Jul
04
Game 80 Spillover Thread II
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Anyone else want that 5th spot? Cano doesn’t.
TRADE DAMON! DFA TEX! AND SHOOT CANO!
I can’t wait for this Cano RISP slump to be finished
cano is just being a good friend, he wants his bff cabrera to get the walkoff hit.
Cano does it again.
We need Hinske to a have his Yankee moment in the bottom of the 10th.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Gl.....S=10643962
damn. thats real vague though- was it at his home? club? back alley?
Holy cow!
sad just sad
Is that real?
Looks like it.
…I’m hesitant to even react until I see it confirmed by a better source with more details…
Its weird that espn or SI hasn’t picked up on it yet.
a news station isnt a good source?
Not saying that, just that a local news blurb with 2 sentences and hardly any details isnt evry thorough. Plus it still hasnt been picked up by major news/sports outlets….so it lets me hang on to the faint hope that it isn’t true
I watched him play his whole career and he was one of my favorite players, hope to god its just mistaken identity.
Nashville Police confirmed it
ESPN got it on their site now too…Damn.
ESPN said he was shot at his home
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews
Nashvilel Police confirm it
There’s a link on that page to the live coverage. That channel is outside his house so this has got to be real.
If this is accurate,then I’m just shocked.He was one of my favorite players in the league,during his time.
I hate extra innings. I just want the Yankees to end this game with a walkoff. Is that too much to ask on the 4th of July?
one hit by cano in any AB today and we win.
I’ve said it before and I will probably say it again. This Player of the Game decided in the 8th innning is just ridiculous. Just another way to get in another “during-the-live-action” commercial plug.
While Cano has struggled in RISP, some of it has to do wit luck though
How amazing would our team be if Wang was as good as he was in those 19 win seasons. Boy, we would be a tough team to beat.
In due time…possibly next year…except we’ll have a better Joba and Hughes
Quick! Let’s end this game before Tomko comes in!
Ok. Get overbay out and have Hinske hit his first Yankee Stadium HR FTW
I admire Girardi for not making knee-jerk moves based on SSS, but Cano hitting fifth was not wise to begin with. You do not want a lefty behind A-Rod–it makes the IBB too easy a call. Add to this the fact that Cano has one approach–swing at anything close–and you have a incredibly easy choice for a pitcher.
Put Swisher there, and give them something to think about.
What does a lefty behind ARod have to do with anything?
What is SSS?
small sample size i believe
Ah, thank you
small sample size
I’ve been seeing that lately, isn’t “small” redundant though?
no sample size doesnet autoamtically mean small. it could be a huge sample size. small is an adjective, sample size is the object
I stand corrected
What the fuck was that?
The IBB is an easy call anyway, unless you’re the Seattle Mariners. Posada being in the 5th spot isn’t going to scare people into pitching to A-Rod. Pitch to A-Rod or pitch to Posada. Hmmm, touch choice….
For all those people debating this before . . . wouldn’t it be a plus to have Mariano in now for the 10th and maybe 11th after Phil Hughes pitched the ninth?
Well, yeah, but you can’t plan for a future that might never come.
I think he should have left Hughes in for another inning, but there’s never a bad time to go to Mo.
I agree. I think in today’s game, the argument is really more about Hughes than it is about Mo.
Mo is always a good bet. The ERA suggests that he’s not quite as good a bet in ties. It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s true that his ERA is about 2.5 times higher in ties than in saves. And, I think, but I’m not sure, it’s a pretty good sample size. I would have left in Hughes for the 9th. Mo for the 10th and maybe 11th. That leaves you Coke for the 13th and 14th. Let’s see how it plays out.
How tough would this team be if they had a legit #5 RBI hitter?
They have 2. They’re just not using either one.
Posada – maybe. Who else?
Ahhh BG 3rd best UZR/150 in CF this year.
feels good. Yanks haven’t had that in a while in CF.
still has a shitty arm
meh range >>>> arm and brett garnder’s arm > damon’s and bernie at the end of his career but yes it is pretty hard to watch him throw.
Good job Coke.
GARDNER.
Fastest Outfielder Alive.
Nice hustle, Brett!
