Game 153: CC vs. Price, Part II
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This is what an ace looks like. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Last week we were treated to perhaps the most well pitched game of the season when CC Sabathia and David Price locked up for eight or so scoreless innings before giving way to the bullpen. Unfortunately someone had to lose, and on that night it happened to be the Yankees in extra innings. I was in attendance for that one in Tampa, and I certainly had never been to a game where both pitchers were that dominant for so long. I’ll be in attendance again tonight, and if we get anything remotely as exciting as that game, I’ll be thrilled. Of course, a different outcome would be greatly appreciated.
Here’s the lineup…
Jeter, SS
Swisher, RF
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Thames, DH
Posada, C
Granderson, CF
Golson, LF
And on the bump, it’s Carsten Sabathia.
This one starts a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on either YES locally or MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
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So, Josh Norris of the Trentonian, who covers the Thunder beat, as agreed to do an interview with moi.
If you have any questions you’d like asked, let me know and if they’re good ones I’ll ask them!
Boxers or Briefs?
Spit or Swallow?
Top or Bottom?
Edward or Jacob?
Jacob. I hate twilight and edward is an abusive asshole
Edcob?
Well played.
Jen or Angelina?
Angelina ! When in doubt I go with the more exotic name. There lies a great probability of ‘top’ and ‘swallow’ there.
What’s it like to bed Snooki?
What does he think of Keith Law’s view of Dellin Betances and Austin Romine.
Let’s kill Tampa and not have to deal with these asshats until the middle of October.
I was playing around on Fangraphs, and something stood out to me:
You know where Derek Jeter ranks amongst AL Shortstops in batting runs?
First.
Even in his “sky is falling, oh noez” year, he is essentially the best hitting shortstop in his league. Salary/history aside, he really hasn’t performed that badly.
But Jeter’s horrible offensive season is offset by the poor quality of AL shortstops this season.
That’s the thing — he’s only having a horrible offensive season compared to what we’re used to seeing from him. Clearly, relative to the other AL options at shortstop, he’s having a GOOD offensive season.
In the time it took me to write this comment, Troy Tulowitzki hit two home runs and narrowly missed a third when it hit a pigeon mid-flight.
I’d argue it’s more a comment about the state of AL shortstops, but that’s just me.
Sure. My point was simply this: for as much as people complain about Jeter’s offense, every other AL team has it worse.
…and it’s a valid point. If people want to replace Jeter, well, we’ll need a replacement. The Sox have gone through six or seven SS’s since 2004. Let’s not join that club. We’ll need a Jeter replacement, just not today.
The one gigantic hole in this argument:
Those other teams that are saddled with that poor, non-Jeterian production at SS aren’t paying those players 20M a year (nor will they continue to do so for the next 3-5 years as their respective shortstops move into their late 30s).
The goal is to win, so having the best player at a given position is important. You’d rather not overpay, but when the choice is to overpay for a good player or pay market rate for a crappy one – over paying for the good player is generally the right move.
In the end, you need to have the best 25 player (give or take) roster, not the 25 best contracts. Going for the best 25 contracts makes you the Marlins.
Plugging the hole (preemptive TWSS) -
The Yankees have clearly not been hampered by Jeter’s salary.
You’re right. I hope the Yankees give him 10 years at 20 million/year this offseason.
Feinsand says Brackmonster is wearing 66.
Sorry, Carlos.
noooooooooooo
I wanted Marcus Thames to rock the #66 this year, but alas, ’twas not to be.
#66 is way cooler than #38.
Run support for CC would be greatly appreciated.
tommie,
I was just kidding before about the knowledge thing with Marte. Cashman mentioned it in an interview.
Grazie. If Marte can make it back by next week, that’s awesome. If not, I’ll take Royce Ring, kthxbai.
There was apparently some talk that Damaso Marte might not be finished for the season afterall. Girardi squashed that rumor. “I don’t think we’re getting him back,” Girardi said.
Via Lohud by Jennings
Via LoHud when, though? Girardi said that exact thing two weeks ago, is he repeating it now or is that just the old, originally sourced quote from then?
like ten mins ago.
Link?
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/201.....r-october/
So, when you were playing what number did you wear?
I wore 8 cos it was the only t-shirt they had small enough to fit me
Gonna wear 13 in honor of the best third baseman to play the game.
eres demasiado joven
That doesn’t make sense, David Wright doesn’t wear #13.
Sincerely,
Snooki
24.
-My dad’s number was 23 and I wanted to be one better than him
-Willie Mays, Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey Jr.
Robbie Cano
Yes, that now. I bought a #24 pinstripe jersey (unnamed, of course) from a fine fellow here at RAB.
Yeah and im still waiting for you to send me the money !!
Heh.
You wore Yogi’s number!
I did!
you know Rebecca 90% of writing is half mental.
Tell me something I *don’t* know
Eye war double 00 becuaze I haz Double DDs and cuz I haz too zeros in mine naime.
I’d assume this is actually “JerZGuy” in disguise, but he’s not clever enough to pull this off.
I wore 2, 24, and now 15. Oddly enough the first 2 weren’t influenced by MLB.
I read Dungeon and Dragons fantasy books while others played.
In an alternate universe , I probably would have wore the number 777.
53… oh yeah…
22. When I was 10 and first started playing little league, I obviously wanted #2 but they didn’t have it, so I took 22 and everyone called me Double Jeter. So then I was 22 for forever, except one season when I was 21 cause someone else was 22. I also mainly played right field so that worked out.
A “Double Jeter” is usually way more graphic than that story.
I wore number 3, but we didn’t get to pick.
24 in little league, 33 in high school
Sadly, another game on Yankees Classics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09.....rosby.html
Uhh, I mean, Sadly another game that will NOT be on Yankees Classics.
To quote my second favorite Mariano…..We play today. We win today..Dass it.
The only time I’ve seen people with a name “U” is if they’re from south asia, usually Burma.
So I ask, are you Burmese?
I’m not him, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Thant
Nope. Just a fan of the movie That Thing You Do.
Ah, okay, never seen the movie =)
WHAT!!!! Sorry for the caps lock. Great movie for one-liners.
Hm, the MLB Network panel of John Hart, Joe Magrane, and Al Leiter gave the CY Young to CC in a unanimous vote. I’m not really that surprised
I’m going to try not to give up on America here…
I guess we have to root for like a 7-5 victory where C.C goes 6 2/3 and gives up 4. Not too bad, but enough to look bad in comparison to King Felix.
Honestly, if CC’s gonna win the CYA, and I think he will (not that he should), I’m gonna root for him to actually deserve it. So, CC, please be ridiculously dominant from here on out. kthnx
Ok, that sounds good too.
How about we win first, then worry about what CC did, hehe
I am NOT rooting against CC at any point. Go out there and pitch a perfect game.
This has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever read from a Yankee fan.
You are rooting against CC Sabathia, because you think, keyword being think there that Felix Hernandez should win the CY Young. Incredible.
The only thing sillier than the people who have been saying that without a doubt Felix Hernandez deserves the CY Young is the people who decided the CY Young weeks ago with like 15% of the season left for these pitchers.
Weeks ago with like 15% of the season left, Felix had a massive lead and needed to completely collapse to have CC catch him.
He didn’t collapse. CC’s been great down the stretch, and solidly deserves to finish #2. But what we said weeks ago is still correct: Felix Hernandez is the best pitcher in the American League, hands down.
Like I said.
Saying Hernandez is hands down the best pitcher is silly.
There are several deserving candidates.
There are several, and it’s closer between Felix and whoever you think is #2 than it was between Greinke and whoever you thought was #2 last year, but that’s more a testament to how awesome Greinke was than any sort of dig at Felix. But it’s not silly to say he’s the best.
No. There are several deserving candidates for third place.
There is only one deserving candidate for the award (Felix) and only one deserving candidate for second place (CC).
Saying Hernandez is hands down the best pitcher isn’t silly, it’s the truth. Saying that there are several deserving candidates for the AL Cy Young is like saying that there are several Numbers in the 90s deserving of being bigger than Number 100.
These comments are why I generally choose to stay away from the Cy Young discussions.
To be honest it borders on obnoxious when people claim to know without a doubt who is the best. There are so many factors and variables, that making that statement is nearly impossible. Like Hernandez playing a park that drastically suppresses offense and in front of an amazing defense.
There are 3 or 4 pitchers that I have no problem getting the award and all have a valid case for being the best.
I will be rooting for CC as a Yankee fan though.
Hernandez pitches in one of the best pitchers parks in baseball, and then goes on the road in his division to pitch in two more good pitchers parks (Oakland and LA). CC on the other hand, pitches in a great hitters park and has three other hitters parks in his division (Boston, Baltimore and Toronto).
When you take all that into account, I’d still give the award to Felix, but it’s not as big a gap as it appears on the surface.
I agree. There are a lot of deserving pitchers but if I was a voter I would still pick King Felix.
There are a lot of
deservingexcellent pitchers but if I was a voter I would still pick King Felix.Every year, there’s lots of pitchers who have had amazingly awesome dynamite seasons. Only one of them each year “deserves” the award, though: the one who had the best season of all.
I disagree, there are multiple deserving candidates. Cliff Lee for example while he’s lagging in IP by 30 still provided for fWAR by 0.4
Franisco Liriano has 0.3 for fWAR than the King.
While WAR isn’t end all be all there are certainly multiple deserving candidates IMO.
Yeah, it’s hard to argue that only Felix is deserving of the award when he’s third in the AL in WAR.
John Hart is such a condescending idiot, though at least he gave us deep and thick. Love Leiter to pieces, but he’s a terrible Yankees/Mets homer. Don’t really care about Magrane either way.
CC’s got a strong case.
