Game 55: Hello, Toronto (and a Dave Eiland update)
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I'm so happy he's in the NL now. (Photo Credit: Tom Mihalek, AP)
Hard to believe the Yankees and Blue Jays have yet to meet this season, isn’t it? I guess that’s a good thing though, because the Yanks have won 19 of the last 32 games between the two clubs, and that was when the Jays had that guy you see above. Not to sound arrogant, but it’s nice to have some wins in the bank for the second half.
They don’t have Halladay any more, but the one thing the Jays do have is the ability to hit the snot out of the ball. They lead all of baseball with 91 homeruns, 17 more than any other team and 30 more than the Yankees. Jose Bautista (16), Vernon Wells (13), and Alex Gonzalez (11) (!!!) have all hit double digit homers, then you’ve got John Buck, Aaron Hill, and Adam Lind with at least eight each. Someone should check the water up there.
Here’s the lineup that will have to slap hit and small ball it’s way past those big bad Blue Jays and starter Brett Cecil…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, DH
Thames, LF – ahhhhhhhhhh!!!
Granderson, CF
Moeller, C
And on the mound, the former Jay, A.J. Burnett.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:07pm ET, and can be seen on YES. Enjoy the game.
Dave Eiland to take personal leave
Update by Ben (6:45 p.m.): Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland is taking an indefinite personal leave from the team. While neither Joe Girardi nor Brian Cashman said why Eiland needed the time off, the Yankee skipper said this was not indicative of a rift between the coaches. “Everything is great between Dave and I,” Girardi said.
During Eiland’s absence, current bullpen coach Mike Harkey will move to the dugout to serve as the temporary pitching coach. The Yankees will probably add a coach from the minors next week. “We’ll carry on as business as usual,” Girardi said. “Just as when you have a player go down, we’ll make it work.”
The Yankees do not know when Eiland will return, but the team is willing to give him time and space to straighten out whatever personal issues are taking him away from his professional duties. “He’s going to take the time he needs,” Cashman said. “That’s it. We’ll get him back as soon as practical.”
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Thames’ UZR is a negative OVER 9000
I hope all is okay with Dave Eiland. =/
The Blue Jays’ offensive explosion is just bizarre to me.
It’s too bad they couldn’t explode all over the Rays. Let’s just hope they don’t explode on Andrew Eugene tomorrow.
Let’s just hope they don’t explode on Andrew Eugene tomorrow.
Not quite sure where to go with this one…
Apparently it’s going everywhere Bexy. You can’t choose.
Does anybody else not give a shit about this boxing match at Yankee Stadium?
No interest. I’d rather see BumFights.
I should say though, I still think my idea of a Muhammed Ali bobblehead doll could really take off, so I’m a bit divided on boxing.
BumFights is the one of the greatest things ever.
“BlingBling keeps his crack pipe in his collar”
Tell that to the thousands of Puerto Rican people who have been dropping hundreds of dollars for a ticket. It is a very big deal to people.
I’m sure it is. But it’s not a big deal to me.
Exactly, boxing is so bush league. Not my cup of tea at all.
I’m actually pulling for the rabbi student.
/Anti-Ronan Tynan’d
Don’t mean nuthin ta me neither, but Foreman will probably win.
I don’t give a shit about boxing. How could I when MMA exists?
Hey, sure, I’m bored enough to reply that I am also not donating a single iota of fecal matter to this pugilistic display!
Granderson, please be fast today okay? Play as close to Thames as possible… y’know, just in case…
I would really like for the Yankees to reclaim that HR lead in the majors this season. Shit, half those guys half to stop hitting homeruns now to fall in line to their past seasons lol.
Why do we continue running Thames out there in the OF? I know we want his bat AND Posada’s, but seriously.
Grandy needs a day off and a LHP on the mound.
Gardy has hit lefties better than righties throughout his career. Of course, Joe G is oblivious to any facts other than “He’s left handed, he CANT POSSIBLY hit a lefty pitcher, simply impossible”.
