Game 52: Small Sample Size Alert
ByNews of the Yankees lineup usually drops sometime around 3, 3:30ish for a 7:00 game. Usually there are no surprises. Yeah, sometimes we get a curveball with Angel Berroa in the lineup, but those are few and far between. Girardi has apparently settled on a certain lineup scheme this year, and he’s sticking with it for the most part. However, upon seeing today’s lineup I had to scratch my head a little, for Nick Swisher was sitting.
Now, I’ve long advocated giving Swish a few days off during his skid. With Melky Cabrera claiming the everyday CF role and with Brett Gardner hitting decently of late, the Yanks could afford to rest the slumping Swish a few times, hopefully helping him get out of his funk. Yet last night Swisher showed signs of a breakout, smacking two doubles including the go-ahead one with the bases loaded in the seventh. One would think that would earn him a start today — wait, scratch that. He’s already the regular starter, so one would think that his performance wouldn’t be cause for a day off.
Yet that’s just what happened. The lineup came out, and Swisher was nowhere to be found. This struck me as odd, and I said so on the Twitter feed. I got a bunch of responses talking about Swisher’s track record against Padilla: 1 for 15 with five strikeouts. So what? Fifteen freaking at bats? That’s a nothing sample. Just read what PeteAbe said about it:
Swisher finally seems to have his swing intact. Why screw him up against a pitcher he obviously can’t hit? Let Gardner start and when the Rangers go to the bullpen, you have Swisher ready and waiting for an at-bat or two.
A pitcher he obviously can’t hit? Nothing is obvious in 15 at bats. If Girardi wants to sit Swish, fine. As Pete also says (and with which I totally, 100%, no doubt agree), “The Yankees have won 15 of 19, let’s give the manager the benefit of the doubt, shall we?” I do like Joe Girardi as manager of this team, and I like him a lot. I sincerely hope he didn’t base this decision on 15 measly at bats.
That said, Brett Gardner has been fine recently and there’s nothing wrong with starting him. Starting Damon is a given because he had last night off, as is Melky because of his absence over the weekend. So please don’t mistake. I’m not complaining about Swisher on the bench, per se. I just don’t want to see him sitting because of a tiny, minuscule, insignificant sample against Padilla. Not to mention, Of those 19 plate appearances, 18 came in 2006 and one came in 2007. So Nick Swisher’s sitting because of something that happened three years ago? Give me a break.
Anyway, enough of the complaining/debunking. Onto the lineups:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Robinson Cano, 2B
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Hideki Matsui, DH
8. Melky Cabrera, RF
9. Brett Gardner, CF
And on the mound, number thirty-four, A.J. Burnett.
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Let’s hope the Yankees sink the Padilla Flotilla.
hahahahahaha DUCWIDT? Classic!
On a semi-related topic, have Bastardo’s fans come up with a name for themselves yet? Bastardo’s Bastards seems too obvious.
Maybe it was for defensive purposes. Having Damon, Melky and Gardner give the Yanks a hell of an outfield against a pretty good hitting team, and a fly ball pitcher on the mound in AJ Burnett. I clearly just pulled that out of my ass, but it is something to think about. Maybe that combined with the poor numbers, albeit in a small sample size, convinced Joe to give him a night off. Of course, there could be another reason entirely which has not been made public yet. Who knows?
Defense can’t help against the home run.
O really?
http://www.truveo.com/Gardners.....1491385746
Defense can surely help prevent doubles if a faster outfielder such as Melky/Gardner can run them down. And technically, outfielders can rob hitters of homeruns, but I get your point there.
Swish on the road trip: .304-.419-.522.
Speaking of small sample sizes………
I don’t really mind having Swisher able and ready to come off the bench if/when the Yankees are in a pinch and Gardner perhaps is due up
Should the Melkman be hitting in front of Matsui? I think so. For more reasons than one.
I don’t know…. 15 ABs isn’t THAT small of a sample size when it comes to batter vs pitcher…it’s borderline.
