Game 140: 40 games over?
ByWith a win tonight, the Yankees would go 40 games over .500. It’s pretty crazy to think about. Even at the beginning of the season, when the threat was strong from both the Sox and the Rays, the thought of being at this point didn’t cross many of our minds. Even if one team fell behind, surely there’d be a September race for the AL East crown. Alas, we’re moving through September (it’s the freaking 8th already), and the Yanks have a comfortable lead in the AL East, and the Rays are all but out of it.
They’ll take the field today behind Chad Gaudin. Since he’s come over from San Diego, Gaudin has started two games and has run into trouble each time. The first time it was a bases loaded, one out situation in the fifth inning. He had walked five to that point, and Girardi had seen enough. The second time was last time out, where he lasted 3.2 innings against Toronto. Thankfully, the offense was there to back him up.
Walks have been the big problem for Gaudin since his move to the AL East. He’s issued 13 free passes in 17.2 innings, an unacceptable rate. He’s held opponents to just eight runs in that span, but if he keeps walking guys at that rate it’s going to catch up for him. Thankfully, he has his personal caddy, Al Aceves, ready for backup work.
David Price will stand on the rubber for the Rays. The 2007 first overall pick has had a rough go in his first season, allowing 59 runs, 51 earned, in 96.2 innings for a 4.75 ERA. In fact, it appears he’s having struggles similar to Joba Chamberlain. That consists of a high walk rate, resulting in a high WHIP. The strikeouts are there, but Price, like Joba, has to find a way to finish off more batters and avoid drawn-out at bats which result in walks.
Boston hit Price rather hard last time out, picking up four runs on six hits and two walks over 5.1 innings, forcing the tall lefty to toss 104 pitches in that span. that’s been one of Price’s problems this year (as it has been Joba’s). In the two starts preceding Boston, against Texas and Detroit, Price went 7 and 7.1 innings, allowing three and one runs. We know he has the ability, but like many young pitchers he’s still working to put it together.
Derek gets a day at DH. Maybe that will spark him to a couple of hits. And, of course by now you know the David Robertson news.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Nick Swisher, RF
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Melky Cabrera, CF
9. Jerry Hariston, SS
And on the mound, number forty-one, Chad Gaudin.
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Time to make Price throw strikes, otherwise it’ll be a bullpen feast by the 5th.
I wonder why we didn’t get the “Price to the bullpen” narrative this year? Rays pen wasn’t exactly lights out.
I’ve heard that talk before, believe me. It’s stupid, I know.
OH, um, because the Rays have no real fans? You can’t stir up controversy without a captive audience of idiots to eat it up.
Wouldn’t the “no real fans” be those “idiots?”
I’ve got a fever. And the only prescription is more cowbell.
That is the best skit EVER.
All alone on a summers night,
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Watch dog barking, do he bite?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Slip in his window, break his neck,
Then his house I start to wreck,
Got no reason, what da heck?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L my landlord.
And he struggles just as Joba. Why hasn’t he gotten some talks on ESPN? Or Clay Buchholz? Why is it that Joba is the only young starter not allowed to struggle. I hope I just missed those discussions but it aggravates me.
My serious answer:
1) Every single Yankee will be discussed more than any other player by the national media. It’s what makes New York New York.
2) Joba gets discussed more because he has an interesting name. If he was still Justin Chamberlain, he’d be much less remarkable.
Clay Buchholz isn’t an interesting name? And Boston isn’t exactly a media black hole.
You raise good points, but it’s an intensity issue.
Yes, Boston >>>>> the other 28 media markets, but New York >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Boston.
And yes, Clay is an interesting name, but Joba >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clay. There are dozens of athletes named Clay. There’s only one Joba.
Okay, fair enough.
I really do think ESPN definitely has some Red Sox bias. I do not think any other major media outlet (such as, the MLB Netwrok and MLB in general) does, but I think ESPN definitely can be a bit anti-Yankee.
Fox sports is worse. Ken Rosenthal, Joe
Damn sorry I pressed enter by mistake. Anyways Ken Rosenthal, Joe Buck and Tim McCarver can beat any combination ESPN can throw.
