Jun
04
Game 56: Bacck on tracck
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The Angels took yesterday’s series opener, but that’s it. They don’t get anything else and CC Sabathia will make sure of that. Here’s the lineup…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Russell Martin, C
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Brett Gardner, LF
CC Sabathia, SP
The game begins shortly after 9pm ET and can be seen on YES locally or MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
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Let’s do the damn thing and stomp some Halos tonight! I’m an atheist for tonight son!
The world would be a better place if a giant sinkhole opened up under Fenway and swallowed up the Red Sox and 40K of their fans. Hopefully it would happen during a Fox game of the week and get Tim Mccarver and Joe Buck too.
The Red Sox would bitch and moan and complain so much that Satan himself would grow tired of the whining and spit them back up.
If that happened I at least hope Dustin Pedroia is left behind
Why?
Because he’s Dustin Pedroia. And that means left in the sinkhole.
He’s such an ugly spud.
sooooooo he can save a seat for his pedophile brother…
what? too soon?
You know hoe bad the other team’s announcers are when I prefer to listen to Lorenz/Flaharty. Hell, Nancy Newman is probably better than the Angles announcers. Although I’m kinda curious as to what people voted on the poll question. My money’s on the championships.
*how bad
I think one of the options should have been:
They killed us in the 2009 ALCS
Those Mets giveaway caps are hidious
Ok 15 pitch AB plz
I never knew baby showers could be so tiring.
If they win today they are assured at least a share of first place in the road trip and finishing above .500 for the road trip.
Just found this video of Bernie playing with Twisted Sister (!!!) at the Best Buy Theater. Ridiculously awesome.
Bernie playing “Take Me Out…” in Cooperstown >>>>>>>>>>> that piece of shit. If I knew how to post the link, I would. It’s righ on the same UTube page…
7 pitch meh
Meh. Not an awful AB.
Why is it the yankees can score in the early innings but after 5 its hard for them?
age?
That was a terrible jump.
C’mon Curtis.
Horrible call to steal there
Why? Because he was caught?
Everything that doesn’t work out was a bad idea when you have hindsight.
No you don’t need to take a chance with 2 of your best hitters up. It shows a team that feels desperate.
So Curtis Granderson should never attempt to steal. Is that what you’re saying? There’s a difference between aggressive and desperate.
An 80% basestealer trying to steal a base means the team is desperate???
He just got a bad jump, no big deal. Granderson steals at a high percentage, Santana allows a ton of steals, and Mathis isn’t all that good at throwing guys out.
Torii Hunter’s totally going to win the text poll.
What was the question?
Who was the best defensive center fielder in their prime: Torii, Andruw, or Vernon Wells.
I think Andruw Jones was the best of those 3 and its not even close.
I agree.
Jones OWNED center field in ATL…
Why is Vernon Wells even mention in that group. He kinda sucked defensively as a CFer.
And oh by the way, it has to be Jones right.
Yeah very weird swings and it looks like the hitters can’t pick up the ball early at all.
freakin hate west coast games
I hope CC can get some run support tonight!
Yeah he might need it he doesn’t look sharp so far.
Fielding percentage.
Fuck BABIP
The shortstop has to get to that.
Not Jeter..
Yay Nick.
Is this part of Swisher’s resurgence?
Swish being productive makes me so happy. If that avg. gets up a little higher I can wear my Swisher shirsey again in public.
Hip hip?
…..jorge…..*sigh*
Damn it Bourjos is so fast. Robbed JoPo of two hits in the last two games.
Boo.
fucking Gardner
Please stop sucking again, Brett.
Some bring their Swisher home.
Still trying to figure out just what Brett Gardner is…
I’m rapidly losing faith
Me too.
Gardner either is an OBP machine or sucks. Sucked for the first three weeks until around April 20th, was on fire for almost a month, and now he can’t buy a hit again.
0 for the road trip, right?
Had 1 hit in Oakland.
Since he was .274/.344/.422 on May 23, he’s batting .048/.200/.048 and 0-1 today. Yikes
#Fun with arbitrary endpoints.
