Jul
25
Game 97 Spillover Thread
ByWell at least Melancon and Robertson will get some work.
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We’re screwed. We’ve never scored 6 runs in three innings. Turn the game off. Go get some lunch, the game is ova. You heard it here 5th.
IETC
This terrible job by ace can end Hughes rotation speculation
You really think one appearance by Ace is gonna change their plans with Hughes? I’d say Hughes to the rotation depends on if they can get somebody like Scott Downs anyway
I hope Girardi and Cashman don’t make all their decisions based on 1/3 of an inning.
they do. they really do. They are just as short-sighted as some of the fans. that’s why any yankee fan could run the franchise.
I disagree. I’ve read the comments on LoHud and LJ.
It was one appearance. Relax.
All it means is they won’t put Hughes in rotation. They weren’t regardless of ace but today didn’t help
cant win every game post all star, had to happen sometime. Chin up kids
The next time in that situation Scott Downs will be coming in hopefully.
I hope so.
I’m perfectly happy with Ace coming in next time.
wow. shut up. like Ace hasn’t been dominate for us this year so far.
I love Ace but don’t act like Scott Downs isn’t better than him.
Scott Downs pitches the 8th, he can’t hold a lead in the 7th!!!
9 outs to get 5 runs? I like our chances.
Dang, Andy start went from very good to meh/kinda bad
But it’s OK, we were gonna lose one day. I just hope we dont fall off the cliff like last year after the 8 game winning streak.
Can somebody give 4 of those 6 runs to the A’s for the game yesterday, and the other 2 for some other game?
Of course people are going to be dogging Ace.
Wasn’t it just two weeks ago that Andy and Joba were done for in the rotation?
nice job david
its only one game, you can’t win them all people
even the 2001 mariners lost 48 games
pitch melancon please.
The minute the Yankees have a bad inning or even game or series, people are jumping off the roof. I FREAKING HATE THAT. It so reminds me of pre-2004 Red Sox fans.
wow, you’re cool.
People always do that. People probably complained about the Yankees team back in 1927. Were you a fan of the Yankees during the 89-92 seasons? Those were some tough years.
Yes I was and yes it was.
Should bring in a strikeout pitcher when we need a strikeout…
Aceves came within one out of getting out of it. But yeah he’s mainly a contact pitcher and that caught up with him.
Should bring in a pop out pitcher when we need a pop out.
Heh IETC
We all knew Ace was going to have a clunker one day. Why are all of these people bashing him now? I cannot believe he got booed. That is just simply horrible and that’s why Yanks fans get a bad reputation. They boo for every little thing.
They never used to. I find that to be atrocious behavior. Jerks.
I doubt Aceves cares about getting booed.
U boo bad performance. It’s part of the deal
I don’t disagree. Fans pay for their seats, they can do whatever they want.
So If I pay my taxes, I can do whatever I want in the US like stealing and speeding?
Yeah, go ahead.
Ummm no you don’t boo anyone on the team you’re rooting for.
I’m fine with booing your own team in certain spots. But booing a guy who’s been lights out all year when the team has won 21 of their last 26 games is not one of those spots.
It just makes you sound spoiled. No wonder everyone hates the Yankees and their fans.
Yea, I mean if you’ve allowed like 6+ ER in 5 straight starts, go ahead. Or if you blow the game everytime, go ahead. I don’t think it is right but it is definitely understandable. But Ace has saved us from many losses this year. People forget that he had a 4-inning save and got us out bases loaded less than 2 outs jams many times before this year.
I would never do it but it’s occasionally, very occasionally (2004 occasionally) okay. But to do it to Ace who has been great or to do it to Arod when he’s in a slump is just rotten fan behavior. Very not okay. Sometimes fans get upset when players don’t take a curtain call or ignore them before/after the game. If people were only loving me when I was great even though I turned in good, sometimes great, performances, I would ignore them too.
HAHAHA MICHAEL KAY FAN CLUB
I totally forgot we were losing when I saw that.
