Game 109: Big Stoppa
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It’s no secret that the Yankees are stuck in a little bit of a rut right now. They’ve lost three of their last four games and four of their last six, but the good news is that they’re still atop the AL East, even if it’s just a half-game lead. It’s better than the alternative.
The good news is that the Yankees have their ace on the mound this afternoon, as CC Sabathia looks to get off his own personal schneid. He’s allowed 36 hits and 14 walks in four starts since the All Star break, spanning just 27 innings. For whatever reason he’s battled his command, but this is right around the same time that he hit his stride last year. Hopefully we’re in for an encore performance. He’ll be opposed by John Lackey, who thankfully does not throw a changeup. His swinging strike percentage (6.1%) is worse than Jamie Moyer’s (6.2%), believe it or not.
Here’s the starting nine…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
Cano, 2B
Posada, C
Berkman, DH
Granderson, CF
Gardner, CF
Pena, 3B
And on the mound, it’s CC Sabathia.
Unfortunately this game will be airing on FOX, and I believe the Yankees’ record on FOX games is somewhere in the neighborhood of 0-1,569,485 through the years. Anyway, first pitch is set for a little after 4pm ET. Enjoy the game.
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Any odds on how many times McCarver mentions how badly Joe Torre has been treated by the Yankees?
And then the odds on how many stupid things McCarver says, period?
I almost want to put the radio broadcast on to avoid this mess of announcing, but I fear it wouldn’t make me feel much better.
I’ll set the over/under at 6.5 on the first one, and on 17.5 for the second.
I’ll put the under/over at 3 for the first, take the over. As for the latter question… infinity, obviously.
That mlb.tv feature where you can listen to an announcer-free telecast is seriously tempting just for FOX/ESPN games.
FOX/ESPN games aren’t on mlb.tv, unfortunately.
You know Cano is going to win a batting title, right? Right?
Someday.
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT
Party at the moontower!
love them redheads
Holy crap… 17-7 Blue Jays.
It’s fun to think about what the reaction on Twitter and what have you would be if the Rays were the Yankees in that game.
DFA EVERYONE FU CASHMAN
Two Center fielders today?
AWESOME!
What is this pre-canned crap they are showing on the Fox pre-game instead of This Week in Baseball?
Big Game Shields got shellacked in TOR.
U gotto feel for Toronto they will be a WC contender in NL
This year, they’d be a contender in nearly any other division.
AL Beast, baby.
Imagine if they kept Doc? Their offense is pretty weird though, at the bottom of the bigs in OBP and BA but they lead the league in homers and are up in the runs scored. Not like they play in a small park either that would inflate the HR totals.
Would be funny to bring up all the comments from last week about James Shields based on one well pitched game against the Yankees.
Shields has to be like Tampa’s AJ Burnett, no? Fantastic when he’s on, so bad when he’s off.
Leads the majors in homers allowed.
CC dominated last years Saturday FOX game against the Sox. So that’s one win. Wasn’t Teixeira’s 3HR game on FOX too?
Yeah to all of this.
Still, there was some point last year where the Yankees were like 2-7 on FOX Saturday Baseball, and they weren’t just losing, they were getting crushed.
I was at a Fox Saturday game a few years ago , and the Red Sox crushed us 17-1….It Suuuuuucked
I was at the one last year in Boston when AJ got rocked. Although I guess you can’t really blame FOX for AJ getting rocked…
That video was completely terrifying. Poor A-Rod. (or not at all poor, but you know what I mean)
So if the Yankees win big today will Peter Abraham write an article about how they’re better off without A-rod in the lineup?
fuck you lance berkman.
Hey look, at least we know he’s starting to hit the ball hard right handed. Hopefully he’ll start hitting soon and we’ll all love him….but for now, Fuck him
6. fucking. games.
negative OPS.
fuck him.
You can’t eve have a negative OPS.
Bad news guys. The Red Sox have spies on here.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1013049
You bastard. I should have known as soon as you started posting sensible things and ideas.
BobKlap
Apparently, A-Rod was distracted talking to Joe Buck when he was struck. Buck will address it during the broadcast
I’m puttin the word out. $500,000 for this clown dead… a million alive.
Why so serious?
Fucking Joe Buck caused this, eh? should have known.
Alex is going to be out at least a week. That looked bad. X Rays have already been taken–we should hear soon, right?
Alex is going to be out at least a week.
Is this confirmed? Where are you getting this from?
from the voices in his head most likely.
Making up rumors is a ban-able around here man, don’t say that stuff unless you can back it up.
Andy stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.
So… he has people he knows? ;P (Sorry, ZZ.)
Sorry, wasn’t trying to start a rumor at all. I was just saying what I’m expecting. We’re obviously not going to know anything until after the game. At least x-rays were negative.
You hear that? REMARKABLE!
Ew, already a “heart and soul” mention.
Those scrappy, heroic Red Sox are an inspiration to us all.
Terry Francona should be given the MVP for those in game decision he makes.
Terry Francona should not be wasting his decision making talents in a game, he should be president of the United States. In fact, he should be world leader because of his amazing decision making skills…
For those of you had “within the first 5 minutes” in the “When will Joe Buck mention 2004″ pool, you win!
Anyone see the Chad Jennings pre game blog says Girardi told media Cervelli is going to catch every Burnett and Vazquez start because it is working, I mean are you kidding me?
Did he really say because it’s working? I’d say the exact opposite.
I’m surprised Girardi remembered he has another catcher…
Fox is now on mute at my house. Note the time…
OCCASIONALLY?!?!?!??! More lieek every damn game you see the Red Sox someone is called gritty.
Isn’t Lackey too big to be gritty?
McCarver’s “Gritty” Count – ONE.
Consistently bad?
the gritty John lackey!
