Game 45: No More Dome
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Photo Credit: Craig Lassig, AP
At long last, the eyesore known as the Metrodome is long gone (for baseball purposes, anyway), replaced with brand spankin’ new Target Field. It’s still extremely early, but so far the park is playing almost exactly neutral with regards to total offense (1.011 park factor), but it’s greatly suppressed homers so far (0.623 HR factor). Of course, there have only been 21 games played there, so who knows.
On the mound for the Yanks will be acupuncture aficionado A.J. Burnett, who’s put 37 men on base and allowed 18 runs in his last three starts (17.2 IP) after being so strong in his first half-dozen outings. He’ll be opposed by Scott Baker, who the Yanks smacked around pretty good eleven days ago. The last time the Bombers won back-to-back games was against these same Twins a little more than a week ago. They’ve got to win one before they can worry about winning two, so let’s start that streak tonight.
Here’s the lineup…
Derek Jeter, SS
Brett Gardner, CF – sigh
Mark Teixeira, DH
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robbie Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Juan Miranda, 1B
Frankie Cervelli, C
Kevin Russo, LF
And on the mound, Allen Burnett.
Because of those silly Midwestern states, first pitch tonight is scheduled for 8:10pm ET. It’s a My9 broadcast tonight, not YES. Enjoy.
Update: And we’re in a rain delay. No word when, or if they’re going to resume.
Update II: Game’s been suspended. They’re going to resume this sucker tomorrow at 5:05pm ET, then play the regularly scheduled game at 8:05pm ET.
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There were two guys named Mariano in all of Baseball, and we had both of them.
Why the sigh next to Gardner?
Could be the major hitting slump he seems to be in, magnified by the multiple double plays in the last two weeks – I believe he only had like 6 in his career before a bad stretch.
Because he’s currently regressing to the mean. And not to sound creepish but do you happen by any chance to go to RDHS? Since I have a friend that uses that handle a lot who is a Yankees fan who I’ve heard venture son this site now.
/KindaCreepyEventhoughISaidItWasnt’d
But the good thing is he’s hitting .294 with his BABIP being significantly reduced to .336 which is only 15 points above career norms.
Hello, all.
Over the past week or so, Rebecca (of This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes) and I have been working on our own blog – You Can’t Predict Baseball. We figured now’s a good time to launch it that we’ve got some articles written and such.
I guess the idea started on that day when a bunch of weird things happened, like Halladay getting beaten by the Pirates. We’ve got some longer articles and daily roundups of weird things that happened around the league.
Anyway. Visit and bookmark us, leave comments, and all that jazz. Enjoy.
http://youcantpredictbaseball.wordpress.com/
IETC =)
COOL! I’m so proud of you guys, great to get a different take than the ones all us guys blab about all day long. Consider yourselves bookmarked, and I’m looking forward to reading.
We thought it was about time =)
http://yankeehottie.blogspot.com/
Have you approached her to round out the roster? That would make you the female RAB. Becca does recaps and commentary (the Joe P. role) Bexy does stats and mocking (Mike A) and YH just beats the shit out of everyone (Ben).
(BTW-Just kidding Ben)
BTW-You will be henceforth referred to by me on this blog as “YCPB”. I hope it catches on, people love the acronyms for some reason.
ha i like this blog. i will add it to my nightly blog reading
Congrats and good luck girls, Im sure it will be great stuff to read!!
The Rebecca’s are taking over the blogospere.
Also, for the record, before you read the excellent “We’re Not John Sterling” section: we’re not a Yankee blog, though we’ll talk about the Yankees.
we’re not a Yankee blog,
So, ya’ll are shooting for mediocrity right off the bat then….
Consider yourselves added to my list
(why does “bookmarked” or permutations thereof keep getting eaten by the spam filter?)
excellent
lemme get this straight – two smart, funny, dws (down with stats) girls who share a passionate enthusiasm for the yankees are starting a blog with a focus on baseball and the yankees in particular? This is going to be better than porn!
/admittedly not a big fan of porn’d
Great blog, great info and not all Yankees
)
I find it very curious that after a team off-day yesterday Tex is the DH tonight.
wait i just learned that bexy is a woman
:mind. blown:
I don’t know how to respond to this
lol i totally thought that bexy was a guy the whole time, and after reading that comment about rebeccas takin over the internets, i was like, “wait, there are 2 of them round these parts?” and lo and behold, there are!
pretty cool to know!
Dela, Im disappointed in you. lol
my bad, dad
I would figure that being madly in love with Andy Pettitte would hint that she was not a guy…
You’re not alone!
