Game 64: Date with the Doc
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Photo Credit: Matt Slocum, AP
The Yankees just can’t seem to get away from Roy Halladay, even with the move to the NL. He’s made a total of 14 starts against the Yanks since 2007, and he’s gone 9-2 with a 2.51 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP in 107.2 IP in those starts. That’s unfathomable. We might hate seeing Doc dominate the Yanks, but we should also take a second to marvel at his greatness.
Here’s the unfortunate nine that will start again Halladay…
Jeter, SS
Granderson, CF
Teixeira, 1B
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Posada, DH
Gardner, LF
Cervelli, C
Pena, 3B
And on the mound, Carsten Charles Sabathia. Should be a good one.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm ET and can be seen on My9. Ben, Joe, and I will be at the game, and if you want to say hi we’ll be sitting in Section 405, Row 13, Seats 28-30. Enjoy the game.
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Das it
It’s “Ace Night” tonight:
ML – CC Sabathia
AAA – Ivan Nova
AA – David Phelps
High A- Dellin Betances
Low A – Jose A. Ramirez
Awesome.
“Ace Night”
Not the absence of bust, Andrew Brackman.
Pfffttttt…. Without Tim Redding(s)?
This might be one of those 3-2 victories in which the starters are teh dominance but the Yanks capitalize on a rare mistake by Halladay and take a lead they never relinquish.
Or it could go crazy. And both pitchers allow tons of runs.
You can’t predict baseball
Gardner hits his 4th homerun of the season today by the way.
I’d like to see a shootout. It would be fun.
or a tie
I’d like to see the Yankees score eight runs in the first then pull away from there. ;P
bexy, i love your optimism
Thanks for nothing.
i say the yankees should don red sox hats for one night so halladay throws his F+ stuff against us, like he does against them
anyways,
my heart says : Yanks 6 Phils 4
my brain says: Yanks 2 Phils 5
*puts on mati’s ring from captain planet to choose heart!!! *
does anyone else feel like Garners .400 OBP and speed is wasted in the seventh hole? i think he should be batting first and jeter second.
Nope. Jeter grounds into double plays like nobody’s business. That’s why he and Damon were swapped before last season.
It’s perfect in the 9 hole when the lineup is right.
Ugh I thought Arod would be back
he’s available to pinch hit tonight
damn no arod =[
IPK is going against Clay Bucky and the Sox tonight. Hope he fares well.
Not gonna happen. Facing the Red Sox isn’t facing the NL West.
Happy birthday Andy Pettitte, by the way.
Best 38 year old lefty ever.
He’s up there, and if he keeps it up he’ll take the title, but Warren Spahn has it for now:
Courtesy of BBref:
Age 38:
W 21 ERA 2.96 CG 21 (!!!) IP 292.0 ERA+ 120 Etc…
But I hope Andy can beat that. That would be sweet.
Note: Warren Spahn was good at pitching.
Andy might get to only the wins and perhaps the ERA. The other stats are ridiculous.
I know! 21 CG. It was a different time, yeah, but that was 60% of his starts.
Not that I don’t love Andy, of course. He could beat the ERA+.
21 CG?!?!? I know CG were looked at differently back then but good God!
Yeah. And he only got 36 starts, which really isn’t that different from starters today (Andy will probably get 31 this year since he missed one).
Well that was a dramatic intro
I can’t stop laughing, it was so ridiculous.
Don’t know how he does it without cracking
Hopefully CC and Utley won’t make like the WS again… Especially since Utley’s been ice cold.
Did Kay just say “the six wins have come against the Orioles?” Oooooops
He said 4 of the 6…
Aha. I misheard.
Tonight is when CC starts his beast-mode run.
Pumped up for this one. Best regular season ‘big game’ pitching match up since Beckett-Burnett last year.
HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE SPRING TRAINING MATCHUP FOR THE AGES!!!!!
/actual headline’d
Does this one go 15 innings and ends on a home run by Alex Rodriguez?
