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The Mason Williams Watch
fun while it lasted
A-Rod should have backed up the throw. Really the only stats he cares for his himself.
Horrible game so far for Jorge. Hopefully he makes up for it…
at least it didn’t hurt
Love me some Melky
Bunting? Really?
why the fuck is he bunting…
Take. The. Bunt. Sign. Off. It’s the fucking fourth inning.
When I see Brett Gardner, I get goose bumps. My arm is like sandpaper… almost… GRITTY.
How about you stand in and try to work a walk against a guy with no control?
Sac bunt in the 4th inning? What the fuck?
EXTREME SMALL BALL
Whatever. I still love Gardner’s speed.
That’s gotta be on Joe though.
Guys this is the immortal vincente padilla we’re facing, it could literally be YEARS before we get another hit.
I wouldn’t let Michael Kay into my house either, Paul.
I don’t care if he was bunting for a hit. Try hitting for a hit. Or taking a walk. We’re down one. It’s the fourth inning. It’s PADILLA!
Top 5 pitchers Alive, Padilla, Padilla, Padilla, Padilla and Padilla. He spits that hot fire!
Too close man!
GIVE ME PADILLA’S LAST FIVE STARTS!!!
Too much……?
Think about it…Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan and Dylan — BEACUSE I SPIT HOT FIRE! I was worried no one would get the reference.
Let’s go Johnny!
over/under 4.5 innings for padilla?
How can someone pitch .5 of an inning?
Yes. You need to get 13.5 outs.
because if its over/under 5 you cant pick 5, you have to pick 4 or 6. over/under 4.5 allows you to pick 4 or 5
or 4.3 or 4.7
Duh. I’m an idiot.
While I knew the A.J. Burnett signing would likely be a bad deal in the long run, I consoled myself with “At least he’ll really help out the 2009 and 2010 teams, should he be able to stay healthy.” He hasn’t been awful, but he’s been frustrating as hell, especially considering how great his stuff is.
If he wins 14-15 games per year and spins a few gems in the playoffs, it will be worth it.
YES!!!!!!
NICE DAMON! Tie.
Love me some JD.
Johnny’s all like “You’re welcome, A.J.”
good pitch. better swing.
Check out that 1st to 3rd baserunning! I’m talkingst to ju Jorge…
2-0
J JJ JJJJ JJJJJJJ JOHNNY!
again
FUCK YOU PADILLA. You fucking lame excuse for a fucking pitcher who needs to grow a pair. I hope A-Rod FUCKS YOU UP.
I never knew this before but Tex has a nice little attitude on him! He’s all “all american” and shit on the surface… but I bet he can get down if he needed to.
you didnt realize that with the carlos gomez play?
Yeah, that was once… but now I’m convinced.
Agreed, I like seeing him fired up.
Don’t blame you, Tex. I’d be pissed, too.
3rd big spot for Alex and 3rd time with bases loaded in 2 days
Hey Al, get a fucking hit for Teix. Please.
Teix : “FUCKIN BULLSHIT”
AROD please make him pay
WOW Tex is so mad, I love it.
Bounce on his head, Tex!
hahahaha
come on alex a big base hit right here.
Has A-Rod been up with the bases loaded every AB this game?
Padilla is a tool, what did Teix ever do?
Play good baseball.
Be more awesome at baseball than Padilla could ever dream to be.
Christ, looks like he took Tex’s constructive criticism literally.
He just walked a guy, hit another … by all means, swing at the first pitch Alex.
Were the benches warned? I didn’t see a signal.
LOL TEIX!!!!!!!
Nice play, Tex!
Love it
Andrus just paid for Padilla’s goof.
SHit, Tex shelly duncan’d the shortstop right there.
Love the takeout slide.
Wow Tex took that shit out on whoever that was at 2nd
Tex is the man. Plain and simple. The man.
Kay was a little late to that party.
That’s a great Fu by Teix. Teix is quickly becoming one of my favorite Yankees.
Alex is taking Ortiz’s 0-12 with RISP and
taking aim at*
?
A-Rod scored a couple runs yesterday.
Come on Robbie, make this schlub pay.
Big Texy! Does Alex owe him a dinner for that RBI?
Great job, Tex. That should be baseball every day.
gameday is back up
Finally, I hate not knowing pitch speeds
Tex is becoming my fav yankee right now.
YES!!!!!
I don’t think Andrus landed hard enough. I want to see Burnett come up and in on somebody.
He will.
