Game 14: Going for a half-dozen
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Photo Credit: Frank Franklin II, AP
The Yankees have won their last five games coming into tonight, outscoring their opponents 30-11 in the process. They’re off to their best start in what seems like an eternity, and there are times that it looks like the only thing that can stop them is disaster of biblical proportions. Even when their number four starter has a poor outing, he was still pretty good. Everything’s clicking right now, and they’re looking to keep this winning streak alive.
Phil Hughes gets the ball for his second start of the season this evening, facing a pitcher with a very similar style to himself: Ben Sheets. Both work primarily in the low-90′s with their fastball and back it up with a big overhand curveball, though Sheets doesn’t throw a cutter as far as I know. Should be a very fun matchup, definitely worth staying up late for. Here’s the lineup…
Jeter, SS
Johnson, DH
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, C
Granderson, CF
Winn, RF
Gardner, LF
And on the mound, the patron saint Phil Hughes.
First pitch is scheduled for 10:05pm ET tonight, and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
Oh, and make sure you scroll down for tonight’s DotF.
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Lets go Philly!
Anyone else read “Lets go Phillies!”?
Was about to put some soap in my socks.
I though the same thing at first
thought
yeah, I was like…why the hell am I rooting for the Phillies?
me too. i was like, huh?
Is it too early to call them the Lords of the OBP?
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets.....timmah.jpg
Timmah!
Sheets’ ERA is very misleading.
Anyway, I’m pumped for this since I missed Phil’s last start.
I have 4 minutes to decided to start him or not. I have no idea. I need pitching stats so I think I’ll go with it.
It’s your fault if we lose.
Haha I’ll take the responsibility.
5.9 bb/9 and a 1.7 whip this year.
Deeelightful.
83% strand rate as well–12 points above league average.
Fun Fact: Ben Sheets had a 264-32 K/BB ratio with a 2.70 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP in 2004, and he finished 8th in Cy Young voting.
lulz, MSM fail.
ESPN is already on the god damn McDonald bandwagon. Seesh.
HE HAS MORE HOMERS THAN JASON BAY OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEO’S SUCH A GENIUS!!!!!
I don’t know why I’ve never heard of this prospect before, though. /me’d
Well, he’s 31 years old, so calling him a prospect may be stretching it a bit. More like organizational filler.
No, last night I was like “Who is McDonald? Sox prospects are so overhyped and I’ve never heard of him!” I assumed he was a prospect since he was getting called up with Reddick and I didn’t look it up. Durrr epic dumb.
I blame that fucking bandbox of a paaahhhhhkkk.
Is tsjc here tonight? NFL Draft question.
does anyone else have a man crush on Phil Hughes? Or for the ladies out there a real crush?
He’s really cute and I’m a big fan of his but my heart belongs to one Andrew Eugene.
Nah, I don’t really go for baseball players.
Except for Jayson Werth.
a little but not nearly as much as cano
Yes
Neftali Feliz makes Daniel Bard look like Paul Byrd!
One of his pitches was 101.5 mph. Just wow.
Yeah but by the time it got to home plate it was 91.
/Mccarver’d
I’m a big fan of Ben Sheets, so its going to be sad to see him get crushed in his 4 innings of work.
also we have a Randy Winn sighting
How about the runs score on errors? Would that be better?
Yeah this doesn’t bode well for my team. Oh well.
16 BB for Johnson? Damn he’ll catch Cano’s 27 BB’s in 2009 soon.
Cano has 16 hits this season. OBP Jesus is unmatched.
Walk #17 for the obp jesus.
Jesus walks… Je-sus walks with me…
clearly that’s not gonna help Johsnon’s batting average
Where’s the Swish?
just resting. may pinch hit or play later.
aarghhh that was frustrating
Wonderful.
Well..that sucks.
Well that was fucking stupid.
ughh… wtf teix
d00d.
Ugh, why try that shit in the first inning with A-Rod coming up?
Exactly. Dumb.
seriously…just being greedy
I guess Joe figured Teix wouldn’t turn into a statue after 5 consecutive fastballs.
Good god, what was that?
None of that made any sense.
buzzkill
pick him up, alex
That was ballsy, I’m not going to criticize Girardi for trying it.
To make up for that DP, I hope A-Rod crushes this one over the wall.
Well shit that didn’t happen.
Motherfucker that inning sucked.
would have been a run
FUCK THIS STADIUM
Frustrating inning.
Well at least he’s at 17 pitches.
is Sheets looking pudgy today or is it just me and/or the baggy white uniform? /shallow’d
LET’S GO HUGHES!!!!
Sorry of the caps.
Randy Winn: I got this.
Is Adam Rosales that tool who sprints around the bases when he hits a homer?
Why does that make him a tool? Would you rather he did a Manny pose at the plot then trotted around the diamond? Maybe he gets around quickly because he treats a HR like every other play, he legs it out.
Pitch-1 looked like a strike. Anyone have gameday open?
And pitch 3 looked like a ball.
Wow… The last 2 pitches there looked like strikes, no? Maybe not the last one which was borderline outside, but the one before that did.
Last one was outside, one before it was borderline.
Gracias.
Where was that, ump??
Teh Phranch
nice cutter
Feliz doing work for my fantasy team. I appreciate you, dog.
Same.
At least it was only 4 pitches.
that last pitch was a strike like five pitches ago.
that was… dramatic?
TUCK AND ROLL!
Teh defense!!!!!
oh lord
Mondesi, Brooks had the first pitch to Pennington as an obvious strike.
never seen that before
Hughes is missing his spots badly.
No one is more afraid of getting hit with anything then Tex… the guy always thinks he is going to die.
What would YOU do if a broken and probably sharp bat was coming toward your way? And pretend you are a 180 million dollar asset.
Try and make the play, while jumping. Instead of rolling on the floor and freaking out ala dusty pedroia after a grounder up the middle
Meh well I wouldn’t say he was freaking out but whatever. At least the play was made.
I thought your name was Andre The Giant when I looked really fast.
Id hate to go on bumper cars with him.
Hughes throwing pretty hard early one, Oakland broadcast has him at 93-94 mph on all his fastballs.
Ok. He got it fixed. Nice.
and the man crush intensifies
I love how confidence from Hughes in the ‘pen means he can translate that into success as a starter, yet the same thing makes Joba perfect for the BP. I don’t get this logic.
You can’t predict baseball, Matt.
Haha, that had me cracking up. Nice.
Phil isn’t a bulldog, he’s more of a dalmation.
yay!
93-94? Me rikey.
Love it, Phil.
I like his fastball tonight
Nice high heater Huuuuuuugggghhhes !
Just got back from watching the Baby Boogie Downs. Melky Mesa hit an ABSOLUTE BOMB to RCF. Man is he some kind of player, too bad he’ll probably never amount to anything.
/Axisa’d
(jk)
Venditte gave me a baseball.
Jealous much? hahaha
(I gave it to a kid)
Mesa’s “thing” is the lack of contact right? You think Mesa has a shot at topping out as a 4A player?
He hasn’t done to bad this year, strike-out wise. When you watch him, you can tell he’s better than everyone else, he just can’t seem to put it all together.
Shaky strike zone. Strike being called balls and balls being called strikes..
In the umps defense some of them have been very borderline. At least on Gameday.
Hughes pretty filthy in that 1st inning, 2 K’s and a shattered bat on a ground out.
Except the 4 pitch walk to Daric freakin Barton.
Lovin’ the “body language” right now
Nice solid first inning for Hughes. 2Ks. Both swinging. Me likey.
Oh look a Nothin’ On You sighting. Best song ever.
Why do I feel like McDonald is going to win the game again for the Red Sox? ESPN will lead off with this story tonight.
PS cutest asian boy evar, I’m adopting him for the ladies.
Not trying to offend anyone but Asian babies/children are the freaking cutest.
So the secret to women is…. Asians?
Tell me about it! *shoves my baby pictures in Bex’s face*
It would be funnier if you shoved your baby maker in her face.
What about Matsui?? Movie star good looks he has!
Holy shit, K machine
Cano was 0 for 29 at Oakland because the place is THAT ugly.
Totally cramps his style.
John Flaherty can no longer say “a little 12-6″
Maybe when he stops talking about pitchers with their proud fastballs.
According to UZR Posada is a positive defender! Or at least was in 2009.
this is impossible lol
They meant his attitude.
Why even have UZR for catchers?
I have no idea
I’m really surprised to see so many stat aware people opposed to it.
I’m not opposed to it and I’m defintiely not opposed to the CS% thing but… what can pitcher range really say?
Why not? Yes, it doesn’t factor in the pitcher’s role in CS, but isn’t it a step in the right direction? Catcher defense is very important.