TRADE HIIIIIIIIIM!
Weaver face > Scioscia face, imo.
Awright Cap’n.
Dammit.
RISPFAIL…. shitty
damn, unlucky check swing..
Jesus curtis
What is it about that ballpark and this team the the yanks can get the big hit (other than 2009 alcs)
does anyone know what the high leverage split on fangraphs is based on? Whatever it is, Gardner has been awful: .059 wOBA and -81 wRC+
Why the hell is ARod so shallow vs. Abreu?
why was A Rod in with 2 outs and Abreu up? looking for the 42 YO to bunt his way on?
If an umpire takes a few seconds to make the call, he’s guessing.
and Abreu was out…. if Cano would remember to tag the fking guy.
That should be an error on Cano
+1
and an error on Jeter yesterday
Errors don’t work that way. Or they never have in baseball.
I know, but to me, missing the tag like that is just as bad as dropping the throw.
Is a good slide where the runner gets around the tag “missing” the tag? I think that distinction is the reason why “missing” the tag is not an error. Official scorers already have too much leeway with hits vs errors.
but they could watch the replay and see if it was a great slide or just a head up his ass tag
Alright, time for the pregame tagging drills
Wouldbyou do this trade
Gardner,joba,betance,romine for beltran and krod
Stronger pen and more offensive of for yanks
Mets get a servicable future catcher a closer and outfielder and leadoff guy when reyes gets traded.
Plus a prospect 2-3 guy in betance
You’re giving up way too much. Gardner alone is too much for four total months (and millions and millions of dollars) of those two. K-Rod isn’t much better than what they have, he’s a baserunner machine.
He’s pretty good at not letting those baserunners score. Somehow.
Beltran is having a good year and would deepen a great lineup.
Krod needs a change of atmosphere and maybe mo and girardi can control him
Gardner and joba are ?S at this point so you are really giving up a young catcher and pitcher at this point for a championship run and better bullpen options.
Just because they could potentially help help doesn’t mean you let the mets rob you blind.
no just giving up Romine & joba for those 2 ultra expensive rentals is the Mets robbing you blind… throwing in Joba and Becantes is bordering on date rape
Gardner & Becantes… sorry
hell no. Both Beltran and esp. KRod would be salary dumps basically. You are giving up way, way too much.
you sound like a Mets fan who calls into Francesa
nope and nope. K Rod beats up old guys, he wouldn’t make it a week in the Yankees clubhouse… *zing*
God, no. That’s just awful for the Yankees.
Mo
Soriano
Krod
Robertson
Logan
Nova (assuming hughes returns)
Thats a good pen
Beltran would be the 2nd best hitter on the yankees
not saying those guys could not help (though I’m not sure KRod is that much of an upgrade over Joba), but your giving up way too much to get them. Just one of the four you listed might be enough
this trade would be the exact opposite of getting younger for the long term. no thanks
Why not throw in ManBan and Montero too?
hey, you know whats funny? Torii Hunter used to be good! The Halos really dodged a bullet by not signing Crawford to give you that EXACT same production for the next 7 seasons…
Don Baylor.
An easy one for us old timers
What was the question?
Former Yankee who was the first Angels MVP
And, as they just mentioned, Ken Singleton ran second
Oh, yea, fairly easy.
Singleton was more deserving than Baylor.
Ho hum
comon Robbie, gotta hit that hanger… that was a cookie
Happy now?
Blegh, I hate official scorers. An error called a hit, a passed ball called a wild pitch, and Axford is about to be saddled with an ER if this run scores.
.317 OBP for Robbie. I hope that means he’s gonna have a monster 2nd half.
Ha ha, Hunter.
lol Torii, he gone.
wow…. that was awesome on a bunch of levels
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand he landed on a fat Yankees fan. merry xmas to me
I was just thinking a Robbie homer would be nice
Ok. That. Was. Awesome.
Homerun of the year.
Get torri a ticket for that seat
2 home runs there: the ball and Torii Hunter
I just said “I miss having toomanyhomeruns as a problem” when Robbie hit that.
