Game Two: Far East Matchup
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The last time we saw Chien-Ming Wang take the mound was, well last Friday, but the last time we saw him take the mound in a game that actually meant something was June 15th of last year, when you know what happened. Wang said that ten month hiatus felt like five years, and I’m pretty sure we can all agree with that. He had a good spring, putting up a 4.15 ERA in 21.2 IP covering 6 starts, but hopefully he gets back to being the dominant groundball pitcher he was before the injury.
The Wanger will be opposed by Japanese import Koji Uehara, who will be making his North American debut. The first Japanese born player in Orioles history, Uehara is a nine year vet of the Japanese leagues, where he was a teammate of Hideki Matsui with the Yomiuri Giants. As Tyler Kepner noted, he won the Sawamura Award in 2002 (Cy Young equivalent), the same year Godzilla was named league MVP and Yomiuri won the league title. Uehara is known as an extreme strike thrower, racking up just 195 unintentional walks in 1,354 career innings (1.30 BB/9) on the other side of the lake. Those kind of pitchers have been known to give the Yanks’ fits, but hopefully they can buck that trend tonight.
Tiny bit of roster news before we get to the lineups: Dan Giese was claimed off waivers by the A’s. Judging by their current pitching situation, he might make it back in the bigs before long. We wish him well. Here’s tonight’s lineup, same as Monday’s:
Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Matsui, DH
Posada, C
Cano, 2B
Nady, RF
Ransom, 3B
Gardner, CF
And on the mound, the Taiwanese Terror, Chien-Ming Wang.
Notes: I thought Chris Britton was getting the shaft with the Yanks, but the Padres sent him to Double-A. Poor guy … how do you define yourself as a Yankees fan? … don’t forget to vote in this week’s Fan Confidence Poll if you haven’t already … please consider contributing to our Pledge Drive benefitting Joe Torre’s Safe At Home Foundation if you haven’t already, it’s a great cause.
Photo Credit: Wang via Getty Images, Uehara via AP
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I really wanted to see Burnett get the ball for game 2 but seeing Wang in a regular season game is good too.
Let’s go Wang, he deserves a 20 win season.
Ugh I see this guy giving us headaches. I sure hope I’m wrong.
well Kei Igawa gave us headaches too. actually, more like migraines.
Kei Igawa gave me the itus.
I thought it was the -itis?
For white people its the itus.
Gotcha.
Damn ebonics got me spellin’ words all types of eff’d up.
It’s alright dude its similar to the itis but instead we eat a big meal get all tired and shit then listen to dane cook cd’s and play frisbee sports.
And then you go to:
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exactly.
And then you:
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Ending in:
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Im glad Burnett is going tomorrow, cause so am I!!
To Baltimore?
I’ll guess you’re from South Jersey?
Bold Prediction: I think Wang saves the season tonight!
Yankee fans, just when I think you can’t get any dumber, you go and do something like this…
… and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!!!
show em how u roll chien-ming
Rematch of the 2004 Athens olympics Taiwan vs Japan game (Wang blew the lead in the 7th after 6 inning of shutout and then Taiwan blew it in the 10th , ugggh)
Bahaha
Nice. C’mon Jeets. Let’s see if ya got any wheels.
Of course he has wheels, he has an edge.
If he was shaving with an Edge Razor in his Ford Edge, he’d be so edgy he could have a starring role in a film in one of those West Village movie houses.
Baltimore fans are bitter just a little.
Tex should have signed with Baltimore out of the goodness of his heart. Forget the lack of a competitive bid for his services and tens of millions of dollars. What a douche.
The booing was cute the first game, now its just stupid. If the Red Sox fans boo him for any other reason than being a Yankee, then they’re bigger idiots than they already are.
The first thing Tex did this January after signing his Yankee contract was to fly to the Baltimore metro area and personally punch everyone’s grandmother in the stomach.
There is no way that he punched Omar Little’s grandmother in the face.
What’s also stupid is the notion that it bothers him. I hope that’s not true, but even if it is I don’t think it means much. Johnny Damon was bugged when he returned to Boston in 2005 and got booed heavily and has done nothing but produce since then (first 2 months of 2007 excluded).
Oriole fans think Mark Teixeira betrayed them because their GM talked to him once
They’re pissed that his favorite player as a kid was Don Mattingly and not Boog Powell.
They’re even more pissed that he’s not going to do a reprise of the old Jim Palmer Jockey Ad.
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Now they have nothing to hang from their ceilings, and Jim’s poster is getting old and sticky.
