Game 22: No Tex, no Cap’n
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Won't see either of these guys tonight. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
In the final game of this four game series against the Pale Hose, the Yankees are going to be without two of their key offensive players. Mark Teixeira is out of the lineup and is day-to-day with the same sore shoulder that took him out of last night’s game. It’s not a long term concern, but it’s always good to give guys an extra day of rest when they’re banged up this early in the season. Derek Jeter, on the other hand, is presumably out of the lineup just to get some rest. The Cap’n has eight hits in his last 20 at-bats to go along with three walks and just two strikeouts, so he’s starting to show some signs of life.
If the Yankees need to sacrifice offense in the name of good health, today is a good day to it. They have their ace on the mound, and the White Sox have Ramon Castro, Gordon Beckham, Brent Morel, and Brent Lillibridge batting in consecutive lineup spots. CC Sabathia is coming off a fantastic outing against the Orioles over the weekend, the game that started this run of excellent starting pitching. I’m sure the big guy will keep it going. Here’s the lineup…
Curtis Granderson, CF
Nick Swisher, RF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Eric Chavez, 1B
Russell Martin, C
Jorge Posada, DH
Brett Gardner, LF
Eduardo Nunez, SS
CC Sabathia, SP
The weather was anything but great in the Tri-State Area today, though it looks like it’s cleared enough to start the game on time and play it without interruption. You can watch on YES locally or MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
Phil Hughes Update: St. Phil is going to visit a specialist in St. Louis on Monday to determine if he actually has Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Brian Cashman compared the ongoing health saga to an episode of House, though hopefully not one of the new episodes that’s more about relationships than medicine. WTF is that about.
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Thanks god jeter is off today I’m so sure that nuñez will do beter job then jeter tonite
Jeter’s 8 for his last 20 with 3 BBs in the last 5 games, but sure…
Yeah… 4 infield hits, 3 of which went 80′, 3 ground balls and 1 linedrive. It’s an improvement, but you can’t say he is hitting the ball well.
hopefully it is solved in an hour
Think the Yanks should be alright against Jackson if they can be their usual patient selves.
To be fair, the show has never really been about medicine.
Or about entertainment.
/yeah I went there’d
CC don’t need them. Hopefully.
Not having Jeter in the lineup is a blessing.
He’s 8 for his last 20 with 3 BBs in the last 5 games… He’s been one of the few guys actually dong anything the last few games.
blind hate doesn’t bother with stats
damn, Zobrist put a hurt on the Twins, 8 RBIs this afternoon
As bad as the Twins are today they looked even worse than normal. Blacky was not throwing heat but he also was not getting effective work from his defense at all.
Anyway, Grandy leading off has me excited and of course CC is pitching. /end blahg
Even if that’s the Girardicizing of his name, you probably shouldn’t call him “Blacky”.
Actually announcers were calling him Blacky all game. Why would I not be able to call him that? Please keep your political correctness crap out of RAB threads.
I’ve never watched and episode of house.
They just showed TSJC on ESPN in their sportscenter draft coverage.
And I miss it again.
He was in this DJ Porter remix. He in it twice (one point is about 3:15).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i624aWIIwI (safe)
How great is the bench that he loss of Tex and Jeter isn’t quite the crippler it would have once been? Also kinda like Grandy leading off.
agreed, on Jeter, when I first saw the lineup I thought Joe finally dropped Jeter and I got all excited. Then I looked down and saw Nunez.
woops, meant to say agreed on Grandy
To clarify I’m not one of those guys saying “better of without em”, just remarking on how the bench is pretty damn solid.
There’s at least 25 teams that would kill to have tonight’s Yankee lineup.
I like him better in the two hole, but considering our other leadoff options (Jeter and Gardner), I think its the best we can do right now.
I do, however, love Cano in the three spot. No knock on Tex, but Robbie is my favorite player and I think he’s a perfect hitter for that spot.
I also like him in the 2 hole better but maybe a hot Grandy right of the bat will get the other bats swinging. swishhh
I’ve never watched House, but I assume it’s like all shows that have been on for a while. The writers are bored and just trying to do something different, whether it works or not.
It’s always lupus.
RE: House.
ITS NEVER LUPUS!
The Yankees haven’t scored a single run this series without the benefit of the home run. Hopefully that’ll change tonight.
I already miss Jeter
That’s extremely ironic.
lol
uhhhhh
And we thought Nunez would never be able to give us the same production as Jeter. Psh.
Yeah, as much as we hate on Jeter, I think he makes that play.
Michael Kay…please stop.
