Game 144: Avoiding the sweep
ByIn yesterday’s game recap, I made an error. “The Yanks look to avoid their first sweep since early May tomorrow afternoon.” It shows how much I’ve put the Anaheim series out of my mind. So this will be the Yankees looking to avoid their first sweep since mid-July. They beat the crap out of the Orioles for most of the season, so let’s just chalk up the last two games to a market correction and hope they right the ship today.
The Yanks faced Jeremy Guthrie a few weeks ago, so you can catch his story in that post. Since then, it appears Guthrie has recovered. He allowed just two runs over six innings in the August 31 game, and followed that up with a seven-inning shutout of Texas.
In his last four starts, Guthrie is 3-1 with a 1.33 ERA, striking out 15 and walking just four. It’s a nice recovery from a mostly poor season. His ERA stood at 5.66 after the Angels shellacked him on August 15, which was preceded by the A’s thumping him. He has allowed just two home runs in those 27 innings, which is a good sign for Guthrie, who currently leads the AL in home runs allowed.
A recovery would be good not only for Guthrie, but for the Orioles. He’s headed to arbitration for the first time this off-season, and will be 31 years old just after Opening Day 2010. The rebuilding Orioles would do well to get a young player or two in return for him. He’s probably not going to help the team contend, and he could be attractive to other teams because he still has three arbitration years.
The Yanks send out CC Sabathia to stop the bleeding. Carsten Charles, league leader in games started and close in innings pitched, has been nothing but excellent for the Yanks of late. Since his five-run performance against Chicago in early August (which really wasn’t a totally bad game), CC has tossed 51.1 innings and allowed only 10 runs, striking out 63 to 11 walks. That’s the kind of K/BB ratio that made his run in Milwaukee last season so special. He’s basically been reproducing that for the Yanks since the beginning of August.
Damon’s back in the lineup after sitting out the past two days with a sore back. Girardi’s not messing around today. It’s the A-lineup to avoid the sweep.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, DH
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Nick Swisher, RF
9. Melky Cabrera, CF
And on the mound, number fifty-two, Carsten Charles Sabathia.
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won’t be able to watch today (going to a jets watch party here on campus)
Very happy to see the “A” Lineup in today, and i hope they can beat the stuffing out of guthrie
Nice D there.
This A-Rod fellow is a pretty good hitter.
A-Rod cannot be stopped. Where is everybody, watching the NFL?
Oh, Hideki.
A-Rod with the Cano-esque D on that popout.
woah, this place is deaddd today.
Waking up at 10:40 and then watching the Yankees and the Broncos at the same time. Awesome
garza and buccholz are battling in fenway. bottom of the 5th and still no score.
It pisses me off when we have have a runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs and dont bring the run in.
Argh CC
HAHA. Bengals successfully fake the punt on the Broncos but then bobble a FG snap from the 15 and it ends up being Denver ball at the 50.
Gerald Sensabaugh baby! Blocked fg!
After a pretty bad showing of the defense. At least we are up 6-0.
Yeah man, I’m stoked about Felix this season.
I’m absolutely not sure about this team. There is a lot of talent, but I still don’t see them make the playoffs in this division.
I got faith, I could see it going either way but…
10-6 and playoffs was my first prediction, and I’m sticking to it.
I want to see the Giants be that dominant team without Plax, their D is amazing but you saw how Eli was without Plaxico.
/ready to be roasted.
Caddy is tearing it up.
I’m sticking with 7-9, I’m a Debbie Downer with the Cowboys this year. And the defense is a disaster so far.
Damn. I have more faith than that, the offense is too good. The defense is not THIS bad.
Skins got no O. Giants O remains to be seen.
All those passes that TO ‘needed’, they go to other open receivers like Crayton and Miles. I expect Roy to be much better, who wouldn’t?
Love the run game too.
I’m skeptical. The OL is getting old and the WRs are nothing special IMO. And the secondary is very mediocre. Hope you’re right but I can’t see it so far.
The Redskins are nothing special, but Philly and NY probably have better temas then we do.
The o line?
Kosier >>>>>> that asshole cory proctor. Such a dick.
