Game 92: Oh no, a rookie pitcher
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Hopefully we see a similar pose from O'Sullivan tonight. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Ah yes, the bane of the Yankees’ existence, the rookie pitcher. Scott Kazmir was supposed to start tonight’s game, but he hit had to hit the disabled list with a case of the sucks shoulder issue, so the Yankees will instead face 22-year-old righty Sean O’Sullivan. He’s a rather generic righty, with a miniscule strikeout rate (4.8 K/9 in MLB, 6.6 in MiLB) and an okay amount of grounders (37.5%) . Everything looks good for the Yanks, but then again who knows with a pitcher they’ve never seen before.
It’s too bad the Angels didn’t throw Trevor Bell tonight (who was also in consideration for the start), we coulda mentioned that he’s the grandson of Bozo The Clown. For shame. Here’s the starting nine…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, C
Granderson, CF
Miranda, DH
Gardner, LF
Hughes, SP
You have to believe it took minutes off Joe Girardi‘s life when he pencil three consecutive lefties into the bottom of the lineup. Game time is 7:05pm ET, and this one can be seen on My9. Enjoy.
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Girardi has actually requested that Curtis finally showcase his switch-hitting ability to help out the team.
According to my TV guide, tonight’s game is on My9.
I even checked beforehand, but I wrote YES out of habit.
Any thoughts on ESPN connecting Joe Girardi to the soon-to-be vacant Cubs managerial position?
IMO, I don’t think Joe would go from a perennial World Series candidate to a team that’s stuck with two huge albatross contracts.
Oh, and don’t forget the consistent inconsistencies of their lineup.
Why would you go from the most prestigious and most likely to be higher paid job (where you have the vote of confidence from the GM and owner) to a less prestigious job with likely lower pay?
I suppose I should ask LeBron the same question.
I can’t speak for Joe, but I can’t imagine why he’d want to go there. The Cubs are going to get a whole lot worse before they get better, and it’s not like he has a bad thing going on in NY.
If he wants to leave to be closer to home, fine. But for baseball reasons, I just can’t see it.
Reporters are bored.
It’s ESPN, that’s my thought.
Oh my God, Sean O’Sullivan has an epic douche beard. I want Jeter to smack one right back up the middle and take that fuzz with him.
I am sticking by this prediction: http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-978177
I’m backing you up on this one.
Hi five!
Why is this person writing for ESPN NY?
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-.....id=5395555
Why is this person writing
for ESPN NY?FTFY.
How about the sight of barely known Oakland pitcher Dallas Braden shouting at A-Rod to stay off his pitching mound when A-Rod jogged across it after an out earlier this year? Could you see a pitcher ever doing that to a legend such as Mays or Aaron, unless it was someone with the stature of Bob Gibson?
lolwut
I liked,
whereas A-Rod has been only the third-best third baseman in his own division this season, behind Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria and Boston’s Adrian Beltre.
Who would pick 20 errors/can only hit a HR if he falls to his knees over A-Rod?
Don’t you know a damn-near-career-year-if-not-for-2004 for Beltre and a very down year for A-Rod by A-Rod standards now means Beltre is better. Because he’s a Red Sox. Get with it!!!
Thats one one of those “Im going to irrationally slam A-rod for no reason” articles. And she thinks she is so slick, by bring in Cano to cover up her main agenda. Fucking asshole.
a) she has two first names
b) her name is fucking Johnette. Her life sucks
Over/Under: 10.5 curveballs and 2.5 changeups from Phil tonight.
Over on the curve. Not betting on the changeups.
Definitely under on the changeups.
What are the odds?
Even last year’s ALCS isn’t enough to exorcise my negative feelings towards the Angels.
Ditto. Also the name Jeff Mathis sets my teeth on edge.
Jeter looking nice and spry there!
That swing and miss from Kendrick should have been strike 3.
And everyone holds their collective breath
Tell me I wasn’t the only who got scared a little bit there.
I was glancing down and as I raised my head, I thought the ball hit his hand.
I’m pretty sure everyone was terrified.
“Hey Phil! You make a better door than a window!”
- Angels
But you’re still a pain/pane!
/my like 8th grade Latin teacher’d
Bobby you suck!
Bobby Abreu is this generation’s Ken Singleton.
Bad wig in his future?
Bobby Abreu is this generation’s
Ken SingletonFozzy[he looks like a muppet]
Another fastball to Abreu? Curve?
It’s not gonna be a change . . .
I’ll take three groundouts on 13 pitches.
Scott Kazmir just looked so sad.
Oh shit, Carl Crawford got hurt…
How badly?
Took a pick-off throw to the nuts.
Hahahaha, yeah I gotta laugh at that one.
So were several players on the Rays bench. But he had to leave the game.
Talk about looking like a reliever.
This guy has bull in a china shop written all over him.
It’s the facial hair.
Definitely
Well, at least it wasn’t an easy grounder.
Jeter is cursed. Won’t take pitches and can’t the ones he hits well to fall in… Damn.
They seriously should just start every game with one out in the first, save him the trouble.
People keep saying things to this effect, but according to B-Ref, Jeter is hitting 303/333/348 when he swings at the 1st pitch this year.
For his career, he’s at 381/395/567.
I say go up swinging, Jeets!
but .303/.333/.348 is kinda like…terrible
But the batting average!
I’ve been expecting his BABIP correction to come all year, but it’s just…not (granted, his LD% is still low for him).
Whats the point of complaining, when Jeter swings at the 1st pitch.
You’re right. Let’s either celebrate or ban people from talking about it.
Swish!
Nick Swisher can divide by zero.
Swish baby!
Fuckin’ Swish man.
Hopefully this continues. Treat this scrub the way he deserves.
Swish, all net baby!!!
Swishaaaa!!
No pitch count on my9?? Bastards!!!
They generally don’t put it up until after the first inning, I’ve noticed
Thanks. I’ll put the hate mail on hold.
10 pitches. After that, they show it.
What, do they think I can count to 10 on my own????
Could be worse, I live in Charlotte and thought MLB Network would have it, but somehow I am picking up the game on Fox Sports West (Angels)
Actually, after 10 pitches, it goes up.
Man…that left the park in a hurry.
Swish was like, “I don’t give a shit if he’s a rookie, I’ll still take him out.”
This will only make him more overrated obviously. Anybody can homer off a shitty pitcher to the short porch.
Nick Swisher is unimpressed by your reliever looks and irish last name.
Take that douchebeard!
Well, two hard-hit balls. One just happened to be at someone.
Nick Swisher is not impressed by O’Sullivan’s goatee.
I’m gonna go all-in and say that A-Rod’s hitting 599 and 600 tonight. Why not.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-978177
Great minds.
Don’t make me a liar, Alex!
you lie!
Facialhair McGillicutty got served by Swish.
Watch, he goes away after two inside pitches and A-Rod hits it.
Jeter’s BABIP is .303 on the 1st pitch this year.
In his career his BABIP on the first pitch is .361
In the first inning his BABIP is .313.
For his career in the first inning it is .362.
Not sure what to make of this as it is still a small sample and I haven’t really thought about it much, but I think it is interesting.
woah big slide by A rod….I like it
This game might turn into a laugher real quick. O’Sullivan’s fooling no one.
He’s all Darrel Rasner an’ shit…
This pitcher’s gonna be taking a shower in less than an hour. I just have that feeling.
