Game 119: Win or else
ByWhile Hank is seemingly writing off the season, we’re trying to stay optimistic. We know the Yankees need to go on a tear, and each loss decreases the likelihood of them doing so. Was last night rock bottom? It didn’t feel like it, not to me at least. Maybe it did in the locker room. Maybe the only place this team can go is up.
If so, they’ve got the guy on the mound to do it. Moose looks for his 16th victory tonight, against a team he dominated on July 23. It was, in fact, probably his best performance of the year, and that’s saying something, considering how well he has pitched.
There’s not much left to say. Melky’s out of the lineup. He has three hits in 25 plate appearances this month, and they all came on Saturday against the Angels.
Your lineup:
1. Johnny Damon, CF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Bobby Abreu, RF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jason Giambi, DH
6. Xavier Nady, LF
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Wilson Betemit, 1B
9. Jose Molina, C
And on the mound, number thirty-five, Mike Mussina.
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So far so good for Phil Hughes.
Did Gardner get thrown out trying to tag and go to second on a flyball?
Yeah.
Well, calling this a “must-win” is obvious on the levels of Michael Kay, but the Red Sox lead the Rangers 5-0 in the first inning.
Go Rangers?
Ortiz with a two 3run homer in the first inning.
Followed by seven more runs to make it a 10-0 Beantown lead.
Oh shit, I thought the “two” was a typo by you, LoL.
Ok….there was a 5 game win streak predicted yesterday, to commence today. Hank is a reactionary and I’m not willing to write off the season yet, because the games aren’t any fun for me to watch when I’ve written the season off.
Moose 16!
Tigers put disgruntled Sheffield on waivers – do we want the cancer back?
-Scott
When you claim someone off Waivers….do you have to acquire the whole length of their contract? If so, what is Sheff’s? If it’s just for the stretch…I dunno….maybe you get him, but Matsui will be coming back soon, and he’ll probably hit well
It’d jam up DH, but I’d say do it. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else got hurt before its all said and done
Ugh, why would you want him back, have you seen him at all the last two years? He’s a shell of his former self.
Also, he’s owed $14M next year. Pass. The last thing this team needs is another over-the-hill slugger with a fat contract.
Nice job, Johan Santana. Give up a two run lead in the first inning to the worst talented team in the Major Leagues.
2IP, 1H, 0BB, 0R, 2K’s. 2-3 GB-FB Ratio.
Phil Hughes just struckout his second batter, this one via his Changeup.
You sure? Cuz the Sox radio anouncer said curveball.
Yanks’ announcer said Changeup. This is why I hate not having MiLB.TV to watch for tonight’s game.
Anyone who is listening to the Scranton Game, any word from announcers as to how hard he is throwing, location, breaking stuff, etc?
This from LoHud
“UPDATE, 7:24 p.m.: Phil Hughes is underway for Scranton. 1-2-3 first inning, 12 pitches. He’s throwing 103 with a 99-mph slider and now has a knuckleball.”
. . . . .
yeah – i DEFINITELY got played the fool for believing what PeteAbe had to say about hughes’ stuff.
definitely a must win tonight. A loss and I am getting ready for football.
Well Im pretty excited for Eagles Football. I really feel this team is gonna be very good this upcomming season.
Eagles Football
We will be enemies in a matter of weeks (Giants fan).
J! E! T! S! Jets Jets Jets!
I’ll check up on you when Mr. Favre throws away the game with a reckless INT in the fourth quarter…for the 257482634957636 time.
Brett Farve is the Nolan Ryan of Football.
You should know what that’s like, Eli Manning is your QB after all.
http://midgetinabearsuit.com/i.....ppable.jpg
Are you refering to Super Bowl Extra Large 2 MVP Eli Manning?
I am. Even a blind mouse finds the cheese once in a while.
Yea but in 4 years he did what he was expected to do.
It has been what dozen years since Farve won a SB ring?
Eh, I don’t care. He and Jerry Rice are my two all-time favorite NFL players. Michael Vick was number three, but alas…
I’ll take Elway over Farve anyday.
Heh, my first Super Bowl memory is of that helicopter tackle.
i hate ALL the ‘ETS … mets, nets AND jets.
I never really hate the Giants or any football team with the exceptions of the CowBoys and Patriots.
It’s not so much the team with me I just hate Eagles and Jets fans. Most of my buddies are Cowboys fans and they don’t really fuckin piss me off like Jets and Eagles fans do.
Eagles, Scmeagles……Go Giants!!!!!
Pavano gave up a triple to Matt Wieters. Hard to blame him for that.
Thats it Texas, chip away.
Hey, a real lineup.
Phil Hughes seems to have a lot of confidence in his Chaneup now. Just threw one in a 2-1 count that resulted in a ground-rule double.
Guess the organization told him to throw a daily dose of it.
