Spring Training Game Thread: Hughes & Joba battle it out
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Two games, two walk-offs so far for the Yankees. Of course, they were on the wrong end of it yesterday, losing to the Roy Halladay and the Phillies. If people in Philadelphia want to consider that revenge for the World Series, then be my guest. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
The battle for the fifth starter’s spot will resume today after Chad Gaudin, Sergio Mitre, and Al Aceves stated their case on Wednesday. Phil Hughes will start this afternoon and toss two innings before giving way to Joba Chamberlain and his two innings. Next time out, Joba will start and Hughes will relieve. Apparently they’re just going to alternate each time out.
Here’s today’s starting nine, which isn’t far off from what we’ll see on Opening Day…
Jeter, SS
Granderson, CF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Posada, DH
Thames, LF
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Cervelli, C
Scheduled Pitchers: Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Jeremy Bleich, Grant Duff, Dustin Moseley, Hector Noesi, David Robertson, Kevin Whelan
Also scheduled to play: Reegie Corona, Greg Golson, Reid Gorecki, Juan Miranda, Jesus Montero, Eduardo Nunez, Kevin Russo, Jorge Vazquez, Jon Weber
First pitch is scheduled for 1:05pm ET, and you can watch on either YES or MLB Network. Also, make sure you join in on our live chat, which you can find after the jump.
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Phil Hughes will start this afternoon and toss two innings before giving way to Joba Chamberlain and his two innings. Next time out, Joba will start and Hughes will relieve. Apparently they’re just going to alternate each time out.
This deliberate spring training arrangement obviously means something incredibly important, and we should read shitloads of information into it and extrapolate it to mean several theories we’ve long held about the 2010 Yankee roster configuration are totally true.
Sincerely,
Idiots
not a good start so far
yanks down 1-0
not a good start so far
You’re doing it wrong. Spring Training = stuff + process + approach. One home run is bound to happen. The swing-and-a-miss on the change to Zobrist is what the Yanks are looking for.
The change to Zobrist was nice, the hanging curve to Longoria was not and the fastball topping out at 90 is a little short.
You’re overanalyzing the first four hitters of the year Hughes is facing. Do you really expect him to be throwing 94/95 in inning one of his Spring Training appearance?
I don’t even know why I’m engaging in this discussion really.
You guys sound like crazy morons to me.
/HanSoloPeterGriffin’d
I thought you were supposed to stop with the stupid inside joke stuff?
/RABStaff’d
Oh gosh starters in spring training not blowing it all out in their first appearance I am shocked
the fastball topping out at 90 is a little short.
Have I been asleep, what day is this? My calendar says March 5th, have I been in a coma???
Dude, check this out: We just traded for Casey Kelly and his 90-mph fastball. Huzzah! Huzzah!
::falls back into coma out of sheer delight::
Kramer: I didn’t know you could come out of a coma!
Jerry: I didn’t know you could possibly not know that.
It’s March 5th. What do you want?
ha i’m just saying not a good start to the game
haha im not trying to put much stock into spring training, as i couldnt care less about how people do in spring training
Don’t lie to me, traitor!
Meh, it’s ST. Scores don’t matter. I’d rather see him throw lots of changes and curves than really try to mow guys down.
Highes gives up a HR; Joba wins.
Semicolon and an period? Who are you trying to fool?
Highes did not look great in terms of velocity and command in the 1st, the home run was wind aided by 3-4 sharp hit balls. Of course its his 1st start in spring training.
*Hughes. Guy’s been on the team for three years.
Oh yeah Huges did not look great in teh first, of course we will reserve judgment.
spelled it wrong again Hughes.
You are a comedy God.
First game thread of 2010 for me baby yeah!!
Same here – Love it!
Price has been 95-97 with his fastball so far in the 1st inning, jeez.
No, Michael Kay, A-Rod didn’t do so well in the postseason because of that last game in Tampa. (facepalm)
A strikeout? More like DFA-Rod.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Look at David Price’s fastball, now that’s a guy who belongs in the rotation.