Sure, but it catching is less about range than it is about at least five other major things. It truly is a unique position on the field, one that wouldn’t really make much sense if it were quantified in UZR.
that.
It isn’t based on range, it is based on the ability to throw runners out. Maybe confusion is causing this aversion?
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs.....nse-in-war
Ok, but that’s not UZR. That’s a different stat. Even that looks dubious.
Isn’t it “Don” Wakamatsu?
Yikes, I thought Cano was out there.
Ok. He’s safe. BUT STOP SENDING THE RUNNERS.
swinging at balls…not the Yankee way
Speed Kills!!
Cano walked 3 times yesterday and steals a base today.
WTF. Who is this person?
Girardi sending runners like crazy on 3-2 pitches.
Why swing at that Jorge? Why?
Missed Hit and Run?
Damn Po … you only swing at those pitches in COMMERCIALS, dammit!
His dad should be calling soon.
Umpires are terrible so far.
Almost a strike em out and throw em out in back to back innings. Sheshhhhh
Not a fan of Cano running there.
I’m not sure if I’ll be a fan of him running ever. I mean Boston can even throw him out.
but he’s so fast! He should be running more!
/MSM not quite racist but racially sterotyped’d
So far this year, he is the ONLY one they’ve thrown out.
Methinks Girardi is pedal to the metal to try and get young Philip a cushion to work with.
wow why the hell did posada swing at that schlop
To make contact for Cano.
I could watch umpires taking foul balls off the face all day long.
Hell is a dry heat.
/dry look
That shit hurts. I got hit in the jaw twice last year.
Let’s go, Winn. Pick up that first hit/RBI.
For a guy that comes out to miley cyrus, NJ doesn’t seem to happy.
http://razzball.com/wp-content.....ohnson.jpg
(sfw)
ben sheets looks like a “30 days of night” vampire version of will ferrell
I know it’s early and it could be the Scotch, but I think Winn is done.
That is what you get for not getting single malt.
Boston is going into OT tonight, first the Sox are in the 11th ( I hope they lose ) and the Bruins are in 2OT. ( I hope they lose )
Hopefully it ends soon becuase I want to watch the Yankees, but this game is amazing. Also Roy got a complete game shutout. The dude is an animal, 4-0 with 2 cgs.
him in the NL is sooooo unfair..I bet he wins 25 games, and I am dead serious
No. No way.
Well, he already has 4. So he “only” needs 21 of his next 28 starts.
Go Sabres!
wowzers what a play
Play gardner daily, wtf
hes playing tonight
fail
Winn’s in for Swisher.
Sorry, just got into this one. I should restate that as “Don’t play Winn ever except for late inning defensive + running substitutions.”
Damnit!
Oh Randy, you are not dandy like Andy.
Can’t forget Grandy.
damn yo
Boston-Rangers game is in extras. 1th inning so far. Let’s pray for a 20 inning affair.
Go Sabers!
Oh, rangers baseball. It wasn;t a typo..
i’m wicked psyched to be in a different commecial
DAMMIT. That’s my favorite commercial and I’m stuck listening to John and Suzyn.
Is anyone else not at all a fan of this Kim Jones cut-in thing they’ve been doing?
I find it terribly awkward but I actually like Kim Jones, go figure
Her figure’s ok, not great.
eh, i get to see more of kim jones. not too much of a bad thing i guess
There is no information she can give me now that she couldn’t give before the game. I don’t know why they do this. Let me watch the game.
Yep.
but AJ, Javy, and Andy were running the steps of the Oakland Coliseum and bonding!!!
She’s not even that hot and slightly irks me.
Sigh more changeup talk. Guarantee you he uses it less than let’s say 7 times.
Did you know pitches they work on in Spring Training don’t necessarily come to real game situations? I didn’t.
-Michael Kay
hughes with teh gas!
Please STFU, Kim. The game is on.
How much weight did Eric lose? 40 lbs.?
I hope Cano is this patient forever.
3 k’s by Phil!
4.
4 k’s
hughesy is dealin
Phillllllllllllllll
Phil Hughes is proud of his fastball.
Anyone have “yankees on yes” streaming and having issues?
Yeah, I have the YES feed through a website and it just went off-air out of nowhere after Phil’s 4th K.
never mind, it’s back
Damn it…i missed the 4 k’s!!! fucking garbage. It keeps dropping out. Going back and forth between it and 880…it’s like a nightmare.
what site are you on?
It’s yankees on yes, in market streaming…it’s working again, thanks fuckers…too bad i missed Hughes, the whole reason I wanted to watch this game.
Kouzmanoff was Amtrak late on pitch.
Amtrak is actually very timely!!!
/someone who took Amtrak for what seemed like forever when I was in college’d
Haha, I did too. I always enjoyed the ride, but hated the wait. I’ve found that in CT, Metro North is rather punctual, but the ride is shitty. Amtrak features a much better ride, but is not on time. Ever.
I take Metro North to go to the city and yeah, I wouldn’t want to take that on like a four-hour ride like the trip between home and school was when I was in college.
Amtrak would be like… SLIGHTLY late if it ever was.
Kabak would appreciate transit humor.
I am starting to get a mancrush on him. Sorry Jose Ramirez, you’ll have to wait.
Psh, you can have more than one mancrush going on at a time.
i wonder if YES could steal heidi watney and pair her with kim jones
man that would be epic
Heidi is wayyyy better. I’d still take Erin Andrews them both.
oh hell no. i would take heidi watney over EA, and i think i’d consider hazel mae over EA too. EA is hot though.
You’re nuts. EA is tops.
she’d be even better on top
nyuck, nyuck, nyuck
That Mexican chick called “Inez” or something is easily the best.
I’ll take all four at the same time.
FINISH HIM.
Allleiiooogan!
Do you mean Hadouken or…
Your post
____________
My head?
I thought it was “allie.” It always sounded that way to me, but then again, I didn’t have video games as a kid. I guess Hadouken makes sense.
http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static.....4613-0.jpg
(kinda safe for work…gore)
OH SNAP!
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHES
Anyone shocked that John Kruk really likes the Zambrano to the bullpen move because he has “so much energy and passion”?
Sigh.
Come on Hughes!
The grunter/farters stick together.
I’m surprised when Kruk doesn’t say the stupidest possible thing. Also, the other day when I was actually watching BBTN he brought up the Rays JUST to talk about the 2008 World Series and how much better the Phillies were yay 2008 Phillies woo etc.
Phukkkkking Philthy curve.
5!!!
whipped out the curve… whats that 5 strikeouts??
Holy shit, 5 K’s thru 2 innings for Hughes. Nasty tonight.
PHILTHY.
Hughes has got that thousand yard stare going.
I am about to tear up with joy
i hear ya
Philty! 5Ks!
Oh PEACE Oakland.
He is “Philthy?
I totally just made that up.
No you didn’t, Michael Kay was calling Hughes and Coke “The Philthy’s” last year.
I think he was joking, Mike.
Awkward silence…
Damn Phil.
Hughes em and abuse em
With all due respect to Matt in section 105
That’s a new one! I like it.
I wish I could take credit, but the poster ‘Matt: section 105′ or something like that came up with it and made shirts. It’s mad clever though
Come on guys, go get the kid some runs!!!
Filthy!
HUUUUUGHESSSS
apologies for the caps
phil hughes: worth the wait
Joba Chamberlain: WELL more worth the wait…
Me likkkkke!
Hughes will have 22.5 Ks in this game.
filled up with joy, and getting a little emotional about phil
Fuck, Sabers lost.
I’ll echo that sentiment.
I’m freaking out. Hughes is awesome tonight.
i know it’s the A’s, but damn. Phil’s on tonight
Phil Hughes 2010 CY Young. SSS be damned.
When was the last time Gardner hit one to the OF?
T-Ball?
None this season…
If Sheets keeps this going, we’re gonna have a game approved by Joe West.
Joe West needs the game to end before Krispy Kreme closes.
Jeter. Really. Do you have to swing at the first pitch EVERY at bat?
What the fuck is this????
I can’t watch the game tonight but the comments on here are giving me a semi. 93-94mph, nasty curve going, five strikeouts…go get you some Phil.
Grounder to.. 3B!
HA! Betcha didn’t see that one comin’, did ya?!!?
IETC
Kouzmanoff, excessive 360 pivot step FTW!
RAWRRR BUT Hughes and Joba BOTH belong in the pen!
Aother full count to obp jesus….now a walk.
Nick Johnson….How can you not love that mother fucker?
Because he isn’t aggressive enough?
/Flaherty’d
Easily……….. LOL…………………
/certain people’d
man NJ is an on base machine
incredible
Nick Johnson: Your silly 3-2 curves don’t harm me.