I just wished we would address the OL in the draft some year. Flozell is getting worse by the day, Gurode is good, Colombo and Davis are okay, but nothing special, the LGs are all pretty bad.
Come on CC, get it together.
Hey, it’s old buddy Chad Moeller!
This isn’t CC’s day, I guess. :/
Hey, it’s bane of my existence Brian Roberts!
In other news, Kyle Orton sucks ass. Finally gets a completion after 15 mins. But gets sacked on a play where he barely got touched by falls down running away.
Isn’t he like 21-12 as starter? I guess Wins is a pretty overrated stat in Football, too. You see that, Michael Kay?
Yea I guess they are. But he sucks really really bad. Did in Chicago (except for a bit), did in preseason, does now.
Sure he sucks. Why again did the Broncos think he would be any kind of solution, again?
McDaniels is an idiot.
At least he didn’t cut Marshall like Shanahan was going to.
Orton+2 1st round picks+ Marshall>>>>>>Cutler alone.
Shanny was going to cut B-Marsh?
Yep, so dumb.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/.....id=4469786
http://tinyurl.com/qd6rd2
WOW, I havent followed any sport much for 2 weeks now so I didnt know.
Oy, Swish
Swish, me no gusta double plays.
Im not sure but shouldnt it be no me gusta?
i like the effort
Anticipating tomorrow: the Jered Weaver “I can’t believe I gave up a home run, why is a capricious universe doing this to me?”
As he mopes and pouts around the mound.
Izturis has hit enough?
.253/.287/.331 is “enough”? I don’t care if he’s Ozzie Smith, that’s horrendous.
I hate the orioles.
Reimold: apprentice Yankee killer
More Complaining (I think this thread is going to be filled with me complaining) The Broncos have negative passing yards so far with 12 to go in the 2nd. Orton keeps throwing screens and is not throwing accurately down the field. Our running game is not doing well at all either.
I though McDaniels was a good offensive coach?
You know, maybe they should have kept this Cutler dude in the first place.
:sigh:
Oh, the receiving yardage just went to the positive side. It was on a throw that was tipped into the air and luckily went for a 2 yard gain to a Broncos receiver.
I cant even enjoy my Cincy D playing so well
Great D by the goofy looking guy in center.
Nice catch by Fiorentino.
why wasn’t Jeter running there? Guy didn’t even look his way.
Shhhh, we shall not question his highness.
Damnit Hideki
Piece of cake trivia. Has to be Hairston.
My thought was Josh Towers. And we are both right.
But the question was who was in the lineup for the O’s right? Did Towers pitch that day?
I thought it was who was on the team? You’re probably right, though. Dammit. At least Towers was with the O’s that year.
A-Godly arm…cmon ZZ
Just awful Damon. Wake the fuck up.
WTF just happened.
nevermind. my eyes fooled me till i saw replay.
Damon’s gonna revisit his deck this game … kinda has to to make up for that.
WOW WTF?
Wtf Damon.
Just when the K-rate was starting to stabilize, you go and have a start like this.
They have been sleep walking since Jeter passed the Iron Horse on Friday night.
Meh, its just a mini-bad stretch and this game aint ovah either. We’ll get this
Chone Figgins should replace Damon nicely next season.
I’m not sure he can play LF anymore. And he’s not young and will want big money and years.
exactly, no me gusta
Please. Damon is having a great year and will have less money and years for him.
If Figgins can come at the same rate, sure. But that’s unlikely.
Rules question. So what would have happened if Damon tossed the ball into the stands, and then it was thrown back immediately. Could Damon have still tried to throw the runner out? Or would the ball be dead? If it was ruled dead, then how many bases can the runner advance?
Two. Anytime a ball is thrown into the stands they got two.
Mike, thanks. That makes sense. I was trying to figure out if it would have been oddly beter if he tossed it in the stands after the catch, and then the runner could only advance one base to thir.d
Milton Bradley making an appearance today
Orton finally throws a good pass and our TE drops it
…again with the bunt shit.
stop bunting with nick swisher!!!!
no DP Swish
Swisher should never attempt a bunt again.
Got lucky right there.
Again with the fucking bunting. Girardi’s going to call for it over and over until it works so he can say “Hey look, it worked! See I told you it was the right play!”
