Game 33: Back Home
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Nope. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
A seven-game swing through Detroit and Texas isn’t the most grueling of baseball road trips, but the games themselves were pretty tough. The starting pitchers had to grind a few games out, the offense tirelessly stranded baserunners like it was going out of style, and all those games came at the back end of a 16-in-16 stretch. I’m sure yesterday’s day off helped recharge the batteries, I know I enjoyed it, and hopefully the Yankees are ready to go to town during this quick six-game homestand. Here’s tonight’s lineup…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Russell Martin, C
Brett Gardner, LF
Freddy Garcia, SP
First pitch is scheduled for a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
Notes: The Royals placed Bruce Chen on the disabled list, so the Yankees will face Jersey’s own Vin Mazzaro tomorrow … Phil Hughes expects to start throwing on Thursday, and hopes to be back within six-to-eight weeks. Good luck with that, kiddo. Seriously, good luck.
Shameless Plug: Check out Take on Russ tomorrow morning from 11am-noon. Click the link for details.
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I’m sure yesterday’s day off helped recharge the batteries, I know I enjoyed it.
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Vin Mazzaro? nice, they smacked him around last year
Roger Maris better pick up the pace or the Yankees might need to look for another outfielder.
Roger knows that the Yankees hit too many homers and he’s doing his part to change that perception.
Melky and IPK for Vada Pinson.
Get it done, Hamey.
“They were all great to me,” Cabrera said through an interpreter. “It felt like home when I was playing there. But especially my best friend, Robinson Cano. I really miss him. I really want to spend some time with him and see how the family is doing and chat a little bit”
-Melky Cabrera
Cue the Cano and Melky jokes in 3, 2, 1…
PA LA TUMBA!!!!!
I have no jokes for this. I always enjoyed watching them have fun together.
Why does he still need an interpreter?
Because English is one of the hardest languages to learn? And because everybody is more comfortable speaking in their native language, no matter how long they’ve been living in a foreign country practicing their adopted tongue?
I’m sure Melky probably could do an interview without an interpreter by now, but he prefers not to and can afford an interpreter to help. It’s like a politician giving a speech off a teleprompter. It’s your words and you know them, but it’s helpful and calming to have the words there on the screen to let you speak more naturally.
I thought he (occasionally) gave interviews without an interpreter while he was in New York.
I remember that too. That doesn’t mean he should never use an interpreter again, though.
Ichiro’s been stateside longer, and he still uses an interpreter sometimes (and other times speaks for himself).
It’s not a big deal, IMO.
No interpreter here…
http://www.blinkx.com/watch-vi.....XDhPN2YlAQ
Not really throwing stones here, just surprising to me…
No, I get you. Just giving what I think is the possible explanation.
MELKYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
Mediocre Melky introduction
Melky doin the small things!!!!
Why do Flaherty and Nancy Newman have the jobs they have? I find nothing appealing about them.
Nancy Newman is a billion times worse than Flaherty is.
She’s bad at talking.
So the team with the most runs score has Melky batting second…whaaaaat?
Sweat: 1
Milk: 0
MILK WAS A BAD CHOICE!!!
Like it Freddy, worry about the batter.
Chris Getz for Brett Gardner
Make it happen
they could quite possibly steal 10 bases against sweaty freddy tonight
…and might not score off any of them. Or they might.
God Freddy throws SLOOOOOOOW
Watch that ump punchout! THAT’S WHAT THE PAYING FANS CAME HERE TO SEE, BLUE! GIVE US A SHOW!
ENTERTAIN ME, UMP!
Kyle Davies is really good.
Melky gets the role call! Whoo.
Anddd Kay doesnt even mention it….
Kay is such a muppet.
heh, melky gets a roll call
Jeter batting .000 during this 6 game homestand, DFA him
That first strike on Granderson was probably the worst strike call I’ve EVER seen. A fucking foot above the strike zone.
Yeah, that was an interesting zone.
It was just surprising to see the ump use the whole strike zone. Gameday had it as a strike
I have a feeling that pitch won’t be called a strike when a Yankees’ pitcher throws it.
Embarrassing, Freddy Garcia getting outpitched by Kyle Davies. KYLE DAVIES!!!!
I wouldn’t be surprised if they got swept!
I don’t think we’ve ever won a game where we got outpitched in the first inning. That’s never happened. I just checked the stats, it’s true. Never.
Don’t tell me you forgot about that Scott Kazmir game…
I’ve already forgotten about every single thing about baseball other than that past inning where Kyle Davies shut us down. That inning is all that exists to me.
