Game 6: Two series, two rubber games
ByThe Yankees will try to get back to a .667 win percentage today in their second consecutive rubber series. The first one, on Wednesday evening against the Red Sox, was quite the contest. I wouldn’t mind seeing the two pitchers, A.J. Burnett and James Shields, exchange scoreless innings for a while.
Sheilds got his third consecutive Opening Day nod this past Monday, allowing three runs on nine hits and two walks against the Orioles. Yet the only runs came from solo home runs. The Rays came back and won the game with a bottom of the ninth rally off new Orioles closer Mike Gonzalez.
During his career Shields has gotten hit hard by the Yankees, allowing 37 runs, 36 earned, over 54 innings. A lot of that comes from 2006 adn 2007, when he allowed 27 earned runs over 28.1 innings. He recovered to pitch very well against the Yanks in 2008, though that was the year their offense kinda tanked. Shields made only one start against the Yanks last year, lasting 5.1 innings and allowing five runs on nine hits, including two home runs.
Last year A.J. Burnett made his second start of the season against the Rays, and it looked a bit like Sabathia’s start yesterday. He took a no-hitter into the seventh, but lost it immediately on a Carl Crawford leadoff single. After not managing a hit for six innings the Rays started the frame with three straight. Burnett recovered, though, getting the next two before Jose Molina picked off Carlos Pena at first. Burnett finished the gem by retiring the side in order in the eighth.
During his career Burnett has faced the Rays 21 times, posting a 2.77 ERA over 149.2 innings. The majority of those innings, of course, came when the Rays were perpetually in the AL East cellar. Last year, though, he pitched 32 innings against them, allowing nine runs, seven earned, on 22 hits and nine walks. Even better, the Rays managed just one home run in that span. It’s a Burnett rarity, but his WHIP was actually below 1.00 against them. Imagine that.
With Posada back in the lineup the Yanks are at full strength. It would be nice to pick up a rubber game W before heading back for the home opener on Tuesday.
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. Curtis Granderson, CF
8. Nick Swisher, RF
9. Brett Gardner, LF
And on the mound, number thirty-four, A.J. Burnett
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Who’s it going to be today: Good AJ or Bad AJ?
Neither. We’ll see Excellent AJ
I hope you’re right
I think Good AJ will show up for 5 innings and Bad AJ will come in the sixth.
Good AJ for the first three, bad AJ in the fourth (3 ER), good AJ for the 5th and 6th, comes out on a HR on the first pitch of the 7th.
And the yankees still win, 8-4, on the strength of a 1-2, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB performance from “the delicate one”. Also, A-Rod goes yard today, as does Robbie.
Wally Matthews actually noticed something pretty interesting.
Gardner has yet to swing and miss on a pitch this season.
eh, for what it’s worth (which is to say, nothing), neither has Marco Scutaro. Or he hadn’t before yesterday’s game anyway, haven’t checked.
Might not mean much but Teixeira turned 30 today.
Tex will have a birthday homer. I hope he does, because I’ve been wrong for five straight games.
Cue the “He’s on the wrong side of 30″ talk.
He began his inevitable decline today. What an albatross that contract is! Yesterday it looked ok, but today…
…is a new era?
/GhostofAlexGonzalez’d
One day after me!
Happy B-Day Tex! It’s my birthday today as well.
LET’S GO YANKEES!! LET’S GO YANKEES!
Want to see more of Robbies howard-esque homer pose!
HA! TEH JOHAN GAVE UP A GS TO DA NATS IN THE 1ST INNING….
But Ca$hmoney was so wrong not to sign him!!!
and trade joba, hughes, and whoever else they wanted
as not funny as that tired meme has become, it may not even be true anymore. If they envisioned Joba in the bullpen, probably would’ve been a good trade for them to make.
well you can’t make the decision based on one start… but I’d rather have Sabathia (and Hughes, Joba, whoever else they wanted) than Santana.
Seriously… what the heck is this “Segment 2″ thing? It amuses me.
In other news, Justin Verlander and Johan Santana gave up grand slams in the first innings they were pitching. Whoah.
Anyone else turning over to Rangers-Flyers at 3pm? Kind of a big game…
Don’t follow hockey, but weren’t the Rangers eliminated like a month ago?
Nah. Their game against the Flyers today will decide a playoff spot.
No, the last spot is open. Whoever wins today gets it.
I agree with Girardi and Eiland’s proposed decision. I know others don’t, but I like to look long-term.
Reply fail. My badski.
damn dem’s some ugggly unis
Goddamn it Zobrist
lol at the idea of Nick Johnson hitting a triple though
Nick Johnson has been robbed of how many hits this season? 4?
Nick can’t catch a break.
Dear Yanks,
Don’t hit the goddamn ball to right field.
Sincerely,
Me.
Did NJ do something to offend BABIP?
His OBP has offended all advanced metrics and Joe West.
New theory.
Matsui has a .421 BABIP this season.
BABIP is Bo taking out his anger for the Yanks signing NJ over Matsui.
hahaha A+
UZR, ftw
WTFFF effin lohud says this game is in TBS. Guess not. That really ruins my sunday.
it’s on YES if you’re in the YES area
Welp I’m in the area but don’t have YES. Son of a bitch.
yea–it’s a pain in the ass, isn’t it
Blows.
and mlb.tv is no good either
“And there goes the no hitter”
–Tampa radio guy just now
I was thinking the same thing
Well, bad AJ it is.
He’s pitching to Posada after all.
/MSM’d
Lol; yup, Posada keeps calling for these damn flat fastballs up and down the middle. Why???!
oh God are the Rays the new Angels in terms of ~Rays baseball~
who is the third guy in the booth with paul and michael kay?
tino
he’s a jagoff, isn’t he
I miss Cervelli.
so this is frustrating
AJ should have fielded that
why is Ben Zobrist bunting?
Rays baseball!!!!
On a pitchout?!
I honestly hope Posada’s bat holds up, because his throwing arm is becoming Varitekian.
Varitek of the two HR–one off of Zack Greinke… O.o
That was not a great throw from Posada, but AJ’s pitch out was pretty poor. He floated it in there fairly wide of the plate. You gotta lead Jorge there on the pitch out. AJ curveballs in the dirt do not really help either on Bartlett’s SB.
Also, it is early in the season. Posada’s arm was not bad at all last year. He threw out 28% of base runners.
and guess what Molina’s CS% was?
28%
your head just exploded
this. I’m surprised he’s getting run on like crazy because he’s not bad at getting runners out. Unless his arm is dead now.
wow Zobrist.
I hope the offense is in for another great day.
They’re getting no-hit right now
President Madagascar: SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING!
That’s better than what the President of Poland had to say today…
/sorry,goingtohell’d
Michael Kay sounds surprised that AJ is shitty right now. Did he not see all of last season?
