ALCS Game Six: Yankees @ Rangers
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We’re all pretty familiar with the Rangers after five games, so there’s no need for a cheesy introduction. Phil Hughes needs to keep their lineup in check while his teammates put a hurting on Colby Lewis. Sounds easy, but it hardly ever is. There’s nothing more we can do than sit back and watch, and maybe pray a little. Just win and force a Game Seven. Worry about that then.
CC Sabathia is available in relief, and I suspect A.J. Burnett is as well if it comes down to it. It’s do or die time (not literally), again. Here are the lineups…
Yankees
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Curtis Granderson, CF
3. Robbie Cano, 2B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Lance Berkman, 1B
6. Nick Swisher, RF
7. Jorge Posada, C
8. Marcus Thames, DH
9. Brett Gardner, LF
Phil Hughes (18-8, 4.19 ERA)
Rangers
1. Elvis Andrus, SS
2. Michael Young, 3B
3. Josh Hamilton, CF
4. Vlad Guerrero, DH
5. Nelson Cruz, RF
6. Ian Kinsler, 2B
7. David Murphy, LF
8. Bengie Molina, C
9. Mitch Moreland, 1B
Colby Lewis (12-13, 3.72 ERA)
First pitch is scheduled for 8:07pm ET and can be seen on TBS. Enjoy the game, go Yankees.
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I mean aside from winning, I’d really like to just not see Mitch Moreland reach base at all tonight. I feel like that dude is always on base it’s really getting ridiculous.
Make that Elvis Andrus, and I completely agree.
I think we win this one and send it to 7. The offense will show up tonight. One thing’s for sure- CC should be used in these last two games against Hamilton and not Boone Logan.
I have wood.
What did Swisher say about facing Lee in game 7? MLB Network mentioned it earlier today and that he threw out some expletives about facing Lee. I know Swisher is a team guy and he gets all jacked up, but dude needs to shut his hole, especially when he’s not hitting worth a lick in 2 post seasons with the Yanks.
He cursed about all the questions about Lee. Before game 6. When Lee’s not even pitching. Can you really blame him?
Nothing wrong with what he said. It was nothing negative against Lee, quite the contrary, actually. He was pretty much telling the media guys to shove it with their Lee questions.
I ask because Washington referenced his comments by responding that games are played on the field and if Swish can back up what he says, more power to him. That tells me at least 1 person took Swish’s comments as something more than just frustration about being asked about Lee and game 7.
Here’s what Washington said, according to MLB.com:
Rangers manager Ron Washington was undisturbed by Swisher’s remarks.
“That’s Swisher,” Washington said prior to Game 6. “He’s a tough competitor. He’s not afraid to say what he feels, and I have nothing against him saying what he feels.”
As to what Swish said, he said he couldn’t wait to hit his [expletive deleted]. “Reporters later tried to ask Swisher about his brief rant, but he would have none of it as soon as he heard the words “Cliff Lee.” “I’m not talking about Cliff Lee,” Swisher said.”
(I’m pretty sure there were some “fucks” in there as well that MLB.com may have omitted.
)
Good for Swish. Most people–99% maybe? of fans and players? are tired of hearing about Cliff Lee right now. We’ll be glad to hear about Cliff Lee in a while, when, you know, he’s actually pitching again.
He said he was tired hearing about Lee all the time. As are quite a few of us.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-.....id=5712106
While I agree with him completely, there was definately no need to throw out the explitives. On the same token, I have to admire him for saying what the 8 other guys in the lineup must be thinking.
I mean how boring must it be to have to give the same, “Oh he’s a great pitcher, I’m just going to be looking for a good pitch to hit and hope I can contribute to my team” line that is getting sooo overused. You know everytime they say that they are really thinking “God I really hope I can smack this guy around the park.
I like my ballplayers like I like my womens: high average w/power and a filthy mouth…
Well, or how I like my men.
/twss’d
We got this.
Over/Under on number of comments before the first pitch: 250
Over/Under on total comments for the game: 2350
Under
Over
…Then slightly under once again, only slightly.
Over/Under the number of spillover threads: 3
Under
Under
Over
I say Cano goes 7 for 5 with 18 homers and a fowl ball that hits Kay in the mouth.
In case of fowl ball, duck!
I like that.
I’m embarrassed that it took me as long as it did to get that.
I keep hearing that the greatest value to a No Tex lineup is that Cano moves up. Am I the only one who really feels comfort in the fact that both Lance and Thames are in the lineup? I mean ignore the splits for a second and look at the fact that these are two really powerfull dudes. I like it.
I agree. There’s a ton of power in that line up. Always good to see.
On the flip side, has anyone else noticed that there are absolutely no bats on the bench. Pena, Cervelli, Golson, Kearns, and Nunez (I feel I’m missing someone) don’t inspire much confidence. Thank God that the starting lineup is pretty solid because there really aren’t any PH options. What surprises me even more is that I can’t think of many realistic options in the farm system.
This is the disadvantage of the NL having home field in the World Series. That’s the only time we’re gonna need our bench. But then again, when there’s no DH, Thames will be on the bench.
It’s only one more game, which doesn’t happen until Game 7 anyway.
Revised Animal House:
Bluto: Over? Did you say over? NOTHING is over until we decide it is. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain’t over now, ‘cuz when the going gets tough……..the tough get going. Who’s with me? Lets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[snip]
What the fuck happened to the [Yankees] I used to know? Where’s the spirit? Where’s the guts? Huh!? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re gonna let it be the worst. Oh, we’re afraid to go out with you Bluto. We might get in trouble. WELL JUST KICK MY ASS FROM NOW ON! NOT ME, I’M NOT GONNA TAKE THIS! [HAMILTON], HE’S A DEAD MAN! [WILSON], DEAD! [CRUZ]…
Otter: Dead! Bluto’s right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.
Bluto: We’re just the guys to do it.
D-Day: Lets do it.
Bluto: LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO! Go! Go! Go! Go! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Drinking absinthe for the entire game and have been drinking it for the last two hours. Over/under 5th inning.
over/under you passing out by the 5th inning?
I’ll take the under
Okay, can’t wait till I post in the 6th inning hope you are here
I probably won’t be. I try to stay as far away from the game threads as possible.
I will make a post at the top of the sixth inning, sadly game threads are too pessimistic sometimes which I am to blame at points, but still check it out.
Tell us if you start hallucinating.
Well Ron Washington is asking me if I want to do some cocaine before the game so I don’t know if that is a hallucination or just reality.
take a shot every time they show nolan ryan on tv
I would like to live through the game.
wow, the real stuff? careful bud. I’m switching to beer tonight, more manageable buzz. you using the sugar spoon and lighting it on fire?
Well I am just 21 so I bought the cheapest stuff I could find which is about 12 euro in Spain. I don’t have a traditional absinthe spoon, but I am mixing it with a regular spoon full of sugar with pouring water under the spoon. Definitely not as good as you would find in Eastern Europe with 10x the amount of thujone but it is the best I could do at the present time.
take a shot for every antler/claw
He’d be dead by the 3rd inning
Agreed, one less intelligent Yankee fan gone (well intelligent I hope I mean)
Save us Hugheses
let’s hope some of those balls find grass tonight against Lewis unlike game 2
In Reply to TSJC:
The last time the Royals were good, Tyra Banks wasn’t Tyra Banks, Tyra Banks was an aspiring model/actress/entrepreneur.
She was 12 the last time the Royals made the playoffs.
‘Good’ is relative.
They won the WS so they were technically the best.
I meant relative to the evaluator and organization. A Marlins fan might call a good season 81-81, while a Yankee fan would be pissed. They had some 80 plus win seasons, before the WS championship.
Then 2003 I think is the last time they actually were decent under Pena. Fell off a cliff after that.
I agree, it’s just a lot of fun to make fun of the Royals.
Actually, the last time the Royals were good, Tyra Banks was a flatchested prepubescent middleschooler.
Hahahahaha, that was awesome. What, you’re not going to keep the train movin’?
The last time the Royals were good, Toni Basil had a sucessful career as a recording artist.
The last time the Royals were good, Walter Cronkite was on CBS’s payroll.
The last time the Royals were good, Detlef Schrempf was a fresh-faced rookie for the Dallas Mavericks.
The last time the Royals were good, Haley’s comet passed over Chile. There won’t be another until 2061.
The last time the Royals were good, Kodak and Polaroid were still fighting over patents to control marketshare in the lucrative instamatic camera industry.
The last time the Royals were good, AIDS was just someone screaming about an “aid” of which to help one with something, not what we know what it is today.
The last time the Royals were good, O.J. Simpson, Delta Burke, and Shannon Tweed starred in HBO’s “1st and Ten”, a hilarious sendup of USFL pro football.