/Macha tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder’d
Uhhhh inning and a third now. This is a disgraceful performance by the Yankees offense. KYLE DAVIES!!!
This is even worse than being no-hit by Phil Humber, who pitched a perfect game against they Yankees two weeks ago and then threw 800 innings of 19.34 ERA ball afterwards.
Phil Humber dated my sister.
You don’t have a sister!
…who dated Kyle Davies
Who partied with Shin Soo Choo. Too soon?
Duffy only 68? Wow.
Based on that swing, no Francouer has not improved his plate discipline.
Ok, Swish HAS to be miked. No human can curse that loud
Never underestimate the power of Swisher.
CHAMBLISS!!!!!
I like how Flaherty compared him to A-rod, then talked about how you can tell how strong Chambliss was.
no hit through two, engage panic mode
I’ve been panicking since the first called strike against the Yankees.
It feels like we’re already down 25-0.
Looks like a pitcher’s duel.
Never a good sign for the Yankees.
Flakfizer: Let’s step outside and settle this like men!
Lazlo: We are outside.
Flakfizer: OK, let’s step inside and settle it like women. Or are you afraid, Lazlo?!?!
http://cf1.imgobject.com/backd.....-thumb.jpg
there goes Freddy’s no-hitter.
That defiantly wasn’t a balk
Thankfully they saw that…
ok i’m listening to this on the radio as i’m still stuck at work. what the hell is going on?
Treanor broke for 2nd, Freddy stepped off, faked to 1st and then got him at 2nd. Umps were debating if it was a balk because he might not have fully disengaged from the rubber. Called him out, then called a balk, then called him out again.
so it was a double play ?
Running took of from first, Garcia stepped off mound, faked a throw to first since the runner was not headed towards second (had to step off in order to fake the throw) and then got the out at second. Original call was a balk.
Can someone help me out. What exactlyis a balk? What qualifies it? (yes I’ve looked it up and I’m still confused)
-Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it “a balk”, which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.
-No, there’s no way that’s correct.
-I’m sorry, I was trying to impress you. I don’t know what it means. I’ll be honest, I don’t think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
A pitcher who reaches his “set” and subsequently makes a move to the plate without delivering the ball has “balked” and a base is rewarded to any runner already on.
21 pitches through 2 innings and no hits? This is Kyle Davies pitching, correct?
the best part is they showed in the pregame how like 6 of the 9 yankee hitters have >.330 BAs against him and of those 3 of them were >.500
Alcides Escober is an attractive man, and a great bunter.
Read an interesting stat today. Through April 29th, for all of MLB, hitters had a .201 when there was an attempt to steal a base…. Johnny Damon for example had up to that date 7 AB’s where there as a stolen base attempt. He was 0-7 with 5k’s. Will find it and post.
I love how aggressive they’re going to be against Martin. He’s awesome.
Cano didn’t get a hit that 1st AB because Melky distracted him during batting practice
Awwwww Cano and Melky had such a cute friendship.
Nice play Russ.
They gave us all 3 outs in that inning with the 2 caught stealings and the bunt popup.
That’s why they’re the Royals. Yankees would never give away outs like that…..Oh wait….nevermind.
No one has worse fundamentals than the Yankees. FACT
Jorge needs a dugout hobby like whittling or knitting
Urinating?
At least Brett remembers that Davies isn’t a very good pitcher. We should stop making him look like an ace.
BG FTW
Sheesh, you see that replay from the CF camera? Gardner was already passed first and on his way to second by the time the ball landed.
Triple rhymes with nipple.
Which sort of rhymes with Rob Dibble. And no one wants to hear that name.
Is it just me or is Gardner hitting the ball with more authority? Less slappy slappy doubles more hard hit balls
Hopefully they score again this series!!
Captain Clutch it is GREAT to have you back
Please let this continue
Captain Clutch FTW
Captain!
JETES! Oh, my heart. It is singing.
Jeter looked downright Jeterian there. What a relief to see a pulse the past few games.
Runs, run, runs, runs, runs, til her daddy take her T-bird awayyyy.
Wait, how does that song go again?
its fun not run
I’ll make sure to put “SARCASM ALERT” at the beginning of all my comments for now on.
No, just say
Pun Pun Pun
till your daddy takes your keyboard away.
Nice.
the death of Derick Jeter has been greatly over exaggerated
Coasting along? C’mon it was like 2.2 innings.
Way to manufacture that run, boys!
Not that we needed to, we hits homahs!
