Game 73: Citi, the other New York park
ByThe Yanks make their first and only trip to Citi Field this weekend. Hopefully the Yanks will be as well-represented at Citi as the Mets were at The Stadium.
CC Sabathia left his previous start after 1.1 innings with biceps tendonitis, but after working out this week was deemed fit to pitch. That’s a relief for the Yanks, who want nothing more than to add a third game to their two-game rush. CC has given the Yanks the best chance to win all year, and tonight is made all the better because they’re facing the best of what the Mets will throw in Mike Pelfrey.
After tossing 200 innings to a 3.72 ERA last season, Pelfrey has been a bit of a disappointment this year, adding a full run to his ERA over his first 76 innings. Looking at his peripherals, it’s pretty obvious why. His strikeouts are down and his walks are up, leaving his K/BB ratio at a paltry 1.26:1. The saving grace is that he’s continued allowing home runs at a very slow pace, which is in large part why his FIP is 4.38.
The Rays hit Pelfrey well in his last outing, smacking eight base hits for four runs over five innings. He fared a bit better in his previous start at Camden Yards, where he held the Orioles to two runs over 5.2 innings. He also started against the Red Sox back in May, and that was perhaps his best outing of the year, a seven-inning, two-run affair in which he struck out six and walked just one.
As you might have heard, the Mets lineup at this point is nothing to write home about. They’re missing a number of key players, including Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, and Jose Reyes. When you go from those guys to Nick Evans, Jeremy Reed, and Alex Cora, you know you’re going to be in a bit of trouble.
On a final note before the lineups, CC Sabathia mentioned his 120-pitch outings from this year as a possible cause of his biceps tendonitis. I’d expect Girardi to pull him somewhere around 110 maximum. The bullpen picked up 5.1 innings for Andy Pettitte last night, so it might seem a bit taxed. That might not be the case, though, as the Yanks have a fresh Brian Bruney and Phil Hughes ready to take the bridge to Mo, who for his part tossed only six pitches in his one-out save.
Lineup:
Gardner, CF
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Melky, RF
Cervelli, C
Pena, SS
Sabathia, SP
Jeter’s out with an illness. There’s basically four, maybe five pitchers in the lineup tonight. Woo hoo.
Cervelli catching again???? Especially w/o Jeter and Swisher in the lineup, how the hell do you also sit Posada for basically no reason????
This is sarcasm, right?
Honestly, is there ever a freaking comment that isnt praising the Yankees that you dont take issues with????
Im sorry it makes no sense to sit Posada for the 2nd time in 3 days when you know Jeter cant play and you are also sitting Swisher. Im not saying they are screwed and are bound to lose, hell they could score 10 runs tonight with that lineup, but Im sorry sitting Posada makes no sense when you already are committed to having to sit Jeter and also plan to give Swisher a day off.
Shit its not freaking illegal or being an asshole/stupid fan for 1st guessing a move made by Girardi once in awhile.
If you don’t think TSJC second-guesses Girardi, you have selective memory.
Thank you.
There’s plenty of Girardi decisions that warrant second guessing.
Giving players rest isn’t one of them. Not giving them enough rest may be a valid topic of discussion. But giving regulars a day off, even multiple regulars at a time, is not a valid criticism of Girardi. This crap tires me more than about anything else.
Players need days off. Managers give them days off. It’s fine. End of story.
Exactly. Believe it or not, its June. Not the 7th game of the World Series. Fans want to win every game, but a manager has to think at least a few days in advance.
That’s why Mo, Bruney and Hughes don’t pitch every day despite the fact that some people want them to.
He just caught a four hour game in 90-something degree heat. And he caught the day before. I have no issue with it.
He didn’t catch on 6/24, at least not according to b-ref. That was the day Joe got tossed and Cervelli hit the HR right after.
I wonder if Jeter and Jorge put THEMSELVES under the weather…
Right, Posada didnt catch on Wed. Again Im not trying to make that big a deal about it but when you do give players days off, which he certainly should do, dont do it on days when basically 3 regulars are getting days off and you are in an NL stadium.
Like I said hell they could score 10 runs tonight and I will be thrilled but you cant say this lineup makes much sense.
No. You can’t say that this lineup is optimal.
It does make sense, though.
i love lamp.
60% of the time, this lineup works every time.
Thank you.
