May
08
Game 32: A win would be pretty cool
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The Yankees have tomorrow off, and we all know how much more enjoyable an off day is when you’re coming off a win rather than a loss. The laws of reverse lock might in play given the completely lopsided pitching matchup, but boy do I hope not. The Yankees could really use this win before heading home for a few days, so get it done boys. Here’s the starting nine…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Brett Gardner, LF
Frankie Cervelli, C
CC Sabathia, SP
Hooray for no more weird Texas start times after today. Both YES and TBS will carry the game when it begins shortly after 2pm ET. Enjoy.
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Why Cervelli? Argh. I do not understand Girardi’s irrational love of him. He can’t hit and he can’t throw anyone out.
Day game after a night game?
No griradi sux LOL
BINDER!
Why Cervelli?
Because catchers can’t play 162 games a year. Other positions which also can’t play 162 games a year: All of them.
Argh.
It’s baseball. Learn to live with it.
I do not understand Girardi’s irrational love of him.
That’s because it’s impossible to understand, because Girardi does not, in fact, have any irrational love for Cervelli, or for any other backup catcher for that matter. He simply realizes, like every other manager in the history of baseball, that you can’t play your starting catcher every single day or he’ll die.
He can’t hit and he can’t throw anyone out.
What he can do, however, is not be Russell Martin, thus enabling Russell Martin to not play every day so he doesn’t die.
Your logic is too logical. I’m confused.
My bad. Try this:
Girardi is playing Cervelli so much because Cervelli has heart and plays the game the right way, and you need scrappy sparkplug guys like that to snap you out of your funk and do all the little things you need to win a ballgame.
Now I get it!
Teh grit!!!
And have you seen his eyes? Sexy…
Just a question. Is Cervelli’s habit of pumping his fist after a strikeout more unacceptable to baseball purists than Torrealba’s habit of skipping sideways like a lunatic after a strikeout? Just curious. Also, when is Jose Bautista going to give the Rangers one of those claw gestures in mockery? Just asking.
still feel that way? or does a grand salami change ur mind?
Granted I still don’t like cervelli but as long as he’s just a backup, I got no problemm
The Yankees already got burned by the laws of reverse lock once this week, so I say that doesn’t apply here, based upon what I like to call the law of “He’s CC Freaking Sabathia, he’s not allowed to have 2 bad starts in one week.”
CC joins the party and throws the third no-hitter of the week.
You heard it here first.
I like that law.
Seriously though, no Hamilton, no Cruz, no Ogando, no excuses. Make this one a laugher so I can take my mommy out to the early-bird special at Furrs.
i like granderson batting second
keep winning serieseseses!
should have read: RESUME winning serieseseses!
Twins up on Dice-BB 3-0 in the top of the first. Sox will win 15-3.
Sox will win 15-3…Terry Francona inserts the recently called up Jose Iglesias into the field. He then proceeds to turn every single ball put in play in any part of the field into an out.
One starter has gone 5 innings in their last 4 games. None have gone over 5. Between the blowouts, extra innings, and rain delays their pitching is getting quite a workout. I’m hoping DiceK is gone in this one quickly.
He will be because the Sox will be up 15-3 and want to rest him
I wouldn’t doubt that with Pavano
Those of us now living in central time appreciate these “weird Texas start times.” A little bit of normalcy.
Try living on the west coast where afternoon games at Yankee Stadium start at 10:00 AM.
I decided I could never live on the West Coast when I was in Cali two falls ago and college football started at 9 a.m.
But the west coast night games don’t start at freakin 10:00
Plus all the sunshine and blond women get really annoying.
Random of me, but your user name is enjoyable.
I’m glad you enjoy it Kit! I was once a man known as “Tank the Frank” and we had sworn to kill each other. I hope this changes things. New name, less murder.
Haha…nice. I never would have guessed, Tank the Frank. That’s awesome though.
Hmm. I just checking the all-time hits leaders on Baseball Reference. They have Jeter at 2956 and Willie Keeler at 2932.
Didn’t YES show a graphic last night that Jeter just tied Keeler?
Keeler was officially given an additional 24 hits for being the original gritty prototype of Dustin Pedroia.
Not cool!
Keeler played for the Highlanders!!
Oh, look, a line drive single from Jeter.
Just passed Keeler according to the graphic they just showed.
Wondering from where they get their data then.
Line drives… I’m seeing line drives!!!
was it a fastball? was it a fastball?
http://imgur.com/oJYn2
Well duh everyone knows that. Know you’re fuckin Tolkien lore Dickey.
At least he didn’t name the bat “Tom Bombadil.”
Hi Reddit.
how the fuck did Napoli do that?
Dunno, but Kay said that he fed Bush.
Learned that from Jeff Mathis.
No better teacher than a guy with a .199/.262/.311 slash line.
Wow nice job, Tex. Asshole.
These TBS guys are pretty stupid.
Is there anyone that has YES that’s watching TBS instead?
Which guys? And what said they?
Ron Darling went to Yale. I know…Yale’s reputation greatly exaggerated.
Was he a legacy like Dubya?
No, academic scholarship. Half asian, ya know.
There’s Teixeira and ARod trying to hit a HR and not getting the job done. Typical. We need guys that can just Get The Run In (TM) and not these selfish guys that are in it just for the HRs.
Fucking weak. Game over.
ah jeez, an ARod popup, who could have seen that coming?
Alex needs to use a pink bat.
omg why does Arod suck so much right now. It’s fuckin annoying
So much for computers helping things, huh, ARod?
Torrealba skips after catching foul pops too. He’s 7 years old.
Pretty sure DJ has been hitting like 50% line drives and 50% ground balls in this series.
“BOOO A-ROD BOO!! HOW DARE YOU TRADE YOURSELF BECAUSE OUR OWNER WAS GOING BROKE AND COULDN’T AFFORD THE ABSURD CONTRACT HE OFFERED YOU!”
“BOOO A-ROD BOO!! HOW DARE YOU TRADE YOURSELF BECAUSE OUR OWNER WAS
GOING BROKE AND COULDN’T AFFORD THE ABSURD CONTRACT HE OFFERED YOU!TOO STUPID TO AVOID GIVING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CHAN HO PARK AND RUSTY GREER AND SHITTY PLAYERS LIKE THAT, THUS SQUANDERING OUR CHANCES OF BUILDING A WINNER AROUND YOU AND MAKING YOUR DEPARTURE THE ONLY WAY TO REHABILITATE OUR TEAM INTO A CONTENDER AGAIN!”And then he let the team get bought by Nolan Ryan so we have to listen to how freaking great Nolan Ryan is/was!
Pathetic. No other way to describe it.
No, there’s plenty of other ways to describe it.
Beginning with CC’s first year in pinstripes, here are the MLB pitchers who have amassed at least 10 fWAR (with IP and E/F/x included for reference):
1. Roy Halladay: 543.0 IP, 2.57/2.88/2.82 E/F/x, 16.5 fWAR
2. Justin Verlander: 521.1 IP, 3.38/2.93/3.34 E/F/x, 15.7 fWAR
3. Cliff Lee: 490.1 IP, 3.25/2.78/3.24 E/F/x, 15.4 fWAR
4. Tim Lincecum: 485.0 IP, 2.89/2.68/2.90 E/F/x, 14.9 fWAR
5. Zack Greinke: 453.1 IP, 3.20/2.84/3.32 E/F/x, 14.7 fWAR
6. Felix Hernandez: 545.0 IP, 2.44/3.02/3.22 E/F/x, 14.6 fWAR
7. Josh Johnson: 441.0 IP, 2.67/2.70/3.17 E/F/x, 13.5 fWAR
8. Jon Lester: 457.2 IP, 3.23/3.17/3.12 E/F/x, 12.8 fWAR
9. CC Sabathia: 514.2 IP, 3.22/3.39/3.65 E/F/x, 12.8 fWAR
10. Dan Haren: 514.1 IP, 3.36/3.34/3.23 E/F/x, 12.3 fWAR
11. Ubaldo Jimenez: 465.2 IP, 3.32/3.30/3.63 E/F/x, 12.2 fWAR
12. Adam Wainwright: 463.1 IP, 2.53/2.99/3.17 E/F/x, 11.8 fWAR
13. Jered Weaver: 493.0 IP, 3.19/3.38/3.76, 11.7 fWAR
#moneywellspent
How much more shall they spend after this year? Inquiring minds want to know.
I bet he opts out and replaces the 4/92M left with, oh, say, 5/120.
One more year, and a slight bump in AAV. JMHO.
I bet he keeps his average salary and gets 6 years.
I could see that too.
I could live with that.
I would be thrilled if he got only 5/120. I’m thinking 6/150.
When I see that list, the only thing I can think of is “Greinke can’t handle New York!!” And then I smack my forehead against the desk.
A-Rod needs to stop driving himself nuts dissecting his swing for hours on end. Just go into a game like this against Dave freaking Bush and see the ball, hit the ball. Dave Bush should be enough to get you out of your funk.
But of course I have absolutely no knowledge of hitting mechanics and am talking straight outta my ass.
Seems like Arod does nothing but popup.
I laughed.
Jesus christ Arod, you’ve already fucked up twice and we’re not out of the first inning.
