Game Four: Under the lights for the first time
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"Sorry we're going to kick your asses again, Ron." (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
There’s nothing quite like a night game. Yeah, baseball was meant to be played under the sun, yadda yadda yadda, but there’s just something about a night game at Yankee Stadium that I love. After three afternoon affairs against the Tigers, the Yankees are playing their first night game of the season tonight against the Twins.
Oh the Twins. The same Twins that couldn’t beat the Yankees if their collective lives depended on it. Minnesota is just 18-57 against New York in the Ron Gardenhire era (regular season and playoffs), a .240 “winning” percentage. That’s a 39-win pace over 162 games. A team of replacement level players would have won something like 46 games last year. Furthermore, the Twinkies are 6-30 in the Bronx since 2002, and four of those wins came in games started by Johan Santana. So yeah. The Twins certainly aren’t a bad team, but for whatever reason their formula just hasn’t worked against the Bombers over the last nine years.
Here’s the starting lineup…
Brett Gardner, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robbie Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Curtis Granderson, CF
Russell Martin, C
(The fearless) Ivan Nova, SP
The YES Network is broadcasting this one as (almost) always. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm ET. Enjoy.
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The Twins certainly aren’t a bad team, but for whatever reason their formula just hasn’t worked against the Bombers over the last nine years.
It’s because of Derek Jeter. He’s never lost to twins, of any kind. Jeter always scores on twins.
Welcome back.
Gracias.
TSJC. The man, the myth, the legend, the taint.
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=3346 (NSFW)
Who’s gonna paint the picture with words today?
Brett Tomko?
TSJC!!!!
In the flesh. The digital flesh.
What you love about night games is not having to get up early.
I have somewhat irrational high hopes for Nova this year.
What lights? Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights, Strobe lights, street lights?
all of the lights JobaWockeeZ, all of the lights
Northern Lights.
Pass tha dutchie on tha lef’ han’ side.<
Damn it, you beat me to it.
Anyway: Here’s the remix with Lil’ Wayne, Big Sean, and Drake. The original is still better, probably.
But of course, the original video IS much better thanks to Rihanna. Good lord
I’d love to have a version of that song without any of Kanye actually rapping.
Let’s just hope Nova isn’t topping out at 87… I don’t understand why all of these Yankee pitchers abruptly lose their fastball… could it be a coaching thing? training staff thing? offseason workouts? spring training? mishandling?…
Joba, Vazquez, now Hughes… hopefully not Nova
Joba, Vazquez, now Hughes…
Injury, injury/age, who knows…
Joba had the shoulder thing which probably caused it. Vazquez seems to be more of a freak thing. And it’s only one start for Hughes.
But yeah let’s hope this isn’t all related.
I don’t think Vazquez is a freak thing. Pitchers will lose a few mph after 2,500+ innings well into their mid 30′s. He showed the same lack of velocity yesterday with the Marlins as he did all last season.
Three totally isolated cases. Joba because of injury, as we now know, vasquez bc hed pitched roughly 36 bajillion innings, Hughesie… remains to be seen. Not related, nothing to pin on the organization as correlated.
I personally think it’s an innings thing with Hughes. The kid has pitched at the same velocity nearly his entire professional career, save for his injured 2008 season. He won’t just lose it at 24 years old. If he’s truly healthy, I expect him to bounce back in a big way.
Phil Hughes has bigger things on his mind than “velocity” or “a changeup”.
He’s more interested in “texting my girlfriend”
Hughes has been texting your girlfriend?
Wow, no wonder you hate the dude, I would too.
Yeah, he really was. And the funny thing about it is that my name is also Phil.
Holy shit Phil… that is horribly fantastic. If Hughsey was txting my wife I would TOTALLY trade her for season tix!
then again my wife is a pain in the ass, so there’s that
lol
What’d I miss?
Yeah, give the details.
There really isnt that much to miss.
We were broken up for a lil and he was trying to move in. Then we got back together. This was right around the time he lost two games in the alcs.
I told him (on her phone) to go work on his change. That was the last we heard from him.
Good kid. A bit odd, but I really wish he took my advice. He has no change.
you, my friend, are an ABSOLUTE stud. I would have told him other choice words, but you hit him in his Breaking Ball…
an absolute icon!
I just think there is that much volatility with all pitchers year to year. Some years you just have more juice than others for whatever reason. Human body ain’t perfect.
I can’t wait for this montage of the Twins getting beaten down at NY on the pre game show
Here’s to Nova going 7IP/2ER
Biggest concern of the Twins? The White Sox.
Over/under 3.5 HRs for the Yankees tonight?
I have been reminding Tex that it’s March 35th today.
anyone else find the Brian Wilson’s beard thing to be old and annoying? It’s been drilled into the ground for months now
not to sound like a hipster but he’s getting played out/mainstream. I like him a lot more before they won the WS when he was underrated and quirky.
It is called selling out. I would do the same if I were him as he could blow out his arm tomorrow and the money train would be over. Get the money while you can.
yeah, look at Gagne… he is LIVING off the Hefty Trash Bag money right now!
Now Pablo Sandoval… that’s the weird train we all got to jump on!
The beard’s 15 minutes were up a month ago.
I think the Twins have had pitchers who pitch to contact and the Yankees power destroys that, whereas they could probably get away with the junk against lesser teams.
