Game 129: At least it’s CC
ByPitching has not been pretty lately. Save for CC Sabathia, of course. He’s been a rock in the rotation all year, despite a somewhat rough patch earlier. The other guys in the rotation picked him up then, and now he’s returned the favor tenfold. The Yanks need him to keep it up tonight, in need of a win after a rough series against the Jays and then last night’s loss to the White Sox.
Offense would help, too, but unfortunately the Yanks have to contend with John Danks. They made him work last time, so there’s hope that they can get something going tonight. Granderson takes the night off, which is probably a good idea considering the tough lefty. He’s been better, and he did hit a couple of lefties in Toronto, but no need to push it.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Nick Swisher, RF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Robinson Cano, 2B
5. Marcus Thames, DH
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Austin Kearns, LF
8. Brett Gardner, CF
9. Eduardo Nunez, 3B
And on the mound, number fifty-two, CC Sabathia.
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C.C. Sabathia: Perfect game.
Book it.
Great work…
/jinx’d
So to start the thread off in a cheery mood. What’s everyone’s single favorite Yankee game of all time? Regular season, postseason, whatever.
Is this really a question? Aaron Boone game, duh.
If you want my favorite regular season game of all time (tiebreakers don’t count even though they’re technically regular season) it would have to be the July 2004 Jeter-fly-into-the-stands game.
Good idea to start tonight off positive. I gotta say the Aaron Boone game. I woke my asshat neighbor up with all my happy screaming and we had a huge argument in front of our apartments while I laughed the whole time.
Game 5 2001 World Series.
That the Yankees could do the bottom of the ninth comeback thing once was incredible enough…but to do it twice?! Are you insane?
Also, Game 7 2003 ALDS, Game 6 1996 World Series, Game 2 2009 ALDS, Game 4 2009 World Series (I haven’t been alive that long!)
That game is a blur to me…I was, almost literally, deliriously happy. I have this mental image of the ball going into the left field stands and then my mind goes blank.
Fuck, meant to repond to Slappy about the Boone game.
My reaction during game 5 of 01′ was delirious screaming and hugging the people closest to me.
those games were great but I cant count them as favorites because of the outcome of the series. I think we all wanted that one especially bad
For the record, for me, it has to be Game 5 of the 1996 World Series.
There are too many awesome postseason games to pick just one so I will go with this:
http://www.baseball-almanac.co.....1999.shtml
1978-Game 163-1st Monday in October-2 PM start time. Was in 6th grade-got home at 3 PM to catch last six innings.
Bucky Dent HR and subsquent huge victory makes a young boy ecstatic. Even though if was a game for the AL EAST crown, it felt at time like Game 7 of the WS. Could cut the tension with a knive.
Lasting impact-drove yet another stake in Red Sux fans hearts, although this one was extra special since they lost on their home field to the Yankees. Deep psychological scars still evident and worthy of a mention to Sux fans to which they have no come back. Made Bucky Dent a household name since.
So, uh, apparently Kei Igawa is pitching some sort of perfect game or something
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
Pitching issues: solved
noooooooooooo
Not a perfecto, Laird made an error.
I thought is was a rule that you do not talk about a PG/NH until the pitcher has finished six innings.
7 inning game
Look what you did!!!!!
Who ? Ive erased that name from my memory bank
A no hitter through 4 innings is nice and all but come on, it’s Kei Igawa. I don’t expect him to complete the no-no but I’m rooting for the Ghost.
the no-hitter is over. Noooo
That would have probably put Kei over the top to make it into the AAA Hall of Fame….wait, is he still in AAA ?
Curtis with another xbase hit, He’s 2-2.
Man Mike, Ben, and Joe must have been busy today with the game thread being the first post authored by one of them.
Really made me realize how much i enjoy the site. Study breaks just were not as satisfying without something to read from here. You guys really do a good job.
one note from last nights postgame on YES. Cervelli used the “we expect to score alot of runs with this lineup” line………Not when youre in it Frankie
Yay Swish.
Swisher showing Ozzie whats up
Jeter has a really awesome leadoff at-bat. Nothing?
Yay Swish!
yes. like to see more of that
I meant to comment but the moment had passed. Walked in to my room late. Since you brought it up, awesome AB by Derek. More of those please.
not the dreaded first inning two run homer. NOOO.
this ones gonna be different……I hope
Could this be the curse of the first inning 2-run homer again?
Just kidding… Go Tex!
2 run home in the first inning? DOOOOOOOOOMED!
Seriously, good start. Needed that, give CC some breathing room so he doesn’t feel like he has to do too much.
nice to see denks working
uh oh 2 run homer in the first. we all know what that means….lol
Clay gon’ get rocked.
It’d be nice to see. I figure that game could be either a really nicely-pitched game, or a disastuh all-around/for one team.
I hope its a disastuh for both teams, in fact I hope it turns out to be a 17 innings disastuh.
I would not mind that either. Especially if there are like 3 bench-clearing brawls (and the suspensions that go along with them) to go along with those 17 innings.
I forgot about the bench clearing brawls, that would be the cherry on top.
infield hits ….errrrrrrr
gotta love Swisha
Great throw Kearns!
ugly throw by Kearns
I peed a bit on that shallow left field pop up.
right field….
/correction
stupid konerko…
Let’s get that run back. A good throw gets Juan thou.
Not the best way to start an inning, after they did a nice job working Danks in the 1st.
whole lotta swingin and missing all of a sudden
Would someone please explain how Brian Cashman could waste $46 million on Kei Igawa, $40 million on Carl Pavano, $80 million on AJ Burnett, $11 million and a top pitching prospect on Javy Vasquez and is likely preparing to pay Cliff Lee well over $100 million and hope he stays great until age 37 or 38 yet he passed on Aroldis Chapman, a 22 year old lefty who has been throwing 105 mph and would have only costed $30 million?? Kevin Towers would be a better GM than Cashman.
How many major league hitters has Aroldis Chapman faced?
105 ? Really ?
I have to believe the gun was juiced, reports say in the relief inning he pitched he hit 105 and was sitting around 102-103
remember that other hyped up prospect that threw 100? what happened to his elbow?
I’m amazed he can generate that much speed, he’s 6’4″ 185, he like a stick, I have to believe something’s gonna go on him
~supposedly~!
