May
26
Game 46 Spillover Thread (and Melky update)
ByThe Yanks are letting Millwood off the hook. They are 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position. A win moves them into a first-place tie. Let’s score some runs.
Update 11:50 p.m.: The Yankees have announced that Melky Cabrera is day-to-day with a strained right shoulder. X-Rays on the center fielder’s non-throwing arm were negative. Melky left the game after one batter when he went hard into the wall in his attempt at catching an Ian Kinsler triple. He will get an MRI on Wednesday.
Update 12:15 p.m.: So apparently, Melky didn’t get an X-Ray. He got a fluroscopy, and it came back negative. The fluroscopy images joints and moving parts. He’ll get an MRI on Wednesday.
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First post?!?
Can someone fill me in on what happened to Melky?
Non-alarmist version please? These latenight games really bring out the kooks.
ran into the wall. right shoulder strain
http://riveraveblues.com/river.....uidelines/
#9
Fucking gay.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907543
second post!
Really 0-5 already?
I believe they have left 5 runners on base thru 3 innings so far.
Throw strikes, Joba!
*bashes head against wall*
Only down by 2, we can do this
david stern has ordered the refs to get the cavs into the finals
That theory is floating around Orlando.
I don’t know which is worse, the ridiculous foul calls, or every team’s fans bitching that the other team has the refs in their pockets.
I am going with the ridiculous calls. They are really bad this year.
And the guest referee of the night is…
Tim Donaghy
No fear, Yanks will win this 7-5. Joba will give up 2 more and the bullpen will give up one.
Game day can’t be right can it? Joba 4-seamer at 87mph?
A 7 pitch K isn’t ideal, but outs are outs.
It’s nice watching Josh Hamilton and not having to hear about how he regrets all his tattoos.
i like when joba works fast
that 2-1 pitch was not a slider
A little slow to the plate there Joba
Ugh – that previous AB had four pitches in the zone according to cbs.sportsline
Strikes Joba, strikes.
come on joba double play right here.
5-4-3
damn it joba!!! now we’re going to have to see wang today(that’s what she said)
good dp though
Thank you baby jesus
Thank you so much, Marlon.
Looks like Wang will get some work tonight.
That’ll do
Joba walked those 2 on purpose to add drama to the game, then routinely got a dp.
ron jeremy coaches the magic?!
88 mph fastball??? wtf joba
Are they already starting to warm Wang? (yeah I know, that’s what she said)
I support dick jokes, but not unfunny dick jokes. Do better next time, plz.
I wrote it and then realized somebody was going to do it to me so I figured I’d do it to myself first
(wait for it….)
70 pitches through 3? I guess that’s what I get for mocking Price’s 3.1 IP, 100 pitch outing.
He could still go 5, maybe 6 with a lot of luck.
I hate how basketball games end in ridiculous foul-fests.
Magic win 116-114. Lebron misses from near-half-court at the end.
david stern is sitting in the dark somewhere listening to spooky classical music and weeping
:yawn:
Come on Swish. Now would be a good time to break the slump
A HR here sure would be nice.
*or walk
dear yankees,
please score some runs
thank you
Young is at -29.5 UZR/150 right now. Ouch.
You know, I wouldn’t be against scoring a run or three here. I mean, just hit it out of the park and you don’t have to hit with RISP
im watching this game with fucking chinese play by play.. its better than joe morgan..
haha this made me laugh
its kinda better i really dont care about how joba should be in the pen.. and the comercials are funny..
The best commentary is the commentary on “Ninja Warrior.”
Kenny Blankenship is mad funny.
I prefer “Ninja Warrior” to “MXC” since it uses the real announcers. Those dudes announce like they’re narrating an epic novel.
Ahh shit you’re right, I was thinking MXC, that Captain Tenille is a hoot for mxc as well.
Chinese torture is better than Joe Morgan.
Chinese torture is Joe Morgan.
Any word on Cabrera yet?
Joba at 70 pitches. One more inning left.
Cervelli goes yard!
maybe not.
72 pitches, 39 strikes. Not good.
Millwood’s pitching Cervelli away.
I’m ready for some Cervelli magic.
I’d settle for a single
a single is magic…so is a walk.
anything but that.
A walk would be nice here.
Just lean into it…
Right shoulder sprain, X-rays negative. Shew.
Is that official or Yankees speak?