I agree. Hence the better success when strikeout pitchers like Santana and Liriano pitch.
Looking forward to some good baseball tonight. Hope Nova comes through
TSJC welcome back, my man. Today is the first game i can watch on YES network ( i was in texas until today), so should be fun to hear Kay say “pastadiving jeter…”
How hot is it in TX already? I’m headed down to ol’ Lubbock myself on Sunday.
it was 85 when i left houston on sunday, so bring your shorts
Word to the above. I was on a roadtrip from New Mexico back to NY, so this is the first game I can actually watch.
Oh and I gotta say: North Texas and Oklahoma look like miserable places (from I-40 anyway)
dont ever live in the panhandle.
it sucks
Thanks, my man.
Kay: “But did you know that this will be the first time Ivan Nova takes the mound this season?”
what a dink
the lead in to that line was “I’m Michael Kay and thats John Flaherty, and you may know that. But did you know….”
That is nothing for Kay. I can’t wait until he tells us that soup “just doesn’t do it for him,” for the 100th time.
mike HC ftw
The first time he talked about his hatred for things like ketchup, I thought he was bragging about how he doesn’t use condoms.
I guess it stands to reason that out of all the teams in the AL, there will be at least one team we do ridiculously, against the odds, good against, and another we probably do, against the odds, worse against.
Apparently this is the first time the Yankees used same lineup was used for the first four games of the season since the 80′s.
Rickey, Willie, Donnie, Winnie, Pags
the 1-5 I lived for
i just got a semi thinking of that lineup
Pags is my friend’s uncle. Lives in NH. True story.
paisan!
Pags was the best
Pop Quiz:
Which team paid $142m for their #7 hitter?
Red Sox?
Oooh Oooh Pick Me!
The Boy-genius led Red Sawx.
Answer:
Whoever they are must be really good to have such a quality hitter pushed that far down the lineup.
(ps I know the answer you were looking for but don’t get why its an insult)
Oh yeah? Well the Yankees paid $250M for their number 8 hitter in the 2006 playoffs.
Hey, Texas subsidized $70M of that!
I love Jim Thome.
Just saying.
Strike one…
Good start for Nova guys!
Damn Ivan, don’t be so mean.
nice start haha
Cy Nova
nice job ivan
Jeter fielded a grounder … drink!
Hopefully we’re drunk soon! Already two down.
Jeter with the range!
Jeter with the range! ^2
this nishioka guy seems pretty legit on paper
I hope he proves it after facing the yankees
Nishioka looking more like Kaz Matsui rather than Hideki Matsui.
8 pitches, that’s refreshing
I’ll say one thing for Jeter. When the ball is hit right at him, he is a great Defensive SS.
so far so good, i got a good feeling about this game
Maybe Nova is the guy to take the next jump this year. You figure out of AJ, Hughes, Garcia, Nova, Colon, Wood and the all the minor leaguers, one of them will take hold of the spot after CC.
Is Tony Pena M.I.A.?
get the damn ball down, Gardener
great contributions from the 1-2 hitters to start off this one…
Jeter makes me want to beat my kids.
Centaurian.
stop hitting Teix, jerks
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
fuck, please not be injured tex
oh boy, that looks like it hurts
Fuck you.
Gardenhire called for that plunking.
Fans are sticking up for ARod for something like that? I like.
Actually, they were booing how A-Rod didn’t take a hit. A real player like Jeter would lean into it.
AN AAAAA BOMB, FROM AAAAROD!!!
BAM!
LAZERRRRRRRRRRRRR
yeah bitch. take dat
CentWAR strikes again!
Alex!
Get excited, folks.
MVP-Rod.
A-Rod is unbelievable this young season…
BOOM!
and Alex’s quest for MVP continues…
Well if Alex and Teixeira keep this up Garnder and Jeter can continue to suck. The brightside.
A-Rod reminds me of A-Rod.
Making him pay Arod, atta boy!
Left the park in two seconds. About as long as Jeter’s at bat.
that was atypical for A-Rod. doesn’t normally get to that pitch. he’s locked in
Umm… A-Rod can get to any pitch. He just hasn’t so well since 2008.
Does the stadium look empty or is that just me?
You should have seen Wrigley today, place was deserted.
because the Cubs play there… a .198 hitter is batting cleanup
jus sayin
you’re shrooming. there’s 50,000+ there.
they just painted their faces blue
Just me or is Robbie swinging at a lot of high fastballs this year?
That’s how pitchers typically go after him.
Be interesting to see if Nova does anything after Tex being hit and A-Rod being pushed back. For some reason, in the back of my mind, I seem to remember he dusted some opposing batter last year after a Yankee was hit. Some pitchers are more likely than others to send a message, and I think Nova is in that class. Not recommending it, but be interesting to see his approach.
Yeah, his name was Jose Bautista.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......d=11294919
Camshaft bein’ Camshaft.
Literally the first pitch I’ve seen so far this season and it’s a bullet. Excellent
If all goes as planned, ARod will pass Willie Mays next year.
Willie Mays. Think about that!
If all goes as planned, ARod will pass Willie Mays this year.
I mean, if as Yankee fans we can plan it, I want THIS year. : -)
That’d require 47 homers.
