Game 64: Goodbye, Cleveland!
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This series has gone so well for the Yankees, I don’t want it to end. No one does. The Yankees have outplayed the Indians in every way imaginable, and they’ll look to complete the rare four game sweep tonight. A.J. Burnett‘s last start was brutally ineffective, so hopefully he pitches a strong game tonight and avoids the June slump that sent last season into a downward spiral. Here’s the lineup…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Brett Gardner, LF
Frankie Cervelli, C – Russell Martin was in the lineup, but was late scratch because of a stiff back
A.J. Burnett, SP
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and ESPN nationally. Sorry for you out of towners. Enjoy.
Two LOOGYs In A Pod: Both Damaso Marte and Pedro Feliciano have starting playing catch, maybe even with each other. No word on their timetable, but I can’t imagine it’ll be anytime soon … Rafael Soriano still hasn’t been cleared to throw, but it could happen this week … Eric Chavez is hitting in the cage but still not running.
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Finish them!!!!
Hello, Jesus
You would think it is time. As opposed to pitching prospects though, I actually do trust the Yanks when it comes to hitting prospects, so whatever they decide to do I will think was the right move.
Hey Hey-Zeus!!
Martin scratched from the line-up? I would say it’s time to call up Jesus, but I’m in the camp that Montero was out of the line-up the last few games as punishment for something we may never know. If that’s the case, I think there is zero chance he’ll be rewarded with a call up right away. Hope I’m wrong.
If you look closer, only one batter in this lineup has seen Carrasco before. http://www.baseball-reference......ubmitter=1 He’ll have to carry the team tonight.
I think it’s time for Carrasco to come back down to earth like the rest of his team.
All I can picture is Marte, Feliciano and Soriano playing keep-away from Eric Chavez… resulting in season ending injuries for all.
If I see those 4 dudes coming towards me on the street, I’m going to look up and watch for the paino that will surely be falling from the sky.
I get what you are saying, but none of their injuries seem all that unlikely.
Yeah, I didn’t mean they had bad luck, so much as these are guys who are just bound to get injured, one way or another.
ah, I got you now. Apparently, I didn’t get what you were saying, ha.
I heard Nick Johnson had gotten them on his training program.
This team could be poised for a hug second half surge. Potentially adding Hughes, Colon, Feliciano, Marte, and Soriano is basically half a pitching staff (and a darn good one at that).
Hughes and Soriano, yes. (Colon, too, although I’m hoping he’s only out for two weeks, and we haven’t even missed him as of yet, so I can’t view him as a second-half improvement.)
I remain very skeptical that Feliciano and Marte will be back, let alone effective.
Which isn’t a guarantee to solve the Yankees starting pitching woes.
Regarding Joba, I know this is crazy, but is there any reason they couldn’t have kept pitching him up until today? From what I read, he was pitching in games while his elbow was bothering him and was still effective. Once the decision was made for him to go under the knife and have the reconstructive TJ surgery, is there any chance of increased damage if he simply pitched? As said, for whatever reason, he was remaining effective apparently after he had the injury.
I would think that continuing to throw 90 mph plus with a tear in your elbow is a bad, bad idea.
Oh, come on. You’re also probably one of those crazy people who think it’s a bad, bad idea to down a quart of vodka and go drive a car. : -)
haha
A healthy pitcher runs the risk of blowing his elbow out with every pitch. Pitching, as has been said ad infinitum, requires people to engage in an unnatural motion. I imagine a pitcher who already has a partial tear of his elbow increases that risk immensely.
And if he were to increase the severity of his tear, I imagine that would complicate the surgery or make rehab more difficult/longer. Not a desired result. Because of this, the Yanks had no choice but to shut him down the second they realized his elbow was in bad shape.
Just heard on ESPN Radio and am now seeing on a few blogs that sources are indicating that Cashman will opt to go with Gustavo Molina INSTEAD of Montero…
Qualifier: IF Martin goes to the DL.
Just speculating, but could preserving his trade value be part of the reason. Wanting to keep all options open for the trading deadline, and Montero is considered one of the top few hitting prospects in baseball, so bringing him up could probably only hurt his trade value.
I agree. And to be honest, I’m beginning to think if he isn’t called up if Martin heads to the DL, Montero will most likely never be in pinstripes. In essence, the writing would be on the wall for a high profile trade to be in the works.
As I noted above, if indeed Montero was held out of the line up for a few games because it was related to a discipline action, there is no way the Yankees can reward him by calling him up so soon.
The Yankees, I’m sure, want to see Montero step up and grab the opportunity, something he has not been able to do since (and including) Spring Training.
same thing was said about him last season… and then he went on to have a MONSTER 2nd half.
If any team takes major stock into his first major league at bats then they shouldn’t even be dealt with.
And Cahsman himself said that he thinks that there’s no number one starters on the market. He offered Jesus for Lee and Halladay. I doubt they’ll trade them for a bag if peanuts, Levine notwithstanding.
Yea, definitely good points. Maybe they just don’t think he is ready then. Or maybe they do end up calling him up afterall when the time actually comes.
OK, alright, if this is true, there is something indeed rotten in the state of Denmark.
If Gustavo Molina is going to replace Russell Martin, either a trade is in the works or he is in the doggiest of doghouses.
Having your catcher tandem be Gustavo Molina and Francisco Cervelli for 15 days (a non-insignificant chunk of the season) is totally inexcusable with Montero down in AAA. Inexcusable…unless you don’t see him in your long term plans or he did something soooooooo egregious that you need to teach him a lesson before he gets called up.
There can be no other reasonable explanation.
Basically this. Montero can learn plenty by being in the MLB. He’s ready.
Wait, I thought you just said the exact opposite right above. Maybe I misunderstood though one of your posts.
Maybe you were agreeing with the punishment part.
But I don’t see that, because that would be the Yanks punishing themselves.
Above I said that Cash doesn’t see an ace being available. Jesus will only be traded for an ace. Now he can be lying but if you can pinpoint a starter that could be available by all means try.
And I also said that if any team drops their stock on Montero because of his first ML PA’s then the only purpose of talking to them is screwing them royally.
But you agreed with “Guest” who said that if the Yanks don’t call Montero up, it will be because he is either traded or punished. Maybe you only partly agreed, since you obviously don’t think he is going to get traded.
Either way, no big deal. Just got confused.
And can you give a link please? I don’t want to believe this.
Between Marte and Feliciano who’s taking the lead in playing catch?
Over/under on 1 ball thrown into the outfield by Frankie today?
Over by a lot.
You set the bar too low, my man. O/U should be at 2!
I was gonna go 1.5, he had two in one game and one in the next so I figured I’d set it at 1 and if he just sticks to the fist pumps as opposed to throwing from his knees, this might be a good game.
