Nov
01
World Series Game Five Spillover Thread VI
ByWhat ever will the Yankees do with their shaky bullpen?
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Teh Huston Street!
3 more baby
Has anyone seen Glee? That show looks horrific.
Haven’t seen it but. one or two of hte songs aren’t all that bad.
Guilty pleasure: High School Musical 3
Glee is like HSM only with the teenagers behaving like real teenagers: hormonal, selfish, mean, awkward but with moments of kindness and friendship.
Oh, and the acting/writing/singing doesn’t suck!
You’re the best, Riddering. I’ll take this all under advisement when I check it out.
Embarrassing but….i’m a big fan. Jane Lynch is a very funny person
Sue Sylvester is my favorite current tv character.
Dude, every line out of that woman’s mouth on that show is hysterical.
(The little lady likes it, so I watch it with her every week. I’m not big on that kind of stuff, but it definitely has its funny moments… Basically, any time Jane Lynch is on the screen. And the Jewish football player/mohawk kid who bangs MILFs is pretty funny, when he’s not having random emo moments.)
Glad to know I’m not the only one in her fan club.
What was that line from the last episode? She was like ‘I will get you a dog from the shelter, and I’ll wait until you have the dog for a while and love that dog, and then one night I will sneak into your house and kick you in the face.’ It was something like that. When she said that I lost my shit.
Yeah that was it exactly, or maybe punch you in the face. I was dying. “You think this is hard? Try being waterboarded!”
The young lady from Glee sang the National Anthem beautifully.
I love it. The humor is the most cutting on regular television right now.
But I also love broadway and people singing and dancing in general so…
Okay, well thanks for the input, guys (and girl). You’ve all convinced me to check it out.
You know how I know you’re gay? You love Broadway and people singing and dancing in general.
Careful… Someone used that joke the other day and another commenter thought it was quite insensitive.
Yeah, that got dicey quickly.
It just had to be a guy using the name “Iron Horse,” too, right?
Well, The Iron Horse of Catherine The Great wouldn’t have worked, would it now?
/knows it’s historically inaccurate
//really reaching
///ugh, got nothing
(I think maybe you missed my reference, maybe it was before you were around these parts as often as you are now… There was a commenter named “IronHorse” who was kind of a crazy homophobe – different guy than the guy who calls himself “The Iron Horse” now, though. I think that was why it became an issue when he made that joke, I think people may have confused “The Iron Horse” for the old “IronHorse.”
I was willing to give it a chance… but the all the songs in the show are so produced that it’s obvious they’re lip synching.
Then I saw their version of “Gold Digger.” Wow, I did not like that.
hit a solo shot all you want…
I catch it on Hulu. its not the worst thing … its uneven for sure. there are enough genuine funny moments on the show for me to keep watching.
i follow every episode of glee with an episode of sons of anarchy. balance.
Weak. I follow every episode by going out and kicking people in the face.
That’s real balance.
Marte is regressing to the mean, imo.
Swisher for the 9th
+33
can we tie this up so i can see some sit down, shut up?
what?
i think he means wrap it up
thanks slappy, you game 3 mvp you
joking, and “tie” was a bad bad choice of words, meant wrap
no crap dude. I thought I was drunk and watching the wrong game.
its OK …its getting late, early
Wonderful, Dare I say, textbook performance from the pen. 3 more outs and are assured of returning to the Bronx.
No the textbook says we panic and go straight to mo.
3 more outs and I hope it doesn’t return to the Bronx.
+27
We are not assured of that. If we win tonight, I’m quite happy if we DON’T return to the Bronx, if you know what I mean.
we need Yankee fans in the outfield to have Melky’s back. But I’m thinking he’s loving the hating.
Judging by how all the outfielders are faking the last out ball to the stands and then bringing it with them, I’d agree. lol
Do you guys think the Charlie Manuel will still go with Blanton tomorrow if/when this lead holds up?
Yep. I think the “never pitched on three days rest thing” will scare him too much
The word is (though not confirmed) that Lee threw a bullpen session today. If so, there’s no way he pitches tomorrow no matter what happens.
Who in the 9th? I vote for Robertson, or Hughes.
Hughes, see if he can get back on track.
Hughes, I would love to see him “get some” tonight also.