Even I think that’s asking too much. I say early next year.
Oh, I agree. I don’t think he’s going to do it this year, but if I can plan it, I want this year!
This is my first post here–
I had to seek out a Yankees blog because I needed to speak to some real fans about what’s going on at the Stadium.
THE STANDS ARE EMPTY. Minus the bleachers, this could be mistaken for a ****ing Pirates game. Home runs are no longer landing in a sea of fans, they’re bouncing off the empty seats. I’m a diehard fan, but I was also born in ’88 so I never experienced such an unpopulated ballpark. It’s disheartening,
and it’s the only thing that has me down on the team right now. I can’t stand all these empty seats.
The front office has essentially locked out a great number of the fans with the ticket prices and the fan culture they have produced.
Low attendance =/= apocalypse.
Build it, and they will come.
No but it was the lowest attendance ever for a weekend at this stadium. That’s bad news on OPENING WEEKEND!
But as I speak it looks like it’s starting to fill up a little…
They’ve built it.
This team is a perennial contender, and they figure to again this year.
It’s not like they’re the Pirates.
Agreed. I commented here about the lower level seats especially being empty last game. The old Stadium atmosphere was far better than it is now.
I made a post yesterday on this. The Yankees MUST rethink their pricing policies.
It’s early in the season and it’s cold. I assume attendance will be as high this summer as it was last summer.
I know you weren’t looking for specifics, but it’s not cold it’s a beautiful 55 degree evening out. There’s no getting around it, the new fan culture, a product of the ticket pricing, is despicable.
I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s one of the worst in the league right now. To have a team this good in NYC and to draw such a sad crowd is inexcusable. Take a look at the bleachers. That’s how the stadium should be.
The worst part for me is how glaring the issue is when compared to Fenway. The Sox have this on the Yanks right now by far, and as a fan that’s one of the biggest bragging points. Win or lose, fan culture is huge. Didn’t mean to kinda rhyme there.
Rhyme away. Preach that shit brother.
It’s probably for nothing but I just e-mailed Jeff Kline, executive of ticket operations for the stadium.
It’s an extremely nerdy move and almost certainly won’t even garner a response, but with just a couple Google searches I was able to get ahold of the email address and give it a shot.
His email is jkline@yankees.com if anybody else feels compelled.
YES is so dumb. Twins biggest issue is no legit #1 starter. (maybe no legit #2 either)
Their real issue is that they have two pitchers on the entire staff that can miss bats. Two, on a twelve man staff.
Nah, lots of teams don’t have number one starters. Those are rare. The Twins are trying to get by with two number two starters who have the potential to be shut-down. No problem.
that breaking ball was awesome
LOL Jeter
what the hell was jeter doing there
jeter omg
ugh
Jeter is fucking up my universe right now.
There goes the perfect game.
Keep smiling, Jeter.
Nova looks good so far, hope he keeps it up 2nd and 3rd time through.
Wicked cold, guy…wiiicked cold.
Jeter’s got some range doesn’t he?
I can’t wait until Jeter gets another gold glove
Jeter’s DRS number is already -3. After 4 games. It’s like Gary Sheffield is playing SS.
Sheffield at SS would be a godsend.
is Yankees on YES working for anyone else right now? I’m getting “Media Error” at the moment
The HD channel is giving me shit, it’s being all wonky and stuff. Non-HD is fine. Few people on Twitter said they’re having issues too.
yeah I can’t even have the choice to watch Non-HD. Weird. I’m getting “This game is temporarily unavailable. Please try again in a few moments.”
Oh well.
works fine for me
man baker is trying hard to implode
just dont swing at any of his crap, plz
What is the Joe Girardi show?
It’s a money-laundering enterprise.
Hot webcam action. Fill in the blanks.
Here it comes…
HIP HIP JORGE!!!
George.
Guys, I’m so worried about Posada the DH…
.220!!!
It looks like all that time in between at bats to rest his 39-year-old body is just KILLING him!
I am a prophet!!!
HIP HIP!
Best.DH.Ever
Jorge is adjusting to this DH thing nicely.
HIP HIP!!!
Bam!
Sado!!
Posada is cooked. Cut him.
#Comments from two years ago. Haters gonna hate.
The end is near for JoPo. That was me.
It really is though…when you think about it.
You can sub in another member of the Core Four here . . .
I actually feel sorry for the Twins right now, lol.
I like this new DH we accquired. Let’s keep him!
Best draft pick I made this year.
I got him in the 20th round in mine. There were laughs in the room.
Oh how I am laughing.
Indeed. A power-hitting catcher who will play nearly every day and has almost no risk for injury? Yes please.
smoked by the grandy man
Pastadiving WHO?
PastadivingNishioka, doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.
Italian Sushi?
Japanese pasta.
Asian fusion.
Baker won’t make it through 3
Great start! Lets get Baker out of the game this inning…
Anyone else getting the idea that contract year Posada is gonna be a beast? He certainly did it at the end of his last contract.
I think healthy, well-rested Posada will be a beast
He might also realize this could be his swan song… and he plans to go out in style.
Obviously this is just my opinion, but I see it much more as a “I can still play” than a swan song. I think you would see him pressing more, rather than looking relaxed (as hes getting used to DHing) behind the plate.
Just my opinion of course.
