Game 100: And on the 100th game, it rained
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That photo came courtesy of Mark Feinsand about 20 minutes ago, and you can see the Yankees scattering off the field after batting practice while the grounds crew runs out to get the tarp on the field. The AccuWeather guy said during the pregame show that the game is likely to be delayed for an hour so, but there’s enough of a window to play tonight.
It also rained during A.J. Burnett‘s last start, when he held the Royals scoreless through five innings before getting washed out. Both Sergio Mitre and Chad Gaudin are available at length tonight, though I’m sure Joe Girardi doesn’t want to use both guys tonight with Dustin Moseley starting tomorrow. Thankfully the Indians are throwing Fausto Carmona tonight and not some rookie no one’s ever heard of. The Yanks have actually seen this guy before.
Here’s the lineup, which features a somewhat less-achy Jorge Posada…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, DH
Granderson, CF
Cervelli, C
Gardner, LF
And on the bump, it’s A.J. Burnett.
In case you haven’t heard, the Indians traded Jhonny Peralta to the Tigers within the last few minutes, so he won’t be around to make four outs on six pitches tonight. For shame. Whenever the game starts, you can watch on YES. In the interim, the Mets and Cardinals are on ESPN (and SNY, of course). Enjoy the game, hopefully it starts soon enough.
Update 7:10 p.m.: The Indians say first pitch is now schedule for 7:40 p.m.
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The Mason Williams Watch
So, Andy Pettitte CenterStage tonight.
/waitforit
As I said on another thread, I believe, I’m gonna watch it. I’m gonna watch it SO HARD.
(Is this what you were waiting for?)
I am tempted to make a comment, but I think it is a job best left for TSJC.
This is my intrigued face:
http://tinyurl.com/2bbuexe
wow, someone must have bought Andy a razor before the show
Wait, you’re Andy Pettitte? And I thought I was narcissistic!
Haha. That’d be an interesting situation o_O But no, I am not Andy Pettitte.
It would be, talk about never leaving the room and always running out of tissue.
soo another one of Cashman’s interest have been taken? hmm wonder whose next now.
/damnit Cashman, wny you gotta be stealth for??
Best Toyota Text Poll of the season.
What was it?
Who was your favorite character on the Indians in Major League? There were five choices – Serrano, Hayes, Wild Thing, the catcher with the yips, forget the other guy.
Oh, that is a good one. I’d either go with Pedro or the Japanese guy from the sequel. He was really funny.
RIP James Gammon, a.k.a. Manager Lou Brown
Saw today that Soria from KC also had the Red Sox, Cardinals, Cubs, Phillies, Tigers on his no trade list.
Even as bad as the Cubs are this year, it would seem this guy is afraid of the spotlight…. Must be why he is still in KC.
Those teams are on his NTC because he could get the most money out of them when they try to convince him to waive it.
This.
He has bonus $ tied to # of games completed I believe. So any team with an established closer would be a situation in which he’d be less likely to get that bonus.
Yes, this is just another reason to try to extract more $ from any landing spot. But I thought it interesting.
Heard this: Soria and Greinke for a package started by Chamberlain, Montero, Romine, Banuelos, McAllister, Nova, Noesi, Nuñez, Sanchez, Heathcott, Murphy, and Ramirez.
/Olney’d
Why does everyone seem to pick on Buster? Just because he says “heard this?” Wow, so a little humility and telling people that’s what he’s “heard” instead of pretending he’s the Great and All-Powerful Oz and knows everything?
Be glad he’s not such a blatant homer like Stark. Or a wooden robot like Rosenthal.
A wooden robot? I’m intrigued.
Yea, he’s both wooden and robotic. So he’s a medical marvel. Or an alien. Or a freak. Or all of the above.
Every Tweet is like “Heard this:” and then it’s like… 15 Tweets to get one point across. The “heard this” joke is getting a bit overplayed but I don’t think any harm is meant. I definitely think he’s better than Stark, Rosenthal, Heyman, etc., and I think most would agree.
It’s not really “picking” on him. I don’t see why you’re being so defensive.
It’s just having fun with a funny saying. No harm done. I like Olney and I enjoy his work. I, along with a lot of other people think that his “heard this” phrase is hilarious. We don’t think any less of Olney.
I don’t think they’re poking fun at his reporting, just the “heard this” part. It’s at least semi-amusing.
The problem with the internet. You can’t hear the tone in what someone typed.
So I’ll poke fun at myself.
Heard this: Pat D is too much of a Buster Olney homer, evidently.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5417684
For your enjoyment. Joba’s first ever relief appearance.
Do you recognize this man?
The slider in the video seems to have more horizontal break. It is nice to see v.2007 Relief Joba throwing 94-95 at times, though.
I wonder if Kay brought up the HGH stuff during the interview.
Something tells me no.
He did. There’s an interview on the YES Website
Pettitte pretty much brought it up himself.
Yeah. It doesn’t look like he really shies away from it. I think Kay once mentioned the fact that Andy is pretty honest in regards to whether he has a place or not in the HOF, knowing that the steroids scandal will definitely hurt him despite his numbers. I respect him more for that.
http://web.yesnetwork.com/news.....038;vkey=4
you can see his comments about HGH and whatnot there. To be honest, I don’t know if I can really believe him about him just using it those two times, especially because he wasn’t honest the first time around. But I do appreciate his honesty at least now that he’s been found out.
Also I don’t think Pettitte is a HOFer even without the HGH stuff. I can see him getting voted in, though. I think he has more of a chance than Posada, which I find very sad.
I think he’ll get voted in as well. Maybe not the first time around, but eventually. And you’re right, he wasn’t honest about it the first time, which I forgot about completely, and I don’t believe the “only once or twice” thing either. I’m just a little more inclined to accept Andy admitting his use and respect him for it because I’m still disgusted by Ortiz insinuating that someone set him up or something while talking to Sean Farnham on FOX sports radio.
