Jul
05
Game 81: Halfway There
ByNo nibbling Joba, just strikes.
Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Posada, C
Matsui, DH
Swisher, RF
Cano, 2B
Melky, CF
Ransom, 3B
And on the mound, Jobber.
Oh, and Jon Albaladejo has been called up to take Chien-Ming Wang‘s place on the roster, since he officially hit the DL.
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The Mason Williams Watch
See I knew Hinske wouldn’t start today =]
I am eagerly awaiting it.
from Joey Joe Joe, per Petey:
On Hughes: “I can say one thing, I don’t see us taking him out of that role right now. He’s probably less built up than anyone that we have so he will probably not be one of our options. … I see him staying in the bullpen.”
Hughes, down the road, is he still a starter?
“I still believe that he is a starter. You’ll see a lot of young pitchers that come up and have success in the bull pen and then the move them over to the rotation because on any given day you’re not asking too much from them in a sense. I think his stuff right now plays out well in both, but I think he’s been really, really good in the bullpen and has been really helpful to us, and that’s another reason that we might keep him there for a while. And the other thing is he’s not built up, and it’s tough to build them up here. You would have to send him down for a while and we’re not comfortable doing that right now with the way he’s throwing the baseball.”
I will now sit in the corner and punch myself in the face …
Some decisions this front office has made of late are questionable at best.
Would it REEEEAALLY be that hard to stretch him out to 80-90 pitches? You know, the all star break is coming up Joe…
Seriously. How much more of an opportunity do they need to get Hughes back in to the rotation?
What are ya gonna do?
Meh.
This is why there are some decisions that the manager should make and some that the GM needs to make. Personnel decisions like this need to be made by the GM and account for the overall impact on the organization (now and in the future).
Pretty sure this is what Cashman wants too, since he’s been quoted saying things along the same line.
Ideally, I’d like to see Mitre get the next start with Hughes shadowing him, send Hughes down to AA over the All-Star Break to get 2 starts, then have him back up and capable of ~90 pitches.
I’d be willing to bet money that Hughes will get at least two more starts this year, though, even if they don’t come yet.
let’s get get it yankees!
i am also watching the roddick v federer match
hopefully it’s over soon
I’m watching it too. It’s good, but not as good as last year’s. Let’s go Roddick, screw the Swiss!
of course cano isn’t benched. and wtf is albie doing up here??
At least he isn’t batting 5th. And Albie is here because they used a lot of the bullpen yesterday so if Joba doesn’t go 7-8 innings they’ll have him.
Who else is going to play 2nd if Ransom is already filling in at 3rd for Alex? A-Rod needs the day off more. Cano’s slump will end at some point, Alex’s hip problem won’t.
Albie is up so that Hughes can return to his rightful spot in the starting rotation. Hughes will replace Wang for the remainder of the year.
haha…I immediately thought of Bon Jovi upon seeing the post title.
Does Hinske play any 3B? If he does then he should be in there over Ransom. Also, why dont the Yanks get rid of Ransom and bring back Pena. He’s so much better defensively and neither can hit anyway.
With the lefty on the mound, the lefty Hinske will remain on the bench. He may be a PH and defensive sub for Ransom late in the game though if it’s close.
Pena needs more development and to get that he needs to play everyday down in AAA. They’re also trying him in the OF. Ransom is actually the better hitter with more pop, and I think you’ll see that as the season goes on and he has more ABs.
It’s either we keep Pena and keep Ransom or we lose Ransom and keep Pena. It’s better if they have both but Pena can now play everyday is AAA.
teixera gets allstar spot
is anyone going to be watch the all star selection show on tbs
come on, i like baseball, buts all star selections is not THAT exciting that it needs its own show
YES!
Tex got the allstar spot
Here’s the run differentials of the AL East Big Three:
Boston: +72
Yankees: +59
Tampa: +78
But the Yanks lost that one game to Cleveland 22-4. Take that away, and their run differential is +77.
hell just make it an 8-4 game and it looks much better
And take away the 15-0 win vs. the Mets and it goes back down to 62. I’m sure Boston and Tampa have been on the losing side of a lopsided game so why not take one away for them too?
Tru dat.
