Game 42: Bring on the Champs

May 22, 2009 by Mike Axisa

The Yanks are firing on all cylinders right now, but today they’ll face the best competition they’ve seen in two weeks. The defending World Champion Phillies march into the New Stadium having won six of their last seven, and currently sport the best record in the NL East. HOWEVA, four of those six wins came against the Nationals, so the Phightin’s haven’t exactly been facing quality competition either. Today will be a good test for both squads.

We’ve got a decent amount of roster news today, so let’s recap: Chien-Ming Wang has been activated from the DL, taking the place of Jon Albaladejo, who was optioned to Triple-A Scranton. Brian Bruney, who himself is just off the DL, had an MRI this morning and is unavailable tonight. Thankfully everything checked out okay, and he’s just day-to-day. Considering that Wang was originally scheduled to start for Triple-A Scranton today, I’m thinking we’ll see CMW come in after AJ Burnett’s day is done and just finish this one out.

The lineup:

Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Matsui, DH
Swisher, RF
Cano, 2B
Melky, CF
Cash, C

And on the mound, Allen James Burnett.

Drew

AJ will have a great game today. I knows it.
- Tank the Frank
  
  Uuuuuge game for AJ.
Drew

Yo Mike, why does a team like the Pirates seem to have the fast track on a guy like Miguel Angel Sano? Why do the A’s have Inoa in their system? I know we can’t just sign everyone but I mean for these highly touted prospects, why does it seem as though we don’t make much of a play on them?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Those kids could be working out at those teams’ Latin American complexes. Maybe they have a good relationship with the scout or int’l scouting director, could be a ton of things. It doesn’t take just money to land these kids.
  - DreDog
    
    Didn’t the Yankees think they had Inoa in the bag? Sorry I can’t site a reference, but I remember reading that it had something to do with one of the scouting guys screwing it up.
  - Drew
    
    True, thanks. Either way, can’t wait for July.
    - DreDog
      
      Here you go.
      The Yanks had him at 2.7 and the A’s went to 4.
      http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/international-affairs/2008/266411.html
      
      I guess I was wrong about someone screwing it up though, maybe.
      - Drew
        
        Damn, thanks.
        
        whozat
        
        It’s also the case that being willing to pay any price for a player is not the right long-term strategy. You pay Ynoa 4.5 mil to beat the A’s, now you’re looking at that as a floor for this year’s top talent, most likely. And these kids are so far away from the bigs — and usually very over-hyped — that paying through the nose for the “top” guy every year is not necessarily the right thing to do.
        
        And those considerations are in addition to the fact that, in many cases, teams have a relationship with these kids for years before they’re signed. So money doesn’t always get you a guy.
        
        Drew
        
        Yeah I know, it’s just frustrating. We can never get the top talent out of college/HS so I’d like to get them in International FA. Pittsburgh already gets top talent because they suck.
  - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
    
    And don’t forget the Yanks Latin Scouting Director got caught up in that skimming scandal (was later cleared), so the entire operation was in disarray last year.
- Tank the Frank
  
  Wang, Cano, Montero, Melky, Heredia, Kevin De Leon…
  - Drew
    
    I obviously know we don’t get shut out. That wasn’t my point.
Jeremy

Let’s hope for signs of a turnaround from Wang if he pitches tonight. If he’s back to no. 2 starter form again, the rotation is just terrifying.
touchtoneterriost

Keep trying to put Bruney,Veras and Melchon as set-up men they can’t do it.Bruney is a journey man and can’t and hasn’t pitched a full year good or healthy.

People can talk about starting pitchers being more important then relievers but the Yankees have a Ace starter and good pitchers but they have no one to replace a 39 year old closer.As good as the Yankees have played there bullpen has been crapping.

