ALDS Game One: Twins @ Yankees
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Doesn’t it seem like it’s been a month since the Yankees last played a game? Maybe it’s because I didn’t watch too much of last weekend’s throw away series in Tampa.
Anyway, the Bronx Bombers will take the field this evening for their first playoff game in 729 days. They’ll get to take on a tired, but probably an adrenaline hungover Twins team that just spent 12 innings fighting for their season last night. We’ve already posted a long series preview earlier today, as well as a look back at what happened between these two teams this season, so I’m not going to waste bandwidth by regurgitating that info here.
If you’re looking for an expert’s take, Keith Law posted his advance scouting report on the Twins (it can be summed up as: they’re weak beyond Mauer), as well as a preview of the series (he’s thinking Yanks sweep). Both pieces are Insider only, so sorry if you’re out of luck. One scouting you can see without a subscription comes from Beyond the Box Score, who took a look at tonight’s home plate ump, Tim Tschida. Looks like Tschida’s a squeezer, which could be a big help to the Yanks since Minny’s pitchers rely on working the corners and inducing weak contact.
In case you missed it, here’s the Yanks’ ALDS roster. They went with three catchers and eleven pitchers. Here are tonight’s starting lineups:
Minnesota
Denard Span, CF
Orlando Cabrera, SS
Joe Mauer, C
Michael Cuddyer, 1B
Jason Kubel, RF
Delmon Young, LF
Brendan Harris, DH
Matt Tolbert, 3B
Nick Punto, 2B
Brian Duensing (5-2, 3.64)
Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Johnny Damon, LF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Jorge Posada, C
Robbie Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Melky Cabrera, CF
CC Sabathia (19-8, 3.37)
Pregame ceremonies are supposed to start around 5:40pm ET, with first pitch scheduled for 6:07. It’s been hella windy all day in the Tri-State Area, and it looks like it’s supposed to stay that way most of the night. Could make for a very interesting night if Tschida isn’t giving the corners.
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The road to 27 starts tonight. Let’s go boys.
Solid hit by Jeter! Now bring him home!
First of 11. Lets do it.
LETS GET IT ON
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHH
DO IT
Agreed, chums.
It’s so good to see the A++++++++ lineup.
Ugh, I have to leave for class in 30 minutes, this blows!
I hear you.
I’ve got class 6-9.
I’m trying to stay until 7, but I have a feeling i’ll cut out way before then.
Fortunately I have no class.
Way to rub it in…
ICWUDT
Actually….screw it.
I’m just skipping all together.
I skipped last week because I had to study for two tests the next day, so I have to go. Oh well, at least this guy lets us out by 9. I’ll be home by 9:30, hopefully I can catch a good ending.
Lack of planning ahead, friend.
My condolences.
For those of us without cable. If I buy the mlb.com postseason package, will it blackout the yankees games since i am in the home network?
Yup. You need to get to a bar or find a stream.
Ah the joys of the UK, I can’t get to the game, but I’m never blacked out. In fact I didn’t even need to subscribe to the post-season package, the last few years the regular season package has sufficed.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been waiting almost two years for this. So psyched.
Dawwww Brandon Inge is for the children.
Wait a minute…. it would seem his home run power comes from the wishes of dying children. BRANDON INGE YOU FIENDISH FIEND.
Something is wrong with this country if kids want to push back their own heart-transplant ops to get the autograph of a career .305 OBP guy.
I like how you strip away all the emotion to expose the pathetic underbelly of the story. Well done, Jamal.
“THE HEART, Osborne – first, you attack his heart.”
I want to see Melky’s special interest story about how he is trying to help rehab Porn Stars back to everyday life.
No Behind Left Behind.
Nice story. TBS probably wasn’t planning on running it so early, BUT….the Twins happened.
alright minnesota, bring it.
Here we go, boys…
(passes out bayonets)
LET’S GO. FUCKING KILLLLLLLL IT!
OUR LITTLE ROOKIE IS ABOUT TO GET SOME NOOKIE!!!!
(farts)
so nervous
let’s go big cc!!! (passes out cupcakes)
LET’S GO. FUCKING EEEEAAAAT IT!