I think Tim Mccarver gets an unfairly bad rap. He defended the Yankees when speaking to Mike Francesa shortly after the third Boston sweep.
Clay Bellinger >>> Clay Buchholz
He has more rings than the laptop stealer!
He also has more rings than Clay Matthews Sr., Clay Matthews Jr. and Clay Matthews III.
But Clay Buchholz has a no-hitter!
Because neither Buchholz or Price had a debut in the pen as dominant as Joba’s. Additionally, neither Buchholz or Price is as animated on the mound as Joba, which is a trait typically associated with relief pitchers. Finally, the media isn’t as up on prospects as we are, and Joba flew threw the system too fast to generate much hype, whereas both Price and Buchholz had many “future #1 ace” articles written about them..
Because I don’t think John Kruk knows that the Rays exist.
Eduardo Perez probably doesn’t either, and he played for them.
Let’s go Yanks! Win and get more wins than you did last year! They have a good shot of winning 100 games.
It would be a disappointment if they didn’t.
Here hoping for #90 tonight, everyone!!
The Brewers made the playoffs with 90 wins all of last year.
We are pretty good. Pretty good.
Totally honest, I’ve never seen that before.
Ah yes, Jason Bartlett will clearly be devastated by Sam Bradford’s injury.
apparently he is.
me like
I thought Damon had it.
Oh, Johnny. Sometimes you make it so hard to want you back.
Johnny Be Bad
What the hell happen Damon?!
Al’s the man, and everyone knows it.
Yes, Mancrushes on A-God.
Nice play by Alex.
A-Rod, not afraid to go home.
But Griffey Jr. should’ve been!! For him playing at home was a nightmare with all the injuries and losing seasons.
WHIFFEY IS NOT YOUR SAVIOR!!!!1
But Oprah Winfrey is
/students in the Oprah school everyday’d
A-Rod is da man!
Damn Crawford
He’s just trying to do his best so TB won’t re-sign him. Then, he’ll walk in Free Agency and end up in the Bronx in 2011.
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
There’s only one Z.Z.!!
/A-Rod doing a Santana expression’d
Nice play A-Rod
Bob Sheppard can rap with the best of ‘em.
Jeter break Gehrig’s record already will ya?
He’s gonna get three hits to get to 2720 tonight, and then retire first thing in the morning.
He wants to stay #2.
Anything else would be irredeemable, unless Jeter publicly whips himself in shame over taking away Gehrig’s record.
/WFAN’d
I got my playoff tickets letter today. Gives scenario if they win the division and if they’re the Wild Card.
Wild Card.
i say they should boo jeter
great, the one day i bench pedroia in fantasy he actually does something
Same thing happens with me with Damon.
Same thing happened to jsbrendog with all of his players, every week. Which is why his team sucked balls.
If fantasy baseball allowed us to draft stadiums that would ‘help’ players. Fenway would be at the top of my list too.
i don’t get it
Is that in reference to the SI poll?
Fenway is teh bandbox, it helps players pad their stats duh! Just like the wind at Yankee Stadium
ZZ-The strike zone looks big tonight.
Major League big.
Biscuit Pants big.
(Yeah, I went there.)
Bunt?
Hey it’s Wanger!! Hope’s he is doing well with ya know- with the whole career being threatened thing.
Gaudin>> Mitre
Michael Kay drinking game time. SEE YA!
https://twitter.com/yesmichaelkay/status/3831187162
That’s great. Easily the best Twitter account out there (no offense to yours, TSJC).
Meh, I’ve been slacking recently. I’ll get back on the horse soon.
He often says the feed writes itself and it does. But brilliant and funny none-the-less.
https://twitter.com/yesmichaelkay/status/3851372231
That’s so wrong…
https://twitter.com/yesmichaelkay/status/3745175238
wooot
Fuck yo couch David.
Gaudin looks like he is trying to make up all the innings he forced the bullpen to throw in his previous 2 starts. I’m predicting at least 6 innings if not 7.
Swisher refuses to cheap out at home.
WHAT BUT SWISH CAN’T HIT AT HOME DUBYA-TEE-EFF?!?!?!??!
But Swisher’s defense makes up fo–OH WAIT CRAP.
please Flash, say Price is doing well again
swishahouse!
