World Series Game Two: Phillies @ Yankees
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Thanks to the amazing Cliff Lee, the Yankees already come into tonight’s World Series game in a 1-0 series hole. Because that’s not difficult enough, Joe Girardi has decided to try to resurrect his struggling offense by playing lesser players.
Nick Swisher, who obviously is struggling in a big way, is on the bench tonight in favor of Jerry Hairston Jr. Hairston has some favorable numbers against Pedro (.370-.433-.519 in 31 plate appearances), however the last time he faced Pedro was over full seasons ago, when Hairston was 28 and Pedro had about five extra miles an hour on his fastball. Girardi said in the pregame that he liked the history, but how something that happened five years ago is relevant now is beyond me. Oh, and Hairston’s hitting seventh, not Swisher’s customary eighth.
If that’s not enough, Jose Molina is behind the plate to catch AJ Burnett for the fourth time this postseason. I guess the six earned runs last time out, or the 24 baserunners in 18.1 IP this postseason is irrelevant. I guess the info isn’t worth considering if it’s less than a half-decade old. Fear not Yankee fans, there’s 51 homers and .367 points worth of on-base percentage sitting on the bench for when the game gets out of hand.
It’s a good thing they play the games on the field and not on paper, because on paper the Yankees would get crushed tonight. Here’s the lineups.
Philadelphia
Jimmy Rollins, SS
Shane Victorino, CF
Chase Utley, 2B
Ryan Howard, 1B
Jayson Werth, RF
Raul Ibanez, LF
Matt Stairs, DH
Pedro Feliz, 3B
Carlos Ruiz, C
Pedro Martinez, SP (5-1, 3.63)
Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Johnny Damon, LF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Enrique Wilson Jerry Hairston Jr., RF
Melky Cabrera, CF
Jose Molina, C
AJ Burnett, SP (13-9, 4.04)
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The Mason Williams Watch
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, Alicia Keys in purple.
Tasty.
+ a lot
I need to send that cameraman a nice Christmas gift.
“I’m going to send him a nice fruit basket…I’m gonna miss him…”
YES!!!!!!!!!!
I’m definitely feeling it.
Thinkin the same thing. Hot piece of ass right there. Love her
Her ass is slammin’.
I’d hit that in the rough, if you know what I’m saying. Ah, who am I kidding, I’d pork her for a week and then get tired of her. That’s my thing, that’s what I do.
just for you tsjc
http://twitpic.com/nfynr
I’d totally have her leave the boots on.
Gosh, she’s so damn sexy.
I also L-O-V-E the fact that she’s had no work one on that wonderfully imperfect body of hers. Most stars like her would have had a boob job, dieted themselves into anorexia and God knows what else. She’s totally cool with herself, and there’s nothing sexier than that.
The Artist, you have a massive erection.
For Alicia Keys, who doesn’t?
mmm Love Alicia Keys.
nice echo….
“We Play Today, We Win Today” Go Yankees!!!
Im still confident that this team will bounce back in a big way.
That Hairston, Melky, Molina bottom line looks mighty bad…
But then you realize Melky has been one of the BETTER hitters on the team…and you sulk your head even more…lol
Mo looks like he can’t figure out what’s going on.
ugh, fucking echo.
Yeah. Why the hell couldn’t the Yankees suspend the laws of physics and thermodynamics for this performance?
Bush league.
Technically, they suspend the laws of physics with that black hole in the bottom of their line up.
ramiro pena is saving that video for later
and tommie is saving the dvr. lol.
IETC
WHERE THE HELL WAS LIL’ MAMA?!?!?!??!??!
security guards caught her running onto the field. this ain’t the VMA’s. This ain’t bush league bro
She got held by security.
Ugh Lil Mama. I have no idea how someone like her became on a judge in America’s Best DANCE Crew.
I would impregnant Alicia Keys.
really going out on a limb there.
Ozzie guillen sweeeet. he might actually have something interesting to say
Ozzie Guillen being paid by someone to analyze things is still amazing to me.
is he still managing the White Sox?
