Game 105: Just a speed bump
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So the Yanks 8-game winning streak came to an abrupt, but predictable end last night. Tell me that game didn’t have that “eh, we’ve won 8 in row, we can mail this one in” feel to it right from the start. Oh well, can’t win ‘em all.
The Yanks have lost 5 or 9 to the O’s this year, getting outscored 46-35 in the process, but they haven’t played each other since a three game set at the end of May. The O’s are 8-15 this month, and have lost 5 of their last 6. Their staff has a 5.85 ERA since the break, and tonight’s starter, Jeremy Guthrie, has an 8.10 career ERA in Yankee Stadium. Moose has a .588 winning percentage against his former team. This sounds too easy, so you know what that means…
1. Damon, DH
2. Jeter, SS
3. Abreu, RF
4. A-Rod, 3B
5. Giambi, 1B
6. Cano, 2B
7. X Nady VI, LF
8. Melky, CF
9. Molina, C
And on the mound, Mike “why are you surprised? I’ve won 263 games in my career, bitches” Mussina.
Notes: This series will be a nice test for new addition Damaso Marte; lefties Nick Markakis & Aubrey Huff have combined for 96 XBH and a 133 OPS+ this year as the O’s 3-4 hitters (yikes) … still no progress on the Jarrod Washburn front, apparently we bloggers are to blame … Jose Molina has caught all but one game since the break … the last time Moose faced the O’s, it got ugly quick … apparently someone actually wants LaTroy Hawkins on their team…
Update by Joe: Jorge will have surgery on his shoulder, ending his season. At this point, it’s for the better.
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The only good thing about a Sidney start is Moose the next day…sorta wash away the grime.
Did you see the last game Raz pitched? He did ok to very well, don’t you think? The difference between Ponds and Raz is; If Raz has his control/command he is good…if not, ooops! With Ponds, he will give up hits and walks…no matter what. Big difference! 27/08?
Oops, wrong posting place, on the above! ! #%$@^&% 27/08?
yeah but we get Rasner tommorow!!……our pitching has been so average every single year since the last time we made the world series….NYY team era is always 4.50+ for the year…its no secret/mystery why we cant get out of the first round………
Why aren’t their more rumors about Aubrey Huff? I noted how he was quietly having a damn good, All-Star caliber year a few weeks ago. How are the M’s getting offers for Raul Ibanez instead of Andy McPhail hearing offers for Huff?
yeah but we get Rasner tommorow!!……our pitching has been so average every single year since the last time we made the world series….NYY team era is always 4.50+ for the year…its no secret/mystery why we cant get out of the first round………
The Yanks’ team ERA (3.97) and FIP (3.77) are both under 4.00 this season.
Yankees pitching is the main reason why we have not fallen out of the race.
Did you see the last game Raz pitched? He did ok to very well, don’t you think? The difference between Ponds and Raz is; If Raz has his control/command he is good…if not, ooops! With Ponds, he will give up hits and walks…no matter what. Big difference! 27/08?
This is where it should be not with the 1st post. Sorry LFNY. 27/08?
Per SportsCenter, Jorge Posada will have the season-ending shoulder surgery.
no shock.
yeah Jamal, thats with Mussina pitching out of his mind and the bullpen beaing a beast…..for the entire season, we always end up with 4.50+…..average pitching
Ah, another resident soothsayer. Tell me more, swami.
How about that if Wang stays healthy this year, we’ve got a starting 4 (Wang,Pettite, Joba, Mussina) to rival anyone’s?
But, but…Geno…that goes against EVERYTHING our resident soothsayer is sayign!!!!11!!!1!!1
Holy crap. Suddenly nothing is clear anymore. Darkness…falling…
this is the problem with Yankee fans…….blinded into thinking the pitching is good……we have no #1 starter!! (that is VITAL in october) we keep playing around with spot starters!! our ERA for the year has been 4.50+ for the season the last 5 years!!
i’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic.
you, like the rest of the city look into short samples to make your judgements……..I, on the other hand, look at full seasons…….find me the last time where the NYY pitching has been good for the entire year! we play with spot starters more than any other team in baseball…..out of all the contenders in baseball, we have had the worst #1 starter in the league
Get this man a Mensa application!