Way to start the game Alex.
Gah. Baseball stop frustrating me!
Jeter should be able to have a good game thanks to this guy pitching slow so his declining bat speed can finally catch up to it.
By the way, I’d like to say Go Mavericks.
I don’t like the Mavericks. But I hate the Lakers. Sorry, Jack.
Why the Lakers hate? Are you a Celtics fan or something?
They are the ultimate bandwagon team along with the Celtics
That’s true. But it’s not the Lakers fault.
As any Yankees fan should know, you can’t really knock a team for being a bandwagon team. You can knock the bandwagon fans, but there’s got to be a better reason to hate the team.
No. When I can be bothered to care about the NBA, I root for the Knicks.
I’ve always disliked the Lakers. I strongly dislike Kobe.
I understand how you feel. I hate the Celtics. Kobe is a great player but it’s hard to get over that rape trial.
For me, it’s not the rape trial. I actually felt from the start that he was being railroaded. Mainly because he came out and admitted he had sex with the girl but that it was consensual. I mean, call me naive, but I’d never seen/heard of a guy accused of rape admitting he had sex with the “victim.”
The reason I dislike Kobe is that he comes off as fake and pretends that he likes everybody. I likened the Kobe/Shaq divorce to the Beatles breaking up. Shaq became John Lennon and said what was on his mind about everything, while Kobe became Paul McCartney and hid behind a lot of empty cliches and doubletalk.
I totally get why Kobe forced Shaq out, and I can’t hold that against him.
In order to build his own legacy, he needed to win rings without Shaq (or any other top-50 of all time player). He needed to be the unquestioned alpha dog of a team built around him.
And I totally get why the Lakers picked Kobe over Shaq. Smart choice.
like I said last night, Chavez in a wheelchair please.
Throw a strike dummie
You saying CC has low baseball IQ?
thats racist
No I’m saying he belongs to a ventriloquist.
Obviously Michael Young is the greatest player on earth.
After Pedroia of course.
Michael Young has a career 106 OPS+ while having always played in a hitter’s park.
He is not underrated.
Young’s career road split:
.281/.324/.414
Nobody with that career road line who has been to multiple all-star games should be considered “underrated”. In fact, a different nine letter word that also ends in “-rated” springs to mind.
See, I’m not prepared to call him “overrated,” because I don’t often hear people talk about him.
I’d say he’s “rated.”
I feel like this game is gona be like the game vs Beckett.
If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Michael Young, I would shoot Michael Young twice.
Well, duh.
I mean, the other two are corpses.
Unfortunately for you, Michael Young cannot be killed by conventional weapons.
You’ve tried?
Does anyone else get annoyed when CC pulls on his right sleeve whenever he throws a ball?
Strikes, CC.
Wow…CC can’t find the zone… Remember when the Yankees weren’t in a funk and KC didn’t look better than them.
Dbag behind plate won’t call a strike.
Jesus Fat Man. Get your shit together, with Bartolo’s effort last night you need to rehabilitate the image of fat pitchers.
He’s not fat, he’s festively plump.
Moses, too?
20 pitches only 8 strikes
our fatties are failing us
the guys with the guts are stuck in a rut
That was so poetic!
Great D.
Fuck this team is so annoying right now…..
Strikes and defense, boys.
Strikes and defense.
Bah. No strikezone command, and no gloves behind him.
Suck it up, boys. Let’s win this thing.
What do you mean by this? You’re not giving up on this game yet????
I seriously want to break something. I can’t stand watching shit like this, especially against the rangers
Two bad starts in a row by CC. First getting outpitched by Brad Penny and now Dave Bush. We’re in big trouble if CC can’t pitch well and our 3-4 hitters can’t drive runners in.
You’re really counting your chickens early.
Seriously. Let’s see Dave Bush pitch more than one fucking inning before ever declaring he’s “outpitched” anyone.
Well he technically has through one inning.
And technically any pitcher outpitching any other pitcher through one inning is so unbelievably meaningless it’s never worth mentioning.
You’re a douche.
That was unwarranted.
Jeez, even a short throw to third base gets one-hopped by Gardner.
Also nice job Gardner that probably cost us another run
Just the Yankees lack of fundamentals showing. Typical Gardner making an error.
dude:
* his 1st error this year
* best defensive LF in the AL last yr
* 2nd-most assists for LF last year
oh well, I already see that this is not our day.
Does CC hate mothers or something?
I feel like making a bad joke here, but I won’t.
Brett Gardner’s arm sucks, all you have to do is throw it straight
Nice throw Gardner. Terrific inning
7 shutout innings from bush u know its coming.
book it…
Wow, the Yankees made a fucking play… Finally, now that CC has thrown 50 pitches. !@#!@$@#%@#%@% @#%@$%#$%#$%!!!!!!!!!!!
I am in general not a fan of the other team scoring 3 runs on 1 hit in the first inning
if the yanks can’t come back against dave bush, they’re not gonna do it against anybody
Incorrect logic, you see. Dave Bush is EXACTLY the kind of pitcher that shuts the Yanks down. One hitter, eight inning shutout.
Send the tape of that inning out to all the instructional leagues. That’s how you play baseball boys.
thanks a lot CC u fat ass!! now we have to come back from a 3-0 deficit ALREADY!!!!! GODDAMMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE ARE BAD NEWS YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, that inning was all CC’s fault.
Where does wishing death fall under the RAB Commenting Guidelines?
I believe it is frowned upon.
Bleh.
Sure, CC had trouble with the strike zone but there were only 2 ER in that inning.
Bout time CC.
Maybe next time you’ll actually throw strikes?
And Arod, you’ll actually be of some use?
these Yankees have cause us great pain over this past week and weekend, if they don’t win today, i will vow not to watch them AT ALL this week, cuz i can’t take this shit anymore. this is a team that was really goin good, and then they shut down when the damn white sux came in to town. these yankees better get their shit together NOW!
Will you also vow not to comment anymore?
You’ll be missed.
YOU TELL ‘IM, STEVE-DAVE!
Sanchez is DEALING for the Marlins. Perfect through five with 9 K.
Daisuke gave up 3 in the first and the red sox have already come back to take the lead. then again, they’re facing pavano
No lead is ever safe in that piece of shit “ballpark.”
Regardless of teams/pitchers involved.
Those are awesome, Swish. You will probably be fined for them.
You know what would honor your mothers, Yankees? RUNS!
So it is now apparent that the Yankees feel bad they are ahead of Boston by more than a game and are thus trying to even the playing field. All makes sense.
tampon bay up 3-0, we better win or else 2nd place will be waiting!
It’s May.
hey gidget!
Hey hey, Wooderson! I listened to Lawrence Arms. It was awesome. Thanks for the rec.
we’re the raaaambling boys of pleasure
Favorite track too! It was a really fun listen. How’s life?
we better win or else 2nd place will be waiting!
(thinks)
I don’t give a shit.
just wow
This is the Bush era!!!
#beentheredonethat
This is pathetic
So that was an inning of good AB’s.
Dave Bush is pitching well.
It’d be nice if this team would stop sucking and wait a bit until they surrender first Place to the Rays.
It’s early May, who cares about the standings?
Apparently someone does.
Look, normally I’d agree with you, but this team isn’t in a normal situation. They have a patch work rotation, an offense with several aging cogs, and two very tough teams in the division. They need to build up a lead or at the very least hold on to a division lead, for when Boston hits their stride and Bartolo and Garcia lose effectiveness.
It would be nice if fans would stop giving a shit about who is in first place in May.
It’s May. Standings don’t mean anything unless you’re the Mariners.
Things that don’t matter:
what I had for dinner last night
anything that Sarah Palin says/thinks/does
first place on May 8
Posada 0 for his last 13. Enough.
CC’s strike zone seems microscopic
the 2-1 pitch was perfectly placed in the heart of the zone and yet it was called a ball. Doesnt seem possible to miss that call..
I want to beat this umpire in the face.
With my shit.
+1
CC throw strikes please
Is CC getting as squeezed in real life as it looks on Gameday?
Not as bad as yesterday. This zone is about 50% larger.
Looks like it.
Nice throw by Cervelli
First place was nice while it lasted, oh well team wasn’t really championship caliber this year anyways.
…dude, it’s the second inning of the 32nd game, slow down.
Welcome to opening day at Yankee Stadium, and here comes the first pitch. And the season is over……
This has to be satire.
I don’t think so.
The World Series is played in early May now. MLB said they wanted to get it out of November, you know.
May 8th 2009:
Bos 19-11
TOR 20-12
NYY 14-15
TBR 14-17
BAL 12-18
Yes, May 8th is the time to declare a season over.
It’s not about any stupid stats, it’s about watching the games and seeing that this club clearly isn’t championship caliber!
Sincerely,
An Amalgam of All These Crazy Commenters
The game is played on the field, not in your excel file. Nerd. All I need to know is what I see with my eyes.
Right, because:
CC, Burnett, Colon, Garcia, Nova is clearly a championship caliber rotation. Not to mention with two key aging important cogs in the line up, and perhaps a third. Clearly a team that can stack up with the 2009 Yankees.
The 2009 Yankees had like, five important aging cogs in the lineup. Four of them managed to have one last hurrah at the same time.
