Game 149: Closing in on the Iron Horse
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Thanks to his 6 for 7 effort in yesterday’s day-nighter, Yankees’ captain Derek Jeter sits a mere three hits behind Lou Gehrig for the most hits in Yankee Stadium history. Considering he’s hit .364-.440-.591 against Edwin Jackson in his career, it’s not out of the question that Jeter could tie, and perhaps even pass Gehrig’s record this afternoon.
In a season where there’s not much left to cheer for, Derek’s pursuit of history comes right when the fans need something to root for. Every time he steps to the plate from here on out will be soundtracked by a thunderous DER-EK JE-TER clap clap clapclapclap chant, and if you’ve ever been in the Stadium for one of those, you know how cool it is. Go get’em Cap’n.
1. Damon, LF
2. Jeter, SS
3. Giambi, 1B
4. A-Rod, DH
5. Nady, RF
6. Cano, 2B
7. Pudge, C
8. Ransom, 3B
9. Gardner, CF – yay
And on the mound for the 5th straight start for the first time since 2005, Carl Pavano.
Notes: Phil Hughes has officially been named the starter for Wednesday’s game against the ChiSox says PeteAbe, happy days … Joe Girardi wants Brian Cashman to return … Yanks win today and they’ll be just 10 GB of the Rays for the division lead with 12 games to go … Double-A Trenton is one win away from it’s second consecutive Eastern League Championship, but more on that later
Lively thread today, eh?
Please stop bunting in the first inning, Derek. I don’t care if it worked this time.
I knew the Rams’ secondary sucked, but for the love of God…
It’s always a good think when your #1 RB has 4 yds on 5 carries.
Mike, any explanation as to why Edwin Jackson’s strikeout numbers are so low for a guy with his stuff?
No idea, has to be the command though.
Sorry Mike, it’s NFL Sunday.
Yeah, but the Jets don’t start until 4. Who care about the Giants, when was the last time they were any good?
I’m watching the Colts and Vikings, and the Colts aren’t looking too good.
Unclutch.
unclutch.
Meaningless four RBI swing.
Clutch’em all!
Another season with a .300 AVG, 30+Hr’s, 100RBI’s, 1.000+OPS, .400OBP%+.
Typical year from A-Rod. Not impress.
And he did all of that in completely meaningless situations. Give me Eckstein and his grittiness over that any day.
So, how ’bout them ‘Stros?
What a bunch of flukies.
Seriously, I thought Ed Wade was on that good stuff. They managing to get it done.
Yeah, but they’re doing it with some smoke and mirrors.
Joel Sherman is right, why did the yanks invest to this guy A-Rod.
Mike, are u going to put a live game thread for the Jets game? If so, be sure to invite Pete Abe.
Might as well, not going to be anything else post-worthy this afternoon.
I gonna write this down, A-Rod will be your AL MVP in 09. Look for the odd #’s.
If he didn’t miss those 3 weeks, he’d be pushing 40 HR and 120 RBI right now.
considering this is one of the worst years for the MVP award, if the yanks were winning more often, A-Rod would probably be the favorite.
This is really directed towards anyone because I’m not quite sure how the loss of picks work. Everyone has been worrying about how we might lose our first round pick next year if we sign a big name FA, but wouldn’t we have another guaranteed first round pick for the non-signing of Gerrit Cole?
Yep, the comp pick for Cole is protected. They only way they could lose it was if MLB took it as punishment for Hank tampering, which is highly unlikely.
That’s not just “highly unlikely”… that’s totally unprecedented, and Hank could probably sue for an injunction against the commissioners office and win.
I still have yet to find any evidence of a team being docked a draft pick for tampering. Does anybody know of one?
Austin Jackson not a surprise, was ranked the best defensive outfielder in the Eastern League last week.
Thanks Mike. I know this was mentioned sometime before but any idea roughly where this pick will fall? I think this fact make the thought of “tanking for draft picks” even more implausible.
It’ll be the 30th overall pick unless the M’s don’t sign Josh Fields, then it’ll be 31. That’s unlikely though.
If A-Rod was playing third, the feed to Cano would have been on the money and they would have turned two. It’s A-Rod’s fault Cano didn’t get the call and nearly hurt himself right there.
Pete Abe would agree.
Matt Forte, NFL OROY.
