ALCS Game Four: Yankees at Angels
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I got a peculiar text message last night from a friend notorious for his Yankees panic attacks. It read, “winner of tomorow night is the winner of the series.” I hadn’t realized that MLB had awarded the Angels two more wins and the Yankees one. Alas, this is common for Yankees fans post-2004.
There is no need to panic. The Yankees were bound to lose in the postseason. Perhaps fans were spoiled by the five straight wins to kick things off. Perhaps fans are more than a bit peeved by Joe Girardi’s pitching moves yesterday. That’s fine. But please, don’t act like tonight is a do or die game. It is not. A Yankees win would be key, but it is by no means necessary.
We knew this would be a tough series. The Angels are far better than the Twins. Heading into the series, no one thought it would be a surprise to see it go to seven games. The Yankees got everyone a bit excited by taking the first two, but that’s part of the home field advantage script. Win the two at home and you’re guaranteed to bring the series back even if you drop the three road games. The Yankees could lose every game in Anaheim this series and it would still go back to the Bronx.
That said, the Yankees are certainly taking this game seriously. They’re trotting out their ace, CC Sabathia, on three days’ rest, which in this situation is absolutely the right move. He hasn’t thrown on fewer than four days’ rest all season, which helped lighten his work load. Starting CC today also means that he can start a potential Game 7, though the hope is that they don’t even get there.
Yanks’ nemesis Scott Kazmir takes the mound for the Angels. He had a strange year, starting off terribly and not getting better as the season went along. He hit the DL after his start on May 20, a 4.1-inning, seven-run affair, and returned on June 27 to similarly terrible results — though he did bring his ERA down from 7.69 to 5.92. He pitched well after the trade to the Angels, though all of his starts came in September, when results are dubious. His worst start in that span came against the Yankees.
Over his career Kazmir has been a Yankee killer, holding them to 26 runs over 87.2 innings. This includes a few good starts this season, even as he was pitching poorly. That’s not a good sign, but as we’ve seen in the playoffs, regular season results don’t necessarily carry over. The Yankees had better hope they don’t, because only three of their starters have a batting average over .200 against Kazmir — though those three, Teixeira, Melky, and Jorge, are all over .400.
Yankees
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jorge Posada, C
6. Hideki Matsui, DH
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Nick Swisher, RF
9. Melky Cabrera, CF
Pitching: No. 52 Carsten Charles Sabathia
Angels
1. Chone Figgins, 3B
2. Bobby Abreu, RF
3. Torii Hunter, CF
4. Vladimir Guerrero, DH
5. Juan Rivera, LF
6. Howie Kendrick, 2B
7. Kendry Morales, 1B
8. Mike Napoli, C
9. Erick Aybar, SS
Pitching: Scott Kazmir
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CC will be a Legend by the end of the World Series.
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Go Yankees!
I’m watching the game with a very flu-like boyfriend who may not make it through the entire game.
[He is now telling me things I cannot repeat]
Mashmore, ready to rumble even when he’s bedridden.
He saw this and cracked up. Nice.
10 spill-over threads??
… and here we go !
Damn, I’m getting out of class in 10 mins and will be on the train and bus for the first 45 mins of the game.
It would be ironic if after switching Posada and Matsui, they end up pinch running for Posada later on and not Matsui
My discovery: So, 3 weeks ago, I actually read the book and got a C on the paper on it. Last week, I didn’t read the book at all and got an A- on the paper. Therefore, not reading the book on which the paper is on leads to better grades.
I haven’t read a book for any of my classes, and i usually get an A, if i don’t, its a B+, it’s crazy.
I hear ya 2 years ago when I was a senior I set the curve on an AP English test of a book I never even owned. The valedictorian of our class had a 76.
This game will sooth the minds of yankee universe as CC dominates en route to a 3-1 series lead.
Anyone else feel that the offense can use a boost by scoring a lot of runs, or is it just me?
Well, yeah, but they need to give themselves a boost; no one can just hand them runs. They’ve gotta put together better at bats, by which I mean: NO MORE SWINGING AT BALLS IN THE DIRT.
Yeah, but the guys who are hot… Jeter, A-Rod, Posada, if they’re the reason that we score runs, (2-Run Double, 3 Run Homerun) i think it will give the entire offense a boost and just let everyone know, hey, just because you’re 1-14, it’s a new at bat, and you want a HIT!!