Jorge Posada makes Joe Mauer look like Wil Neives. (Offensively)
The Yanks look so old…
/msm’d
/Cliff Lee’d
you know whatsgonna slow the bats down? they’re gonna start throwing at and injuring our plsyers a la Teix
wat
Trade Russell
I thought Martin could run!
Let’s score big, and get Teix out of the game so he could heal his toe.
Do you think they’d bring Swish up to play Ist or have Chavez?
Chavez, that’s what he’s there for.
Good AB for Brett
Please don’t GIDP.
(Yes, I know there are two outs)
i completely agree with john flaherty about brett gardner and stealing earlier
That jump by Gardner was insane.
Well that’s the right idea. Try to poke it through that hole (grow up) with Gardner on the move but Morneau was right there.
Kim looks grrrreat today
TSJC is back!? OMGOMG!
/giddy’d
Didn’t you see the post
http://roflrazzi.files.wordpre.....y-want.jpg
I’ve missed Michael Kay openly flirting over the air. (Not really)
i still wonder how he got that great looking woman to marry him. Must’ve been the chloroform
He makes a lot of money (way more than her) and is a pretty well-known celebrity in NY. Some women are, ummm, attracted to this. I’ll leave it at that.
lol i know, but goodness, the guy has a bigger forehead diameter than a basketball
That’s alarming. Girardi is already comparing him to Mussina and Moyer? He needs his fastball or he’s screwed.
Two more extreme comps are tough to imagine. A young RHP being compared to Mussina? Great!
Jamie Moyer? No way.
Ivan Nova. WINNING, DUH!
total freaking rockstar from Mars…
Nova looks great, very encouraging
Hughes is gonna get lit up in Fenway if he brings what he brought yesterday
(looks at gamethread and confirms that it’s Twins v. Yankees with Phil Hughes not pitching)
(moves along)
posted the comment when they talking abput Hughes velocity and outing
wasnt as offtopic as youd think
Meh.
(realizes Hughes is slated to go up against Lackey)
(moves along)
Nova is dealing….
A-Rod, not good at speaking but great at baseball.
Nice pitch to get Tex there.
God damnit. That was a tease.
damn it kay, got me all fucking excited
/Applegate’d
hahaha
the HBP messed up Tex’s swing
A-Rod just missed 3 home runs this year. Really unlucky.
It does seem like even his outs are near-miss HR. The wind knocked back the one to right on Opening Day, and he’s just missed at least two others off the bat. If he keeps up what he started in Spring Training and early this season, he’ll have a monster year.
/mr. obvious’d
I’m gonna be disappointed if A-Rod doesn’t hit 45 HRs this year.
that
was
AWESOME.
the crack of the bat and then….
WHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH…….. caught
Damn, that breeze saved Baker from another A-BOMB.
Jesse Orosco and Jamie Moyer have to be trivia answers.
Nolan Ryan…. Cy Young?
Nova to the #2 starter.
Nova is a ground ball machine
damn you morneau….
goddammit. I was just about to say “don’t look now but Nova’s got a no-no going…”
good thing I didn’t jinx that huh.
shit
Just thinking that jinxed it.
i know… sorry guys
wow, ESPN is going on a “Morneau is underrated, even though he stole an MVP a few yrs back”
Well, “stole” is pretty accurate. He was probably the third Most Valuable Twin (Mauer and Santana) in 2006.
word
But teh RBIs!
I might be Nathan ahead of him too that year.
It seems to me that if Nova can command his secondary pitches a little better and expand them out of the strikezone, he can become more of a strikeout pitcher. I think the swing-and-miss stuff is there, but he’s such an extreme strikethrower that opposing hitters are going get the bat on the ball more times than not…and early in the count.
has he thrown his slutter yet?
Fun ESPN stat: Of the past 80 playoff teams only 3 started 0-3. Here’s hoping they don’t add one more to that count in October.
Fun Urban stat: The 1998 NY Yankees started the season 0-3.
Ugh, damn it.
damn, thome mashed that
Wow. Thome used to be skinny…
Bonds used to have s small head and large…..
Bonds used to have a small head and large…..
Good ol’ Ivan Nova. Cy Young the first time through the order, Sergio Mitre thereafter.
it’s crazy. That was a pretty damn good pitch, too
I thought it was a really good pitch but looked like Thome was looking for it. He went down and got it.
He’ll be a great reliever one day…
LOL, I heard we’re looking for a 5th inning guy
I’m very encouraged by the stuff I’ve seen today from him.
hate it when a runner who reaches on a stupid in field single ends up scoring
say what you want, great pitch down low…
Someone needs to teach nova how to pitch from the stretch.
Bring back Posada!
This just in:
Jim Thome can still hit.
just dropped him from fantasy.
I suck @ this
holy empty stadiumness, huh
seriously
I think NYers are not in baseball mode yet.
Jason Kubel: Fat Leonardo Dicaprio?
I have said this for YEARS.
Alright offense time to get them back.
Does anybody else think Russell Martin looks like Ray Liotta?
Are you the same guy who said Curtis Granderson looks like Jay-Z?
I kid I kid. But no Ray Liotta and Russell Martin look nothing alike.
I dunno, I think there’s a resemblance there.