Boston and Tampa have had a couple of lopsided games with each other.
But yeah, every team gets a few laughers.
man joba already starting with the walk
Gameday says Joba is getting squeezed. Is that the case?
yes
What? No, Joba’s all over the place. He threw one borderline pitch on 0-2 but it was def. a ball.
Oh damn! I thought it was impossible for Teix to catch up. Nice job of voting guys.
I’m (almost) ashamed to admit it but I voted 25 times from two different e-mail accounts.
It took longer than you would think…
i voted 100 times for him
Loser.
J/K
I’m mostly watching the tennis. Have they said who came out on top in Pedroia v. Kinsler?
Not yet. I would assume Kinsler as Pedroia has been in a bad slump of late.
kinsler has been in a 2 month slump
Damnit. I don’t pay attention as much to other teams besides the AL East.
pedroia
Tex beat out Youk?? Oh that’s glorious!!!
Yes! They just said that. I’m thrilled!
Go Tex! I put in my 25 votes after being reminded here that Tex was trailing.
what is more scary? that lind, rolen, overbay are 3,4,5? (for them) or Wells, rios are 6,7 (for other teams)?
and we are officially there. Joba under 90mph
He just hit 94, and hit 93 earlier.
ik, I don’t want to be that fan, lol. Hope he gets on teh Hughes offseason workout, though
As a viewer, Joba’s walks don’t kill me as much as that he takes f o r e v e r between pitches.
the 3-2 counts drive me fucking crazy to the point he can be hard to watch
wow, is rolen that good at hitting sliders?
Seriously. He’s like Steve Trachsel with a fastball.
ooh 94!
*throws ticker tape*
Throw the slider already and quit dickin around.
Damn yo, Rolen fightin’ everything off.
yeah i just want him to be frozen by a K already
they never fouled off any balls while he was in the bullpen
/francesa
Nice at-bat by Rolen, but the slider is still a knockout pitch.
More of those hammer curves and fewer FBs a foot outside would be nice.
24 pitches eww
it seems like Joba was pitching to contact, but those bjs are so damned gritty they will make him work before the out, lawl
thats what she said
gritty bjs……no thanks.
nice K there joba!
This really needs to be one of those games where we’re ahead by 7 or 8 runs so we can run Albie out there for 3 innings.
Cecil’s one of those rare guys who was drafted as a reliever and converted to a starter.
let’s hope he gives up a ton of hits
Boston tried that with Papelbon
Toronto did it with Dave Bush and Shaun Marcum too.
Marcum certainly would be a success story there if he can return healthy.
Ok wait. I’ve heard so many conflicting things. But wasn’t Papelbon drafted as a starter, and he continued as a starter in the minors? Then when he was called up they decided eventually to move him to the bullpen because he had a shoulder problem and couldn’t take starting 200 + innings. But he also agreed to go to the pen b/c he liked it there.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com.....lbon.shtml
Papelbon was a college reliever who the Sox moved to the rotation in the minors. He mostly started in the minors, before coming to the majors as a starter and moving back to the pen. Confused yet?
Papelbon was the closer at Mississippi State. Boston turned him into a starter in the minors.
Thanks guys. I remember reading something about a shoulder injury in SI as part of the reason he returned to the pen. I’ll try and dig it up myself.
You are absolutely right. I lived in Boston during that time and listened to the local WEEI sports talk station. There was much debate about starter vs. closer, much like wityh Joba. The BoSox felt that his shoulder post-injury would hold up better in the pen so they moved him there. The following year they were considering placing him back in the rotation and Paps said that he preferred to stay in the closer role. The BoSox acceded to his request. The rest is history.
Shall we complain about Jeter swinging first pitch? I’m torn.
Of course! He didn’t take pitches so he’s not gritty and if your not gritty you don’t win ballgames.
/ESPN’d
Gritty players don’t take walks. They know that they have to swing when they get a good pitch.
What a match between Federer and Roddick. Congrates to Federer for breaking the record.
Federer is the best and Andy is still a loser. Nothing has changed as a result of this match.
You wish you were Andy Roddick.
Give Roddick credit. He played his ASS off. He’s really improve from years back.
Little Bill must be Bill Tildon, if not, then some other Tennis Champion.
