Oct
22
ALCS Game Five Spillover Thread IV
ByThe Yankees will bring the tying run to the plate in this game.
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9 outs left. make ‘em count
/don baylor in game 5 in 1986 alcs’d
tommie, your comment about CC’s tat.
Agreed.
80 pitches for AJ, 85 for Lackey.
AJ RUNS = 4
LACKEY = 0
just saying
If AJ had 4 runs we’d be winning.
Thanks for that, I had no idea what the score was.
RUNS LET UP.. YOU KNEW WHAT I WAS GETTING AT
MY point is who cares how pitches they have thrown?
MY point is who cares how pitches they have thrown?
I do. An increasing pitch count for Lackey increases the chances that the score does not remain 4-0 for long.
i honestly dont think the pitch count is mattering. unless he gets lit up this inning and forces his way out, he’ll most likely be out for the 8th.
Based on his pitch count, right?
i dont see him getting pulled at 100 or whatever. think of it if the series was flipped around and CC was on the mound.
I’ll do you one better.
The Yankees will win this game.
Lackey’s at 85… let’s not let him finish this inning…
I’ll speak in hypotheticals so I don’t piss-off any superstitious people…
If the Yankees were to play another series this postseason, does tonight’s AJ/Posada pairing mean we can start Posada with AJ instead of starting Molina once, and probably twice in that hypothetical next series? Especially since that second hypothetical AJ start would occur in an NL ballpark? kthxbai
(Forgive me if this sentiment has already been expressed by someone(s) else, I haven’t been watching the game threads tonight.)
In game 2 of the WS I think Jorge will catch AJ.
I agree. I think this game ends the experiment.
I think your face is an experiment.
It is. An experiment in stimulating the female sex drive.
It’s a smashing success.
(Forgive me if this sentiment has already been expressed by someone(s) else, I haven’t been watching the game threads tonight.)
You don’t want too.
And to answer your question I really hope they do and I don’t think the Yankees are stupid enough to do this after witnessing this event so hopefully Jorge starts from now on forever.
You can’t afford Molina against Philly. They score too many runs
Yea, we hit the ball well in the last inning, lets hope we get to him in this one.
I was waiting for this comment, I love it.
They should have different commentators do each of the series and then only the best make it to the next round.
+1
That rock jumper is the spark we needed.
Guys, you’re right.
Radiohead isn’t emo. But their music does constantly put me in the mood to end it all. Albeit, with talent and artistry.
Yeah, man. Smiths or Joy Division or something would have been more emo but also semi-cool.
they put me in a mood to drift through a multidimensional tapestry of all that is beautiful – tragic, triumphant, or trivial.
Did McCarver call Andorra and island, when its actually the opposite
In his heart, he believes it’s an island.
is this the one where we score?
One can hope.
Hopefully this thread has no rampant homophobia in it.
Gay is not a synonym for bad. Please stop with that shit, all of you who are using it that way, regardless of your own personal views on homosexuality, whatever they may be.
Co-sign. Time to grow up, people.
Yeah, it’s bad habit that should be broke at some point. But I don’t believe there’s any literal intent behind it.
I don’t care about the intent behind it, which is why I said it doesn’t matter what your views on homosexuality are.
It’s a disgusting false epithet, and it needs to be removed from our vernacular.
+ 27
Thank you for this, TSJC. You da man.
Do you really think people use it in that way? Thinking of an actual homosexual person as they say it? Or is it just an insensitive remark, intended to mean ‘weak’ without anything else behind it. Like ‘sissy’ or ‘fag’. Kids say that stuff all the time, and have no idea what any of it means.
That’s not an excuse. It’s still insulting to gay people, and frankly, you don’t have to be gay to be insulted by it any more than you have to be African American/Jewish/Asian/[insert ethnic group here] to be insulted by people using racial/ethnic slurs.
Irrelevant.
Emphatically agreed. No need to hate on anyone. Other than the Red Sux and Mets, of course.
where did Swisher from regular season go?
Same place Tex went.
They’ll both be back, don’t worry.
Dear God, Swisher
ahdsghdsjgadfg
Swisher didn’t get his hands in fast enough and got it off the inside of the bat.
No scoring here makes it awfully tough to win this game.
Any chance Swisher gets benched in favor of Cody Ransom?
swisher cant get out of his own way
I would like to see the yankees just threaten to score
Does getting a man in scoring position count? We all know we won’t get a hit with a runner there, but still, that’s threatening, right?