Here’s the list of big league managers who never have multiple regulars resting on the same day several times a season:
(none)
[end of list]
Honestly, is there ever a freaking comment that isnt praising the Yankees that you dont take issues with????
Ding ding ding ding!!!! We have a winner! Where were you yesterday when I needed you, BigAl?
Sorry I was more into the NBA draft last night.
Although Im cool with TSJC so I was kinda being a bit sarcastic, although there are other people who do sometime annoy me with their constant criticism of anybody who dare take issues with or criticize something anybody on the Yankees do.
Of course I do understand and get annoyed with the people who overdo their whining and bitching as well and their declarations that this team sucks and stuff. I try to be right in the middle where I do criticize but dont try to overdo it because I do believe this team is very good and I just get frustrated when I feel they are underachieving and making questionable moves/decisions.
In the end though like most people here I just want them to win and will be watching and rooting for them every game as I always do good or bad.
Me too–meaning I like most people here, and I’m cool with TSJC most of the time.
No reason? Catchers can’t play everyday and CC works well with Cervelli. It’s not like he’s not going to pinch hit in the late innings.
Wow. I’ll tell ya…CC _better_ be healthy. He’s not going to get a lot of runs, unless Tex and ARod drive Damon in a couple times each.
That said…I’d be pretty stoked to see CC crank a booming double to the wall to score Cervelli or something like that
Even if he’s not healthy, look at the Mets lineup.
Jeter’s out with an illness.
It’s name was Shelley, Tanisha, Monica, and Rosa.
Dont forget Jordana, Jessia, Laura and Mariah.
Nah. He’s 35. Too old for nine-somes any more.
Four chicks at a time is his new limit. It’s sad, but what are you gonna do?
Take PEDs?
You’re N-E-V-E-R too old for ninesomes.
That’s why God gave us Viagra.
And Carlos. Wait, what?
LMFAO
(golf clap)
Giggity.
Will there be a delay? whats the deal,I live in great neck LI and it is raining… HARD
No official word, but the tarp is still on the field, so yearh, there will be a delay.
Nice. I might be able to see the movie star that’s coming to work today and STILL watch the game!
It’s some woman who has both spoken at Comic-con and been in a billion-dollar-grossing film. Supposedly, she’ll be around at 4:30…
Demi Delia?
I dunno. I’ll apparently find out in a couple minutes. I have a *ahem* special friend who works in the security office, and she informs me that if I’m in the right place at the right time I should get to see our special visitor without having to go to the long and boring company meeting this afternoon.
It’s Natalie portman. Real short.
Niice, long island’s own.
Man this lineup sucks
No, it’s WAY better, see, because it’s SO much less reliant on home runs. They’ll be able to bunt and sacrifice their way to one, maybe two runs! It’s so much better than scoring 5 runs on two walks, a three-run jack and a pair of RBI doubles.
They’re in a NL park, therefore they have to play NL ball. Look it up, it’s in the rulebook.
haha i feeel like i am looking at the astros lineup
All Brad Ausmus, all the time.
i’m glad you got that joke
i remember watching the astros last year and they had 2 pitchers batting every night (ausmus, [insert starter's name here])
He went to my alma mater. He’s the last alum we had make the bigs.
Is your alma mater the University of Northern Iowa? The school that just mercy-killed their baseball program? That’s my guess.
glad to hear you went to dartmouth, my uncle went there too!
Mercy-killed? UNI didn’t have the funding to keep the program around. I wouldm’t call that a mercy kill.
Dont criticize this lineup!!!!
Hyperbole and multiple punctuation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah I only added 4 exclamation points it wasnt that bad.
Fair enough.
So nice of the rain to wait for us to get back to NY.
Wait? In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been raining in New York for about three weeks straight now.
But it didnt follow us on the road and rain us out.
I’d still take this line up than have to deal with the issues the Mets have.
Jeter has the flu, not a broken ankle.
“flu-like symptoms”?
Hangover? Maybe Jorge has the same. Jeter WAS his best man, after all.
Actually, its a little of both. He has dance fever.
Listening to Michael Jackson all night.
Anybody see transformers? I’m goin tonight is it worth it?
I understand that it was too long, but Megan Fox is still hot, so it’s kinda a wash.
Saw it today, kind of long but it was still great. If you liked the first one then you’ll like this one. And how dare you call Megan Fox hot. Megan fox is insanely super awesomely hot, not just hot.