It’s hot today. Melk is a good choice.
It’s hot today. Melk is a good choice.
Thank god. The new captain clutch!
Melky’s due up third. Just get someone on for him, he’ll do the rest.
Hip hip, Jorge! Posada to lead off the bottom of the 10th.
ESPN – Noting the new problems the New York Yankees have had filling the high-priced seats at their new ballpark, Tiger Woods is boosting golf’s efforts to attract young fans to go see the game in person at the tournament he’s hosting this weekend.
“We don’t want to have what happened at Yankee Stadium,” Woods said Friday at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., site of the AT&T National. “Tickets are so overpriced that you can’t bring the family. We want to have everyone come out and enjoy being in a family atmosphere, walk around, have a good time and not have it cost an arm and a leg.”
this ticket prices thing is kinda overblown by the media so everyone misubderstands it a bit.
Posada guessing with 2 stikes highly upsets me.
Gardner’s defense saved a couple of runs today.
Swisher!?!?!? Is Hinske dead or something?
why would you pick Hinske over Swisher?
Swisher has been god-awful lately. He’s hitting .236
and Hinske has 5 at bats since July 26. and you want him up in the bottom of the 10th? come on this isnt even a discussion
using batting average to judge Swisher is always dumb.
If only because he’s there. you need to get him some ABs.
Give him at bats when the game isn’t on the line
I thought the whole idea was to have a left-handed bat off the bench?
was swisher not batting left?
Swish batted lefty
He was. Sorry. I was unclear. I only meant to say, Hinske was traded for explicitly for situations like this. If you’re not going to use him, then why trade for him?
He was traded for a bat off the bench, he wasnt traded to bat instead of Swisher
Girardi- “Power hitting pinch hitters usually come in when the team needs a run in the late innings…right?…Nah, lets put in Swisher. I know he’s been in a slump for a month but who knows
”
.254 average, .382 obp, .894 OPS in June is not a slump
Damn – No walk off for Melky today.
Since when did getting hits become so hard Yankees???????
This guy Camp has some pretty nice control, seems like every ball on Gameday is right around the edge of the strike zone.
Aceves and who else is left in the pen? Have to think the odds for the Yankees winning drops now since Mo, Hughes, Bruney, are done.
Probably have to save Ace for Joba’s start
Aceves and Tomko are the only one’s left, and Aceves threw a ton what, three innings on Thursday?
Hate to say I told you so (actually – no I don’t). Hughes 9th, Mo 10th & 11th, if necessary Coke 12th & 13th.
why not Hughes 8-9, Coke 10-11, Aceves 12-14 and Mo for the 15th??
you left out Tomko
saving him for the 16th, most important inning of the game
with the recent workload Mo wasn’t going 2 innings today
As long as Coke gets past this inning, I still feel good with Aceves going into a possible 12th/13th. If we get past that…pray.
I don’t like leaving COke in here
8 pitches last inning
why? he threw 10 pitches and been lights out lately
just thinking about earlier in the season when he wasn’t really successful going more than an inning. So far so good though
he has 1 ER in his last 5 appearances of 1+ IP
Coke >>>>>>>> Tomko
What the hell was that pitching sequence?
uh-oh cmon Cokey
Nice K Coke
Okay – Let’s win in the bottom of the 11th!!
Hope so, this is probably it for Coke. I don’t want to see Tomko.
I second that thought
nice Cokey, now let’s get him the win!
If only Gardy could somehow get on
Enough pussyfooting around, someone put one into the people and end this shit.
sounds good to me
I wouldn’t mind 3 singles in a row
“put one into the people”
lol, i like that, i dont think i ever heard that before
Great job by Coke. We don’t have a 10th and 11th inning go so it’s surprising that he got through. God I hope we don’t go to the 12th because we have no 12th inning guy. It doesn’t matter who pitches that inning, he will fail because he doesn’t know how to pitch in the 12th inning.
Coke has really been good as of late.
Walk off inside the park?
Gardner needs to visit a hospital everyday
LOL
get on gardy
never mind
cross your fingers for a win. Tomko has LOSS written all over it.