Hmmm, he doesn’t really look like he likes to shower though. 50-50.
Nice hitting A-Rod.
Showing Robbie some respect, me likey.
Liner to right field, even Bobby’s arm can’t hold Alex to a single. Don’t care if it’s a shitty pitcher, that’s the best Alex has looked at the plate and on the bases in a long while.
Cano getting IBBed in the FIRST INNING.
#fearedcano
robbie baseball
Cano is dangerous apparently. 8 IBBs on the season!
Also, fuck the heck at an IBB with one out in the 1st inning?
Scioscia(sp?) FTW!
Don’t question Scioscia’s genius!!!
Have to say that as much as I love the Yankees, I wish they had Vin Scully doing the play by play on TV. Listened to him last night and did not waste time filling the air with pointless bull shit, like Singleton/Kay everytime Javy pitches and they dig of 2004….Should be requirement for announcers to follow his format.
Who wouldn’t want Vin Scully to do PBP? He rules.
right. I know stating the obvious.
Singleton isn’t bad. At least when he goes on a tangent it’s usually about his playing days. Kenny was a hell of a player, I like hearing his stories, at least they’re relevant to the game. Kay is just a disaster.
I like Singleton. He seems like such a nice guy.
(No sarcasm)
Hey Fans! Does Vin Scully love pie as much as I do?
Who But,
Michael Kay
Totally agree. If the Dodgers are at home, I like to check XM Radio to see if I can catch him for just a little bit. Listening to him is like listening to Mozart.
the yankee lineup is a beautiful thing… the leadoff 9 hitter is key. i can only imagine if NJ was the true DH what this team would be like. miranda has the potential for sure, with the reps he can be a very exciting hitter
Swing at nothing below your waist, Jorge. No grounders!
iight lets blow this mothafucker open.
O’Sullivan = Joe Blanton huge.
Damn, this is a Pelfreyesque outing. 18 pitches to record an out.
Actually it took one pitch to record an out, but I get what you’re saying!
LOL O’Sullivan. Somebody needs to be DFAed!
Alright. Gotta take what you can get
Alright a run’s a run.
Come on, Curtis. Base hit, buddy!
did any team make worse offseason moves than the angels? this team is hardly what it was last year, no disrespect to matsui
I thought getting rid of Lackey would have been the move that looked terrible in hindsight, whereas not resigning Vlad wouldn’t have affected them that much. Oops.
Heh, you can hear the creatures serenading Bobby.
granderson with a double
Dear Curtis, I can has hot streak?
Thank you,
My fantasy team
Granderson must be kicking himself for taking that curve earlier in the count.
Curtis is bumming me out.
man C-Grand has been really disappointing
Swisher is hitting line drive HRs now.
It is amazing the transformation he has made this season.
He is just an incredibly better hitter.
Granderson, you let this scrub strike you out? I’m disappointed!
Throwing nothing but the change and Grandy whiffs at it anyway. sigh! Trying to defend you buddy, help me out here!
Am I the only person who dissapointed they got only 2 runs there.
Grandy couldn’t get it done. I feel like he’ll continue this season with some rebound in September, but will breakout in a big way next season a la Swisher this season.
I think Swisher was way better than Granderson in his first season in pinstripes
2 runs, great start.
Eh, I feel they let the rook off easy. Bases loaded and only got one run. Gotta kick ‘em when they’re down.
not this team’s MO… I’m just glad they got a run with the bases loaded.
For the poll I’d say Pudge.
Nah; the pitchers would throw fastballs and nothing else.
/narrative’d
I’m sure these poll voting results will be impartial.
Wow. There is no way that should be a strike.
This dude has a really odd strike zone. He’s not giving the corners, but gives the occasional high strike?
Hughes couldn’t buy a strike there. Oy.
Matsui’s slugging under .400.
.329 OBP? I knew he was having a bad year but not that bad…
Give Cash credit, all signs say he cut ties with Damon and Matsui at the right time.
damon wouldn’t be bad to have in the lineup as strictly DH, considering NJ was a complete bust… but gardners 2010 > anything damon would have provided in LF
I don’t care that he’s washed up, I still love Matsui.
We love you Matsui! Now please ground into a double-play.
Thought the same thing. Applauded right along with the crowd but added, “Now hit the ball to Derek.”
/New Yorker’d
Do ‘The Jeter’!
Or ‘The Matsui’!
Changeup!
damn, f’in MLB.tv isn’t f’in working. Again. Business as usual I guess, I’ve missed the bottom 1st
Anyone know why neither mlb.tv nor audio aren’t working?
Via ESPN fantasy update: “(Carl) Crawford left in the first inning of Tuesday’s game after taking a pickoff throw to the groin, the Tampa Tribune reports.”
OUCH
nvm, saw it above…
Angels Baseball! ™
the Pirates lead the Brewers 9-0 after the 1st XD
O_O
who’s pitching?
Bush
LOL Hunter’s a dumbass.
You fail, Torii.
Angel baseball!
ahahah Jeter with the deke!
lol Torii, thanks
Hughes using the change, I like!
You don’t see that everyday.
LOL @ girl’s name Hunter!
LOL Torii!
Matsui’s face was priceless, too. “Back, back, BACK!!!”
Fundamentally sound. Kind of like the Twins last October.
And the Angels…
It was those head warmers. That must have been it.
I don’t know what the hell has happened to Hunter this year, but he has lost any baseball sense that he had previously.
It is like he is own vacation in his head.
But the Angels are the most fundamental team in the league.
/MSM’d
Too many fastballs, Phil.
Wow, now Torii looks like even more of an ass.
/Fallacy of predetermined outcome’d
Heh, beat Kay to it by almost 10 minutes.
Philly is not so sharp tonight. C’mon Phil.
Montero will have what Swish is having.
Come on Hughes, stop acting like AJ.
I was thinking this when Napoli got to third.
Hughes looking pretty bad tonight.
Well, you got your curveball…
/dry look
Figures that it’s a hanger.
Was not fooled by the curve there at all.
Have to put away Napoli, who can’t hit lefties. Izturis just sucks.
Bad Hughes..Bad, bad, bad.
Phil,
there is more to home plate than the center. Feel free to start working in the curve, change up, and especially working the corners.
Don’t be afraid little grasshopper, you will be fine.
A curveball outside, and he gets an rbi single through the middle? Really?
Tight K-Zone uh.
Man, hate to say it but he’s getting tattoo’d this inning. Only Matsui didn’t smash it…
The umps calling a tight zone tonight…
At least he was able to retire that shitty hitter.
Mathis has no business being in the majors.
It’s Teix’s fault for killing the other catcher.
I’m still traumatized from him absolutely owning the Yankees during the 2009 ALCS. Every at-bat was like an automatic double. So fucking ridiculous.
That’s all the Angels will have tonight..Promise.
Anyone else not getting audio feed from MLB? What gives?
Has anybody noticed that Tex has been walking like Nick Johnson this season? 13% BB rate. That’s his highest mark since 2008.
I didn’t know that about the high BB% rate but it did seem like he was walking a lot, just watching the games.
Oh wait, people who use terms like BB% rate don’t watch the games, I forgot.
A ball! Jeter took a ball!
/fanfare
Ugly inning.
I’ve got a tip: he’s going to throw a changeup.