The last time the Royals were good, Friday the 13th had no sequels.
Colby Lewis is a DEAD MAN. Let’s go!
There seems to be this general idea that Hughes pitched poorly in Game 2 because he had too much rest, and being back on regular rest today will help.
The only problem is that it’s not really true. For his game 2 start, he had 6 days of rest. For his start tonight he’ll have 5 days rest. Not a big difference.
I fully expect him to pitch better (it would be hard to pitch worse), but it won’t be because of less rest.
his W/L the next game after giving up 4 ER is 6-1, so that’s something
SSS, but if Pettitte holds down the fort in G7 the Yankees have CC and Mo to close out the last four innings!
SI SE PUEDE
claro que si
Yo quiero Taco Bell
asi es SI SE PUEDE, SI SE PUEDE, VAMOS YANKEES
Goddammit I dont have any beer, this is going to get edgy…
Buy some now!!! (or get someone else to buy you some if you are under 21)
It seems that Hughes does better when he concentrates on throwing FB and CB rather than trying to mix in the CB. Hughes should just try to locate the FB as much as possible because that is his best pitch.
really hope the rain doesn’t screw up hughes tonight… I suppose AJ could come in after a long break right?
Rain forecast right now looks pretty good for at least the next couple hours.
Even though the Yankees are at disadvantage going into game 6 this is the most excited I have gotten for a game in a long time. What about you guys?
What disadvantage are we at?
Our 2B is lazy?
Yeah, but their SS, RF, and C are all lazy. We win.
RF is lazy only when Murphy sits. And their catcher is only lazy when CJ pitches.
Figures that they’d be too lazy to be fulltime players.
Touche, senior.
Make it happen Hughes/Offense.
So if the yankees win it all this year, apparently they will be one of the worst teams to win the WS ever
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....amps102210
Kind of like being named the poorest billionaire in the world if you ask me…
http://www.forbes.com/lists/20....._YRHZ.html
Poor Charles. I bet all the other billionaires make fun of him…
tornado??
What care these roarers for the game, baseball!
Yankees suck chants already
I’m salivating dreaming about how epic it wold be if we won 6 and 7 at Texas
Heh. Win for us. The “Yankees suck” chant indicates loss of both imagination and hope…
In 2004, that rain-out killed us. I still say we win that series, if not for the weather-imposed off day.
Maybe this time the rain will be our accomplice.
Over/under times Robbie goes boom is set at 2.5.
I’ll take the over… in the first inning
Who’s ready for the Yankees to fuck shit up?
This guy is.
“I was born free”
Did Hughes get a hair cut? His hair doesn’t pop out a 90 degree angle at the back like it did a week ago.
Phil Hughes will win tonight. After out dueling Cliff Lee tomorrow, Andy Pettitte will prove why he’s still the class of the Yankee’s pitching staff.
Gak! What’s with the setting sun picture? Or is the sun rising?
/Ben Franklin’d
I can’t wait till the Yankees dominate tonight!!! It will be incredible.
That tie is regal, Craig.
(rolls eyes)
I gotta get a jacket like that!
Sager doing his Joker impersonation today.
I am pumped!!! GO YANKEES!!! NO DOOM AND GLOOM!!!
please shut this crowd up early
already tbs announcers are putting on their knee pads and approaching the Rangers lineup
This crowd is packed and excited. Figures, since the Cowboys are already dead in the water–
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW, TOO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOON??????
It is NEVER too soon to mock the cowgirls
Over/under on controversial calls set at 1.5. I’ll take the under.
When we win tonight, and the if the giants win tomorrow afternoon, i think you could set the number at 5.5 for game 7 and i would take the over just against texas so there is a relevant team in the WS.
Go Yanks!!!
The Yankees will put a man on base in the first inning.
Good call.
And that’s as far as I’m going.
Lewis gonna’ LEWS!
I wish there was more info on the Japanese League it is so different yet the same.
how many shots is that?
DOOOM!!!! GLOOM!!!!
JK!!!
Oh, Jeter . . .
let’s beat the crap out of this carp
Andrus GTFO!
Let’s do this, Yankees.
Wow one pitch 1 out.
Who’s surprised at that?
Mike “Gold Glove” Young.
Voters gonna’ vote.
Attaboy, Grandy.
Great job by Granderson!!!
Good eye, Curtis.
The only thing I don’t like about the Jeter out is that you know that would have been a hit if the roles were reversed.
I’m ok with first inning walks . . .
grandy doing what jeter didnt
How about the weather in Arlington??
The possibility of postponed ??
Can we force the action and have Grandy steal?
Would be nice.
Granderson for our new leadoff hitter please.
Come Yanks!! Not too aggressive!
Tried to hit and run and Cano missed
In Rod We Trust.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xdN0.....+Trust.jpg
I would like to see A-Rod crush one right here.
Bah, just missed that one.
Hanging junk, gotta crush that Alex.
Missed a hanger… argh
If Lewis is going to hang sliders like that we will be winning this game.
You traded him willingly you dumbfuck Rangers fans. He fucking produced at a HOF rate for you and your organization treats him horribly?
The Rangers are a joke to the MLB.
Fun Fact: Both of these teams employed Chan Ho Park.
The Rangers paid him 55 times as much as the Yankees did.
See: Teixeira, Mark
Poor kid… feel worse for the dad not getting to watch the game.
what happened?
BULLSHIT CALL.
He beat the throw but then lifted his foot off the bag.
Can’t do that Granderson!!!
Can’t do what? He was safe.
Horrible call!
safe
Alex gets a fresh count. hang another one…
wow nice call there ump.
Uh, why are the Rangers fans chanting “STEROIDS” when A-Rod used steroids while HE was a Ranger?
And Grandy was SAFE
First blown call: First inning
What a gross call…
questionable call
I can’t believe someone as fat as Molina is in the league.
I think he was safe
I KNOW he was safe.
You’re both wrong.
FUCK YOU YOU STUPID DUMBFUCK RETARDED BLIND UMPS.
He was only out because of that horrible slide. What the hell was that?
Grandy was safe. The fuck is this bullshit?
until his foot came off
Blown call nice!
great start
Pretty sure he was safe…
Wow…Totally safe for that angle
I wish I had DVR and sobriety to see that play
That was an AWFUL call, not even close. FUCK YOU AWFUL UMPS! Way to take control of the game early!
Again, why would the umps and MLB want Texas to win?
Is this rhetorical? Cause, I could name a bunch if you want.
Wow, pretty terrible there, unless Grandy came off the bag.
Looks like he did.
Yep, no argument. Good job Randazzo.
Robot Umpires. The jobs won’t be missed.
Grandy looked safe
But he wasn’t.
Would anyone feel sympathy if every ump was fired? There’s only one or two good ones in the entire damn league.
They did that a few years ago and no one cared.
Tony Randazzo strikes again
Very nice of TBS to not show a proper replay
Yeah, that angle tells you nothing about the tag which is the key element there.
Certainly safe; yet, there is no way to go back and check if it was the right call… if only there was a way…
I redact.
Oh way to miss the bae Grandy.
Eh he was right. Woops
Damnit, out on a shitty slide
It was a good call. Grandy’s leg went up and didn’t touch the bag
Well, based on that last replay he was out because his leg came up at the end. That sucks.
Uh, I see that it was a bad slide, but I don’t think he made the tag until after he was in.
Randazzo-1 All of you-0
I hope u keep that counter for the whole game
Wonder if the sticky surface is going to be a problem
One adv: ARod leads off 2nd
Someone please get andrus out to lead off.
Nice big curve there.
tbs announcers say nothing.
good hook
Ugh. Not a good start.
Are we not allowed to retire Andrus to start the game?
Awful.
Oh my god fucking Elvis Andrus.
Great cut-off by Grandy.
That’s one with two strikes
Where were the playing? That was a weird shift.
Also: I hate Elvis Andrus with a passion
Goddamnit, just start drilling Andrus in the fucking knee.
Oh… boy… high fastball pitching Hughes tonight. Get the hook ready
Hey look, the .036 ISO hitter getting another fucking double off the Yankees.
Hughes only gave up 8 extra base hits in his last start and he picks up where he left off.
he’s lulling them into a false sense of complacency
Fuck Elvis Andrus!!!
I really do not like Young.
There goes the perfect game. I’ll settle for the one hit shut out.
Our version of the antlers/claws is better.
Come on Hughesy, you got this
Another 2-strike count…has to figure out a way to finish off Young here.
Ok.. Hughes is going to last 4 innings tops. He does not have control and all his pitches are in the zone.
Shit.
Glad you can tell this after like 8 pitches
Just saying his pitches are not down, except for the last one to Young. They are tailing in and are mid thigh.
Perhaps my tv is not working correctly.
After one batter you’re saying this?
