron Cook has given up 3 or fewer runs 4 out of the 6 times. He give up one run to Texas and 2 to Baltimore.
Atta boy!
YES!!!! Someone got out Ciriaco!!
And you don’t have to strike out a bunch of hitters to be effective. Ask any ground-ball pitcher.
Nasty stuff. Good inning!
Cook sucks. He has a 5.50 ERA since the AS break, and opponents have hit .301 against him in that time. If the Yankees don’t pound him they have no excuse. No hat tipping in this game.
Phelps looks a lot better tonight. So far so good. Hi everybody!!!
Cook is still a guy the Yankees should hit. ERA over 5 each of the last 3 seasons. They should handle him. Doesn’t mean they will, but they should.
In his last 6 games Aaron Cook has given up 3 or fewer runs 4 out of the 6 times. He give up one run to Texas and 2 to Baltimore.
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In his last 6 starts he has a 5 ERA, opponents are hitting .313 .366 .427 .794, giving up 5.5 runs per game. He gave up 5+ runs in 3 of his last 6 starts. If you go back 2 more starts to his last 8 its 5+ out of 8.
That a bad pitcher had a good game at some point is a given, unless his era is in the double digits a pitcher will have some good ones in there.
J. Alfred Prufrock September 12th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Good, gold is completely out of the question
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Cook is AWFUL, don’t make excuses for the Yanks if they don’t score big off him.
Yay. No hit for ciriaco. That’s something.
Lets jump start the offense with patient AB’s…..
Again, he’s given up 3 runs or fewer 4 times in his last six games. He gave up one run to the Rangers and 2 to the O’s.
I don’t particularly care what anyone thinks of him. Numbers count to me, not opinions.
I already said he could be awful too, though that’s the exception not the rule lately.
This was all because Buttsmacker said he was awful.
Better to at least know your opponent and be prepared for different possibilities.
Cook doesn’t really walk guys, they should be blasting him with hits and what not, but maybe that works against them because they can’t hit.
Kev,
Hey bro… I do believe that Cano is a middle of the order guy…The problem is that he has no one to protect him…So he might be expanding the k zone as a result…I still remember the night he was walked with the bases loaded
As kevin Long is the hitting coach.every pitcher looks like nolan ryan against the yankees
“In his last 6 starts he has a 5 ERA, opponents are hitting .313 .366 .427 .794, giving up 5.5 runs per game. He gave up 5+ runs in 3 of his last 6 starts. If you go back 2 more starts to his last 8 its 5+ out of 8.
That a bad pitcher had a good game at some point is a given, unless his era is in the double digits a pitcher will have some good ones in there.”
We’re definitely looking at different sets of stats. I will relook mine again.
Jerkface September 12th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Cook doesn’t really walk guys, they should be blasting him with hits and what not, but maybe that works against them because they can’t hit.
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Sadly very true
Again, he’s given up 3 runs or fewer 4 times in his last six games. He gave up one run to the Rangers and 2 to the O’s.
I don’t particularly care what anyone thinks of him. Numbers count to me, not opinions.
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3 EARNED runs. 5 RUNS in 3 out of the last 6. You picked a convenient cutoff that ignores back to back 6 run outings. The numbers do not paint the rosy picture your tortured logic is trying to conjure up about cook.
Any pitcher in baseball can go out and throw a good game. Aaron Small was once undefeated and he was a ‘never was’ player.
We should rename this team to The Owentwos.
Never seen a team consistently fall behind in the count as quickly as they do.
Cone is at the booth tonight.
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Leiter also.
Ibanez pretty much owns this guy. He’ll get him before the game is over.
Whadda clown Swisher is
I love Swisher’s honesty. I would have it no other way. But that play right there epitomizes the Yankees seasons. Basically…. W.T.F. o_O
It seems the overwhelming consensus is that Cook is terrible. Realistically it doesn’t really matter how bad he is, this is a game you have to win if you want to consider yourself a postseason contender.
All the excuses in the world should have hit the road about 2 weeks ago.
Either you win and you’re good enough or you don’t and you’re not. This is a result based affair.
Leave it to Swisher to do something weird.
Swish needs a solid breakout game and some Drama classes.. He could have acted his way to first base ala Jeter….
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Again, he’s given up 3 runs or fewer 4 times in his last six games. He gave up one run to the Rangers and 2 to the O’s.
I don’t particularly care what anyone thinks of him. Numbers count to me, not opinions.
I already said he could be awful too, though that’s the exception not the rule lately.
This was all because Buttsmacker said he was awful.
Better to at least know your opponent and be prepared for different possibilities.
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Cook is an awful pitcher… He has been awful for almost all of his career:
http://www.baseball-reference......aa01.shtml
His ERA is +5 since the ASB this year.
So let’s see here, he has had a lousy career and has been lousy lately.
The Yankees should be embarrassed to not score big off him, simply pathetic.
Swisher trying to buy a HBP cost himself a single
Oy. They look awful so far. At least take a couple of pitches off this guy. They’re making him look like Greg Maddux.
“He gave up 5+ runs in 3 of his last 6 starts”
It appears to have happened once.
ER last 6 games for Cook, starting with most recent before tonight:
2, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1
“So let’s see here, he has had a lousy career and has been lousy lately.
The Yankees should be embarrassed to not score big off him, simply pathetic.”
ER last 6 games for Cook, starting with most recent before tonight:
2, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1
You really need to know what you’re talking about. Then you’re prepared for whatever happens.
Cook the last 3 seasons: 300 IP 5.41 ERA 1.5 WHIP
You like WHIP, in his last 6 games his whip is 1.62. He is not a good pitcher. The Yankees might get owned by him, but that is on them. At this point they have to fight against the oddities of a baseball season and beat guys they should beat.
Gotta love this offense. 6 hits in 11 innings.
It appears to have happened once.
ER last 6 games for Cook, starting with most recent before tonight:
2, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1
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You’re only looking at earned runs.
Cook is not a good pitcher and he should not shut down this lineup on even his best day..
Last 6 games:
1 run vs Texas
5 runs vs Bal
5 runs vs LAA
3 runs vs KCR
6 runs vs BAL
2 runs vs SEA
Last 9 includes
6 runs vs DET
6 runs vs NYY
5 runs vs TOR
Crush this guy.
Trisha might be the biggest Yankee homer / excuse maker I have ever encountered.
Arguing that the Yankees are justified to get shut down by Aaron Cook… LOL.
I don’t want to direct a negative post towards some overly optimistic posters. Fine, that’s your style, just like it’s some posters style to be pessimistic. BUT, stop making excuses for the hitters. I hate when people try to draw a nice rosy picture when it’s anything but that. Every time the Yankees offense gets shut down doesn’t mean the pitching was great. Of course they can have good games, they are in the major leagues, but a lot of times the Yankees are handcuffing themselves.
For instance, the pitch that Granderson K’s on, it looked like a meatball a little above the middle of the zone. Maybe he doesn’t hit a homerun, but he should sure put that ball in to play.
Enough about Cook!!!!! Lets go Yanks…Lets go Phelps!!!!
OmiGod. I have to watch ESPN with both Schilling and Garciaparra.
EARNED RUNS!!! That’s what he’s responsible for last I looked.
Jerkface, we can talk about his last 10 games, and if you look at the last 6 you’d see that he definitely has been pitching much better.
Look, you guys can live in whatever unreality you want to. I won’t be the one to burst your macho bubbles when you start breaking up the joint if the Yankees don’t pound the tar out of him. I’m not saying they won’t. But I also look at what he’s done lately and what he did to the Rangers, and I’m prepared for anything.
Yeah it’s like ESPN just wants to quadruple the current misery of Yanks fans by pairing O’Brien, Nomar, and Schilling. Those are 3 “announcers” all with strong Sox ties.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
“He gave up 5+ runs in 3 of his last 6 starts”
It appears to have happened once.
ER last 6 games for Cook, starting with most recent before tonight:
2, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1
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His ERA over that period is 5.06
YankeesPR profile
YankeesPR Seen in media dining room prior to tonight’s game: @RealMichaelKay eating all the cheese and sauce off pizza ONLY #avoidingcarbs
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I just threw up a little in my mouth…
Team Greedy likes ALL the pitches Phelps has thrown so far
Nice pitch Phelps! Ross always scares me… Phelps looking strong though!
jerkface you are the biggest hypocrite in the world if you try to sell runs as opposed to Earned Runs. Do you have a problem admitting you call something wrong?
How close-minded are you ? Talk about wrapped tight. Holy cow man, oil the hinges and open the door!!
Even with earned runs his ERA is 5 in his last 6! What are you talking about! His unearned runs were on a failed pickoff throw (Cooks fault) and an attempted force out that was too late (minor)!
He is a ground ball pitcher, he is at the mercy of his own defense. He has given up hella runs this year. Your ARBITRARY cut off is nonsense. Go back to the all-star break his ERA is terrible. Cut it anyway you want his ERA is terrible. Cut it any way you want his WHIP is terrible.
Schilling loves Phelps.
Are you prepared for the Yanks not making the postseason?
What will Girardi exuse if they have problem scoreing.Will he give in an play some of the call ups.What will it take to see nunez in the lineup
Thanks, luis. Sorry I am missing Cone. Now in car and listening to Sterling b/c I’m blacked out on At Bat.
Phelps was looking damn good!
Trisha still going giving the offense doesn’t matter in baseball nonsense
2 out walk ):
Right jerkface, so if any Yankee pitcher had been pitching poorly but had picked things up over the last 6 games you would not look at the improvement but would only carry on about his entire body of work.
R-I-I-I-I-I-I-G-H-T
That was a strike.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Schilling loves Phelps.
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Rumor is Phelps gave Schilling a 5 to go buy a Fenway dog before the game. And he let him keep the change.
Guys, lets stick with arguing about how bad our own players are, okay?