He led the all catchers in 2010 in errors committed. A backup catcher!!!
Oh look, you mean the Yankees played a guy who was hurt, instead of putting him on the DL and letting him get healthy, and he got worse? Really? I can’t believe that happened! I mean, it’s not like things like that have happened in the past!
You know, for a business with a payroll in excess of $200M, the Yankees are really poorly run.
I don’t think they’re poorly run overall, but I agree that they have had problems diagnosing injuries. Could be some blame on the players involved who always want to minimize the significance of their injuries (Arods calf and Martin’s back).
But history tells us that most players minimize the significance of their injuries. Teams know this. The onus is on the medical staffs to perform the right diagnostic tests and the managers to essentially not trust the players.
I agree that this would be solved if players were more honest about their injuries, but we all know they aren’t. Everyone must adjust accordingly.
Over-Under 2 errors for Cervelli? He led all catchers in errors last year– AS A BACKUP!
Great minds. I say under two, or right at two. He sucks at baseball life. A great guy otherwise.
How was he the backup? Posada hardly played most of the season it seemed like. Plus, he had to catch AJ all the time (not sure if PB are considered errors in this)
Hooray for six pitch innings.
Tis was nice.
Nice inning. Please bottle that AJ and do it again and again and again…
Burnett’s fastball command is a little inconsistent.
/comment from always’d
There you go Jetes. Him getting it at home is looking more and more possible.
Dear Derek:
Please have a five-hit game today.
Signed, Yankee fans with tickets to the next few home games
Phelps was scheduled to start tonight, but Kontos is out there instead assuming that the Scranton website/gameday is correct. Phelps last pitched on Wednesday so this ought to be his day to pitch.
Was thinking the same thing. Noesi just can’t get no respect!
Jeter will go 7 for 7 until hit 3,000.
why keep that ball? is 2994 significant?
I don’t get it either.
Bunt Tex! (kidding)
Take a walk Tex and let A-Rod hit a majestic homerun!
We don’t want no evil home runs!
That was Gardnerian, Jetes.
no, that was a smart play… very shallow fly ball + Cano coming up with one out = definitely not worth the risk
Suddenly… divine providence is no longer with us…
Damn it A-Rod.
Yikes, what was that?
No idea, although Jeter wasn’t planning to run. He was trying to draw the throw and then Brantley froze. Odd.
Pressing.
Cmon Run, Jeter, Run!! Cmon brochaco! He’s speed is fierce, like a young Jorge Posada.
Supposed to be *his speed
Ugh, it seems like everytime Cano decides to be patient, they throw him one right down the middle
Being ‘patient’ isn’t ‘stand there and watch a pitch’. It’s waiting for a good pitch to hit, and hitting it hard.
Cano was patient in 2010. He didn’t walk often (50-something times), but he waited for his pitch, and crushed it. If it wasn’t his pitch, he watched it (even if it was a strike!). Cano in 2010 was a beast, MVP candidate.
Now… Cano is back to 2008. A great hitter with no patience.
Heh, Jered Weaver could be on the trade market this summer…
Kershaw too with the Dodgers till owing Manny 25M…yeeesh. How you defer 25 million dollars?
i just saw that.
Dodgers = Epic Management Fail.
Trade Cano and call up Montero to play 2B.
#kidding
Robinson that was terrible. You’re tearing up my heart!
Ugh Cano. Just flat out Ugh
Damn Cano your plate discipline is AWFUL!!
Dear Yankees,
No seriously, score runs!
Swish, recover this inning. Letting pitchers off the hook after loading the bases and then not getting even a single run is bad.
Fail.
I mean seriously, what the fuck. how many times have they done that this year; bases loaded, no one out, and then BAM, clean inning.
Does any team in baseball fail so hard, so often?
Given that they have one of the top two offenses in baseball, I imagine at least 28 other teams fail more hard more often at scoring runs.
Touche. I let myself get out of my head there.
hahah … as everyone will tell you, there is a whole lot of failing that goes on when trying to hit a baseball.
No other team has as high as expectations, as much talent, as much resources, or as much spotlight. So when the Yankees fall, they fall from a higher perch. But as far as failing hard and failing often, the Chicago Cubs have that spot locked pretty well.
The Miami Heat have expectations for this one year at least!
At least they made him work?
ugh.
Bases loaded, no outs, no runs because no one on the Yankees can run the bases.
In Jeter’s defense (and this is big, me saying this, because I can’t stand him) Arod Cano Swish gotta get hits.
You know, this is a good point and kind of inexcusable. Other Nunez, there are no young babes on this roster. The craptacular base running from so many veterans is…disturbing.
Hopefully this is just a weird 63+ game anamoly that will be corrected going forward.
that was a very shallow fly ball with Cano coming up with one out. I thought that was an appropriate non send.
I undertand what you’re saying, but I don’t agree if this is a knock on Jeter. That fly ball was not deep enough torisk getting thrown out. If he got thrown out we’d instantly go from no outs and bases loaded to two outs and people be screaming “why the hell did they send them with Cano coming up!!” Jeter was trying to draw the throw. It looked bad because of what Brantely did (of didn’t do), but by that point Jeter’s momentum was heading back to third.
Of course, the way the inning unfolded, they might as well just have sent him.
What a crappy inning.
I hope this team isn’t going into that phase with the RISPfail again. That’d be a bit sad.
ARod with a crappy swing, Jeter not running home, Cano has reverted to 2008, and… Swish.
Wow, well done Yankees. Round of applause there. Had a chance to completely take the wind out of Cleveland’s sails in the FIRST INNING and you blew it. Nice.
Well, that is a squandered opportunity.
Typical Yankee RISP fail. AJ is probaly going to blow up next inning.
/MochaJoe’d
Well, that’s always a fair prediction. This is AJ Burnett after all.
AJ Buenett is a wonderful pitcher and I have full confidence in him to succeed 100% of the time.
Who’s AJ Buenett?
Lol you know it was a typo.
Just out of curiosity, if you say that enough times, do you actually start to believe it?
I do believe it. We all should have more confidence in AJ. I, for one, am proud to say that I believe in him, because I know his potential. He is extremely capable.
2009 WS game 2: Never Forget.
2009 WS game 6: Never Forget. (Damaso Marte.)
2009 ALCS Game 5: Never Forget (fuck you, Girardi)
3 not 5.
Right. Why did he bring in Aceves again?
He liked the matchup. Based onthe guy’s 0-1 vs Aceves.
Despite Robertson being the better pitcher that entire post season.
STOP IT FRANKIE! Your not allowed to make snap throws!
anyone else think Cervelli cost AJ a strike on that throw to first by jumping around instead of framing the pitch
Cervelli has cost more than just that lately…
Any inning where Cervelli doesn’t launch the ball into the OF (as a catcher) is a good one.