SPARTANS!!!! What is your profession!
+27
I like #3 in Keith Law’s keys for the Yankees.
Let’s do it guys!
TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES! TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES!
With the wind blowing to left I can’t wait to see one of Teix’s moon shots carry to the second deck.
*to right
The wind is blowing out? Oh man.
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty pumped.
I’m crazy jacked psyched.
I’m also a ManBearPig.
I’m super serial, guys.
EFFIN-A, COTTON!
You’re excited?!? FEEL THESE NIPPLES!!!
/Costas’d
I’m not wearing any pants.
are chest pains good?
U-S-A!
U-S-A!
U-S-A!
The wind is going to be ridiculous tonight. It was a huge factor in the Phillies game, let’s hope we can capitalize on it in the Bronx. Let’s go Yankees! Road to 27 begins here!
Lets go get them…
Chip Caray Pet Detective.
If I hear this stupid song again I’m gonna break shit.
it will get better and better the more you hear it
/frank caliendo’d
Poor Miloc.
Chip Caray. Ugh.
tbs should not be allowed to bid for the playoffs if they cant keep their feed from freezing
Yeah I know. It froze mid-pitch in the Phillies game, so I took that as a sign that I should watch the game on the non-HD channel. That one works fine.
hd not worth the agita
just switched
And on YES…the soothing sounds of Bernie Williams ladies and gentlemen.
Okokokokok let’s go already!
anyone worried about cc? i know it’s a small sample size of a whopping 25 innings, but that 7.92 ERA…
I’m worried that he may not go 4-0 with a 0.00 ERA. He may scuffle and only go 4-0 with a 0.50 ERA.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, THAT JUST HAPPENED. IS YOUR MIND BLOWN?
Can we have at least Jon Miller or Joe Buck? I already don’t like Chip Caray.
Everything that made Harry and Skip Caray great, Chip doesn’t have. He must have been adopted
The most appropriate place for the Press.
Winds coming in from Canada?
Damn you, Morneau!
OH NO! THERE’S A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING OFF THE COAST OF MAINE!!! AHHH
who knows? maybe craig sager will shut the fuck up
Bud was on Mike and Mike this morning saying he wants an international draft in the next labor talk.
Hopefully CC is on tonight.
Am I watching a ballet recital or a playoff game? The Yankees crowd has really been disappointing.
C’mon CC, ice this fool.
Why is melky playing instead of brett wtf?
lol.. Have you watched this team for the past month? It’s nothing new.
I don’t have a good feeling about this game.
Dude, there have been two batters this game.
Somebody slap this guy for me.
Why for being nervous? This team hasn’t played a game they had to win since the Sox series.
i agree, hes crossed up posada, cc seems to be scared out there as if he knows its gonna go bad and their just the hottter team
well thats a nice way for cc to start! hes making me nervous
Looks like CC has found a way to cut down on his 1 walk to IP ratio in Oct: Throw straight fastballs over the middle of the plate with 3 ball counts
.
Oh no, that leadoff double was clearly Posada’s fault. Where the hell is Molina?!?!
Yes Chip Caray, there was a bigger hit than O-Cab’s homer last night. The one that WON THE GAME!!!
Sit down Cabrera. SIT THE FUK DOWN!
Holy crossup Batman.
BTW, a robot would have still called it a strike.
POSADA!!!! HA
Wow. Just wow.
Yeah, just put Mauer on.
Not so fast dude.
clang, clang clang go the Yankees!
Just give him 1st base now.
Or just SIT HIM DOWN!!
Jeez. It’s the little things that need to be executed, like not have cross-ups.
Well, stuck in class for the next 3 hours. But at least a) it’s in the computer lab, where I can keep Gameday open, and b) I don’t have to listen to that turdburger Chip Caray.
Is anyone at the game???? Sounds like a library so far.
Going to watch Molina on Friday! He can strike out in three languages, you know.
I just fist pumped on strike two.
Thanks for destroying baseball asshole
Mauer? Sit the fuk down.
I have a good feeling about this game.
Talk to Jake, will ya?