“Trisha still going giving the offense doesn’t matter in baseball nonsense”
Find my first post that says offense doesn’t matter
The pitch he got Ross was outstanding
She won’t call Cook an awful pitcher because then she would have to admit the Hitting is the why we are where we are
I called into Francessa today… He actually argued with me that he would rather have Granderson than A-Jax at this point in their careers… Even considering their contracts.
He knows a ton about the history of the Yankees but that man has to get a clue about the current state of the team.
ER is definitely important, but you need to look at Unearned runs too. The only unearned runs that I would discredit is the error that occurs with two outs. Pitchers need to back their fielders up, just like the fielders back the pitcher up. You don’t know how many “hits” Cook’s defense took away from the opposing team.
Cook’s ERA is decent in the last 6 games, if you include total runs given up, it’s pretty bad. That doesn’t equal a good pitcher, in my opinion.
From what I’ve seen from Cook tonight, the Yankees should be getting some hits. It doesn’t seem like Cook is having a good game, it just seems like the Yankees are hitting the ball weakly.
ButtSmacker September 12th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
I called into Francessa today… He actually argued with me that he would rather have Granderson than A-Jax at this point in their careers… Even considering their contracts.
He knows a ton about the history of the Yankees but that man has to get a clue about the current state of the team.
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Just feel honored that he didn’t fall asleep.
Shame Spencer September 12th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Guys, lets stick with arguing about how bad our own players are, okay?
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Another good inning from Phelps BRB
Nice. This is the Phelps I remember.
Phelps is getting it done. We’ll pop Cook eventually.
This is how unearned runs work. With 1 out Cook gives up 1 run and has runners on 1st and third, they fail to get the force on an error BY COOK (E1) and then cook gives up a bunch more runs but conveniently they are ‘unearned’.
Bogus! At any point, Cook is terrible. He caused both errors against him that gave him unearned runs.
Trisha,
What is more of a reason we have lost a 10 game lead the hitting or pitching?
ButtSmacker,
I can’t say I’m overly excited about AJax, and that he will be a great player to build a team around, but I would rather have him over Granderson simply based off of the pay. His production level is fairly even with Granderson’s, but the pay is what does it for me.
Really good to see Phelps starting strong after a few rough starts. He’s going to be a solid backend starter…
Triple Short of a Cycle September 12th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
She won’t call Cook an awful pitcher because then she would have to admit the Hitting is the why we are where we are
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Lowest runs per game since ’92… This offense is horrible.
Right jerkface, so if any Yankee pitcher had been pitching poorly but had picked things up over the last 6 games you would not look at the improvement but would only carry on about his entire body of work.
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5 ERA, 1.62 WHIP 3 bb/9 3 k/9 in his last 6. What says good pitcher to you?
Kay was right about one thing last night: The longer the game stays tight, the more confidence Boston gets. 1-run games do not favor the Yankees.
“Arguing that the Yankees are justified to get shut down by Aaron Cook… LOL.”
Not arguing that at all. Just showing how utterly ridiculous some of you are with your out-of-hand pronouncements (We POUND Cook (he is AWFUL) and put up 8+ runs today.) and trying to let you know he’s pitched pretty well lately so you shouldn’t be stunned if he does a half-way decent job.
The beatdown of Mr. Cook to commence shortly.
Buttsmacker – I heard that call. Pretty entertaining.
Nice job by Chavez…. Now he absolutely has to score this inning. By any means possible they need this run.
Rats.
luis September 12th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Shame Spencer September 12th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Guys, lets stick with arguing about how bad our own players are, okay?
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Another good inning from Phelps BRB
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Lol, me too luis! I want ALL the runs too!! And I think we’ll cook Cook… it looks like we’re playing .500 ball and aren’t much for consecutive wins lately, so the odds are in our favor that since we lost last night we can win tonight lol. That’s as fancy as my math gets.
Terrible by Ichiro. Chases a pitch and can’t even get him to 3rd. Atrocious.
The game is on espn tonight!
I Am Winning September 12th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
ButtSmacker,
I can’t say I’m overly excited about AJax, and that he will be a great player to build a team around, but I would rather have him over Granderson simply based off of the pay. His production level is fairly even with Granderson’s, but the pay is what does it for me.
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A-Jax might not be a superstar but he is a .300 hitter and nearly .400 OBP guy.
Grandy’s close to MVP season last year, his OPS was .916
Ajax OPS this year is .877
Really not that far off and Ajax is still only 25, obviously getting better,is the best defensive center fielder in baseball, and of course like we mentioned is under team control for cheap far longer.
I just hope we don’t make the same mistake with Gary Sanchez, Mason Williams, Tyler Austin, Slade Heatcotte, etc…
There must be some sort of bunting rule i don’t know about. Apparently if you fail the first attempt, you have to swing away on the next pitch.
Yeah, some beatdown.
I hate when they play at Fenway because you can see all of the Boston folk in the stands… and those people are depraved. They should censor them out when they have these games on YES.
Another RISP fail?
Cook keeps busting Jeter in. He better not hit him and injure him, that thug.
“What says good pitcher to you?”
This is what I said. I stand by it.
“Cook hasn’t been as awful as you think. Check out his stats. He’s had some really good games – and a few stinkers too. But lately not terrible.”
And anyone who allows one run to the Rangers and 2 to the O’s knows how to pitch.
With that said, think whatever you’d like. You want to think he’s terrible and doesn’t know how to pitch and the Yanks should pound him, go for it.
I hate when they play at Fenway because you can see all of the Boston folk in the stands… and those people are depraved. They should censor them out when they have these games on YES.
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Then we could rename it The Green Mosaic.
A-Jax might not be a superstar but he is a .300 hitter and nearly .400 OBP guy.
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This year. How about he does it for a couple of years in a row before we declare him a .300 hitter?
“Let’s go to Buttsmacker on the cellphone.”
Yeah I’m not supporting the trade or anything but A-Jax needs to show he can do it over a period of time before he’s a .300 hitter. He’s been good this year but lets see him keep it up at the dish. His fielding can’t be denied though. That’s always been there.
And anyone who allows one run to the Rangers and 2 to the O’s knows how to pitch.
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This is not a logical rule to follow in baseball, because anyone can have a hot night and pitch a good game. Kei Igawa once beasted the Red Sox.
And again I ask what about a 5 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and a 3 bb/9 3 so/9 is not terrible?
The offense couldn’t be more impotent. Start the count: 0 -3 with RISP.
Solid inning.
Buttsmacker– I heard that call as well and its the first time in the past 3 months that I actually agreed with you!!! Francesa has little knowledge of this present team ….
Jerkface September 12th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
I hate when they play at Fenway because you can see all of the Boston folk in the stands… and those people are depraved. They should censor them out when they have these games on YES.
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Then we could rename it The Green Mosaic.
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YES!!!! And reenact that scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, with the Georges-Pierre Seurat painting… not quite a mosaic, but pointillism has a similar look.
Really happy for Tyler Austin – he hit a homerun in AA playoffs – - – -
I think this might be a great time to catch up some more on Breaking Bad…. I don’t think this game is going anywhere as of now.
ZMANINSJ September 12th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
The offense couldn’t be more impotent. Start the count: 0 -3 with RISP.
Start the count: Pointlessly negative posts: 6
Ghostwriter September 12th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
A-Jax might not be a superstar but he is a .300 hitter and nearly .400 OBP guy.
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This year. How about he does it for a couple of years in a row before we declare him a .300 hitter?
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Fair, but you have to admit he has shown remarkable improvement over last year.
Considering their contracts/team control every GM in baseball would prefer a 25 year old A-jax going forward over 31 year old Grandy… This is really not disputable.
I’m just happy Grandy crapped the bed before we gave him a big long term contract… ***Silver Lining***
What a pathetic offense.
Trisha…kay is agreeing with you at this moment…This basically puts the argument to rest…
Bruce Chen and Blake Beavan both have 5 ERAs and gave up 1 run to the rangers. The 2009 Yankees got shut out by Brett Tomko and only got 1 run off Junichi Tazawa who had an ERA over 7! They scored 2 runs off Dustin Nippert, know where he is now? KOREA.
Geez you can find any bad pitcher having a good game vs a good offense, but those good offenses are supposed to make their hay off the bulk of those guys.
Jackamir,
Thanks… I like Mike but he is very stubborn.
1-12 with RISP yesterday; 0-3 already today.
Is it any wonder that they have been absolutely putrid for 8 weeks?
Record since July 18: 22-28 .440. One of the biggest and longest lasting chokes in recent history. Rivals the red sox in 2011.
Pointlessly negative or factual? I guess the 1 – 12 yesterday was just a figment of our imagination.
luis, I’m listening to ESPN because I don’t get YES during Sux games. They seem to agree too.
That’s definitely the icing on the cake.
Luis – Haha.
Rey Ordonez Jr. is retierd… good job Phelps.
This team is taking a snooze against Cook.
Great inning by Phelps.
46 pitches…Not bad at all
Really happy with Phelps right now…. great bounce back at this point.
Kay did not agree with Trisha. He was incredulous at how bad Cook’s numbers are and how he has stifled the lineup. Leiter says they are swinging at some bad pitches, Cone said to wait for the 2nd time through. Both said there were hittable pitches that are simply being missed.
Really excited to see Nova’s going to be back in the rotation. Andy too. That could definitely breathe new life into this team.
Phelpsy looks sharp and has good body language. He looks confident and up to the task at hand…
Thanks… I like Mike but he is very stubborn.
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That is being kind. He is easily the most miserable and obnoxious person on the radio
jackamir – he has. It will be great if it continues because we need our SP to get its act together if we’re going to go anywhere.
Holy Crap… Grandy did something!!!
There we go Grandy!
Of course, nobody on base.
GRANDY!!!!!
Grandy!……maybe he is trending in the right direction now…
Grandy
Grandy long ball… Here we go boys….
