Game 99: Another rook
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Sabathia won in his first return to Cleveland (Tony Dejak/AP)
Say hello to Josh Tomlin. He makes his major league debut for the Indians tonight, though it won’t come with much fanfare. While the Indians do have a crop of young pitching prospects, including Hector Rondon and Carlos Carrasco, Tomlin does not rank among them. He didn’t make Baseball America’s top 30 Indians prospects this year, nor did he even get a C grade from John Sickels. So there’s not a ton that we can immediately glean about him.
Thankfully Mike has old BA Prospect Handbooks on file, and he was able to find a bit on Tomlin, who was the Indians’ No. 28 prospect in 2009. Like most fringy guys he sits 89-91 with the fastball and uses a 12-6 curve as his best secondary pitch. He also has a changeup that, apparently, he’ll throw in any count. It has plenty of separation from his fastball, sitting 75-78. And then there’s a slider/cutter combo that I’m betting we won’t see much of tonight.
We’ve seen these guys beat the Yanks before, but I don’t think it’s an epidemic or anything. Tomlin lived on his low hit and walk rates in the minors, and we know guys like that struggle in the majors. Yeah, maybe he can hold AAA hitters to seven hits per nine, but he won’t maintain that in the majors. That doesn’t preclude him from getting lucky in his debut, but the Yanks should have more than enough to power though this one.
On the mound for the good guys, CC Sabathia goes for career win No. 150 against the team for which he recorded win No. 1. He’s been on a roll lately, and looks to continue it against a team that is a bit punchless on offense. It’s always nice to have your lefty on the mound against a team whose best weapons also bat lefty.
And finally, a happy birthday to A-Rod, who turns 35 today. His 600th would be pretty sweet this evening.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Nick Swisher, RF
3. Mark Teixeira, DH
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Robinson Cano, 2B
6. Jorge Posada, C Curtis Granderson, CF
7. Curtis Granderson, CF Juan Miranada, 1B
8. Juan Miranada, 1B Frankie Cervelli, C
9. Brett Gardner, LF
And on the mound, number fifty-two, CC Sabathia.
Update by Mike: Jorge Posada has been scratched with a sore left knee. Hopefully it’s nothing serious.
He’s a rookie AND he throws a changeup in any count? Might as well pack up and go home.
Or at least take Teixeira out of the lineup.
But Tex is hot right now
We have a winner!
I think a change up is the only pitch Derek can get around on these days.
This just made me think of how fast Strasburg’s change up is. Isn’t it like, 90mph?
Last I saw, it averaged at 91mph.
That’s ridiculous.
Got a lot of good responses here and would love it if you all could take a look and add your own
http://www.puristbleedspinstri.....ball-life/
Saw the 1998 World Series Game 1 where Tino hits the grand slam. I thought the Stadium was actually going to come DOWN.
Heh, Aaron Boone game for me, and I thought the same thing.
A-Rod -> 2nd AB -> 2/2 count -> runner on 2nd -> #600
all of that happens
Stop trying to predict baseball, darn it!
I’m not predicting baseball, I ran into the Wizard of Oz himself… well, actually I backflipped into him. Anyways, he said that’s exactly what would happen.
On the mound for the good guys
Are you channeling your inner Hawk Harrelson?
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Heh, one time I was watching Quick Pitch on MLBN and they were covering some game where the White Sox hit five or six home runs and it was basically just a montage of “YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD… YE-ES!!!!!” over and over again.
I still have nightmares about that.
I’m trying to hear it in my mind right now. I just keep looping the word “board” over and over again. Now it’s starting to sound like a soccer announcer saying “Goal!” for a continuous 30 seconds.
Yea, the Hawk Harrelson references are…troubling.
CC throws a no-hitter tonight.
/yearofthepitcher’d
Alex gives the Yanks the lead on a grand slam a la Matt Joyce.
Jeter grounds out to short 5 times.
He’ll see 5 pitches total.
/Peralta’d
340 HR after turning 35. Barry Bonds you crazy.
Alex only needs 164 for the record. If he can hit 30-35 for the next four years, we’ll have the all time home run leader for the first time since the original record was set.
Really? Alex counts but Bonds doesn’t? How does that work?
Holy crap, Arod is 35.
Posada scratched with a sore left knee
doesn’t sound serious, but still.
Cervelli made that look easy.
And its not
my bad. Wrong sport.
Tex + changeups = probably not good.
A-Rod is 11 years older than me? Hot damn.
This pitching matchup is so intensely lopsided, it feels like one of those reverse lock situations. One where the favored team has such a large advantage that they actually must lose…just so Sterling can continue to remind us that you just can’t predict baseball.
I hope I am wrong.
Is reminding people of Andy Sonnanstine supposed to be a good thing?
/irrational Sonnanstine hatred’d
A-Rod hits Sonnanstine well so yeah
Andy Sonnanstine eh?
If he keeps leaving those fastballs up he’ll get shellacked.
I’m in Tennessee (don’t ask) so I can watch Yanks on mlb.tv and Strasburg vs. the Braves. Sweeeet.
Wait, why is Strasburg not pitching?
HE’S GETTIN TRADED ZOMG
Please say for CHoP!!!!
He’s been traded. To the Washington Redskins, for Albert Haynesworth.
If Snyder could, he would.
Strasburg will be playing NT. And I hear Albert Haynesworth’s offspeed stuff is excellent.
Wow, Strasburg was a late scratch. Musta been traded.
Strasburg and Adam Dunn to the Phillies for Jayson Werth and JA Happ.
It makes perfect sense.
/StevePhillips’d
So… Ochocinco and T.O., huh?
I’m going to call them the Cincinnati VH1s.
NOOOOOO!!! Sin Sew Choo!
