Game 2: Burnett seeks redemption at Fenway
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When the Yankees signed A.J. Burnett in December, 2008, they knew what they were getting into. They had seen him pitch 71.2 innings against them as a member of the Blue Jays from 2006 through 2008, striking out 72 along the way. His ERA, 2.39, dazzled, and it looked somewhat in line with his FIP, 3.03. It’s no wonder that the Yankees players lobbied Brian Cashman to pursue him that off-season.
Not only did Burnett dominate the Yankees as a Blue Jay, but he also had a fine time with the Red Sox. He threw only 56.1 innings against them, but produced excellent results, a 2.56 ERA. His FIP was a bit higher, mostly due to the 13 walks the Red Sox drew in 27.2 innings during the 2008 season. Burnett managed to avoid trouble with those, though.
Last year, however, Burnett fared worst against the Sox than any other team*, allowing 22 runs, 20 earned, over 20.1 innings. The six homers he allowed matched his total from the past three years against the Sox. He also struck out 16 to 16 walks, the dreaded 1:1 ratio. It certainly left a sour taste in Yanks fans’ mouths. Wasn’t this guy supposed to kill the Sox?
*Excluding the other Sox, against whom he pitched just 4.2 innings.
Burnett gets his chance at redemption tonight. There’s plenty of perceived pressure on him in this one. Not only does he have the weight of his poor performances against the Sox last season, but he’s also coming off something of a rough spring, in which he tried out a changeup, and then couldn’t find his curveball. Chances of him throwing a single change tonight? I’d say pretty close to zero. Also, he’ll be working with Jorge Posada, his apparent nemesis last season.
Opposite Burnett is Jon Lester. The 2008 breakout lefty struggled to open the 2009 season, but recovered to post another excellent season. He faced the Yankees four times, and save for the final outing he pitched pretty well, allowing just six runs over 20 innings before giving up five in 2.1 on September 25. He also pitched very well against the Yankees in 2008, something I’m sure endears him to Red Sox fans. Well, that and his really awesome pitching against other teams.
Lester actually improved last year despite a slight uptick in his ERA. Most notable was his strikeout rate, which went from 6.50 per nine in 2008 to 9.96 per nine in 2009. In better analytical terms, Lester struck out 17.4 percent of batters faced in 2008 and 26.7 percent in 2009. That’s an astronomical jump, and perhaps Lester can’t sustain it. But from what I’ve seen, he’s just that good. He also has decent ground ball rates, which bode well for a lefty at Fenway Park. In an early season prediction regarding Lester, I bet he finishes top five in the Cy voting.
We get our first taste of a platoon tonight, as Marcus Thames gets the start in left over Brett Gardner. It’s too early to determine how Girardi will handle this going forward. Lester is, after all, one of the premier lefties in the AL, so this arrangement might just be for the tougher lefties. Also, having the small left field at Fenway might have influenced his decision. Granderson moves all the way down to last in the lineup as Swisher moves up a peg.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Nick Johnson, DH
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Robinson Cano, 2B
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Nick Swisher, RF
8. Marcus Thames, LF
9. Curtis Granderson, CF
And on the mound, number thirty-four, A.J. Burnett.
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When the Yankees signed A.J. Burnett in December, 2008, they knew what they were getting into.
He was who we thought he was.
And he throws a mean hook.
I’m here all night folks.
TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE!!!
/BrianGiles’d?
Scott Schoeneweis?
Frank McCourt?
Scott Peterson?
Jose Tabata?
Rae Carruth?
brad pitt?
The other Frank McCourt, the author, was my English teacher in High School, at Stuyvesant, back before it moved.
Or was that his brother? Never can remember. Also had one of their sons in my class.
Fun Fact: My guest editor, who sometimes comes in in italics to clarify/refine/correct my posts?
Thomas Pynchon.
[Ed. note: I'm not really Thomas Pynchon. Or am I?]
Heh.
Nice, that’s pretty cool. Peter Doocey (his father is Steve Doocey on Fox and Friends) went to high school with me.
Not exactly the same level.
Crown his ass
Granderson moves all the way down to last in the lineup as Swisher moves up a peg.
I can’t say I like this. I hope it’s not a trend.
Don’t put the lefty-lefty matchup in Granderson’s head any more than it already is. Keep Grandy in the same spot in the batting order, regardless of who is on the bump. Show faith in him.
Isn’t it more of a circular lineup thing since speedy Gardner isn’t batting 9th today?
It makes sense to me.
Grandy hit a HR in his first game. I’m assuming they’re not giving up on him yet.
I don’t think Joe’s giving up on him. I just hope he doesn’t get shifted up or down the lineup based on lefty-righty crap. That’s silly.
Girardi says it was in part because he wanted to keep double up on speed with Granderson 9th and Jeter leading off.
… meh.
Marcus Thames gets the start in left over Brett Gardner.
I was afraid of this.
I shed a single tear when I read that.
Hopefully AJ can take out the Red Sox and the Yankees even up the record. If they lose then the season is over.
If they lose then the season is over.
(continues tying noose)
The outcome of today’s game doesn’t matter. The season ended two days ago. Everyone is a bust.
Silly. The season was over after Opening Night’s game. Yankees will go all Met-I mean Net(Sorry, Nets for mistaking you for them) on everyone this season and get a nice 1st overall pick in next years draft. I mean that is why they lost the 1st game, right?
I would respond to this except I am floating in a river after jumping off a bridge after game 1
(Throws Bex a life preserver)
Win.
I’m predicting he throws four changeups tonight. Hit me!
Lester has the largest head in the game. I’m excited to see if his head is still that large this year.
Bigger than Kevin Mench?
I don’t think peoples’ heads change that much in size. Unless you’re Barry Bonds.
Ha. It grew with his OBP.
I laughed.
Whoops, almost forgot to change my name when the season started as promised…
There, that’s better.
Fancy pants
Does that name even fit on Twitter?
TWEET TWEET BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH TWEET TWEET
I bet Tommie counted the letters first.
My Twitter abbreviation will be “The Tastemaker”.
Over/under 5 IP for AJ? I think goes six, 2 BBs, 6 H, 5 Ks.
