Game 127: A very merry Halladay to you
ByIt’s a match-up for the ages. One man is a fat Aruban; the other is a nasty sinkerballer from Colorado. One of them will emerge victorious.
Okay, so perhaps tonight’s Yankee game — pitting Sidney Ponson against Roy Halladay — isn’t quite the dramatic match-up for the ages, but this game could be closer than anyone would expect. On the season Ponson is 7-3 with a 4.19 ERA, and in his middle age (for a baseball player), he’s become a ground ball specialist. Call him Chien-Ming Wang Lite. Roy Halladay meanwhile is 14-9 with a 2.64 ERA. He too is a ground ball specialist.
The rub here is that Roy Halladay has not allowed a run to the Yankees since the first inning of a start he made on June 3. That’s a streak of 14 scoreless innings. Yikes.
As it is everyday, tonight’s game is one the Yankees need to win. Tampa and Boston enjoy a night off, and the Yanks have to make up ground whenever they can. Easier said than done.
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
A. Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Nady LF
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
I. Rodriguez C
Ponson P
Game Notes: In case you missed the news, Carl Pavano is starting on Saturday. Pavano has made two starts since June 27, 2005 and is in the final year of a four-year, $39.95-million contract.
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The Yankees have to work the count to get Halladay out of the game. If he’s on, it could be a repeat of last time: 9IP, 2H, 0R, 8K.
this time we’ve got hot bats w/ jeter, abreu, cano, and damon. we’ll get more than 2 hits tonight i bet.
Yeah, I guess, but Halladay could shut anyone down, hot or cold. But I have a little more confidence in the Yanks this time around.
Wang Lite? More like Wang Heavy.
You have two Leftfielders with no starting CF in your lineup.
Johnny Damon has the range to be an average CF, you just worry about the arm with him. As a LF, only Cal Crawford got to more balls than Johnny Damon did in the American League.
His arm cost us a R in the 1st. No way Lind tags and goes to 3rd if the CF has any thing resembling an arm
Thanks. It’s been corrected.
peter abraham made the same mistake. hmm….
Shhhh
Oh, my bad. Did not know you meant that literally.
It’s kind of like that for Johnny these days.
AJax is not in the lineup tonight for Trenton. Is this an injury or a simple day off? I’m about to have a heart attack
Chris Garcia is finally healthy! Im happy
Where do you think he’ll end up next year? Do you think he can finish the season in AA if he dominates High A, like he’s doing now? I’m excited about Garcia. He has the stuff.
Yeah, I think he’ll start in Tampa for the warm weather but if he can string together a few good starts in April, he should be in AA by May or June.
“Ponson is 7-3 with a 4.19 ERA, and in his middle age (for a baseball player),”
Middle age he is 31 !!!!!
Sometimes you can be a cold, cold man Ben K.
LOL
Well, it’s the middle of his career. I’m just tellin’ it like it is!
Anyone else see that YawkeyWay Store ad above? I almost threw up in my mouth
If anyone else sees it, screencap, note the URL and e-mail it to us. We’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again.
What was it?
Supposedly there was one on Bronx Banter today too. Someone’s idea of a cruel joke, I suppose.
Just watched the NBC National News, and the last story ended
…..”This is Tiki Barber, NBC News, Beijing”.
Well, good for him.
Hahaha. I prefer “This is Eli Manning, Super Bowl MVP and Champion, New York.”
”This is Epic Fail, NBC News, Beijing”.
Fixed.
Tiki Barber is a jackass. An egotistical jackass. You can see how much he and the tattoo boy that was the Giants’ tight end were missed once each was gone from the huddle. I am an Eagles fan who’s very happy for Eli now that Mr. Manning doesn’t have to listen to two non-team players sniping at him and finally got to call the plays for his team. Tiki can stay in Beijing for all I give a shit. And he can keep Al Roker and Matt Lauer with him too for company because they are almost as annoying as Barber.
Lets Go Yanks
Touche
A Brooklyn woman died in Daytona Beach today swimming in the ocean.