Uh, phone was slow to update. How many pitches did they see in that inning?
9
Looked like it may’ve hit him in the knee.
Agreed, it looked like it to me. #robotumps
Guess no one talked to Kenny about how to pronounce Choo’s name. Oh well.
Annoying hit.
#600 is obviously in Alex’s head that he didn’t catch that!!!
7.
Curtis Granderson, CFJuan Miranada, 1BI’m excited to see what Juan Miranada can do. I think him and Jesus Montario could be our new M&M boys.
I just hope someone makes a new nickname. I hate recycled ones.
Wow, My9 must not give a shit about those of us without HDTV because this broadcast quality is terrible. Sounds like I’m listening through a tin can and looks like I’m watching from underwater.
Sounds like I’m listening through a tin can and looks like I’m watching from underwater.
Sounds like a regular Tuesday for the Pat-man, eh? Damn protection orders.
See could have at least turned the sprinklers off.
*she
I don’t have an HDTV either, and I agree, the quality is really terrible for both audio and video. I hate watching the games on My9.
Yeah, I just got a new TV (it’s only 720P) and My9 doesn’t look great.
I just got a new TV (it’s only 720P)
I love you, Matt, you’re my boy… but that’s just dumb.
Yeah, well, I’m a grad student who works fewer than 20 hours a week; I’m allowed to be cheap.
Assuming Sizemore was on the trading block, what do you think his value is now (at the lowest it has been in his career) in terms of Yankee prospects?
My offer for Grady Sizemore:
Eric Wordekemper and Jon van Benschoten. And maybe Kevin Whelan.
GARDY PWNSSSSS
You do NOT run on Brett Gardner!
Only Brett Gardner can run on you!
Gunned. Down.
GARDNER WITH THE SILVER BULLET!!!!
Gardner!
Also, great block by Cervelli.
If Posada were catching, the run probably scores (not that I’d blame him for not putting his body on the line).
Doubtful. Choo was out by 5 feet.
Johnny Damon could have done that
ZOMG…Cervelli stinks at catching.
Was it a direct throw? Sounds like it was. Again, I’m at work so if I ask annoying questions like this, I apologize.
It was a one hopper.
Yup, took a perfect chest high hop for Cervelli.
Yeah, it was. Rodriguez let the cut go through.
Rodriguez let the cut go through.
TWSS
Yes, it was a direct throw. It was amazing.
And then, right after that, those two hot girls from your high school that you had a crush on but never got with totally had a freaky lesbian makeout session in the stands, and My9 showed every graphic minute of it. Full frontal. Multiple O’s. It was AWESOME. I was as hard as a diamond in an ice-storm. They were just as breathtaking as you imagined.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-947563
Also, this is now funny (well, it was pretty funny, now it’s funnier) :
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-947879
Ha!
I really can’t think of any hot girls from my high school I’d like to see do that. Mainly because all the hots girls were uppity bitches and I’ve been out of high school for 11 years, so I don’t know if they still look good anymore.
Just because I took the time to write it all out & I don’t know if people will be retreading the previous thread.
http://tinyurl.com/3ydby4h
Holy shit. Pete wrote a novel.
That might be the longest thing I’ve seen written on RAB, besides a post of course.
Well said. You and pete both dropped (lengthy) truthbombs.
Unfortunately, nobody will ever know it happened.
/Cleveland’d
It is during the game so I am not going to take the time to write a lengthy response, but just one thing.
Your entire theory is tied to Joba having to learn his mechanics anew or from a different perspective after a minor shoulder injury.
Joba did not have TJ surgery or blow out his shoulder. He was not out of baseball for an entire year.
You don’t forget how to repeat your delivery or your mechanics from having what amounted to basically a sore shoulder.
You do not have to learn anew or from a different perspective with that type of minor injury.
Isn’t it a little presumptuous of you to assume that it was just a minor shoulder injury? Obviously he didn’t blow it out or anything crazy like that, but you’re not in his body nor did you examine him. What may have appeared to be minor to us on the outside could’ve actually been much more serious to the guy, you know, actually throwing the pitches.
How do I know it wasn’t serious? I know people. People I trust.
/ZZ’d
The Yankee team doctors seem to agree with me. Pretty good source on that one
I’m just messin’ with ya, buddy.
That’s why I went with the *wink*
He had shoulder tendonitis and was cleared to play a month later.
Tendonitis is general is a minor injury. Add to that that team doctors (who had access to his medicals) cleared him to play a month later, hard to see how that is more than minor.
Yea, tendinitis is generally minor but like everything else medical, it affects everybody in different ways. Perhaps it’s affected Joba more than it would’ve affected someone else. It’s very easy to infer that he’s afraid of hurting his shoulder again, even if it was a “minor” injury, and has changed his mechanics because of that.
That’s true.
There have been tons of speculation and theories of Joba’s “downfall.”
Basically the way I see it, at the end of the day it is up to the player to perform.
I am going with that over the countless posts speculating what went wrong.
Oh, yeah, it’s definitely on him to pitch well, but we could make the argument–as many have–that the Yankees didn’t put him in the best position/prepare him the best way, etc. to pitch and what not. That didn’t sound right, but you get what I mean.
The real point was Joba never learned a repeatable delivery from the Yanks in the first place.
Thus, when the injury happened, he was out in the cold.
Thanks for replying.
The real point was Joba never learned a repeatable delivery from the Yanks in the first place.
That. Joba was drafted based on incredible talent and raw stuff. He succeeded based on incredible talent and raw stuff.
He seems to not have learned how to actually pitch, though, and now it’s catching up to him. That’s shit you learn in the minors.