Marlon Byrd is something like 1-12 with a few K’s against Burnett. You’d have to feel pretty comfortable with Burnett on the hill when Byrd comes to the plate, no?
I agree, though, with the point that it’s certainly not big enough a sample to take out a hitter who seems to be getting hot. Right now, Swisher finding his groove is much more important than Gardner getting his reps.
Yes, it is THAT small of a sample. The Book did a study on this, and showed that batter-pitcher numbers aren’t consistent even with a larger sample.
oh god kay and oneill calling the game. Cue the corny jokes about oneill’s eating habits and their love hate relationship. These two make my ears bleed.
Whatever gets Flaherty out of the booth.
id like to see more of leiter and singleton
I agree with you on this Joe.
Using 15 ABs as your reasoning doesn’t give you reasoning to start both Gardner and Melky in the same lineup.
Why can’t the Yanks have a hot side line reporter? Hopefully Gardner and Melky hit well. If they do let Swish have a night off. All players need one now and then.
i agree, though I liked his strong tone
Let’s win this Yanks!
No Hamilton!
though I hope he’s healthy soon
he’s out for 2weeks or 2 months
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....;type=lgns
15 at bats is clearly not enough at bats to get a true reading. Maybe he got robbed on a couple of those outs.
Damon was 5-9 with 2 doubles against Sowers but he sat, so who really knows why swish isn’t playing.
Joe, PeteAbe said that it was because of the poor results that Swisher had against him, not Girardi. I honestly can’t remember the last time Swisher has had a day off so maybe he just wanted to give the guy a breather. He gave Damon a night off last night and will probably give Cano or Jeter at least a game in the DH spot this week as well. Just trying to keep everybody fresh
over/under on Davis Ks at 2
over
What if Swisher were 14 for 15 against Padilla? Wouldn’t you like his chances? Just sayin…
Why would I like his chances then if I don’t care for his current 15-AB sample?
Couldn’t you argue that the odds of Swisher going 1/15 against Padilla, against his career averages, are a lot greater than the odds of him going 14/15 against his career averages? Basically, hitting 14/15 against a guy is so ridiculously good and so against the odds, that it might mean something; as opposed to going 1/15, which is far more probable to happen with a small sample size. I’m not saying that this post was not completely ridiculous, but I do think if the guy is 14/15 against someone, I would not dismiss it.
You proved my point (better than I did)… therefore, how can it be completely ridiculous? 14 for 15 is so far out of the range of probability that the sample size DOES become relevant.
I think that 15 ABs IS a small sample if the results aren’t so dramatic.
But a sample as significant as 1 for 15 or 14 for 15 would be enough to sway my decision, however. If you are talking about 4 for 15 vs. 9 for 15, then I think it’s a different story.
I don’t think 1/15 is that dramatic, as compared to 14/15. I wish I was a better statistician to figure this out. I remember Ben had a post about Jeter, saying the odds of Jeter starting the year hitting around .270 for a hitter with Jeter’s career averages was like 15%. I was trying to apply the same principle here, except I don’t know what the real numbers are.
It’s certainly not as dramatic as 14 for 15, but I think it’s significant.
What’s probably more significant, and Joe alluded to it, is the amount of time that has passed since most of those AB’s occurred. Padilla is certainly a different pitcher, and Swisher (may or may not be) a different hitter.
Doesn’t really matter to me, as long as they sink the flotilla, then I’m a happy camper.
strike out nice way to get out of the inning.
Great inning AJ, it looks like he has his stuff tonight.
He usually has it. Let’s just hope he doesn’t implode later in the game again.
Pfffft. What bandbox?
Great Pitching (especially strikeout guys like CC, AJ, Joba, and even Hughes has been getting K’s)>>>>>>>>>>TEH Bandbox
Girardi does not know what he is doing..Gardner supposedly screws up royally on sunday and what does he get? 2 straight starts…
by the way look up the defensive stats..Swisher is a very good right fielder so defense is not the reason to sit him…
haha
Can I use my first ever Oaktag on this comment?