Just a tip for anyone coming down here….when there is a Tropical Storm, battering the coast, don’t go swimming.
DJ why bunt?
Nice start for the Yanks. Please dont ground into a double play!
Hit and Run here?
HAHAHA stupid twat!
Alright, lets get a big hit here.
Can’t hit it much harder than that.
Yes he can.
Yes you can, outta the ballpark.
For the love of god, Arod don’t look lost at the plate or strike out!!!!!
Atleast he got good wood on it
“THE BLACK HOLE” and friends.
at least he some balls hard off Halladay.
I thought that was at least in the gap
lets go Sir Sidney
Sindey Ponson AKA Russian Roulette.
Bobby pulled off that pitch. 27/09?
I guess the Bluejays started to know that Eckstein suck.
no range…
that hit is on the defense right there.
Where is Brett? 27/09?
Abreu is terrible out there
He didn’t see the ball. If you watch the replay closely, you see him say that.
He’s still terrible range-wise. So is Damon
Pudge just smoked that ball to second.
Not that it was entirely Damon’s fault, but his play out there is almost making me miss Melky. Almost…
Can someone please tell what the fuck is wrong with Yankees outfield?
DAMN
No range, old legs
No Brett/Justin with good legs and glove. 27/09?
The Yanks are a bad team. The Yankees brass allowed the team to get old and basically disintegrate on or about 2003. The team grew old, Giambi without the juice is pretty ordinary; ARod is just not a true Yankee in the sense that he cannot come up huge in October; Damon got old; in short, it’s a team of DH’s playing aginst younger, faster teams that are better than they are. The attitudes of Cano, Melky, and Kennedy are a case in point. Compare their collective attitudes with that of Paul O’Neill and Bernie Williams. That’s a huge difference as well. All is not lost if the Yanks are wise and dip into the free agent pool and come up big. But in his prime, George Steinbrenner would have a better chance of diving off the Throgs Neck Bridge than ever allowing the Mets to grab a sexy free agent such as Johan Santana over them. That Hughes and Kennedy did not win ONE GAME ALL YEAR is actually hard to believe.
DJ playing that hard D.
Nice plays by Jeter this inning, especially the last one. We’re seeing vintage Jeter lately
Rios hits a lazy flyball that was a hit, while A-Rod hits on the button and he’s out, go figure.
igawa or pavano?
Jason really cant do that more often?
Giambi opposite field hit.
This won’t be easy.
It’s like watching the Bad News Bears, but not at all funny.
Why on earth did Halladay throw a sinker down and away to Giambi when the entire infield is on the right side? There was no way that Giambi could have pulled that pitch.
They look so pathetic against good pitching
Man, Ponson is getting TATTOOED. That laser by Rios, now that rocket by Overbay.
This could turn on us real fast. 1st & 3rd 1 out Ouch! 27/09?
Nah, This is where our big cuddly Aruban settles down and it’s light’s out from here.
Oh god, Damon has a spighetti arm. I could throw harder than that
No, just call him Fusilli Johnny.
I betcha Lind wouldn’t of ran if that was Melky but I can’t complain.
2-0 for Halladay. Doesnt look good
the game just started, a bloop and blast and it’s a new game.
Yanks are down 2 runs and Toronto are not even scortching the ball.
What say we get 3 in the 3rd? And put someone in CF that can catch/throw. 27/09?
Melky can catch and throw…………..
Whats halladays numbers against the yanks??
Lots of wins, not many losses, low ERA. That about sums it up.
didn’t Beckett win 20 games last year.
What the fuck is Kay talking about? Beckett won 20 games just last year.
Kay and Sterling never know what theyre talking about
and he said Beckett won 20 games in 05. When he was with the Marlins.
You should e-mail him and correct him. That way he can then tell us about the time he forgot Josh Beckett won 20 games during every game for the rest of time.
Has he corrected himself yet.
Man, what is up with all these famous people dying this year?! Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, Gene Upshaw, Heath Ledger…..Damn!
You may dislike Kay, but havin to listen to the opposing teams announcers on mlb.tv reallllly sucks ass! I’d take Kay or Sterling over opposing teams boring ass announcers any day!
