Game 106: Halladay again
ByI’ve pretty much given up hope of the Yankees ever missing Roy Halladay in a series, even if it is only two games long. He pitches the opener tonight, and will probably pitch the opener of the next series, Monday at Yankee Stadium. His normal rest would have him on Sunday, but I’d be willing to bet that Cito keeps everyone in turn so Doc can face the Yanks.
Halladay is in the midst of another Halladay-esque season. Even with a short stint on the DL he’s pitched 148 innings, including four complete games, and leads the league in K/BB ratio and BB/9. He’s right up there in WHIP, too, sitting at 1.074. Everything looks about the same as last year, which is to say that it puts Halladay near or at the top of the league overall. One change is in his strike percentage. It’s up slightly this year, at 69 percent over 67 percent last year, but the manner in which he’s gotten the strikes is a bit different. This year he’s getting fewer foul ball strikes and more strikes looking. That’s gotta be a good thing. He’s also thrown 68 percent first-pitch strikes, up from 63 percent last year.
This will be the third time this season the Yankees will face Hallady. He dominated them the first time, tossing a complete game and allowing just one run. The Yankees then rattled off nine straight wins. His next appearance was on July 4th at Yankee Stadium, and Doc didn’t quite prevail there, allowing five runs over 7 IP. The killer was a Johnny Damon three-run homer, a seeming Yankee Stadium Special. It led to an eventual 6-5 Yankees victory.
While Doc won’t be giving up any cheapie homers tonight, he also won’t be facing the same opponent. Chien-Ming Wang started for the Yanks on July 4, and that turned out to be his last start of 2009, as he left the game with a shoulder injury which would eventually require surgery. This time the Yankees send out Andy Pettitte. He pitched fairly well last time at the Rogers Centre, allowing two runs, one earned, over six innings, though he did throw a lot of pitches. On July 6th at the Stadium, the Blue Jays bombed Pettitte for six runs in six innings.
Over his career Pettitte has thrown 124 innings at the Rogers Centre, still referred to as SkyDome on Baseball-Reference. In that span he’s amassed a 3.92 ERA, allowing the Jays a .718 OPS. That’s not bad, but it won’t get the job done tonight. The Yankees need Pettitte at the top of his game if they’re going to eke this one out. The good news is that Scott Rolen, one of the Blue Jays’ top offensive contributors this season, is no longer with the team. Taking his place in the cleanup spot is Kevin Millar, who isn’t nearly as good, though he has a penchant for hitting well against the Yanks.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez. 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, DH
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Melky Cabrera, CF
9. Eric Hinske, RF
And on the mound, number forty-six, Andy Pettitte.
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I am about to head over to the game, but uh we also should run into halladay next week
yikes
Go Yankees!
So my friend kinda taught me how to pitch last night (and today) and now I can barely move my arm. It’s funny.
Hot.
So you were the pitcher and he was the catcher?
oh fuck I didn’t mean it like that…
I hope we sign Yadel Marti. I wonder what kind of contract he’s looking for.
I’d prefer Chapman.
I’d prefer Benny Rodriguez and Henry Rowengardner.
Henry Rowengartner… if only
Rammenboozler! That kid brings the high, stinky cheese.
GARDENHOSER! RUNAMUCKER!
“I wrap the cake up in my vomit bag, and voila!… Breakfast! Conservation, Managing resources… that is the key to baseball!”
From Phil Brickman’s mouth to mr yankee’s ears.
Give him the HIGH
STINKY
CHEDDAR
(Not on youtube. Curses)
Pitcher’s got a biiiiiiiiig butt!
Amazing how many funny quotes you can get out of such a terrible movie.
Someone needs to give this advice to IPK for his rehab: “Some guys ice down their arm after a big game… Some say that heat’s the way to go… But i have discovered the secret… HOT ICE… HOT ICE… I heat up the ice cubes… IT’S THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!!”
Benny has the power of the ‘stache. A-OK in my book.
I loved guys with mustaches ever since my days of living in Greenwich Villiage during the Disco era.
Good times. . .
I KNOW THE GUY WHO OWNS THIS PLACE
Hahahahah!!
Oh, throw Kenny DeNunez in there as well.
Chapman wont be available for probably another 9 months minimum.
