Game 55: The Big Thing vs. The Next Big Thing
BySo we’ve got ourselves a nice little pitching matchup today. CC Sabathia takes the hill for the Bombers, and has a 2.08 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP in his last five starts, averaging more than 7.2 IP per start. He’s held opponents to a Nick Punto-esque .501 OPS during that stretch. I guess the central idea, the main theme of this paragraph is that CC has been really, really good of late.
He’ll be opposed by the wunderkind David Price, who in two starts and nine innings this year has struck out 17 batters. The problem is that with high strikeout totals comes high pitch counts, and Price has reached the century mark at, or before the fifth inning in both of his starts. The Yankees lead the AL with a .358 team OBP, so the Rays bullpen could be in for a long day. Of course, with a pitcher like Price it could be the Yankees who are in for a long day.
Here’s the starting nine:
Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Posada, DH
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Melky, CF
Cervelli, C
And on the mound, CC Sabathia.
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So I guess it would be safe to say, CC prefers (demands) to pitch to Cervelli
Or Girardi is giving Matsui a day off against a very tough lefty (who can throw 98!), and wants a catcher who is more likely to slow down the Rays’ running game.
ok, well we’ll see how it all plays out
How will we “see”?
If CC has a good game, you’ll assume that it’s because he “hated” pitching to Posada? Couldn’t have anything to do with CC being a great pitcher? Nah.
CC demanding to throw to Cervelli in a closed-door is more likely than Matsui sitting against a lefty? Come on.
what? Didn’t say anything about him having a good game b/c he was pitching to Cervelli. However, he was pitching to Molina even before Posada went down, so over the course of the season we will “see” as you put it
_You_ are the one who said we’ll “see how it all plays out”.
What is it that you mean? You’re clearly asserting that Posada “hurts the team” by calling a poor game and/or being a poor receiver. As the season progresses, what will you take as evidence against this hypothesis?
I think you’re reading way too much into it. Certainly one can like at catcher’s ERA, but I don’t necessarily see where you are coming from assuming that I’m asserting Posada hurts that team
I think it has more to do with the fact that Jorge can’t catch every day and CC feels comfortable with the kid. Jorge caught every game for CC before he got hurt
that’ll happen when every start between May 8 and May 24 he throws to Cervelli
Yeah, but it hardly means he “demands” Cervelli.
I was just agreeing that they’ve built up a good rapport. But even before Posada got hurt he was pitching to Molina a couple games as well
They really hit it off that first game in Baltimore. CC seems to have the patience for kids and he loves his spunk.
I was hoping you weren’t insuating that Posada can’t call a game. There’s a lot of that going around the internet
i think it is more of giving a day off (or two) against price
perdoname, Matsui getting the start off
Longoria isnt in the line up either
I get to watch Dewayne Statts and Kevin Kennedy. What a special treat! Similar to old sea urchin.
You should feel so lucky! In NH I’m forced to listen on the radio even though I have the MLB Extra Innings!
Every game from 1-7pm is blacked out. Never mind that the Fox game is at 4 and we’re playing now!
Arrogant bastards! Thanks Fox! Thanks MLB for agreeing to fuck over your most loyal fans.
So yeah, I’d give my right nut to be able to watch the game with Statts and Kennedy!
Whereabouts in New Hampshire are you from? I was born in Keene, but I was raised here in Florida.
Rochester.
It’s not too bad up here, if you can deal with all the Sox fans.
My cousin got married in Rochester. Reception was at the Rochester Country Club.
I like Portsmouth alot. I could live there as long as I didn’t have to talk sports with anyone.
I’m just glad Staats doesn’t do the Yankees games anymore. I’d rather watch paint dry
Is there a particular reason why they can’t play 2 today?
Because they said so.
That sucks, because it seems these postponed games are piling up!
Don’t want them to lose more energy in September…
Hopefully they have a nice 10 game lead and can just play September callups when the main guys need rest.
Yup, I miss those days when September was all easy like just another spring training, and we get to check out the prospects.
You won’t have to wait much longer. We’re going to have that September this year. Because we’ll have a nice fat 10 game lead.
Booyah.
Sure, MONEY
DAVID CONE! A sane person! Thank you Mo!
How can you not love this pitching matchup?