He’s a horse that pitches a ton of innings, he’s got one of the lowest ERA’s in the league, and he leads the AL with 20 NOTHPALFIALOCARGWHOHSMRTHOHDA’s (Number Of Times Having Pitched At Least 5 Innings and Left (or Completed) A Regulation Game With His Offense Having Scored More Runs Than He (Or His Defense) Allowed) and he has only 6 NOTHAPVFOHDMRWITRGATPORTTNORSBHODTSPOT’s (Number Of Times Having Allowed (Possibly Via Fault Of His Defense) More Runs Whilst In The Regulation Game As The Pitcher Of Record Than That Number Of Runs Scored By His Offense During That Same Period Of Time).
Impressive.
Wow, never mind CC being impressive with those complicated stats… what you did is incredibly impressive.
Ok I understand, and completely agree, that Felix deserves the Cy Young. But let’s stop acting like CC hasn’t had a fantastic year and that it would be a travesty if he won the award. He’s been the second-best pitcher in the AL this year, pitching for the best team in the AL. And maybe the team he pitches for shouldn’t matter, but it does. It’s not like they’re trying to give A.J. Burnett the Cy Young.
Ok I understand, and completely agree, that Felix deserves the Cy Young.
He does, thank you for acknowledging that.
But let’s stop acting like CC hasn’t had a fantastic year
Nobody is.
and that it would be a travesty if he won the award.
It would be. Because his fantastic year isn’t the MOST fantastic year.
He’s been the second-best pitcher in the AL this year,
Which is why it would be a travesty if he won it, because he’s only second best, and we all know it.
pitching for the best team in the AL.
Since the reason his team is better than Felix’s team has nothing to do with either Felix or CC, I fail to see how that matters.
I have to admit, I very much enjoy when you do sentence by sentence breakdowns like this.
I’m a huge defender of Felix but IMO there’s a difference between “a travesty” and “not the optimal choice.” CC winning would be far from an optimal choice, but not a travesty. It’s like Clemens winning in 2001. People act like it was a horrible choice now. It wasn’t. It just wasn’t optimal. Mooooooooose!
Exactly.
Bartolo Colon in 2005 comes to mind.
and that it would be a travesty if he won the award.
It would be. Because his fantastic year isn’t the MOST fantastic year.
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Travesty implies a grotesque imitation of the real McCoy . I will go with the word injustice or shame.
You are lying to yourself if you think you know without a doubt who is the best pitcher this season.
“Lying to myself”?
Gimme a fucking break, ZZ. Just stop.
You can continue to carry on like this, but the people that claim these things are frankly wrong.
You can’t possibly make that type of determination with the little analysis people like you tend to do.
It is also hilarious about all the stat heads are ignoring that CC tops bref WAR now when they go on their rants.
You can continue to carry on though, because like I said I hate these conversations given their obnoxiousness.
Bold lock of the game; Golsen homers.
Golsen, in LF, throws out Carl Crawford standing only a foot off first base to end the game.
Is that a Stone Cold Lock?
inside the park??
What about Golson, though? Any predictions for him?
He doesn’t homer. Only Golsen does.
Golson? He’s going 0-4 with 4Ks. Golsen, though, he’s the man tonight.
Any predictions for Gerardi? If he’ll hit-and-run, make a double switch, shit like that?
potential for another classic tonight!
That was … an intro
Cy Cy Sabathia
Golson in left? What are the statistical probability odds of the game ending on a Golson caught fly in left then double play on the throw to third with Crawford running again?
There probably isn’t a statistical way to figure that out.
Goddamn it’d be awesome though.
I’m sure there’s some strange way to bet on it in Vegas though lol
There probably isn’t a statistical way to figure that out.
Of course not, because we all know you can’t predict baseball.
IMO, I think Felix should win the Cy Young because he’s been the best pitcher in baseball, but if CC gets 21-22 wins then he’s a lock for the hardware.
/saddenedwithbaseballwritersandtheirsimplebrains’d
I feel the same. Felix deserves it, but I think it will end up going to someone else (probably CC). I won’t complain, but it’s really sad that the more deserving pitcher is hindered by a sucky team and Wins-Losses.
Yep. I also think CC’s not exactly a lock, but he will win it, even if he doesn’t get 21/22 wins.
Yeah. I’m just going with the speculation that he will get it, but there have been plenty of other pitchers who are equally deserving, without the 20+ wins. I love CC, but I also love seeing good players rewarded.
Ditto. I won’t be devastated if CC wins it, because I love him and he’s had a great season, but Felix really does deserve it.
I haven’t cross-checked these numbers, but I’m pretty sure if Felix was backed up by the New York Yankee offense, his W/L record would be 47-1 right now.
Including possible no-decisions? Or does he ALWAYS get the decision?
He might even win games he doesn’t pitch in.
Felix Hernandez: The Most Interesting Pitcher in Baseball?
For him to win 47 games alone, he’ll probably get someone else’s decision just because he’s that good.
Just throwing this out there, random thought. Imagine if the Cy Young was chosen from the entire MLB. Instead of AL and NL, just one Cy Young. Imagine the arguments that people would be having about wins and losses and between strength of AL vs NL.
It used to be that way until the late 60s
I wonder why its split up that way. Not necessarily the Cy Young, but the MVP. You got football and basketball with one MVP and MLB with 2. I’m not saying one is better than the other, just saying.
The amount of interleague/interconference play is much greater in football than in baseball.
It would be even more of a clusterfuck of stupidity. I don’t even want to picture it.
Wasn’t it that way before?
I’m afraid that Felix is not only in danger of not getting a Cy Young that he clearly deserves, but that he’s baseball’s least-noticed ace. If he were on any team but the O’s or the Mariners – seriously, ANY team – you’d hear about him every night. Additionally, he’d be a lock for the Cy but we’ve covered that.
Doesn’t look like CC’s sharp. Better hope Price is the same
/Greg’d
Rather have CC not be sharp now than in the playoffs. Although I’d rather have CC be sharp both tonight and in the playoffs if that were an option also. How about you?
By the way, the name’s “Murphy”
cue Dragnet theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7VhP0Yr7c (SFW)
Even better.
Oh Yeah
Was there anything Matlock couldn’t do?
The answer is no, there isn’t.
Woops “wasn’t”
I always have that same kind of thought. I know it doesn’t matter, but for some reason I would rather see a bad performance pretty close to the playoffs just so that he “got it out of his system.” I know its crazy, but whatever.
I also feel the same way with a winning streak into the playoffs. I would rather lose like the 2nd or 3rd game before the playoffs than go in with a 9 game winning streak. Just me being weird I guess.
THe one arguement to that are the 08 Rockies
07. And they got their asses stomped out by a far superior team in the WS.
Sorry, 07 Rockies
What I meant that they were hot going into the playoffs and succeeded in the playoffs.
Hopefully next inning CC can get the pitch count lower.
Also his velocity isdown a tad
Meh. He’ll probably settle.
The fuck is that noise…
It’s a new, annoying trend in advertising. There was a Corona advertisement at the top of the screen. Get used to it. These things have a tendency NOT to go away.
It scared the hell out of me. I thought it was an insect or something since my window is open.
I had no idea what the hell that was either, until I saw the tiny little bar for Corona.
All right, let’s make Price work
Swisha!
Importsnt to note. Last time we played Price, we ran like the wind in him
Ran on him
And we scored all of zero runs. Small ball: not always the option.
I meant at the stadium after the All star break.
Sorry
Ah, okay.
Damn
DAMMIT! So close.
nice play
Teixeira has to be so pissed right now. Robbed by Rocco Baldelli? That’s like getting robbed by the Easter Bunny.
The Rays broadcasters are so. awful.
Compared to Waldman and Sterling???
How does David “Vincent” Price look tonight? I’m not at home :/
Like David Price. Though I’m sure he had a mini heart attack with that near Tex home run.
Baldelli is going to need a week off after this first inning.
I’m apologize for my insensitive remark.
No I don’t.
Having a split personality moment there?
It happens.
I guess it does if you actually have split personalities…
Oh Alex
In a similar match up in the playoffs do we put the same lineup out there? Specifically Golson in LF (w/ Golsen pinch hitting)?
In a similar matchup in the playoffs, Golson only leaves the bench as a 9th inning LIDR or as a pinchrunner for Posada/Berkman/Thames.
You bet your ass Golsen will be pinch hitting.
I’m thinking you play Gardner, he’s just having a day off today.
Just got home…. puttin in that OT!
How we lookin?
Shaky, but hanging in there. The other side looks the same though.
Urf. How ya doin Kit, hangin in there?
No. I’m slowly letting go.
Godspeed, then! *salute*
*salutes back*
Forgot to add the, how’s it going with you?
Really tired but pumped for some baseball :b
Nice inside strike call after the non strike call on the check swing to far, baseball karma.
1-2-3 strikes your OUT, save your arm CC, strike out a Ray. Just beautiful pitching!
Today 100 percent should vote for 1.
Who was the guy here who recalled giggling with David Price about how easy it would be to get Robbie out?
HOLY FUCK, THAMES. BEAUTIFUL.
40 pitches in 2 innings for Cy Sabathia, yeesh
FUCK YEAH
That’s Mr. Thames to you!
THEY CALL ME MR. THAMES
Thames is a MONSTER.
bitch, he’s a monster no good blood sucker
/rawse’d
I’m sorry, but the Rays have an absolutely terrible lineup. Price is great, but CC will counter him in every game. The rest of TBs rotation is very similar to ours:
Garza v Pettitte
Shields v AJ
Hughes v Davis
Our pen has the edge on their pen. Our lineup absolutely murders their lineup.
This guy isn’t scared of no Rays.