I wonder how it feels for Joba, to be the single most polarizing topic in Yankee-dom, for 3 years running.
pitching is one of the single most violent things a person can do with his body. And I’ve had shoulder tendonitis. The pain is not severe, but it takes forever for it to feel completely right again. I was tentative to get back into pitching after that because even though the injury itself is fairly minor, the area still has some pain and, more importantly, feels weak after you injure it. Ripping the muscles that hold your shoulder together to shreds (which is what pitching is) is not something that you feel capable of doing with tendonitis in the shoulder.
Also, we seem to be on different wavelengths. It seems like while others, myself included, are trying to figure out WHY Joba has struggled. We want to know what factors have contributed to his struggles, and how to address those. Many of us consider the injury to be a major factor, since it did mark the exact point where Joba went from throwing consistent mid to upper 90s with some command to throwing consistent 89-91 with no command. We also mentioned other factors, like his being underdeveloped in the first place.
You, on the other hand, seem content to say that he has struggled, and just has to get better. This is a perspective that I don’t understand. Obviously, as nothing more than readers of a blog, we have no control over the situation. But the Yankees do, and as mostly obsessed fans, we have every write to discuss our opinions on what direction they should take. If you think that we shouldn’t talk about it because we have no control over it, that’s silly. You don’t have to, but we have every right to. But if you honestly believe that nothing the Yankees can do, have done, or are doing could have any effect on his development, then I think you’re crazy.
I like how you mistyped ‘right’ as ‘write,’ because it’s something you certainly do, prolifically.
Amiwrite?
zing!
That was a shot at Jeter. Grounding out to shortstop is Derek’s thing!
A-Rod doing his best Jeter impression.
One benefit of A-Rod potentially hitting the HR here: whenever you see the replays of it, it won’t be Michael Kay screeching “SEE YA!”
Or going through some stupid speech he’s had written/has been rehearsing all month.
Yup.
And maybe it saves an annoying speech he is preparing…
Beat ya.
But any A-Rod related speech would pale in comparison to the one Kay will make when Jeter gets to 3K hits.
Hey another fellow Red Raider! He joins Jeff Karstens and Dallas Braden.
Seems like everyone has an effective change against the yanks. If only Joba could throw one for strikes…
If only Joba could throw one for strikes…
If only there was some sort of non-major league set of leagues where he could work on such a thing… if only…
I’ll be at Scranton friday hoping for a Joba/Jesus battery…..
but I’ll settle for Nova
anybody feel like reading this? http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-993221
the thread’s cold now but i didn’t feel like reposting it here. It’s like, super long, so it’d be really awesome if someone read it.
NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW IT HAPPENED.
/Cleveland’d
I read it. I think that’s longer than the post itself, haha.
Cervelli getting back some of that “defensive luster” after the first couple of innings I would say.
Why are all my replies getting messed up today? I think I putting them in the right place. Sorry
You have shamed us all, Mike.
“Peralta hitting well” ???
I think he said “Peralta hit it well”
CC throwing 97
Suck on the change, beeyotch.
… nah, too easy.
You never really know with pat.
CC has good stuff tonight. He’s already hit 97 on the gun. Changeup looks filthy as well.
If we can get CC 1 run it just might be enough tonight.
MI-RA, NA-DA!
(clap clap clap-clap-clap)
MI-RA, NA-DA!
(clap clap clap-clap-clap)
Bad luck tonight…
I know its confirmation bias. Im sure if I wasn’t lazy and actually looked up the numbers, I would see that what I’m about to state is inacurrate.
But this sucking against not before seen mediocrity has got to stop.
Hopefully, it will stop very soon. Like the second time through the lineup.
If I remember correctly this was dispelled in the past. I think JGS used to have a whole set of instances where it isn’t true.
I imagine it was. Dumb frustration on my part. Like Mike said below:
Bad start—> complaints—> runs—-> win.
For some reason I vividly remember the Yankees absolutely CRUSHING Lester during his first start against them in like 2006 (granted, when he wasn’t the Lester we know now, but still)
2009 they were actually good against new pitchers. This year I have no idea.
Someone needs to tell Kenny how to pronounce Choo’s name correctly.
So, they’re getting perfecto’d so far, huh?
Reverse jinx, gotcha!
Um.
Jesus, swing the bat Brett!
Speaking of Jesus, he’s back in Scranton’s line up today
Excellent news.
Nice!
Wait… I’ve seen this game before.
Marty McFly?
When the radar gun hits 88 MPH, you’re going to see some serious shit.
Exemplary
Wetbrook did the same last night first time through. So Jete swings at everything and Gritsky swings at nothing….
One of those approaches is working a whole lot better than the other.
What is the best website to follow the game with an online box score?
Gator in relief? The Yankees didn’t ruin him?
okay so, if posada’s knee is serious, who gets called up? moeller? bueller?
Westbrook last night: 34 pitches through 3
Tomlin tonight: 35 pitches through 3
Westbrook, fine. Decent major league starter. But really should work the count more against a AAA guy they’ve never seen.
What’s the blueprint these days? Ugly early, everyone complains, then the Yanks win.
Hasn’t it always been like that?
I think you can cut out the “ugly early” part and yes, that’s the way it always is.
Let’s hope that’s the case again tonight!
This entire series is gonna take like 5 hours.
Kenny’s going all Bubba Blue on us.
At least CC is throwing well. Offense should be able to generate something next inning.
Stop. Talking. About. LeBron. During. Baseball. Games.
Urge to kill rising.
Increase my killing power eh?
I’m going to guess Griffey or Sosa.
What was the question?
Oldest to hit his 600th HR.
Answer to trivia: I think it was Barry Bonds.
Oh, that could be it. Hm.
Jim Thome.
/opens floodgates
…I hope
Who had Jeter breaking up the perfecto?
