Game 125: A long-awaited return and an audition
ByIn a few minutes, the Yankees and the Blue Jays were square off in a key three-game set north of the border. For the Blue Jays, just two games behind the Yankees, this is their opportunity to make a move or play spoiler. The Yankees, as we know, just need to keep winning.
Tonight, though, the Yankees will have to earn it. They’re tossing Darrell Rasner, 5-9 with a 5.18 ERA, against A.J. Burnett. Now, Burnett’s start tonight is something of an audition. On the season, he’s a very respectable 15-9, but his ERA stands at 4.67, a full 0.79 higher than his career line. But against the Yanks this year, he’s 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA in 14.1 innings.
This start is an audition because A.J. Burnett has one of those opt-out clauses in his contract, and nearly everyone watching thinks he’s going to exercise that clause. When Burnett records the first out of the third inning today, he will have reached a three-year innings pitched high, and potential suitors will look at his health and success against the AL’s perennial contenders as they determine whether or not to offer the flame-throwing right-hander a contract.
Today’s game also marks the return of Hideki Matsui. The injured Yankee has been out since the end of June with knee problems. While Matsui will need knee surgery at some point in the near future, he will attempt to play for as long as he can. Matsui was hitting .323/.404/.458 through 69 games prior to his injury. The Yanks sent Justin Christian down to make move for Matsui.
Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jason Giambi 1B
Xavier Nady LF
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Ivan Rodriguez C
Darrell Rasner P (5-9, 5.18)
“2-0 with a 1.88 ERA in 14.1 innings” – He’s nowhere near that good, so hopefully tonight’s the night for a little regression toward the mean for AJ…
Horses for courses . . . . .
look at that line up. lets pound them out and chew ‘em up from here on out. go go go.
I can’t fathom what Giambi is still doing in the 5 hole. Batting .208 with RISP this year.
“A long-awaited return”
Yeah, I’ve missed Carl Pavano too. Can’t wait to see that big ol teddy bear pitch some baseball for us Yankee fans.
yea and pitching for another contract, should be real intersting to see the fire lit under his ass.
If he goes 6-0 down the stretch, you’re going to complain?
Rasner vs Burnett; a mismatch for the ages. Hopefully the underdog wins.
In due time i look foward to matsui manning the 5th hole. his numbers with RISP are superb compared to his fellow teammates. his avg with RISP overall is .338 this season and with two outs, .294, on the contrary, our current 5 man is hitting .208 and .209 with risp and with risp and two outs. for a man who is supposed to be one of our main run producing sources, thats digraceful, i do understand he isnt a hitter for average lile matsui, but still, he should be one of our best RBI men.
Yep.
anyone registered for the paper that shall not be mentioned?
according to sidebar link over at nomaas, there’s a story up about american idle skipping his scheduled bullpen session … just wondering what the details are on that and not wanting to register just to see it …
ESPN is now reporting that Victor Zambrano is in the mix for the Sat start.
I hope not. I’d rather see Carl or Phil. Zambrano sucked when he was healthy, much less coming off TJ.
And to think, last year I subscribed to MLB TV. RAB saving a college kid 15 bucks a month, a case of Miller High Life’s worth, as Mel would say…How About thattt. Tonight is the night, we turn it around.
please please please dont ground into a double play
Send Damon, ASAP avoid the DP.
I’m listening to the game on the radio – but also have Brahms Requiem playing on iTunes at the same time. Gives the game a whole different feel…
great job.
Tell me if anyone else has this fear: Pavano gets the start, he does great down the stretch, we miss the playoffs, and now he gets a big fat contract for someone where he pitches great.
I’d rather keep him buried in the minors – the odds of making the playoffs are so small anyway why give him a chance to be showcased?
Sorry, you lost me there.
me too. what?
his name is Batty…
el como duce.
is it me or is burnett throwing right down the middle to every batter first pitch? i know its coming hard as shit, but he’s “laying” it in there.
1-0 Yanks
You gotta love those RBI-slap doubles to the opposite field that score the runner from first. The foundation of a successful offense.
