Game 52: So will we call them B-Hughesers?
ByIf B-Jobber – bullpen + Joba, we could go one of two ways with Phil Hughes in the bullpen:
B-Phils
B-Hughesers
I pick the latter. We could also mutate that to B-Hosers, but that might be a bit of a stretch. In any case, the big news of the day was Chien-Ming Wang back to the rotation, Hughes to the bullpen. It’s going to cause some debate, but I’d like to point out RAB commenter mustang, who put it best:
Regardless what a nice problem to have too much quality starting pitching.
thank you Mr. Cashman.
We’ll see where the Yanks go with this, of course, but I wouldn’t expect Hughes in the bullpen too long. He’ll back up Wang tomorrow, who himself said he could probably only go 80 pitches. Apparently Brian Cashman was on the Michael Kay Show and said that it’s a two-week trial, and that if Wang pitches well it’s back to AAA for Hughes. (thanks to tsjc for the find)
Oh, what’s that you say? There’s a game tonight? Given the bleak forecast and the gray clouds which have covered the sky since mid-afternoon, I wouldn’t be too sure about that. If they do play, it will be Andy Pettitte against Scott Feldman.
Feldman, 26, has pitched well in his 48.1 innings this year, allowing 21 runs for a 3.91 ERA. He doesn’t have great strikeout numbers, and doesn’t have a 2:1 K/BB ratio. That usually doesn’t bode well against the Yankees lineup. Yet last year, when Feldman was pretty horrible, he had two good starts against the Yanks. The first was one run over 5.2 innings, and the other was two runs over 7.0 IP. He did walk five in those 12.2 innings, though. This year’s version of the Yanks will make you pay for those a lot more than they did last year.
Yet the last time Feldman pitched what you could call a bad start was on May 1, when he allowed three runs over 5.2 IP. Even then, it’s not too bad. He hasn’t allowed more than three runs in a start since the Rangers placed him in the rotation on April 25. So while the Yanks have improved since their last meeting with Feldman, so has he. He was also born in Hawaii, for whatever that’s worth.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF Nick Swisher, 1B
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B Johnny Damon, LF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Robinson Cano, 2B
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Hideki Matsui, DH
8. Nick Swisher, RF Melky Cabrera, RF
9. Brett Gardner, CF
And on the mound, number forty-six, Andy Pettitte.
Update by Mike (6:58pm): Tex scratch with a bruised ankle, x-rays negative. Lineup changes above.
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what do you think of an alarm clock that automatically tells ya the weather when ya wake up?
Its almost as good as my jump to conclusions mat.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com.....d5b9de.jpg
Tex was just scratched. Injured ankle, day to day.
This sucks. Tex has been my favorite Yankee to watch lately.
especially in the three hole…
…that lineup looks a little suspect to me, i just hope NICK brings his A game tonight…
This really is the value of Nick Swisher though. His ability to adequately fill in at the corner outfield and first base spots is huge.
Also, I know its been as fun to leap of the Swisher bandwagon as it was to leap on it, but I think I want to stay on.
Is a .300 hitter? We have a ton of evidence to the contrary. But how in the heck are you not happy with a bottom of the order guy (when the team is healthy) with a .360+ OBP? If he hits .270 (not unreasonable) he’ll probably be .375+ OBP. Is there any doubt that he will end the season with a higher OBP than Cano (who will likely hit over .300)? Really, BA is the only major strike against Nick-y Swish and I’ll take OPS over BA anyday.
When you add in the flexibility that his versatility gives the Yanks, he’s a pretty huge value add.
Swisher is still all sorts of awesome.
Works counts, constantly on base, good defense, flexibility, never complains.
I never left the bangwagon.
Bangwagon!
I never left either, but I did start hoping X would come back soon to give him some help!
Ding-ding. This is what people who dislike Swisher don’t get. He’s not a high BA guy but he’s gonna put up a .360+ OBP and .450+ SLG. No one here, even I, self-proclaimed president of the Nick Swisher Fan Club (where’s my veep Steve H been, btw?) didn’t think he’d ever hit .300+.
is tino around ?
can he play for a few games ?