With a Two-Seamer, Cutter, and Changeup, that gives Hughes three pitches that all are delivered on the same plane and breaks in three different ways.
toss in the curve as the cherry on top, and its an improved Phil Hughes
The curve won’t have as much bite, but will be more deceptive. If you saw the graphs on the recent Hardball Times piece, the curve was very easy to pick up right out of Hughes’ hand. He has a ridiculously consistent release point and it actually works against him at times, making it easier for hitters pick up certain pitches. The slider will work better and a well thrown changeup could be devastating for him if he maintains his arm action.
His over the top curve had crazy depth and bite, but it was just too easy to pick up. Hitters sat fastball and killed him.
he isn’t throwing the slider anymore. going with a cutter now
ps: i was the original steve !!!
Between the 3/4 delivery, increased velocity, cutter and change up I think we are going to see a completely different pitcher this time around.
At least I hope so. He’s one of our last hopes for this season.
I hope so too.
Hughes struck a batter out with 94MPH FB.
The stadium announcer said it was 101 MPH.
i doubt that it was that hard
It wasn’t.
The stadium announcer’s on crack.
Hey, anybody watching that HBO mini-series, “Generation: Kill”? I love it, I can’t wait to play the new SOCOM game just so I can say “We are Oscar-Mike”.
A buddy of mine is in that. I haven’t seen it though. They shot the whole thing in Africa
That series is tight.
Well if this game goes south agian, big night of the Olympics on tap
At least I dont have Feldman on my fantasy team
Hey guys who would you rather have:
Elise Neal or Stacy Dash?
No idea who Elise Neal is, but after that KING magazine cover, I will never choose anybody over Stacey Dash…unless it’s Alicia Keys or Scarlett Johanson.
Elise Neal is the chick from the Show the Hughleys. She’s bangin though.
Nevertheless, Stacy Dash is just sexy. I take her. She looks better as she got older.
And I love Alicia Keys, she got that wifey, yet sexy freaky look about her.
Exactly. She’s married to her manager though.
Good thing Johnny got that rest last night. Unbelievable.
Damon has outscored yesterdays yankees
So was that Johnny’s “Fuck you” to Girardi?
Damon just said “Eat that Girardi! If you bench me again, you lose all credibility”
Alright….love it Johnny! No more bench for you
Jeter just showed everyone his Melky Cabrera imitation.
another great AB from the captain– swung at ball 4 twice
abreu totally continuing his push towards type A free agent status. Go, Lemmiwinks, GO!!!
and arod totally continuing his push to take the heat off the 2008 yankees by sucking so hard down the stretch that everyone blames him instead of the rest of the team … sheesh.
aweful
This team runs into so many damn outs.
My name is AROD. I like ladies with thicker legs than mine, choking in the playoffs, and striking out.
Should baseball improve the GB-FB stat?
I mean a Pop ball is really a fly ball.
Should it just be GB-FB-PB.
or infield outfield
Wait, a pop-out is not considered an air-out?
no.
Hughes strikes out another batter with the Change Up.
4k’s for hughes
Hava Molina!
I have a question for you.
Right now, if you had to guess – what kind of compensation could the Yanks get for letting some of their FAs go like Abreu, Moose, Giambi, etc, etc.
Just curious.
Abreu and Moose will be Type-A’s. Giambi is on the fence between A & B, depends on how he finishes.
Thanks.
The Yanks might be loaded with draft picks next season. I know he’s been great this season, but I’d let Moose walk.
Both Abreu and Giambi absolutely have to go as well.
Giambi yes,
Abreu . . . . I don’t know. He’s currently the RBI leader on thus putrid team. I don’t think we can afford to lose him.
If Abreu does leave, he’s a type A as well. But if you sign CC and Tex, then you’re giving up two Type A picks.
nope. you cannot lose compensation picks you receive in compensation. the yankees would lose a 1st round, then a 2nd, then a 3rd … but they would gain 1st round and Supplemental round picks for any type A free agent that *they* lost (depending on circumstances) and would not lose them, no matter how many other free agents they signed.
that’s one of the arguments FOR letting abreu, giambi, pudge, and 1 of moose or pettite walk and signing tex and CC … you get the players AND more 1st and supplemental round picks to boot*
*though everything depends on FA ratings and who signed the yankees’ free agents.
I wouldn’t sign Teixeira and I don’t think the Yanks will either.
Sabathia is a different story.
You have to offer arbitration to the player to get draft picks.
Giambi doesn’t get offered arbitration unless some team is silly enough to sign him before the deadline for the Yankees to offer it.
You can only get a 20% paycut through arbitration, so combine that with the $5 million buyout and Giambi would be making about what he would make if the Yankees picked up his option. I can’t see the Yankees risking having to pay Giambi over $20 million next year. Giambi likes being a Yankee, and I can’t seem him getting more than that from another team, so he’d almost certainly accept arbitration.
Yep. But if Giambi can get a multi year offer elsewhere, he might decline the arbitration. Or there’s an agreement in the original contract with the Yanks where they offer it and he declines.
The Yankees RARELY have a problem with this arbitration stuff. They pay top dollar for their free agents so this book keeping stuff should be taken care of when they sign the deals.