How confident are you tonight? I’m going with an 8.
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Am I the only one that thinks the Angels woke up the sleeping giant last night?
Us being the sleeping giant?
Yep, I’m feeling an offensive explosion.
TWSS.
What the hell does that mean? I missed the boat on that one.
That’s what she said.
lol, ofcourse.
It’s more “tubing” than “boating”.
“Twiss.”
I want to believe so badly.
WHO BUT?
So pumped. GO YANKEES!
+A lot.
Let’s fuckin’ roll, CC.
It’d be nice to see the top of the order punch out a run or two in the top of the first.
I was thinking more like 5.
I just want them to punch out Howie Kendrick. You know, in the nads.
I’m on board.
+1
Hate him so much.
Optimist Prime tonight. only optimism. LET’S GO YANKEES!
yeah too much negativity in here last night
im nervous as hell…took a beating today at work….WE MUST WIN
CC is one bad motherfucker.
That is all.
September 28th 2003 vs. Arizona the last game Joseph Elliott Girardi played.
The guys on the field have the biggest say in wins and loses.
GO YANKS
Alright, let’s do this shiet!
The Yankees are gonna fuck shit up tonight. BOOK IT!
-Disclaimer: That’s a good thing =)
This is going to be a slaughter. The bloom comes off Kazmir’s rose tonight.
lets get a nice 8-2 game
We play today…
we win today
Dassit!
Das it!
I had a dream last night, and it was Brett Gardner hitting a triple to left field… i would believe this dream if he was starting…
Don’t worry, he’ll be pinch-hitting for A-Rod in the 7th. More speed on the basepaths, you know.
Rock ‘n roll time. Let’s get it done, Yankees!
Kazmir is only 25? Whoa.
Yeah I know, that’s crazy. After the trade, Tampa brought him right up from Double-A. He never pitched in Triple-A until a rehab assignment last year.
He was traded at 20. What a joke of an organization the Mets are.
They seriously need a decent GM heading the team.
Everyone talks about how CC will pitch on short rest. How will it affect Kazmir pitching on 9 days rest? I wouldn’t think he’d be too sharp.
I fully expect 5 dominant innings from Kazmir, that take him 117 pitches.
LETS GO YANKS
what, no bowling moves today Joe???
Lets go yankeessssssssssssssss.
Jeter is the MAN
I like it.
That works, that works.
G-ter >>>>> Kazmir
el capitan
Jeter is Beast.
BOOM goes the dynamite.
Get him in, boys.
Let’s go Yankees!
Fuck.
damnit.
Oh come on Jetes.
The risk of going on first movement…
damnit
ughhhhhhhhhhhh
http://sadtrombone.com/
Well, I do approve of the aggressiveness.
did jeter really patent the inside out swing, tim?
Revised estimate: Kazmir goes 9, 86 pitches. Thanks jerks.
Awesome. great job, guys. Way to really press the advantage.
damn so much for getting his count up early
scott boras and the guy from wheel of fortune
I was thinking that they needed to try to run but I was hoping for a little better try then that.
i’m still going to stand by this…
Gter >>> Kazmir
is it just me, or have we done a live chat during a game at all this year?
No point, these game threads are better.
Wow. If Tex can’t hit that at least to the gap then he has no chance.
Tex was about 20 minutes late on that 2-1 pitch.
Teixeira’s breaking out tonight.
Goddamn I thought that was gone
nice AB mark t
Sending Jeter seems a bit too aggressive at that point.
Here comes the slider.
I hate being right.
That’s what pisses me off the most. If we know, the players should know. We’re just casual fans.
He threw 7 straight fastballs. I’m pretty surprised he didn’t go to the slider on the first 3-2 pitch.
Good swings by Tex. Signs of life.
+25
Tex needed that!
I must say Tex is getting some good hacks on Kazmir.
“We play today, we win today” Go Yankees!!!
Lets go CC
shyt i thought that was gone.
OH i thought it was gonna be fair.
soooo close, Tex.
He won’t throw a fastball here Tex.
Tex is absolutely incapable of hitting offspeed pitches, maybe even recognizing them. I doubt he sees a fastball in the strikezone the rest of this series.
Add Swisher and Melky to that list.
You don’t become the player he is by not hitting breaking balls. He can absolutely hit offspeed pitches, he’s just slumping.
