Game 16: Keeping the streak alive
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Anaheim is 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, but don't tell the Angels. (Ric Francis, AP)
The Yankees lost for the first time in over a week yesterday, and it was just their second loss in the last 13 days. They’ve won their first five series of the year, the first time they’ve done that in nearly a century, but the process of keeping that streak alive starts tonight.
For years the Angels were absolute hell on the Yankees, particularly when they played in Anaheim, but it feels like the 2010 season busted those ghosts. For whatever reason, the Halos just aren’t scary anymore. Maybe it’s because they don’t have Chone Figgins and John Lackey and Vlad Guerrero and all those other guys that used to give the Yankees fits, or maybe it’s just because winning the World Series removed any silliness about curses and whatnot from people’s minds.
Starting for the Angels tonight is Ervin Santana, who took the loss when the Yanks handed out their rings last week. He bitched and moaned about the umpire’s strike zone after walking five in 5.2 innings, saying he didn’t get calls “because it’s the Yankees … That happens every time we play the Yankees or Boston.” If he whined any more, he’d be a resident of Bradenia.
Here’s tonight’s lineup…
Jeter, SS
Johnson, DH
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, C
Granderson, CF
Swisher, RF
Gardner, LF
And on the mound, Allen James Burnett.
The last late game of this road trip starts at 10:05pm ET and will be broadcast on YES, as (almost) always. Enjoy the game.
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(something about how hot AJ looks with all those tattoos in LoHud’s picture)
Okay if any other girls are here, AJ Burnett: hot or not? Cuz I just… don’t… see… it.
He looks really good in that picture. He doesnt compare to Andy though!
does anyone?
I don’t know too much about NY girls, but I don’t know many down here (south) that are into the whole tatted up look.
it’s not even the tattoos (Josh Hamilton is hot), he’s just odd-looking
who came up with that bradenia thing? when i look at that post it seems like you didn’t credit anyone for it
Flipflopflyball
ima say this. how odd that the yankees are facing the exact same rotation as they did last week against the angels?
prediction?
yanks win 2 of 3
We play today, we win today, das it….
/duncan’d!
duncan’s 1996 triple slash: 340/352/500
I fully expect the Yanks to lose 2 out of 3 or get swept. Being hot this early on is just to good to be true.
I will like to see more mound walking today . . ..
Just kidding
The Yankees should just show up in Oakland’s locker room next time they visit Oakland.
THAT WOULD BREAK TEH CODE!1!!111
I want to see Youk walk all over Porcello’s mound to see Youk get thrown down again.
Angels own the Yankees blergity blargh, blergity.
I hope Ervin gets rocked. Badly. 10-0 in the first. Typical Angel crybaby.
Seriously, what the hell did Napoli ever do to Scioscia?
That’s a … loud noise.
text book grounder to short
at least it was on the second pitch!
Inside-the-parker for DeJesus.
Whats it with Jeter and all the grounders to short?
Bard/Okajima= FAIL
But, but Bard is teh unhittable god…
tex book pop-up
You couldn’t resist uh?
i’m not proud of myself
The West Coast sucks.
which team is uglier, the Red Sox or the Angels?
Any team with Kevin Youkilis is the ugliest.
If you meant physically, hands down
Youkilis > Angels
I know its unfair and eventually they will turn it around but Nick and Tex are really frustrating to watch I am almost tempted to turn something else on while they are up.
At least Johnson gets on base which is at least 60 percent of offensive production.
Teix…well he’ll be back to form soon enough.
Strikes, Allen.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
lol aybar is a moron
gift
Marcus Thames would have had that.
you stole my comment
With one hand tied behind his back too.
Doesn’t mocking fellow Yankee fans get old?
Well. Aybar must feel like a genius right about now.
Could of caught that Gardner, but im not gonna say he should of caught it.
damn it swisher
It’s Bad AJ today.
Work, stream.
If Burnett is able to get out the 1st without giving up a run … Wow.
C’mon. DP time.
AJ gets the GIDP
i am callin it
Come on AJ.
great play by jeter
One out to go.
what the hell was tex thinking???
What happened?
morales hits a sky high chopper to first, but instead of flipping the ball to cano, tex tries to tag morales who beat him to first. flippin the ball to cano couldve given a better chance at an out, but i dunno if tex saw cano there
you can’t be fucking serious
Luck. It defines the Angels.
This sucks, not being home and stuck in doors with no TV broadcast for the game…so far is it good AJ or bad AJ?
Bad. Hopefully this is just the One Bad Inning and he gets out of it with only the run, though.
He’ll come through.
You need to stop getting arrested, Shuuto.
I can’t help but harass the Red Sux fans that visit the city.
I hear ya. I saw a tourist family on the 1 the other day. The seven-year-old kid had a Red Sox hat on, just like the rest of his ugly, inbred moron family.
I told the father that I bet his son will end up being a toothless moron like he.
What happened? gameday has singled to first.. is that possible with Tex
You’re my new favorite commenter.
that could have been much much worse
We’re lucky to have only given up 1, even though the Kendry play was pretty odd.
for those who are wondering, austin jackson is 0-4 with 3Ks
sad that his BA is decreasing
a-rod with the nice start
Braden. The ONLY PLAYER more of a baby than Youk.
Is it possible A-Rod slept with Braden’s mother? Seriously. A-rod likes older ladies and he’ll do whatever it takes to gain a competitive edge. And Braden was uber-pissed! So pissed it suggests it was personal.
LOL. I will never get what goes in your head JMK.
lots of alcohol?
(hearts, JMK.)
Ha. Of course, m’lady.
Possible that Arod scored on his grandma…? *shudders*
That’s a good one. Hadn’t even considered that.
Ervin Santana: Alex Rodriguez is disrespecting me by hitting my pitches.