Posada: “That’s what you get for screwing with my strike zone.”
man this strike zone is AWFUL…. as long as it continues in the bottom of the 9th i am fine with it
Marte has more than made up for his season this october
My god Joe Buck “it wasnt a clear cut call, it was a judgement call” (for A-Rod’s HR)
He hit the GD camera you moron. How could that NOT be a home run? And WTF was the camera doing there?
how great is it that it hit Fox’s camera
fox conspiracy?
They want to be perfectly clear that FOX did not contribute to a Yankee win.
THEY USED THE FUCKING REPLAY …………GOD WHAT A DOUCHE
I thought it was always sunny in philadelphia?
How about one of those”meaningless ARod homers
I wonder if Jimmy Rollins is going to cry tonight over his failed prediction of 5 games and Charlie Manuel’s garuntee that Pettitte will falter and Mo is mediocre to the “Phightin’ Phils”
Hel just say they are being nice and allowing the series to go to 6.
Oh he’s just being nice and since the Phillies are used to being on the losing side of things they will inevitably make their comeback.
if hughes can 1-2-3, this game will do wonders for offense and BP confidence
TV says Hughes.
I’ll post a shortened version of something I asked at the end of the last thread:
If the rain poured down now and caused a suspension, would they actually delay Game 4 until Monday just to play a half-inning of baseball tomorrow? Or, would they tack the 9th on before Game 4 tomorrow?
At this point, I think it would have to monsoon for them to suspend this game.
They WILL finish this game tonight.
Hip Hip Jorge chants in CBP!
Hip Hip Jorge chants in Philly= Awesome
Yankees fans>>>>>>>Fillies fans
I hope Rollins is close enough to be able to see those empty blue seats behind Homeplate
Hughes will get 7-8-9 hitters. If he can’t pitch a scoreless inning I’m not sure we can trust him for the rest of the series.
“madson does not have a breaking ball” – McCarver
next pitch, Madson throws a slider…
Buck is such an asshole. Chime in if you disagree.
[crickets]
Hence, I listen to the Yankees radio network.
Buck is one of the few announcers who would drive me to listen to Waldman.
there will be NO chiming
I, uh… huh?
*tumbleweed rolls by*
I think it’s Philly fans chanting hip hip. They love what he has been doing.
hip hip Jorge chant, heard loud and clear
Jorge! Jorge! Jorge!
You’re slacking, Philly.
i love not going to mo in this spot. it’s the right move even though it could be second guessed. however, this way he can definitely pitch the next two games.
If this was the yankees down four runs with our 1-6 going down in order and our crowd silent and drowned out by opposition fans, we’d be subjected to an endless monologue from buck about our failure/collapse/awfulness right now.
and teh XPENSIVE seats!!!11!!!
Guess I’m just a spud boy.
Here we go baby. Mow em down Phil
Damn, I predicted that A-Rod would go 3-5 with 2 walks, a 2B, a single, and a HR. I was off but all that off.
Watching sports on TV and getting emotional about it is kind of silly, don’t you think?
SHUT THE FUCK UP, ASS-FUCKER. I GET ALL HEATED UP AND SHIT ON MESSAGE BOARDS, TOO! AND THERE AIN’T A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT (except, of course, replying).
/well then, nothing to see here. Carry on.
Nope, Soccer riots and killing the refs and players, is silly
What kind of inhuman robot are you, Erv?
How big is the leash for Hughes?
C’mon Phil. Take us home.
Tying run on deck seems logical.
I’ll say two men on gets him yanked. (Hey, look what I did there!)
on espnNews: “it’s going to be Phil Hughes in the bottom of the ninth. We’ll see how long it takes before JG goes to Mariano if it gets dicey”
Maybe headlines tomorrow in Philly will be, “Yanks avoid 5 game Series loss” now? lol Jerks…
Maybe they go to panic mode with CC vs Blanton…
Nah. They’re too confident to panic.
More like, “Werth is a God, Yanks luckily win”
Time for Joe Buck’s patented, “Scream out the count whenever the Yankees throw a ball” call.
Ball ONE!
I think we may get to see Matt “21st Century Gorman Thomas” Stairs hit. Or strikeout.
props for the Gorman Thomas reference
Paging the Phil Hughes that throws strikes and misses bats.
