Game 128: Yanks should employ same strategy against Buehrle
ByLast time the Yankees faced Mark Buehrle they had a plan. The Bombers touched him for 12 hits on August 2, most of them grounders between short and third. That could have been coincidence, but more than likely, considering its frequency, it was a design by Kevin Long. It worked, as the Yanks mustered seven runs off the ChiSox ace and knocked him out after 4.1 innings.
Since he pitched his no-hitter on July 23, Buehrle has gone down hill. He did spin a gem against Seattle on August 12, eight innings of shutout ball, but other than that he’s been downright terrible. In his last two starts he’s allowed four runs over six innings to the freaking Royals, striking out zero, and five runs over 5.1 innings to the Orioles. His ERA still sits at 3.92, but it’s been quite inflated lately.
Buehrle has tossed an even 50 innings in his career against the Yankees, allowing 41 runs, 39 earned. There is no team he has fared worse against in his career — save for a paltry 11-inning sample against the Giants. While he gives other teams fits, especially the division rival Tigers, against whom he has a 2.99 career ERA, the Yankees seem to have him figured out.
On the other side will be the league leader in innings pitched and games started, CC Sabathia. As expected, CC has been pitching lights out this August. His only blip was his last outing against the ChiSox, also opposing Buehrle, when he allowed five runs over seven innings. That was good enough for the win that day, though, and he’s plowed through each subsequent start, earning a victory every time.
What’s changed this month about Sabathia is his strikeouts and walks. Over the season’s first four months he had a 109:43 K/BB ratio, pretty good but not quite the insane ratios he’s had over the past few years. Since then he’s struck out 39 to just five walks. That’s more like it. The only miniscule problem here is that he’s allowed five homers this month, but those have mostly been of the solo variety. That’s going to happen to a power pitcher (see Santana, Johan). As long as they happen with no one on base, though, it’s not that big an issue.
Yanks look to put the series loss against the Rangers behind them by taking the first today. Considering the way the Sox played against the Sox last week, the Yankees should take all three here. Not that they will, but they should against a team playing like the Sox right now.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, Dh
6. Nick Swisher, RF
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Melky Cabrera, CF
9. Jose Molina, C
And on the mound, number fifty-two, Carsten Charles Sabathia.
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It’s good to have CC on the mound tonight and I think Buehrle will struggle in YS. I don’t live in the area though, how does the weather look as far as getting this game in?
It’s crap out, but it looks like an on-time start according to beat crew.
Let’s hope so because rain delays for the most part have not been good to the Yanks.
something unrelated, but sergio mitre sounds like a great kid. I wish him well during his recovery from TJS. I know most of us have been displeased with his starts overall, but i think he will be much better in the future and i hope he recovers fully as well.
Dave Eiland has said his 2 out problem is totally mental, and mitre agrees. I think he will attack the zone more on saturday and could be more effective.
He is up here earlier than he wants to be, but this major league experience can help his psyche in the long run.
He’s turning 29 in February so he not that much of a kid anymore
heh good point
that’s my first DFA of the day
nah I’ll be nice and just bench you for today
thanks coach, i’ll be sure to take this benching in stride
Let’s hope, like you said, that the ChiSox roll over for us like they did for Bahston (except yesterday against Brad Penny…err Junichi Tazawa)
Castillo’s dropped pop up will never get old. Ever.
I agree it will never get old for us Yankee fans but I am sure it is REAL OLD to the fans of the hapless Mets.
nope
neither will mariano’s RBI walk against K-rod
yea I could watch that 10 times in a row everyday and still not be bored
neither will A-rod’s walkoff off Tazawa. I could watch that replay all day
Let’s make Buehrle’s post-perfecto woes continue Yankees!
Go BJays! Do not roll over for Bahston again please
don’t count on it–they are at Fenway
yea but I can hope at least
Whoa, Kazmir to the Angels? Wild.
He has to start for them in 2010, right? No sense in having an $8 million reliever who’s signed for 2011 at $12 . . .
Shouldn’t we flip Melky and Molina when we have this lineup set up?
i’ve always wondered this too
Choose a player to build a team around: 29 year-old Pujols or Hanley Ramirez?