Can someone help me out a bit on why the helium is so high right now on Alcides Escobar? I understand he’s a legit prospect, but Baseball America calling him a “star in the making” in their most recent Hot Sheet just reinforces the point that I’ve been wondering about, why is he so highly regarded? I love the defense, speed, and the gap power, but why is he talked about as a future star?
Aren’t we really looking at a possible Edgar Renteria offensive producer? Renteria was never a huge star at Short Stop outside of those dynamic 2003 (St. Louis) and 2007 (Detr…err Atlanta) seasons. Escobar has a great vital line as a 21-year-old in Double-A (.346/.381/.456), but his IsoD is just 0.35. So if he really doesn’t maintain a high Batting Average, he has not shown any good OBP skills.
I don’t know, maybe I’m being a bit too hard on a 21-year-old in Double-A and not leaving enough room for projection in my take, but this “star” stuff is not what I see in the Brewers’ young Short Stop.
He’s “that guy.” He was rumored to be involved in the CC deal, but the Brewers wouldn’t give him up, so immediately he gets hyped up. He’s “the guy the Brewers wouldn’t trade for CC Sabathia,” just like what happened to Hughes & Kennedy.
Yeah, but at least Phil Hughes is deserving of the hype. I really don’t see it with Escobar.
But what’s so wrong with being the next Edgar Renteria? I’d take that kind of ceiling in a second.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Escobar is something to sneeze at. I’m just saying the hype is a bit much.
You hope Phil Hughes is deserving of the hype.
It’s funny.. all the big time prospects the Brewers have been drafting the last several years have been working out.
JJ Hardy, Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, Corey Hart, etc. Pitchers have been good to decent as well.
I’d be more apt to lean towards maybe he’s coming out of a really good development program and has a nice chance to produce. There’s plenty of guys who need to maintain high batting averages to keep their OBPs respectable. It only matters if they can’t play defense at premium positions.
Jack Zduriencik is one of the best Scouting Director’s in the game, he knows what he’s going.
there is absolutely no excuse for damon dropping that ball and dont give me some oh he hasnt played center too much. there is NO excuse.
I wonder if Damon in center will cost us the season game.
season or game.
either way is quite dramatic to think one fielder will cost a team 39 games.
I doubt it. It’s more likely that having Melky or Gardner’s bat in the lineup every day will.
Also, Damon had the best range, statistically, of any Left Fielder in the A.L. not named Carl Crawford. I don’t think we will lose much, if anything noteworthy with Damon in CF. Seriously, how much time does one OF’ers’ arm come into play over the course of 40-games?
Nasty hammer.
Bullet. Dodged.
Can Marco Scutaro leave the fucking A.L. already?
im sorry maybe its just me, but the lineup aside from wells and rios isnt all that intimidating to me, rasner shouldnt have a tough time tonight.
and is it me or is kay a jynx, everytime someone has a slump like an 0 fer 20 or 30+ they always end up getting a double in the gap against us
I’m done listening to Michael Kay and would like to not listen to John Sterling who the other day did about 20 X marks the spot on the HR by Ransome. Suzyn had to tell him after he was frothing all over himself that Nady was on deck and could not have possibly hit an HR from the on-deck circle. Okay, maybe he COULD but he didn’t.
How can you be a broadcaster and not even know who is batting?
Oh Scooter we miss you.
Actually no, Suzyn said that Ransom pinch hit for Nady, even though Nady was on deck. I hate Suzyn more than Sterling, if that’s even possible
She knows more about baseball than he does…but Sterling should know who the hell is batting. I thought she said, correctly, that he was pinch hitting for Giambi.
What evidence do you have that she knows more about baseball than Sterling? All she does is point out blatantly obvious observations or repeat what Sterling says in different words. But she definitely said Nady. They played the clip on the FAN like 3 times this morning. It was just funny to hear that both of our radio announcers literally have no idea what’s going on at any given point in the game.
Suzyn Waldman’s trademark line: “Hmmmph”
As in
Sterling: “Boy did he hit that!”
Waldman: “Hmmph”
or
Sterling: “That was a bad error”
Waldman: “Hmmmph”
or
Sterling: “What a play”
Waldman: “Hmmph”
It’s an all purpose remark, that she uses in every situation. It is the extent of her baseball knowledge.
I didn’t remember her saying Nady but he’s always asking her to explain rules to him.