Nasty
Talk about being torn. I have utley on my fantasy team and my opponent has CC. F it, my teams a beast, go Yanks(and CC)!
Yankees >>>> Fantasy. Always.
Dude. The Yankees >>>>> your fantasy team
Yeah, I know. Not gonna stop me from coming up with crazy scenarios in which the yanks win and I get points!
ZZ!
That’s a nice start…
Now to go to work on Doc…
:: rubs hands together ::
Carston Charles….
But teh 25 wins!
Halladay averages a walk per start. Holy freaking shit.
Also, Jeter lined out. Boo.
Over his career or just against us?
This year: 101 innings, 14 walks. That’s like good right?
101 innings already? Whats that put him on course for?
If he maintains that IP/start, and makes 34 starts, that 260 some odd innings.
89 hits… 86 strikeouts. Yeah.
This will be a fast game.
Something tells me this game will make Joe West smile
Halladay being Halladay. ;_;
(Hopefully this is like that start at Fenway against Beckett where he looked unbelievable in the first inning then had that meltdown and we beat him like 10-1.)
Wow, Howard didn’t have a chance. Looks like he thought that would be a breaking ball.
There should be a “none of the above” option on the text poll.
Is this the end of the road for Ibanez? Tough to tell, since he’s so streaky, and he’s looked so done so many times.
How exactly is Jayson Werth struggling? He is OPSing .905, the highest of his career?
He was OPSing like 1.100 something on May 21. He’s been struggling since that day, as have most of the Phillies.
But when we say something similar about a Yankee people throw a tantrum. Can’t have the cake and eat it too!!! lol jk
Oh hey Rose, what’s up? Haven’t seen you much lately. ‘Cept to talk about how the Astros no-hit the Yankees seven years ago and… whatever this post means.
Ah fair point.
Struggling lately after a tremendous start.
Via Cliff Corcoran:
Jayson Werth, who should be one of the top free agents to hit the market this winter, was hitting .327/.403/.641 on May 25, but has hit just .137/.241/.235 in 58 PAs since.
Where did that miss?
No dual no-hitters tonight!
We only wanted one anyway
Woohoo, no perfect game.
Sorry to bring in stuff from other games but Ian Kennedy just drilled Pedroia. TRUE YANKEE!!!!!
The served up a home run to David Ortiz.
Again…true Yankee.
Best post in this thread
And Ortiz hit a bomb off him…sigh (IPK’s another member of the fantasy squad)
And he gives up a home run to Ortiz. So yes, true Yankee.
/depricating joke’d
And I see everyone beat me to it so I feel less bad about making it. =P
Woooooohoooooo
Gritty triple!
Gardy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow that wrist is really killing Gardy….
Is Jorge catching for the Phillies?
ICWUDT
He was a yankee killer…. before we got the gritster
Ugh, ugly AB.
Cervelli = overmatched
Damn, that k took away an easy 3rd run, but 2 is fantastic off Halladay.
Ramiro Pena: 2-6 off Halladay.
He’s going all Enrique Wilson vs. Pedro tonight.
See, Halladay’s scared of him.
I can just picture Girardi: “Alex was ready to go, but we had to get Pena in the lineup, with the way he’s hit against Halladay.”
Heh.
Is it just me or is it always a funny sight to see Posada sprint across the diamond?
Biggest foul ball of Pena’s career.
Totally thought that was gone which would have been the best thing ever.
My heart just jumped!
Give Pena a damn break…
That’s the most power Pena will ever exhibit. If that was fair I would have died laughing.
wow that must hurt
He’s doing a Beckett
I hope that’s only in terms of him falling apart performance-wise because watching Beckett in that game was rather terrifying, honestly.
I could only wish to see Halladay emulate Beckett against the Yankees. Sadly, Halladay will never be that much of a home run dispenser.
Ouch. Right on Pena’s ass.
I love seeing that pitch count ticking.
