ALCS Game Two: Yankees @ Rangers
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The best and worst thing about baseball is that you play every day. With a quick turn around following last night’s monumental come-from-behind win, the Yankees will get a chance to go right back out and continue to pile on again the Rangers. Of course Texas will have a chance to forget about last night’s disaster and get themselves headed in the right direction this afternoon as well. Either way, hooray baseball.
Guaranteed to go back to New York and face Cliff Lee with the series no worse than tied in Game Three, the Yanks will hand the ball off to Phil Hughes today. His track record in Arlington is impressive (15.1IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 13 K) but that means nothing. It’s two starts and one relief appearance spread across four seasons. Indicative of nothing. As we saw last night with CC Sabathia, the key for Hughes is going to be getting ahead in the count, because if he falls behind and is forced to throw fastballs over the plate, the Rangers will rip him to shreds.
Colby Lewis gets the ball for Texas coming off a strong year after returning from Japan. The Yanks have faced him before but it was like, eight years ago, so it doesn’t matter. He can miss bats with four pitches (8.8 K/9), but the Rays showed that he’s beatable in the ALDS. A patient Yankee team will force him to throw the ball in the zone if he’s not getting the calls on the corners. Like Game One, the idea is to wait him out and go to work on the lolpen.
I’d link you to the appropriate FanGraphs previews like I usually do, but I guess we aren’t getting them today. For shame. Here’s the lineups…
Yankees
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Curtis Granderson, CF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Robbie Cano, 2B
6. Nick Swisher, RF
7. Jorge Posada, C
8. Lance Berkman, DH
9. Brett Gardner, LF
Phil Hughes, SP (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, SP (12-13, 3.72 ERA)
First pitch is scheduled for 4:00pm ET, and can be seen on TBS. Enjoy.
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Cliff Lee is a cheater!!!
If Cliff Lee is a cheater, Tiger Woods is a cheetah.
/lame
Do you doubt the claims of Michael Kay?
So, does a late game rally invoke the Paul O’Neill rule even if the comeback succeeds, or does it only apply when it falls short?
Awesome handle, by the way. Do you sell ice and bootleg liquor?
Thanks! Dats-a-me, Baravelli de ice man!
Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, this time I tink we run up da middle.
Chase Lewis early and this series is pretty much over, so hopefully the offense from last night’s eighth inning shows up from the start today.
lolpen. Nice. In all seriousness, did Washington forget that Ugando existed? Was he kidnapped before the game? Strange days.
the weird thing about the Rangers pen is that it’s actually a really good bullpen but last night it was downright Bostonian/Arizonian (okay, there’s no comparison to how bad the Arizona bullpen was this year).
So Bexy and I are (finally) meeting on Monday, for the game. Can’t wait.
No fights over Andy, I hope.
Nah, I tend to go for catchers.
….
That didn’t come out right, did it?
Yikes
I don’t think she’ll be fighting me over him. :p
Wait, you guys have never actually met?
Not yet…
nerdhot.
I’m the opposite of hot
psht
This game should be fun. Monday we are going to beat Cliff Lee for the final time.
Anyone else find it strange that the ALCS will have 2 games completed before the NLCS starts their first?
No. It is a result of the difference between broadcasting on FOX versus TBS.
A little humor before the game:
http://www.theonion.com/articl.....oun,18271/
I laughed.
Time to go up 2-0 Yankees
yankees are a good looking team.
no homo…
Without babbling on about it, and recognizing that I would still watch them even if they looked like trolls: Yep.
Please don’t make the “no homo” comment.
2nded
Don’t be gay.
if this is a joke, it’s not particularly funny.
if it’s not, jesus.
What are you, 12?
Mike, would it make you feel better if I was a thirteen-year-old kid?
The comment was on purpose to get what I knew would be the obvious reaction. Gay is a term that originally meant “happy.” For decades now it’s also been a term that refers to sexual orientation. There is now a third developing definition, although not quite dictionary-worthy yet, that refers to something “off base.”
Apparently on this board it’s okay to attack and make fun of an entire group of people because they’re from the south or they’re from Texas. Yet the PC police gets bent out of shape if they think there’s an attack on sexual orientation. Both are wrong. Yet it’s not uncommon on this board for people to get away with attacking entire groups of people without comment, unless it’s about sexual orientation.
What I ask from you is that you be consistent. Neither is okay.
You’re comparing making fun of a fanbase of the opposing team on a Yankees blog to attacking a sexual orientation on a Yankees blog?
Yes, because many use that as an excuse to attack an area of people, hiding behind the “team excuse.”
By your reasoning, it would be okay if the Yankees play San Francisco to bring up sexual orientation since many estimates have the gay population of that city in the 30-50 percent range. That would be nonsense.
It’s wrong on all fronts to attack groups of people. Now, I’m not that inflexible, but if this blog is going to go crazy when one group is attacked, then be consistent.
I dunno. I’m generally not very sensitive to things so i don’t mind any forms of making fun of people, whether individual or demographic, so long as there are no underlying prejudices involved. When the attacks are indicative of a major general societal problem, though, that’s when i get pissed off.
No need for “no homo” there, but yeah.
Oh, Jeter. Always have to love swinging at garbage to start the game.
He saw 1 strike, and swung at two balls. Ouch.
Where is everyone today?
Hungover and just waking up.
On my sofa.
Here, and still all ~emotionally exhausted~ from last night
And…. the umpire has a wide strike zone. Hope Hughes gets that call.
Even though Jeter struck out rather embarrassingly, I think he has a good game today. I’m calling an offensive outburst the second time through the order.
Are we doooooomed again yet
Uh oh, they got out 1-2-3, are the trolls going to come out?
It was probably better they got out 1-2-3. It prevents me from having to see Choke-Rod fail miserably.
that’s true. But he might have tried to hog all the glory and hit a homerun. Remember, he’s selfish too.
New thread for good luck please
only game 2 and these extended commercial break are already annoying
When did the Yankees abandon the principle of working counts and getting pitch counts up?
Mid-June.
1973
No, I think it was June 12 of 1972, to be exact.
It’s the first inning.
After this year I can no longer argue that first inning success is the key to winning playoff games on the road.
Still would like to get the lead first to hopefully get the crowd to STFU.
DOOOOOOOOMED!
not the claw!!!!
claw and antler….ugh
Antlers and Claws= Lamest signs ever
I dunno about being aggressive in the second hole, there might be a horrible, horrible consequence.
was he really safe?
I think the replay showed he was safe.
I want to go deer hunting all of a sudden.
wtf is antlers, go to hell
Out.
Eh, maybe not.
I thought Andrus was out too, but on second thought, it was pretty close. Tie goes to the runner, no?
He was out!
He was out.
Nothing on that Stikeout? No comment? These announcers suck.
Was he really safe, it WAS Angel “I suck at life” Hernadenz.
N/m good call
phil tickled that corner
Already had to mute those morons on TBS and turn John Sterling on. That didn’t take long.
Chances MSM bitches about antlers/claws being bush-league: 0%
Phil’s stuff looks good today so far, no problem from the extended rest
C’mon, Jorge!
If he was out, he wasn’t Buster Posey out. Don’t think replay would have changed that call.
That’s on Hughes, not Posada.
Of course, a better throw from a catcher makes that out without it being close.
Ugh…
Great, get a defensive catcher that hits .180 like the rest of the league.
Stolen base was on Hughes
If Jorge doesn’t drop the ball, he could have had him.
No way, he was halfway to third when the ball was released.
Anyone in a panic yet?
Ummmm perfect pitch?
Andrus was definitely safe at 2nd. To their credit (not that it absolves MLB of the facepalm of not wanting to ensure accurate game-calling), the umps have been flawless so far this series in terms of close plays. Balls and strikes not so much, but they haven’t bombed a play yet.
…he says right as Hughes gets robbed of a strikeout by a bad call
that was strike 3
Yep.
Ugh. Phranchise has to get that call.
I think I hate these Antlers and Claws as much as the Cowbells and Towels….fuckin little league bullshit
How was that not strike 3?
Posada had no shot at Andrus. He got an insane jump on Hughes. No chance.
word up ZZ
Second straight game that blue box in the lower right corner means nothing.
dp time
Why does MLB hate the Yankees, I mean these Umps ate awful.
Its actually spelled o-f-f-a-l.
Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones
I mean they ARE awful, damn iPhone!
All that veal went straight to their strike zone.
C’mon GIDP.
blarrrgh once again “cano should get the gold glove this year”. Why? Because he’s the best hitting 2B? asdofih
Or alternatively because he has been ridiculously good defensively this year.
If by “ridiculously good” you mean “roughly as good as the average MLB 2B”.
For the record, I would say “major league avearge” is absolutely “ridiculously good”.
Not trying to sound like a dick, but who was better than Cano this season?
What u dont know. Pedroia ofcourse. What if he played only half the season, have u seen his jersey in the second inning.
// Gammons
In the AL, I’d say pretty much just Ellis, Hudson, and Pedroia. But the Cano has never approached “elite” defensive levels. He turns a terrific double play, and has a very strong arm, but his range is, in comparison to elite defensive middle infielders, solid but unspectacular.
Orlando Hudson hasn’t been an elite defensive second baseman in four years.
No because he was good enough to get one the last two years but everyone loves Pedroia and his dives and grit(s).
Man, Ernie gets juiced up for fouls balls by Vlad but forgot to make the call on the Grandy double @ twins. Lol
Phil isn’t getting any corner calls it appears
Gas.
sit down
nice!
