Game 136: Can they make it eight?
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Another chance for Javy. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
It’s very easy to get greedy in baseball. A player gets a hit in his first at-bat? How about he makes it 2-for-2 next time up. The bullpen has thrown ten scoreless innings over the last three games? Why not make it 11. The Yankees have won seven straight games? Let’s make it eight. It’s much easier said than done, but the Yankees have a chance to win that eighth straight game this afternoon, which would be their longest winning streak since coming out of last season’s All Star break with eight straight.
Making his long-awaited return to the starting rotation (depending on who you ask) is Javy Vazquez, who allowed four hits and struck out eight in nine innings of long relief since his last start. Hopefully some rumored mechanical tweaks have helped him rediscover his stuff and a fastball that seems to have disappeared without explanation. It is a classic trap game for Javy though, because if the Yanks lose he’ll get the blame even though it’s extremely difficult to win eight in a row in this league. Dustin Moseley, who forfeited his rotation spot to Vazquez, is available out of the bullpen.
The Yankees had a seven game winning streak halted by the Blue Jays on this exact date last season, but the good news is that Roy Halladay won’t be around to one hit them this time around. Here’s the starting nine, which originally featured Nick Swisher. He was a late scratch when his sore left knee stiffened up during pre-game warm ups.
Gardner, LF
Jeter, SS
Teixeira, 1B
Cano, 2B
Thames, RF – yikes, I assume Austin Kearns hand is still bothering him from yesterday’s hit by pitch
Berkman, DH
Granderson, CF
Nunez, 3B
Cervelli, C
And on the bump, it’s Javy Vazquez.
Yet another day game, though that’s not terribly odd on a Saturday. It’s those Friday afternoon games that get you. This one is scheduled to start a little after 1pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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Thames in right field? Hooooo boy
Another reason why Javy’s gotta keep the ball out of the air in right.
I think I would rather see Big Puma out there instead.
have really keep up with Pump’s outfield D, but i can’t imaging anyone who is really that much worse than iron glove. here is to hoping that balls won’t travel to RF.
Atleast Thames at 3B is amusing, Thames in the OF is just painful
He calls Wood “Woody?”
He called Nunez, “Noony” yesterday.
I wonder if that’s how he fills out the lineup card
he has ‘tea party’ with Gardy before he makes out the lineup card everyday.
Cervelli is 7 for his last 11, with 3 doubles and a walk.
*head explodes*
K-Woo
I heard about this and facepalmed
thames ,Timmy? with his braces and the way his enunciates them it is kinda creepy …and those involuntary half sarcastic giggle/exhaling… shiver…he is good manager though.
correction Thames= Timsy , even better, guess G like to pronounce that silent S in the end.
Wait, isn’t it pronounced tims?
technically yes, your pronounce it Timz, in this case i am thinking of the river. a few Englishman ever enunciate that S in the end.
It’s their language, but that’s a lot of letters for “tim.”
Players who Joe does not fit into his nickname mold:
Jeter – Jete(s)
Mariano – Mo
Joba – Joba
Teixeira – Tex
A-Rod – Alex
A.J – AJ
Swisher – Swish
Not sure if guys who’s names already end in (or sound like they end in) y. Guys like CC, Moseley and Javy already do the work for him.
i believe he has used Texy once or twice already…
A good Woody can make all the difference.
TWSS
Does that mean 7 and a tenth? Or 7 and a third?
Thames over Kearns in the OF? please explain
Pretty sure Kearnsy’s hand is bothering him after the HBP yesterday.
ah ok, that sucks
Kearns is still out after the HBP he took to the hand.
Ah, a hellish week of work that saw me calling in sick without hours to cover it, ratting on my immature, whiny co-workers for wishing that our supervisor would get fired, and then having to worry about how that’s all going to fall out, is finally over.
So let’s win today!!
Nobody likes a rat.
snitches get stitches
They deserved to be ratted on.
They incessantly whine and complain when they don’t get their own way, when we don’t constantly get pulled off the phones, when they’re told to do their jobs properly.
They treat our supervisors with pretty much zero respect and they all still act like a bunch of spoiled grade school and high school students.
I’m 29 years old and the second oldest person on my team. It’s terrifying to me that I’ve become the old man at such a young age.
IO is sponsored by Rob Dibble.
I’m calling Puma’s first Yankee Home Run today.
The wind may take one out for him.
Yup.
Hopefully it won’t take out any of Javy’s pitches…
Windy and Sunny in a Thames OF, not good.
Javy has velocity once again!
struck out Bautista, nice, i like that
Javy’s fastball doesn’t look like my fastball anymore. That’s good.
you throw in the upper 80s, that is kinda impressive. my FB coming in register in the 60s , but people have told me it’s deceptive!
I threw in the upper-80′s in my prime. I’m more 78-80 now.
Did you pitch in College.
*?
me too! I had a B-Jobber (or would-be B-Jobber; I lived in the Boston area) as a coach so I was the “bulldog” closer with four pitches and an 88 mph fastball. Fucker. I’m still pissed about that.
Yeah I topped out at 68mph at a fair a couple years back. I was happy as shit about it.
They should have called Mike Mussina and had Moose tell Javy how to better differentiate his off speed pitches with the diminished velocity.
Javy Vazquez shall pitch to a .7 era in 5 starts in June, pitch 40 innings with 42 strikeouts and win AL Pitcher of the month. Book it.
Well, June already passed, so I assume you mean September.
Oops.
I know Mejia is legit, but who spells their name Jenrry?
Jhonny Peralta of the Tigers insists all other Johnnys (Johnnies? Johnny’s?) spell their names wrong.
Is a River Ave. Blues roll call for each game?
Teh Gritster!
Now run!!!
I know Joe will do it, but I’ll be disappointed if Gardner gets moved out of the leadoff spot when Alex comes back
Gardner is a distraction on the bases.
If Brett isn’t leading off every game that he’s playing in for the rest of the season, it will be a mistake.
Gardy is really making a case for being the everyday leadoff guy, i think he should be.
Hey I’m just happy he hit it in the air the other way. That’s what it’s come to…
Wind didn’t help us there.
Wow, Thames is going to have a field day in right.
Out by a mile.
Gardner = out.
Decent jump?
wow he was out by a lot there
Nice scoop.
Can’t complain too much about that missed call on Gardner, but I totally hate the autostrike on 3-0.
Damn that was stroked.
That looked like it was hit harder than it really was.
At least we’re hitting line drives. One of them is bound to land at some point.
