Game 137: Do the chickens have large Tallets?
ByIt seems like the Yankees improve their magic number by at least one every day. That’s what happens when you’re winning at a ridiculous clip. It’s also what happens when, on a night you actually lose a game, your direct competition loses as well. That happened Friday. On Saturday we saw a Yanks win and Red Sox loss, bringing the magic number down to a Boonian 19. We could be in Jerry Hairston territory by day’s end.
The Yanks will send out a B version of their lineup against Brian Tallet. Prior to this year, Tallet hadn’t started a game since 2006. Due to injuries, the Jays needed him to fill in, and all considered he hasn’t fared that poorly. Yes, poorly by most starter standards, but for a guy in his position, it’s an admirable effort.
Tallet has started twice against the Yanks this year, faring well each time. The first was back on May 14, just after A-Rod‘s return, when the team started to really cook. Tallet pitched six innings of two-run ball. He did walk five, and these days the Yankees will make you pay for that. Instead the Yanks made the bullpen pay that game, taking the contest 3-2.
The next time out Tallet allowed three runs, two earned, in six innings. He walked four, still not a good number. The Yanks took that one, too, and saddled Tallet with the loss. He also appeared in relief once, at the beginning of August (bad timing), allowing a hit and a run in an inning of work. It was a solo shot that extended the Yankees lead from 7-4 to 8-4, so not a huge deal.
For the Yanks it will be Sergio Mitre. He’s had a rough go so far as a Yank, though his best start was his last. He pitched 6.1 innings of shutout ball against the White Sox, allowing just one hit. The only reason he left the game was because he took a comebacker off the forearm. That pushed his start back a couple of days. He’s started twice against the Blue Jays this season, allowing three earned runs in each, while going 4.1 and 5 innings. He’ll need to do better this time around.
A-Rod gets a day off, as does Posada. Even so, the Yanks lineup is no laughing matter. Sounds like Gardner will be back tomorrow. This comes, of course, when Melky is hitting well. Figures.
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Hideki Matsui, DH
5. Nick Swisher, RF
6. Robinson Cano, 2B
7. Jerry Hairston, 3B
8. Melky Cabrera, CF
9. Jose Molina, C
And on the mound, number forty-five, Sergio Mitre.
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“Do the chickens have large Tallets?”
?? Someone please ‘splain.
Talons
Napoleon Dynamite.
wow, forgot about that reference.
According to RLYW, we already ARE in Jerry Hairston territory (17).
That’s for the playoffs. We think big, we’re going with the division.
http://tinyurl.com/lbxdh9
But the food is better than YSIII!! And it’s not an insult to real baseball the way bandboxy YSIII is.
This is the fifth starter we are send out? we could just forfit the game and get all of our guys some rest.
So you weren’t kidding last night about this not being a 100 win team due to the way they’ve played recently? Wow.
Lohud awaits you.
Where were you during Mitre’s great game last time out?
Yes of course Mitre has a 5.62 ERA so no way we can win… Because our penn is so bad and our batters are so horrible that they still haven’t scored more than 5 runs a single time yet this season.
Its really difficult to understand if people really can be that stupid or if they are just ironic. You’d like to believe they’re joking but somehow I don’t think they are – at least not often enough…
by the way – a quick and dirty calculation shows we’ve scored 6 runs or more 60 times this season…
Question for you A-Gone, what is the Yankees record when Mitre starts?
how does there record have to do with how well he pitches. he isn’t good. it doesnt matter how many times they win. what happens if we get to the playoffs. you want him playing in a critical game?
So we should forfeit, even though history indicates they are likely to win the game????
Stats don’t matter. My eyes tell me he’s bad so since he’s bad we lose.
Thanks. All I was looking for from A-Gone was a little logic for his “let’s forfeit” argument. This makes sense to me now. In other news, MLB is cancelling the playoffs this year. They are going to determine the WS champions by what their collective eyes tell them.
Well it looks like the Red Sox are heavy favorites to win it all forever.
