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Game 77 Spillover Thread
ByAt this pace, this one might be over by 9.
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as long as we win I wont mind
LET’S GET SOME RUNS!!!!!!
5 pitches last inning? Really? Come on offense, I even make sure I see more than 5 an inning in fucking MLB 2K9.
Mo sees more than that
I know I’ve said it a lot, but I want to repeat it because it bears repeating, Mo has a higher OBP than Jeff Francoeur.
That looked foul, IMO. Time for replay.
This umpire so has dinner reservations.
As long as we win this game could be over by 8.30 for all I care.
That was fair? Wow.
Take that, you shlub!
IT’S GONE! MELKY!
UHHH, Melky shoulda crushed that 3-1 pitch.
Does it matter as along as he crushes the 3-2 pitch?
not if its foul
wow, that works. HE crushed the 3-2 pitch
instant replay time
Fair or foul, that was quite the shot by Melky.
Holy shit! That was a bomb
so mike, why did you delete that comment in the last thread? what happened?
I replied to the wrong comment, had some technical issues and never reposted it. Someone said I have a show to do, and I have no idea what they’re talking about.
Oh gotcha. I thought someone was impersonating you. I thought Axl was back or something.
Can we get a camera on the foul pole?
or a foul pole with a freakin laser beam
or a shark.
Mutated sea bass?
riiight
Inclonclusive, call on the field stands.
*Inconclusive.
Looks fair.
Melky? How’s that possible? RAB didn’t even bash him today
If the pole was a few feet taller it would have hit it. Homerun.
I honestly have no idea how they’re gonna call it. Hoping fair, obviously.
Is it just me or do poles need to be way higher? It shouldn’t be possible to hit it over a pole.
that’s what she said?
Wooo!
God, melky’s better from the left side for the most part, but he can hit some bombs as a righty
Melkman! And it’s not even the 7th or later yet.
melky showing power!
Pujol intentionally walked in first inning
Terrible. Pick your skirts up.
whats more likely, 60hr at the end of the season or having an OBP .500+ for the second half of the season?
.500+ OBP, for sure.
thats why i’m trading him in fantasy
Oh fuck what happened?
it says injury delay on gameday
Jeter got HBP but he’s okay.
Jeter got HBP.
Aww, Swish has a new friend.
What happenned?
He and Hinske were chatting it up.
gotcha thanks
You’re still a scrub, Washburn.
Hughes available?
Yea, I think. That’s why he was taken out yesterday I think.
yea, but petitte’s doing pretty good and we’re only in the 6th.
Adam Warren got roughed up in his SI debut..2IP 7hits 6runs, 3ER 1BB 3k. 13.50 ERA
Bust!
Yea, I really didn’t like that pick in the 4th round. He’s really not that great. Hopefully he’ll bounce back, though
And who did Mr. Charlie prefer in the 4th round?
Possible Golden Sombrero for Branyan?
cleveland steamer
Wow, home plate is pretty large. It isn’t fair to give an old pro like Andy that much plate…
Pettitte no like lead.
Freakin’ Griffey.
GONEEEE
Wow, way to make Old Man Griff look like he’s still got it…
YES did a bad job of showing at what angles those cameras were. I think even the one that looked straight on was more like home-to-first. You could tell by the angle the ball had as it was falling. I wouldn’t be surprised if the show was just to the left of foul.
“if the *ball was just to the left”
Oh, fuckamutha
Damn I was just getting happy that Pettitte would keep the lead this time but nope. That was a YSIII HR wasn’t it?
Yankee stadium 3?
I don’t think so, he hit that one well.
Alright. Im not watching but where it landed on Gameday, I though it might have been.
Nah, that was pretty deep into the stands.
I hate it how Gameday now forces you to pay to watch in-game highlights.
Rangers sign Marion Gaborik
Just wondering, can you get banned from using really frowned upon expletives?
Thank you, Franklin.
Fail baserunning from Guti.
i thought it was 3-2 as well
He almost got Jorge to fall for his trick
IETI
(I enjoyed that idiocy.)