This is becoming insane with NJ and his walks. Amazing to watch.
I was within spitting distance of the following 3 people tonight:
Peter Gammons
Larry Lucchino
John Henry (would have been a longer spit)
I’m going to go shower now.
I would have sent you my life savings if you spit on John Henry..Possible Yankee legend had it gone down.
I couldn’t have hit Henry, he was in his owners box, which is completely enclosed in glass. I think it’s a hyperbaric chamber to keep him alive.
Shower? With what acid? Because water and soap won’t be enough.
ewwww why/how?
I was at the Sox game earlier. Gammons walked by us as I was walking in, saw Lucchino and Henry in the owners box(es), I was in the box next door.
Why aren’t you still there Steve? Did you get tossed from Fenway for starting a “Where is Papi?” chant?
I can’t watch 9 innings of (almost) last place teams.
/enhanced’d
One time Keith Hernandez spit on me.
I despise Keith Hernandez!
what a shit inning
i want nj to be the first player in history with a ba under .200 and an opb over .400
did you know he’s not producing? They should call up Jesus Montero.
/ESPN’d
Oh my fucking Mo. Who wrote/said that?
Ken Rosenthal for one.
Wait, dont’ tell me. Dalelama or whatever did a guest spot.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb.....umors#5477
I don’t have Insider so I can’t read it but those that do have said it’s as stupid as it sounds.
this too:
http://baseball.realgm.com/src....._new_york/
That made me hate life for a second.
man that was too easy there for sheets
oh wells, let’s hope hughes can do something
Teix. You gotta take a pitch there… Sheets is cruising.
That was a nice catch by the fan.
Can’t K them all.
Randy Winn does got this
Flyout!?!?!? Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe Granderson really is having vision troubles. He mentioned he had issues at YS3. Then last night’s pop-up and this…
I think that was a sky issue. And, if he had vision problems at YS3, he still made good reads and got to the balls quite well (SSS eye/UZR test).
Isn’t he wearing contacts tough?
I am also having vision issues. I looked directly at John Henry’s wife’s ring tonight, and am now totally blinded.
I’m sure they’re really in love though…………
http://cache.boston.com/images.....09_bdd.jpg
HOT
(throws up)
I wanted 20 k…. oh well
if the yanks traded for felix pie and he hit a walk-off hr, what would aj burnett do?
Get his mind blown.
Yell “THAT MOTHERF-CKER” but in a good way.
Haha, awesome.
Kick him in the face?
Cake him?
He’d yell 3.14 at him.
Halladay should have been banned from playing in the NL, much less the NL East. It really isn’t fair.
Better them then us.
yea in 4 starts 36 possible innings he has pitched 33 and has allowed 3 runs…wtf
Those people who predicted a 25 win season weren’t far off. Realistically, the Phils should be able to get 20-22 wins from him every year unless his arm literally pops off.
that had to be foul, otherwise TEX would have snagged it
whew
good god, give up cliff!
FINISH HIM!
FATALITY.
Dang good at bat by what’s his face.
great job phil
No k’s. BOOOOOOO
This just in, Phil Hughes has my permission to bang my wife.
I guess you’re into that sort of thing…
Does CC?
hey lets reward the kid… not this
Flaherty just had to say it, didn’t he?
Phil Hughes is mantastic.
No Ks that inning?
DFA.
(I’m liking what I’ve seen from Hughes thus far. Obviously)
Hey no Kay! Can’t reference a certain thing that is starting to happen.
More like…Phil Cruise.
/jinx’d
I hope you Michael Kay haters are enjoying the dullness.
Flash is awful at transitioning to commercial. “And he hasn’t given up a hit.” He sounds like he is falling asleep or something.
Just because I hate on Kay doesn’t mean I have to enjoy Flash. They both suck.
The playoffs last year made me miss Kay. Now that he’s back, I’m back to complaining.
No Ks in that inning? Bust!
rangers walking pedroia to pitch to youk
I’m predicting douchebag walkoff by Youk.
Its a matchup thing, their pitchers cant pitch when the strike zone is 1 feet off the ground… so its BB for Pedroia or pitch to a normal ballplayer
Rangers are intentionally walking PEDROIA to get to YOUK.
They love giving games to the Sox don’t they?
wow are you serious? that cannot be right
and Youk makes them pay…what a shock
Ron Washington must be snorting some blow again
Ron Washington needs to be fired last week.
god I love A-ROD
wow A-rod with the great triple!
Things I enjoy: leadoff triples from Yankee hitters.
A-Triple
Crushed.
Way to leg out the triple Alex!
WOOOOOHOOOOOO.
Now Yankees, don’t somehow screw this up.
A .386 OBP for Robbie. Probably the highest it’ll ever get…
A-Rod is the man. The media and dumbasses should have embraced him since he was traded to the Yanks.
OMG Back to back Triples
RIBBI!! RISP hit!
Wheels!
back to back, belly to belly
Yeaaaah!
hahahahha back to back triples!!
dueling triples!
If those two weren’t so lazy he could have had an inside-the-park home runs. Damn Dominicans!!!!
two inside-the-park home runs*
Gardner could probably have had a shot at the inside the parker if he were the one running.
I go to re-fill my cup and there are two triples? Can someone tell me how they happened? Were they close?
Saw the Cano one. Just need an A-Rod fill-in.
outfielder dove, it was an easy one
Ripped it to right field, rfer dove, went under his glove and rolled to the wall. Al made it in safely ahead of the throw.
a-rod drove it to right field, sweeney dove (heading towards the line) and missed the ball by about a foot
The balls were blasted into the right field corner. Both throws from Sweeney were late, but to be safe Al and Cano slid.
Cool, thanks everyone.
RIBBIE CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAZY!!!
Who wants to bet there’s going to be an inside-the-parker?
/jinx’d
Lazy Cano….should’ve been an inside the park homer.
As soon as he hit that, I thought triple. That is the first time I have ever seen the Yankees do that before.
Lazy Cano. He went to third just so he wouldn’t have to run hard from second to score on a single.
IETC.
I was about to post this exact same comment, then I saw yours.
We didn’t have to worry about Posada getting a triple.
Where would the ball have to be hit, in which park AND how poorly played by an outfielder for Posada to get a triple?
fenway, to the triangle just to the right of the dead center, where it’s marked at 420 feet. It would have to be mid-July, Posada would need the previous day off. The ball would have to be a knuckler hit directly at the CF (Cameron), you know, of the “toughest one to judge” variety. Cameron would have to seriously misread the ball, and take a jump towards the wall, realize it’s going to drop well in front of him, then dive to compensate for the lost time. The ball would fall just under him and slowly trickle towards the deepest part of the park. Posada would still have to slide
And the throw home had to have missed and hit the right fielder instead (somehow?) and then gone to the third baseman, who then fired it back to CF and THEEEN finally have skimppered slowly to home, and the call/tag would STILL be super close.
on the throw home, manny comes out of nowhere and dives in front of the throw and makes a spectacular play even though it was released from only 20 feet away. easily the funniest thing i’ve ever seen happen on a baseball field
what, no Posada triple?
He does have 9 career triples. 4 in the last 5 years.
Laura just likes his legs chunky.
That would have been even funnier than Posada’s infield hit.
Robbie is so funny.
Is Cervelli rocking a lollipop?
I suppose it’s better than Swish’s dip. Yuck.
Swish and Joba do it, right? Seriously, I’d rather keep my jaw.
They caught Beckett doing it during the opening series. I think it’s one of those dirty little secrets about baseball.
A LOT of players dip
Mark DeRoasa does it…seen him park his car and get out with a bag and a can of dip lol
dont get Kay going on the dip subject…He went on a rant about it last year, but I agree with him. Not the best example for the little kids watching the game.
I remember that. They were playing the Rays and BJ Upton had a lipper in, and Kay goes, “Take it out of your mouth BJ.”
Juvenilebutstillhilarious’d
cervelli suckin a lollipop
adorable
And Youk hits a walkoff double.
STUPID ASS RANGERS WALKING PEDROIA TO GET TO YOUK.
yea i commented above…ron washington back on the powder
Wait, they intentionally walked Pedroia to get to Youkilis? Are they mad?
oh yea…I am still dumbfounded
not mad
coked up
Trivia answer: Cliff Lee
Easiest answer ever.
Yep.
That game was on MLBN a few days before the season started and I forgot how much IT RULED. Not so much the game but the crapping on Papelbon, Mariano’s reception, etc.
Q?
Who was the AL starter at the 2008 All-Star Game?
Who started the All Star game for the AL in 2008?
lol JT snow is so sneaky. i never even knew what he looked like
Yanks traded him to the Angels for Jim Abbott.
