Game 40: Hello Goodbye
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The Yankees just got to Tampa yesterday but they’re already on their way out, flying up to Baltimore following tonight’s finale of the two-game set. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, the Yanks are just 2-5 at Tropicana Field in their last seven games there dating back to last season. Hooray for cherry picking. Here’s the latest group of guys that will try to get out of this funk…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B - shakes fist … give the guy a day or two off
Robinson Cano, 2B
Russell Martin, C – wow, five games in a row
Jorge Posada, DH
Brett Gardner, LF
Chris Dickerson, RF – he was called up and Rafael Soriano was placed on the DL, in case you missed it.
Ivan Nova, SP
Another weird 6:40pm ET start, but whatever. No YES tonight, the game is on regular old My9. Try not to throw the remote at the TV.
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Save the collateral damage for the playoffs.
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Gotta wonder how long Jorge’s leash is at this point.
longer than anyone else who is currently hitting .160 and doing nothing else to contribute to the team, thats for sure
It’s on My9 too, baaaaaarf
I hate My9 games. I have to find the game in the Extra Innings channels.
And, once again, R.I.P. Harmon Killebrew.
For me it’s 726 of 726-1 for HD
having a harder time not throwing my TV out the window.
Swish is hurt or benched?
If the latter, bet he handles it better Posada.
sick
For all those gloom-baggers out there (if they’re still here) this video is for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....ata_player
Don’t let a few games in May make you forget why we love this team. (you’re welcome in advance for the awesome video link.)
Too bad that’s the old version.
The updated version, which included 2009, got removed.
That’s true. Still amazing though.
Love how they had the wrong pictures for the lineup.
Ok here we go.
/I’ll get this out of the way… We’re doomed.
Did they just show a picture of Nunez and say it was Dickerson?
What’s the difference between MY9 games and YES games? Is this a running joke or just another RAB invented snark-ism?
The picture and sound always seems to be worse. I love them though because I don’t get YES or MLBN or anything like that. It’s good for us poor people.
My9 comes in much worse quality, both picture and sound, on my TV.
It looks shitty b/c they are in Tampa.
Really hard to get things going in the first when your leadoff man hardly ever gets on.
Jeter .459 OBP in first inning this year
he usually just sucks every inning after the first
Last night I dreamed (dreamt?) that i got 2400 on my SATs and the Yankees won.
Which one is liklier to happen right now?
Lol
Based on your grammar, spelling and the Yankees recent play, I’m guessing its more likely that the world actually does end this weekend than either of those other two possibilities.
My kid got 2280.
/proudDad’d
They go up to 2400 now?
/dating myself’d
Shows you how bad Tex and A-Rod have been when you have to green light Grandy 3-0 in the first.
Here’s the lineup Giradi should be using-
Gardner
Martin
Teixera
Granderson
Cano
A-Rod
Posada
Jeter
Dickerson
Gardner
Martin
Granderson
Cano
ARod
Tex
Posada
Dickerson
Jeter
R.I.P. To Harmon Killebrew aka the baseball logo.
ARod + a new stadium for Longoria
probably would have to eat Arod’s contract as well to get TB to agree
is that it? really?
Would be nice to see Arod and Tex start hitting tonight.
how about any night
I have given up on nyy, at swb yanks game. Vazquez just hit a deep two run bomb off Worley, maybe he should be brought up?
No.
Fuck it, you’re not really asking.
Posada + a new batting cage for Damon
Ummm, why have these games been starting early?
Florida: early bird special.
Maybe you forgot to adjust your clock for daylight savings?
The 6:40 weekday start during the first two months of the season is in response to fan polling showing getting home earlier was more important when school is in session. Those games had started at 7:10.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/.....game-times
Glad to see that heart to heart with Long had some effect on Robbie
Jorge will hit one out.
I just didn’t say when…
hopefully before he retires/is DFA’d
If he’s DFA’d I don’t think he’ll get picked up by anyone, sadly
Of the infield?
of the batters box
Playing a table-top dice baseball game with my cousins when I was a teenager [LONG time ago] at my house. My aunt comes into the room to tell the cousins that they need to leave cause it’s getting late. Game is tied going into the bottom of the 9th. Senators/Twins all-time all-stars team coming up to bat, Killebrew is first up. I say to my aunt, “The game will be over as soon as Killebrew hits this home run.” Roll the dice, comes up a 31 or whatever, which on Killebrew’s card is a homer. My cousins still bring it up when I see them once every year couple of years.
Nova’s fastball looks pretty good tonight
his off speed pitches dont seem as sharp
Damn. A-Rod’s got a cannon.
So obviously Posada’s bitch fit worked, though in fairness tomorrow’s lineup will be the real test based on pitcher/batter history.
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BG swinging first pitch – mind = blown
For the text poll I’d say Mo breaking the saves record
here comes the bunt
a bunt? wonderful.
y is he bunting??????????????
oh good a bunt
Oh good lord, the damned bunt again.
At least he didn’t pop it up.
Joe Girardi = fucking imbecile. Ship that asshole to the Cubs please.
Dickerson is Girardi’s kind of player, he knows how to bunt.
they call that play the anti-GIDP bunt.
Bunting in the third inning? Give me a break. $200M still doesn’t buy common sense.
Why not try and steal and then bunt?!?!?! (If you absolutely insist on giving up an out in the 3rd frickin’ inning–which is flat out dumb.)
only cuz gardner hasn’t been good at stealing this year…i still hate the fact u brought him up to bunt
Well, at least Dickerson knows what the Yankees are all about now
yeah derek nice job swinging at a pitch that would have hit you in the face
and then the predictable K at least we bunted in front of him fuck this team right now
I don’t know why everyone acts surprised. Girardi has been trying to play small ball as early as the 2nd inning in some games. And it always sets up Derek Jeter for the strikeout.
Don’t know how I’m going to watch that garbage for 2.75 more years.
When is the last time the Yankees have played a clean game on defense? Seems like it has been a very long time.
Love how Jeter swings at pitches he can’t possibly do anything with and watches fastballs down the middle go by
If they lose tonight, somebody has to pay the piper and I say it’s Kevin Long. Now, before the Long Lovers jump all over me. Think about it. They suck! Other than Grandy, this lineup is absolutely pathetic. It is a 200 million dollar AAA team at best the way they are hitting. We have 8 guys performing below average and if you’re in charge of the team’s hitting, than you should be the one to go. It happens very often that one, two or even three guys go into small hitting slumps. But this is out of control.
Things need to be shaken up and they obviously can’t trade everybody so the lowest common denominator here is Kevin Long. Does anybody have any confidence at all in this lineup?