The Yankees need to fill the bullpen with something if Bruney goes down.
- LiveFromNewYork
  
  Really? none of us have thought of that before.
- Tank the Frank
  
  Wodewful anawlasis my wittle tewowist.
  - Drew
    
    My defenth is impetchuoth, I want to eat hith chilldwen.
    /Tyson’d
- Jeremy
  
  “Yankees have a Ace starter and good pitchers but they have no one to replace a 39 year old closer.”
  
  Good thing Mo can create a 26-year old simulacrum of himself using his mind, who will take over for the original Mo once he retires. Otherwise we would be hopelessly screwed.
- Will (the other one)
  
  Keep trying to put Bruney,Veras and Melchon as set-up men they can’t do it.Bruney is a journey man and can’t and hasn’t pitched a full year good or healthy.
  
  Disagree.
  1) Bruney isn’t a journeyman. He’s 27, has played for six years, and has been with a total of two teams. And since the beginning of 2007 (when he was 25 on Opening Day), he sports a 3.47 ERA with an 85/55 K/BB ratio, striking out more than eight per nine innings. Brian Bruney CAN do it.
  
  2) Mark Melancon has pitched a total of 3.1 big-league innings. THREE-point-ONE. He’s 24 and is owning AAA, having struck out 42 and walked 8 (that’s right, eight) at that level over the last two years. You’re right about Jose Veras, but that’s where I draw the line.
  
  …the Yankees have a Ace starter and good pitchers but they have no one to replace a 39 year old closer.
  
  I applaud you only for not daring to mention His name. But you forgot to mention that Mariano Rivera isn’t just a “39 year old closer;” he’s the pitcher many fans identify as the greatest of all time. Just because we can’t see a prospect in the system who’s ready right this instant to slide in and take his place doesn’t mean the sky is falling.
  - Tank the Frank
    
    I made fun of him but you plain owned him. Nice.
YankeeScribe

Peter Gammons called Yankee Stadium “one of the biggest jokes in baseball” today. Did he not notice that 5 HRs were hit at Fenway last night?
- Tank the Frank
  
  He did not! That has to be taken out of context or something. He’s an uber homer but he’s always been classy.
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    Eh, not so much these days. He ragged on Joba pretty good the other day when Huff fist pumped.
    - Tank the Frank
      
      So Huff makes a clown of himself… rag on Joba. That makes sense.
- Jeremy
  
  Seriously. Does he believe that MLB would be ok with Fenway were it built today?
  
  Just a bizarre comment even by Gammons’s standards. I’m sure his “player sources” are from teams who the Yankees demolished.
- DreDog
  
  How does he get away with this crap? Like having a huge wall in short left is hallowed or something.
- Tank the Frank
  
  I’d like to see a link to burn my rage that much deeper…
- YankeeScribe
  
  GAMMONS RIPS BILLION-DOLLAR BALLPARK
  
  http://www.nypost.com/seven/05222009/sports/yankees/gammons_rips_new_yankee_stadium_170550.htm
  - Drew
    
    The only joke Mr. Gammons, is you and your employer.
- Jeremy
  
  So if the Yankees win the World Series this year, it will not actually count because:
  
  1. They bought the title
  2. ARod used steroids
  
  and now:
  
  3. YANKEE STADIUM IS TEH JOKE
  - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
    
    It never counts. That why you eventually learn to tune out the haters.
- Tank the Frank
  
  I’d be interested to learn how the Stadium fares when you take away that series against the Indians. I know it’s not fair, but that series is what really brought this to the forefront. It was rather flukey weather from what I heard and the Wang start really hurt. The pitching in the first homestand was terrible.
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

Win tonight will be our longest winning streak since . . . . that’s right, the greatest team most of us born after 1939 were old enough to see, the 1998 New York Yankees.

