Game 108: Hello, old friend
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Who could forget? (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
It’s been what, two and a half months since the Yankees last played the Red Sox, and obviously a lot has changed since then. Javy Vazquez, tonight’s starter, has done a complete 180 and been the team’s best and most consistent starter since that series. The Yanks have added a few pieces, most notably Lance Berkman and Kerry Wood, and both Jorge Posada and Curtis Granderson have returned from the disabled list. Mark Teixeira is back from the dead, ditto the bullpen.
The Red Sox, meanwhile, have lost Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, and Jason Varitek to injury. Jacoby Ellsbury is back though, same with Josh Beckett. Most importantly, the Yanks were three games back in the division at that time. Now they’re on top by half-a-game. A slim margin indeed, but I’ll take it. Boston, meanwhile, is six full games back in the division and in need of a huge surge this month if they want to make some noise in a playoff race.
On this very date last season, these same two teams kicked off a four game series in Bronx, and I’m sure you remember what happened. The Yanks won all four games, including that epic 15-inning scoreless game, effectively burying the Sox and claiming the top spot in the division for good. I’ll happily take a repeat of that, and that starts with a win tonight.
Here’s the lineup…
Jete, SS
Swish, RF
Tex, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Robbie, 2B
Berk, DH
Grandy, CF
Cerv, C
Gardy, CF
And on the bump, it’s Javy Vazquez.
First pitch is scheduled for a little after 7pm ET, and you can watch on either My9 locally of MLB Network national. Enjoy the game folks.
Let’s kickass guys. By next Tuesday we’ll be up nine games on the Sox.
That’s not possible.
Well, unless you mean after the games Tuesday night.
Why isn’t Jorge in? Not complaining, just asking.
I think they mentioned that Cervelli would be catching Javy and AJ regularly. I’m trying not to think about what that means for the playoffs
That’s terrible news.
Boner kill.
That’s an understatement.
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIIIGHT
What did you guys think of the A-Rod interview?
I was at that game that the picture is from…best game I’ve ever been to, by far
One of my favorite games ever. I can’t even imagine being there.
(Except MLB should invent some kind of rule where if a relief pitcher blows a starting pitcher’s win, then the team comes back to win, that relief pitcher who blew the lead shouldn’t get the win. >:( )
it should :
go back to the original starter if no other pitcher enters the game after or before the blower.
go to previous reliever if the blower is the last pitcher to enter the game and a reliever came in before the blower.
go to the next reliever if the blower is not the last pitcher to enter the game.
it should:
not go to any pitcher because attributing a team effort to one player is stupid and misleading
Then how would we evaluate the cy young and who goes into the hall of fame?
Well in that game I would’ve just wanted to give it to Pettitte.
(I did that on purpose.)
(Except MLB should invent some kind of rule where if a relief pitcher blows a starting pitcher’s win, then the team comes back to win, that relief pitcher who blew the lead shouldn’t get the win. >:( )
Agreed. I will always associate that rule with Jay Witasick, probably because 14 year old me attended his Yankee debut.
Who the hell is Randy Keisler???
Wow, the 2001 Yankees had 40 starts of 5.82 ERA from Keisler, Hitchcock, and Lilly
And their offense wasn’t great, either. Whoah.
Well, they also had horses in Andy, Moose (who was robbed of the Cy), and Clemens (who won the Cy. Moose was better, but Roger still had himself a heck of a season)
Exactly. IIRC the Yankees had the top two, maybe top three/top three out of four? AL guys in FIP with Moose, Pettitte, and Clemens.
In the AL:
1. Mussina–2.92
2. Pettitte–3.02
3. Clemens–3.29
2, 3, and 9 in the Majors
The original timetable for Pedroia was 4-6 weeks and it’s been 6 weeks. Good to see all that seated batting practice and kneeling infield practice paid off.
Funny thing is that the doctors said cut the shit or you’ll be out part of next year too.
Supposedly Youk already knew he was hurt and tried to play through it… and he injured himself even worse. That’s why Boston fans really need to get off Jacoby’s ass. Don’t make him rush back, guys.
I think the canonization of Cal Ripken hasn’t helped matters either. Unless it’s a very minor injury, “playing through it” probably hurts the team.
mlb.com says Kaat is doing their game. Any time I don’t have to hear “Michael Kay’s Fake Controversies And Shallow Thoughts Is More Important Than The Actual Game Show” is a wonderful thing.
MLB Network is running the game with Kaat and Costas. However, if you are in the NY area, it will be blacked out.
Hmmm. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh.
I wonder if Kay will break his record of 9 batters in a row without talking about the count or anyone actually on the playing field.
really? no jopo after a day off? You better make me look like a douch, francisco!
whats a douch?
Especially in a game with playoff ramifications I am very unhappy to see Jorge on the bench (unless he is still hurting). This also puts undue pressure on Berkman.
playoff ramifications????
Boston contrary to popular belief is not dead. They have four excellent pitchers going this weekend. This series can end with us being anywhere from 2 to 10 games up. A sweep would bury Boston,
that’s why I used the term.
If Javy has a poor start, this is gonna be fuuuuunnnnn.
They’ll be people bitching about it and then there will be bexy, also bitching about it but ending it with
/irrational fan’d
You wound me raw, sir
In the playoffs, I want to hear this chant from the Stadium: “Let’s go Javy! (clap clap clapclapclap)
They’ll only need to use it once: when he clinches the WS in Game 4 with a brilliant seven shutout innings, with nine strikeouts.
Are we still rolling with the “AJ is starting a game before Javy” theory?
I can see Girardi going with it. He’ll never go CC/Andy and I don’t see him doing CC/Javy.
I hope these really aren’t 81 mph fastballs…
yeah. Of course, a steady diet of hanging changeups isn’t great either.
Nooo Javy you couldn’t start like this man.
JAVY WHY? ;_;
Fuck David Ortiz
yeah, Ortiz wasn’t WAITING for that. Good call, Frankie/Javy.
Cervelli set up low and away, pitch was low right down the middle. That’s all on Javy.