Ya talk to me!
The Yanks got this, bro.
They got this.
Fuckin nasty.
CC beats Mauer in round 1.
Good start!
Seriously? People freaking out already and advocating he walk Mauer? C’mon, guys.
No reason to let him beat you. Putting him on 1st sets up a DP.
Cuddyer and Kubel are good hitters. You should not be putting runners on for free in the first inning. As CC showed, he is about as good a pitcher as Mauer is a hitter.
No, you’re right. I like the way they executed it. Slider away and let him get himself out.
Sabathia falling behind guys early is really not a good sign. Twins are hackers, so you may be able to get away with it, but CC needs to be able to throw strikes with the fastball
This isn’t the old post season ZZ.
This is ZZ in the post season backed up with the MFYANKEES!
Good team mates instill confidence and brings out the best.
All the nay sayers can go choke on it!
Escape artist.
That’s right. Sit down.
Looks like he has a sharp slider and change, with fastball command a bit off.
Jitters I would think. Velocity is good. He got two swings and misses on fastballs.
Let’s hope he exhales in the dugout and starts slangin’ the fastball like a baaad man.
Phew. First inning jitters out of the way.
Now he’s all set to go 8 strong.
HEY Z.Z.
WAY TO GO
Too many piches in the first but I’ll take the scoreless inning!
My man from Amsterdam!!!
Nice recovery by CC! Hopefully the Yankee offense grabs a lead and they never look back.
22 pitches in an inning ain’t gonna get it done.
Well, it might, but it’s not exactly optimal.
The bottom of the order won’t be near that difficult to get out. He’ll have some quick innings and it will even out.
When did Evander Hoyfield become a giant? He’s like 6’2″
That’s like 30 feet tall in metric. Public school. yes, I attended it.
What’s kind of sad about that commercial is how punch-drunk he sounds.
Has George Lopez ever said anything funny?
Have you not seen his HBO specials??? Fuckin hilarious IMO.
Yeah, remember that one time when he–
No, wait, I was thinking of George Jefferson. Nevermind.
Typical CC postseason inning. Couldn’t throw strikes with the fastball early in the count, then threw it right down the middle at 93 and straight when behind. They won’t throw a fastball all night when ahead to Mauer. Cuddyer missed a meatball.
Trolls stand over here >
Scoreless inning dude.
He went up 0-2 on Span on fastballs.
You’re feeding him.
IETC
/opposite day’d
4 run lead plz?
SO PUMPED.
Jeter with a hit, whats new?
Lets jump on this kid this inning.
Michael Kay: Well, there goes the no-hitter.
No bunt.
Jeter needs to run on this guy. Really get this nube scurrrrred.
That is one tired looking Twins team you just saw.
CC didn’t seem overly sharp, he actually looked a bit tentative to me. And I’ve never seen him get so many swings and misses in an inning all season. Guys were swinging at pitches and missing by a foot. That tells me this Twins team may be willing, but they’re really, really tired right now.
More or less agreed. CC will calm down. Can’t be easy going out there for game 1. If he continues to pitch the same way I’ll get a little more worried.
Love me some post season Johnny Damon.
Call me a Troll if you want, but I’m watching this game for one thing: Can Sabathia throw strikes in Oct. I want a Sox/Yanks ALCS, so I hope NYEnron wins.
Incorrect.
It’s U.S. Steel. Now get it right… or pay the price.
Troll.
Too bad it’s the Angels in five.
I didn’t know the Sox already won their series. Thanks for the intel. Glad I don’t have to watch that series now.
mmm, “fisted out of play.”
TWSS
Chip Caray has fisting on the brain.
sigh chip caray…get a fucking thesaurus.
There goes Chip Carey using the term ‘fisted’ again.
*shakes head*
Someone’s wife just clenched.
Maybe we can take up a fund to replace Chip Caray with Will Ferrell doing his Harry Caray impersonation.
“Hey, if you were a hot dog, would you eat yourself? I know I would.”
I wouldn’t mind if Will Ferrell as Harry Caray made constant fisting references, come to think of it.
“Hey! If you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you fist yourself?”
