Game 104: Another one-run affair?
ByHeading into the series with the Rays the Yanks had played in just 16 one-run games, easily the fewest in the majors. Then they rolled into St. Pete and played two one-run games in two days. With CC Sabathia and James Shields on the mound we could have another low-scoring, close game this afternoon.
Sabathia and Shields faced off in the game following the All-Star break, which the Yanks won in walk-off style. Shields lasted just six and gave up three runs, while Sabathia lasted seven and gave up four runs, three earned. Shields has since pitched 13 innings against the Orioles and Tigers, allowing six runs on 17 hits. Sabathia has allowed eight runs, five earned, in 131 innings against the Royals and Indians, allowing 20 hits and walking seven. It’s going to be a big start for both.
Remember last night when A-rod said that “it’s probably going to take a while” for him to hit No. 600? It’ll be at least one more day, as he’s out of the lineup. That’s not a terrible idea against a righty with a nasty changeup.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Lance Berkman, 1B
3. Mark Teixeira, DH
4. Robinson Cano, 2B
5. Nick Swisher, RF
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Curtis Granderson, CF
8. Austin Kearns, LF
9. Ramiro Pena, 3B
And on the mound, number fifty-two, CC Sabathia.
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I tried, and I liked your responses, but since I swore myself off of Lupica a few years ago, I proved I still can’t stomach reading him even if it’s buffered by writing that makes sense.
I especially liked when you called Thames “the apocalypse in the field.” That one made me laugh quite hard.
Anyone caught Kerry Wood’s interview on the pregame? Kerry looked like he was a rookie debut without his goatee.
http://www.checkoutmycards.com.....78/02b.jpg
Look at those strike to walk ratios. Yikes.
http://www.baseball-reference......211;001ker
Anybody see Kerry in the pregame show?
I gotta say, I’m excited to see this new freshly shaven Wood in action. He looks lean, smooth, strong, and excited, ready to rear back and deliver the high heat. In a tight situation, his stuff could really be explosive.
/doubleentendre’d
/deepandthick’d
see above. LOL…
I wish he was in there, but it is kinda cool that Joe G is sticking it to the sell out, booing but wanting to see history , cowbell ringing, only 47% Rays fans crowd, by sitting ARod……/run on sentence’d
You want a real run on sentence? Read Molly Bloom’s soliloquy.
Ugh. I wish Gardner and Swish were in the leadoff and No. 2 spots, but what can you do?
I think CC comes out, and finishes this one strong.
Can we get a nickname for you guys?
Gard-Leadoffers
Jete-battingninthers
DJ-oviouslyfelloffthecliffbecausehesolders
something?
hmm, I thought they got Kearns because he was so above average defensively in RF and his below averageness at the other positions didn’t matter…
I hope the wind is blowing out again today, watching crushed homers always makes games fun (when there are more for the Yanks).
Wind?
Sorry, not enough sarcasm in there I guess (it was like a day game at Wrigley with all the homers). I fail…
My bad. I didn’t pick up on it.
Forget it, he’s on a roll.
They got Kearns to mainly play LF, so not sure what you’re talking about. They’re playing in a dome, so not sure what you’re talking about.
They got Kearns to mainly play LF
That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Everyone lauded him for his RF defense numbers, conveniently ignoring the other spots like he’s not going to play them at all.
I think we were lauding him for his RF numbers because we expect them to translate to LF just fine.
His numbers in LF are adequate, and they come in a sample too small to discern anything. His numbers in RF are very good, and I see no real reason for them to be appreciably different in LF. The two positions are largely considered to be of equal difficulty.
“His numbers in LF are adequate, and they come in a sample too small to discern anything.”
This doesn’t make sense to me. How can his numbers be both adequate but also too small a sample to mean anything?
Not sure what the problem is. The numbers themselves are adequate, but its hard to draw conclusions from them. So if I said after a week that, say, Cervelli’s .299 average was adequate but too small a sample to draw conclusions about him from, it would be the same thing.
Wow. Lots of people who don’t get very about jokes about wind in a dome. Embarrassing.
I’m committing seppuku now.
So maybe Arod hits number 600 in the ninth as a pinch hitter for Pena.
P.S. Does anyone know if the fantasy football league is continuing this year?
At home against the Jays on Monday.
Since the majority of people on RAB have already made a prediction and it’s been wrong, could we just say everyone’s wrong and wait for it to happen?
/just askin’
I can see girardi adding guys like Gardner and Arod before the end of this game in big PH spots even for Gardy to PR.
I think we see Wood today too.
So we sit Gardner, keep Granderson in the lineup and we start Pena…
I have to say, that is a very astute observation.
Based on what was said in the pregame, sounds like we’ll have to wait until Friday to see the full new lineup.
Both lineups today are LOLineups
I would tend to think Granderson would get less laying time over Kearns. With Gardner moving to center. I guess joe’s trying things out.
The lohud pregame notes explain why.
Gotcha.
Rays wearing the pajama tops today. powder blue should never be a solid color on a baseball uniform.
still better than the red pajamas Boston wear
I disagree. The Royals power blues were (and are) beautiful.
CC Perfect or No hitter today.
Dont you have to WIN big games to get that nickname ?
I personally call him “Medium-sized Game James”.
Wow, Derek.
Le sigh. At least Jeter waited until the third pitch that time.
0-5 as a Yankee. Bust
Berkman was a desperation panic move. Yankees should have just resigned Matsui and Damon.
/Lupica’d
But Matsui has decent numbers and surrounding him with our lineup would make him great. No mention of the fact that Berkman has similar numbers with an even worse lineup than the Angels.
Matsui coming here makes him better, but I guess Berkman coming here doesn’t change a thing.
Matsui doesn’t have decent numbers–his OBP is lower than Jeter’s
Well, according to Fruit Lupes, Matsui becomes an all out MVP when in our lineup.
Maybe a little exaggeration by me, but whatever.
Looks like the Yanks are in a hurry to go home today.
Fat Elvis IS hitting the ball incredibly soft
Based on the four times he’s put the ball in play as a Yankee?
and the .245BA…..but dont get me wrong, I love the pickup. He WILL hit
This game is over… Big Game James is going to go deep into this game and C.C. is too thick to do anything about it.
(golf clap)
Just joining in on the fun.
Is it just my Twitter feed or any time the Yankees go 1-2-3 in the first inning do people overreact about ZOMG PERFECT GAME!!!! ?
but… but… BIG GAME JAMES!!??!
Worst. Nickname. Ever.
(comic book guy voice)
I think anything with “worst. XYZ. ever.” is done in Comic Book Guy voice by default
You know how bad Tthe Rays make us look
Holy shit, Robbie.
Yay, Cano.
I said it last night and I’ll say it again: ROBBIE WE LOVE YOU LONG TIME.
Cano should be MVP
Lazy, Robbie. Lazy.
Just imagine if we got rid of Melky sooner.
God I love Robinson Cano
I’d say John Buck (c) and John Buck (ass)
Ugh. Good decision lowering the hot hitter in the order.
Let’s get this runner in…
Nick ( I eat the Rays for breakfast ) Swisher.
Do work, Swish. Why is Kay acting like he never bat 6th before? He’ll be fine.
I wonder if Kenny Williams has to turn off the TV and throw the remote in disgust-rage every time Swisher makes an appearance on SportsCenter…
Hip Hip Jorge chant from the croud lol
Hip hip … George.
Clearly, the “Hip Hip Jorge” chants work.
4 hopper through the infield… just as planned
Poor Granderson needs a full Kevin Long rebuild.
Nevermind the fact that he’s been very good at the plate recently.
do you see how fidgety he is at the plate. Look at how quiet Swisher is at the plate now thanks to KL. Granderson needs to learn to control it.
and yet somehow he got to the major leagues like that…
He’s 2-23 against Shields. The result there wasn’t too surprising…
Granderson had 2 fastballs to hit.
Kearns can be an instant hero here.
I don’t think a second inning base hit would make him a hero. Even if it was a homer.
Humbug
Well that was way too easy… can’t leave a runner on 3rd like that
BUST
Gardner woulda had it.
There goes that perfect game.
“It’s still just perfect to me!”
- Game’s mother
Aybar couldn’t do that again if he was told that pitch was coming… ugh.
yup Kearns sucks in the field too. (sarcasm off)
My no-hitter prediction is over thanks to that great swing.
Dear Eck,
There is a difference between a good piece of hitting (Gibson), and being so far out in front that you check swing the ball down the line.
Sincerely,
Yankee fans forced to watch TBS
Gardner woulda had that too.
Texiera has that.
Bust.
FUCK YOU BABIP. Wow…was that Giambi out there?
Giambi would’ve just turned around and watched it drop…
I’m not even mad, that was funny.
Unreal. Luckiest fucking run ever.
Teixeira woulda had it
Guess we have a new one now…
Fat Elvis
Fat Elvis strikes!!!!!
Great call getting Tex out of the field, Joe.
Yea, imagine resting your first baseman with 60 or so games left!