I think we may have touched on this before at some point (open thread, maybe?), but obviously the Boston D-bag level is off the charts. But of the Yankees, would anyone but Posada and A-Rod qualify?
I could see Joba, too.
But really, despite what other teams’ fans and mediots say, almost everyone is really likable. Not just take or leave.
Definitely Joba
A lot of non-Yankee fans think Swisher and Teixeira are douchebags. Swisher, I can see, I guess. Teixeira, though???
Meh, I haven’t heard about Teix not being liked at all. I’d bet most view Swisher as just a fun, exuberant guy. I guess Cano could also be another one because of his supposed laziness.
Nah I can see people thinking Swisher is annoying.
Looking at it more, yeah. He’s a bit over-the-top.
“Meh, I haven’t heard about Teix not being liked at all outside of Baltimore and possibly Bahston.”
FTFY!
nah, non-Oriole and Red Sox fans were bitching about him during the All-Star Game last year. It was weird. He’s so totally inoffensive.
Bitching, maybe. But douche-bag calling? I haven’t heard that outside the 2 “B”-places.
I’ve seen it. “He’s such a douchebag! Just look at his douchebag horseface!”
Well…you do go to some positively Neanderthal sites.
I’m reserving judgment.
I think that might be precisely why people don’t like him: he’s too inoffensive. Teix is uber-clean cut and gives of a goofy-preppy vibe. Not the kind of guy the Deadspin crowd would want to chill and have a beer with.
In other words, he comes of as the kind of guy “cool dudes” would give wedgies too in high school…if he wasn’t huge, jacked, and the best athlete at the school.
A lot of non-Yankee fans think Swisher and Teixeira are douchebags. Swisher, I can see, I guess.
The only reason that fans of other teams don’t like Nick Swisher is because he slept with all of those fans’ wives and/or girlfriends.
Swisher’s pimp hand is strong. He can’t stop, won’t stop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
(sfw)
Yeah, I had Swisher’s same problem a few years ago, before I settled down.
If I was a Red Sox fan, I’d hate Curtis Granderson. I’d also hate CC Sabathia, Marcus Thames, Randy Winn, and Greg Golson. I’d similarly hate DeAngelo Mack and D.J. Mitchell, even though I wouldn’t really know who they were.
I’d half hate Derek Jeter, but I’d half like him as well.
Heh.
I’d probably also hate Nick Swisher, because he’d remind me of that gay-ass Nancy Drew, who sucks and is horrible and is a huge homo.
hahaha. Your best bits are when you are being extremely racist/offensive under the guise of sarcasm. Love that shit, ha.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go have sex with my unwashed sister.
Sincerely,
Tawmmy from Woostah
Mmm…clams.
is that a shot at middle-schoolers?
/Ironhorse’d?
That too.
I’m picking up what you’re putting down.
Are you catching his drift, then?
Following his innuendo?
Oh, I get it. So they would love Jorge, Cano, Jesus, A-Rod, Mo, Marte …
Oh wait, maybe I don’t get it
almost everyone is really likable
Gary Sheffield, Albert Belle, and Barry Bonds don’t say hello.
But seriously I do agree. I’m sure they just didn’t like the media members, which I can’t blame them for.
But as for the other possible d-bags on the Yanks…
I can see some people thinking Swisher or AJ are D-Bags.
Gary Sheffield, Albert Belle, and Barry Bonds don’t say hello.
Ironically, I really, really like all three of those players.
If MTV ever brought back the show “Bromance”, I’d totally be in a reality TV bromance with Raekwon the Sheff.
I would love to see a reality show with a Big Brother format featuring Belle, Clemens, Wells, Manny, Bonds, Sheff, Canseco and Pedro.
I do not watch Big Brother, but if that happened, I’d start watching it.
You know who I hear is a major douche? Tex. I’ve heard about it since his Texas days, and I can believe it.
He certainly was rocking a douche haircut all spring long.
Huh, that’s interesting. Mind elaborating, Mike?
Oh there’s not much too elaborate, I just remember reading some stuff to that affect back in the day. Apparently he’s prone to big league-ing clubbies and what not.
I think the general non-yankee fan semi-rational hate levels go something like this:
1. A-Rod
2. Posada
3. Joba
4. Swisher
5. Teix?
6. Burnett?
But yeah, i can’t think of any reason why anybody would hate/dislike any of Jeter/Cano/Granderson/Gardner/Winn/Sabathia/Pettitte/Vazquez/Hughes/Rivera/Aceves/Robertson/Marte/etc
I’d say there’s an equal number of non-Yankee fans that hate Jeter as those that respect him. For whatever reason. He’s “smug.” Television announcers babble about him. Etc.
also I’ve seen people call Mariano, Pettitte, and Cano arrogant. Which… no?
well that’s just yankee haters hating yankees.
People hate Mariano? I have never met a fan of any team who didn’t think he was a good guy. They don’t like that he puts up amazing numbers, but never any hate of the person.
some Sox fan on NYYFans said that he was arrogant and never took any responsibility when he failed. Huh?
Really? I couldn’t find anything searching their website. Random side fact, the terms “mariano rivera is arrogant” have 0 results on Google. “mariano is arrogant” has 4 results and they don’t actually say that he is. In fact they say the opposite.
actually I can understand that. He’s objectively not as good as he’s portrayed to be, won a bunch of gold gloves while sucking at defense, etc. etc. I don’t know if he himself has done anything to merit any hate, but I can see being annoyed by his laurels
Still have not seen a pitch of Major League baseball this season.
Oy.
Can’t wait to be back guys…
Neither can we, Rebecca. Neither can we.
You sound so serious =P
(I’m not in florida for anything fun)
I thought the Yankees would get rewarded for winning the world series and get to host the MLB opener at home – not on the road – and at Fenway of all places… I dont get it.
the schedule was designed before the Yankees won the WS
they also go to that dump to end the season……It IS a conspiracy
Agreed, you would think the home team would be given to New York since they won the WS. Whatever, three less away games when the Yankees play poorly just wait til June when the Yankees kick everybody around especially the Sox.
What the hell would Sterling’s HR call be for Thames?
Marcus Marks It!
Or some reference to a musical from the 1930s or something.
THAMES AND HOOD CHECK!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcIt2F6TNOo (NSFW-profanity)
“Marcus ‘Over the River’ Thames hits a shot. It is gone!”