The commentary is already making me throw up. Payroll! Terry Francona is a saint! 2004 ALCS! Lackey teh big game pitcher! I was lucky enough to miss the last two Yankee games on FOX, but aaaughhh.
Francona for WORLD LEADER!!!
Let’s be reasonable here. McCarver did throw out an ‘occasional’ gritty term to Lackey. I mean it’s only used so rarely we can’t complain about it.
You weren’t here for McCarver’s Nazi Yankee rant? Lucky.
Nope. I was at that game, and I was at my best friend’s house in PA for the Yankees/Dodgers Saturday game.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH John Lackey is so gritty!
We’re 4 outs in, and we’ve already heard that the Sox are scrappy underdogs, and John Lackey is both “gritty” and a “big game pitcher.”
Fantastic.
John Lackey is gritty. Terry Francona says so.
It’s so depressing that as a Giants and Yankees fan, Joe Buck has called the two best sports moments of the decade for me
What’s more depressing is that he’s the better announcer in the booth today
Amen.
Luckily enough, Bob Poppa’s call of the Manning-Tyree catch was 900 times better than Buck’s call, and it’s the one they always play when talking about it.
i know, buck barely got excited for the greatest play in super bowl history
At least Buck makes an effort to talk about the game. The last time the Yankees were on FOX, Albert and McCarver went a full 20 minutes without mentioning the action on the field.
joe buck is going to die tonight.
Just shut up Joe Buck.
Fuck you Joe Buck, don’t sound too happy that A-rod got hurt.
Is gritty synonymous with sucky nowadays? Because Lackey blows.
But he looks like a BULLDOG out there!
Tex is definitely swinging better… thank God.
According to Sterling, 5 hits in 45 AB’s is a .200 BA…
Now I know why he hates stats, because he doesn’t know basic math.
He always says he hates stats but he constantly gives them
So does everyone who “hates stats.” Batting average, RBI, and runs are stats.
Oh OK
Moral of the story: Talking to Joe Buck is hazardous to your health.
and i definitely know that lackey threw a slider to swisher so shut the fuck up mccarver. go and die.
“11 pitches thrown…all have been fastballs.” Except for that curveball he threw to Jed Lowrie on 1-0 butthatsonlywhenyoupayattention!!!!
Joe Buck strikes again.
After our last Fox game when Mccarver basically called our front office Nazis, Ive decided to suffer through John and Suzyn
Thanks again Scutaro.
Scutaro: Better than Jeter
/PeteAbe’d
All SS > Jeter
/Anti Yankees Bias
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I applaud Swisher for even attempting to get in the rundown. Good job Swish.
Swisher is a freaking genie!!! LOL…
Pitching and defense!
Terry Francona, the best manager in history, should’ve done something to prevent that error.
jesus, 15 errors for Scuarto. wow!!!
CANO IS GRITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweet, the Yankees are gritty too! Everyone’s gritty!
Except A-rod. That choker didn’t have enough grit to avoid that line drive.
Everybody gritty. Now you gritty too.
/Thorogood
Cano’s grit, determination, and toughness worked that walk.
Did Mccarver have word of the day toilet paper, and the word was grit today?
That is a bad word for toilet paper.
but gritty is a term so rarely used!
/McCarver’d
Robbie draws another walk. Adding to his career high.
First time ever Cano has been called gritty
Tim McCarver: the voice of reason regarding Lance Berkman. Who knew.
“Cano is not a store brought player.”
…then what’s international free agent signing?
/McCarver’d
Do you think they know that exists? Probably not.
ok so question, yankees tied or down a run, berkman at bat and hits a weak pop up or GIDP.
how will u feel?
The same, because only over-reacting chicken littles judge players based on one at-bat.
but he hurt A-Rod!
oh noes!
congratz. u wins the internetz for calling others chicken littlesss! i’m gonna try and calm down but dont incite me to troll man. we’re all frustrated.
Annoyed, but not ready to turn on the guy like the main stream media wants us to.
The same way I feel when any Yankee blows a chance to tie the game.
Great, you?
ahh i guess im just antsy. work has not let me watch my beloved yankees and the only thing i want more is a god damn win.
Agreed on the win. Would love to see them roll today, despite the 2 run deficit.
Lackey looks terrible and the Yankees had no problem working the count and working walks against him. Should be a good game.
Posada got a hanger and missed it.
We want Jesus
clap, clap, clap clap clap
Who is this ‘we’? You and the NY Post?
So I’m going to the SWB – Pawsox game tomorrow, any chance Montero plays a day game after a night game? I mean I like Chad Moeller but…
He might DH. Probably won’t catch.
If he doesn’t catch he might DH
Another great fucking start. God this is annoying.
It seems this team just can’t get a hit with runners in scoring position lately.
Shit!
That’s like the first HR CC has allowed in a while, I think.
Since June 3rd.
http://twitter.com/Ledger_Yank.....0576598098
Since June 3.
I mean you could just walk him CC. We all know he owns you.
Based on the greatest sample size in history.
Really?
WTF?
Big Stoppa is choking.
damnit
Wow this is great.
Lowell looks pretty good for a guy too hurt to trade
He has a grand total of 12 PA since returning from the DL.
This team is falling off a god damn cliff. Making EVERYONE look good. Un-fucking-real. Let’s just keep giving Boston more and more confidence that they’re not out of this thing. Why not?
Cats and dogs, living together…mass hysteria!
Yes… it’s true. This man has no dick.
Oh lawd, you’re better than this, Ross.
Obviously kidding, Bex
Didn’t read that much like kidding, to be honest. =/
Over the top much?
If we end up losing this series, I will not hear the end of it from my friends who are Sox fans.
All you have to say is that the Yankees are still in first. Argument over.
ah fuck!!! and right. that sinker was up mccarver. shut up you old washed up carlton lover.