Haha you’re right, I had to watch a Nationals game a couple weeks ago when I was in O.C., MD and they didn’t even talk about baseball because the team sucks so bad. It was like watching a talk show.
Yes Damon, walk and let Halladay work and get his pitch count up.
So let’s say Johnny Damon gets caught stealing that base right there. What would people be saying?
Now, same situation, but it’s A-Rod you gets thrown out. What are they saying then?
So true.
If the same play as before it still a stupid play.
Man Halladay is on right now.
Jeter is catching whatever A-Rod has he shouldn’t sit next to him.
Not succeeding against a former Cy Young Award winner and potential 2008 Cy Young Award winner?
Good one.
LOL
Moose’s Cy Young acceptance speech “It wasn’t until a good friend suggested that I throw like the old bastard that I am, you know a real Jamie Moyer type…”
What the fuck man, that’s like the third soft hit in this game.
again.
Another rocket given up by Ponson.
And another!
Damon is an AWFUL centerfielder. No range, no arm
The team doesn’t really have a choice. Matsui is getting at-bats right now because all year the team has hit poorly w/ RISP.
There’s nowhere to play Damon outside of CF if you’re getting Matsui in the line-up. His arm isn’t major league anymore, but maybe if he can just hang for a couple games out there he will get his feel for the position back somewhat.
“See Ya!!”
This could get outta hand quickly
Already did.
Maybe these outfielders should think about catching some of these balls?
Game over
Ow.
Well, goodnight, I’m watching the olympics.
To be fair, this has been a pretty lucky night for the Jay’s O.
Its over. Another .5 game lost in the standings to the Sox
Yes Kay, Ponson is struggling, when he’s giving up soft ass hits.
Ponson is gotta eat this game, who the fuck is pitching long relief?
This should make all you IPK haters a bit happier:
http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.....uting.aspx
That’s good to hear. Though 9 strikeouts doesn’t sound like the outing was all that bad. Some things were at least going in a positive direction.
Oh my goodness, are you kidding me? What kind of comments are these, he’s FRUSTRATED??? How can he pitch in the big leagues if he gets frustrated? He doesn’t have the stuff to succeed, we should have traded him for teh Johan when we had the chance!!! Brian Cashman is a reatrd!!!
Ok, that made me LOL
That minor league resume is looking better everyday.
LOL
So people are happy when he lies and makes the bland statements that everyone wants to hear, but get pissed off when he’s honest. Why even bother with post game interviews. Just reuse the same quotes for every game.
OK, my curiosity has finally gotten the better of me. Can someone fill me in on what “27/09″ is supposed to mean?
Think of the Yankees’ history.
It’s a code for those who have given up on this year, it means call me when the team is actually going to win something. Cause basball isn’t fun without the possibility to win the world series
I see. That’s a silly line of thinking.
Finished.
And yo, did any read that article that Joel Sherman wrote today? Just kicking the yanks while were down.
That guy is a dick in every sense of the insult.
Daniel Murphy is now Wade Boggs.
After 19 games.
Yeah, let’s conveniently neglect to mention Mike Pelfrey’s struggles during the first two years of his career, while simultaneously ignoring Cano’s success during his first three years.
My favorite part of the article is that the word “Joba” was not found once
Or Wang, Veras, and Edwar.
That’s one of those again, “lets kick the yanks while there down” article.
Guess which team the “objective news journalist guy” roots for?
I just read it. I now want to commit quintuple homicide.
it’s funny cuz hey they can sure use David Robertson for their Bullpen.
Heh, talk about a jinx.
yea fuck that one up, fuck it, they can still use a guy like him.
Look at the 2008 organizational rankings by Baseball America.
1. Rays
2. Red Sox
3. Reds
4. Rangers
5. Yankees
6. Dodgers
7. Rockies
8. Braves
9. A’s
10. Nationals
BPs Ken Goldstein has the Yanks at 6, Mets near the bottom.