Wow. This is kinda like playing the Mets. Heads up play by JoPo and Cano there.
Wow what a boneheaded play.
We’ve been playing great but, the teams we’ve been playing have been playing like idiots. I hope this new sense of confidence I have with the team as of late is not false.
Not sure where you’re getting playing like idiots. They’ve won 6 in a row…
“…the teams we’ve been playing have been playing like idiots.”
…public school systems have failed little Billy.
IT IS GONE!!!!!!! IS A-ROD PLAYING LIKE AN IDIOT???????? 4-2 lead for the idiots!!!!!!
You really need reading lessons.
wow, dude. he was talking about the yanks OPPONENTS playing like idiots, which is quite true.
It’s evening out luck really. Remember all those game we lost because of dumb mistakes.
I suppose he thinks the Red Sox are “fundamentally sound.” The same Red Sox team who ran off the field with only 2 outs. LOL! What a joke.
Reading comprehension is a beautiful thing.
No, he was talking about opponents making mistakes. But I was just saying that we had a lot of mistakes before too so its evening out the universe.
Yeah, I’m not complaining, I just hope that we don’t NEED the other teams to play like shit. Either way, with Al on the come up, we are the tops IMO.
why don’t you read my post again.
Wow, Cole Hamels gets rocked again, think there’s something wrong with him?
What’s odd is that his strikeout numbers are there, and he’s keeping the walks down. I hope he improves.
The biggest difference I see is that his line drive percentage is pretty high (25%).
Maybe tipping his pitches?
Let’s go, Alex.
That’ll do.
Hell yea
The decline is so steep, you need climbing gear.
A-Rod must have a Buster Olney dartboard somewhere.
lol, he didnt even get that one. Al is a freak.
he is a strong human being
GONEEEEE!! AN ABOMB.. FROM AROD!!!
Not in the 7th inning or later, thus, M-E-A-N-I-N-G-L-E-S-S.
Note to self:
Arod is almost back to normal
Wow, i laugh in the face of those who doubted A-Rod
Guys, don’t get excited. Buster Olney said he’s done.
“He looks slow and old. He looks like a first baseman.”
did he actually say that??
Actually he said, a “scout” told him it looks like AROD grew 5 years older overnight.
The scouts he quoted did.
Note to scouts who get paid money to follow baseball players and know more about baseball than me:
You might wanna wait more than two or three weeks of a slump to declare someone finished.
Way to steal my thunder!
That’s how I roll.
Can I get that link? I need a good laugh.
http://insider.espn.go.com/esp.....ney_buster
So Washburn isn’t good? Huh.
So wait a minute… what’s Girardi’s reason for not putting in the 8th inning guy Bruney tonight??? Lost a little confidence in him has he.
I just got half a stock from that home run.
GOLPEO’ UN JONROOOOOOOOONNNNNN ALEX
Someone wanna call Buster and see if he wants to throw some more dirt on ARod’s coffin?
Oh wait, ARod’s still got it!
My thoughts exactly.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-460408
HELL YEA! A-BOMB BABY!
Let’s hope we can keep the lead this time.
If a player is the leading vote getter at his position, what happens if he gets traded to the other league?
ROBI IS DUE, NO?
Monument Park looks so odd.
I don’t know about the scouts that buster “yankee hater” olney has been talkin too, but Arod sure does impress me. Maybe they need to stfu the next time they’re quick to bad mouth the Yankee 3rd baseman.
damn, a-rod just isn’t clutch
Everyone knows homeruns in the 6th don’t count as much as homeruns in the 7th, 8th or 9th!
A-rod OWNS Washburn. His 7th HR against him.
A-rod needs to retire.
Isn’t Hinske the guy that checked Shelley in the back during that spring training incident with the Rays?
Nah gomes. He tried to at least and he literally bounced off shelley and fell on the gound. That kid Gomes was such a punk bitch.