Eh, dre will bring it much worse than that, keep it holstered for now.
melky screwed up on the play that he hurt his shoulder on correct? a guy has a bad game so you must bench him?
Pitcher just coming off the DL with a shoulder injury should = shaky command.
Anyone else’s gameday not registering pitch speeds or types?
I’m not getting that data either.
I’m not getting anything on mine
the YES gun isnt working either
YES has no gun either. Looks like both pitchers are throwing hard though.
JD goin yard.
umm walk the yard that is.
Everybody could see that he didn’t catch that… Lame attempt at trying to look like he made the play.
Jesus, put some long hair on Padilla and he could double for a Geico caveman
He looks like an actor… I can’t put my finger on it… but I’ll get back to this post.
George Lopez?
More of a failed comedian than an actor but i see it
Looks like this will be a very fun game to watch
14 of the last 18 have been very fun to watch (at least in the end)
“It pays to have protection” – Michael Kay
If only his parents had known…
It pays even more to have Patience
hahaha, nice dude.
like the familiar quote of William Wordsworth – “What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.”!!
Base hit arod right here.
Non baseball issue. Anyone work with MS Access and know a site with information on linking reports to forms.
so far I am not finding what I want, but may be searching the wrong information.
Thanks…
Now back to what really matters.
You can’t link a report to a form. What you CAN do is link the report to the same table or query that underlies the form.
Ok, makes perfect sense. Thank you.
Damn Popup
Not the first pitch robbie
Cano will definately get on or get out right here.
Are they booing him? Those fans should be beaten about the head and neck with a rubber hose.
Wow, talk about what have you don’t for me lately
Yes they should. Dumb asses.
lmaoo
boos really? no our fans aren’t embarassing
Geez… RISP fail lately. Hopefully it’s just a minor funk.
Just think how good we’ll be when we actually start hitting in this situation
oh yea, we will as luck evens out.
Remember when we started that long winning streak, it was because we started hitting well with RISP after going a while after struggling. And of course, we did have good pitching.
And that A-Rod guy that everyone is booing
A Rod hasn’t looked that good lately at the plate.
he has a 7 game hitting streak where he’s batting over .300 for that period
but he’s 0-1 !!!
Heh.
HIP HIP!
SURGERY!!!!
Stop with the facts. We prefer unsupported generalities.
You never realize how much you pay attention to the gun until its not there…and Fuck, nice work 3-4-5.
That was pretty bad.
Murphy will get on due to catcher’s interference right here.
Wow, that’s not an error? Cano, you have to get in front of the ball. I hate ‘ole’ plays.
Home scoring, gotta keep the streak going!
It was a rocket, not a slow dribbler.
The Yanks would have to make a BLATENT error to have the streak broken here at home.
Good point. It will be interesting to see a borderline play and how they call it. That is why many people believe the “error” is a worthless stat.
I predict Byrd will pop up to posada near the dugout.
holy shit 167 AB 77 K. I suddenly don’t feel so bad about ajax K habits.
Yeah, he’s historically bad at striking out
on pace for 250
The Rangers obviously have a game plan to run early and often against AJ and Posada tonight.
I love Chris Davis!
AJ has some movement tonight
Joe, it may be a small sample size, but it’s also possible that Joe talked to Swish today (possibly after looking at his numbers) and asked him if he’s confortable facing Padilla, does he see the ball well when he faces him, stuff like that.
You’re absolutely right that a 1-15 could be a function of bad luck on hard hit balls. But it could also be the predictable result facing a pitcher who flat-out owns you. I’ll guess he talked to Swish and made up the lineup based on what he said.
Swish doesn’t strike me as a guy who’ll want to sit out, even if he struggles against the pitcher. But I see your point and it could be true.
I don’t think Swish would beg out of the lineup, it would be a situation where Joe would have to read between the lines with what Swish tells him.
Girardi can’t admit this stuff publicly, he has to say BS like “Oh, I think he needs a day off” to protect his player. But he knows when a pitcher owns a guy.