/notme
Lot’s of fly balls today.
That HR/FB% is unsustainable obviously
/nerd’d
/not serious, mostly’d
88 mph fastball. We should be able to take Tomlin out pretty soon
If I was a kid straight out of AAA, I just might lay a fastball right down the middle for Alex, just to get a piece of history.
Nah. It would decrease your chances of staying in the big leagues. I’d rather do that than be known as the poor schmuck that gave up A-Rod’s 600th homer.
No way. As an athlete, you want to be able to say ARod is 0-1 against me, etc …
Not that he made history off of me.
These responses remind me why I never made it to AAA.
Sheesh. Jeter needs a Rascal to get down to second.
Hahahhah!
This cracked me up.
That was nice of Jeets to give Arod another AB
Good strategy to get Alex a fresh count and more pitches next inning. That’s why Jeter’s the captain!
Wha why Derek?
Choo says “What platoon split?”
What platchi split?
Goddammit.
Ugh, take the double play you moron.
Choo was on second.
Yeah I just realized it, my bad.
Choo was on second and it was a perfect throw, plus A-Rod’s instincts in the field are not what I’d call moronic in any way, shape, or form.
Good thing we scored a lot of runs against the AAA pitcher!
Dagnamit! ZZ, hold these punks down! You can do it!
He lost that when his elbow hit the ground, not from the slide.
If you bang your elbow like that, whatever you’re holding will fly loose.
bad luck there as the ball got kicked out. ugh.
UConn reference. Woo!
If that was Posada that dropped the ball, this thread would explode with hate. Just saying.
Bust him inside with the Fb after changes low and away?
CC KEEP THAT GODDAMN HAND DOWN
Umps again baby
………..
Such bullshit.
I hate umpires. #robotumps
Well, with robot umps, that’s not an out. He did make the right call, it’s just that no one usually makes that call.
Agreed. I think the guy at 1B might have been out though. I still hate umpires right now.
Are you really going to call that? Really?
The one time Cano uses the neighborhood play, it gets called.
He was off the base, but if Cano was going to keep his leg there, it would have been in a terrible spot where it could be broken or his knee torn.
Isn’t that the point of the neighborhood rule?
what happened??
wow. Hell of an inning, boys.
These are fucking gifts, Cleveland. Enjoy them while you can.
Throw beat the runner last night: Granderson out. Not right, but you deal with it. Its how it is.
Tonight, the neighborhood play, probably the most “rules don’t matter, its just how it is” play in all of baseball…call goes against us.
Not pleasant.
Gotta love the umpires gifting the Tribe at least one run. Just atrocious.
Looking at the replay, Cano was off the bag. But umpires always give the neighborhood call when it’s that close. Unless your name is CB Bucknor.
Think the UMP would call that on Pedroia or Utley on the very same play?
Regardless of that bullshit call at 2b, the runner was out at first.
They focused on the play at 2nd in the replay, but there were 2 bad calls made on that play.
But I’ve been told that umpires get the calls right 99% of the time!
There we go CC.
Let’s get angry boys. We need a 6 run inning
Damage minimized. Stay the course.
I would love to know how Jerry Meals was able to watch the ball go into Cano’s glove and at the same time notice that Cano’s foot was just barely above the bag.
The camera had to freeze the shot to see his foot was off the bag because it was so slight.
Meals must have some incredible vision.
ZZ, in his heart of hearts, he knew that Cano left the bag early.
/McClelland’d
Oh God that shit was hilarious.
Holy shit, work the fucking count.
man this guys stuff just doesn’t impress me even a little WTF
put on a Yankees jersey and grab a bat… it will impress you then.
This is utterly absurd right now.
So far, it’s been 12 innings of utter frustration in this series, and two that were kinda cool.
Talk about bad luck, CC pitches on a night when a rookie is pitching.
Sorry CC, bad luck.
Wait, so everyone was citing the stats for the last five starters to make their ML debut against the Yanks, and the data goes back to Gustavo fucking Chacin? How is that relevant?
For me, it’s not necessarily been guys making their debuts, but guys they’ve never seen before that they seem to sometimes struggle with.
But the Yankees always struggle against people they haven’t seen don’t you see!!! Even if it involves data from 5+ years ago and the team is very different now!!!
How is it not? Wasn’t the graphic showing the last five consecutive starters to make their ML debut against the Yankees have four wins and one ND? That seems pretty relevant right about now. It’s about to be six…
Oh my B I totally misread the graphic.
Damn it, all ground outs to first.
look at that fucking smirk disgusting
Weak fly, weak fly, ground out, weak fly, ground out, weak fly…
Sounds like Wash Rinse repeat.
The grand strike zone for Grandy, first strike was neck high! I hate rookie pitchers!
Sheesh, I’d have to go with the Browns for the text poll just because a football team could go from bad to great in one offseason.
So that is what a base hit looks like…
Ok just kidding.
This game…(so far)
Anyone fucking tired of hearing the name “Giminez” ? Because I fucking am.
fuck yeah i fucking am tired of it as fuck.
Mad bloops off CC tonite.
Lol, omfg fuck these hits.
YEAH FUCK YOU GIMENEZ.
Just how they drew it up.
Add one more Yankee 1B to the list of actually being able to throw the ball to 2B.
I saw Giambi try and throw the ball to 2B in a COL/PHI game. Maybe yesterday? It was a bit horrifying.
We should probably just make a list of the ones who couldn’t.
Giambi
Fuck! BABIP is being such a little BITCH in this series!
A shameless, skanky, jezebel little bitch!
BABIP is silly sometimes.
Did someone replace the Tomlin scouting report with a video of the 2010 Mets?
Gimenez = IPK?
Who knew fringy prospect, ML rookies can pwn Yankees on a regular basis.