He’s in baseball purgatory now, well, I guess the Reds aren’t that bad… heh
That was Jonny Gomes.
johnny gomes
Aaaaahhhhhh Gomes. I don’t know why I confused the two. But yeah Gomes is a punk hahaha.
Actually, i confused those two also. Isn’t Gomes the ass hole who scored a winning run and as he came across the plate, he was rocking a rocker sign with his hands and had his tongue sticking out his mouth. Class act.
Mike how do you feel about the Brashear signing? My friend is a Rangers fiend and is pissed they let Orr go and signed Brashear.
Don’t like it at all. Orr’s ten years younger and signed for a cheaper annual salary. They basically spit in Blair Betts’ face after what happened in the playoffs.
Haha, damn.
Oh, Melky.
McAllister was pulled after only 4 innings and giving up 1 run. Does anybody know if anything happened to him?
He walked a bunch of guys (3) as well as struck out a few(6). He probably just threw a bunch of pitches.
Or this.
Yeah, but that’s not THAT many. I hope it’s only a pitch count issue, but you would figure that even with those Ks and BBs, he still wouldn’t run into a pitch count issue in only 4 innings.
Promotion?
Haha a midgame promotion would be something else. I would imagine they’d let him pitch in the AA allstar game before promoting him.
Probably just pitch count, no biggie. They start cutting back in the second half.
I’m hoping. That’s a lot of pitches for 4 innings, even with the BBs and Ks.
The last thing they need is another pitching prospect with an injury.
Let’s hope Andy and the pen can keep the lead this time.
Bubye.
Did you get my question in the previous thread about all the UConn players on the Pistons? It is definitely going to make checking box scores for how the UConn players are doing a lot easier!
Oh, no, I didn’t see that. But, yeah, I heard Gordon and Skillanueva signed with Detroit. Maybe I’ll start following the NBA and root for the Pistons now.
(Yes, this counts. Drink.)
My wife is sitting next to me….she’s gonna ask questions if I start drinking right now!
That’s the rules, MLC. Start sippin’!
Shit!
Do you have to drink if you break the rules that relate to you?
I’m definitely one of the people to bait you into talking about UConn…not that you needed much help with that!
Hehe.
I wonder what stats Jayson Stark pulls out this time to compare AROD with some Boston player to prove that Sox player is better. He seem to pull out a meaning less stats out of his backside every time he talks..
andy making friends with the new stadium
All his shitty starts at the new Stadium came against good hitting teams.
nah, he probably just found some dirty pictures of it so it’s being nice to him.
I want Hughes starting in Scranton yesterday.
/TSJC’d.
Yankee fans REEEAAALLLY seem to want their best young starting pitchers in the 8th.
Everyone knows the 8th inning is the most important inning.
It’s the BRIDGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
These text polls haven’t exactly put the fan base in a great light.
Well the majority of the population are morons anyway, so why would they be any smarter about baseball?
Fans don’t think about tomorrow. Neither do players. That’s why I always laugh when someone cites what a current player thinks about something like this…OBVIOUSLY he will say whatever is best for RIGHT NOW. Players don’t care about next year. They barely care about tomorrow. They play today, and they win today. Managers care about tomorrow, a little, they’re trying to manage the team to win over the whole season. The GM is supposed to be the one with the long-term plan, which is why it bothers me to hear Cash talking about managing Hughes’ career in order to make his vets feel better about winning today.
Andy for the 8th, 2 lefties?
Hughes should pitch the 8th.
I may be the only one, but I’m ready for Bruney.
Not too against Philly though after only 9 pitches yesterday.
NO! That is a recipe for disaster.
Uhh what? Bruney isn’t Veras-esque. He’s a damn good pitcher.
…slow down, Turbo. Bruney’s great when he’s on, but erratic. Less erratic than Veras, but still erratic.
Pujols IBB in 2nd PA
so that’s 2 today?
Yup.
2 in his first two PA, both times there was a runner on 2nd
Niice, the bonds treatment.
When you can pitch to Chris Duncan instead, seems like a good decision.
Ludwick actually bats right behind Pujols
Derek Jeter is old.