Molina is the eraser
jose molina cares not about your base stealing attempts
I like how that flexibility on the outside corner to lefties bodes for Moose tonight….if it’s consistent
And MOLINA!!!!
i think by “edge” what they really mean is derek jeter has an increased propensity to ground into a double play
Is it me or do I sense a new stache being grown in by the Giambino?
You laugh when you play MLB 08: The Show in franchise mode and the AI rests a player but does not alter the lineup to account for the weaker hitter. For example, Coco Crisp replaces Manny Ramirez to give Manny a day off but the AI still leaves Crisp in the cleanup spot. It’s just sad when a Major League manager does the same (Ron Gardenhire leaving Mike Redmond in the #3 spot with his .623-OPS).
How’s Madden?
Didn’t get it yet, have to do a whole lot of reading for the student film thing, don’t want to tempt myself by picking up Madden.
insanely good
Favre in it?
nope, and i, as a jets fan, am angry for that
AI in these recent baseball games is absolutely HORRIBLE. I bought MLb 2k8 and while playing a dynasty as the yankees the mets proposed a trade of Ross Ohlendorf and Mike Mussina for Jose Reyes. Needless to say mr reyes was acquired
come on X
must be cool having a 1B that can throw
Jamal, just caught up with all the posts thus far and caught your link to Eli’s Unstoppable watch ad. I bet one of my good friends, who is a huge Jet fan and Eli Hater, at the beginning of the playoffs that if we won the SB, he’d have to go around the city one night when we’re out in my Eli jersey wearing a sign paying homage to the G-Men. Needless to say, the sign that I created for him to wear consisted of that watch ad with UNSTOPPABLE in huge letters. There is only one Eli Manning
This forum that I frequent continuously made fun of the ad (deservedly so, don’t know what dumb ass that it would be a great idea to use Eli fucking Manning in anything called “Unstoppable”), but now it’s kind of a running joke for all the Giants fans and Eli haters.
It is great – the best part is that it’s an Ad for a watch.
Oh, Dontrelle Willis was promoted to Triple-A after posting a 4.50-ERA, 1.64-K/BB, and an 1.46-WHIP in the Florida State League.
Minnesota Twins, the 2007 Seattle Mariners?
Damn, I wish we hit like that with RISP. Productive outs are nice
Productive non-outs are better, but I’ll take anything productive I can get from these Yankees, myself.
wow, situational hitting, haven’t seen the yankees do that since…?
2000
Damn. Misplay by damon and a bloop double.
Sac flies are the bastard RBI’s.
RBI’s aren’t exactly upper-class themselves.
The Twins just scored two runs on outs…. I hate the Yankees
Productive outs. Interesting. What are those?
again situational hitting
i know Carlos Gomez is fast, but the way he runs, it looks like his legs or feet are in constant pain.
Carl Pavano’s line:
4.1-IP, 7-H, 5-R, 5-ER, 0-BB, 3-K, 2-HR
Yuck
ouch
Z-Mac is cruising
thats almost like when i saw him rehab thru Trenton, i think it was in 2004.
he got shelled in the first inning, and got boo’d walking off the mound afterwards. ha!
lets go moose.
I’m following on Gameday. Is Mussina’s stuff really off tonight? I can’t see the action, but it looks like his fastball is even slower than usual and he’s getting hit. Is he terrible/getting hit hard or are hits just dropping in?
He’s not very crisp, but he’s not getting spanked around.
Also/In other words, are the outfielders missing plays?
Nah, not really. Couple bloops, can’t do much about it. He’s not getting hit very hard.
Jesus Montero (2-for-3, 2B, RBI already tonight), top 50 in Baseball America’s rankings at the start of 2009?
30-40 range.
so to make a guess on who could be in the top 100…
Jackson, obviously. Montero… ZMac?
Jackson, Montero, Melancon. Z-Mac’s got an outside shot, Cole too if/when he signs.
I told you guys Charlie Zink sucks…
The Rangers just had a man on second who didn’t score on a double, and a man on second who didn’t advance to third on a single to left field. Odd
It would be nice if the Rangers make a comeback against Boston.
it only means something if the Yankees can figure out how to win again.
Phil Hughes is really dealing that Changeup tonight, got a fly-out on it in a 3-2 count.
He’s in a little trouble in the 6 inning.
can our offense wake the fuck up
Why is the site so slow lately?
Is it slow? I haven’t had an issues.
Has anyone else had a problem?
12-10 Boston after Ian Kinsler’s three run jack.
good.
Ian Kinsler 3 run jack, 12-10 Sawx. Wow, can we score some runs please?
My fantasy team is lovin’ Chris Davis’ night.
he should go into the fantasy hof with the season he’s put up as a wavier wire guy
It would be nice if they moved him up from 8th in the lineup. I’m not asking for much, 6th will do.
I have Kinsler and Davis on the same team in one of my leauges. Nice night in what I am assuming will be another not-so-nice night in Yankee land (I have resigned myself to the fact that the ’08 Yankees may never win another game).
Texas is making a come-back!
