Game 151: The A-Team
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Hopefully Jamie Shields will follow Matt Garza's lead tonight. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
Injuries, ineffectiveness, and plain old rest have gotten in the way of Joe Girardi fielding his best team in any given game in quite some time. That all comes to end tonight though, even if it’s just for one glorious game. No reserves, no injury subs, it’s just the best the team the Yankees can field, and I’m certainly not alone in saying it’s about time. This is the starting nine we’re going to see in the postseason, and frankly, I love it. Here, check it out…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Posada, C
Berkman, DH
Granderson, CF
Gardner, LF
And on the bump, it’s Phil Uuughes.
Amazing, ain’t it? The game starts a little after 7:00pm ET and can be seen on My9. Enjoy the game.
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I want us to absolutely destroy them tonight.
I didn’t want to mention this yesterday, because I did not feel it was appropriate during the ceremony, but what the Steinbrenners have done to Monument Park is very sad.
It is hard to even put into words what they attempted to do by giving George a plaque that overshadows and sits over the legendary members of Yankee history. They have tried to take over Yankee history. They not only want George to be remembered as owning the Yankees, but as owning the great Yankee history and tradition. The Steinbrenners may own the team, but they do not own that.
It is a lie and an attempt to reconstruct history.
I hope younger Yankee fans continue to learn the entire history of this franchise. I hope they are not misled by this plaque when they walk in Monument Park for the first time.
If Yankee fans really want to be honest with themselves, he was not even the most important owner in this franchise’s history, let alone the most important figure as the size of the plaque portrays.
The Yankees were the Yankees well before George came on board. You are certainly correct in that, ZZ.
But the Yankees were moribound by the time George entered the picture. They were a shell of their former selves. And George came in and everything changed pretty damn quickly. While there were many losing seasons during his tenure/years in suspension induced exile (Did someone mention the early 90′s? Did that happen or was it just a bad dream played to a Vanilla Ice soundtrack? I’m going with a bad dream), he helped bring back winning.
More importantly, he turned the Yankees into a cash cow that will help to increase the chance of consistent prolonged winning. Mystique and Aura may have resided at Yankee Stadium before George, but George found a way to monetize them. He created the Yankee empire, and we, as Yankee fans, all benefit.
So while the others in monument park are clearly much more important figures in terms of the history of baseball and will hold much larger places in the hearts of the fans, I think the oversized plaque might actually accurately represent Big Stein’s impact on the power and future of the franchise.
I agree that George was a huge figure in Yankee history and had a huge impact. But, this plaque overstates his impact in my opinion.
I don’t think many people realize, but the late 80s and early 90s were even worse than when George took over the team. It was one of the 2 or 3 worst times in the history of the franchise.
I am not saying this is you, but also many Yankee fans really don’t realize how bad the bad was with George.
Finally, while he was a great owner as you describe, I don’t think he was the most important.
If any owner in this team’s history is going to get a plaque that big, Jacob Ruppert deserves it.
That is when the Yankees as we know it were really created. Under Ruppert’s watch.
If Jacob Ruppert wanted to make a big-ass plaque for himself in YS1, the stadium he built, I’d be fine with that.
George Steinbrenner built this stadium. He can have the biggest plaque in his stadium. There’s nothing wrong with that.
The Yankees and Yankee Stadium are not the same thing.
He already has a statue in the stadium.
The Steinbrenners did not create Monument Park. They inherited that part of Yankee history and took it over.
I am not going to argue that the family has the right to do whatever they want with their stadium. Of course they do.
But what they did is misleading and distasteful in my opinion.
And in my opinion, it’s not misleading or distasteful in the least.
Agree to disagree.
Sounds good.
That’s what you get to do when your the Boss (or his family). It’s the house the George built. It’s definitely VERY big but i don’t think anyone is going to confuse an owner with players. They each have their own functions.
Of course that is what you get to do.
It doesn’t mean it is right.
ZZ , I see your point. Cooperstown isn’t putting up an extra large plaque for GMS. The NY Yankees are just that and not the GMS Yankees. It’s not that big of deal if he has bigger monument in a stadium that he built.
I understand your purist view. It just doesn’t bother me though. In a way it says a lot about George and his personality. Egotistical,Headline hungering, having to always to be the center of attention and on the back pages etc
A big part of George’s personality was also that he respected and loved the Yankee tradition as much as anyone.
His plaque swamps the people who created that.
That is an excellent point.
It doesn’t really matter when the Stadium is filled with rubes watching babied millionaires throwing, catching and hitting balls.
It’s really not important in the scope of real life.
5 feet by 7 feet, weighing 760 lbs.
I thought it would be a simple granite slab like the one for the players or for Jacob Ruppert, not a billboard.
That is what I thought also. Very disappointing.
I agree 100%. I thought by giving him such a large plaque, it is showing he is bigger than anyone else who has ever played/worked for the team. This is obviously a lie since you can ask any 5 year old American who Babe Ruth is and they likely know him, but I suspect few would know who Steinbrenner is.
The Steinbrenners own the Yankees.
The Colonel, Jacob Ruppert, created the mythic Yankees as we would eventually know them, was instrumental in building the original Yankee Stadium, and his ownership of the Yankees changed the game forever.
The Boss, George M Steinbrenner, revived the mythic Yankees, was instrumental in building the Yankees new home, and his ownership of the Yankees and changed the game forever.
As I said at the top, the Steinbrenners own the Yankees. If George was my father, I’d erect a huge, bad-ass monument for him too.
It won’t bother me at all the next time I walk through Monument Park.
I agree, money can’t buy class.
ZZ I’m with you. I always hoped to outlive the GS craziness. No disrespect to the family but the Yankees to me are Mantle, Joe D. etc. GS was just an owner.
As I stated in the off-topic thread after I saw the lineup on LoHud:
Double Rainbow!!!!! It’s so beautiful (sobs uncontrollably)
Also, please someone make the appropriate Mr. T related A-Team joke. I don’t have the comic chops.
What you talkin’ about Willis?
Mr and Mrs. T’s Bloody Mary Mix, buy it or I’ll kill ya.
/closer?
Wait wait, I got it…
I feel really bad that we are going to have to score more runs than you, Tampa Bay.
With love,
Mr. T
You ain’t got no skills Phil. (save that one for the WS)
LOL someone come up with the caption for the picture, too damn funny looking to not have a caption.
Bill Simmons on PTI called Torre an “attention whore”.
Gotta agree with him. Digya see Torre already start his campaign to join the Mets. http://sports.espn.go.com/new-.....id=5601334
Torre is the Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton of managers – constantly in front of the cameras. I understands he sleeps in a television studio, just in case someone wants to interview him.
Luckily we haven’t seen an exposed crotch shot.
Speaking of attention whoring managers… I think Mattingly better watch his back, TLR knows a guy.
I kinda wish Thames was starting tonight against Shields. I think the change would be less effective against him than against a LH Berkman. Just a hunch, though. Lance has been hot lately and that’s his better side, so it’s probably a wash
A lineup for sure. You could make a case for Thames over Berkman as Shield is generally more effective against LH (870 OPS vs 757 RH) this season. Perhaps tonight is the night for a big Puma fly.
Oops, 870 OPS vs RH
Why isn’t Grandy bating 2nd? The way he’s hitting, he’s earned the number #2 spot.
Swish has been doin it all season. Gotta reward the consistent consistency.
That A lineup is crazy with a capital nuts.
Still, while I’d rather see Gardner lead off, this lineup makes my pants tight.
Berkman, eh? is he gonna be spun over to the right side for this one? Cause if so, then this is like the 96/100 Lineup. Which I guess is still an A.
shields is a righty, so why would berkman bat from the right side??
Because Berkman sucks so bad he forgets from which side to bat.
/dumbass yankee fans’d
See above other comments about Thames and change-ups.
eh, i love berkman, and the fact that he’s batting a zillion this month, i have no problem playing him
I’m with ya, just pointing out that a few people have been bringing up the same point.
It would be interesting to see if a manager at some point played same-handed hitters against really good change-up pitchers.
Joe Maddon did it earlier this year.
See Shawn Marcus. It makes sense. Plus when Thames is hot , he has hammered everyone this year.
Marcum, fuck , can’t type tonight.
This lineup is good.
That is a severe understatement.
This lineup is deep and thick.
Correction. This lineup is good, deep, and thick.
Thanks Carlosologist.
Correction. This lineup is good, deep, thick, and uncut.
hmm kim jones is looking good tonight…
Yankees need to upgrade her position this offseason with JEts bombshell Ines Sainz. http://i10.photobucket.com/alb.....ainz-3.jpg
(jeans get tighter)
D:
Not that I should really talk considering I’m all like ZOMG PETTITTE just you’re 12!
(Yeah I know you’re 14/15. :p )
She doesn’t speak English well, so she’d be a very poor sideline reporter.
Hire her at once.
There is a website or a website post dedicated to getting Heidi Watney fired from the Red Sox claiming she fills neither of the two sideline report requirements: 1. being informative or 2. being attractive.