Anyone read the what I thought was a really stupid, annoying article today in the Daily News by Bob Raissman about Arod??
I read Jason’s take on it and told him that the next time Raissman makes a good point will be the first time that has ever happened. Amongst him and Harper and Lupica, the Daily News runs some mind-numbing sports writing.
What is this “Daily News” thing that you speak of?
I haven’t decided if the Yankees are going 0-162 or 1-161 yet
I have no idea why that showed up as a reply instead of a new thread. Boo.
I laughed anyway.
But were you laughing with him, or at him?
With her.
Ahh, I thought the name was a play on our friend mryankee.
The article wasn’t so much about Arod but about YES and the Yanks hierarchy and their perceived backhanded stabs of Arod.
Raissman doesn’t write about sports. He writes about the media coverage of sports.
Semi-fun autobiographical fact: During college I produced a one-man news publication called The Daily Booze, modeled after Lupica’s inane ranting. Predictably, it failed until the school propped it up.
It was stupid, but he also had a decent article a little while ago about how the whole steroid overkill thing actually put the fans on A-Rod’s side.
Yea. A-Rod was getting so ridiculously vilified that you kinda had to sit back and be like, he can’t be that bad.
reply fail.
If anyone’s listening to Francesa while watching the game (yeah yeah I know, but he’s interviewing Yankees), Mo rules. /obvious statement’d
Did Hughes seem to be nibbling/missing his spots to Navarro or did he just have a good AB?
I doubt he’s nibbling in Spring Training.
Yeah, especially to Navarro. I can’t see the game, so I’m just wondering if his control/command looks like it’s there overall.
Robbie smoked that one.
Lazy Nick Swisher walks again. He must really hate running!
Base clogger.
re the picture above:
i wonder if dave eiland practices his “watching pitchers throw” pose in the off season
Hey Ben, who usually does the Yankee book reviews, you, Mike or Joseph?? I only ask cause I was just checking stuff out on Amazon last night and I came across the new book about the 1995 ALDS series between the Yankees and Mariners and the few people who reviewed it at Amazon said it was a great book especially for Yankee fans so I was curious if any of you have/plan on reading it and writing a review about it.
Looks like an interesting book maybe worthy of purchasing.
I’m doing the review for that one, but the book’s still in the mail. It should be waiting for me at home when I get back tonight.
Cool. Looking forward to it.
I can’t get over how skinny Swisher now is.
An all-grit diet does wonders for the Swishabody.
LMAO
Did Swisher even get tagged? I’m not even sure.
OH SHIT IT’S GRUNT-AND-FART TIME!!!!!
He’s pitching out of the bullpen so all is right with the world.
Tino is Damon-ian in his speaking.
Nah, Tino’s a little stilted, but Damon’s just in another class.
I am oddly too excited to have seen Joba and Hughes pitch
Of course he threw harder out of the bullpen! Just…what?!
Damn. I thought Thames was fast enough to cut it off.
Not remotely. Thames is basically an OF in name only.
That’s it! It’s over! Joba back to the pen!
Thames looked like he was lightly jogging.
Joba and Hughes to the Pen!!!! They both suck! I want Gaudin!!!!
WOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!
LOL. What about the “Midnight Mitre”?
hahahaha Great nickname!
Joba getting rocked.
CRUSHED.
Woah, back to back triples. Cool.
So does this game mean that Mitre will become the fifth starter?
Francesa: If you’re the owner what would have Joba be? Starter or Reliever?
Mariano Rivera: If I were the owner or manager?
Francesa: Owner first…starter or reliever for Joba?
Mariano Rivera: If I were the owner? He would be my 8th inning guy.
Francesa: What about if you were the manager?
Mariano Rivera: 8th inning guy.
On WFAN just now.
Note: Mariano Rivera isn’t the owner nor manager and probably never will be.
If Mariano was the manager and Joba is his set-up man, then who is his closer?