Anyone who thinks Cook is a good pitcher because he pitched a couple of good games (out of 14) is delusional. He’s not good; the Yankees hitters are bad. Stop drinking the cool-aid and face reality for a change. Blind optimism does nobody any good, least of all the one who practices it.
The Grandy Man!!
There we go!!!
Dontcha Know?
Grandy!!!
The Grandy Man!!
No sabes???!!!!
Gotta keep tacking on
Of course, only 1 man on base.
Cano made Cook look like a AA pitcher there. That was such a smooth swing.
FINALLY, they are hitting the ball. His pitches are garbage, it was only time, just frustrating to see it take until the 4th inning, but I have a feeling Cook isn’t going to last much longer.
Holy Canolli——
Seriously now…..Granderson just hit a sinker that didn’t sink…Cook has been leaving the ball up the whole night, he doesn’t even have good stuff… The stats just show the results of such a poor pitcher…And Cano rests the case, this guy should be pounded more times than not
nice hit A-Rod
Let the big boys play homerun derby Swish… go dance in the dugout.
Niblick, don’t let his ER in the last 6 games get in the way of whatever you choose to think.
Aaron is cooked! And Yanks are cookin’!
Ca-Yes!
Man Ibanez barely missed that one…. that was another hanger.
Sinatra’s version , ” New York, New York,” on la radio – plus, just retrieved a , ” Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” poster a neighbour just threw out on their lawn. LOL! – pretty good nite uh? Mild climes et all.
It’s seriously time to consider giving Dickerson more playing time in LF. Ibanez and Jones are beyond shot.
Jerkface September 12th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Kay did not agree with Trisha. He was incredulous at how bad Cook’s numbers are and how he has stifled the lineup. Leiter says they are swinging at some bad pitches, Cone said to wait for the 2nd time through. Both said there were hittable pitches that are simply being missed.
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JF,
I was joking….But in any event, if Kay says something usually the opposite is the right call
jmills-
3 days until that nhl lockout
That’s what a team like the Yankees is supposed to do against a pitcher like Aaron Cook. I like it.
I was listening to sports radio today and they were talking about the O’s run differential. Their success of course rests on winning low-scoring 1-run games.
That’s huge. I’d love to be able to win low-scoring one-run games.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Niblick, don’t let his ER in the last 6 games get in the way of whatever you choose to think
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You’re insane if you think Cook is a good pitcher.
I’d rather have Garcia or my Grandma start for the Yanks.
Now I’m looking forward to seeing Phelps not give it all back right away.
Cook has given up 3 runs in 4 innings for an ERA of 6.50, that’s about par for the course for him.
He isn’t terrible, just isn’t particularly good.
Just because a pitcher has a high ERA as a starter doesn’t mean he’s throwing BP up there, every major league pitcher can shut down a lineup for awhile.
yankeefeminista September 12th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
The Grandy Man!!
No sabes???!!!!
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Long time no hear this!!!
As long as Chavez wants to play, I’d love to have him on the bench. He’s still useful.
“You’re insane if you think Cook is a good pitcher.
I’d rather have Garcia or my Grandma start for the Yanks.”
Stop crying and get it right. This is what I said. I stand by it.
“Cook hasn’t been as awful as you think. Check out his stats. He’s had some really good games – and a few stinkers too. But lately not terrible.”
Rays came back 2-2
Just because a pitcher has a high ERA as a starter doesn’t mean he’s throwing BP up there
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No, the .300 average against means that he is throwing BP up there
Trisha – oh yeah, a 5.06 ERA over the last 6 games is REALLY good, isn’t it? Awesome, wicked good.
Wow a mistake by Ciriaco.
A run worse than the league average ERA is ‘not terrible’?
Too bad Idiot Joe keeps Chavie stuffed in a clubhouse locker when the Yanks face lefthanders.
Luis, si si
Trenton is getting rocked 7-1; Austin with a homer.
Man, it would have been nice to get a 2 out clutch hit there…. good inning though.
Tryler, not to worry! You’re in a race !!!
Can’t believe Cano finally hit 30 hr
jmills-
I’d rather watch the Blues than Yankees at this point haha.
I’m glad good things are happening.. it makes it easier to switch over to watch Britney cry like a baby on Xfactor (these are the moments I miss Erin the most since I know no one else on here cares lol..*tear*..)
Once again the long ball is needed. It is what it is. 4 – 22 when they don’t hit a HR.
This team must have HR’s.
I like how the lovely people that work at fenway went out of their way to put Baltimore on top of New York on the fenway standings.
My stinkhole could expel better gas than Aaron Cook’s right arm.
Now we need Phelps to shut down the Sox and buck the trend of giving runs back everytime the other team scores.
Now Phelpsie has to shut down the sox.
BA w/RISP is overrated.
@Tabbert–Baltimore technically has the tiebreaker, although all that would get them is home field in a playoff game.
Shame Spencer September 12th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
I’m glad good things are happening.. it makes it easier to switch over to watch Britney cry like a baby on Xfactor (these are the moments I miss Erin the most since I know no one else on here cares lol..*tear*..)
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Is she mentally stable again?
Tyler,…enjoy what you can get, mon ami – Guy Lafleur is waiting for another day.
Let me guess the smurf will hit a home run in this inning.
Tyler September 12th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Shame Spencer September 12th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
I’m glad good things are happening.. it makes it easier to switch over to watch Britney cry like a baby on Xfactor (these are the moments I miss Erin the most since I know no one else on here cares lol..*tear*..)
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Is she mentally stable again?
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No. Would anyone want to watch her on tv if she were?
Trisha, no matter how they attack you, I’m in your corner. You are one of the reasons along with Luis & Yankeefem & 4NYY & TominGa & those type of optomistic fans that make me come back day after day….
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 8:17 pm
“You’re insane if you think Cook is a good pitcher.
I’d rather have Garcia or my Grandma start for the Yanks.”
Stop crying and get it right. This is what I said. I stand by it.
“Cook hasn’t been as awful as you think. Check out his stats. He’s had some really good games – and a few stinkers too. But lately not terrible.”
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…. Stop crying….
Maybe you should get a clue.
Shame-
That’s a very good point haha.
MG – this all started because ButtSmacker said Cook was “AWFUL” and I thought it was good for him to know that he hadn’t been terrible lately. Which is exactly what I said.
But you do not suggest that to anyone who believes that the Yankee offense should knock the crap out of every pitcher. They’d rather not hear anything that disagrees with their feelings.
And I apparently hurt the feelings of any who prefer to think he’s AWFUL.
Whatever.
Captain Clutch September 12th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Let me guess the smurf will hit a home run in this inning.
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Only a double. Try again next week.
Hope he can keep the lead not like his counterpart cc an koroda
know that he hadn’t been terrible lately.
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He literally gave up 6 runs 2 starts ago.
Here we go again. The lead is safe for exactly one out.
Cook with an 8.31 ERA in his last 2 games
I was optimistic when Steve Bowling was playing for the Jays. ( Threw out 3 runners in 1 game – ’77 )
Rock on, Trish.
What a joke this staff is. They must lead the league in giving runs back the very next inning
Sorry only a double on an 0-2 pitch right down the middle. Yankee pitchers have made really poor 0-2 pitches recently. This is the start of giving all of the runs back.
Didnt realize we are 27 and 29 since the AAG . I knew it wasnt great but i didnt know we have a losing record.
Phelps’ curve not working this inning
Get more!
Atta boy
Could have been worse…. the offense needs to keep adding.
Ok keep the hits coming here!
It’s funny how the Yanks keep making mistakes over the plate to the smurf. Who is the only real threat in the lineup.
I won a bet when I predicted this morning the Yankees would score then give runs back the next half inning… Happens every day!!!
You are right about our pitchers giving to much of the plate on 0-2 counts. Sometimes accountability goes to the pitching coach as well as the pitchers.
Gotta keep tacking on.
Aaron Cook’s ERA (excluding today):
last game – 3.00
last 2 games – 8.31
last 3 games – 6.75
last 4 games – 6.86
last 5 games – 6.12
last 6 games – 5.06
last 7 games – 5.89
last 8 games – 6.64
last 9 games – 6.32
I guess “lately” means exactly one game. Ha!
ButtSmacker September 12th, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Ghostwriter September 12th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
A-Jax might not be a superstar but he is a .300 hitter and nearly .400 OBP guy.
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This year. How about he does it for a couple of years in a row before we declare him a .300 hitter?
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Fair, but you have to admit he has shown remarkable improvement over last year.
Considering their contracts/team control every GM in baseball would prefer a 25 year old A-jax going forward over 31 year old Grandy… This is really not disputable.
I’m just happy Grandy crapped the bed before we gave him a big long term contract… ***Silver Lining***
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He has improved a lot, and he looks like he could be a keeper. I seem to recall many of the experts on this blog declaring him overrated. At any rate, it’s all water under the bridge. I like Grandy: He seems like a really nice kid, and he’s a pretty solid player (if somewhat streaky). You won’t catch me bemoaning that trade, even if AJax blossoms into an AllStar. The truth is that AJax wasn’t ready when th Yanks needed him. The timing just didn’t work out. It happens.
To the Top and Jeter again to get it started.
More runs please. Pound this AWFUL pitcher.
Jerkface September 12th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
A run worse than the league average ERA is ‘not terrible’?
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not that I really give a crap but Cook has a 5.17 ERA this year, that puts him in the same league as Tim Lincecum, Francisco Liriano, Ervin Santana, and Jason Marquis and better than Ricky Romero and some others.
My point, which of course gets lost and taken out of context, is that any major league pitcher can get outs and put up some zeroes in a game. It doesn’t mean that every pitch he throws gets knocked all over the park.
He’s given up 3 runs in 4 innings, that’s a higher ERA than his season average. I don’t see a guy out there throwing BP stuff like I’ve seen from Garcia at times this year or the infamous Kei Igawa, who should have given his infielder suits of armor at times to keep them from getting killed line drives.