Um pitch 8 to Young
He’s been wrong dozens of times already this year predicting doom, why stop now?
Ok… thigh high middle out pitch to Hamilton… so ya I am wrong.
That pitch still doesn’t prove your hypothesis.
Jorge just jumps outs sometimes, like a half a second sooner than most catchers, he gives up a lot ofstrikes that way
i’ve noticed this as well. drives me crazy every damn game
Hughes is leaving his fastball high. This is not gonna be good.
Two strikes, be nice to retire Young here.
Howard Bryant
Fans chanting “you took steroids” to A-Rod after cheering a pregame montage featuring Juan Gonzalez, Pudge Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro.
Cognitive dissonance much?
you used cognitive dissonance in a random sports blog post. You, my friend, ROCK!
another good hook, phil is phine
Again with two strikes. Phil needs a putaway pitch
It’s called a fastball
I think that Texas has used all of its BABIP magic, they will get swept if they make it past the yanks.
i made the comment to some of my buddies a couple weeks ago that it feels somewhat like 2007, with texas being the rockies…
Why is Hughes throwing a fastball down the middle in a 1-2 count?
foul balls on top of foul balls. Here comes the 2-strike base hit.
Or he’ll strike him out.
Glad I was wrong that time.
everything’s up and looking very hittable. c’mon 65.
I would love to see Andrus picked off again.
That was a nice pitch.
That’s the way to put them away
Phil is Phine
Great K by Hughes
94 mph fastball down the middle again in a 1-2 count, this time he gets the K though.
Get out of this Phillip, set the tone.
Good time for a double play
Nice kill, Brett. Keep his ass at third.
Is there anything more frightening than a charging Brett Gardner?
Yeah Bret Gardner with a RISP.
who needs crawford?
Us
Need a double-play ball here…
His fastball keeps tailing over the plate. Not good.
At least Hughes is showing he can hit the middle of the plate consistently.
Um you might want to read my post before saying that. You will get scolded.
That’s not why you got scolded.
Can still get out of this inning with no score if you can get Vlad to GIDP.
Pitch hit Jeter for Cruz, we need a DP big time. BIG TIME.
*Vladdy
Need a Vladdy special right here
Phil’s location is going to need to get a whole lot better.
Well, last time I thought Hughes’ pitches looked great in the first inning, so hopefully it’ll be the reverse result this time.
Yep, he can settle down, but you can bet Joe is going to have a quick hook tonight.
That is EXACTLY what Girardi is thinking now.
I’m going to be happy with anything less than 3 runs in the first here. Too many balls in the middle of that blue thing.
Hamilton totally whiffs on a first pitch curve. Gets a hit on the next pitch with a 93 mph fastball middle of the plate
And that graphic is the story of the series.
Rangers .362 with RISP
Great, playing from behind again.
Nice send by Washington to avoid the double
God dammit.
If the Yankees can’t score two runs it is their fault! Go Yankees!
One run is nothing. Let’s hope they figured out Colby Lewis.
Alright, coulda been worse. What a surprise, everything Texas does turns to gold yet again. Amazing luck.
We did mostly everything right last yeare. Sometimes luck is the deciding factor
Luck is how you explain the success of those you don’t like.
Why did we get stuck with this booth, every other booth this postseason has been acceptable this one is God awful. Forget the fact that they are rediculously biased but its like listening to paint dry. Yes I said it. Listening to paint dry.
honestly, I don’t think their as bad as ESPN or FOX….
Lol. Fans are giving the claw on the ground out. This is funny.
I really need some sort of primer or style guide to understand when to use the claw and when to use the antler. It’s so confusing.
Starting a rally = claw. Good baserunning/steal = Antlers. I think.
Proper response to either…a middle finger extended mightily to the sky.
I think if we win the series the Yanks hv to moon their fans. This is high school stuff
But Ryan is making good money out of it. They are selling lots of t shirts
Look at how fat Ryan got makes me really scared for myself in the very near future….
everything is just seemingly going against the yankees…freakin hit n run at the perfect time…ugh!!!!!!! Yanks got this though…Rangers suck! Rangers suck! (unoriginal Yankees fan)
Goddammit, throw some strikes Phil.
Alright, there ya go Philthy. We’re scoring 5+ runs tonight.
Get Hughes out of there before he ends our season! Bring in CC for 60 pitches and then go to the pen.
That was a long hard 23 pitches.
Got away with a lot that inning. Okay, this game is all about hanging 12 on this weak ass staff anyway.
Nothing too bad by Hughes!! Yankees got this!!!
I thought the Rangers were a hockey team. Weird.
Okay could have been much worse. Let’s get that run back (and then some).
Hughesie will settle down in the 2nd…Get that run back!
Cool, Swish is still rocking the high socks.
That will be the last run Texas scores in 2010.
He battled there to get that out which is why I think he’s going to be so good but I really question the pitch selection. Obviously the location could be a lot better too.
1 run against Colby Lewis? DOOOOOOOOOMED
Down 1 doesn’t seem so bad.
Let’s hope that was Hughes’s worst inning today…
ok so shouldn’t Girardi’s binder tell him that Hamilton can’t hit a breaking ball…subsequently, shouldn’t that information be relayed to Posada/Hughes??? Whiffs on curveball followed by base hit on 93 mph fastball…hmmmmmm
Hamilton’s home run in game 1 was a slider
It was supposed to be a curveball in, it ended up being outer half. Maybe, just maybe, it isn’t Girardi or Posada’s fault that he missed his spot.
roflmfao…this is a joke
All Hughes does is throw those 93 mph fastballs right down the middle. They need to get him out of there before he gets us too far behind again.
In 2010, Josh Hamilton was above average on sliders, cutters, curveballs, and changeups.
Joe’s Binder >>>>>>> Fangraphs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
How was he on chin music?
i’m not a regular, nor “accepted” by ya’ll here at RAB, but you my friend are the whackest individual online ever…you think u are smarter than everyone and so forth….i bet you got beat up so much in high school
i don’t mean any of that…i’m so frustrated…i don’t post ever really but u 9.9/10 post great things here on the site…i think it’s cool that u and most the regulars that i read think and research before saying stupid things b/c their emotions are not kept in check
Hughes should just throw curveballs to hamilton..does he not learn?
Yankees hitters – jeter sees 1 pitch, Cano 2, Grandy 6, ARod 5
Texas hitters – andrus 5, Young 7, Hamilton 2, Vlad 4, Cruz 5
Shouldn’t those be flipped?
Lewis doesn’t look sharp, hopefully they can capitalize.
He had better location on the fastball that induced the grounder with Guerrero what do you all think?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you played 3 years of MVP-caliber ball for us then we traded you BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
For a whole lot of nothing . . .
That wasn’t because of Alex, it was in spite of him.
They should be booing Chan Ho Park, Dave Burba, and Joaquin Benoit.
y can’t TBS get that commentator in the GEICO commercial? Watch baseball and learn spanish at the same time!!!
I can’t believe how negative 70% of you get after the first inning… its 1 run.
Shoot…
i fucking hate Andrus
FUCK ELVIS ANDRUS OMG YOU LITTLE SHIT I HATE YOU
+52
Is this going to be just like Game 2?
Does Lewis have a skill for inducing line drives at fielders?!
BABIP
Elvis Andrus- 2015 Yankee
gross.
we already have an elvis on our team.
Babiptch!
I hope Andrus pulls a hammy today.
like ^
Fuck you Andrus, seriously.
My next trip to Vegas will be with Colby Lewis at my side at all times.
Seriously.
Go to hell Andrus
Seriously, we can’t keep hitting line drives at people, right?
and as i’m getting ready to respond, Berkman hits another one.. RIGHT AT Hamilton..
i mean.. i guess god’s taking a year off to be a Rangers fan.. i simply cannot fathom or conjure up any other solution to explain this series
I’m not watching TV right now, but how long until the TBS guys start drooling all over the Texas coaching staff and how great they are at placing their fielders just right? Unless they haven’t done so already.
C’mon, enough of this BABIP $#!t already! Reverse, dammit.
u know.. i’m really for the first time getting “Out of my mind” annoyed with this BABIP game that we continue to keep losing against these fuckers
the baseball gods are watching.
For the Yankees to win, their talent will have to beat Texas’s luck.
God of War 4: The Rise of Jesus (Montero)
I once made a comment here about David Murphy and people wanted me banned. I bet if I made that same comment about Elvis Andrus now I’d be a hero.
I just keep thinking that our luck has to change at some point, but we’re running out of time here.
Rangers made a deal with the BABIP devil
and Mo smiled.
Colby Lewis dominating with his 89mph fastball.
I predict that around the 4th or 5th inning the BABIP switch goes off on texas and on for Yanks.
These young Tejas arms will be clapped out by their late 20′s.
