Nov
02
World Series Game Five Spillover Thread V
ByTime to just stop pitching to Utley all together. Howard’s been completely useless this series.
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Did someone win a Chevy Truck from the ball hitting that sign?
I wonder if they could just get cash value instead.
BUT HOWIE LONG SAID THEY WERE AWESOME?!?!?
Howie Long has cop hair…
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scott glenn was in firestorm AND backdraft
Dude, Scott Glenn has been in like every movie ever.
I’ve heard they usually donate that sort of thing.
Remember when people thought I was nuts when I said that Marte should be the first lefty out of the pen and Coke should be the second?
Yeah… good times.
maybe Swisher should be second after that fiasco
Remember when I said that if coke had come in the 9th inning yesterday with a tie game that we would of lost.
Touché.
I don’t think anyone thought that after he pitched well enough to earn an appreciation thread though.
Someone actually supplicated to you in your absence over the very issue in, I think, one of yesterday’s spillovers.
+1 for proper usage of “supplicated”.
Yeah, well what can we say, you’re the smartest.
Glad we didn’t have to see Coke last night… shudder.
Did Coke ever shit the bed.
He is a bit homerprone, isn’t he?
Homerprone lefty + homer hitting LHB’s who hit lefties well + lefty-favoring launchingpad ballpark = pain and misery
I just read a post about Chase Utley, and I swear I read it as “Cheese Utley” because of his hair.
he’s got some of the greasiest looking hair i’ve ever seen
I loved him in Wallstreet.
Or as the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers/Knicks/Heat
What I don’t get is why he kept going with fastballs to Utley and Ibanez when we have been getting them out with breaking balls away this whole series.
This is to the Phils wishing they could save these runs for wednesday. We all would have signed for 2 out of 3 in philly in a heartbeat after splitting in the bronx. Yanks are in the driver seat still, just have to finish.
Agreed. I was just about to post this. About the only negative I can think of is that losing the last game before heading back home can give them momentum… I guess…
Pettite on 3-days rest is an unknown at best, and I’d call it a negative.
If Arod is worth $25M per season and Tex is worth $18M does that mean Utley is worth $50M ?
Yeah, and Jeff Mathis is worth ONE BILLIONS DOLLARS!
/Dr. Evil’d
Yeah, if we’re using the Russian Ruble.
more like the zimbabwean dollar, that thing is worthless
i can’t even contemplate the crazy equation it took to come up with that
I think it has something to do with the Vegas odds for pitching on short rest.
He production is triple their’s combined but then I rounded down for economies of scale.
ARod is more valuable than Chase. Tex is not.
That is crazy, I would take Utley over Arod in a New York minute.
Utley, career: .295/.379/.523 (129+)
ARod, career: .305/.390/.576 (147+)
Batshit insane.
But Utley is 5 years younger, better in the clutch, and provides a greater positional superiority.
You are stupid if you seriously consider that.
Your right I would never give up Utley for Arod.
Back on the horse, Phil. No pressure.
Do you mean Phil Coke? Because that guy isn’t throwing another pitch until Spring Training 2010.
I wonder if they could just pull a Dice-K and DL him with a case of the extreme suck.
Hughes for some work. get that confidence back.
Okay. Straighten your shit out, Hughesie. Attack.
Phil Hughes must really be in the doghouse.
Why not Bruney ?
See the post directly above you.
They need to get him right.
Just see how Hughesy looks i guess
OK. Let’s get them Wednesday.
This is a brutal game. I hope they use Bruney in the 9th.
And he fuckin’ hits somebody with a 95+ fastball.
Yankees wont pitch the 9th. barring a miracle of course.
I’m curious why they don’t throw inside and if Utley doesn’t move hit him. I’m tired of him just sitting right on top of the plate.
Wait a sec — the Yanks are in the playoffs?
I thought we finished fourth this season after going going 0-8 against Boston? Didn’t the Blue Jays win the AL East?
We did. You must be watching clips from “Mr. Baseball.”
Phil Coke should go back to sweeping chimneys with Mary Poppins.
