Nov
01
World Series Game Four Spillover Thread IV
ByToo bad Melky couldn’t clear the pitcher.
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but he’s staying in
Nope. Gardy in. Damn reporters.
Great…
I hope he’s fine and not trying to be hero…we dont need any gimps out there.
that is not good….we need our leche
9 outs until Mo!
In. The. Bag.
Hell yeah brotha. Big 3 outs for CC right here.
hope the hammy’s ok.
He looked like he pulled up and grabbed at the back of his right leg
Hammy?
Too bad Cano couldn’t help with that either.
Hope that Melky is okay.
Where is Billy Martin when you need him????
I don’t know, but I think I have his liver.
Id prefer to start the 7th with Matsui Jeter Damon….
+1 and then have Hinske hit a huge bomb in the top 9.
Cmon CC. Gimme a quick clean inning so you could go 7.
Please. A quick inning so that I my heart makes it through the night.
I don’t want a phone with social skills. I want a phone that will call, receive calls, take messages. I don’t need to shop for cheese wheels on the subway.
Thanks for the info, gramps.
Get off my e-lawn!
BTW: I’m 23.
Ironically, I’ve always gotten the free phones when my deal allows for it, and I’ve had zero complaints. they make/receive calls, send/receive texts. That’s all I need.
And naturally everyone with fancy do-it-all phones whine all the time about battery life or lack of durability.
Also, I’m 22.
ruh roh!
/scooby doo’d
fuck I hope Melky’s ok.
Grit and gut factor just went up 100%
so is this it for cc and hideki leads off?
Lets Go Gardner! Time to step up! Hopefully this is a really minor injury to Melky.
Damn I hope Melky is ok. But to be honest, I don’t mind Gardner in the lineup right now.
yes!
I hope Melkman is OK.
Great sequence, ZZ!
No me gusta que Leche esta lastimado
Keep it going, CC.
If CC has an easy inning , we let him bat right ?
What if I don’t want to be welcomed into your broadcast booth?
he thinks hes the boss of us
There’s gotta be more than one Yankee fan in Nebraska. But teh Jobbbbbaaz!1~~11!!!
Jobas family
Anyone else having trouble with the video on DirecTV?
Double play please!
let’s go grit
McCarver is senile, right? Right? Speaking of Joe Girardi? No one was speaking of Joe Girardi!
blanton=brilliant
sabathia= pretty good
someone pee in joe bucks mug please.
Don’t try moving, Cano.
Are you kidding me???? I can’t do this anymore.
Turned out to be quick. Thank you, god.
Bend but don’t break, that’s what I keep telling myself.
Damn Feliz. Good FB to hit there. Cmon DP PLEASE!!
damn you pedro feliz
i hate that guy
what now we can’t get Feliz out
Let’s go double play!
Chan Hoe Bushface
Are the Rangers still paying him?
OK CC. PLEASE NO runs here. PLEASE! I beg you! PLEASE!
dude you are going to have a heart attack at such a young age
Joe Blanton looks like a little fatter version of Swisher
Was Robbie’s goal to “get to” the World Series and now that he’s there he has no clue what to do?
so Mr.. Buck was Blanton outing “terrific”?
Are all these meetings really necessary?
If it were not for meetings, there would be no Dilbert.
OH MY GOD CC HITS ONE WAY OUT—oh, Werth makes the play on a flyball.
/FOX’d
Reply fail.
Wow — Chan Ho Park going for the “Let It Be” era McCartney look
Usually when a player grabs his leg like that it’s not good. Even a minor tweak can take a player out of action for a few games. A more serious one can be a week or two.
Cant imagine the fairly cold weather helps much.
Oh good, middle reliever time next time Yankees bat. Daddy likes.
Buck w/ the premature ejaculation right there
Does CC bat in the 7th?
Since there leading I would let him hit.
I hope…whats the pitch count ?
95
Six more outs to Mo.
Haha, these Philly fans get excited for nothing. Good shit CC
HITS A REALLY AVERAGE FLY ALL IN TO CENTER THAT GARDNER CATCHES EASILY.
Oh the drama!
Jesus relax Buck it was a routine ball to Gardner you can’t will it into a hit you dbag
Time to feast on the bullpen
Thank you for 6 innings CC. See you at game 7 if we need you. Its time for Hitdeki.
Ultra-sheer silver lining: As much as I like Melky, he is the most easily replaceable player in our lineup.
Well done, CC. 7 pitch inning, despite pitching to four batters, and one of them being a 3-pitch KO of Ibanez.