Jamal, do you speak fluent Spanish? I only ask because I saw a youtube video of some of the DSL Yankees playing an intrasquad game, and it looked pretty cool. Another one was the team at the complex dancing with each other. Apparently girls are restricted from the camps. At least hopefully. Not that there is anything wrong with it.
With all the injuries the Rays line up is really terrible these days
Hopefully CC can teach Price what it is to be efficient and go deep while not giving up any runs…and that Price isn’t paying attention
History made!
How did CC look?
Easy as pie for him. Throwing well.
good. 1 fly ball to LF. 1 short bloop to LF that Damon ran in for. 1 soft line drive to LF.
Excellent. I was actually lucky enough to just find an online broadcast… good to go for now!
Whats going on everybody..
this should be a fun game
let’s keep winning series
Um, I made a pact with the Baseball Gods that if Price locked down the save in Game 7 of the ALCS, he can dominate the Yankees whenever he wants.
Sorry.
worth it
SO IT’S YOUR FAULT!!!!
Well, he is on my fantasy team, so I’m OK with him dominating for 5 innings before their pen gives up 50 runs.
I made a pact with the Baseball Gods that if they let you off the hook for your pact Price can dominate the Red Sox whenever he likes.
They’re going up there trying to make him work. 15 pitches without a baserunner.
16, sorry.
A lot of people not being able to watch the game?
Why?
Nah, just wondering if it’s worth posting the link that can help them…
As long as the link is not to an unauthorized rebroadcast, go for it.
Looks like someone beat me to it!
We’ll get em!
just looked up yogi berra. the most he struck out in a season was 38. 38!
In 1950 with 151 games played Yogi struck out only 12 times. He was a great contact hitter and an unbelievable clutch hitter
CC lookin’ good so far. Keep mowin’ em down.
Thank Mo CC is a lefty. I don’t like Pena hitting it to right.
Ump’s zone is a bit small.
WOW… 2 of those looked like strikes.
That was supposed to be strike 3 according to gameday.
It was. CC had 2 calls, not exactly questionable, that should have been strikes.
Yeah but good thing it didn’t hurt.
Pitching into a shoebox…
If it goes both ways, Price won’t get past the 5th
hopefully he’s consistent and doesn’t help Price
What does CC have to throw it down the middle to be a strike?
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They will still black it out every Saturday… because of the Fox broadcasts.
Even though I paid $190 for Extra Innings, they black out the Saturday games too. Despite the Yankees game being at 1pm and the Fox game not until 4pm.
Why should I not be allowed to watch when I’m paying $190 to do so? MLB could care less about it’s fans!
I understand you guys are affiliated with the Yes network so you can’t allow these links, but you have to realize how unfair it is to screw fans out of markets like this.
you have to realize how unfair it is to screw fans out of markets like this.
I see… I see, your future! It’s… a cab ride!
Move out of the sticks, fellas.
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Does ustream broadcast all games for free??
nope and that link will stop working after a while. MLB is strict.
Thanks man!
Big DP… Nice work CC.
Hopefully this blue starts calling strikes that are clearly in the zone.
Pitcher’s best friend.
Whew…nice DP
navarro taking pity on the team that drafted him
Navarro sucks really bad rite now.
SEE YA!
A Rodddddd
Let’s fucking boo A-Rod idiots.
booooooooo
A-Rod!
Boo that, bitches.
IETC
See ya A-bomb!
unclutch
The wall <3 A-Rod…
who doesn’t?
You obviously haven’t heard of his unclutchness, or the fans..
I don’t like Arod.
Boo Arod.
You in here for Marijuana?
BOOO THIS MAN!!!!!
What do you thing Arod would do for Boli???
Bob Saget levels?
Too soon?
Have you ever watched “Half Baked” on free TV, censored to meet FCC regulations? It’s hilarious how they chose to clean it up.
Saget: “I used to suck FEET for cocaine. You ever suck FEET for marijuana?”
———-
Kenny: “Anything else?”
Thurgood: “Yeah, lemme get a box of condoms, and… what’s that stuff? Man, we used to eat it all the time back in the day– PUDDING, that’s it.”
