Game 91: A ‘perfect’ anniversary for a win
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Baseball immortality. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Zelevansky
Eleven years ago, David Cone took the mound in an Interleague match-up against the Montreal Expos. Like today, it was a stifling hot Sunday, and Cone twirled a gem of a game. Facing a lineup of young players who hadn’t seen him mix arm angles and pitch speeds before, the Yanks’ righty was perfect. He never once went to three balls on a single batter, and he struck out 10. When Orlando Cabrera popped out to Scott Brosius, the celebration began, and the losing pitcher that day was a kid named Javier Vazquez.
Today, Andy Pettitte won’t have to be perfect to beat the Tampa Bay Rays, but he doesn’t have much room for mistakes. The offense shouldn’t be a problem; after all, Tampa hits .244/.331/.390 against southpaws. Rather, it’s the opposing pitcher who will be tough to beat. David Price takes his heat to the stadium today in what could be a pitching duel for the ages.
Price is 12-4 this year with a 2.42 ERA, and he has truly come into his own as a starter this year. Opponents are hitting .223/.297/.343, and he allows fewer than a home run per nine innings. The Yanks have faced Price once this year and lost, despite scoring three runs off the lefty.
Pettitte, though, is no small beans himself. He’s 11-2 with a 2.70 ERA, and opponents are hitting .234/.295/.360 against him. Runs could be at a premium today. For Pettitte, today’s outing could be one of redemption. During his last time on the bump against Tampa, the Rays knocked him around for six runs in five innings, and he allowed a season-high three longballs in that May 20 start.
A win today ups the Yanks’ first place lead to three games; a loss brings Tampa to within a game. It’s as big a game in mid-July as one might find. It starts at 1:05 p.m. and will be on YES in the New York area and TBS nationwide. The lineups, please:
Derek Jeter SS – Hitting just .245/.322/.337 over his last 305 plate appearances
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Marcus Thames DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Brett Gardner LF
Andy Pettitte P
Game Notes: Per Joe Girardi, the team has no long man today. Dustin Moseley threw 75 pitches, and Chad Gaudin tossed 52 in the Yanks’ loss last night. I’d prefer to see Moseley DFA’d with Ivan Nova or Romulo Sanchez recalled, but Girardi says Chan Ho Park or Boone Logan could go multiple innings today if need be…A.J. Burnett reportedly apologized to teammates behind closed doors for his outburst that led to hand lacerations. No word on if he also apologized for his 8.15 ERA over his last eight starts.
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Sigh. Those game notes say it all. Why do we need multiple guys who can “go multiple innings”? It seems like the entire bullpen situation is set up for a theoretical 18 inning game, followed by a doubleheader.
+1
Very true.
Well, we all know how good Park and Logan aren’t in multiple innings, so please go 7 strong at least, Andy.
So the game’s at 1 then?
The ‘perfect’ day to face the ‘perfect’ team…
Question for you guys: What do really cheap grandstand tickets to a playoff game go for?
I have, like, no money, and I live pretty far, but I’d love to go.
A lot. The trick is to go for standing room tickets. I got an ALDS Game 2 standing room ticket in the 200s level last year for $25 plus fees.
Are the standing room tickets worth making the trip for?
Yep. I had a blast.
Cool thanks. I’ll definitely consider it.
Yea I paid about $75 pus fees for ALDS Game 1 and those were the cheapest grandstand tickets I could find.
75 might be doable if I start saving up, like, now. Which is more or less impossible, but whatever.
I don’t want to be rude, but $75 isn’t that much money. Unless you’re really destitute or have some sort of gambling problem, it shouldn’t be too hard to come up with that kind of cash.
That kind of cash, plus the price of parking, the price of gas to and from the stadium, and assuming I get no food, drinks, or souvenirs.
It would be MUCH more than 75 bucks. Especially if I decide to take any family members.
Parking? Gas? Take Metro-North or the subway. Even if you just ride to the nearest Metro-North stop or New Jersey Transit stop — wherever you are — parking and gas problems are easily solved.
Are people worried about Jeter? If he doesn’t improve, this will be his first season with an OPS+ below 100.
I wasn’t worried in the first half.
Now I’m actually VERY worried.
I’m mostly worried about Jeter because of the contract the Yankees are probably going to give him. He’ll be grossly overpaid. I hope he can rebound and soon.
I also don’t think he should still be leading off. He’s got a .334 OBP/.328 wOBA out of the one hole. That’s not doing the team any favors. Girardi, though, seems to be of the “stick with it” approach as he showed with Mark Teixeira.
But is moving him down to 6/7 really realistic?
He could go all year like this, and I would would just think it was a down year, albeit maybe his worst year. But, I still think he could have strong bounce back years in the next 3-5 years or so. I have faith.
Or he could be a 36-year-old short stop doing nothing that 36-year-old short stops don’t do regularly. That’s the problem. Down year or normal aging?
That is the question. My money is on down year.
Are you expecting nothing better than this for the rest of his career?
It’s difficult to say given his age. Most shortstops don’t last at the position this long.
There is a possibility that he could continue to decline. I hope you realize that.
It could be a down year too, but both sides are entirely possible.
I do realize that. I might be the last one to accept that Jeter is done, but I’m ok with that. I am willing to go down with the Jeter ship. haha. Feel free to jump off if you would like.
I’m not jumping off yet. He could finish the year strong. It still wouldn’t surprise me.
Maybe, it’s a bit unrealistic at his age, but Jeter is no ordinary talent.
If he comes back on a ridiculous contract next year and keeps stumbling, start worrying.
Yea his BABIP by month this year: .325, .337, .268, .209
Line Drive % by month: 12.6, 20.4 20.5 14.0
Career Babip is: .357
Career LD% is (2002-2010 per FG): 20.5%
Here’s to hoping he’s run into some bad luck.
Yea. But, even with bad luck, he is clearly not the same hitter he was just a year ago. I think the WS, the fact his father told him to start enjoying and taking it all in a little more (saw an interview with the father last year with him saying that) and the fact he got engaged with rumors about his wedding etc … all led to this down year. In 2009, all we heard about was his manic dedication to getting better in the off season. This off season, it seemed like a big party.
That is my narrative and I’m sticking to it.
And I should add, with renewed focus and dedication after this down year, I expect better seasons.
But he wasn’t getting married…
Winning the WS leads to Jeter partying the whole off-season? I doubt Jeter is out of shape.
You’re pulling straws.
Thats why I added the narrative line.
And he did get engaged. If you don’t think that comes with added time and responsibility commitments, you are nuts.
But I clearly know nothing, and it is just a theory from someone on the far periphery.
Oh, alright. And yeah, he’s engaged (I think), not married.
Yeah, it’s just a theory. I don’t think it’s necessarily true, but a theory nonetheless.
Cone’s ERA going in to the perfect game: 2.86
Cone’s ERA after the perfect gamie: 4.82
The perfect game was kind of his last hurrah.
the last time andy faced tampa he got roughed up…..lately against tampa he hasn’t been that good. and shit we have to face price?? well if we lose we’ll stil be in frst. this just might be another frustrating game
Yay for optimism.
Andy get the win today!
never question Andy in front of bex. NEVER
Nah, I’m pretty objective about him, I think. I just don’t see the need for the WE’RE DOOOOOOMED POV before the game even starts.
Flogging Molly providing the tunes for a Steinbrenner memorial video?
I was lucky enough to be at Cone’s perfect game, and today is very similar, down to the day of the week and the very hot temp.