In conclusion, Red Sox fans are unintelligent.
I’d say that Watney is attractive, but it’s not a slam dunk, I can see why some people wouldn’t be into her.
I have no idea if she’s any good as a reporter.
She’s an average reporter she says the normal stuff, nothing spectacular, but nothing bad.
I’ve always thought she was undeniably gorgeous, but I guess everyone is different.
Yeah, I’d say “pretty” or “above average”, but not “undeniably gorgeous”.
But, to each his own.
Wanted to leave work early today, didn’t have time available to do so.
Let’s kick some ass!
Fun fact: The Yanks are the first team to reach 800 runs. Now imagine if we didn’t have that fail of a road trip. We’d be well on our way to 900 runs!
Imagine if Cashman didn’t sign Nick Johnson. And had a backup catcher and utility player that produced better than 20% the league average. We’d hit 1000 runs this year.
Imagine if
Cashman didn’t signNick Johnson stayed healthy.Bex, That would be like expecting ramiro pena to pop 40 dingers.
that was an AWFUL signing – one of MANY awful moves by Cashman. and im not monday-morning quaterbacking. I couldn’t believe they signed nick johnson.
It wasn’t an AWFUL signing. It was a signing that didn’t work out.
An AWFUL signing was Jaret Wright. The Nick signing wasn’t awful because Nick Johnson had a good chance to play at a high level and contribute.
What “many” awful moves did Cash make? I get the argument for Javy even though I disagree wholeheartedly, but Nick just didn’t work out. As far as I’m concerned, with the exception of Javy and Austin (who is still a useful player in a bad slump), everyone picked up during the off season/trade deadline has been useful, so I don’t know where this “many” came from.
Chan Ho and Randy Winn sucked but other than that hes built a Deep And Thick roster
Whoa, completely forgot about Chan Ho Park. His existence was erased from my memory. And yeah, Winn did suck. But I don’t see those as “many”. Park was a decent pick up that didn’t work out.
I agree. I figured you forgot those two
Carl Pavano, jaret wright, kei igawa, letting Pettitte go after ’03 in favor of Kevin brown; Vazquez part one (trading for him over curt schilling and giving up MUCH more than the Red Sox did in the process), Vazquez the sequel, Randy Johnson’s two year extension, trading ted lilly for jeff weaver, AJ burnett just to name a few.
Cashman has a nearly UNLIMITED payroll from year to year and we don’t have even a quality third starter, never mind fourth.
Roy Halladay, Roy oswalt and cliff lee all change teams in the last nine months (Lee was traded TWICE) and we end up with VAZQUEZ!
Something is VERY wrong with that picture. That’s very poor judgment on Cashman’s part.
Cashman is paying out $20 MILLION to Vazquez, Nick (wheel chair) johnson, Chan ho park and Randy Winn this year.
I know Twelve-year old kids that could’ve spent that money more effectively!
Any VP, President, or CEO to make as many high cost mistakes as that would have been out of a job LONG ago.
ANYONE WHO THINKS BRIAN CASHMAN IS A SHREWD GM NEEDS THEIR HEAD EXAMINED!
Again I’m not Monday morning quarterbacking on ANY of these. These are all moves that put me in a terrible mood on the days that they were each made.
I’m sorry to state my opinion harshly. It’s the years of frustration watching this talking.
Thanks for listening.
Too long and I don’t care enough to read it. Cashman is actually one of the better GM’s in MLB, and if you don’t like his decisions, you can’t do anything about it but deal, like the rest of us. At least he tries to bring in good players.
Kit, I stongly disagree. By what measure is he one of the better GM in MLB? Other than trading for Swish where are the smart/shrewd moves in the last decade that show ANY creativity?
Cuz on top of the bad moves i just listed there are MANY more i could go through.
The fact the we can’t do anything about it makes it so frustrating. But what’s even more frustrating is this perception by most yankee fans that he’s a good GM. The media apparently also thinks so. He NEVER gets taken to task in the papers,radio or web for any of these terrible moves. At least if people would realize how inept he is there would be pressure for change.
But that NEVER happens
Meant Utility infielder – ramiro pena would make an EXCELLENT bat boy.
Not sure same could be said about cervelli. Maybe an effective parking lot assistant for frankie? He’s obviously in the wrong line of work.
Cervelli’s actually better than the league average in offense for catchers, while being a backup. He needs to work on his defense though.
Pena and Cervelli aren’t supposed to be superstar everyday guys. They’re bench players. They exist to give the superstars some rest and for defense. That’s why we’ve all grown to expect very little out of our backup guys.
They’ve given less than very little.
Cervelli and Peña have combined to produce +0.5 WAR.
That’s actually damn good for a backup catcher and a backup shortstop. Without looking, I’d bet that most teams in baseball don’t break even on WAR from those two backups combined.
If you could let me know where that ranks compared to the rest of MLB i’d appreciate it Tommie.
Since you’re the one you wants to claim they suck and Cashman’s a moron, no.
Do your legwork for your flawed argument yourself.
Shoppach has been worth 0.3 bWAR. The Rays don’t really have a comparable player to Pena, as Sean Rodriguez and Reid Brignac have both gotten way more playing time. The closest playing time comp they have is Kapler, who is at -0.5 bWAR
Dont you go again trying to confuse us with your fancy facts
Pena and Cervelli combined:
400 AB’s, ZERO homers, 50 Rbi’s and a VERY low BA, OBP and slugging line. didn’t do the math..
for a team that speant almost $3 mil on Randy winn and Chan ho (out of the) Park that’s INEXCUSABLE. Never mind the fact that the no hit catcher CAN’T THROW!! – sadly comical.
Only one way to explain such ineptitude: BRIAN CASHMAN
Poll: Is “Avi” a male name?
Yes
The author Avi is male, but I needed to check wiki and always though Avi was female.
Applying the first name rule?
Yes’m
Let’s name the “Male First Name Only Rule” the “Bo Corollary”.
First name only rule ?
Yes. It’s a Jewish nickname for Abraham. I’m a 29 YO dude..
Better idea: how about just ask me.
A.) the 3M spent combined to get Park and Winn probably wouldn’t have bought a single backup catcher or backup shortstop better than Cervelli or Peña, because players better than them wouldn’t sign on to play only 30% of the time backing up a future HoF franchise cornerstone. The players better than Cervelli or Peña all went elsewhere to get legit starting chances.
B.) Ramiro Peña has 159 plate appearances this year. That’s 2.6% of the team total. No big whoop.
C.) Frankie Cervelli, as bad as he has been, is the 31st best catcher in all of baseball by WAR. Of all the big league backups, he’s probably the best.
Your mind: BLOWN.
Pffft, he’s no David Ross.
Ramon Castro is having a pretty good season too
Fine, we don’t have the best backup, we have one of the best backups.
Cervelli has played in more than HALF the yankees’ games this year. Being that he’s the “31st best catcher in baseball” this means we have WORSE than the WORST CATCER IN BASEBALL playing HALF our games.
Ha! leave it up to Cervelli to be worse than the worst.
Great job Cashman.
Didn’t realize cashman was a family member though Tommie – it’s nothing personal.
Just wondering: if there’s 30 teams in baseball how can you be “31st BEST” at anything?
Fun Fact #2: The Yankees were the first team to 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 wins.
But you stats people keep telling us wins don’t matter? Well, who is right?
/BBWAA member’d
Fun Fact #3: The Yankees were the first team to win 27 WS and will be the first to 28.
http://www.hiyoooo.com
Will we be the only ones to reach 100 again? I think so.
Whatca think, any 100 win teams this year?
We need 9 more wins with 12 left to play?
I’ll say… no. We finish with the best record in the bigs at 99-63.
Need 9 wins in 12 games. I’m going to go with no, but without much conviction
The Rockies will find a way
#whycanttheyplaybeforeaugust
If the Rockies could get their shit together before September they’d blow away the 1998 Yankees in terms of the regular season, seriously
I love a little tidbit I shared sparked a huge Nick Johnson debate. Again.
dalelama shows up to make some really dumb comment in 3…2…1…
You are beautiful….
Loving that line up. No mercy for Shields. Kick ass, boys.
This is our BEST lineup against Right handed pitchers. I’m referring to the players. The actual order can be debated.
Come on Hughes beat the Rays
Nice change up
Sterling reads RAB?!? “This is the A-Team”
“Pity the fool” jokes to ensue?
Sterling reads
RAB?!?“This is the A-Team”“Pity the fool
” jokes to ensue?Thanks for FTFM.
good inning for huuuuuuuughes, but would love the pitches per A/B to go down plz
He turns everyone into, uh, that guy who is known for hitting a lot of foul balls that I can’t think of right now nor find by using google.
Carlos Baerga?
I couldn’t let it go. Apparently I was thinking of Luke Appling.
David Eckstein?
I knew Hairston was a warrior. Played 2 months with a broken leg….DAMN
I am sure that I missed this earlier in the thread, but Philly has to stop this 22+ pitch stuff. Dude your killing your arm.