It sucks when shitty pitchers have the good mean reversion against the Yankees, Kyle Davies may just be the worst starting pitcher ever (to pitch a certain amount of innings).
Lol Melky.
fucking Melky
Look at this fuckin’ guy.
Way to give it right back, Freddy. Idiot.
that was batting practice, jeez
Due to a translation problem, Freddy Garcia misunderstood what “pitching to the score” means.
Dammit Melky!
Melky!!!!!!
Hahahahahaha…that’s the most entertaining homer the Yanks will give up this year
The Melkman delivers.
Should of kept MELKY!
no way, home runs are the yankees problem
gardnes triple was way better than meklys homer
i loled
Completely disagree. Gardner just takes pitches and strikes out in big spots, while Melky Just Knows How To Get The Run In (TM). Is it a coincidence that the Yankees haven’t won a WS since Melky was on the team? I think not.
Freakin’ Melky, y’know?
At least it was Melky. If it was Francoeur, I would have murdered the neighbor’s child.
Honestly, I was happy when he hit that home run. Didnt bother me that it is all tied up it was a solo shot to dead center, and its the Melkman. How can you hate that?
MELKYYY!!!!!!
Tex is gonna homer.
You jinxed him damnit!!!
I’l take the hit anyway.
Yeah, YOU’RE WELCOME!
Number 500, here it comes
lol
Carlos Beltran the trivia answer? I know he won it one of those years, and I figure the Royals are probably involved somehow.
No it was Scott Atchinson.
/bow
Good call.
A-Rod bein’ a bitch…
so many pop ups
better than too many homers.
jesus christ Arod. Fucking terrible
teh worst.
Man if you had told me that Garcia would have a sub-3 ERA over a month into the season back when they signed him, I’d have called you nuts.
Nice swing?
I’m Ron Burgundy?
DAMNIT, WHO PUT A QUESTION MARK ON THE TELEPROMPTER?
FOR THE LAST TIME, ANYTHING YOU PUT ON THAT PROMPTER, BURGUNDY WILL READ IT!
Yeah, not pretty, but can’t argue with the result. But never swing like that again Ribbinson.
Axisa, are you an AC/DC fan?
I picture him as a fan of a fusion between Punk Rock and Metal.
Close enough.
It’s nothing but Bjørk and Ace of Base on Axisa’s
iPodZune.Nobody can fuck with Miley Cyrus and Milli Vanilli. Musical geniuses.
I don’t understand pop music. Rebecca Black is a joke to people, but Miley Cyrus was nominated for a Grammy at one point?
Look at this lyric:
So I put my hands up they’re playing my song, and the butterflies fly away. Noddin’ my head like yeah, moving my hips like yeah.
I’m no big fan, but Miley Cyrus is significantly better than Black. She’s a decent singer, and that “Climb” song someone wrote for her was really good.
Meh. Miley’s voice is just as annoying to me. Suum cuique.
While I see your point, I raise you
“Yesterday was Thursday, Today it is Friday
We, we so excited. We so excited.
We gonna have a ball today
Tomorrow it is Saturday
And Sunday comes afterwards”
While researching this comment, I learned that Glee covered “Friday.” That’s the 6th circle of hell I believe.
I don’t understand pop music. Rebecca Black is a joke to people, but Miley Cyrus was nominated for a Grammy at one point?
Bellhop: Tip?
Homer: Oh… here.
Bellhop: HEY, AN AWARD STATUE, I– oh, it’s a Grammy.
[throws statue over balcony]
Man offscreen, below: Hey, don’t throw your trash down here!
[throws statue back up on balcony, hitting Homer in head]
Nope.
Damn
Come on Jorge, we could use some stat correction on that .150 BA here…
An 89 MPH fastball right down the middle on a 3-2 pitch and Swish hits a lazy flyball. Grrrr
So why is Martin hitting in back of both Swish and Posada.
fail. 4-6-7- = black hole
Wouldn’t that be a black donut?
THAT’S RACIST!!!!!!!
LOLOL
Yankees first in OBP, first in runs, 1st in HRs, but we’re supposed to be worried because they’re 7th in average? Please, the too many homers thing is funny as a meme, but really needs to die as a serious talking point and question they ask players and coaches.
Swisher and Posada. That’s a scary 6-7 punch.
Bust
Hey I played baseball with a kid that played at Concordia. Aviles apparently worked out there all the time.
/cool story bro.
Brackman getting smacked around in the bottom of the fourth. The games actually on air if you get Time Warner. Dude is rediculously tall.
Seriously, Jorge might have to be released if he’s still this much below the Mendoza line come June. Can’t see him just sitting on the end of the bench twiddling his thumbs for the rest of the season.