Not dead on from the front but from the side theres deffinately some resemblance.
just everybody!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
goddam great movie
The ESPN broadcast of this blows.
double to Morneau, double to Thome, weak infield hit. Not too bad a perfomance, though we know Nova doesn’t come back well in the middle innings.
did Baker and Nova switch uniforms?
We are really getting away from what we were doing early, we aren’t taking pitches or working counts, giving away cheap outs to Baker.
As Grandy walks…
I posted that before he walked – I take full credit for the walk
wow that was close to the head. Nova should retaliate
See, this is why Jorge Posada would make an awful manager.
(I keed, I keed.)
You don’t hear Thome spoke about much as an all-time great, but he has all-time great numbers. Will get #600 this year, and has a better OPS then ARod.
But has been mostly a DH for a while, so not as great as A-Rod, but still great.
That.
.959 OPS at SS/3B >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .963 OPS at 1B/DH
but got $100 that says Thome is a First Ballot HoF, and A-Rod doesn’t…
Lay down 1.5/1 odds on that one, and I’ll take your action.
I’ll take that bet.
I’d take that action too. By the time ARod retires, Murray Chass and Corky Simpson will probably be dead.
But he can still be an all time great and not be nearly as good as A-Rod.
WAR comparison of some 1B/DH types:
http://www.fangraphs.com/graph.....d5=1008559
Oh, you’re preaching to the choir. I’m a Thome fan.
I was just quibbling to the ARod comparison. Thome’s an all-time great and an HoFer in my book, but he’s not in Camshaft’s league. That’s all.
Of course ARod is the better player, no doubt. But how much attention does Thome get? Not much. Just saying he is sorta underrated historically.
And as MK said, 4th best HR/AB ratio in history.
The guy is a stud.
And let’s hope ARod is still mashing at 41.
This is Thome’s 22nd season.
Nice piece of hitting there…
If you look closely, Russell Martin is an anagram of True Yankee.
(does math)
It checks out. He’s right, guys.
IETC
Martin with the wheels
Russell Martin is a fuckin stud.
that was pretty base running there
Shuffle steal! He needs to work with Gardner on that one.
Keep it up Martin. You alone could possibly get an ace knowing some of the GM’s around the league…
not one of the ‘FiVE aCEZz!!!!11!!1′ from boston, right?
Is it just me or do all of Garderner’s fouls look identical?
I know it’s early, but man do I love Martin so far.
Russell Msrtin could turn out to be the steal of the offseason.
Please don’t hurt me.
talk like this is enough to jinx him back into a cast, by the way…
Must we walk on eggshells?
I hear you, but, I just can’t contain my (premature) excitement. (Talk about a lay-up)
BAbib’d
Cheese and Rice.
fuck me I can’t believe he caught that
The exact extent of Young’s limited range. Shit.
whaa?? i thought delmon was supposed to be a statue out there
Damn it Delmon Young, first with that weak infield dribbler off Nova and now the catch.
Young stealing a double from Gardy… although Gardy did telegraph the slap shot to the corner, for like the past 6 innings….
damn, if young dives and misses that…triple, maybe itphr with the right bounce
that was my exact thought when I saw him go for the dive…
I’m pretty sure that’s the 43rd diving catch against us so far this year.
good thing we love some Swish, b/c that was a bush league play out there…
I think he would have been safe either way, but it may have been close.
yikes… Nishioka just Ichiro’d one out there… and Grandy’s gonna need to play a few steps back.
Coulda been a problem if Casilla realized it. He might’ve made third.
Not sure if he’s caught @ 2nd anyways.
Lot of empty seats
Nice K there Nova, one more to get thru this inning.
Ugh, God Damnit.
Super sexy strike3 on Span.
gahhh
Ruh-oh
What exactly are we paying Larry Rothschild to do? He’s doing less than Brett Gardner right now.
(checks calendar, confirms that it’s the fourth game of the season)
(moves along)
What do you want him to do exactly?
Well lets see:
Cc – little worse than desired in first start, but hes a slow starter
AJ – better than expected, tho still not good, didnt walk many (1?) so drastic improvement there
Hughes – looked pretty bad, but idk how thats rothchild’s fault if its due to low velocity
Nova – Flashes of dominance today, with similar problems as last year in the middle innings
Very mixed results… bottom line its way too early to start complaining about anyone’s perfomance, even the coaches.
I don’t even know with what level or sarcasm I should be replying to this comment.
More sarcasm. When in doubt, always go with more.
TSJC, Chip & FachoinaNYY are more refreshing than I.
Don’t worry, TLC. It’s only April 4th, you’re still rounding into midseason form.
wow, Mauer’s got Jeter Disease…
Mauer promptly rolls over.
its a mental thing for nova indeed
You send Nova out there to at least start the 6th, no?
Yep, plenty of time left and his pitch count is in the 70′s.
yes. if he’s gonna be a SP in this league, he’s gonna have to learn how to pitch past the 5th inning.
holy shit… not sure what that Rio movie is all about, but the commercial just annoyed the shit out of me
More will.i.am: always a bad thing.
no kidding… will.i.am, Jamie Foxx and a bunch of dancing parrots. a little gay???
will.i.am, Jamie Foxx and a bunch of dancing parrots. a little
gay???crappy?http://profile.ak.facebook.com.....18_155.jpg
no I meant, a bunch of colorful dancing parrots in a movie set in Rio De Janerio.
a little…. well, you know
Straight people like to dance, like colorful parrots, and like Rio de Janiero as well, you know.