YOU know that.
The rest of us know otherwise, because we remember history accurately.
Leche!!!
let’s go Leche!!!
How long till Melky grabs some bench?
/Tony’d
Is it insane to bench Swisher the next game and play Gardner? I can’t take him anymore. We still have Guzman to pinch run.
there you go Melk…come oh Jorge and Jete.
Leche!
Melky is on fire. At least someone is.
A-Rod says hello.
Yeah. That too.
and Jeter
Ok Jorge — here we go…
Gay is not a synonym for bad. Please stop with that shit, all of you who are using it that way, regardless of your own personal views on homosexuality, whatever they may be.
I have nothing to add. I just want to say this louder so everyone could here it again. You know what? I’ll repeat it again:
Gay is not a synonym for bad. Please stop with that shit, all of you who are using it that way, regardless of your own personal views on homosexuality, whatever they may be.
oh my god. we actually got a ball past morales.
Where did April Melky come from…maybe he is somehow better when its cold.
Melky needs to get moved up the lineup.
Melky ripping.
melky haters aint got nothing!
That’s right, Melky! He’s been very good today.
Melky is the one who has come to play this series along with AROD and CC
Jeter?
Melky came to play.
Angles halo blog thinking:
The only reason we won was because there is a Yankees and media conspiracy to get higher ratings on Saturday night.
CLUTCH CABRERA!
Melky, you score a run here and I will do that thing you mentioned after the cycle.
lmfao… i’ll pass… he’ll have to score at least four times for me to even begin to consideringn it…
Well, we have different interests.
Coming into this series everyone talked about the LAA pen and how they are not as good. Lackey will be done after this inning let’s get one or two and then beat Fuentes to go to the Fall Class Yankee Style
Melky showed up
charlespoet says:
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
watching a fastball or chasing a curve?
Mister Delaware says:
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Ha. You suck. It was a walk. You didn’t expect a walk, but there it was.
Ahh, man, that is just cold. Funny but cold and wrong.
you know how a butterfly flapping its wings results in a storm accross the pacific> By similair application of chaos theory I have deduced that an angels fan swimming in the stadium pond will result in a 5 run yankee 7th.
If only Angels fans were half this intelligent in their blogging…
I looked up and there was not a full count on Swisher
come on yankees
It is actually rather amazing we are 6-1 in the postseason given how horrific Swish, Cano and Tex have been at the plate. I like Swish, but crikey, he couldn’t hit a slowpitch softball right now.
Matsui too..except that one HR..
he could at least work a walk or even a deep count at this point
We need Melky up at the plate when there are people on base.
That would require Matsui and Cano to be productive.
Yeah. It is possible though.
Base hit?????? Please?
Melky is our third best hitter. That’s how bad the offense is right now.
Nope.
That could be construed as a good thing, the rest of the offense will get going
Jeff Mathis is their best–what does that say about the Angels?
small samples, thats what
Even when Melky does good, people find ways to slight his success. Though, this is Brazilian Yankee so I will temper my disappointment.
c’mon posada!
It looks like their starting to lay off that pitch
4 balls to Jorge, two called strikes. I hate umps.
lets start with one run, we’ll go from there Jorge
I would actually start garnder over Swisher
Who?
His name is Bret Garnder>>>>>>
G-A-R-D-N-E-R
I think his name is Bert Grander.
Thats what I said
Garnder!
Wow you guys are spell checkers now
Admit it, you guys love you some Melky now.
Wow, Jorge laying off the breaking ball. I’m impressed. Can he do it for one more pitch?
Of all places in the world I like the fewest % of people I meet from SoCal. Even Bahston’s better as long as they’re getting all self-righteous on baseball or politics. Minnesotans are generally annoying too.
no way. it’s Boston by a mile. The worse thing would be a SoCal resident who is a Red Soz fan.
7th inning adjustments!
Lacky will die with the curveball. i like the sound of the that. Best thing Mcarver has said all series.
How long before Swish realizes pitchers have him on a no fastball diet? He’s gotta have hit a curveball at some point in his life.
Lets a get walk Jorgie..as good as hit..
Fuck you Lackey. Stop your crying you little bitch.
Aww Lackey, bitch and moan my man. Make my day, make my day!
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. How was that not a strike?
it was down and in
Toss him
oliver for damon and teix…jepsen for a-rod?
they should toss lackey for that.
stfu Lacky..