Swishalicious!!!
Nick is not impressed by Price’s fastball
/ Flash
seems like a low zone tonight, for both pitchers.
Swisher is proud of his power
-Flaherty’d
Gaudin is money right now…
Word.
Gaudin is not impressed with CC Strikeout rate!!
/ Flash’d
Dave Eiland is a genius.
Swish + Gaudin = awesome.
3 IP 30 Pitches
I like
this game is making Cashman look pretty awesome.
Hasn’t the whole season done that?
IETCVVM
Instead of his free agents acquisition which can be (partly) attributed to the payroll, his trades are shining today. But yes, you’re right.
Why the hell are Texas and cleveland playing a double header the way they are? Why didn’t they just do a 1:00 then a 7:00? I’ve never heard of a 5:00 start time.
It’s a single admission double header. Just like in the good old days. You know, when pitchers weren’t babied by ‘pitch counts’ or Tommy John Surgery.
It’s Cleveland, Drew. Baseball doesn’t live there anymore… or at the very least is in a deep coma. Thanks to Mr. Sharpiro!
Red Sox are up 4-0 huh?
How cute.
They are playing the O’s at Fenway. I’m surprised they are only up 4.
Go ‘lil engine that could’ go!
It’s so adorable to watch them play. They try so hard and take it all so seriously.
Enough with the kid and the hat. Nobody fucking cares.
Michael Kay cares.
And that’s all that matters, gosh darnit!!
Way too much.
https://twitter.com/yesmichaelkay/status/3677011272
I hate the Orioles
Buchholz is demonstrating why he’s better than Chamberlain, again.
See Clay Buchholz against good teams. He gets rocked. His “gems” come from subpar teams. Not impressive at the slightest.
What? Really?
Strenuously disagree.
even Nick Markakis? Or how about those beautiful uniforms
Kay did nice Jeter stuff on the radio today including comments from Donnie Baseball.
Yeah, I heard that. He said the Gene Michael recounted a story from 2 years ago that Jetes told him he’d like to play another TEN years and chase the Hit record and/or 4,000 hits. He was 33 at the time, so that would mean he’d like another 5 year deal after this one expires. Not sure the Yanks feel the same way, but we’ll see.
Derek Jeter’s plan to break Pete Rose’s record:
1) Get Washington Nationals to let him be player-manager
2) Steal underwear
3)
4) PROFIT!
Derek Jeter’s Plan B to break Pete Rose’s record:
1) Legally change his name to Pete Rose
2) Start gambling heavily
3) Defame Bart Giamatti
4) PROFIT!
I know it gets missed because of Jeter, but A-Rod is a year younger than Jeter and he’s already at 2509 hits. If he averages 200 hits per season for the rest of his contract, that puts him at 4100 hits – within striking distance of Rose. (He won’t average 200 hits per season, but it’s interesting for comparison)
It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see both A-Rod and Jeter in the top 10 all time for hits when they’re done.
However, A-Rod has a significant hip injury that may require further surgery and/or cause issues down the line that could significantly affect his playing time. Jeter does not have that issue.
While A-Rod has the injury to contend with, he also has a contract that take him until he’s 42. Jeter won’t get a contract that covers when he turns 42 until he’s 41(at least I hope not).
A-Rod has to average 100 hits per season for the remainder of his contract to crack the top 10 for hits. I have more doubts about his ability to break the all time HR record than his ability to crack the top 10 in hits.
That’s not a coincidence, Michael. It’d be a coincidence if Price gave up the hit that pushed Jeter over the record.
lol my thoughts exactly.
Funniest quote I’ve seen in a while. From the owner of the Rays:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1431147
Hmmm, people didn’t want to hear our excuses last year with all our struggles & injuries. Why should it matter when the Rays suffer for it this year? Too bad they play in the toughest division but maybe next year the Roid Sux suffer that tragic fate.
Haha, that quote is all sorts of awesome.
Hey come on now… havnt u heard from Pete Abe that NL West is one of the toughest divisions… and Joe Torre is the #1 reason the Dodgers are great… and all the young talent in Dodgerville only developed coz of him…
Deja vu… i heard some complaints from fans on the OC radio that the bullpen arms are toast and Torre is taxing them… where hv we heard tht one b4
Maybe Jeter won’t break Gehrig’s record.