Get me John Mayberry Sr. on the phone, pronto.
Oh, you mean that guy that the FOX broadcasters thought was John Mayberry Sr. or the actual John Mayberry Sr.?
Either one.
That was hilarious, btw. I was watching, and I was all like, “If that’s really John Mayberry Sr., why is he wearing a Panama flag on his shirt?”
Eh, they’re all the same.
(Joking. Please don’t kill me.)
Apparently FOX thinks so.
btw yall know tex was scratched right?
Wasn’t Tex a scratch with the ankle?
Pettitte will be on the DL soon enough.
Sure hope not.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....mit=Submit
Arod about to pass a bunch of milestones…
who’s on first?
Harold Baines, you’re going down, fucko.
oh, and WHOA! back on teh meds!!1!
some call me…Tim…
some call me…Tim…
Thanks, that was driving me crazy.
I hope you enjoy the name. Wear it well, don’t let me down.
So what happens in Wang get’s shelled tomorrow?
SHHHH!!!
Tarp is off huh? Skies don’t look that bad right now.
Got a buddy at the game…says he thinks they can get in…got a window until about 10.
send hughes to the minors if he isnt going to start and if you want another starter that is able to pitch out of the pen call up Kontos or even heaven forbid Igawa. Hughes needs to develop length, so let him start.
Putting Wang back in now is about the whining his agent was doing and not what is best for this team right now.
It’s two weeks. A fortnight. His time in the bullpen will be short like leprechauns.
and Hughes will crush so-called willies, thugs, and rapper-dons.
Thanks for the help out, bro.
BRO-BOT!!!! I AM A BRO-BOT!!!!
Thank u very much.
Totally false. Having Wang back in the rotation is exactly what is best for this team both now and in the future. The Yankees need to give him every opportunity to return to form, and if he does, that is a huge upgrade.
Hughes moving to the bullpen is SHORT TERM. I think he can pitch well out of the pen with his fastball/curve combo and his control. He’ll get back to Triple-A soon enough, or he’ll be the next in line to get a start should someone go down… not Kei Igawa. Kontos and Igawa haven’t shown you anything in the big leagues… Hughes has. This was the right move.
I’d rather have HOWARD Hughes than Kei Igawa.
I’d rather have Kay Bailey Hutchinson than Kei Igawa.
She’s tough…
She’s from Texas, after all.
She probably rubs hot sauce on her balls, Clemens Style.
while i find that mildly disturbing, i do suppose its better than peeing on your hands, Any Style.
lmao, ietc
I love how YES thinking Hughes will stay in the bullpen forever…
Hughes is only staying if Wang implodes. Then he’s going to AAA.
I’m all about having the Wanger back, but why not let Phil have one more start against a team he has pitched well against?
So who had before the 1st pitch tonight in the pool for when the MSM was going to decide Hughes to the bullpen was permament?
What a friggin joke!
I’d say, considering that Wang himself is on an 80-pitch limit and isn’t likely to make it past the 5th, there’s about a 70% chance we see BOTH Wang and Hughes pitch multiple innings tonight.
Pansies.
/IronHorse’d
http://www.theonion.com/conten.....=a-section
(golf clap)
the YES network primarily employs retards, so i’ve learned not to listen to their analysis. no way the yanks are dumb enough to let Phil rot in the bullpen the whole season.
To be honest, in my experience with MLB.tv, I have found very very few announcers that were intelligent. So it is pretty much par for the course.
Heyheyhey. RAB is the official blog of the YES Network.
You callin’ RAB retards?????????????????
RAB: A proud member of the YES Network® Blogging Network™
if there are any YES announcers on this site, then possibly. nothing against the YES network, its Michael Kay, John Flaherty, and Ken Singleton’s fault
“the Yankees finally pulling the pin on reinforcing their meager bullpen, but it was the wrong one: Phil Hughes was promoted to the pen today. He’s no Joba, but its a start”
For ESPN, I’m Peter Gammons.
Is that really an actual quote from Gammons.
what’s really sad is that question can legitimately be asked…
(but no, it isnt)
i highly doubt it, but its still pretty funny
No. Does it matter, though?