Dumb Phillies want to crawl back into the race. Craziness.
“Trisha, no matter how they attack you, I’m in your corner. You are one of the reasons along with Luis & Yankeefem & 4NYY & TominGa & those type of optomistic fans that make me come back day after day….”
Thanks jackamir. I forget that it becomes a waste of time to try to reason with high emotion.
In terms of being attacked, I always consider the source and then apply perspective depending upon the quality of what the person tends to offer on the forum. That usually causes me to basically ignore whatever they’re saying.
UnKnown-
The Cardinals are down late in their game so the Phils might be only 3 games out after today. It’s crazy that they could start Halladay in a playin game to the 1 game playoff, start Lee in the 1 game wildcard playoff, and still have Hamels ready to go for the NLDS lol.
About Ajax and Grandy….The trade made sense then…Nowadays it wouldn’t…Meaning that we better start trading present for future, not the other way around
El Capitan!!
Jeter is running better. Way to go Jeet. Good AB
Wrong part of the park… Grandy crushed that one too.
And man, Ellsbury’s arm might be worse than Damons….
Did you see how shallow the RF was covering Arod?
Tyler – I know. But that is what happens when you when 6 straight and 14 out of the last 18 I believe. You can get back into the race.
Phillies are this years Cards.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Thanks jackamir. I forget that it becomes a waste of time to try to reason with high emotion.
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Or just that people take an objective look at stats….
I do love your homer posts though, quite hilarious, please keep them coming.
i love watching jeter still playing great baseball while nomar can only talk about him.
Luis, I want Cano for next year, Hech starts at SS. How do we arrange this ?
Phillies threatening to make the playoffs with a 500 record. Well done Bud you have achieved Hockey and Basketball status
UnKnown-
I think the biggest question mark is whether their lineup can stay hot but the pitching is scary. No team in the NL wants a matchup against them 1st round.
luis September 12th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
About Ajax and Grandy….The trade made sense then…Nowadays it wouldn’t…Meaning that we better start trading present for future, not the other way around
El Capitan!!
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It still makes sense in retrospect. We needed an AllStar centerfielder three years ago, and we got one. Ajax looks like he might become an AllStar caliber player three years after the fact. And it’s not as if AJax has already surpassed Grandy.
jerkface your cherrypicking one stat tells me you are into your arguing for the sake of it, something you love to do. I gave the ER for the last 6 games. Since it didn’t comport with your notion of Cook you’ve spent the last hour trying to discredit it.
At this point I don’t even know what you’re attempting to argue. But I know I’d rather watch the game. Maybe you can find another person’s post to attempt to pull apart and get that person into an argument.
GO YANKS!!!
Wow, that was quite a play!
Yeah I hope to see that for years to come also…. he won’t hit more than .175 in the big leagues. Take it to the bank.
If Cano wasn’t jogging it would have been much closer at 1st base. But of course why hustle for a hit.
Jeter is my Hero.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
jerkface your cherrypicking one stat tells me you are into your arguing for the sake of it, something you love to do. I gave the ER for the last 6 games. Since it didn’t comport with your notion of Cook you’ve spent the last hour trying to discredit it.
At this point I don’t even know what you’re attempting to argue. But I know I’d rather watch the game. Maybe you can find another person’s post to attempt to pull apart and get that person into an argument.
GO YANKS!!!
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this thread is starting to remind me of the argument clinic sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y
I honestly dont miss Tex at all, sure he helps this team but mostly with his glove. I just dont think he does anything for our lineup at all… Well naybe a HR very rarely but Aside from ’09 he’s been a major disapointment for me!
Way to hustle Jones err Cano!!
I hope we dont give cano more then 16mil for 6 ! Its not the same economy, just look at the last few contracts out there.
jmills,
Hello sir….About cano, keep dreaming
Ghost,
What i meant to say is that I liked the trade then, but if I had a CF prospect about to break to the bigs right now, I wouldn’t trade him… We need to get younger in a hurry.
The downfall of the 2012 NY Yankees: hitting with RISP.
Ghostwriter September 12th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
It still makes sense in retrospect. We needed an AllStar centerfielder three years ago, and we got one. Ajax looks like he might become an AllStar caliber player three years after the fact. And it’s not as if AJax has already surpassed Grandy.
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Ajax’s year is night and day better than Grandy’s year… It’s not even close.
Ajax is 25 and getting better, Grandy is 31 and likely shown his best.
“In terms of being attacked, I always consider the source and then apply perspective depending upon the quality of what the person tends to offer on the forum. That usually causes me to basically ignore whatever they’re saying.”
you talk about the ” quality of what the person tends to offer” and you listen to EEI?
hahahaha
good one
NYY_Girl_Penny September 12th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
I honestly dont miss Tex at all, sure he helps this team but mostly with his glove. I just dont think he does anything for our lineup at all… Well naybe a HR very rarely but Aside from ’09 he’s been a major disapointment for me!
Way to hustle Jones err Cano!!
I hope we dont give cano more then 16mil for 6 ! Its not the same economy, just look at the last few contracts out there.
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Yeah that Pujols contract was for pennies.
That could be the play that turns around Boston’s season.
That run that Bobby V. predicted starts now!
Trisha – you cherry picked your stat – exactly one start. That’s totally bogus.
Time to get the bullpen up. Phelps is missing location the last 2 innings. But Girardi will wait too long like he always does.
What’s EEI?
Don’t know what you guys are watching. Cano busted it out of the box and down the line. He slowed down as he reached 1B when he knew he was out.
Worthless garbage thrower.
Was Granderson shading him the other way?
Luis,…we are indeed lucky to be , ” breathing,” baseball my friend.
Duh .. I figured somebody would say Pujols..
I miss WCYF
NYY_Girl_Penny September 12th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Duh .. I figured somebody would say Pujols..
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So you knew how your own argument could be disproved? It’s good to see both sides of an issue… I guess
Jmills,
Sure we are
Nasty CB from Phelps…Atta boy!
Triple Short of a Cycle September 12th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
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Don’t say his name three times. He might appear
K
That was strike 3
Uno mas!
Phelps knows the yankees can’t score so he better get out this
EEI is a Boston sports radio station.
Nice work by Phelps.
K Fist pump!
That’s clutch pitching.
BIG K!!!!! awesome pitch
Fist pump dance by phelps!
Great job by Phelps… The “kid” is a winner
Nice job Phelps!! For as good as Iglesias is in the field, he’s equally as bad with the bat.
Big Boy Pitching!!
First name David Last name Phelps. Doing it tonight.
I really like Phelps’s competitiveness.
Well done, Phelps!
So reminds me of Mussina…
“Trisha – you cherry picked your stat – exactly one start. That’s totally bogus.”
No in fact I talked about 6 starts if you go back and read my original post. Posters cherrypicked lines out of my posts and turned ithe thing into a whole new argument, one I never attempted to make.
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“Or just that people take an objective look at stats….”
And when you do that for the first time on this forum let me know. I thought I was actually doing you a favor by letting you know that Cook had had some starts lately that weren’t “AWFUL” – in fact three quality starts in his last 6 games, and another where he allowed 2 ER in 5 plus innings – but apparently you did not want to hear that. I did it as a heads-up in case he had another quality start.
Trust me, I won’t bother doing that again.
Ghostwriter, that vid is hysterical. Thanks for sharing that.
“Vintage” Phelps so far.
“EEI is a Boston sports radio station.”
Yes, kill me because I enjoy listening to sports radio when I’m in the car and that’s the one that comes in most clearly for me.
Phelps has so many guts, just knows how to pitch
Tyler. K, thnx.
6 starts – 5.06 ERA – not good – not even close – not even in the ballpark. Not when the league ERA is 4.09. So if you’re not cherry picking, then I guess you just don’t know good from bad.
I can imagine WEEI being really entertaining lol.
Nicky with the two bagger. Let’s fatten up that lead, boys.
Oh no – a runner in scoring position. Couldn’t Swish have just stopped at first and waited for the homer?
Good at bat from Swisher…Boy! Do I wish he could do that on a consistent basis…He would be such a good ball player.
UnKnown September 12th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Phelps is going to shine tonight and suck everyone into being a Phelps believer again.
Shack has done zilch down the stretch as the tigers flounder. He might be an all star on the future, or not.
Excellent job by Phelps to get out of that inning unscathed. I did not expect that outcome.
rough night trisha?
i would think you’d to be happy the yankees are beating the red sox.
i know i’m enjoying the yankees beating them so far.
I’m on my phone…..shack was typed in as Ajax
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
And when you do that for the first time on this forum let me know. I thought I was actually doing you a favor by letting you know that Cook had had some starts lately that weren’t “AWFUL” – in fact three quality starts in his last 6 games, and another where he allowed 2 ER in 5 plus innings – but apparently you did not want to hear that. I did it as a heads-up in case he had another quality start.
Trust me, I won’t bother doing that again.
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Is it possible for Freddy to pitch a good game? Of course.
Is it possible for Carlos Zambrano to pitch a good game? Of course
Is it possible for Jon Lackey to pitch a good game? Of Course.
Regardless of the possibility of these pitchers throwing a good game, they are still AWFUL.
You are clueless.
“6 starts – 5.06 ERA – not good – not even close – not even in the ballpark. Not when the league ERA is 4.09. So if you’re not cherry picking, then I guess you just don’t know good from bad.”
Most rational people would say that 3 out of 6 quality starts and another with 2 runs in 5+innings is hardly “bad”.
But whatever Niblick. I can’t consider you a real rational source since what you offer here is always negative.
Phelps has heart…It’s a shame that he didn’t got his chance sooner…We may not be even in the pickle we are right now…But that how things work out sometimes
“Is it possible for Freddy to pitch a good game? Of course.
Is it possible for Carlos Zambrano to pitch a good game? Of course
Is it possible for Jon Lackey to pitch a good game? Of Course.”