Swisher has had one day off this year (everyone else except Cano has had more days off), so it’s not a surprise that he would get a day off. If you’re going to pick a day to rest him this series, why not do it today since he’s 1 for 15 off Padilla? It’s probably just bad luck in those at bats, but that’s a better reason than just flipping a coin.
yes just provided video evidence that pitch was over the black. UGH
May seem like a silly question, but where does the phrase “over the black” come from?
The edges of home plate are usually black. So a pitch over the corner goes over the black part of the plate.
The edges of home plate are black. Literally.
I think there was a time when home plate had a black rim around it. Thus, hitting the corner was known as “painting the black.”
It still does.
Heh, that time is now.
The actual plate has a thin strip of black rubber framing it. It’s generally considered the best place to put a pitch because it’s the furthest inside or outside a pitch can be and still be a strike.
Can’t call it a ball if they swing.
Saltalatoolonganame definitely had four strikes there. No problem for AJ though.
Is anyone else’s gameday not reading the speed?
Yah, the gun is on the fritz at the stadium.
Everyone’s I believe
Yup, all speed measurement devices are inoperative. My dad is there so I’ve been thinking about texting him to see if the stadium gun is working. Too lazy though.
John Sterling said they’re not posting gun readings at the stadium. They keep bringing it up.
i dont think YES is posting the readings either
i was going to say Joba broke them last night…but remembered they played in Cleveland
Porcello just pitched out of a bases-loaded one-out situation vs. Boston without giving up a run.
Porcello? You never even heard of him!!
GET ME PORCELLO’S LAST 5 STARTS!!!! He’s been a starter all his life!!!
Lets get some more walks
Nice start for A.J, anyone else having problems with the gameday for this game??
my bad, now i see u guys already talked about this
I like the 3 K’s but not so much the 33 pitches through two. I want him to go deep into the game, at least the 7th.
If he goes 6 without allowing a run again, I’m completely satisfied. The bullpen is well rested
yea, it is but still it would be nice
he’s on pace to go through 7
Eh. The pen is fully rested. And the way Padilla is going… we’ll be beating up the Texas bullpen in the 4th or 5th.
Even at 37 the guy can still rake
i know, it seems like he’s gotten a lot better in his older years.
And he’s been the best catcher this decade
Name/ABs this decade/OPS+
Jorge Posada 4897 129
Mike Piazza 3670 127
Vi. Martinez 3245 121
Iv. Rodriguez 4659 113
Javy Lopez 3312 110
Jason Varitek 4408 101
I’m sorry, that last name on the list completely dumps all it’s credibility to me
well, Rob Neyer posted this and one of his points was that only 6 catcher have been at least LEAGUE AVERAGE this decade.
But can’t run as well
Nice Hideki.
Oh for cryin out loud!
That stinks like poop.
Jorge can hit but man he sucks at running the bases
Thank goodness that baserunning does not count and error or the streak would be over.
Looks like the third base couch put the stop sign up there.
*coach
That’s really inexcusable.
WTF?
Nice baserunning, Dumbo.
I kinda blame robbie thompson, he didn’t make a very emphatic go sign, he waved with his fingers.
I blame his big ears. Too much wind resistance.
Windmill definitely should have been more emphatic but most of the blame lies on the player imo.
fuck jorge, ur slow! don’t go testing people’s arms at your ripe old age with your hammy problems.
Joba’s more valuable as 3rd base coach.
Even without speed Jorge could have made third.
I hate “6 for his last 18″ type stats, because it probably means he’s “6 for his last 19″, “6 for his last 20″, or something similar.
On a long enough time span…he’s hitting his batting average.
i hate all stats, i just use my eyes
gritner leads the league in crappy hits deflected by infielders that somehow make it into the outfield.
ugh wrong place.
Sweet baserunning Jorge
It just amazes me to see Melky take 0-2 and 1-2 pitches
Gardner’s just going to grit and grind this ball through in the infield… I just know it.
nice prediction
Common Brett, lets get a hit
what is up with this pitcher’s hair. its greasy as hell.