BTW Why exactly did Cone stop broadcasting games on YES? Was it his decision, or was it YES’s? He was good and just as he did as a pitcher seemed to be constantly working at improving his game. He would even refer to FanGraphs and Baseball Reference. His departure seemed odd based on what I read.
A hot day in mid-July in NYC? What a coincidence.
I think Cone was fired for arguing with YES’s Filipelli (I don’t know how to spell his stupid name).
Oh, it wasn’t “just” hot that day. It’s warm today, although nothing like it was in 1999. Absoluetly one of the most uncomfortably hot days I can ever remember at the Stadium.
AS for Filipelli (not sure of the spelling myself), now that you mention it, I do seem to remember some rumblings during last season that there was some conflict.
I would prefer Gardner in center. I don’t think we have to worry about hurting Granderson’s feelings anymore.
How many years are the Yanks stuck with Granderson?
I think four. He would be fine if we didn’t have a better centerfielder playing right next to him.
Or in Atlanta. j/k (kind of).
maybe I could have kinda laughed along if you said “detroit,” but using Melky is just ridiculous. He was decent in center, but no Gardner, or even ajax for that matter. And his offense is pretty bad.
Kind of? Melky’s awful. Ask any Braves fan.
In fairness, we’ve seen Gardner misplay balls that have gone over his head and Granderson’s defensive ratings this year and are actually better than Gardners. That’s said…it would be nice if Granderson would hit.
True, everyone misplays balls sometimes.
Just by my eyes, I think Gardner is better in center. And definitely agreed that it is more important that he starts hitting. His D has been solid. I just think Gardner can give us extraordinary D if given the opportunity.
Not going to disagree. Granderson’s UZR/150 was at an exceptional 18 the last time I looked. Gardner’s was also good, but somewhere in the single digits. Now while I do follow defensive metrics, I don’t think a team should base everything on them because all of them do have issues. Overall, though, Granderson has been solid defensively. I think we’re all a bit hard on him because he just hasn’t hit yet, and we gave up a CFer who is hitting over .300 and is also putting up strong defensive numbers.
I think Gardner is still learning to track the ball in left, so I’d expect he’ll continue to improve the more he plays there. My guess is if he went back to CF he’d be stronger than Granderson.
My guess. The Yankees move Gardner to CF in 2011, and Granderson gets a platoon partner for LF, which strengthens the Yankees bench. Right now it’s difficult to get a strong bench player because they have no playing time. A LF platoon changes that. We’ll see.
ROFL Andy. That almost makes up for your dumb bunting mistakes in other games.
Why are you bringing the infield in in the first inning…
Maybe that’s why Andy hit Longoria. Save Girardi from himself.
David Price is the reasoning I believe.
But I agree with you. I would not have brought them in either.
Early surrender? It is odd. Price is good, but he hasn’t even thrown a pitch yet in the game. We might cut off a run, yet it might open up the opportunity for a bigger inning, and against Price that is dangerous.
Wow, I guess Andy remembered how to field his position
Damnit
Nice one, Andy. Just put it on a tee, would ya.
(cries hysterically)
Why the F can we not get Pena out when every other team can?
damn. Not a good start
Way to go Andy. I think I’m gonna take a nap lol
Well this should be the classic “pitchers duel that turns into an 8-7 game.”
I hope you’re right and we are the ones that score 8.
Not sure if the Yankees offense is capable of that against Price.
I can feel the sportswriters starting their doomsday postgame recaps already.
Of course Pena remembers how to hit against us. Oh well, plenty of time to go to get those runs back!
I really hope Pena signs with a national league team.
I really hope our pitchers remember how to pitch the next time we face the Rays.
Amen to that.
This stadium was designed for guys like Pena to beat us down.
I still blame Granderson. If he makes that catch and Andy makes that great play on Crawford, the three of the first five Rays wouldn’t have hit the ball right on the screws.
Excepting that it’s extremely unlikely Crawford attempts to bunt if Upton’s ball is caught.
Yup. I’m still not over that either. He takes missteps all the time, and usually makes up for it, but you see the consequence when he doesn’t make up for it.
I say Gardner to center is becoming more of a no brainer as time goes on.
I was being sarcastic. Andy got tattooed that inning, took two great defensive plays to bail him out.
Yea, you’re right. Re-read the sentence and realize it now. Sorry for the lack of recognition.
Didn’t realize your sarcasm.
Well, your sarcasm is my seriousness I guess in this case, ha.
Oh please, this is such a joke. Gardner gets bad jumps too, and neither of them catches that ball that was lined to the WARNING TRACK!
How bout you get on Andy a little, who just shit the bed throwing a 2-0 meatball to a guy who does nothing but strike out or hit home runs?
I happen to like Gardner better in center and after Granderson misplayed that admittedly very tough ball, it reminded me of that fact.
/fallacy of predetermined outcome’d
How exactly has this team been no-hit three times in the last year?
Because you can’t predict baseball.
Wow, our pitchers outside of CC are such a fucking joke against Tampa. Way to keep us in the game, Andy. Pena has a .200 average and swings for the fences every time, why would you throw him ANYTHING near the strike zone? He does the same thing against Vlad… hello, free swinger!
I think I see lacerations on Andy’s hands.
In this type of heat Pettitte will not last long.
Is there a long-man available for today?
Boone Logan!!!
He’s from Texas. He can handle heat.
What was that about not having a long man again?
Wow, what a JOKE. Can any pitcher on this team get Tampa out? Newsflash, their offense is NOT this good!
Newsflash: They are 4th in runs, 6th in OBP
Is that supposed to impress me? They got off to a hot start and have really been mediocre since.
Their June/July OBP is 3 points higher than their April/May OBP.
(March/April, not April/May)
April- 23 games, 144 runs, 6.26 runs/game
May- 29 games, 122 runs, 4.21 runs/game
June- 25 games, 124 runs, 4.96 runs/game
July- 13 games, 68 runs, 5.23 runs/game
1 mediocre month doesn’t equal mediocre since.
Andy just doesn’t have it today, 4 hard hit balls and a HBP. Blah.
If history tells us anything, let’s not judge Andy on one inning, especially the first.
They are hanging out over the plate just like last game. Throw strikes inside.
Why can Dallas Braden pitch a perfect game against these guys but the most wonderful pitcher on Earth can hardly get an out? ;_;
Because, Suszyn, You Can’t Predict Baseball ™
The Rays are relly hitting the ball hard
(Looking forward to Javy’s next start and restoring some stability to this rotation)
ARod. Sick.
UZR does not even calculate that I don’t think.
That could end up being a game-changing play before anything even happened. That gets by him, it probably scores a run.
Just go away Derek. At least fucking try.
Why won’t he try to go up the middle or something?
Or just stop hitting the ball on the ground. What’s the LD% now?
I don’t think he has the bat speed to do it anymore. Catching up to 95+ is probably not going to happen for the Captain any more.
Quick! Start the smear campaign!
/boston’d
Yay for Cap’n .265. Or whatever is average is now.
C’mon, Jeter. Really?
It’s ok Derek, we’re only down by 3 runs against the best pitcher in the AL. Don’t work the count or anything.
first pitch groundout, lovely
I’m not one of the fans who’s convinced that Jeter has turned into Robbie Alomar overnight.
That said, I can’t understand for the life of me why he won’t start taking some pitches.
Two weeks ago at YS, some fat fools from Jersey were sitting behind us and yelling that Jeter ‘never swings at anything!’. I wanted to physically assault them.
Gardner woulda caught that.
hahah, dick. He would have.
just messing around.
Upton was playing waaaaaaay too shallow.