Just switch it:
“Marcus hits one over the Thames river!”
No less douchey and bizarre than the Grandy call.
PS: I know it’s generally referred to as “The River Thames”, not the other way around. But I don’t think Sterling does.
…Thames thrashed that one!
Alright let’s do this. Let’s get that first W out of the way.
WE’RE GOING STREAKING!!!!!!!!!
/Ray Stevens’d
http://www.themadmusicarchive......SongID=463
(safe but silly)
Michael Kay looks really old right now
Yeah, he looks awful. He looks like Michael Keaton became a total alcoholic or something.
If Thames doesn’t get a hit but plays great defense, what is the NY stir up then?
He won’t play great defense, though. I mean, it’s possible but it’s also possible the judge will give me restitution. Neither are likely to happen.
Restitution… now that was funny! Where is the tip jar?
No! Don’t ask that! You don’t want to know!
Trust me on this!
I honestly don’t care what happens tonight, but I’m really really really hoping Granderson takes Lester deep. Twice.
That’s all I ask.
I want Paul O’Neill to hit two homers. That’s all I ask.
How do you all feel about Al Leiter?
I like him in the booth. He’s better away from Kay’s idiocy, but so is everyone.
I’m still a little reeling from the Sunday night broadcast when both Leiter and Singleton were rank, illogical buffoons and Kay was the voice of reason (on the instant replay topic).
Unsettling.
I really like him. His argument against instant replay on Sunday was pretty terrible but he’s generally not an idiot. He is fair and generally knowledgeable. When he’s on MLB Network he’s definitely the best player-turned-analyst, IMO.
Over Kruk?
Kruk’s not on MLB Network… thank God
Would rather have seen him on Seinfeld than Keith Hernandez. Other than that, he his good, even if he is Paul O’Neils bitch.
He’s probably my favorite guy in the booth now that Coney is gone.
Coney was my favorite as well. Singleton is also always very good.
Agreed. Love Kenny in the booth. I was referring specifically to color commentators, however.
He is rather boring, but I agree with Axisa that he will probably be better away from Kay. They do not mix well.
A.J. is going to dominate tonight.
Fugghetaboudit.
What was Granderson’s home run call for Sterling?
“Something sort of Grandish.”
Terrible.
Out of all the possibilities for Granderson? Ugh.
“Curtis, you’re something sort of grandish!”
It’s a reference to a musical from like 1960.
OH MY GOD I HAVE HEARD WAY TOO MANY REFERENCES TO JON LESTER’S MOUND PRESENCE STOPPP ITTTTT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....r_embedded (safe)
No idea if that’s real or not, but if so that’s pretty damn cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtx2YTcD94
OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmS7ULDcopY
Depending on your mood…
Too bad Gold Gloves don’t mean shit.
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A spam-bot with a good cause, yeah. Guilty as charged.
I don’t drink soda.
ugh can’t watch the game. Im gonna listen to it while watching the rays game on mute. Gahh James Shields is soooo boring
Lester hit 97? And PitchFX confirmed it?
Madre de Dios!
He’s been doing that for two years now.
It’s strange, but he certainly threw harder after chemo. Must have gotten the same stuff as Lance Armstrong.
Angel Hernandez behind the plate… that is good for Burnett, just throw it up there close.
Just get Lester out of there ASAP.
We only get one game a year like his last start of 2009, where he had nothing before getting hit with a liner.
Shit. 96 on the black and then drops in a curve. Again…shit.
On a serious note, would you all pay Lester or Beckett the 4 yr/68 mil ?
Lester by far. Even if they were the same age Lester be FAR.
Lester, no freaking question. He’s younger and he’s just better.
Lester >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beckett
Lester. Younger, better, lefthanded, not a douche.
Lester: one of about, eh, six, Red Sox that I don’t hate.
gets a pass for cancer, eh?
Other than that, he is kinda annoying in my opinion, ha.
why do you think that? Not being accusatory, just wondering. In every interview or whatever I’ve seen of him he’s totally not annoying.
No reason at all. Don’t know the guy from at all, not even from interview or anything like that.
He just annoys me how well he pitches against the Yanks.
haha, that’s fair. I don’t appreciate that either.
Yeah this. You hear nothing from this guy. No typical Red Sox complaining AKA “grit.”
Well, Beckett is the “ace”, so Lester gets no press.
I don’t hate Lester, Drew, Buccholz, Delcarmen, Cameron, Ellsbury, or Beltre.
That’s about the list that I don’t hate. Oh, and I have nothing against either Ramon Ramirez. Believe it or not, I don’t mind Pedroia either. He whines a lot but I dunno, it’s a short person comraderie.
Used to not hate Ellsbury, now I despise him. Guess why y’all.
I’m guessing it has to do with that terrible-thing-that-shall-not-benamed that he did to Andy last season.
yes.
Poor Andy’s face, to boot.
I hate Ramon Ramirez. Both of them. For not having two separate, American-sounding names.
One of them should change his name to Doug Smith, and the other one should change his name to Todd Jones.
You guys have nothing against the Laptop Larcenist®, eh?
The guys are working the count. I’m liking this so far.
Yea. Get Lester out of the game as soon as possible. This guy is fucking good.
Easier said than done.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Lester is actually one of my favorite pitchers in MLB. A LHP who sits mid-90s, and has 4 pitches he can throw for a strike. Obviously he’s my favorite Red Sox.
That said, I hope he gets destroyed tonight. But looking at the stuff he’s got early, that’s not likely to happen.
Tommie, Jermaine Gresham a good pick for the Pats at 22?
Meh, I’d pass. I like Dustin Keller, but I personally think all TE’s are kinda a reach in the first round, even the low first round; I’d have rather used the Keller pick on a DeSean Jackson or a Kenny Phillips. Tight ends just don’t impact the game enough to be worth the gamble. Take one in the second, tops.
If I were you, I’d much rather have a good passrusher or 3-4 DE than a tight end in the first round. JMHO.
There’s other decent TE to be had in the 2nd+ round, and likely lots of defensive talent to be had at their spot
That.
Gresham is probably better than a Rob Gronkowski/Aaron Hernandez/Dorin Dickerson etc., but not so much better that he’s worth using a first rounder on.