Instead of a ball that Yankee fan caught a Torii Hunter.
No offense, but if Lorenz/Flaherty are using your joke it isn’t a good sign.
+1
Not my fault they stole my joke, however lame it was.
Torii Hunter taking out old guys in the stands now. I thought he was supposed to be such a nice guy.
and by the way, Papelbon is everything thats wrong with baseball. what a douche
why did he rush the HP ump after a called strike? should at least wait for a shitty call.
he had just given up 4 runs and blew the game wide open. he was just being the dick we all know he is.
That actually shocked me. I guess Torii wanted that ball real bad.
what a weak ass throw
Jeter….ugh
I never thought about Granderson’s arm, but now that there was an article (right?) about outfield arms, that’s a good example of him not having a great arm.
For a second I thought that was Bernie throwing a 5 hopper into 2nd base.
I saw Bernie at the Delta Dugout thing and he was making fun of himself for having such a terrible throwing arm. He pretended to throw his water bottle at Mr. Met and then he said (kind of to himself) “even when I as playing I probably couldn’t hit him”.
Jeter……
Way to ruin the 1 run lead right away defense.
Way to *TRY* to ruin the 1 run lead right away, defense.
put that run on Jeter’s ERA
Grandy’s weak throw did not help
Went to a brewery this afternoon and saw someone who looked exactly like one of Axisa’s twitter pics. They had a Yankee iPhone case and it looked like a Charleston hat on. I rechecked his the picture and it wasn’t him. Totally disappointed
It’d just be nice if we could bring our players in when they’re on 3rd.
You know, I might be interested in the Bat Day if the bat didn’t have a Bank Of America logo.
Double steal ( just kidding)
way to go Cap’n Clutch
Cap’n Crunch > Cap’n Clutch
so predictable
Four more years baby. Well, three and two-thirds, really.
Electric Offense!
Serious bad at bat by jetes come on work the pitcher
So frustrating, I can’t even think of a creative Jeter comment.
First pitch. that was a guaranteed outcome.
Jeter.
I wonder if jeter will retire if we win it all this year.
Despite all the Jeter hate, he’s still well above average for SS in the AL imo.
Fangraphs has him at .5 WAR or 3rd worst in the AL among SS.
Again, its just an opinion, but when you look at his numbers and his BABIP I think he’s till above average. Would you really take Jed Lowrie over Jeter?
Yes, I’d definitely take Lowrie over Jeter.
Moneywise, yes. Jeter should still have a much better year.
Yes. He gets hurt a lot, so I’d be worry about that, but almost certainly he’ll be a more productive player this year and the net 3 years.
I might be in denial, but players shouldn’t got from a 20% LD rate to almost 10% in a year. BABIP don’t typically drop .60 beyond career levels. Yes he’s getting old, but I don’t he’s hit a brick wall. I still think he’s a product of SSS.
It was 16.1% last year. Maybe it goes up to 16% again, but I think that’s unlikely. even if if goes up to 13 or 14%, the Jeter we knew and loved is gone.
I still think its too soon to say that.
/indenialbutidontcare
17th in wOBA, tied for 16th in fWAR, so close to average, but def not above average
thats overall in MLB. see Esteban’s comment above. Only better than Cliff Pennington and Alcides Escobar in AL
So you’d really take Brendan Ryan, Jed Lowrie, and Erick Aybar over Jeter? Aybar would be iffy, but Jete’s babip is gonna go up. His line drive rate won’t stay so low.
over the next 4 years, I’d take almost anybody over Jeter at short. I think Jeter is still passable now, but he’s only going downhill and its really going to be ugly over the next few years.
If we’re talking about the Yankees, I’d take Jeter. They can afford him and he’s not gonna be that much worse than half these guys in 4 years.
His LD% might go up a bit, but how much do you expect it to? 16.1% last year, 11.7% this year. When players get to a certain age, you can’t always expect for them to bounce back to what they were. It’s possible and likely that Jeter’s age has eroded his skills so that his LD% won’t rebound much from where they are.