I’m watching the Baltimore braodcast and under his 2008 stat line it actually says “Native of Severna Park, Maryland”. O’s fans are so bitter.
Robinson Cano:
Native of Dominican Republic, Maryland
For get Cano their going right for Roberto Alomar
I hate to hate on the guy, but it’s so easy to say that Tex has effectively taken A-Rod’s place (complete the joke here)
i could see him pressing this series but i think he’ll be fine once they get out of Bmore.
Tex is dating Bea Arthur?
Barbara Bush.
Is this guy really throwing a 55 mph changeup?
The YES radar gun blows.
Adventures of the YES gun.
It’d be nice if highway patrol used the same radar guns.
No. It’s around 80mph. And for the most part they’re doing a good job laying off of it as it dives out of the strike zone.
Ugggh, when you don’t put together anything against a guy who only threw 50% strike in that inning, it’s not a good start.
is anyone else having trouble getting the video to play on mlb.tv? I’ve logged in and it just shows me things i can buy. I’m pretty sure i’ve already bought them at least once or twice, and i’m worried they’ve charged me more than that. Why won’t an actual media player come up? I live in boston so the game shouldn’t be blacked out.
http://www.justin.tv/ufc_lwhd_tv
watch here
Great article by Simmons on A-Rod and team chemistry.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=4050462
Good article. If Alex got a few big hits in the postseason (like Reggie did) all the other stuff would be meaningless, or even better, part of WHY they succeeded in the eyes of the media. Then it becomes part of a winning formula.
I’m reading a book on the 39 Yanks right now. Ty Cobb was considered to be a selfish ballplayer, what they called back then an ‘individual ballplayer’. Ruth was considered to be a show boater, they derisively called him ‘a fans player’. Honus Wagner and Lou Gehrig were thought of as team guys, called ‘a ballplayers player’ or ‘manager’s players’. Interestingly, the Yanks never won World Series with Gehrig unless Ruth or DiMaggio was on the team. The year Ruth left (1935), they fell to 89 wins and attendance dropped by 1/4.
This shit goes back forever.
ZOMG teh Wang is only throwing 58!1!!
MASN doesn’t even have a gun, I think I’m happier not knowing than seeing what the YES gun throws out there.
Huh?
I’m watching the MASN feed on MLB.tv and there is a radar reading for every pitch.
Oof, Carlos Pena has started the season 0-for-5 with 5 K’s.
That woulda been a double / triple during the last 7 season
That’s the Wang i missed.
That’s not.
Effing adam jones is going to haunt us forever.
Effing adam jones is going to
haunttorment us forever.Only ex-players or ones that got away should “haunt” us, IMO. We never really had a shot at Adam Jones.
Curt Schilling, he is going to haunt us forever.
No he haunts because all I ever see of him is his specter flying around the basepaths.
Seriously, Adam Jones what do you have against us?
Jones, Rios…
I’m telling you, Adam Jones is going to hit 30 homers with a Gold Glove this year.
Is it me, or does he look like Eric Davis Part Deux?
When he steals 80 bases, then I’m with ya.
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No? Nobody?
6’2, 195, fleetfooted African American 5-tool heart-of-the-order centerfielders? No?
First of all, like Colbert, I don’t see race. Secondly, you may be right. Thirdly, Eric Davis’ bones were hollow, like a bird, its true.
Thirdly, Eric Davis’ bones were hollow, like a bird, its true.
More room for cocaine and alcohol.
Adam Jones clearly is auditioning for big-deal from the Yanks
Spring Training ended Saturday.
3 straight doubles = bad
Please stop now.
fml
Sinkerballers and their live arms…………
Derek Lowe says hello.
Brandon Webb says hi.
Uh, thanks?
A-Rod would have had that shit. Bah.
Ransom also failed to make some makeable plays on Monday…
I feel like we can’t beat the Orioles. It’s quite sad
Oh Lord, is Kay going to get into how much higher CMW’s ERA is with men on base than it is with the bases empty.
Isn’t every pitchers ERA higher with men on base?
shhhhhhh…
Side-note: The 2009 Yankees have a 0-1 record when scoring 5 or more runs.
You mean that when there are men on base, teams tend to score?
WHAT KIND OF CRAZY TALK IS THAT?
[restart]
Are there re-do’s? I’d like a re-do on the 1st?
No?
Alright…
It’s alright 2 runs ain’t sh*t. CMW is a little geeked up to be back on the mound. Now that they have a taste for blood the O’s are gonna be slamming the sinker into the dirt for the next 6 innings.