That change is a nice pitch when he’s locating it.
But that’s all he’s been throwing. It shouldn’t be that effective with nothing to compare it to.
I definitely agree. But it does have a lot of movement.
Alright Phil work out of it.
Um, Hughes?
She’s never really done it for me . . .
http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/20/.....l-mugshot/
. . but this changes everything.
Was anybody really expecting her not to go to jail at any point this year?
Her career/life is so sad.
Come on Hughes.
Hughes is not finishing his delivery when he throws the fastball.
That’s why his fastball is leaking out over the plate against LH hitters but bearing in on RH hitters.
Hope Alby is ready for relief. Phil is out of sync.
This umps strike zone is microscopic for hughes and it opens up for osullivan.
To some extent. But right now, Phil can’t throw strikes on the outer parts. Down the middle is a different story.
Cut this shit out Phil.
Ugh, damn ump.
Where was that 2-2 pitch?
he is getting squeezed too dont you agree?
Yep. Not sharp to begin with + getting squeezed = not good
speaking from my experience as a HS pitcher, those two ALWAYS go together. when you’re completely on your game you get strike calls like a foot outside. When you’re a little bit off, you’ll throw something down the middle that gets called a ball, and the next pitch gets hit out of the park.
/mid ’90′s Braves’d
I think that the Yanks need to bring in Jose Molina to get Hughes’ shit together.
With this strikezone I can see a big time slugfest tonight…
Triple play will be pretty good.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
the fuck?
Remember, this is the same ump that said Swisher swung when he barely moved the bat off his shoulders.
in other words: robot umps PLZ
well isn’t this just great
Now a double play.
How was Cano closer to that than Jeter was?
Ah, I see now. Covering the pick off.
Damn, that was a good pitch in a good spot. Got the grounder too.
Yeah, Hunter’s hips were out in front but he did nicely with the hands. Good piece of hitting.
Ok…. WTF
Hughes looks like the rookie pitcher.. 6 hits in 2.1 innings.
BABIP’s a bitch sometimes.
Yeah, but most of the balls were hit hard. Let’s not just blame this on bad luck, Hughes is not pitching well.
I’m not and I don’t think he particularly is. But Hunter’s grounder’s a DP with guys positioned slightly differently. (shrug)
Love ya, Hideki.
See, we should have resigned Matsui. He is hitting .248 and just hit into a DP….. Bwaaaaahhhh
Thanks, Hideki.
its amazing even with the angels banged up we still have problems with them
Well, when the pitcher is ineffective, it doesn’t matter who the opposing team is.
Hughes is not finishing his delivery well.
They said while Eiland was away Hughes was having some mechanical problems, and they seem to be hurting him in this start.
The All Star Break layoff may have hurt him in this regard, because he got back to where is supposed to be right before the break.
I wonder if that mini-delay in his delivery, when he takes the ball out of his glove, is hurting him a bit.
Just wondering, how can you tell this? I’m honestly interested.
What are you specifically seeing that makes you say he isn’t finishing his delivery well?
He doesn’t seem to be completely following through with his arm.
When he goes inside to LH hitters it seems to be leaking back over the plate because he is releasing the ball just a little too early. But in that same regard, when he goes inside vs RH hitters the ball is bearing in on them.
He just isn’t get that full arm motion that gives him the downward plane and all the life on his fastball.
His curveball is also not breaking as much because I don’t think he is fully following through.
NO! Eiland gets NO credit for anything!
It’s NYYFans with the crazy hate boner for Eiland, not here. At least that I’ve noticed.
And that is most likely due to fatigue.
If we can get 5IP and 2 runs from Phil, call it a good outing.
I’m just happy a Yankee SP made it out of the third without getting gangrene of the eye or some shit like that.
So is this Sullivan kid any good? Never heard of him.
5-5 with a ERA over 5 in the minors.
Survey says…. no.
The results weren’t there, but that wasn’t a bad inning. Bloop double down the line, 9 hopper through the infield.
But ugh, all of a sudden this one trick pony is fooling us?
If im a hitter (especially a lefty hitter) im sitting change up.
Wasn’t there some talk from Eiland on YES a few weeks back about Hughes needing to stand taller? I believe it was something like when he drops his front leg too low his stuff flattens out. In the first, it appeared that he was getting more downward movement, but that’s pure novice observation.
I haven’t seen a single Yankee starter have decent command since the allstar break.
yeah so can we go back to the 1st inning
That was too frigging easy.
26 pitches in the first inning…. Since, 22.
Um offense, what the fuck? Is he throwing to hard, nasty, filthy shit? C’mon, wake up, Phil is struggling.
Is it just me or is the recurring theme this season with bad pitchers, make them pay and high pitch count in the first and then just give them gifts after that to keep them in the game till the 6th.
Montero: 1/1 with a homer and walk so far tonight.
Teh. Jesus.
JIMP’d
Orioles w/51.
I enjoy the phrase “They boo him like he stole something”
Wow, this thread got super cheery.
Answer: The Orioles. 51 career HR.
zone a bit tight tonight?
That would be an understatement.
Shitty read. Oh well, at least it’s just a single.
It was in his glove. How the hell is that a hit?
Oh what the frig Curtis.
FAIL curtis. FAIL.
Grandy, you’re killing me. Not making any friends tonight..
Gardner would have ….
I don’t want to upset anybody
ww grandersn you’ve got to be kiddin me
Gardner makes that play.
Ack, he had it in his glove. Stupid ground caused the fumble.
I’m just glad he didn’t hurt himself. That had “broken wrist” written all over it.
If hughes throws another fastball I swear im reaching through the tv and strangling him. USE THE FUCKING CHANGEUP AND CURVERBALL
Yikes.
…
So, Hughes. He has shit for stuff tonight, huh?
You couldn’t hit shit that hard.
No. And? I’m not judging his stuff on how good it has to be for me to hit it. He’s throwing it to major leaguers. Who are hitting it easily. So tonight, which is all I said, his stuff seems to be shit. I’m not saying his stuff is normally lke that. I think Hughes is an excellent pitcher.
What was the point of that completely random strawman?
What I meant was that he should throw shit instead, since it would be harder to hit than fastballs down the middle of the plate.
We might have something there.
Call Cashman.
Well fuckity fuck fuck.
TV off.
It’s the 4th inning.
Some fans just can’t handle the adversity. It has to be all shits and giggles.
I don’t think the clapper works that way
Ok nothing is going right.
MAICER IZTURIS. Yankee killer.
Hughes has nothing tonight.
What the heck is it with sucky players hitting home runs now.
Really…..? Really? IZTURIS? What the fuck is with this team and giving up home runs to only the shitiest players? Kevin Cash? Reid Brignac? Come on already!
Well, the Yanks have some runs to score.
Well shit. Hopefully Hughes limits the damage to just two runs and the offense goes gonzo next inning.
I think we see Albaladejo reeeeeeeeeeal soon.
So has Hughes looked bad tonight? Can’t watch the game.
Sharp 1st inning, but poor command after that. Stuff just looks flat an ordinary.
Well, I guess that was expected……
Seriously? People are complaining about a ball that cleared the fence at the absolutely shortest part of the park? Get some perspective.
People are complaining about a mediocre start against a bad lineup.