The ball sure is carrying!
Nice start Swish!
Who will be the goat of this series? BJ or AJ?
Remember when people thought Jeter would get 4,000 hits and challenge Rose’s record? Yeah…
Would you prefer Nunez?
Yankees dont have many options but to play DJ every day.
Those people were the eternal optimists.
Or they were just really eager to see Rose lose the record to such an admirable, clean cut sort of fellow.
Began or at least that topic was certainly elevated by John Sterling I think.
Remember when people used to make gigantic statements because one game was going poorly? Yeah…
You know it’s not one game with Jeter.
No it has been a bad season, but it isn’t “Just go away Derek. At least fucking try” bad.
DJ is Melky Cabrera bad right now.
These level of performing players dont find themslves landing multi-year / 20MM per year deals too often.
A 1.7 WAR is a lot better than Melky.
I remember the dozens of articles but never for a minute thought Jete could catch up
There is a big gap between “challenging Rose” and “just try or the fuck away.”
Also, I think that Girardi should try batting Swisher leadoff for a little while. It seems like the guy is on base every AB.
At this point, I seriously want Gardner leadoff. Jeter, like, 9th.
/overreaction’d
/not an overreaction at all’d
Yet they said he was 4 for his last 21.
Even so, he’s been making pitchers work. Like I said before, I don’t believe that Jete’s career is over, but I do believe that the leadoff man has to make the pitcher show something.
If not Swish, then let Gardner hit first.
At the very least, he has some nice at-bats.
I really have confidence in every bat in this line-up except Derek. At least when Tex and A-Rod were struggling they were working counts and walking. But it seems like Jeter has completely forgotten how to work a good at-bat.
Ball was right there A-Rod
How can anyone hate Swish?
But according to a bunch of anonymous players, he is supposed to be OVERRATED!
/beating the dead horse
Yea, clearly Jeter belonged on that list.
I wonder what happened to Ajax? Who the hell is Boesch?
AJax cooled down a lot. Boesch is this guy who came up and basically hasn’t stopped hitting since he did. No idea if it’s BABIP based or whatever, but he’s been crazy good.
KLaw says it’s a total fluke. I’ll believe him until Boesch does it again next year.
He’s this year’s Garrett Jones, just a little younger.
Jones is only semi-decent this year.
Exactly.
So do you believe Klaw on Gardner? He has consistently remained in the “not a fan” camp.
His opinion seems to have changed somewhat. Gardner, like everyone else, has to prove they can do it more than one year.
BABIP happened to Ajax.
Boesch looks like a hella good young player. I think he took CC deep when they played in Detroit.
Look at his minor league numbers. Had a decent year as a 24-year old in AA last year, had 15 games in AAA this year before he was recalled. There’s nothing in his track record that would indicate he’s not just hitting way over his head.
Boesch is currently sitting at a .374 BABIP with a well below average 15.5% LD%. Paging regression.
Yeah Robbie.
wow Robbie is amazing
Wooh go Ribbie!
M-V-P! M-V-P!
Don’t ya know!
I love seeing Robbie flash that opposite field power.
YES
What a hit. Against Price, lefty, big spot (wait, there can be a big spot in the first inning? YES)
that’s some real good shit by Cano
I agree.
mmmm this is a tasty burger!
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Cano and Swisher are really carrying the team at this point. It would be nice if the other guys could pitch in a bit!
Lee goes 9 innings and the Rangers still cant beat the RS. Heh. That could almost make Josh Hamilton drink again.
Not cool
If you’re going to make a Hamilton joke, the funny needs to seriously outweigh the doucheness.
I didn’t feel it was in very bad taste
9th place hitter again. This is comical.
Guess this didn’t post this morning, but I was at Scranton last night, behind home plate. 5 or 6 scouts were there, and they all picked up their radar guns for Royce Ring and Zach Segovia.
Neat, interesting morsel of news. Anybody with any speculations? Which teams? Or its nothing to it?
SIT
If Gardner was at first, he would have turned that double play.
IETC
Well played.
This guy is squeezing Andy.
Both guys got squeezed. This game is going to be Joe West’s worst nightmare.
Prayer circle.
Pena with 2 men on again, please don’t blow this game Andy.
Andy may be missing his spots, but at least he’s trying to come inside this inning.
Wow, it did not look like Pena went around.
Whatever, I’ll take it.
Thanks. At least the third-base ump got the call right. Not happy with home-plate ump so far.
Pena with the tough at-bats. Things are looking up for the Rays if he’s turned the corner.
ew
A shift for a right-handed batter? Not something you see every day.
Nice job Thames. Great job, actually.
Can someone explain how it makes any sense for Maddon to shift the entire infield to the left, but play the outfield straight away?
You dare to question the genius of Joe Maddon????
Because the hitting spray chart probably dictates that alignment.
This is not a fair match up for Grandy.
Yeah, not sure I’d have played Granderson today, then again I’m in the camp he should be platooned. Problem is not sure who I’d play in his place. I NEVER want to see Thames in the field again.
I don’t think he should be platooned. Against Lester/Price he needs to have a seat.
Yea, what’s Juan Miranda DH’ing and Thames or Colin Curtis in the outfield gonna do for you.
Can’t do anything with that Granderson.
Cody Ross??
Wasn’t someone in here talking awhile ago about how they’d gone to Vandy with Price, and how they’d giggled about how easy it would be to get Cano out?
Heh.
I know that people will rip on Grandy just for the hell of it, but that was a perfect pitch for strike 3.
I guess that’s better than a GIDP. Grrr
If Gardner was running, that wouldn’t have been a DP.
Oh, wait.
these are the days i yearn for a right handed hitting outfielder
Damn Brett, you gotta at least clear the pitcher.
Now that is rare. Doubling up Gardner. And by a lot really.
Yeah, that wasn’t even close.
Wow, the Gritster wasn’t hustling??
He was, it just happened so fast. Great turn
Michael Kay just referred to Burnett as a “fibber.”
What decade is this?
I think it was a nice way of calling him a liar.
This whole Kim Jones thing. Huh?
They told AJ to kick garbage cans, water coolers and gum buckets etc … and that can’t hurt you? Are their imaginations that small? Do whatever you want, just don’t get hurt?
How about telling him to stop throwing temper tantrums.
Hmm. AJ seemed to get upset with Eiland’s statement.
Kim Jones has got good inside info today.
Girardi and Eiland playing the old good cop, bad cop on him.
I like it.
Man they are making Andy work.
Andy doesn’t have anything today.
good grief.. all these damn hits!
60 pitches already. One out in the third.
Ugh Andy, can’t give up 0-2 hits to Sean Rodriguez.
I have a bad feeling that we’re on track for a Chan Ho Park sighting this afternoon.
Well we’ll be seeing a lot of CHoP today.
Oh, great, another injury.
Well I’m glad we sent Joba down to AAA to get his shit straight and be available in case of an injury…oh wait…nevermind.
Wonderful.
This is just great.
Ruh, ro.
I woke up right now, and I see Andy tweak something in his leg.
Not a good day.
Oh come on.
If Pettitte has to leave, who comes in? Logan?
I bet Pettitte slammed his crotch into a door out of frustration.
No, he just didn’t stop pulling it.
I think I might cry. Like, seriously.
Something wrong in the groin area for Pettitte according to Singleton.
I’m looking at you Bexy!!
Shit.
Here we go.
uh oh
This series hasn’t been fair at like seriously.
Damn
well isn’t this awesome.. 2 straight days of 6 inning relief.. smh
What is going on here?