Manny with a single off of the laptop thief
Manny v. Buchholz? I just have to root for an HBP each time. Negative result for both of ‘em.
This. And then hopefully there will be a fight. I, for one, want to see Manny punch Clay Buchholz in the face.
I wanna see Manny punch Pedroia in the face
Sir, here is a check. Just fill in whatever amount you think is fair.
Text poll about Revis? they are really running out of questions
This isn’t football Micheal!
*Michael
THAMES!! TEH RANGE!@!
HE MAKES THE PLAY!!!!!!
/but let Cano get it next time!!
Whooooah Thames made a catch and no one almost died or anything
you don’t know that
I almost die constantly.
I ALMOST DIED!!!!
-Michael Kay
It was probably condiment-related.
Home Run Javy is at it again.
bad Javy….
Doesn’t seem like it to me.
how bout’ now?
at least rzevchinski (yes I know I spelled it wrong) is pitching for the jays
Lesser pitchers have shut this team down.
What’s up, Josh Tomlin?
The porch giveth, and the porch taketh away.
We’ll get it back. Just a solo.
Well Javy tends to do that once or twice a game.
Swisher wouldve had that
Sigh.
I’m hoping that was just one bad pitch. Let’s go Javy!
Overbay kills us. 60% of the time…all the time.
Doesn’t he have like a sub-.700 OPS against Yankee pitching? (If you were gonna say “Bautista kills us” I wouldn’t argue.)
The rest is 90 percent mental.
if you are javy , you are going to give up homeruns, that is a given. But , please, don’t walk the guy after it.
….and then give up another hr.
I honestly don’t think we’ve seen a decent umpire behind the plate all week.
Fucking kidding me.
Goddamnit.
Futhermucker.
asdfghjkl what the fuck
Nope…. same old Javy. God dammit, guy seriously just doesn’t compete anymore.
Either you’re kidding or I’m going to laugh at you. Not that I’m pleased but really.
Jesus christ bex, I’m clearly just venting frustration. Do you need to jump down my throat every single time?
Two homers on the same cerment-mixer slider. Are you going to try to spin that? Or I’m sorry, should I have said “same old post-July Javy” to make you feel better?
It was the not competing thing that was obnoxious.
Thank you. Not what you say, how you say it. (that’s not “you” specifically, either.)
Yeah, actually. To all of this. I’m not trying to spin anything, but saying he doesn’t compete is laughable. It’s not like he’s not trying. Sorry, that’s a pet peeve, and I’d jump down anyone’s throat for that.
You do realize that “competing” and “trying” are mutually exclusive right?
I don’t think of them like that but if that’s what you meant then I do apologize. Like I said, saying a player/team isn’t trying pisses me off like no other, and that’s what I took it to mean
never mind the compete thingie, I think Javy sucks. that’s pretty much it. i have zero confidence with him toeing the rubber against a good hitting team.
Very confusing post. He’s the ‘same old Javy’ and in the same sentence you say he ‘doesn’t compete anymore’ inferring that he used to compete, but you also infer that he never competed. Which is it?
LOL
Like there is Good AJ and Bad AJ, I would like to say that there is Good Poopy Pants and Bad Poopy Pants.
Or… same old Javy as in “the pitcher who gave up a ton of homers/runs before he was removed from the rotation”
I didn’t think I’d need to clarify that, but there you go.
Jesus
at least we’ll have a good long man
Bang ! just like that , Javy back to the back end of the this bullpen where the sun rarely shines….
FYI, ‘someone’ is pretty angry about the whole ‘good AJ/bad AJ’ thing (even though I think it’s the title of some game threads and widely encouraged on this site). Me thinks he’s going to get angry about ‘good javy/bad javy’ too. Just giving you a heads up.
Oh, I wasn’t implying there is a good Javy and a bad Javy. I was saying it in a way like one might yell at their dog chewing shoes. “Bad, Javy!”
Thanks for the heads-up, though. Curse you, lack of tone in text!
Good Lord that pitch to McDonald was absolute garbage.
Every breaking is hanging right in the middle of the plate. He’s not long for this game.
Javy is really only having a slightly worse 2008 version Chisox season with us. He is below mediocre right now,one can argue that he doesn’t merit a playoff roster spot.
Niiiiice play.
…Can we stop swinging at the first pitch please?
That was a really long bottom half.
Kay no-sold the hell out of that McDonald play
I completely agree, that was a hell of a smooth play.
Don’t worry, it’ll be Web Gem’d.
6 pitches guys, really?
Lofton, Fermin, Baerga, Belle, Milligan, Ramirez, Maldonado, Thome, Ortiz was the lineup that day.
I wasn’t alive to see that, but I wonder why the Indians never won a title with that team. Was it their pitching? That lineup must have been hell to deal with.
It was mostly Jose Mesa related.
They were literally one out away from winning the World Series in 1997.
Javy really didnt pitch that poorly… the two run shot was basically bad luck.
Bad luck? Maybe. A good pitch? No.
Yeah that’s fair… it was a mistake/bad pitch, but he McDonald was fooled by the pitch and got lucky that’s all I’m saying.
for got the parenthesis I meant: “… but he (McDonald)…”
I agree.
Meh, the two-run shot was on a pretty bad pitch.
Yeesh, tensions seem to be running high already. I feel like I’m at work again…
Why are they bringing back Alex on Sunday if he’s not 100%? Give the man a few more days if that’s what’s needed.
With the rosters expanded, there’s really no reason not to take him off the DL. Joe doesn’t have to play him, but there’s no downside to activating him incase Joe wants to pinch-hit him or something.
Andy’s ideal world, eh?
(waiting for it)
Heh I didn’t even hear that comment. :X
oh man, I can’t wait for Andy to get back, happy everything went well this morning
The word of the day is “cautious.” As in, Kim should be cautious around Michael Kay.
Nice Pitch?
LOL, Javy has nothing today but he’s gotten Bautista out twice, WTF.
#ycpb
On a k both times no less!
We should treat Bitchtista like they treated Brandon Phillips in St. Louis.
Sit down Jose
1. What the hell was that pitch
2. What the hell was that look from Bautista
Probably “how dare you throw me a breaking ball!”
Javy’s cute. Nothin’ wrong wit hthat.
68 mph fastball
that’s just Bautista being Bautista
*curveball, woops
1) It was teh eephus
2) He was probably pissed that he didn’t get a meatball down the middle.
