Oct
25
ALCS Game Six Spillover Thread IV
ByCore Four? No Joe Buck, these Yankees roll 25 deep.
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no Joba, no Joba, no Joba, no Jobaaa….STOP!
Joba will come in. He will pitch well, despite your doubts, because he’s a good pitcher. You will be pleased. There will be much rejoicing.
And the townspeople rejoiced.
Yeaaaaaa
Amen TSJC.
Rejoice!
Whew. I was sweating bullets this inning.
Andy with the mini fist pump and the “BWAR!!!!”
No Joe Buck, these Yankees roll 25 deep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaV_JoGB3qE (safe)
Great escape Andy. If we could get one more from him.
Anyway, time for some insurance from our offense.
+1
Top of the order coming up soon, time to tack on.
Nice job, Andy.
Get your nose in front of the ball, it will never get past you.
That was cruel
I’m a horrible person. Stop me before I joke again.
Give him one batter max… in fact, take him out if the count goes 2-0…. you can do that right?
Joba? Yeah, batter to batter with him, but give him a clean slate.
Andy/Joba 7
Hughes 8
Mo 9
Yankees 27
Nice.
The question is will Robertson pitch? 5 days since his last appearance.
Yes, game 2 of the World Series.
Why would you NOT have D-Rob warming? WHY? WHY? WHY?
I hope he’s OK – he’s been throwing the ball great.
I’m thinking more Andy/Phil in the 7th, Phil/Mo in the 8th/ Mo in the 9th
No Phil. He did enough last time out.
Jesus H. Montero, Yankee fans have no tolerance for anything short of 100% perfection at all times, do they?
Gimme a break. Phil pitches in this game. You give him the ball in a big spot, because he’s a good pitcher. One or two bad outings do not make a good pitcher not a good pitcher anymore.
Thank you for sanity
Eiland identified a mechanical problem. I consider Phil ‘fixed’
I’m thinking Andy in the 7th, then Gaudin for the 8th and 9th after the Yankees score 8 more runs and bust this open.
Let’s get some more runs for the pen now!
k_rob must be sore or something, this is wacky
Just three more outs Andy, then hand it off to Mo.
+1
Mo’s not that old. He can go 2.
Great job Andy, now Joba sit down and get back to watching for Midges
Not feeling too comfortable with joba warming up
Be comforted. This team is the balls.
The ALCS ends tonight.
I don’t want to see Joba in this game until the Yankees score 3+ runs here.
i dont care how they get the next 9 as long as theyre winning after the 9th one
Please leave Andy in. Please do not allow extra base machine Joba to pitch, this is not 2007
Pettitte for one more inning, if not go to K-Rob.
We need 3 runs here
Let’s make who pitches the 7th, 8th, and 9th an afterthought. Bullpen apocalypse now!!!!
Man, IDK bout leaving Andy in there. Next 4 guys all significantly better vs lefties.
That’s a good point.
does Andy start the 7th ?
Morales made the last out, so its Kendrick(R)-Rivera(L)-Mathis(R)
Not sure.
Melky dammit.
high leverage pitching situation
show no mercy send out the two best
CC then Mo
I hope you’re kidding.
No
why can’t CC pitch 1 or 2 innings tonight then start game 1 of the WS?
This is the most important pitching spot of the season why not give him the ball?
No.
We have other pitchers who can pitch an inning. You don’t burn CC here. That’s foolish.
Why is everyone ready to bring in a relief pitcher? He just gave up a dribbler to 3rd and a bloop that Vlad took off the ground. Andy’s going 7 easy. In fact he’s good for an out an the 8th.
Two Righties due up, so actually Joba or D-Rob would make sense.
so let me get this straight
girardi likes aceves against Kendrick because of his off speed pitches
but he was gonna bring in joba here in a potential bases loaded situation against kendrick
He liked the matchup with Ace in regards to DRob, not Joba.
No one *including me* agreed with the move, but the situation’s not comparable.
yeah but he said he liked aceves because he was gonna attack with offspeed stuff, changeup and stuff
drob is fastball+curve(a nasty one at that)
joba is fastball + slider(which hangs sometimes)
Right, i know, & I agree, but even if he was going to pull DRob, he wouldn’t have gone to Ace if there were any other options besides Gaudin.