The money was burning a hole in is pocket. No, seriously, Cash does seem to be a little over-matched in evaluating pitching talent at the major league level (some of that blame has to be spread to Billy Eppler, head of ML scouting). And, yes, Towers probably has a better eye for pitching but to say that Cash is a lousy GM is way too hyperbolic. He’s at least in the top third…which is Top 10.
the worst sportscasters in soirts history reside in Chicago.
Exhibit A: “Strike 3. He Goun!”
Exhibit B: “You can put in on the boooooooooard…. Yeeeeea!”
ugh. Almost as annoying as the Toronto Bautistas.
read that, Sports history.
I would say more annoying. I hate Hawk more than anything. I also think he should have gotten suspended for saying that the Sox should cross up to hit Joe West with a pitch.
But they are so clearly upset when the yankees score so it makes it worth it. Their yankee homerun call is “hit hard………………………………………………………..”
that absolutely made it worth the irritation. he had more enthusiasm for Gardner’s walk.
I had to listen to that ass last night….sickening
nunie!!!
Nunie! oh baby, what a shot
Hello there.
Wow. Wonder if Mike will say anything about Nunez.
Holy hell, Nunez! Nicely done. Was not expecting that out of you.
You can put it on the boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooard……Yesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/fuck you Harrelson’d
+infinity
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
(catches breath)
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
Eduardo Nunez?!? Really? You suck John Danks.
Except that was a good pitch from Danks and Nunez simply beat him.
Don’t let your feelings towards Nunez cloud your judgment.
mike u are so bias against nunez its not even funny that you are rooting against him and he is a player on the team you root for. it is starting to get annoying. the kid beat danks. he used his hands and turned on a pitch into the seats. Accept it…
Nunez > Pena (based on that one swing)
LOL HR Nunez!
Poor Axisa gonna get on us so much when he stops hitting.
Eduardo!!
Quick stroke from Eduardo, very nicely done.
I don’t believe… what I just saw
That was a really impressive swing by Nunez. That was actually a good pitch and a line drive HR. He has very quick hands.
13 pitches in 2 ABs for Derek.. nice.
cuz tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 19-99
Slappy: “Nunez just homered, can you believe that shit?”
Wife: “Who the fuck is that ?”
/anotherlongnightforslappy’d
Jones extra 30 lbs he is carrying is the reason he isn’t that good anymore.
Wasn’t there some article that said there was a pretty good case to be made that his 2008 was the worst season ever?
I don’t know why people are so shocked Nunez hit a HR. The kid does have a little power.
He hit 9 HRs in the Eastern League just a year ago.
9 HR’s is nothing over 450 plate appearances.
It is something from a 22 year old in AA playing in predominately pitchers parks, especially his home park.
Notice how I said a little.
Um. Guys. This can’t be good…
Great… Tex hurt now too?
shit, what happened to Teix?
Uh, Granderson hitting for Teix?
Crisis!!!
Uh oh. Please don’t be hurt, Tex.
This seems to happen to the Yankeees every other game now.
Please be ok. Please be ok. Please be ok.
WTF ? Teix hurt ? I cant be happy, I just cant
Oh lord, Tex, please be okay bb.
Swish going to play first?
Bigger Rims
Bigger Thames
Crushed.
You can put in on the booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooard!!!!!!
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!
/yes again’d
Nice!
I cannot believe how well he’s hit this year. Incredible job by Thames.
Marcus Thames, Lefty Masher ™
These Yanks
)
Steve Stone- “You can throw a high fast ball right past Marcus Thames…” Thames hits a high fast ball for a HR… dead silence. God I hate living in the midwest and listening to these two clowns.
Hope they have that call in the highlights maybe on MLB Network. Wouldn’t expect ESPN to replay it.
They kind of called it.
“Thames can hit a mistake now…silence……and he hit that mistake”
YCPIOTB….
Yes
It is just not John Danks’ night. Two times Dank made his pitch and got beat both times by Nunez and Thames.
Good for us.
For giving up 6 R in 2.2 IP, you know, he hasn’t been that bad.
/statements that make no sense’d
Thames = amazing.
Ha the chicago announcers were just silent for that homer.
@heard this: Mark Teixeira has been murdered by AJ Burnett after teammates overheard Tex telling Burnett “You see that? That’s what we like to call a scoreless inning” Details forthcoming.
I laughed.
I definitely laughed.
I laughed, then I continued my crying
I feel confident CC can close this out. The only concern now is the health of Teixera.
The Grandersons just seem like friendly people.
Seriously. They seem really sweet.
They seem really awesome.
I’m digging the chubby chick in front of the Grandersons.
Chubby Chaser
funny hop. oh well.
Damn my parents for making me be from KS. The only announcers for Yankee games that I hear are the Royals, White Sox, ESPN, TBS, Fox…My Dad hung around with the Hawk when he played and said he was pretty much what you’d expect from the announcing.
Any word on Tex?
Any radio listeners care to share John Sterling’s Nunez homer call?
I think that picture of CC makes him look like a yawning bear. Not the most flattering.
shit, that sucks
Damn
Has anyone had any beers bottled by buzzards bay brewing co? My wife got me this beef of the month club. I had their Pale Ale and it was really good. Wanted to see if it was popular around there since it’s bottled in MA.
I think you could hear Hawk yelling “YEAH!!!!” when Konerko made contact.
well i certainly had to fucking hear it on WGN. MUTE it is.
God damn what an awful pitch to one of 2 guys that can do damage…
Konerko is a pain in the butt
Comon CC, seriously?
Did Harrelson still JIHP? I couldn’t flip over in time to find out.
ya he did. and the worst part was he called it at the start of the AB.
I guess you can put it on the board, but you can’t read the board, huh?
Hey look, the one good hitter on the other team hit a homer against us. Shocking.
all good Ross’s think alike
Yeah, but the annoying thing is the pitch location. Thames hit a neck high fastball in the mid-90s for his tater. Danks just got beat on it. CC threw Konerko a pitch in his wheelhouse where all he had to do was drop the bat head on it. A mistake pitch. It happens but the timing was…unfortunate.
Agreed.
Plus honestly, CC… I trust CC to get guys out. It did annoy me momentarily but yeah.
