Game 112: Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the division lead
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Inverted-W FTL. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Even though the Yankees tack a half-game onto their division lead during their ten game stretch against the Rays, Blue Jays, and Red Sox, it’s hard to really characterize that stretch as a success. They went just 4-6 and were outscored 36-39, but I guess in the end all that matters is that the Yanks increased their lead and knocked a handful of games off their magic number, which now sits at 50.
Unfortunately things won’t get easier tonight, with the Yanks in Texas to take on the first place Rangers. Not only are they seven-and-a-half games up in an otherwise unspectacular AL West, but they’re throwing one of the game’s breakout starters tonight. C.J. Wilson, one of the few athletes worth following on Twitter, is holding opponents to a .216/.318/.316 batting line this year (lefties just .105/.190/.133), generating close to 50% groundballs. The former setup man and closer has walked more batters (66) than any other pitcher in the league, so if the Yanks are patient Wilson work himself into trouble. Doesn’t mean it’ll be easy though.
I guess the good news is that the Rangers are just 17-16 in their last 33 games, and just 3-4 over the last week. Still, they’re a very dangerous team with a great offense and a deep, dominant bullpen. With Mark Teixeira home tending to his knocked up wife, things don’t figure to get any easier. Here’s the um, lineup…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Thames, DH
A-Rod, 3B
Kearns, LF
Berkman, 1B
Cervelli, C
Gardner, CF
Pena, 2B
And on the bump, it’s A.J. Burnett.
Unfortunately the Rangers play in the Central Time Zone, so this one doesn’t start until a little after 8pm ET. The game can be seen on My9 locally, or the MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
Oh man, talk about the C lineup.
Where’s Cano?
Sitting against a tough lefty.
And I’m sure he could use a day off; he plays damn near every single day as it is.
He has a cold and a fever.
I think all of the above factored into the decision to sit him.
JMHO.
I think Bryan Hoch tweeted earlier that Cano had a cold and felt weak, so he was sitting this one out. He’s available to pinch hit though.
So would this be the F- lineup?
Also, C.J. Wilson is really hot.
It’s like a Q lineup or something. I know there’s gonna be PLAYOFF PREVIEW! talk but I can’t call it that with this lineup, ew.
CJ… *_*
I know there’s gonna be PLAYOFF PREVIEW! talk
It’s how the ESPN Bottom Line crawler called the game. “Yanks, Rangers meet in possible playoff preview”.
Depends what you mean by playoff preview. It is a possible playoff preiew in the sense that we very well might face the Rangers in the playoffs.
I know it’s a possible playoff preview. My point is, “playoff previews” are meaningless. We act like they matter; they don’t.
At all.
True.
They’re still fun games since it’s between two good teams.
Exactly. Two good teams playing baseball is better than a good team and a bad team.
When Mariano gave up that game-winning HR to Ichiro in that game in September last year, I remember someone called it a playoff preview. Buhhhh?
Marketing.
Is it the sideburns ?
He is extremely hot.
This lineup would finish 4th in the East…..The NL east
Why do they call it inverted-W? Why don’t they just call it M?
Have you ever seen an M? It looks NOTHING like an inverted-W!
Awesome handle, btw.
The jar is round. The mug is round.
They should call it “Roundtine”.
That kills Tommie, KILLS
I don’t know why, but this made me laugh.
WTF is that?!?!?! Is That our lineup.
Random question:
Is TNT’s new series “Rizzoli and Isles” just a new version of “Cagney and Lacey”? I’ve never watched it, but it’s all I can see when I watch commercials for it.
Rizzoli is hot but she sometimes she wears a Red Sox hat., so Fuck her
Not sure…but we know one thing. its going to be chocked full of Drama.
TNT KNOWS DRAMA!
Don’t know about any of you, but I for one am rooting for the Red Sox to overtake the Rays for the wild card.
I’m also rooting for the Sox to make the ALCS.
Why?
I want to crush them.
But if the Sox make the playoffs as the WC, they’ll get murdered in Arlington…
That’s true.
Five game series are bitches. You never know.
I’ve run the numbers, and Boston’s starters are on pace to give up 753 runs during the 3 games in Arlington in that theoretical Rangers-Sox ALDS.
Sincerely,
Orel Hershiser
Holy hit, and the Sox STILL WON!!!???!!!
It must have been Pedroia, gritting it out for them.
Let’s assume a Sox-Rangers ALDS. These are the starters for each (assuming no injuries):
Sox: Lester-Beckett-Buchholz
Rangers: Lee-Wilson-Lewis
Combined with the Rangers’ kickass offense, I’ll take Texas everyday and twice on doubleheaders.
All you need is for three Texas starers to have a bad day and three Sox starters to have a good day.
Sure I’ll take Texas, but don’t just assume Boston’s going to lose on principle.
I don’t want to see the hysterical praise heaped on them if they make the playoffs. I hope the Sox get crushed and humiliated the rest of the season, and finish 18 games out of a playoff spot.
I can understand that. But on the other hand a Yanks v. Sox ALCS matchup would be awesome. Especially when we obliterate them in four games.
Ugh. Over/under 1000 TEH 2004!!!!5!!! articles when they go up 3-0? I’m taking the over
It’ll make it sweeter when we win 22-0 in the final game.
Oh man, this. I didn’t even consider this in the reasons why I don’t want the Sox to sniff the ALCS.
I’d rather just obliterate the Rays/Rangers/Twins/White Sox/whoever and not hear the shrieking and drooling about how the 2010 Sox are the greatest, bravest team ever.
Grounders from his knees. FROM HIS KNEES!!!!!!
HE’S SUCH A TEAM PLAYER!!! Look at him, playing for his team!
This
Agreed.
I’m Ok with that thought…
I’m thinking Rays & Rangers go 5 brutal games and yankees sweep the other Sox. Our lineup in game 1 would have CC vs their (guessing Rays) #3 starter (Silva?)
Leigh dropped the album already? Thanks for the info, Michael.
Congrats.
Is this their first child? I’m too lazy to hit Google hard enough to find out.
Wiki says it’s their third.
As a young man with the world at my feet, there are many places in the US (and elsewhere) that I’d love to live.
As a pizza enthusiast, my choices are NYC and . . . that’s it.
I refuse to eat pizza outside of New York.
Actually today my friend brought up some place called Sweet Tomatoes or something and I asked what that is and she said “you’ve never been there? they have the best pizza.” All I said was “no they don’t.”
I tell people all the time, you never tried a pizza before until you come to NYC (specifically in Brooklyn)
Grimaldis and totonnos FTW!
omg Totonnos yessssss. Haven’t had it in like 10 years, didn’t it burn down?
New Haven pizza isn’t too shabby either.
Cano is sick FYI.
Thanks. Did you get that info from people you trust?
(Couldn’t resist.)
Who else?
from lohud
Sometimes, when a team puts a ‘weak’ lineup out there,everyone relaxes and they end up scoring 10 runs
/Slappybeingoptimisticasamuthafucka
Both professional baseball teams in Texas have a knack for sporting garishly ugly uniforms.
Texas uni’s isn’t so bad…I kinda like em. Astros..not so much.
It must have sucked to have been an Astros fans in the 80s when the Astros were good. Those unis were horrendous.
http://www.laggn.com/images/astros.jpg
(shudders)
Those are the ugliest effin’ things I’ve ever seen. Ever.
They had uniform numbers on the hip.
Baseball uniforms with numbers… on the hip.
I didn’t even notice that. What a mess.
Gotta love the number on the pants.
I absolutely love those uniforms because they’re so cheesy.
Playoff preview counter: 1
Is it just me or is Jeter jawing w/the umps more this season?
/selective memory’d
Nah–I think he has jawed with the umpire on every looking strikeout in his career
He does seem to look at them a lot more, that’s for sure. Don’t know if there’s an exchange going on after that though.
On the subject of pizza: There’s a deli on 8th ave between 47th and 48th that sells the best $1 slices in the city.
meh. I can’t stand NY style pizza. Lupa, on the corner of Houston and Thompson, makes a great mediterranean style pizza
CJ Wilson is almost Andy Pettitte levels of hot, my goodness.
Bex’s type: LHP with facial hair?
More like just super hot dudes. I’m not particularly into lefties or what have you.
And Pettitte has scruff, excuse you. ;P
I was going to reply with, “All Girl’s Type: Hot guys,” but I thought it would be rude to jump in.
OMG Kit, that’s so rude.
I kid, it was totally fine.
I don’t think people mind jumping in in these open threads. I know I don’t.
I don’t think people mind jumping in in these open threads. I know I don’t.
TWSS
oh man, Tex might be losing his job
/WallyPipp’d
Thames ‘N’ Hood Chek
Yeah, it was all the steroids, right? It wasn’t that he was in his age 27-29 seasons in a time when pitching was downright awful in one of the most homer friendly parks in baseball. It was ALL steroids that made A-Rod hit his homers w/the Rangers.
to the point where you can just remove those three years from his statsheet. They didn’t happen
It also helps that he was pretty good.