36…37…38…
Unfortunately, Halladay could throw 130.
cmon jetes, just find a way to get on base
ah damn it
Javier VazquezROY HALLADAY can’t pitch in the American League./MSM’d
2 runs and 29 pitches.
Pretty good, but REALLY would’ve loved that 3rd run…
Brett Gardner >>>>>> Dustin Pedroia
At the beginning of the season, the top three second baseman were:
Utley>>>>>>>>>>>Cano>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pedroia
Now they are:
Utley>>>>>>Cano>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pedroia
Sorry but Cano >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all if you are talking about this season. No second basemen has been close and as a fantasy winer of Utley I can say Utley is slumping TERRIBLY. It’s terribad. It’s Mark Teixeira bad.
Cano is definitely ahead of Utley at this stage in the season.
Brett Gardner >> Jacoby Ellsbury
Brett Gardner is proving he can actually A) get on base and B) play solid defense at a premium position.
In 2009 Brett Gardner with 282 PA which is only FIFTY more than his current plate appearances this year posted a 2.2 WAR. In 2009 Ellsbury in the ENTIRE season posted a 2.7 WAR.
I retract my statement.
Gardner >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dusty
FML. I meant Ellsbury and you caught it and I didn’t because I’m stupid. Forget that post.
I WILL NEVER FORGET!
I love these shitty Phillies.
Jiiiiinx
Heh, it rhymes.
I missed that, how’d we get the 2 runs?
Swisher singled, Posada walked, Gardner tripled them home.
2 run triple for the gritster
Thanks, guys.
Andrew Marchand article earlier today in ESPN – small part on CC
Thus far, the general perception of Sabathia has been that he is not up to last year’s form.
“He is much closer to his performance from last year than most people think,” the first scout said.
After 13 starts, Sabathia is 6-3 with a 4.01 ERA. Last season, he was 5-4 with a 3.68 ERA after 13 starts.
Other numbers are nearly identical as well. Sabathia pitched 93 innings in his first 13 starts in 2009, compared to 85 1/3 so far this season. In 2010, he has allowed one more hit (77 vs. 76) . His strikeout-to-walk ratio is nearly identical (67 K, 29 BB last year vs. 69 K, 27 BB this year). So maybe Sabathia is about to get really hot.
“He has been pretty good, but not as good as he could be,” the second scout said.
But he is fucking dealing tonight…. could the above be true
Oh, there’s CC’s K-rate.
CC is the shit tonight. He’ll begin his wreak of terror tonight and it won’t stop until late October.
This might be the last time we ever see Halladay pitch at YS3.
-Not in our division anymore
-Cant expect a WS match up
-Phillies likely wont come back for interleague for another 7-8 years. We played them last year, and didn’t see them before that since 2000.
I think this is it, folks.
At least we’re shelling him now.
His reign of terror is over?
zz off to a nice start
GRANDERSON!!!!!!
WOOHOOO!!!!
GRAN-deh!!
GRANDY!!!
Grandy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and Gardy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The unstoppable combo.
What a meatball he served to Grandy.
That was the first homer Halladay has given up to a lefty.
finally!!! looks like the red sox version of halladay is here tonight
Just give him MVP already.
I like finally facing Doc when he does not have his best stuff. Nice relief.
God they are HAMMERING Halladay.
And WTF is wrong with Teix? He’s been missing by “just this much” on and off all season.
Cano just keeps on going and going.
He probably wouldn’t get it anyway, I just wish Cano ran harder toward 2nd like he was even considering a possible triple.
Oh well…
NOW he can jog…
He was busy telling Utley he’s the man now
I am so confused by this game. Totally thrilled, but confused.
You are..Have you seen Roy’s face?!
Haha I was going to say, my face right now is like Roy’s, just more happy, less sad.
Hopefully less bearded, as well.
Heh indeed.
SWISHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOME SWISH!
Swisher = All Star
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
halladay getting destroyed!!!
woohooo my fantasy team!
Swishahouse!
Hahah..Swish-swoo
Roy Halladay: “No Wonder I wanted to leave the AL East”
+1 for heart
-1 for stats
Boy, Tex must really suck to make an out this inning.