So his justification is obviously in the context of those two guys, and would have no bearing on bringing Joba in or not against Kendrick last inning.
It’s Darren Oliver. Comon offense.
I would prefer Andy in the 7th to Joba, that’s for damn sure.
+1
would it be premature to go ahead and order my world series hat ?
I don’t really hear “Core 4″ at all.
Darren Oliver: ALCS MVP, even if the Angels lose?
Tex 3 RBI double?
ah man i think i just got sarcasm’d..
If the Angels lose, it’s CC or ARod methinks. I’d tend to vote for Mo, but he’s the unspoken MVP always
next core? alex with another contract?, tex, cc, Robi, Joba, Phranchise, Jesus?
JESUS?
Swisher.
I just need a HR off Oliver for the sanity purposes here..
just give me some insurance
Andy starts the 7th if anyone gets on yank him for Drob. A three spot this inning would be nice.
Joba’s sitting. Phew.
Where is David Robertson??? He is doing better than Joba…
time to treat Oliver like Oliver
Need to get Oliver out there. He is killing the Yanks.
The hits were weak. I vote for Andy to start the seventh.
+27
Lets get Oliver outta there. This dude has been a shutdown reliever.
Except for allowing the 3 run double the other night…
Ervin Santana warming? Scioscia’s not exactly going to great lengths to keep this one close, I see.
He didn’t go to great lengths to keep the Yanks down early (i.e. Joe Saunders). Why would he start now?
Besides Lackey, he has no idea who his best pitchers are, does he?
Or his best catcher. But he’s pulling that crap all season.
Good to see that Laird is still hitting well in Arizona.
Cole Ham-els or Cole Haam-els? I think Rosenthal got it wrong or said it oddly.
Tom Waits fans? This is gonna be awesome http://www.mojo4music.com/blog.....he_uk.html
I’m thinking Jesus Montero uses “Jesus gonna be here” as his walk up music
Or Jesus Walks.
Andy starts the 7th if anyone gets on yank him for Drob. A
threefifty spot this inning would be nice.Glad to be of service.
“Classic Foursome”
One of these things is not like the other.
Insurance please.
Wow, Jeter may’ve gotten away w/one there.
LOTS O RUNS PLZ
nice walk cap
Walking the Captain….nice.
come on DJ, steal 2nd.
His name is J.A. Happ. If he wants to be “Jay Happ”, he needs to drop the “A”. What a maroon.
they never say C Sabathia
That doesn’t make any sense.
I’m gonna call him “Jah”, like Ja Rule.
Gritty at bat by Derek Jeter!
it will bring me great joy to watch Scosia lose lets go boys
Good to be back here in the land of the 300 comment thread cutoff. What, only 4 threads tonight? I was hoping for 7 by now.
Your face.
Do I come you your job and knock the cock out of your mouth?
/KathyGriffin’d
a nice rally here can make the pitching decision mute
Wait, pretty at bat by Jeter? Wtf? Had it been anyone else, McCarver would have said “great at bat by XXXXXXX”. When Jeter does it, it’s “pretty?” wtf is wrong with you?
Didn’t he say gritty AB?
I heard pretty too.
Fighting shit bloop with another shit bloop. That’s our answer for the one Vlad hit.
oh hell…i hate it when i do this…
/reply FAIL
He’s got the man crushes going tonight.
Ugly 0-1 hack, Johnny. Yeesh.
Let’s swing at the ball in the dirt. This is not golf Johnny.
It works for Vlad.
Well, maybe it is.
You just can’t predict baseball.
Tim McCarver has an announcing style I wouldn’t teach to youngsters either
Oliver’s slider thing is dirty tonight.
if they can get 2 more runs here..party can get started..
Damon wayyyy to far off the plate, ump has been calling outside all game, not inside.
I’ll take that
Alright Damon
hardee har har
Nice, Damon.
/payback’d
Johnny pulling Vladi..like that.
Damon gets himself a vladdy-style hit. Good job.