Totally agreed all around. Even if I don’t completely believe Andy, at least he admitted to something. That is more than Ortiz can say, that whole thing was just bullshit.
Do people agree with the fangraphs thing about the best and worst trade chips that a-rod is the most un-tradeable (bad) player in baseball with his contract? I don’t know, I much prefer having him then Wells or Soriano.
I agree with it completely. They’re not trying to say he’s a “bad” player. But he is absolutely THE most untradeable player in baseball. Without a doubt.
A-Rod has $174M left on his contract. Wells has $86M. I’m confident that A-Rod will be significantly more than twice as valuable as Wells over the remainder of the contract.
Heck, just the attendance increase while he’s chasing the home run record will bring the relative values of their deals closer together.
Days like this make me wish all MLB stadiums were domes. Then I remember how much I hate artificial turf, and 80s-style baseball.
Argh.
Retractables!
Bagel slicer in Florida!
But then you end up playing the outfield like the Blue Jays on sunny days. So lose-lose, in my opinion. =/
So to those here who did/do play ball, did you ever/do you play for your dad? My dad was never one of my coaches and I’m pretty glad about that, actually. I don’t think I’d want to coach my son if/when I have one.
My dad was an assistant on a couple of my teams, but never the head coach.
I never played for my dad, but he was an umpire for about a million of my games. To make sure he wasn’t showing any favoritism he went the other way and totally screwed me both pitching and hitting.
My Dad never coached a team I played for, but I coached all 3 of my sons. I enjoyed it immensely. Can’t say for sure they feel the same, but for me, it was a great 10 years.
Not only was my dad my manager most of the time, he was the league president. I enjoyed it definitely. Less pressure
My dad never coached, so I can’t comment on that aspect. However, most of the teams in my Little League had dads as managers. I was usually on a team where the manager had a son. The son and his best friends always pitched and got their choice of positions. Those years, I usually got thrown in the outfield and put in the bottom third of the lineup. The one year I had a coach who didn’t have a kid, I would play half the game at SS and pitched the other half. Split the year between the 2 and 3 spots in the batting order. I’m sure you can guess how I felt about having a teammate’s dad coach the team.
My dad probably coached 4 or 5 seasons for me, as well as a couple for my brother. He was very fair in my opinion, and cared more about playing kids where they wanted to play than winning. He didn’t treat me or my friends any better than the rest of the guys; he actually took the position because he was annoyed with favoritism all around. Now that I look back, I realize how good of a coach he was- not playing favorites with your kid while simultaneously not overcompensating and being too tough in order to look like you aren’t playing favorites would be very difficult.
Best rain delay programming EVER
Hey Bexy, did you get my e-mail? I’m doing a ‘bloggers weigh in’ piece on Joba featuring short summaries from a variety of people. The question being asked is “What’s your next move with Joba?” 1)Trade him 2)demote him 3)stay the course?
If you want, just reply here. I’ll copy it and add it to my piece and credit it to you with a link back to YCPB. If not, that’s cool also. Your call.
I rarely check the YCPB e-mail so I didn’t :X
Um, I say trade him if it’s for the right piece, especially if they want to keep him a reliever. Otherwise, I want to send him down to the minors (like, the low minors) to work on everything, but I’ve basically given up on that happening. Basically, I’m pretty tired of talking about Joba, to be honest. It just bums me out. =/
Gotcha. You and Joe P and a load of other people. But he still draws more comments than any other topic, so I keep plugging away.
BTW-Make sure to check out my AM post tomorrow. Some really diverse, thoughtful replies from a lot of people you know. I just proofread it and it’s a really good read.
Word. I’ll definitely check it out.
Yes. Definitely.
You know what would fucking SUCK? If A-Rod hit his HR and the game got called before the fifth.
Don’t f#@*%^ jinx it!
I’m watching you Matt!!!!
I think it would be cool. Because they would probably make it up on off days that both the Indians and the Yankees share an off day which would be September 9th. So he would technically hit 600 after he hit several more homeruns.
It would be awesome.
Wow, that Delmon Young HR was DEEP.
Here’s a rain delay question: Has anyone (everyone?) here read Olney’s “The Last Night of the Yankee Dyanasty?” If so, does anyone ever think it could work as a movie or miniseres, like “The Bronx Is Burning?”
I read it a few years ago, enjoyed it. Not sure if it’d work as a movie though.
I read it, liked it (except for the ending which made me want to stab myself). Wouldn’t work as a movie. Birth of a Dynasty might work better as a movie though. Buuttt… did they already do that with Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way????
http://www.dailymotion.com/vid.....re-cur_fun
(SFW, absolute must-watch, you will never stop laughing)
Of course the ending sucked. Still the worst night of my life.
I don’t think it would work as a movie, either, or even a miniseries, if you followed it the way it was written. The flashbacks and everything. If they tried to tell it in a linear style, maybe, but then the book is nothing more than source for lines of dialogue and stuff.
Wow. That is really terrible.
A-Rod’s 600th Homer and The Year of the Pitcher http://www.indysportsnation.co.....3270.story
Oh, Carmona’s pitching tonight?
I hate that guy.
And Matt bites the bullet:
https://twitter.com/mimbro1
I was seriously just about to send a note to see when the rest of the TYU crew ended up on twitter.
Wait, you’re a mimbo?
Mike, I thought you raised a very interesting point about Joba. That his confidence is likely shot, a demotion to AAA wont help his confidence and could even make it worse.
I agree that you run that risk, but isn’t his lack of confidence related to his poor performances? If he starts blowing away hitters again, maybe he ‘finds’ whatever has been missing the past two years. Also, anyone who would be destroyed by a demotion to AAA doesn’t have not what it takes to succeed at the highest level. I hate blaming organizations when a players own makeup is (I think) the prevailing factor. Guys who get crushed by a demotion would have eventually been crushed by something else in the bigs, and the good ones find their way back.