…Which is why these saber metrics account for errors but Jeter is still a sucky fielder.
A-Rod is awesome
Nunez should learn from A Rod
Inning changing play
Payback’s a bitch, Brent.
Good point by MIchael Kay, actually. Say what you want about Derek Jeter’s range … the dude Catches The Ball. Somehow people seem to forget that’s part of what a SS is supposed to do.
Jeter has a lot more experience. I’ll give him that.
The amount of outs a normal SS gets by his range is far more than what Jeter’s edge in fielding percentage.
Great Houdini by CC there
Props to CC.
What a beast
Props to A-Rod, too.
CC should’ve got Castro out
Fidel’s survived a lot, CC might need some help.
+1
Damn, CC can’t catch a break so far
Way to work out of another jam CC
Stupid NFL draft taking up valuable television time. Stupid teams haven’t even been able to sign stupid free agents.
Stupid.
Am I the only one who’s noticed that A-Rod now comes to bat with an entire hamster in his mouth?
He and Richard Gere are apparently close friends.
Ew.
he said mouth.
No. I have noticed and had conversations about it with friends. I think it is chewing tobacco, but am not sure.
Not watching tonight, but it’s looked like sunflower seeds to me…fwiw
Nope, definitely a hamster. He called it.
Could be. My friend disagreed with me too and thought it was either gum or seeds. I’m more skeptical though, ha.
well that sucks
Wow, a DP on a ball that Beckham literally rolled to Ramirez.
Fucking GIDP
So annoying to have been out-hit throughout this series.
It’s like the hitters told all the starters, “Don’t worry, we’ll carry the suck this series”
I’ll give plenty of credit to White Sox pitching, but, am I wrong, hasn’t that team had alot of things break its way threse past few days? There should have been no way a double play on that Martin ball.
It’s how the season goes, this wouldn’t be such a big deal had Lillibridge not turned into Clemente for an inning or if Soriano had held the lead the other night. It happens
You can’t predict baseball!
(Takes a punch in the face)
Sterling’d
Fake bunt, here comes the HR!
Ramon Castro looks exactly some cartoon character. Is it the Grinch?
*exactly like…
He’s pitching like he did in his no hitter. No hits and a lot of walks
Back to back BBs to our 8/9 hitters = don’t fuck up this opportunity.
Thought for sure he was out.
Didn’t get the tag quick enough
double steal was quite bold there
I like it to get Gardner kick started on the bases. He needs some confidence.
We don’t need no home runs!
That’s right. Who would want a rally-killing grand slam from Swisher right now. I’m hoping for a little dribbler to short that knocks in a run, while making an out!
Gardner. Impact on the basepaths. Maybe there is hope after all.
Please no DP here
TRIPLE STEAL PLZ
Considering who they have on, I say go for it and watch Jackson throw the ball away.
Pitching from the windup is BEGGING for a steal.
Looks like Cam is the first pick…
#nfl
My advice to him is to not be JaMarcus Russell.
Dear Nick Swisher, please be either the Swisher of 2009 or 2010. Swisher 2011, BAD.
He will get it going. Nice at bat right there.
Why did Swisher, who has a great eye, swing at that?
Swisher’s pressing.
Damn it Swish… trying to hard, that wasn’t even a strike.
Millwood getting lit up, I guess that’s to be expected
Who needs hits?
No carry. Humidity?
Good thing or else it’s be a……………h-h-homerun!
I know. It would have killed the rally.
Good job Cano.
It’s like watching Little League with all the walks and a double steals.
Cano’s outs are even impressive.
SOoooo close to a Salami, but Cano stays killing the ball.
I thought was out off that bat, damn
I’d appreciate it if a line drive or a grounder past the infield was hit here.
2 runs and CC on the mound.
what an inning. This game has been so weird
Come on, hamster mouth.
I would personally like to see the line score stay the same throughout the rest of the game.
I’m just glad Cano didn’t hit a homer. Not only do the Yankees already score too many runs via the ball leaving the park but it would have also killed the rally
Apparently Jackson’s “slider” is actually a screw ball since it moves right. I guess I shouldn’t expect a pitcher to know the difference between sliders and change-ups
Jackson has a no-hitter through the third.
That’s a damn fine trivia question. I have no idea. Maybe Aubrey Huff? Adam Dunn? Mark Reynolds?
Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff, Matt Stairs
Reynolds was my guess. I figured it would be nothing but bulky infielders who were good but not great
Chavez shows his inexperience at 1B
Yankees winning but getting no hit, I’m confused, do I panic or what?
