Aug
14
Game 115 Spillover Thread II
ByThis one’s good for the ol’ run differential.
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The Mason Williams Watch
As to the Damon talk. No, there are not many better bats in FA this off season.
Exactly. You really want to give that money to matt holliday? il pass
Exactly. He could split time between left and DH- basically take the Matsui role but have the ability to play outfield.
i dont think thats the question. the question is that if “we are so going to pay him” was a smart move or not, and for how long, etc
I dont think damon wants to leave. If we make him an offer thats relatively fair, hes not gonna jerk us around for more
“I fell in love with Boston so, hopefully, I’ll be here for a long time,” Damon said after the team’s season ended Friday with a 5-3 loss that gave the White Sox a sweep of the AL Division Series.
Point: It’s a business
Yeah but that was when he was a lot younger, he needed another big payday, and the sox completely undervalued him. and it was a totally different market. look at bobby abreu last year- you think anyone good is going to pay damon more than us?
“we are so going to pay him” is your original statement, and no i said no one is going to give him alot- therefore Yankees have the leverage to not ‘so going to pay him’
I think its time to buy the rangers as legit, at least when it comes to making the playoffs. Naftali feliz is filthy
Rangers do not scare me
only the Angels scare me
Yeah id love to get them in the playoffs, im just sayin ther a legit contender
He scares the crap out of me. K-Rod debut scary.
+1
I think I’d still rather face them than the Rays, Sox or Angels.
i’ve seen feliz pitch
The guy has 101mph FB, 90ish change and some 84 mph pitch i wasnt listening to on the tv
he can be really good, or he could be another joel zumaya, fernando rodey, brandon league, etc etc. Lots of heat, but may get smacked around once people realize what you are throwing
i forgot to add that i don’t think that he’ll be bad. I think he’ll be lights out for years to come, but i want to see what he does against the red sox and yankees
Didn’t a scout also say that he has the easiest looking 100 mph fastball they’ve ever seen? That guy has scary stuff.
Indians are a pretty good offensive team. why the red sox and yankees?
oh wow. i just looked at Feliz’s line tonight. Pretty nice, but how important is it to have dominant relief when their SP is mediocre at best.
Yeah, which is why they should start him
aren’t they restricting his innings?
Yeah, which is odd for nolan “i pitched 800 innings a year and walked twenty miles to the ball park” ryan
No Comments? Well, that Cano at-bad ended bad, but I thought he looked better, in that at-bat, then usual in base loaded situations.
Why does CC do Subway commercials? He doesn’t strike me as the guy who thinks, “Man, I’m hungry. Oh, I know. Why don’t I get something nice and healthy? Subway? Subway!”
He’s probably got a Subway in his kitchen.
You’re probably right. In other news, I do like the Quiznos commercials.
“Scott, put it in me.”
“No, that burned last time.”
“We both liked that…”
not all sandwiches at subway are ‘healthy;
Ah. Haven’t eaten there in years. I just assumed they were. Good to know.
Haha someone here posted that they saw him at mcdonalds eating 3 big macs
Sick Changeup
I’ll say it:
Pull Sabathia after 7. His IP is ridic.
If Lincecum and Felix can handle the load, C.C. sure can.
Totally. That’s why I love this big lead. We’re not going to have to abuse him and run him out there on 3 days rest. Give Bruney some work.
CC has been good tonight, but I think a few of his pitches that Damon has caught in left would have been hit out in the new YS.
I hope Branyan hits a HR here. It would do wonders for my fantasy team.
Not cool, Benedict.
Why throw the changeup 3-2 up 8 runs if you’re CC, Flash? Because it’s been his best pitch this year.
Juan Heredia lowered his ERA to 0.32 for the year in the DSL, and St. Melvin picked up his 12th save.
Juan’s stats:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=542425
Yes, i wanted to mention Juan Heredia at some point… Ridiculous or what? Juan heredia, Jose Quintana, Omar Sanchez… I Want to see them in real life.
Thought about vacationing in the DR?
No… just got back from Bora Bora though, 2 weeks ago. I’ll wait til they’re at Staten Island.
Awesome. How was it?
Great, Water Bungalows are awesome.
Beautiful looking island. I would love to go sometime but I’ve always heard it’s quite pricey.
If you don’t mind me asking, what did you pay? I used to vacation in the BVI and although it’s wonderful, I’m itching for something new and relatively affordable.
It cost about $1000-1200 a week not including the plane tickets. altogether 4 weeks, plane tickets and etc. … $6,000. very beautiful though. I Went with my girlfriend.
Hmm…not as terrible as I thought it would be. Worth a look. Thanks again!
I’m pretty traumatized at the name “Heredia” on the Yankees, due to the Run Fairy.
Jairo may have to change his name.
Sick Slider
NARSTY curve.
Or maybe it’s a slider. I’m dumb.
CC isn’t an ace!!!!!111!!
CC only at 89 pitches, so he should come out again I think, especially since he’s has had almost all stress-free innings.
damn CC is fucking filthy
time to take him out and rest his golden arm
I doubt he comes out.
