Game 60: Look Out!
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With an otherwise uninteresting early-June game against the Orioles on tap for tonight, let’s focus on something else for a chance: It’s Ken Singleton’s 63rd birthday!
A career .282-.388-.436 hitter, the switch-hittin’ Singleton hit .297-.406-.464 with 163 homers and more walks (819) than strikeouts (740) during his peak from 1973-1980. He actually started his playing career with the Mets in 1970 before being traded to the Expos with two others for Rusty Staub in 1972. Montreal then shipped him and Mike Torrez to Baltimore after the 1974 season, where he stayed for the rest of his 15-year career.
A three time All Star with four top ten finishes in the MVP voting, Singy’s 40.6 career WAR is more than Don Mattingly (39.8) and at least 16 Hall of Famers, and less than a full win shy of Jim Rice. So happy birthday to my favorite YES commentator and one helluva ball player.
Meanwhile, here’s the Yankee lineup that’s face Jake Arrieta this evening, who’s making his big league debut…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, DH
Granderson, CF
Thames, LF
Moeller, C
And on the mound, A.J. Burnett.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm ET, and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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That is some line-up to make your Major League debut against. Strasburg gets to against the AAAA Pirates while this guy gets a team full of All-Stars.
And Poor Arrieta somehow doesn’t even get the eight hours of hype and his debut on MLB Network.
I was at the Strasburg game. He is legit. He may not repeat that performance for a while, but he he is legit. I think Fangraphs said he would make the Yankee offense look like the Astros offense in that game. No small feat.
Just wait until Casey Kelly arrives. 81-pitch, 27-K perfect game. Every time.
81-pitch,27-pitch, 27-K perfect game.Casey Kelly will invent the one pitch strikeout.
I’ve heard this from Mr. Gammons himself!
Gammons mentioned Buchholz and Kelly 10000000 times during the draft special OMGGGGG couldn’t take it.
I know, I saw that. He also mention Youkilis when talking about firstbasemen who aren’t power hitters. (He was comparing a firstbasemen prospect to him in the draft special)
Stands to reason. He’s already invented cost-effective cold fusion; the Group of 20 won’t let him release it because it’ll bankrupt all the world’s oil and gas companies.
Didn’t Melvin stop him pretty much singlehandedly?
Oh, decidedly agreed. Anyone who’s like “whatevs it was the Pirates lols!” wasn’t watching. He was filthy.
Another Reason why Jim Rice is not a HOF.
Intentional walks, career:
Jim Rice: 77
Ken Singleton: 125
Teh Fear does not need numbers or facts.
Feared Williams: 97
Fun Fact of the Night #1:
Hank Aaron is #2 on the career IBB list with 293 free passes. Willie McCovey is #3 with 260.
Barry Bonds has more intentional walks than BOTH OF THEM COMBINED. 688 intentional walks in his lifetime.
When you’re getting IBBed with the bases loaded you’re pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_05qJTeNNI (safe)
At the game tonight so any of my comments should be taken with extra importance.
I love Singy. I don’t think he’s a HOFer but he was a very, very good baseball player and he’s a good commentary guy. Happy birthday to him
That picture on the left looks eerily similar to Bob Abreu.
In the one on the right he kinda looks like a dark skinned Joe Girardi.
I can see that.
As someone who is old enough to actually remember Kenny playing, happy b-day, dude!
Ditto on both accounts.
Singleton has to be one of the best YES commentators, and he was a damn good ballplayer too. I hope he has a happy birthday.
His offensive production equaled that of Jim Rice. Too bad for Kenny, Rice was backed up by the Red Sox media.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-818784
Repost from the off-topic thread:
Fantasy question (non-RAB league):
10 team NL-only league; Carlos Lee and Ike Davis for Wainwright or Johan
Thoughts? I would be giving up Lee and Ike and acquiring the ace.
For Wainwright?!? Why would you even need to ask?
If you have enough fire power, I say do it. Who are you replacing Lee and Davis with though?
Davis is a bench guy for me right now (Prince is my 1b). My OFers are J-Hey, Carlos Gonzales, McCutchen, Stanton and Cory Hart (with Beltran on the DL). Clearly I can move an OFer or two.
Do it. Do it. Do it.
Do it.
Do it.
/Stiller’d
Oh my god, yes do it. Do it before the guy realizes he’s an idiot!
