Oct
28
World Series Game One Spillover Thread II
ByWe totally need a Johnny Damon Broken Bat Counter next year.
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Have to stop swinging at these crappy pitches.
Have to start getting hits with runners in scoring position.
Yeah, they’re a whole 0-1.
That’s a .000/.000/.000 line. That just won’t cut it!
LET’S GO YANKS!
c’mon CC, no tight roping this time, 1-2-3 economy
We’ll be watching Mets’ games counting his broken bats?
i know lee is good, but damn they need to slow his ass down more
Patience, young padawan.
you’re right, you always calm me down tsjc
Oh look it’s TSJC. UI predict the Yanks will open the floodgates and score 10 runs now.
No, not yet. All in good time.
The good Mo works in mysterious ways.
lets hope we don’t have Damon next year.
Overpaying for similar production from Holliday sounds nice.
who said i want holliday?
Whom DO you want?
If you don’t want Damon, whom do you have in mind to replace him? That’s JobaWockeeZ point.
Overpaying for similar production from Jason Bay sounds nice.
bay? LOL screw that guy.
im not sure who i want, but damon is declining rapidly defensively and his offense doesn’t look too great at this point either. he started off hot
im not sure who i want
Therein lies the divide between your thought process and ours.
We also don’t want Damon back, but we’ve analyzed the market and realized he’s the best option available, warts and all.
Who do you want? Honestly I do not see any options in the upcoming FA market that would be better than Damon considering all factors.
Oh Lol didn’t see I don’t know who I want.
Anyways I don’t see any better options at this point without having to overpay for decline years. There’s AJax but he needs more time in AAA IMO.
Okay, but you need to propose some option.
We all said roughly the same thing. Freakin’ refresh.
(thinks for a second)
No, I want Damon back next season. Lesser of many evils.
Better to have the devil you do know, than the devil you don’t. This devil is also much cheaper.
Were doomed.
Screwed.
We suck.
Lets just give up and hand Philly the trophy right now.
Girardi is on the bench right now, passing out cyanide capsules.
As well he should.
Whats the point of even playing the last 5 innings? The season is over.
I don’t know why we even bothered winning the ALDS or ALCS. We knew all along we weren’t going to win, why lead the fans on?
What a dick move.
It’s just a tease, and that selfish lil’ bitch Jeter knew it all along.
I can’t recall ever seeing Damon look worse than he has lately.
The bunt attempt in the first was the earliest I’ve ever wanted to break my television.
It’s like he was laughing at Rollins, thinking he could properly bunt.
He looks awful facing Lee. When Johnny drops down a bunt, you know he’s not seeing the ball well.
Yeah, just like Abreu last year.
He OPS .856 in the ALCS. Not too bad.
Joe Posnanski mentioned that Damon tends to take some of the ugliest swings at pitches, and then he’ll come back and crush the exact same pitch the next time it’s thrown. I can’t imagine that it’s intentional, but it makes for some bad looking at bats.
Lee’s at 40 pitches. I really want him out ASAP.
I think the gameplan is “swing early,” which will make the early exit a challenge.
Invictus looks like an interesting film….
I know it’s a gut reaction but I dislike the vibe of “Help me, white man!”
Or maybe it’s just the other Damon’s face.
I play rugby so I’m intrigued, to say the least.
Jeff Gordon…?
Gordon is a Manhattan resident.
AND THAT MAKES US NASCAR FANS MADDER THAN A DOG IN A HUBCAP FACTORY!!!!!
Sincerely,
The South (who shall be rising again, thank you very much)
He’s one of em Socialist.
He’s the only guy in Manhattan that drives (outside of cabbies, limos and tourists).
I thought Invictus looked familiar. I saw that movie. It was called ‘Victory.’
Totally different movement movie about a different sport on a different continent in a different time period?
I guess they both have a black guy
Pélé = Morgan Freeman?
Yes!! They’re probably very close in age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invictus_%28film%29
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083284/
Shit, I thought it was Cool Runnings InVictus: This Time It’s Personal.
IETC
Cool Runnings InVictus:
This Time It’s PersonalThe Wrath of Sanka Coffee.Cap’n Ron up in this bitch.
cmon cc, you need to get your control back
that works
CC is on now, no longer tipping his slider.
can cc throw a first pitch strike tonight?