Does Bill Tildon have a smoking hot swimsuit model of a wife too?
Ivan Lendl?
I was rooting for Roddick. But you could see that Federer had a slight advantage and was going to win. It was a great match . . . one where you hate to see a loser because both played so well. But, hat’s off to Federer . . great win and a great accomplishment to break the record.
I know he needs a rest but who else would LOVE to see A-Rod bat against this kid?
i would love to see this
Most definitely. A-Rod been hot of late but he needs his rest to stay hot.
I would…he would CRUSH his lefty 90 mph fastball but we gotta follow doctor’s orders.
the hero steps up to the plate
a-rod would kill this kid
Cecil struggling to throw strikes just … like … most … young … pitc … hers.
the only two young pitchers ive seen not have that much of a problem throwing strikes for a while are matt cain and lincecum
Matt Cain? Really? Not exactly Maddux.
Blasphemy!! It’s only Joba, and only because he’s not in the 8th!!
Joba wasn’t built to be a starting pitcah!!!
You know you have a bad breaking ball when Jorge hits it from the right side.
Letting baseball writers have any input on the all-star game rosters is one of the stupidest ideas I’ve ever heard. But then, that’s par for the course with Michael Kay.
lol they would probably put eckstein and counsell on every year because they are “gamers”
aagreed but fans aren’t great either he has a vaery vaid point with hamilton its a joke that he is starting hell varitek was second in catchers
bad call by the ump he never tagged him with the ball
And Jim Rice is in the Hall of Fame.
wow my spelling is almost as bad as cano with risp my bad poor multi tasking
Pedroia is the 5th best 2b in his own division, and he gets voted in. They all suck at picking teams.
So true.
Just look who they elect to the HOF. Look who they give Gold Gloves to. They’re only slightly less biased than the fans.
Teixeira is smarter than that …
Second time this series he’s been robbed of a run at home, by a bad call, though.
first pitch!? say it aint so, matie
Shit I couldn’t even recognize Swish with the shades and the high socks!
I thought the managers can pick the pitchers and bench players in the all star game.
wow tex, you really thought you were gardner?
he was actually safe.
yeah i just saw the replay, that was a terrible call :/
SWISHA!
2-0
man if only tex had held up…
But that would have altered the entire space-time continuum
lol
Cano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
urgghhhh Robbie
Oh no rally killer
ruh roh, cano with RISP
And here I thought Wally Bell was the worst umpire ever. This crew sucks.
no, whoever was the crew for the seattle games was the worst i’ve ever seen
Jerry Meals is the worst to me
Angel Hernandez. It’s like he’s paid by the blown call and ejection.
oh yea, him too.
You know you’re bad if people know an umpire’s name by heart.
Well there’s only 70 of them or so. Its a pretty exclusive gig.
oh yeah he sucks major balls.
lance berkman almost knocked him out 2 years ago
0-21 with RISP for Robbie? I know he’s been struggling in those situations, but that is out of this world.
eek
0 for his last 21, not 0-21 total. Still, though.
Cano’s bound to single or double with a runner on 2B eventually. 0-21 however isn’t a SSS.
Considering Cano’s literally had hundreds of ABs with runners in scoring position, 21 ABs is still a small sample size.
That’s not to say it isn’t worrisome, however, because it is.
ASG starters should be determined by spreadsheets.
I wish A-rod was 100% healthy, he’s missing out on Cecil.
I’m happy Cano was batting 6th, not 5th, there.
2009 AL All-Star Dustin Pedroia just hit his third home run of the year, still good for last place in the league, behind such power hitters like Alberto Callaspo.
Brett Gardner needs to put Dustin Pedroia back in his place in his next start.
I think the yanks should get a pitcher either by trade or free agency if hughes doesn’t come into the rotation.
They’re hitting Joba’s stuff far so we better score more
Clearly 92 isn’t enough for Joba . . . he just blew a high fastball past Wells.
A 96MPH HEEAATAAAAAAAH!
Wow, after all that Cecil’s pitch count was lower than Joba’s.
Wonder if Pena gets to that ball.
Joba’s fastballs to Wells: 94-92-96.
