For A.J. Burnett, the first 11 outs were a piece of cake. Coming off a bad start, the Yanks’ hurler recorded eight strike outs through the first 3.2 innings of the game, and then he ran into trouble.
He walked Josh Hamilton. He walked Nelson Cruz. Then, he threw a fastball to Ian Kinsler that should have been outside but caught too much of the plate. Kinsler lifted the ball over Johnny Damon‘s head and into the left field stands for a three-run home run. It was Texas’ first hit of the game. While the Rangers would eventually tack on four more runs, those three would hold up as Texas beat the Yanks 7-2.
After that home run, Burnett would go on to strike out five of the last nine Rangers he faced. He allowed just one hit and walked just one more Ranger. Overall, Burnett was as good as he could be with 12 Ks in 6 innings. But he threw a meatball at the wrong time, and Ian Kinsler made him pay.
During the early innings, though, the Yankees were not without their chances. They plated a run in the first, and with bases loaded and no one out, they had Dustin Nippert on the ropes. Robinson Cano lined a ball into left field that could have cleared the bases had it fallen. Instead, David Murphy tracked it down for the final out of the inning.
This would become a pattern. Nippert, in fact, threw too many pitches and walked too many Yankees to get a decision. His final line was ugly. He lasted 3.2 innings and gave up 4 hits and 7 walks. Yet, the Yanks couldn’t get that big hit. Mark Teixeira went 2 for 2 with runners in scoring position and had both Yankee RBIs, but the rest of the team went 0 for 10 in that situation. They left 12 runners on and lost a series at home for the first time since mid-June.
Until Burnett was lifted for Phil Coke in the 7th, the Yanks had their shots. Once Coke game in, though, the Rangers put the game out of reach. Murphy doubled, and then Coke misplaced a Taylor Teagarden bunt for an infield single. Chris Davis blasted a three-run home run to right, and that 6-2 Texas lead seemed insurmountable.
For Coke, this outing was the icing on a rather rotten cake. Over his last 20 appearances, he has thrown 15.1 innings and has given up 17 runs. At the same time, Phil Hughes, over the last 13 days, has thrown 2.2 innings and 37 pitches. Over the last 20 days, he has thrown a whopping 5.1 innings. With Hughes more than underused and Marte on the bench, I don’t know why Coke was throwing in a one-run situation after he had been used yesterday. Just because the Yanks have a seemingly large lead doesn’t mean Joe Girardi should stop managing to win. It isn’t, as we all know, over until it’s over.
In the bottom of the 7th, the Yanks nearly mounted a rally. Damon singled, and Mark Teixeira reached on a botched fielder’s choice. But A-Rod, Hideki Matsui and Nick Swisher all went down on strikes, and with it, the Yanks’ chances faded. Ian Kinsler would tack on the seventh Ranger run with his second home run of the day, and that would be all for the Yanks, doomed by one bad pitch and an utter lack of clutch hitting.
Feel free to use this as your open thread for the night. The White Sox, this weekend’s opponent, and the Red Sox are squaring off at 7 p.m., and that game is on the MLB Network. The Dolphins and Bucs play a pre-season game on Fox tonight. Half fun. Be cool. We’ll be back with DotF later on.
I’m kind of annoyed at how Hughes is being used.
You mean, only in the 8th inning and when up by 3 runs or fewer? Makes no sense considering what he’s capable of doing.
Don’t you feel he could’ve been used immediately after Burnett? I mean if it was the seventh inning, then so be it.
Not only could have been used, but should have been used.
Absolutely not. THERE WERE 2 LEFTIES COMING UP IN THE 7TH AND IT’S COKEY’S JOB TO GIVE THE LEFTIES. HUGHESY PITCHES THE 8TH, MO THE 9TH. Girardi plays the percentages to win ball games, that’s what makes him such a brilliant manager.
Hughes isn’t a ROOGY
But he is used like one.