If you liked the first one then you’ll like this one.
So, you’re saying I should bring a razor blade and a cyanide capsule?
Tommie u wouldn’t know a good movie if one wrapped your face in cellophane and defecated on it.
And if anybody knows about having their face covered in cellophane and feces… it’s pat.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, BURN!!!!
I prefer to have my ladies sit on a glass coffee table while i lie below it stallone style. It’s much more sanitary that way.
Now I know you dislike the first one and I think I know why. You like many people suffered a tragic emotional blow that a guy like Shia LaBeouf was able to make out with the goddess Megan Fox. The fact of seeing her with another guy made it hard to watch the movie for some people. I know you’re pain but I as able to like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXCK1EyP4s
Hah yeah i’m not expecting much it’s been a long week and I just wanna see some shit get blown up.
Go read the Rotten Tomatoes page on Transformers. Some very funny reviews. Even Roger Ebert got in on the bashing.
It was long but it wasn’t bad even without Fox so overall is was very good.
terrible movie
like charles barkley turrble
Im going to do what I did for the first TF flick, wait for it on DVD, and fast forward thru any scene where humans open their mouthes.
That sounds like a good plan. After watching the first one, my first comment was “That movie would have been awesome if it was only 10 minutes long.”
Funny, with the movies I watch, I usually fast forward to scenes where humans open their mouths.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-451553
Eh, not into, how can I say this in a PC way… ginormous knockers.
Somewhere in the visitors clubhouse, Alex Rodriguez sheds a single tear.
Per my tweets:
Is it safe to say the Nady-Marte deal was a bust now that Nady may be out for the season?
A bust would imply that the players we gave up were any good.
Tabata and McCutchen are top prospects.
That’s more of an indictment of the Pirates than it is praise of Tabata and McCutchen.
Oh, and you probably mean Ohlendorf, not McCutchen. If McCutchen is NOT a “prospect”, top or otherwise.
Tabata was.
He also has been hurt and bad since the trade.
Tabata is only 20 years old!
So your saying it’s too early to see? Same with Marte, he can come back and be our most productive bullpen arm. Give it time.
Whatever.. Maybe I just hate Cashman…
That.
Yeah, he’s done absolutely nothing above A-ball, except bitch and moan and get hurt.
Yeah… I miss him too.
If by top you mean not top then yes they are top prospects.
Tabata could still come back to hurt us, but he’s not exactly lighting up the minors at the moment. McCutchen is 26 (!) and is pitching well in AAA, but not exceptionally well. Karstens and Ohlendorf are dreck, in my opinion.
McCutchen’s a top prospect? He’ll be 27 in 2 months and has yet to throw a pitch in the bigs.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....erId=29445
Well, no, because it fit our needs at the time.
But it hasn’t worked out that well for either team, really.
It’s not fair to judge a trade like that. At the time of the trade it made perfect sense. The yankees were on a push to make the playoffs and Nady and Marte made us a better team and gave us a better chance to reach the playoffs.
Will they play the game?
This is a very good defensive lineup…maybe our best…we’ll be ok tonight!
In a big ballpark that doesn’t yield many HR’s. Nothing wrong with it.
any idea when will 1st pitch be?
Posada and Swisha shouldn’t have been sitting on the same day to start with, but now that Jeta is out he should at least put one back in.
No.
If you say so…
(holy crap, that WORKED!)
Pena and CC are the RBI men tonight!
No, all managers give 3 regulars days off at the same time. Well Jeter is understandable because he is sick so its only 2 regulars and Swisher sitting is not that bad but I agree with you as I mentioned above no reason for Posada to be sitting today but whatever Im done with this rant, I just want the game to start.
[extends handshake of peacemaking]
Of course I extend right back.
Bunch a damn pansies
/ironhorse’d
The thing that makes this even funnier is that The Iron Horse is back and commenting again.
Tamed, but back.
really? when did he return?
I saw a post from him earlier today. Hold on, I’ll find it.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-451248
hmmm interesting…can we still make ironhorse jokes while he’s around?
meme’s have lives of their own. We can not control the urge to use them when necessary.
what a bunch of homo-pansies in the positive posse
/ironhorse’s
SNY is playing the 7/10/99 Yankees/Mets Game.
Jeter hits cleanup but I presume the Mets won that game.
I just heard on WCBS that Nady is officially done for the year…is that news or am I just late?
