Game 125: SuperNova
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You're not in Trenton anymore, Ivan. (Photo Credit: Flickr user Russ Glasson)
Hopefully the Yankees enjoy the Blue Jays’ company, because tonight marks the first of nine games the two will play during the final 38 games of the Yanks’ season. That’s a touch less than one out of every four games going forward. The Jays come into this one losers in four of their last five even though they outscored their opponents 26-23 during that stretch. That’s what a 16-2 win will do for you.
On the bump for the Yanks will be Ivan Nova, who is making his first career big league start as you already know. With any luck, the Jays will experience the same “helpless against a pitcher they’ve never seen before” phenomenon that plagues the Yanks. Toronto will counter with Brandon Morrow, who hopefully will be in 5.1 IP, 5 R mode and not 7 IP, 2 R mode. At least he doesn’t feature a great changeup, like basically everyone else on their staff.
Here’s the starting nine…
Gardner, LF
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
Cano, 2B
Posada, DH
Granderson, CF
Nunez, SS – why is he at short and Pena at third? that’s backwards, defensively
Pena, 3B
Cervelli, C
First pitch is scheduled for a little after 7pm ET tonight, and it can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
thats some lineup we got
Making Nova’s first win all that much sweeter. He’s going to do it with the D lineup.
The D lineup
or
The ‘D’ lineup?
I know things may go badly, but it’s still very exciting to watch a young guy make his MLB debut.
You had to put “MLB” in there and make it impossible to say “TWSS”, didn’t you?
I give because I love.
they’re auditioning Nunez at SS
Someone said it’s because Pena has more experience at third base.
Nunez, SS – why is he at short and Pena at third? that’s backwards, defensively
Because of the turf… just a guess
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....xid=si_mlb
What a surprise.
Unbelievable. Glad the Yankees are paying to stuff the Pirates owners’ pockets.
And we have a great gidp option on the bench… a first ballot HoF’er
http://sports.espn.go.com/bost.....id=5490371
Tommie: intrigued.
Joel Sherman had some SHOCKING news:
http://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/21937390269
Something happened with the Red Sox in 2004?? Hmm, this is the first I’ve heard of it.
When Joel’s on Twitter, he assumes his audience is 6 years old.
I feel like they did something…just can’t put my finger on it…
I laughed. A lot.
The Jays come into this one losers in four of their last five even though they outscored their opponents 26-23 during that stretch. That’s what a 16-2 win will do for you.
You see, this is why you can’t use run differential as a meaningful stat because it can be so misleading. Now the Blue Jays can play two more games, where they can win one 10-0 and lose another 2-1. Then their run differential will be +12, but they will have gone 2-5 over that stretch. Clearly, this isn’t an indicator of how good a team really is, like my 1975 Reds.
/Morgan’d
I’ve run the numbers: with that 26-23 run differential, the Jays are on pace to win 119 games this year.
/Hershiser’d
In fairness to hypothetical Morgan, run differential isn’t that useful over a five game span for precisely that reason.
Ummmm…yea. That was my point. That was how he answered a chat question last year. I just added in what Mike said. Obviously run differential is only valuable when looking at the entire season or at least much more than a handful of games. He doesn’t grasp that concept.
And really hopefully, he won’t be in 9 IP, 0 R, 17 K mode
First thing I thought when reading “7 IP, 2 R mode”
edit: with much due respect Mike, the Yankees aren’t nearly as down on Nunez as you are. Case in point: tentative Seattle/Cliff Lee trade. When Seattle wanted Nunez (instead of Adams) to complete the deal, and the Yankees said no – TWICE
I’m not so sure it’s that clear cut.
Agreed re the Seattle negotiations obviously, but at the same time, I have a hunch he’s right that the Yanks aren’t nearly as down on Nunez as Mike is. Just a gut feeling.
Agreed. But my point was more along the lines of even if it’s true that the Yankees refused to include Nuñez, you have to remember that they refused to include him in the package that was already Montero AND Adams.
If Montero is worth a dollar and Adams is worth 50 cents, it’s possible that the Yankees view Nuñez as only a nickel but won’t pay more that $1.50 total for Lee, so Nuñez (while not very valuable by himself) was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Just a thought.
Yah, I agreed with you on that.
So…
Yankees & Mariner’s view of Nunez >>> Mike
At least Mike would of honored the trade and kept the relationship, therefore…
Mike >>> Mariner’s Z-GM
Ehhh can’t agree with this.
It’s not like they wouldn’t have traded Nunez for Lee, just that they felt including Nunez over Adams would have been overpaying for a Lee rental considering what they were already offering.
I’m with Mike on this one, the dude isn’t THAT good.
Nunez’s value isn’t tied directly to his individual ability. Much of his value is tied to his relative ability.
The SS position in the majors and minors is a wasteland right now. Relatively speaking, Nunez is a very good SS prospect and a very valuable commodity in baseball right now.
And really that value is all that matters in reality, because every team has to put someone at the SS position.
I also am not sure how down on Nunez Mike is anymore. To me at least it has seem to become a “thing” that Mike hates Nunez. I haven’t seen much Nunez hate this season from Mike, especially since he is having a fine season.
http://twitter.com/mikeaxisa/status/21853299945
http://twitter.com/mikeaxisa/status/21939434679
(Obviously it’s somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but still.)
haha. I see. I don’t follow twitter too much. I guess it is really just hard to deny Nunez is a legitimate prospect at this point and I haven’t seen Mike argue otherwise recently.