Now, I would like to see a 5 spot by the 3rd inning
Anyone got a scouting report on this Shields guy? What pitches has he got?
*I amuse myself and that’s all that matters
SWISHAHOUSE!!!
Swish!!!
Hey Shields, here is your Cortisone shot
SWISHALICIOUS!!!
I might be able to hit double digit homers in the number two spot of this lineup.
To be the number 2 hitter for the New York Yankees… that is a dream I will achieve.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Swish!
Anyone know the last time the Yankees had their full lineup out there (or one with Thames instead of Berkman)?
Someone was saying it was like August 4.
passing the baton
i like
Question:
What is the circular thing that batters have on their thumbs (i think). Just seen Swish with one and seen one the other day at a baseball game.
Couldn’t get a good look to see what it’s for though.
I think it’s just called a “thumb guard”.
It’s padding.
Ahhh. Much obliged.
I would like a productive 3-4-5 today, guys. Liking it so far, get them in, Robbie.
TWSS (or, in this case, what you said)
I’m pretty sure I would hate Jason Heyward if he weren’t on my fantasy team. Best player ever, or best player ever?
I’m anticipating 10 HRs from him in this year’s the World Series, despite a Yankees sweep.
You thnk ATL will come out of NL ? My money goes to the Phils.
I think Atlanta holds on to win the WC. But yeah, the Phillies are terrifying right now.
I would prefer they not make it so they can’t be the post-season three-peat team, but they’re on a serious tear.
i know it’s extremely difficult, but the yanks have got to stop swinging at those pitches out of the zone against sheilds. Those low and away pitches are going to be the death of the righty
so is anyone going to the last game at home im exited im sitting in section 130
That strike one pitch was almost on the ground!
that was a strike?
LOL gotta love the guy singing “Ole Ole” with “Jorge Jorge”.
HIP HIP!
I love you, Jorge.
So much.
Is this what you call… offense
Hip fucking hip!
Come on Puma. Your Yankee pinstripes are still waiting.
Come on Puma.
Your Yankee pinstripes are still waiting.Fixed.
Sorry I’m listening on the radio, what is he wearing?
A golden thong.
I’m glad I’m just listening then.
LOL
A Roman toga, circa 100 BC.
He means the spiritual ones you earn when you become Alex Rodriguez in 2009.
88 AB without a HR, put in Miranda.
/sarcasm
Come on PUMA ! Time to pounce !
PUMA!!!
Puma!
PUMA TIME!!!
upton looked so lost
Lance fucking Berkman’s in the house!!!
Big Puma!
Hey, where’s the Berkman troll from this morning?
I apologize for subtly implying that he’s an idiot.
(Not really.)
Puma!
And Fat Elvis says, “Thank you very much.”
Aight , I take that. Some XBH oomph!
1 run to go.
circular lineup is circular
Big Game James
Puuuuuuma
in play, (runs)
I love it when you call me Big Puma
Tell your friends, to get with my friends, and we can be friends–
Shit, we can do this every weekend! Aaaight? Is that aaight with you?
Is that all he has? Warning track power?
I guess James doesnt consider this a big game
Damn it would have been impressive for Berk to go out of the Stadium with a dead center shot.
I”m still at work so I’m on the at-bat and they were doing a live look-in. And they cut it out just as Berkman hits that ball. I was all AHHHHHHHH what happened to it and hoping for his first HR as a Yankee.
Lance Berkman: True Yankee™, or Truest Yankee™?
I will wait for him to tee off Pavano and his stache to crown the ‘truest’ part.
FOR A DOUBLE???
Maybe “Not the most False Yankee”
It was a trick question.
They were all Twix.
Grandy Man!!
Yes he can!
The A-Team…Niiiiiiice, I like.
FU Joe Maddon!
Grandy! Yeeaaaaaaa!
Big Lame James has NOTHING tonight.
Suzyn. “Shields is a human being, and you can’t predict baseball”
And there is my 5 spot before the 3rd inning. Thank you very much boys.
Now I can have a drink in peace.
Hell yeah! No mercy, Shields.
NO COMMERCIALS… NO MERCY!!!!!!
I absolutely adore Puma running the bases.
Let’s destroy their bullpen tonight.
(puts on tuxedo, prepares to fuck shit up)
After the roadtrip last week, it’s so good to seeing the Yankees playing like this.
Big Game James’ ERA is, as of this moment, over 5.
In the playoffs he’ll post a -5.00 ERA, because that’s when its the biggest.
I hate that move he does before he gets into position, the whole twist around to look at 1B shit.
His windup makes my eyes fucking bleed
Made that ass work.
Good job, boys.
TWSS
I predicted a blowout sweep yesterday. We’re halfway there now.
are you trying to predict baseball? Because you can’t predict baseball.
Also, this game is very very very very very very very far from over.
well, that didn’t work
the yanks have the A squad out tonight. swisher has a decent shot at 100 rbis this year. if he did that, the yanks would have 2-3-4-5 hitters with 100 or more rbi.
Good job looking at strike 3, Brett. This team does not have the killer instinct.
are you serious?
He’s not.
Not gritty or gutty enough.
Dustin Pedroia, now there’s a man who personifies grit.
They didn’t hit a sac fly or have a suicide squeeze there, so I do believe their KI went down, sadly.
You can’t expect to win by just outscoring teams. You have to play small ball.
That makes sense.
Jeets.
There’s no way they can keep up this pace and score 45. Prepare yourselves for 8 innings of frustrating, scoreless Yankees baseball.
/irrationalnegativenancy’d
You know what would be awesome? Scoring 45 runs this game.
/irrationallyhighexpectations’d
that was a filthy curve
Ah fuck you, Matt Joyce. You and your attractiveness.
He looks really bad with the scruff now though, it’s a bummer
I didn’t notice he was scruffy. =(
He is and he looks way different and way less hot, I do not approve at all. Some guys look a lot better with scruff (hello Mr. Pettitte), he does not.
That’s unfortunate.
Video evidence that Andy Pettitte looks nice with scruff
http://web.yesnetwork.com/medi.....d=12249527
(There’s no reason for me to post this, I just am. La la la)
I will not complain about Andy Pettitte pictures/clips, and he always looks good.
Shake it off, Hughesy.
Jeez, I wonder why Phil gives up so many HR?
Dont worry young man, The Great John Flaherty will explain it to us all
Lots of fastballs. Not afraid to challenge hitters. Kind of a recipe for giving up HRs. Of course, I would guess a part of it is he is getting unlucky with his FB/HR ratio.
BTW, nothing wrong with giving up a lot of homeruns. Lots of great pitchers gave up HRs. The key is to make a lot of them solo HRs.
IIRC a bunch came off cutters to lefties that just didn’t move much (rather than moving hard inside).
Wipe that cocky smirk off your face Joyce , its still 5-1
Ok Phil, no more of those.
Homer’s fine, shake it off and get the next guy.
Ohhhhhh 3 changeups in 2 innings, all strikes???? Me likey!
Good shit, time to widen the gap some more!
… too easy.
/sortofVader’d ?
Now you realize that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
/DarkHelmet’d
Yankees playing tonight at Ludicrous Speed.
TWHS.
Oh come on, its right there. Show no Mercy
Oh come on, its right there. Show no Mercy
TWSS
#humorousjuxtaposition
Slappy with the assist
Dear Flash:
please never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever mention pitching to the score again.
So annoying that guys like Johnson and Joyce hitting Hrs
At least with Pena you expect it
IsoP:
Carlos Pena: .216
Matt Joyce: .222
Eh, Johnson’s always had power. So has Joyce for that matter. They’re just mediocre, 4A-ish type players, and that’s what is annoying.
I can’t prove that Carlos Peña, Matt Joyce, and Dan Johnson aren’t all the same player.
/GlennBeck’d
Yea, especially since he can’t see very well.
Thats what I mean, but it always seem to be against the Yankees
a. it’s called confirmation bias
b. I know that Dan Johnson murders at least the Red Sox too. Does that make you feel vaguely better?
If he doesn’t then there’s nothing we can do, because we all know about Boston’s five aces and how great they are.
JETERIAN!
SHIELDSIAN!!!
Prediction: Jeter gets 8 AB’s this game, without extra innings. Make it happen!
If the Yankees score that much, Jeter would likely be subbed out.
Keep on and keeping on boys.
If I hear the phrase “Jeterian swing” one more time…I probably wouldn’t do anything about it.
But still.
GOB: Let me ask you something. Is this a business decision, or is it personal? ‘Cause if it’s business I’ll go away happily. But if it’s personal, I’ll go away… but I won’t be happy.
Good ol’ Gob.
Good to see he is getting a new show.
C’MON!
I know you’re banged up, Mark, but I miss you being productive. Get well soon.
Ahhhhhhh. So close.
Damn! So close!
Goddammit Sterling.
I hate Sterling.
damn, so close. Tex crushed that.
Tex hit a home run three innings after the toe injury. Stop saying he has been homerless since getting hit.
That’s not as good a story though.
I hate when Sterling get’s me excited?