Pete Abe reported it a lil while ago. It wasn’t “official” until then I guess.
is that news or am I just late?
Both.
This is just Girardi’s scheme to put the best defensive lineup out there in the grand canyon that is Citi Field.
This is probably the best defense the Yankees can field, although the way Damon’s played recently, I might take Swisher over him.
I’ve been trapped on an airplane on the runway for the past 2hrs 30min…..my laptop only has 30min of battery life…so where do I go to pass the time…RAB..
We’re honored.
I’m pretty well fucked….not getting out of Hartford tonight.
Go get drunk and pick up some high school girls.
and then he’ll go to jail and never get out of Hartford…which is hell.
Ran out of porn, huh?
Get stuck on a runway in Alabama for 5 hours on your way back from California and then I’ll feel bad for you
I feel bad for you already for going to Alabama.
Trust me, wasnt planned. Had to switch over in Atlanta, bad storm hits, circle around until we went low on fuel and landed in Alabama, waited hours for the correct fuel truck to arrive. Then get to Atlanta at 2am and your connection is already gone and the next one isnt taking off til 9am.
Alabama isn’t that bad…if you don’t mind the heat…humidity…bugs…heat…constant criticism and judgement…heat…requirement fir every flight to go thru Atlanta…heat…
It sucks that Nady is out, he would have provided awesome depth with his prodigious power (read that in a scouting report)
Yeah without Nady our team is terrible! Now we have Swisher! Look at his average!! .240!!!!! That and his more K’s than hits thing makes him a bad player! Forget UZR, OBP, or OPS. Swisher is sooooo bad!
Oh that was not a mock to you but the people who actually think that way.
Yeah I was looking forward to Nady coming back but I’m not jumping off any of the many bridges I would have to choose from.
Yeah I mean I think Nady is a good player as well. Having him on the team could help a lot. Unfortunately he can me out for the whole season. But the amount of people thinking Nady being a tremendous boost over Swisher is unbelievable.
Shit, I just missed Lou Piniella’s post-game press conference on ESPN talking about his incident with Milton Bradley. Anyone know exactly what happened??
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/0.....ith-lou-p/
He said something to the effect of, Milton has done things like this (helmet throwing and what not) numerous times this season and I looked the other way, this time, I’m done. I told him to get changed and go home. Hopefully I can put him in the lineup tomorrow and it won’t happen again.
Not only are the umps out to get Milton, now his own manager is out to get him too
Bradley for Nady?
We’re just giving the Mets a chance by playing a comparable lineup. afterall. CC would be like the 3rd best hitter on their lineup.
IETC.. lol CC is a good hitter. should be cool seeing. Somebody said it before, we’re putting our best defensive lineup on the feild so that’s always a great sign. We should be okay, but I think the yanks are like 0-10 in rain delayed games this year. does anyone have a stat for this? i feel as if we always lose these games
A homeless lady on the subway: “The saddest thing that happened this week was euthanizing 800 Canada geese around LaGuardia. THAT is the saddest thing. There was one Ed McMahon, one Farrah Fawcett and one Michael Jackson, but there were EIGHT HUNDRED GEESE!”
Dead animals tend to elicit lots of sympathy.
No, but that actually is pretty freaking sad. Those are the geese that I always see at Flushing Meadows Corona Park!
It is. And animal experts say it’s not going to really address the problem.
And the geese hang out here because humans interrupted their natural migratory patterns by feeding them.
Wow, that is amazing.
Geese are great to eat….they should be fed to the homeless instead of discarded in a dump somewhere.
Unfortunately they were all gassed, you can’t eat them after that.
yeah they could have at least fed a bunch of homeless people. Not her but her friends.
You should have told her plane crashes with 200 dead people are sadder than 800 dead Geese.
I’m all for non-lethal means if there are some available, but those Geese fly into the engines and get killed anyway, and could take a plane down with them.
For 800 geese and all those flights, the odds are kinda low for them to take out a plane. Usually the geese lose bigtime and the plane keeps going. And the euthanizing isn’t really going to be a long-term solution.
If Y-O-U were on that plane (or someone you love) would you be willing to take that chance?
That was my next point. If not for The Mariano Rivera of aviation, our boy Sully, all the passengers, crew and innocent bystanders would have been killed. The public outrage that something had not been done about the geese and how the accident could have been prevented would have been tremendous.