Which explains why he was left out of the top 30 list again.
Hahahahaha! Mike is too much.
Nunez has very little experience at 3B. Playing him there on astroturf with a groundball pitcher on the mound does not maximize their defense, especially since Pena is a good 3B and Nunez has become a good SS as well.
This was a funny piece from Zell’s.
http://zellspinstripeblog.com/.....fans-hate/
Someone needs to do the reverse, “Things Yankee fans love”
Pussytubing.
Well, that’s my favorite part of the Yankee fandom experience.
I disagree with #16. I don’t hate the Cleveland Indians drum, I hate the entire Cleveland Indians organization, top-to-bottom.
Who the fuck are the “Cleveland Indians”? Did you make that shit up?
I totally laughed at the fact that “Rays fans” is in quotation marks. Epic.
20. W.B. Mason Commercials
No way. I enjoy most of them, especially the janitors in the YES studio at 3 AM reality show. The choir one grates on me however. Not included were the Joba/Hughes rules and of course midges.
Here’s a list of some things I love
1.Bleacher Creatures doing the roll call
2.The facade back around the grandstand in YS III
3.Hip Hip Jorge chants
4.Phil Hughes developing into a future ace
5.Robinson Cano becoming a perennial MVP candidate
6.The Yankees finally using their prospects for more then trade bait
7.Alex Rodriguez’s chase for the Home Run record
8.Mark Teixeira’s spectacular gold glove defense at 1B
9.Nick Swisher’s infectious personality, the dude cracks me up
10.Monument Park
11. Bob Sheppard introducing Derek Jeter before each AB
12.Mariano Rivera being continuing to be the greatest closer ever in his 40′s
I could think of alot more but what else can you all think of?
The awesome Avis commercials.
So what previously mediocre but now suddenly buff Blue Jay is going to hit us up for a pair of taters tonight?
Aaron Hill
This was guaranteed as soon as the words “0 for his last 12″ came from Jack Curry’s mouth.
Bautista.
But he does that to everyone so it’s okay?
Game 162, Yanks and Sawx tied for the wild card, and up steps Johnny Damon with the sacks juiced and our man, Javy Vazquez on the bump…
Chances this happens: 0%.
What the hell are you talking about?
Here is a satirist. He isn’t serious.
See, I was too young to understand 2004 because I was like 8, but I do now. People like you are too hung up on one event. It has apparently scarred you for life. But my God, you have to stop fearing the worst when the Yanks are down in the early going. It’s been six years. It’s time to let go of the past and move on with your baseball life. The Yanks are in first place, Boston is fighting with the Jays for third and have no realistic shot at the postseason. Move on.
Note: I feel like I’ve been whooshed. But I digress.
The 2001 Series scarred me. Not for life, but enough.
It’s also because there were other circumstances in that entire year that just totally sucked.
I admit when Mo had the bases loaded with no outs in Arizona this year I threw a blanket over my head and went “Noooo, noooooooooo”
The fact that you’re this rational yet as young as you are makes me have hope for the future.
Hey Kevin Brown, this ain’t 2004 so go punch another wall already.
walk him at that point I’ve seen this movie before
6 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 4 R. That’s what I’m hoping for.
I will settle for nothing less than
9IP 0H 0BB 0R 0ER 21Ks
/unrealisticexpetation’d
Only 21 strikeouts? Pssh at least go out on a limb and say more.
29 Ks, Cervelli throws the ball into CF a couple times.
I have a feeling lyle overbay will strike during this season. This guy destroys the yankees on a regular basis
Are you back from Africa (at least I thought you said that was where you were going)?
Overbay has a .696 OPS vs. current Yankees.
Everyone said the Yanks fleeced the Braves this off season for Vazquez. But after watching him pitch this year, Melky, Dunn and Arodys Vizcaino having Tommy John sounds about right.
Nothing, huh?
Must have been too subtle.
Took me a second, but now that I get it, ahaha.
Wow, a sympathy laugh. Now I’m depressed.
ooh, ManBan makes his AA debut against Kyle Drabek
Probable MLB matchup at some point within the next two or three years.
That would be a good game to attend.
I thought Kyle Drabek was near MLB ready prior to the trade though, why is he not in AAA?
RAB is powered by Ford now?
Ben is built Ford tough.
…and Mike has an Edge.
What’s Joe got?
Herpes.
Totally
You got a problem with that?
GO BACK TO RUSSIA!!!!
Typical RAB having a sponsor that was bailed out by the government. Bunch of Pinkos here.
They had some extra bailout money lying around, I guess.
/Rose Bait’d
I think he’s gone. Or at least gone silent for the time being.
Gestapo picked him up.
I assume Pelosi and Obama had him arrested for speaking out against health care reform.
That’s a blatant violation of their powers of office. Probably unconstitutional as well. Somebody should do something about this, start a petition or something.
Bamstapo*
Domino’s Tracker? If you’re that anal that you need to know where your pizza is in the fifteen-thirty minutes it takes to be delivered, you’ve got problems.
Haha, you said anal.
/immature’d
They used to call me “anal girl.”
I was very … neat and clean.
(Or whatever that line is.)
there should be poetry books written about those eyes.
I thought she said “anal”, turns out she didn’t. I got in trouble.
Not sure if this means much, but Nove looks cool as a cucumber on the bench. He’s looking at Cervelli like he’s nuts, so Ivan is obviously thinking clearly.