Young Phillip. Just get out of it now.
phil’s favorite corner
Huge pitch there.
Nice f’ing pitch Phil
that was an ugly swing even for Vlad
Ernie so dissapointed he struck him out.
Phil’s got the strikeout pitch going today.
Either the Fox K-Zone is off, or that Ump is.
computers never lie
Don’t like the pitching around Hamilton. He hasn’t shown he could hit the fastball away yet.
He did have him 0-2 and hit the inside corner with “ball 3″
wtf?
What the hell was that?
Posada what the fuck? Why are you throwing?
stupid stupid Jorge
How can Posada fall for that? Seriously…
why the hell did he throw through!!
garg!
Why you throw, Jorgie?
did we just get double steal’d
That’s not supposed to work at the MLB level. Little League sure, but that’s not a great play there JoPo
WTF? Just tag Hamilton and the inning’s over.
Even better, Posada should of just hold the ball. Hamilton had no intention of stealing 2nd, it was basically a trick play to make Andrus to score.
Ugh. Guys.
WTF Cano?
Stupid Jorge
Posada you fucking idiot.
Oh man, I can HEAR the splooge getting flung around by the MSM already.
and 10580928609268 “Yankee fans” suddenly come to RAB to delight in how much the Yankees/Posada suck/s
Any one have a streaming site for those of us out of country with no TBS?
in spanish but at least you can watch
http://channelsurfing.net/watch-mlb.html
Question: If Cano had tagged Josh, would the run have counted?
If the tag occured before Andrus crossed the plate.
If Andrus makes it to the plate, yes, he still scores. But the inning would have been over.
That should be “makes it to the plate before the tag”.
If tagged before the run, no, if after, yes.
Yes, if he was tagged after Andrus scored.
Shouldn’t Cano just have tagged JHam?
Cano has to take that out.
Come on Posada why are you throwing man?
That was stupid, but why didn’t they just tag Hamilton?
Wouldn’t have Cano made the tag before he scored?
looked like Cano could have had Hamilton too. Possibly before the run scored
Cano could have tagged Hamilton before Andrus crossed the plate.
little league mistake
phil needs to bean the shit out of andrus
haha that would be sweet.
anybody named elvis is a douche these days anyways
hughes k’s the side
Hughes looked GREAT that inning.
Jorgie has to hit a couple dingers to make up for it.
Philthy, he strikes out the side, that’s a positive
Despite the cheapie run, Hughes’ pitches are lookin real good.
Montero can’t be this bad of a catcher
Sure he could.
Anyway, Phil looks nasty. This game ain’t ending 1-0
Dumb play by Jorge, dumber play by Cano. Just get the damn out.
Wasn’t Cano’s fault, if he went to tag Hamilton a run down would have followed and run scored. It was Posada’s fault because he never stopped runner on third. Not to mention he dropped pitch that allowed Andrus to take third.
Your hatred of Posada is laughable.
Just saw a pretty old dude do the antler to his wife, awkward.
He should have bear clawed her boob.
Big time mistake by Jorge. Small mistake by Cano.
Robbie could have tagged Hamilton before Andrus scored. But that was awful by Posada and I defend Posada as much as anyone here. I have no way to explain that one.
brain fart? throwing through with 2 outs is just ridiculous, especially with speed on 3rd
Hamilton stopped to get in a run-down, wasn’t gettign tagged before Andrus scored
That was his intention but it wasn’t going to work out because he slipped and almost fell.
That was more on Posada than anythang else. I can’t really blame Cano there. Hamilton could put himself into a rundown for the runner to score. Posada should of just held on to the ball. To me, Posada has to think much clearly in that situation and also stop trying to do too much.
The Bronx Butcher (Posada) gives Texas a run…
Andrus was out at second…Hughes had Cruz out.
Not according to the replay….
Are you shitting me Cano had the ball and the glove was down before he got to the plate…that was an incredible throw by Posada.
LOL I knew you were going to show up <3
WORST PLAYER EVER LOL WHATEVS
Damn, down 1 run! Time to wave the white flag, Capt Jack where u at buddy?
I hope Montero is watching and learning what not to do…
Posada will never be a manager, if he’s this flipping stupid.
If Cano makes the right play and tags Hamilton, I don’t know that we call it a stupid play by Jorge. Maybe we do, but it looks a lot less stupid.
Hamilton stopped in his tracks so he wouldn’t be tagged out.
Hamilton was stopping for a run down so the run was gonna score anyway
Yeah but you’re out of the inning instead of having to face Cruz with another man in scoring position. They’re giving you the out, take it.
That’s exactly what they wanted and they got it one better.
wow thanks jorge
Eh, the guy who started that double steal struck out earlier in the inning, so it’s hard to get too worried.
DOOOOOOOOOOMED!
Only one hit, and it was barely a hit…i think hughes looked pretty good there.
I can’t stand these announcers still man. Everytime Texas does something “Oh I think I’ll give them one antler for that play, I bet they’ll have five antlers by the end of the game”. I have no respect for teams who need “Rally Monkeys” or “Claws and Antlers” I’m pretty sure that’s just as ridiculous as “rally caps” from little league..
I’m sure some are expecting pessimism for me, while I am pretty pissed off about this it was a stupid run. Andrus got on by some bullshit and got to third on more bullshit, and walking Hamilton isn’t the worst thing in the world. Nervous, but not ready to say doom and gloom.
And Hamilton was stuck out on the 2-2 pitch.
I have a question, does anyone here play catcher at a major league level? Any takers? No?
Then shush
Posada obviously doesn’t have the greatest arm ever if he takes the time to look at third and hamilton gets into 2nd we all call him an idiot.
So shhh
Oh, argument by ignorance, that’s always a winner.
We reserve the right to air all our ignorant opinions.
28 pitches from Hughes already?
Little infield hit by Andrus and should have k’ed Hamilton. He looks good.
Thanks, good to hear.
I actually LIKE the Rangers but the antlers/claws thing is just stupid
Agreed.. Great young team, but enough with the antler shit..IMO you don’t celebrate until you win the game
I think its incredibly stupid of the fans, but smart of the marketing dept to sell a whole horde of them. cha-ching
Can never root for a team called the “Texas Rangers” and that was once owned by a failed businessman who then decided to enter politics.
Heh, without getting too much into politics, I try to ignore that. They are just a young fun team.
I remember reading a Sporting News article at the beginning of 2005 where it said that, in spring training, a bunch of Rangers players were imitating the ARod “Slap” play from the ’04 ALCS.
I just always have felt that Michael Young was a part of that. And I think he’s been overrated, and he didn’t want to move off SS last year.
Frankly, I just kind of hate all teams from Texas.
Ehh…I like the ones who have actual devoted fans, I love Mark Cuban and the Mavs…I still wish that Steve Nash was there though
I would have been very interested to see him buy the Rangers or the Cubs.
I wanted him to buy the Rangers after Cliff Lee signs with the Yankees.
I really don’t like Josh Hamilton’s recovering alcoholic bullshit. I can’t stand Ron Washington, I hate Nolan Ryan’s philosophy, I find Elvis Andrus overrated, they’re like the Rays of the AL West in terms of having actual fans, and they traded Adrian Gonzalez for Chan Ho Park.
And here come the Yankees suck chants…Jesus Christ Bexy.
Actually, AGon was traded for Adam Eaton, which is arguably worse.
Ahhh yes, you’re right on both counts. My mistake.
All of which you’re entitled to feel, I just don’t feel that way. And the “Yankees suck” chants are, well, everywhere.
beyond stupid
What the hell’s the matter with you? You know what team I like? The Yankees. The others I’m not too fond of.
This is like BP. Some loud hits already
reply fail
Is it just me, or do balls really hang up in the air?
Damn, looked like Cano could have gotten Hamilton there before Andrus made it to the plate.
It looked possible.
That’s right. Because, Hamilton slipped as he tried to double back.
Incredibly stupid play. What a gift the Yanks gave the Rangers.
Just arriving. What did the Yanks do wrong to give Texas the run?
Pretty sure Jorge will make up for this. Calling a 2R HR by Jorge sometime in the later innings.
From your lips to Mo’s ears.
I think Cano forgot there was two outs.
Probably.
no hamilton would have caused a run down anyways. Posada was dumb to throw thru
Hamilton fell down on the ground four feet (completely down) before 2nd base.
All Cano had to do was fall on top of him.
Offal rare strike zone, again!
A-W-F-U-L
OFFAL RARE. Use your eyes and think, it was a joke.
Let’s see if we can find the irony in your comment.
There’s so much ignorance flying around here it’s easy to get fooled by someones wit (yours) and mistake it for something else. You have to have a really good wit/sarcasm detector around here… especially when the Yanks are losing.
But I wouldn’t have to tell you to “use your eyes and think” because you should already know that, now would I?
To clarify… http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1225600
Calm down, people.
That’s a strike? Jesus God I think I hate these umps more than I hate that stupid fucking antler thing.
C’mon Cano.
Robbie’s bat speed through the zone is just ridiculous
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIT
Oh man, that looked out.
Drat. That’s gone in the Bronx.
damn…thought he had that.
I wish this were a home game.
Man ain’t that some BS.
Missed by only two feet.
Man, I hate this fucking ballpark.
how the fuck did that not get out?
No luck… again… it would be nice to jump on one of these starters for a change.
Close but no cigar. Damn, that was close.
Gardner has to do the “antlers” after he steals a base tonight.