… then again.
I wouldn’t mind if Will Ferrell as Harry Caray made constant fisting references, come to think of it.
“Hey! If you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you fist yourself?”
… then again.
I think I might keep a running tally on how many times Caray says a ball was “fisted”
Sounds the sirens!!
FIST THE SIRENS
/evil laugh
Just wanted to point something out, when we talk about pitching around Mauer.
vs LHP, 2009:
Mauer: .345/.413/.497
Cuddyer: .307/.363/.651!!
A power lefty like CC should not be pitching around Mauer to get to Cuddyer.
Nice find Mo, but it didn’t look to me like he did. They just kept feeding him sliders and he kept biting.
Oh, sure. The sentiment from some here was that they should pitch around him there.
Gotcha. I didn’t see any of the comments during the day over here, as usual. I’m usually busy at work.
A jizzmopper’s work is never done, as they say.
I haven’t been a jizzmopper in years, I moved up to Fluffer a long time ago.
Damon really lost his magic.
ron darling is a good announcer
Well, no DP. That’s good. A-Rod, it’s your time to shine.
1st inning and Girardi made a good managerial move by sending the runner. YAY.
He avoided Tex fisting into the DP.
“Typical A-Rod.”
“Must be October.”
“Shocking.”
What else will we hear?
“A-Rod is fisting the ball all over the field tonight.”
relax arod.
see the ball, hit the ball.
Jeez, it looks windy out there.
The wind looks like it is going to make the stadium play big.
Which way is the wind blowing in direction of the stadium?
out to right center.
Great pitching by Duensing in that AB. 4 different pitches, all on the edges of the zone. That was impressive.
Hope the Yanks score early… would really calm me down..
On three pitches?
Baby, sweet baby.
Twins are on Aux power now… weather them out and win big like thePhils
Guys.. how does CC look…
Slightly overweight but the pinstripes are slimming.
Phew…
Delmon Young: Free Swinger
Was listening to the radio, and when CC came back from 0-2 on Span to go 3-2 and give up a double, I groaned and thought “Uh oh, here we go.”
Oh me of little faith.
I hate to be Debbie Downer, but Yankee Stadium sounds like a mausoleum.
Did you know that feline AIDS is the number one killer of domestic cats?
It’s oct. Arod left a man on
So did Damon and Teixeira.
I guarantee they won’t be the only ones.
So did Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira.
He was also the only batter to hit the ball hard.
Brendan Harris: DH. Yikes. Morneau going down has a bitch of a ripple effect.
He’s actually not that bad against lefties.
.297/.356/.428 in his career, .302/.348/.403 this season.
FWIW if anyone was watching the YES pregame, AJ Burnett was quoted by Kay as saying that none of this Posada stuff was his idea. He says he likes Jorge, likes throwing to Jorge and would gladly do it if asked. He said that when he throws a bad game, it’s his fault, not the catcher’s fault. So he put this decision all on Girardi. He also said that when he threw his hands in the air after the Ortiz AB, that had nothing to do with Jorge, that’s just him beating himself up out there.
Could be true, could be pre-planned spin. I will say that it’s consistent with his post game remarks after bad games all throughout the season. I’ve never once heard him blame Posada.
I’ve never heard him complain either. This was a Girardi decision.
AJ seems like a great guy, which is a really good surprise.
In regard to the other point, apparently Girardi and Eiland observed that they were clicking and decided to stick with it. Makes me like the move a bit less.
As an ex-Catcher, I’m sure Girardi has very clearly defined ideas on what a Catcher’s role is. He wouldn’t need AJ to tell him that there’s a problem, he probably saw it all along, and eventually pulled the plug when he saw it wasn’t getting fixed. Jorge did catch AJ for the month of August, so those who scream “Just tell these two to work it out” haven’t been paying attention. They tried to, and AJ pitched to a 6+ ERA in August.
Also, never forget that Girardi was brought in back in 1996 to replace a slugging catcher that pitchers didn’t like throwing to in Mike Stanley. That tells me that Girardi and Jorge likely have very different approaches, and may not always be on the same page philosphically.