Do they have to sneak a Joe Torre reference into every Yankee game?
They should sneak in real Joe. The tickettakers have strict instructions to bar him from entering
He’s on, and it’s on!
Joe Buck: And what about Cliff Lee, Joe? Huh? Huh? Cliff Lee!!!
OK, Jorge, Robbie, and Jeter hit it well. We’re getting there.
0 hits, 1 single, 1 double….what will it be in the 4th?
(Hoping for a A-Rod HR)
that strike one fastball had some “hair” on it
ok mccarver, i’ll bite.
wtf are you talking about????
ibanez one of the great postseason signings in recent memory?????
what???
Manny, A-rod, abreu, tex say hi
Wow that pitch was nasty.
CC is clowning on bitches now
I’M BREAKING THE CAPS LAW, BUT FUCKIN’ RIGHT!
/all set now
CC becoming sharper….
CC’s done this before. Iffy first three innings, then someone flips the switch to straight pwnage.
It looks like “someone” may have been Chase Utley.
I’m pretty sure Cash has that button. He doesn’t always turn it on because CC is the balls and can still dominate and Cash takes pleasure in that.
He really does seem to get pissed off when someone beats him.
As shaky as he’s seemed, he’s only given up 2 hits.
how much this must be pissing of Roy Halladay? he could have been here today if not for his GM getting too cute.
I’m sure he feels better now that the fired J.P is locked in his basement.
The fact that he’s not here and yet the Phillies and Yankees are here anyway should please the Yankee fans who rightly opposed giving up premium prospects for Halladay.
He wasn’t necessary.
CC ANGRY!
68 pitches for CC. Hopefully, he goes 7.
Only 40 for Lee, which is really a problem.
CC is scared of ben francisco
how was the first pitch not a strike?
did i miss something?
What is it with baseball teams hanging dead people’s laundry in their dugouts?
Okay. It starts now. Get the fucking bayonets ready.
(straps Cliff Lee dummy to tackling sled)
this is where we hold them. this is where we fight. this is where they die.
THIS IS WHERE LEE IS RAZOR SHARP
[/buck'd]
alright let’s go yanks
Lee got away with some bs. I see them getting to him now.
i am calling a tex single
Homer.
i am calling for a K
Sincerely,
Lanny
wow
well i guess that went that way
Damn Lanny.
I would take a walk at this point.
damn, ryan howard has had that big nose since he was a kid!
wow
how are any of those things “beyond baseball?” the whole ad campaign is literally just clips of people playing baseball.
There’s nothing more beyond baseball than…playing baseball.
/puts on sunglasses
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ARE YOU
WHO WHO
WHO WHO
damn, ryan howard has had that big nose since he was a kid!
You know, your ears and nose never stop growing throughout your whole life!
/urbanlegend’d
I vote for the fox pitch trax plus as the dumbest gimmick in the history of tv. Batter has .45 of a second on a curve but only .41 on a fastball. Wow, that’s fascinating. At the same time, these announcers would never .ops or k/bb. You know, the actually useful information.
If they want a good gimmick, they should show us which balls would be homeruns in other parks. that would be interesting.
PuckTrax back in the 90′s was worse. The blue halo wans’t even on the puck 90% of the time.
This.
PuckTrax was distracting. PitchTrax is just unnecessary.
Ok, Yanks need to score this inning and make Lee throw some pitches. Lidge and Madson are just waiting to blow a game.
Can Fox create any worse promo than beyond childhood thing?
mlb created it, i saw it a while back
Text from my dad:
We score this inning
Duh. Al is up meng
Oh man Wayne just got on Jay’s Death of Autotune track and killed it. New ceilings mixtape is legit as hell.
agreed
i copped it a while back
it’s incredible
My favorite part is when they dubbed in “I might send this to the mixtape weezy” then Wayne just laughs.
How’d you get it before today?
i have websites i go to that put this stuff online
Tex has to tee off on that 2-0 pitch!
I don’t think so, it was a change or cutter and that’s a tough pitch to hit on a 2-0 count unless you’re looking for it
Teixeira really needs to start hitting
So far, a rough night for Tex.