That and it doesn’t appear other teams are dying to have him, so the Pats don’t take him at 22, he almost surely falls into the 2nd round, which they can always look to trade up if they want to.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Ravens take him if he’s still there, though. But I bet they go CB.
And yes, if he gets past #25, he’ll fall all the way to the next time the Pats are on the clock at #44.
I hope we get Good AJ. Someone kill the Bad one.
oh my God I cannot deal with hearing anything else about AJ and Posada any more please stop it
Kay didn’t even wait until he threw a pitch.
Let’s go AJ!
I hope we can take this one tonight!
It’s a line drive in the box score.
That was incredibly lucky.
Gardner in the game probably catches that, that said someone should have here anyways
God, Thames SUCKS.
Time to end the experiment. Get Jamie Hoffmann back.
Heh.
I wish we’d never sent him back to Torre.
I’m following Game Day, how bad was it?
It was pretty ugly. Basically dropped right in front of him.
I love Marcus Thames… the DH.
Pretty bad. No range at all.
Oops:
“
GodMo, Thames SUCKS.”Apologies to the Almighty Hammer:
http://cid-e3a022289d65b5c0.sk.....Hammer.gif (safe)
I’m pretty sure I could have outrun Thames on that play.
does a.j. have new tatts?
Yeah.
AJ Burnett:Strike throwing machine?
This inning.
Game Day says that was a KNUCKLE curve… woah! Last year it was just a curveball.
I’m sure they’re trying out new pitch classification algorithms. I’m hoping Wakefield is brought in so they can misidentify all the knuckleballs.
It doesn’t prove anything but it was interesting what this article had to say about AJ and the catchers who caught him.
http://www.i-yankees.com/?p=19398
pitch counter is gone
He should throw that changeup he was working on during ST.
Hey Andy in NYC, I also went to Stuy – a bit later than you, I think. I didn’t have Frank McCourt, but he did speak at my graduation.
:: thumbs-up ::
At least when I went, even though the old building on 15th street was falling down, it was WAY after they finally allowed girls.
MY HS years were bad enough without having nothing to look at other than future-mother’s-basement-dwelling geeks.
team’s looking real good so far
Yucky throw.
Yay defense.
I hate Ellsbury.
this is just a defensive clinic in beantown
Posada well on his way to the gold glove
Bad play all around. Bad throw…no backup.
What sucks is I’m listening to the radio, but I have a satellite radio so its the red sox home broadcast. I don’t think they could glorify Boston anymore than they are.
AJ is hitting his spots pretty well though aside from those few chin high fastballs. His hook looks pretty solid too if we could field a simple popup or learn to eat it when a guy has the base stolen
so is this a good or bad AJ night?
Did Kay just say that Ellsbury is coming up when it was really Victor Martinez?
V-Mart is rather pigeon looking.
Now, since you said that… every time I look at him he will remind me of a pigeon =(
but you are totally right, he does.
Was that a good stop on a ball in the dirt by Posada? Number of articles that will be written about that tomorrow: 0.
And again? That’s two in one at-bat!
Pretty standard stop don’t you think? Meaning stops he should make. I wouldn’t expect an article if he had caught Marte’s fastball either.
good save Posada
is Joe West the Yankees “personal Ump” ?
K him!
FINISH HIM!!!!!!!!
/MortalKombat’d
/MK’d
Beat Ya!
Yeah, but I FINISHED you!
do jacoby and v-mart have to pay a grit fine for not having a beard?
Jacoby steals because that’s the only thing he can do so he gets a pass.
V-Mart also gets a pass because Varitek is HOLYSHITAWFUL.
http://www.theonion.com/articl.....son,17195/
Why is mlbtv not letting watch the Yankee game any else having this problem
Local blackout restrictions.
Im in England
… I got nothin.
:: confused ::
His point is that the blackout restrictions shouldn’t apply, right?
Did the Apostrophe Monster™ throw you?
No, I’m saying that, now that he shared the fact that he’s in England, I don’t have any idea why he’d be blacked out. I got nothing else.
Ah.
I didn’t get the cause of your lack of data.
Roll one, A.J.
there’s no one in mlb i hate/respect more than youk
Agreed.
Really, I almost get that feeling I got when Ortiz came up in 2004. Just… if you blow a pitch, it’s gonna hurt.
for example, i consider that sac fly a positive outcome
there’s no one in mlb i hate/respect more than youk
… and there’s no one I feel sorrier for than that poor dead squirrel he stapled to his chin.
he died for a noble case: grit
cause
No, no, that’s Hot Glue, from a Hot Glue gun.
Can’t you tell? There’s only swelling, not swelling AND blood.
Gameday calls that ball 4 a strike.
well that was strike 3 – gameday agrees
Bullshit run is bullshit.
Its a model for the value of going with run prevention
I was told the Red Sox would win every game 1-0 on a walk, SB, groundout, and sac fly.
Meh.
That’s fine in the first.
Grandy does have a great arm.
More arm then I realized
and that goes as an earned run shame
oh God my mom is like crying CALM DOWN
Calm her down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKktJPBDCVQ (safe)
Break out the Valium, Bex.
now she’s making a bunch of steroid jokes which are actually pretty funny. Crazy lady.
Yeah, but is she HOT?
/creepy-Internet-guy’d
hah. No way. (sorry mom)
I should read her that Zen Baseball article…
Yeah, but DON’T show her the comments.
She’d have a cow, getting so worked up from the memories.
The throw got there, just a little off the mark. Impressed.
nice arm, c-grand
What an arm Grandy has.
Does that run get charged to Thames or Posada?
Can they split it?
It gets charged to Burnett because it’s his fault. He should have rallied his teammates to play better.
Sincerely,
The Ghost of Alex Gonzalez
Good old tRA.
It depends on what Ortiz does. Ellsbury is earnedly still on base, so if Ortiz gets a hit, he’s still earned.
Aha, there we go, now it’s an unearned run, because he would have been stranded.
Burnett needs to stop overthrowing his fastball.
So….BS hit by Ellsbury and then strike 3 walk to Martinez = Red Sox lead
Ortiz can’t touch AJ’s heat, just throw it down the middle. Take something off, even.