Not that I agree with some of the complaints…
I’m all for perspective, as long as we say the same things about 310 ft Yankee HRs against opposing pitchers. Either way, they all count.
We’re definitely over 2.5 changeups. I’ve seen at least four.
Yup. Pitch diversity definitely was not his problem tonight. Overall command and bite on all of his pitches was.
and umpiring
He did get squeezed a bit for sure.
At least he’s mixing?
Attn: ZZ
Do you think that it looks like Hughes is short arming the ball a bit? For some reason, I’ve always thought that about his motion/delivery.
He always looks like he short arms it a bit, like a catcher. That is just his style.
This. I’ve noticed that about him since he was first called up.
In a way he always kind of looks like he short arms the ball. I think that is because he is just very compact in his upper body with his motion. He just has very short arm action that keeps everything tight.
But he does look shorter than usual tonight. It is hard to tell, because Hughes is so good at repeating his delivery that when something goes wrong it is so slight.
Idk, he just seems very mechanical tonight. He doesn’t seem to be consistently making a seamless motion where his front leg drives forward and his arm follows all the way through.
I keep going back and forth whether it is this or he just doesn’t have good stuff tonight. Hughes is very hard to tell with.
Interestingly enough I looked up how much movement he is getting tonight. It is actually more horizontal movement and vertical movement on his fastball than he has averaged for the year.
The horizontal movement I think because the ball is tailing on him a bit.
I don’t know what to make of the vertical movement though. That’s interesting.
Spray cheese I get, but wtf is wrong with Chinese take out?
@Joelsherman1 #Yankees keep saying Granderson playing excellent CF, but guy makes lots of misreads, especially break back on balls in front.
Hey kids, want to be a columnist and expert Yankee analyst? Make broad statement, cite example that happened 10 seconds ago as proof.
It’s called timing. And lets just be honest, Brett Gardner is a better CF and the rationale behind playing Grandy there over him is no longer relevant. Back then they weren’t sure Brett was an everyday player, and he’s #3 in WAR on the team.
http://www.fangraphs.com/winss.....38;month=0
Gardner doesn’t get the best jumps either, by the way.
And what do you want to do? Swap him and Gardner? Bench Granderson?
No benching, just put your best defensive configuration out there. It’s not April anymore, it’s late July. I think Grandy has his feet wet by now, and even if he doesn’t it’s time to stop worrying about anything but winning games at this point of the season.
The problem is the change won’t likely happen.
Agreed completely. I think Gardner should be in center and it is becoming more and more obvious everyday, for a multitude of reasons.
One being, Gardner clearly has a future with this team.
I don’t get it, what does Gardner’s future have to do with who’s playing CF? They’re both out there, you can’t tell me there’s a huge difference in CF and LF when they’re both good outfielders.
The CF can cover for 2 lesser fielders. The LF, not so much. That’s why your best fielder plays CF.
Agreed that the difference is not huge. But I think Gardner has proven to be the better centerfielder at this point in their careers, and if both are in our long term plans, why not play the better guy in center?
Agreed that Granderson is good though, and it is nothing major.
It’s nothing major, but a play or two can win a tight game here or there. Especially in CF, where outs becomes doubles and triples real fast.
Agreed. Thats why I want to make the move as well.
Granderson’s troubles have been on balls in front of him. Those are extra singles, not doubled and triples.
True, but Gardner’s speed will reach balls that Grandy just doesn’t get to. I’ve seen a few balls in the gap just past Grandy’s glove that I’ve wondered if Gardner reaches.
In any case, back to the original point and there’s no good reason anymore not to put the best defensive configuration out there, unless someone has something to add here that I’m unaware of.
FWIW, Hughes has thrown 6 changeups so far today, per gameday
Damn you, BABIP.
so i hope the next inning is hughes’ last for the night
Yeah it’s not like the bullpen has had to record 40 outs in the last 2 games, they clearly need some work.
agreed!
btw work on the sarcasm…it’s weak
There was an off-day.
Guys: he throws a changeup. Sit on it.
Sitting change generally isn’t the greatest idea.
this guy’s changeup is lethal
Just cut the game on and wow Hughes sucks!
I had something much meaner originally planned, but thought better of posting it.
Rest assured though, I think this is a MAJOR overreaction.
Paging Yankee offense, Paging Yankee offense… please report to the stadium field immediately. Your party is waiting.
This guy’s entire demeanor has changed since the 1st inning. He seems to be pitching with a lot of confidence right now.
who the fuck is this mick?
almost forgot the Yankees have 2 hits off of Cy O’Sullivan.
How often do you say positive things?
About once or twice a game thread.
Wait, that was not positive? I thought we expect to be no hit against first time rookies.
funerals and bar mitzvahs….or when the Yankees don’t roll over on a AAA pitcher….
im astonished we only have 2 hits against this douche
really?
This is almost pathetic.
Its really not that bad. Hughes has been subpar for the past 10 starts now, over 5 era. And if he can get a couple of good innings to end his start here, it will be ok.
offspeed please?
He threw Hunter offspeed stuff in his first two at-bats, and he’s 2-for-2.
remember how joba was good up till he hit his last year max innings in 2008?
hughes pitched 80 innings last year
in hughes first 82 innings he has a 3.17 ERA
his next 20 hes had a 5.79 ERA and about to get worse
Except, Joba’s whip was like 1.5 even in the beginning of the season.
Hughes first half this year was far better than Joba’s first half last year.
But yes, both seem to be tiring in the second half so far.
Yay Jorge. Out by a mile.
Wow, Posada with a laser to 2nd. Don’t see much of that these days.
Excellent. The Yanks needed a momentum change here.
Posada with the quick, fast and accurate throw. Gotta love that!
DEAD!!!!
JESUS!!!! 2-2, 2 Homeruns, Walk
He hasn’t made an out since Sunday… full on beast mode.
Seattle will pass.
Not good enough secondary prospects, ha
Reports are that the Cardinals have offered Pujols for him. Cashman would be mad to do it.*
*Don’t panic. You should be able to tell by know that this is sarcastic.
Yankees getting out-homered by Jesus Montero.
Jeter will see 2 pitches this AB
Calling all Captains!! (Lame I know)
Boy oh boy, is DoTF gonna be nice tonight! Montero with another homer, making him 2-2 with 2 HR’s, 3 RBI’s (I know) and a walk thus far tonight. He’s not hitting .272 with an OPS of .804.
btw, both homers have been to right center.
Well how nice is it going to be now that we all know what is coming!?
The right center HRs are very nice to hear. He is going to need that right-center power struck to be really successful at YS.
now**
How awful is it going to be when Kay calls Jeter’s 3,000th hit?
I’m sure he’s already rehearsing. That call for when Jeter passed Gehrig was so awful, so forced.
Yep. I guarantee you he has a script penned out already and will bring it with him the night of the game.
“In the storied history of the Yankees they’ve never had someone with 3,000 hits, now … they have Derek Jeter.”
Flag this comment, haha.
As bad as it will be, I bet it’ll be better than Sterling’s call.
Let’s go Jete
Did Kay just say Jeter will get ANOTHER 100 hits this year? It’s 10 days away from the 2/3 mark of the season.
Doing some quick math, that means Derek will hit about .480 the rest of the season.
Thanks for trying, Derek.
Who didn’t see that coming? It’s okay Gardner, don’t steal or anything.