I’m thinking 6 IP 8 H 4 R 4 ER 4 BB 4 K for Andy tonight.
well that whip of 2.00 sounds about right with the way he’s pitched lately…
But Andy has always been good for courting disaster with a fairly large # of baserunners.
Minus two strikeouts. One strikeout for each time Chris Davis bats.
Ok, you are 0-0 on predictions so far. Remeber 5 wrong in a row and no more predictions for you.
I like this game. Do I get a prize for winning if I do?
Yes, if you are right and the Yanks score more runs than their opponents you get a victory.
And I will consider you right is you are right on 4 of 6 predictions.
*if
Enjoyably obscure Python Reference, btw way, congrats…
I will take that if it means a W.
6-1 is nice for the old man.
Is anyone else listening to the Trenton Thunder broadcast because of Montero?
over/under date on Arod’s 600th homer?
(he has 560)
April 29th 2010
Assuming a drunken, enranged Jayson stark doesn’t shoot him first, Harriet Bird style, for murdering baseball history.
John, you really disappoint me…
as a worst case scenario, I’m taking 4 October…
An inauspicious start for Andy.
Ugh. I knew as early as February that “grind”,or some derivation thereof, was going to be the buzzword for ’09. I was definitely right on that one.
Oh peace, Mike.
Jones is 4-7 with 2 HRs against Pettitte…small sample?
great start andy
Goddammit.
Please don’t let it be one of those nights.
We need everyone to play well offensively today…
fuck this, release petitte!
I hear Glavine is available.
vicente padilla possibly, too
sad day…
And Pedro
Whose peak was better: Randy or Pedro?
Without looking at any stats, I feel Pedro.
Pedro’s is better, Randy’s is longer.
Word. I think Pedro’s 2000 season is the best pitching season ever. Ever.
what are we talking about here, Wang?
Hmmm… Pedro did it in the AL East. Randy did it in the AL West/NL West.
Pedro.
Pedro but Randy was like the boggie man to most hitters.
Bring in Wang!!!
Uh…is Wang is available for tonight?
WOW Andy…no more runs!
and marlon byrd is goes boom
better not be that bad back Andy!
Joe doesnt like it when you arent entirely truthful…
…and you won’t like Joe when he’s angry!
Why am I think were actually going to see Hughes tonight?
You’re not.
Hughes and Wang are sharing tomorrow’s innings. They’re staying on schedule with each other, I’d imagine.
Alright let’s seriously hope your right, and Pettitte shows me what retard I am.
i hope it turns out to be a false alarm so we can start making “the mets play like they have swine flu” jokes
Meh, if the Mets had Swine Flu, it would probably be a step up for their organization.
Mother fucker, i bet Petitte is still fuckin hurt. He just started cause he wants his friggin incentives. Wang should have started tonight, not tommorow
i really want to make a ‘Jump to Conclusions Mat’ reference, but i can’t…Joe has the final call, and he should have at least pushed Andy back a day or two…
think you are on to something.
Sure, money plays a factor, but Andy’s a proud, stubborn guy. He’ll be out there unless he’s physically incapable of throwing a pitch.
anyone remember/know where to find the article that showed that Ortiz’s only HR of the year wouldn’t have been out of any other stadium? thanks.
wow
Hey, Melky!
K, looks like my Pettitte prediction’s gonna be wrong in a bad way.
You still have a shot…
Thank you melk
Time to get Wang ready. Pettitte does not have good stuff tonight.
i can’t remember a time in the past 2 years that he did
I can.
No, Pettitte has had good stuff. But this may be a personal gain over the team and that is not right. Go to the DL and get healthy, there is still 4 months + of baseball.
Ha I didn’t say anything about that. I said I can remember a time within the past two years in which he’s had good stuff.
Your memory is pretty shitty then. He wasn’t too shabby in October of ’07.
we win this 9-4 (veras gives up a homer in the 9th) and all this whining stops…
Not enough grit by Andy there.
Well, that solves the ‘too many pitchers’ problem.
Pettitte keeps pitching like this and Hughes will have his spot in the rotation back in no time.