He’s being paid to talk, not analyze. As you can see from all of the other sports shows analysis is a pleasant surprise.
Just win.
Alicia Keys? Is her father the piano player, “88 Keys”, in the 1990 cult-classic Dick Tracy?? lol
Real name: Alicia Augello Cook
Fun fact: After Pedro made that “wake up the Bambino and I’ll drill him in ass” comment, he didn’t win another game the rest of the season.
Hopefully Bambino is on the field with us this game against him
one thing for sure…the 88mph Pedro doesnt want to trade beanballs with AJ
Man. I wish JoPo was facing Pedro.
Nice analysis Mike. Spot on and straight to the point. Not much else needs to be said about it. That said, in about 20 minutes I will stop hating these moves and just start rooting for them to work out.
This pitching matchup may benefit the Phillies; Melido Perez is a wily veteran and he pitches well in Yankee Stadium. I remember the year he went 13-16 with a 2.87 ERA for us like it was yesterday.
Melido Perez is no Hipolito Pena.
Pshaw.
Hipolito’s jheri curl can’t hold a candle to Pedro’s or the Perez brothers’s.
Who is Bay Ruth?
“Ju cannot be Bay Rufe”
/Ozzy’d
Coñaso DON JU MAKE FUNNA MY ENLISH!
Fuck I’m nervous. We havent had anything this close to a must win in a while.
Yea I’m feeling the same way. Both the ALDS and ALCS we won game 1, but now that we’re down 0-1 and have to go away for 3 games, we HAVE TO win this game.
i thot it was must win when we were 0-8 against BoSox
we came thru tht fine.. this one is solely on AJ
They should bump Mccarver and Buck and just have Ozzie sitting in the booth. I’d pay money to hear that.
Ozzie Smith and Tony Benerzard in the same booth……oh yeah.
I’d prefer that.
Rollins just dissed Chris Rose. Damn.
it was howard he was trying to get.
This is great, Ellsbury rep’ing Taco Bell.
HAH! Tacoby Bellsberry on behalf of Taco Bell
Eric Karros’ lisp is pissing me off
How important is tonight’s game for the Yankees?
Consider this: Teams that have lost the first 2 home games have won only 25% of the series. Teams that lost the first game but won the second game at home went on to win 71% of the series, almost as much as teams who won the first 2 games at home (76%).
1996
and 1978
What’s really aggravating is that the Red Sox make the World Series twice against NL teams who literally lay down for them and they get absolutely crushed. Then we get here for the first time in a long time and face the Phillies who decide to play through their shoes…pretty standard…
Yea I kinda wish Street didn’t suck ass and actually pissed. We could be playing the Rockies right now!!!
pitched*
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Beat the best to be the best.
gotto earn it… this will be super sweet
So the fuck what.
It will make it sweeter beating a team like the Phillies.
Rollins: “We”ll end this series in 5″
We don’t believe you, You need more people
/Jay-Z’d
Today’s lineup is the first thing Joe’s done that I really and truly question. The bullpen issues have been borderline, IMO. And, I think he received some unfair snipes given the degree to which pitchers like Hughes have underperformed. But a must-win game in the world series is not the time to trot out your B lineup. It just isn’t. I hope it works out but sometimes bad moves work out.
Bats like Hinske and Posada would have put the pressure on Pedro — even if Swish doesn’t have it.
Bats like these can put pressure on Pedro too:
Derek Jeter
Johnny Damon
Mark Teixeira
Alex Rodriguez
Hideki Matsui
Robinson Cano
Jerry Hairston Jr.
Melky Cabrera
Jose Molina
if he was going to pull swish i would have put in gardy and just gone for defense, bat gardy 9 and flip the lineup that way.
I agree that Gardy would’ve been better than Hairston.
They totally can, Drew. Good to be positive. I just think it makes no sense to remove all of that power when we need our bats to wake up.
I’d like Pedro on the ropes early.