Curious what logic the Yankees were using by claiming Chris Carter? Would be shocked if they had legitimate interest and they can’t think he’s an important enough piece to really help the Mets. It doesn’t impact the trade from the Red Sox perspective because it wasn’t contingent on Carter making it through waivers anyway and I’m sure Cashman knew that. Does it mean Boston has to surrender a potentially better prospect because that’s the only thing I can think of to motivate it and Cashman wouldn’t do that because it would be as ungentlemanly as Epstien signing Tazawa was and….just curious what people are thinking…
“Does it mean Boston has to surrender a potentially better prospect because that’s the only thing I can think of to motivate it and Cashman wouldn’t do that because it would be as ungentlemanly as Epstien signing Tazawa was and….just curious what people are thinking…”
You know, I don’t think it’s comparable in any way to the Tazawa situation. In that situation, Cashman apparently decided he didn’t want to break the gentlemen’s agreement between MLB and NPB that MLB teams would not sign amateur Japanese players away from NPB. In this situation, whatever his motivation, Cashman isn’t breaking any gentlemen’s agreement, he’s playing fully within the written (and unwritten) rules and apparently just gumming up the works for his closest divisional rival and a geographic rival. He’s working completely within the rules, not breaking any sort of gentlemen’s or handshake agreements, and it’s the kind of thing he used to do all the time (see: Canseco, Jose). The Tazawa situation is irrelevant to this incident.
So does claiming Chris Carter affect the Wagner trade?
That’s what Im wondering about. I’d guess no because the Sox can pull him back and trade him at the end of the year. But if that happens, it hurts the Mets as they cant see him for this season but who cares.
Now the Red Sox have to keep him on the 40-man roster the rest of the season. It’s one less player they can call up in September.
And I think it makes pretty clear that the Yanks felt the Wagner move was a block by the Sox, so the Yanks did this just to screw them back. The Sox need Wagner like a hole in the head, the bullpen is the strongest part of their team.
Wrong.
The Sox need Wagner because they’ve decided to DFA every non-Beckett or Lester named pitcher on their pathetic team, because they all suck.
The Sox are pitching NICK GREEN. They need Wagner very much.
Agreed, if they were simply blocking the Yankees they wouldn’t have bothered to complete the trade. There’s a bigger picture here and Theo will let us know what it is when he’s damn good and ready (and it better be related to a trade of Papelbon, not another reclamation project gone wrong)
TSJC, when crazy people like this agree with you, it doesn’t help your side of the argument one bit.
Trade Paps? In late August?
Meh, I already knew Whitey was certifiably insane.
He thinks Jim Rice deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Nut-Job! http://img238.imageshack.us/im.....oil2fp.jpg
I should have been more clear, I wasn’t hoping for the trade to happen during the season, but rather in the offseason. I’m not fucking crazy! (he says with eyes wide and some of that white gunk collecting at the corners of his mouth
)
Now, TSJC, you know that Jim Rice belongs in the Hall of Fame. Otherwise they wouldn’t have a plaque on the wall and a display case just for him
Wrong.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/t...../league/al
They need STARTERS, not Relievers.
(Pssst… I wasn’t really being 100% serious.)
I should try that sometime. Post the most batshit insane stuff I can think of, but do it totally seriously just to see who agrees with me.
I think that’s how Jim Jones started Jonestown, come to think of it. Better stock up on the Kool-Aid.
I am really really aggravated that Hughes hasn’t been used, he is more important to us than Coke will ever be, and should have gotten that ball…
Read above comments
If we look “big picture,” at least the Yanks (if not all teams) can look at the situation that Hughes is in now (a great arm completely underused and invisible) as evidence that “the 8th inning guy” is a completely overvalued role and that bullpen pitchers are bullpen pitchers because (with rare exception) they can’t cut it as starters.
In other words, let this be a wake-up call to management.
+62
I wonder if Abe Almonte will get to .290 average.
This series loss stung because of the bunt situation on Tuesday. Oh well, Im confident in the team to come out and win tomorrow.
Well, here’s hoping the White Sox don’t roll over and actually salvage a game from Bahston.
When was the last time hughes pitched? Everytime he comes out he’s rusty as hell because he barely gets innings, pretty sad. Theres a limit to keeping a guy fresh and making him off limits unless its 3 runs or less lead. Lame
And i’m so sick of Coke. Is anyone actually surprised he served up yet another bomb? Hes a flyball pitcher and it bites him in the ass way too often. Hopefully girardi stops comforting his nuts and puts marte in that spot sooner rather than later.