You’re old.
He also thought the Yankees were playing like idiots! 6 wins in a row going on 7…
Dude. Go read my post. I said the teams we are playing are playing like idiots! Holy shit.
Let me help you since you obviously need it.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-460375
Now, it says, “We’ve been playing great but, the teams we’ve been playing have been playing like idiots. I hope this new sense of confidence I have with the team as of late is not false.”
Comprende?
So’s your face.
Actually, people tell me I have a baby face. I attribute it to my fastidious moisturizing regimen and my adherence to a steady diet of age-defying makeup models.
In the morning if his face is a little puffy Will (the other one? puts on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. Will (the other one? can do 1000 now. After Will (the other one? removes the ice pack Will (the other one? uses a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower Will (the other one? uses a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then Will (the other one? applies an herb-mint facial mask which Will (the other one? leaves on for 10 minutes while Will (the other one? prepare the rest of my routine. Will (the other one? always uses an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
DAMMIT how the hell did I not notice I put a ? instead of a )
A+ anyway. I was really hoping somebody would pull a good American Psycho reference, but I couldn’t do it line-for-line like that myself. Also, the fact that you beat TSJC to it may earn you a gold star…or a trip to return some videos with him.
great great movie
Instead of going b ack to the 5th inning, tell us who’s pitching!
I put 20 bucks that Joe G. puts Aceves in only for the first righty batter.
so dumb.
Stop overmanaging. Aceves has gotten lots of outs for you…how about a little trust?
Why use 1 relief pitcher when you can use 2,right?
Makes sense 2 is bigger then 1.
You win!
Am I good or am I good?
Ransom sucks
Okay, why not just bring in Coke to start the inning? He has a .614 OPS against right handed hitters this year (61 PAs, it’s .640 against LHH in 68 PAs) so it’s not like he’s a LOOGY.
It’s Ronnie Cedeno, did they really need a righthander to face him?
Seriously.
Andy could’ve gotten that out, or Coke could have. Or, Aceves could have faced these lefties. But, hey, this way we’re basically guaranteed that three relievers will have gotten used, and probably four once Coke gives up a baserunner or two.
Well, four were going to certainly get “dry humps” at least.
Hey Aceves.
Betcha coke gives up some hits
Unbelievable that Girardi basically wasted Aceves for 1 batter, and that batter being Ronnie Cedeno.
Come on man, how was he wasted, he got an out, he’ll be ready to go tomorrow.
Yeah, and if he’s used tomorrow, then he won’t be able to go the next day.
Point is that 3 pitchers got up in the pen when only one was needed. And you know that Mo’s coming in unless they score 3 or more runs right here, so Hughes just warmed up for nothing.
I understand, but, win or lose, Joe G is put on the coals. His move worked, Mo is about to bang down #502.
I love this move, half way through the season, no Marte, Cokeman needs to get these two outs.
Oh JoeG, you kill me, bring in Ace just to get Ronny Cedeno out? You mean Phil Coke can’t get Cedeno out?
I’m starting to think I’m gonna have to start the “Girardi is a moron” Bangwagon…..we’re not there yet, but we’re getting there….
He’s not a moron, he’s just being a slave to the current book. Making safe moves. It’s annoying, but this is the current state of the industry.
That’s true. There’s a line to toe.
And that’s stupid, because you’d like the organization to encourage thinking instead of toeing the media line.
It wasn’t said with judgment. Just a fact of how it is.
I really thought he was better than the “book”. Obviously I was wrong.
Whoever wrote this “book” needs to be hit in the head with a hammer!
A moron would be to put in Kei Igawa to face Cedeno and then Brett Tomko to face Ichiro / Griffey / Branyan
There have been 130 episodes of Centerstage? Holy shit.
Y not let Hughes get all 3?
his sombrero is golden
Branyan and Washburn = losses for my fantasy team tonight.
Ouch.
Hughes for the save?
95!