I think you’ll get your wish intentional or not. AJs command is shaky tonight.
i want AJ to throw strikes and have a 1-2-3 inning
Oh peace, Padilla.
gotta love how there scoring runs without the HR.
Any thought on the 6 man rotation stuff? I posted it in the other thread just before it got closed. Here it is again:
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....or_ya.html
“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.”
I don’t think it’s an especially good idea. Someone should be bumped to the ‘pen/AAA.
Are we even sure Wang’s ready to go 80+ pitches?
Wang said if he has to start for Andy on Wednesday(?) his limit would be 80
Exactly, and we’re not sure at what point he’d lose strength. If the reason he was so horrible in the beginning of the year is his conditioning was off, I’m hesitant to throw him back into the rotation.
My theory let him build up strength and start him at home against the Nationals, because they’re the nationals.
I would do that, but the problem is his next two turns would be vs the Mets in Citifield and vs the Marlins in Florida.
The Yank dont want to pitch Wang in NL parks again. So we pitch him once and skip him the next two turns? Might as well just leave it as is until July when Interleague is over.
Hughes has had some good starts and not so good starts. I have always thought he should be in AAA refining the Cutter and working on the Change.
I’m not totally opposed to it, but I’d rather do an old school bullpen like Joe P was discussing the other day with Hughes. But I’ve always been intrigued by 6 man rotations and possibly skipping guys over and using them out of the bullpen here and there. Sounds radical, but its what you would do in the playoffs when you trying like heck to win every game.
Believe it or not, the 1939 Yanks had a makeshift SEVEN man rotation. Nobody got more than 28 starts, most had 15-20, and they were arguably the greatest team in the history of Baseball. Biggest run differential ever, by a lot.
+411 and the only team over 400. To put that in some context, the 27 Yanks were + 376, the 1998 Yanks were +309 and the 1975 Reds were +254 .
http://www.baseball-reference......39+yankees
While something like that is intriguing, I doubt you’d be able to sell that, since it’s such an unusual idea.
Especially since today’s starters aren’t necessarily the rubber armed pitchers of years past.
Its pretty simple really. Just use your best arms whenever you can to win a game. Same stuff that goes on in the playoffs with shorter rotations. With a 6 man, you could pitch guys on their throw days without putting undue stress on their arms, since they’re getting extra rest anyway. Or skip their turn and pitch them on their throw days 2-3 times to keep them sharp.
While I love the idea in theory, I’m just skeptical how today’s pitchers would adjust to it, since it seems that their routines are so regimented.
I’m afraid it’d result in lots of DL time, or everyone being exhausted come September.
Of course, if it works, you might end up with the best staff in baseball.
Innovators always have an edge over the guys doing things the old way, in any sport. Its the history of sports in many ways.
Everyone thought LaRussa was nuts when he started the lefty-righty bullpen specialization in the 80s. Then he won a WS and everyone copied him.
However, I should note that as a concept, I love it. It just seems that today’s pitchers are such creatures of habit, that it’d be arm injuries waiting to happen.
If it isn’t though . . . oh boy. It’d afford you such flexibility . . . you could yank starters who are clearly ineffective before they put the game out of reach, since your pen has several other starters in it!
Seriously, right now that slide by Tex is the play of the game.
Eh, Brett had a nice catch that got AJ out of the inning. Of course, with YES not showing the replay, perhaps he took a bad route. We may never know…
Robbie
Unrelated, but how fucking ridiculous was Vince Young’s little rant? If I’m not gonna start trade me?
If I’m Vince Young. I ain’t trying to hold no clipboard.
Don’t get me started. I’m a TTU grad. I hate Texas. Hate.
Most undeserving ROY ever? I’d say so.
Angel Berroa. Next time be more specific.
On a scale from 1-10
If he starts or gets traded? 1
If he stays on the bench? 8
Not surprising for a guy who got like a 7 on the wonderlic
I’ll be honest, I laughed at all of these responses. You guys are the best.
Someone else is getting beaned in this game. 2-0
Yeah, AJ is the wrong person to fuck with.
What would you guys want from the Stadium?
def the facade
Easy. Thurmon Munson’s locker.
+1
My first Yankee memory.
I still can’t believe Damon took the foul poles from OYS. I wonder how much jewelry he had to buy his wife after he announed that.
Haha, IETC.
<Kobe?
