Game 5: Girardi keeps balancing the lineup
ByIn Spring Training, Joe Girardi said that he’d find enough at bats for Nick Swisher, who lost the right field competition — though it wasn’t really a competition — to Xavier Nady. Swish sat on the bench for the opener and Game 2, but came on strong in Games 3 and 4. To make sure that Swish continues to get at bats, especially while he’s hot, Girardi has slotted him in left field for Johnny Damon tonight.
This is the kind of balance Girardi will have to find all season. Sometimes he’ll have to go with the hot hand, but if everyone’s hitting it’s going to be a tough balance. The early indication, though, is that he knows what he’s going to do. That’s all we can ask for at this point.
Here’s the big question: if Hideki puts up another 0-for today, does he get another day off tomorrow? He has just one hit and no walks in 10 plate appearances, and that he’s hitting in the middle of the order doesn’t help his case. HIs at bats haven’t looked particularly good either, as he’s trying to pull a lot of outside pitches and has been stepping in the bucket with a frequency you’d like not to see in a major leaguer. It’s early, and I have complete faith that Hideki will come around and help the lineup. For the time being, though, it might be better to stick with the guys who are hitting, which includes Nick Swisher.
Brett Gardner gets the start again tonight, which is slightly surprising at first glance. Girardi stressed that Melky Cabrera didn’t lose the center field battle, and with a lefty on the mound it would seem a prime opportunity to get him at bats. Yet Melky is demonstrably worse as a righty hitter — .648 OPS over his career vs .725 as lefty. One has to wonder, then, how Girardi will work him into the lineup…if he does at all.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Nick Swisher, LF Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B Nick Swisher, 1B
4. Hideki Matsui, DH
5. Jorge Posada, C
6. Robinson Cano, 2B
7. Xavier Nady, RF
8. Cody Ransom, 3B
9. Brett Gardner, CF
And on the mound, No. 52, Carsten Charles Sabathia
Late Update by Mike: Kat O’Brien is reported that Mark Teixeira is out of the lineup with a sore left wrist. Swisher slides in at first and Damon will man left after all. It’s probably just a precaution, he’s been driving the ball pretty well the last few days.
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I would’ve liked to see Jeter-Cano-Swisher-Tex if Tex were healthy and Damon was sitting but this works too.
I’d have no problem with that lineup.
I’d slot Cano behind Tex because of OBP. But right now it doesn’t matter with the way Cano is playing.
Papelbonbon up on the ropes!
Please let him blow this. Just the put down that teams needs right now
Not good if Tex is out a few days the lineup gets shorter and shorter… AROD WHERE ARE YOU!?
How did Rivera not bunt there: no outs, down by 1, bottom of the 9th, runner on 2nd. Ugh
And with the bottom of the order coming up too. Now, of course, the runner hasn’t moved and they are down to their last out. Inexcusable.
Not to mention how analysts love to talk about how Mike Soscia’s “small ball” tactics.
Surprising with Sciosca.
Exactly! Even more head asploading…
Good to see Girardi is comfortable with this balancing act.
Everyone on LoHud is ready to jump off a bridge. It makes my head hurt.
For what reason, b/c of Tex?
Yeah.
I understand it could be serious, but why freak when you don’t know yet?
WHY THE FUCK IS THIS BURRITO TAKING THIS LONG TO COOK IN THIS MICROWAVE?!?!?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!?!
Well, they ARE lohud posters
exctly.
if you look under rocks, expect to see bugs fucking.
don’t wanna see bugs fucking?
don’t look under rocks.
IETC
Let ‘em maybe Fat Abert will follow.
Aside from A-Rod’s injury, people forget that this lineup was our opening day lineup prior to Cashman swooping in on Teixeira.
This is why Angels fans are pussies. If this was Yankee Stadium the place would be absolutely rocking right now.
Are you talking about the Angels fans or the Sox fans? I’m not sure this is a road game for Boston…
well then they’re pussies for not selling out a game against the sox.