Don’t get me wrong, I thing Joe is a very good manager, but he gets WAY too cute with match-ups.
As for the day off, that seems like a legit reason.
Just read on Espn that Eiland is taking indefinite leave of absence.
I guess the plan is to tell AJ to throw balls in locations that they can’t hit to LF?
Maybe MLB will grant us an exemption from the rule that states you need 9 guys on the field and will allow us to play a 10th man out there, softball-style.
Thames’s UZR is higher than Pi.
Oh man…
Isn’t Pi 3.14? I wish Thames’ UZR was that high.
I’m not so hot at math but my rudimentary understanding is that it’s a number without physical units. It can’t truly be quantified.
In other words, we know Thames is bad, but how bad he is may never be comprehended.
Heh, no it is most definitely quantifiable. It is approximately 3.141.
It is irrational, meaning it can’t be defined as a fraction of two integers. Its decimal representation never repeats, but neither does 1/3 or 2/3 etc, etc.
Ha, and if it is higher than pi, wouldn’t that be a good thing?
I’m not sure what you mean by his UZR being higher than Pi, but I CAN tell you that if we put a blueberry pie out there in LF instead of Thames, we’d have a better defensive team. Too bad blueberry pie can’t mash lefties…
Top four teams IN ALL OF BASEBALL in runs scored: Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays. JFC the AL East should be illegal.
Bob Lorenz & John Flaherty in the booth – this should be an interesting combination.
“Rice n’ beans??”
Lorenz and Flaherty? Is this Spring Training? o_O
Marcus Thames’ UZR is -2.8 this season in the OF. Just wanted to post that for reference.
Was there a fake James we weren’t aware of?
Isn’t your first name James? That must mean… oh my god.
YOU MUST NEVER REVEAL MY TRUE IDENTITY!
I thought I was going insane when I saw Bob Lorenz in the booth. What’s going on here?
I like Bob Lorenz in the studio, but it is nice having a weekend off from Kay. Good luck to you Bob.
Conspiracy theory time:
Bob Lorenz is in the booth because…
- Kay, Singleton or someone else was arrested at customs with drugs in their bum?
- Dave Eiland got in a fight with Al Leiter on the plane last night? (two-for-one)
- Michael Kay is banned from Canada b/c of prior sex crimes?
I don’t know but it has to do with Eiland and Cone for sure.
Haha.
Swisher’s teaching this kid a lesson. Bring that weak shit and I’ll stand here all damn day.
awesome AB to start the game off
Even though he made an out that was a ridiculous AB. Good job Swisher.
Agreed.
Is it just me or does Mike Harkey look fucking awesome in the dugout?
I have an irrational affinity for Harkey. probably because he is intimidating as hell, he kinda reminds me of an Easter island head.
Cecil B. Demented
Teixeira I love you but whenever any pitcher has a good changeup I tend to know how the at-bat is going to end ;_;
not sure many would have had a shot at the ball up the middle but Jeter looked like he was stumbeling after it
Curtis!
yay Curtis fuck you Lind
Take that Austin Jackson :p
Great catch!
Curtis! That was completely insane. Kay would have JIHP’d.
who the fuck is this guy doing the Yankees game?
It’s Michael Kay’s cousin Sammy and his friend Josie.
LOL!!!! Sammy and josie, now that is hilarious.
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT BOB LORENZ LIKE THAT!
Seriously, Lorenz is pretty awesome.
He just makes me feel like it’s a spring training game.
And on another note, the offense is looking like spring training form against that changeup early on.
Second inning, man.
Oh, i know, very long way to go. No biggie, just ugly the first time through the order.
Okay, as long as you’re not panicking.
And agreed, but it’s a good changeup.
Nope, not panicking. It is a good change, and we do this the first time through the order all the time.
who is he? Never heard him before, made me think I had the wrong game feed.
He normally anchors the pre-game and post-game studio stuff.
It’s Lorenz/Flaherty. Weird.
I wouldn’t mind Jack Curry getting a chance sometime. I don’t dislike him.