1 guy gets on base- goodbye Phil
I want Hughes to have a clean inning to get some confidence back.
I want him to have a clean inning so I can go to bed
+1
I hear that Slappy.
Big day tomorrow. G-Men have to smack up the Eagles then the Yanks get to smack up Blow Blanton in the evening.
Ohil Hughes is not going to be a good starter, ever. He has no cutter, no slider, no change, no fastball velocity when he pitches more than a few innings.
Haha ever see his minor league stats when he started?
Unless that’s sarcasm.
Time for Phil to show us he belongs with the big boys. Strikes….three up three down. You can do it, son.
huge inning for hughes
Alright let’s get this done, Phil. Get back on track here.
STRIKE 1!
That’s a ball??
Should be 0-2.
He only calls those on Yankees.
Strike zone just got a bit stingy…
I’d rather have Howard Hughes than Phil Hughes.
You must like finger nails and bottles of urine
http://buuurn.com/
Karma… Gormand, Karma.
come phil
come correct
stinger for the ump. make that money!
Joe Buck wants you to put away your Milky Ways, guys.
he’s not the boss of me
+ all of middle school
didn’t know we had to eat them by the end of the night
He can shut his mouth. I’m not giving up my chocolate for that son of a bitch!
Kinda like that high school kid who dropped his glove and let the pitch hit the umpire (last year?), minus the intent.
That kid lost his scholarship, I believe.
Pinpoint accuracy for Umpire shoulders.
2 more Phil
Is Phil Hughes related to Phil Rizzuto?
oh look a troll how cute
Grow up.
Irony.
Oh its a troll. Funny it’s the first one since the Yanks winning.
Oh that’s mature!
See above response.
Haha jorge just let the ball go
Hughes is all sorts of whack nowadays.
le sigh. Mo needs to come into the game…
Like I said, Phil Hughes sucks.
Yes. I fastball over the plate with a 4 run lead with 1 out in the 9th is a horrible decision. What was he thinking, letting them put the bat on the ball? I sure wish he would just prove himself as a pitcher.
Yeah and his stellar bullpen ERA in the regular season proves that.
Fail troll is ridiculously fail. But it’s gotta be a Phillies fan since Phillies fans apparently can’t tell which team is leading or not?
You guys have an education system over there?
Born in the Bronx, Yankee fan all the way. Just can be critical of bad Yankees. Poor MAriano! How many innings must be pitch?
I guess bad joke is bad.
Anyways Hughes is no where near bad.
Yes. This last week has completely invalidated everything that has gone before. You’re the smartest analyst I’ve ever read. Do you have a newsletter I could subscribe to?
only a lame-o reads a “newsletter.” Don’t you have a life?
Fuckin Ruiz. Better to get it out of now I guess.
Well that was unexpected. And uncool.
How did Joe Buck contain himself on that one?
Because he already ruined our night by forcing us to put our candy bars away.
OK Joe, dont fuck around here
so much for phils confidence….
get your act together hughes
Damn. I’d rather see him give up a homer than a walk though.
Yup. Bases empty. Clean slate.
Man i really wanted phil to have an easy inning.
Carlos FUCKING Ruiz ??
Really Phil?
dang.
Buck….
And it’s “8…….FIVE!!!!!!”
Damn it Phil.
Phil has successfully made sure he doesn’t pitch in the 8th again this series, unless it’s a blowout.
So… why do we call back to back fastballs down the middle?
What the Phuck?
2 out save, nice hold Phil
Hughesie…piss poor. Now Mo has to come it. Great.
Eh. He was warmed up. And all we hear all year is “if they’re warm, bring ‘em in, otherwise it’s a waste.” It’s fine. It’s not 6 outs. It’s not even 3.
FUCK HUGHES. Bring in Mo NOW.
I don’t see the need for this, just yet
Really? Lock it down. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Tomorrow will bring Joe Blanton.
I guess it was a short leash…
This is a bit unnecessary…
This ain’t May. This is the right move.
Damn this, now Mo is coming in?
Wow, short leash?
Bad move…. couldve saved him for tomorrow.
Tomorrow could be a 10-0 rout on either end. Why risk the game at hand?
Too quick a hook, in my opinion.