That his confidence is likely shot, a demotion to AAA wont help his confidence and could even make it worse.
Here’s how you demote Joba without making it a hit to his confidence:
Tell him “We still have faith in you and want you to be a starter for us. We’re sending you down to give you the chance to stretch yourself back out and build up your innings and stamina and work on mechanics and secondary pitches. The things you need to work on can’t be worked on here in the bullpen, so the minors is the best and only environment that works.
You’ll be back up here soon, in the rotation, if you work hard. We believe in you.
This.
Sweet start for Santana tonight
Pujols made two outs in that inning, though. #ycpb
Heard on ESPN radio that the Yankees are the front runners for Adam Dunn.
Take that for what it’s worth
Here we go again…
As long as it doesn’t involve Montero.
What it’s worth: nothing.
The Yankees offer Jesus Montero, Austin Romine, and Gary Sanchez. They are the ‘frontrunners.’ 2 days later the White Sox acquired
Adam Dunn with a package revolved around Alex Rios.
Of course since IMO this rumor appears to be the least likely legit rumor it’s gonna happen.
Nice hustle, Tex! Thought he was dead, haha.
So did I.
But the ball beat him to the bag, doesn’t that mean he’s out…?!
/umpire’d
Atta boy Tex!
Let’s go A-Rod.
Most AB between home run #599 and 600? What a choker!
/storyline is never going away, is it?
Nope, it’ll take him 150 AB’s to go from 699 to 700…
And then 700 will be an inside the park homer.
That’ll do, Alex.
There we go. Nice piece of hitting.
That’s a nice start!
Nice Alex!
Niiiice.
I can’t take Kenny saying “Shin-SO Choo” anymore.
Get into beast mode, A.J. I want that K-Rate to climb back up.
I’ve been using the “beast mode” phrase a lot recently and I was wondering where it came from. I now have my answer.
I didn’t get to watch yesterday’s game yet, but I see Singleton STILL doesn’t know how to pronounce Choo’s name.
I’m greedy. I want to see a straight up dominating AJ tonight.
7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 11 K
Really?
Is it just me or has Alex been playing way off the line this whole series?
Yeah it’s annoying.
Indians lying to AJ about the start time. It’s a conspiracy!!!
/halfkidding’d
Mike Axisa – thanks for the answer above…. interesting perspective on Soria..
Chickshit on his part but it is a business and they need their money – even if they are not worth it.
It’s not “chickshit”, though. It’s just negotiation tactics, that’s all.
Soria probably asked for a blanket NTC, the Royals said no, so they settled on a limited NTC. To maximize it’s value, you’d put the 10 teams most likely to want to trade for you on the NTC. Nobody would have an NTC blocking their team from trading them to the Pirates or the Royals, because those teams wouldn’t trade for anyone anyway (since they suck).
Looks like AJ might have a favorable strike zone tonight.
Good play by Cervelli considering the pitch.
Oh my god, a caught stealing?
/faints
i just want to see some timely hitting and a dominating aj
Man Crowe must have had a terrible jump.
That was very nicely done.
Well, that caught stealing sure is important now.
I am really fucking sick of this guy…
Chugga chugga CHOO! CHOO!
Choo’s on first?!? Get it!!!
On a breaking ball in the dirt, no less! Nicely done, Cervelli!
Hold ‘em here, A.J.
I remember last time Cleveland was in town, Choo really didn’t do much. He’s making up for it now… dude’s a heck of a player.
Nice pitch AJ. Fooled the kid completely.
Nasty Hook there..
12 strikes, 3 balls that inning.
Not even close to a swing…
He didn’t even go around
Looked like a successful check swing to me.
Cleveland radio announcers shitting on granderson right now.
such as?
Ha well I guess mostly true stuff. They were comparing AJax to granderson and said how Ajax is younger cheaper a better base stealer and defender and how granderson strikes out too much.
Meh stolen bases don’t give much value do they? And we can’t tell that AJax is a better defender and WTF Granderson strikes out too much?? I’m not looking it up but I will bet my left arm AJax is leading the league in K’s.
Yankee hating at it’s finest. Or maybe just the case of stupid.
I will bet my left arm AJax is leading the league in K’s.
I’m pretty sure he’s not any more but he still strikes out a fuckton, especially for someone with so little power.
Strikeouts, AL:
1. Pena (TBR) 108
2. Lind (TOR) 102
3. Jackson (DET) 100
4. Upton (TBR) 94
5. Ortiz (BOS) 91
6. Napoli (LAA) 89
7. Overbay (TOR) 87
Gutierrez (SEA) 87
9. Jones (BAL) 85
10. Abreu (LAA) 81
Granderson strikes out too much, compared to… Austin Jackson?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUds6D4_a0 (safe)
And the announcers know that because they’ve seen AJax play a couple times.
Still bitter about the ball off Westbrook that he put into orbit?
Cleveland radio announcers can go choke themselves.
Goddamnit with my hand numbnuts! Now lean forward and choke yourself!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaa Granderson. His .327/.373/.527 batting line over the last three weeks just went up.
Send Curtis now?
Come on Granderson, need some more aggresiveness on the bases the rest of the season.
Dammit, that was a ball. Gradnerson may’ve had the bag.
Wow. Francisco Cervelli must have dirty pictures of BABIP.
HAHA
Cervelli’s weekly contribution to the offense!
/axisa’d
Bi-weekly. He’s a backup catcher.
BABIP WIN
Grit is due to go yard!
Great slide, Curtis!
Nice slide Grandy man
Nicely done, boys!
NICE!!!!!!
Abusing that 3.5 hole so far.
Abusing that 3.5 hole so far.
