Apr
22
Game 15 Spillover Thread II
ByYou know you suck when Brett Gardner has to pinch hit for you with the bases loaded in the late innings.
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The Mason Williams Watch
Russ Springer just fisted me.
bah what a waste
This is hilarious
Couldn’t even GIDP to get a friggin’ run in. Bah.
Okay, that just fucking hurt.
joke, its all a joke
How in the world did Melky strike out on an eye level pitch?
2 on with nobody out…nobody scores. LOL. Pretty good guys…at this rate we’re going to have 15+ hits and lose the game haha
YOu know they are 5-11 with RISP today, right?
Why do you enjoy your team playing poorly? I dont get it.
Make it 3 on with nobody out
Axl – Yankee equivalent of Randy Quaid in Major League. Only, his comments are douchier.
Comments I say, no personal attacks.
Mass hysteria ensues. Aaaaahhhhhh
Maybe I’m alone on this, but the past couple years they’ve conditioned me to never think a run is impending when they load the bases with nobody out. It’s sad.
Ditto.
Where’s Barry when you need “em?
I would have pinch hit for melky… my 2 cents
Yeah, his bases loaded + season numbers are horrible.
Don’t fuck with Drew and Melky. He’s like me with A.J.
ietc
Gardner or Melky batting, kind of a wash.
I just have waaaay more confidence with gardner in the situation then melky
So who does Pena go in for?? Gardner or Melky????
At least its Damon Tex Posada next inning.
can we alctually blame jeter there?
No. It’s clearly on CC. It was a flat out shitty performance against an offensively challenged team, not to mention he got 7 runs from the offense.
He pitched badly but lets take into account its only his what 4th start of the year? And there wasn’t exactly ideal pitching conditions out there tonight.
Cano will either hit the game winner in the 8th or a walk off in the 9th…
Hold em’ down Alby.
I just hope we don’t end up finding a way of losing this.
Do it up, Albie.
The Yankee Killer Kurt “Russell” Susuki is up right now though…uh oh
If I never see Ransom hit again I’ll be real happy.
Yankee Killer at it again.
Anybody? CC pitching in the 7th with an off-day tomorrow?
Cuz Girardi is the Sucxor!!
Read the previous thread.
Huuuuuh. Fine. But I’ll bet you couldve synopsized the previous discussion with a few more words.
that was bad…. im not just saying it in hindsight either, i thought it at the time
u got a 2 run cushion, an off day tomorrow… trust veras/marte/albie there… cc was already at 100 pitches and hadnt pitched particularly well all day
if nothin else, u gotta pull after that walk
Why isn’t Bruney in here?
Come in for the 9th id imagine.
I agree Bruney should be throwing right now especially with the off day tomorrow.
His lasers don’t work in the rain
What must Ransom to not be the 3B now? He’s been awful at the plate, atrocious in the field and BRETT GARDNER is pinch-hitting for him. What, they didn’t have Tony Womack, Miguel Cairo or Alvaro Espinoza available to pinch-hit for him? Could someone stab him with a trident the next time he is on the field? It’s obvious that they’re going to keep running him out there until they have no choice.
Boy, that escalated quickly. Miranda killed Ransom with a trident.
now batting for cody ransom…cody ransom
On the bright side, Albie’s moving up in the pecking order, as he should.
Anyone else gonna get real nervous if Marte is brought in?
Im already nervous.
If its just to face Sweeney, I think he should be ok.
Nope. Beginning of a new streak for him.
I shouted NO! If that counts are nervous…
why have there been 3 or 4 “infield single” to shortstops?
Its ok cause Jeter kept it in the infield.
That was a terrible at bat by Melky in the 7th. It was a classic Melky at bat. Trying to be the hero getting to aggressive and getting in a hole early in the count.
I know he didn’t get it done. He tried to hit a fly ball, Brett fouled off two pitches right down the middle. Why not be pissed say it about him?
Because Melky is more able in my opinion. Let’s not split hairs here. Melky looked entirely stupid. Gardy just looked over matched.
I’ll be real mad if they score with a runner on 2nd with 1 out while we had bases loaded and no outs and couldn’t do anything…
I think you’ll be mad if the Yankees win.