Milt, I believe you were saying something about “making him throw pitches”?
It does hurt the late inning D, don’t they replace Swisher or Damon with a switch of Melkey and Gardner in to CF?
Typically, but if he’s going to miss any more games, they probably will replace him with Freddy Guzman.
Milt? Milt? You there, Milt?
Come down off the stool, Milt. That’s not the answer.
Buck got pretty excited there..
CC should be leading off this inning, right?
CC at 95. One more inning? I say yes.
Joe said he was good for 110-120.
Outside of House, a show I think is in decline, is there a worse network than Fox?
My 9? Oh wait, it’s related to FOX.
Decline? Really? I thought it was declining in the middle seasons there, but the last two have been a lot more character driven, and much better in my opinion.
Dude, I can’t stand the Thirteen/Foreman aspect. Horrible. Cuddy’s character now lacks bite. Chase and Cameron are tedious. I miss Taub. Just my opinion, though.
NBC is an absolute joke of a network.
can CC go one more inning?
i would love for him to do that
Wait, so Joe Buck is going to Afghanistan? God, I hope he cant get back. He could be the biggest bomb we drop on them.
You KNOW he’s going to annoy the living hell out of everyone there.
I know…i thought we were trying to BOOST troop morale.
Osama Bin Laden will come screaming out of his cave with his ears bleeding 10 minutes after Buck arrives.
If he’s even alive, there’s no way he’s in Afghanistan. Probably Pakistan, if anywhere.
So do you let CC hit? Since we have the lead, I have more faith in him for another inning than I do going to the pen.
CC gets out of the inning.
But he looks uncomfortable.
CC’s uncomfortableness is better than most pitchers that are completely relaxed.
Time to hopefully feast off of Park.
Just say no to Game 7
just say no to game 6
ehh, I guess you PH. CC hasn’t exactly had his way with 1-2 hitters today.
that’s why I don’t manage
Time for batting practice vs. Park.
It looks like Park has a fake beard.
C’mon CC! Rip one out of the park!
CC will pitch the 7th.
I am glad.
So i’m sure it’s been mentioned… but is Ozzie Guillen kidding during the pregame? Come on Phillies we can still do this and win in 6
sorry didn’t see it you couldn’t pay me to watch a fox pregame
Dude is on some meth or something…remember last night when he was all over the place? Dude was on hummingbird mode…
How about that spit ball???
Seriously, way to spit on your hands and then rub it on the ball.
Spitballs have vaseline.
Guess that means CC is still in the game next inning.
he wears a disguise because he sucks so bad
hmm kind of surprised here
CC, take a pitch, Big Guy…
Eh, it’s not like he’s gonna walk
CC was going for the moon there. Cmon Park, give him a a fat pitch.
Damn
CC swinging HARD.
The bat in CCs’ hand looks small.
Did he spit on that ball to start the inning?
Spit and rubbed….
ask revhalo
He gave his balls a good washing.
What’s with the Phillies mini-mullets? The whole friggin’ team has them.
Is it just me or does CC look like he is sick
he’s sick of everyone cheating…that is what he is sick of
nope its not you. CC is the sickest pitcher we got. The man is a BEAST!
He’s got a fever and the only cure is a decent strike zone.
let’s put this outta range and have a well rested mo on the mound tomorrow night
Yankees suck? Surely, you mean “Chan Ho Park sucks”, no?
Nope, they are war loving extremist screaming “Ghandi sucks.”
I would like to see Jeter go here…maybe just me?
Those “Yankees Suck” chants are getting weaker and weaker
make park pay for that walk.
Send Jeter. Do it.
On his own?
Yes.
steal jeter steal
Park isn’t exactly being stealthy about going to the plate.
That’s an ugly AB.
bad ab
Tex is up and he stays true to form, A-Rod will lead off another inning.
Shitty AB by Damon. Pick him up, Tex!
Every time Johnny looks like he is back, he drops one of those terrible ABs
Tex goes deep…
cmon tex
I sure could use a teix message right about now…
tex goes deep right here
Ugh Tex. Don’t pull that outside pitch
6 outs ’til Mo.
Can’t get to Chan Ho…man.
I’m so impressed that we’re in a position to win with Tex hitting like garbage.
Cause the 2009 New York Yankees are the balls.
If you think about it, the Yankees have been consistently been winning without many of their position players producing. They’ve rode their pitching and some timely hitting, but only a few of their hitters are consistently producing.
Most important half inning of the season so far coming up next. We need a shutdown inning.
Goddammit Mark, you need to sit down with Kevin Long, too.