LOL!
Orioles walked in the go-ahead run?!?!? Epic failure
I’m not sure who I want to castrate more: Trembley or Pinella.
Why not both?
Pinella. If there’s any incompetency in the AL East, it needs to stay there. We need all the help we can get.
man someone needs to make this guy work plz?
JMK: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04.....gewanted=2
bottom of page two. best. reference. ever.
That is fantastic, pete. Nice find! I can’t wait to hear the album.
it’s streaming on that site on the left side. It’s amazing.
the article’s a great read, too.
Oh cool, I’ll check that after work tomorrow.
I wonder what Halos Heaven thinks of the A-Rod/Braden tiff.
Three things I took away from this story; 1) I’ve never heard of not stepping on the mound, although I’ve never seen a hitter do it, 2) Dallas Braden is a bad-ass and moved up in my favorite player list, 3) A-Rod is a dick.
I just went to Halos Heaven for that. I am now going to scrub myself with lye.
Not enough. Burn your eyes. It’s the only way to save your soul.
also:
I really want to punch him in the face
I hope Braden really does plonk the guy next time.
A-fraud is a [CENSORED] douchebag.
The guy is, and always will be, an enormous douche bag of monumental proportions.
A-Rod has no clue how to be a man
They are SO ANGRY. And why the hell is there a Sox fan commenting there?
bexy you are very easily tempted. I feel like you are always talking about Lohudders. You should (for the sake of your mental health, of course) try to kick the habit
man too easy for santana
make him get a high pitch count before the 3rd inning is over plz
We better start clobbering this pansy second time through the order.
Santana 21 pitches in 2 innings, i thought get away game was yesterday… come on fellas
excruciating awkwardness
I remember Showalter telling a great story on BBTN a few years ago about when he was a coach in the minors, his team ran into a triple play and a fielder never caught the ball.
Runners on first and second, full count, he sent the runners. Batter popped the pitch up, so one out on the infield fly rule. The runner on first had his head down and kept running, so the second out was made when he passed the runner in front of him on the bases. The third out was made when the ball hit the runner that was on second in the helmet.
man i think flaherty is an awful booth guy
Nice catch by Grandy.
great job grandy
Nice catch
hey i’ll take the called strike 3 any day of the week
Bah, probably would have had him at second on a fastball. Oh well, I’ll take the K.
Julio Lugo is up with 2 men on and 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th vs Paps
just changed my mlb.tv to the channel
damn you julio
a big hit there would have been awesome on so many levels
So, I’m looking at splurging on some tickets for old timer’s day for me and my dad. How’s RF? I’m looking at section 105, row 13.
Alright I’m free to leave, running home to watch the darn game.
Ok, where the fuck are the Yankees, and who are these no-patience hackers that have replaced them?
It’s been one game and a third? Can’t win em all.
I don’t care about the outcome so much as the approach. Second time through the lineup is much better, but when Jeter+Johnson+Teixeira take <10 pitches out of a guy, something's wrong.
work the count plz
I really wish Lugo would have come through against Papsmear.
grit gutner!
Another Grit outfield hit? Surprise!
so gritty
Good number of Yankee fans there. I love it.
jeterian delivers
JETES!
Hey look, Jeter still can take it the other way
Jeterian Grittiness
is it just me or was that the first Jeterian hit of like… the year? (I love Derek and I do not mean to whine about him.)
i was thinking the same thing
oy nick
not trying to be unfair but its time for nick to do something
Matsui the warrior that he is, would hit a grand slam here…
?Dalelame’d
Heh.
Cross your fingers for Brett Michaels.
Sad. He seems like a decent guy.
wow was that really strike 2 and 3??
Inside.
Fuck the ump up his rump.
gift strike there but he needs to swing the fucking bat
Still hating on Teix huh? You had him for like 2 months. get over it.
BOO!!!! No other player has gone anywhere else for money!!! Like Torii Hunter!!!! BOOOO!!!!!!
Oh fuck Ervin Santana. Almost got NJ, now Teix?
Baby.
make him pay, alex
Gameday had the Nick Johnson strikeout pitch at “too close to take” proximity to the strike zone
The ump called the HBP a strike.
Cocksucker.
/stillbitter’d
cheer the hit by pitch stay classy la angels of anaheim california westcost america
Can’t stay when they never were.
Nick Johnson is a nice guy, he is trying to take all the heat off of Vazquez and put it all on him. lol
this actually made me laugh, well done.
damn santana wtf?
Relentless.
A-ROD!!!
Suck it Ervin!
alex makes em pay
great job a-god
Get off my mound….
/Gran Tourino’d
need racism in that diatribe for the full effect
Soooo unclutch
I remember hearing that Jeter’s been thrown at home only two or three times in his career or something like that… talk about a great base runner
Noyce. Al made him pay for almost hitting his dick.
I would pay for someone to hit my dick.
With tender love and affection, of course.
lol tex laid out the catcher
ROBBIE RISP HIT!!!!!
TEIX OWNAGE!!!
jesus
Take that !!!!!!!!!
Ouch.
wow tex plays hard damn man
I think Braden felt that one in the dugout, was that against the unwritten rules too?
Braden felt that in Oakland?
Bobby Wilson just got knocked the fuck out.
ROCK THE BELLS!
TEX AIN’T A PUSSY!
shouldn’t hit the man he went in angry
Tex didnt like getting hit by a pitch.
Teixeira’s piiiiissseeedddd
I do hope Wilson is okay. Even if he had to go on the DL, though, Scioscia still wouldn’t play Napoli.
WOW Tex nailed the catcher. memories of 2005-6? on Jorge Posada
it was 2006 in an awesome game where the Yankees came back from being down like 10-1.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....ge_po.html
funny story, great photo.