Burn’em out Nolan
Just got in.
How does Hughes look? How do our hitters look? Do they stand a chance?
Also, just saw A-Rod’s out…seriously is it a crime for our hard hit balls to dunk in for hits? Seriously it’s annoying as hell.
Hughes was really struggling with his command. Kept leaving his fastball over the middle and couldn’t keep his curveball down. Hopefully he settles down in the 2nd.
We’re doomed. Doomed, I tells ya!
Are you fucking kidding me? That first pitch to Swish, OK maybe I’ll buy it but that second one was so clearly outside.
Hughes got the same call with Vladdy up.
I guess the good news is A-Rod hit that ball hard, but not much else that we can really take away from that inning.
He also had a scorching line drive at third last game, in addition to his double, so hopefully he’s coming around.
Do we use up all our luck in the 8th inning of game one?
Yeah, quite honestly we should have been swept
Yeah, if things were different, they wouldn’t be the same!
We should have been playing the Rays anyway, so the whole conversation is moot.
Why?
Same reason we should have been swept.
Nope. We should be down one game in game 6.
We need Aaron Small to counteract all this bad karma.
I really think so.
No UPS, that’s annoying.
Interesting stat just posted…Team pressing or concerned.
In 9 playoff 1st innings – equivalent of 1 gm – usually patient Yankees have seen just 110 pitches or 12.2 per inning
SSS!@!!!!!!
Well, if pitchers throw strikes, that number should be down. It’s also been maybe the most effective method used to handle the Yankees bats all year, so I’m sure the Texas coaches and pitchers have noticed that.
Remove Jeter ABs i bet the avg changes
True…he is a drag on that number.
Judging from that inning I can already tell Yankees have just some plain bad luck. It’s getting a little annoying/unfortunate.
I really don’t think I want to watch them lose the series. Does that make me a bad fan if I don’t really watch the game?
Yes. Turn in your Yankee badge and decoder ring.
Not really. Everyone handles games (stress) in different ways.
obviously, those first two pitches to swisher were outside. I will only get upset if Hughes does not get the same calls. ok, the first pitch to kinsler was and equally bad call. this umps strike zone is pretty huge tonight
Babitch reversing…
hughes should not put anything over the plate until this ump starts calling that pitch on the inside to righties a ball.
Keep expecting Batman to swoop in and bash Sager over the head.
Please retired Murphy. I can’t stand the guy.
That wasn’t a strike, but thanks ump.
grab some bench, bitch
That sure looked outside, but I’ll take it.
Got away with a K on that one
That was a lucky strikeout…that was definitely outside…
Brian Gorman has an awful zone tonight. Please note.
Wow, horrible call. In our favor at least.
That right side of the “plate” is getting called consistently… wow.
Benefiting from the huge strike zone… something he wasn’t able to do in game 2. Good job, Phil.
Wow terrible call. Waaaay outside
Nice outside corner
we need SOMETHING to combat this BABIP war
wow. like that k zone
He gave that outside corner that hurt Swisher
I think the Rangers have about 1000 Lephrechauns chained to an unicorn in a dark room somewhere in the stadium.
Nice bounceback inning!
Good inning, Philbert.
iYankee, what do you think now?
good inning
easy inning for Phil Huuuuuuuughes
That was good.
Hell of an inning Phil. Big improvement over the first.
Great rebound inning for the Hughester
Alright, nice quick 1-2-3. Need to try and get some offense going.
Hughes curve ball looks great tonight. He needs to work on that command though.
Nice comeback inning for Hughes, although Kinsler did hit that 0-2 ball hard.
Oh, this guy again? Bullshit, you want to own a vineyard.
Ok at least he’s giving that outide pitch to both teams. Still though thats a terrible stike call.
A vineyard?
I’d do it.
Nice
nice inning. feeling good. lewis will give it up soon.
Nice work, St. Phil.
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A vineyard? Give me a break.
I’m not sure what the explanation for this is but when Hughes throws the ball it looks like a beach ball while Colby’s looks like a golf ball. Obviously my mind is playing tricks on me but I’m wondering if it has to do with the command of the pitcher.
Maybe if Hughes starts hitting his spots more, it will start to appear smaller.
Or, I’ve just gone insane. Yeah, I think that’s it.
I’m gonna run for office on the promise of vineyards for everybody when they retire. Unsustainable you say? Well it’ll get me elected.
go go gadget OFFENSE!
With this zone, Phil has no excuse to be over the plate tonight:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
Come on Jorge
maybe next time
Can we get some offense now?
first pitch out and not really hit hard..
Once of these hits will fall…. right
Some hits would be nice…
2 up, 2 down. Not even putting up a fight at the plate right now.
if the Rangers are gonna win this they will have to score more than 5 runs.
why? the Yankees offense hasn’t showed they can score even one run..
the lone run won’t stand.
i agree
Alright Brett, do some work please.
so we want colby lewis to pitch a CG?
Lets not make Lewis work or anything boys, I mean, we wouldn’t want him having a tough time winning this game.
Okay we’re not facing Cy Young, let’s put up some good ABs.
My favorite AB are these 1 pitch pop up/fly outs. Professional hitters at work.
His location is excellent
Popping up the first pitch and getting baffled by Colby Lewis isn’t exactly inspiring confidence here, Yankees. Do something about that.
Little Bitch needs to get on here and steal second.
Just being abused right now by Colby Lewis.
Gah, just sat there watching that outside corner getting hit.
For the record…John Sterling is already audibly fed up with the Yankee offense tonight. Snide comments and inflection. Plus, Suzyn is once again drooling over Colby Lewis. I seriously think he’s her nephew or something.
Have to at least make an attempt to foul that pitch off
HUUUUUGGGEEEE strikezone to the leftys.
No heart at all
Please don’t make him look like a superhero
Jeez, GGBG struck out. I’m shocked. SHOCKED.
Do these guys even want to play another game? Terrible job offensively.
Just awful at-bats that inning. Terrible.
Hahaha is this is fucking joke?
Why the hell is BG still playing?
No such luck. Making Colby look way too good.
Absolutely awful. Step it up Yanks.
3 innings, 33 pitches. So the approach at the plate is effective.
This is now beyond frustrating and a slump. This is just becoming a hitting embarrassment.
Your act is tired and old. You’re basing this on THREE INNINGS and after they scored SEVEN times in the last game.
But hey, don’t let facts get in the way of yet another iYankee doom and gloom narrative.
Oh ya, I forgot about the 7 run game that was preceded by 3, 0, 2 runs. So I guess I did miss those facts.
And unless you remove one 5 run hiccup from game 1, that number is even lower. But let’s not get confused by the facts.
Right now, the Yankees hitting and their approach at the plate is tired and old. People continue to rationalize poor AB’s with BABIP, but have there been any adjustments by this “scored most runs in the season”. No.
3 innings relax
Hahaha is this is a fucking joke? 1/3 of our batting innings are already over?
Hahaha is this a fucking joke? 1/3 of our batting innings are already over? At least we’re getting his pitch count up.
It’s all a big joke. A hilarious comedy? You don’t get it?
hey Gardy, take the bat off your shoulder. U might get a hit!!
with that strikezone this game could end 1-0.
How long will it be before fans are just fed up with the inability of human beings to call an accurate strike zone. I put it at 20 years.
He’s calling it for both pitchers though, so you cant complain
Exactly. Texas scored a run with this zone, why can’t the Yankees?
If we were up 1 I’d be thankful for his strikezone. Down a run, I really don’t want him to make it even harder for our hitters. Nevertheless, it’s just annoying to see such a terrible strikezone.
says who? just because he’s wrong for both teams doesn’t mean it’s ok.
Colby Lee-wis??? christ yanks get a hit…
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
HAHAHAHAHAHAH….HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…HAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHA
lol what!? wow.
gardner hates to swing the bat
This whole “kid running from bullies” minivan commercial . . . god damn.
This game is going by way too fast.
If they don’t swing at the first few pitches they will just be behind in the count since he’s throwing so many strikes. They need to rattle him somehow and get him out of his rhythm.
Bret Gardner still the best looking third strike taker in baseball…I guess practice makes perfect.
Can you really blame him for taking THAT pitch?
Sure he had 2 strikes and the ump has been calling it all night.
Watching this offense play, how can anyone say they have a chance against Lee in a potential game 7?
No one is
Because we’re not doom and gloom like you? Anything can happen.
And that’s a great analysis. “Anything can happen”, love it.
The offense is also the same from day to day. Great assumption. Love it.
33 pitches through 3 innings.
This strike zone is a joke
This guy is seriously giving a foot off the plate on the right side.
Doesn’t matter. He’s doing it for both pitchers
So if an umpire called a zone chest to top of the head it would be ok as long as he was doing it for both teams?