TWSS
Saw that coming a mile away…
Saw that coming a mile away…
TWSS
Wow, that caught me off guard!
/set-up’d
Wow, hell of a slide by Granderson. Choo fired a laser, too. Thought he was dead.
Wow heads up slide. I thought he was dead to rights with that throw
Great slide by Gardy.
Great slide by Granderson. Man does Choo have a gun.
Whew…takes guts to go there on Choo.
CG = Cajones Grandes
Something in the air please Jeter!
Ah the perils of being a ground ball pitcher when the ground balls have eyes.
…the ground balls have eyes.
Coming soon: The Ground Balls Have Eyes 2, starring Robert Englund, Henry Rollins, Emmanuelle Chiqrui and Virginia Madsen.
Please steal quickly Gardner, before the DP.
Little longer than ideal, but it works, and the perfect pitch too.
Would Gardner steal damn
Ask and you shall receive.
Fausto Carmona is doing his best Patrick Ewing impression w/all that sweat.
That hat is amazing in just the 2nd inning.
He had to leave it out in the rain, no?
I would hope.
And I don’t think I can TAKE it! Cuz it took so long to MAKE it! And I’ll never have that recipe again! OH NOOOOO!!!!
Cleveland Radio announcers LOVE Derek Jeter though. Definitely slobbing his knob, not that he doesn’t deserve it.
Doesn’t every sports announcer slobber over Jeter? (Again, not that he doesn’t deserve it.)
Ugh, Jeter…
Ugh. Someone needs to hire a necromancer to bring Jeter back from the dead.
I will take mummies that have multi-hits 6 out of the last 9 games.
couple of RBI’s out there Swish
Ha Cleveland radio announcers: Carmona pitched through the midges but Joba couldn’t because Joba wasn’t mentally strong enough.
Bastante Esteban!!!
Alright Tex. Little breathing room here…
Shift this!!!!!
Do some work, Alex.
FUCK YOUR SHIFT.
Tex baby
This team has so many holes. Oh, so many holes.
TWSS
Had to, sorry.
What shift?
A-Rod…FINISH HIM!!!!!!!
damn.
Teix is hotter than a two-pecker billie goat now!
Dammit, Alex! Take a pitch!
CHOKER
A-Rod you suck
You’re here in a game they’re winning 4-0? I’m impressed.
A-Rod feels sorry for Clevelanders.
What the f#$% is Cleveland?
It’s a general term to when someone betrays you and fucks you over.
ZOMG u choker!!!
Popout to second? What a fucking bum.
Seriously, who dresses this woman?
Governor Paterson
‘Online stat geeks’, oh she just went there…
She forgot to mention we all live in our mothers’ basements.
The only thing worse than an online stat geek: an analog stat geek.
Ah, don’t sweat it. There are worse things a person could be called than stat geek.
“Horse face” comes to mind…..
How about ‘Horse faced space dogs’?
+1 for the reference.
Kim Jones has space dogs?
Someone’s about to get punted on AOL.
So, the Tigers got Peralta for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto.
It saddens me that Detroit couldn’t instead have trade that prospect to the Cubs for something (Ted Lilly? Ryan Theriot?). It would have been awesome to watch a Giovanni Soto-Geovany Soto battery.
That wouldn’t be Soto bad.
Just call them “I” and “Y”.
Do we really need to hear this crap? How about we just follow the game?
Kim Jones time…somewhere in New York, Michael Kay is taking a cold shower.
I want to go to the party deck…
TWSS
You’re on fire with the TWSS tonight.
Speaking of which, how do you never get the duplicate post error??? Is it just that you KNOW people?
Each post is technically different.
Ah ha, sneaking in the little bolded parts. Taking advantage of a loophole, very nice.
I give because I love.
Did they really JUST NOW notice that A-Rod’s hand is taped? It’s been that way since the ASB for his thumb.
According to Gameday, Burnett is throwing a knuckle-curve..
It is better than Tom McCarver constantly calling it a slider.
Funny cus’ Sterling said something like. That looked like a slider, but I’m not sure what he calls it.
O’Neill calls it a slider too.
Crap. Time to roll a grounder, A.J.
/easier said than done’d
Fantasy question for you folks:
NL-Only league, Dom Brown or Logan Morrison as a keeper prospect for next year. Both would cost $8 in our auction format.
Brown.
If it’s an OBP league, I’d go Morrison. If not, Brown all the way.
Yeah, we do OPS so obviously OBP is part of the equation. We also do have AVG (yes, I know that is somewhat redundant). Their career MiLB numbers are very similar but I am leaning towards Brown.
Thank you kindly.
2 strike walks! Over thinking!
I love the reaction shots of Dave Eiland when AJ Burnett is on the mound.
He looks PISSED.
What do you want from me? I’m a .500 pitcher.
/Burnett’d
It’s ok, AJ. You don’t HAVE to give the runs back.
Erm, AJ? C’mon.
Thank you for complying. Kind of you.
Before people start calling for a new dynasty, how about we go back-to-back first?
It’s all the same dynasty. 2001-2008 was just an interregnum.
What the fuck is an interregnum?
/Jay and Silent Bob’d
//paraphrased’d
YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE BALL-LICKERS!!!
A very long, frustratingly bad interregnum.
Wicked coald, guys. Wicked coald.
I will never tire of that Avis ad. So awesome.
Robbie is in college, hitting rockets.
Dare we say, laser shows? Oh just kidding, Cano is much better than that.
“Laser show” is just too surreal for me.
Heh, Robbie like flicked at that one and it still went crazy far.
He’s just that good.
Seriously. Cano’s talent has been obvious since he broke into the bigs, but when he flashes that opposite field power he looks like an MVP.
Austin Jackson would’ve gone inside the park.
I love the Grandy Man.
Granderson coming alive!
Curtis Granderson, beast.