So i’m looking at Cleveland’s RISP stats and watching them fail make me wonder, is this how other teams felt playing the Yankees last Sept? Like, wow, this team definiteley won’t score; I’m not even worried.
Kinda sad.
So Montero hits a 3 run bomb in AAA tonight, brilliant to sit him.
At least we know his bat isn’t exactly rotting down in AAA
That’s good to hear.
If Martin goes on the DL and they bring up Molina, I will want an explanation as to what’s up with Jesus.
Jorge has the right idea. He’s trying to get ahead every single time by throwing a 1st strike right down the middle. Make him pay.
Jorge continuing to say “F-U, Montero.”
The catching situation has changed. This isn’t about DH anymore.
Martin should be on the DL, and Montero/Cervelli or Montero/Molina should be the catching combo. When Martin comes back, Martin/Montero.
Breaking in as a back-up catcher didn’t exactly ruin Jorge’s career.
Jorge Posada is Megatron today. It mist be the warm weather.
*must
Psst…It’s not warm weather in NYC. It’s cooler.
SHhhh… you’re ruining the meme.
He’s pretty crappy on the bases, though. Megatrons with the bat, soldier on the bases.
maybe they’ll try a double steal…
Probability Jeter and Gardner switch spots in the lineup after 3k hits?
5%?
Of course. When a pitcher is showing no ability to throw strikes, the first think a manager should do is bunt.
Not to defend the bunt, but Carrasco did throw Cervelli three strikes.
Every anti-bunt bone I have in my body goes out the window when Cervelli’s at the plate.
This.
Brilliant. Thanks, Joe.
Urge to kill Frankie, rising.
All work and no play make Homer…something, something.
Go crazy?
Don’t mind if I do!!
Urge to call up Montero, skyrocketing.
Fantastic AB by Cervelli.
ugg…Cervelli is fucking useless
Stop complaining, you wouldn’t have done anything anyways.
that was just fucking awful Cervelli … useless
#DFACervelli
Updated estimate of Jeter getting to 3,000 at home: If he gets 16 more AB’s in the remaining games, assuming his average should be .275, he has a 26% chance of getting at least 6 more hits.
Wow.
Now 21% of getting at least 6 hits in 15 remaining AB’s.
That was ball four.
One of the worst called strikes EVER!
Me to Cervelli:
“Why are you the way that you are? I hate so much about the things that you choose to be.”
Bizarre Strikezone
This is an awful strike zone
Umpire consistency on called strikes confusing.
Another great strike call there for Granderson (sarcasm)
MONTERO 3 RUN JIMMY JACK…….HE’S READY! NO NEED TO WAIT AT ALL. FRANKIE IS GARBAGE AND JESUS IS THE FRANCHISE!
The Yankees are tanks at leaving men on base.
I think we collectively just skipped a heart beat when Grandy fouled that off his foot…
5 men left on base. This lineup is one of the worst I’ve seen with RISP. This guy ain’t any good but we’re making him look like David Robertson.
OK. Here they come. Did you see them yesterday?
You need to see more lineups.
AL avg. w/ RISP .254/.334/.391
Yankees w/ RISP .254/.343/.432
better than avg does not equal one of the worst
so, what did i miss, bases loaded no run and a cervelli failed bunt attempt? how is AJ?
Strong so far. But he’s AJ so…..
I’m predicting a strong outing by AJ where he doesn’t get the win because we give him no run support.
It wouldn’t be the first time.
I was really hoping to be wrong today
ARGH
OK, so here it is: Montero is easily — easily — the most talked-about player I’ve ever covered. Maybe in any sport. So I get that this whole weekend was going to be just a pool of speculation. But the fact of the matter is this: I never got one report from this end of things that indicated the back-to-back days off were anything more than just a few days off for a kid to clear his head. The way he was swinging on Friday — the last time he started — he was swinging out of his shoes. The bottom line is, he may have been trying a bit too hard and needed to settle down a bit. Think about it. There is a lot of movement going on around him. Players are going up that, maybe, might not be as talented as he is. It’s probably natural to be going after it the way he has, hoping he can be so impressive that the big leagues are forced to take him. That has never worked for him, though. He’s at his best when everything looks effortless. Lately, it hasn’t.
I reported what I knew — and I did so on Saturday. I reported he was getting the day off, that there was no call-up or trade imminent, nor was there an injury. Then I got a million questions about whether there was a trade or call-up coming. Or, if not that, maybe an injury? Some reporter questioned why there wasn’t more written about this situation in The Times-Tribune today. First off, I wasn’t working. I do get time off every now and then (the company insists I take it). Secondly, there was nothing to report. There was no deal imminent. There was no injury. There was no call-up. The man was just given a few days to collect himself. He’s 21. He was probably trying to hard. I think we all need to realize that. This wasn’t a situation where he was “bored,” as many suggested to me. This wasn’t a situation at all. At the end of the day, he missed one game. One game. And it was all any Yankees fans could talk about. It just boggles my mind. But the bottom line is, there was never anything sinister about it.
And with that swing in the third inning, maybe it worked.
Oh…. k?
WTF is this?
Strike. Cmon! Consistency please.
SWB play by play blog
A link would suffice
That would kill the DH.
What the Yankees should do right now is DL Russell Martin and call up Jesus Montero and play him every day.
Cervelli is terrible. If Martin’s back is still flaring up, and you have an option that good in AAA, why is he still playing through it?
Martin is worn down physically, and he has a back problem and possibly a broken toe which are changing his hitting and throwing mechanics. It’s obvious at the plate, as his batting average is plummeting while his GIDP’s keep piling up.
Montero is starting to come around offensively, and he can’t possibly be much worse than Cervelli defensively. Montero is better than a banged up Russell Martin, and this will get Montero ML experience while also allowing Martin to rest and heal up for the stretch run.
Cervelli is one of the worst players in all of baseball. If he has to play 3 days a week while Martin heals up, you might as well just DL Martin and sit Cervelli back on the bench.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Are you aware the Yankees aren’t 0-64?
What in the world are you talking about?
Saying the team is mishandling an injury has nothing to do with the performance of the team in an individual game.
Maybe if you would stop trying to incite flame wars, you could have intelligent discourse for once.
Way to get out of that mini jam AJ. Now let’s get him some of the runs we should have scored in the first inning.
Sizemore looked like he was carrying refrigerator on his back as he was running the bases.
Hes trying to get that strike near the eyes called again.
Fuck, Kay got me excited on that fly ball by Alex.
Yeah, me too. Stupid Kay.
Kay sucks.
DL Martin and call up Montero.
Easy.
A very frustrating 3 innings.