There’s another 8 innings left, so there is no need to panic. Wang will settle in, the offense will get to Uehara, and we won’t have to listen to more panic from the rags tomorrow.
Positivity now! Positivity forever (or until the 7th inning)!
Confidence level = 10
Why the 7th? Everyone knows the 8th is the most important.
Uehara will struggle the second and third time around, unless he breaks out something offspeed (slider, curve, etc.). I can’t imagine that fastball/change combo will work once everyone sees both. He got Tex on the change, which now he’ll have seen the second time around.
not the inning i was hoping for from wang. his change up is looking nasty though.
Very nice offspeed pitch low and diving away. C’mon Wanger put ‘em in their place – on the bench!
Posada looks a little like Peja Stojakovic (sp?)
Robbie Cano is the man.
He basically “flicked” a pitch off the corner away and hit a laser to left. He took an ass out swing and still hit a rope. Impressive.
But, if he was a “hard worker”, that probably would have been a homer.
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That stuff goes back to his minor league days. Its not just something that was made up last year. It also showed up in Torre’s book. Bowa loved him, but felt like he had to stay on top of him. Cano would even recognize these things himself, and asked Bowa to do extra pregame stuff from time to time. He’s just a player who tends to get into bad habits, like lots of other young players.
Hey, Mike Pelfrey, how about you develop a second pitch before you pitch to Joey Votto with two men on base.
Alright Cano stealing bases, I guess on Zaun might as well go.
Cano walk twice and stole a base within 2 game? what the?
A-Rod doesn’t beat that out.
he woulda just send it out of the park, stats padder
Of course A-Rod would have hit the ball out of the infield, but that’s besides the point.
/sarcasm
He does make it onto the front page of ESPN.com, though.
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What is the relevance of that picture? I saw it this afternoon and I said, “Wtf?” I didn’t read the article though…
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I really would like one of the unclutch three run homers in the first three innings out of A-Rod right now.
According to several bar patrons from Monday evening, not only am I not a Yankees fan, but Grit Gardner has “power.”
Mike, are you going to shoehorn the “How much we miss A-Rod” bit into every game?
Come on, Gardner, be all clutch and shit.
Ransom getting lucky need the Gritster to get a hit
zzzz
20 push-ups, Gardner.
It would be awesome if they actually did that
but then next season he’ll try to swing for the fences!
Let’s hope the Yanks don’t feel like stranding all their runners in scoring position tonight.
And what is up with Wang? Let’s get those pitches down buddy. Felix Pie should not be driving it deep like that.
Wang needs to get the ball down! WTF is he doing giving up all these deep fly balls
Jose Reyes’ lazy Dominicaness just cost the Mets a run.
Edison Volquez working the count
minus the big fly from Pie this was a lot more Wangish inning
Nice and Wangy.
Nice and Wangy
That’s what SHE said!!!
Tomorrow is a day game, lame
why doesn’t YES get a new radar gun
That’s the interesting thing, they don’t even have one. They just eyeball it.
ietc
LOL
Is it possible to just stream Pitch F/X data…that would be optimal
Mike, since you’re a YES Network employee, why don’t you call them and tell them to turn off that gun.
We aren’t YES Network employees. And I happen to like the radar gun, good comic relief.
Will you get invited to the YES Christmas/Festivus party?
Will you get invited to the YES
Christmas/Festivus partyBacchanal?Fixed.
Mike Pop – if you’re out there – I’m sure you saw the Jets are meeting with Miles Austin this weekend… how do you feel? Hang in there… I’m not sure if he’ll go though, not with a #2 role in Dallas waiting for him.
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/in.....ist=sports
As a Jets fan… meh. Miles Austin is an org arm.
I agree, but Pop expressed his love for him last night
Damn Lester has 5ks in 2 innings
Haha Mora you suck.
or Arod in any stadium, Ken.
Umm maybe the Matsui “scouting report” isn’t that great since he hasn’t played in Japan since 2002.
can the yankees get a timely hit!?!? Cmon Tex!
Why can’t Igawa pitch like this guy? bah
Igawa even has better stuff than this guy.
find the damn strike zone wang!
Oh, wow Brian Roberts is on base…
And when can we officially add Adam Jones to the “Yankee Killer” list? If he’s still batting 1.000 after this game you’d have to consider it.
Straight gunned down
hip hip Jorge!
Brian Roberts, all your base is belong to us!!!
hahaha ietc.
nice f’ing job jorge!
Well Posada is looking good
Nice dig tex.
every play at 3rd has been an adventure, ugggh.
Tex saving Ransom’s ass
We actually got adam jones out ! lol
There has been some odd baserunning in this series so far
Wow. Who knew it was so nice having a 1st basemen who actually can play the field?