No, but It’s better than an completely random strikezone
Yes it does. Last I knew the strikezone was defined in the rulebook. A bad zone may help pitchers but it hurts hitters at the same time.
Where’s Mike ?
Other than Gardner, who didn’t swing at all, we’re swinging on the first pitch here like it’s Lee we’re facing.
If we are up there quaking because of this dude’s slider, why waste the next 2.5 hours?
The switch hitters should hit from the right side so they have a better strike zone to work with.
Can anyone else remember a bigger scrub than Colby Lewis shutting the Yankees down in a postseason game? How about doing it twice? (Not to say he’s earned that distinction this early.) I can’t think of one off the top of my head.
1) Colby Lewis is not a scrub
2) Kenny Rodgers in 2006
1) Sure he is.
2) Good call.
1)Right
2)Wrong, Kenny Rogers 2006 ERA+ was 119. Lewis was at 116 this season. Rogers was definately not a scrub.
1) Wrong. Banished to Japan, then back with an 89 MPH fastball at age 30. Guy had a decent year, but he’s still a scrub in my book. Most other people I’ve asked as well.
2) Rogers was a scrub. I don’t need stats to tell me that. There wasn’t one person in the world who thought the Yankees were losing that game…even the biggest pessimists.
Didn’t give Phil the outside corner this time…
so now that’s not a strike now?
take out one of those nows, lol
You can’t walk a garbage hitter like Moreland.
He just did
Colby Lewis must be the best young arm in the game. Lincecum and Chapman have nothing on this machine.
Rudy’s in Texas, we’re ok
Hughes just cannot put a hitter away if he’s ahead in the count. I can set my watch to it. Frustrating.
Not the best day for flyballs. Also wonder if the damp is giving problems with gripping for Hughes
Great, walking the #9 hitter after being ahead 0-2. Weak, Phil.
Walking the #9 batter with this zone… unreal.
In his defense balls 1 and 2 were on the same horizontal point has the first called strike of the AB just lower, but still in the right vertical plane, the ump just didn’t call it that time.
Get that pen going Girardi. CC needs to come in this ballgame RIGHT NOW!
Phil Huges = OVERRATED…. I mean damn is obvious by now party people…
Can’t possibly be that he’s still young and hasn’t developed fully as a pitcher.
Disagree. All he needs is an out pitch
What do you mean by overrated? If you care about wins, maybe sure, but I think he’s rated just fine.
I guess hope Andrus hits it right to Jeter.
That at bat is what frustrates me so much. Down 0-2 and can’t finish a shitty hitter off.
This is not good. You can count the hours as they are evaporating away the season.
This is far from over. That said, the Yankees do need to get their shit together.
Washington’s doing everything right
At least one of those tappers from Andrus isn’t an infield single.
Basically sacrificed the runner over to 2nd…can’t give up a hit here…
High pitch count for Hughes. Poor command. He’s not long for this game.
Whew, that was hit hard but right at Swisher. Gotta get Hamilton out.
BABIP working for the Yankees. Settle down, get Hamilton.
One of their hits didn’t dink in for a cheap single. Miracle.
Oh my god did a Texas Ranger actually just hit a line drive directly to a fielder?
Are you kidding me???
Dumb ass.
GET HIM OUT OF THIS GAME DAMNIT!
Go away please.
Walking Hamilton here definitely feels like overthinking.
jeebus.
Hughes you retard….
Great, a wild pitch on an intentional ball. WTF?
TOLD YOU HUGHES SUCKS THE NUT AND IS OVERRATED>>>>
thats fucking pathetic
Just. Wow.
Oh god…
What the fuck.
That’s a dikfur.
UGH
Comedy of horrors
oh fucking hell. Really? Really?
I still reflect on the energy level of EJ call when Curtis had that double against the Twins vs the energy level of these flyout calls
Johnson is an anti-Yankee douche, no doubt. Don’t know why he bothers to hide it.
Ernie Johnson scared the shit out of me….
Hughes should NOT have been put in this position on the road. Girardi screwed up big time by switching Andy and Phil.
In hindsight it should have been
CC
Andy
Hughes
CC
Burnett
Andy
CC
Josh Hamilton is so good we can’t even walk him
Damn.
That happens more often than it should. I dont know why
Phil…. you’re kidding me, right?
Ok there are 2 outs, having him at third instead of second isn’t that different. It’ll be ok.
Come on Phil, settle down and get Vlad out…man will swing at everything/anything.
If he gets out Vlad, then that wild pitch doesn’t matter. If Vlad hits a single a run wouldve scored anyway likely. Relax people
Cutter away?
Vlad looked awful on the curve. Do it again.
why don’t they have someone back up the catcher on an intentional walk. It’s certainly overkill but there’s no harm in it.
Catcher’s the only position that’s allowed to stand in foul territory before the pitch.
I guess that’s why…
Believe it’s illegal.
I bet this is the biggest AB of the game right here.
hitting a bounced pitch is freaking ridiculous
Cricket !
So everyone off the ledge again huh
Robbie, you freaking scare me sometimes with that basket catch.
OMG OMG OMG
THE WILD PITCH DIDN’T MATTER.
You’re forgetting about style points. They get added up at the end of the game, and the team with more gets awarded an extra 5 runs.
Haha, ahh of course I forgot about that, but surely the Yanks got some points for the way Robbie caught the ball
Sheesh. Way too stressful. Come on offense, get something going now.
time for things to start turning
Whew, dodged a bullet there. Now, may the lineup hopefully start showing up…
God Cano… I know that it was an easy catch for you… but damn – don’t take those so easy, mmk? Luck ain’t on our side tonight.
Robbie Cano, the B.J. Upton of the infield.
could cano be more nonchalant. that made me nervous. no we’ll start hitting… probably…
At a boy Hughes-y…All doubters beware, real Yankee fans don’t whine like irrational babies. We will hit Lewis.
Win or lose, this is a good learning experience for Hughes. He’ll become a better pitcher as a result- but he has a ways to go before he can be considered an elite starter.
It’s like he’s only 24!
We aren’t here to learn, we’re here to win ballgames and that’s what Phil needs to do to be an elite starter.
Frank’s point
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Your head.
Things that I consider completely meaningless:
1. That intentional walk WP.
Out of curiosity, if it was 3-1 Yankees, would people be clamoring to end hughes night with 1 ER and 54 pitches? I mean really, the yanks are not down 4 or 5 right now, 1 swing of the bat ties the game.
No, Our offense cant be trusted at this point
It looks like he’s walking a tightrope.
I think people are overreacting, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him blow up — he doesn’t really look to have the number one stuff or command today.
I’d let him go into the fourth on a short leash. He’d be available in Game 7 out of the pen.
Oh, absolutely.
You can’t yank the pitcher in a 1-0 game after 3 innings, unless he’s looked much worse than Hughes.
I don’t get it either. Besides, who are they going to turn to? C.C.? How long do you really think he could go or if he’d be more effective. He hasn’t exactly dominated in this series.
And on 1 day of rest, no less.
Let’s go, boys.
I’m getting very anxious as this game goes on and I think I’m aging about 1 year per inning.
come on Derek!
ugh
What a weak hack by Derek. Sigh…
Are they pressing or is Colby Lewis really this good?
They’ve hit balls hard, just right at people. I don’t think he’s dominated them.
neither, hopefully
Come on boys lets get a hit this inning
A hit? That’s sad. Come on.
Granderson solo jack…. calling it now
oh that was the pitch too..
granderson solo walk… called… oh wait
This bro has a terrible strike zone. Eesh.
Gorman called a strike that according to pitchFX was a foot off the plate. It was for Hughes so we can’t complain, but my goodness.
for the past month, every pitcher looks like Cy Young against the Yanks.
Two months. Maybe month and a half for the more optimistic.
Ump has an absurd strike zone.
but iit’s consistent. that’s all that matters
Bzzt! Wrong answer.
If you were a hitter do you really want to have to chase a ball way outside that you don’t have a shot at getting anything out of just to avoid getting struck out? Consistency doesn’t matter. It needs to be right.
Can you say Randazzo-esque?
this game will not end 1-0. it’s just not possible. he’ll make a mistake and someone will hammer it. Although, I’m often mistaken.
I can use a base hit anytime now…
Alright Grandy, good job getting on base. Robbie, go do your thang.
Granderson for MVP
Grandy – Yankees most effective weapon.
Granderson should win MVP just for drawing a walk twice with this strike zone
Grandyman is like the only one having good ABs
Come on. If Cano homers here I will scream my lungs out.
this ump is terrible. two strikes called balls after 20 balls called strikes. robot ump please save us.
The ump is gonna give the outside corner, the pitchers hv to adjust.
Lewis looks like the doofy cousin no one claims.