1998 team had a 9 game streak, tonight would make 10.
- BigBlueAL
  
  Im pretty sure the Yankees had a 10 game winning streak in 2005.
  - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
    
    I heard that on WFAN today, I think Sweeney said it.
    - BigBlueAL
      
      Yeah I just looked it up. In 2005 Yankees were 11-19 then won 10 in a row to move to 21-19.
      - Drew
        
        Facts are over-rated.
      - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
        
        That’s exactly it, he mentioned that it was after the slow start.
        
        http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
        
        And you’re right, it was to TIE the 1998 team. I guess I ‘misremembered’ that part.
Drew

Damnit, no Singleton tonight..
BigBlueAL

Wow Moose is getting a Yankeeography.
- whozat
  
  Well, he is one of the more successful free agent signings of the last 10 years. And he was on the team for eight years.
  - http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
    
    Yeah. I think equating success is by adding up championships. Sure I loved him on the Bombers and he did a good job but no championship.
Tank the Frank

The Phils will be looking to take some pitches tonight with our short bullpen. AJ needs to be in attack mode and be efficient.
Mr. Rodriguez

CMW the latest weapon in the yankee bullpen
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Good start.
- Drew
  
  Can we start over?
Drew

ohhhh fuck me. Come on!
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

Wow, that was fast.
http://mantisfists.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/julius-carry-aka-shonuff.jpg The Honorable Congressman Mondesi

Anyone else’s cable completely go out? Time Warner-Brooklyn here. Was about to head up to the Stadium when my buddy had to cancel on tonight’s game, and then my cable completely went out like 10 minutes ago. Frustrating.
- http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
  
  No. And you didn’t miss anything particularly interesting if you happened to miss the first 3 minutes of the game.
  - http://mantisfists.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/julius-carry-aka-shonuff.jpg The Honorable Congressman Mondesi
    
    If anyone is having problems, Time Warner says there are outages in the area tonight.
BigBlueAL

CMW might be throwing a shitload of innings tonight.
- BigBlueAL
  
  OK thankfully maybe not.
http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.

Oh my. Well he isn’t getting paid to pie faces, he’s getting paid to pitch good ball games.
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  If Burnett will be getting that low breaking ball called for a strike like he just did, he will be V-E-R-Y tough tonight.
  - http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
    
    Absolutely. I was shocked he got that pitch. Not because it wasn’t a strike but because they usually don’t get that call.
SouthernYankeeFan

not a good start at all.
- http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
  
  CMW!!!!!11!1!
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  Relax, its the first inning.
Drew

Before everyone jumps off a bridge, let’s see how the inning goes.
- http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
  
  Everyone? Need I quote your previous comment?
  - Drew
    
    Lol.. Because I said the f word? What should I say when the first pitch is deposited in the stands?
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  Look who got brave after 2 strikeouts.
  - http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
    
    That is the advantage of having a guy with plus stuff who can just pour it over the plate.
  - Drew
    
    Actually when I said that there was one K and Ibanez’s hit was a few feet away from being gobbled up.
    - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
      
      I’m just bustin on ya.
SouthernYankeeFan

Phew
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

TEX!

Giambi makes that play, easy.
Dave

I got a goooood feelin about AJ tonight after those last 3 ab
WesternYankeeFan

Looks like Teixeira wants another gold glove.
zs190

Eh, it started bad but he gave up one run and threw 16 pitches, I think he goes at least 6 tonight.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Brett Myers beat his wife once, but there’s nothing funny about that.

heheheheh

/Peter Griffin’d
http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.

Does Myers use those fighting skills to beat up his wife?
SouthernYankeeFan

jeter says F You
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Maybe if Myers spent more time trying to get Jeter than hit him, he wouldn’t have a 4.50 ERA.
- http://www.myspace.com/rbisportsradio Joey H.
  
  Well that’s just the Rocky Balboa in him.
WallyPipp

I hope the old David Justice pre-Yankees chant’s return for Mr. Myers.
SouthernYankeeFan

that was a strike??
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

Phillies have the “Best defense in Baseball” because they lead the league in ERRORS?