He sees the whole picture. We can’t possibly keep up.
JOBA!
truly, you have a dizzying intellect!
Since 2001 the Yankees have had only two seasons where they have had team ERA’s of 4.50+ over the course of the season. That was in 2004 (4.69) and 2005 (4.52).
2007= 4.49
2006= 4.41
2005= 4.52
2004= 4.69
2003= 4.02 (made the WS)
before 2002, we were serious WS contenders because of the deep pitching!
Hey, you said 4.50+, I was going by your standards.
Lastly, what do the pitching staffs of previous years have anything to do with the current pitching staff?
Because jamal, that automatically means that we will have a 4.50+ ERA. it doesn’t matter that our pitching this year has been very good over the whole season. It also doesn’t matter that Mussina is this good because he has adapted to his diminished stuff. It also doesn’t matter that Joba has been basically an Ace with his numbers thus far.
Plus, if yourgonna say Moose has been pitching over his head, then Ican say that Matsuzaka has been lucky all season as well.
Hey Alberto:
FWIW, the 1996 and 2000 World Champion New York Yankees had team ERA’s of 4.65 and 4.76, respectively.
we win 95 games a year and its ALL done on offense……we are always 1st or 2nd in runs scored but middle of the pack in runs allowed………pitching wins championships, its a cliche for a reason!!
passing on Santana is INEXCUSABLE!!
We have hashed that over and over, most people agree with the non-move. Seven year contract plus the players they wanted…No way that was going to fly. 27/08?
ok so then we continue to enter October with no true ACE…..we’ve tried that since CONE retired and it hasnt worked……..good pitching destroys good offense 9 outta 10 times
Again, Joba is doing just fine and Mussina is pitching great. It isn’t a fluke since he’s done it ALL SEASON. Pettitte is Pettitte and will do his same song and dance and shut down whoever we play in the post season. We will have Wang back and he’ll pitch well too. This year we actually have good pitching so your whole premise is basically negated and all you are clinging too is the past and not comprehending the present success that this team has sustained over the whole season, pitching-wise.
no doubt the pitching has been better so far than previous years…..but again, its SO FAR…..we have no clue what Joba will do the rest of the season, we have no clue what Mussina will do the rest of the season…..our reliable guys are Pettitte and Wang who is on the DL…..pettitte and wang neither are true aces, we’ve tried that and its a guaranteed first round exit
Gotcha because the first 4 months of the season means nothing and is a complete fluke? That makes perfect sense.
not saying its a fluke….the game of baseball goes thru streaks….extended long streaks……when you have a guy pitching out of his head, like Mussina who has been on decline, you have to be prepared to handle that as a team that wants to be strong going deep into October…..the bullpen has been out of its mind to, all of them are having great years for the first time in their careers…..going into OCT, still no true ace and 2 reliable starters is a big NO-NO……….our ERA for the last 5 seasons has been 4.50
60% of the season is now considered a streak?
And our first round exits had NOTHING to do with the offense not hitting at all.
And you can apply your shoddy logic to any team in the league.
good pitching beats up good hitting!! thats the point!! you need to be able to match other team’s top starters…….name ONE team based on offense that has won it all since the big red machine……….ONE
I am not sure but, it seems to me we have gone over that little bit of news also! Everyone knows pitching carries your water. Why do you think we have a plethora of pitchers in the little leagues?
Moose has been going great this year, and will continue to do so. One must remember the way he is now pitching (style) leaves no room for mistakes. If he has a bad day, so be it, every one has them. But now he knows he can bounce back and pitch well the next game. 27/08?
JOBA dumbass
sorry, was meant for Alberto
love Joba but we have only seen a handful of starts…….if we were truly an OCTOBER built team, we would have Joba as the 4th/5th starter coming out of the bullpen in the postseason…..the same way we had wells, duque as the 4th and 5th
………for a team unlimited in resources, Cashman should have built this starting rotation to look like this: Santana, Tim Hudson, Wang, Pettitte, Joba/Hughes etc……….THATS how you give yourself a GREAT chance on October……….but instead we keep playing with spot starters and unproven people like javy vazquez, contreras, weaver, igawa, pavano, chacon, small, ponson, redding, etc (its too long of a list)
Build a starting rotation like that we would end up with;…
$300+mm payroll, NO Minor league, and very little in the way of young position players. In case you hadn’t noticed, our players are old. How can you replace them if you have spent all your money and young guys on the rotation. The supposition that pitching wins ball games, only holds water if you have a defence and avg.(+) hitting. Many of our liabilities of the past few years are being adroitly handled by Cash and his team. If we don’t learn from the past, we die in the future…Cash is changing the face of the Yanks, from a bashing team to a well rounded team. Cash is at the epicenter of many peoples criticism, for not making a deal here and making a deal over there.
