Game 119: I’m going going, back back, to Cali Cali
ByThe Yanks are making their second trip to California this season, yet somehow they still have one more to make after this. This time, they’re in the East Bay playing the A’s, but this isn’t the same team the Yanks faced earlier in the year – Orlando Cabrera is gone, Matt Holliday is gone, Jason Giambi is gone, and Russ Springer is gone.They’ve been replaced by guys named Everidge and Cunningham and Gray, among others.
The Yanks hopefully got their clunker out of the way yesterday and will start another winning streak tonight. They’ll be faced by ex-mate Brett Tomko, whom the A’s are starting out of desperation. Tomko had his moments in pinstripes, but ultimately it wasn’t enough to keep his job. He had been working in relief with Oakland’s Triple-A club, and I don’t think he’s stretched out. Hopefully they put this one to bed early.
Here’s the starting nine:
Jeter, DH
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Posada, C
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Melky, CF
Pena, SS
And on the mound, AJ Burnett.
Oh, and make sure you vote in this week’s Fan Confidence Poll. It kind of got buried underneath all of our draft coverage this morning, so you might have missed it.
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Lane Meyer says the the Yanks have reached their limit on the draft budget and the last to be signed with be Talerico.
…That’s actually kinda awesome. Means they signed a lot.
Definitely a bummer. What can I say, I’m greedy — the more arms in the system, the better.
But but but I haven’t seen any offical word on the Stoneburner signing.
Strasburg is an idiot.
Just saying.
Isn’t that something we have to wait ’til 12:01 to make a judgment on?
It’s all bullshit. Boras will sign him.
Listen if the dude takes a 10 million dollar offer he’s set for life but he’s sitting here without 1 major league pitch under his belt demanding money like he’s proven veteran.
I want to make it clear though I do think he will sign I just don’t think that draft picks should be able to demand this type of money.
They should definately have slotted salaries. The draft is meant to help crappy teams; when you let a Rick Porcello (and others) slide to the late 20s just because of their demands, then something is wrong
I don’t see why not.
Here’s the way I think it through –
If Strasburg signs, starts pitching next year, blows his elbow, and never plays again, his skillset is probably rather limited. Work at Wal-Mart?
I’ve got a nice gig – $75k at 23, straight out of college, doing something that not everyone knows how to do/can do/wants to do/etc., and requires a rather specialized skillset, but hardly as specialized as that of an MLB pitcher.
I can be making $300k (in current dollars) by 40 if all goes well, and that’s pretty much the ceiling (plus inflation), unless I get into an executive position (not common in my field). On a cash basis, if everything goes well enough, I’ll make $10M in my career. Doing a rather basic PV calc, I should be worth about $2M in pure income on a present value basis (ignoring other benefits, retirement plan, etc.).
Is Strasburg worth 5x me? I don’t see why not.
What field are you in? Very nice starting salary for a kid straight out of college.
Can i has job?
But seriously, I’m finishing up my last year of a math degree. What’s your job?
Math degree is what I got
I originally went into an actuarial consulting position.
The big difference between you and Strasburg is that you’re not subject to a draft, you were a free agent upon graduation.
Kind of. The number of employers for what I do that would have been willing to pay me more than $50k is rather limited, and I was restricted to NYC.
He blows out his elbow and takes his 10M to college and is one year behind you.
I know an actuary making 500k. Good field if you’re smart enough.
(1…2…3…not it!)
500k? Nice.
I’m shifting out of pure actuarial work to move into more general consulting, but the credentials are something worth falling back on.
And amateurs have been doing that as long as there have been bonuses. I can’t fault Strasburg for not signing quickly. What I can fault him for is failing to sign if the Nats have indeed offered him a record bonus — it’s unlikely his stock will ever be higher.
And I agree.
He’s going to be with the organization for the next 6+ years. That’s a large chunk, if not the whole chunk of his professional baseball career. His agent should demand what he can, while he can.
Agreed.
I wouldn’t be surprised if part of his decision is the fact that he wants to play in San Diego.
+50
The Nationals are idiots too. They knew he wanted the $$$ – EVERYONE and their brother says he’s worth $20M, except the Nationals.
If Kasten ‘just gives him 20 mil’ he EXPLODES the long established bonus structure and Bud Selig will have a coronary. That will cost ALL teams more for the top picks, starting next year.