Still, the guy is sitting dead-red in that count and the fastball is topping out at 88.
Oh that was a horrible pitch.
the HR is fine, but no BB’s please
“The Yanks won all four games, including that epic 15-inning scoreless game”
They were so good last year, they didn’t even need runs to win…
could ortiz’s fat ass get around the bases and into the dugout any slower…
Slowest home run trots of the season (via Wezen-ball’s tater trot tracker)
1. Luke Scott – June 30, 35.76* secs.
* Injured during trot
2. David Ortiz – May 24, 30.59 secs.
3. David Ortiz – May 17, 29.81
4. David Ortiz – May 14 (#2), 29.42
5. David Ortiz – June 29, 29.31
6. Alex Gonzalez – Apr. 21, 29.28
7. David Ortiz – May 14 (#1), 29.07
8. David Ortiz – May 1 (#2), 28.95
9. David Ortiz – May 26, 28.94
10. Orlando Cabrera – May 5, 28.90
http://deadspin.com/5547615/au.....with-music
I liked the washed up version of David Ortiz better.
That changeup 2 feet off the plate isn’t really a useful pitch, guys…
Could never understand how a grown man could call another man Big Papi. Whateva.
1 run isn’t insurmountable by any means. Let’s hope the offense lights up Buchholz.
buccholz looks like he just got off phish tour
I think the gun may be off today.
derek jeter = babe ruth
And Jeter >>> Lou Gehrig
clearly
Does that account for heart?
/Schilling’d
Save that ball? Really Al?
2-0 count and you don’t make him throw a strike? Come on Swish.
Tex message!
TEIX!
Wow, talk about an uppercut swing. Yeah TEX!!!!!
SONIC BOOM!!!
wicked cold guys
I <3 Mark Teixeira.
Tex!
Another first inning two run homer.
What is it with this team and first inning 2-run homers?
You beat me too it. I just typed the same thing. Crazy ain’t it?
So far I’ve seen a lotta hangers.
Is Bucholtz’s mascara running ?
Boston fans call Swish a douche? WTF is Beckett then. A saint?
How many days in a row have we hit a 2 run homer in the first inning?
Well, now just one. ;P
But four games in a row, IIRC.
I think we’ve hit three in a row.
That’s a real second baseman, Boston.
cano just makes it look too easy
Buchholz has only given up 7 HR all year. Two of them are to Teixiera.
I think people will remember this picture as the defining moment of Boggs’ career.
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I love comparing this picture with that one.
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An awesome moment but not if it makes people forget his great years in Boston. The guy led the Majors in OPS in 1988 despite only hitting five home runs (a .476 OBP will do that–though that says more about baseball in the 80s than anything else)
…Looking like a bad decision to start Javy.
…It’s been an inning and third. Calm down por favor.
Who would you have penciled in?
That was a very good pitch to Beltre that he went down and got.
For my fantasy team.
shitty not getting that 0 – 2 pitch….
Can’t wait to see what dumbass team gives Beltre big money after this year…
Scott Boras is excited already.
It’s very odd to be watching the Yankees at home, when I am in Boston, watching the Red Sox feed.
I must say I agree with all the reports of RABers that the Sawx announcers are not bad and not overly biased or homers.
I like the NESN announcers. Don’t love them Mets announcer-style, but like them.
They are actually pretty good. Only thing I don’t like is how Orsillo goes nuts after a HR from a Sox player. It’s almost Hawk-like.
Yup, they’re not nearly as offensive as you would expect the Sawx announcers to be. Actually, they’re pretty blasé.
In other news, walking down the street here, in West Roxbury, I actually saw a sign that said “Happy Summah”.
I will be so glad to get back to a city where people speak normally.
Uh, Cervelli, you can’t do that.
Great.
There’s Mike’s boy, Cervelli doin’ work.
Thanks, Frankie.
He makes up for it with his clutchiness!!!
BUT TEH DEFENZ!!!!1111
Did you know I hate Cervelli? He should have called Javy off.
Sawx announcers said he was calling Javy off.
Fun fact: Terry Francona was the MOP of the College WS in 1980.
“Most Offensive Person”?
I’m sure Cervelli will make up for it offensively…
See if this was Jorge I would care less. Yes catchers suck but I think we can find a better backup.
Hell a slumping Jesus in AAA is probably better than Cervelli. Including defense.
He’ll flash Girardi his blue eyes, be patient in his next AB by seeing two whole pitches, and all will be forgiven…
The media will claim him to be a better player than A-Rod after this.
His clubhouse energy is irreplaceable.
Well, that was just about inexcusable
I’d honestly prefer Chad Moeller. neither can hit, but at least he doesn’t blow it defensively.
I’d prefer Gary Sanchez. At this point his bat is probably better than Cervelli’s and his defense probably would be the same.
THAT is the kinda crap that pisses me off
Oh peace, Ryan.
Nice, Cervelli. Hope this error doesn’t turn to be costly.
Go back to AA, Kalish
FWIW, Jorge’s only made six errors on the season.
With 200 less innings played at catcher.
I’m not even mad, that’s amazing. Let’s just hope Montero can be at most adequate defensively.
Fingers crossed.
I think you meant “…at least adequate”, no?
But with Cervelli having no bat, these errors are inexcusable.
Crap even if Javy gets out of it, we can thank Cervelli for making him work unnecessarily and getting his pitch count up.
41 pitches in the second inning. Ugh.
I spoke too soon. A run off a BB.
Ugh…
Well that was not fantastic.
ughhhhh
Confidence Javy damn. Let’s go.
wow i am absolutely fuming over that cervelli error….thats just inexcusable
JORGE GET HEALTHY PLEASE
7th inning Singleton? At this rate he’ll be lucky to reach the 6th…
And now the 5th, as this inning just won’t end…
Good thing cervelli is in there for defense…
Wow Javy is choking. Another 2 strike hit.
Bleh. A stupid mistake by a stupid player and all the Javy haters will come back.
That was not a good play by Javy either. Pitchers are taught to stay on the mound and direct traffic on popups. Cervelli still should have caught it, though.