Randy Winn is superbad.
Thanks for playing along Winn.
Who is worst?
T. La Russa
J. Manuel
R. Washington
D. Baker
YES! I live in Cincy, hes a complete fuckwad
The one who did crack… and kept his job.
Have to nominate either Pinella or Baker.
Of those three, Manuel.
Manuel. Washington. LaRussa.
Manuel, but don’t hold me to that. A 20-inning game is going to make an overmanager like LaRussa freak out but he isn’t usually THAT terrible.
Having K-Rod throw 100 pitches in the bullpen, though O_O
In the little we’ve seen of him, Randy Winn hasn’t looked too good.
Winn’s time on the squad is limited. Especially with Golson down in Scranton.
who is Racking
It would be safe to assume that Winn would be DFAed around late June/early July. I remember seeing that if Golson put it together, that trade would be a steal.
worst case scenerio is Golson plays equally good defense, and runs the bases better IMO
That looked out.
Agreed, but Gameday had it barely on the edge of the zone.
Throwing strikes to Daric Barton. What a concept!
(Strike 3 looked like a ball to me)
6 k’s!!!
hughes is on fiya!
Last thing I want to see is Boston celebrating a walk off…
I can live with it, since it’s not against the Yankees.
The YES team, on the names for a curveball:
Kenny: “Uncle Charlie”
Flash: “Hammer”
Kenny: “Yellow Hammer”
Flash: “You said Uncle Charlie, Right?”
were the Rangers MAYBE trying to get the double play situation? If not. They dumb.
There were two outs I think.
There were two outs.
Oh. Well then. THEY DUMB.
There were 2 outs.
KKKKKK
Me likey.
Two of those should be backwards!
oh yeah.
Me : Fail
racist
Who wants to bet there will be at least one article saying Red Sox have walkoff magic and will win the WS since the Yanks had the magic last year?
I wonder where the Gammons articles are on what a joke Fenway Park is. Those two fly balls-turned-hits would have been flyouts in every other ballpark.
Fenway Park is all historical and awesome, how dare you say that
Nah Red Sox have Darnell Mcdonald. Thats all they need.
and how their call-ups have truly inspired them. Now all they have to do is trade their franchise player and they’re locks!
One article wouldn’t be enough to encompass the gritty, gaming ways the Red Sox come back to defeat their tired and meek opponents. The 2010-2090 World Series titles will belong to Boston and only Boston!!
/psycho Sox fan’d.
what Boston needs… is what Boston has…. Boton has a rotation … that.. that… that is better than the 98 Yanks or any rotation assembled.. and with the completely homegrown team… it is exciting and winning.. winning baseball…. also rookies like Pedroia, Youkilis, Ellsbury…. Lester and in their prime players like Varitek will be there… Boston needs the WC… they can come back from 0-3 or 1-3 in a series… we still hvnt seen Yanks come back from 0-3… and Boston’s latest young phenom McDonald will carry off and there will be no drop off when Ortiz rests…
// slurp …. slurp…. Gammons… slurp
Frigging Rangers.
Sometimes things can only get done with the personal touch.
Oh please Hughes finish the game like this.
Sterling just dropped the no hitter.
Flash did earlier. f-ers.
Did you guys hear Kay absolutely freak out on his radio show when a caller insinuated that he was responsible for a pitcher losing his no-no? Honestly, it was so nuts that it would make you think twice about talking to someone again if he/she went berserk like that towards you.
I don’t know where to find it but if you can, you should listen to it. It’s epic.
didn’t he start ranting about Hitler or something? I think FJM has it. It’s a few years old, no?
Ha yeah. It’s been circulated around these parts before. He drew a parallel it to nazi’s if I remember correctly.
Yeah I heard it. He takes it personally and as a result he swears he will keep saying perfect or no hitter in the first inning until he is proven right.
There are 0′s in the hit column for the A’s players.
Girardi won’t let him finish it anyway.
Aaaaalmost served up a jack to Kurt “Yankee Killer” Suzuki.
The nice thing is that that’s the first time this park has really helped him.
55 pitches, 6k’s, 1 bb, no hits through 4=awesomeness
Thanks Kurt!
Always see all these Jack in the Box commercials when watching games on the west coast. Never been to one but it sure looks pretty good, anybody been to one and is it any better than a typical fast-food burger place????
its nothing special…its good..but nothing on the west coast beats In and Out Burger…HEAVENLY!
Yeah thats the other place I see commercials for too. Whatever all those food places look good to me!! lol
I’m just gona say it…I have an erection
whenever I watch like Dodger games on EI because I’m bored late at night they have so many In and Out and Pollo Loco commercials and I get soooo hungry ;_;
There’s a bathroom right there? wtf!
Oakland is Phailing at these pitches.
DUCWIDT??? Suck it Michael Kay!
I find it amusing that whenever a no-no is being thrown, Kay is nowhere to be seen or heard.
Good. His obsession of saying it until there is a no hitter is extremely annoying.
Muahaha
Impressed with Sheets? Oh please he’s lucky he’s given up only 2 runs.
Oh yes, let the mind games begin
Gritty walk!
Let Gardner steal before you swing, Cap.
now for the grit watch on the basepaths
“The Havoc” is on base
holyyy shit
Bad luck by Jeter tonight.
Jeter’s current BABIP: .348
That’s still lower than his career mark of .360. Most hitters would dream of having his current BABIP.
.360? I had to look that up, it’s so high I figured you read the wrong column or made a typo. But no, that’s what it is.
/head explodes
There’s no such thing as a called strike to Nick Johnson. Clearly this ump didn’t read the rulebook.
I’m pretty sure Gardner can score on a sac fly from second.
Just one more inch…
OMG I despise this stadium
Hahah Sterling is in full on jinx mode.
“The Yankees haven’t made an error in 11 games and of course, they have a pitcher throwing a no hitter.”
God, Sterling drives me up the wall. Four innings!
(In his first start of 2008, he had a perfect game through 3! I think . . .)
An error doesn’t matter. It’s not a perfect game. AmIRight?
He was talking about our defense. We haven’t had an error.
But by saying “Of course” He seems to be inferring that the no hitter would end due to an error, which is incorrect.
yeah, he walked one
What the fuck was that Gardner?
Bad move by Gardner there. So it goes.
Some more runs please?
Safe to say that wouldve been gone at YS or most any other ballpark.
See…that’s a HR in so many (Yankee) stadiums.
can’t say i’m feeling very confident in tex
like… in general, or just right now? Because if it’s right now, sure. If it’s in general and you think he’s DOOOOOMED you crazy
Gardner, you would have scored if it was a hit anyways…. WHERE IS THE TAG?
Dunno what Gardy was thinking there.
I guess young Phil likes the AL West…
The AL West is Phil’s bitch.
lol… and the last time around it was his second start too.. against the rangers….
Fuckin Sheets has been so lucky.
Opposing starter in the 6th inning, unacceptable.
The Mark Teixeira v. Nick Johnson April race to the bottom is on
Except Nick Johnson is actually productive.
Uhh, have you seen NJ’s obp?
it’s only because he’s too afraid to swing the bat, not a real man
Johnson is having probably the best season you can while hitting <.150. In contrast, Tex sorta sucks now.
Yea. His IsoD is godly.
.136
Man Tex really looks beyond awful at the plate. Barely has an OPS of .500
don’t hurt yourself phil. remember texas
Heh, I was thinking the same exact thing.
ditto
Do you want him to break his leg?
/BelievesInJinxes
Dear god I can’t get it out of my head. I’m terrified this is gonna happen again
Sit DOWN.
@94 and loving it.
7 k’s!!!!!
Hughes as starter is so confusing to me — this is a lot like watching Hughes as reliever, except people are still swinging through the (slightly slower) fastball.
You knew it was coming! Phil Hughes is proud of his fastball!
Proud of his fastball! Haven’t heard that in a while.
I would be really proud of smacking Flaherty every time he says ‘proud of his fastball.’
Seven punchouts for Phil, against only one walk. Hughes is going to be monstrous this year and hopefully for many more years.
Hahahah, there it is.
“I guess Kenny, you can say Phil Hughes is very proud of his fastball tonight.”
It was so slow and deliberate, he had to do it on purpose.
I’m very confused.
Phil Hughes: Cruise control.
Heh Hughes is dealing and he hasn’t thrown a change yet.
I’m starting to think this changeup is like Mariano’s changeup
And AJ’s
haha – I remember a couple STs ago when the columnists were saying “Look out AL, Mo has a dominant changeup – Now he’ll be unhittable.” I have never seen it thrown.
he threw it once in ST to Morneau, I believe, to strike him out looking. Morneau just stood there and laughed because it was so completely ridiculous. Mo’s said it messes with his cutter, though.
