Game 116: Bartday
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The last time Bartolo Colon had a season as good as this one, it was 2005 and he was wearing an Angels uniform. His career had been derailed by injury several times after that Cy Young caliber season, and yet here he is at age 38, giving the Yankees quality innings every five or six days. Kinda hard to believe. Here’s the lineup that will back Colon and face another rookie, the right-handed Tyler Chatwood…
Brett Gardner, LF
Derek Jeter, DH
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Eric Chavez, 3B
Eduardo Nunez, SS
Frankie Cervelli, C
Bartolo Colon, SP
It’s an afternoon game because apparently the Angels have somewhere to be tonight. First pitch is scheduled for a little after 1pm ET and can be seen on YES. If you’re stuck in the office, you can listen on WCBS 880. Enjoy.
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Was this originally a night game or am I just crazy?
It is a night game. Tune into tonight on YES at 7:00. I’m going out on a limb and calling for a 6-5 Yankee win.
So were you waiting approximately 3.5 hours to post this reply?
I planned my day around it.
that card really shows of Bart’s girth…he wears big underpants.
I guess Bart is going on the theory that women like girth more than length. BAM!
True theory, although both is better.
Length times diameter plus weight over girth divided by the angle of the tip squared equals the TMI
/southpark
Yes!
i have a choad
Bartolo in a day game = sweaty greasy! GET READY GIRLS!
apparantly stem cells are chock full o calories.
What do people here think the lineup will look like when Arod comes back? With how well Gardner is playing, I find it hard to believe that Girardi would move him back to 9, but if he stays at leadoff it would involve moving down in the lineup one of the veterans.
I have a bad feeling that Gardner will move back to the number 9 spot against righties, but I would go with this below.
Gardner
Jeter
Granderson
A-Rod
Tex
Cano
Swisher
DH-Montero (wishful thinking) Chavez/Jones
Martin
welcome to Bartday, Aybar. 3 pitches, 3 strikes
Callaspo is now aware
Bart Day!
please make me forget about steve smith, bart.
Is it just me but when bartolo has that 2 seam working it’s the nastiest pitch in baseball….
Maybe not the nastiest pitch but it is up there.
by far the biggest 2 seam in the game today. it powers back/in so late and hard…
TWSS!
well done, sir.
Well the Yankees need to be patient with Chatwood and his 4.4 BB/9 and pound his FB as he only has a 4.5 K/9.
does grandy get to the 30 30 club?
Sure, he will make a late push for it.
Only needs 8 steals, so I say yes.
Eight more steals to go. He has a good chance.
If Granderson were Bobby Abreu, he would have been accused of gunning for 30/30 on Tuesday night.
I hope he gets greedy and really goes for it next month. Only two Yankees have ever gone 30-30 (Soriano did it twice).
Yes, I am the Captain of the One Man Cone Army. And yes, David Cone does look like Buster Keaton. We shoot bullets of sapphire sabermetrics and our tanks are dipped in gold.
lol anyone just catch that?
when bart faked to 3rd and 1st hunter starting to run in place
and exhale.
Lando (Lake Tahoe, NV)
I keep hearing from the NY Media that Ivan Nova is “the real deal” but I look at his K/9+BB/9 and I say, sure, if real deal = 4th-5th starter at best. Is that accurate or does he project to be a #2 starter down the line?
Klaw (1:20 PM)
Better than 4th/5th guy. Gets a lot of groundballs with good life on the fastball. Walked just over 8% of TBF. Would expect him to miss more bats with the quality of his stuff.
The elusive true #3.
His K% has been above 15% since June so he is getting more strikeouts which is good. He looks more like a mid rotation guy if you put him in any other division though.
“Past a diving Je … oh … Nunez to Teixeira to end the inning.”
holy shit how big is the angles 1B
he makes cano look like pedroia
You’re just begging for a K and CS at this point.
Wrong again, me.
Robbie must be dying, lol.
Man what an at-bat so far!
is this pitcher the same dude that won the Coney Island hot dog eating contest?
little known fact. Chatwood went to the same high school as Tommy Hanson and Landon Donovan (MLS).
hahaha, Sterling trying to do a Wendys iced coffee commercial:
“We only use real A-reah-bee-caw beans…”
Arabica? no, theres a cow in there somewhere…
‘cornflower blue, not to be convinced with periwinkle blue.’
I am one cornflower blue fact away from going over to the LAA feed, Brett Gardner hate be damned.
i’m right there with you…what the hell are they talking about…
Sterling and Suzyn keep talking about different colors of blue. What I wouldn’t give for a TV at work so I didn’t have to listen to this.
Just move all the different blues to the OF and Sterling won’t be able to see them.
THAT BLUE IS HIGH….. IT ISSSS DEEEP…. IT ISSSSSSSSSSSSSS caught
that was hilarious
did that pop up caught by Colon loook as nervous as it sounded?
big man was movin’
Ugly chase by a guy with a huge defensive rep.
Hunter’s defensive glory days ended a few years ago in my opinion.