Tomlin, and I don’t think he’s even as good as IPK.
Didn’t realize this in its entirety, but can you imagine how good this team would be if ARod, Tex, and Jeter were hitting their career numbers.
I’d say flashes of the 98 team.
Rally caps everyone!!!!
It would be interesting to see what would happen on a lot of double plays if they instituted instant replay.
The point of the neighborhood play is to protect middle infielders.
If they had instant replay, then you really couldn’t call the neighborhood play.
Potentially there could be more injuries or a lot less double plays, because infielders would just touch the bag and get out of the way if it was close.
2-1 Change up every god damn time.
What’s going to be even more frustrating is watching Tomlin’s numbers balloon in the coming weeks.
Motherflucker!!!
Hahaha, their broken bat bloops drop in for hits, ours are caught. Frustratin.
I hate the look/smirk on this kid Tomlin’s face, I just wanna run a belt sander all over it.
A changeup really is this team’s kryptonite.
6 innings into their careers, Josh Tomlin is outpitching Stephen Strasburg.
Can we trade Joba for Tomlin?
Tomlin would suck once he came to the Yankees.
Cervelli is acting all surprised and annoyed that was caught like that wasn’t a lazy fly ball to left.
Anyone ever hear a solid answer from the Yankees or some baseball person on why the Yankees suck so bad against rookies, pitchers just called up from AAA, or pitchers they faced for the first time?
No other team appears to have these issues. Rather interesting.
No other team appears to have these issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
HA! That would mean every statistician has confirmation bias as they all use numbers to make their point… because numbers don’t lie, they can just be manipulated to tell any story.
So is it confirmation bias to say that ManRam owns the Yankees?
I’ve heard an explanation from noted Sabermetrician and philosopher John Sterling-
“That’s just Baseball, Suzyn”
Now that was funny.
Well done!
Mets are hitting Wainwright. We can’t hit this scrub.
It’s almost like…
http://youcantpredictbaseball.wordpress.com/
/building the brand’d
Such a shameless plug.
I’m attending the game in Cleveland game tomorrow and plan on catching A-Rods 600th. I’m sitting in the LF stands.
I’m debating how much to ask him for when we sit him down.
What do you all think?
/Seriously’d
Attending the game in Cleveland*****
A night with Cameron Diaz.
/Seriously’d
Kevin Long must be really embarrassed right now.
Doubtful.
Seriously, don’t want to hear any excuses after the game about this kid “throwing the ball well” or any other garbage like that. It’s not even about losing a game. I don’t expect them to win every game. But a AAA pitcher facing the minimum number of yankees over 6 innings by throwing a mediocre fastball and change? Give me a break. This is a Met-esque performance.
Shit. Things are bad. I agree with you.
“things” aren’t bad, just this game (which isn’t over yet, but still)
IFi were a manger of another team i really would call up someone from single-A to pitch against the yankees every time this is terrifying
hey maybe Jeter can tell us you have to tip your hat he was great tonight
Drat.
Well so far this sucks but maybe next inning with the top of the order we get something going.
What a frustrating game.
Good effort.
Hahah, Indians gettin all the friendly bounces tonite.
Oh my god. This game. Going to need a new TV soon.
Did CC do something to piss off his teammates that is forcing them to play like shit?
CC is going to exercise his opt out if this keeps up.
I’d love to cur Curtis some slack on that play, but it bounced off the heel of his glove.
Christmas has come early for Cleveland.
Wow, I’m pretty sure judging by this thread you’d think we were losing 57-0 and coming off a 45-game losing streak.
Seriously. I understand it’s frustrating, but it’s not over ’til it’s over.
Granted I’ve posted some negative comments too, but I don’t see many “this team sucks” posts… mostly just frustration that the whole “cant hit rookie” stigma is coming true again!
Yeah, but the tone of the posts, and not just yours, is like we’re on some terrible losing streak. It’s horrendously annoying.
Sorry, just venting a little bit of frustration.
Agreed.
This would be funny if it weren’t true and sad.
Infield in? Why why why.
Only halfway in, so it should just be Why wh
IETCVM.
What’s so wrong with this? They don’t seem to be hitting the ball well so wouldn’t you think they’d try to keep the score where it is?
/seriousquestion’d
They’re more likely to score. You basically need a well hit ball right at someone for it to be worth it.
Gotcha. Thanks for the reply.
Well the sucky part is he got there and then lost it.
It happens to everyone, nothing you can do about it.
true.
Say what you want about the Yanks lack of offense or that they always seem to struggle when facing a pitcher the first time, but the fact remains CC has not pitched well tonight. He’s struggled every inning and just has poor command.
Prior to the LaPorta double, the Other two runs were unearned. Even the run that just scored should have been caught. It was a tough play for Granderson, but it was eminently makeable.
Or was it imminently, either way, he should have made it.
I’m not sure I understand this especially since the score is 3-0 on at least one questionable call.
Ugh, I know I’m in a bad mood because fucking Jhonny Peralta just pissed me off by dropping his bat like Barry Bonds after an IBB.
I’m in a bad mood because fucking Jhonny Peralta doesn’t know where to put his ‘h’.
Bastard.
That annoys me as well, despite how irrational it is.
It annoys me too! It’s so stupid looking >:(
I know he’s Dominican (I am too), so I can’t blame him since I understand the borderline insanity of Dominican parents with naming their children, but damn does that irk me.
Why are you throwing fastball their when you want a double play.
Ok-I am ready for Gritsky to center. Tonight I feel like an Oriole fan. Torture!!!!
No one was catching that ball LaPorta hit. And even if they did, run still scores.
At least the Tigers just tied it up against Tampa.