Ball four to A-Rod was more of a strike than strike three to Jeter was.
It all evens out.
not according to Gameday :/
but my eyes agree.
Nope
Brooks says strike 3 to Jeter was a strike, too
Wow, Jeter just looked so fucking sad.
There was someone in the stands behind ARod wearing a NY Rangers shirt.
He couldn’t decide which team to support tonight?
He probably had “Rodriguez 3/13″ stitched onto the back.
what the fuck is a NY Ranger?
hockey…lol
WTF is that???
Something Canadians love.
I believe Hockey is an old, old wooden ship from the Civil War era.
I love being able to understand Anchorman jokes.
Only the second-best sport after baseball. It gets bashed here, like, every week, unfortunately.
Yea I love hockey too, but unfortunately I’m in the minority.
Why do Texas fans boo ARod ? It was their owner that traded him {and ruined Liverpool soccer team}. Fucking religious fanatic rednecks
dude everyone boos A-Rod. no sense worrying about it
I understand that, but he did steroids for those people. Show some apreciation
IETC.
so by the time i finished writing this this thread was like 50 comments in and the old one was dead, so in response to the previous post: http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1023827
/Pete’d
Didn’t you used to not capitalize your name (“you” referring to Pete)?
yeah
Kearns hitting 5th, that’s just ugly.
No, YOURE UGLY
So’s your face.
I’ve got A-Rod in the Tex’s kid’s godfather pool.
Pudge Rodriguez. More like Fudge Rodriguez pwn3d.
What the hell was that? Looked like a splitter.
I don’t know what it was, but I liked it.
It looked like a big turtle. In a trench coat. You’re going to LaGuardia, right?
Over/Under: 4.5 more productive years for Hamilton.
What do you consider productive? I can see him be at least a 2.0 WAR player for another 5-6 years.
I guess if that’s the bar, yeah, I’ll go over. I was thinking something above average like 3.0-3.5 WAR. Is that too high a bar?
Under.
He’ll have 3 more productive years and then have 4 years that look productive to the casual fan but will actually be horrendously Jose-Guillen-like.
But Guillen drove in 97 runs. 97!!
Jose-Guillen-like.
Hamilton isn’t exactly Ted Williams or Barry Bonds with his selectiveness, but I think he walks enough to avoid Guillen territory.
.270/.320/.480 isn’t great, but that’s >replacement level.
AJ’s changeup is a very good pitch.
It really is a shame he doesn’t use it more.
It is why when people say AJ only has 2 pitches, it is not entirely accurate.
With all of AJ’s command problems, on nights he doesn’t feel like he’s spotting the fastball well, I bet he scraps the change altogether.
Whew! there is one inning from AJ… fingers crossed.
Big puma with a catlike evasive maneuver
oh wait
shit…
Berkman is hitting them right at people
Joe’s getting thrown out at some point tonight.
I would if I was him. Texas is too hot a place to work outside.
Why do you think Ron Washington did coke?
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
wait…what? a bad call can be overturned on the spot??!?!
Since when can you just change calls?
I wonder if Armando Galarraga is watching.
He’s on the phone with Joyce at the moment…
New plan: don’t hit the ball to Elvis Andrus.
I like it. I kept telling the guys during the Toronto series to not hit the ball to Yunel Escobar, but they refused to listen to me.
Jerks.
This guys strike zone is more inconsistent Chan Ho Parks pitching.
I was thinking the same thing.
I disagree, CHoP was pretty consistent. Consistent at sucking.
I’ll have you know CHoP’s currently rocking a sweet 0.0 BB/9 in Pittsburgh, thank you very much.
Well played Mr. Axisa.
This guys strike zone is more inconsistent
Chan Ho ParkAJ Burnetts pitching.Can we not bring that up? Seeing him in pinstripes was cringe-worthy.
(Ok, that’s not entirely true. Seeing bad pitchers in pinstripes is cringe-worthy, and he happens to be a really bad pitcher.)
Gardner can’t hit it much farther than that
Fucking Detroit is worthless…. But love the Jays right now, until they lose.
But teh Damon.
An inning and a half, and I really hate the Rangers D already.
Remember when it was super sloppy in that April series? Good times.
AJ’s release point looks good. He doesn’t look like he’s trying to hit 100.
Are you really a Nieves fan? I didn’t know he had any besides his friends and family.
Excellent spot, A.J.
Can we have another open thread dedicated specifically to how hot C.J. Wilson is?
This site is getting way too girly. I need to start posting pictures of boobs with the game threads.
+28
(scratches nuts, burps, slaps bexy on the butt chauvinistically)
We should have kept Johnny Damon so we could keep Michelle.
It makes up for all the sexist womanizing stuff I read on Deadspin every day.
You know you were asking for it. Broads are always asking for it.
I don’t think that would really bother us seeing as how us girls (and some dudes) already own a pair.
I bought my wife a pair. They were spectacular.
I’m sure they are. You must be very happy, Jose. I’m proud of your dedication to breasts, son.
IETCVM.
PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN
I said it once, but I’ll say it again, he is extremely hot.
Ugh God he’s so hot.
/pointless comment’d
/but he is’d
I’d say “Man, it’s great to see Good AJ tonight”, but it’s not really Good AJ until his outing is over. Disaster is around every corner until Joe pats him on the butt and calls to the bullpen.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
/knock on wood
Only 21 outs away from baseball immortality, tsjc!
Will Ramiro Pena hit a ball farther than that for the rest of the season?
I wonder what the Rangers plan to do with Wilson and his innings. He’s at 136.1 IP this year (not counting this game), which is more than he threw in 2008 & 2009 combined (120). Career high is 136 back in 2002.
I mean, it’s not like he’s a kid, he’ll be 30 in November. He’s probably going to hit the wall at some point, no?
Nolan Ryan doesn’t care for this comment.
WE’RE GONNA FUCKIN’ PITCH HIS PUSSY ASS UNTIL HIS ARM FALLS OFF. WHAT ARE YOU, SOME KINDA HOMO?!?!
(That’s what my inner Nolan Ryan monologue sounds like.)
That’s probably what his inner monologue sounds like too.
seems like their plan has been random– 46.1 to 73.2 (08 to 09) and then 136.1 in 2010. You would think they would have set his limits around 115 this year, with that even being less than conservative. But at this point maybe they’re not worried. I would think he’ll hit a wall towards Sept.
How is that an athletic play? Wilson isn’t black.
/racist’d
Agreed. That was definitely scrappy, not athletic.
http://www.rebware.com/gif.thats_racist.gif
Jeter run through that damn bag and stomp on his stupid ass for sliding head first toward first
Jeter’s just trying to make sure he doesn’t break his ankle accidentally stepping on Wilson’s arm or something.
true. slide didnt look that coordinated though. late decision.
Jeter’s slide cost him a step. He was likely to be out either way, but you’ve gotta run through it there. If the dude’s on the base, take him the fuck out.
The evil me was asking for the Captain to just trample him.
I wish Jeter could be good again..
Hotness just collided with hotness.
THE GIRLS ARE TAKIN’ OVER. DEAL WITH IT.
http://images.google.com/image.....8;gs_rfai=
BOOOOOOOOOOOM, THAT JUST HAPPENED.
TATAS! BOOYAH!
http://images.google.com/image.....8;gs_rfai=
That butt amazes me every time I see it
vavava booooooooooooooom.
I liked Wilson better when he was giving up hits and not making good ( but dangerous for both parties) plays. Still hotter than holy hell though.
I feel like this is a good opportunity for us to discuss what our baseball dream orgy would be.
Something along the lines of C.J. Wilson, Grady Sizemore, A-Rod, Jeter 10 years ago and Eric Chavez for me. Oh and Tino 10 years ago too.
I bet Tino would do the play-by-play of your orgy and ruin the mood for everyone.
My god, is that man ever terrible at speaking. *hangs head*
Throw Kevin Millar in there for good measures.
Well there went my fantasy, thanks tsjc.
Meh, don’t worry. Tino’s probably “wooden” all around. Just give him a ball-gag; problem solved.
(Yes, I just became the first person in RAB history to use the term “ball-gag” on the site. You’re welcome.)
*laughs hysterically*
Can’t. Stop. Laughing.
The thought of an orgy weirds me the hell out, but young Jeter, young Alex, C.J. Wilson, Matt Joyce, and Grady Sizemore are hot as shit. Grady Sizemore especially.
Shit I forgot Matt Joyce in my crazy orgy.
Still a great list though. I forgot Braun in mine.
I forgot Hideki Matsui
You better catch Arod when he’s not close to a milestone homerun.
Slumpbuster!
Oh lord.
Andrew Eugene Pettitte.