Since this is an ‘open thread’. How does my Fantasy Roster look? It is my first time doing it so I think I honestly did terrible, but it’ll do… for now.
STARTERS
QB Aaron Rogers
RB Adrian Peterson
RB Clinton Portis
RB/WR Thomas Jones
WR DeSean Jackson
WR Hines Ward
TE Jeremy Shockey
D/ST Chargers
K Ryan Longwell
BENCH
RB Le’Ron McClain
RB Fred Jackson
WR Hakeem Nicks
WR Steve Breaston
D/ST Cowboys
K Kris Brown
Oh and QB Mark Sanchez as well
Awesome. I’ve never participated in fantasy football. Probably should, but anyway, Le’Ron McClain won’t be carrying the rock this season, or participate in the passing game. He is pretty much a full time blocker this season with the emergence of Ray Rice. I don’t know if that helps or not.
It’s pretty solid, not that bad at all.
But yeah, I’d probably dump McClain and Kris Brown (no point in carrying two kickers) and take the best two WR’s you can find on the waiver wire for depth.
Wow, we screwed the Mets over:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....nkees.html
Forced the Sox to pull him back and prevent the Mets from getting a first hand look at him.
Like “Teix is the man” said, read above comments
Damnit, I’m 0-2 on this today =)
Damnit again, I used that name to hide the fact that my Fantasy Roster sucks…
(read above)
DFA’d
Seriously, I hope Tazawa has a stinker today. He has a fuckin 5.69 FIP!!! He had a 1-2-3 1st though because the White Sox are bitches.
Is ESPN the best place to play fantasy football?
Does anyone want to start a league with me?
Based on my experience with ESPN’s fantasy baseball, I’d say Yahoo is better.
Thanks for telling me after the fact, I didnt realize I had only 200 dollars to work with and spent it on 4 players. Haha, I’m just kidding but thanks I’ll go make a Yahoo.
Did anyone hear the game on the radio? Sterling said “hey! Look at that, AJ Burnett is throwing a perfect game..” Then he went on a rant about how its ridiculous to believe in “jinxing” a game. Not two seconds later Burnett’s meltdown to those three batters began. I don’t believe in that stuff but next time I’ll keep my mouth shut till the no-no is given up.
When I go to the MLB homepage and see “so and so, no no through 5″ I say to myself “Well, there you go, he’s not getting it”
nice to see Tazawa give up 4 runs in the 2nd
make that 7
Why are people surpised by not seeing Hughes.He needs 40 pitches to pass one inning.And I don’t remember him pitching back to back days besides only one time.
Well, he does average 16.5 pitches per inning. That’s close enough to 40.
16 is the new 40.
He’s pitched back to back 5 times.
Joba or Hughes to the pen has never let facts get in the way of his wildly irrational preconceived notions, no reason to start now…
Heh.
pat: Germans?
tsjc: Don’t stop him, he’s on a roll.
You’d better listen to him, Flounder. He’s pre-med.
TOGA!!!
TazaWTF! Excellent.
Been a long time coming. I want us to pick up Penny now…seems like good luck. (boooo)
Ben summed it up well. Burnett had 1 bad inning, not to mention all the scoring happened with 2 outs and no one on, which seems to be the pattern over this past week. The Yanks had a ton of chances in the first 4 to knock out Nippert and couldn’t touch a pedestrian pitcher like Grilli over 2.1 innings. Coke then let the game get away. Speaking of Coke, 9 HRs allowed in just over 51 innings this season. Not good.
Phil, Phil! Wherefore art thou, Phil?
Innings! Innings! My kingdom for innings for Phil!
9ER in 4.2 IP for Tazawa…this guy is the reason they released Penny? Sick Depth
I believe the correct term is wicked depth.
I’d be OK with Danks recording another out relatively soon.
i love the white sox
Nice of those gutty, gritty, play the right way Red Sox to run themselves out of the inning.