Our pitchers mysteriously leave the game in the third like there is a curse on us.
Look on the bright side: this seems like an awesome chance to turn Joba back into a starter!
worst case scenario fulfilled
Now, this is way premature of course, but is everyboyd still glad that the Cliff Lee trade didn’t go through?
Yes.
sames
Yeah, but I don’t want Lee at any price. I think he’s going to age very poorly.
/just a hunch, and I realize I’m on an island here.
don’t see any physical signs to think he’ll age poorly. he’s not a power guy, pretty fluid motion with no herky jerky motions like lincecum
Yep. You’re on the Lost island actually.
Yes. Montero, Z-Mac, Warren, Adams/Nunez>Lee.
Except that wasn’t the offer. Warren was never supposedly a part of it. And MacAllister is not showing anything. And Adams and Nunez don’t seem to have futures on this team. Maybe Nunez.
Actually Warren was part of a revised package after jack z. didn’t want part of david adams due to the nagging ankle injury. It was asking for Nunez too that caused the deal to fall apart.
Fair enough.
I know it wasn’t the Yankees fault, but I still really wanted that trade when it was Montero/Adams/ZMac
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!
This game is soooo win-able. Price isn’t on his top game, but we saw how the ‘pen couldnt keep the Rays at bay in any sense.
damn.
And the season begins to take a nosedive. Now none of our starters can make it out of the 3rd inning? Just fucking great.
Your an idiot!
His an idiot what? Did the an idiot do something to him?
It’s “you’re” and if you think seeing 2 of our starters get injured in 2 days is a good thing I don’t know what to tell you.
you’re not your…how ironic.
And the season begins to take a nosedive.
I’m worried too, but take it easy, Champ. Why don’t you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while.
What was the one thing that could derail the Yankees this season?
Oh. Right. It was injuries to the rotation.
Yep. That said, AJ isn’t going to miss a start and we don’t know what the issue is with Andy.
Don’t unnecessarily panic. It’s not helpful.
They said AJ is going to make his next start, and if Andy goes on the DL he’ll miss 3 starts. So lets calm down a little bit.
A three man collision in short right field involving Swisher, Cano and Teix would qualify as well.
Sabathia made it out of the 3rd inning.
I would call this turbulence, rather than a nose dive.
You are the guy panicking in the aisle that its all over after a small little bump.
What D-Rob in already?
To get out of the inning. You’d rather see Logan?
Get out of this inning, give the Yanks a chance. I love it.
High leverage situation like this one demanded our best NMD reliever. Great move by Joe G. to follow his head.
Lets hope those plexi glass holders have been removed.
nick johnson is causing all the injuries by sitting in the dugout
Oh great. Now the offense better be on their A game, because there is no way this score will stay a 3-2. Not when the only good pitcher in the bullpen is Mariano Rivera, and he cant go 6 innings.
Only 6?!
Ok fine. 6.2 innings.
lol bad joke I guess. I was suggesting 6 was nothing for Mo.
*gets coat*
I think this is good move hear by Girardi.
I love the decision to bring Robertson in. This is a high leverage situation, so let’s go with a good pitcher.
Bringing in CHoP or Logan with 2 on and a 3-1 count would be surrendering the game.
Do we know see why we need to have a long man available just in case?
What did you want them to do? They ran through both of them yesterday.
I know, I wish they hadn’t used both of their long men yesterday. Burning Gaudin after Moesely, versus having a few pitchers go for short innings yesterday.
haha @ outfielders in the bullpen aire conditioning
In related news Tim Leary somewhere just felt a twinge in his groin. This had nothing to do with baseball.
It doesn’t help that tomorrow they begin a series against the fucking Angels and their smallball crap.
But I’m not worried. I’m pretty sure the pitching will be good as tomorrow it’s Hughes.
(If anyone couldn’t tell, I hate the Angels)
No, that series begins Tuesday.
The day off is perfect then. But my points still stand.
Last I looked Kazmir and Piniero were scheduled to start. Kazmir has been utter shit and Piniero is inconsistent as AJ, hopefully bad Joel will show up.
Tuesday. It’s a day off tomorrow, thank goodness. I think we need it.
Our collective spelling and grammar has been pretty awful today.
I dun noe What chu talkn bout?
Agried.
The day off is perfect tomorrow though.
forgot about that.. i thought we were going right back in it vs. Angels tomorrow.. that’s refreshing at least
Clutch GIDP from Rodriguez?
Can’t kill D-Rob with that BB.
I believe it actually counts as Pettitte’s
i’m just gonna close my eyes and hope we put up a 0 in the top of this ining
This is big.
Love the move bringing in D-rob… but we’re going to need some serious bullpen work to win this one today. Time for those guys to earn their paychecks for once.
I.
LOVE.
D-ROB.
cosigned
And the inning is over…..few…
Great job by D-Rob.
Great work by D-Rob.
D-Rob. I love you. A lot.
Great job, D-Rob. We got this shit.
Good job D-Rob, good job.
Awesome stuff
And Robertson gains some confidence.
Gotta feel good about the way he has been pitching.
Great job by Robertson.
Great call by Girardi going with him instead of following conventional wisdom.
But teh 8th!?!?!
Houdini!!!
Anyone else love R. Lee Ermey’s eyebrows in that Geico commercial?
How many more innings does Robertson go? 1 or 2?
He only threw 9 pithes, so if he has a easy 4th he’ll probably start the 5th.
Nice, D-Rob. Nice. Now Derek, TAKE A PITCH.
What song did Jeter just come up to there?
Games like this that really reminds us how much the Yanks miss the Ace.
Jeter took a pitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
baby steps!!
Jeter: reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
There we go.
A hit for the old man, ha
And then a steal for the old man
How Jeterian.
And Jeter buys himself some more time.
For a few dollars more…
I forgot Jeter still had that swing.
the return of the Jeterian!!!!!
bad pitch selection… lol
Does anyone have Pena’s career stats vs. the Yankees? Is entering Manny-land in terms of torching pinstriped pitchers?
HR-wise, i think he has to be close to the top of the list
.232/.354/.506 with 19 HR.
.232/.354/.506 with 19 HR
.232/.354/.506 overall, but they’re a bit better over the last three years. More like .250/.360/.540.
.232/.354/.506 with 19HR,45RBI
Suck me off Mike, like all the other groupies do!
/Jeter’D
Ooo Jeter
That was a really unnecessary risk.
I also forgot he could run.
I can’t believe it’s only the THIRD inning.
Jesus Derek. Turning the clock back.
turnin’ back the clock, are we Cap’n??
he looked out……
I think the ump was afraid to call Jeter out there.
I think he got the superstar call on that one.
Wow from that last replay, he looked out for real.
wow Shoppach.
Yay.
GJ Tex!
Nice hit, bad bounce.
That’s what I like to see!
Nice piece of hitting by Teix.
Jeter and Tex connection!!!
The team has an excellent approach against Price today…
JeTexian
Doesn’t flow well off of the tongue.
CLUTCH hit Tex!!!
tie game baby!
just got an injection.. so now no more warning track fly balls!! here we go 13!
Tex!
good ass pitch..
Not sure what Alex was looking at there.
Other than a strike.
That last pitch was a ball.
What, just because it didn’t go over the plate?
Don’t you know that doesn’t matter?
Man that was in the batters box
I thought that was in.
Kay is such an ass at times.
at times?? you’re being kind
once Cano reaches 1,000 hits, someone needs to research how many plate appearances it took for him to reach 1,000 hits and 100 HR’s and compare his numbers to Jeter when he reached both milestones
Come on Cano.