I wish I could get the numbers, but I think most if not all Yankee strikeouts yesterday were on curveballs. Weaver all but abandoned his fastball by the second inning and he still got through the lineup. Every Angel pitcher out of the bullpen went to the curve as their out pitch, and still the Yankee hitters made no adjustments. They kept flailing away at balls in the dirt.
It’s absolutely their fault. They are professional hitters and they need to make adjustments. I shouldn’t know what pitch is coming more than the player.
Change really has that fastball marked up. Does he dare throw another one, or will we see change or slider?
Kaz is going to single-handedly resurrect Tex’s stroke.
Why is it on 3-2, we’re looking for walks!!!!
Um…did you ever think he was sitting fastball and got frozen by the offspeed pitch? Or, he was sitting FB and thought it was going to be a high heater, and the break dropped it into the zone?
Also…what the hell is wrong with trying to get baserunners?
Yikes, that was a garbage slider. Flat.
Bright side: Tex didn’t go quietly.
Well, even with the K, this is the best we’ve seen Tex look so far all playoffs. At least he’s seeing the ball. Maybe Melky, Swish and Cano are taking notes.
Wow Joe Buck, don’t act excited or anything.
I think this a good sign. all 3 hitters hit the ball hard and that change up to strike Tex out was up. If he is going to miss like that I like our chances.
I disagree. He threw a ton of strikes which is not what you want to see from Kazmir.
Yeah. Super yikes.
Damon didn’t hit it hard.
I like your thinking
Fox has assured that I will never see the movie Ninja Assassin, eat a black taco, own a Blackbeerry, or seek financial advice from Fidelity. And Balck Eyed Peas might force me to cancel my DirecTV subsricption.
THIS.
I want to know: is the black taco a different flavor than the regular shell, or just a different color?
Thanks Chone. CC >
Good start for CC.
Joe Buck wanted that to be a lead off hit soooo bad
WHOOP WHOOP.
Get it, CC.
Not worried about CC’s velocity, worried about the command. Here’s hoping it’s there tonight.
Pitch 3 looked like a strike.
CC gettin’ squeezed
Looked very questionable on Gameday.
This is gonna be a high scoring game.
looks like its gonna be a tight zone tonight. Gameday had most of those pitches pretty close.
i just came to see whether others noticed Gameday having all those right on the border
Come CC… Help us out here!
Just keep us in the game
How huge is this game?
not that big…
It’s pretty big, with Lackey/Burnett tomorrow. The Angels have to beat CC once to win the series, so I’d prefer not to see that tonight.
It’s very big, but just under huge. I’d say an L but not an XL.
Playing you know who huge.
calm down CC… you can take these bastards
Swish going w/the high socks today, nice.
What about the pink wristbands? Did he break those out?
He already did that once or twice this year to break out of a slump.
Paul Lukas strokes his goatee in approval.
Any chance we get production from 7-8-9 tonight?
They need to come around sometime.
no yukking it up from Swish
Notice how Buck and McCarver have yet to mention the stats for CC when he pitches on three days rest. I feel that’s a pretty big slice of information they’re not presenting to the audience watching this game.
But, then again, they probably had a love fest with Jeff Mathis last night after he beat the Yanks. Do you think they brought down some bubbly and sprayed the locker room?
Notice how Buck and McCarver have yet to mention the stats for CC when he pitches on three days rest. I feel that’s a pretty big slice of information they’re not presenting to the audience watching this game.
They showed two different graphics on said stats.
Im thinking they brought him some bubbly and chocolate covered strawberries…
Did you hear Mike from Mike and the Dog… saying that Buck and McCarver in no way are biased toward the angels… and that Carey wasnt either from TBS.
Its totaal BS.. these guys would much rather see anybody playing the yankees win.
Mike is a complete moron.. and so high on himself!
Sorry about that, I didn’t see the beginning of the bottom of the 1st, so I didn’t see that.
Also, very, very tight zone tonight. I think we’re going to see plenty of free passes because those pitches all looked very good.
I know it’s just the 1st inning, but I want yesterday’s umpire.
Hmm, umpire’s not calling the strike at the letters. He didn’t call one for Kaz on Tex’s check swing.
He called the high strike one to Guerrero.
Heh, A-Rod bobbled it and made a poor throw, and he still got Vlad by ten feet. That’s what playing on turf for the first 10 years of your career will do to you.