Meh, getting mad at Angelenos for not caring about sports is like getting mad a the mentally impaired for being mentally impaired.
They’re left coasters, they’re detached aloof bastards. What are you gonna do.
because its partially sox fans
This is why
Angels fansCalifornians are pussies. If this was Yankee Stadium the place would be absolutely rocking right now.Fixed.
Should the Angels pinch run for Napoli now?
There’s nothing more that I hate to see than that douchebag Papelbon celebrate.
Here’s to hoping he doesn’t.
Come on, HK-47!
With every pitch, this swings more in Howie’s favor.
I’m mildly surprised Kendrick flew out. I thought he was going to come up with some of that Angel magic.
I read a piece about the similarities of Kendrick and Cano earlier in the season from ESPN. They thought Kendrick was more likely to bounceback because he’s bouncing back from an injury rather than Cano, who has to bounce back from “sucking.” Different animals.
Cano is going to own Kendrick this season, and in their respective careers.
Pap blows saves in bunches, so even if he doesnt blow it today he will suck the next couple appearences
How has he not thrown a slider yet to Kendrick?
nevermind
“Great confrontation here” does he mean AB? lol
How many pitches can you foul back, Howie Kendrick?
http://www.sadtrombone.com
Bah. Stupid Papelbon.
Damn, too bad, he hit that pretty well.
Rivera should had bunt. if they were facing the Yanks, Mike would had Rivera bunt. WTH!!!!
Ugh, what a wasted 9th inning, thanks for blowing your own rally Angels…
Hah! That Imus commercial was pretty funny even I think that guy is gross.
NO!!!!!
“The New York Times says that Troy Glaus told investigators he injected himself once every four days with the steroids nandrolone and testosterone starting in November 2003 and continuing for three months.”
Yeah. I saw that earlier today. Raise if your hand if you’re surprised.
*keeps hand planted at side*
*looks around*
It will be fun to see how little outrage there is about this compared to the ARod fiasco.
Did Troy Glaus ever play for the Yankees? No? Then, I don’t give a crap and won’t have anything to say on the matter.
Sincerely,
Jayson Stark
The Lakeland Flying Tigers have a pitcher named Furbush.
I’m so juvenile.
Is his first name Harold?
Charles. But I like Charlie, Charlie Furbush P.I.
Ah yes, a crappy journeyman lefty. I SMELL SHUTOUT!!
Ooh, I picked the right moment to flip the channel.
Jeter still doesn’t look very good at the plate, btw.
So Kay just said Teixeira couldn’t hit right-handed. He took four swings and shut it down. That’s a bit more serious-sounding that just a sore wrist.
any info on how he hurt it?
No idea.
God damn, what the hell, Tex never gets hurt…
Spanking it for his birthday.
He did say Teix is available to play defense late.
And could hit from the left side.
Anyone catch the ’96 home opener on YES today? It was funny seeing A young Damon and Jetes on the same field.
Wait, Andy Pettitte “really used to throw hard”? When?
When he was on HGH. Where were you?
I really didn’t know that swisher was such a round-o. I always thought he was more svelte.
He’s not trying to sell swimsuits.
In my mind he is, Michael.
Swisher and Teixeira both seem much pudgier than how they actually play. It’s kinda wierd.
And, it’s funny when Jorge stands next to Molina, because you forget how small Jorge really is. He’s not a big guy.
I <3 Swish, this years Abreu + power + defense – some hits.
I heart Nick Swisher.
Matsui just looks flat awful at the plate right now.
It’s painful to watch.
Get. Matsui. Out. of. the. Cleanup. Spot.
I’m not even advocating benching him. Just…not hitting him fourth right now!