As an ex-shitty hitting Catcher, Girardi sympathizes with other shitty hitting catchers who have a reputation of being good defensive catchers.
Who won 3 World Series rings as the Yanks primary catcher.
I buy it. Burnett has made similar comments all year and in particular games I know he complimented the way Posada handled him even when he didn’t have his best stuff (ie, his only game pitched in the Dome this year).
BTW-Even when Jorge spilled the beans on this, he said “it wasn’t a surprise” and that it was the manager’s decision. So his account matches up as well.
Reminiscing about things that happened 20 hours ago?
How many times are we going to hear that the Twins are a group of “baseball players.”
I thought they were a group of plumbers?
I thought they a group of folk singers?
who live in group home.
Al with the D!
Come on O. Lets get some runs.
Please throw up an 8 spot on Duensing.
As long as we can chase him by the 5th. Getting into that tired bullpen early on in the first game of the series is key.
Agree, but did anyone really get overworked yesterday?
Besides, their pen is pretty solid.
Nope, I don’t think the Twins bullpen outside of Nathan has been used a lot.
Never mind.
Nathan: 21 pitches
Guerrier: 22 pitches
Keppel: 33 pitches
Crain: 16 pitches
Mijares: 7 pitches
Mahay: 4 pitches
Rauch: 4 pitches
The off day tomorrow will help them a bit, as did the off day on Monday. I bet Keppel is the only guy truly off limits.
Which is too bad, because he sucks.
The pitches, and the post game celebration, and the travel. They may be available, the question in my mind is how sharp they will be.
Not so much overworked but they used almost everyone. Guerrier and Nathan threw a bit much.
Craig Sager? What the fuck was that?
Posada can hopefully put aside the hurt … or at least transfer it to Duensing.
As long as they keep hitting the ball to right: Kubel is a DH ordinarily for a reason.
O is looking terrible against a guy who isn’t very good.
They’ve been doing this all year to guys they haven’t seen before. They check him out the first time around, then pounce the second and third time through the order.
They have seen this guy before. 2.2 innings earlier this year.
Jake: Calm down, bro.
We got this. Relax. We’re biding our time. Second and third time through the order, we annihilate shit.
It’s what we do.
And how’d he do?
Okay then.
Wow… Your ability to judge offenses after 6 or 7 ABs is impressive. Can you teach me that skill?
The OF defense is great? Kubel?
Delmon is horrible, too.
Yeah, Kubel was just the one I remembered from your post.
The OF defense is great. They have two top notch centerfielders, only one of whom is actually playing at the moment, but Gomez’s stellar CF play somehow applies to Kubel and Young.
I’d explain, but it’s very complex and doesn’t make any actual sense.
Its simple… Gomez wears his Kubel costume when they are on defense.
Love the effort, though. You’re willing this message board to the win.
Wow.
Duensing pwned us this inning.
this is definatly one of those games where the yanks make the pitcher look good but then the 2nd or 3rd time around they absolutely crush im.
it will happen.
No doubt, they’ll continue to draw more pitches and see more of him. Plus wear him out.
I don’t know if it’s Time Warner or TBS, but their HD feed is cutting out consistently every minute or two. It’s really starting to drive me nuts…
Same here.
Did they just call Cano lazy?
yep.
Cause he is Dominican, right?
Man he hung that shit like crazy.
Wide zone, hitters need to adjust.
That ball could have easily been in the seats.
Im back from gettin my haircut, what I miss.
what the hell is robbie smilin at. Someone needs to slap that lazy smile off his face.
I hope it’s sarcasm. But I don’t think so.
Me too.
Beast of the East aka Bam Bam Bigelow aka Crusher Yurkof aka Fister Tooleft aka Serious Business
This dude’s pounding the strike zone. Only 6 pitches off the plate so far.
Anybody else hatin the pitch tracker on the right side of TBS?
Whenever they show a slow-mo replay, it’s way off, too.
I always wonder if they jimmy it so that fans don’t get pissed at umpires…
oh… i guess not says C.C.
Give me a FUCKING break!
Wow, and the pitch to Cano was a STRIKE?