I loved Scooter, but he was even more clueless than Sterling, which was part of his charm. He was busy reading birthday greetings and eating cannolis while guys were scoring runs. He once thought a pop fly that the 2B caught on the outfield grass was a HR when it left the bat.
Maybe it works better on TV where you really don’t need a competent announcer. Sterling-YES in 2009?
Agreed totally. Much different with the TV announcers, on radio you have to actually rely on the broadcasters to give you a visual picture of what is going on, and Sterling/Waldmann are the worse duo I have ever heard on radio by a country mile.
Yeah Scooter was hilarious.
Oh Jamal, check this out: if you go to the forums on operationsports.com, you can download the NCAA Football 09 draft classes (’09-’12) for PS3 and use them in Madden. They’ve been edited so that all the players have the correct names too.
My buddy sent me the link:
http://www.operationsports.com.....l-rosters/
Nice. I’ve always wanted to do that.
I read where in NBA 2K9 people will be able to share created players/rosters online so other people can save them for themselves. Im praying there are some Knicks fans who re-create the 94 and 99 Knicks properly, let alone the millions who hopefully will recreate the 80’s Lakers and Celtics and of course MJ’s Bulls….
So how do you get this on the PS3?
yo do you know it for the 360?
Jeter looks sometimes like he’s just flat out guessing up there. Its out of character…
Yeesh, Alexa Cora really sucks.
rasner is horrible call up zambrano
Uh, they’re winning.
sarcasm?
how did Zambarano get into the mix?
Anyone do any fantasy fball drafts yet? I drafted Ocho Cinco in both my leagues, and I’m now extremely concerned
That’s why I try to avoid drafts that are three weeks or more away from the season opener.
Of course. Unfortunately, in each of my 2 leagues, I have friends that just started their first years of either med school or law school so the only time where they weren’t completely swamped was this past weekend
If I start an RAB Fantasy Football League, how many would be interested? I’d like to have a deep league, like 20 teams.
Wow 20 teams, that would be sick
Just put up a little side thread to gauge the interest.
i dont mean to rain on your parade…but i did a 16 team league last year, with 4 divisions and what not…and it was not fun at all…half your team is a bunch of scrubs, so at some point you’re just throwing a bunch of shit on the wall and seeing what sticks…
just an fyi
I’d join.
Oh come on, easy trivia. Leiter and Brown.
what was trivia question??? package has freakin Toronto broadcast…
AJ Burnett threw the third no-no in Marlins’ history, who threw the first two?
Yeah Leiter and Brown. Saw all 3 of them on TV since I live down here…
What are the odds Abreu will be stranded on base after his lead-off double…
Quite good.
There’s a man in scoring position, and the guy at the plate (Giambi) is batting .208 in these spots.
You tell me.
…and we’re all shocked.
Establishing a mind link with the mighty Kreskin. . .. .
Hmmmmmm . . . . . .
hmmmmmmmm . . . . . . .
Giambi strikes out here.
if we dont score this run….
I know you think Jason Giambi is at the plate, but when there are men on base he turns into Tim Teufel.
Did I mention he’s batting 5th?
Tim Teufel, that is.
…it would be the least surprising thing ever
Hey, I’m a leadoff double with the middle of the lineup coming up. I’m wasted an alarmingly large amount of the time. I’m a 2008 Yankee.
You’re more useless than Vida Guerra butt naked in gay bar.
Lead off double, 1-0 game, we don’t score the run.
This in a nutshell, will be why we didn’t make the playoffs.
Burnett has an ERA of 4.69 coming into tonight’s game, how the fuck!!!! Watching him vs the Yankees, and seeing him back in the day when he was with the Marlins, I dunno why he doesnt toy with the entire league like he toys with the Yankees with the stuff he has….
The O’s have had two base-runners in every inning thus far (currently in the 3rd), let’s see if they can finally push one across.
There’s 1, start chippin away
Ha Ha Ha!!!! I know someone else I think mentioned this, but now Pete Abe also mentioned that Pavano skipped his bullpen session today cause of a stiff neck. What a shocker….
Beat me to it – woot!
Once he gets close, something hurts. Classic signs of neurosis.