Definitely. In a ten team league like that, you can find a replacement level bat on waivers to fill the spots you open up by dealing Lee and Davis—you may already have a bat on the bench that’s serviceable. I’d say try for Wainwright first, Johan second.
Man, seeing guys like Jake Arrieta and AJax popping up makes me realize how tough my HS district was.
Players like K-Sing would have gotten way more respect in the Moneyball era.
Oooh the lame boos for Teixeira are back, I guess Baltimore fans are actually at the game today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g07i7rtXemg (not safe for life)
Some of the links on the side are pretty priceless…
ingy’s 40.6 career WAR is more than Don Mattingly (39.8) and at least 16 Hall of Famers
Nitpick–Huggins and Wright were not elected as players, and even of the rest of them only Brock, Campanella (extenuating circumstances), Maranville, and Traynor were elected by the writers
So, AJ . . . yikes.
Well, this isn’t a very encouraging start…
Bad AJ?
Bad AJ.
I missed this inning, WTF happened?
Hit, hit batter, wild pitch. And a K!!!
Jeez nice control so far.
Gameday says PB
Wigginton sac fly. 1-0 Orioles.
How can this be? Posada isn’t catching
People on Twitter ALREADY saying “AJ can’t pitch to Moeller!!!!”
{facepalm}
Ironically, via LoHud
This will be Chad Moeller’s third straight start with A.J. Burnett on the mound. “It seemed to click right off the bat as far as our first game, he went eight and struck out eight,” Moeller said.
Personally I’d like to know what he says as far as their second game…
God, I hate when Thames is in the field.
That throw was down right Damonian.
*downright?
At least he caught the ball…
When that ball was hit, I was actually wincing in expectation he’d find a way to mis-play it into 2 runs.
This start by A.J. is totally unacceptable.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!
Ugh. Let’s don’t start that again.
Please?
Okay, okay. I’m just goofing.
Me, too.
DOESN’T HE KNOW IT’S THE ORIOLES AND THEY HAVE LITERALLY NOT WON A GAME ALL SEASON?!?!?!?
Who was it in the postgame last night that asked Girardi a question beginning with “The law of averages states that you can’t win 10 games in a row” as if that was an absolute rule of physics that CANNOT be broken?
Duh.
Hahaha baaaaaad AJ.
I see Jorge is calling the game from the bench again.
wow hit TWO people in one inning
get your head out of your ass Aj !!!!!!!!!!
He’s just thinking about boats and hoes.
PRESTIGE… WORLDWIDE!!!!
He was getting vengeance for Guthrie hitting all those Yankees, no big deal man.
well don’t see this everyday
http://youcantpredictbaseball.wordpress.com
/buildingthebrand’d
Did anybody else see how Moeller said today that he doesn’t specify 2 seam or 4 seam when calling for a fastball from AJ? Seems like something a catcher would want to know, especially with AJ’s stuff. I guess it doesn’t really matter though when AJ has no idea where the ball is going.
Nor does Chad, apparently.
He hasn’t had to catch many yet tonight, so it’s not a big deal yet.
I honestly don’t think A.J. even knows that two different kinds of fastball exist.
alex….ya gotta make that play
With his go-go gadget arm?
There is no way the Yankees can win this game with the AJ-Moeller combination! Game over! We need Cervelli out there. He’s Posada’s future replacement! C’mon!
/Irrational’d
This is my first Game Thread in awhile. The Yankees are losing. Hence, I have cursed the Yankees.
Teh Montero Watch!!!
This is my first Yankee game in awhile clearly I cursed them too.
I think there’s three of us.
This is AJ spotting the rookie a couple runs in his debut.
Now it’s clobberin’ time.
Looks like another bad A.J. night.
Ken Singleton is black?
And A-Rod is latino too…
Ugh,A-Rod’s out.
Oh good, like the start of this game could get any worse, here comes Pena…
Oh good, like the start of this game could get any worse,
Not sure if serious…
I think it is.
Let me rephrase since I don’t even know if I put it correctly:
The start of this game sucks. And now it’s even worse as here comes Pena.
That might be better now.
A-Rod out of the lineup… not a very good start at all.
Be OK Al.
If not, who will pad the stats?
My prediction: he’s out for the Astros series.
And nothing more, haha whoops meant to clarify.
I hope so, they’ll need him against the Phils. Plus, I’m going on Tuesday and I don’t want to see Ramiro.
Oh. Oh, God. Be okay, A-Rod.