Judging from his reaction, it’s disrespectful to strike out Bautista on slow curves too
Wow, Bautista is an asshat. I get staring in at a pitcher when they almost hit you but when they strike you out? WTF
You don’t think his ego has gotten a bit over-inflated with the season he’s having? I do.
Something makes me really not like the guy and I’m looking forward to his free fall back down to earth next season.
I’ll be so happy if that douchebag barely breaks double digits next year in HRs
It probably has – I mean he’s having a great season – and I’m not gonna call him “some nobody” like people did during the last Toronto series because he’s not, but JFC that was just a total douchebag move and it wasn’t even slightly warranted in this case.
I have an irrational “hatred” here for Bautista. Or maybe it’s rational, because he acts like a self-entitled, self-righteous thug. Anyway, it makes me resort to epithets.
My favorite is asshat, followed closely by twatwaffle. I consider both of these equally applicable to either (any) gender.
We coined the phrase “scurvy fuck” for him earlier in the week.
Or, at least, I did, based upon something my dad said, and someone liked it, I just don’t remember who.
Twatwaffle’s are delicious. Ever been to Amsterdam?
twatwaffle’s pretty great but asshat has a lovely ring to it, I think.
Evidently he thinks he’s the second coming of David Ortiz.
Except he doesn’t have Manny-in-his-prime as his backup.
I didn’t say it was rational.
I’m picturing a bigshot ski guy vs. Stan Marsh in that aspen south park episode kind of scenario
He was looking out at the scoreboard gun not Javy
sorry, that is in response to Bautista supposedly staring at Javy after the eephus whif
Holy shit Vazquez is so lucky missing his spots like that.
So was Bautista’s staredown enough to get a brushback pitch later or was it no big deal?
BFD, Javy probably wasn’t even looking.
C’mon guys, we killed this guy oh so short ago!
Cervelli is an idiot.
Yep, just because it worked doesn’t mean it was smart.
base on the fact he keeps on making the same defensive miscues and mental errors, i would say you are prolly correct.
also, he is a meek hitter.
Wow, lucky play by Cervelli there. He was dead if that play was cleanly fielded. Guess he got too excited about his monthly base hit.
IETC
Smart baserunning.
Hah, hardly. Lucky is more like it.
I know, it was sarcasm. Didn’t translate well when I read it again.
Ah. My bad, yo.
Cervelli going for two, I was like “NO NO NO NO WTF ARE YOU DOING?” but everything turned out better than expected
He even slipped a bit, so an already questionable move followed by that had me waiting for the camera switch to show him getting tagged easily. I’ll take the result though.
Gardy is on fiyah!
Jeter is back?!
There we go Jeter.
Attaboy Jeter.
Haha, it’s a line drive in the box score
Wow, he has piss poor instincts at third. But I thought someone said he’s not just a one-dimensional player???
Jetah!!!! Clutch!!! BABIP!!!!
sweet drilling by Jeter! double sure beats double play!
Was going to say, Finally a hit by Jeter with the word double in it, but the good kind!
A double play is not a “hit,” but this is still a funny comment.
True, I should’ve said “a ball hit into play”.
Excepional drilling!
JETER
WTF? When did his average get that low?
marc , err, Rezeiouiyuiuyosjski, impossible to… you better recognize CANO, Mr Robinson to you!
Robbie, Robbie, Robbie…
Cano expanding the zone = not good
but he get’s the job done so it’s all good for now
C’mon Robbie, don’t fall prey to ESPN jinxing you!
wow the Yanks are already promoting 2011 tickets. The Yanks still haven’t reached the playoffs yet.
Every team’s promoting 2011 tickets. Heck, the Phillies are selling playoff tickets already.
They’re at 75.2% playoff probability.
TIE GAME BITCHES
Game: Blouses
That’s my second favorite True Hollywood Story.
That was cold-blooded!!!
Unity!!
What did the five fingers say to the face?
SMACK! (laughter)
It’s a two run single for Cano!
DOES. HE. LOOK. LIKE. A BITCH!!!
What?
Pulp Fiction reference I assume
Disco.
What??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCrDuGyZ6FA
Thought I had a bunch of Pulp Fiction fans here.
Say “what” again. Say “what” again! I dare you! I double dare you!
Don’t ya know?
Cano is still good at baseball.
Cano jokingly asking for the ball is pretty funny
Robbie shall get that average back up to 330. Book it.
Fantasy playoffs start on Monday, this would be greatly appreciated.
Time for Puma’s first Yankee homer.
Or nor.
*not
I hope, at some point, A-rod regains his 2007 form, even for just a week or two. Just to witness the utter devastation of a hot Tex/A-rod/Cano at the same time.
JIMP
Except that Cano is pretty cold right now
if you pitch Cano almost anywhere in the zone, he is apt to hit it hard somewhere. Cano gets himself out when he expands the zone, he has the same contactbility as Pedroia if he stays in the zone.
Contactbility?
he has the far superior contactbility
as Pedroiathen anyone else in baseball if he stays in the zone.if only Cano could be as good as Pedroia!!
How’d that goal of hitting 20 home runs work out for the Elf?
according to D&D 4.0 , i would really think Pedroia’s physique can be more aptly described Gnomish and Hobbitesque. I never understood where the elves comparison come from.
Cuz the Keebler Elves are short and all.
It’s my thing and I’m sticking to it.
in yankee stadium, i definitely take Cano. i suspect it would be 50/50 proposition for other teams if they have to choose either of them.
Pedroia will be done before Cano.
How do you not take Cano everywhere? pedroia’s home rode splits are atrocious, he’s definitely worse than Cano, unless you take contract into account.
meh, drill me deep’s first posts were crying in joy over Theo and the Sox’s farm system
I used to say I’d take Pedroia but after this year, I’d take Cano.
Pedroia for his career outside of Fenway has a .774 OPS compared to his .886 OPS at Fenway.
Cano for his career outside of YS has a .835 OPS compared to his .836 OPS at home.
I’ll take Cano over Pedroia any day even in Fenway.
olerud, molitor, alomar
Alomar, Olerud, Molitor, not in that order.
Since I’m not watching the game, I’ll play Jeopardy:
Which Blue Jays have won batting titles?
What Blue Jays finished 1-2-3 in the ’93 batting title race?
George Bell?
Olerud and Alomar have to be two of the three.
What was the question
You got that right Michael.