It’s all about the ritual man, you don’t shower before a start!
(insert him being a foreigner joke here)
Padilla is a greasy greasy man.
gritt!
Okay, now take second. Thanks.
-Drew
oh yeah grit
Nice job, Gard.
Alright, way to smack a little single (soon to be a double) to right
how about that for a little single?
Can Chris Davis bat 27 times today
with AJ? Damn that would be nice
Nice job Gritsner.
and again
Good running by Grit.
Three. Run. JACK. Wait for it…
Speed kills
Well it’ll be good to have the bullpen to beat up on by the fifth
Hopefully they get to feast on some tender Kris Benson
It is still weird for me to see the Yankee starting staff to record high strike out totals. Especially compared to last year.
Isn’t it wonderful?
I am still a bit surprised that everyone seems to be a little surprised that Jeter is having an excellent year. I always felt that last year was just a down year, probably because he picked up some injuries. I’m happy Jeter has quieted the premature talk of his decline.
Not having to face Daniel Cabrera also helps.
Jeter gets hit with with a pitch and goes into a slump at least twice a year. You can set your watch by it.
It does seem to play out like that. He leans into the plate and takes one off the hand/wrist. Hopefully he can avoid that this year.
a 15 game hitting streak in which he raised his BA 40 points also helps. you cant really make decisions about a guys year in the middle of a hot streak
Moshe had a nice post up the other day, showing that Jeter’s actually been very consistent in recent years. The big year he had in 2006 was the outlier, he’s been remarkably consistent both before and after. If you use 06 as the starting point, it appears he’s declining. But if you start at 2000, you see a remarkably consistent player, who’s slightly better some years than others.
http://www.baseball-reference......de01.shtml
I’m with you, and Moshe on that point. Jeter is the model of consistancy.
Teixy time
2 outs, risp, lets drive in runs plz?
Love it, it’s Tex time
Does Mark Teixeira REALLY want to rock? I bet he does.
It’d be really nice for Tex to validate the whole “Yankee Stadium is a lunching pad” belief right about now.
The most upper deck! He got the suite level right below it once
Alright…let A-Rod do it.
BALK!
Bases loaded walk!!!
Ha hahahahahahahah
I could also deal with the bases-loaded walk in order to bring A-Rod up
This inning has grit all over it.
Grits grimey little fingerprints are pitter pattered all over the place.
Whoopsie!
Wow, how do you balk when you’re not holding anybody on?
Any one else see that Tyler Clippard is filling in as pitching coach for his AAA team?
http://community.thetimes-trib.....notes.aspx
AJ, take care of that. Thanks.
-Drew
hahaha … as per Joe’s early post, all you gotta do is apply a little pressure to Padilla’s head (bases loaded jam) and he will self implode.
A-Rod better get a run or two…or 4.
Yeah!! Or I’ll……I’ll…….boo you!!
Because that always works!
Wow, nothing going right for Padilla right now
Padilla looks like a member of the Gipsy Kings.
Really gotta put this Padilla cat out of his misery here.
Balk and HBP not a good time for Padilla.
damn Arod is running S L O W
I wish Al was fast again…
Damn, tough one…. ARod is about two weeks away from really starting to do some damage.
Yea, I was really hoping that 5 for 5 game in Texas was a sign of “holy shit tex-arod 3-4 is going to be bananas” but I suppose itll prolly take a little longer for alex to hold up his end to his fullest potential
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! How does he not hit a grand slam every time! He’s so SELFISH!
Gardner spooked him. I don’t know how. Is he a threat to steal home?
Yeah, but not from his seat in the dugout
huh?
Gardner wasn’t on third, Jeter was. Gardner scored on the balk
Gardner was on third with the bases loaded. Padilla went to the full windup the quickly realized he can’t do that with Gardy on. Hence, he spooked em.
Ahhhh, I misinterpretted that
what?