Oh yeah starting him in fantasy wasn’t the best idea I ever had…
Javy isn’t sharp at all but thanks, Cervelli.
Do you see Cashman picking up a backup catcher off the waiver wire?
This is all Frankie’s fault. Even so, Javy has to prevent this from getting out of hand.
99% his.
I’m not sure who I hate more right now, Cervelli or Javy. /facepalm
How bad could Montero’s defense possibly be….
I can’t see it being that much worse than this.
Javy kinda sucks!
51 pitches in the 2nd. great way to start a 4 game series
well this is not a good start.
Thanks Javy, u made my day. Again. °_°
Can’t wait for the boos if Martinez gets a hit…
Intentionally load the bases with a guy who’s thrown this many pitches in 2 innings and already walking guys…I’m not sure how I feel about this.
Susan after that lst hit. “That’s what happens when you are pitching from behind in the count. you have to come in with the fast ball”
Uh Susan, the count was 1-2 at the time.
Wow, reading the previous comments. Guess this game is already over. Damn that was a quick game.
this is getting ridiculous
PitchFX shows Both those 2 changes in the strike zone. How bad do they look on TV?
borderline at the knees.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Joe pulled Cervelli after this inning? I mean if Cervelli catches that popup and Javy strikes out Kalish, we’re in the bottom of the third now.
I just don’t really get why Posada isn’t catching tonight in the first place. He was off yesterday already. I understand he’s almost as fragile as Nick Johnson at this point, but come on. I guess either way he’s catching the two day games or the two night games.
Sure would’ve been nice if they thought about how little Posada can play now and tried (at least as far as we know) to get a better catcher.
okay, that could have been worse
Agreed. It could’ve been way worse.
This is gonna be an ugly game.
Yeah. If Bucholz puts up some 0′s this could get REALLY ugly
This is what always happens in these 4-game series.
Game 1: horrendously sloppy
Game 2: pitchers’ duel
Game 3: normal game
Game 4: EPIC GAME
Dustin Moseley is going to CG 2-hit the Sox. Book it.
Way to go Granderson! Someone who caught the ball…
could have been worse, but that was pretty pitiful.
That was horrendous.
(See, sometimes bexy says negative things. She does not, however, say the season/game is over after it.)
That was horrendous.
Wow, did that hurt?
Not as much as that inning did.
So I guess I missed the Cervelli play. 3 runs all unearned and people are blaming Javy.
Makes perfect sense…..
Walking all those batters and serving up the Scutaro hit was not on Cervelli. Cervelli should get more blame but Javy gets some too.
On a 1-2 count
Cervelli did make the error but Javy walked two guys with 2 outs, one to force in a run. thats his fault.
Yes, it started with Cervelli, but Javy walked the punchless 9 and 1 hitters to continue it.
ALl girardi’s fault. play the HOFers after day off? waaaa
Pinch hit Jorge. Irrational or not I trust nothing good will come out of Cervelli today.
Or BABIP can prove me wrong. That too.
Javy looks like he is pushing the ball again instead of getting on top of it.
Without or without Cervelli’s error, it was only a matter of time.
Not bite on any of his pitches and everything drifting towards the middle of plate.
The Yankees are lucky the Sox are so shorthanded right now. That could be the only way this does not get really ugly like in the beginning of the season.
lol, lowrie’s throw compated to this one guy we have on our roster
Cervelli is back lol
That’s the beginning of Cervelli’s 5-for-5 night with three homers to make up for that atrocious defensive misplay.
/positivespin’d
Let’s hope.
I don’t think Cervelli is physically capable of hitting 2 homers in a month, let alone 3 in one game.
It would be nice, though…
You didn’t hear that to make it fair Cervelli gets credit for a homer on any ball that reaches the outfield grass on a fly?
So how many homers does he have? 3? 4?
I never said that those homers would go over the wall…
3 inside the park jobs, baby.
Heh.
He’d still have trouble hitting 3 in one game, though.
Frankie, starting something up.
Based on what’s happened so far, the yankess should score 18 runs off of Buchholz
Watch, Gardner homers and I’ll die of laughter.
Well, at least you’re still alive.
Larry David now looks like a cartoon character version of himself.
So, lemme get this straight: Dustin Pedroia being injured somehow makes him more valuable?
(rolls eyes)
well now you’re able to catch him, and make him take you to his pot of gold
Please run Brett. Just go. Stop thinking and go on first move.
Brett can be annoying on the base paths. Man if he only knew what I would do with that speed.
It’s like he forgot how to run when he learned how to hit.
1 hour for 2 innings folks.
/CowboyJoeWest’d
go Brett go.
he really is an overly timid sometimes. just go, getting thrown out with 2 outs isnt the worse thing in the world
1-2-3 inning by Javy right here. Let’s get it.
So having Brett on first is effective…. leads to many steals…
Oh wait, no it doesn’t, he doesn’t run anymore and Mr. Impatient can’t wait to hit an easy ground ball….
Ugh. C’mon Jetes you need to be better than that.
Tex is crazy good
That play was Jeterian.
Wow Tex!!!
Where were you on the one last inning???
Tex showing off the wingspan.
Nice catch Tex!
What a beast.
Kim Jones to Javy…”Javy what happend out there?”
Javy….”I wasn’t making ma pitches
“
I got a lot a dialeah.
/Chan-Ho’d
Tex=the anti-Cervelli.
Lucky that pitch wasn’t a homer…
God I can’t stand jd drew. Just drill him next time.
Out of all Red Sox, why? He doesn’t talk shit, he produces well and he is generally quiet about it.
Papelbon thinks he’s the best RP ever. Beckett thinks he’s god. Pedroia is just annoying. And Youk has a dead squirrel on his face.
Out of all the Red Sox I want to punch in the face, Papelbon tops my list.
Can never understand some of the hate for this guy.
Beckett is a far bigger asshat
No argument on Beckett – wish he would have provoked Shelley Duncan the other night, that would have been Fight Club worthy. Papelbon, he is just a douche bag that gets lit up more than Rockafeller Center at Christmas.