How about doing it tomorrow against the Blue Jays, who suck?
Or how about doing on turf to protect their legs?
Ugh. I had a bad feeling about throwing Berkman right into it at first.
Only 700 games MLB experience at 1b.
That pose will probably be the back cover of the Post tomorrow morning.
1-0 Rays over Girardi.
Heh, have you seen Maddon’s lineup today?
Well, Pena’s hurt and Joyce doesn’t play vs. lefties. That’s different than just giving days off…
Did Girardi throw the pitch that resulted in the double and single? Hmmmm … no.
He called for it from the bench.
Not sure if Tex would hv caught that either.
Granderson can’t put the ball in play and they get a run like that???
I understand wanting to keep guys rested up, but the Blue Jays are in town next and there’s an off day too… did Gardner, A-rod and Tex REALLY need a rest at the same time?
Spot on.
I agree
The last time A-Rod played three straight games on turf, his hip acted up. Gardner’s been pretty sucky this month, and Tex is DH’ing. Let’s not act like a run off a bloop single in the 2nd inning is the end of the world.
Sanity thy name is Axisa.
Bad timing, didn’t mean to act like it was because of the run scored. But Joe had a chance to put his best lineup on the field today and drop the hammer, but chose to rest guys instead.
Personal commitment: I never complain about days off. If the manager says Player X needs a breather, he needs a breather. I’m sure Joe Girardi didn’t want to put a weaker lineup against the Rays in an important game, but he did it. Probably because his hands were tied.
How can we possibly know all the circumstances? For all we know Tex said he was a little sore today.
Yep.
Maddon’s lineup is also quite weak today.
Run these players into the ground. Back in the day everyone would play 4 games a day and only be payed a hot dog and a nickel.
These baseball players aren’t human beings or a business investment, run em out there until they can’t move.
Mienkaljflsjotw would’ve had it.
Insert 10006086098 commenters showing up to complain about how bad the Yankees look against the Rays.
To think, if anyone here was manager… we’d probably start Gardner and Teixeira today… Amazing how good of a decision that would’ve been.
If everyone here was a manager the Yankees would never lose a game.
Impossible.
Pitcher is up first.
That play really did look like Giambino.
Of course Linda McMahon didn’t take money from special interests. She’s her own special interest!
/sorrybutIcan’tstandthewifeofVinceMcMahonbeingintheSenate’d
Linda McMahon couldn’t possibly be any more abysmal than Bush, Cheney, Obama, Pelosi, Palin, Clinton or Biden.
Yes, yes she could.
No she’s couldn’t.
I’m curious as to your rationale why.
Because she wouldn’t be President or Vice President or Speaker of the House.
Senators can’t screw up as much.
Yes they can. They’re the ones who make the deals and write the bills (supposedly) and vote on them and stuff.
Being just 1 of 100 is the only excuse for that.
Rookies don’t do much.
Joe McCarthy says hello.
So does Barack Obama.
It would be very hard to screw things up more than the idiots I mentioned. I have no idea what Linda’s policies are, but she can’t be as bad as those aforementioned dummies.
Well one of her ideas is increased offshore oil drilling.
Because we all know how well that’s been working lately.
It would be working great, if Clinton (yes Clinton) didn’t bring in a company that was kicked out of Europe (because Europe knew they were idiots) to do the offshore drilling.
She wants to cut spending and create jobs, somehow.
Cut spending = cutting services = cut jobs
Create jobs = increase services = increase spending
I don’t know, she could find a way to make C-Span more eterntaining.
Tonight on C-Span: Ways and Mean Commission of Pain vs. Fightin Finance Committee
I would watch that.
But only so long as it’s not PG and there are steel chairs and weapons and blood.
watch Pena hit a double
Did anyone see what number Wood is adorning?
39
If people want to watch a manager manage every regular season game like it is must win go become a Dodgers fan.
It is amazing people still don’t realize that Girardi almost never makes decisions based on just 1 day or 1 game. He is always looking ahead.
It sure was nice for the first time in years last year to actually have a team headed into the postseason not dead tired.
How did that work out?
Pretty bad. They lost 4 games!
At one point we trailed in the World Series. UNACCEPTABLE.
If people want to watch a manager manage every regular season game like it is must win go become a Dodgers fan.
Heh. I’m pretty sure we saw that in just that one Dodger series alone.
Well Cash you swung and missed on getting us a utility infielder who can hit.
Guys who can play SS and hit cost a lot in trade. The fact that they’re carrying 2 DHes means that they CAN’T replace Pena with a 2B/3B UT guy. Getting a righty OF who can defend and hit was probably more important
Yes guys, the reason Pena is starting is in case you need him to pinch hit sometime later in the year…
Do you really think Pena is going to be on the post season roster?
They don’t exactly have a choice at this point, pending a waiver pickup of an IFer.
Probably.
…yes. I don’t expect him to play, but you need a backup SS/3B. What if Jeter gets hurt mid-game? Will you put Thames at 3B and ARod at SS.
Yeah, probably. Just to pinch-run and stuff.
He’s on dirt? Oh shut the hell up Michael Kay.
Ok Fat Elvis
Thrill me.
Listening to Eckersley makes me want Ron Darling back in the booth.
I feel pain. It’s awful
Ron Darling is awesome
I actually didn’t find Eckersley that terrible when listening to him on NESN last year.
What’s he doing now that is so bad?
– isnt excited abt Arod’s chase
– doesnt think he is a HOFer
– doesnt know why guys like Bonds and Arod used PEDs
– doesnt think Lance will adjust immediately to AL coz he is not a pitcher
– is not sure what affect it will have on Swisher who always was hitting second now that Lance is hitting second
– Willy Aybar hit that double perfectly
and i am happy to say i missed a few when i went to get some coffee
Eck just said that was an easy play for Cano…And also, Berkman is 0-2 in the field AND at bat…tough to do.
I can see the third point. Really, why did those guys do it? They were so good.
The other stuff? Yea, whatever. Why isn’t ARod a HOFer? Because he used ‘roids? Hey, Eck, does Big Mac deserve it then?
true that
Now after declaring that Cano will win a Gold glove and correcting to say “No, he needs to win a GG” he said that Cano throws with nonchalance always anyway.
hehe.
Oh good, here we go, most AB’s before his first hit as a new Yankee since July 30th…
Big Puma !!
Wow Shopack needs some dark glasses and a dog.
Tex has swung and missed at no fewer than four changeups so far.
Yuck, that looked like April Tex against changeups…
hey Tex…the might throw you a few change ups…jesus..
Does Tex know how to make adjustments? How many change ups is he gonna swing through?
Does Tex know how to make adjustments?
Only when he plays 1B.
Another fail by Girardi today.
nothing makes hitters look stupider than a dynamite change.
Oh boy, today’s negativity level seems higher than usual.
Seriously, the negativity is absurd. It’s the third inning!
I’m changing the terriost threat level to RED.
I’m changing it to BLACKWATCH PLAID!!!!
After that, it goes to the cover of Rush’s seminal album Moving Pictures.
/Harvey Birdman’d
Oh good, another runner left on third.
Boy, Tex really has no idea where the ball is going today.
Don’t worry Kim, the stingrays will protect you from Kay.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Berkman.
Tex woulda had that
Yikes, this might get annoying…
Rabble Berkman rabble rabble
Fat Elvis strikes again!!!!
this is not the greatest debut for Berkman.
(But we’ll all forget when he hits a grand slam later in this game.)
Oh noes.
Probably fair to say that Berkman will not see a bunch more time in the field, especially in games against the Rays or Sox.
Because is Girardi has shown that he makes judgements based on one game…
So you’re saying that playing Berkman a lot in the field over Tex, the Gold Glover, in games against the Rays and Sox, is a good idea? I understand that guys can take half-days, but that could have easily been done against the Jays, especially with the Thursday off day. Right now, Berkman is puking all over himself in the field.
So you’re saying that playing Berkman a lot in the field over Tex, the Gold Glover, in games against the Rays and Sox, is a good idea?
You: 1
Strawman: 0
Characterize it however you like, but playing Berkman in the field against the Rays was questionable at best. He’s now got 2 runs on his ledger.
I understand that you like to think people just whine about the Yanks, but there are rational fans who do actually realize that these are small problems. But that doesn’t mean it was a smart decision.
Two runs? One was a bloop single and one was a bad scoop. Other stuff happened beyond that allowed runs to score that were not Berkman’s fault, you know. They’re not all on him.
I object. Darryl hasn’t had a chance to give his view.
Berkman having a tough weekend. They should have just sent him to NY.
Berkman hasn’t got off to a fast start in pinstripes, unlike hall-of-famer Kevin Russo.
Hey Russo hit a few line drives at Scranton last night
no hits though
Also, aparently Elliot Spitzer changed his name to Austin Kearns and got himself traded to the Yankees.
Is it so tiring to play 1B that our gold glover can’t play it?