The Mets have one of the worst farm systems in Baseball. I don’t care what Daniel Murphy has done for 19 games, its statistical noise. Look at their bullpen. They Yanks have 3 guys in AAA who would be closing for the Mets right now, not counting the guys on the MLB roster. Thats the clearest sign of the utter lack of depth they have.
The Mets don’t even TRY to get good talent past the first few rounds, and even in the early rounds they have insisted on drafting players for will sign for slot money and have consistently over drafted as a result. In other words, they take players who will sign cheap instead of those they think will be really good.
For example, the Yanks took Brett Marshall with their 6th round pick this year, and signed him to an over four times the slot figure (200K) bonus of $850,000. What did the Mets do with their 6th round pick? Signed a 24 year old who had shoulder surgery player named Joshua Satin for $25,000. Not because they thought he was any good, but because he would sign cheap.
Every time you read a Joel Sherman article, brain cells die. You can feel it.
Great, it’s either Ponson is really Good or really bad.
Where art thou Hughes Phil?
to be fair, Ponson was pitching well, and it’s not like the Jay’s were hitting BB’s off him.
True.
He was going to have one of these it’s been like 4 good outings in a row or something.
The MIN game he gave up 4 runs, but went 7.2 innings so maybe 3.
Lassiter 2 for 4 today
avg is .625
that’s good.
It’s been two games. In rookie ball.
but when I do a major league equivalent projection, he projects to be better than A-Rod!
If he was 0-8 all of the people giving up on Kennedy would be giving up on him though. So at least his hot 2 game start will keep those people off his back.
And I thought Chris Smith was Mr .700.
does it make me a bad person that i root so hard against the mets? i live in queens, but i just hate that team
Larry Walker was a decent player.
He’s a borderline Hall of Famer. A little better than decent. Power numbers are Coor’s inflated, but the 7 gold gloves was all Larry.
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic
I’ll wait for confirmation.
I was joking. Larry Walker was all sorts of awesome. I can’t recall ever seeing a player that was just so instinctive and “baseball smart.” If he hadn’t had those few years where he battled injuries, he’d be over 3,000 hits and 500 homers.
Baseball instincts like when he gave the 3rd out to a fan only to realize that there were only 2 outs
So your discounting the guys career because of one play?
Yep, exactly.
He was always the first player I took in a fantasy draft for MVP Baseball. He would always retire after one season because he was like 37, but I would just start a new season.
so was eric duncan
Close but no cigar D-Rob.
So what ya guys wanna talk about?
Pitcher shoulda caught that one
basically Ponso gives us a quality start, or gives up 7 runs
Yes, sir he does.
Yo one Met fan said that Eddie Kunz is just as good if not better than Melancon. Wow.
That Mets’ fan is an idiot. Sorry if it’s a girlfriend or family member of yours.
nah some fucking blogger.
Link? I need a laugh.
I will bet you a Prospect Profile that it came from John Sickel’s site of dumb asses.
Eddie Kunz sucks so bad that his college coach didn’t even have him warm up during the College World Series in 2007. He used his long reliever/emergency starter as a closer instead.
That’s all you need to know about how trustworthy of a pitcher Eddie Kunz is.
LMAO, seriously that’s true. Newspaper people were writing shit like he was the next Joba. People on TV and radio were wanting him to close games. LOL.
Eddie Kunz = http://web.mit.edu/mokang/Public/fail.jpg
my friend said it to me. He was on the Comp, and some fucking Met Blogger said it and call me to tell me.
Random side note: I can’t believe they produce Pudge t-shirt jerseys and NOT Nadys. How is that even possible? Nady has come here and raked, plus he is under contract for next year. Meanwhile Pudge is on the downside of his career, is no longer on ‘roids, has sucked ever since being here, and has basically no chance of being here next year. I’m gonna attribute it to the fact that Pudge is just a big name and the Yankees are trying to cash in on that.
people will buy Nady shirts next year, only have a few mlnths for pudge
I guess. I’m just bitter cuz I really want a freekin Nady shirt
Bingo. If Nady keeps this up he’ll be in pinstripes for more than a year I would think.
Charleston games were PD. Great.