99% sure he didn’t call it there he looked pissed at swisher and even did a little swing motion with his arm
francona just called for the bunt in boston. looks like it may potentially work. i thought he never called for them.
This looks familiar…Swisher’s bunt pop-ups.
boy girardi looks pissed did you see that swing motion with his arm and there is why you don’t bunt nick wtf
Thats why you dont fuckin bunt
no DP Melky
Cbll
Miles Baby!!
Woohoo!
Melky should be buying Melky a steak dinner tonight.
yay melky loves the bases juiced maybe he could give his budy robbie some advice
HAH Melky!!!!!!!!
Nice little lucky hits
Hey, Melky!
jesus, stop bunting
Nice job for the Melk man there.
fuck this bunting shit wtf jeter you’re 2-2 with a double jesus
Again. Fucking again with the bunting. It’s okay, Guthrie’s not getting hit around this inning at all. Help him out.
I don’t mind the Jeter bunt attempt. Gotta keep the defense honest.
Ok, after the second try, I mind.
OK, Jeter sometimes angers me when he bunts and then says bunting is right
Please stop bunting. I beg of you.
Maybe the bone-head play by Damon will wake the Yankees’ hitters up. That would almost make it worth it.
Jeter wants to make an out too ….
Joe G. and the bunting is getting nausceus(??)
Im sure Jeter did that himself. He does that
stupid just stupid why bunt in this park fuck
One of the best hits I’ve seen from Melky. Love the not all out approach. The bat control and flick.
Even Michael Kay cannot stand to see/talk about it. That’s some shit, ain’t it?
I actually agree with Kay about bunting
Leftwich just doesnt look good against the Dallas D. The ‘Boys are gonna break this open soon.
That play pisses me off.
Not anymore.
Thank you, Nugent.
I agree with Kay on being annoyed at the bunt, but he’s got to stop saying “in this ballpark.” The new Yankee Stadium plays very little differently, if at all, from the old park. It’s Park Factor now ranks 20th out of 30 teams.
sure but this team is perfectly built for this park and that does make a difference
I think we’re agreeing that they shouldn’t be bunting since the Yankees are an excellent hitting team.
My point, though, is Kay is continuing the media perception that the new Stadium is a hitter’s park based on a very small sample size and a fairly windy April. It’s not Coors Easy, or whatever bullshit Olney and others have said. Park Factor takes into account both the Yankee hitters and the opposition. The new park is no different than the old park. It is prone to HRs to right, perhaps even slightly more than the old Stadium (perhaps), but like the Old Stadium it depresses doubles, triples and hits overall. Overall it is slightly favorable toward pitchers, exactly like the old Stadium.
Heads up? Being remotely aware of the situation does not mean “heads up”.
That’s at least the third time Tex has done that this year.
boy that change to tex makes him look silly
Seems like all changes do.
Very pro-the curly hair.
That was funny.
With Tex’s swing, when he lets go of his bat, its gonna fly
anyone worried about Tex? I swear I never see him have 2 hits games lately.
not even a little
Not worried. Great player in a slump. Only concern would be an injury, and there is no sign of that.
as long as he’s hot in October, I dont mind
cmon Alex, pass that baton
Oof, that was your pitch A-Rod.
yea it was
Looked outside but you’ve got to swing with 2 outs.
Nice job there, top of the order.
/rolls eyes
at least we tied it. It’s upto CC now. We got this.
http://tinyurl.com/qbkaso
Robots please.
I’m colorblind but I’m going to guess the called strike is at 2.3, 1.3?
No, that’s a ball. The strike’s at about 1.1, 2.3.
so A-rod was right
Agreed. And camera’s on the goal line in the NFL. How they don’t have that one is so stupid.
Damn – Sox go up 3-1 on the Rays with a Pedroia two run homer.
Swisher getting a workout in RF today
Ughhhhhh….I really wish that CC would stop sucking, and oh yeah. Buchholz held the Rays to one run over seven. If they make the playoffs the Yankees are NOT the favorites.
troll
It’s not worth responding to. At least Alex Gonzales is amusing.