I’m sure the whole Deadspin financial records have been delved into already somewhere in these threads but I’m just returning from an Axisaesque vacation. Anyone who’s perused care to give me the gist?
Long story short, the Pirates are making it rain in the owner’s box. Every night.
Ha. That part I saw. Anything interesting in the other teams’ financials though?
Have the Blue Jays ever had a good looking uniform?
(thinks)
No, they have not.
I like these:
http://tinyurl.com/26pg9ue (safe)
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
but in the lank of the skunk, the man with half a nose is king…
/takes off glasses
You wanna say that to my face, bitch?
/gropes air awkwardly
No love for the powder blues.
Do you not like North Carolina’s uniforms either?
I like North Carolina’s powder blue football and basketball jerseys. Baseball… not so much. (But college baseball uniforms are notoriously fugly, so whatevs.)
What I don’t like is this: http://www.unlockedsports.com/.....austin.jpg
Carolina Blue is your color. Navy blue is not. Stop with the ridiculousness.
but the hats were pretty cool
I actually like their home uniform better than the powder blue ones.
There you go. Let Morrow make his own mess.
At least they’re working the count.
Make it a TTO inning, Tex!
Over/Under 7 strikeouts on the day for our 7/8/9 today?
Under.
Under–they put the ball in play, just don’t do much with it at that point
Also, chances that, if the Yanks win, headlines are “Yankees win without Jeter” tomorrow: 0%.
Gonna be a long day if he gets that pitch.
Cano is still hot baby!
Fuckin’ Robbie. What a stud.
/notlazy’d
Okay Robbie, you can be MVP.
Fuck. Yes.
Cano!
This Cano guy is good at baseball.
Beautiful slide by Swish
Yay for early leads.
Oh Posada.
What was he looking for?
I think he was looking for the oil.
/FredLemond’d
haha
Oh Georgie, you gotta swing at that 3-1 pitch.
Bah, Jorge… at least you saw a lot of pitches.
Bet. Now Nova can win with a CGSHO, 1-0.
/ballsy’d
On pace for nine runs and a MLB-setting record of 27 strike outs.
3-1 Fastball down the middle wasn’t good enough I guess.
He can K the side every inning as long as we get a run first.
I can’t believe Seattle just gave Morrow away for a middle reliever.
#6org
Was it Brandon League? Both have great arms. Wouldn’t be surprised if League becomes the M’s closer, although I’d rather have Morrow.
IMO, I’d take the upside of starting pitcher over a potential closer any day.
That. League is a great young arm but trading Morrow for him is an unmitigated disaster.
Shhhh…the B-Jobbers may be watching. They come out a night, you know.
Ballsy move by Nova , wearing Ron Villone’s old number
#47? Who does Nova think he is, Erick Almonte!?!?!
PastadivingNunez.
93-94 so far. Needs to get that down though.
Pastadivingnunez!
Wanted to be the first to break that one in.
arg
This is what we call not a good start.
Fuck.
I didn’t realize Morrow has a 10.5 K/9 this season. Impressive.
So far so good.
C’mon, Nova. You make me nervous, but I’m sure you can do it (maybe).
Three pitches in and there’s already a jam? Goddamn.
Uh oh!
This is an inauspicious beginning.
Heh. GMTA.
Get your grounder Ivan, that’s all you have to worry about.
Well this is not going as desired.
no of course Cito’s not surprised who doesn’t double their HR totatls year to year jeez
Get well soon, Andy.
hmmm…not really how we wanted this one to start.
Uh oh. CAN’T HANDLE TEH BIG STAGE!!!!!!
This is an inauspicious beginning.
Come on Nova!
Perfect. A triple play in his first start.
Positive thinking.
1-2-3 DP…please
Whose the best comparison for Jose Bautista in terms of ridiculous imporvement in HR production? Brady Anderson?
Really can’t say for sure until after next year. If he only hits, say, 20, then Brady Anderson is a good comparison.
Bane
Triple play here…
wow, he is jazzzzed up. Get through this one and hopefully he’ll settle down.
Now way is he throwing 96.
This is not going well.
C’mon, Nova. Shake off the jitters.
fuck ya, kid.
He hit 97.
/silver lining
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH baby!!!
/Sam Rosen’d
Wow. Perfect throw. That’s the way to pick up your pitcher.
BG BABY!!!
OUT!!!!!!!
GGBG’d
see Ivan DP no issue
http://images.google.com/image.....38;gs_rfai=
You do NOT run on Brett!
Gardner has a laser!
Thank you Mr 3rd Base Coach
Fuck yeah!!!!
GUNNED DOWN BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT MAN!!!
BTW-Johnny Damn makes that play look easy.
Brett Gardner may not have the strongest arm, but he is infinitely more accurate than Melky…
when will these fools learn? BG has a cannon
It’s one of those lessons teams only learn once it’s hurt them. Like don’t intentionally walk Mark Teixeira.
Experience is something you never get until just after you need it.
Well said.
If you are looking for someone who will lead the league in outfield assists, look for a left fielder with a decent arm. People always run on these guys when they shouldn’t.
You know who didn’t lead the league in outfield assists?
Juan Gonzalez in 1996, that’s who.
But that guy said you’re not supposed to put the ball in the glove when you tag the runner. Cervelli did it wrong!
+1
Non-traditional DP’s. Gotta love ‘em.
Cervelli trying to pump him up. Gotta love TEH ENERGY!
So this gun is totally broken right? I don’t see how Nova is throwing 96-97 lol
wow 98.
I’ll believe all the oil is gone from the water before I believe he throws 98.