Hughes pitch count got up quick
Phil Hughes is done after giving up a one out double followed by an one out walk. Mark Melancon is relieving him (talk about a crystal ball, eh?).
Hughes out. Melancon in. We’ll soon see that happen in the Bronx.
oh yeah.
Wow indians went from 1st to last.
Texas gives runs right back, 14-10 Sawx. We need to win this game
Oh wow, one of the PTBNL in the Dunn deal is TEH AWESOMEST PITCHA EVA!!11!!1 Micah Owings.
ZOMG! Micah Owings. We coulda had him batting cleanup if WE HAD JUST TRADED for him instead of Ohlie…
We tried
His stock really fell
that was obvious
Hit a Homer Giambi.
Mike I have a question,
can picks that were received from free agent compensation (type A), be taken away because of a signing. Such as the Yankees signing both CC and Tex, lose their current first round pick and one they receive from compensation?
No. Picks you receive as comp are yours no matter what. You can only lose the picks that are truly yours.
ok good, thanks Mike
So what happens if we let two type A free agents go? What picks do we lose?
Oops, I mean if we sign.
Meachem are you fucking kidding me!
maybe meachum thought bobby would have to slide to be safe. he is scared of hard objects.
god meachem fucking sucks
Good thing Jason Giambi had that day off.
Meachem is brutal.
How many more mistakes does it take before they get rid of Meachem….
Mecham is not a good 3rd base coach
I would bet my house that the Yankees don’t score here.
The one time he should be aggressive, Meachan wasn’t.
muahaha..
X-FUCKING-MAN!
X GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU
X(BH) at it again. That was UUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!!!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X(BH) cleaning up for Meacham
my relentless pessimism has paid off.
Heh.
X-Man in the motha fuckin house.
OH YES
X! Man,he’s good.
X(BH) !
i might name my first child Xavier.
kay is not happy with that scoring decision
Wow, how does Nady only get 1 RBI on that! That is ridiculous
they called that an error on Punto?
yea even though the throw was right on the money
Robinson Cano….two at bats, three pitches.
14-11 Now Top 6th in Fenway.
At least Byrd is killing the Sox too. 4 hits thru 6 innigs.
14-13
what do you guys think our record needs to be for the rest of the way to make the playoffs
46-0
Texas ties it, 14 apiece
Wow, seriously?
http://sports.aol.com/olympics.....oss/130350
What a reatrd.
(yes, that was intentional)
Wow what a dis to Everett.
come on moose man
god damn adam everett
And Everett Gets a lucky hit.
so all of you have given up on the team ?
Never!
wow gomez covers alot of ground
Man Boston bullpen sucks.
If this offense can stay consistent, I really think the Yankees can overcome their starting pitching depth more so than the red Sox can overcome their bullpen woes.
They always talk about galvanizing wins that signify a season, if the Sox lose tonight after a 10 run 1st, this may send them into a tailspin. And it’s tied up, 1st and 3rd for Texas with only one out in the 6th!
Imagine if the twins had Garza and Liriano at the top of that rotation
Liriano’s in their rotation. Thankfully the Yanks miss him this series.
yeah, i meant Garza with Liriano
So has anyone played Madden yet? How’s the Franchise mode? I didn’t get the game last year, and I remember the Franchise mode in 07 sucked. Did it get better at all?
yeah, franchise is better and more interactive. the gameplay is good, but from just looking at it you don’t know if the ball was dropped or caught, and the grass is kinda…blue. it’s definitely harder than 07
Do they still have those stupid workout things?
gone, thankfully
Oh, and is Favre in the game?
unfortunately for us jets fans, no.
Boooo. I’m sure they’ll have him in an online update soon enough.
I’m going to try out NHL 09 once the demo comes out. Either that or Madden will be my game for the winter depending on how the demo goes.
They already do, heard they are supposed to release an update on opening day, which is obviously today.
I’m pissed off at The Show. Lost 7 in a row, the last THREE via walk-offs. Went from 2 up in the division to 4 back just like that.
14 up in Boston
Texas takes the lead 15-14. Absolutely insane
Wow the Sox suck.
ya know what sucks is so much is going wrong with our oppenents but we are playing like horse shit.. my god man for the sox they struggling at least be4 tonight with their lineup and their pitching hasnt been great// buchholz and wake// than the rays now lose crawford and longoria … god if we were only like 3 games out wed be in great shape
Texas leads 15-14.
Haha. That security guard took the body check like a champ.
15-14 Texas in Fenway.
i just wish we took better advantage of the bones that the rays and sox have thrown us lately.. with all the injuries and inconsistrent play
Well the good news is that Texas O is killing the Sox awful pen.
The bad news is that Texas has no pitching.
5 out of the WC we still got a shot
i went to a batting cage today and made solid contact with exactly 1 out of 70 pitches on the 90 mph machine haha
Is that you Melky?