Or go and live with Nick Turturro.
But then what is Dick Van Dyke going to do??!?!
Well, she never really swept any.
That was Penis van Lesbian.
/low brow’d
Also, I found some refutations for your “Grits kill Ant Colonies” thesis. We’ll talk later.
Heh, never saw Mary Poppins, but I remember that song. Regarding ants: I’m not fond of books or libraries or factual data. I use Wikipedia. They said dry grits kill ant colonies.
That scared me. I also think they taste funny.
here’s a positive from this game: three good swings by cano
And Ace and D-Rob looked good.
And D-Rob and Aceves and A-Rod and Damon and the game isn’t over yet.
Lots of positives.
Well our best chance of winning tonight backfired. Now we have worse chances of winning the next 2 games…
I LOL’d.
Why are the chances worse? The Yankees are at home with a good pitcher and a great pitcher lined up to pitch the next two games. They are also not facing Cliff Lee. Why are their chances worse?
Oh yeah: they’ll also have Posada and Matsui in the lineup for the entire game. Why would their chances be worse in 6/7?
It’s from earlier today’s threads. AJ on 3 days rest tonight was better than Gaudin…but had we pitched Gaudin tonight…we would have had AJ on full rest for Wednesday at home…and Andy on full rest at home. Now because we did this instead…we had AJ on 3 days rest tonight (didn’t work)…we’ll have Andy on 3 days rest (37 years old) on Wednesday…and CC on 3 days rest again (hasn’t been shut down in the series at all)…
I just never liked it…that’s all. Could bite us in the ass.
Um.
Today’s game was the least likely one the Yankees were going to win.
-we have homefield advantage
-we got pettite and CC
-they don’t even know who will pitch games 6,7
I’m still waiting for a pitcher not named Cliff Lee to beat us.
Confidence: 27
Pedro and Hamels?? Why wouldn’t it be them?
because they havent thats why. One is 100 yrs old and the other wants to go home.
If Hughes has some success here, that could be very, very important for the Yanks.
Well, here’s some bullpen pluses:
Marte and Rivera will 99.9% not be used in this game.
Joba will 99.9% not be used in this game.
D-Rob and Hughes will have pitched very low stress innings.
There’s a day off tomorrow.
The Yankees are winning this series.
Marte has off too
Read it again ;0
Look at you, Pop. Pointing out what I did right even though I insulted you earlier. Such a pal.
Hey look at that, he had Marte there already.
Thats what I dont understand…why continue to pitch to Utley when Howard has been absolute crap this series? I dont get it.
Also, I am really hating Buck’s happiness right now.
One three pitches.
That’s what I like to see, Hughes baby.
The pitch to Utley is in the exact same spot every time. Does no one on the Yankees notice this?
5 home runs says they certainly don’t…
He’s very hard to pitch to. Unlike Howard he has no obvious holes in his swing. He’s quick enough to get the pitch inside, and has enough plate coverage to hook the pitch outside.
I agree the execution has been awful but the dude is really, really good.
that’s what’s ridiculous…it’s not like he’s killing good pitches…they’re ALL down the middle!
Maybe we can get Hughes right after tonight. Something positive might come out of this mess.
Just though of this:
AJ Burnett is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get.
He’s our 2008 Ollie Perez.
Way Up! Way Down! Way Up! Way Down!
Yeah, except he actually has ups.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, BURN!!!!!!!
CC on three days regardless. AJ on any rest over GAUDIN any day of the week. Andy on 3 days at home OVER AJ due for a bad start. We score early in game 6, that is the key.
AJ in his 2 closeout games
8ip, 12h, 12 er, 7bb, 5k… 7 earned allowed in teh 2 1st innings.
He wasn’t all that sharp last night, but you expect him to dominate on a second potential 3-days rest game? I hope this we aren’t even talking about a game 7 come thursday.
Is it Wednesday yet?
