just listened to big michael kay say that its different then the ol days when noboby rubbed themselves when by a pitch. but questioned a guy rubbed his arm…hey mike..lets throw pitches at you and see if u dont rub ur arm..oh. thats right..u never played..
No, he just thinks your logic is a little flawed. Just because he’s an ace and a workhorse doesn’t mean he needs to be out there for 100+ pitches, especially if he’s not being effective.
Haha. Honestly, though, MLB needs to have a standardized, strictly enforced strike zone. Hitters and pitchers alike shouldn’t have to guess at where the strike zone is going to be on a given night.
They do review their games every night. The difference between this year and years past is that the Questec system is no longer in use. They got replaced by something supposedly better but from what I’ve seen they have regressed.
Hughes for the 7th and 8th? Unless of course, if Hughes uses more than 8 pitches to get out of the 7th. Apparently 9 is Girardi’s magic number for Hughes
I’d like 100 percent correct umpires, human or not. Now it will be impossible for every human ump to be 100 percent so I’d take anything that can give 100 percent.
what about ups that where special glasses that illuminate the strike zone and mark where a ball passes through it. You retain the human element, while getting 99.9% accuracy and create MORE jobs.
no but i think it would be fair to assume this is his last go around, his hitting skills have greatly diminished that he really doesnt appear to be worth keeping past this year.
Who’s playing second base for us today? I’m pretty sure the second baseman we had never hit with runners on, never hustled tagging up on fly balls, and also never took walks. Weird.
There were a few people sitting directly in front of me who tried to do it last night; it didn’t pick up, but if it did, I probably would have thrown my book at them.
Montero has hit homers in each of his last 4 games played (5 total). 14 at bats, 6 runs scored, 8 hits, 1 double, 5 homers, 8 RBI, 4 walks and 3 strikeouts. He might get 1 more at bat.
Romine is slugging .500 in Tampa after tonight’s HR and 2B output. The OBP is up to .315… I think Montero’s got a little competition tonight for best performance from a minor leaguer..
I’ll eat crow on Matsui for these last few games. For the record, let it be known that I manned up and showed up here to give the credit and take a few lumps instead of cowering in my apartment in the corner, in the fetal position…shivering.
Nah, that deal would never, ever get done. Dude, one of those guys is a perennial all-star and probable future Hall-of-Famer…the other’s just Joe Mauer.
I too was a little surprised that Ace came back out, but, maybe Joe has “Philly Rules.” I know D-Rob, Coke and Tomko are out there but I dunno.. I won’t go crazy on Joe for this one. Also, big Teix fucked up big in retrospect.
damn lots of hate for michael kay on here every night. have you guys heard other team’s play by play announcers?? theyre a combination of boring, mostly ignorant about the rest of the league & show little to no energy in calling the other team’s home runs…so little that if you were just listening to the game, you wouldnt even know the opposing team homered. i agree kay his flaws like calling every ball hit to the OF ‘hit deep’ but it could seriously be MUCH WORSE.
Yup. Having the package is probably the reason why I actually really like the YES announcers because I get to hear most of the crappy announcer around the country.
I had the baseball package for two years while living in the Boston area. I agree completely. I was appalled at how terrible some of these other local/regional broadcasters were/are.
Agreed, I heard a Braves broadcast over a stream, while in Paris. They are so homer happy it’s ridiculous. The Yankees hit a homerun and one of them said “oh darn”.
I hate Kay… about 140 games per year, I’d rather someone else. I have heard some other announcers, what I feel about them holds little weight because, well, I don’t listen to them 140 per season.
Thats why Marte getting healthy and coming back would be a great bonus. A 2nd lefty wouldve been perfect tonight so Aceves didnt have to pitch the 9th with Ichiro and Branyan leading off the inning.
