Aug
17
Game 124: Start of something big?
ByShould probably get this up before first pitch, huh? Let’s get a little hot streak going.
1. Damon, DH
2. Jeter, SS
3. Abreu, RF
4. A-Rod, 3B
5. Giambi, 1B
6. Nady, LF
7. Cano, 2B
8. Molina, C
9. Walk-off hit machine, CF
And on the mound, the guy we all hope gets that elusive 20-win season this year, Mikey Moose.
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LOL @ walk-off hit machine…maybe the Yanks can convince him that every at bat is a walk off situation to get his average up…
Oh yeah and its good to see that in the 122nd game of the year Girardi decides a consistent lineup is a good thing.
Except for the fact that the Yankees have used a number of different lineups on average with the rest of the Major Leagues…
i just accept whatever pete abe says!!! i can’t think for myself!!!
From the great Lou Brown: (for Tuesday nights Game, hopefully)
“Ok, guys. We’ve won two games in a row. If we win tonight, its called a winning streak. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. “
ehhhhhh
So they’ve got a little bit of a mountain to climb. Bannister isn’t untouchable.
Ouch! 27/09?
Michael Kay: “If you don’t get hits w/RISP you’re not going to score many runs.”
Mind boggling, eh?
MK=deep thinker! 27/09?
First inning, so fucking un-clutch.
well would u look at that….
Clutch! 27/09?
So unclutch!
1st inning, doesn’t count.
Yessir! XXX!
When is Hughes scheduled to pitch next?
Today at 5:35PM.
Thanks. MiLB.com has a gameday/tracker or something of the sorts?
Yes, also free audio. Just click the audio thing and sign-up (for free) for MiLB.com.
Tonight, no pitch count I think? either way if he does really well tonight, I can see him for next week.
90-95 pitches, so there isn’t a pitch limit, albeit a high one.
It dose now! 27/09?
X is CLUTCH!
Oh my Mariano, does X(BH) really have seven Home Runs with the Yankees? Wow.
An A-Bomb…from A-Rod
And the go a-head from Nady!
What is John Sterlings wording for when nady hits it out?
“it is caught at the warning track”
Got to love that two out hit by Robbie Cano so Jose Molina does not lead-off next inning.
Hava Molina!
Got to love that two out hit by Robbie Cano so Jose Molina, as expected, could drive him in with a RBI-2B.
A triple even though the ball was cutoff? Wow!
Guillen was chilling…didn’t realize Gardner was going for 3B….
when is the last time they have had an inning like this?
lightening in a Yankees uniform!
Melky Cabrera has been rendered complete useless.
that Gardner sure is scrappy isnt he?
It sure has been a while since they’ve had a guy who can run like that.
How in the world was that a triple… I think I have fallen in love…
I am glad that rumored Brian Bannister trade never happened.
Not bad for a 4-5th OF is it? And it was said; Brett can’t hit in the show, not saying this is what he will be as a player. Not enough games to tell, but that speed and instincts is really something. And yes, I have always liked him as a deference maker…Joe G. type of player. 27/09?
Boston’s already losing.
Don’t bother with the scoreboard until we get within four games in the loss column or so.
Enjoy the race while we can, they might not be in it very long.
Beckett’s getting tattooed.
Whadafuxup with him? His K/BB are the highest of his career and same with his BB/9. His WHIP is below his career norm as well.
I guess he is just having bad pitch selection or bad command because although he’s getting the ball over the plate, his LD% against is 24.6 (highest before was 21.9 in 2005 w/FLA).
“UUUUUUUUGE”
Moooooooose!!! Crafty veteran at work. Moyer-esque.
Moyer-esque
Heh, you dummy, Jamie Moyer is a southpaw, duh!
Josh Beckett is teh wicked AweSOmE!!!
6-0 Jays, 2 outs in the first.
mo 3 innings in the last 2 days… available tonight?
25 pitches yesterday, 21 on Friday. It’s crunch time, I think he’s good for an inning today, especially with the off-day tomorrow.
i think so too… i remember earlier this year him goin 4 days in a row… it is a playoff race after all
hopefully this game will be 18-3 so it will be moot.
Who did A-Rod hit #500 against, Brian Bannister or Kyle Davies?
Davies.
i was there. it was cool.
My fantasy team can really use the RBI’s, Alex…
Oh Jamal, I saw Lucky Number Slevin last night. Awesome flick, thanks for the recommendation.
Tell me Lucy Liu wasn’t great, I loved her in that. Wish she would get more roles, I really love her as an actress. Outside of Charlize Theron, I can’t really think of another actress that I really would go see a movie for. Uma Thurman, maybe.