Cano is the ALCS MVP if he continues to do damage and we win the series.
/obvious’d
Goddammit.
WHAT THE FUCKKKK. BABIP death
Of course. Who can win with this kind of BABIP luck?
Now that’s rotten luck
Seriously ridiculous how many bullets are hit right at people.
We’re getting NO breaks on offense. NONE.
The BABIP gods fucking hate us
Just not in the cards for the Yankees to win.
Nothing says that more than trailing 1-0 in the 4th
We have smoked the ball in three of four innings. We will break through, and very soon. Just need Phil to hold it here.
I’ve been saying that for the last month.
Ever since that 8 game winning streak, the Yanks have been crap.
it’s 1-0 in the 4th. look up game 4 of 1996 ws.
wow fuck this
damn..cano smoked the hellllll out of that ball
best offense in the majors, right
Did u hear that hit? Dont tell me Lewis knew that it was going straight to the second baseman
when a ball is absolutellllly crushed at an infielder who barely gets to it, its not the best time to make this comment
OMG when will these hard hit balls not go to the damn infielders!
We’re drilling the hell out of Lewis, and have nothing to show for it.
Same as the first game.
3 hard hit balls in 4 innings.. “drilling the hell out of Lewis” is not really accurate.
BABIP strikes again
luck HAS to run out
I’m sure it will when they are in the World Series
Not when you bathe yourself in leprechaun blood and unicorn urine, just ask Elvis Andruus
at least he hit it hard. some solace there, I s’pose
Another bullet and another out.
/nonsense’d
Why wasn’t grandy stealing? the first thing i said when he got on was steal on the first pitch. I don’t care that he got thrown out the first time. we obviously need to play small ball tonight
Why risk stealing? Cano is up, he’s already in scoring position.
it wouldn’t have mattered since Cano fouled the first pitch
that was the hardest hit ball. who else hit it hard? Just A-Rod, right?
Berkman had a liner to Hamilton, too.
Berkman hit it pretty solidly too.
why even get mad anymore.. LOL..
after a while, the BABIP war just tells me that maybe it’s just not in the cards this year
it’s 1-0. if it was 6-0, i’d be watching netflix right now. 1-0 don’t mean shit.
Oh, come the eff on already.
Can we get a little regression to the mean please?!!
Come on, Hughes.
I’m fucking convinced. Girardi is sleeping with BABIP’s wife. No other explanation for this nonsense.
I will also say this, they do need to keep working the count against Lewis and get some runners on base one way or the other.
Where are all the positive people on this board who told us during the final month of the season that we shouldn’t worry about our offense because we have the best in baseball? I could use some upbeat comments right now.
It’s still a good offense, you know. They struggle sometimes too. It’s baseball. The Phillies haven’t looked all that great either, and they’re a pretty good offense too.
The offense was the best in baseball regardless of what happens in this series. Anything can happen in 6 or 7 games.
but the problem is they haven’t been struggling in this series. It’s been going on since the beginning of september.
There have been 103 World Series, the Yankees have won 27 of them, but that means they have not won 76 of them. Guess what, after each one of those, the world has not ended and life goes on.
you want positive. how about the two biggest comebacks in playoff history. one was game 4 1996 ws and one was last week. It’s 1 fucking run. not 5, not 6. it’s 1 run.
Yanks are losing all their LA privileges unless they make this right
Walks = bad
Miserable fucking home-plate ump.
Bad luck, so far. Running out of time.
Do you think MLB dislikes the pitch f/x on TV so that everybody can see how bad umpires’ strike zones are?
Been wondering that myself. They certainly don’t seem to refer to it when the calls are bad
C’mon…throw a strike, please.
I know Posada is trying to be “ready” for the steal, but damn he doesnt even try to frame a pitch
I’m ready for the robots for balls and strikes.
definitely!
Trust me, it will be like the BCS fiasco.
Pitcher would hv to pitch in the strikezone and you will watch 4 hr games with 20 walks
Should have tagged up and run on Posada there…LOL
no matter all the shit happening, as i write this its 1-0 and we are getting good swings off lewis… lets keep positive enjoy the game and it will work out in our favor!! Yanks are the best team ever!
god I want to punch Bengie Molina in the face
I’ll hold him down.
I think you mean bolt him down.
Guy looks like an orange standing on two toothpicks.
Tough shit, he doesn’t frame pitches well.
He has a career 123 OPS+.
Good luck getting that from another catcher.
I don’t know who I hate more. Andrus or this tub of lard MOlina.
I vote Elvis “BABIP is My Bitch” Andrus.
Unless someone is warming, stop throwing over and get Molina.
yes, get Molina, g-d it!
This game is really exciting.
does anyone know the actual BABIP stats for this series?
I had through Game 4 and it was .360 for the Rangers, and .260 for the Yankees. The Yankees numbers should be the same if not less and the Rangers BABIP should be higher. It was a little under .500 in Game 5.
It was posted somewhere upthread.
yes, in a stomach-churning, miserable kind of way
Wow. Is someone warming? Is Hughes hurt?
Do they really think they can pick off Kinsler, so Molina leads off the 5th?
Are those the only two options for why he’s holding Kinsler close?
Molina needs one in his ear. Fuck him.
agreed
Come on Phil…put the hitter away…
I was reading the comments and it seems we’re down 42 to 0 and everyone on the team has broken legs.
I don’t know how you watch baseball if it makes you this miserable. You can’t win the WS every freaking year. We had a good season, we’re in the playoffs (as of right now). I wasn’t even sure we would make it past Minny with the way we played in Sept. but I don’t get all little girl whiny about it.
Yeah we should be thrilled to death that we are going no hit by Colby “Fuc****” Lewis.
it’s interesting how often people want to tell us how we should be reacting or what type of behavious is indicative of true Yankee fans …
If being a super defensive catcher were so all important, don’t you think the Yankees, of all franchises, would have prioritized it over having a circular lineup all these years?
Why on earth are they trying to squeeze some token catching skills out of Montero? Um, I’ll tell you why: because you can get away with a less than stellar defensive catcher if he can slug and get on base.
You can have your .230 catcher. I’ll take the professional switch-hitter who can win games with his bat.
Solid insight. +42
Seriously, what the hell is this? No one’s warming, so why stall?
Maybe he’s not stalling?
Game 6
I went for a 2-mile jog. Is Molina still up?
Throw one up and away, he cant get to it
every pitch to molina is in the strikezone. why?????
So is the Rangers pitching THAT good or is the Yankee hitting THAT bad? No hits thru 4 with a crumb bumb on the mound.
Rangers have gotten lucky and caught the hard hit balls somehow. Yankees should still be hitting better.
how is a guy with a 3.72 era and a 3.55 fip, a crumb bumb
Joe’s just waiting until the Yanks come up to start up the bullpen, right guys?
RIGHT?
Dammit…just throw strike 3 instead of throwing over to 1st all the time.
ETA: There we go, just as I was typing.
Lord, about time.
Alright, Philbert. Let’s go, offense, do work.
Sit down tubby
finally that fat fuck goes down
lets get some damn runs
LOL.
Philip Joseph Huuuuuuuughes!
Hughes continues to throw up zeros.. Really need some of these hard hit balls to fall in soon. Let’s go Yanks!
Atta boy Hughes-y…let’s go offense, get in this.
Hughes deserves all those boos for not going right after Molina.
Seriously, someone please explain all that stalling to me.
He only hit a huge homerun off of AJ Burnett a righty with similar styles and why do you want to give the guy at first a running start.. You don’t gotta keep him close there. He got that the out
Molina went 0-3 in that count. How could he go after him anymore? If you’re talking about the throwing over, plleeasse he did a great job. You’d be complaining that he stole a base if he didn’t check him.
No, I’m complaining about all the stepping off and throwing over to a shitty hitter on an 0-2 count.
Runs are at a premium…in the playoffs you do everything you can to ensure the score stays where it is. Was about Kinsler, not Molina.
And if there’s 0 outs or 1 out, I can support that. Or if the count isn’t 0-2.
If it’s 0-2 against someone like Molina, you attack.
Lewis is going to get smacked around this inning. I hope so, at least.
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iYankee(next generation from Apple) says:
October 22, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Ok.. Hughes is going to last 4 innings tops. He does not have control and all his pitches are in the zone.
Shit.
Yep. He got it corrected. Since the first inning his pitches have dropped in location where they should be.
So now you can snoopy dance all you want. Still being no hit by Colby Lewis. Our only base runner has been Granderson via walk.
Oh you’re wrong about that now too. Please keep on complaining, it only seems to mean good things.
touche’ that was good
yeah, man. He looks good, gaining confidence.
And thats why you say “fuck the runner” when there are two outs, Phillip.