Am I overreacting? Maybe, but I see nothing positive about this lineup other than Grandy. Maybe a new set of eyes and ears can help get these guys moving. The guy in charge of doing that now obviously is not doing the job effectively.
Long and Girardi should both thank God that George isn’t around anymore because they would both be emptying their offices. I’m not saying that’s good or bad, but he sure as hell would not stand for this crap.
Rant Over……Obviously a very frustrated Yankee fan. Ugh…….
Pretty sure we’ve led the league in runs or been close every year Long has been the hitting coach. Not to mention we’re 4th in MLB this year.
So…just sit back and do nothing? That sounds like a plan.
And firing the hitting coach accomplishes what? We don’t hold players accountable anymore?
Like I said, maybe another set of eyes and ears would make a difference. Based on your theory, every manager would have a job for life. Where can I sign up for that?
1 =/= infinity.
Lead MLB in runs and you’ll have your job for a long ass time.
I would think that if you look at the guys who have sought out Long’s help and actually made the adjustments at the plate he told them to, you will see he is a damn good hitting coach.
Not Long’s fault that some players head up to the plate and do whatever they feel like, as opposed to following the plan Long works out with them (Granderson v. Jeter)
There’s a lot in between “do nothing” and “fire the hitting coach.”
honestly though what does that acomplish do you think Arod or Tex or Jeter is going to go home to their $100000000 homes and say oh Long got fired now I’m going to hit.
Cool story, bro.
K-long is the man. I cite the one good man in the lineup as evidence.
If every team fired the hitting coach for every offensive slump, they’d just have to start listing it as a temporary position.
I think some of your rant is perceptive but I don’t think there’s a hitting coach out there who would be able to do much better. The Yankees are a power-hitting team fundamentally and off-speed stuff is going to wreak havoc on the the timing of power hitters. There’s little you can do about it unless you want the team to become 9 Ichiros and neither you nor I or any Yankees fans want to see that. Long is a very good swing mechanics technician. What you’re asking for is a change in philosophy. Just like pitchers who feature a lot of off-speed stuff are said to pitch backwards, you’re asking hitters to hit backwards, i.e., sit off-speed and adjust to the fastball. That would sacrifice almost any power in their approach.
There’s little you can do about it unless you want the team to become 9 Ichiros and neither you nor I or any Yankees fans want to see that
That got me wondering. I think a team of 9 Ichiros would score a shitload of runs. .325/.359/…, 52 SB’s, great baserunning.
Ichiro9 would have many pitchers quitting before they even hit the mound. 900+ runs
“Think about it. They suck!”
Well, since you put it THAT way…
The more likely reality here is that you are frustrated (rightly so) and want blood. If the Yanks were a couple of games over .500 during this stretch, do you think you’d be demanding Long’s head? Perspective is determined by context…they are losing, we are angry, we want retribution. Natural, but not necessary.
great at bats boys
next time just let Dickerson try to hit a HR
next time just let Dickerson
try tohit a HRShields should just throw changeups to us the entire game. No way the Yankees adjust.
Oh look, a changeup. No one saw that coming
Those must look awful good to make our hitters looks so normal, I mean awful. Still think this will continue until Friday as the day this all ends, until then losses tonight, tomorrow and Thursday
Well. If Gardner did absolutely suck at stealing maybe they would at least be trying to bunt him to third. That dudes got to learn how to utilize his speed. What a waste.
oh great
Who?
If only the yankees had access to video, or the Internet, or experience, or even word of mouth to know that Shields throws changeups. I’d love to see these so called scouting reports they have that are so near and dear to their hearts, according to Girardi.
Wow who could’ve guessed that?
What are the chances we see Noesi tonight?
Well it was a nice game while it lasted.
/not serious… yet
/thisteam’d
Elliot Johnson sure of course why the fuck not
Like watching the same game over and over again.
lmao omg again DEFENSE
The man, the myth, the legend, Sam Fuld.
That’s it. Fire the fielding coach!!!!
“This week in bad fielding…”
“This month in bad fielding…”
ftfty
this team is beyond pathetic
Well at least the punch line to the joke called NY Yankees continues. Comedy is much better when the joke can be extended. Good clean family fun.
same game every night, pitching meltdown, horrible defense and no hitting with risp. it seems like it will never end
I would hesitate to call one run a “meltdown”. Actually, I’d call it “very ok”.
Is Joe really not going to do any major lineup changes anytime soon? Grandy to cleanup, Jeter to the bottom third, JoPo to the bench.
In that scenario who hits first and second? Unfortunately you can’t have six hitters in the bottom third.
Something like:
Gardner
Martin
Cano
Grandy
A-Rod
Tex
Jesus
Swish
Jeter
Might do some damage
Seriously, when a team performs this poorly for this long, isn’t it up to the coaches/manager/gm to do some things to motivate this team. Clearly this team takes the field with a semi defeatist attitude otherwise there would be more of a visible effort rather than the “laying down” as they did last night after the 5 run 6th.
I agree. Girardi had the team meeting 5 games ago and that obviously did nothing. Something needs to happen.
Can we get Noesi up and pitching?
This game is over.
People, the score is 1-0. Nova has two outs. It is the third inning. The game is not yet over.
The score is 1-0? OMG, the game is so over because this team can’t score runs!
You guys know we’re only losing 1-0, right?
They don’t
LOL, right?
I just think people are frustrated that we haven’t won in a week and with the pitching/defense we’ve been watching, more runs seem likely. Also, our offense has been up and down lately.
I just think that with the way things have been lately, any lead seems insurmountable.
in my father’s words, “sheh lo holech hakol chara” thats hebrew for when nothing goes right everything is shit
looks like we’ll get to see Noesi finally, Nova’s throwing a ton of pitches
You know there has been no explanation other than what Mike has written about on why this guy is on the team but never plays. You’d think he totally sucks.
Even Johnny Damon is dishing out the ass whipping. So there is that.
2nd homerun for Vazquez, how do we not give him a shot?
Joe G said he likes guys that can Bunt and play defense. Yes he actually said that.
I mean, we all know this team doesn’t need to score runs!
wow he is destroying AAA, too bad he strikes out so much
Probably the lack of a position.
Make him the DH.
Posada isn’t doing anything.
So you take up two spots with guys who can’t move? That’s my point. He has no defensive attribute, and neither does Posada. You can’t have two guys like that on the team, because it hamstrings you defensively (and, since this ain’t fantasy baseball, that matters).
Joe G sticking with a starter too long again.
Huhwhaaaaat?
O:S time, methinks.