Instant hilarity.
that really made me laugh out loud
I sincerely hope that this isn’t going to become the Hughes, Coke, and Mo show.
Making g Gonzalez look like Roy halladay
Alright, Clutch-Rod. We need one of those five-run homers.
melkman gets on base
PH for Ransom?
Gratzie
my mom could hit better than ransom
this guy has the best strike out pitch in baseball
its been recorded as such
and al helps me out with that stat
damn, that could have been a walk.
How awesome would it be if we somehow come back to win this?
More awesome than a ninja fighting a shark.
well now i can go do some grocery shoppin
I have learned the hard way that the Yankees are never out of the game. Melky’s second walkoff against Joe Nathan, I was in the liquor store.
Chop it down to 6-4 and I like our chances in the 9th
6-4 game in the 8th
Hopefully, Melancon gets some work today if we dont get any runs. That would be nice. I want to see a 1-2-3 inning from him
I hope to see him too, but he hasn’t pitched in 15 days. There has to be some rust.
oh yea I know but it would be nice that despite the rust, he pitches a 1-2-3 inning. D-rob was rusty last night, but is good so far today, low-leverage situation or not.
I’m good with either Mel or Bruney
Gardner’s my player of the game. I love those legs.
May 1st, 2009
Bottom 8th
Angels 9
Yankees 4
Final
Yankees 10
Angels 9
BELIEVE!!!!!!
But we suck/got no heart!!!!! BOOOOOOOOO!
It’s the exception, not the rule. Although I’d love to see it.
BELIEVE!!!!!!
BELIEVE!!!!!1
Nice Jorge, no DP Jeter…keep it going
AWESOME!
Here comes the rally. We’ll score 4 runs in this inning and 2 more in the 9th to win it.
JETER!!!! keep it going guys!!
CAPTAIN!
Bandbox.
..Hindsight, JD>>>>>Grit
hehe but JD kinda had struggled lately
yepp no biggie. teix is the man
Dayum.
Texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AWESOMENESS ENSUES
TEX!!!!!
Anddddddddddddddd now we’re cooking.
The Yankees are unimpressed by Michael Wuertz’s unhittable slider.
Somewhere, one tear is rolling dowm TSJC’s face. Pansy.
/Ironhorse’d
Jeter and Tex both homered on fastballs. The slider to Swisher just happened to dunk in. Only Posada got good contact on one of his sliders.
Wuertz is not good
No, Wuertz is actually really good. Just got hit a little hard that inning.
Wuertz has a 1.6 WAR this season. Alfredo Aceves, Phil Hughes and Phil Coke combined come in at a 1.6 WAR.
Swisha house or swisha pass
Yankee Gods say hello
*Ghosts lol
Tying run to the plate.
Too bad it’s Cano with a runner in scoring position.
Let’s hope he can come through, he’s so due.
nice Swisher…cmon Robbie, a big HR here and all of your failures with RISP will be forgiven
Don’t ya know!!!
Why are those little girls shadow boxing
Cano, just get a hit. Any hit.
A universe depends on you!
Fuck you for getting me excited Michael Kay.
aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Robbie with RISP still horrendous…
Almost a game tying hr? Didn’t make the warning track, ass.
im still so baffled at how cano can keep making outs just about every time up with RISP
I look away and Michael Kay makes me piss my pants for nothing.
Kay, you owe me a new pair of pants.
Shutout inning by Mariano
Melky gets on
Hinskenator ties it up
No way the Yanks bring in Mo when they’re down.
Except the firt part will be Bruney
Cano is the pitts with runners on
It’s “pits”, unless there is a clever Pirates reference in there that I am missing.
brune time
I guess we’ll have to score 3 more in the next inning..
Why not Melancon? Give me a good reason.
really? This is Bruney’s spot.
Idk but I think Girardi doesnt want to use Mo and he thinks we can come back and apparently bruney is more reliable so he gives us a better chance to hold the score right there.