He needs a psychiatrist.
kontos is killing them. he should be in AAA
The Mexican Gangster is killing them softlier.
I love it on WFAN when Jerome from Manhattan spells out his name, because it seems he can’t pronounce it. Hilarious.
pudge has got to be on third. that’s terrible.
uhhhhhhh….anybody dare take a guess what that was?
RLYW was talking about how Brady Anderson had one of the flukiest seasons ever that they can remember in Major League history, can the same be said of Daisuke Matsuzaka?
Maybe, but it’s not Brady Anderson fluky. That was ridiculous, even if it was “aided.”
Yeah, I was wondering why RLYW made no mention of the potential steroid impact in their analysis of fluke seasons.
I mean, obviously you can’t know who did this or that, but I thought a disclaimer would have been used. Maybe they felt since there was no way to prove either side 100%, it was better to just not mention it.
he was so good while taking steroids. he decided to quit taking them and go back to be average.
the logic is irrefuteable.
^ what I was gonna say, but in a much wittier way.
That Sidney Ponson-Roy Halladay matchup on Thursday is so one-sided on paper that it has reverse lock written all over it.
Jason Bartlett breaks up Ervin Santana’s no-no with an one out double.
Is Adam Lind an out-of-position First Basemen or is he tolerable in the outfield?
He’s an outfielder, adequate in left.
Here’s our $25+ million dollar man…
Wow, I’m so not shocked. Why is it that the top paid player in the sport is someone who we all expect to fail when it counts? (And not just regularly, b/c that’s the percentages in baseball, but more or less every single time.)
Your remarks are so refreshing.
And true.
Why do you care how much he makes?
Because at the end day he making that money for a reason.
And it’s not for a .220 RISP.
It doesn’t bother or offend me that he makes that much money. That’s what the market has allowed, and that’s how capitalism works. I’m all for it. More power to him.
I mention the money as merely a rough measurement of his expected/reputed worth to the team. And since that figure implies he is the best player in baseball–or at least very close to it–it’s stunning that he’s generally so completely inept with runners on base and in late innings. (And yes, I realize that last year was a glaring exception, and I give–and gave–him madprops for that.)
Well fucking done.
True THAT.
And if I remember correctly I still have to pay to watch the Yankees.
Get your facts straight.
30 mil!
I said $25+ mil b/c I couldn’t recall the exact figure.
ARod with the Hat-Trick. Well they are playing in Canada….
Ditto Giambi, and this is getting a bit ridiculous now….
One stiff in the lineup is bad enough, but putting them back to back in the #4 and #5 holes is pretty much why we SUCK with RISP.
Ugh, I wouldnt call ARod and Giambi stiffs….
Look up the RISP stats. Our two worst guys hit back to back in the run generating #4 and #5 spots.
Thats the funny thing about it. Jeter, Damon, Nady, Abreu, and now Matsui all have good numbers with RISP. But the outs in between them keep catching up with us.
Nobody can argue our lineup has worked well this year.
The sad part is as bad as A-Rod has been with RISP Giambi is worst.
Steve has a point it’s like the black hole for avg. with RISP.
On the bright side, Burnett’s at 95 pitches.
Thats our plan. Strikeouts get the pitch count up in a hurry.
We have him right where we want him.
Lol.
Giambi, you’re 0-3 with 3Ks. You have an entire half of the field in which to bunt the ball. By all means, keep swinging away ridiculously.
Advocating a bunt with a man who has an OPS higher than .900 coming into tonight?
*Fucking Matsuzaka, he just keeps getting out of this shit.
He’s not going to bunt. When’s the last time he tried to bunt, 15 years ago? He’d probably end up getting hit in the face.
okay the visual is funny
I can just see the stache fly off, and Giambi is red faced.
Yep, telling your #5 hitter to bunt is absurd on many levels.
But who on this team WILL lay down a bunt? Anyone? How about a ball to the 2B to advance a runner? Or GOD FORBID a sac fly?
Thats why I don’t blame Girardi for this season. He doesn’t have a roster with his players yet.
That is SO true. So true.
Run scoring is WAY down this year. Managers and GM’s have to go back to building teams that can score runs in different ways, even if every guy on the roster isn’t an All Star.
I think Cashman understands this, it just won’t happen overnight.