Gosh golly. Quick on the draw, year after year.
It’s an honor to cohabit the interspace with you.
Milk *historical personage & film* = gay = awesome.
Hope I don’t have to explain this further.
Jeter’s one good hit and it’s foul
Jeter with a beautiful shot into the corner just foul…
now that he’s got that out of the way, lets ground out to SS and get a coffee…
Very generous call, but I’ll take it.
jeter swung at that one…
“The stride he worked in Spring Training on…”
Yikes Michael. Yikes.
Ugly ab there jete…
omg jeter is bad right now
Jeter seems to not like hitting
fucking foul balls
Another Michael Kay false alarm.
AHHHH. Do it again.
wow unlucky
can’t Jeter take some Geritol?
lmao at that strike, are you serious?
Better swing here Tex, not going to get a call anywhere close
or not
shitty call.
Okay, Kay is annoying me. I’m trying to write a company white paper, so I’m listening to him in the background without actually watching the game, and he seems to be going into John Sterling mode on every ball hit. I look up, just in time to see the ball go foul or land in an OFer’s glove.
Even Alex’s outs are pissed on right now.
darn it…
Fuck. ARod Jeter’d it.
Bad, bad karma here…two-out RBIs by the Twins, just-foul non-homers and GIDPs by the Yanks, and a run-saving catch by DELMON YOUNG???
Dogs and cats. Living together.
jeez new gameday has a lot of info, i like it
I actually think its a little too much. And when I say too much, I mean “too much color and action for me to hide while I watch it at work”
Looks pretty good, too.
I hate when the GE capital partner play is a play by the other team
Can we get a re-do and use our dp?
I can haz double play?
your all welcome
Yes. Wiz fries.
Giddy-up, GIDP.
that DP was convenient…
… nah, too easy.
Jeter’s defensive skills have certainly dwindled, but I still love watching him turn two. He’s always been smooth.
There was the slider, beautiful pitch
If Nova can get past his second/third time through the lineup troubles, he can be Chien-Ming Wang with Ks.
And Dominican.
I miss the Wang.
Thats what she said
(fights the urge)
thats what she said?
Like Pavlov’s dogs
Good to be back on RAB for the season fellas.
And Nova pitches to the exact same ERA he had last year…
He did look very good in flashes, hopefully this is something he can build on.
reply fail
Thome is locked in right now…
Great job, Nova.
QS for Nova
Nova! yeeeeeaaaa buddy
Solid job, Ivan. Time to hand it over to the bullpen from hell.
Oop. Nova having no respect for the game alert.
Awesome strikeout, time for bullpen dominance
he throws lot of low strikes me like it
Nova’s got swag
To those who didn’t believe Ivan Nova could pitch past the 5th, he’d like to introduce you to DEZE NUTS!
(pours one out for Josh)
He got three outs after the fifth. Keep it in your pants.
And is only 83 pitches deep.
Sure hes done now since its April and this bullpen is insane but that counts for something. If he is going well he can soak up innings by pitching to contact and minimizing the damage.
I was referring more to his post-strikeout display going back to the dugout. I don’t know how to say it in Spanish, but it looks like he was throwing out a “DEZE NUTS”
overall I’m pretty happy with Nova’s performance
Supernova.
he lives down under
In 1987 Darrell Evans hit 34 homers at age 40. Somebody should tell Kay that.
fighting the urge to play The Show right now…
Nobody wants to see Nova get a crack @ the 7th?
What was his PC?
I’d let him start it, sure.
83 pitches? He’s a grown man.
I do! Get the bullpen up just in case though.
with a $40M bullpen? don’t push your luck.
If it were not April 4th, maybe.
Brett Manship? That may be one of the best names I have ever heard.
Oh no, I just ran out of scotch.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, I’M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION!!!
balllz. shoulda stopped on ur way home… like this guy!
Yes this was a botched night to be sure, its either beer or vodka after this glass.
Life is hard.
time for a Grandyslam jr.
that sounds like it should be a 99c menu somewhere
made my fat ass hungry…
Anyone else bring up that Nova hasn’t looked as good second time through the order?
Sorry, I’m at work and got busy, so I couldn’t keep this open.
Yeah its been discussed, he had a decent 6th, but certainly didnt look as sharp as the first 3 innings
his pitches were not ‘bad’, by and large.
just not as sharp…
awww yeah, nova to joba…I’m looking forward to more fist pumps and crouch grabs.
you spelled crotch wrong
indeed i did…but we all know what he’s grabbing out there
at his size, you know he’s not crouching any time soon…
/ZING
is Kay reading RAB?
Flaherty certainly isnt
My thoughts exactly
josomo shoutout
hahahaha flaherty bringing the smackdown
JoSoMo doesn’t flow?
Jobianiamo?
Jobianiano. My apologies.
Jobas got the gas going… apparantly he left his Razor back in Des Moines though, huh
Lincoln, not Des Moines, but keep rolling.
He clearly meant his Razor scooter, which he keeps in a corn silo in Des Moines, IIRC.
I sit corrected.
point still stands, dude needs a shave.
yankees dont have rules for hair like this?