Oh that Theo Epstein is such a genius.
Not time to panic but this shit is starting to get a little annoying, especially with our offensive struggles with RISP
At least he has a good change today.
Don’t worry, CC will strand Lowell, and go on to pitch 7 more scoreless innings.
Why the hell is Beltre so good? Did he get back on his 2004 steroid cycle?
hgh
More like he’s playing to get himself one more big contract
Because players can control that type of thing.
Oh okay, yeah, player performance has nothing to do with getting a big contract. It’s clearly the roids.
No. He’s having a good year. I don’t know why, but to say “Oh, of course he’s having a great year, he’ll be a FA next year” makes no sense.
That would explain the momentary outbursts of rage when his hair gets touched.
wow the final score of the rays and blue jays was 17-11, talk about a pitchers duel…
now why couldnt shields pitch like that against us??
I have a bad feeling about this game already. CC has been shaky his last couple starts and he’s not off to a good start this time either. We need him to be good because the rest of the rotation has been questionable lately.
It’s the second inning. Calm down please.
i’m calm, i thought the inning would be worse than 2-0, but CC did a good job to limit the damage. Now it’s all tied up so we got ourselves a game
Don’t worry, Lackey looked bad in the 1st.
but the changeups!
This is what I get for falling asleep at the beginning of the game.
Reverse of the 2-0 lead curse…
Book it.
whew! So now let’s see if the Yankees can get that all important RISP.
I’m still trying to figure out why the “little piggy” appears to be sitting in a car seat in that Geico commercial…
Everyone needs to calm down. The Rays have lost four in a row. Their season is over. The division is ours to win.
IETC
The Rays have lost four in a row. Their season is over.
Haha, you funny. (I know you’re just kidding.)
Nope. The Red Sox – showing grit, class, and the heart of a champion – will be in first place at the end of August.
Dont be sarcastic. That’s completely not an improbable event.
Nice job by CC limiting the damage.
A 2 run deficit is far from insurmountable with Lackey on the bump.
Fun question: If you were a pro baseball player, what would be your walk-up music?
Mine would be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoF4Dsd1uRU
chocolate rain.
seriously, that would be awesome.
I’d have to go with Jake the Snake’s theme music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccR6hAthfmI
Might scare the kids but it gets me all fired up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBcdDVii5s4
<3 Outkast <3
AC/DC “Big Balls” or just to confuse people, They Might Be Giants, “Why Does the Sun Shine.” This, of course, might explain why I am not a professional athlete.
When you have the same amount of walks as outs, bad things are bound to happen.
3 walks already. I like it. We just need to start doing damage with men on base. Massive damage.
Nice AB. Gritty, even.
And now Grandy.
Yay, more of high-OBP Lance, please.
Third walk already, good sign. Excellent at bat.
Lol Sterling.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Granderson!
I thought Granderson was teh sux0r?!?!?
thank you GRANDERSON!
What a shot into dead CF!
granderson missed that by like 1 foot.
Berkman BB…Granderson triple.
I LIKE.
The Yankees are not biting on Lackey’s curve at all. Just picking it up and letting it go by.
Unless Lackey starts throwing the curve for strikes it could be a long day for him.
C-Money.
That was a shot! One-handed no less.
Nice to see Berkman chugging all the way, good job.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa I was told Granderson sucked balls.
That ball was crushed!
Sterling got me with the It is high, It is far….dammit
When did Gardner’s average get this low?
Oh, that stat answers my question.
It is high, It is far, It is…
Ugh, I hate you Sterling.
It did hit the top of the wall
To be fair I thought it was gone too, of course Im watching it from my home in Miami through a TV. lol
It is right down the middle Brett.
He is regressing to the BG of last year when nobody looked prettier taking a third strike down the middle.
And I bet you’re psyched about it.
Well, I’m glad my dad isn’t here right now.
He’s been getting very pissed off with Gardner lately.
Very, very disappointing Bg.
Is Leslie Nielsen behind the plate today?
No, but Enrico Polazzo might be.
Just hit it on the ground Pena.
Thank you!
Now would be a good time for Pena’s monthly contribution to the offense.
ok Brett…your sucking is no longer cute and gritty.
Get some fucking hits.
Good job Pena!
Nice job Ramiro
How do they not play the infield in, Pena is so bad.
They figured he’d strikeout or pop out.
Gardner’s biggest problem is that his mental strikezone is smaller than 50 percent of ML umpires.
thats because he’s smaller than half of them too.
GRITTY GARDNER~
Excellent job joven!
That’ll do, Pena.
John Lackey just battled so hard to give that lead up.
Not sure if you heard, but he is very gritty.
And a fierce competitor.
I am on neither side of the Granderson argument but mocking the people that hate on him every time he gets a hit is almost as bad as the people who mock him when he strikes out for example.
If he wasn’t hitting AT ALL that would be a pretty serious problem.
Good job people!
C’mon Jeter… take a mother fucking pitch.
Makes you wonder how he gets all the hot women..if his foreplay is symbolic of his plate patience he is a three pump dump and done.
He uh, did work a 12 pitch walk yesterday. Just sayin.
we all make mistakes… just kidding, but still, 12 pitch AB is not the norm for Derek.
He’s been swinging the bat better lately, though. He’s never really been patient at the plate.
A 12 pitch AB is not the norm for anybody.
It’s the dimples
You mean driving a Ford Edge doesn’t get you laid?
LOL! That is why I switched to a Prius – gas pedal issue makes is a great getaway car.
In my view, as good as the Yankees were in the first half of this game, that’s how as bad they’ve been now.
I’m confuzled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xdTYVxzEwI (safe)
Heh even Family Guy has caught on!
That was some time ago.