Five? Jeter, Damon, Matsui, and Posada? Who’s the fifth? A-Rod? IIRC, his issue was injury, not age. As to that…Jeter was still merely in the twilight of his prime, whereas now it looks like it’s in the twilight of his career. Over all I like the offense a bit more this year, especially if Cano takes more walks and Jeter gets a bit more power. However, these teams aren’t analyzed in a vacuum. The 2011 Red Sox are a lot better than the 2009 Red Sox, I think I’d say the same about the Rays. The rotation’s worse off, and that’s probably the key for me. As to the importance of April/May, not too long ago the Red Sox lost the Vegas favorites line for the AL East title, April and May standings matter, not as much as September, but with a team with such a volatile rotation, I find it insane that you guys can just bounce off the standings.
Yeah, that’s hardly an honest comparison. In 2009 they merely had to “survive” an A-Rod-less April. They just signed three huge players and were widely considered the division favorites (by the unbiased projections) and WS contenders. Jeter still had effectiveness left, and the rotation looked pretty good on paper. This season, it’s hardly the case, the team was fully healthy to begin the season. The rotation was being held together by rust, and there was a legitimate chance that the Yankees missed the playoffs. I mean, be honest here…at the beginning of the season there was very little chance that the Yankees would win the division, and a solid chance that they even miss the WC. Now if you were told in April that Phil Hughes this year would be a non factor, you’d probably assume they’d miss the playoffs. It’s not unwarranted pessimism. The rotation’s bad, Jeter’s cooked, and Boston and Tampa are pretty good teams.
klingy94 says:
May 8, 2011 at 2:40 pm
tampon bay up 3-0, we better win or else 2nd place will be waiting!
Might be time to jump in the Delorean and go see Biff and find out if the Yankees win.
That book only ran through 2000.
You’re right… short sighted writers.
Weren’t they though?
The movie was made in 1989. Yes, it was still 1985 to Marty’s perspective, but why have him buy a book that only covered the next 15 years when he was 30 years in the future.
Stupid all around.
I assume they assumed that 2000 would be the last year that books would be printed, as all data would be stored on holograms beyond that point.
Yea, they also promised us flying cars and hydrated pizzas and we’re only 4 years away!
Shouldn’t we, as a society, like…sue someone over this?
I’ve already begun legal proceedings against Javier Vazquez.
Of course! How did I not see it?!?
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....revDate=58
Dbag gotta f himself.
no command at all from CC..
It’s a bad sign when Posada admits to his own manager that he’d bench himself. I give it another 2 weeks. Hello, Jesus!
Where’s the claw and antlers crap?
I see that CC’s early struggles have really brought out the best in commenters. Yikes.
I’m just shaking my head at a lot of it and fighting the urge to be snippy in response. It’s really bad.
I blame all these commenter’s mothers.
Yes, even on Mothers Day.
I was going to wish everyone’s mom a happy mother’s day but fuck it.
It’s a fake Hallmark holiday anyway.
That doesn’t apply to your mom, Pat. ‘Cause you’re pretty awesome.
Of course. 2 out hits
deja vu all over again, thank you CC, he is definitely player of the game today
For realz. They should cut and run while they can. Trade him or DFA, I don’t care. I don’t want that fatass CC on my team!
4-0. that is nothing for the offensive might of the mighty mighty Yankees to over come.
Yeah, but David No-Hit Bush be dealin’!
They did it last night.
*rangers run over and give ump a bj*
Also fuck you Elvis Andrus.
This clip accurately describes my feelings to the doom and gloomers today:
Sanchez perfect through 6 with 10 K but he’s at 97 pitches already…
Sanchez who?
Dirty.
Anibal
Lets get on the board!
Fun facts with absolutely no meaning…
Yankees longest winning streak, losing streak, and the number of games they have been shut out – 3,3,3….
I’ve decided I’m going to be a troll today. Sorry in advance.
DON’T GO INTO THE LIGHT!!!!
Yes, stay on the dark side. It is the only way you can save your friends.
http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com
At least Gardner and Jeter are continuing to emerge from their slumps of suckiness.
I think Cervelli should bunt here.
Jose Iglecias would fly down from Boston and turn it into a DP.
Then his namesake would record a new version of “Hero” all about him.
Who had May as the month that the Yankees would not have a single hitter over .300?
I had no Yankees hitting over .200 at any point this season.
i kant buh-leeve jerardy is givin martin a d@y 0ff. so0o st00pid! wurst manajer evur.
ZZ is zo fat wut a fat azz trow teh strikes!
I really hate Girardi.
He just has this aura about him that I cant stand.
I also have that feeling, but it’s not about Girardi.
Muhahahahahahahahahahaha.
I’m picking up what you’re putting down.
+1
It’s 16 games in 16 days stretches like this that make you realize the marvelous benefit of amphetamines.
Pleeeeease no double play PLEASE!
if jerardy pl@yed martin today tht wudda been a homer.
now were gunna be in 2nd pl@ce 2marro uhhhggggg
So now that Jose Iglesias has been called up, when is his HOF induction ceremony? Fact: They’re doing away with the normal 5 years after retiring rule because his glove is just that good.
Frankie with teh wheelz. And Beltre still almost got him.
(tips cap to both parties involved)
Derek Jeter looks like Derek Jeter.
Dave Bush throws just his speed.
WOOHOO not dead yet!
Jeter getting some help from the BABIP gods
Wow, Jeter is looking….good
The Capn with two hits that landed in the OF. He’s just showing off for his mom today.
Jeter is back in my good graces
“another hit for Jeter!”
welcome to- the twighlight zone!
Jeter sucks…. if he were a real Yankee and not old and out dated, he would have hit that ball like Roy Hobbs.
Okay, all trolling aside. That Jeter hit actually brought a smile to my face.
The Captain frowns on your trolling shenanigans.
Especially on Mothers Day.
I’m a heroin addict, feel sorry for me.
Cone is the man. Giving the WAR shoutout.
Coney is dropping mad knowledge this series
Derek really is the silver lining in this game. Keep it going, Jeter.
Coney with the WAR reference.
Dropping knowledge. Gotta love Cone.
YES Cone dropping fWAR on the YES broadcast. Watch out traditional stats people, the nerd revolution is upon you.
And it will be televised!
Grandy for MVP
Yay offense actually doing stuff. If i see a bunt though…
OH SHIT AT FIRST DAVE BUSH WAS OUTPITCHING ZZ BUT NOW ITS ZZ WHO IS OUTPITCHING TEH BUSH
TEH BUSH! HAHA
To be fair, Bush still has some wiggle room for that to be true.
To be fair, I’m pointing out how absurd it is to proclaim anyone is outpitching anyone else with only a tiny fraction of the game already played.
is it really WAR like the fight? I always said WAR like car.
I thought it was the former.
Tomato, tomahto.
Does anyone actually say tomahto? I’ve only heard tomayto.
Douchebags say tomahto.
I’ve heard advertisement pronounced ad-ver-tis-ment
Listening to people in Massachusetts talk makes me want to stab my eardrums.
It’s Wor-ces-ter, not “Wooster”.
How about “Greenwich?”
Cuz I used to work in Greenwich Township, New Jersey, and I heard some people insist it should be pronounced “Green-wich,” not “Gren-ich.” I dismissed them as white trash idiots, since there’s quite a few of them in that area, including those people who named their kid Adolf Hitler.
including those people who named their kid Adolf Hitler
Wut. I hope you’re not serious.
http://articles.nydailynews.co.....ed-parents
Holy shit.
http://www.vosizneias.com/6167.....-get-kids/
Yea, that’s a better version. I’d go to that Shop Rite on lunch breaks when I worked at the Circuit City in Greenwich Township.
And the Wal-Mart that decorated the cake is probably the one about 5 miles from my house.
Green-Which sounds like a shitty sandwich that no one wants to eat.
That’s the worst. How does those people pronounce advertise?
You can say it however you want. It is an acronym. I personally say WAR like the fight.
I pronounce it like Ed-war
Nice little rally but now for the 2 automatic outs in our lineup.
Nice to see Jeter warming up with that patented Jeter oppo base hit. Also nice to see Dave Bush on the mound and not this asshole we saw the first two innings.
Wow, risky, Curtis.
Wow that looked gone off the bat
SQUEEZE BUNT BY A-ROD!!!!
Grandy……that was almost very bad
Now that makes me smile, great fundamentals on the bases.
SHIT GRANDY
I know it’s lame but seeing him tag from first was pretty cool.
TWO RUNNERS IN SCORING FOR THE POP UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C’mon ARod..hit that ball like you hit Cameron.
I suppose this means that A-rod is the abused one in that relationship.
I buy it.
wow, not cool.
Oh shit.
Classy Texas fans
FUCK
Bush’s Baked Beans
Classy fucking Texans.
Fuck you, people of Texas.
HOW DARE YOU HIT AROD ON MOTHERS DAY!!!!!!!
Rub some dirt on it. Be a man!
On a serious note…clear the benches!!!
Nooooo…no clearing of any benches.
Please be okay, Alex.
please waive posada hes done
Pathetic AB by Cano…
Grat AB by Cano
And by “Grat” I mean “Great”
Imagine if Cano saw more than one pitch in an at bat. He might actually get something better to drive.