And if the age is important, let’s say a 25 year old Pujols or Hanley, who is 25?
pujols
hanley makes waaay too many errors for my liking
but Pujols is a 1B and Hanley is a SS so you gotta consider that too
While Pujols is one of the best hitters ever, I take Hanley.
The drop off between Hanley and a league average SS is much larger than the drop off between Pujols and a league average 1B
This.
sit down Ja(y)son
Am I the only one getting spanish?
Yes
SAP button.
I have comcast there is no SAP button
i was too!
CCya.
That’s CC for ya!
way to be effective
Sweet first inning CC
CC –> KK
what a great first inning
CC’s increased use of his slider has to be a big reason for CC’s recent dominance and strikeout rate.
Yeah, I can’t recall it working much, outside of the CG in Baltimore.
Buerhle think he’s been throwing too many changeups? I thought he was a modern-day Preacher Roe:
“I’ve got three pitches, my change, my change off my change, and my change off my change off my change.”
Captain Clutch
CC bettah get that inside call too!
And I hope the Yanks step out of the box to disrupt him.
JETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EL CAPITAN!
How many leadoff homeruns has Jeter hit this year?
Off the top of my head I think that’s 2.
he’s hit 2 1st inning lead off homeruns this year, and i dunno how many homeruns he has to lead off an inning
EL CAPITAN
I really enjoy watching Jeter pull the ball.
EL CAPITAIN!
I thought that was getting out.
The rain drops knocked that down.
The Stadium giveth, and the Stadium taketh. Too bad, Tex.
If CC gets that inside call, he’ll be ever better!
Fuckin wind stole a HR from TEx!!!!
MVP’s can fight the wind for homeruns!
John sterling with the classic “that ball is high it is far it is ….caught “
lol, I thought it was gone.
I’ve heard Sterling defend his misapplication of the home run call by saying something like “well, whaddaya want, it was high, and it was far, just not far enough.”
meh, it looked gone and it had that sound but that damn wind
at least we are crushing the ball so far (even Tex and Alex had good swings)
Buehrle got lucky there. That sounded like a HR by Tex.
Holy fuck, DJ AM was found dead…
http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/28/.....z0PWTU9lGF
Was he a good DJ?
good is an understatement
Shame either way.
He already escaped death once with that plane crash, unfortunately, one cannot be so lucky the second time.
hit deki!
Pathetic showing by that ball boy.
Let’s hope the Yankees don’t waste too many opportunities like they did on their last game.
stop fuckin raining please
you’ll have to wait until sunday according to kay…
At least we know Cano will start the next inning off with a double or lazy homerun!
should be 3-0 us but oh well. The wind helps CC too I guess.
no delay please! dont want to hurt the pen or waste a CC start
They are never going to get this game in. The weather here sucks.
Real nice Melky, real nice.
ah fuckin wind, hurt us twice already
lol, those two idiots. Where did it go?
Yankees lead the league in allowing bloop doubles.
So, uh, tarp?
Good God, Melky. Brett, where are you?
They couldn’t see it.
oh boy did my heart stop on that foul ball
STAY FAIR! STAY FAIR! Hawk Harrelson is awful.
The absolute worst.
God Im stuck watching the Sox broadcast and I just had to listen to a “Stay Fair, Stay Fair!!” call from the Hawk on Dye’s long foul.
thoughts and prayers for your ears having to listen to that drivel
Gotta luv the bandbox !!!
Gift from Montero.
great K there CC
Clutch call. We need some luck after that pop fly double.
Melky obviously lost that in the sky, but it also seems that Melky seems to have an issue in the Bermuda triangles. It seems like he doesn’t take charge enough in those situations and the result is that quite a few balls drop in those areas.
It’s one thing if he say it, but I think he just really didn’t see it, and was trying to tell Swish who couldn’t get there in time. In which case theres nothing you can do about it but hope CC can bail you out.
Yeah, I wasn’t talking about that one in particular. He lost it in the, well, sky.
Just in general, he seems to be hesitant when, as the CF, he has to take charge out there and a lot of balls seem to drop in that shouldn’t.
