Jun
27
Game 80: Who’s your daddy?
By15-6 don’t mean nuttin’ now. New game, clean slate. Let’s do this.
The front line:
1. Johnny Damon, LF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Bobby Abreu, RF
4. A-Rod, 3B
5. Jason Giambi, 1B
6. Robbie Cano, 2B
7. Melky Cabrera, CF
8. Jose Molina, C
9. Sidney Ponson, SP
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You know what’s great about a close game between the Yankees and the Mets? You hear cheering no matter what.
if vanover was behind the plate for game 1 giese wouldn’t have walked a single batter
They’re cheering Delgado now, but if he strikes out they’ll boo him instantly.
Can’t complain about that inning. I’m still holding my breath though.
Did Melky just lay off an 0-2 fastball over his head? Improvement!
Did anybody else notice that they called up Igawa for Ohlendorf?
Phew, good thing they got that lefty in the pen.
My dad just told me they said on the radio sent olie down and brought up kei any truth to that ?
Yes, that move was made.
Wow kick to the groin region
I didn’t get to see the first game because I was at work, but did they boo Trot Nixon whenever he came to the plate?
what’s the record for number of runs given up in a doubleheader?
Ponson’s got some giddy-up tonight.
ohhhh boyyyyy
Ponson baby!! Say what you will about him, but he has been throwing 91-94 mph so far with good movement.
Yes I’ve seen, thought that he was lost a lot more stuff and was 89-91MPH, good to see.
Nice nice. Good job getting out of that one.
darn it molina! i wanted to see ponson swing away
You see, don’t blame Kyle Farnsworth next time. Weirder things have happened.
You see that folks? Always take the sure out, never screw around with that “drop it and go for the double play” junk.
wonder what keith hernandez had to say?
He probably said that Delgado shot the clown.
He said it was a good idea especially since Sir Sidney did not run but he should have been backing up as the ball was dropping.
Just wanted to be sure, Pedro this season has a 6.08 ERA and a 1.703 WHIP right.
And he gives up 1.50 HR per 9 IP.
coney is right thats just good hitting
Sidney Ponson obviously has the guts to pitch in the New York.
agreed. the stuff is there hes just gotta find the strike zone
Heh, I see what you did there.
Didnt Chacon have th guts to pitch in NY in 2005?? I hear he is available……
Sir Sidney damn sure has used up every bit of Arubian magic he can muster to get out of these jams in the second and third innings.
Anybody know if they actually arrested any suspects in that case where the college girl vacationing in Aruba disappeared? Or if they ever found out exactly what happened to her?
Why you gotta be bringing down a happy game thread like that?
I have no idea why I pictured you sounding like Riley from “The Boondocks” but I’m still laughing.
Ooooooo good trivia question. Strawberry obviously, maybe Jose Vizcaino? Not sure on the other…
thank GOD for the whose your daddy chant… anyone else hear that?
2 for 3, not bad. I forgot Ledee played for the G-Men.
Oh my goodness, Mark Melancon gave up a homerun…
Shoulda traded him when his value was high
I I bet you the Trenton squad were just as stunned when Mariano gave up that HR to David DeJesus.
Double steal in the works?
Let’s see if Pedro can work some of that Ponson magic.
$10 says Cano swings at the first pitch.
Ding ding ding, we have a winner
They’re walking Melky Cabrera to get to you Jose. That’s the biggest insult possible in baseball. Make’em pay.
Hava Molina! Haulin’ ass!
Woosh!
Go Jose!
Listening to Lupe Fiasco play on the Shea Stadium speakers just now (Superstar was the song) I have to wonder if there is a better album in recent memory than The Cool? For me personally it is among my top three of Marc Anthony’s Valio La Pena and Michael Jackson’s (he is still my favorite artist, no matter what) Thriller. What do you guys think?
I’m not going to think real hard about that, but I went old school and rocked out to Smash by The Offspring on the way home from work. Is there a better punk album from the last 15-20 years? I’m not sure.
there are a couple albums better than that one in recent memory. its a dope album though.
Lupe Fiasco sucks ass.
G-Unit’s T.O.S. in stores Tuesday baby!!!!
if you like lupe you should check out the CRS project with him, pharell and kanye. they’re coming out with an album and the video is out. its called “us placers.”
Is there a more apropeau time to do this?…JOSEEEE, JOSE JOSE JOSEEEEEE, JOSEEEEE, JOSEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Hava muthafuckin’ Molina!
Which is better, Molina’s arm or Reyes’ legs? JoMo wins this one now.
Lmao at “Let’s Go Yankees!”, “Yankees Suck!” chant wars.
Poor Mets’ fans can’t even come up with an original chant.
I loved how at Yankee Stadium our fans didn’t even allow that “Let’s Go Mets!” shit to get started, they just drowned that shit out with a smattering of boos.