Its possible, buts extraordinarily rare to go from kick ass to absolutely suck. I think we’re jumping down his throat, especially when we see his saber number.
Part of the problem in diagnosing his decline is how great he was in 2009. If you take out 2009, his decline is more apparent.
Which looks like the outlier
19.9% 2007
17.9% 2008
20.3% 2009
16.1% 2010
11.7% 2011.
The 11.7% is steep, but part of the general trend.
His GB% has also been over 65% the last two years, HR/FB is down to 4.5%. I don’t think there’s much to look at in Jeter’s numbers that suggest a big rebound at age 36/37
The problem I have is 15 years of awesome v. 1 crappy year and one cold 1/3 season. Trust me, if he’s bad after this season I’ll join the Jeter is too old club but I’m a patient person. Sure you can take out 2009, but you could also take out 2010, and this just becomes a slump.
except he was down in 2008 as well
Except Jeter is 36 almost 37. It’s increasingly unlikely that he’s gonna return to the high standards he set for himself.
I don’t think he’ll be a .354 babiper like his career numbers say, but .320-.310 wouldn’t be far off from what I think he’s capable at 37. That would mean he’ll hit around .290.
Tough choice so far for Angels Most valuable player of the game between Santana and Jeter.
Jeter in a landslide.
Clearly Jeter at this point. Can’t vote for a guy who gives up 2 HR’s.
Swish is definitely an adventure out there but he gets the job done.
Sometimes it looks like beer league softball out there.
Swisher with the defense.
I’m tired of watching ARod stand there and watch singles go past him
Why can’t we get Abreu out?
Because we’re playing in Anaheim.
That’s twice now bobby has ripped one through the left side while Jeter and A Rod just stood there.
To be fair, neither one really had a chance but damn.
52% of the people who took that poll have no clue what they’re talking about.
Shit, I missed it. What were the results?
48 percent Andruw
43 percent Torii
9 percent Vernon
Well, at least the right guy won.
I’d say Hunter drew so much because everyone remembers him robbing Bonds at the ASG.
Yep. He was a “Web Gems” fixture for a long time.
Andruw Jones by 48%
Andruw Jones – 48%
Torii Hunter – 43%
Vernon Wells – 9%
that is one confused kid
Abomb
NICE!!!!!!!!!!
I need to get that version of the Angels hat that the kid with the ARod jersey has.
This broadcast is narcolepsy-like.
It could be worse: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......d=15536931
wow that was awful. Why is Joe Buck still allowed to broadcast games. He obviously doesn’t give a shit anymore. If he ever did give a shit.
Jesus, and that’s his team.
I guess he just really, truly doesn’t give a shit about baseball. In which case, we really need to somehow get his ass fired.
But I’ll allow Mr. Loggia to sum up my feeling of that call.
Wait, let’s backtrack. First I have to watch a yogurt ad AND then I hear that?
Cruel, man. Cruel.
Woohoo. Yes! The Power’s coming back(?)!!!!
An A-Bomb!
That hopefully will destroy the Angles
3 more home runs from A-Rod.
I called 4 this series.
Was Lorenz’s HR call really “Did you get a shot of that one?”. Wow that’s bad.
He was referring to the Kid with the A-Rod Jersey and Angel cap on.
Yeah, I guess so. I really hope he doesn’t make that part of his repertoire.
It’s just a very awkward presentation overall.
Oh boy, here come the Halos Heaven conspiracies. “A-Rod’s cousin is giving him more steroids!”
I heard “A-Rod’s cousin is giving A-Rod and Colon steroids” the other day.
^From a Red Sox fan. I forgot to add that in my previous post.
Take us home CC, take us home!!!1
lol at the little kid with the Angels hat, Jeter shirt, and A-Rod Jersey on.
Tex=Best defensive 1st baseman in MLB….yeah I said it.
Agon and pujols might have something to say.
Agon and Pujoles are overrated if you ask me. Its just people surprised they can field because they can hit. Tex is in this club too btw, but I’ll still take his defense amongst the 3.
You are wrong. You are so wrong.
