Jun
11
Game 66: How about two over .500?
ByIf the Yanks are going to get to that magical two-games-over-.500 mark tonight, they have their work cut out for ‘em.
Three weeks ago, Justin Duchscherer was a David Ortiz single away from throwing a perfect game against the Red Sox. This year, he’s throwing to a 2.32 ERA, and opponents are hitting just 212/.280/.285 against him. Darrell Rasner better bring his A game, and whoever’s due to pitch the ninth in a save situation better be on the ball too.
We’ve got another late start and another late finish. Enjoy.
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Giambi 1B
Posada C
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Rasner P
Heh, Jonathan Papelbon had to come into a game the Red Sox led 6-1 in the 9th for a save situation (hH did nail down the save). Objects in your rear view mirror are closer than they appear Red Sox Nation.
I hate him, but the recent article on Deadspin is hysterical.
Garcia & Cox on the DL…sadness in the minors
Depending on what the injuries are to there is room for relief. Knowing the Yankees we will never find out.
Source on the Garcia injury?
milb.com roster listing
Ok cool, thanks.
haha the oakland announcers just said bobby abreu has always had one of the nicest swings in baseball
he looks like a ballerina most of the time
karishnikov would have loved that hit
Uncle Charlie sure showed up tonight, nasty.
Deuschmaster looks nasty… looks like we’ve got our work cut out for us.
Keep drinking, Jeremy.
That Giambi guy is having a solid year.
who woulda thought? Gotta give Jamal cred
Anyone think he’s a legit MVP candidate? Him and that Jariano Smivera guy…
He’d have to hit a ton of homeruns or put up rediculous RBI numbers because he’s a first baseman who doesn’t run well (or at all really) and doesn’t hit for average
That’d the starting all-star first baseman Giambi thank you very much. Seriously, Youk is beating him when the game is in New York? Come on Yankee fans!
Any guesses on how the Mets will lose tonight?
doesn’t matter its all Willy’s fault!
Something tells me they pull this one out.
Okay, I’ll actually guess–ugly error leads to depressing loss (have they had one of those yet?)
Stephen Drew is going to go yard.
I’ll go with double by connor jackson
I was close, it was double play I was looking for
that rasner guy is something huh?
Rasner with 3 K’s through 2 and workin on a no-hitter! Gotta jinx it while he’s still got it goin
you certainly jinxed it
Curt Schilling is such a dick.
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....o_yankees/
Kudos to Kobe’s response.
Didn’t Schilling call out Scott Williamson on his injury when he ended up having nerve damage?
I don’t understand why Schilling just can’t stop being an ass, I mean has Kobe ever commented on baseball let alone Schilling, if he’s going to make dick comments at least stick to your sport
Need to get some runs, probably can’t lean on Mo tonight
I know we absolutely cannot bring in Mo tonight for a 5th straight day, so who comes in out of the pen in a save situation? No one really inspires that much confidence because they’ve all been really inconsistent
I’d rather not think about it
As long as Edwar comes in instead of Farns for the ninth, I’m happy
Double play Jeter up to bat!
Respect the Cap’n! lol
No DP Abreu
Send Jeter, stay out of the double play.
I could be completely wrong and probably am, but wasn’t Duchscherer a reliever at some point?
You’re right, he was at one point
He’s really getting that high curve called. It’d definitely a strike but you don’t see it called much anymore
Two guys watching strike three with a man on third? That’s rough
Clutch Yankees hitting comes thru again.
Followed by clutch Yankees defense
Sweet Jesus, that was atrocious
That’s range you don’t see from your average second baseman.
beautiful Robbie
You’re not supposed to bunt when a pitcher has a no-no going!
Jason Giambi giveth and he taketh away.
lol. was just gonna say the same exact thing
ugh
I’m sorry but A rod doesn’t have his head in the game. No way that should have been a hit. Guy had shown but the pitch before. Also 2 guys on and he doesn’t even swing at hanging curve
I can already feel .500 calling again
So the Yankees miss a chance to extend their lead, then the other team immediately turns around and scores some runs to take the lead, where have i seen this before…..
I think Rasner lost his mojo
John Sterling: “You know, if you play .500 ball, you know what that tells you? You’re a .500 team.”
man Rasner just keeps getting hit
And there’s another one
Ahhhhh John Sterling…..Captain of the S.S. Obvious for 20 years now.
…dare I say we’re witnessing a BABIP regression?
Gameday won’t let me see Giambi’s HR but it has video of RBI singles? That upsets me
come on Raz
LoL, this Yankee staff sure doesn’t like pitching around spotty defense.
Beltran just walked off
I knew they were going to win. LoL, the radio announcer said “The Mets win the game again!” Again!? What world is he living in? LoL.
This is getting bad, he’s just lobbing em over the plate now
Thats what he always does.
The first two innings he was hitting corners, now even the outs are coming right down the middle
I meant the lobbing of the ball part, obviously he has very good location most of the time.
Will the real Darrell Rasner please stand up.
Plz tell me they aren’t gonna use Ross O as the long man again…..
118 pitches… could be haunting us.