The story is that the wrist action is so different from the cutter, that he doesn’t want to work it into his repertoire during the regular season. Get beat with your best stuff, etc.
As for how true that is . . . *shrug*
this is an amazing start for phil
Water is wet
At least Flaherty showed a little restraint on commenting on the you-know-what.
CGSO at least? Go Philthy!
It might be tough with Joe ” I would’ve taken him out after shoppach” Girardi managing
There is absolutely no way Girardi lets him go the distance unless he can complete the game in EXACTLY 100 pitches.
Fact: Phil Hughes threw 108 pitches in his last start.
I like it.
Those fuckers jinxed it!
47 strikes. 20 balls. That’s CC-esque.
Sheets looks solid. That curve is a thing of beauty.
His location is just a bit off.
Agreed. That curve goes from the head down to the toes. It’s one of the best.
A scary thought: This game is only in after one hour and twenty five minutes and the game is currently in the sixth inning. On a normal day, we’re only in the third! Joe West must be proud of the Yanks.
Cano’s obp is dangerously close to 400.
Sheets is pitching pretty well for a guy who missed a year. The A’s are going to get a nice little payday by the time the deadline comes around.
I could definitely see the Mets go for him.
Omar will offer Reyes straight up.
+ Wright
Ump creamed his pants on that one.
LOL Robbie.
LOL Cano.
“Tom Hallion gave it the vocal right there. He really banged out Robinson Cano.”
-John Flaherty
After the Steve Phillips thing, someone on another site asked “Why can’t someone have an affair with John Sterling?”
3 and 0
Sheets has lasted through six innings?!?!? Wake up, offense!!!!!
Posada seems to be in a bit of a mini-slump the last 3 games.
uhhh he got an infield hit the other day! (insert lols here)
I think Johnny got thrown out of the Tigs game. Hah.
porque?
Caught lookin at strike 3 with the bases juiced. Guess he disagreed.
he could’ve murdered someone.
A+
JERRY BLEVINS.
My dad ran into him in Toronto, and he saved us tickets at the Rogers Centre. We got to hang out with him for a bit before the game. Wish it was Brad Ziegler or someone more prominent, but cant complain.
Was this last year? I think I remember you talking about it. You had a different handle though.
yeaa!. I Did, you got some memory bud. It was like August 05th.
btw, any idea of what Jerry’s ceiling is? Any chance of making the Rotation, he was fairly young from what I remember.
http://www.baseball-reference......evin002jer
I’ve got no idea but from the looks of it he’s never really been a starter. Only 2 starts in the minors. He’s got a great K rate at all levels.
thanks, yea that K rate looks pretty sweet.
PHILTHY.
That was a glorious sequence of pitches.
8 k’s!!!
8Ks in 5.1 Wowzer.
Guys — uhh…. I thought Posada couldn’t call good games?
He can’t. Look closely. It’s Cervelli in a Jorge disguise.
Hughes has more Ks than Halladay tonight. I will not cry in joy, I will not cry in joy…
Hi all – just got home – has there been a a baserunner? Thanks
One walk no hits.
One. A walk in the first.
Thanks much. Wow. I hope he stretched well before the game.
I am surprised the announcers have not started talking about a possible no hitter yet.
Sterling mentioned it after 4.
And Hughes is only averaging 92 MPH on the FB.
BTW Another K? WTF. Unreal.
HUUUUUUUUUUGHEEEEEEES.
9 k’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my man crush just turned gay
is there anything passed gay, because I was there about an hour ago
This is just gorgeous.
Wtf is going on? This is insane.
10k!!
Happy Phil Hughes day everyone!
When Joe made that post (it was Joe, wasn’t it?) I assumed that was going to be a jinx. So far, that is not the case.
Nasty.
A’s broadcast just showed Reggie Jackson and Rickey Henderson sitting in the stands talking to each other. They were probably talking about how they could start at LF and RF right now for either team tonight.
“I am … the Greatest of All-Time”
best quote ever
17 straight A’s?
Wow, Hughes has good grades.
/Had To’d
I’ll be really disappointed if he doesn’t allow another walk or hit: because of the first walk.
I just became a B-Jobber (Until there is a nopening in the rotation).
That’s not being a B-jobber. A B-jobber is someone who feels Joba should be in the pen because he has a “bull in a china shop” mentality. You just like Hughes.
and another starter cant go more than 6
A’s offense look hopeless.
I’m a bit surprised Sheets didn’t come back out for the 7th.
Well Singleton just told us to wake up the neighbors, so…now they’re talking.
Aren’t they supposed to ignore Hughes per the superstition?
10 k’s Flaherty, not 9.
Box score says 9 so far.
I’m quite sure there are 10.
its 9
Was the last one a foul catch or something?
Wow, I just checked on Twitter and some A’s fan said to jinx Hughes because it was the Yankees and it was only fair. The surprising thing: There’s an A’s fan? First time I’ve ever heard of it.
I seen one at a train station in Jersey once…I was like WTF
All the As fans I know are so bitter against the Yankees it’s unreal. They also might still be crying about how Giambi was safe zomg!!!!
Chances of spotting big foot: 1 in 128,990
Chances of spotting an A’s fan: 1 in 12,344,091
I feel bad for Greinke. Can’t buy a win this year.
Damn, Rays killed the White Sox.
As skinniest bullpen ever?
A+ hahah
Also, this As team is crazy white. Like, Boston white.
Rajai Davis frowns upon your shenanigans.
He’s like the one exception. And Edwar.
Since BALCO shut down
that 1st base ump has some eye
he’s been money tonight
Winn does not have the most aesthetically pleasing swing in the world.
Randy Winn looks so overpowered, it is upsetting.
Still no opposing starter has made it into the 7th in a Yankee win.
Randy Winn…come on buddy, time to hang it up.
lol did blevins just fist pump striking out randy winn??
thats like pouring Gatorade on your buddy after beating a bunch of grannies in touch football…
Kenny goes out of his way to not mention it specifically, then Flash follows it up and opens his mouth.
It’s done, boys and girls.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/
mlb.com
Johnny Damon…LOL
Havoc is on first
Teh infield hits!
Gardner’s power makes Jeter look like Pujols.
Gardner’s speed makes Jeter look like Big Papi.
/Fixed
Dallas media hates Brett Gardner. They claim that he excels at hitting 10-foot doubles, as even on pitch-outs he steals easily.
Another groundout to the left side…
Jeter first pitch ground ball to short…
Hughes is close to a no hitter!!! What a nasty rotation we have!!!! This is insane!!!! Hughes will pitch the fourth game of the WS!!!! Javy to the bullpen!!!!!gooooooo Yanks!!!!!
One exclamation point is plenty.
MY CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN!!!
ONE is NEVER ENOUGH FOR teh Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So much fail in one post.
I’m kind of impressed, actually. A model of efficiency.
thats just painful…
I’m guessing Suzuki gets a hit. That guy loves to hit Yankee pitching.
But Damon is so clutch!
That was the most clutch ejection I’ve ever seen.
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!
hahahaha
Ahh poor Johnny.
/sadface
This would be alot more fun if the lead wasnt only 2-0.
Pshhht. Have you seen our Pen?
The “middle” of Oakland’s lineup is still pretty sad.
this will be HUghes hardest challenge right here
The A’s have to be watching tape of this:
“Ok, he’s going to . . . be throwing fastballs down the middle?!?”
“How are we supposed to hit that?”
I am laughing so hard.
Literally everything is down the middle. And he’s averaging 92 on his FB. Sad.
Some of his pitches have caught the fat part of the plate in the later innings, but he’s hit corners with his fastball with ease, spotted his curve, hit 94 with the fastball in the late innings…and they can’t get any good wood on the cutter. A very well-pitched game IMO.
hell yes
Good shit. Come on ump, no need to start pinching now.
I love how Damon got tossed for pointing with his bat. I love how that’s an automatic ejection. Same reason he got tossed in that May game against the Twins last year where Gardner replaced him and hit the ITP HR and then Melky walked off.
Nearly had a heart attack on that one.
If Hughes gives up a hit, will Girardi leave him in?
No, he will Yank him just like he did with CC.
But he’s still well below his pitch count. I’m assuming he’ll get yanked if he passes his high of 108.
F F F! Not Kurt.
woot
I really wish we had a K-zone thing. You all know what I mean. Hughes has got me all hot and flustered….
Is Pete around? Just wondering if hypothetical 2010 Joba starter would be this good.
LOL
Hughessssssssssssssssssss!!!!
Dude, it’s one game. Plus, the whole Joba thing wasn’t so much based on ability, more like age/innings limits/fear of Joba in bp forever.