Speaking of…. THAMESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I differ on the bullpen issue
Not sure how TB’s pen could be as good as…
Mo, Wood, DRob, Joba, Logan
Comparing Garza to Pettite is a crime.
Garza doesn’t even deserve to be in the same sentence as Pettitte, unless that sentence is “Matt Garza is not as good as Andy Pettitte.”
Or “Andy Pettitte is a whole hell of a lot hotter than Matt Garza and doesn’t have horrible douchey facial hair.”
Haha, you’re right. I’ll take Pettitte all day, and they’re two completely different pitchers. Just proves my point even more.
- Pettitte > Garza this year
- I’ll say Shields > AJ this year, but Shields is very capable of completely imploding so that game could be a wash for both sides.
- Davis > Hughes but it’s not like Hughes sucks.
I think they have a better pen but it’s close. Agreed re: lineup.
Agreed with Bex all around.
Just not sure where everyone is going with the TB pen.
Balfour/Benoit/Soriano is pretty super nasty. Choate is awful though and I don’t think Qualls is anything great. Not really familiar with the rest of their pen. Hellickson is good, dunno if he’ll be on the roster.
Sitting fastball
Good Thames are here again!
Lefty Masher!
Mr. Thames to you.
I’ve seen this movie before.
Randy Johnson
THEY CALL HIM Mr. THAMES!!!!!!
Hoorah!
Another wild card team and extended replay? Thank you Bud for considering it but please put it in.
Not a fan of two WC teams/league.
But what if they have to fight each other to the near-death?
Thames is nasty.
I once sailed the river Thames. It was nice.
Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song,
Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long.
But at my back in a cold blast I hear
The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.
/TS Eliot’d
Our DH spot is looking much better than it has.
We took a circuitous route to get there, but the combo of Thames+Berkman is probably a better and more productive DH amalgam than any of our other options (including Thome, Vlad, Matsui, Damon, Johnson, etc.)
Exclude Vlad from that. He’s having a monster season
He had a monster first half… the second half is much more pedestrian. And his production is largely Arlington-fueled. ON the road, he’s also pedestrian.
So could I say that me and Vlad are both pedestrians then?
I’m sorry, Vlad and I
That man Thames is a bad bad man
Priceless
Jorgie, phone!
Jorge looked like a shark on that strike out
Price was pissed
Thames: The Price is WRONG, bitch!
for a second, i thought i was watching the posada’s directv commerical. same exact scenario.
“they’re jammin’ you inside” or soemthing like that
if this is all cc needs, and he cruises through the next few innings, i think it would really solidify his case for cy young
CC is undoubtedly the CY Young in my mind and also MVP.
Ehh… pushing it.
Why? I am a Yankees fan.
Cano will win it.
He has a great arm, but I don’t know if I’d give him the Cy, especially since he hasn’t pitched yet this year.
I am writing in to protest that Swisher didn’t win the Cy Young last year. 0.00 ERA!
With CC that may be all they need.
Quick inning, pl0x.
I wouldn’t mind a 2-0 win.
Is there a sort of Yankees win you would mind?
Good point.
I mean I guess you could argue, “I would not be okay with somebody getting seriously injured and they won,” but those are really unrelated problems….
If they won 6-5 all unearned and everyone got injured.
Added this.
Good effort by Golson, at least he didn’t look like a shark striking out like Jorge
Jorge will get them next time though
with the way philly has looked, i would covet a 2-0 win. roy oswalt pitched a 1 hitter or something i think. that two roy 1-2 punch by philly is looking retarted
One important note
Halladay has never pitched in the playoffs.
I don’t think that matters. A good pitcher is a good pitcher, post-season or not. And he can still own the Yankees, the Phillies/Yankees series where they lit him for 8 runs excluded.
Meh, I’m sure he’ll still be good.
Cliff Lee never pitched in the playoffs before last year either.
And look how that worked out for the Phillies! They lost!
Wish we could have just given up junk for him or packaged Roy O with Lance “Bass” Berkman or just scratched Lance Bass altogether and went after just Roy Rogers
Who are the people ?
Man, you are a regular character with these hilarious and original nicknames.
Thank you. Thank you very much
[gives Elvis lip]
I dunno if I would’ve trusted Oswalt in the AL. Obviously the way he’s pitching right now, he’d probably be good anywhere, but oh well, I’m not always right.
It is pretty impressive, but i take it with a grain of salt, their schedule from sept. 3 on is brewers (3), marlins (7), Mets (6), Nats (6), and slumping braves (6). Not exactly facing the powerhouses there.
Cole Hamels ain’t bad either, and he’s the #3 guy.
Thames has had some huge hits for the Yankees. Amazing how much he has produced for them this year when he was generally an afterthought.
He is a streaky hitter and hits HRs in bunches. Hopefully another one of his streaks are about to begin.
Getting the inside corner, I like, I like!
Bartlett’s been a pest
Hey, Bex, the Giants just put up 10 runs in 2 innings. I don’t think your ycpb post will be tough to make tonight.
Heh, apparently they were interviewing Jonathan Sanchez after yesterday’s game on the Giants’ offensive woes and he said something like, “Well you never know, we could bust out tomorrow and score 10 runs.”
Boom!
Good call for Sanchez.
Does that mean Sanchez can predict baseball?
Ground ball to an infielder, CC.
Looks like we’re going to need our good bullpen tonight
at work so gameday can’t tell me how CC has looked. high pitch count I see so how has he actually looked?
Tuberius Giganticus will prevail !
Well, that could have been worse. Textbook rundown with a runner on 3rd, though. Made sure to freeze Crawford before tagging out Zobrist. Really heads-up by Tex and Jeter.
Fundamentally sound Twins/Angels Baseball
I have faith in CC, but I can’t help thinking, Damn, wish he had last week’s stuff tonight. This is going to be agony again.
But Flash kept telling us in the first inning that it was clear CC had bought his A game to the mound. He kept saying it even though CC’s velocity was down, two runners were on, he was over 20 pitches!
That said, I have faith CC will battle through,and could even improve. Gotta get the pitch count down.
Bad CC. Too many hits.
lets just hope price falls off a cliff. he definitely has it tonight, 35 pitches so far
CC at 58 pitches already. Needs to settle down.
Swisher “FUUUUCCCKKK” was hilarious
You kiss your mother with that mouth, Nick?
He’s been cursing up a storm lately.
I approve times a thousand.
Nothing wrong with talking ‘dirty’.
Tex! More hits, guys!
Time for the Vampire Diaries! HOLLLAAAAAA!
Nice to see Tex get some BABIP love there. He’s been dreadful with the bat lately.
That’s sexy Texy! Two good ABs so far, come back time for Big Tex! Cmon Alex, mash one!
Pitcher A: 34 GS 230 IP 7.71 K/9 2.62 BB/9 3.39 FIP 3.82 xFIP 6.0 WAR
Pitcher B: 32 GS 224 IP 7.35 K/9 2.77 BB/9 3.58 FIP 3.83 xFIP 4.4 WAR
What the hell? Why is pitcher A with barely sexier stats have a 1.6 WAR difference? Bonus points to whoever guesses these two pitchers.
They’re both CC.
Unlike B-R, my guess is FanGraphs has not updated its park factors, or had a different way of calulating it. Considering how YS has played this year, I’d thnk his WAR would be higher this year, as it is on B-R.
Yeah that may be it thanks. I tired seeing how WAR is calculated but I gave up after the first sentence. Tough it does vary from year to year in calculations I don’t think the same level of performance would have such a drastic change form replacement level.
Now I’m not talking about in the sense of a fine, but do you think someone, somewhere can give Swish a talking-to for swearing loud enough for the mics to pick it up? Because I love it and I think it’s hysterical, but TV is filled with jerks who care about language.
What did he say? Didn’t catch it.
He screamed “Fuck” really loudly and yesterday he let out a very loud “Shit!”
“FUCK!”
I would say it’s more the responsibility of YES to get the crowd mics far enough away so it doesn’t pick that stuff up. I don’t think you can try to tell the players not to curse on a baseball field.
I would definitely say that it’s stupid (and unfair and will be ignored) to try to get a player curb their tongue, especially given the circumstances (guy on second, yanks vs. rays, winning, etc) – but no one ever accused anyone in the tv business of being rational.
Hey, Bud Selig said “bitch” on YES…
In what context?
As in “bitching and moaning”, if I’m not mistaken.
ya, i caught that too! pretty funny
He can fuckin say fuck any fuckin time he fuckin wants
/TonyMontana’d
My softball coach came to me after an at-bat last summer about cussing. It was pure reaction when I lined out to second base and yelled “Fuck!” and his 4 year old daughter heard it, and started repeating it occasionally. THAT was hilarious. It’s YES, etc.’s fault for having the mic too close, not Swisher’s for reacting naturally to being pissed off.
Lets make that 190, Robbie.
please stop chasing that high garbage.
It’s like the opposite of garbage with Price
Easier said than done.
alright quick inning here
I also wish you luck, Rocco. But not today.
They had to have Swish cut his hair, keep his cap on for after game field interviews…I think that telling him to not swear is getting a bit much. Soon there will be no Swish to Swish.
I loved his swish-hawk. Sad times.
Randy Johnson?
so gameday disagrees blue
I thought Nick didnt see that one for a sec there
Bob Costas is funny. On the first fly ball last inning Bob said “…and Swisher limps in and puts it away” Oh Bob, you funny.
I will say, Costas is a treat to listen to on the MLBN broadcast.
I wish he could do the playoffs again. It’d be so much better than Buck/McCarver.
Agreed. He sometimes tries to make everything so ~meaningful~ but he’s really good. He loves the game.