These guys need to be held accountable for their errors. Robbie Cano should be on the bench for tomorrow’s game.
so that Nunez can make 2 errors?
lol
Admittedly, this clip would work better if the subtitles saying “I’m not sure how well this plan was thought through” were there.
for who? nunez?
because he’s so proficient?
There is no excuse for the Yankees not to get back in this game. Ivan gave up ONE run. Not five.
I wonder if the guys will attempt to take a few pitches next inning and maybe give Nova a breather? I didn’t think so either.
Nova maintaining his 22-pitch-per-inning average in this game. He won’t be able to give more than five at this pace. I know he’s a rookie and he really is supposed to be the #5 starter, but…
sadly he’s the #3 or #4 starter
fuck longoria and his gold glove.
nice robbie getting an earfull…. if course longoria makes the play
Enough with the infield pop ups, Teix.
final fucking ly
Thank you Jesus
boy did the whole team need that
centaur’d
Hey, look at that. A-Rod woke up
Slumpbuster?
I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!
Normally on fantasy I’d bench pitchers against the Yankees. Now I’m going to pick every one left that’ll go against the Yankees.
Id focus your search for rookies and utility infielders. Bonus if it’s a rookie utility infielder.
That’s an A-Bomb if I’ve ever seen one
Maybe he’s out of the slump??
Of course I’m not watching when ARod bothers to make solid contact.
Robbie: 2nd time swinging first pitch
And that’s why you don’t usually throw a RHB a changeup from a RHP. That baby floated through the srike zone.
But the game was already over… that HR can’t possibly count.
It’s about time, Alex. Now if someone else besides Granderson could do something.
I actually didn’t think that just happened. And then it did. YAY A-Rod.
Fucking Cano has seen 2 pitches tonight… TWO… ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???? He should be fined $1000 for ever AB he does not see 3 pitches or more.
No.
I pray for you, Guest.
what?
no…
Cano’s always been a slap hitter. No one was complaining last year.
So a base hit on the first or second pitch = bad. A fine.
A three-pitch strikeout = good. Pat on the back.
Got it.
Yes exactly what I meant. Thanks for jumping into Hyperspace with that answers. Because every single time he swings at the first pitch or second pitch it always comes up with a base hit or better. My bad.
Except he SMOKED a single on the first pitch in his first AB.
That’s a fine. Maybe to really punish him, he’ll be fined 1,000 for a single on the first pitch, 2,000 for a double, 3,000 for a triple and 4,000 for a HR. It’s kind of like a progressive tax.
We’ll teach him.
Now, say something NICE Karl Krawfid. C’mon….you can do it.
Russell smoked that one. Just missed a belly to belly.
Crikey, is this what passes for an RAB game thread these days?
It’s not even entertainingly depressing.
I never thought I’d say this, but it seems that Axl, Lanny, Sal, Bo, Grant, Dalelama, Rose.. et al, have won.
How’s your best friend the tree doing?
And lets all watch Nova give it right back!
Seriously, must you post this? I get it. You have no joy in your life. That’s cool man, but do you have to share? I know, I know. Misery loves company. But, really, the trolling is just boring. The rest of us are hoping to enjoy a good ball game, leave us in peace.
Who the hell is trolling?
The Yankees are trolling me with this horrible play.
Joe G bunting in the 3rd inning is trolling.
How’d Nova do there, friend?
Nova will give it back. 76 pitches after 4. But according to you, for a number 5 that is fine.
1 run in 4 innings is very good for anyone, especially a 5
Didn’t AJ do that yesterday?
so obviously that means Nova will give up five more in the sixth right??? Just because AJ choked doesn’t mean Nova will.
I see Arod has ditched the seeds for gum…and he hits a HR…
Disclaimer: this narrative may have no factual basis as he chewed gum yesterday and went 0-4. But we can ignore that for the sake of entertainment.
Expect a big story on ESPN tomorrow
Gammons will instinctively report on how A-Rod has compromised the integrity of the game by foregoing the seeds…
At least he doesn’t sniff the skoal like Swish and Freddy G. Any other guys gonna get mouth cancer on our team?
Yeah that’s true. Seeds are actually healthy. They have some nutrients or antioxidants or something in them.
I just think it’s funny how he chews on them and has a huge mouthful lol.
Nova’s doing ok. Pitch count’s a bit high, but just one run? I’ll take it. As long as the bats get going this is a fine start for your #5.
Plus, if Cano doesn’t boot that ball he doesn’t have to fuck around with Fuld on 1st for 20 minutes. I feel like the defense always screws Nova over. There’s always one or two miscues that extend an inning and make him work more.
Yet Axisa manages to blast him on Twitter 10 min ago. Baffling. Kid is learning. Not his fault the rest of the team is playing like shit and they need stoppers.
1-2-3 inning from Nova. He’s done his job. Someone besides Alex has to do something. And no more bunts for Dickerson, they’re going to give him pitches to hit so let the kid hit.
I know the game threads can get pretty ridiculous when the Yanks are in the midst of a losing streak, but things are venturing on the absurd recently.
Frankly, I don’t think these game threads are anywhere close to consistent with the quality of this blog or the commentary in non-game thread posts.
Game threads are meant to capture “in the heat of moment” comments, so its absolutely understandable that they are not as rational as others.
But can we step it up above the level of an angry 7th grade boy with 3rd grade writing skills?
/AnnoyingScold’d
Just wait until we win the WS!
It’s easy to ignore.
I know its easy to ignore, but it would be nice if we didn’t have to.
This site is incredibly well run and puts out smart, thought provoking content every single day.
The commenters on this site are, for the most part, brilliant and witty.
Obviously the gamethreads aren’t going to be nearly as high quality as the rest of the site, but it would be nice if the comments in the game threads didn’t make me feel like I was at a completely different site. (Cough *LoHud* Cough).
I 80% agree with you.
A lot of absurd things are being said which you would’nt expect at RAB. I’m trying to avoid going down the route of suggesting a game is over at 0 to 1 but some changes should be in order.
The other side of the coin is that the Yankees brand is that of a superior product. It is also one that involves superior a greater cost of entry on the part of the fan (ticket prices, everything else at the ballpark). It’s very reasonable to be really pissed off at seeing this team go 3-10 over the last 13.
That Derek Jeter commercial was laughable. “It’s not all about power.” No kidding
Given the way he’s looked so far this year, the Jeter commercial that starts out “its not all about power, its about where you place it…” made me laugh
+1
“where you place it” = right at every SS in the AL
Really dude?
He hits him at the 2B too.
Nova looks comfortable on this mound. Not like i’d know.
but it appears that way
Maybe they should just never greenlight Jorge. 3-0? Wait for a ball. 3-1? Wait for a ball. Dude’s still got a good eye, works walks.
holy shit Posada got a hit!