I’ve always dreamed and hoped of the Yankees having some magical insane comeback in a huge game in the playoffs of some ridiculous amount of like 6+ runs. Tonight would be a nice night for that dream to come true. Go Yankees!
they would have to actually swing at the ball for that to happen
I will take Andy against Mr. 86 mph fastball Wednesday. Did anyone really think that the Yanks would win 3 road games? I didn’t. I thought this was going 6 games all along.
Me too, but I wanted the W tonight.
Yea. I mean, I certainly though they could win 3 games. However, I think we all wanted 2 out of 3 in Philly. If the Yanks don’t come back, these 3 games were still a HUGE success IMO.
No, but I never thought they’d actually start Pettite on 3-days rest, either.
was just thinking the same as headline
I mean you can’t pitch to Chase again until Howard does ANYTHING
Winning at home in the new stadium versus Pedro Martinez sounds good to me, very storybook.
If Pedro played for the Yankees, he would be king. Remember that.
Yea, in Scranton.
Most people predicted yankees in 6. Most people will be right.
Fully rested pen, cano starting to hit, jeter and damon still hitting, Pettite in a pressure game. Color me unconcerned; and how sweet will it be clinching at YS.
I really like how Girardi used the bullpen here and I think it is modestly encouraging (except for Coke). Prob not our night, but getting set up for game 6 and game 7 if we need it is important.
Somebody needs to steal his hair gel. Or kidnap him and shave his head. Maybe that’ll cook him off.
It isn’t gel… lets just say Buck and McCarver help him with his product
RALLY TIME
6 run rally, here we come!
Only if Tex get a hit
Here we go
Good start.
Yeah Johnny! Comeback has started! Go Yankees!
Clap-clap-clapclapclap!
That was a base hit? are you kidding me?
Can Tex look better than Molina for at least one AB?
Yes he can. Finally
C’mon Teix. Give me a good AB.
show me a sign Tex.
I’d accept a loss for a little Paul O’Neil effect…
Come on Tex!
Eff yes
RALLY
Yup, here we go
YES!
Here we go. Too bad Coke shat the bed.
what’s the past tense for shit? is it shat?
We can still pick him up.
I think it’s high time for that tasty Phillies bullpen.
6 runs is nothin.
All Yankee contracts should come with incentives. Like if you don’t hit the fucking ball, you don’t get paid.
Go read the CBA.
Hit one out A-Rod! Rally time!! Lets Go Yankees!
Finally … RESULTS.
A little too late.
Alright Alex. Pad time. No pressure.
Here come the OPS.
Wherein the Yankees put the fear of god into the crowd, and salvage some momentum for Wednesday.
In which the Yankees stage an historic, late-inning comeback to crush Phobodelphia
Productive at least
Let’s go, Alex. Drive a few more in here.
If not for Coke, this inning would have a lot for us to cheer for. (I know all about the predetermined outcome fallacy. Jeez, guys.)
Ok, color me stupid, Pauley O effect?
holy shit dude thats fucking weird hahaha
What was the thing that Paul O’Neill would say during blowouts like this? I feel like I know what it is and it makes sense but i just can’t grasp it right now for the life of me.
I think Brad Lidge deserves a second chance
Game ain’t over.
When will the jumpers ever learn.
You want to say “things don’t look good”?
That’s fine.
But don’t EVER say a game is over until it’s actually over when it’s the 2009 New york Fucking Yankees.
Arod plz look inside fastball. Just for me buddy/
Even with a home run we’re down by 3 lol
“Even if we win tonight, we still lost a game in the WS.”
RUT ROH
that at bat by Tex might wake The Beast
A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY SHIT !!
2 runs score!
BOOM.
Boom Bitch.
Ugh…I have faith, but I can’t stop shaking my head at the extra runs the pen keep giving up. Four run games are quite different from six run games.
Go Yanks. Get ‘em back.
Same here. Just what I was thinking as Coke served cocktails.
A-God does it again
There’s the Raul Ibanez defense we all know and love.
Lee should be done now. Bring on the bullpen
I’ll take it. Let’s fucking go. This. Game. Is. Winnable.
LETS GO!