Alex needs some rest. And as I’m typing that we can’t bring the runner in from 3rd again. Wtf
First pitch swinging. How unpredictable, Suzyn.
Seriously, for all the good that Cano does at the plate, he can look like an undisciplined, out of control, hack….
He’s definitely seems like he’s swinging more this year than last year. Walk rate down from 8.2% last year to 2.4% this year.
this game should be like 15-4
Swisherslam?
Borbon smirking like he’s actually a ML player when he’s actually just a AAAA wannabe.
First pitch swinging after the guy in front of you got hit. Not smart Robbie
Dang, Cano just like Teix in the first
Come on Yankees, don’t let them get away with hitting A-Rod.
That was a really lame inning. We could have done big things.
that is just about every game since the start of the Detroit series.
horrible AB Swish
asdfghjkl
Swisher and Cano. WTF
Girardi’s like “fuck this, I’m out”
Sigh.
another wasted chance.. this offense doesnt seem capable of getting that big hit
Straight ball I hit very much. Ball not straight…bats are afraid.
In the old days some bench jockey would’ve been screaming for Bush to man up and try to throw harder. I prefer the old days.
Although not a true factual statement, based only on biased perspective, why are the Yankee hitters so poor when it comes to RISP? Do they all have dreams of going yard or do they feel so much pressure because they fail so frequently that it makes matters worse? #hyperbolicreaction
2nd time we have failed to drive in a runner from 3rd with 1 out. And this was with Teix and Cano batting. Texas knows how to hit with RISP and we don’t, that’s the difference.
I laughed.
Yankees should YouTube “Hitting with RISP lesson.”
The Yankees would be winning if they got the three walks and two errors Texas got. Hitting with RISP is not different that hitting with no one on, it’s the same stuff. You just focus more on one.
No Mike. All these great Yankees hitters just don’t know how to hit with RISP. It’s a fact because I believe it and I see it with my eyes.
STOP HIDING BEHIND YOUR PHONY NUMBERS, BURGUNDY!!!!!
Do we always leave the bases loaded in Texas?
This place has been a house of horrors lately.
OMG, it’s becoming the new Anaheim Stadium for the Yankees!!
The HORROR!!!!!!!
Lol come to think of it, the Yankeesdont win that often in Aneheim do they?
No, it seems like they always have an issue there.
You think Kim Jones would have put on some makeup…
It’s like 85 degrees. I don’t think that’s a good combination.
Please. Dallas women cake on the makeup, heat be damned.
That’s…a good thing?
I didn’t say it was.
OK.
See I like to make fun of and belittle Texas every chance I get, all without never intending to set foot inside the state, except to maybe visit the Alamo.
That’s acceptable, right?
Party on, Wayne.
In honor of Mother’s Day, I will refrain from saying anything about how Kim Jones looks.
+1
Aww hopefully Swisher’s mom gets better.
Its been an hour and 10 minutes and we’re not even through the 3rd.
That was a nice play
Ribbinson!
(fistpumps)
CC cruising
Finally, a 1-2-3 for CC!
Now we need one for Soriano
Alright, CC, good job. More of those innings.
why couldn’t CC do that the first few innings?
CC works in mysterious ways.
Because his team was making errors.
And he was getting squeezed (while also struggling with location a bit).
Jorge retire now kthanksbye
Interesting how all the guys Cone mentioned are HOF’ers and Posada just won’t be.
Also, I think the trivia answers are Ryan and Ferguson Jenkins.
What was the question?
HOF’ers to throw a no hitter with the Rangers.
It’s actually Ryan and Bert Blyleven, Jenkins never threw a no hitter
Very good. I forgot Blyleven pitched for the Rangers.
And technically then that question is bullshit. Blyleven is a Hall of Famer-elect, not yet officially a Hall of Famer.
kevin brown sucks
Swisher is awful. In a pressure situation, he is the last person I want up. He dreams of going yard in every at-bat.
if there’s ever guys on base and two-outs, 9 times out of 10, he makes an out. the 10th time he can work a walk.
That is, of course, unless we already have a 5 run lead. then he’s king of padding stats.
Can you teach me how to read other people’s minds without physical contact?
I feel like this would be a useful skill with which to make a living.
Swisher is awful. In a pressure situation, he is the last person I want up.
Swisher, Late and Close, career: .267/.387/.476
Swisher, High Leverage, career: .246/.369/.477
if there’s ever guys on base and two-outs, 9 times out of 10, he makes an out.
Swisher, Men on Base, career: .258/.376/.467
Swisher, runner on third, two outs, career: .244/.401/.415
That is, of course, unless we already have a 5 run lead. then he’s king of padding stats.
Swisher, within 4 runs: .250/.357/.460
Swisher, greater than 4 runs: .260/.359/.490
As always, the facts >>>>>>>>>>>>>> your narrative
Career nubmers
2 outs RISP: .222/.374/.413
Late and Close: .267/.387/.476
Within 4 R: .250/.357/.460
>4 R: .260/.359/.490
High Leverage: .246/.369/.477
Low Leverage: .249/.342/.464
please waive posada
The Yankees and their front office don’t read these posts…no matter how many times you write them.
read this: fuck your mother
Too much passion.
It’s Mother’s Day, they need something fun thrown their way.
Easy champ.
Well done.
I know it’s against RAB rules but this kind of talk excites me.
Honestly this shouldn’t be allowed and this poster should be banned immediately.
So it’s a battle of wits, I see.
Okay any time your opponent has more runs than hit and you have as many errors as runs, you have a problem.
Still, how much longer can you stick with Posada?
This T Mobile girl is insanely gorgeous. If I could find a woman like her I would have no worries in this world.
Find a woman like her and have her not press charges, I mean.
As a T-Mobile employee, I say again, enjoy her while you can.
Yeah I was just saying to my friend that I would be surprised if she wasn’t in the movies soon based solely on her looks.
You mean Catherine Zeta Jones?
Her husband is in his 60s…,ew.
Nah, it’s a new chick. But Mrs. Zeta-Jones is still fiiiine.
No, she hasn’t been a spokesperson for like 4 years now.
She’s a model from the Great White North, our neighbors the Canucks.
http://www.google.com/search?q.....38;bih=865
Oh my dear sweet Lord.
Nice.
Pavano is getting lit up, that douche bag is handing the Sox a win with Dice-K on the mound.
He’s doing it just to spite the Yankees.
Cashman was thinking of signing him this spring. He threw Billy Eppler at the wall to see what sticks. And the Pavano part fortunately slid off.
The worst part about playing Texas, aside from losing, is listening to all these stupid theories about pitch counts. Nevermind the fact that Texas as yet to produce an Ace and their best pitching prospect was moved to the bullpen, and their second best pitching prospect suffered shitty year last year. Oh, and the fact that Hughes has dead arm and Joba’s shoulder is held together by apple sauce. Yeah, pitchers are babied.
Idiots.
I don’t get why people think Girardi is a good manager.
Because he’s not a bad manager?
And by manager standards that means he’s a good manager. Baseball managers are typically former ball players, which means that they’re dumb by breed.
I’m not saying he’s the greatest manager ever, just that he could be so, so much worse.
Agreed. He tends to avoid the really EHAST THE FUCK WEAS THAT FUCKING CALL!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, Girardi tends to avoid the really dumb decisions and by manager standards it means that he’s a good manager.
Yeah. I just think people really jump down his throat over shit that’s not under his control. The binder jokes were old last year, and they’re even older this year. He’s not the one throwing pitches or making plays. He makes questionable decisions every once in a while but every manager makes them.
He bunts too much for my taste, but he generally makes sound bullpen decisions and shows confidence in guys allowing them to work their way out of slumps and be healthy and productive come playoff time. He takes a long-view approach instead of a short-view one, and that’s what a team like the Yankees needs in a manager.
Many other managers don’t do those things, so that makes Girardi above-average in my book.
Agreed. The bunting is the one thing I do have a gripe about because it’s ridiculous with this lineup, especially with guys that can actually hit, but other than that, I like the way he handles the players the most. Some of the moves he makes are indeed questionable, but he gives the guys a chance to turn things around instead of leaving them on the bench to basically rot. When he needs to make a move, he makes it, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but that’s baseball.
I think he makes stupid decisions and hasn’t done much for people to think he’s good.
He makes questionable decisions once in a while, but again, every manager makes them. I don’t think he’s the greatest manager ever, but as far as managers go, he’s been pretty decent. Hasn’t destroyed the bullpen, overworked pitchers or every day players.
Out of curiosity then, who do you think is a good manager?
Idk TBs. I just think Girardi is not good.
I would be very pleased if he was fired.
And do you think Ron Washington is a good manager? Or Ozzie Guillen? Or Bruce Bochy? Or Dusty Baker? The players make the plays not the manager. Joe Torre taught us that.
Cano, you fuckhead.
He ruined Cervellis only good throw of the year
Cervelli’s pissed because he knows his caught stealing percentage won’t even reach 6%.
Why can’t Cano catch throws anymore.
it wouldnt be the right call but if Cano had held on to the ball the ump would have given him the out..
I believe he signaled out until the ball was dropped.