“Nah, my back is fine.” – Pettitte
If Pettitte’s hurt, the DL the fuck. Don’t let him keep hurting us by saying he’s ok.
It’s not being a gamer. It’s being an idiot.
completely agree
+eleventy billion.
its the downside of an incentive laden contract
you know you really suck when you give up a hit to Chris fuckin Davis
Andy, you are the weakest link.
This has all the makings of a 17-13 game…granted we hit.
Melky saved us there.
Let’s go offense, we can do this! I hope we can beat up Feldman today.
What’s wrong with Teix’s ankle?
bruised from yesterday’s slide, says its not too serious.
Andy has a 5 WHIP!!! To the 8th!
Swish seems to be getting his swing back. That is a good thing.
Nice swing by Swish.
Let me fire up that bangwagon!
+1
i would seriously DL Petitte, hughes is probably better than him right now. save what’s left of the old guy for the end of the season and the postseason
You’ve come to this conclusion after one inning?
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-413683
no
Busting out the jump to conclusions mat?
Hopefully he’s fine for pitching in the World Series.
Johny’s one of them guy you can plug in anywhere.
i greater than three me some NICK SWISHER…
Eventually, all of the English language will be inside jokes about inside jokes about leetspeak.
leetspeak. ur doin it rite.
PWNED
Closer to ready. Alex is seeing the ball well.
Still unclutch.
2-outs RBIs are only good in the 8th
…at this rate Arod hits another 36 homers this year…yes or no?
Another 36 HR this year? There’s 110 games left, that’s one every three games. It’s possible, but that’s an intense pace. I’d bet against it, especially given the unknown status of that hip.
nice arod
One’s better than none. Lock it up, Andy.
Nate McLouth to the Braves ???
Locke, Morton, and Gorkys. Not a bad haul.
The Pirates may eventually be good again… probably not, though.
I can’t believe Wren didn’t have to give up Jordan Schafer.
True.
If Tabata gets his act back together, though, a Gorkys-McCutchen- Tabata outfield is nothing to sneeze at. Nice troika.
This is horrible. Just horrible. McLouth is a stud, you coulda had him for Uuughes, and you let him get away. I don’t know what Cash is doing. First Joba, then this.
This organization is rudderless.
/Francesa’d
I bet you he makes a comment about it tomorrow.
And brings up his gold glove
Ok, Joe, don’t pull a torre and let pettitte give up 5 more runs before you take his ass out.
who do you want to fill 8 innings when the Yankees play 12 more games without a day off?
as much as i love robbie and how great he’s been this year, he has a tendency to kill rallies and needs to talk to his best friend melky about how to be super clutch
haha
Nate McLouth got traded to the Braves for gorkys, charlie morton, and jeff locke (the dude from Lost?) according to the Pitts Post Gazette.
seriously??
just saw
wow, that’s pretty suprising. Mclouth was the face of their franchise. Oh well, nice 1-2 punch of mclouth and mcann for my fantasy team
Eh, I think Andrew McCutchen in AAA was always more the face of that franchise than McLouth was.
McLouth kinda came out of nowhere. McCutchen has been their Grady Sizemore in the making for years now (they hope).
Someone mentioned it, but in case you missed it. Nate Mcclouth is now on the Braves.
Dierkes with the hot linkage action:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....louth.html
Their OF has been a black hole, so it’s not surprising to see them make a move.
Let’s see if those prospects actually pan out . . . the Braves almost seem to have the reverse Midas with prospects, in that anyone they trade turns to shit.
WOAH!
I have McLouth on my fantasy team. Looks like he goes from bad offense to bad offense.
Padilla for Texas looks like the actor who played Al Pacino’s friend in Scarface.
YES!! Awesome call.
Rebenga! Rebenga!
Ian Kinsler looks like Hillary Swank.
Ooooohh shit.
Nicely done.
Josh Hamilton looks like the junkie from Scarface.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW, TOO SOON???
IETCVM.
lol
Hillary Swank is not hot.
/Office’d
They put him on waivers today
One thing I like about the Rangers… they don’t seem to tolerate any bad apples in the clubhouse. They sent Ponson packing last season and put Padilla on waivers after last night. Kay just said Salty didn’t defend Padilla at all.
yea, Salty said that Tex and Burnett had all the rights to do what they did if Padilla did it intentionally.