You would be mad if the Yankees were winning 8-0 with CC pitching a 1 hitter. Complaining how for 23 mill a year, he should allow no hits and strike 60% of batters out.
Aren’t you mad already?
I’m always mad…
In case you hadn’t noticed…
We can all hate on Ransom – rightfully so. But he should have hit there(obviouslt looking at it now it looks like a better move) but he hit that rally starting double earlier, so I think he should of stayed in. Springer doesn’t throw anything crazy good. I just feel like Ransom could of at least put a drive on the balll for a sacrifice.
Yeah. Only thing Ransom CAN hit is a fastball. But he hasnt been performing with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs lately. Or at anything else for that matter…
I assume the move to Gardner was to prevent a GIDP.
All Springer was throwing was the heat too..
That’s what I’m saying, yo!
And Pena could of been brought in anysways and kept Gardner for top 9 defensive replacement.
Yea but now we get good defense with pena coming in too.
I think the rationale had to be that Girardi was looking to stay out of a DP on a ball in the infield–with two outs, Ransom would’ve (I think) and should’ve (scary as that sounds) hit.
Tough AB for Melky–hard to read too much into one AB, but man, that kinda shattered the bubble of his otherwise awfully impressive start.
johnny alphabet!!!
we play today, we win today
Alright Albie!!
ALBIE FTW!
Nice work from Alby.
If for any reason they send this kid down they are fucking retarded.
I fuckin love me some Albie!!!!
Bush league fist pump by Albie. Act like you’ve been there before!1!1!!
Way to work and get outta it, Alby.
Lets put some on the board, hand the ball to Mo and call it a day.
OMG TY
hahah i’ll always laugh when i think of crosby and gammons’ prediction
Was it Harold Reynolds or Gammons that said Crosby would be the MVP a few years ago?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....xpertpicks
definitely gammons, what an idiot! but i give him props for going against the grain
man that albie has a little ramiro mendoza to him… that sinking/tailing heater in the low/mid 90s
I LIKE IT!!!!
Way to go, Albie!
Albie Rivera or Mo Albaladejo? I’m telling you he’s legit.
already would trading the attorney general
They traded Clippard for Albie.
big bats need to end this
I wonder how long it takes for David Robertson to get another chance. He did work an impressive two innings if my mind serves me right.
When Veras is involved in the deal for Mike Cameron. He will be called up and nevaaa called back!!
Hopefully he and Melancon are on their way to success.
Dave pitched on Wednesday and got sent back down. I think he needs to be in the minors for 10 days to be recalled back to the Yanks, probably Sunday if the Yanks decide to recall him. He could come back sooner unless someone on the Yanks have to go to the DL.
Maybe alby can be trusted
Oh no. Bailey is in. We’re shut down for a few innings..
Cmon Tex! Keep those fantasy points rollin’!!!
except that he gave up his first run yesterday ona hr to damon. he’s not superman. he never threw 98 thats for sure so either the yes gun is way off or he is way on…stuff
I know I’m the asshole because I keep responding to your comments. But my god, they are so douchebaggish. Once again, his comments not him. No personal attacks here
ENOUGH of this Douchebaggery!!
LoHudonian.
Good stuff, your little act is pretty funny.
Leadoff walk…
Lets get him around.
bailey! repping wagner college. now give up another hr…then be good against other teams
Please, no bunting, no stealing, no nothing. You’ve got three chances to get Damon in from first, and three guys capable of driving him in in with an XBH.
The middle of the order mind you. Pena took over for Ransom/Gardner?
how long before homer bailey is used to support the “joba to the 8th” argument?
he was a terrible starter. like 1-15 or something or 1-5…then he went to the bullpen and was somehow all of a sudden amazing. kay and singleton lastnight were like, come on how does that happen hint hint and leiters like NO! ITS TOPTALLY THE CUTTER! IT MAKES YOU GOOD!
andrew?
isn’t Homer Bailey with the Reds? This is Andrew Bailey.
CHOKEEEEEEEE!!111!!!
What ever happened with that Red Sox game? Was it a massacre? I hadn’t checked since it was 6-0 in like the 3rd inning
10-1 Sawx Delayed in the 7th… I think.