There’s our centaur.
http://twitter.com/IAmCentaur
Thank God for Phil Coke.
well now thanks Coke seriously thanks alot
Imagine if Phil Coke never came in right now?
Great base running Alex.
Damn you to hell, Phil Coke.
+1000
4 runs in 6 outs with their BP?
We got 3 runs in 1 out last night.
It’s one thing to be optimistic, but that’s statistically VERY unlikely to happen again. I’m cautiously optimistic, but cautious to be that bold.
We got 3 runs when *one strike* could have ended our inning.
And we ended up giving them the last out (JoPo apathetically got tagged out at 2nd).
Lets go Swisher! Hit a 2 run jack! Lets Go Yankees! Rally time!
Four runs against their ace in 7 innings.
Yah, I still love this damn team.
Having 3 starting pitchers (one being 37 years old) finishing off the series all on 3 days rest (including tonight)…kind of nervous…not gonna lie. Tonight didn’t turn out so well…
Correction: hasn’t turned out so well SO FAR.
Game isn’t over yet.
DAMMIT if Coke hadn’t fucked up this game is COMPLETELY different. SHIT!
he should go back to sweeping chimneys
If AJ hadn’t shit the bed, we might not have saw Coke pitch tonite
If we hadn’t used so much hairspray back in the 80′s, the polar ice caps might not have melted.
/incorrect’d
One inning too late!
But we got this!
Fuckin Phil Coke!
Ugh those chase utley homers are big now
really standing ovaton worthy maybe they should be cheering Phil Coke and his awesomeness against lefties
Those 2 HR’s that Coke served up are now looming big.
wow yea, he’s horrrrrrible
fucking Phil Coke that bastard.
He’s the weirdest guy in the world if you ever meet him. ANd not pitching well doesnt help I want to hate him.
Clutch-Rod for the win. Phil Coke for tarring and feathering.
FUK THE PHILLIES BULLPEN, WE WILL GNAW ON THEIR BONES
Let’s go. Fucking KILLLLLLL IT!
do work lineup. DO WORK.
Matsui available too!
It would be amazing if the Yankees came back… to bad for Coke
It’s never too late for a BIG rally.
Hopefully last night we set a trend to bail out our relievers when they inevitably try to blow the games…
Here’s to hope!!!
I’m a big believer in hope. I’ll throw in a please or two also. Please let this be an epic come back
i have an idea:
let’s win the world series tonight
I also like that idea…very much so!
+1
I’d be down.
sounds good, yo
/subscribes to your newsletter
Can Coke be DFA’ mid inning?
lets keep rollin, everyone after arod in the order, TIME TO STEP UP
Swish is too patient, please don’t be a rally killer.
And Mariano Rivera retakes the all-time postseason ERA lead.
(30+ innings required)
A-Rod has your back, Mo.
I bought a big stoggie, and a 4 pack of of Dogfish Head’s “Midas Touch” and Goddammit I plan to use them tonight
I hope we spoiled Lee for the rest of the series. And yes, I mean for the next 45 minutes.
Can you imagine being a phils fan right now? 4 run lead, runner on 2nd, with the knowledge that if he scores you probably see lidge in the 9th. Comforting?
POSITIVE from this game: AROD’s swing looks intact. Lee hasn’t thrown off Arod’s mechanics or approach. Pivotal.
Positive from this game, we have a runner on 2nd w/ no outs against a weak ass bullpen.
This World Series can be won tonight.
I hope this is not a tease
shit here comes the spit ball.
/halos heaven’d
Damn, those 2 runs Coke coughed up turned out to be huge.
wow picked a great time to get home!
why would they want swish hitting lefty?
For some reason, thought it was 8-5.
How was that fucking strike 1? you’re fucking kidding…
It was a strike because the ump is a fucking dickhead.
That first pitch was the pitch our pitchers (especially AJ) didn’t get the whole night. But now it’s a strike.
that’s been a ball all night against the yankees
Come on, Swish!
What would’ve happened if Gaudin pitched today?