Come on CC, you were doing well.
the defense has been awful lately
I know Bourbon was safe anyway, but this dropping the ball thing is inexcusable. Squeeze it please.
This has been a painful game so far. It would make at least make it feel slightly better if CC unleashes a pitch at a Ranger’s back.
wow this is pathetic
whats the point of having a backup catcher that cant play D or hit?
Have you seen the other backup catchers in the league? Most of them can’t play D or hit either.
Keeps Montero in AAA and keeps pointing out that the Yankees as an organization have very little faith or use for their farm teams other than trade bait.
Because they threw Nova to the fire last year?
Awesome… The next time Sterling says the Yankees have a good defense, he should be fired. There is nothing good or remotely above average about their defense.
Stealing on the Yankees is like sex with Paris Hilton… that easy.
I protest! I would find it very difficult to have sex with Paris Hilton.
Beautiful pitch big guy!
Nice 97 mph fastball from CC. Could be a great 8th inning guy.
Quick fantasy question: Is Jose Iglesias one of those all glove, no hit guys? Or can he actually hit? Would you recommend picking him up?
Believe he’s all glove as of right now.
He’s useless in fantasy.
Oh, god, it’s not as bad as 1968 again.
Though I do wonder if offense should continue to decline over, say, 5-6 more years, if they’ll make rules changes to compensate and get more offense back in the game.
Fuck yea Derek is back.
A HOMERUN FROM JETER!
JETER!!!!
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!
He’s ALIVE!!!!
JETAAAAAAAHHHHHH WOOOOOOOOO
wow, he’s NOT dead yet
Wait a second, no way that just happened, right? First time since what, June of 2010?
Jeter? Home run? lolwut?
JETER HR JETER HR JETER HR
ahhhhhhhhhh!
Oh. My. God.
WTF happened? That was not a grounder to short. Does this mean that the Yanks get an auto win for today.
El Capitan!!!
Wow, look at the old man still showing some life. Now if only the rest of the team would join him.
I DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!!
Well, the Yankees can lose first place now and my confidence will still go up.
That’s it.. Who is this #2 guy today!?
2 hard hit balls in 2 days for Jeets.. it feels awesome!
Jeter hitting HR’s?????? DFA him, he needs to retire, he is old,….. No wait, my favorite comment from the Tweets “DAVID BUSH THROWS DEREK JETER SPEED”…
It’s pink bat magic.
Jeter hitting .275
surely we will win now.
Derek Jeter, True Yankee
He’s been a true Yankee for quite some time now.
What just happened
Jeter is loving the Arlington launching pad.
Are you fucking kidding me? I go to change the laundry and Jeter hits a home run? I hope there’s never another Mother’s Day ever again.
1) Michael Kay is an idiot. I don’t care if Jeter hits .330. If he hits .330/.330/.330, that’s an awful offensive player.
2) Jeter HAS looked a LOT better at the plate lately. And now the results are showing up.
.330/.330/.330 is not an awful offensive player at all. Especially not for a shortstop.
Yes. Yes it is.
List of qualifying players with OPS < .660 in 2010:
Cesar Izturis
Jose Lopez
Alcides Escobar
Nyjer Morgan
Ryan Theriot
Erick Aybar
Elvis Andrus
Chone Figgins
Yunel Escobar
Orlando Cabrera
Juan Pierre
Considering there are a bunch of starting shortstops on that list, I’m not sure this really proved your point.
That was one seriously Jeterian blast
there is a Mo after all
Rangers Announcer: Does Jeter look different to you?
Mark McLemore: Yeah he does, it doesn’t seem like he can drive a fastball anymore. He used to be able to drive that pitch out to the right-center gap.
(Jeter hits home run on next pitch)
To be fair, he wasn’t really wrong.
+1. Why are you watching the Ranger’s broadcast?
Because I didn’t want to pony up the 5 extra bucks a month to listen to Kay call road games
i support the yes network like a TRUE yankees fan.
you happy bitch, its just a small sample size. we all know jeter wont keep this up.
……………………………
Somebody completely missed the point
4XBH in 120 PA.
That’s not driving any pitch, fastball or offspeed.
Jeter!
Totally called that Jeter HR. http://bit.ly/mP26qj
Well played Sir.
Grandy: Beast.
lucky ass bounce for Texas. That’s a long single for Grandy
Alright! Now do something A-Rod. Do SOMETHING!
It’s damn good to see Jeter turn it on as of late!
This Tucker fellow isn’t fooling anyone.
except A-Rod, Cano and Swish
Yeah!!! Fuck you borbon!!!!
Is there any chance they get a hit here with runners in scoring position?
If A-Rod pops out, I will rampage through the neighborhood.
Be grateful if Jeter does not strike out against those who have betrayed him
Maybe Borbon should stop diving so often. Anecdotally, it doesn’t seem to be a very good strategy.
It fools some observers into thinking he has a lot of range when it’s the case that he gets bad jumps and has enough speed to almost make up for it. Lenny Dykstra played CF like this.
100 percent correct. It’s the Ellsbury Principle.
Beautifully stated.
You can really see the media bias when they keep talking about Ellsbury as if he’s a great fielder when the Sox have continued to look for ways to move him to LF.
Bill James said the same thing about Carney Lansford at third base. Said that he dove for everything and it made people think he was a good fielder, but it was actually because he had no range to get to anything properly.
That’s why they play all nine innings. Tie game.
well at least he got the run in
Is Robbie serious?
I’d really like Cano to stop swinging at the first pitch.
Another weak swing on a first pitch by Cano.. its like he lost all the progress that he made last season
It sure would be nice if Cano showed any plate discipline whatsoever though
Dear Robinson Cano,
STOP SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH EVERY AT BAT.
When the opposing teams knows you will swing, they will not throw it out over the plate for you to hit.
It’s no wonder your batting average has dropped under .300 in recent weeks. MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT.
more RISP fail … Gotta love it
Yeahhhhhhh…gettin’ pretty tired of Swisher right about now.
He could use a day off.
Swisher, Posada, Cano, and hey Alex, anytime you wanna bust outta that slump… that would be greeeat.
I’m sure you loved him when he tied the game yesterday.
I don’t care if you’re Swisher or Cervelli, I’ll love anybody who ties the game. But so far this year, my disdain for Swisher immensely outweighs my love.
Robbie’s playing tired. He’ll rebound after the off day tomorrow, I’m sure.
What a dumb text poll. No shit, guys.
That was above your head, Beltre.
UGH UGH UGH
more little league D from the Yankees..
Butter fingers. Literally.
Really? It’s Napoli.
The sloppy playing is killing me.
LOLOLOLOLOL
Come on guys, you gotta have better defense.
Stupid infield hits
Fucking team SUCKS DEFENSIVELY AND FUNDAMENTALS… OMG!!!!! Keystone cops on defense today.
Wow…AWFUL D!!!
This is a disaster. That’s all it is.
Too bad King George isn’t around to call CC a fat toad after that one.
Tom Emanski needed ASAP.
Awful. They haven’t looked this bad defensively in years.
Maybe we can get Matsui to play centerfield for the laughs.
look at these morons….
Sheesh.
bahahahahahahahhaha cervelli i h8 u s0 much rite n0w nd alwayz
jesus christ, thank Mo they handled one finally.
Holy socks Batman!
That about sums up how fucking lucky the Rangers have been against the Yankees since the playoffs. Their BABIP has to be above .400
I think I predicted three infield hits for Texas in this series. They almost all happened in one inning.
So that Yankees defensively on balls not hit directly at them = 8 yr old tee ball.
Lesson to kids at home, you really don’t have to be that good at fielding to play for the Yankees. #Giambi #Knoblauch #Thames
Maybe you should root for another team. You don’t seem to like this one very much.
I don’t like sloppy play – FOUR ERRORS TODAY ALONE. Save the cliche responses, it is unacceptable for this team and at this level….
It’s baseball. Shit happens.
Get a grip. Even the best teams have games like this. It’s baseball. Is it unsettling? Yeah. But it doesn’t speak to a greater trend and thus, no need for hysteria.
Besides, while the team may have had Knoblauch and Giambi and Thames, Giambi is a 1B, usually a position reserved for the team’s worst fielder (and check out some of the other 1B over the years, it’s often not a list of Olerud-like glove whizzes), Knobby was good before his strange throwing syndrome and Thames was brought on as a 4th/5th OF for a platoon role. You’re reaching.
Knoblauch could field like a mofo. He just couldn’t throw by the end.
Keith Olberman’s mother agrees. #HappyMothersDayMrs.Olberman
what, no bunt?
why is poada on the team? bring up montero and DH him. hes obviously not a good defensive catcher, his skill is hitting. look at mauer’s sad condition – the guy has knees of a 40 yr old. ownd.
cashman is just dicking around with this montero situation, just like he dicked around during the lee negotiations. get it together you baldheaded fuck.
The crack pipe.
Put it down.
the more montero catches the more damage he does to his knees. its just not worth it. play him now, he will rake.
That’s just logical!
i can say whatever i want
Unfortunately, yes, you apparently can.
thank you
So can I.
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White noise.
In celebration of Robert Johnson’s 100th birthday, maybe Jorge should sell his soul to the devil to be able to hit again.
I would love to see the strike zone this ump has after the game.. It’s been consistent but he has called so many should-be strikes, balls for both teams..