Agreed. Hughes has great stuff out of the pen, but he’s a little short on confidence right now. This will not help.
wow. pulling him there joe? thats cold.
Joe? 2 outs left and a three run cushion…. grrr
Just a fastball. Not that bad of pitch. What is it with Carlos Ruiz? We can’t keep him off base.
It was right down the middle. It was a terrible pitch.
4 run lead, dude. Would you recommend fucking nibbling? Here’s the pitch, hit it. That’s what happened.
Yanks have issues with shitty hitting catchers.
damn, phil. we’ll here comes the second coming of babe ruth known as Matt Stairs. (cue children quivering and crying)
I guess if you’re only going to hit for a month a season this is the one to do it in
looks like that may be the last time we see Hughes in any kind of important spot I imagine Joba’s inning probably moved him up
I don’t like this move. Hughes can get through the 9th. Why use Mariano tonight when we can save him for the next two games?
NOOOO pleaase! why are you brining in Mo? why are we overworking him for 2 measly outs
“Measly”? Would you like to be up 2 games to 1 in the World Series, or not? Yes, Hughes would likely lock it down, but Mo DEFINITELY does. No questions.
Hughes forces Girardi’s hand and now Mo might not be available for 2 tomorrow. Terrible.
You really hate being happy, don’t you? 5 pitches later, are you feeling better about it?
So much for resting MO…
damn, I would have liked another day off for Mo.
Phil just blew his chance on coming into a high pressure spot.
He is just out of whack right now.
What a miserable day tommorrow will be when the Giants punk the Eagles and then the Yankees go up 3-1 in the WS
for philly of coarse
nick punto, jeff mathis, carlos ruiz. as long as the big boppers in the lineup stay cold, I can live with it.
Wow. Let him pitch to Stairs at least…
i can see bringing in mo if someone else gets on but why waste mo for 2 outs with a 3 run lead. atleast go to robertson.
You don’t play around at this point. Be happy it’s only 2 outs
Whatever will the Yankees do with
their shakey bullpen?Phil Hughes?Why not drob?
I guess it is time for Joba and the 8th inning to get reacquainted
Ruiz is the World Series Jeff Mathis so far.
Phil Hughes is the WS Felix Heredia so far.
I think right now they need Hughes to throw his offspeed stuff more. They seem to be sitting fastball.
No one ever pays Phil in gum.
C’mon everyone, this is the right move. You cant fool around here.
absolutely
Damn, that’s a super short leash.
Hitters are looking fastball. And when they find one down the middle they’re hitting it hard.
More cutters and Curves phil
Anyone else get a racist vibe from the new Trident commercial?
The girl getting paid in gum? They’re all white, aren’t they? Am I missing something?
Nice, white family inside. Happy-go-lucky 19th-century-stereotypical black man peering in through the window wishing he could get paid like the whiteys.
And then an Asian dude also DENIED.
Wow. Did not see that at all. Just saw a father coming home and asking the babysitter if he could pay her in gum. And to think I work in a field related to geographic mobility issues. I should have been more observant. I fail.
I LOL’d. And I’m a chingchong.
how is it racist?
On the other side of the spectrum, the levis jeans commercial has a black guy kissing a white girl and I laugh because I’m thinking of what the rednecks must be saying when they see that.
Girardi is getting to be like Torre … he can’t dare use any one but Rivera, even with a 3-run lead and 1 out in the 9th.
He’s nothing like Torre. Calm downn.
Letting Marte pitch the 8th proves he is not Torre.
He used jobs and marte for an inning each. Mo for 2 outs and ur getting all over girardi’s case. Has it become cool to question every move girardi’s makes? Yeash
I mean it is what it is….provided it is not a long 2 outs… i can live with it… dont give the phils and momentum
look guys this isn’t June you lock down every win you can in the world series worry about tomorrow tomorrow
What will be nice is if it works out…..Rollins will make the final out.
It’s a save situation, kids! Quit playing “7 Minutes in Heaven” with your spreadsheets and see how the game is played by Real Men!
No doubt. No F’n around here.
If Mo goes less then 10 pitches I don’t see it being a big deal.
I like this move. You gotta go to Mo here. You can not afford to bring the tying run to the plate in this inning which seemed likely with Hughes pitching. It was not only the HR. Hughes did not hit the glove a single time.
woops. Though it was a 2 run lead now. Still like the move because Hughes has been terrible all postseason and again he did not hit the glove a single time.