I bet if Jeter spent a game sitting out in the bleachers, the Creatures would treat him like any other fan.
what happen there.
Carl Pavano, singlehandedly trying to improve the Yanks’ record in 1 run games.
It’s pretty funny, A-Rod’s slam does not fall into ANY “clutch” categories, yet like you said, it’s NOW a one run game, thanks to the slam, instead of being down 3.
It’s one thing to get picked apart by the QB, but when Derrick Ward is running over people, that’s scary.
Hey Mike would you make this deal straight up,
A-Jax for LaPorta.
Yeah. The only thing that Ajax has on LaPorta is defense at an up-the-middle position. LaPorta’s such a lock to be impact bat, you just can’t pass that up.
Personally I wouldn’t do it.
LaPorta is a DH albeit with a good bat but A-Jax can do alot of things, field at a premium Pos, lots of tools albeit somewhat raw and has the potential to be very good.
IF A-Jax reaches his full potential, I’d rather have him as well, but there are so many more question marks with him than LaPorta.
Fucking ESPN is going to run the last game at the Stadium with their Joe Morgans and Peter Gammonses and MC Hammer commercials and references to the 2004 Sox … erg.
It’s for the fans of NY baseball, no one else. It should be a day game.
For the Love of Mo please tell me this weekend is the last time we saw Ponson and Pavano start for the Yankees.
If I was a MVP voter, my A.L. pick would come down between Cliff Lee and Dustin Pedroia. I’d probably go with Pedroia because of the power he is displaying as a Second Basemen.
Thoughts?
Pedroia is a lock since Carlos Quentin went down.
Sizemore for MVP. Doing more than Pedroia at more crucial position in a non-little league park in a far inferior lineup.
Take Pedroia away from the Sox, and they’d still win. Take Sizemore away from the Indians, and they’d be the Nats. Morneau and A-Rod deserve some love too.
Yeah, I’d vote for Sizemore or Morneau before Pedroia, and not just because I hate him and his team.
Also, Aubrey Huff. Seriously.
Yeah, I know. Seventh highest VORP in the Majors this season.
Leads the planet in XBH. There’s only 5 players within 10 XBH of him too.
He’s had a great year, the only negative is his position. Hard to pick him with so many great up-the-middle candidates.
It’s amazing that A-Rod still has the highest VORP of any A.L. player, yet he still takes on all this shit.
Ignorance FTL.
And has the most defensive (and offensive) win shares of any AL 3rd baseman.
Problem with picking Sizemore is that his team still sucks. If it was the M.O.P. award, yeah he will win it but I wouldn’t give it to him. I was gonna go Quentin untill he got hurt.
I can’t give it to Pedroia.
Yeah, but no one in the non-Pujols division has provided more value than Sizemore. Pujols man, dude’s on an entire other level than everyone else.
If I hear one more “well Pujols is not the most valuable player on his own team cuz of Ludwick” or “Ludwick is most Valuable” Im gonna lose it.
That team without Pujols becomes the pirates or nats. He’s the best hitter in baseball and leads the world in OPS.
His AVG is higher than Delgado’s OBP. So if I hear another Delgado for MVP, I’m gonna lose it!
Mauer. GG defense at catcher, .322/.410/.436 line. Team in contention all year after trading Johan and losing Torii. And I fucking hate Pedroia.
I meant Mauer when I typed Morneau up there, my bad.
If there was a real life fantasy draft, I’d take Mauer first overall.
I’ll probably go Mauer myself.
I would go Hanley Ramirez as my first overall in a real fantasy draft. He is league-average as a SS, range wise.
Hanley would be an excellent pick. You’d want a C, SS or CF at that pick, at worst a 3B.
I’d go SS, C and SP for my first three picks.
I’ll go Longoria, Hanley and Mauer.
Jeter is just ripping the ball right now.
Awesome, 8-for-9 for the Cap’n.
Eat it.
Derek is ridiculous right now, but in meaningless games at least for the Yankees.
Must have been hanging out with A-Rod
I have the Peter Abe flu
Aaron Rodgers: Epic Success.
The Lions are just plain terrible. Did Kitna make any predictions for this season?
He predicted they’d have more wins than Michigan State, I believe.
