Jun
01

Game 51 Spillover Thread II

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I hope someone can pitch the 8th.

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  1. Jack P says:

    Joba can RaWrrrr

  2. e mills says:

    Phillips obviously upset that Alex didn’t fail – Orel says, “I can tell you’re upset Steve by the expression on your face” after Alex singles

  3. Jake says:

    Was Michael Kay just naming the seagulls?

  4. Matt-Pitt says:

    Is Todd Helton still an underrated player in baseball? After all he has done throughout his career, I feel like he gets no love.

    • Steven says:

      Cuz he plays in Colorado

    • I think Helton is as underrated as a singles hitter in a huge singles-friendly park making 16.6M this year and next and 19.1M in 2011 can possibly be.

      Which is to say, no, he’s not underrated.

      • Matt-Pitt says:

        I think underrated was the wrong word? Maybe overlooked? I just feel like he doesn’t get talked about too much after all he has done throughout his career. I see where you are coming from though.

      • Mike Axisa says:

        Singles hitter? Maybe now in his mid-30′s, but he averaged over 88 XBH during a 6-yr period from ages 25-31, including seasons of 103 & 105 XBH at ages 26 & 27.

        I know he plays in Coors, but come on, that’s some serious power right there. We don’t see guys like Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins putting up those kinds of numbers.

        Plus, Helton was Peyton Manning’s backup at Tennessee.

  5. John says:

    Man, if it wasn’t for that Tex miscue, it would have been bases loaded 1 out again for Cano but im not complaining, we got 4 runs and I couldn’t have asked for more after last inning

  6. yankeefan91 Arod fan says:

    come on joba 1-2-3

  7. pat says:

    I hope someone can pitch the 8th.

    I’m hoping for more homophobia myself.

  8. Teix is the Man says:

    cmon joba, quick inning

  9. Well, that’s better, isn’t it?

    - Joba dealing
    - Lead re-established
    - Ignorant troglodytic belligerent homophobic fools banished to the nether-reaches of the internet

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  10. 94 in the 7th. Love it.

  11. e mills says:

    the best thing about the Victor Martinez AB last inning was that Joba showed he can still bring that 97-98 mph fastball if he needs it

  12. Pete says:

    Wow, thought we were breaking the errorless streak right there…

  13. Teix is the Man says:

    96 mph bitches

  14. JobaWockeeZ says:

    I want to see Joba pitch the 8th. Then I’ll look forward to watching Francesa. Hopefully that Alex guy he yelled at calls again to piss of Francesa to eventually say…
    “ANDY PETTITTE IS A STARTING PITCHER!”

  15. LiveFromNewYork says:

    ACE!

  16. John says:

    Tex A-rod > Manny Ortiz , especially when you consider defense

    Walking Tex for A-rod is asking for trouble, its a nightmare either way

  17. gxpanos says:

    e mills: did Orel really say that to Phillips about A-Rod?

  18. LiveFromNewYork says:

    I missed the homophobia. Was that here? Glad I missed it.

  19. handtius says:

    “Benjamin Kabak says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
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    You’ve been banned. If you care to discuss why and what you can do to be unbanned, our e-mail addresses are at right. Homophobic slurs and character assassinations won’t be tolerated.”

    Thank you, Oh Thank you.

  20. A.D. says:

    damn productive outs

  21. kSturnz says:

    quick out and let him go for the eigth. Joba is working fast, throwing fast

  22. V says:

    Do you send Joba out for the 8th? 95 pitches after 7.

    • Steven says:

      I would but Girardi won’t, the other time Joba pitched 7 innings, he got pulled after that with only 92 pitches

  23. Steven says:

    95 pitches through 7, could we see Joba in the 8th?

  24. Andrew says:

    Joba through seven innings. But the mediots were telling me he was only a 5 inning pitcher.

  25. OmgZombies! says:

    Oh man Joba has to pitch the 8th just to hear the reaction of Fatcesna tomorrow.

  26. Teix is the Man says:

    I think jona will be out for the eighth….few more bullets in the tank cause of the oriole game

  27. David Price did it last week. Joba should do it today. Gotta unleash these kids and let them throw 110/115 pitches at some point. Joba’s arm will not fall off.

    That said, Girardi will probably pull him.

  28. OmgZombies! says:

    I just felt a diet coke can being crushed

  29. pat says:

    Joba has had a pretty easy first 7 let the kid pitch.

  30. kSturnz says:

    Yes! Joba for the eighth!!

  31. Drew says:

    Is Alf available today?

  32. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Yeah I’d like to see Girardi and Pena take turns catching.