The constant and irritating drooling over Pettitte didn’t make it obvious? (Heteronormativity disclaimer.)
ha i just chalked it up to “some guy who sarcastically lusts for andy pettitte,” never really bothered to put 2 and 2 together
I am laughing so hard over this for some reason.
She said out loud numerous times about her love for Pettitte and you thought she was a guy? Lol.
Said numerous times she’s a woman.
This has already become the best thread of the season!!
ha looks like i need to read between the lines better
so the women of the board that i know of:
kiersten
Bexy
Rebecca
got em
Riddering too.
interesting
UWS, even.
/Snaggle’d
Rek4gehrig
Are you trying to tell us something?
It’s OK, we accept you and your alternative lifestyle.
I took a bunch of sociology classes. Can’t help it.
No, I was replying to Dela G, who thought it was perfectly normal that a man would be drooling over Andy Pettitte.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.
lol no news on the Dela G front, i’m your typical brotha living in houston tx
Did you ever see Andy Pettitte? Andy Pettitte’s really hot.
/I’m a girl’d
/rubbing it in’d
ha you are very funny!
lovin it
gardner says EFF YO SHIFT!
reply fail
Pettitte? I always thought you meant Andy….as in me…..or at least Drew.
Weird.
how u guys feelin about this series (btw i’ve occasionally posted here under just matt but now ill use this name, but i always read RAB at least once a day)
Its the Twins so pretty good.
Ballsy name change. You should have just went by “Matt Christ”.
hahahahahaha
Also…
No more dome
Heh heh heh. /immature’d
I had a similar reaction
Oh is there any truth to these rumors that Mark Newman is visiting DePaula and Maya?
Never mind. It’s true.
http://www.rotoworld.com/conte.....;sport=MLB
did ortiz get new eyedrops? he’s been on fire as of the past 2.5 weeks
His dealer thought the baseball season began in May. That’s why he’s on fire now.
(Completely unrelated: My friend who lives in Tampa called me and told me his car was turned over this morning. He said he found a splintered bat that had the bottom marked with a 34. He also found a note that read: “I never found the real killers.”)
haha hilarious. Who knew Oj was orchestrating hits from prison!
My9 is awesome
Joke, right?
No, but only because I don’t get YES. My9 games are the only ones I can watch
Ah. That explains it.
The Twins have Ron Coomer up as a mural. Ron Coomer. Ron Coomer. Honored. By the Twins. Ron Coomer.
I love being a Yankee fan.
I think I’m going to name my first born “Gookie”
D’brickashaw
I’d name mine Manny.
I would like for the Yankees to not suck tonight. That’s all I got.
Seriously…
(psssst, Dela, Look up, she’s a woman too.)
lol i’m learning something new every minute it seems
The Yankees should have had Thames at DH, and sat Tex, Thames has great numbers against Baker
The Yankees should have Tex at 1B and not DH.
Weak hack by Derek.
Jeterian groundout!
Wait what?
Seems like the ball rolls fast. That turf or grass?
Any chance we get Swish in the 2 hole and put Gardy back at 9 where he’ll get some pitches and be able to run more?
probably not until CG is back in the lineup
Yay Gardner broke his slump…for now.
May Tex, please stop sucking as much as April Tex!
awesome
TEEEEXXXXX (shakes fist)
oh tex
That actually might have been the easiest DP I’ve ever seen.
Damn, Tex is doing SO bad. This is getting worrisome.
How can that be? He is leading the ASG vote!
And that’s the reason Gardner should be stealing as soon as he gets on base.
Good ole Tex, He is nothing but consistent.
Maybe he needs to send a text to his wife like Evan Longoria.
I have a feeling Tex will breakout of his May slump before Memorial Day.
Nah, his career is over at age 30. He’s our Barry Zito.
So this means he’s going to reinvent his approach at the plate at age 32?
That, or just take April off from now on.
PLEASE DON’T EVEN TRY TO STEAL, Brett. AAARRRRGGGGHHHH! I feel like quoting Charlie Brown.
Now Tex gets to sit in the dugout thinking about another bad at-bat til the next time he is up.
Hey Brendog… Still think I’m crazy and irrational to wonder when Tex is going to stop hovering around his .200 BA?
Still want to cite the burrito-in-the-microwave when I claim that Tex is frustrating to watch?
This guy is absolutely killing the Yankees O right now. I would love for him to figure his problems out in the 8 hole. And he’s one of my favorite players.