AJ wasn’t shitty all of last season.
I realized that as I posted the comment. He was only shitty in his nine losses.
/obvious’d
But yes I get your point. He’s really really really inconsistent.
I guess you didn’t see all of last season if that’s your assessment of Burnett. He was inconsistent – great sometimes, awful other times.
the way this is starting out we should send Zobrist a muffin basket
AJ decided to outdo Javy instead of CC.
I hate speedy teams.
Yeah, Pena is a speed demon.
Oh you know what I mean.
You know how I be.
I miss good AJ.
god i hate those cowbells.
That had quite a sound off the bat. Hopefully AJ rebounds.
ok thats all they get
Burnett’s command was bad that inning. With the way the Yankees have knocked around Shields in the past this could turn into a high scoring game quick.
Okay well we got the bad AJ inning out of the way right?
This is gonna be a long game. At least the Yankees seemed to be making good contact on some of Shield’s pitches.
Please stop using the word ‘destiny’, you freakin’ moron.
Yankees are hitting some balls well, but nothing to show for it
BABIP hates the Yankees a lot right now
I drool watching Upton play D. (But then again, I drool a lot for other reasons, too.)
I irrationally dislike BJ Upton. I don’t know why. I really like his brother.
I totally agree. He plays too shallow in a macho sort of way (like you can’t hit no stinkin’ ball over my head). The Yankees have regularly hit doubles and triples over his head that should have been routine outs.
Where is management on this? Wouldn’t you think that they would back him up a bit if he keeps getting nailed? Woudn’t you think he would adjust on his own? I think he is stubborn and pig headed.
And THEN, there is his offense . . . or should I say lack of offense.
I love you Granderson.
Delightful
I love this man.
Granderson <3 Right handed pitching.
Granderson off to a scorching start. Occasionally he looks very overmatched against lefties, but he’s still making hard contact.
Really happy about the trade to get him.
He didn’t look overmatched against Choate!
In other news, mini golf is way easier than real golf.
Says you. That damn windmill keeps getting me
YOU’RE GONNA DIE, CLOWN!!
<3 Granderson!! What a trade! Cash$$$ is playing a video game with "fair trade" disabled.
Yankees: Quality CF with great power
Tigers: quality young MLB-ready CF prospect, great MLB-ready pitching prospect, decent lefty reliever
D-Backs: two solid back-of-the-rotation MLB avg. or better starters
I’d say it was a fair trade. It just so happened that the Yankees needed Granderson a lot more than the needed kennedy or Jackson. But it was a good trade for all parties, I think.
Disagree. While I think the Tigers did alright, I have to wonder what the DBacks were smoking.
Kennedy will be an excellent pitcher for a long time in the NL West, methinks. And Edwin Jackson should be alright there too.
I don’t think Kennedy’s going to be better than Scherzer.
me neither. But Kennedy + Jackson could be. And/or maybe the D-Backs know something about Scherzer (injury-wise) that the rest of the world doesn’t?
I was more responding to your claim that Kennedy would be excellent.
But they also got Edwin Jackson. Jackson + Kennedy > Scherzer, IMO.
It doesn’t work like that.
Ummm… it seems like that would be exactly how it works… if you’re analyzing a trade of multiple players you can’t just take two parts and separate it from the whole and analyze it as a one for one deal.
IPK will be a good pitcher for a while there. Jackson is an enigma. No idea what you’re really getting with him.
If healthy, Sherzer is easily the best pitcher in this three-team deal.
This. I don’t think Kennedy is necessarily going to be excellent. Decent to good, sure. D-Backs definitely got off the worst, IMO. Which is good because I do not like that team.
They still did pretty decently though.
Agreed on all of this. You’d think the D-Backs got the worst out of this, but I suspect all parties will “win” here.
OK fine. Can we agree the swish trade was like a video game?
Yes.
This is a fairly exciting half-inning, you’d think they could, oh I don’t know, talk about it.
nah. Much better to talk about a no-hitter (one of which is not happening today) that a retired guy played in with a team that’s not playing in this game.
You’re right. Forgive me for my transgression.
Wow, those change-ups were sick.
ManBan has a no-no through 4.
/jinx’d
milb.com says it’s Kapala?
milb.com still probably thinks Ryan Howard is in the minors.
Where did you see that? Because I see Manny pitching on milb.com.
Nevermind, I see where it says that. Hhhhmmmm. What the hell is happening?
You’re talking about the Tampa game, right?
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_lakafa_1
I’d rather have Swish scorching in October instead of April.
Reverse of last year.
these things are mutually exclusive why?
I’m making lemonade.
Can’t he be scorching in both?
Apparently not.
Not with that attitude
Didn’t you get the memo that April’s only 12 days long now?
So…no more 4/20?!?!?!?!?!?!
Love to see the settledown.
AJ had a nice quick inning. Good way to rebound from the last one.
six pitch inning. nice
my mlb.tv must have timed out because I literally thought we were still in the commercial break from the middle of the 2nd.
shields seems like he should be death on lefties. I dunno if I would want to hit lefty against that changeup if I were a switch-hitter
eh–there is a comfort aspect too. Most switch hitters probably haven’t hit righty against a righty in a very very long time
I will never understand AJ Burnett
Just showed a girl on the Rays telecast wearing an Igawa shirt. Awesome.
That’s a riot. Greatest AAA Yankee pitcher of ALL TIME.
It’s gotta be the shades.
And the Rays have some stupid kid doing the player introductions. I’m sure “The Voice of God” is laughing at how bush league the Rays organization is.
Seems like Shields is just gonna throw changeups the rest of the game.
who the hell is making these announcements? o_O
That had to be the longest drawl I’ve heard in my life.
yeah wtf was that
I think the announcer is high on opiates. Did you hear that voice?
do they have a 12 year old doing the PA at the Trop? wtf
And why doesn’t he sound more excited? If I did the PA at any baseball stadium I wouldn’t sound so pissed off.
Listen to the difference in his tone when announcing the Yankees versus the Rays. Yankees sound morose and depressing. Reds sound a bit more excited, though still dumb-sounding.
Who is the anouncer? A drunk 9 year old?
hahaha, I was wondering the same thing.
This is kinda random and maybe it’s been answered already (sorry if it has, I looked a little) but on my Firefox bookmarks toolbar the nice little Yankee symbol for RAB changed to any ugly R with a light blue background. Just me?
Nope not just you.
It’s the ‘R’ from the RAB header.
WTF this announcer is hilarious
This 10 year old is annoying.
Nick Johnson makes that OBP higher. I’m loving it.
According to YES, Nick Johnson is “struggling”. Huh? Did I miss something?
Yes, he is that slow, Kay. Really, he isn’t even of average speed.
Shield’s changeup is pretty nasty.
that’s just mean, Rays scoreboard
Another reason to hate the Rays.