NHL 09 is awesome. Easily the best sports game I’ve ever played. The gameplay and off-the-field, er, ice stuff is unbelievable. The amateur scouting is better, roster control, everything. And the games go by mad fast, you can sit down for an hour and bang out 4 games. The 82 game season isn’t all that long.
It’s freaking awesome.
I haven’t played a hockey game since the SEGA Genesis days, and even then I didn’t watch the sport, but damn did I love that game (I think it was Stanley Cup something).
I’ll download the demo, you have piqued my interest about this game.
Dude, if you want to send a vet to minors, you have to actually pass him through waivers first. The salary cap is 100% accurate, down to max & min player salaries, for both vets and rooks.
It’s awesome. Takes about an hour to DL demo though.
The Colts are being dominated on both sides of the ball, yet they are down by only two field goals. Brad Childress may want to open the play book, instead of playing not to lose.
You kinda have to have a QB to do that.
Tavaris Jackson knows how to play to not lose games. The question is can he win you football games. You won’t know until ya try, and the Vikings haven’t tried.
OMG Price is in.
Wow talk about a treat.
If you the #1 pick in the NFL, who would you guys take?
That’s tough. I might go Roethlisberger.
Tom Brady, just because he’s younger than Peyton Manning.
If was healthy, and 100% right, I’ll go Shawn Merriman.
I’d take Patrick Willis over Merriman.
Him too but you can’t lose with either.
Tru dat.
That’s tough. I’d go with Adrian Peterson
A RB? I don’t know man, that’s like going with a Closer for your #1 pick.
Maybe it would be best to go for a young, dominant lineman like Joe Thomas.
You know what, now that I think about it, how do you not take Super Mario first overall?
Good point. Boy Texas is making everybody (including me) eat crow with that pick.
Word.
Yeah, as great as AP is, he’s injury prone, and RB’s can be found in many places, without using a top pick on one. Look at Ryan Grant.
If it were about starting a franchise, I would pick a QB.
RB’s shell life are short, even though Peterson is just plain sick. Besides if ya gonna go RB, I’ll take Tomilson.
Albert Haynesworth.
Just as disruptive as Merriman, but stops the run as well. There’s a reason that some defenses are good year in and year out, and that’s strength in the middle of the line.
Brady
Anyone else brimming with excitement about David Price’s debut?
That pitch was only 92. He can’t succeed in the bigs at that velocity. Bust.
Jesus christ Giambi is awful.
Lazy play there. Floyd’s hustle and Nady/Cano’s lack of it shows why these teams are where they are.
you serious?
As a heart attack.
i think that the yanks’s losses of wang, posada, and joba plus the underperformances of andy pettitte, robbie cano, melky cabrera, and pudge, as well as the rays’s surprisingly solid and unbelievably uninjured pitching staff have a lot more to do with the standings.
Well it does, obviously. But plays like that show you were these teams are at mentality.
Three TD Passes and not one to Greg Jennings? Fuck you, Aaron Rodgers.
ha ha.
Speaking of NFL, where would guys rank that trade that SD made to get LT, Merriman and Bress for Vick? Top 5 in NFL history?
Wasn’t the Shawn Merriman pick as a result of the Eli Manning deal?
I thought it was Vick, maybe Im wrong.
Your right
It had to be, right? No way they gave up a 1st rounder that far in advance.
I’ve fallen out of love with Nady very quickly.
What a lazy and non-chalant play by Cano.
I would trade IPK & Melky for Price.
I’d think about it, but have them throw in Longoria as well.
If that was the case, I’d substitute Igawa for Kennedy to get it done.
This sounds like a lohud conversation
lol.
One of these days one of those lohud people are gonna come here and curse you out.
Out of curiosity, what’s the blog intelligence food chain look like? I mean, we make fun of LoHud commenters for being brainless idiots… who do LoHud commenters crack on? NYPost.com commenters? YouTube commenters? Alaskans?
I think everybody would.
How athletic is David Price?
You know what’s good for your fantasy team? Touchdowns.
My top two RB’s have a combined 41 yds on 19 rushes. Ugh.
ugh, I got tied up with shit this weekend and kept forgetting to change my lineup in my other league in response to the BAL-HOU game postponement. I still had Willis McGahee starting, and didn’t log in until halftime of the 1:00pm games, so i couldn’t swap in Rudi Johnson since his game already started.
