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Game 158 Spillover Thread
ByWin and bring the magic number down to … uh … -3?
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-5 actually.
-1 after Sunday, -3 after Monday.
I’ll ask again:
Who loves the sound of his own voice more: Kay or Flash?
Kay by far, Flash almost sounds like wishes he didn’t have to speak.
If Kay winds up dead, suspect #1 is Flash.
hahaha, yea and the 10 million Yankee fans nationwide are suspect #2.
Kay.
Kay. No one loves themself or their voice more than him.
5-4 tigers!
cmon twins
verlander still pitching after 125 pitches
Nothing better than seeing Verlander throw 125 pitches as the Tigers try to make the playoffs.
Leyland could be paying for leaving Verlander in to start the 8th….
jeterian!
Why does Pena have the green light on 3-0 and 3-1?
Juan Cruz has an odd Gameday pic . . . remember when everyone wanted him? Yikes.
lol it looks like a school picture.
Jeter and Cano fucking rule.
Juan Cruz and Edwar look related. They both look like they could be 70-year olds.
I feel obligated to point this out: Justin Verlander does not line up to start Game One of the ALCS.
They’d have to skip his next start, which they most likely won’t be able to do because they’ll need a win.
You mean alds
Yeah, ALDS. My bad.
Damn. Short series it is.
If they hold on tonight and win one of the next two, there’s a good chance they could skip him. Up 2 with 3 to play.
jim leyland is a fool in my book. The guy throws 128/129 pitches tonight. Why? He could’ve easily been out after 7IP. The guy is still a younger pitcher and he could suffer from dead arm in the playoffs.
Tonight’s management of verlander was down right “Dusty Bakerian”
He can’t smoke during the game so he’s all anxious and out of his head. He just wants to finish the game so he can have a smoke break.
wow i cant believe Juan Cruz been that horrible this year i wanted the yanks to get him.
cmon damon
you can’t just stare at that shit
Johnny hasn’t had a homer since Aug 30.
Johnny is slugging about 300 this month.
Oh Johnny … too close to take.
Damon has looked terrible of late.
Verlander pitch #128–98 mph
he also gave up 2 runs, so does it really matter what his velocity was?
in that inning
Wow. Damon is definitely slumpin these days. I’d like to see his bat get back on track by the time the playoffs start.
I have a feeling if Detroit wins the series they’ll be gassed whereas the Twins will be stoked. Maybe we want to root for the Tigers
I learned long ago (2006? 2007?) not to root for a team to face in the playoffs.
That said, I’d rather see the Twins, I think. Verlander has the ability to win two games in an ALDS by himself, while no one on the Twins looms in a similar manner.
Of course, the Tigers have a weaker lineup and arsonists in the bullpen.
Hey! A Robertson sighting!
Granderson homers – 6-4 Tigers
K-Rob! Woo! Let’s go, Dave.
“They’re switching pitchers so you know they want to win this game.”
Kay, Robertson was going to pitch no matter what.
Don’t fight it. Just go with it…
We need to get Damon going for the playoffs… he’s been awful lately.
He’s one streaky player.
Where’s Farnsy?
i’m pretty sure he got injured a while back and is out for the season
Backyard wrestling with Shelley Duncan.
Speaking of Farnsy, I never cared for him much as a player but I felt really really bad when he found out he was traded and started crying. I was actually surprised at how bad I felt.
Oh well.
The whole thing was just sad all around.
Pickin’ up where he left off.
On Gameday — missing in with the curve?
yeah he’s missin by a bit with that curve ball
the fastball is working
C-Grand with 30 HR’s on the year and he’s only got 10 at Comerica.
Swisherian
Don’t call him that!
/Jamal G’d
heh, I didn’t get that at all…
AJ has to be careful with him at YS, but he cant hit LHP at all so he wont be a factor
Yeah I know his L/R splits are insane. Plus he’s 0-8 vs AP and almost as bad vs CC.
great K for D-rob
get that confidence back
I like Bryan Peña i seen him a lot in winter ball and he impressed me.
His nickname is The Cuban Ichiro.
That could be a great drink. Saki and rum?
D-Rob looks really good.
Good pick, Tex.
great pick there Teix
Pedro put up a low-2 or lower ERA in six of his seven seasons with Boston.