Seems a bit of an odd spread, no?
thanks vernon
Whaaa? That’s been happening a lot lately. Do teams think our pitchers are retarded?
Ok define a lot. For me I guess it’s one other time.
nah, they think Jorge is so their timing is messed up
Nice baserunning there.
Sweeeeeeet.
Man, Jorge is such a baaaad cathcer.
good baserunning wells
10-pitch inning, gotta love that
Yeah, now 34 thru 2 doesn’t look too bad at all.
Joba’s 6 outs so far: 4 flyouts, 1 CS, 1 K
Do the Yanks end up signing Ben Sheets to take Wang’s spot?
I think Sheets is signed, isn’t he? By the Rangers?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....-year.html
Cheers
Recent posts over at MLBTR from multiple sources seem to indicate that Sheets may not be able to pitch this year.
I’d imagine if Wang is gone for more than a month that we’ll see Phil Hughes in the rotation.
Must. Kill. Michael. Kay.
Its an utter disgrace that Hamilton is elected to start. Honestly, I would PRAY that no RAB poster would think of inserting Hamilton as a starter… right?
I know this is Yankees bias…but why isn’t Damon starting?!?! If deh nation could get their shitty second basemen to start why in the hell couldn’t we rally to get Damon to start in the OF?
My OF was Bay, Jones, and Hunter. It doesn’t exactly fit but whatever, I think they’re deserving.
Jones is havin’ a ridic year
Poor Cody. I REALLY want him to do well.
ransom swung at ball 4 but oh well, he still walked
Tim freaking Wakefield made the Allstar team with a 4.30 ERA.
J O K E wins are such a bad measure
Who picks the pitchers? The manager?
Are you kidding? That’s absurd.
He never made a AS team before and he won’t again, just let him have it…
I actually don’t mind that Wakefield made it. I think he made it on wins (10-3) and lifetime body of work. In the Boston Globe today Amalie Benjamin chronicles Wakefield’s career and mentions an apology from Buck Showalter for not selecting Wakefield in 1995 when he was 5-1 with an ERA of 1.61. He’s been a work horse for the BoSox and a great guy. And, I have never seen a pitcher that varies so much from start to start between totally dominant and awful (with everything in between). You never know what you’ll get with him.
Because home field is determined by the outcome, I do not want people picked for any reason than being deserving. Do you want, potentially, game 7 of the World Series being played in an NL stadium instead of Yankee stadium because Wakefield and his 4.30 ERA lose the AS game, a game that he shouldn’t have been invited to anyway?
Jeter’s AVG up to .313
Johnny what the hell was that?
Marky REALLY needs a HR
GOOD. HITTING.
FB middle middle. takes pure grit and determination to grit to lay off that, georgie
In play, run(s)!
so does that mean we have to boo jorge now that he passed o’neil on the hits list
Posada!
I <3 Jorge Posada
Jober + Run Support = W
POSADA BABAY!
Guess it’s time to take Jorge off my fantasy bench. Hope his slump is officially over.
I think it is too
Agreed Sire. I am doing the same. Having him and Wieters as my catchers in fantasy has been frustrating.
I have those two, but Sandoval also to solve all of my problems.
Is it just me or does Matsui manage to frequently look silly and over matched at the plate, while constantly picking up big hits?
It’s all part of his diabolical plan. He looks bad on a pitch so the pitcher will throw it again and he hammers it.
Cecil wanted no part of him after that near-dinger.
as crazy as that may sound, it makes sense
Strangely, that does make some sense.
renteria did that in game 7 of the 97 WS
Fuck yeah he did.
All quiet on the Sano front. I wish we swoop in like we did wit Teix.
I’d rather Chapman
That will be this winter. One shouldn’t have too much to do with the other.
I rather… both!
I say both. There is no recession in Yankee Universe.
Just ignore the hype machine, man. Take a lesson from the Salcedo fiasco.
I’m not sure if I want to give $4 million to a 16 year old, especially after they gave $3 million to another one earlier. These kids are just so young.
That’s why we have talent evaluators and scouts though. This kid is suppose to be an UBER prospect.
Already time for Cito to start worrying about eating innings with his bullpen–I LOVE IT.
Fuck! I thought he got that!