I think the drop in offense (not just the Yanks, in all of baseball) snuck up on everyone.
It did, but Cash has been trying to get away from the aging all-star at every position model for the past few years. The youth movement has been designed to give him more roster flexibility and more options for filling the teams needs via call ups or trades.
Also, if you believe Hank, he said Cash was worried about this team scoring runs before the season started, when barely anybody else was.
In any case, if Cash didn’t understand it, he does now.
My point is he couldn’t have looked worse toight. That .900 OPS is built on soft-tossers. Giambi isn’t hitting heat and he certainly isn’t hitting Burnett tonight. Why try to put a ball in play though?
Dice-K working his magic again.
He is done that shit all year.
His FIP coming into tonight was 4.12, almost 1.50 runs higher than his actual ERA. He’s one lucky mofo.
14 wins he is more then lucky.
Yeah, it’s 8 legit wins and 6 lucky ones.
i hazte seeing yanks k like that but i have to appreciate burnetts stuff/// the dude has great greeat stuff
Now that’s a Yankee Classic that I will definitely be watching.
Oooo I can’t wait Joba’s Fenway game on Yankee Classics.
Baseball games (for me) have the shelf life of McDonalds french fries. A half hour later they’re impossible for me to consume. I can’t sit through a game when I know how it ends.
I would however, like to see some reeeaaaal old timey games from the 50’s and 60’s. Not sure if much exists from before that, but any old WS games would be great.
D Ras making a comeback
Ten base-runners for the O’s over four innings and they score two runs. Ten base-runners for the Red Sox over 4.1-IP and they score five runs. Not only does Daniel Cabrera have better stuff than Daisuke Matsuzaka, but their control is about the fucking same. Ugh.
Dice-K’s got a plus plus luck tool.
All of a sudden, he sounds like a porn star.
There’s a huge difference between their control. Cabrera doesn’t have any and Dice K’s a goddamned nibbler….drives me nuts watching him pitch!
God forbid Rasner gives up one run. Winds up with a no decision.
burnett really is nasty
Yeah, he’s flat-out dealing.
aj in a yank uni nex year if CC fails ?
I’d go after Sheets first, his stuff is just as nasty, and he’s actually proven himself in big games.
Ask Fidel Castro..
Did Burnett pitch in the W.S or was he injured ? cause im saying thats a bigger game than anything sheets has done
He was injured.
Injured, he was on his way back from TJ.
How long can Ras keep it up
Not long – just ask his wife.
Buh-dum-ching!
Being a team means playing like a team. It means that someone like Giambi and A-Rod should learn to bunt to get a run instead of playing the odds – we’re talking between 2 or 3 times out of ten they’ll get a hit. Which means 7 or 8 times they walk back to the dugout shaking their head.
Even if he hits 50 homeruns a year that’s still one out of every three games. For all the sabermatric rattling that happens the odds that something actually goes RIGHT is always against the batter.
Simply put, bunting with Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, or any other middle-of-the-order bat is not a wise decision.
Not simply put. Absolutism will get you nowhere.
Giambi has no shot against Burnett tonight. There wasn’t a defender on that side of the field. A crappy bunt would have done the job.
Actually, absolutism is just fine.
Its having a #5 hitter who’s batting .206 with RISP that will get you nowhere.
and this applies to bunting how?
you do realize that if you give away an out, it’s even harder to score, right?
Giambi swinging away against Burnett is giving away an out at this point. The Jays are giving him an easy base.
what does that have to do with A-Rod?
if you were just talking about bunting against the shift, ok, but that wasn’t at all clear.
Shit.
knew rasner could only hold it for so long
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I guess Marte was warming up for the fun of it….
He might only face 1 batter tonight, gotta make sure he gets to that 41 pitch mark.
Darrell Rasner was cruising, be fair.
No Im not saying they shouldve taken him out prior to the Lind at-bat, its just that he was warming up for the part of the order with 3 lefties up in a row I assume, Rasner gives up a HR to the first one, gets out the 2nd one, then you bring in Veras to face the 3rd lefty??? Like I said, what was the point of having Marte up then thats all Im saying….