Agreed on the non lethal means,but until a solution is found that returns these geese to their natural flyways they will be a danger,however small, to aircraft.If they must be destroyed they should not be wasted.Seems cruel but before someone complains they should ask themselves if they enjoyed their turkey last Thanksgiving.
Final Jeopardy:
Category: 19th Century American Literature
Answer: At the end of the novel, the title object “ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world’s scorn and bitterness”.
(nobody should get this wrong. This is a layup.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Wrong color. Incorrect.
Red red red
You are a tough grader. I wrote that to not give it away. Pooey on you-ey
ICWUDT
The Scarlet Letter
A
Jeter: flu or hangover?
Per Twitter, Sweeny Murti says the tarp (I’m stil chuckling at that TARP-on-Citi-Field joke) is being lifted.
There’s gotta be some sort of sponsorship tie-in there.
Let me guess
“….but Citibank is still covered by the TARP funds from Washington”
I see sunshine. I see sunshine.
Perhaps I am hallucinating. Anyone else in NYC see sun?
First pitch at 8. I’m in Jersey Shitty, and I see both sun and rain.
Same here, but it appears the heavens will be opening up shortly.
You’re in JC too? Where at? I’m in Journal Square
Nahh I’m in shitty jersey not jersey shitty.
Reading comprehension fail.
Pete Abe says first pitch at 8.
He’ll be bellying up to the nacho bar until then.
Listen, I hate fat people as much as the next guy, but why does Pete Abe attract so much venom?
I hate fat people as much as the next guy
I love that this is a given.
Ummm, he’s a jerk? If you say something in his comment section that contradicts him he will delete your comment? If you send him an email for a story or something he won’t give you credit? He went onto lane Meyer’s draft blog and questioned his credentials?
Take your pick.
Or the unnecessary articles/comments about A-Rod. We get it, you don’t like him because of PED’s, let it go.
John Cusak’s character from “Better Off Dead” has a draft blog? Do the Howard Cosell impersonators have one too?
TWO DOLLARS!
I don’t hate fat people and I rarely do fat jokes except for him and fatcessa because I don’t like those two jerks and fat jokes hurt.
Does anybody know what the Yankees record this year when game is delyed or it is raining?
well the yankees lost the last game delayed by 5 hours and 26 mins to the nats…
They also lost the boston game where it was raning. I’m trying to think i really cant think of a time they’ve won in 09′ where the weather was inclimate
Anyone?????
:/
cant a gal get some recognition.
we should have avatars with user pics
It’s God, err Mo, crying early because he knows his beloved Yanks will lose.
Be honest, you’re just killing time by asking that question.
Ugh, imagine if the Worlds Most Incompetent GM Who Only Buys Free Agents hadn’t traded for Swisher this offseason? Who the hell would be playing RF? Melky? Shelly? Angel Berroa?
Yep; the Swisher trade looks even better now.
Plus, the ChiSox DFA’d Betemit. We could bring him back for nothing, meaning the trade would have been effectively for nothing of MLB value.
That’s a steal and a half.
I forgot that they DFA’d him. Wow.
It was definitely a tip from Theo
Memo to Dan Abrams:
They cancelled your show. It sucks, I know. But, before you come do a spot on Hardball with Chris Matthews, shave your beard.
You look like you don’t give a shit. You’re never gonna get a new show if you go on other people’s shows looking like you don’t give a shit.
haha dan abrams may be a brilliant lawyer, but he is a terrible tv host
I feel like an idiot because the only real political show I watch is Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.
No HBO for me anymore. I loved that show.
I’ve always liked you Al, but now I like you even more. Don’t ever change.
He served as General Manager of MSNBC for a time. He is still Chief Legal Analyst of the network and CEO of his company Abrams Research.
He really doesn’t care how he looks on other shows. It really doesn’t matter to him.
Urgh My 9 already sucking. My 9 or SNY for today?
Been a while for me…
But I’m breaking my silence to says its game time…
P.S.
Dear Doubters,
The B squad will get it done. So root for your team for a change.
5 mins til game time.
note yo kay: lumber and slumber don’t rhyme
I’m in CA listening to a pirated Yankee broadcast by Christian Slater.. Why don’t they rhyme?
i’m just messin’. kay just annoys me!