The definition of a bloop hit.
OOOOOOH JOHNNY WITH THE BABIP CORRECTION
I can has career average overall performance?
cant fault dj, good running
Hahaha holy shit so ugly. That would piss me off more than a line drive to cf.
Suck it Vlad!
Yes! we frustrated the angels!!!
Trade official: Damon’s goofy flare for Guerrero’s goofy flare. Me likey.
Woohoo, blooper!
Cmon Tex, no DP.
Another hit with RISP please!
Tex vs. Oliver: Round Two.
LET’S GO TEX!
Disappointment wins.
C’mon, Tex, kill this guy.
Hit one out.
Warm up Tex, warm up….
time to put it on ice
While I do appreciate people’s faith in Joba esp. compared to the people who complain about everything Girardi does, that faith is pretty unfounded.
He has given up 7 hits in 2.2 innings this postseason. He should not be in this game unless it goes to extras.
Oh for fuck’s sake Tex.
nice comment
lol
FUCK YOU OLIVER
FCK
Damnit Tex.
that hurts
Sheesh. Double plays killing rallies for everyone.
come on Tex..
Gah…Tex GIDP
BAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLS
Jesus Christ, Fox and their man crushes.
Well, shit.
Let’s go Andy. Pitching phenomenally tonight…
Fuck, another terrible end to an inning.
Hold them down here Andy, one more.
Why is Tex not even battling? He could at least take 3 pitches. Sheesh.
First pitch swinging worked out well Tuesday night.
Agreed.
Once we reach the World Series, I sure as hell hope Tex, Swish, Matsui and even Cano remember how to hit again with some regularity.
The only one of these guys I’d be concerned about is Swish. Cano and Tex seem to be getting their shit together.
Unreal
Cannot do a freaking thing against Oliver. Looked like Tex was trying to do too much. Gotta just take it easy with Oliver and not try to do too much
this team loves leaving men on base and keeping teams in the game
Happy Birthday Adrian Wilson.
a double play with risp… surprise, surprise.
Damnit Tex.
Interceptions are rally killers too.
Goddamit ELI !
No watching, Eli coming down to reality a bit?
Eh, tipped at the line of scrimmage happened to land in Wilson’s hands.
But was it a bad throw?
(like when i defended romo’s int off witten’s foot but you assholes said ‘well it was a bad throw anyway’)
9 outs to go baby.
Am I being a homer or do Buck and the other shithead hate the Yankees.
no, they hate them. you can tell in Joe Buck’s voice he wants the Angels to win.
Buck does for sure. Go back to his calls of Yankee WS wins.
Bleeds Cardinal red
McCarver is just dumb
I just love that you referred to McCarver as ‘the other shithead’
IETC
Tex looking overanxious still. Trying to drive the ball and jumping at everything
happens when u r on verge of ur 1st ws trip..
Big Tex disappointed there.
No matter.
Short leash for Andy?
Rather see a tired Andy than a rested Joba.
Yup. I have every faith in Joba being an above average pitcher in 2010 and beyond.
I’m very skeptical in his ability in the remainder of 2009.
Cmon Andy. 3 more scoreless outs.
Just 3 more outs Andy
3 more outs from Andy, then Mo for 2 innings??
I would love that.
Yes.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
These DP’s are frustrating as hell
I made a halftime bet with a Dolphins fan that the saints would win. he gave me 4:1. I made 200
just thought I’d throw that out there
Great job, Andy.
Ooops! Sorry, reply fail.
I really want a 1-2-3 inning from Andy so we don’t have to see Joba.
I’d feel comfortable with him against every phillie sans chase
I guess if Andy gets in trouble it will be The Jobber.
just got Douche chills with that thought
I hope joba is standing just to get a better view.
+1
Tommie, as a just in case, give me a shot of Joba confidence. Go.
Regardless, there is no reason Joba should be the first option here.
Well, yeah, Pop but still.
No! No, but still!
We need this mofuckin win!
Its ridiculous KRob isn’t above Joba in the pecking order from the beginning of the post season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1-YDU2vbvo (safe)
Dear Mo, let’s get these last 9 outs
Come on Andy keep joba out of the game
Good catch Swisha…
Holy shit, what a break. That held up.
great catch swish!