Granderson OWNS Carmona!!!
Clearly, Granderson should have been traded back to Detroit for Damon and Jackson.
/didn’t some dope say that?
And Phil Coke! Don’t forget Phil Coke!
And Phil Coke you idiot! Don’t forget Phil Coke! Moron!
Fixed.
Damn, Grandy’s on fire lately.
Grandy’s finally above .250. The man is turning it around!
just a beautiful swing there.
Granderson is the triples man.
Needed a game like this after the last two.
Curtis “Regression to the Mean/BABIP correction” Granderson, holmes.
Is Granderson’s regression going to be like his 2008 line of .280/.365/.494/.374 wOBA? Because that would be awesome if he regresses that much.
It’s all about positive regression.
/oxymoron’d
Shit. Not intentional.
Sucks for Cervelli who’s gonna have that elbow swell.
Cervelli is getting turned on right now
Retaliate AJ! We want blood!
One in five Californians say they need mental health care
http://www.latimes.com/news/he.....5137.story
The other 80% just don’t realize they need it.
Boooo YA!
Don’t sleep on Gardner’s power.
Guts and Grit there folks as Cervelli stays in.
/old school’d
Who needs Carl Crawford?
Supposed to rain again in 45 minutes. Get those next nine outs quickly, AJ.
6 runs is not enough. I want blood.
Okay. Carmona’s got nothing tonight. What a horribly located FB.
Boy, Carmona is cooked tonight.
All this after Flaherty says after the first two batters that it looks like he’s got good stuff because of 2 ground balls…
He was proud of his fastball that’s for sure.
I love beating the Indians.
I do to. I think it’s because of how much they delight in beating the Yankees. I mean, every city does, but Cleveland really hates New York.
I’m so fucking tired of hearing about the stupid 22-0 game
Just a gorgeous swing by GGBG there.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love Brett Gardner?
Oops.
where was this offense yesterday??? i like what im seeing, save some runs for tomorrow cuz moseley-gaudin-park-mitre will need it!
Jeter is the only one saving his offense
Jeter, Jeter, Jeter…
DJ alittle over-eager after watching the Grandy’s triple and BG’s double.
Eh, seeing as Tex and Grandy’s big hits were on the first pitches, I don’t really blame him.
Jetes doesn’t join the party and hits a ground ball. Go figure.
How much longer can his .330 OBP stay atop the lineup?
SWISH!!!!
I love me a good, old-fashioned blowout.
And Swish makes up for it.
Quick poll, RAB:
Who is creepier? The WB Mason guy, or Michael Kay?
WB Mason Guy. Though Michael Kay is extremely close behind.
Now there’s a visual. Michael Kay behind the WB Mason guy.
I walked into that one, but wow. Disturbing.
Michael Kay-”Oh baby, it doesn’t get any better than this!”
Kay, by far.
Respect the ‘stache!
Santana got bombed tonight, coughing up 6 ERs. Mets can’t get on any roll whatsoever.
If the Mets had 162 home games they’d go 150-12, if they had 162 road games they’d go 12-150.
I think some of your figures may be in-ack-a-rut.
/Ferrell Bush’d
ATNN: Steve S:
What did you think of the note I left on the blog? Could that work for you?
?? I’ll go check now.
OK, just saw it and left some details. I’m in.
3 hits, 1 run in 7 innings yesterday vs Tomlin.
10 hits, 7 runs in 2.2 innings today vs Carmona.
/can’t predict baseball’d
Hector Ambriz seems as good a candidate to yield #600 as any.
This.
And a grand slam sounds good too…
The W.B. Mason guy is a dead ringer for Flaherty.
I doubt Flaherty could grow that ‘stache.
The W.B. Mason guy is
a dead ringer forJohn Flaherty.Fixed that for ya.
The W.B. Mason guy is
a dead ringer forJohn Flaherty.…or not. Forgot my dopey backslash.
I’m reading about Nikola Tesla right now. I see him everytime those commercials come on.
Come on Alex!!!!!!!!!
C’mon Alex. Get your 600 right now and stat pad that rbi count!
Good thing Singleton reminded us that he has 599 homeruns. I had no idea what was going on…
Slightly off topic, but today’s trade chips article was linked to from ESPN’s Rumor Central. Mike, are you proud or horrified about this?
I think it’s pretty cool. Anytime we can inject some sanity into the MSM, it’s a win for my kids and my kids’ kids and my kids’ kids’ kids.
Way to be forward thinking and concerned with our children!
/mainstream politician’d
/kidding’d
A-Rod with bases loaded in 2010: .538/.556/.1.308
Too late I guess…
God DAMMIT.
CHOKER
Doh…
Looooong swing.
Anti Climactic.
Alex swung and missed a pitch right down the middle. Yeah…his swing has gotten long and slow.
What a choke job you are Alex!
A little sad, really.
But I thought A-Rod only hit HRs in blowouts so wouldn’t he hit one here?!??!!
I think a grand slam has a little too much ‘team’ in it since other guys get runs scored. He’ll hit a solo shot leading off an inning later so it hurts the guys RBI chances behind him.
Well played.
He’ll hit in the 8th or 9th to put us up by 16
Wishlist: Jeter and A-Rod to get their OBPs above .350, preferably into the .370 range.
Wow I can’t believe he completely missed that pitch. Right down the middle.
Hell Tomlin threw one right by him at 91mph last night that was even fatter than that one.
So the Dodgers got Scotty Pods. Torre must be elated.
I assume the two prospects they gave up to get him are of the Carlos Santana variety.
Dee Gordon and Clayton Kershaw?
Kershaw and Kemp.
No no, not Kershaw. Billingsley and Broxton because they are CHOKERS.
Well, in truth he’s probably already destroyed Broxton’s arm, so that’s not a huge deal.
Scotty P.?
Could he go further senile and ask him to pitch every day?