Is it me, or are a lot of A-Rod’s drives to right dying on/near the track last year? The power to Left/Left center is as good as ever, but his right-field power swing seems to be missing.
should be “track more than last year” not “track last year”
Jesus, it’s gonna be one of those games
There’s the Yankees obligatory double-play for the day.
Better hope we can hit some solo HRs to give AJ some run support. He’ll eventually need it when he implodes.
He won’t implode.
Divine Providence is not with us today.
I find that in many a game this year, if it doesn’t start well, it doesn’t end well. Am concerned.
DFA Swisher.
Only half kidding…c’mon homie!!
I’ll say it: 7 LOB.
You suck, Swisher.
Quick, everyone get on Swish for just missing on the dive!
what? swisher never misplays balls in the outfield resulting in extra bases and runs. unheard of, especially this season
Bro, you know he deflected that ball on purpose.
yes, to deflect from his shitty ABs over the past month
Is Cervelli even in the top 5 catchers in the Yankee organization? When are the Yankees going to cut him and bring up a better option?
Right now, yes. But, there are 5 catchers who I’d rather have going forward than Cervelli.
offensively, no.
but defensively…. no.
but he does lead the team in languages spoken fluently, stroke faces made and fist pumps attempted, so there’s that.
Reminds me of the Sox series except we’re not down 6-0
Fuck you Swisher, do something fucking right
This game has fail written all over it.
I blame Swisher for that.
I blame Swisher for that.
I blame Swisher for that.
IDK why that happened…my apologies.
I blame Swisher for that.
doublepost’d
Wow, such a friendly and constructive response. Way to go. I bet you even think that others view your posts as witty and clever.
Every time you post you seem to say a long bunch of bad things about the Yankees. Even better.
I can’t speak for Garcias 86 heat, but I think he was just joking. Lol
That’s not the part I was responding to. Look at what he felt he had to stick in at the end of it.
Wouldn’t that be part of a joke…?
You don’t have to be a jerk to the guy in the process. You’re not funny, you’re just nasty.
I don’t know what you would hope to accomplish by saying that.
I thank you for sticking up to me, but I really isn’t see anything nasty by it.
On the contrary, I thought it was funny (and I think that was his intention).
You’re not one for the memes are you?
No, I’m not, because all it ends up being is self-stoking, arrogant, and ridiculous looking.
You don’t have to put a slash in front of everything that you type and sarcastically mock everyone else’s posting and describe the tone word for word. It’s obnoxious and annoying to read.
posters being obnoxious and annoying overall with 5000 word posts are enjoyable to read
The comment really wasn’t annoying, though.
Really, Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat is a very nice commenter; I don’t think he meant anything to be rude.
Most of the time they’re not used to mock anybody. Just to get cheap laughs. You’re looking deeper into this than you need to.
Great to hear your opinion. Some people disagree, and your criticisms are not likely to stop the memes from being used. Does it really bother you that much?
Not to speak for the other RAB posters, but many other posters seem to do that too.
Lol yeah he was just teasing me, because I accidentally triple posted.
He’s usually pretty nice, so I don’t think he meant anything malicious by it
Brackman just came in for SWB? ……….are they converting him?
The Yankees would never put short-term needs above long term planning with its you pitchers.
/frustrating games bring out the sarcasm’d
Well, to be fair they are kind of running out of time with him and the thought is that’s where he’ll end up eventually. He’s got an ERA of like 7 thus far so he might just have to figure it out in the bullpen
He has been horrible this year. I think they are justified in experimenting a bit.
They may not be converting him, but they may be considering him as an option and want to see how he handles relieving. I’m skeptical. His biggest issue is a starter is command. I kind of like my relievers to throw stikes, so not sure how this will work for Brackman’s development, or the Yankee pen.
Well that was a positive. The wild pitch prevented Cabrera from stealing and the inevitable throw by Cervelli in CF!
Hold it here, AJ. We’re not getting shut out by this piece of crap pitcher.
AJ gave up ONE RUN, not five, ONE. This is not insurmountable by any means.
Yes, I agree, and that was my point. Hold it here because the Yankees will score runs. We’re not being shut out. My insult was on Carrasco, not AJ.
I know. I just felt the need to emphasize it.
wow. every day is an adventure for Swisher out there, huh.
I love watching AJ work the change, I know it’s false hope that he can start leaning on it more but I can’t help myself
1 run..no big deal. Just score some runs. It isn’t hard,
That wasn’t “dee[” michael.
*deep
There’s a TWSS somewhere in here.
Posada leads the league in batting average…. over the past week.
S.S.S. FTW!!!!
And Cervelli is still on the team, why??
At least we cleared the catcher. Bring up Jesus.
Cervelli doing everything he can to help the call-up Jesus cause.
70 pitches through 4IP for Carrasco. give this about 25 minutes AJ, we’ll be in this thing.
I miss our evil home runs.
well, looks like the Bruins decided to show up. up 2-0 over Van-Cooooo-Ver in the 1st period.
editors note: I know nothing about hockey (outside of there being a shitload of Canadias and Russians involved), so I think what I said up there is a thing…
If the Bruins win we will never not hear about Boston being the best sport’s city ever.
yeah, because a Vancouver win MIGHT curve these assholes…
OK make that 4-0. i thought they didnt score alot of goals in hockey?
/confused
It just seems like the recurring motif is that whenever Burnett throws a decent game, the offense hasn’t picked him up. It’s happened a few times already this year, the Humber game sticks out in my mind.
holy shit. greatest SS’s of all time, and we are starting that list at #1 with a guy who played a CENTURY AGO?!?!?!?!? Didn’t they used to use peach baskets or something back then?
WOW
Assuming it was Wagner, in which case he is pretty obviously the best. Is Ruth not the best baseball player ever?
yes it was Wagner, but of all the greats WE have seen in our lifetimes, I have a hard time swallowing Honus as #1.
Actually, if anything it was harder back then. Pitchers were allowed to fuck up the baseballs to make it harder for the hitters to hit them back then.
Yeah, it was real tough to face pitchers who haven’t even heard of a slider, no international players, and no black players.
The MLB was definitely less diverse. It’s tough to compare different eras though.
Hey all. Just got in.
Quick & dirty recap? Seems like AJ’s pitching well.
Left 7 or 8 runners on base in the early innings with 1 out or less and didn’t bring anybody in. AJ throwing very well.
Ugh. Danke.
In all honesty, 1 swing ties the game.
It not that hard, Yankees.
Yeah, why not swing at the first pitch again, Derek.
Wuh ohs
No no no no more injuries
This is the part of the game where the yankees now allow the pitcher to go 8 innings.
Lol this offense sucks tonight.
If my AJ gets the loss after the gem he has pitched, I’m gona be pissed.
Phantom Jeter injury to make sure he gets hit at home.
lol
This team is falling apart!
wow. that was an inning.
GREAT offensive inning.