At least Berkman can’t possibly get any worse. He’s bound to start hitting, fielding or at least walking at some point.
Eckersley is having a great day. Just a inning or back he said Cano would win a gold glove and follows that up saying Cano throws everything with “nonchalance anyway”.
To an untrained eye, i thouhgt it was a makeable play that Berkman whiffed on.
Anyway time to go on mute i guess.
ya that was great, said it was as easy play too…these guys are like Sutcliffe…whoever made the last good or bad play is his favorite or least favorite player.
Andy Pettitte… mounds… groin.
Also deep and thick.
LOL Bexy, I’m totally speechless.
That’s what they said! On the broadcast!
I totally missed it.
But when you make a comment like that, it takes it to a WHOLE new level. LOL.
Haha I’d imagine. But seriously, they were talking about how Andy Pettitte was throwing off a mound, and his groin felt better. Of course, in my brain it was like, ANDY PETTITTE! MOUNDS! GROIN! HIS PANTS LOOK REALLY TIGHT!
At some point, CC might be a little perturbed by Tanner, Rudy Stein and Toby Whitewood out in the field behind him.
damn…CC is up with everything so far…
CC can’t throw strikes. He’s looked off since the break.
In fairness to CC, if he had a competent defense behind him today or against the Indians, the numbers look pretty damn good. He’s also being forced to get extra outs a bit too often right now.
serious why not walk Crawford here and go after the DP
Walk the lefty to load the bases for their best hitter in the 3rd inning? Brilliant
Like I said.
If that is Longo its an out he is not as fast as Crawford.
/fallacy of predetermined outcome’d
But if he had walked Crawford then Crawford wouldn’t have hit a chopper. What you are saying doesn’t make sense.
Because Longoria is MUCH more dangerous than Crawford.
I guess Girardi went with B line-up today because CC is pitching? If not why not tomorrow night?
Tex makes that play. Damn Jeter!
omg…this is getting extremely frustrating…
This could be going better
Wow, sometimes better to be lucky than good. Unfortunately for us the Rays are both.
This is gonna be an ass kicking today. Some great defense has helped CC the past couple days.
whats funny is TEX hasn’t been scooping a damn thing all year…
Yep. Cano made a stupid throw.
Sabathia’s command has seemed a bit off since the break. Or is that really just my dad thinking that?
He’s pitching out of the stretch a lot with the team having extra outs.
Back to a 1 game lead.
THANKS FOR BLOWING THE ALCS PREVIEW JOE!!!
The 3 year old on the PA is a common PR tool…….in A ball
Hey stop with the negativity you guys. Nothing is wrong here. Everything is fine.
Because the Yankees have never come back from three down.
Not with big game James on the mound.
Yay strawman arguments. This game, so far, is stinky. It’s also the fourth inning. People need to stop acting like the world is falling, Girardi is a total moron, Berkman is embarrassing, etc.
I was serious, everything is fine!
But this is a big game, and if Girardi actually wanted to win, he wouldn’t have rested the entire starting lineup, and he would have brought Rivera in to stop the bleeding by now.
Were just messing with them before we put up 8 runs on their asses.
Is some kid announcing the names on the PA? I rarely want to harm kids, but I want to punt the lil punk in the face.
looks like the all too familiar… Yanks can’t hit with RISP… cheap hits are scoring runs… and defensively, Yankees are already boarding the plane home.
Hopefully by September they figure out how to score with RISP.
Being a top offense in the league isn’t enough for ya, huh?
Top offense is bull shit if you can’t beat an equal team. Top offense is bull shit if you consistently can’t score against .500 pitchers with 4+ ERA’s.
top offense is bull shit when you pound relievers who should otherwise be in triple AAA.
The top offense nonsense means as much as saying “Tex has been on base in 10 straight games” – so what, in those game he could be 3-37 with some walks, non turned double plays, fielder choice.
So again, RAB posters love to wrap their bodies around numbers to make their blanket high level comments without really looking at how those numbers are achieved.
EX #2 – posted by Mike Axisa – Kerry Woods high ERA is the result of one bad outing in May. So again….. numbers numbers numbers – just story tellers
Top offense = Top offense.
Feel free to, ya know, not post then if everyone hurts your feelings.
non turned double plays, fielder choice.
Those don’t count for reaching base streaks.
I really wonder whether some people are like, actually Royals fans or something that accidentally found this site
Yes, I am a Royals fan. I guess a fan is not permitted to bitch about the inefficiencies of player performance. Excuse the fuck out of me.
I expect these multi millionaires to perform as they are paid, not like some 50 year old couch potato sitting on a game blog.
I think you’re a bit too sensitive/taking things too seriously.
Um, yes, I am the one. Apparently you ignore those that sit and wait for people to make stupid statements out of frustration only to remind them that they are a fucking idiot for expressing frustration. Because only positive emotion is allowed. Fans being fans is not allowed, only to speak in high level baseball knowledge, which aside from about 15 regulars who do nothing more than regurgitate everything they hear and read so they sound like they know what they are talking about, everyone else is just enjoying the game and getting frustrated seeing someone like Jeter swing at a 2-0 pitch and hit an easy ground out.
No, dude. I’ve said it a million times: You ONLY show up when they’re losing and you ONLY say negative comments about the players/game. It’s incredibly irritating. I’m not alone in my thoughts, either. Stop acting like a victim.
you would not survive as a royals fan.
no kidding, which is why I am and have always been a Yankees fan…. even when they really sucked ass.
WHAT KIND OF MORON RESTS THEIR STAR PLAYERS FOR AN ALCS PREVIEW!?
One who is knowledgable that he walks out of this game in first place regardless of result and wants those star players in full fitness for said ALCS games.
I’m hoping bonestock was being sarcastic.
Aah, “bad sarcasm” was never a huge fan of that
THAT MAKES NO SENSE. LOUD NOISES.
You’re telling me there’s a huge difference between resting them today and resting them tomorrow against a much inferior team? I’m sorry, anyone who tries to defend sitting regulars in a big series like this because of the “bigger picture” is missing.. well.. the bigger picture.
And if Tex was DH tomorrow and we lost people would say: We need to beat up on the crappy teams and extend our lead, how could you rest Tex!!
Point: People complain no matter what
Yes, if those guys have a nick that may go away by resting today and avoiding risk playing on turf.
Its not like he put Andy Phillips in.
And Arod and turfs dont go real well at all. When you have a new servicable backup 1B, not a bad idea to try and see what he can do (albeit no one can predict his misplay).
They are playing on turf and their ace is on the mound today.
I think the problem is that you are not looking at the right picture.
Sometimes it’s tough to tell who’s being sarcastic and who’s not.
By the way, the caps lock key is on the left.
THE GO FUCK YOURSELF BUTTON IS ON THE RIGHT
THE GO FUCK YOURSELF BUTTON IS ON THE RIGHT
That’s strange, I thought it was on the left.
/IgnoringThePersonalAttack’d
I gotta admit, that made me laugh.
This is hilarious.
I know all baseball fans are supposed to kiss Longoria’s rear end because he is the perfect ballplayer and all, but I find this “Beyond baseball watch a 3B HOFer” Longoria MLB commercial a little premature.
Did it really say HOFer?
absolutely, it said “do you want to watch a future HOF 3B in play, i swear i saw that and heard that”
ya on ESPN, you can vote for the top 10 catchers of all time, and Mauer is on there and Posada isn’t…
Link?
http://espn.go.com/sportsnatio.....listId=730
Wow, referencing a 6 year old Neyer article and then just adding in Mauer’s name.
Yea, that makes sense.
I’ve seen him play a bunch of times (on TV). I still wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a lineup.
You are obviously not a girl. Evan Longoria <333
I’ve also seen those ‘he’s got my cap!’ commericals (which look WAY too similar to a Kids In the Hall sketch ‘he’s got my pen!’ with Bruce McCullough) and all I know is that he’s a white male.
yup miss the days when the crowd used to call him “Eva”
Pudge probably played 1500 games with the Rangers, no?
1479. I think I’m right
Maybe, that’s basically 13 full, healthy years for a catcher. Maaaaaaaaaybe 12.
Very close to it.
Was the question with one team or just overall 1500 games? Because it’s only Rodriguez if it was 1500 total games.
Most of it with a syringe hanging out of his ass when not playing.
Wade Boggs to the trivia question?
It is Boggs.
Fact: All 66 Yankee wins this season have come against the Kansas City Royals.
You’re wrong. It was the Orioles.
Facts are never wrong.
Bonestock’s right. It’s science.
Yankees need to take the change every time….its never a strike….aaaaarrrrgggghhh
It’s not that easy. It looks last a fastball until after your brain says “swing!”
THIS.
I know, but its frustrating to watch because it ends up a foot outside
Anyone else notice how James’ last name is spelled wrong on the uniform?
?
I really think it’s missing the i in Shields.
Never mind.
Nothing beats the “Natinals” anyway.
or San Francicso
The change, the change…memories of the game against Toronto
Wouldn’t Matsui be considered for the trivia question?
