Oct
16
ALCS Game One Spillover Thread III
ByYankees flashing the leather. I like it.
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The Mason Williams Watch
did that moron actually just say that he goes by the runner’s reaction as much as anything?
like the runner wouldnt lie…what a retard.
yes and the runner always has an unbiased opinion
What close play does the runner think hes not safe?
I was just thinking how terrible that was. What the player thinks is right has to be among the worst criteria possible.
That changeup is not fair.
McCarver definitely driving home the point that he thought Hunter was safe, give it a rest already.
Tim? Beat a dead horse?
Nooooooooooooooo! I don’t believe you!!!
McCarver aside from his obvious memory problems is apparently blind too.
That inning further confirmed our beliefs that the Yankees had no defense and that CC can’t pitch in the playoffs, right?
im just glad teix didnt have keys in his pocket
i love how mccarver continues to say that he was safe and the foot was pulled when they have the freeze frame shot up on the screen showing that it was on the base.
but did he have his foot on the base for long enough after he caught it
What with his momentum carrying him into a full split, that one instant of contact is enough.
didnt catch mccarver say that i guess lol
Apparently it was still too close to call (visual evidence: not definitive enough).
Your $90MM guy tries to bunt against our $161MM pitcher and $180MM 1B..you are out by default..forget the onfield action..
McCarver is doing his best Joe Morgan with this debate. Righteous indignation in the face of indisputable evidence.
he’s nt wrong, he’s just an asshole
You really think he was off the bag?
hell no…out as hell
did Scioscia get tossed? that was a pretty heated arguement.
NO, and there were f-bombs aplenty. It’s the ol’ “long leash” for a playoff game.
I guess you cant throw out the best manager in the history of baseball.
I was not aware Terry Francona is in the game.
No, but his parting remark was clearly “Bullshit” which is pushing his luck.
Buck was giving the silent treatment as McCarver talked himself into a corner of ignorance. Obviously, he was out.
Man, the weather saved that one for Lackey.
YS winds are not friendly tonight.
Wait, Abreu made a catch at the wall?! LOL, did you see him check for about three times before making the catch?
ohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshit… whew.
damn if that ball was closer to the wall…you just KNOW Abreu would’ve given up on it!
need hits to drive this retard out of the game..
Damn, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to our ninjahomer.
He pulled the mask down to blow a bubble. Maybe that de-ninja’d him.
Ninjano
Ninjanson Cano.
Do you think Hideki’s defensive mechanisms kicked in everytime Robbie walked by him?
Or, better yet: Ninjanó.
Aww poor ninja Cano. Don’t worry, I saw you in a trailer for some ninja movie!
Halloween hex: Please make McCarver swallow the microphone.
oh,He swallows
ok that just make spit out my drink. That was funny! Thank you for the laugh.
bandbox fail.
Right, it was the ballpark hitting all those HR’s not some of the best players in Baseball.
If Mike Scioscia came out to argue, then Hunter must have been safe.
Scioscia doesn’t miss anything out there.
+27
WTF? No Bandbox? And how the hell did Abreu make a catch at the wall.
Damn, Lackey’s breaking ball has really gotten better.
Yeah, I’ve always liked him as a pitcher. Smart, good control and good stuff. He’s just really solid when healthy. Not an ace, but a real good #2.
Agreed.
Now, let’s not sign him to a FA contract.
+10000
No need for him. Though I would like Harden or Webb or Duchscherer…
As long as they’re on short term, cheap deals, yes.
Oh yeah of course.
Oh yeah, I wasn’t going there. I think we already have a John Lackey type who’s 9 years younger in Phil Hughes.
Hopefully AJ Burnett has that Lackey-esque curve working tomorrow night.
Melky is looking good tonight.
Melky is better at taking pitches than the great bobby abreu
Is Jeff Mathis is one of the kids McCarver had during his playing days and just found out about him?
Yea.. Scioscia is god and knows eveything more about baseball…then anyone..
Let’s not get crazy here. He may be smarter than Billy Beane but there’s no way he’s better than the almighty fucking Theo Epstein.
sorry i was being sarcastic!
can McCarver blow Mathis any HARDER??? he didnt even make the tag.
McCarver just creamed his pants.
Melkman, dude… a walk is as good as a hit.
Melky with the OBP.
Melky with the OBP.
Wow…Melky held up on 3-2 breaking balls in the same game. Jeter, do something.
Melky Cabrera = Todd Helton
Props to Melky for not getting anxious and putting up some damn fine ABs in this game.