Just flip the roles… if it was ARod on the verge of the Gehrig record and he went for 0-10 how wud the Ny media react… i am sure Steve Phillips would be jumping up n down in the booth…
Kay, he went 0-7 two games in a row 2 weeks ago.
It happens.
Pedroia, go back to the fucking north pole…
Yeah, go back to Dentist school Hermey!!
/ Head Elf from the Christmas classic’d
Haha, nice.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....-henn.html
I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that the O’s got Sean Henn, or the name of the man that reported it.
I’ll have you know Peter Schmuck comes from a long line of well known and distinguished Schmucks from Maryland. His father was a huge Schmuck in the town of Baltimore, and his grandfather is one of the biggest Schmucks the state of Maryland has ever seen.
Unlike William J. LePetomaine, who is one of the leading assholes in the state.
Gosh, these two have zero chemistry. I might have to put my radio on soon, this is painful.
you just realized that today?
it seems like john hates kay… haha
who likes Kay, Dela G?
Coney and Oneill because he kisses their asses.
pretty much
I was waiting for Kay to say something like “Just found out – John Sterling isn’t wearing pants”
Flash seems like a really nice guy – but needs Cone’s edge
man i just got back from a power outage which lasted about 2 hours
good to see that swishahouse homered!
He caaaarushed it.
How many times has Flash said what he said about Burrell? Jeebus H. Mo.
And who the fuck is talking about Kendry Moales as an MVP?
And who the fuck is talking about Kendry Morales as an MVP?
People who believe in the following two things:
1) Joe Mauer should not be MVP because the Twins are not winning their division at the moment and thus, all Twins players must somehow suck
2) Yankees should never win MVP’s because the Yankees are mean bullies who are bad for baseball and I hate them because they took my lunch money.
In all seriousness, the writers vote for the top 10 spots on the MVP ballots. As long as someone could or should finish in the top 10, then they should be discussed. They shouldn’t win (Mauer should), but they should be discussed.
WHOOOOOO.
I love strike ‘em out, throw ‘em outs! I’d also like to point out that Posada is behind the plate for Gaudin.
Anyone else’s gameday not reading the speed or pitch type?
yup–this happens from time to time
Great play!
Strike em out, throw em out!
What’s the deal with Gaudin’s action pic? That’s the best they could find?
Great defense today.
god, there is as much bullshit surrounding Jeter as there is surrounding A-Rod.
UPDATE, 6:36 p.m.: Spoke to Robertson. He said he’s been pitching with it for two weeks now. There has been no drop in velocity or command, just tightness after he’s done pitching. He had an MRI and said no injury was apparent.
“I’m confident it’s not going to be anything,” he said.
Robertson has never had elbow issues before.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/200.....t-yankees/
If he’s not worried, it would be silly for me to be.
Yeah. I’d imagine most visits to Andrews are for a second opinion more than anything. The man is one of, if not the leading expert on pitchers’ arms.
Everyone gets scared when they hear ‘Dr Andrews’, yet we’ve seen Bruney and Marte visit him this year and come back with a clean bill of health.
I’m going to be Dr Andrews for halloween.
Knock on Brian Cashman’s door, that would be hilarious.
He lives less than an hour away from me in the same county as I live in. Maybe I could go drive by his house sometime.
Brian-”What a cute costume! And who are you?”
You-”I’m Dr James Andrews, Brian. And I have two words for you. CC’s shoulder”
Brian-”AAAAAAARRRHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”
Vinny Antonelli: When did your wife leave?
Barney Cooper: October.
Vinny Antonelli: That’s when my wife left! What is it about the month of October?
Barney Cooper: I dunno. The pressure of Halloween? You never know what to go as!
If he’s not worried, it would be silly for me to be.
Agreed.
(cue Stephen A. Smith voice)
How-evah, athletes are notorious for A) covering up injuries and B) thinking that they’re bulletproof and can perform through injuries.
David Robertson’s word alone helps, but it shouldn’t hold a ton of weight, IMO. The MRI gives me more angst relief than D-Rob’s statement.