Is it possible for you to make a consistent argument to the one I made? If you can, let me know.
That was a wasted at bat
Trisha – and what you have to say is, unfortunately, nonsense not supported by fact.
“rough night trisha?”
Not rough. Wearying.
Bobby V outmanaged Joe Girardi here. He knew Joe would put in the RH batters.
“Trisha – and what you have to say is, unfortunately, nonsense not supported by fact.”
Fine. Then there is no need to discuss it further.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Is it possible for you to make a consistent argument to the one I made? If you can, let me know.
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Do you live in an insane asylum?
Serious question… I apologize if you find it offensive.
By Trisha’s standards there are no bad pitchers in baseball, because any major league starter that gets an extended opportunity will pitch a few good or decent games here or there.
Let Nunez bat for crying out loud!!
“I miss WCYF”
So you’re the one.
Come on, Druwster. Good AB.
Austin homer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....e=youtu.be
Trenton on the comeback trial, now trailing 7-5, top of the 7th.
…wait…I thought bunting is guaranteed to always score the run!
At least everybody thought so last week.
Ichiro obviously can’t bunt so I don’t know why he keeps trying to do it.
Bbbtone, I guess bobby v had that walk worked into his gameplan…Damn, outmanaged again!
“By Trisha’s standards there are no bad pitchers in baseball, because any major league starter that gets an extended opportunity will pitch a few good or decent games here or there.”
All this because I had the temerity to give Cook’s ER for the last 6 games.
LMAO!!!!
Tell you what. You and anyone else still thrown by what I said can talk to each other or talk to the hand.
I’m so done with the three of you it isn’t funny.
I think I’ll now go and enjoy the game.
By Trisha’s standards there are no bad pitchers in baseball
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The only bad pitchers are the ones who aren’t actually playing because they are so bad in this bizarro universe.
Can’t waste this oppo here. Games have been lost by not scoring in these oppo’s for the past month.
( Trust me, I wont be doing this again )
Trish, I have no problem with that logic. Sometimes,…. you strip things off your soles.
Thanks YF for the link…He doesn’t look tall or big, but he does have pop…
I don’t think Ichiro hustled down the line on that play
Swisher could have tried to score there.
Nice error. I think Ichiro and all of the older bench players have run out of gas.
Jones went in hard. Gotta give him his props.
“I miss WCYF”
No need, he’s here.
“Do you live in an insane asylum?
Serious question… I apologize if you find it offensive.”
I think it was that kind of comment that got you tossed last time.
In fact, it might have been that very “question”, only posed as a statement, with the faux apology that followed, and your statement that you were being serious.
He left Stew out there.
Pinch hit for Chavez and Ibanez with 2 guys that are worse than those 2. And when it came time for an upgrade with Martin over Stew, he chooses not to.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
“I miss WCYF”
No need, he’s here.
“Do you live in an insane asylum?
Serious question… I apologize if you find it offensive.”
I think it was that kind of comment that got you tossed last time
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I will take that as a yes… Enjoy the crazy house.
Also, thanks for clarifying tonight that your posts are posts that I should ignore.
Can the yankees score without hitting a homerun they are pathetic if they lose
Despite the fact that he pitched a really good game, Cook’s good ERA actually rose today.
Damn Stewart keeping swinging at the 1st pitch with guys on base. The opposing team never helps out the Yanks like that. They have to be patient to try and add on some runs otherwise the Sox will win this game late like they usually do against the Yanks. Robertson definitely isn’t available.
Solid outing by David Phelps. 5 innings plus one run (so far) you cant ask for anything better from this guy. Too bad the Yankees hate scoring runs and love stranding runners.
“Also, thanks for clarifying tonight that your posts are posts that I should ignore.”
I’ve heard that from you before, yet you always come back for more. I think you just can’t help yourself. Feel free to continue with your predictable pattern. I await the opportunity to get you tossed again WC.
See ya now.
God this team really blows with RISP.
Really no excuse for a guy like Nix who has a chance with the Yankees this year – cannot execute a fundamental bunt when needed.
Big Bad Boss Tone Ian September 12th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
He left Stew out there.
Pinch hit for Chavez and Ibanez with 2 guys that are worse than those 2. And when it came time for an upgrade with Martin over Stew, he chooses not to
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Yes taking Chavez out of the game is confusing. Even more confusing is putting in Andrew Jones. The binder really really loves Andrew Jones.
Are Hobbits birthed or hatched?
That inning is why we haven’t won 2 games in a row for a month. Well one of the reasons at least.
You don’t tack on and then you’re left holding the bag in the 9th when you lose. Darnit.
That looked like a strike
Why is A drew Jones in left not melky mesa.girardi coaching timid
Stranding runners? Are you kidding? They’re 1-22 with RISP these last two games. That’s not stranding. That’s homicide.
Get someone up, Phelps has been somewhat lucky. Ellsbury with a tough AB.
UnKnown September 12th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
That inning is why we haven’t won 2 games in a row for a month. Well one of the reasons at least.
You don’t tack on and then you’re left holding the bag in the 9th when you lose. Darnit
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Agree! However, it is hard to believe it has been two months since this team won 2 games in a row. Yet its true. wow.
GIDP
Big DP off the bat of the future hall of famer
“Solid outing by David Phelps. 5 innings plus one run (so far) you cant ask for anything better from this guy. Too bad the Yankees hate scoring runs and love stranding runners.”
So far he’s been really good. I really thought that he would melt against the pressure of pitching to the vaunted rivalry. I hope he can keep it up.
This is the kind of pitching that is critical if the Yanks are going to advance.
Niblick September 12th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Despite the fact that he pitched a really good game, Cook’s good ERA actually rose today.
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Well. It’s just about par for the course for him. That’s what a 5.17 ERA pitcher is: He gives up about 3 runs in 5 innings. It ain’t good, but ain’t that bad either…
This smurf is so annoying
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 12th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
“Solid outing by David Phelps. 5 innings plus one run (so far) you cant ask for anything better from this guy. Too bad the Yankees hate scoring runs and love stranding runners.”
So far he’s been really good. I really thought that he would melt against the pressure of pitching to the vaunted rivalry. I hope he can keep it up.
This is the kind of pitching that is critical if the Yanks are going to advance
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Agree. However to be fair this “vaunted rivalry” is not quite what it usually is. There is a lot of holes in the boston line-up. Still solid job by phelps.
Rays had men on second and third with 1 out and did not score. You replay that scenario when they play the Yankees and they score 10 times out of 10.
i have a little problem listening to garciappara talking about opposing fans and respect.
when i saw him in the cape league for the orleans cardinals as a college senior weighing like 135 pounds and then 2-3 years later seeing him having bulging arms like the incredible hulk for the red sox.
sorry, but if any one did steroids it was nomar.
i have zero respect for him.
Huge DP!
I think Jones must be the author of the binder.
Ghostwriter September 12th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Niblick September 12th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Despite the fact that he pitched a really good game, Cook’s good ERA actually rose today.
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Well. It’s just about par for the course for him. That’s what a 5.17 ERA pitcher is: He gives up about 3 runs in 5 innings. It ain’t good, but ain’t that bad either…
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Pitcher’s who have a 5.17 ERA aren’t bad?
“Agree. However to be fair this “vaunted rivalry” is not quite what it usually is. There is a lot of holes in the boston line-up. Still solid job by phelps.”
Good point. But yes, solid job nonetheless.
Best start by a Yankee pitcher in a while. And he probably won’t get another start…
Great Job Phelpsy!!
Please don’t let this game slip through our fingers.
Well. It’s just about par for the course for him. That’s what a 5.17 ERA pitcher is: He gives up about 3 runs in 5 innings. It ain’t good, but ain’t that bad either…
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3 runs in 5 innings is a 5 ERA but a pitcher with a 5 ERA simply isn’t that consistent.
In fact I’d wager that most pitchers with a 5 ERA are pretty good for some starts and then give up a lot of runs in their other starts. Like ricky romero (9 starts 5+ runs) or lincecum (9 starts 5+ runs).
Its why I say that if you could sign a pitcher that is guaranteed to give you the mininum quality start every start (6 IP 3 ER) every time in baseball would be lining up to sign them. The fact is guys who pitch to a 4.5+ ERA tend to not be that consistent
people were knocking Swisher for his first base play the other night . he’s pretty damn good in a position he doesn’t play normally , imo
That was a good game for Phelps. He’s a good pitcher.
Reynolds 0-3 with 3 k’s… yet another thing that would not happen vs us. Lol
372 comments and 300 about an opposing bad pitcher. Are you people watching a ballgame or doing the last word, thingy.
the yankee issue right now as I see it is teams need to be able to win tight 3-2, 2-1 4-3 type games. The yankees have shaky starting pitching, shaky bull-pen, and lousy clutch hitting. That combo makes winning these tight one run games difficult to win.
UnKnown September 12th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Huge DP!
I think Jones must be the author of the binder.
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Meat tray gave Andruw the nude picks of Joe, so he could blackmail him for playing time
Jack Curry ?@JackCurryYES
In Boston’s last 5 at bats with runners on base, Phelps has produced 2 DPs, 2 strikeouts and an infield pop out. Excellent pitching.
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Stinks that we lost Chavez for the night who had two doubles just to PH for Jones.
yup Phelps was great
Niblick September 12th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
That was a good game for Phelps. He’s a good pitche
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Yeah I like him. He kinda reminds me of a young Mike Mussina. He sort of looks like him. He’s got some upside.
Jeter in line to pass willie mays on the all time hits list at Yankee Stadium.
Pedroia’s wife picked a good time to go into labor. Get the smurf out of the game.
Jeet!!
Congratulations to Dustin Pedroia and family. Best wishes for a well deserved paternity leave.
The Grandy Man can!!
It looks like grandy woke up just in time
With a man on base yaay!!
No RISP though
Pedroia is racing towards the Shire while Grandy homers again? Nice!