Yeah, but Padilla’s not gone yet. They just wanted to see if anyone will take his salary off their hands.
Any chance Phillies bring him back?
This game is not going into any time capsules, is it…
…Unless it’s a time capsule for examples of how games should not be played
petitte looks like he’s nowhere near done giving up hits in this one
lower back tightness preventing him from finishing his pitches, leaving shit high in the zone…
Ace should probably get ready to pitch tonight I guess, ugh.
That’s an out with normal positioning. So it goes.
Hughes available tonight? Or should we add more innings to our reliable reliever?
You get the feeling that this is not Andy’s night.
lol
Pettitte looks terrible.
too early to take him out. Without the awesomely hot and recently clutch tex, we MIGHT have a hard time scoring a shitload of runs.
the 1st sentence was supposed to be a question…
Put Hughes in there!
How long does Girardi keep Pettitte in? He looks terrible.
See how it goes. Hopefully he straightens out.
Honestly though you could see this coming after he came out with a sore back in his last start.
definition of baseball optimism:
current milestone timeline
13. Tomko, Brett NYY W 95 100 Next Season
Thanks to Mr. Jones for bailing Andy out.
The quotes from Bryce Harper in todays SI article make it seem like the kids got a solid head on his shoulder
It’s a commentary on Andy’s suckiness this evening that 4 runs in two innings actually seems like we’ve gotten off lucky.
Melky bailed him out in the first, Jones hit into double play in 2nd. Who steps up for him in the 3rd?
the top of the order…
Aceves.
Was Andruw laughing at Pettitte? Either that or it was just a way perverted looking grin.
He always smiles in the box. Hmm, that doesn’t sound right.
he wouldnt be doing that if he were staring at a 6’3″, 230 pound Wang now would he???
Wang weighs that much? Wow.
I’d still get him outta there soon. The game isn’t over yet, but it will be if you leave Andy “Mybackisfineiwantmymoneyfucktheteam” Petitte in there
Well, you can’t win EVERY game.
Way to go Pettitte. You made your start, asshole.
Now, if Kay wanted to have some balls, he’d say that the GG is a stupid award that shouldn’t have have any credence lent to it.
Kay wouldn’t know the 1st thing about what it is like to have balls.
+87
that makes 2 solid heads for him…
whoops, this was supposed to be a reply to donttradwcano’s comment on Harper
Feldman looks like he wears gold chains and tall tees. I don’t like him.
keep swinging at that first pitch…give the guy the lead, low pitch count…
David Ortiz = worthless
You can blame Melky if you want, I don’t. He often tries to do too much which isn’t out of the ordinary for young players. If this game was 2-2 he approaches that AB totally differently.
damn
wouldn’t today be Hughes’ bullpen day?
they also needs innings for tomorrow incase of a Wang blow up, so as long as Andy is getting outs he’ll stay in
Wang will go 7 innings tomorrow… Ok maybe not but he will look good.
Andy does not want ti throw a FB. No bueno.
Jesus Christ he is no where near the zone.
damnit Andy
Yeah… I’ve seen enough from Pettitte.
What? You don’t like leadoff walks by a pitcher who clearly isn’t right?
so, pettitte…is that back of yours really fine? really?
as long I get my extra 1million+ it is
Is Andy’s dad around? That back could use some healing.
Goddammit. I had total confidence that Cano was going to make that play.
Why isn’t someone warming up in the BP?
10 baserunners in 3+ IP…awesome
correction, 2+
goddamit get his fuckin ass out of there you dumb shit!!!!!!!
Maybe Girardi will get someone up after the score is 6-1. Just maybe.
Oh shit, Posada had better be ok.
how far in the batters box is this fucker??
Do they want to kill off our entire team?
Ouch right in the back.
why is there an ‘on field’ delay?
Batter hit Posada with his swing.
Byrd swung and Jorge popped up to throw to third on the double steal and the bat hit him in the back.
Jorgie will be pissing some blood tomorrow after that one.
on his hands
Ew.