Can these radar gun readings be right? I’ve never heard it mentioned he throws 98.
a bit juiced up here
is the gun hot? I thought he was mid to low 90′s
that is how you properly block the plate and position the ball for who ever said yesterday that posada was correct and his “coaches” taught him to fake the ball in the glove.
haha, Singleton still cant say Shin SOO Choo
Mike, is the gun off? I don’t remember hearing anywhere that Nova touches 9& MPH.
97* MPH
Either the gun is off, or he’s a little amped up. Never heard of him throwing that hard.
me thinks that there was a mix up
Cervelli just took a shot to the nuts. Ow.
Nice recovery, Ivan.
ha, wow
FUCK YEAH!
Crisis: Averted.
Nice job, Ivanova.
Foooor threeeee! Ivan… NOVA!
Nova! way to finish off the inning
SuperNova escapes. Not bad.
could’ve been alot worst….thank u gardyy
He did not throw one good pitch that whole inning. we must pray
thats not really fair
Nova only threw 16 pitches that inning
well it wasn’t pretty but hopefully he breathes deep and just throws from here on out
lol @ not having CC on the Text Poll
I think the question called for “other than CC Sabathia”.
The poll specifically said “Aside from CC, who are the frontrunners?”
My bad folks!
No love for Lee, in the text poll.
Run Curtis, Run!
Seriously, no Cliff Lee in the text poll? Yes, I know he’s had a bad couple of outings; he still leads the league in K/9 by a wide, wide margin and is best in IP/S.
And Buchholz over Lester???
TEH ERA!!!
It really is kind of amazing how underrated Lester is. Other than the “five aces!!!” babbling he’s ALWAYS looked at as not as good as Beckett or Buchholz. Which is ridiculous, as he’s a Red Sock who is a GENUINELY awesome pitcher.
Yeah, I dunno. I guess it just so happens that when it was him and Beckett, they looked at him as the #2. And now when he’s surpassed Beckett, Buchholz happens to be pitching better. He’ll get his due in time from them I’m sure.
We should just be thankful that King Felix is there and move along.
Yeah, but… they normally have 4 spots in the text poll, but they only offered 3.
It’s as if they intentionally went out of their way to NOT include him.
You can thank Jack Zduriencik for that.
That makes it even weirder–Felix’s inclusion makes Lee’s omission even more glaring
Michael Kay is allergic to road games I suppose.
He’s gotta do his radio show!
Ah I totally forgot about that… haha. HOW DARE HE HAVE SOMETHING OVER BROADCASTING THE YANKEES! >:O
via Twitter:
FrankiePiliere
Scouted Nova a bunch in the minors and never saw him throw that hard. Consistent 97-98? Amped up or not…impressive
They had Clay Buchholz in that text poll and not Cliff Lee.
…did I miss something?
Well, he is leading his team to a solid third place finish
Apparently I was late on this. My B.
Morrow has to be Top 5 of guys you don’t to get plunked by.
I though Nova was a soft ground ball type even if the gun is off by 3 mph 95 mph is not soft.
I certainly wasn’t expecting to see 96, 97, 98 in the first inning.
Cliff Lee not in the text poll? Explain please YES.
Cant beat AL East teams since a Ranger
SSS
This.
Axisa was right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11`!!
if you play SS you must hit into 6-4-3 GIDPs, it’s a rule
Nunez admirably representing Jeter in the lineup tonight.
is it me or had he just crushed the ball into outs and blooped his hits? What a strange game
Well Suzyn…
Nunez doing his Jeter.
Nunez is a fast learner. Already looking like the heir apparent.
Pena’s hitting .667 off Morrow, why isn’t he IBBing him?!!
fuck me, hahahaha
No thanks.
http://www.bustedtees.com/jerseygirls
Hurting my feelings :[
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-ni.....r/1099542/
Pena! At least we clear the pitchers spot now.
very funny
Jeez, maybe Pena does have Morrow’s number.
/he’s like a shittier hitting Enrique Wilson
And Morrow is a shittier pitching Pedro Martinez
Moeller couldn’t have done that.
thats a great job by the lineup clearing the pitcher 3 times in 1 inning
cervelli’s at-bats r really frustrating to watch
Over-under on Cervelli at-bats in 2010: 125?
Push.
Dang that bottom third is nasty. we have to do better than that.
Wow you’re right.
Newton’s Law: Cervelli cannot exert a force Major League enough to put the ball over the outfield wall. Fact.
neither can Wil Nieves
Thats harsh man. He’s his #1 Fan
+1
Yes, I take Wil Nieves’ career very seriously. My name is not sarcastic or anything.
You know we frown on sarcasm here
sarcasticaboutsarcasm’d
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=5219007
JGS, can you find one more recent?
considering that is his only big league home run…no
You’re an honest man.
I’ve got a sinking feeling we’re going to see way too many 2-0 counts tonight from young Mr. Ivanova.
When Frankie hits one high, I know it’s never far. And I cry a bit inside…
Nice play by Pena.
PastadivingNunez. (again)
Gardner gets that.
overbay of course
.696 OPS against Yankee pitchers coming into tonight.
/killing the meme’d
Get me his last 5 starts.
/old meme
Nice rebound inning by Nova.
Could be the best rebound inning in the history of baseball.
Much better inning. As long as he’s keeping it on the ground we’re in good shape.
This made me laugh:
http://twitter.com/SI_JonHeyman/status/21942561967 (safe)
It made me laugh really hard and I can’t quite tell why.