That fly out was not a great play, calm down geez.
Nah, don’t sink to their level
Really, did no one else notice Hamilton slipped on the dirt and almost fell when he tried to start the run down?
It is pretty hard to run with your momentum going towards the ground and your spikes in the air.
I think I’m watching a different feed online, but they showed a replay before the start of this inning. Hamilton was dead on the base path and Cano definitely had a chance to get him out before Andrus made it home.
How much do you think this series and the outcome/production of both Cano and Hamilton will affect the MVP voting? If Cano has a monster series and Hammy does not, alongside a Yankee series victory, it would have to give Cano a boost.
Voting is done before the postsesaon
I am pretty sure the votes are already in.
Well
Dont give too much credit to the BBWA
They did vote for Volquez
Funny, I always read — even from reporters — that they should be in by end of regular season, no one ever says whether ones received later are not counted
votes are already locked in
The votes are already in. (Which is a good thing otherwise Jason Heyward would have no chance in ROY against Posey)
They’re crushing him
swish!
Attaboy Swish.
Awright Swish
I think TBS’s zone is off right now. Those both looked like the were on the inside (strikes, but not middle of the zone like the K zone says).
Gettin’ some big swings off this guy.
Swisher sweets, so good
here’s your chance Jorgie
Lewis already getting hit hard, bodes well
Yea the Yankees are hitting Lewis now. It’s only a matter of time before they dominate.
they are getting lewis’ range.
Cruz has a GUN btw. That shouldn’t have even been close on that play.
I’m sure that the second time through the order isn’t going to be pretty for Lewis.
agreed.
Redemption time, Jorge.
Make em work!
Yankees suck chants already?
Turn him loose.
Ya know, the double steal trick happened in the last game of the season in Boston, just two weeks ago.
Kalish stole home after Posada tried to throw Daniel Nava out at 2nd.
It’s not like Posada hadn’t seen the play in ages, he saw it just 13 days ago.
SMH
His mind must keep wandering to his hot wife.
digging those “yankees suck” chants.
“Great to see Mick fully recovered from the ball that hit him below the belt in the ALDS.” is this game on the radio, I really can’t listen to these fucktards any more.
Lewis ain’t gonna last very long.
He walked five in five innings in Game 3 of the ALDS. We’re going to destroy him.
now he has a horrible swing 3-0 is his head actually up his ass seriously what the hell
Drew a walk on 5 balls, the guy is pretty good. What games do you people watch?
The Alternate Universe channel
Completely biased strike zone.
Not biased, the umpires are just awful at their jobs. Why can’t the old “human element” of the game farts just pass on already and let reasonable people take care of the game.
I don’t think the umps are biased, I just think they’re awful
wow, give that pitch to Lewis but not Phil? ok
These fans need medication. 400000 decibels after every ball/called strike.
ahhh, the floating zone again.
how many antlers does that walk get?
Berka Berka time, do some damage Lance
WOW they mentioned the inconsistent strike zone, I’m speechless!!!!
Elvis, please leave the building.
Let’s go Big Puma
So what exactly are the white flags their waving, assuming it’s not because they’re giving up? Rally flags? Homer hankies? Hate Yankee flags?
“they’re”
Don’t want to upset the spelling police.
Ranger Rags?
That’s what Laura Bush calls a bloody tampon.
Umps cost us a run in that inning. Hamilton should have been struck out looking.
Knock this pitcher out!!
Lewis is getting rocked.
Give me a break
daym.
BABIP is bitch.
Of course, another fucking line drive out. God dammit that is so frustrating.
Jesus hard it balls and no runs.
Spanked, but no cigar
we crushed the ball that inning
good at bats in that inning
So they score a run on a dribbler and some steals and we kill the ball and get nothing.
I hate baseball sometimes.
If you remember the same thing happened versus Minnesota we were hitting the ball hard all night just not finding grass and Minnesota squeezed across some runs via bloop hit and sac fly.
Yupp, I remember. They’ll fall in eventually it’s just so frustrating. (I know, I know, you guys = choir, me = preaching)
we gotta hurry, though, because of the approaching shadows.
I think last night showed us that, eventually, those hard hit balls fall in.
Just not yet.
texas is so fucken lucky this game
They will get runs off this guy. They have crushed some balls just right at people.
lucky lewis. we’re gonna get this guy
Shoot, no luck at all this inning. They’re hitting him hard though, I feel a rally coming on next inning.
Fucking dickholes.
/Frustrated’d.
Man, that could have been a big inning. Good news is he doesn’t seem to be fooling the Yankee hitters, at least that inning.
The runs will come
god dammit just a little higher, at least they’re ripping some against Lewis, they’ll find grass eventually.
Hate when we crush the ball and get nothing to show for it
Made good contact.. How is it that every time Cruz catches a ball they act like it was some type of running catch play.. Can’t stand the one-sided enthusiasm of Ernie Johnson..
Jebus, did you hear Smoltz say, “hopefully that won’t be a damaging hit because it’s two outs” after Swish’s double? I was like WTF?!?!?!?!
Smoltz doesn’t like the Yankees and it’s kind of obvious why.
Runs are happening.
Damn Berkman killed that. On a normal day, that’s a two run double.
Shit Puma crushed that
We’re making good contact. Just a matter of time.
I fucking hate BABIP.
Is it 4 or 3 steals for the Rangers. How do they count Hamilton’s move to 2nd: moved up on the steal or stole second.
Andrus’ first SB wasn’t a SB, it was a WP
And the throw was IN TIME
damn it next time around boys next time around
lucky bastards
Love to see Hughes 1-2-3 this inning and get our offense back on the field.
Phil better be getting that strike at the knees that he didn’t get during the Hamilton AB…
He won’t. Umpires are blind.
That inning didn’t look so bad, I say the boys come around next inning and mess Lewis up.
Kinsler wants payback for getting picked off at first last night? Payback? Really? Ugh, fucking morons in the booth.
more like redemption than payback
The morons in the booth didn’t have their list of big words out to use in that sentence. I should have just muted the goddamn game earlier.
I’m considering muting it and listening to Sterling and Waldman on gameday audio.
Fuck you David Murphy.
+1 million
i hate when shitty players pretend to be good against us
Was crushed.
shit
Playing “The Natural” music?
Jesus Christ, you can tell that these assholes haven’t been here before.
Hughes is being a one pitch pitcher again. No change up. No curve.
I dislike Murphy. Great ballplayer, his face bothers me.
He’s a platoon player, therefore he cannot be “great.”
But I thought he would start on any other team, has TBS lied to me?!?!
Gotta get ahead of these hitters Phil.
I really want to leave Texas. It should be impossible how much I have grown to hate this place so quickly but I literally cannot stand it. I really hope we clinch in 4 or 5 games at Yankee Stadium so we don’t have to come back there. Ugh…
Looks who is excited now, Ernie J ofcourse
I think he jizzed himself on that one.
lol
That’s okay. We’re playing possum like last night. They get a comfortable lead and we come back and crush them.
Damnit. First two pitches were a foot outside, 2-0 coming in = ouch/
I really hope we can store 2 runs quick and get this back to a 0-0 game. Hughes looks good that pitch just caught way too much of the plate. I can’t take the Texas crowd nor this commentators tooting Texas’ horn as much as humanly possible.
damn that homer sucked
FFS Hughsie you gotta mix it up, get your shit together you fat fuck.
Unnecessary!
Ignore.
Fat fuck? Seriously?
He’s an awfully husky guy, not a physique like Alex, Teixeira, or Pettitte…not that I have anything against fat guys, just ones who allow runs
He’s in no way fat/husky/out of shape, certainly not more so than Pettitte. You’re an obnoxious child.
Not trying to say Andy’s fat or out of shape, he’s clearly not, just he’s a pretty big guy. So’s Phil.
Big fat ass, lots of spare flesh on his face…lots of meat hanging from his back and shoulders.
You’re a child. Seriously. Grow up.
Seriously, go away.
Um, if you can’t throw the curve for strikes, you’re gonna get hit.
42 pitches already for Hughes.
I’m half right on this prediction so far:
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....nt-1218876
ummmm is anyone really worried about this game or the series for that matter? The Yankees did what they needed to do in game 1 and as I tell my dad all the time when facing the twins or rangers in the playoffs, “wake me up when the yankees are down by 3 or more, thats when the game starts”…..they are making great contact vs Colby Lewis, Lewis got extremely lucky so far.
Um, if the Rangers didn’t get to bat again, then no, I’m not worried. But 2-0 can become 4-0 just as easily as it becomes 2-2.
Well, I believe in this team as much as anybody. I don’t get too worried till the 6th-7th inning. But don’t get cocky.
I feel the same way. The Yankees can put up a 5 spot in any inning against any pitcher.
I don’t know who I hate more: Ernie Johnson or the Ranger high school act (claw, etc.)
throw in a side of Mr Met — Ron D — i think I hate the booth (have to hear them the whole game).
Why choose one to hate more? When you can hate them both equally?
Shut it down now, boys.
Hughes at 45 pitches waaaaayyyyyyy too many
Phil doesn’t seem to be as sharp as he was against Minn.
No, no he doesn’t.
Yea, I’d say
being off 7 days has a negative affect.
Oh jeez
Throw something else Hughes.
The things Texas does is really annoying
Almost as annoying as fastball fastball fastball…
I’m seeing reason after reason why Andrus shouldn’t have bunted in the 9th. Not complaining or anything.