Would have been nice to really break it open there
Damn, oh well, at least we got 2 runs
A line up without Hamilton and with Chris Davis in it = no bueno
Don’t discount them so early. Kinsler, Cruz, and Young have been absolutely mashing this year
RAGE…
I want to bring the pain. I wanna see Padilla cry. I want to see the Rangers give up in the face of double digit run deficits. Groundouts with the bases loaded annoy me.
Love when theres 2 strikes before they even put the graphics on the screen.
How many pitches is Padilla at?
51
Who gets plunked on the Rangers?
2 run lead playing in a bandbox? no one
I’m not talking about right this instance. Someone will get plunked this game.
AJ quits the Roy Halladay school and signs up for Joba Chamberlain University.
You got great stuff, use it. Want to be efficient? Throw strikes.
So true, I love it when they just start attacking guys. Sure a guy will guess right once in awhile and hit one out but for the most part, you’re going to come out on top
And as soon as I say that, he walks a guy
. . . . and lets up a 3 run bomb.
ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!
I think the reason Joba’s velocity was down was he was using more 2-seamers and spotting his fastball. It just doesn’t work for him. Joba’s talent is in his stuff, the explosion on his pitches, the movement he generates. Location isn’t as much of an issue for him since his stuff is so good. When he pulled back a bit, he became more hittable.
If you looked closely when Joba was at his most dominant as a reliever, he threw balls straight down the middle of the plate at times. But when its going 97-98 MPH, most hitters still can’t hit it.
Whoo, that could have ended poorly.
Nice play Melky.
Melky’s the man
I love how you have to hold your breath on every fly to right the way this place has been playing
Suggestion. For everyone that makes perdctions.. i.e. “Damon is going deep here”. You need to put your record on predictions next to it.
Damon is going deep here (0-4).
If you get to 0-5 you have to stop making predictions.
Can we CC Steve Phillips on that memo?
John Sterling has to STFU every time he does that HR-not foolishness.
Are you only allowed 5 predictions in a season or is that 5 predictions over the course of one game?
Per game, so that we can watch people go down in flames
So you’re 0-3
Yes, but mine were to show the fact that I hate predictions..
PUT YOUR NAME ON IT!
/Mientkiewiczed
I’m 1 for 2
Ok back to the topic of the fence line being straight instea of curved like the old stadium; that hit would have just made the warning track if the dimensions were the same.
Gotta get that fixed.
Ugh, it’s about time for Jason Bay to go into an 0/100 tailspin. Please. He’s pissing me the fuck off.
I honestly have to wonder what would have to have been added to get Bay instead of Nady. Too much, probably, but worth wondering.
I was looking at that too the other day thinking “what if”, until I was reminded that the Redsox gave up Manny in that deal
A-rod’s BABIP is .233 entering this game. His career BABIP is .326. His LD% is 17.9%, which is right in line with his career LD% of 18.0%. Therefore, A-rod is still unlucky and will soon be batting .300+.
True, and he is still looking silly up there a lot. He’s obviously not in top form yet in addition to getting lucky
You need BABIP to tell you Al will be hitting 300 soon. Step away from the computer.
no I know he’ll bat .300 but im just saying he’s unlucky so far and he isn’t really that bad right now, though he clearly isn’t 100% at the plate yet.
It’s nice having an arm out in right…
Hey, AJ, guess what? It looks like walking a guy you had down 0-2 is a BAD IDEA.
He really, sometimes, is a real coward in terms of trying to throw the perfect strikeout pitch.
fans like you are annoying
Are you saying it’s a good idea to walk a guy when you have him down 0-2?
Wait so because Nolan Ryan was a genetic freak who could pitch like no other human on earth he is going to mortgage his whole farm system on his own experience?
Yes, that seems to be his plan
Does he also plan on teaching them how to issue the most walks in the history of Baseball?
http://www.baseball-reference......reer.shtml
Yes, and if Ripken was manager his starts would never take a day off
But Ripken isn’t from Texas. People from Texas are always right
Nolan wasn’t even that big of a guy, 6’2″ 195 in his prime. He had no business throwing a ball 100 MPH or lasting as long as he did. It was all in the genes.