Yanks look like they’d rather be in Cincinnati tonight. Cervelli making Posada look like Thurman on a tag play. Cano going “I Love Melky Cano” missing the bag and Granderson dropping a ball he should have got. And of course the Yankees making Josh Tomlin look like Don Friggin Drysdale. That is so tired and has been a staple of the Kevin Long Regime. It pisses me off to no end
So go root for another team.
Wow Mike. That was harsh. I’m good with my Yanks. Tough crowd tonight
You got straight up Peter Abraham’d
I’m pretty sure he’d call this game “embarrassing.”
Mike ain’t that rude
It’s called baseball. Shit happens. Deal with it.
This stuff happens many times a year, every single year since the dawn of baseball.
I’m tired of these comments.
Another staple of the Kevin Long regime has been leading baseball in run scoring.
Facts will get you nowhere.
Rookie pitchers have been befuddling the Yanks for as long as I’ve been watching the Yanks, which is over 30 years.
I understand the frustration. Tough game. But how about the World Series championship from the Kevin Long Regime? The being amongst the league leaders in every meaningful stat? Are you tired of those as well?
I love these comments that make the things the Cleveland homers said in defense of Omar for the HOF in KLaw’s article yesterday sound sane by comparison.
I mean, frustration is one thing, but it’s only one game.
This comment is really bad. Just, like, FYI.
Another staple of the Kevin Long Regime is scoring the most runs in baseball, by the way.
Whaaa? Kinder, gentler bex?
I’m a-tryin’ :/
Changeup? Why?
Not CC’s night.
Can our offense pleeeeeeeeeeeease bail CC out.
Just returned, wtf happened?
Tomlin is Totally Dominicating us
Only dominican’s can totally dominicate.
IETC.
Wow. This game is epic fail.
Uck. This is getting ugly.
Not Steve Phillips girlfriend ugly, but close.
Are there levels of ugly worse than that?
lol, low blow.
Alright. HITTING. SHOES.
Good thing the Indians got those insurance runs…. they may come in handy.
That whole inning was full of shit SMH.
5 run top of the 7th, let’s go!!
A GS to tie it up wont be too bad. Lets c what ARod thinks abt it.
OMG I want to punch this PC Richard tool in the face.
C’mon Yankees, wipe the ugly smug off that little bitch’s face.
Wait, this guy’s been smirking the whole time? I guess you have to admire his attitude in not being intimidated, but I can’t wait to see how he looks the first time he gets pummeled.
He isn’t exactly smirking the entire time, but he just has that “I’m fucking better than you” look. People with that look really rub me the wrong way.
Yea, me too.
“Jeter swings at the first pitch”
Of course he does. What’s his P/PA at now?
Now there is something you don’t hear everyday….
Singleton “Jeter swings at the first pitch”.
Shocked..
“Jeter swings at the first pitch…”
Just walk Swish.
Something to disrupt this kid’s rhythm. Its scary how off-balanced Tomlin has got the team.
Even better!
Double off the wall. Lets see Tomlin get out of this inning unscathed now!
At this point it seems to me that they should just be sitting changeup.
Swishalicous!
Alright, lets get it goin here…
FINALLY! Swisher rocks!
http://www.startribune.com/pho.....535347.JPG
Sounds like a nice family. I can just imagine what Thanksgiving will be like this year.
hehe, thas funny
Hey look at that, someone waited on the change.
Have they seriously been getting dominated by that one pitch again?
Swish gets it started (?)!
Reading the comments on this (and other game) thread, I’ve come to the conclusion that many Yankees fans enjoy being pissed off.
Who are you?
Why are you quoting Pete Townsend?
Why are you trolling a Yankees blog?
SDW has been here a long time.
Thanks pat. (You sick fucko)
/tips cap
//roofies fall out.
Heh.
If the RABbis ever create a comment HOF, yours about having to clean your GFs hard drive after borrowing her computer would be a first ballot.
lets go yanks, this games far from over…lets buckle down and score some effin’ runs!
Sure, give him that garbage outside strike.
OMG, a baserunner! Kids, look! A baserunner!!!!!
Mark’s in jeopardy of losing his streak.
Uh oh, Tex’s reached base safely streak is in jeopardy.
You really can’t marvel at the season Swisher is having enough. I am still in awe of what he has done thus far.
The Robbie Thompson moustache has to go!
Come on A-rod!
Tex should try to pull the ball more.
How the rest of the inning will go: A-Rod homers.
ARod will K here…
Damn… his best swing all night…
Next time .
High leg kick. Long swing.
:sigh:
Fuck.
Arod is leaving the dramatics for the 9th inning
Fucking Kenny. I thought that was gone.
Fuck you Kenny and camera crew!
Damn, I thought that was getting out.
/Kay’d
Stupid tease.
BAH!
BAH I TELL YOU!!!
Tomlin-a game to tell his grandkids…
Highlight of his life.
One of those nights, huh? Oh well; still six outs left.
Sterling’d. Heart skipped a couple of beats. C’est la vie.
Still CC? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I’d use Joba.
We’re already down 4 runs. Pretty low leverage situation if you ask me.
This is the best performance by an Indian SP vs the Yankees since Game 3 of the 1998 ALCS.
In my view, if the Yankees can’t string a few hits together, they are not likely to score any runs tonight, in this game.
/McCarver’d
In my view, as good as the Yankees were in the first half of this game, that’s how as bad they’ve been now.
/Family Guy’d
We have a winner!
That is way too clear and concise to be a McCarverism. Add a few grammatical errors and you’re good to go.
I guess I’m just too well spoken to think of bad grammar like that.
Choo is just showing off now.
Hahah, Choo lays down a bunt. What a bitch.
I guess it has to be 9th inning heroics now.