It’s truly amazing. If he wasn’t such a homerun hitter, he would be a AAA player. Granderson that is.
Curtis with a little power surge now again as of late.
Thanks Aceves always nice of you to be so giving. You Thug.
There we go!!
as I said last night I think Granderson is going to get hot I think people greatly underestimated how hard it was for him to play center field every single day all summer long . I think that now with some rest he’s going to start killing the ball again
Jerkface September 12th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Well. It’s just about par for the course for him. That’s what a 5.17 ERA pitcher is: He gives up about 3 runs in 5 innings. It ain’t good, but ain’t that bad either…
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3 runs in 5 innings is a 5 ERA but a pitcher with a 5 ERA simply isn’t that consistent.
In fact I’d wager that most pitchers with a 5 ERA are pretty good for some starts and then give up a lot of runs in their other starts. Like ricky romero (9 starts 5+ runs) or lincecum (9 starts 5+ runs).
Its why I say that if you could sign a pitcher that is guaranteed to give you the mininum quality start every start (6 IP 3 ER) every time in baseball would be lining up to sign them. The fact is guys who pitch to a 4.5+ ERA tend to not be that consistent
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That’s a fair point. In fact, I’m a little surprised that those sabermetrics types haven’ worked harder to develop some measures of dispersion like standard deviations. That’s where the risk lies. On any given night (obviously, not every night out) I would sign up for 3 runs and 5 innings from a starter; the problem is that a guy that tends to pitch to 5.4 ERA is a heck of a lot more likely to get lit for 6 runs in 2 innings than a guy with a 3.4 ERA.
I hope that Arod isn’t starting to struggle. They need his bat.
What do you suppose Arod is looking for there exactly?
That at bat looked awful.
At times he looks just so lost up there.
At least swing at it.
I can’t take ARod. It’s like he’s a cricket player in slow motion.
Hope Pedroia takes tomorrow off also
A hot Granderson could really help for the next couple of weeks with Teix out…
Granderson is like a left handed Mark Reynolds who can play CF and has speed.
At this point, I’ll take runs anyway I can.
Wow – I’ve never actually seen a cricket player in slow motion, but that’s a funny image.
Shoot those birds and kill sux
The Phillies are only 3 games out of the wild card and are about to open a four game series vs the ASTROS. They just might get within a game this weekend.
Tabbert September 12th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
The Phillies are only 3 games out of the wild card and are about to open a four game series vs the ASTROS. They just might get within a game this weekend.
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I knew that it was only a matter of time before they got hot. Unfortunately for them they have to pass two teams ahead of them, and they don’t get to play either one.
Nobody rings a bell to tell you when a slump is going to end. The only thing you can know for sure is that it will.
Welcome back Grandy and Swish.
That’s a fair point. In fact, I’m a little surprised that those sabermetrics types haven’ worked harder to develop some measures of dispersion like standard deviations. That’s where the risk lies. On any given night (obviously, not every night out) I would sign up for 3 runs and 5 innings from a starter; the problem is that a guy that tends to pitch to 5.4 ERA is a heck of a lot more likely to get lit for 6 runs in 2 innings than a guy with a 3.4 ERA.
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Yes pretty much. A bad night for CC Sabathia might be 3 runs in 5 or 6 innings, because if he pitched like people expect a 3 ERA pitcher to pitch every game, he’d hardly ever give up any runs. The pitchers with high ERAs are more likely to put base runners on, give up damage pitches, get lit up in a game, etc.
I’d like a kind of standard dev stat too.
Tabbert says:
September 12, 2012 at 9:36 pm
The Phillies are only 3 games out of the wild card and are about to open a four game series vs the ASTROS. They just might get within a game this weekend.
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Except they’ve had a hard time with the Astros the last few years for whatever reason.
That’s the Phelps I know….aggressive….spotting that 2 seamer….using all his pitches. He looked normal again and not tentative…..he was very good tonight….
Nice to see Granderson alive and kicking…..he could have had 3 bombs tonight. We should have scored more off Cook…..but I’ll take a 5-1 lead.
Congrats to Pedroia….hope everything goes well and he spends tomorrow with his family
Hey Blake,
Good post…Spot on
Luis…….David Phelps is a keeper
Don’t discount the Astros; they’re practically an AL team.
Phelps big time tonight…..hey Luis and Pat M.
blake September 12th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Congrats to Pedroia….hope everything goes well and he spends tomorrow with his family
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I believe that even Saurun send a postcard to Fro… sorry Pedey
I love scoring runs off Aceves.
Pete Abraham ?@PeteAbe
Aceves walked around the back of the mound to leave the game. Showing up the manager, any manager, is not a good thing to do
The Astros haven’t been good for a while now but I don’t think they’ve ever been this bad.
Fake Peter Gammons ?@FakePeteGammons
I wish I was having Dusty Pedroias baby right now. This is Peter Gammons. #RedSox #WombEnvy
LOL….oh G. Love
Pat M. September 12th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Luis…….David Phelps is a keeper
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Yes, he is. Assuming Andy is put back in the rotation in the next week, or so, who gets sent to the ‘pen: Phelps or Nova?
Dear Athletics,
Please Sweep Baltimore this weekend.
- All Yankees Fans.
Schilling isn’t terrible as an announcer…..I feel like I have to hate him but he’s pretty fair and gives good insight…..you can tell he respects the Yanks.
Hey Pat M,
In deed, he is a keeper.
Did anyone else notice the clown feet of the pitcher? Geez are his feet long.
luis September 12th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
blake September 12th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Congrats to Pedroia….hope everything goes well and he spends tomorrow with his family
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I believe that even Saurun send a postcard to Fro… sorry Pedey
Phelps to the pen.
Aceves seems to be a huge douche. Kinda glad he’s on the Sox.
Pete Abraham ?@PeteAbe
As mentioned before, #Yankees didn’t release Aceves because of performance. #RedSox finding that out now. He’s hard to deal with
yea they said it was because of his back and that probably had a lot to do with it….but the fact that he’s a jerk probably was a factor as well.
blake September 12th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Schilling isn’t terrible as an announcer…..I feel like I have to hate him but he’s pretty fair and gives good insight…..you can tell he respects the Yanks.
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I kind of feel the same way, like I’m supposed to hate him, but it’s hard not to like how he goes about his business (as a pitcher and an announcer).
Why do folks think Aceves is a jerk?
Iglesias is sick with the glove…..but he has one of the wettest noodles for a bat I’ve ever seen at the big league level for a non-pitcher.
Question is when Pettitte returns who gets DFA’d?
“I kind of feel the same way, like I’m supposed to hate him, but it’s hard not to like how he goes about his business (as a pitcher and an announcer).”
oh as a pitcher he was unreal….I would have loved having him….strike throwing power pitcher…..best K/BB ratio in history.
nice fake Granderson !
Ghost,
it will depend on Nova’s next outing…If it goes ok, Nova stays….If he continues to struggle, they might give him another turn…In any case, i think they are both out of the PS rotation
Yea Grandy did a nice job selling that….but terrible baserunning by Salty. We need to limit this crap right here. Come on Joba
hey…. lets burn the bullpen today! we won’t need them the next four games or anything.
Cmon Joba!
And Schilling was a hell of a competitor. I would have taken him in a second.
Logan is definitely over used. It seems like he pitches in every single game. Robertson not being able tonight might really hurt them.
Girardi with an expanded roster is exhausting.
If Bud wants to speed along games this expanded roster nonsense needs to end.
September games are excruciating.
Now I know why Girardi is still the manager. YES (aka Hal) make so much money off of the commercials and 3 pitching changes per inning, that firing him makes no sense for his wallet.
*Disclaimer* I don’t hate Girardi, just a comment.
Rule of thumb with relief pitchers: the more of them you put in…..the greater chance one of them is going to suck that day.
I hope this is good Joba and not meatballs Joba.
I don’t know why these managers think that they HAVE to use all of these players on the roster.
3 pitchers threw 4 pitches
About Aceves…. I honestly don’t know, but he certainly has issues, that wasn’t a good way to show up to your manager…
Joba sighting!!
97!
I really don’t like that Joba throws so many sliders. It’s very weird that he throws that 90% of the time.
Power vs power here! That’s a coupla big country boys there!
Sweet Scoop Swish
Blake-
Rule of thumb with relief pitchers: the more of them you put in…..the greater chance one of them is going to suck that day.
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Just one?
At least this isnt the longest no run half inning in MLB history.
Nice play, Swish!
Good play Swish
swisher salad again !
That’s alright…. 1 more Joba!
good job Nix…good decision….good job Jobber. Get one more here.
Joba has always thrown too many sliders.
hung a slider.
Could Jones run any slower to the ball?
Not again, not again, not again, not again, not again, not again…. Not again!!!
Captain Clutch September 12th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Logan is definitely over used. It seems like he pitches in every single game. Robertson not being able tonight might really hurt them.
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I think that you’re right about that.
Oy, this was such a nice game… Why are they trying to flush it down the crapper?
Ghostwriter September 12th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
I don’t know why these managers think that they HAVE to use all of these players on the roster.
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I wish they use the position youngsters a little more
Why do folks think Aceves is a jerk?
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He gets into a fight with someone on the Sox or acts like a douche when Bobby V removes him from a game every few weeks.
Joba has the velocity but he’s still not getting the good depth on his sliders and he’s just throwing too many of them……
Yankee pitchers are so predictable.
He gets into a fight with someone on the Sox or acts like a douche when Bobby V removes him from a game every few weeks.
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Big Al also said he let his wife walk in on his rampant cheating or forced her to watch or whatever.
Great and he hangs a slider. I really don’t understand why they let him throw so many. Then batters are just sitting on it. If Robertson isn’t available they don’t have anyone to ptich the 8th inning. I think they are now starting to miss Mo. With him everyone was moved back an innning and now they only have 2 guys they can count on.