Carlos Pena
CJ Wilson
Grady
A-Rod
Andre Ethier
Ryan Braun
David Wright
Barry Zito
Albert Pujols
Joe Mauer
I could go on.
No Don Zimmer?
He has to stand there and watch.
And when it’s all over say “Ooooh, what a lovely tea party.”
With his trousers at the ankles exposing his old socks?
Oh yes, Braun, Wright, Zito and Mauer are not bad choices either.
I see there are no chicks in that list…so Andy is at the front of the meat train?
/threw up in mouth
Oh dude. For one thing, I don’t think I could handle all that at once, so to speak. But yes, Andy would be at the front of the uh, meat train.
Such a naughty cheerleader.
Wouldn’t Andy in a sausage fest ruin your godly impression of him?
Without getting into more detail about it: no.
Hey man, you don’t have to be there.
Trust me, when that meat train is starting to roll I’ll be miles away.
Understandable. We wouldn’t want your self-esteem to suffer. =P
/kidding
LOL, more like I’ll be traumatized for life and won’t be able to eat anything that is similar in shape to sausages.
Ryan Braun went to Miami. Unfortunately for me, a few years to early for me to hit that.
(not that I’d have a chance in hell anyway)
and don’t tell the guy who just hired me as a copy editor that I just used the wrong “to/o.”
Don’t worry, whatever happens at RAB, stays at RAB. Or some shit like that.
I love to hear a lady say “hit that”. It drives me crazy
Grady ? Grady Little ?
Ewwww no. Sizemore.
I thought maybe you were just really appreciative of him leaving in Pedro that time
But Grady Little’s known for not pulling out early. That’s a bonus.
A+.
(Slappy, your comment was good too.)
IETC
Michael Young is also quite a looker.
His lips are a little too thin for me.
/nasty’d
I seem to remember one play like that between the Yanks-Sox. It was in Andy’s first start this season. Ellsbury was running hard and took out Andy before Andy could get him out.
I distinctly remember that…
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-829145
(Also, bexy being bexy. http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-829524)
So…doing coke is ok if you tell the team you are doing coke?
Everything is legal in Texas. (Except being an illegal immigrant, of course.)
I guess in Texas, as long as it’s not Meth, you’re fine.
as long as you stop when you’re caught
Sniffing glue, sniffing glue
You don’t know what you’re missing
Sniffing glue, sniffing glue
It’s better than kissing
No, Michael, that was not a nice block at all. If it’s not Benjie Molina, the runner is on second. That was not at all a good block.
I know it’s early. And I know it’s AJ. But thoughts so far?
Any AJ Burnett inning that doesn’t involve the other team scoring multiple runs is a good thing.
This.
Let’s see what happens the second time through the order.
Puma should have completely disrespected Bengie and not have held him on.
An inch.
/TSJCbait’d
Marcus came up an inch short. That’s why he’s not in Kiersten’s dream orgy.
But Marcus is black… so doesn’t he have a surplus of inches?
/racist’d
Carlos Delgado
Wilson is dealin’.
Can’t complain too much about Thames, but he’s not hitting HR at his usual pace. SSS? Shit happens? Old?
He’s a part-time player now. (And all of the above as well, but mainly that.)
Yeah, but he’s never really been a full time guy ordinarily.
Ok, if I’m CJ Wilson, I just intentionally walk Arod every time due to lack of lineup behind him since it takes two hits to get him home.
Knocked in the chin.
You know Elvis is probably excited with A-Rod and Jeter playing.
Are A-rod and Jeter on Elvis’s orgy list?
Really? It’s Alex’s fault they (the Rangers) paid Chan Ho Park $50 million?
Those Rangers wasted lots of money, and none of it was on A-Rod. (Well, they probably could have gotten him for much less than 10/252, but so it goes)
Andrus takes shitty routes to the ball.
Just got in. Read thew thread. Saw the lineup and puked. Tough I am liking the current situation.
Good teams have bad lineups on some nights.
Bad teams have bad lineups every night.
I just got in and read the thread and I think we are playing Sexas not Texas!
TEH WHEEELZ!!!!!!
Wow, ballsy move. Love it.
AROD testing his Centaurian swiftness.
Girardi channeling his inner Maddon
Ok, let me get this straight, there is a double steal of Arod and Kearns but Gardner doesnt steal 2nd against the sox?!?!?!
Well, Suzyn..
Different situation. (But yes, Gardner should have gone.)
Should have gone to third, too
Anyone else think Alex was out because the ball came out well after he applied the tag?
Don’t think the ump saw it for sure.
The ball beat him there.
/idiotump’d
Yea, I agree. I’m surprised they didn’t even bring up that fact. He had the ball for the tag, and when he went to show the ump it came out. I think its an out.
I’m very much over Frankie C.
/things I said a week ago.
Bad bad bad
Why oh why are the Yankees afraid to get a base hit with RISP?
Why oh why are the Yankees
afraidnot happening to get a base hit with RISP?Fixed.
gracias
Residual fear of Bernie Williams.
Why isn’t Posada playing tonight?
Jorge actually caught a day game after a night game yesterday so not surprising he’s not playing at all.
He’s a catcher.
Frankie either start hitting again or we need to have Montero up here.
(Thinks about it)
Not until September, at earliest.
Not until 2011.
Really? IIRC you were on the Montero in September train earlier in the year.
That was before Brandon Laird had a stellar season and leapfrogged him in the Race to a 40-man spot.
True, I guess.
Honestly? I haven’t followed the minor leagues enough to make that call, really.
I mean, if they DFA’d Huffman or Golson to make room for him so they could give him a cup of coffee as a reward for his good second half, I wouldn’t complain.
I just think his lack of being on the 40-man and the lack of an urgent need to add him to the 40 man makes it harder to add him when other guys have pitched/hit well this year that need 40-man spots (like Laird, Betances, ZMac, etc.)
It’s more likely that they bring him up to hang around the big club but not actually add him to the roster. Just my hunch.
If ARod is stealing bases that is a good sign that his hip is feeling better. That part of his game has been noticeably absent so far this year.
Also, I think ARod may have actually gotten his hand in before the tag. He avoided it at first with the little swim move.
I’m almost certain Girardi or Pena could do a better job than Cervelli at this point.
I’m certain Kyle Higashioka can do a better job than Cervelli.
what happened to cervelli’s timely hits?
Live by the BABIP, die by the BABIP.
Tick tock..tick tock..
http://bit.ly/9rUcFP (safe)
Kay is spoiling DoTF!!
bring up Montero for the KC series and see what he can do please
No.
Montero needs a call up. How much worse could he be behind the plate than Posada.
he is not much worse but trust in Tommie. he knows Jankee bezball….
Anyone else hope Jesus gets to wear 21 when he gets called up?
I do I really do. No one is gonna boo Jesus for it.
Oh I doubt that. I seriously doubt that. Senseless booing is a must for the mass Yankee fans.
Just wait until it takes him a month or so or whatever to adjust to big league pitching. That’ll be fun.
Yup.
This. Very nice.
Montero love
So is it time to bring Montero up and dump Cervelli?
(unwraps burrito, wipes down microwave)
I’ve heard about his performance five hundred times, Kay.
Wow. Good play by Young.
Hamilton almost hit the ball out of the old stadium? Steroids anyone?
I thnk it’s unfair to surmise that w/o proof.
dude a young Mantle couldn’t do it? In the old stadium that was configured different. And Hamilton almost did? come on I’m sure Bonds from 5 years ago could do it too.
1. He didn’t hit the ball out of the Stadium.
2. Mantle played in a different Stadium, as you said. And by the way, he came very close. Therefore, Mantle took steroids. That’s your logic.
3. Even if he did hit it out, that would be proof of shit.
That’s a big assumption you’re making. It’s unfair.
with Mantle the only proof was 100 proof
?
I’ve always been convinced that they were using juiced balls for that derby. Think about it: even in batting practice, have you ever seen anyone consistently hit it as far as Hamilton (and others) did that night?
It was during the derby, and it would’ve gone through that tiny little gap between the right field stands and the massive ad-wall. Also, it was awesome.
HUGE K.
One more out Aj. Hold the line!
good AJ
I’m sure even if the Yanks got Vlad, we would hate him for his discipline. Or a lack of it.
AJ manhandled Vlad with those curves.
fucking rangers
Hanger.
Bad Aj. Bad!
(swipes at TV with newspaper)
(puts AJ’s nose in that pitch)
LOOK AT IT! NO! NO!
/rolls up newspaper and hits A.J. on the nose.
NO MORE HANGING CURVEBALLS! Do you understand?
Granderson would have caught that.
Michael Young made that run happen, as Cruz picks up Vlad.
It was a good play that he got to second, but if A.J. doesn’t hang a curve…
Young could have walked home from first on that hit. Him moving to second made no difference on that play (still a good move, but irrelevant on that hit).