After the season Winfield had for the Jays in ’92, I was quite pissed when they signed Molitor. I promised myself I wouldn’t root for the Jays in ’93, but when they played the Phillies in the World Series…well, that forced my hand.
just eyeballing it, Puma’s right handed swing is considerable loopier and longer than his left handed swing,I would venture to say he is prolly mainly a pull and low ball hitter from the right side. perhaps, K long can work on that a little, if it’s plausible at this point of the season.
Isn’t “Puma” Carlos Lee and Berkman “The Big Cat?”
Nope, Berkman’s Big Puma (and Fat Elvis).
Andres Galarraga was The Big Cat.
mmm..not sure Tank, i thought he was named ‘Puma’ in houston, if he keeps on hitting , I would call him the Siberian Tiger ! those are the biggest cats in the world would owned any cats including lions any day.
Nah Carlos Lee is ‘el caballo’, which means ‘the horse’ in spanish.
really,el caballo is not exactly an compliment in Spanish or any languages i suppose. i used to work with a spanish guy whose gum resemble that of a horse, ppl use to call him Caballo behind his back, kinda cruel.
Berkman said he was willing to try anything Kevin Long suggested re: his right handed swing. (Unless my dyslexia’s kicking in and Berkman was talking about his left-handed swing.)
I love Lance and really hope his hitting becomes an asset for the team.
i believe Lance can do sweet lancing with his Left handed poke!
………
Hee!
Fun fact: Lance Berkman has a career RF UZR of -10.8 in 2032.2 innings. He’s still a better option than Marcus Thames, who has a -12.5 career UZR.
When’s the last time he played significant innings in RF?
Three years ago.
I don’t really think that applies today. Puma was never exactly light on his feet, but he’s even slower now.
THAMES!!!
I don’t care. I’m happy when he makes routine plays out there.
Thames playing the field.
Granderson vs. a lefty.
Cervelli & Nunez 8&9.
Javy at YSIII vs. the team with the most HRs in MLB.
Berkman hitting righty.
Yankees still can’t be stopped.
That’s power.
right now lefties can’t stop grandy, they can only hope to contain him
Between Javy and Thames, any time a ball is hit to right my heart stops.
Kevin Long is the Dave Duncan of hitting, apparently. Granderson = cured!
Cervelli is the Sandy Duncan of hitting.
IETC!
Yeah Nunez is a true hacker.
As long as you’re not Francoerian, I can tolerate it from a backup.
I say call that an error.
Heh, it works.
Cervelli 2 doubles in one game, after a 4 hit game
he is the true heir apparent to Jorge
(not srs)
Wow, Kay’s got wandering eyes.
Gardner is going to have a .400 OBP by the end of the season. Book it.
Would you rather get a close-up on TV sucking up to Michael Kay, or never get a close-up at all?
I’d say 95% (I got that number out of my ass) of the people attending games are the bridge and tunnel crowd. They probably really think Kay and Sterling are great.
The bridge and tunnel crowd, like from The Dark Knight?
Is that you, Chip Chipperson?
I know not of what you speak.
Flash was right, Nunez most certainly lucky.
Also, anyone who calls Michael Kay the best announcer ever needs to be……anyone got something clever?
euthanized.
Defenestrated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....verified=1 (NSFW!!)
Gettin a little lucky too here during this winning streak…but that’s what happens.
I say throw at Bautista now.
Just because.
Good enough for me.
He’s going to stare down the pitcher anyway, so may as well get your money’s worth.
No way. Game’s still too close.
Yeah, but Javy’s going to get pulled soon anyway. May as well go out on a high note. I remember Clemens doing that once.
I said “just because.”
That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a good idea.
Screw that. I think they should fuck with him. Next time he steps out of the batters box have the Yankees’ trainer run out there and spray him with the same shit they sprayed on Tex.
Poor Texy.
Oh no, Teix, injury delay what happened with that HBP
They were spraying him with something but he seems okay.
ooh maybe it was the same stuff they spray on soccer players (usually just water) that make them miraculously recover from their incredibly fake injuries.
You dare to question the toughness, competitiveness and grit of soccer players????
there are some water-based aloe/mint solutions that will cool the skin down, creating a similar effect to an ice pack, which’d allow mark to stay in the game while keeping the swelling down
I don’t follow soccer at all but why am I laughing so hard
/American’d
Kay was right – it was ethyl chloride (‘freeze’). Feels super cold when it evaporates. Then (like Flash said) after about 5 seconds it’s gone.
remember when the jays scored 3 runs earlier? Adorable.
I enjoy watching other teams try and play baseball against the Yankees.
Remember when the Jays were leading the division? Me neither.
I still want them to finish over Boston heh
This would be so wonderful.
85 mph fastball, good lord
Joe G, please have the bullpen ready, just in case, Javy makes me nervous.
Girardi’s been having a quick hook lately. Methinks he has a lot more faith in his bullpen.
me agree, G don’t give rat’s butt who is pitching (this side of CC), bullpen has length and depth. I would have done the same.
it’s logical and justifiably so.
just win baby , just win. there is no W in team.
Although, there is an ‘I’ in Win. Juxtaposition FTW.
There is no “I” in “teamwork,” but there is an “ewok.”
I’m not a Jets fan and I barely follow football. What are people’s thoughts on this whole Revis thing? (I’m sorry if this is awfully painful to talk about or whatever.)
incredibly frustrating
Jets said they would pay him, then decided not to. Revis is holding out because he wants to be the highest paid cornerback.
Oh my opinion is that Revis is right to hold out if promises were made to him and then the team got cold feet. Football is a violent sport so players have short shelf lives and non-guaranteed contracts. He’s right to hold out for as much guaranteed money as he can get, especially since there might be a lockout next year.
Terrible. He needs to be back like, yesterday.
I’m a Jets fan. I wish Revis would play obviously, but I get players, especially in football, doing whatever they can to get paid as much as possible. I don’t think the Jets should just automatically cave in though. I see both sides, personally. Just sucks he won’t be on the field.
it’s kind of ridiculous that he won’t take 12 mill a year, after all he is in the middle of a contract. The reason why Nnamdi got so much is because he played out his rookie contract and was consistently one of the best corners, so Al Davis rewarded him. What Revis is doing would be akin to Brett Gardner saying he wants a raise to what Crawford gets as a FA after this season even though he’s in the middle of his contract and has only had one breakout year.
As I’ve said, what I heard is that the Jets promised to pay him at a level equal to the top corner in the league.