At least that hit was solid (according to GameCast).
damn, thought that might drop
Good uniforms:
Yankees
Royals
Cubs
Orioles
Phillies
Nationals (as long as you exclude the ridiculous alternate unis)
Tigers
A’s
Dodgers
Reds (even though they’ve done some off the wall shit, I like the current unis, even the alternates)
Rays (last year’s redesign was a PHENOMENAL improvement, those old duds were bottom-10 of all time)
Bad uniforms:
Padres (ugh)
Blue Jays
New Blue Sox grays
Braves (Home whites are fine; roads and alternates suck)
Indians
Astros
D-Bags
Rangers
Mets
Rockies
(Pirates would have made the list, but they apparently wisely scrapped those ghastly red vest alternates.)
Really? I think the Mets have a damn fine uni. Ditto the Padres.
“Really? I think the Mets have a damn fine uni. Ditto the Padres.”
Go back to San Diego! Damn San Diego homer!
Peter Gammons:Boston Redsox:: Mike Axisa: San Diego Padres
I’m mainly complaining about the Mets not being able to choose between pinstripes or no pinstripes, and the black alternates.
Black alternate uniforms are never a good idea. Horrid.
If they could pick stripes or no and ditch the black, I’d move them off the bad list onto the good ones.
But the Padres? Really?
The Padres are disgusting. There is no excuse for this, EVER.
http://www.sportslogos.net/ima.....l/4189.gif
That takes me to a forbidden page.
Here, try this one from Wikipedia.
The home whites are benign. The road
greysgolds are disgusting, and the alternate gold-on-navy sucks too.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.....orm-SD.PNG
Mike is the San Diego equivalent of Peter Gammons.
I hear Cesar Carrillo has been throwing better than he ever has this year. One front office person told me he wouldn’t be shocked if he was in the Pads rotation after the break and won 15 games.
You forgot:
For Diamond Cutters, I’m Mike Axisa, ESPN.
IETC.
For good measure: http://tiny.cc/2jbJO
and basketball: http://tiny.cc/A7l2l
The real question is which is worse the Padres camo or the Padres yellow?
http://tiny.cc/e8hyh
http://tiny.cc/MOm72
I can almost forgive them for the camos, because it’s for a good reason and it’s only a couple of times a year. Almost.
I can’t forgive a team for wearing a urine-colored jersey. Inexcusable.
The yellow jerseys are from the 70′s or some shit.
No, I’m talking about the current “sand” colored jerseys from the link above.
But you raise a good point: The Padres have ALWAYS looked horribly ugly. If not for the existence of the pre-1990′s White Sox, they’d be the ugliest team in MLB history.
Hip Hip!
Posada has a bad shoulder?
Since when?
Signing Willie Bloomquist made sense… why, again?
Willie Bloomquist is an igniter.
Posada strikes again!!
I love that gameday is telling me that Jorge Posada “loves to face” the changeup (really, the change? does he sit on it or something?), and pretty much every ML hitter hates the slider.
And right as I type that, he doubles on a changeup!
it’s early in the season, I have a feeling it compiles stats as it goes, so it’ll probably be much more accurate later in the season. He probably hit a few change-ups so it assumes he likes it the best
c’mon RIPPER!
I heart Posada. Great fantasy backup while Mauer’s on the DL
JoPo!
I missed Posada a lot
Speaking of ‘available to play defense,’ did anyone catch Girardi on Francesa on Friday afternoon? Francesa asked Joe G. about why the team kept Pena as the 25th player. Girardi said the expected, but then said, “He can play defense late. We were able to give Jeter two innings off (in Baltimore on Thursday).”
Interesting that he mentioned Jeter and ‘rest’ in the same breath as mentioning Pena and “play defense late.” The coded message: We’ve reached the point where Jeter is officially a liability in a close game after the 7th inning.
The movement of Jeter off of short is underway.
(I’m ducking my head in preparation for vehement disagreement here…..)
That, by the way, is a shot at Jeter.
Ha, I just realized that that meme hasn’t been in much use lately.
Haha, I don’t think we’re gonna be seeing young Ramiro coming in to play defense on any close games unfortunately. Blowouts, sure but I don’t see Girardi doin that to jeter.
No, no, no. Keep your head high.