Pujols is -amazing- to watch at 1B. Best ranged 1B I’ve -ever- seen on pop ups and slow grounders.
Wow angels must have plans after the game nice quick inning
They plan to trade Mike Trout, Hank Conger, Jered Weaver and Walden for Beltran and K-Rod. They want to make a quick one out of it.
Mike: Torii gif for you
http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-.....ZLP_77.gif
Yes.
http://i55.tinypic.com/4r6t61.gif
Thats how you hug a man.
Gritner getting hot again
At least Derek can’t DP here.
I think.
With two outs, can Jeter still manage to ground into a DP?
Yes, provided that there is also a runner in scoring position. The official scorer automatically pencils it in.
Jeter needs to find arods cousin.
Or cameron diaz
Swish and Gardner have hit the ball fairly well tonight. Hopefully this continues.
Wow, Canucks.
Guess they were offended by the concept of “overtime.”
I care very little about hockey, but I’m all for any team denying a Boston team a championship.
I love how the guy who should’ve been suspended was the hero. Fuck Boston.
Eeek! That was ugly.
Curtis needs to make an adjustment bad.
Attack those sloppy get me over breaking pitches for strike 1.
Blegh.
He went, but that home plate umpire calling check swing strikes still pisses me off.
Well, BRef doesn’t have Jeter tied with Sam Rice.
BRef doesn’t adjust in real time.
But I see what you mean. (2984+1) 2987.
Yea, I’ve been wondering from where YES gets its info. Elias maybe?
Had the ‘not equals sign’ in there.
Hey Mike, what’s the difference between bWAR, fWAR, and regular WAR? Thanks
bWAR is Baseball Reference’s version of WAR.
fWAR is fangraph’s
I think Baseball Prospectus has their own version, but since it’s a pay site, and not as well organized, I don’t use it.
The difference is based on their own measures of defense and what they numbers they use for pitchers.
bWAR = baseball-reference WAR
fWAR = fangraphs WAR
bWAR uses results for pitching, like runs allowed. fWAR uses fielding independent metrics, like K, BB, and HR rates. They also calculate defensive value differently for position players.
Do you know why it is that Fangraphs doesn’t have WAR data for pitchers pre-1980 or so?
I do and I forgot it. They’re missing some kind of piece of info to complete the calculation, I just forget what exactly.
UZR is a part of fWAR and I think thats the reason that you can’t find fWAR that early. Just a guess.
Found this on Fangraphs.
2. Calculating Defense: Each system uses a different defensive metric. fWAR uses UZR, while rWAR uses TotalZone (developed by Sean Smith). UZR is more accurate but is only available from 2002 onward, while TotalZone values can be calculated for any player in baseball history.
rWAR is also a bref stat but a product of baseball projection I think. All these numbers on different scales so don’t try to compare.
CC DEALING!
CC’s pitching like he wants 25 million a year for 7 years.
Sabathia can totally finish this one off. He’s at ~85 pitches through seven. He could probably go ten if needed.
Can is the key word. Girardi will over-manage in the 9th.
CG win please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....e=youtu.be
Jesus Montero walk up music
lol @ Mo listening to Cervelli
you know he can’t wait for the 9th
Everyone always looks so uninterested when Cervi is animatedly talking their head off.
Is it ok to like Torii Hunter again?
Is he still overrated?
Since people probably don’t talk about him like a great player anymore, he’s probably not overrated now. He certainly was for a few years. Above average-very good player. Never great.
Didn’t he have a pseudo-racism tirade a few years back?
“People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they’re African American,” Hunter says. “They’re not us. They’re impostors.
“Even people I know come up and say, ‘Hey, what color is Vladimir Guerrero? Is he a black player?’ I say, ‘Come on, he’s Dominican. He’s not black.’ ”
http://otrsportsonline.com/201.....-ignorant/
Stupid use of words, not racist though.
Yea, he was always above average but I couldn’t deal with all my friends going crazy over him. He seems to have a great attitude, and I feel like he’s gonna be a big part of an organization once he retires.
Wow A-Rod that was right down the middle.