Up to .171!
Father Time smiles at the futile attempt.
Hip hip! And Brett hasn’t squared to bunt yet!
Lets go YANKEES!!!
helicopter swing FTW!
lol.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Gardner look that bad with a swing. Youch.
funny I feel like i’ve seen that swing a shit ton from him. Damon-esque if I may?
I didn’t see Gardner’s AB, but if the strikezone on ESPN Gamecast is to be relied upon, I’d kick his ass.
Just awful. Strike 3 was in the dirt about 9 inches outside and strike 2 was a curveball that was dead middle of the plate. Of course he looks at strike 2 and swings at pitch 3.
it
was
BAAAAAD. I mean, it was closer to you and me than it was to the plate. that bad
Strikezone on gamecast is in no way reliable
I see no reason why Shields shouldn’t throw a changeup with every pitch.
Alex crushed one. Absolutely crushed it.
/tooslowtohitthefb?
First of all I laughed but ARod and Grandy should be the exceptions here. Mix it up but he could get away with a changeup to everyone else.
This. Arod and Jeeter can powerfully turn on 83 mph changeups. Neither one of them can do the same right now on a 93 mph fb.
Jorge has been on base seven out his last twelve. Maybe…
was dickerson the best choice? i swear u hear about all the good young guys we have in the system and then they call up a dickerson…. someone needs to remind the hitters that shields out-pitch is his changeup he throws it 95%
Yet Dickerson was late on a 89 mph cutter. Weird.
Outside of Montero (not an OFer), all good young players are pitchers. Vazquez, for example, I believe is older than Dickerson, or right about the same age.
Yeah, I’m sure everyone knows. It’s not like he throws a high school fastball though.
Do you people realize this guy has been DOMINATING in 2011?
Dickerson is a lefty bat, on the 40-man, and plays a position they could use
Dickerson should have bunted!
/smallball
haha made no difference as jeter swings at another changeup
Jeter looks sooooo bad
Jeter
looksis sooooo badI’m so tired of Granderson leading off innings.
Derek makes me sad.
Jeter just continues to flail away at the same pitch. He better be hitting 8th or 9th tomorrow.
Shields won’t be pitching tomorrow, so I doubt he’ll get that same pitch again.
Jeter = useless
The same guy that does the concessions at Legends Field works the regular season at the Trop.
Neerrrrr-Beeeeerrrr-eEeeeeerrrrrr-Yep!
I noticed that watching a Rays’ game earlier this year.
Is it my imagination, but just as Jeter gave us a game of hope, he then went into the biggest slump of the year for him?
he had a great road trip hitting over the hill pitchers with 88 mph fastballs, back to reality now.
Jeet’s a tease.
That two homer game was the worst possible thing that could have happened. Tricked everyone into thinking he was improving.
In a game that Cervelli hits a grandslam to dead center. The fix was in.
/Pete Rose’d
It was a fluke game for Jeter. He needs to be hitting 8th or 9th from now on, Gardner back up to lead off. It’s pathetic having a guy at lead off that will soon have an OBP less than .300, absolutely pathetic.
yay Dickey
Oh, and just because of the title of this post.
I love Swishies, but I think he plays that off the wall.
Swish gets there about 3 seconds later and doesn’t pick it up cleanly…
hey man… times is tough.
Was that a curve Dickerson caught? Didn’t see.
2 hard hit balls over here…
Let’s not pull an AJ here.
can we get some runs???? is that to much to ask for???
Lol remember in 09 when Melky and Damon collided in the OF and Melky caught the ball but they needed to give him smelling salts?
He’s so cute.
Wow, just to stick it to me (because everything is personal), Nova went from low efficiency to high efficiency the last two innings. 66 pitches the first three innings, 18 the next two.
Jeter will soon have an OBP of less than .300. There is NO reason to keep him hitting lead off and he should volunteer to move down or at least not make a big stink about it. It needs to happen soon.
Say it a few more times.
Shields is scurred of teh Grandyman.
So John is talking about Soriano bad mouthing the offense. First I’ve heard of it.
This Soriano thing…not working out well so far.
Maybe giving a reliever (not named Mo Rivera) a ton of money over multiple years isn’t a good idea? I thought we learned this lesson after Karsay. Then I definitely thought we learned it after Farnsworth.
Apparently not.
(Note, I’m hoping that Soriano makes me look foolish. That would make me much happier than being right about the crappy-ness of his contract).
Cashman learned the lesson (somewhat – see Pedro Feliciano) those above him did not learn
And will NEVER learn.
HAHAHAHAHA now I’m pissed at the offense’s lack of offense but Soriano has no right to bitch at anyone.
I hope he hates NY so much that he’ll leave regardless.
can you put the fucking ball in play????
Are you whining about Granderson? Really?
No. He can’t be. The alternative is…just to painful to consider…
More about Jeter and Company
Painful.
damn you shift.
You got to be fucking kidding.
Hahaha lol.
Dannnng. Props to Zorilla for that one. Great play.
Jason Giambi 2.0. Only have yourself to blame for the shift.
I wish Tex would hit like Giambi over the life of his deal. It’s amazing how so few people appreciate .400 OBP, .500 SLG on an annual basis.
Agreed. The only problem with Giambi was his defense. Not a problem with Tex.
Giambino = Beast Status… not to mention, he had 1.5 SHIT seasons in that contract and STILL managed .400/.500…
loved that dude, horrible defense aside…
The problem was that he had 2 crappy years of injury and sub-par hitting. (but I generally agree that he’s under appreciated for his time in NY)
I agree whole heartedly with this.
I HATE bunts.
But…when a guy is facing a ridiculous shift, they make sense.
A couple of push bunts that get by the pitcher down the third base line for hits and teams will stop employing the shift.
This is important because the shift takes away hits from guys like Texeira.
Teams stop shifting, more balls that are pulled will drop, Tex gets more hits.
I think it would take like three-four successful bunts would be all that it would take.
The BABIP curse has returned.
As soon as I post this A-Rod mashes one.
Doesn’t help our BABIP, so you’re still kinda right.
We just have the worst luck, right at him.
Zobrist! whaata play!
#cured
A-Rod is done with this shit.
who woulda thought another hr
TOOOOO MANY HOMERZZZ!
ARod #cured?
SHE’S GONE! ALEX IS BACK!
jeter is like the coach’s son now in little league. He ain’t moving.
Excellent analogy!
This is what we need.
A-God.
“It’s an AAAA-bomb, from AAAAA-rod”
Mo could go four innings, right?