Yayyyyyy The Melkman is okay!
hooray x-rays negative on melky
X-rays negative on Melky. Awesome.
X-rays negative for the Melk man.
Think about how you felt typing that and consider how ridiculous that would have seemed 3 months ago
You have to send the runners here. You have to.
Ugh.. I thought so.
EVERY FUCKING TIME, JOE!!!!!
I swear to Mo. Men on 1st and 2nd, 0 or 1 outs, full count, SEND THE FUCKING RUNNERS FOR THE LOVE OF MO!!!
Sunday with Teixeira up, now with Cervelli up. It’s not fucking rocket science.
Two wildly different situations. In the Phillies game, it’s justifiable, I think.
This game? With Hideki Matsui as the lead runner?
what would you say if it was a strike’em out throw em out dp?
Pitcher that’s not a high-K guy vs. a batter who isn’t striking out at an insane pace, I take the risk.
Odds of a ground ball > odds of a strikeout.
But the lead runner is Hideki Matsui, not someone with functioning legs.
And?
More reason to get him going on the pitch, no?
The idea is to beat out a double play, not to get a double steal.
You’re going to risk the strike out, throw out double play on a guy like Cervelli who is a third string catcher? I can understand being upset with Tex up (although Tex is a flyball pitcher and you had A-Rod coming up next)
Odds of a ground out > Odds of a strikeout.
Ground ball = automatic double play.
And Millwood doesn’t get a lot of swinging strikes – they’re usually looking.
But sprains can suck.
dammittttttt
Motherfucker. Why can’t we score off this guy?
Anti hitting w/ RISP law has been put back into effect.
Yargh.
FAAAACK
FUCK!
Not ideal there.
I have a feeling Joba might be a tough-luck loser in this game.
tough luck? 3 inning 70 pitches…I hope…hope he makes it to the 6th, then I’ll call him the tough luck loser.
Quick, get rid of Molina.
heh
I wish Eiland would sit down. He’s makin me nervous.
This sucks! I can’t believe we’re going to be swept by the Rangers!
Wow Davis SMOOOOOKED that.
‘Chris Davis is all kinds of suck’.
Thanks whoever said that earlier.
Joba is all kind of suck.
Yeah yeah, he’s got scary power, but he can barely put the bat on the ball.
Oh ouch.
Davis with a nice 5-iron drive onto the green.
He’ll whiff three times on the putts, though.
Why am I so friggin tired of K’s?
there we go
because they’re taking 7-10 pitches. 3,4 pitch strike outs will make you happy.
Arsenio Hall has a TV show again?
It’s a recession, the networks have to cut back on talent.
Let’s be honest, aside from the Yankees, My9 has no talent.
looks like melky may have to get some tender care to deal with this very much like this:
http://www.nysportspace.com/pr.....f-cano-amp
Why isnt Singleton doing all the talking, Leiter is god awful.
Uh…
That’s Flaherty, not Leiter.
my mistake, you know what i meant. And it still doesnt change the fact that hes god awful.
Yes, yes he is. I don’t mind Leiter.
that’s Flaherty .
Question, is MLB gameday using an official gun? By that I mean can we trust the numbers we’re seeing there?
Gameday’s reading is based on the high-speed cameras.
So I’ll take that as a yes
It’s MLBAM’s gun, it’s as official as it gets.
i think we might see some wang tonight….
Much better.
The Yankees have been going to well to lose. Wang comes in and the Yankees come back and win. Wang gets his first win of the year and a pie in the face.
wangs head covered in cream!!!!!
Too much, man. Too much.
That is funny. didn’t think about that when I wrote it.
Well, considering how off he’s been, I’d say so far so good.
According to @Bryanhoch, Melky to have MRI tomorrow.
According to @breakingnews, North Korea has abandoned Korean War armistice.
Looks like South Korea will no longer have Seoul.
come on yankees lets tack on sum runs.
Man this would be such an awesome game to win. Boston, Tampa, and Toronto all lost.
goneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thanks Tex.
There you go Tex.
Bandbox.
Mark Teixeira does not like losing.
There we go. Tex puts us on the board
Has nobody noticed Joba rubbing his hand on his right pant leg with a brownish substance on his pants?
He shit his pants bro. No need to rub it in.
Upper deeeeeeeeeeeeeeck, bitches.
Well, there’s one.
He’s on the mark! Mark Teixeira with a Teix message to right!
Nice little infield hit for arod.