Intelligent folks like you areAnyone is welcome here.I agree that it’s an important step to start that way but I’d be shocked if he put Pena in a 9th inning with the Yankees up by 1 against the Red Sox
I hope thats the case, but i’m not sure it will be that easy. We will see giving Jeter 2 innings off in a blow out isn’t new. We’ll see if he goes out in the 8th at Fenway
Clutchiness:Jorge Posada::Gritiness:Dustin Pedroia
Dammit Cano. I’m trying to beat “NY Highlanders,” and YOU’RE NOT HELPING THE FUCKING CAUSE.
I wouldnt mind having coco crisp on our team.
Me neither.
Is it just me or does this ump have a tiny strikezone? I mean it’s going great thus far but I’m a bit concerned if CC can’t throw his fastballs for strikes again
And the first fastball thrown right down the middle is called a ball, this could be a long game
I love the intensity Swisher has. That man is in to the game.
could it be the coke?
2nd pitch for CC. 60 mph. nice damn gun. wtf
lol i was just going to say that. 2 pitches later was 95.
Yeah … so CC looks fine.
CC k’s his first batter.
Sit down, Chocolatey Breakfast Cereal!
ICWUDT.
CC with his first strikeout of the year!
One batter, Baltimore almost forgotten….
That’s a horrible lead-off at-bat. It’s one thing to take some pitches but he didn’t swing at any of them and he probably could have gotten a hit on four out of five of them
If he threw a no-no today the media would still downplay it. If he gets rocked he’s a bust and they have to throw that pricetag in there, but it doesn’t work the other way.
It really bothers me the way Kay says DeJesus.
Side Note: The Orioles are bringing it to the Rays again in the first. Break em up
Don’t say you weren’t warned.
DeJesus scouting report: “clutch”
David DeJesus looks like he’s 11 years old.
Yeah, so I’m predicting 10Ks for CC tonight.
CC’s so-so start go byebye
What a difference a start makes!
TEH CC!!!11!!1!
CC looking sharp.
BTW-I soooo have the hots for the Hillside Honda babe.
WOW! 12 pitches, 11 fastballs and two strikeouts. He’s going to tear through them the second time around when he decides to actually throw a slider
Just filthy.
Orioles ability to hit good pitching >>>>>>>>> Royals ability to hit good pitching
Well, and CC didn’t have anything that day.
what a bust.
only 2 strikeouts in that inning.
Si Si CC!!!
Fastball is sitting 93-96
Breaking pitches are hitting the spot.
I like it I really like it.
ZOMG teh heating pad!!1! I don’t like change!11!
His midsection seems pretty well insulated to me.
Just sayin. . .
Will CC wear an ice pack under his shirt in July, or just eat a gallon of ice cream between innings?
Oh come on. He’s a professional athlete being paid milions of dollars to keep himself in top notch shape. Of course he isn’t eatint ice cream between innings. It’s fat free frozen yogurt.
It’s fat free frozen yogurt.
That’s not what these test results say.
Giuliani does have high cholesterol..
CC tested positive for Turkey Hill before the game.
He got it in the Dominican over the counter. It’s called “Heladi”.
Troy Glaus did.
Girardi banned ice cream from the clubhouse, so they pull the labels off the Haagen-Daz and switch them with TCBY ones.
that hillside honda ad is creepy. it’s obvious those two are related i.e. the niece and nephew of the owner
lmao
Heh. I actually have pretty scary burn marks on my abdomen and upper thighs from falling asleep with a heating pad…they’re not as bad as they were, but they’re still pretty, uh, noticeable.
that happened to me except i put a handwarmer in my pants….lol
X-Ransom-Gardner. Ugh.
Man, just did Brett dirty.
JUAN GONE!
Wow, the bottom of our lineup is atrocious. Brett Gardner better get his ish together or Hellooooo Melkman.
I see Swish or Damon there IF it gets to that point.
Melker was hot in ST though. Brett was too but the difference between he and Melk is that Melk has actually hit major-leaguers before.