Stupid.
Jorgey will indeed juice one.. Ohh yesss
Would love to see Jorge jack one here. Am prepared for that not to happen.
And did I mention how much I love all these switch hitters in the lineup. It’s down right lovely.
Is there anything to the thought that flipping a batter around in the late innings, when he hasnt taken any cuts from that side all day, puts the hitter at a disadvantage?
Well we successfully acheived the “bases loaded with no outs and nobody scores” bonus…now let’s do the “lead off walk and nothing else happens” thing…that should be good
You should change your name again.
I like the lowered expectations bit, it’s actually a good strategy for being a fan. It’s all about hedging
Exactly
“Cano will either hit the game winner in the 8th or a walk off in the 9th… ” <— Called this 20 minutes ago…
LETS DO IT ROBBY
Well is probably won’t see any pitches in the 9th so lets get it done here.
Damnit…
Not with Bailey on the mound…
That Suzuki fella looks pretty good behind the plate.
Mo in a tie game?
Axl 3, 2, 1…
We successfully did it!! Imagine that! Spoiling 2 good chances in a row! But we did it none-the-less! Yayyyy!
May I ask: How old are you?
Don’t bother who gives a shit. O
Hey, look! It’s Pat! Still wearing those maxi pads?
26, and yourself? Are you asking because of the “yayyy” comment? I am not wishing evil on the Yankees…everything I say is me being facetious.
I’m 19. I just think your “act” is a little immature now. Just my opinion.
It’s not just yours.
Wow. I had you down for 13.
And I had you down for straight…but we all make mistakes…
Really?
Proving my point once again, douchetard.
is it Mo or Bruney time?
Well then. That leaves it up to Swish in the 9th!
To strike out?
To pitch?
Don’t forget, Matsui. Been swinging a hot bat past few games.
Yes. I’m simply showing my man-love for Swisher here.
izod and indy racing are such a natural fit. it’s amazing no one thought of it sooner
How can you know who the Player of the Game is when it’s not over?
I thought that the other day. It was a 5-4 game and they were announcing Player of the Game in the 8th
urge to break stuff rising…..
Mariano is never good in a tie game. I’m not expecting to get the W today. Bad game all around.
Mo has to get through the ninth in a tie game first…
Am i the only one biting my nails? Blasphemy, I know.
No. No you’re not alone.
same here
Why are you worried about Mo? He’s the one guy on the team you never have to worry about it.
If the A’s get to him, then tip your cap to them because the beat the best.
as long as scutaro doesnt come up and since he is in canada it shouldnt matter
You see his numbers in tie games last year?
I always end up hating CB buckner by the end of each game.
Remember that game against the Red Sox though. When he was so over-the-top with his fistpumps and all. Hilarious. Thought he was king shit.
He acted like that guy from that baseball movie with Reggie in it..
*naked gun
worst umpire this side of mike cuzzy
Pena walk off.
I just love how Mo can throw it seemingly right down the middle of the plate leaving the hitters clueless for called strike 3.
Giambi will JUICE one.
NOT!
maybe not…
Don’t worry about Mo. He’ll be fine. Worry about the rest of the crappy bullpen afterwords when we don’t score next inning.
no worries, just bring in joba
he HGH’ed the heck out of that
Shit this matchup with Holliday scares me.
How dare I question Mo’s ability!!!
Mo – a beast.
Holliday – good but nothing to be scared about when teh Mo is on the mound.
Robbie made a nice play there, you could say he “robbed” Matt of a hit?
Great play Robbie!
Prediction: Up an in on 0-2 then outside called strike 3?
Oh. That’ll do.
Range city
Nice play, Robby.
Here we go, lets get Mo the win.
Swisher might WIN this!!
Remember what I said. Mo will be fine (he was)…we will need to worry after we don’t score this inning and the game is in the hands of our crappy bullpen…
Nice play Robbie.