Why is everyone so panicked about the Yankees now? Yankees in 6 was a very popular pick for the series, and the most likely games for the Yankees to lose would be the two started by Lee.
You can stuff your logic in a sack, mister.
So what’s the over/under on how many times Joe Buck will say “Cliff Lee” before the first pitch?
Over 10.
They’re inevitably going to “recap” the game last night so I imagine a lot of Cliff Lee’s being said.
the same over / under that McCarver says “hammer curve” in lee’s next start
‘Spike curve’
I’m amazed McCarver was treating the spike curve like it’s something new. It’s been around for years.
Damnit, touche Artist, touche
7.5
If we win tonight and even take only one game in Philly…we come back here to take what’s rightfully ours!!! We can come back here and win 2 in a row against them no problem. And if we take 2 in Philly instead (with a win tonight)?? That’s even better…
Ha what should be a classic.
*waits for 10 run first inning*
BEAT PHILLY
negative nancy…
LETS GO YANKS!!
Let’s get this bitch tonight!
For those of you still upset over Molina starting over Posada, maybe this tidbit will make you feel better.
Francesa interviewed Girardi yesterday, and asked him if there was a situation where there was a big run scoring opportunity (Bases loaded, bottom of the 4th) early in the game, would you pinch hit Poasda for Molina? Girardi said “Absolutely, yes.”
If Girardi is willing to sacrifice Molina behind the plate for Posada so early in the game the decision makes even less sense to me.
Ronan Tynan’s “God Bless America” is so much better than anyone else we’re had all year.
Yeah his was always my favorite.
Anyone else notice how close McCarver and Buck are to one another during the first 3 seconds of the pregame? I feel like it wouldn’t be a shock if they just leaned in for a quick peck
Yeah, a little too friendly. Tim also glances lovingly at Joe Buck, which makes me a bit uncomfortable.
What about that first 20 seconds where Buck pretends like McCarver isn’t sitting 5 inches away from him. “Hi I’m Joe Buck. Tim McCarver will be with me in just a second.” I don’t get that.
hahah i forgot about that, it’s great. Meanwhile McCarver is 3 inches away, taking in buck’s cologne
WOW they did not mention Cliff Lee in the recap!
As in say his name.
obviously you werent listening because the left arm of cliff lee certainly sounded like his name to me.
They only said the lefty ace…
rewind the dvr.
Okay, I’ve been relatively patient with Girardi all season…but not tonight. This pisses me off tonight. I can kind of see sitting Swisher. Kind of. But, if you’re going to do that, you’d damn well better be putting the better bat at catcher. Well, he’s not doing that. WHY THE FUCK NOT?! Ugh. I’m very, very angry. This is complete proof that managers can do much more to hurt the team and negatively affect a game more so than they help the team and positively affect the game.
Sigh.
Same here man. I’ve defended him all year but this is dumb.
I thought Joe Sheehan broke it down pretty well over at BP. One highlight:
“…make no mistake about it: Hairston is starting Game Two of the 2009 World Series because he had a handful of good games during the first George W. Bush administration. It’s a ridiculous misuse of statistics, exactly the kind of thing that analysts have been trying to get the media to stop emphasizing for years. If managers are going to make decisions based on a week of ABs scattered about a guy’s career half a decade ago…it really makes me wonder if anyone is listening.”
http://www.baseballprospectus......ed/?p=1419
My day so far:
- Got a free iPod touch (to complement my free iPhone from last year) from my dad’s friend.
- Classes cancelled. Snow day!!! Had a huge Economics exam today that I didn’t study for and wasn’t ready at all so I now get until Tuesday to study
- Got a C on an essay. Professor lets me rewrite it by last night. Didn’t do it. But because of snow, he said I can do it by tonight.
- Got pizza. Been over a month since I last ate it.
Now let’s top it off with a Yanks win!
Snow? Where are you?
Denver. Been snowing like crazy for 2 days now. Classes cancelled at 2 yesterday and all today.
Damn, imagine if the Rockies went to the WS.
Yea, I was just thinking about that.
doesnt matter since the first 2 were in the AL.