Horawful
ugh jete……why doesn’t Gardy just steal!
Jeter..Ya killin me!!!
Hey Esteban…. How is this.
Well that was a tough out. But at least Jeter took more than one pitch.
When multiple people comment on how negative you are in Game Threads, you might want to think about toning it down just a bit. And not in a sarcastic way.
Sorry for being Thread Police.
except the Yankees are getting their asses handed to them once again by either a rookie pitcher or a AAA call up…. And one that is not even that good.
With the line up they have tonight there is zero excuse for them to hit the way they are…none of this bullshit about tipping the cap, well he pitched a good game, or any other lame cliche. This is the defending WS champions getting owned….unacceptable on so many levels.
Game ain’t over yet. It is surely not looking good, but you don’t count out “the defending WS champions” down four with four innings left.
Agreed.
Sometimes you get owned by a terrible pitcher. Sometimes you murder David Price. Welcome to baseball.
Your right…..
god damn.
Jeter really sucks right now.
Anyone else feel the YES broadcasters have been going out of their way to mention Torre tonight? Usually it’s like a taboo word. Trying to stick it to McCarver maybe?
I don’t know if they’re trying to stick it to McCarver but I sure as hell wouldn’t object. Ol’ Timmy needs to familiarize himself with Godwin’s Law ASAP.
Hopefully Hughes can give the Yankees one more inning.
Unless Hughes throws 2 more pitches for 3 outs, I wouldn’t plan on it.
Just get through the sixth I meant.
Fun Fact: Fuck this strike zone
This strike zone is brutal.
As a one time pitcher, I sympathize with Hughes.
As a Yankees fan, I want to drive up to the Bronx and strangle this ump.
Hughes has been off with his pitches all game, not by alot but just enough for him to be not that effective.
Hughes must hate pitching at home. What is that now? 14 HRs in the Bronx?
And NONE on the road. Crazy stuff.
http://youcantpredictbaseball.wordpress.com/
6-2 lead…Doesn’t look good.
ALBIE!
Not a great way to go out there. Hughes is going to have some serious work to do to figure out why his last 11 starts have been subpar.
Napoli has knocked Hughes out the game.
Hughes can’t beat this B-lineup. I’m pretty disappointed.
AND Albie comes in! YAY!
Ack. One inning too many.
Angel’d again.
I think MLB should mandate that the Yankees only have to play the Angels 3 times during the season.
The Angels are 2-8 in the New Stadium.
And the Yankees were 2-4 in Anaheim in 2009, 1-2 during the playoffs….. 1-2 this year….
So Angel’d again, simply means the Yankees got over on them last year but over all, not much has changed.
Yeah, if you take out all the times they were good, they look really bad!
Hughes was just bad tonight. At least I can call them growing pains unless the team decides he is more valuable in the 8th. Then I may just shoot myself.
He was trying his best to hit corners, but the strike zone was a joke. Wouldn’t write him off right now.
Never did, just growing pains. These are the games that he needs to learn from and get better from it.
Hughes’ home/road splits aren’t pretty, I suspect.
Hughes will figure it out. I know he will.
This.
Sigh, and now we get to hear about from all the ESPN writers about how the Yankees are in real trouble, pitching isn’t that good, yadda yadda.
This would be a pretty bad loss, enough excuses for not beating AAA level pitching.
I’m nearly about to pull a Kevin Brown.
Will you be smart and use your opposite hand?
Per Brooks, I count NINE balls in the zone not called strikes.
Speechless.
You don’t want to give Hughes a free pass or an excuse, but that is a lot to overcome.
Hmm, its funny that Napoli wasn’t the starting catcher all season long
Just as I was about to write that maybe the Yankees needed Cliff Lee after all, I look and see Jesus has 2 HRs tonight. WOW.
Ok, well we’re not going to get Cliff Lee. So deal with it.
You definitely missed the point of what I was saying. What I meant is that Jesus is proving that the trade would have been dumb.
Eh, not really. Those homers haven’t helped the Yankees at all tonight.
I get what you’re getting at.
Alright, Ablie. Be the next D-Rob!
ALBY TO THE 8TH!
Any explanation why Hughes has been awful at home with so many homers while fantastic on the road? Small sample size? Young Age? Luck? A little everything?
He has a career 3.07 ERA at the new Yankee Stadium. Its sample size for this year.
This strike zone is a god damn joke.
Gardner woulda had it.
Fuck; nothing is going the Yankees’ way tonight.
well it looked god n the first inning, after that it took a tun for the worst
Albaladejo already getting squeezed at the plate as well.
Hopefully those number translate from the Marmalade forest.
Yes, Michael Kay, the major leagues is better than AAA. Glad we got that out of the way.
IETC
As per a few posts back………Hughes has not pitched well for a while now. 11 games ?? could be. I think they need to make a move for a pitcher. Maybe bring someone up ? Pettite out hurt AJ sucking and punching doors and Hughes getting hit hard. Im not feeling too good about the situation.
Best record in baseball.. it’s one game… relax. Any move now would be made out of panic. Cashman doesn’t operate that way.
And despite all that, they still have the best record in MLB.
His last start he pitched 7 innings with 1 ER. You’re exaggerating a little.
Umm yeah … but that was 11 days ago!
But not that much. Even with all the problems, the team still looks good. But he brings up legitimate concerns, in my opinion.
One thing I’ve noticed already, Alby’s tempo is very different. He’s added a foot-tap, and his fastball seems to have more late life to it than it used to.
How Alby can catch any balls with that glove is a surprise.
Albie to the 8th!
OMG Scott Proctor is now in against the SWB Yankees.
You’re kidding.
Well in that case, if Jesus doesn’t hit a 3rd HR, he’s a bust.
So Phil gets charged w/ 6 earned runs tonight, despite the fact that his OFs can’t catch balls hit at them.
Just another reason ERA is a somewhat flawed statistic.
On the flip side, the Yanks have had one of their best defenses of recent memory this year, so I’m sure they have saved him a bunch of runs as well throughout the year.
Hughes did not get that call.
Oh, that is now a strike to Swisher. This umpire should be shot.
I missed his name. Is it Tim Donaghy per chance?
Its actually Fixey O’Yankeehate. Why is MLB sooo against us???
Now you know why they call him ‘Dreck-man’
Wow, nothing is going our way tonight. Doesn’t help this umpire is inconsistent as all hell.
Girardi getting fired up, comeback imminent.
Good for Joe. The home plate ump can go **** himself.
“This isn’t your fight.” Way to be, Joe!
(Tex was out)
ahhh Joe, doesn’t matter tonight, don’t waste our energy…
He’s going home and he’s taking the binder with him!
That’s hilarious. lol.
That’ll show em!
Giradi should have blinded the ump. Not like it would have affected the calling any way.
Now that’s just wrong.
Funny, but wrong.
Did I just see Geraldo Rivera in the stands?
I thought so too. I think he’s sitting next to Bill O’Reilly too, unless I’m getting his name wrong.
No fucking hits since the first…. No hit by AAA. Unbelievable, simply unbelievable.
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Good grief! Really? Look, it is one game and it may be acceptable for them to perform like this but I am of the Boss school where they should win every game…. or at least put up a fight in the games they lose. Not replicate the Arizona Diamondbacks.
I am of the Boss school where they should win every game…
No said losing is an acceptable goal, but you can’t treat every regular season game as life and death. Otherwise you’re going to die a lot of times.