Gardner should be leading off. What he’s done over 670 PA dating back to last season:
.280/.368/.384
.751 OPS
105 OPS+
56 SB
11 CS
83.5 % SB rate
With the way Gardner has been hitting lately not sure this is the best time to bring up the Gardner should leadoff argument.
can anybody tell me when this… !!!111onejuan~!!! stopped to the recent /mccarvered (or other name0 started?
… what
Translation please.
Ohhhh nevermind, I get what he’s saying. He’s asking when doing the whole
/(whatever)’d
thing started. Which I don’t know.
lol
up until last year i saw posters ending posts with !!!!11juan~!!! to intend sarcasm, but now I see people end posts with a slash and a name or action, i.e.
the gritty gutty red sox
/mccarvered
just wondering when the exclamation points ended and the latter started.
do i make any sense?
It’s like doing an internet impression of someone…only on a message board. For example:
Look at me! I’m so witty and I have large genitals!
/tommiesmithjohncarlos’d
lol i understand that, just asking when it started
We have a lot of walks. They have a lot of hits. DP would be nice right now.
I can has good umpiring?
He was out
Hmm, I wonder if Cano has the arm of a shortstop?
Jed “Twinkle Toes” Lowrie
All they have done is S Red Sox D. This is ridiculous.
You were hostile to me earlier today! Your comments matter not!!
(Just kidding)
McCarver: The DH was introduced in 1973, when I was only 158 years old.
too bad he basically played in the NL only.
Sterling is calling changeups sinkers, and sliders fastballs. Pretty annoying.
STFD Ortiz.
Indignant Sterling is hilarious.
How was he indignant? Ortiz’s whining?
Really? Ortiz’s problem is that the ump says the call before he signals it? Since Ortiz has never, ever, never, ever done shit like that when he gets called out before, right?
Further proof Joe Buck knows nothing, but we all knew that.
Is Layne’s strike call really as absurdly late as Sterling is making it out to be?
Joe Buck said that the ump is calling the pitch verbally before making the signal with his hands.
And the problem with that is…what, I’m trying to figure out?
Yeah I have no idea. But it upset Papi, so it upset me.
lol, Sterling and Suzyn are saying the exact opposite because the hitters appear to be ‘embarassed’ by the terribly late calls. They don’t thik he’s saying anything before signaling it.
Not that long but its annoying. Tim McClelland takes longer imo.
Yes. Yes he does.
It is. He makes a grunt, and then makes the “strike 3″ call about 5 seconds later.
watched the Berkman AB from last inning. He is about to go off.
*ducks for cover*
That pitch was on the ground…
That wasn’t close to hitting the dirt.
That shit was low. Not even close.
Are you fucking kidding me?!?!?!?!?!
Holy shit, that is not a strike.
for the type of career mccarver had, in longevity and production, why didn’t he ever manage or coach on a full time basis?
He saw more $$$$ in broadcasting.
He also didn’t need to “win,” he’d already done that.
less likely to get fired for being a dumbass on Fox Sports than with an MLB team. Think Dan Duquette as a manager.
What kind of a call was that o_O
That ball bounced
It’s taking him ages to make strike calls, makes you wonder if he’s not sure.
There’s still something about Francona that puts me off, I just can’t figure out what.
I actually like him.
He wears a red ‘B’ on his cap?
Hmm. Could be.
I actually think it might be his pudgy squirrel cheeks and his glasses and his voice and just his face in general.
He does have a froggy voice that would probably be very irritating to listen to on a daily basis.
well TEX kinda had to swing at that…Ump would have called it a stike.
Posado going deep.
To deep shortstop that is…
“They need Posada’s bat if they’re going to win another…American League…division.”
He was going to say World Series, and then he stopped himself. Then he was going to say pennant and he stopped himself again. Praising the Yankees or saying they’re going to win is like a gag reflex to him.
The Jays got just 8 runs on the 7 hr’s of Sheilds. That about sums up their offense.
That DirecTV commercial with the Packers and 49ers fans really annoys me. First of all, it’s anything but a natural rivalry, like the Dolphins/Patriots and Cowboys/Redskins ones.
Second, it’s like they told the actress, “Just act like Frances McDormand in Fargo and that’s what we’re looking for.”
Ugh.
GARDY!
Come on Sterling that was a nice play but damn calm down homie!
nice gardner
Nice catch Brett. 52 pitches for CC, not bad at all.
And how did Lackey’s “fierce competitiveness” work out for him the ALCS?
Pretty well actually.
They didn’t lose Game 5.
Lost Game 1 though.
I’m sorry, I can’t be troubled with your facts, I’m talking about Lackey’s grit and fierce competitiveness, which only the special-est of special baseball players show.
/Fox’d
Not that I’m panicking, but GOD Berkman has sucked so far with the Yanks.
He was batting .245 in the worst division of the inferior league. I’m really not surprised he looks this bad
With an OBP of .370
Lackey rarely throws his fastball inside. Yankees need to pick up on that.
Grit and determination overload! They’re overlooking the fact that lackey has been lacking this season.
Damn.
Another game where we score early and then let the pitcher settle in? Come on, we’re better than this.
Holy shit Eiland sounds just like Brett Gardner!
I may have missed it, but did McCarver bring up the ‘airbrush’ comment?
Come on Pena.
wtf…i thought his value with his glove. Thats the second GB he’s missed
Get in front of the damn ball.
A-Rod wouldda had it.
Yea he would.
Pena, you blow!!!
I thought he sucked.
he’s done what was though impossible. he sucks and blows at the same time
Andy Pettitte is a grinder. Yessir.
DH changed the American League style of play…
no shit mccarver
LOL Cubs
Pena’s gonna be on a bus to Scranton if he can’t make these plays…
You didn’t think anyone would challeneg him? He hasn’t been the front-runner for months.