They might have said that but I never remembered them saying on a 10 year time frame, Revis wants 10/160mil, which is ridiculous, after 32/33 years old he won’t be worth anywhere near that. He should take 10/120mil or more money/year but a shorter time frame, like 6/96mil
I think it’s about maximizing the guaranteed money. So I guess his figuring is if he gets more years, he’ll get more guaranteed.
I agree that a 10/160 contract is ridiculous.
Yea, he definitely wants a lot of it be guaranteed, but if he wants that he shouldn’t expect to get a 10/160. There has to be some tradeoff there, he can’t be the highest paid, longest contracted, and have the most guaranteed money.
In the end I think he will get screwed, the Jets have control over him for a few more years, he’ll end up with a crap deal as a 27 year old who hasn’t played in the league for 3 years if he keeps this up because I really don’t believe the Jets will cave, it’s just too much money (imo)
sounds like a credible source
I’ve heard it endless times on WFAN. If you want to consider them credible, that’s up to you.
Javy looks like his fastball is back to 86-87.
he’s done as a starter
He is falling apart out there.
Leave it to YES to show cupcakes rather than the pitching conference.
He walked the ML homerun leader with two outs. That’s hardly falling apart.
when you’re javy vazquez and throwing in the mid-upper 80′s and unable to strike people out, that might be considered falling apart. that is definitely not what we should be seeing from him
He struck six guys out.
yes, in the first four innings when he wasn’t throwing 85 mph heaters
I was talking more about his demeanor when they went out to talk to him, but YES cut to cupcakes too quick.
And his stuff was also falling apart. He was throwing 85-87 mph heat.
Not exactly
He needs to be more MIke Mussina like. Throw slow
Except Mussina was better than Javy ever was. And he only did it for one year then retired.
I don’t know what that thing is, but it does not belong at a baseball game!
Or on the YES broadcast when a baseball game is going on.
Way to be appreciative Daniel
spoiled little brat…
Yea, I’d slap the shit out of him.
Sitting in great seats, have stuff delivered to you.
Fuck you kid!
Javy gets the hook after 4 2/3′s too
Moseley? Fucking MOSELEY?!?!?!?!?!
What would you rather have Mitre?
Yes.
No, bring in a real reliever to get out of the inning. Joba, Robertson, someone like that. Not a hit machine with the tying runs on base.
Logan should get the job done, no?
Quit your bitching Javy you pitched like trash and were lucky to escape with three runs thus far.
“surviving javy”
Deja Vu…
Sorry but I don’t like GGJV. Too many homers.
Having faith in your bullpen does not mean you should overwork your bullpen.
And why Moseley and not Mitre here?
Hard to overwork the pen with 40 man roster
Except the way Girardi plays matchups it sure is.
good job girardi
I feel like Girardi puts a little too much into the batter vs pitcher stats
SSS Joe
Attaboy, Dustin.
Oh who could have foreseen that.
Bringing in Mosely to put out a fire is an #epicfail
*Moseley
Well that worked out well :/
Why the fuck is Mosely in there?
Cause you can trust Gaudin and Mitre more?
Shut up
Logan anyone?
cause you can trust logan more?
shutup
Yes you can? He hasn’t given up a run in his last 19 appearances?
Looks like you need a new sarcasm detector.
Uh yeah, I trust Logan a lot more.
I’ve actually got a spare sarcasm detector. I’ll give it to you, no charge.
i am sure everyone would have prefer logan there, G is getting cute?
Maybe to get him some work to be ready for the next start?
God. Damnit.
back to OFFENSE ! Javy gets a D for today’s game?
he gets a D for dead arm
Gee, no one saw that coming.
Dont blame Girardi. Blame Vasquez for not pitching well
Vazquez could’ve pitched better but Moseley wasn’t the right choice there
Why? You trust Gaudin and Mitre MORE?
Shut up
dude, no need to get so effing sensitive
I just hate people getting on Girardi’s ass all the damn time
He’s not a terribly good manager. That’s all there is to it.
I disagree, but that was a mistake.
So say that, no need to be rude.
I think Girardi does a very nice job, I’m usually one of the ones that rolls my eyes at all the complaining. But that wasn’t a good move. No big deal, I still think he’s a good manager.
Logan.
i trust javy more to get out of the inning, since out side of the 2nd he has worked out of jams and been okay. he’s definitely better than bringing in moseley
Well that is mean.
With the tying runs on base, as Mike said, I’d use a better reliever, like Joba or Robertson, then use them for the next inning and use Moseley and the like later on. Or use Logan for Overbay.
This. And only this.
Quite unnecessary.
Any reason you’re telling everyone to shut up? Like this.
Shut up
You people are all pissed at Girardi when he manages the team THAT HAS THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL! Did you complain yesterday when he took Nova out? I mena come on, get off his behind
when he took out nova he brought in logan who is by far better than Moseley. If we were going to take out javy we might as well do the same thing as we id yesterday or bring in joba not, a worse pitcher than javy and pray for the best.
Yea we did complain. When you’re in a high leverage situation you want your best reliever, not Moseley. He was possibly the worst choice out of the bullpen. Having the best record in baseball has nothing to do with a stupid move.
It’s not so much that he took out Javy, but that he put in Moseley. I didn’t have an issue with taking out either Javy or Nova yesterday.
Overbay was 0-7 against Moseley lifetime so that’s why he did it.
Meh, why didn’t he just go to Logan like he did yesterday?
Which is why people say he looks to much in to player vs player stats. Would you want Moseley or Sabathia starting for you if Moseley was 7-0 against the Blue Jays. You gotta take the better pitcher everytime.
Hey Greg, maybe you should relax a bit…
Were Gaudin and Mitre the only options in that situation? No.
No need to tell anyone to shut up. Not exactly the way to make friends around here.
I would’ve like to see Robertson come in with the runners on base.
I’m sorry. It’s just Girardi gets alot of grief from a lot of people.
The problem with Robertson is that he’s a short reliever early.
A
We don’t want to leave Robertson in, we want someone to clean up the mess left by Vasquez and then its ok to start off Moseley in the 6th.
And that is exhibit A of Girardi (and yourself) not knowing about high leverage situations.
The proper move – and this is a fact – would be to put in a better reliever to get out of that jam. Then you can put in Moseley to start the 6th with a two run lead to give some length out of the bullpen if need be.
Does that make sense? Just because Robertson is a “late inning reliever” doesn’t mean it’s against the rules to use him in that spot.
and the weird thing is Girardi isn’t unaware of high leverage situations. Remember the game where Andy got injured? He brought in Robertson in the third – the third! – to get important outs at the time when Chan Ho Park was the Designated Long Relief Guy.