Love you, Alex.
ARod – 2
Rays – 1
Rest of ‘offense + Granderson’ – 0
Heeeeeeeee’s baaaaack!!!
Nice! Maybe A-Rod can have a 3-HR game like he did in KC last August to come out of his slump.
So…I guess he didn’t need that day of after all?
SHIT
A Rod is ‘back’…. 2 HR game = he won’t hit a thing for a month
love the low leg kick
ARod = win
I desperately want this to be the game that breaks his slump. GO A-ROD
Good grief that at-bat was miserable.
Nice curve. This guy is a damn good pitcher.
i’m a big fan of the home run..its clean..its simple…and 80% of the time…they work all the time!
it would be nice to hold on to this 1 run lead, but u just never know. our pitchers tend to have meltdowns
Back to the HR part of HR or bust.
Let’s hold this lead Ivan.
Solo shots. We fine people for thise in the bar league.
and no one would know about it but like 5000 people a night
Is it just me or does Cano look like he could care less at the plate today?
since that error and mick kelleher saying whatever he did , seems to not have his head in the game. i’d sit him out a game but nunez isn’t any better
If we could somehow remove Sammy Sosa from that list, I would feel much better. BTW How’s Sosa’s transformation into a white man going? I think he was shooting for more grit factor. Haven’t seen a picture of him in a while.
Seems to still be progressing.
http://hollywooddame.com/2009/.....eaching-2/ (safe — outside of the fact it’s Sosa.)
UGH I WANT MOAR I LUV U A-ROD.
Seriously. This is AWESOME.
A-Rod needed a day off???? Good call Mike…..
/Hate The Haters’d
To be fair, even if he hits 4 home runs today, we do still need to ensure A-Rod gets enough days off scattered throughout the schedule to put this oblique thing in the rear view mirror.
Some time at DH wouldn’t hurt, either.
I actually agreed with the call at the time. Definitely looked like he could have used some time to clear his head.
Guess that was wrong. Good for A-Rod, and good for us!
FFFFFFFFFFFF
can someone on this pitching staff please hold a lead?
Nova = AJ
Ugh.
We never should have let Johnny go. Could have used him at DH this year.
+1000000000000000000000
at least resigned him for the Andruw spot. completely agree, he would already be playing 4x a week between Posada’s and Swish’s shittyness
The problem is that Damon (and Gardner and Granderson) hits left handed, so he wouldn’t have filled Andruw’s spot.
Or he could have been bitching about not playing in the field.
Goodnight, Nova
Jeter should’ve dived for that
the wheels are gonna come off here…
Time for D-Rob, right?
Yea, it’s the D-Rob special.
Yeah and he’s gotta come through here. We need this win. Mo should be able to pitch 2.
The intentional walk is only a good move if it works.
oh great another meltdown! what else is new. when things r bad it gets worst. and ofcourse upton is batting. this is not a good thing, there goes the lead and game AGAIN!
Relax. It will be alright. Just breathe. Clear your head a sec and chill.
wow, ballsy by Joe G.
If it works, it looks genius.
If it’s 5-2 in 30 seconds, RAB is going nuclear.
anyone want to take bets?
Meh, it’s a standard move and nobody is going to question bringing in D-Rob for Nova.
No leg kick for A-Rod btw
the 6th…pitchers kryptonite
DP would be clutch…
Greetings, Professor Falken
How about a nice game of chess?
Speaking of David Robertson, I saw Scott Proctor pitched today.
i guess its time i mentally prepare my self for, error,pass ball,and the lead
Was Zobrist really a threat to steal 3rd? Should have been a dp.
Zobrist steals all the time.
Heh just got offered A Rod for LoMo and Aramis in fantasy earlier today but said I’d sit on it. Do I go for it now or is tonight fool’s gold?
honestly, i think you keep A Rod… those other 2 guys are ‘relatively’ replaceable to me, A Rod is gonna hit… eventually
No no, I got offered A-Rod for those two. but I guess from your response I should pull the trigger before he has the chance to rescind eh?
General question: can you add a “don’t feed the trolls” line to the commenter guidelines?
The only real negative on the comments here — besides maybe ‘tommies” constant telling people “what you really meant to say here was __________________ — is all the troll-feeding.
One jackass “THE SKY IS FALLING! DFA EVERYONE!” comment is bad enough. Worse still is when 2, 5, or 10 otherwise smart people pile on and engage.
Just a thought.
Strikeout then the next batter pass ball/homerun
Keep bitching, BJ.
D-rob is so fucking money, but he doesn’t even know it
D-ROB to Tha 8th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
D-Rob = heir to mo?
+42, assuming that Mo doesn’t see fit to un-retire on the 3rd day.
Clutch.
D-Rob baby!
THE FIREMAN!!
YEAHHHHHHH D-ROB!!!!!!!
THE FIST PUMP!
D-Rob is the new Mo.
There is no “new Mo” and there ain’t gonna be. Enjoy what we have left…another 6-8 yrs or so.
He’s the fireman, that’s his name.
no, no, no, let’s let that stay with Johnny Murphy…
How about “The Wolf”?
“Shit, Negro, that all you needed to say!”
Houdini strikes again
What a magician, Robertson fired up.
DRob going all Joba on us!!!!!!
Absolutely brilliant.
David Robertson for President!
That’s it, I’m sending a hooker to Robertson’s hotel room, courtesy of RAB. High-end.
don’t tease with high end talent now RAB must deliver
Co-signed.
RAB’s Double-D’s for DRob Donation Drive
I’ll throw in.
DRob is a god amongst men
Clutch K’s by DRob!!!!
Now bring Mo in for 9 outs.
Robertson, our most important bullpen pitcher outside of Mo. Costs a lot less than Soriano and seems to be able throw lots, has a healthy arm, and cares.
I’ll be damned. It’s about time the Yanks catch a break.
Robertson cant start an inning.
Joba cant enter in the middle of an inning.
Robertson cant start an inning but is awesome when entering in the middle of an inning.
Joba cant enter in the middle of an inning but works well starting off an inning.
Go figure…
Paging Dr. Nick
It felt so good to cheer.
D-Rob is NICE! The 6th Inning Guy.
Robertson’s a cutie!
so D-Rob can’t get out of his own jams but he sure as heck gets out of everyone else’s jams. Dang!
Posada fixed? I hope
Hip hip!!!
Hip fucking hip.
Posada update: 8 for his last 13 (on base).
time to move him up in the lineup
Bat him lead off and Jeter ninth. Let’s start f’ing with everyone.
And Montero will be playing the rest of the year at Scranton as Jorge gets another hit.