Mark David Chapman?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman
duh, Tracy Chapman.
haha you weirdo.
I think we all prefer a 22 year old fireballer, Marti is available right now though.
Yea, a LEFTY 22 year old fireballer. He is raw but still has loads of upside.
scouting report of sorts
Martà is not a hard-throwing pitcher as his fastball ranges around 87-90 mph. He relies instead on a slider, sinker, curveball and control. (Dont people always say pitchers with that kind of arsenal cant pitch in the AL East?)
Also 5 10 161 is small.
Source?
the link does not seem to be posting in the comments but it was from baseball-reference.
Try a tinyurl.
http://tinyurl.com/q7ef69
Gracias.
Joe says Gomez is the best one…
Yea, I hope we can beat Halladay today. We need our offense to produce while Pettitte needs to shut them down.
Why do we face Halladay almost every time? How many times has Bahston played him?
Never mind, just checked. Those bastards who are lucking out a lot have only faced him once (with Halladay winning thank god). TB has also only faced him twice.
And the next time we play the Jays (after next week) is a 4 game set in early September, so we’ll likely face him again. Forget all the random variations of the schedule, rainouts, injuries etc. Im convinced we’re never going to miss Halladay, unless he gets shipped to the NL (and even then we’d probably get him in an interleague series.)
http://twitter.com/RiverAveBlues/status/3129461389
Ugh. Let’s hope Mike has bad info here.
I just screamed a curse word quite loudly. I think my cat got spooked.
I feel ya, bro. Really got my hopes up after his 2nd half last year.
Damn, that would suck. But oh well, I guess it explains his ineffectives. Hopefully, he can come back and dominate (of course after he struggles initially) and can pan out or increase his trade value. He is only 21.
Maybe we should just preemptively schedule TJS when we sign all of our draft picks, just to get it out of the way. They’re all going to have it sooner or later.
Yea, I agree. Sadly, Im somewhat serious.
is there a reason it took 5-6 weeks from when he was shut down to figure out TJS?
Maybe they thought it wasn’t that serious and could rehab it. So since nothing improved, they just decided to go with suregry.
That’s 2 good prospects going down with TJS.
Lots of pitchers wind up needing it these days. It happens.
Cant we do the platelet injection like they did with Saito?
I would but then I remember that we don’t know too much about those yet so we shouldn’t waste time and go the safer route.
they tried that with Nady to get him back and he blew it out throwing from the outfield. not sure you want to risk it with a young arm. saito was old so he took a risk.
True but I remember hearing how those only work for ligaments and since Nady had TJS before, he already had a tendon in there. An article said it probably wouldn’t work and it didnt. Dellin has a ligament still.
Ya know it could be worse, River Avenue Crew. The boys could be facing the greatest pitcher who dominates the Yankees in his career. Who could that be well if you ask I might talk, coppers
So who wants to go find out which pitcher been the most dominating against the Yanks?
W/o looking it up, it’s gotta be Pedro.
Ruth
correct, Pat
I trust you saw that on ESPN too?
I thought Frank Lary.
That chick…
Some lady gave it to him. Ruth. Baby Ruthie!
You gotta love sports. All of the talk is just that, talk. Things get decided on the field. I hope the Yanks come out and make a statement that “we don’t need Halladay to win,” and win this ballgame. I know it is only one game, but lets devalue Halladay.
but lets
devaluedefile Halladay/pat’d
Ima defile your face, MATT.
If RAB ever gets their ish together and has a gathering sometime.
I’ll prove that I’m not a degenerate fucko by beating the crap out of you!
Violence is never the answer…. unless the roofies wear off.
/joking
See… I like the idea behind this “Pat’s inner thoughts” thing, but what pat actually says is usually more depraved than even the attempted caricature.
You know how I roll, Congressman.
(ponders… and shudders)
Over/Under: 3.5 proud of fastball comments from Flash.
I’ll go under.
Do you mean per inning? Cause otherwise I’ll take the over.
Well, I’m setting it low because I don’t think he did it even once last game he called.
ZOMG … Halladay only throws 88-90!
B U S T
Therefore, he sucks.
He stinks, put him in the bullpen
/Franscesa’d
That was a nasty pitch to strike Jeter out
It was right down the middle. Had some movement, but it wasn’t the best pitch Halladay has thrown.