During the ‘steriod era’ in the AL East. Amazing. OPS+ numbers are insane
Pedro was just incredible during his time with Boston.
what he did in 99-00 was the greatest feat ever by a pitcher
two full seasons of a combined
41-10, 1.90 (265 ERA+), 0.830 WHIP, and 597 Ks to just 69 walks (8.65 K/BB)
heck, he had a WHIP under 1 for his entire Boston tenure
2000 = best pitching season ever. I say this all the time and I will keep doing it.
Ehhhh, maybe.
Maddux 94-95?
Gibson 68?
Gooden 85?
Clemens 97?
Those guys all had similar years, but with more innings. And while ERA+ is era-adjusted, it’s a lot easier to post a 200 ERA+ when lgavg is 4.50 than it is when lgavg is 3.00. Not to mention, since ERA+ is multiplied, the difference between Pedro and those guys is often just a few earned runs.
1978 ron guidry
Even if CC gets 20 wins, he does not deserve the Cy Young. Preposterous.
damn drob, almost had a good chance there
19 pitches for K-Rob = Success.
Next step should be throwing more curves. He only threw a couple today, and they didn’t look sharp.
cmob bruney, you got this
Nasty Bru. Nasty.
thanks for those favorable calls, ump!
Ump is in a rush, I’ll take it.
Bruney working with what the umpire was giving. I like it.
I’ll take 96, 97 on the black every time
Can we put the Good Bruney on the postseason roster, and leave off the Bad Bruney?
Cmon Yanks. I want a comeback tonight. I just lost my phone which I bought last week so Im pissed.
Insurance?
I dont know if my dad got it for me yet or not
If you bought it with a credit card, it may be covered. For instance American Express covers purchases for 90 days against theft, accidents, and I think getting lost. You should look into it.
Which one you get?
I got a Blackberry Tour about 2 weeks ago. Took a little getting used to, but so far so good.
Iphone, the new one (its was cheap because I got it from my friend). I still have my old one though.
I just need a keypad, I use it for work and home.
Wish the Tour had a bigger screen, but other than that I like it.
Sox are only down 8-7 now. They don’t want to wait til the Ranger game is over to celebrate I guess.
granderson fail
cmon a-rod!
cmon twins!
6-5!
ball 4 there Tex…cmon A-rod
We need robot umpires! The call benefited the Yankees? Oh well, in that case umpires add charm to the game.
I realize you’re being facetious, but we really should have robots.
Toronto’s coughing it up.
I was hoping to see Boston celebrate clinching the WC after a loss like the second rate club they are.
5-6 Twins! Bottom 9th, 2 outs, man on second.
Shit change Twins to Tigers.
ANNND…they lose.
haha Granderson misplayed a Nick Punto fly ball into an RBI double, too bad Span flied out to end the game
Holy shit. Cruz makes Edwar look like a goddamn body builder.
They’re both AARP card members. It’s about maintaining muscle at that age, not gaining any.
Speaking of gaining muscle, have you heard Chuck Knoblach was arrested for beating his common wife?
Yeah, I just read that on Deadspin.
I feel that whenever “common-law wife” is in a news story, it’s going to be messy.
WTF happened to Juan Cruz? Velo’s down, no life…
looks like he lost 20 lbs.
talk about being abused…verlander had to throw 129 pitches and rodney still almost blew it.
Fuck, Minny lost.
Oh well, I didn’t expect them to beat Verlander anyway, and they gave him all he could handle.
Oh and maybe…just maybe he isn’t hittable.
i think u meant he is hittable or isnt unhittable but not the combo u chose. haha.
He’s got the CC problem, he’s trying to single handedly carry his team on his back, which is dangerous for a power pitcher who challenges hitters.
They can still leave town tied for 1st. Tomorrow is Pavano vs Bonine and Thursday is Baker vs Robertson. They can and should win both of those games.
I’m hoping for a play-in game. Force the Tigers to use Verlander, and then he can’t pitch more than once against us (if we take the short series). Or we face the Twins, who we own. Either way, I’m happy.
So if the Yankees lose this game:
Over/Under: 2.5 articles saying, essentially, “If the Yankees can’t hit Lerew in a meaningless game, how are they going to hit (team ace here) in the playoffs.”