I had to go with Andre Hall in Denver… hopefully, Shanahan lets him vulture a TD or two.
If you were the Rays, would you give a couple starts to David Price and slide him into the postseason rotation? It’s not like Edwin Jackson and Andy Sonnanstine have any October experience, or even a considerable amount of successful Major League experience.
**Disregard the fact that Price is ineligible for the postseason roster.**
They can make up another Percival injury to get him on the postseason roster. That’s how the Halos got K-Rod on the 2002 postseason roster.
He could be eligible, as long as he replaces an injured player on the 25 man roster.
OK, we got the roster thing figured out, so can you guys answer the question?
He’s at ~120 IP after throwing 133 at Vandy last year. None of the Rays’ SP are in danger of blowing past the 30 IP increase rule, so there’s no obvious candidate to take out.
I think they might be better off using him as a 2 inning setup man for the rest of the year, then let him start next year.
Haha. I was thinking as I replied that I wasn’t answering the question. Either Jackson or Sonnanstine won’t be in the rotation anyway, I think I’d keep Price in the pen. With the days off between games, you could probably get a few 2 inning performances out of him per series.
Lets Go Derek.
C’mon Jeter.
didn’t Miller made his MLB debut last season at yankee stadium?
Hey YES, can you not cut into the AB with crowd shots? Kthanxbye.
Wow. Just wow. Only in Yankee Stadium.
Derek Jeter just keep wowwing ya.
Un-fucking-believable!!!!
DE-REK JE-TER!!!
DE-REK JE-TER!!!!
Jeter is God son !! Omg !!!!!
Price will remember this for his career.
Damn, if I hadn’t of went out last night, I would’ve been sitting in that section.
Ben’s out there somewhere. Lucky bastard.
Yeah, Tier Reserved in the area of HP.
9 hits in 10 at bats man my god
this has been truly a cool game.
Congrads DJ.
Indy is looking like a punk bitch.
Oh man, what if DJ does the unthinkable and hits for the _____ to break the record?
**I’m treating it like a no-no, so don’t be the one to ruin it and say something.**
LoL @ the crowd groaning.
You knew that was comming.
OMG, you can’t make this up.
And cue the Pavano jokes…
what happened?
got yanked. pointed to his hip
Got hurt.
HOLY…..SHIT! Anybody watching the Colts game?
Boy im surprise Indy is in this game.
THISSSS cock sucker. just pitch thru it, shitt who cares man. if i stopped playing sports every time i had a little pain i would never play. first his mechanics are horrible for his hips and neck beside the fact,
If Jeter hits for the cycle to break the record, this is going to be quite the interesting game. A-Rod slam, Price’s debut, Pavano leaving the Yankee mound for the last time in such a perfect way and of course Jeter
Aaron Rodgers is a prick, how does Greg Jennings have 5-for-107 but no TD catches?
Meanwhile I have to hope and pray for a big day out of Pennington to be competitive this week.
Cry me a river i got shockey i got 85 and roy williams giving me a total of 4 points
Wow talk about close on that TD run.
Devin Hester is being carted into the tunnel.
why not switch betemit and ransom put wilson at second?
Im not just saying this becuz of that catch but i would like to see Gardner alot in CF next year
no im with you. he has a superb idea of how to field his position. he has an average arm but his range is tremendous and he can certainly dive for a ball.
Nice.
Indy get a turnover.
Bad news: I’m in the DC metro today and thus, can’t watch the Yankee game since it’s not on TV here.
Good news: I do get to watch the Saints-Redskins game, and the Redskin Cheerleaders are the best in the league, bar none.
im getting beat 63 to 19 but i got t jones edge and romo left to go
Wow Indy.
This Daniel Price kid has a chance.
Mad Dog, is that you?
That Longoria kid is a bust though, he’s never going to be healthy enough to contribute
Kenny Phillips, I love ya, but catch the fucking ball next time.
Marte has really starting to pitch well for a while now.
Yeah, all it took was Girardi realizing that it’s best not to use him for 30-40 pitches day after day.
DAMNIT MIKE, PITCH COUNTS ARE FOR PUSSIES!!!!!
I know they are, what does that say about Marte?