I wish Cervelli would just stop dancing at the plate and just try to hit the ball.
Eh, he’s a better dancer than hitter. Do what you’re good at.
Ouch.
nice job by the ump keeping the runner from advancing
Yea, with his nuts.
Bah, no breaks.
Cervelli I love you.
From 3-0 Twins to 9-5 Sox? Come ON.
Yay more DPs!
Bah, I’m sure Gardner was going to run on the very next pitch!
Do you also have Cuso’s mind reading abilities?
I would laugh if I wasn’t getting so pissed off by this defense.
Sloppy game is making me sad.
Gameday had that first pitch almost down the middle
way to be alert Gardy. This is getting embarrassing
Nah, Brett was just challenging Borbon to run on his scatter arm.
Defensive clinic in Arlington today.
Do the Yankees realize there’s a FUCKING BASEBALL GAME BEING PLAYED!!!!!!!
I think Jeter does. Not sure about anyone else.
Grandy’s looking pretty good.
my guess is no. you should fly to arlington and have the scoreboard operator put it on the big screen to let them know.
This is one of the SLOPPIEST games…ever.
1) This infield needs to spend a few hours on the field practicing. Awful.
2) Brett Gardner is the biggest fucking tease on the planet. You are fast. You can steal second. You should start stealing second. Heck, steal on the first pitch every once in awhile. Steal on the second, steal on the third. I don’t care. Don’t wait until the 10th fucking pitch to go. Make him watch a few hours of Michael Bourn stealing bases for how it should be done.
Meat.
Rangers with no fundamentals.
Good to see we’re not the only ones being stupid today.
So stupid on Andrus’ part.
Wasn’t that Borbon?
It was.
The way the Yankees are playing today I don’t blame the Rangers for having the green light.
And there we go the third infield hit just came in the next inning. How come the Yankees never seem to get this lucky, sans Jeter?
How come the Yankees never seem to get this lucky,
We do, you just don’t remember it.
True. Plus I didn’t tune in until the bottom of the fifth I didn’t know about Jeter today. Maybe he’s really back?! Let me at least bask in this monster performance.
Lolz Borbon.
Arthur is a girl’s name.
If the Yankees win this they need to do a prayer to Mo.
Cervelli, earning his playing time by FINALLY making Rangers pay for what they (and the commentators for that matter) think are “GUTSY, HEADS UP” plays but in fact are stupid ones that are just being rewarded by the Yanks defense.
Holy shit, Jeter!
head explodes
WTF!?!?!?!?!?!? R U KIDDIN
I’m afraid the world is going to end now.
HOLY SHIT DJ IS MY HERO AGAIN
someone pinch me
OMG WHAT IS GOING ON!
JETER!!!!
HOLY CRAP! DEREK FUCKING JETER!!!!
OMG JETER WITH TWO HOE RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Home runs, not hoe runs
I believed it.
Two. Two homeruns today
/The Count.
WHAT!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!!?
I’m looking out my window now to see if any pigs are flying.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahaHHAAHAHhahahaAHahaha
I AIN’T DEAD YET, MUTHAFUCKA!!!!
juicin’. he’s juicin’
JETAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!
FUCK YESSSSSS!
I don’t believe what I just saw
OMG JETER WITH TWO HOME RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeter woke up this morning and it was 1999
HE GONE!
Thank god we DFA’d Jeter when we did.
The home run cures all.
Derek Jeter, go buy yourself a lotto ticket!
This is my motherfuckin’ offense! More!
Jeter making a late run for the HomeRun crown. Tommorow all of the analysts and blog writers come up with the reasons why THEY thought Jeter was breaking out of his slump.
Wally Matthews: “I saw it in his eyes!”
I always loved Arthur Rhodes. He was one of the best assets the Yankees have.
Remember when this game was over in the first inning?
Fun times. Fun times. Remember when CC was getting out-pitched by Bush?
I can’t believe we’re winning a game where CC got so thoroughly outpitched by Dave Bush.
It’s mind-bottling.
Ah, Texas. Always with the lolz.
Memo to the Lone Star State: Your ballparks are a joke.
calm down guys, the pitcher is just bad.
Back-to-back, belly-to-belly bombs!
Back to back and a belly to belly!!!
This guy Granderson is so fucking good.
GRANDY! Hahahaha Arthur Rhodes blows
Well there’s no way he shuts us down two days in a row
Realizing they will likely not find any enjoyment in today’s game now, the anti-Jeter kids head outside to burn American flags and shoot kittens.
Jeter hitting .281
Ahh, the sound of “Yankees suck, Yankees suck,” coming from the crowd. Always a good sign. Music to my ears.
IS THIS REAL LIFE?
It’s inception.
It it me or does Arthur Rhodes look like Eric La Salle (Let your Soul Glo’)
A fat, bloated Eriq La Salle, maybe.
(Note: Never leave out the “q”. It’s what take’s Eriq La Salle’s already epic name totally over the top into top-100 names of all time class.)
Our old friend Arthur Rhodes back to hand more games over to the Yankees.
And of course the Texas idiots have to break out with a Yankees Suck chant.
Yes, HRs are a sign of bad things.
I wish Grandy got that bunt down.
Two many homers!
He’s had a tight strike zone all day and he calls that shit? What a joke.
juiced ball
Ump is a joke. Whatever though. JETER!!!! AHHH
Ump is suddenly looking to get the hell out of here
I want to see the looks on ALL the Jeter and Grandy haters’ faces right now.
How many Granderson haters are there?
There’s a smattering. They blather on and on about how great Coke, IPK, and Jackson are doing (present evidence be damned).
You’d be really surprised. Also, as a random aside, since I’ve been observing user names today, is yours any reference to one of my favorite graphic novels ever?
I’m as skeptical about Jeter’s ability to deliver this year and the next two as anyone. And I think he’s done a terrible job as captain — placing his personal rivalry with ARod ahead of the team’s best interests while claiming to be a team player, thus making him a blatant hypocrite, too.
But there’s a look of pleasure on my face. This makes three games in a row that Jeter has shown me things that I didn’t think he would ever show me again.
Here’s hoping Jeter can make me eat my words and make me smile by managing an OPS with an 8 as the first number for the year and a WAR of 3 or more this year and in the years he turns 38 and 39. If not, the Yankees could have a serious impediment to winning in their lineup.
By the way, here’s why I don’t think he will:
\http://www.fangraphs.com/graphswd.aspx?teamid=0&pos=SS&season=2011&season1=1901&grid=100
Prove me wrong, Jete. Prove me wrong.
Anyone notice that this thread loads a lot slower when Jeter homers.
We’d have to go all the way back to last August to confirm that stat so it’s hard to tell.
Like Jackie Mason says, Joe, it’s only funny because it’s true.
3-4-5 fucking suck
Rangers’ commentators LOVE the double play…
Cano desperately needs a day off…
At least we now have the lead and Jeets look great!
Courtesy of the New York Yankees, you have been invited to tell Derek Jeter how his ass tastes.
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Yankee Stadium.
Ages 21 and up, BYOB
DINGERS are so fun to watch.
Did This guy just screw up GBA?
Now Jeter batting 281 w/ 2 homers for the year. Answer this question. If Jeter came in today with that line, would everybody still be saying he’s having a terrible year?
there’s no way “Slight Regression” can be made into a catchy Post article headline so, no.
Obviously no, but you’re clearly ignoring the fact that Jeter’s average went up almost 30 points today. I won’t argue though.
On the surface no, but I like to think people here are a bit more analytical. Process is more important than results. If he had come into the game as he had, and then went 5-for-5 in each of the next three games with multiple homers, I think people would still be concerned, although less concerned.
Bear in mind, last year wasn’t pretty (for Jeter) and while that may not note a huge sample size, a few hot games says even less.
Based on today’s line, would everybody still be saying that Jeter’s having a terrible year?
I don’t know about everybody. But with the season now 20% over, and Jeter managing an OPS of only .680 (worse than last year’s .710 when FanGraphs said his performance was worth $9.8 million) with no stolen bases and twice being caught stealing, relative to the $18 million per year he’s being paid (including the buyout of $3 million for his age 40 season), I think the word sucktastic comes to mind.
However, in the last three games, he’s looked like he’s found the fountain of youth and it’s 2009 all over again when FanGraphs said he delivered a WAR of 7.1 and $32 million worth of value.
All he’s got to do to shut me up and have me admit that I’m wrong is deliver an OPS with an 8 as the first digit and a WAR of at least 3. And I hope he does both — because nothing would please me more (aside from him having a monstrously great post season and almost singlehandedly carrying the team to another World Series title, of course).
I only spotted one hot chick.
? What are you referring to?
Who cares. Do you ever need an excuse to try and spot hot chicks?
+1
True. It’s funny, when I went to Texas on business, I found there were very few average chicks but either massively obese and pretty homely or gorgeous. I found it odd there wasn’t much in between.
I noticed the exact same thing, JMK. By the way, I think that’s mostly true of the South in general. And I have my theories about why that’s true.
Thisss.
Where is Joba?
Tampa Bays bullpen all together is probably payed less than Soriano and they’ve been putting up ridiculous #’s
paid*
/moron
It’s May 8th. We’ll see what their pen looks like in August. Maddon’s not known for his bullpen management.