Millwood gave Teixiera a little stare.
Looks like some momentum is starting….
Nevermind
C’mon Cano…
Phooey.
Ah my bad. Guess u said that b4 the liner.
Lol what u want him to do man.
Cano is getting no luck tonight.
Gah, two at ‘em balls for Robbie.
Not Robbie’s night, apparently.
Cano has no luck today…he’s hitting rockets.
Bah, Robbie’s BABIP is dropping today.
Why not put Wang in here?
sounds like my weekends
lmao
because your a dude..
WTF!
5 Ks: good
6,000 pitches: bad
Uh, wouldn’t this be a perfect chance to get Wang some work?
no, they’ll only use him in extra inning affairs.
no, they still think they can win the game
Giambi would get a planter’s wart/bone spurs from that play
Is it really necessary to pull Joba?
Eh, I guess he doesn’t have it, and there was the rain delay . . . still, very disappointing, especially after Hughes’ start.
More innings for him later in the season. We’ll take the good with the bad.
You almost have to think that Wang will come in next inning. I mean if you don’t trust him to come in and hold them for a bit when you’re down 2 runs, when are you supposed to let him come in?
I frickin love watchin the gangster pitch. He throws strikes and makes people hit his stuff on his terms.
Alf says fuck your garbage homer
Wow. That was a sick AB.
Nice inning for Ace.
Aceves = crack.
10 pitches….go talk to joba now.
So I am confused:
1. Joba was at 84 pitches. He could have kept going. Between Hughes’ not getting the chance to finish the game last night and Joba’s removal today, I think Girardi babies the pitchers too much.
2. Aceves over Wang? From a “win the game” standpoint, it makes sense, but if the Yanks aren’t going to get Wang innings, I will maintain that they utterly jumped the gun in activating him. That was a terrible roster move.
If you play baseball, you know that 84 pitches in 4 innings is = to about 110 pitches in 6 innings.
And if you know Joba. He’s a major league pitcher who can throw 100 pitches in 5 innings.
If you play baseball,
that was a shot at kabak
And if you play baseball and know counting, you know that 84 pitches in 4 innings is = to about 100 pitches in 5. What’s wrong with 5 innings? You don’t just go from 4 IP to 6 IP
Actually, my bad. You meant to type 5 and typed 6. 84 pitches in 4 innings is 110 in 5, but Joba had just thrown a 12 pitch 4th. Why not let him finish with back-to-back good innings? He could have been around 100 by the end of 5.
It’s a lot of work in a short period of time, that was the point. He labored through EVERY inning. Plus, he was largely ineffective, so it could be as simple as Joe not wanting to watch Joba dig us an even deeper hole.
Seriously, you can’t have a gripe with Joe taking out Joba there. You just can’t.
Instead, you should focus on Cervelli not bunting with first and second and 1 out in the Top of the 4th, with Jeter on deck.
Carry on, though…
I agree. They’re wasting a bullpen spot so they can have him throw bullpens and maybe put him in a blowout. This was the most ideal situation you could ask for to put him in and see what he’s got. Couldn’t they have waited four days to see how Joba was feeling or just saved Aceves (which they did) and let him spot-start?
Agreed. That move really infuriates me.
Man I am as puzzled as you are. Joba was putting people on but still get his K’s and outs. No reason for him not to get another innings at least. I’m beyond sick of all this babying.
I still think he has that Josh Johnson accident in the back of his head.
Im sure Girardi is still a bit sensitive over his handling of the Marlins starters in 2006. Totally agree with you on the Wang part, but then again the entire roster construction this season has been pretty awful.
Always refreshing to see Aceves relieve whoever the inefficient starter du jour is.
Still afraid he’s the Mexican Darrell Rasner, though.
His stuff is a lot better than Rasner’s…. not even close, really.
In my post-Mo fantasy world, Aceves and Coke are Gossage-like relievers.
why taket Joba out? he could have given us another inning..instead Girardi goes and wastes our best bullpen arm an inninng earlier than needed.
Seemed to me that Joba was walking a tight rope. We bitch when managers leave pitchers in too long, and also bitch when they take them out early. This is especially a no win situation for Girardi since we would never know if Joba would have shut out the rangers in the bottom 5th. Girardi is much more in the know than us fans watching on tv, so I’m willing to accept the move
from Pete Ab:
“…Gene Monahan sent word via Jason Zillo that Meky didn’t have an X-ray. He had something called a fluoro. That showed nothing. He’ll get an MRI tomorrow.”
i don’t want Wang anywhere near a close game, until he proves he can pitch.