Toronto pitching coach: Listen buddy, we know you suck, but you have to at least give us 4. Please?
Coach, I gave them four.
What at an PA by Matsui!
No Kinsler on the All Star Team at all. He’ll probably get voted in on the Final Man ballot, but he should be there to start. What a bunch of crap.
But teh nation voted!!! And they know everything. They’re the baseball equivalent of MENSA, right?
Pretty unbelievable. The Great American Popularity Contest strikes again.
teh slappysawx mighty grit-mite!
Swish can stick the dagger in the heart right here.
well i guess cano won’t be getting any sort of playing discipline for that missed call and bonehead play yesterday. he’s got a rod to thank for that.
It’s all A-Rod, all the the time.
kay is a jinxer
Does Hinske make his first yankee appearance today? I say yes.
Doh.
Swisher struck out just so Cano wouldn’t have to embarrass himself with RISP again. Team player, that Swisher.
very selfless of him to sacrifice avg for Robi
hahaha.
nice.
Swisher sacrificing his stats for Cano’s…oh wait that’s only the all mighty gritty Red Sox.
it’s smart baseball.
cano has no chance of RISP his next at bat, so he’ll get a hit.
So if Cecil’s ERA against teams under .500 is around 2.00 and his ERA against teams over .500 is around 10.00, what’s his value if he were a starter for the Dodgers in the NL West? Is he considered an ace?
hmmm, I think you indirectly dissed the Dodgers’ record
Yes…and the NL West division…and the national league in general.
Why isn’t CC an All-Star? And Wakefield is? I’m missing Cliff Lee too.
i love david cone
well that was anti climactic
I <3 David Cone.
LOL! who double fists coffee! That’s great.
Seriously Cone has to be doing this intentionally. This and jerking off?
lol nah, double fisting is a legit term. Usually you double fist at a bar before a drink special runs out. I’ve even dared to triple fist before the 11 o’clock price increase.
Oh, shows what I know.
You have three hands?
it’s just a term.. I don’t really have 3 hands.
cone: double fisting
it just gets better and better
Joe Louis Double Fist
Things I enjoy about Joba the starter: first pitch breaking ball for a strike.
0-2 hits raise my urge to kill significantly.
ugh I hate 0-2 hits
94-95-96 on that last AB to Chavez
how can anyone justify pedroia being even in the allstar game at all right now, let alone its starter? He is at .285/.365/.377 with 2 hrs, and 14 SBs to 5 CSs and 35 rbis. Essentially a league average offensive player w/ replacement level power. Better AL second basemen this year: Aaron Hill, Ian Kinsler, Robinson Cano, Brian Roberts, and the guys whose offensive contributions are roughly on par w/ pedroia include Alberto Callaspo, Akinori Iwamura (only because he’s been injured, otherwise his numbers would be far better than pedroia’s), and Macier Izturis. This is almost as bad as last year w/ varitek.
Don’t forget Zobrist, who at this point is a 2B.
Probably the best result for that hanging breaking ball — a ground ball single.
nah a groundball out is better
did cone just repeat what kay just said?
haha
shit
Ah shit.
Fastball in leaks back over the plate. Ugh.
damnit Joba
wow ransom has as much range as jeter did last year
Ransom is pretty bad defensively. That’s why Pena should be up as the utility infielder.
Damn. And that guy almost fell over the wall.
that would’ve been funny
joba’s been generally fairly solid since the 1st, no? i mean for those actually watching as far as control and consistency goes?
JOba’s been fine. His velocity has been pretty good as well.
nevermind. fuck.
holy sheet
joba working on giving back the nice cushion?
is Pettitte pitching today? Because the pitcher is pitching to the score
Funny, Joba’s stuff looked better to me that inning and his pace seemed less sloth-like.
guess lind found out that he got snubbed for ben freakin zobrist
check that — hamilton hasn’t played enough games to be considered a bat boy for the allstar game, nevermind a player or a STARTER.
Who agrees with a mandatory games played as even a consideration to be on the allstar ballot to be a starter? Something to the tune of certain number of plate appearances to win the batting title. Thoughts?