Haha, our 9 hitter is padding his OBP stats tonight.
Jeter Redeem yourself! That last at bat was embarrassing…
to right field come on
Melky with back-to-back BB’s working the count!!
Sit on a curveball and put it to rightcenter
Awesome.
ANGEL DEFENSE
fundamentals
I was just gonna say that they should send Melky, but that’ll do.
More of that vaunted Angels infield D. Now I’m impressed.
That’s just some smart, sound, fundamental Angel baseball. They never beat themselves.
Those fundamentally sound Angels at it again.
Angels do all the small things right. Never make any mistakes.
The Angels are a team of baseball players.
The Yankees are a team of better baseball players.
Fundamentals, FTW.
Leche!!!!
Fundamentals. FAIL.
FUNDAMENTALS. EPIC. FAIL.
So fundamentally sound…
MORE ANGEL DEFENSE
the Angels make all the plays they dont make mistakes in the field.
more fundamentals
You could see he was coming on way too hard.. A great break for the Yanks.
HHHHUUUUUUUUGGGGGGEEEEEEE!
Awwwwwwwwwwwww yeah!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, THE LOS ANGELES METS OF ANAHEIM!!!
ietc
+?
That was supposed to be an infinity symbol, I pulled an angels on the html
More fundamental baseball..
Mr. October (TM)
The fundamentally sound Twins and Angels proving it in the playoffs so far vs the Yankees.
Punto and Hunter are showing the yanks how to play fundamentally sound baseball.
And there’s that stellar outfield D. Angels are flashing the leather this inning, guys!
Jete comes thru…just look at all those fundamentals.
That just happened!
El Captain! G-TER!
Melky making things happen!
JETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know, if I didn’t know for a fact that these Angels are fundamentally sound, I would think they suck defensively.
But we all know that’s just crazy talk.
So much talk about the angels D before this series…
But Hunter is the best CF’er in the world?
THOSE FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND ANGELS!!!!!!!!!! NEVER MAKES A MOTHAFUCKIN MISTAKES.
They don’t beat themselves, though. Mike Scioscia has them playing the right way.
Lackey is kind of a bitch
Big time.
Thank you Jeter…. excellent work!
Adios Lackey
The real Captain.
Fact, he doesn’t make it another half inning.
ANGELS BASEBALL.
gotta love it.
man I’m glad this Angels defense came to play. That Mike Scioscia doesnt miss anything!
To quote Santa’s little helper: Blame the defensive mistakes of the Angels on the Yankees grounds crew.
Okay, here’s this: When McCarver mentioned earlier tonight that Lackey is “known” for staring down his fielders when the make mistakes…do you think it stands to reason that Lackey is tremendously unpopular in his clubhouse?
No, it means, that he stares at the mirror later.
Zing!
He stares them down, but he does so in a fundamentally sound way.
Yes, his Staring With Good Reason % (SWGR%) is, like, .998 this year.
I love goofy fake stats.
Isn’t it interesting that the Angels probably have enough money in their budget to pay Lackey, but it’s a foregone conclusion that he’s leaving?
Hmmm…
It probably stands to reason that Lackey is an enormous dick.
So…yes, then?
take a seat boy
omg Amy Sedaris in that Sony Reader commercial
<3 that woman
Why is Peyton in that commercial? He didnt say 1 word.
Because he’s Peyton.
FUCK YOU, PAY ME.
He’s trying to break the record for most commercial appearances by an athlete.
One of my exes was in an episode of her short-lived Comedy Central show.
Strangers With Candy?
The one and only.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/5658.....lank-relay
Was she one of the runners on the relay team?
Did you have “tub time” with her
Yes indeedy. The tall black girl (as if you couldn’t guess.)
I was thinking “the black girl”, but I didn’t want to rule out Young TSJC with a white chick.
I can’t do that, it’s illegal in Louisiana.
That’s true. It wouldn’t be good for the children of that union.
Paul Dinello?!
Damn, how did I miss her?
I feel like a user, a boozer, and a loser.
I’m not pushing you away, I’m pulling me closer to myself.
How many more innings do you throw CC? I think if you can get him 1 more inning but under 100 pitches that will help him for game 4.
Go with CC as long as you can. You gotta win this game first then worry about the other games.
I wonder if that play by Torii will be on web gems tonight.
Open the floodgates more Yanks. It’s their bullpen.
If Lackey was on the Yankees and he gave one of those staredowns to Jeter with Jeter returning the look, who wins?