Haha….No I haven’t…I’m actually trying to figure out if I’ve ever seen it sober…
Oh dip…
Too bad it doesn’t count because it wasn’t hit after the 7th inning
he said screw you Pete Abe for discussing my lack of HR production as of late
Alex Rodriguez welcomes you to Yankees Stadium, MR Price
That HR was legit BTW, not a cheaoo
*cheapo
Nail Krzyzewski > David Price
well done.
lol at eiland and harkey
Yup, exploiting the bullpen phone.
Really nice to see A-Rod going more right center with that one.
A-Rod just gave a big middle finger wit dat homer.
Fooled on a slider
goin to garza-chamberlain manana; stoked for that matchup
Too bad only one of those guys is a starting pitcher.
/Francesa’d
Speaking of Francesa, the guys’s really ridiculous!
I saw that episode where he was arguing with a caller about the Joba issue, AGAIN, and he totally lost it. Even the yesnetwork people were calling him “crazy”.
YES network people and Mike Francesa and that caller…
All Pansies!
/ironhorse’d
(golf clap)
I wonder if IronHorse has any clue we’ve turned him into a meme of pathetic troglodytic homophobia? I mean, he’s probably lurking on here somewhere, reading our jabs and letting his rage increase…
I like to think he’s in the woods…burning rainbow flags…
Do you really think Ironhorse cares what a bunch of fairies think of him?
Fags…
Get it right…
And good point.
Touché.
(And yes, I just used a french word with a diacritical mark because I’m a big homo-queer.)
Has my right ear piercing been done in vain?
So, if ARod’s swing is right when he is going to right center, that was a very, very good sign
Yep, when his swing is right, he is best hitting it to right-center. He is freakishly strong so a little flip of the bat=HR
nice, price wouldn’t let swisher time the fastball until called strike 3
Thats the drawback of trying to see a lot of pitches. He set him up like a rack of bowling pins.
foxwoods >>>>> muh muh muh my mohegan
Foxwoods = players
Mohegan = tourists
I’m not ashamed to say I miss the Foxwoods song.
the wonder of it all
love one pitch outs
Nice pitch.
CC looks like he’s wearing parachute pants out there.
He is from Oakland, after all.
Wow brah….Kay called for MC Hammer….Everyone to the link.
I know.
He’s stealing my material.
He wasn’t clever enough to work in the Vallejo connection, though.
Me: 1
Michael Kay: 0
I’ll give you that one….
But if Kay uses the line “meme of pathetic troglodytic homophobia” while talking about a stupid fan…
You’re done.
Very nice, CC.
CC with just 31 pitches through 3
but he gave up a hit and walk so…BUST!
ARod smiling as he ran off the field after that play was so bush league.
He has murdered baseball integrity.
Sincerely,
Jayson Stark
He just does not have grit unlike Jonathan Papelbon.
It’s so great to see these guys that have real passion for the game.
But Joba Chamberlain is a hot-dog and mocks the game with his fist pumping.
Joba Chamberlain is a Yankee and therefore only plays for the money.
Half true.
He plays half for the money and the other half is to tarnish the great grand legacy of the game with his unprofessional antics and bush league antics. If Joba Chamberlain had the chance, he’d go dig up Grover Cleveland Alexander’s grave so he could kill him again.
This looks like a complete game shutout for CC, he’s so on
He’d look great pitching the 8th
wait a minute CC SABATHIA IS A STARTING PITCHER!!11!
Do you really have to go and say that?
ATROCIOUS!
Right now Price is on a pace to make it through six immings if he has a 100 pitch count limit. The Yanks have to work the count a little better and get him out in the fourth or fifth
There have been some 6-8 pitch ABs…they need to get on base if they want to drive his pitch count up!
There you go – a walk. That’s working the count and getting on base!
True!
Seems like Price has kinda lost the strike zone. He’s so inefficient.
Nice hustle
LOL, nice, Cap!
Did Kay just call Cone “Dave Blutarsky” ?
Kay: This game’s over.
Cone: OVER!??!? Did you say OVER?!?!?! Nothing is over until WE DECIDE IT IS!!!!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?!??!?!
forget it. he’s on a roll.
Next time Kay screws up we need to drive an RAB-themed float through the broadcast booth
Alright Damon, little basehit here.
Derek Jeter > Dioner Navarro
right
Wow these two are out there about the Texas kid…
The kid stated, “I’m graduating, I’ll never pitch again, just throw me til my arm falls off.”