In slow mo… it actually seemed like Wang’s “sinker” floated upward in that hit by Markakis.
He definately doesnt have his best sinker tonight so far.
I say Matsui has been the greatest Japanese player because he gives you OBP and above-average power. Ichiro is just a speedy contact hitter with no power (and league-average, at best, on-base skills) at a corner-outfield position.
Wow, scratch that, I’m a dolt, completely misread the numbers.
Plus…what position does Matsui play?
Jamal, do yourself a solid. Watch Ichiro take batting practice one day. He’s really special, and can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants with a bat in his hands. Including depositing shot after shot into the bleachers. Its quite a sight to behold.
Ichiro: .331-.370-.430
Matsui: .295-.371-.478
Ichiro’s Gold Glove caliber defense, cannon arm and baserunning more than makes up the difference in slugging. It’s not even close, Ichiro in a landslide.
Yeah, especially now that Matsui’s a DH and really has been for years.
I was kinda thinking Pena might get the start at 3b tonight with Wangs GB preponderance.
Mora – *some* unknown substance = Cody Ransom?
has wang shown his slider yet?
That’s what she said.
ha yeah guess i walked right into that
Good call. I was really expecting it with two strikes there.
Just had to listen to John and Susan for a fucking hour. I have never been so happy as I am now to listen to Kay.
ok lets get a run this inning
This guy Uehara is pissing me off. His stuff is atrocious and he’s really lucking out.
his locations have been awsome. but he’s using a lot of pitches…
Nick Markakis, best outfielder in the AL not named Grady? I think so.
You forgot Nick Swisher.
Josh Hamilton maybe? Matt Holliday?
Holliday if he hits out of Coors, Alex Rios could have a huge year.
Forgot about Holliday, he’s up there as well. I think I’d take the all-around package of Markakis though.
Edinson Volquez?
/BBWAA’d
Watch out for Bossman Jr., if he can continue his improvement.
WeAgreed, although Markakis is developing as well. I think it’ll be another year or two before Upton passes Markakis
cmon offense!!!
I think Pedroia sold his soul to the devil. Tommy Johnson style….
“Well he taught me to swing this here bat reeaal good.”
correct me if i’m wrong, but it seems like over the past few years they have always gotten shutdown by pitchers they faced for the first time
No correction needed.
I’ve felt thats the case for the last decade or so, but I have no evidence to support that claim.
cmon cody. get one broski.
hahaha yes. i thought he had it.
I take back everything bad I’ve said about Ransom.
God this team is SOOO much better without A-Rod!!!
HANDSOME RANSOM
Alright Ransom
RANSOM!!
Way to shut me up, Ransom.
Cody doing the first useful thing of the season
He’s still about -3 in the category.
Ransom! A-Rod would have never hit that, he’s not clutch
4th inning doubles are more clutch off Ransom’s bat
yeah cody
About time!
How long till we call him brett instead of grit.
61 pitches, six outs for Pelfrey. Yikes.
You know how it’s way too soon to push the panic button and the WTF IS MY BURRITO and all that?
Yeah… it’s not too soon to push the panic button for the Mets. Commence panicking.
But they have teh Johan, he cures all ills.
Every 5th day. The other 4 days get bumpy.
Every time I look at Kevin Youkilis’ face, I look forward to the future to the inevitable time when Joba will be firing a baseball into it.
You just made my otherwise horrible day that much bette
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It’s not unimportant for Wang to put up a 0 this inning.
wang needs a quick inning. How about one of those classic double plays
classic triple play?
wang needs a quick inning. How about one of those classic
double playsthree-up, three-downsThis gets ugly if Wang doesn’t find it soon. He’s lucky it’s 2-1.
Anybody watching the Yankees bonus cam?
Scott Kazmir does not know the meaning of the word efficiency.
And Wang has about three too many walks.
Wanger having trouble finding the strike zone…
You gotta hate the pitching woes in the early games. Spring training was soooooo long this year and still they can’t get off to a hot start with good stuff?
They DID get off to a hot start. They were 24-10 in spring training.
Am I the only one who finds that pop up noise in the corner annoying on YES? It reminds me of Pop-Up Video from the 90s on VH1.
ugh
oh the pain…2 on no outs
goddamnit
wang is pulling a CC
Well, at this point, I’m thinking that we could do with a long man. Who’s with me?
No.
“Wang can’t hang, Joba to the pen”
Would you care to rephrase that Kaitlin?