Yeah, his narratives during Strasburg’s debut were kind of over the top, but he’s as good as anyone at the epic play-by-play call.
Donald Trump’s hair looks even worse than usual
Michael Kay should really stop trying to sound hip, very awkward.
Is The Donald applying the self tanning lotion or is he just Orange ?
Don’t get ejected, Jorge. C’mon.
Ugh, poor Dontrelle.
It really is sad.
[after shooting Louis]
Ordell Robbie: What the fuck happened to you, man? Shit, your ass used to be beautiful!
Your knowledge of Quentin Tarantino movie quotes is awesome and hilarious, TSJC.
Your knowledge of
Quentin Tarantinomovie quotes is awesome and hilarious, TSJC.Fixed.
Jackie Brown was a Tarantino movie.
But you know like, every movie ever.
When you’re right, you’re right. And you — you’re always right!
(Know what movie that one’s from?)
Spaceballs?
Bingo.
RIP, Candyman.
Space Balls.
I love that movie.
his best one, narrowly beating out inglorious basterds
on gameday looks like Price is getting a bit bigger zone tonight
Anyone grew up in NY was a fan Jerry Girard on WPIX? He was funny as shit IMO. He had a quick wit and rye sense of humor.
Yeah, it seems like Price is getting calls that CC isn’t – or am I just biased?
It’s probably both.
Yeah, it’s pretty terribad both ways:
http://twitpic.com/2rbe2m
That is one seriously gross looking zone.
I have to admit, I’m pretty biased.
What chance does anyone have if Price is getting the call low and inside on RHs. Come On
CC got this .
Come on catch that.
oh no here comes Ty Bartlett
GJ CC
Pitchers best friend.
CC Sabathia’s and BJ Upton’s Gameday Pics look like the “Before” and “After”.
Similar eyes, noses, mouths. Just fat and thin.
Had a friend who went to high school in Vallejo with CC. He has been this way since then.
He’s just a big big dude.
CC’s pitch count is back in order, at around 75 after five.
Golson! nice double
Golsen!
Say wut?! Golson? Nicely done.
Applauding Joe G, you are a Genius!
Question
Do we play smallball with Price?
No.
FACT: We’re the Yankees. You can’t play smallball when you only have huge balls.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
I love a woman that loves huge balls.
What is there to dislike?
(No, I’m kidding, I just found your previous statement hilarious).
Hey, it’s not easy to walk around with those things.
I had to get special pants.
I’m laughing hysterically.
Desire smells like that sometimes, m’lady.
King Kong Ballz
Cell Block 4′d
Hells yeah Golsen
GOLSON!!!
AND, GOLSEN!!! WAY TO GO, BOYS!!!
don’t bunt derek you almost can’t hit into a DP here
Lets drive up price’s pitch count!!!!
Well done
EL CApitain is back !
Derek! Love it! Keep it going, boys.
Kay didnt say Jeterian ….WTF ?
Can we get the runner in from 3rd?
I tried the Jeterian swing at softball once. It did not end well.
Comon Swish keep the line moving
SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE!
(yes, I’m kidding.)
Tim Mclelland is a smug motherfucker.
How old is that fuck ? He was the “pine tar game” ump
I feel in my heart of hearts, that he is 59 (looked it up on Wikipedia).
The fact that he’s been blowing calls and acting like an ass since the first Reagan Administration makes me lose faith in humanity.
Swish! Nice!
Swiiiiishhhhaaaaa
Yea we’ll take it
Keep the line movin! (And keep praying to the BABIP Gods!)
Comon Tex!!!! Keep the line moving
No outs…we need more!
I notice Price isn’t smiling and having as much fun as he was last night.
Good. Hopefully the offense makes sure he continues to not have fun.
Yeah, heaven forbid he smiles when his team wins, or whatever.
Fun fact: Players aren’t happy when they lose.
Except for Joba Chamberlain, he’s only about the money and the fistpumping.
And grunting. And farting.
Seriously, what a jackass!
(Honestly, Price seems pretty classy and like a good guy. I’m not gonna kill him for being psyched over big moments for his team.)
Jesus. It was simply a joke about enjoying being in the lead ourselves everybody! I have no problem with the man. lol
Just like he can be happy when the Rays beat the Yankees, I can be happy when he’s not.
Meh, that’s fine I just always noticing him laughing it up when they are beating us. I simply enjoy the opposite.
Thats ok
Comon AROD!!!!!!!
Good slider
Teix shoulda bunted those runners over
/idiot’d
Some one better be fucking squeezing…
TWSS
hilarious
I thought if he did bunt, no one would have seen it coming and he might have gotten on.
but who knows
Arod has not had that look on this face since……..KATE HUDSON
Arod needs his 26th for the year.
My fantasy team would appreciate that.
80 pitches for Price already ! Excellent inning regardless if we score here.
Robbie, the last time you hit a home run I was baking cookies. FYI, I am baking cookies again. Make it happen.
Robbie rejects your cookies!
(sobs)
…………….I’ll take em.
oooooooohhhh Cookies…..what kind ? do tell
Chocolate chip.
THAT’S RACIST!!!
Ugh. Don’t tell me I have to apologize publicly again.
Good at-bat A-Rod. Make Price work. Get that pitch count up.
That sucks
Fuck me.
Whoa man , thats a little foward. Try a more subtle approach
Looks like the retractions on those who wrote Jeter’s obituary are starting to trickle in.
Scary how little patience was shown for a first ballot HOF from Yankee fans.
To be fair, it was the majority of the year. But the hostility was absolutely ridiculous.
I’m still very sorry.
I think a player with a 14 year track record as impressive as Jeters gets a pass for the majority of one season.
Well no, if he’s not performing up to task he should be at least criticized for that. And it’s gonna come up, what with his contract.
That said, the “FUCK YOU JETER”-type comments, a lot of them from people who should really know better? Awful.
“Well no, if he’s not performing up to task he should be at least criticized for that.”
We will have to part ways here.
I’m not gonna give him a reprieve. I NEVER “trashed” Jeter. But he had an extremely sub-par year. Let’s not try and tell ourselves his year has “turned around” because of a few good weeks.
Not going to give him a reprieve after the career he has had with this team because of 5 subpar months. Like I said, scary.
I don’t think you can conclusively say he is “fixed.”
But then again I never thought he was “broken”
Scary?
Stop with the condescension, man. Jeter is getting old, and this is an age where even the good shortstops generally start falling off. I find it even “scarier” that people atually don’t find a year like this VERY troublesome at his age.
Might he turn it around and have a great year next year? Sure. I’m not saying he won’t. I AM saying there’s cause for concern.
BTW, I never said a word about Jeter’s career as a whole nor called him “broken”.
God damn some horrible at bats. All that and only 1 run.
Hasn’t that kind of been the Yanks MO the last couple of week?
Thought it would change since we are at home
They got it together against Baltimore and the first two against the Rays.
Threw him soft stuff away, but the Yanks tack on
Bit of a let down, got away from you, kind of inning.
That Blows
But at least pitch count is 86
WHAT THE HELL IF A-ROD TEX AND ROBBIE BUNTED WE WOULD HAVE SCORED LIKE 22 RUNS ITS A FACT SMALLBALLLLLLLLLLL
GERARDI IS AN IDIOT FOR NOT SQUEEZING
Alright, so he can wiggle out of trouble. Big deal.
Damn Robbie…that hurt
Shut ‘em down, CC!
We might get the soft underbelly of Tampa’s bullpen tonight consider Price is nearing 90 pitches and Benoit threw 28 last night.
Of course, you still have to hit them.
Serious lack of killer instinct, guys.
No Heart!
We should give Ortiz 3 years and 50 million in the offseason. He leads the league in Killer Instinct Factor!
He also leads the league in the most non-mentions of his HGH use.
Didn’t he already clarify that he was set up by someone in New York. SET. UP. So he’s innocent!
This is the part of the game where CC dials it up and gets nasty.
Guys, Price is REALLY good, there’s not really deathly shame in him striking people out
No its annoying because you leave the Rays in the game. Now they are set up to tie the game.
Home runs don’t come on cue.
Didn’t ask for a home run. Sac fly would have been just as good.
…how would that be keeping the Rays out of the game?
That sucks.
Comon CC lets not give any back
Get the bullpen up
Gaudin is stretching.
Settle down, CC, can’t give those runs back.
Ugh. Going to be that kind of night.
Stop letting Longoria beat you, CC. It’s Ben freaking Zobrist behind him!
This is where the Rays are Annoying
What does the binder say, Joe?
I’m sorry, but on gameday, when I see “Sabathia 20-6 3.03″ and “Zobrist .257 10 HR 52 RBI” I can’t help but think “Overmatched!” So what’s that thing about predicting baseball?
Cmon CC, Buckle down and strike this fool out!
Do it, Big Guy. Shut ‘em down.
Aight, You got this big boy, 2 more to go.
This sounded gay.
Not cool, dude.
And when he says gay, he just means dude is really happy
Whatever floats your boat dude.
Gay is not and should not be a pejorative term in any way.
TWHS ?
Now, we all love McClelland, right?
I couldn’t even get mad at the Longoria double because it interrupted the stupid Kay “Felix doesn’t deserve the MVP!!!!” narrative.
Ugh, shitty cheap hit.
How often does a slow roller like that happen??
Against the Yankees? Like every damn day.
/confirmation bias’d
weak…and now he needs his rest.
Man, if only the Yankees could hit those massive swinging bunts!
/Carl’d
Rocco uses his weakness to his advantage…..Genious
FUCK! Little dribbler, the Yanks have so many weak hits against them. Well I’m sure all teams do but damn they hurt!
fuck you babip
a GIDP or K would be massive
Thats what make these Rays annoying, borderline AAA players killing us
Lucky hits aren’t exactly “killing” us.