Problem is that they put out the ballots in like…April. So there’s a lot of dumb candidates on there.
good point. cant just throw the votes out.. this isn’t iran after all
nah.. not for me. I think the best players should be there. Sometimes the best players get hurt or suspended for 50 games, cough.. manram.. cough.
don’t look now, but “ben freaking zobrist” is having an incredible year at an up-the-middle position. Lind is a DH/LF.
zobrist is listed as an outfielder on the reserve list. i know the guy can play all over the diamond im not saying he cant but shit start his ass at 2B then
ok offense score more!
If Joba can’t go 6 quality innings , he’s not a starting pitchahh !
YEEEEEARRRRGH!
Cano’s taking pitches today
No pressure single for cano
All-Star Game Final Vote crap:
# Chone Figgins, LAA
# Brandon Inge, DET
# Ian Kinsler, TEX
# Adam Lind, TOR
# Carlos Pena, TB
# Cristian Guzman, WSH
# Matt Kemp, LAD
# Mark Reynolds, ARI
# Pablo Sandoval, SF
# Shane Victorino, PHI
I guess I’ll have to vote for Inge and Kemp. They’re clearly the “best” when looking at their WAR.
Robbie laces ball 4 into RF for a single. He’s such a good hitter that I’m ok with it, I think.
yep, he singles now
great job by robbie
i am no b-jobber at all but it seems to me the yanks are gonna leave hughes in the pen for a while. if you had to start one and leave one in the pen who would you put in the pen?
Leave Hughes in the pen. Joba has had success as an MLB starter, Hughes hasn’t.
If that was my only option, of course they’ll both be in the rotation for years to come.
neither in the pen. They both can pitch well in the pen because… they are good pitchers.
KENNEDY. muhahah
My first inclination is to say, Joba to the pen. But, I feel like Hughes needs a better third pitch to be the starter he’s intended to be.
Send Robbie here.
Seattle has the bases loaded one outs in the 4th
LETS GO M’s!
Tripe hoo rah
Nice bloop triple to unload them!
Ronny Cedeno triples to empty the bases
Mariners up 3-2 over the BoSox – Go Mariners!
YES!
SWEET!
C’mon Cody get wet
er…. what?
So we’re at the halfway point in the season and I think 81 games would be a big enough sample size for someone to check this out. In the beginning of the year when Cano was hitting around .400 through the end of April, it seems as though he was taking the first pitch almost every at bat. Since then…he has reverted back to the 2008 Cano where he would swing at every first pitch no matter how far outside the strikezone it was. I wonder what his batting average is when he takes the first pitch compared to when he doesnt? Has anyone else thought about that too?
He has a high AVG I think when swinging at the 1st pitch
Ya… I’d like to find out the exact numbers though. Results after swinging or not swinging at the first pitch isn’t really a common statistic. Baseball reference has outcomes when hitting in a certain count, but not outcomes based on the first pitch result.
He’s hitting .435 when he swings the 1st pitch this year. .400 on 1-0 counts. .238 on 0-1 counts.
Not just on that single pitch, Steve, Im just wondering what it is based on the final result of the AB, no matter how many pitches are thrown and what the count ends up being. Not just the result of the count.
In ab’s that start 1-0 he’s a .300 hitter, and in ab’s that start 0-1 he’s a .245 hitter.
Pretty small sample sizes of course.
yeah…maybe i will come back to this question towards the end of the season.
Holy crap it’s only the third inning.
Strike 3 to Ransom looked like a gift.
ok Joba, don’t give up the lead please
All-Star Game Final Vote crap:
# Chone Figgins, LAA
# Brandon Inge, DET
# Ian Kinsler, TEX
# Adam Lind, TOR
# Carlos Pena, TB
# Cristian Guzman, WSH
# Matt Kemp, LAD
# Mark Reynolds, ARI
# Pablo Sandoval, SF
# Shane Victorino, PHI
I guess I’ll have to vote for Inge and Kemp. They’re clearly the “best” when looking at their WAR.
support the stache!
Who on earth would drive that car?
i’d get it repainted
ugh I hate 0-2 beginning Walks too
they said 11th batter that Joba has gone to a full count. That is just so pathetic. He has been irritating me lately.
annoying, yes. pathetic, no.
no we’re in the 3rd inning its pathetic
sorry 1 out in the fourth but I remain by my statement
When he goes from 0-2 to walking guys or 3-2 that is pathetic. He has lost that mentality of attacking hitters. he nibbles way too much.