I would assume with 4 afternoon games in a row coming up he would start at least one of them probably at 3b no???? Or at the least to give Damon or Swisher a day off.
who’s coming in?
just listened to big michael kay say that its different then the ol days when noboby rubbed themselves when by a pitch. but questioned a guy rubbed his arm…hey mike..lets throw pitches at you and see if u dont rub ur arm..oh. thats right..u never played..
sorry when hit by a pitch
Axisa showing the bullpen love…lol
Yes, please…even though we already should be as that was strike 3!!!
right now it seems we need jesus to get out of this one
Well, he is a catcher. No help here.
haha icwudt
I dont want Ace here…I wanted Philly
Joba would be perfect for this role
francesa’d
disclaimer: i’m kidding
Drew says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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lol. not many aces are taken out after 90 pitches after a 9 pitch inning. It’s happened, just not often.
Oh, ok. Because he’s an “ace”, he can’t be taken out of a game that he’s given up more runs in than innings he’s pitched.
lol dude, what do you want, an award because he only got two outs?
No, he just thinks your logic is a little flawed. Just because he’s an ace and a workhorse doesn’t mean he needs to be out there for 100+ pitches, especially if he’s not being effective.
That’s fine, as I’ve said, we just disagree. We’re not dealing with facts, we’re dealing with opinions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
i just really wanted to use that
Word, fire Girardi. He was wrong.
He was indeed, wrong.
Wait, you were “right,” you should manage!
I’ve used that like 5 times.
sorry, never really saw that. And if i did, i’m not gonna lie. i would have used it anyway
Haha, word. It’s an awesome clip. I <3 Dr. Cox.
roy halladay was taken out early on monday…
Ace backing up the Ace.
Witty!
And THIS is why we were calling for Girardi to take out CC before the inning started.
heh, i guess your crystal ball is better than mine.
The Umps are having a down year. I don’t remember so many bad calls.
He probably thought it was low.
Well, frankly, he’s a jerk.
Oh snap.
Where are thr robotic umps! I want consistency.
Haha. Honestly, though, MLB needs to have a standardized, strictly enforced strike zone. Hitters and pitchers alike shouldn’t have to guess at where the strike zone is going to be on a given night.
sometimes i wish they would review their own games every night and see how much they sucked
I’m relatively certain they do, actually.
But seriously, their job is not as easy as it looks.
yeah i def agree, but as pros, they shouldn’t suck this bad….
They do review their games every night. The difference between this year and years past is that the Questec system is no longer in use. They got replaced by something supposedly better but from what I’ve seen they have regressed.
haha kay got too excited there…
Strike him out Aceves!
Why don’t you bring in Mo here?
That’s a why!
Shite. lost my stream. what’s happening?
ace struck him out
sweet
Phew!
NICE JOB ACE!
Struck em out!
ACE!!!!
Aceves is a true follower of the g-code.
YES. MEXICAN GANGSTER.
How long until Ace starts getting his own merchandise?
one day they’ll hand out free tshirts have the ace of spades as a promotion for this guy
And on that day the world will tremble in awe!
YEZZUR!
awesome if they did… aceves is such a beast
Phew…Good job Ace
This reeks of a comeback and win for Aceves.
Hughes for the 7th and 8th? Unless of course, if Hughes uses more than 8 pitches to get out of the 7th. Apparently 9 is Girardi’s magic number for Hughes
Well I can see Girardi using Aceves for the 7th which I would not have any issues with.
So, WOULD you guys want robotic umps?
I wouldn’t.
I would. Why wouldn’t you?
The human element does add something to it, I think.
True, I’d enjoy the consistency. I REALLY hate umpires.
Would probably work both for and against you, just like they do now. One downfall is people lose jobs. America don’t need that now.
Actually to make and maintain those robots would create more jobs than there are umpires
I was wrong, and for this. I apologize.
But, what would Angel Hernandez and C.B. Buckner do?
Take my umpiring gigs in the Cal Ripken League.
They can go do something they are actually good at
Do the robotic umps have laser beams?
thief.
they better so they can defend themselves from milton bradley & carlos zambrano when they disagree with calls
As long as the laser beams are used to shoot those people who do the wave, yes.
sweet. I smirked.