The ability of the team to go deep in playoffs is based on (let’s all say it together) pitching, defence and timely hitting. 27/08?
Dude, our offense this year hasn’t been as good as past years.
Our pitching has been holding us down this season especiall with our top three of Joba, Pettitte and Moose. Add the fact our bullpen has been greatespecially since joba left. Our pitching staff is one of the leaders in the AL in SO. The BP #’s are very good as well.
I think this pitching staff has a chance to be even better.
Steve made a good point, this team for a while might be more built for the postseason the regular season.
You do realize that it’s the pitching that has kept this team where they are this season right? You do realize that taking past performances means jack right now with our pitching going the way it is? Just because we don’t have a #1 starter right now(even though Joba is filling in just fine), we will get Wang back for the final month plus playoffs when/if we make it.
you realize we been down that road before with unknown starting pitching…….we thought we were great using chacon and undefeated Small in the playoffs…….we have a better shot (looks like so far) but still no true ace and going into OCT with 1,2 reliable starters…….Wang would be the #3 starter during the dynasty years
JOBA is a #1
i hope so but we dont know that yet……..you want the NYY to be dominant like they used to be? Make Joba your 4th best starting pitcher…….
Chacon won his start and pitched great in game 4 of the ALDS. What are you talking about?
great job! he pitched one good game…….out of the many times we’ve rolled the dice with avg pitching, ONLY 1 of them has pitched a good game in OCT?
go through ALL WS champions the past 10 years and you will notice that it IMPOSSIBLE to win it all without 2-3 starters pitching well in OCT……..the hitting is almost irrelevant
yeah, that’s why the angels are an unstoppable force every october.
Joba is our ACE as of right now, I’ll match him up against anyone. Every game has been better then the last one, will he go undefeated the rest of the way? I hope so, but being a realist I doubt it. Joba as our 4th starter is insulting, to him the ownership and the fans. I think your veracity has been blown to hell. Respectfully, it’s a wast of time debating you…good night to you. 27/08?
OH NOT THIS AGAIN. don’t go there. We’ve been over this a million bazillion times. You’re an idiot if you think we’re going there again. Reread all the old threads. Sorry you missed the discussion but that RAB ship has long since sailed. Too bad you were not aboard it when it pulled out of the harbor.
Those Seattle people sure are funny, 20 teams talking to them about Washburn? he’s on crack. Only a handful of teams can even afford to use 10+ million 4th starters and it sure isn’t anywhere close to 20 teams.
They who do not learn from history…
What can the Yanks get from the Twins for Hawkins? Jason Pridie?
That would be a coup.
Bring up IPK to take Ponson’s spot. Immediately.
p.s. How ugly is the X-Man?
No need for immediacy. He doesn’t start again until Friday.
You dare to rip the X-Man???
The Angels won the 2002 World Series with Kevin Appier, Ramon Ortiz, Jarrod Washburn, John lackey (rookie season), and Mickey Callaway all making stars in that year. Name me an ace of that group. Jarrod Washburn was their “ace” that year and they won the title.
That “ACE!!1!!” crap is overrated. Gve me a good rotation and I’ll take my chances. With the return of Chien-Ming Wang, I love this rotation.
i love how you had to go ALLL the way back to 2002 to prove a point………that group pitched well and won it all…..they were hot the entire month of OCT, it didnt matter that they weren’t good over their careers……….same with 2006, Marquis, Weaver, Suppan were all hot in OCT and the Cards won it all……..you want to keep going into OCT with average starters and keep rolling the dice without an ace and only 2 good proven starters?
we HAVE an ace. his name is JOBA! welcome to planet Earth.
i hope so but we dont know that yet……..you want the NYY to be dominant like they used to be? Make Joba your 4th best starting pitcher…….