Damn Tex, go get your swing back. And take Swish-Hawk with you.
Fuck, another bad AB….So continued bad AB’s – Tex, Matsui, Damon, Swisher….
Everytime Lee strikesout something, Buck jumps out of his chair..
That’s right Alex. Mess up this guy’s flow.
haha philly’s pitching coach’s answer to mccarver’s question about how on earth lee threw the spiked curve was fantastic
“i dunno, lots of guys throw that pitch”
Yeah really. And here I am thinking Cliff Lee invented a pitch.
Only McCarver was amazed by the spike curve. It was like a child finding out why the sky is blue….
A-Rod ties it.
Or K’s…
Or ties it next time up.
That was a good AB right up till that last pitch.
unfortunately not
Stop trying to pull the changeup.
Long night ahead.
holy shit
cliff lee is fucking on fire
Goddamnit Lee is good.
Oh noes, teh A-Rod is unclutch!
At least he worked the count though, so that’s positive.
Sterling Silver lining.
its like you throw anything but a fastball to our guys 3-2 and they are meat fuck Lee is on
Fuck. At least Arod made him work. I’m thinking we need to swing a little less. See if he digs himself a hole.
4 KO’s from Tex and ARod….
lee is fucking money tonight
I just hope is isn’t money tonight, game 4 and game 7.
Man, everytime Lee strikes out someone Buck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
Next time, no swinging for the fences Alex. Keep it simple and keep your patience, you’ll get some hits.
Howard looks odd with a beard.
uh oh, i smell a curveball coming to jorge
and i was right
Is Cliff Lee >>>>>>>> Jon Lester …
FUCK..
ugh
Lee is dealing…
The one thing I will not miss about ’09: Jorge looking absolutely lost on curveballs.
Add Matsui to that list also.
Stop swinging at that curveball
i dunno why you guys all seem so surprised that cliff lee is dirty. he’s been one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball over the past few years.
I thought it was the NL effect demonstrated by Brad Penny and John Smoltz.
Jesus, I thought bringing out the good Scotch would make me feel good. I feel ill watching our horrific ABs against Lee. I had no idea he was this good!
Joe Buck has a Cliff Lee boner
wowowowow k’s the side……like i said lee is money tonight. we’ll be lucky to push a run across on him tonight. we need to get to the philly bullpen
If we’ll be “lucky to push a run across,” how do you propose getting to the bullpen?
I’m saying he’s pitching a great game. they need to try and work the count more
Fuck I don’t like this.
Wow, Lee is making the Yankees look like they did in April, very foolish at the plate… That is a lot of stress to put on CC because he has already made 1 mistake that is holding up just fine.
At this rate, Lee will be in there for at least 8 innings…And now the weaker part of our line up is due.
I’ll sign up for down 1-0 facing Brad Lidge right now.
They have to get to Lidge – at 15 pitches an inning, Lee goes into the 8th at only 101 pitches.
He hasn’t made any mistakes. No pitcher can do that for a whole game. Just give the Yanks some time. While he K’ed the side he used more pitches.
Hate to say it, but he made some mistakes early that the Yanks swung through. He was leaving the ball up and over the plate.
This is kinda of f**cking embarrassing.
Ugh. FOURRRRRRR innings dude. holy shit some of you are wild.
They are swinging at stuff that is out of the zone.
So now Lee is mixing inner / outer with authority. Shit. I’d love a time machine to have those first two innings back. His location was a mess.
damn lee is good. i hope the yanks can just knock him out of the game and beat up that phillie bullpen.
Damn Lee is filthy tonight.
Holy fucking shit. I’m sorry but take pitches. Make him throw that sick breaking ball for a strike. i know it looks like a strike- its not
All 3 batters in that inning saw at least 5 pitches. He threw 16 in the inning. If you don’t get on base, you aren’t going to extend innings much further than that.
Its not so much an issue of making him work, as working walks. Arod and Posada got themselves on pitches that werent strikes. Take those pitches, and either make him come in with the fastball or take a walk.
Ok, Lee’s on his game.