CC!
Hopefully leaving Toronto took the “Yankee killer” out of Rios.
Remember when we were mildly concenred about CC’s K-rate?
They actually made what I thought was a good point on ESPN. I believe it was Steve Phillips who said he thought CC was pitching more to contact because of the kind of offense the Yankees have, and now he’s dailing it up in the 2nd half.
There’s a couple holes in that argument, one being that the Indians had a pretty good offense during CC’s 2007-2008 years. But it’s an interesting theory.
Wow, CC. Damn impressive. Hell of a job picking up Melky too.
CC says fuck you weather, I gots this!
Beautiful inning CC!
good job CC
Imagine how nasty Mo’s cutters (even though they already are super nasty) would be with this wind.
according to Gameday, strike 1 was high for ball 4…he is getting all the calls and CC didnt once but still CC is dominating.
leche with the hit!
Melky with a single! He isnt that bad from the right side this year I think.
I hope someone saves the video for that kid of Michael Kay saying that he has eyes like Elizabeth Taylor’s.
lol i thought the same thing
The 3rd pitch to Jose was really a strike? Hmm. Damn near hit him.
Yet another crap, inconsistent strikezone by a ML umpire tonight.
Molina is so much better than Posada, it’s not even funny. Really.
It’s all CC. Really.
Buehrle getting shitty calls a lot today but not CC, so far.
Won’t matter, CC is dealing.
as long as he throws down, he’ll be ok
I wonder if the Steinbrenner Yankeeography will skip over the part where he was suspended and Gene Michael and Co. were able to build the dynasty.
pretty sure they’ll forget about the part that had michael drafting derek jeter
Good question.
wow, CC got the inside call finally
Watching CC pitch this month has been a pleasure.
Argh another softie
that’s what she said.
good job so far CC
Damon + bandbox = hearts
Johnny Damon!
MUAHAHA
I would love to hear Harrelson bitching and moaning about RF right now. Either that or knock his head off.
Johnny!
JOHNNY!
Damon!
It never ceases to amaze me the way Damon powers the ball with that swing.
Man, if Tex is that slow when he’s 28-29, just wait until he’s 34-35. He’ll make Hideki Matsui look like Emilio Bonifacio.
Until he got here I never really realized how slow he is. But man he’s slow.
Imagine how big the puffs will be then. It’s OK, because he’ll still be mashing.
By that time we’ll have the science to attach Gardner’s legs to Tex during an offseason.
Tex = Not lazy.
Man, Buehrle’s got nothing right now.
I think Josh Beckett is broken.
Nope, he’s just right.
I’m 100% ok with it. He’s easily the most overrated pitcher in baseball.
i think scott kazmir and aaron harang would like to debate you on that one
Disagree. Beckett gets talked about like he’s circa 2006 Johan Santana, and is routinely touted as the best pitcher in the league. He’s had one (1) legit ace-level season (2007), and if Alex Gonzalez can field a ground ball, he doesn’t get that “stopper in the postseason” label either.
He’s got great stuff, but it hasn’t translated into great seasons consistently.
Seconded
can he stay broken through the season and the playoffs?
Disappointing Dela.
Bahston shouldn’t make the playoffs
no i’d rather have them make the playoffs
i could not stand having to have my ranger fans buddies talk crap to me during a 5 game series
I was just about to post something to that effect. If he really is hurt, I think that might change my opinion about wanting the Rangers to beat out the Sox for the Wild Card. I’m not necessarily saying that’s the case, but it certainly makes things a lot different.
thank you aaron hill!
I love Beckett’s curveball, Aaron Hill hit one over the monster. Beckett already has 50+ pitches over 2 innings.
Gotta love it, he walked the previous 2 only to surrender the bomb…kinda like AJ’s inning yesterday.
LoL Ozzie is styling.
passing the baton.
Was it me or did I hear boos for the walk? I think it was me
Stay hot Godzilla!
a-rod is a baton passer
That’s just dirty, LMAO.
haha you are funny
Matsui got fooled
I’d love to see Swisher with a base hit here…just to refresh my memory of what it looks like to see him hit one.
how did this guy pitch a perfect game? that seems unfair
He had his “A game” + luck + defense + Rays not doing their job on the plate + a nice catch by Dewayne Wise = perfect game.