Seriously, I’m surprised we’ve “ONLY” scored 5 runs (as of now) in 3.2 innings. We gotten on base 13 baserunners already and still haven’t gotten that big hit with RISP. Yet, we’ve scored 5….awesome
Well, they’re struggling w/RISP again, no? They started the season cold w/RISP, heated up, now they’re coming back down. It’ll rebound again.
yep, they will…and right on cue there
Padilla is a sack of crap. Can’t stand that sort of attitude in a pitcher.
(Although I wonder, why don’t the Sox pick up Daniel Cabrera for the upcoming series, start him one of the games and have him hit Jeter? Ha ha)
Did he pump his fist? Because if he did he is dead in my book. DEAD!
What is the over/under before Ortiz is benched and then DFA’d?
I doubt it will be this year.
In re: Derek Holland . . . /makes Rookie of the Year joke
Which Ranger do you want to see take a fastball between the letters?
kinsler or cruz
I love clutch hitting.
That was a sweet swing by Jorge there.
Jorge = out of the doghouse.
Ok, I missed Tex getting hit. Intentional? Does AJ retaliate?
GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET FUCKED TEXAS!
seeeee yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
a thrilla!
That, right there, is the best revenge for hitting Tex.
Ay Padilla. Fuck you bitch.
An A-Bomb! From Matsui!
Anybody else feel an awkward Japanese A-bomb reference?
Oh wow.
BOOM goes the dynamite.
Delicious
Matsui has CRUSHED two pitches today. I like it. To bad he can’t field or run.
Go ahead…hit our first baseman. And you will f’ing PAY.
FUCK YOU TEXAS….Hit our Million dollar boys… bastards.
Guess Hideki sees this kid well. Love it.
Oh god, somebody is definitely getting drilled.
Let sleeping dogs lie. No reason to rile up the Rangers. Just get the W.
110% disagree with you.
Winning >>> revenge.
Yes, because hitting someone with a 9-3 lead = loss.
You’re allowed. And apparently AJ disagrees too.
Don’t mess w/ Texas, I mean Teixeira
I could’ve sworn Kay just said payback is a bitch
Teix loved the blast. Pound them more Melky.
Hey, it’s the Ghost of Melkys Past!
Our team chemistry made this possible!!!
ietc.
Payback is a bitch:
Any Scrubs reference gets a +1
That is just classic
Arod said to Tex “What the hell did you do to this guy?”
Cmon AJ, this game is yours for the taking
Hideki Matsui shot the sheriff. And roundhouse kicked the deputy.
now lets hope aj can keep this lead
YES
hehehehe
Nice AJ.
AJ hit the fuckin guy man.
payback jajjaaa
Putting him on his ass without actually hitting him is pretty sweet.
Congrats to Mr. Jeter for getting run #1500!
Well that worked out well.
That was even better than hitting him.
The best part of that was the nod from the ground, like “Yeah, I knew that shit was coming…thanks for not getting my dome piece”
Ah I’d rather you bury it in his ribcage than throw one over his head. Still good though.
I like the “give him a scare strike him out approach.
I agree. No need to hit him and potentially injure the guy. Putting him on his ass accomplishes the same thing. Probably makes his heart pound even more.
Eh, you’re probably right. I just prefer my baseball games laced with violence.
Isn’t Cruz the same clown that showed up Aceves after homering in the 9th on last Monday?
indeed.
I thought he was a little too impressed with his HR off AJ too.
I just got in and saw AJ throw in, what happened with Tex?
hit twice already
Padilla hit him with a curve in the first and nailed him in the ass with a heater last inning.
huh, can’t quite see the logic in that.
Great inning for AJ.
That’s the second time this year AJ Burnett threw up an in on a guy, then struck him out in the same at-bat after a teammate was hit.
Awesome.
this was something missing from this team the past few years. It’s so good to see a completely different attitude than what was under torre.
You mean the “You new guys have to impress the 4 of us with rings” clubhouse?
yup. I think that had a lot to do with this team not getting along with one another but it didn’t help that certain “new guys” had bad attitudes to begin with.
team chemistry
longoria the other?
lol Longoria sh!t himself when it happened to him. It was hilarious.
i remember he swung like kruk against randy johnson in the all-star game. it was like no one had ever thrown inside to him before
Yup. Swish was buzzed that game too, he then jacked one outta the trop.
You gotta love the self policing of baseball
It works, better than David Stern and his dumb ass rules.
I especially love the “That foul was not a foul” stuff we get two days later.
Burn notice commercial. It’s a really sick show. Ya’ll should give it a try.
It is. Great show!
Y’all
Alabama State Color:
Primer
I watched if a few times and was unimpressed.