Yes, really. I understand being aggravated (I have to have a few “this game sucks” comments on here, and if I don’t: this game sucks.). But you make the same complaints over and over, rarely say anything positive except in an extremely sarcastic way, declare games over before they are, and until recently, rip on Teixeira for just about anything he does. I am not the only one who feels this way, nor am I the only one who comments on it.
I’m really sorry to say this. It feels terribly bitchy. I’m not trying to be this way, because in the non-Yankee Game Thread things you say, you are really awesome. But I figure just be honest rather than passive-aggressive.
Relax. You’ll forget about this game by Friday. It’s not the end of the world.
Not loving the ~4% uptick in O-Swing% from Alex this year.
Oh good, another 1-2-3 inning.
look at the bright side, you can make late dinner reservations.
tomorrow javy is pitchng….whos pitching for the angels???
i just hope he pitche well against them
Tomorrow it’s Piniero.
He’s pitching against a moderately good pitcher in Pineiro, which means he’ll get no run support again.
Well, I guess you’ve got to let an inning pass for the manager-getting-thrown-out-to-invigorate-his-team tactic to sink in.
this has been a painful game to follow
Did you see last night’s Mets game? THAT was painful.
O’Sullivan has retired 17 of 18 since Axisa jinxed it by trash talking him in the first inning lol
Thanks!
I’ll try to swing the bat better next time.
Kay’s responses > Axisa’s responses
lol that’s right!
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-978790
Gotta love arguing in baseball. It is quite unique.
That guy we just saw in the front row on the foul down the RF line, white shirt w/ the blue sleeves … yeah … maybe untuck.
Well, sure looks like a good thing that I missed most of the game so far.
I see not much has changed…
Scott Proctor just had a 42 pitch inning against SWB.
Blame Torre
The fact that he’s still pitching makes me sad for him.
I did not know Torre managed AAA teams via internet from a Starbucks for extra cash. Has he not heard of Cash 4 Gold.
lol’d for real at this one
Me too. Comment of the night.
Only person to get Montero out…
Did O’Neill just give a dig to Abreu with all that “laid back” talk.
Some poor defense and offense today
Bobby, just give it up man.
You suck Bobby.
Posada probably wants Abreu to run every time he’s on base to beef up his CS% a bit!
This is a rather bizarre game. Not at “That Diamondback game” level, but bizarre.
It’s just a poor game, IMO. That Diamondback Game took 37 years off my life. This one just sucks.
Posada throwing Abreu twice is pretty weird.
You can’t run into walls when Abreu would not get 20 feet near one.
Nice job by Albaladejo. Beats the hell out of Moseley.
Or CHoP
Good. Last thing I feel like watching is Alba throw 50 pitches after working as a 1 inning guy at Scranton. This was probably too many, but not egregious.
Looks like Abreu is afraid of bags too.
Thursday’s starter is Bruce Chen. No one in the lineup hits him particularly well, except for Teixeira and Jeter. Tex has crushed Chen to the tune of .636/.667/2.364 in 12 PA. Jeter also hits him well (.393/.433/.679).
Finish this equation for me.
Chan Ho Park+Low leverage situation= ??
GODZILLA!
= game out of reach
Shit.
Apparently bad things.
Better things than medium and high leverage, which is kind of amazing considering his numbers in low leverage.
So, we lost this game.
Boy, that wasn’t predictable or anything…
It’s a Thrilla! By Godzi….oh wait, wrong team
Matsui. ;_;
Nice job Albaladejo.
chan angel-ho park
:sigh:
Why is he still here?
is it time to dfa park now??
And Chan Ho Park takes the lead in the DFA pool.
and now, in an odd twist, i’m rooting for chad and dustin to stay…!
Moseley has 6 IP under his belt, I cant see how anyone has made up their mind about him one way or the other.
you’re right. but moseley is more or less the “lesser evil” at this point. you gotta go with something, and i know that park has got to go in favor of chad and dustin
Which should be in a few days, right? When Mitre gets activated.
I can has Romulo?
…
everytime park gives up a HR, he has this look on this face that says “what the– who puts a wall there!”
This game was the opposite of the usual. Starting off beating up a rookie pitcher and then being tamed by him. Usually the Yanks go a few innings of nothing and get him towards the end.
No way. Not in this game.
Eh, they mix them together pretty well. They did this against Arrieta earlier this year too. Hit pretty well for a couple innings, then did nothing after that.
Wow, it’s like 1910 all over again. Japan invades Korea.
IETCVVM
Thank goodness Park is not from China in Japan invades China 1931. It would not have been pretty to say the least.
Welp, it has been a long time since the Yankees put up a real stinker on both sides of the ball. It happens, get em tomorrow.
Saturday doesn’t count?
They scored five runs.
The offense did pretty well on Saturday. They win if that’s a well pitched game.
That game was 8-2 at one point too. So, is this one suddenly not bad if they put 2 or 3 meaningless runs on the board in the 8th/9th?
Uh yes? Is that hard to understand or something? No run is “meaningless” unless you expect hitters to give up when the score is lopsided.
When did we say that the team played well or not? Just that the offense didn’t stink. So yeah, if they put up three more runs or so the offense won’t have stinked.
I don’t agree. They still stunk against the guys that mattered. Getting a couple runs in a blowout against pitchers who wouldn’t be near the game if the score was close doesn’t do much for me.
Meme: 1; Yanks: 0
Matsui showing how he was the original CHoP and Chan Ho stole the nickname from him.
/Makavelli’d
Lost in all of this…we just saw the end of Chan Ho Park. One part of the Chad Ho Moseley combo is eliminated.
When was the last time Shields was good vs the Yanks 6 years ago?
@swbyankeesTT Final line on Ivan Nova: 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K. Mark Melancon is in for the ninth.
@swbyankeesTT 97 pitches, 62 strikes for Nova tonight. As strong a game as any Yankee has pitched all season.
Someone knows there’s a spot opening up in the big league rotation.
That’s awesome. I think he’ll make the next start after Mitre.
/no faith in Mitre’d
Cano is terrible
You CANNOT be serious.
Talking about that at bat man.
I’m going to assume this is a joke.
Gonna assume you didn’t see Cano give that at bat away?
Going to assume you missed his career?
What the hell does his career have to do with him giving an at bat away?
Because his career VERY clearly contradicts the conclusion you’ve reached in, literally, ONE at bat. Obviously Cano is not terrible, and one at bat does not make him terrible.
cano giving up an at-bat. i hate that
When was the last time Albi pitched more than 1 inning for SWB?
awful.
It’s impossible to defend the guy. I was a big Granderson guy early on.
granderson is terrible
this season, he is.
I think we bought high on this one. Opposite of the Swish deal
I hope K Long can work his magic w/ Granderson this off-season. I’m not liking me some Curtis at this point.
So while there’s a break in the action, which storyline gets the most press tomorrow:
1. Hughes struggling
2. Granderson sucking
3. Park being 2010 Park
Hughes, absolutely, because THIS ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE HE SKIPPED THAT ONE START!!!!!!!!!
THATS WHY YOU DONT SKIP PITCHERS WHEN THEY ARE PITCHING WELLLL!!!!!!@!##!