I’m ready to put the lightsout bullpen monster in, call in the Moseley.
/ikid
He was surprisingly impressive last night.
c’mon.
Pen’s gonna have to work hard today too.
He’s going to the fastball way too much, the Rangers are not the Twins. They will look for the first pitch and they will hit it right back up the middle.
someone get Dave Island on the phone so we can tell him this
Just TEXTED him, all is good
We’re gonna jump on Lewis but we can’t keep letting them score (obviously).
Im not worried.
Quit the shit, Phil.
Earnie Johnson made a funny comment before the game when John Smoltz made a dumb comment like ” I am going with the guy that pitches better today….EJ looked at him with a smirk and said wow, stay tuned folks for more cutting edge analysis.. lol
Ernie is the last person who can talk abt cliches. he is worse than Mike Tirico and Buck
Hey guys he threw something else, happy. Sometimes you stick what you do best and if get beat so what.
k, i’m ready for that 3rd out now.
Why was Tex so far off the line?
Looks like it’ll be another stressful one.
Why is Teix playing there?
I think Young is an extreme pull hitter.
Would he stop with the Cutter?
He barely hit that, it was off the end of the bat
Why was Mark playing that far off?
This is a big spot here.
I’m not worried either, just very annoyed. Get the last fucking out already. I have a feeling the Yankees offensive will pounce and that shit Lewis is throwing soon enough…
A 3-0 lead is insurmountable!
game over!
ok, here comes Dave Island, everything will be good now
sigh. He really needs to stop the bleeding here
I imagine the booth is ecstatic with orgasm and joy right now, I have it on mute did I guess right?
Don’t agree with this call at all. Not trying to see a 7-0 game in the 2nd inning.
This could be a 9-7 type of game.
Down 3-0 — de javu
I don’t like the intentional walk in the 2nd inning.
This may not end well.
Okay Phil….breathe, stretch and shake!!
I can live with this move. I can take my chances with Vlad here.
And if Hughes gives up another hit here that’s the ballgame. All the pressure will be on Andy and AJ.
you must not be watching the same game as us
or the game last night
dude!! It’s impossible to score 3 runs in 6 innings. I’ve studied baseball for years and it’s happened just once!
I didn’t know baseball games ended after two innings. Learn something new everyday, I guess.
You’re being sarcastic right? You were pulling the same doomsday shit last night. Mad annoying.
Is it really?
Didn’t we go through this shit last night? You’re another one that needs to just go away.
Well, it wouldn’t be a RAB thread is someone didn’t call the game over in the second inning.
You said the said the same thing yesterday and then when they came back, you pretended to you had faith the whole time.
FIRE DAVE ISLAND!!!!
i need to visit this dave island
Eiland
Eiland
EILAND
No man is an Eiland.
Clearly, the Rangers are not hung over from last night.
We will see that in the 7-8-9 innings
yee haw.
Can we please chip away at this lead EARLY. I really don’t want to have to wait until the 8th inning to cut into this lead..
With an off day tomorrow all hands on deck in the bullpen.
Hughes just has to bare down and keep the Yankees in striking distance through at least 5.
Still 3-0 this early against Colby Lewis doesn’t seem all the daunting
Remember Ranger Fans, do not think that Colby Lewis will shut down the Yankees. Yankees eat 3 run leads by oppositions for breakfast, lunch and dinner and an occasional midnight snack.
4th meal!
Limited them. If Hughes puts it together, the Yankees will be fine.
Nice play, A-Rod. Now let’s light up Lewis good.
would love to see gardy bunt for a hit to lead things off
Time to knock the shit out of Lewis.
Prediction:
This game will not end 3-0.
The Yanks aren’t making it easy on their fans the first two games.
No cliff-jumpers, please.
There are no cliffs here in the Lehigh Valley, so I’m good.
Ahh, I like it when we can we weave answers to yesterday’s questions into the following-day’s thread!
I get that trolls come here when the Yanks are losing, but you guys are really going to come here today and talk shit after last night’s game? Really?
That’s why they’re trolls.
And it’s the same fucking morons saying the same stupid shit.
Language!
Wow…well I came here because they started scoring last night the moment I logged on. Perhaps I will re-think if the idiot trolls are out.
I wasn’t talking about you hun
They have nothing better to do, it figures.
I guess they figure if they make their gloomy prognostications every game, they’ll eventually be right.
The Yankees feed off of being counted out.
This. So when they get it right they can shove it in our face. But when they’re wrong, they slink away and come back another day.
Ignoring makes this shit a lot easier to cope with.
Alrighty offense, beat them senseless now. Show them why Hughes had the highest run support this year.
Fire Girardi!
ooops, the walk worked.
I think it would be good for the Yankees to hit Lewis before the shadows hit and make it much more difficult.
GOOD GUY GRIT GRUTNER!!! The small stick that stirs the coffee!
Just got in. How’s the offense looking?
Dammit Hughes
they are smashing balls left and right, just not finding grass
Wait…did I hear that right, Gardner is 27? That doesn’t seem right.
It is, DOB 8/24/83.
Jesus, he always seemed younger.
Yea there’s probably not much more potential locked away. He’s probably the player he’s gonna be at this point.
Yep.
Played in College and then 4 years in the minors.
A nice 25 pitch inning would be great.
Let Phil cool down a lill bit
i know this issue has been beat to death, but can someone remind john smoltz that as a national broadcaster, openly rooting for one team is unprofessional?
smoltz after swisher’s double in the 2nd: “two outs, hopefully won’t lead to any damage”
Can you blame him? We ended his career
That game was great
Isnt it fun that way though
They chirp in the initial innings and then shut the you know what up when its money time.
Gardner single-handedly running that pitch count up. Let’s feast on some of that Texas bullpen again.
great at-bat by gardner
but hitting fly balls is not his game.
Im not worried about the yanks scoring the only thing that concerns me are these damn shadows
Who knows what lurks in the shadows?
The Shadow knows!
Captain hustle
That could be the rally starter.
Jeter inspired by The Gritner
Infield hit, yay!
So I was thinking….since CC and Hughesy started off with rough stretches then AJ is bound to throw a CG shutout, right? BTW, who the hell is Rene Zelwedger?
I think we’ll be fine. Hopefully Hughes can pitch a couple of scoreless innings, keep them at 3 runs.
I’ll take it.
Anyone honestly think that this is a must win?
definitely not but it would be nice
No, but it’s almost a must win for texas, which means it would be a big game to win.
Every game should be looked like as a must win, but splitting in Texas wouldn’t be terrible.
You, apparently.
I didn’t say that
No, I’m fine if we split before heading to YS3, but a win would be great.
Colby sure took his sweet time there.
/not complaining
Jetes pulling a Gardner.
This ump is racist!! That same pitch to everyone else is a ball…
Or… he is just plain bad
I think that is Angel hernandez
IIRC, on Angel’s wikipedia page they bring up how awful he is at his job.
totally agree
They bring up the many “incidents” of his career.
It’s not.
Nope, Angel Hernandez is terrible but he’s at 2B today
Grandy miss his pitch ugh…
BS strike call on the curve ball again.
Looked like a strike to me.
Here we go again…
did that really hit Grandy? wow
Shut up, take what you can get with these incompetent motherfuckers.
oh I’ll take it for sure, not complaining at all
Oh shut the fuck up and play.
Let’s do this, Teix.
Put your eight ball back in your pocket Ronny and sit down!
Enough with the drug stuff.
Substance abuse is very prevalent throughout all facets of life from people who are high profile positions like ole Ronny Washington or President Bush to people robbing each other on Craigslist for their next fix. Ignoring the past doesn’t make things go away or never occur it just quietly condones it by not acknowledging it ever occurred. Also for ANYONE to thinks that was his first time doing it and he coincidentally got tested within 48 hours afterwords is lying to themselves if they don’t think he had a bigger problem.
Doesn’t matter. It’s irrelevant to the game and resorting to snarky remarks like that is beneath you.
This umps zone is different for each pitcher just like last night. Hughes gets squeezed while Lewis gets calls that are outside.
Oh gawd, if they score, that’s gonna be a huge MSM storyline.
Two men on, something here boys…
Granderson should get an Oscar. I don’t think that pitch hit him.
That clearly went around the strike zone and was not an ‘beauty’ EJ
Wow wtf…
Are you fucking kidding me??
Molina framed that one perfectly
bs strike to Teix for sure
HIGH AND OUTSIDE = STRIKE???
This booth is pathetic, atleast pretend to be objective.
CentWAR time, do some damage Alex
An aside…why do they boo Tex who was, ya know, traded?
Come on A-rod, do what ya do best…
ruh roh
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
How can you possibly be that bad as an ump. That is one of the worst I’ve seen. For both teams.
Another pathetic joke of an umpire.
Wow, did he really miss two Colby Lewis pitches right down the pipe? Also, Hughes should start throwing to the left half of the plate and see if he gets the same calls.
i really hope a-rod shuts these fans up
ugh come on man
That looks like the resume of a mediocre player to me. Big ups to his determination though.
if he shuts us down, he wont be mediocre.
You can be a mediocre pitcher who throws a good game. It happens all the time.
He hasn’t been mediocre this year though he was beforehand.
Ugh…this is so frustrating. Let’s fast-forward to the Yankees big inning plz
Hanging slider and does nothing with it.
Yo, the Yankees should be up 3-0.
Colby Lewis is not long for this game. A run would have been nice though.