Looks like we can’t predict…oh you know the rest.
Halladay is getting fustigated!
This game has YCPB all over it. Ladies, here’s some facts you might want to know:
Halladay had given up 3 homers in 101 IP; He gave up two in two and two-thirds innings
The two home runs Halladay gave up were to left handed batters. They had been held homerless until then.
Computers assume not perfect skill but perfect randomness. Life is different. One strikeout can lead to another: a batter returns to the dugout shaking his head at the missed fastball, leading his mates to doubt their chances. Inning by inning they grow more anxious, like traders who start selling after a succession of losing days, precipitating a rout.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/.....6x3aqwqF2M
now it’s up to ZZ to hold this lead plz
Yup, can’t let up at all. They could easily get right back in this one.
Roy Halladay can’t pitch in the American League
MSM’dBrilliant Observation’dWeak hit.
Sure am glad they traded away Cliff Lee. That guy always seemed to kill us.
They had to afford Joe Blanton somehow.
Please stop using your pitching hand CC!
Damn. I thought CC’s reign of terror through the AL would begin with a no-hitter. Goddamn you Chase Utley.
Brandon Laird is continuing his Robbie Cano imitation.
wow that sucked ass
Wait, Utley was able to go to 3rd on that? That was Bernie or Damon-esque.
The ball wasn’t exactly smoked up the middle.
Please Kay I’d like to see you think for 0.5 seconds with a line drive right above you.
lol kay is such an idiot sometimes
Plz keep Howard in the park here
wtf is going on?!
Ugh…
damn it, i had a good feeling that would hit howard…
Oh dear. C’mon CC!
So, CC, mind settling down?
damn we can’t start a carousel
pitching to the score is not good.
Triple play is in effect. If Cano catches a liner, steps on second, and throws to third if Polanco had gone home on contact, inning over.
/extremely unlikely’d
Damn umps, why can’t they miss a call every once in a while?
Kind of a lucky inning…
Yeah. At least the way it started, I’d agree.
I dislike this very much.
Trivia answer: 1984 Tigers?
Answer to the trivia question: The Phillies in 2008.
Phillies didn’t lead the NL in runs in 2008.
Holy Mo they could take the lead.
Yuck…
damn it
plz get a GIDP somehow
and there goes the 5-0 cushion….. yankee pitchers sometimes.
and there goes the 5-0 cushion…..
yankeepitchers sometimes.rationalizing only leads to rationality, bexy, and we don’t want that.
Jesus Effing Christ Teix.
oh damn it
and there goes the DP
Fundamentals fail.
collapse
Gotta go home.
Oh… go home!
That was poor…
Ugly.
Tex should’ve gone home. CC should’ve covered. Ugh.
WTF -
That at bat to Ibanez was the absolute worse pitch selection I have ever seen. It seemed like CC got way to comfortable with the curveball after he got strikes 1 and 2 immediately, and kept on going with it.
And now CC doesnt go to cover first. CC is like falling apart this inning.
That at bat to Ibanez was the absolute worse pitch selection I have ever seen.
Brian Fuentes’ 0-2 pitch to A-Rod in Game 2 of the ALCS last year says hello how are you.
How’s that go again Bexy? Our 3-run inning is now erased, right?
Something like that
CC what has happened to you?
definitely should’ve gone home
It seems like CC starts good, and tires down the stretch the last few non-Oriole games.
to the 8th!!!
/half-kidding’d
Fully kidding.
/ftfy
Ruiz is a mini Yankee killer. Nervous AB.
How many pitches this inning?
I hope after this inning this shit is out of their system. Fundamental failure
10 bucks says Halladay is money from here on out.
oddly i disagree with you
Don’t buy the “Reinvigorated by the team’s fight in supporting him, Halladay locks it up” story line?
lol not one bit
BUT HE GOT THREE STRAIGHT OUTS WE’RE DOOOOOOMED *ignores that two of those outs were Cervelli and Pena*
you will be right… or to the extent that the now 2 run lead will remain when Halladay is pulled. Yanks had a gift and “regifted” it back to the Phillies.