HAHAHA i wasnt expecting that… mad funny
i hit 85 nicely today like 15 times in 20 pitches
nice, i was the man in the 60 mph cage goin like 30 for 35 then was quickly immasculated by the big boy machine
lol i love the batting cages but the one by me is so damn expensive.. shit cousts 10 bucks for 4 tokens/// 1 token equals 20 pitches
thats about how the yankees are hitting with RISP. Girardi should call you, you’d fit right in! Heck, you’re better than Cabrera, you play center?
bomb right here
My what an at-bat for Molina. Is the Twins bullpen good?
Capt. O Capt.
yaa boii
At last Mr. Derek Jeter, at last.
Get Jeter the fuck out.
looks like Jeter dhing tomorrow
Iight A-Rod and hit a 3 Run Homer.
Yey Boof is in! Time to score more!
who should i take number 1 in fantasy football
L.T.
People are going to put eight men in that box against Minnesota with Tavaris Jackson at QB.
Shouldn’t even be a debate. And honestly, I don’t think AP is the easy 2 pick either. If you’re in a PPR league, Brian Westbrook is a beast (as much as I hate the Eagles)
Reggie Brown is a developing WR, I don’t like Westbrook as a Top 10-pick in a West Coast offense.
In a points per reception league? Westbrook had 90 catches last year in addition to his 1200 rush yards! He’s insane
Sorry, don’t know what I was thinking when I said top 10. More like Top 3.
LT. Who else?
Lt or westbrook
No, you never draft a RB in a West Coast offense.
As a number one pick I mean.
westbrook was the 2nd highest scoring running back in my league last year, hes basically mcnabb’s # 1 receiver and RB
True, I just thing Andy Reid is going to want to move the offense more towards Reggie Brown this season. Don’t get me wrong, Brian Westbrook is still a top-tier fantasy RB, just not worthy of a first, second, or third overall pick.
Interesting. Who would you take with the 3rd then? I have both of my drafts this weekend and I have hardcore football fever right now
I like Joseph Addai. With the declining health of Marvin Harrison, I really think he is going to have a monster season this year.
andre johnson is gonna have a monster year. he missed like half to 3/4 the season last year but was unstoppable when he played
also depends on ur scoring system, but addai is a very solid 3rd pick as well
Teddy Bruschi. He’s got grit and heart.
wayne hunter. he’s the happiest man in football!
I tried to post a link to a Yahoo! Sports article that detailed the Spanish Olympic Basketball team posing in a very, very ridiculous picture. Get this, the fuckers put their fingers on the outside corners of their eyes and pulled them back to make them appear slanted. Yes, that is correct, they did this in fucking Beijing!
Google it, I think the post got caught in moderation.
Texas leads 16-14.
Good Job Byrd.
Boston BP sucks.
Sigh,oh well Arod. Get em next time.
cmon babay we need this
Come on Moose.
would have loved to see cano throw him out at 3rd
Big Spots here Moose.
they put 8 in the box las yea
LoL, Mike, guess I’m your bad luck. I was down 3-0 in Toronto in the 9th inning with Shaun Marcum pitching a gem. I ended up getting three in the ninth (B. J. Ryan sucks, by the way) and a Frank Thomas Home Run in the tenth to win it 4-3. It improved my record to 2-7.
BTW, Carlos Gonzalez is fucking good in that game, one of those players that you just seem to do real well with even though his ratings are not at all spectacular.
That’s Scott Hairston for me. I’ve developed a rather sick system to use him in: I start him on the bench, then I pinch hit him in a big spot in the 4th or 5th inning, then keep him in the game so he still gets 3 or so ABs. I’m guaranteed to get him up to the plate in the big spot, he still gets a bunch of ABs, and he stays fresh (his durability sucks, so he has to sit after starting 2 straight games).
you guys talking about the show?
Yep.
Yessir.
one of my favorite games. i just got madden today though so the show is going on the backburner for abit.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Can’t wait for SOCOM though, a lot of things are going to be put on the back-burner for that baby.
I know. sept 16. a little more than a month. psyched for socom.
Yes Moose.
we better hit this fatass
Bases Loaded Top 7th in
Fenway.
Marlon Byrd has close to a 1.500 OPS this month. Starting to fulfill that potential …
That is sick.
christ
Come on Betemit.
Hey Mike, you think there’s enough interest on the site to start a Fantasy Football League?
Hell yes, I’m so down
dude im so In
me 2
Sure. I’m down.
I’ll set it up later this week to get an official headcount. Figure next weekend for the draft (not this one upcoming)?
WORD
Cool with me.
I’m in if you haven’t been flooded with responses yet…
count me in
Betemit is a terrible situational hitter.
o man lol this is bad
way to NOT GET THAT RUN IN
Crap. Ugh.
Law of averages say that the Yankees are going to be the most grittiest, guttiest, clutch, and scrappiest team in the Major Leagues next year.
I hear Eckstein’s a FA…….
i hated him when he was on the angels. he and pedroia must be related somehow, they’re both tiny elves.
Gee Cano why you didn’t do that in LA.
phelps is swimming momentarily. if only the yanks were half as clutch as him.
nice, the Yanks are too talented to score runs
That one is just retarted.
Shut the fuck Up Kay.