Anyone have their team UZR handy?
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Meh. Well lets watch A-Rod tee off.
DreDog

Just curious, but where do you think these baseball players find their hot wives?
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Don’t bother looking. They find the players. It’s called money.
  - DreDog
    
    Well, I can always hit the lotto.
- John
  
  they just flash their stuff (as in their money and status as a ballplayer) on the street and at bars and elite restaurants, them gold-diggers come running.
Drew

Could really use a teix message.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

So are you guys rooting for the Mets or the Sox? Personally it’s a win win for me.
- yankw
  
  i don’t see how anyone could root for the sox it just doesn’t make sense the mets are in another league
  - http://theyankeeuniverse.com Moshe Mandel
    
    Agreed.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    To make fun of the Met fans mostly.
- Drew
  
  Not even close. Mets all the way.
- http://theyankeeuniverse.com Moshe Mandel
  
  I dont get that. Essentially, the question is, do I hate the Mets more than I like the Yankees, and the answer is obviously no.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    Obviously. But regardless of the outcome, I won’t loose any sleep. If the Mets win, then haha to the Sox. If the Sox win then haha look what we are dealing with. But of course I would love to watch the Sox suffer. Lets just say I am more concerned with the Yankees winning more than another game’s outcome
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

That hook looks awfully good tonight.
SouthernYankeeFan

anyone else see that hot blonde in the background behind tex?
Dave

Fuck.
WesternYankeeFan

That one hurt.
- John
  
  yea it did (and TWSS)
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

FUCK!
- Alex
  
  ME!
Dave

Is it just me, or does everyone else really, really want these games? Like, almost to the degree of redsox games.
- WesternYankeeFan
  
  I want the Yanks to get Brett Myers. If they have to lose to a Phillies starter, couldn’t it be Hamels instead of Myers?
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    Not with CC on the mound Sunday it can’t.
- John R
  
  Yeah, i know what you’re saying, they’re defending champs, how sweet would it be to win the series, or even sweep?
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

Geez Louise.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Wow. AJ sucks. Ruiz? Really? This is a joke.
- Drew
  
  Don’t jump off the bridge broski.
SouthernYankeeFan

fuck man
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Carlos Ruiz? Really?
Drew

C’mon AJ. Buckle down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADvb3yyhwM Slugger27

why the hell are there so many phillies fans?
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Same reason there are so many Red Sox fans.
- LiveFromNewYork
  
  New York is kinda close to Philly.
- Drew
  
  Have you been to stub hub? Lots of tix.
- mustang
  
  New Stadium, lots of tickets on stub hub, fleet week in the city, and holiday weekend.
  - mustang
    
    also only a 3 hr car ride
Bob Stone

Damn!!
WesternYankeeFan

Throw more fastballs AJ!
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Open the door for CMW.
Drew

I’m blaming the rough beginning on Cash!
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Whatever makes you sleep at night.
- Bob Stone
  
  I agree – I don’t like the way he’s been calling games.
Arod, all the time

JOKE!

Selig needs to shut this little league field down, pronto. What a fuggin embarrassment.
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Oh but when the Yankees mash the ball out of the park it’s all good right?
  - Arod, all the time
    
    The Yankees have a history of stadium design that supports their strength, in most cases: teams full of power-only DH’s. But this time they’re making a mockery of the game, so it’s different.
    
    ENOUGH! Shut the joke down!
    - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
      
      Oh yeah because they totally designed the ball park for the ball to fly out. Changing the dimensions and everything. Please examine what you are saying.
      - Arod, all the time
        
        I agree. That’s why they should shut it down, because its build was intentional.
        
        http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
        
        *ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM* Right over your head! Burn it down!!11! Burn it down!1!!1!!
        
        Arod, all the time
        
        No, don’t burn it. Turn it into an amusement park or something. Think kids. Think those kids having a game of wiffle ball in a once-real ML stadium. Think of those kids hitting wiffle balls over the right field wall. Yeah, just like the babe! It’s perfect, I tell ya!
        
        http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
        
        Okay. I had no idea you were being sarcastic.
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  FINALLY, SOMEBODY MAKING SENSE!!
  