Wrongity wrongity wrong wrong.
thank god they still have the lead
Well, they’re still winning. That’s always good.
at least CC got out of it
I’m at work and therefore not watching the game. I was just about to go on break and get all giddy on the Phillies fans for them getting a 5-0 lead on Halladay. Then CC gives back 3 runs. Sigh.
CC thought Tex was going home, that’s why he didn’t cover 1B. As Leiter said, he screwed up.
If anyone cares, Ian Kennedy is getting lit up
Should that be surprising?
Well, he’s had a pretty good year thus far. It’s not like he’s an awful pitcher.
He’s gotten pretty lucky this year. 4.80 FIP, .244 BABIP, 83%LOB (not sure how great that is vs. average). Still walking a bunch of people, just doesn’t hurt as much in the NL West.
Eh, I guess. Didn’t look up the stats to be honest, just went with what I could remember.
83% LOB is pretty crazy so yes he has gotten lucky. Doesn’t he actually NOT walk that many people?
Almost 3.5 walks per 9. Guess it’s not terrible, but it does help facing the pitcher a couple times a night.
Bex, do you know around what the average LOB% is? I’m trying to find a context for that number.
Not sure but I know anything above 80% is quite high.
Cool, thanks.
Kennedy is 6th highest in MLB. I’d say that’s pretty high.
Ubaldo Jimenez is at 91%. Insane…
the AL>>>>>>>NL
Meh, he’s allowed a stinker. He’s been terrific all year.
Yeah, definitely.
Clay Buttholes isn’t exactly lights out tonight either.
It’s not as bad as it looks IMO. Two runs scored on a wild pitch and an infield single…by Victor Martinez no less. That must have been one hell of an infield single.
It seems like CC has no problem getting 2 strikes, but then he tries to waste a few pitches, and then goes for the strike out but the batter knows whats coming. He needs to go for the strike out right when he gets the 2nd strike instead of wasting pitches, and he really needs to start mixing his pitches and using his best pitch, the changeup, to get the third strike.
You must be a pitching coach!!
I thought it was a good inning by CC…looking at the bright side. It started off with a couple lucky singles and then a HBP. After that, he did a great job of limiting the damage. I thought Teix really let him down by not going home there. Who knows what may have happened after that. Bases still loaded and a DP ends the inning.
Even the RBI hits were grounders that found holes. Tip your cap to a good AB by Ibanez. But CC got a big strikeout and the groundballs he needed.
I thought Teix really let him down by not going home there.
I thought he really let Tex down there by not covering 1B, which is his job.
5-2 game, 0 outs, if I’m the 1B I go for the double play as well.
I agree CC should have been covering but I disagree that Teix should’ve tried for the DP.
I think it’s a much tougher play for the first baseman to start a DP in that situation unless it’s hit in a way where he can step on the bag. The easy play, and the right play IMO, is to go home there, save a run and keep the DP in order possibly for the next AB. There’s a force at every base, no need to try for a more difficult play in that situation.
Alright, CC. You had your hiccup, now settle back down. You’ve got this, big guy.
Thanks man, I really needed that. I’m gonna strike out the last batter of the inning just for you, Bro.
Much love, CC. Much love.
It’s beating you-know-who big…
cmon zz you have to get these hitters
So I just got here–how has this one been so far
Gardner has 3 homeruns with 5 ribbies.
halladay was rocked for 2 innings, zz was hurt in the 4th
Was good, now it’s gotten a bit scary
Halladay can’t pitch in the AL.
Yeah, the Yankees always light up Halladay.
Wait, what?…
cmon dont walk howard
ugh
2 gimmies to Howard. Not good…
Girardi’s like WTF. As he should be, I think.
arg strikes please
uhhhhh i hope this works out
We’re going to the guy who’s had the best AB so far?