Oh, and BTW-He’s bidding against himself. Unless you believe Boras’ college/Japan threats, which are laughable. When the top bonus was around 10, and you give the guy 20 when there are no other bidders, that means you’re an imbecile. I doubt Kasten made enough money to buy a Baseball team by being an idiot.
That $10M was a while ago. The bonus landscape has already changed.
Strasburg’s going to get at least $18M, or he’ll wait a year and sign with the Padres.
The Nationals, as a franchise, will not be competitive within the decade if they don’t get Strasburg and Harper. Of course, the owner is probably quite happy making $$$ fielding a shitty team, but whatever.
because the Padres are going to pay him 18m? That owner is selling off everyone because hes getting divorce and has money problems
He already sold the club – there’s a new owner.
oh alright. still doubt he’d get 18m+ from them
Probably true, but would he get $10M from the Padres (vs $12.5M from the Nats)? The question isn’t necessarily whether or not he would get more from the Padres, but more how much less Strasburg would be willing to accept.
Well if he accepts $1 less didnt his plan backfire? Had to wait another year for his payday, and another year away from arb/FA?
And could Boras ever let him accept less? Turn him to independent league to get drafted for a 3rd time by a big market team?
IMO, 99% chance that his value is at its peak for an amateur player. I’m all for him getting every dollar he can get; but you’re already getting more than anyone, you’re never getting that 20-50m pipe dream, so if they offer 12m are you going to wait another year, or maybe two, for maybe 2-3m? All while risking injury, ineffectiveness, and pushing yourself further away from arb/fa
1-The draft rules were changed after the crazy $ that was handed out to Prior, Tex and others. So while it was a long time ago, it’s apples and oranges in terms of how the draft was run.
2-The Nats won’t be competitive WITH Strasburg and Harper anytime soon. You could make a very good argument the money would be better spent improving your MLB club with proven major leaguers. As good as both are, neither one’s a sure thing. I’m not saying they should play hardball, but if Boras insists on FIVE times the top draft bonus, I tell him to go scratch his ass. I’ll be better off spending 50 mil on free agents this off season.
True, ain’t no way he’s getting $50M. But I think $18M-20M is better than breakeven to the ballclub. Heck, I don’t think he walks away from $15M. I do think he walks away from $12.5M.
This ain’t some Joe Schmuck. This kid is already rather polished, with high 90s heat.
The problem isn’t his performance. The problem is that he could blow out his shoulder on his first pitch in the minors and never make it to the majors. His value is significantly diminished because of the injury risk (not specific to him, just in general for pitchers).
Bingo. His value will never be higher than it is today, and pitching is always fragile. Boras kicks, screams, and then signs the deal. Just like he did with Dice-K, which was another situation with a pitcher and one team bidding.
Eh, it’s easy for people like us to say that.
Yeah, imagine it’s your money for one minute. Put yourself in the owner’s shoes and things look very different. If owners ran teams like fans, every team would have a 450 million dollar payroll.
See: George Steinbrenner.
I’m just glad there are SOME owners out there who aren’t happy fielding a shitty team on a shoestring budget and pocketing the Steinbrenners’ money (see: Royals).
And the Rays.
And the Marlins.
And the 2000-2006 A’s
You could make a strong argument that he is the exact opposite of an idiot.
Let’s wait to see what he gets before we pass judgment on his or the richest most powerful agent’s decision making skills.
Remember how we all said that Arod and Boras were idiots for opting out. How they would have to come crawling back. Look at the contract Arod ended up with. Scott Boras knows what he is doing.
uhhh A-Rod did come crawling back. He had no other offers. Hank was just a fool to give him that contract.
But Boras read the situation well enough to know (or believe) that Hank was going to be a fool.
Actually, Alex publicly distanced himself from Boras in order to get the Yanks to even talk with him. I’m sorry, but using that as some stroke of genius by Boras just doesn’t hold up. According to Alex, Boras wasn’t even involved in the negotiations. Remember the stories about how humiliated he was when Boras announced his opt out during the World Series?
Boras didn’t expect so much backlash for sure, but he had to figure it would work out for his client in the end. You seem to believe the contract was made more of idiocy on some peoples’ part rather than any type of clever tactics of Boras.