Delmon Young just hit a blast in Target Field..
Did anyone here watch the Yankee game that ran to around 3-4am due to rain delays I believe? I know it was some time in the past three years, but I’m not sure when exactly.
Either way, I think it was past Leiter’s bedtime because he was calling Yankee players, old Mets players names, accidently of course. It was pretty funny…
It was in 2007 against the Tigers, I believe.
I’ll take your word for it. Goodtimes…
Although I believe the Yankees lost that game.
I would let D-Rob pitch the 4th inning obviously. the 5th and 6th innings, might be tricky.
Logan, Park, Joba and Mo all have to pitch, whatever order the first 3 go doesn’t really matter, they have to get atleast 4 IP between the 3 of them.
And I assume Javy will be the emergency extra guy, hasn’t pitched in 8 days, and isn’t pitching til Wednesday (right?).
Texas just took the lead 2-1 on Lester!
2 out RBI double by Cruz.. throwing error trying to get Cruz goin to 3rd, and he trots home.. beautiful
Nelson Cruz is so awesome, I just wish he had slightly better plate discipline. He’s still a bit of a hacker.
Any thoughts on the trivia?
I figure Ricky Henderson is probably one of the 2.
Yeah, it was Rickey in 1987? I think. The other is Crawford this year.
Dangerous inning here.
No chance for Jorge.
Not a fan of the pitch out. No need to unnecessarily put Robertson behind in the count.
I agree, but the SB gives you a good idea of why they tried it. Without a pitchout or well timed high fastball, Posada basically doesn’t have a chance to catch Crawford.
Man I hate Carl Crawford.
Squeezed
Carl Crawford’s 2010 – .318/.375/.512 136 OPS+
Brett Gardner’s 2010 – .307/.399/.411 123 OPS+
Gardner’s never going to have that kind of power, but if he can keep up with BA and OBP . . .
Brett Gardner 2010 – 3.5 WAR
Carl Crawford 2010 – 3.2 WAR
What is that, B-Ref WAR?
Yeah, I didn’t check FanGraphs.
Fangraphs says 2.4 WAR.
Didn’t know they were different
I’ve always tried to figure out which one is “right.”
That’s strange…
Now I’m thinking about it. Does anyone here have an idea on which is likely correct?
Ah ok, I was going to say. I know Crawford smokes him on FG.
Yeah.
Crawford – 4.7 WAR
Gardner – 2.4 WAR
According to Fangraphs
Yep, Fangraphs hates Gardner’s defense (and loves Granderson’s), adores Crawford’s. I feel like Crawford is generally always up really high on their overall leaderboards because he does ridiculously well on UZR.
how is WAR calculated?
the real question is if Gardy can sustain those numbers year in and year out.. i think because of his plate discipline he can.. and if he can, there’s not as much of a priority to get Crawford like we all thought on this date last year
I doubt he can sustain a .399 OBP, but even if its down to .360 or .370 then spending 15m+ on Crawford isn’t a good allocation of resources, not to mention locking up another spot for 5+ years.
Agreed.
aight.. 1 down, 2 to go..
This is why, you didn’t want to lose Crawford.
This discussion reminds me that some dumb fan interviewed outside YS said Steinbrenner invented ‘money ball’. YES actually aired that comment during their death coverage.
maybe he meant ‘cashing in on free agency’ ball
He was a fool. He thought spending a lot of money = money ball.
I guess I’m not surprised that he didn’t have a job to be at on Tuesday afternoon.
hard to have the infield in and have the shift too.. let’s see
Kay, in this case, is right. If Gardner can continue to be productive for all of 2010, then I can see the Yankees taking Crawford off their want list, and spending their money elsewhere. A 500K, Gardner is a great bargain, compared to the 15-17 million per Crawford will no doubt get. As mentioned earlier, one option I can see I the Yankees moving Gardner back to center, shifting Granderson to left and then getting him a strong platoon partner, strengthening the Yankees bench.
Yet there is another scenario now the Yankees have to think about, and it’s Derek Jeter. If what we’re seeing with the Captain is age related, then the Yankees really have to think about Crawford again, not as a LFer, but for what he’ll bring to the line-up. Gardner and Crawford will rebuild the front-end of the Yankee line up if they believe age is finally setting in.
Now back to the game…
I doubt they will get Lee and Crawford.
And if it comes down to what you said and choosing one of them, I’d take Lee every time.
Getting Lee and Crawford might cost close to additional $40 million per a season figuring Lee is going somewhere in the low $20-million per range, and Crawford’s going somewhere north of $15 million per.
The Yankees interest in Crawford is going to be driven by how well Gardner continues to perform. If he continues to be productive,then Crawford’s chances of playing in NY goes down a lot. Yet, as mentioned, if Jeter does not rebound, they have to think about the front-end of the line-up, and Gardner/Crawford would be a great replacement from what was once Jeter/Damon.
Could they sign both? Well, remember if they do sign Crawford, then that means Granderson will be traded away, and that frees up $8.25 million. The way Jeter is going, he could be facing a pay reduction. Either way, the Yankees payroll is going up next year. Just depends by how much.
Doesn’t mean they’ll have to trade Granderson. That’s selling low. Rather just have a Crawford-Gardner-Curtis OF with Swisher at DH.
That would certainly be the best defensive OF the Yankees have had in a long time, if not ever. My reason for moving Granderson if they signed Crawford was based simply on freeing up some salary. The Yankees do have limits. Grandy makes 8.25 million in 2011 and keeps escalating to $13 million. If they sign Crawford, they may want to get that salary off the books now and in the future. By moving Grandy, if Jeter has a reduction (which I don’t to happen because that means his off year continues), Nick Johnson goes off the books, Vazquez moves on and, gasp, Pettitte retires, they will have a lot of money coming off the books. They could (and will need to) sign Lee, but that also might leave enough room to add Crawford. The overall payroll will still go up, but not as much as one might think initially, myself included.
Keep in mind I started out (and still support) signing Lee and not Crawford if it comes down to one or the other. Yet with a continually slipping of Jeter, in the last week I’ve considered the Yankees might still sign both, and that most likely means the end of Grandy’s NY Yankee career. I don’t see Swisher moving to DH. They need that slot for Posada/Montero and resting other of their aging hitters.
Why would they trade away Granderson? Especially if his value is down? And he’s not being paid too much. I doubt they would trade Granderson and sign Crawford. Wouldn’t make too much sense to me.
And although the line up could have some troubles, locking up another position for 4-5 years isn’t ideal.
If Gardner continues to play well, I wouldn’t sign Crawford, too much money and years. Even if Jeter isn’t playing up to par, I wouldn’t do it.
Plus teams would score less runs against the Yankees if they signed Lee, so that would help if Jeter continued to decline as well. There aren’t many great hitting shortstops anyway.
Lee>>>>Crawford
Yup, as mentioned above, I’d rather have Lee than Crawford. What I’m looking at, though, is a scenario that I wouldn’t have considered until a couple weeks back. Signing both! What Gardner and Jeter do the rest of the way will go a long way toward determining if the Yankees would consider that.
Gardner’s gone from fast outfielder/pinch runner to an everyday starter. Crawford’s not worth the slight upgrade for several million dollars.
I’d rather have Jayson Werth than Crawford.
I think people are really worried about how his legs will hold up.
Can Gardner play SS?
Awesome. Go David, it’s your birthday.
Great pitch.
Sharp curve. Good time for a K.
God that picture is great. Remember when the expensive seats were actually filled – and with real live baseball fans?
Don’t let up now D-rob.
big pitch D-Rob!