Four innings is four innings. But, they have seen before that he throws lots of changeups, right?
The Yankees actually usually kill Sheilds.
I know, so do many other teams, which makes their flailing so far today even more frustrating.
Internet high five to JGS.
Nicely done JGS
/The Todd’d
/ScrubsReferenced’d
beat you to it
Damn you JGS, Damn you!
/WeddingCrashers’d
abreu?
I know it’s going to happen anyway, but it would nice if people didn’t judge Berkman off this one series. The Rays pitchers are making everyone look stupid.
I know! The Rays pitchers keep hitting the ball to Berkman at 1B!
Wow CC, that’s on you.
Relax people, he wouldn’t have made it anyway. That one is on CC
great D today
um ya cover 1st CC
Berkman didn’t play that one well, but CC’s gotta get over there to cover.
Tex turns a double play there.
Its all part of the master plan like last year in the first half with the Sox and the Angels. Make them think they can beat you and then destroy them in the playoff run or in the playoffs.
Except they are 5-5 against TB.
Fat Elvis strikes again!!!
Oh come on. Even you know that’s on CC for not covering.
You overestimate.
It’s dalelama, no he doesn’t
CC must owe BABIP some money or something.
MATSUI OR DAMON WOULD’VE HAD THAT.
AJAX WOULD HAVE TURNED 2 ON THAT
MELKY CABRERA WOULD’VE HAD THAT, HE’S CLUTCH AND PROVEN ON THE BIG STAGE
I know CC should have been there, but Pumas gotta be wanting to hide right now
De-fense (clap)
Bex… could this be a slightly sarcastic negative post? Ahhhh~~~
explodes
I can deal with negativity and lord knows I have propagated some of it myself. I can’t deal with dumb, excessive negativity.
They are so hopeless!! They can’t hit!! They can’t pitch!! They can’t field!!!!
They are an embarrassment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/did that help?’d
Berkman is so bad, i like him but geez this kind can not field
If he didn’t rush it, he wasn’t making the play anyway. So he decided to rush it in case so maybe he’d have a shot. That play is all on CC not getting over to the bag.
Breaking News: James “Medium-sized Game” Shields is good at baseball.
More to come at 11.
/TSJC’d
Good at Pitching….but he cant hit worth a shit
CC you Fat Toad pussy you have to cover first base if you want to stay on my team
-GMS (may he rest in peace)
Umm…Darling on TBS was just saying that if CC got his “ass” into his delivery that he would really be able to bring it. I kid not. There was much awkward silence afterwards.
haha
CC man stop worrying about the damn runner. Get the hitter out.
Interesting body language from Joba sitting next to Kerry Wood. The “arms-crossed, defensive position.”
the Wood signing is Cashman breaking a chair over Joba’s head and saying straiten out or bye bye.
Well at least the Mets are getting housed by the D-backs again, so I won’t have to listen to Joe and Evan shitting on the Yankees tomorrow afternoon…
Bro, Rod Barajas is a revelation, bro!
“Mets would be wise to re-sign Barajas”
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.2016392
Can’t read it fully because it’s Newsday, but the title will give you a laugh
Why is Francesa still going to be off?
Nah, he’s back but he’s gonna be at Giants training camp so probably won’t be talking much baseball. And I usually hear the midday show the most at work..
Oh. Joe and Evan are so funny talking about the Mets. Because the one guy is going apoplectic about the Mets and the other guy laughs at him.
I love when Michael Kay tries to remind us of the angst involved with trades.
Kerry Wood’s being paid more than $3 million dollars to spend 3 months in New York. He’s gonna be alright.
THAT
Totally agree, that drives me nuts.
Colin Curtis was the new Orlando “He’s-Not-Afraid-Because-He-Came-Here-On-A-Raft” Hernandez for a while. Kay would keep saying things like, “Curtis doesn’t know fear on a baseball field. He beat cancer. For him, this is just fun.”
That, I submit, was more annoying.
He is definitely laboring.
Wait, why are we walking Kelly Shoppach? Less go CC.
I’m telling you, spotty command since the break.
Thank you, captain obvious!
I’ve been saying it for weeks…At first, well, maybe it was the brutal weather in NY. But now…what’s going on? Are his mechanics off? Midseason lull?
Baseball.
But he didn’t get any extra rest during the break. He stayed on his normal five day schedule.
I know. I didn’t blame it on extra rest, just that his first start after the break was when I remember it starting.
Rays keyboard cat?
It’s much better than the Cotton Eye Joe shit at YS.
Hmm…the PA playing Scott Joplin. Though it does make sense that they would appeal to its fan base of centenarians.
CC’s been a little off since the break but I have no doubt his next start, the Ridiculous CC Run Of Dominance begins anew.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Berkman.
Teix woulda had that.
Berkman! Retribution?!
Puma like reflexes
Nice play Elvis
Berkman woulda had it
TEH PUMA STRIKESS
Fat Elvis strikes again!!!!!
/dalelama’d
Tex wouldn’t even had to dive….right handed
You are completely ridiculous when you decide you don’t like a player. Just completely.
Big Puma, quick like a….. cat!
Thank you. From now on I’m calling Berkman “whiskers.”
whew, Berkman did something well
Don’t let this fool go deep on you a la AJ last week.
Wow, CC looks pissed
Maybe he should Zambrano the offense?
Phew, that looked like it had cheap-hit potential off the bat. Keepin it close CC… runs please!
Booooooo. i want to continue to complain and bitch so i can sound like i’m smart and doing something with my lifE!!1111!11!1!!!!
I NO RITE
hai guise wats goin on her? i herd the yankeez wear loosing.
JOE GIRARDI SUX, BRING BACK BUCK SHOWALTER
I have a question about the Berkman play where CC didn’t cover. Does that count against his UZR? Or is the failure of CC to cover accounted for?
Buchholz is dealing. I hope Hughes is as good as when he’s Buchholz’s age.
Keep swinging at those change up scrubs.
Grandy seems to lack knowledge of the strike zone
Grandy seems to
lack knowledge of the strike zonebe having trouble with the same change that’s fooling every Yankee hitter todayFixed that for you.
not just today….but thanks for your help
Do you Granderson has dyslexia and thinks Shields is throwing left handed?
think*
He has problems against good change-ups. (Then again, virtually all major league hitters, non-Pujols class, have problems against good change-ups.) If Joe wanted to sit one of his OFers today, I’d have sat Grandy and played Gardner.
Actually, according to fangraphs Granderson’s best pitch is the changeup. He just sucks against Shields, 2-25 now in his career.
Interesting. I wouldn’t have guess that. The 2-25 is reason enough not to play Granderson, then again Gardner is only 1-8.
˙os ʞuıɥʇ ʇ,uop I
Big game James.
I don’t hear as many people mocking him now.
it’s still hilarious that they call him that, especially because they gave him the nickname in the minors.
Any one given the name “Big Game” better have a zero failure rate in big games. His failure rate is pretty high. Not that he gave himself the name.
I will mock him always cause he stole his nickname from a 1980s basketball player…..we dont call CC “the Mailman”
maybe this has been answered before, but why is kearns wearing 26? or more specifically, what is NJ wearing? does kearns really have that kinda clout where he could be like GIMME YER NUMBER!!!!!!!!!
NJ changed to 36 back in May, before he got hurt.
Johnson changed his number to 36 back before he went on the DL.
NJ is wearing a batting practice top and is always hurt
What is NJ wearing
A Cast
B johnny coat
C wife beater and sweatpants.
i figured as much but checked baseballreference and he still only had 26. oh well, lets hope we don’t see the back of his jersey for a while
You hope Nick Johnson does not come back? That makes sense!
Somebody please just make contact…
James Shields is doing work.
Jamie Shields is supposed to be the FOURTH best pitcher on that staff behind Price, Garza, and Niemann.
Fuck … this is some pitching staff.
Imagine how good they’d be if they spend a couple hundred million on some REAL pitchers!
Just wait until Wade Davis puts it all together.
I pity the fools that have to play Tampa in a 5 game series.
Who knows how good Jeremy Hellickson will be too.
I don’t.
They will probably play Texas and facing Cliff Lee in a 5 game series is much more of a challenge than the Rays have a good 1-5.
The Rays staff is really scary because when they’re on, any one of them is basically capable of doing this.
They’re also pretty capable of imploding though.
The Rays staff is really scary because when they’re on, any one of them is basically capable of doing this.
Sounds like the Yankees rotation.
No, dude. CC is fat, AJ is crazy, Andy is old, Javy is unclutch, and Hughes can’t handle pressure. And Cliff Lee/Dan Haren/whoever was complete overkill.
So you are saying the Rays rotation is deeper and thicker than ours???
That would be impossible so no. Just that they’re young and exciting and athletic and we’re all old and terrible
Scary part is we didn’t even face their best pitcher Price.
HE IS UNBEATABLE
http://www.baseball-reference......7180.shtml
Might as well try for the record at this point and try to strikeout 11 times in a row.