If the midges descended on Progressive Field right now, I wouldn’t be surprised. Someone upstairs must have bet the Indians.
How has a guy this good stayed on the Indians.
oh goodie Chop what else could make this night better sweet
Why is CHOP warming in a relatively close game?????????????????????????????????????????? Get me Joba, not CHOP.
Heh, the irony.
I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.
Gotta up CHOP’s trade value with a good outing.
I really hoped the below wouldn’t come to fruition. At least we still have six more outs.
Guest says:
July 27, 2010 at 7:05 pm
This pitching matchup is so intensely lopsided, it feels like one of those reverse lock situations. One where the favored team has such a large advantage that they actually must lose…just so Sterling can continue to remind us that you just can’t predict baseball.
I hope I am wrong.
And as if on que, Sterling just said you can’t predict baseball in reference to the Mets crushing Waingwright tonight.
Swish is so fucking awesome.
Is it just me or, while the Yankees normally dominate the Indians cuz they’re bad, are the losses, like, really ugly? Not that this game is over.
(insert link to Wikipedia’s “confirmation bias” article here)
Probably because that Joba meltdown against them is still fresh in your mind.
Yep. But there’s also the 22-4 game, the 22-0 game, and of course the 1997 and 2007 ALDS.
I’m also still traumatized by Game 3 of the 1998 ALCS (and Game 2 was horrible too, the soundwave of my mom screaming at the TV when Knobby let that ball roll by him may still be echoing somewhere, but I was like in tears for poor poor Pettitte).
Sounds like you were living with me in ’98. I remember a lot of screaming going down at the time as well.
lol, I’ll never forget him with that stupid expression on his face, chewing gum, pointing at the base while the camera focused on the ball slowly rolling away. Ahhh!
The one at Yankee Stadium 2 years ago? May? I was there. Ugh.
I think he meant the one in that four-game series this year which let’s never talk about it again la la la.
Shouldn’t this be the night you tell CC “thanks for 6 innings” and try to save some pitches on his arm for the stretch? Don’t really understand why they’re pushing him to 120 tonight.
Because Girardi is performing his best Joe Torre impression.
Ya know, just for the hell of it.
My guess is that CC wanted to go back out there and maybe Joe thinks there is a chance CC can get the win if Tomlin gets pulled in the 8th.
On ur way to being correct.
No at bat with CC facing Duncan should ever concern you Paulie.
At least he ends the night on a good note. Let’s make CC a winner!
At least Shelly isn’t killin’ us
And to think Seattle gave Choo away for a bag of balls.
You think the Indians have any bags of balls left for Chan Ho Park?
Release the hounds!
wasting bullets in a July game against the Indians?
Robbie-total dominication!!!
Wow, way to just take, wow, just….wow.
So, rally time?
Here were go…
Cano on!!!
horray, the bullpen!
Hey Tomlin, why don’t you drink out of a few more cups? You jerk!
/buuuuurn.
I was JUST about to make a comment concerning the cups, that tree burning son-of-a-bitch…
We’ll see how long he keeps that stupid smirk on his face…probably until his next start when he gets his ass sanded.
C’mon Gardy, get on base and start causing some chaos.
/reply failed
Cano advanced on the wild pitch just so he wouldn’t have to run hard to score on a single.
Or not run at all
// jk
Why did Cano hold?
………
Things could be worse
Ryan Rowland-Smith tonight: 5.0 innings, 11 H, 11 R, 11 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Oh, and the Mariners haven’t scored yet
that wud be good only if he were a sux pitcher
I remember when he breezed through this lineup too…
Heh, then we owned his ass next time around.
Really? I seriously don’t remember that game. Funny how I only remember the bad outings.
Tank the Frank <—- Bridge Jumper
Yeah, we faced him in I think that last game in the series in Seattle and crushed him.
Damn Manny Acta!
Could Posada PH today and get immediately replaced w/Pena or someone else today or not?
Meh, why get complicated, just let Thames hit this.
And as soon as I post that, Curtis comes in to PH for Thames….
Thames vs. RHP 2010 .263/.388
Really!?
The most interesting man in the world. Joe. Smith.
Cervelli sucks. Sick of him.
Tomlin laughing and the Yanks high fiving over that ground out rbi is just too much to take!!!!
Why was he laughing?
He has come back down to earth.
At least we cleared the catcher spot.
Chan Ho Park in teh eighth?!?!?!
Chan Blow Park!
CHoP showcasing for his next team…
Why use CHoP in a tight game? Boost trade/DFA value?
Nevermind, he made that look easy!
Time for ARod’s big homeurn
Omar did you see that?!
Last 6 starts by pitchers making MLB debut vs. NYY: 4-0 (Tomlin in line), 2.02 ERA, .206 BAA
But I thought that whole premise was BS? The Yanks OWN new pitchers!?!?!!
A-rod go-ahead home run.
BG Jeter Swish? Game is over.
Alright, lets give this comeback thing a shot.
Then the only we have to worry about is AJ pulling a Coghlan
Can’t walk-off on the road.
haha, thats right.
Then there is absolutely nothing to worry about
Gritty!
Yay Brett.
Watch BG stand on first as Derek hits into a double play.
ALRIGHT!! Time to cause some chaos.
Please don’t kill this rally Jeter. Kthanksbye.
Ok now Jeter, please take a few pitches here…
Oh Mo! Plz no GIDP
If Jeter bunts here I’m just going to go ahead and kill myself.
Jeter’s not dumb, but yeah if he did I would rip his face off.
Nice Jeet. Keep it up fellas.
You get to live! Live, I tell you!
hahaha. why is this so amusing to me?
I fear a DP by Jeter, otherwise this would be an awesome setup for #600.
Can the cameras not go back to Tomlin? His face incites anger.