Swishalicious.
swishalicious!
it’s teh swishahawk
SWISH~
THAT was Swisher sweet.
8 outs to go
Get Andy out the game right now.
Line drive right at Swish. 1 out.
Awww, Swish.
I love lead off outs!!!
Swisha!
wow..I thought it definitly would drop..baseball gods love Yankees
Swisher is so damn awesome.
Great play by Swisher
Swisher is a good right fielder. Ive seen it with my own two eyes.
I have 4 and I agree.
The ironic thing is, the people who disdain UZR and statistical analysis in general say that Swish is a bad fielder and we can see it with our eyes, but the more you watch him with your eyes, the more you can plainly see that he’s a good fielder.
Large samples >>>>>>>>> small samples
Nady watches that bounce
Riiight.
mccarver is unbelievable. if it was good hitting, he wouldn’t have gotten out. every at bat by the angels doesnt have to be amazing.
Ugh…. shit lucky bloops…
Cmon Andy. Get a DP.
Goddamn Jeff Mathis
Lol Juan Rivera I mean
No Mathis, No Mathis, No Mathis…
Give that man a hand.
Another bullshit hit.
I really wish Robertson was the one coming in.
agreed…at the moment, he’s better then Joba.
you have to wonder if there’s something to what mccarver just said about swisher playing the count – his good uzr could be a product of extremely good positioning ability. It would make sense
Another freakin blooper. What a lucky team.
By the way, this is a terrible move by Girardi. I hope it doesn’t backfire.
Dude. Have you ever liked anything Joe has done?
+ ^
Do you think Joba should be the one coming out of the ‘pen in this situation? Do you even think he deserves to be pitching in this situation?
If you don’t think Robertson should be pitching here, you are crazy.
Stop replying to him, Drew.
no no no no no pitching change seriously no no no no
No!!!!!!!!!
Great job, Andy
(And we’re taking out Andy b/c of Mathis? Oy)
wtf is the world coming to right?
Oh….pressure builds now. For the record, I hope I’m wrong here. I just don’t like Joba here in this spot.
Making a pitching change with Mathis coming up? Oy vey.
it’s a bloop hit…this better not be Joba…waiting…waiting….waiting…waiting (while typing)….fuck commercial
great game andy, sorry we couldnt give ya more runs, now lock this down BP
what the eff, you take out pettite to face mathis? JEFF FRIGGIN MATHIS? He’s just as likely to GIDP as anyone else.
Sigh, it’s up to Joba now…
This post is dedicated to confidence in Joba Chamberlain.
Joba pitch to your talents.
A.B.J.
Anybody but Joba.
Well Mike, Get Ready For Some Joba Chamberlain.
Did K-Rob kick Girardi’s puppy?
Or does Joba have incriminating photos? Who knows?
No crappy sliders, Joba
I’d rather see KRob or Hughes out there too but … there’s something fun about Joba. When it clicks for him he is the fucking man.
Agreed. Not a fan of this move, but will cross the fingers here.
Come on, Joba. Do this.
I don’t say this lightly. This is game, and potentially career, suicide.
If Mo is available for 4-6 outs why would you bring in Joba over Hughes here?
Well, Andy did his job.
Do it, Joba.
Joba. I’m excited.
I have no confidence in Joba
Irrational.
7 hits in 2.2 innings this postseason. I would say that is pretty rational
Perhaps the next DirecTV commercial can feature some of the WTC victims hawking their crap?
That might have been Andy’s last pitch at Yankees Stadium ever.
Maybe, but highly unlikely, both this year and next.
I’d go wild and bring in Mo!
I’m going to have a heart attack with Joba up.
Nice job Andy! Nice job!
Now please Yankees bullpen, shut it down!
fuck, Joba time
Great job tonight, Andy.
OK this is the part of the game when I start drinking heavily
Joba’s going to redeem himself here.
Joba will give me a heart attack. Maybe he can find the electric stuff and get out of this.
why is robertson never used?