It just so happens he got all the right criteria at the right time.
a true testament to how much luck determines baseball
…can’t predict baseball
Talk about Final frekin Destination, DJ AM is dead.
Read above comments =)
OO damn, that was before I got here. Cocaine is a helluva drug.
/Five Fingers’d
After throwing out the first pitch at CitiField last week. That whole franchise is cursed.
Cmon Robbie, hit with RISP today
never mind
oh man, cano…
Robbie, Robbie, Robbie. The law of averages has to catch up at some point. Let’s hope it’s not 2012.
Where’s the best offense in the majors?! That’s 0 for 4 with RISP in just 3 innings. Terrible.
Teixeira hits a 2-run bomb in the 1st inning on any other night.
yep
He was robbed by mother nature there, damn you mother nature… cut Big Tex some slack!
Slider away and grab some bench.
cano with risp is brutal
my god there were no people at the stadium in 1991
Poor Jim Thome … he looks completely overmatched against CC.
I feel no pity for a fan who feels none for Farnsworth.
thome looked fooled
CC dont need your stinkin calls that you give Buehrle ump!
Damn, that strikeout has me craving some Subway.
You know ZZ…
The new commercial reads something like this:
Santana: You know ZZ, this new Chipotle Steak Sawich from Suway is so biiiig, I can’t even lift it with my surgically repaired elbow.
Holds the sandwich barely halfway up while his left arm is in a sling.
i just can’t stop laughing
I just can’t help but imagine them shooting that commercial as they wheel Johan out of surgery.
lol, they need to hire you for that commercial!
Where did the strike zone go?
went the way of beckett’s curveball
The strike zone is on Lansdowne Street?
hhaha IETC
Fuckin ump
Good grief.
i hate these “old-school” umpires. CC should have 8 strikeouts.
yea and he called it a strike on the same exact spot to Dye
I guess I’ll take the out but I wanted K #8
Umps are trying to screw with CC’s K/9 rate.
yea but he’s battling through it still with 7 Ks
Is it October yet?
I heart Strikeout Pitchers.
leche on fiya!
Melky>>>Buehrle
Buehrle > Molina
True but then again, which pitcher is lesser than Molina
Melky 2-2, hopefully he gets hot again.
well, he hit it hard…
Let’s see if they could turn two, Michael? With Molina running, they could have turned 8.
IETCVM
I’d kinda like to see that
man sometimes i wish they would flip leche and jose molina for el capitan
Molina is sooo much better than Jorge
/sarcasm
Yep. And they’re 13-14 with Molina catching. This on a team that’s more than 30 games over .500.
Molina has also been catching Sabathia a lot lately, i.e., when Sabathia has gone on his normal August tear. Otherwise, the record with him catching would be even worse.
Yet, there will still be people clamoring for him over Posada. Darwinism will get them soon enough.
Those people are dopey, but I fear you misunderstand the mechanisms of natural selection.
/pedant
Wait a minute. You can’t claim on the one hand that Posada has no impact on his pitchers and then credit him when they win with him behind the plate. You can’t have it both ways.
And his bat isn’t why their 30 games over .500, either. I’m fairly certain that there’s no such thing as a +30 WAR position player.
Beckett: 5 walkes through 2.2 innings
If he has another bad one tonight, that’s 3 in a row. That will be too much for the Boston Press/ESPN to ignore.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....yerId=4242
I’ve been waiting all year for Beckett’s shoulder to wear down, like it did last year. Interestingly, right around this same time (late August).
Beckett’s at 75 pitches with 1st and 2nd in the 3rd. Can Nick Green go back-to-back days?
Depends, do the Red Cacks have the Green rules?
It should be mandatory for Molina to bunt everytime with a runner on. He’s a DP waiting to happen.
that changeup is wicked nasty
/Chowdah heads’d
Rios seriously sucks
It’s like he’s toying with them.
good job playing the ball there damon, keepin him to first
Not to be outdone by Burnett’s 12Ks, CC has the strikeout working today
I want to him to outdo Grienke’s 15K performance.