David Ortiz: toasty
Looking at gameday and Burnett is actually throwing the ball well. His velocity is around 95-96 and his curveball is down in the zone. Hopefully he avoids the bad inning syndrome tonight though.
He finished w/99 RBI, Michael, because he played for the Boston Red Sox. You could knock in 50 in the middle of that lineup.
Eh, that doesn’t negate the turn around he had. He was dead for a while there.
Credit Thames for that run
Posada had a big hand in it too
Okey doke. Time to get the run back.
Remember when we used to shit ourselves when Ortiz came up? Heh.
Youkilis has taken his place for me. Doesn’t have the HR power but he’s an impossible out sometimes.
Youkilis is more a really really tough out than absolutely terrifying, Ortiz/Manny style.
Ortiz is toast, time to buy some milkshakes big poopi.
I’m a bit sad Gardner isn’t in the game…
Wrigley. Not even close.
Don’t roll over on that, Al!
That .350 OBP looks ugly next to the .320 AVG. Robbie must walk more.
Not gonna happen. It’s just not in his DNA.
You don’t walk off the island.
/OldBaseballSaw’d
A Stuffy Stirnweiss reference is just nowhere near as fun w/o David Cone.
i love stuffy stirnweis
snuffy’s lesser-known brother
Yay Robbie.
If Hughes can reach 3/4th the ceiling of Lester… i will take it.. this guy is G-O-O-D
More like G-R-E-A-T.
Clearly the best pitcher on that staff.
true that
If Hughes can be 2/3rd of Lester I will be happy.
I’d also accept 5/7ths.
Hughes was a much higher-touted prospect than Lester no?
I think just abt a little… but at that time Laptop-stealer was touted to be better… i think the Twins were smitten with him during the Santana trade talks
the twins went from wanting Hughes/LaptopStealer to Carlos gomez…
according to the red sox announcer, robbie just fisted that hit.
Posada hit another HR!
Is this a command or is this post from the future?
OH SHIT JOSE IS ON TO US HIDE THE FLUX CAPACITOR!!!!!
How many games in till Kay stops talking about the graphics?
I kinda like the new graphics.
Agreed, but Kay will bring them up every game for the first month.
Get a K-Zone and YES is set.
Get a K-Zone and YES is
setheading in the right direction.I’m surprised he sent Cano. Oh well, it paid off. Bring ‘im in, Swish!
C’mon Swish.
Swisha!
Thank God that was a walk. Cano ran on that pitch. When will he learn that he is a walking out on the bases when stealing?
Business … they’re in it.
Big money, big money, no whammies, no whammies, aaaaaand, STOP!
SWISH!
Nice! This is what they need. Get that pitch count up at least.
Site running terribly slow for anyone else?
That happens when the number of comments gets high, especially on IE and, to a lesser extent, FireFox.
Try Opera, it’s running fairly snappy so far.
(If you’re on a Mac, you’re on your own; mine blew up a couple months ago. Literally, blew up; I hit the power switch and BOOM! Flash! A big noise, a flash/spark, a smell of ozone in the air, and the power supply died.)
SWISHA!!
SWISH!
SWISHA!
Way to be Swish!
Aw Swish!
Posada: slow.
(I still love him.)
but kay said he “danced” to third!
Ellsbury’s first-inning “hit”:
Fisted.
Swish!
Time for Thames to prove he should be in the lineup.
Let’s get that run back, Marcus.
I know its early in the season but Posada is looking at at the plate already. Hail dipping hands in urine!
All hail the almighty golden shower!
Lester for teh Cy Young. Oh wait, wut just happened?
Swisher!!!
I was just saying on the previous pitch: “He could’ve easily taken that to Right”…and then he does it!
You know, I actually like the NESN announcers. How’s Kay ‘n Co. doing?
I like them a good amount, actually. The NESN announcers, I mean.
Kay ‘n Co. are… Kay ‘n Co.
They’re bit bad. I just can’t stand listening to them on the pregame or late in the game since that’s when they break out their sox lovefest crap
Make up for the lack of range, Marcus.
Oh my Mo. Kay has been harping on this point ALL DAY.
IT’S GOING TO KILL HIS CONFIDENCE ZOMGGGGGG
I don’t hate Kay like most, really. But he can be really gossipy and it’s annoying.
WTF was that Angel? Fucking douche.
kevin long ftw!
/narrative’d
pitching around thames huh? hit a grandy grandy!
Jon Lester: scurred.
Marcus Thames: feared.
Hm…good job Thames. Let’s go Grandy!!
I can has Granderslam?
I’ll take any sort of non-out, preferably of the non-K variety.
OMG Granderson up with the bases loaded………..with a lefty on the mound
Nowhere to put ‘im.
Grander-slam?
stay out of granderson’s head, joe
steal home Posada!!!
Thames wtf, you’re supposed to hit homeruns, not walk… now we are screwed with Granderson up against a left with the bases loaded. Thanks.
Let’s Go Granderson!
cmon curtis
I smell a squander coming up. C’mon, Grando.
Ugh, Grandy not the guy you want up.
Bunt, Grandy!
Price? The Yankees seem to want to fuck the shit out of my fantasy pitchers.
He looks lost up there. He really doesn’t seem like he’s seeing the ball.
Gawd I hate Angel Hernandez. Granderson probably went, but d00d, appeal to the effing 3rd base ump.
Second that.
http://www.sadtrombone.com
He woulda held up if he had.
he shouldnta hadnta oughtnata swang
/lucy van pelt’d
well sayd
Jetes with a single
yo Derek Jeter I hear you are good at this hitting thing please do that.
Johnny Damon would’ve hit two homers in that situation.
hope klong can help him recognize that pitch better because right now any slider in the dirt is a swing
No side angle on the check swing?
YES fail.
Or better yet, Top view. The only way to tell if the barrel crossed the front of the plate.
man i have lester and AJ going tonight for my fantasy team
sucks to be me
Ugh
i hate that season ticket-holder behind home plate in the blue windbreaker. evil robert redford
ZOMG HIDEKI MATSUI/JOHNNY DAMON WOULD HAVE NEVER EVER STRUCK OUT IN THAT SITUATION EVER!!!!!!11!!!!!!!1!!