NEW RULE: If there’s a troll, just ignore it. No need for there to be 50 comments replying to it to point out the guy is a troll.
Thank you.
Bill Maher New Rules?
<3
God dammit. This game is reminding me more and more of last night. The thing is it’s gonna be hard to come back if we can’t tack on runs. It’s gonna be hard to knock off the whole lead in one inning..
See, I figured out what makes the bad starts so frustrating: the announcing, of course!
When they just showed Lewis’ resumé and Smoltz was lamenting his hard career, my dad goes, “Break out the fucking violins, why don’t you?”
I think the rest of this game will be muted.
FOr once Sterling and Waldman are an upgrade.
Sterling and Waldman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TBS + Fox
Sterling and Waldman = ESPN
Everybody questioning the umps: Why would the umps want Texas to win?
Yankees bring in better ratings.
They’re just blind.
Joe West convinced them all that they are a disgrace to baseball?
The umps don’t get paid based on ratings. Not that I think the umps want Texas to win, but if they did want Texas to win, it would be because of personal reasons, not because of MLB pressure.
It’s no that they’re necessarily biased. They’re just bad.
I don’t think the umps are biased against/for any team, I just think they are awful.
I’m not impressed by Lewis at all.
The Gatorade Prime stuff tastes terrible, but the Recovery drink is actually pretty good, with a lot of protein. Both are expensive though.
That prime stuff LOOKS like it tastes awful…looks like shitty carb paste.
That’s pretty much how it tastes. I can’t say I noticed any benefit to it either.
Goddamnit Hughes! 0-2 and you lay in a meatball?
this is getting annoying.
Do we question Hughes in game 2?
we question the game being called, pitch selection sucks
absolutely not
Pettite for Game 7 > Hughes for Game 7
Agree but we got to get there first.
and Pettite starting game 2 wouldn’t have assured us of anything
along w/ that, Pettite vs. Lee > Hughes vs. Lee (esp. in Yankee Stadium where Hughes obviously is susceptible)
Nope.
that right field jet-stream is somethin’ else..
hopefully we’ll get some breaks from it
Fucking two strike hits.
Biggest disappointment of the first two games, especially today with the generous strike zone.
Throw something else!
Eek, Hughes has got to settle down.
God damn. Texas is going to keep producing runs if we’re gonna give out 2 strike base hits with no outs.
Thanks for the out, Ian.
Cmon Yanks shut them down!! We need back to back K’s here boys!
ungodly power….
hop off the ranger’s sack please
Ungodly? Was he talking about Murphy?
no he said it after the cruz double
Cruz
I’ll take that out. C’mon shallow fly ball
I’m so tired of this ump. Hanging curve from Lewis is a strike but not for Hughes?
Because Molina dragged his glove oh so softly (NOT) back into the “zone”. Fucking ridiculous.
I’d love to see a good curveball to strike out Murphy.
DIAF please.
Well this is no fun.
Ugh David Murphy.
Goddamnit. We can’t come back 5 down every fucking game.
It’s getting old. Pitching has been solid all year, don’t know why it had to disappear in the two biggest games of the year.
Agreed. Then once we play the Phillies, we’d have no shot.
wow, really? again?
Fucking A. You’re not making this easy on yourselves Yankees.
whatever happened to that “killer changeup” we heard about all during ‘spring-training competition’??
New pitcher, new thread please.
officially pissed.
Time to get the Moseley up.
Alright now I’m getting really pissed. First CC shits the bed and now Phil. BP and offense stepped up big last night but enough is enough. Do your god damn job and get hitters out.
Down and in to a lefty. Great pitch.
Two strikes again.
Get someone up in the pen, please!!
Making this game harder and harder.. Can’t expect our offense to battle back day after day.. It’s a shame how bad our starting pitching has been thus far.
Can’t wait for Gammons’ next article “Former first round pick David Murphy turning into the superstar Theo always knew he would be.”
We can do it once we can do it again?
Hah. Or something like ‘David Murphy, who was drafted by the Red Sox, clutch in victory.’
five 2 strike hits… epic
What are they cheering?
About their dumb antlers and big hats.
If we win this year, it doesnt seem like it will be via the dominant pitching of the starters like last year eh?
That’s why I don’t think we’re winning this year. But I could be wrong.
pull Hughes
I hate BABIP.
No luck here
Start getting Moseley warmed up. Boy I don’t like what I’ve seen from our 1-2 starters. We got lucky last night, hopefully we can make another big comeback. Otherwise, it’s 1-1 with Lee pitching 2 of the final 5 games. Just ask the Rays how that worked out.
yeah 5 runs from our 1-2 starters is not acceptable
Oh you piece of fucking shit Hughes.
No need for that. Just stop.
3 IP 5 RA…yeah I think it’s called for here. Hughes sucked, big time…fuck that guy. Loss is totally on him.
Yes, he sucked. But a fucking piece of shit? I think that’s better suited for you.
Who’s the piece of shit? Him for not pitching well, or you for jumping all over him after cheering for him last start. Get bent you fraud.
He wasn’t good at all but you are so fucking over the top it is ridiculous. Get a goddamn grip.
At least that wasn’t another two strike hit…
Hughes just doesn’t have it today…
this fucking sucks
Holy crap, take him out.
Seriously now, that is 5 runs enough of a handicap.
Take him out, Girardi. He’s done.
And they keep pouring it on.. Gonna be hard to battle back from this one when Bengie Molinas hitting doubles..
Not giving up, but Jesus we need better starting pitching than this.
Yeah, might be time for the bullpen. Can’t come back from five down every fucking game.
Coming back after big leads are like hitting on chicks way out of your league, yeah sure it will work sometimes, but more often than not it won’t. However, that’s not to say that you stop trying.
i’m detecting a pattern in this series.
Well, lets get someone heated up in the pen.
Phillip come on
Swisher’s throwing some high arching rainbows back into the infield. Lemme guess Phil, a fastball down broadway?
Can’t expect the Yanks to come back from 5 runs two times in a row.
Famous last words?
i do.
Molina tags up!
(kidding)
If i hear one more fucking thing about an antler play im going to throw my brand new tv out the fucking window. Give me a break, can we please get out of this inning and score runs BEFORE THE 8TH INNING?
THAT BALL IS HIT TO LEFT!!!
It’s 1-1 with Lee pitching 2 of the final 5 games and AJ pitching another one of those games. I just don’t like our chances in a 5 game series vs. Cliff Lee.
The series is 1-0, Yanks.
Last time I checked Cliff Lee has lost games before. I don’t know whats the matter with people like you. Yes Cliff Lee is good, yes we all know that. The guy is not undefeated in his career, we can beat Cliff Lee.
Not in the playoffs
We have yet to beat Lee in the playoffs. Even last year with a better team we couldn’t beat him. Andy is gonna have to be sharp and this lineup can’t even put together a couple hits against Lewis.
We didn’t beat him cause A.J. blew up. But we tagged him for what, 5? runs in the WS last year. He’s certainly beatable.
He did give up 5 runs to them in his 2nd game in the WS, so saying we never beat him isn’t giving the whole story.
Last year in Game 5 of the WS he gave up 5 R in 7 IP. That’s not really an impressive outing at all. He got the ~win~ but only because AJ didn’t pitch well at all.
Just go away if you have no faith in this team which you obviously don’t.
And according to Michael Kay he has resin on his hat LOL
Did MK say that, any article?
on his radio show IIRC. Stupid thing to say.
That’s right, everything will go exactly the way we think it will.
You are very annoying. You are so inconsistent, but it you consistently did NOT post anymore I would appreciate it.
Anyone catch what the fans where chanting
At least the Yanks are hitting drives right now but of course not finding the gaps. It can’t stay that way right?
WTF call that strike!
Does Hughes come out for the 3rd?
4th*
Absolutely not.
Well this means we will have to do something that has never been done before.
Beat Cliff Lee in the playoffs.
Obviously the key to that inning was the bunt.
This is changing my mood very rapidly.
Urge to throw channel changer very hard at wall, rising.
Wow, I never would of thought that the Yankee’s starting pitching would be this bad to start the series.
too much time in between starts
I blame Selig
Even with a better arranged schedule, considering they swept, they’d only have had 1 less day off.
ok, I blame the Twins then
There you go.
Alright Phil. First take a big step back and literally…
2nd career postseason start, not too shocked.
Lewis doesn’t look too hot, CJ looked much better yesterday and they still came back.
Think their pen will be that bad twice in a row? Ehh….I dunno.
Nah, but I think their starter won’t hold down the fort as well as CJ did.
I think he might have gassed himself in the first inning, which isn’t uncommon for a young starting pitcher. He was really throwing his FB well in the first, touching 95 when he was in trouble. But it hasn’t been the same in the last couple innings, and that could probably be traced back to the first.
It’s probably much easier to pace yourself in a regular season game, when there’s much less on the line. But once Hughes got in trouble in the first, he really seemed to let it loose, and it may have been what cost him here.
I agree with you 100%. However I don’t think you can let Hughes go back out there for the 4th inning he’s sending a first pitch fastball right down the pipe. Although It’s not always necessarily a bad thing to get a first pitch strike if you’re gonna give it right down the middle Texas will hit it..
If you woulda told me coming in the Yankees 1-2 starters would each give up 5 runs in 4 IP, I woulda laughed in your face and bet some cheddar. Now….time for another comeback, just please get started sooner than the 7th inning this time please!