*comes out of the game.
lol i was thinkin the closet
I don’t think he would fit
something tells me girardi will march him out. he just hasn’t been the same at managing the bullpen after farnsworth left the team.
Lol what the hell is a professional at bat
they are paid to bat flaherty
there’s the professional at bat there john
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Stairs
whats CC’s PC?
86 or sumthin, under 90
89
wow, I thought Ichiro caught that
BOMB!!!
Ichiro was too close… WOW!!
Matsui loves LHP! And holy shit, Ichiro!
HITDEKI!!!!
I TOTALLY THOUGHT ICHIRO CAUGHT THAT!!
Me too. That would’ve been insane.
agreed
Matsui. DFA. Now.
Matsui + lefty pitcher = no problem
Wow…
This might be Veras-proof
MATSUI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Run-differential increasing!!!!
106 run differential right now. Only the Dodgers are higher at 115.
And the Dodgers play in the NL West.
Godzirra is destroying Tokyo tonight. There were no survivors.
past or present tense?
BOTH.
DFA MATSUI!!
Poor hideki. No matter how much he hits, we won’t resign him
Seattle’s gotta be thinking about it. He’s going to be much harder to replace than people think, I suspect.
Fucking stat padder. looks like matsui’s been hanging around a-rod too much
Its funny, back in June, i was wondering why he was still in the everyday lineup
oops
Me 2. I was screaming that we shouldve traded him two years ago. Still not sure that i was wrong
Jesus, just imagine if they Yanks played all their homegames in this effin bandbox!
Imagine of they had there A lineup tonight.
this is the second game I can remember ARod sitting out that the team just raked. You know deep down he’s like, “Damn, let me grab a bat!”
Like Triple H would say, the yanks are “That damn good”
excellente triple H comment
i loved DX when it was him, Xpac and road dogg
the x-factor was a killah
What are you guys talking about?
wrestling: WWF
Not WWE, WWF. When ppl like us were in like JR high school.
Ahh. Never seen it. My parents thought it to be barbaric and wouldn’t let me watch it.
My parents
thought it to be barbaric and wouldn’t let me watch itdeprived me of a childhood.Well, we didn’t own a television until I turned 16 (I’m 23 now), and my sister and I were each forced to read a book per week and turn in a report over Sunday dinner (which I cooked).
Swear it wasn’t as bad as it sounds. I just have very bookish parents.
Good times.
i’d get CC outta there. save his arm for when we need him
I have to call it a night.
Take it easy, all.
No reason to leave CC in this game…
GODDAMN GIRARDI
Why pull him? This is what an ace is supposed to do- keep the pen fresh. He has thrown 95 pitches, and they played extra innings yesterday.
Agreed. Its about pitches people, not innings. hes not laboring. and why not get him to ten k’s? good for his confidence
ugh…
Who’s been the best Japanese signing after Ichiro this decade?
Unless Im forgetting someone, I’d say Hideki.
Ther the only two japanese players of elite caliber. diceks the closest, and thats not close
Irabu?
Nice.
you beat me, but still had to post it
Sasaki was really good, but he didn’t last very long
but clearly it has to be Dice-K, gritting it out through all those 5 inning outings
yeah had dice-k panned out this year, he would def be the best
Hideo nomo threw a no hitter or two, so he’s up there
you’re forgetting someone alright. He’s a way under-payed AAA ace who just set a franchise record for wins.
lol ICWUDT
Junichi Tazawa
Peter Gammons’d
Shinjo. The arm bands set him apart.
damn it girardi, why leave him in? Flaherty is actually dead right for once
As the saying goes, “A broken clock…”
im guessing girardi wants to rest the pen and cc prolly wants to go 9
Has Cashman introduced Girardi to Gaudin?
guadin is getting the start on sunday
That confirmed?
yes
gaudin pitched 2 innings yesterday and got the win
You didn’t watch yesterday?
My bad guys. Had school, and wife is pregnant. Got the score and that’s about it lol.
well good luck to you and your wife. Hope you can raise a yankee legend if its a boy
Thanx, and we can only hope
Teach the kid to throw lefthanded.
I’m lefty, so hopefully that’ll come naturally.
Venditte as a babysitter in the works?
he pitched yesterday and got the win. where’ve you been?
busy coming up with ways to try and rip Girardi
Final answer?
He pitched yesterday, and is starting on Sunday.
CC just owned Saunders in that AB.
someone wants 10 strikeouts
CC’s making everyone look silly, but i’d get him out of there. we need him to be rested for october
Haven’t seen someone make ichiro silly in atime… let alone he did it a bunch of times this game.
King Ichiro! Ten ks in style! This is what aces do people
k-ing, not king. fail
my god
CC was dominant tonight
10Ks and a lucky homerun
Looks like CC is done
His stuff seemed unreal in the 8th – no sign of tiring – and yeah, I don’t think I’ve seen Ichiro look that bad
You wonder if he told Girardi he wanted to go out for more.