  33. Evan says:

    Wow. Mitch Williams on the MLB Network just said, “Even if Joba can win me 20 games a year, I still want him as my 8th inning guy”. Is this guy a dolt or what?

  34. LiveFromNewYork says:

    I LOVE that replay. The guys laughing in the dugout is great too.

  35. pat says:

    Melky draws a walk. I like seeing that. Possibly a corner he has turned?

  36. John says:

    Patience pays…Our lineup is pretty patient and has worn the pitcher down a lot and I love it!

    Yes, some could be bad pitching but our lineup deserves credit, now if only we could get Cano involved…

  37. gxpanos says:

    Kay should be advocating the bunt any second now. It’s actually not an awful idea right now.

    • LiveFromNewYork says:

      Women who just scream at baseball games annoy me. Men too but the female scream goes right through me.

      • LiveFromNewYork says:

        I didn’t mean to reply to this. I think I was going to say something about Kay and then that woman’s scream just annoyed me too damn much.

  38. daveg says:

    5 Hits and 11 Walks

  39. E-ROC says:

    I think you pull Joba since he threw that simulated 1st inning before the game. Hopefully, someone in the ‘pen will step up.

  40. Jake says:

    Pena??

  41. Matt-Pitt says:

    Why not let Pena just try and pull a ball? Makes no sense.

  42. Steven says:

    Did Kay just say that bunting was a bad idea? wow

  43. V says:

    Oof, not cool bunting out, but I do like to see someone willing to try to bunt with 2 strikes.

    You need to get it down, though.

  44. Jake says:

    I don’t think that was from the bench. Hopefully he was just trying to prove he could bunt…

  45. kSturnz says:

    I’m glad we don’t have that guy anymore

  46. dkidd says:

    putz is blowing up

  47. Evan says:

    At least Girardi is letting Joba pitch the 8th. His game to lose at this point.

  48. Charlie says:

    Stupid move by Pena, and all around bad baseball by the yanks today. Great pitching by Joba, but the yanks don’t even deserve to be winning this game right now

  49. Steven says:

    Joba pitching the 8th inning, exactly what francessa wanted

  50. Evan says:

    If Joba can do this every game, the Joba as a start wins, and the Joba TO TEH 8TH!!! wins. Joba = Problem Solver.

  51. UWS says:

    Joba WILL pitch teh 8th!!!11!

  52. handtius says:

    This blog is too straight. where are all the gays. need some gays.

  53. Steven says:

    I love how a mike francessa ad came on just as Joba is about to pitch the 8th

  54. Mike Axisa says:

    Joba’s pitching the 8th, yet both sides of the B-Jobber debate are happy. We’ve reached nirvana.

  55. Matt-Pitt says:

    Glad to see Joba still in the game.

  56. Matt M. says:

    teh 8th!1!!!!!1

  57. Jake says:

    Joba to teh eighth!11!!11

  58. UWS says:

    The midges are descending. I say that’s a sign from on high that Joba should not pitch the 8th.

  59. AndrewYF says:

    Joba really doesn’t like bugs.

  60. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Francesa is on the air for 5 and a half hours a day? Good Mo that is about 5 hours too long.

  61. yankeefan91 Arod fan says:

    come on joba nice quick inning here.

  62. Drew says:

    Is this a mechanical thing? I don’t understand how he suddenly refound his velocity. He’s had a couple games where hes been mid nineties, all the others were low nineties.

  63. Evan says:

    Our D is sexy.

  64. LiveFromNewYork says:

    NICE!

  65. Matt-Pitt says:

    Jeter his ranging hard.

  66. Jeet + range? Does. Not. Compute.

  67. kSturnz says:

    francessa: obviously when Joba pitches like that, he’s gotto be a starter
    caller: they want him to develop to pitch like that every time out
    francessa: ANDY PETTITTE IS A STARTING PITCHER!!

  68. V says:

    People who say they’d rather have a 1 inning shutdown reliever instead of a 20 win starter are batshit insane.

    If the Mets were to offer the Yankees either Johan Santana or K-Rod for, say, Angel Berroa, but only one of the two, these guys are telling me they’d take K-Rod instead of Santana?

  69. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Kay, the Yankees are not “reluctant” to move him back, THEY ARE NOT MOVING HIM BACK!!!!

  70. JobaWockeeZ says:

    He’s pitching the 8th. I want to hear Francesa tomorrow because he just got owned.
    HE’S PITCHING TEH 8TH! WHERES THE 110 MPH FASTBALL THAT WE WOULD SEE ONCE HE’S IN TEH 8TH?!?!? Or is it only in the bullpen? Because that magically fixes problems I hear.