It’s funny how disinterested Joe Buck sounds everytime he does a broadcast. If he hates sports so much, why doesn’t he give it up? I fucking hate that douche.
cuz his dad did it, so he feels obligated to force us to listen to his garbage
If I were at that game I would be pissed. Rain delay in football? “But there is no need to risk injuries.” Then there is no need to charge the same fucking price for a preseason game as a regular season game.
agreed, thats incredible> The NFL is so stupid sometimes
Then there is no need to charge the same fucking price for a preseason game as a regular season game.
Meh, if they did the alternative and made preseason games cheap, or free, they’d just jack up the prices of the regular season games appropriately. It’s like the “Buy three tires, get one free” deal.
Sidenote: I’m thinking of buying tickets to the final Jets preseason game for the following reasons:
1) Since it’s preseason, you can get primo seats like 15 rows from the field for $20 a piece
2) It’s Jets v. Eagles… may see Mike Vick in primo seats for $20. Can’t beat that.
This is something I don’t entirely understand. If your father was one of the best in his field, why would you follow him into it unless you had a passion or talent?
Ref: Joe Buck, Jakob Dylan, etc etc
WALLFLOWERS ROOL!!!!!!
srsly
Jakob Dylan thanks Mo everyday that he looks like his mother.
But unfortunately for him, he also has her musical talent.
this jimmy fund cancer survivor story is awesome
i love a great cancer survivor story
So does John Lester. Too soon?
I enjoyed the regression to the mean for Tazawa very much today…if they lose, it will make today’s loss/this series loss hurt less.
nick green warming up for the sox
They must be ready to DFA him.
Awesome, Nick Green is warming up to pitch.
yea that is hilarious
You know, Nick Green has been the best free agent signing of the year for them.
Watch him blow out his arm.
Awesome, Nick Green is warming up to pitch.
The Sox have ridiculous pitching depth, I tell you. Ridiculous. Theo is the GM of the millennium.
I cant wait until hopefully Alex Gonzalez crashes like Nick Green. He’s keeping their hopes up with some hits and 3 HRs.
OMG!! Nick Green is going to be FUNNNN to watch
Nick Swisher > Nick Green
He’s throwing 90!
He could be a better pitcher then hitter.
I bet Alex could throw 90+. Melky, too.
Maybe we should put A-Rod out there in a low leverage situation. You know, in a game where we’re up or down a bunch of runs just for shits and giggles. How cool would that be?
He would probably do great just to pad his stats.
90 mph cutter… not bad, just gotta locate it lol.
Beckham fail, poppin out on a 3-1 count
nick green throws really hard
He’ll probably hurt his arm in the process.
meh, seems like a easy motion to me
yeah a pretty fluid throwing motion he has
I guess this is true, but couldn’t it still mess with his shoulder?
Nah, that’s the problem with Baseball these days. All this babying of the pitchers. These guys need to build up their arms, that’s the only way they’ll ever learn how to pitch.
Nothing, huh?
So much for this bit
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-554915
AJ Piershitske fail
HR Thome please
Paul Konerko A+
Let’s go THOME!!!!
Why do games in the Sally League take so freaking long to finish?
half the game is about them missing Jesus, who left them for AA
There was a rain delay, no?
No hittah through 1
Cy Young winnah!!
White Sox fail…he threw 5 strikes and 9 balls
I think they just have dinner plans
I bet Nick Green hitter would ops about .600 off Nick Green pitcher.
fucking A, the sox are coming back
end this shit dotel
nah, they’re a bunch of stat-padders
In a blowout, our lesser relievers allow run to hurt our run-diff but they pad their stats to help their run-diff. Thats why we dont have that big of a run-diff
5 runs to tie , 3 outs left … I’m gonna risk the jinx and say the Red Sox aren’t gaining ground tonight. We caught a break.
This fake boston accent if fucking terrible
WICKED HAAAAHD SLAPSHOWWWWT
http://kissingsuzykolber.uprox.....-xlii.html
Win
Haha, love it.
Hahah, that shit makes my eyes and brain hurt.
Their Ted Kennedy inspired rejoinder:
http://kissingsuzykolber.uprox.....roken.html
oh man, that was pretty brutal with the drunking and the drowning. yikes.
The
fakeboston accent is fucking terrible.The fakebostonaccentis fucking terrible.I suck.