:Standing Ovation:
10 K’s bitches!
That last pitch to Ichiro was more nastier than a porno flick.
Matsui says “hi”. Just don’t shake his hand.
I don’t know, I found Back Door Sluts 3 disappointingly tame.
That agrees with what you said. Sorry folks, I’ve been drinking.
Have you seen “Debbie Does Dachau”? Not tame at all.
Wow is that a reference to what i think its a reference to?
Too soon? Should I wait another fifty years?
Yup.
IETC
Dang, don’t worry Melk, they’ll start dropping soon.
we needed one of these games. Win one for Posada, Jeter and Mo.
and A-rod…
Matsui really has been around Alex too much. First the stat-padding. Now, selfishly, he got 2 plays of the game.
so how many homeruns do you think bruney will give up?
none.
agreed, i say he strikes out the side
This is one of those games where the yanks are telling the M’s,
We’re better u, hit betta than u, pitch betta than u, field betta than u, get more hoes than u, get more than u, have more spansors than u, more good lookin than u, and I know it and u know and the whole fuckin world knows it.
Get more money than u, and get more sponsors than u. Fixed.
type worser english than u
ietc
LOL.
IETCVM
AAAAAND WINNAR
Who to drop in fantasy baseball: Ricky Nolasco, Edwin Jackson or Carlos Zambrano?
Big Z. Im hoping Jackson doesnt collapse, hes my co-ace
Not Nolasco, he just had one bad outing. I’d say Jackson, but big Z if you need the pitching now
zambrano on DL? I don’t konw how anyone can trust nolasco this year.
because Nolasco has given up more then 2er only 3 times in his last 13 starts
nice job molina getting that final hit!
LOL at Kenny: “One last chance for the Mariners.”
My son the Red Sox fan think that the Yanks are boring because they are too good. Back to the good old days.
How did that happen?
Your son is a Red Sox fan? How on earth is this possible? I should call Child Services on you.
Ironic, I’m a supervisor for Children’s Services in So Cal, my in laws are from Boston and he rooted for the Sox in 2004 because he wanted them to be happy and he stuck with them. I remind him that he was a big Yankee fan when he was young. One of those rebellion things.
At least he isn’t an Angels fan, all they do is bring up their one WE win like the kid that won a trophy in Little League.
Sorry, should be WS win not WE
So calling CS would do no good? Maybe you could try something like a military school run by David Wells to reform him. On second thought, perhaps not. Well, best of luck.
dogg in this area you have failed as a parent. Perhaps it is not too late for you.
I say this out of love.
i fucking love it when the yankees are boring.
I wonder if RAB gonna do that all Fantasy football season.
11-15-0.
1-3-0.
Domination holmes
That is beautiful symmetry.
Yanks are going on 72 wins, no one else in MLB has 70. Only 2 losses in August vs. 10 Wins. Yanks will be 6.5 up on Boston, 2.5 up on the Angels for home field advantage. Already have HF advantage for the World Series. This is shaping up to be a perfect storm for anyone wanting to take on the Yanks.
WIN!!! Hairston looks like he’s happy to be on a good team.
yanks win
good old fashioned beating that was, I approve. Lets hope for more of the same the next few games.
Way to not ask a question, Gordon.
No Kim Jones? B-Team Yes Crew.
My favorite part is when they use Cano as a translator for Melky. They should be a comedy duo.
I wonder how much crap they say to each other, would love to know Spanish.
magic number = 42
First time I’ve seen that, calls for an official countdown.
i wish hideki would try interviewing in English, i bet he could do aight
why does it matter?
I bet hes pretty good, but its a japanese pride thing, they dont want to be seen at anything worse thatn ther best
Have you seen a Japanese game show?
its about being comfortable. if you’re not fluent in spanish are you going to answer questions in spanish, answers that fans/blogs/newspapers/espn break down word for word and if you use it in the wrong way something gets lost in translation/misquoted?
nigga please
He is probably most familiar with only certain English words – those that are used a lot in porn films
Hope he knows the words “free agency”. I like his bat but those knees……painful to watch. After this year everyone will want to come to the Bronx. Damon I would bring back if he’d take a year with an option. With him I worry about PEDs. HRs rising in the late 30′s spells trouble.
Agree completely on all points. But I do love to watch Hidekia hit.
*Hideki
Thing is, it’s not like Damon’s hitting them harder or further…they just moved the wall in and shortened the wall out where he naturally pulls lots of fly balls.
And he’s managed to avoid missing much time. So I don’t think it’s PEDs, but I do think that he’s a product of the park. And his D has gotten a LOT worse. If they think he can avoid getting any worse in LF, then a one year deal could be OK, but they’d need to get someone at least as good as Swish to add to the corner OF rotation, if Damon is going to the the primary DH and sometime LFer.
Same ones Mary Carey is teaching the Melk-man no doubt
ietcvm
IETC.
GORDON FAIL
Hi had to use the computer at the bar to say this but cc is the man
That he is.