I think it’s a tweet to illustrate his knowledge of Johnny’s cell number.
It’s because you can just hear Jon thinking to himself
awwww…he called me ‘buddy’….I like him. . . .
If Damon accepts an assignment to the Sox, how many writers will say this could be the move that vaults them into a playoff spot?
I want the Sox to take on Damon and Manny Ramirez to boot.
It’ll make it all the funnier when they still finish 8 games back of the wildcard.
My brother said this as well, but without the wild card thing. He just thinks it’s hilarious that they’ve gotten hit so hard by injuries that their FO is delusional.
Pitching And Defense 2010, bitches!!!
FIVE ACES.
Fuck. Beat me to it.
Obviously I don’t want him to go, but if he does I hope to Mo they play him in center.
I don’t want him to go either. I like Damon (not enough to agree that the Yankees should have paid him what he was asking), so I don’t want him to end up back with a really ungrateful bunch of fucks “cheering” for him. He should stay in Detroit.
Not going to happen. I went to the game at Fenway early last year where Ellsbury stole home. They hadn’t done much of anything at the plate all game, but I stayed until the end to hear Johnny Damon pinch hit, and the huge chorus of boos he got.
Yes-Andy will never pitch from the windup with a fast guy on 3rd ever again!
Most of them. This move also gets Damon in the Hall of Fame (if/when he gets to 3000 hits). With the Boston PR machine fully in his corner again he might be first ballet.
Ballot.
(Second time someone’s said “ballet” today, don’t remember if it was you previously.)
So few people call him “buddy” he gets quite taken with it.
Heyman and Damon: BFF4EAE <33333
Heyman and Damon, so perfect together it rhymes.
So, I like this Nova guy.
forgetting about Javy so far!
Javy who?
BTW I want the Coke guy to kill the Pepsi guy in this commercial.
Agreed. I don’t like the Pepsi (Max) guy pulling those shenanigans. Simply unprofessional. Plus, Coke is better.
Bullshit.
Nintendo is better.
Yea, how is their guy being a dick supposed to make you want to buy their product?
I like Pepsi more than Coke and I still want the Coke buy to kick his ass.
I agree.
BG needs a new approach at the plate.
BG always takes 2 strikes and flat foots his swinging strike 3. I still like it better than a first pitch groundout to short and one gidp per game.
/Jeets’d
One thing that leads me to believe that the Nova readings are correct: We all know that Morrow sits around 94-96, and that’s where he’s been. So if the gun is right for Morrow, then you would expect it to be right for Nova.
Take away: Nova is pumped up right now.
BETEMIT!!!
Brandon Morrow is good at baseball.
This Brandon Marrow is pretty decent. I bet you could get a 30 year old middle reliever for this guy if you looked around hard enough
Do the Tampa Yankees have a beat writer?
Not as far as I know.
Lame. Am I missing anyone on the Twitter for the affiliates? I got MAshmore, Norris, Pimpsner, Foley, and the swbyankeesTT one.
” Not sure Buddy”
verypleasantman’d
well done sir.
IETC
Come on Cano! Do it again!
ahahahahaha Tex tripled.
Come on Flash, get excited. Not as ridiculous as Michael Kay, but ya gotta give us just a little bit more.
Flash comes from the Red Barber school of baseball broadcastiug.
A-Rod isn’t as good as that 3B playing RF out there.
/Bret’d
Wheels.
Bautista lulz.
Bautista never bobbled the ball. Mark is just crazy fast.
Cito Flabber Gaston.
That was…NOT(!!)…a good play Bautista.
/Borat’d
55 pitches through 3, I’ll take it.
Gardner’s zone swing percent is 44.6. How can that possibly be that low? I’m impressed.
It’s really too bad the Jays didn’t let Morrow stay where he belonged in the bullpen.
It’s really too bad the Jays didn’t let Morrow stay where he belonged in
the bullpenSeattle’s bullpen.Fixed.
Six Ks through 3? Damn, my MLB 10 The Show pitcher does that by the second.
That slider in on lefties is pretty ridiculous. I have no idea how the hell you’re supposed to get a bat on that thing.
Guess fastball and be right.
Morrow is so fucking filthy. Stop that shit. At least he’s thrown a lot of pitches.
Who has a better slider in the game right now, righty? Off the top of my head I can only think of Josh Johnson…but I don’t think his is even as filthy as Morrow.
He should bathe then.
2nd time through the order, big test for any rook.
Mo Damn, Tex is so good.
Robots please. Fucking insane.
boo that shit, Tex stayed on
OUT.
robot umps please.
robotumps
Ugh. I hate umpires. So much.
They helped us yesterday with that blown call at home.
Personally, I’m more of a “get it right” type of person. I enjoy it when it benefits us, don’t get me wrong, but I’d rather things be right.
That. I’d rather the umpires get things right than the umpires call 105809860968 incorrect calls against the Yankees.
incorrect calls FOR the Yankees*, sorry, to make my point.
Bad call there.
Tex got fired up. He probably crushes a fastball in his next AB.
http://assets.sbnation.com/ass.....Umpire.jpg (safe)
Have we played Chicago yet this year?
Back in May.
Surprised Joe got up for that vehement and passionate support of tex….
Girardi would have to take a few CC fastballs to the head in order to decide to leave the yankees for the cubs
Of course. Umpires 2, Yankees 1.
That was a pretty bad call. Worst part is Ump was in position and apparently is half blind.