Jeter, because he’d be giving the stare while getting it from Minka Kelly.
Jeter because all of NYC jumps Lackey’s ass for looking at El Capitan that way.
Hey McCarver, why so silent?
Because he’s giving the Yankees a disapproving stare.
Rivera was on the right place at the right time. Damon made solid contact.
Those lucky bastards.
There’s those skills that earned him that stellar UZR/150 rating, guys!
That’s a good sign; that first hit was kinda chumpy, and even the second one looked like he got under it. Johnny making solid contact will be a huge boon in the rest of the postseason.
Jeeez, Rivera was playing right behind 3rd base! wtf was he doing there??? damn you Scioscia and your superior baseball acumen!
As said above, he just never misses anything.
Shut it down CC.
The ghosts definitely arrived all of this year.
We’re on a mission from God.
/Elwood’d
Yes, and he’s watching from the bullpen with great interest.
That’s the third time Sabathia’s contract has been mentioned by Buck.
Phew…
“Yes, CC Sabathia got the big check to come to NY.”
That’s not how you start after a commercial break. Unless of course you hate the Yanks, which Joe Buck does.
Meh I’d take Joe Buck’s bias over McCarver’s.
i’m surprised no Kate Hudson mentions from Joe.
OK, lets think ahead here. CC’s at 82 pitches.
You pull CC when he hits 100 pitches with a 4-1 lead? I do. He has to pitch Game 4 on short rest, and the bullpen could use some work to stay sharp.
Yeah pull him. Actually pull him in the 8th even if he doesn’t go 100.
I’d be alright with that.
Yeah, this is his last inning for me.
I don’t think his pitch count has much to do with that, of course I am not talking about 140..I rather have him hand it over to God and lock this one in..
+52
These are no stress innings. I’d leave him in if he keeps it up. Hand the ball right to Mo.
Not me. Even with no stress, that’s still one more time he gets up and down.
That walk is the first indication that it might be time soon.
Plus, were really talking about 2 outs in the 8th. After that, we give the ball to Mo.
Joba and Hughes can’t get 2 Angels hitters out?
C’mon CC, get these three outs and then take a nice three days off.
Goodbye, Juan.
Filthy.
Imagine how great it would be if CC didn’t suck in October
Oh, wait…
Tim McCarver just said “losted.”
Lose + fisted?
Settle, CC.
Comon CC, please don’t walk him.
Did anyone see the finale of Entourage where Matt Damon breaks down crying?
Walks are BAD, CC.
Get a dp here CC.
CC getting squeezed outside there (and mostly all day). Cmon CC, get a DP
He’ll get a fisted DP.
Strikezone shrinking as the game goes on.
Really Buck? Because I would think the bigger difference than the bullpen is the fantastic starting pitching.
OH ROBBIE!! WHAT A PLAY!
lazy dominican
Like a mother. fucking. ninja.
Is that you Rosenthal?
The ninja!
NINJAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
What a play by the ninja.
The Ninja STRIKES AGAIN!!! BIZANATCHS!!!
Dominican ninja defense
How fucking good is Cano?
CANO WITH TEH NINJA RANGE!!
cano..you lazy dominican..
Robbie’s defense is terrible.
/UZR’d
UZR measures range which Cnao isn’t the best at. But he’s still one hell of a second baseman.
NINJA!!!
/Ninjano’d
¡Ninjanó!
Ninjason Cano~
Mr. Fancy.
today, Yankees infield defense > Angels infield defense.
lazy
if we win the first 3 games of the series do you still pitch CC for game 4 on short rest?
go for the killllllllllllllllll
btw I don’t see us up 3-0
btw I don’t see us up 3-0
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
/Vader’d
I would.
If the plan is three starters anyway, why not?
You’re with me, Ninja.
Heh.
“Nice play? Oh, sure. But I seem to have filthied my stirrups. Please excuse me while I readjust my laces.”
ninjalicious
How the fuck was Cano thinking he would throw to second? McCarver just made a nice defensive play sound like it was routine!
hahaha, he was gonna throw to second, thought twice, thought again, then was like Fuck it Ima throw that shit to 1st.
ninja FTW!
Cano’s Kung Fu is strong.
masked man robber in the South Bronx . What else is new?
The Lazy Ninja does it again.
The Yankees have the best starting pitcher remaining in the playoffs. Who agrees?
I think they have the best team remaining in the playoffs.
I thinkthey have the best teamremaining in the playoffs.Cliff Lee’s been lights out
I agree.