I definitely like to start my panic by the fourth inning if possible
Hmmm, as a Yankee fan, would you rather:
a) Have the Yankees win tonight’s game, but suffer the insult a no-hitter against them;
b) Lose game, but no no-hitter?
I chose A, but I understand having a no-hitter thrown against your team sucks.
None of the above
Pat Burrell sucks.
I agree.
Wtf?
Huh?
Very funny
Okay, I’m the guilty one. Just trying to keep myself entertained in a very unentertaining game…so far.
This game is lulling me to sleep. Anyone else? I mean I don’t know if it’s all the walks by Jackson, the infield hits by the ChiSox, the lack of hits by the Yanks, or maybe, just maybe, Bob Costas and Jim Kaat announcing on MLBN……..
Posada needs to give up his first born or something, dude is hitting them right at guys
He needs to ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. Offer him cigar, rum.
/Pedro Cerrano
Yankee hitters slumping. Thankfully we’ve been getting good pitching of late.
Kay,
Please stop talking about a no hitter in the FOURTH INNING! Just stop…not before the mid 7th…ever
He’s going to do it in the second to piss people off that believe in the jinx.
6 ip 0 hits 120 pitches and a Loss that would be sweet
Loss charged to Jackson not a Yankees loss just to be clear
Everything’s kind of dying in the outfield, isn’t it?
Except for Jorge’s ball, which made it just far enough to a glove.
Zobrist has 10 RBIs for the day so far. Damn.
THE POWER!
More Bunting!!!!!!!!!
lol move gardner up to the 4 hole
OMG I just said to my son, watch Gardy homer again…
Is Gardner doing a Posada impression?
Seriously, since when has Gardner been a home run pull hitter?
GARDNER PLANTS ONE! Now we don’t have to worry about the no-hitter anymore.
Half off-topic, half on-topic.
Two home runs for Gardner is less than a week?!!
Should I drop Ruiz for Carlos Santana in my fantasy league?
Why not have both and then trade one?
I have a pretty set team and I dont want to drop anyone unless its at that same position
I need some controversy. Plunk Lillibridge! Right in the knee so that when he dives trying to make a play it’ll hurt too much to get up and make a throw. That will get Ozzie fired up and out of the game, you get the tweeting going. Swisher gets tossed after being so frustrated with his slump he kicks the ump. A twitter battle ensues! It will be epic! MLB ads showing Brian Wilson’s EPIC beard are put on the scoreboard. The Yankee offense wakes up and then Gardner wins the Home Run title.
Gardner always hits a homerun when i’m not paying attention!
Muhahaha, Lillibridge.
Gardner — breaks up the no-hitter!
Oh yeah, NOW Lillibridge slips. Bastard.
I missed the first base hit, didn’t I?
UPDATE, 8:13 p.m.: Kevin Millwood’s night is finished in Charlotte: Two innings, seven hits, six earned. Yikes.
Nice knowing ya Kevin…
This means bye-bye Millwood.
I guess someone just figured out how to wake up the offense
Need a single to get a team cycle in the inning. Do it Swish!
And he does.
did you see the look on swish face when he hit that ball?
lillibridge picked the wrong ball to misjudge.
The cherry on top of this inning would be Swish hitting a homerun and getting it out of his system so he can stop freaking out.
But I’ll gladly take the RBI single.
What’s our bench coach doing in the White Sox bullpen?
The offensive beast awakens!
Nunez is obviously the key.
I’d say its Gardy in the 8th hole. He is sparking the offense.
KLong = genius
K-Long = Gardner hitting 3 homers before Swish hits his 1st.
I was out at dinner, so couldn’t watch the game. Been getting texts about the no-hitter all night. Just got back, and the first pitch I saw was Gardner’s HR. All in all, good night.
Some poetic justice to the fact that the four guys who walked consecutively before to score a run without a hit now combine to hit for the cycle consecutively their next times up.
you can’t predict baseball
3-run jack. right here.
Awww man, almost.
arod thought so
ill take it
Ball is not carrying thta well tonight. “Normally,” that would have been gone.
Boy, has there been a lot of balls hit at or near the wall in this past series. Is the wind blowing in?
why even bother with outfielders?
Somebody has to shag the line drives
The Yankees are just piling on now.
That was a carbon-copy of Arod’s out in that 2nd game.
but quentin instead of lilli!!!
Wait, you’re down 6-0 and you’re going to walk the bases loaded with nobody out?
Yea why would you walk Chavez with nobody out?
Even if you were in the NL with the pitcher coming up, I still don’t think you would do that
Good thing the offense woke up there I was falling asleep.
lol this inning is comical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhftriXIrk
This inning in a nutshell. (SFW)
Now if Sado can get a hit….