Ball game over! Yankees win!! THHHHHEEEEE Yankees Win!!!
I wonder if before this at bat Jimmy would stick to his 5 game prediction for the Phils?
well that was easy
5 pitches is nothing in the arm of MO!
It makes it so much more enjoyable when rollins makes the last out like that.
Jimmy Rollins was wrong. And is a bitch.
He sure figured Mo out.
TCWA!
It’s over. Mo didn’t throw many pitches either, luckily. GREAT WIN!
Yankees lead the series 2-1
BOOM SHACKA LACKA.
Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to be too much of a strain on Mo.
OK, 5 pitches for Mo… we can deal with that
5 pitches no question was the right move.
Thankfully Mo got through nice and easy in 5 pitches.
Ballgame.
2-1
yeah boy now we hit Blanton tomorrow
Damn, Rivera threw 4 pitches. He’ll be GASSED tomorrow!
5
That wasnt so hard at all.
Mo threw a handful of pitches. He’ll be good for a full inning tomorrow.
Charlie’s in damage control mode now.
Has to find how to tell everyone he’s starting Lee in Game 4.
Is that possible? Lee had his bullpen session today.
HAHAHA. What was that weak stuff from the tough talking “J-Roll”?
All in all, not a bad start by that aging junk-baller Andy Pettite.
PS: we CAN hit Rivera
/Charlie Manuel’d
5 pitches, 2 outs, 2-1 series lead. They really can hit Mo.
Five pitches. So, we got to use Mo and he got to rest. Win-win?
Mo will get this over with quickly and it will be a mut point. As muh faith you have with Hughes to get it done, he is out of wak and the game could of easily gotten away from us. The right move and mo only threw 5 pitches
Guess we are not getting beat in 5
Did they Phillies win? ’cause, you know, they can beat Rivera no problem.
Mo is amazing.
Suck a cock Rollins.
2 MORE AND THEN WE REST
How does he not get a save?
Since it was not a full inning with a 3 run, not a save.
And they tying run was not on deck
Thanks. I’m sure I knew that rule at some point, but I was thinking that it’s always a save if a reliever comes in with a lead of three runs or less.
Guess Mo decided he didn’t want to work hard – 7 pitches?
Just spent 5 hours hanging at a birthday party – this was nice to come home to
I guess Rollins was wrong. Shocking.
Two more games away, everyone. Just two games away.
Listen to buck try to bring us down. “Mo doesn’t get a save!”
KenTremendous
Mariano Rivera doesn’t pitch. He puts his hand over your mouth and nose and whispers “Shhhhh” as you slowly disappear into sleep.
ha
What a huge win. Obviously they’re all huge at this point, but now we know the Phils can’t win the series without coming back to the Bronx, and we have home-field advantage back, and I love having that little bit of pressure alleviated. Awesome night.
Philly paper headline: YANKS AVOID LOSING SERIES IN 5 GAMES
Swisher and Damon showing up was absolutely critical. Robbie Cano finds the stadium tomorrow?
Well Kevin Long won’t have to deal with the whole team now so yeah.
Another great Yankee victory. Two more to go.
CC vs Blanton. What’s not to like? Let’s take command tomorrow!
oh, if we win tomorrow… dreaming of filling my championship wall with one more
we so got the win tomo although all of the media will talk about CC getting spanked in CBP last year
What a great victory, and we don’t have to wait long for the next game!
Go CC~
anyone catch hammels doing a moterboat?
“Pettitte becomes and ace, Hamels becomes a… loser.”
I love me some Bobby V.
What’s the weather supposed to be like tomorrow?
Cloudy, with a good chance of dishing out an ass whoopin’.
Scew John Kruk.
“That Ruiz homer was the biggest hit the Phillies had all night, because it brought Rivera into the game!”
Ravech: “But he only needed 5 pitches. 5 pitches!”
“That Ruiz homer was the biggest hit the Phillies had all night, because it brought Rivera into the game!”
Ravech: “But he only needed 5 pitches. 5 pitches!”
If I were to sneak into the FOX booth and duct tape Tim and Joe’s mouths shut, no jury is convicting me.