Tampa too, really dissapointing
that shit was low.
Ok that was just plain nasty.
WOW
I see A-Rod is supposed to swing with a golf club now.
I didnt know the ankles were part of the strike zone. I hate when umpires fuck us like that. This team will go quietly into the night like the bunch of pussies they are
Dude, time and time again this team has showed balls of steels. The Independence Weekend series with the Red Sox, they lost the first two and bounced back to split the series with a walk-off win against Jonathan Papelbon. In Texas where both Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte loss the first two games, they bounced back to split the series. The same with the Angels, loss the first two and bounced back with a win against John Lackey in the series finale to split the four game set.
Time and time again theyve also been shut down without a whimper.
It’s Roy Halladay.
I think Ponson is a better knight than pitcher
JOHNNY DAMON CANNOT FUCKIN PLAY CENTER FIELD! I WOULD MAKE THAT PLAY! HE IS AWFUL!
stop internet yelling at us.
I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE. YOU WOULD HAVE MADE THAT PLAY! MY MOM WOULD MAKE THAT PLAY!
WHY IS TRABER FUCKIN HERE? HE SUCKS! PHIL COKE IS BETTER! I HATE TRABER.
You already gave up the season. Why are you even commenting on the game? Shouldn’t you just be shutting it down til next year?
I forgot about the Sox series coming up
Haha, That just sounded funny to me when I read it out loud, not really sure why. How do you “forget” that multiple series’ with our biggest rival exist?
I knew the last three games of the season are against them, just forgot about the one coming up. And are they really selling Pudge jersey’s? They must be selling like hotcakes.
It’s unbelievable. I work a few blocks from the Yankees clubhouse and I go in there all the time hoping the Nady shirts have arrived. I haven’t seen one Pudge shirt purchased since they hit the rack
Stop with the caps please.
I’m gonna go to the record store, anyone have any reccomendations for new music. I mostly listen to rock and/or roll, but want some new hip-hop. Anyone got any new records that are decent?
Stroke it by Michael Jackson
we know he likes to that…
he being michael jackson
If it’s hip-hop you after, it is mandated that you buy Lupe Fiasco’s last album, “The Cool”.
Check out Cobra Starship’s “Viva La Cobra”, Tokio Hotel’s “Scream”, and Paramore’s “Riot!” for some really, really punk-pop albums.
*…really, really good punk-pop albums.
Thanks, I don’t want any of that “I’m gonna shoot a mutha fucka in the face, while I play with my bling” type hip hop, just can’t identify with that type of stuff.
Just for the record, I prefer that “I’m gonna shoot a mutha fucka in the face, while I play with my bling” type of hip hop.
I prefer the hardcore “I’m gonna smash the system, while I drink a six pack” Black Flag type stuff overall, but to each his own, LOL
You like Soulja Boy Mike.
No, I can’t stand hip hop. You can’t spell crap without rap.
Listen to a couple Lupe Fiasco songs and tell me you don’t like hip-hip.
“Intruder Alert”, “Little Weapon”, and almost anything from his albums, “The Cool” or “Food and Liquor” will make you a fan of the genre.
Hip Hop is fucking great.
Hey now, “YAH TRICK YAHH” was the shit. I love that damn song.
You bought “Tha Carter 3″
Yeah, I got it. Still haven’t really listened to it, just kinda put it on.
That’s not hip-hop, that’s rap. Two very different things.
For example, you would never purposefully classify a punk song as metal, or vice versa.
Amen, I’ll be back
who’s ya fav artist in hiphop/rap?
You gotta see this Jamal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....p1061.html
Yo that was fucked up what he said about ciara.
Lupe, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Common, Hova, The Cool Kids, and The Pack I can remember off the top of my head.
Mines is Hova, Jada, Fab, Lupe, Luda and a couple more but those are my heavy hitters.
Damn, he killed Ciara.
“The Cool” is just plain sick.
You gotta admit Mike A, Traber sucks and Johnny Demonic (to quote Steve Somers) cant play center
It’s 7-0, who the hell else do you want to pitch?