Yeah because a rotation of Sabathia/Burnett/Pettitte/and frighteningly enough Chamberlain isn’t the worst playoff rotation of LA, Boston, and Detroit.
Homer.
It’s not. Maybe you should actually look at the other team’s rotations before commenting.
Oh yes, Jarrod Washburn and Paul Byrd scare the shit out of me.
Verlander/Jackson? Yeah, because Chamberlain hasn’t done his best Paul Byrd impression the last few times out. Maybe YOU should look at other teams’ rotations before commenting:
Verlander 136 tRA+ (690790797K/9) Sabathia 122 tRA+ (7.72 K/9) those stats will only get shittier after tonight’s start
Edwin Jackson 108 tRA+ Andy Pettitte 106 tRA+
Jarrod Washburn 97 tRA+ AJ Burnett 96 tRA+
Chamberlain fucking sucks, I’d rather have Paul Byrd. If anything the player that should really scare the living shit out of you is AJ Burnett, whose also due for his yearly injury. Anyways, you (incorrectly) listed the Tigers as having a worse rotation, so at best the Yankees have the third worst rotation WOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOO.
Homer.
Look Minaya, we know you’ve had a depression summer because the team you put together sucks, but dont bring it here.
depression-filled
Like I told the other Homer, how is Sabathia/Burnett/Pettitte/Chamberlain NOT the worst playoff rotation? Out of Detroit, LA, and Boston…huh? And don’t you dare mention “BUT IT’S THEIR PITCHING VERSUS OUR OFFESNE1!~!111!!” Yeah, because having the worst rotation and the best offense in the playoffs worked SOOOOO well the past eight seven times.
You sir, are an idiot.
and a troll
Care to pull out some numbers to back that up? The best I’ve seen so far is the Yankees’ version of Eric Van.
Angels:
Lackey- yes
Kazmir- hes had 2 good starts since the trade, but lets overreact to that
Weaver- 4.75 era, 1.45 whip, .283 BAA post ASB
Saunders- ….
Detriot
Verlander- yes
Jackson- 4.48 era, 1.55whip, .290 BAA post ASB
Washburn- 6.64 era, 1.48 whip, .293 BAA since trade
Porcello- isnt he getting shut down? if not hes only a 5 inning pitchaaaaah
Boston
Beckett- been just as bad as AJ lately
Lester- yes
Buchholz- yeah 26 year old stud ace, we know
Wake/Dicek/Tazawa/Byrd- do they have a 4th starter?
Yeah, go ahead and Eric Van the shit out of these stats. “Post ASB” “Since the trade” This isn’t “Sons of RAB” The whole season fucking counts. And there is no way that I would rather have AJ Burnett or Andy Pettitte over that mouth breathing asshole that sleeps with his mouth open…or that fucking mealy mouth looking laptop thief over Pettitte. Anyways in regards to The Angels the only way that the Yankees are facing them in the first round of the playoffs is if the Red Sox pull out the division…other than that Lackey/Weaver is likely better than Sabathia/Pettitte or Sabathia/Burnett. Don’t forget that AJ Burnett has one of the highest walk rates in the AL, a terrible injury history, and a tRA+ of 96. He’s just a name at this point. Besides, do you REALLY think that the Yankees could take the Angels…I mean I’d love nothing more than to be reasonable and to point to the Yankees’ superior run differential and line up, but the past I dunno decade and a half has taught me otherwise when it comes to dealing with those assholes.
…Seriously?
What would be more accurate for the next Edwin Jackson? His first half stats or after the all star break? Because I doubt he’s going to be the 2.00 ERA pitcher in the playoffs when he’s been sucking ever since the all star break. Or wait since the Yankees suck so much Jackson is going to magically pitch better in October and have a 0.00 ERA.
So Jackson’s bad starts don’t count but his good starts do.
K.
I never said his bad starts didn’t count, if you would take the time to read what I wrote about him I merely pointed out that his advanced stats are better than Pettitte’s (and much better than Burnett’s), how is that not taking his bad starts into account.
On the bright side, at least the Yankees can fuck up Jeremy Guthrie.
You’re not using “advanced stats”, you’re using “an advanced stat”. Big difference.