When I was a little kid me and my dad watched Mcgyver. Burn notice is like Mcgyver on steroids with better actors.
it is about the cheesy lines and cool things he can make. Plus he has a bad ass chick on his side. Pure entertainment, nothing else.
June 4th, awesome show
well the rangers had to know that was coming and since cruz hit the homerun i wasn’t surprised aj went up and in like that.
If basketball self policed like baseball Lebron James would get one between the numbers next time he faced Orlando.
maybe mo williams will chuck the ball at him
If he does it during a playoff game he’ll probably miss.
http://www.instantrimshot.com
Great range, Cruz.
Is Gardner ALLOWED to hit a ball that far?
He has twice as many HRs as Big Papi
And Jason Varitek has TEN TIMES more than Ortiz. Something about HR’s is off this year. It can’t just be the NYS.
To be fair, that inside-the-park-job isn’t the same. I’m sure Ortiz could hit a pop fly 150 ft to left. Just when/if it’s misplayed, he’d wind up on second.
The sick kid on seinfeld agrees with you.
Man, thought Gardner bought a 1 way ticket on the Rt. Field express
Didn’t Torre dislike retaliation? I didn’t see Girardi flinch at all.
yeah torre wasnt one to believe in the whole retaliation thing as evidenced by the Red Sox continuously getting away with hitting guys like Jeter and A-Rod and bernie, etc.
Girardi said to Teix, “It’s bullshit, we’ll take care of it” when he walked out to first base.
Id say Girardi is probably the most physically intimidating manager in the league right?
Yeah I wouldn’t want to mess with him.
I don’t know, man. I’d be pretty scared of a hungry Charlie Manuel.
IETC
step into his office
It’s Ozzie Guillen for me. He just looks like the kind of guy that carries a shiv around just in case.
cito gaston is terrifying
Ok, if Gardner was able to jack one to the right-center alley, they’d have to move the fences back immediately.
Let this game be a notice to all teams out there: DON’T FUCK WITH THE YANKEES!
What was the answer to the trivia question about Jeter? I missed it.
Wakefield, 31 H.
Thanks.
nice 1 pitch one out.
Can you guys believe the Matsui homer was the only XBH for us all game?…and we have 10 hits!
anyone see what went on w/ Porcello? I know Bay had a knock, but anything else?
kind of blew up in the 6th, single, bunch of walks, reliever came in, HBP let another guy in
No one is ever in that Audi club.
I think you have to pay separately (I think I saw $48 on stubhub) on top of the ticket price.
Eh, 6 runs against this team in this stadium isn’t all that safe. Especially with our bullpen.
ugh wrong spot.
Does AJ come back out for the 7th?
i think burnett get another inning.
Absolutely. 95 pitches through 6? The man’s 32, no need to baby him.
he’s at 95, so maybe
if i was nelson cruz during that at bat i’d have been scared shitless, it can’t be pleasant expecting to be drilled by a 95 mph fastball
Did anyone see John Harper’s latest story? The headline is; “Are Yankees better or is American League sinking to their level?”
WTF?
He is a dumb ass. Yankees are just that much better than last year AND are finally getting steady contributions from their young guys.
And the Sox have been struggling somewhat and the Rays got the injury bug that they avoided last year.
the Yankees arent even playing them though, so its not like we’re beating up on them. Boston just lost 2 out of 3 to Toronto after Toronto lost 9 in a row, imagine if the yankees did that
that’s nothing short of ridiculous. don’t read any of that shithead’s articles, clearly has no clue what he’s talking about
Jeter is two hits away from tying Tim Raines for career hits (2605). Not watching a broadcast; don’t know if it’s been said.
And nothing adds spice to the “Jeter is getting old” debate quite like talking about Pete Rose v. Jeter comps.
yea, and he got his 1500th run today too.
So true. Don’t tell ESPN or Phillips or Gammons that Jeter is still producing, they will want him tested.
Wait, they caught Jeter betting on baseball?
Fuck.
7.71 ERA in 7 innings this year and it’s bout to get worse…really worse
whoops wrong place
Ooohhhh shit that guy just took it right off his dome! You gotta pay attention old man. Stop sipping your martinis down there for a second and look up.
this guy’s face is hilarious
I have good memories of Warner Madrigal. He made his MLB debut against the Yankees last year, and pitched to a 162.00 ERA.
i feel bad for guys like that, not when its against the Yankees though
7.71 ERA in 7 innings this year and it’s bout to get worse…really worse…and as I type this it just did.
he went down and got that one
Christ, Robbie’s a talented hitter. Please walk a couple times sometime soon, though.
when he is on, he handles the bat better than most. Love watching his swing.