I’m sure Girardi has some reason for bringing in Moseley there. It’s probably the 0-for-7 thing, which I find a bit silly. It just wasn’t the right move at all.
Oh be reasonable, there’s plenty of blame to go around for both.
right 3 runs so far wasn’t bad with a 5 run lead. So he walked bautista, understandable. Javy could have gotten out of the inning with giving up those 2 runs, he has been wild but also effective hence the 6k’s. Instead joe rolls the dice for Moseley.
Would you bet your life on that?
yes i would. Moseley is more HR prone than javy hence the 19% hr per flyball rate. He’s strikes out guys less than javy and stuff wise, he may have a better fastball but not the off speed stuff javy has. So looking at the facts i would bet my life on it.
moseley’s better than a fatigued javy in any situation. he shouldn’t be on the mound when he’s like that, he needs to be at full strength to be effective
either way if your going to take out Javy you might as well bring in a better pitcher than Moseley. joba hasn’t pitched in a while or we could have repeated what we did yesterday.
true but we’re going to need those guys for the second half of the game if it’s going to be tight
That point was much more important.
Unitl that point according to stats, OVerbay was 0-7 against Moseley
That and $2.25 will get you on the subway.
You know Girardi though. He uses the stats. And in this case it didn’t work
You’re 0-7 against Moseley.
It was pick your poison at that point. Javy had nothing left.
I’m with you. I don’t mind Girardi going to Moseley here. Javy put him in a bad situation.
What the fuck, didn’t we take Moseley out of the rotation for a reason? Putting him in with the tying run on base??
This is what we have to look foward to every 5 days; a damn slugfest
NOW Boone gets up…
I still don’t understand that move. Wouldn’t that have been a good place to try out Albie in a pressure but not do-or-die situation? Why use the worst longman we have there? Urgh.
Someone that could miss a bat, that’s it. Not Moseley, who last got a swing and miss in high school.
not going to Booney there makes no sense to me… but onward and upward, we got Cervelli coming up soon, auto hits and runs coming up!
Very unfortunate choice of bull pen pitchers by Girardi.
Looks like Joe G wanted to make a point that he doesnt just pull rookies outta there with 4 2/3, infact that was his quote yesterday.
Doesnt Joe G owe it to himself to give Javy a shot and try and build him up, if he gets outta thats a confidence booster. sigh.
I have no problem with him going with a reliever there. I have a problem with going with Moseley there. Logan, D-Rob, Chamberlain, and Wood, would have been much better options.
It would not have built his confidence to get hit around though, with basically no fastball left. After relieving the past two games, it would have been unfair to keep stretching Javy out any more with clearly diminished stuff.
Good thing Posada has the day off
I dont think he likes Carlson all that much
Huh? Dude, Carlson’s a reliever. A crappy one, too.
I know, but he threw behind JoPo last year and then they fought when Posada scored later in the inning
We don’t need any fights/suspensions at this time of the year
If there’s one thing that you can be happy about in that situation, is that Moseley didn’t give up the lead.
Yes he did.
weird, now he takes out Moseley after 1/3 inning, when there is no one on base and Moseley can pitch to contact and get yankees an inning or so.
Great, I made fun of him for Jeter’s double, and now he makes that play no problems.
What an asshat.
Now he goes to Logan. Unreal.
[Insert angry reply from Greg]
Again he plays the book
Against Logan 1-4
Against Moseley 0-7
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t
I’m just upset at the “Fire Girardi” chants right now
i don’t think we’re saying fire Girardi. We’re saying Girardi made a stupid move…as you watch how logan go thru the lefties with ease
Well if the Yankees score another run, than it’s all moot
yea, well that’s a big if, since we had a lead at that point. Now we have to rebuild the lead
Not the point.
I don’t think anyone’s saying FIRE GIRARDI over this one move except morons. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t a bad move.
Playing by the book shouldn’t be done in that ridiculous sample size, especially since Logan is much improved this year.
No Fire Girardi chants around here. I looked. You need to refer to my post about leverage. I think it explains things pretty well.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1091150
No one wants to fire Girardi, we’re actually used to Torre doing something even stupider. (IDK what it would be but thats why Torre makes the big bucks.)
If those are the sample sizes Girardi is using, then I’d be pretty upset and confused. Neither number tells you anything.
Logan now? I give up trying to understand what Joe’s thinking.
Is this BIZARRO Yankees!? What is Girardi smoking!
Something really cool.
I would like some.
I rarely complain about Girardi and I’m sure he has SOME reason for this but um… this is silly.
This is like my dream come true!!
Yeah I… really don’t know how to follow his line of thinking. Use Moseley because he has good splits against the current batter, but then take him out after recording the final out? He’s a long man who pitches to contact, not a short reliever you can use for single batters.
Gardy made that look eeeeeeasy.
If Joe uses 7 at bats as the reason to bring in Moseley then that tells you all you need to know about why he deserves to be critisized as a manager.
You think it is that egregious to assume if a guy is 0-7 against Moseley, there is good chance he will get him out again. Just because it did not end up working, does not mean it was a bad decision. If that is the best example for why Girardi should be criticized, you are really grasping at straws, in my opinion.
His World Series ring last year and best record in baseball this year, is a much stronger argument for whey he should not be criticized.
Not to mention he was a former Manager of the Year and has shown a willingness to acknowledge and learn from previous mistakes. Not all managers do that.
Not to mention everyone was calling for Girardi’s head for having any trust in Logan and the fact he kept going to him earlier in the year.
Now they want his head for not going to Logan. People need to step back and not panic over every batter.
Manager of the Year means absolutely nothing. It’s a nonsense award.
You think it is that egregious to assume if a guy is 0-7 against Moseley, there is good chance he will get him out again.
Yes. I do.
What IS a small sample size? In that situation you bring in a better quality of reliever which has been discussed on here. It was a bad decision. Period. And that’s not the BEST example of why he should be critisized. I never said that. But it’s one of many examples of why Joe Girardi is simply not a good manager.
That’s my opinion of him and I’m sticking to it. World Series or not.
I’m not looking to get into a pissing match here, but you did write, “then that tells you all you need to know about why he deserves to be critisized as a manager.”
My comment only intended to say that I think that is going too far. I don’t think managers make all that much a difference. So if you prove you can stay out of the way and win a championship, that is enough evidence for me.