We were actually spoiled in the post dynasty years ( you know when we DIDNT win and the pitchers were better. We werent relying on a guy who was 4-14 with a 6.81 to be an ace) when we had at least 3 potential Aces ( if you include winning the Cy Young, and a guy named Moose who SHOULD have won the Cy Young and another guy who was always up there and winning 20+ games as “aces”) from at least 2001-2003. After 2 of those guys left, we acquired guys who were supposed to be aces and/or being paid as #1s who did not work out ( Johnson, Brown). But it is almost impossible to have 3-4 aces on 1 staff.
Joba as a #4? Well it can’t happen, it’s just not possible. Where are you going to find 3 #1s to slot in front of him? Are there even 3 REAL “Aces” by your rigid criteria in all of baseball? I doubt it. Most of the free agents and trade bait that are so coveted are #4s at best, with the obvious exceptions. If there is pitching to be had most of it is of the medicre variety and not worth trading away anyone of value, let alone multiple major league players.
you are right, pitching is hard to get……….but the past few years all we have seen are aces being shipped around and we stand pat like they are moving bench players………the 5 guys in your rotation are like quarterbacks in football…….you rather have a dominant quarterback than dominant wide receivers right?
santana, hudson, sabathia, wang, pettitte, mussina, hughes, chamberlain…….its not impossible to have 5 aces
Karstens is probably starting Friday for the Pirates…
I hope they do well. Jose Tabata was the first prospect I was ever aware of.
we gotta win tonight man.. if we won las night that woulda been serious ground // i love the yanks // we need to keep playing 800 ball lol
All right. Game’s starting. Clearly, our new troll has made his point. We apparently are unanimously against him. No need to further acknowledge his logic.
Wooo! Mooose!
im a bigger Yankee fan than all of you here……..pitching has been average for 5 years making it utterly OBVIOUS why we have been OCT flops….still no true ace…….no hitting-only team has ever won it all since the big red machine…..the yankees and tigers scored ton more runs than anybody else and both teams went nowhere in OCT
oooh well we’ll all be quiet now since you won the Yankee fan contest. ooooh
wait, you’re trolling on someone ELSE’S Yankees blog, i kinda think that makes THEM a bigger yankees fan than you, but that’s just me …
lol just means he has more time than I do…..
Wow did I miss alot here. I was at friends house sleeping over. Crazy. We played baseball for like 11 hours straight. Yesterday’s game was ugly.
What did the Bleacher Creatures say during the role call for Nady?
How similar are Adam Jones and A-Jax, and how different are they?
I hope exactly the same LOL
Jones hit .298 in AA, Jackson is hitting .295.
Jones OBP in AA .365, Jackson’s OBP is .376.
Jones Slugging% in AA was .461, Jackson’s .450
awkwardly similar.
Adam Jones did that at age 19. Ajax is 21.
wtf? Where did these Trolls come from? I leave for a day and they come back?
Ok, thank you Orioles.
See how Nady cut the ball off before the ball hit the wall and it ended up saving a run? Damon take notes.
Nah, Damon could of done that
why would a DH take fielding notes?
He sucks when the ball goes near the wall in left.
that’s why he’s a DH
Hes a DH because hes hurt.
Wow, Yankees arms are crazy today.
I didn’t know that Meachem was the 3rd base coach for the Orioles.
What was Samuel thinking?
Meacham is coaching 3rd for the Orioles too this game????
Guthrie has the type of stuff that can give us a hard time.
He’s not your average Oriole.
Should I remind you of his 8.10 Era vs Yanks.
at yankees stadium* sorry.
He also has an 8+ ERA at the Stadium. Something’s gotta give
Nice.
That’s A Web Gem.
Fo sho.
Wow Chipper and Hudsonon the DL. Maybe the smart thing to do is trade Texiera.
It’s always the sucky teams like orioles that give the yanks a hard time.
Yankees suck vs bad teams and Angels. Everyone else they beat up.
Well considering the Angels come to NY for 4 games this week….
You know, I can’t wait for Kevin Millar to retire.
This is going well.
They better start scoring next inning, because they owe Moose bad. We can’t expect him to be perfect all the time.
I didnt know Sidney Ponson was starting tonight as well.