No, Boras just maneuvered the situation correctly. All he did was apologize and boom he gets a contract that could be worth $305 million at the end. If you consider getting that type of contract a result of “crawling back” then you and I have very different definitions of the terminology. It’s all part of the agent business.
I’m eagerly anticipating this offense getting to face Tomko.
Yeah, I have a feeling I’ll get to bed early tonight.
I have a feeling this rag smells like chloroform, care to check for me?
smells more like formaldehyde.
That’ll do the trick.
The Yankees will start a new win streak tonight.
I really need a 17-0 lead by 11:30 at the latest tonight. They should move all those California teams east.
See, every time I *think* this may be the case, someone like Tomko will go out and hold us hitless through 5. Never underestimate the power of a bitter victim of a DFA.
This umpire in the Staten Island vs. Bernardsville LLWS game has been ROBBING the Bernardsville kids all night by calling outside curveballs AND inside curveballs for strikes.
The plate umpire has been AWFUL on breaking balls.
12 year olds throwing curves? Well, gotta keep Doc Andrews busy I guess
I umpire for the Cal Ripken League and every so often a kid would drop one in there. It’s silly, really. When you’re 11-12, all you need is fastball/changeup.
sad, even AJ Burnett says no curveballs til you’re 16!
They were throwing curves on practically EVERY pitch.
Actually, Andrews contends that a properly throw curveball isn’t a problem. The issue is that as a kid tires from throwing too many pitches, his mechanics suffer and that’s when injuries occur.
Wow, Josh Gibson died on the day Jackie Robinson broke into the bigs? I didn’t know that.
http://scottsimkus.wordpress.c.....its-vol-1/
A little piece of Baseball poetry right there, if true.
The sources I saw state that Gibson died in January of 1947, too early for Robinson to have broken into the bigs.
….Whoa.
Age 35, too. He was known to have a major drinking problem.
Writing was so much better back then, so poetic.
Josh Gibson then greeted a Bennett pitch with a hidden dynamo and it sailed far, wide and handsome, over the railroad tracks…..(and then later) Gibson was the first at bat in the third, and the rugged receiver almost duplicated his smack, for the second home run in two tries.”
Wow, talk about grinding your axes in your journalism, which Klapisch does a lot of (unfortunately). This was in the middle of what was otherwise a pro-Girardi piece:
“But an uptight and overly anxious manager can still undermine the talent in his clubhouse. Why else would Sabathia have included an opt-out clause in his seven-year contract? He’d heard about the coup that took down Torre after 2007, heard that Girardi was trying (too hard) to be his own man. In fact, Sabathia had one question for GM Brian Cashman before deciding he could be a Yankee:
“What’s your clubhouse like?”"
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....ging-Yanks
For a little background, Klapisch was a HUGE Torre supporter (like most of the Mets-friendly media). At Torre’s press conference after he left the Yanks, Klap asked him a question which went something like “Will you ever return to the stadium after the way they’ve treated you?” Not exactly a glittering example of unbiased journalism there.
Sabathia’s a west coast guy, most observers took the opt out clause as his way of testing the waters on the east coast, and seeing how he liked it here. That’s the first I’ve ever heard anyone inject “Girardi’s clubhouse” into his decision.
What a bunch of stupid journalism (can you even call it that? it’s just speculation).
lol.. He’s just being a dick. It’s not an opt-out(in case Girardi’s an ass)clause.
“Girardi deserves credit for surging Yanks” and I suppose, if we go on a 7 game losing streak, this same writer will say, this is unacceptable, the manager is to blame, blah blah blah. I guess there just isn’t much to write about in NY sports when the Yanks are kicking ass and the Mets are a joke.
Ahhh, conjecture. A journalist’s best friend.
I always imagined the opt out was just means of making more money (thought the East Coast / West Coast thing might have something to do with it). Screw the mood of the clubhouse, all CC and his people had to do was look at the contract ARod got after HIS opt out. I’m guessing he’s hoping that the economic climate has rebounded by the end of ’11 and he can add more dollars to his bank account (courtesy, even, of the Yanks).
..and dirty lil secret here, Cash would L-O-V-E if he exercised it. He would have got 3 prime years of CC, get rid of him at the age when he’s likely to start breaking down, and King Felix (coincidentally cough cough) becomes a free agent that very same year.