“Besides, do you REALLY think that the Yankees could take the Angels…I mean I’d love nothing more than to be reasonable and to point to the Yankees’ superior run differential and line up, but the past I dunno decade and a half has taught me otherwise when it comes to dealing with those assholes.”
How do i even fucking respond to that? LAA beat NYY before so now Yankees will never, what advance stat did you use for that?
Uh, what? You’re out of your damn mind.
Verlander/Jackson/Washburn/Porcello? Please. That’s one guy to be scared of, two young guys fading down the stretch, and a pitcher who’s just not that good.
Lester/Beckett/Buchholz/Wakefield? Maybe a little better on the top end, but I’ll take Pettitte/Chamberlain over their back end.
Lackey/Santana/Kazmir/Weaver? That’s three guys who have had injury issues this year, and one guy who’s a home run dispenser.
I’ll take the Yankees foursome against any of those.
When mentioning Boston’s “back end” you forget that Andy Pettitte is the Yankees’ second best starter, and yes, Buchholz/Wakefield is better than Burnett/Chamberlain.
This is hilariously misguided, and true only if you believe the last month is how they’re gonna pitch for the rest of the year.
No, I believe the larger sample size of the whole season is the best example. Both Chamberlain and Burnett have a tRA+ below 100, and Pettitte has much much better numbers than Burnett. I’m the one whose hilariously misguided.
LOLOLOLOL.
Who said this troll isn’t amusing? Idiots are always amusing. Even funnier his is fail attempt to troll.
Joba did the same exact thing to that team buddy. Go back to your Sox blog pl0x.
Your trolling sucks. To think that even trolling is something that Sox fans can’t even do right…
Not that I’m surprised honestly.
Maybe it’s because I’m actually a Yankees fan with legitimate concern over the suck of the rotation? They don’t even have an average starter between Chamberlain and Burnett, that and they’re facing teams with starters that shut even the best offenses down, and the Yankees are throwing starters out that can’t even throw up average numbers.
You’re insane if you have no concern.
I would be insane if I had no concern. But concern =/= trolling and endlessly bitching. AJ and Joba are sucking. I get that and understand that concern. But blowing it out of proportion and saying “OMFG THEY SUCK SO FUCKING MUCH INSTANT LOSS” is also batshit insane. Especially when other playoff teams have starter problems.
And your excessive hyperbole is also annoying. You’re acting that the Yankees are throwing Brad Penny every 5 days and that every other team is throwing out King Felix every day.
Each playoff team has rotation struggles. You’re acting as if every team doesn’t.
Where did I say “instant lost” I merely pointed out that the Yankees are throwing the worst rotation out of the four likely playoff teams, and that is fucking scary.
And sweet Jesus I hate Sean Henn.
I merely pointed out that the Yankees are throwing the worst rotation out of the four likely playoff teams, and that is fucking scary.
You can keep repeating this, but that does not make it true.
Well you did not “merely” point it out. Even if teams have a better rotation which I am not convinced yet since you only posted one advanced stat for the Tigers, but if teams do have a better rotation I am not convinced it will be a huge difference.
“They don’t even have an average starter between Chamberlain and Burnett, that and they’re facing teams with starters that shut even the best offenses down”
Washburn and Wakefield are shutdown pitchers- they’re aces on any other team but their own!
CC, glad to see you’re human. Thanks for getting this clunker out of the way before October, now please rectify over the course of your next starts.
He can’t handle the big game anyways.
Hardy har har
because he hasn’t pitched any big games the last two Septembers
Eh, its not CC but its not a clunker. Should be only 2 ER in 5.
0 Ks/2BBs
What a sample size.
Yep, over six innings he increased his walk rate, and over a full season he’s posting his worst walk rate and K/BB since 2005.
At any rate I was just pointing out that this is definitely a “clunker,” although as far as clunkers go this is one of the better ones I’ve witnessed.
Girardi will cost us a game in October with the stupid binting
Sanchez is doing good.
He looks very good.
Girardi must be made they couldn’t get the bunt down.
I just got home–what is Girardi yelling about?
Bad called strike 3 on a A-rod AB with bases loaded.