Yeah, they came back from a nine run deficit twice in that game.
wow, TEX just train wrecked him. LOL thats pretty gangster.
Tex doing his Pete Rose impression…
I love Tex, but that was bush league.
How is that bush league? The catcher moved over the plate without the ball, what was he supposed to do while he came in full speed? He was mostly trying to protect himself at that point
What? The catcher gave him a large, clear portion of the plate and Tex basically tackled him. He better have a damn good explanation for that one. Not to mention, he’s rolling on the ground in pain, you hit him, you don’t even check to see if he’s okay?
Does Tex look like a doctor? That’s not his place to get in the middle of there. You make a phone call after the game to make sure he’s ok, that’s the proper thing to do. I’m sorry but collisions at the plate are part of the game, get over it. You try to knock the ball out of the catcher’s hands, it’s done at every level of baseball and is not cheap at all
But he didn’t HAVE to. He had a pissy fit and decided to tackle the catcher. It was obvious that he had a clear path to the plate, he only takcled him because he was pissed by a HBP, and that’s petty.
BTW, since when did he have to be a Doctor? A “Hey man, you okay?” would suffice.
Shit, hope Wilson isn’t hurt too badly.
WOW…
With the 1st pick in 2010 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select, Mark Teixara…
ietc
I thought they’d take Wieters.
PETCOA had him at 4357 yards, 37 TD’s and 12 INT’s.
jesus christ
i hope wilson is ok
Maybe the Jets will draft Tex in the 4th round tomorrow after that hit.
Note to opposing teams: Don’t hit Teix. He’s get angry. See Padilla.
That was bullshit by Tex.
A. The pitcher hit him with the ball, not the catcher.
B. Come on, you really had to freaking tackle Wilson like that? Ridiculous.
It’s not total bullshit but it did make me a little uneasy, I’ll admit.
He did kinda have to get through to score. I mean sure the HBP probably made him do that but it’s apart of the game.
Hopefully he’ll be alright.
A. The ball bounce up over the plate, Tex can’t help that
B. Wilson is in the way, you take him out, that’s baseball
He wasn’t in the way. He had a large, clear portion of the plate in front of him and he chose to bowl into Wilson because he was pissed at the pitcher. And what’s with not even going over to see if he’s okay?
Tex is my favorite player, but that’s unacceptable.
Torii Hunter just tried to take out Jeter at second, is that a dirty play as well? Seriously, it’s part of the game, get over it. I’d be willing to bet Tex does that even if he got on via a hit
A. I doubt he does that if he gets on via a regular hit.
B. What Torii Hunter did wasn’t nearly as extreme as what Tex did.
Stop with the “A and B.”
Think back a week or two when Granderson was trying to score and at the last second the catcher blocked the plate with his foot (it was the CC 6IP CG SO game). If Granderson, who was avoiding a collision, broke his angle on the catcher’s shin guard, would you be singing the same tune? He got faked out and it could have been dangerous.
I understand your point, but Wilson didn’t STAY out of the way. He was diving back over the plate to block it. Teix was on the outer half and chose to initiate contact rather than allowing the catcher to dictate when or if there would be any.
I’d be interested to hear what Wilson has to say about it.
Er, if you have a problem with A. and B. I’ll stop. I don’t really get why, but whatevs.
Hmmm…the way I saw it, he was trying to swing his hands over with the ball in them, but he wasn’t going to get even close. This seemed obvious to me during the play. Tex didn’t care, and instead of sliding normally or trying a hook slide he stayed high and tackled the catcher, and I think it was in retaliation for a HBP, which the catcher had nothing to do with.
Of course I’d be singing the same tune. If you’re doing it because you think you need to to get/prevent runs, in other words, in the spirit of the game, that’s fine. I don’t think Tex was doing that. I’ll have to see the replay though, because I’ve heard several accounts now that differ from mine, so I could just be wrong.
C. If its close, you take him out
well he cant hit the pitcher back right? so he did it to send a message most likely. let them know there will be consequences for what their pitchers do.
Got it, let’s punish the catcher for what the pitcher did. That’s cool.
Even cooler: In retaliation for a HBP, let’s tackle opposing players. That makes sense.
poster=not happy
poster = not getting it
if Teix would’ve slid hard into 2nd to break up a double play, would you be ok with that? because that happens all the time and is done in retaliation after getting hit by a pitch. its part of baseball dude, it happens. Teix went in a bit high but thats my only issue with it.
He didn’t go in “a bit high”, he had a clear path to the plate and he chose not to take it. Instead he opted to run into the catcher, who wasn’t blocking the plate, and knock him to the ground.
I’d be mad if they (any Yankee) tried to break up a double play only because they were hit by a pitch. You should try to break up a double play every time. That’s not on the same level as tackling the catcher, who wasn’t blocking the plate, and hitting him so hard he was taken out of the game.
He had ONE second to decide what to do. Either go in hard after the catcher which is an accepted part of baseball or get out.
But there was a lrge portion of the plate clearly available to him, unblocked, and instead of hook sliding or something he decides to tackle the catcher.
“That was bullshit by Tex.
A. The pitcher hit him with the ball, not the catcher.”
Pitchers, especially AL pitchers, put their teammates at risk when they throw at guys. Ask Vicente Padilla’s ex-teammates how they feel about him.
So, the way to respond is to tackle opposing players who had nothing to do with it?
If you’re really mad, get back in the box and hit a HR, or confront the pitcher after the game. Don’t go tackling people, possibly injuring them.
tell that to the pitcher who just hit you with a pitch, possibly injuring you.
Tell that to the catcher rolling on the ground in pain, who didn’t hit you with a pitch.
you know how that catcher will say something to, the pitcher. like it was said above, look up how Padilla’s teammates felt about him throwing at people.