Hip Hip!
Jorge! (wanted the salami, but that works.)
batted around with 0 out???
unbelieveable.
I CAN NOT WAIT for Ozzie’s post game
It’ll sound something like this: “SDdf;lkjasdlfjkasdfaslkjdflkjasdf;ljasdf”
But on Twitter it’ll read, “Fucking patetic [sic].”
+1
…and the magic continues.
Let’s keep this rally going
The length of this game is going to make up for yesterday’s unusually quick one. 2 hours, still bottom of the 5th
Come on Gardner Slam!!!
What’s CC doing right now?
bowl of Cap’n Crunch?
Big mistake loading the bases for Brett the slugger.
John Sterling just told me that baseball can’t be predicted….whodathunkit
I like Steve Cooper’s waddle.
Ozzie: “You hurt?”
Pena: “My pride is”
Ozzie: “Good enough, let’s get somebody else in here”
+1 haha
Yanks decided to cash in their BABIP chips from the first three games.
put in Andruw Jones!
When was the last time that Gardner slapped a ball…
Too easy…
How long has this half inning lasted? CC probably went to nap or something
If I were David Wells, I’d see how many times Michael Kay could say “Meow” on the air
WILL OHMAN IS A GOD!
I’m confused… I’m supposed to be ecstatic that the Yanks have scored 8 runs with only one of them being on a homerun….
Are you not? I’m feeling pretty damn good right now, honestly.
So you preferred Sado’s bases loaded walk to a Grand Salami right?
are you nuts?
you take your runs where you get them, not criticize them afterwards for how they were acquired (unless it was a bunt. then we always critique).
But isn’t THAT the idea with all the fuss about the high percentage of runs scored by the homer!
No. The idea is that you can’t rely on the homer, and that you have to manufacture runs with bunts, sac-flys etc. It’s stupid.
I’m just saying, I’m happy with 8 runs period. I don’t care how we get them. I’m not saying we should give up the long ball (never give up that which chics dig), just that 8 runs is exciting no matter what.
While I’d love a grand slam any day of the week, I’d rather have the whole team hitting and getting on base than just one or two players hitting bombs.
Truthfully?
I blame Jeter. should have scored more there.
Heh.
I think the Formula™ might actually work tonight.
I definitely feel like the Ethier Shit Streak has been the most interesting thing this month.
I read EITHER’S HIT STREAK as EITHER SHIT STREAK.
Same. I was like, well, if THAT is how the YES Network feels…
Ethier. I misread and mispell all at once.
Figures, the day I finally bench Swisher because he’s been struggling so much.
Does Cano have to pay Chip Caray royalties for “fisted”?
I’m stuck watching the Comcast/Sox broadcast, and I think the Yankees found a way for me to enjoy Hawk: CRUSHING the White Sox.
I cannot explain why, but for some reason this video has passed me by for so many years. Seeing A-Rod and Palmeiro cheer Lou on is hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg7Hjm9WMBoo
Hip hip Russel chant going on? The hell?
Anyone else think Robbie is styling a little too much on his swing follow through?
like Ortiz does/did? Remember when Cano had those godawful sideburns/beard like Ortiz’s the other offseason? If it’ll get Cano hitting like mid 00′s Ortiz, I’m in.
I know one thing that’ll get Cano hitting like mid 00′s Ortiz..
Vitamins?
ugh Nunez….
Chavez what the fuck ar you doing?
This is just sloppy. You have to think this shit doesn’t go on with Jeter and Tex in the game.
unbelievable inning, both teams just plain bad
are both those runs unearned?
Hmm, ESPN shows that as an earned run; is that true? 3rd out was an error.
Yeah but the last guy who scored got on base after the error and should be earned
Or I could be wrong, yay for a better ERA!
Yeah, that should be wrong. Everything after the presumed 3rd out is unearned.
mlb gameday shows all 3 unearned
They fixed it. w00t! My fantasy team is happy.
But, this also shows you that it might have been better to stick with Ramiro Pena. He wouldn’t be playing much but when he does he’d be a sure glove. Let Eduardo hit it AAA and practice his defense.
Nunez has better range than Jeter, but he makes too many mistakes.
Well is he is a rookie shortstop who rarely gets playing time. You kind of have to expect it
I’m not trying to stick a fork in Nunez, but we underestimate the value of a player, such as Jeter, who makes the right plays. Nunez has issues even when he plays reguarly. It might make sense to have him playing every day in AAA to work on some of these things, especially since he does not look to play much on the MLB level this year.