How can you talk about the NL Cy Young without talking about Josh Johnson? God McCarver is dumb.
or Halladay?
Love how Buck was so quick to notice how Lackey was settling in but no talk of how CC has been solid since the second.
because CC is store bought // McCarver’d
– redsox once they don their jersey’s are home grown
Phillies entertaining the Mets? Are they in for a dinner party?
Phillies are putting on a talent show afterwards. I hear its amazingly funny
Bahaha, I thought the same thing.
For the other radio listeners:
McCarron was about to say what Girardi had said about Posada/Berkman C/DH and my feed went out. Did Girardi say anything interesting about how he’s using them?
No
Cervelli will catch javy/aj and Berkman will mostly be the DH.
Oh, that already came out. Thought there might’ve been something interesting about Posada DH’ing, but should’ve known better. Thanks.
Ubaldo isn’t even in the top 5 in the NL in WHIP, ERA, FIP, XFIP, and he’s a distant 4th in WAR.
but he has so many wins! thats the only true measure of pitching success
I’m pretty sure Jeter made his debut in Fever Pitch but whatevs.
Anger Management.
But The Other Guys did debut, in the sense that it opened, yesterday.
was he really in that movie? I refuse to watch it. Wasnt Jeter in Anger Management though?
Mark Wahlberg has been bragging that he shot Jeter in a movie? Wow, that’s slightly disturbing.
I’m curious, anyone else here live in Cleveland?
FAIL
why would you move to cleveland
What the $#@! is Cleveland? Did you make that up?
I think Cleveland is a city rumored to be near Akron, Ohio, though this hasn’t been confirmed yet.
it’s the buddy sittin next to you huh
OK maybe if you are a world renowned doctor at the cleveland clinic or your work for Progressive Insurance…but like thats all there is there
Yankee offense decides to suck after we score 2 runs.
Can Joe Buck and Tim McCarver ever shut the hell up?
No. They’re the reason you’re watching this game. Didn’t you get the memo.
They can’t, as it’s their job, but the mute button can do it for you.
Well they’re broadcasters. I’m pretty sure (for some unknown reason) they’re paid to talk.
Tex is due for a hit.
This is a joke, right?
Mccarver and Buck went on and on about Jerry Lane demonstrating stricke 3 for Ortiz but never mentioned it when Lane did the same on DJ’s AB.
Great announcing team.
maybe they do hate the yankees…but maybe just because the yankees are so popular and good, its still fashionable to hate the yankees. So they play to that? Idk…thats the only reasonable explanation I have for this
I watched the 96 WS video the other day and they were full of love for the Yanks, so there may be something to that
You always root for the underdog. The Yankees were an underdog to the defending WS Champion Braves.
The Yankees have not been an underdog since that year.
that was kinda what I was trying to respond…but thanks
A 3 run jack would be nice
Cano!!!!!!
Cano!!
Obi-Wan Canobe!
man i love cano
Good baserunning by Tex
good ol’ Cano, That’s a rally!
Great job Robby!!!
Sado!!!!!!!
Our real catcher!
Posada Defense = Cervelli Defense
Posada Offense >>>> Cervelli Offense
please just stay health so we can keep starting you
Kickass.
rally me home, sweet chariot!
LOVE the 2-out rally
Lackey is too gritty for his own good
His grit is spreading to the Yanks! Too much grit for one body to handle!
Buck and McCarver intimated as much. Bums, all of ‘em.
The grittiness is standing in Lackey’s way now! Thanks buck!
Hey look a catcher that can get a hit, good thing he splits time.
Sado is burning up the basepads
I seriously can’t believe Fox just said Lackey gave up that RBI hit because he is ~too gritty.~
Go Cano!!! And Posada!!!
….are you serious?
They said his grittiness and guttiness and etc. made him unwilling to give in to Cano.
It’s Drew’s fault. That guy’s not gritty enough to catch line drives.
Yea I just went on a profanity laced tirade about it. My mother didn’t appreciate it.
/why you shouldn’t watch games with your mother
Hahahahaha!!
Grit Giveth. And Grit Taketh Away
IETC
Finally stringing together some hits. Keep the line moving, boys.
stolen base
LOL POSADA STOLEN BASE.
LOL Jorge stole a bag.
Posada with the wheels
Posada with the fleet feet!
POSADA SB!
And there, boys and girls, is your final sign of the Apocalypse.
What, was Sarah Palin just elected President?
That happens after the Apocalpyse, obviously.
No, it’s the cause of the Apocalypse.
After all, giving the nuclear codes to someone who said she expects Jesus to return during her lifetime can’t possibly go bad, can it?
Even Joe Buck has NFC what the strike zone is.
uh, every single US politician who is a serious threat for the presidency is a religious nut including our current one
http://www.salon.com/news/opin.....1/21/obama
always good to see who the douchebags are who bring up politics when watching sports (and this is from somebody who thinks Palin wins a crazy battle against heavyweight Sharon Angle)
Your point would be better taken if you didn’t call me a “douchebag.”
But since you decided to resort to that level, tough shit, I’ll say what I want.
Why it’s an accurate label of the type of guy who tries to explain to me how scary Palin is during a Yanks game or how President Obama is a secret moozlim!! while I’m trying to watch the world cup.
It’s ok, I accept that every fanbase has their share – doesn’t mean that the entire fanbase can’t appreciate Lackey’s missed pick off move.
Look, all I’m saying is you didn’t have to call me a “douchebag.” Plain and simple. There is such a thing as a civil argument.
And, yes, Lackey’s missed pick off throw was f’ing hilarious.
I just puked in my mouth a little bit, thanks Pat.
I do what I can to remind people of the horrifying possibility.
+1
I came here just to see who would win the Jorgie SB comment game.
See Gardy, even Jorge can steal one of VMart.