I’m taking the just under.
Ball four looked like a strike. Price of being wild, Mr. Cruz.
Yeah, I’d call that a strike.
Phil Hughes looks like a cop. Yikes.
It’s Phil Hughes Mall Cop.
. . . in a cheesy 70s movie where some busty babe says “But officer, can’t we work this out?” and proceeds to slobber all over his knob.
BTW-Best thing about 70s porn? All natural women.
Phil Holmes?
*ding*ding*ding
We have a new nickname.
lmao, thats good
What? I bet A-rod could have stolen a base better than Jerry.
Oh well, this is meaningless and I guess girardi wants to see if Jerry can steal or not.
I think Joe is just playing it safe.
That mustache is awful. Sorry Phil.
I’m not. Fuck.
You’re a mustache???
+65
I remember Juan Cruz throwing 96-97 wow he really lost velocity.
AYYY! Farnsay!
OMG please bring in Farnsworth.
oh wow
i thought farnsworth was out for the year??
i guess not!
Hahaha, Matsui has to run halfway to the wall in RF to come to a stop.
i noticed that too, lol
Ah cmon Matsui, you gotta make him throw more strikes.
PapelDick would nail Lind with a fastball so he can’t try to get a 4th home run.
Just when you think he can’t get more douchey, he manages to out-douche himself.
I can’t believe his wife is that hot. He should be on hotchickswithdouchebags.com
hughes needs to shave that shit unless he is going for the 70′s pornstar look.
Dela–I thought you said Farny was out for the year?
yeah thats what i had read back in july!
i guess he healed up just fine
Must have been a sale at Pearl Vision or something.
I Noe Farnsworth suck but he was really cool the times i talked to him at a game he gave me a ball and den he signed it my first ever autograph.
What is it now, Cervelli-Pena-Gardner vs Soria?
Wheeeee…
No hitting tonight. Ah well. I’m happy AJ and D-Rob were solid and no one has been injured. That’s really all that matters.
OK, does anyone get pie tonight? I hope so unless of course Farnsworth K’s the side
Soria is gonna come in
never mind ur right Kyle coming in
damn it bruney
i thought you said you were a changed man?
ah cmon Bruney, you cant walk him after being ahead.
Hairston, FTW!
Hairston with the pwn.
niceee
Hairston with the brilliant move!!!
You know he did that on purpose, you know it
Never mind he actually did
Wow, Bruney’s slider was not doing whatever it’s supposed to do.
Nice job by Hairston letting it drop.
haha that was pretty awesome.
Anderson was hanging out with Phil Coke before the game.
Hairston Jr. is money.
good job getting out of that bruney
we’ll need jesus to come back here with that order of the lineup batting
Bruney just fucking painting. Me like.
I new Michael Kay was gonna say who wants pie.
If they get a walk off, will Burnett pie someone?
Coke’s wife.
Coke is married?
I have no idea.
I’m still not sure how I feel about Bruney, but multiple Ks helps.
Still no good looks from the slider, though.
OMG it’s Farnsworth.
He must be so miserable in Kansas City.
FARNSAYYYY!!
I’m starting to like that Hughes stache in the same way I liked Giambi’s.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com.....1a.jpg?v=0
As long as there’s no thong to go with it
FARNSY!!
Player of the game: shitty pitcher, fielding ninja.
Holy shit, a Farnsworth save attempt? Let me guess, nine swinging strikes in a row?
That guy was better than Greg Maddux out there.
KRAZY KYLE!!!
Farns is either gonna k the side on 9 or 10 pitches or give up the lead. There is no in between.
farnsy!
Kyle . . . . Farnsy??
(licks chops)
walk then steal then bunt coming.
Why does Kay give W/L numbers for relievers?
gardner… really?
C’mon man. The shit was right down the middle.
Oh how I wish that Brett Gardner was a major league hitter.
Bad day for gardner
KC = Kyle, Crazy
That was literally down the middle of the plate. People really think Gardner should be a starting player? Have they seen his at-bats?
Who’s ready for a Cervelli sprint round the bases!
I’ll take that!
damn, farnsworth still has the 98!
Cervelli wanted to tie it with that swing.