But Drew, I think it is all the hype that surrounded him and he just looks like a cocky fuck. Can’t explain it, just gets under my skin.
That.
And Beltre looks like he smells something really bad.
I can’t stand when Beltre checks his swing and points to the ump himself. That really gets me for some reason.
Wow. The only way Vazquez can throw a strike is to groove a fastball. Who’s the long man tonight, Meat-Tray?
Atta’ boy Javy.
Gaudin. He was already long tossing a little during the 2nd inning.
That fact that Tex is somewhat close to his career marks in hitting (.287/.378/.539 vs .258/.370/.489) is remarkable considering how terribly he started the season.
So Cervelli catching all of Javy’s starts explains his ‘run support’…
Didn’t even think of that. Why would he want Cervelli catching him? Ask for Jesus. Pray for Jesus.
this personal catcher stuff (if true) is pretty annoying
At least Molina could actually defend.
Well at least Teix is coming back up to do stuff. Dare we say a Red Sox killer?
87 mph fb. the yankees front office misjudged the strenght of their starting pitching staff.
87 isn’t the problem. It’s 87 tailing back over the middle of the plate.
So you’re telling me that a rotation of CC/AJ/Pettitte/Hughes/Vazquez isn’t strong? OK.
You are so right. If it weren’t for his 99 mph fastball, Greg Maddux would have totally sucked.
How? It’s not through any fault of their own that they don’t have Lee right now. Once Pettitte gets back, things’ll be good.
it’s more their halfhearted attempt to get haren. cc and andy seems short come october. hopefully it’s not.
It is amazing right now the Red Sox have only scored 4 runs.
Javy has either hung a breaking pitch or had a fastball tail to the hear of the plate to about every batter so far.
He is really living on borrowed time right now.
This is the type of game where it is probably best to take your pitcher out an inning too early instead of an inning too late.
Agreed. Not that Guadin inspires much confidence
Javy isn’t looking sharp at all tonight but i also feel like part of the blame should be put on the way cervelli is calling the game. Maybe thats just the fact that i’m disliking cervelli’s contribution to the team more and more as the season goes on.
oh and how about cervelli’s stellar defense? He catches that pop-up and we’re still up 2-1 and Javy’s pitch count is way lower.
tex is such a stud. making plays on both sides of the ball
70 pitches for Javy, 41 for Buchholz. Yuck…
Ellsbury decides to actually cover decent ground now?
Trivia answer: Pudge?
Yep then Omar
Yeah. My original thought was A-Rod as he has 2500+.
Without looking it up, my guess as to the top 5 active hit leaders would be Jeter, Pudge, Alex, Damon, and Vizquel in some order.
Wow, you’re pretty close.
1) Jeter
2) Pudge
3) Vizquel
4) A-Rod
5) Manny
(looks it up)
I left out Manny and Garret Anderson. But the difference between those two and Damon is like 30 hits, so whatevs.
Good trivia. Omar Vizquel? Might be Red Sox related though.
Answer: Pudge.
Buchholz looks like Danny Noonan with that haircut….. looks like he has gopher grime growing on his chin.
A-Rod?
Got the “Rod” part right anyway…
Two back to back innings by javy… Ok offense, make Clay Aiken work a little and tie this mother fucker up.
OK I get that he could’ve done much worse, but to say ‘just his 80th pitch’ in the 4th inning is just wrong.
Cano must have loved that rest.
People always talk about Pudge being a shoe-in for the HOF, but I just looked, and he has a career OBP of .335. If that makes a player HOF-worthy, Jorge should be getting a plaque too (.378 OBP).
Pudge’s catcher defense >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jorge’s catcher defense
I see your point, but Posada should be in solely because of his bat. He’s the second greatest offensive catcher of his generation.
I’m not going to try and talk you out of Jorge being hall-worthy, because he’s definitely in in my opinion.
I’m just saying, I get why Pudge is a “shoo-in”. .298/.335/.468 might not be mind-bottling, but it’s still well above average, and Pudge was probably the greatest defensive catcher ever and played constantly.
The man has 10,000 plate appearances at catcher.
Ten thousand.
OK, I see it your way. I was never saying that Pudge shouldn’t be in the HOF. I was just pointing out that he wasn’t great with the bat. But then I thought and realized that most catchers aren’t good with the bat. So while Pudge’s batting line is unimpressive compared to other HOFs at other positions, it’ll be very good compared to his catching counterparts. He’s also played great and consistent defense for close to 20 seasons, so he’s got that going for him.
I’m also willing to guess several way below average years once Pudge was waaaay past his peak brought down his overall numbers. Not that they shouldn’t count, but at his peak he was one of the best offensive catchers of all time + elite defense.
Pudge’s ten-year peak from ’94-’04: .315/.357/.513 (120+) with amazing defense at the hardest position on the field.
That’s awesome.
Pudge’s >300 HRs plays into it too. Very few catchers have hit more than 300 HRs.
Michael Kay: “Pudge is having a pretty good year.”
No, Michael, he’s not.
Pudge since May 1: .219/.239/.300
C’mon Lance. Big hit right here.
Sick flip by Scutaro.
VERY NICE!
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Showoff FAIL.
hahahahahahahahahahaha
that is what you get for hitting a HR off of Mariano… he put the Santoria on you…
Berkman really stands far off the plate batting LH.
Scutero really wanted that Web Gem
Well, that couldn’t have gone much worse Granderson…
Well that sucked.
But the Red Sox can recover from their errors.
They gave up seven unearned runs a few days ago.
don’t like lance’s cut
…in a helmet
Word has it that SUNY Cortland Alum, and inventor of Mr. Socko, Mick (Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack) Foley is in the house tonight…
Oh Yankees.
I woulda just plowed into him if I was Berk.
Jump into the rivalry headfirst, baby. Start a bench-clearing brawl.
Time for you to atone for your mistake, Frankie.
Can Cervelli redeem himself?
Fat ass Elvis has gotta slide there.
Only a couple of games, but he’s not exactly endearing himself to Yankees fans yet…
He obviously has no clue what this rivalry is all about.