About the same as Reagan…
The Redskins were trailing the Saints 17-9 when they scored a TD to make the score 17-15. Naturally, they went for two to try and tie the game; the conversion attempt failed. Later, Reggie Bush scores on a punt return and the Saints get 7 more to make the score 24-15, making it a two score edge for NO.
What Brian Billick just said on the heels of that Bush TD, regarding the earlier decision to go for two:
“If what you did worked, it was the right decision. If what you did didn’t work, it was the wrong decision.”
Billick is a genius, just ask him.
Add those two together, and you’ve got between a 95 and 98 percent chance of winning.
Joe Girardi to Damaso Marte: “Hey LeRoy, get your ASS in gear!”
Final Sunday afternoon game at Yankee Stadium and no Ronan Tynan?
I hear BigBank has booked Jennifer Love Hewitt to sing “God Bless America” for the finale against Baltimore next week.
The Vikings are begging the Colts to tie that game up.
Mike Cameron with another 25-HR season.
Sign him as a stop-gap and insurance for Rocco Baldelli until Austin Jackson arrives?
Totally, assuming the Brewers decline his $10M option.
Hold on, lemme check the Eight-Ball…
Signs Point To Yes.
Shit I would.
The aerial assault between KC/OAK is unbelievable.
Check out the catch by Torry Holt… pulled it from Kenny Phillips while lying flat on his back in the end zone.
Sadly, this is the only way the Rams will avoid sucking this year – fluky bullshit plays… They will go (-1) and 17.
Don’t it but they do suck.
doubt it.
A clutch GIDP.
Typical.
Wouldn’t be a Jeter day without a GIDP
Paul O’Neill: “You don’t see Derek Jeter hit into too many double plays.”
Not when you only work 10 games a year, Paulie.
When Kay pointed out how many GIDP’s Jeter had on the year, did Paulie repeatedly slam his microphone into the desk and kick over his cup of coffee?
Justin Tuck is the fucking man.
You know this Price kid has a great fastball. I think the D-Rays should forget this starter thing (besides they already have plenty!) and just put him in the bullpen. Just think, he could be the next Rivera!
maybe better than Rivera.
Bruney with the 97 mph HEAT!
LoL @ the Jints’ D-Line coach. FOX had video of him pissed at the D-Line at the start of a play, cursing up a storm. Then at the eend of the video they had him running down the sideline as Justin Tuck ran an INT back for a TD, cursing up a storm.
Check out Little G.
Brett Gardner: Doesn’t Have A Personal Hair Stylist
Francoer hitting .233 this season with a .294 OBP. Yikes.
Jeff Francouer, complaining about being demoted and not being allowed to work out his struggles at the Major League level. Shut the fuck up and learn how to take a pitch.
If Cano did that, he would get absolutely slaughtered.
Calvin Johnson, best pass-catcher in the NFL by the 2011 season?
Eat it, St. Louis.
How about 2009?
The Lebron James of WR’s.
The AL EAST might turn into a pitching division with arms like Price, Joba, Lester, Buchholz, Hughes, Kazmir and McGowan and the arms that Baltimore has.
Might be the best division with young arms.
Watch out for that AL West, that’s going to be a beast if Seattle can even formulate a fucking plan.
I like that young arm that Oakland got from Chicago.
Name Sean Gallagher. Like his arm.
And the 2 biggest payrolls in baseball. They shouldn’t allow the WC out of any other division.
Yeah, because Money Spent has an absolute, ironclad correlation to all the things necessary to win baseball games, like never getting injured.
Exactly.
Saints rookie DB Tracy Porter: Fail.
http://failblog.files.wordpres.....e-fail.jpg
How about Carolina? Last week they win on a last-second TD, this week they win on a 4th & Short defensive stop.
Amazing. They went from potentially being 0-2 to 2-0.
Jets game thread is up if anyone cares.
God Damn, the Vikings literally pissed this game away.
“Hey Melky, go play RF this last inning and watch Brett Gardner take your job.”
Who hates who more?
Mike hating Melky, Pete Abe hating Girardi or Steve Lombardi hating Cashman.
Hands down Mike hating Melky. I don’t think Pete Abe hates Girardi but doesn’t like his handling of the media. Steve would be a close second.
This is the fastest outfield in the majors right now
Mets bullpen.
http://media1.break.com/dnet/m.....o-fail.jpg
Unbelievable.
LOL @ Ayala
Mets Bullpen does what it does best.