Tom Seaver better watch out.
Ew, this is bad.
(What is this, a negative opinion that doesn’t somehow tie into how the team sucks and is doomed? Gasp.)
Good thing you said, “Ew.” If you had said “Yuck,” people would have been all over you.
this is just absurd now
Bright side: this is better than a bunch of first-pitch outs
Bad side: I hear you can win a lot of games scoring 0 runs
At least Pena didn’t strike out.
Let’s be honest, contact is as good as we could’ve hoped for from Pena.
James Shields came to play today.
CC may have tried to, but he’s been completely upstaged by Shields.
Lupica was right.
When, 10 years ago?
No. Has to be at least 20.
At least they’re making Shields throw pitches. As long as the Yankees can stay within striking distance, they’ve still got a decent chance.
Eh, at his pace he’ll reach 105 after 7 innings. That’s not a big deal for him. It’s not like he’s on the verge of being out of the game.
And yet the Yankees will still wake up tomorrow with the best record in baseball.
Wow, the Drews only get 2%? Anti-Red Sox bias, I guess.
Never mind, just looked at Stephen Drew’s numbers.
A Molina’s pick is a quantity pick. I’d have selected the Uptons or the Drews.
Just givin’ this game away… I’m going to Jack-in-the-box.
ID RATHER JACK IT IN A BOX THEN WATCH JOE BLOW DA ALCS PREVEIW
On you on PCP? You keep yelling.
Wait now Eckersley doesnt hv a problem with discussing “D Ortiz’s heroics against DET”. This is hilarious.
His NESN contract prohibits him from saying anything negative about Boston.
BABIP is making CC his bitch today.
MY SOURCES TOLD ME THA 6 FOOT SUB HE ATE TODAY IS GIVING HIM BAD GASS
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/.....s_lock.jpg
You’re not funny. Just stop.
Please knock it off with the all caps.
AJ Burnett who Yankee fans say can’t be trusted has a lower ERA than James Shields.
Shields is a pretty good pitcher but it is one game.
Fortunate bounce.
Very fortunate.
This game is one of those games, ain’t it
CC just doesnt have it tonight … been saying that alot lately.
I don’t think you can even call that a bad break when they’ve had like 87 lucky hits today…fuck i wish Granderson was hitting cleanup for them right now.
Abreu gets to that ball
suck on that BABIP
5 innings, 2 hits, 0 line drives, 0 runs, 8 strikeouts. Who needs the A-lineup?
Hahahah SUCKAZZ
Lucky inning.
Now that’s a momentum changer. Score some runs now, pls.
goood things happen around Cano. Feel like Lance brought a black hole ith him.
Gotta win 2 out of 3 from Toronto.
We’re gonna win today, just wait.
Hey look, a changeup…
Would Tampa throw Benoit and Soriano 3 days in a row?
We may see.
10 baserunners in 4 innings, and only 3 runs? Yes, please.
Puma !!!
Rally time.
Hell of a “single”
Grats Puma
Big puma!
BUS- oh. Yay!
Open ze floodgates!
Good swings there
There we go Whiskers.
Let’s put a run on the board.
True Yankee.
Berkmanis gonna get us going!
Fat Elvis in the building.
Lance Berkman is hitting the ball incredibly soft.
/Slappy White’d
touche’
That move by Shields in the stretch is so weird.
That move by Shields in the stretch is so
weirdannoyingly ugly.diddledamn!
Ugh…scaled that. Good base running by Berkman.
Umm scalded.
Good job working the count there, Fat Elvis.
Son of bitch.
game of inches
come on don’t waste the Berkman single.
That’s all we needed, another blown call.
WTF umpires
Such bullshit.
Umps baby!
Yet another bad call.
Could have been a rally, but the BABIP Gods are not on the Yankees’ side tonight.
It’s a day game.
Foul ball. Bad call. Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Goddamnit, I hope the umpires are locked out when their contract is up. I wish I could get paid that much to suck that bad at my job.
I said the same thing with the NBA and the replacement refs were even worse.
Eh, the NBA is a worthless sport, lol.
Absolutely true
Baseball is a game of inches with extremely small margins of error.
I don’t know why baseball expects out of shape old men to be able to stand in the heat for 3 hours and still be sharp enough to make a close call.
Yeah, that figures…
Dont these umps know the rules? Or are they simply blind?
le sigh
Where did that pitch miss?
Jason please call us we want your business back
thanks
BALCO
Michael Kay should be fired. How can the announcer of The New York Yankees be so damn stupid?
I would give anything to hear Kay and the YES team. You should watch this and have to listen to Dwayne Stats and Kevin Kennedy! Worse than the Hawk.
Ive been forced to do that before and I feel your pain. You would think last year never happened with all the ’08 references
Michael Kay asked Joe G, “How can A-Rod pinch hit without taking BP!”
Ask John Sterling and Susan Waldman.
Damn, feels like CC is falling behind everyone.
This should be ZZ’s last inning.
Definitely. I’d like to see Wood in the 7th, Joba in the 8th.
I’d like to see Gaudin pitch the 7th-9th after we drop a 10 spot this inning.
+1
Agreed. Time for some Kerry Wood.
Wait.
Weren’t you one of the people complaining about the lineup and giving people rest?
CC has only thrown 103 pitches and is more than capable of throwing another inning.
Wouldn’t you want to have CC go as long as he can?
Joba up yet?
Be interesting to see if Joe pulls CC after this inning considering his pitch counts the last two games. I say he comes back out.
Suzyn Waldman is like nails on a chalk board.
I will trade my tbs tv for your wcbs radio right now.
The attorney representing Nails on a Chalk Board will be contacting you shortly regarding defamation of character.
man 3 hits, 9 strike outs…at least Berkman got a hit.
As I listen to Eckersley go on and on abut pitch couns and how in his era pitchers lasted longer, I understand one thing clearly he is intenionally leaving out greenies/amphs — no one is nieve enought to think the pitchers didnt use them — I firmly believe those substances were pivotal for them and we have taken that away from modern day athletes and complain abt them.
Its like complaining abt Congress when we all know they are no different today than they were years ago except in the twitter worls you cant get away with it.
Sure did bunch of junkies
_Barry Bonds
Funny, I wonder how he feels about Goose Gossage talking about how in his era closers used to pitch more than a single inning, and would come in with runners already on base, as opposed to Eck, who was one of the first single-inning, nobody-on-base relievers.
Lol, very true.
Remember Kids just say No
-1986 New York Mets
Nows the time for our big rally…..Come on Yanks , show your deep thickness
Alright, now it’s time to do some work.
Brett Gardner playing Drums lol
That was the funniest thing ever, Gardner just drumming in his own little world…
Steal!!!
Epic. Can’t wait for the pop up.
Cute.
When you predict negative outcomes in baseball, you’re gonna be right most of the time. Congrats, you are a genius.
I dunno about this, runner on first, 2 outs, Ramiro Pena on deck?
I’d save A-Rod for a better spot.
Seriously, why would you give A-Rod a pitch to hit here?
I get the sneaking suspicion that Ramiro Pena is going to be allowed to bat for himself.
Dammit he had his pitch there!
the first pitch was his best swing.
Complain all you want, but that was on the corner.
that was WAY inside…Eck said it wasn’t a strike but he deserves it anyway….WHOA bias
Wow, that’s pretty unacceptable.
AND CC hasn’t been getting that pitch all day.
I know i thought the same thing. How he is pitching has no bearing on whether its a ball or a strike. The strike zone should not change for the pitcher…..Unless its Mo.
Torre bitching about Mo’s strike zone during the Dodger series was so amazing.
Omg that’s in the fucking batters box.
that didnt look like a strike to me.
Holy shit ump is blind. But then A-Rod did his awkward smile thing and I laughed.
SUCH FAIL.
Alex didn’t protect the plate and deserved to be K’d right there.
Yes, he deserved to strikeout on a ball.
Logic at its finest.
So you want him to swing at a pitch inside that he would have grounded to the 3rd basemen because it was a ball?
lol.
It was a ball.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....bamlb_1%2F
I see FAIL alright, but it wasn’t from A-Rod.
I don’t mean to be a jerk, but that kid can’t sing.
/free Ronan Tynan
Yeah, I’m wondering what contest she won and, more so, who the hell was the competition.
Where’s Matthew Clemmens when you need him?
Yikes….she is really bad
That was worse than Suzyn Waldman talking with someone running their fingers down a chalk board.
well, she could get half the notes
CC Wood or Joba Here?
Great, another tone deaf kid singing.
LOL
Yikes, that was terrible singing.
yankee hitters used like times square whores today.
That’s actually funny.
..and my Matthew Clemmens line wasn’t? Harumpf.
there are whores in times square ?
Rudy says no more… he confiscated all of them and resold them to Elliot Spitzer and half the GOP.
Yeah Democrats are classier than that they just get “massages”
See Gore, Al
The 80′s called, they want their reference back.