Are you saying the Yankees should have signed Farnsworth?
But seriously, the pitchers are playing behind probably the best defense in baseball and have been incredibly lucky.
no, lol, I just find it funny
who knew that hanley ramirez was playing SS for the yanks today
Heh, Hanley’s been worse than Jeter this yar.
Don’t look now but Hanley’s been pretty awful this year and Derek has now exceeded his home run total.
Jeter find fountain of youth in Arlington
Meh, everybody (offensively) finds the fountain of youth in this clown car of a ballpark.
Keep the pink bat and paint it over
Kill them all, Joba.
I think we might see a sub-.500 playoff team come from the AL Central in 2011.
Meh, not that bad, but somebody (the Indians) will probably take the Central with, say, 85 wins or so.
If the Indians make the playoffs I will vomit in my mouth. Heck, if the Indians break .500 I’ll go insane. Same with the Royals.
I actually like the Royals; their generation of suckitude has me rooting for them to actually be good again.
I’m with you on the Indians, though; they’re in my Triumvirate of Hate (with Boston and Atlanta).
Not even going to ask about the hate there.
But reasonably, isn’t possible at this point that no team breaks 81 wins? The supposed winners (CHW, MIN, and possibly DET) have been disgustingly terrible. The division leaders, meanwhile, are on an unsustainable pace. It’s a loser’s scrap heap.
2011 Carl Crawford: 1 HR
2011 Derek Jeter: 2 HRs
pwn3ed
Alright Joba. Keep them where they are.
not this time Michael Young.
Phew, that Michael Young fly ball scared the shit out of me.
You know what would be perfect right now? A Texas GIDP, let them see how it feels
The Grandyman can.
Don’t worry about the runner, that run means nothing.
oh noes, cervelli is hurt… oh well
I hate Cervelli. Bring back Gus
Yes!!!!! Put in Martin.
Both that SB and that WP are totally on Joba (and Andrus’s speed), not Cervelli.
Simmer down, Cervy-haters.
Nevermind about that. It would be great if we could actually hold runners at first.
I’m just praying the Bullpen can hang on. We can’t squander a 2 HR game by Jeter
Cervelli has to call the pitcher to check the runner more.
come on Blobba
Come on Joba, just get through this.
What the hell is that. This ump is a joke, he gives Beltre time as Joba is winding up…
Oh, Joba, I’ve missed that nasty slider oh so much. Glad to have you back, friend.
That slider should be over the plate not way outside if he wants the batter to bite. He could almost bounce it if it’s over the plate.
Oh, ARod.
FAIL
AWE-SOMEEE
what the hell was he thinking
What. The. Fuck.
what the fucking fuck
Really, A-Rod?
ARod is a fucking moron, you’re killing us today. Put in Pena
Lol.
OMG. NO MORE ERRORS
Not getting a happy feeling right now.
Ri. Dic. U. Lous.
Jeter should give everyone a spanking after this game.
Brutal, another mental mistake on defense. If you throw the ball away, fine. But A-Rod knows better.
Joining the game now and I am shocked. Shocked I tell you!
Well you know Susan…
/YCPB
Happy for Jeter. Dude rocks in pink.
ARod playing like Nunez out there and Ranger announcers referred to CC standing for Captain Crunch. Ouch.
Defense…… Yanks are the best.
You’re killing me, Alex. I love you, but you’re killing me.
Love the defense today. Lets see how many extra outs and extra bases we can give them and still win.
What the fuck A-Rod? What’s even weirder is that they scored it as a clean base hit.
What else can you call that? ARod fielded in cleanly and threw it cleanly. The official scorer is kind of bound by established precedent there.
It wasn’t a physical error but it was a mental error. He should have at least gotten the out at first base.
I agree, but they generally don’t give errors for mental errors. He needed to have made an obvious physical error for the scorer to rule it anything other than an infield hit.
Can you imagine if official scoring was allowed to account for mental errors? Holy shit.
It wasn’t really clean. He double-clutched, then hesitated before going home. They could score it a fielder’s choice and not give a hit. Happened just last week when Jeter hit a ball to SS and the runner (I think it was Gardner) moved to third. Gardner made it, but they didn’t score a hit for Jeter.
True, I guess FC could be an alternative.
I believe I asked the same question on Jeter’s ball last week. I think I was trying to figure out any which way for Jeter to be given credit for a hit, even when he made a legit out. Fortunately, he seems to be finding his own ways to get hits.
CC and Joba have pitched quite well today. Too bad the rest of the team is actively hurting their quest to generate outs.
Ehh…CC was off in the first, if the zone wasn’t as tight as a frog’s asshole he probably only allows one run, though.
The Yankees and Rangers showing how to play HEADS UP, Fundamentally strong, gutsy, doing the little things baseball.
Words cannot describe how utterly disgusted I am with this game today. Win or lose I honestly don’t give a shit. Fuck this game.
What? This is an instant Yankees Classic. One of those games when the starter shows great COMPOSURE and GUTS to get through a game after not having his best stuff. Yanks BATTLE back with GRITTY and SCRAPPY at bats. There’s a SEE-SAW Affair. All with a PASSION FOR THE GAME demonstrated by Cervelli’s and Joba’s combined fist pumps.
Ball travels well in this shitty field…too well.
That fly by Napoli was scary
How the hell was that a single? Kay was crying that the ball A-Rod scorched to third should have been ruled an error, but when A-Rod can get an out at home or at first base and they give the guy a hit, he says nothing?
Fuck it, no one gets rest tomorrow. Everyone reports at 8 am to work on defensive drills THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FUCKING TAKEN CARE OF IN MARCH
You should have been taken care of in March. Check, and mate.
so witty and clever
they were too busy building mansions
Nice joba, Joba.
worst part about this inning? I have to watch Soria(oh)no pitch next inning.
Spotty inning. Offense needs to Soriano proof this thing, though.
Grunted, farted, and fist pumped his way out of it
Oh how I’ve missed you, fist pump.
He still looks as stocic as Mariano compared to the antics of Detroit’s closer.
Some more runs please, Yankees!
Seriously, Soriano-proof this mother.
how many runs is Soriano proof?
I really wouldn’t mind some HRs now if that’s the only way we can score.
Wish granted.
A justified fist pump by Joba, he deserves an actual major league caliber defense
the wild pitch and stolen base are on him
Rangers need to get knocked down a peg or two. Make it to a WS once in your franchise’s lifetime and they think they’re a team of Hall of Famers who just invented winning baseball.
(makes claw and antler motion like it’s something cool to do)
Even if they don’t win today, Derek Jeter is without a doubt the player of the game.
Ejection time.
zOMGLOLz
Wow Swisher took FOREVER getting down the line.
This game is just ridiculous.
It’s ri-DQ-lous.
#productplacement
Lulz, a little karma there is nice.
Hooray for lucky breaks.
What a circus. I want YES replaying this Yankees Classic twice a week.
what an odd play
Haha…this game is awesome.
Wow, they were so afraid of stepping on each other, they both came up short of the base!
Robot umps!! More replay!!!!
It’s okay guys…double play.
I think he beat it. Looks like he dragged his toe across the edge of the bag.
I’m surprised Ron Washington didn’t get thrown out.
dont fucking bunt
Here comes the bunt!
Oh god, here comes the bunt.
Never mind
Yay breaks! That’s what Texas gets for all of those dribblers! I noticed that break, TSJC.
Here comes the bunt. Seriously Gardner is hitting like .400 lately, STOP IT. He’s not gonna hit into a DP.
SURPRISE!
These TBS announcers are hilarious, they called Brett Gardner a good bunter
that’s a disaster of a segment.
Beautiful! Good job not bunting, Joe.
NO BUNT WORKED? who would have thought.
haha that was badass
now you see why you dont bunt
YAY NO BUNT!!!!!
Best bunt EVER!!!!
Thank you for not bunting
No bunt! A hit! It’s a Mother’s Day miracle!!!
Well look at that, the Yankees don’t bunt, and good things happen.
I can’t believe that Gardner didn’t bunt!
And that’s why!!!
Cervelli, a strikeout is better than a GIDP!
No Martin because…?
He’s getting the day off.
People in baseball decided 50 years ago that it made sense not to ever burn through the second catcher no matter what.
So Cone will bunt Gardner but let Cervelli hit??
Has he confused the two of them as hitters?
I will be okay if Gardy’s pitches per plate appearance goes down if he gets more crisp hits like that.
No pinch hitter here?
Grand Slam?
Good time for Cervelli’s 2nd homerun.
Cervelli with the bases loaded, doesn’t exactly inspire the most confidence
Time for some classic Cervelli seeing-eye-single magic.
Is there any other kind of Cervelli magic?
GRAND SLAM KINDA MAGIC, BABY
Yes indeed there are.
bunt?
Kay with the obvious analysis
Nice at bat from Cervelli
No way.
LMAO
WTF! CERVELLI!?!?!
MAMAS HUEVOS!
HOLY FUCKING HELL. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!
GRAND SLAM BY CERVELLI? THIS GAME IS AMAZING.
I don’t believe it! Dead center!
I called it!
Soriano Proofed.
… OK.