  And after we shut down Yankee stadium we can get them to all wear cotton uniforms, like George Costanza suggested. THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS TEAM! POLYESTER!!!
  - LiveFromNewYork
    
    ietc
John

let’s go offense!
Drew

3 runs, 35 pitches!! Bring in Teh Wang!1!!
mustang

3 runs in the homer park in the bronx is nothing.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Anyone else find the Mets’ lineup for this evening amusing and puzzling?
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  They’re going to get swept.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    I looked after they lost 3 in a row. And then the had Livan going the next day. The sheer difference between Yankees and Mets rotation’s. Every game the Yankees have a potential stopper going. And with the Mutts…
    - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
      
      and heaven forbid they get an injury or two. They’ll be throwing guys from the Long Island Ducks.
      
      Jose Lima Part 2?
      - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
        
        And how they gave Omar a 3 or 4 year extension is outrageous.
        
        http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
        
        They also have squat in their farm system, but that’s just an accident. Not something that Omar doesn’t believe in. Nahhhhhhh.
        
        That franchise will be a disaster in a few years, and somebody else will be rebuilding it.
      - Zack
        
        Beltran switched from CF to DH because of a sore knee, last thing they need
    - mustang
      
      You guys are so funny you just explain what the Yankees’ rotation was last year. How quickly we forget Sidney Ponson
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  I do. Beltran at DH is laughable. By all means, play Sheff in the field.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    I love how Fatcesa thinks Sheff is entitled to an off year at the ripe age of 40 last year.
  - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
    
    His knee was barking, and they’re short a few bats to begin with so they DH’d him.
    - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
      
      Ah, my bad then. Didn’t realize his knee was acting up.
      - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
        
        Still. That puts Sheff in there.
      - Drew
        
        Yepp it was last minute too. The original lineup had him in CF.
- Drew
  
  Yepp we discussed it quite a bit earlier.
  They are winning though so..
- mustang
  
  Yes, but can you really count on the Mets.
- mustang
  
  Johan is just wasting a good career there he must be killing himself for signing with them.
http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan

Bring on the bandbox stories…
John

From Jayson Stark:

Data shows the wind effect might be less dramatic than popularly believed. For instance:

Of the 70 outside-the-park home runs hit at the new park through Wednesday, only three were estimated to have carried an additional 10 feet or more because of wind. And all three were hit on the same day (April 18).

Only 12 homers were estimated to have carried an extra 5 feet or more because of the wind (four of those 12 were just hit Tuesday and Wednesday, by the way) — but seven actually had their distance knocked down by 5 feet or more because they were hit into the wind.

And of those 70 home runs, 27 would have been home runs in all 30 parks in baseball, 43 would have been homers in at least 25 of the 30 parks and all but 18 would have been home runs in at least 20 of the 30 parks. Just two were judged to have been homers only in Yankee Stadium.
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Great find.
- LiveFromNewYork
  
  I’ve read similar things. I even heard some convoluted analysis from that annoying Russ guy on My 9 that showed that it’s a bit of a myth…
  
  And if it’s a hitter’s park, WE play there more than anyone else SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM???
  - John
    
    well, the opponent plays there at the same time too.
    
    Anyway, this shows that the hitters are simply hitting the ball well or the pitchers are just making a lot of mistakes.
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  The important thing is to see how this place plays once the Old Stadium is torn down, because that will effect how the wind goes over top the Stadium. If they move the walls back this offseason, the place could very well turn into Petco once the old place is torn down.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    Really? For some reason I can’t seem to understand how that works. Wouldn’t the demolition of the old park create more of a wind current making the balls fly out more?
    - http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan
      
      Isn’t it being torn down next year?
    - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
      
      Oh, I’m not saying it’ll definitely do that, I have no idea. I’m just saying it’s possible. The point is that the New Stadium isn’t in it’s final condition yet, we have to see how the demolition of the old place affects it.
  - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
    
    Right, they think that wind patterns will change then and some offsetting winds blowing IN will make it play like the old place.
    