Sure, and its debatable if he was ever elite or just a highlight reel guy, but that was downright very bad.
it is high, it is far, it is off the right field wall
stupid Trumbo.
Nice hit by Gardner, but would have an inside the park homer if he did not get mixed up by Trumbo.
That’s pretty false.
When was the last time the Yankees tied a game?
Two nights ago?
What kind of question is this?
That scoreboard graphic said two ties, didn’t it? I thought I was losing it.
I’m sure they were rain shortened tie games before they changed the suspended game rule.
Yeah that is what I was referring to. WTF!
The last tied game the Yankees played was September 30th, 2001 1-1 to the Baltimore Orioles after 15 innings.
http://www.baseball-reference......9300.shtml
Here is the game recap from ESPN
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/.....=210930110
Grandy
Wow that was fucking sad.
Damn!
Shit, Grandy!
did any of you see the article on Papelbon on MLB.com about how great he is this year….he actually refers to himself as “Cinco Ocho”..
I didn’t think it was possible but the douchiest douche just got douchier.
“Jonathan Papelbon told Rob Bradford of WEEI.com that he is not going to set up for anyone. Papelbon, who hits free agency after the season, then reinforced his point by speaking about himself in the third person. “Cinco don’t set-up,” he said. “Never.”"
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....herer.html
guy refers to himself in the 3rd person now, lmao.
I heard about this but never read the actual article. This is amazing.
he refers to himself as Johnson Chad in the third person….
its going to be interesting to see where he ends up. I can’t see the Sox paying him big bucks, but he has been a very good closer for them.
Toronto? they need bullpen help badly and they’ll have the cash
Good match, but I can’t see Alex A. spending that much money for a closer.
wherever he goes, I think the sox pen will be much less effective. Bard is a great setup man but not sure if he has the balls to close
before the emergence of Walden, I woulda said these very Angels…
hell, i dunno. Cubs maybe?
saw that too. what an asshole.
Saint Louis would be a good match where LaRussa and Paps can be assholes together.
Way to go Mike….you jinxed Granderson!
Like how he Jinx’d AJ before the Chicago game…Shame on Mike
nice 1-2-3 9 pitch inning.
Until Teixeira changes his stance / hitting approach, he’ll continue to have slumps and hot streaks.
His work with the glove will always be good.
Until Teixeira changes his stance / hitting approach, he’ll continue to have slumps and hot streaks.
so if he keeps his current mechanics he will continue to be just like every other baseball player in the history of foreverdom?
fuck.
And you know, 2 runs isn’t such a horrible deficit, but for pete’s sake, Curtis with two GDIP in two at-bats? After yesterday it seems so…depressing.
Crap. Now quite dicking around and score some runs.
What the hell is Colon doing? And where are the bats from last night?
Bah. Score runs Yankees.
Stupid pussy hit by Aybar!
worse than losing right now is that Aybar actually got on against us. so shitty.
Wow, Cano.
cano’s arm is sick…
what.the.fuck. that was UNREAL.
Unbelievable play. I thought he had no shot.
After a great play like that, it is great to watch a guy who can’t breath, wheezing and suffering from emphysema. Really keeps the mood going.
changed the channel to avoid that commercial and ended up on cnn watching a story about a kid dying in a refuge camp in somalia. just cant win.
hahaha
The weakest part of our line-up needs to get on base here.
Robby, why are you so damn awesome?
Robe Cano lazying his way to another gold glove
imagine if he had grit
he won’t win it this year
That play will help.
Who are you thinking has it? I haven’t really kept my eyes on his competition.
probably the little runt in Boston
Pedroia’s been hitting really well and has the little man everyguy sports reporter type look, and plays for the hated Yanks biggest rival. So he has the leg up on every award I would say.
plus hes balding, so theres that
the douche-troll has the inside track on every award or recognition available to a human baseball player. see, every time the ball is pitched, he hops… it gets him ready.
that was ridiculous…and I believe they covered that 3 times during that broadcast.
I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one nauseated by that clip by ESPN. Pedroia had to wipe the drool off his dick after that game.
Fucking Cervelli!
stop bunting Brett! you hit the wall last AB. do that again!
If you’re not going to score runs at least run his pitch count! So you have a shot against their no-so-good relievers
Chatwood Dilemma: 11 runs in 11 innings – - – Chatwood Remedy: Yankees.
you know, Nomar told me yesterday (about 17 times) that the Yankees were 0-6 when facing a pitcher for the first time.
Oh FUCK! I thought they had seen Chatwood? DAMNIT! Seriously, fuck and ass. Now I know they’re not going to win.
But, in their last 1 day, the Yankees are 1-0.
It would be nice to see the Yankees beat a shitty pitcher this next inning.
It’s not really a shitty pitcher. It’s a young pitcher in over his head at the MLB level right now. Not that this guy actually is, but these guys do show signs of their actual talent as they adjust.
It also could easily be Manny Banuelos in that position soon.
This is awful. It’s Tyler fucking Chatwood. Let’s go.
Makes sense. Chatwood with a 9 ERA in his last 3 starts tosses a 5 inning shutout.