It’s 7-0, why does it bother you that Traber’s pitching? And besides, I never defended him.
Damon might not be a great CF, but Melky can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.
I know, but Phil Coke would do a better job. They should DFA that bum after the game
You thought the Sherman article was pathetic here’s another “lets kick the yanks while there down” article. Ya guys read the article by Wallace in Newsday. The yanks owe Torre an apology, fuck that.
Isn’t it amazing how it all goes one way (Joes) with the Torre supporters?
Torre had 12 years of being the highest paid manager in Baseball, 200 mil payrolls to manage, championship caliber teams every year, the toast of the town in the greatest city in the US, movie stars visiting his clubhouse, commercials, etc, etc.
The Yankees made him rich, famous, and gave him teams (built by Buck and Stick) that won him 4 rings. The rings he could never win anywhere else, despite numerous other gigs.
And the Yanks OWED him a contract. And now an apology, for not offering him a 13th season. Amazing.
Where do I sign up for the Torre deal? These people live in a dream world.
Traber has terrible, terrible mechanics
He’s trying to be deceptive to make up for an 80 mph fastball. That is why he’s a rancid pitcher
A lefty specialist that can’t get lefties out. Sounds familiar.
God he’s awful.
Aight, lets sweep the O’s and maybe the Sawx will lose the series in Toronto. Go into the big one next week 4 back. How’s that sound?
Easier said than done. The O’s have given us fits all year long.
Obviously, just lookin for reasons to hold out hope
Guthrie vs Pavano on saturday.
Guthrie is one of the best young pitchers around.
“10-0, with Roy Halladay on the mound, can’t like the Yanks chance much in this one” – Michael Kay
I’ve never heard something more understated in my life
No Olympics?
Flipped back to catch that.
OK, I’m about to hit the PS3.
I’m so pissed, I led 16-9 with a little over 1:00 left in the fourth quarter (after an improbable Ahmad Bradshaw TD run, where he broke a tackle and was gone) and ended up giving up the game-tying TD in the final seconds. I then threw an INT in the first pass of overtime and loss on a FG. Ugh (it was an online game).
BTW, Lars and The Real Girl is a really nice movie.
Don’t blame ya.
Yeah, Madden it is for me too.
u mean a real freaky movie
Please take RAB out of your URL field. That’s for your site (if you have one), not ours.
Why does Cashman want our staff to suck?
Yes, I’m sure the Yanks’ GM wants their staff to suck.
Yes why else would he have trade for Nady, I-Rod and Marte.
Oooh, so now it’s Cashman’s fault?
I don’t know about you guys, but that 2 to 1 lost on tuesday hurts a little more right now.
Exactly. Why cant the Yanks hit Burnett. His Era is approaching 5
Because the 4th and 5th spots had Ooh 7 strikeouts, but I’m just guessing.
You can tell the game is over when they start talking about sports phychology
If the yankees are gonna suck they need to get into the bottom 15 to have their pick protected.
hey Mike,
Lets say Pettitte retires, do the yankees get compensation?
No, another team would have to sign him AND the Yanks would have to offer arbitration.
He’s already said he wants to come back. Pettite’s going nowhere.
What Steve said.
Hey Mike, has the sites traffic been down with the Yanks falling out of it?
I would bet it is.
Nah, not really.
http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=st.....&r=12
Really? Shows you what I know.
I always assume half the Yankee fans out there are under 25 and have never seen a bad Yankee team. You know, the guys with the A-Rod jerseys. . . .
Wow, what’s with the shot at A-Rod? I’m only 26, I remember the bad Yankee teams.
It was a joke.
You wouldn’t happen to own an A-Rod jersey, would you?
Actually, no. But that’s neither here nor there.
Oooohhh! We have smileys! I didn’t know that!
That will make my weak attempts at humor a little easier to pick up!
Traber is just throwing batting practice out there
This is getting uglier by the minute. The only suspense left in this game is to see if Traber can hold them under 20
They should make this bitch finish the game and blow out his arm so we never have to see him again
Traber, why you suck so bad?
