Jun
18
Game 66 Spillover Thread
ByDear Offense,
Wake up.
Love,
Mike
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LETS GET EM YANKEES!
Oh fuck, Matsui is up. Here comes the DP.
nevermind, thought it was 1st and 3rd
r u watching the game or no?
lets go YANKEES !!!!!!!!!!
Woo hoo Ron Villone
WOW go back to Japan Matsui
Does anyone feel that typically the offense doesn’t show up for Joba?
You got it meng.
Re: Wolf’s last comment:
This is reasonable:
Joba wasn’t great tonight, but he wasn’t as awful as you’re making it out to be. 11 baserunners in 6 innings is not good, but the fact that only 3 of those 11 scored is pretty good. Joba stayed out of trouble by striking out 6, but he did work himself into that trouble with some stupid walks–the walks to Nieves and Harris are inexcusable, 100% inexcusable. This game could’ve been much worse for Chamberlain, but he was able to limit the damage. That’s a good thing, and the beauty of a strikeout pitcher.
Also re: Wolf’s last comment –
“You clowns do all the name-calling you want… You guys come back with all the childish name-calling you want to…” [emphasis added]
Hypocritical.
hahahahaha pot meet kettle
Agreed 100%. I was harsh on him but the way he kept it to three runs was impressive.
i def agree.
Someone needs to work with him to get that velocity back to 98mph
david price was throwing high 90s the entire start last night.
Has he consistently hit 97-98 at all since his injury in Texas?
THANK YOU! this spillover thread was overdue
HE SAID IT!!!!!
He is proud of his fastball!
I dont want this game to be another case of too little too late like last night
Thaaaaaaaaaat looked like a strike.
You would be a pitcher’s umpire if you called this game. The second pitch was clearly wide off the plate.
The irony? Last night I called a game behind the plate and was real tight on the corners, but I was giving some leeway up and down.
haha, I guess its quite different watching on TV. Because if you called that a strike for me, you’d have to throw me out.
Can’t decide if Matsui grounds out or strikes out and does not score a run. Let’s hope I am ultra wrong.
Let’s go, Hideki!
Let’s get one or two here fellas. Come on!
Dear Matsui: Please dont strike out.
Come on Godzilla.
Fuck I even asked nicely
WTF was Mastui swinging at?????
Nice Melky imitation, Matsui
Until last night, the GNats hadn’t won a road game since May 13th.
Great AB Hideki. worthless fuck.
can we sell him to japan like we did with todd linden?
That would start an international crisis. They don’t want him back.
Bad pitch to chase, Hideki.
Hate to get racist, but it it looked like he was catching flies with chopstick there.
This made me laugh.
god matsui always looks so terrible on off speed pitches. He seems shocked every time, and he always whiffs. Hey fucktard, PITCHERS DON’T ONLY THROW FASTBALLS. Not like he can hit a fastball, either.
Um, the pitch he struck out on was a fastball…
The Yankees have the tying run at bat.
Great Jorge.
I am calling a ground out to second. Yankees strand runners again.
nah, i say strikeout swinging
Cmon JoPo
Goddamnit!
damnit hideki
damnit hideki
Matsui is done. We have to face some facts here. He turns on a bad pitch once a week. That’s it. He doesn’t bring anything to the table in the field or on the bases. Hes Berroa with power.
yes matsui sucks, but don’t dare compare him to berroa. No human deserves that.
that is funny.
Well Matsui has the knees of a 60 year old man, so they have that in common at least.
WOCKA WOCKA!
(shoots self in head)
Is that you, Pete?
He has Pena’s power, Posada’s speed, and Damon’s arm. DFA him and sign Barry Bonds. Trade Veras for Jason Bay.
come on jorge!
Someone needs to extend the HR streak in this park.
Typical that all the Matsui critics come out after he whiffs. Where were you clowns when he blasted that homer against the Mets a couple of games ago?
Cheering of course. What do you think, it’s the lowest form of Yankee fans.
HIP HIP, JORGE! HIP HIP, JORGE!