People might get the wrong idea.
sigh. Talk about blueballs after how these guys played in the preseason….
man this is painful
60 mph per hour pitch. is it that hard to get a gun.
Robbie made that look effortless.
yes i think we pull wang. His sinker isnt working
I’m thinking that the staff will soon reel off five straight shutouts and bring the team ERA somewhere south of 14.00. At least, I hope so.
Not over yet!
one would think. there is 5 innings left
This place is restricted Wang, so don’t tell them you’re Jewish!
He’s got nothing.
Jesus christ Wang! Whats with all the pictures? It’s a parking lot!
Has Wang thrown a slider?
You suck Wang!!! We finished!
Another that’s what she said moment brought to you by TSJC’s Burritos!
Yeah, these first two games are dying for some burritos, aren’t they?
I need hookers and blow right about now.
I’m gonna get my own amusement park, with hookers….. and blackjack…… you know what? Forget the amusement park
Get Zillo on the phone, you could be the Yankees Official Microwaveable Burrito WTF!?!??!?!? Guy, they have just about everything else
Second game of the season, a night game, the yankees are in town and the stadium is only half full. Yet these d-bags in b-more are mad that tex didn’t want to come play there for less money. Go eff yourselves.
I really don’t get all the booing, Red Sox sure, Nationals have a case, but the O’s not really
12 consecutive losing seasons will make you sour.
Plus, if Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner, and The Wire is any indication, Baltimore is one gigantic mammoth shithole.
don’t forget “Ace of Cakes”
Comment of the night.
I aim to please
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wang is out there throwing meatballs
Heh. Wait till you see Edwar come in.
Looked good to me…
I love how Nady doesn’t try to throw TOWARDS home.
u have to get wang out after this inning. he just doesnt have his sinker going tonight
Well, I think we know the main reason why the Yanks are losing right now.
I know Wallace Matthews knows.
“Yankees suck, Joba to the pen”
Tomorrow, I anticipate a 1000-word column from Matthews explaining how Vermont, Iowa, and DC legalizing gay marriage means that Joba should be in the bullpen.
One thing I was really hoping to see out of the Yankees this season: Winning series. Doesn’t look too good for the first one right now. But it’s only the fourth inning.
Jeez Louise.
So awesome
woof
Yankees rotation is teh awesome!!1!1!
Any rain in the forecast?
Well… looks like it’s up to Burnett to salvage the series.
Let’s get one tomorrow night fellas… No game is over till its over, but this one has all the markings of a 16-3 prison raping…
ha that sucks but did anyone notice the old school clip playing on the big screen?
dsafasdfasdf don’t pull a fucking Detroit damnit
hummm… i wonder where i seen a start like this before… Oh yes last year.
LOL
LOL
I love when you put lol in all caps after you say something you think is funny. It cracks me up more than your actual joke. Keep it up, mustang, baby!
I’m happy at least I’m entertaining you seem like the Yankees didn’t want that job tonight.
thanks wang….great game!
Does anyone know where wangs slider was tonight??? I dont believe he threw it even once. sorry if this has already been discussed.
It still in Florida.
how come? its been successful in the past. maybe he saw something wrong with it in the pregame but to not even try it once when the sinker sucked
I was joking
I know but I am still wondering why he wasnt throwing it.
Well, the Phillies came back from 3-10 down…LET’S GO!
Heck of an effort by Wang tonight. Proving again why he is a #4.
This is satire, right?
i hope you are being very sarcastic here
The lonely stoner likes to free his mind at night.
The arsonist had oddly shaped feet.
I think Rick Suttcliffe has an illicit relationship with Aki Iwamura……he has creamed his pants each time Iwamura has done anything.
atleast lester is getting roughed up
Who has the worst outfield in the AL?
All around, both offense and defense?
All four AL West teams are tied for last, IMO.
Abreu is the Angels’ problem now.
I never viewed Abreu as a problem, I thought he was very good for the Yankees.
Probably the Royals or the Mariners, especially without Ichiro
Seattle’s OF defense is money.
Their offense without Ichiro, not so good.
Yeah i was assuming the question was offensive based
Put at least one run on the board this half inning.
Tomorrow Burnett’s arm falls off…
In Kansas City… Joba shows up to the ballpark drunk after drinking some firewater with the local Chiefs.
Andy is then reunited with Roger Clemens.
0-5. A perfect week!
Wang did not rise to the equation
0 ER = W ?
Well done sir, well done
Huh?
occasion?
well glad that inning is over
The second terrible effort by the starters. I’m not too worried about it right now – it’s still early. But two nights in a row and the pitchers can’t locate their pitches? Ugh, it always sucks to lose to the O’s, and the Yanks have been getting good at it lately.