Love Curry.
Is this the official Spelling Bee thread? I don’t know how you guys can be talking baseball when that starts at 8pm. What word will win this year? Will it be schadenfreude? Or maybe pfeffernuss?
don’t love this matchup a good change up against this lineup could be trouble
A Yankees fan and from MD – I like this guy. Just lose tonight.
oops…
that ball was on a tee but wtf is going on with this guy I mean seriously something just not right here
Bautista’s ISO coming into this game was .337, ISO is .178 for his career. How is it still that high after 230 PA?
june 4th and he already has a career high in HR
very strange season extremly Brady Anderson like
Well that was ridonkulous.
Also it’s cute how all these young lefties look up to Pettitte. Mmm.
Can’t let that guy hurt you, AJ.
Thames should’ve caught that. Gardner would have…
I think this Dr. Galea investigation needs to look into the 2010 Jays
AJ, focus. Focus. Do not look at the blonde serving girl who keeps appearing in the front row.
ahh it is one run. BFD!
Geez, Thames tried to slide into an out there…
Does that count as a sacrifice?
Nope, just a groundout.
Ah ok, thanks.
is there like a farm or something in canada that just keeps pumping out these water/popcorn chicks for sky dome
I’d love to be that farm.
Just a base knock PLZ
Ugh.
Harkey looks a little confined in the dugout. I think he needs the larger expanse of the bullpen.
awful
Nice clean turn. Well done.
Wow Baltimore. Chris Tillman threw 57 pitches in 1.1 innings and is already out of the game.
I blame the manager.
Why? Blame Javy.
I’m confused and scared about how we can no longer blame A-Rod for everything.
It’s pretty cut and dry. A-Rod won a World Series, so he’s immune to criticism. We must find a new scapegoat, and I believe Javy is the guy.
why? he’s the man against -.500 teams
2004!!!!11!!!1!
it wasn’t his fault he blew it in 2004. he was the only decent pitching option they had that year. he’s a very good #4 starter. but with a 64-94 record against +.500 teams and a 9+ ERA in the playoffs he’s not much more than that. you gotta problem with AJ or something?
Dude, it was a joke.
wouldn’t most pitchers, especially pitchers that were on really bad teams like Javy’s Expos, have sub-.500 records against teams over .500? That’s why they’re over .500. Because they usually win.
CC’s ERA in the playoffs was terrible before last year too.
this.
I’m much more interested in knowing Javy’s ERA, FIP, K/BB, ERA+, and Avg. Against. Vs +.500 team.
It’s Baltimore.
Remember when the Orioles came back from down 10-1 to the Sox last year? Maybe that’ll happen again. That’d rule.
As long as the comeback is against their pen/Papelbum, then I’ve got no problem. I need a win (and no/few runs) from Buchholz today.
And I just realized that the O’s can’t comeback and have Buchholz win. I’d still take the few runs against as well as a couple of K’s and a ND.
basic baseball fail.
A-Rod goes deep this inning. Fact.*
*This may not be fact
I love field microphones.
Atta boy Swish. Two nice AB’s.
Hopefully now Tex will try to recognize the changeup better.
Much easier to do that when you don’t get a changeup.
Lol, Sterling couldnt remember the type of turf that Jays play on. Something turf, he says.
10 mins later Suzyn goes .. “The surface here is field turf”
John goes “Ohhhh ok field turf.” Like it’s some substance from Mars that’s new to humanity.
there you go hit it before he can throw you a changeup
well that sucked
the result of poor base running. not good.
Tie this Cano!
I hate scalded outs booooooo
Robbie can’t hit the change.
He’s above average on changeups this year.
Well, there goes that idea.
not after tonight
and that is assuming that people calling it a change up mean circle change or just even knowing it was a change up.
I would assume he is above average against every pitch this season.
Not cutters or knuckleballs. =P
If Im a pitcher facing the Yankees all I would throw is a high 80′s fastball and changeups on the floor. Nothing else. Would dominate them. lol
true!