I’m watching a broadcast online without any sound, please tell me A-Rod’s out because he didn’t try for that ball and not anything serious
Yup, Peña batting cleanup’s gonna kill any rallies.
Please just be a precaution, please just be a precaution…
MVP.
Robbie is not impressed.
They don’t have hitters like Robbie in AAA.
They barely have hitters like Robbie in MLB.
Update us, please: Why did Alex get lifted?
Unknown at this particular time.
If it’s his groin (speaking from experience, unfortunately) and he felt good enough to play, I’d expect to hear words like “twinge,” “tweak,” “didn’t feel right,” and “day to day.” He wouldn’t have stayed out there for a minute longer if he tore it.
We don’t know. ;_;
unreal
Which team is Betances pitching for this evening?
anyone think A-Rod might have been benched for not going after that ball?
Unlikely.
No.
Arod might be a narcissistic, purple lipped, ex-roider, but he has never ever been accused of dogging it or being lazy. I doubt that was the case.
He may be a self-centered, thin-skinned, touchy, fake, phony egomaniac, but he’s not a tax cheat.
So we have a “Pete” and a “pete” now?
This is gonna get confusing!
I think i might be the “pete”.
“pete” posts long but very readable comments and has been here a long time.
You ‘dat “pete”? If so, your “voice” has changed a little.
It just seems like that play ought to have been made, so Alex not making an attempt on it means either he just spaced out (not that likely), and has been benched as something of an example, or because something is wrong with his legs, which would also explain the removal from the game
Is Cody Ransom available??
GRANDY!
Good thing they ‘hurried’ Posada back to have hit bat in the lineup…
Nice Grandy!!! Getting us on the board.
My prediction: Ramiro Peña’s mighty bat serving as protection tonight kickstarts Mark Teixeira’s renaissance.
He’s going to go 5-for-4 with 6 homers.
don’t forget the 25 RBIs
Yup.
scoring runs = winning games
Sincerely,
That one guy
yea, and he will score 7 runs by himself. That means he created 32 runs by himself.
/bad math’d
Too many nerdgeek stats and numbers for me. All I need to know is wins.
/thatsameguy’d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGXzlRoNtHU (safe)
It’s not what is likely to happen, it’s what already did happen! And thatoneguy knows his shit when it comes to what has already happened.
That was bizarre.
You know, everyone focuses on Granderson’s weakness against lefties, but against righties, he is an absolute beast.
GRAN-deh!
Why not put Russo in for A-Rod instead of Pena? He’s got a better shot (though still not great) at actually getting a hit or two, plus you can still move Russo to LF later on and put Pena in then for him.
Good question. I got nothing.
Maybe because it’s the O’s, Joe’s in a “I don’t give a f#$%, we’re gonna win this game regardless” mode.
Maybe Pena can bat LH? I’d still take Russo as a RHB over Pena as a LHB but teh book might say differently.
Apparently Russo can not play shortstop adequetely. And if the Yankees believed he could, I doubt Pena would be on the roster.
ARod plays 3B, though.
Eh, I fail. For some reason I was thinking of Pena as the shortstop right now, haha.
Weird, why isn’t Russo in.
Maybe it’s just ’cause Peña’s JoeG’s boy?
He seems to take precedence somewhat seriously.
Also sadly I bet it has to do something with the fact that Pena is a switch hitter.
Mmm hmm.
Spectacular throw by Cano. Did you see that gun!
I’m not in love with Cano or anything, just saying.
I’m not in love with Cano or anything, just saying.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I am definitely in love with Cano, and proud of it.
I’ve loved Cano since 2005!
He should’ve won rookie of the year over Huston Street that year. Those bastards!
Solid everyday secondbasemen > Closer
Holy crap, I looked up Arod’s stats for June since I know he has struggled this month and wanted to write a stupid comment saying that Pena at 3B wont be that much different offensively than Arod recently and I saw that in June Arod has a .270 OBP with 0 walks. .270 AVG and a .270 OBP. I knew his power was nothing this month (1 HR only but not a horrible .432 SLG) but the OBP and lack of walks so far this month surprised me (again granted only 38 at-bats this month so far).
granted only 38 at-bats this month so far.
That’s all that matters.
Bad AJ is gone, Good AJ is showing up right now… I’m calling it right now with absolutely 0 accountability and if I’m right I’m gonna brag so damn much. Thank you intertubes! http://xkcd.com/181/ (safe)
AJ’s so bad zomg.