And they were right.
http://tinyurl.com/qbkaso (from Mike’s comment above)
Who shit in Girardi’s sandwich?
what the hell is going on down there?
Aite Joe !!!!
They had a great point
How does Michael Kay not know what’s going on?
That doesn’t look like that terrible a call. Yeah, it’s off the plate, but we’ve seen worse this year.
A-Rod should have swung, even if it was a bit outside. As you mentioned, we’ve had 100X worse this season. That’s on A-Rod; it wasn’t an egregious call by any measure.
eh, IDK. A-rod is a patient hitter and he already swung and miss on an outside/low pitch before. He didnt want to K swinging.
Arod, and other top 5 players in the game, get the benefit of not having a huge strike zone when someone like Guthrie is pitching.
If you expand the zone 2 inches outside, 2 inches inside, 2 inches high, 2 inches low, Al stands no chance. You can’t just expand the zone like that. Call balls, balls, and strikes, strikes.
What was Girardi just ejected over?
excessive use of the bunt
IETC.
A-gon is pretty witty.
Yeah, and I was equally stunned because he was a big bunt proponent the other night.
That’s why I can’t bring myself to take him serious about the whole ‘wins’ argument.
He just fucks with us.
Yes, he must be.
i said it because earlier in the thread Mike Axisa was extremely opposed to it. i think that bunts can be critical in a game when used the right way. but still not all the time.
agreed
I agree that they can be beneficial in certain spots. That inning was definitely not one of those spots.
Matsui is so slow that I bet Markakis could have forced him.
Who wins in a foot race, Matsui or Molina?
Matsui, but then his knees might blow up again
Matsui.
Choice C. Unintentional comedy wins a foot race between those two.
You could take one pitch, Robbie.
Posada and Cano: pulling the ball foul.
Get it done, Swish.
That should reaading pulling the ball “fail.”
Opportunities, they have been squandered.
I suppose if A-Rod said something insulting, I’d understand the ejection. Yet on a close call, the umpire really should use his judgment and caution when it comes to tossing a player. Without know what was said, hard to determine.
aruging balls/strikes is automatic ejection. obviously they can get say something out of emotion and the ump lets it slide, but this was the next half inning, you’re going to get tossed
they cant get mad and say
It is automatic, but umps will let it slide if it’s a quick emotional reaction and doesn’t show up the ump, the hitter doesn’t toss his bat in the air, etc. As you implied, though, if he continued bitching after he walked away and for the next half inning, then the ump should have tossed him. The first I noticed it was after we came back from the break and Girardi was arguing.
Hinske at 3rd…not excited
….or comfortable. There’s a reason he was moved off of third after he came up.
Eh. 7.5 game lead halfway thru September, very excited.
You know, you’re right. Maybe it will be funny because Im not worried at all (OK, maybe a little because I love wins) about today’s game.
Agreed. Thats why this is so ridiculous
“UPDATE, 2:46 p.m.: That’s irresponsible of Alex to get tossed out there. At some point you have to let it go. Now it’s 3-3 and they don’t have their clean-up hitter.”
How could you get thrown out of the important game in september with a 7+ game lead? omg how irresponsible
yea I read it and thought it was dumb
7 game lead now. Boston already won.
PeteAbe noted that Foster is the same umpire who called Jeter out at third in July because the throw beat him, then denied it later.
So I’m guessing that A Rod and Girardi weren’t just upset about one third-strike call. They are upset because the ump is a tool.
i would not be surprised if the yankees have the largest strikezone when at the plate, and smallest zone when pitching in the entire AL. the umpires have been bad a lot of the year.
The Rays have gone from 72-60 to 72-70 in the last week and a half. Yikes.
Yes, Al, it is a sad state of baseball. Don’t sugarcoat it.
Jeter broke the Yankees hits record again!
http://twitter.com/yesmichaelkay/status/3926144675
hehe
I’m not watching, was there another standing O?
Yep, except this one was like a typical hit, for only like 30 secs.
Shouldn’t we stop and have a five minute celebration every time he sets a new record!
Let’s go, Tex.
Good swing by Johnny.
OK, Tex dont K again with runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs.
Guthrie is bringing the srs pwn to Tex right now.