Wondering why Cervelli tried to backhand that.
Who scouted this guy as being a great defensive catcher?
I think AJ likes his curve too much right now, it seems like he is throwing it half the time.
Um… strike?
Not that the Yankees would ever make the move, but at this point I’m convinced that Chad Moeller is as good or better than Cervelli.
Alright, AJ. Calm it down, and let’s try to avoid the atrocity that was that Blue Jays game.
And, here we go.
Regroup, Allan James. Bear down.
Jesus walks again
Can someone explain why the Mariners preferred Smoak over Montero?
Because they’re fools?
Theyre the Mariners
They thought he’d rebound and become a great hitter again, despite moving from a hitter’s park to a pitcher’s one?
That’s all I got. (Maybe they really wanted to deal with Texas to weaken their farm and strengthen their own, that motive makes some sense.)
They want someone who can field a position?
Whatever the reason, it worked out great for the Yanks.
When did Laird get called up to AAA?
Montero must have heard all the love as he just went deep.
I woul imagine ,if Jesus goes, he always goes DEEP
would
too eager
AJ is like watching a little league pitcher. You can see him get down and give up. just like a kid.
…Aaaand he gets the final out.
I don’t see it.
which pitcher has more of the personality of nuke laloosh? AJ Burnett or Joba Chamberlain? i think aj.
and Jesus just went deep again tonight.
tick tock tick tock
Jesus Christ I can’t stand Cervelli right now.
I mean, he probably wouldn’t have gotten the runner, but at least get out of your crouch.
Jesus
ChristMontero I can’t stand Cervelli right now.FTFY
C’mon AJ.
Come on AJ. You got this.
I think AJ needs girardi to go out there and smack him in the head and say Grow up. million dollar arm and ten cent head.
That’s mah boi.
way to battle AJ
Well, that could have been worse
C’mon DJ. Is your arm tired?
Dont float that shit over like that.
Only one run there has to be considered a success.
(Yes, we’ve said that before in what ultimately turned out to be a Burnettastrophe. It is what it is.)
I had a funny conversation with a friend of mine from Ontario today. He was going on and on about how sometimes Brandon Morrow is completely unhittable some days and completely awful on others, and it made me realize: Morrow really is a young AJ Burnett.
And perhaps Joba is a younger version of Morrow.
Maybe so. They share one major problem: nobody swings at Joba’s slider or Morrow’s changeup unless they are absolutely pounding the zone with fastball strikes.
Perhaps most pitchers are simply good some days and bad other days.
I mean, there’s that. The list of pitchers who are consistently
“on” is short.
True. But the list of pitchers with such little middle ground between outstanding and godawful is similarly short.
I don’t like when 1 run feels like 7 – unless it is in the Yankees favor.
Good job by AJ holding them to 1 run. Too bad this might be all they need with the crappy offense we have tonight.
AJ actually battling through it and not have a meltdown? I’m shocked.
ZOMG headcase!!!!!!
Blind ump is pathetically blind.
Eduardo Nunez ties the game at 3 with a bomb.
BTW, what kind of name is Vladimir Guerrero?
/Jesus Ovechkin
Half Russian, half hispanic?
http://www.baseball-reference......wl01.shtml
Frozen. Dammit BG.
And this is why it’s hard to platoon Granderson. What the hell was he looking at?
Damn, Tex already has three kids? He reproduces quickly.
“3-2, noboday out, nobody on? He’ll never throw me a fastball over the heart of the plate. I’m outthinking him every step of….shit.”
But man he looks good doing it…..
Despite mountains and mountains of empirical evidence that he sucks, for some reason I always expect good things from Ramiro Pena.
I know about Tex giving his wife some Texual Healing, but why does the rest of our lineup resemble the C squad at Hooters tonight?
Robbie has a fever.
Then the only prescription is more cowbell…and someone to step up tonight
Posada needed a night off, Cano is sick, Granderson is sitting against a tough lefty.
Cano – sick
Posada – not catching AJ anymore
Granderson – out vs the lefty
Because Teix had one hell of a World Series celebration, Cano is sick, and the pitcher is a lefty.
Because Teix had one hell of a World Series celebration
Ahahahahhaha.
FUCK!!!!!! Can we get some hits and runs for the love of God.
Patience, young padawan.
See? All in due time.
Thank you, SWISH!!!!!!!!!
Even bad lineups can string together a couple hits. Heck … can I get a solo shot?
CJ Wilson is getting to ball 3 situations. He’s not making all his pitches.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Woot Swish.
Swisher sweet.
3 errors already, Texas? You’re trying to be cute and it’s back firing. Yeah, Swish!
THANK YOU SWISHA!
Swish!
Hamilton had no idea where that ball was.
Aw Swish.
Swishtastic
Woooooooooooooo Swish.
Swishalicious, baby.
Swisher sweets, finally, now Thames needs to mash one
Man, I thought he had that one
Baltimore Orioles – too little too late?
The fact that next season the last place team could be over .500 is a testament to the division we play in.
AL Beast, baby.
Holy hell, I just saw the score.
Yes.
They could go undefeated from here out and still be five games back of first. 88-74 does not win you the AL East (probably not the wildcard either)
Hope.
THAMES ‘N’ HOOD CHEK, BABY!
…Wow.
That wasn’t even close to being close.
Great throw, great block, tip your cap.
Damn, what a throw, what a grab by Molina.
why did they send him.
Well…you have to keep the whole season in mind…and…it was good to end the rally early…to save it for a later date…
Swisher out by TWO fucking miles.
At least he didnt get hurt.
I did get my earlier post granted though: a couple of hits strung together.
Hindsight and what not, but Thompson shouldn’t have sent him there. Murphy was like 20 feet behind the IF when he threw that ball.
Agreed. Texas has solid OF arms, we should be very stingy with the Go sign.
especially when you have A-Rod up next
That too.
Bad send by Thompson.
On the plus side, Marcus Thames continues to dominate lefty pitching.
oh come on now swisher….you have to fucking deck him!
Nah, it’s not a playoff game.
Or the ASG.
/Pete Rose’d
Copycat =P
Or an All-Star Game.
/Pete Rose’d
Beat you to it, hah.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=7621457
in April.
Swish is one chipper sumbitch.
Let’s not bat A-Rod with 2 on. Naw. Why do that?
I’d love to see the RABbis write an article investigating whether or not the AL East this year is, in fact, one of the best divisions ever.
It might be.
A week or two ago, someone called into WFAN and said the NL East is obviously the best division in baseball. Even the typical spineless uninformed WFAN host had to correct him.
(I listen to that station at night b/c nothing puts me in a better mood than hearing Mets fans call in and bitch about their terrible owners for hours on end.)
Buhhh what.
That division’s not terrible (NL Central lol), but really.
(I listen to that station at night b/c nothing puts me in a better mood than hearing Mets fans call in and bitch about their terrible owners for hours on end.)
/schadenfreude’d
Can we have Thames teach Granderson how to hit a lefty? Brotha 2 brotha. Long’s teachings have not sunk in.
Step 1: Start hitting righthanded
Granderson just needs to go back to switch hitting.
2 outs…you gotta send him and force the OFer to make a good throw. Agree 100% with sending swish.
That ball was fielded super shallow, though. I disagree.
i understand.
we’ll agree to disagree because i really don’t mind sending him at all.
I think you’re oversimplifying there. 3rd base coach has to consider more than the number of outs. Score, inning, and especially who’s coming up next. Those are all factors.
Not with ARod coming up and when the play was not even close.
Can someone explain what happened at the end of last inning? I was laying one down, so to speak.
You were taking your talents to South Beach?
I’ve been to South Beach. I really didn’t like it, so I decided to stay close to NY.
There’s no Jersey Shore tonight.
Can’t we all agree to just keep Gardner in center permanently?
Anybody see Arod’s frustration in the background of that slide? Dude tossed his bat.
/startin ‘narrative
It’s not because he wanted the chance to drive the runs in, it’s because Swisher just didn’t want the run bad enough.
/msm’d
Was it worse than Berkman’s patented sulking?
Great bunt.
Did AJ really almost have a wild-pitch pitchout?
(shakes head)
I saw that happen to Clayton Richard against the Diamondbacks. With a dude on third, to boot.
That was the antithesis of a pitchout. Making the catcher leap in the air for it kind of defeats the purpose. (shakes head in unison)
bautista goes deep again…wonder what they are feeding those guys in canada?
StEHroids.
EHgEH
now we just need a 9 run 9th from the Tigers
Must be legal in Canada now. Get on it Bud.
I actually believe HGH is legal… or at least allowed in a wider array of situations.
It’s proof that socialism works!
Two outs, focus on the damn batter.
Five innings, one run.
Keep it rolling, Burnie.
C’mon Alex. You like hitting homeruns in this park.
See…A-Rod didn’t do anything so it was the right call to send Swisher.