I thought we were going to kill Kyle Davies
Someone told you you can predict baseball. They lied.
Sterling’d
Rutherford, New Jersey = The World’s Asshole.
Matt Treanor is 2-2, embarrassing.
Off Freddy Garcia? Not really embarrassing.
haha, I’m kidding Mike.
Swish!!!
Attaboy Swish!!!
Yay Swish.
holy shit, that could have been bad
sweet fuckin catch, swish!!!
Swishalicous!!!
Tha Swish-a-roo!!!
Ok so lets say its a week into June, and Posada is still hitting below .200. I love the guy, has been my favorite position player growing up behind Bernie (and now behind Cano as well), but I want the Yanks to win more than I want Posada to have a roster spot. I know Montero is doing well but he’s not hitting for power and still has some defensive issues to work on in AAA. So assuming this scenario plays out with Posada, what do you think the Yanks do? Call up Montero? Make a trade? Jorge Vazquez? Or someone else?
Well, they wait until June 15th for the super 2 deadline and call up Montero.
That would be my first guess, but I would be concerned if Montero still hasn’t gotten a power surge and also concerned about his lack of reps behind the plate to work on his defense.
I don’t care about power. We have plenty of that. We need average hitters.
When I say I would be concerned about a continued lack of power, I am not speaking in the context of the Yankees’ lineup, but rather Montero’s development. I just want him to be ready when the Yanks call him up.
We’re in first place and have one of the best offenses in baseball.
We don’t really “need” anything. We can easily carry Posada’s limp bat for another month to see if he snaps out of it and to push back Montero’s servicetime clocks.
I agree completely, that is way I am discussing this scenario a month from now, I’m not saying we need to replace Posada now.
I’m picking up what you’re putting down, that comment was for Greg.
Yup, too many homers. Can’t score runs with homers after all.
I doubt he doesn’t have more power by then. When his babip comes down, his isop should go back up.
Montero, has shown power throughout his minor league career, power doesn’t just leave (unless your on steroids), in fact its one of the last skills to depart. Montero is fine, your really overreacting.
Holy shit, when did his average get that low?
No!!! No fucking bunts!!!
He was faking.
I know, I forgot for a moment noone was on. It scared me though.
Gardy looks like he did this time last year.
White?
Gritty
/synonymous
A bad bunter.
Correct answer.
Yes! WIll that help me on my AP Macro?
gritty
Yay, Brett.
Gardner has looked about as good as any player in baseball in the last two weeks
Andre Ethier? Not even close
I laughed, becaus you think Andre Ethier has been the best player in baseball for the last 2 weeks.
Gardner and Brackman for Ethier and Kuroda.
Get it done, Cash.
I think Holliday is having the best year that no one has been talking about. I’ve heard radio stations mention Ethier, Berkman, and Bautista. The love to Holliday has been minimal from what I’ve heard.
Its Doc, the man could go throw a perfect game every start for the rest of the year, and no one would be surprised.
Best pitcher in baseball + move to weaker NL from the AL East= videogame numbers when the game is set to easy mode
I think he was talking about Matt Holliday, not Roy Halladay.
Gardner since 4/23: 349/472/605
Either since 4/23: 339/393/500
But Ethier had that really long hitting streak!
In all seriousness, Ethier might be the most over-rated player in baseball. He’s a star against righties, but he can’t hit lefties and he’s just a touch better than Adam Dunn defensively.
But he looks like a ballplayer, and, for many people, that’s all that matters.
Someone will sign him for 5/$75 million in the offseason though.
Hitting streaks >>>>>>> all other stats, ever.
Joe Dimaggio >>>>>>>> Hank Aaron
yeaaaaaaa Jetah
Yay, Derek.
Jeter hitting makes me so happy!
Leiter’s swing…dear lord
Leiter cracks me up. I would love to golf with those gents.
Watching the Scanton game… Montero is really flinching as he catches the ball. What the hell is up with that? Apparenly already let a few balls go to the backstop. Also, Brackman can’t buy a damn out right about now.
Ok, Montero just looks like shit back there in general…
Turn back the clock week with Jeter. Did he start rocking the high fade again?
Mariah Carey just gave birth to twins.
That’s all I’m going to say.
DMX is making music again. It’s the late 90s all over again.
Really Kay? Even I knew it was an out, and I only have the YEs camera.
Why are we surprised? he can’t read fly balls for shit. LOOK AT THE OUTFIELDER FIRST, MIKE.