So, if the catcher is not on the pitcher’s dide, why are we punishing him?
dide=
Hey, Swishy!
anyway, to finish that thought…
dide=side
It’s not uncommon to see players run through catchers when scoring. He sued more force then one normally would but he has the armor for a reason.
I was at that game in the Legends Suite, so I was right by the field. Hearing Teixeira absolutely SCREAM “Fucking bullshit. Throw the fucking ball over the fucking plate.” was SO AWESOME.
honestly that was a bit much but being hit by Ervin probably had an influence there
tex is like christian laettner: clean cut looks but a cold-blooded bastard
except for that Mountain Man look the Laettner “cultivated” later in his career
Heh, the Laettner stomp!
Nothing Bush league about that play….at all
MOST IMPORTANT LESSON:
Robbie got a ribbie with RISP (pronounced rispee for dramatic effect).
I have no doubt that the hit by pitch had something to do with that. Still, the ball was beating him there and he had to make a split second decision. I can’t blame him for the impact on either account.
Santana was being kind of careless with the inside pitches in my opinion.
I am pretty sure that Teix will not get hit the rest of the season.
Heard Montero took a hit like that and held on
Lightning bolts later struck the offending player.
Nobody fucks with Tex. He’ll make you pay (at the expense of your catcher).
Foilks, it is bang bang. !st thing you are ever taught in a play when you are going to make contact with someone is you go full speed or you get hurt. The throw had him beat, and he made his mind up that he was running over the catcher, you can’t change your mind in mid play. He went hard, he did it the right way, there was absolutely nothing wrong with what he did. If that was Bush league, get rid of the rule where you can run over the catcher, becuase he did everything right.
If that was Bush league, get rid of the rule where you can run over the catcher, becuase he did everything right.
This. It’s a totally 100% legal play.
Wow. Mark had to be gunning for him.
Mmm…I dunno, guys. He went in (what I felt) unnecessarily high.
Not knock the ball out, that’s where you hit them. Seriously, Tex just ran unprotected into a guy wearing body armor and people want to demonize him and say it’s cheap?
Kinda that. I mean it wasn’t the best decision but seriously no one is completely rational especially when you’re upset.
I wouldn’t call it cheap since it is apart of the game.
I’m not saying it was dirty (you can tell this because I said none of the sort), but he went in way on the upper chest. I’d think center mass, a bit lower makes sense. Then again, I don’t have TIVO and only saw it once, so perhaps I’m incorrect. However,”demonizing” is a bit hyperbolic, don’t you think?
If wilson doesn’t bring his body across the plate, teix gets arm only.
“Unnecessarily high? Bullshit!”
- Ron Washington
I wouldn’t expect him to dive head first and dislocate his (Teixeira’s) shoulder, though. Seemed clean enough to me.
Look at the replay – the catcher’s glove hits Teix before he gets to the plate. If Wilson had caught the ball (something that it would’ve been difficult for Teix to judge correctly while running fullspeed), he would’ve been out. Only way to avoid getting called out in that situation is to knock the ball out of the mitt. Clean play.
Nice contact.
Abreu with the pwnage of Burnett.
Okay, I just got home and I saw the Tex the 18 Wheeler barreling down and crushing the catcher. WOW, Tex is like… a stampede or something.
You attack the glove, he didnt go for the head. You have a 2×2 ft area to hit, you cant hit the legs or thats bush, you cant hit the head cause thats bush, both players are moving full speed, he did nothing wrong there.
torii hunter, get the eff out of the way you loser
Not going to slow down when Teixeira isn’t on first base??
Great job by A-Rod just to keep the ball in the infield.
Now, that was Bush…
Holy shit Torii.
great double play
hunter and abreu are killing for my fantasy team. i do have burnett pitching tonight though
I remember the story about Torii Hunter calling Tex after he signed with the Yankees and saying something like “Teixeira baby, I love ya and I’ll miss you, but I’ll see you in the ALCS.”
I’m guessing he’s not gonna get that call this year.
Unless Hunter’s buying tickets.
Matsui with the clutch RBI……wait, what?
Christ AJ.
damn it
cmon AJ, my fantasy team needs you
damn, a more accurate throw and we would’ve had him
jorge wanted no part of that play
This game is gonna be ugly isn’t it
AJ can’t locate anything today.
AJ sucks major balls tonight.
bag AJ tonight. nothing going where Posada wants it to be.
*bad
This. We have a bad AJ sighting.
man AJ is fooling no one tonight
I should just go to bed now.
At least Matsui still likes helping the Yankees; former Yankees Juan Rivera and Bobby Abreu are assholes.
The 3 earned run streak is snapped.
BAD AJ!
good fucking god
i knew AJ was going to blow up. should’ve left him on the bench
10000000000000 2 out doubles I hate the angels so fucking much
burnett is a complete enigma
Joe. Get the bullpen up. Now.
EVERYTHING is being hit HARD.
Good thing Aceves is fresh.
Leaving EVERYTHING up.
At least Mitre’s rested.
Yankee outfield certainly taking some curious routes to balls tonight. Also thanks Tex for apparently firing up an Angels team that had been playing like shit recently.
Seriously, that kind of shit ALWAYS seems to fire up the other team, but never the Yanks. Tonight is no different.
Its obviously more AJ sucking than the Angels all of a sudden being fired up but it doesnt help.
they’d actually won like five in a row before losing their last two. And I think it’s more AJ is pitching like crap than they’re angry at Teixeira.
what the hell, AJ?? can’t groove pitches, not even to Maicer Izturis
Bring in Aceves or Mitre. Mop up time.
It’s a one run game, not mop up time.
Do you really think this is going to stay at 4 runs?
Of course not, and the yankees aren’t gonna stay at 3 runs either.
Not if you bring in Mitre
Put in Joba!!!!!!