Can you imagine if that had been Shelley Duncan?
That was Grandy’s first GIDP of the season. He had one all of last year as well.
We got the extremes in Grandy and Jetes.
If only Jeter was all-the-way-black, he wouldn’t GIDP so much.
Sincerely,
Raekwon the Sheff
When will Cervelli get tagged nothing more than a backup catcher?
Where have you been? I’ve been barking up that tree for years only to be met with what-do-you-knows and you’re-an-idiots.
He may have been “Fat Elvis” in Houston, but he’s “Dead Elvis” in the Bronx. Berkman has looked terrible since coming over
(unwraps burrito, wipes down microwave)
Do you use a shamwow?
Shamwow is made in Germany and you know the Germans always make good stuff
You’re gonna love my nuts.
/Vince’d
How awesome would it be if Cano stole home? NOBODY would see it coming!
/thingsthatwouldneverhappen
Ugly swing.
Fucking horrible as swing Cervelli. Fuck.
Paging Chad Moeller
Does Jesus get a September call up ? Does he start next year in the Bronx ?
No, and yes (after the ASB).
I can only hope sooner. Cervelli’s worn out his welcome at the White residence
Patience, young padawan.
Paging Jeff Mathis, paging Jeff Mathis.
Jeff Mathis fucking sucks in every way.
+1
1. Jeff Mathis (or anybody’s defense (non-Posada division) is better than Frankie’s)
2. Trading for him prevents the Rangers, Rays, Twins, or W Sox from doing so, preventing him from raking against us in the playoffs.
3. Jose Molina (or anybody) is better than Cervelli right now.
2. Trading for him prevents the Rangers, Rays, Twins, or W Sox from doing so, preventing him from raking against us in the playoffs.
The last time we acquired a player because he was a notorious Yankee killer and we wanted him on our side helping us instead of on someone else’s side killing us, we overpaid for A.J. Burnett.
I’m just saying.
It was mostly a joke, but in fact I was just saying that trading for a backup that could either hit or play solid D will be helpful, especially in the late innings of the postseason.
Eh. They did overpay, but it’s not like the Sox were going after him. Wasn’t it basically us and the Braves?
True.
the point is mute because they wouldnt trade him to us
moot
/sorry’d
no problem, I need the help with the speeling
Trading for him prevents the Rangers, Rays, Twins, or W Sox from doing so, preventing him from raking against us in the playoffs.
I know he had that bizarre hot streak in the 2009 ALCS but are you really afraid of Jeff Mathis hypothetically killing us in the ALDS or ALCS? In that case, I’d like to acquire Nelson Cruz, Josh Hamilton, Vlad Guerrero, Joe Mauer, Delmon Young, Justin Morneau, Evan Longoria, Carlos Pena, Matt Joyce, and Paul Konerko.
We should trade for David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.
If we make the Ortiz trade, did the home run today count? Obviously I’m not afraid of a guy who can’t OPS .600
Trade for Joe Mauer instead and dump this Jorge guy.
I guess that is a reply to Uncle Argyle
Reply button unreliable for me right now
Adrian Beltre just got effed in the a.
wow that was a nasty sequence.
hahaha
Javy has no fastball tonight so he’s bustin’ out the eephus.
Beltre is trying to hit the letters.
Heh, thought I’d check on some Red Sox prospects and I came across this: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=518490
Ouch, nearly one hit every 1.5 games. That’s just depressing.
Where the jumpers at now? That’s our Javy.
Beltre is gonna bust his knee cap if he keeps doing that
Damn that’s me at the park today. BTW home run derby with friends at a little league field is AWESOME.
*sigh*
dislike being down 4-2 to Boston
More on Pudge:
He’s sucked for six solid years now (.276/.302/.411 86+ since 2005). But if he can stick around for two more years, not only can he flirt with 3,000 hits, but he can also join Gary Sheffield, Rusty Staub, and Ty Cobb as the only players in baseball history to hit a homer as a teenager and as a 40-year old.
Oh, and he’s also the active leader in doubles.
I’d have to think a kid like Strasburg would love having Pudge teach them about pitching at the major league level.
Like teaching him to only throw fastballs so the catcher can try throwing guys out?
You realize that there’s no evidence that this actually happened, right?
Nah, Strasburg would rather develop a working relationship with Wilson Ramos.
This game is kinda blah.
Also, ManBan has 11K through 6. Me like.
Are you serious Kay?
I’ll take the HBP over the 66 percent chance of a grounder.
man you guys are beating me to the punch with everything
OH SHIT Jeter got plunked.
Is Montero eligible for the Rule 5 draft this year?
No, not until after next year.
Fuck it. A-rod time.
Disregard that last comment.
Jeter probably would have grounded out. Thanks Clay.
V-Mart’s glove didn’t even move to the inside part to try to catch that. I’m just saying.
Yes it’s Teix up. The hottest hitter on the team.
Here we go Mark Tex.
Now Tex smokes something into the gap or into the second deck.
Or he can pop out on the first pitch.
I really have to hand it Javy. I thought he was absolutely cooked tonight from the first inning.
But he has gone out there now and he is just outsmarting the Red Sox hitters. His stuff is awful tonight and the past couple innings Javy has just found ways to fool them.
Being able to add and subtract on your pitches like Javy is doing right now is no small feat.
He’s a crafty righty.
No shit, I was just talking to my buddy about this. He really is a crafty righty.
I thought lefties were crafty and righties just reinvent themselves…
I’ve trademarked the phrase “Crafty Righty™” and you can’t use it without paying me royalties.
/PatRiley’d
This ain’t exactly a great Red Sox lineup. He wouldn’t be in trouble if he didn’t walk back-to-back WEAK hitters in the second. He had a great chance to escape that inning and let the bottom of the lineup get him.
That has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. I was only talking about the 4th and 5th inning.
sigh
Dammit Tex. You’re off the team.
/kidding
Everyone who doesn’t hit a home run is cut
Why swing Tex why?
Shit. Alright calling an A-Bomb here.