It would be perfect to have Tomko or Geise right now in the ‘pen. I know, Geise is in Oakland now. But a long reliever would be great to mop up some innings.
The Phillies came back today from nine down, so the Yankees can come back in this.
My confidence level = 10
ZOMG!!!!11!1!!!
Both Damon and Jeter have been hitting the ball well… But has Damon gotten a hit WHILE Jeter is one base? Has he even advanced him?
Let’s see if he pops it up again.
6 pop ups to the left side in 7 at bats. Make an adjustment one time.
The hattrick!!
Tex, you’re overpaid, you bum.
I’m still a believer CMW
Seriously though, no way we go down with Alfredo Simon on the mound toms.
Usually no-name journeymen have their way with us.
Usually no-name journeymen have their way with us.
That’s what your mother and your sister said last night, Trebek.
Heh. I like how you added Trebek at the end of that just to make sure I wouldn’t get offended.
I’ll take “The Penis Mightier” for $600.
I know he’s a slow starter, but how can Tex be fooled the same way three straight times? C’mon Tex, help us out here.
Holy FUCK! Rick Suttcliffe is a bigger moron than I thought!
He thinks that Wang is an injury risk this year because he hurt himself running last year!!!!11!!!!!!!!
Looks like the ole Wednesday night baseball is going on mute…
What time is DOTF getting posted? We need something to look forward to…
E-Hack dealing
everyone of texiera’s at bats tonight have ended in a similar way
Don’t forget yesterday.
And our starting pitchers have yet to record a strikeout. My money is on A.J. for one or two though.
Philly won a game this afternoon that they were trailing 10-3.
Ya, but the Yankees don’t have heart. They just want to get back to the clubhouse and count their benjamins.
Phillies also are the world Champs.
This is great !!!!
Wang gets smacked up and this rookie Japanese pitcher looks like Cy Young agaisnt this over rated crap lineup. Now go ahead and pull out your charts and graphs about how good Wang’s curveball looked.LOL.
hahaha this is so good on so many levels.
Wang doesn’t have a curveball, I can see that with my eyes.
Did your mommy forget to change your diapers?
Double shot:
WHY THE FUCK IS MY BURRITO TAKING THIS LONG TO COOK IN THIS MICROWAVE?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
and
GO MAKE LOVE TO YOUR SPREADSHEET, NERDS!!!!!11!!!!!!1!!!!eleventy!!!!!!
Gotta ignore the trolls.
First few trolls of the year is like spring training for me.
I’m just working on my mechanics. Experimenting with a circle change.
Wait till they see your Gyro Ball.
They won’t know what hit them.
Nickel for every time I’ve said that!
Umm, does Wang even have a curveball?
0 combined strikeouts from starters so far. boo ya!
Michael Kay made a good point – this ‘pen is going to be gassed by the end of the weekend. Burnett has to go at least six innings tomorrow.
The pen isn’t going to be “gassed” after 3 games.
Burnett, 8 innings, 4 hits, 9Ks. Mo the 9th just to get some work in.
7.2 innings, 8K, 2 BB, 1 run, 1 win.
Book it.
9 innings, 12K, 11B, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 no hitter, 1 Yankee loss.
9 innings 27K, 0 BB, 0 R, 0H
4 grand slams from tex. book it.
Call Scott Proctor!!!!!
Is Shawn Chacon still available?
By the way. I can’t wait till the Yankees come to Boston. Beckett,Lester,Dice-K,Wakefield and Penny > Fat Boy,Wang,AJ,Petitte and Drunkin Hick.
Now, you’re just mean.
He says as Lester is getting bombed
Lester was on Verducci’s list, wasn’t he?
Verducci is all that is man!
Every year its the same. Verducci comes out with his list, one or two of the teams tells you why they’re not worried one bit about it, and then 80% of the guys on the list either wind up on the DL, or suck for most of the year.
You make all us Yankee haters look bad, please stop talking
Why are you here if you’re a Yankee hater?
My crappy team doesn’t have any decent blogs and I am in Yankee country so I might as well keep up with the local teams
What’s your crappy team, out of curiosity?
the crappy team you are losing to right now
Ah, I see.
There’s no good Oriole blogs?
(probably rooted in a systematic failure to teach Baltimoreians how to read and write well… or bathe…)
http://www.camdenchat.com/
Even the damn Mariner’s have at least 2 good ones. I could only find one O’s blog with almost daily posts.