Yo Tommie, wouldn’t it be better if the Knicks drafted Jennings rather Hill. To me, Jennings has a chance to be a perinial AS, while Hill just reminds me of a better version David Lee.
If Hill becomes a better version than Lee, that would be great.
Gardner is getting the rookie strizeone. Not a fan.
Hey, justice!
Gardnerian hit.
Starting the night off right, Brett. Let’s go, Yanks!
GRIT GUTNER WITH THE BASE HIT!
wow that K zone gardner got was incredible
it was almost like the entire area was a strike opportunity
Damn SNY said Tex is only hitting .246 as a LHB. I didnt realize his splits have been that dramatic this season.
i say he go to the right side all the time, doesn’t hurt to do so
Well he does have 16 HR LH so his average is alot lower but I assume his power numbers are pretty much the same from both sides.
cc’s like, ‘punks, wait till i get up to bat!’
If Girardi goes out now and argues Balls and Strikes, and gets ejected, how many runs do the Yankees score?
At least 10. Per inning.
Oh jeez, A-Rod . . .
Arod with an Andruw Jones like swing on that 1st pitch.
haha yeah it was very andrew jones like
And coincidentally, A-Rod’s career is in an immense downward spiral towards the depths of obscurity like Jones was last year.
/Olney’d
Thats twice tonight you made me LMFAO. You are on a roll.
Unclutch.
Passing the baton.
Clogging the bases.
Tex seemed to have hit it far on Gameday
He did, warning track.
damn that sucks
nice walk a-rod!
cano with RISP
Be a star Robbie
this strike zone is terrible
Yeah, but that pitch was RIGHT there.
Weird strike zone today.
Pfffffttththtththth
that called strike 2 was outside
well at least we worked up his pitch count
good job there yankees. Now lets bust some ass on defense
damn
Totally stupid comment coming, but shit Cano must lead the team in making the 3rd out with RISP.
Did people hear about this story: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb
yep
Any reaction? Aren’t you concerned how Ponson has tainted the sport of baseball for the next millennium?
Ponson has murdered the history of the WBC. And America.
Especially the great baseball country full of history he pitched for: the Netherlands
That symbolized my reaction. Not surprised nor do I care much for Ponson
I think it’s a nice counterpoint to “PEDs will make you be a good player.”
CC with no command. Again. Hiding bicep pain?
Damn Castillo with a .380 OBP this season. If only he could catch pop-ups then he would be real valuable.
On SNY all those FB’s to Castillo were 94-95 mph. I think he is OK.
he had velocity last time too I think
Nice recovery K by CC
This seems to be a tight zone on the corners, no?
for us only!!! damn inconsistent ump
Since I’ve started umpiring, I find I complain about umpires/call them names less. It’s much, much harder than it looks, even for little kids.
yea I know
Since I recently started working for the Columbian Drug Cartel, I find those people who bitch about the Police ad the DEA have loads of good points to make.
Heh, Ive been umping for 14 years now and I still rip MLB umpires. But yeah I know what you mean, Ive never umped anything higher than H.S. kids and some of them who pump it up there in the high 80’s it is tough, especially when they drop in some nasty curves that fools me as much as they fool the hitters.
yeah its quite annoying
TWO. HANDS. JOHNNY.
great play by damon!
anyone read the jeter article at PA?
I guess Wright is a big fan of this park.
Heh. Homer in most other parks, huh? Except fenway, where it’s a single that bounces all the way back to the SS.
Yeah, that looked solidly struck.
DWright crushed that, huh?
They gave that guy a Gold Glove? Ha!
Ladies and gentleman, Mets baseball.
Heh.
Thanks for the help clearing the pitcher’s spot, David.
Very lucky, Melky.
melky says fuck your strikezone (didn’t give the same call to CC but gaveit pelfrey thrice now)
Cervelli’s bunting so Pena and CC could drive Melky in? Eh?
I hope he was trying to bunt for a hit, and this wasn’t Girardi playing for one run against the great Pelfrey.
i think that dumb bunting is reason we struggle w/ RISP, giving away free outs
Girardi just looked livid that Cervy tried to bunt.
Striking out vs. Pelfry? Ugh.
pelfrey is proud of his fastball.
-flaherty’d
Check out Ramiro Pena.
RAMIRO PENA BABAAAAYYY!!!!!
Woo, Ramiro!
You put the 1 on the wrong team My9…
The got confused because of the spanish names. Pena got a hit, and Cabrera scored.