‘He kept it to three runs’…….
Okay, fine….. runs that were his fault and his alone. But again, excuse away, guys, excuse away….
no excuses needed…he pitched a quality game, which is more than enough. This is the offense’s fault
Honestly, it wasn’t a quality game. 11 runners in 6 innings isn’t quality. He limited the damage with the strikeouts, but I’ll call this a decent start.
1) The reply button is your friend.
2) What excuse was I giving? I said the walks to Nieves and Harris were inexcusable because, well, they were. 11 runners in 6 innings? No good. 6 strikeouts in 6 innings? Real good.
Holy shit I think today makes us worse than LoHud. It’s saddening really. YEAH LETS DFA TEH WHOLE TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I R SMARTERS THAN CASHMAN AND TEH GIRARDI!!!!1111111 WE R NOT TEH RITTY LIEK TEH RED SOX!!111111
That is not English. I though you said you were leaving before. How can you not criticize the way the yanks have been playing lately?
I left to eat. And yeah it’s mocking everyone complaining. Sure be mad but I don’t want to see a thousands comments like for everything. If you want to do that do it is one huge comment after the game explaining every fuck up the Yankees did.
What do you expect, the Nationals are making the Yankees their bitches
I agree. Usually it’s like a 3 or 4:1 ratio of Lohudish comments to RABish comments. Today, it’s 1:1. So annoying…
The incessant bitching and moaning about dumb comments is almost as irritating as the dumb comments themselves. Just respond to the stuff you don’t like when it happens and leave it at that, there’s no need to never f’ng shut up about how dumb some people are.
Amen.
Tell us how you really feel.
Never shutting about people being dumb? Okay. I never said they were stupid. Never is that post did I say these people are stupid or dumb. They’re mad yeah but it’s annoying. How come I don’t get to vent?
Jeter pinch hits for Pena right
can jeter pinch hit? we need him if jorge walks
here comes the captain
Lets Go Jeter!!!!
ok jeter time to jam out with your ham out.
Let’s go, Jeets.
Over/under = groudout, flyout, single?
i say double
little popout 2 shortstop
if the flyout is a push, then i’ll push
Give it a rest.
do you not understand what over/under is? ITS WITH NUMBERS, not words.
THE FILES ARE INSIDE THE COMPUTER
So assign numbers. WTF does it matter, he didn’t produce.
Here are some numbers for you.
Left 12 men on base – 0-4 as a team with RISP.
Wasn’t it great seeing Jeter poping out of the dugout?
Is Jorge unclutch? Was Alex unclutch yesterday? If those two answers aren’t the same…
They are the same. In both cases “unclutch does not exist”. Your welcome.
jeter versus tavares
i’ll take this match-up any day
here comes the captain!
My God how bad is this bullpen that they bring in Ron Villone and follow that up by bringing in Julian Tavarez.
Jeter grounds out in over/under 3 pitches?
I say under.
3:00 AM at the night club gentlemen! Fatties beware!
IETC greatly
Tavarez sucks but he has provided some quality funnies over his career. Remember when he said if he wasn’t playing he would be making pornographic movies?
[suzyn waldman] DEREK JETER IS COMING OUT OF THE DUGOUT! I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM SEEING! OH MY GOD, ITS DEREK JETER!!! [/suzyn waldman]
ietc
Like A-Rod last night, Posada just couldn’t get the run home from 3rd. What a failure that walk was. WE AREN’T PAYING POSADA TO WALK!
This is sarcasm, right?
Absolutely not. What really bothers me is that Posada looked a little too happy with that walk.
It’s got to be satire. No one is THIS stupid.
Now I know it is.
Now you’tre just being an asshole.. hes supposed to swing at balls? Get fuckin real you’re not even that good at being a troll.
Please shut up.
Now I am convinced you are joking.