I’ve done a lot of research on Baltimorians (watched all 5 seasons of The Wire) and I concur with your previous statements.
Though from the popularity of “The Wire”, there are a skazillion ‘How to sell drugs and shoot people’ blogs.
Why not start an O’s blog, unmet need. Not a bad team with the team having young players and team going in the correct direction.
I write bad. Me fail English? That’s unpossible
Well welcome you.
Thank you.
I still love you Teixeira
Yup, we do welcome you.
Nothing wrong with a non-Yankee fan around here, as long as he can actually think intelligently, unlike your boy YankeeHater/DogPoo over there in the corner.
Lester looked great tonight against a team that has the worst offense of the contenders…. please note the sarcasm.
lol gassed? bruney’s gotten two outs, albie one, edwar 4, Coke 7, Veras 0, Mo 0.
I’m loving the effort tonight. Tex has looked terrible in every plate apperance.
Your right,Wang does not have a curveball,fastball,slider or sinker tonight.LOL. I really can’t wait to see the charts and graphs on what he did have,besides whiplash.
Please, go on.
Why do you hate charts and graphs?
If you insist on taunting us here you really should be required to be humurous.
Make something up. Nice and clever like. Take some time if you need to…
His name is “YankeeHater”.
Clearly, creativity is not his strong suit.
I should go on some Red Sox boards posting as “GuyWhoDisagreesWithYou”.
Haha.
IETC
Who says you’re still in Spring training.
At least someone looks good so far! Jorge got his bat goin early.
Less time worrying about Joba’s role = more time for urine
ietc
Build on it…
double with no outs. Lets get 2 runs atleast here
wow.. the comments so far had been, a bit ‘you-know-what’-like.
Jejune?
But for the SATs, I’d have to look that up.
We gotta get that compendium up.
On the bright side, Cano’s killing the ball early.
Here we go Chip…chip…chip away!
I <3 the new Cano.
alright posada everybody put your rally caps on
Get your towels ready!
POSEIDON, LOOK AT MEEEEE, OOOOOOOOOOOH!!!
CANO
I guess the Yanks weren’t in the mood for Japanese tonight.
Still haven’t forgiven them for WWII.
Come on X! prove me wrong pleaseeeee
Cano’s looking good so far.
So, how about that Longman in the bullpen?
Brackman’s in Charleston.
Call it unlucky, call it what you want. get the fuckin run in.
Zomg why was the SS where he was supposed to be!!!
Ok well ive offically giving up on cody RUSH AROD NOW!!!
Hit it on the floor Grit.
Weak.
Got to love the way the offense is coming up with the big hit. It’s nice to see the RISP woes of last year are long gone.
w0w you gatta be kidding me cant get that damn run in so sick
Bottom third bottoming out.
Who has a time machine? Lets go back to opening day.
(Not worried, just wanted better games). Ya know, it’s A-Rod’s fault.
There aren’t a lot of things more frustrating than having a runner on 3rd with no outs and not getting a run in
Man on third, no outs and can’t score him. I mean, its not likely you come back from 7-1 to begin with, but with that type of putrid situational hitting you sure aren’t coming back.
okay, its brett until he earns the grit title. I see his ST swing is yet to fly to b-more.
geez that is sad
Missed opportunities are so frustrating
my alma mater!
Melky would not have had that.
Michael Kay is just awesome. “Oop, changeup!”
At least Gardner brought his glove.
Range!
But he’s sooooo old!
I remember when the Yanks left Alby out there against Detroit because they didn’t have a long man setup. Basically threw him until his elbow gave out. You almost forget how good he was before he got hurt.
Yeah, I really hope Girardi doesn’t destroy his arm again this year. Just because we have a ton of possible bullpen candidates in AAA doesn’t mean that we should start using them all
Yanks should clone Cano.
Hey! what the heck, atleast Red Sox is losing.
Ramirez is a 3 outcome Pitcher.
Walk, Strikeout, or Grand Slam.
Tex is gonna get a hit this inning i feel it
yea..exactly.
must have been gas cuz it sure wasn’t tex getting a hit
It’s amazing what defense can do…
This idea that anything less than winning the WS is a failure for the Yankees is starting to ring hollow when they haven’t won a playoff round since 2004.
Yea, we should aim for third in the AL East.
Win a freakin’ playoff round. Once they do, they’re winning it all.
I have some good news Yankee fans. You guys get to play the Royals next. Maybe you can squeeze out a win. Now excuse me while I take a Teixera and flush the CC.
You’re getting better.
What’s it like being blind to one’s own banality?
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Well played.