I’m on the radio here–what happened?
they still have him listed as 0-for-17
By contrast to this drunken/high/developmentally disabled individual announcing the game, did you guys see the CNN interview with the kid that gets to blow up Texas Stadium?
He seemed pretty excited but you could not possibly understand a word he said. Like, not one.
We need to teach our children to enunciate.
Was it Tino?
Hah. I can understand what Tino says, just not why he says it.
As a teacher in Dallas I can tell you that it is it’s parents and teachers fault. I’ve heard teachers tel there kids to “Come her!” (Come here) and “Homework due fridee.” (Friday).
/Embarassed
Wow…I can’t think of anything I give less of a shit about than the petting tank full of devil rays.
I’m amused by their obsession with the tank
TALK ABOUT THE FUCKING GAME, YOU ASSHOLES
aren’t rays like… poisonous to touch? Or they electrocute you or something?
let’s hope so
Get Kay out there so!
I think these are baby rays so they don’t bite or do any electrocuting until they’re older.
Obviously not these ones
There are stingrays, but not all rays are stingrays
They’re not poisonous. They’re actually real gentle.
Didn’t they kill Steve Irwin?
No, that was curiosity.
That was like the 3rd recorded death in history from a ray.
Maybe others didn’t live to record it.
Also a little known restaurant fact, a lot of restaurants “scallops” are actually stingray meat. They punch them out with a cookie-cutter like utensil.
Interesting. Shit’s delicious.
I really want to have shark fin soup.
I went to Dim Sum with some friends of mine, and they order Shark Fin Dumplings. They were good, but my friends it wasn’t shark fin. Also had chicken feet and 3 kinds of tripe.
I had some baby shark at a Greek place here in Astoria a few years ago.
Pretty good.
Those are Sting Rays. I don’t know the Rays that are in the tanks.
or they run you through
/Opens 40 oz.
// Pours some out.
well thanks to everyone’s responses I have learned something today. Hooray.
Michael Kay does love the clam.
Who is announcing? Tino? He sounds like a hillbilly…
im gonna have to put the TV on mute between batters, this kid is annoying me lol
Somebody gag the PA announcer.
And Tino…And Kay.
Nasty change from AJ. I’d love for him to incorporate that pitch more.
I think I’ve figured it out. The announcer is a eunuch on oxys who managed to break into the PA booth.
Somehow, he/she is still easier to listen to than Kay and Tino.
Amazing.
Somehow
he/sheit is still easier to listen to than Kay and Tino.The enunciation is what’s driving me insane. Keep it short, because the accent is hilarious.
Also, I hate those cowbells so much.
I should pay better attention. I hate Florida.
Take it easy JMK, Florida is awesome. We don’t all sound like hayseeds.
So right now during the break I switched over to ESPN and found bowling. I know I shouldn’t be happy about that since on almost every other sunday I’m not, but I’m glad they aren’t talking about Tiger for once.
Now’s the fun part. Back-to-back for Alex and Ribbie.
Not quite.
boooo, RISP Robbie
The word lazy cannot escape Cano or anything he does.
Posada disrespecting the game by calling time out.
Also, HIP HIP JORGE! chants, buh?
Actual Rays fans in attendance: 233
For the season?
And yet, there are at least 3,000 cowbells and horns. I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO MATH!
and one drunk announcer ._.
Unfortunately, they’re ALL blowing horns and waving cowbells.
judging by the comments here you’d think AJ gave up 6 runs.
Come on Grandy.
Tino seems like a nice guy…but please don’t talk, Tino. It hurts.
Coney, where art thou?
Cone is way better than most of the Yanks announcers.
Tino looks and sounds like he perpetually has a head cold.
I despise Kays obsession with pitch counts
I wish James Shields would make me a fireplace.
or get his buddies together and raise me up a barn.
He looks like Moshe (Dwight’s brother) from The Office.
Little known factoid-
Mose Schrute is Ken Tremendous.
He looks like
MosheMose (Dwight’s brother) from The Office.I agree. and FTFY.
He looks like Mose (Dwight’s COUSIN) from The Office
I agree. and FTFY.
hahaha thanks. saw a spelling error and bypassed the other one.
Talk about the game actually happening, YES announcing crew.
Jeez, they are talking as if they’re catching up at a barbeque…this is a freaking game, people.
haha, it’s so true.
Bah, less go Swishie, just a base knock.
If Swish goes to 3-2, Kay will talk about it
Zobrist aaaagh
The Rays announcer thinks every pitch is a strike.
Do they have a K-zone?
Yeah. They will show it after he makes a comment and it makes him look like an idiot.
That sounds more fun than even Paulie talking about directions to the stadium
they love the K Zone thing, huh?
Well, at least he’s up to almost 80 pitches through 4.
I was told working the count doesn’t matter.
In fact, it’s disgraceful
sincerely,
Joe West
+ 3 chins
It should be illegal just like dancing!
Love,
John Lithgow
Whatever, Shields is gone after next inning. Then we feast.
The Squander is strong in this team.
Oh well. One of the side effects of putting a shitload of guys on base is that a shitload of them don’t score.
It’s just the frustration of a leadoff double not even moving up.
The weird announcer has been replaced with a normal announcer, it seems.
or sobered up REAL quick
why do I irrationally dislike BJ Upton so much? His brother rules.
We play against this brother
I do like his brain farts though!
I love them. Do you remember last year when Jeter hit a loooong fly ball during that four-game sweep in September I think and he was running after it and then he just like spazzed out? It was hysterical.
I don’t hate Crawford, Zobrist, Barlett, Longoria, Pena, etc.
HAH! Suck it BJ. (that sounds… wrong.)
His name is Melvin Emmanuel Upton. Anyone know where the BJ came from?
Bossman Junior. For whatever reason, people called his dad “bossman”
maybe we don’t want to know
Bossman Junior.
I don’t hate Crawford, Longoria, Upton, Garza, Price, Davis, Zobrist, or Desmond Jennings (actually I friggin love Desmond Jennings). I do hate Jason Bartlett, James Shields, Jeff Neimann, and everyone in that bullpen.
weird…he’s probably my favorite non-yankee position player to watch.
I actually think he will end up being better than Justin
Glad to see AJ’s settled down nicely.
Too soon.
Nah. I’m glad that he settled down regardless of the rest of the game. The first inning was an adventure.
Sterling just described Burnett as electric. DRINK
In a YES piece before the game, CC said AJ probably has the best ‘stuff’ in the game.
that was right down the middle?!
This game feels like a win to me.
Burnett has a good pickoff move, BTW. One of the best I’ve seen from a right hander.
I agree on Burnett’s pickoff move.
BlowJob Upton
clever…
What a stupid thing to say.
Good. That saves Burrell to be the first out of the next inning.
Looks like I’m going to lose my Fantasy week because Charlie Heager (?!) of the Dodgers has 12 strikeouts in the 6th inning.