Agreed but this puts to winning run to the plate
C’mon Jetes. Tough spot here but we need ya.
feels like the 9th inning
jeter gets the runs in
Um,no.
yea i know, WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING??? THE YANKEES CAN’t SCORE AGAINST THE NATIONALS. They’re the best team in the league and they have the best pitching rotation in the history of the NL East.
what the hell was that?????? tavarez is awesomely crazy
Shouldn’t it be a balk to suddenly change your delivery?
This is terrible
Jeter !!!
I need to rock out with my cock out. I am a Red Sox fan as you can see.
huh?
Did he get any rbi’s? The answer is no.
haha
Fuck you. The Red Sox are also losing. You should suck it there.
Trick pitches.. this is the team we’re losing to
The sad part is, I am not surprised at all they didnt score that inning.
same here
Yawn.
Well that sucked.
is anyone watching the Nationals’ feed on mlb.tv
these two announcers are horriblly opinionated, its like listening to two nine year olds watch their favorite team in the privacy of their own living room.
God DAMNIT! This game fucking sucks. FUCK THIS OFFENSE. FUCK ALL OF THIS SHIT.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK This is miserable.
At least the starter is out of the game.
Aww cmon Jeter
Games Set and a series loss to teh Nationals.
Way to go Yankees.
2 out of 3 from the worst team in major league history. I doubt the Sox lose 1 to them.
Go back to SoSH.
ohh pooter.
that does not express what I am feeling at all right now
Getting shut out to the Nationals.LOL.
This is priceless.
It sure is inspiring watching the worst team in baseball make this potential AL champion look like the 1990 Yankees.
But, hey, we’re just disgruntled fans who don’t realize that not every game counts and the Yankees will flip a switch in August and rip off 20 wins in 25 games. Silly us for wanting a team on the field that actually puts away lesser teams.
How dare we take June games so seriously….
take them seriously but dont say that our season is over already
this is what i waited for all day , to be shut out by the NATIONALS. not to mention their going on the road and the next 3 pitchers they haven’t seen yet so their goes 3 more losses
Well at least you are a realist and know that the Yanks will lose the next 3 games. The Yankees are over rated. I can’t wait till the Red Sox spank them again and again and again over the summer.
Not even ONE FUCKIN RUN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 2ND AND 3RD AND NO OUT!!!!
ATROCIOUS…What is it with RISP and us?
There was one out.
The over under on Coke’s walks. 2.
under, coke has been great. It’s the fuucking offense, not the pitching
Game threads have become such garbage, it’s really a shame.
Why is Kay reading this.
Free tickets for you who couldn’t stay at the game tonight.
everyone needs to calm down. the game is still going, they are down by three, and they had an amazing month. if they didnt drop all those games to the sox, they would have a comfortable demand over first place.
calm down and root FOR your team instead of against them!
that will piss you off. and under on the walks.
we still got 2 innings right?
I think Arod needs to be moved up to 3 and Tex to 4.. not just for protection, but to get our best hitters Tex and Cano hitting closer to each other..
0-4 with RISP. The whole team has come down with the Cano disease.
OK, time to move on… The Bitch Factor as it always does to good forums has finally come here.
I’m out.
Brett Gardner just broke himself.
Ouch.
Uh oh.. we broke our gardner.
oh no not my little gritster.
I’m thinking he has a concussion
Okay, seriously, if people don’t stop cursing at each other and stop saying the Yankees suck because they’re losing to the Nats, I’m just going to start banning people.
We know they’re losing, we know the Nats have made them their bitches. We get it, now stop being a douche and ruining the quality of our site.
sorry mike
thanks for saying it mike.
Thank you.
Amen!!!!!
I’m just gonna let out another long
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKk for the tragedy that is this game
You’re so cool. I want to be like you when I grow up.
this is officially the worst game ever. hope brett is okay
Oh shit please be ok Gardner.
Gardy looks hurt
I always talk shit about Gardy and the wall. He showed something to me there though. I hope he’s aight.
I hate when guys run into walls. Now i understand Bobby Abreu’s fears.
True
Do you hate when they stop 10 feet short though?
This comment made me feel a bit better.
Thanks.