Hughes continuing to fall by far. And against a team that hasn’t been scoring makes it even worse. The pass he’ll get of course is the layoff (not that it’s not a terrible reason, but the game still sucked).
Park will be ignored and Granderson is just a non-factor from here on out, at least for me.
Yanks haven’t had trouble scoring. I mean, today they have. But not in general.
I was talking about Hughes struggling against the Angels who haven’t been scoring. 3rd fewest runs in the AL in July.
Ah. Gotcha.
The Yanks haven’t had trouble scoring.
Hughes struggling. Which is true, just don’t expect the REASONS why he is struggling to get a lot of press, rather than OMG HE SUCKS!!! OVERRATED! BACK TO TEH BULLPEN!!! YANKEES ARE IN TROUBLE!!!
If Granderson’s getting shit, Jeter should too.
Jeter’s not having a good season any stretch, but he has not been nearly as bad as Granderson.
He’s really not that far off. Before tonight, I think Jeter’s OPS+ was 94, Granderson’s 91.
Since May 1st, Jeter’s got a .668 OPS (not including tonight); Granderson’s season OPS, coming into tonight, was .705. For the majority of the season, Jeter’s been doing just as poorly.
It’s actually closer than you’d think (before tonight)
Jeter .271/.335/.384 with a .324 wOBA.
Grandy .237/.307/.398 with a .314 wOBA.
And that doesn’t even take into consideration the expectations and ‘importance’ to the lineup and offense.
I wonder…
maybe it’s because I don’t read the MSM stuff a lot or with great detail, but there hasn’t been much negativity from those guys towards Hughes like there was with Joba last year when he struggled. What do you guys think things would be like if everything was the same this year, but Hughes and Joba flipped places? That is, Joba’s a starter, kicks serious ass for the first month, then hits a rough patch. Something tells me the press would be all over Joba.
Any idea what Hughes pitch breakdown was? Has he started thowing the change?
He actually mixed really well today, but nothing was working.
Give Joba a 5-0 record, 1.38 ERA, and crazy run support like Hughes had this year and they’ll be blind again.
Right, but the same would go for any pitcher. But if Chamberlain just reeled off 11 starts like Hughes did after starting that way, I think there’d be a lot more negativity towards him.
Agreed. The press just seems harder with Joba. I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons why, but I couldn’t tell you why exactly.
Phil is more likeable than Joba. Sometimes it’s just as simple as that.
Old school baseball guys (most of the Yankees writers) don’t like showboating. They think it’s not “how you play the game”. So naturally, when he messes up, the first article includes a “maybe he should stop fist pumping” and has a negative connotation. It goes from there.
But when Andy Pettitte does it, it’s competitive. The double standard for rookies and vets in baseball is ridiculous.
Agreed.
Andy Pettitte is a sweet Southern Catholic boy with an adorable family who loves Jesus.
Also: Andy only fistpumps in “big” moments. There’s also this perception that Joba fistpumps after every out. It’s inaccurate, of course; he fistpumps in “big” moments too.
Andy’s a Catholic? I think not!
First the all star game and now this, oy vey.
Jeter has officially made me cringe when hearing Kay’s “he’ll face the top of the Yankee’s order” line.
My boy Montero. He needs to be up here. Can’t be any worse than Cervelli.
Did he hit another?
Just 2 bombs today.
Yeah, I knew that. Thought maybe he poked a third one out.
He’s been hot for a while now as we all know. I’m thinking he should bat cleanup down there.
No no no. Bring him up so he can ride the bench 3 days a week? Let the kid develop and get a full year in at AAA. Bring him up in September, re-evaluate next year.
Would be nice to have him around Joe/Tony/Po. He’ll be up soon enough I guess. No need to rush em like you said.
Fell asleep watching this game. This is an absolute snooze-fest
Shouldn’t you change your handle to “Junior” then?
supposed to be funny?
I guess the joke is kinda old now.
The other team scoring lots of runs doesn’t excite you? What’s wrong with you?!?
I love the Yankees, but we need to be honest with ourselves right now. This is NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. It’s barely a post-season team, if that. The combination of Cashman’s indifference to the team’s actual needs and Girardi’s blind confidence in anything dressed in pinstripes is disgusting. What’s even worse is most bloggers/analysts/experts are on the same bandwagon. It’s one team to believe in your team; it’s a totally different thing when you turn a blind eye to the team’s struggles with the blanket statement the the “Yankees are a second-half team” or “they will break out of their slump soon.” It’s the AL East, folks. One game is all it takes to get a team out of the playoffs. This isn’t the AL West.
here we go…
As they say, this isn’t going to end well.
It’s barely a post-season team, if that.
/checks standings
//stops reading your post
Hey bud, stay tuned. It’s not gettin’ prettier.
So did you not watch when the Yankees took two of three from the Rays, including a game in which they put up seven runs on David Price while piecing together almost seven innings from their bullpen?
That’s great. I loved that game. Watched every last second of it. But the consistency is just not there.
So they’ve got the best record in baseball and have played well of late (aside from tonight and Saturday) yet consistency is not there?
Illogical troll is illogical. O:S.
Last time i checked there is no prize for best record in baseball as of July 20th… But then again, I’m not expert, like you.
Good call resorting to name-calling, champion. Way to win ‘em all.
Last time I checked there was no penalty for losing a game on July 20th either.
No, there’s not a prize for best record in baseball on July 20. But if we’re inconsistent, what’s the rest of baseball? I guess teams like the Orioles and Astros are consistent but we don’t want to be consistent like that…
Before tonight, the Yankees won 10 of 12 games.
After tonight, they’ve still won 10 of 13.
But you think they’re inconsistent.
Okaaaaaaay…
What slump are you even referring to that they need to break out of?
lol at the Yankees not being a postseason team. Yeah, best record in the majors, just took 2 of 3 from their closest competitor, but they’re apparently doomed after one bad game.
I think you meant to post this on NYYfans or LoHud where people would actually take you seriously.
Nah man, that’s all fine and dandy. But that whole “we’re up by a few” stuff doesn’t work in the AL East. Not when the team has so many big holes. Don’t get me wrong, I want them to win; I just don’t buy the blind confidence.
What big holes do they have that other teams don’t also have?
It is not a few. It is 7. That’s more than a double a few.
Big holes? A bench player and a long reliever are big holes now?
Say it to yourself, very slowly: One. Game. Bad games happen. Losses happen. How does the team with the best record in baseball, with their best record at this point since the 1998 Yankees, not inspire confidence?
Try a shot bullpen. The one bat, I’ll concede that one. But the run support just doesn’t kick in at the critical moments (generally speaking)…. (queue the Price beat-down)
Did you just make a point and disprove yourself?
Umm …. no. That’s called agreeing with another human being in a civil conversation. It’s actually quite nice, and necessary.
You said the offense doesn’t kick in at critical moments and then pointed out when that exact thing happened in the last game they played.
queue the best record in MLB
Are you serious? We have more wins than any other team in baseball. Obviously the runs support has kicked in just fine.
Well the run support clearly hasn’t been there in critical moments except for that one time two days ago when it was there in a critical moment.
Perspective: the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship.
Perspective: What you don’t have.
Perspective: What you need.
One game is all it takes to get a team out of the playoffs
By my math it is actually 7 games, because the Red Sox are 7 back in the loss column.