Oh, my bad.
to be fair, had Girardi brought in Marte for Stairs, Gaston would have PH with Mench.
could just be that he liked Veras/Stairs better than Marte/Mench.
When the Toronto broadcast showed the bullpen at the beginning of the inning they only showed Marte warming, I was surprised when Veras came in cause I didnt know he was warming up. I have no problem with Veras coming in obviously cause he has been very good….
word, i misunderstood your point originally.
seriously, i can’t believe Girardi didn’t pull a guy throwing a 2 hitter after 78 pitches.
has everyone just decided to throw ALL objectivity out the window and become Fat Abe disciples?
give me a break.
my bad too.
i hate matt stairs
Did that broken bat hit Matt Stairs?
I think before the game if we were told Rasner would go 6.2 innings and only give up 1 run we’d be more than happy to take it. Offense, again, has to step it up.
How many times can mediocre pitchers give us serviceable starts only to see the offense disappear?
To be fair Burnett has been filthy. Can’t fault the O right now.
Burnett is usually good for one awful inning…
Brett Gardner needs to go in lol
Let’s get Burnett out of this game, please God.
jesus man
i know burnett has filthy stuff…but he had close to a 5 ERA coming into the game…why is he our kryptonite? is anyone else super freakin annoyed?? arod and giambi need to stop playing around and take off their blindfolds
Have you been watching this team all year?
burnett is great he jus gets beat up bad in a few starts and whne i say bad i mean BAD. Thats why his era is so high
How does Dice-K do this?
Magic. Pact with Satan. Gotta be one or the other.
bj ryan now ?
Exhibit ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUZWXYZ why LoHud’s posters are dummies:
“the youk homer wasnt the story there, the story was papi moving pedroia over with nobody out by lifting an easy fly ball. thier big bat does what needs to be done, ours cant ever be asked to that.”
Yes, the “big story” is that David Ortiz hit a ball in the air that resulted in an out, not the fact that Kevin Youkilis hit a ball in the air that resulted in actual points. Jesus.
That guy is a reatrd.
The guy calling someone else a ‘retard’ misspells the word.
Ouch.
It’s a running joke.
Oh, gotcha.
In that case, clever.
C’mon, Im sure Papi wasnt trying to hit a HR but instead was playing for the team and hitting a fly-ball that even though resulted in an out was placed properly enough to allow Pedroia to advance a base. I mean why bother hitting it into the stands to allow himself to score as well….
the espn play-by-play says ortiz lined out to left… perfectly placed to move the runner to third (?)
OK, even us Red Sox fans think that guy’s post was absurd. Papi was certainly not trying to “just” move the runner over, although he has bunted against the shift successfully more than once and I love it when he does it. Giambi could do it on occasion to help keep defenses honest and it wouldn’t hurt.
Oh that’s so gay. Did the other 4 Jays’ starters really form a line in the dugout to hug and congratulate Burnett? Wow.
When does Harden become a FA if he makes it anyone kn oow ?
After next year I believe.
How did the yanks got Jose Veras?
Minor league free agent. Texas released him after 2005.
They’ve done pretty well in that area. Veras, Giese and Edwar were all MLFAs.
DAMON OMFG
Fahk.
WHAT THE FUCK IS DAMON DOING?!??!?
melky woulda had that
Butter Damon. What did I say before about him causing the loss?
Meanwhile Melky just threw his glove through the TV.
Screw Melky. Brett Gardner would have had that too, and he wouldn’t have flailed at the plate doing it either.
Because we haven’t seen Brett flail at every pitch so far this year.
This is why I was advocating for Brett Gardner to remain in the lineup in my post about Matsui this morning. Damon’s terrible out there. He’s going to cost the Yanks this game.
idc melky or brett this is ridic that was an easy play for an mlb OF
What are you saying, play defense up the middle? THAT WILL NEVER WORK!!!!!
Sarcasm.
Pathetic
so clueless out there
That enfuriating. Just not Major League Baseball, forget about Yankee baseball
I don’t know what to say.
I dont blame Girardi at all for today’s lineup cause this is exactly the lineup I wouldve put out (meaning putting Damon at CF), but man every move he makes backfires for that ass….
I agree. I figured Damon would cost us a run here and there, but I didn’t think it would happen today.