This ump is terrible. That curve was outside.
Wow, that looked like a strike
It wasn’t, though.
Shouldn’t Lackey being thrown out? He can’t show up an umpire like that.
Biff is pissed. I think that was a strike, actually.
It was close, but it was low.
Looked like it was at the knees.
well that was close huh
lackey being a BIOTCH like usual
lol lackey can’t believe that bullshit strike zone finally came back to bite him in tha ass?
suck a knob lackey
Teix just said “Shut Up Lackey”
bullpen call…get the walk
About time we got a call — what a baby Lackey is
i’m slightly aroused
Ump only knows how to call outside strike 3s.
lackey is such a douche i cant stand him
ekans!
Lackey has Redsox oozing out of his pu….. okay, I won;t got here. But really, he’s the perfect bitch whiner red sox.
eh, that’s full of errors but ya’ll know what it is.
Zip it Lackey, that was low. Good call.
Oh STFU Lackey.
Make up call for Damon getting banged out? Haha.
Oh shut up Lackey and Angels and their fans
first pitch lackey DOESNT get and he goes all emo ROFL
Oh I KNOW John Lackey isn’t complaining about the strike zone, right?
(Am I way off? I thought he got a bunch of calls tonight. Has Gameday said otherwise?)
I don’t have Gameday but it seemed like he’s been VERY liberal with the outside strike.
terrible call. halo heaven server just exploded
let’s go captain
Momentum changer!
That was a strike. LOL
Is it just me or do the Angels whine about every em effing call with no regard to score/situation?
No it’s not just you.
See: Aybar.
FIST IT JETER.
About fucking time…
I just slaughtered a monkey in my yard for luck
Lacky and Youkilis well make quite a whining tandem..
c’mon jetes
he just lost the zone…this is getting interesting…
captain clutch LETS GO.
Okay, I just got into a mild altercation and scarfed down alot of quesidilla. If thats what it takes to win this game, I will punch my friend in the face right now and gobble more quesidilla!
I thought it was low.
Lackey looks rattled.
And thus begins the unraveling…
lackey is done…oliver will pitch to damon.
ok lets go. time to make it happen
Mike was right!!
Lackey is RATTLED.
THE TYING RUN IS AT THE PLATE!
floodgates bending against the pressure…
good job jeter
let’s go damon
Alright offense don’t let lacky out of here without giving up a run.
Tying run steps to the plate!
Oh shit!
Can we get some Damon post-season magic?
We’re back, baby! Credit goes to the optimism at RAB.
It’s not optimism. It’s historical memory.
The two are intertwined.
c’mon johnny
and the tying run comes up….
He’s rattled!
this is our best chance guys..lets do it..lets go Johnny
Wow. Getting interesting here.
C’mon Damon!
What did I say in the post? What did I say?
You’re welcome.
Lackey is rattled. I’m loving it
Uuuuge moment.
Hey Mike your right after all.
Fuck I kinda wanted Oliver against Damon.
grady little 2.0?
If Damon goes Yatzee here sign him for 2010 after the game
The prophesy of this thread has come true
Time to atone for the GS in 04 Johnny..
axisa you’re a genius.
axisa strikes again
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THIS RAB THREAD!
Whats wrong with me- why can’t I hate Lackey? That was a strike but he got a couple borderline calls earlier, and Damon was robbed of a hit at 1B too. Lets go Damon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s GO
Make him work Johnny. Force him to throw you a fastball down the middle. Fuck the curve.
I’m first-guessing Scioscia here…
Don’t let this bitch off!!!
lackey is completely unflappable
/msm’d
Every curve is a good one according to Joe Buck. Even the hangers.
Damnit
ill tip my hat to Lackey, his curve has been damn good tongiht
Yup.
He’s lost it now, though.
that curve was rediculous tonight, but he had nothing from it in game 1
Son of a fucking bitch.
Dang Johnny
damn damn damn damn damn
OH SHIT THAT WAS ALMOST A HUGE FUCKUP LECHE
fuck that was close melky
cmon tex
please come through
Great job Johnny. Great fucking job. Number 2 and 3 hitter are worse than Cody Ransom.
STFU.
Holy fucking shit, all you do is bitch. If you don’t like it, you can just get out!
/South Park
Mike, don’t drive yourself nuts. Just skip over posts like that. We don’t want this place to turn into LoHud.