Juan Miranda: 2 jacks tonight. September callup? I hope so
I guess no one is voting for Traber as Chevy Player of the game.
i hope girardi leaves traber’s sorry ass in there until his left arm falls off. he’d be doing billy a favor.
Giselle, I think you can hit Traber
Quietly into the night ….
I TOLD YOU THAT TRABER SUCKS DICK. HE SOULD BE OUR NEW BP PITCHER
Dude, chill with the caps lock.
What, do caps hurt your eyes or something?
I just missed an extra point kick. Wow.
Stick a fork in them folks. I hope they prove me wrong but really don’t think they will.
Guess its time to buy a big bag of candy
http://snoopy.com/comics/peanu.....80729.html
Nah, it’s Terry Tate time.
Girardi is a fuckin moron. Why is he using Ramirez in a 13-0 game? Use Britton
he hasn’t use him in a while.
Unless you want him to throw him in a meaningful game after a per longed rest, chill out.
michael kay needs to chill out
At least it ended early.
Who’s pitching for the Yanks in the Sox series? I hope no Ponson
I think Moose Pettitte Rasner
I’ll take that any day
Damn, I just won 28-0 on a mercy quit. I beat the Packers.
The Blue Jay fans need to chill out. Their team sucks and theyre in fourth place. Its funny when Blue Jay fans chant “Yankees Suck”
After tonight, the jays will only be one game behind the yankees
Theyre still the Blue Jays
Just like the Rays are still the Rays?
I’ve always hated that argument. Just because a team has been bad in the past does not mean anything for their future and vice versa when talking about a team’s past success.
Okay but theyre still not very good. The Rays are very good
yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!!
And the comeback begins!
At least Matsui is back
Can we bat him 5th now?
Please pretty please?
Sweet.
at least jacksons not hurt…
Can you please take RAB out of your URL field?
yes sir
Thank you. It’s just that we don’t people confusing you for one of us. Nothing personal.
no problem
When it comes to video game injuries, I have to be the unluckiest mofo on the planet. Just lost Thomas Jones for 10-12 weeks.
HA HA
I signed Cedric Benson. I now have four RB;s with ratings over 80. I am going to run that ball down the fucking throat of every opponent.
To be honest, I’ve never been a real comfortable passer in Madden. Running the rock has always been my thing.
Same here. With Faneca and Mangold I’m guaranteed like, 7 yards minimum whenever I run it up the middle. I might sign Shaun Alexander, but Jesse Chapman played well after Jones got hurt, so I’m going to stick with him or at least another game.
Not a big fan of Leon or he just can’t shoulder the #1 load?
He can’t handle full-time duty. He’s best used for play-action, screens and runs to the outside. I like to jam it right there throats.
Also, the Jets have like, $200K of cap room, so I really can’t sign anyone.
At least we got some runs.
What happened to Edwar? Only 1 batter?
Hey Mike,
Who is a better breakout candidate for next year Garcia or Angelini?
Betances
I cant believe Betances wasnt on BA ‘S TOP 50 PROSPECTS
There were injury concerns last year, the Yanks shut him down with what was called an elbow problem. But that looks like a false alarm now.
Plus, the Yanks use DL stints for all sorts of things and are very guarded about what the injury actually is, so its hard to tell what real and what isn’t.
Anyway, look for him next year. They put him on the top 100 last year on potential alone, saying “He has one of the highest ceilings in all of baseball”.
I’ll say Angelini. Garcia is the minor league Pavano.
Garcia
Douchebag beach on you tube is halarious
How is Matsui a POTG candidate? His team is down by ten
We get em next time but with the way the season is going more like next year.
I have a bad feeling the Yanks will get shut down by Liz. He throws in the mid-90s and “its the first time they faced him”
plus the ERA over 7 usually means trouble for the yankees
Just got done with work and saw the score….ouch.
Question…why are Robertson and Traber even on this team? I thought NYY solved their leftie obsession with Marte.
Robertson has some promise. He is young and was striking out almost 2 per inning in AAA. I agree with you on Traber, he sucks
He was death on lefties in AAA, I heard he had a nasty cutter and I’ve yet to see it in the bigs.