+100. If CC gives us a few good postseason starts this year, a couple sub-3.5 ERA seasons, and opts out, I’ll be happy.
It’s amazing the way Torre owned the media around here, makes some forget how all these “supporters” called him Clueless, among other names, when he got there. I can only imagine the relationship Girardi will have with the reporters, who hate him so much now, after he starts winning. Gotta love the New York media, huh?
I can’t let these 2 lines pass
“He’d heard about the coup that took down Torre”
Torre had a contract in his hands, that he declined. Some “coup”.
“Such reflection doesn’t exactly fit with the Girardi’s public profile. To those who deal with him on a daily basis — specifically, the media — he’s seemed guarded, often combative, forgetting that diplomacy-challenged managers don’t last long in New York.”
Diplomacy challenged managers don’t last. . . . ever heard of Bobby Valentine? Classic ‘tail wags the Dog’ journalist, who thinks sportswriters are bigger than the stories they cover. Sorry Bob, nobody cares about you. Especially nowadays.
This Slade guy kinda looks like a dope (like moe and curly) but then again I really dont give a shit as long he can play ball.
Oh, he can play {5-tool and all} and with a name like that no one will mess with him!! Of course, don’t be fool with goofy soundy names, I learned the hard way after heckling R.A. Dickey
Does Nick Swisher look like a guy that has a master’s degree in molecular biology?
Hey was that Mo’s kid running with him in the outfield? Seems like Mo has adjusted out of that “cranky” mood he was in & into a happier one.
how can you tell?
He seemed like he was laughing & smiling, Bugsy
Okay, Burnett is starting tonight. Flaherty’s definitely going to reopen the “Proud of his fastball” can tonight, right? Over/Under: 2.5. I’m taking the under because of recent trends.
ill take the over- per inning
I’ll allow the “proud of his fastball” remarks tonight so long as Flash gets to read the “Inglorious Basterds” promo again.
I’d rather have Kenny read it. He’s more avuncular.
That’s the first time.
I wish that the Yanks would sign a few more guys.
Yeah, Couple more would’ve been sweet. I’m not upset though, very good job by Opp.
I wouldn’t have minded a few more. I do like the draft. It will be interesting to see what Lane grades the picks.
http://deadspin.com/5306316/wh.....y-coliseum
it is pretty horrible. i had seats a few rows behind the dugout (bought 10 minutes before game time at the window) and all i kept thinking was why the fuck do they have a greeen tarp on the upper deck? and then I asked myself why I was at an A’s/Royals game, and had no answer
I liked Tomko while he was here. Then, he bitched about not pitching enough as he left. I hope he doesn’t last an inning. Tool.
wow the grass looks like shiiit.
This stadium is as big as yellowstone!
and just as empty
I went to a football stadium and a baseball game broke out
i smiled.
wow. did you guys see that bat boy run to damon for a replacement bat.
Talk about Hustle!!
anyone elses mlb.tv not working?
It’s working for me.
guess ill try another computer.
Yeah, I’m having problems too. It keeps telling me that it’s having technical difficulties processing my request. I’m pretty peeved.
Not workin here either. Something bout a technical error and to try again later.
Mine’s not working either. It keeps telling me my requests will be processed in greater and greater sums of seconds. Grrrr.
OHHHH proud of his fastball.
M-TEX!
No hitter broken up!
Did Kenny just call A-Rod Mr. August?
quite the wit, that Ken Singleton.
A-Rod is slugging only .503 coming in to tonight. Interesting. His IsoP (.245) is also below his career norm of .271.
Tomko’s bringing the heat. I really want us to bomb him.
I hope we get to him 2nd time through the order.
What if he’s not proud of his fastball and just throwing it out of shame?
And Kudos to Mike Axisa for the Biggie reference in the thread’s title. Although, I can think of when I hear that song is Butters saying the same words. Lepold Butters Stotch is very gangster, Mr. Axisa I’m not so sure
I don’t think so
Peace, Adam.
Can he be proud of his curveball as well? that was one hell of pitch.
Davis is not really a .300 hitter, right?
no…
I’m hoping the real Bombko makes an appearance
Line drives right at you = annoying.
Incomplete pass! Cano drops it in the end zone!
that lazy fuck!