/boverreacted
If Austin Jackson was still here the Yankees would of blown it open on Jackson’s granny. Instead Granderson struck out.
Grandy just doesn’t see the ball well against lefties. That was a bad AB.
He flat out missed the inside cut fastball, and had to hold up his swing when Lester threw the breaking ball.
30 pitch innings are a good thing, even if they only score the 1.
Nah, Lester has these innings. He can settle down and be fine the rest of the night. Or get knocked out by the 4th.
Is this a joke? You just said that this mught be a good thing unless it isn’t.
No, he’s saying it’s either one thing or the other. No in-between.
Oh, gotcha.
My badski.
I’m channeling my inner Joe Morgan.
Ugh, this game can get that typical Red-Sox in Fenway-beat-the-Yankees feel if Jeet doesn’t do something.
Yeesh. I hate Fenway Park.
Someone’s gotta do a better job of letting Lester know time was called.
But apparently Angel H. didn’t call it!
Oh well..at least we’re getting his pitch count up a bit.
/Always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life’d
/Monty-Python’d
well that sucked
31 pitch inning… well done boys.
Jeez, how many ground balls to the SS area is Jeter going to hit this series?
2 more
…Oh shush Lester. You didn’t particularly pitch well.
Inning Over
//Run Prevention’d
I hope Angel Hernandez takes a foul ball to the mask. I hate this douchebag.
It will be okay, we don’t need to wish pain on anyone.
Oh I wish it, I wish it hard!
TWSS
Ok, if I’m Burnett, next time the Red Sox have men on, I stand on the mound, let them step out, and just throw the ball.
What did I miss? I was out and all I saw was Jeter grounding out to short to end the inning.
Is it just me, or is Curtis Granderson one of the gangliest, most herky-jerky ballplayers you’ve ever seen? There’s just nothing smooth about his ABs.
I’d love to see him dance, I bet he looks like Elaine from Seinfeld.
He runs weird
Yes! He has this weird high step thing that he does.
totally. It’s pretty hilarious.
That depends on if his partner is left-handed.
Two words:
Craig Counsell.
KIMBERLY!
/Joe-Piscopo-embarrasing-himself’d
Nice job by Beltre to go down and get it.
Who needs Mike Lowell…
I feel that this game is going to frustrate the fuck out of me
Beltre reminds me of how Bay started out last year, on fire and then tanked.
WTFFFF is Kim Jones gonna say? “No they all hated it and they’re having a revolt against Girardi.”
Is it just me or are they making Kim Jones up a little more thus far?
Thank God it’s Yankee season. Remeber February?
I am hating the in-game commentary with Kim Jones.
Try having the red sox announcers
When I was at UConn, I thought they were okay. In ’06 and ’07, I thought they were pretty even keeled. In ’08 and ’09, though, they became reeeeallly bad.
Fair point
ur other choices are hearing Sweet Caroline and Kay singing take-me-out-to-the-ballgame….
Wouldn’t they not have been able to bring him up until after the 15th if they optioned him?
Him = Hughes, obviously.
Ding ding ding.
Is it sad that I understand the option system more than a man who covers baseball for a living does? If so, for whom is it sad?
Scratch this.
/DFA’d
You have shamed us all.
Are you really surprised, Tommie?
Couldn’t they have backdated his option, though, so that he comes off the first day they need him?
I don’t think options work like that. I think it kicks in once the season starts. I could easily be wrong.
It’s 10 days down without an injury, so if they optioned him on or prior to Opening Day, he could have been able to be recalled on the 15th.
Ah, I thought it was 20 days.
Right, they’d lose him for 10 days. You’d think the guys that do this stuff for a living would know these things.
That was a wicked googly!
/Seinfeld’d
Oh my Mo. I can’t take Kay and it’s game two of the season.
Ooh: Ken with the new synonym for SSS: “small cross-section”.
Or not.
Kimberly needs to be sporting Under Armor in those interviews….
beltre seriously Jorge
does Scutaro look really short or is it just his Red Sox grittiness?
He is 5’10″ so he doesn’t exactly stack up to most baseball players.
Good to get Cameron. He’s the sort of hitter you have to throw strikes to.
If only any of the pitches to him would have been a strike had he not swung…
Posada roomied with Pennington??? tht was more a water pistol throw than a bullet.. where aer the Molinas when u need one
Christ, Scutaro annoys the crap out of me by existing.
imagine if they’d signed figgins
Remember when Figgins got the go-ahead RBI in Game 2 of the ALCS and freaked out on 2B? Hilarious
Another SB.
I really hope that 2010 Jorge Posada behind the dish doesn’t become 2009 Jason Varitek behind the dish.
If I was managing any other team I would send runners a lot against Posada. Press the issue.
this is a bit freaky.. brett favre.. yes that one… is a grandpa
reply-post-fail
The YES crew oughta focus on the game and the next pitch.
Riveraveblues is doubling up in comments on lohud the past two days
Nice of you to join us, Esteban. My fantasy team enjoyed your 2003 season.
“The team that loads the bases the most has the higher chance of winning the game.”
OH MY GOD
IS YOUR MIND TOTALLY BLOWN, BEX?!
Pitches slow down in velocity as they pass through the air from the pitcher’s hand to the plate. No, it’s true, I heard it from a scientist.
Sincerely,
Tim McCarver
Damn; ball went right at Drew.
Scott Boras clients playing tonight.
Adrian Beltre
J.D. Drew
Jacoby Ellsbury
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Scott Schoeneweis
Jason Varitek
Mark Teixeira
Alex Rodriguez
dang..
I went “YEAAAAH” a bit too excitedly. Whoops.
Red Sox have been so lucky tonight.
More Kim Jones = good if that means less Michael Kay
poor Tex, almost had it
Is anyone else watching the NESN broadcast? Wow, the Beckett contract conference footage really opened my eyes. If only I could have a job where I roll out of bed and pull on a sweater and meet the media for an interview with the suits
We hatess those nasssty “foul home runsses.”
Nothings good ever followses.
/Smeagol’d
In a perfect world, Ken Singleton would’ve just started discussing tRA.
Alex, stop trying to pull everything!