Hard to be too mad when it all comes down to a freak performance by a guy named Charlie.
Charlie… you’re the wildcard.
Isn’t he that knuckleballer?
Yep.
And what if we call him “Chuck”? Like Chuck Yeager. Then he sounds cooler.
Whoever has the team name “Devil Dawgs” is scorching this week. Hitting and pitching.
I’m glad that I’m probably going to win. No flukey performances against me. And Willingham’s grand slam didn’t hurt.
Yeah, that guy’s been rocking and rolling. I had fairly bad luck getting Zambrano and Vazquez on what likely will be their worst pitching performances of the season. Kubel and Beckham have a combined 2 hits, so that really hurt.
The guy I played against didn’t have a particularly strong team. I should have won but Chuck Yeager and a 5/36 performance sealed my fate. Pretty bummed.
Your team, especially the lineup, looks pretty good, Jim. I’d worry about that pitching staff, though.
dang Verlander got smashed today
and Santana
If Santana can’t dominate, Mets got no chance for Wild Card contention. Against the Nats of all teams … geesh.
Well, it’s just one start. He dominated last time against a team that’s much better in the Marlins. If I was a Met fan, I’d be more concerned that they’re getting owned by Livan Hernandez.
Love Tex’s pitching pose!
That’s the same pitch that he called a ball to walk Upton!
NJ has a crazed look on his face.
Because he knows he would have been gunned down by Zobrist even he didn’t move his ass.
The hard hit foul balls frustrate me.
I’ve missed a couple of games so far, but it seems like Jeter is having a really slow start at the plate. He’s gotten a couple hits, yeah, and there was at least one well-struck ball yesterday that I remember…but it seems like he’s not really making great contact yet.
mustache cano? really?
James Shields is a total dbag
poor Teixeira. At least that was a good at-bat
96 pitches. Does Shields come out for the 6th?
It wouldn’t be smart of Maddon to put him out there. If he did, A-Rod mashes his first or second pitch over the left field wall.
i hope not..hes on today…Rays middle relief is a joke
I think he does, Maddon pushes his pitchers a lot especially with the middle relief he has
Johnny Damon is gone. Get the fuck over it, Kennedy.
Kennedy?
Kevin Kennedy. He’s on the Rays broadcast.
?
Also, Johnny Damon is off to an awful start to the year. He’ll be fine I’m sure, but it’s funny how the trolls have stopped whining about Damon and have moved on to whining about Matsui.
Pat Burrell really?
56 pitches??? Is that right? Wow!
Seriously, I thought that the new pitch count graphic means that Kay doesn’t have to say pitch counts every two minutes.
That’s really silly. It makes it easier for him to research, now he can safely mention it every 90 seconds.
Fuck me. I know if I hadn’t made fun of Burrell on an internet comment board he wouldn’t have gotten that hit.
I’m torn on what I want to have happen.
I have James Sheilds on my fantasy team and the guy who I’m playing has AJ Burnett.
I really like AJ, but I really can’t have him get the win because then he’ll tie me for wins for the week. But at the same time, I could use a win by Sheilds, but that means the Yankees lose. (Which I don’t want to have happen)
Yankees > your fantasy team >:(
+?
This comment sums up why I don’t play fantasy baseball
+1
Yankees >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything.
Yankee success should always outweigh fantasy, but there is a scenario in which both can benefit in this case.
So what I’m hoping for here is a pitcher’s duel but TB’s bullpen coughs it up on a HR by Swisher (who is also on my team)
Navarro was an All-Star reference!
2008 AL All star catchers: Joe Mauer (ok), Navarro (he did have a good first half that year), Jason Varitek (WTF)
<3 Grandy
Granderson is such a stud….I looooooooove him
why don’t you marry him?
Wow Grandy
+14
wow fuck Pat Burrell
Pat Burrell starting some shit with that slide.
Bullshit slide by Burrell
roflcopter
I love Curtis Granderson.
CYN kill Tex, Burrell? Thanks
also that was awesome, Grandy
Does Burrell look a bit like Mussina or is it just me?
Hits like him anyway
IETC
well done
Yea, a little bit
Nah. Moose doesn’t have the curly hair. And Burrell doesn’t, like…brood…like Moose did
does anyone brood like Moose…?
I should add that my favorite cranky Moose moment is if you watch the post-game of the Aaron Boone game, he’s in the background of some clubhouse interview changing his shirt and glaring at the camera. Uhhh were you not expecting that?
I’m not sure I see the need for a take out slide going back to first.
What the hell was Burrell doing?
acting out Maddon’s insane revenge fantasies
Burrell is an ass. That slide was absolutely unnecessary.
Great D Grandy!
God I hope AJ gets to face that douche bag again…Him or Joba are pitchers that would bean the bastard, and I would looove it.
ok seriously…what kind of ovation is Grandy gona get at the stadium Tuesday? How can you not love this guy?
depends if they show the homer off papelbum on the big screen
mlb.tv timed out again – what happened?
Working fine with me.
Pat “the bat”?
More like Pat “the cocksucker”.
/fuckbeingclever’d
Has Granderson broken Swish’s record from last year for earning his pinstripes, or do we have to wait and see how he does in The House of George?
Nah–Grandy would have to pitch first. Then again, game winning home runs off Papelbon are worth lots of points
Banuelos was scratched today. Hopefully, it’s nothing serious.
Apparently it was a typo. He’s pitching.
No pat. He was scratched. Some speculation that he’s going to get called up to Trenton to take Garcia’s spot, but that’s highly doubtful.
OK FINE THEN JERK!
DO NOT LET SHIELDS GET OUT OF THIS INNING
Thanks Robbie.
Burell is a yankee fan??? why teh fcuk is he trying to kill our first baseman then?!
I think I may hate Joe Maddon more than anyone player or coach in baseball.
I really do not like him at all.
ditto. Nothing worse than thinking you are smarter than everyone
What about KNOWING you’re smarter? Like I do. Is that annoying?
Jason Varitek, David Eckstein, and Mike Scoscia.
Eckstein never did anything personally.
Scioscia MIGHT be more annoying than Maddon, actually.
I just generally dislike bad players. I dislike them more if people think they are good for no reason.
Yeah, but he doesn’t have these crazy fits of aggression like Maddon. He just whines.
But he whines SO MUCH. I tire of seeing his face constantly during every damn Angels game.
and yes I know I shouldn’t whine about anyone whining.
“Scioscia MIGHT be more annoying than Maddon, actually.”
Doesn’t he get points for being on The Simpsons?
More than Youkilis? Wow, thats impressive.
Youkilis and Papelbum are my 2 least fave players in baseball
yea I am not a fan at all…I despise the entire Rays team, they are so annoying…I liked it when Lou was managing them, and they were an embarrassment
Damn i feel like im gonna regret passing on Robbie in my draft this year
Could Kay be anymore bored today?