Yep, there are at least 5 guys who will fish for those pitches.
Nice bunt by Wells.
AJ’s reactions have been kind of funny this game.
Make this man pee in a cup.
destroyed
Are you kidding me?
Well, that didn’t go well.
WTF? This is ridiculous. And AJ’s not even pitching anywhere close to badly.
well there goes the neighborhood
Again?
.255 hitter – twice.
Hardly the only person who’s given up a HR to Bautista this season.
He did come in leading the majors in homers.
.255 hitter, that is all I am saying.
.239 career and has never hit more than 16 HR’s prior to this season = juice
There’s testing. I mean, I know, it’s weird, and it’s not like the testing is perfect or anything, but I get so uncomfortable tossing around steroid accusations.
I don’t, especially when I’m pissed because journey-man players start going all Brady Anderson on the Yankees.
Seriously, though, players can mask steroid use pretty easily, especially when they’re not doing blood tests, just urine tests. Manny got caught last year because he was stupid. (Hey, Manny being Manny.) I do think PED use is down quite a bit form a few years ago, but there’s always going to be group of players who will take the risk. I think it’s especially more likely to come from players on the cusp of having a starting job, or sent to the bench, or sent to the minors. Bautista is in that category.
I’m not saying he is, espeically since there does seem to be something else going on in Toronto with the long-ball this year, but…
Reggie Jackson was a life-time .266 hitter. For some reason Bautista has decided he’s a major power hitter and is on pace to hit 54 HRs. I don’t get it. He sucks.
Harmon Killebrew was a CAREER .256 hitter.
um, that is not a fair comparison. Killebrew consistently hit 25+ HR’s
Bautista hit 23 hr in one of his two full seasons in the minors. He’s always been a good fastball hitter with surprising power. Take that and add the blue jays new hitting philosophy of “smash the baseball” leads to a good amount of hr.
He’s hot right now and there is noway he is going to hit 50-60hr but he has 25- 30 hr ability.
from Twitter: BloggingBombers
Fun fact: Jose Bautista’s wikipedia page is titled “Jose Bautista (utility player)”
glad that toronto went with molina instead of keeping barajas. his production so far on top of what they have already done so far would just be absurd
John Buck is their main catcher. He has 9 HRs, including three in one game. He also sucks. Yet sucky hitters seem to be hitting a lot of HRs this year in Toronto.
Just turned on the game, I guess Bautista’s legit huh? That’s ok, because it’s a beautiful day WITH NO MICHAEL KAY! I don’t have anything against the guy, he just gets on my nerves sometimes.
Jays fans really getting on Burnett
also if it was 2002, i would have no doubt that Bautista was on roids
They were worse last year. Annoying.
Players are still on PEDs, probably just less of them. Who knows if Bautista is one of them, but I’m not assuming he’s not! Maybe he found some left over syringes in Clemens’ old Blue Jay locker.
well now he’s lost the plate
So is Mo the official bullpen coach while Eiland is gone?
Bullpen coach is Mike Harkey.
Harkey is the pitching coach while Eiland is gone…
Harkey’s the pitching coach while Eiland is gone. They said who the bullpen coach would be while Harkey’s pitching coach, but I forget who.
Charlie Wonsowicz (spelling?). He’s usually the video coordinator but has scouted too.
Why thank you
They should hire Mike Mussina to do it.
Is there room for him in the dugout?
I don’t know why, but I find it funny that the pitching coach is now bigger than the pitchers.
come on can an ump call a guy out on a check once this year
There’s a boxing match at Yankee Stadium??? I had no idea…
Yeah, usually about one every other game, depending on what section you’re in.
time for the boys from the bronx to start doing something ..
or not.
arg this game has Dallas Braden frustration written all over it
Guys, not an ideal inning.
this game blows
Mike Axisa – can we get poll questions during the game like you do with the chats?
You mean the Toyota Text Poll isn’t enough for you?
those are lame. I like the one’s Mike does.