OMG OMG OMG OMG
hahahahahaha
This is fucking ridiculous
Oh my God.
Arlington, baby.
WTF is happenning today?!!?
Cervellislam!!!!!!
WHAT IS GOING ON?!
does this mean he will play in more games now???
Alright. I’m going to hang myself so that Cervelli’s grand slam is the last thing I ever see.
HOLY WHAT THE FUCK DOGS LIVING WITH CATS UP IS DOWN BIZARRO WORLD TODAY
Cervelli!!
LOL, has the world gone mad???
I am now in tears
Hahahahahahahah
And Buddy Carlyle is going wild!
now who had cervelli and jeter on their fantasy teams???
Someone is last place until today?
Ugh huh… Yay Cervelli?!?! I would also love to see the faces of the Cervelli haters right now, as it would probably be similar to mine.
OMG, WTF is going on!!!!!???????????
Francisco Cervelli has broken the internets.
Bush sense of humor.
Wow, raise your hand if you had that happening.
http://riveraveblues.com/2011/.....nt-2012907
/Raises hand
That’s not really calling it.
I think we can all agree that Jeter finally caved and resorted to PEDs. Apparently, he & Cervelli are sharing the needle.
Toomanyhomers
ARLINGTON, BABY!!!!!
Loving this game.
that darn jet stream.
Wish this happened last fall…
Wah wah wah, too many homers.
Tex message!
Texas message
This too.
Today’s game is fucking amazing. Homeruns for everyone!
Man, these rally-killing HRs. Stop it now.
That was a little bit of a cheapo HR. I’ll take it though.
Holy fucking crap. This is revenge for the ALCS mutherfuckers.
PINK BAT MAGIC!!!!!!
Fuck you Texas.
Sincerely,
The best team in the playoff last year.
Dear Mom:
Happy Mother’s Day.
Sincerely,
Cody Eppley
This made me laugh.
I propose a new Yankee Stadium. It shall be called the Ballpark at Camden. The Yankees will hit 5,000 home runs.
Why does today have to be a walk day? Arlington is obviously curing all of the Yanks ills right now on offense.
though our last couple blow-out games, we haven’t been able to hit the day after, so maybe a day off is a good thing.
Every time I see that Gretzky ad, I keep thinking the guy in the green vest is Joba, but he’s too thin.
I hasten to inform everyone that, because 9 of these runs scored on home runs, they don’t count and therefore Texas is leading 5-3.
SON OF A BITCH TOM IS RIGHT!!!!!
(re-assumes kneeling loser pose)
Yankees just love their mothers so much more than Texas.
Alex certainly loves a lot of mothers.
(They’re in his age demographic.)
Would you say he’s a mother lover?
http://www.hulu.com/watch/7312.....uncensored
Ok this is too much now. Cano actually walked
Cano walked! Now I’ve seen everything today.
Robbie takes a walk for shits and giggles
Wow what a game and enjoyment to watch.
Ridiculous catch holy shit Beltre
Wow nice play by Beltre gotta say
Settle down, Kay.
I predict Beltre will lose interest at some point during the season and remain that way for the rest of his contract.
This game is over, unless of course Soriano pitches
I think Alison Jenkins has already graduated high school since this commercial debuted.
Just to answer a question posed several times earlier.
Q: Why is Martin not in there today, or why didn’t he pinch-hit for Cervy in that last at-bat.
A: Joe’s binder hinted at how Cervelli’s APPROACH was perfect against a guy like Eppler (Just called up by the way), and that he was DUE for a HR in that situation. The numbers say it all.
GREAT MANAGING BY GIRARDI! NEVER DOUBTED YE!
Soriano can’t fuck things up now can he?
Who’s gonna be Soriano’s required base runner this inning?
Anyone who had Gentry wins the prize!
Not even Soriano could loose us this game…im pretty sure at least
I hadn’t put too much stock in the May 21st doomsday preachers but after a game featuring two homers from Jeter and a Cervelli grand slam, I’m convinced. It’s all over.
Random as shit, Torrealba.
Hahaha why did Torrealba get ejected?
Apparently said something to the first base ump as he was passing by.
If you ask me, its totally inappropriate to throw a player out if they are heading back to the dugout and not showing you up.
Soriano can’t even pitch a 1-2-3 in a 12-5 game…sheesh
Lulz, it’s impossible for Soriano to have a clean inning
Soriano has to ruin all the fun with 86 MPH meatballs
It’s 86 MPH heat
I disagree with Cone. It’s possible that Swisher touched the bag with his right foot dragging the edge of the bag (I think he did), but there is no doubt that the runner still hasn’t touched the bag.
Why is Soriano throwing 86mph?
Are the guns off?
Nope. Pitch F/x had him throwing several 86 MPH cutters
The cold weather?
Oh man, Andrus GIDPs. This doesn’t get much better
Today’s a game that fathers will use to tell bedtime stories to their children about in the future. They recount how on an improbable bad CC start with laughable defense, DJ hit two homers and Cervelli hit a Grand Slam. It’ll sound like a fairy tale but it will be true!
I’m actually convinced that this is all a dream and we’ve all be incepted.
Haha +1
A two-HR game from Jeter followed by a grand slam by Cerveliie would require an inception of at least four levels. Impossible. It must be real.
Just noticed my carpet was made with a different material.
Hahahahahahaahahaha.
Cervelli’s a bum. Follows up his GS with a weak groundout.
He was actually “moving the runner into scoring position”. Smart play. Playing to the situation, I’d say.
Let’s make it a 3HR game, Jeets. Just for emphasis.
A three-HR game would be exciting.
/greedy
And now for Derek’s 3rd HR of the game for all you Mothers!
Gardner has been awesome lately, good to see him turn things around
The most amazing thing about this game was a conversation about WAR, and references to FanGraphs and Baseball Reference from Cone. They haven’t been mentioned since Cone was with the Yankees in 2009. I think Kay was about to fall over.
MikeD, Couldn’t watch the game. Might I ask you who/what they were talking about when they referenced WAR, FanGraphs, and Baseball Reference? Just curious. Per that awesome RAB shirt, it sounds like they skipped the stage of evolution where they go from batting average to OPS and when straight to WAR. Amazing.
Sounds like more Bizarro World/parallel dimension stuff to me.
Thanks in advance.
Cone did all the talking and it was in reference to Granderson being #11 in WAR in baseball. Cone is great. Kay’s comment was something along the lines of “I know alot of people follow WAR”
As Monteroisdinero noted, it was Cone who did all the talking while Kay was silent. My guess is Kay and the YES producers really don’t support talking about WAR because they believe it’s too complicated for a segment of the audience, yet perhaps one condition they (YES) relented on when Cone returned was to allow him to talk about some of the more advanced statistics. Maybe I’m wrong and they are encouraging it in small doses knowing that a growing base of viewers are faimilar with the more advanced stats.
Kay comes from from a school of thought where things need to be dumbed down. It’s not even an age thing. Kay if about 50, but all the original members of the sabermetric crowd are all in his age range, around 40-50 (I’m one of them myself), since they were followers of Bill James, whose work dates back to the late 1970s and started hitting the best-seller lists in the 1980s. With events such as Felix Hernandez beating out a more traditional (and Yankee)candidate in CC for the Cy Young Award, maybe they’ve come to a conclusion that we’ve hit a tipping point and mentioning WAR, ERA+ and other stats is okay. They don’t want to ignore a segment of their audience, and maybe they can help educate other parts of the audience.
Or maybe Cone just decided to throw it out there without any approval prior!
4 for 6 is pretty good i guess…
i kid of course
CC gutted out a win today, showing why W/L record is THE most important pitching stat.
Fucking Elvis Andrus and his cheap base hits. Oh well, doesn’t really matter anymore.
It’s amazing. Andrus is so prococious. Already hits at 23 like Jeter does at 37. Yeah, he’s got old man skills with the bat.
Where are these strikes of which Kay speaks?
Just out of curiosity: If a run scores that would not have scored had it not been for a defensive indifference, is it earned?
yes
My mom (a Mets fan) just walked past my door and declared “The Mets lost and the Yankees won. All is right with the world.”
Mom’s are smart, even if they are ocassionally misguided in their choice of teams.
Shame on you, Kit. This is Mother’s Day — one of two days each year (the other is her birthday) when we should want our mothers’ teams to be successful whether ours are or not.
I have no ill will towards the Mets. They suck all on their own, I have nothing to do with that.
Cervelli fist pump!
A series win is a series win.
Man, thank god they played all 9 innings.
great game, great win, great mother’s day
We need a phrase to describe this game. 2HR’s for Derek/Grand Slam by Cervelli/4 errors/a single by Posada…
The Texas _______ Massacre.
Fill in the blank.
Well the fans in the Metroplex will have to be satisfied with a Western Conference Finals Appearance today. I was rooting for Kobe to get his sixth rock and the Lakers to pass the Celtics (mainly out of Celtic hatred) but seeing David Stern hand Mark Cuban the rock as the last memory of the NBA before a lockout would be pretty awesome.
My 25 year old son and I are big fans of the Yankees and this website. We made our annual trek to Arlington (from Houston) and there were so many times during this game we just shook our heads in disbelief. It was a great 3-game series to watch!