I agree. Having Robertson say he’s going to be fine is meaningless. Having Robertson say the MRI didn’t show an injury is a good sign.
My concern, however, is the remaining question of what type of injury it is. These injuries without an obvious cause can sometimes take a long time to heal because there isn’t any obvious they can treat, and no way to confirm he’s healthy other than having him pitch (probably at 100% effort).
Tex’s legs: moving fast, but getting him no where.
Michael Kay just used the words “surmise” and “stimuli” during a baseball broadcast. Wow.
This is pathetic, the O’s pitchers are leaving every single pitch right down the middle.
does it really matter anymore?
We could call up the entire SWB roster, have them start everyday and still hold on to a playoff spot.
Nope.
Sox won’t make the playoffs. If they do, they’ll be nothing more than a tasty appetizer before the World Series.
We’re pulling a Moses Malone. We’re going three-fo’-fo’.
Are you serious about the Sox missing the playoffs?
Yup. They’re only up 2.5 over Texas, and they’re definitely old enough and flawed enough to collapse at the end.
It’s moot, though. They’re dead.
It’d be kind of cool to see an end of season collapse.
By the Red Sox, of course.
Don’t want to jinx.
I bet Jorge Posada catches Price on the road.
ietc
Price has gotten 12 outs on 4 K’s and 8 groundouts… damn!
and one massive home run
Gregg Zaun is not an attractive man.
i bet the vast majority of life in the minors is incredibly sad, like that movie Sugar
I’m kind of upset I missed that. Any good?
yeah its really good. its about those lazy dominicans and their struggles in baseball.
So it’s a bio-pic about Robbie and Melky?
But with less sexual content.
except if robbie and melky wer stuck in the minors for eternity. it’s actually pretty critical of the business of baseball. i think every fan should watch it before they become too self-involved with a team or a sport.
I was promised multiple hookups with chicks like Susan Sarandon and Jessica Biel. If they’re not there, I’m gonna be pissed.
Sincerely,
Slade Heathcott
Holy shit, Zaun’s Gameday pic!
And that works.
Gaudin gettin more DP than jenna jameson
ietc
or Mary Carey for that matter
more of a lela star man myself, but yeah IETC, pat!
that was a beauty of a DP
Let’s be honest, John Flaherty could have Nick Swisher, RuPaul, Jim Carrey and Cedric the Entertainer in the broadcast booth with him and he would still suck the life out of that room every time he opened his mouth.
+1000
He’s a former backup catcher — you’d think he’d at least be an interesting guy, since he spent so much time on the bench.
Swisher with 2/3 of the TTO.
Hughes always looks incredulity bored in the bullpen. They should just let him sleep in the lockerroom until teh 8th.
He can’t sleep mid-game, he’s not Dominican.
(Nor is he Chinese, but that’s another matter.)
It’s nice to hear Kay suggest that David Price should be a closer.
So is Kay a B-Jobber?
Oddly, it is.
Somehow, self-contradiction is less annoying than abject, irredeemable stupidity. If you’re gonna be dumb, at least be consistently dumb across the board.
EXACTLY.
That’s how I operate in the day-to-day world.
We haven’t seen Joba dominate a lineup for multiple innings?
Really?
Holy shit…. Flash is an idiot. Joba has done it… not so long ago, John
Flaherty was a big B-Jobber.
PUT DOWN THE TWIZZLERS!
Joba Chamberlain has a 4.41 ERA (101+) and 7.7 K/9 as a 23 year old in his first full season of starting pitching in the A.L. East. That’s success. It’s not the level of success we had hoped for, but to be that young, in this division, to be league average in one’s first full season of starting is successful.
Joba sucks. Trade him for Jesse Barfield at once.
No not yet. He should be moved to the bullpen to get back his lost velocity so can sit at 98 at every pitch.
I have a great idea for the team, Mr Steinbrenner. Cotton uniforms.
His last several starts have been lousy, so I’d like to see at least one more good appearance before the postseason.
I wish his K/9 was a little higher though. He just isn’t blowing hitters away this year, though I fully expect him to blow hitters away next season.