Salty – I just ate dinner, and am contemplating ordering a small pie in an hour or so myself. I like to bury my nervousness in the delicious saturated fat known as melted cheese and pepperoni.
Word on the street is pizza in Colorado sucks. Sick to have a snow day, I always loved them.
I went to college in Vermont and had exactly ONE snow day in four years. Nevermind that it’s -10 and there’s about 10 inches of snow on the ground, school is on. A kid died one year. The next day was a snow day.
I think we have two snow days while I was at Penn State, and I’m pretty sure they were consecutive.
If someone throws cocaine in the air down south? Snow day. Everything’s cancelled. Sometimes I had the Northeast.
Pedro 1st 1-2-3 inning.
Joe Buck: “WOW WHAT A GAME FROM PEDRO. HE HAS BEEN SO UNHITTABLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE HE THROWS A NO HITTER, MAYBE A PERFECT GAME. THERE IS NO STOP TO HIM FOLKS. THIS IS THE BEST IVE SEEN PEDRO SINCE HIS EXPO DAYS, HECK THIS IS THE BEST IVE SEEN PEDRO EVER!!!!”
Is it we chat today, we win today?
I got my got rings shirt on. We got this.
I’ve never been this nervous in my life… This game won’t fucking start!!!
Is Joe Buck contractually obligated to mention every Yankee pitcher’s salary?
Come on Matt, you know the deal. When yankee players are introduce you gotta bring up the salaries. It’s like one of em MasterCard commercials.
Haha, awesome.
so… If Hairston goes something like 3-3, with an extra base hit of any kind and an rbi or two and a run or two scored, dare I say put him in game 3?
Yup. It would be illogical for Girardi not to play him.
If he’s contending that Swisher is slumping, then the guy coming off a big game needs to be in the lineup the next game.
I get the game on ESPN international and the 2 announcers are as bad, or can you believe it, even worse than Buck and McCarver. I am referring to Dave o’Brien and Rick Sutcliffe, sickening, biased Yankee haters. I am seriously tempted to mute the TV
Keep it classy, Jimmy Rollins.
Bubyeeeeee, Shane.
Sit down bitch.
sick 2-seamer from AJ
AJ you are NASTYYYYYY!!!!! JUST FILTHY!!!!! You dirty dog you!!!
Wow, this lineup is like Boston NL. Lots of whining.
Is this Good AJ, tonight?
Man that strikeout pitch was SAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
Wow. That pitch was nasty. There are pitchers who have less movement on their slider than that fastball.
Every time I see Victorino now, I expect him to start yelling at me over my brand of guacamole.
that guy in the commercial did look like him actually
That wasn’t him?
I think good AJ may have shown up.
The good AJ always shows up, the problem is he disappears for a while. That’s the whole idea behind starting Molina, to limit his bad stretches.
Did Molina forget how to properly shut his glove tonight?
I’m really starting to dislike Utley.
He looks like one of the dancers from the Beat It video
Anyone want to go to the game tonight? A reader has a spare ticket, email me. It’s free, upper deck on 3B side.
Free? Lucky bastard who ever gets that…
I think TSJC works down the block, e-mail him.
Need to be in lower Manhattan to pick it up.
Nobody lives around there, man. Out of luck.
I live on the Lexington Ave. line in midtown-ish Manhattan…but I feel like I’d miss a good portion of the game trying to make it up.
To be specific, in Gramercy area or so.
Way to set the tone, AJ — make them look and feel sloppy
Nice and easy. I needed that.
We all did.
Nice inning. Now how about knocking pedro out of the 1st.
Momma like.
Keep it going, A.J.
lets score
HERE COMES DADDY
HERE COMES
DADDYSONwe are HIS daddy
Gimme 6-7 more of those AJ.
It’s funny. Pedro and Hairston had no idea that the three hits he got off him in 2003 would have a major impact in the 2009 World Series.
I think Girardi just wanted Swisher to sit down for a game or two to clear his head, and Hairston’s good numbers combined with scouting reports made him the choice.