Beautiful at-bat by Tex.
“Nunez for Jeter” says Girardi. Ruh Roh
He might get 3000 on the NEXT home stand
against Colorado like Kenny said.
say hello to the beginning of the Eduardo Nunez Era.
*gulp*
Nice inning.
So now Carrasco has only thrown one more pitch than AJ. Glad getting his pitch count up early is paying off.
What do you expect?
Carrasco has good stuff. They had some ridiculously good chances to score off of him and failed. If you let a guy escape jams like that, you’re going to build his confidence and it’s going to become a lot tougher to make up for it later in the game when he’s pounding the zone and not giving you free baserunners anymore.
Yes, Carrasco is not this good, but the Yankees should have 3 or 4 runs on the board already. If they do, you aren’t saying that about his start. Most decent pitchers struggle early in games and tend to settle in as the game goes along. The difference is that the not-so-good ones give up 2 or 3 runs early on, while the good ones find ways to battle.
Doomed
Well it looks like Jeter won’t be atop the lineup for a few days. Still don’t want to see him hurt.
Hopefully Gardner can be the dynamic LO hitter we’d all love to see.
Would make it a bit harder to continually pencil Jete in up there I hope.
this would assume Gardner downloads “Baserunning for Dummies” for his iPad…
Brackman pitching in relief at AAA
I think the baseball gods are mad at us
This team doesn’t have the balls to put him on the DL I bet.
They’ll just let him suck ever more for a month like they did with A-Rod and are currently doing with Martin.
ever should be even***
“Moon as Cantaloupe” : Philosophical Inquiries by Kenneth W. Singleton.
oops..reply fail.
Now Jeter too? Meh, not as worried. Also, awesome play from Teixeira. Love that guy.
Maybe this will be the inning the Yankees offense wakes up?
nope
wow, Teix is earning his Gold Glove/Kings Ransom tonight.
This Yankee team is good at building us up to let us down. Too many components not pulling their weight. No timely hitting. Situational hitting non-existent. No run support for too many good pitching performances.
Beautiful at-bat A-Rod.
There is NO way this team is coming back from this insurmountable lead.
+1 for Swish hitting on a 3-0 count!!!!!
well, at least Swish hit it on the screws.
Nick Swisher just has no luck.
wow. L.O.B. FAIL
What is Swishers BABIP this year and what is his career BABIP.
Ugh, I hate Swisher swinging on 3-0 there. Carrasco has had serious trouble throwing strikes out of the stretch in this game. Why would you swing in that situation trailing in the game? He didn’t throw anything close in that entire at bat, make him earn it there.
This is what happens when you leave 7 runners on base in the top 3 innings. You have to cash in on those opportunities. And now, Carrasco is in a good situation going forward. We have seen this time do this time and time again and unfortunately it comes at a time when AJ (yet again) is pitching a great game.
Awesome, next inning we have Gardner, Cervelli, Nunez coming up
well, you guys wanted Gardner to lead off…
Well, yeah Gardner isn’t bad but likely he’ll get on just in time to either get thrown out trying to steal or get doubled up
Glad that making Carrasco throw lots of pitches worked.
Anytime you guys wanna score off this guy…
I guess this is my fault for opening the can of worms last night.
Just as we are starting to feel good about the Yankees, they pull us right back down.
IT’S ONE FUCKING RUN
HOW HARD IS IT TO OVERCOME??!!
The Yankees have never faced Carrasco before which gives them the warrant to throw the game just to piss off us the fans.
/creating a narrative
Wait, they’ve never faced Carrasco before? That explains everything.
I guess were about to find out.
Did I just hear correctly. Derek had a cow ?
did that hit his toe?
Nope Cervelli just ole’d that ball
Ugh, gotta be able to make that play Cervelli
UPDATE, 9:06: Jesus Montero is having a helluva game. He has had plenty of problems with the tag at the plate this year, but he just made a big-league catch and swipe tag of McConnell as he was trying to score standing up on Antonelli’s single. Great throw from Golson, but Montero had to stay in there, make sure he had the ball, and make the swipe. He did all three. Still 5-3.
Cool. Thanks for the updates.
Great throw from Golson. There is a sentence that will never end with the word Swisher.
If the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, then Cashman and Girardi are batshit insane for continuing to let Cervelli play.
Brackman began life as a reliever tonight. While it didn’t go well (1.1 IP with 3 H, 2 BB, 2 ER) I welcome this move with open arms.
I’ve been waiting for this move, they’ve been hinting at it for weeks. The Yanks need bullpen help, and frankly it’s about time to declare Brackman a failed starter. Even during his horrendous 2009 campaign, he had a good stretch at the end of the year working out of the pen. If this goes well, we could see him called up as a reliever in a month or two, and I’m all on board with that.
That makes one of us.
You still think he’s a starter? Mark Newman doesn’t seem to agree with you.
Full blown this.
Brackman has no command. So yes, let us convert him to a reliever where he can not-have-command as a reliever. Brilliant idea.
Snort.
Actually, guys like him can have good command for a few innings, and then lose it and put 5 runs on the board. As a reliever, you get to limit the damage he can cause. Again, one of the best stretch he’s had in the Yankee farm system was the relief work he did in 09. It’s worth a shot, because if he keeps pitching the way he has as a starter, he’s going to get released.
Kenny says “There’s a lotta movement on his pitches” as a cement mixing meatball is swung through.
fucking jackass
Holy crap Brett.
Uhh what was that Brett
WTF WAS THAT!
bunting with 2 strikes???????????????????????????????????????
Weak.
Gardner just doesn’t have any baseball sense. None whatsoever.
One of the dumbest things I have seen in quite some time.
What in the name of fuck was that?
wtf???
What the fuck was that?
Once again, the magic of bunting.
Once again the magic of bunting poorly with two strikes.
Did Gardner just try to bunt with two strikes? This is why he is a 4th outfielder to me. That and not being able to steal bases.
ONE RUN GUYS
ON FUCKING RUN
I wish they could borrow some of the runs from yesterday.
Gameday says Gardner struck out on a foul bunt. Since this most clearly be an error, can someone tell me what actually happened in his at-bat?
Just pull him from the fucking game. 3-2 count, and he bunts ball four foul for strike three to lead off an inning his team is down by a run?
GTFO.
DO you now see why he is not a starter to me?
no
He cant steal bases and he tries pull shit off like what we just saw. He’s an idiot.
He’s an idiot who provides elite defense and above average on base abilities
Elite defense I think not. Doesn’t have a cannon arm. Good defense yes.
Above average OBP and a buck will get you a cup of coffee if he cant steal bases
“elite defense I think not.”- loses all credibility
um first in fielding among Leftfielders according to Fangraphs. When is best not elite. His range more than makes up for the arm. Not many left fielders have good arms.