5th pick in fantays ????
whos is available
Michael Phelps does it again, Olympic Gold Medal NUMBER TEN!!!!
he’s a fucking machine.
Phelps: Gold, WR, thats how he rolls
Greatest. Olympian. Ever.
5 events to go, along with the potential he returns for the London ’12 olmypics
The dude is just phenomenal.
Anybody interested in the USA basketball team.
Yeah, you have their schedule? How many games have I missed?
You have missed 2 games so far. But the tougher part of the preliminary round schedule is the next two games.
Well they have played two games, next game is against Greece on Thurs.
FUCk boston tied it
Jacoby Ellsbury missed tonight’s game with a bruised tailbone.
[Insert gay joke here]
Kevin Youkilis (strained pelvic bone) questionable for tomorrow’s game.
Jason Varitek has a donut on every coach, chair, and bench in his house.
i think ellsbury is too old for youkilis.
Haha. That’s just wrong dude. Hysterical, but wrong.
Dustin Pedroia out with anal fissure. Out four to five games.
rookie initiation? I vote papelbon. (wasnt there a pic floating around of papelbon grabbing someone elses junk at last years asg? i think it was manny’s?)
I love Google.
http://66.79.163.197/_images/a.....tchyp6.jpg
geez another final in less than an hour
Rally time!
cmon abbay here we go les do it
16-15, like to see the Rangers tack on a few more before the 9th.
Did you guys know that Phelps has to eat between 8,000 to 10,000-calories a day? Jesus Montero!
ESPN the magazine?
yeah they interviewed all the food places he went to at Ann Arbor, they all loved him
Hit a Homer A-Rod.
Heh, only A-Rod.
bad luck
Oh my goodness.
I admit, the “Fuck Joe Torre” comment by myself was a bit too strong, but seriously, this is borderline criminal now.
Per PeteAbe:
UPDATE, 10:15 p.m.: Scott Proctor has a sore elbow that will need surgery and he may not pitch again this season. They should still try and trade Wilson Betemit back for him.
Poor Scott
Proctor should sue Torre.
Alright, whose turn is it to blow the lead tonight?..wait, hmm, surprised Moose is still in.
Come on Texas.
Mike Lowell left the game with an injured back. I guess Boss Jr. put a hex on those Beantown bums.
maybe the injury bug has left the yanks and gone to tbay and boston.
Goddam Pedroia
Shit. 16 all in Boston
i love christian off the bench
giambi just did the shoulder wiggle again on his way to the dugout lmao
Fuck You Francisco Fuck you.
what the hell is up at fenway?
Stupid pedophile.
He’s having a career year.
I know, diagnosed with ten STD’s in one year? Astronomical.
LMFAO!
Fuckin Texas pitching Sucks Balls.
see if betemit can get revenge
Betemit bails ‘em out.
tacking on runs??? what is this
jesus
classic
Holy crap moly. Scranton took a 4 run lead in the top of the 10th, and they’re about to blow it. They must have Mike Timlin and Manny Delcarmen in their pen.
They blew it. Yikes.
Marlon Byrd is 6-for-6 tonight. Texas has the tying run on-deck.
Sorry, no hit for Byrd, reached on an Error. He’s only 5-for-6.
You know Francona is ecstatic about using Papelbon in a game his team led 10-0 after the 1st.
Let’s see if Girardi tries to squeeze another 41 pitches out of Marte.
error on youkilis. byrd on 2nd one out. texas is still alive.
plz god plz
Game not over in Beantown.
It’s down to former Yankee draft pick, Chris Davis.
fuck
Chris Davis hit a Homer.
One time great Trenton Thunder cleanup hitter Randy Ruiz steps to the plate…
Texas falls 19-17, but this proves my point, Boston is not as good as the mass media desperately tries to portray them to be.
To be fair their SP Zink sucks. But their BP sucks ass.
Bring in God.
$10 Say that the story on BBTN will be about the gritty, gutty Red Sox surviving this game but not about its horrid bullpen behind Jonathan Papelbon.
Mo in for 5 outs, wow. 27/09?
It’s a save situation right? Put Mo in.
That Mariano that the Hammer of God is in.
un FUCKING believable
Outstanding. Never fucking easy.
This is one strange night.
what.the.FUCK???
Did that just happen.
Delmon Young is an atheist.
he’s from the 5th circle of hell
this is going to come down to arod
Mo, damm it. You did it again. 27/09?
Oh yea, the best reliever ever did it again. Intelligent comment by you
If you don’t know what you are talking about…don’t.
How many games has he lost for the Yanks this year, not only in save situations? Poor Moose. 27/09?
Yea, he really sucks. I wish Billy Wagner was our closer, don’t you? It’s nice that you’ve already given up this season. True fan you are
Young fella I’ve been a Yankee fan before you were born. Through all the good and bad years. If I decide to criticise a player I’ll do it. That doesn’t make me any less of a fan then some kid looking through rose colored glasses. You have never seen some of the other all time great closers. So if you haven’t the history of seeing others, don’t say he is the greatest! He is one of the 4 or 5 greatest closers of all time…granted. 27/09?