Joba is going to escape this inning unscathed.
please let this work cause i like girardi
Me too. Don’t want to have to hate him.
I never understood why Joba was on the postseason roster in the first place. Let’s hope he comes through! I would much rather have Hughes in right now even with his recent struggles. He’s been way more effective all year.
At least he would throw strikes.
I just don’t understand. I hope it works out, but I just don’t get it.
I think we’re gonna find out Dave Robertson’s elbow is fucked up. This is inexcusable.
Yep.
If that is the case why have him on the roster?
You pull Mathis?
Ok, Izturis may not GIDP. Wouldn’t surprise me to see an eight pitch AB ending in him reaching, though.
I am literally on the edge of my seat.
The other problem with Joba – does NOT hold runners well
Not when the batters are hitting the ball everywhere.
did they really sub out mathis?? wow
what a dumb move for the angels.
Where is K-Rob? I can’t even remember the last time we saw him.
i think everyone remembers it. right before he was pulled for ace.
last seen being pulled an out too early by joe girardi.
Cmon Joba.
Marte up really? Really? Come on….Shouldn’t Hughes be next in line?
marte is for figgins and abreu who he has handled.
I really do not like Joba in here…
I have no faith in Joba.
Luckily I have enough for both of us.
That was a lousy slider. Bury one, please.
Holy shit – Cano pulled a Jeter
Good job Cano
Holy fuck, what a play by Robbie.
praise be to cano
great play by cano
Cano:
/Right place, right time’d
What a job by Robbie!
HOLY. SHIT.
Whew.
great f’ing play cano!!!!!!!!!
Ugh Joba’s fault for the non-GIDP.
Cano! Wow, presence of mind.
WTF Cap’n?
DJ. … you soooo fucking owe Cano on that one.
I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue.
Ah damnit Jeter.
Good job Cano, got at least one out!
Wow Derek, comon. Still great play by Cano to even get an out.
Mikey S says: Hey Joey, I see your bringing in an iffy bullpen gun to face my #9 hitter and raise you a Maicer Izturis.
at least we got one
Derek Jeter totally fucked up Joba’s tailor made DP ball.
Damn, heads up by Robbie!
wow..cano..
Soo lazy
Wow what a play by Cano.
Heads up play by Cano
Lazy Cano. Can’t even throw it fast enough to get the runner at first.
Luck? fuck you McCarver.
Savin’ Jeter’s ass. Ninja-style.
Cano has redeemed himself for some knuckleheaded move im pretty sure he made some other game before this.
Guys, did you see how lazy Cano was? He didn’t even get off the base for that ball!
Heads up play by Cano there.
Cano has a hose. Who else gets that much on a throw standing flat footed after picking a ball up off the dirt?
Joba, please throw strikes to this scrub.
Sucks that happened Joba made the pitch and got the ground ball to get out of the inning.
joba needs to forget about the runner
JOBA!
whats up with jeter booting all these dps.
I’m glad I was wrong. Good job Joba.
Joba Chamberlain >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all you doubters and haters
Joba done good!
Joba, I was wrong and I apologize.
Good work, Jobber.
Yay let the bitching cease.
All my Joba-related bitching is on hold for the time being.
Jobber the ground ball machine!
Good inning from Joba. Nice recovery by jeter.
Hughes and Mo then Philly.
Confidence level in Joba – 7
Overall 27
And Joba tells me to fuck myself
Great Job-a
Alright Joba!!!!!!!! 2 GBs = Good!
GIRARDI LIVES…. for now.
Joba says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szgo9_CEgc4
Sometimes its nice to be wrong.
Sometimes its nice to be wrong.
Fears assuaged.
Phil and MO. 6 outs. Bring this baby home.
Alright Joba, way to pick yourself up from some subpar performances.
Dear Joe,
Please let me get the last six outs.
Signed,
God a.k.a Mo
Joba ftw.
thank joba goodness.
Great BBall instincts by Cano, Good job Joba and Swisher!!!
Any chance we see Burnett next inning?????
Well give Joba credit people.
OK, everyone who 2nd guessed bringing in Joba, you can post your apologies to him and Girardi here.