Now excuse me while I take a Teixera and flush the CC.
Your boring non-creative jabs >>>>>>>>>>>> Your hackneyed attempts at creative wordplay
Potty humor. Who says this kid isn’t creative?
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Thanks, and have a nice day.
So, um, should I just be glad I’m not watching tonight?
What are you watching?
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Flipping back and forth between a “Kitchen Nightmares” episode on BBC America and the Sox/Rays game. I couldn’t watch the Yanks anyway. Blacked out on MLBTV and UConn doesn’t carry YES on its cable package wooooooo!
UConn still doesn’t have YES? Fascists!
The surrounding areas all have it, but for some reason, UConn doesn’t.
Porn.
How is that for a better name.LOL.
Yankees are going to open the new stadium with a 1 and 8 record.LOL. Now that is funny.
Shouldn’t you be looking for sex on Craig’s List?
At least make your time on the internet useful.
That’s what I do, WHEN I’M NOT ON RAB, OF COURSE. I LOVE MIKE, JOE, AND BEN’S UP TO DATE ANALYSIS.
I <3 RAB.
Before I started using Swagger of course.
Did you know that most of our American heroes were known primarily for being Haters as well? Thomas Edison sat around all day talking shit about Ben Franklin, thats how he became such a success. Martin Luther King would sit around for days talking shit about white people, making poo jokes at their expense, hence his place in history. Hell, even Sully Sullenberger is rumored to have been making jokes about the Yankees while in the cockpit; and the rest is history!
Martin Luther King to Lyndon Johnson:
“I’m very offended by that remark you made about my coat… it’s made from your mother’s pubic hairs.”
Huh.
Less than an hour, and you’ve already jumped your own shark. Congrats, thanks for playing.
mine is better…
Oh, come now. We’re better than that, let’s not stoop to the level of the lesser animals with smaller frontal lobes.
Oh yeah. Well his dad can so beat up your dad!
Tex is just embarrassing at the plate right now.
AJax have a hit tonight?
AAA didn’t start today, only AA
Is it just me or is Jonathan Albaledjo the future 8th inning man?
Maybe the near future. I think Melancon is the future.
The kid has good stuff has yet to get hit hard in the majors and doesnt walk anyone I think he is made for the 8th inning
Is there an up-to-minute (or close to) minor league scoreboard (box scores)? minorleaguebaseball.com sucks for that…
nope, just wait for the DotF.
If we shot out of the gate mowing everyone down everyone would say we bought it. When we finally put it together (and we will) they will know it’s not so easy even with the big bucks.
That’s one way to look at it. I look at it as we’re about to lose 2 in a row to the O’s.
lol at swisher coming in now… at least some one can work an AB
does he get the start tomorrow?
lol.. nope, but at least if we’re losing in the 7th we can use him as a ph.
Jeets keeps it from being a total embarrassment.
Meaningless.
sucka got juice
That homer was a shot at A-Rod.
Meaningless.Ultra-clutchtastic.Yankee Sportswriter Commandment #1: Thou shalt never denigrate the actions of Jeter, the Prince of Peace.
That one run that was left on 3rd with 0 outs looms large..
So true
Jeter’s wheelchair doesn’t rust until June
heh. +1
Tex better show some balls here
Milbarge: For god’s sake, man, show some balls!
Fitz-Hume: I think it’s a little late to try and impress them.
YEAH
Tebustiera
FINALLY! TEX!
lets go ‘Sui
Maybe he used Swisher too early…Matsui vs a Lefty ugh
.280 vs lefties, not so bad.
eh
God damn, I bet you arod would’ve done his April magic.
EXACTLY, the loss is clearly on Arod, he would have hit a HR there and it would have been written off. WHO GETS HURT!?
WOOHOO!! we scored 10 runs in two games!
There’s always next season
Let’s just win the next game.
thats the idea…
Eh, it’s two games. 160 left. 160-2 baby!
I’m a bit more pessimistic, 159-3, allow a mulligan in there somewhere.
Bummer, you score 5 runs in games started by sabathia and wang, you pretty much expect to win both of those. Oh well.
Another opposite field line drive for Giambi.
At least my love affair with Zack Greinke continues:
6IP, 3H, 7K
****Potential Mets bullpen implosion alert****
OO WHAT CHANNEL?
SNY, its 60 on Cablevision, not sure about Time Warner
Ah damn I’m on dish don’t think I get that. I like the potential mets bullpen implosion alert though.
Its a bizzare 9th at Shea
implosion puhhleaseee
K-Rod coughing this up would be nice.
looks like k rod’s velocity is back up