I love how we all assume that we have all the information. I bet they planned on getting Ace into tonight’s game, being that he has not pitched in a week. So they had him warm, gave him a batter, and then went to the lefty for the two lefties. This board has gotten so hypercritical of every Girardi move.
Getting him a third of an inning doesn’t count as ‘getting him work,’ IMO. It just seems silly to put him in there for one batter, especially if Joe’s trying to give him work.
Fine, then get Aceves in the game and let him pitch. No need to go to Coke just for the sake of it. Aceves has gotten plenty of lefties out all year.
Ichio Suzuki. Why don’t you want Coke to have experience getting out big time Lefties?
…really? He’s never faced another quality lefty? Or he can’t face Ichiro…tomorrow?
You know what I mean… In a high/medium leverage situation, COke just got out arguably the best hitter in baseball. That means something.
Albert Pujols wasn’t batting…?
I said arguably!!! heh
Hehe; IMO, there’s no argument.
.457 OPS vs. LHH this year.
Amen. Or just let Coke pitch the whole inning if you’re not so concerned with getting Aceves work. One or the other.
+1
I understand people don’t agree with moves, but shit, let Joe G. get the job done. That means let him do his job, the way he wants to do it.
Noone is preventing Joe from doing his job. It’s not like we’re storming the dugout and pointing a gun at his head. Jesus.
Why even argue, you’re right. After all, you “have all the information.”
Wrong. They are absolutely correct to criticize Girardi. Why can’t Aceves stay in the game when he gets the 1st out? Let him pitch to Ichiro, if he gets on then go to Coke vs. Branyan. We have all the information.
Because I would rather have the platoon advantage. Listen, the right call there is to go to Coke for the entire inning. If you want to get Aceves any work, you need to carve out a spot, and they did so.
Throwing a third of an inning is not “getting work.”
How many did he throw in the pen? Joe had his plan, I’m sure Ace knew the plan as well.
So throwing in the bullpen counts as getting work? Come on, that’s ridiculous. There was no need to use two relievers in that inning; either Coke or Aceves could’ve gotten those three out just fine, IMO.
I know I know… But sometimes Joe uses too many, sometimes too few, sometimes he fucks up, sometimes he’s right. His moves are criticized to no avail. I understand it comes with the territory but hey, we’re about to win.
I was under the impression this is one of the reasons credited for the bullpen’s improvement last year: that the coaches took into account warming up when factoring how fresh a reliever was.
This is how I look at it. He went into the game wanting to use Aceves. He also believes Coke is his best option against lefties, something that may not be supported by the splits, but those are a small sample, and it is perfectly logical to believe the lefty is the best option. So Pettitte goes 7, the 9th is Mariano’s, and so we have the 8th. He wants Aceves to get some work, but he also wants to win, and as I said, he feels Coke gives him the best shot vs. lefties. So the only way he gets Aceves in and serves his strategic goals is to have Ace pitch to Cedeno. I know, it is not a lot of work, but it is better than nothing, especially for someone who has not pitched since the 25th.
We don’t know why. There may well be reasons. I’ll call Girardi up after the game and ask him. Better yet, why doesn’t everyone email or tweet the Joe Girardi show with these questions?
Phil Coke is becoming quite the weapon in the bullpen.
another hr for Montero?!
As in the HR he hit earlier or as in his second home run of the night?
Just one, manimal is a little behind.
As in the one he hit earlier… Didn’t think anyone commented on it yet.
d00d, quit getting my hopes up. Lol.
You mean the one he hit tonight or a second tonight?
I feel like we could use a “Jesus Watch” to go with the one for Brackman. Could be kinda fun.
“Watches” Only apply to pitchers, hitters are every day while pitchers are once every 5th day.
JoPo seems to be slumping a bit
How the hell did Lopez get around on that?
It didn’t have as much zip to it (90.7 mph according to Gameday).
Fun facts: Junior is exactly 8 days older than Mo. He is 4-11, 4BB, 1HR , 2K lifetime
Sam Elam and Andrew Brackman should have a wild off.
Jason Neighborgall could be the judge.