Tex, we need a rally-killing HR, now.
time for arod to pass the iron horse
He’ll need to tie him first, which we’ll take now.
“Ow, shit”
WHY is Tex such a magnet for getting HBP?
Uhh, now would be a good time to not be slumping Alex.
Tex gets hit of course, dude is a magnet
If ARod pops up I will break something
Dear Alex, you know what to do. Love, Me.
Now would be a nice time to break out of your slump A-Rod.
They keep saying that Davies is a better pitcher than his numbers say. What do you guys think?
IMO He’s rocking a 5.01 FIP. He’s probably a mid 4 ERA guy at his best.
Hah, ok who is worse at calling fly balls off the bat: Kay or Sterling?
Sterling, though it may be the medium.
Sterling. No contest.
I’d say Kay. Sterling may overreact more, but Kay’s misread frequency is probably higher.
I agree with that. A couple weeks ago I would have said Sterling without a doubt, but I feel like Kay has been really bad lately.
I blame Jodi Applegate. And Javier Vazquez.
no way, javy is too busy being awful in florida and dispelling the “NL pitcher” stigma he got last year
Javier Vazquez is to blame for everything bad that’s ever happened. FACT.
yeah, it’s a shame that a guy who did nothing but fail for the yankees gets no love. it must have been jeter’s fault for not sticking up for him, what a dick. furthermore, soriano’s contract is killing this team.
did i do this right?
Close enough.
Listening on the 3 minute ride home from work and Sterling started up with his “THATS HIT DEEP TO….” twice and obviously there were no homeruns. Sterling calls his own game.
I feel more helpless against Sterling’s calls. I can’t see what’s happening. With Kay, I can at least read the ball myself, see the OF react, see the batter react. With Sterling, it’s a matter of faith, and he’s made me an atheist.
Oh god, fix that average Alex.
Damn it Alex, you gotta kill that 2-0.
Holy cow, how did Davies pitch count get in the 90′s already? That was fast.
It got out of hand, fast. It really jumped up a notch.
Rye bread. Mustard. Please.
Ok, I’ll take ribs instead.
oh thank god
Yay
Yes! It wasn’t a rally-killing homer!
nyyyyyyyyyyyyyce
I’ll take it.
Singles are for pussies. I’m done with this team.
There you go Alex, there you go
Yes!!!!!!!! Let that be the slump-buster, please let it be the slump-buster.
Escobar has been doing his best Derek Jeter impression this game.
Also, yay slump-busting
i just got in – did melky get a standing O????
No, but he got a roll call and hit a homer.
cool – I always liked him.
I’m feeling a homerun here from Robbie. My daily HR call.
I was WRONG
Woooo Collins!
this inning has to be it either way right? Get that mid pen in!
Alex got lucky, he still looks pretty bad at the plate.
I’ll take it though
although it was a grounder, it was hit hard. give him a little cred
THat looked like Jeter when he was getting ground balls through. Could be coming out of it.
He hit that ball hard up the middle. It wasn’t a soft tapper. It’s usually a good sing when he starts going up the middle and toward right center. We’ll see.
*sign* although if singing will help, I’m all for it.
Yankees have to keep the lead in this game. Tampa is tied for the division lead and that would be a catastrophic failure to be behind them.
Every game is a must win game. FACT
The season is on the line.
Tonight. If we fall behind, that’s it, close up shop and wait for Slade Heathcott in 2014.
I’d start looking to trade guys like Cano, Gardner, Teixeira. Rebuilding is a long term process.
What can we actually get for those overpaid bums, though?
Maybe Andre Ethier and Hiroki Kuroda at best.
I’m not settling for anything less than Inge and Bronson Arroyo.
I like Inge. I really, really like Inge.
Why does Cano go on his knees after every swing?
Doesn’t seem good. He should probably fix that.
::Realizes Melky has more rbi than A-Rod::
::Head Explodes::
ESPN showing the Four Days in October movie. What a fucking surprise.
I was watching sports center this morning they were talking about the greatest post season moments in sports
of course they picked the 04 sox on the baseball side
Of all time! I would put Fisk ahead of that.
No. The four-game sweep of the Cardinals in ’07 has to be the greatest.
That’s fucking ridiculous. Over Reg-gie?!
one of the non baseball guys picked that
Ummm, it sortof might be.
Of the last decade, fine. But of all time?
Ruth calling the shot? Larsen’s perfect game?, Gibson’s home run? Fisk’s home run? Mazeroski’s home run?
Yeah, I’d pick Boston coming back from down 0-3 over all of those things. It’s true.