Ugh. I really dislike you, Konerko. Get the runs back, offense.
Well, there goes CC’s chance of dropping his ERA into the 2′s tonight.
Stop pitching to Konerko Please
Clearly, we were at risk of knocking Danks out of the game too early, so now we have to start bunt-popping up first pitches to make up for it.
Red Sox look like they’re going to pounce this inning.
Jamie Moyer and…?
Trivia: Moyer, Vizquel
I’m awesome sometimes.
youre always awesome
/random act of ego boosting’d
Thanks.
But not really…
60% of the time she is awesome all the time.
Did he just say sit and spin?
Yes, yes he did. And I had that same reaction.
ALEXEI!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see we know what’s going on with Teix.
Don’t worry, Kim Jones is on it.
Well she referred to the trade for Eduardo Nunez’s home run ball as “breaking news,” so…
Jesus fucking Christ.
Damn come on CC buckle down.
That change up isn’t working at all CC.
What the fuck.
Why is Kay so fucking excited for this?
It’s his way of trying to convince people he’s not a homer like everyone else by giving the same home run call.
Well that sucked. Have we switched places now?
Good game for CC to suck.
Well that was unfortunate.
This is pathetic. You know what? If we can’t win with CC on the mound after we’ve given him 6 runs we don’t deserve to go to the fucking playoffs.
Lucky for the Yankees, most teams are worse than they are right now….. but your point is on the mark.
The Yankees are winning
Stop it with your damn facts!
Bullshit. If we win enough games to go to the playoffs we deserve to go to the fucking playoffs, regardless of what happens tonight.
Give him a break, guys. He lives in Jersey.
Yeah. And we all know what that water does to you.
That’s water?
I assumed it was just free gas.
I’m glad you all are so confident. The team can’t afford to lose these games, no matter how optimistic you are.
you say … stuff when you’re in a mood sometimes.
You know things aren’t going well for the Yankees when you take a 6-1 lead with CC on the mound and by the 4th inning you’re only up by 1.
this game is literally disgusting…After that dogshit brand of baseball we’ve been playing, we finally come out swinging and with CC on the mound…and now this…DISGUSTING.
3.02 to 3.21 in 3 innings. Grr.
Shut the hell up Hawk
now cc going to shit the bed
The ball is flying. They still have the lead thou. Let’s get some more runs
theres too many two run innings in this game..
and this is our only good starter. This is going to be a rough stretch run.
already is.
Not really. After the games on August 2, the Yankees were tied for first in the AL East and 6.5 games up in the wild card. Today, they are tied for first in the AL east and 4.5 games up in the wild card. So, in 25 days (23 games) the Yankees have lost 2 games in the Wild Card standings. That’s not a rough stretch, that’s normal.
Normal when the team is playing above average competition. Not normal when they split with KC, lose 4 of 6 to Toronto, and splitting 2 with Boston when they should have won 3, if not 4.
Add to that where they have games they hammer teams and then are no hit for 5-6 inning scoring maybe 1 run.
That is a tough stretch by any measurement, unless you are Cleveland, KC, Seattle, Baltimore.
And I should add, when your two closest competitors in the division are having similar stretches, the Yankees should be up by 4 games on Tampa and 7 on Boston.
Since August 2, they’ve played at a 91 win pace. To be 4 games up on Tampa, they’d have to have played at a 117 win pace. That is a completely unrealistic expectation.
This isn’t football where a team can go 14-2 in a season. Even great baseball teams lose a lot of games.
CC is blowing his Cy Young chances with bad pitching like this, even if he still gets a win tonight.
What “bad pitching like this”? This has been the one really poor outing he’s had in August. (Or, at least, the only one I can remember.)
This as in “this start” where he’s given up 5 runs in 4 innings including two home runs. Jumps in ERA like that are going to hurt his ERA overall, and that would hurt his chances.
That is a problem, but I have faith that CC can right himself and still give us something respectable tonight.
Though it would be really awesome to see the big man get a Cy Young (I think the last Yankee to win was was Clemens in ’01), I’d much rather see him get more playoff honors.
OMG teh bandbox!!!
That slider/cutter tonight has been really good. I would like to see more of that and less of the change up.
Every Yankee fan should chip in a penny to get Cashman on a plane to Chicago to whip this team into shape. They are playing terrible across the board. The pitching and defense have been pretty bad and the offense has been inconsistent.
I think he can afford his own ticket
What is Cashman going to say/do that would change the way they’re playing? I’m sure that everyone wants to play better and is trying to improve, but it’s not as easy as just wishing it would happen.
whatever he said in ATL last year
Do you really think there was any connection between what he said and the Yankees turning it around?
Are you telling me you don’t see the connection between government and laughing at people?
If Brian Cashman needs handouts, the rest of us are in deep shit.
No more change up’s. It appears that they are sitting on it.
omg CC how about not throwing everything right down the middle. Fastballs, curves, change ups (it’s not a change up if you throw it 5 mph slower than your fastball) all splitting the plate.
I’ll give him your advice.
thank you, ask for an autograph on the sweet spot too for me haha
and another fastball down the middle
Juan you suck.
ALEXEI!!!!!!!!
One more out, CC.
CC has been picking us up all year. We need to pick him up.
Exactly, but this is not the line up or the moment when this line up will do it. Too many dependable members mired in bad seasons.
Swish can’t do everything.
They’re hitting the ball fine tonight, looks like.
It’s really amazing how quickly people forget three 2-Run home runs.
quickly enough to see that they only mean a 1 run lead when they should mean a coasting game.
But I apologize. I know it is a felony to comment on the obvious negatives of the Yankees.
By the way, Posada looks awesome at the plate.
And foot in mouth. Thank you Jorge. I will now make a $100 contribution to your charity.
Money well spent.
quickly enough to see that they only mean a 1 run lead when they should mean a coasting game.
That’s not due to the offense.
But I apologize. I know it is a felony to comment on the obvious negatives of the Yankees.
No, it’s not a felony. However, when they have 6 runs against an excellent pitcher through 4 innings, don’t say things that don’t make sense. That’s all people ask for, I think.
By the way, Posada looks awesome at the plate.
Hip hip.
Danks is not an excellent player imo, just having a good year…
Over the last 3 years, his worst ERA was 3.77 last year.