Well, Halladay ain’t gonna no hit us.
Bank on it—> at least one runner at third before the sixth inning or your Xavier Nady uniform back
DaMoN!
Hey, at least no Rolen to rob our doubles down the line. Thats gotta be a positive.
I wish they had 9 Johnny Damon’s tonight.
With a little A-Rod sprinkled in.
Correct.
It’s always a good thing when you got a little A-Rod sprinkled in.
Pat? Buddy? This has your name all over it.
Hahah, I was actually thinking of something to say but awesome first inning hi jinx ensued.
So I was at the gym today and I saw two guys with a Boston hat and another with Boston water-bottle. Last week, at the movies, I saw like 10 Boston hats. In the past month, I’ve seen 3 Boston license plate frames. I live in Denver and in the past 3 years or so, Boston apparel and popularity has sky-rocketed here. It’s annoying really. Yankees hats are still popular (but for the styles only most of the time and not that much anymore here anymore.)
BTW, they were almost all White people that wore that Boston stuff. There was only one Black dude who wore a Boston hat for a VERY dumb reason (he was a senior in HS and proclaimed to be a Blood even though he wasnt)
If we get halladay on Monday then he will miss boston at least once and potentially twice
If Halliday throws his breaking ball welll tonight, Big Tex is gonna be in trouble.
Speak of the Roid Sux devil!! He caught Tex looking on what else. Drats!
Nasty. Doc dropped a deuce on Tex.
That was totally RIDIC!
fucking TERRIBLE call.
Awesome frame-job.
If the ump is going to give those calls to Halladay it will be impossible to hit him.
horrendous call
well thats how the tv made it look, but gameday says differently
The picture quality is really good tonight for some reason and I don’t have an HDTV
You better get one.
No fan umpires in the seats behind the real ump tonight.
Alex, you’re the man.
Unclutch.
Big run in the first.
AROD= Gritty and Hustly
We scored a run! We scored a run!
It doesn’t count, though, because it was scored in the first inning.
Yeah, A-Rod!!!! 1-0 Mr. Clutch!!!
I love when A-Rod goes oppo.
That is when he is at his best, Matt. A-Rod Score!!!
excellent
First inning. Unclutch.
It only counts as half a run.
You’re being generous. I’d say 1/4 of a run, and even that’s only because Johnny Damon slid and got his uniform dirty.
Alex!!
Of course, if he’s called out getting back to second…. ya’know we are all yelling at, too;) Admit it, folks.
1-0 Yankees!
Wooooo!!!!!
Halladay is human.
Wow, that was…interesting?
GRITTY
GUTTY
AROD!
But he’s hispanic! They only coast by on natural talent
woohooo
I’ll take it.
+1
Crazy play! But I’ll take the runs anyway we get them.
First off HELL YEA!!
Second, A-Rod is a good man give him his mask.
With that second run the Yankees have now DOUBLED their run support for Pettitte from any of Pettitte’s last three starts…
Hope, Andy gives us another terriffic start Rebecca. He so deserves a victory after his last two tough luck starts!! Lets go Andy Dandy!!
Down and dirty.
WOW!!! A-rod used his A-mazing foot to know the ball loose. Halliday falling apart!! 2-0 Lets go Bombers!!!
to knock”
sorry for the grammer error. That is a G-1 in your scorecard!
oh boy..
S-1 and S-2 as well.
A-ROD AND MATSUI BITCHES!!!!!!!!
eh somewhat Matsui
Yeah, but at least he put it in play for Halladay to mishandle.
yea, thats why I said somewhat
Halladay gave up runs, therefore he is not a “true ace.”
/Lanny’d
I’m hoping Andy can keep his recent strikeout trend up.
Mike, what was that baseball site that had all those interesting facts, like the different shapes and sizes of stadiums and everything? I think that guy should try to measure how many swimming pools Garza’s spit would fill up in a year.
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/
flipflopflyball.com ?
FAIL! Yea, I was definitely wrong…I got half of it right though.
He threw 20+ pitches (24 I believe) that inning. Good stuff.
Unfortunately, he can easily get through 8 innings on 80 pitches.
