Comments on: Girardi overmanages his way to a Game Three loss

By: Fan Confidence Poll: October 26th, 2009 | River Avenue Blues

Fan Confidence Poll: October 26th, 2009 | River Avenue Blues — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:01:21 +0000

[...] feeling confident. The Yanks took the lead early, but ultimately dropped Game Three after some curious pitching changes by manager Joe Girardi. Many fans questioned Girardi’s bullpen antics after the [...]

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:18:56 +0000

Great balls of shit!

The guy is checking out a looseleaf binder in the 11th inning of the ALCS championship series, and you’re calling him BRILLIANT, AMAZING, and BRILLIANT again????
So in other words, if Rivera was in the game, he’d have been lifted as well for Aceves, because he too does not throw a slew of offspeed stuff?

Did you see what Mathis did to that offspeed stuff? What’s his scouting report say?

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:16:15 +0000

The bats weren’t there in the ALDS either really…there was only a few guys hitting…the rest were masked by walk offs and good pitching.

All in all, we haven’t been collectively hitting all that well…our pitching has been so good that we’re able to give ourselves chances for the big hit…and have been successful with it.

Unfortunately, we’ve seen that anything less than STELLAR pitching isn’t going to get the job done. Andy pitched a solid (yet not stellar) outing and our bats couldn’t do it. We need another stellar outing from CC because I don’t see the bats waking up against Kazmir at home…

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:06:43 +0000

Can Nick Swisher do something this post season? The 2nd and the 4th innings were eerily similar…which unfortunately ended with the same result. I mean I know he strikes out a ton but he had power…he had not one, but TWO chances to lift a ball into the outfield and couldn’t do it. Then Girardi sends Gardner on an 0-1 count…which didn’t make too much sense…the chance of a pitch out on an 0-1 count is pretty good…and at least much better than a 1-1 which you could have gambled on. Either way, a team that runs a lot probably knows how to manage the running game fairly well.

In the end, the Yankees beat themselves. If they had won this game I would have loved every minute of it but it just didn’t look that way at the end (until Mo did his thing…then I quickly thought we had a good chance). Too many mistakes…solo home runs and 0-8 with RISP…twice had 1st and 3rd with 1 out (previously 1st and 2nd with 0 outs) and couldn’t score either time. Among a slew of other bad decisions…it just didn’t seem like a recipe for a win and ended up resulting accordingly.

By: Sam P.

Sam P. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:40:03 +0000

Not so sure I agree Drew. I realize you might not be back through the comments and see this, but thought I’d comment quickly.

Cano wasn’t that far away from Jeter. Cano was more north of the 2nd base bag while Jeter was over north of the shortstop position. If Cano ends up with the ball after Melky throws a bullet to him, I think Cano’s got a good chance to fire to A-Rod or turn and flip to 2nd for a tag.

But what about on the winning run? Melky’s throw, while it got there, had lost a lot of steam by the time it got to Posada. I think his hitting Jeter as the cutoff man would have helped the relay as Jeter could have thrown a strike to the plate. I’m not saying he would have gotten Kendrick, but I think that by hitting the cutoff man, Melky could have given the Yanks a *chance* for a play at the plate.

By: kimonizer

kimonizer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:29:58 +0000

Please stop the all caps

By: SportsPat8

SportsPat8 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:26:32 +0000

Agreed! From one Pat to another, we’re on the same page. Girardi has made a lot of BRILLIANT moves so far, and his job over the season on molding the bullpen into the juggernaut that it is now, is simply AMAZING.

He wanted Aceves in there because he throws better offspeed stuff than D-Rob, and Kendrick is a great fastball hitter. I’m actually fine with it. It didn’t work out, OK, but this BRILLIANT move to throw CC on 3 days rest tonight will recapture all you fairweather fans tonight.

By: Mike HC

Mike HC — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:24:38 +0000

Yea, that was odd. We bring in the junk baller to throw 87-88 mph fastballs? That was the one part that REALLY did not make sense.

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:19:25 +0000

I was in the group of “Crack addicts” who were dumb enough to believe that the Yanks were going to sign Tex. I lost most of my respect for Pete Abe after he let himself off the hook for ridiculing those who thought Cash was playing possum.

No mea culpas from Pete, just a quick blurb that he’ll never believe Cash again.

He’s a talented writer and probably a pretty smart guy and less naive than most, but I was getting tired of the way he was conveying alot of his info – he was getting pretty full of himself – all JMO.

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:09:36 +0000

hopefully the bats start coming around because you cant keep expecting to win close games on misplays and HRs. the bottom of the order isnt getting it done when it counts and Teix looks lost up at the plate (thank Mo for his glove though). they need to break out of this funk and get rolling.