He can’t spot the fastball today. I don;t think it’s that he is nibbling.
This isn’t the first game that he’s been doing this. It’s multiple ones. he has thrown 80 pitches and he isn’t even through the 4th inning.
Word I know it’s not the first time. I’m just saying, today, he really can’t hit the glove with the heat.
I’m sorry but Randsom blows big time.
ransom is terrible…
ransom is a fucking joke the fact that he is playing in the majors is a joke the fact he’s a yankee is a disgrace
damn you ransom!!!!!
cmon Joba pick him up
PLEASE DFA RANSOM
RANSOM HAS SUCKED BALLS TODAY AT 3rd
no defense no offense Ransom
Wow, people are acting like a 3rd baseman has never been eaten up by a hard hit grounder.
Ransom cant hit…and he cant field. What is the point of Girardi keeping him in the pros? cause he has a high vertical jump and hes a great athlete?
Ransom is terrible at both sides of the plate.
Someone get pena up here
fuck you joba
Really? Such ignorance.
this happens every game. i am not a b-jobber, but he is throwing so many fucking pitches
and don’t fuckin’call me ignorant you bag of douche
Don’t curse at people.
wow.
Heh then don’t go cursing for no apparent reason. You want to be treated special? Then stop cursing and don’t insult for petty reasons.
thanks a lot ransom. now the game is tied.
chavez sure why not
FUCKIN RANSOM SCREWED IT UP. SHOULD’VE BEEN AN INNING ENDING DOUBLE PLAY.
Coney just said that the New Stadium is the same orientation as the old Stadium. But he’s wrong. The New Stadium is oriented a few degrees further north.
one more out please Joba
Ah crap.
No lead is safe with Joba. LOL. If he gets a ND for this start its totally on him.
Bring back Pena and DFA Ransom
HAHAH ransom is being mocked. good for him.
Where have all the happy people gone.. Jeez.
LOL
Its hard to be happy when your pitcher is trying to give the game away and your 3rd basemen seems that he has money on the other team
I’m happy – Beautiful day, BoSox are losing, Yanks are tied with plenty of time to go. What’s not to be happy about?
Gone with the lead
raul chavez is such a vagina
I dunno why people are ripping Ransom for bobbling a rocket. Joba has sucked today and this is all on him sorry to say.
That play should’ve been an inning ending DP!
It’s baseball, there shouldn’t be smiles or laughing.
oh look a full count something different I’m sorry you guys can attack me all you want but pete is right Joba is avg and BORING
Doh!
FUCK
GOD CHAMBERLAIN NEEDS TO THROW SOME FUCKIN STRIKES AND RANSOM NEEDS TO BE DFAD!
DFA Ransom! DFA Matsui! Wang to the pen!! DFA Tomko! Cut em all!!
ANDY PETTITTE IS A STARTING PITCHAHH
nice effort joba. same shit every start.
Yank Joba NOW!
garbage slider.
Joba should’ve never thrown that pitch to Aaron Hill.
Joe G., umm.. what are you waiting for ???
ZOMG DFA Melky teh Gardner woulduh had that!1!
I think I am starting to lean towards becoming a B-Jobber… HELP, SOMEBODY SNAP ME OUT OF IT
Sadly I wouldnt want Joba in the bullpen because I wouldnt trust him in the 8th inning.
Joba WTF…….. I have a question, who would you feel more comfortable with on the mound as a starting pitcher right now Hughes or Joba,
JOBA WITHOUT ANY QUESTION
joba getting exposed.
an utter disgrace
this is the first time in his pro career that joba has allowed more than 5 runs in a game
Might be time to take him out Joe.
you could say that again
Shit
Time to send Jobber to the bullpen.
wow thanks ransom, you loser
boooooooooooooooooo
COME ON JOBA!
awwful awful job by joba today
Pretty pathetic effort out there today.
wow 8-4
this is johan santana 9ER esqe
FUCKIN RANSOM SNOWBALLED THE INNING!