If you go by that logic of having struggling players hit lower in the lineup we might not have enough bats to put in the top of the lineup.
this.
Name ONE good reason to worry about Teix.
My statement about moving him to the 8 hole is irrational. My statement about being frustrated with his performance and waiting for him to stop hitting like a AAA player is not irrational.
It’s the same feeling that we all share.
I’m not worried that he will once again be Teixeira. I’m worried about how long we’re going to wait for him.
Oh ok, got you. But Teix will be Teix soon enough. I don’t expect a big wait.
Tex makes that play.
man i never get why AJ never checks runners
The Twins broadcast just said Cisco has thrown out 13 of 21 base stealers this season, what the hell stats are they using???? lol
Hey, Yankees.
I love you guys. A lot. All of you. Yes, even you, Boone Logan. Well, not really, but you know what I mean.
Get your shit together. *Seriously*
Love,
bexy
8 pitch inning for baker…wow so non-yankee like
Kay-”What happens on the bases, stays in Vegas”
With the bug crawling on AJ I had bad flashbacks.
That cost us that LDS against Cleveland. I seriously wonder why the umps could not have let the bugs leave and then resume play.
I was talking about this with Richard Iurilli last night. That might have been the most frustrating game ever. I was in Spain, watching it on someone’s MLB.tv in our school, and I was like, cursing my head off. Ugh.
That said, Wang being *awful* in that series cost us more than the bugs. The bugs are just the lasting memory of that.
I seriously wonder why
the umps could not have let the bugs leaveTorre didn’t pull the team off the field until the bugs left and then resume play.This.
That is 100% the manager’s job. Players play and aren’t supposed to make excuses. You could read Joba’s lips, Joba said to Joe on the mound “I can’t see” and Torre thought there was nothing unusual going on.
Not just the LDS, it probably cost Torre his job.
Rightfully so. I’d like to rehire him just to fire him again after that doozy.
Come on. That one mistake should not overshadow all the good Torre did since 1996.
I agree it was the right move to fire Torre, a change was necessary in that case. However, I don’t hold any hard feelings against him (although the midge game was a doozy). I guess what I’m saying is how can hate Torre after all the good he’s done for the organization?
Torre wasn’t fired. He was offered more money than any other manager in baseball would have made. I think he did a lot of good early on, but it was honestly his time to go and possibly had been for quite a few years.
I had nothing against him til The Yankee Years. That was a terrible idea, especially while still actively managing. I know most of the clubhouse “revelations” were really obvious, but that was still baaaad.
Get. .. out. . .of . . . my . . .HEAD!!!
Howard/Rollins for the trivia question
Reply fail, times ten to the third degree
Everyone rips on the umps and Torre for not stopping the game, but honestly, at the time, I didn’t even think about stopping the game. In hindsight, definitely. It was ridiculous. But in the moment, it seemed like something you just had to pitch through.
And there was also a whole thing about the bugs being attracted to bug spray, so Joba was surrounded while their pitcher, sans spray, was pretty clear. So tactical error in that way. No bug specialist on staff?!!?!?!?!
Joba-”I…can’t…see”
Nothing further to discuss.
You obviously feel very strongly about this, and I assume you were yelling at the TV at the time to stop the game.
I’m just saying that it might not have been as obvious in the moment. Easier decision in hindsight. How long were they going to wait? What if the bugs came back?
win or lose, sure is a nice ball park
“very shiny with bright colors” -Michael Kay’s criteria for a good ballpark, ha.
Gotta love a good AJ vs Mauer matchup. Baseball at its best.
aight, now let’s get the hottest hitter in the planet out
baker: 8 pitches=1 inning
burnett: 9 pitches=1 out
frustrating as hell
So does Joel Sherman or Buster Olney count that play as “Jeter going to his left” or was it not hit hard enough…. douche bags.
Ok Kay disagree with the pitcher who was good in his career.
hmm AJ has yet to hit 96 today, i guess he’ll start doing that as the months go along
Last year, he seemed to be 92-94 on a regular basis. 95-96 much less often.
anyone watch Miranda play first – how does he rate in your opinion?
Haven’t really seen yet. The one play that went to him was hit pretty hard and he was playing up to guard against the bunt. I’m not sure if Tex gets to it or not
If he’s playing in the same spot as Miranda, I doubt it. I’m not sure if anyone would get to that.
He’s definitely not the butcher he was reported to be over there.
thank you kindly. Don’t get to see much of AAA players before they come up.
Did Leiter just say “Andy’s hot?”