One of these days the Yanks are going to start murdering the opposing bullpen again. I await in eager anticipation.
ugh I forgot about the rally monkey.
Ugh, wtf is up with Abreu killing CC tonight?
Abreu is still a hell of an offensive player, even without power.
According to wOBA (.350), he’s the 26th best offensive outfielder.
Ahead of guys like Werth, CarGo and Stubbs, tied with Willingham, and directly behind Soriano and Adam Jones. Not bad for a 37-year-old.
I don’t think it’s that he’s a “hell of an offensive player” so much as it’s he’s been a really, really good offensive player with such consistency for so long.
Sabathia has pitched to a 0.21 ERA over his last four starts. Jesus.
Oops. Reply fail.
That’s fine. “Hell of an offensive player” and “really, really good” = close enough to the same in my book.
Ugh, you gotta pitch Abreu inside CC. At this point of Abreu’s career, I have a hard believing he can turn on a inside fastball.
Big batter right here.
GJ CC.
why Joba??
Do you not see what inning it is?
I still haven’t completely given up hope that Joe will abandon the binder for common sense.
Huge batter right here.
I hate Howie Kendrick.
Last guy on the Angels roster I want to see up right now.
Hell yeah CC and Tex!
lol Teix went into panic mode when he realized it was CC on the mound.
I hope Joe will let CC go for a CG
I wouldn’t bet on it. Gotta go to Mo
Joba’s already been warming.. I bet he comes in.
Jesus it’s late. Of course Mo would come in if any reliever did.
Heh, Teix almost didn’t get to the base with the slide.
Just out of curiosty would anybody happen to know CC’s GB/FB ratio?
For the game? The season? His career?
Just this game. My apologies.
CC for 9th?
Agreed. Although I would have Mo warming up slowly in case CC runs in to trouble.
Please send CC back out for the ninth.
Definitely!
After those singles given up against Abreu and Callaspo? And this is a save situation.
They were ground balls that had eyes, and the 7-8-9 hitters are due up.
99 pitches after 8 innings, but this is a save situation. I say tough call yet again.
if he falters you bring in Mo.
Well, Mo’s not warming up. This is all CC.
I’m pretty sure Mo wants to punch Cervelli right in his grit.
Mo looks like he wants to shoot himself for having to listen to Cervelli.
Ha, Mo’s face at Cervelli!
Mo is practicing some serious zen baseball.
He is the baseball zen master.
lolz at mariano rivera
oh my god they’re doing the wave…
I thought that died in the ’80′s but unfortunately it was replaced with those damn rally sticks in some baseball stadiums and those awful uvealas (sic) in soccer and let’s not forget the annoying cowbells in Tampa Bay.
vuvuzelas.
Thanks.
wow that was not a strike 3 on swisher
looked like ball 4
That was outside, but if he’s gonna call that for CC I’ll take it.
If CC allows a baserunner, then we’ll probably see Mo
Probably – Mo’s warming up.
Well, here we go. Back out for the bottom of the 9th.
Dickerson for Swisher for defense?
A-Rod baby!
very nice play ARod
C’mon CC – one more out.
Great play by A-Rod.
Haha, people were complaining earlier in the game about ARod “watching groundballs go by him”
You’re really annoying.
Why? Was that you?
either way this is CC last batter.
Come on CC one more out!
Jeter….
Leave him in please.
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Because CC was getting hit so hard.
What the hell, is Jeter running through molasses out there?
And Joe Girardi – FUCK YOU.
Seriously. It’s just painful to watch.
uggh….fuck BABIP
And Jeter
SMFH, they have been killin CC with these bitch ass singles.
Oh what the hell. Two nothing hits.
What the fuck was that, Derek?
Sabathia’s thrown 33.2 of 36 possible innings in his last four starts.
But Colon is better since he pitched the CGSO, also stem cells.
/s
Man what the hell was that?
That’s the second run Jeter cost the Yanks in this game. No range to his left. I hate to say it but Jeter is looking very old.
Thank you for stating the obvious.
Thanks for having an acute sense of the readily apparent.