The slaughter starts now.
You can’t spell slaughter without laughter.
Or without “gualrhtes”.
Just sayin’.
Why is gardner out of the lineup? Did I miss something?
Thumb
DTD w/a thumb injury.
Sore thumb.
Walking Chad Moeller = bad newz.
Here’s the inning we get the lead back for good, capped off by RBI hits from Tex and Pena.
WINDMILL
Maybe it was the angle but I thought they may’ve gotten Moeller…
Yep, definitely the angle. Way to be, Chad.
And Jeter roped that. I love when he pulls it every once in a while.
Jeetah.
Oh Cap’n my Cap’n
Moeller with the hustle.
The Moellinator scores!
ZOMG not getting shut down by a rookie again!!!
Wow, that was a little too close with 0 outs, though I’d be one of the first to bitch if he did and then they failed to get the runs home at that point.
Guess I’ll take it.
Michael Kay: still awful at reading fly balls. How can someone who watches so much baseball be so bad at reading FBs?
The O’s radio broadcaster was fooled too. His voice got really quite and somber. “Uh, fly ball deep to right…”
(completely surprised/relieved) “But Markakis has room.”
Tex might getter better pitches to hit this game now that Pena is his protection in the lineup.
Hahaha, Sterling just flipped his shit.
That really looked fair.
Replay dammit!
You could see chalk!!!!!!
Thats a makeup call for Mauer’s ball last year in the ALCS. lol
Damn. Beat me to it.
Except it was the ALDS.
Dude no. It was totally a makeup call for Jeffrey Maier. Get with it. =P
What the fuck was he watching? I love that he was essentially walking to the goddamn spot instead of running to get a better look.
he’s miguel fucking tejada, he do what he want
No, I mean the umpire.
…he do what he want
Like steroids?
http://www.instantrimshot.com
I think that actually was his ‘running’.
Maybe some day we’ll get umps that are in good enough physical shape that they can run and/or bend to get into position to make the calls.
Grrr.
I’m still P.O.’ed they didn’t call for a Replay.
You know, there’s this thing called instant replay that is capable of reversing bad calls. Not sure if baseball knows about it yet.
HumanElement’d
It’s a good thing our commissioner is doing something about this in the future…oh wai
Umpires suck v2147981275081708561275012
No, that was v2147981275081708561275012.5.
bad call by the 3rd base ump, fair ball…. and is there a reason y pena is still here and not in triple-a ? i know hes got a good glove and all but c’mon he jsut can’t hit
No great alternatives…
Who else is going to take his place, though? I’m sure Russo could at least pretend to play SS if they send Pena down and call up Huffman or Golson to be on the bench, but neither option is great.
I know it’s more complicated than this but, if Russo has the minimum arm to play 3B and the minimum range to play 2B, why can’t he play SS since it’s kind of a combo of the two. Kind of bugs me…
SS need more range than a 2b.
And secondbasemen’s are failed shortstops.
And more arm than a 3B.
How much range do you need for the announcer to say ‘Just past a diving Russo’ a couple times a game. We already hear it now with a different name.
SS is a much more complicated position.
You know, you’re, like, the “Captain of the infield”, and stuff. Gotta tell dudes where to play ‘n stuff.
How has Pena seen more pitches/pa than Cano this year (coming into today)? Seems like he’s always hacking first pitch.
Most pitches/pa in MLB?
Brett Gardner – 4.52.
Just thought I’d share that with everybody.
Cano can hit anything > Pena can see pitches
Pena is such a bad hitter that many times you’d rather he just stand there watching pitches until he has 2 strikes, that way he at least uses 3+ pitches each plate appearance.
No offense to Jeter and Kobe but there are a shitload of NBA players who want the ball at the end of games and are actually pretty good at delivering in the clutch as well.
Big Shot Bob!
Nick Van Exel, Derek Fisher, Steve Kerr, John Paxson etc.
John Starks!
As a Knick fan, When I see John Starks, I think of (starting to feel ill) of game 7. Heck even game 6 make my stomach turn…
Starks actually had a great Game 6 and if Olajuwon doesnt get a piece of his final shot that game I think the Knicks are champions in 6 games that year.
Game 6 was just brutal because the Knicks were leading that series and if it wasn’t for those bone headed plays, Knicks win the finals and avoid game 7…
They actually made a big run at the end of that game to almost steal it, the game they really blew was Game 3 at home when Cassell hit the go-ahead 3pter with under a minute to play.