65 pitches 4 innings 1 ER – Kid is alright
It’s called pitching to the jersey
We can’t let Colby Freaking Lewis no-hit us any longer.
This is when the boys touch up Colby the big dumb dumb.
AT this point, it really doesn’t matter how well Phil pitches or continues to pitch. Yankees offense has to show up and do something besides 3 up 3 down
Alex, please.
A-Rod looks so bad when he’s swung and missed recently.
He does that so often where he swings and misses in the same at bat that he drills the ball. Theres no telling what he can do in an at bat.
He’s due. Overdue.
There goes the no hitter!
Finally.
There you go Alex get this shit started
There we go!
Now let’s get a run out of this, team…
OMG OMG OMG A GAP! HE FOUND A GAP!
MUTHAFUCKING X-TRA BASE HIT!
Great at-bat, it starts here people.
Atta boy A-Rod absolutely drove that ball into left center wooo
YES something FINALLY found some grass
it’s BERKA BERKA time
Alex!
Alright boys now just get him in.
Finally! Alright, bring him home boys bring HIM HOME!!!
how strong is a-rod. that was ridiculous
fine blooping, Alex!
This is why we love you A-Rod.
Did I say he was due? Overdue? Yes, I did.
A-Rod. CHEA!
Now let’s tie this shiznit
Actually take the lead with HR.
Thought that was a popout.. and he hit it 375ish feet. Amazing power.
Bout time …. screw these twats.
I freakin hate this AJ. I remember him getting excited about a flyout by a Ranger to Swisher and this bland idiot has no pulse when we break the no-hit bid
Great atbat
here we go.
pathetic and embarrassing no-hitter
Wow.. Berkman hit that ball good..
FUCK YOU TBS CAMERA, HONESTLY
is it me or is the zone getting smaller as the game progresses?
WOW! i thought that was gone
Oh come the fuck on.
Berkman mere feet from True Yankeedom ™
John Sterling, I hate you.
Nice try, Elvis.
Damn I thought that ball was gone… ugh only in Yankee stadium.
On a warmer night, its a second decker
fuck, I thought that was gone.
Damn. Was ready to say that Fat Elvis just left the building.
Wow..that looked a lot further off the bat.
Well-hit ball there. At least we got A-Rod over to 3rd, but damn. I thought that had more legs on it.
FUCKING STERLING! Made me think that was fucking gone! “Hit in the air to deep right!” “It is… caught at the track”
Berkman hit that really hard. Wrong part of the park. At least he got Alex over to third.
i was sure that was an hr
Berks just can’t buy a break.
Damn, another well hit ball. Let’s get this STARTED.
Ahhh shit, almost Lance, almost
Damn cameras, TBS is sooo bad
passed ball!
Alex just trots home, my God.
Knowing the Yankees luck theyll reverse the call.
Wow…this is interesting.
Wooooooo tie game!
Lol that would be the only way they get a run.
Haha never seen the defensive team argue for a HBP
I will take that.
How come Molina is still in the game?
Washington seems shifty, like he’d rob you for meth $$.
hahahahahaha
lady luck is a lady of the evening
At least this game it looks like she’s taking our money.
That makes up for the non-HBP against Swish the other day.
Robot umps please.
What do we want in this situation? I think the run, right? Run expectancy table anyone?
You always want the run.
1st and 3rd with 1 out has a run expectancy of 1.243
Nobody on and 1 out has a run expectancy of .297. Add the run we got because of it, and that’s 1.297.
So Swisher’s acting was really only worth .054 runs.
I think I did that right.
Hahahahahaha.
a bird in the hand is worth 2.15678 in the bush
Sorry, guys. He already made the call.
This is terrible umpiring.
Absolutely awful.
Shaddup, Smoltz.
Oops. Reply fail. Didn’t mean to put that here.
what a shitty call BUT i will take it
i love swish. he’s the fucking man.
Payback for the non-HBP of Swish in NY.
Is it a HBP if the ball bounces first?
Yup
Wow, lucky break for us. If the ball hits you on a bounce, is that still a hit batsman?
If you’re hit by pitch and it doesn’t count as a hit batsman, the ball is dead. No runners can advance
tell me Washington doesn’t look like some Dave Chappelle crackhead character
Tyrone Biggums or Ashy Larry?
Tyrone!
High socks giveth and high socks taketh away.
Even if it bounces and hits the batter it’s a HBP?
if he doesnt swing
if he swings and gets hit, its not a HBP
Payback for the HB on Swish in game 4.
Thats right bitches the luck just changed on ur fat lard ass
Go swish! that must have really hurt. i hate getting hit in the shin
lol?
LOL, I love baseball!
texas got hosed on that
Please let this stand. Don’t want to rely on Swish not to expand the zone with a man on third.
no way the ump at home could have seen that. but the other umps are blind.
screw hits, all we need is a wild pitch.
I love you, A-Rod.
Lewis can’t throw strikes, yay!
I’ve never seen Swisher run so hard.
yes
that may have been the worst call of the entire postseason.. all we can do is rejoice that we tied it up.. but this is just atrocious
Golson’s non-trap was pretty bad.
This is the point where the Yankees’ luck changes.
Luck swinging towards the Yankees for once? Maybe?
Nice !
POPO!
babip is OURS
actually, the ump was looking right at swish’s face. why else would he be making that face. fuck it, the game’s tied.
Niiiiiiiiice. One more hit and we got ourselves a lead!
Yes, babip increasing.
Look, BABIP is on our side!
WOW.
Stuff like that really hasn’t been going our way. Sure be nice to get Posada in, take the lead.
Hell yah lets keep it going!
C’mon, Mr. Thames!
Damn, that would have scored A-Rod and Swisher.
So now the announers can STFU.
Regression is going to pile drive the Rangers back down to earth.
Let’s hope so! The rangers have to come crashing back to earth.
well, TX can’t complain b/c a-rod would’ve scored on that.
So…Ron Darling, does that make up for your ridiculous comment about Arod not scoring on Swish’s tapper (because that was destined to happen with a runner on third?)
It was ridiculous because Swisher wouldn’t have hit the tapper, he would have been on first. Moron.
we are catching breaks now
Well with that hit tex fans can’t bitch too much
FUCK YES! Finally things are going our way!
I think he would have caught that had it not hit the base.
I’m sorry, Ron, but there is no guarantee that the AB would have been exactly the same if things happened differently. (That sounds like a Yogi-ism). If A-Rod goes back to 3B, Swisher pulls up his pant leg and says he got hit.
I scratched my head when he said that. very very stupid comment
How’s it feel not to get every damn break and friendly hop. Texas pricks.
what do ya know.. the hits are starting to come..
Well I guess that quiets the conspiracy crowd.
Holland can’t be as good in this game as he was in the previous game he pitched, can he?
No way.
He hasn’t been good – he’s been getting hit hard. By my count three smashed line drives, two right at em and one double play, and two or three hard hit balls to deep center. A couple of walks too. Gettin lucky i think
That’s Lewis that they’re doing that to.
Derek Holland is up in the pen, he’s the LH reliever who kept the Rangers in Game 4.
the HBP would have been a better outcome, in hindsight…
Gah, Thames looks awful out there.
He did it like this, did it like that, did with a wiffle ball bat.
missed a cookie Thames.. that was right down the middle.
Ohhhhh, Marcus.
What are swinging at Thames?
Oh god.. Come on Thames you’re better than that..
We don’t have anyone better than Thames? He looks terrible out there, just swinging the bat at everything.
Have you looked at our bench? Who do you suggest Pena? How about Cervelli?
It was more a rhetorical question, I know the bats on our bench suck.
in the end, the non hbp call actually came back to bite us.
With the way we have been hitting with risp? doubt it.
Honestly, that blown call helped Texas in the long run.
Cue the Yankee conspiracy theorists.
It’s beyond me why anyone would ever throw Thames a fastball…Phil needs to put up a quick zero here.
I guess hits with RISP are too much to ask from this offense.
wow. maybe the worst swing of the entire series right there. just awful, how can a professional ballplayer swing at that?
Thames aint cutting it against the righty
Because it was an excellent slider, which starts by looking like a fastball on the plate.
You know there have been worse swings at worse pitches in baseball history right?
The worst swing I’ve ever seen was in this ballpark — Hughes’ gem here in 2009.
He threw a curve that started outside, and ended in the left-handed batter’s box. Nowhere near a strike.
Taylor Teagarden swung at it, and missed. He wouldn’t have hit that with a broom.
Alright new game… let’s do this.
Thames is totally useless in this series…do we have a better option?
Do you want KKKKKearns in there?
Nope.
Why not??????????
Because our 23M first baseman got injured.
Is this that hard to understand?
Kearns? You never know when he’s gonna get hot. If he gets hot next AB yankees win this series. So i’d rather have Thames up there.