    They still should restore the walls to their old curvature, or at least make them a bit higher.
    - woodchuuk
      
      right on…the ‘up to 9 feet closer’ thing is the main problem in right I believe.
pc69

Well this is not going according to plan. When is AJ going to start pitching like he is in an opt out year or contract year because this Florida Marlin crap is killing us.
Drew

How did I know Shef would do his thing up in Fenway? :)
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

Mike A, help me out with this question.

When the IFA deadline is over, the Yanks will have signed which players?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  I couldn’t tell you the name of one player on the market this year. I don’t pay attention to it until the Yanks sign some guys.
Drew

Oh Johan, remember when you left the AL?
Dave

AJ looks like Victor Zambrano out there
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Oh hells no, Victor Zambrano on his best was AJ today.
  - Dave
    
    Ok, exaggeration, but it looks like hes more “throwing” than pitching tonight.
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  Speaking of Victor, Kazmir was put on the DL today.
  
  Still one of the worst trades in Baseball history. Had the Mutts NOT made that trade, they probably make the WS in 2006 and the playoffs each of the past two years. THEY would be the best team in town, and the Yanks would be playing catchup.
  - handtius
    
    I don’t think I would go that far.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    So Kaz pitches in the bullpen for them is what you’re saying? If anything he wouldn’t have helped all that much being how he goes 5 innings a start.
    - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
      
      No, simply replace Kazmirs 3.24 ERA (& subtract .5 for the NL)144.2 IP with the season the got out of Zambrano (6.75 ERA 21.1 IP) and his replacements in the rotation (Olay Soler, Brain Bannister) and you have a FAR better team. Plus we can get into how the Playoffs played out, and they should beat the Cards with Kazmir going.
      
      http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2006.shtml
  - John
    
    I read that somewhere, really similar wording too…maybe it’s just me
    - Bob Stone
      
      It’s not you – I read it here the other day – Almost word for word
      - John
        
        haha thought so
    - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
      
      No, that was me. I posted something similar in a thread the other night.
      
      I’m one of those guys who keeps saying things over and over till people want to strangle me. Its one of my charms.
      - John
        
        oh ok, i just remember reading something and didn’t remember when and from where/who
BigBlueAL

Dunno if anyone knows, or cares, but Ive noticed no Jerry Remy on the NESN broadcasts lately, anyone know what is up????
- Drew
  
  Health issues.
  - BigBlueAL
    
    Thats what I assumed. Even though I obviously hate the Red Sox I enjoy their broadcasts on NESN and Remy was the reason why. Hope he recovers soon.
- Bob Stone
  
  Recovering from a bad bout of pneumonia. he had surgery for lung cancer last year.
Alex S

hahaha guy behind harry kalas went nuts
John

cash has one hit all year right? how horrible
- handtius
  
  Why is Cash in a game to begin with? What’s the problem with giving Cervelli all the start till Po comes back? (besides like a game a week)
  
  And…nice way to work his pitch count guys.
  - steve (different one)
    
    either he starts tonight or tomorrow. take your pick.
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

this is awful…Brett Myers ain’t this good…in fact Brett Myers ain’t very good at all. Seventeen pitches last two innings good job Yanks
Dave

Still waiting for that inevitable mike myers implosion I keep hearing about…
- Dave
  
  err Brett Myers. Wow.
Dave

Matt Stairs. Physical Specimen.
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

cash is terrible…at least call up someone who can block a ball behind the plate…how in the name of god did he catch tim wakefield
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Yeah wasn’t his main job catching Wake? Total adverse results.
  - http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin
    
    Yeah he hit a home run against the Yankees in a Wakefield start last year…I’d love to see him atone for that at some point
- Dave
  
  Well looks like 2nd is free for the taking all night.
http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan

AJ- nice job making a guy who hit .219 last year look like Johnny Bench tonight.
BigBlueAL

Carlos Ruiz dominating this game.
http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan

Ruiz – new Yankee killer
Drew

C’mon let’s get something going this inning.
- Bob Stone
  
  Second that!!
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

I wonder how Johan likes facing an AL East lineup. 53 pitches through 3.
- Bob Stone
  
  with 5K’s
- Zack
  
  That puts him on pace to finish 6+ innings
- http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin
  
  Hahaha… he moved to the NL at the perfect time in his career…lose a couple of MPH on the fastball, go to the NL and get paid, sounds pretty good to me
  - Zack
    
    he was going to get paid regardless, moving to the NL just gives him more dominant seasons before his numbers decline
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Okay folks. What are the circumstances under which you would be comfortable or want CMW in the game?
- Bob Stone
  
  If it was already a blow out and CMW was mopping up.
- Drew
  
  AJ gives up 8 runs and has 110 pitches in the 5th inning.
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  If I didnt care if we win or lose anymore.
- Zack
  
  If Wang pitches this game then that’s not a good sign
  - http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin
    
    12-0 Phillies in the 4th bring the wanger in
John

If you could pick ONE player from all of baseball history to be on the Yanks right now, who would it be? Take into account the player being replaced (like is it worth having Gehrig replace Tex when we could have DiMaggio replace Melky/Gardy?)
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  The Eck for the 8th inning, obviously.
  - http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
    
    I’ll give you a very underrated one, that people never mention for the HOF but should.
    
    Dan Quisenberry.
Bob Stone

Easy – Mantle for Melky/Gardner
JobaWockeeZ

Am I seriously hearing boos to A-Rod?
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Keep watching it Alex, it might hit itself.
- V
  
  The 1-1 curveball should have been called a ball, but the 1-2 fastball was a total meatball.
- BigBlueAL
  
  LOL wow Mike showing frustration this early in the game!!!! I like it!!!!
yankees=warriors

Is this the first time our players have faced Meyers?
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

This curve. Oh my. I heard someone on WFAN that said if his curve was on tonight it was going to be a LONG night.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

GOLD GLOVE!
pc69

Wow. Bats are a little slow tonight. 2 on, lets see a base hit and get on the board.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Maybe they are just sizing up the big hook. It looks incredibly hittable.
V

I hate ‘patience’ that comes with watching hanging curveballs in 1-0 counts.
Drew

It’s okay, at least Robbie is hitting 7th.
- V
  
  Didn’t he prove yesterday that he should be batting higher in the order?
  
  Put him in at #5. Keep him there. Cano > Matsui. Cano > Swisher.
  - Drew
    
    +1.
BigBlueAL

Honestly no pitcher should ever throw Swisher a fastball. Anything that is not a fastball and Swisher has no chance in hell. Also please stop putting him ahead of Cano in the lineup!!!!
- Zack
  
  seperating the lefty bats in the lineup
  - Drew
    
    Soooo…. switch Cano and Matsui.
    - http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan
      
      Please make that switch.
  - BigBlueAL
    
    Thats the most overrated aspect of a lineup. Matsui and Cano can hit LH fine. So you base a lineup for what might happen in the 7th or 8th innings rather than the first 5 or 6??
Drew

Mets 3-1!
- Drew
  
  4-1
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

Well at least they didn’t go on < 10 pitches this time
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  They’re getting there, just sizing him up.
  - http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
    
    Then Bombs away.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Well he has settled in nicely. How many pitches?
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

Burnett’s curveball = hammer from god…too bad he didn’t have a fastball for the 1st 2 innings
pc69

Ok, Burnett seems to have settled down. Now need to get those bats going. Very weak swings so far.
- http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan
  
  Settled down to what? A nice hot shower?
John

Howard HR here?
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  HA! Up yours ;)
  - John
    
    it was a jinx
- Drew
  
  Umm. What?
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Okay. Lets not make a mistake here. Get him to roll over one and get out of the inning.
pc69