Why throw hanging curves to that guy?
To be fair, I don’t think pitchers want to throw hanging curves to anyone. It just happens, sometimes.
Should have been a solo shot, but nothing the Yankees can’t come back from.
Why is he getting any pitch that’s middle and/or in? Just bounce it in the other batter’s box.
Look at that, Bautista’s 39th homer on the 39th pitch from Nova.
I SAID IT BEFORE YOU!
… in my head.
Damn this crazy fucker Bautista and his insane unsustainable hot streak.
Sustained it for about five months now…
We’ll see what he does next season. Maybe this is his “Brady Anderson meats Adrian Beltre” year.
WORST. PORN. EVER.
Is that like his 39th HR against the Yankees this year?
Anyone believe that he’s clean? I don’t.
/angry
Shrug
http://www.baseball-reference......da02.shtml
See 1973
Shrug back.
There are other UFO seasons. Boggs ’87, Campaneris ’70, Cash ’61 (less for the HRs than the overall hitting), Anderson ’96. They’ve been part of the game since there was a game, although we remember the extreme cases because they are extreme, and they are pretty rare. Some times there’s a clear answer looking back (expansion ’61, PEDs ’96), some cases not. We now live in a time where any sudden increase in hitting, especially on the HR side, will draw questions, and it is okay to consider PEDs as an option. In fact, to not consider it is a head-in-the-sand approach that allowed PEDs to go unchecked for so long.
It’s with us forever.
He’s been hanging that sucker all night. Someone was going to kill it.
Umps 2, Yankees 1. Whatever, it’s not insurmountable.
well that cost us a run so awesome
So I still don’t fully understand waivers. Since the Red Sox claimed Damon, unless the Tigers pull him back, the Sox have to take him right?
That’s how it goes.
he still has a no trade clause
Yes. The only other wrinkle is, if a player has an NTC with the team that claims him, he can block the deal and render both teams’ actions moot.
That’s what’s going on with Damon and Manny Ramirez as well.
I missed it. Did someone claim Manny ?
I think the Dodgers are considering putting him on waivers.
No, the Dodgers haven’t put him on waivers yet, but Olney says they’re expected to and he’ll be elsewhere by August 31st.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-.....id=5490103
I’ll say… the White Sox.
Manny and Ozzie? TOGETHER?
Plz 2 b revitalizing “The Club” for that…
Man, that will be the biggest and most hilarious mess ever.
Shit, Manny and Ozzie would probably get along smashingly.
Peas and carrots. They’re both crazy and they know it. Ozzie will let Manny hit and not get in his way, Manny will appreciate having a manager who leaves him alone.
Right, but the reality is those teams get added to the NTC because they are likely to select the player, so it gives him added leverage to possibly squeeze an extension out of the team that selects him. It doesn’t mean that he doesn’t want to play there, not at all.
I never implied that that was the case.
Talking to all readers, I do that a lot.
Copy.
If Damon doesn’t agree to the trade then the Tigers have to pull him back. When a team claims a player on waivers, then the two teams work on a trade. Yet it’s entirely possible the team that put the player on waivers can just say “He’s yours.” Then the claiming team has to take the player.
But once they pull him back, it’s irreversable. If they put Damon back on waivers a 2nd time after failing to make a deal, it’s ‘irrevocable waivers’ and any team can just take him and pay his salary, w/o giving up talent.
My guess is even if the Tigers and Sox couldn’t agree on a player, the Tigers might have just turned around and said “you own him” to save $2 million. The Sox would have to take him. I’m also guessing that Damon’s contract still means he could reject the deal.
Should be 1-1 at worst. Fuckin non-robot me-hating ump
Agreed, the foot was clearly on the bag. Great play by Tex.
Yo, Eduardo, stop bouncing the throws.
Had to predict taht, didn’t ya, bex?
She’s a witch! Burn her!
(cries)
Nunez has a cannon.
Keep stylin all the way to the golf course in October, Jose. Classless.
+1
39 homeruns wow. I wonder if we’ll ever see another season like that out of him.
(goes out on limb)
Nope.
It’s crazy, someone like Beltre has been all over the map but it’s not impossible to imagine his 2010 season. Just don’t get it.
He was probably never as bad as he was as a Mariner. Safeco is where offense goes to die.
He did have a godly season in Dodger Stadium which is also where offense goes to die (though not as much as Safeco). And he’s been insanely good on the road this year – it’s not just Fenway. I think it’s more likely it’s just a really good year. Does he have some crazy BABIP going on or something?
.340, his career avg is probly right around .300
Something tells me no.
When did Manny get traded to the Blue Jays.
/act like you’ve hit a HR before you jackass. It’s a fucking rookie pitching.
What’d he do?
a big ol bat flip after he hit the ball with a little skip at the end.
calm down most of the yanks have little things they do when they jack one that isn’t exactly top self in the sportsmanship department
Cano’s got the Griffey HR act down pat.
Hell Cano even admired a double the other day.
Shit, if I was Jose Bautista, I’d be grabbing my nuts and gesticulating wildly after every homer, because Mo only knows how many more of these I’ll get to hit before my deal with the devil expires.
i gotcha. but dude’s in his first big league start. Just put the bat down and run the bases. We don’t need no flip and a skip.
I. Hate. Flash. So. Much.
I was glad to see Flash made the “Things Yankee fans hate” list on Zells.
Can we just officially all agree that Bautista is cheating?