Granted? No one cares that you’re old. If you can’t respect Mariano Rivera, then that does mean you’re less of a fan than the normal Yankee fan.
Are you stupid or just dense? No one here is dis’sing Mo.
I said; Mo damm it, you did it again! Did he or did he not, do it again? So, what is wrong with bitching about it? Is he some god, that we can’t say he screwed up? We fans, complain when other guys screw up, why not when he dose. I know some think of him as a god, nothing wrong with that. But he is human just like the rest of us, and last time I looked around I have not seen anyone perfect And don’t try to change the discusion. If all Yankee fans were like you, there would never be any discussions or blogs such as this one. Only if one agrees with your assessment of the situation, dose it count. Sorry, that’s not the way the world works. Enough! 27/09?
Old Ranger, my apologies. I didn’t mean to start any beef, I’ve just been frustrated with some fellow fans recently, but it all comes down to me being cranky about their recent play. No hard feelings I hope. Go Yanks
Nady Nation, we all seem to be a little frustrated…and when our best pitcher blows a save; well…hell! Forget it, the one I was feeling sorry for was Moose. We won that’s what really counts. Good luck. 27/09?
well I guess it’s his turn.
nothing comes easy this year
can we start talking about fantasy football again.. anybody have a clever/dirty team name
I’m going to call my team Youkilicious.
Shut the fuck up Kay. SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
No Michael Kay, the mistakes do not add up here. Mariano Rivera in the game with a three run lead should not become a tied game, that’s all there is to it.
Thank You.
Mo might as well be Benitez to me now.
You are pathetic
Shouldve been easy win 16 there. Period.
dumbest comment of the season. congrats. that is a pretty tall order.
im bout to cry
They really need to get back to using Marte strictly as a LOOGY. He’s already thrown more innings this year than he did in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Didn’t God do this in the Bible? Like didn’t he continually fuck with somebody just to prove their faith in him?
I think you’re right. Thanks for pointing that out.
Sure Kay, the yanks are gonna quit.
Anyone here a Jets fan in the mid 90′s? The year they went 1-15, when their slogan as New York Jets: Find A Way (To Lose).
This reminds me of that horseshit. Like Theyre playing for a better draft pick. Almost like they’re tanking games. I know they’re not but it has that appearance sometimes.
This team right now is out of control some how they have to keep their heads in this fucking game.
Someone needs to come up big.
this is fucken sickening idc how u put it
Gotta have A-Rod up this inning.
No way in hell Denny Reyes is 250 pounds..they shorted him 30 pounds.
I think they have him confused with Danys Baez.
Oh well it gets better and better.
i wanna kill myself
Another chance for you know who to do you know what.
LOL
If Mariano is God then A-Rod is Allah, Buddha, or whoever.
Thou should not believe in false gods.
So let be written so let be done.
ridic
Great.
Oh A-Rod.
How many fucking hard grounders can A-Rod not get a hit on? Fuck, it’s annoying me now.
Same old same old and now no Jeter real smart.
Real smart? Come on man, Jeter is obviously hobbling. He is a detriment to the team both defensively and on the base-paths with that injury.
Are you kidding me Jeter could be on one fucking leg and it wouldn’t be a detriment.
Keep cheering A-Rod believe me he needs all the help he can get and leave the proven winners alone they always rise to the top.
So you’d take a one legged Jeter over A-Rod?
Yes, Sir I would.
they just showed Jeter grabbing his ankle.
what does it have to do with A-Rod?
you’re like a broken record.
a broken Billy Ray Cyrus record.
Oh please and your not the guy is 0 for 5 I don’t care if he hit them all to the wall it still 0 for 5.
By the way the Cyrus family is not doing to bad right now.
Try getting Hannah Montana ticket you have a better chance at Yankees Vs Red Sox.
LOL
how many times can A-Rod scald the ball right at the 3Bman. every single Ab.
Exactly. That’s at least the sixth fucking time this whole road trip. Can one get by, just one? I mean God Damn.
That’s because you have to hit around the men standing in the infield not at them.
I read that somewhere.
LOL
the US demolished in the 4x 200
i wonder how much these new speedo suits are contributing to almost every world record being destroyed
this was a w man christ
I just got home. But my dad is so furious he is seriously trying to convince me that Michael Kay has more common sense and that he should be manager than Girardi.
I don’t know what you dad is talking about, even his most loudest critics can’t argue with anything Joe Girardi has done tonight to cost the Yankees a win.
what did Girardi do tonight?
He didn’t do anything to lose. He’s not out there pitching.
my dad is the loudest critic.
Is Jeter hurt?
yea fouled a ball off his foot and has been limping since
Oh, you stupid bastard.
http://withleather.uproxx.com/post.phtml?pk=6620
he will be getting the Tienanmen treatment for sure
when the guys sleeping, the dude from v from vendetta is going to show up and go ape shit on him with his knives.
fuck me side ways yankees
5 game win streak
“baseball is the one sport you cant really try to hit the homerun” – Michael Kay
Gee Kay maybe it’s the only sport that involves HR.