/do it Tommie
/twice’d
Sterling (after talking about the position of the press booth and being able to call HR’s fair/foul): “I can never tell. I just wait for the umpire to call it.”
Do you really?! Then what is all this “It is high, it is far…” business? Just treat it like every other announcer – with uncertainty regarding fair/foul.
He’s just describing the travel of the ball.
Poorly worded text poll
What was it? I just heard all the choices.
Who should Joe Girardi “tap” to pitch the 8th inning in the playoffs?
Yeah. Tap.
…wtf. Who comes up with those.
Tappa Kegga Dei?
Who would you want Girardi to “tap” as the 8th inning guy?
I’d “tap” Wood.
TWSS
I like Sterling personally. He is seldom accurate and very emotional like a normal fan.
After reading this comment, I realize the following two things:
1.) I still don’t like Sterling
2.) I don’t like normal fans
I can do his job for less money and more accuracy. But last I knew, “normal fans” don’t get paid for saying silly crap.
I DONT WANNA SEE JOE GIRARDI TAP ANY OF THOSE GUYS….THIS IS A FAMILY SPORT
Doesn’t the ump know if Phil throws a change up anywhere near the plate it needs to be called a strike?
Q: Doesn’t the ump know
if Phil throws a change up anywhere near the plate it needs to be called a strike?A: No.
I laughed.
If there was a “interrupt ” button here at RAB, I’d use it so much you’d have to turn it off.
Stop talking about lust, Michael Kay
PLEASE STOP CALLING YOUR ARMS “GUNS”!!!!
/Corningstone’d
C’mon, Phil. Uno mas.
Folks watching My9: were they just discussing the Carl Crawford/Cervelli dustup from last night?
Get this Phil. Stop screwing around.
Uh oh
Ok, Phil is either gassed or his mechanics have gone to shit. Perhaps a Javier sighting tonight, unless he is still in Joe’s doghouse.
Hey, Phil. Can you like…not do that. kthxbye.
How does the most storied franchise in sports history have such tools for announcers?
We don’t have enough Killer Instinct.
Well played.
Teh 3-Man Rotation?
Try to keep the walks to a minimum, Phil. Get the runs back, offense.
Does Flaherty work for the Yanks
Dude is so negative
Does Copperhead65 root for the Yanks
Dude is so negative
Flaherty and Kay not being huge Yankee homers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having an announcer like Hawk Harrelson or the Red Sox boys
If you can get past the Boston accent, the NESN guys are less biased than ESPN in Yankees @ Sawks games.
When he said “Boston boys” I thought “ESPN,” actually.
If you can get past the Boston accent, the NESN guys are less biased than ESPN in Yankees @ Sawks games.
If you can get past the filth, inbreeding, and bestiality, Boston is a lovely place to spend a weekend.
If you can get past Boston, the Atlantic is an upgrade.
I kinda like the NESN guys. At the very least, Jerry Remy is entertaining
I respect that
I miss good Phil. It looks like we might need more than 5 runs tonight.
It looks like we might need more than 5 runs tonight.
Good thing we’re playing the Rays tonight.
http://www.hiyoooo.com
Good thing we are facing james shields
Bingo.
no sh!t. are we AGAIN going to say, “Oh, he pitched great… Just made a coupla bad pitches that cost him”… I’m sick of that.
Come on Yankees, get some more runs for your Hughes.
who took a dump in john’s cheerios this morning?
Looks like I missed the beginning of a good game.
It was awesome.
Brick killed a guy.
Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.
/Tamland’d
hahahahahaha that didnt even hit him
Jorge WHAT A CHEATER
DISGRACE
Does anything in Jorge’s name rhyme with “cheater”?
Posada fake alotta?
That is terrible. Rejected.
That is so bad we should adopt it
I don’t think adopting that and raising it to be a respectable member of the meme society, will erase all the terrible.
Bronx School of Acting.
Bronx School of Acting.
The first words that came to mind were “Dean Steve Schirripa” and “Professor Emeritus Vincent Pastore”.
LOL against the same team.
Jeter should run out and hand Sado a pair of crutches.
That’s Gino’s job. The man is an excellent supporting actor.
ZOMG THE YANKEES R SUCH CHEETERS
No seriously, I’m laughing really hardcore
This has bothered me a tad before the season even started, but does anyone else find it bogus that the Yankees start and end the regular season in Fenway Park?
Why is it bogus?
I don’t think I really have to explain that.
No, you kind of do because otherwise, it makes no sense to bring it up.
Well hello Miss Sassy Pants, I didn’t know attitude was in this season. Anyway, I don’t really care anymore. I just hate the Red Sox and being in New England only augments such sentiments.
That wasn’t meant to be rude at all, I was asking you a serious question and then you completely blow me off like you have no idea why it’s bogus, you just wanted to use the word.
I’m not Mr. Sassy Pants, but I also would like to know what “bogus” means as you’re using it, NYY-SWISH. It’s quite ambiguous.
We can’t intelligently respond to your point until we understand what you’re trying to say.
extra pain for the Sawx. Very nice…
Jorge Posada just cheated the fans and the entire game of baseball. He should be suspended 50 games for that.
He’s murdered baseball history, again.
/JaysonStark’d
Rays broadcaster/former Red Sox manager/massive crybaby Kevin Kennedy: “This is a joke. This is getting out of hand. If you can act, you can get to first base.”
The Yankees are cheating the competitive spirit of baseball with their vaudeville shenanigans.
Wait, did Posada just pretend to get hit?
shame on jorge he has a sick kid and he cheats (sarcasm off)
really?
Texas and…someone else.
Toronto.
Texas and the Rockies
I think it was AL teams only.
Oh I missed the question.
That actually wasn’t supposed to be a reply.
The rays anouncers are harping on it and that madden pointed it out
No 100-win seasons:
Texas and Toronto?
thats exactly who i was thinking
Not sure but I thought MLB said Maddon could not wear sweatshirts
More Kennedy: “Carlos Pena had to hold on Posada at first when he shouldn’t have even been on base. That Berkman line drive was a rocket, it could’ve struck him in the face.”
And you guys thought the Hawk was a cheerleader
There is no greater cheerleader than Hawk.
Paula Abdul?
C’mon, Phil. Keep the walks down.
Carlos Pena still has a .331 OBP, .332 wOBA, 15% walk rate, and .216 IsoP, as well as 27 homers. Batting average aside, Pena is still having an okay year.
Why, it’s almost like batting average doesn’t tell you the whole story
BUT THE BATTING AVERAGE
AND THE STRIKEOUTS
CLEARLY USELESS ERGLEBERGL.
(capslock. And sarcasm alert.)
Kent Brockman: Tonight on Smartline: The power plant strike — Arglebargle or Fooferah? With us tonight are plant owner C.M. Burns, union kingpin Homer Simpson, and talk show mainstay Dr. Joyce Brothers.
Dr. Joyce: I brought my own mic!
It’s not so much that he hasn’t sucked as it is that you’re mildly surprised that a certain set of numbers place him as “kinda shitty” rather than “OMFG, HIDE YA KIDS KIDE YA WIFE”
He has been in the bottom tier of 1Bs.
BUT TEH CONTRACT YEAR PUSH!!!?!??!
lets go phil
What a crazy team this is.
Mmm Carlos Pena pouting
Gaudin , Javy or Moseley, any preferences in who is coming out BP first tonight?
I don’t get what speed has to do with batting average, Mike.
More infield singles?
Also, Upton still has a .337 wOBA, a .185 IsoP, an 11% walk rate. Again, decent year when not just looking at batting average.
I can see it helping for picking up some infield hits, but obviously in Upton’s case it is problems making contact.
Carlos Pena worse than Ramiro Pena?
does kay know that 80 speed =/= great batting average??
look at corey patterson…
Look at Homer Bush.
(Yeah, I said it.)
What’s his pitch count at?
Get coordinated, boys.
AJax threatening rookie strike out record?
Stats please.
http://www.google.com
Record: 185, Pete Incaviglia, 1986
Ajax: 159, coming into today
I say he doesn’t get there.
They really wanted that out.
Communication, please.
One more out, Phil.
Yeah, guys, it’s lack of veteran leadership that has made Upton “underperform.”
Wow, this whole conversation about BJ Upton and the Rays and their motivation or whatever is really pissing me off.
Hire Bowa to bust his ass.
Ok Yankees, no sloppy playing.
Great. Giving them free outs. This is getting ugly.
Home run Javy loosening up
But they have Javy…not really an improvement given his struggles, but it probably won’t kill the bullpen.
So thats a strike on 3-0 but not on 0-0
Ummm, where were pitch 1 and 2?
Comon Phil
Gotta love it when your starter puts himself in trouble.
Come on Hughes, you can do it. I rather see Moseley than Javy if Hughes gets out this inning.
It is hard to believe how little BJ Upton has gotten out of his talent. What a waste of such great gifts for a player to have.
/ABronxTale’d
He’s still having an okay year and he’s got plenty of time to have many more good years. It’s not like he’s 30 and has stalled out.