Torre can still conjure up feelings other than sleepy? Huh. Learn something new every day. No, I’m kidding. Any details on the trade?
Scotty Pods to the Dodgers for two minor leaguers. Of course, because it’s the Dodgers, they will probably give up their two best minor leaguers.
Of course, because it’s the Dodgers, they will probably give up their two best minor leaguers
So true. I’m guessing that means the names haven’t been released quite yet then. Thanks for the info.
Well, if they turn out to be good leaguers, the Dodgers wouldn’t be able to pay them in 6-8 years anyway, right?
Prospects: C Lucas May, RHP Elisaul Pimentel
Other than the obvious studs I don’t know much about anyone else’s farms, so I don’t know how bad this is.
May’s decent but nothing special. A slightly better Frankie Cervelli, I’d say.
Pimentel… meh.
Trivia answer: Cone?
Yep.
Yay Robbie.
And the answer is Coney.
I need clarification. Does this count as an offensive explosion?
I believe so.
ZOMG WHY CAN WE ONLY HIT TEH GUD PITCHERS IT IS SUCH A CURSE.
Curses are for Boston and Chicago fans who refuse to admit it is possible to suck for a long, long time. Either way, good curse to have though.
Heh. You have only added to my extreme like of you with this comment. <3
lol…thanks. I like you as well. =)
BOW CHICKA WOW WOWWWW
(I’m totally kidding, I don’t go that way at all. But I figured I might as well make the joke before TSJC/one of the other perverts around here did. =P)
I don’t know who the perverts are quite yet, but I appreciate you looking out. Amusing post though. lol
(puts hands in pockets, whistles, looks around nervously)
Cano, how do I love thee, let me count the ways…
Crushed.
I’m excited. I want us to top that 17-1 beatdown from the other day. Let’s make this a 22-0 victory.
Payback for the opening series of YS3.
/yesIreallyreallyhatetheClevelandIndians’d
Like I was saying the other day, we don’t lose to Cleveland all that often, but when we do, the losses are particularly hideous. >:(
I just hate them for Chief Wahoo.
But he’s smiling! It can’t be racist if he’s smiling!
Pfft! You don’t know why he’s smiling.
’cause he’s racist too?
I always told the kids at my intern school that I hated white people when they accused me of racism (obviously joking). It totally threw them off. Gotta love middle schoolers.
Excellent point, seriously why is he still their mascot. Especially considering Cleveland’s alternate caps with the “C” are actually really nice.
I understand that the Indians are a baseball team, but where and what the f*&# is Cleveland? Did you make that up?
FACT: if we win this game, nobody will ever know about it because it happened in Cleveland.
So these are practically free wins right?
Robbie is so good.
Did the Yanks sign any IFAs this year? I know they’re waiting for the kid from Mexico to turn 16, but I honestly can’t remember even a minor signing after July 2nd. There was the catcher from Columbia (who seemed fringy) but that’s about it.
Elvis Sanchez. I’m still holding out hope for Javier Pimentel.
Brain fart. The pitcher was Luis Heredia. Javier Pimentel is a shortstop I hope they sign.
I’d like to say that Cervelli’s taking weak hacks because of his elbow, but I’m pretty sure he just sucks.
I miss David Cone.
I miss his dance.
Noooo, he doesn’t have a dance.
Heh. Luis Sojo pwning David Cone.
I love how this game is approaching two hours and we’re not even through three and a half innings. Joe West must be livid.
Slow games when we’re up 8-0 in the 4th…..priceless
Jacob Rupert once described his idea of a perfect afternoon at YS as when the Yankees score 8 runs in the 1st inning, and then slowly pull away.
http://tinyurl.com/289vyuy
If I could’ve paused time right when AJ fielded that ball, I would’ve bet anyone $100 that Burnett would throw the ball away.
Yep, me too.
How can the Angels never beat the Sox, but constantly give the Yanks trouble???
Scott Shields was starting today; don’t read too much into it.
They’re 7-0 against them, outscoring them 53-24. And that’s just this year. It’s not just one game.
Scott Shields, the guy who used to be their relief ace, but hasn’t been useful in 2-3 years?
Every team shows up to play the Yanks, but roll over when the Boston Fucking Red Sox come to town.
Normally I agree but: Oakland? Minnesota?
I’m only repeating the narrative, I’m not here to interpret.
Seriously though, I just wrote the general narrative about the Yanks-Angels.
How can the Angels never beat the Sox???
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=7042831
I am going to WATCH THE SHIT out of this almost as hard as I’m going to WATCH THE SHIT out of Pettitte’s CenterStage. Almost.
Make sure you stretch first, bexy. Groin pulls are serious business.
Oh I know, Pettitte told me when I was done with his bi-hourly (is that a phrase? whatever) massage.
even a blind squirrel…
Yeah, that’s basically what I thought with that series. That, and the law of averages. (Yeah yeah yeah the law of averages doesn’t really work that way.)
They’re obnoxious pains in the asses, that’s why.
#secondleastfavoriteteam
Though I almost forgive them just because of the sheer awesomeness of their 2009 ALDS vs. Boston but… no. Fuckers.
Peace, Matty.
Damn, Jete just can’t catch a break.
The one time Jeter hits the ball hard…
I haven’t read every post here but does anyone find a game/series without Kay more enjoyable?
Personally I can’t stand it. Singleton and Flaherty are about the most boring pair of announcers ever.
I like Singleton. But you’re right, neither he nor Flaherty have much panache. I think Singleton and Cone are the best non-Kay booth pairing.
I never liked Cone either. Leiter is my favorite to go with Kay.
To each his own.
I actually find Ken and Flash really boring. Ken is okay, but Flash is a snooze unless he’s trying to kill Bob Lorenz for a ball.
It depends what other announcers are in there… (yeah yeah yeah, TWSS)
Three quick outs, A.J.