Moose is wild. It happens.
Definitely, can’t wait for the papers tomorrow to start predicting a downfall.
It’s probably already started at LoHud.
wow I read MLBTR for a few min and 4-0???
Back-to-back homers. The first one was a 3-run job.
Babe Ruth had a not bad of a season in 1927.
So yeah, Alan Horne might have come back a tad too soon.
what happened?
4 walks, 3 outs so far.
uggg. hopefully just rusty
I was watching the game on Saturday and everyone was screaming that Andy was having a breakdown in the first inning. Yankee fans are nothing if not patient
For chrissakes Bobby, the wall is PADDED!!!
Maybe so is his room. That’s why it scares him?
That is immaterial to him. It looks very scary.
In Daisuke Matsuzaka’s first 50-pitches tonight, he has thrown only 30% for strikes. Yet he is only down 1-0 through three innings.
I hate him.
Just about to write that, I really hate him
Your math is wrong, 52 pitches, 32 strikes says ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....=280728102
That’s 61.5%.
Yes, I am slow. For some reason I had it in my head that 30/50=30/100.
I can’t wait next season when lady luck dumps his ass.
One thing I like is that we are still in this game. The way the team has been playing you can’t be expecting them to just lay down.
Did you hear that what Oreal H. said? He said the Sox have to bring him back cuz he handles the staff.
I hope Orel is a prophet.
The Sox will bring Varitek back. He’ll agree to some $8M per year deal that makes him look like a hero for accepting less money, and Peter Gammons will felate him in blog form.
Whats the obssession with Varitek?
He is about .998 in GRIT
How is Nady’s plate discipline? I don’t know if he is just anxious but he has taken some questionable swings in these three games.
well he’s never been known as a guy that walks alot or even being an OB guy. Nevertheless, he maybe trying too hard.
Yeah, you have to cut him some slack. Friday night he was starting in RF for the Pirates, gets yanked mid-game to find out he’s been traded, flies to Boston Saturday morning, starts in LF for the Yanks at Fenway that night, then goes back to New York Sunday night. Plus his wife just had a kid. Brutal weekend.
He’s human, and he’s just undergone a rather massive life change, so you have to give him a few days to get it together.
Mark Kotsay is batting cleanup for the Braves. Mark Kotsay has 27 RBI and a .397 slugging percentage this year. Mark Kotsay is batting cleanup for the Braves.
wow. just wow. no Tex?
nevermind
Batting third. Chipper’s on the DL.
Guthrie must be exhausted after the first 3 innings, cant imagine he can last much longer…..
Never as good as you look, never as bad as you look, eh guys?
answer is David Wells.
Game 2 1996 ALCS
Trivia answer = David Wells.
I said it first!!! and was specific!!!
Mike Mussina would be way too easy for the trivia answer, no?
Moose pitched Game 3 in Baltimore, and lost (remember Zeile losing the ball and Bernie scoring from 3rd)
Was that the year Moose took the comebacker off his eye? That was brutal.
Born: 1989.
Nope, he lost his only ALCS start against the Yanks.
This was to the David Wells guess.
Wait, I’m wrong again. I’m having an off day…
u youngsters, trust me everything ive said is 100% accurate, and i didnt have to look anything up….
Scott Erickson?
you see this shit// red sox interested in acquiring tejada
Come yanks, lets get something started.
We gotta start chipping away this half-inning.
*Good start Johnny D.
Do i win a prize????
What the hell has happened to Derek Jeter?
Instead of pulling pitches that should be pulled inside, he tries to go the other way with em and jams himself and hits the ball to the second baseman.
age
Honestly, fuck you Jeter.
Yeah. What Jamal said.
CLASSIC JETER, 16 on the season
I knew Jeter would GIDP. I just had that feeling.
No words necessary for what just happened.
Deter 4-6-3 Jeter does it again!
I was saying the same thing lol.
Come on A-Rod, pick up your Cap’n.
Jeter stop goingthe other way on pitches that should be pulled. He alwaysgrounds it to the the 2Bman.
I feel an ARod homer.
i feel a K
Haha you were a lot closer. He’s going to him one SOMETIME tonight. I think. Maybe.