Is he not getting drafted? Dont know what type of prospect he is
I assume he meant that he doesn’t intend to go pro.
And hell…if TODAY is the culmination of your baseball career, and you know it…why not?
I agree. Even if he is going to get drafted, sorry but his loyalty is to that team and his teammates, not a team that may or may not pick him.
No, that I disagree with.
Loyalty is one thing. It doesn’t mean that you sacrifice your future for your baseball team.
The kid that said that is a different kid than the one they’re talking about. Austin Wood, the kid from Texas, will get drafted, probably 5th-10th round somewhere.
really? BP guy thinks nobody on Texas is getting drafted before 10th and I think I read one of the prospect guys(Callis, Goldstein or KLaw) that said he is a very fringy prospect with good command but lackluster stuff.
He’s a nice senior sign for someone, he’ll get popped before the tenth in a cost saving move, so it could be by one of the teams with multiple first rounders. Of the course an injury could change that.
So…Mike would still be right, having said 5th-10th round. Some team could easily reach for a high-probability low-upside pitcher, even if he is more of a 10th round talent.
Ahhh, so I’m the one way out there. Shit.
BB, steal, to 3rd on the error
we are so good at small ball
The Yankees are such a plodding team. So station-to-station.
why can’t the game be on MLB extra innings?
It’s blacked out in the tri-state area where YES is available. Price you pay for your team to have it’s own network…who says there’s no monopolies in america?
Nice at bat, Damon. Always nice to see a walk after falling behind 0-2.
Make em’ pay, Teix.
All about the second time through the order.
That pitch was low
So Price never really got his changeup together in the minors? Seems like all 4 seamer/slider.
6 FB to melky, 2 FB to cervelli, 4 FB to jeter, 5 FB 1 slider to damon, 4 slider 1FB to tex
so yeah great variety
Mike,
Over at minorleagueball, in the mock draft the Yanks picked up Hobgood. What do you think are the odds of that happening in real life?
It’s possible, he’s a late first round guy on talent, but will probably get drafted a bit earlier.
Damn. Alright, CC. Do what you do.
Tex gets a pass for grounding out with a runners on the corner with two outs, but A-Rod would have gotten booed for not hitting a five run homer.
finally you realize how the world goes
Derek Jeter has failed in the clutch numerous times in his life.
Yeah, I said it.
I’ll take 55 pitches through 3….wearing him down
Not bad – That’ll get Price out after 5 and half innings with a 100 pitch count
Nice snag, Cap’n.
Worst shortstop in baseball
This is something Pena will actually have to learn from Jeter, LOL.
That’s a team leader, letting A-Rod up his fielding stats.
A-rod is doing a lot of smiling today. First he hits his glove after Jeter’s catch and then smiles after he makes that last play. What a phony!
Pena got fooled badly on that 2-1
C.C looks like he is being squeezed by the ump.
He has been. Blue’s zone is fairly small today, but he is calling a small one both ways. I’ve seen some pitches that Price should have got too.
If not squeezed, he’s definitely not getting the close calls
never heard robbie raise his voice before
Man, I remember two years it seemed that whenever BJ Upton and Carlos Pena came up, they either hit a homer or ripped something off the wall.
I once saw Upton make a ball explode.
Nick Swisher once made a ball explode… with his mind.
Mind bullets?
With karate Mike. Karate.
No, no sir, that was Chuck Norris.
NICK SWISHER did it with the power of positive thinking.
That’s telekinesis, kyle!!
Think BJ is still hurt? those numbers are dare I say, Papi-esque?
come on alex
school this youngster
Nice at bat, Tits.
Nickel for every time I’ve said that!
Yea? What if you had a nickel for everytime you said that?
/Family Guy’d
Luke Skywalker: THEY’RE COMING TOO FAST!
Han Solo: …nickel for every time i’ve had that problem JUST KEEP SHOOTIN’ LUKE!
What can I do for you?
http://www.instantrimshot.com
Take the damn bat off your shoulders. Booooooo
Frankly, B.J. Upton’s 2009 line of .218/.314/.325 (67+) is way more surprising than David Ortiz’s .188/.281/.288 (46+).