Guess bad AJ had to show up eventually.
Whatever Eiland told him, he isn’t doing it.
It’s BECAUSE Eiland talked to him aaaaahhhhh
/NYYFans’d
Jesus – made worse by the fact the Yes feed isn’t working thru MLB.TV, I gotta listen to the goddamn homer color guy on the Angels broadcast… I’m this || close to putting my remote thru the TV.
Mine worked first try just now, try again
AJ is a mess, get the Gangsta up now.
all this because o a 2 outh HBP fuck
Goddamnit Joe. I guess you’re sacrificing the game.
It’s the 4th inning and they’re down by a run. Relax.
This.
No shot the yanks score 1 more run mike… no shot.
I hope he was joking… he had to be right…
no shot. =)
Dot…dot…dot…
ietc
Soo, how long till we get an Aceves appearance?
A.J. has almost nothing tonight.
Maybe AJ should place a call to Halladay……
/Media narrative’d (will be addressed tomorrow)
thank god he gets out of it
8 hits, 2 walk, 4 runs through 3 innings… yikes
Enough of the complaints about Bad AJ, this is clearly Posada’s fault, right?
it’s always Posada’s/Eiland’s/Javy’s fault. This is because Javy was running up and down the steps of Oakland with him, isn’t it?!
Time to switch to the Red Wings game
thank mo for the double play.
Wow,at 11-4 and losing by a run, the freaking vultures come out….folks, do yourself a favor, and just stay away….
Bad AJ is bad… search your feelings, you know it to be true.
Clearly we miss Matsui’s clutch run producing DP’s though…..
What happened to AJ…. What .. is that Posada behind the plate
//MSM’ed
BOOM!
Fucking rocket!
Nothing but net!
SWISHABLAST!!!
TOO BAD I CUT HIM FROM MY FANTASY TEAM TODAY
Of course, they’re away.
that had a great sound off the bat. love hearing that crisp contact.
SAAAAAAAAAWISH!
Swishawk.
Swisher!
That was crushed. Holy shitballs.
Good thing BAD ERVIN showed up too!
Good thing Joe West aint umping this game cause this could take awhile (West isnt umping it is he??).
Can you predict baseball?
Hmmm, I thought that 1 run deficit was insurmountable.
tonight makes the oakland games feel like spring training
totally agree
Gotta love these Angels announcers homerism. Barely a peep with that Swisher home run. After one double off the wall “Doobie”, or whatever the hell his name is, screaming “That’s the way you come back Angels!!!”
Victor Rojas? He was really good on MLB Network but he’s an embarrassing homer on the Angels broadcasting system. Then again, he’s actually an embarrassing homer on any broadcasting team… he used to do Texas and Arizona too, I believe
NJ!!!
OH MY GOD, GIRARDI IS SACRIFICING THIS GAME, HOW CAN WE BE TIED IN THE 4TH INNING!!!!!
OMG Scioscia! Are you giving up the game?! Bring in Shields1! Bring in Rodney!1
/ahhhhh
Please stop swinging at the first pitch, Jeter.
Yankees on Deck premieres next Sunday??? YES!!!!
/I did that for the Zen baseball’d
jeterian
Does anyone know if Heathcott has Gardner-esque speed? Making a grounder to second close is damn impressive
Gardner-esque? I’d say not but I’m just guessing. Regardless he still has wheels.
Admittedly, comparing most to Gardner is a tall order when it comes to speed.
Now it’d be interesting tough to see a Gardner-Ellsbury race.
Gardner is faster but Ellsbury is a bit better on the bases. IMO.
Seriously… one of these days somebody’s 2B is going to take a little too much time, and GGBG’s gonna beat that throw out.
He’s fast, but not that fast.
Did you see him in Spring Training? He has a fucking motor!
It’s amazing…it seems like Jeter should be slumping with all the grounders he’s hit, yet here he is hitting 328 and two for three tonight.
Ervin Santana is The Captain’s little bitch.
Yay Nick.
NICK JOHNSON!!!
This is surely Mike Napoli’s fault. Jeff Mathis with 1 arm is a better catcher
Nick Johnson finishhhh himmm!
At least their pitcher sucks too, lets get another run out of this inning.
NJ kind of looks like the babe at times.
lol tex will get hit
Is Swisher still using the heavier 34 ounce bat, i remember reading a Feinsand article that helped him stay behind when he hit the other HR
I believe so. He switched over in Spring Training, right?
Damn.
Hanging slider.
NJ can hit?
LOL, this is going to be an ugly game…
So I guess the “fired up team” pendulum has swung?
Nope, just two terrible pitching performances.
Terrible pitching performance by AJ.
More of the same by Santana.
that.
NOOO THE ANGELS HAVE ALL THE MOMENTUM WE DOOMED!!!!!
was that really a strike??
Sad part is right now Im not shocked at all with Tex striking out. Only one more week til May….
It’s early in the season, but Johnson is doing so bad that hit boosted his average 17 points!
Heh, the only thing that tells you is that it’s still hella early in the season.
Just got to the game post. Have I missed anything?
not sure if serious?
Why, so serious?
Yes, I’ve been watching in full flabbergasted mode.
http://tinyurl.com/253oad7
Bad AJ
I full expect a fist fight to break out around 11-11 or so.
lololol
well it’s already 11:33 but I feel like something’s gonna happen
I think he meant when the score is 11-11?
ohhh gotcha. Haha, awesome.
Also meant “fully”.
Fail by me.
What’s that, 6th inning?
sounds about right steve. 3 spot this inning for sure.
man that def wasn’t on purpose
Of course not. Even A.J.’s smart enough to know you never hit the leadoff man intentionally.
Hitting Napoli…
Really AJ?!
lol, catchers taking a beating
This will end badly.
Wow. A.J.’s fooling everybody with his changeup.