Maybe Maz’s homer, but probably not.
still think people need to get over it. It’s impressive but not so impressive that people need to discuss it on a consistent basis for the next 7+ years.
No one mentions the flyers coming back from down 0-3 last year.
No one mentions the flyers coming back from down 0-3 last year.
What the fuck is hockey?
Did they mention Boston Bruins’ 3-0 series lead being blown to the Flyers last year?
I think people need to get over it. It’s been 7 years almost and it’s not a big deal anymore. ESPN should probably focus more on the Red Sox rotting in last place than livinng in the past.
There about to hit .500 tonight. ESPN will instantly get on their knees.
2 things flawed with the “curse if the bambino”:
1. No such thing as curses.
2. Ruth went to NY after the 1919 season not 1918. Boston didn’t win in 1919 and NY didn’t win until 1923. Therefore there’s not that much correlation between them winning the WS and then Ruth coming to NY and NY being the dominant team.
I agree with #1, but I think you’re underselling #2 quite a bit.
Boston won 5 titles in the 20 years preceding the Ruth trade and none in the 85 years following it. The Yankees won no titles before the Ruth trade and 27 in the 85 years following it.
There’s quite a lot of (narrative) correlation there. A little 4 year window from 1919-1923 doesn’t outweigh all the years around it.
Yeah but I think it’s a poor/overrated narrative with obvious flaws.
I think it’s more coincidence/Yankees getting some reeeeaaaaally good players than anything else.
Well, obviously.
Frank White: “It’s almost like they’re a 9 inning team.”
God damn MLB Extra Innings blackout
Frank White: “From now on, nothing goes down unless I’m involved. No blackjack, no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in.”
Walken?
Indeed.
well played.
Lol was that Melky who just shouted?
MELKYYY!!!!!!!
Don’t look now, but Jeter is closing in on 290.
Funny, I’ve tried not to look at his at-bats most of the season. Zing!
It’s cause you’re a nerd living in a basement who looks only at numbers, and not the actual game.
Michael Kay’d?
Lupica’d?
Lupica makes Kay look like Tango
And this movie is gonna make House Party look like House Party 2.
Jeter to the 4 spot, drop ARod to 9th
If he hits .286 for the rest of the season I’ll be very happy.
Freddy is on a complete game pace.
Tim Collins sure is fun to watch. Tiny little lefty, no one can really touch him. He’s the anti-LOOGY though.
TWSS
What is this guy, like 5’2″. He makes Pedroia look like a basketball player.
Time to feast on this ‘pen.
wow this guy is fun to watch with that crazy setup
this has to be it for posada. you know he is bad when im praying for him to get hit.
Bullshit. He’s not 5’7″.
Who’s grittier: Tim Collins or Pedroia?
Pedroia.
Position players are always grittier than pitchers, because they slide and dive and shit.
Plus: Boston.
The defense rests.
Plus he has a sandwich commercial. Can’t top that.
Bench him
6-7 black hole strikes again
No Swisher got on. Just the seven
JORGE. COME ON.
Watching Po is just painful.
posada need more piss on his hands
even babe ruths piss couldnt help him….he would probably smell like beer and hot dogs after though.
Barry Bonds piss could probably help him.
What about R.Kelly’s piss? Maybe that would help, too.
Sincerely,
R.Kelly
Is that R Kelly the singer or the former Yankee and Reds center fielder?
Either one works.
barry bonds piss would do to posadas hands what brain tonic did to ken griffeys jrs head
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That was a sorry slide
Yeah swish…i’m thinking you shouldn’t do that anymore.
listen to his manager and expect a player to make contact when the hit and run is on?
When can the Yanks call up Montero without him gaining a year’s worth of experience for arbitration purpose? Another month or so?
First week of June.
And June is probably the earliest you pull the plug a struggling veteran like Jorge, as well.
It’s a natural symmetry.
I don’t know if they should be too concerned about the June call-up date. I expect this to be addressed in the next CBA after this season.
If Posada isn’t hitting by June 1….I think it will be Montero time.
If they change the CBA, I highly doubt a change in that area would be applied retroactively.
I just don’t think the Yankees are concerned about the June call-up date. They would call him up right now. They just won’t because they’re not going to give up on Posada as their DH yet.
It’s probably a little of all those factors.