Like I said, if you were into that, check out The Usual Suspects.
base loaded with no out, hopefully we put up a few more runs, knock bannister out and just use mop up guys like Britton to finish up the game.
beckett pulled a bannister, 6 runs in the first inning
Bitch.
x10
They needed a game like this in the worst way.
Don’t call it a comeback, we’ve been here for years.
Giambi told all baseball writers to STFU about RISP.
the giambino!!! maybe we wont need mo after all
Are they seriously leaving Bannister in after getting shelled for 10 runs in 1+?
Damn, they just going to let bannister suffer like this…
mike a… droppin ll cool j lyrics
So Mike, if everything goes correct with their development, what do you think the Royals will do with Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Mike Moustakas, and Eric Hosmer defensively?
Gordon – 3B
Moustakas – RF (should try him at C though, he’s athletic enough)
Hosmer – 1B/LF
Butler – DH/1B
i hear hosmer has a cannon so maybe use him in right
not Mike, but probably 3B Gordon, DH Butler, and play Hosmer/Moustakas at 1B/LF.
Oh God, shut the hell up Kay. Hillman’s leaving Banny in there because his pen is shot.
Go figure out if you’d slow down falling through a cloud, dumbass.
Let’s experiment!
nothin liek ur starter pulled with 0 outs in the 2nd the day after a 13 inning game… OUCH
Molina is really working the counts lately.
First and last time we ever see Brett Gardner swing at a 2-0 pitch?
i think that’s about as far as he can hit one
take note wilson
Johan vs Karstens in the ‘burgh.
i can’t believe cashman didn’t trade melky and karstens for johan!!11!!!
Hah, Leiter just took Kay to task with the all aces on the mound today. Turn off ESPN Kay.
Lol, all the top performers are Yankees (and we’re not the only game playing now)… awesome
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard
Hopefully they carry some of this momentum into Toronto. Rasner vs Burnett has the potential to halt any sort of winning streak right in its tracks.
If I remember correctly he’s got pretty decent numbers against the Yankee hitters, too.
Pretty decent? He owns us.
Alright. I was going off memory.
the yankees have no desire to score another run
actually, the ump blew the call
clutch!
Hey Mike A, you saw Training Day that I recommend?
Anybody who has not seen that already has no right to say they like movies.
One could say the same for The Usual Suspects. But if he hasn’t seen that, maybe he hasn’t seen Training Day either.
I haven’t seen The Usual Suspects, but it’s in the Netflix queue.
As Jamal recommended, it’s very good.
That movie is just sick. Denzel really impress me and he played the bad guy. The scene with the crackheads was just great.
Yeah, I saw that the other day, another good flick. I’m waiting on Blood Diamond now.
Blood Diamond is overrated.
Hey Jamal ever saw Menace To Society. That’s like one of my all time fav movies
Oh man, I love that one. You don’t know how many times I shook my head in laughter and disgust when the guy robbed some dude for his rims and then ordered a burger.
“Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood” is probably my favorite comedy ever.
Word. Still the best part was when the dude killed the asian people in the store and kept showing the video tape to his friends.
I liked it, not the greatest movie but entertaining nonetheless
maybe so, but its a good movie
Another great one is Babel, not the level of Crash (2004), but still really good.
Crash was all sorts of awesome.
Crash was great. I was surprise that Broke Back mountain was considered the Fav to win in the oscars over Crash.
Controversy=Hype
Hype + Good Movie=Oscar!
Traffic is of that genre as well, more with drugs though. Stars one of my favorite actors, Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Ocean’s trilogy).
Michael Kay….SHUT THE FUCK UP!
co-sign.
Only Michael Kay can be a pretentious prick for answering a fucking baseball trivia question.
So I was watching Ferris Bueller’s day off, apparently I missed some offense
do you guys thnk Giambi would go for like the $5 mil buyout and like a $5 mil contract for ’09? or just let him go?
be at least a 10M contract, he get the 5M regardless, so if somone will pay him 10 or 12, he’s not going to be a nice guy and go for 5M. Reports say he wants to be a Yankee so maybe he takes a slight discount, but nothing that big.
doesn’t Kay scornfully announce the time of game as “unmanagable” and now he is saying the exact opposite.
he’s full of shit.
ahhh nice pick up steve.!
that was on the radio…now he’s a tv star….
hahahahaah he’s reading your posts now!!
Wow its like Kay read this, maybe he reads the blog mid-game
they pulled Bucket… maybe the injury bug has been transmitted to boston… let’s go labrum! i’ll arrange to rotate w dr andrews and spit in his shoulder.
ok I know i’m going to hell for that, but with the past couple weeks of watching the yanks bat w risp I feel like i’m prepared.
let’s go yanks!
never wish for a serious arm injury, something that knocks him out but jepordize his future is fine, such as a hamstring and such
Or maybe he was just getting tattooed so Tito pulled him? Did you see the video of him being pulled?