Hunter seems to be doing alright lol. Then again, Hunter didn’t lie about his age either he he
Didn’t the Twins have that “field turf” or whatever, though? The Expos had straight up astro turf.
You think Vlad looks bad now, wait til 2 years from now.
he wont be in the league unless he has a comeback year next year.
I want to see him and Mike Lowell race.
Throw Molina in there, too, along with Ortiz and Matsui.
Jose Molina might win that one.
Good inning CC.
LET’S GO HIT!!
CC did not look great there, hopefully he settles- a walk and two hard outs.
In all fairness, Kazmir gave up a hit…Damon stinks right now…and Teixeira clobbered him but buckled on the last one…
CC – 10 pitches, three outs, with a four pitch walk in there! I like the efficiency, although I’d like the command to improve a little.
It should. Like he said, he didn’t throw a bullpen. The first inning should shake off whatever rust or lack of command he has.
they just said he threw one two days ago…listening helps.
CC said he didn’t throw one. That’s what I was listening to. So someone was wrong.
Oh, and don’t be a little prick.
Yanks may have fits with Kazmir tonight. Check out this graphic showing their lifetime averages against him:
http://visualbaseball.wordpress.com
Call me an alarmist, but CC wasnt hitting the glove. Both Figgins and Vlad hit it hard. Plus the up doesnt seem to want to give the pitch up.
I reeeeaaaaaally hope I’m wrong.
I snuck over to Halos Heaven once or twice a game during the first 3 games of the series and all they were doing was bitching about how biased Buck and McCarver were. So how can there be a biad for and against the Yankees? Can we just stop talking about it?
Can we stop mentioning that site?
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No…. its what we do on threads
Seeing the fans at HH whining was inspiration for me to shut my mouth about media biases for a while.
Here’s hoping that’s a harbinger of things to come – Kazmir getting squeezed.
It’s called a SSS Joe Buck.
irony.. scot boras looking over a rods shoulder
I dont like how joe buck comments on the balls and strikes.
Wow. Definitely a hitters ump.
Very tight zone.
It would appear that the umpire is giving in and out, but not up and down. The knees and the letters are not going to be strikes, it seems.
Is Kate in the park tonight?
Bummed A-Rod just missed the 3-1 pitch. Kazmir must be deceptive as hell, because he’s short, and “only” throws 95.
Cmon Hip!
Come on JoPo… its ur day
There it is, The Mike Scioscia face.
http://tinyurl.com/yja452f
I think we’ll be seeing a lot of that tonight.
Complains more: Youkilis, Scioscia,or Kurt Thomas?
I’d give it to Youk.
Most definitely. He’s on a different level.
Seriously why the fuck do you charge Rick Porcello like they invented HBP’s on him.
A-ROD!!
That was a pathetic throw…
Real ballsy going first move again on first pitch.
Nice swipe. Please we gotta win so he can be ALCS MVP
Man the pitchers are gonna be getting squeeeeeezed tonight it looks like.
Wow, they were so surprised by that they didn’t even cover second, nice work ARod.
CC’s first inning + “Hitter’s Ump” = Not Good…
Well if it’s bad for CC imagine what it’ll mean for Kazmir…
Kazmir’s Second Inning + Hitter’s Ump = CC Win.
+10!
Get the feeling that as soon as the Yankees score with a RISP the floodgates will open?
Jerry Lane.. the neighbourhood play ump.. at home plate..
i like Scioscia’s cahnces to get thrown out
ump seems tough but that was outside.. looked like a nice pitche
Gotta give Layne credit, he calls everything by the book.
Tight zone is good for the Yanks. Some of those guys need to get themselves in favorable counts to get going.
I agree…and maybe Swisher can up that .208 OBP lol
Because right now I am very edgy and would like to have something to feel comfortable about, especially with this strike zone tonight.
Yeah baby keep walking em.
Aaaaaand here’s the Kaz we know and love. Helped out by a tight zone of course.
Matsui, please don’t ground to the right side.
He’s going to groove a fastball that Matsui is going to hit really far…
Well he got the fastball right down the pipe, he just didn’t do anything with it.
Hold that zone.. dont change it in 7th inning
I can’t imagine the bitching from the classy people at Halos Heaven.