I know. I think the Yankees should just forfeit all of their games and rest their regulars until commissioner Gammons dies and the Yankees have a chance of passing the eye test to win it all.
Impossible. the Yanks have no grit! They play for the money! They pass the baton! That’s boring. They will never win it.
You are right. Fold the team!!
Shit, we are screwed!
I totally forgot that Girardi is giving A.J.’s playoff starts to Mitre…!
how does there record have to do with how well he pitches. he isn’t good. it doesnt matter how many times they win.
We are 5-2 in games he starts. All that means is that he pitched well enough to keep us in the game and allow our offense to do what they do best. Isn’t that what a 5th starter is supposed to do?
What do you mean it doesn’t matter how many times they win? No one is saying he is an ace by any stretch of the imagination. He is our 5th starter, no more no less. All we expect from him is to keep us in the game.
what happens if we get to the playoffs.
What happens when we make it to the playoffs, you mean? You know considering we have a 99.9% chance of making the playoffs.
You want him playing in a critical game?
He is our 5th starter, if he is even on the post season roster I will be kind of surprised. Oh and if he is on the roster, he’ll be in the bullpen, not the rotation. You don’t carry 5 starters into the postseason unless your rotation looks something like this
1. Halladay
2. Halladay
3. Halladay
4. Halladay
5. Halladay
1. Halladay
2. Halladay
3. Halladay
4. Halladay
5. Halladay
Because he throws hot fire.
He has a 3.29 ERA in his last three starts. But you’re right, someone like Paul Byrd would be much better.
Brad Penny? ever heard of him. he was a free agent.
Oh, we’ve heard of him.
http://twitpic.com/esqf3
Who had an 8.62 in his last 3 AL starts. And 6.55 in his last 10 AL starts. Yeah, we’ve heard of him. He sucks.
Alex, I pitched a 3 hitter last Wednesday against the Pirates. Though I did do it on 3456 days rest. The National League is nothing impressive.
4.3 ERA for all of August. Pretty damn good for a 5th starter.
Go home, Alex. Your family misses you:
http://tinyurl.com/25drue
http://lh5.ggpht.com/carlos577.....0troll.jpg
Don’t encourage him….
love being in the central time zone some times.
i just woke up, and hey! they yankees are playing!
Jealous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=698FrFpL4WE
Except for, you know, living anywhere around that part of the country. No offense.
haha don’t worry, i’ll be moving to new york city from texas in june
Did you know that only Mississippi is a less “healthy” state than Texas? They have something like a 29% obesity rate, whereas Texas has a rate around 25%.
i was actually in miss 4 weeks ago
those people are much fatter… haha
but there are so many here in texas. Too much BBQ eating and tex mex
I enjoy watching the Blue Jay broadcasts. They’re always so polite. They just have too many extra “u”‘s in their speaking though.
“So, those Yankees have a good lineup, ay? What can Tallet do aboot it?
I wonder if their commercials for Expedia sound like….”Ex-pe-dia…..dot…caaaa.”
Haha. Nice.
AJ got assaulted by a bunch of Blue Jays. Someone get “The Post” to do a story now. STAT!!
jeterian bloop
It looks like some hoser won the lottery jackpot last night. It’s down to $3.5 million now.
Let’s go Tex!
everyone and their mom on this lineup should hit sharp ground balls to ruiz today
great job hit-deki!
jeter was quick!
Those sideburns are ugly. Good thing the Yankees have the facial hair policy, but can’t MLB force the oppsosing teams to play with a clean shave against the Yankees?
Hideki must have bee thinking “What the hell is he doing? Should I steal second? No. I have no kneecaps.”
Semi-related note: My twin sister was born without kneecaps (it’s kinda gross, actually), and as a result, gets terrible pain in her knees during humid days.
Nooo!
tallet got lucky there
we’ll make em pay next time
our boy SURGE will need the run support
.446! Holy God. Those are high-school ball numbers.
J-Hair. You really gotta get it done at 3rd. Can’t be takin out our first baseman.
what the hell??
No help for Sergio so far.
Bad throw by Jerry, Damon got lost in LF.