99mph
farnsworth fail!!
cmon yanks!
I can has Hinske walk off?
Ah, Farnsy. Ghosts!
Wait, he’s facing Pena. Shit.
pinch run freddy?
nevermind.
he already came in.
already did.
Can’t.
Farnsy, Farnsy, Farnsy. Tisk tisk.
wow Cervelli look like Tony Batista running down the line.
Woohoo, nice job Cervelli. Cmon Hinske, walk-off 2 run shot…no DP
What’s with all this movement on Farnsy’s FB?
RUN FRANKY!!
Hinske!!
Fuck yeah!
KC = Kyle Can’t
This looks familiar.
niceeeeeeeee
Even Cano knows to take against Farns.
It’s sad, really.
Did I just hear a “Ky-le Farns-worth clap clap clapclapclap” chant?
Yay, Boston loses.
Robbie needs some pie.
LOL Cano pinch-hitting in a clutch situation, who would have thought of that?
I thought it was his night off to laugh on the bench with Melky (that’s what Girardi said).
its not a pinch hit…he came in last inning on D.
yay boston lost
CANO DELIVERS THE TYING RUN!
FUCK YEAH!
Thought Robbie just won it. So it goes, I’ll take the tie and chance for more.
ROBBIE!!!! WOOT!
damm i though that was goneeeeeee.
Cano with the huge sac fly. He really hit that well.
Damn, Robbie tagged that. Anywhere else in the park and that shit’s gone.
<3 Farnsworth
lolz
Ah, the Royals. Comical!
look at those wheels by hinskie.
HINSKE WITH TEH HUSTLE!!
WHOOOHOO!!!
hahaha wow!
WHAT THE FUCK HINSKE???
They’re really trying to end this game quickly.
Hinske wheels
Hinske going 1st to 3rd on the SB attempt made my night.
i was certain he would be meat at 3rd. awful slide into 3rd but even worse throw.
come on johnny we need a single.
ugh never mind there gonna walk u.
Chico’s Bail Bonds Bears….losing to the Yankees. It’s an age old story.
Hinske would have been out if Gordon had any fine motor skills.
MIRANDA CRUSHHHH
Eric Hinske=Jackie Robinson.
ok miranda, you gotta make em pay for walking damon here
fansworth for the loss
Jorge plz
Ah I guess not.. It’s all good. Come on Juan-Da!
Pitching out in case Hinske steals home? Or the oddest looking IBB ever?
This is some funny shit.
Cmon Miranda…get some pie
pinch hit jorge just to stick it to them for that.
Moon shot, I’m calling it.
Miranda show your future team what you’re made of!
IETC
The Yankees either win it or we go into extra innings. He’s brilliant.
it would fit that we beat Farnesworth !!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH POOORRR FARNSYY
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
GIVE HIM SOME PIE
HAHAHAHAHA Farny FTL.
YANKEES WIN!!
HOLY SHIT@!!!
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
PIE!
CUBA RULES!
FUCK YEAH
Thanks Kyle.
I felt bad when he was traded, but now I’m good.
yeaaaaaa bitchesssssssssssssssss
180M in the offseason, 1 billion for the new stadium…farnesworth’s face: priceless
They read KC their Miranda rights.
Patent Pending: John Sterling.
F him. I thought of it.
God, that’s painful.
Painful in the bacon-wrapped cheese balls sort of way.
Oh Kyle how I don’t miss you in situations like these
Melky almost ran over Farnsworth.
I remember when I used to get mad at Kyle Farnsworth for blowing the lead all the time…
Thank you Kyle, I can always count on you.
I Fucking HATE having to listen to games on the radio I wanna see the celebration SOOOOOOOOO BAD
You’ve got about a week.
O shit, very true, good call man.
Damm they were beating the shyt out of Miranda
ROFL! Finally Krazy Kyle wins one for the Yanks.
great for miranda
Cervelli freaking tackled him.
hehe
ha
hahaha
seriously.
we won again
wtf is even going on
Farnsworth=FAIL.
Failsworth?
Talk about a stereotypical Farnsworth inning… I thought Cano had a homer on the sac fly.
Failsworth, hahaha….good one.
I freaking love this team.