I think Bruney gives us a better chance at a come back, considering Melancon hasn’t pitched since before the wheel was invented.
OK, I dont mind Bruney
Melky, Damon, and Posada in the 9th
Send melancon back if ur not going to use him
They are probably going to, when they bring back Marte.
well, Bruney got 2 K’s like last time. Let’s see what he does now. He is kinda throwing high.
here we go……
Alright I’ll take it but he was throwing everything high in the zone
He struck out the second batter with a high fastball and got a swinging strike with the same pitch on the first batter. I think Powell and the last guy weren’t biting on it.
Me likes me some Bruney.
come on yanks.
WHO WANT’S PIE!!!!!!
Hair Pie!!!
wait i don’t get it. what happens if the yankees don’t score two or more runs in the ninth?
no free pie…
+1
Melky=huevos
Damon’s deck here we go baby
lead off walk always hurt
Ok JD no DP…
Clutch walk. Tying run to the plate.
I can has 2-run HR?
nope
WOOOOTTTTT
another walk
This is what happens when guys used to being 1 inning closers have to finish the 8th.
aite then no DP Jorge
woops
Way to jinx it, Salty. If that’s your real name.
Never say die.
Jays blew a nine run lead to Tampa.
Scott Downs with another 2 runs.
gave up 8 runs in the final 3 innings
Eight run lead – It was 9-1 after the bottom of the sixth. But who’s counting. Nice comeback by the Rays. Wish it were us instead though.
Holy Fuck! Rays came back to tie it at 9! Weren’t they down like 8 runs or something
*9
*8
fuck
Even when we go down, we go down fighting. This team is special.
Buzzkill.
It still boggles my mind how it’s even possible to be as slow as Posada.
wow bad DP Jorge! just horrible
Dp. Sucks
Damn.
can’t win em all
dammit
Oh well.
oh shat.
DAMN! Oh well, so close! we showed a lot of fight at least
If only AP could’ve finished the 7th..
Blame ace for this
uh, sometimes you lose. You don’t have to “blame” anyone.
NO, you blame everyone. The offense had a chance in the 8th and the 9th. Andy didn’t have to implode.
I blame the front office, players, scouts and medical staff for this lose!
-mets’d
This front office is an embarrassment.
Someone must be held accountable!!!!1
hehe yea
But seriously, you win together and lose together.
It’s gotta happen sometime.
So this just means we’ll save our next sweep for Tampa.
Ace’s 2 extra runs kinda hurt now…
Cmon Jays, win it.
great comeback
lets get em tomorrow
Phil Hughes available=Yankees Dub
he wasn’t available per mike kay
8 wins in a row is a good streak. we probably sent out one of our worst line ups and still scored 4 and brought the winning run to the plate in the 9th.
Back at it tomorrow. We have guaranteed ourselves at least an 8-2 homestand, which is awesome.
yea, and 8-2 is awesome
yeah, still this game is still a bummer though. i had to leave in the 4th inning and Andy seemed pretty much in control, I come back in the 8th and its 6-1 and wtf, then i have to listen to sterling’s “win or lose, this team always batttles back, they might come up short but they battle back” nonsense in the 8th inning. then 2 guys on with 0 outs and DP (Cervelli wouldnt have hit a DP there- kidding)
not blaming anyone, but it was a let down after the 8th and start of the 9th.
I’m actually not feeling all that bad. Our bats were mostly quiet all day and then we needed a rally, we got hot and showed a lot of fight. That was very encouraging. We got a few bad breaks like Ace’s unusual clunker and the DP but we never gave up. It is dissapointing that we lost after Andy was lights outs. But once he and Ace combined to implode, many people gave up hope. Yet, we almost did the amazing again and that put me in a good mood.
This is a good team and we didn’t even field our A team and came very close. I am perturbed over booing Ace. Yes, it’s nice to win when you’re at the park, esp when the team has been hot but I’ve stayed there clapping in the 9th during blowouts (when we were on the losing end). Support the team.
Live by the team, die by the team mfers. Doncha know.