Where the fuck was that pitch??
I hate umpires.
Fucking ump.
apparently the zone isnt that wide.
CC needs to get some quick outs.
Although it sure looked like he struck out Nick Punto.
It seems like Tschida can’t decide if he wants to have a pitchers’ zone or a hitters’ zone.
so let me get this straight: the twins are a bunch of baseball players? intruiging…
No…they’re either a group of plumbers or folk singers. I’m going to say plumbers by day and folks singers by night.
But the Yankees aren’t because they make more money and aren’t gritty or gutty. Except for Gardner.
And gritty and gutsy… it was only a matter of time.
Girardi is pissed. He had a scouting report on an 80s hair band.
Well played. It may work out if they crank it up to 11.
IETC
hahah, ladies and gentlemen, your winner!
why cant the yanks be considered gritty? because of the money they make?
red sox players make a lot of money too, but they of course are the grittiest players in all of mlb.
well there are notmany non-pale playas there
No, the Yankees are the only baseball players in the majors who make money. Everyone else plays for heart and grit.
Denard Span looks like Alfonso Ribiero.
I can picture him doing the Carlton dance right now….
A-ROD!!!!!
That works. I love Robbie.
Yeah fuck you ump he got out anyways.
/fist pump
Denard Span was fisted then fucked.
Nice DP guys
TWSS
Settle CC…settle.
I think TBS complimented the Yankees in this game more than every ESPN and FOX broadcast of Yankee games combined.
So, in other words, they complimented the Yankees once?
No, more like lucky break for Cuddyer.
I’m not worried about the Yanks. But the friggin smirk from Duensing, pisses me off.
A-Rod’s at least makin plays. I really want him to have a good postseason.
Alright. I ran home from the Bus Station. My legs are cramping like a bitch. Let’s win this thing!!!
(hands Salty Buggah a bayonet)
Sounds like a plan.
How can people listen to these broadcasters? It’s like name-that-cliche right now. My gosh. My mute button is very tempting…
WTF?
oh okay lol
Once again, Cano begs to differ.
Uh, “playing the game the right way”?
Any cliches or narratives left we didn’t hear today?
“You can’t predict baseball.”? I don’t think I’ve heard that tonight…yet.
You can’t predict play-by-play men.
CC really needs to get some first pitch outs, he’s not gonna be able to finish the 7th if he keeps it up at this rate.
my TBS HD keeps freezing. It’s pissing me off.
regular feed is fine
Still not locating the FB.
What’s a brotha gotta do to get a strike call?
CC getting squeezed? I just got here and have seen 2 bad calls already in 2 ABs
Alright so postseason.tv is crap cuz you have to choose the camera angle. How do I just watch the tv broadcast? Is that possible??
On the computer that is
Cmon CC, no runs here please. And please be efficient
Joe Mauer is a fucking machine.
Joe Mauer is good
C’mon ZZ keep em down
The plate umps zone is f’ng awful
Okay, ZZ, time to bear down and get out of this thing. Big pitches. Let’s do it.
Twins getting hits left and right.
damnit posada how could you let that happen
Is the two out monster going to rear its head again? Argh.
I blame Jorge.
Dammit CC keeps leaving the fastball up.
Damnit. CC, cmon man get your location.
here come the trolls.
CC is really up in the zone right now…
Just hold em here CC.
Ok now I really do blame Jorge.
This is why people about Posada behind the plate. ALL of the hits have come from fastballs on the outside part of the plate. NEWSFLASH TO JORGE: You must pitch inside.
Dammit jorge, what the hell was that?! he freaking WALKED to get that ball. Sigh…
Fuck ok that one really was posadas fault.
Yeah, defense at Catcher is totally over rated.
Which team is tired?
Maybe CC is back to ‘let me throw a no-hitter mode’…
How can you be a catcher….and yet be unable to catch the ball.
And now we know why no one wants to pitch to posada
Yeah, defense at Catcher is totally overrated.
It’s early, so im not worried.
Whoa.
A non-Gardner gritty reference?
Posada is so worthless.
That’s why I call him PASSED-BALL POSADA