It really amazes me how when the Yanks are off Jeter always seems to gidp. He’s gotta be aware of it, you think he’d bunt or something
Jered Weaver sure doesn’t mince words, after a pop-fly falls in for a base hit: “God Dammit, Mother Fuck!”
Utley
Theo in his Celtics hat, are you fucking kidding me?
Hope the yanks are phoning it in after that 2 game streak
The Yankees are a pretty bad team.
Dude they just won 8 games in a row.
Hey Moose had a bad outing it happens.
Well at least we have Rasner going tomorrow….
5 walks, 3 outs for Horne tonight. 43 pitches, 16 strikes.
Yikes.
he’s no IPK huh? lol
Well thats what happens when you take a guy from throwing sessions and toss him in a AAA game cause you traded half the rotation
At least Horne didn’t start for the big club tonight
Yankees will this game tonight watch. Big comeback.
They’ll bring the tying run to the plate, at the very least.
Didnt you say that last night?
Maybe.
The Orioles have a 9-man bullpen, if one of them gets in a bad count they will be replaced.
Another thing I gotta say, Jeter looks like Eminem a little bit. seriously he does, if you look closely.
You’ve only got one shot
Do not
Hey look, Nady changed his number.
Old one wasn’t getting him hits
Wife is watching Ferris Buelller. #22?
Yep.
at least he finally got hit, if not A hit
He got hit Saturday as well.
I know he is erratic, injury-prone and doesnt deserve the money he is making, but AJ Burnett is so fuckin nasty when he is on it would have to be tempting to try to trade for him….
Taken off the market according to reports today
Sox looking at Tejada…I don’t get whats wrong with Lowrie?
He sucks.
That’s rough come on. Why you gotta say that.
You’re not in Fenway Park anymore, Melky, you have to put some actual power into these fly-balls.
Why you should never listen to a pitcher: John Maine throws a pitch, the Mets trainers come out and check on him, Maine says “I’m fine, I’m fine”. Very next pitch is yanked for a solo jack. Maine is still in the game though.
Maine is now out of the game after retiring the next batter.
By the way the seattle cloumnist LaRue’s comments are redic. Since I believe it was Buster Olney that orginaly said the trade would basically be cash
Yesterday was definitely one of those games where you are just preordained to lose. Today is just one of those unfortunate losses.
I rather get blown out than lose a close one to teams like this.
What’s the difference? an L is an L
A loss is a loss no matter what its the same, but its just kinda frustrating that the Yankees win 8 in a row then get their ass whooped 2 games in a row, one of which bein at home vs the sorry-ass Orioles. Plus knowing Rasner pitches the next game….
exactly. i’ll take a hard-fought one run loss instead of an ass-whooping anyday.
That play (or lack thereof) by Jeter kinda sums up this game
Angels lead 6-2.
Thanks Dice-K, lets go Jays
Hey, Torii Hunter just hit a three-run shot at the same exact time as that Grand Slam. Halos lead 6-2.
On the bright side, DiceK has given up 6 runs and both Boston and Tampa are losing.
I don’t think jones was looking fastball do you ?
Well if we gonna lose well dammit at least the Rays and Sox will too.
With only one game behind in the Loss column to the Red Sox and three games overall to the Rays, wash games like this don’t hurt at all.
And those Yankee fans who were just booing D-Rob can fuck off.
Rough outing for Robertson.
Thats the first HR Dave Robertson has given up playing professional ball.
Picked a hell of a time to do it.
If you’re gonna give one up, made it count.
You know this blowout might present a perfect situation, Joe Girardi might use Damaso Marte for a full inning, allowing Marte to prove he to Girardi (if need be) that he can get out any type of hitter.
Oh thats great. Now I feel much better.
Robertson’s era got raped. I still like him. I understand the bad pitching but seriously, one hit?!
Just one of those days. Every team has 3 or 4 of these a year.
Unless you are the Nationals.
These are type of games you miss a guy like Hawkins. Now we gotta use our top pitchers.
Hey Mike, thanks for the tip on “A History of Violence”, I heard about it but never checked it out. I loved it. Joey Cusac is the most bad ass character I have ever seen in a flick since Beowulf.
Just for kicks, you think those scenes between Joey and his wife were “Monster’s Ball” quality, if you catch my drift?