Well guys, it’s been real, it’s been fun, but it hasn’t been really fun tonight so I’m going to quit before I break something. I should have known that 2 games about .500 was too much to ask, hope things turn around
Tim Lincecum and Ubaldo Jimenez were pitching a beauty against each other at Coors Field. Jimenez is out of the now after his seven innings. Each of them were 95-MPH+ after 100+ pitches, nasty.
You gotta love Cure Insurance.
Well bats better pick it up after that debacle of an inning
Alfonso Soriano, a long favorite of mine, is out for six weeks at least with a broken finger after being hit by a pitch in tonight’s game versus the Atlanta Braves.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb
Fantasy owners cringe in unison.
Just when the Cubs were poised to run away
Looks like it going to be one of those games….making it easy for me to choose bed
Man, Ohlie looks terrible with that ’stache. Haha.
Is Giese relegated to Joba’s caddy? Why not go with him here, he’s only succeeded…are they saving him for Joba on Friday?
Using Giese is too out-of-the box for Girardi. Joba’s lined up for 90 pitches, Ohlendorf could have been his caddy Friday.
Ohlie hadn’t pitched in a while though.
Yea that’s what I meant – with Joba on such a high pitch count you could’ve just used the bullpen as you normally would’ve, or used Ohlie then. Guess Joe G didn’t agree
I was wondering the very same thing. Even if they’re treating him like a starter, wouldn’t today be his throw day? If so, maybe he can give them an inning or so. I just don’t want Girardi to keep riding Ohlendorf beyond one more inning. He has been pretty lousy in multiple inning appearances. The offense needs to work the pitch count against Duchscherer. With Santiago Casilla and Joey Devine both on the DL, the Oakland bullpen isn’t nearly as good as their season stats would indicate.
I have to agree with an earlier post. A-Rod’s head is not in the game. You can blame Rasner, you can blame Posada catching Rasner and messing up a good thing, but I choose A-Rod. First he strikes out with runners on the corners, it happens but he looked completely fooled. Than he is playing in after another Giambi or shall we say Yankee 1st baseman error, and there is A-Rod flat foot as the hitter squares up to bunt, I’m not saying he would have got him but damm, the replay shows that he was flat footed and he may not even been looking up. Lastly, he has no range to his right, time and time he makes weak attempts at balls down the line. He is above avg to his left but not to his right. He should hug the line cause he never makes that play. Getting back to Giambi, he is having a very good year with the stick, but boy he is awful defensively, and I’ve been saying this all year, either make him full time DH and trade Matsui or Damon, or get a back up 1st baseman with a great glove to come in late in the game. Pathetic. Roller Coaster season.
p.s. I think we will eventually get over the hump, it may take a few moves or call ups, but it will happen.
You know a late inning defensive replacement for Giambi wouldn’t have helped in this game right? I wish Betemit or Duncan were better defensively but how many games have the Yankees lost this season due to shoddy first base defense in a situation where a defensive caddy would have been used? One? Zero?
It is called the hot corner for a reason. There is not enough reaction time to make an adequate move as a Third Basemen when a RHB pulls a ball down the LF foul line.
I am just floored that you are seriously “blaming” A-Rod for what has transpired thus far.
I blame A-Rod for Ohlendorf’s mustache and control problems. Get your head in the game Alex!
Eh, games like this happen.
Yankee fans feel their team are above such games. I am so not joking, I really think most of us feel that way.
You see, even though Ohlendorf only got one out last inning, this is technically the second inning in which he’s participating, so that’s why he’s bad.
Not because he’s not ready for the majors, no! He would be great as a one-inning guy, even though he has a 5+ ERA in his first inning.
This is getting ugly; like Sam Cassell or Tyrone Hill ugly. Yikes!
For all the talk about Ros Ohlendorf being much better as a one inning reliever the numbers really don’t supports that. In nine one inning or less appearances this season he has allowed six Earned Runs.
Yeah, that’s why we’ve never really posted about that.
Ohlendorf’s not sharp tonight because he hasn’t pitched in a week. That’s no way to keep the bullpen sharp.
That was my thinking as well (his non usage recently) but I read a couple complaints about him being a better one inning reliever.
Oh BTW, do you have a response to the answer I gave to your question?
Nothing in particular. You raised some good points. I was just tossing it out there to discuss. At some point, the Yanks have to consider trading some prospects. It just depends, as I said, who for what and when. I don’t have those answers either right now.
Ehh didn’t 4 of those runs come in that Mets debacle?
I agree completely. I feel like I am the only one who thinks that this guy simply sucks. He is definitely a favorite among guys on the board though. I often wonder how Veras would be perceived if he went to an Ivy league school. All I know is that Ohlie gets hit hard and often and fans seem to blame it on how he is being used.
For the record, my love for Ohlendorf has nothing to due with his education.
Why is he a favorite then? And if it is his stuff, are you equally excited about guys like Veras? Also, exactly when has he ever gotten outs consistently for us to believe that he will suddenly be good. Farnsy shows us that velocity means little.
BTW Mike, I do not mean to pick on you. I have just been on one for a while because people on this board seem to root against guys like Hawkins and worship similiar scrubs like Ohly.
After being so tired at work today from staying up for the entirety of last night’s game, I’d like to thank the Yanks for thinking of my sleeping needs when taking the field tonight. Goodnight all
1-2-3 inning for Farnsdearth!!!!