That.
It’s just the beginning my friends by time this season is over we will see how right the FO was.
6 MORE!
Amazing thing is Hughes has a No-Hitter thru 7 and has there even been a ball close to being a hit?? No web gems needed so far I dont think.
Suzuki’s previous AB could have been dangerous in another park.
But yeah, I think the hardest contact was that and what we just saw from Sweeney.
this is fucking awesome
SIT DOWN KURT!!!!!!! WAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH, sorry a bit too pumped up for Hughes
Ya know, Flaherty is just doing it on purpose now. Fuck him.
wow through 7!!
And Susuki is out!!!
Philthy Phil Philanthropist
/NOFX’d
im so f…… exited omg i ts been so long since the last one 6more to go.
Hughes is six away. This will be the first time since 1989 that Oakland will go nuts for something baseball related (or anything, really).
If Girardi pulls him out sometime I will be pissed.
I can’t belive my streaming isn’t working and Hughes is straight dominating!!! what the mother fucking fuck mother fuck slut.
this comment is highly amusing
My head is about to explode. I skipped out on some lovin for this fucking game to see hughes and now i got radio and gameday….What the duck you fuck I’ll smack you with my nut. I want to hit someone.
dunno if yur on mlb.tv but if u are i had the same problem earlier. lose the nexdef plugin and it works like a charm…least it did for me
not helping thus far.
dude, try http://www.atdhe.net and scroll down
Thank YOU!!!
by far my fave game of the year
Has to be my second. CC almost got his no-no on my birthday so by default that’s my fave. This is really really damn well close.
Man, Hughes has about 20 pitches left to get thru 2 innings if he keeps it up.
Don’t say it….Don’t say it…Don’t say it…He has chance at a no-no…Damn
Quick question, folks that live or work in Manhattan:
Have any of you seen a huge increase in Toronto Blue Jays hats?
I spotted about 15-20 of them this weekend.
Are they throwback hats? Might be more of a fashion thing than actual Jays fans.
Also, good thing Blevvins is out, he was killing us, haha.
I see some of the older, baby blue ones sprinkled around here and there. But I have not noticed an uptick myself.
Hmmm…they were the newer style, black or the navy color. Mostly around Heights, Harlem and uptown.
Just thought it was odd.
True. I’m more around mid town and downtown for the most part.
Well if everything goes right Hughes will go 1-2-3 in the eighth and Rivera can pitch the ninth.
ha…ha?
omgomg why do i have to be out of state right now!!
only problem with this start is now people will start calling for jorge to be phil’s personal catcher!
hahah, good one
Yahoo reporting it now
All the sites do now. SI, CBS, ESPN, MLB, Yahoo!
idk if I want Yankees to score here..maybe the close game has Phil in more of a groove?
Is this the best team in the history of baseball?
With Hughes pitching like this, this team is almost too good to be true. That is actually my only concern. Is that I have no concerns about this team.
It is hard being a Yankees fan.
I think that this will be the best yankee team ever. Better than `98……that is my personal feeling
I’m a little concerned about Jeter…just to be honest.
/Rain on your parade
Nick Johnson struck out on three pitches? Are the four horsemen riding?
This is going to be the first no hitter!!!!
Dude, shuuuuut uuuuuup!
Doesn’t matter. “Jinxes” are bullshit.
Seconded.
since 1999! Hopefully. If this one doesn’t happen, CC will throw it. Book it.
Pettitte ;_;
It would be amazing if Andy threw one. You’d go nuts. I’m leaving it there.
I think I cried about 14 times during his near perfect game
The most dangerous hitter won’t be up in the next 6 batters. Color me excited.
fuck, Phil doesn’t need a damn delay in the game.
Wow. The A’s just sabotaged Hughes!! There’s no way he’s really hurt!!!!!!
Nick Johnson’s ugliness took out the pitcher.
A+
that’s what happens when you K NJ on three pitches, beware.
FTW!
I have not moved in 6 innings… i have to pee
RABbis, you can’t start a new thread right? this one just has to go till overload i think. I’m usually not superstitious, but man, I’m nervous as hell right now.
Anybody care to venture a guess for an absolute pitch count? 125? 130?
Under. He’s at 85 now?
87
Seriously, if someone really thinks that a no-hitter will be blown because a Yankee blog started a new thread, they should be drawn and quartered.
I’m not trying to be a dick or anything, but that’s absurd.
As far as pitch count goes, no way does he see 125-130 pitches.
damn I think I just jinxed Blevins.
I think mlb.com homepage is streaming the no-no. It says watch live and has a little screen.
This delay is totally just meant to ice Hughes out, >:(
frownie face seconded.
OMG. I though the bullpen was for Hughes for a second. My ehart literally stopped beating.
this pitcher has the worst delivery of all time
did tex look this bad last april?
not that bad. We should move Swish to the 3rd spot
And Tex continues to look…lost.
Wow, Ross’ delivery and all is UGLY. Looks like he’ll get injured…
wow that will be ross’ easiest K of his career
So, Tex, anytime you wanna remember you’re an excellent hitter would be ok with me.
In other news, this game is moving incredibly fast.
I’m aroused
We are in the eighth inning about two hours after first pitch.
Amazing how good the Yankees are doing when their #2-3 hitters are hitting a combined less than .150
I would feel a lot better if we had one more run.
this guy ross will be lucky to last 5 years in the mlb with that throwing motion
Just give Hughes some extra rest.
Anyone else having trouble watching the game through MLB.TV? I login and it just comes up with a black screen… :/
they hv started showing snippets on MLB network and espn baseball tonight… check there
But who will pitch the eighth? Phil Hughes, that’s who.
Man, this is a lot of fun…I don’t know what I want more: a “you know what” or no pulled hamstring!
Why do I think it is possible that Girardi will pull Hughes with a no hitter going if the pitch count gets too hi. I can just imagine it now. I hope not. Hughes would probably have a fit if that happened.
Wont have to worry about that
here we go fellas!
If Hughes it off the BJobers are gonna go crazy.
Bucholz walked 3 and hit a batter in his no-hiiter, let’s see if Hughes can one-up that.
Jinxed it…
FACK
are you fucking kidding me?
What a bullshit way for it to end.
FUUUUUUUUCCCKKKKK.
Are u fuckin serious!?!?!?!
That’s a damn shame.
Are you shitting me!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Oh eff. >:(
Aw Phil’s parents are cute. Please be okay!!!!
FUUUUCK
Bah.
Nooooooooooooooo
damn it
damn it
damn it
OH MAN /sadface
awwwwwww.
Well that could have gone better.
FUCK
That fucking sucks.
Hughes’ mom looked kinda hot
That brunette in front of his parents looked real hot
His sister is hot.
http://philhughes.files.wordpr.....c00260.jpg
Damn, she is. Plus, if you start hitting it she’s probably got the hookup for Yanks tickets.
yeah, she does. is mr. hughes a … sugar daddy?
Can a brother get an error? lol
Huuuuuuuuuughes!!!!!!!!!!
I’d start warming up Joba.
man that really sucked a lot. no one should have to lose a No-no like that
I’ve only got GameCast, can someone update me on what exactly happened there?
Grounder straight to Hughes and it bounced off him. Couldn’t find it in time.
pitch hit hughes up the middle and he couldnt find ball
come backer at hughes hit him in the heel of the glove…he thought the ball popped up in the air and looked up to catch it, but in reality it was lying at his feet
Groundball to the pitcher, Hughes knocked it down, but couldn’t find it until Chavez reached.
Not exactly a solid liner to right, you know?
This is BS….
Ouch. Good to know that Hughes is all right, but seriously: He bobbled that and that should have been scored an error.
Well at least he didn’t pull his hammy this time.
Meanwhile, they play Whoomp There It Is just because they finally got a hit? That’s fucking ridiculous.
Comebacker bounced off his chest and he lost it.
oops, reply fail
Even so, it stinks of Bush League.
And now the Yankees Suck chant breaks out? I think I now hat this team.
Hahah, the Yankees Suck chant is awesome. Nothing else reeks of more patheticocity
As cool as a no-no would have been, I’d be perfectly happy with a win and a reasonable pitch count.
You’re more of a buzzkill than Buzz Killington
Well there goes any chance for a CG SO since now there is no way in hell Girardi lets him pitch the 9th if he gets thru this inning.
2nd time he’s almost thrown a no-no. He’s destined to throw one eventually!
Mussina would disagree with you
dammit on a bull s… hit.
Fucking Kouzmanoff….
muthafucca!!!!!!
I will Shit!!!
lol, what?
It’s from a comedy routine. I’ll look for the link.