Never saw Monster’s Ball, so I’ve got no idea what you’re talking about. Sorry.
WHAT!!!!! If you have to see it just for that scene!!!! I havent seen the entire movie, but I have seen Halle Berry tellin Billy Bob “Make me feel gooooood”
NOTHING is “Monster’s Ball” quality!!!! although Maria Bello for bein 41yo is hot as hell….
The only reason I wanted to see monster ball was the sex scene.
I thought that was the only reason anybody wanted to see that movie…..
That scene was a 3-5 minute porno.
Disturbia was another good one, I forgot to mention that yesterday.
This is what happens when the Yankees are gettin their asses whooped, we go completely off-topic….
LoL, only the Angels can get five runs on two Home Runs and still score another run on a suicide squeeze play.
Dude, I was playing The Show yesterday, bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, one out, up by run and I had Hoffman on the mound. The Giants freaking suicide squeezed on me. I saw the runners moving, had no idea what the hell was going on, and then Vizquel laid one down. Not fair.
I used to squeeze all the time in MVP 2005 when playin a human cause scoring runs in that game was damn near impossible if you were playing a human who was good.
LMAO, that sucks when Game AI’s outsmart you. I hate it.
the worst is in MLB 2K7, where there would be at least 2 homerun-robbing catches a game…it was absurd and i wanted to throw my controller at the tv
Try playing Fifa 08 for PS3 against the computer on Legendary.
touche…soccer games are the most frustrating sports game to play b/c it seems like the comp is cheating….
That’s what you get for playing suckiness.
I used to HATE soccer, but through videogames and actually watching European soccer and international stuff (plus livin in Miami and havin a shitload of South American friends) I actually like soccer alot now. Of course it doesnt compare to MLB, NBA or the NFL….
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wow. i love the angels… suicide squeeze at fenway park. priceless.
Here’s the Dice-K we know and love. 5 Innings and 6 Runs. He struggled down the stretch last year… maybe we’re in for the same this year.
This game singlehandedly killed the past week of yankees winning.
really?
You’re right, 1 game definitely outweighs 8
WHAT? That’s crazy talk.
Big insurance run for the Jays, Joe Inglett’s RBI-3B gives them a 3-1 lead with one out in the bottom of the 8th.
How many people are going to call for DFA Moose now?
Oh thats right, it takes 3 bad starts for that to happen. Though he must be on a shorter leash because of last season. Maybe its down to 2 now?
Uh-oh, Brian Bruney threw one pitch (HBP) and was promptly taken out of the game.
He got ejected. The hitter charged the mound, but didn’t make it to Bruney.
LoL, God forbid I actually read the entire box score.
Welcome, Mr. X.
X!
Rays lose, Theeeeeeeee Rays lose. Hold this lead Angels – it’d be nice to lose 0 ground after such a shiesty loss
Good.
X is awake
Phil Coke havin a great debut as a reliever tonight.
4 innings, 6 K’s
I’d say so
X Man to the rescue. I kinda pissed were not going to win with Moose pitching, we need to hope that Rasner will pitch well.
Moose got squeezed a ton and the ump is giving the calls to the Os, what the hell!
Check out the hustle by Molina.
Time to put Joe’s theory into effect (or is it only the 9th inning?).
I guess we’ll find out tomorrow.
Shame Arroyo is off the market
Huh?
Reds have taken him off the market, I was kidding because I thought any team that traded for him would be idiots
Too little too late Damon
if Girardi took Robertson out and put in Edwar it would be 7-4.(alot of assumptions I know but still)
i distinctly remember edwar coming in a 2 out, bases loaded situation and giving up a homer (after a string of good outings) to dioner navarro last year. i do believe he cried after that. why put him in that position again?
Different year, different Edwar. So far he’s yet to give up a hit in July…
Wasn’t that after Joe Torre didn’t use him for 2.5-weeks?
yea youre right, it was his first outing in a while. but he had been pitching really well up to that point. it was horrible, horrible bullpen management by torre…. everyone was wondering why he didnt use edwar, and then he stuck him in that game.
Oof. Charleston would have gotten no-hit if Austin Krum didn’t single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
That chic in the red shirt that was drinking the beer was looking at Derek Jeter with those “come hither” eyes.
Will Sexson ever put the ball in play?