Fine. Point still stands.
This is (tied for) the most runs that Danks has given up in his career. If the offense were really clicking, they wouldn’t have been satisfied with a tie.
I know ,right? The 6 runs they have scored so far clearly show this is not the moment.
Appearances aren’t what they seem. Thames has 1 hit an HR. Swish has 1 hit, this inning. Cano has 3 hits or half of their total.
So I seriously fail to see how THAT equates to hitting the ball just fine.
But, what do I know. one person with half the total usually means blistering the shit out of the ball.
They have 7 hits in 20 AB – or a .350 BA. That’s pretty damn good. And 3 of those hits are HR.
Look at the bright side, at least ARod can’t get blamed for how shitty and inconsistent this team has been playing.
Then there is always September to look forward to.
The WB Mason Marketing Department is almost as bad as the Yankees.
They both suck for deploying Michael Kay as a secret weapon.
WHO BUT???
The WB Mason Marketing Department is the best marketing department in the world? (because the Yankees are the best baseball team in the world)
Seriously, why cant we get a report on Teix ? I mean, they can find out from the fuckin security guy that they got a homerun ball but its impossible to get a prelim report on an injury
and now Kay with the damn red sox talk
/infuriated’d
The security guys don’t treat injuries and they’re probably cuter than Geno or Steve.
Why does Kay almost bash JD Drew?
always*
I am very proud of this post.
http://riveraveblues.com/off-t.....nt-1068339
Check it out, guys.
Hunter has always been regarded as a borderline HOF’er. He may have a good ERA, but he has, I believe the lowest ERA+ of any HOF pitcher, so in context his ERA is not that impressive.
I don’t agree with arguing that Player A should be in the HOF because Player B is in the HOF and Player A was better than Player B. Player A needs to be better than a lot of the current HOF players at his position, and you can’t say that about Guidry.
Well, I don’t think either Guidry or Catfish should be HOFers.
I’m also glad I found this comparison just to refute nsalem’s rather ridiculous claims of Catfish’s “dominant” career.
I’m sorry, the word was not dominant. I was just not aware of “just how great” Catfish was, especially since he was “a key part of winning 5 World Championships”.
I can see trying to screw up Konerko’s timing with a changeup but why try to be cute with the desiccated corpse of Andruw Jones. You think he can still touch 97 mph heat up in the zone?
Ozzie gets points for honesty I guess.
That’s all he gets points for. On the other hand, he earns a loooot of points with his brand of honesty.
I’d say that WS ring earned him a little bit as well…
True, but I’m not completely sure he deserved those points…maybe.
HR coming now!
Tony could hit ‘em far.
Damn.
What is wrong with Michael Kay?
In italics for emphasis.
So, so, so many things.
I wish I knew how to italics
(i) text you want to be italics in here (/i)
Only use the ><-type open/closer thingees.
You sure it’s lowercase i? I use (em) but in ><.
Not enough. Try this.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH MICHAEL KAY!!!
I’d underline it too but dammit if I forgot how to do that.
damn almost.
The best news I can think of is Putz and Thornton aren’t available. great play by that cocksucker Rios.
So, um what the hell happened to CC?
He’s been getting some bad advice from his new pitching coach, Jack Morris.
AJ coughed on him
I laughed a little, and then felt bad because I really do wish AJ was better.
yeah that was my reaction when I said that. :/
He had a bad night. Just like every other pitcher that has ever played baseball.
John Skanks.
lets see whats left in that sox bullpen
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=8205265
Hilarious
/Hawk’d
Dad gummit!!
Very important at bat in the game for Posada.
Well said.
Yeah, Jorge!
nice.
Jorge: Still getting it done.
Whoo yeah ‘Sado.
HIP HIP!
wooo, chisox announcers sounds like their first born just died
They did. I killed them.
+1
They should have pitch-hit Cervelli.
Jorge Posada is good at baseball <3
Jorge!
Attaboy, Sado.
Can’t blame the offense today.
At least the Giants starters aren’t getting their asses kicked by the Ravens tonite..
Last score I saw was 10-0. Is it now worse?
17-0 Ravens.
17-0 and eli was just sacked at his own 3.
Gotta love those OL injuries.
Preseason is preseason. I refuse to worry about the Giants until the season starts. Shit ahppens, but they still have a chance to be good and I’m not going to kill myself worrying about the ways they’re *not* good.
Jones giveth and Jones taketh away
A two-run double? B…b..but, we don’t have heart…
This could (hopefully not) be a repeat of the Cleveland game earlier in the season.
Can Kay please tell us something about Tex?
What if they dont know anything?
Bruised right thumb (per radio)
Well, there you go. Bruised thumb.
This is not the lineup or the moment for CC to have a bad game.
Swisher or I mean Nunez wait Cano no Thames oh yeah Posada can’t do everything.
Bruised right thumb for Tex
worse than diarrhea but better than something broken
Thank God it’s only a bruised thumb.
Can Nunez get a hit here?
He came out for a bruised thumb?
This team has no heart!
I bet Pedroia would play baseball without hands because he has the heart the Yankees lack. He’d catch the ball with the glove in his teeth.
While kneeling on a stool.
Nah, man. He takes grounders from the knees. From the knees. TEAM SPIRIT!
*exhales* Hopefully this doesn’t mean more than 2 days off for Tex. Feel better, Tex!
Too many Penas in the park. I don’t feel comfortable.
That’s racist?
Not a fan of racial humor? Don’t worry, I’m not REALLY in the park.
I have a sense of humor, so I was playing along.
Damn, my bad. We’ll have to wait until the next racist comment…
1st career Grand Slam?
Seriously, what are the odds that the fan screaming at Pena to throw strikes is actually Hawk Harrelson?
4-1.
Nunie >>>> Pena
Great piece Nunez!!!
NICE!!!
Hell yes Nunez. I see a championship belt in his future.
Nunez is the man. Should be a great bench guy for the next few seasons.
Nicely done, Nunez. I’m…kind of proud of you?
Now can the captain do something here to add more?
Every time I want to get excited about Nunez, I remember Fransisco Cervelli’s April.
Than, Nunez killing them!
So does this mean that every time Nunez faces Chicago he’ll be known as a White Sox Killer ™ ?