Cano says bye bye james
I keep forgetting that the rays are actually winning
Weird, right? I feel like we’ve been winning for about three innings.
Not anymore!
Not any more.
Haha. What was I just saying, pete?
natural order of things restoring itself.
Hip hip!
mmmmmm Rays middle relief as good as ever
Hip Hip, Jorge!!!!!
Hip Hip
Jip! Jip! (en espanol)
I’ll say it for him:
GEORGIE JUICED ONE!!!
JORGE!
http://www.sadtrombone.com
Finally gives the Rays fans something to cheer about
That was absolutely crushed. Crushed.
I would just like everyone to know I called the Rays losing the lead within five pitches. Clearly, I’m a sorceress.
Randy Choate you are not very good
He was terrible with the Yankees, too.
I bow down
Mmmmm Granderson v Choate. I like.
Randy Choate suckasssss. This is exactly how I wanted this game to turn out. Except I wish Swisha hit that homerun
Granderson can hit lefties! Hooray!
*mediocre lefties. Let’s see him get a knock or two of Lester or someone else.
he got a hit off Lester actually
Not many people get hits off of excellent lefties.
It’s like blaming Granderson for not hitting Price… NO ONE was hitting Price.
Basically, Granderson has historically had problems with lefties – great OR mediocre. If he can hit mediocre lefties well, he’s going to be a beast this year.
Meh. AJ got out of it with no damage.
love this team
Granderson says I OWN SOUTHPAWS
Well…he owns Choate
well done Mr. Choat
Choate’s ERA is positively Wang-ian
Now be gone to the Nats with you!
If you’re a Rays fan (or, roughly one of the 798 of them), Choate is the last guy you want to see on the mound, right?
I heart middle relief
Grandy don’t care what hand you throw with…he will destroy you anyway.
Maddon = Genius.
It is physically impossible for Curtis Granderson to do anything against a LHP
Muahaha, thanks for playing. Hit the showers, Randy.
“Big Game” James with the ND. Tooooo Baaaaddddd.
now we need AJ to give us 2 more strong innings
two get US to teh Joba?
thats my plan
Just picked of Charlie Haeger in my fantasy league. Offs of him continuing to pitch well after today?
That should read “picked up,” of course.
This booth is brutal right now.
they just sound completely uninterested in the game. Whoever said it sounded like they were at a barbecue and reminiscing, you were absolutely right.
aroldis chapman’s pro debut 4.2 IP 4H 0R 9Ks
9?? *picks him up*
Cue mryankee
Forget mryankee, cue Andy In Sunny Daytona.
“KKKKKKAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHNNNNNNN!!!!!”
how many BBs?
Yoo JMK, I just posted this in the off topic thread but looks like you’re here so check it out:
Yo JMK my bad I didn’t get back to you on that trade. I’m afraid to deal Feliz. If Ron Washington gets off that rock Feliz may be transitioned to the rotation. Also, if Frank Franc keeps sucking Feliz might get to close so I’m afraid I’d regret trading him. If you see anything else on my roster that might fill a hole for you, let me know. haha, as I write this I see that the Rangers slid him in as the closer.
That’s cool, no worries. I happen to just have tons of starting pitching, all of it decent-to-really good. My relievers are kinda weak and I don’t have much of a bench. I’d still like to get a better OF. Only one I care to keep is Davis. Outside of McCann, Utley, Hanson or Javy, I’m willing to deal anyone. And depending on the player, the only guys who are completely no-way guys are Hanson and Utley.
Yeah, at the time I didn’t think Feliz would become the closer, so that worked out well for you. I just needed some K’s and a lower WHIP, since I’m totally reliant on SP, so the WHIP tends to be a little higher.
I’ll send you a proposal in a few minutes.
Would you do Javy Vazquez straight up for Carlos Pena?
Over/under 20.5 stolen bases for Granderson this season.
Over for sure
over
Over. 27.
no doubt over…I think the Yankees will have him run more than the Tigers did
Who ever forgot that Granderson is a good runner?
you beat me to it. haha
How terrible are the Mets? You got shut down by Livan Hernandez? Livan Hernandez? He’s in his 50s and hasn’t had a good season in half a decade.
Unbelievable.
(At least Johan gave up a grand slam. That helped a lot, I’m sure.)
Seriously. I wouldn’t get upset/concerned about Johan, it’s one start, but getting shut down by Livan freaking Hernandez?
I thought Reyes would at least give me a few runs and a steal. Nope. Nada.
eh–I’m willing to bet that some time this year the Yankees will be shut down by a lousy pitcher
Just being topical because it’s the Mets but…
#2 hitter= Alex Cora
#5 hitter= Jacobs
#6 hitter= Francoeur
#7 hitter= Matthews Jr.
I mean, come on…
Good point.
Who are these people that constantly forget that Granderson can run (according to Paul)? It’s one of the first things I think of when I hear ‘Granderson’.
I want my sister to marry a man like Curtis Granderson. She’s left handed so I know he’d never hit her.
/Lame joke’d
/MSM’d
Until K-Long teaches him how to!
+1. I appreciate lame humor.
Grandy man can!
I love love love Granderson
Granderson fast
Thats it Grandy has earned his pinstripes
Granderson is the man. And great that he’s doing this so soon, so the NYMEDIA doesn’t start with its bullmitre.
If the Yankees weren’t horrifically one-dimensional and scored all their runs by HR, I would say they created that run.
I blinked and thought that was AJ throwing the WP
hahahahahahah
The Yankees don’t play small ball, they play smart ball!
They play “Angels” baseball.
‘member that shit?
Fuck outta here.
now it’s ~Rays baseball~ which apparently means Ben Zobrist bunting.
if TEX ever bunts I will turn the game off
Heads up, Grandelssohn.
Loved the overhead camera angle there.
Like this team, even better than last years. Going to be tough if pitching holds up and the top of the order starts hitting.
Very poetic.
Joba today, I would assume?
This game needs some grunting and farting… so yes
Lets not count your lemons before there is lemonade.
I sure hope so, he hasnt pitched in 5 days
so does this count as good AJ?
shhhh.
I’d say quality AJ, having just 1 K with the stuff he has isn’t good enough.
ok if Paul O’neil came up to me on a beach and asked to borrow my cell phone I would cherish the moment for the rest of my life lol
I would give him my wallet to go buy a new one
I’d call his wife.
I’d tell him not to smash it if he didn’t make ‘contact’.
It feels like I have the visuals of a baseball game but the audio from a volleyball game or something
that is bullshit..how is that count? fuck domes
wtf haha
Domes. Fuck.
what the heck was that?
What the heck was that?
jinx
What a fucking joke stadium/pinball machine
Why are they talking about tattoos when there is a Major League baseball game unfolding in front of them?