I’ll just be happy with a single. Gotta cash in at some point.
That works…
Ugh, another terrible missed opportunity (so far). And on the first pitch again too…
Unclutch.
A-Rod! Clutch!
I love A-Rod
Nails.
A-Rod in the clutch!
Psh. Stat padder.
Oh shit, Buchholz not happy. He’s goin’ for the laptops.
It does say something that in ARod’s worst year as a professional he might lead the league in RBI
Well it does say the stat isn’t a good way to evaluate talent…
Yup.
(It mainly says something about how awesome the rest of the Yankee offense is, but I suppose it also says something smaller about ARod himself.)
Yeah it says he hits in the middle of the best lineup in baseball which gives him more opportunities than any other player in the league to get RBI’s.
Also that obviously Arod at his worst is still a pretty decent hitter.
That too.
All it says is that in ARod’s worst season he’s still close to leading the league in an historically important statistic. No need for a Sabermetrics debate. The Cigar is a Cigar.
RBI: not important.
Rate stats are better.
I think your missing my point
And I think you’re missing his point.
No, I get it. RBI is a vastly overrated stat. Anyone who’s heard of Bill James probably knows that. Still ARod has a lot of them in a shit year. No deeper thinking needed, just an observation.
No deeper thinking needed, just an observation.
But he was thinking more deeply, and you seemed to not want him to do that.
The stat is a horrible way to evaluate talent. It depends on having people on base something that A-Rod can’t control. All it says is A-Rod is getting his hits at the right time. It’s great but it doesn’t tell us if he’s having a good or bad year.
I give up….
Well said.
I don’t think it’s that simple. He’s driven in 21% of the runners that have been on for him. The league average is around 14%. So he’s been very efficient in getting RBI, and it’s not just that he’s had more chances.
Robbie why?
Just get to the shitty Sox bullpen.
He’s at 65 after 5. He’s got plenty of pitches left…
I can’t shake this lingering feeling of Cervelli hatred, must have been something I ate…
a bad san francisco treat that hasn’t hit since april?
Word has it that SUNY Cortland Alum, and inventor of Mr. Socko, Mick (Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack) Foley is in the house tonight…
That’s a pretty big fucking blow.
Are you kidding me Javy. You had a change to redeem yourself then you choke just like that.
Just as I was about to praise Javy for his start tonight…..
Blame that one on Cervelli.
Well that stunk.
this fuckin sucks…5 losses (most likely) in the last 7 games is hard to stomach
simma down now…
And, if we lose and the Rays win, we’ll be behind by half a game.
Chin up.
Of course the Rays are also losing.
You’re right, 5 losses in the last 7 games is hard to stomach. I’d recommend washing it down with 65 wins in the previous 100.
Or a shot of Southern Comfort and lime
I come home and this scrub named Kalish hits a HR?
F that S.
Well, you really can’t be pissed. First HR for the guy.
Says you.
Actually, that makes me more pissed…
The offense giveth…Javy taketh away. He stinks. Can’t pitch to any team with a winning record.
Wrong, but ok.
All pitchers struggle against teams with winning records. That’s how you get, you know, a winning record.
I hate baseball.
Well, that’s a big blow to the comeback chances.
At some point, you almost have to wonder just how much success such a homer prone pitcher can have in the AL East in this era…
Especially one who looks like he’s pitching scared most of the time.
What does that mean, exactly? Did he cower behind the mound after every pitch? Did he visibly mouth “Oh…no! No!” while watching each Sox hitter walk to the plate?
He didn’t execute his pitches in a high profile game. Criticize him for that, but the baseball cliches just don’t cut it.
By the way, I love your floor wax.
Why would you start him off with a change up?
You know what the biggest problem with this Davidson fair/foul controversy is?
Davidson doesn’t know. He’s guesstimating. There’s no way for Bob Davidson to actually be able to see precisely that the ball passed over the imaginary line above third base to the left or to the right of the imaginary line between the foul pole and home plate.
It’s just an educated guess, but he’s digging in his heels as if he’s 1,000% certain that he eyeballed that intersection of ball and imaginary grid totally perfectly.
You’re guessing, Bob. Just admit it.
In his defense, you can’t tell on the replays either.
This is a ridiculous call to use if you’re trying to justify replay. It’s a 50/50 play and unless you have a camera positioned directly over 3B you’re not going to see it.
I’m not even using this to justify replay, per se. I’m simply pointing out the ridiculous stance of umpires who make claims that they “know” what happened.
They don’t. They’re guessing, and won’t admit it.
And everyone else is 100% convinced that they’re right. There’s no one (at least no one on TV/radio or in baseball) that seems willing to say that they’re just guessing.
Like Tim McClellan, Bob Davidson “believes in his heart” that the ball was foul.
He’s gassed, take him. Time to boo.
Pour it on I say. Looks like Girardi was right to skip him last time. He can’t pitch in pressure. Proves it time and again.
Where were you in like… every one of his starts since May?
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Please, please, please keep it 6-3 Joba.
Mountain Dew or Crab Juice?
OH MY GOD THAT’S DISGUSTING gimme the crab juice.
Ewwwww! Yuk! Crab Juice please.
ew neither.
Javy must think Lowrie is Ted Williams with the way he has pitched to him tonight.
I think they should sent Cervelli down. His defense is the reason he is up and he has been terrible in that department. Some super boneheaded plays lately.
I like Cervelli, but I agree. This team needs offense…not defense anyway. If he’s not hitting, he’s easily replaceable. Why not Montero?
Montero is in a great grove that I wouldn’t want to break that up if he struggles in the bigs. I would rather him get all the at bats in the minors. Chad Moeller can do just as good of a job as Cervelli offensively and I trust him more defensively right now.
not sure i understand that logic.
Rather call a guy up when he’s seeing the ball well then when’s playing like crap. I mean if i can’t call up a guy when he’s hot then some of these guys might never get to the big leagues.
How many at-bats does Cervelli get? Montero will get plenty of PT. Other teams aren’t afraid to promote guys that are performing in the minors, there’s no reason the Yankees have to coddle him. After all, look how that’s worked for Chamberlain.