Alright Hughes.
Come on, offense, give Phil some help.
*more
wow Kit, you’re tough on Kit…
I’m tough on everyone. NO MERCY!
/unnecessary
what a god awful job by Hughes just terrible
close one….can we add 10 more runs and make this an easy win please
I know Zobrist had a great year last year, so this year is technically a “down year” for him, but last year was the first time he had more than 227 PA. Isn’t it possible–probable?–that we don’t quite know what an up and down year is for him? I doubt he’s this “bad” but I also doubt he’s as good as 2009 showed.
Did that make sense?
Like you said, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Career BABIP: .283
2010 BABIP: .281
2009 BABIP: .326
I tend to think of hitter BABIP as much more variable than pitcher, but every player finds their baseline eventually.
thank god
watch him pitch into the 6th after that first inning ridiculous
RISP failure by our opponent? Not possible.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=1.gif
The Jaso walk. I’ll give the ump the first pitch, but that second one…
Ouch. That second pitch is kind of brutal.
Well there you have it Michael Kay just called the game
Yanks have no momentum
What did he say?
Said the momentum is slowly shifting towards the Rays.
He has also been saying that every 22 seconds since the end of the second inning.
Saying Momentum has shifted in Rays favor
Michael Kay, known genius.
momentum is the next Home run up his …. that and ‘swagger’ is all BS talk.
How many fucking times have they talked about the momentum shift?
it shifted 4 times in the last inning according to kay
Enough times for you to curse while asking how many times they have talked about it.
Jeets having a Gardnerian ab…
No more walks, Phil, an easy inning would be cool.
Back to House Of Steinbrenner on espn
All I want for Christmas is 3 straight outs
Ugh… Flaherty just STFU…
Derek Jeter’s HOF speech will be full of cliches, no? It will–as most of his interviews–say a lot without saying anything.
Both teams played hard, my man.
Don’t forget to tip your cap.
I’ll set the over/under on “Mr. Torre” references at 2 and take the over.
We took it one game at a time, gotta play for today. A stitch in time saves nine. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Thank you.
Jimmy Fallon is wearing a Yankees cap. Wha-wha-wha?
Fuck, his unfunny ass needs to take it off.
As far as I’m concerned, he’ll never be on TV late enough.
Screw that, he shouldn’t be allowed to be anywhere near a recording studio or a TV.
Im Fuckin Confused
Jimmy Fallon is from Brooklyn. Fever Pitch wasn’t a documentary.
Speaking of (Dumb) S#$! Michael Kay Says:
On TMKS today, Kay said that the Jets would be “hypocritical” to suspend/discipline Braylon Edwards for his DUI arrest because “his character issues are the reason they acquired him.
No, seriously.
I know absolutely nothing about football, but that sounds stupid as hell. I expect nothing less out of Kay.
I don’t listen to radio, but that must have sounded more batshit insane in verbatim.
It was. I can’t even do Kay’s dumb justice, I’m too smart to be able to mimic it.
Is Kay’s dumb justice like Judge Goombah’s Freedom Watch?
ZOMG FREEDOM WEEK
There’s no way he could have seriously made that argument without completely choking on his laughter on-air.
Nobody even called him out on it either. I never call in to talk radio, but I got on the phone. They weren’t taking calls (since the rest of the hour was booked for the Mark Sanchez/Andy Pettitte interviews).
I heard that and if that wasn’t the most juvenile comment by a “homer” announcer I’d like to hear what was.
/Put it on the Booooaaaarrrdddddd’d
I know nothing about football but goddamn that is so dumb
It would be akin to saying that the Yankees would be hypocrites to want Nick Swisher to play well because we traded bad players to get him.
Asinine.
Yeah, I heard that. What was he saying? You can’t get mad at a guy for having character issues when you knew he had them when you got him. Ridiculous.
The momentum is slowly shifting back
/KayFlash’d
Great change ups by Hughes tonight. Very encouraging start.
Not really.
I think he means in terms of the changeups, not the results.
He had no command at all. I love Hughes and I liked that he busted out the other pitches, but it’s hard to call this that encouraging.
This is an incredibly encouraging start from a young pitcher. Hughes had no control at all tonight, yet so far he has limited the Rays to 2 runs. He had no control of his offspeed pitches, but he stuck with them, because he knows he needs to work with those pitches to be successful in the playoffs. He is tired tonight and instead of folding like many young pitchers, he battled through it and has pitched a solid game.
He learned from how some of the Rays got to him last start. He saw how Dan Johnson beat him and this start he made a huge adjustment. 3 great changeups in one at bat to Dan Johnson who beat him on mistake fastballs the last start out. Beautiful.
This start was a great sign going forward and in the playoffs.
He’s developing the ace mentality.
My rebuttal:
While Hughes establishing his changeup is a good thing going forward, for this start and the rest of this year, the more critical thing for the 2010 Yankees is not the establishment of his changeup/secondary pitches, it’s his ability to deal with fatigue and make it through 6 innings as a starter as he pitches above and beyond 146 innings for the first time in 4 years and 170 innings for the first time in his life.
For 2011, this start is great. For 2010, I’m much more concerned with how much gas Hughes has in the tank than with how effective his 4th pitch is, and thus this start is less than great.
The changeup is not just for next year. It is for now.
The Rays hitters are so much more off balance than most lineups have been recently. They can’t sit on his fastball anymore.
The advanced scouts are scribbling down notes and they don’t know what to expect from Hughes now. His mixing of his pitches could pay huge dividends in the postseason.
Agreed. He hasn’t fully hit the wall yet… let’s hope he doesn’t at all.
98 pitches after 5? Hmm, I hope the B bullpen is ready to get some outs.
Wow, you can’t throw a more perfect change up than pitch #4
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
Everytime I see a BrooksBaseball strikezone chart posted and available on the internet mere seconds after the pitch happens, I think of this FJM line:
http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2.....uuuce.html
Haha, that’s one of my favorite FJMs ever.
Ditto. I love that.
It’s a different world , Tommie.
Different era. No way to compare it.
/GhostOfAlexGonzalez’d
Well, well now, it seems there is a bigger idiot out there than the Yankees Joe G, and it is Joe Maddon…How did all those loudmouth pants work out for ya Joema? Too busy coddling players, and creating road trip clothing to actually manage a team. Rays will fall, not because they can’t play, but because they have a worse manager than the Yankees. Keep using those graphs without common sense, and see how long that lasts, especially when the Rays already announced tonight they are slashing payroll even if they win the World Series…that will make them run to the game to watch…
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/.....n#comments
Aight Offense , let’s get those two runs back. Javy Alert!
How the frig is that a foul ball?
Boo me. Good call.
C’mon, offense, you really can’t keep giving him easy innings.
For all complaining about Kay…at least you’ve been spared some Classic Sterling tonight. Nary an inning has gone by without him jumping a call…and I’m stuck with the radio until about 10:30.
I’ve listened to Sterling for years, even pre his doing the Yankee games. He used to be a decent announcer. Now he really sucks. All he cares about his setting up his HR call so that it’s as clean as can be when it’s replayed. So even if he doesn’t think it’s going to go out, he has to startstaging the call just in case it is a HR. So anything that’s possible sounds like a HR. Listening to that on the radio is very, very annoying…and disappointing. I keep thinking the Yankees have a HR, only to have it pulled back.
Worse, he pays no attention to regular plays. A good announcer can pretty much tell the listner if a hit ball will be a hit right off the bat, or is slightly doubtful, just by varying the tone and tension of his voice. Sterling has none of this.
Sorry for stating the obvious, but I had to listen to him a few times in the last week as I was driving and it was clear he’s gotten worse.
Now back to the game.
Bleh. Knock him out next inning.
So Shields tossed over 40 pitches in the first inning, and right now he’s only in the low 90s after five, throwing less pitches than Phil.
Annoying.
I’ll take the score, though.
93 pitches unreal
How to get 12 outs without Drob, Wood, Mo and Logan. Here we go…I am fully prepare to sweat it out the next 4 innings.
scratch that LOL, 9 outs …
WTF was that lame ass attempt of a commercial for the Giants on My9?
5 runs 40+ pitches in the 1st and yet more economical than Hughes bad job lneup after the first
I was hoping this wouldn’t turn into one of those “settle down” games after that first inning. Especially since the Rays seem to be a late inning offensive team.
One more, Phil.
last thing we need is javy to warm up in the pen
One more pitch, then call it a night, Phil.
I hope you guys are DVR’ing this ESPN 30 for 30 piece on the Steinbrenner family. Very well done.
we are watching at every game commercial…
Depleted bullpen? Don’t these guys read RAB?
/Sanchaladejo’d
/Sanchaladejo’d
Brilliant. I would have liked to see Ring and Moseley in there as well, though.
/Roystin Sanchaladejo’d
THAT’S GOLD, JERRY! GOLD!
SanchaRiDejoMos?
Sort of sounds like a verb, come to think of it..
Nice finish, Hughes.
great finish from Hughes
Mah boy. Nice.
Oh peace, B.J. Way to end on a high note, Phil.