Here go RISP here we go!! *clap, clap*
Kazmir is scared and nervous, he’s done already.
How is Matsui Vs. Kazmir?
Not good I think.
SSS of course.
Check out this graphic to see how Matsui (and other hitters) fare against Kazmir: http://visualbaseball.wordpress.com
I would prefer a blow out tonight, a good 11-2 beatdown would be nice for my nerves
Yup.
Same here.
Want to see some life from our bats.
they are unintentionally intentionally pitching to get to Cano with RISP
I think I understand Kazmir’s strategy: he’s planning on walking the bases loaded to face Cano.
Eek.
Perfect.. put those SoCals to sleep… take ur time Kaz
I’m Hideki’s shoulder. I was dropped severely on that pitch.
LOL
Uh oh I sense a GIDP.
Obviously…we’re doing this again?
I can has RISP hits?
I am so sick of these fucking shitty ass AB’s!
+100000000000
Ok, that was slightly better than a ground ball to the right side, but still bad.
Robbie, if there’s a time to overcome your RISP struggles, it’s now.
An out with RISP, now there’s a surprise.
Hard to find weakness… well hitting with RISp is also hard to find
human rain delay at this point…its like trachsel.
Noooo. No one’s as bad as Trachsel.
Again can’t get a hit with risp.
we cant keep bailing him out
BEAT ANAHEIM
POPUPS WTF
Can we ever get a hit with RISP?
This is getting to be rigoddamndiculous.
Another out, who could have guessed.
wtf
Ugh.
Oh come on…this is just silly
Just awful.
Can someone please get a fucking hit with RISP.
Mostly unsurprising.
Swisher K, huh?
or maybe another popup
This is ridiculous! This is why they will lose tonight. Can’t score when they have the chance.
Great having you around.
really?
They’ve been having this problem since game one of the ALDS, and they’re 5-1.
Is it good? No. Are you being completely irrational? Yep.
This RISP fail is on the verge of becoming EPIC.
0-22 with risp, thatt`s gotta change
that graphic is ridiculous.
How is this even possible?
I am thinking positive thoughts. Deeply positive thoughts.
Dont do this… not in the second inning… get that damn hit
C’mon Swisher!
Swish gonna whiff at crap in the dirt?
I think so.
Sooner or later these guys have to hit in RISP.
How many times can a team with the best offense in baseball put 2 men on with no outs and not score in a 2 game span?
Yes please swing at nothing in the dirt
The Matsui AB killed me. You’re better than that, Hideki. You’re up in the count, you can’t do that.
It really seems like 90% of Matsui’s outs are either groundouts to the right side, or popups to the left side.
Most ground outs are to the pull side, and pop outs are to the opposite field. That’s why you put the better infielders on the left side and the better OFer on the right, because the above is true and most hitters are righty.
Buck sounds really awkward when he refers to A-Rod as “Rodriguez.” Just say A-Rod, Joe.
Napoli’s poor defensive abilities are gonna come back to bite them.
Scioscia needs to eyeball his pitcher.. most calls are correct
wow, defeatists are out awfully early tonight.
Yes, didn’t you know? If the team with the 2-1 series lead doesn’t score in the second inning, the series is automatically awarded to the opponent.
Where’s the positive posse when you need them?
I’ll put on a skirt and some pom-poms if they get a hit with RISP.
I haven’t worn my Yankees hat all post season, it’s now on. Things are going to change.
Hope it has the ability to make the fuckers start hitting with RISP.
Kazmir’s going to put me to sleep, pick up the pace
So much for a tight zone…
So is he calling that corner strike or not?
cmon swish
So, 3-2, what does he throw? I bet a slider down and in.
He will now.
Thank you for not being that fast, Juan.
If that’s Rivera running hard, what’s he like when he’s jogging?
Hey, at least he made contact. Let’s do it again Swish, but put it fair.
Wow, Riviera is SLOOOOOOW! Thought he would have had it.
Good thing Juan Rivera is slow as shit.
Think I am going to be sick.
Well, this game is going for another 4 hrs folks.. this is a bulpen battle.. Scottie will be out 5 2/3
How did Rivera have such a high UZR, he’s so slooooow
Best offense in the majors FTW!
Well, at least they got his pitch count up.
lower than normal…38 thru 2 is a light day for Kaz. should be gone by the 6th.