The best recent chant I can remember was in Sept. 2006, Yanks playing the Sox, Boston was done, it was obvious they weren’t going to make the playoffs. David Ortiz hit a monster shot, like a 3-R HR to the upper deck late in the game to take the lead, and as he rounded the bases the fans chanted “your sea-son’s o-ver, clap clap, clapclapclap.” Awesome.
Wow, that is amazing. Were you there or did you hear it on YES?
TV. I lived in Cali at the time, so it was probably FOX or ESPN.
My favorite would still be those LOUD “Who’s your daddy chants”. Personal favorite.
Right after that Sheffield first inning 3 run homer. That was amazing.
I WAS THERE!!!
I went to the last subway series at the stadium and they (Yankee fans in my section) started doing the Animal House bullshit sneezes when the Lets Go Mets stuff started (they were winning and we were screwing around).
Lets go Abooboo!
looks like that arch is okay
LoL at Johnny Damon stepping on home plate and then sliding.
Abreu should steal second.
great call
Pedro’s Curveball sure has lost a lot of bite.
Oof, he was out in front by a mile on that one.
tsk! i so want to see an arod hr.hahaha..
What’s your bet this time for Cano, Mike?
I’m late, but I would have bet $20 at 10-1 odds.
Can we have sir sidney bean Pedro for old times sake please?
No kidding.
Melk man got pwned in that AB.
Don’t you get the feeling that Pedro in his prime would have schooled Melky in ways that mortal men can not fathom?
That clip would’ve been on YouTube, BBTN, and ESPN Top Ten for the Week that Was.
Wait, did Kay just call it “sny,” as in rhyming with “why”?
yes. I almost spit out my beer.
The amount of jams that Daisuke Matsuzaka continues to escape due to his control issues just leaves me in awe.
ponson either hits his spot perfect or just completely misses every time
Nobody says sn-eye
Everyone says ess en why
Who is this Sidney Ponson?
Thanks Sidney, now hit the showers. And make sure you leave some of the postgame spread for the others.
Couldn’t let it go could you Pedro?
Is it just me or is it absolutely pathetic that Gary Cohen is sitting here scoreboard watching the Phillies and Rangers game on June 27th?
Johnny beat him…. Jeter!
One foot away from HR #200.
Testing waters much, Mr Girardi? Looks like Ponson is going out for another inning. I guess Girardi wants to make sure Ponson has nothing left.
Yep, he wants to suck every last pitch out of his arm.
Why would you take your starting pitcher out of a game in which you lead 4-0 with a runner on first base, you have a shortened bullpen, and your next day off is July 7th?
If Ponson literally pitched himself to death, would you be that mad?
Jeter and Damon are raking… too bad Ellsbury and Pedroia are still the best top of the order in baseball, huh?
For Diamond Cutters, I’m Peter Gammons, ESPN
You have made every one of these amusing, kudos.
The sad thing is, when I was a kid and ESPN wasn’t as drastically as Anti-Yankee as it is now, I actually looked forward to Gammons’ “Diamond Cutters.” If I turned on SportsCenter and he was just going off, I’d sit there and watch the whole fucking show again (or try and time it perfectly) just to get Peter’s supreme nuggets of wisdom.
It’s crazy to think that ESPN was once not a satellite of the Red Sox PR department (and that this actually occurred during Charley Stiener’s employ…)
Omar is reading RAB
Timely hitting is fire.
Coming into this season weren’t a lot of people predicting Mike Mussina’s 2008 season thus far for Pedro Martinez and vice versa?
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2008 New York Yankees 4-man postseason rotation:
1) Joba Chamberlain
2) Mike Mussina’s reanimated corpse
3) Sidney Ponson
4) Sterling Hitchcock
Might as well through Alfred Hitchcock in there
throw
New York is set to beat Dallas in yet another professional playoff football game. Who cares if it’s Arena Football, Terrell Owens might still cry!
“He’s my QB, man. That’s my QB.”
Other than winning the SB, making TO cry is my favorite flashback from last year.
I hate those heineken commercials
Yeah, and that whole “bend the bullet” bullshit has officially cemented it: I’m never going to see “Wanted”.
That’s what I thought but I went to a private screening, it is great. Don’t be fooled because I was reluctant to see it as well, trust me it is good.
Wow, another grounder for Ponson.
I don’t know, did he earn another start? He was awful the first three but excellent ever since.
He was walking on egg shells the first 3 innings, but he’s been shoving it since.
Another start??? He should be the permanent 4th/5th starter until further notice. Giese should be back in the bullpen to be the long man.
Jeff Karstens had him self his second straight good start, maybe Darrell Rasner needs to watch his back.