/avoid the rain
Fuck you and your drum, you stupid tasteless Indians fans.
The drum is annoying but it reminds me of this random guy who plays the drums in Union Square and makes taking the subway an action movie. Gets the heart rate going.
Yankees fans are so much more classy with the ‘old man hitting a frying pan’ guy (Freddy Sez).
There’s a cowbell involved. Epitome of class, right there.
I request a Satanic funeral . . .
/crowd boos
That frying pan is not a symbol of a proud nation that was oppressed, displaced, and killed for centuries and now lives in alcoholism and poverty on scraps of useless land.
While we’re discussing frying pans, please note that The Frying Pan is a cool outdoor bar pier in the city. For those +21 , check it out!
Oh Swish, you so pretty.
I don’t care what your stupid nerd stats say, Nick Swisher is a bad defender.
Swisher!!!!! SO BAD DIDN’T DESERVE TO GO TO THE ASG AMIRITE GUYZ.
He really didn’t, though. I voted for him a million times just to piss off Youk.
Compared to Youk, no he didn’t deserve to go. But acting like he was a completely horrendous choice, like some did? No way.
This Choo-Burnett faceoff scares me.
Just get the last out dammit. It’s going to start raining the tears of Cavs’ fans any minute.
IETCVM.
Go back to dat change up
Burnett is killing it with the breaking ball.
Beautifully done, AJ.
Jess Todd?
Clearly, a pitcher with a girl’s name is going to yield #600.
Hilarious.
Hilarious, Alex.
A-Rod is maybe the most awkward man in the world. I love him for it.
LOL A-Rod.
A-Rod is a weird person.
Only A-Rod lol
LMAO!!!! Funniest thing I’ve seen in baseball for a while…
Why does Alex always seem to be involved in the weirdest stuff you see on a baseball field?
When I was thinking of the other funnier things I’ve seen in baseball, they all have A-Rod connected with it! Luis Castillo and Dallas Braden’s ‘kingdom’. Yea, this one will rank up there.
Not funny, but sort of weird, the first instant replay in both regular season and playoffs too.
As long as A-Rod keeps hitting the ball like that, the homerun will come. I could really care less about it.
That’s how you steal a base right there
Imagine if Alex went the rest of the year and didn’t hit another Home Run?
For the first few weeks it would be torturous, then after it would get annoying and pathetic. But by around mid-September, it would actually be pretty funny.
Pretty sure he’d eventually get a cheapie in Yankee Stadium.
He could go all Ichiro and claim “I don’t want to hit homers”.
FWIW, A-Rod considers himself as not much of a home run hitter.
In a similar vein, I consider myself to “not have an overly large penis”.
Eric, a small word of advice. Never use the words “vein” and “penis” that closely together. Unless you’re a doctor.
Cano! Show Alex how its done.
For the Gameday-ers out there, what exactly did A-Rod do?
Alex hit a booming double to right and slid into second, taking the actual base with him.
He also made a completely hilarious face.
Rolled on his back with the base and everything.
As he slid into second, the base came completely out of the dirt and he was holding it in his hands as he was lying awkwardly on his side just kinda shyly laughing. He’s so awkward, I love it.
Granderson homers here. Book it.
/predictionssuretogowrong’d
Let me be the first to say this is now the minor league game we have all wanted Joba to pitch in. Bring him in Joe and let him throw a few changeups and work on his mechanics!
Oh and have D-Rob warming in the pen just in case….
Alex’s face for anyone who has Gameday or whatnot:
http://tweetphoto.com/35483238
That’s priceless. I wish I could get a still of him on his back with the base and frame it. He looked like a cat with a ball of yarn.
Wow, Mets. Actually showing a little life?
At home, they’re basically unbeatable. On the road, they are a joke.
Wow, how do the Cardinals ever let the Mets tie that game.
I’m not much of a Mets fan but this is such a blow out I’ve been watching a little. Awesome game.
Damon HR tonight but Tigers lose again!
Wow, Marlins had an even bigger comeback than the Mets to tie it.
What happened in that game?
Giants up 4-0, 7-1, and 9-2, but the Marlins tied it at 9. But, the Giants just walked off with the win.
9-2, holy crap.
Randy Winn pinch hitting for the Cardinals. Boy, I long for the good ole days of April and May in NY.
Course now he’ll probably get a hit since I said this.
Or not, weak grounder, as usual.
He’s hitting .273/.345/.455/.799 with the Cardinals. That’s certainly decent.
Winn, NYY: .213/.300/.295 (.261 BABIP)
Winn, STL: .273/.345/.455 (.292 BABIP)
What does that mean? I have no idea.
Wow, I just realized the .213 I got to was the same as he hit in NY. Crazy…
Yeah, which kind of says something about the NL, and the NL Central in particular.
But, I know it’s picky, if you take out a 6 game streak against the Dodgers and Phillies he’s hitting .213.
But anyway, yeah, he’s been a bit better, hard to be worse…
That was nice, Trevor.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/.....id=5418167
Sad.
Singleton – Invitation to the party. Gotta get up to get down. LOOK OUT!
Kay – Back! Track! Wall! See Ya! An inauspicious beginning for ____ And a derisive cheer from the crowd. And ____’s struggles continue. I went to Fordham. I love Kim Jones.
Flash – He’s proud of his fastball.
O’Neill – Eats a lot.
Am I missing anything? Long game…
Leiter: Also, too… (I think)
Flash – talking way too much about his hitting when he was, you know, a terrible hitter
Kay – a record held by many
Leiter’s gazillion pitches and getting traded.
Flash really loving himself some Cervelli. Back up catchers stick up for each other, yo.
when miranda smiles he looks like bubba from forest gump
http://www.creepygif.com/images/full/10.gif
Nice play by AJ.
Slick play by A.J.