Or does that just happen against us?
at least Jeter got it out of the infield, progress people
Ed-war-doh Noon-yez.
Q: has Jeter had a game this season better than the game Nunez is having tonight? I don’t remember any.
You don’t remember that game where he hit 3 grand slams in one inning?
He basically single-handedly won a game against the White Sox in April? That’s all I got.
And I feel like he had a ridiculously good game the day A-Rod hit #600?
He was a perfect 4-4, no?
Here’s the A-Rod 600 game:
http://www.baseball-reference......8040.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference......4300.shtml
That’s a good game. At least he has that.
What a lost season…unless he gets the ring, right?
What do you mean by a “lost season”?
It’s a down season by Jeter’s standards, but this is what just about every other team in baseball has to look forward to as a typical season (or even a good season) for their SS.
Great job by Nunez. Really good at bat. He refused to expand the zone for Pena, got his pitch, and then just kept it simple. Great piece of hitting.
He looked a little anxious (understandably) at the plate his first few games up here, but looks to be settling in.
seriously don’t know which is worse, listening to someone like Hawk be a homer or listening to someone like Kay and his casino style routine.
What happened to the standards of decent broadcasting?
TV destroyed baseball play-by-play standards. Seriously, it’s been bad since the advent of color tv at least.
CC looks tired in the legs.
Hawk just said Konerko is an A+ defender….
I think he is a pretty good defensive 1B, no? Maybe not A+ but good.
-8.9 UZR on the year..
Does any 1B have a positive UZR?
Why do 1B and LF always have negative UZRs?
Carl Crawford always has a like 800000000 UZR every year. I think he’s good but not that good.
Many, actually. Holy Ike Davis.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leade.....38;month=0
Poor Tex.
Ike Davis? Was not expecting that.
Wow. I just can’t grasp UZR when it says Teix is so bad.
I think you have to approach it with a healthy skepticism. Useful but certainly not the be-all end-all.
Ouch, did not know that. TotalZone thinks he’s okay though…
98 mph? Really? Wow.
Promo for This Week in Football comes on.
My dad: “Kim Jones is going to be pulling double duty again.”
Me: “Bow-chicka-bow-wow.”
My dad: (disgusted glare)
IETCVM.
You’re too young!
That’s what I like to hear, kiddo.
Michael Kay: (muffled sobbing)
Nunez made the top performers for tonight
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard
Suzyn is definitely in the top 10 ugliest people in the world.
Napoleon, like anyone can even know that!
Suzyn Waldman is dressed like she’s going to Studio 54 after the game.
She probably is
Funny, because every time I see her I want to snort a line…
I laughed…alot
“Charlie Murphy!”
(Rick James punches Charlie Murphy in the head)
“That was cold-blooded!”
Nice, CC.
Nice play by Rios.
Damnit, Rios.
LMAO Kenny Singleton: “NO!…NO!…”
They just said Rios should win the Gold Glove because he only has 2 errors
Little do they know he’s only played two games this season…
(blatant lie)
Better than Blue Jays fans who swear that Bautista is great defensive outfielder because he has a bunch of assists.
Looking at Dave Winfield’s fielding stats, it seems that’s the only reason he ever won his.
As the biggest Dave Winfield fan ever, I get very dismayed seeing such things.
I was in a Chinese food place in NYC a few nights ago and Dave Winfield had eaten there and signed something on the wall. Thought of you, actually!
Well that’s very kind of you.
I met Dave Winfield once. The guy is huge
If I ever met Dave Winfield, I’d probably cry.
And then make sure he signs my rookie card.
Fun fact: I met Andy Pettitte once.
How’d that go for you?
Fine, I was 12. I told him he was my favorite Yankee and he said thank you or rather think yew.
Wow, the Texas was that thick?
… heh heh heh.
Yes it was, sir. Yes it was.
It wasn’t Nolan Ryan thick, though, was it?
Did JIYP?
oh come on
Nice bat toss Manny I mean…Robbie
Griffey. He tries to be Griffey.
why is it so friggin hard to leave the park
Did you just tune in or something?
three bullets to the same spot.
There’s been a total of 5 HRs in 5.5 innings of play.
Great inning. 2 rockets to the wall and a pickoff.
@heard this: John Denks is actually a mongoose.
was just checking fangraphs: gardner is now the second most valuable player on the yankees with a war of 4.0 and it’s not even close. totally didn’t see that coming (who did)?
having said that and expecting gardner to be 3, maybe 4 win player, which i do, would’t it be rather foolish to sign crawford and thus probably trading gardner? what do you guys think?
There’s a point to be made for trading high on Gardner… but I don’t really know what you’d want to get. A SP, sure. But I dunno who’s available. And I honestly dunno if I want Crawford.
I certainly didn’t see this season coming from him. But thank goodness it happened.
It would be foolish to think that Gardner will be better than Crawford until Gardner actually outperforms Gardner.
outperforms Crawford*
it’s also about cost.
Gardner doesn’t have to be better than Crawford considering the Yankees would have him at a fraction of the cost.
agreed, at less than $1m a year its hard to arge getting rid of Brett for Crawford unless you think this year was a huge fluke or they can get a ridiculous, massive haul for him
This
I wasn’t actually commenting on them signing Crawford. I think they’d be fine with Gardner next year.
I guess what I should have said is that Brett Gardner needs to have another year like this next year in order for me to believe he truly can cut it as an everyday player.
Why is that?
Is there something about Gardner’s performance this year that suggest he can’t be an everyday player going forward or this year he has been lucky?
He has a .344 BABIP, but a guy like him should have a high BABIP
Right. It wouldn’t be surprising if is BABIP was actually higher than .344
His .225 BA since the ASB for one thing.
So baseball players don’t slump?
Citing samples that small is always misleading, especially in Gardners case where he was dreadful for about a 10 day period which really skewed his numbers.
Well, that’s about a 40 game sample. Yea, it’s small, but it’s not tiny.
It suggests that maybe he’s wearing down, that he can’t hold up over a full season.
I’m not saying he definitely can’t, but he has to prove it. That’s what I’m saying. If I’m a skeptic, then I have to be convinced. Putting up these numbers next year will convince me.
Saying you are a skeptic doesn’t answer the question. That just repeats your original statement that I questioned.
Why are you skeptical is the question?