We would have won. Gaudin would have been MVP
At the very least we would have had our Game 6 and 7 pitchers lined up much better than they are right now…
What’s with the strike zone, ump?!?!? I thought he was squeezing the sides!!! What a piece of shit…I’d like to break into his house and smash all of his dishes on the kitchen floor so his wife has to clean it up….
BUNT!
That’s like a bunt sorta
Just keep the wheel turning Swish…
cokee’s bad spots loom largo
that’s only like the 75th time someone said that
Put one in the Chan Ho Parking lot, Swish.
DUDE you saw that last night as well. He spit right onto the ball!
Cano, do something.
Cano, we need you.
I hate saying this…
We need the guys to go deep right now . This. Inning.
If ever you need to get a big hit, it’s now, Robbie.
C’mon Cano get a 2 run home run!
not asking for too much
Cano is miserable. He MUST be due…
Just like we’re due for an Utley throwing error…
Hey, stop slowing down the game! Booooo!
Cano. Redeem yourself now. A 2-run jack would be a cure-all !
I wish there was a rock and jock circle that could let A-Rod go double or nothing with his at-bats.
AGHH!H!H!!!
WTF ARE YOU SWINGING AT????
c’mon Robbie what are you swinging at?
Your knee is not the strike zone, Cano.
Why did you swing at that?
Please Robbie. We don’t ask for much. Just get a hit here.
Phil Coke should head to the showers and get on the bus right now. Just sit there.
Let’s go, Robbie. Put one in the gap. Another run makes this game very winnable.
Cano…what the fuck? It seems as if he takes the first pitches he should be swinging at and swings at the first pitches he should be taking. Come on Robbie let’s go!!!
Robbie not seeing the ball
Cano loves to swing at horseshit that is EXTREMELY down and in, I think Yankees should take note of that and shock him every time he wants to swing at shit like that.
It’s all good. I’ll take that.
It’s now within Lidge range.
omggggg itd be 6-5!!!
I TOLD YOU ALL.
HE’s COMPLETE GARBAGE!! TRADE CANO!!!! FUCKNG FOOLS
Let the adults talk, please.
Shhh. Go to sleep.
What the hell just happened? How in the fuck was that a sac fly?!
A-Rod makes things happen.
We’ll take that, Robbie.
Anyone else see 3 runs score in the 9th during some other game?
So does this mean we get Lidge in the 9th? Let it be so.
damn cano…..we’re only down by 3
Go Gardner! Inside the park home run please!
Somebody explain to me how Cano has not hit ONE homerun this entire postseason?
He hasn’t done shit. This guy isn’t 1/10 as good as Utley.
Boy, ridiculous hyperbole is fun!
Sample size is small. Like your brain.
Reggie: Be easy. It’ll come.
good running by Arod.
can i just say fuck you Phil Coke again?
They should tell him to leave the dugout.
ARod made that a sac fly..bad AB by Cano.
I’ll take that run.
Let’s go Gritner
I can’t believe A-Rod scored there. He’s a man!
His powerful horse hindquarters give him great speed.
no, he’s a cantaur
http://twitter.com/IAmCentaur
Ha!
You’re obsessed with that.
Chippin’
Only 3 runs, now. Do something fancy, Brett.
Inside the parker coming up right here.
Ok, so assuming that Gardner makes an out it will Posada, Matsui and Jeter for the 9th.
Holy shit, Brett. What are you waiting for?
Did Joe Buck just say Joe Torre?
Gardner should try swinging at those pitches that hit the middle of the strikezone.
We need you on base Gardy!!!
If this sonofabitch strikes out looking, I swear to god
McCarver, I’m always looking for Lidge.
I’m thinking we see Madson, not Lidge, in the 9th.
r we better w gardy getting out to have jorge, matsui, jeter damon fresh inning in the 9th?
No, we’re better off with Gardner getting on base and then scoring.
so is it a definite that Melky is done for the WS?
can we bring up ajax for game 6?
Really wish it was the 7th inning.
holy them hughes and we got a shot.