/lol i know i know. i just had to say it.
In re: Kay’s comment about Jeter’s FP:
He may have the best FP by an AL SS, but he’s got the second fewest chances (188) in the AL (Bartlett, 166 but in 137 fewer innings).
Well done, Austin.
Nice work AK.
Kearns: contributing.
For MO sakes do something Fat Elvis.
thats something.
I hereby rescind my criticisms of both Kearns and Berkman from yesterday.
I’ll amend the minutes.
CJ’s WHIP is now 1.90 after pitch 91
What was that about CJ’s whip?
its a baseball term honey not a sex toy.
There are so many witty people here.
Oh, yeah, Nomaas is so much better, amirite?
Regarding humor, much. Not even close.
I’ll have to take your word for it… Number Two.
/itworksonmultiplelevels’d
http://www.hiyoooo.com
Big Puma
Wow, I had totally forgotten about the concept of Nick at Nite. That was ages ago.
/I’m not really that old but I just felt it
If Wilson doesn’t finish this inning, he will not make eye contact with Nolan Ryan.
Looks like CJ’s shot his load for the night.
Looks like CJ’s shot his load for the night.
/TWSS’d
/bexyorgy’d
/Kierstenorgy’d
over what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now he has a bit of a mess on his hands
/Tobias’d
Nooooo, don’t take out CJ!
I DO NOT APPROVE.
Replacing him with ugly people too. Ugh.
Ron Washington itches his nose?
Bewitched joke.
And/or subtle dig at Washington’s coke incident. I’m hoping it’s this.
Making sure I wasn’t the only one who thought it was the second one. thanks.
Awesome.
I’m usually not a negative type of guy, but I think we don’t score this inning. Cervelli probably GIDPs here.
Big money, big money, no whammies, no whammies, big money, no whammies, aaaaaand, STOP!
Cervelli dislikes your pessimism.
Of course I get proven wrong.
No pinch hitter?
Shows what I know.
What can the JETS get back for Darrelle Revis in one of those lets-dream scenario?
/giants fan jealousy’d
Keep dreaming.
two first rounders from a shitty team and a starting CB
That’s not enough.
If I’m trading away Revis, I want a Pro-Bowl caliber runningback, a Pro-Bowl caliber receiver, a Pro-Bowl caliber passrusher, and Darrelle Revis. That’s my final offer.
Apparenlty Rex Ryan didn’t get the memo.
Yeah and the Yankees would have everything they need without A-rod, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
http://www.nj.com/jets/index.s.....for_u.html
Matthias Kiwanuka & Brandon Jacobs & our 2011 first rounder
Politely: Fuck off.
Sincerely,
Tannenbaum
Revis, Webster, Rolle, Phillips…*drools*
vintage cervelli!
OH, THE BABIP!
IT’S SO DEEP AND THICK!!!
wow Montero is hot. Just hit a single. 3-4 with a homer.
As I said, his mom and dad are visiting from Venezuela for a month. I met them at Scranton. Jesus is gonna buy a casa grande for them very soon….
He really lives/dies by BABIP.
Look at you, Cervelli. Good job, back up catcher, good job.
I don’t know whether I was more excited for that run or CJ tearing his towel so passionately.
Probably a wash.
I read that as “CJ wearing his towel so passionately.” I was like “Oh yeah…more of that please.”
Hah, one time in maybe 2007 Pettitte was clearly not wearing a shirt in some postgame interview but it was filmed at his shoulders and up and I was very >:(-y
… I’m not quite sure what this has to do with CJ Wilson and a towel, rereading this, but hey, Andy Pettitte shirtless.
Haha, it doesn’t matter. Andy Pettitte shirtless would make my day.
losing your scoreless inning streak to Cervelli..that sucks
I wonder what the single season record for 15 hop RBI singles is. Cervelli’s gotta be getting close.
luis sojo
Not happy with AJ’s performance at all. If we scored 5 he would cough up 6. This is why he is a .500 pitcher. His resume supports the theory of Won/Loss relevance.
CJ Wilson could have done that.
and looked better doing so, too.
Cervellian. The BABIP Gods smile upon him.
BABIP is his bitch. He owns that shit.
He MAKES BABIP his bitch.
Darren Oliver the dinosaur!!!
will Gardner ever get a hit again?
He must be FORCED to steal and FORCED to swing before there are 2 strikes on him or we will trade him to KC
/OldCrazySteinbrenner’d
That ball crossed at Gardner’s neck!
Neck high strike? Really?
Gardner seems to complain about the strike zone every day…with good reason too unfortunately.
My favorite moment involving Darren Oliver: Tex’s booming shot that brought home three in ALCS Game 5.
Bernie in the 1996 ALDS. Oliver pitched a gem but he ruined it with a homer late. Forget what game it was.
Game 3. Bernie’s home run was actually in the first inning. He tied the game on a sac fly in the 9th
And there is no way Carlosologist remembers that (heck, I barely remember it)
Huh, I clearly don’t remember it correctly either. Was Carlosologist even born? Heh.
All I remember of that series was Bernie was beastly, and the Yankees won.
Heck, I went to one of the first two games and don’t remember which one. Pretty sure it was game 2 because I remember Cecil Fielder going deep, but I don’t remember the game going into extras.
I was born in 96. I was like 4 months old then.
Sigh
It’s Robbie!
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!
Yeah there’s gotta be an anti-Gardner thing among umpires lately.
most umpires have been particularly bad this year in general
in fairness he has stared at some that have been right down the middle for called strike 3s and still has complained.
True but there is still some bad ones against him. Like the time where he got ejected and Colin hurt a homer in his place.
also true.
#24 Robinson Cano – second base – #24
come on robbie…….
Brett puttin in a monster lip. If that doesn’t break the slump, idk what will
John Flaherty thinks that Kenny Singleton brought that “Look Out!” to “Another Level”
That’s not a strike? I mean it only almost got his head.
Quit complaining. Some of us have better things to do than watch baseball
the fake umps in Toronto are better than this idiot!!!
Stop. Hitting. The. Ball. Anywhere. Near. Andrus!
Cervi must have heard about baseball Jesus tonight.
wooo AJ
Almost a sexy dp
New name. Mushy Carl. Thanks Kenny.
Odd to see Jeter botch the double play. Usually he and Cano are the best in the business around the bag.
I know I should be mad, but that Jeter throw just makes me laugh. It’s funny.
DJ used to make that throw better. (shakes head)
a cheeseburger used to cost a dime. (shakes head)
Fuck.
Gardner is starting to remind me of his 2009 second-half self:
1) He looks at everything. He literally goes up to the plate and watches every pitch into the glove until he is called out.
2) He gets put on first base as a pinch runner (or by a miracle) and watches the pitcher throw every pitch to home plate until he is no longer eligible to steal 2nd base because he is either already there (advancing on a hit) or has been retired on a force out.
David Murphy?
Oh that’s not good.
Damn. So close to a bloodless outing from AJ.
Bah. It had to happen eventually. A pitcher like AJ can’t escape Arlington without giving up at least one big fly.
Just a matter of time.
Why even have AJ throw this inning
Because it’s only the 6th and he’s our starter.
That was bound to happen.
Mere Average AJ.
Oh hi, Mediocre AJ, I believe we’ve never met…
Awful location holy shnikes.
Jeter, ARod, Berkman so far 0-6 3 bb’s 2 k’s
Thames, Kearns, Cervelli 5-9 1 rbi 1k
we don’t need no stinkin’ all stars
They did walk 3 times FWIW.
geez AJ
Just gives it away like that. Down and in to a lefty. Got to love it.
god damn it, don’t blow kearns and thames glory day AJ
that was like a punch in the stomach.
Meh. Its only a one run lead and we’re still in Arlington. I like our chances of going deep.
i see first-pitch “in play” on gamecast and i just know it…no surprise to see the “3″ roll up over the “1″, b/c it’s AJ, and I’m a pavlovian dog trained to expect the worst with him on the mound. ring the bell, AJ.
Id rather see Gaudin in there at this point
Time to get AJ out of there.
Okay, bear down, AJ. Don’t let this shit get out of hand. One run in this ballpark is nothing.
Haha, playing Ring of Fire there made me laugh. Well played, Arlington.
Watch Molina go deep.
Kay, I think that Murphy homer also had a lot to do with an AWFULLY located pitch by Burnett.
Well, now we are behind… Fuck.
not turning that DP might cost the game..
Is everyone purposely using the phrase “go(ing) deep” tonight?
It’s the orgy talk. We’re all hot and bothered.
I figured.
At the end of the day…I can totally live with 3 runs over 6 innings from Burnett considering that he was scratched from his last start, we’re in Texas, and he’s AJ Burnett.
3 runs in 6 innings in Arlington… I’ll still take that from AJ.
I have no complaints.
Chances Gardner considers swinging at a pitch next at bat?