Well, that would have been the “awesome defensive play to preserve the no-hitter” if he could have found the ball.
I realize that losing the no-hitter sucks but how crazy is it that he can be this successful throwing nothing but fastballs and cutters? That’s almost Mo-esque
And a beautiful curve.
That he’s hardly had to use, which of course he gets a K with as soon as I start to type that.
Curve’s been as good as anything Burnett has thrown this year.
It’s ridiculous the amount of K’s he has with so little pitches.
He has thrown some nasty curves tonight too.
Get your pitchforks ready. Kouzmanoff will get hell. Same with Shoppach.
wasn’t it Eric Chavez? hes a douche anyway
A yankees suck chant? Really?
I love the Yankees suck chant…a team with 1 hit
Oh dear god I thought it was texas all over again. And that totally should’ve been an error
Gotta love the Yankee sucks taunts. We are the only team that gets this much respect (at least I see it as respect).
Recognize bitches.
oh its jealousy and respect and thug oakland fans..all 7 of them
Yankees suck? Keepin it classy Oakland
is that a “Yankees suck” chant? (big, exaggerated eye roll)
The Yankees suck chants are in Oakland too?! God, these chants travel like mosquitoes.
Yankees Suck chants seem extra painful right now…
Regardless, Phil Hughes has just thrown the best game by anyYankee pitcher this year. Congratulations on that Phil!
Oh, and….10k’s!!!!!
“infield single”, losing down by 2 and suddenly “YANKEES SUCK” chants out of nowhere.
=/
I swear I wanna blow up Oakland coliseum and the fans in there. They’re chanting “yankees suck”, really? You’re the fan of a team that almost got completely blanked by Phil Hughes. Fucking A-holes. Plus the damn stadium is so shit ugly.
Don’t let that shit phase you. It’s that little brother syndrome, and they aren’t even Met fans.
I know, I just hate how these fans are “waking” up all of a sudden because they broke up the no-hitter.
11 k’s!!!!!
Oops, I though that was the 3rd strike, my bad.
As if living in shithole oakland isn’t bad enough, you also happen to be the worthless sports franchise capital of America.
Who the fuck is winning A “fans?” Apparently basic math escapes you. So if Yankees suck, Athletics really really really really suck.
Goddammit that sucks.
Another reason to hate Eric Chavez.
a legitimate hit? really John?
Guys, no way you can score that an error. Just move on.
Hughes will become Andy’s heir
Phil probably has a higher ceiling than that. He’s a potential ace.
that. I’m obviously a big Pettitte fan but he never had the K stuff Hughes does.
Be careful Hughes…
Throw the change! They’ll never see it coming
Lets get Phil outta there… this shud be his last hitter
Why? He is in control, he’s thrown just 100, and he threw 108 last time.
I feel the Athletic’s have risen in our hated teams list
O plz. Not even worth the effort.
funny….how when all else fails people revert to the “Yankees Suck” chant!!!
Lmao yes. I remember last year the Mets fans were chanting it at the Subway Series. And we know how the rest of the season went.
fuck these idiots!!! Let’s go Joba!!!
Changeup. At least once. Fuck it.
Do it.
Do it.
What was that single to Hughes like? I wish I could see it, but i’m too afraid to watch no hitters until the 9th.
Lucky.
A bullet hit right at him, it deflected forward and he couldnt find it in time.
hit straight at Hughes, bounced once before it hit his glove and fell splat in front of him.. Hughes was searching for it in the air… wonder why Posada wasnt shouting…. by the teim Hughes found the ball, he was in pain and Chavez at 1B
Jorge was his usual helpful self defensively.
We should all be proud that Hughes could one hit the A’s with a fastball, cutter, and curve. Now imagine CC carving them up. I’ll be a happy fool tomorrow.
He must be just saving the change to screw with guys in the second half of the season
come on Phil get the W
wow this will be the As season highlight for these fans
It’s okay Phil. We all love you.
Don’t blow this Joba!
We need his parents at every game he starts. get on it Cash.
Hughes’ mom is a definite MILF
wow I have never wanted to see Joba blow people away than right now..I wanna see 97 MPH heat
I want to see accurate pitches and not 100 MPH heat sailing to the backstop.
Now that’s class.
The mental letdown probably manifested against this batter. Hughes had lost his focus.
That’s alright though… JOBA’s got this.
They boo him coming off the field.
Man, fuck the A’s and their fans.
Huuuuuuughes!
Come on Joba!
I’m calling at least one slider in the dirt that gets past Posada and advances the runners.
That was cute.
Hughes hat-tipping to his parents? OMG MY HEART
Was that Minka Kelly in the row ahead of Hughes’s folks?
Was that Jete’s girl next to Phil’s dad?
Damnit, I miss Minka Kelly and apparently Hughes’ mom who is a MILF cause the package only has the A’s broadcast!!!!
Haha. So i’m not the only guy who noticed.
I just noticed Rosales’ batting stance, it is UGLY. Almost Youkilis level kinda ugly.
Does anyone remember Rookie of the Year with the kid that could throw 99-100 mph? He was the closer, came in every game and threw fastballs with no movement at 100 mph. And he was untouchable. A kid who NEVER pitched before!! A kid who got the velocity by breaking his arm! There was even the scene that his 100 mph fastball KNOCKED back the catcher. This makes no sense! Randy Johnson used to throw 103 with movement!
ooooookaaaay
Give him the cheese!
Give him the HIGH STINKY CHEDDAR!
GardenHoser!!
see also: Farnsworth, Kyle
I think he was a starter.
103?
Pitched for the Cubs. The kid was Kevin from American Pie, the one who dated Tara Reid’s character (back when she was still hot and not a coke fiend).
she was pretty much always a coke fiend
Fun fact: Tara Reid was my neighbor growing up. Never really met her, though.
You’re from Wyckoff? Bergen County represent, represent
I like that the fat friend looks like Curt Schilling. And the big slugger from the Mets looks like Johnny Damon. And pre-steroids Barry Bonds playing himself looks like a normal human being. Nothing really makes sense in this movie.
I do like that the BAD TEAM from NY isn’t the Yankees in that movie.
movie magic. what a bitch.
Effff come on Joba.
And Hughes gets charged witht he fucking ER. That blows.
agreed, i have him in fantasy! at least he’s still eligible for the win
Jesus
wow this sucks
Damn it Joba.
I swear, if Hughes does not get the win…
Couldnt throw the fastball by him.
Randy Winn almost fell down out there.
Fuckin A.
*cut to sullen Girardi: “he’s still our 8th inning guy.”
Just like the FO drew it up. Now on to Mo.
On an unrelated note, how dumb are the Cubs for sending Zambrano to the pen???
They’re almost Cubs dumb.
excellent.
i see what you did there
desperate move to get something out of him…Hes worthless as a starter now so why not.
He’s still an innings eater who K’s a lot of guys, albeit at the expense of walking close to 100 per year, haha.
real dumb
On the fantasy focus podcast on ESPN they joked about that “possibility”. Then they laughed it off and said it would probably be Carlos Silva or Tom Gorzellanny. I can’t imagine why they would do this. They may as well have the kid from Rookie of the Year coming outta the pen.
And they’d be losing a lot of at-bats for Carlos Zambrano.
And they told Z that he’d go back to the rotation when they trade for/sign an 8th inning guy.
ok Whew
thank god
Ohhh you’re on the Mark, Teixeira!
To Mooo
well it’s ok joba got out of it
Nice Joba!
Also Mo looked like the laziest Sith lord ever when YES cut to him.
thinking of MO as a sith lord = greatest thing ever
Mo must have been celebrating 4/20.
/shoots self
IETCVM
I cannot believe I missed this. 7 no-hit innings from Phil… At least I wasn’t there to see it get broken up, either. But gogo bullpen to close it out.
How ’bout a little insurance?
That had to be the suckiest way to lose a freakin no-hitter… hat-tip to Hughesie
Well, it’s not like it was a blooper. It was a hard hit ball right at him.
God damn he’s slow lol.
Jorge is beasting down the line lately!
Jesus, Jorge. That was closer than it should have been.
Posada has two infield singles in two games O_O O_O O_O
Either A) The Oakland defense sucks when it comes to slow rollers hit by Posada or B) Posada is secretly Usain Bolt in his free time.
How can it be an infield single if it rolls into the outfield?
The words “infield single” and “Jorge Posada” are rarely used in the same sentence.
You just did. (I know that doesn’t mean it’s not)
Jorge Posada with an infield single!?!?!?!?
anyone else surprised to hear that nady got a ring?
Why would you be surprised? He played with us last year.
for 7 games
I guess I look at it kinda like the stanley cup, not everyone who played for the team at any point that season gets their name on the cup…y should rings be any different?