Ya, but…..we know how he is.
Why did Bloomquist dive for that?
Fact: The bottom of the lineup is less potent than a manwhore.
Best quote of the night re teixeira”
“Is there anything that guys do with their left hand that makes them happy for their birthday? Something that flexes your wrist in a consistent motion?
Can’t think of anything.” From LoHud.
Pete Abe probably knows all too well about that.
Awww, that’s not nice.
3 Ks already….
CC you later
CC’s pants are extremely baggy.
His style, yo!
They did mention in the opener he requested a jersey with sleeves a few inches longer than normal.
Ya, he’s always pulling his sleeve up. After every pitch.
david cone is awesome
There goes the perfect game….bust!
Let’s not jump the gun Mike. He still can redeem himself here with a no hitter.
Via Twitter, Will Carroll says an injection could be possible for Teixeira if the wrist doesn’t clear up. That’s not really a diagnosis as much as it is a statement of fact. Don’t let that color your view of it.
The catchall tendinitis diagnosis.
This ump is in squeeze mode.
At least he’s screwing both pitchers equally
/rimshot
how smooth is cano?
Smooth as silk baby.
I love pitchers who can induce GBs.
I smell no hitter!
A solid DP is still as sweet to look at as anything on the field. Football has nothing on the double play.
What about… Interception return, fumble, fumble recovery by the offensive team!
You may have a point…. I also forgot about the occasional head coach punching an opposing player, a la Woody Hayes. Kinda hard to top that…..
You’re alright Wolf, you’re alright!
pitcher’s best friend.
If a double play is a pitcher’s best friend than what is a triple play?
Friend with benefits?
jeets
Jeter back to hitting LDs.
Why is Willie Bloomquist in RF? Yikes.
I would like to note that I posted this pre-Swisher triple. I am a horse.
haha, Carter swing a big bat too.
Take that, Joel Sherman…
“Joba drove here from Nebraska”
. . . . . . . . .
lol they actually said “he drove over from Nebraska.” speaking of Carter.
yes I asked two questions from that little segment….why is he driving and since when does he have a kid
Didn’t any of you watch his JOba’s Center Stage!?
Heh, some fans they are… We are true Yankees’ fans.
It was YESterdays
What? He probably did. KC and Lincoln are like 3 hours apart.
Go home and see the fam. You’re not working until Sunday anyway.
Part of the DUI sentence was license suspension I thought
Shit, he can pop for a cab.
Maybe he didn’t do the actual driving?
Jeter got wheels.
Yeah, I know. That’s a shot at Jeter.
Kay is too into productive outs.
Ground balls to the right side with a runner on second makes me happy
Wait what….since when does Joba have a kid?
It seems like about three or so years ago based on looking at the kid.
hm did not know that.
Wow, Yankees playing a bit of small-ball. Now let’s hope Swisher can come through
SWISH!
brian cashman.
He is a genius right about now.
Swisher is awesome!!!
SWISH!
Wow has this guy impressed or what?
Swisher>>>>The Mick
WOAH!
Calm down, Drew!!
Old Ranger will slap you with the belt, you’re lucky.
haha
Hah. Willie Bloomquist.
Swish!
Willie Bloomquist = epic fail.
Neyer’s spot on analysis:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....=Neyer_Rob
swisher > nady
Im still regretting not going to the Marlins-Mets game tonight, post-game concert featured Flo Rida!!!!
Swish!
Awesome, Mat.
I watch Swisher go for a triple and I think, ‘Ron Cey.’
The Penguin.
I love swisher.
Urgh, Matsui looks awful at the plate.
And then there’s Matsui …
Nick Swisher: 11 plate appearances, 5 extra base hits
Wilson Betemit: 5 AB’s, 1 2B, and 2 K’s.
Forget the bottom of the lineup, our cleanup hitter has been horrible.
Yea b4 when I saw the lineup I questioned it but had hoped I’d be proven wrong.
Po knows SLG.