What, is he related to Dela G or something?
I thought I heard that too…
hahahahaha
attaboy AJ
A lot of pitches but at least it’s a scoreless inning.
22 pitches…I really don’t care. We’re not losing yet! YAY!
I love your confident outlook.
Haha I haven’t been able to watch recently and every time I’ve looked at the score we’ve been down. I like the change.
We’re gonna be fine, slumps just suck.
Red Cox winning 2-0, Good or Bad
Good. They’re not in front of the Yankees.
As long as the Rays win tomorrow then it’s good. Sox are 2 games behind the Yanks but worse they’ve played an unbelievably hard schedule in May. I imagine it’ll get much easier while they are heating up which isn’t good.
good job alex
A-Rod is like one of the 3 or 4 hitters actually hitting lately.
ha wait til the next go around
Blech.
He’s actually out for the year.
http://www.funnyforumpics.com/....._there.jpg (safe)
Have the Yanks drafted a pitcher highly in the past 4 years who HASN’T had Tommy John/elbow surgery?
Brackman-Check
Bleich-Check
Betances-Check
Marshall-Check
Did I miss anyone?
Does Adam Warren count?
Sure, 4th rounder.
Nothing like killing yourself with the DP
Yankees why must you mess with my heart like this. I don’t get it.
6 pitches this inning so far.
Goddamn double plays.
Damnit
Remember when we were one of those teams that, you know, scored runs? Good times.
Leaders in RS
1)Blue Jays – 247
2)Yankees – 246
I don’t see your point.
And the BJs have hit a ton of HRs with a lineup that doesn’t appear to be all that loaded. In other words, it’s probably one of those early in the year flukey things, and look for them to find their level and fall back to the pack.
I was exaggerating to express my disappointment in our offense’s recent struggles.
Great job O. That day off seems to have done Teix good.
So in the top of the first, Al busted out my favorite line about the Twins. They have guys who “play the game the right way.” What does that even mean? It’s such a stupid, stupid cliche.
No one on the Twins has a basketball in their hands, so Leiter has a point.
Haha, touche.
IETC
Are we leading the league in GIDP? Feels like it.
Nope. Only Tampa and Toronto have grounded into fewer DPs than the Yankees.
League leader? Minnesota
At least give me a SSS I can grasp at, as if they were straws.
/Badfigureofspeech’d
Fact:
Joe Mauer has more GIDPs than anyone on the Yankees
Ridiculous AB by Cano. It would be nice if our offense wouldn’t wait until the last inning to score some runs.
FUCKING AMEN TO THAT!
Grr, bad pitch selection, Swish. You just took that pitch for a ball!
This park is beautiful. That inning wasn’t..
The Yankees should think about bringing Sanchez back to the majors and send Logan down, what do you think
Anything that sends Logan down.
Nah, Logan could still be useful. DFA Park, then bring back Sanchez.
I’d bet on Park’s usefulness well before betting on Logan’s.
We’ll have to agree to disagree. I think it’s more likely that Logan turns into Billy Wagner than Park stops sucking.
(Not that I think it’s particularly likely that Logan becomes Wagner.)
Bye bye, Jason.
He gone
Pretty curve AJ.
Bad pitch, right down the middle.
There have been so many gaffes from Kay in only the first half hour of the game. Brendan Hardy? Really?
That was frustrating.
inexcusable. 1-2 on Brendan Harris, and you WALK him?
This could be one of them long nights.
Wow, what the fuck is wrong with this place tonight…0-0 game and all this bitching, the majority of you sound like spoiled 3rd graders…..to lohud with you…
I hate walks. This is all.
I see your walks and raise you first pitch outs. Beyond frustrating.
Fold. You win. LOL
Good pitch
It’s hasn’t been pretty, but it’s another scoreless inning.
/silver lining’d
dammit burnett get your head out of your ass and THROW STRIKES!
Fucking rain.
mitre better get ready to come in soon
Baker’s likely going to end the inning with fewer than 30 pitches. This I do not like. Damn you, double plays!
24 pitches. In the third. With 2 outs.
less than 10 pitch innings on average
here is a thought, plate discipline
man the phillies have had to face knuckleballers the past 2 days. it must really suck to he held scoreless by R.A. Dickey
We really need Granderson back.
Do the Yankees play tonight?
They are playing
the joke
_________
your head
Avoided the double play…
9 pitches per inning for Baker.
27 pitches. He should be out of the game by the 12th inning.
What the hell is going on? 3 innings, 26 pitches!?