Think Jorge just needed a few days off.
guess jorge finally “cleared his head”
That was a classic Posada swing. He may actually be heating up. Of course when you are below freezing that ain’t hard.
so the 800 pound gorilla in the room… both Jeter AND posada have been all kinds of shitty (save for Posada’s 2 hit night).
Posada gets moved to 9th, sits out a game and gets swirled with “cut him” articles all over the interwebs….
Jeter? still not hitting, still leading off…
Wow, great bunt.
ooooooooo somebody’s been working on their bunting
A bunt that worked out for Gardy. HOLY shit.
I don’t agree, but it worked.
I think bunting for base hits are OK anytime, i.e. when the defense is caught off guard. It’s the sac bunt that should be used in moderation.
I think that’s the first time that’s worked all year.
Brett Gardner doesn’t like the new riverave t-shirt…
OMGOMGOMGOMG a good bunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh look THE BUNT WORKED!!!
Great bunt, Girardi ball works.
WHAT A BUNT!
Gardner with a good bunt! Wowza!
Jorge doubling, Gardner bunting successfully…
What the hell is going on?
a bunch of fantasty ball-players realizing the pros they supposedly root for know more about baseball than they do?
cats chasing dogs, man… cats chasing dogs…
Heh, a bunt that worked… now we can guarantee ourselves at least 2 more weeks of senseless bunting. At least in that case, it wasnt a call from the bullpen but based on player judgement of the fielders.
when was the last time gardner and posada both had multi hit games?
2002… and Gardner was in little league
last Wednesday against KC, Gardner 2-4, Posada 2-3
Wow. What is more amazing-a 2HR Jeter game and a Cerv granny or a double and a successful bunt in the same inning by Jorge and Gardy?
Oh please just get something.
Dickey ftw
LET THAT MAN HIT!
A hit!
Double steal set up.
OMG I’M CRYING RIGHT NOW
There is a difference between bunting for a hit and sacrificing the bunt. Someone like Gardner should try to bunt for hits, its the giving away free outs thats the problem.
Exactly.
Dickerson delivers.
Chris Dickerson just earned his True Yankee status.
I don’t understand why you take Jorge out there, but, meh, whatevs…
In all honesty, Nova seems so cool and chill. IDK if it’s his posture or the way he carries himself, but he seems so cool and legit. He just has this air to him. I totally, TOTALLY would be his friend!
…Well okay.
I’d be friends with any player just to pick up his run off. Yea, I’m that guy.
#NovaismyWingman
he is cool and very funny. You’d like him ftlt.
Lol Sweet!!
dickerson now has more hits than jorge
Anything but a double play, Derek.
Good grief, Jeter will swing and miss at that changeup until the world ends on Saturday.
hey he actually made contact on the second one!
No. Jesus’ arrival will on spark the Yankees lineup, not mark the end of times.
I will laugh myself hoarse if it turns out that that dumb prophecy is just predicting the day that we finally witness the arrival of Jesus.
is it sad that i actualy WANTED the team to DFA Posada so Montero would get called up before the world ended?
Lovin those runs!!
Also it’s nice to see Yankee fans take over the Trop
FINISH HIM
here comes the Golden Sombrero
Dikerson’s a cutie, too! =]
Jeter on the other hand…ugh
How I long for a Jeterian (the new Jeterian) slow tapper on the infield.
good job jeter?
I’ll take that.
YE-HE-HE-HESSSSSSSS
Wow. Other teams can throw poorly as well.
see, these guys need a solid defender like Nunez….
we’ll take that Longoria kid off your hands for ya, he’s gonna get expensive soon anyhow…
I’ll take it!
Even DP balls get us runs!!!
#cured
A break! Yes!
Clutch Jeter … way to force the error
Jeter runs so slow down that line he induced that throw to 1st. So clutch.
Thank you, shitty throw.
Fuck. What a play. Got the run but that should be 1st and 3rd.
Just like they drew it up.
oh poor James
wow, jeter also deciding tonight that he wants to work. good job guys!
I want that Ford Explorer.
Soooo the Yankees have a lead in the 7th inning.
This is refreshing, right?
And now the pitching needs to step up and hold a lead. They blew vs KC, blew it in the 3rd game vs Boston, and blew it last night. Do something Joba.
Looks like the Rays are catching whatever we’ve had over the past few weeks.
I didn’t know it was contagious. Who did we catch it from? The White Sox?
That actually works out. White Sox transferred it to us. Now hopefully we can hand it off to the Rays.
this stuff is less like a cold or the flu and more like herpes…
goes into remission for a few weeks, but bad hitting and ‘blah’ play flares up again. ESPECIALLY in the most inopertune times, like Spring Break in Cancun or the ALCS
Not to be a buzz-kill, but we’ve had leads like this yesterday and Sunday against two good pitchers, Lester and Price. Slumping teams somehow find a way….
But the slump must end eventually. Why not today?!
bursting my bubble = ultimate dick move
I have a high confidence level we’ll pull this one out. We don’t have Soriano in the pen to come in and blow it, so we’re good.
Too bad we couldn’t get anymore runs. Not to be negative or anything but as we saw last night, no lead is safe.
And our best hitter, Posada, is now out of the lineup.
wow…. that’s a trip, huh
Lol his ears are pink!
DRob shouldn’t come in in a fresh frame
Why does he always walk the batter when he starts off an inning!!!!
You know what would be great? If Jesus rose (got called up) from AAA on Saturday
So, for 2011,…Gardner is better than Jeter at hitting right? They’ve both slumped, they’ve both been “hot.” We all agree that going forward its pretty much a lead pipe lock that Gardner will be better than Jeter going forward this year, right?
And…sigh…
here comes another meltdown
Chill. It will be alright. Just take a deep breathe and some advil. It’ll be okay.
Drob cannot function unless there is a man on base
There is a man on base
A man who he walked
Rays got a lot of white guys on the team.
Not much diversity.
its like a bizarro Boston, but without the douchey fans (C) 2004…
I was thinking about that yesterday. They lost almost all of their players who were minorities last offseason.
Counting Sam Fuld or not?
Fuld struck himself in the face, why?
It’s a grit thing…you wouldn’t understand.
because he is gritty
plz dont make it hard to watch! dont brin tying run to the plate! grest here comes damon
Cover your eyes.
Zach Britton got bumped due to the rainout, so we see him tomorrow.
Britton is on my fantasy team. Hard throwing lefty with extreme groundball tendencies.
This could be problematic for those Yankees with…extreme groundball tendencies.