Things that happen quite often this season.
This sucks.
Swisher picks up right where he left off by stranding 2 more to start this game.
Yes, his .880 ops with runners on is just terrible. What a waste.
damon, you can’t just sit there forever trying to field the damn ball!!
ugh
I hope it’s just one of those innings rather than one of those games.
Yeah, I hope so as well. We’re also matched up against Brian Tallet, so there’s no reason to think we can’t knock him around, even with our B lineup.
Hmm…Hairy.
It’s the first inning, and Girardi brings the infield in on the turf.
Batshit insane.
AHHH Shoulda forfeited!!11!
::facepalm:: this isn’t one of the surge’s favorite innings…
Sinkerball+astroturf+poor defense=runs
Wells reminds me of George Michael from Arrested Development.
haha i see it now!
+ “she’s my cousin”
I hate Astro turf!!!!!
i hate astroturf
hate hate hate it
Mitre makes gaudin look like cy young
Ummmm no.
Mitre stinks. Open them eyes
So does Gaudin.
He isn’t even pitching that bad today — getting a lot of ground balls like he is supposed to as a sinkerballer. He is getting killed by the turf
Wait a second, guys. This is only supposed to happen with 2 outs.
Forfeit, go home, get some rest and yell “First lace bitches!” to the rest of the MLB.
Turf sucks.
Why the hell do we allow Canadians in this sport. You don’t see us playing hock….oh wait.
*place
Luckily this is just one game. I’m glad we’re getting rested and still have a commanding lead. Watching the defense shit the bad and Mitre’s sinkerball land everywhere is painful, but whatever. Turf is terrible for sinker pitchers but our lineup is terrible for shitty pitchers (Tallet), so maybe it’ll balance.
*bed
What a great display of pitching and defense so far.
CANO!!!
sick double play!
At least it’s over.
Thank you, Ruiz!
That was an ugly first inning. Can we knock it off with the shoddy defense?
Let’s go Cano!
I thought everyone was telling me how well mitre was going to pitch. the only way he got out of it was a double play ball from a cheater. you still want him as your fifth starter?
can someone take care of this uninformed troll?
It’s possible he’s not a troll; he could be a remarkably uninformed, and inflammatory by nature. He hasn’t really said anything egregious (yet), so just ignore him. If it’s bad, I’m sure Mike will take care of it.
Im not a troll. just a fan with some serious questions about flaws with this very good team. i read commenting guidelines so i know not to break any of those.
How is a 5th starter that the team is winning 71% of his starts a flaw? Who was the Phillies 5th starter last year, the Sox in 2007, the Cards in 06, the White Sox in 05?
2008 Phillies: Adam Eaton–4-8, 5.80 ERA, 1.636 WHIP
2007 Red Sox: Julian Tavarez–7-11, 5.15, 1.500
2006 Cardinals: Anthony Reyes–5-8, 5.06, 1.383
2005 White Sox: El Duque–9-9, 5.12, 1.457
I can continue but you get the idea
All of those guys were better than Mitre. mitre just gets more offense to get wins. but i get your point that you don’t need a really good fifth starter.
on the other hand…..he gets wins. i don’t care how badly he pitches as long as the offense picks him up, and if he pitches an inning in the playoffs the Yankees have other issues
Eaton and Tavarez didn’t throw an inning, El Duque threw four in the whole postseason. Reyes actually started two games, including 8 shutout innings in game 1 of the world series
Reading comprehension fail.
No, I want Doc Halladay as my fifth starter!! You were soooooooo right, dude.
Cashman sucks for not getting it done. He should be like Theo Epstein with his genius pitching move…oh wai
no, i just want someone as good as hideki irabu.
Well done Ashton!!
Jeez, troll.
out of curiosity, what do his failed steroid tests have anything to do with anything?
Generally 5th starters suck. I bet you were disappointed when the Yankees did not trade everyone in their system for both Halladay AND Cliff Lee. And as far as I know the game ends in the 9th not the 2nd.
As a fifth starter? Sure, why not?