Gardner ranked 4th last year in runs saved with their arm, right behind Hamilton, Choo, and Francoeur. He ranked #1 in basically everything else. He also ranked 8th in OBP amonst OFers, and 5th in SB in baseball.
last year being the key words.
If he could hit .290 or .300 then I can ignore the stupid decisions. But he hits .270 and .260.
Gardner has the 3rd highest OBP on the team, and started this year out with a huge April slump. Why don’t you complain about Jeter, you say Gardner isn’t good enough to be a lead-off hitter, year Jeter is the lead-off hitter and has been hitting much worse than Gardner.
Every argument you make is based on one or two at bats, do you have long term memory or are you trolling? Gardner has been one of the most valuable outfielders, he’s just prone to stupid decisions.
He’s prone to stupid descions and he cant steal bases. And he can’t hit enough to be a leadoff guy.
You realize being a starter and being a leadoff guy are two different things, right? Your wrong anyways. League average leadoff hitter – .259,.323,.375 Gardner .276/.353/.425
He’s hitting better than Jeter, why aren’t you complaining about him?
Too bad we don’t have Melky to just strikeout swinging there.
At least he would have been doing the sensible thing.
Gardner posted 7.2 more WAR than Melky last year. No thanks.
bad baseball IQ makes for a bad bench player. He’s either a starter or get rid of him. Seeing as he has a 1.9 fWAR for about league minimum, he’s worth keeping, just need someone to help him pull his head out of his ass
I think bad baseball IQ makes for a bad starter as well.
unless its overcome by other qualities. Cano has a bad baseball IQ as well, but he clearly is a starter.
You really are fucking insane.
Brett Gardner is a fucking dumbass, but he’s still good enough to be a starting outfielder. Not sure how his being a dumbass makes him NOT a starter.
If he could hit the ball better like .290 or .300, than I could ignore these once in a while.
How about third in ML in WAR for LF. Being the third most valuable LF in baseball this year isn’t enough. Would you rather have a lesser player who never made mistakes, but was less valuable overall??
Unbelievable.
Hahahahahahahaha, thats all I can do right now to hide the absolute ANGER I have for that play. You cannot make that up….
Gardner might have one of the lowest Baseball IQ’s in the league.
Cervelli really wants Jesus in the Bronx.
Wow, I take it Gardner struck out bunting with two strikes?
Bunting at ball 4, yeah.
It’s been that kind of night.
On ball four as well.
On ball four.
Even Rick Sutcliffe said it was awful. Gardner needs to go.
I know it seems improbable, but Gardner-Cervelli-Nunez managed to do even worse than expected.
Nice play Hannahan.
I don’t even know what to say after watching that idiotic display from Gardner.
Many times, this team really looks like it doesn’t have any clue how to approach an at bat, and tonight is a prime example.
Every time Carrasco is 2-0, 3-1, etc, he throws an offspeed pitch. Yet the hitters refuse to adjust and continue to swing out of their shoes looking for the fastball.
How can anyone be surprised by the results when the approach is so bad?
Wasn’t in the advance scouting report. Typical swell job of scouting from Billy Eppler’s crew.
So you’re blaming Eppler for the job his department doesn’t even do? Why not blame Larry Rothschild for Gary Sanchez’s slow start while you’re at it.
I blame Javy Vasquez.
I think what they need is a first male name poster on a Yankee blog in the scouting department. Maybe you could volunteer your services?
We’ve turned this guy into David Robertson and now into Roy Halladay. He’s not any good! Even with Nunez and Cervelli in the lineup we should have scored at least one run with bases loaded no outs and 1st and 2nd no outs.
wow, shit is just going their way tonight. No two ways around it.
SCORE A FUCKInG RUN YOU FUTILE MOTHERFUCKING SHIT DOUCHEBAG BASTARD TEAM.
IT’S ONE FUCKING RUN!!
THE PITCHER ISN’T EVEN GOOD!
Love,
FTLT
sorry, lost my cool a bit. I dot really like it when AJ gets robbed of a win. He’s pitched so well.
Are you AJ’s Bexy?
No. I don’t have a thing for him. He’s not even cute.
My feelings for him are nurturing not sexual,
I see. I see.
jots down in potential memes notebook
FTLT is to AJ what Bexy is to Pettitte.
#SATQuestions
Funny. I was going to post exactly this.
Lol there aren’t analogies on it anymore.
Jesus time.
Posada/Gardner rank 1-2 (you can choose) for bone head plays for the week.
I’m wondering if they just want Jesus to start his big league career on the road. Less pressure.
We’ll see.
TO EVERYONE QUESTIONING A MONTERO CALL UP…
You just saw Exhibit A on why he should be call up. Cervelli is batting .196 and sub .150 in the last 10 games.
Oh but the defense…
I can deal with Montero’s PB over Cervelli’s 2 free bases he gives baserunners.
I agree. And he should have been brought up weeks ago. Russell Martin is nursing an injury and Cervelli is not an everyday player. Montero should be starting these games. We lose nothing on defense except arrant throws to CF and we gain everything on offense.
There’s more than just this year on the line, if they call up Montero they’d better make sure that he’s ready for the show. You don’t want to ruin a bat like that.
He’s spent the equivalent of two full seasons at AA or higher. He’s spent 1 1/3 seasons at AAA.
He’s hit well at every level.
He’s ready.
Bad feeling about this inning.
Nunez needs to dive jump and throw on that shot if he ever wants to make it in this town…
I think Gardner is grooming himself to takeover Posada’s role as team knucklehead.
they both share a shitty Baserunning IQ
It’s one thing if Burnett gives up 5 runs and Carrasco settles in with a big lead.
But to do this in a 1-0 game in which he should be under pressure is weak to be nice.
It’s not like he’s pounding the zone either. Guys are getting themselves out in counts like 3-0, 2-0, etc by swinging at pitcher’s pitches.
Dead horse = beaten.
I wonder if anyone besides Girardi/Cash/Steinbrenners doesn’t want Jesus called up.
Cervelli. Unless he realizes how bad he is
Athiests, The Tea Party and Al Quieda… oh yeah, and Red Sox Nation
Doesn’t the tea party want Jesus called up?
Seriously, it’s okay to try and develop these guys.
It’s just hard to imagine Jesus being any worse than Cervelli is now.
But he’s not a starter that they’re rushing up to be a middle reliever despite the fact that he needs to develop a third pitch. There’s just not that much developing left to be done for Jesus.
He’s proven everything he needs to prove with the bat at a minor league level. He’s not going to see anything new from AAA pitching that he hasn’t seen over the last 1 1/3 seasons. And he’s hit what he’s seen very well over that time period.
His defense has improved, and let’s face its, it’s never going to be great anyway (too big, unathletic for things to be otherwise).