Brett is back
His last three hits have been HRs?
NUNEZ
NUNEZ!
Lol at Twins, getting no hit, down 5-0
Finally!
SWISH! Finally!
FINALLY
Swish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH THANK GOD
SWISH SWISH SWISHALICOUS!!!!!!
Finally Swish getting it crackin!
SWISHERLICIOUS!
Haaaad to sit Swisher. Dammit.
I’d keep him on the bench if I were you. Clearly placing him on the bench helped him out.
damn what a catch
Wow, Cano is getting robbed lately
Gotta love, Swish. He paused for a second and you can literally see him give a sigh of relief as he knew the ball was going to go out.
First Observation: Gardner slapped a ball. See comment above about not having done that in a while.
2nd Observation: My fantasy baseball line (with Gardner included):
11/24, 7, 1, 5, 4, .458
3rd Observation: In a 10-3 game 2 runners busting it out of the box on grounders.
4th Observation: Nick Swisher hit a homer and those runs were the most exciting runs of the whole game.
5th observation: The first pitch shown by MLBN of the Niemann No-hitter, was a hit.
Weird game but a good night overall.
I swear, EVERY time MLBN shows a no-hitter in progress, a hit happens right away.
as to observation 4, I hope you’re kidding.
Swisher is Captain “Notorious for padding stats when the Yankees already have leads greater than 5 runs.”
Remember when we used to say that about A-Rod?
I hope you’re kidding, but I’m open to the idea. Show me the career stats and the comparisons.
I’m only half-kidding. I was referencing my thoughts on the whole homer vs. small ball run discrepancy argument. Swish needed that one right there though. He was really looking lost at the plate. So I, and the stadium, seemed pretty excited about that homer. Even if they were 2 more runs on top of a blowout.
I forgot how much I DIDN’T miss Sterling saying “Swishalicious”
corny or not, when sterling says those names its b/c something good happened.
I love the new 8th Inning Guy, you know, the one with a 0.00 ERA!
/SSS’d
That ERA doesn’t tell the whole story.
Ten more runs!
In case anyone was wondering, the Giants just drafted Prince Amukamara
Hey look, Molina just got his last career major league hit
Of course you can’t have a Yankees game without a couple double plays.
I;m glad Gus got one hit before he gets cut
What a story for ole Gus to tell the little Guss Jrs..”I ripped a double down the line at YS3″
Good to see Molina getting a hit after he’s off the roster tomorrow. The Yankees basically have a day game after a night game on Saturday, and I expect Cervelli to be catching that one.
Sabermetric analysis of this game: Jeter and Texeira are worth about 10 runs BELOW replacement. -10 WAR
-1.0 WAR, actually. You got your facts wrong. If they were -ten WAR they would be historically bad.
LOL. Totally screwed that up. Meant to say -10 RARP or RAR which is what I wrote (runs above replacement). Don’t know why I wrote WAR.
Actually it’s BRARP, batting runs above replacement. But now the joke has lost its splendor.
http://www.dailymotion.com/vid.....shortfilms
damn…i almost forgot about how this game started with runners on 2nd/3rd with no outs and CC wiggles out of it…
that could’ve gotten out of control quickly!
Kay repeatedly states that this streak of Yankee good pitching started Saturday in Baltimore. Didn’t it start the Wednesday before in Toronto with Colon’s first start?
Bullpen crisis from a week ago averted.
Just checked my fantasy team.
Check out this line for a pitcher:
IP W SV K ERA WHIP
0.1 0 0 0 189.00 24.00
Never seen that before.
Can you guess the pitcher?
Is that an 89 ERA or are the numbers just skewed over since there’s no frame around them?
It’s real. 189.
Just looking at the WHIP my eyes were kind of wide…but wow, holy hell.
Pretty wild.
189 runs per 9 innings. Can’t make that up. Mariners scored 513 runs last year.
And actually that’s that pitcher’s line for the night. Exactly the way it is written there. It’s not one of those things were it goes down after a few innings.
So, who’s the pitcher that is making a big IMPACT on my fantasy team? No guesses?
dempster
I cheated. I once started Ryan Madson back when they wanted to try him as a starter. Bam, 81.8 ERA.
ryan dempster
YESSSSSS. Dempster with a 137 O-Rank coming into the season. He’s got a 1218 Rank right now. I don’t even know if that is updated.
Can you make a “The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Jorge Posada” post tomorrow? With apologies to Judith Viorst and Alexander?
The title of the game wrap should be “No Tex, No Cap’n, No Problem”