We usually see Good AJ every game. Problem is Good AJ usually takes at least 1 inning off every game.
The way I’m looking at it:
If Good AJ shows up for 7 innings, I like our chances.
Wow. Good AJ showed up for the 1st inning. Looking at the graphic of the bottom of the lineup made me sad. Very sad.
WHO’S YOUR DADDY?!
Oh god, is Jeter still sick?
aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggg I’m stuck at work for 40 more min on a shit computer that can’t even handle gameday and a music system that can’t get AM how did AJ look please help I’m goinh freaking insane
He looked REALLY good.
Pretty good. Got 2 easy flyball outs to left and a K on an inside 2 seamer.
A tall gangly fellow.
ha nah he looked bueno
Thanks for reminding us about 2004 ALCS.
wtf is Moto blur
According to Gameday, Pedro has an 85-mph changeup…and a 76-mph changeup. Oh how that mighty arm has fallen…
The sad thing is he hasn’t been in the mid 90′s for at least 5 or 6 years. Even when he was in Boston, Mussina was throwing harder than him.
Yeah, his last year in Boston he was already steep into his decline. Everyone knew Pedro wouldn’t hold up, he just didn’t have the frame to sustain being a power pitcher.
jeter k’ed on an 88 mph fb?
Wow. 88. Throwing fire.
Damon wasn’t even close on that 1-1 pitch.
Nor was he close on that pitch. My mo.
Oof.
wtf
get ready for buck if he strikes out teix.
Sure Swisher is the one that needs the day off or Damon.
really?
It’s a good think I’m watching Fox. I had no idea they changed the series to be best of 3.
My day? Aced my Block 2 medical school exams (though I couldn’t remember which derivatives of which brachial arches lead to the formation of the palate and how this is disturbed in cases of cleft palate).
Make my day better, Yankees.
I do believe that Damon has the worst swing I’ve ever seen.
Gameday is saying Pedro is throwing 87 mph changeups. No, that’s his fb.
Wow, Pedro is on so far. No one in Philly expects much from him on the radio. We are hoping for 5 innings 3 runs but he looks great so far.
We have to be patient. let some breaking pitches go.
Gah. The junk is killing us. Then again, a Little Leaguer could seemingly get Damon out at this point.
Pretty much.
Oh look at that. A pop up from the Yankees. Ugly inning.
Damnit, Tex. You and your popups!
Great start offense.
almost aybar/figgins, but ugly ab’s there.
well that wasnt great. im getting sick of popups
Ugh.
I know it is only the 1st inning, but watching Damon, Tex and soon Matsui is just horrible horrible AB’s… No child should be subjected to those types of AB’s.
I love your hate of Matsui.
Consistent.
So much for a 10 run first inning. Lets get him out of the game by the 5th inning
It’s okay guys, we have Jerry Hairston Jr.
WOW…. This is a Joke. 2 feeble K’s and a pop up from Tony Clark… Making this hood rat look good already
Hood rat?
40 year old virgin.. He looks like 3 Dollar hooker with that hair
Ohh. Never saw the movie.
Looking good boys. Looking good.
OK, guys. Stop swinging for those changeups. Work his count even more. Get a fastball and dont pop it up.
It wasnt great, but there is no way we dont hurt him when we get the timing down and sit on the fastball, and stop swinging at everything else.
The bats are too trigger happy.
i wouldnt care if the changeups were strikes, but he hasnt thrown a change anywhere near the zone.
Wakey Wakey Teix
can Tex really be this bad ?
I have a feeling Robbie is going to have a big game.
We’ll hit him around the second time. We’ve done it all year long.
That was a nasty nasty curveball.
Aww shit!!! Just read the comments that Tex popped up. I must have rewound the pre-game to watch Alicia Keys ass a few times. I’ve been watching the game about 3 minutes in the past… OK I gotta wait till commercial and get back to the future!!!
I have not seen the Yanks like you guys have but they look they are wound very tight.