Because it would derail his development plan and he’d probably be just as bad offensively and even worse defensively.
Montero’s a hitting beast, but you’ve got to expect that he’d struggle during his first taste of the league.
Not yet.
Promoting Montero in the midst of this August schedule is a recipe for disaster. Rangers, RS, and Rays pitching would make an over-eager-to-impress Montero look absolutely silly.
Sticking with two catchers, a centerfielder, and usually about 4 other Yankees at the same time in the lineup who are not hitting are a recipe for disaster. Tell me. When this lead became 6-3, did anyone think this team was coming back? Why not? No offense. If not now, when? Will there ever be a time Montero WON’T be eager to impress? Not bringing him up because of that is outright foolishness.
Seriously, some of the people on this board think the guy is made out of glass.
I think it’s foolish. The Yankees have no offense from the catcher slot (and most other slots.) Coddling rookies does nothing. All the people who comment here would practically marry the guy. Then, when the Yankees have a pressing need he can fill and will get plenty of playing time, everyone’s afraid to pull the trigger. BS. Put your money where your mouth is gang.
We couldn’t trade him to improve the team, so why not actually use him to try to improve the team on the field. I doubt any of you wanted to keep going with Tony Womack in 2005, arguing we had to let Cano continue to develop. The experience is different, but the progression in the minors is similar.
The Yankees have no offense from the catcher slot (and most other slots.)
Frankie Cervelli is not our starting catcher. We have plenty of offense from the catcher slot.
For the most part, he and Posada have seemed to share time equally. Doesn’t matter though as Posada has been awful as well. I don’t have all yer high-falootin’ stats to throw around, but .227 AVG and an OPS of .706 since July 18 is enough to convince me he stinks at the plate as much as Cervelli.
I don’t have all yer high-falootin’ stats to throw around, but .227 AVG and an OPS of .706 since July 18
July 18th was like two weeks ago.
You’re trying to tell me Jorge Posada stinks because he’s had a bad… two weeks.
You gotta be fucking shitting me.
Well, based on games played and started, you could argue that Cervelli is more the starter than Posada…
Send him down for whom, though? It’s too soon for Montero, even more premature for Romine, and Moeller/Pilitere/etc. would actually be downgrades from Cervelli, as impossible as that sounds.
Right now Frankie isn’t doing anything at the plate. He dropped an easy pop up tonight, he had that terrible snap throw to 1st the other night. He hasn’t thrown any guys out and has let a lot of pass balls get by him. He is suppose to be good defensively and while I think he can eventually do that. I think right now he seems too comfortable with his position on the team. Nothing wrong with sending him down to light a fire.
I agree with all of that.
But the point still stands: in order to send Frankie down, you have to bring someone else up. Chad Moeller is not that person, he’d be even worse than Frankie in all likelihood (and adding him to the 40 man requires DFAing someone, which is ludicrous. You don’t DFA anyone to add Chad Moeller to your team unless you literally have no other healthy catchers available.)
I forgot he isn’t on the 40 man. Seems we are stuck with Frankie.
Chad Moeller!
Chad Moeller: also sucks, and isn’t on the 40-man.
I was joking. But he’s really the only option other than Cervelli.
Chad moeller sucks dude. He sucks. like he sucks bad.
As a follow up to my previous comment. I guess you can only outsmart major league hitters the way he was doing in the 4th and 5th inning with no fastball for so long.
Like I said before, and inning too early instead of an inning too late was the way to go with Javy tonight.
Manny Banuelos was on beast mode today.
Thanks Javy, now I’m stuck watching Men in Black on a Friday night with a bunch of cold beer that I was planning on drinking triumphantly.
the night is young and there are drunken women everywhere…..cheer up
/married
oh , well, you have every right to be depressed
Hey, Chan Ho Park is pitching for Pittsburgh
Well there is your ballgame. Offense has got to do more foreplay.
If I had the time, I’d go through the gamepost history to check your record when predicting that “This game is over”.
I bet your record would suck.
You should. My bookie owes me money and so will you.
You realize the Yankees have more wins than losses?
he doesn’t show up during the dominating wins much.
Yes I do. I also realize this offense sucks right now as further proof from that “I give up” inning. I also realize that they will not score 3 more tonight and will split this series instead of winning it.
Nice seeing Joba settling in.
Maybe Joba will drill Ortiz next inning.
can Lance Berkman hit it out of the infield?
Wow, Berkman just looks terrible out there.
so does Granderson . Did we get stuck on that deal?
I hope Dead Elvis dies on the toilet seat tonite
OMG…LOL
LOL
I don’t know who frustrates me more. Granderson or Berkman. Frustrating game all around. Let’s hope they have one more rally left in them once that bullpen comes in.
We may not even see the bullpen. He’s only thrown 65 pitches.
Good point. That would suck.
Granderson hasn’t gotten on track this year? Yeah when you only mention the 0 for 4′s then that tends to happen. Dick.
FACT: In every game where Curtis Granderson hasn’t hit well, he’s looked bad.
in fairness, .243 never looks good
Yeah, but when he hits two homeruns, he looks good.
Granderson has been a disaster at the plate this year. There is no getting around that. Any dislike of Kay should not cloud your judgement on that.
Not my point.
When exactly do you want Kay to mention it?
The few games a month Granderson has a good day at the plate?
And again not my point.
The what exactly is your point?
The bottom of our Order is horrible.
I actually don’t mind the low pitch count for laptops right now, top of the order has done pretty well vs him tonight, time to take advantage next inning.
Buchholz is a damn good pitcher. This kid’s got the goods. Or maybe he’s got it stashed.
Hopefully Hughes is watching how Buchholz is working this lineup.
and his wife is smooookin (NSFW)
http://theproducers.weei.com/w.....bine-2.jpg
Granderson vs. Buchholz: 0-8, 4 K’s, 4 groundouts
With that changeup, it’s almost like he’s a lefty against him…
On an unrelated topic, everytime I see your name I think Duke Nukem, which makes me think of Wolfenstein, which makes me say to myself “Guten Tag!”. So thanks for that.