This has actually been an interesting game, but if you closed your eyes and heard the announcing, you’d assume that you ended up in a vaguely baseball-themed talk show.
Worst stadium ever.
So, is there replay for balls hitting the dome?
well, it is a boundary call…
No, that slows the game too much.
/west’d
New rule:
No foul balls. That’ll speed the game up.
what a dumbass stadium design
Ugh, bullshit. POS stadium.
Wow, this is totally ridiculous.
“These speakers are a disgrace to baseball!!!11″
-Joe West
Nice and wide srikezone to make up for that donkey call plz
worst “hit” in the history of baseball
And Yankee Stadium is the joke, right Gammons?
So… MLB umpires don’t even know their own rules…
Can we PLEASE switch to robots? PLEASE?
How does a robot know it hit that speaker though
*runs and hides*
instant replay
Duh! By using its laser vision eyes.
Aaaahhh can I stop hiding now?
Robots and speakers are cousins, so the robot would just ask the speaker ‘were you hit, cuz?’
I’d characterize that as embarrassing and disgraceful.
What garbage. How do you blow that call if you are a ref?
Please AJ stick it to these jokes of umpires
c’mon aj. just one more
wow this is such bullshit…I wanna fight someone right now
Gah. AJ, please get out of this (with the lead intact).
Yup.
YES F*** THE RAYS!
what happened?
Longoria hit a horrific foul ball into the rafters and somehow its considered a “hit”
Wooooot.
Dumb ass stadium. Matter of fact, I consider this not a baseball stadium.
Its an aquarium
YES!!!!!!! Fuck you Rays and FUCK YOU UMPIRES
they actually made the right call. It’s the stadium that’s ridiculous, not the umps. Any ball that hits a suspended object is called fair or foul based on where it lands/is fielded
Heart attack over thank God.
AJ was definitely in the middle of saying something bad AND I DON’T BLAME HIM.
That was the nastiest look ever from AJ. He’s gonna bean the ump
/Hugh Casey’d
B.J. v A.J.
The Emu-faced gunslinger gets out of it.
an insult to Emus everywhere
Oh its time for the Yankees to take out there frustration on this whole season so far…In the form of an AJ Burnett 97 mph fastball right into Pat Burrell’s back
That would be doing the Rays a favor. Just throw at Longoria.
good point, but he did try to take out TEX earlier
Pasta Diving Bartlett
They dont say that for any other SS other than Jetes. Does my head in!
Jeter gets a hit. Good for him.
Did you guys hear O’Neill likes to eat a lot?
No, I didn’t. Something about a huge, giant breakfast and now he’s eating ice cream and M&M’s.
I think O’Neill could be half way decent if they seperate him and Kay.
yea I love O’Neill tho
And yet, for some reason, I don’t pay attention to what the guys on YES say. Now, yesterday, on the other hand, I yelled at BuckCarver at least 20 times for being themselves.
This. YES is… eh… but it’s so much better than most other booths.
Probably because we’re used the guys on YES being annoying, FOX is a new kind of annoying.
But when Kay shuts up and Leiter talks about pitching or O’Neill talks about hitting I enjoy that.
FOX is not a new kind of annoying. It’s been the same two guys for 15 years now. Buck said last year that he watches Dancing with the Stars instead of baseball during the week, and he’s a Cardinals homer. Though I think he hates the Sox more than the Yankees since the ’04 Series. McCarver is only OK about half the time. He’s too old now and is one of those guys who still doesn’t like how the game has changed. And does anyone remember his “Spiderman pose” idiocy from yesterday? He’s worse than the YES guys if veers away from baseball.
I’m just glad we got to hear what he had to eat for breakfast
A F O R E M E N T I O N E D
BABIP really hates poor NJ
I believe his babip is negative this year.
man Nick Johnson smokes some balls, and gets nothing…Hopefully that evens itself out as the season goes along.
No!
He’s the Designated Hitter that can’t hit! He’s a delicate wuss because he walks! Stop fucking with the narrative I want to hear!
Nicks hitting the ball hard at least
plz dont bring in Soriano. My fantasy ERA can’t take anymore of a beatin’
lol the look on teix’s face after burrell almost took him out
please Let AROD hit a ball through the roof that causes millions in repairs
bring their payroll down to his years salary!
They’d either have to fold the team or accept that they play in an outdoor stadium.
I vote outdoor
Nicely done by his Rodness.
love me some ALEX
Alex in the clizzy!
Clutch.
AROD … the great doubles machine!!
I shall write a love letter to the Rays bullpen.
They did not even talk about the count until ARod got contact. They were talking about the frigging Rays road trip.
I suck at this predictions thing. I said A-Rod was going to have a jack but he missed it. Hopefully he’ll get one soon. The double was really nice though. Some cushion going into the last two innings.
Haha, fucking Sterling
“And it bounces off the left field wall, Arod scores and Tex comes in right behind him. Arod with the 2 run double.”
It’s cool, Jeter and ARod are hard to tell apart.
I thought that was Cameron and Granderson
Especially with Jeter’s hairline beginning to recede.
WOW @ Carl Crawford.
robbing robbie
Let’s give the Rays some credit, they do play some good defense.
their defense is really awesome. For all the PITCHING AND DEFENSE Boston stuff, the Rays will probably be much better there.
I can’t. For every time they flash the leather against Nick Johnson, we have to suffer an influx of “get the bat off your shoulders, cripple” and “matsui was washed up, huh?” trolls.
heh. Good point…
man so many ABs this season have been robbery
They have played two of the best (Top 5? Top 3?) defensive teams in the majors. Especially in the outfield.
Now let’s take a moment to appreciate the Yankees’ newfound commitment to dumping the aged garbage in their own outfield.
I know what you mean but describing Matsui and Damon as aged garbage makes me shed a tear. ;_;
Or, if you prefer, the “antiques” in their outfield.
Johnny Damon would still be chasing that ball down.
so would Matsui
He’d still be throwing it to 2nd
Who is pitching tuesday? Andy?
i believe so, yes
Yip
yep
Hooray!
A ball in Pedroia’s eyes is a ball at A-Rod’s chest.
Usually he doesn’t come close to that pitch. Despite what the video game commercial script makes him think.
I expect a ball in the ribs here.
Damn it.
AJ’s performance is shameful.
Just because he didn’t plunk Burrell in the head.
Meanwhile, Kay just said that Maddon instituted “The Rays Way” during spring training. Keep this up and he will be Mike Scioscia to me pretty soon.
Meanwhile this game has shown the need for more instant replay, Joe West be damned.
I said ribs, not head. There is no reason to go feet high on a force play.
I know you said ribs.
I wanted a kill shot.
wow didnt think patsy could get off the ground
i know we’re only 6 games in, but this team could party like it’s 1998
“Well hit…but too high!”