*27
Is it wrong that I miss Nick Johnson?
Baker has thrown 27 pitches in three innings.
no. it is not wrong
No. NJ would have seen 26 pitches in an AB!
Dude! You sound so gay when you say things like that! Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
/Dela G’d
/Seinfeld’d
lol
I keed. It’s what I do.
26 pitches in 3 innings what a disgrace this is happening way too much wtf
this is fucking ridiculous
thankfully im not the manager i would be yelling at all of them
Well iff Girardi is mad, then why doesnt he tell the lineup to be patient
Are you seriously asking this question?
hmm rain coming? this isnt good
oops Jeter to his left, again.
Joe Mauer is from St. Paul, not Minneapolis
good job Kay
mourneau’s hit looked like a space shuttle blast
That would have been long gone at YSIII.
I thought that was gone.
And WTF does LeBron have to do with this Kay?
girardi needs to light a fire under these guy’s asses
watching these guys bat is about as annoying as somebody scratching a chalkboard
The Yanks somewhat turned it around when he got tossed in Atlanta last year. Perhaps he needs to be tossed sometime this series?
didn’t he get tossed like a week ago? It’s not that simple.
Holy crap I thought that was soooooo gone. Thanks, weather or Target Field or something.
You just can’t predict baseball, huh?
New York Yankees 2006 Draft Selections
Joba L Chamberlain R/R 6’2″ 230 09/23/1985 1 RHP 09/02/2006
Ian P Kennedy R/R 6’0″ 195 12/19/1984 1 RHP 08/17/2006
Zachary T McAllister R/R 6’5″ 230 12/08/1987 3 RHP 06/16/2006
Colin B Curtis L/L 6’1″ 200 02/01/1985 4 RF 07/13/2006
George N Kontos R/R 6’3″ 215 06/12/1985 5 RHP 06/16/2006
Mitchell M Hilligoss R/R 6’1″ 200 06/17/1985 6 SS 06/11/2006
Timothy Norton R/R 6’5″ 230 05/23/1983 7 RHP 06/08/2006
Dellin Betances R/R 6’8″ 215 03/23/1988 8 RHP 07/05/2006
Mark D Melancon R/R 6’2″ 215 03/28/1985 9 RHP 08/09/2006
Casey Erickson R/R 6’2″ 200 08/28/1985 10 RHP 06/13/2006
Jeffrey S Fortenberry L/L 6’2″ 175 09/01/1983 11 LF 06/11/2006
Nicholas S Peterson R/R 6’3″ 210 10/03/1984 12 RHP 06/08/2006
Daniel T McCutchen R/R 6’2″ 195 09/26/1982 13 RHP 06/16/2006
Donald Hollingsworth L/L 5’7″ 170 05/28/1985 14 LF 06/23/2006
Gabriel E Medina R/R 6’5″ 235 02/17/1984 15 RHP 06/11/2006
Paul D Patterson R/R 6’8″ 215 05/08/1984 16 RHP 06/11/2006
David A Robertson R/R 5’11″ 180 04/09/1985 17 RHP 08/21/2006
Paul W Howell L/L 6’3″ 185 09/06/1987 18 LHP -
Christopher M Kunda R/R 6’0″ 175 11/01/1984 19 2B 07/03/2006
Kevin A Russo R/R 5’11″ 190 07/08/1984 20 2B 06/13/2006
Not a bad haul.
Not what you would call a brilliant haul either. Thus far, no stars among that group.
If Joba doesn’t get hurt in 2008. . .
Stars are by definition the exception, and you’re very lucky to produce one a year. Having a draft where 1 out of every 3 players you for the first 20 rounds sees some major league action and/or is a top 50 prospect is terrific.
All right. I stand corrected.
That’s very impressive. Especially considering Colin Curtis would be on the Roster right now if he weren’t hurt.
And Curtis, Kontos, Norton, and Betances could still contribute!
Exactly, I was tempted to highlight them as well but didn’t want to go overboard. Stuck with guys who’ve been useful in some way, either in trades or on our roster.
I would say Joba alone makes it a haul. And it is still too early to really call the draft. These guys all have a chance of getting a lot better.
Nice quick inning by Burnett
Dear Yankees.
Please see at least 15 this inning.
please
I think they’ll get called off the field before that happens.
Leadoff single!! Who will ground into a DP this time?
trivia: Rollins and Howard, Griffey and Ichiro.
Wow, what the fuck is wrong with this place tonight…0-0 game and all this bitching, the majority of you sound like spoiled 3rd graders…..to lohud with you…
I love this comment but I think we’re all a touch cranky.