/wishfulthinking’d
Most annoying narrative ever. Seriously I don’t get what’s so special about a pitcher’s worst pitch which they throw less than 5 percent of the time.
Judging the quality of his changeup? SSS
/everybodysfavoriteacronym’d
Actually, this is the time to start going to it when you can’t command anything else. Seriously, why not give it a shot if you’re up 1-2 in the count see if you can get him to roll over something?
As I type that, Bobby fouled it off
Actually, for all my pissiness earlier, I’m kind of enjoying this game. Conflict is always interesting.
No worries, you stated your opinion, that’s the idea in these comments I believe
One thing, that I’ll make clear now: I haven’t been paying attention to the replays. If I see the replay and I think that there is indeed a good enough reason for Tex to tackle the catcher then fine, I’ll revise my position. Right now, I’m sticking to it.
This.
flaherty putting me to sleep
we miss you coney
I’m glad Napoli didn’t take offense. I think the worst case of a player getting hot and bothered over nothing, at least that I’ve seen/remember, was when Manny freaked out about Clemens throwing a pitch high and kinda sorta towards his body. Led to a ridiculous brawl.
that was an unnecessarily long close-up on AJ’s face.
bitter it wasn’t Andy?
nope, I certainly can’t complain about the close-ups on Andy’s face, they happen like 58 times a game while he’s pitching and they are lengthy
HE GONE
No! Every time I hear the damn White Sox announcer say that I want to punch a 5 year old.
lol, now that’s rage
That curve just isn’t fair at times. I think Bobby thought that pitch was going to be in his eyes
Teh k!!!
that pitch was a strike on NJ..
Wheres that smirk now Abreu? Sit down.
wow AJ the CAT!
damn I’ll take it
Showoff.
fancy
schmancy even
Burnett flashing the leather
why does flaherty call every aj breaking ball a slider? am i missing something? did aj drop the curve ball from his repertoire?
Possibly the only breaking pitch he knows…
It would have been phenomenal if he launched that into right on the throw.
I love how much better than Boston our defense has been so far this year. It’s the little things in life….
awesome play
Game recap: classic pitcher’s duel to see who sucks more. Teix platooning with Arod for evilest Yankee. Brawl by midnight EDT.
i thought this was hilarious
kris benson (yes that kris benson) is in line to get a win vs the phillies
holy moly i didnt even know he got back in the league
with JA Happ and Joe Blanton on the DL, who the heck do the Phillies have to pitch?
Halladay
Hamels
Kendrick
Moyer
ummmm?
Halladay on short rest. But he’ll still throw a CGSHO.
Nelson Figueroa.
ooh yeah I forgot they have him now. Can’t wait til his inevitable 7-inning shutout performance against the Mets some time this year.
Pedro Martinez?
Oh wait Cliff Lee! Duh! Oh wai…
maybe the ghost of tug mcgraw?
also, 6-2 Diamondbacks going into the top of the seventh? I’m not entirely sure the Diamondbacks’ bullpen can’t blow that
wow Rangers stealing the pie in the face…so lame
lol you’ve got to be on something if you think the yanks invented that
Yankees didn’t invent that.
didn’t say they invented it, but I like to think of it as there thing now…rangers are a joke anyway, they should be overjoyed they actually won a game. they deserve to lose every game after walking pedrioa to get to youkilis. sooo dumb
yeah, but it’s not “their thing”
Kinda made it more well known I guess he’s trying to say.
Hit a homer, dude!
AJax-no dive in CF for that walkoff hit..I hate that
It sucks that when Cano came through in a clutch moment Teix kinda had to go and do that.
Kenny should be the permanent play-by-play guy
It is certainly more pleasant than being Kay-o’ed by the grating voice of the Fordham flash…
One of the WFAN dudes say that Kenny is too boring when he does the games. Well guess what, I like boring with my announcers.
Kenny is a great play by play guy..John Flaherty is a younger non senile version of Tim McCarver since every play that occurs has to be referenced by some random moment in his career.
I never really minded color guys referencing their playing careers so long as it’s relevant. I agree, however, that it shouldn’t be done ad nauseum.
Agreed, I love him in the booth. He and Cone were by far their best combo last year. It’s not even close.
Plus he reminds me of Dr. Hibbert.
yeah, where is Coney now? did he leave?
yes
Yeah, he had a bit of a falling out with the YES producers.
yo, Angels: it’s lame that you are trying to steal Matsui as your like franchise player now.
it’s funny how like classy and wonderful the ring ceremony was and how great that game was and this game is… DEATH! INJURIES! BAD PITCHING!
yea this game is ridiculous
That’s the third ball Matsui has rolled over the second this game. I don’t miss that one bit.
but he’s soooooooooooooooooo clutch
and Nick Johnson is worst player in baseball
Yuniesky Betancourt > NJ
YES should have had a “neither” option on that text poll.
Ribbie should have gotten that.
Sometimes I wonder if he knows to dive for the ball *before* he’s right on top of it.
thats cano’s one weakness in the field…his glove misses alot of ground balls when he really has to go after them.
great double play there
Woo hoo for DP!
Burnett could actually recover to a not-so-bad 4 runs in 7 innings.
god if AJ gets a win tonight, its miraculous..Hes got very little going, but he seems to get the one pitch he needs to escape trouble in some of these innings.
ugh I have to get up at 7:30 tomorrow and go sing about Jesus with some elementary school kids FML
hey
dont hate on montero!
What do you do and why do they hate you?
my parents super guilt tripped me
Like… super
I, do to a very annoying schedule and a dire need of a haircut, need to go to a 7:30 haircut.
singing about Jesus= FML
Love it! lol
Montero?
I feel your pain. Mostly in the hands and feet.