Knicks shouldve won that series in 5 games.
That series til this day kinda bother me. 99 Not so much for the simple fact that the Spurs were better and Duncan was unstoppable. A healthy Ewing would of help but still of been a tall order…
I’m still pissed that Reggie friggin’ Miller got away with shoving Starks to the floor so he could steal that inbound pass.
Grrrrrrrr. Frickin’ Refs.
Reggie got away wit that move a TON of times…I use to go crazy when he did that. For crying out loud, he did that against Jordan and got away wit it in Game 6 of East Con finals in 98…
I think “Starks, for three” was the original “Pasta diving Jeter”.
Usually followed by “missed”.
To be fair…those guys were benefitionary of guys like Shaq, Kobe, Jordan or Pippen. Sure they may want the ball but that doesn’t mean they were gonna create something for themselves…
Even in today’s game there are stats about player’s pts and FG% in the final 2 minutes of close games and Im pretty sure Carmelo Anthony has been the best/most efficient player at end of game situations in the past few years.
You are correct actually. Him and also Dirk too…
However, I go Kobe in that situation. Mainly cuz imma huge Kobe fan…
Is that a shot at Jeter?
LOL only at Jeter’s NBA knowledge.
You know what else Jeter, A-Rod, and Kobe all have in common? They’re really fucking good at what they do.
A.J’s shit is moving like mad this inning.
Must have had a big cup of coffee between innings.
Damn you, Pat.
Ex-lax?
I love how Bad AJ can now disappear. It’s awesome.
AJ: really good at throwing curveballs sometimes
The trivia answer has to be Kenny, no?
The trivia is Ken Singleton >_>
Nice play by the O’s 2B to get Robbie.
Sterling just said Singy turned 39.
“You can’t predict Sterling’s mis-calls”.
What, you expected accuracy from Sterling?
Another quick inning, wooo.
Thames is getting closer and closer to Randy Winn every day.
.310/.408/.452 vs LHP, not to mention he was robbed of a hit earlier in the game.
11-56 overall since April.
That’s .196 for those of your scoring at home.
He was brought in to hit lefties, a task he has done with aplomb
Thanks to a .400 BABIP. As you can see, the regression has already started.
I’m not saying there are necessarily better options right now, but it hasn’t been pretty lately.
Only 30th round pick in the ’96 draft to make it to the big leagues? Marcus Thames.
did they say y alex came out of the game?
Nope.
Alright AJ. Shake it off.
Damn … that was a pretty sweet swing.
Grr.
Oh A.J.
Fucking piece of shit Sterling goes apeshit when Swish hits it to the warning track, and doesn’t raise his voice one decibel when this assclown hits a homerun. I hate this douche.
Sterling or the assclown who hit the HR?
Sterling. He is so freaking bad.
If my memory serves me correctly, Swisher didn’t even reach the track.
I didn’t think that ball had a chance off the bat.
1 more inning against Arietta then we get the pen. It’s almost feeding time.
Why throw Tex anything but a changeup at this point?
he just got a hit, SSS ALERT
I gave him the good jinx.
keep it up or it’s your fault now!
Is it just me or does Kay ALWAYS seem surprised at the results of the text poll? Unless he’s previously gotten on his soapbox one way or the other when he’ll say, “like I thought..”
Does Pena bunt here??
Best bunting clean-up hitter in MLB history!!!
Feared.
Whoa. No respect for Posada.
At this point, who would you rather face? It’s a no-brainer.
Cano is really starting to get some respect.
when you devour baseballs whole for breakfast lunch and dinner, you might get it now and then
About time.
Feared!
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-917721
/awaits Mike’s mod powers that will delete previous post
Come on Posada, need a hit here!!!
Or not.
Risky play by Cano.
WHat the fuck? Robbie you ballsy motherfucker.
Great, now they will walk Granderson and pitch to Thames.
Cano if you hurt yourself.
Heads up baserunning by Cano.
We need a nickname for this lazy Dominican asswipe with no baseball smarts.
Ribbie.
Meh, a bit boring.
can go
He’s not very fast.
if posada is catching is thames the only DH available?
Overall that baserunning really hurts by bringing up the inferior hitter.
Crap.
some A swings from Thames
Not surprising at all.
Bah, that was the same pitch that he just took!
And their young catcher just fistpumped!
This is why Thames starts against lefties and not righties.