THe little left for him to gain down there (if anything is left for him to gain) is far outweighed by the value that he could provide to the big club right now.
Just noticed that the Indians are wearing the Wahoo hats. Boo.
I see no one else cares. Where’s TSJC when I need him?
I care.
Quick poll on the Q of the night:
Is there ANYONE here who is NOT in favor of calling up Montero immediately? Based on the comments, it seems like we’re all in agreement.
all we ned is three more votes on the blog and he’s in! someone wake up Bexy, Foghorn and/or TSJC…
No, I want Cervelli for another 5 years.
Make it ten. Cervelli is the franchise.
That could have been the worst curveball ever?
AJ deserves better than this run support.
AJ’s specialty is throwing 1 ER gems only to have the Yankees get shutout.
nice game by AJ. too bad that 1ER and 8Ks doesnt get you a win with the best offense in the league behind you!
Jesus better have his bags packed tonight and NOT Gustavo Molina…
Molina/Cervelli…who’s the backup?
Cerve.
Tough call…seniority arrow pointing towards Cervelli? Gives me heartburn to think about it…
8 IP 1ER. In line for the loss. This is the third time it’s happened. It’s bull shit.
It’s also another reason why wins and losses are stupid stats for pitchers.
Poor AJ
Maybe they should IBB him.
Still angry at that Gardner bunt for strike three.
Yankees bonehead plays like that really get magnified in these one-run games – maybe that’s why their record is so poor in one run games, especially for a team with such a positive run differential overall.
Honestly. That was one of the more frustrating things I’ve ever seen.
Alright, our best three hitters coming up, I have faith
Wait, Robertson didn’t get a strikeout!
We have Grandy, Tex and Arod coming up.
SCORE ONE FUCKING RUN!!!!!!!!
Montero is ready in every way. People will need to be patient. He may not hit much (Cervelli-like) to start and Yankee fans are ummm, not the most patient. His defense is fine. He is very slow on the bases so be prepared for that.
But when he starts banging the cover off the ball……
Ok. Six outs. at least One run.
We will not be stopped.
Let me be the first to say: this is who AJ is. He is an excellent pitcher and does not get nearly enough credit. He battles, works hard, and is such a nice guy.
I get that you like him & want to see him succeed, but the oscillations between brilliant and awful have been career spanning, character & work ethic notwithstanding.
I always want to see him do well obviously, but his bad starts are every bit “who he is”.
If they weren’t, we’d have co-aces.
The only reason he pitches poorly when he does is that he’s unlucky and has confidence issues.
If everyone was more like me, he wouldn’t have confidence issues.
At least I can be glad I missed the first 4 innings.
Im just full of reply fails today.
this is who GOOD AJ is. we’ve seen this movie before. he will give up 6ER this weekend.
AJ is my dude and all, but inconsistency is part of the package.
Damn that was close. Arods gotta carry this team.
FUCK that was close
We are just not cutting it tonight guys. 12 men LOB ain’t good baseball.
they haven’t had 12 baserunners
it was 8
(still unacceptable)
So far, Montero 2 for 4 tonight with a 3 run homerun. PLEASSSSSEEEEEE!
Come on, Alex. One swing away from a big swing of momentum!
And here comes the tying run. 270 feet away.
I’m getting extraordinarily frustrated with Robbie.
You can’t hit a HR off this guy. His pitches are like ankle high.
BABIP is on the Indians side tonight.
That had no chance of falling.
Really?
No Robbie, don’t bother to take a pitch after he threw four straight balls to the last guy.
Now he has bad baseball IQ, but he hits for power and in the .270s-.280s. Gardner does not do this. This is why I don’t like him.
Doesn’t make any sense to me.
how many 1-0 games has AJ lost with us?
This would be the third. Second this season.
Too many
This is not really AJ’s fault. not when the offensive power is 0-6 after two innings. This is once again this inept offense – three guys are hitting the rest just pile on or need bad pitching.
Swing at first pitch after walk – thanks, Cano.
atta way to not take a pitch Cano
Swish, Jorge, and Shitty Catcher due up in the bottom of the 9th. Do we see a pinch hit (maybe Jones or Dickerson) for Cervelli?
I would.
Swish, Posada, Gardner, Cervelli, Nunez in the 9th. Doesn’t look like fun.
The 1-run game continues to beat the crap out of this team.
Not that I’m giving up. Swish/Jorge/Gardy — I know you’re going to do it for us.
Wasted pitching effort by AJ. Now being shut out at home the icing on top. Maybe after the AS Break this team can string together more than 3 wins in a row. (doing it only once so far)
If any man gets on base they need to PH Jones for Cervelli and take their chances with Posada at C if it goes to extras. Cervelli should be sent down tomorrow and Montero called up. You improve your offense and only lose a guy that is 2/20 in throwing runners out.
Carraco deserves to lose the game because he isn’t AJ.
Carrasco is the next Roy Halladay/Sandy Koufax/Walter Johnson. Haven’t you heard?
I remember when I looked forward to the Yank’s opportunity to come from behind and late.
This 1 run game isn’t over.
wow. there is a full blown Adrian Gonzalez dick suckin going on in the ESPN booth tonight. I swear I just heard Sutcliffe say aGon’s piss tastes like lemonade and can heal crippled kids and full blown AIDS…
Well, he is pretty awesome.
WHY ARE YOU WATCHING THE GAME ON ESPN? Michael Kay is less insufferable than those idiots in the ESPN booth. They actually make me miss Joe Morgan and John Miller.
Us out-of-towners don’t get an option. it got so bad, i had to mute it tonight.
Right down broadway.
Joe needs to run out and get tossed.
Swish really looks tentative at the plate. No way he doesn’t pull the trigger on that pitch last year.
Swisher is worthless this year. He had his head so far up his back side.
one thing is true… Chris Perez’ beard is waaaaaay underrated, considering the attention that shitbrick Brian Wilson gets for his.
LOL at Swish. Three straight pitches down the middle.
Chris Perez definitely has the wrong name.
When was the last time they hit a HR?
Okay, showing up for the last half inning. Quick recap of all the runs.
Just kidding.
I’m not gonna lie, I kind of hope that Gardner bunts here.
Just for the lolz
If he hits a HR… I will bow down.
Surely Brett has a HR in him. Okay, I’ll take a walk or a single.
Gardner as last hope? Good night fellas.
Gardner should swing for the fences with Cervelli on deck.
I blame AJ.
Who misses the 2009 walk-off magic??
you know who is full of magic and miracles…..Jesus Montero
Perez is nasty.
Any ESPN broadcast with Sean McDonough is painful. Dude admitted on air he’s a Red Sox fan and just keeps jerking off anything Boston and shitting on anything Yankees.
I’ve already ranted about NESN National.