It’s pretty shocking the Yankees could be up 3-1 given how shitty Tex, A-Rod, and Cano are hitting this series.
It’s called great pitching.
Leave Arod criticism at the door please.
In defense of A-Rod, he’s had some spanked balls and just-misses the last two games.
Not worried about his bat.
One of these things is not like the other.
If CC makes it through the inning here. It’s ova.
Avatar looks stupid, but Sherlock Holmes = cool.
+1
Both look cool.
Avatar’s special effects look badass.
Only if he does heroin.
Better chance of Opium or Laudanum…
but those chicks in Avatar are HOT
man, cmon cc. quick inning here.
9 outs away. C’mon guys, hold on
Texeira looking awful. What’s he doing reaching for that? It’s a miracle we’ve gotten this far with almost zero contribution from our our 3 hitter
1st inning?
Watd he do? Hit a ground ball?
Which still drove in a run which counts as a contribution…
Granted, he hasn’t been cano-level awful, so you’re right, zero contribution is an exaggeration. Compared to his regular season level of production though, he’s been a shell of himself
Missed opportunity. Jeter should have run, Damon looked pretty bad and Tex took a bad swing. Bummer. Ah well.
OMG NOT THE BLACKBERRY COMMERCIAL!!!!
At least it wasn’t dancing ugly chick.
After three rounds of playoffs..I am still waiting for a big night from Tex and Cano
Melky and Posada are hitting crappy also…….
i’ll cut the negativity off there. we learned against the injuns and tigers, pitching wins in october
as mark gets older, do you think he will use the whole field more or just pull later and harder?
I’m hoping this pull-happiness is a playoff stress induced anomaly
I dunno, he’s what, 28? He’s a pull hitter, it’s who he is.
It is like we have 6 auto outs in this game….
Yet up by 2 and winning the series.
I thought we were losing the series 3-0 and the game 15-2?
What the hell you talking about Mike?
What’s CC’s pitch count?
95
95
I want a nice easy inning here. IT would make me feel a ton better.
+1
COME ON CC FINISH STRONG
Looks like CC gets the first two batters…
Utley’s hair annoys me.
Ur not the only one
I’m sure he’ll be bald before long.
I like it. It has a Fonz-like quality. I have an uncle with the same hair. He lives in a trailer around New Orleans, though.
CC looks really tired.
Yeah, I really hope the series doesn’t get to 7 games, who knows what he’ll have left.
Throw strikes, I beg of you.
uuuge out
nice play.
Good stop by A-Rod!
At a boy Arod.
Thatta boy Arod!
So does Marte split the 8th with Joba?
Assuming no blow up inning here.
Hot shot to the hot corner…phew
Big out getting Jimmy
Put your body into it, A-Rod. Starting to make up for that bad D the past few games.
Atta boy A-Rod.
Suck it, Rollins.
Look at AROD getting in front of that. Was that Roger Dorne?
Come on, there’s shitty things you can say about A-Rod, but not wanting to win isn’t one of them.
CC=Centaur
I’m almost certain CC is in through Ibanez, unless it gets out of hand. Then you can go right to Mo.
You let him pitch teh eight?!
It’s tough — a tiring CC, or a shaky pen? I don’t much like either of those options, unless the Yankees can scratch some off Madson.
dude looks like he is running out of gas though.
He looks fine to me. You have two chances to make Game Seven not happen. Ride him, and do it hard.
Joe Buck with the pitch count.
so we now get a running pitch count from Buck
2 outs
Relax Philly and Joe Buck.
CC’s got this.
2 hard hit balls but 2 outs…I’m liking it.
2 hard hit balls but right at people.
One more CC.
Those are the liners we always seem to hit. It feels good when they are hit to us.
That was my feeling exactly. Didn’t know the other team was allowed to hit those. Whooooo!
Relax Joe Buck
one more cc.
Poor Joe Buck he was so excited during Victorino’s line-out
get Utley and save Marte to start the 8th come on CC
Good Lord Buck is a jerk. Loud outs my ass.
I hate him too but to be fair they were loud outs
stee-rike.
I know we’ve been yapping about the level of production we’re gotten out of Tex and Cano, but let’s give it up to Jeter. We’re nowhere near the position we’re in without his amazing production.
It’s the Jeter and A-Rod Show, offensively.
One more big man
Joba and Marte pitch the 8th.
strike 2
Damn, that was a nice pitch.
Careful CC, 1 more strike!
Not AGAIN…
aa shyt
Ah FUCK IT.
Not again!
WTF? Utley again?!