I feel like if the pitcher accounts for the error that results in the run, it should be an earned run, the run is his fault!
+2
good point
Yeah I’ve thought that before. But the counter-argument, which I buy, is that ERA is supposed to gauge how many runs a pitcher allows independent of errors, no matter who makes them. Of course, it’s not the best method we have at gauging that, but that’s the theory behind it.
Hey, has anyone checked A-Rod cleats for PED’s!! Hey, you never know where those things go after Alex retires to his Italian loafers XD
Damn, that was the best first inning I think we’ve ever had against Halladay.
They’ve given Pettitte 2 runs and that should be all he needs.
really?
I take it you haven’t seen the majority of Andy Pettitte’s starts this season.
but what about wells & rios!! They kill us for some reason… I say we wear old Highlanders uniforms to fool their “Blue Jay sense”
2 runs in the first??? glad we didn’t trade for him!!!…he’s done!!!!
I’ve never seen a first baseman field a grounder like Tex just fielded that grounder.
(Swoons)
Every game, he makes a great play.
I know, I know. He’s great. Just messing around, I’ll drop it now.
I was being sarcastic, too.
Crap, my bad.
Hopefully Pettitte has A game tonight.
attaboy Andy!!
can someone get Suzyn a throat lozenge?
can someone get Suzyn a
throat lozengedifferent job?+880
golf clap
There goes the perfect game.
The only thing Kevin Millar should be cleaning up is the stadium restrooms.
OH SNAP.
Don’t worry,Matt, he has a job at NESPN waiting for him when he retires. Hopefully soon.
Yeah Andy struck him out!!
What the fuck was that, Jorge?
Ya know the Giants to replace Amani. Maybe they should call Andy for an audition. The man can leap to catch nearly everything. Oh know Jorge had another passed ball.. sigh.
Remember yanks, we’re playing the Blue Jays, not the Blue Sox. Dont forget.
Hey, Salty.. aren’t we the Blue Sox?
Can we have nine more innings like the first?
Hopefully we’ll only need 8 more.
Heh
Right.
Nice Andy, now gimme 7 more of those innings please
Dammit Melky. You’re off the team.
Yup, put Swisher in CF. What could go wrong?
The outfield looks so huge because how the cameras are set up. Whenever the Yanks are playing the Jays or the Mets play the Natinals, I always think that their fields are the biggest in baseball.
It’s like watching a game on Google Earth.
Johan – clutch with the bat.
reply fail, again.
Oops.
From Chris “Birdman” Andersen’s Twitter:
“JR Smith told me he’d give his right arm to be ambidextrous. A year or two of college might have been a good idea, JR.”
“Guys on the team are always talking about ‘ghetto passes.’ I’m starting ‘suburb pass.’”
Lol, good stuff.
I bet Birdman is the only player on the team that can take apart a toaster and put it back together again.
/tweeked
Damn Hinske seems locked in since he came here.
Hope Hinske plays again before the next eclispe.
Well that was a quick inning.
Despite the injury, will Montero still be ranked in the 5 for best prospect this year?
Surely, its only a broken finger on his catching hand, that’s like a itch to Jesus, nothing more.
Bet Angel Villalona is ranked higher.
Freakin’ prospect gurus.
The Mets aren’t going to shave till they reach .500?
They won’t shave all freakin’ year.
your team is sad when .500 ball in August is an accomplishment
David Wright in late September. (SFW)
Hmmm, pancakes
Makes our own Captain Caveman ashamed considering how proud he wore his mane of success. The Mess make every style look terrible
Assuming, it was doing PED’s of course;)
If they don’t shave until the get back to the playoffs, they’ll look like Cousin It.
Or Johnny Damon circa 2004.
Jose Reyes another setback, I think the Met’s medical staff needs to be fired. They had Jose and Church come back early and the Beltran fiasco..
Boos for Vernon Wells. By all means, let’s take on that contract.
I assume we can all agree he was doing “it” a few years ago?
Right,Mike?
Nah, he’s always been overrated.. One or two good years.
Throw in questions about his work ethic and concentration.
Really, for awhile I always thought he & Beltran were the best CF’s in the game. One of my fave players once upon a time.
The Curly Shuffle?
Not to mention, give up Montero (!) for the privilege.