It was supposed to strike out the fake, and accent.
I went to three games in Fenway in June ’07. My friend and I were sitting next to three guys from Colorado who were on an east coast stadium tour (the Rockies were in Boston) and they said to us: “Seriously, we thought that accent wasn’t real and they just played it up in the movies.” My response: “Oh no, it is all too real.” I love being from Connecticut; we have no accents.
Just tiny misshapen genitals.
I hate you, pat.
bwahaha
That’s ironic… because Pat loves tiny misshapen genitals.
Especially mixed with alcohol and prescription medications.
So he’s like a perverted Sidney Ponson/Brett Favre hybrid?
Throw a little Mark Chmura in there, and you nailed it.
Mark Chmura. Chmura… Now, that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.
Sorry can’t hear you over the din of my custom roofiecolada maker.
giggity.
http://assets.espn.go.com/phot.....hmura3.jpg
I know who he is; I just wanted to make a Star Wars reference after hearing a name I hadn’t heard in quite a while.
Sorry can’t hear you over the din of my custom roofiecolada maker.
giggity.
Quagmire (with a trashy girl on his arm): Hang around little guy, I’ll be back later.
Stewie: Oh very well. I suppose I’ll go and pump the chemical toilet… apparently, you’re about to do the same.
Hey, isn’t there an “o” in “country”?
Brian: Isn’t there an “O” in country?
Quagmire: Nope.
Me > you
Damn you and your misshapen genitals Matt!
Just how many Connecticut genitals have you seen, pat?
More than you can shake a stick at.
hahah I love white people awkwardly rapping
I know such a weird thing huh? Right smack in the middle of NY and MA and nothing at all. My relatives live up in MA and have hardcore accents while I have nothing here in CT.
{BTW what part of CT do you live in?…not stalking ; ) }
Haha, Greenwich. I guess I do have a slight NY accent at times, but generally, no, I have a normal voice. And it’s awesome.
Awesome, I live in Danbury.
Oh, cool. My aunt works at DHS.
Yikes!
Small world, huh? On another board, I met a dude whose father was tight with my grandfather.
Nick Green’s got a horrible BB% and K% going…also he has an atrocious strike to ball ratio
I like the 50% GB rate and the 1.00 WHIP though.
You know there is a problem when your team goes hitless against Nick Green for 2 innings.
green did a great job there getting outs
If there’s one thing Nick Green does well, it’s making outs.
here here!
team player that Nick Green
/ESPN’d
I can only imagine the jokes up in Bahston whenever a starter or reliever struggles.
yay, lets watch as jenks roll over for them
Douchiest Goatee Award: JD Drew or Bobby Jenks?
They’re no Ryan Franklin or Chad Gaudin pre-pinstripes.
Even Chad was no Scott Spezio
http://ballsiest.com/sportsblo.....-drunk.jpg
He dyed it red. . since. .. he’s a Cardinal. Get it?
Jenks.
Ryan Franklin.
Did you see Chad Gaudin before he got here?
http://midwestswing.files.word.....nbeard.jpg
Those never say die stat-padders in Boston trying to come back but wont
Damn, I kinda wanted to face Peavey in our thunderdome on saturday,
Me too but oh well. I think Peavy is going to be disappointing in the AL. WHat do you think?
If people are expecting him to be the same Peavy I think they’ll be dissapointed, but he should still be a good pitcher. His reluctance to leave the Petco, NL sanctuary is a bit unsettling, along with moving to a media saturated market and playing for one of the more insane managers in baseball.
Eh, I think he’ll do fine. I wouldn’t expect him to rock a sub 3 ERA like he did in ’07 and ’08, but I don’t think he’ll go as high as the 4.09 from ’06. He’ll settle in at around…3.4-3.6 I bet. The main cause of the rise will be a higher walk rate and higher HR rate.
” He’ll settle in at around…3.4-3.6 I bet. ”
He has a 3.84 era away from Petco, while pitching in the NL, and Chicago is a hitters park isnt it? So i have alot of doubt about him
Who do you guys think claimed and will get Harden?
I have hopes its us, no matter how unlikely it is.
MLBTR says the Twins, so i’ll go with that.