He is also pitching on 7 days rest and was a victim of shoddy defense.
Okay…and Brian Tallet has a 5.19 ERA. Runs will come…the only thing that matters is who is worse today.
dont get me wrong. I want the yankees to win this game. Im just worried about when we aren’t facing someone bad we can score a lot of runs off of. there are better options than mitre.
namely? and don’t say Phil Hughes, we both know that isn’t happening this year
They have won 71% of Mitre’s games, and he won’t be in the rotation in the playoffs. GMAFB.
What difference does it make? Mitre’s not going to be in the postseason rotation, and they’ve got a playoff spot in the bag.
They can lose every one of his starts the rest of the year and coast into October.
i guess so. I just don’t want to see him pitch anymore. really i dont even want him on the playoff roster.
This is a punt game from girardi.
perhaps–they have a doubleheader against a better team tomorrow and are trotting out their B lineup and their fifth starter
still, this game is very very very far from over
We won’t see anyone of consequence. This is an albdajejo, ramirez, dunn, melancon game
agreed, but that doesn’t mean they have no chance of winning. Though if they keep playing defense like this, this might get out of hand quickly
I can’t believe someone is bitching about the 5th starter. 8.5 games ahead and he’s complaining about a guy who won’t pitch at all in the playoffs. It’s annoying as hell.
I agree with this statement.
Y can’t we bitch about it?
apparently we can only be homers and not talk about any flaws. only mention the positives.
But you’re flaws are for the sake of complaining. They aren’t huge flaws either. You’re blowing it way out of proportion.
I don’t recall any positives from you other than talking about the meaning behind Jete’s soon-to-be record.
Melky has been very good lately. the swisher trade was really good, so was the hariston move.
Because:
We are 8.5 games ahead of Boston
We have a 99.9+ % chance to make the playoffs
Sergio Mitre is our 5th starter
He won’t be on the playoff roster.
One of the problems with the internet is that while it allows for a tremendous influx of new information, ideas and innovation, the nature of it also gives voice to the village idiots from every village with a phone jack and service. It sucks but not much can be done.
Let’s call people idiots for wanting mitre to be competent
So wait…you are an idiot if you want a Yankee pitcher good?
The person bitching about the 5th starter is TRYING to annoy you.
The fun way to deal with it – ignore him. Goes something like this.
Troll: I thought everyone was telling me how well mitre was going to pitch. the only way he got out of it was a double play ball from a cheater. you still want him as your fifth starter?
*crickets*
Troll: *taps mic* Is this thing on?
*crickets*
Troll gets no response, slinks back to the batcave (or SoSH), or invents a new identity
is this thing on? I like how you still continue to call me a troll. i find it funny that you would think that.
You say ridiculous things that are unfounded and annoy people
that is trolling
great AB by hairston
wow that was an awesome double play
Atta boy Melky. Thankfully Gardner is back tomorrow.
If they hit back to back to back to back to back HR’s, would you post something positive?
Good grief Molina, if you’re not gonna get a hit, at least hit a damn fly ball or strike out.
oops i mean melky
That’s an inside-the-parker for Gardner.
/RAB’d
//Melky fan’d
oh boy, mike kay and john flaherty together
someone shoot me
I think they are looking forward to their flight back to New York
Oh, it’s going to be one of those games. We have them every now and then. It’s probably best to do it with our 5th starter pitching.
It’s called punting
Oh yes, it is Sunday, right?
Robinson Unfocused Cano in the field today.
you missed the nice DP he just had the pervious inning?
pervious? Sounds like something pat would say…..
haha i meant previous
I did catch it, yet that makes it a vintage Cano from previous seasons. Make a tough play and then lose focus and miss the easy one. That said, he hasn’t had that problem this year outside of a few plays, which happens to everyone. He’s been excellent all year.
It’s Mitre’s fault. He’s the worst 5th starter in the history of baseball and he will be the end of the Yankees’ great season.