Joba Rules
O’Doyle Rules!
They made a deal. Stop adding lb’s and we’ll let you keep the hair.
lol
It’s not for the Yankees it’s for whatever team he’s traded too.
Where’s DRob? I hope Girardi isn’t sticking to roles defined by innings…
I want JoRoSoMo.
I hope Girardi isn’t sticking to roles defined by innings…
Of course he is, he’s done it every other year he’s been managing.
Start it out with Boone Logan — BoJoRoSoMo.
damn…you beat me
add in Boone Logan for the lefty-lefty matchup…JoRoLoSoMo
Plus there’s Colon. CoLoRoJoSoMo.
With Nova starting. NoCoLoRoJoSoMo
what about when Pedro comes back
nice outing there from jobbers
Only complaint about Joba: the dude needs to cut his hair.
He’s preparing for his post Yankee career
joba will have a good year and the will try to turn him into a starter next year. I’m positive
From your lips to Mo’s ears, my friend.
mo bless
Mosanna, Mosanna, Mosanna.
/diggingupthedeadburieddecomposedcorpseofwhatoncewasalegitimatedebate’d
we can dream, right. Right?
My unequivocally biggest wish is that they somehow rectify this Joba-in-the-bullpen mistake.
But I’ve lost so many hours & brain cells arguing about it that even the dream hurts me now.
But yes sir. We can dream.
“I have dreamed a dream, and now that dream has gone from me.”
But this sums up my destroyed dream.
http://www.baseball-reference......7250.shtml
Beautiful memory. Reminds one:
The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one’s own–even more, one’s own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.
No way in hell that happens but I would love for to be wrong.
love to be wrong*
Guess who has the Yankees scoring over 5 runs and felt very confident after two innings?
This Guy.
Love this bullpen.
oooooh…. late call by the ump there.
This ump is a putz.
what’s with the bad late strike calls?
Nah, that was definitely a strike upon further inspection.
yea, posted before replay, my bad
BAbip’d
Bad BABIP Gardner.
Fuckin BABIP
yankees are having unlucky breaks on offense
It all evens out over the course of the season.
Unless you’re the Red Sox, of course. All the bad breaks go against them, all year long, and it’s only their heart and scrappiness and team-firstiness that allows them to overcome from time to time, those plucky small-market gamers.
+1… they get all the bad breaks and none of the calls go their way, but they do it ‘the right way’…
gardner and jeter have no luck right now
Bad Babip game, would be a sweet one to win.
It didn’t fall, but it’s nice to see Jeter hit something with some authority
read “something off the ground”
everything they’ve hit the last 3 innings has been a laser right to someones glove
Looks like the only thing Gardy’s stealing is Teix’s old Aprils.
But I totally called that A-Rod homer earlier. I love when he backs up Teix.
Maybe Jeter isn’t totally toast.
Or maybe that was an 84 mph fastball.
it is sad that the mere act of Jeter hitting a ball in the air makes me happy
yeah. Very sad to see jeter playing like that, very sad
…and into the outfield!
Jeter needs to make a sacrifice to the babip gods
(goes to get a bucket of KFC)
told you we shoulda got a live chicken…
BTW, watching a young, non-insane Charlie Sheen in movies from 20 years ago is a little eerie now. It’s like it’s not the same person.
please, I got Major League on Blu Ray for XMAS and I am struggling to pop it in…
counterpoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg
Good to see Jeter and Gardner hit the ball hard though
soriano is better then mo
waitingforbeingsmacked’d
Doesn’t have the longevity of Mo.
Extreme understatement.
just kidding btw.
i made a sin. Going to cut my wrists now
no no…so much to live for etc….
Interesting story.
I went to a Yankee game last year against toronto. Got to the store in Yankees stadium. No Mo shirts.
Told the miss, i came from Brazil to see the game and buy God jersey.
Wear 42 on Brazil now. Pride
not a good night at the plate for span haha
And of course everything they hit dribbles in for a hit.
gah more fucking BABIP bad luck
The BABIP gods are not in the Yankees favor tonight.
yikse.. Soriano getting squeezed
I think hes got a decently wide strike zone called for him.
1-2 to Mauer was questionable
not getting any of the calls from the ump….
This bullpen is fun to watch 7-9, especially when things are going the way they should.
Anyone think well see Mo before Soriano this year?
Definitely. It’ll be in an extra innings game though.
How long do you think it’ll be until there’s a manager who’s free from the ‘specific innings have specific intrinsic values’ thing?
Read: abolition of the ‘closer’.
It would be interesting to see the MSM’s reaction to that – I can see ESPN leading with something to the effect of “YANKS LOST FAITH IN RIVERA!!!”
Re: all the BABIP comments.
Since turning poker pro I’ve come to internalize a more solid conception of variance. *luck*
It’s similar to baseball in that the measurable results are expressed as a sum of extremely isolated events, all of which are subject to varying degrees of variance. All that can be done is to make the best decision possible regarding every event, be ever open to the fact that you made a mistake and didn’t get ‘unlucky’, and continue to work as hard as you can.
/cross disciplinary’d
Oh yeah, and don’t get all bent out of shape about it emotionally!!
Including a point in the original post fail.
Don’t ruin my irrational beliefs with your facts.