I guess we didn’t meet our quota of walk offs this year
Just got here and read over the thread. Tension level between people seems fairly high in this thread considering the Yankees have won 7 games in a row.
My only problem is jumping on Girardi’s back all the time. That’s all. He’s not the best manager, but he’s an ok manager.
Yea, I said that a while back. It started after McDonald’s home run, then subsided.
Then it came back when Moseley came in.
status quo for aj/javy starts this year
That was a different era.
No way to compare. It’s like dividing by zero.
Are you acquainted with Twitter? I’m pretty sure the season lives and dies on every pitch for some people. And some of them are smart people, too.
Would an extra out really have been all that hard for Boone Joe?
conspiracy theory: they want Joe to make it a close game so that people stay and buy more concessions
Posada and swisher are available to pinch hit i assume?
I doubt Swish is. He was a late scratch.
Swisher was a scratch from the starting lineup so I have no idea what they’re gonna do with him. Posada is.
Though this is just an educated guess, I’m gonna say Posada is yes, and Swish is no (knee).
I’m not one to bash Girardi’s moves, but come on. That Moseley decision looms large. This team doesn’t need any help scoring runs.
That move looms large? Come on now. Lets take a step back and look at the big picture here.
For the game, of which we are talking, it does.
it looms large because what was once a 2-run lead is now a tie game.
Of course it looms large, it’s the difference of the game right now.
Dude, it’s the Jays. Not the Oakland Athletics. Sure, the Yankees can still win, but that move lessened the Yankees win probabality greatly.
Freedom watch!!!!!
With the goombah!
michael kay thinks the bullpen was straightened out before they got wood
Impossible!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember not that long ago when everyone was getting on Girardi for using Logan at all and wanted him cut.
Now everyone is yelling at him for not using Logan because he is so good.
Funny how quickly things turn around.
If you perform well, people like you. If you don’t, people don’t like you. The end.
THat’s the way most people see it, but it doesn’t make it right.
Greg, if you never commented again, I wouldn’t be sad.
Oh come on. That was uncalled for.
Shut up.
/Greg’d
So is telling people to shut up.
so was telling people to “shut up” for innocuous comments
Yeah, you didn’t say anything shortsighted or attack anyone, did you?
Logan had a shitty track record before. Now he’s deaf to lefties. I thought he would be off the 25 man roster by midseason. A welcome surpise to say the least.
logan before the minor stint couldn’t throw strikes for his life. The guy that was pitching before is like a completely different pitcher.
Do we really need Red Sox updates? They were worth keeping an eye on a couple weeks ago, but they’re dead and buried now.
according to Kay/ESPN/everyone else they still have a shot
they’re really gonna wait ti the last game of the season to declare them dead, its getting annoying
I don’t understand how they talk about how many games they have vs the Rays and Yankees as if it somehow benefits them. They basically have to sweep every game against both teams just to get back in the race. That just isn’t going to happen.
What exactly is a ‘Red Sox?’
a blood stained sox , btw, Schlling has gain some serious weight.
and Joe Torre should have sent Kevin Brown out there to stab him in game 6. would have been the correct move.
I know nothing of anything you are talking about. I don’t know what a ‘schilling’ is, and I sure as hell don’t know what a ‘Red Sox’ is.
nah, red sox are pretty dead, I am just curious what Manny can still do. on reps along , he gives Konerko great protections. plus, i think the dude can still rake some with less power.
Coolstandings has them at a 2% playoff chance.
drill me deep standings has them at 0, I think there is 98 percent of probability that i am right.
47.3% of all statistics are made up.
I thought it was 56.8%?
the other 67.1 percent are just mental.
CenterStage with Michael Irvin!!
I can’t wait to not watch that!!!!
i’d watch it if he referred to kay as “mr. potato head” the whole time
apparently nobody told revis its go time
Doesn’t Hill destroy lefties? Or do a lot better against them, I should say.
This doesn’t seem like it will end well…
Oh lawd
Man Bautista sure has gotten full of himself.
Ortiz’d.
He deserved to get tossed there.
It’s like he think he deserves the perfect pitch to hit a HR every at AB
Yea, Ortiz’d.
Probably roid rage.
Brady Anderson didn’t act like a diva during his brief time in the spotlight. Bautista should get some humility lessons.
This Bautista kid seems like a really nice, well-rounded guy
hahaha
He’s a well rounded offensive player. Also a well rounded dick.
Humble… Good head on his shoulders.
OUTTA HEAAAHHH
That was such a ball. But it’s Bautista so I love the blown call.
Wow, terrible call.
And as soon as I saw the ump ring him up I laughed. Karmas a bitch.
Well…….that was Posada-esque.
teh roid rage
Haha that was a ball.
I don’t care if it’s irrational, Jose is classic roid raging!
You know…….I just can’t stand umpires. Horrible, horrible call. If that went against my team I would have shat somewhere.
It looked ok to me until I saw the overhead view.
Not when Joba’s first pitch slider was ball one. That pitch was right there. And then he gets rung up on a worse pitch in the same spot but off the plate. Awful.
Yes, I agree with you.
He had that coming all day long.
make up call for ball 1, that was a strike
It was certainly a better pitch than strike 3.
This is an interesting game to say the LEAST!
Oh Tex, you’re so fucking good.
Obviously thats way off the plate, and umpires arent supposed to do that, but its hard to imagine not wanting to ring up someone as obnoxious as Bautista who is yapping the whole AB
I would say homefield advantage but Jorge got the same treatment a couple of days ago. Oh well…..that’s baseball
that play by Teix was ridiculous
Wow, great play Teix.
That was pretty fuckin’ awesome
Tex starting his 7th inning stretch early.
Fuck yeah!
Crushing on Tex
ALEXEI!!!!!!!
I have another theory as to why Bautista is so angry seemingly a lot of the time, but it’s very un-PC, so I won’t say it.
Menopause?
That’s what I thought
small in the trousers
Neither of those are un-PC.
Hey, menopause is a medical term…
It’s called LDS – Little Dick Syndrome.
? small drilling ? not deep?
OK, here’s what I was thinking: Jose Bautista looks like someone who would get profiled at airports.
Down goes Fraser!!!!
IETCVM
Best boxing call ever:
“The famous Bid McPhee.”
I love his statements like this, especially considering Bid McPhee is in the Hall of Fame.
Was it sarcasm cause I kinda felt like an idiot not knowing who Bid McPhee was? Is he related to Nanny McPhee?