God I wish Tex was a gold glove fielder.
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Que?
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

I’m sorry, but anyone that says defense is underrated is just retarded. Tex has saved the Yanks who knows how many runs this year.
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  After watching him play and watching the Rays OF, I can’t come close to saying its underrated.
- John
  
  you mean whoever says its overrated?
V

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Accent Shallow

Really? Werth?
- http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin
  
  He is a dangerous hitter…you can’t leave pitches up like that
handtius

what the balls, what the fucking balls.
- handtius
  
  Fucking DITTO
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

CMW it is.
- Drew
  
  Not yet.
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

again…seriously…does cash know anything?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  I’m sorry, I didn’t realize Cash threw that pitch.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Can the Raul Ibanez dick sucking festival stop soon?
- Accent Shallow
  
  Not when he has a legitimate shot at the Triple Crown!
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Since he has emerged as an everyday player he’s been very consistent. So now he’ll break out at the ripe age of 36. Tehh Roids.
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist

Ooof. 5 more years of this shit.
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Let’s not judge a five year contract on the first nine starts, mmmkay?
Drew

Aysh
http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan

Let’s start using humidors
Bob Stone

This has gotten ugly early!
V

Pull him, put Wang in.
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!!!
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

AJ only has 2 pitches…if one isn’t working he’s screwed
BigBlueAL

OK I’ll be the first to say it, Derek Lowe shouldve been signed instead of AJ!!!! Espcially playing in the HR friendly new Yankee Stadium (granted obviously nobody knew it was gonna be like this).
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Yeah like the HR friendly Yankee stadium was planned. That homer was out of the parks of the 1920’s
- http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/ The Artist
  
  This is all Mike A’s fault.
  
  He joins MLBTR and we start losing.
pc69

Looks like the streak ends and a new one will have to start tomorrow. Burnett lost whatever he had at the beginning of the inning.
dudes

THROW SOME MORE F***ING CURVES AJ!!!
http://deleted RollingWave

AJ Igawa
- Slu
  
  I’ll admit to an LOL.
John

one batter too late, I knew a HR was coming. If not Howard, then its Werth
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

who cares how many people he k’s if all the hits he gives up are HR’s?
handtius

Where’s the guy who said Doc changed him? Got him to realize he doesn’t have to throw threw a wall if he locates. He’s locating alright, right into the Phillies bats.
- http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.
  
  Especially with the generous umpire today. He has to realize he can go corner to corner.
Drew

5-0 people. The game is far from over.
- handtius
  
  I don’t think it’s over, I’m just a little put off by these runs scored against us.
yankees=warriors

I think not being able to hit Meyers is worse than watching AJ implode.
http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan

Howard and Utley haven’t even joined in the act yet.
http://rbiradio.blogspot.com/ Joey H.

Time to start capitalizing on these errors. Or else it will be the game of missed chances.
- http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan
  
  Yeah, I’m sure Cash will make them pay.
  - http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan
    
    thought so.
http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD

Seven strikeouts: good.
Five runs: bad.
John

too late for AJ to develop another pitch?
- Drew
  
  Get over it dude. Go to a phillies blog.
pc69

The bats fell asleep tonight. WTF!
Drew

Too early to PH for Cash? lol
- handtius
  
  i’d ph with cervelli.
Dave

Cash = The Jose Veras of the position players.
- Drew
  
  False, with Veras you don’t know what you’re getting.
- http://theyankeebomber.blogspot.com Conan
  
  Cash = the last guy picked on a playground
http://justinyates.wordpress.com justin

this game may get close but it just doesn’t feel like the Yankees have a chance in hell…I’d bet its turns out to be one of those deceiving win shares charts
jonathan

How is Brett Myers doing this to us?
V

Cash is not a major leaguer.
yankees=warriors

Once Posada or Molina comes back, can we just release Cash?