A PPD would not be the worst thing in the world.
Howard and Rollins are one pair.
Oh, so they’re dating each other? Sure, why not.
/Dela G’d
I don’t like this Gardner kid. He doesn’t swing enough!!!!!
/Joe West’d
bunt Tex bunt
just kidding
I think
Here comes the necessary GIDP.
man tex is dying out there
yet again
A four pitch walk and a general lack of taking pitches tonight, and Tex swings at the first pitch. Fantastic.
At least he didn’t ground into a DP.
Mark, time to find a new swing. You are killing us.
I think you need to sit Mark.
and he is leading in allstar votes at 1b thats why the fans are a joke
Come on Alex. Right down the freaking middle.
Yeah but it was at his eyes.
Really, A-Rod? Ugh.
man alex swung at that schlop?
ugh
Lol at the squirrel.
god this is getting ugly
Cano please? Please?
what the fuck was that this fucking lineup is on my very last nerve
We just watched a highlight to be replayed for years to come.
Which, Tex popping up on the 1st pitch, or A-Rod striking out?
the squirrel was great.
a squirrel running in the rain on the field in Minnesota?
It was that little leap by the 2b that made the whole thing classic.
I can’t wait til this team goes on a tear. It’s gonna be fun. Right now? Not really fun.
When Tex and A-Rod are mashing in the midsummer heat, everyone will forget this terrible May stretch.
Until the WS DVD when we’re all like “hey remember that awful slump we had before we went on a tear? And it was AWFUL?”
yay he’s up to a 10 pitch avg go gettem guys
:/
man that was pathetic
cmon guys….
pathetic!
Pathetic. Just pathetic
boo
looks like cashman needs to make a visit, and cervelli hit another home run
this team has no patience, id rather habe Tex bunt in that situation, makes me wish we still had Giambi
Im being sarcastic on the Giambi thing
The Tex AB, yes. guy throws 4 straight balls, you take one.
But, with the Twins’ near-pathological dedication to throwing strikes, there are excellent odds that taking pitches is just going to get you behind in the count. It’s not that simple.
this team has no patience, id rather habe Tex bunt in that situation, makes me wish we still had Giambi
Guess what, the Yankees are going to lose around another 40 games before the season ends. If you panic after every difficult streak of games, you probably will end up with a headache. Remember zen baseball.
Yeah, we really fucked up by signing Tex over Giambi for the past year and a half.
http://www.baseball-reference......ja01.shtml
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-897013
Under the 2 minute “I was typing while you posted that” rule. Pay attention, son.
Well shit dammit.
We play today… Das it
Hahahahah!
i wish we could just fast forward to the 9th inning bc 1-8 we are DEAD
IETC
time for a rainout. Yanks need another day off to collect their thoughts or skills
The fandum in here is pretty embarrassing right now….
Noting that the team is continuing the pattern of performance that has led them to a 5-10 slide is embarrassing?
Also, hey, welcome to our community…please insult us all and tell us how we should behave.
been in the community for around 2 years now….
IF people want to express an opinion that makes them look a fool, don’t take it personal when someone calls you on it….
Considering the pitching was really the main problem, this game is actually quite different. With AJ pitching like this, Joba and Mo available, I still like the Yanks in this game.
great job AJ
Everything started when this loser hit the HR against Mo
A question: Does anybody think A-Rod will have a shot at 40 HR this year?
i think he can do it
I think He will hit between 25 and 35 HR, but then again he can have a Pujols kind of half during the 2nd half
Down in these parts we call it an “A-Rod 07″ kind of half.
My bad
I’m guessing he has a monster second half but falls short. Something like 33-37.
But he certainly has a shot.
Minnesota’s outdoor stadium:
Where “playing through the rain” happens.
looks like AJ is dealin
Good inning, AJ. Much more efficient.
Delmon Young-”I can’t hit HRs here at Target Field for some reason. Maybe it’s because I suck balls. “
At least AJ is doing good.
On a Twins blog somewhere, fans are screaming how much their hitters suck.
Was thinking the same thing.
I think we’re sharing a brain tonight.
As long as you don’t ask me to kill you again because that was weird. (That was you, right?)
Darling, at the root of all comedy is some exaggeration, but sorry if that hit a nerve somewhere.
I figured. It was just very strange.
IETCVM
lol @ the idea of a twins blog
some of those swings miranda made were god awful
At least he saw more than 2 pitches.