I think it’s in the hypothetical situation where there is somebody just like Mariano Rivera closing out the game already…
Unless you meant that to be a joke. In that case – “tee hee hee”
I’m not surprised. Isn’t Posada also a huge Joba to the pen guy? Posada and Mo are good at baseball, but they don’t make team decisions for a reason.
I like how Mo asked for clarification… and then gave the same answer to both questions.
Hilarious.
LMAO, i was thinking the same thing.
I wanted to cry when I heard that. I’m just gonna pretend Mo never said it.
Heads up cano
David Price = future ace
Joba = 5th starter
Hughes= 3rd starter
Jon Lester = long reliever
No, ace.
Alex Rodriguez = mythical half-man, half-beast
So basically what you’re saying is: Alex Rodriguez = Tim Curry?
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-con.....legend.jpg (SAFE)
OR
http://cache.gawker.com/assets....._House.jpg (SAFE)
Jeez, this is ugly.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BULLDOG MENTALITY FOR JOBA OUT OF PEN!!1!!1!!
Obviously Joba can’t handle pitching out of the pen either, SEND HIM DOWN!!
Ok realistically, Joba looks pretty decent today. His fastball seems decent (90-92), but his slider isn’t there.
And frankly, Joba’s slider is the pitch we’re all least worried about. It’ll come around, and it’ll be filthy.
Yeah, he didn’t look too bad otherwise to be honest. His curve seemed allright, I didn’t follow too much if he threw a change or not.
Should be fine as he builds up velocity.
These three make for a dreadful booth. TV=muted.
Does it make me a masochist if I enjoy listening to them?
Jose likes it rough.
Tino always sounds like he has a stuffed nose.
I thought Tino was pretty horrible the year he was on Baseball Tonight so Im not surprised that he is pretty bad in the booth, although it is just his 1st game.
WHO BUT?!??!
Holy cow Cano.
What?? Cano doesn’t hustle!!! He’s lazy!!1!!?
Cano+Hustle+Spring Training=Enigma
Maybe Cano should come in relief of Joba
Maybe we should just trade Cano for Matt Cain, straight up.
/ThatOneGuy’d
I didn’t say Matt Cain, I said a guy LIKE Matt Cain.
/that one guy’d
You probably meant Dean Cain…
Wasn’t that the infamous Jake?
Perhaps. I didn’t feel like checking… whatevs.
Haha, some dude just told me that Hughes should be a starter because Joba, while eating innings, cannot pitch well and had a 5 ERA going into June 09. I told him he had a 3.62 ERA going into August. People love to talk while being uninformed
Did you notice this guy drooling a little bit when he was talking?
Haha, no. It was on Twitter
Where was Joba’s fastball sitting today? And what did it top out at?
I saw a 92 on the Yes gun, and a 90. So 90-92 is what I saw. I didn’t notice one higher to be honest, but I did see 92 for sure.
Casey Kelly was jealous.
Cervelli is just looking for vengeance against the Rays for ’08.
Very nice play by Cervelli. Good speed too. Makes up for swinging through that gimme-92 mph FB earlier.
Nice one Cervilli!
Cisco!
My man crush on Cisco continues to grow.
Wow, that kid is something else.
Jeremy Hellickson is a very solid young SP prospect. I’m impressed.
So was Michael Kay when Hellickson struck out his idol.
Is Jesus Montero going to bat in this game? Thats like my biggest reason to watch ST games to be honest.
That’s like asking “is Jenna Jamison going to have a sex scene in her next movie?”
Didn’t she retire?
I might even buy Milb.tv this year because of Montero.
Have you seen Jenna Jameson recently? She looks like a cat.
If she hasn’t retired, she should. Watching her have sex with someone would be decidedly unerotic. She’s damn near Joan Rivers.
A little anecdote: Somewhere in December, I went to the car dealership to have my car serviced, and I’m sitting in the waiting room, and the TV in there has Oprah on. And I’m basically the only one sitting in there. On comes Jenna Jameson on Oprah, and some old guy who works there comes by, notices it, and literally runs to some other guy to tell him about it. 2 minutes later, pretty much EVERY guy from the dealership is there in the waiting room watching, it might have been the most male watched Oprah ever.