The Yankees pitchers seriously have a problem with giving runs right back after they score
Who pitches the 8th?
BoSox are getting real good swings on Joba……..If Nova pitches well down the stretch, David goes back to the bullpen regardless……He’ll be a factor in October as he good spell Joba in the 7th
Atta boy, Jobs.
nice play Jete…..limited damage there but they need to keep scoring…..even against the Paw Sox no lead is safe at Fenway.
Rothschild and Girardi said that they wanted Joba to throw more fastballs. I really don’t get the pitch calling when he is on the mound.
Need more runs before we see Rapada, Lowe, next inning.
I’ve been really big on joba when people were down on him the last few weeks but I had a feeling he might take a little step back tonight.
Coming back is a process of steps forward & backward then forward again.
Good job by the Jobber…Blake, about the slider, he threw a a few very good ones…The problem is the frequency that he throws it, he should mix a little bit more
Soriano is going to have to get at least a 4 out save isn’t he?
luis September 12th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Good job by the Jobber…Blake, about the slider, he threw a a few very good ones…The problem is the frequency that he throws it, he should mix a little bit more
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not really a good job, he inherited two runners in scoring position with one out and both scored…
Y’s
Wise words
luis,
yea he threw some good ones….but the problem is they aren’t all good…..he’s inconsistent with it and probably hangs I’d say 1 out of 3 or so….not shocking coming back from TJS.
Girardi managing like Robertson is available.
Worry about Robertson’s command.
Aviles is no Enrique Iglesias with the glove.
Need more runs before we see Rapada, Lowe, next inning.
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Rapada is burned already and God help us all if we’re counting on Lowe to get any meaningful outs tonight.
pinch running for Jones is the right move there…..but these September games are almost like little league games where everybody has to play.
MG,
Fair point….But at this point, i want him to work as much as he can, so he regains his form and command…As Pat points out, it wouldn’t be bad at all to have Phelps and Joba at top form in the BP.
Aviles knows he had about 20 minutes to make that play right
lucky.
MG…….The true evaluation of Joba Chamberlain will come next March…..As for allowing inherited runs to score, it’s been an issue with him for years now……
come on Ichiro
Very nice job. Exactly what I would’ve done, give Ichi one crack to get Chris over to 3rd. Now PH Stew.
next job by Ichiro…..I would have liked to see him bunt for a hit more there…..perfect sac bunt though.
Salty + a pitchout = still no chance
hit Martin here.
A safety squeeze!!! wow!!
why do you bunt Ichiro to get to Chris Stewart?
I can’t believe that Joey binder isn’t pinch hitting. This is a big run at 3rd base.
I thought sure they’d hit Martin here….come on Stewie.
As for allowing inherited runs to score, it’s been an issue with him for years now……
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His IS% (outside of 2012) has been under league average each year. He has actually been better at that than David Robertson.
Hit for Stewart? No?
Thank you for walking the nine man you dope.
Thank you very much for walking Stewie….
Girardi seems very confused about who to pinch hit for and who not to. Very weird to bunt to bring Stewart up.
Fear Stewart!
I would have pinch hit for Stew, but not with martin but with Nunez
No reason why Stewart should’ve gotten that AB there. In fact he should’ve been PH for last time up even.
Switch pitchers every batter and PH for Chavez but let Stewart hit. Cmon Joe.
Nice going Ichiro! Come on Jeter!
In 24hrs I’ll be on my way to NYC! Going to the game on Friday night, probably on Sunday too. Can’t wait to be with the family at the. Stadium!
If they put Padilla in then hit Tex…..he can walk around the bases!
Pat M. September 12th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
MG…….The true evaluation of Joba Chamberlain will come next March…..As for allowing inherited runs to score, it’s been an issue with him for years now……
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I’m not a big believer in Chamberlain at this point in his career but I want him to pitch well as long as he is a Yankee.
I just don’t regard letting two inherited runners score as a ‘good job’, particularly when he got away with at least one really bad hanging slider in addition to giving up the basehit by Aviles.
I don’t think he’s been used back to back many times so far, that could explain him not being quite as sharp as last night but again, I don’t make excuses for pitchers.
oh no!!
Noooo!
Pinch run for Stewart?
When Jeter started limp running at the end of that I said out loud o m f g
Damn it! Jeter’s limping!! Now that’s a gamer!
Crap. Not Jeter too
Jeter please don’t be hurt. These stupid DP’s everytime they have guys on base are getting these guys hurt.
He’s hurt. Oh no!
Oh man….
Oh crap. Jeter now? Another blow to this team they can’t afford.
Damn!! This isn’t good…. We can’t lose Jeter
This is the longest commercial break ever…keeping my fingers crossed that Jeter is somehow okay.
Cant lose jeter other than a game or two!
great just what we need Jeter getting hurt….the only one playing consistently hussling day in and day out
Oh No! probably that ankle…..hopefully it’s ok…they can’t lose him
Oh crap…
BloggingBombers Jeter is out of the game with some type of leg injury.
Maybe hyperextended the knee?
He may have tweaked his sore ankle.
I would take him out of the game
that might not be good, he landed on the base funny.
A high ankle sprain would really be the worst outcome, the Yankees can’t replace Jeter with the way he’s playing.
he got in between steps and lunged…..hopefully just tweaked the ankle and didn’t pull or tear anything.
Hopefully it’s only a couple of days and nothing big.
I’m guessing 15 days for Jeter
omg
Face……What’s Joba’s numbers on inheirted runs when compared to relievers with 50 innings or more ????? Jeter will get iced and wrapped and hopefully be ready for tomorrow…..
And now he is abusing Drob
have they finally solved this scrub Ciriaco?
BloggingBombers Totally amateur opinion: Jeter has been dealing with a bum ankle for a week, but that looked like it may be a calf. Either way, bad news.
I hope he’s wrong. Ugh
Darn it. Should have run Nunez for Stewart – and sent him.
Lots of posters were chanting for Nunez. This might be the opportunity to get him into the games.
That would probably be the final straw.
I thought either ankle or calf when it happened…..ankle would really probably be better if it’s not bad…..stupid calf injuries can take forever. They really need him to be ok…..can’t lose him
Trish,
not like this
Jeter is great. If he goes down – hoping he doesn’t of course – the rest of the team will have to step it up. Nunez would be the replacement I would think.
It is what it is.
come on DRob
Face……What’s Joba’s numbers on inheirted runs when compared to relievers with 50 innings or more ????? Jeter will get iced and wrapped and hopefully be ready for tomorrow…..
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He was above league average year by year and total. Better than D-rob year by year and total. League average is 29%, Joba is at 25%, D-rob 32%
I picked D-rob because he was the closest guy in age that I think of as being a great reliever. For example, Mariano Rivera is at 29%.
Have Alex play SS. Doesn’t he need 1 more hr to be the top HR hitting SS?
Is Girardi really managing this desperate against a last place team?
And here it is the 4 out save. I could see this coming since the 6th inning.
i know this is after the fact. But why not have Soriano go for the 4 out save before DRob gave up the hit?
“Is Girardi really managing this desperate against a last place team?”
they need this game pretty bad.
“Is Girardi really managing this desperate against a last place team?”
I guess he’s showing two things – one is that you respect all teams and take nothing for granted; two is that he wants this game, as he doesn’t want to potentially drop out of first place.
I see nothing wrong with either reason.
Pat M-
As of the 9th, Sept., Joba has allowed 6 of 13 inherited baserunners to score-from my USA Sports Weekly.
Blake–
Not so sure it’s Jeter’s ankle, might be his knee-hyperextended?
G. Love is the man!
Get through the 8th here and we should be alright.
Soriano can finish off the bottom of the order next inning rather stress free. I hope.
Go, Sori!
LGY September 12th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Is Girardi really managing this desperate against a last place team?
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When this team has a chance to win, you have to grab it.
Trader,
maybe….it did look like it was getting better the more he walked so maybe he’ll be ok….we have to hope
Last place team my ass. A wins a win at this point.
Cody Ross is always someone you want to get out of the way.
I don’t care about bringing Soriano so long as it ends with UNTUCK.
“Last place team my ass. A wins a win at this point.”
Yes
Take your pick as to which loss has been the worst over the past few weeks, but losing tonight would top them all.
That’s what I thought too, Yankee Trader
C’mon Soriano!
Alfonso Marquez gives the knees!!!!!
Or below
YES!!!
oooo….we got away with one there.
I hope that Soriano has something left for the 9th inning. Usually closers don’t. It’s really not good that the Yanks are struggling to win against a AAA Sox team. The pitching has been so average and every inning is a struggle.
this is a strike
I think Cody Ross is having a baby too.
oooo….we got away with one there.
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I’ll take it!
Marquez doesn’t take any crap either. I love it.
Ross looked like he was about to bash that umps brains in.
See Yaa!!
Lucky call. Don’t blame Ross for dropping the F-Bombs on the ump.
we deserve a call like that after that crap in Balitimore
Nice punchout Sori ……Face, I’m stunned by that number on Joba because for 2010-2011 he’s been bad with allowing runners to score …….Are you including his early years of 2007-08 ????
That ball was closer to the ground than the knees. LOL. Cody ross should be pissed.
What a struggle to hold on to this win against a bad team. No doubt the bottom of the 9th will be a roller-coaster ride too.
Ross definitely got jobbed on that pitch. Don’t blame him for being mad.
No scoring in Rays game since 3rd inning.
Wins against bad teams are equal to eons against good ones. Yankees need wins. Period
I think Bobby V is wondering which team in Japan he’ll be managing next year
blake September 12th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
have they finally solved this scrub Ciriaco?
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Some of his hits before were lucky.
Bobby V going nuts
I really had hopes that Ross would jack that umpire with the bat. He had the bat atop his head, I really thought it was gonna happen.
it might get him a heart attack
trisha – true pinstriped blue says:
September 12, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Ross definitely got jobbed on that pitch. Don’t blame him for being mad.