Pena!!!!!
CC!!!
Helping his cause!
Confirm/deny: Ramiro Pena is pretty much the kid from Rookie of the Year
jorge from employee of the month!
CC wants his own runs!
That’s why they pay him the big bucks.
Pena batting 8th?
CC batting 9th?
WE CAN’T SCORE WITH THIS LINEUP!!!!!
CC sabathia baby!
CC don’t need no plate discipline.
Plate discipline needs CC!
CC’s career BA of .261 just went up.
Si Si CC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’ll need a homer to score CC from second.
Or that.
Or an error.
But Steve Phillips said our lineup from 6-9 wasn’t good!!!!!
This 6-9 doesn’t exactly induce fear, but with a little assist from the Mets’ D, it’s a rally!
man this bottom of the order is a KILLA!
Yankees killing the ball.
If it was legal, I bet Gardner could have made it to 3rd on that play.
C.C just costed Gardy some points on his slugging and his OPS lmao
this strike zone is BEYOND terrible :O
I love playing AAA teams.
What a bunch of amateurs the Mets are.
Also hilarious: their OF defense. Church in CF, Sheff in RF?
Evans at first!
Evans at first!
DAMON!
The gritty gutty Yankees have finally learned how to hit.
After watching the Mets, I feel ashamed that as a Yankees fan I complain about my team at times.
I know a place in the city where you can get a good spanking for that, for about $250.
everyone is hitting today!
now if only tex, a rod and cano could join in
Hilarious!
This is unreal. This is making Castillo look like he deserves the gold glove!
Meet the Mets, meet the Mets, step right up and laugh at the Mets.
IETC
This isn’t Pelfrey’s fault, this is what happens when a groundball pitcher plays in front of a Little League team.
But Wang pitched infront of the tha worst infield everrrrrr!
At least Jeter/Cano/A-Rod are relatively sure-handed. Even Giambi makes a play on the ball Evans booted.
Meet the Muts Meet the Muts step right up and greet the Muts. LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF.
Alex Cora…wins games?
THIS GAME IS UNREAL!
hahahahaha
woww
Now all we need is to have Mike Pelfry have three balks this inning.
Is it possible to play any worse than the Mets? 3 errors and 4 outs?
castillo hasnt even gotten a ball yet so dont count them out yet
Ahh see this was their plan all along get cano to hit into the inning ending DP
Robbie,
Please don’t GIDP here. Please. Just hit the ball into the outfield.
Here come the Cano-jobbers
He’s got a pretty strong arm, I bet he could be an effective reliever.
Damn Alex and his dumb stat-padding Walks!!!!
Too bad OBP means nothing!!! It’s all about the batting average! Everyone knows that a high batting average wins games.
How can a walk help a team win? Do you also believe in voodoo and Harry Potter? The most important thing is getting hits. As long as they aren’t ARod home runs early in the game, because those count less and are unclutch.
Walks are meaningless! Everyone knows a walk = potential outs! They clog up the bases! People who walk are too scared to swing their bat. Robbie Cano is doing a beautiful job by not being patient so he can freely swing!
He wanted to walk. You could see it in his eyes. He was relieved to not have to swing the bat.
I think Id rather have Pena hitting 5th instead of Cano.
Tony Pena?
Tony Pena Jr.
LETS GO MELK MAN!
what is with Robbie and RISP/Bases loaded?
bases loaded he’s virtually non-existent
Robbie,
I know you’re hurting, but that shouldn’t affect your pitch recognition. Ergh.
The Mets are puking all over themselves, Pelfrey has lost the strike zone and what does Cano do? Swing at the first 2 pitches which are balls. If that isn’t Cano for you with the bases loaded, I don’t know what is.
Somebody needs to get that kid to settle down in those situations.
ROBBIE CANO IS THE WORST SECOND BASEMEN IN THE LEAGUE.
why didn’t you just save us all the trouble of reading those words and just said that.
Because he’s not.
MELKY YOU MORON! WHY SWING AT BALL 4!
OYYY melk that 3-1 pitch should have been an automatic take too. Oh well.
Ahhh melkman that was a RBI walk right there…
i thought melky had a better approach this season?
he wouldn’t have gotten to 3-0 last year so yeah its significantly better
This is true.
Whew….just recovered from laughing as CC scored. Awesome!! Batting 1.000!! Go CC!