/like he can really hear me’d
“In a perfect world, Ken Singleton would’ve just
started discussing tRApulled a .45 out of his pocket and blown Kay’s brains out, and shot Leiter once in the leg as a warning.”Fixed that for ya.
they ain’t that bad…
Comedy is all about exaggeration, my dear.
Lots of violence in today’s thread.
Yanks are losing, go figure.
So, um, ARod… you notice how everyone’s watching a lot of pitches, waiting for that one pitch they can clobber?
What’s up, d00d?
that was a horrible pitch to swing at
Agreed. It looked like a ball and had he waited, he would have gotten a middle-middle fastball and been able to crush that shit over the monster.
How come no ugly people are on the Ford swap your ride commercial?
Why would I want to buy a car that ugly people drive?
TSJC has a point there.
When I was a retail manager, the employees at my store were all hot.
People buy more shit from attractive salespeople.
This is true. They get me all the time.
ken singleton just quoted c&c music factory
James Shields is getting tattooed by the O’s… them O’s r gonna b a pain in the rear
Red Sox are too lucky for us right now
Ugh, AJ’s fastball is all over the place.
How is that different than any other start?
Its Posada’s fault… lol
Word.
Looks like Lattimer is finally going to make the NFL.
http://www.kentstatesports.com.....ID=1146616
You get 100 points for this reference.
Snotbubbles.
…lost my ball.
Black hole sucking in the balls by that foul pole.
Keebler Killer almost took that for a ride. Burnett looks like he’s unraveling a bit.
Nice, Curtis.
grand central station
Uh oh.
Bah.
Dammit.
Bad A.J.
Hmmm…well that wasn’t wholly unexpected. Disappointing, yes. Unexpected? No.
Hate that music!
uh oh.
Nothing we can’t get back though.
True.
Totally Jorge’s fault.
I hate when Jorgie calls for the homerun. Where’s Molina when we need him?
Hanging out with Phil Coke playing “Spot the Flyball”.
This. AJ’s mostly a fastball/curve guy, why would Jorgie call for the HR pitch?
Shit, I just checked fangraphs, AJ has thrown 3 HR pitches this game, what is Posada thinking? We are lucky they have only gotten one.
/enter bridge jumpers stage right
Wonder if AJ knows that lefties like it down and in.
Keep it at 3, AJ.
Have you ever seen the Yanks-Sox play at Fenway before? You have a better chance of finding Elvis, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster dancing together at a Beatles reunion.
I was gonna say, you know what would be cool, just once? If the Yankees had a nice big comeback against the Sox at Fenway.
(I’m sure it’s happened before but let me be irrational)
Very tough. It’s happened, off the top of my head the Alex HR off Paps in the rain would be one example.
But the problem is that Fenway’s such a bandbox, and they get the last 3 AB’s.
Counterpoint:
http://www.baseball-reference......5010.shtml
Here, look. A game at Fenway where AJ kept the Sox to 0.
AJ was ridiculous against the Sox in 2008
Yanks-Red Sox.
I know what you said. I ignored it.
If it makes you feel any better, though:
http://www.baseball-reference......7250.shtml
There. You’re welcome.
that ain’t gonna make anyone feel better
That only happened due to an obscure ruling by the official scorer where every inning was the 8th inning.
oh look it’s a mosaic of ugly
This is getting pretty lame.
Yeah at least AJ is throwing hard and making some good pitches…he’s fine as long as he stays healthy.
Things discussed two nights in a row, and most likely counting: pitch counter on the new graphics, and David Ortiz’s option.
Talk about a lazy run. But no the walking corpse is loved by all.
I was gonna say, holy crap, got hustle David?
man i wonder how many hits Ortiz has lost due to the shift the past few years
not as many since he stopped using steroids.
The shift is unfair, Ortiz would hit .350 if it wasn’t allowed.
/Shit I’ve heard in the past
Ichiro would hit home runs if he wanted to.
Much like Ty Cobb.
yeah but how many times has that shift allowed his teammates to steal second and then third
Loving the new YES graphics.
I don’t understand why the shift was on for Ortiz. He’s not nearly as feared as he was three or four years ago.
because if you can prevent the guy getting a hit you prevent it.
Unitl he jits to left…
Waht eh siad.
You don’t shift against dead pull hitters because they’re feared, you shift against dead pull hitters because they’re dead pull hitters and their spray charts indicate they’ll almost always hit the ball into your shift.
I do the same thing with pedestrians in the crosswalk.
Speaking of spray charts, where’s the jizzmopper? I have to film my second to last scene for the night and the floor’s getting sticky.
Yeah but he still pulls the ball as much as he always had. The shift has worked in the past against him, why change it if his overall production has dropped?
… Not to mention, it’s worked twice already tonight. Why are we questioning the shift when Ortiz has hit the ball directly at Cano, positioned in the shift, twice?
If anything, the shift works even better once the aging dead pull lefty slugger gets old and slows down, because he’s more prone to cheating and starting his bat earlier and ending up way out in front of an offspeed pitch, weakly lining it towards the 1B-2B hole.
Somewhere a solitary tear rolls down Jason Giambi’s cheek.
Cool Story, Kay’d.
A walk???
He walked on Opening Day last year as well, IIRC.
Did Robinson Cano just walk? Am I hallucinating?
OMG Robbie walks
A leadoff walk by Cano? Booya. Now make it count.
Robbie walked!
Orlando Cepeda.
And the Yanks got fuckin’ roped that day. 15-5.
Al’s poppin’ greenies!
He read my comment. Go Cano! You too JoPo.
The world keeps getting weirder, Cano walks!
Ugh
Jorge … he’s not very fast.
Sad part? I thought he had a chance to beat it out, he hit it so slow.
Me too. Then I laughed at how silly I was being.
Blah. DP.
Hmmm…well, at least that was a familiar sight. It was too jarring to see Cano with a leadoff walk.
this first 4 innings won’t be on Jorge’s highlight tape
OBP machine!
It’s the weirdest thing but I can’t figure out who I dislike more: Thames or Gardner.
Seriously. I think I actually now like Gardner by comparison.
Thames is gonna hit a homer tonight, just to cause you more moral angst.
I really don’t know what I’d do. I’m about ready to drive to his house and beat up his kids.