In the span of a years worth of at bats, some players can be greatly effected by bad babip. Look at Swisher from 2008 or Austin Jackson last year. Some players make the majors, and never return because bad babip made people think they couldn’t hit in the majors.
I agree that everything will probably work out with professional players like Jeter, its hard to compare them to cards or dice or anything thats based on chance. These hitters are human and base future at bats on their past at bats, so I think things are more complex in baseball than they are with poker.
Ok. The post was about luck. Not the comparison between baseball & poker.
If your favorite player is getting unlucky, like blistering liners right at gloves, try to temper the frustration with a little long-term view. Long-term in baseball, as you’ve pointed out, is more than just a season.
That’s all.
I like how the deeper you go into the Yankees’ bullpen, the calmer the reliever…from Joba’s histrionics to Soriano’s inning-ending golf clap to Zen Mo…the path to Nirvana
If only Jose Lima was still alive, we could have signed him to pitch the 6th.
Charlie Sheen to the 5th?
hehehe tyson?
…trade for Valverde?
Neither Sheen nor Valverde have Jose Lima’s wife.
Lima wins.
I think Sheen will be fine with these two smooookin hotties. goddesses.
The Yankees could use a run here. You just never know, not even with Mo.
top of the order is up
worst April hitter ever… wasn’t even a Home Run
Arod was going for it there with that swing…
blah – another replay fail meant that to go under “Xstar7″‘s comment
Comeon Yanks, lets tack on an insurance run or five.
Mo is Mo, but I’d like seven or so insurance runs.
7 insurance runs means mo can sit down and DRob can get some work.
Boos already?
I think (hope) they were booing the ump for the call.
definately boos for the bang-bang call…
Arod, i love you man but thats your second GIDP…kinda annoying
A-Rod is trying to make Jeter feel better. What a great teammate.
Bullshit. He’s just trying to hog the spotlight and show Jeter up by stealing the thing that the Captain does.
What a selfish douchebag.
he’s a total ‘One – Upper’…
stat padding his GIDPs
what the shit is going on in Texas? they are hitting the snot out of the ball.
Let them hit themselves out before we (or they) come to town
luckily, the Sawx already did that in March
What is this nasty factor on gameday?
darn, shouldn’t have said that I jinxed it, our “number 2″ just did what are number 2 does
LOL, Dusty Hughes is a University of Pheonix graduate? typically think of them as more of an ‘online school’ than a ‘baseball school’…
B-ref has Delta State
Same thing though, right?
I hope this big strike zone holds up for Mo.
anyone else have a bad feeling
Not JoSoMo….please
If it’s JoSoMo when it goes Joba – Soraino – Mo, is it RoSoMo when it goes DRob – Soraino – Mo. What about RoJoSoMo or JoRoSoMo?
Can you even buy coffee in the Stadium?
if you have $20 you can
92 still, thats amazing. Anyone remeber how hard mo threw when he was just a young-gun?
just threw one 93mph
Mo was nasty when he was throwing that cutter 96-97. Of course he walked 3x as many batters as he does now, but he was still nasty.
Fun fact: Reliever Mo’s career high BB/9? 3.0, in 2000.
Second highest? 2.8 in 1996.
What a freak.
Most of the articles on Rivera in ’95-97 refer to his fastball at 95-96 or so.
Dissecting Delmon
That looked like a generous call. But if you’re Mo, it happens.
Chrysler – Imported, from
KabulBagdhadDETROIT!
That was nasty.
finally, some babip luck. I thought that pop up was a sure double.
Framing pitches?!?!
I know, isn’t it awesome?
So this is what it’s like to have a catcher that can frame a pitch? Outside of Molina, when is the last time a Yankee fan has seen that?
Thurmon Muson?
Ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down…
1 more out!
Mo at 93 is crazy
Damn you Kubal
Way to ruin the fun, Kubel-Khan.
Hey, fellas?
We. Will. Not. Be. Stopped.
This guy knows what I’m talking about.
Hey, that’s cheating!
Anyone buy that he was hit?
where the eff was that
Mo gets that call! Blasphemy!
wtf? ring him up!
Whaaaa? How do you not give that to Mo?
Ump has given that as a strike all game…
wow…….
that looked like a strike, K-Zone or no K ZOne
A RODDDDDD
We are privileged to see this.
good night kids!
Good Game, Good Start to the season.
Time to get drunk.
Good night to all.
Mo should have gotten that call, but its a good. Another win in the books!
Yay win. Nova’s got to do better from the stretch tough. But I’ll take it.
and yes, Rusell Martin does look like Ray Liotta
Yes. Thank you.
Praise for Ivan the Bulldog Nova.
Michael Kay needs to stop trashing the high socks.
I’ve been impressed with the umps, been fair, not many stupid calls
Excuse me for asking this but what exactly is Kim’s redeeming value? Doesn’t ask particularly good questions, rarely unveils insightful or important information, and isn’t all that hot (I know it’s shallow, but let’s be honest – if you’re on television as an on-camera female reporter, it matters).
and the players know that but tolerate her.
You have a point. You could also make a similar case with Nancy Newman.
she seems to know enough about the game and is a decent looking chick… unlike michael kay
161-1
File under: “Textbook” …
Mariano Rivera is now trending on Twitter… Awesome.