Mmmm hope this works
not good… heading towards a tie… ugh
Thank you Raul for making a bad swing.
Where did that miss? Ughhh
now the zone has shrunk to the size of a pea fuck
thank you god
No harm, no foul.
Phew
CC has been dancing into and out of trouble tonight. And he still has a shot to go seven.
Whew… What happened to beast-mode though? Get it together, I don’t see Halladay giving up much more, if anything.
So we missed strike 1 because a King of Queens promo had to be shown.
What a joke.
Alright guys, if nothing else try to keep that pitch count rising…
If any of the RABbis see this, please feed the hamsters. The wheels on the website are turning very slowly tonight.
YEAH!! TEIX!
Tex says Fuck going home, I’ll just go yard
I heart short porches.
YEESSS
TEX!
GIFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
wow a yankee stadium helper!!!
Yankee Stadium special! That’s what he needs.
TEX MESSAGE!!!
How many other parks is that out of?
Who cares, I’ll take it.
It’s out of the only one that matters tonight.
The swing wasn’t pretty, but I’ll take it.
/only in Yankee stadium
Short porch = awesomeness
Phillies can’t complain about that with their ballpark.
Woot Tex
Wow, I thought there was no way that was gone from the from the radio. Sterling wasn’t screaming over over-enthusiastic or anything.
lol it looked like a high fly ball to werth but it kept on carrying
Sterling can’t read a fly ball; neither can Kay. You’d think that after so many years of watching baseball they’d be able to, but they can’t.
settle down zz
damn you kay, you fucking had my heart beating
The differences between left and right field in this stadium is amazing.
Goddamn camera angle scared me for a minute.
lol, great minds think alike…
Wow, that camera angle made it seem like that ball was going to hit off the facade…
I totally thought that Francisco hit was gone but when even Kay doesn’t think it’s gone…
Yeah that was weird. Looked like a sure homer. Maybe it was a broken bat. Only Swish is strong enough to get one of those out!
Okay I’m really fucking sick of hearing about Wally Pipp every goddamn time they bring Gehrig up.
where did that 1-1 pitch miss?
That’s the greatest thing that ever happened to Wally Pipp. He wouold have been long forgotten by now, but for that connection to Gehrig.
Does he come out for the 7th?
Negative ghostrider the pattern is full.
Hmmm weird, all i said was “yes” and it got eaten by the spam filter.
The worrisome part is that Utley is up 2nd in that inning. That matchup hasn’t gone CC’s way too much lately.
Jorge Posada infield single.
LOL.
Wow, haha.
dayum, christina aguilera looks mighty super hot
Say whaaaa! I think she looks nasty.
she performed the national anthem for the celtics/lakers game
she looks paler than usual, but i’d hit that with the fist of an angry god
I saw her. You’d have an angry urologist after that night of nastiness too.
hahahaahhaha
prolly
Posada showing the wheels…
Infield single+Jorge Posada=Blue Moon tonight
Gardy loves the doc
teh gritster!!!
http://www.thebaseballcube.com.....sada.shtml
Jorge was a 2B for about 1 year, when he was 19 years old.
Brett is awesome with 2-strikes.
Bunting for Pena, what the
Dont get it at all
well that sucked
it’s ok pena
Fuck, can’t ask for much more than that.
bunt for Pena of course I do it everytime
than he hits a bad luck bullet I retract my sarcasm sir
Yeah even with that outcome I was going to say bunting there makes no sense. No sense. I’m serious when I say I dislike Girardi’s decisions more all the time. I wasn’t a fan of loaded the bases for Ibanez either.
Could he have done that on his own?
I would buy that he did it on his own I sure hope they wouldn’t call for it
what are you talking about its gritty old school NL baseball 2 on no out sacrafice for the .190 hitter
Bunting there isn’t AWFUL because they’re already up, BUT bunting to get to Ramiro Pena is just a silly move.
wooow i was shocked that wasn’t called strike 3
good job jetes
Come on Grandy, another homer?