The bright side, Yanks have been shut out more than they have shut out teams. Always look for the positive.
fucking weak
Yep. The Yankeettes
Trade for this guy
If by this guy you mean Perez and his 5.5 K/9 and 4.5 BB/9… I’ll pass
What a stupid game.
That Gardner strike 3 bunt pretty much was the symbol of this game.
Eh, still a great series.
Well at least we took 3 out of 4 eh.
Successful series, but the stink of the 3 game sweep still lingers.
Wow. I hate this team so much right now. This loss is much more vile than those against Boston.
Normally I’d be happy by that work from Perez since I have him on my Roto team. Not tonight.
Hard to believe a whole game turned on Jeter opting not to try to score when the outfielder was about conceding a run.
or when swisher gave up a triple by trying to make a web gem catch in RF
Yeah, because making the first out of the inning at home plate is always a percentage play.
I took tom’s comment to mean that in hindsight, it’s odd that that turned out to be a pivotal play, not “HE SHOULDA GONE!!!”
Pathetic job, offense. Just pathetic.
Its bad when you’d rather watch the talent in Scranton than in the Bronx. This is the perfect time to call up Montero.
Terrible, just terrible. Andruw Jones on the bench, I’d have felt better with him striking out in that spot.
Jones has struggled against righties and Gardner’s been incredibly hot over the last month and a half.
Right move to leave Gardy in there.
I have to blame someone…if not that decision, then Jeter for not tagging and/or getting hurt.
Perhaps Jeter didn’t want to risk injury on a play at the plate….
nah.
Not gonna lie, I’m worried about the team going into the next series vs. Texas. Thankfully, Tampa and Boston play each other so it will lessen the damage if we lose the series to the Rangers.
That was the most pathetic display of offense I’ve ever seen from a Yankee lineup. Bases loaded no outs, no runs. 1st and 2nd no outs, no runs. The starter was a nobody. Cervelli can’t hit for beans and he can’t throw out runners. Why is he still on the roster? Gardner has no baseball sense. And a trade needs to be made for a new right fielder. One that can field and doesn’t fall all over the place and one that can be respectable at the plate.
We lost this game because of risp failure but Dickerson (I think) and Golson (I know) makes that catch. One thing an infielder doesn’t need to catch a Nick Swisher throw from the outfield (on a bounce or two) is a glove. This will not change in the second half of the season. We will continue to wait for the Swisher lefty bat to wake up. He is playing like an old man out there.
Cashman has probably conveniently forgotten that he acquired Swisher to play first base…that’s how much he thought of Swisher’s outfield skills. He’s getting daily reminders of that right now.
Indians get first hit with RISP after 20 straight failures and of course it gives them THE run in first 1-0 game ever at YS3.
Susan, YCPB
Who misses te walk-off magic of Melky, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui in 1002??
Who misses te walk-off magic of Melky, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui in 2009??
I hate winning the first two or three games in a series only to lose in the finale. Always leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
All losses suck. Especially winnable ones like this.
I said last week: the Yankees have had more than their share of tough losses — they’re still about 5 games under in 1-2 run games. You have to figure that’ll even out eventually. We’re waiting.
The problem is that these don’t even out over the course of a season, because they don’t come about with a regular frequency and the sample size is too small.
These are the kinds of losses that you are kicking yourselves over in September when the playoff races are closer than they really should have been.
The usual people will come out tonight and try to brush this off as “just one game” and “it’s only June” and “how can you expect them to go 162-0″ but it’s hard to ignore that this is happening quite a bit with this team.
If you go through this year’s results, you can find at least 6 or 7 games in which they lost by 1 or 2 runs but totally spit the bit with runners on base. That’s a LOT of games.
It’s a shame too, because on paper this is a very talented bunch of hitters. However, when you have total give away games offensively like tonight, you give yourself no chance to win the game even if you get a good pitching performance. The Yankees deserve to be 5+ games ahead of Boston right now, but they aren’t, and they’re going to wish they didn’t blow these opportunities early on. Hard to take even a mental victory out of a game like this at the plate.
We need to be like the Cubs and play day games whenever possible. Can’t ignore the 17-3 day game record.
I wonder what would have happened if Swish didn’t make that dumb play.
Players on the team that I hate right now:
Swisher
Gardner
Cano
Arod
Cervelli
Jeter
Players I like:
AJ
Players I’m indifferent to:
everyone else.
In case I haven’t said this before, Nick Swisher absolutely sucks..
We knew he was below average before this season but, good lord, he’s craptastic now. Diving for balls that a decent outfielder would get to without breaking stride. He’s a zero sum player now — what little he contributes offensively (and we’re talking meager), he obliterates with his alarming lack of range and pop-gun arm.
I can’t believe he has a UZR/150 of 6.3 this year though it’s probably SSS rearing its ugly head again as he’s seemed to be pretty shitty in the field this year.
Girardi must agree with all the late game defensive substitutions he’s made for him too.
Wait … Swisher was below average before this season? You’ve gotta be kidding me.
Time to face a potentially grim reality…
Possible DL when we wake up tomorrow:
Hughes
Feliciano
Soriano
Joba
Colon
Jeter
Martin
Yikes.
Let’s hope they DL Martin.
Even if they call up Montero, I am sure Andrus and Borbon can’t wait to get here.
Borbon is in AAA
Montero isn’t even a guarantee, especially if those Gustavo Molina rumors are true. That DL is downright tough to look at. No two ways about it.
I’m sure they’d be even more excited if Francisco Cervelli was behind the plate again.
They have very little to lose by giving Montero a few weeks to adjust to some major league pitching. They’ll probably call him up eventually anyway, whether in September or now, so it won’t really affect his service time a ton.
Unless they plan on trading him and wish to keep him down in AAA to inflate his value in case he struggles, it’s only hurting the ML club to keep him in AAA.
But if they’re trading Montero, it would have to be a blockbuster at least on the level of the Cliff Lee deal. Otherwise, Cashman looks like a desperate idiot. King Felix? That’s unlikely to say the least.
Girardi trying to defend Gardner. Why not just be honest and say it was a really stupid play? Gardner’s a big boy. I’m sure he knows he fucked up royally.
Agreed.
ESPN caught Joe’s reaction right after the Gardner play and he looked like he was passing a kidney stone.
If so, I am now disappointed he is changing his story.
If i were manager, I’d throw the whole offense under a bus.
Uhhh, have you watched the series as me?
I know I defended Jeter above, but I take it back.
He and Swisher suck. What value do they provide for the team?
I think we can win the first two vs Texas. CC vs Ogando. We got to Ogando last time we faced him. Then it’s Derek Holland vs Nova. We always destroy Holland and Nova had his best game vs Texas. 3rd game with CJ vs Noesi will be the tough one to win.