That one did
No it didn’t. That solid base hit did.
Thats what I ment
The Dan Johnson, Matt Joyces and Aybars
Yeah, I know. 3 runs in 6 innings. It’s like the ’27 Yankees out there.
I’m sure that’s what Rays fans say about Marcus Thames hitting a 2-run bomb off of David Price.
Brackman! Did you cut your hair?
we can’t can a flyball but the rays can get something cheap like that. you know what you can’t do? predict baseball.
The Swisher and Jeter hits weren’t exactly smoked, you know. It goes both ways.
Augh dammit!!!
Jesus!
Hey-ZEUS!!
Aybar… that is the equivalent of Dan Johnson.
Ah, balls.
Fuck. No more, CC. Keep them where they are.
Just give us the wild card.
My God, this game isn’t even over and there’s still a few more to play and already conceding defeat. Great fan you are.
based on a BABIP bloop and a few singles? Thanks, i’ll pass for the championship.
(takes All Star Carl’s white flag)
(breaks it, pees on it)
(buries it)
(shakes some sense into All Star Carl)
LET’S GIVE UP!!!!
NO FUCK THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP BEFORE ME I CAN BEAT YOU AND GIVE UP FASTER THAN YOU CAN!!!
NO WAY TSJC! I’M GOING TO BUILD A TIME MACHINE AND GO BACK IN TIME SO THAT I CAN GIVE UP BEFORE YOU CAN GIVE UP BEFORE ME!! AGH FUCK THIS, I GIVE UP!!!
hey hey… shut up.
eff. these. effin. rays.
damn how quickly the momentum flips. I thought we’d be at least up 4-1 and now all they need is a fly ball to take the lead….damn….
Personally I want the twins in a short series instead of the rangers with lee twice.
Fun fact: The Twins have the same record we do. Meaning, they’re not cupcakes. Texas sucks on the road and against pretty much anyone in the AL East.
Well… I’m not so sure. They have destroyed a weak AL Central to the tune of like 50 wins.
Very true, but they’re also not as weak as they were last year.
Looking at Foley for too long. WTF is Michael Kay smoking. Just like the other day against Texas. “Texas isn’t exactly a threat.” Then they swept the Yankees.
This is a situation where failure to hit a fly ball deep enough to score a run or just come up with something kills the Yankees.
That’s why they should have played smallball
/facepalm
In retrospect, they should have
Hindsight is always 20/20, Greg.
Who did you want to bunt? Swisher, who got a hit? Tex, who has probably never bunted in his life?
Oh, I see. You wanted the guy with 600 home runs or the probable AL MVP to bunt. Got it.
If Alex bunts in a situation like that, I will pull my hair out.
Tex because no would have expected it. THe element of surprise.
Who the hell do you think they’re playing? Blind people?
They wouldn’t have expected it because it would be fucking dumb. Tex is one of the best hitters in baseball, he should be swinging away and trying driving in runs.
Withh all due respect, I do think that’s complete and utter bullshit. It’s pure hindsight. Who’s to say they would have executed correctly with their “smallball” techniques? And wth the caliber hitters they have with nobody out and men on Smallball should basically NEVER be used. Maybe if Pena or Cervelli is up.
Correct.
In retrospect, they should have traded an out for a run. In retrospect. That’s the only way it makes sense, though: In retrospect. If I know thanks to hindsight that we were going to pop out and strike out, I would have wanted us to squeeze bunt or hit a sac fly.
In the moment, when I don’t know that what’s going to happen is that we’re going to fail, I wouldn’t choose the path that requires a failure. Because that’s what sac bunts/sac flies are: failures. Slightly productive ones, sure, but failures nonetheless.
All the “we should have bunted/hit a sac fly” calls are ridiculous Monday morning quarterbacking.
We should have taken the sack there instead of throwing that interception, damnit!!!
anybody have the number of 3 ball counts CC has faced? it says he’s throwing like 91 on gamecast. Does he look gassed?
Did someone tell the Yankee pitchers the last couple of days that they HAVE to go to a full count on EVERY batter?
Part of Eiland’s new program to stretch the pitchers so they are in post season shape.
Deep trouble for the Yanks. Crap
Fuck, I put gameday back on and the game is tied. WTF?
Who do we blame for the RISP problem the Yankees are having. The players or Girardi?
3 runs off David Price is hardly a “RISP problem”, in my humble opinion.
bases loaded and 1 out you should be able to get one run….that was fail on the team
I’d say it’s a “David Price” problem.
5 LOB for Cano, a talented everyday player. Blame the players but sometimes you have a bad day…
Q: Who do we blame for the RISP problem the Yankees are having? The players or Girardi?
A: Baseball.
Ouch. That looked like it hurt.
CC = Command & Control? I know the Ump is inconsistently inconsistent but man up and get these Rays out!
Consistently inconsistent!
Get him out
Nothing good ever happens after walking Kelly Shoppach
Yeah go ahead and walk this scrub CC
Eeek, poor CC.
Trust your fastball, CC.
CC looks gassed.
Thanks, Mr. Umpire.
C’mon, CC. You can do it.
Where the hell did that miss?
Err.. that pitch looked like more of a strike than the 3-1 pitch.
Dammit. This was too sticky of a situation
Awful! Does this mean Gaudin is coming in?
*chuckle*
It pains me to see these putrid hitters have better at bats with men on base than our best hitters did last inning. Our ace got outdueled by their ace. CC lost this game for us, no excuses. This is what we have to look forward to come October.
yeah your right…CC pitches like this every game…
http://www.sadtrombone.com/
LET’S GIVE UP!!!!
Also the game isn’t over.
Good joke, Little Bill. That was a funny one.
Ok It’s over now right? Yankees choked.
Have you watched a baseball game before, All Star Carl? Are you aware that they go 9 innings?
ugh this sucksssss
wow, my stomach hurts
Make up call 101
Well, three runs, now Joba. Odds are not favorable.
So the 3-1 was a strike but that wasn’t? K
it was a make up call
that was a payback call
Way to choke Yankees.
The game:
Not even close to over.
It’s just begun, Yanks will put together some good ABs and make it happen!
Fuck me. I think Fringe is on.
(shakes head)
Alright, Joba. Get us the hell out of this inning.
Strike 3 on the corner according to Brooks
Probably a make up call since that previous one was a gift.
Not a gift according to Brooks.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
Also, the Shoppach AB. CC just wasn’t getting the close ones.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
They’re not even as close as Brooks would lead you to believe.
Brooks uses a 24 inch wide strike zone.
I’ve discovered an even bigger homer than Michael Kay. His name is Joe Kennedy.
Kevin Kennedy, Rays announcer?
Douche moment. Yes, KEVIN Kennedy.
No, Joe Kennedy, political scion and Citgo pitchman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNE0os3f3VY (safe)
I did not see this meltdown coming.
Chokers
and yet even if we lose we’d be in first place. heh go figure
Tied in the loss column.
idiot, you kidding me, like maybe we played one less game
What’s your fucking point?
If you lose that game, guess what? You’re in second.
This performance officially takes CC out of the Cy Young bid. Too many runs, too many pitches, and gave up the lead.
Sad part is, if Price goes 2 more innings, regardless of getting the win, he will win the Cy Young
Are you high?
Why? Telling you how the VOTERS will vote. If your looking for logic, ignore baseball writers ability to assess seasons in terms of awards.
I have no idea what the fuck you’re rambling about, but it’s cool, because I think it’s dumb anyways and will promptly ignore it.
did king felix, Liarno and Cliff Lee all retire today or something
This was a bad performance by CC . Let’s hope for min damage.
Come on, YES. This is CC’s shortest outing since…?
Everyone, CTFD. I see cream in the future…
TWSS
I was aware of that risk going in…
Definitely a ball. Price was able to do in the fifth what CC was unable to do in sixth – limit the damage (not to mention Price did it against much tougher hitters).
you don’t walk the 8th and 9th hitters.
Game over
Hitters best Friend Jobaaaaaa
Ugh, ugh, ugh. C’mon, Joba. C’mon, offense.
CC just said adios to the Cy Young Award.
/Felix’d
Come on, Jobber.
what an epically bad inning
Good job, fat boy.
And there is Joba to officially put the FUCK in the game.
You don’t throw 3 sliders in a row to BJ Upton.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED! What are we going to do with our division lead and 99.9% playoff odds! Good season, fellas. Time to pack it up.
Division is gone because the Rsys have cupcakes after this.
It’s not our year.
Obviously, fuck it guys.
No killer instinct in this team. We should hand the division over to Tampa, right now.
If we qualify for the playoffs, we should do the noble thing and forfeit and give our spot to the Red Sox, they deserve it more than we do.
Ballgame over. Pathetic performance by CC. Pathetic at bats last inning by Teixera, Cano, and Thames. The series was going so well after the first two games but the Rays are now going to win the division.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!
you realize even if we lose we still have a lead? /face palm jump off now, i don’t care
LOL this guy was supposed to start somehow
Cy young is gone. Warren Spahn award! Gone
*rolls eyes*
Trolls.
What a fucking mess
Is it me or has the defense looked a little…not good, today?
Joe Girardi is to blame, somehow.
Joe Gerardi, too.
Just turned into a spanking.
I guess this kills CC’s Cy Young campaign.
Well this sucks.
Well….. Joba.
So other than Mariano who has been shaky is there anyone in the bullpen right now who can get necessary outs?
Wood? Robertson? Logan? Hurrrrrr.
Wait those guys still pitch for the Yankees? l didn’t know they were there. All I have seen lately is Gaudin, Vasquez, the new kid last night, joba…. Could have sworn they were traded.