/alex gonzelez’d
billy wagner was the missing piece
we should use phil hughes in long relief
/
Of course Mitre’s going to have a rough outing when he’s required to produce more than three outs per inning.
man mitre is getting killed today
Cone identified it – Mitre needs to be able to pitch lefties inside. Even mediocre lefty hitters will hit him unless he gets their attention.
Remember Wang had the same problem (to a lesser degree), and began to throw his sinker and changeup more
yeah very true
This is not looking pretty in the early going, stating the painful obvious.
Worst part bout the punt is mitre won’t last 3 innings
Sure he will.
He already lasted 2.
Heh, the Yanks were due to have a call like that do their way.
wow mitre got some favorable calls there
thanks ump!
Wow, that wasn’t even close.
At least today the ump shows some consistency. Everything’s a strike!
Nice rebound. Now for some runs.
hallelujah!!
the yanks can make a comeback!
Mitre’s pitch count is pretty damn good considering the two errors.
The sinker ball seems to be working.
Lots of time, sinkerballers are too strong for an inning or two after extended rest – and the sinker gets up in the zone
Looked like his stuff was better that inning. He could settle down here and give us 5 or 6.
Word, and even in the first, he got a bout 5 ground balls.
Dude, scoreless inning!!
It’s never a good sign when a half inning doesn’t update within a half hour for a minor league game, is it? Tampa Yankee game hasn’t updated for a half hour with Jario Heredia pitching.
Yikes.
There it is. 5 R in 0.1 IP. Woot.
6
Heredia: 0.1 IP 6 ER 3 R
Rulon: 0.2 IP 2 ER 2 R
Ouch.
6 ER, 3 R. That makes sense
My mistake. You get the idea though.
Good thing they already clinched a playoff spot. Bad news is that they have a doubleheader today, and still have a whole other game to play. Pen will be shot.
anyone see Shawn Merriman got arrested for choking and restraining Tila Tequila? Lets see how Goodell protects ‘the shield’
Was she banging his girlfriend?
heh. Roid Rage FTL!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/.....id=4450962
Do you think he did the “lights out” dance when he was done???
I don’t blame the guy. What a cesspool of venereal disease, vapidity and vanity.
Mitre hasn’t been as bad as his line indicates. Unfortunately the D is doing him no favors… Guess there’s a bright side on today’s game.
i totally noticed the same things about the stadium when i went there 4ish weeks ago to watch the yanks play
I can’t get over how embarrassing the missing letters and numbers are. I mean, throw some masking tape up there or something.
The Toronto le Jays
Appealing to the Quebecois, no doubt
I lived in Montreal for a little while. They aren’t just indifferent to baseball–they hate it. Seriously. There’s a reason baseball failed in Montreal (although a lot of the teams were terrible).
You wonder – if there were no strike in 1994, it could have saved baseball in Montreal – could have been Yankees/Expos in the World Series
I’ve gone to a couple of Nationals games, and met a group people from Montreal who were former Expos fans. Wore the old-school hats and unis too.
damn that was some nice running by damon
The Le Jays really are a sorry franchise. It’s too bad contraction is a logistical and unrealistic option. Get rid of The Jays, The A’s, Marlins, K.C. and Pittsburgh (though it’s my favorite stadium). Or get rid of the ownership at these clubs (although, in fairness, Toronto spends money, just not on the right players).
the marlins are one of the most efficiently run teams. but yeah lets get rid of them. it was embarasing when the yankees trounced them in 2003, oh wait…
Yes, they generate the lowest attendance figures, have the lowest payroll (and almost always do), and receive more from revenue sharing than other teams. Winning the WS twice does not make them a quality organization.
they also field a team with the best bang for there buck. they are beneficial to MLB. i didn’t know world series titles didn’t indicate quality. i guess the 26 world series rings of the yankees means nothing. oh well we will just have to pack up and fold the team.
He is saying, the main problem is that Loria, I believe is the owner. He doesn’t keep his talent and trades his guys away.
Just move the A’s to a baseball stadium. The Marlins are getting a baseball stadium. Make the Jays grow grass in the Rogers Centre, and spell it Rogers CentER.