Siiiigh. And I thought that was smart baserunning by Cano but it actually took the bat out of Grandy’s hands, blargh.
Whatever. Bullpen time.
There you go. Pedroia would have thought of that, and with his uber-awesome baseball smarts would never have taken second.
I say we trade him.
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlo.....stle-play/
damn thames you suck
I said I won’t complain about Thames because of his walk off but ugh.
No guarantee they don’t walk walk Grandy anyway, even if Robbie stays at first.
Just got home, what happened to A-Rod? Also, why is Pena playing instead of Russo?
Nobody’s been able to answer either question yet.
pena’s been better so far, offense and d
really? it’s pretty hard to be worse than Pena offensively
yeah they are both pretty lame
We dunno what happened to A-Rod. He’s probably dead. (I kid, everyone.)
Horrible play by Swisher…
what’s with the floaters tonight
Ugh… Off his glove…
Swisher has been making those catches lately, actually surprised he didnt catch that.
Strikeout please.
Poppycock.
So, A.J. Not his best game.
I hate when he gets in his little “bad A.J.” streaks.
Yankees leave em loaded, Orioles answer by taking the lead. Hopefully Burnett keeps it at 4-3.
And that would be game over considering the way the yanks have hit with RISP tonight and with an automatic out right behind Tex.
Orioles bullpen sucks, Yankees aint getting shutout final 3 innings.
Hahaha you’re a funny dude.
O’s BP is pretty weak
Pretty much whenever someone says this, we win.
OH SHIT BEXY JUST RUINED IT
GREAT JOB DUMBASS
CRAP I need to put up the Bexy Jinx Watch now
that’s a swing
@ this pt AJ’s a #4…
watching this guy pitch is like chinese water torture. Tedious….precarious…hold your breath and tighten you’re sphincter muscle.
Whew…he’s out of it…can I exhale now?????
Oh hey Dante’s back!
And yes. When AJ pitches badly, he is no better than a #4. When he pitches well, he’s like a #1, though. Kinda funny how that works.
yeah…unfortunately for us he pitches like a #1 and a #4 in the same game….all to often.
in your face ump
O’s relievers vs. Yanks this year: 3.17 ERA.
I know it’s not the perfect thing to look at, but a quick look says they haven’t been that terrible against the Yanks this year.
time to change that
This.
And in night games on Thursdays, that ERA is 0.00!
Talk about meaningless cherry picking.
I’m not saying it’s over, we could certainly still win, but how is that meaningless cherry picking? It’s the exact thing that matters now, their bullpen vs. the Yanks Offense. And really, if you leave it to just the guys who might pitch in this game given it’s a lead, it might be even better. It’s about 34 innings, so not a huge amount, but it’s not nothing either.
Just putting a number out there. Baseball is all about numbers, that’s another one that applies to the rest of this game.
34 innings is pretty close to nothing. A better way to look at it would be the O’s bullpen against everybody, and the Yankees offense against everybody. If you really want, you could get into handedness. That’s about it as far as predictability.
And if you’re still paying attention, that ERA is now 2.92.
That’s not a good response to this comment though. It addresses none of the points Accent Shallow brings up.
Come through, Tex. Make these fuckers hate you even more.
that was the pitch to hit..
Ugh, I miss A-Rod.
Checking on Kenny and Michael’s story:
Don Stanhouse is a guy with a career walk rate of 5.4 BB/9, a career K/BB of 0.90 (that’s right, more walks than strikeouts), and a career ERA+ of . . . 96.
Is Cervelli really that much better than Pena? Meh.
He’s batting 600 with RISP so far… so yea
OPS under .500 since mid-May.
sss
Yes. Pena is dogshit garbage. Pena is a slightly better MLB caliber hitter than you are, and for all I know, you’re confined to a wheelchair.
/it is my sincere hope that the above is not the case
he is and it’s not even close, really/.
Wtf? Is Russo hurt?
Good AB by the Cisco kid so far.
spoke too soon
Nah. The AB was still pretty good.
…With an unfortunate ending though.
Still not worried. We win this shit.*
*Unless that Bexy bitch jinxed us before. If we lose, it is so her fault.
Another out with RISP… nobody can get the big hit
Now that move looks even worse. Why not just let Pena hit or send up Russo? Now a player’s been unnecessarily wasted.
Ill never understand why Russo wasn’t playing to begin with. He’s way better than Pena and 3b is his natural position.
2b is his natural position.