Minca Kelly chilling with the Jeters
*Minka
Was just about to say. Poor Cap’n, having to keep a woman like that happy…
Is that his main squeeze now? I don’t keep up with the gossip pages. Very nice for Cap’n if she is!
I love how Kay and Coney subtly pay so much attention to the Jeter crew without mentioning the very attractive young woman on the right.
Minka Kelly. Stellar
Minka Kelly > Kate Hudson
If we go to the 12th, who would be pitching?
Aceves or Tomko
I hope it’s Aceves and not Tomko
Camp is destroying them with that changeup.
Camp is looking more like Halladay than Halladay
Damon just has to put one out – Get this over with
Never mind
Who pitches the 12?
C’mon, Yankees. My grill is waiting. I want a win.
you should do what i am doing
grilling and watching the game
I’m watching on my computer which, unfortunately, is too far from the grill.
One day, though, I will have a laptogrill and life will be awesome.
Plz no Tomko
man camp looked great
girardi may look foolish for pulling hughes early now that we rest on tomko…
yeah he should have planned for teh 12th inning better
Don’t leave out the 13th-16th either
you love to criticize
because the criticism makes no sense. tied game top of the 9th at home, you put your closer in.
I think some people just like to make comments about how they feel in certain situation, myself included. BTW I appreciate you throwing me Coke’s recent #’s in 1+ IP
yeah and Girardi is in a lose-lose situation for EVERY situation because people are always going to bitch
and you’re welcome
yeah but if a guy throws 8 pitches in an inning, leave em in for the next.
i am wishing tomko the best and hope he gets the win, but let mo pitch the extras (if needed). Give the guy the rest
I remember a commenter mentioning that way back in the 8th inning – Cough, Cough
i also mentioned this too
I would go to Aceves for just 1 inning knowing I have the 3-4-5 hitters coming.
He pitched like 3 innings and threw like 30-35 pitches 2 days ago, I think Joe would really prefer to not use him.
Rumor has it Eric Hinske is on this team. It cannot be confirmed at this time, however.
Who was he suppose to bat for, and hes had 6 at bats since June 26th
He should have batted for either Ransom or Gardner. Gardner’s been in a bad funk and Hinske has the pop to end the game.
At some point the Manager has to get him into a game to keep him fresh and a viable option.
This blows. They look great through the first 7 innings against Roy ^$^*%$#* Halladay and now they can’t even get a damn hit.
Bob Stone says:
July 4th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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Is that his main squeeze now? I don’t keep up with the gossip pages. Very nice for Cap’n if she is!
here you go Bob:
http://www.terezowens.com/category/derek-jeter/
Thanks e mills – I feel all brought up to date now. Derek sure does alright for himself in the dating department.
np lol
Tomko against Scutaro, Hill, Lind and then Rolen is not good but we may get lucky
This is where it gets scary
Tomko against anyone is scary
Exactly.
There’s no getting lucky when Brett Tomko is involved
any thoughts on who will start in 5 days assuming Wang can’t?
I ssume it’s Phil Hughes.
How long has it been since Tomko got work?
Not long enough
man i just laughed loudly
Smile
Let’s hope he only has to appear for one inning.
And all you doubters were worried about Tomko. Pffft.
I almost had a heart attack
Yea, I saw that ball being caught and came right back out of the ER
my heart stopped
Today should be “outfielder appreciation” day.
Definitely – Outfield defense is why we are still playing in extra innings.
Tomko can still throw, he should be pitching more, a good vet arm to have
Well Tomko sure did make it scary but I give him credit – He came through
We got lucky, now we MUST win it in the bottom half I hope.
there is one bullet dodged with Tomko. Odds say end it now.
add Herges (just got DFAed by the Indians) and move Aceves to the starting spot
Come on. We have to win, we would be only one game back if we do.
Four fingers for A-Rod now. C’mon Cano.
nice job TEX!
RISP for A-BOMB!
Time for ARod to walk it off.
Dang, I guess ARod won’t get a chance to hit with Cano struggling in RISP.
That’ll show ‘em not to use the over shift – HAH
if anything it shows them that the shift was the right play… Teix got lucky, not that im complaining
Up to Robbie Cano again (post ARod IBB). Come on, you’re my favorite Yankee for a reason, dude.