Hahaha what the fuck is going on here?
There’s some pretty potent Gatorade in Canada?
that just might do it.
Dont lose hope
haven’t but Yanks are tied up right now by Cecil. Maybe the 3rd time through they will get something going.
It’s 4 runs.
you are correct. they are certainly capable of coming back, but Cecil is keeping them off balance and they only have 2 singles.
come on AJ WTF enough throw strikes early
isn’t HGH legal in canada?
Yeah, which is why it was a bit weird that the US Government was after that Canadian Doctor that Reyes, Alex and Beltran went to. They traveled to Canada to see him, not sure what the problem was.
3 hr’s….damn!
btw gardner would have caught that last homer
Hah, I hope that’s a joke.
Pretty sure it is. It was funny if it was.
Ok good, now that I’ve been drankin for a bit my humometer is malfunctioning.
Aaaah this inning is making me O_O
So that managerial change in Baltimore is paying of.
The manager is not the problem.
i know, was sarcasm.
c’mon AJ hold them here
I’m having such a horrible night at work right now I think I’d rather be watching AJ make the Jays look like the ’61 Yankees.
Ok, this is getting absurd now.
Javy better figure something better out or he’s going to get demolished with all these homers on Sunday.
he’s making an appointment with dr. galea as we speak
Damn bandbox.
Pretty easy .. just pitch Bautista away. Demolishes stuff in.
Yeah, it’s sooo easy. Why aren’t you pitching in the Majors again? You would be Cy Young!
In theory..
Moeller, so dirty. He could be a closer in the NL.
I generally don’t mind solo shots, but 3 HRs in one game (one a 2-run HR) is a bit much.
On the plus side, my Japanese Lillies are going to bloom any day now. Dahlias are still about a week away.
This has to be one of the more random comments I’ve ever read on RAB. I laughed pretty hard. Thank you sir, in reference to your Japanese Lillies.
Who the **** is Jose Bautista and why is he smacking balls all over the place?
A loser who should get a drug test
Some guy that used to play for the Pirates. Apparently he forgot who the real all-stars were.
Moeller with the nice piece of hitting. Perfect storm…
Aaaagh at least we scored?
But how is this run important, we need 3 more to tie, 4 to take a lead, and Burnett is giving home runs up to guys who are killing the ball
Every little bit helps. Being down by three > being down by four.
I blame Pettitte for teaching all these damn whippersnappers how to get double plays.
BABIP hates Teixeira this year
Few…Bautista had a 2-0 count. I got scared. Damn it, now it’s 3-1
fucking double plays = 1 run. damn.
Dear football mentality baseball fans. Stop living and dying on every pitch. That run doesn’t matter? I guess we will take it off the board and play for the grand slam then….
Funny thing is that when I have to travel and go to bed early and get up at like 3 am I leave the RAB game thread up on the computer and then when I wake up I hit refresh and read it all the way through before I check the scores. Most nights I think we’re losing when we wind up winning the game. I’ve come to find it amusing.
At least they learned that Bautista is killing fastballs and not to put one anywhere near the zone.
Hopefully the Blue Jays bullpen sucks like it did against the Rays
have to get Cecil out of the game first
76 pitches through 6, don’t know if they’ll get to see that bullpen
I hate you bad Burnett >:(
damn it moeller
Oof, I feel like AJ’s pitched way better than 6 runs in less than 6 innings. I mean, not great. But not as bad as his line. Does that make sense?
Yeah, I feel that way too. It’s just those homeruns.
Though as @leokitty just said on Twitter all the fastballs to fastball hitters… eh.
Well, most, if not all Major Leaguers hit the fastball.
He only throws 3 pitches and 2 of them are fastballs. What is he supposed to throw?
Although that he still refuses to add the changeup to his arsenal even tho it is a good pitch for him is very frustrating.
I’m really banking on the Twins helping us out.
Any day now
trash me all you want but I’m calling it Cecil looks great AJ was total garbage cant play Baltimore everyday time to go out
get em tomorrow boys
I dislike fans like you.