Cliff Lee #2
I actually think CC might be a little gassed.
Napoli can’t handle the heat.
He’s emptying the tank, as the kids say.
(Stands Up For Strike 3)
lovin the crowd tonight!
damn, CC is reaching back for the velocity
Cano mugging his way through the playoffs. So Dominican.
CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC!
Big Poppa!
FIST PUMP!!!!!!! AWESOME
fist pump!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
fistpump!!!
fuck yes!
Enjoy the new “CC” chant
+52
Ohhhhhhhh, doctah!
Holla At Ya Fuckin Boy Bitch
are they chanting CC? fucking awesome.
I LOVE CC
and i love the Yankee Stadium CC chant
Is that the first Stadium-wide “CC” chant?
I MAJOR fist pumped right there.
fisted the fist pump
I fisted hard…. wait a minute…
I fucking love CC Sabathia.
Remember in the Pregame Fox when they said CC is a guy who doesn’t dominate games, just eats up innings?
that fist pump was in the direction of eric karros’ head
CC or Phil for the 8th?
Phil, I’d guess. I think CC was unloading at the end there.
Hughes, CC’s at 100 pitches and he has to pitch game 4 on short rest
Fist Pump mothafuckers!!!
BIG MAN.
I love CC Sabathia.
CC = CLUTCH COOL
Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. is good at baseball.
WE WILL NOT BE STOPPED ?
What’s that question mark doing on there?
grey goose….I thought it was exclamation point
anybody else kinda of LOVE the CC chant?
I’d try for Sa-Ba-Thya!
Kinda love? Nope. I really really loved that chant.
Kinda? Hell na, I really fuckin loved that shit.
It makes me proud to be a Yankee fan.
Best chant in a while!
monstrous pump!!!
CC is a playoffs bust!!!!
CC can’t pitch in the post season, because baseball in October is this weird, bizzarre sport that doesn’t resemble Baseball in April, May or June.
side note…can the Black-eyed peas sellout any harder??? terrible.
Who doesn’t sell out in music?
A bunch of broke people you’ve never heard of…
Graham Parker
Elvis Costello
Robyn Hitchcock
Bob Dylan
Warren Zevon
Yada,yada,yada
When the stadium echoed with “CC (and some ZZ)”, I thought to myself…what a fucking great time to be a MoFugginYankees fan.
+27
At about 100 pitches — does Girardi take him out?
I think that’s it for him. He was really ratcheting it up at the end of the inning and seemed to be forcing it a bit. I’m guessing “done.”
Agreed
Don’t cha know Ninjano!!!
I think it’s a lock that Girardi goes to Hughes for the 8th, and I’m really fine with that. No?
Even if he plans to take him out, Girardi needs to send CC out to the mound to start the 8th. He deserves to be taken out to a standing ovation.
Motherfuckin’ gangsta.
the CC chant sufficed imo.
I love October in the bronx.
CC’s gonna look great in that float heading down the Canyon of Heroes in a few weeks.
WOW, How awesome was CC tonight! He just kicked all those myths that he cant pitch in the playoffs… in the NUTS tonight!
dont worry. they’ll still say ‘his playoff era is still 5.50′ (or whatever its down too)
Thought I’d chime in right quick.
This team is fucking awesome.
CC is dealing. Fucking love this!
I wish I was there…
Nah, too cold.
My god, this is a homeboy.
This! Is! A! HOMEBOY!!
No one is going to say CC is arrogant for fist pumping. And if they are, they can go F themselves. FIST PUMP LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
Shockey wants him some Giants. Eli is way too polite about Shockey.
I feel like the Angels offense is overrated. They are explosive, but good pitching can shut them down. Yankees will win this series in 5.
Power pitching is their kryponite, luckily the Yanks have power pitchers going 5/7 games.
Like Mike said, they arent good against quality fastballs.
Yup. The batting average is deceiving.
All those words were English and in proper grammatical order, but your statement in totality does not make sense.
/FOX’d
lol look at all the white folk nod they heads to “Black Betty”
gang,gang,gang yo
CC Sabathia is a warrior poet.
CC Sabathia is a philosopher-king.
CC is not as clutch as Beckett..he doesn’t stare like Beckett..
Klong is not smacking Teix hard enough. WTF
Tex has to start taking what the pitcher gives him.
Stat Pad time overdue !
Into which shift, Buck?