Because he’s never proven that he can be a full time player offensively. He had a .256/.325/.352 line coming into this year. This year is step 1 in the process of establishing himself. Step 2 is proving that having one big year is not a fluke, that’s next year for him.
How could he prove that when this is his first full year starting?
Most young players when they have a season like this fans say wow this guy can play.
With Gardner for many Yankee fans it is, it could be a fluke or you need to keep proving it to me.
It is as if unless Baseball American tells you someone is a prospect some fans can’t evaluate the player fairly. If he was a BA guy, there would be not even close to this level of skepticism.
Well, I’ve never seen BA regard him as a legit prospect. But then again I’ve never seen anyone regard him as a legit prosect.
Now, of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Robinson Cano is Exhibit A in that discussion. But I didn’t know what to think of him, until he proved he could be an everyday player. He had that good first year, and then a great second year. Skepticism over.
Don’t make the mistake of falling in love with your own young players and prospects too much to the point where you overvalue them. Will Gardner be more valuable than Crawford next year relative to salary? Hard to say. We won’t know until it happens. But if Gardner returns to his offensive levels of last year, then the question is easily answered.
I am not overvaluing him.
I have evaluated him this year based on the improvements he has made in his game. Particularly his swing. As long as he maintains that swing he is an everyday player.
his defense alone is enough for him to be a 2 win player. combine that with his on base(which are for real i think and much higher than crawford’s) and sb’s you have a legimitate 3-4 win player.
4 four years for 15 mil (just guessing the years and numbers) of gardner vs 4-5 for 50 plus of crawford? gardner for sure.
Gardner 27 years old, 476K salary
Crawford-ah forget about him….
even though he just K’ed flat footed
Was Andruw Jones more successful with the Braves or the Dodgers. Tough to decide.
Dodgers, easy.
IETCVVVVM
He was great in racist country.
I don’t know which city is more racist…Atlanta or Los Angeles.
I was also confused.
Always lean to the city in the Confederacy.
Really? Worst comment of the day award. Just amazing.
Calm down. It was just a joke. I’m sure the South is a great place.
It’s nice in some areas. My family vacationed in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina for many years. It’s a total beach town, but it’s very small, quiet and clean.
However, there are places not too far away from that slice of heaven that are dirty as shit and not pleasant at all.
I’m calm. Not a funny joke, very tasteless.
This game reminds me of the game CC pitched in Detroit (??) last year when he gave up a few runs and proclaimed, “thats all they get”. Good to see him recover from a shakey start and go on to dominate.
I remember that game. It was actually in… Chicago!!!
(dramatic music)
Damn. i was torn between Detroit and Chicago. I chose poorly.
Posada has legs!
I love Posada but he’s such a herpderp sometimes.
Jorge looked alittle shaken up after that slide. Hope he’s all good.
Every Sox fan is wanting to kill Drew right now, I’m sure.
They always want to kill Drew
I am not a Sox fan but would join in on that. Can’t stand that guy.
I too would like to kill Drew (because he is a really, really good player and healthy).
why is cc still pitching?
Because he’s a horse.
99 mph fastball and 91 mph slider..nice
Now that I think of it, it’s impossible for Juan Pierre to get away from Manny.
He’s Manny’s love child.
Victor Martinez HR 2-1 sox
YES!
(goes to shower out of complete and total disgust from rooting for the Red Sox)
I also cheered and then felt disgusting for it. I hate both those teams *shudders*.
The awkward cheering for Drew at the 2008 ASG was awesome
I can’t hate the Rays. Like, last year solidified it. If the Red Sox had a season like that, I’d be gloating all over the place. I was just like “Poor guys
” to an extent last year.
But of course, it’d be nice if they lost.
I dislike all our division rivals with the exception of the Orioles, for obvious reasons. That might change if they become a serious threat. I feel no sympathy for the Rays. I might feel for them if they had better attitudes, but players like Upton and Crawford make me cringe.
Upton, sure. I don’t like Upton at all. Not a very big Garza, Shields, or Sonnanstine fan, either. But what’s your issue with Crawford? Plus I love Longoria, Pena, etc.
Not trying to be confrontational, just genuinely curious.
I can’t really include Crawford in with Upton or Garza, but Crawford seems to have a generally bad attitude when things don’t go his way, which is expected, of course. A lot of players do it, but he seems to think it is an insult to his pride and manhood if he lets something slide, so he has to be confrontational about most things. I can’t say this applies for him all the time, but he seems to have a short fuse/temper. We have Jorge on our team, but at least Jorge is settled down by Joe’s hand over his mouth.
I like Longoria and Pena, and I do like Shields, but a good bulk of the Rays players don’t sit well with me.
I can only hope they beat the snot outta each other in an 18 inning slobberknocker.
slobberknocker.
That sounds dirty.
You don’t watch wrestling much, do you?
Not at all, heh.
Eddie Eddie Eddie!!!
For you old time Ed Giacomin fans….
Singy just called him No-nez?
what a night for Nunez
Jeets 2-road trip?
C’mon Boston (first and last time I’ll ever say this)
Robbie HR time
not
Go R…
Go Re…
GO NOT TAMPA!!!
I feel so wrong. So, so wrong. *gets mouthwash ready* But yeah, GO NOT TAMPA.
Tampa ties it 2-2 BJ Upton HR
as Bucholz gives it up on pitch 108 or 9 to start the 8th inning
I read the other day that BJ Upton hit 24 bombs in 07. I was like lolwut.
(Note: Didn’t become fanatic level Yanks fan until this season.)
He was awesome in 2007, no?
Yup. 4.2 fWAR that season and 4.6 in 08. I don’t know how a player as good as he was fell off a cliff like that.
BJ Upton wOBA by season:
2007: .387
2008: .354
2009: .310
2010: .337
The exciting non-gritty team ties it up
Poon time, bow chicka wah ow
99 mph fastball and a 91 mph slider, stuff’s there location is not
Isn’t that always the case with him
always? your memory is more fucked up than mine. i don’t worry though, i have given up on him this season but expect much out of him the next.
Overmanaging 101.
Instructor: Joe Girardi.
Synopsis: Understand the concept of how to overuse your bullpen by playing match up with even mediocre hitters, if you have an available left-hander to neutralize them.