LMAO @ TBS Announcer
Who is TBS using? I’m now tempted to turn it on just to laugh.
Too high? What does that mean, too high?
Who gives a shit, it’s gone.
DID YOU JUST SAY HE CAUGHT IT ON A BOUNCE? I WILL KILL YOU. KILL.
You’re not enjoying the human element of the game?
/sarcasm
Human element arguers = lazy.
So Neftali Feliz has been named “temporary” closer of the Rangers. If he’s lights out, there’s no way they move him back out right?
He’s already taken in both of my fantasy leagues.
If he grunts and farts out there he’s doomed.
Bullshit ump.
Fuckin umps.
That was a catch.
http://tinyurl.com/robotumps
nice CATCH.
Fucking umps. They can’t make a good call to save their lives.
Damn i thought grandy caught that
He did.
baxtards.
2nd bad call of the day.
Wow. Another bad call by the umpires. Color me shocked.
coughinstantreplaycough
Rodriguez to Rodriguez.
TBS Fail.
They meant Sean Rodriguez hit it to A-Rod.
Yeah, me fail.
Though it was delayed, he did say it as A-Rod was already throwing the ball.
Robinson Cano is ridiculously smooth at 2B
Robinson Cano is ridiculously
smoothlazy at 2BFixed
Oh swish you awesome human being you
Umpires need to be fired.
UMPS!
HUH!
WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
GOOD GOD.
Say it again
SAY IT AGAIN Y’ALL
Do umpires ever get calls right ? How can we get these jobs ?
Recently, there was a story in the news of a math teacher handing back failed papers to students with baseball umpiring applications attached to them.
Just shakin’ the rust off. No biggie.
Pardon me. Reply fail.
its so awesome when these jerkoff umps try there best to fuck the Yankees, and we just keep showing that not even terrible umps can stop us.
Replay.Now.
Did Selig ever say anythng about West’s comments? Did West get fined for criticizing a team?
Nope. He’s too busy trying to ignore the embarrassing and pathetic umpiring.
He may have. They keep criticism of umpires pretty under wraps.
Stupid umps making wrong calls to lengthen the game. Disrespecting Joe West AND the game.
Rangers up 1-o, not that I see them doing much against Alex Ove. but it’ll be good to make the playoffs.
embarrassing fact: i met paul o’neill at a bon jovi concert at the meadowlands
Michale Kay needs a muzzle.
…and a rabies shot
Javy for Pena?
Swish!
Nothing but net!
Nick Swisher is good at baseball.
Wow Swisher like… flicked at that.
Andy Sonnanstine ladies and gentlemen!
Swishie!!
SWISHERLICIOUS
Swisher BOMB !
BOMB
How as Sonnanstine had any success in the AL East?
Whenever he comes into a Yankee/Rays game, I get all excited
Fergielicious!
Wait…..what???
SWISHA!!!
Swisher looks so much better this year. And I’m not just talking about the weight loss…
wait…
its the sideburns
6 ER against the bullpen lol
5, I think. One was inherited
Swish!!!
So are we no longer doing multiple game threads? 631 comments is a ton!
I haven’t had any problems with the loading.
that had to be the most dispassionate home run call I have ever heard. Was he actually yawning while swisher’s ball was leaving the park?
talking about paul o’neill’s wife leaving him for Jon Bon Jovi.
If these idiots weren’t talking about Jon Bon Jovi I might have been able to look away for a minute. But with these idiots calling the game, you can’t.
Jesus, 2 line drives to end the inning. Sonnestine is lucky he didn’t get hit around more.
Can’t believe they were able to tear themselves away from the conversations of O’Neill’s wife leaving him for Bon Jovi to realize that happened.
It’s driving me nuts. Three people in the booth and they say nothing about the game on the field.
damn sonnanstine was lucky some more of those hit balls werent able to find gaps
Can people just fill out their Census form so we can stop seeing these goddamn commercials?
It’s amazing/sad how much money the government wastes at every opportunity.
This game is a f*&king joke. If anyone was reading the comments here on RAB and didn’t know the score, they would think the Yankees were losing 5-4.
The Tropicana Dome is a total joke. MLB should make the Rays tear of the roof or build a real ballpark. If they don’t, then move the team, or make them play all their games on the road.
And . . . now for the unmping. It’s ridiculous. I have never been more upset in a game the Yanks are leading, and will probably win, than this one.
We got lucky. This is just too ridiculous to watch. If I wasn’t such a die hard Yankee fan, I’d be watching the Masters.
But golf is lame…
Medication wearing off there Bob?
ietcvm
Take that back!
I don’t think the comments here are overly negative, or maybe I’ve just read NYYFans too much. The umpiring is extremely annoying, though.
U see what happened to Mickleson?
Crazy shit.
http://deadspin.com/5514606/un.....sters-lead
No sympathy. It was Phil’s job to inspect the path of the ball to the cup and to remove any obstructions. That’s just part of the game.
Heh , but if flew into the path while he was in his backstroke!
That’s nuts.
Rays are locked into that lease until 2027! TWENTY TWENTY-SEVEN!!!!!
17 more years of paltry payroll. awesome
No wonder they gave up the plans for that waterfront stadium with the huge sail out in right field. Those drawings looked amazing. Too bad for the team and their fans.
(waiting for it…)
Beautiful place. I would have loved to have seen that.
Ridiculous. The place is an abortion. No wonder the Rays get no fan support with a great team. Average 16,000+ fans for a winning team is absurd.
JOBA woot
“Who cares if the ball is put in play?”
WHAT?!
Heh, Sterling just called Burnett our 2nd Ace.
Yay Joba.
but, what about the grunts an farts?
While I am complaining, I hate these Rays uniforms. I keep thinking the Yanks are playing the Blue Jays.
Joba needs to stop shaking off Jorge and just pitch.
+62
But the media told me bullpen Joba would never give up a hit. (I know, I’ll shut up)
The reports of Joba’s resurgence were…a bit premature.
this is not what I expected to see from Joba today
This is why you don’t sit your relievers for 5 days
But he’s a starter in the bullpen.
Maybe they’re just going to have him go 1 inning every five days just to stay in a routine. HE NEEDS ROUTINE, YOU KNOW!
On the subject of the Trop, wasn’t this stadium originally built because the White Sox were going to move there in the early ’90′s? Goes to show how pathetic the original Rays ownership was to agree to a stadium just because it was already there.
the White Sox were going to move to Tampa? I thought the Mariners were going to move to Tampa but the 1995 season really saved them.
True. But they have a radically imporved new ownership now and a significantly better front office.
no kidding
Best move ever: getting rid of the fugly original uniforms
I know. That’s why I have some hope for them. The story about the White Sox I got from a 1988 Sporting News Year in Reivew guide that I still have that mentioned they were on the verge of moving to St. Petersburg until the city of Chicago finally agreed to build a new stadium. It mentioned that workers were “rushing to complete” a domed stadium in St. Pete, so I assume they mean that Top.