Thank god we have Joba in the pen
It’s just not our year. We might win the Series next year.
But the Rays are better than us, and the Phillies are better than us.
It’s not our year
Then please, by all means, stop posting here.
Yes, we should clearly give up right now and go home.
Okay then, if that’s what you think, then stop watching the games and go away. Your input is not liked or well received here. In fact, we really hate it. So for everyone’s sake, go away.
Seriously?
I repeat: LET’S GIVE UP!!!!
But seriously, if you have no confidence in this team, get the fuck out. No one really likes your posts anyway.
Please call WFAN with any and all ridiculous and uninformed complaints.
Why didn’t you warn us during mid season? Thanks for being selfish! Wait, why the heck are you still here if you knew it wasn’t going to be the Yankees’ year?
Oh right, you’re here just to whine like a little cry baby and wag your finger at everyone. So that when things DO go wrong, you look like an amazing genius.
The reason I came here is because I wanted to chat with people who didn’t make stupid comments like on ESPN.com and let me voice my opinions.
But obviously, no one around here feels the same way I do.
WHy shouldn’t I think this way? THe Yankees are playing really bad right now.
WHy shouldn’t I think this way? THe Yankees are playing really bad right now.
Because how we play right now doesn’t have much bearing on how we play in October. September isn’t October; if it was, we’d trot the A-lineup out there every night.
Wait, so you came here because of the idiots at ESPN? Talk about the dunce laughing at the moron.
There is a really simple rule in this world: when you act/talk like a moron, people will refer to you as a moron. Why don’t you keep that in mind?
Yankees are human, they’ll have off games and bad games. Where the heck is your dedication as a fan? Last I checked they don’t have a 20-100 season. So while you say you have given up, why bother to keep this up? Go and give up, stop making these asshat comments.
You’re talking yourself right into a problem: “The Yankees are playing really bad right now” DOES NOT EQUAL, “It’s just not our year.” That you feel comfortable making the leap from the former to the latter is the reason you will continue to suffer a shitload of heat from people here.
I guess all the trolls received a flyer to come to RAB tonight
ugh thanks for nothing joba
Now’s the fucking time to bring in Gaudin.
Please trade Joba in the offseason
did you want him traded when he was pitching well
Of course not, no.
My guess? He doesn’t even realize that Joba has been pitching well.
Um Joba, we get it, your gonna throw the slider. Unfortunately so does every other team.
C’mon, offense.
Go bake your stupid cookies
Go pick a fight with someone else. You really, really don’t want to fuck with me.
My guess is that you spend all your time on this thread, you are probably 300lbs and eating Chips as we type. You are right I probably do not want to fuck you
My guess is you’re the type of loser who would go troll on an opponent’s website.
You know why I post on here? I love the Yankees. You know why I don’t post on your Tampa Bay Rays blog? Because the Rays are fucking beneath me, and I’m not enough of a pathetic asshat to go to some blog that is designed for a team I don’t care for to try and start shit like a petulant child.
I weigh 125 and I don’t spend all my time on this thread. I just happen to enjoy civil conversation with well educated, intelligent people who love baseball as much as I do. You know, with fellow fans. Who do you have to cheer your team with you? No one? You must be one of the five tampa fans. Keep cheering for your team, kid, the Phillies are praying they get them as a match up.
I wouldn’t even bother, Kit. When he has to resort to personal attacks it’s just sad and not worth responding to.
Yeah. I felt kind of foolish for answering him. I knew he was being an ass and I should’ve just backed away, but I hate people like him–childish about everything.
I blame Girardi for this. Chad Gaudin was clearly the guy who should have been brought in this situation. Gaudin matched up better with Crawford and Longoria.
I think Edwar would have been a better match up.
The Yankees should skip CC’s next start. He has looked tired his past 2 outings.
Get him ready for the playoffs is #1 priority.
I’m sure he’ll throw 5 innings in Boston on 6 days rest, something similar to last year.
He was already getting rest prior to that start with extra days between his starts. This year they are going to have to do something a little more drastic this late in the season.
Well, I believe after tonight he’s 1 inning shy of matching his regular season total from last year. I think he’ll be fine as long as they give him a half-start sometime before the playoffs.
Hard for me to get mad when he’s been lights out and comes in bases loaded, one out. But damn, Joba.
Some of you need to nut up.
/blunt
Not blunt enough, really.
Wow. Thanks CC and Joba. Especially you Joba. You inherited 3 runners and let them score. Then the other runners scored too. Awesome.
Joba, please have a shitload of booze and drive really, really fast on your way home.
…
Hey, Champ, why don’t you stop talking for a while? Maybe sit the next few plays out.
Now that was funny… Good Anchorman reference.
Hey now.
Not okay. At all.
You changed the “M” in “Mosley” and replaced it with “BL” which spells “Blowsley”! America! What a country!
Wow really? I wonder how you would feel if someone asked you to set yourself on fire, you know for the sake of the gene pool.
Now the Boston Series means so much more
Minny might have best record
Tampa feeling good about themselves
This night SUCKs
Some people want to play the Twins at Target field. They want to!
I don’t give a shit whether we play the Twins or the Rangers, at home or on the road. We’ll beat either of them.
You just got banned because your friend is an asshole. Too bad.
Wait, who got banned?
The Rays douche. Who has the same IP as this guy.
Naturally. Why stop at douchebaggery and trolling? Add in the trifecta of SBGL-multiple-personalities as well.
I’m really shocked Copperhead65 was actually a concern troll what with the fact that he never said anything good about the Yankees and was constantly predicting doom and gloom.
But Copperhead65 has actually been here for longer. Is he the “real” poster and RAYRAY from TampaBay his dumber, unfiltered alter-ego?
These are the eternal questions of life…
The Boston series means not one ounce more than it did at 7 pm tonight. 2.5 games ahead or .5 games ahead, nothing is locked up, and that Magic # up there can, at best, drop to two.
Again, I held off watching porn for this.
o.O
So this totally mans we’re missing the playoffs, right? I just wanted to check so I could find the nearest bridge/ledge/gallows.
I’ve begun proceedings to have us excommunicated from the league entirely.
Expedite the process, Tommie. The sooner, the better.
We shall initiate sovereign rule and form the Church of Tradition.
Well, after this game, the Red Sox playoff odds rise to…. 0.1%. CHOKE CHOKE 2004 CHOKE!
Yep. I heard that Yankees might even be canceled next year. They’re just going to bag the whole thing.
And, I completely disagree with those poll results.
I have to admit it, you guys here at RAB are good sports.
The Rays just laid the smackdown on the Yankees that inning and most of you are like ho hum. Very kool.
Being in first place and knowing that we’ve already guaranteed at worst a split of the 4-game series will do that for you.
Having 27 rings will do that to you.
I’m sure, win or lose in the playoffs, you will look back on that meaningless game on September 23rd and be like “FUCK IF WE HAD ONLY WON THAT GAME!”
Honestly though. This is not do or die. There’s plenty of time to get stressed out in the playoffs, I’m not about to let my blood pressure rise over this.
Having more than 57 fans show up to home games will do that to you.
Knowing that this game isn’t the most important game in our franchise’s history (nor is it in the top 10,000) will do that for you.
ALL that logical stuff and smoking a joint will do wonder to one’s prospectives.
Are you fucking drunk, Jorge? Piece of cunt shit.
Why don’t you calm it down, fella.
Why don’t you ignore him if you don’t like it?
There gonna be a banhammer appearance?
For all those predicting a sweep
Fuck you alllll
still in first place. keep screaming, maybe you can scream the rays to first place
O:S
Aw, shit. We just got owned, y’all!
4 pitches 2 out. What in the hell is this?
So, uhh, you know who I would love to see right now? Andrew Brackman. Make it happen, Joe.
His name is not in the binder.
What is that supposed to mean? He’s active for tonights game.
Seeing as he was in the dugout and not in the bullpen I’d say the chances of him coming in are rather slim.
What the fuck is Golson smiling for? You’re losing, jackass!
Lets see some Brackman/Sanchez now, lol
I want to see Jesus, goddamnit!
So whats on TV tonight?
Any new shows?
At least I have 2 gb of porn.
I would have expected someone with massive amounts of porn to be more relaxed and easygoing.
Now that I’ve counter-commented a few trolls,
Seriously, guys? An inning ago this game looked pretty good… Price was throwing a lot of pitches, CC was keeping the Rays down pretty solid.
Then there was the big inning. One inning. One half-inning, actually. Oh, and Posada and Grandy getting out on four pitches.
If I may:
…Why can’t the Yankees seem to get a hang of this whole big inning/shut ‘em down thing?
Somehow, Joe Girardi’s at fault.
shit happens, especially with joba. we’ll live
Yeah, I mean, they’ve only done it 92 times!
Sorry, I’m in a piss-poor mood tonight.
Yo, we all understand…
Bro-hug
Let’s go, Swish. Keep the line moving.
you’ve said that several times, at least.
Not tonight, I haven’t.
A HBP to Tex wouldn’t be all that bad. Let Arod clear the bases.
Damn you, Michael Kay. Damn you to hell.
It is high, it is far…caught at the warning track. Fuckers.
fucking KAy, that wasn’t even close, got me excited for nothing
Seriously, even the crowd knew that one was in the park.
God dammit, Kay.
first pitch swing…really tex?
SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!
The fact that Upton was able to get to that ball easily while playing shallow is rather impressive.
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that Dustin Blowseley is Jersey Johnny.
The “gay” comment should have given it away.
That… makes so much sense.
Seriously, I want Ross to move out of Jersey. It’s gone to seed.