Must be a David Letterman fan – telling jokes that haven’t been relevant in over a decade.
So first time pitchers and change up throwing pitchers – Yankees kryptonite.
And good pitchers. And bad pitchers.
/you’d
/you’d……lol
Don’t forget good teams.
it was a strike to Arod blue!
Well looks like 8 th inning is our real chance now. Gardy, Jeter, Lance and Tex. I like our chances.
rally not happening today. hitters are off … unless the pitcher hangs something, Yanks haven’t hit much hard today, more like they are hitting infield practice.
Until the last out i dont give up. FTW
Ha that first Pitch from CC was pretty close to the last one from Sheilds.
Wood wearing 39 Somewhere Ron Davis smiles.
I’m all for using CC as much as possible, but let’s not forget he’s coming off of three straight seasons of pitching a ridiculously high amount of innings. I’d hate to see him blow up in the playoffs from overuse.
Best strikeout ever
Well at least we get to see what wood has.
Say what you want about Kim Jong-il, but there are things you have to love about the guy as a sports fan.
http://www.tmz.com/category/tmzsports/
http://www.myconfinedspace.com.....-korea.jpg
George Steinbrenner once thought about this approach too, but was talked out of it.
Forget about having no father. That kid in the anti-smoking commercial is going to have no shoulder if he keeps throwing the ball like that.
The old Longo-Wood match up, eh?
Why take out CC now? He’s only at 112. I don’t get it.
He was over 120 pitches in his two previous starts, so I guess Joe had him limited today to around 110.
Because they are losing 3-0, Longoria is a righty, and they have a mostly rested bullpen? What’s the point of leaving him in?
No one on base, CC has looked sharped that past two innings. Let him face one more batter. I trust CC after 112 more than anyone in the pen. Glad Wood got it done.
Yeah, it’s fine either way- I’d just rather save bullets for a more important time.
He’s thrown 120+ in his previous two starts. The big man’s arm is more valuble down the stretch (which we are sadly getting to).
K
Wow, Wood looks like a kid again! Hmm, perhaps I need to shave…
No wonder Woods always hurt , TBS announcer just said hes always had gas
Sit the fuck down, Evan.
Got him with the big Yacker….Now Pumas gonna blast one, he’s been hitting the ball incredibly hard
Omg that was the best K ever sorry.
wooo, good Wood!
Ok you guys, THIS is the inning the B-lineup scores a run!
It’s not the B-lineup anymore…
WOOD!
Wow, nasty hook…
wow he still has the hook. Nice I have wood.
What a coincidence, so does Brian
http://nomaas.org/2010/07/cashmans-got-wood/
I wish Kerry Wood still threw that slurve. You know the one.
Knee buckling..wow!!!
He hung that pitch. Had he thrown it earlier in the count, it would have landed in the seats.
but he didnt, and it didnt
IETSO
Random fact of the day: A player from the AL Central has won every CY Young award since 2004.
Didn’t Bartolo Colon win it in 2005 with the Angels?
I’m an idiot, you’re right.
Bartolo Colon (AL West) won in 2005.
even the NL cy youngs? wacky
a swinging slider miss, then a loopy curveball. Slip ‘n slide.
Looks like Wood really got it up for that AB
Holy knee-buckler Batman!!
Shields still in, let’s crush him please!
Pap blows another save. Thought I might just throw that in.
No kidding…
He gave up three runs…all i can say is thank god for Mo
Glad I turned on the Boston game, good job Papelblown.
Without seeing it, awesome.
Papelbon came in with Boston up 3 no outs, Cabrera up. First pitch hit the wall in dead center, 2 feet away from being a home run. Then Jhonny Peralta hit a single to tie the game.
Only took 5 pitches to ruin the game.
Heh, Jhonny Peralta’s been killing the Red Sox this series. Two HRs off Lester too. Awesome.
Wasn’t the game 3-0 going into the top of the ninth too?
Yes it was…awesome
Brett Gardner’s hitting .228 since mid-June.
.387 OBP in July.
Still had a .472 OBP in June and .375 in July.
…and somewhere in Tampa, Carl Crawford smiles.
Maddon’s gonna stomp out our nascent rally, he figures.
Shields getting a raucous standing O from all 8,000 Rays fans there.
Hip Hip Jorge
I think you mean “fans.”
I wouldn’t even swing the bat
61 hits in 38 innings?
ooff Puma
So predictable.
I wouldn’t have swung at all. Oh well.
Dammit . Berkman hit it too hard
That fucking sucked.
Puma-ed
I turned on the game (I admit I have been flipping around) just in time to see that ;_;
I’m glad the second hottest hitter on the team is hitting 6th.
Cano-Berkman-Granderson is just begging the other manager to bring in a lefty specialist.
Personally, I’m quite happy with Nick Swisher getting more RBI opportunities.
You forgot Posada.
Playoff Bullpen can be devastating.
Mo closer
Drob-Wood set up
Hughes-Joba Strikeout matchup
Logan/Marte Loogy
Guadin up as Girardi raises the white flag.
I think he’s just getting work in since he hasn’t pitched in a while.
it would help if you jumped Cano
Slider? Curve?
36,000 is a sell out in Tampa? The place looks bigger than that. They must close off sections to get to that number.
They do. I saw tarps over some seats in the upper deck, like way up there.
Throw the heater now
Bartlett will be bailing
Hah, thanks Bartlett. Small Ball FTW!
Bring in Boone Logan
He has a change up also
Mo please teach Kerry how to throw the cutter
thanks
New York Yankees fans,
Please don’t get a hit I can’t here the term “Yankee Killer”
Oh bullshit Joyce grew up a Tampa fan and used to sit in the bleachers.
Oh no!
Gaudin coming in really?
ummmm…why?
Gaudin? Oh shit.
Don’t know why Joe G had Kerry Wood come in after CC went 6 2/3, but whatever. I guess he loves his 2 inning guys.
So the guy to bring in here is…. Gaudin? Really? I mean jesus christ Joe, if you don’t want to win the game why even come to the ballpark? Please, anyone, defend this.
Umm, all of our better relievers have been used the past couple days?
Aka I have no idea.
Boone Logan threw like 5 pitches 2 days ago.
Yep, up goes the white flag.
Not even going to let him put out his own fire? Really? Gaudin?
Against LHB too.
Tigers lose on a walk-off thrown-away-bunt. WTB, Detroit.
Yuck
No… you see… it’s GOOD to use your worst pitchers in high leverage situations… because it’s good to rest your best pitchers… it’s good to keep the whole season in mind… think LONG term…
Man, that looked really close.
Joe Mauer just had a bad flashback.
I’m sorry but what the fuck is this decision.
Close shave Barbasol on that one
Leyland uses Valverde 60 pitches Friday, then Coke blows the game yesterday, then they blow the game on a pitchers error today.
1-6 week for the Tigers see you next year.
They done son!
My pants are full of poop right now. That was scary close to being fair.
Hey! Welcome!
one inch from disaster
Come on, Chad. Deal one of those 100 mph fastballs you have. Oh, wait…
Okay, I’ll take 93!
Strike him out then do the Valverde
Chad the Man
Wow, I know Gaudin sucks guys, but it’s not like Wood has been good either…
Gaudin lol, nice job.
Joe knows what he’s doing.
Gaudin puts out the fire?
Hell just froze over.
Well…..it worked. Doesn’t mean i like it.
Girardi = Genius.
Give him credit, Gaudin came in Deep and Thick
Good job Gaudin! Now a tired Soriano coming in who didn’t have his best stuff yesterday, YES PLEASE!
Color me impressed. Gaudin challenging hitters with his fastball.
I need new pants.
Clutch strikeout by Gaudin.
It’s cool Joe, Boston won again, no need to play this game with any urgency.
Who cares about Boston?
Mariano should’ve relieved CC! Boston is about to cut the deficit to 6.5!!!!!11!!
Well, they are the team the Yanks need to finish ahead of to make the playoffs.
Right, but they’re nowhere close the Yanks right now.
No argument there (though they’re not going away), just saying why someone would care about them.
The Yanks are gonna win the division
per the last update the O’s are winning too.
We dont worry about Third place teams
Remember this day! This will be remembered as the day we won the division with an incredible comeback win against the Rays. It all started with Gaudin coming through big time!
Yeah I can understand Girardi giving some guys a day off, I don’t understand him bringing in Gaudin with the bases loaded to face a LHB.
And of course it works o_O
If Joe maddon does its strategy, hehe.
I would have given them tomorrow night off. One day isn’t going to matter.
Wouldnt be surprised if it came down to Alex again. Come on Alex.
Why can’t our guys take a strike? Just 1.
There ya go.
Girardi threw in the towel when he made out the starting lineup. And I’m getting tired of hearing what a great hitting coach K Long is. He’s helped Swisher and Cano, but he’s turned a bunch of career .300 hitters into .260 guys. And he’s helped Tex go from bad Aprils to bad Mays and June’s too.
Hahaha lol.