Nice pitch on the K, keep mixing everything in Joba. Especially with a decent lead.
I thought the Yanks were mad at Joba for using too many pitches and he should throw only FB and slider from now on?
the “Kay ‘em” franks or whatever in the background are amusing me because… Michael Kay.
That sounded scary off the bat.
It looks like it says “Kayem” franks.
come on Joba
Can someone remind Kay that only Mitre and Robertson HAVE pitched out of the bullpen in this series?
Jubeezus
Joba throwing 93 mph fastballs to Pena. So much for that velocity uptick.
Ooops. Throwing 95 to Upton.
Aaaaand it’s the 2nd week of the season.
Was getting a bit worried there with Joba
wasn’t pretty, but i guess the job was done
Nice. Let’s wrap this up.
JMK, javy for Pena is tempting but it’s a bit pricey. Pena is good for 40+, 100, 100. That’s 2 homers 5 runs 5 rbi per fantasy week.
Ok, well I’m up for other ideas, as well. You need SP and could use a MI, too. I’m deep in MI, SP.
Toss me an idea if you have anything you think may be worthwhile. It may just be easier to e-mail me.
jameskleimann@yahoo.com
I think Joba will have a good season in the pen. It would have been nice to see him in the rotation, but I guess we have to wait until next year.
damon with a game-tying bases loaded walk in the 9th
/granderson still had the better day’d
didn’t they win on a walk-off wild pitch?
and Phil Coke got the win haha
Astros 0-6. Roy Halladay pitched a complete game with 0 ER against them. I know it’s Halladay, but they bad.
Hey Andy. *_*
Roy Halladay in the NL is unfair
al >>>>> nl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aaa >>> astros
pretty much
I have never seen a pitcher live up in the zone like sonanstine
time for the stat-pad homer. C”mon Arod. You’re due.
Also known as a Don Baylor home run.
A-Rod destroys that pitch 9 times out of 10.
As much as I’d gladly give a kidney to any of the guys in question, I find the nickname “Core Four” very irritating.
They should just start acting like The Four Hoursemen complete with the hand signal.
/Ric Flair’d
tex = brett hart
swisher = jim “the anvil” niedhart
girardi = mouth of the south
Wrong stable.
Wait, sorry, re-read the names. That could work.
Perfectly stated.
Andy can have more than my kidney.girardi into the bullpen phone:
release the kraken!!!
Haha.
haha! ietc.
if i was a manager with a closer like MO, I would always call for him that way haha
Haha, Epic.
EXIT LIGHT. ENTER NIGHT. ENTER SANDMAN.
Why didn’t Mo bean him??
Burrell just apologized to Teix.
I’d have slugged him.
You’d get a 10-game suspension, too! VACATION TIME!
I went to MLB.com to check out some stuff, and one of the headlines was “Montero to DL; surgery needed” and I started FREAKING out! Turns out thats its Miguel Montero, catcher for the DBacks. I hope MLB plans to pay for my open heart surgery.
Wow Navarro makes Posada look like Gardner
wow Navarro might compete with Jorge as slowest baseball player
it was just robbies lightning quick arm
You have already forgotten Molina? And also, his brother Bengie?
What about Granderson? Oops! I forgot he can run!
- Paul O’Neil
Chase Utley says Hello to Paulie
He’s in the NL…weren’t they talking about AL?
I thought he said “best second baseman in baseball” but I could be mistaken
I thought he said “the league”
Cano deserves a gold glove more than any player in baseball
I wouldn’t go that far.
That’s absurd.
that is so far from being true, considering the fact that neither Franklin Gutierez nor Chase Utley has one, and cano is an average defensive 2B
He’d be to lazy to pick it up so they would just give it to the next guy.
MARIANO WALKED SOMEONE PANIC PANIC PANIC ALERT PANIC!!!
and he made Bartlett look stupid. Mariano <333
….only to make quota for the first half.
ZOMG Mo walked somebody!!!11
Did Cano ever play shortstop in the minors? Wondering if he could be a replacement for Jeter in a few years. I’m guessing they put him at shortstop because of Jeter. It might be easier to find a replacement at second for Cano than at shortstop.
Meant to say, put him at second because of Jeter.
i dunno. he’s got a good arm but his range is pretty iffy going to his left. He’d go pasta diving a LOT, minus the whole diving part, since he’s too lazy to actually dive.
Yes, he played SS in the minors but switched to 2nd full-time in 2003, between Hi-A and Double A.
yankees win!
solid road trip
yanks look GOOD
Agreed, although I’d say it’s more than solid. Starting on the road and playing your two main rivals in the east and going 4-2 is a great road trip.
Yankees go 4-2 on a ridiculous road trip to begin the season.
bexarama: very aroused.
every male must reply to this.
I’ll be right over with my Andy mask.
Great series. wow its 10pm (Irish time) time for the pub!
On a Sunday?!?
Oh, right, Ireland.
Does it matter what day it is?
I suppose not. I’m just not a drinker, so I don’t get it at all.
In some states, we have “blue laws”, which is what happens when your country is founded by Puritans.
empty roads on Sundays are awesome
-former resident of Bergen County
Sounds like a good day to me.
Slainte.
Do the pubs close early in Ireland as they do in England, at 11? I’ll be visiting Ireland in the June/July time frame so need to plan my pub visits accordingly!
Sunday and weekdays we close at 11.30. Friday/Saturday 12.30. England has 24 hour drinking in places. Something to do with the queen
Im trying to explain baseball to my uneducated countrymen.
Not easy.
Excellent start to the season. 6 games on the road against the two best teams you have to play all year, 4-2 is great.
They play the Phillies in the regular season. They don’t look like they’re going away.
I know what you mean but it’s just 3 games, not 18 like Sox/Rays.
ELLSBURY JUST GOT HURT!!!!! O HAPPY DAY
That’s not the Yankee way, compadre.
Yea, and if you’re going to root for a Sox to get hurt, he’s about 7th or 8th most important guy on the roster.
Though I will say I’d like to see Pedroia get maimed by a live animal, just like that scoreboard scene in The Naked Gun.
If we beat the Red Sox, I don’t want them to have any excuses a la injuries. I want to beat them straight up. Like we did at Fenway.
They don’t play the Sox again till mid May, so he’s got time to heal.
Rooting or cheering for injuries is bad form. Every single time.
It is, and normally I wouldn’t wish injury on anybody. But I just hate the Red Sox so much. It’s the only franchise in sports (with the exception of the Eagles) that I would do that for.
…Nah, I just want to win. I don’t care how.
Eh. Agree to disagree.
X-rays negative, only a day or 2 off at most.
Now who’s pounding who? 30-11 baby…