Cano wouldn’t have dropped that ball if Eli threw it too him.
Peace, Kurt.
nasty curve that inning
Can they not get the yard-marking paint out of the turf or what?
I love it when AJ has control of his curve
Quick, what’s more sad?
The Raiders offense
The A’s Offense
the Colliseum field
Al Davis
e. all of the above
Al Davis
I’m a raider fan, you will be surprised this year by the offense, O-Line is wayy better, Darren McFadden is healthy, and we have WR’s who are willing to play hard including Heyward-Bey.
But Al Davis hurts my feelings everytime he wakes up in the morning.
That’s not very nice.
Tell me about it…
Does the struggle of Brackman and Dellin give the Yanks pause when looking at big pitchers?
it shouldn’t.
but it will
And you base that assertion on…?
+1
Nah, maybe just reminds them of what a project projects can be.
I hope not but they have to be concerned with Brack this year.
Because he’s a major project, partly because he’s tall, and partly because he doesn’t have a ton of experience
Not really. First year back from TJ. I’d reserve judgment till the end of next year.
Not at all. First pro season, first season back from TJ. he needs to stay healthy and log innings. Control is always the last thing to come back after surgery, especially when it wasn’t that great to begin with.
Flaherty not proud of his age.
/Flaherty’d
Happy 38th Birthday Jorge!
Aren’t we supposed to drink every time he says that?
{hiccup} yup
did you know tomko is proud of his fastball? he’s also shit lucky to not be down 4-5 runs already he is giving up rockets
i think he’s proud of his curveball and ashamed of his fastball.
Tomko and Burnett have similar stuff..
Um, no they don’t
They both throw baseballs.
That’s pretty similar. It’s not like one is bowling.
Over/under on football references tonight is set at 45
you opened the floodgates
which pennigton has a stronger arm?
Cliff or Chad
Honestly, I’d go with Cliff
YAY MLB.tv is working!!!
Looks like we’ll be the first to see Peavy.
http://blogs.chicagosports.chi.....nkees.html
That should be cool.
Here’s hoping his stuff isn’t all the way back.
Damn, I thought so. When he got traded they were saying he might face us. I was hoping it wouldn’t happen but oh well, I hope we hit/beat him like we did last time we played him.
I’m excited to see how he performs during the AL transition. Hopefully he doesn’t return to 2007 Jake Peavy right away.
Yeah, we did pretty well against him in interleague when he was healthy last year. And us Yankee fans have seen what can happen to pitchers with foot injuries this year.
Wow, somehow I completely forgot that we faced him during interleague play.
Greg Paulus just named starting Quarterback at Syracuse….
Not the same Greg Paulus from Duke…??
Yes.
The same.
Yep it is
One in the same…he is from Syracuse…
could that mean he’ll be on the basketball team as well?
no, he’s out of eligibility in basketball
Boeheim did offer him a spot as a Student Assistant Coach though..
This is lame.
Tom Gordon = Joba Chamberlain. You should love Tom Gordon.
37 pitches…I hope we get some runs next time through the order
Melky has had some ugly hacks lately
I do like their kicks.
damn, those white sox jerseys were…. unique
HOLYSHIT DX IS BACK SUCK ITTTTTTT
Maybe Mike A can explain this one to me.
http://waswatching.com/2009/08.....selection/
Why would you select a signability case with a decent pick (10th rd) and then let him walk over a bonus of 500K total? They gave Betances a mil in the 8th rd a few years ago, and I think Brett Marshall was a 6th rd who got a mil as well.
It just seems like a wasted pick if you let a guy walk over such a small amount. If Lombardi is right and BA calls him a borderline 2nd round talent, you’d have no trouble giving 500K to a 2nd rounder.
Obviously the Yankees did not like what they saw in the Cape, at least compared to some other guys. They gave their 16th rounder 850K that could have gone to Lyons.
Or potentially valued his lackluster regular season more than playoffs + cape
Then why pick him in the first place? I think they saw something at the Cape, either mechanics or injury wise, or they decided they liked some of the other guys better and used up their budget.
Yeah, either the Cape or the workouts. Still, if the talent is there I take him for that price. You let him walk, and he could very well be a high pick next year that you miss out on. The Baseball draft is full of this ‘borrowing from the future’ stuff, and usually the real long shot signability guys are taken at the end of the draft. A highly thought of 10th round pick for 500K seems like a good bet to me.