I like his curve and hist fastball is sneaky
the yankees suck call up all prospects
Did you guys know that the guy that does the voice-overs for those NFL Films videos is the same dude that announces the Phillies games on T.V.?
That I did not know.
Yeah, just watching the Phils game on MLB.TV and I knew I heard his voice before. It finally hit me. His voice is so fucking cool.
hopefully the team can get some momentum going against baltimore. got to take at least take two of three to give themselves a shot with boston.
At least the Mets’ game is competitive.
We are gonna win 5 out of 6 starting tomorrow night. Mike, I expect a shoutout in next Friday night’s game thread after we’ve taken 5 of 6.
Yo you guys know that show on ESPN with those people playing Madden and having an tournament. You think you guys can beat those guys?
Hells no. Not even close. I can barely beat the computer on Pro.
Those players are absolute crack fiends with the Madden.
Jesus Philadelphia, how do you lose to the Nationals during a pennant race? I get the fact that they were “due” since they were on a 12-game losing streak, but damn.
Pretty good pre-season game going on over at FOX. 27-20 49ers in the early part of the third quarter. “Starters” are still in. I put starters in quotes because I think Kyle Orton is still in the game.
Sexy Rexy just entered
It’s not a good thing when your backup QB is not much of a drop-off from your starting QB. That is, when your backup QB is one Rex Grossman.
God the Bears are horrible. They might be the worst offensive team in NFL history this year
Devin Hester, meet Barry Sanders.
You know ya offense sucks when ya kick returner is ya best offensive player.
Omar Infante: maximum failure.
It ain’t over till its over.
Omar Infante. Worst. Outfielder. Ever.
Mets win 5-4. Ugh. I wish we could play Atlanta
Rex Grossman sucks at anything worthy. You know you suck when you get booed in a preseason…at home.
Yo Jamal, any good G-Men blogs to suggest? I like Vachiano’s blog on NY Daily News website. He updates a ton, and he’s very credible IMO
I just started reading blogs last October/November and I’ve only found Yankee stuff.
I visit this forum for anything other than baseball (if you decide to join, my name there is DonPadr1no):
http://www.sportsgamer.com/forums/forum40/
Those guys are really funny, some knowledgeable, and pretty good overall.
Wait, why is Alex Smith in a position battle? San Fran is not going anywhere, let your number one pick fully develop for a second year.
Joe Montana is turning over his grave.
“O’Sullivan completed seven of eight passes for 126 yards and a touchdown.
Alex Smith, in contrast, has completed six of 15 passes as of this posting. Though he has thrown a touchdown pass, several of his throws have simply been off the mark.”
Guys that didn’t draft him are in control now, they must not think he’ll ever develop into much.
because ALex Smith isn’t that good, and if SF was a trendy pick for the playoffs this year, then they have expectation for it
I love me some Vernon Davis and Frank Gore, but who exactly can get them to the playoffs with that offense?
I dont know, i didnt pick them, but I doubt it will be alex smith
I picked the Cardnals to win that division. People sleeping on Lienart He’s gonna breakout watch.
trendy pick last year
Seriously, what is funnier or more pathetic than a guy getting booed in a preseason game at home? I just can’t stop laughing.
The NFC North division are loaded with sucky QB’s. The best one is Kitna. Yikes.
I really like Jon Kitna though. But yeah, when he is the best QB in an entire division, yikes.
Well, there goes that theory about track athletes not diving at the finish line.
Melancon allowed two runs in an inning
Somebody shoot him
I wasnt criticizing him
Somebody will
As An Eagles fan, I just tellin ya, watch the fuck out. Im really liking this team.
They suck. They cant compete with the Giants. The Eagles have NO receivers
The lions are going to make the play-offs this year. This is the 2nd year of the cover 2 defence, there entire defence is faster…and has better depth.
The offence has changed to a gap running attack, with 3-5 step drops for QB. They should be able to run very well this year. The QB has two very large/fast WR, with quick outstanding slots. It is about time for them to make it to the play-offs. 27/08?