Good job Hughes!
I think that was a nice, “Fuck you guys,” from Phil. Good job, babe.
HUGHES!!!!!!
Yes. Beautiful. It really is such a great sight to watch a young pitcher develop. Have really missed this as a Yankee fan.
So impressed with Hughes tonight.
Pitched like a seasoned veteran tonight and actually got stronger in his final two innings hovering around 100 pitches.
Can’t wait to watch this kid in the postseason.
Game 3 starter ?
Without question.
You had me until “without question”.
There’s still a question. He’s the frontrunner, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see AJ get the ball for Game 3.
That’s my opinion, not necessarily what would happen.
Sorry for the confusion.
Gotcha.
Same here. I think it’s more likely he will pitch better than Burnett given all things status quo.
If AJ can show anything at all I think I’d prefer AJ
Agreed. But on the condition that he continues to look better/not a hot mess come October.
That.
Why?
Because he won’t have to start in the ALDS and he hasn’t been inspiring in his past few starts save today.
Why is avoiding starting him in the ALDS a positive?
Hughes sure has looked inspiring to me his past 2 starts against the second best team in baseball. Two great starts in different fashions.
His only two starts have been mediocre against the Rays. And saving Hughes innings that he doesn’t have to pitch is a positive to me.
If Burnett and Hughes are both pitching meh to decent I’d rather go with Burnett.
We will just have to disagree then, because I don’t think his two starts have been mediocre at all.
Sure. His first start tough he pitched 6 IP and 3 ER tough with 6 runners on abse.
His other start he pitched 6.2 innings and let 6 runners on 4 hits.
He hasn’t been bad but this start now certainly is encouraging. And I have no memory of those two games so I don’t remember how his stuff has been and if he was unlucky so I can’t say for sure.
But if Hughes had no damn limits he’d definitely be my pick.
I am very encouraged by his past two starts in terms of formulating that for postseason success.
He doesn’t have limits once the month changes.
Wow, that was awesome of Hughes.
C’mon, offense, more runs would be cool.
Wheres the O?
Right there!
Albie and Joba should be able to get 9 outs between them
Hip HiP!!!
Yeah, Jorge. Bring him in, Puma.
Puma getting respect.
hmm, bringing in a lefty to face the guy shields has pwned his career?
Hughes will only continue to get stronger through his career. He’s got the stamina, guts and attitude to become a strong 3 or 4 starter. Just gotta mix up his pitches more. I love his change-up and the 12-6 curve. If he’s slated to start a game 3 or 4 in a series, and if he’s got all of his pitches working and effectively, then goodnight Texas or Minnesota.
Lance “Feared Jr.” Berkman.
True Yankee™.
136 career IBB.
Jim Rice? 77.
Joe Mauer–79. He’s 27 years old
No one will ever get the IBB record set by Barry Bonds.
That record is: 688
No, seriously.
The second and third place guys (Aaron and McCovey) had 553 IBB combined.
BUT TEH STEROIDS!!!
Jim Rice never used steroids. All his homers came from pure fear, American power, and steroids.
IETC
To be honest, I don’t really care if former players did steroids.
You: preaching
Me: the choir
Yup–Hank Aaron is second with 293.
Intentional walk pitches should only count as 0.5 in the pitch count. No strain.
Game must be getting boring to think about that…
What?
Hughes’ Start is evolving!
Congratulations! Hughes’ Start evolved into Quality Start!
Can I nominate this for the worst post of the year?
I’m sure I’ll manage worse.
I left when Hughes sucked and came back and he’s a hero. What happened???
Finished (?) off with a strong 1-2-3 inning.
He buckled down and didn’t give up the lead after he walked the bases loaded.
The Grandy man, Oh the Grandy man can
slap one to left gardy
great inning by grandy/gardy…
Gardner should’ve bunted.
Obviously, Gardner should squeezed there. Granderson too, just to be safe.
Our Killer Instinct is approaching replacement level.
unfortunately gardner has only one blemish on his talents, that’s bunting. he’d be a legit .310 hitter if he knew how to bunt. hopefully next year, he’d improve….we hope
I thought I read something in spring training how he spent the off season working on his bunting. If that’s the case, maybe he just can’t.
unfortunately gardner has only one blemish on his talents, that’s bunting. he’d be a legit .310 hitter if he knew how to bunt.
If he bunted better, those bunts wouldn’t count towards his batting average, meaning the effect on his BA would be minimal. If bunting better made him a .310 hitter, that means he’s probably basically a .310 hitter regardless of his bunting ability, and if he’s a .310 hitter regardless of his bunting ability, I want him trying to hit every time up and not bunting ever.
I want Ramiro Peña and Frankie Cervelli to be ace bunters, because they’re not good hitters. Brett Gardner is a good hitter, he shouldn’t bunt.
I think he means bunting for a hit
Bunting for a hit is still a fairly high-risk, low-reward play in most situations, even for the superfast guys like Gardner.
Hughes still in there? that’s surprising
I am surprise that Hughes is still out there. Come on Hughes DP right here.
Phil Hughes-shower time.
Runner on in a close game, Gaudin time!
If Hughes needs an innings cap why let him go well above 100 pitches?
the guy is hitting like 260ish you can probably throw him strikes
why joe! why! get up robertson or albie! not javy
Should I trade Jamaal Charles for Calvin Johnson?
I’ve got Felix and Thomas Jones, Jahvid Best, Michael Bush, Dez Bryant, Steve Smith(NYG), Frank Gore, Roddy White and Mike Sims-Walker. 2 WR and 2 RB and 1 RB/WR start for me.
I’d say no.
I’d try to deal Best for some other wideout instead. Gore/Charles/White/Sims-Walker are the best 2 RB and 2 WR you have, Best is the one I’d use to try to upgrade the WR core.
But then again, my fantasy advice has been shit this year, so do the opposite of whatever I’d do.
Heh, I’m not so sure though. Charles probably won’t have a lot of monster games because of Thomas Jones. I’m trying to get Dallas Clark in the deal, though.
Charles’s OL >>>>> Best’s OL
Best’s carries >>>>> Charles’ carries.
He won’t bite on Clark though.
Actually, nevermind, you’re right.
Get a couple of outs for Javy, Phil.
cmon phil
plz
I think it’s time for young Phil to experience a Dallas Green-inspired 200-pitch count game. Did wonders for the first five years of Al Leiter’s career.
why is hughes still in the game?
Javy is warming up but Logan should be brought in to face Crawford. And I wouldn’t be surprised to see Gaudin brought in to face Longoria., Girardi said before the game he likes the matchup.
man i forgot javy was even on this team
ugh
Joe likes his cuppaJavy
You weren’t the only one.
Spotted: the Wave at Yankee Stadium. Sigh.
lol that sounded like a gossip girl blast
[/sigh, yes i religiously watch gossip girl and knew this
If they do that during the playoffs I will seriously go crazy
Isn’t the wave a 1980′s phenomenon?
/embarassing
/winningnestteamofthedecade’d
It’s a non-baseball fan phenomenon. Who the hell has time for this shit in September baseball? Go the hell home if you’re bored.
Time for Javy to dazzle with his nothingball.
2 outs Javy , 2 outs please.
Or five, that works too. As long as IP > R, I’ll live.
That’s mean, but I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t laugh.
WHO?!?!?
IS GONNA HIT?!??!?
MY NOTHING BALL!?!??!?!
/Bingo Long’d
69 mph curve/79 mph change/89 mph fastball
/book it
I feel like the term “nothingball” was coined exclusively for Javy Vazquez v.2010. It captures the essence of his stuff so perfectly.
Same as the Gyro-ball ?
i’d rather be stranded at the mall seeing my gf shop, than see javier “chokes” vazquez pitch
This is both kinda not-the-most-gender-enlightened-statement and really dumb. At least you spelled “Vazquez” right I guess.
“Steve Sax played the game like my wife shops— all day.”
/MisogynistLasorda’d
This man loaded the bases and should have been left to get out of it himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.....pitcher%29
Spot on. Remember when he loaded the bases and allowed that grand slam against the Red Sox? Javy shouldn’t be near a team that actually competes.
Great start from Hughes.
Doesn’t look like the Yankees are really concerned with any fatigue or workload with Girardi pushing him there.
Im so glad they got Phil outta there so Kay will shut the fuck up about his innings limit. He says the same exact shit every fuckin time. God what an irritating sonofabitch
The Yankees would be hypocrites for limiting Hughes’s innings, because they acquired him to pitch innings.
/Kay’d
hahahahahaha
I wish Gardy wouldn’t put his arms out to his side as if he can’t see the ball in the lights.
Me too. My heart dies a little when he does it. Good thing he manages to catch them.
This is terrible the bleachers have been starting the wave. Embarrasing
Must be filled with Tampa fans.
Fucking bloops.
i think garder could have thrown him out
No way, keep Crawford at first. Much more important.
Bah, cheap little hit.
Does the tatoo on Carl Crawford’s neck look stupid to anyone else?
It’s his zodiac sign, no?