But yeah, I’m pretty sure she’s retired.
Speaking of losers no one wants to touch, Kei IGAWA is on!
We’re doomed to be bottom-dwellers in the AL East this year.
(reaches for cyanide capsule)
Pfft. Did you see Boston’s “ace” pitch? BUST.
what happened?
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxsco.....b_minmlb_1
Wow.
So, using the transitive property of Joba and Hughes (young starters have a bad start in ST, therefore they suck) because Lester apparently sucks so much, can they release him???
Mitre for the shell of Jon Lester, straight up.
iwett (i would enjoy this trade)
It’s totally fair and all. I mean, did you see Mitre in that ST game? LIGHTS OUT.
My new favorite name:
“Randor Beird”
Damn, how the hell did Jeter not catch that??
(thinks)
I’m going to go with the ol’ Roger Dorn “I’m not messing up my investment for this meaningless play”.
Am I allowed to say this is an ugly game while recognizing that the game means absolutely nothing and it’s better to lose like this now rather than on August 17th?
AREN’T YOU PANICKING??!?!??! WHY AREN’T YOU PANICKING??!?!??! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, WOMAN?!?!??!?!
This is divisional race preview! If we don’t take this seriously, we’ll see 2008 all over again.
Whoops, my bad. Let me correct that.
AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG WE LOST TO AN AL EAST TEAM. JOBA AND HUGHES GOT ROCKED THEREFORE THEY SUCK. DOOOOOMED!!!!!!!
That’s better. We should start a suicide pact or something.
Ehh, no different than a regular season blowout. And coincidentally once again to the Rays.
It’s fun. I popped popcorn and everything.
(munches some of Riddering’s delicious popcorn)
I hope that’s a euphemism for something dirty.
My reply was.
You’ve got a little something on your chin. Let me take care of that.
(fights urge to quote a lyric from Redman’s Soopaman Luva song)
Whoa there.
I would have done that but I’m too busy writing an angry message board post about how we should DFA Hughes and Joba and kill Eiland.
(Kei Igawa looks the best of any Yankee pitcher in the game so far. THIS IS CRAZY TALK.)
we’re doomed!!! doomed I say!!!
/jumps bridge
/safely lands on pile of dead bodies already at foot of bridge from last year
LOL, I don’t think there is enough distance between the bridge and the pile of corpse for me to fall from. I wonder how many bridge jumpers we’ll see this year after this ST game.
Climbing atop pile of bodies so I can jump onto bridge.
Put in Montero!
Whelan might make a good handball player. He seems good at wildly bouncing balls.
Igawa sighting! Yes! Our Hiro is here!
The Sensei of Scranton!
lol
Bringing in Igawa with the bases loaded is just hilarious.
See, what did I tell you guys?
BJ upton looks kinda scrawny. I understand sinewy strong … but he just looks skinny.
Sean Rodriguez for MVP
Dude’s gonna be Josh Hamilton without the drug problem.
But with or without the injuries?
Without. They don’t call it rehab for nothin’.
Igawa for Cy Young.
Is there a player more over-rated than Upton? Really, all the talent in the world, and he keeps sucking except some spurts that keep giving people hope. He’s the Jason Giambi of athletic players.
Wait, Jason Giambi sucked?
Well I was referring to his older days, where he’d go on a tear for a couple of weeks, then disappear for some time.
Meh, I’d say 2008-2009 are the only years where you could really say he kinda “sucked”, and even 2008 was pretty solid all things considered.
Yeah, maybe Giambi was bad comparison.
The Cody Ransom of the Rays (all the tools in the world…), hmmm how about the Fausto Carmona of hitters?
Does the fact that BJ Upton is an inconsistent player, make you think Justin Upton might be the same. Flashes of brilliance, but rarely puts together full great seasons? Or am I selling both of them short?