Yeah, CC’s defense really helped him out. Great commentary by Lorenz and Flaherty.
Jeter should just throw his glove at balls not hit directly at him at this point in his career.
Girardi has to insert himself into the game. Fucking imbecile.
I don’t think this move is ridiculous.
I do.
And of course you don’t. You should just change your login to ‘Devil’s advocate’.
Why was it ridiculous. CC had thrown a bunch of pitches. Mariano’s a great reliever. I wouldn’t have been upset either way, but to call Girardi a “fucking imbecile” for putting Mariano Rivera in, when he had already warmed up, is ridiculous to me.
107 pitches for CC is a “bunch”? He’s hardly getting hit around. If he had a shortstop that didn’t need a walker to get around the game would be over.
Between last night and tonight I’ve seen you insert yourself into seemingly 10 different posts merely to disagree with someone.
And please don’t bother responding to me. I’m out.
Ok, it’s a blog comment section, what the fuck am I supposed to do? Only say +1 and I agree? I don’t think I’m disrespectful to people and I try to provide evidence most of the time. Maybe you don’t like it because I disagree with you, but I assure you it’s not just for the sake of disagreeing with you.
“last word”
I didn’t disagree with you to be a pain in the ass or a devil’s advocate, but because I didn’t agree that Girardi was a fucking imbecile for bringing in Mariano Rivera. Is your position the only reasonable one?
“last word”.
He’s rubber, you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off him and sticks to you.
Bringing in Mo is never a bad move. Its not always necessary, but never a bad move.
I’m just not a fan of defensive indifference in such close games.
well that sucked. so effing lucky
gettem mo
CC deerved the complete game win. The defense has let him down many times this year.
*deserved
To be ‘fair’, the defense is what it is: awful. And Jeter/ARod aren’t going to get better.
A-Rod has been eons from awful defensively this year.
They won so I doubt CC is that upset. If he is, then he’s pretty selfish.
They posted a statistic during game that Yankees have 12 errors behind CC – most for any pitcher in baseball (not sure whether that stat was before or after Jeter error leading to first run.)
Also will one of the reporters ask Jeter how he can not come anywhere close to a three hopper through the middle of infield?
(They always say about Jeter – he many not have range but he will catch everything hit to him (unlike some other shortstops with better range) – that error was hit right to him – hopefully that skill will also not start to degrade.
Wooo big win!
1 pitch 1 out 1 save
ultimate zen baseball
Cheapest of the cheap saves.
Definitely.
Dat was quick.
Great spelling.
Hooray for one pitch saves.
Love it.
Heh, Mariano only needed to throw 1 pitch.
Tommorow:
“Mo threw lots of pitches last night. We needed to rest him”
-Joe Girardi
Hahaha. I hate Girardi.
well that was easy
ballgame
Too many homeruns.
Solid win. I’d kind of liked to see CC get the last out though.
Bullshit interview. Question about Mo picking up the save but no question about Jeter screwing up CC’s chance for a complete game win.
Yes, I can just picture Kim Jones asking, “So how about that piece of shit Derek Jeter blowing your complete game win? How does that make you feel?”
I’d love that but it isn’t happening in your lifetime or mine. Only Howard Cosell would ask a question like that and God bless him he is long gone.
That was a nice, quick, well-played baseball game. Nice.
Expected a much longer inning and for Mo to make things intersesting.
I prefer one-pitch saves though. =)
And we have ourselves a winning road trip. Regardless of what happens tomorrow, I call it a success. The 4 straight wins from salvaging in Seattle to sweeping in Oakland helped the cause.
I was hoping at the start of the trip that it wouldn’t be a losing trip. I am happy.
Sabathia’s ERA over his last four starts: 0.21.
and a .723 WP as a Yankee not that it means anything
Also, a FIP of 2.36 if I calculated it right. That’s not nearly as impressive as the 0.21 ERA, but it’s still awesome.
check your math on the era. He gave up 4ER 3 starts ago. I got 1.60 – still awesome.
Yeah, I royally screwed up the calculation. Disregard.
Bad math. Never mind.