Because, of course, you can try to hit a home run in football or basketball…
in soccer.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What a fucking joke this team is. Mo is even garbage right now.
Pudge is hitting .238 with the yankees. Thats gross.
geez late DoF tonite….
It’s coming. Give me a couple minutes.
Well lets see if Veras can bounce back.
Feet first slide makes no difference fatty.
u guys hear that story about how delmon young threatened to kill his girlfriend and sent her a picture of a gun via text.
and that video where he threw his bat at the umpire while playing in the minors…
talk about a great guy
Did not hear about the first one, you sure that wasn’t Elijah Dukes? I know he had domestic violence issues.
Either way, that’s fucking deplorable.
oh man u know what you’re right they might both be dukes stories, i get those two crazy motherfuckers confused
You got the second one right, that was definitely Delmon Young.
Delmon threw the bat, Dukes took the pic of the gun.
ahh ok thanks
You dead, dawg.
who else got played the fool for believing hughes was actually hitting 100+? thanks PeteAbe for adding sarcasm amongst factual information.
hahaha probably not anybody here who follows him closely
That piece o’ crap deleted my comment when I posted the fact that it took seven seasons for Joe Torre, as a manager, to reach the 78-Wins plateau while Joe Girardi reached that same plateau in his inaugural managerial season. It was in response to him making a little snide comment about how Girardi is 141-140 as a manager coming into tonight’s game.
dude ever since that nomaas/ interested reader fiasco I lost all respect I had for him
Ditto.
im pist man
How the hell does Jose Veras ever know where the ball is going with that delivery?
who knows but hes got a chance to be a very very good releiver
Is it fair to say A-Rod is in a 5-for-31 slump when he is 5-for-his-last-16 with 2-HR, and 2-RBI?
I believe the term is “cherry picking.”
…Or “Hatin’ Ass Bitchez”.
Hah, I like yours better.
Okay, people do have to work in the morning you know. A run or two would be nice.
Although it suck not being 21 yet, I really appreciate these mandatory summer vacations.
I just got home and read Mo blew his 1st save and started thinking another sign that this just isnt the Yankees season, but they still are going so winning tonight who knows hopefully with Hughes lookin good and coming back soon this could be a springboard…..Oh my God Im beginnin to sound like an optimistic Yankees fan, whats happening to me!?!?!
AROD KILL
Unclutch.
That HR by Arod doesnt count it wasnt clutch enuff…..
another unclutch home run.
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez: “FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK YOUUUUUUUU!!!!”
He just shut me the fuck up.
Gentlemen you start firing,
LOL
it’s all good.
just pray for the bullpen to hold it.
biggest hit of the season.
Here is to hoping he has bigger ones and to your prayers being answer my friend.
Go play lotto now.
LOL
watch us score like 4 or 5 runs now and arods HR gets completely overlooked
So true funny and so true he just can’t win.
That’s a fuckin rare performance from A-Rod.
Chinese gymnasts are 10 years old.
I love A-Rod.
Nady is the fuckin Man.
Don’t the Yanks have to let Abreu walk now with Nady in the fold? Between him, Matsui and Damon (not to mention whoever plays CF) in 2009 is there any reason to try and bring Bobby back? Just take the draft picks and run.
If A-Rod hits that Home Run, he’s a “front-runner”.
or the arod haters favorite “stat-padder”
Jeez one homerun and everyone is back on the A-Train.
unlike most I never left
Not even after he batted .071 last year in the playoffs. If he manages less than that this year will you finally jump off the train?
A-Rod hit .267 in the playoffs last year, .820 OPS.
no barry because he hit .314 with like 54 homeruns and 156 rbi to get us to the playoffs. He had a bad 5 games against excellent cleveland pitching like the rest of our lineup
Michael Phelps won his eleventh Olympic Gold Medal.
A-Rod now Nady HR…unclutch as hell! Not bad! 27/09?
hey ranger u better change that 9 to a 8 bud. the fat lady hasnt sung yet
You may be right, but I think I will leave it…they won, didn’t they? Can’t change it unless they are out of it…sorry. Come on guys, prove me wrong for this year! 27/09?
An X-Bomb for X-Nady.
Would it be wrong for me to advocate Xavier Nady to do that “X” thing over his crotch a la the Degeneration X members in the WWE?
SUCK IT
Didnt Derek Lowe do that to Oakland when he got the last out of the 2003 ALDS vs them and some of the players were offended by that? That was some funny shit when I saw the replay…
Hopefully Oakland holds on in the 9th so my boy, or rather my younger brother’s boy, Gio Gonzalez gets his 1st career win.
Let’s close this out
I know Jamal Nut on his self when A-Rod hit that HR. lol.
LMFAO!!
LoL, eww.
That’s not nice funnier then shit, but not nice.
Jamal stood by his man !!!!!!!
did kay just make a joke about flaherty being a bench player?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM52Xsvw5NQ
It’s been a while.