Right, but you need to have a budget, and they took loads of signability guys. 500K doesn’t seem like much, but then what is the point of a budget- you can say that about every guy and sign everybody. they needed to choose between players, and Lyons got left out.
50 Rounds x $500k per pick = A-Rod
We have no idea that his bonus demands didn’t go up. While Callis believes that his bonus was 500k that doesn’t mean that it was actually that. Also they might have concerns about mechanics and don’t believe that they could fix him enough or there might be an injury.
damn 1-2 hits
molina who?
he got him
Wow, I thought Hairston was safe.
I thought so initially but after replay, I think he was out.
Can I get a DP?
Heh that works
yessir!
Wow…Yankees flashing some leather that half inning.
AWESOME!!!
jejejeje
Johnny Damon… OUTFIELD ASSIST!!?? GET SOME!!
Hilarious.
Damon with the D
Broke in on a ball he should’ve gone back on AND when he did go back, he turned the wrong way. Awesome, Johnny. Awesome.
he misread the ball then backtracked. i dont know if it was that nice but i’ll take it.
that was a funny.
Did that promo really just say what I think it did? A West Side Story reference? Way to be, YES. Way to be.
bonhead
thanks for the free out
i realized ump not calling the curveballs for strikes on the bottom of the zone
Eh, I think they’re missing low anyway.
I honestly thought Damon wouldn’t catch that
Jerry: “Hey bro! Make sure you run on Jorge, he’s not that good.”
Scott: “Thanks bro for the info.”
Jerry: “No prob dude.”
*Scott gets thrown out stealing second*
Scott: “you lil lying piece of…”
Jerry: “HAHAHA”
So, I just waited on hold with MLB.TV customer service for a half hour, while it was giving me error messages and not letting me log in. Finally, someone came on the phone and told me they were aware of the problem and were working to fix it, but there was nothing else immediately I could do. Then, as soon as I hung up, I tried again, and it worked! So, I’m gonna go ahead and take complete credit for getting it fixed. You’re welcome, everybody!
Nino you are awesome.
nice Ramiro…no DP Jeter
Tomko’s Velocity is goin DOWN
i would totally double steal here. oh wait, suzuki. Crap.
nice Jete…no DP Johnny
All time Yankee career hits leader?
That’s some serious shit.
What’s he got, 30 to go?
32
Like 32 I think they said.
Not to do a total dick here but i couldn’t resist. Why is it that Hits become legitimate stat that reflects a players worth over a career but not over the season?
It’s a measure of durability. You can’t rack up that many hits unless you play at a reasonably high level for a long time. It’s like pitcher wins. To get to 300 wins you have to be very very good for a very very long time. You can’t do it just by being a decent pitcher on a good team like you could for 1 season.
huh?
Isn’t 200 hits still considered a pretty impressive feat in a single year? Wasn’t everybody on Ichiro’s junk for hitting 260+ that one year?
yeah but that’s just case with traditional way of thinking that mystifies batting average. we’ve moved beyond that–what with stats like IsoP and BaBip.
I’m sorry, if a guy gets 200 hits in the season, he’s doing something right. Use of advanced stats doesn’t de-legitimize hits.
damn, that’s a HR in YSIII
Drive Ramiro in now, Tex.
Damn, Damon hit that ball past the 50 Yard line.
What a shot.
This ballpark is playing like an Alaskan oil field in the middle of January
Johnny with a yankee stadium homerun.
Yes. YESSS. I smell blood.
no DP Alex
damnit A-rod!
we’ll get him next time
Damn baton passing. Weak shit, Tex. Weak shit.
Alex gets back in the saddle right here.
Oh what the CRAP
Oh A-Rod!
That was a Melky at bat, A-Rod.
Thats ridiculous.
damin alex
DOH
Tomko misses his spot, and gets a double play… WHERE’S THE LUCK!!
WHat the…did that just happen?
DFA-Rod.
Jacob Turner’s signing bonus is sick … over 6 million.
Detroit really has the get-front-line-starters-strategy down to an art.
Maybe Alex should do a little DL stint. We can afford it.