(And yes, getting your zodiac — or anything else, for that matter — on your neck is stupid.)
I’m sure it means something very personally meaningful and blah blah blah to him but… yup
anyone not in a yankee uniform looks stupid
I always think of a hook worm when I see it
and I dont even know what a hookworm looks like
It’s the sign for Leo.
http://images.google.com/image.....8;gs_rfai=
Yes. I really do not want Crawford on the Yankees next year. Hoping he runs off to the west coast.
Damn. Downright Gardnerian from Crawford
C’mon, Javy. Just one more out.
Stupid Rays and their bloops
Stupid Rays and their everythings! Bunch of sissy homos is what I call ‘em. Eh, Bexy?
/IronHorse’d
my point excatly. get him outta here
…because of a weak bloop single?
Probably more in general. He can take his 86 mph fastball too.
MY NAME IS KCM AND I LIKE BOVERREACTING!!!!
Uh, he gave up a bloop hit.
Predictable. And now its a HR hitter against HR Javy. This lead might not last long.
Thankfully I was wrong. Still, lets not go to that matchup ever again
because of 2004 game 7 alcs and all of 2010. disgrace
Fail.
Let. it. go. It was a mistake pitch to a good hitter and he wasn’t the one who loaded the bases. This year is an entirely different story. But let it go for the sake of everyone who really thinks 2004 was just unfortunate and Boston will never be as good as the Yankees as a franchise and has learned to move on.
2004: Boston :: 1969: Mets
/twobirdskilledwithonestone’d
Years of counseling and 2009 helped me let it go
Pfft. You needed counseling? Weak, Slappy. Weak.
/kidding
Sadly, believe it or not, there are issues yet to be resolved
Javy Vazquez pitched every single inning of that 2004 ALCS and gave up 1,000,000 runs in the 7 games. I remember it like it was yesterday.
Well the mistake that Torre made was obviously having Javy pitch at all. Why bring in a decent pitcher to try to get out of a jam? Can’t he predict the future like the rest of us?
JOE TORRE NEVER MADE MISTAKES!!!! YOU TAKE THAT SHIT BACK!!!!
I KNOW HE’S ALL ABOUT BEING THE EPITOME OF CLASS BUT BUNT, MOTHAFUCKAS!
Now that I think about it I don’t know why Torre didn’t have Mo pitch 5 innings of relief.
/Gossage’d
Right? It’s not like he thinks arms are valuable…or useful for pitching in the future. You pitch with your feet or you GTFO.
Alright, offense, help Phil and Javy out.
good job javy
battling back to get the 3rd out
bullpen Javy>Starter Javy
Javier Bardem > all
“What’s the most you’ve ever lost in a coin toss?”
lmao
Laughing? That scene was super tense
Yay Javy! Duplicate that over 6 innings and now you’ve got something.
I think it’s too late for that.
…returning from hiding behind couch when I saw Vazquez pitching to Longoria with tieing run at plate.
here comes 2 runs this inning
You’re gonna be annoying, I can tell
I was thinking the same thing, Bex.
I’ll start watching when they change the name to “How I Met Your Whore Mother.”
I’ll start watching when… ah, who am I kidding, I’m never going to start watching.
On a related note, the fact that “The Big Bang Theory” is a popular show that has won awards makes me lose faith in humanity.
Yeah, that show is just awful. I’m not a big fan of those laugh-track lame-oh comedies. As of now, I’m just waiting for Conan to come back on.
The Big Bang Theory sucks. How I Met Your Mother is actually kinda, like, awesome. Jason Segel and Neil Patrick Harris are hilarious
Porn parody name: “How I Did Your Mother”
S#$! My MILF Eats
Now the low strike is called?!?!?!
The G-men are anxiously awaiting Plexico’s getting out of jail so he can rejoin the team and display the character they liked in him when they first acquired him.
/if Kay was a Giant fan
(golf clap)
You cannot stop Nick Swisher; you can only hope to contain him.
Chad Qualls…Chad Balls.
Mark really toe-ing it down the line..
damn, flaherty is such a damn stiff
Its not that fuckin funny Kay….The mans a fucking doctor
Nails.
Let’s get a couple of runs here…then Javy can pitch as long as he wants
So, I never noticed this before but is joe maddon trying to be the baseball belichek with the disgusting hoodie.
“What? Look, I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome–GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!!!!”
No kidding. Use some of that Centrum vitamin commercial money and buy a nice pullover.
Belichick actually sent Maddon a hoodie: http://content.usatoday.com/co.....the-hood/1
You know, some businesses have to pay for commercials on the YES Network. Not Dr. Koco Eaton.
hmm marv albert is at the yankee game? i’m shocked he isn’t dressed like a woman tonight
I hope he doesn’t bite that cute usher girl who works the RF home plate Legends Seats on the ass… I wanted to do that first.
hahahahahahahahahaha
Champ: “I will say one thing for her, Ed. She does have a nice big ol’ bee-hind. I’d like to put some barbecue sauce on that butt and just berjbsdjbgkjskjer…”
and the Michelle Obama arms..
he won’t risk the blond toupee coming off
well he might…
C’mon, Robbie.
Gardner makes that play.
woohoo cano!!!!!
LOL, love it , take that blooper !
BEAUTIFUL! Just beautiful.
Ribbie Cano strikes again
Dominican hustle!
/oxymoron’d
:: head explodes ::
Ha.
it looked like Crawford’s head exploded.
Yay.
Robbie Cano >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> “matchups” and “platoon splits”
wow
way to go mr. Cano
Goddamn look at the shit-eating grin on A-Rod.
I love it. He knew he was screwed but it worked out for him anyway. Love those smirks of his.
I love his “goddamn I got away with that shit” smiles.
Hes turned out to be one of the more likeable guys on the team. He seems like hes just having fun now. I love the guy
/tearing up
He seems like hes just having fun now.
/Favre’d
Its NOT about the money Bex
“Sure, Alex got more money… But it’s not a matter of ‘he did this for the money’, he really did this for the love of the game.”
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1045068
damn you
/BrettFarve’d
Alex is comfortable in Wranglers.
One WS ring will do that for you.
Good Ol’ Slappy McBlueLips
They’re purple, not blue! Get it right!
It just doesn’t have the same ring though
True. Blue is acceptable then.
Is That Racist ?
I hope not.
Didn’t mean for anything racist
Crawford?”That’s the way we play! we’re an aggressive team, we slide for balls we can’t possibly reach. You don’t understand!!!!”
It’s the Ray’s way.
Crawford wasn’t even close to catching that. Should not have dived.
It’s the RaysWay.
/Crawford’d
What a fundamentally sound play by the Rays. They are so good at cutting the ball off that they do it even when the runner is probably dead at the plate.
Don’t question the Rays. That’s the way they play. Even f-ups are by design.
They’re just feigning us into a false sense of security.
In the playoffs, they’re going to reveal their secret weapon: they’re not left-handed.
DUN DUN DUUNNNNNNNNNN
My name is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSr_uvgWgu0
Hey Jorge, you know what would be awesome? More runs.
Jorge, you’re loaded. Buy a cup.
See the amazing results of using the A team?
It’s all Lance Berkman. He’s the key. He makes this engine purr.
The key of deepness and thickness.
Mr. T coming in to close?
the baseball gods owed us that hit
Damn those 3-0 strikeouts are the worst
Thanks for the 3-0 autostrike, ump.
Ground balls, Javy.
Get it together, Javy.
Javy is only lining things up for the triple play.
Javy bb, c’mon.
Get somebody up Joe
Never easy. Hopefully Joba’s up and ready to end this shit before it starts.
How about a few nothingballs over to first so Joba has time to get ready?
Eiland: C’mon Javy, don’t get away from your nothing ball
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret…Javy Vazquez sucks ass
Javy pitching himself off the postseason roster, too.
He did that about a month ago.
I figured they’d still take him over Gaudin, Mitre, Moseley. Assuming Nova is the long ‘pen men at this point.
Do not throw Pena a fastball Javy. Slow and slower time
Javy isnt throwing changeups, they are fastballs slow enough to have the correct location.
I don’t think Javy is going to pitch an inning of importance in the playoffs. A shame.
Wow-Pena cannot even pull Javy. Major loss of dinero in next contract sir.
Question : Is Joba hurt on any level ? Or rather, G and the Brass are just playing cautiously with his game appearances and innings accrued.
Probably just playing it safe
Thank you for the short leash.
Javy’s passion comes and goes.
A DP ball would be awesome, Joba.
Real question: when’s the last time Joba got a DP?
No clue. It would still be awesome/useful especially after what just happened.
three days ago
Well, that’s some shit luck
can joba be any more unlucky??
Joba’s mechanics are always impeccable.
Reflex Fail
Fat Joba doesn’t feel that.
Typical Joba horse shit luck in the 8th inning.
Flaherty the optimist
What an asshole
Question: Is Albie still around? And if the score holds would it be wise to go to him or is there something about him that I’m not aware of?