1 more…. pleeeezzzz
great 3-1 pitch
David Robertson is a man, he’s 40.
Hell of a job D-Rob
I approve of Robertson’s work, though Joe West disagrees.
what a fuckin’ job D-Rob.. wow.. talk about earning your pay
David Robertson <333333
Great job D-Rob, great fuckin job.
Yay!!!
If you’re going to use CHoP, and you’re going to have to at some point in this game, do it now with the bottom of the order due up.
Would you take the chance, and go D-Rob, one more inning.
Nah, he’s thrown a ton of pitches. Park is getting in the game eventually, may as well do it now so he doesn’t have to face the middle of the order.
CHoP, Marte, Joba, Mo
Is that enough to make it through the game? What happens if we go extras?
No Marte.
Girardi said Javy’s available, since it’s his throw day. They held his regular bullpen back just in case.
This is going to be painful to watch. Please DFA him tonight.
Groin Strain
Man that is terrible.
If Granderson is still on the team next year, Long has really got his work cut out for him this winter.
He has to try to shorten his swing and take it the other way. Trying to pull everything he has no chance against LHP.
The only times he is going to get hits is when pitchers make a mistake in the middle of the plate and that is going to come most often against crappy LH middle relievers, not pitchers like David Price.
Where exactly do you think he might go?
I think they will explore upgrading the position in the offseason if he continues to struggle, but a conversation about Granderson being traded in the offseason took place yesterday.
Can’t see many people looking to trade for him considering he’s not having a great season combined with the money they owe him. And who’s available to upgrade the position?
Far too early to speculate on who will be available in the offseason.
At this point last season no one expected Granderson to be available.
They don’t have to find a CF because they can just shift Gardner there so there will be presumably more options.
Where was this “conversation”? Among the Yankee brass, and you were privy to it? On LoHud?
During the game thread yesterday.
The White Sox would be dumb enough to take him.
I remember him having good at bats and getting hits off of Cliff Lee. But whatever. It’s like the same post day after day from you Granderson haters.
Ha right. I have been one of Granderson biggest supporters.
I started the discussion yesterday just trying to gauge whether he had any trade value. However, I am not a hater. Like the guy, just not the 2010 performance.
I didn’t realize it had already been discussed recently.
“The only times he is going to get hits is when pitchers make a mistake in the middle of the plate and that is going to come most often against crappy LH middle relievers, not pitchers like David Price.”
I know Granderson is bad against LHP, but it’s not fair to judge him against David Price, considering he’s shut down everyone (RHB and LHB) this season. When a pitcher like Price puts the ball where he wants it, no one is going to hit it.
I know. I am not judging Granderson vs Price.
I am talking about Granderson’s approach in general.
Even if Granderson lined a single to RF, his approach still has to change for him to have sustained success against LHP.
It is extremely rare when Granderson takes the ball the other way.
Wow, David Price is more Valuable than Evan Longoria?!?!
And Carl Crawford.
I’d've voted for Price. Just because I think that Longoria and Crawford are equally valuable.
Hmmm…I’d have to think about that. Then again, if you had a team and had the choice of Price or Longoria, who would you take?
Umm…did Girardi just say “grow-in” instead of groin on TBS?
Oh come on Jorge. Know who the runner is.
Ha, great minds think alike.
Oh come on Jorge. It’s Kelly Shoppach running to first, not Carl Crawford.
Did Posada forget who was hitting there or what?
Oh Jorgie…
Just a terrible play by Posada. Just an inexcusable throw there smh.
Shoppach was jogging also lol.
Posada, come on. I love you but you can’t do that.
I like Kay’s justification.
Heaven forbid a catcher have to pick up a ball out of the dirt, that NEVER happens.
What kind of throw was that. On the run and underhand almost.
However, CHop backs him up, good job.
Can they DFA Park now that he’s gotten out of the inning, and add a potentially useful player to the roster?
I’m gonna laugh if Joba blows this game.
Park needs to be DFA’a asap and Joba needs to get sent down to Scranton to build his arm strength up for next year. Enough of this Joba to the 8th already.
Like someone said a couple games ago, He needs to be sent to Tampa.
Dont think Joba can be sent down without passing through waivers
He can be sent down until mid-August. After that, he has to go through waivers.
Thanks
I can’t decide what bothers me more:
1) Jackie Robinson Appreciation Day, where everyone wore #42
2) Yankees wearing white hats (and red hats last year!)
3) Chan Ho Park ever being a Yankee
Was I the only one who actually liked those white hats? The red hats were certainly worse.
The white hats weren’t awful, especially since the team wore white hats in the 19-teens (though with stripes), so they weren’t entirely disjointed. The red ones were, however, horrible.
I didn’t like like the white hats, but at least we didn’t look like Fred Durst in them.
Jeter will have a torrid July and August…mark my words (also feel free to change the “t” to an “h” if I am wrong and anyone brings up the silly predictions at the end of the year.
Heh.
Seriously, some teams looked good with those white hats. The Dodgers also come to mind. Some teams like the Giants IIRC looked terrible because it was totally against their color scheme.
It’s more the “messing with the uniform” bit. Clearly, you don’t have to work in fashion to see that those white hats were a lot better than the red ones.
My problem with both of them is that they were created solely to make money.
The money went to charity
All of it? Or just that amount that didn’t cover the expenses of producing the hats? Or only a small percentage of that amount?
Holy crap, Kazmir is that bad?!?!?!
Yea, he got destroyed by the A’s (the A’s!!) about a week ago.
I believe he had 13 ER over 5 innings against them. Scioscia just left him out there, it was awful.
You dare to question the genius of Mike Scioscia???
Wouldn’t that just indicate that Scioscia doesn’t care about fixing Kazmir anymore?
I wonder why Kay hasn’t ranted about the Rays giving up on their season in 2009 by trading Kazmir yet.
Now do you go, Joba two innings here.
Then what do you do about the 8th and 9th? I don’t think Girardi will use Mo for two innings anymore. Not in a relatively unimportant July game.
He’ll leave Park in for another inning.
And get burned.
I’d rather see Thames pitch than Park go another inning.
You going CHoP one more inning? I don’t like my chances in that spot.
Make something happen, Brett. Don’t wait for Jeter to GIDP.
My dad is ranting that he could have made 2nd because the ball went through Shoppach’s legs.
From 0-2 to a BB. You have to love that shit.
Yay Brett.
No chance. None.
Whenever Gardner’s on base, there’s potential for an infield double.
I think Jeter just struck out.
I think its time Jeter retires Bob Sheppard’s announcement, its getting kooky. It was ok as long as he was alive, but when TBS just played it again, felt a bit awkward.
Agreed.
Yeah, it’s kinda creepy now. I’d say 95% of the people I’ve spoken to about it agree.
I do agree it should be stopped.
It may feel off now because Sheppard just died, but soon most won’t even notice it. Based on what Derek has said, I think there is no chance it won’t be used for the remainder of his career.
Woooooooooooooooo
woo Jete. He must hear the haters.
woo Jete. He must hear the haters read RAB.
/half kidding
Jeter?!
/beatingadeadhorse’d
And with that RBI single, Derek Jeter takes his place on Yankee Mount Olympus ™
OH!
I guess BABIP was on Jeter side there.
Jeter heard Mike complaining about him. =P
Juuust a little bit high.
/Harry Doyle’d
This the inning if your the yankees, you Price struggling, it’s time to take him out.
You have Price*
I wouldn’t write Jeter’s career obituary just yet.
He has never failed to prove the haters wrong.