I do, too. Some of Joba’s peripherals are definitely shitty. However, this year is definitely a stepping stone/building block. There’s only up to go from here.
Agreed.
I disagree. I think Joba’s had a bad first season starting. He has pitched very few innings (bad) and has had a lot of unearned runs(bad). Also, I believe yhat in his wins he has had an abnormally high BABIP.
I think Joba is a future Ace, and can point to toher future Aces as precedent as to why exactly Joba should be a starter, but I think he’s been pretty bad.
He’s on an innings limit, how are unearned runs his fault?
Well, it depends. If Joba induces a soft fly ball that Gardner overruns and plays into an inside-the-park homer, that’s not his fault. If someone makes an error behind him, he still can pick that player up.
Being on an innings limit is only part of the story. He has had a lot of long innings and bad games and been removed way too early, which in part protected his ERA as well.
Of course SOME of the unearned runs aren’t his fault but the abnormally high number does indicate a pattern.
You know why he’s been inconsistent? He’s 23 and in his first full season of starting pitching. It’s going to happen. I’d be more pissy and worried about this if he was being counted on to be a top of the rotation guy right now.
Absolutely and totally agreed.
The innings limit has had more of an impact than you’re acknowledging. This year, AJ Burnett has 8 starts where he’s thrown less than 100 pitches. For Andy, that number is 7. For Joba, it’s 11 (not counting his one where he was injured in the first and his last two that were significantly limited).
On the other end of the spectrum, AJ has 10 starts of more than 110 pitches. Andy has 6. Joba has none.
One final way to look at it: Joba averages 97.8 pitches per start. Andy averages 103.6 and AJ averages 105.6. Again, I’m not counting Joba’s 3 short starts. If you add on a few innings here and there to bring his pitch counts in line with the other pitchers, then he’d be on target for 180-190 innings this year.
If those numbers didn’t come from Joba Chamberlain, would you think they were better? Probably. I think we didn’t properly temper our expectations. We were all salivating at his performance as a starter and thinking he could repeat that. We were wrong. Joba’s been frustrating at times and inconsistent, but all in all, he’s still been an average ML pitcher.
True.
posada and matsui have to be the two biggest breaking ball strikeout hitters on this team
1. Chris Davis
2. Chris Davis
3. Chris Davis
He has that many strikeouts.
I loved Chili Davis. And Tim Raines and Straw.
That 98 bench was the best bench we had during the 96-03 run, hands down.
Matsui is actually pretty good on breaking balls. Posada and Swisher are the worst of the regulars.
http://www.fangraphs.com/winss.....38;month=0
Good AB by the Melkster.
I just realized this, in the RAB lineup there are two SS and no DH, i dont think that would fly with the umpire.
We’re the Evil Empire. Our lineups don’t have to make sense. Deal with it.
This is the one I meant to post, although the other is pretty good too lol.
Come to the dark side, chriskeo. It is your DESTINY!
DON’T MAKE ME DESTROY YOU!
Don’t leave that thing up Mr. Price. Leche will make you pay.
Well, if you’re going to swing at an eye-level pitch, the least you can do is miss a home run by about 20 feet. (Foul-wise, not track-wise)
Just poking around Baseball-Reference, and I realized that when the Yankees win the World Series Angel Berroa will get a World Series ring.
Worse, so would Cody Ransom.
Awesomeness.
I like the subtle lack of use of the word “if”.
I don’t wanna hear about no muthaf#$%in ifs. All I wanna hear from your ass is, “You ain’t got to worry, Jules, I’m on the muthaf#$%a. Go back in there, chill them n$%&as out, and wait for the cavalry that should be coming directly.”
you aint got to worry Jules. I’m on the muthaf#$%a. go back in there, chill them n$%&as out, and wait for the Wolf, who will be coming directly
Oh, you sending the Wolf?
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit, negro, that’s all you had to say!!
wow. you’re really setting yourself up for a major disappointment.
what are the rules with that anyway? and does Burnett have one from the Marlins?
Yes, Burnett has one as well, though he never pitched in a playoff game.
so what, anyone who spent a day on the 25 man that year gets one? or the 40 man even?
Yep.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have pitching for our team WS champion A.J. Burnett.
