Comments on: Yanks can’t shut the door, lose winnable game http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/ A New York Yankees Blog Mon, 28 May 2012 11:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Russell http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-553603 Russell Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:41:08 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-553603 Rubbish - he would be absolutely brilliant Rubbish – he would be absolutely brilliant

]]> By: Dwnflfan http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-552014 Dwnflfan Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:14:10 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-552014 3 dribblers through the infield an two excuse me bloops. Girardi would take that every time. This time all five went through for hits but sometimes that's the way it goes. It's called the luck of the draw. BTW - Few times have I been as embarrassed to be a Yankee fan as I was when Joba came of the mound to a chorus of boos after being winning 5 straight battles with the hitters only to see the weak GB's and bloops find holes. 3 dribblers through the infield an two excuse me bloops. Girardi would take that every time. This time all five went through for hits but sometimes that’s the way it goes.

It’s called the luck of the draw.

BTW – Few times have I been as embarrassed to be a Yankee fan as I was when Joba came of the mound to a chorus of boos after being winning 5 straight battles with the hitters only to see the weak GB’s and bloops find holes.

]]> By: JM http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551980 JM Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:31:25 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551980 No one seems to notice how Hairston was back at the bag before Andrus touched it. They even highlighted it on ESPN. So instead of having Jeter up in a 1st and 2nd 2 out situation, the game was over. That call was potentially a game-changer. BTW, Swisher bunting was a pathetic call and pathetic outcome. No one seems to notice how Hairston was back at the bag before Andrus touched it. They even highlighted it on ESPN. So instead of having Jeter up in a 1st and 2nd 2 out situation, the game was over. That call was potentially a game-changer. BTW, Swisher bunting was a pathetic call and pathetic outcome.

]]> By: JM http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551978 JM Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:26:30 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551978 It's not a lack of faith at all. I'm just saying a 6-game lead on the Red Sox doesn't feel like what it is. A 6-game lead on Boston isn't like a 6-game lead on Florida. Do I still think we will run away with the division? Yeah. Just that you can't count the Red Sox out. It’s not a lack of faith at all. I’m just saying a 6-game lead on the Red Sox doesn’t feel like what it is. A 6-game lead on Boston isn’t like a 6-game lead on Florida. Do I still think we will run away with the division? Yeah. Just that you can’t count the Red Sox out.

]]> By: Klemy http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551917 Klemy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:39:20 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551917 It must've been while you were kissing Joe... Sorry, all I could think of was Meatloaf after you said that. It must’ve been while you were kissing Joe…

Sorry, all I could think of was Meatloaf after you said that.

]]> By: Joseph Pawlikowski http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551833 Joseph Pawlikowski Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:01:13 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551833 No. You are completely missing the point. CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION. I don't know how much more emphatically I can say it. You have found a correlation. It does not mean that this is the reason Joba is pitching poorly. It might be the reason, sure. But it just as well might not be the reason. There are many, many reasons why Joba could be pitching poorly. You've zeroed in on one because you've found a correlation. I'm telling you that you're not necessarily right, because you keep saying that you are right. So yes, Joba has not pitched well on 6+ days of rest. That is 100% true. What's misleading is you necessarily connecting it to his bad performances. No. You are completely missing the point.

CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION.

I don’t know how much more emphatically I can say it. You have found a correlation. It does not mean that this is the reason Joba is pitching poorly. It might be the reason, sure. But it just as well might not be the reason.

There are many, many reasons why Joba could be pitching poorly. You’ve zeroed in on one because you’ve found a correlation. I’m telling you that you’re not necessarily right, because you keep saying that you are right.

So yes, Joba has not pitched well on 6+ days of rest. That is 100% true. What’s misleading is you necessarily connecting it to his bad performances.

]]> By: Matt ACTY/BBD http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551828 Matt ACTY/BBD Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:59:38 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551828 Makavelli...it's Bo. He's not going to say anything rational. Makavelli…it’s Bo. He’s not going to say anything rational.

]]> By: Makavelli http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551824 Makavelli Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:56:04 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551824 This makes absolutely zero sense. So all of those numbers I've thrown out with him being utterly useless after 6+ innings is only because he just so happens to purposely choose to throw bad after so much rest? <i>(head spins in circles)</i> This makes absolutely zero sense. So all of those numbers I’ve thrown out with him being utterly useless after 6+ innings is only because he just so happens to purposely choose to throw bad after so much rest?

(head spins in circles)

]]> By: Makavelli http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551819 Makavelli Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:51:16 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551819 My ego? Everything is one big coincidence with you apparently. It just so happens that out of the gate in the 2nd half he was absolutely filthy...then just as they invoke this bad "plan"...he immediately does terrible. Then I provide factual information explaining how horrible he's been with 6+ days rest...but that's all a coincidence too. I don't care about my ego on a baseball blog. I ask for answers. You apparently can't provide them logically some of the time. My ego? Everything is one big coincidence with you apparently. It just so happens that out of the gate in the 2nd half he was absolutely filthy…then just as they invoke this bad “plan”…he immediately does terrible.

Then I provide factual information explaining how horrible he’s been with 6+ days rest…but that’s all a coincidence too.

I don’t care about my ego on a baseball blog. I ask for answers. You apparently can’t provide them logically some of the time.

]]> By: Matt ACTY/BBD http://riveraveblues.com/2009/08/yanks-cant-shut-the-door-lose-winnable-game-16352/#comment-551806 Matt ACTY/BBD Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:44:55 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=16352#comment-551806 It's really a shame that Joba isn't going to get any better, isn't it? It's too bad he's pushing 30 now and his development time is pretty much done and everyone's caught onto how he pitches and he just can't make the adjustments. Damn, that guy really could've been something, huh? It’s really a shame that Joba isn’t going to get any better, isn’t it? It’s too bad he’s pushing 30 now and his development time is pretty much done and everyone’s caught onto how he pitches and he just can’t make the adjustments. Damn, that guy really could’ve been something, huh?

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