What is it with my state and producing horrible posters
I really need to move…
The weird/sad thing isn’t that your state produces idiot posters (all states do that), it’s that so many idiot posters from New Jersey want to fly their Jersey flag high and make sure you know where they come from.
I guess that’s where the bad reputation comes from. All states have stupid people. New Jersey is just PROUD of their stupid people.
I live in New Jersey. (And I was saying “Boo-urns.”) I’m a sad panda.
Nah , SSS . Atlantic City is there! I love your state.
Neither CC or Price have great stuff tonight. The Rays took advantage of their opportunities and unfortunately the Yankees came up short agan. Also, doesn’t help when you bring in a reliever and he lets 4 runs score in the span of only 11 pitches.
Yeah.. that certainly escalated quickly on Joba. He used to be so good with runners on base, too.
Eh, all relievers have nights where they just don’t have it, even Mo.
YankeesWFAN
“Joba Chamberlain had allowed only 5 inherited runners to score all season before tonight. He gave up 3 tonight.”
Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. He used to be money in those situations, not tonight
and splat. Fuck.
Frankly I’m acting in a pessismistic way because I dont want to be dissapointed.
Now I didn’t think they were going to repeat at the beginning of the year because of the difficulty of the feat.
That’s a hell of a way to go through life.
That sounds like a “you” problem.
So you cry like a baby and talk like a moron when you are disappointed? Well you know, you’re going to be crying a whole lot because there is whole lot of disappointing things that are going to pop up in your life. Because people can’t always have things their way in life.
Out of curiosity, do you pout and bawl when your ice cream melts?
I don’t want to be disappointed too but you don’t just act like a pessimist, you act kinda silly all the time, what with the whining about smallball and what have you.
No one wants to be disappointed really, but there is life outside of baseball. Conceding victory to another team when there’s still games left to be played is ridiculously dumb.
Look, keep in mind that baseball is a release. It’s a chance for us poor middle-class saps to forget about life and let baseball distract us for 5 hours a day. Enjoy it. If you let it get to you so much you should really take a step back and calm down.
So now Javy is in… Joe conceding?
They should throw Andrew Brackman out there for an inning just to cheer people up. Any objections?
You say potato, Flash says Potata.
Ouch…Javy. Don’t plunk people.
Javy you have to be kidding me
bring in the Brackman
HBP Javy doesn’t quite have the same ring as Home Run Javy.
Kind of amazing how fast this game turned into a train wreck.
Joe:
Was “RAYRAY from TampaBay” and “Copperhead65″ also “Matty”?
It would make sense.
Javy is auditioning himself out of the postseason.
Well this escalated quickly.
Holy CRAP, Javy. Holy crap.
I step out of my home for 15-minutes and 3-1 Yanks turns into 8-3 Rays. I don’t even want to know how.
New rule, MikeD: You may not leave your home until November.
Seriously, have some consideration for the rest of us. Geez.
If this series ends up a split, it’s worth pointing out – from an objective baseball standpoint – that these two teams are putting on one helluva show this season. When was the last time the East lead was bigger than 3 – 3.5?
Imagine if there was no Wild Card. This would be epic in scale.
we’d be like the central from the last two years…except better.
boy would it be great next year when we upgrade from javy to cliff lee
Holy fuck, Javy. This isn’t good at all.
Quick maybe Brackman can win a spot in the Yanks pen.
Javy, I mean… what the hell?
Worst part about this is the Rays are almost certainly going to hit a Yankee in retaliation.
how can NOBODY be up
get up Sanchez, or untie Mitre and drive him over to the stadium from Joe’s house
+1
Hes not even hitting them good, Javy needs throw strikes
I didn’t think he had enough control to hit three guys in a row, so maybe he’s improving
I love how it’s cool on this board not to get upset about games like these.
Perspective >>>>>>>>>>>>>> irrationality
Who says we’re not upset/annoyed/whatever? Just what’s the point of bein’ a Tough Guy On The Internet about it. It’s one game.
This. I’m pretty sure everyone is pretty fucking heated/frustrated right now, but there’s no point in being assholes about it and raging and whining. It’s one game. There’s still plenty left.
I wasn’t advocating being an asshole at all. Just a tough game to watch. And when people are upset sometimes it feels good to vent, and venting can often be irrational/whinny.
I wasn’t saying you were, I was just speaking generally.
I hate it. Games like this piss me the fuck off. Disgusting on all accounts.
I’ve learned it’s actually a lot more productive to go punch a pillow or go for a run than to vent frustration on a message board. Mostly.
I’m like really sad and embarassed for Javy right now.
Agreed.
Ditto, this is like that game Dontrelle pitched against us.
It really is. Breaks my heart to see it for both Dontrelle and Javy. It just really sucks for him.
So on the Rays channel, they’re advertising their “pre-order 2011 season tickets for guaranteed access to postseason games” package. Given their attendance problems, the selling point seems pretty weak – if I’m a Rays fan, I’m just not that concerned that postseason tickets will ever be that hard to come by.
I went to Game 7 of the 2008 ALCS in Tampa. We got an unbelievable deal on quality tickets from a scalper out front 15 minutes before first pitch.
Yeah, why would I ever buy Rays season tickets when I can walk up to the
shithouseballpark at any moment and buy any ticket I want at face value (or below)?LOL, Javy isn’t throwing hard enough.
He’s got nothing today. Damn.
So Girardi gave up…again.
Michael, he’s going to get booed either way.
I’m booing Vazquez at my house
Javier Vazquez ate the whole wheel of cheese.
Honestly, I’m not even mad, this is amazing.
Well, that escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand, fast!
They better put Javy in the “soft restraints” tonight. Just in case
Can we now stop with the Cy Cy Young talk?
King Felix is better.
Never underestimate the power of the almighty WIN.
Though, I would also argue to never underestimate the power of the almighty MSM-Bew York bias.
So, who fuckin’ knows, really?
Yeah, but Lee and Liriano are even better.
This is super sad to watch. It’s like watching that one kid who tries REALLY hard to pitch but just cannot make it to the plate with any semblance of accuracy.
Wow 2 more runs.
Seriously, i know the Yankees are in the playoffs but how anyone can honestly say that this team is ready for a 5 game series starting in Minnesota or against Cliff Lee is beyond me.
They are just not playing very well.
he’s probably just tired. he’s been pitching for 20 years or more! those ligaments are barely hanging on.
This is the biggest pitching meltdown ive ever watched….Im actually worried about Javy. This guys head must be all fucked up
He’s probably mortified. This isn’t what he’s capable of.
On the upside it would be kinda cool to see Swish on the mound again.. I missed it last year.
10-3…. Wouldn’t now be a good time to sit Cano, Jeter, Arod, Tex … give them some extra rest heading into this weekend; considering that the Red Sox games will be marathons.
HEY A STRIKEOUT!!!
Nice job, Javy.
Javy has hit more batters in one inning than the Yankees hit during the Torre years.
Put in Brackman with instructions….”You couldnt do any worse”
Honestly it’s a perfect time to let him see some major league batters, like you said, it couldnt get much worse. At least somebody would get something positive out of it.
So..chances the yanks come back for 8+ runs against tampa bullpen? I’m banking on Maddon keeping his best relievers in this game.
Wow I didn’t hear much boos.
everyone probably left after joba’s mess
I’m not in the mood for Kate Smith.
Any man in the mood for Kate Smith needs to quit drinking
Whenever I think of how shitty they’re playing right now and wonder how good they’ll do in the playoffs, I remember the 2000 Yankees.
NEVER FORGET.
never been so happy to finally hear kate smith
I think the Yankees should offer Javy arbitration now.
How can you not feel bad for Javy? A really great guy and a good pitcher who just happened to fall apart in the seasons he pitched with the Yankees. I can’t buy the “can’t handle New York” bullshit at all.
I adore Javy, I do. Horrible pitcher or not, it’s really sad to see how far he’s fallen since last year. He did so well and now he’s…collecting dust in a bullpen just because he lost velocity and couldn’t get his mechanics down. It’s just super unfortunate.
That’s the perception out there Ross, He can’t handle the big spot.
It’s bullshit though, which is what he’s saying.
You know they said the same thing about CC and A-rod before the postseason last year. Perception != Reality
Yeah, except there will be no more opportunity to prove it otherwise in NY. That’s the reality of it , be it injury or other variables. He has failed twice in NY in his tours of duty in the Big Apple, his legacy won’t be kind .
He was probably one of our best starters in the beginning of summer. Once he got his mechanics down, he was great, but he’s lost it and this will probably be it. His legacy won’t be kind because people will only remember the bad things.
I don’t either. It kinda breaks my heart. I really wanted him to put all that to rest this year.
He could have handled NY fine, if only he didn’t leave his fastball in Atlanta.
Be interesting to see what kind of offers he gets now. No more than a one-year, incentive heavy deal is my guess. I’m sure the Braves will have an interest in him since they remember him from ’09.
Unfortunately for him, no matter what, the legend will always be that he failed under the bright lights. That’s the power of teh small-minded sports media.
It’s really awful to see. Like, that last inning was just sad. He seems like such a nice guy who’s really determined to do well, and he just can’t. It doesn’t have anything to do with NY, just his mechanics and fastball. Maybe he’s hurt, who knows. It’s sad.
Javy’s legacy in NY is not pretty. I am gonna assume we won’t see him in the playoff.
So is it have a career day for my fantasy team after I lose in the playoffs?
So what are the odds the Yankees score 7 runs with 9 outs and send this to extra innings?
Not too upset about the loss, even though I think it puts the Rays in the drivers seat for the division – considering their much easier schedule the rest of the way.
However, I’m very curious to see how they handle CC down the stretch, and to see how he pitches when he’s out there. He hasn’t pitched well in three of his last four starts (and four of his last six). This poor stretch has been coupled with a noticeable dip in velocity. I’m not saying I’m concerned, just a bit anxious to see what he looks like from here on out.