I seriously can’t believe that just happened. Wow.
How can u not, Farnsworth was on the mound, you knew shit was gonna happen.
Pie for Farnsworth!!
man this is fucking awesome
the z- lineup kids beat the royals in the 9th
i just love how it basically took us removing all starters to win. i guess the royals can only reach their true potential of suckitude while playing players of their own caliber.
I am now CONVINCED that this season is all about symmetry and that the Twins will win the Central and the Dodgers will win the NL pennant.
Clinch at home against Sox: CHECK
Beat Farnsworth: CHECK
Beat Pavano: ???
Beat Torre: ???
I think you might be on to something here…
imagine if melky ran into farnsy and they called him for interference.
i was thinking the same thing.
WOulda been the coolest interference ever.
my fantasy league exploded today, but w/e! ill take the bucholz explosion.
I like how Melky’s sprinting out of the dugout before Miranda crosses the base. Heh.
From yesmichaelkay Hey fans! http://tinyurl.com/yhfsy9p
Magic number is now at -5
Every homestand except one had at least one walk-off
And they just showed them all on YES.
That is INSANE.
Hey fans! I’m so excited right now! I have had a Miranda rights catchphrase in the bank for years!
bucholz gave up 5 HRS?? lol omg!
Luis Castillo helps out lol
In all seriousness, that was the most unlucky inning on Earth for Krazy Klye.
-Cervelli’s single takes a crazy hop off the mound
-Hinske’s hit would have been an out if the 1B wasn’t holding the runner
-Damon intentionally walked
-Miranda’s hit kareemed off Kyle’s leg.
Not to mention slow as shit Hinske successfully steals 2nd and the throw goes into the outfield.
And he should have been out at 3rd if Gordon catches it.
No no no! Didn’t you hear Flaherty? Hinske is ‘deceptively fast for such a big guy’
Murphy’s Law-type stuff.
Completely. I actually feel bad for Kyle, he did almost nothing wrong. He got what should have been at least 4 outs that inning.
actually, after watching him for so long, this is about typical for kyle
Yeah, bad luck seems to follow him. And he’s his own worst enemy at times.
Could be the fact that he’s such a hard thrower, that balls get hit hard off of him and crazy shit happens.
I found it odd that his fastball was moving so much tonight. 2 seamer was darting all over at 94
Yeah, I noticed.
BTW-I forgot the bad throw that allowed Hinske to go to Third.
102nd win just as good as the 1st. Shit’s good.
Hoping for 105, that will be the 2nd most since the great 1961 team won 109.
1998 team won 114
By the way, forget Miranda almost running into Farnsworth for interference, freakin’ Melky almost kicked him as he ran by (before Farns even had the ball) to get to Miranda!
I’m not sure Miranda wouldn’t have been called for interference. Wouldn’t that be Farnsworth’s fault?
hahaha on BT gammons was mumbling about something and ravech was like, “Uh, what?”
He was Mumbling those damn Yankees.
;D
2 wins away from the 2nd most wins in the Steinbrenner era
First most in the HAL Steinbrenner era.
True story
Holy cow – Waldman on the radio – “You wonder where Soria was. No offense to Farnsworth, but you could see that one coming”
The truth hurts…..
He threw 46 pitches 2 days ago.
*Soria that is.
I don’t expect Waldman to factor facts into her ramblings…
That’s nice. Yanks miss Greinke for the series, and didn’t have to face Soria in the 9th tonight.
Girardi is so much better with the media this year. I mean a 180. In fact, outside of some occasionally stupid NL-type play, and a few bullpen flares here and there, Girardi has improved a lot as a manager this year. He’s done a great job. I never thought I’d say that in April.
Looks like the sox will back into their playoff spot. hah sucks for them.
Man, this team is magical. It’s like they’re hiding walk offs in their butts and pulling it out when they need one. They won’t give the Kansas City friggin Royals a break.
It’s okay. The Royals know they suck.
I feel bad for them….
wait no I don’t, it is their own fault they suck
gotta love the walk offS!!!!!!!!
Just saw Mauer’s catch. Um, how is it a catch if the ball hits the netting? That’s tantamount to catching a ball after it hits the wall. Am I misremembering(RC’d) or is that by rule not a catch?