But that’s beside the point. He is a much better hitter than Pena.
my bad. It’s cause I only remember him playing 3b for Scranton this season before being called up
Predictable, but what can you do.
At least the Yankees upgrade with Russo batting 9th now instead of Moeller. Not really.
Hey…the Indians have taken a 6-5 lead on those Suxsox….
that’s a nice comeback…
down 5-0 with Lester pitching….
now Yanks have to come back on the O’s…
and it starts with Marte…
Anything can happen in any given game in baseball. If I was a gambler, baseball is the last sport I would play.
The Yanks can’t lose to the O’s. Lost oppportunity if by some chance they do.
As you said:
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-917829
As I said:
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-917811
Just blame Bexy.
While it would suck to lose to them, they’d still be 10-2 against the O’s this year. You can’t really complain too much about that.
What they need to do is start winning more games against teams with winning records (who they’ll start to face again next week).
Heh, remember the TEHY CAN’T BEAT TEH GOOD TEEMS!!!!! from like July last year? Not that worried.
Not worried either.
Especially since they did just fine against the good teams in April.
They’ll be fine.
I’m not overly worried about it, but they haven’t won a series against a winning team not named Minnesota (who they always beat) in over a month. And the one before that was mid-April.
Long way to go, they just need some hitters to start helping Swish and Cano out to beat better teams.
They’ll do fine. Worry is overrated.
/Zen baseball’d
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports......k.html.php
There we go…let’s rally now.
Let’s go YANKEES…
Get a hold of one, Robbie.
Heh Lester blows a 5-0 lead.
Damn reply fail.
Yeah I saw that and was stunned. What the heck happened there?
(By the way, guys, I do apologize for the “STOP TALKING ABOUT OTHER GAMES!!!!” stuff last night. I was in a crankypants mood early on. I don’t like the “but why didn’t WE play them like this???” stuff but whatevs, I’m not a mod.)
That was more me than you.
I offer no excuse, nor do I apologize.
/dick’d
We all have them. I have no problem with it. But . . . nice for you to acknowledge it.
Once A-Rod left the game the O had a huge black hole right in the middle.
shitty ump
Posada has been abysmal. Geez they even walked Cano to get to him and he didn’t come thru with 1st & 3rd/ one out.
Yucky inning.
seriously will ohman seriously
it’s small “stuff” like that that often cost a team a win.
What “stuff”? They didn’t get hits against Ohman; sometimes that happens.
Sac fly….
pull the ball to the opposite side of the field. ( he popped up to shallow left)
even pull a Mickey M and drag a bunt….
Get the runner home…!!!!
How do you know he wasnt’ trying to do that? Sometimes it just doesn’t happen.
We’re the only ream that doesn’t hit w/risp.
Ever. Seriously, every other time teams have runners in scoring position they always get them home. We are the only ones that ever fail.
Is it just me or are we the only team in the majors not allowed to check our swings?
HOLY SHIT IT’S CITO CULVER!
There’s no need for formalities. You can simply call me “The great Bam-Cito.”
/1st Round Draft Pick’d
All sorts of awesome.
Watching on Gameday: looks like Crowe brought back a 3-run HR by Cameron?
Nope. He dogged it and caught it before the track and then ran into the wall anyway for show
Kind of sad when the Yankees have Thames and Russo to lead off the 9th inning and there are no hitters available to pinch-hit for them.
It’ll be based loaded, two out for Cervelli at the end.
Carrying three catchers isn’t exactly standard procedure.
I hate rubber getting in the way too when you are getting so close to the end.
Anybody felling blue about the game today can take solace in the fact that Dellin killed it in his first start back from ligament surgery.
6 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 6 K.
*feeling.
Nice.
Very nice.
Awesome.
How could I feel blue? The Yanks haven’t come back yet and the game is still going.
fail game
Great to hear.
Geez we got the bottom of the order coming up…Top of the 9th
Does anyone beside me want to see Thames go?
I was thrilled when they released Winn…ecstatic when Logan sent dow wn
now let’s get Thames off..he sucks
Who should we pick up?
Dukes.
/won’t let it die’d
of course that doesn’t carry
I like the contact, but I don’t like swinging at the first pitch against a guy with 30 walks in 48.2 IP.
Come on Thames, take a fucking pitch. One pitch one out? Really?
Okaaay, I’ll be honest here. At this point, I think we lose. Damn you, Bexy.*
*Unless we win. Then you’re a lucky-ass bitch.