No, I wouldn’t. But as I’ve said numerous times, there needs to be a strictly enforced, standardized strike zone.
I’d like 100 percent correct umpires, human or not. Now it will be impossible for every human ump to be 100 percent so I’d take anything that can give 100 percent.
what about ups that where special glasses that illuminate the strike zone and mark where a ball passes through it. You retain the human element, while getting 99.9% accuracy and create MORE jobs.
Anything that gives perfect to near perfect strike zones.
Good job Aceves.
Cano with a four pitch walk. The Yanks are winning this game.
Cano get’s those 4 pitch walks. It’s the 2 strike walks that he doesn’t get.
Let’s go, Swish. Keep the line going.
Or not. Dammit.
swisher you are so fucking due
LETS GO YANKEES!
Swish wants to know where his three balls are.
The YES crew keeps acting like Jr. isnt a Mariner anymore. Are they letting him go?
Well, they don’t come back to the Stadium the rest of the year and he will more than likely retire so…
no but i think it would be fair to assume this is his last go around, his hitting skills have greatly diminished that he really doesnt appear to be worth keeping past this year.
Again. He wasn’t a Mariner for, what, 8 years?
We’re taking Aceves out for the 7th, right?
apparently not but Ace could use the work
Can Gardner pinch hit for Swish?
no.
WOW SWISHA…. REALLY???
It’s so hard for me to take Swish seriously with the mohawk.
Who’s playing second base for us today? I’m pretty sure the second baseman we had never hit with runners on, never hustled tagging up on fly balls, and also never took walks. Weird.
I think his name is Rob Carson. A true American.
ietc
IETC.
It’s so nice not seeing Ace in the 4th/5th inning…
Damn it, I wants me some Hughes!
He can go 8 and hopefully 9.
I hope not 9 (but that’s because I hope we have a lead then and can use Mo instead)
I hope he pitches the 8th, the Yankees score a ton of runs, make it like…11-6 and have Hughes pitch the ninth. He could use the work.
Fucking umpire
This umpire pisses me off
wow where did that miss ump?
it missed up his pooper.
best comment ever
do i get a statue, a memento, free movie tickets?
the satisfaction of a job well done
ungrateful jerk.
Ugh. The wave in the 7th inning of a close game.
You gotta admit, they had a pretty decent wave going. I think it went around the stadium twice.
People who do the wave should be slapped repeatedly.
I’m dead. Seeing that wave killed me.
setw
(Suzyn Enjoyed That Wave)
Yes! more Ben and Joe!
I keed, I keed
would a win resurrect you?
Is it just me or has Ace been wild in the last couple days?
its you
eh, I dont know. He has seemed a bit wild but made his pitches when he had to.
Ace has been behind in the count a lot recently but always seemed to get the job done.
yep
Wildly awesome? Yes.
+1.
He has, but he hasn’t given up the ball 4. And he’s been really good at painting corners.
the wave is for little league teams
No, it’s not. It’s for no one. It should be banned from sports.
Ace was so frustrated by the wave he just had to hit somebody.
heh IETC
They kept trying to do the wave the last time I was there, kids in my section kept trying to start it. It was pretty awful.
There were a few people sitting directly in front of me who tried to do it last night; it didn’t pick up, but if it did, I probably would have thrown my book at them.
don’t rub it!!!
Thanks, Seattle.
Jojhima was headed to the sushi bar!!!
Was that a balk? He like picked his leg up for a second.
That’s two baserunning fails by the M’s in two days.
LOL AT JOHJIMA
suck it Kenji
good old Kate Smith!!!
good out.
I love Kim Jones….
I see fuzz
? what happened
Ha nothin, after god bless America they showed NYPD.
KIm Jones is HOT!!!
no, unless your 30 years old or something
Jerk. You must be a young blood.
It’s really getting to the point where I don’t know if I hate God Bless America or Sweet Caroline more.