They’re really pushing Camp
alright tex got it started
No DP Cano
I bunt w/ Cano
That was Lou Gehrig’s patch on the top of 1st base which helped us rite there.
Sac bunt Cano. You have to
Can Cano hit into a triple play to end the inning?
For the love of all that is sacred and holy PLEASE GET A RBI HIT CANO!
First and second with no outs? Fuck it, let him bunt.
Cano is an out machine, let’s hope no DP
Cano is really really really due!
Cano bunt? it’ll be 2nd and 3rd one out…
well its your turn robbie
like bruce almighty says “Be the miracle”
Cano should try to draw a walk.
Hacerlo, Cano, hacerlo!
Can Cano bunt?
WHy bunt?!!!
Yankee fans need to start the “rubber chicken” thing for AROD that SF used to use for Bonds
if cano was hitting with RISP, they wouldn’t walk him most of the time
Let him swing!
I wouldn’t be opposed to a bunt in this situation
good move tryin’ to bunt Cano.. pitcher’s out of his rhythm
OK, please take off the damn bunt now.
BUNT!
………..what the fuck.
pathetic!!
What the fuck
WTF was that??????????
WTF CANO???
what the FUCK was that?????
THAT IS WHY YOU DON’T BUNT!!!
WTF!! BUNTING ON 3-0?
In the name of all that is holy, why Cano?
oh my god….
WTF!!! he could have walked maybe
Wow.
Um, Cano is really playing for his detractors today.
Bunt 3-0 was stupid, another great managerial move
Given that Tex was heading BACK to second, I think Cano fucked up.
3-0 bunt. WTF was that. Take 3 pitches in a row and go down looking if you have to
God this team plays some fucking stupid baseball at times. Bunt on 3-0. Just stupid
Correction.. cano plays some stupid ass baseball somtimes
Cano. Wow.
Why not try to draw the walk?
Not Canos best day
What the fuck is everyone complaining about?
That pitch was down the middle, if he takes it its 3-1 and he only has one chance to bunt
Yeah I can see both sides, but, Canobie may have missed a sign (or Teix) because teix woulda ran.
Are you serious?
Bunting was stupid in the first place.
Now, I betcha no one really talks about it.
You don’t bunt 3-0 when the pitcher cant find the zone. You force him to throw a strike. Think a little.
the pitch was DOWN THE MIDDLE
CANO! YOU SIMPLETON!
At least Camp is pithcing a lot.
3-0 BUNT WTF AFSJFDADJ!@!@!!
Deal Cano and let Pena play second
cut ARod, cut matsui, cut Burnett after his poor start, cut Tex after his slump, cut Swish
I didn’t think he could fuck up any worse than not getting a hit, but he did
Seriously.
bunting is stupid as a whole. nevermind on 3-0
Thank you Posada. Thank you.
Doesn’t matter, boom
BALL GAME OVER!!
YANKEES WIN!
Hip HIp
BLAMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Everybody go get yo grill on!
HIP HIP, JORGE!
AJ please pie posada
Bunting Cano in the first place was simply wrong.
because you use the logic that he’s “due” for a hit after 0-19 with RISP?
No, because he’s shitty at bunting. Bunting on a pitch when Tex didn’t know it was happening was even worse.
Tex didnt know- thats Cano’s fault?
JORGIE.
Cano’s gotta pee on his hands for the rest of the season now.
LMAO
Posada Baby.
POSADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bail em out baby! He should be batting 5th and he is pretty clutch usually.
JOBA!!!!!!!!
Posada’s going to kill Joba and AJ in the clubhouse.
NO LAUGHING ON THE FIELD!!!
does he get pied by AJ?
Done!!
Seriously, who is in the ‘pen besides Ace tomorrow?
Robertson, Bruney.
Robertson for sure, Tomko, you rest Mo tomorrow and use Hughes to close if needed.
Actually, maybe not. I forgot we lost that game to the Mariners the other day and didn’t use Mo, so Mo should be available too.
Mo’s pitched four of the last five days…I think you need to give him off tomorrow.