17 GS and 1 stolen this year….
.341 with bases loaded. This seems to high for him
AND he crushes Tomko so that sucked
refresh my memory…when did he have a gs stolen this yeaR?
Arod’s has been pretty mediocre lately
His BABIP is .266 this year…so hopefully we see a correction.
Arod took a page out of Cano’s handbook:
Swing at 1st pitch, GIDP
Derek Jeter has no clue what to do with himself.
Peace, Jack.
PRAISE BRETT TOMKO
5. Alex Rodriguez.
+1
Peace, Bobby.
Burnett is an Animal.
TOMKO. BURNETT.
A PITCHING DUEL LIKE NO OTHER.
ONLY ON YES.
Nick Swisher = range.
nice AJ..cmon offense, time to score
AJ looking beast tonight.
Tomko looking the beast tonight.
more like the luckiest man alive this is ridiculous
It was sarcasm.
Stop. Swinging. At. The. First. Pitch.
For the most part, he is throwing strikes. Posada should be swinging at FB down the middle.
Um, guys? Why isn’t it 30-0 already?
Becuase Tomko wants REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!
Its Brett freaking Tomko…
what the hell
Tomko!!!!
WTF? 3 pitches 2 outs
Swish…head down.
Ok this is bullshit. I am not amused.
Anyone concerned that Brett Tomko is fucking ass-raping us right now?
no.
God the football lines are irritating.
This is really frustrating.
what the fuck was that half-inning?
Okay this is getting to be ridiculous. Start hitting this fucker.
They’ve been hitting some balls hard. Damon hit two rockets deep that were caught. Besides the last inning, they’ve had some good swings. Tomko is getting lucky.
4 innings, no runs, Brett Tomko?
Christ, they’re not even running up his pitch count. I was really hoping for a good old-fashioned beatdown by this point in the game.
Brett Tomko…lucky through 4 inningss
Anyone really surprised by Tomko shutting them out so far??
I don’t believe this…but are we going to have the name “Brett Tomko” in the same sentence with “pitcher’s duel” ?
Why don’t the A’s sign Ransom and let him play tomorrow…he’d probably go 4-5 with 2 HR and 7 RBI in his ‘revenge’ game…
Yankees feel bad for him so they are making him look like Cy Young.
next inning they will tee off him like he is John Smoltz.
Gotta love the effort from Swish.
Worst part is after the game listening to the Yankee players talk about how good Tomko’s stuff is and what a great game he pitched.
belly flop
did someone say range?
nice try Swish
Damn, Swish got to almost the exact same ball earlier tonight. That one was hit harder, though.
Swisher can track’em like nobody’s business.
Yeah, like that fly ball that probably should’ve been Melky’s that he got to.
Rajai Davis (fantastic first name) is the stockiest fast guy in baseball.
That’s on Burnett; Jorge had no shot.
This upcoming run should count against Swisher’s ERA ..
no it doesnt.
…
Wow…
LUCKY LIKE THE GIANTS?!?!
Maybe Burnett should take some pointers from the book of Tomko
Bringing the infield in during a 0-0 game in the 4th inning. WOW.
Against the A’s. With Brett Tomko pitching.
ah fuck…cmon AJ, need a DP
What’s with calling 3 curves in a row…
Burnett, please get your shit together.
A scrub like Tomko doesn’t deserve the satisfaction of beating this team.
Gotta love the piped in crowd noise.
This is fucking ridiculous now.
Shitty Oakland field/Dirt, causes a balk.
the fuck?
what the fuck. noooooooooooo. no injurey please please please.
I didn’t know Mike Pelfrey was pitching for the Yankees tonight.
What a nightmare.
Jesus
THIS IS FUCKING EMBARASSING!!!!!!!!
This is starting to look bad
AJ is pissed..
Enough joking around guys, kill these punks.
ah man…cmon AJ.
we get burned so many times with these 2 out RBI’s
thye’re hitting burnett like we should be hitting tomko.
Looks AJ didnt forget to bring his shinebox to the stadium.
what the hell… They are facing Brett Fucking Tomko…
Yeah, but that has little to do with A.J. Burnett balking in a run.
wtf there is really nothing else to say
Is AJ drunk?
What a bad inning
Peace, Jack version 2.0.
Infield in… cost us 2 runs…