Another quick inning for Baker, this is getting annoying
Hamilton, Guerrero, and Cruz have all gone deep on the road tonight
their home/road OPS splits coming into this game: 335 (!), 479 (!!!), 592 (!!!!!w!!!t!!!f!!)
What I concluded from this is that the Rangers Ballpark is a big mass of PEDs.
man this sucks so much at the moment
50 pitches in just five innings. WTF Yankees?
@ The Yankees:
…dude…
How the hell are they playing this game?
I feel a breakout inning coming up. I can feel it.
If its a Yankees breakout inning, I hope you’re right
damn burnett can’t even get a fucking drink of water and sit down before he has to come right back out
If you’re the Twins, do you start to build your team around “mudders,” aka, players that play well in the rain. Are there splits on that?
They prefer “gritty”
Not on b-ref.
Also, how much more likely is Minnesota than any other MLB city to get rain? I guess not much.
Fun Fact:
On average, New York, NY is wetter than Minneapolis, MN by 16.9in.
http://www.weather.com/weather.....2=USNY0996
June gives them a bad name.
I feel sorry for Burnett, THIS LINEUP NEEDS TO STEP IT UP
great pitch to harris
got em
There are two outs. Forget about Span
There are TWO OUTS. Just get o-dog!
that breaking ball is a killah tonight
and he got em
Ugh rain delay.
Good AJ!
finally!
big plus for Yankees… more time off.
no, it’s a big plus for the twins. we had good AJ, now all we have after the delay is probably a struggling bullpen
Hey, maybe it knocks Baker out of the game.
On the bright side Baker was at 50!! pitches. If this keeps up I doubt that they toss him back out there.
We’re witnessing history. First rain delay at Target Field EVER. I’m so proud.
A future trivia question has just been created.
Damn this rain delay, AJ was looking good.
Great name.
Good thing they don’t have a roof anymore. Always nice to have rain delays.
Wait till they play some October Baseball in Minnesota, then we’ll have a snow delay.
But rain delays, like bad umpiring, are what makes baseball such a fun sport. How will the manager react? Will he bring the starter out or go to the bullpen? How will the layoff effect the hitters? After six years on an island, will they all get to heaven? Who knows!
You can’t predict baseball!
/brand buildin’
We appreciate it.
Joe Mauer looks confused: “What are these things falling from the sky?!?!?!”
Am I the only one who thinks every stadium should have a retractable roof?
Not the only one, I agree. I also think all arms should have retractable claws.
How the hell are the Sox only 2 games behind?
They’ve stopped feeding Ortiz after games where he doesn’t get an RBI, that’s how…
Wouldn’t they give him more>/i> “supplements” when he fails?
speaking of fail…
…
Wouldn’t they give him more “supplements” when he fails?
Oh please the Tigers better than the Sox, Yanks or Rays whoever ends up in second? Come on Kay. Seriously?
If only the Yankees had the lead, if this game ends the Yankees would have won, a cheap win but a win is a win, how hard is it raining in Minnesota
“but a win is a win”
Unless it’s a Winn
Oh goodie. Russ Salzberg.
So is the good thing about this delay that if its long enough, Baker is out and the offense has a chance to feast on the bullpen.
Bad thing is that Burnett is out and the Twins offense has a chance to feast on the Yankees bullpen
Mike Stanton was on every steroid list that came out. Would you really want him teaching YOUR kid about ‘life’?
Further, would you send your kid to a College named after a delicious chocolate drink mix?
Not me, no siree.
Leave my alma mater out of this!
(B.A. from Ovaltine University)
could be worse
/BA from Bovine University’d
man i got M.S. from Hamburger University
But the diploma is round! Why don’t they call it: Roundtine University!
/that’s gold!’d
So I turn to TNT and I see the Lakers about to allow the Western Conference Finals to be tied. Funny stuff.
Rain delay fun times. Inspired by Willie Randolph, let’s think of funny things that have happened to the Mets recently.
- the Mets firing Willie Randolph at 3 AM.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=5026043
http://www.baseball-reference......2009.shtml
http://assets.sbnation.com/ass.....chart1.png
Hahahahah! That just never gets old.
Should I trade Adrian Gonzalez and Mauer for Pujols and McCann?
That’s a tough one. Adrian has a microscopic edge in power over Pujols but doesn’t hit as well for average. Buuuut McCann would probably give more power than Mauer with again not as much as an average. I’d do it.