You know u suck, when ur home crowd boo’s u and u play in Toronto.
Just imagine playing for the Marlins.
A-rod sucks?
Arod doesn’t play for Toronto.
I know but Im just saying he gets booed by the homecrowd too.
Ya, well the key part of Ivan’s comment was:
u play in Toronto.
yea yea I know but I just wanted to add in something else
Seven more innings like that, Andy!
I’ll take five more and run to Phil & Mo, Rebecca. But by all means lets hope for the Complete game because the Jays are not working the counts at all. Thanks, Cido’s team:)
So glad the Jays swapped Rolen for Edwin Incarnation.
Damn, Andy looks impressive. I bet he’s just shifted into playoff mode a bit early. He needs his A++ game if he expects another win.
At what point do these smoking commercials become a bit sadistic?
When they start listing how much they cost, the Artist!
Touche!
Johan getting pissed that the Mets don’t score for him. Hits a 2b with the bases juiced.
Don’t mess with the Johan
He might be the 2nd best hitter on that team at this point
With the way Andy is pitching, he might not have even needed that 2nd run.
Alright, lets slow down here. He can implode at any minute.
Seriously.
fo real, its 2 innings
hes just saying it so he can he say ‘i told us’ in the postgame thread
‘i told you so’
Hahaha.
“You all doubted me when I told you he was going to be a steal for the money he got. I never wanted Moose back, I was a Pettitte guy all along!”
It always bugs me when Jeter does that with an inside pitch.
Yeah, and that “move” does buy him some inside pitches Johan. So, I have grown to accept it!
Damn, Babe Ruth was that good.
Ya, and he did it on hot dogs and beer!!
the babe threw a 115mph cutter
That was a BOOOMB
This is considered a tattooing for Doc.
Teix is starting to become my top 3 fav yankees rite now.
Top five Yankees,
Melky
Melky
Melky
Melky
and Melky.
Because he spits hot fiya.
I don’t even think I can have a top 5.
Top 23, sure.
Damn, is there a Hasslehoff concert starting at 9:30 or what!?!
Take some damn pitches, people. Oh, never mind good job Tex.
Was that a fastball?
That makes up for those two balls Bautista got to in YS earlier.
Rolen gets A-Rod. Make ‘em Matsui.
Damn, that was a Rolen like play. Saved a run.
Nice play by EE.
Hell of a stretch by Millar, that was almost a 20 degree stretch.
Good swing Godzilla. No complaints.
F.U vernon wells…. F.U
Wells has no idea how he made that catch.
FUUUUCK. I can’t believe he caught that.
C’mon Godzilla. Use your atomic opposite field single attack. Go!!!
Oh, know Vernon somehow caught it. Jeez, Halliday doesn’t have it
tonight. We must take advantage, people!!
Halliwho?
Vernon Wells trying to earn the $$$ in his contract
He would have to track a ball down to Vancouver.
Damn, Matsui got my hopes up there…
Dear John Flaherty,
that catch was in now way Willie Mays-like
Sincerely,
Reality
Amen – I thought the same thing – Ridiculous comment.
Preach, brothas.
Willie Mays and Vernon Wells are both black CFs . . . that’s where the comparison ends.
damn, another run or 2 would have been nice
Reaction time, ftw.
MVP
a-rod defaming the word grit. is there anything he won’t touch?
Jeter, with the catch… that was Jeterian!!! MVP
Gold Glove Plz
If Derek Jeter does not get an MVP this year, I’m going to be mad, he really deserves it this year.
Unfortunately, he deserved it in 2006, too. Too many ignorant and biased voters, Johan. It’s a travesty but what can we do?
I’ll be pissed if somehow Justin Morneau beats him out again.
It would be the first time he deserved it over the Captain, Mike.
hes not the clear cut favorite. if Tampa makes the playoffs can you give it to Jeter over Barlett? Plays same position but with better numbers
Okay Andy. Straighten it out baby.
What. the. bloody. hell. is. it. with. walking. the .nine. hitter?
All of a sudden the ump stopped giving him the outside corner.
Yea he did
Um that ball 4 looked like strike 2 on Gameday
Tampa Yankees are battling against Furbush again tonite. I would love to know where that family name originated from and how it came about.