Well, that escalated fast.
These Jays announcers JITP every time one of them hits a fly ball. Settle down, dudes.
man cecil is good, but not this good
Game set done. Red Sox leading 8-0, Rays leading 4-2, they are in danger of going a GB of these three loser teams
Game set done.
You need to stop saying stuff like this. Not saying it looks great, but remember when you said the Yankees lost in that game against the Twins WHEN THE GAME WAS TIED???
He also said this in a game that the Yankees were losing by 1 or 2. Just a pessimistic fan.
This is baseball. Anything can happen.
Well hopefully the offense can respond sooner than later, and the pitching needs to hold up
Well, almost anything. If you’re pitching a perfect game, have a blown call at 1B and want it reversed . . . well, that shit aint happening.
But pretty much anything else can.
Kenyans aren’t good sprinters, my man.
don’t count out Texas… hamilton just wen deep
If they’re three loser teams, then why are you worried? It’s one loss in June, take a chill pill.
Bad AJ making an appearance tonight
good thing about doubles, harder to GIDP
the jays’ bullpen are going to get killed
who is the guy filling in for kay?? i like this guy
oh its bob lorentz
man he sounds much different than the game updates
It’s Bob Lorenz, who usually does the in-game updates on other games and sometimes the pre- and post-game stuff too. I like him.
There’s no real ace in this staff, though Morrow does have great great stuff. I havent watched the game till now, but Cecil’s pitching some game.
His name is Ricky Romero, and tell me this in a few years
Romero has probably been their ace. But I understand what you mean by no real ace. Morrow has great stuff, but I wonder if he’ll ever put it together. He’s still pitched badly this season.
man this sucks ass
Waaaaah. Just one of those games I guess? (And no, it’s not over yet.)
good AJ gets the fruit platter, bad AJ gets the meat tray
which one gets the whipped cream pie?
marcus thames
Between this and the “Gardner would have caught the homers” comment, you win my Poster of the Thread Award right now. Though this may be a bit premature if someone else comes up with something funny.
this fully makes up for the andres galarraragagaga perfect game
boy lewis swings at everything
cmon meat tray
Jim Callis released an updated mock draft today. he’s pegged RYAN LAMARRE (OF – U. of michigan) as the yankees’s selection.
What is with all these draftniks prognosticating a low-upside, boring, slot-friendly college pick as our next Yankee first-rounder??? I hate to say it , but i’m actually getting worried that this might be Opp’s direction.
Isn’t Ryan Lamarre a very toolsy player with a lot of upside?
Axisa said he’s more fit as a second round pick though.
LaMarre can run and covers lots of ground. He’s a slap hitter. 1st round bats should never be slap hitters. Its a poor selection for a team like the Yanks that should ALWAYS be willing to pick the best talent on the board.
Hopefully the Yankees don’t take him then. And Oppenheimer usually goes for the high ceiling guys anyway. Relax.
Just check the track record.
Hughes, Joba, Brackman, Heathcott. He will go for the high upside pick.
can’t remember who made the comment… Texas just tied the rays bottom of the 4th with bases loaded and 1 out
scratch that… base hit just scored 2 runs and an ugly throw by upton… 6-4 Texas
well at least it’s not all bad. Thanks for the update.
um 9-4 still bottom of 4th…
Josh hamilton has 3 extra base hits in 4 innings. good for him
It’s almost as if the game isn’t over until … it’s over.
Lets score some runs
Have we ever one a game where Thames started in LF?
won* I feel like an idiot.
a. ahahahaha
b. I think there were a few games where the pitchers were dealin’ so Thames never had to deal with balls going out there. I think Hughes’ start in Detroit?
man i can’t believe i forgot to start cecil on my fantasy team
i’m a moron
I’m happy I didn’t have to watch this game.
Did Moeller get a ring with the Diamondbacks in ’01
He probably would’ve.
how dumb is this game plan against bautista??
stop feeding him fastballs
jesus
Thames with the throw!!
thames flashing the leather
Thames will get a web gem on the throw!