Meh…1-1 back to the Stadium isn’t the worst thing in the world…I do fear facing Cliff Lee on regular rest, that’ll suck big time ass.
It’s …………. the 4th inning.
Does anyone watch any of these TBS shows (besides Conan when it starts)?
Rangers have owned the starters so far. They are pulling an Angels 2002, but this Yankee team seems better. Hopefully, that will make a difference.
Alright Cano.
Robbie WOW, here we go guys
here we go.
Cano is the Rangers’ daddy
2 long shots by Cano so far.. really seein the ball well
That has to be the sexiest double I’ve seen.
we got this, dontchaknow
We NEED to score this run
Dang, that’s two balls out of YSIII
Let’s fucking goooooo!
I’d bring in Mitre for the 4th and hope for a replay of last night. The Yanks will score, but Hughes has nothing today. He needs to sit down.
Agreed. Let him prepare for Game 5 (and CC Game 4).
A Canovian swing
That doesn’t work.
Come on Yanks rally!
IF we lose, and I haven’t given up, its a 5 game series against Cliff Lee and the Rangers, and the the Yankees have home field advantage. Thats exactly what would have happened if the Yankees had won the division.
Just ask the Rays how that worked out.
Molina sucks! He’s a terrible catcher!
good. now he doesn’t have to bunt.
or DOES he???? hmmmmm
hey how bout a squeeze play!! perfect guy at the plate for it!
COME ON NOW! Let’s chip off at this lead, we can still do this. However, I do doubt the fact that we can score 5 runs in one inning which was nearly unthinkable last night. We score a run every inning we’ll be right back in this.
I love how people forget that we came all the way back from being down 5-0. We’re going to start another comeback now, watch.
One way to look at this: Burnett has a lot of work to do to have the worst pitching line for this series.
I always thought Delaware was an underrated state. IETC.
Or imagine being magically whisked away to…Delaware.
Hi.
I’m in Delaware.
(awkward silence)
Is Christine O’Donnell you?
Delaware, yes, the state of incorporation. Plenty of businesses call it home, yet none seem to call it home!
We can NOT strand this runner at third base. Swisher needs to swing the bat..
ughhhh.
Can there just be a consistent zone?
Hughes never got these calls.
god dammit Nick.. what on earth are you lookin for??
there can’t be anything worse than striking out looking at a fastball with a man on 3rd and 0 outs
getting crabs might be worse.
or being the next guy up and striking out.
Or running into a shitty out.
or the clap
Anti-biotics and a few shots and it’s like it never even happened.
fuck this umpire, hughes had a pitch exactly like that and it was called a ball.
Wait, that was a strike too. How did he miss that
Just a fly ball. Please.
=/
FUCK.
How are we not going to get this runner in from third base. What a fucking joke.
Wow he’s gonna get out of this…
great at-bats
This is a good job so far with a runner on 3rd no outs.
Oh come the fuck on.
The fuck was that?
How pathetic is this?
Dang, Po, that was baaad.
Awful.
Fuckin Horrible Posada
wow, are we seriously gonna strand this runner?
Give me a fucking Break. If thats the case, the yankees must score 7 runs off Lee. I don’t a give a fuck.
Yanks dont play smallball apparently
It would have been funny if he had called those 2
of course now Berkman will probably fly out deep to the outfield
Berkman seems healthy now, which is why he’s hitting better.
….and trying for doubles on balls that barely leave the infield.
Maybe he’s trying out for a spot on the Rangers’ roster next year, and wanted to do a Claw when he got to second. Or just getting thrown out on a stupid play pretty much means he’s a Ranger.
Berkman wtf man?
at least the run scored…
Dammit Lance.
Well Berkman.. Nice hit.. You’re almost as dumb as you look, Wait you are.
Nice hit Berk, but awful baserunning.
Nice base running Berkman. At least we got a run.
Brekman, where u goin dude
i dont know how i feel about what just happened
Can’t happen. Can’t happen. Can’t happen.
…
A comedy of errors.
At least we’re on the board. WE ARE IN GRAND SLAM DISTANCE
Well, at least we scored.
well we at least got the run but, really berk? dont get greedy son
Lance your killing me…somewhat.
i think all of us shared that same exact thought lol
Nice job Berkman. /single
Awful, Berkman. /rundown
he looked so clumsy there.
I’ll take the run.
i’ll take it… begrudgingly… smh
oh brother…..
I’m ok with that.
If there was nobody out, I would be pissed.
Lance turn earned and lost his “True Yankee” membership on the same play
“turn” should be “just”
hahaha what a weird word mixup
well, the run scored. minimum we could have expected from the inning.
it’s very weird. innings 1-6, the Yankees are like the September team. after that, it’s June/July again.
Well, run 1 of game 1 was scored by Cano.
If all happens per history — ala Lee will kick our bat, AJ will suck — then I believe we will win 6-5 today too
I can’t take it all out on Berkman. Swisher and Posada looked LOST against Lewis. Swisher takes a pitch right down the middle for strike 3 and I’m not even sure how to explain what Posada swung at..
Swish’s third strike was inside corner.
If the Yanks can keep the Rangers from scoring any more runs, they will win this game.
Tall order based on what we’ve seen so far…
what’s going on? Is it, we only want to win when we get down by 5? before that, it’s too easy.
Just stop the bleeding, the offense can get back from this.
Stopping the runs is the hard part.
The cherry has been popped, chip away time! I’ll take it, gotta start somewhere.
I don’t know how much I like Hughes going back out there.. Can he please throw some good pitches?
plenty of time in this game (as if this needs to be said)..
just gotta hold them down at 5 Phil.. let’s go!
Big inning for Hughes
Does Swisher look a little gimpy out there? Or was that just his swagger walk.
That curve has been a strike all day, even farther outside and up for Lewis.
Just need two scoreless innings, Philip.
Needs a shut-down inning, and then we claw our way back again.
Giving Hamilton too much respect.
Either Hughes puts up a big zero this inning or they should FIRE GIRARDI!
don’t forget that Dave Island bastard too
And Tony Pena, too. That dude is up to something.
Fire Dave Island!
Really this one inning should make the Yankees fire JoeG? Or are you being sarcastic?
Yes, I am.
sorry then.
I dare say he’s being sarcastic.
Hahahh
These sideline interviews are hilarious. Ron D asks something grudgingly, Smoltz runs away to the rest room and Ernie reaffirms with his qns that he has no business being in a baseball booth.
Ernie should do what he knows best, ask Barkley to talk and shut up
Hmm maybe this walk should tell us Hughes isn’t spot on today.
I was actually thinking he just didn’t want any part of Hamilton
Can’t be too bad about Hughes staying away from Hamilton. He mashes righties, especially at home.
mad*
Girardi needs to pull Hughes. He has nothing today.
Ok i expect that ball 4 to be called for us too
Did anyone mention the stikezone yet? seems to be in rangers favor again. yanks not getting that right batters box call they’re getting.
Not to mention a fucking curve ball that was out of the zone up high that Molina coaxed back into the zone for a strike. I’m going to hold a grudge against that call.
yep…if these games prove anything, it’s that the umpires can not call balls and strikes consistently for both teams. something has to done.
Seems odd that I get most nervous when Hughes is 0-2 on someone
Why even throw Vlad a strike? He swings at everything.
I really miss Aceves right now.
I miss the good Phil Hughes.
DP’d
Swisher = Super Mario
Got lucky.
sweet!
wow, awesome double play
things may be turning guys
Hooray for 9-3 double plays.
Lets go more runs.
Woohoo, but Vlad crushed that
Thanks, Hamilton.
Let’s come back and score some runs come on. We gotta keep chipping away it’s what the Yankees do best. I’d love to see Gardner get on base right away.
Swish has hops, let’s hope the offense can keep it going.
Texas’ baserunning skills are the worst in the majors. For every run they get, they probably lose two or three.
mind commentary of that play:
FUCK-oh nice-fu-oh nice-nicceee
The momentum has officially been shifted, here comes clobbering time.
I know they have a big inning in them. Is it this one?
if BG gets on I see a big inning coming
I hope they get multiple, Yanks can teach the Rangers how to truly MASH.
I’d love to see a homerun from A-Rod. I know he got that big hit last night past Michael Young, but something about A-Rod cutting into their lead in his old ballpark excites me.
It’s time for a 7-run inning off Lewis.
There is that damn call again.
That looked like a strike to me
If you’re going to call that pitch a strike for one team you have to call it a strike for the other team.
the second pitch of gardy’s at bat…the one in the other batters box looked like a strike? are you kidding?
That strike zone is very reminiscent of the Pavano game.
How can a professional ump have this inconsistent of a strikezone? Players can deal with strike zone that’s not exactly rule book, but when it changes with every pitch, it’s gotta be unbelievably frustrating.
How many gift strikes is Lewis going to get?
He’s also been screwed on some calls
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
lewis has 8 strikes called outside the box…hughes has….0
To be fair, Hughes hasn’t thrown as many pitches in that area. Maybe 2 that were called balls that he was calling strikes for Lewis.
Yeah this is the key point. Can’t say it is unfair if Hughes doesn’t pitch in that part of the zone.
Yeah, your right. Close to 11% of Lewis’s pitches have been incorrectly called strikes. Just wow.
At least 7 balls called as strikes for the Rangers and 1 for the Yanks…Wowza!!
I know, at last glance Phil didn’t have a single pitch outside of the zone called and Lewis was just cleaning up on the outside of the zone.
shucks
We need to swing the bat. Holy shit.. Colby Lewis from the Hiroshima Carp literally carving up our hitters.