You know what I love about A-Rod? No body armor, takes his walk and just jogs down to first. You don’t see that much anymore
Nice 7 pitch AB
Meh…he stinks. He shoulda fouled off about 10 more pitches before drawing the walk.
Now THAT is good to see from A-Rod.
A-Rod steals a base? Guess the hip is feelin’ good.
Alex Rodriguez > Dioner Navarro
Well so much for his hip feeling bad
hip hip hooray
A SB for Alex?!
A STOLEN-BASE-BOMB! FOR STOLEN-BASE-ROD!
haha good one
Wow, the 2nd time in one game?
And we thought Posada has a bad arm!
Yeah I think I’d rather have Kevin Cash than Navarro.
Easy, killer.
another nice at-bat
Good Job Cano and A-Rod.
Robbed a hit from Cano. Good thing he bobbled the ball. Nice read from A-Rod though.
Maybe he didn’t bobble. Thought he did.
Boy…I thought A-Rod would have been dead at home.
What’s with the Rays defense today?
Simply terrible!
All the better for us though.
So is that run earned or un earned?
Unearned
Big mistake by Aybar – He would hsve nailed A-Rod at home if he threw there. thank you Jays.
Agreed, he was meat. Must not have had a good grip on the ball
Alex Rodriguez does all the little (and big) things you need to win a ballgame.
Sincerely,
The Bizarro Mainstream Media
So where is Charlie booing A-Rod that he didn’t hit 2 HR’s in a row?
77 pitches through four. To date, that’s actually efficient for Price, right?
Yes – it is
Fcuk me… Hanging slider.
Well, he sure hung that one
That’s what SHE said!
zobrist can play
Unfortunately for us, Ben Zobrist is currently hotter than Roger Clemens’ balls.
Yup, but Michael Kay should stop with the “Super utility player”. L.A.M.E!
True.
There’s only one player in baseball who gets the “super” in front of his title:
SuperCaptain Jason Andrew Varitek.
LOL!
Thank God for that A-Rod generated run!
Angel Berroa OPS+ -29
Ewww
…how can that be negative?!
Because it’s an intensity stat, not a counting one.
OPS+ has no upper or lower limit.
Awful awful D by Damon
That was unbelievably ugly
Wow, what a fuckup.
little league
Wow that was bad
wowwww that was sloppy.
Fuckin bad news bears. Wtf is this shit.
Holy crap.
What’s the over/under on horrible throws made by both teams today? 5.5? I may take the over.
Great call, I’ll take the over, too.
Might be the furthest I’ve ever seen Damon throw a ball.
That’s how you look on the bright side, buddy!
That’s right.
Way to turn a routine single into a triple, boys!
Strike out the side, big guy!
1-2 HR and then sloppy D…damn
So much for what I just said…
NO. I said strike out the side.
Good thing we’re setting up Price to make an early exit
It’s alright. Melky’s got this.
Hey, you called it!
Yes, Melky got this.
What happened? Gameday wasn’t specific enough.
Single down the line that hit off of third an bounce over A-Rod, Damon air mailed it over second then Swisher slid to pick it up and missed. Just plain ugly
Yeah, but Swish wasn’t going to get him at 3rd anyway. That was all on Damon. Maybe it slipped, I dunno, but he just airmailed that.
Off the third base bag, off the side wall to damon. Air mail second. All the way to the other side wall.
Emotion on the mound? Bushleague. He’s got to grow up.
/Francessa’d
lets get price out and start romping
I’d be ok if we just started romping on Price
as long as romping takes place, i’m good either way
How was that 2nd run an ER?
It wasn’t
Man I thought the same thing, even to the point I went a reread the rule…cause until a moment ago ESPN had it earned…
How is CC’s run earned? That was a two-base error.
Unearned. It just changed on Gameday.
ah, that makes way more sense.
So much for that Errorless streak. We’ve had like 5 errors since.
I told you my boy got this.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-417680
I think that’s the first time they’ve swung at the first pitch. Cervelli bunt?
Wasn’t Al’s hr first pitch?
Yes – It was
Who said that Melky was done?
Aite Melky!
I like it
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-417680
caliente leche
2009 Melky Cabrera is seriously a changed friggin man.
It must be the #53.
Does Melky always run like a gremlin, or does he have a hitch in his giddyup?