How is he supposed to prove this? For one, pitching in a blowout isn’t quite the same as pitching in a close game. It’s not like the Yankees can intentionally get themselves in a situation where they can put him in. Today seemed like a great place though
then he shouldn’t be up here, we can’t afford to give away games to help him “rehab” its not like he was a little bad..he was utterly useless..
lol at BG.
Uh, guys, before you freak out about Aceves over Wang, check out the weather forecast.
Link please?
I’m beginning to think we are putting too much faith into a forecast. You make the moves to win the game. That’s a better reason for going with Aceves over Wang than the weather.
http://www.wunderground.com/ra.....gton,%20TX
Good point, that absolutely has to be the reason
hanging curve ball = matsui’s only hope.
3 steals for Gardner.
Grab 3rd BG!
Is it just me or does Gritty McGrittlez only hit when he fills in for someone taken out because of injury?
Jeter’s owe Cervelli a date with Minka Kelly for that one.
Guys, Hideki is so done. What a waste.
Hit-deki!
WAIT A MINUTE I THOUGHT MATSUI WAS TOAST!?!?!?!?!
He is…French toast with whipped cream.
Phew, Matsui just made it to second on that one.
Hey, Matsui!
Here’s hoping this is the start of something.
Matsui makes funny faces
Just missed a godzilla slam!! He’s alive!! Prolonged his career today! He’s not done!!11!1!
niceeeee hit matsui.
enough ANALizing.. we will win..
A HR would be nice here.
Well now a groundout, flyout score him. I’d feel a lot more comfortable not having to put Cervelli in that spot though, maybe Swish will just knock one out
That wasn’t exactly what I had in mind
Fuck… C’mon swisher! WTF!
dammit swisher u couldn even move him to third.
Come on Swish.
That backdoor fastball onto the inside corner of a lefty is a great pitch.
+100
Mussina perfected it last season. Too bad he didn’t keep pitching, though I see why he decided to hang it up.
Ponson has tried to do it, but he always misses in.
tied gameeeeeee yessssssssss.
Swisher needs to bat lower than 8th. Maybe like 10th.
Yay.
FOOK YES
what the fuck kind of throw was that! ahaha
Well, maybe Captain Clutch can save us here
And just like that Cervelli makes me eat it
Byrd sure has a cannon if Matsui can score from second with less than two outs. . .
little baby catcher does it all himself.
Wow matsui going from 2nd to home on a hump backer. Shocked
I love it.
Don Cervelli putting a hit out on that ball.
Rebecca is jumping for joy somewhere
Wheels Matsui.
I’m not sure there wasn’t something wrong with Joba. If you look on gameday his velocity was definitely down, sometimes as low as 87 on his 4 seamer..
He was also pitching on essentially 9 days rest.
johnny damon is simply a god. As much as i love him, i still wouldn’t resign him after this season tho.
not supposed to be a reply*
Nice Cervelli.
Wooo, Cervelli. Love the takeout slide.
CERVELLI PLAYS TO WIN GAMES AND KICK ASS
Cervelli is the Chuck Norris of Baseball.
nice hard slide.
Joba has to be hugging every one of these guys as they come across the plate. An offensive explosion will make a lot of people forget how bad he was today
He wasn’t even horrible. Yeah 3 runs in four isn’t good, but he easily could have gone 5.
I agree that he could have gone five but that wasn’t the real Joba out there and it was pretty obvious to everybody. The MSM would have had a field day had he not squeaked through those innings.
In the end, this was probably good for him. He has to learn to survive when he doesn’t have good stuff as it happens at some point to every pitcher
this is true.
JD ftw! Jetes on the move?
Frankie pickin swish up for his suckiness
Jeter is probably going here
Can we set a franchise stolen base record tonight?
Not a good game for Saltemachia’s CS%.
I realize I just totally butchered his name.
It’s spelled just like it sounds: Salt-a-la-mac-chi-a.
It tastes just like it smells…..DELICIOUS
Who had Jeter going for a 20-20 season this year?
Damn it Jeter…you should be on third so you could steel home.
Why can’t he steal home from second base?
Well, Millwood is so slow to hime, he might be able to.
johhny dont hurt the guy i remember a coach in the minor died that way
Nolan Ryan is rolling over in his suite.