He’s due for his June/July rampage too. I love it when he’s on fire.
sending the runner when you’re up 9-3
ballsy club these Yankees.
Jorge! Nicceee
Wooo, Jorge!
12-3 babiiii
Tack on time!1!
I repeat. Hit our first baseman. You f’ing pay.
This stadium is a bandbox.
name a park that ball stays in
Yellowstone
Relax, I was being sarcastic because a big deal will be made of the HR. Just like in the PHilly series, not many parks would have held those HR’s.
Yellowstone.
Next question…
Where does that term come from? I’ve heard it a million times and know what it means, but what’s the origin?
mmmmhmmm gotta love the soft underbelly of the bullpen
Take Burnett out, put in Veras. LOLOL…
eh, wait till we’re up at least 12..
Make them bleed !!!!!!
It’s amazing how good this team is now. If we played the sox right now, we’d sweep them.
they wouldn’t even take the field. They’d be too scared.
DAMN. That was no cheapie.
By the way, I missed the Cruz and Godzilla shots; were either of them “BANDBOX!!!!” homers or were they no-doubters?
ehh they were both legit. They werent crushed but probably out in most parks
Cruz was too left and that was a no doubter. Matsui wasn’t a bandbox homer I think. It was crushed.
Good to hear.
both no doubters
No-doubters.
Bring in Veras to throw at someone. Then hopefully he will get suspended.
that’s actually a pretty good idea, but DFAing him would be better
Nice Austin Jackson piece, for anyone interested.
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....ting-game/
Not to steal your thunder, but here’s the feature story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06.....ref=sports
yea, RAB had a post on that earlier today
Wang tonight?
Yeah maybe 8th and 9th.
Supposedly he might have to pitch in place of pettite so who knows.
Ewwww.
Keep your sex life out of this thread, creepo.
You are so gay.
/ironhorse’d
You get this.
http://www.recoilmag.com/news/....._1107.html
That give’s new meaning to “selling yourself short.”
I don’t even want to know how you came across that.
You mean to tell me you don’t Google “Midget Hookers” in your spare time? I thought everybody does.
HAHA did O’Neil just call him Marky Cabrera?
Unbelievably, that HR was only the 2nd XBH of the day, out of 13 hits.
Swisher is wishing he was in on this parade.
Wait, did Tino/Brosius really outpoll Donnie/Boggs? I know rings count, but Jesus Christ.
it always goes by who was most recent/most popular names
all about the rings baby.
I think Boggs was done in by his Hair Replacement commercials.
gardner’s at-bats looking better and better
The Yanks goal is to score 25 runs for hitting Tex
kris benson????????
jeter’s realized this is too unclutch of a situation for captain clutch to come through in
The answer to that fan poll question should be Gehrig and an inanimate rod.
Nice play, Salty.
On the one hand, Burnett hasn’t pitched up to his great stuff. He’s been inconsistent as hell.
That said, he’s settled down tonight, and I love that he sticks up for his teammates.
+1.
I’ll take 3 in 7 any day.
If I jinxed it I’ma be pissed.
hughes/price match-up friday night should be fun
is it illegal to say that in a way I actually feel bad for Big Papi a little?
yes
alright, lock me up cause i do for some reason
Nah, by all accounts papi is a good guy who happened to beat us like rented mules. Steroids or not its kinda shame to see a guy like that struggling so much.
I still love it though, don’t get me wrong.
+1
Yes. he sold his soul to Manny PED’s. Without them, he doesn’t get to Mo in 2004.
yes
Boo why does Porcello have to turn into a pumpkin facing the redsox.
Because Porcello isn’t going to be that good that soon. The league has a tendency of catching up to guys
Oh I know hes not going to light the world on fire at the age of 20, but I was just hoping he could carry his nice streak into Boston and shut them down for a game.
yeah, he turned into a pumpkin while facing us so no biggie.
It’s the Francesa jinx. First Joba pitches into the 8th for the first time ever while allowing only 2 ERs and now Porcello stinks it up. Baseball Gods know whats right.
a 9-run lead is good for Veras and Tomko
i would get burnett out of there. Hit hard twice in a row, over 100 pitches…
Still throwin 95 and got good movement
Let him get his seven and then let Tomko or some other scrub come in
I wouldn’t mind seeing him hit Cruz right here.
It would make me laugh.
Anyone notice Santana just lost to the Pirates?