Mary Cary will do that to ya.
lol, that’s how he does it. No hitch.
Love it, even on the bunt he had to throw three pitches
THat’s what every player should be able to do. Nice bunt.
Certainly every bench player.
It’s a fundamental skill. Every player should be able to sucessfully bunt after spring training.
I’m fine with ARod and Tex never learning how to bunt, because there’s never a situation I can see where either of them bunting is a good idea.
Suicide squeeze
With two strikes. THEY’LL NEVER SEE IT COMING!!!
Certainly more ballsy than the steal of home
LOL you can’t do our snap throw.
Wow, bad day for the rays defense
Rough day for Navarro
Oh no Melky! not the face!!!!
So dick… lol Cano there laughin
Navarro, thank you.
Way to take one for the team Melky!
Um…good??
And of course.. my boy Jeter only strikes out after the run scores….. Jeter wouldn’t have done that if Melky was still at 3rd.
I assume that’s another unearned run on the day?
You know I hate to see innings end but I love knowing that we get Tex, A-Rod and Posada up next inning
Price probably comes out for another one, right?
Yeah
It looks that way – 92 pitches through 5 innings
How is it possible for OPS+ to be negative? (I’m asking because Berroa’s is -29)
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-417697
oh ok…missed that comment before
Technically, they do have upper and lower limits, but they’re so high (and low) that they’re irrelevant.
I mean, if everybody in the league hit homers on every plate appearance and you made outs on every plate appearance, you’d have a .000 OPS and the league baseline would be 5.000, so technically, the lowest possible OPS+ would be -5000.
Don’t like that walk. Come on CC.
So, 3-2 ballgame, and each pitcher only has 1 ER?
I have both pitchers on my fantasy teams, heh.
I forgot to knock on wood
Cmon CC settle down
Wow… Awesome.
Didn’t see that one coming
What the?! That got out of hand in a hurry…
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkk
FUCK
guessed change up
Wow.
unFUCKINGbelievable….. CC was off for the last inning too…. get out of this fucking inning and hold them there….
Baseball is a cruel bitch of a game.
You ain’t lyin’
ouch
Price is at 92 pitches, he won’t be in here much longer.
Now lets hope those soft tossing arms in the rays bullpen don’t demolish us
C’mon Carsten Charles.
unlike the last few years, i still feel confident we’re gonna win this game
Never more true.
choate is not the closer Kay, just because he’s had a few saves does not make him a closer
While Percival and Isringhausen are MIA, Joe Maddon has been using Choate as his closer.
It’s sad but it’s true.
Agreed – his saves are of the get 1 lefty out variety.
that was a BS HBP
Eh, it worked out fine
Cervelli leading off then the top of the order. We’ve got to be due for a big inning soon.
Actually, Tex is leading off.
ohh my bad, I looked at AB’s, forgot about the sac.
Come on offense. Get this one back.
Get into the Drays pen, have CC get through 7.
Yankees win this game.
7? he’s got 8 or 9.
lets get price out of this game boys, and not because of pitch count
lets mash!
cmon offense
Alright…this game is so not over…and I want to see someone get hit with a pie.
So even though there hasn’t been anything close to a cheap homerun in this game, how much you want to bet Sportcenter brings up TEH BANDBOX!!!
81 pitches through 6 but CC has struggled, depending on how the 7th goes, how far do you let him go?
FAR.
I don’t trust the pen
the 7th will go fine and he’ll be out for the 8th.
Tex and Arod must get on base here
2-0 count, fastball down the middle, gotta hit those.
yea they do
Way to get on base, Tits. Gotta make him pay here.
lets go posada
come on jorge!
damnit JoPo
Price is at 102 pitches – Let’s knock him out!
There he goes
hopefully cano doesn’t take a meatball down the middle
I smell a Swishahouse in our future.
Take him out Hickey!
or Maddon, watevs.
hmmm that strike 1 to Cano seemed kinda like a ball but oh well, Cano still walks
sweet, taking out price
swisher looked like crap against price
Swish has gotta drive in a run here.
Yeah, bring in the righty so Swisher can pull one over the short porch
lets go SWISH!
Time to get a base knock here Swisher!
C’mon Yanks – Mash that bull pen!!
sorry, david. you’re not getting a w today