I’m thinking like the Rush brothers in basketball, just more talented. Everyone thinks the next Rush will be better, but they are all busts for the most part. Not to say the Uptons are busts, just that everyone thinks they both should be better than they actually are.
Because they’re related? No. Look at Justin’s numbers.
Serious question. When trying to project a players future, ultimate talent level, scouts many times look to comparable players to see how they turned out. I know the Upton Brothers skill sets are a little different, but the fact they are brothers has to be a pretty solid source of comparison. Should that play no role in the projection?
Only after Justin has a labral reconstruction.
It depends how closely their skill sets are aligned, not the fact that they are related. Perhaps you can use it as anecdotal character information and a bit of (presumptuous) genetic projection, but generally speaking, non-related players with more similar skills are better comparisons.
If the two siblings are near exact in their skill sets, it’s a more apt comparison, but not strictly because of their parents being the same.
fair enough. You may be right.
Justin Upton is God.
The Upton brothers’ baseball talent and ability >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Rush brothers’ basketball talent and ability
I’ve thought of it, but Justin just seems to be more talented and just better at baseball. I think of Justin and BJ as Peyton and Eli Manning. Where Justin would be Peyton, that great talent that can put it together very early. While BJ is sort of like Eli, where there is potential, but the results are just never there, always inconsistent. Similar to Eli, he could go out an put up a top performance next year, and no one would be surprised, and at the same time he can be horrible, and no one would be surprised.
But having owned BJ in fantasy leagues the last two years, this guy just doesn’t seem to have any consistency.
How dare you besmirch the name of young Elisha.
yea. you very well may be right. Justin might be a monster next year.
He was arguably a monster last year too.
No. What about the Giambi’s? Or Dimaggio’s? Or Ripken’s? Or Griffey’s? Or Arnold and Danny Devito in Twins?
Yes, but as I wrote above, the Uptons are far closer, and comparable as players as those brother combinations. So when looking at comparable players, BJ Upton’s career trajectory should be a pretty close comparison in my opinion, even though their skill sets are off.
Maybe Justin is better than BJ Upton, but can still be inconsistent and never really put it all together, but still be better than BJ
You can make a good argument that Giambi was underrated. As for BJ, yeah, he might be. He has the physical skills but hasn’t quite put it all together. Giambi is not a good comparison.
Does Sean Rodriguez have a shot at the cycle?
Sean Rodriguez > Alex Rodriguez
Sincerely,
Pudge Rodriguez
All the other “Rodriguez”s that you didn’t mention are crying in the corner.
“Let’s play…”
- Robert Rodriguez
A-Rod is the suxxor. He K’d when he is supposed to hit a 7-run grand slam. Dere is no wai he can be da centaur of centaurssssssssssss,s.
I was actually shocked that he didn’t hit a home run there. After all, a ST game where the Yankees are down by 7 runs is pretty much the definition of meaningless and we all know A-Rod only hits HRs when it’s meaningless!
Chamberlain: 1.1 innings, 3 hits, 3 walks, 5 ER = http://www.heyculligan.com/holding%20nose.jpg (SAFE)
Kei Igawa for the fifth starter!!!!
Anyone know why can’t we get updated box scores during spring training games?
I think Igawa is now the dark horse favorite for the 5th spot.
Definitely agree with a couple of comments above, Igawa has the inside track for the 5th starter’s spot. Or at the least as the 8th inning guy.
I love you, Robbie Cano.
Well, Cano’s not going to miss Melky much then.
I’m already pre-cringing at the inevitable volume of stories like this we’ll be subjected to this year.
If Cano goes into any kind of offensive or defensive slump–it’s ’cause of the evil Melky trade.
According to one blog, Melky was so distraught, he attempted suicide.
I cannot attest to the credibility of the blog. I bet it’s dubious.
The depression is so serious he can’t even shave properly in the morning.
He’s been unduly influenced by college kids with popped collars.
Dammit, Cano, that should have been a triple.
Cano’s swing is just gorgeous.