Can Tex not hit a change ever?
Tex has been bringing the suck lately. Very MVP like.
Can’t hit a change up lately.
Damn…but why the fuck did he get booed?!
They’d boo A-Rod in that spot. At least they’re fair.
Third time Tex has left a man on third with less than two outs. And the sixth Yankee at bat this game where that happened. Very, very frustrating.
good to get that out the system now I guess.
Kevin Long has this all down in his notebook, don’t worry.
Is there a reason that the Yanks haven’t run on mr. I’ve thrown out only 5% of people trying to steal on me?
Same reason they don’t run on Varitek.
It’s just not sporting!
What really grinds my gears about A-Rod getting tossed is that I’m in a tight battle in the semi’s of my fantasy league, and now I lost a huge bat. PeteAbe is right, that’s totally irresponsible on A-Rod’s part.
PeteAbe hates A-Rod, so he’ll grab any opportunity to bash him.
What’s really irresponsible is left Guthrie activated on my fantasy team knowing he was facing the Yankees.
McNabb down in Philly…
Carolina! I meant.
Let the QB controversy begin!
As a Giants fan, I can only hope the Eagles decide to go with Vick. That only means good things for the rest of the NFL and when the Eagles do poorly, I am happy.
MATSUI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hinske must’ve been a student of Patches O’Hoolahan.
Hit-Deki!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE hit!
Sean Henn, I hope you implode
Sean Henn!
GODZILLA!
Also, I love reading comments (elsewhere) on how today’s game must be won by the Yankees because Boston took the first of their doubleheader. Confidence level there = 1.
Sean Henn looks as awful as ever. Zero conviction in his pitches.
YES’ sucky gun says 91 mph for his fastball….didnt he throw like 94-95 before
This baseball game has 8 total runs scored…The DEN-CIN game has 6 total points scored.
Come on Robbie!
Is it just me or does Robbie take more first pitches than he used to do?
It seems like he does to me too.
Can we start a petition to stop this smoking ads from appearing all the time? I don’t advocate smoking, but these ads are terroist attacks.
I’m sick of them too. They must be effective because they bother so many people here. I’ll sign.
Oh man, I know this game means nothing but all this stranding RISP is giving me a headache.
Al is doing a piss poor job of explaining this.
I think Kay has a foot (sock?) fetish.
Hey, first K of the evening!
Great comment by Kay: “It’s like working with Shari Lewis” when Leiter was showing the baseball and sock routine. For those of you here too young to know Shari, she starred in a show for kids in the 1950′s and used a lot of puppets.
Didn’t she do “Lambchop”?
Yes – along with Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, Black Crow and Wing Ding. Black Crow got dumped in the 1960′s during the civil rights era for obvious racial connotations.
I was born in the 80s and I know Lewis.
But then, I spent the other day marveling that someone twice my age didn’t know who Gene Kelly was. And again when someone my age didn’t know REO Speedwagon.
So sad.
It is sad but not surprising. Ignorance is everywhere.
No one is THAT young to not at least know Lamb Chop, right?
You would think.
The YES booth is so much better with a pitcher in the mix.
Definitely.
Get a DP CC
Aite Cap’n!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok
Damn Salty, I want you calling games behind the plate for the Yanks.
Nice DP.
I think Cano’s turn was even more impressive. He’s got to have the strongest arm of any second baseman.
7 innings, 3 runs? I’ll take it.
and only one strikeout means he didn’t have his A stuff. very nice
yea and it should be 2 if not for Damon
he pitched better than the other guys. that is all that matters to get that win.
Should be two runs, but Damon can’t count.
It’s just Johnny being Johnny.
Maybe it’s just me but I think Kate Smith’s voice is atrocious. It would be great if we could get Ronan to do it every game. His voice is unbelievable.
WOW, Orton FAIL!!!! Holds on to the ball to long and gets sacked to take the Broncos out of FG range in the 4th with 6 and a half mins left. McDaniels is fuming at him now.
+98 (Odom and his 2 sacks
)
Im hoping the defense can hold on. Im skeptical because of the defense from last year but maybe we get lucky again. The D has played pretty well today and also has been lucky.