Eek, just fair. I’ll take it.
Wow, that was awesome. I did not think that was gonna stay fair.
TYING RUN!? FUCK THAT SHIET WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SHIET!
3 run homer…3 run homer….
Swish is gonna pop up on the first pitch.
wrong!
Negative Nancy, shut it already.
Jeter! Swish ties it on a three run blast.
YES!
In play, no out!!!!
Jeter baby
GODDAMN IT JETER WHY DID YOU – oh wait
Keep it movin Swish!
C’mon Tex, extend that streak!
You’re terrible Swish. Trying to do to much.
You’re annoying right now, All Star Carl. Complaining too much.
Nasty pitch.
Well, at least it wasn’t a double play. Keep it moving Tex.
Tex and ARod. Only need one of you guys
Now ARod.
Damn Swish. Perez has got some good stuff there. Why isn’t he available for trade?
Cuz he’s under control for awhile. Awful trade by the Cards.
Why do the Indians need a good closer?
Couldn’t they use a Nova, Zmac, and Betances package instead?
Betances? For that guy? We don’t need him that badly, man.
Or not.
Seriously, Tex? Awful.
DAMN IT TEX!!! DAMN ITTTT!!!!!!
Some legit drama with A-Rod here.
You’re our only hope Alex.
:sigh:
OK ARod, perfect setup for ya…
C Mon A-Rod!!!
An A-Bomb is our only hope.
/almost’d
It is time!
C’mon AROD, silent the fucking crowd.
That fucking sucked.
Well that sucked.
This game sucked. -____-
Bunch of scrubs.
Please leave this forum. I’m sure many others will gladly accept you.
ARod needs a day off. He is pressing so badly.
Fer serious? Did you say that when he was killing it after #599?
Not today. Get em tom.
fuck.
Well that wasn’t very climactic.
And the Indians win the World Series.
I don’t get this team… they beat aces, but lose to random guys they’ve never seen before.
That bodes will for the playoffs.
Ha. Yeah this team is the best in baseball, but I just find it funny. We’re still winning the next two though I don’t care.
And yet they’ve managed to win 63 games. Go figure.
Ugh. Not the way it should’ve ended.
Junk-ballers ftw !
Oh how annoying.
Whatever, it’s one game.
No wait: DOOOOOOMED!!!!
No they’re just scrubs.
/AllStarCarl’d
boooooo =(
Oh well. Get ‘em tomorrow.
So sick of A-Rod grounding out to short.
You should send him a letter voicing your concerns.
Guys, this is so not a championship team.
/Gustavo’d
Cliff Lee should of started this game. Werth hits the go ahead homer and then Soria closes. Cashman needs to work on his roster construction.
No no Soria in teh 8th.
Fireworks? Really?
Fucking Tomlin looks like a serial rapist/killer, yes I hate the kid.
They win so infrequently, every one is a celebration.
http://instantrimshot.com/
Hopefully the bats wakeup tomorrow. Night at all.
Is this inability to hit rookies just bad (or no) scouting or is it just mental?
Guy was throwing slop, but at least throwing it over the plate. He didn’t make many mistakes, and got a bunch of lucky bounces. Shit happens.
Yeah but it seems like we get beaten by rookies most times. I guess its mental
Lol @ Rowland-Smith’s line
5 innings / 11 hits / 11 runs / 11 earned / 2 walks / 1 strikeout / 3 homers
Just win the next two days, no big deal.
How many runs CC gave up: 4
How many runs CC should have given up: 0/1
Soooo.
How much would it take to acquire Chris Perez via trade? The Indians don’t need this quality a closer.
I wouldn’t call him quality. You see his walk rate?
And the fact tat he hung two pitches that Swish should have killed.
The kid’s stuff looked terrific. And he’s got command of it. I’m not saying he’s Soria, but Perez is a quality reliever.
Heh, no, he doesn’t have command of it. He hung a slider to Gardner for a hit, hung a slider to Jeter for a hit, and hung two to Swish that he got away with.
This is his pro career, majors and minors: 145 BB in 251.1 IP (5.2 BB/9)
This is the worst loss I’ve seen in years. This team is a disgrace and isn’t going anywhere with this give-up attitude that they have. Embarrassing on all levels.
Okay we got that out of the way, so the trolls don’t have to say it.
I thought you were serious for a second. I had the eye roll going.
I understand Arod’s intention to not hurt the little teams and all but come on he cant just keep hitting HRs against the best teams and in must win games, he needs to hit some when it doesnt count much towards clutchness too. Where has the stat padder gone?
Pretty bad loss any way you look at it, but whatever. Tomorrow’s a new day.
You really think the sun will come up tomorrow? I mean the Yankees lost, I really don’t know. Someone hold me…
LOL. Would a pat on the back be acceptable?
I don’t want pat anywhere near my back. I would feel very uncomfortable around him with my back turned.
lol. I’m sorry to hear that. I tried though.
I would give you a hug but I do not trust these men of RAB! I keeeed, I keeeeed.
Hahah, I was thinking the same thing.
Only 25ish hours until Andy Pettitte’s CenterStage!!!
Aw, man, I thought today was Wednesday. I was getting the popcorn ready. Damn it!
The sun IS due to turn into a Red Giant and eventually collapse in on itself in about 4-5 billion years, but hey you never know!
Nope. Only counts as one. No penalty for losing to a rook.
Places call to commissioners office to make sure I’m right.
It counts as four losses because of the human element!!!1!
Along with the MLB decree that the Yankees will be fined if they score for Javier Vazquez, they have released a statement this loss will immediately drop them to 3rd in the standings.
Losing to the Indians actually disqualifies you from the playoffs. It’s right there in Rule 105805.1058.1059B.