In his defense, I think Mickey Mantle resonates more with your average Yankee fan than Bid McPhee does
I’m sure that’s true, but then there’s no need to even say Bid McPhee.
Bid McPhee played second base without a glove in the 1880s. I find it hard to fault Kay for not knowing who he was. On the radio side, though, they found an interview Suzyn had done with him in his rookie season.
I think if you’re in baseball broadcasting, you should know who’s in the Hall of Fame.
All 292 members??
Well, the players at least. There’s a Sporcle quiz. I’ve got it memorized.
Jose Bautista after a called strike three:
“I hit 43 home runs in ONE SEASON! ONE SEASON! I drive…I drive… I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!!”
Nah, he probably drives a Charger.
I would put money on the idea that the amount of votes a player gets for player of the game does not change the results.
Is it just me or is Cano looking a bit slow coming out of the box?
I’ve seen it all day. Must be Lazy Saturday.
The Chronic-what?-cles of Canoia!
Number of times I listened to that in the winter of my freshman year of college: I’m gonna guess something like 78958298596 times Pi.
I’ve probably watched the Dramatic Prairie Dog that many times.
Oh lord I’ve watched that even more
You can’t stop the flow of the Thames!!!
THAMES IS A FUCKING BEAST.
Happy Thames are here again!
CLUTCH!!!
THEY CALL ME MR. THAMES!
Joe G : Timsy ! Timsy ! Timsy!
Thames!!!
Thames! oh my god, he is absurd.
Thames has a flair for dramatic clutch hits…
TIMMAY!
THE RIVER THAMES OVERFLOWS!!!!!
Nice.
I love you so much, Bexy.
IT IS MUTUAL <3
(just so I'm not capslocking)
I’m thinking of that ‘I want to like the grits off Andy’ comment you linked to me right now.
I could go farther with this but it would be gross and unnecessary
Holy crap – Thames crushed that one
Fist pump.
Fist. Pump.
Beat up the
beatpitch.It was just a matter of time the way he was swinging the bat today!
Marcus Thames. Ice cold veins.
Thames says “Who’s slumping?”
with a little wind he could have 3 homers today!!
thames + mo means i can leave the house now, woohoo
Timsy!
Wierd question? If the final is 7-5 and Mo pitches the 9th can the official scorer give him the win rather the save?
How about the win AND the save?
I don’t think Mo is available today. Probably D-rob in the 9th?
why wouldn’t he?
He’s pitched 2 days in a row and 3 out of the last 4 games, I’m assuming Joe would want to give him the day off.
ah i see, well hopefully we can score a few more runs, just in case.
Wood needed just 10 pitches in the 8th – if Mo weren’t available, you could see if Wood could close it out
mo being available that is
Overbay looked like a stiff against Wood
K-Wood is so nasty, it’s crazy the difference between his pitching in Cleveland vs. NY
He just can’t handle the bright lights of Cleveland!!!!!
No seriously, IIRC he had one AWFUL outing against the Royals or something where he gave up like 5 ER in 0.0 or 0.1 IP. It bloated his ERA terribly. Other than that, his Cleveland numbers were good. Not his ridiculous so far NY numbers, though.
if you take out that one outing he gave up 10 ER in 20 innings in Cleveland vs 1 ER in 14.1 in NY
Kerry gives me wood.
this Tex dude is really really good at this D thingie.
“Wait first basemen are allowed to play defense too? ”
~ Giambi
Didn’t you see the play he made last night?
i just assumed giambi tripped and fell over and the ball happened to find the glove.
i saw couple of Giambino ABs with the Coors Light team , he can still do dingerz, especially that night when he pimp smack papelbon that was kinda sweet.
i saw that game…it was awesome. Jim Tracy really doesn’t hold any emotion back during games.
And he looks brilliantly awkward in not doing so.
That was fucking awesome, I remember it took place during The Ugliest Win Ever (the last game in Arizona) too
How much endurance does Wood have? (pun intended) Can he go the distance for a 2 inning save?
He could go two. Especially after that quick 8th.
hopefully he doesn’t blow it prematurely
Going the distance? He’s going for speed.
That comment really takes the cake.
Nice handle!
so much wood , so little time… to deep drill or not , that is the question.
Ramiro 6-12 against the Jays.
Orel says that’s equivalent to a .290 batting average.
remember, he was the one that got the only hit in halladay’s complete game 1 hitter against the yanks last year
ramiro = clutch
Yessss and I find this hilarious
imaging if you are a Jays fan, and your guy just walk Ramiro Pena, Yuck!
it does happen !
Get that magic number down to 19
White Sox 3 – Red Sox 1 F
Getting late early for the RS
grit gutner speed!
LOL someone on Twitter wants to know why Bautista got “injected.” I think it was unintentional and I’m not one to make steroid jokes but just… LOL.
Kay just compared Mo to a tire. Such blasphemy shan’t be tolerated!!
he’s like a tire in the sense that he keeps on rollin
Oh my Mo that gotta hurt
That pic of Boone is short lived…
Ahahaha @ Hill walking away before they even called strike 3.
8 in a row!!!!!
He knew that he just got Mo’ed.
Hill: Aw, forget this, I’m not gonna bash a hit against this guy. I’m going home.
We don’t even have our A lineup and we’re cruuuuuuuuuuuuuisssssing.
Winning is beautiful
Awesome pic of Johnny running away from Feliz.
This team is GOOD. The bullpen has come together very nicely.
Great countdown pic.
“Can’t Catch This”
We are so privileged to watch Mariano finish games. Hill came in thinkingto hit that homer again, and Mo let him get a two seamer on the foot!
Our pen is the shiznit…….our current starting rotation not so much. Awesome win nonetheless.
Having one out of two seems to be enough for now. Here’s hoping everyone gets in shape for October.
What do you say that the bullpen could piece together a scoreless nine-innings (should the unlikely scenario ever arise)?
Can’t believe I had to miss the end. 8 games baby! A-rod tommorow! We Will Not Be Stopped.
Wow, Javy was not happy from hearing that interview.
seeing as how the inning played out after they pulled him, it’s not surprising. Nova sounded similar last night but javy have a bit more of a beef. whatever hopefully he rebounds next start.
Well yesterday, it sounded like Nova was more angry at himself. Javy seemed generally pissed at Joe. I wasn’t able to watch the game today, so I don’t know the situation.
boo hoo
I’m pretty sure part of Javy’s reaction today is culiminated with his struggles for the year. I kind of feel for the guy because all of the critics are going to say, “Ha we told you so”.