This was an important game for the Yankees winning the division. A win we’re up 2 1/2, a loss and it’s half-game lead and we’re tied in the loss column. Considering their schedule and our schedule moving forward, the odds are in the Rays favor.
The bigger issue is the magic number remains at three, so we can’t even think of resting players until we secure our spot.
Yet the beauty of baseball if you never know.
Even with this debacle (assuming something like this score holds), the Pythagorean thing still makes the Yanks the best team in baseball. But they may only end up with the third best record in the league. Those 6 1-run losses they just endured really hurt the cause.
Or maybe they’ll shellac the Red Sox while Tampa & Minnesota stumble a bit in the next ten days. Things can turn on a dime. Witness the last two days.
Well wild card doesn’t sound bad.
Just stop, please. No one is in the mood right now.
Who are these men?
Pitcher A: 10-9, 149.2 IP, 5.05 ERA, 1.370 WHIP, 1.93 K/BB
Pitcher B: 11-10, 152.0 IP, 5.15 ERA, 1.467 WHIP, 2.60 K/BB
(Stats are as of this morning.)
A is Burnett, B is Beckett?
Beckett’s W-L is 5-5 this season. Can’t be him.
And now that I say that and re-read what I wrote, you didn’t specify a date, so my logic is stupid. Sorry about that.
I didn’t realize it, but before today, A.J. and Javy had identical ERA’s at 5.05.
Just guessing: AJ and Javy?
Player A is 2010 Javy.
Ding ding.
Player B is Mike Mussina – in 2007.
Moose was like the furthest thing in my mind while I was thinking about that. I just recognized Javy’s IP and W-L.
The point being? That Javy’sgoing to bounce back and win 20? Mussina had rather a more impressive earlier resume than Javy.
I certainly agree with everyone that Javy seems like a truly good guy, but I’ve never warmed to him as a pitcher. He’s always seemed to me to be a guy who looks more like a winner on paper than he does on the field.
There isn’t really a point, other than to show that even great pitchers with “impressive earlier resumes” like Mike Mussina can have terrible years and that it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re finished.
Javier Vazquez 2010 ERA by month:
April/March: 9.00
May: 4.91
June: 3.23
July: 3.34
August: 5.96
Sept/Oct: 7.59
Mike Mussina 2007 ERA by month:
April: 9.00
May: 5.22
June: 3.44
July: 5.08
August: 8.87
Sept/Oct: 3.49
Pretty darn close.
And there is the last month in a nutshell – GIDP.
Brackman in the ninth?
Or do you you hide him from Tampa, just in case he goes wild and makes the post season roster?
There are a lot of pitchers I think he could pass…Gaudin, Mitre, Javy…
he’s in the dugout so I don’t think so, sadly, I really don’t think we’ll see him pitch at all this season
Well, this season’s over. See everyone next year.
/jumping off the bridge’d
Well, at least the season ended with the Yanks in first place.
Haha, exactly. I’ve been getting texts from my asshole friends that are rooting for Tampa declaring the Yankees finished for the season. I don’t exactly understand their logic, since there’s no rational basis to their assertions.
Did you remind them that we’re still in first?
Patronizingly, yes I did.
That’s the spirit!
declaring the Yankees finished for the season
whaaaaa
In my opinion, the World Series trophy should be the only thing to declare the Yankees finished for the season.
lmao at this lineup now, so awesomely ridiculous
Screw the A lineup lets go with the triple A lineup.
Let’s have a vote guys. All in favor of forfeiting the playoffs now to avoid embarssment, say aye.
I thiink it’s time.
I really hope you’re joking because this is just increasingly annoying.
I could not possibly be any less serious.
My bad, poster, I’m just getting annoyed at all the crap tonight.
I know poster, he’s kidding. I think.
we’ll since every free agent prematurely too while we’re at it
*sign
http://www.theonion.com/articl.....-playe,32/
Heh.
We need to give up our spot to the Red Sox, who will get an automatic bye to a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. It’s only right, what with all the injuries.
The Grit will just blind other teams when it flies into their eyes. Blind them.
If you want, I’ll send Cashman and the Steinbrenner’s a text to let them know the Yankees are forfeiting the playoffs. That’ll take care of it, right?
Come on man, we need more than that. Ben, Mike, and Joe need to sign it since they’re baseball guys. Cash will realize that with not one, but three people calling for the Yankees to forfeit, all of whom run a popular blog, he has no choice but to acquiesce.
Good plan.
well this javy outing sums up pretty much javy’s season a good stretch sandwiched between a stretches of suck.
Is it a little late, to trade for another reliever?
/sarcasm’d
Javy has lost too much velocity to be Javy. He is trying to go “El Duque,” that is, slow down the change up even more to keep the gap between his 88 mph fastball and the change up.
He might adapt and become the next El Duque, but it can’t happen fast enough to help him this year.
He knows it too, the lack of confidence is a problem.
Anybody have good classical music I could put on my MP3?
Guess I’ll have to settle for Garth Brooks’s “Low Places”.
In all seriousness, though I like “Low Places” I’m liking Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”.
This is literally the first time, ever, I’ve listened to classical music.
D:
What for? “Low Places” or the classical music comment?
The fact that you’ve never listened to classical music. It seems really strange to me.
Huh.
Not that you’re strange, but it’s in a lot of places. Mostly elevators.
Well sure, it’s all over pop culture, but I never actually listened to it before, you know?
I see. I just thought it was odd. I was introduced to classical music as a kid and I still listen to it when I study. Mozart for Meditation is a pretty good album if you’re still interested in listening. Too many long track names so I won’t list them, but I’m sure they’re online somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctfXIqugXc
BOOM!
The AAA Lineup? Sweet, I can laugh even harder when they score 8 in the 9th.
(maybe a tad too optimistic?)
Just a smidgen
Golson for the ninth?
well lets just sweep this sox this weekend and call it a season (until the postseason)
Javy again?
Sigh
I’m thinking about this game and trying to understand how people are going to blame this on Girardi. I know it’s coming, but I’m just not sure what tact they’ll take…
Why bother?
But to play devil’s advocate.
G should have taken out CC early , HE was Clearly tired and installed Wood in the possible highest leverage situation there.
I’m sure they’ll find a way to pin it on him, but so many things went wrong that it’s going to be awe-inspiring to see what they go with first.
I really don’t think this one’s on Girardi, even though many people will find reasons as you said.
Ok, I was away for awhile. How many Yanks fans have punched walls or thrown things at the TV tonight?
My things are still in tact, but I can’t speak for anyone else.
I lit my dog on fire!!!!
(I’m kidding, I don’t even have a dog)
You’re missing out. Dogs are ridiculously awesome.
when did javy suddenly stop sucking? this is not the same guy who was pitching 2 innings ago
on a side note, it’s hard not to expect a split when two teams with practically the same records go head to head. so i don’t get the earlier crying about splitting with the rays, it’s not like we slight a series with the pirates, since the two teams are pretty much evenly matched…
What’s the record for most battles lost while winning the war?
Ask the French.
Touche…but they usually depend on the Yanks to bail them out.
Ask Washington. The man won like, two battles.
Or Joseph Starlin.
In ‘Nam, the U.S. lost no battles. Not one. And lost the war.
I am hoping for a historical fact and a moral lessons here.
What’s your point?
I think it may belong to the 1997 Marlins (92-70).
That game was like passing a kidney stone.
BOOOOOOOOO!
This team does not look as good as last year. With the way things are right now can we beat the Phils…dont think so.
sure we can. Shit happens. i bet even the orioles or the pirates can take a game or two from the phils in a short series
the Astros swept the Phillies in a four-game set at CBP earlier
earlier…being the highlighted word. If we are to meet them in the WS, i fear for out batters facing there 1 thru 3…that lefty in there has mean off speed stuff and he has been on his game off late. Sure anything can happen but we dont look good. I will take the advice and sink into ice cream i need more than a tub..
the point is the season can turn very quickly. I do think they might be the scariest postseason team right now, though. But that don’t mean nothin’ in November, necessarily…
Nothing beats ‘washing down’ a lost with Haagen Daaz ice cream , it’s the fucking elixir of all things.
I hit the Belvedere, and now I’m exhausted.
You’ve gone up a notch in my book. Nice choice for vodka.
Ditto, no shame in that , wish we could share.
I got it as a birthday gift, actually, and it’s been sitting around for months. I’m not big on drinking, but a friend wanted me to try it after raving about it. It works its magic though.
1 oz lime juice
1 1/2 oz vodka
1 tsp powdered sugar
Read more: Vodka Gimlet recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/dri.....z10PcyDGVC
In my opinion Belvedere should only be drunk straight. Use lesser vodkas if you are going to mix it.
I used to drink a lot of Gin , a bad habit I picked up oversea.
But I enjoy a nicely mixed Gimlit. Now I just settle for a pint of blue moon with friends. Well, more than a pint.
I am new to the site
Just need to vent, I know this lost does not mean much, but watching the yanks implode makes me want to explode. Also watchin Phils and Twins roll makes me really nervous going into the playoffs, they seem to be peaking while Yanks seem to be trading water
I ment treadung water
Well aren’t the Twins and Phillies “peaking” now a good thing for the playoffs? Better they peak now than October/November.
Also, we don’t have to worry about the Phils til at least the WS.
You might be right, I just want to clinch and enjoy the moment, it has been hard and exhausting watching them the last three weeks. My wife and kids think I am nuts!!
Does anyone know if Yanks beat sox counts as two games or one
Thanks
2
It counts as two for the magic number for the playoffs.