How many games like this do we have to suffer through this year? I know we’re spoiled, but man. They find a new way every day.
FUCK
devestating.
A-bomb from A-rod
Oh wow, it was Marc Scutaro who hit that ball? That fucking guy…
Meanwhile the “healthy” Red Sox and Rays are both winning again, if only they would have injuries like the Yankees. I have a bad feeling that by Thursday night the Yankees could be in 4th place in the AL East….
A little leaguer makes that catch…. Hell my fat ass makes that catch
Seriously, how does Kevin Long sleep at night knowing he is stealing a paycheck?
The lineup is full of guys with long track records and huge paychecks, don’t know how it’s Long’s fault
After the “I don’t bunt” bullshit on Friday and this fiasco, I suspect Damon has earned his ticket out of town this off season.
WTF
Fuck this team…
Ouch, that hurt.
Sigh.
Honest to GOD, watching the Little League World Series you see better baseball than watching these Yankees….
Fuck them right in their asses…
jesus man this sucks
Actually, he looked safe. Oh well.
Great.
Damon killed us hes such a girl out there
Your soon to be 4th place NY Yankees….
Are you kidding me?
This one kinda sucked ass.
DOES ALEX RODRIGUEZ KNOW HOW TO RUN THE BASES? YOU SPRINT AND THEN YOU ROUND FIRST BASE, NOT ADMIRE YOUR HIT FOR THREE SECONDS THEN TROT TO FIRST THEN START SPRINTING FROM FIRST
You have to laugh at this team. They find a new way every night. Nice 0-4, 4 K night, Giambi.
2008 Yankee Baseball.
Disgusting, pathetic effort by these bunch of losers. As usual.
Another great pitching performance wasted.
another shitty loss, hope the bad breaks this year turn around next year
Well, at least it only took 2.5 hours.
manageable
Heh.
crippling loss.
A larger collective of cunts has never been assembled. Fuck each and every one of them in the ear. Assholes.
WOW maybe a bit much with that comment.
Not enough
Damn it felt good though
4th place meansbetter pick
Please this isnt the NBA or NFL stop with all this draft-picks crap.
And that does it. I’m done with this shit. Call me a fair-weather fan, call me overreacting, say whatever you want. I’m actively only rooting for Boston to not make this playoffs this year. I feel this way to the point that I would like to see the Yanks mail it in against anyone contending for their spot. Fuck the Yankees, this shit is unacceptable. I’ve been a Yanks fan since the mid 80’s and even in those days when they were losing more games they weren’t this infuriating. Feel free to call me out on this if they pull a rabbit out of their ass and make the playoffs but I say fuck it to this year, and as always, I hope Boston’s team plane goes down in a fiery wreck.
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Don’t wish for a plane crash.
You don’t have to, but I will
“The definition of insanity. doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”
Or in this case, expecting the Yankees to turn this season around.
in all fairness, they are actually finding new and creative ways to lose.
Its to a point where you cant even get mad/angry anymore, all you could do is laugh and watch the 1996-2001 Fall Classic Collector’s Edition DVD and remember the good times (at least thats what I do)….
Or Yankees Classics. Like Hankenstein said, we’ll get em next year.
Have any of our guys passed through waivers?
Theyre done, stick a fork in em. I cant stand Giambi. The whole left side is open but hes so selfish he has to try to hit a homerun every time at bat. Hey idiot, maybe they wouldnt shift on you if you actually got some hits the other way. Even a bunt. Now Damon cant even catch the ball.
Gee Bill, you can say that to almost every Power Hitter from the Left side.
classic loss, a team that is just not that good.
giambi and arod terrible tonight..
arod cannot get thrown out at 2nd, here comes the excuses about the offense… give me a break.. another game with less the n3 runs scored…
Damon looked good in CF tonight, they called that a hit, that is laughable.. I may have been able to catch that…
You know, I have pinned my hopes on turning this season around on the returns of Kennedy (strike 1) Hughes, and eventually Joba.
But with the way this team can’t scratch out runs, whats the point? They have had a bunch of terrific pitched games and still managed to lose every FUCKING one of them. What difference will it makes if Hughes AND Joba come back and pitch like Kofax and FUCKING Drysdale? THE FUCKING PROBLEM this entire season is this LINEUP DOESN’T WORK and this team DOESN’T SCORE RUNS. Despite zillions of opportunities to do so.