Way to Go Can – Hip, Hip Jorge
haha jorge with his first stolen base of the season
i love it
so, that was a botched hit and run that worked out? Or just…you know, really showing up boston’s catchers?
Let’s go Lance
Lackey giving up runs because he’s too gritty is instantly one of my favorite things I’ve ever heard on FOX.
Absolutely.
Earlier they said grit was a term they occasionally give out. And they proceed to say it 20 times today. That’s a gem right there.
Yea, I’m taking this now.
Actually, no, I’m not. It doesn’t work in a username.
Man that 3-1 pitch was the one to hit, and not hit yourself.
Lackey’s cutter has been bedevilling
Berkman is a bum
I hate this comment!!! But!!!! I like your username!!!!
wow they are killing Berkman
McCarver: “That’s his eighteenth steal, and this is his sixteenth year. That’s a little more than one steal a year.”
Sadly, that stat proved too confusing for John Sterling to wrap his head around.
dang lance. those two would have been nice to get.
At least he saw 6 pitches? :/
John Lackey – so gritty, fiercely competitive
Throw this fat clown out of the game.
That was a gritty strike call by Jerry Lane.
lol way outside
Suck it, Papi.
Gift call there.
Rofl, holy shit. That was 2 feet outside.
Ortiz is such a little girl. Just like 90 percent of his team.
90%? Thats giving them too much credit. I’d say its about 95%, lol.
Yeah that.
Well, it’s a 25 man roster, so we have to go in multiples of 4. It’s 80% or 84% or 88% or 92% or 96%…
Take a seat Ortiz.
That was so far outside according to Gameday, lol.
The strike zones the last two days have been hilariously lousy.
That was closer than the pitch to Ortiz, eesh.
Ah ha! I just figured it out!
John Lackey is too le-grit to quit!!!
/Hammer’d
Priceless.
Sliding head first is a bad idea all of a sudden?
Rickey Henderson says, “Hi.”
Brett Gardner says “Hi” as well.
Hurray for inconsistent strike zones.
As much as Papi’s being a little girl, he does have a point here.
Sure but the only thing he does in this game besides being slow is complain.
It’s called an OVERHEAD view. Jesus H Christ. Use it.
I’ve been bitching about this on Twitter all day. Just keep showing us the side view FOX, that totally helps.
HAHA I love this. Even Joe thinks McCarver is batshit crazy.
“This was a strike to you?”
*Pitch hovers a foot outside*
“Yes.”
LOL
+1 LOL
Gardner woulda had that.
Buck and McCarver give gay couples everywhere a bad name
Is there a Breast Cancer Awareness Promotion today? I haven’t heard it mentioned but I see that the MLB logo on the back of Cano’s jersey is pink and white.
How much did Beltre get signed for?
1 year 10 mil.
Gracias.
He got 1/10M with a player option for 10M. Second best signing of the offseason.
I’m probably missing something terribly obvious but who was #1? Vlad?
Not as good. I’m thinking Huff.
I can’t remember any of the big FA signings other than Bay, so I would guess Vlad’s No. 1.
I just remembered Lackey.
The player option is for 5m
Wasn’t even close Buck.
Because Buck said Beltre has been healthy all season, he’ll take another liner to the nuts next inning.
Karma is a bitch.
Just ask Glenn Beck.
huh…
79 pitches through 6 for CC, nice.
Pedroia would have had it.
Granderson isn’t aggressive because he hasn’t be getting on base. God Sterling and Suzyn are idiots.
This would be a good spot if Gardner could drag bunt
Wooo Granderson
And we complain about Posada.
Jinx. Soda. Kthx.
What do you want? I have Pepsi, Cherry Coke, Cherry Pepsi, Diet Lime Coke, and regular Coke in my basement refrigerator right now.
I have Pepsi, Cherry Coke, Cherry Pepsi, Diet Lime Coke, and regular Coke in my
basementmom’s basement refrigerator right now.Fixed that for you.
/meme’d
But I still live at home. I’m 14 (or as bex says 10).
LOSER!!!!!!!!!
…and LOTS of diabetes.
It’s only for parties and poker night.
/shrug
Ahh and we complain about Jorge.
V-Mart lol
Wow Martinez is bad.
Montero’s D has gotta be at least that good, right?
Montero’s worries are more about his receiving skills.
Woot Ramiro.
Defense!
!!!
That probably just knocked VMart’s CS% back to the teens.
Seriously, is Tim McCarver legally blind?
No, but Glenn Beck might be soon.
/doing this to try and piss someone off
I don’t get it.
Glenn Beck has some condition that might make him go blind.
The second part can basically be ignored now.
Cry us a river Buck. Put it right next to Ortiz’s lake he’s forming.
what’s he whining about?
The strike call that Ortiz got that was a ball.
Come on Pena 2 rbi day lets go.
on snap, A-rod better watch his back
Pena!!
atta boy Ramiro
Pena=beast.
Ramiro Pena. True Yankee.
who needs arod?
they are a better team with cody ransom
Ramiro Pena has two RBI and Jorge has a SB. #ycpb
Pena also has an error. #ycpb
all hit, no field
The stolen base was off of Victor Martinez?
V-Mart looks like he’s throwing in slow motion.
Is that his first RBI hit since Jopo’s 2nd GS game?
Oh fuck off Lackey. You blow. Get used to sucking for the next 5 years you douche.
Run baby run!
hmm, good ol’ Pena
Clearly Peña should play everyday.
Run all day, all night.
wait, did they really pitch out with Granderson on third, or was that just a misclassified terrible pitch?
Interference by Scutaro?
Lay on him a little longer Scutaro.
anyone agree with the “obstruction” argument? I’m listening to the radio
I do.
There’s a good argument but the umps won’t do anything.