Gaudin is a fielding NINJA!
63 pitches thru 6 1/3 with 6ks… nice!
Sorry Flaherty, I doubt Crawford even knows who you are…
Ouchies, Crawford with the baserunning shittiness.
PEACE, Carl.
Gaudin…man. Who knew?
AHAHAHA!
Legs giveth and legs taketh away.
Crawford picked off lulzz
holy cow gaudin is having a great night
he was safe by the way
Deep drive!!! lol
That was awful. He totally played off the sound of the crowd.
File this under: “unlikely pitching duels”
i just went over Joba’s game logs for this year and threw up a little in my mouth. those are seriously some disgusting number, yet I’m confident that he’ll dominate next year.
I don’s see what you see.
After 20 starts, he had a 3.58 era.
He’s only made 26 starts total.
i said i was looking at this game logs and not his overall numbers.
which part? the ugly numbers or my confidence?
http://www.baseball-reference......g_gamelogs
he’s was gettting lucky as far as that era is concerned. the strand rate was incredibly high (unsustainable). some of his performances where he pitched 4-5 innings and gave up 10 or more baserunners is too ugly
Yeah true. I just thought it wasn’t throwupable. lol The walks have been his downfall but I guess it should have been expected.
Manny Parra, now that’s some shit that will make you puke.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/players.....erId=28827
Kay pulling a Sterling there
Did I honestly hear some boos?
See responses to my post.
Jeter refuses to pass Gehrig
Now that’s class. Way to support your Captain, Yankee fans.
We’re gonna boooooooooooo the Captain
We’re gonna boo, boo, boo the Captain
i think they were booing the umpire
In that case I remove the label of sarcasm from this post.
agree.
But I thinking they were boo the umpire too, But i’m not sure.
pretty sure they were booing the strike 3 call, and not Jeter
Pretty sure they were booing the ump for the called looking.
Michael Kay’s ball-reading skills are terrible.
(fighting the urge to make an inappropriate joke)
pat around?
<3 It’s Always Sunny
wtf? Hate when that happens. And yes i’m sort of around. i’ll let the muinions handle that one, waaay too easy.
“I know when to go under the table”
-Suzyn Waldman, earlier this season
do it I had a long day I need a laugh.
+1
lol that was inside
so freaking unclutch
A-Rod does not care for David Price’s fastball.
It’s only the 6th inning, that’s not clutch! They already have the lead, so he’s just padding his stats!
/kidding
a-rod says FUCK YO COUCH PRICE
What does that mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1dBstAIYtQ (NSFW)
DAAAAAAARKNESS!!!
“What did the five fingers say to the face?”
DEY SHOULDA NEVA GAVE U RAYZ MONEHHHHYYYY!!!!
DAAAAARKNESS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU
I believe in a thing called laaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhve!
You are cold ass ice!
Wow, nice range Zobrist.
Can’t wait for always sunny!
yeah, I was tryin to say that before. Fuckin love that show.
I watched the first season with Devito but haven’t watched it since.
i never understood the charge of selfishness against A-Rod or any baseball player for that matter. Isn’t it optimum for the player to do the thing that’s absolutely the best for him at any give time, which is essentially absolutely the best thing for the team? I understand that there are some very minor exceptions but overall this holds true for all baseball players.
Yes to all of this.
The “He’s a selfish stat-padder” concept is horrendously retarded.
but…but…this gives us a way to trash A-rod for doing his job well!
That lame commercial for heating oil with that guy talking would be way better if he was like, “1 wife, 1 mistress, 2 kids, 2 cats…”
good inning there, but gaudin would prolly appreciate more run support
Whoa boy. Not a good sequence from Gaudin.
He just kills the Yankees.
Rut Roh
Okay, time to get Chad out of there.
good call for marte there
Falling apart… Girardi as usual a batter too late with the move.
You know punctuality. You’re right on time with the criticism.
This isn’t true. He’s too late sometimes, perhaps too early sometimes, and pretty much on target a lot of the time.
Nice..
Big-G
I miss Robertson already
+A lot.
Heh, Gaudin lookin into the bullpen as he walks off to to make sure Bruney’s not comin in to fuck his shit up.