Nice AB by Swisher there.
imagine smoking from a big bong and coming into seeing big daddy price totally telegraph a pickoff move and look totally out of the game and then air a fastball over shoppach, awesome
Damn Teix. Not too helpful with that weak-ass fly.
Clutch!
Clutch.
Clutch hit Arod!
Sheesh, that almost smoked Price.
He hit the ball so hard, that Price just frozed there.
huh?
I mean’t that A-Rod hit the ball so hard, that Price just got frozen there.
Holy Crap that ball was smoked!
Price almost lost his head.
Why didn’t Price put up his glove there. I mean I’m happy, but I think he could have caught it.
I think the ball was hit so hard, that it just frozed him. I mean A-rod hit absolute BULLET!!!
It was probably an instinct thing. That almost took off his freakin’ head, he’s not gonna think “put your hand up to stop the ball!”
Wow…Jhonny Peralta somehow hit an inside the park home run today. In the same week that Molina hit a triple.
The outfielder chasing the ball crashed through the bullpen door, evidently.
Can’t wait to see that highlight.
The Tigers started Bump Bailey in CF apparently?
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....8;c_id=mlb
And Borbon (sp?) stole home against the Sox. Teehee.
“Jhonny Peralta got a rare inside-the-park home run for the Cleveland Indians when Detroit Tigers center fielder Ryan Raburn crashed through a bullpen door trying to make a catch.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....zarrehomer
same week that the other speedster hit his second on the year. i forget his name/face, but i don’t think i respect his game much
Nails with another big moment. So clutch
A-Rod almost killed price
I guess this didn’t turn out to be “a duel for the ages”. You just can’t predict baseball huh?
Posada!!
GEORGIE’S BACKKKK
/BBTN’d
The break really seems to have recharged his battery.
Hopefully he can sustain it. Girardi’s going to have be careful with him methinks.
Blasto!
Big hit there Posada. Big fucking hit there.
Jorge has still got it.
I totally thought that was gone but WOOOO!!!!
Hip fucking hip!
Jorge!
Excellent, huge hit.
Hey David Price, this isn’t the Red Sox. You can’t just dominated an entire lineup with exclusively just fastballs.
Rays’ season is in a nose dive
/ross in jersey’d
only if AJ could just have performed to expectations
I am very heartened by this offensive output, especially against a pitcher of Price’s caliber. Hopefully the offense goes on a roll after this.
I missed when they said Pettitte’s groin is strained.
Did they say what grade it is or do they not know yet?
They don’t know yet.
Thanks. Kay just said they don’t know yet.
They don’t know.
Grade I strain.
It’s a grade 0.5. He’ll wake up in the morning and will feel like he can run a marathon.
Okay, I made that up, but thinking positive.
Price’s ERA has shot up from 2.42 to 2.85. Maddon has to send him out again so it goes all the way up to 3.
This means the AL ERA leader is (swallows vomit) Buchholz…
NOOO NOT BOONE LOGAN!!
Even worse CHoP is still in for a second inning. I feel like that lead may evaporate.
boone > park for more than 1 inning
Well see about this CHoP in his second inning business now.
Good job CHoP.
Look what you started Joe Maddon.
Heck of a job CHOPy.
Well Boone has only given up only 1 XBH against lefties so far this year. There’s a positive I guess.
*Knocks on wood so as not to jinx it*
Mariano has the best era of any closer in the American league now
Valverde implosion? OH NO CURSE OF THE ALL-STAR GAME PITCHERS!!!! /YES’d
If Logan can command his pitches, he can be really lethal.
Joba’s up already? Are they really planning on using Javy?
I realize this isn’t the most pressing matter, but did anyone else see the news that the Steinbrenners are considering buying Tottenham in the English Premier League?
In case anyone is interested:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/foo.....tspur-bid/
Nice. Yankees in England.
Nice then I’ll have a team to actually root for in the EPL, instead of just rooting against ManU
Interesting. American ownership of premier league clubs is not well received so it would definately come up against its share of challenges.
It will be interesting to see how the reception of the Steinbrenners is versus Utd and Glazer. Different club histories for sure, and perhaps Tottenham supporters will be enthused about the family’s track record in sport(s).
Ugh, why does Boone Logan have to look so good sometimes when I know he’s not very good. He made Crawford look stupid.
I’m feeling good about Joba today. I expect good things out of him today.
Of course, he doesn’t have to deal with pressure today.
/confused about narratives on job
on joba*
I hope Logan pitches into the 7th. I’d like to see Joba get a good long warm-up
Call me immature, but I love that Avis roll call commercial.
I love that shorter girl in the commercial. Very hot.
Come on Kay, let’s not pretend that the Bronx didn’t get screwed on the YS3 deal.
well, he is announcing for the YES network. I don’t think criticism of the YSIII would ever be allowed.
Sure, and I’m not asking for criticism. I just find it condescending to take time out of the broadcast to talk about how lucky the kids are that the city gave the Yankees a sweetheart deal to tear their neighborhood in half (and we’re still waiting on most of those parks, by the way.)
/rant over
Right. The people of the Bronx would have preferred they picked up a built a new stadium in Manhattan, or Jersey, or another borough.
I’m not saying that the Yankees shouldn’t have gotten a new stadium. I’m saying that they shouldn’t have been able to rob the city blind and mess up the local community to do it. Politicians are supposed to advocate for their constituents, not corporations.
What’s done is done though, no use crying over spilled milk.
Right, and how would the politicians have looked if the Yanks started to threaten to move to another area of New York because of some park space and tax breaks.
It’s impossible to know, but based on the horrible economy I think that people would’ve stood with the city. The Yankees threatened to move in the past, and nothing ever came of it.
Woohoo Grandy hit off a lefty. There’s hope yet.
With the way he’s hit overall, I think Grandy has hit lefties pretty well thus far. I’ve taken note of more than a few line drives off lefties that were caught for outs too.
meh, .216/.258/.295 with a .281 BABIP (going in to today) doesn’t really reflect that
He is a an ineffective slap hitter against lefties. There are absolutely no signs of any hope of power.
Wait, he didn’t go to second why?
I don’t think any pitcher knows how to field their position any more. I always thought of Pettitte as a pretty good fielder but he’s gone all silly on bunts this year.
Yea, ever since Mussina and Maddux and Kenny Rogers retired…
Is that really you Bexy?
Dude, I can be objective. ;P His play on Crawford’s bunt made me all silly today, though.
Wow, he would’ve had Grandy easily.
Ok…apparently emotions running a little high amongst the pitchers during these hot days.
Another ground ball? I’m shocked!
Swish!
Clutch hitting all day today.
Bigger hero in this series…
Swisher?
Robertson?
Swisher is making the haters look stupid. Overrated?
Swish!
Wilson Betemit people. Wilson Betemit.
Don’t forget about Jeffrey Marquez!
why not?
Once a top 10 Yankees prospect!
::Shudders::
I think that any time I see Kenny Williams on the news here in Chicago. Don’t forget Jeff Marquez!
What a beautiful day, cooked brunch for 6 and watch the Yankees fight back. The BP has been pretty smooth so far (knock on wood), now I can sit down without worries and eat with my people. Yankees gotta keep piling it on, there is no mercy for the Rays.
Tex just missed that one. A broken bat homer would have been awesome.
He had one last year vs. the Phillies, IIRC. It was hilarious.
STFD Zobrist.
Oops I meant Bartlett.
If you’re an umpire, do you dread the games you have to call with Posada behind the plate?