That’d be sick. Lets not jinx it.
Hey ZZ that’s “you the man” big
NO 2 OUT RUNS FOR YEW !!!!
hey this is an official game now!
CC workin quick like Marky B
So there goes Becketts Cy Young Bid, right?
Still a month to go. It won’t stop Gammons and his ESPN crew from campaigning for him.
A-rod pre-surgery gets that but oh well, CC gots this
I’m very worried about A-Rod post-surgery. Will he have the second surgery in the offseason? Does he come all the way back to the player he once was? If not, what is he?
Who knows. I was under the impression he wouldn’t need the 2nd surgery. At least that’s what they said before the season after the first surgery.
Whatever he goes through, I believe Alex can overcome it. I think he’s a freak athlete and should still have some very good, if not great, years ahead of him.
He’s definitely having the second surgery in the offseason. As soon as the season ends. He’ll be fine. He’s not going to all of sudden morph into a .250-.330-.440 DH.
CC is unreal.
It would be nice to get a few more runs.
I just realized something about the DJ AM death thing
“DJ AM was last seen in public this past Sunday — when he threw the first pitch at a Mets game at Citi Field in NYC.”
http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/28/.....all-photo/
That stadium is officially cursed.
I honestly believe it.
i def agree
who else has died ?
the 2009 mets…
better question: who else will die?
Did Kay just say “backhand it like Beckham” in regards to Gordon’s defense? Christ.
Also, do all pitchers have their cleats scraped for them?
man i wish i had someone to clean my cleats…
and another terrible joke by kay…
He should leave the one-liners to Singleton.
booooooo!
oh well
we have swisher to bring em home?
cmon guys, need a hit with RISP
Carmen Angelini with 2 homers tonight…….The Seventh Seal has been broken.
Time to stock up on canned food.
IETC
Glad to hear it, I’m definitely pulling for the kid.
(I used to ask people to not post MiLB info in game threads. I now realize that I can’t hold back a tsunami.)
We should have done a lot more damage against Buehrle in this game.
Does Angelini really have 2 HRs tonight? When did they finish defrosting Hell?
Couldn’t have seen the bases being loaded for Cano. Come on, Robbie. Break it open.
HEY! ESPN (red sox network) has an article about Steroids on the front page of the MLB section, and whose in the picture… ORTIZ! not Arod surprisingly
It’s probably about how victimized all the players on the list are and how believable Ortiz’s story is.
The caption says “Unlike Arod, this man is universally loved and admired for his unrelenting search for the truth.”
chance for Robbie…again
good job swisher
please come through cano
Swisher… passing the baton to Cano is BAD!
BABIP really hates Cano with RISP.
this isnt a coincidence for robbie now
jesus fucking christ. i generally dont put stock in RISP stat but Cano makes want to believe.
Honest to God, how many fucking times has Cano come up with the bases loaded and 2 outs and nothing. Teams should start with 2 outs walking the bases loaded to get to Cano, it is an automatic out.
Oh, Robbie. Please, for the life of me, just humor us all and come through every once in a while with the bases loaded. Or RISP.
He did on Tuesday. In the 9th inning no less.
I know, I know. I guess I should have been clearer. I should have said, “more than” every once in a while.
Robbie,
You know I love you man, but you’re absolutely killing me. Would it be too much trouble to stroke a liner to left? Alternatively, you kill soft throwers like Buerhle, could you perhaps park one in the second deck? I know you’re a groundball hitter, but come on, man.
Fond Regards,
A Friend
I just don’t get it…
Cano is really amazing. And by amazing I mean horrible.
Beckett is lucky he doesn’t pitch in the NL anymore.. it seems that every game he is hitting batters.
wow beckett just beaned marco scutaro in the helmet
he was taken out from the game
“he” being scutaro, not beckett
Beckett’s a gamer. He is everything that’s right about the game.
/Peter Gammons’d
I saw that on NESN. It was nasty. Scutaro was down awhile. He walked back to the dugout but looked very woosy. Beckett just missed the head of another Blue Jay earlier in the game. He’s quite the head hunter.