My favorite lefty swings to watch of the past half century (non-Bonds division, in no order):
Cano
Strawberry
Helton
Griffey
What about Garrett Anderson? (Same exact swing as Griffey’s less the talent)
Anderson crouches more and uses his back leg a bit more prominently.
Meh, perhaps. Those four just stick in my memory as solidly beautiful strokes, more so than others.
(TWSS)
Phil Plantier.
John Mabry?
The best is this line:
Whelan: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, — ERA
Hilarious. The guy was so bad his ERA isn’t even calculable.
Well, he didn’t record an out.
LOL I know. It’s still funny…
Longoria sucks defensively! Why didn’t he make that play!
/if Rays fans were Yankee fans’d
JOBA DIDN’T STONE HIMSELF ON CAMERA DURING HIS INTERVIEW. CUT HIM.
Why Jack Curry didn’t just beat that little insolent shit within an inch of his life is beyond me.
I’m going to treasure this comment for a long time.
I give because I love.
Cervelli!! /swoons
Thats a bloop hit in Comerica!
K-Rob sighting!
You’re Cashmoney. Cano has a .350(avg)/.440(obp)/.610(slg) during the 2010 season. Do you listen to offers? If so, what would it take for you to consider it? Or do you try to extend him right then and there? Or do you continue with your “rules” and let the contract expire?
he’s signed for next year and we have two club options through 2013.
Heh. I like how moot that question instantly became as it was being written.
Worth how much for each year?
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
Live it, love it.
Cool. I knew there was an option involved but I didn’t know it was for 2 years. Good call by the Yankees. I guess now I don’t have to cancel my season tickets.
/you know who’d
No problemo. Like I always say, catch a fish for a man, and he eats for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and you can screw his wife while he’s out fishing.
10 next year, then the option years are for 14 mil and 15 mil.
Of course you listen to offers, but you certainly don’t extend him then. It sets a bad precedent, undermines the importance of the rule in bargaining, and would certainly create some unrest. You’d also be locking him up when his value is at its absolute highest. You can afford him when his contract is up and renegotiate then if need be. You may be able to get him for cheaper then, too.
You dont do anything. I’d want Cano to do it again.
You definitely trade him before he turns into Carlos Baerga.
Yankees on Deck talk? YES!!!
also, I know it’s ST, but you rule, Dave Robertson.
Jack Curry isn’t cool enough for these ST interviews. He should be wearing a suit at all times. I’m looking forward to the return of sexual tension theater with Lil’ Kim.
Heh.
Kim should be the designated Robinson Cano interviewer. That’d be hilarious.
I think we should get some intellectual tension with Emmitt Smith asking the questions. Sure, he may be legally retarded, but he is damn funny, even if it is unintentional. All the answers are canned cliches anyway.
Sorry, man. I’m going to have to steal “intellectual tension.”
Don’t give up. Don’t even give up.
(golf clap).
I have waited long enough. WHERE THE MITRE IS JESUS?
WHERE THE MITRE IS JESUS?
ICWUDT.
I really want to see him behind the plate soon in a ST game.
HE IS RISEN!
And in an upset, no passed balls or popups deflected into home runs, or whatever “team sources” would have you believe.
OH MY GOD MICHAEL KAY JUST SAID ROMINE IS THE TOP PROSPECT IN THE SYSTEM
popups deflected into home runs
IETC.
Im gonna miss David Cone on YES this season.
Furkmaniak? Hah. He must be a furry.
The Melkman delivered two hits today. Nice
(sniffles with his back to the wall)
I wish we still had Melky and Gardner was gone. Oh well…
You and me both brother. But we can’t complain with the return we got.
Not at all. You make that trade eight days a week.
Did anyone notice the “ICWUDT” moment?
“bowels of the stadium”? ew.
Bring the smart please, Curry.
It sounds dirtier than it actually is.
Sincerely,
The planet Uranus
JESUS!!!!
Oh shit teh Jesus is in!
HE LOOKS SO HUGE HE CAN’T POSSIBLY STAY BEHIND THE PLATE!!!