  71. gxpanos says:

    Wow, some rationality from Michael Kay. All sorts of crazy going on tonight…

  72. Zack says:

    joba complete game?

  73. ShawnT says:

    The midges are back

  74. John Duci says:

    I want Joba to finish this one.

  75. justin says:

    THE BJOBBERS WIN!! JOBA’S PITCHING THE 8th…oh wait…he pitched the other seven too? Hahah, guess we win this time.

  76. pat says:

    Drop the curve to end the inning please. Just do it for me Joba. Me and my gay friends here will fellate you.

  77. Come on, Joba. Get this last guy!

  78. Ivan says:

    B-Jobbers got what they want, Joba is pitching the 8th inning.

  79. Zack says:

    back of his neck looked like cured pastrami

    thanks kay

  80. Way to fuckin’ go, Joba. That was a fuckin’ brilliant outing.

  81. yankeefan91 Arod fan says:

    Girardi dont dare to take him out let him pitch get a complete game.

  82. e mills says:

    man I wish I could hear that conversation b/t Joba and Jorge…they were in obvious disagreement

  83. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Bullpen this bitches.

  84. kSturnz says:

    joba wanted to get teh K – fistpump

  85. Nady Nation says:

    Have I come to the right blog if I just became aroused after watching Joba complete the 8th?

  86. Ivan says:

    It’s really cool when guys like Hughes and Joba pitch well like this.

  87. Evan says:

    If Joba gets to close it out, does Phil get rubbed the wrong way for getting yanked the other day?

  88. YankeeScribe says:

    The Yanks are on the verge of setting the MLB record for consecutive games without a fielding error. Tex for MVP?

  89. McCaff says:

    Joba should be in the bullpen. We should have re-signed Carl Pavano. Ramiro Pena is responsible for bringing over swine flu.

  90. Matt-Pitt says:

    Looks like Joba is done. Mo got it.

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  92. V says:

    I’m on the fence.

    1) Joba CG.
    2) Rivera for the easy save.

    Note: I have both Joba and Rivera on my fantasy team.

  93. John says:

    Francesa tomorrow: You see how he pitched the 8th? A perfect inning! And he allowed 2 ERs, 4 hits, and 2 BBs the first 7 innings!!! He would do that everytime in the 8th! ATROCIOUS!

  94. Drew says:

    Is Swisha alive!? That would be sweet

  95. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Thank Mo Swish is coming back.

  96. Matt-Pitt says:

    Hope this is a sign of Swish heating up. Would be huge for the offense.

  97. kSturnz says:

    nick is waking up jsut in time to suck at YSIII again

  98. I just thought of Francesa’s argument for tomorrow.

    The reason Joba shouldn’t be in the rotation: If he isn’t a 6 inning pitcher, but is actually an 8 inning pitcher, if you have 5 pitchers that all pitch into the 8th inning, there’s not enough innings for your bullpen and your relievers will get rusty.

    Thus, you should put Joba in the bullpen and replace him with, say, Hughes, who can only go 5 innings, so everybody still gets work and nobody gets rusty.

    BOOM, THAT JUST HAPPENED. IS YOUR MIND BLOWN?

  99. handtius says:

    Anyone who wants to join the “positive posse”, it cost $4 and you get a patch.

  100. Jake says:

    Tex swatting flies….oh wait.

  101. Jay says:

    Looking for another Jack

  102. Observer283 says:

    Joba currently has the second best ERA among the starting pitchers. Naw, lets put him in the bullpen. It’s cool.

  103. yankeefan91 Arod fan says:

    Francesa will probably say u see how he pitch a 1-2-3 eight inning he would do dat all the time.

  104. Charlie says:

    whats really amazing is that the YES gun was actually accurate to a point, on some pitches joba was throwin 97 (gameday)

  105. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Are all the Cleveland fans drunk?

  106. Anyone else really tired of the “Hip, hip! Jorge!” chant?

  107. Charlie says:

    wow, tex and arod both??

  108. handtius says:

    What happened to Axl? Did he get banned too or did we just start winning?

  109. John says:

    Jensen Lewis out to get his revenge

  110. LiveFromNewYork says:

    I was reading the Jays or the O’s blog one night during a Yankees game and someone asked, “Do the Yankees have anyone warming in the bullpen?” and someone said, “Yes, Rivera” and the person said, “Oh fuck me. I’m going to bed.”

    It is so going to suck to not have that response from opposing teams’ fans.