Why are you here? Wouldn’t it be more fun to enjoy the game with some fellow Phily fans?
You can stay, just don’t be a douche and try to bait people into arguments.
I was here last night also. What bait guy? They look good to you?
I’m already catching some Douche chills
Cliff Lee will do that you.
Yes. Yes he will.
(whoosh)
Eh, the guy was pretty respectful last night. I didn’t agree with some of his points (guaranteeing Lee pitching well on 3 days rest), but I don’t think he’s baiting anyone.
It just happens that he has no way of knowing if they are wound tight or not. Besides, it’s the 1st inning.
Thank you JMK.
I said you guys were awesome. The Yanks look like they are just very tight right now. A bomb by ARod would change that I’m sure.
so I guess the bats still don’t know thw world series has started
AJ going well early.
wait till the second time around the lineup…
That curve is just unfair.
Love that swing from Howard. Good job, A.J.
Pedro is throwing junk and the Yankees will get to him and win this game. Book it.
Here comes the Beckett crap..
First Josh Beckett mention of the evening. Christ.
then he proceeded to call AJ, beckett
Buck just called Burnett “Beckett.”
Heh, this series has brought out the worst in everyone around me. I got into a trash talking session with my girlfriend’s friends (who are just plain bandwagon anti-Yankee fans), ended up getting into a fight with her. I’m hell pissed thanks to those bitches provoking me…. I hope Pedro shits all over himself and the MFYankees wake up to rip him a new one.
After slobbing on Josh Beckett. Buck calls Burnett, Beckett. Good one Joe.
Pedro’s pitching, so how long until he calls the Phils the Sox?
AJ’s got his good stuff tonight. Here’s hoping he doesn’t take an inning off, like usual.
Its amazing how often Beckett’s name gets mention during the postseason when the RedSox aren’t even playing. Not only that, but aren’t there other dominant righthanders playing in the MLB?
Here comes the payroll..
That’s two salary drops AND he fit in Sabathia’s deal as well. What a jackass.
More payroll references.
“Yes, I want that fastball, Yes, I want it there”. Very seductive Mr. McCarver
He was talking to Pedro.
Whats up with Molina dropping all of those pitches?
He’s no Posada back there.
way to make him hit it.
Molina, you can’t frame pitches if you keep dropping them.
…………………………………
alright we get the idea about the fricking Ibanez signing..
The Phillies being 7th in payroll are a pretty small-market team.
Anybody keeping count of how many times the ball pops out of Molina’s glove? It’s like he hasn’t broken it in yet.
Nice at-bat from Werth.
AJ looks awesome so far.
6 for 6 ..1st pitch strike..love that
and now the excuses for ibanez slow 2nd half.
Ibanez looks like my brother-in-law who is a farging ishhole.
Ibanez looks like a jerk.
that spin wont help is abdomen buck
Really, Buck? You expected Ibanez to keep hitting .370?
I’m still trying to figure out why a fastball doesn’t maintain its velocity for an eternity. Shit is wild.
Crap.
Sheesh, right off the line.
That was just complete luck there.
OMFG AJ SUUUCKKKSSS
/irrational
let’s get Fat Stairs here…
Way to go McCarver you fucking douche bag.
“I was wrong.” For the first time in history.
Where is Phil Cuzzy when u need him..
Stairs is still alive?
Good grief. Stairs looks like he should be cracking open a can of Schlitz at the bowling alley.
Just can’t buy a break. Liked the high cheese at 1-2. Should have worked. It pretty much did.
Fuck that shit!
Damn that is a cheap ass run.
A-rod has to pick that.
Didn’t take long for them to mention that Stairs is from Canada.
… Here we go?
Ugh. Fucking girl arm.
does Mike Cameron have a good arm?
FML
Well, at least Damon’s throw made it to the infield. A-Rod should have had that.
Matt Stairs? Ugh.
Wow, if anyone with an arm is in LF, that’s the third out.