You know whats pretty intriguing, that Albert Pujols has almost the same hitting mechanics as Joe Dimaggio? If you really think about he’s the closest thing to Joe D as a right handed hitter agreed?
Joe D was right handed.
Yeah. you didn’t know that?
Doesn’t Albert have almost as many home runs right now, that DiMaggio had in his entire career?
To be fair, while Beckett hasn’t had the year you expect, he probably been somewhat unlucky.
Yeah, I was going over his numbers, his peripherals are among his career best. His LD% is exceedingly high, however.
.321 BABIP & 3.23 FIP, so he’s been somewhat unlikely.
Kay must be reading these comments now he’s trying to clarify about how he used to say unmanageable…
PMS itself must think Michael Kay is a whiny bitch.
Mussina is washed up.
Retire Moose.
in light of all the kay bashing, did anyone see sports reporters this morning? i tuned in for five minutes and watched michael kay talk about phelps
ugh
I don’t like that show anymore without Schaap and with Kay and Lupica always on….
Isn’t Lupica on the Mets Payroll.
Did he say Phelps’ world record 100 meter freestyle times were unmanageable?
“You know, I just think that a well swam race should be able to be completed in under 30 seconds.”
Jeter must be feeling good with all the hits and SB recently
Did he really give Jessica Alba herpes, or was that just an immortal internet myth?
No, it’s a myth.
Did she have her kid yet? God, she’s got to be the hottest chick in Hollywood right now.
I’ll take Alicia Keys over her. Yup Id said it.
Yeah, she did. Hottest pregnant chick ever. Also, I love Alicia Keys, but Jessica Alba is probably the only chick that can compete with Alicia Keys.
Alba lost too much weight IMO. Or at least she did when she was Skeletor-looking awhile back. It’s never a good look when Hollywood chicks who are already very skinny decide they need more bones sticking out. maybe the pregnancy weight made her hot again.
I would take many of the other dozen or so famous Jeter exes over Alba.
Kate Bosworth for the mother fucking loss. She was gorgeous in Blue Crush. Then the weight just fell and fell…
Word.
This is why I like A-Rod. Jeter yeah he fucks with the celebrity Dyme bitches, A-Rod still fuck with the Ugly, no name women. Gotta Love A-Rod for that one.
According to a quick google search, she caught it from an ex boyfriend. So people just looked at her most famous ex boyfriend and the rumor got started. So there is a chance, but who knows?
I thought she’s been with her baby’s daddy for like, 3 or 4 years though?
Since we’re killing them I don’t mind complimenting, Newman has given them a lot of innings…
So a Redsox lose, a Yankee win, hopefully a TB lost and Hughes pitching well. Not a bad day.
Gardner looking good…
remember when Bannister tossed a 2 hitter in his first start of the season and everyone blasted the mets for trading him
There’s 16 games left in Stadium history, and Ben Stiller’s father is pulling the lever? Man, they really cut the mustard on that one.
excuse me, what does cut the mustard means?
I have no idea, but Kay uses it all the time in similar situations.
I thought it meant being a showboat or lackadaisical. But when dealing with Michael Kay, context clues FTL.
I know it’s a tad foolish to focus on DSL numbers, but Kelvin De Leon leads the DSL with 8-HR. Not only that, but he is posting a .903-OPS with a .406-OBP. That’s beautiful.
Love the OBP%.
too bad they didn’t bring him state side this year, especially since BA had reported that they did
Trust me dude, those stats are beyond worthless. I’ve see .500 OBP’s and 1.400 OPS’s before from big money guys that never got out of A-ball. I stopped cheching DSL stats like, 4 years ago.
Mike Mussina has been perfect…in fact he has retired 12 in a row…um, isnt that the same thing? Thanks Kay for your insight…
Uusally I would say hey stop bashing a specific guy, but with Kay I understand.
Is it my T.V. or is it really fucking bright in the YES booth?
I thought it was just me because it’s through my computer… guess not
A Yankee Stadium Yankeeography? Nice.
MOOOSE.
Would ya guys go out with a girl who’s chubby/slighty fat?
Nope. I would die if I felt those stomach flaps, eck!
Can she cook?
I’ve always felt it’s impossible for a fat person to be a really good cook. Fat people don’t have the patience to be a really good cook, they just want whatever is available and edible, and I’m not so sure about the latter…
I’m a college kid, so I go by the ratio of the more drunk I am the more my standards decrease, but for the most part nah, not my type.
you contemplating this personally?