Thames = frozen. Great pitch by Lester. They’re making him work but not capitalizing at all.
Word.
Spillover thread?
Just about to say it.
Yesterday the one thread got to 800 posts.
Next half inning, I’m trying to wolf down dinner.
/O’Neil’d
What you get, big man?
Pasta.
Big fan of the Diving Jeter.
That’s not a bad idea for a dish at NYY Steak
“Pasta Diving Jeter”
…..wait a minute
I know we don’t like to jump on the SSS, but I think we can all agree it’s highly unlikely that Thames lasts all season.
Inshallah.
But he’s great against Lefties!
*sigh* Thames the only “non-bright spot” of the lineup…
I really can’t see THames lasting the entire season especially if Winn starts playing well if he gets a shot.
I just want Gardy!
Kenny as a DH:
.257/.357/.385 in 1971 PAs.
Ouch.
NOT THE WRONG GRAPHICS!!!!!
Oh I seriously didn’t think Thames was gonna catch that and then I would have had a heart attack.
Worst. Catch. Ever.
TWO. HANDS. MARCUS.
two hands, marcus
kids are watching
It was a breaking ball, shut up you maroons.
So what? According to the YES gun, it was 95 mph.
Gameday knows how to identify a “Knuckle Curve” now? I don’t ever remember that.
A DP would be really nice right now.
Donations will be taken.
Should I write the check out to “Cash”?
GIDP! Great job.
Nice DP.
/not what pat’s thinking.
nice robbie
lets do some hitting
That’s why you throw strikes to Scutaro. He’s not very good.
Offense, please.
Yankees are getting close to a rally I feel it.
… in your BONES?
Anyone else trying to watch the game on mlb.tv? For some reason I can’t seem to get the game to come up, I can pick any other game. When I select this game, it tells me about the Yes stream and the at bat app. and won’t let me start the game. Any help would be appreciated.
MLB TV is probably still trying to work out bugs in their new viewing system.
Victory is ours!!!!
ZOMG!
Progress.
ZOMG he can’t hit lefties!
And I forgot about the spillover. My bad, yo.
yeah Grandy, now steal that base
There we go. Set up.
Rally time, baby!
Now we’re talking.
Granderson signing was horrible. Going from first to third on a single, unacceptable.
Jeter should run. V-Mart throws like a girl, NJ’s a prime DP candidate.
Jeter should have the base easily, if he wants it. No way they’re going to throw down to second today.
Someone will hit a home run this inning.
Oh snap!
Stealing a line from TSJC..
kunaldo: very aroused.
On purpose!
Or he could hit NJ.
Oh Jesus. Last guy I ever want to see HJBP.
Whoops. Typo. *HBP.
Ugh, Lester probably broke Johnson’s back.
Oh Kay!
I just had a minor heart attack. Be okay Nick!!!
My first words out of my mouth after seeing him get hit:
“Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.”
FINISH HIM!
/Mortal Kombat’d
Strained fat, 15 day DL for NJ.
I laughed so hard I snorted.
Well done.
Matsui would have done a better job of getting hit by that pitch.
/dalelama’d
nj is bleeding internally
Johnson is out for the Year according to half of the YES Message board.
I feel like that place you speak of is comparable to hell
Let’s see if Tex can keep one fair, this at bat.
Yankees Prospects, No’s 1 – 5
1. Jesus Montero | C/1b | Age – 20 | Grade – A-
2. Austin Romine | C | Age – 21 | Grade – B-
3. Zach McAllister | RHP | Age – 22 | Grade – B-
4. Manny Banuelos | LHP | Age – 19 | Grade – B-
5. Slade Heathcott | OF | Age – 19 | Grade – B-
http://www.baseball-intellect......ects-2010/
Heathcott strikes me as high, but I’m not sure who I’d replace him with. Melancon, maybe?
Eh, Melancon’s just a reliever. Go upside at a prime position, even if he is young and unproven.
Bases loaded, no one out, 30 sb threats on 2nd and 3rd, and coming into the middle of the order=awesomeness
So does Tex get an RBI on that?
Yes.
thought so. knew it was probably a stupid question but wanted instant answer. knew he didn’t obviously if its a DP… didnt know if they’d perhaps call it an error but he wasnt pulled off the bag. oh well. thanks guys.
Yes, because the ump screwed up.
Way to beat that out, big guy.
great hustle by Tex
A call of safe at first?
Tex showing off the wheeeeeels.
That works. Not ideal, but it works. A-Rod needs to bang one off the wall.
He was out.
Actually, I don’t think he was. In replay, he looked juuust safe.
Thank god he ran it out, and the only guy out is the base clogger.
Nice hustle Tex.
A call to the Yankees? Against umpiring rule number 3.
Definitely out, yes?
He was out, but Pedroia got a really generous neighborhood call at second.
Gotcha. Thanks.
Can anyone get a call right at 1B?
Mark Buehrle
Ha. Good one, Bex.
play of the year
Make it hurt Al
Shut up, Kay. Shut. Up.
Either way it is 3-2 hope A-Rod can add to the damage.
Tie goes to the Yankees. It’s in the rule book.
Big fly, Alex.
eh, that’ll do
A-Rod’s not totally warmed up yet; he’s not getting around on the inside FB. In another week or two, he’ll pound those, regardless of the velocity.
And by a week or two I mean one pitch.
I laughed.
I love this fucking guy!
NAILS!
TEH CLUTCH!
Take that.
A-rod my man!!!
Clutchiness!
big double
But I thought A-Rod was unclutch!!!111
I can’t make out the ARod sucks chant at Fenway. Anyone else having audio issues?
Way to go AROD!!!!!
Steep decline.
Damon would have scored from first. It is not relevant but still dammit we did not sign Damon back.
Cano is Lester’s last hitter… but they should pull him now.
uh oh, Cano with RISP.
who is announcing with Costas on MLB network ?
I think I heard it’s Smoltz. Not listening though.
yo YES Network: that’s because Jon Lester is an extremely good pitcher. Got nothin’ to do with the catcher.
Alright. I feel much better now.
Cano still can’t hit with RISP.
Ribbie come through again, sort of. Its good enough.
Our Centaurian Overlord is so clutch.
Sooo close.
Hmm. Well hit, Jorge. What can ya do?