He throws like the 4th OF on a girls slow pitch team
I know there are great arguments for bringing johnny back but when you see that it’s when you want anyone but him
Maybe Paul O’neill can teach him how to kick.
Sigh.
Right through A-Rod.
Matt Fucking Stairs… Great job AJ
That is a great job arod, not aj. that play has to be made.
Hard to score that run without a 2 out double
u mean the blooper that hit the foul line…get off it.
Yeah, that one… The double
Bloop hits happen, balls going through gloves shouldn’t happen, those are called errors
what the fuck.
Time for the luck to swing back to the Yanks. Any inning now.
Wow. That was a tough play, but one A-Rod has to make.
Another early hole for the Yanks. They need to do something – anything – next inning.
can u get more bad breaks? ball falls on line and second one goes under the glove..
A-Rod should hit one out to make up for missing that.
Ok here is what will determine the game… Does the line up pick up AJ for those cheap ass hits… if not, game over… but if they can… Yanks win.
game over in 2nd inning?
Have you seen this offense? I want to know what happened to the Yankee offense of the regular season. Some of them got post season births, some are playing golf right now.
this is what has happened in the postseason during their drought. dominant offense during the regular season quiets down in the playoffs. they just have the pitching this year to keep them in it.
Yes, if they do not score, they will not win.
I wish he hadn’t caught that but it was a heck of a catch.
love the start of this game already. Phillies getting the breaks to start the game.
Pick yourself up, A-Rod.
just keep pitching like this AJ
It’s a damn shame for the cheapest of cheap runs to get tacked onto AJ when he is throwing a hell of a game.
Wow, that run was a gift after looking at the replay.
Good job by AJ finishing off Feliz. Can’t let the bottom of the order continue rallies.
Tough break that inning.
ARod goes yard and Kate stands up with the “Who’s Your Daddy” chant as ARod circles the bases…
is that a reference at Pedro or Arod?
Depends! Your call.
This will show up in the box score against AJ, but really, bad luck and defense let him down.
Does the average LF make that catch on the GR double?
I don’t know about catching it but an average LF makes a better throw home after the Stairs single.
I know. The run doesn’t score with anyone with an arm in Left. But the question is does the first hit get caught?
May as well play deeper on Stairs. It must take him 30 seconds to run to first.
Man, they got so lucky that inning. Blooper, mistake. Cmon guys, we need to get this.
That has to be an error on A-Rod right?
We just need someone to wake up with a big play on offense, get the stadium going, and turn this around. Its not that the phillies are asserting themselves- its that we noticeably aren’t
now i know what angel fans felt like. every time you need to make a play, it works out the other way. However, although we might be playing the angels so far, we should get this back. Aj is on and pedro is thowing 88 mph fastballs. only a matter of time before he gets hit.
We need a Cervelli in atlanta hit to get these guys off the bench and up at the top step. Need confidence back.
What’s up guys. Just got home, how are we doing so far? How did they get that one run?
A bloop and a rip under Al’s glove.
Bad play by Alex or was it a tough play?
Should’ve had it.
Kinda both but mostly bad play
Eh, he usually gets it but it was a rip.
Probably should have been called an error but not the worse play ever
Damnit Alex, stop reaching man.
A-Rod doesn’t need to swing at everything…
Ugh, that 0-1 swing by A-Rod scares me. Why’s he trying to pull that?
they have to realize is that what pedro does is throw bs that looks really hittable but isnt. TAKE PITCHES
Pedro’s changeup is just good enough to generate swings.
Why are they swinging at change ups. They are no where close to the plate.
You do realize the whole point of a changeup is that it’s supposed to look like a fastball, right?
Yes. But when it’s at the ankles it doesn’t start anywhere near the zone. That is what A-Rod swung at.
this crowd is really weak at the moment.
Cant blame the crowd for being quiet right now when nothing good has happened in this series yet
din’t the pope step into Yankee Stadium? He isn’t influential?
Maybe, but he’s got no secondary pitches.