No scoring in Rays game since 3rd inning.
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Yeah he did. I think the delayed call by the ump didn’t help either
Ooh Valentine called the ump a effing #$@hole
What’s Valentine yammering about? I guess he wanted to get tossed hoping it would energize the team?
Valentine is pathetic screaming at the ump. It’s like he knows that everyone in Boston doesn’t like him and he is trying to win them over with that act. No reason to come out and cry like that.
When you see the screaming and anger that goes on, it makes you wonder how it is that punches aren’t thrown. It always looks to me that it’s going to happen!
Terrible call but I’ll take it!
A couple of insurance runs would be nice
good ump!
SJ doesn’t think the Yankees will win another game for the rest of the season if Jeter is hurt. LOL.
You still talk to this guy Pat M?
I thought it was a bad call, but looking at the side shot, it was above the knee, period. Most of the time they don’t get called, but those pitches should. Just like the strike right below the letters, that NEVER gets called, but according to MLB rule book, that is considered a strike.
I was amazed that was called a strike at first, but after seeing that replay its way closer than I thought. Still a ball though, but real close.
Face, I’m stunned by that number on Joba because for 2010-2011 he’s been bad with allowing runners to score
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Joba is really polarizing, so your own biases may just be creeping into it. He has NOT been good this year, but he was at 24% in 2010 and 20% in 2011. Both below league average which were 30% and 31%.
I think IS% is just a fluctuating stat. Even if you strike out guys and don’t give up a lot of hits it can STILL be hard to not give up an inherited runner because some guys will score on outs.
ThecSox are having a bad year but this is still Yankees vs Red Sox. I’m not sure the records matter.
I miss when Granderson had a chance against lefties.
And that’s how it goes. You get a call sometimes and sometimes you don’t.
Be nice to get some insurance here in the 9th.
I do think though that Sori will cruise through the 9th either way. The 8th was their last good crack at us.
I give you Arod the centaur, ladies and gentlemen..
Please not another injury
Glad it wasn’t Alex who didn’t get hurt this time
I couldn’t be an ump. I would not deal with that crap from managers. Baseball instigates it though. Think of other sports, how many people get thrown out for arguing? Not many, because not many people argue to the extent that baseball players/managers do. Arguing does nothing, even if the ump wants to change his mind, once the inning is over, it’s over.
Arod really isn’t running well……..he doesn’t look hurt really he just looks slow.
Look at all those empty seats. Red Sox nation………right
My heart just stopped seeing Alex on the ground
you can’t blame Valentine for going balllistic there, it was a very marginal pitch to call and the Sox have been so bad there has to be tons of frustration in all of them.
Dh is way top emotional to be a tweeter. I had to stop following him during the NBA finals. It was embarrasing.
Pat M-
This year Joba is allowing almost 50% of inherited baserunners to score.
Face……..I just don’t think Joba walks on water like many here did ……Hopefully he can rebound because it appeared that his head was right last season before going down……..
That strike 3 to Ross was a strike according to ESPN’s K Zone. A shame ESPN didnt show it because it agreed with a favorable call for the Yankees.
*SJ*
Cano might finish below .300…..
K zone is high then
ESPN did show it and it was in the K zone box right on the corner….but Schilling was right you virtually never see that pitch actually called a strike…..I’ll take it though.
Arod really isn’t running well……..he doesn’t look hurt really he just looks slow
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Not any slower than Jones or Tex or Cano out of the box.
Arod really isn’t running well
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It seems like the hip and leg injuries have zapped his speed. He looks healthy but he just can’t get the 2nd gear to run anymore.
I can’t blame Cano for K’ing there…..Miller is nasty on lefties when he can throw strikes.
Ok Nick!
Nice Charlie Brown!
Marquez throwing out everyone tonight.
Coney with the mustache shot at Bobby V. I love it.
Cmon now one more wall ball right here!
Swish is coming alive…
Orioles getting ready to walk off on the rays…
Bobby has been getting a lot of kudos lately for his managing style. What world is this lol..
play Machado just made was sick…..that kid is so good.
Ha ha Nick
Damn O walk off!
O’s magic > Rays magic
Dang
O’s win
Orioles win
Let Tex coach first base
Farnsworth just lost the game for the Rays
I was hoping the Rays would win….but if the Yanks hang on at least they’ll be 3 up on Tampa
Farnsworth allows 35% of inherited runners to score.
Showalter just stands there on top of the dugout like look at this world.
Good news is we gain a game on Maddon then.
Oh good here comes the nut. It seems like the Sox have a lot of them.
The Rays are the tougher team anyway. It’s ok to if they dig themselves a nice big hole.
well… if we win today we will be 3 games up for a playoff spot. So… We got that going for us.
Ok. Let’s close it out! Soriano can do this
You can’t say enough about this year’s O’s and Buck’s leadership.
I remember last season Betsy saying that it would take more than some luck in the month of September (I believe those were her words) for her to believe that the Showalters were for real.
Betsy, wherever you are, I would think that you are now a believer.
The Yankees need to win this game and tomorrow-the O’s leave on a 6 game West Coast trip tomorrow after their game in St Pete-they aren’t going to be hitting all these home runs in Oakland and Seattle.
I’m rooting for the O’s to finish off the Rays and be the wild card, flying off to Oakland.
Now Tampa chokes.
We need good Sori, nice an easy inning please
Maybe the Dali Lama is a Yakees fan
Daniel Barbarisi ?@DanBarbarisi
Bobby V setting awesome records: his 6 ejections this season are the most ever by a Red Sox player or manager. See? He’s memorable!
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At some point that losses it’s effectiveness.
I’m not rooting for either 1 of those teams that’s bad luck . but I’m sure not unhappy that we might have a 3 game lead on tampa
Jeter got INJURED grounding into a DOUBLE PLAY, with RISP. That Literally sums up our entire season.
You coming to Oakland to. See that, Trader? If you, beers on me
One of my friends is the team chiropractor for the O’s during Spring Training and he’s gotten to know Showalter pretty well over the past couple of years.
He says that in private Showalter is a different guy, he has a great sense of humor, very dry.
Come on Soriano!!!
Grrr damn ipad
Bad.
Crap.
just gotta hang on to this 1
Aaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggghhhhhh
Dali Lama is a Yankee fan? hmmm, that can’t be good, ’cause he’s a liar.
this team just doesn’t make anything easy
The RS team seemed to be crumbling today. But they are 3 outs and 1 run away from tying the game and possibly winning it. Not good for the Yankees.
Where there’s a will, theres a way the Yankees are making this too interesting.
Whenever you ask a closer to come into the game in the 8th inning you are asking for trouble in the 9th inning. Even the great Rivera we saw it with him. Hopefully Soriano can close this one out now.
Blue is squeezing Sori, then he gives up the bomb…Gee i wonder what’ll happen next ?
Ok, whew!
WOW! I thought a homer, than for sure a double.
bad slider there, he is getting back to overusing it…
Why is Soriano throwing so many off speed pitches??? I don’t get it.
lord I thought that was gone or off the Monster at least
I thought that was a goner.
WOW! One out, two to go!
I am heavily assuming that Sori will get the save, despite that homer.
With that assumption, I have to say I always like seeing the Sux in positions like this because it brings them to the brink of euphoria, only to have it dashed in the end. This kind of thing happens to them a lot. I call it Ortiz karma.
Of course, here’s hoping I’m right!
Wow. That got my heart rate going.
Remember what Mo said!!
I miss Mo…..
This is why I don’t like the desperate managing the past two nights.
Girardi putting guys like Robertson and Soriano in spots they aren’t used to and may tire them out for this final sprint to the finish line
My heart isn’t liking this
sori’s you got nothing
Sori has to dog his way through 2 more outs here.
Come on.
These days there is no-one to trust in the bullpen.
Soriano doesn’t have it and there is nobody else to go to.
Yankee pitchers are getting beat by too many off speed pitches and bad sliders recently. I think Soriano is off because he hasn’t pitched a lot recently.
Enough with the sliders already.
High heat!!!
The Yankees shouldn’t be in this position. 0-13 RISP. Yet they have 5 runs. Homers. Go figure.
Good.
come on sori! hang on baby ! 1 more !
One more to go. Man, this game shouldn’t be so dramatic.
LGY
I agree.
And Sori says – I’m thinking I’ve earned more trust than this, gang.
Uno mas, Sori…….
Surprised no Lavarnway here.
Why is every game so hard? We should NOT be struggling this much vs a AAA team that is out of it.
God Jeter is tough
Ugh.
If Soriano didn’t touch it, or gloved it, that would have been an out.
This is ridiculous. Literally emblematic of the entire past month.
WTF Soriano!!
Inches from victory.
Great just what they needed a major leaguer at the plate….
“This is why I don’t like the desperate managing the past two nights. ”
the problem is that they don’t have many good relievers….they have Robertson, Soriano, Joba, and then a bunch of match up guys….
Jeter hopefully can DH tomorrow.
Please no walk-off here.
Check your cap
Come on, get Dumbsbury out. Please?
And Sux fans have even more reason to believe it’s not over.
Sori will get Ellsbury.
Too many sliders – RS making great contact.
Nothing is easy for this team. Nothing…
Untuck!
LIKE I SAID.
whew…..
Thank you.
Whew!!
Untuck
JobaTipsHisCap September 12th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Dali Lama is a Yankee fan? hmmm, that can’t be good, ’cause he’s a liar
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Just when you think you’ve seen everything on this board…
Whew!!
exhales….man I didn’t like seeing Ellsbury up there in that spot
THANK YOU. It shouldn’t be this hard to beat the craptastic RS.
Yay!
Wasn’t worried a whit – per usual.
Just lay a 12 spot on them tomorrow and end the game early.
Still tied
Night all. Anybody going to Friday’s game? I’ll be in section 230