Jorge Posada is awesome.
HIP HIP
….
JORGE!
Posada on the other hand… great!
It’s so nice to see this team hitting a soft-tossing lefty, as opposed to the results of the past few seasons.
Are we seeing the return of 2007, near-MVP Posada?
I LOVE SWISHER, Posada aint to bad himself.
Matsui really blows!!!!
How long till giardi puts posada and cano ahead of him
this fels like a joe torre trust the veteran move
WHY THE FUCK IS MY BURRITO TAKING THIS LONG TO COOK IN THIS MICROWAVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!
Posada: Shoulder surgery? What’s that?
It’s performance enhancing.
He’s hitting fine, but his his slider has totally lost its bite.
So, who was complaining about this lineup being too short with no A-Rod or Tex
…it’s Horacio Ramirez.
Wait until the 7-8-9 hitters come up to bat.
Yeah, that’s a black hole right now. You think Ransom and Nady could at least try to take a few pitches and wear him down for the rest of the guys?
Biggest reason no playoffs in 2008, no Posada.
That, and the fact we had a garbage rotation.
The more I think about it, the more I’m amazed Girardi got 89 wins out of that group.
I blame A-Rod for no playoffs.
That’s a shot at Jeter.
Joe Torre would have won 170 games, minimum.
JoPo!!
That will never catch on, no matter how many times you say it.
Do you think Matsui looks awful and Teixeira hurt his wrist because they stayed up all night watching some of Matsui’s ‘collection?’
With Matsui’s “wife”?
That allusion was made higher up.
You are on some kind of roll tonight.
That, and when you’re helping out the guy next to you, your wrist is at a bad angle. Which makes it susceptible to injury.
Did you see Will Ferrell’s “You’re Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush”?
If you did, I have two words for you:
Western Grip.
You’ll be here all week, I presume?
Yes, and you can rent me out for children’s parties. Toss in an extra $50 if you want me to bring Pat.
Impressive. I’ll put it on my calendar.
So, this might be the most inconsistent strike zone I’ve ever seen.
Im going to buy my Swisher jersey tomorrow! Maybe Ill see if they will take My matsui one as a trade in
Yes, he looks bad, but everybody is writing Hideki off way too soon here. (Nady too.)
It’s game #5.
Agreed. But this is coming from the guy who wanted to dump Matsui for a bag of balls
.
Me too.
(Although, I only wanted to dump him for a bag of balls in order to replace him with Manny. That changes the equation a bit.)
Hideki’s like Frankenstein’s monster… he’s hard to kill. Walks funny, too.
He’ll be OPSing .790 in no time.
Yea, I wanted to dump him for either him or Dunn. But, was never going to happen, Cashmoney isn’t that good.
I was impressed with Mozilla’s power in ST and in the first game. But he’s looked awfully bad since.
The greatest part of nameless backs.. no need to retire them.
Yup. My Cano doubles as a Tino or a Ruben.
(No, it does not double as a Kevin Maas.)
No hitter broken up! CC is a bust!
CC’s hat doesn’t have enough gangster lean.
Amazing I live in Miami yet cant see the Marlins-Mets game because it isnt on local TV.
There goes the no no
Dealin’
CCya later coco
HAh crisp was walking to the dugout before the ump even signaled.
96mph FB on the outside corner for strike 3. Beautiful.
Frozen Four National Championship on ESPN for anyone who cares about hockey. Pretty good game so far
Yankee game in April >>>>>> NCAA hockey championship.
Watching paint dry >>>>>> NCAA hockey championship
Your math sucks
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Your league’s signature TV deal was on the Outdoor Life Network.
Hockey: Less Relevant than Southerners Driving Around in Circles
Like any good hockey fan/player/coach/ref/etc I will take the high road and blame it all on Gary Bettman.
Fair enough.
For some reason I get the NHL package since it is in the same channels as the MLB package which I ordered so it was cool to see the Rangers beat the Flyers the other night and clinch a playoff spot. Lundqvist was outstanding.