Harold Garce puts his hat in the ring.
Harold Garce has been Greg Freakin Maddux this year compared to them
Hahaha. I hadn’t checked his stats this year you’re right.
Yay Mo! Yay win!
start spreadin the news
nice crisp win
now let the rain commence
Yankees win, baby!
anybody see brackmans latest outing-3.2 inn, 0 hits, 8 bb’s, 5 er? ive never seen lines like the ones hes put up
dontrelle willis jr
Just wait.
I saw that. Scary.
7 straight wins. I always knew this team was great. I never wavered and I was probably the only one who didn’t panic during their mini slump in early June.
Yep…yeah you were the only one. You should be proud.
Well, I tried to explain to the whole site that there is variance in baseball. But many people didn’t want to hear it. “I don’t want to hear about luck or that’s baseball” is what they would say. I told them it would turn around and they still thought there was something seriously wrong with this team. They over-reacted more than Buster Olney! I’m sure the next time the Yankees go into a little slump they’ll do the same.
Okay, but everyone knew they were going to turn it around…this isn’t the Pirates we’re talking about.
No they did not. I wish we could go back and bring up these comments to show who the bandwagon fans really are. Variance and luck are concepts that Jon Sterling understands so I know the rest of you can. This isn’t LOLHud for God’s sake.
Dude, the majority of Yankee fans did not go jump off the cliff. The fans flipping out are just more vocal on the radio or post more here because they have irrational thoughts and need to express them.
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000
You can bring up those comments. Go look for them, you will find that a small % of posters here had the “season is over” mentality. Please, go find some quotes on previous posts and I’m sure they’ll be limited to just a few posters.
Axl, is that you?
Good call. It must be Axl.
I’m sure you were the only one.
Heh funny
Bill do not badger us with your logic. Do not pontificate with your reasonable agenda. We don’t want to hear any of your sensible theories or ideas. Every time the Yankees lose a single baseball game. Women and children are never the same.
I do not remember panicking. I also do not remember you in early June.
Ditto. Who is this schlub?
I don’t remember him either. I think Drew is right, it’s Axl.
No, you weren’t.
All because of Girardi getting ejected.
Your Rick Sutcliffe impression is dead-on Manimal!
heh…delightfully manageable
So tomorrow we face a lefty. Do we sit the red hot Gritster? Damon? Melky? I’m assuming Hideki will DH b/c he does well vs. lefties. I’m thinking Swish might ride the pine tomorrow.
Why? He’s got an OPS of .840 vs. lefties this season.
lol well that’s why I’m trying to figure out who the hell sits! We don’t want to sit gritster again amidst a hot streak. Melky hit the ball great tonight. Hidekster is hitting nearly 300 vs. lefties. Damon’s the man. Who gets the bench tomorrow?
Yeah, it’s definitely a tough call. I’d almost like to see Hideki sit just to give him a day off from running, but that’s just me.
And even if his OPS against lefties was .040, he’s still Nick effing Swisher!!
you soooooo have a man crush.
Gardner hasn’t had a hit since that 5-hit game.
Matsui’s played what, one game in the last three days? Cervelli will probably play over Posada, so he might DH instead, I guess.
It’s Gardner or Melky. I figure it’ll be Melky.
They just had a day off on Monday, I don’t think they’d DH JoPo just yet. Especially with the speedy Minnesota coming up. He’ll get his rest then imo.
Now I can finally say “hey, how bout them yankees?”
Mo says all games will end 4-2 in honor of him and his 500th.
Holy shit I just realized it’s 9:30. That was a quick game.
That was a quick game tonight.
Why does Michael Kay wear stripes. So annoying.
We just won 7 straight…Fire Girardi!
They’re supposed to win 10 games in seven. This is ATROCIOUS!
Yes he sucks.
Those freakin cockbags up in Boston need to start droppin a few more games.
Should have lost today, I was listening on the radio at work, got quite pissed off at Sherrill.