Easy with that, she’s still a lady.
Your definition of “lady” is much looser than mine.
/Nasty’d
Hey hey hey. >:(
both Rays and Suxsox are losing so maybe no harm no foul should they lose tonight
You don’t remember Toronto’s bullpen against Tampa in the 9th inning last week? Twice?
yeah…I remember..and I’m betting they remember as well…
probably added psyched
Nice at bat.
Why the fuck is Jeter swinging at the first pitch?
Man Jeter took a big cut…
Ugh. Keep it going, Swish. Just get on base for Tex.
Let’s go Swish…pie?
no pie in away games.
Why is the veteran the only guy who can be patient with Mr. un-control.
*?
Let’s go Swisher!
Clap-clap, clap-clap-clap
C’mon Swish!
just swung @ ball 2
BUMMER!!!!!!!!!!
Meh, oh well.
Damn. Oh well. Can’t complain too much, considering another series win.
IT’S ALL MY FAULT!!!! (runs off sobbing)
We had the jinx working in our favor and you ruined it. No excuse.
/Tough’d
That ninth inning was fucking embarassing.
I mean, you can’t expect them to win every game and this loss wasn’t a particularly big deal (unless we lost A-Rod), but they got to put up better AB’s than that.
Embarrassing? The guy throws 97. It’s not easy to hit 97.
Psh.
Tell that to anybody who’s faced Kyle Farnsworth.
Come on. You’re smart enough to know that velocity is not even close to the only thing that determines how tough it is to hit a pitcher.
Well, he did seem to have decent movement and was locating relatively well.
Umm yeah I know. It’s still fucking hard as hell to hit 97 mph even when it’s down the pike. These guys wouldn’t be in the big leagues if they couldn’t get guys out. As I said below, pitchers win a majority of at bats. Calling an inning embarrassing because it was one of those times is a bit ridiculous.
Except I don’t think it was one of those times. I don’t think he was locating that well, and the players that were up should have been able to put up better ABs. Sorry, I disagree.
3-3 road trip, definately disappointing considering team health had me feeling pretty good at the get-go.
Pena batting #4 cost them the game. Get well soon ARod…
Posada popping up with a runner on 3rd cost them the game.
Thames not getting a hit with the bases loaded probably cost them more than that. But, whatevs. There were a few lost opportunities, we can all agree.
I’m with you bro…
gotta get that guy home…in a tight game like this one.
You guys realize that even the best hitters fail almost 60% of the time, right?
what are you a statistician?
big game moments…you focus more…and do what’s needed.
Period.
Posada’s been a “big game moment guy” but he’s been stinken of late.
So then why don’t they just focus more during every at bat and get a hit every time? How come nobody ever thought of that?
Well, pat, they don’t want to make it look too easy. Then any idiot would think he could be a ballplayer.
I laughed. Failure is not an option in your world I see. I’m glad you’re a perfect specimen.
Posada is 1 for his last 20 and 6-35 with RISP this season. Cano needs better protection than that. Terrible numbers.
SSS.
And I was referring to his ”good player’s focus and get the job don3!!!11!” comment.
This has nothing to do with the conversation. It’s not about where someone bats in the lineup at all. Guys just don’t get it done sometimes and it’s usually not because they weren’t trying hard or focusing enough.
Lo duca e io per quel cammino ascoso
intrammo a ritornar nel chiaro mondo;
e sanza cura aver d’alcun riposo
salimmo su, el primo e io secondo,
tanto ch’ i’ vidi de le cose belle
che porta ‘l ciel, per un pertugio tondo;
e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.
Well, since that’s over, time to move on to something else.
Shelly Duncan with the bases loaded against the Sox now…
Shelly being Shelly. Swings at a breaking ball that bounced then swings (maybe) at a fastball that nearly hit him to strikeout.
Ridiculous! I want replay and robot umps.
Duncan just got hit by a pitch and was called out in the BoSox Indians game. Bring on the robot umps.
BoSox game – Struck out at ball 4 to end the inning with the bases loaded. Frustrating.
I THOUGHT ONLY THE YANKEES DID THAT?????!?!?!?!?!
frustrating game…… i just dont wanna see them do this against the astros, 2/3 is nice but they should really sweep this team…hopefully they come through
Kerry Wood sucks!
Whew, Bard did too, for a couple batters at least.
So, we didn’t lose any ground to the team in front of or behind us.
Haha, Cleveland beats Boston.