I’m going to miss Matsui
MATSUI-SON!
i was praying that would drop
Hell yeah Matsui! DUNK IT IN.
Woohoo, some luck!
that was not a strike….
Umpires are fucking geniuses wtf does he look at
Lasik surgery?
YAY they got the call corrected!!
great job robbie T
MATSUI WHEELS!!!!
Thank Mo he changed his call.
This umpire needs to lay off the sauce.
Matsui is on fiyah! Kick that ball away.
Girardi making Usain Bolt jealous with that sprint out of the dugout.
I bet Usain Bolt would be a hell of a basestealer.
not necessarily–see Herb Washington
and George Brett
that was pretty funny. THE BALL’S OVER HERE!!!!!!
hahaha i saw that too
he ran like a 1st baseman
great inning for the yanks
very proud of them for coming back
Tallet up to 58 pitches. Nice
Should we still forfeit?
Well, I guess that inning makes up for the bad luck/play with the errors and seeing eye groundball singles for Mitre. Too bad we couldnt take the lead but we had good luck there and I’ll take 3 runs.
Cmon Mitre, now its a new game, your job to shut them down.
ah damn, more bad luck
At what point does Mitre break down and cry. Not much Swish can do but, this is unbelievable.
its almost like the yanks defense is trying to give the game away…. haha
defense today is just brutal
oh jesus christ
he even had sunglasses on…
…it continues.
So we should have like 4 errors today
5
…again. Not liking this.
This is awful.
ah damn, cmon Tex, you had that
Maybe they secretly hate Mitre.
i feel so sorry for mitre
it seems like on almost every single start he has, he is killed by bad yankees defense
Two hits that shouldn’t have been.
Do the Yanks have money on the over in this game? WTF?
Mitre is actually pitching decently. It is almost like he has 0 defense behind him today though
So, every IFer has made a mistake, except Jeter.
There’s still a lot of outs left to get. Give him time.
Didn’t we have like a billion consecutive games earlier this year where we didn’t make an error? Let’s bring that back.
not even a matter of that–neither Swisher nor Tex got an error there
Swisher going for that gold glove
unbelievably bad defense.
and nice hometown scoring giving them a double and a single lol
Scorer’s almost always give the hit when you lose a fly ball in the sun. Teix’s play was an error though, imo.
Looks like Eduardo Nunez is still trying to earn Axisa’s love.
Mitre must not be well-liked in the clubhouse.
that was a big K
at least a pop out to jeter might be the only secure out
maybe, not even that (remember Seattle?)
yeah i remember that
Kay, i dont think many people care what the red sox do anymore unless they go on a 10 game winning streak
ha that’s not true. I still enjoy seeing them lose. If only Texas could’ve won yesterday…
well true, but i mean in terms of the division, its over in my eyes
fo sho
What is our problem getting Encarnacion out?
David, you’re wrong. They seem to be “trying” to go 5-2 on this road trip.
“now you have to face the dangerous Joe Inglett”
never thought id here that
hear*
damn
that was a great K by mitre
Mitre really does have good stuff.
Nice jon, Mitre.
job*
I think he got the last two outs by strike-out, which was the coward’s way out!
Considering all the bad luck and bad defense, Mitre’s done a hell of a job.
All of these misplays by the yankees have cost mitre an extra 20 pitches or so
and 2 runs.
Mitre has gotten enough outs to pitch almost 5 innings.
am i the only one who thinks that with more healing time and one more effective pitch, mitre could be a decent to good starter in this league?
Nope, I’m in that bangwagon.
But of course, he’d be better suited for the NL, like every pitcher.
yeah he would be a great NL pitcher
I’ve been of that thought for a while. Sometimes that sinker hits 92-93. He’s got a change and once in a while he’ll throw a slider. I think next year, a year and a half removed from TJS, he’ll be pretty solid. So, he’s a cy young candidate by NL standards. ha
haha IETC
He could really use good D behind him as well.
I think he’s probably better than what we’ve seen thus far. How much better, I’m not entirely sure.