I’m going to a wedding, but I’m worried my emotionally retarded divorced friend is going to have a nervous breakdown.
I’m intrigued. Will you incorporate his stats in the song, or focus soully on his divine union with Mo?
I wish
WTF GARDNER
That sucks. I have to cover a story on some Jesus Freaks rebuilding a home for a family of autistic people.
Seriously. I have to be up in 6 hours.
I’m not sure if you’re actually serious or if you’re mocking me. You are certainly entitled to mock me, though. =P
I’m totally serious. Some NPO and a local church are renovating a house because a local municipality has a law that mandates a certain number of bedrooms per occupants. This family has like three autistic kids and only two bedrooms. So Jesus Freaks are renovating a basement and a porch or something.
They forgot to clear the asbestos though, which I found pretty funny.
wow that hit the ump
i hope that doesnt hurt too much
did that hit him in like… the private regions?
He moved and it looked like it got his arm.
yezzur
Ouch.
Curtis I need the steal. Please for me.
Got home in time to see Teix destroy Wilson. Am I going to hell for maniacally laughing??
He’s definitely getting drilled 1st AB tomorrow but well worth it.
Haha oh yea hes got a beaning coming for sure
I wish Nick Johnson would piss someone off to get a free pass to 1st base…that would play right into the Yanks plans.
Grandy isn’t fooled by your pitchout mind tricks!
Granderson should run here. No way they pitch out on 2-0.
even 2-1, go baby go.
man will someone warn this moron
I hate Santana.
Wildness tonight, don’t think that was intentional.
good lord…most violent baseball game of 2010
there was a worse one between the Diamondbacks and Cardinals
Swish had that same face in the “Sweet Caroline” commercial.
He did it on purpose! Where’s the ejection?!
Oh, dear.
Ugh Bunt Fail.
Stay classy angels fans…
Oh come on Brett. That’s awful.
George Carlin: I think if the pitcher hits the batter with the ball, POP! Batter’s out!
wow a popup bunt
that blew
It’s fucking absurd Brett Gardner doesn’t know how to bunt.
ceaseless boo.
I know the crowd is chanting “yankees suck” but it sounds like… “ankles suck”…
Damn you Gardner, just get it down son!
Nice Yankees suck chant. Too bad your joke of a team can’t even beat Bad AJ.
hey did you know that yankees suck and than he pops up the bunt you win this one crowd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation
Damn Brett.
first pitch GIDP?
So… (if he did that of his own volition) Gardner’s not a SABR guy
ww fuck you Santana…your command inside is embarrassing
Apparently Santana is going headhunting tonight.
Double Steal C’mon!
How many Angels catchers need to be hospitalized before they realize you’re not allowed to pitch inside to the New York Yankees?
Someone get Shelley Duncan on the phone…
Where the fuck are the warnings? Let’s not get this out of hand for God’s sake.
It’s all wildness, nothing intentional.
lucky little angel bitches
That sucks, saved a run.
wow man i wish that had got out of the outfield
damn
Unlucky!
That was…weird. And violent. This game is turning into a slugfest of a different kind.
Jeter was headhunting there.
so that was damn lucky
Luck thy name is Angels. Seriously they have to be the luckiest team in the MLB.
I Agree. It seems like everytime they win, something other than skill helps them out.
there’s a movie about em by disney i think…
Angels in the outfield?
Jeter tried to take Santana head off on purpose.
Could they seriously be, any luckier…
thats Mike Scioscia’s game management and jedi mind tricks… not luck
This is what i wanted them to do in ALCS game 6 2004, right on Curt’s noggin
It really was too bad that the season ended two nights before due to the violent earthquakes and volcano warnings.
Time for Nick to break out here
Lets go Nick.
man, the .290 nick johnson would be great here
Damn, 0 and 2.
Double steal? Whoever came up with this is a genius.
I blame Boras for the total weirdness of this game
jeter steal!!
fantasy team rejoices!
Well obviously Angels learned from Boston’s mistake.
About when is Jete on track to break the Yankee steals record?
That was right down the middle.
damn nick johnson finally got a fucking call
He’s got a number of calls this year.
talkin bout tonight
0-2 to 3-2. Classic Nick Johnson.
Woooo that was close.
That was totally a strike. And I love OBP Jesus.
Nick got lucky as fuck.
Nevermind.
Turns out Grandy has more brains than a retriever.
Wow, that was a strike, no question about it
lol NJ’s influence!
I haven’t seen us get a call like that since… ever!
Wonder if its time to switch NJ with either Swisher or Granderson in the lineup.
Nope. He’s got a better OBP then either of them, and it’s not really close either.
Stupid Angel middle infielders.
That was a lot of work for 0 runs.
i fuking hate NJ.
Now the Yankees have three innings to go to town on their shitty bullpen.
i hope they bring in fuentes at some point
Is he back from injury?
Yeah, came back either yesterday or the day before.
and blew a save already
Get em next inning.
At least Ervin is gone. Good riddance.
damn it, that effed up bunt loomed large
I was thinking the same thing, they get one run to question about it if he can put it down. If he does it right, he might load the bases with no outs
We’ll win. L.A./Anaheim’s bullpen sucks.
That.
Can I pretty please have a clean inning here, AJ?
Yeahp, got it.
At least we got to see Mike Scioscia’s “You just ran over my dog and didn’t apologize” face after that 2-2 pitch to Johnson.
I prefer to call that the “uh oh I just ate a bad burrito” face
Or the Mi-Mi-Mike Scioscia face, Mi-Mike Scioscia face
Whatever you call it, it’s always sure to please me no end, for it shall always give me a reason to loathe that pudgy faced douche.
Just imagine what Halos Heaven looked like after that call. Probably that expression put into many misspelled words.
Alright AJ, settle down and let’s get through this
Alex is picking it today.