I’m under the impression that whoever is batting in the bottom of the 9th knows they need a walk-off to get a 9 game win streak going again
thank mo he’s all right. maybe this will bond the team
my god i hope gardner is ok
I didn’t see, but they didn’t sub Leche for Nick did they in RF? Leche was gonna have to lead off anyway, but Grit didn’t need to hurt himself
Leche got this. He’s coming through in the bottom to start the rally.
Luckily we got Berroa on the bench just in case.
off topic but gardner looks like a pornstar i saw in a video once. and i hope he is ok.
they need to win it for gardner, forgot about who the opponent is, let it be the red sox pen or the nationals, lets win it for grit
No one’s rooting against the Yankees, but for fuck’s sake don’t ask people to make excuses for a group of professionals who allow this kind of game to happen two nights in a row. We can love the Yankees without loving them like a four-year-old loves its mommy, i.e. unconditionally and without an ounce of criticism.
We are allowed to demand and to expect more from this group. Losing is fine when you lose playing your best baseball. But right now this team looks leaderless and listless.
Argue with that all you want, but there is a large part of the fan base that agrees.
Definately
It is very frustrating i will admit that. I like to think a month from now we will be looking back on this series as the one that woke the Yankees up and made them realize that they can not just walk in half hearted and win a game. IF they lose this game and i say IF then losing 2 out of 3 to the Natinals hopefully will be a wake up call.
I’m not so sure — they seem like one streaky bunch of sumbitches
Argue with that all you want, but there is a large part of the fan base that agrees.
And unfortunately you are correct.
There’s a fine line between “This team is better than this,” and “DFA everyone who’s not named ‘Mariano Rivera’”.
I’m hoping Gardner recovers quickly. That did not look good.
I was unable to catch Joba on TV — how did he look? Line looks less than stellar, but not quite awful. How was the stuff?
Terrible
At times very good, at times not so good. He had some inexcusable walks (Willie Harris, Wil Nieves) and left some pitches up to Dunn and Zimmerman that they hit hard. Like I said: 11 runners in 6 IP? Not good. 6 Ks to limit the damage? Good.
normal. couple bad pitches here and there, battled, etc…
Less wild than against the Mets, but more hittable
That’s a good assessment.
Stuff was okay. He could’ve came out for the 6th after mowing thru the fifth but you know how that goes… 100 pitches is the limit b4 his arm spontaneously busts.
Here’s to hoping Gardy is okay
Not good if Gardner is out for a few days considering next 9 games in NL parks. Wouldnt want to pre-maturely DL Gardner but they are going to need a 4th OFer since Matsui cant play the field.
BTW, man Gardner really hit his head hard on that play. Hope he is ok.
Actually no need to DL Gardner if not necessary, just DFA Berroa and bring up an OFer. Dunno who, assume maybe Shelley.
Was Corey Patterson ever good?
Some people used to think he was good. Does that count?
ietc
In high school.
Yes.
I mean, sorta.
He had a decent stretch in ’03-’04 with the Cubs.
Dusty Baker loved him.
I’m sure our friends here at RAB will let us know everything we need to about the health of brett gardner
I think we can blame the bandbox on that one. If those walls are further away gardner doesn’t shatter his domepiece.
I think we will win this game. I don’t know why, I just have a feeling.
Looked like Gardner expected that wall to flex a little; after the catch, he looked back and prepared for the wall to absorb his impact. It didn’t.
Best case: big time headache
Worst case: he’s in the clubhouse throwing up because of a concussion.
dude, that’s just a bump on the head to Grit. He’ll be back swiping bases in no time.
Not to be dour, but given the nature of head trauma, a concussion wouldn’t be at all good, but it would be far from the worst case
Theres no way he doesn’t have a concussion that was a ridiculous blow to the head.
Yeah, that was bad. No need to screw around with this, DL him and keep him in NY. They have the extra 40-man spot to play around with when they DFA’d Veras, so call someone up.
Assuming he’s actually concussed, of course.
the mets called to say that gardner should just tough it out
The Mets are actually calling it a hangnail. He’s day to day.