+1
i really am gonna fuckin hate andy more than i already have if he started this game knowing he was still unhealthy
yeah, it’s one thing being a gamer…it’s another when you’re hurting your team…
what was that call?
Chris Davis is hilariously inept.
Chris Davis needs to take that shit off his chin.
And stop striking out like it’s his job.
i think you meant to say, “stop striking out like it’s his job, unless it’s against us”
Right right. I was just speaking in generalities. It’d be one thing if he was walking a bit to offset his whiffs but my Mo. 6.1% walk rate (average of 9.1), and a contact rate of 56.8% with an average of 80% for the league. God. Damn.
BABIP is .253 also
Chris Davis is horrible
C’mon Andy, get outta of this and maybe we can work with it.
I don’t think Chris Davis is long for this world….the majors that is….
His BABIP is .253 so thats not fair to say. Yes he strikes out a freakin ton, but still
But his LD% is down a lot too
Unlucky baseball players without long histories of success don’t often keep their jobs for very long. Especially with players like Smoak coming up the system behind them.
Andy’s mad.
yes andy! let’s get some runs
Chris Davis has the Ben Stiller mustache from Dodgeball.
Unfortunately, his isn’t a joke.
Well that was pleasant. Keep it up, Andy.
wow, that was a bit suprising
My mind was just blown. How the hell did that just happen?
He’s been down in the zone with that cut. If he can command his fastball he’ll be alright.
How odd would it be if the unintentional interference was the game’s breaking point?
“Salty has a VITAMIN hitting streak, One-A-Day. Heh. ”
Somebody please sneak into the booth and beat Kay over the head with a 12 inch rubber dildo.
Stick to your midget porn freak!
You mean this?
http://www.recoilmag.com/news/....._1107.html
That aint sexy, that’s just funny.
david cone is on it
Well now that Andy decided to start getting outs (albeit against the bottom of the order), how about we score a few runs?
Steal 2nd Gardy!
Thanks dude
Is it gritty if you never take the bat off your shoulder?
Yes
only if you take it with you first…
great start to this inning lets go captain
joking about paul o’neill’s eating habits never gets old
What a grinder
josh beckett, jeff niemann, and jered weaver all no hitters through between 3-5 IP. Hopefully all of them are jinxed
Weaver already contributed to a no-hit loss, last year.
And here comes everybody’s favorite play, the Jeter bunt
Braves release future Hall lock Glavine
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....ck-Glavine
found that out a couple hours ago.. seems pretty unnecessary and harsh
The word was they did it to free up some money for an OF’er. Obviously now we know what outfielder.
yea but mclouth isn’t makin much at all, is he?
nevermind, just read he got a 15 mil extension a while ago
I think Glavine’s the most overrated of the 300+ game winners (that’s totally w/o looking at a list and I’m sure tehre’s someone else on there I’m overlooking w/that title).
Yeah, his peripherals are horseshit, but the man has gotten outs for years.
Yeah, he didn’t give up a lot of homers, either.
I’m surprised, apparently he was throwing 83-86, which is harder than he’s been throwing the past couple years.
He could certainly help some team.
What a bummer of a move, even if it is budgetary. The Braves’ GM just does not understand PR.
I like Glavine purely because he 4 Silver Slugger awards
all we need here is the prototypical NICK SWISHER coming through in the clutch…
Let’s go, Swish! Stay hot!
It amazes me to think a homerun puts us within one
Josh Beckett is pitching a no-hittah.
Just thought I’d throw that out there.
Me = beaten by Charlie.
Me = fail.
Hopefully, his will wind up like Coney’s perfecto did.
It was pretty much the last great game he ever pitched.
Come on, it’s 4-1 in the 3rd inning, and Kay and O’Neill can’t be bothered to discuss it?
what % of swisher at-bats go to a full count?
That was his 45th of the year so that’s 45 in 205 PAs, so about 22%.
that was his 45th full count or walk?
45th full count. It was his 36th walk in 205 PAs.
thanks!
105.
Beckett has a no-no through five. Son of a bitch….
I love my shitbox wireless router….obviously I missed Charlie and UWS….
