Comments on: The big, position-by-position Yankees-Twins breakdown

By: Fan Confidence Poll: October 12th, 2009 | River Avenue Blues

Fan Confidence Poll: October 12th, 2009 | River Avenue Blues — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:56:51 +0000

[...] be coming into town Wednesday evening. It was a favorable matchup for the Yankees both in terms of how each team’s roster stacked up, as well as in previous meetings this [...]

By: Whitey14

Whitey14 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:53:51 +0000

((snickering))….maybe

By: Jeter’s hard work led to defensive improvement | River Avenue Blues

Jeter’s hard work led to defensive improvement | River Avenue Blues — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:31:35 +0000

[...] composing the ALDS preview, two things stood out. FIrst, that Joe Mauer got to 600 plate appearances despite missing almost a [...]

By: ALDS Game One: Twins @ Yankees | River Avenue Blues

ALDS Game One: Twins @ Yankees | River Avenue Blues — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:31:48 +0000

[...] 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 [...]

By: My momma makes the best feet balls

My momma makes the best feet balls — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:52 +0000

Here’s my playoff prediction — I’m going to hate Bon Jovi even more than I do now and will wind up watching the games with the sound off. Also, the yanks will win but Carl Pavano will shut them down.

By: yanksfan23

yanksfan23 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:16:53 +0000

Hey I’m sick and tired of LoHud blog since Pete banned me from commenting out of his insecurity of everyone turning on him after he supported Selena Roberts.

I have an interesting question for you guys. I’m in an office in NY and you can hear the violent winds constantly. I checked the weather and there’s a wind advisory all throughout tonight. How will that affect tonight’s game? Does anyone know if we can forecast whether the wind will be blowing in or out? If the wind is as strong as it is now I think it can factor into the game, fly balls will become homeruns. Is Brian Duensing a flyball pitcher?

By: A.D.

A.D. — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:11:39 +0000

I agree that Guzman should be on the roster, but not because Hariston is a “viable” back-up/emergency catcher.

Personally I take 10 pitchers, leave off Gaudin, add Guzman.

By: Riddering

Riddering — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:07:36 +0000

The Yankees pretty much buried the “can’t hit up a rookie pitcher/pitcher they’ve never seen” meme in the second half.

It’s not an advantage for the Twins over the Yanks more than any other team they’d be facing with Duensing on the mound.

Confidence level: 11

By: Accent Shallow

Accent Shallow — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:07:28 +0000

Went to Duensing’s Game Logs page on bb-ref, did a search for “NYY”.

By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi

The Honorable Congressman Mondesi — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:07:03 +0000

But he would be catching if Molina started, Posada took over, and then Posada got hurt. I know this isn’t likely, but it’s certsainly not a crazy scenario that definitely won’t happen. Guzman would have been the absolute last guy off the Yankees bench in the ALDS. They’re trading him for the assurance that they will not have Jerry Hairston, a guy who has never caught a pitch in MLB, play catcher for them in the playoffs.

The fact that Girardi called Hairston his emergency catcher, in the regular season, does nothing to persuade me that he should be the backup catcher for even one inning of postseason play. Being the emergency catcher in the regular season means he’s the guy who will catch some innings, in a regular season game, if both your starting catcher and your backup get hurt in the same game, and then the next day you’ll have another couple of catchers called up from the minors and Hairston won’t be catching anymore. That’s a hell of a lot different than letting Hairston catch in the playoffs

This is the right move.