We’re in for a long night…ugh just terrible
That was not fun.
gettin freakin stoopiddd
You’ve got to be kidding me. I hope that was just a blip and this doesn’t follow last night’s script.
Swisher’s grandparents fail in the clutch.
Too soon? Nah, I like it. Just edgy enough!
RISP fail
Thanks a lot Hideki, Robbie, and Nick.
Someone please buy us a hit with RISP.
At least swish put up a good AB. The other two…
Lucky bastards
Well, that sucked.
Luckily, it looks like they’ll have more chances tonight, and they almost cleared the pitchers’ spots.
dammitttttttttt
Pathetic
Holy RISP fail again.
FUCK YOU! SWISH, CANO AND CABRERA (even though you didn’t hit) and NOW I am including Matsui.
This is just retarded!!!!!!!!! Seriously, why even show up?
Ok tantrum is done but I am stll pissed and confidence level just went down to a 6
Ledge>You
perhaps, but not really.
FORFEIT! clap-clap-clap
were gonna get ‘em. gotta.
This is absolutely amazing. 2 on with 0 outs…3 times in 2 days and we can score once?? Cmon, these guys are killing me here…
Angels strategy against the Yankees: Immediately put a runner in scoring position to start an inning; next three hitters will go quietly.
+1
Chumps… I amg starting to hate Swisher and Cano AB’s
Damn, is this even possible to go 0-23 in RISP.
we’re not even moving the runners
and that is what is even worse than not getting the hits…not even productive outs.
did anybody really think swisher would get a hit
No. He’s a .245 career hitter. He walks, hits homers, and makes a lot of outs.
So this is why Ozzie didn’t like him some Swisher.
Come on plz. Im surprise there are baseball players who like Ozzie.
At this point we can’t even say it’s a small sample size.
With the exception of Game 1 of the ALDS, we’ve been pretty poor on O, especially with RISP. Thank God for A-Rod and Jeter. They’ve been the only saving graces.
Posada and Hideki have been pretty okay, as well.
That’s what the postseason is. This is the sixth game.
Where’s the cutoff point? I’d say over 30 ABs this postseason with this kind of failure is saying something. And it’s not just good pitching IMO.
I don’t understand how a team this talented has done this.
The mighty Yankees offense….
This is what happens in the playoffs when you are a team that waits for the long ball.
Which is something the Yankees don’t do. Hitting a lot of homers does nto mean waiting for the long ball.
+1
-1
You know what you guys are right I failed.
-1
Yeah, those slap hitting teams like the Angels and Twins would of done much better.
This is a team that led the league in OBP and SLG, and was second in AVG (by .002).
Right.
Only 1 inning and it’s starting already?
Sigh.
That RISP correction’s gotta be coming. Right?
I sure hope so.
I think Girardi should bang thundersticks in the ears of every batter in the bottom of the order until they get a hit with RISP
i think derek and arod bang thundersticks every night
On the plus side Kazmir is at 38 pitches.
Oh yeah, the Yanks have been tearing that Angel bullpen apart.
Kazmir’s pitch count?
38
Would love to see a bunt or some small ball…
he was out.
Well thats some bullshit.
Think he had him there.
Juuuust safe. Good call.
Replay showed I was wrong. But I won’t admit it.
/McCarver’d
Where’s Brian Cashman. Make him visit the clubhouse again.
The Yankees as a whole haven’t been hitting all that well collectively since Game 5 in 2004…
This is just getting ridiculous…
Don’t do it Kendrick.
We know Kendrick is going to reach, so why not just hit him in the head?
teix have a play at 2nd there?
I don’t think so.
I take the sure thing at 1st since Rivera is slow.
Perhaps, take the sure out though.
Nah, he didn’t have much of an angle and it wasn’t hit hardly enough.
Oh my god, he let a hitter get to 2nd.
Why didn’t we start Gaudin?!?!?!
Wow. The ledge is really crowded tonight.
Don’t go to LoHud. They’re wearing Keds and drinking “juice”.
But the question is: when do they jump?
these quick outs are gold for CC.
I’ve had it with all the squandered chances with RISP
Third hard hit ball. They’ve gotta fall at some point. :/
It’s funny how a lot of people expect to be up 10-0 in the first inning in each team against the best teams in the league.
cmon yanks!
These guys aren’t even getting CC into a deep count for a strike out, good stuff.