We’re not winning this. Not with this zone
snore
Don’t give up on the Yankees.
jeets doesn’t look good at the plate today
He wanted to call that a strike
I want to know the MLB actually does something about umps and their terrible zones. I highly doubt they actually do thou.
Robots are coming. Hopefully in our lifetime.
Doubt it. Wrong is sooooooooooo much fun.
2 out rally.
ok Teix do some damage please and shut this crowd up
Come on Tex, let’s do something.. Please!
Colby Lewis ladies and gentleman.
The Yankees have not capitalized on their chances nearly enough. Yet.
correct.
Fuck this guy’s curveball.
Awesome…
I don’t think Teix handles long layoffs well.
this is really frustrating.
Holy crap. One of those strikes will be crushed into centerfield soon enough. Davis is walking a fine line.
*Lewis
Fustrating…
Tony Randazzo feels sorry for Lewis having a bad career so he is giving him the zone of a lifetime!
You know cause we’ve been completely baffled by Wilson and Lewis, we’re gonna rock Lee at home on Monday.
Book it.
Stranger things have happened.
Well it’s not over, but the odds aren’t looking good.
You’re being reasonable, Greg. We just know you’re holding back before…
You said that 100 times last night, and what followed apparently taught you nothing
I am not giving up on this game, especially with the Rangers bullpen, but the Yankees offense needs to step up. Bottom line.
Hitters are in shadow-land now, which will not help the team behind.
honestly thats probably why we are going to lose. kinda sucks but I doubt anyone really gets a big hit with the shadows coming in
Not sure how long it lasts. Right now both hitter and pitcher seem to be in the shade.
Texas has managed.
Bleh. After two straight bad starts (and this isn’t an excuse) it seems notable to point out that it stinks that a team that wins its division series closer essentially gets punished by an extended break (I realize it cuts both ways at times, but couldn’t they have started the series after even two days off?)
No way around it, and good teams will almost always have longer periods of time off in between rounds. It’s no excuse.
This is so much more frustrating because this is the second game in a row we spotted Texas a 5 run lead. How many times can you expect the offense to come back from this big of a deficit. We had runners on first and second and couldn’t capitalize in the early innings. You can’t expect us to just flip a switch and have another 5 run inning not even 24 hours removed from the last one.
Whoa Hughes is getting smoked today
Man. Phil and his leadoff hits
Why is Hughes still in?
another no out double. Take Phil Hughes out of this game.
Phil Hughes has caught two breaks.
Phail Hughes ladies and gentleman, god I fucking hate Texas.
Bullpen, PLEASE!!!
Jeez, it didn’t even look that good off his bat.
like seriously? get that fucker out
a 1-2-3 would be real nice hughes…
He can’t put hitters away. WTF is going on.
Ok. Time to take Phil out.
Mike, I think we need a new thread.
It’s definitely time for “The Yankees will bring the tying run to the plate”
Why is he still in here?
This is where is your eiland, you go to Hughes and make some adjustments. I mean 6 2 K’s hits are inexcusable. He’s muchg better than that.
It’s not like his hook has been any better. The better question is why is he still in there?
Ill see you gentleman on Monday!
Leadoff crushed double? I don’t believes my eyes.
WYHY IS PHIL HUGHES STILL IN THIS GAME HOLY SHIT
You might want to take him the fuck out now.
Is Girardi alive?
get hughes out, christ Joe
Another 0-2 hit.
Is this a record?
this is fucking absurd, girardi get him the fuck out
BULLPEN. NOW. PLEASE!!
I just want this game to be over with and head back to Yankee Stadium. Please oh please
take him out already!
That is why you do not bunt.
That’s game
Every 2 out hit has been elevated.
And even the optimists have to be doubting our chances now. Hughes never should have been allowed to start this inning. Our pen is better than theirs, our starters are not. At least we stole one and it’s 1-1, we’ll just have to beat Cliff Lee at least once now.
teh pessimists r lways right zomg.
could you maybe leave the name cliff lee out of one of your posts please.
Yah it’s about to be a six run game. I don’t mean to be “that guy” but I do not expect a repeat of last night.
No clue what would make Girardi and Eiland think that Hughes would be able to have a good fifth.
a respectable 4th?
A fly out by Young on an elevated fastball. A walk to Hamilton. A line drive right at Swisher by Guerrero.
The amount of runs that Hughes allowed in the fourth inning isn’t indicative of how well he actually pitched. Unfortunately Girardi probably subscribes to your line of thinking, and that’s the problem.
I agree. Hughes was lucky to even get out of the 4th inning, I never thought we’d see him in the fifth..
I blame Girardi as much as Hughes there. JoeG just saw Cruz crush that ball and left him in against Kinsler. Terrible mistake. Looked like Ron Washington there. FML.
I would have went to Mitre. Oh well.
Posada’s game calling is as bad as Hughes’ pitching today.
Is that 7 or 8 0-2 hits?
Game 2 winner, Tony Randazzo the UMP behind home plate.
Are you series? They’ve been crushing Hughes. Some of their doubles were near HRs. Phil choked and that’s just all there is to it. I don’t hold much hope for him in game 6 or the WS if we get there and that’s a big if with Cliff Lee looming in game 3.
Hughes didn’t choke, he had a bad game.
Phail choked today…couldn’t put hitters away had nothing after the first…absolutely terrible performance today.
it’s not choking, it’s called having a bad game. his last game shows you that.
Semantics…coming up small in a big game = choking. Coming up small in pictures you send to Jenn Sterger = Gunslinging.
and his last start was a small game?
I’m pretty sure you’re not even a Yankee fan, just a fan of some other team who’s concern trolling. You are terrible.
Real Yankee fans enjoy it when they are down six runs and the starter has nothing.
real yankee fans have faith that their team can come back, and if they don’t, they know there’s another game tomorrow.
Hey read carefully buddy, anywhere in that fucking sentence that said Hughes had a good start? Grab your fucking glasses, maybe just maybe your fucking dumb troll ass will understand what I’m trying to fucking say.
Hughes wasn’t hot at all today, he got shelled. But does it take away the fact that the fucking UMP behind the fucking plate is atrocious? I made a comment about Tony fucking Randazzo, so read carefully.
Another thing, I made a fucking comment about the UMP. There is no fucking need for your dumbass trolling about how the fucking series is over. Did I fucking ask you to talk about Cliff Lee in game 3? Or the future of game 6?
Oh by the way I am fucking “series”.
+1 for “series”
this is ugly.
Too. Many. Fucking. Fastballs.
that move comes 3 innings too late. No comeback today. Clean slate for Monday. N.B.D.
How many two strike fb does Posada have to fucking call before realizing it’s not optimal?
And where is G’s little pet Mitre, what’s the point of having him?
new spillover thread for luck please
Hughes was lucky to get out of the 4th inning. He got the DP, but Vladdy hit it on the screws.
I don’t know what Girardi was thinking letting start the 5th with an off day tomorrow. This is the playoffs. There is no taking one for the team. You load up with the bullpen, take the day off tomorrow, and everyone is ready to go again.
Unlike yesterday, Girardi stayed with Hughes way too long. He should have been pulled after the third. They needed to hold it at 5. Now, their looking at a 6 run deficit at minimum.
Man our pitching is back to September against a good offensive team. everything is up. Dont blame posada/girardi, no one can help if we dont pitch according to plan.
guess its rally time but this is more uphill than yesterday.
I’m not saying we can’t come back, but this is embarrassing. Our starters can’t go more then 5 innings and give up less that 5 runs in the first 2 games. They can come back and win this game and win the series, but they’ll need to start pitching better then this to do so. Hopefully after these 2 starts, they’ll have all the rust gone and pitch better their next time around.
Posada’s pitching calling today has been atrocious!
And Can we see if Hamiton can actually hit a fb anymore before pitching to him like a god.
The guy pull absolute garbage pitch last night for a homerun.
So, um, Mike…do the Yanks bring the tying run to the plate tonight? Since we all practice the technique of positive visualization, I say so!
No point now.
Not sure why Hughes thought he could get outs throwing fastballs right down the middle. I’m very worried about the next 5 games- Cliff Lee, AJ, shaky CC, awful Hughes, Cliff Lee. And the Rangers play better on the road.
Umm, Texas is 39-42 on the road. They are not good on the road.
How many of those 42 losses did Cliff Lee pitch? Just an FYI, Lee will be pitching game 3. Anyway, all that matters is the Rangers are 3-0 on the road in the postseason.
Anyway, all that matters is the Rangers are 3-0 on the road in the postseason.
Incredibly irrelevant. So were the Yankees. Hughes had given up 3 HITS! in 15+ innings in Arlington before this start. My God, go doom and gloom elsewhere, this is not the place for your crap.
You’re going to pull the ultimate SSS and use it as an argument…?
Eight. He started eight games on the road for Texas. They won two.
if by better you mean 3 games under .500 for the season…then yes, they play MUCH better on the road
i think we needz a new thread…
After Joba strikes out the side, it would be ideal!
All I gotta say is we have home-field advantage back. If they win this game so be it. Let’s see them take one in our house. I don’t care how good Lee is. He can be beaten.
agree
if anyone can beat Lee, why not us? seriously.. people act like we’re not the defending champs or somethin
we actually have a better chance against Lee just cuz we’ve seen him as opposed to today’s starting joker. If only the starting pitching would do it’s job.