Just imagine if Joba threw the pitch. NESN and NESPN would be having a town hall hearing.
Skip that, their villagers would’ve been knocking at our doors with pitch forks and the lit torches.
there goes the Red Sox future SS
At least Beckett and the Sox are losing 3-0 and Beckett is up to 86 pitches in the 6th inning.
It’s only in the 4th.
he’s only through 4 innings
My bad – watching too many things at once.
Just throw at Youkilis. He’s guaranteed to pop a gasket.
Oh, and then the benches clear so you can have your swings at Beckett’s godawful face.
let’s see some retaliation! anyone with a beard is fair game. its in the rule book.
It’s gotta be mental with him
And just like that the Yankees are 0 for 6 with RISP. I hope to Mo this one doesn’t turn out like the AJ start against Texas.
Yep. It has an eerie feeling to it. A starter who is cruising and the Yanks seemingly seeing how many guys they can leave on.
I’m thinking of changing my screen name to “Past a diving A-Rod”
he def needs a day off, even though he is hitting in the .300s for the past 2 months. Maybe his hip is in pain?
Nah, he just stinks. Can’t do anything right. Boooo.
How about “Past a diving Artist”
or
“Past a Starving Artist”
It’s all the Dominican’s fault tonight….A-Rod, Robbie and Melky…..all lazy bastards, or in Tarantinospeak “Basterds”.
I like the way you think, Cowboy. Blame the Dominicans, and let’s bomb Canada while were at it.
It’s not as smooth as “pastadivingjeter”.
No, it really isn’t. Though Pastastarvingartist is a bit funnier than pastadivingjeter. Not much, but a little.
Past a diving Arod.
Too bad CC doesnt pitch for the White Sox. There would be alot of “He Gone” from the Hawk tonight.
10Ks for CC!
10K!!!
That whistle is getting alot of air play tonight.
That whistle
ishas been getting alot of air playtonightthe past 2 games.CC can pick the defense up
6 innings. 10 Ks. Only 86 pitches. Gorgeous.
CC, you beast.
How about an insurance run or two?
Runs plz.
well lets hope the lineup can get some runs
can we have molina just give up an out and make it easier for the offense please?
LOVE THE ARTIST
http://ae.theadvanceguard.com/artist_header.jpg
Yes, Michael. CC is only slightly better than Buehrle.
Yeah, if you tuned in you would think that Buehrle is locked in a pitching duel with CC. The truth isn’t even close to that.
Nah they’re exactly the same. Both are Lefty and both are hefty.
Kay just said that 2 mistakes by Buehrle are the difference in this game. Well, yes, the 2 runs were on HRs, but the Yanks have had runners on base all night. The Yanks have wasted a bunch of chances, so it’s not exactly like Buerhle is putting together a virtuoso performance.
I HATE YOU FUCKING WIND!!!
You liked me in April and May, now didn’t cha?
yes
ietcvm
2 fuckin HRs stolen!!!! no luck for Melky
lol a soup bowl? what the hell is that?
You have to laugh at Molina some times. Who else (besides a Molina), could hit a ball into short center and still be thrown out by 10 steps?
Who else? A Giambi.
C’mon Jays don’t give up the lead!
Ed Price reports that the extension for Dayton Moore is officially done. You have to feel bad for Royals fans.
who’s pitching for TOR trying to blow the game
Scott Richmond
scott richmond
Who replaces Kazmir in the Rays rotation?
I know he wasn’t great this year, but trading Kaz feels like the Rays are packing it in, and they’re only 3 out of the WC.
wade davis will most likely be the replacement
davis is very good
I know, but its a tough time for them to have a learning curve with a rookie pitcher when they’re trying to compete for a playoff spot. Though he won;t have to do much to be better than Kazmir, who was awful this year.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com.....zmir.shtml
Damn, Kazmir is still only 25 years old.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....ef=writers
25 with decreasing velocity and K rate though
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....8;c_id=mlb
Looks like he’s not going.