Double Play.. WEB GEM NIGHT!!!
Love it!
SICKK!!
He looks like a first baseman.
Um… Flaherty reads RAB? All of a sudden he’s not saying guys are “proud of their fastball” so much anymore and today, of all days, he brings up Jeter for MVP?
Seriously. It’s throwing me for a loop and a half.
That would be so, so, totally fucking awesome.
You have no idea.
Heh, I wouldn’t be shocked. I’m convinced Michael Kay does. It seems like he’s used JEterian more, and seems like discussions held here on RAB, he brings up in the booth every now and then. Even that same night.
EVERYONE reads RAB. Everyone.
Nah, he’s gonna say it soon.
That was badass.
Andy got LUUUUUCKY that inning.
Yep, haha.
THIRD BASEMEN WITH FRICKIN LAZERS
Hahaha, this had me cracking the fuck up.
Heh, good, his arm is friggin ridiculous.
For real; I love watching him throw.
horrible baserunning ftw
Way to retire Austin Powers there, Andy.
This might end up finishing under 2 hours. Can u imagine, River Avenue such an event?
Posada = slump
I think the trivia answer is Bobby Murcer.
Bob Meusel
Dammit, I saw the list a few days ago and could only remember it was Bob M.. close.
Posada is having some horrible AB’s.
dude andy, stop walking people
Flash could have ended that sentence at “Great news, Michael Kay is off..”
Yep, I think that is what most of us were thinking
I have 2 bulldogs. A 2 year old girl and a 8 year old boy. I bought a chicken leg shaped plastic squeaky toy which makes a noise that sounds similar to a baby crying the other day. Now my girl is convinced that it’s her offspring. She guards that chicken leg with her life.
How are they around company?
Great, they look mean but they’re really sweethearts. Not the most active dogs either, so they’re low maintenance.
If you ever think of getting one, e-mail me. There’s things you need to know about the breed. Nothing major, but they need a little TLC here and there. Esp as they get older.
Mhm… Will do.
My jack russell just passed on a year or so ago. Talk about getting meaner as they get older… wow. Loved that dog though, was awesome.
Looking into a lab now though, sister’s got one and it is a really nice dog.
Whoa, it’s the bottom of the fourth already?
We are hitting Halladay kinda hard today but at this rate, Halladay can go 8 innings
Bob Meusel, FTW…who knew not me.
GEEEENE TENACE AT THE PLATE….WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMY!
I woke up on the floor of some Japanese family’s rec room, and they would NOT stop screaming.
I woke up this morning and I literally shit a squirrel. Honestly. I don’t know what to do with the thing.
Uhhhh Champ, I think I ate your chocolate squirrel.
I ate a big, red candle.
come on, Andy, keep it down, and get that DP.
Irony..guy with biggest contract in franchise history (Wells) bats 5th, guy from scrap hip (Millar) bats clean up..
Damn; let’s hope those LDs don’t come around again ’cause they’re probably gonna start falling.
need a DP here
come on AP
Andy, if you walk Wells here…
Good grief, come on Andy. Vernon Wells sucks.
Andy Pettitte did not get that memo.
Comon Andy, get your shit together.
Oh for Mo’s sake.
Fuckin Ay
have a feeling walking millar and going 3-0 to wells isnt going to end well
How was that first pitch not a strike?
Just put it right down the damn middle. No more walking guys with the bases loaded.
Andrew Eugene, if you don’t find the strike zone right now, so help me…
Phew; I thought that was gonna drop in.
Yikes, Hinske has a noodle arm
I’ll take it, one more out plz
Eh, I’ll take it. But that’s it!!
The look on all of our faces when Rios spanked that ball (and before we realized it was, fortunately, right at Hinske):
http://videodetective.com/photos/004/000207_7.jpg (SFW)
Holy geez … no one better every complain about Swisher’s arm after that effort by Hinske. Didn’t even make it past the 1B-2B base line on the fly.
Finally Andy.
That strike zone just got a lot smaller.
Andy, Encarnaciion is hitting .203. THROW SOME FUCKING STRIKES!
He IS throwing strikes. Apparently, the zone is mid-thigh to waist, and two inches inside the outer edge of the plate.
why isnt molina catching him?
Attaboy Cano, advanced scouting FTW!