And this was Hughes’ first back-to-back appearance. I dunno if they want to make this his first back-to-back-to-back as well. Especially if he needs to spot-start for Wang in five days.
I think you have to make a quick call on Wang, DL him, call up Melancon or Alby to reinforce the pen, and decide if Aceves or Hughes is going to start in five days.
I kind of doubt that unless it’s really obvious. We do have Ace, Bruney, Robertson and Tomko available for tomorrow. The bullpen pitched about 10 innings the last 2 days but it was spread out pretty well and was well rested before. I wouldn’t feel pressured to get another reliever up.
Hughes has to get ready to start for Wang, no?
No, not necessarily. They need a starter Thursday, then they can regroup during the AS break. After Thursday, they won’t need a fifth starter until the 21st.
Maybe they piece that Thursday start together with Aceves and Tomko, and call up an extra reliever.
You know, the way they talked about Hughes(granted, their words seem to change all the time), it almost sounds like we are more likely to see Sergio Mitre than Phil Hughes start that game.
I could see that. I guess if Wang is going to take a little longer to heal, you get Hughes his innings, right?
Oh yeah, if this is a long term thing, you stretch Hughes out like what Mariners did with Brandon Morrow. Like Mike said, all star break coming up, we don’t have to make this decision any time soon.
nah Hughes has pitched 2 straight already for the first time.
probably not gonna use Hughes if Wang is gonna go to the DL, i’ll bet they move quickly to bring someone up though
Our bullpen has just been awesome lately.
HAHAHAHA.
A.J. is one sneaky bastard.
It was a great move. Almost as deceptive as his curve ball when he is on
WOW – I sort was mentally prepared for this game to be in the “automatic loss” column. We win against Halladay. Amazing. Baseball is definitely one sport that no one should ever bet on.
I didnt even gte home til the 8th, and I was just hoping Wang would hold it close…got my wish, sorta.
Just flush your money down the nearest toilet if you feel the need to get rid of it, its faster
And BTW you shouldnt bet on ANY sport
good game and can finally go out…have fun all!
Happy 4th Everyone. Enjoy it safely!
At first I thought what a weak attempt by Joba but it was smoke and mirrors
none of this would have happened if joba were pitching the 7th and 8th for toronto
Heh, if the Yanks had gone 8-0 against Boston, they’d have a 15-game lead. Boston has, but they only lead by one game. Yankees > Red Sox.
etc (enjoy this comment – directive form)
If the yanks win half those games, the yanks would lead the division.
If we were just 3-5 against them, we’d be up by 5 games. Hopefully theyll continue to tread water against the rest of the league, then we can put them in our rear view by spanking them in August
But Boston is 8-0 against the Yanks, so it’s still kind of tough to say that…
the yankees will be heard from in the second half against the red sox. I cannot wait for august so we can spank them like the little beetches they are
So, what’d Joe say? “Someone missed something?” “Someone misunderstood something?”
first answer: “someone missed something”
follow up: “he misunderstood the plan [i believe thats the word he used]“
Cano’s worst game ever
We Win
now let’s find a fifth starter how good is mitre?
bunting is not stupid when you need 1 run to tie or win — it also may not be stupid to avoid dp with a guy who is having trouble picking a pitch to hit
3-0 is a perfect place to look fo an easy to bunt 4-seamer — you can make an argument for looking at 3 more pitches – you can make an argument for turning cano lose an hit and run – again expecting a cookie
but the guy has to execute — the yankees have lost several games in late innings with no outs buy failing to advance tying or winning run to 3rd – usually i blame this on Girardi’s in-gam tactics
maybe it is also on the players – last night needing runs in that bases loaded situation neither ARod or Cano wer patient – a fky ball from either would have plated a run — the wild pitch saved big egg on face
as to that pitcherr’d manager Giradi – there jave been many opportunities to give Phil future franchise multiple innings — Giradi has not done so — now needing Hughes back in His Slot — he will not be stetched and available — that’l be the excuse — and will get a spoot start from someone in AA or AAA
Ihope the wanger experiment ends here – get him healthy and keep him for nest year when Andy retires but develop Hughes now