And we havent seen him
we saw him in ST in Sarasota. I was there. We got nothing off of him. O runs
We played with our starting infield but OF was Maxwell/Golson/Mesa. Loved that OF defensively. Golson gunned a guy out at home from CF on the fly.
this is on the assumption we will hit more than 3 balls all game
forget about hard throwing lefty wtvr, yankees just never beat guys they’ve never seen before
I have a lot more confidence in DRob getting out of this than Joba
Robertson does not like being taken out there. Don’t blame him with how awful Joba has been lately.
I woulda stuck with Robertson.
DRob>Joba, per my eyes.
Cosign that statement.
Damon 0-2 with a SO against Joba, you simply can’t ignore those numbers
Robertson had already thrown 27 pitches and walked two men in the inning. I think Girardi made the right call.
Way to work the count, Cano. Great advice you gave him, Kevin Long.
shouda left drob in there. joba gonna load the bases for longoria and kill us again
Orrr not.
especially with such a large sample size
Is Joba’s tattoo new? What is it?
It’s a cheeseburger and a forty of malt liquor.
the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?
I hope you’re a woman because if your not, you’ve got some issues.
ftlt spent a whole weekend telling us how adorable Posada is/was… so definately a dude.
Oh he’s still adorable.
With the bad play I look for something else to enjoy while watching…like checking them out.
Once they start winning I’ll stop.
Better than irrationality though, right?
LOL that swing looked a lot like Gardners when he almost left the ground in the 4th…
Joba with a WHALE of a body-I mean job.
Haha Aa long as he gives up no runs, he can weigh as much as wants–600 lbs I don’t care.
i take that back! my bad phew.. sorry when ur goign bad like they r, i kinda expect the worst
Understandable.
Someone needs to tell AL that Joba only knows how to throw his pitches as fast as hard as he can. None of this “take something off it” nonsense.
Cano seems to have a plane to catch.
/lovesBaltimore
5 pitches – 3 outs
lol
Amazing. Cano has seen six pitches today even with a K. In 4 ABs.
Way to work the count, Cano. Great advice you gave him, Kevin Long.
how many pitches has cano seen tonight? I count 5. in 4 AB.
he’s not right. I think something is getting to him mentally. he just seems……. mad
Trying too hard. Pressing, trying to hit a 2 run jack with no one on.
why in the hell the yankees call this guys from AAA to pitch in the bullpen, wants they here they dont get an apportunity to picht whats the fucking point of calling this guys.
They’ll have to pitch tomorrow if Bartolo can’t go 8. I don’t anticipate Robertson or Joba will pitch. They’ve been used extensively with Soriano out. It’d be nice to not have to use them in the next two games with Bartolo and CC pitching.
For all of you “Derek Doubters” look up his numbers in 2004 and 2010 through this point of the season…..
Ok. Back then he was 29 and today he’s 36.
and Last year he was 35. 275 at this point of his career and in comparison with the rest of the SS’s in the American league that is more than sufficient….
not questioning whether he should still be in the lineup. as a SS he hits (barely right now) enough to play, but not to lead off (not against RH pitchers anyway)
With a mediocre and no power? It’s fine but it’s not 20 million dollar worthy.
2004 he was seven years less ancient. Last year at this time his numbers were considerably better than they are now and he still went on to have the worst season of his career.
his OPS at this point last year was about .100 points higher
2004 was half a baseball lifetime ago, it’s irrelevant. 2010 was the worst season of his career, not sure you want to compare him to that.
You are aware he’s being paid 15mil this year right?…and 16mil next year and then 17mil the year after that?
Money well spent I guess.
/Icon’d
Put Posada lower in the lineup. He needs to produce in order to be higher in the lineup. I know he is batting 7th, but 8th or 9th is more where he should be.
He’s got two hits today. He obviously wasn’t go to hit 9th with Dickerson playing. With our normal lineup Jeter should be hitting 9th. Swisher is still struggling so it’s a tossup with him 7th or Jorge.
Where did 1st pitch miss?
wow, Jeter can’t hit worth a shit, but hot damn can he stil make that play
as soon as I say that… Jeter doesn’t dive for a ball within reach.
dick
What would be the point? No way he’s getting an out there anyway. I don’t agree with just killing your body for no reason, especially in Tampa on the carpet.
sterling just said “soft toss”…that has to be one of the dirtiest sounding term in baseball…
LOL.
always thought someone ‘hitting in the two hole’ was the dirtiest… i thought you had to pay extra for that!
HA! yeah, that one has to be up there…along with “that ball had some juice on it!”
i like “punching judy” hitter
A Bleeder Up the Middle!
I was pretty annoyed with the Wally Matthews of the world for making the Joba’s-weight issue such a big story in Spring Training.
But I shit you not, he looks like he has gained an additional 30 pounds SINCE then.
i agree…i didn’t think he was that big in ST, but he’s friggin huge now. and with that hair, he looks like he should be working on my plumbing, not pitching ball..
Thanks for the horrible mental image of Joba with plumber’s crack
When they show him from any sort of side view he clearly is not fat. Dude is just thick. Guarantee he takes his shirt off and you would be surprised by how solid he looked.
agree with this…i met joba last year in spring training and he’s just a thick man…he’s probably got some fat on him now, but he looked solid as shit when I met him.
Again, that may have been true in ST. I’d wager on the ‘be suprised at what he look like with his shirt off’ commentary that Jack Curry and Andrew Marchand were feeding us on March 31st.
He’s clearly gained at least 20 since then.
he’s waddling to the mound. loooks like John Goodman
ESPN NY: If your not unnecessarily sensational, clean out your desk.
oh here we go again…
The bunt and run. Girardi is beyond Sabermetrics.
seriously… why are you playing for 1 run… i feel safer with Mo in for 3 run save than sanit in with 4 runs
ARRGGGHHHHH!!! Make the bunting stop!
The goggles, they do nothing!
Chances of Martin scoring after the Sac Bunt? Anyone have the statistic or success percentage of bringing in the run following a Yankee bunt?
I think the chances of 1 run increases but the chances of multiple runs drop dramatically… RAB did a post on it a while back.
Yeah. I remember the article, I just can’t recall whether or not it was Yankee specific or not.
don’t think it was Yankee specific
I think the post indicated that bunting runner from first to second decreases both chance for one run and overall run expectancy. I may be misremembering it though.
They both drop if the runner is on 1st and no one out. If there’s a runner on second no one out, then the bunt increases the chance of 1 run scoring, but decreases the average number of runs that would score.