Chubby girls are usually good at certain activites…
I ask this question because me and my friend were having a discussion and he ask me would you go out a girl with a great Body but a ugly face, or a chubby girl with a cute face.
Personality counts for a lot. A smokin’ hot chick with the personality of a Melky Cabrera at-bat gets stale after a while.
Personality is big if ya thinking long term no doubt.
Whats that song… “If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you… BOY!!! is your wife ugly! But mannn, she can COOK!”
Great song
let traber get his innings, he is the new LaTroy
Somebody has to do it.
I’ve never had a kidney stone, but I’ve also heard they are the worst. I would like nothing more for Michael Kay to be diagnosed with a couple hundred.
They’re not so bad now, they can zap most with a laser to make passing it pain free.
Ah technology, you fail me yet again.
BTW, is Starscream the best Transformer ever or what?
Voltron FTW!
Robot Chicken FTW!
“Oh shit, Voltron! You got served!!!”
Nancy Drew left the game with a back injury. The plot thickens.
The Mariners are so fucking worthless, my Mariano.
Nice, for once Traber is good for something, 7 pitch inning. Hopefully he goes all 3 innings to give the bullpen a rest.
When it comes to fat girls… You can hide an ugly face when you turn off the lights…You can’t hide fat…In other words, you can drink em pretty, but you can’t drink em skinny
Who gets sent down when Matsui returns?
Traber or Britton.
Britton, without a doubt. That’ll be his 1,394,912 time he’s been sent down this year
at least it wasn’t the hand again
You know what’s an awesome song, “Damn You Look Good And I’m Drunk” by a favorite band of mine, Cobra Starship. One of the chorus verses is “You’re the kinda girl to take home to mom, if my momma was dead”.
Nice bomb for Ransom
Wilson que?
Wilson quien
Say hello to Shane Spencer of yesteryear
The HR was nice and all, but did it really deserve a curtain call? It’s not like it was his first MLB at-bat.
That’s awesome. Ransom’s done his time, I’m happy for him.
Voltron got served!!!
Heh, they just the episode with that clip on this past week.
Congradulation Ransom.
(sigh)
Clay Buchholz demoted to mop up duty. Hah.
Punk ass biotch.
You know you done a bad job pitching when you get replace by Paul Byrd.
And he managed to give up a run in an inning of work.
Isn’t it just amusing how the Mets’ faithful gets so excited up after their team sweeps teams like the Rockies, Giants, Nationals, and the trade depleted Pirates?
I was watching the the Wheel House on SNY, and they ask who was the better team? And they were saying the mets when they are beating teams likethe nats and pirates, and the yanks struggling. At full strength the yanks are better.
They traded for Luis Ayala this morning, another one of Omar’s boys from his Washington/Montreal days.
Somehow he makes their pen best worse, not better.
I don’t know. I know I would be very excited if we swept the Royals and later Orioles. We need these games badly.
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Rays are doing pretty well then, huh?
with the yanks money.
Seattle and Detroit … not so much.
Oh wow, my friend just sent me this on Facebook. Instant classic.
hey guys where is matsui gonna bat?? 5th/. maybe 7t? move cano down.
5th/6th? I wonder if they’d put him above Nady
i definately wouldnt, personally speaking i would feel comfortable with nady hitting 2nd in my lineup
Ease him back in, bat him 7th behind Nady at first.
Melky Who?
Blowouts galore in the A.L. East, BAL leads DET 14-5.
Man Detroit sucks.
We were on the other end of that shoe a couple of times..
Wait, I thought Boston’s rookie starters never fail. I thought they knew what they were doing and will never endure growing pains with a rookie pitcher. I thought they were winning the young arms race against the Yanks.
So weird then that Paul Byrd has a rotation spot before Clay Buchholz and Justin Masterson.
Buchholz threw 21 pitches in his inning of work today, 12 strikes.
Lincecum: 7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 10 K
He is beyond sick
Chris Britton kinda sucks.
and all this time we thought Girardi just hated fat people
way off topic, but is anyone having a better season under the radar than aubrey huff?
I don’t think so.
McCann?
Best offensive player at his position this year, you really think people haven’t noticed? I sure hope not.
There is no such thing as “way off topic” in RAB game threads!
Wow, Alex Rios will probably have a 15/35/45 season.
What is that, homers/doubles/steals?
HR/SB/2B
That’s how crazy it is, he had four doubles today alone to give him 36.
These Raymor & Flanagan commercials are freakin’ weird. It’s furniture, why so dramatic?
So you guys admit it, that Britton sucks.
Okay, later Hughes is going, its been a good weekend
Pitching like crap.