Or he trusts Boone Logan more than Joba and doesn’t want to let this game get close again. Especially since Logan is now facing a RH.
Does this mean LaRussa teaches the graduate level course?
Of course. He has the tenure.
The bullpen hasn’t pitched in a few days. At the least, they need some work.
Right, because they don’t have 11 straight days of games after this or anything.
The last time Boone or Joba or Robertson pitched was Monday, so they’ve all had four days off. If they don’t pitch, they’ll get rusty. Perhaps that’s why Boone and Joba looked rusty.
Girardi has watched Joba implode too many times this season to leave Joba out there to clean up his messes. Especially with a team in a little slump Girardi is making sure he wins this game.
This is a non-issue. This is who Joba is and it is too late in the season for him to have any sort of leash.
The rosters are expanding in a few days anyway.
This wasn’t even a Joba implosion. He gave up an infield single and a ground rule double around a strike out (although it seems that Joba is the king of the infield hit).
I think Girardi was just trying to get his relievers work but not overuse them so they aren’t available tomorrow.
I didn’t mean it was an implosion. My point was that Girardi wasn’t going to watch him implode. Joba has lost the leash for it to even get to that point anymore.
You’re right. It’s a terrible idea to give these guys some work (after long layoffs) with a nice lead.
Pena woulda had it.
Marcus Thames is some kind of awesome. Hope he keeps it up into October!
Thames, such a pimp
That’s Mr. Thames to you.
Thames! Remember when we all hated him? Yeah good times.
His name is MARCUS! THAMES!!
/Florida guys’d
His name is Robert Paulsen.
i have a feeling thames is gonna have some great pinch hit ab’s in the postseason.
He is going to have a lot of great abs when he is starting in the postseason.
Did Onley compare Kallish to Jim Edmonds?!?!?!
I heard someone do that earlier this week, don’t remember if it was Edmonds.
Sorry, don’t remember if it was Olney.
Ain’t we lucky we got ‘em?
Good Thames!
Hawk Harrelson’s ready to blow his head off.
He wouldn’t be that nice to us.
nice hitting by BG
“CAN POSADA SCORE no they’re not even gonna try.” -Michael Kay
The question did not need to be asked.
You know, Kay might have a point about Torres…but would it kill him to just drop it? He always seems to find these minuscule issues in a game and just cling on them.
Wow, he’s really questioning Ozzie’s decision to not try and mount a comeback in this game by making another pitching change?
And I thought Kay hated Joe Torre.
Seriously. Kay just gets on my nerves sometimes. He’s probably right about how long Ozzie kept Torres in there, but he just needs to let it go.
probably why kay is possibly getting married for the first time at 50. Who would want to live with him?
Holy shit, he’s getting married?
engaged to Jodi Applegate I think…
poor woman
That can’t last very long…can it?
more good AB’s from Nunez
Nunez’s first BB in the bigs.
Now his batting average won’t match his OBP.
Incoming GIDP?
That’s what I thought too. But nope, just a K.
Cmon Jete! Join the party, I’d love to see the capt come thru with some RBIs right here!
Or a 3 pitch strikeout…let’s go Swish!!
I figured Jeter would either GIDP or hit his second career grand slam. I am always wrong. ;_;
Why is he so awful with the bases loaded? It breaks my heart.
He has good numbers in his career, I think. Just the one grand slam, but he’s usually fine. It’s just this year..he’s kinda sucky.
Yeah, I meant this year. Should have elaborated.
Ah ok. It’s cool.
He’s actually just awful this year, no? I feel like over his career he’s got some crazy BA with the bases loaded, just only the one grand slam.
B-Ref says he’s a career .335 batter with the bases loaded.
To add to that, this year he is batting .071!?!? with the bases loaded.
Hawk just called Swish’s lineout a soft little line drive….
Randy Choate to face Ortiz.. this will not end well.
Oh lawd
Still, as long as we win, I honestly don’t care.
Woot! David is rocking the high socks. Unless I missed them in Toronto, I approve.
Did Harrelson still JIHP?
Bandbox!!!
(Also, fireworks? Really?)
GMTA, etc
Robertson not looking so well lately… a HR to Bautista is one thing, but Alexei Ramirez?
Also, fireworks to make a 12-7 game 12-8? Really?
Lately?
The HR to Bautista was the first run he gave up since July 2nd.
Not serious right?
What the hell was that?
I can’t believe Mo is up on night when we score 12
woops, wasn’t supposed to be a reply
Well, that was……..not good.
What the hell was that? *laughing*
Uhh, Kearns. You gotta make that play.
Nice hustle Kearns….my respect for him just plummeted….who is he? Hanley Ramirez?
WTF Kearns?
Thames woulda had that.
Kearnzie is having a great day
Good pitching and good fundamentals.
Traits of champions
Just bring Mo in already.
Looks like we’re going to see Mo after all. What a joke. This team just flat out does not look good right now. Need to get their heads out of their asses and start picking it up.
Yeah 12 runs is a show of how bad they suck.
Scoring 12 runs and still having to use your fucking closer is pretty bad, dude. Take off the rose colored glasses.
Because scoring 12 runs is not enough, right?
Looks like they’re going to need every one of them, too. Like I said, what a joke!
Like I said, sometimes you say… things
I’m sorry, you think this team is playing well right now? lol… I don’t care how many runs they score. Pitching is what wins and ours is awful right now. I don’t see how anyone could possibly try to spin that any other way.
Occasionally, you will have these kinds of hiccups with your pitching. It’s a long ass season. Expecting perfection every time out will only lead to heartbreak. Be realistic about it. Yeah CC didn’t pitch that well, neither did the bullpen, but you have to take these things in stride.
I don’t expect perfection. I expect to not need Mariano in games where we have 2 separate 5+ run leads.
Right, and I am also mad/frustrated that he’s out there, but you can’t beat up on the team because you see they’re struggling in a few games. Tough stretches happen, sometimes teams play ugly. I’m just saying be realistic about it.
It’s been a pretty ugly month, so I think I’m being perfectly realistic when I say they need to pick it up. They can’t just play .500 ball and hope to get into the playoffs.
They are 14-11 in their last 25 games. That’s a 91 win pace for a full season.