No, they’re not. Stop with your overreaction.
They’re struggling badly. But they’re still good hitters. Ransom would struggle even worse, and there’d be no hope of him snapping out of it.
Go away. No one wants to hear that stuff. We are all Yankees fans, we are all watching the game, we are all frustrated. But no one want s to read that. It adds nothing.
But they don’t have the vertical jump capabilities of Handsome Ransom!!
come on 1 fucking run
Come on big Teix.
That would have been game over right there
the curveball called for a strike was outside
I wanna slap that woman in glasses behind 3rd….
she was shaking her head as if that was a blown call.
“Are you shitting me, this is mine”
time for teix to fucking step up.
Make your mark Tex!
oliver to face teix? lol?
fuckniggershitcuntbitch
Goodnight, sweet prince.
To be fair, he didn’t make any offensive homosexual remarks in this comment. Everything else? Yeah…
Unbelievable. You must be a child.
wow.
later
This moment will forever define Tex’s Yankee career.
That may, or may not, be hyperbole.
this moment will make him a true yankee!!
[/idiots & ESPN
whatever he does if he gets A-rod happy this inning we will all be happy.
depends–anything in between a strikeout and a home run wont
It will if he bangs Oliver…
TEH TEX
Career defining…check.
damn, lackey was very angry
he said “are you shitting me?”
wow
awesome lip reading
“this is mine!”
Ok Tex time to come out of your little slump in a HUGE way.
Tex, even a single is good here. Love a GS here but that will be too much to ask.
Good I love a match up of Oliver Vs. Tex.
I’d like a good vibration from Marky-Mark here.
Dont bring in Oliver to face Damon but bring him in to face Tex????
Come’on Tex..this will make up for the whole fucked up postseaon u r having..
Oliver is a steaming pile of dog poo. Let’s go Tex, you buried the Angels in January now bury them in October
One. Swing.
Tex has a fine opportunity here to make everyone in the universe forget that he’s been slumping.
Hm, anyone care to remind me what happened the last time Tex batted right handed this playoffs?
Walk off HR.
Just a guess.
saunders is a lefty…
he did it yesterday against kazmir and had a single
Looks like lackey knows how terrible his pen is. “Are you shiting me? This is mine!”
come on Tex you’re due for one!
Earn your Pinstripes moment…
“Are you shitting me? This is mine”
LOL
are you shitting me? this is mine
Tex = .667/.750/.667 vs. Oliver in 4 PAs.
Those numbers just went UP
C’MON TEX, IT’S TIME!!!!!!!
Text message?
let’s do this shit.
Damn. Good move by Scioscia.
Right now, I can almost hallucinate the 880 Yankee theme song.
Thank God for making me a Yankee fan.
need a teix message here so bad
damn, should’ve named this thread “yankees will take this lead this inning..”
OH MY GOODNESS.
MARKY T FUCK YES!!
4-3!!
FUCK YEA
TEIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes gapper yes
Holla!
TEIXEIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Hell yeah Tex!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
THAT A BOY TEX
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
TEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK MOTHERFUCKING YES
YEESSSSSSSSS!!!!
WE GOT A GAME MOTHERFUCKAS!!!!!!!
TEX!!!!!!
hell ya.
FUCKING DUE!!!!!!CAPSLOCKPARTAY!!!
Tex you are a Yankee, aren’t ya?
WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oh..my prince oh….
Great producing Fox…
this is the SHIT BIZNATCHES!!!!
TEIXEIRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARK TEIXEIRA WE LOVE YOU LIKE FAT KID LOVE CAKE.
boo … YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa
ladies and gentlemen, the 2009 new york yankees. and guess who’s up
What up baby!
FUCKING. YES.
OMG TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH so happy to possibly have to eat my words, shoe, foot, and all the shit people here want to dish.
We’re cool.
HELLLOOO OLiver
Umm, FINALLY
FUCK YOU HATERS FUCKING LEAAAAVVVVEEEE!
Look at yourselves. Look how foolish you all look now. You know who you are.
TEX BABY!!!!!
HUUUUUUUUGE!!!!!!!
And Teix wastes NO time coming through. And look who’s up. I love this team
Tex message confirmed. The angels will be charged for it.
How you like Jetere going 1st to home?
That’s Angelesque!!!
/FOX’d
YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and we are back in the game!!!!
Oh, shit’s on like Donkey Kong now.