Hilarious, AJ.
(If that was Pettitte I’d be crying GET ME SCREENCAPS RIGHT NOW!!! however.)
Even though it’s a low leverage situation, I’d much rather see Robertson than Joba.
JOBA!!!!!!!
http://twitter.com/OldHossRadb.....9682595089
JOBA IN TEH 8TH!!!111!!!1!!!
or TO TEH.
The 7th-inning blowout guy?
It has a ring to it…
/notreally’d
A balk?
THIS KID CAN’T HANDLE THE PRESSURE OF A BLOWOUT 7TH INNING SEND HIM TO THE MINORS IMMEDIATELY!
/kiddingbutnotreally’d
Send him and start him!
/trying to get this catch phrase rolling
Don’t delay, Halladay!
/upgrade’d
Oof, Joba.
Joba balked cuz he’s fat!
/StevePhillips
That is a seriously intense look there, AJ.
well..Joba is pitching. Could get ugly in a hurry.
I get why it was intense, but that was a “I will slap your face off of your face!” look.
3-2 slider. He fooled me.
Hit 97′s but still hung a slider, though that last one was a bit better.
A-Rod’s up third… here comes 600 (Finally!)
Klapisch:
‘Confirming @SI_JonHeyman re #Yanks’ interest in Dunn. They’re still waiting to hear what #Nats want in return.’
You lost me at “@SI_JonHeyman”.
Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t stand reading tweets with all those extra damn characters in them.
I’m like the characters in the Matrix now. I don’t even notice the extra characters anymore.
Considering the Nats asked Tampa for Garza in exchange for Dunn, I don’t think that one is going anywhere.
of course Heyman would say that. Heyman is a Boras guy, and Dunn is Boras’ client.
Dunn isn’t a Boras guy.
Greg Genske and Brian Peters.
Source: the internet
oh shit, he isnt? for some reason, i thought he was.
http://tinyurl.com/PinstripeDFAIPA
and Klapisch actually CONFIRMED what Heyman said so……..
Well I don’t doubt the Yankees are interested but who knows how in-depth the talks are, or if the Nationals are asking for something that isn’t batshit crazy and therefore the Yanks would go for it?
Well, could have been that out-of-nowhere Ninja Cash move.
Now that it’s been reported, I fully expect nothing to happen.
just noting that not everything Heyman says is full of crap. (although a lot of crap is thrown about by him.)
How the hell do you balk in an 8-0 game with the 1B playing behind the runner?
This comes a few days after a game where Joba completely ignored the runner on 1B when it actually mattered.
The things that he does on the mound are just baffling at times.
Relegate him and renovate him!
/riffingoffofMattImbrogno’sidea’d
WHY THE FUCK IS MY BURRITO TAKING THIS LONG TO COOK IN THIS MICROWAVE?!??!??!??!??!???!
Sergio probably needs the work, but I wanted another inning from Joba. If he’s going to be a mop-up man, let him have lots of those mop-up innings.
2-for-5 with a booming double is UNACCEPTABLE A-Rod!!!! (I kid.)
MITRE TEH NEW 8TH INNING MAN??1?!
::takes sip of Diet Coke::
WHERE IS JOBBER??!??!?!
/Francesa’d
IETCVM!
what’s the point of using Mitre and Gaudin today if Moseley will start tomorrow?
They won’t use Gaudin, he was probably just throwing a little.
Thankfully, Gaudin is still capable of throwing a ball.
The long national nightmare is over.
Chone Figgins now has his first homer of the season…
Who’s that? Haha, you just made that up, didn’t you?!
/Cleveland’d
No runs since the 4th? What a bunch of punchless 4A players.
Without checking, I am like 93% sure NYYFans is actually saying this.
I’m so glad I’ve never been to that site.
I’m sorry, Jon Stewart, I can’t laugh at your jokes through that horrible mustache and goatee.
You actually made me change the channel.
I mean, seriously, did nobody at Comedy Central have a razor handy? He looks like Dan Abrams.
lol. I don’t think he looks Dan Abrams bad. Dan Abrams’ mustache/goatee combination is much worse.
Abrams looks like ever since they canceled his show, he just doesn’t give a shit anymore.
He deserved to get his show canceled. He was pretty terrible looking before that though.
Oh, no arguments there.
I saw the show yesterday and I was completely surprised.
Where you watching Tosh.0?
Just end. The game. I want. To watch. Andy Pettitte. Thank you.
Was totally thinking this, but then I remembered Jack Curry still has some talking to do.
bexy:
Just end. The game.I want.To watch.Andy Pettitte. Thank you.that works =P
But I thought Swisher had no range!
“Adam Wainwright’s a good hitting pitcher”
He’s hitting .148. The NL makes me sad…
Ah, the Yankees are basically an NL team when Pena plays.
Woo!
Yankees win! Does this mean that we’re gonna get a bunch of people saying this is the “best win ever” and we’re “locks to win the WS”? Because whenever we lose we have to hear about how it’s the worst loss ever and every team is better than us.
/unnecessarily snarky’d?
THIS IS THE BEST WIN EVER, Bex! BEST. WIN. EVAHHHH.
I’m almost kind of glad that A-Rod hasn’t hit 600 in this series. If he did, then we’d have to listen to Singleton and Flaherty on Yankees Classics.
One game more.
Yeah, but now I’m hoping he doesn’t hit it. Plus, it’d be cool to do it against our closest challengers in Tampa.
Now that I think about it though, I wonder if Maddon would schmuck out of it and not give him any pitches to hit, like he did with Tex last year. It’s a bit different, but the same basic concept.
You dare to question the genius of Joe Maddon???
Good wiN!
http://newyorkstateofsports.co.....0-yankees/
The Mets just let their lefty specialist pitch to Pujols with a guy on 3rd, two outs, and an open base…
Brilliant!!!