FUCK GD AJ
RAGE
Yeah so 2 out walks are so sexy.
Oh shit
Ah, the perils of having no control at all.
Well that was bound to happen sooner or later. Hopefully we can correct this RISP problem soon
bad pitch there to cruz and not a great one to blalock either. and posada called for both of those.
so in a way your blaming posada for those pitches because he called them. your not going to blame aj who didnt place them where it should have been.
man when it comes apart for him it really comes apart hard and fast goddamn it
Vintage AJ this season.
We’ll score more soon. We’ve been getting on base a lot but that big hit with RISP hasn’t come but it will soon.
Dear AJ get another out.
AJ you’re giving me agita.
Wow.
2 easy outs. 0-2 count on batter #3. Walk. Double, HR, single, single.
Too early to get Wang up?
I’d imagine he won’t be making an appearance, this’ll be Aceves
Geez…Is Aceves available tonight?
Thank goodness Chris Davis is here to save us
Ah good, Chris Davis is back up
Is AJ prone to the big inning or what
I predict that we will bring the tying run to the plate this inning. 0-0
Wow…there’s a bold one right there.
Lawl
thank god he hit that to center.
He sure enjoys the precarious route.
Thought that was gone.
Well, they’re just down by 1. Lotta baseball left.
I’d imagine of a batboy gave Paul O’Neil the wrong bat pauly would promptly turn that sumbitch sideways and stick it up his ass.
Hopefully AJ gets his shit together
You’d think we’d see at least one replay of that Gardy catch. God sometimes I hate YES.
hope he keeps that as the bad one of the night damn 2 out no one on
Hmmmmm. Girardi leave the possibility of a 6 man rotation open.
“Girardi said he will speak on Tuesday with general manager Brian Cashman about what to do next with Wang. Though Girardi acknowledged that Wang isn’t pleased with his situation.
“I haven’t seen it outwardly,” Girardi said of Wang’s frustration. “I’ve seen him do what ever we’ve ask because I’ve always believed he’s been a team player. And I think that’s what he’s being. … Eventually, he’s going to be back in our rotation.”
Girardi left open the chance of plugging Wang into rotation even if he has to give the other pitchers in the rotation an extra day by pushing them back”
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....or_ya.html
I’m actually not totally averse to a 6 man rotation. But CC definitely needs to be going on a normal schedule. Hughes and Joba could use extra days off over the course of the season, and it can’t hurt Pettitte. There’s the worries of Wang having too much strength and the sinker not sinking, but, eh.
I could see a 6 man rotation, with CC on normal rest and everyone else with extra rest, being OK.
Heh, you gotta love the “setback” for Damaso Marte:
“Left-handed reliever Damaso Marte stubbed the little toe of his left foot but was still able to play catch.”
Is it just me or have the Yankee lefties been getting rung up on the inside FB an awful lot this season? IDK why but it sticks out to me.
Posada is a total guess hitter. If it’s not what he’s looking for he’ll look at it all the way right down the middle more times than not.
The score will not be 3-2 by the end of the 4th inning.
1-0
hopefully it will be 3-2 after the top of the fourth
Paul O’Neill is a weird dude.
Man, his curveball comman SUCKS right now, and their big hitters are just going to sit fastball.
Wow. It just fell apart.
Nice fucking throw Jorge.
Not a good sign. You know the Rays are watching this.
Wow. Bad pitch, bad throw.
Shoulda had Cervelli in there.
lol
Jorge must not have worked out his shoulder while on the dl.
what a terrible ay to get an error, all he has to do is lob it to cano if anything.
Jorge really has no arm.
If ya got no arms throw your hands in the air.
Does this mean…
Kay will stop talking about the stupid fucking streak?
at least we set the record
Gooooooodbye streak
The answer is Tim Wakefield (31 H, .313/.343/.444).
We have so much damn GRIT coming up in this inning it’s impossible not to score a run!