A.) It’s too early to give up on Posada
B.) The team is producing well overall and not in a desperate situation where upgrades are needed across the board
C.) Montero’s not fully hitting for power and in a groove, and you want to promote him when he’s hot
D.) The more you wait to promote him, the more his clocks get pushed back
E.) Promoting Montero requires a 40-man move, and delaying that as long as possible gives more time to evaluate who is needed and who can be dumped
I’m glad he hasn’t been called up yet (because I’m going to the SWB game tomorrow!).
But yeah, all that.
Agreed. Some teams would hold firm to the June call up, where I think it’s a minor consideration on the Yankees list. It’s something they’d do, but there are other reasons to keep him at AAA right now.
I some how have Jeff Francoeur on my fantasy baseball team. Since week one, he’s at the top of my list of players to be cut, yet he doesn’t allow me.
Future Yankee Killer up.
Taking walks…like a Hos
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How long do they stick with Jorge ?….Its getting embarrassing
Cash said he has a long rope.
Wait for it…
Insert hanging joke here
I can’t wait until Michael Kay apologizes to the Kiahalue family
Keep waiting.
It’ll have to wait until your apology since his name is spelled Ka’aihue.
Its a tough name. And I was referring to the “I’m glad he got demoted” comment.
D-rob, please
Why in the world?
bad tag Arod. double play city right here
fucking walks
I feel like of all the players on the team, Arod would be the best (or least bad) singer.
because of his purple lips?
how and why did you come to this conclusion
IDK it just came to me.
He just has this air to him. Like I could totally see him him a group like N*sync or Backstreet boys.
I feel like of all the players on the team, Arod would be the best (or least bad) singer.
/JackHandy’d
oh noes
how the fuck do you walk Matt Treanor right there
why isnt joba in this game
Becasue people on this site dont believe in pitcher’s roles.
People here don’t believe in innings based roles. Leverage based roles are very appropriate.
He just took a quick spin over to a Subway shop for a quick meal. He’ll be right back.
hes getting sick of the stadium food?
they dont sell his brand of firewater in the stadium
Robertson is better at getting out of jams
D-rob loves the pressure
Kay is talking, just to fill air time at this point.
Good.
Nice curveball.
damn son. he was a good foot off that breaker
Canada takes the lead!
97?
97 mph!!!
97?
97 on the stadium gun
95 on gameday
DRob seems to thrive on the pressure. I, on the other hand, now have an ulcer.
yesssss
Yes!!!!! K-rob!!!
YEAHHHHHH D-ROB!!!
Closer mentality FTW!!!
That was a horrible call though.
Robertson is second only to Mo.
Thats not the homeplate umps call though. Bad call.
I’m guessing Poopy Pants won’t be coming around to tell us how overrated David Robertson is tonight.
Maybe he can complain about the bush league fistpump.
he checked that….thanks ump!
He did not go around. I’ll take the call, but I hate these fucking umpires.
correction…you normally hate the umpires
omg d-rob…
shaky but got the job done once again
I call the Yankees break it open this inning.
Ohhhhhhkay.
Gardy and Martin to the 7 and 6 spot?
Yeah. At some point the league really needs to say something to the people behind the plate about those calls.
Blake Wood?
Baseball player? Author? Soap opera star?
Adult film actor.
David Robertson’s new theme song:
Somewhere, Lil’ Wayne has a single tear tattooed on his cheek.
guess we know why joba is pitching the eight, uchh whats wrong with sori now?
Where’s the Eighth Inning Guy(TM)?? I do like Robertson as fireman instead of Joba though – never though Joba was great with inherited runners.
*never thought
we hadn’t sufficiently Soriano-proofed the inning to bring him out in the 8th. Joba was fantastic.
Possible careers if they didn’t do baseball:
Tex: construction worker
Arod: singer
Jorge: doctor
Jeter: car salesman (nothing to do with Ford commercials BTW)
Gardner: farmer
Cervelli: Fashion designer or something like that
Cano: something that doesn’t involve speaking…underwear model?
Joba: hotdog eating contest contestant
thoughts? Agree/disagree?
Cervelli can be the Indian and we can have a revival of the Village People
gardner has to something more gritty than farming
maybe a mechanic on air force jets
Jeter’s too classy and guarded to be a car salesman. Corporate executive. Head of PR. He’s perfect on message control. Looks good in a suit.
A doctor like his dad maybe.
Derek Bigalow, Male Gigolo
Mo: The Most Interesting Man in the World
Perfect
Stay thirsty my friend.
Mo is a Navy Seal on weekends, which, of course, is part of him being The Most Interesting Man in the World.
Jorge: doctor
I laughed.
——————–
Intern: It looks like the patient has severe inflammation of the bursa sac, possibly a dislocated femur. Compartment syndrome is a possibility.