Yeah. It’s been an ugly month, but you know what, it’s only one month. And on top of that, we’re still tied for first. On top of that, we’ve been one of the better teams, so whining and complaining and being generally negative about losing for a stretch of time is useless, especially when there’s a huge chance that we will make it to the playoffs. You have to have confidence that at the end of the day, the Yankees have the stronger all around team.
When did I ever say I wasn’t confident? Please, break down what I said, and point what isn’t true:
“Mariano coming into the game was a joke” – True
“They really haven’t looked good” – True
“They need to pick it up” – True
I’m sorry if you don’t like that it has a negative connotation, but some of us don’t have the benefit of being eternal optimists. As annoyed as you are over negative comments, that’s how annoyed I am when it’s blasphemy to post anything even REMOTELY negative.
First of all, I wasn’t speaking down to you, so don’t address me like that. I don’t need bullet points or for you to point anything out to me. I have eyes and a degree that indicates I can somehow read, write, and comprehend, so why don’t you do me a favor and calm it down.
You never said you weren’t confident, but with your wording and the constant ranting and raving (and not just from you) about how the team has been performing as of late, you would think that we were behind Tampa instead of tied for first place. I don’t give a fuck whether you have something negative to say about the team, I was trying to help you be realistic about the fact that these hiccups will happen. It’s a long season and expecting the pitchers to be amazing during a month where most of them begin to wear down and tire out will only upset you. You can dislike it all you want, but it’s the reality of the game. You can belly ache all you want and I won’t say a word about it, but when you say things like they need to pick it up and get their head out of their asses, you’re saying it as though they’re playing badly on purpose. Maybe that wasn’t what you meant to say, but it’s what it sounds like. What I was asking you to do was be realistic about the situation in regards to how the team is performing as a whole throughout the season, not based on one month. That being said, it’s not blasphemous for you to post something negative, it’s just tiring to hear the same thing over and over.
Then say the pitching looks awful.
Agreed.
No, I don’t think they’re playing well right now. I’d rather not see Mo, but these things happen.
Also, 2009 Yankees: 120 OPS+, 100 ERA+
Agreed, but I said our pitching is awful “right now” not “all season”.
Nice get up and hustle by Kearns after the ball landed…..
I thought the same thing. I’ve seen a few players do this recently. The “Fuck it. I’m done” play is infuriating.
It was a nice slide…. if he was trying to be safe at the plate.
Pitching’s been great lately
C’mon David.
Ugly game. Heres to an uneventful rest of the 9th!
I know this falls under ‘negativity’, but Buchholz looks very inbred. It’s the mullet and face.
I laughed. He looks a bit like a methhead to me, honestly?
haha. True. I hope he tries to cheat Tuco (or his cousins) in the near future.
http://www.google.com/imgres?i.....38;bih=673
hawk keeps calling robertson’s curve a “get me over curve”.
Which means what exactly, Hawk?
Give him a break. He can’t watch that many other baseball games between sleeping and playing golf.
And hunting mice from the air.
Does he ever bust out the Nehru jackets?
Rays win on walk off HR
fucking joke
People didn’t honestly expect Robertson to never give up runs again right?
Yes.
unbeleivable.
Dan Johnson?
that infield just looked weird when they went to the mound….pena/nunez/swisher…
almost as bad as the swisher/pena/ransom infield last year in KC.
C’mon Yanks, win this noise. Tampa just walked off.
Why didn’t they just start the inning with Mo? He hasn’t pitched in 6 days.
That’s what I was wondering. I understand wanting to take it easy on the guy, but don’t leave him to rust out there.
Just because he’s not human doesn’t mean he will rust.
Konerko has the exact same goatee as my dad.
I guess his goatee is underrated too.
“Pitching has not been pretty lately.” – Joe P
I cannot believe Mo is pitching in this game.
I can. He hasn’t pitched in a long time. He needs the work.
I’m kind of mad Mo is in this game.
@ Heard this: via Hawk — Mariano Rivera will be throwing cutters.
classic Mo ™
Mo to RAB posters:
Just calm the fuck down, I got this shit.
Did Kenny just say ‘Pena has sweet hands?’ or have I had waaaaay too much cabernet tonight?
Mo is good at baseball, he recorded more outs in 3 pitches than Robertson in 10+….and a base hit. Won’t this game end already!
In the words of Mike Francessa, letting the White Sox get the tying run the plate is an UTTAH DISGRACE
/half-serious
I half agree with you.
Some things never change.
Such as my hate for Andruw Jones, whom I have hated since Game 1, 1996 World Series.
Amazing. Strike this fool out already!
C’mon, Mo.
Looks like the gun is juiced. Kay is going to have to take back his excitement for Joba hitting 99.
“Somehow”, Kay? His name is Mariano. Remember it.
Finally! Here’s hoping we have a nice stress-free win tomorrow.
Stress free wins are boring. Don’t you want some tension in the games?
I have high blood pressure, and I’m convinced I’ll die while watching a Yankees game or Giants game. So, no, I’d prefer no tension.
Can’t decide which one, though. I’m more passionate for the Yankees, since baseball is the only sport I was ever any good at, but football is a much more emotional sport due to its nature, so it could happen then, too.
Like Mo said, he’s got this shit.
Hey, at least we gained a game on a playoff spot, right?
CC now leads the majors in wins too if I’m not mistaken even though it is a useless stat. It’s always nice when a Yankee is on top though.
Can we all band together to stab Michael Kay in the face?
He was uber obnoxious tonight. Quite can’t put my finger on why.
Can we dunk him in a vat full of mixed condiments right after stabbing him?
can’t wait to see what Ivanova has for us tomorrow
My God. Reading this thread during the ninth inning, you’d think the sun would never shine again or something.
Seriously. The flailing arms and negativity is starting to wear on my nerves something awful.
NPR is reporting that the sun won’t ever shine again.
Total Domination!
You guys in Yankee Smelliverse get a preview of the two teams for the 2010 ALCS
Cannot believe Yanks are struggling against second rate teams
Enjoy Burnett for another three years
Seriously dude, let us know if we need to rent some cahhhs.
Troll.
But, if not, that was an awesome loss by your team tonight. Another day off the calendar, another lost game in the standings. Yankees and Rays could both go 17-16 rest of the way, Red Sox would have to go 22-10 just to tie.