You know Tex, another home run right here would be pretty, pretty sweet..
Wow quick hook Ron Washington
What could he possibly have been arguing? The ball four to Damon was way off the plate. I could see if he was arguing the first two though
didn’t mean he got kicked out.
Are they pulling Millwood for Jason Jennings? Oh please oh please oh please
IETC.
well, it is the sixth inning, so that equals the 12th man on the staff, right? Score being tied is irrelevant.
How crazy is it that this guy was so sought-after just a few years ago? I can’t remember, what did Houston give up to trade for him?
“HOUSTON — The Astros are getting Jason Jennings instead of Jon Garland to replace Andy Pettitte in their starting rotation.
What’s The Deal?
Astros get:
Jason Jennings, RHP — Was 9-13 with a 3.78 ERA in 2006. He’s the Rockies’ career leader in victories (58) and shutouts (three).
Miguel Asencio, RHP — Was 1-0 with a 4.70 ERA in three games with the Rockies in ’06.
Rockies get:
Willy Taveras, CF — Career .284 hitter with 68 stolen bases in 88 attempts. Had 30-game hitting streak in 2006.
Jason Hirsh, RHP — This highly-touted prospect made his major-league debut last season and was 3-4 with a 6.04 ERA in nine starts.
Taylor Buchholz, RHP — Was 6-10 with a 5.89 in 19 starts and three relief appearances for Astros in ’06.
Five days after a potential trade with the White Sox came apart, Houston acquired Jennings and pitcher Miguel Asencio from the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday for outfielder Willy Taveras and pitchers Taylor Buchholz and Jason Hirsh — who all would have been sent to the White Sox.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=2695473
Come on, Tex, be all clutch and shit.
Not at the same time, I hope!
haha. ietc
Man, I wish we could combine Melky’s 15-20 HR power with Gardners plus speed, into one center fielder, heh.
I think the only desirable quality in a CF that one or the other of them lacks is the ability to consistently take good routes to balls.
Come on tex base hit right here.
Tiexeira hit a homer.
lets go yankees! haha only the yank fans stayed at the game
At least we tied the game.
9 fuckin runners left on base so far.
But three runs in!
It’s okay, we’re about to dig right into Texas’ bullpen hopefully..
tex needs to get clutchier
Eh, o well can’t win em all. At least we’re into the soft part of their bullpen with A-Rod coming up next inning
Ahh watching Aceves pump strike after strike is so refreshing, I wonder if Joba’s knee had any effect on his lack of location tonight.
I think it was the nine-day rest in conjunction with the two-hour-and-twenty-four-minute rain delay tonight.
touche
I definitely agree on the 9 days rest part, but wouldn’t the delay have more of an effect if he had actually pitched before they delayed the game?
Aceves really turning into a very important piece for the yankees this season reminds me alot of mendoza.
I know, they’re both hispanic, right?
One of my favorite things about Joba is that on days when he’s not on, he doesn’t really seem to get bombed, just pitch extremely inefficiently. I’d rather 4 IP, 3 runs, 4 BB 5 K than 3 IP 8 hits, 5 runs every time.
He still needs to work on putting guys away though. Today he just didnt’ have his best stuff but I’d like to see more pitches near the zone on 1-2 counts. Right now everybody is just waiting him out
Exactly. If I’m a batter, and get into a 1-2 count, I’m just standing there.
SWISHER WHAT THE FUCK??
Ok, he didn’t get as close as I thought he did, but it looked like Gardner pulled up when he saw Swisher.
C’mon brett call that shit
Yankees CFers really suck at web gems.
Phew, at least we didn’t lose two centerfielders tonight
Bad communication.
Man Chris Davis sure doesn’t get cheated.
First I thought he was shying away b/c of Swish. The replay looks like he was shying away from the wall, which isn’t the first time I’ve seen that from him.
nice k we needed dat.
Wow Flash, good call.
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Lame.
Shitty little bloop. Bah.
Bah that was crap.
Bummer.
Damn, well this game gets official soon if they can’t score quick
I wander if Gardner will take the blame for not making that catch if they lose like he did on Sunday.
Well let’s not jump the gun, but I thought he should’ve had it.
I don’t think he’ll wander much of anywhere.
Alright, we need an A-Rod homerun here to tie it up before they call this, that storm is a comin’
This White Castle commercial really disturbs me
Come on arod.