You know what, with the way AJ has been this year…i’d say we should be standing on our hands in joy that it wasn’t a 7+ER meltdown.
Especially against Texas at Arlington.
The rational side of me is saying 3 earned in 6 innings is a quality start.
I’m glad I was able to reiterate this statement after two other commenters just did.
the problem is this: pitch in the situation. you have a 1-run lead. hold it.
easier said then done, my man. Hitters are trying as well.
Except the Yankee hitters of course.
::nods::
of course
He pitched himself out of trouble a bit a couple times. And we couldn’t get our runners home. When the leads that tight, any mistake could cost us the game and AJ made a mistake. He was not awful.
Cano-Jeter should have turned that DP.
Number of times “orgy” has been used in this thread: 9 (so far)
That’s not nearly enough.
I know. To be honest, I’m slightly disappointed in you guys. I thought this was the deepest and thickest Yankee blog in the blogosphere.
We’re just not gritty enough tonight.
Well, we’re not as humorous as Nomaas, so…
What the fuck is Nomaas?!!
We should bring that up at the next meeting.
Thames had no shot. Wow.
Thames is Pedro Cerrano. I have no idea why pitchers ever give him a fastball to hit.
So predictable.
Game over offense sucks!
Oh, great. This shit again.
Oh, great! This shit again!!
/fixed
There’s no way this Yankee offense will ever score another run the rest of the year. And we’ll probably never win another World Series ever. This sucks we should forfeit the season. Ugh I have Girardi arrrggghhh!!!!
I know that’s not what he means, but the offense does suck tonight.
If the best offense in the game sucks, tell me, what the fuck do you think is good?
BALTIMORE did you see what they did today?!?!?!??!
Yeah and I was like holy crap that could be a scary team in a few years.
The original post was silly but no offense with Marcus Thames batting third and Austin Kearns, Cervelli and Pena in the lineup is an accurate representation of the ‘best’ offense.
Nintendo.
All things considered, this has not been a bad outing by AJ.
Just could not anticipate the missing Yankee offense. I fear that Jeter, ARod, are what they are for this year.
Haha, maybe A-Rod’s not done quite yet.
Kinda shows how futile W/L records are when evaluating talent huh Kay?
Not gonna lie, I did not see that easy 7th inning coming.
Is there any chance we win tomorrow’s game?
Of course not…..pitchers never ever have a bad day, especially against the best offense in the game….
Best offensive should be used sparingly, especially against better teams.
It’s true versus every team.
D-Rob = clutch
… and Kay cannot contain himself
There’s always a chance. Something something baseball not being predictable.
Frank Francisco in the game. He’s either gonna go 1-2-3. Or hes gonna give up 4 runs.
Let’s hope for the latter.
odds for 1-2-3 are in his favor
hope he is a betting man cuz the House just won.
tough game. Hopefully they beat the bullpen of Texas
Gotta get it done in the 8th. They had success against Francisco in the past, if I recall.
Yeah, mother fucker.
A-Rod, I love you.
NAILS
Woooooooo!
TOO DEEP! TOO THICK!
twss
oh man Texas is gon b mad
CLUTCH-ROD.
601
7 innings…3 runs…vs the rangers…in Arlington…for AJ Burnett. Quit fucking complaining.
HE GAVE UP RUNS that’s unacceptable.
Yay-Rod
Clutch.
unclutch…
THIS OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!
/Nintendo’d
Wow, I did not think that was going out. Nice, Alex!
Grown men desperately fighting over a baseball is something I will never understand about baseball fans.
#601
Is 601 worth something?
There’s only one way to find out: get it.
I forgot how good he was at that
ARod: 1
Nintendo vs. Sega: 0
+eleventy billion
+$Texas
I guess we do need some stinkin’ all stars.
If A-Rod was really as good as everyone says he is he would have drove in two on that solo shot.
My script:
With two outs and a runner on, the lights in Arlington cut out, creating complete darkness. When power is restored to the stadium, Tex is standing in the batter’s box. The crowd erupts in horror. The pitcher is shaken, so much so that his first offering is sent deep into the right field seats.
Mo, yada-yada.
Re-write!
Sounds like something involving Vince McMahon.
Indeed.
ROFL. I like this muchly.
Nice at bat Kearnzie
Mike Maddux here for Just for Men…
Don’t run on Molina
Worked out either way!
Leon Redbone has turned into a helluva pitching coach.
Damn, I was enjoying the Thames-Kearns appreciation game.
CASHMAN YOU’RE A GENIUS!!!!!
/bizarro world Yankee fans’d
I only complain when Thames plays LF…
Frank Francisco’s chair throwing > Frank Francisco’s baseball throwing.
I laughed.
Lance Berkman: contributing.
Just a little under it. Nice at bat Puma.
berkman = the honky tonk man
http://www.dragongraphs.com/Wr.....onkMan.jpg
Production! From the bottom of the order! I am so surprised I will use correct punctuation!
/theoreticalnintendovssega’d
just missed
C’mon, let’s see another 35-hop RBI single from Frankie…
why not PH Posada here?
Because then they would have to turn to pitchers if someone gets hurt?
just thinking the same thing
162 games >>>>>>>>>> one game
Because we’re trying to give him a rest and it’s a tie game.
he would have to catch only 2 innings..
It’s a tie game. What if it goes 14 innings?
Does Montero wear batting gloves?
I’ve seen him wearing them in pictures.
I think so. But he’ll probably lose them once he gets to the Boogie Down, as he’ll begin attending the Jorge Posada School of Catching. (First and only lesson: Piss on your hands. It increases bat speed.)
LMAO.
Sad thing is, that is why I asked…
Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine.
Nevermind, fuck him.
Nice at bat so far. Don’t screw it up, Frankie.
http://sadtrombone.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_trombone
Cervelli being Cervelli.
Well, technically, that counts as a “drive” by Cervelli.
Ball 4. What a scrub.
That’s pretty much unacceptable.
It’s baseball.
It’s Cervelli.
can’t predict it.
http://www.youcantpredictbaseball.wordpress.com
::nods::
Yeah, I’m overreacting.
But the guy looks like’s using a wiffle ball bat out there.
I agree.
I’m just saying, no matter how much you try to avoid it, you’re going to have a bad hitter up in a big spot sometimes. Happens to every team, every year, several hundred times, in fact.
You’ve got to just roll with it and hope you get a lucky bounce, like we did last time Frankie was up.
For sure, I’m not disagreeing with anything you wrote here.
But I’m pretty much gonna be pissed off whenever a hitter goes out of the zone in that situation to barely get the ball to first base.
gardner goes deep here
Now’s better than never, Brett.
Can’t argue with that.
dude what the FUCK was that????
what a sorry swing that was from Cervelli…
I hate Cervelli. Lets see pre-ASB Gardner
or not
Gardner’s at least put a few nice swings on the ball. Baby steps.
It doesn’t help that the ump thinks he’s Kareem Abdul Jabbar at the plate.
Does Kay really need to call it the Grassy Knoll?
Michael Kay doesn’t really need to do a lot of the things he does.
WHO BUT!?
In Texas, ever classy, that Kay…
He has mentioned that he hates Texas. Maybe it’s out of spite?
I’m pretty sick of Gardner at this point. The blush is long gone off that rose.
Thank you. He always gets a pass but people kill the Grandy man.
Even with the Slump of Doom, Gardner’s OBP was 72 points higher than Granderson’s going into day. That’ll get you a pass for a while
Gardner’s OBP in the last 9 games: 0.080
Gardner’s OBP in the 9 games before that: 0.424
Gardner’s OBP in July: 0.375
At least to me, it’s pretty clear that this is just a bad slump.
Do you prefer Granderson over Gardner?
Who wouldn’t?
Most people.
Granderson has a pretty consistent track record of 3+ WAR and one freakishly good year. Gardner has had a great half season. If Gardner can do what he did the first half of the season for several seasons I’d agree with you. Even with the down year you gotta go with Grandy for now.
Players are never as bad as they look when they’re in epic slumps. He’s been incredibly valuable.
Agreed.
Maybe he’s regressing back to 4th outfielder-dom.
We’re talking about two months (plus a day) with an OPS around ~.675 now.
But he was hitting .274/.406/.368/.773 from June 12 through July 30. So it’s 9 (10 after tonight) really really really bad games that bring down his numbers for the last 2 months.
That’s mostly due to a lack of BA/power, no? He’s still got a good ISOD. I’m not saying he’s been great or anything but yeah.
I just think it’s a little bit of a rush to say the bloom is off the rose when he contributed in a way no one could’ve seen for quite a while.
Isn’t it reasonable to assume that this is just a slump? It’s really only been about 9 games that he’s sucked.
It’s gonna be tough to win this in 9 innings with Neftali Feliz. Yanks bullpen needs to come through here.
Situational hitting shouldn’t be this difficult.