It’s ridiculous the number of homers/distance/swagger he has compared to what he was before
and hes coming up with Mark McGwire mechanics excuse
Not without proof, that would be ridiculous.
Can we just officially all agree that Bautista is cheating?
No.
Even independent of steroids/PEDs/etc., sometimes hitters/pitchers just have great seasons where they’re in the zone all year long (and then it disappears).
1973
…the fuck?
Yep. They used to be called ‘career years’ before the steroid era.
Career years where you go from 13 HRs to 45?
Nah, its not at all odd to see a journeyman increase his HR total by 243%
</sarcasm>
It’s not unheard of either
Just because a player goes from barely making a roster, to becoming the leagues top power hitter, all in one year in his late 20′s, doesn’t mean he’s on steroids. That’s just stupid talk.
/David Ortiz
IETC
87mph change for strikes from Nova is nice. less pitches than Morrow-not terrible by any means so far
Jose Bautista leading the league in homers personally offends me.
Friggin’ robbed. It’s a reason they play and officiate in America’s cap (Canada).
Conclusion, robot umpires. Forget replay.
Via @riddering–If this was the little league World Series, the umpires could have reviewed that call at first.
LLWS at least recognizes their umps suck unlike MLB.
They have the replay and have overturned at least 2 calls from what I’ve seen.
LLWS > MLB
so he has more than found it great just great
Why are there no Indy Car drivers in an ad for the IZOD Indy Car Series?
#thatdoesn’tmakesense
Why is the IZOD brand still in existence? Who the hell wears IZOD?
White people with popped collars on jetskis in the Caribbean?
I sit corrected.
Of all the nights for the umps to cost the Yankees a run…not insurmountable, but they’ve got their F- lineup out there tonight
This iO commercial is Ron Dibble bait.
I was thinking the same thing.
He probably wrote the script.
Did you guys hear what he said about Strasburg? What an asshole.
(“Suck it up, kid. Go pitch. Period.”)
Is he serious with this shit? Why does he still have a job?
I remember in spring training 2001, Dibble basically said he’d eat his hat (or something like that) if Ichiro hit .300 in the Majors with that swing.
lol, yeah, that was great. Shows how completely out of touch he is suggesting that somehow it was his decision.
Odd statements coming from someone who
a) never made a major league start, and even more importantly…
b) threw 26.1 innings after the age of 29 (and none after 31) because his arm exploded
Seattle up 1-0 over Gomer Pyle Lackey in the 5th
Jed Lowrie made an error on the scoring play and Lackey threw his hands up and yelled something at him. I guess when you have a 5 ERA and make 20 mil a year you can do those things. Its why he’s such a competitor and bulldog.
How about no more rolling curves.
Good fastball Good change. Needs to work on the curve.
not to dwell but they should dust Bautista his next AB I know they won’t but they should
Does Overbay seriously have “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam as their at bat song? What the hell is wrong with you?
*his
They used to play “Better Man” for Betemit.
Wow that’s an AWFUL at-bat song o_O
Not that I’m a huge fan of the song…but why’s it such a bad at-bat song??
..maybe the topic?
It’s about a kid that goes on a shooting spree, no?
The song is essentially about an emotionally disturbed child killing himself. Why would you want that as your AB song?
Haha yeah that would be a good reason. Never bothered to listen to the lyrics much I guess.
Most major leaguers don’t pick their walkup music, but who knows.
I was thinking the same thing. Seriously. Great, but absolutely depressing song. Who wants to come up to that?
You might have an outside shot an argument for using the song if your first name is Jeremy. Otherwise, it just doesn’t make sense.
I saw CC pitch for the first time yesterday and love that he comes up to Biggie. So appropriate.
Interesting too since CC grew up on the West Coast during the whole East Coast–West Coast battle.
Nova’s changeup about same speed as javy’s fb. Throws it 3-1-impressive.
Less curves, more changes!
second that
thirded
Nice changeups in hitter’s counts for the strikeout.
Yes Sir!
nice!
change!
Score: Yanks 1, Jays 1, Umps 1. Advantage Jays. Cmon Meals, let’s get some boarderline ball calls!
Amazing. How can the Little League get it right when MLB clearly values degenertive old man eyes as opposed to getting the call right replay. I’m still fired up over that!
Nice sequence to end that AB against Overbay.
Nova has a lot of weapons. Different ballgame if he had a feel for the curveball tonight. I also didn’t expect this kind of velocity. You might not need all that much deception if you can get it up to 97.
The only bad thing is he has no deception. He could be a #5 starter for quite a few AL teams and almost a #4 on all NL teams. Hopefully, Nova goes out and shows some good stuff and good results.
Trade bait. A lot of teams will be enamored with his stuff.
I must admit, Derek looks youthful and athletic sitting on the bench. When he’s in the field or at the plate, he looks old and slow.
That’s because in the regular world, which includes sitting in the dugout, he is a young and athletic man. When he’s out in the field, he’s a 36-year-old shortstop.
Robbie: Stay the hell away Eduardo, I’ve seen what happens when you try to throw the ball to first.
im likeing nova…hes come far since not even being good rule 5 material
The Rogers Centre didnt put out their “A” lineup tonight either judging by the waitresses they have working behind home plate tonight.
I seriously believe that the Yankees need another hitter.
I don’t know if it’s Manny or not. But with all the injuries and the inability of our rookies to hit like the Red Sox rookies, I just feel insecure
Can Manny play 3B/SS/OF?
Team doesn’t need another hitter, just need A-rod and Puma to get healthy.