Nice find. Good for them, let him get healthy and anchor their staff next year.
that was written at 5pm, update later said it will be announced after the game
cmon ZZ, no runs this inning.
cmon CC, no runs
Sox just went ahead 4-3 – Ugh!
Check that – run called back – ground rule double – 3-3.
It’s 3-3. The Red Sox got unlucky because Ellsbury hit a ground rule double to death valley out there. He would have had a 3B easily. They put the runner ahead of him back at 3B, so it’s 2nd and 3rd now.
Scott Richmond finally ended the Red Sox rally with a strikeout. Sox had runners on 2nd and 3rd. Score 3-3.
Hopefully, the White Sox are as woeful with RISP right now as the Yanks have been tonight.
This is what happens when you don’t take advantage with RISP. White Sox are just a bloop and a blast away.
Way to fucking go Blue Jays, I’d puke if Beckett got a W with that shitty performance of his.
I have another idea for a new screen name
“Past a stinking Kay one-liner”
Can I get a DP?
Please keep your sex life off this board. I believe its in the commenting guidelines somewhere.
uh oh CC
lets get outta this pretty please?
Wake up there Phil.
PEDroia strikes out!
Yankee killer.
fuck fuck fuck
Beautiful
Well, this is what happens when you leave a village on the bases and don’t put it away.
ah fuck, cmon CC
I hate Alex Rios. I hate the loud White Sox fan the YES microphones are picking up, since he hasn’t had anything to talk about for a few innings.
man that was really depressing
cmon cc
I’m nervous as hell right now.
I’m really fucking pissed at our offense because of this. They really shit the bed with RISP quite often.
Really? Bruney?
I saw Hughes stretching, so he’s not hurt . . .
This is where all those missed opportunities come back to haunt us.
Bruney?!?!? Really?!?!? Where the Hell is Hughes? Enough with the only for the 8th inning lunacy.
what a nice catch by cano!
Damn, the flaccid showing with RISP makes this game worrisome now.
Why the FUCK is Bruney warming up!!!???
And Bruney is warming up instead of Hughes because…because?
ALEX!!!
Honestly, I refuse to watch this game if Bruney comes in instead of Hughes.
I’ll write a strongly-worded letter. I’m not kidding. I work nights I honestly have nothing better to do.
YES!!!
Nice play A-Rod!!!
BOOOOOO!!!!!!
Nice play ARod
Way to be Alex!
Great play A-Rod. Hopefully, Kate Hudson treats you well tonight.
ALEX !!!
Hope the Yankees don’t score 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th, I’d kinda like to see Hughes.
That’s perverse logic!
lol. I’m definitely not being literal.
almost there CC
Holy shit.
Range!!!!
That was a great stop by A-Rod there.
So why is Phil Hughes not up in the bullpen?
A-Rod just saved the lead.
Wrong inning.
The only thing I can think of is that Girardi only wants him to pitch the 8th in what would become a save situation.
Which is of course, ridiculous.
A group of people should go to the stadium and hold a giant “WHERE IS HUGHES” sign so that Girardi could see it.
Al is workin the shit right now. Way to save the tying run.
another great play by A-rod
let CC get this last out
Beckham worries me here. Dude has a solid line drive stroke.
wow, Alex
NOTpastadivingA-Rod
Booooooooo!!
Nice A-rodcmon CC, one more out
Looks like a 1st baseman out there.
Yea, just like Tex.
alright, one more
Pleeeeeaaaase CC!
I have a bad feeling here with Beckhan against CC.
For sure Torre would have Hughes warming up right now!!
For the 7th day in a row.
For sure Torre would have Hughes on the DL right now!!
stay calm there CC, you are almost there
If CC loses this batter, I say we bring in Phil Coke.
Don’t mean to be rude, but fuck you…
=)
Honestly though, why the Hell is Hughes not up in the damn pen?!?!?!?
no walks!!!…shit!
Barajas two-run bomb…Toronto up 5-3.
Yess Swisher.
Great throw by Swisher. Let’s see them get it back.
I heart Swish!!
godddammn .
o shit, castro is slow.
Fuck this shit. What a pathetic game.
Could have been worse. I’ll take the tie and be out of the inning.
Shit.