Guiliani in the back ground of the shot of Matsui…. very ironic, one has a flopping political career, the other a flopping swing.
one is Asian the other is Caucasian
Matsui doesn’t have a 9/11 swing. Wait, what?
i can’t help but feeling that A-rod woulda been smacking these pitches the last couple weeks
A-Rod looks like he’s late up there at the plate. I wonder if Pedro has some deception with his delivery or the way his pitches move. A-Rod should be crushing 88 mph fastballs into Monument Park.
God, this is getting really upsetting.
Wow, vintage Pedro.
Wow… just wow!!!!
jesus christ. i cant handle this.
Wow.
Several hittable pitches in that AB. Not a good sign.
What the hell are you waiting for Alex?
Wow. Three of the first four strike out, and I have to watch Hairston Jr. and Molina bat tonight? Someone get me Pepto Bismol. This might be a looong night.
Buck and McCarver….can you stop it with the captain Obvious shit?
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Matsui!
dont cry charlespoet.
not crying…. same video from last night.
There goes the no-hitter.
hells yea
Good job Mats.
Posada will come through!
Posada is not in the lineup.
But jerry hairston is!!!
…
What a bad AB for Matsui.
/charlespoet’d
Ha… Well played, very nice…..
But that is just one hit.
Still beats an out.
Hey, a hit! We should try those run thingies now..
Holy freaking crap. These slow feeble starts are getting very frustrating. What the hell is going on? There is no sense of fire or intensity.
Let’s f-ing go fellas!!!!!
Woooosa
Hopefully Hideki starts a trend
We should switch things up. Matsui should go for a stolen base. They’d never see it coming!
LOL. Better yet, have him swipe home.
Taco Bell is open late!
and he’s probably blow out his knee in the process
Cano looks horrible swinging at those pitches at his eyes.
It bums me out that Hairston, Melky, and Molina follow Cano.
I’m OK with Hairston in the lineup, but having Molina there is just idiotic.
“The night is darkest before the dawn” – Harvey Dent
maybe don asked if his momma knew “whose his daddy?”
I can’t stand buck and McCarver; one is a douche, and the other repeats stories.
They’re both douches. One bigger than the other.
do we have a running tally on which people love to crack on which guys?
brazil its cano
charlespoet is matsui
Lanny cracks on everyone =) JK
we arent losing by enough for lanny to show up yet. lol.
HAHA you’re right.
They only let him out of the dungeon when the Yankees are doing horrible.
Everyone’s swing seems long and loopy. Not good.
That just missed? are you fucking kidding me buck? are you fucking blind?
Cut him some slack, it was only 7 inches off the plate. The hitter has every advantage these days…
Goddamnit!
Damn. Damn. Damn.
That hurts
Ibanez? Fuck.
holy fuck, they have all the luck.
Oh fuck you Ibanez! Nothing’s going our way
Fuck my life.
The universe is out to get us. IF that was the phillies it would have dropped.
A real outfielder catches that standing up.
This is ridiculous.
Hung up there too long. Damn.
That’s a head scratcher…
Oh that hurt.
On top of everything there’s the shitty luck.
The same Ibanez who threw right into the outfield grass in Seattle.
Ibanez with the gold glove play.
Dear God,
Please let our dunk hits fall in this game. We promise we won’t be cocky, know it all fans anymore.
Sincerely,
Yankee fans everywhere.
So this is what it’s like to have a National League lineup, huh?
.. let J-Hair finish his AB at least man…
I really feel were going to need a monster shot home run to turn this around. and it aint coming from jerry
I think an extra base hit would do it to.
But then Molina would be up.
/National League pitcher’d
Come on Hairston.
How is that inside slurve working?
We just need Hairston to reach to clear Molina’s spot.
Serious question guys.
Why did the manager take out Posada and Swisher after almost getting shut out last night? I thought that these two guys started all year.
Listening on the radio – was that a good catch by Ibanez? Sterling made it seem like he was BJ Upton out there.
How are they getting so thoroughly flummoxed by these slow pitches?
Joe Buck now has a boner
This is an Effing joke.