I know that but we dont have a 10 game lead in the division as a buffer
We have a 7 game in the L column lead on a playoff spot. We’re in good shape. If the team goes 23-15 in this last stretch they’ll win 100 games. They don’t need to go on a tear as much as you think. Just win series and tread water.
That doesn’t mean we need another hitter, though.
Yeah, why can’t we be like the, what, six-and-a-half-games out Red Sox! ;_;
They have grit and guts, don’t make fun of them you fucking bastard!!! They are going to make the playoffs based on that you know.
We don’t need another hitter. We picked up two at the deadline. We’re thin in the lineup now because two guys are on the DL purely because we are thinking about October. If we were 1 game up on the wild card, neither Berkman nor Arod would be on the DL. Barring setbacks, they will both be back the first day they are eligible. Once that happens, we won’t need any hitters.
That sounds like a “you” problem.
/dick’d
However it is accurate.
The “you” problem part, not what he was saying.
It kind of is because I hate trolls and they are reaaly hard to ignore
Wait, who’s a troll? What are you saying?
Trolls are bastards who come on chat boards and mess with you. THey are all over the ESPN board
… I have no idea what’s going on anymore. Are we on the ESPN boards?
Isn’t this RAB?
I seriously believe that the Yankees need another hitter.
We’re gonna go trade for two in August. Their names are “Alex Rodriguez” and “Lance Berkman”. We’re also in talks to add a third named “Nick Johnson”, but that’s still speculative.
Nick Johnson’s not a hitter. He’s a walker
Walking is still better than making an out.
Jed Lowrie, the only good thing about the 2010 Red Sox.
/PeteAbe’d
Who would be Cano’s competition for the Gold Glove ? Unless, of course, they give it to Pedroia for his ground balls in chair technique
UZR has Orlando Hudson (8.8) as the only one ahead of Cano (3.2) among qualified AL second basemen
PastasittingPedroia
Let’s go bottom turd of the lineup!
Nice at-bat by Pena, regardless of outcome.
Agreed. Same goes to Cervelli. Working counts is fine at this point.
With a vet batting, that pitch to Pena is probably called a ball.
Morrow has a ridiculous slider this year, I seem to remember his fastball being much better when he came up in Seattle
not that his fastball still isnt great
He’s always had great stuff. When he’s on, he dominates.
He’s their AJ Burnett, the guy with TEH ELECTRIC STUFF!!!!
I don’t remember Molina moving the glove so much after a catch while on the Yankees.
since when does cervelli wear batting gloves?
He started a few weeks ago.
i guess i have been oblivious as this is the first time i noticed it. wow. lol.
Jays have a great staff, great power. Why are they in 4th place?
Because they’re in the AL East.
They’re 5th worst in all of baseball in OBP.
Not making outs at a high rate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything else
Bullpen sucks, and while their offense hits a ton of homers, they’re actually at the bottom of the league in OBP. Less baserunners = less runs = less wins.
what AJ should be
Actually, this is what AJ was against us when he was a Jay. One of the reasons we gave him so much money.
I was thinking more like Joba. Mid-90′s fastball, strikeout slider. Although Morrow’s pure stuff is better than Joba’s.
At least he had to use 13 pitches for his strikeouts.
Yeesh, nine strikeouts through five.
morrow is what i though joba would be…or should i say was for a period of time
/2008′d
If Clay wins the Cy Young I am going on some sort of spree.
BABIP: .265
FIP: 3.6
xFIP: 4.2
tERA: 3.8
tRA+: off the charts
What the hell was that, Brett.
If he’s going to do that he might as well do the ‘ole Baltimore chop.
how could a guy that fast not have learned how to bunt ? Im sure every coach he’s ever had has tried to teach him
at least you didn’t strike out
barf
I think i would have preferred that, it would have taken at least 3 pitches.
YES voters fail
I vote for the guy who steals the most laptops.
I missed the results. What was it?
They voted for Price. Which is better than Buchholz I guess?
Thanks. And I agree with Price.
The text poll question was “Are People Dumb?” The choices were “Yes” or “No”.
“Yes” won.
it’s not the first time
I can’t tell if that’s a shot at Price, me, or the voters.
The voters.
I propose some broadcasting roster moves:
Kenny – full time play by play
Jack Curry – called up to the booth
Flash – optioned to the sidelines
Call up Bob Lorenz too. Nancy Newman can handle the studio
Can Nancy get under the table faster than Suzyn? If yes, put her in the booth!
Curry and Lorenz need to see more booth time.
You mean Kenny, the same guy who couldn’t get Shin Soo Choo’s name correctly for a full series?
Nova’s command is pretty spotty, but he sure looks like his ceiling is higher than “back of the rotation”
Command is what separates MLB-caliber pitchers from everyone else, though.
No deception and no real put out pitch will keep him from going above a back of the rotation starter, but he is a guy that could keep a job for awhile.
I wonder what Canadian Pizza tastes like.
They make it on toast and use goat cheese. Frickin’ Cannucks
Too many fly balls for Nova, methinks.
Five total in the game, three in that one inning.
N to the izzo V to the izzay
Nicely done, Ivan. Keep it going.
Nice inning there. Other than the hanger Nova has done pretty well.
It wasn’t one bad pitch, he was hanging a bunch of them early. He was lucky to get away with some of those pitches in the 1st inning, and with the bases loaded that could have got ugly.
But he’s really settled in and done a nice job since then. You can’t kill a guy for having jitters in his MLB debut
/justfortommie’d