Jay: If today is Tuesday and the movie starts filming on Friday, we have…
[counting his fingers, holds up ten]
Jay: …eight days.
Holden: Uh, three by my count, but close.
Gustavo is one of the more fail posters I’ve seen in a while.
Lol @ the sunflower seeds on A-Rods head…
I thought it was gum. That would’ve been bad.
There’s like seven or eight replacement level guys on the roster.
Good signs for Alex tonight. Love when he drills the ball to right center.
Two hard hit balls by Cano, two outs. So it goes.
IET Vonnegut Reference
BAH.
I’m still holding out hope for a 7-run 9th.
Chad Gaudin is working hard to make sure that will not be enough.
Yeesh. Make that a 9 run 9th
I think Matsui will hit a grand slam.
Matsui don’t like us anymore
Crowd probably wants a grand slam lol.
Meh, after those two games when the Yankees used up the bullpen, I’d take that off day.
Normally I wouldn’t root for the opposing team, but I’ll make an exception. If Matsui hits one out, I’d enjoy it.
Gaudin is catching up to Park in the DFA race…
Just took the lead.
…can’t it be both?
How many relievers could they fit in one car for the trip from Scranton?
If I didn’t know better, I’d think Granderson was utterly uncoordinated and had only recently taken up the hobby of playing baseball,
Come on O’s
They just tied the game. Man on 2nd no outs.
chad says “not so fast, chan ho– i’ll buy my ticket outta here before you!”
Would this be the 1st time the Yanks didn’t win when Girardi has been ejected?
Nope. They lost a couple of times when he got ejected.
I think we’re 1-1 this season after he was ejected.
/waits for two grand slam inning
Waiting with you.
Wasn’t there a point before the season when we thought Gaudin was a better choice than Mitre? Sergio is laughing at us.
Sergio’s .190 BABIP that will likely get corrected soon will get the last laugh. Or cry.
My god…I really do hate that guy.
Whatever they did to Granderson and his stance, they need to change it back.
If I were Granderson, I’d be flipping a shit right now. Bad night at the plate, iffy night in the field, I finally rope one and Abreu gets to it? I’d be straight O’Neilling it in the dugout.
Soriano just blew a save and Luke Scott hit a walk-off win. No matter how ugly this game was for the Yanks, Tampa’s lost was far more ugly and damaging.
As long as their loss is more painful. I’m satisfied.
Was the walk-off in extra innings?
I have Tampa-Baltimore down as still going on, no?
The game is still going.
Ack, I’ve been lied too.
Gardner woulda had that.
First meme of the second half I think.
Since you say this every time, I have to ask. Do you actually think Granderson gets good jumps in the outfield and gets to everything he ‘should’?
No, but neither does every other outfielder. I think his defensive shortcomings are greatly exaggerated.
I’m not Mike, but, yes. I think Granderson is overall a very good fielder who just had an iffy night.
You really don’t think he gets back jumps? Wow, a couple times a game he turns the wrong way on balls. Many of them he catches up to and gets, but there are almost as many that drop in as hits that shouldn’t be.
The one today, Gardner was closer to getting than Granderson.
You’re comparing him to Gardner, who by all accounts is one of the best defensive outfielders on the planet. Of course he’s going to make Granderson look back.
Compared to the rest of the world, Grandy’s still an above average defensive player.
Wow, I mis-say ‘back’ jumps, so you do too…
But yeah, all true. It’s just frustrating when he plays outs into hits, and only gets others thanks to his speed and a ‘lucky’ dive.
Grandy’s having a good year according to his UZR. A very good year.
All I want from this game is for Scioscia to have to make a pitching change.
OK, 2-out 8 run rally, no problem.
Pena hitting for Jeter.
Is it sad that I don’t know if that’s a downgrade or not?
Ugly, frustrating game. I hope tomorrow brings better baseball with a W.
Thank God that’s over and these things only count for one loss.
But Gustavo told me one game could knock us out of the playoffs.
We have a meme, and a new butt monkey, don’t we?
“This is not a championship team – in every way, it’s not.”
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-979392
“I love the Yankees, but we need to be honest with ourselves right now. This is NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.”
Yeah, that’s what I was sort of referencing… through another post… from last year…
Anyway that dude vanished.
I know. Just posting the connection.
The premise is BS. Granderson stink. Jeter is horrible, his AB’s are Pena like.
Hughes has been bad for a while
gaudin needs to be let go, he stinks under any objective standard he is horrible.
I hate the Angels. I don’t care if we take 2 out of 3, I won’t be happy unless we bash their skulls in at least one of those games. I demand a 14-1 rout
Or 1 out of 2…stupid 2 game series
Jason Stark tweeted that a major trade looks to be going down where the Phillies will acquire a pitcher but trade Werth in a companion trade.
Interesting!
Good! Whatever makes it less likely for the Mets to make the playoffs.
Though it seems that they’re keeping themselves out w/o help…
Jayson Stark at home: Hmm, watching game, Moyer gets hurt and leaves early.
I bet if I tweet that a trade is going to happen for a pitcher and mention a guy that has been talked about for a month, and then something happens to happen, I’ll look really smart.
Phillies supposedly involved in talks for a major trade for a frontline pitcher
Could be a 3-way, I guess that means it could be relevant to our interests.
My guess is Haren. Maybe Oswalt, but I’ll go Haren.
Maybe Amaro want batty and traded for Cliff Lee again.
(Heard this:) Olney just said it’s not Haren.
Wow, then Oswalt? What other frontline starter is there? Are they considering Lilly as a frontline starter?
Its never going to be Haren. Unless DiPoto drops his demand for TWO major league players and a major prospect, Haren simply wont be going anywhere.
I heard Haren talk to Michael Kay the other day, and it really sounds like he wants to be pitching on a contender. Haren even said he liked pitching in NY and that he’s got family ties to the area.
To trade for Lee again would take such huge balls. I’d be impressed if they did it.
But why would Nolan Ryan give up Lee after 2 starts? Rangers NEED Lee to keep ‘em as division leaders.
Yeah, you’re right. It would be stupid of the Rangers.
Unless Amaro keeps trading for Lee. It could be a joke that all the GM’s are in on. They just keep fleecing Amaro until he is fired.
Looking at small samples after trades can be fun sometimes.
Rangers are 5-3 since the trade, and 2 of the 3 losses are Lee’s starts.
He’s leading to their downfall…
Yeah, that. I’m sure the Phillies would love to have him back but there’s no way the Rangers are giving him up when they just got him, and they gave up Smoak for him.
Ruben Amaro: Domonic Brown, Kyle Drabek, JA Happ, and Jayson Werth (we’ll pick up all his salary)
Is this a joke? Drabek’s with the BlueJays.
DO NOT QUESTION RUBEN AMARO!
LMBO!!
Haren, Sheets, and Rays not involved. Supposedly the Phillies shopped J.A. Happ…why??
Why not?
Yea, you’re right. He’s much older than I originally thought, and his FIP makes last year’s ERA misleading.
Wow, i’d really like it if we could somehow pull off Werth in a 3way without giving up Montero/Romine. I think our pitching will come around. I’m more worried about our offense. What would you guys give up for Werth? Can’t be Javy with Andy going down and the league figuring out that Phil throws 90% 4 seamers. Do you think the Phillies would trade Werth to us? They bypassed us when they traded Cliff Lee.