Can Buck’s man-crush on Cliff Lee be any more obvious? Jeebus.
wow..this is amazing..people here are ready to jump bandwagon after 4innings in WS. Lee is good tonight but don’t forget Yankees have been great entire season..
If the Yankees can’t get a run on Lee, he’s on a CG pace.
the yanks need to lay off everything not a fastball, as he cannot throw his breaking stuff for a strike it seems
Why are commercials allowed to be 20 decibels louder than the program?
i hate how some channels are louder than others. flip the channel and my ears explode
That is annoying, but what about the commercials?
ehhh not so much
actually congress has bill pending on this issue, it annoys the hell out of me..
Thank you, SGF.
Ok, so it wasn’t just me. The local Fox affiliate commercial practically broke windows.
I’m a bit drunk, so it may be exaggerated, but it sounded REALLY LOUD.
at the rate lee’s going he can pick up a CG. LETS GO YANKS!
the way Lee is dealing and CC scuffling, we are lucky tobe only down 1-0
letts hold it here
It’s all good, Lee can have the 5th, and 6th, but his shit get’s fucked up in the 7th-9th.
Peace, Pedro.
that was filthy by cc
CC is pissed and dealing!
Don’t look now but Sabathia is starting to look like Lee.
Exactly. He’s settling down after some early jitters. Now for the lineup to break out the bats
It seems like our shotty hitting has come with us to the WS, we need to atleast tie this up soon!
Joe Buck reads RAB
Good. STFU Buck.
For a little perspective, the Phillies need this game way more than we do. They have Pedro facing Burnett tomorrow and Pettitte facing Hamels (who’s been awful) in Philly on Saturday.
Even if we lose tonight, it’s not the end of the world. If we did find a way to win, it could be a quick series.
I agree with that, and if you want to take the long view, the odds of Lee throwing 120+ pitches tonight and being effective for game 4 on three days rest (which it looks like he’ll have to do) are not all that great.
Good point. We still have more pitching depth all the way through.
Damn rain. We seem to score less in the rain IIRC. Most of the time.
GAME IS NOT OVER YET!!! I just had to type it all uppercase..
If it keeps raining like this, how long before they pull ‘em off the field?
Keep slobbin on that knob Joe Buck
Ken Rosenthal needs to disappear.
funny, I couldn’t see him
Who gave Zombie Christopher Walken Dustin Rosenthol a microphone?
CC has settled down nicely, lets get to Lee now
score some runs please, i hate reading through the negative comments
Since CC has to go on 3 day’s rest in game 4, how many pitches do you guys think we have him for tonight?
easily 120, he’s had like an 8 day layoff. i still think he can go 8
Whatever it takes. They’ll want this game bad. Worry about Game 4 when Game 4 comes around, I would think.
nice 1 matsui. i thought lee k’ed him on the 2-2 pitch
reply fail. my comp is suspect right now
Wow.
Arod with the popup!
There is just no way a single run holds up against this team. I’d be absolutely shocked. Let’s do this.
CC’s rollin’ now. Just need to push a run across and get into that pen.
Someones gotta pop one over the fence. He’s pitching too well right now.
In honor of Mike… “The yankees will bring the timing run to the plate this inning…”
edit “tying”
Only I can do that.
Rosenthal said Lee and CC are close. Now Buck hates Sabathia even more.
edit… tying… stupid auto correct
Kim Basinger …
Does she really look that good?
CC is really feeling it now.
They’re rolling, they’ve gotten to lots of good pitchers this postseason, Lee is no different, he’ll slow down and they will pounce
Exactly. We’ll get to him and then their pen. All in good time
Guys, Patience is a Virtue.
Ugh Matsui.
Reverse Jinx worked!
they’ll score before than, but don’t forget that the 7th inning is their inning
Bottom of the order rally coming up this inning. I FEEEEEEL it.
Also, unsarcastically, been lovin’ the strike zone tonight on both sides. Finally a well-umped game it seems.
Hmmm… my other option is Joe Morgan on the radio. Jon Miller, I like.
You know Matsuis going bad when he swings at the pitch when its already in the glove
You know he’s going good when he works the count full and then knocks single up the middle.
but hey what do i know?
Ewwww apparently lee is dripping with confidence
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
Leadoff man on!