He was on the ground and then he dropped further down on top of Pena, so I could see the argument but fat chance it would happen.
It was probably obstruction. But it’s the Sawx.
Wow Scutaro.
what’s the delay?
Girardi arguing that Scutaro obstructed with Pena by laying on him after diving for a ball.
i’m liking where this is going. sabathia only at 79 pitches. offense tacking up a few more runs. Just need to get 9 more outs.
LMAO Scutaro flattened Pena.
Tried to block him from getting back to the bag on the PO attempt? But he made it back anyway? Or was he called safe due to the obstruction?
He tried to block Pena from going to third. He made it back to second easy.
Scutaro held him up from potentially advancing to third…
Pena has to sell that though, he just layed there. You have to try and get up and cause a scene.
Scuttro held him, holding?
Scutaro, with a great block!
LOL Scutaro molested Pena there.
/avoidingobviouspedroiacomparison
fucking scutaro…someone needs to be drilled.
He’s wasn’t holding him.
Can anyone here be objective, ever?
Eh, he laid on him. Please check the replay, thats obstruction.
He (Scutaro) was on top of Pena’s right leg and arm and laid there.
in fairness, that play happens all the time and is hardly ever called
Yeah, you’re right. That’s true.
I’ve never seen an IF lay on a runner for 5 seconds after they miss a ball.
Buck gets excited for that?
Jete hit that good
dang– two liners and nothing to show for it
Not a fan of Hall. >:(
been a great pickup for them – league avg hitting at multiple positions
Meh 0.9 WAR despite playing multiple positions.
I am. After all, he’s had to deal with so much adversity being that he plays in Boston. If you know what I mean.
/No Maas’d
Hahaha truth.
Bill Hall… Mike Cameron… Darnell McDonald… modern baseball heroes. (sniff)
Crap, a couple shots at HOF Hall.
/DiamondCutters’d
Diamond Dallas Page?
Self high-five…
Peter Gammons blog.
Oh, really? Considering DDP sued Jay-Z over supposedly trademarking the diamond symbol, I’m surprised he didn’t sue Gammons.
Scutaro having 15 errors is still so fucking hilarious..
Doesn’t Beltre have like 29 or something really ridiculous?
At least he’s hitting.
True, and I believe he’s an elite defensive 3B by all metrics/the eye test, just his bazillion errors makes me giggle.
Looks like 15.
yep, its one reason why his fielding is merely excellent vs mindblowing this year
Jeter has four.
I kind of wish they’d miked up Pedroia during this game.
That’s why his friends call him whiskers.
hahahahhahahahahhaha
“I move around like a cat”
Maybe that’s why he’s scored with so many women over the past 16 years.
He’d better pop the question to Minka Kelly soon. Considering the receding hairline and the receding skills, he’d better strike while the iron is still hot.
that was awesome by jete
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
/dead
IETC because it works with the handle.
6-4-3, love it CC.
Ok, two things.
1. Obstruction
2. Why the heck do the friggin’ Cubs keep getting national airtime? I’m good with the Cards but really, MLB, really?
they are supposed to be the next red sox (lovable losers that we should all get behind to break their curse) but because they are so poorly run they will never get over the hump. at least the sox have good management and some good player development.
MLB needs to sell a story…and it sells its past the best. And the cubs have the most pathetic past to overcome so they want to sell them beating it
Plus, aren’t all their games on in most parts of the country anyway?
Cuz they’re the Cubs. They draw.
I think the Mets had a Monday night game last night. the Mets !!
I think the Cubs are way more entertaining and its the LN CEntral Cards-Cubs rivalry (just dont check the records
)
re #1, they should send that replay into Umpire’s Central for an instructional video
Irish Hall of Fame?
I hope they get gold statues of Shane MacGowan.
I think that CC is gonna pitch the 8th….hand it right off to Mo. Maybe D-Rob if the game gets outta hand
If he keeps throwing 10 pitch innings, he’ll go all 9.
he better pitch the 8th– with a run or two added to the 5, and only 88 pitches, CC could finish
high quality commenting at SOSH:
Did I ever tell you about the time Robby Cano killed Osma Bin Laden and ground his bones to make a cure for cancer? /Buck
Nothing but the best.
SOSH is a snake pit. What’d they say when they practically declared Francona Pope?
Their meltdowns threads are comedy gold.
Especially if I imagine a Mayor Quimby accent behind each of the posts.
Any time the bullpen/Papelbon fails, it’s just classic.
The absolute zenith was the lugo days.
I read the thread in that game against Colorado where the Sox had a big deficit early, then beat up Ubaldo, and Papelbon blew a big lead on two monster HRs, including a walk-off by I think Giambi. It was amazing.
That’s good, I liked Hope Week.
Glad to see Hope Week is coming back.
I’m looking prescient right now:
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1016664
I’m blaming you if CC gives up a run next inning.
Buck is going to have to be fired now because he mentioned Obama in a positive light. Fox Network does not allow such nonsense.
are you thinking specifically of Fox News?
this. fox network does not = fox news.
Yea, they’re just both owned by the same company.
I sit corrected.
Didn’t he get 1000 a few weeks ago?
Yup, he’s at 1013. WTF is he talking about?
1015 with this game.
Yeah he has 1,013.
we don’t include playoff hits because they don’t really count and happen in a fantasy land
That has nothing to do with hit.
*it.
Did I just hear McCarver say 2 more hits until Cano get 1,000?
Major Fox Fail.
red sox radio (i’m in Mass) just said, in summarizing Jorge’s day, “…and he also stole his annual base, when the red sox didn’t pay attention.”
haha
5 tool player
That’s hilarious. Isn’t the Red Sox radio guy supposed to be pretty good?
They actually aren’t too bad. just heavy on the new england accent if I remember. and as much of a homer as any hometown announcer is.
they’re not too bad. the pitch of their voices is pretty annoying, but they’re honest in their delivery.