Hawkins and Igawa out. Giese to long-man. Robertson up. Rasner and Ponson start until further notice (trade, Horne, Aceves, Karstens, McCutchen). Sound good?
Igawa was likely just a one day thing in case Ponson was awful, right?
Brian Cashman doesn’t teabag the ladies, he potato-sacks them.
sounds good to me.
Now that Mike Francesca doesn’t have to split a paycheck with Chris Russo, apparently he’s investing in hair plugs and Botox.
Is it official? Are they done?
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....2426.story
I might be making my way down to that parade.
Was Cano out in front of that pitch? It looked so in his follow through.
Robbie like its hot!
When I saw that CW11 promo, all I could think of was Ron, Brick, Brian and Champ looking away every time Veronica looked at the camera…
Hava Molina!
It’s a cliche because it’s said so much.
I’m glad someone else picked up on that. Momentum is only as important as tomorrow’s pitcher … I think.
momentum is as momentum does and life is a box of chocolates.
Life is like a box of chocolates, all the good ones are gone by time you get to pick.
and the rest have teeth marks
Sidney looks like a drunk.
I was thinking that Sidney looks like the fat kid on the Little League team, all grown up… and drunk.
like that kid in high school who gets drunk and throws up in class. Just that big fat disgusting guy who is laughing and fighting (sometimes simultaneously).
Mike you asked which punk rock album has been real good in recent memory right? Well I don’t know if you listen to Paramore but their Riot! album basically headlines my iTunes “Most Played” play-list.
Eh, I didn’t like it. Strike Anywhere’s “Change is a Sound” is another all-time great.
You have to consider Rise Against’s “Revolutions Per Minute” to be a good punk album in recent memory IMO.
That’s another good one, although I thought The Unraveling was better.
How the hell did Abreu hit that pitch that hard!?!?
The displeasure and frustration being shown by SNY’s announcing crew is hilarious. All you hear are a bunch of sighs and grunts every time the Yanks get a run here or there.
is the game on sn-eye as well?
Yeah, CW-11.
I’m going to watch this version for a while. They’re now complaining about the length of the day. We had to watch baseball for like 13 hours!
I haven’t seen and Englishman take a blow like that since Hugh Grant!
Farnsworth in with a 9 run lead… is there time for me to call Vegas and lay $100 on a two run homer here?
Is sny blurrier than YES? the picture is so weird.
Yeah their TV feed has been screwed all night. In the first couple of innings they were showing the CW-11 HD feed on SDTVs. According to Gary Cohen they are about ten minutes away from working their 17th hour today so I’ll give them a break.
poor babies.
No, not the announcing crew I meant the behind the scenes people who actually do some real work.
+2 points for Michael Kay calling himself fat.
Chad Moeller at first.
“Please don’t hit the ball to me, please don’t hit the ball to me, please don’t hit the ball to me…”
But seriously, whatever it takes to keep that ML paycheck comin’.
Andy. I always liked you.
Say what you want about the YES TV crew about Michael Kay and the endless pool of people they have announcing the game but at least they don’t just stop talking if the Yankees are being blow out.
I know it. I thought the same thing. The sn-eye guys are a bunch of whiners.
So how about Danilo Ganilleri…..
Did you hear about his nickname?
Rocky Balboa is the Italian Stallion.
The Rooster.
Hey is there a Knicks blog site like this one???? or at least almost as good as you guys that you go to???? only one I go to once in awhile is knickerblogger.net but i would love to have a Knicks site like this one to go to.
http://deadspin.com/5019511/be.....-gallinari
I could care less about his big cock, he better be able to play (although how can you not root for the Big Cock!!!!)
LoL, Hideki Okajima sucks. Boston leads 4-0 in the 8th inning at Houston and Terry Francona still has to go to Jonathan Papelbon for the four out save.
Did Okajima really give up a homer to Reggie Abercrombie? Oof, that’s bad dude.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT GIRL?
?
she was wearing a yankees jersey and a mets cap
why do the yankees hate me?
Igawa is in!!!!! Tell Mo to start warming up….
Nice job Yanks. Looks like Ponson drank just enough beer to get through 6. Nice work!
Perhaps I have mentioned this: IGAWA IS NOT A MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER
He just plays on one TV.
I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes.
I guess Sid gets another start…
How bout getting 7 combined shutout innings from Ponson and Igawa!!!! Is there a full moon tonight??????
So I’ve been watching MMA on HDNet and missed a lot of the yanks game, how’d Igawa look?
I was at the game at Shea, and i forgot how much of an circus it is there. Shooting t shirts, dancing on the dugouts, baseball headed mascots. I feel sick.
Oh and the guy next to me tried convincing me that 1) Derek Jeter was over rated. And 2) The mets won the world series in 2000. He had a better chance of convincing me of number 2.