If Michael Kay could go one game without saying a ball is “served” into whatever field, I might be willing to bake him a cake.
Would you then serve him the cake?
Yeah, but isn’t that better than “fisted”?
Halladay angry rawr
Haha, awesome.
damn, i had a feeling that was going to happen
plz give us the pilly bullpen in the 7th…
no more doc, no matter how many pitches he has
i don’t mind seeing the doc face tex and swisher again
I want to see him face Gardy again!
superb job by cc when he knew he needed to give the bullpen length
Great effort CC
and my wishes were fulfilled
ouchie tex
I love the Alex and Andy bromance. Just sayin’
The Phillies seem to hit our guys a lot. Don’t think it’s on purpose (why hit Ramiro Pena??) but three in one game after hitting Tex and A-Rod three times each in the WS?
yeah i’d usually say WTF, but halladay’s control is awful tonight though
I really hope Gardy finds his way onto the All-Star game.
unfortunately, i bet the only way he ends up there is if he puts himself on there mlb2k10
Ahaha why do I find this comment so funny?
Cerved!
cervelli!!!
Poor Ramiro.
Pena’s actually looked pretty good at the plate tonight but hasn’t had any luck.
Agreed. He’s hit it hard with nothing to show for it. /Kay’d
Man, Paulie’s freak out is shown every game.
Does anyone else get tired of the O’Neil ‘tribute’ videos they constantly show every game he broadcasts? It’s way overplayed…
I am totally sick of it.
On a happier note, it was awesome how tough CC hung tonight after a really dodgy inning.
Cervelli has 27 RBI. Utley has 26. YCPB!!!!
wow tex you can’t swing at that schlop
He still looks nothing like himself up there. His June has actually arguably been worse than his May…
At this point, who knows if he’ll really find it big time ever this year, it might just be one of those seasons.
Doesn’t he have like… a few hits tonight including a home run? Not saying he’s been perfect or anything but it’s weird to complain about him tonight.
I mean, he did hit a HR. Sure it was a YS special but it was a HR.
He had one hit tonight, and it was a gift hit that doesn’t exactly instill tons of confidence in me.
A HR, regardless how short it is, is not a gift hit.
dude, it’s june 15th… slow down
dude, it’s june 15th AKA the best day ever because Andy Pettitte and Matt were both born on that day … slow down
FTFY.
hahaha very nice.
and happy birthday!!
I just found out I share my birthday with Roy Halladay.
How have I not looked this up before?
his ops in the last 7 days is 1.218, and his june opb is .382 so far– he’s been getting back on track
Sounds like A-rod will DH tommorow.
Damn, Cano having an off day.
Yeah, only one hit. What a bum.
Well, 1-5 isn’t great, but you can’t expect excellence every night, unless your Casey Kelly.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=9008587
wow, that’s crazy
I still want Park DFAed, but at least he didn’t make that stressful.
wow Victorino looks really fat on his game day picture
First place alone!!!!
Though it’ll only last a couple hours with Tampa already up 4-0 with Price on the mound.
great win for the yanks!
That outcome was… not what I was expecting when I went into tonight’s game. But:
a. I will take it.
b. YCPB!
The win or the score?
Halladay taking a licking.
CHoP and D-Rob are both in the middle of a nice little stretch here, could bode well for the BP.
I don’t want to toot my own horn, but *toot toot*. A few weeks back I posted after a win (I forget which series?) that with injuries returning and a soft schedule that a run of 15 out of 20 was coming up. I will now also pat myself on the back and smile in self satisfaction.
in other news, shelly hit a 2 run homer off of K-rod in the 9th inning
shelley duncan
Ian Kennedy got knocked around by the Sox. Was that a small picture of how Kennedy would have performed in the AL East? Or just a bad start?
Bad start. IPK has been rock solid all year (4.30 xFIP) for the DBacks.
Probably a combination of both. I can’t see him being more than a back-end starter in the AL, especially the AL East, but he’s been pretty good for them.