Yeah, with the heart of the order that inning you gotta go with Mo, finally a Girardi decision I agree with
Hard to argue with that.
he’ll be thrilled to hear it
I just mean even if it hadn’t worked out you have to respect the fact that he goes with his best reliever in an important situation, even though a save was no longer possible. It was kind of a no brainer, but some think Mariano is a different pitcher when he is not in a save situation and might have gone with Bruney there.
let’s walk off and head to boston
I would have pinch ran Gardener for Cano.
WOW Ziegler vs a bunch of lefties in a row. Yankees have to score this inning now.
Swisher ABs are amazing to watch, regardless of the result.
Real talk
Swish AB’s are fun to watch.
Please. Extend his contract now.
It would be nice to have Gardner to pinch run right here.
Pffft! He was simply too useful as a pinch hitter for that! /wrists
We still have Molina.
Well if the Yankees didnt carry 13 pitchers and actually had someone other than Gardner to hit in that spot that wouldnt have happened.
It is now up to Melky. Freakin’. Cabrera.
that’s just bad luck. he smoked that
Ouch.
Melky has no shot against Ziegler with that delivery.
grr matsui
Uh oh.
Matsui grounds out to second on an outside pitch. Shocking.
Overmatched?
Here comes Damaso. I’m slightly nervous.
only slightly?
Yeah, only slightly. They have to see what they have in Marte, can’t just ignore him for the next three years because of 3 bad innings in April.
This is true. Not the best part of the order too. Hopefully he can bounce back from that leadoff walk.
We did with Farnsworth lol.
No but seriously, I do agree with you.
Sad face.
Melky needs to spend less time in music videos. More time watching tape.
Now this shitty bullpen will blow the lead because that is in fact what the Yankees are. Shit.
Right, Axl?
Well, here comes veras, edwar and marte….
and melky does suck…
Groundzilla is back!
Marte in to start the 10th. Hold your breath.
yeah melky has looked bad his past two at bats
Indeed. But I’ve already forgotten about that at bat with this pitching change.
we’re winning this game
bounce back outing for marte
Si.
(gasp)
Nice use of the word Zaftig, Kay
It must be a dream job for guys like Melky and Ransom, getting paid half a million or so to absolutely suck at what they do.
Please don’t compare Melky to Ransom.
i know…and Melky got a RAISE after last year! figure that one out; i wish that life worked like baseball
Wow Marte, you kind of aren’t very good.
That was a surprise. I didn’t think Marte would walk the leadoff man.
fuck marte get somebody out
Yes keep Marte in to face all these RH’s after he walked a lefty.
It’s good to see that Marte is performing as expected.
Leadoff walk to a lefty… when your job is to get out lefties… awesome…
Bounce back man, c’mon. Need you to step up here, Marte.
Nooooooooooooo!!!!! Not Rajai Davis!!!
God, throw a strike. That is an unacceptable walk. On Gameday, not one pitch was in the zone there.
Oh no. The Suzuki son.
marte is TERRIBLE
why is he out there?
Marte is a piece of s**t
Really, what does that make you?
Sigh. I’m sure we all saw that coming.
I can’t stand Marte so far… he is my new Farnsy.
On the positive side, if Marte keeps throwing to first, he can never walk Suzuki.
Why isn’t Bruney in the game????????
Because……the Yankees have faith in Marte. They are not going to just not use him because of some bad outings. He’s a 4 million dollar man, they expect him to be useful. Which I assume and hope he will be.
I sure hope so too. He just hasn’t been good during his Yankees tenure so far which concerns me when I see him pitch.
As I type, Suzuki just struck out and Bugs Bunny comes in to pitch.
GIDP GIDP no Whammys! no Whammys!
Im assuming Bruney is unavailable today for some reason.
Just think, they have Marte for 2 more seasons after this.
Yes, that’s a good thing.
Marte>>>>>>>Mike Myers. Sean Henn, and whoever the fuck else have failed with the Yankees as lefty relievers.
It’s a good thing they locked him up on a 3 year deal instead of just picking up the 1 year option or getting the 2 draft picks for him.
Aaaaaand with that throw to first, Marte has reached his pitch limit for this outing.
Ayayay.
All that and he still stole. Just worry about the guy at the plate, he’s the one that can hurt you.
Marte needed to bust him down when he had the chance 0-2 1-2. Now hes in danger of walking him AGAIN.