/somethingtosmileabout
Wow, that beer hitting you already?
Man wood has no command.
Man, I thought Swish had that…
Give him a break, the sun was in his eyes
Well atleast he got to the ball.
/UZR’d
UZR wouldn’t give him an out on that play, you know. It would treat that misplay as if he never got there at all.
No, I think they would give him credit for getting there, but dock him for not making a catch. They probably counted it as an error.
I’ll take your word for it.
or Mike can straighten us out.
I’d love to know how that’s a hit.
For some reason I’m in the mood to watch the Bad New Bears….or the Spring Training montage in Major League…
For some reason, I’m in the mood to watch paint dry. It’ll be a step up in excitement from watching the Yankee offense.
Watching paint dry requires patience. Perhaps there’s a lesson for the Yankees offense in this analogy
Rally Yanks rally!
Remember when Brett Gardner was dunking singles all over the place? That was fun while it lasted.
At least we know what he can do with about a full season’s worth of PA (666 PA combined between this and last season): .281/.370/.386/.756 with a 106 OPS+ and 56 SB. That’s leadoff hitter worthy.
WHY the fuck did Dj swing at that pitch?
By the way…I’m forced to listen to the Radio broadcast tonight (and most Fridays.) Is there anything worse than listening to a Suzyn Waldman broadcast when they’re playing the Sox? Every player is a hall-of-famer. Every fielding play is a sparkler. I’m not saying we need homers, but do we really have to listen to our own broadcaster drool all over our primary rival?
I’ll ease off on the Jeter bashing…but he needs to stop hitting that weak shit to the SS. Cause its getting old..
Now Suzyn’s getting all excited about the fact that the Red Sox will only be 4-1/2 behind Tampa after tonight. Where’s Donald Trump when you need him…as in “You’re fired!”
Blue Jays win. Rays lose.
I’ve got a feeling the Toronto Blue Jays are going to frustrate a lot of AL playoffs contenders down the stretch. They hit homers and have good pitching. They’re not a bad team by any stretch of the imagination.
I thought they would be Orioles-level bad. So did most, I think. They’re clearly way better than that. Good young pitching, lots of power threats.
Few saw Jose’ Batista morphing into Mark McGuire
Vernon Wells bounced back to be non-shitty, Travis Snider and Edwin Encarnacion have developed into solid regulars, they benefited from some career years (Gonzalez, Bautista) to offset the down years you’re guaranteed to have from core guys (Lind, Hill), and Romero/Marcum/Cecil/Morrow are all very talented young pitchers who are emerging.
They’ve got talent. Everyone focused on the loss of Halladay and wrote them off as if he was the entire franchise.
Love the description of Vernon Wells as non-shitty. Perfect word choice
I thought the lineup looked more utterly puketacular than anything bad/wrong about the pitching, though you had to figure losing Halladay would hurt badly. But Wells, Gonzalez, BAUTISTA, etc., are all having way better-than-expected years.
I completely agree. Like you say they can knock the ball out of the park and as long as they can do that they’re really never out of a game…they have decent pitching…guys at the back end of the bullpen.
And after all this The Yanks will still be in first in the morning. Life IS good
So, will you take that all weekend coupled with three Yankee losses? Who cares when the Yankees keep playing lifeless baseball? If they don’t start winning, don’t turn around the mood on this team and don’t start hitting nothing else matters.
DISASTER IS AROUND EVERY CORNER DECLINE IS IMMINENT
/Bret’d
I just don’t understand, if you’re an Orioles fan, why you would concern troll a Yankee site. It’s bizarre.
Because there are no Orioles blogs, due to the complete lack of adult literacy in Baltimore?
That’s my guess.
No , we definitly need to play better, but I have faith that they will.
Every rays loss is a one off the magic number for the Yankees.
The only thing that could make tonight worse is the Yankees hiring Isiah Thomas as a consultant.
The only thing that bothers me about losses like this (assuming they do not come back) is that all you hear are those cliche bullshit lines “tip you cap”, “we need to get it done”.
How about just following the Nike slogan and “Just do it”.
All three of those are cliche bullshit lines. None of them matter to anyone or anything.
Actually, I’m quite bothered by the fact that the Yankees can’t hit. Doesn’t matter who’s pitching…they don’t hit anyone.
They’re scored more runs than any team in baseball, so they obviously can hit. They’re in a little slump, relax. They’ll come out of it. We went through this same garbage in May.
Actually, I’m quite bothered by the fact that the Yankees can’t hit.
The Yankees team OPS of .801 since the All Star Break is the 4th best in all of baseball.
Your mind: blown.
Thanks, Canada.
Got to take one for the team Tex daaamn
Buchholz overthrew that FB badly. He’s tiring perhaps?
Nevermind. Perfect command on that 2 seamer.
Too close to take Tex.
It’s gotta worry some of you that the only Yankee hitting above .300 is Cano.
ALL THE ANGELS ARE HITTING OVER .300!!!! WE CAN’T BEAT THEM.
/memes from last year’d
strike 3 a little sketchy
I thought it was a great pitch. Tex has to protect more out there and go with it sometimes instead of being so dead pull as a lefty.
Agreed, you can’t take borderline pitches down 1-2 in the count.
Joe Girardi always trying to make someone a two inning guy.
When we re-hire Joe Torre?
I would make a joke about your seriousness right now, but I’m pretty sure you’re serious about all the stuff you’ve said tonight.
Is Lowell in his 50s ?
He’s 4 months older than Jeter.
Frankie Piliere just tweeted this:
Scouted Brackman tonight. 92-96 w/ 2-sm life. CB and CH looked very good but lack of aggressiveness w/ FB hurts him.
Sounds like a lot of young pitchers.
I don’t see what his laid back demeanor on Facebook has to do with his pitching.
ICWUDT
So if Aceves comes through next week looking good enough to be activated who goes Gaudin or Mitre? Can’t imagine Yanks sending down Logan and having no lefty in the pen right?