Of course, this assumes that the bunt happens as expected (give up an out for a base) and there isn’t an error or a failed bunt.
what the hell…the rays trade Bartlett to the padres and get three in return and all three are on the MLB roster? yanks can never pull off something like that…they get a water cooler, and a pitcher that’s had 27 surgeries and some has been hack.
the bunt is successful, Girardi is now bunting .160
Sweeeet. And Gardner makes it to 2nd so we don’t have to sit here and curse that he isn’t running.
That was a really nice at bat by Gardner. BEAST MODE BABY.
I apologize if this has been asked before but what is that wet, chalky, dusty-like substance that sprays up on the Tropicana Field infield when a ball bounces on it?
cocaine
sand. not water.
what is the purpose of putting sand on the infield?
Manny’s dandruff.
Dammit! Now Mariano can’t get the save.
This team just needs a win.
I know. I was just kidding.
Jeter is one lucky bastard tonight
Noesi time?
I want someone to grill Girardi after the game and demand that he give an explanation as to why a man with an OBP of .300 is hitting lead off instead of a faster man with an OBP of .340. Posada was put in his place, Jeter should be too.
Hits with RISP: Welcome Back. Now all we need is an evil rally-killing homerun to really top it off.
Something for everyone tonight. ARod homers, god starting pitching, good relief pitching, small ball, RBI singles, clutch hitting, clutch pitching. If the Yankees can get through the 9th without giving up any runs to TB, I don’t think there’s gonna be much to complain about after this game.
Yes pretty well rounded game. The bunt worked effectively both times it was used. Love it.
I’d love to finally see Noesi get an IP.
So will Joe finally bring in Noesi?
Sanit is coming in
GOD DAMNIT!!!
But seriously, why is Joe afraid of using Noesi?
He’s a starter and hasn’t pitched since April 8th. He might not respond well to being asked to quickly warm up with 1 or 2 outs in the inning. If he lets some guys in then we gotta re-warmup Mo and burn him tonight.
Then if he hasn’t pitched in that long, then he should be pitching in AAA instead of rotting in the bullpen.
Well, it certainly wasn’t my decision to call him up, but I agree with not using him here.
Yeah, what’s the deal with Noesi here?
Wait, he’s still up?
Timeout. The world is ending on Saturday? I thought it was supposed to end in 2012?
If so, that really does not fit well into my schedule. I’m going to the game on Sunday.
Not cool.
Amaury Sanit is going to pull a Chan Ho Park.
he’s gonna have bad diarrhea?
Didn’t you see that game in Cleveland last year? Yankees were winning 11-2 in the ninth so he let Chan pitch in the ninth and he almost let the Indians back in it.
How can you prove that he has “di-uh-lee-uh?”
Cannot believe he said that. That is so gross.
Who does that? Eww.
I was talking about that game Chan Ho Park had in Cleveland last year. Not whatever intestinal problems he had.
Glad we’re not seeing Noesi here. He had like 10 mins to warmup and hasn’t pitched in a week. No need to shake the rus0t off right here. The lead is only 5 not 15.
nice to see them tack on a couple of more runs and lets hope they take this into tomorrow. lets see them do what they havne’t done regularly and thats beat guys they haven’t seen before. in this case i think britton is pitching tomorrow..
GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was seen in ST and we didn’t do anything with him. Does that count?
The legend of Sam Fuld cannot beat us this time. Well-it would be legendary if he does.
Apparently the YES pitch counter thinks that was a 26 pitch at bat.
Lol, ump almost punched Johnson in the face.
Noesi actually murdered Girardi’s first born
When the moon
meets the sky
like a big pizza pie
That’s Amaury!
I know theres some question about Vazquez ability to hit breaking balls, but wouldn’t pitchers in AAA figure this out by now? He hit 2 more homeruns tonight. 16 homeruns!
keep hitting him and we can trade him and a few others for a stud pitcher.
The trop is such a joke
i hate this friggin’ stadium…catwalks are a joke.
can’t wait for them to make that shit hole an indoor flea market. this is pathetic.
The video is inconclusive. I don’t think they’ll change the call.
ThisThmusis is why you don’t play ball in a dome.
This***
I can’t follow what Leiter and Singleton are saying.
babble babble, C ring, grumble grumble, cat walk, blah blah blah, groung rule….
A-ring, B-Ring, C-Ring, if they got to O-Ring, I was running for cover.
“Three engines now at 104 percent. Challenger, go at throttle up.”
They’re gonna call this bullshit a fucking HR.
Really?
It looked like it nicked it on the way down. I thought they were gonna give him a cheapie. Glad to be wrong.
The catwalks are stupid. Get a better stadium.
The rule, btw, says it has to be clear for the umpires to change the rule. Wasn’t clear to me.
you must not be an umpire.
It is the way the replay rule is written. It has to be clear that the initial umpire’s rule is wrong for the replay umpires to overrule it. If there’s any doubt, the original call stands. There was doubt. Call stands!
Pinch hit for a legend?
lol owned
The losing streak is finally over. Thank Mo
She’s a Rays fan. He’s a Yankee fan. He gets the ball. That is a rule. The only way to overrule that rule is he was single and is trying to score, in which case she gets the ball. Very simple.
Time for Mo.
Well, that defensive indifference actually bit us on the ass.
Alright Sanit. Just end this shit please
Okay, one out. Just one out from a win. Let’s not eff this up.
You can never be too careful!
Time for JoVa. 16 HR’s can no longer be ignored. He is hitting .300 too.
Girardi is such a wimp. Let Sanit face another batter. 6-2 2 outs!
over-managing 101. either bring in Mo from the top of the 9th or leave in Sanit
WTF, man? Let the friggin dude manage already.
don’t tempt fate, just end it.
#marianorivera
Put it on the left side!
Fun Fact: The Yankees are undefeated when Chris Dickerson plays for them
effin A!
WIN!!!!!!!!!!!
WINNING! YAY!
Man a win feels nice. It’s like taking a Bartolo-sized monkey off your back
like taking a Bartolo sized shit after 6 days of constipation!
Is there a regular post-game wrap on YES, or does My9 block that?
Gotta jump to YES usually.
What is this weird feeling? Feels like… a WIN!
I like that Joe went up to Sanit. Probably said “No offense dude but we needed this, had to nuke the motherfuckers”.
i wonder if Swish is nervous..he hasn’t done a damn thing all year. Dickerson gets one start and produces.
LOL, yeah, Chris Dickerson’s not replacing Nick Swisher anytime.
Come on.
Glad that Mariano was on the mound to seal the W. I really hope that A-Rod’s two HR day wasn’t a fluke.
great win
i haven’t felt this way until i embarrassed denny in a press conference when he was wearing a yankees uniform. that was like 2000, thank god!
This comment is just to push the comment counter past 666, don’t want the hex on a winning game thread.