LMFAO! FAIL!!!!!111!!!!11
Okay. That was kind of funny.
Kind of? C’mon don’t be kind
lolz
So Suzuki rips CC but K’s vs Marte. Who wouldve thunk it.
Did Marte just strike someone out? Wow, he does suck.
Heh, Marte made Kurt Klutch look funny on that one.
hahahaha wow that was funny.
Uhh. What the hell was that? lol
I remember Marte’s first lefty last yr when we acquired. Coming out of the bullpen to face Ortiz… Struck him out swinging on 4-5 pitches, I think? Correct me if I’m wrong.
Where did that Marte go?
Least he made the Oakland Yankee Killer look, STUPID.
He’ll be back soon. Do not worry.
Agreed. He is too good to struggle like he has. The hate really needs to chill out for a bit. Couple bad outings. Shit Farnsworth pitched 27 up and 27 down last year, now that, that was just unthinkable.
wow..that’s a big time fail there!
Holy mother of…
“and Joe Girardi is going to start to mix and match” Where have I heard that before?
The KC game? DING DING DING. I win. Remember how that turned out?
In sadness.
Girardi just reared his ugly head. I guess the tie is about to be broken.
So now he brings in a RHP after Marte actually K’ed Suzuki???? I just dont understand this man. What was the point of letting Marte face Suzuki then??????????
I think we have to congratulate Joe G. on another well-managed game. This one is on you Joe!
Ugh, with the matchups. It’s Mark freaking Ellis. The difference in his LHP/RHP splits is 38 OPS points. Yeah, that was worth the pitching move.
Agreed. With Powell up after him. You’re better than that Joey G.
U really want to see marte?
Yes.
Yep. Only one word needed to answer that, it’s yes
Marte is good, we should be happy to have a lefty in the pen like him.
Yea but maybe he is particularly bad against 14 year olds.
Well here comes Bugs Bunny to pitch.
TH..TH..THat’s all folks!!
Who knows, maybe David Robertson does see an inning today.
Whatever, Davis was scoring on any hit.
Just walk Powell, pitch to Crosby.
Looks like the old unintentional intentional walk.
IBB to face Crosby? May not be popular, but I’d do it.
Who the heck is this kid?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....l?bcnn=yes
They showed highlights of him on Sportscenter.
Oh I heard about him on ESPN radio last night. Keith Law said some things about him.
My god. I’m getting tired of Edwar walking everyone.
Can anyone else hear Michael Kay yet with his, “The time of the game, an unmanageable…”
Just get out of this Edwar
Ayayay Edwar. One more out. That’s it.
Sadistic changeup.
Duuuuuurrrrrrttttttyyyyy little change.
Alright. Here we go boys!
If they don’t do it here we might have to see Veras… That speaks for itself.
Annnd out of it
Alright EdRam!
Pena walk off HR. book it done.
Fail
did edwar shave his eyebrows? he looks like bob geldof in “the wall”
He has an ass chin too.
Ah, good ol’ Bobby Crosby, you worthless prick. Give me Cliff Pennington or give me death!
Seriously, why were there rumors of Crosby coming to NY to play third. We all saw that he’s just flat out horrible.
How does marte walk the leadoff guy?
He throws 4 pitches out of the strike zone.
haha
He threw 4 pitches out of the strike zone before throwing 3 in the zone.
15 hits, 3 HR’s and only 7 runs?
Jete wins this game.
Edwar, Thank you
I am getting tired of those quit smoking commercials. They are down right depressing and make those who do not smoke suffer.
That was fucking gross. I hate these NY quitline commercials.
This is going to get ugly…
Na, I actually prefer having my team up at the plate.
Good to see we are taking a look at some pitches after that long half an inning. lol
Johnnny it’s on you!
Let’s get some of our good hitters out of the way without scoring…how does that sound??
Why don’t you at least PRETEND to root for the home team.. How does that sound???
Sounds like a typical Axlian comment.
How bout Axlodian?
LoHudonian gets the point across.
Here is where Tex becomes a Yankee for real.
Why not send Damon a couple of pitches ago?
Man. That was kind of…not very good.