It’s not fair, he has the greatest catcher EVA!1!1111!!!!11!
NICK )(@#*$_@(#*$_@#$* SWISHER!!!
Swisher once worked a walk without even having a bat in his hands
Want to take a guess Paul?
Uh.. what was the question? i wasnt listening to you dumbass
DOUBLE STEAL!!!
Ben Zobrist 2 GS this year? Would have never guessed that one…
A-rod better come through here..
Intentional Walk.
Base hit Arod…
Man. C’mon Al. Get one in.
How in the name of God did he miss that pitch?
3-1 fuckin changeup…..and he’s miles ahead. ugh!
92mph changeup? Looked like a fastball right down broadway.
Man, ARod is fucking slow.
They are booing A-Rod? What bandwagoners.
Yeah I’d kick them off my bangwagon, morons.
That was deflating.
It won’t be the last time we have a shot. If AP gives up a run this inning that will be deflating.
Is 3 walks to load the bases really a “rally”?
Only if your team name rhymes with “oston ed ox”
He’s hit a DP ball every time with the bases loaded this series.
Except when they didn’t get the double play…
Yeah he’s hit a DP ball… as in could have been turned is what I meant. Actually I think the 1st time in the series it was 1st and 3rd….
But I think that’s 3 DP balls in 3 chances with the bases loaded this series.
3-1 with a guy fighting the zone, why are you swinging. FUCK!
I’m working in a recording studio watching the game on MLB TV, and had to scrape our last take cause you can hear “Fuck you AROD” in the background.
damn…that was ball 4 too
Who didnt see that one coming?
you mean besides Arod?
damn
Deflating
ARE YOU Fucking Kidding me???? WHY AROD, why?? GOD fucking DAMNIT? 3-1 bases loaded, you better either jack one or take it and you GIDP?? Some real yucky clutch hitting by the yanks past few games
^ Best case of bandwagoner.
Fans unhappy they have A-Rod instead of Cody Ransom. Here’s a news flash YOU CAN’T HIT A FUCKING HOME RUN EVERY TIME YOU GET A BASES LOADED OPPORTUNITY.
No, but a player as good as A-Rod should show a little more discipline there. The 1st rule of hitting (according to Ted Williams) is get a good pitch to hit. I’m pretty sure that pitch wasn’t a good pitch to hit, especially for 3-1. But obviously you can’t expect A-Rod to go yard, even if he does get a good pitch to hit.
the count was 3-1, he was sitting fastball and got fooled and was ahead of a change up
If you’re fooled, you don’t swing 3-1.
Yeah A-Rod has blown it recently with the bases loaded. We don’t have to be happy about it.
believe me, i hate cody ransom wayy more. you really gotta stop verbally raping people just cause they throw in a couple expletives. arod’s gotta come thru there. and trust me, i’ve been a yanks fan my whole life
Horsesh*t at-bat. 3-1 count, bases loaded, 1 out, and you’re reaching for a pitch? Must’ve looked good to him, I guess, but not on t.v.
3-1 looking fastball and got fooled by change up
This is quite a slow game, no?
yes.. VERY
man, anything but a DP but oh well
Nothing like another leadoff walk!
Andy, this is Texas. They WANT to swing.
Killebrew?
carew?
…Mauer?
tarkenton?
Hmm…anyone in favor of giving Wang Pettite’s starting spot instead of Hughes?
Ask me in a month.
Damn, I thought Robbie had that DP.
Tony Pena and Joe G must be shittin a brick right now with the way they’re running.
Yankee stadium security should remove any fans who boo arod, i mean weve only lost 5 games since hes been back. But what the hell lets boo him.
I WANT TEH YANKEES TO WIN BUT BOOING A-ROD WILL HELP RITE!??!?
Honestly I can understand the boos… he’s had about 3 bases loaded situations over the past 2 days and hasn’t gotten anymore then infield bouncers which have lead to two DP’s and it would have been 3 but Teix made a great slide to break it up. As our four hitter he can’t do that no matter what caliber player he is.
yea but he has how many hrs? including a couple that have tied games since hes been back. So whoever boos him=idiot. We saw what the yankees were without him.
and they forgot that 1st inning 2-out RBI
If I’m Andrus, I’m stealing the next time Jorge throws the ball back out there. He flips it out there so high and slow.