They’re actually quite good.
And from a schadenfreude perspective, Castiglione’s call of the Aaron Boone homerun is absolutely delightful.
join the sosh meltdown reminiscing thread a little higher
If you’re close enough to the NH border you might be able to get the sterling voice of John Sterling. AM1270.
just tried it, but it didn’t work. i get 880 when it get’s to 7:30 pm or so
Uh didn’t Cano get to hit #1000 like two weeks ago? FOX, the least you can do is get your factual shit right.
exactly!! I thought maybe i mis-heard / Clemens’d
I thought “misheard/misremembered” was Andy?
Now, I misremembered that
I think Clemens said Andy misremembered, no?
I like the term “factual shit”
I’m bigger than Pedroia. I’m 12 years younger.
i never quite get why it is alright to make fun of one’s height. ofcourse he has reached better heights than most commenters here can.
I don’t get naming someone after yourself.
You’re basically saying, “I expect you to be like me and if you’re not, you’ll always have to hear about it because you have the same name!”
and all my other kids aren’t as good as you.
At least one of his daughter’s names doesn’t start with “C.”
You gotta love those ultra pretentious people who name all their children with the same first letter. *cough*Roger Clemens*cough*
man 4 kids for the sabathias? are they adherents to the quiverfull movement?
ok finally a good play at the hot corner by Pena
That’s a big baby. 7 pounds 11 ounces? wow.
Have you seen the father?
Already bigger than Rosenthal/Pedroia.
/obligatory’d
“He’ll probably take another one with the Red Sox down by three.”
(swings away, grounds out)
Love how they have such a knowledge on the ins and outs of the game. that made me laugh a little
He has to be in for the 9th, right?
What’s his PC?
only 99 i think
Uh, no.
Only 100 pitches, he often goes 110-115. He was rollin’!
Gonna go to Mo
i’m gonna say it: send CC back out there for the 9th
Great job CC, props to whoever said before CC will stop them at 2 runs.
Ok first, whoever decided that off white paint going over white paint in a basement was a good idea, has no idea how much light is needed to see where you last painted…
On the game…. CC is a beast… Hell of a game from him.
Huff signing has been super underrated. 3 mil for a guy with 20 homers so far, a 400 obp, and an avg over 300.
That signing was IMO tied for best signing of the offseason.
Well, after his season last year, it would be easy to see why no one wanted to give him big money.
No it will be interesting to see if someone overpays him this year and he continues to decline.
Guess its going to be Mo.
Going to start the boo birds on Berkman already, come on.
Yea, because a grounder to short when you’re up 5-2 in the 8th is so deserving of it.
I don’t like it, come on yankees fan, give the man a little credit.
The average fan is more or less an idiot.
Think of stupid the average person is, and then remember that half of them are stupider than that.
/George Carlin’d
See: 1/8 of an inch below.
thats 1/8 an inch ?
Perfect for Buck and McCarver….
I ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, grounding out all the time
Least. clever comment. ever.
Meh, all the homophobic shit in the Cervelli thread this morning/afternoon were worse.
WAS worse, bexy fail.
At least it was more clever. How the fuck did that guy know what Lance and I do with my pet moth?
new least clever comment ever
i get it! the comic book guy from the simpsons from like 20 years ago. creative
Yankee fans suck.
Buck being sensible is such an odd thing to hear.
Lance Berkman is a professional hitter. You know, like every other hitter in the Major and Minor leagues, he gets paid to hit.
Question: How much do you think Berkman’s struggles have to do with his DHing… he hasnt done this much, if at all, in the past correct? I know lot of players (Posada comes to mind), hate DHing. Just wondering everyones thoughts.
Could it be a reason he’s currently struggling, like he’s getting adjusted to it? Possibly. However, it won’t be a problem for much longer I suspect.
Yes, I was thinking as it the Dhing contributing to his struggles. I would agree that he should be adjusting to it soon as well.
Kearns looks a little like a skinny pre-stache Giambi.
David Justice hit .143 in his first 21 ABs with the Yankees in 2000. 3 hits. Did have a HR and 3 RBI
Joe West would love the time of this game so far.
For a Yanks/Sox game on Fox, it’s pretty amazing.
8 pitches. Mo can probably go both the next games if needed.
brett has been struggling!
and i do think berkman is going to turn soon.
keep CC in!
Agreed, wouldn’t mind to see Kearns in left field tomorrow.
oh fine. bring in the best reliever in baseball history.
Ben Affleck in ‘Town’ looks like Elijah Wood in Green Street Hooligans.
That movie actually looks good. Affleck directed it. He also directed Gone Baby Gone, which was pretty good despite its Boston setting.
Hmmm, I’ll have to give it a shot. It’ll be interesting to see Don Draper in the present.
As the other guy said, GSH was actually an excellent flick despite the gut busting front cover of the movie with the hobbit trying to look tough.
GSH was amazing… highly underrated movie
Mo’s ERA is super tiny.
That’s not what she said.
If it were an Ipod it would be a shuffle.
Pam’d from the office
well i’m sure she said that to someone. HEY-O
nice Swish catch
miy a bang off the wall
Ballgame over! Yankees win!
Game over. 1.5 up in the division!
A Red Sox/Yankee game that was less than 3 hours… what……..
ZZ
That’s win #150 for him, by the way. Congrats. 
Doesn’t get much better than going from CC right to Mo.
pls notice: Pena contributed
pls notice: that does not indicate anything about his overall value to the team.
done decided, have ye?
I fail at the reply button.
I’m hoping this means Mo can go both games.
I guess Rosenthal was uncomfortable with his eloquence
i wish that traded for giambi instead of berk the jerk
wrong thread
/d’oh