Alex is picking it this season. Seriously, this is the best he’s looked in a looooong time
Yeah, he really was awful when he first came back last season. The hip surgery killed his lateral movement. He really seems to be fully healed.
A-Rod’s got a cannon.
Agreed. Kendrick’s not that fast but wow. Almost a full step, even with a hop.
If there was a channel that showed 24hr footage of Teix scooping balls at 1st, I would watch religiously.
now that my friend is a lonely life
Chances Arod takes the golden glove off those grubby little Tampa hands?
None. He’s hated by like everyone in the media.
Meh, he’s got three MVPs, an asston of Silver Sluggers, and Gold Gloves from his shortstop days.
The argument works both ways here, I think – those MVP seasons were downright ridiculous, but he also should have some more (that season where he was beat out by Tejada), so I guess his MVPs (and non-MVPs, if you will) deny and confirm this. Still, I hope that if he wins it, he’s truly deserving of it.
Yeah, I can understand this argument. Still, Jeter’s a media darling, and he got possibly robbed of an MVP. The voting is just not great overall.
No way. Or, he shouldn’t. Unless he suddenly becomes amazing defensively outta nowhere and Longoria falls off.
I wud be stunned if ARod makes another All star Start… Longoria may become a great 3b but i just think there is no way fans ever vote ARod to start again
Your a pretty good commenter, so I’m trying not to mock you, I’m reeeeaaaaly trying. Don’t push me.
does anyone else think that mike scoscia looks like john mccain?
No. McCain looks like Skeletor in the face. Scioscia looks like Shrek in the face.
Now that I think about it more, McCain doesn’t look like Skeletor that much. I just desperately wanted to make a Skeletor reference.
I mean, people seem to be behind johnson, but there’s a perfect situation of why I don’t like him.
Do you have any confidence that he can do something big at the plate at a big time?
And don’t cite the walk against Boston. Vlad could’ve gotten a walk with those five pitches.
http://www.baseball-reference......0090.shtml
Sure.
First of all, I woud’nt be surprised if he gets 20 hr’s. Second, with 2 of the 3 best hitters in the AL behind him, he doesn’t need to get the big hit all the time, he just needs to prolong the inning.
We got fucking defense too bitches!!!!!!
I know its blasphemous, but…
Mike Napoli = Jesus Montero?
Just tossing it out there.
heh? I don’t see any similarities. Montero is a MVP calibre hitter, Napoli s okay. Montero is a poor defender, Napoli is okay. Montero could be Piazza’esque.
Napoli is one of the worst defensive catchers in the majors. His bat has pop, but come on, he nowhere near a Montero-type hitter
I’ve heard Napoli is actually pretty good defensively and at least he’s actually better than Mathis. His bat is quite solid for a catcher.
I’m just trying to temper my expectations, I guess.
Of course, one huge thing Montero has going for him is that he’s still only 20 and starting to smack around AAA.
There is a possibility that Montero won’t hit at a HOF level. And if that’s the case, Napoli seems like a pretty good comparison.
And if Napoli were average behind the plate, I don’t think Scioscia wouldn’t play Mathis as much as he does.
Look at Napoli’s numbers – he’s a quality hitter.
There was a study… I’ll try to find it… Mathis is actually a poor defensive catcher. Poorer than Napoli. And obviously his bat is weaker.
huh???
Not sure if they could be more different.
We expected the worst out of AJ, but he is still on the mound and the game is at 4-4 who would’ve thunk?
Best.
A.J.
Inning.
Tonight.
AJ back on track, sweet!
I wud never have guessed from the early going that AJ will have a chance to eat into the 7th inning…
Is it just me or does it seem like AJ is crazy movement on his fastball? Gameday is even classifying it as a sinker. BTW, he looks good now, he seriously could see the 8th inning in this one if it’s still tied (otherwise no doubt it’s Joba)
he has the craziest fastball for someone not named brandon league or ubaldo jiminez imo
aj pitching to the score
/jack morris’d
It’s crazy that AJ’s having a “grind-it-out” type of night yet he’s only thrown 90 pitches through six.
If there’s one thing we know about AJ is that he’s consistently inconsistent.
From inning to inning. lol
It’s ridiculous. He’s Cy Young for 4 innings next he’s John Maine.
Don’t usually stay up for these games for as long as it takes but hey, it’s friday night and today, Saturday, is my birthday so we better win to start it off! I want Mo to give me my first present.
Happy birthday.
feliz cumple.
Thanks. Who pitches next for us?
happy bday dude
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday bro!!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, man
that fan club doesnt seem like a bad idea
Angel fans wearing ski hats and parkas behind the Yankee dugout. Weak…
Ski hats and parkas are so passé.
I think the bigger point is that it’s LA. It’s 60 degrees there right now.
Yeah, SoCal people are such bitches like that. They complain it’s cold when it’s 60 degrees out, meanwhile I’m getting ready to put on shorts.
That pitch was sick
Dunno who looks more hopeless at the plate right now, NJ or Tex.
Tex, he’s flailing at pitches everywhere
I can’t wait to see Brian Fuentes. Jackpot, bitches.
A-Rod misses him.
a-rod right on that fastball
cano will get on base
believe it
told you people! :p
I love this Cano who can lay off pitches once in awhile, it’s a beautiful thing
Stayin’ off those curves Robbie. You are now a man-without the bar mitzvah!
Cano is really making Jepsen work.
Scioscia will end up catching in this game.
if that happens, I hope there are more bang bang plays at the plate…. hopefully someone huge.
Woah did Cano walk?
WHOA! What an at-bat by Robbie, he’s a different hitter this year
Cano’s been doing his best impression of Nick Johnson lately, no?
joe po lay off the curve
I’m still amazed that Robbie is walking.
/old ass joke’d