/notserious’d
Notseriousd?
I believe it’s spelled Nostradamus.
Ice Cold, Weber then Jesus?
I still don’t get why Corona is on the 40-man. Anyone care to explain the rationale?
I’d prefer a Pinstripe IPA/DFA to a Corona any day of the week.
(cracks open a tasty Pinstripe Aceves Cerveza™)
Honestly, does Jesus look huge or not? I mean the top of his helmet when he was crouching was at like shoulder height of the batter.
But from catching standpoint, he looked good. I was half hoping the guy on first would steal, just so I could see his arm, and how fast he is with his release.
He’s big, and he’ll get bigger. You can tell when he crouches that his legs are pretty long for a catcher.
He’s big, and he’ll get bigger.
Not necessarily.
Oh, he’ll get bigger. Especially after Kim Jones gets back… wait.
I’d be shocked if a 20 year old doesn’t fill out a bit.
Meh, I grew a ton at ages 16-17-18 and then stopped. Not everyone grows in their 20s.
Not vertically at least.
That.
True. Still though, between weight training and what not, I fully expect him to put on at least some poundage.
I hear YS3′s construction was delayed because they had to reinforce the area behind home plate in anticipation of Montero’s arrival.
Large? Yes. Impossibly huge? No.
ALMOST CLOBBERIN’ TIME!!!!
Woot!
OH NO HE DIDN’T!!!!
$500 bounty on Ecktron, RIGHT NOW!!
Are you shitting me. I don;t give a shit about an interview right now.
I don’t know about you guys, but Jesus looks pretty small IN THE TOP RIGHT OF MY SCREEN BECAUSE THEY’RE INTERVIEWING CERVELLI.
He’s actually quite large. Medical-health-risk-large, in fact. He’s so big he might die of acute bigness at any moment.
Sincerely,
The MSM
Did you feel that? I thought it was an earthquake, but it was just Montero coming in from 3rd base.
You remember those earthquakes in Chile and Haiti? What do you think caused them?
/alittleoffensive’d
You remember those earthquakes in Chile and Haiti? What do you think caused them?
I’m told it occurred when Nate Robinson and Al Harrington actually passed the ball. The magnetic waves were disrupted and all kinds of shit happened. Earthquakes, typhoons, pregnant men, etc.
ietcvvm
He’s got a little Swisher bit wiggle.
bat*
Damn, Montero just turned 20 this past Nov?? Shit.
Fun Fact: The day David Dinkins was elected the first black mayor of NYC, Jesus Montero was not yet born.
Your mind: BLOWN.
Everyone in the city should wear nametags.
Heh.
Other things that happened before Jesus Montero was alive:
-F.W. DeKlerk’s election as Prime Minister of South Africa
-Hurricane Hugo
-Pete Rose’s ban from baseball by A. Bartlett Giamatti
-Lyle and Erik Menendez murdering their parents
-The Sega Genesis’s and Nintendo Game Boy’s initial North American releases
-The first episode of Seinfeld
-Jack Nicholson plays The Joker in Batman
-Tiananmen Square
-The Keating Five scandal
-The Exxon Valdez oil spill
-Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses is published
What about this…
Jesus Montero has never seen life without The Simpsons
That too.
darn i wanted to see Jesus pick up a hit
Don’t you dare hit the Jesus!!!!
EKSTROM YOU PUNK BITCH!!!!!
(wanted to see Zeus shed some Tampa blood there)
If that guy managed to injure Montero, I would personally find a way to set his family on fire.
Everybody here would hunt them down…I call dibs on his pets.
Joe Maddon has a bounty on all Venezuelan Yankee catchers.
….Even Cerve was trying to speed up the interview so we can see Jesus in his all glory. But Curry kept up with his onslaught of questions.
Yo, don’t kill the Jesus.
He would just come back again. Duh.
Sure, but no one wants to go three days in Spring Training without being able to watch the Jesus.
That tumble on the bag was almost as funny as Sean Rodriguez’s fielding earlier.