Bullpen looks great … hopefully we can slow the bullpen sucks comments for a while.
and ramp up the offense sucks comments?
it’s just one game…but man this is so frustrating
That was some good Coke.
six outs left. win it for brett!
8th inning guy!!!!!
swisher?
i’m not sure if this game is more maddening or saddening
great, not a reply
So the Phillies lost 5-6 to Boston and Toronto in Philly. Guess we caught them at the wrong time.
no they caught us at a good time.
Man, I wish MLB didn’t make us pay for watching the highlights on Gameday
buy yourself mlb.tv
best purchase i make every year
one thing that is disheartening, I think more so than the lack of runs this game, is the fact that the team as a whole does not click all at once. Bullpen pitching well, offense not scoring runs, etc…
just imagine if we did…
That goes for every team.
Okay top of the order, your teammate just sacrificed himself for you guys. Let’s win one for the Gritter!
As a wise man once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over”.
Wisemen say forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.
I missing burn notice. We better win this shit.
good at-bat by melky
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-438760
let’s let it all come to fruition
phil coke was money
rain delay in Boston…hope that game gets called and Marlins get the dubya
Damn Damon’s AVG is down to .282…didn’t notice
he’s about to move it up…
Yeah it dipped pretty fast.
Come on, let’s get on, Johnny.
Or not. :/
We need a Tex-message right about now
signal lost =(
Ok maybe an A-bomb
Darn you John Sterling homerun calls.
Oh good grief, they have Kip Wells up in the pen? Why are the losing to this team again?
Niice
man this sucks harder than pamela anderson
Alex is due.
to do more of the same.
about to be 3-2
or not
1st pitch outs!
well that was a painful last 3 at bats of the inning.
Seriously A-Rod and Tex? Gotta have better ABs than that…
Yeah, no kidding.
It might be just me, but it seems like the more I read the comments on the games threads night in and night out, I only look for the bad in the Yankees, never the good.
We all need to be more positive.
Yes we do but the source of the anger needs to play to their potential instead of like the Baltimore Orioles.
Well to be positive, our bullpen seems to be coming together with Phil, Phil, and Al picking up innings. Ummmm after that I am at a loss…out offence has been completely shutdown by 2 soft tossers. A-rod is crap, Joba has a whip over 2 and walk in a run….what do you got for positive. OH AND WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE A HOME SERIES AGAINST THE WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL.
Hey the Yankees have no errors tonight. Sweet.
shitt…
i just hope this is not whats going to happen the next 6 games. i think the next 6 pitchers they haven’t seen (unless vazquez pitches for atl).
With the way they are swinging the bats, Josh Johnson should be salivating.
If no one hits a HR this will be the first game that no one has hit a HR at the NYS. I think.
You’d be correct.
so that’s why the offense is not trying to get hits. They want the bandbox shit to end. They though they could score with singles and walks against the Nationals but i guess it just didnt happen.
Correct.
I wish this game had been rained out now
Well at least they’ll make the early flight they all tried so hard to make. Good job guys.
I love Dave Robertson so much.
D-robb has a very interesting fastball, it only clocks in at 92-93 but he seems to blow it by everybody.
Sneaky fast, I suppose.
Maybe because he’s short? Or they’re sitting breaking pitch?
Cano – single
Swisher – walk
Matsui – double down the line
Posada – HR
I wish, but it will never happen.
I love it…please Mo.
Maybe on Xbox or Playstation.
I don’t have either, so I’m gonna say maybe in NYS on 6/18
Hunter Pence for Jose Veras.
Maybe they can throw in Lance Berkman too. We’ll give them Berroa as well to even it out.
yanks came out thinking jobas geting a shutout a bunch of fat cats that wanna go home and spend some money this game is pathetic come on !!!!!!! wake up 4 in the 9th !
Is it me or is Robertson throwing harder this year than last year? I remember last year he was around 90-91 but this year he has been at 93 consistently. I’ve even seen 94.
are you going by the YES gun or gameday?