I would’ve gone with “Cashman threw in the towel on this season when he didn’t bring back Matsui and Damon.”
That sure was a humdinger of a comment…
but he’s turned a bunch of career .300 hitters into .260 guys
I’ll bite. Who?
i think u can intern for Sherman and Lupica
Long is one of the best in the league.
Gardner,Swisher,Cano,Hell he even made Melky serviceable last year.
Give me a F-in break.
How’s he doing with Granderson this year…and Jeter and Arod and Tex and Posada? Melky was probably good last year due to osmosis from Cano.
Another ball outside called a strike. Got to love these umps baby.
Gaudin is the only player on this team that doesn’t get an F- today.
CC gave up 3 runs in 6.2 IP. Hardly an “F-”
He also didn’t cover 1B. F MINUS in m’ book!!!
This team makes me sick. Embarrassing.
Yeah this team sucks. Having the best record doesn’t mean anything.
Yeah they also had the best record in 2006, how did that one turn out? This team pounces on bad teams but can’t beat good teams.
You’re totally right! They had the best record in 2009 too! How did that turn out!?! Oh wait…
Just like every other team that has ever won the World Series (1998 Yankees exempted).
http://www.baseball-reference......ores.shtml
Opponent
Split W L RS RA WP
ARI 2 1 19 18 .667
BAL 10 2 68 33 .833
BOS 5 3 60 45 .625
CHW 2 1 24 14 .667
CLE 6 2 60 30 .750
DET 1 3 12 13 .250
HOU 3 0 22 11 1.000
KCR 3 1 33 18 .750
LAA 4 4 43 43 .500
LAD 2 1 14 16 .667
MIN 4 2 24 21 .667
NYM 3 3 18 19 .500
OAK 5 1 27 12 .833
PHI 1 2 12 16 .333
SEA 4 3 26 24 .571
TBR 5 5 58 56 .500
TEX 3 0 17 6 1.000
TOR 3 3 26 27 .500
I hate seeing that Detroit record…
Detroit is good at home, pretty terrible on the road.
I know, I just remember being on vacation during that series and only getting to watch the terrible games.
They are 5-6 vs. the Rays. Which means the Rays are a whopping 6-5 vs. the Yankees. 3-0 vs. Texas, 4-2 vs. Minnesota, 2-1 vs. the White Sox, and 5-3 vs. the Red Sox. You, sir, are an idiot.
No, they didn’t. The Mets did (!!!).
And I see we’re back to the “can’t beat good teams” meme. 3-0 against Texas, 4-2 against Minnesota, 5-3 against Boston, 4-5 against the Rays.
You’re right, being in third would be soooooooo much better.
Then go root for someone else.
Please feel free to start rooting for the Rays.
At least that would be admirable (re: payroll).
I really hope you’re kidding.
If not: People, these are the kind of comments that annoy the hell out of me.
Really?!?!? THEY HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
Fans like you make me sick and embarrassed.
another ump-killed rally
What’s the point in having a defined strike zone if it’s just going to be ignored?
Posada will strike out on a slider down and in.
Nice call
Can we PLEASE make a little noise here?
Girardi gave this one away……
Can this doofus be banned already?
Banned for what? Oh was I supposed to kiss The Almighty Yankees’ ass all the time?
Blah blah blah. Where were you last year?
Nobody was talking to you.
He’s here for comic relief.
This just in: it’s hard to win games when you score zero runs.
Shocking, I know.
Well, back home we a come.
That sure was a yucky game.
last night was so much fun, we musta been hungover.
And the season is over. It was a good run. When does winter ball start?
Even Jerry Manuel can “manage” this team to a winning record.
So go “root” for his team.
Uh, yeah he probably could. Fortunately, we are 28 games over .500.
Maybe I should have said .270…Arod, Jeter.
Are you giving Long any credit for Jeter’s season last year?
Not much, Jeter has been putting up those kind of numbers without K Long.
So then why does he get the blame when Jeter hits poorly?
thank you for beating me to what I wanted to say.
Probably all those hot tips he gives him about how to hit.
Yeah, Jeter hitting like he is has nothing to him being a dinosaur aged shortstop.
I’m not upset, just not our day today. Should be an easy series win back at home against Toronto. Hopefully the Twins can beat the Rays a few times too.
That’s right, I mean that one inning where Teix hit a line drive right at the 2nd baseman, and then Cano hit the shot foul down the line which was called fair. After that happened, I figured we were definitely in trouble.
They should be able to beat them, but I don’t see how it’s going to be an ‘easy’ series win. There’s no way to know what to expect from our 3 starters in that series. Amazingly enough, AJ might be the most predictable of the 3.
Yeah, I don’t like the pitching match-ups, but they’re offense is basically Bautista (who can only hit homers) and crap so I think we’ll be okay.
Well, it’s been like that most of the year (though they’ve slowed a bit lately) and the Yanks are only 3-3 against them mostly because of the Jays pitching, homers, and Bautista. That’s plenty for them to win a series.
The Yanks offense needs to find a groove soon hopefully.
Well I’m shocked the the B lineup was not as effective as the A lineup
Oh well. At least we are still in first, right? Would have liked to see the team make some more noise, but what can you do.
At least they avoided setting Shields’ career high in K’s.
This poor excuse of a team will go 1-3 in the playoffs.
Who gets the win? Javy probably. That would be funny.
More like who gets the loss for the other team? Yanks aren’t “winning” shit. Pathetic losers.
Oh my Lord just shut up you moron.
So anybody who doesn’t follow the Yankees blindly is moron.
No, it’s more the fact that you ARE following them without any sort of clue what the fuck you’re talking about
Can you provide one piece of evidence that supports your claim that the Yankees will go 1-3?
troll hardr.
No. But you are.
They see me trollin’…..
They are 10-7 against the three teams that would currently be in the playoffs. 5-1 against the two teams they can possibly play. You are completely talking out of your ass.
Since you relish in defeat and aren’t really interested in facts or anything, there’s a team in Pittsburgh that would love your support.
You are such a damn crybaby. And the funny thing is, you’ll probably be the first one back on the bandwagon if they win another title.
Go away and root for the Mets.
Who is pitching for the Jays tomorrow? Anybody know?
Morrow
Ah ok. He can be tough but I’m confident we can get to him. Just have to hope Burnett continues his good run of pitching.
Brandon Morrow.
Roy Halladay.
We’re still up one game on the Rays and we’re still in first place. There’s 58 games left in the season. A sweep of the Jays at home should put more distance between us.
You’re right, and coming into this series I thought I’d be happy with taking 1 and keeping first place. But I’m a little ticked that Girardi put that lineup out there in the biggest game of the season so far. It makes this loss a lot harder to swallow
Look at the lineup Joe Maddon put out. Willy Aybar cleanup and Bartlett in the 6 hole. It’s one game and no fan has any idea why Girardi made the decisions he did. It’s why he’s the manager and you’re not.
We’re still up one game on the Rays and we’re still in first place.We’re ONLY up one game, which means nothing because one year when the Yankees were good they ended up not winning the World Series.There’s 58 games left in the season.The season is basically over.A sweep of the Jays at home should put more distance between us.The Jays are gonna sweep this pathetic excuse for a “team.”/Jersey Johnny’d
I don’t see a sweep happening. They lost the first series against them, won the second without a sweep, they have their 2 best starters going plus Morrow who has shown he can dominate the Yanks, plus the Yanks have Moseley pitching one game.
All things considered, it’ll be tough enough to win the series, much less sweep it.
I don’t usually agree with pessimism, but I do agree here. It is going to be a tough series to win.
BONER KILLER
I do actually agree. Just remember if you’re going to play the “well Morrow’s not that good but he’s been good against the Yankees” card you should play the “Romero’s awesome but the Yankees beat him up” card too.
BONER KILLER
um, wow, I had no idea Bexy…
We must stop feeding the trolls. Hope the trolls find somewhere else to feed.
Hopefully the trolls get smashed with the ban hammer. Seems like an easy fix.
It’s just amazing how this series didn’t frustrate you people. CC pitched an average game, The offense only showed up for one game and Girardi managed this game as if it was against Baltimore on a lazy April Sunday. It’s ridiculous, they do want to win the division right? Or should we just aim to get in the playoffs?
lolwut?
I know this may come as a shock to you, but the Yankees can’t win every game. A pitcher who had a great game + some off hitting = a loss.
Does it suck? Yeah.
Is it frustrating? Absolutely.
But it happens and we have to live with it. Sometimes, it’s just not your day and it wasn’t ours.
It is frustrating. But it’s just one 3-game series. Over 162 games, you can’t expect the team to play lights out every game. Even the 1998 Yankees went through mediocre stretches, it doesn’t mean they suck.
It did frustrate, but obviously anything we did today wasn’t going to work. Shields was pitching great today.
Also, now we will have our “A” lineup vs a worse team, which should increase our chances of winning. This was a game we were going to lose one way or the other. Can’t win em all.
Zen baseball for me today.