Joe Buck, that wasn’t so much “right into the shift,” as it was, “right to the second baseman.”
nobody warming in the pen…looks like CC at least starts the 8th
Oh let’s wish injury on people. SHUT THE F UP ABOUT IT.
Runee????
lol what the eff
Dear Tim,
If it’s a “lead pipe cinch” Molina catches tomorrow, in what sense does tomorrow’s Burnett start “beg the question” of whether or not he will?
p.s. I miss you. We never see each other any more.
Sincerely,
Common Sense
Molina will catch…they just don’t want a circus about it.
lol’d
Man it’s been awhile since you two talked.
damn a-rod, its ok. You’ll get em next time
Um, Alex…wtf?
Ah, A-rod didnt care for no stinkin walk there.
Even though he was safe.
situation was high enough leverage for Alex
wasn’t
A little late on that call, Blue.
I will say this.. the umps has been descent…..
FINALLY
Can we stop talking about Mathis’s “great play” for fuck’s sake? The Angels have shit the defensive bed tonight. I swear to god, I don’t want to be a Yankee-bias conspiracy guy, but they make it really hard sometimes.
No, there isnt a conspiracy. It’s all true.
come on Girardi, get Hughes up at least.
I think ZZ was going to shed some tears of joy, because he’s actually in the post season with a competent team.
and not pitching every 18 hours.
I would leave CC in the game myself.
look at CC roaring while sitting on the bench
Angels almost drained Matsui’s knee for him there
Because he deserves a standing O you assholes.
CC looks bored LOL.
He sleeps all day on the day he pitches so he might not be awake yet.
Nice job fans! Block tht bastard from getting near the ball
Why work CC more than you have too when you need him back on 3 days rest?
Ok Jorgie how about you look at a couple of pitches here?
He listened.
got to love CC’s line – 7/4/1/1/1/7 and at 98 pitches
Matsui’s knees are still a concern.
Pinch runner time?
i would run hairston no question.
if this innings keeps going CC is going to fall asleep in the dugout.
matsui moved on to second base without a wheelchair???
wow
Pure will power.
nice!!!
Matsui creakedy creakedy creakedy run you creaky bastard
good eye joepo
let’s go cano!
it’s ninja time
I’d let CC pitch in the 8th but have a quick hook for Hughes.
Christian Guzman time.
Right?
*Freddy Guzman
Nah dude. Its Christian. Ronan told me so.
freddy maybe, i dont know about christian
Yankees must have eavesdropped on Scioscia’s pre-game speech, they’re running the bases as good as the Angels. Because the Angles play the game right and make all the plays.
lol even on the wild pitches the catcher gets kudos from the booth.
No pinch runner?
Cmon Ninja
Watch him sneak up on this fastball.
Ninja time! Judo chop!
Ninja that shit Robbie
If the Yankees score any more runs here, I think it’s 6-5 and pick ‘em we hear McCarver sigh longingly and wish aloud that Mathis were still in the game
hey mccarver, he’s been pretty passive all season on the first pitch
NO NOTORIOUS
is wrong to want to see swish hit a wall scrapper that abreu has to go after?
I think the whole Yankees collective is wishing for it.
Im liking Cano’s pitch recognition/patience tonight
yikes!
i hope he’s ok
McCarver at least is concerned about Napoli
Don’t you dare hurt the ninja.
So let’s be upset about Napoli and F Robbie.
IT HIT NAPOLI TOO!!! Oh NOES!1!!
O MY GOD! THE BALL HIT NAPOLI TOO!!! IT HIT NAPOLI TOOOOOO!!!
best guy up there with a guy who is wild.
Come on, Nick. Crush their will to live.
lets go swishy!
OUCH! That’s gotta hurt a lot more on a cold night like tonight.
Make history Swish. 4 run round tripper would be awesome.
Cano’s ninja skills are subpar a real ninja would have dodged that by barrel rolling or flipping out of the way
Here’s a question: Why is Bulger still in the game?
We wonder if the Yankees add to their lead here. Yes we all wonder.
cmon swisha, let’s just have a good eye
Swisher blinking. CC yawning.
This is a pathetic excuse for a ballclub.
Dammit, Swish. That was ball four.
NOOOO You swung at ball four
wow swisher
wow
wow
wow
*very hard facepalm*
Fuckity-fuck-fuck.
Why Nick why
awful
Ah damn, I had a feeling Swish would K on a breaking ball.
wtf swisher, after that at bat, you take THAT swing. ugh
Damnit. I had a feeling he was gonna K there… Oh well.
gah ball 4 swish.