Yeah he definitely shat the bed bigtime.
before today he was 17/19 in saves, 1.01 WHIP and 1.99 ERA so closers blow leads sometimes
Ok, got pissed at their pen. 5-1 leads into the 9th are very rarely lost.
And 10-1 leads in teh 7th are very rarely lost too, they shouldnt have won last night and they should have won tonight, sometimes guys have off nights, Johnson, Sherril and Baez have been good all season, shit happens.
ill agree with that
Caller: umm yeah, what if the Phillies traded Madsen for Bedard?
Francesa: Are you kidding?! Do you know what kind of hole that would leave in teh pen?!
aaaaand scene
So does Andy lose the whole “Yankee Stadium is in his head” argument?
Alright I’m ready for some DOTF…wait, the games aren’t over yet? WTF?!
Ha it was cool listening to Joey G talk about facing Griffey in AA in 1988.
Nuñez jacked one for Trenton
Thats my boy. One day mike will regret calling him a non-prospect.
This is pretty huge news for anyone familiar with him, Cuban Pitcher Aroldis Chapman has defected from the Cuban team in Holland.
http://www.cubaencuentro.com/e.....nda-190890
He’s been described as “one of the “three great pitchers in the world right now who are not in the majors.”
For anyone not familiar with his, here’s a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
He’s tall, left handed, very wild and throws upwards of 100 MPH. Early Randy Johnson comps are very apt.
And he’s 21.
But he’s Cuban, so that means he’s 35.
(Nah, I think he really is 21 or so)
Here’s his BR page.
http://www.baseball-reference......is_Chapman
He’s Brackman!
Lefthanded, which makes him even more valuable.
Who are the other 2? Darvish?
make it for meeeee (cash)!
Gaffigan’d
SICKKKKKKKKKKKK I remember watching him in the WBC.
Yo Cash, get on that.
Thanks,
Drew
Behind Bucholz and Bowden?
Well played, Mr Gammons.
So, will he be eligible for IFA this year? If so we should sign him, Gomez and Marti. I’ve wanted Gomez ever since he defected…
If only we could get Gourriel to defect, hello new SS.
No, he’s months to a year away, at least. Defectors typically establish residence in the DR, and then have all sorts of paperwork to clear with MLB before anyone can sign them.
So then what are the chances the Yanks can sign him?
No idea, but I’ll bet Mr Cashman is aware of this fellow.
He fits right in to the type of pitcher we’ve drafted often lately. Big, throws hard and is very wild. Fits right in with Brackman, Betances and others.
Wow. Color me excited. Wonder where he ends up?
Montero homered again.
FUCKIN’ SHIT FUCKS! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Trenton Top 2nd
* Jesus Montero homers (4) on a fly ball to center field.
* Edwar Gonzalez flies out to center fielder Casper Wells.
* Jack Rye flies out to center fielder Casper Wells.
* Marcos Vechionacci strikes out swinging.
I think Teix thought you were talking about a 2nd HR in the game tonight….
haha can we all get on the same page =)
LOL No wonder he went crazy =) There’s still the top of the ninth.
Jorge to teh DH! DFA MATSOUEEE! Montero to the bigs!!!1!
Again, as in, he homered twice yesterday, and, again, he homered today.
Or:
Again, as in, he homered today, and he just homered again, a second time?
Because if it’s the former, I’m going to be pissed.
Yup.
I’m still amazed that people think we won’t know, like, 5 minutes after it happened, and keep repeating it as if it’s actually news.
Haha, sorry. I should of knew better. You guys are like vultures. 7 windows opened, monitoring every yankee minor league team. Well, Montero did double in the top of the 9th if that helps a bit.
Well I like more XBHs….
Eh, don’t worry about it
d00d’s a monster, definitely. Can’t wait to see what he does in the bigs.
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There is no control button on Montero’s computer. He’s always in control.
Oof, Staten Island game looks forgettable.
No wonder… Westmoreland and Almanzar, watch out now! Hey YO!
The new Nike Lance Armstrong commercial is so legit.
Hooray Yankees.
Shiit Sandoval.