I can’t wait to see the Twins roll with a Pavano-Harden duo atop their rotation. That makes me giggle.
All their youngsters get hurt, and Pavano and Harden will be the only ones left standing, battling for the Twinkies to the finish.
I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes…
YAY
BOSTON LOSES!
6 GAME LEAD!
yea makes this series loss a bit more acceptable
amen
Plus helping Texas screws Boston.
God can anyone just shut the door on these guys?
and that’s why you always build a huge lead
This just in: Chad Pennington blows.
this just in: soon, the dolphins will realize why my jets released his sorry behind
I predict by week 13, they’ll have dropped all pretense and be running 60 minutes of straight Triple Option with Pat White. Maybe mix in some Statue of Liberty reverses to Ted Ginn to try and keep the defense honest.
Bill Parcells should go ahead and hire Barry Switzer as Special Offensive Consultant
haha awesome
i do love pat white
they should go for the annexation of puerto rico
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
This LLWS game on ESPN is epic. And that kid they just IBB’d is freaking gigantic.
man i always feared those 6’2 11/12/13 year old kids, they always could hit the ball far and played RF. Plus, some of them could also throw 65 mph… yikes!
Half the kids in the LLWS dwarf me. I really hope they have pituitary gland or thyroid problems so I could justify being 23 (in one hour and ten minutes; happy birthday!) and half the size of a 11-year-old.
You don’t know what it’s like to shop at Baby Gap!
Oh snap, tomorrow is my 23rd birthday, too.
suckers!
i’m still 22 for 8 more months
The only good thing about 22 is not drinking so much on your birthday that you urinate on a parked car, and proceed black out, waking up wearing nothing but a tiara, next to said car.
Hey, happy birthday to you!
Thank you. Happy birtday to you, too. Guess who else has a birthday tomorrow along with us:
Thomas J. Hanson
Was that the hot girl from Hanson? MMMMcherryPOP, indeed.
/I hate the city of Atlanta
//Twin sister lived there while working at CNN. I visited and a day later awoke to find her car vandalized with gold spray paint calling her a “Crack Whore”
///Turns out it her car was the same make and model of a girl sleeping with the neighbor. Girlfriend was pissed. Sister was also pissed.
Two words: Chicken Tetrizini
Heh. Joel McHale = teh awesome
Hahaha. I need to watch “The Soup” again.
My personal favorite was the behind the back tag.
Bring in Swisher to bunt.
Perhaps he’ll pull an Edwin Encarnacion.
Well, I’m cool with tonight’s loss since it was to the Rangers and the sawks lost. As cool as I can be with a loss.
I’d like to publically thank the Yankees for winning the one game in the Texas series I attended. And it was totally worth $150 to sit in a folding chair in the back of section 127a.
Back to Cali in the morning.
I’ve just calculated Phil Coke’s ERA for the month of August.
WARNING:If you have any children in the room, I would suggest you put them to bed, or make them avert their eyes. This is going to get ugly.
Are you ready?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....erId=29235
8.2 IP
11 ER
10.55 ERA
Coke has sucked for most of the year. He had a great June (0.71 ERA) and a nice April (3.72) and pretty much been awful otherwise.
Did he sync his August ERA menstrual cycle with CMW’s April ERA cycle? I’m told this sort of thing happens in fast-pitch softball all the time.
Somebody check Coke’s lisfranc.
and get me a Pepsi.
Isn’t that a foot fracture? I’m confused (and I will not make another failed cocaine joke; I’ve already tried twice today).
Ouch, that Georgia pitcher just had a Bob Moose moment.
And the Georgia coach had a moron moment–why would you not pick to be the home team?!
Youch, that’s facepalm worthy.
He did that?!
The little league games are surprisingly entertaining. It’s pretty funny to watch those little fuckers act like their favorite players.
Oh yeah. Those games are just hilarious to watch. The fielding is an adventure.
Those games make Tom Emanski cry.
Forgot to add they also make him rich.
It brings back bad memories of multi-error games at third lol..
Chad Gaudin’s ex
http://www.wagrankings.com/syndal-gorden/
If I was dating her, I just might grow a beaver on my chin too, if she asked me.