Sexson needs a bigger bat
Finally some offensive life, good to see Damon driving the ball
Man, Orel Hershiser just dissed every X-Games athlete ever on the ESPN broadcast: “Do you think they”re athletes, or are they just guys that didn’t play real sports and call themselves athletes?”
Oof.
Wow, thats rough
Hater.
Horrible night for A-Rod
Did you know that Edwar Ramirez is having a better season than Francisco Rodriguez, statistically?
But … but … but saves are a stat! The most important, actually.
he’s got another save opp tonight if he’s available.
are you serious? thats crazy
BUT, Krod pitched 46.3 innings when Edwar pitched 37.6 innings
The Mets’ bullpen fails at life.
how many games are you watching at a time?!
I was watching four (Yanks game on T.V. and the LAA/BOS, TB/TOR, NYM/FLA games on MLB.TV) before the Tampa game ended.
Ouch babe.
No surprises with Farnsworth
Wow the Mets’ pen sucks.
ha, who was it on this site that said “Reggie Willits and Howie Kendrick need to change names”. i wanna say it was mike, but i’m not sure…
’twas I.
i laughed so hard when i read that!
I like how people just won’t give the credit to the Florida Marlins, they are staying in this people.
How are they leaving in Schoeneweis for Hanley?!
man, i want k-rod to earn a save tonight and fist-pump the shit outta the red sox after he records the last out. i really, really want that to happen.
My boy Hanley Ramirez is up with the bases juiced and up one run, oh boy!
So my younger brother works and Wendy’s, and he just told me they now have a Baconator shake. I don’t know what a Baconater is, but that sounds NASTY.
if it includes bacon and a blender… barf.
Dude, how old is your brother? I never could have worked at a fast food place, nor do I ever see myself doing so. Customers are assholes.
35.
Okay he’s 17. Just graduated high school, starting at Rutgers in a month.
Oh that’s crazy, I’m planning to transfer to Rutgers next Spring term, depending on how these acting classes go. Either that or SUNY Oswego.
Go ‘Gers
Its disgusting what just working at fast food places does. I chose a cashier at the Supermarket and I’m only 16.
He works the drive-thru, all he does is hang out the window and take orders/money from people.
What the fuck?
can we get Posada to coach 3rd base for the rest of the year?
i like that idea. or Willie Randolph?
Mets’…bullpen…suuuks.
LoL, the Marlins’ fans are taunting the Mets’ fans as they are leaving the stadium.
Minaya needs another OF, another starter now that Maine’s shoulder is acting up, and another reliever. Instead, he’ll do nothing.
I hear Victor Zambrano’s available
If Maine misses significant time thats no good for the mets, can’t afford that
At least the whole team is hopefully getting it out of his system tonight
D. Cabrera tomorrow. Another struggle, probably a 3-game losing streak.
Cabrera is 5-6 in his career with a 4.62 against the Yanks. Wouldn’t completely write off tomorrow’s game just yet.
Wow Rickie Weeks probably blew the game for the Brewers
Dan Uggla did the same shit, luckily the Mets’ bullpen sucks.
Yeah, but Uggla isn’t hitting .225 and scored a run later in that game
Veras has been shaky for the last 3, 4 outings.
That he has. Thankfully there’s actually some depth behind him if need be.
As weird as that may sound, we do have some bullpen depth.
Shhh, don’t tell Steve Phillips.
And we even have some reserves in the minors. It’s stunning. How much of this can be attributed to Girardi’s handling of the pen? Even Torre’s biggest fans would agree he mishandled the pen regularly. I know it’s not all attributed to Girardi, but some of the same guys are light years better than last year (Farns, Edwar, Veras)
You can attribute part of it to Girardi, but mostly I just think it’s the general volatility of relievers. You never really know what you’re going to get out of these guys from year to year. That’s what makes what Mo, Hoffman and Wagner so impressive.
Agreed, and though relievers are volatile across the league, I think Torre’s overuse/misuse led to extra volatility. Just ask the remains of Scott Proctors right arm. (and I wonder how pissed he is now about last seasons trade to the Dodgers)
As soon as I found out about that deal, the first thing I thought was “there has to be something wrong with Scott Proctor for them to trade him, right?”
Sure enough…
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