Awwww shit.
fucking chase utley
fuck fuck fuck fuck
Well shit.
FUCK CHASE UTLEY.
Buck-gasm. Muther-fucker.
Daaaaaamn.
fuck. owns cc.
Dang. Well, get Howard.
I really really can’t wait to stop seeing Utley.
I bet CC can’t either…
I hate it when my nightmares become reality.
unfuckingreal
Joe just creamed in his pants.
That was a hanger. Right pitch, bad execution.
Same as it ever was.
Well, he was bound to hang a slider eventually.
Dang.
Same spot….
Why didn’t he try to blow one by him in a pitcher’s count? Too much off-spread shit…
Because all his other hits against CC have been on grooved fastballs
because Utley’s killed CC’s fastball
Why do you keep doing that CC?
That was a hanger.
Bad decision comes back to haunt you. How can you let CC pitch to Utley with over 100 pitches after everything we saw during this WS?
Still, great outing by the big man again.
CC’s brain seems to shut off when pitching to Utley. Why give him a hittable pitch with 2 strikes?
You’re right I can’t believe CC chose to hang one purposely, what a moron.
He hung one because he’s fucking tired. Way over 100 pitches pitching on 3 days rest.
107 is way over 100?
I’m putting this in my report about Brazil’s education system.
CC should have just plunked him and given him first base before he was taken out. Fuck Chase Utley.
+1
well good job cc, you did your best
+1.
Dude ‘grinded’ it out.
each homerun was on the same pitch
No, that was a breaking ball.
Utley…lay down and lick yourself.
It’s alright. Still got the lead.
Well that sucks….
Per Waldman and Sterling, extra security has been added because of coins being thrown and Cabrera and Swisher…. Now there is class.
Such douchebags. Holy shit.
bbut they mean Gardner, right?
Wow, a city in economic decline is willing to throw money at our “aristocratic” players? How altruistic of them!
Everytime it’s with 2 strikes too. Damn. Hope our offense is up for adding a couple runs.
Utley pretty much waited on that slider.
This is going to be a scary 7 outs.
I want Chase Ugly to die. Honestly. Just drop dead.
No.
Not cool, man. He’s a great player, and he’s respectful. No reason for that.
Ugh that is beyond frustrating. Well hopefully they get Howard and then the Yankee offense can talk on a few runs. I hate close games.
Man, I’d have left CC in to get Howard.
yup
He hung a few breaking balls to Utley in that at bat. Give a fresh guy a chance.
Even after seeing Marte srike out Marte with 95mph gas yesterday?
he looked gased right move IMO
CC has the heart of a lion. There was no way I thought he would make it into the 7th after the first two innings. I am glad he is on the right team.
Hanger. Yankee O needs to get some stuff going. Give the BP a little breathing room. What bothers me is that now Rollins will be up at the end of the 9th if they are clean til the 9th.
I wonder if anyone will make a comment about the Phillies “living on the long ball.” That’s what they’d be saying about the Yankees now.
6 and 2/3, 3 earned runs. That’s still a quality start.
Not worried.
When this series is over, I will be happy to not have to see Utley until next season.
Marte needs to get a huge out here. Then the Yanks bats need to rough up the pen a little bit. C’mon boys!
Come on Marte, no fuck ups
You can’t throw 5 straight sliders to a hitter of that caliber. You just can’t.
Agreed. A FB in might have been appropriate.
and low and away, not that inside zone
I cannot relax now until Mo nails this down.
Utley is certainly a pain in the ass.
Still, close game in the late innings, and we have the lead.
Confidence Level still not wavering.
I forgot what it’s like to watch a World Series and be so emotionally invested in every moment.
yeah, leave CC for howard at this point
Considering howard’s level of ineptitude, why do we continue to let utley beat us?
Man, Utley really has CC’s number this season. But CC did his damn job, better believe that. We still got this game in the bag.
There’s no need to moan about CC to Utley. I think the O showing up might negate that altogether.
We’ll get Madsen next inning. He’s a pretty good pitcher, just so you know.
Offense Yankees Offense.
marte brings da heat
Utley up to that point had 2 homers and a double that missed being a homer by 5 feet. All of that in 2 games during this WS. Why let CC pitch to him? That’s another moronic decision by Joe G. that might cost us a game.
please stop
Alright, time for the nightly Marte strikeout of Howard.
Get em Damaso, get em!
Utley has that look of content on his face
Yeah it’s gone to the point where you need to IBB Utley. Howard isn’t exactly tearing up the ball.
6 more outs. C’mon offense.