Yeah, his name is Mark Teixeira.
Remember that time that if it weren’t for Thames, we would have been swept.
Oh that’s right.
so you want Nunez, Pena, or Kearns?
Pena.
The run expectancy of scoring the run and having Swish keep batting was only .054 runs better than if it was HBP. Essentially, either outcome was bad for Texas.
4 inning game though – I like our chances.
Hold em down here Phil and let’s get back to the top in the 6th!
very short leash right here Hughes, make it count.
Please get someone up in the pen.
unreal
Hey, look, it’s the 5th inning and Phil Hughes is still out there. Amazing. I was specifically told that this was impossible and wouldn’t happen.
Who woulda thunk it.
Oh, I already called iYankee out on that
Don’t ever make that throw again.
Why? He had Posada backing up.
C’mon Hughes, you lazy fuck…
it seemed like cano just sort of chucked that
Yankees v. BABIP
That should have been an out. Because of Hughes’ lazyness he was safe. THat is not bad luck, it’s bad D by Phil.
I this team is setting a record for infield hits in a series
o Mark where are you?
Oy.
Oh jeez.
Either Berkman has to stay home, or Hughes has to get there faster.
way to hustle to first phil. good job.
ted williams strikes again
Ouch that kinda sucked.
Come the fuck on Hughes… get to the fucking bag.
That sucked. Berkman stays at first, we probably get Moreland.
At least Jorge was backing up. Someone did what they were supposed to
Please bunt in a 1-1 game in the 4th. Thanks.
I fear it would really calm the Rangers down.
Elvis Andrus is a glorified Rafael Santana.
I’ll take the free out, thanks.
Does Tex make that, either by staying at home or grabbing it on the dive?
Yeah at first I thought that non hit by pitch was a good job by swish to get a run in…. but why the heck wouldn’t you want first and third with one out? Not that you know Posada is going to hit a double but I think that was a bad move
But there is always the risk of DP with our BABIP luck this series and considering it was Jorge running
Meh, take the run. Swish is still standing at the plate in a hitter’s count, let him use his OBP skills to try to get on base for Posada.
Take the points.
You always take the sure run. That would be silly.
yeah what am I thinking? want this game too bad to think straight
do you split 10′s at the Blackjack tables in Vegas?
Equal parts blame on Lance, Hughes and Cano for not knowing thats not Tex @ 1B
Texas fans acting like the care about baseball in the fall pisses me off.
It’s only because the Cowboys are 1-4 and about to get beatdown by the Giants.
What pisses me off is how they boo at every ball/strike call that doesn’t go their way. Shows how unfamiliar with the strike zone from the stands they are
everything is bigger in Texas, including the bandwagon
Why is he throwing breaking balls? Fastballs, up and in.
Well at least Andrus got out.
Damn, how did he make contact with that pitch
Apparently that was “great hitting” by Elvis Andrus.
Can you believe that? Darling was slobbering all over Andrus like he hit a grand slam.
Wait, you mean a weak grounder to the right side isn’t worth 4 runs if you’re on the Texas Rangers?
Come for the analysis get stuck with the stupidity, we invite you to sample the TBS booth
I wonder if Joe is seeing Hit & Run after Hit & Run and wondering what this magic is.
If I were Joe, this is Hughes’ final batter. Can’t take any chances with Hamilton looming and he can’t get Young out.
i went into this postseason expecting nothing. after the mn/ny series, i got my hopes up. now, with the way things have been playing out this series, i wish i had expected nothing. i have become way to emotionally attached to these games. very tense watching phil and the gang under constant pressure.
I had to get ahead of myself, but if we can get Young out, do we walk Hamilton? Vlad is going to come through at some point.
Ugh, D-Rob warming in the bullpen. Given how he’s shat the bed this series, that’s not terribly heartwarming.
Logan should be throwing here too. If there are 2 runners on, it should be Hamilton’s biggest PA of the game.
C’mon Hughes!
Walk Hamilton, get Vlad?
Another intentional walk…please don’t throw it away, runner is on 3rd this time.
I vote to leave Hughes in
No more WPs on the IBB, Philster.
Does every inning have to be so dramatic. I worry about this. To the well once too many? How many times can you get Vlad?
This game is fucking stressful.
Ok.
BABIP through game 5 time
Yankees .296
Rangers .409
thank you
hughes at 81 pitches.
The funniest thing is Mets fans brag about Ron Darling the analyst.
where was that?
Come on, Vladdy, swing at crap.
That sure looked like strike 1 to me.
I am not crazy about walking Hamilton to get to Vlad.
Where the hell was that pitch? Holy shit
The ump should be pulled before Hughes.
Wow, never thought I’d see the day that someone would intentionally walk someone to get to Vlad.
Fuck.
FML
…ouch.
Wow, where was first pitch?
Hook him. Now.
And Ernie Johnson creams his pants!
Bah.
Hanger
Compare that call with ARod’s double call
And that’s why you don’t walk Hamilton — Hamilton has to put the ball in the seats to do that.
Is that twice or three times in this series an intentional walk has scored on a double. Kinda sick of that move in the early innings
Where the fuck did the first pitch miss?
You idiot, Girardi. Way to keep putting men on base. Get that bum out of there already. He already cost us game 2!
Yeah, that was Girardi’s fault.
Gimme a fucking break.
Goddamnit, call strike one, entire pitch sequence is different.
Dammit.
This game sucks balls.
I’m not seeing it.
Fuck me sideways.
and….hughes is done. couldnt come through in the clutch. oh well.
Yeah, NOW pull him Joe… jesus frakking christ.
damn.
Last I checked, being up 3-1 doesn’t mean you’re up by three.
That was a strike douche ump
it was bound to happen keep poking the bear
Theme of this series…A Little Too Late.
IT IS FRICKIN’ VLAD, not Marcus Thames!!!
And just like that Vlad ends our season. Thank you Phil for being horrible.
Yep, game’s over. Turn off your TV/radio/internet
GAMES AREN’T OVER IN THE SIXTH FUCKING INNING
Ugh, I knew Vlad would kill us eventually. We were way too effective against him.
That missed strike call by the ump really killed Hughes on the at bat.
batting practice pitch …. not good
Anyone else get really, really annoyed that Ron Washington stands on the top step acting like the third base coach?
I would love for Dave Chappelle to do a Ron Washington skit.
id bet my life savings account and every possession i have that last year wasn’t the “only time” hes ever done cocaine
Hughes just isn’t ready for these types of big ballgames. Girardi put him in a bad spot.
Let me tell you, the Yankees are playing like shit.
So disappointing.
It’s Girardi’s fault. How do you put the go ahead run (aka the ALCS MVP) on 1st base? That’s just bad baseball, and trust me, I know bad baseball when I see it.
I will repost this: “I hate to get ahead of myself, but if we can get Young out, do we walk Hamilton? Vlad is going to come through at some point.” Oh well, it was probably still the right move to walk Hamilton. But this sucks.
thanks ump for missing that first pitch. Wonder if they would have gone with something else there.
worst pitch hughes threw all game. tough spot for it. still would have liked that first pitch to have been called a strike. Possibly would have given hughes more leeway on the next pitch. I don’t want robot umps. I just want the real umps to have sit in the press room and explain why they suck at their job.
That first pitch was right where it needed to be.
I would do anything for an ounce of the energy the Rangers are playing with. Anything
Cant blame Girardi for that. Hughes got Young out.
IT’s all on Hughes
its been a nice season?
That hurts, that hurts a lot.
Fuck.
This team shat the bed.
Gotta work for it now… sheesh. Seems like the Yankees just haven’t been able to get that last out.
Total bedshitting occurring. Thanks for nothing, D-Rob.
You guys rage-broke RAB.
Congrats to the 2010 Yankees. Put together an impressive season and just fell short.
2011 should be even better.
comeback. right here.
Wow… Gonna need some offensive come back to even have a chance in this game.. I dont understand why you proclaim CC is available and bring Robertson in to face Cruz.. I felt like I saw that homerun coming.. Like I said our offense has to pull something out of their ass to give us a chance.
Can’t blame umps. Can’t play BABIP. Can’t blame anyone but the Yankees. They have looked completely out matched in hitting and pitching.
This is far from over but the Yankees don’t deserve to play in the World Series because Texas simply out played us. Bottom line.
So… our pitching officially shat the bed this series.
Imagine after that first half when we dominated? What the Fuck happened?
We can still out hit it, but somebody’s gotta make the outs.
Good to see Gardner actually swing a bat. Someone must have changed his shitty diaper.
That is the game ladies and gentlemen, go Jets!
Brett Gardner really sucks….
I wish I had a bucket, Ron.
This is looking more and more gloom by the pitch.. Come on lets do something..
Jeter you better take a goddamn pay cut