Slumping Matsui = no protection for A-Rod
Nevermind
Ya’ll should quit the optimism.
/Charlie’d
i love how they are IBB’ing a-rod
deathly afraid of a-rod
I don’t get it… Why are they walking the most unclutch player in the history of baseball?
LET LACKEY PITCH TO DAMON
BRING IN OLIVER FOR TEIX
WTF? LOL SCIOSCIA
And now…it’ll be Matsui’s moment…
come on matsui its your turn to come up HUGE lets go Hideki
argh ibbs are so gay
/last thread’d
Tex comes through!
Fear-Rod
Can we get some Godzilla magic?
come on boys!
Alright Tex, way to step up there buddy!
Hideki, it’s your time now. Let’s break this slide and get the bases-tying hit.
Cmon Matsui… basehit.
all haters please leave..leave right now..
So does soscia get second guessed for that?
this thread will not be stopped
Time to shine Matsui!
Come on, Hideki. Bring those boys home.
I don’t want to say all you doubters that we told you so… but
is anyone else’d Fox HD feed skipping?
You know what bitches that didn’t believe, start believing.
It’s fact that the Yanks are dangerous in the late innings.
It is not a fucking myth that we can come back and kill you.
I remember a specific someone asking the believers to bend over, well you know what buddy boy? Tex asked you bend over so he can cram his 3RBI double in there.
wow lackey is a whiny bitch. “are you shitting me this is mine” is what he said. he and youk should have a whine festival somewhere
I love that RAB slowed down when Tex hit the triple.
Forget which thread i said it in but i did say just wait for the 7th.
home run home run home run home run
If Matsui hits a homer….
Lets go Godzilla
Godzilla!
HAHAHA
GAME TIED
come on Hideki don’t keave it up to Robbie
i’ll take a couple of wild pitches….
FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we will not be denied.
4-4 game!!
FUCK YES!!
FUCK YES!!
FUCK YES!!
MATSUI!!!
Tie game baby!!!!! Now take the lead for good!!!!!!
This is ours.
TIE GAME TIE GAME TIE GAME TIE GAME TIE GAME TIE GAME TIE GAME TIE GAME
Can i cry now
holy cow..this game is tied..
TIE GAME!
TIE GAME!!! YES!
!!!
YA!!!!
Obviously Chris Lloyd hates the Angels
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
single works…
I AM ERECT!
HAHAHA all the people thinking this game was over. Fucking HILARIOUS.
WE.
WILL.
NOT.
BE.
STOPPED.
+27!!!!
I now love you … you asian man!
I LOVE you HIDEKI!!!!!!!
HIT-DEKI!!!
Hell yeah!
We
Will
Not
Be
Stopped
Tsjc
TOMA LO
Let me be the first…..
Fuck you Charlespoet… you are a fucking hack loser who should turn in his Yankee fan card.
I tried to warn you. I tried to save you from yourself.
Alright. You’re good with me again
haha i thought mccarver just said “the eighty year old darren oliver” instead of “thirty eight year old”
and yeah. we. will. not. be. stopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNGc9zmpK5M (safe)
YES! Matsui ties it up!
THAT’S WHY THIS TEAM IS G.
What a time to break out of a slump, Tex and Matsui.
I am so turned on right now.
WHERE ARE THE DOUBTERS NOW???!!!
NIIICE
FUCK THOSE OF YOU WHO DOUBTED!!!!!!!!!
Thank you hideki. Thank you very much.
This team is amazing…. everyone back on the wagon.
MANAGER OF THE YEAR DELIVERS A GIRARDI MOMENT
everyone in here needs to give AJ his props for keeping them down after the 1st. does he get the 7th?
they are just the YANKEES!
All of you who doubted.
Welcome to New York Yankees baseball.
DEFINE tRUE yANKEE!
im hyperventilating im so excited
I love this team
Would it be too much to ask that three of our struggling hitters get big hits this inning?
C’mon Robbie, use some of that ninja/natural talent you have and stroke a hit here.
Most exciting postseason for Yankees fans in a long long time.
That was amazing
If the Yankees win this I say they pie Sciosa for pulling Lackey.
Dear John Lackey,
You just gave up three runs and now look like you pitched a fair to decent game.
Sincerely,
Mark Teixeira
Lacky 6 2/3 ..no run ..great pitching..
Oliver 4 pitches..4 runs..priceless
I want Hughes to start the 7th. Get into shutdown mode.