I understand the indecision but the creepy love song to an underaged girl always takes the cake for me.
True, true.
come on offense. wake your asses up
Stolen from LoHud:
Montero has hit homers in each of his last 4 games played (5 total). 14 at bats, 6 runs scored, 8 hits, 1 double, 5 homers, 8 RBI, 4 walks and 3 strikeouts. He might get 1 more at bat.
Theif! Jesus will punish you by throwing you out.
ICWUDT
i think its safe to say that BA will award Jesus Montero the #1 spot on the upcoming HOT SHEET .
NOT stolen from LoHud: PeteAbe’s rugged, portly good looks.
Count your blessings, Becca!
Johjima wanted to make up for getting on base.
Romine is slugging .500 in Tampa after tonight’s HR and 2B output. The OBP is up to .315… I think Montero’s got a little competition tonight for best performance from a minor leaguer..
Mark Lowe was brought in for some BP!!!
Matsui is done!!!!
Wow, good night for Matsui!
Worthless. Matsui’s absolutely worthless. DFA him for Shelley, like yesterday.
+55
Matsui is toast.
***Matsui is tempora’d.
I’ll eat crow on Matsui for these last few games. For the record, let it be known that I manned up and showed up here to give the credit and take a few lumps instead of cowering in my apartment in the corner, in the fetal position…shivering.
The latter would’ve been more enjoyable.
told ya
wtf are you doing? Do you only comment in 2-4 word sentences?
I max out at 5 words.
icwudt
I thank you very much.
DFA HIM NOW!
Oneill just said that the Mariners do not field the ball well. I’m pretty sure that is not true.
Well, they lead the league in errors, therefore, they must be bad fielders.
Seriously, though, their good defense is a byproduct of the now absent Beltre and their RIDICULOUS OF defense.
Too early for Melk, but his clutchness will overcome.
Dang, good wood on it Melk.
SSSSSUUIIIIIIIIIIII
Time for some Melky magic!
Who was it that wanted Shelley Duncan up as our DH instead of Matsui a couple days ago?
Started with an “A” I think.
asshole…oh, wait, AXL!
It was Ace.
Bad luck…
Please pinch hit for Cervelli.
Is Melky still trying to swing for the fences?
They are not PHing for Cervelli…Posada’s thumb in that bad of a way?
Should they have pinch hit here?
The problem is that if you PH for Cervelli JoPo has to catch and if JoPo’s thumb can’t catch, you can’t PH.
Lets go Cevelli
WHY DO YOU DO THAT TO ME KAY!?
no pinch hit? we need a run here!
Jeter won’t come through here…
glad you had faith.
tried the reverse psychology but it didnt work (it worked 3 times a row last time tho)
So we’ll win it in the 9th. I’m cool with that.
man, we really needed that run. Leadoff double and no runs = ATROCIOUS!
Not the first time it’s happened.
Besides, they didn’t get to 3rd base, so it hurts less…
That rally ended in a hurry.
Who pitches the 8th?
Phil better pitch 8/9. He needs the work.
jesus?
Jeter is so unclutch
ha ha ha…uh NO..next time you make a comment like that we’ll have to take you out back and shoot you!!!
I really hate Jojhima!!!
Shoulda bunted!!!11!
im more upset at melky not being able to move matsui over to 3rd
I think Cash and co. decided to cut Hughes innings limit in half in order to piss off the entire world.
an inning yesterday, an inning today. Whats the problem?
Oh wait, he only threw 9 pitches yesterday. Damnit Girardi, tell Hughes to throw more pitches next time you call on him.
LOL!
Aceves Another inning…
Eh, I just had flashbacks to Matsui’s broken hand dive.
Tex HAS to get a big hit in this game…he is so overdue
I’m pretty sure he was safe at second.
No, he was out.
same here
On the replay he looks safe.
I didn’t see it from the other angle, but it looked like his foot didn’t hit the bag until after Robbie tagged him.