Gameday.
Will Nieves drawing walks.
Seriously, two night in a row your starting pitchers give up 3 runs and come away with losses both nights. That is just not good.
Gameday is so upset at the Yankees’ performance that it’s refusing to load.
How does one walk Will Nieves?
Papelbon said he’s wouldn’t rule out signing with the Yanks in 2011
?
‘We need to be more positive”…………???
Okay, let’s al piss down each other’s backs and tell ourselves it’s just rain. “Be positive?” This team has brought nothing at all to the table for two straight games against the worst team in baseball, and we’re supposed to look for bright sides.
Is this Girardi’s post-game speech? “Guys….. let’s go, go, go! We’re gonna fight, fight, fight! No matter what anyone says, I love all you guys. No…. I POSITIVELY love all you guys! Now, tomorrow’s another day, and I just know, as sure as the Lord made goody-goody-gum-drops, that we’re a better team than this. Group hug, everybody. AJ, get the pies out of the freezer…..”
That’s the thing. You have no idea what Girardi says to the team, you you come hear complaining about it.
Whatever he says, it does not work.
Wow, that is a poorly composed comment.
Okay, we got it. You’ve been preaching it all night. Give it a rest please. I’m asking nicely.
Yes losses are frustrating BUT you don’t have to make it the end of the world. Criticize the bad play but don’t say dumb stuff (now im not accusing of saying this but others do) like:
-The Yanks don’t try hard enough
-If this was the Red Sox, they would have crushed them
-Fire Girardi/Cashman
-We suck and we’re going to miss the postseason even though its only June 18th
-DFA _____ because they didn’t get a hit
- Joba to the pen
- A-rod/Cano/the rest of the team is unclutch
-and many more asinine things
Go cry about it. You whine like a woman.
Game’s not over yet, but if not for Luis Castillo the Yanks would be staring at their 7th loss in their last 9 games — 4 of them to NL east clubs. It’s the bipolar nature of this club and its component parts — a Jekyll and Hyde offense, starters and bullpen that has me a little concerned
C’mon D-Rob, it’s Wil Nieves at first. Stop throwing over, he’s not going anywhere.
Oh boy. This. Is. Frustrating.
Nieves came in with a .297 OBP but draws 2 walks…go figure
What was the crowd chanting?
Let Berroa play.
I think MICH-AEL KA-AY
Michael Kay?
That would bee JOBA TOOO DA PEN…
Yea, keep Nieves close. Makes more sense.
No Papelbon, no Pedro, never, as in not ever….. It’s hard enough for me to watch Damon in a Yankees uniform after his hand in that 2004 fiasco.
I’d rather lose without signing turncoats.
REPLY BUTTON.
I don’t think there’s any reason to sign Pedro, unless he’s suddenly become PEDRO again.
Papelbon? Boy would that be awful to watch. Hopefully his shoulder explodes before then, rendering the point moot.
Who are you talking about specifically?
When did Nieves morph into Rickey Henderson???
Pitch Out!?!
A PITCH OUT?!?!?!?!?!?
I don’t know how you walk a scrub hitter like Nieves, down 3 runs, in the top of the 9th.
This is why Girardi doesn’t trust him. Would you?
On the bright side, in these tough economic times, the Yankees have at least likely delayed Acta losing his job.
his contract is guaranteed
What happened to the whole needing to be more positive thing?
I hope Gritt Gutner is OK. I’m guessing he just got his bell rung hitting that wall.
Well, maybe they can win one tomorrow.
Maybe Zimmerman’ll have another deuce dropped on him.
WOOO!
Do my eyes deceive me? Did Posada just block a ball in the dirt?
i’m not sure if this game is more maddening or saddening
my god, i dont want to face zimmerman
not saying we can’t come back, but imagine paying $120, sitting in the rain for 5 hours, then watching this game? free tickets aren’t worth it
come on drob, don’t be afraid to throw strikes.. its worked all year for ya
Wow nice D-Rob