That’s pretty badass if they actually killed those and put them up
Its badass to kill a defenseless animal with a high powered rifle from 500 yards away? Not the time and place for this discussion but I disagree.
enough of the antler talk with these ninkumpoops!
very disappointed in Phil today… smh.. o well..
gotta keep fightin’!
Joba could really pick Hughes and Girardi up here. Finish it off man and keep it at 5.
errr wow, good Joba
So he’s a reformed drug addict, alcoholic and an animal killer. Fantastic.
Thanks for swinging at junk!
Joba’s slider is flat out nasty today.
Yankee starters have sucked big time (stating the obvious). They are damn lucky to be going home with a split, thanks to last night`s miraculous comeback. Let`s hope that Andy can come up with a stellar performance on Monday.
I still believe they go back to New York with a 2-0 lead. I have not given up this game yet.
After seeing how bad our number one and number three pitchers did I do NOT want to see AJ Burnett. I’d rather see CC come out and have a rebound start because AJ is just a ticking time bomb.
And watch AJ throw a gem.
AJ can’t be trusted… i don’t know what we’re gonna end up doing
Watch. AJ will throw 7 scoreless.
Two awesome starters = terrible start, so perhaps awful starter = amazing start?
It’s baseball. There’s no guarantee that anyone will suck or anyone will be amazing.
son of a bitch
Six run lead. Good shit.
sun ofa bitch.
Well, he almost made it out of the jam.
oh come on, could you get ANY closer to stranding Kinsler and not do it?
At least Joba got a called strike outta the zone, that’s a start.
I wonder why the Yankees dont have cool things like Antlers and Claws ?
Oh, thats right, they got 27 World Championships instead
/suckitTBS
+1
These Antlers and Claw references are getting excessively annoying. Every other word outta these awful TBS announcers is pertaining to how great this Texas team is.
that one hurts
Man, 1-2 count, and they go with a pitch in the strike zone. That’s really bad.
Yeah too bad it wasn’t a slider so everyone could complain about that instead.
Wait, you think that’s the right pitch to go with on 1-2? A FB is fine in that situation, but it has to be up and out of the zone. With no margin for error (a runner at third), you can’t take the risk of throwing a pitch in the zone, because even if it’s a good pitch (which is was) it can result in a hit (like it did).
Right, and then people would complain: Throw strikes fattie! Then it’d be 2-2 and he’d throw a slider and it’d be OMG ANOTHER SLIDER, then full count.
He threw 95 low and away, I can live with that.
Well people saying that would be wrong. Who cares what the masses say, it was the wrong pitch in that spot. And once again, Joba made a very good pitch. He executed it perfectly. But that’s the problem, even if he makes his pitch there, it can result in a hit. Joba needs to throw a pitch that if he executes, it has (almost) no chance of resulting in a hit.
So it’s 6 runs. So what, it isn’t like this team couldn’t score 7 runs.
7 runs in the 7th. It’s not like a Yankees team has never done that before.
How great would it feel if the Yanks did come back, we all remember how great last night felt. If you believe it, you can achieve it!!
still a lot of game to play.
If you believe it, you can achieve it!!
If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right!
You can’t afford the luxury of a negative thought!
It’s never too late if you start NOW!
Wishing DOES make it so!
(Yeah, so I went to grad school in southern California. So what?)
this claw and antlers shit is so dumb, i hate the rangers
put in the ralley monkey, tomahak chop, etc etc barrel.
I got one, I got one….how about last nights comeback named, the Mollywhopp? Or…the deflating feeling from last nights game to the heart of TX, the Sac Tap….I’m trying here.
I’m just going to say: this comeback is going to make the crowd sound like a tomb.
1-1 with Cliff Lee going G3…hope Pettitte has a big game in him.
yea, I mean he’s so unproven
Edited by RAB: Grow up and talk like a man. No need for language like that.
I can’t wait to see the utterly horrible nickname for Andy you come up with if he dare has a meh performance.
I’d just give him a ride to the glue factory.
because he’s horsy-looking and old. You’re so very clever.
Yah after Moreland makes that play you know the baseball gods are NOT on our side tonight..
wow foul out first pitch, i seem to be getting angrier and angrier as this game goes on
Jeebus you cannot hold down Cano.
Robbie is KILLING it today
Jesus Christ Cano wow
CANO!!!! DEJA VU ANYONE?
Cano with the flourish!
can robbie bat for everyone today?
Robbie muthafucka!
crushed
CANO IS THE BRO! At least someone brought their bat!
Time to build off this.
They forgot to tell Robbie the game’s over
Wow.. a beam of light in a horrible performance by the Yankees. Maybe we can make something out of it.. but it’s gonna be quite the challenge..
Cano should literally slap his piece against every Yankee. Maybe it’ll bring them MVP type hitting skills and we can come back
Damn Robbie. Don’t be so mean.
wow…that was huge….and how we started last night.
Holy crap thats big
At least Robbie still rules
If you think about it, the Yankees are in a similar position right now to where they were last night.
Yup very similar. As much faith as I have in the Yankees line up I can’t expect them to climb out of the gutter day after day. If we do happen to come back I would be MORE than excited. Even if we lose though I love our lineup versus Lee, yes he’s a great pitcher but we’re a great club.
correct you is.
The man is unconscious. Absolute freak. Props to you Mr. Cano.
WOW, you’d think he just flew out to shallow center field by the lack of noise in the booth. ROBBIE JUST HIT A NO DOUBT DEEP HOMERUN, PRETEND TO BE EXCITED!! Just silence. Those doubles by Cruz got ten times the elation outta these terrible announcers.
What is Swisher swinging at down 5 runs, try to work the walk.. come on..
Mike R says:
October 16, 2010 at 5:46 pm
We need to swing the bat. Holy shit.. Colby Lewis from the Hiroshima Carp literally carving up our hitters.
Hahah
Nice find, sir.
Cano would be working on a 3HR game in Yankee Stadium.
can we have 2 out rally?
If Berk could go deep here…
A homerun from Berkman would literally PUMP oxygen, blood, antibodies, protein, whatever type of nutrient this team needs for another come back.
We still haven’t had our rally inning. I know it’s in us.
Cmon Lance….
Surprised that wasn’t called a strike.
I like the way you think (see below).
LOL. I was talking the shoulder-high outside ball but same diff, eh?
I was definitely talking about that same pitch. Guess it was a slider though.
I’m amazed the ump didn’t call that curve a strike…
Do you keep BG in?
Yankees are showing some life. Let’s feast on this bullpen
Pinch hit Thames?
hello bullpen.
“Hello, poppet.”
/piratesofthecaribbean’d
Here comes the LOLpen, which means comeback!
One time.
This is where we need to get some hits. I don’t want to see them bring in a reliever and get a one pitch out. Please Gardner smack one over the infielders head
Oh man, a 3 run bomb here, PLEASE
Wow, no faith in his starter.
If its a lefty, I’m giving Thames a shot. Less than 2 outs and I don’t but the situation calls for it.
I can feel the tension in the stands from my living room. Love it!
Pinch hit Thames here. Go for the kill.
Pinch hit Gardy for Thames…idk.
Have to.
Here comes the weak underbelly of this beatable Texas team!!
I don’t know if I’d pinch hit Thames for Gardner…
Come on Thames. Big hit please.
Clay Rapada? Too bad it’s not Cano up there.
lol does this mean thames will be playing LF now?
That’s not a good thought, but the PH was a must.
Golson will most likely go in to play left.
No way, keep Thames in. He’s guaranteed to have another at-bat.
Seems like most of the balls were being hit to center and right, so we can only hope nothing difficult goes Thames’ way.
shitting bricks
Did Rapada turn his head to look at 2nd base mid-delivery? Weird.
Ugh…
Balls.
Game.
I take that back. Just wish he could of atleast got on.. Our heart of the order really needs to show us why they get paid the big bucks next inning.
And that was the 3R HR meatball.
God Dammit….
F*CK!
well that was probably our best chance to get back in it
yeah, there’s no chance we continue putting runners on base like we have the whole game
really. We’ve had that same opportunity nearly every inning.
*sigh*
That was a meatball Thames.
Lost all TV. Perhaps all 800 channels are under negotiation with CableVision.
Drat.
All part of the Yankees’ strategy: be 5 runs down with 9 outs left
That sucks.
The fact that the Texas crowd is crazy nervous with a lead this big is kind of hilarious though.
The fact that they booed a pitching change is hilarious too.
It was too early. Yanks don’t hit full volume till the 7th.
Nine more outs against the Bullpen of Death. Hope abides.
Good call by Molina. On 3-2 he went with the slider in, the pitch that Thames had been struggling with the entire AB.
shucks, gotta do it next inning. Better to start with no outs, anyway.
Three more frames. We’re not done yet.
lays go d-rob
1-7 with risp. It is due to correct itself top 7.
Hey look Hamilton is human after all
No two-out rallies!
I’m happy the Yankee fans novelty is the fact that we root for a sucessful team. Words cannot express how much I hate those cowbells in Tampa, the infamous white towels, the antlers, the Rally Monkey, the thunder sticks.
Fuck ‘em
Damn I love our bullpen. Joe G should have went to these guys earlier.
new thread please?
How great is that Girardi/Mo Taco Bell commercial? Almost as good as the Torre/Randolph Subway commercial from a few years ago.
That Dave Robertson is a very handsome man.
No homo…
So the season’s totally over now, right? For real this time?
9 outs left, this game is still within grasp!!