Oh, Ben’s gonna just LOVE this story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04.....f=baseball
Let me guess. You’re working on it for the 10PM post.
They already mentioned it briefly.
Break the news to him gently, Ben.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....mob-10090/
Few hours off there
Ecchh.
I suck.
http://img.qj.net/uploads/arti.....viewth.jpg
Hahahahah!
That cracked me up.
C’mon Ransom! I’m confident.
Nady remembers it’s a contract year.
Nady joining in on the fun
Cody fails to hold that for Ransom?
Oh Cody……..
Kay’s fair/foul perception is in mid-season form.
Conedlestick Park, so sad.
If anyone cares, the answer to the trivia question is Gary Gaetti.
Damn you Al
what is the question
First batter David Cone faced when he made his ML debut.
If the answer is Gary Gaetti, it must have been a dumb question.
Why would you ruin it for us?
We always debate the answer to the YES trivia!! Sorry for spoiling it then
WOOO-HOOOO!!!! Al wins . . . . something.
THe respect of all at RAB, which is priceless.
Im speechless.
My guess for the trivia question is Randy Bush.
Put me down for Matt Bush.
Matt who?
MATT F$%&#NG BUSH!!! DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?!?!?!?!??!
Oh, Matt Bush of westchester county right?
F#$&%NG EAST COUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(thanks for the double set-up, buddy.)
Matt FUCKING Bush.
I’m feeling a HR for BG.
Inside the park, of course, right?
I love your enthusiasm.
im feeling a K
HR clearly means GIDP.
What the hell has happened, I thought Brett liked to walk!
4 games!
This is the fifth! 0 walks! ahhhhh ZOMG!!1!!1
Didn’t want Jeter to GIDP instead
He was safe.
or not
He was out, barely.
Brett=No Grit
More importantly, Brett=no walks.
He’s not going to hit enough to be useful without walking.
Matsui, Ransom and Gardner, who’s worse right now?
Matsui.
Adding zero defensive value FTL.
Ransom is a backup, so it’s between the other two.
The Mets’ 2-5?
http://instantrimshot.com/
Pitchers.
The bottom of the Yanks lineups sucks as much as the middle of Royals lineup.
You get the feeling, watching the bottom of this lineup, that it’s a NL West batting order. That could have been the Padres batting to end that half-inning….
Right now, it’s three batters who hit like pitchers.
For whoever was poking fun at Kay about Fordham yesterday, that just made it funnier.
I go to Fordham right now!
What is with Gardners lower half?? Squash the bug ffs this isn’t golf, he’s just flatfooted in there lifting his back toe up.
I think CC just ran out of breath chasing that grounder.
These jokes are going to get so old, so quick.
And he’s actually quite athletic for a big dude.
Tomorrow could be ugly with assuming Molina playing for Posada along with whichever scrub plays 3b and CF. Plus Gil Meche is pitching who is actually a pretty good pitcher.
thats why the plan was to win the 1st 2
And have Joba throw a no-hitter.
Pitching and defense wins broski. We have a middle of a lineup to provide the runs.
Swisher is a “servicable” OF and “underrated” 1B.
UZR/150 in RF: 9.4
UZR/150 in LF: 6.7
UZR/150 at 1B: -3.5
Sounds like those adjectives are in the wrong order.
Oh good grief, did Kay just do a mid-inning, on-air advertisement? Ugh.
Dude those k cups are actually pretty sweet.
I didnt know WB Mason sold coffee. Actually it used to drive me nuts seeing the WB Mason sign on the Green Monster and at Yankee Stadium cause I had no idea what the hell they were. There isnt no WB Mason down here in Miami.
I suspect that they sponsored strikeouts.
Boo.
I would have hated the ad less if he got rid of the horrible “K” lead in.
CC da man!!
As advertised.
So, odds on CC going complete game vs. 8 innings?
Did #9 on the Royals try to trick Cano into chasing him into a run down between 1st and 2nd?