He is only effective against the Red Sox? The guy just took the all-time single season saves mark at Scranton. I don’t know why Joe hasn’t used him. This would be a good game for it.
12 ft. breaking ball.
The 55 foot slider fools no one.
What a play by Jorge.
#ycpb
Yeah! Uno mas, Joba.
Fist Bump !
HUUUUUUUUGE K
Sit your ASS down Hawpe
He missed that by 3 feet. Bad guess.
Cme on, Joba. One more out, dude.
Beautiful! Good job, Joba.
Thank you joba!
Good sheeeeeeeee-it.
Huge. Thank you, Joba!
Alby for 9th?
I asked that and got ignored. =(
no you didn’t.
I hadn’t checked when I commented, but I did now, and thanks for answering me.
The thread was kinda moving fast back then. I wouldn’t mind it though.
Yeah, you’re right. I figured it got buried under other/more interesting stuff.
Yes. Good spot for him.
Am I the only one who has noticed that Yankees pitchers have been 3-2 to every stinking hitter tonight?
Well, you had Phil Hughes who sort of lacked control/has a billion pitches fouled off of him, and then you had Javy who has a “Nothing ball”, and then an unlucky Joba. Not exactly pitchers who are lights out.
Is that a BJ sucks chant? Hilarious.
Ok here is a vote
Waldman/Sterling vs Kay/Flaherty
painful either way
Heres a better Vote
Who’d You Rather
A-Kim Jones
B-Nancy Newman
C-Suzyn Waldman
I vote Rizzuto/Messer/White
Was the crowd chanting “BJs suck?”
From people I know (ZZ’d), I’m told BJs do not suck.
“So much of life ahead of you young man”
He has been Lancing that boil tonight..
What about Albie?
Run, Brett, Run!
Insurance run, please. I want some Romulo.
I am curious as well .
Awesome.
Jeterian!!!
jete!!!
Tack on runs are gooooood
Derek’s been eating the Wheaties.
Jeter ripped that into the gap. Somebody is going to have a bounceback 2011…
I love seeing you hit and look so much better, Derek.
Let the pigeons LOOSE!!!!!
Brackman time ! Warm him up!
Jeter l-l-lives???
They live? Oh, crap, where’s Roddy Piper???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso
Nova just told Joe: “Alby can hold this 5 run lead, no need to pitch Joba another inning”
Joe: Let me check the binder young man.
We want Romulo!
/clap, clap, clapclapclap
OMG GIVE ME ROMULOOOOOOO
We win. Joe G pitching Joba makes no sense.
Sigh
Good call by Joe leaving Joba in.
No reason to mess around in an important game with a short bullpen.
Another guy with questionable control?
Btw, did anybody else here the “BJ SUCKS” chant at the end of the inning? Awesome.
Ignore this plz. Whoops.
yeah what was that chant about?
Btw, did anybody else hear the “BJ SUCKS” chant at the end of the inning? Awesome.
BREAKING NEWS
RED SOX BRING IN CLOSER DOWN 5-1 IN THE NINTH
Sounds like they have officially hit rock bottom.
Nah. Hard to get him work when you are never winning.
That’s a good point.
End of the season, can’t hold anything back now.
/Dan Fouts in Waterboy’d
Dan: Boy, that foul tip really knocked the poop out of Posada.
Brent: Poop?
These two comments are really funny.
The O’s are knocking him around too. Gotta love “the Bot”.
And he’s getting rocked.
…but Michael Kay told us yesterday the Sox just won’t go away. He wouldn’t lie to me.
They’re so gritty and full of heart.
Also, 5 Aces.
hahahahahahahaha swisher
Oh fuck! You okay, Jorge?!
NO DON’T TAKE JORGE
Oh that’s not good.
On the last freaking strike of the game this happens?
oh no, that hit him in the nuts
Worst pain there is
that one actually did hit him…yikes
I had the same reaction as those kids, except my face fell way more.
Don’t worry Jorge, Lauren will take care of that for you.
Yankees win!
Yankees win!! Yay!!
thaaaaaaaa yankees winnnn
Let’s get a picture of the Babe up.
At this rate, the Yankees might clinch before the Sox show up in town.
Just thinking positive thoughts.
WE.
WILL.
CLINCH.
THURSDAY.
Nicely done, boys.
Let’s take the next two!
So the Rays are guaranteed to leave the Bronx in second place. Excellent.
Not to tempt fate, but because I think that magic number picture will change soon: just lovely. :3
A very satisfying win consider what I seen from Hughes tonight.
I will take a split in the next two games.
We won the first two, theres no way you should be thinking lets split it. All or nothing baby!
Great game all around.
Great game from Hughes, great job by the offense, great job by Joba, and great job by Girardi.
Nothing for Yankee fans to complain about tonight.
Pic us out a good pic of the Bambino. Looks like Magic number 3 in a few….if ole Paps can ever get Os out
oh this is grrrrrrrrrreat! Paps can’t get anyone out
It’s almost like The Red Sox would rather be officially dead before they get to NY Friday, so they won’t have to experience the loss in person.
Red Sox lose. Great night all around.
Oops. I was wrong. Fail. I thought they were playing in Baltimore. Sorry.
They’re going to lose, though.
Probably. I just didn’t want to misinform anyone who is tracking the game on their phone.
Missed all of this game except the end. Sounds like a real fantastic game all around (though the 8th sounded a bit scary). And good to see the Sawx getting beaten up.
Saw the movie “The Town,” btw. Real great movie.
The problem with pulling Joba is that there is no “safety net” tonight. It would be one thing to have a 5 run lead and Mo or Wood available.
If Albaladejo comes in and starts getting knocked around, who comes on to clean up?? Romulo Sanchez??
They were short in the pen, the Rays had the heart of the order coming up, and this is still a semi-important game. It’s a little staggering to see Girardi ripped for not going to a ?? like Jon Albaladejo.
I’m with you. There will be opportunities for Albie and Romulo – just not tonight.
…Who is ripping him? Some of us were saying we would like to see him, not that Joba being there was OMG, THE WORST THING EVER. It was a good lead for someone who is used to closing, so some of us thought that would be his spot for him. That’s it. No one is ripping Joe at all. There is really very little, if anything at all, to complain about in this game.
We win. Joe G pitching Joba makes no sense.
Sigh
Does that qualify? I think it does.
But whatevs.
That’s one person, and as you may or may not have noticed, not everyone is insightful/understanding of why things are done the way they are. That’s their opinion, and if you think that’s “ripping” then you are really sensitive.
You are right, I didn’t notice the several comments “lightly criticizing” Girardi were all from the same person.
The Buck-driven Orioles keep powering along. The A.L. East next year is going to be sick.
Papel-bomb’s ERA is now 3.92. Not a good year for the man who thinks he’s Rivera.
remember when he proclaimed that he should close over rivera in the all star game a few years back?
good shit
They asked him who he would pick to close, and he said himself. That’s not really the same thing.
It’s the same.
lol thats exactly the same thing
Papelbon’s idea was even more batshit insane because:
A) It was in 2008
B) It was on our turf
It just gets easier for Theo to cut Papelbon loose. He’ll offer arbitration and Papelbon will turn it down. I’m just wondering if this guy is a Type-A free agent.
He can’t turn it down, he can only make a counter-offer. He isn’t a free agent yet.
I know it will be 3 soon, but the Iron Horse needs his time in the Magic Number box!
Did ol’ Biscuit Pants make it up, even for a few minutes?
Here comes the Babe!
Yay!!!
I want to punch Mitch Williams right now.
I mean, I want to punch Mitch Williams all the time, but now I just really want to punch him. Repeatedly. Until he bleeds.
What’s he saying?
He was saying something about the Yankees starters having to deal with the Twins lineup, Delmon Young in particular. OBP doesn’t matter to him, apparently.
And then I’m 99% sure he mentioned that Pavano pitched well against the Yankees this year.
Oh, and of course he’s marveling about the Phillies not having Rollins right now.
Pavano didn’t pitch against us this season lol
Yep. You are correct, sir.
And, really, the Twins only have 5 players with OBP’s of at least .340 and one of them may not play again.
The Minnesota Twins are the AL Central champs. And there wasn’t a 163rd game to decide it!
Well, not yet, but once the White Sux lose…
You can kind of tell that the White Sox have nothing.
We’ll be celebrating on Thursday, so don’t worry about it.
Not related to the game but ESPN’s 30 for 30 on the Boss was downright amazing.
When do they rerun these things on ESPN?
They had one on Mariano earlier this year that I missed. I’ve never seen it pop up again.
I’m used to YES or the MLB Network where everything is repeated like a bijillion times.
This isn’t related either, but there’s no thread…its a shame that Hamilton gets hurt all the time, if it weren’t for the drugs and crap in his life, imagine how great he would’ve been. I think we are only seeing a player without his full potential, as it has been slightly sapped from him over the years. He’s still great, but would’ve been otherworldly if he had a healthy, clean/sober career.
Posada was a PINCH RUNNER when his career started – who knows how many bases he could have stolen if he wasn’t an everyday catcher?