Is it just me or does it seem Damon’s arm has been improving?
teh roids!!!!
Just you.
WOOOOO JOHNNY DAMON!
nice job by ace
Alright, now, after that inning we have to win.
Ace is trying to get his ERA under 2.00.
That’s the magic number. Then we can ask KLaw about trading him for Mauer!
Nah, that deal would never, ever get done. Dude, one of those guys is a perennial all-star and probable future Hall-of-Famer…the other’s just Joe Mauer.
You’re right. That deal only gets done if the Yankee front office people are Twins fans.
Do we really need anotehr catcher?
I think we need a good reliable reliever like Aceves more.
WHile the M’s BP has been good. I have faith they can win this. the BP has been great.
I don’t understand this, do ya’ll want to win, or get everyone their necessary work? Why do so many complain when Girardi makes the “right” move?
Gosh. Maybe some 9th inning magic?
It’s funny how no one from the MSM is praising our pen now but bashed at will before.
No, they’ll just wait for us to screw up again and pick up where they left off.
Here we go COMEBACK!!!!!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKK
I second that.
Dear Tex,
Please get out of your slump soon!
I will.
Love,
Tex
Walk for A-rod as usual?
Poopy.
nice camerawork
I hate Michael Kay…
Sterling called it the same way too.
It’s an A-BOMB from A- … uh, um… (silence)
…. I called a HR too, that one stung.
FUCK YOU KAY you annoying piece of shit
Hard to win a game when your 2-4 hitters all go hit less.
no it’s not. Happens all the time.
I really thought that was out.
so close
Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh I thought that was getting out.
Arod: “I’m still rich biatch!”
and wid Kate Hudson.
I said it last night, I’ll say it again, that Lance Armstrong commercial is sooooooo legit.
who’s their closer?
David BBrdsma
Cue angry b-hughsers
Ace after throwing 32 pitches and pitching last night?
Who killed Robertson?
Is Girardi just waiting til Saturday to get Hughes work so he can piggy back Wang?
lol Teix is having a not so nice night.
Teixeira NOT having a good defensive night.
Wow, really not Tex’s day, huh?
he was way due
Holy. Shit.
Kay is soooo happy! FUCK YOU KAY
Ok, that’s the ballgame. I don’t see a 4 run comeback.
oh fuck.
Mother fucker
Big blow for Seattle Kay?
Ace really wants to put the sombrero on Russell Branyan here.
Well FAIL me. Sorry guys.
…
Girardi is so dumb.
How is Girardi going to justify putting Ace out there for the 9th. He has other options…
I think it’s time to start the ‘Free David Robertson’ chants.
damn
I know someone’s going to say it’s retrospective, but really…pushing the envelope with Aceves here, much?
Actually my post a couple above this was pre-homerun
Yeah, I thought so. But he was getting outs, tough call.
It is a tough call, but I don’t think it’s crazy to bring Robertson in to start the 9th.
Exactly. I didn’t love the move, but didn’t we have a whole post up here today about limiting the number of relievers you use? Ace was rolling.
agreed
Well, that was fun. Anything good on HBO tonight?
that
blew
donkey
balls
CAN THEY TELL US WHO’S COMING IN? I am so fucking tired of YES.
I just vomited in my mouth.
Does Branyan think that he is Josh Hamilton or something?
should have taken him out dammit
He puts in Robertson? What the hell? This is a perfect Tomko situation.
The yanks are still trying to win the game here.
Yeah, but, I think even Tomko can hold a four run deficit where it is.
Kay stepping up with the Aceves pushing the limit comment…
I too was a little surprised that Ace came back out, but, maybe Joe has “Philly Rules.” I know D-Rob, Coke and Tomko are out there but I dunno.. I won’t go crazy on Joe for this one. Also, big Teix fucked up big in retrospect.
no sub 2.00 ERA for ace
Retarded. Girardi puts in Ace for 3+ innings but not Hughes. He really makes me rub my head sometimes
Is Phil allowed to pitch two days in a row? Oh, you don’t know do you?