Well, I can’t speak on that. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, that’s just how it has always been.
There are guys that played less and got a ring. If you’re ever on the 25, you get a ring.
i did not know that…thanks for clearing that up
No. He was on the team.
Randy Winn: Oldie but a
goodieoldie.y is randy still batting?
“I don’t like to be a reliever. I don’t want to be a reliever,” Zambrano told reporters.
“This team needs somebody to step up and help the bullpen and I told (manager) Lou Piniella I want to be back (as a starter) for the playoffs.”
The Cubs are going to the playoffs?
Sure. Then they’ll get swept by a team that won ~20 less games than they did. That is the Cubbie way.
The only team that has less of a shot of making the playoffs in their division is houston.
Worse approach: Rosales or Winn?
Posada just got Flaherty’d
What percentage of the commentariat here could outrun Posada?
I know I could.
Same here.
I think I could. I could run a 55 meter dash in 7.4 seconds.
Easily.
Their pinch hitting for Gardner instead of Winn? WTF?????
Or Not??????
The pitchers a right hander and so is the batter, if you put a left handed batter in its called playing the percentages. It’s what smart managers do to win ballgames. Strawberry – “But I’ve got NINE homeruns today!”
- Mr. Burns
All these slumping red sox are bad for my fantasy team. And when they still win it makes it that much worse. Lester, Lackey and Ellsbury have all been worthless.
Sounds brutal, man.
ietc
wasn’t Lackey quite good before he imploded against the Rays in the last start?
I benched him against the Yanks, then he did OK against the Twins, and he got massacred in his last start.
Randy Winn sucks.
“Randy Winn? With those swings, more like Randy Wind.”
or
“Randy Winn? More like Randy Wiff.”
or
“Randy Winn? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ON THIS TEAM?!“
In fairness to Winn, remember what we were all saying about Thames before he started performing?
I don’t hear many talking about Thames anymore.
true…Thames has almost won me over, but then I see gardner have a clutch gritty AB and I want more Gardner
when Thames DHs against lefties I don’t really have a huge problem with it. I sorta cringe when he plays the outfield, though. And yeah, part of it is the “Gardner would have had that!” over anything.
Cody Ransom is watching Winn/Thames while practicing his 9001 foot vertical leaps thinking, “I could do that shit”.
Hah. Well done.
I guess Swisher aint pinch-hitting tonight.
My fantasy ERA is higher than Ron Washington lately. Damn these slumps.
Gardy!
love me some Brett Gardner
<3 insurance runs <3
Yay he hit a ball to the outfield yay!
Great piece of hitting by Brett “The Threat” Gardner.
Grit Gardner comes through again
Hell yeah, Gardner!
grit gutner is teh clutch!
GARDY! Take that A’s fan!
GGBG’d
Good job Gardner. BTW 1000 posts for the thread. Maybe.
Nope this is 1000.
wow thats insane…shows the Phil Hughes love
An outfield hit by Gardner? Has hell frozen over????
Very questionable call on Jeter’s check swing, no?
Think Jeter went there.
I think he went the first time but not the second.
Disagree. Think he went both times.
Check swings are like pornography: I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it!
(Jeter definitely went, both times)
This one goes to 1000!
we got a call…about fucking time
looks like jetes is gettin the calls today!
i’m pretty sure he went both times.
haha, A’s fans aren’t going to like that sequence.
Chad Gaudin has some beard, eh?
I love all the walks but eventually NJ has to start getting some hits too.
Meh, it’ll come. There’s no reason to think he won’t start hitting the ball. In fact, he’s had some poor BABip luck in the early going.
Who says? heh. But seriously, the hits will come, I’m not complaining about his 430 obp.
Oh of course but to be able to keep that OBP above .400 he is going to at least get his BA up to around .250 or so I would think which he certainly should since he has a career BA of .270.
I will complain about his 93 OPS+.
I just decided I really really want a Hughes jersey.
Heh, Fuentes gave up a game tying homerun in the 9th.
lolfuentes
to who?
Big Migs.
ah. Well, that’s not that embarrassing.
miguel cabrera
Enter the sandman, exit all hope.
I saw that imaginary/invisible spit Mariano!!!!!
/Halos Heaven’d
Ordinarily, watching Mo pitch is really refreshing in how he pounds the zone.
With how well Hughes pitched tonight, it’s not much of a change.
(Difference being, Mo does this day in day out. Hughes has yet to do so)
Whoa, >1000 comments? Wild.
Good effort by Barton, but it’s all for naught.
That’s more hits against Joba/Mo than against Hughes.
Well.
oh god not Suzuki
lol i thought the same thing
Mo is a little wild by his standards.
Next Rangers off-day: Monday, May 10 (wow, that’s a ways off).
Odds that is the day Ron Washington gets the axe: 5-1
At least the A’s dont still have Scutaro….
I always think they should play shallow when Rivera pitches. The only hits they ever get are bloops. If its over your head its a home run…
This is just odd.
Mo doesnt have much stuff tonight.
this game has made me age 5 years
Come on Mo, stop messing around
C’mon Mo.
Mo obviously isn’t as sharp tonight as he’s been. Makes you wonder how necessary it was for him to pitch last night with a 7-3 lead in the 9th.
Bingo.
Pretty much completely unnecessary, but so it goes.
It was pretty stupid if you ask me. And you sort of did.
Can he break our hearts twice tonight?
Nope. WHew.
Is this where Joe short hook on Marte will come back to bite?
Mo, please don’t make me nervous.
its funny I noticed how far Chavez was playing off the park and i was like thats strange
man these a’s hitters wont give up
Fuck Chavez. I don’t know why he’s so unlikeable. But I really loathe him.
I am not a fan
It’s the facial hair, I think.
Other than that, I feel bad about all the injuries. He was on the HoF path.
damn MO is laboring badly
Mo is getting a day off or two, no matter what.
So you think Mo’s gotten too much work in the past couple days?
Good play by Mo there, keep the tying run at 1st.
come on 1 more out MO
glad he got the out at second
I can’t help but cringe when Mo throws to second aargh.
Don’t remind me.
remember in Game… 3? of the ALCS last year when he misplayed the throw to third? I literally teared up and had to leave the room. Zen baseball, I’m not real good at it.
Ditto – That brought back really bad memories.
HUUUUGE OUT
1 strike away!
I wonder if YES will ever get real scouting reports.
Mo: Chill. I got this.
Ok…Our starting rotation is now 9-2…and we have won 5 straight series to start the season. Our 5th starter is GOD, we have not committed an error in 11 games, and we have the best record in baseball. Seriously? I LOOOOOOVE THIS TEAM, including Nick Johnson and his .140 average. BE AFRAID MLB!!!!!
Mo is the 5th starter????
whew
Well, they made Mo work, but it didn’t matter in the end.
They figured him out, though.
/Rollins’d
I immediately thought of this, then the page refreshed and I saw your comment. Wow.
ballgame
I need to go to Church tomorrow and apologize to Mo for somewhat doubting him tonight.
Chavez looks like he’s auditioning for Orlando Bloom’s role in Pirates of the Caribbean.
if that was Bad April Mo, I will definitely take it.
Nah, it was just “unnecessarily overworked” Mo.
This bullpen shit will get ironed out soon enough.
Creepy Cubs fan alert.
Nevermind, it’s just Jeff Bridges.
What a game.
I like how Kim just yanked the mic from Phil Sr.
If I was Phil Hughe’s parents I would be requesting Thank You cards.
Hughes’ mom:
I’ll let the crowd provide further comment.
Wow, 1000+ comments
Best game of the year!
wow in one of my fantasy baseball leagues tonight I had Haladay, Gallardo, and Hughes…good lord
haha Brett Gardner getting the “cold hard blast” lols
I can’t wait for nomaas’ take on tonight’s events.
Heh… former Yanks backup catcher Will Nieves won the game for the Nats.
Most hitters are clueless about Mariano. However some smart ones adjust well and get hits (Nomar Garciaparra from the past..he said he used to stand ahead in the box, that way could eliminate the much the “cut” in the cutter).
Last year, it was very clear in the Seattle game (one of the rare ones that Mo blew), Ichiro stood way back and well away from the inner half of the plate so as to take a good swing on the cutter after bore in.
We noticed today that Eric Chavez did the same, luckily he is not even close to Ichiro in talent.
However hope this is something hopefully Yankee scouts will point out.
With the amount of across the board dominance that Mo’s had, I have to believe that those hitters who do hit him well do so not because they know something that other hitters don’t, or have a rare unique strategy. Rather, it is likely some quirk of their swing or eye that somehow allows them success.
God damn east coast games. I would have been sick if I missed a no-no.
*west coast games even