Yeah, I’m hoping to “buy low” on Pujols without over-offering. A-Gonz doesn’t knock in enough runs either (for fantasy purposes)
Lol the Mets are just about to finish a shutout against the Phillies.
The Phillies have scored three runs in their past three games, all in the same inning
/cantpredictbaseball’d
//buildingthebrand’d
Longoria v. Papelbon – bet he flashes Papelbon.
I feel so conflicted, I want Papelbon to fail, but I don’t want the Rays to win….
The two are not mutually exclusive
I guess I’ll sleep easy knowing that Papelbon failed when he woke up today =)
Yanks can’t beat Tampa but the Sux can…
Ah, but the Yanks are 5-3 against the Sox so, by the transitive property of baseball…none of that has any predictive value at all.
We beat them two out of three in April
Tampa swept the Sox at home in a four-game series
This losing streak is frustrating but please don’t say things that are not true.
I’d love [hate] to see what you thought when the Yanks lost 8 in a row to the sox last year. Your head probably imploded.
Fact:
The Yankees have a better home record than the Rays and have beaten them twice already this year, one fewer time than the Rays have beaten the Yankees
Ya’ll need to lighten up… you can quote all the past stats possible, but the past is past… it is present time and right now Tampa is better than the Yanks in the W-L column and hold a 3-2 lead over the Yankees. That would make my statement correct… but like the twist Whozat put on it.
Hey, any word on when this game is going to pick up again?
Just as others like myself had feared, the Texas Rangers fiasco has turned into a very messy situation that may end up dragging the MLB through the muck–just what the worst PR managers in sport need right now. Here’s a summary of the latest developments, links included.
* Heading the creditors off at the pass, current owner Tom Hicks has filed Chapter 11 on behalf of the Texas Rangers organization as a means of completing the sale without lender approval.
* The filing accelerates the sale by separating the Texas Rangers from the Hicks-owned HSG Sports Group.
* Oddly enough, the list of unsecured creditors includes Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Millwood, Michael Young, Vincente Padilla, Mickey Tettleton and Mark McLemore who are owed deferred compensation from their days playing for the Rangers.
http://www.rationalpastime.com.....aster.html
Mickey Tettleton! Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.
If my brother is lurking, why don’t you tell everyone about your unhealthy obsession with Tettleton?
It’s A-rod’s fault the Rangers are bankrupt
It A-Rod’s fault this happened: http://www.baseball-reference......5090.shtml
anybody know of a time when the game is supposed to start back up?
I’m wondering if it is going to start back up. They umps waited until a full five innings had been played before calling for the tarp, which means they might have suspected the rains were going to continue for a long time. By getting in the full five, now they can continue the game tomorrow and don’t have to start from scratch.
anyone with an update
yeah, we all know but no one’s saying anything because no one’s asked.
Great, so now I feel stupid for asking 15 minutes ago.
no one knows right now
LoHud is on top of these things and there’s nothing so nope. No word.
Greg G. don’t feel stupid, that is why I am here. I take care of that every game – so easy.
Bored? You should read this. I’m pretty proud of it.
http://youcantpredictbaseball......-comeback/
The 1906 Cubs had a higher winning percentage than the 01 Mariners
/very minor nitpicking on an otherwise awesome article
I don’t know WHAT you’re talking about. (whistles innocently) (totally didn’t just edit that post)
Oh, man. Enduring a rain delay while the game is on My9 is much worse than when the Yanks are on YES. I just flipped back to channel 9 and some horrible boy band is on. And who is the bitch hosting this horrible show? Back to Baseball Tonight.
it’s official, game is suspended
will resume at 4pm (i am hoping its 3pm central)
Nope, 4 PM Central, 5 PM EST
well hmm, looks like i’ll have to find a way to watch the game at my doc’s office (i live in the central zone, so no biggie i guess
)
That’s what I thought would happen. That’s why they played five, even though the rain.
can tex playing any worse? is it possible?
I doubt it. his impatience at the plate is driving me crazy. he has absolutely no clue….
can tex playing any worse? is it possible?
Don’t tempt fate yo
The Experience starts at 5 tomorrow.
So who’s going to be pitching tomorrow? Mitre? I don’t think they’d want to burn the bullpen with the two games tomorrow, so…
This job is exactly what Mitre is for.
Indeed. Also why I’d like us to resign Chad Gaudin to league minimum salary. He can provide innings like mitre can, and he can also serve as a decent option from the pen.
gaudin sucked ass this season for the a’s
As a full time starer he did, but I think it’s worth DFAing Boone Logan to see if he can pitch like he did last season.
/Justsayin’d