Just a freaking sac fly, brutal..
so…….
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ti…
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Oops. Meant to type “ti”.
ti…
Shit, that was their inning. It don’t get any easier against Feliz.
He’s facing Cano, Jeter, Swish right? We have a shot.
Grassy knoll? Really? WTF Kay?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE
my boy makin Hamilton look silly
Just found out there is a show on Spike called Scrappers. Somehow it has nothing to do with Pedroia, Gardner, or David Eckstein.
I’m Boone Logan, and I don’t fool around.
God Logan is nasty. What a pick up by Cash.
attaboy Boner…..!!!!!!!
Can white Yankee relievers please stop wearing the number 48? All last year I kept thinking Phil Coke was Kyle Farnsworth and now I keep thinking Boone Logan is Phil Coke.
YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME.
/racist’d
That’s Racist!!!!!!!
That’s hilarious.
Hmmm… two people call it racist and one calls it funny….
We weren’t seriously calling it racist, though. (At least I wasn’t, but I assume Mushy Carl’s superfluous punctuation indicated his comment was also in jest.)
I know. I still find the string of comments humorous.
Actually, I’m looking into the reverse-MichaelJacksonSammySosa procedure.
I believe that’s called “a tan”.
It’s reverse racism, so it’s funny. Actually, no, I just laughed ’cause I know it’s a joke.
Hamilton only has a .318 wOBA against lefties, but he has a .492(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) wOBA against righties.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!!
Who is this pitcher and what has he done to Boone Logan?
Melky who?
I am probably going to get a microwave wipe down, but look at the success that Boone Logan got after being sent down, why couldn’t that happen to Joba?
Joba’s still a full year younger. He’s also been flip-flopped back and forth between the rotation and the bullpen, all on the magnifying glass of the major league stage.
I can see why Logan would be further along in his development.
What’s a microwave wipe down? Wait. Do I awnt to know?
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1024256
Wow. It’s a riff on one of your old classics, tommie? This is pretty epic.
Boone Logan…more like Poon Logan.
Where are the socks, Dave?
Getting too comfortable with his spot on the roster, obviously.
Melky Mesa, Gary Sanchez, Jesus Montero, and A-Rod all homer on the same night.
What’s scary is that 5 years ago, Vlad might’ve hit that ball.
if frankie c’s could hit!!!!!
Berkman lookin’ mighty slick over there at first.
Berkmania.
Very nice David, very nice.
loving the Boone/D-Rob tag team for the 8th
/TWSS’d
/orgy’d
I am calling a Robbie leadoff double (and then he gets stranded at 2nd when Thames K’s to end the inning).
Cano goes yard.
Cano goes knoll.
I laughed.
I want some triple digits here.
Neftali Feliz … better arm than Daniel Bard?
Affirmative.
I’m favorable to Bard. It’s close though.
Cano is the man
Jeet is definitely bunting here
like it or not.
Robinson Cano is good at baseball.
+1
Big time hit.
Jeter bunt?
I don’t want him to bunt. Just guessing he will
Oh god. Here comes the bunt.
Bunt, lest you want a GIDP.
That probably.
lol, you’re right, whhhyyyyyyy
Jeter will probably bunt and it will be the right move..
Nothin’ better than a power hitter who happily goes the other way. Love it.
/wishes for a wild pitch again
Joe Girardi should let Jeter swing away.
HE DOESN’T HAVE A BOOK!!??
/JoeMaddon’d
…use the book from now on…
Derek Jeter and his 2,7whatever career hits should not be bunting. Ever.
Then he goes and does that…
thanks Derek.
It was a hit and run though. So he was just trying to make contact. He did his job in a way, it just did not work out
Really?
Un-fucking-real.
How did Jeter not beat that out?
Upon further review, that ball was harder hit than I thought.
Still…damnit.
That did not work out
…And he still GIDP’s. Yeah please bunt next time.
Man, Cano is slowwwwwwwwwwww.
Just kidding, he had to get out of the way of the ball. He’s still slow though.
I think you’re pointing at the wrong guy.
It was a one hop to the 2nd baseman…
Oh, what the hell.
Wow … DJ?
I can’t believe he didnt beat that out.
Jetes finding new an exciting ways to GIDP.
Fuck his 66 percent GB rate.
Son. Of. A. Bitch.
Cano should have let it hit him, in hindsight of course.
Wow that was actually a damn good call
so predictable..
WHAT THE F@#$ DO YOU MEAN PREDICTABLE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
/Sterling’d
This killed me. Well done.
Hahaha I wrote fuck and the duplicate comment detected thing went off.
For some reason that amuses me.
Wow Jeter.
How do you GIDP in that situation? Hopefully Swish squares up on something and hits it a long long way.
A hit is fine.
It was a hit and run. He was just trying to make contact. He actually did his job there but since Cano had to hold up, it did not work out
i cant wait for jeter to earn 20m for the next 5 years
Oh are you kidding me. That was just awful luck, blargh.
Jeter with his patented GIDP…. Well done.
Swisher asking the 1B coach: “WTF, Did DJ not bust it out the box?”
The ball was not hit that hard, but it was a pretty easy double play ball. It was a frustrating play, but lets not shit on Jeter when he does not deserve it.
Just a tough break in this game.
C’mon, Marcus. You’ve been good all night.
Thames is going Yard. Really far.
Seriously, Marcus Thames is Pedro Cerrano.
The guy cannot hit a bender.
I’m a Jeter fan, but the GIDP stuff just kills the team.
Let’s go Thames, just bring A-Rod up.
AROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bullshit call.
I dunno, looked good to me.
It was right on the black. You could call that either way.
Bitch.
Marcus Thames has been helpless against breaking pitches tonight.
Marcus Thames has been helpless against breaking pitches
tonighthis entire career.FTFY
Pretty much. If he could hit breaking stuff, the Tigers never would have let him go.
Then again, if he could hit breaking stuff, we probably never would have let him go.
It’s the circle of life.
Marcus Thames has been helpless against breaking pitches
tonightevery night.He is Pedro Cerrano.
Damn. Sick pitch.
Filthy strike 3
I hope he didn’t get fooled on that frame Job by Molina.
http://tinyurl.com/2gx8gh
Was that a strike? Can anyone with gameday let me know?
It had the plate, and was at the knees. Looked good to me. Nasty pitch.
Yeah, it was a strike (per gameday).
I thought it might have gone around the plate.
looked good on gameday
Perfect pitch. Confirmed by my eyes. Just checked gameday, perfecto.
coño!
Thames could have hit that with his other bat
Giggity
This will be an interesting inning for DRob. On the road. Into his second inning of work. Tons of pressure.
I need to see some JOBA.
Right now.
Curse of the second relief inning. Give him the hook.
That was a YYYUUUUUGGGE walk.
/Kay’d
/Ihatethisump
Really D-Rob? Now we fear Murphy.
Between Texas and the Rays, the AL Playoffs are going to be a whole nother ball game compared to last year.
Man I really want Mo in there.
That would be nice.
Haha, yeah right. Stupid fucking save rule.
Me too. C’mon Joe, make our dreams come true!
agreed
But, but, but…roles!
I disagree. The only way it even makes some sense is if you’re willing to commit to 2 innings for Mo. In 90+ degree heat in the middle of 20 or so days without an off day, I wouldn’t want to make that commitment.
Disagree. If it’s one inning, it’s one inning. Make sure there is an eleventh before waiting to have a lead in the eleventh.
If you bring in Mo for the 9th, then you will have a reliever that is worse than Robertson pitching the 10th (since even in the best case there will be a 10th). I want my best relievers to pitch as many innings as possible, and that means having Robertson pitch more than 1 inning.
Time for the strikeouts, Dave.
We need Mo out there. Stop with this bullshit.
Walking Murphy is impressive.
Ump seems to like calling the inside corner for righties
Texas doing the right thing.. hope Girardi learns.
Eh, Girardi won’t smoke rock. He’s a bitch like that.
I’d get Rivera up right now, so he can come in if that runner moves to 3rd.
If you’re going down, you might as well do it with your best on the mound. Worry about closing when you have the lead.
This is more a vote of confidence to DRob.
Molina looks like a SUMO wrestler.
The umps zone is terrible.
Anybody know if Bill Hohn is behind the plate tomorrow? Lord, how I hate Hohn.
Is that the guy with the glasses?
Yes, he’s manning second base tonight.
Hate that guy myself. He always starts arguments. I remember him yelling at CC against this same team.
Can we get some consistency on this strikezone? My god.
this guy is fucking brutal!!!!!!!!!!!
That was damn close to not be called.
If they are not going to be robot umps, the humans might as well give us that call with two strikes
Alright, DRob. One more. We can do this shit.
Ah shit. Bring in Mo. It’s only one damn out let him pitch.
But teh SAVE!!!11!
ok, Robertson if we ever needed a punch out now is the time!!!!!