IPK rocks the stirrups
A few of the A’s wear stirrups too. Kay’s memory, not so good.
Im on B-ref, trying to figure out the record for most errors in a game by a team, any idea where to go?
2009 mets game logs?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What.....ayoff_game
ICWUDT
ietc
hairston has a great eye
i love that pick up so much
Hairy OBPing a lot as a Yankee
teix got the error
haha wow that was way outside
I want robots.
funny how that was WAAAAAY off the plate
It’s like the Le Jay broadcast has Bob davidson miked. You could hear everything that he yelled at Giardi.
What did he say?
Yankees Bitches!
I’m not opposed to bunting here
damn, i would’ve bunted too
sometimes i’d rather even have cervilli at bat. He at least hit for a better average and has speed
i thought bunts were designed by the devil. you guys all said it is never an advantage and now are calling for it.
**many said it is never an advantage. not all
right. i just remember a lot of people ripping on bunting ever in that one post about bunting after the yankees lost because of it. people essentially said never give up an out. the same people now calling for it.
They are called for by the devil when you have a hitter like Jeter, Damon, or Swisher up there.
With Molina, it’s understandable.
Way to hack away Molina.
At least he didn’t GIDP
strikes out molina on 3 pitches
walks jeter on 4
lol
You can’t predict baseball
Jeter working that OBP!
JD is going deep here.
Prognostication: FAIL
good eye captain
Cmon Damon
Molina strikes out on three pitches and Jeter walks on four.
sometimes, you just can’t predict baseball riddering…
[/sterling’d
Well Tallet is averaging almost 20 pitches an inning.
He’s NOT ‘proud of his stuff’ – the key is showing patience and working counts
Hopefully the Yankee D will tighten up, and Mitre will continue to pitch well
damn they had the “no bloop” defense
oh well
on to teh bottom!
We’ll get to him next inning.
1 for 5 with RISP. We’ve had chances…
We also have our B-lineup out there
Like that pitch there.
Scutaro’s UZR/150 really is something.
http://www.fangraphs.com/stats.....tion=2B/SS
72.4????????
holy crap
Yeah in his total of 2 games that he played at 2nd
Nothing like Milton Bradley in LF for the Rangers. 8 innings of play, he was -162.3.
yea, I just saw that. I thought that seemed insane
7.6 at short is still solid
WHoa
Mitre could be an ace on the Pirates. Anyone think we could get Pedro Alvarez and Andrew McCutchen for him and “Fuck Boxes” Ransom?
haha no
When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are…
that was an epic movie
Jetes: This is how you play defense, bitches.
HOLY COW! a great defensive play??
dios mios!
a 1-2-3 inning? Who would have thought that playing Defense helps?
And the casual fan will look at Mitre’s line so far and go “wow he sucked”
And Teix crushed that one to left.
Well only 2 ERs is pretty good.
Nice piece of hitting there, Mark.
hmm tex with a double there
nice job
good job by hitdek. Get em over, now gotta get em in
Trenton is up 4-1 in the 4th, lets go thunder
Should we forfeit still?
YEA! we stink more than a stale fish
Swishahouse!!!!
YES SWISHER!
SWISHA HOUSE OR SWISHA PASS
SWISHA!!!!!
I like this road version of Swisher
4th OUTFIELDER FTW!!!
A SWISHAHOUSE BLAST OFF!!
5-4 LEAD!!
SWISHALICIOUS
swishers road dominance has really helped this team on the road
Swisher carried this team the first month.
Swisher’s got to be near the top in average pitches per plate appearance, and that’s helpful even when he’s not hitting.
All for Betemit and minor leaguers. Thanks, Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen
Swish could’ve been a MVP candidate if he hit at home this year. The splits are just nuts.
i wouldn’t go that far.
.606 SLG on the road
.309 SLG at home
Ya, struggled at home. But at least he has that .373 OBP at YS3.
wow was that really a strike on gameday?
i dont think so
Cone’s fangraphs stats are awesome
cone, i am guessing molina and posada are a huge part of the 22 percent