Hughes didn’t pitch yesterday.
lol. Me=fail…
Nah, that wasn’t meant to rub you or anything.
Nah don’t worry, but I feel like an ass cuz this isn’t the only post I said that in.. My memory.. not like it used to be.. lol.
Was that Aceves or the ghost of Veras?
oh well start a new streak tomorrow
I can’t wait to hear the explanation he gives for leaving him in there.
Nice play by Cano.
“He’s been throwing the ball well for us”
He was getting outs. That’s the explanation. I would have taken him out, but it is not the kind of decision that he has to answer for or something.
maybe we can put together a Sox-type rally
Wonder what the reaction of the customers in the bar was when the ball was coming toward them?
“Oh look, someone made a touchdown” is my guess, given the clientele.
It’s actually pretty cool in there, and I don’t believe you have to pay to stand.
Excluding tonight, Branyan hits a homer every 14.77 ABs.
wow. LD makes a ridiculous play.
Robinson 1-2-3…
damn lots of hate for michael kay on here every night. have you guys heard other team’s play by play announcers?? theyre a combination of boring, mostly ignorant about the rest of the league & show little to no energy in calling the other team’s home runs…so little that if you were just listening to the game, you wouldnt even know the opposing team homered. i agree kay his flaws like calling every ball hit to the OF ‘hit deep’ but it could seriously be MUCH WORSE.
I agree with this. Kay is crappy but a lot of teams have just simply AWFUL announcers who are way more homer-inclined/stupid than Kay.
Yup. Having the package is probably the reason why I actually really like the YES announcers because I get to hear most of the crappy announcer around the country.
I had the baseball package for two years while living in the Boston area. I agree completely. I was appalled at how terrible some of these other local/regional broadcasters were/are.
Agreed, I heard a Braves broadcast over a stream, while in Paris. They are so homer happy it’s ridiculous. The Yankees hit a homerun and one of them said “oh darn”.
I hate Kay… about 140 games per year, I’d rather someone else. I have heard some other announcers, what I feel about them holds little weight because, well, I don’t listen to them 140 per season.
I just prefer Singleton 100x more than Kay.
Singleton + Cone + Lorenz
+1000.
That would be an absolutely fantastic booth.
Wonder if MSM will bring up our bullpen tomorrow
Thats why Marte getting healthy and coming back would be a great bonus. A 2nd lefty wouldve been perfect tonight so Aceves didnt have to pitch the 9th with Ichiro and Branyan leading off the inning.
Aceves didn’t have to pitch the 9th anyway tonight…
Are we going to get a little Hinske action tonight?
That sounds dirty
let’s hope so
I would assume with 4 afternoon games in a row coming up he would start at least one of them probably at 3b no???? Or at the least to give Damon or Swisher a day off.
I see Hinske but read Heffer. And yes, heffer action will be in full effect in a couple of hours.
great at-bat
This um is terrible…and water’s wet
This um is terrible…and water’s wet
come on swish. keep the line moving
Girardi is praying they don’t end up scoring just 2 runs.
Keep it rollin’, Hideki.
Don’t Stop.. Believin!
I hate that song. So much.
+1………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHOpkKFm5k
I prefer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
MERCY FLUSH!
But the most important is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3m4N9iOQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Asian Yellow Magic!!!
Go Matsui!
That was a ball to matsui
king of queens to pinch hit?
king of queens to pinch hit?
This umpire is beyond godawful.
+1
I poop on this ump.
Phew. Second life there, Hideki. Take advantage.
fuckin crunchtime
Jerry Meals sucks
we are getting this one.
That was ball 4, but with this umpire, probably strike 3.
Melky magic again tonight?
+++++++++++111111111111
Please void this last comment.
Come on Positive Posse. letz do dis.
He probably walks if not for that horrid strike 2 call.
great AB by Dekster. Let’s get em now.
Damnit.
Jorge