Here we go. Now they’re in business.
There ya go Hideki
This is a tight zone. Both pitchers have been squeezed at different points this game. Still, good hit for Matsui.
Tying run at the plate! Tying run at the plate!
Judo chop mowfucka
yeah leadoff batter!
“Lee’s pacing just drips confidence.”
These two are so frigging idiotic it makes me want to puke. Lee ALWAYS works fast.
No DP Cano
Ugh Cano…
OMFG..ground ball from Matsui which was not directly at 1b,2b?
He’s getting sloppy
talk about a veteran at bat from matsui
reallly buck both teams won 7 games to get here ?
No way did he go around!
Umps are just awesome.
WTF stupid ass ump.
You fuckin me? He didn’t go!!!!
Victorino went more than that you idiot!
Wow, awful. He didn’t come close to going around.
how was that a strike?
so much for the good umped game
WTF!!!!! really? cano did not go around! the umps this posteason are atrocious
No way. Wow, awful
WTF!!!! he didnt even come close
what the hell? not even close to a swing attempt by cano. not even close.
WTF?
Umpiring is SOOOOOOOO great.
That 3rd base ump is a moron.
That third base umpire is on crack.
Great baserunning as usual by the Yankees. It should definately be a DP.
That is an unbelievably fantastic play by Rollins.
Rollins is a lying bitch
That’s gotta be a double play
Bad call. Should be a DP.
More bad umpiring…
what the hell is going on
the umps didn’t even let matsui go back
these umps are all blind cocksuckers. i’m sorry
What’s the infield fly rule? It doesnt apply here at all?
you need risp i think
ugh, bad baseball
How do we not have IR? Double play, inning over. Fair is fair.
Matsui had a serious brain fart.
Does this really require a conference?
WTF these umps suck ass
how many middle aged white guys does it take to get a call right?
Oh great conspiracy theories from Fox on their beloved Cliff Lee.
Damn that sucked
Why dont our runners understand how to play the game? posada and cano at third, posada getting deked, now this
No complaints, absolutely the right call.
infield fly rule?
Wouldn’t that little flare or pop up warrant an infield fly rule?
nevermind.
I thought you need two runners on base for that?
you’re right.
they never made it clear to matsui that it was caught he could have gotten back, bull shit
Boo! Correct Umpiring!
whats white got ot do with it,.. come on
That’s weak. You gotta call it a popup so we know to get back!
wow, the umps getting together to get a call right? what a novelty!
did rollins just make an incredibly smart play, or did he mess up trying to play the short hop?
Messed up trying to play the short hop.
Well, that sucks. But, it’s the right call.
no infield fly? isnt that what thats for?
no there has to be 2 guys on base for the IF fly rule
Wow. Rollins is scummy.
how so? He didn’t try the “fake drop”
he caught the ball, and then told his guy to tag the chump wandering around off the bag for no damn reason.
Ryan Howard was on the base anyway
More crappy baserunning by the Yankees. Good job, guys…
WTF was Hideki doing just watching on the infield grass?
Yah…how was that at all the right thing to do, hideki. If you were out, it wouldn’t matter where you were.
Robbie wasn’t running hard, either.
FU:CK!!!!!
the umps didnt even call a pop up
that’s unfair to matsui
Lee’s starting to lose it.
So, fine, it’s the right call. But more to the point: WHY DO YOU NEED A FUCKING CONFERENCE TO DECIDE IT?!
nice pop out yet again swish
Swisher…take that.
Damnit Swish! That was a pitch to fuckin crush! Stop poppin it up man.
can we get a fucking run?
There was nothing “inadvertent” about that. Rollins has been saving that for years probably. Pulled it out in the World Series. The only bad thing about that call is that it looks like the 2nd base ump made a safe sign. If that’s the case, then Matsui would think it’s a ground ball and he must advance. I thought I saw that on the reply, but I’m not quite sure.
McCarve has no freakin’ clue that Rollins did this on purpose. He didn’t intend to drop the ball. He intended to make it look like he dropped the ball and double the runner off.
Lucky sons of bitches. We’ll get ‘em next inning.
Jesus christ swish
swisher looks awful