You come to the ballpark and see something new every time
You can’t predict baseball.
/building the brand’d
I linked to you today.
Roidtista going for Barroid’s record?
wait so that is strike three, but the 0-2 pitch was a ball??
oh wells
But teh game is perfect teh way it is!
/Selg’d
fail.
/Selig’d*
Yankees are not working the pitchers like in past years. This was a perfect game for it considering how poorly Tor’s pen has been lately.
I love how some people make baseball sound so simple. Yeah, you’re right Cecil can’t throw strikes. In fact, he is an awful pitcher. One of the worst in the league.
Not just this game. They are swinging much more freely this year.
The Yankees have the best wOBA in the league! And you’re complaining? Seriously?
/Spoiled
Looks like I missed a not great game. Were the Yankees just out of this from the start?
From the NerdScore, it looks like they never had a shot.
How has Lorenz been? I liked when he called ST games.
Pretty much
Can we trade Firtoman to Lohud for a Betsy to be named later?
Oh hell no.
I think you are awesome with that response….
Sorry, I haven’t been to LoHud in a while but that person drives me insane.
That person is the exact reason why I havent been there…
She must be a tough gal to scare you off a message board so easy.
She is the most negative person on the face of the planet. When she posts, plants die.
I don’t see 5 runs happening right here, but I’ll be perfectly happy if they put couple up.
/O’Neill theory’d
Damn right.
That game stunk. You move on.
Bad pitching, bad hitting, bad commentators. Tomorrow is another day
Eh, I didn’t mind the commentators. A little more boring than what I’m used to though.
Perhaps that’s what it was for me…I cant believe I actually missed Kay’s nagging voice. On reflection Lorenz and Fl are not bad. They talk mainly baseball (unlike Kay) who talks about everything else.
I hope Javy can keep the ball in the park.
get em tomorrow
Didn’t get to watch the game tonight, just got home. So, what happened? Did Cecil pitch great or the offense sucked? How bad was AJ?
Cecil was very good, AJ wasn’t particularly great but he was better than his line, IMO
I’d have to disagree, I thought A.J. was pretty sucky all game. Lots of hard hit balls.
That being said, I thought it was more bad luck/Cecil being great than the offense sucking.
Yankees mailed it in. I believe that Cecil had 20 pitches through the 1st inning. Then he needed just 80 pitches to get through another 7. That my friends is mailing it in. Teix is terrible right now, I want him out of the lineup. Give him 2 days off. The guy needs a wakeup call because he is killing this lineup right now. If you don’t want to bench him then you need to move him down in the order to 6th.
And you post this at the same time I wrote, “That being said, I thought it was more bad luck/Cecil being great than the offense sucking.”
I don’t believe teams EVER “mail it in”.
Cecil is not a guy who should go 8 inning and only 1 run against an O like the Yankees have.
Before this game, Cecil had a 3.81 ERA and a 3.26 FIP. He’s good.
His ERA was like 1.25 in his last five starts, I saw on Twitter. Teams don’t “mail it in.”
Pfft. Tell that to everyone in Baltimore.
I think Cano should bat 3rd and Tex 5th until he breaks out of his extended slump
Tex needs to be on the bench until he breaks out of his slump.
I THINK I see what you did there and if it’s right IETC.
I was at the gym all night and (thankfully) missed the game, can I get a quick recap please?
Homeruns.
Burnett was pretty sucky, he gave up I think 6 runs in 6 innings?
Cecil was pretty good, though he did get lucky a couple of times. Yanks had chances but a combo of bad luck and good pitching kind of killed them.
thanks man
No problem.
posted “thanks” twice, not showing up tho
I was offered manny for lance berkman. I’m sooo confused!! I asked both the rotographs and RAB chats what they thought and was blown off.
I’d take Manny. Better lineup around him, more RBI opps.
cool, didnt think of that. thanks a lot
Coaching legend John Wooden dies at the age of 99. Sad.
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