  111. Drew says:

    Haha, JJ Putz sucks. love it

  112. Jake says:

    “No hit streak for you!” – Mo

  113. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Ah ha. Let’s put him in the outfield.

  114. Jay says:

    Is Mo bringing it 96????

  115. Jackson says:

    Dear Mo,

    Don’t reach for line drives with your bare hand

    I love you,

    Jackson

  116. McCaff says:

    He got hit by the ball. What an athletic move.

  117. Mike Axisa says:

    The YES gun is still set to “Joba” apparently – 97, 96 and 95 for Mo.

  118. V says:

    When Mariano is ready to hang it up in, say, 10 years, I hope they play him in center field for a game.

  119. I think my favorite Mo stat this year is the 26.0 K/BB ratio.

  120. kSturnz says:

    YES gun is juiced at least 2mph

  121. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Hair on the fastball.

    I’m not even going there.

  122. Jay says:

    Mo throw the Folly Floater…

  123. John says:

    Is Mo a voted unanimously in for the HOF?

  124. Wow, good eye by Choo. I would’ve been flailing at that shit.

  125. leche: it does the yankees good says:

    I got a question maybe a smarter baseball fan can answer for me.

    What is the advantage of putting Cabrera (the better defensive outfielder) in LF as opposed to RF?

    Wouldn’t you want the one with the stronger arm in RF to keep runners going from 1st to 3rd?

  126. e mills says:

    nice game

  127. Drew says:

    New Record!!! :)

  128. leche: it does the yankees good says:

    Mo just does it all great play.

  129. LiveFromNewYork says:

    Nice at bat Choo but no one gives a shit.

  130. pat says:

    MAAAAD athletic play by Mo right there.

  131. Matt M. says:

    what’s up wuth Chu’s little league helmet

  132. Matt M. says:

    what’s up wuth Chu’s little league helmet

  133. dkidd says:

    nice road trip

  134. Bob Stone says:

    Mo is just too terrific – What great fielding!!

  135. yankeefan91 Arod fan says:

    we have the longest streak without an error yayyyyyyyyyyy.

  136. Wow that was an awesome play. What a great way to end a great game.

  137. LiveFromNewYork says:

    It’s good to be on top of the errorless list again. MFers!

  138. John says:

    13 pitches of beauty

  139. UWS says:

    Yay, win!

  140. UWS says:

    Swisher is absolutely nuts. Love that guy.

  141. JobaWockeeZ says:

    Nick Swisher is not a B-Jobber. Suck it!

  142. John says:

    RECORD BITCHES!

  143. Jay says:

    Lets flood Francesa with Joba meter questions…

  144. handtius says:

    I love the yankees, i’m gay.

  145. Jackson says:

    Great game all around, really enjoyable. Best part of the game, I’m just gonna throw this out there, Ironhorse. You pansies

  146. John says:

    and they said our D sucked

  147. pat says:

    Total domination.

  148. Charlie says:

    its getting really easy to tell which baseball “analysts” have any credibility. If they’re b-jobbers, dont listen to anything they say.

  149. Dorian says:

    The Yankees are old and because of their age, they can’t play good defense.

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  150. pat says:

    The only thing bad about this gay mem is that people who werent around tonight are prob gonna start flipping out when errbody is throwing around gay and homo and whatnot.

  151. YankeeScribe says:

    The next 2 weeks are really going to show us what this team is made of. TEX, TAM, BOS, and NYM

  152. So there’s absolutely no way the MSM can put a B-Jobber argument up tomorrow, right…?

    • steve (different one) says:

      oh ye of little faith.

      Francessa is WAYYYY too entrenched to back down.

      • Tom Zig says:

        I really want to hear what Francessa has to say.

        Darrell Rasnuhhhh and Sidney Ponsonn can pitch into teh 8th, the two walks are atrocious!

        • I bet you he says that Joba got lucky w/the DP, which he did a bit but it was still a great play. He’ll make a comment that the YES gun was way off and there’s no way Joba was throwing that hard (w/o checking the Gameday data). I’m sure there’ll be something. I don’t know. I just don’t get how someone could make that argument after tonight’s start.

      • pat says:

        Exactly, he painted himself into a corner. When you’re that much of a public a figure and you made that much of a stink about it there’s no way he can change his mind without affecting his credibility. He’s such a pompous dickbag I guarantee he roots against joba so he doesn’t have to be proven wrong.

    • Tom Zig says:

      Unless Joba throws a 10 inning perfect game, there will always be a B-Jobber out there

  153. Drew says:

    Fuck Yeah! Just remembered Conan is back tonight!

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