I don’t fully disagree, but Jorge hasn’t been helped by, “steal home on me Andy,” and AJ.
love the delayed steal, second only to the meeting on the mound where the third baseman leaves with the ball…
is it me or has this inning been going on since 8:00pm
Andrew Jones = 2010 Big Papi…
Girardi looked confused, angry, and sad all at once in that shot.
Rick Sutcliffe on ESPN: Varitek intimidated the Yankees. For me, he was the first guy to say those days (of Yankees domination over the Red Sox) are over. It was the fight with A-Rod. If you think about it, the Yankees haven’t been back to the World Series since then.
Yeah……. that’s what it was. Jason Varitek.
UnFUCKINGbelievable.
what a fool…it couldnt have been the implementation of a smarter, more modern front office, could it? Bill James anybody? bueller?
Idk bout youz but i r scared of jason varitek.
But seriously I’m more scared of him than Ortiz this eyar. Varitek has 10 times more HR’s Ortiz does =/
I hate Rick Sutcliffe so much right now.
Wow, thank you David Murphy.
Took a page out of Robbie Cano’s book. “Three walks this inning, yeah, I’m swinging at the first pitch.”
If Andy’s back isn’t hurting him then my name is Narddog.
Love it.
Safe. Sorry, but you have to give it to the runner.
W O W. Great play.
Funny, that was Andrus setting and throwing, whereas Jeter would do the jump throw. Didn’t we just have this convo. yesterday?
how do the rangers have only 4 runs?
how do we only have one?!
5 Ks by Pettitte.
Josh Beckett is throwing a no-hitter in the 7th. Michael Kay needs to mention it ASAP to jinx it.
he won’t unless it’s the Yanks
ur right, i think he actually hates the yankees.
Beckett is the most overrated pitcher in the game today, and it’s not even close.
You know, as frustrated as we are with this game, the Texas fans must be livid with alll the runners they’ve stranded…
this game has pretty much sucked so far, if petitte didn’t allow a million baserunners and arod came through when he needed to today, it might be a much different story.
He hit Swisher in from second earlier, come on man
Haven’t you said that every game?
Where is Axl? I miss that guy.
I agree, we need some irrational random bashing of anybody who doesn’t bat 1.000 or pitch perfect games
nope, not at all. in fact, i’ve never said that before. how can u deny that thats been the unfortunate story of this game???????
95 pitches through 4 for Petitte
Beckett’s no-hitter is as good as done. Kay, Lorenz, and O’Neill are all babbling about it.
i now love curtis granderson
no hitter over
i’m watching the red sox on mlb to avoid sutcliffe. even the tigers announcers love jacobi ellsbury to an irrational degree
Tacoby Bellsbury. i love that.
You mean you don’t love a guy with below average on base and power skills? Psh.
YES Beckett’s no no broken up
Kay says he notices it in the 5th. Yet in Joba’s 3rd inning he mentioned that he was perfect.
And there she goes! Single by Granderson
Beckett just lost the no-hitter in the 7th
Great range by Gardner.
no hitter gone…grandrson
No-hittah no mo’. Praise the Good Mo, or we’d never hear the end of it.
also that V-Tek has caught 1090909098 no-hitters
Wow after that inning, Pettite might go out for number 6
I fucking hate Micheal Kay. He keeps saying over and over again how Bob Lorenze is a jinx. Meanwhile, everytime someone has a no hitter through 3 or 4 he mentions it.
andy got one more in him?
if not, aceves time? can he pitch four tonight?
That SO was not a strike. Wow. Talk about an expanded zone, you fucking joke of an umpire.
Pettite gets squeezed while Feldman gets a wide zone
I think we need a gritty inside-the-parker to ignite this offense
“land of the lost” looks bad. think i’ll go with “the hangover” this weekend
we gotta get em next inning, heart of the lineup(without tex)
Ok, time for the Yankees to wake up.
Swisher has more full counts this year than hits.
Wow, keep swinging at those pitches a foot outside, please, guys.