Michael Kay and his self-deprecating humor.
So what exactly does Tino add to the broadcast that Kenny cannot? Makes no sense to me.
Hotness.
A gorgeous head of hair. It’s written into his contract: anything goes but no touching of the hair or face. That’s it.
FACT: Tino does not look like a blueberry. FACT.
Could you set the women of RAB up any easier?
Women of RAB=A great calendar idea
Seconded.
I think that ball was 50 mph.
Ok mryankee.
OH SHIT WE’RE BACK!
What inning is it? It’s the Yankees’ inning, bitches.
(puts on tuxedo, fucks shit up)
Furmaniak coughs up the (hair)ball.
/lame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-vzUkYFoVo (safe)
Mystique and Aura decided to head down to Tampa for spring training this year. They were tired of all the snow.
Gorecki is going to ruin this because he has virtually no talent and is entirely composed of grit.
I’m calling it.
TAKE THAT TAMPA FARM!!!
I just want to see Jesus bat again.
See, Joba was just pitching to the score.
/JackMorris’d
TIME OUT!
/ZackMorris’d
Fun Fact: I believe I’m the only human being in North America who has owned a TV set for the past 30 years without watching a single second of Saved By The Bell.
You’re not.
I still have yet to see an episode of Family Guy. That’s close, right?
Meh, I don’t know if Family Guy has yet reached the zenith of ubiquitous syndication that Saved By The Bell did. That show was virtually on 24/7 back in the day.
What about The Golden Girls though?
Oh, there’s nothing wrong with the Golden Girls. That was a solid show.
Betty White is the shizz.
my wife had to explain to me that the golden girls was secretly a show about gay men, a la “sex in the city”
That explains why you’re such an ass.
/That guy’d
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Damn, nice play by whoever that guy was.
CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THAT WONDERFUL DUFF!!!!
This Duff guy’s going to be a mainstay in our bullpen.
/pat’d
He didn’t block that ball, BUST!!!
He blocked the next one. Quick learner, this Jesus.
You walked a guy named “Furkmaniak”?
The LULZ: http://www.crossingbroad.com/2.....-card.html (SFW)
Grant Duff was impressive.
I’m talking to myself at this point, aren’t I?
I thought about a Hillary Duff joke, but then figured, he wasn’t worth the effort.
Hello? …ello? …lo? …o?
Echo! …cho! …ho! …o!
PINCH HITTING FOR PEDRO BORBON, MANNY MOTA! …ota! …ta! …a!
Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
Bases empty grand-slam or you’re a bust, HeyZeus.
My day is ruined!
/Stewie’d
If Montero is mashing in AAA, and Nick Johnson gets injured, two things which are at least decently possible, will Montero become the Yankees DH for the foreseeable future?
Check a few posts back, there was a lot of good discussion this morning about that.
Obviously, a pissed off Jesus injured Swindle for striking him out! You don’t anger Jesus, RJ!
So I didn’t read all 350+ comments but are people actually freaking out? Or is it just you knuckleheads screwing around?
We’re all screwing around but I’m sure some fans out there think it’s 2012 on the Mayan calender.
Some people are genuinely freaking out. It’s worse in other places, I’d think (I saw, on another site, someone saying Dave Eiland was the worst pitching coach in the majors and that there’s “no excuse” for what we saw from Hughes and Joba because of what Price and Hellickson did). But I think most people here have things in perspective.
Personally, I’m not thrilled with where the velocity was at for both Hughes and Chamberlain, but I’m sure it will go up a few ticks as they build up arm strength. It’s hard to get upset at all no matter what happens when it’s this early.
I’m sure no one’s really freaking out, just mocking anyone who might be freaking out.
People here would never mock bridge-jumpers. Ever.
Heck i used to be a bridge-jumper. But the good folks here at RAB have taught me better. Now i go from city to city to talk to bridge-jumpers at the local high schools, state fairs and such.
I did jump off my trampoline today after the game though. Hurt my toe somewhat…
OMG the Yankees have a losing record. Fire everyone.