Girardi wants to keep doing the same thing, we can all expect the same results. He has a LOT to learn about being a YANKEE manager.
that was brutal…this team makes me want to pull out my pubic hair.
I’m going to the game on august 27th. I bought the tickets off the website when they first went on sale and assumed the Yanks and Red Sox would be entwined in a battle for the AL east lead. Can’t believe what is going. Just think about the fact that the DEVIL Rays are leading the division. The freaking DEVIL Rays.
I have only seen the yankees play like 4 or 5 times, and only twice in the stadium, but they have always won. It’s gonna be real shame to see the red sox kick the crap out of them in the soon to be closed Yankee stadium.
Jamal, just wondering, do you think we’re making the playoffs still? I’ve been so positive, like you, for so long, but I gotta admit, it really is looking bleak.
It’s looking bleak as all hell, but no, I still haven’t given up. To be fair, that might speak more to my personality than it does my analysis of the 2008 Yankees.
Yea I couldn’t agree more. I just don’t see any reason to give up, no reason to pack up the season before football even begins. Plus, maybe we can get a little hope as my next post explains…
Right now your right. It is looking bleeker and bleeker. Right now if ya ask me right now it might not happen. Mainly because of the players underperforming and also bad luck.
But I will say this, the yanks shall make every team pay two times over in 09. Just watch. Yea were feeling it but will Joy WILL come. Just maybe not this year.
OK folks, here’s the last bit of hope to hold on to for this season. Per Rotoworld:
Josh Beckett’s scheduled start on Saturday has been pushed back to Tuesday due to “tingling” in his hand.
Beckett was hammered for eight runs in 2 1/3 innings by the Blue Jays on Sunday, so it’s not a huge surprise that he was hurting. He slept awkwardly on his shoulder, according to manager Terry Francona, which is the cause of the tingling. Beckett wouldn’t attribute it solely to the way he slept, though, saying he’s felt the tingling all season. He also said starting on Tuesday wasn’t a certainty.
If Beckett dropped dead tomorrow what fucking difference would that make?
Would that make Giambi strike out and hit into the shift less? Would that make A-Rod hit in the clutch? Would that make Damon 10 years younger?
So Damon misplayed a couple of balls. He’s been the team’s best hitter, all while not being “10 years younger.” I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that not having your staff ace would make a “fucking difference”. Remember Chien-Ming Wang? Or Joba? You sound like a bitter baby. Relax, it’s one down year, which isn’t even over yet
Yea while my confidence on this team is running low, baseball is a crazy game and unpredictable stuff can happen.
Besides we made the playoffs every year since 95. Shit they certainly deserve the benefit of a doubt.
I don’t think I can ever look at Damon the same again.
Yeah, cause we all know Bernie never made a bad pay out there…
Damon ain’t Bernie.
Absolutely not, Burn Bernie Burn! How dare you speak evil of Bernie! Hay, shit happens, so he messed up and cost us a game (maybe) so what…the sun will come up tomarrow, at lest around here, and we take the next two games. Set and match! 27/09?
On the postgame, Girardi said he didn’t use Marte against Lind because he hits lefties better.
vs. LHP: .296-.324-.533
vs RHP: .314-.368-.529
Hmmm…
Hey at least he use Veras the right reliever.
actually, YOU have those backwards.
Girardi was right, you were wrong.
it’s cool, he accepts your apology.
i know it’s easy to be snarky when we’re frustrated, but let’s try to get the basic facts right.
Yes, I do have those backwards, my bad. The point I was trying to make still stands though – is there really THAT much of a different in the splits?
Well, a few weeks ago Girardi brought out Marte to face Markakis with men on base, and Markakis is absolutely crushing lefties this year (although he himself is a lefty). Then Markakis promptly hit and loaded the bases. That’s our manager for ya.
Go Twins and White Sox! I’m now routing for the red sox to miss the playoffs on the last day of the year!
1 run????
melky was a scap goat
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Anyone notice how bad Abreu has been trying to steal this year? He has 1 SB this month and 3 CS. His jumps have been awful.