Dammit, get Mo in here.
Come on Joe. You’re smarter than this.
no hes not
With a name like that, how could I argue?
D-Rob looks mighty uncomfortable. C’mon Joe, just get Mo.
PLAYOFF PREVIEW!!!! alert.
Gotta walk Mitch here. His name is Mitch.
Prefer to pitch to Andrus? Anybody want to comment on this?
I really don’t know about this move.
Let’s go, Dave!
playoff preview alert
that was a bad move andrus>moreland
Playoff preview counter: 2
I am nervous.
FINISH HIM!
This feels like a playoff atmosphere.
One of the most tense games of the year.
Watching the game on FoxSports, this game means so much to the Rangers. The announcer has had multiple org$$ms already and they have called this a playoff preview atleast 18 diff times. The crowd is dancing and Nolan Ryan is praying. Just a perfect picture that captures the emotions of a playoff starved team and fans.
Yea, the fans are really into it. And quite frankly, are making the game more fun to watch even from a Yankee fan perspective.
This very well could be a playoff preview. Frankly, I’m surprised that Kay isn’t playing that angle up more (considering how he mentioned it every 2 pitches against the Rays.)
Not with the lineup we ran out there today, it’s not.
I liked Cervelli’s pre-emptive fist pump there.
Premature fist pump, Frankie.
damn you!
premature fistpump frankie
PHEW.
D-ROB!!!
Wow. I had a mini heart attack.
Andrus drops an f-bomb.
yeah D-Rob!!!!!!
#futurecloser
Joe G is smart.
That inning gave me multiple heart attacks.
Great job by Robertson getting out of it.
Fuck yeah.
D-Rob put some hair on his chest that inning.
Attaboy, David.
Hell of a job by DRob!
For some reason I’ve always trusted D Rob more than Joba. I think that inning just showed me why.
I trust Robertson more because he can get a strikeout with runners on (as opposed to walking the batter.)
Whoo, that was a close shave. Good job Robertson, but Joe got lucky. You gotta get Mo in the game at that point.
that was nuts, good job by D-Rob to recover from the walk
Frankie should’ve danced like an idiot a la Jose Valverde.
Is Feliz still going to be in the game?
Girardi just put a whole lot of faith in split statistics.
He also put a whole lot of faith in David Robertson, faith he intends to rely on in October.
How does Robertson facing Moreland show any less faith in Robertson?
Oh, you were talking specifically about the Andrus/Moreland decision, my bad. I thought we were still talking about the DRob/Mo decision.
Disregard.
Got ya. I do agree with your point though even if it didn’t pertain to my comment.
i want this game bad!!! No TEX, Cano for half the game, and no Posada!!!
D-Rob’s ERA now dips below 4.00. Wasn’t his ERA above 5.00 not too long ago?
last time he gave up a run was July 2nd, brought his ERA down from 6.15
A-Rod goes yard again.
Or not.
A-Rod gives us the lead on another solo shot.
Nevermind then.
wtf are bonus cantos Kay? that’s not spanish
Come on, Curits. Work the count a bit more there.
3 pitches 2 outs yeah!
Woo, three pitches, two outs.
This is your Yankee moment, fat boy.
not yet.
Charming to the last, you are.
Berkman’s FB% with the Yankees must be 97.
You know that would have been Mo in that 9th inning (maybe even the 8th) if that was a playoff game.
So you would have to think that Girardi wanted Robertson to pitch in this kind of intense atmosphere to get ready for the stretch run and playoffs.
That.
And with a tie game on the road, you want to get as many innings as possible from your key relievers since you have to close it out after any lead you take. It’s important for Robertson to finish that inning so that Mo can be saved for the bottom of the 10th.
I blinked. What happened in that inning?
Five pitch inning. About the last thing we needed.
Dammit.
Mo better be pitching.
Okay this should be his last inning.
Great job, tubby.
Mo extends the game by two innings. Offense has to do something in the eleventh. Let’s not have what happened in Toronto happen here.
That seemed a lot easier for them, ha.
Yankee Beisbol
Yankees: “Hey, coach. The Rangers’ closer is out there for a second inning! Prolonged at-bats could mean that he’ll tire, making him vulnerable to a big hit, AND might make him unavailable for tomorrow’s game. What should we do?”
Coach: “Swing away.”
Yankees: “You got it, coach!”
BRING IN CHRIS BRITTON!!!!!
I’d like to see Feliz as a starter.
Since he plays for a team that’s not the Yankees, I’d like to keep seeing Feliz’s excellent talents minimized in a smaller bullpen role.
Yea, I guess I should take them more seriously these days.
I remember reading somewhere that Feliz doesn’t have the body that is built to last 200 IP. I think it was in an old FanGraphs chat.
Feliz is 6’3″ 215. That’s plenty big and strong to handle 200 IP.
Worst Yankee Evar!1!
How does anyone score runs off Feliz?
He can leave his fastball up.
Mo for Young, Hamilton, Guerrero, and Cruz
love this move
Good point.
Also, the Rangers have burned through their best bullpen arms, so we want to make sure we make it through the 10th for a chance to see Scott Feldman.
Gotta go to Mo.
My power just went out. Now I have to listen to Suzyn Waldman. Pray for me.
TEX IS BACK!!!!!
This is like the bad fucking luck game. So many aggravating moments.
Too deep in the hole. Glad he didnt throw it away or Berkman didnt botch it.
Suddenly, Mo has Joba’s luck.
Mo vs. Hamilton
This is why you watch baseball
Damn. I wished the result was different
2 classic Mariano Rivera singles.
Yeah, this is bad.
Two bullshit hits.
The only consistent way to beat Mo is luck.
Josh smokes crack! Josh smokes crack!
well, looks like Mo is not lucky this evening….
Oh lordy.
Oh this is terrible.
Awww damn.
A few feet either way, and there’s two outs and no one on.
Mark Texeria uses his Dr Octopus like reach to make both those plays
Teix is not even in the state of Texas, lol
Damn you Child Birth!!!
BABIP is not Mo’s friend today.
_________ singles on a ground ball to shortstop Derek Jeter.
I’ve been reading that a lot lately.
Maybe so, but that ball just wasn’t hit hard enough for Jeter to make a play on it.
If Bengie Molina hits that, he’s out by ten feet.
A-Rod >
At least it’s Mo.
WHAT A FUCKING PLAY A-ROD.
A-Rod!
There we go A-Rod.
IBB to load the bases here.
Whoa Alex.
ARod!! Game saver
Alright Arod !
DRob pitches brilliantly and Mo gets battered around.
Baseball can’t be predicted, I’ve been told.
battered?
A buncha dinky ground balls is getting “battered around”?
For Mo, yes.
What a freaking play by Alex.
This game sucks.
2 K’s now from Mo, it’s gotta go like that.
Play of the game if the Yanks somehow make it out of this one.
I have an irrational dislike of David Murphy. Maybe it’s the fact he’s a former Red Sox prospect? Maybe it’s that he always seem to refuse to swing at bad pitches?
He doesn’t even have goofy facial hair!
Another Houdini act, Mo? I don’t like to see you get losses, so you have to make this happen.
Why bother walking the bases loaded if you’re gonna bring the infield in?
time to put the Red Sox kid in his place.
Thoughts of Luis Gonzales’ bullshit hit still haunts me.
Good call Michael Kay. You didn’t jynx him at all
I want to cry now.
Shiiiit.
Mo is just toying with us. I have faith.
or not
heh, rust
Told ya.
Knew I had a good reason for not liking David Murphy.
Goodnight!
Oh well.
pathetic
/dickhead’d
Lame.
Well, that sucked.
Sucked almost as much as knowing that Johnny Damon played more games this year than Nick Johnson. Just by a few.
Where the hell is this coming from?
How horrible is that.
well there goes the split. Shit.
How could you possibly make that claim the day before game 2 of a two game series?
There goes the sweep, sure. The split? It’s impossible to claim that we ether have it or don’t have it since we haven’t played game 2 yet.
Come on iYankee. You’re better than that.
I assume he said that since Cliff Lee is pitching tomorrow for Texas and Vazquez for the Yankees.
So?
What an aggravating game. This really suked. Hurry back Tex.
…And sucked has a c.
That was like, the 5th hard hit ball Mo has given up all year. Good game. We’ll beat them tomorrow.
There is no God.
Come now, Mo has to allow a run occasionally or they’ll bn him.
It’s part of the plan. Don’t lose faith.
Sometimes I hate baseball. I still love you, Mo!
+1
Not tonight
This team is just not playing good baseball right now. There’s no other way to put it.
Painful loss, but one that was expected with the horrible lineup.
They actually did a pretty decent job.
that’s why it was painful
But you expected a loss, so it should be less painful, no?
That.
Cunt.
In the absence of the Mo … OBLIVION.
Mo + IBB = Fail