Damn Posada is rougher on the umps than he is on us
SO hard having one of the better offensive catchers of all time. Our team would be so much better off without him. ;_;
Cmon Bexy Jorge is a butcher behind the plate these days….You have lost any sense of perspective
Wow…was that a “Boone” call by the crowd?
Is that a Boone chant?
That looked like a check-swing.
Poor Boone
Let’s be honest, I’m still happy with what we’ve gotten from Boone Logan.
Oh no doubt. With the chant though and 2 strikes. Kinda sucks for him.
Those four ball walks when coming in as a LOOGY made me want to DFA him.
Today he has shown up, I still think CHoP should be kept( but he is likely hanging on a thread) but Moseley should be made available for some other team.
Please move Albie up soon.
Does anybody have a fastball with less movement than Boone Logan?
Is Marte on the DL or something?
The down low?
Yes, he is.
when the hell did that happen?
Yesterday, should be short term they hope. His shoulder is barking.
Yesterday. (No, seriously.)
Ok, haven’t watched the game but just catching up.
How serious did Andy’s injury look? Saw the report just added to the site.
His leg completely ripped off. Blood everywhere.
ietc. I also heard afterwards he slammed his crotch in a door as well.
So that is a Grade 5 injury?
woo A-Rod!
It’s an A-Bomb!
598!
The ARod tack on special.
I felt like he has been so clutch of late he has not even bothered with those in a while, ha
Home Run number 498?!?!?!?!?!?
How many fucking mistakes has Kay made today??
missing a hunde?
That’s what he said.
With Andy and AJ possibly missing a start or ending on the DL, predict the offense will now pick it up.
stat padder
Joba’s getting loose, that’s clutch.
Normally that’d be stat-padding, but Joba’s getting loose, so this is a pretty clutch HR. Robbie with a bit of luck too…nice.
A-Rod just wanted to pad his stats before the off day.
I love when that happens. Ball bounces off one fielder’s glove and away from another.
So do I. Unless it’s Yankee fielders.
GJ by Logan today.
The HR doesn’t even bother me. Better than walking him with this much of a lead.
Agreed, I was impressed. He made some good hitters look bad too. Hopefully he can keep this up.
In what instance is a HR a better outcome than a walk for the pitcher?
Seriously?
I mean that’s like saying a 3 run homer is a rally killer.
It’s not, but with a big lead, I’d rather he attack the guy than futz around. Didn’t see if it was a terrible pitch a la Andy’s pitch to Pena, though.
I think Miranda grilled Sonnanstine there.
Miranda is taking some good cuts, so maybe he’ll drive something. Or walk.
That was a called strike. What is the ump looking at?
When I saw Joba come in I screamed in terror.
I think Kay is actually being very astute with the assessment of Robertson’s appearance.
For once I agree with Kay. Bringing in Robertson in the 3rd really kept the Yankees in the game.
Umpire has definitely had a tight zone today.
Kay actually offering good analysis with that Robertson thing. I know Park was good today but bringing him in there may have turned out poorly.
Definitely. I was terrified Girardi was going to bring in one of his worst relievers just because it was early in the game.
Game really could have gotten away from them there and it wasn’t necessarily the “textbook” move, so I was pleasantly surprised.
Upton struck out twice in that AB. Once swinging, once looking.
Two strikeouts on SLIDERS?
Grandy!
Yall like that jump by the Grandy man?
He’s been excellent in the OF this year. His UZR/150 is 17, one of the tops in the league. Fielding has not been the problem.
I agree he’s been great, but using UZR/150 after half a season is pretty silly. That’s the exact opposite of what it’s meant for.
Don’t rain on my parade, man.
Just pointing out that he’s been doing a fine job defensively.
I like when the test results of the Joba experiment are positive.
Joe Girardi + Leverage Index = a great thing
I wonder if he has a WPA graph in his office.
That’s the best Joba’s looked all season, IMO. I especially liked the Longoria AB – slider, curve, slider out of the zone, slider on the outer corner. Joba could have gone the conventional route and thrown a FB up and in after the third pitch, and Longoria would have crushed it. Instead, Joba went with a third slider out of four pitches (all breaking balls), and got away with it because A) it was the right call, and B) he located it.
Great day for the bullpen so far.
Harlan talked some sense into him over the break
Javy to the ninth!
They just showed Javy warming up–how long can Kay and Singleton go without referencing the 2004 ALCS?
Answer: about 30 seconds of awkward silence.
I like how the idiot has the nerve to say “as Yankee fans rememeber”. Why bring it up then?
Aaaand there ya go.
Michael Kay just couldn’t wait to bring that up huh?
Why is Sonnanstine blowing on his hand as if it’s 45 degrees out there?
Probably drying off sweat to improve his grip.
Plz to be ending this game quickly? Thanks.
I remember a team down 5 taking an extra base on Joba then he imploded. It may have been the Indians.
Yeah it was that terrible 13-11 loss at the Stadium.
Dude, why bring that up?
He’s actually Michael Kay?
Yep. It was a SB though, and IIRC it wasn’t against Joba but Robertson (who then got hurt and ugh that was just a bad bad bad game).
Poor CC. CC was forced to hear about only beating the O’s for a while because of Joba.
And the stupid rain at Fenway
Grandy looking fly with the shades on. He’ll probably drive from the stadium with those on.
And the real Joba returns. So much for the 8th.
Really?
seriously? He started warming up in the beginning of the 6th inning. The dude’s tired. Cut him some slack for chrissakes
Ok… he gets a pass for his year long inconsistencies. But no crying when he blows that all important playoff game.
he’s not throwing 30 pitches in a playoff game
Really? Going to Mo?
Odd
This is a case of Girardi pushing Joba and sending a message.
I’m gonna have to say that I think you should let Joba get Brignac.
Umm, yeah don’t think that hand was for Joba, Dick Stockton.
Mo is the man
I guess Joe is a genius today.
Mo is soooo dominant, he only needs one pitch.
Quite the long outing for Mo. Excellent, very satisfying win!
I’m guessing that Girardi had already set Joba’s limit at 30 pitches, and that Mo was probably going to at least throw a bullpen today, since there’s an off day tomorrow and he didn’t throw yesterday.
Big picture management FTW!
Why do you swing at the first pitch from Rivera? Makes no sense.
Dude throws strikes.
Yea but he wasn’t going to do anything with that pitch except jam/pop it up.
Agreed, but I dunno. I’m not there. You probably saw that NYT video on Rivera – the pitch simply looks different coming in.
It makes sense if the player thinks that’s the best pitch he’s going to get to hit. Ichiro hit a HR off Rivera last year with that approach. I think Kubel swung at the first pitch from Rivera when he hit is game-winning slam in May. Not sure about that, though.
WHAT A GOD
LOL Mo only throws one pitch and game over.
This Mariano Rivera guy may have a future.
Great win. If you told me this morning that the Yankees would beat David Price after getting 2 innings out of Pettitte, I’d have thought you were crazy.
My thoughts exactly. Great, great win, provided Pettitte will be okay relatively soon.
I just realized how spoiled we are as Yankees fans. They’re on pace for 103 wins, and have the best run differential in baseball, and we always find something to complain about. I guess that’s the nature of being a fan though.
Yeah because for me anyway if they don’t win it all it is a crappy season
Grade 1 strain for Pettitte, but he’s also going on the DL most liekly. Since the injury happened today when he pitched, that means he could miss three starts, although if he pitches right after he comes off the DL, then he might only miss two starts, with the third one being only a few days after he’s scheduled start.
“PITCHING DUEL FOR THE AGES” ???
holy hyperbole batman!