I wouldn’t expect the full ‘A’ lineup until Friday. Girardi said he needs to get Swisher a day (probably tomorrow), I’m sure Granderson will get a day (probably Tuesday), Jeter will probably get a day, and you know Jorge can’t catch more than 2 games in a row.
I enjoy how all 3 of us said more or less the same thing.
The obvious answer why we lost the game: Not enough deepness and thickness.
We need to be deeper and thicker??? How much farther does it have to go?
The obvious answer to this question: We need Andy Pettitte back. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
Bexy will now regale us with stories of Andy’s legendary depth and girth.
Please Mo no. My Andy Pettitte innocence has already been stolen time and time again.
“I have my plans, but I’m trying to be submissive and listening to what they have to say.”
“I’ve been down here getting after it in the mornings, and this heat is good.”
- actual Andy Pettitte quotes from today
Well, really need to win 5 of the next 7.
Then at least 4 out of 6 against Texas and KC.
Winning nine of 13 isn’t be easy, regardless of who you face. That’s a 112 win pace.
I apologize if my posts annoy people but this team,with all the talent in the world, is so frustrating to root for.
They lost 2/3 to the Rays. Big deal, it’s not the end of the world. They’re in first place with the best record in baseball and no worse than the second worse offense. They just massively improved the DH spot and bench and added a good arm to the bullpen.
Every team has frustrating games, it happens over 162 games. Would you rather be in Tampa’s shoes? I wouldn’t.
Not to mention they just gave up only 10 runs in 3 games to a great offense.
No I’d rather not but the lack of fight in this team bothers me.
Really? Did they night fight back yesterday?
Lack of fight? Or inability to hit really good pitchers pitching as well as they can? I mean they were one Matt Joyce HR away from winning the series, and that can hardly be the difference between having “fight” and not having “fight.”
Well, if you want to go that way you could then say they were one Mark Teixeira HR away from getting swept.
Lack of fight? Didn’t we come back from like 4 deficits last night? Didn’t we win on a 9th inning homerun last night? Didn’t we have like 25 walk offs last year? WTF are you talking about?
They just don’t have that passionate intensity.
/Friday night’d
/but they do have deepness and thickness!’d
Calling your posts annoying is an insult to annoying posts. Yours are God awful.
Hmm, true. It’s just that the Rays don’t show signs of slowing down.
Don’t you just hate the people who are so called “fans” of the Yankees that like to cry/bitch/moan about every little thing, have zero to little faith in the team and ignore every single grain of reality?
But when the Yankees are marching down the canyon of heroes, they are there front and center to claim all the glory that is known as the Yankees? Because they saw them through thick and thin? Because they were the ones who were there with their undying optimism cheering the Yankees on?
I know I do, “fans” like that don’t deserve to bask in the glory of Yankees victory. Its like beating your child to near death when they make one small little mistake but you hug them and love them to bits when they get 100 on an exam. This was a tough game to watch. But there is always tomorrow, its not like the Yankees are 9 games behind the 1st place Rays. I can understand that people can be a bit flustered and frustrated, but for those that are just ignoring everything and shitting all over the Yankees. Go cheer another team on, in fact I think the Mets need fans like you.
I don’t understand how people are Mets fans O_O
They’re probably self inflicting masochist.
Or possibly people who got on the bandwagon/started paying attention to baseball in like 2006 and now they just… can’t… stay… away…
Thank God we have you to tell us what a fan should be. So your big thing is to “bask in the glory of Yankees victory”…..How’s your bask working for you today? What did you do when the Yanks dropped four straight in the playoffs to the Red Sox? Did you have some “bask” stored up to get you through the off season. How do you do it, because I want to be a perfect fan just like you.
I can understand that people can be a bit flustered and frustrated, but for those that are just ignoring everything and shitting all over the Yankees.…
Thank you Bexy for pointing that out.
Lol, I haven’t seen someone that angry with the bask since the last ETA bombing.
I was devastated by dropping 4 straight in the postseason to the ever despicable Bossux, in fact I was pissed. ANYONE WOULD BE. But did I go around shitting on the team? Nope.
Never did I say I was a perfect fan, but I try my best to stick with the team through thick and thin. If they lose, then they lose. I’m not going to bitch at them, because it sure as hell won’t help anything out. If the Yankees season ended now, I would be frustrated. But I sure as hell wouldn’t say stuff like “Jeter/ARod is a choke artist, Joe G should be fired and all our pick ups this season were BUSTS.” I’ll just pat myself and say “There is always next season.”
What bothers me are the “fans” who only cheer their team when they win. When the team loses, THEY SHIT ALL OVER THE TEAM. They made an error? OFF WITH THEIR HEADS. They lose a game? THEY SUCK! Are people going to cry over little things? Or see the bigger picture?
Is it possible that these cry babies say all this so that IF AND WHEN THE YANKEES LOSE they’ll look like COMPLETE GENIUSES?
Speaking of A lineups and B lineups I would like to see Grittner lead off. Find another place for Jeter who swings at too many pitches. He could have so many more walks but he swings at so many pitches up/down/in/out etc. frustrating…. but-the wait for Montero continues to get shorter. He is some kind of 20 year old Pujols-saw him night as I mentioned on the Scranton thread…
With Berkman in the fold, barring injury, the wait for Montero is almost definitely going to be another 8 months.
I’m still trying to get why people are whining that the ‘A lineup’ didn’t play. The ‘A’ lineup that includes an ARod who has been slumping? Gardner who has been slumping? Huh?
Don’t forget a deteriorating Jeter who still keeps leading off. Of course, he’ll still want his $75 million for 3 years at the end of this year.
Jeter won’t be demoted in the lineup, even though even I would agree he should be batting 8th or 9th.
Who’s this young Berkman fella? Kid’s got a future.
Did I miss Jay Leno at first for the Yanks? Plays 1B about the same…
Haha, the Steinbrenner calzone episode is on TBS right now.
The 1998 Yankees, one of the greatest teams in baseball history, started the season 0-3.
The Yankees are 66-38 and one game up after today. After 104 games last year, they were 62-42 and 0.5 up.
So you’re saying there’s a chance?
No. He’s not saying that. Dude, the 2006 Yankees had a good record and you see what happened to them? Does 2005 ring a ball? TWO THOUSAND TWO??!?!?!?1111/!?
I know but the division wasn’t as tough as this year is.
Right, and you should be encouraged that the Yankees have a better record this year in a tougher division than last year.
What was their record vs. the division at this time last year? I can’t seem to find a website that has that.
They were 0-8 vs. Boston at this point last year so I’m not really sure where you’re going with this…
Someone conveniently forgot the 0-8 vs. Boston
20-18 vs. AL East entering August last year.
23-14 vs. AL East entering August this year.
Sorry, 23-13 this year (that 14 included today).
Am I the only who is frustrated by this team? This team is way better than the 2009 version, except for the bullpen, but I just don’t have that feeling expecting to win every game like last year.
Am I the only who is frustrated by this team?
No. However, if you want to express these sentiments in the manner you have been, which is very irrational and “THIS TEAM SUX!!!!!!”, this probably isn’t the best place to be.
This team is way better than the 2009 version, except for the bullpen, but I just don’t have that feeling expecting to win every game like last year.
Sense, this makes none. And I’m so sure you had that feeling all last year. Also, newsflash: 2009 Yankees actually lost some games.
the yankees were .5 games up at this same point last year… that means the division is about equally tough as it was last year…
how can you truly be this bad of a commenter?
yeesh
Um Carlosologist you’re only forgetting that they had the record they did because they went and fired everyone after that 0-3 start obviously.
1-2 @ Tb is nothing to be ashamed of. The funny thing is that even if we had swept them off the division isnt gonnab locked up. This division — particularly looking at the schedules of teams in September — will be close until the last fortnight.
I am happy where they are, would have been elated to win this series but this is not a show-me series for the Yanks this was a show-me series for Rays and they showed us that they can hang around with us, but after watching them I have no doubts that if a potential ALCS happens we can come out pretty good.
I would like to face the Rangers in ALCS however, that would be a lot more fun series with all the additions they have made.
Exactly. +1 for the use of “fortnight.”
The anger over losing this series is baffling. The Yankees arrived in Tampa in first place and they’ll leave in first. Today was a poor performance, yes, but yesterday’s game was epic and Friday’s was a matter of Hughes making one mistake. This series could’ve gone either way.
Relax.
For the heck of it, looking ahead if pitching schedules hold the Yanks will miss Matsuzaka against Boston (that kind of sucks), but then they’ll miss Lee against Texas and Grienke against KC. That’s cool.
Status check: many of us were thinking 30-19 over this 49 game stretch with two days off. That’s a .612 winning %.
Thus far they are 8-5, which is a .615 winning %. Plus, most of their tougher opponents were near the beginning of the stretch. If they can get through the next 9 at only 5-4 (Toronto, Boston, Texas) and then beat up on the remaining teams at 17-10 they’ll reach that 30-19 record.