Attending Dr. Posada: I concur. Let’s pee on it, see if that clears it up.
… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, SCENE!
Joba looks filthy tonight
woah joba looks great
I’m not gonna even say it.
To the 8th?
Insert possible starting role joke here
2012?
Won’t even consider it
Joba, ftw.
I see someone flipped on Joba’s Beast Mode tonight. Those low heaters must be mesmerizing, KC can’t stop staring!
If Joba continues what he did tonight and Soriano turns it around, this will be an almost unbeatable bullpen
rotation
I thought our order’s heart was 9-1-2
Blake Wood, baseball player/author/soap opera actor/adult film star, now pitching.
blake wood is a GREAT porn name
“DeAngelo Mack”
Flash sounded so enthusiastic about that Centerstage.
He’s about as enthusiastic as I am about watching Centerstage.
“I’m pretty sure it’s okay to just substitute the word ‘working’ for any other verb.”
- John Flaherty
Colorless green ideas working furiously?
Chomsky was really working underneath that sentence.
You can’t hit 180 18, let alone 9.
ill take that bet
It’s just you really don’t keep hitting after 8 or 9 strokes. The course generally has policies to keep the game moving.
16-3 K/BB ratio for Joba. Now if only he can start stranding runners.
Cowboy boots? Really Michael? Appropriate for a guy who might actually need a literal ten gallon hat.
The Marlins just beat the Phillies. This makes me happy.
Josh Johnson: philthy.
My fantasy team thanks him. It helps make up for Lester’s shitty start.
Swish needs a few days off.
Raffy is probably aching in some way. He was throwing 89 his last outing.
Frenchy had no intention of hitting the ball that way.
Francoeur is finding every hole
TWSS?
Oh crap
nice
A young, rookie lefty power hitter facing Mo for the first time? That AB had strikeout written all over it. I wasn’t even concerned when Mo was down 3-0.
His command tonight does seem off, though.
1 down!
“Hey Rookie”
“I’m going to give you a 3-0 head start”
I laughed.
As a tribute to the not present Soriano, Mo allows his contractually obligated base-runner.
1 – 4 – 3 DP GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, nice play by Mo.
That is the worst fucking catch phrase in sports. Congratulations, Kay, you’re an imbecile.
I know…
Put it on the left side???
/sigh
if only that would have happened in Arizona…..
10 years ago. Get over it
Sadly, I had a similar thought.
Oh, c’mon dude.
Ok, so I thought that “put it on the left side” was to mock HH in Chicago. Anyway, the YANKES WIN!!!!!
That was Moriffic, I would love to see Mo of that!
THANK MO. That was gorgeous.
I’d still be pretty stoked if I were Hosmer. Not everyone gets struck out by Mo thier first week in the bigs.
Greatest. Closer. Ever.
So Boston is having their best prospect sit on the bench as a defensive sub? Really?
not even sure why they’d bring him up…he’s not hitting at AAA. I guess Scutaro is going on the DL but he ain’t playing anyway.
doesn’t make sense.
If only you could have done that 10 years ago, Mo….
Fucking Canada.
Rauch is pitching to Pedroia…galoot to the munchkin…and the galoot wins!
superstar Daniel Bard just gave up a dinger…
Wonder if Joba realizes his shirt is inside out…
Who is this announcing on NESN with Orsillo tonight? He’s giving Flaherty a run for his money as the most boring announcer ever.
This game had the best umpire punch-outs I’ve ever seen.
Angel’s announcers are talking about how Granderson’s homeruns are cheap because of the jet stream in new Yankee Stadium.
He has 7 HRs away and 4 HRs at home. Thats one big ass jet stream.
my guess is they haven’t seen any of grandy’s bombs…talk about a laser show
They’re just bitter because the Angels can’t hit homeruns for anything.
How did they even get on that topic? Neither team in that game has anything to do with Granderson or the Yankees. Just another part of why I think they announcing team is one of the two or three worst in baseball.
And what’s the deal with that franchise doing dumbass things like this mask record??? So pitiful.
Started with a homerun by Izturis and they talked about the homerun leader Granderson. Then they said something about how you should never talk bad about a Yankee without saying anything, but then the other guy just said Granderson could thank the Yankee Stadium jet stream. Its just terrible analysis when you actually look at the numbers and stop trying to create a narrative.
suck on that sox fans!
its so cute im watching NESN
they just showed 2 clips from the yankee game
1) swish missing the diving catch
2) melky talking to cano as he rounds the bases
Freddie >>>>>>>>>>>> CC