Yankees having another one of those “we get many hits” but are “afraid to get the RISP hit”.
These never end in a positive manner.
We’re making this guy look like Josh Beckett. Start getting on base and stop hitting into dps Granderson.
next inning, we score 4+ runs.
I hate watching these games on FSW. I hate the Angels.
It’s swing-happy, impatient, make a guy not-pitching-so-great-look-great day so far. That’s always a fan favorite around here.
The good news is that we’ve seen games which start out this way turn into Yankee victories as long as the pitcher keeps it close and the team gets to the bullpen (or the opposing starter’s luck runs out.) Make it happen.
Cue yankees can’t hit pitchers they haven’t seen. (Except the guy from last night)
Lethargic day game after a night game. I wonder if this is where the age of the team catches up with them. Especially in the middle of the dog days.
There’s two players in the lineup over 31.
Cliff Lee told me they are old though.
Ironic that Singleton would say “ball found the glove”. Seems to be the problem when the Yankees are batting as well.
Is it cool if I bring up the fact that Teixera sucks again or are we over that now?
You could bring it up if you want. Doesn’t make it true.
Nah. I think it’s 84.36% true or so says the bell curve.
Narrative>>>>>>>>>Facts… thought u knew
If he hits a HR this inning all is forgiven, for now.
2 games bro
First off, I ain’t your bro, bro. Nor am I your buddy, guy. I’m going with your mom’s reply, though. If he hits a HR this inning, all is forgiven . . . for now.
I thought we were unbeatable during day games???
Dear Derek, Curtis, and Tex,
Runs please!
love,
Me
Oh snap!!! Aug 23rd is Rally Monkey Chia Pet promo day!!!!! Stupid FSW.
My MLB AtBat IPhone App keeps cutting out from the game every 15 minutes or so. Never happened before. It’s still a lifesaver at work.
the mlb radio feed also cuts out every now and then but i’m sure that is when Suzan gets back under john’s desk…
OH..the grandyman can!!
Tyler Chatwood sounds like a guy who should be singing country songs, not tossing baseballs…
i’m listening to this game and it sounds like the yanks have hit the ball pretty hard at times but right to the angels defenders. if that’s they case they will break through here…
Captain 3-for-3.
Now if Curtis can manage a different result.
was that different enough for ya??
Another hit, another DP coming?
What the hell was that? Big Stein must have been blowing that one out.
Hey, how’s about we score a uh… score a run here? Yeah?
How bout 2?
wow, Jeter has the juju working today. seeing eye dribblers and infield singles off the mound. that is $51M hard at work boys & girls
boooom.
that
just
happened
ALL IS FORGIVEN!!!!!!!
Holy shit. I thought hunter was going to have to come in for that.
Yankee Stadium homer!
made up for the 2 GIDP
the fucking Grandyman can!!!!!
Oh Yes he can
Fucking Torii Hunter fakes me out every time.
R U F’in kidding me! We forgive u Grandy!
There’s Curtis. Now if only Sterling wouldn’t sing….
GRANDYMAN!
He got good wood
lol wtf?! Looked like it was a routine pop up. Awesome!
Ha. It’s like you could ALMOST see that coming from Granderson – - – 2 DPs, 2 Runs. It was nature’s way of apologizing to Curtis.
That made even Sterling’s Grandish home run call sound sweet.
Tex with the oppo-field hit? What’s going on?
Curtis Granderson would be the MVP of this league if he wasn’t behind Gonzalez, Pedroia, Josh Reddick, Alfredo Aceves, and Nick Green in the eyes of the voting faithful in Bristol, CT.
HEY! WTF!
You son of a bitch!
YOU FORGOT DARNELL MCDONALD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how dare he snub Scutaro as well.
I stand corrected.
Also, why don’t the Yankees have a guy like Darnell McDonald? Theo is a genius.
we do. he parks the players’ cars.
The Sox are much deeper in car-parkers. Cashman failed.
That’s racist. You ignorant. (Can’t exactly convey Michael Jackson by way of South Park through text)
And JASON VARITEK! Because he’s the Captain of the GREATEST team the world HAS EVER KNOWN!
You forgot Ellsbury, ok? GET IT RIGHT.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Gonzalez, Pedroia and Ellsbury finished 1, 2, 3 in the voting.
Meanwhile… Jose Bautista is the American League’s best player.
Sign Stealing. That is all.
It was all his idea!
Sign stealing, the alternative to steroids. It’s like having your personal gypsy fortune-teller with her very own crystal ball in the batter’s box with you at all times.
curtis granderson your american league RBI leader
MLB lead, no?
srsly… how is he not going to win the MVP. he has just been disguisting
Batting average. Voters have gotten off of wins for pitchers but seem to still be married to AVG and RBI for hitters.
and Agonz is up there with both. Agonz will win the MVP if he keeps his avg up and finishes in the top 3 in RBI. once he put on that uniform he became the greatest player God ever created.
A few weeks back i saw an MVP list from Heyman or Verducci and they actually had Ortiz on it.
And it’s pretty staggering just how much better an offensive season Bautista is having than AGon – other than AVG and RBI.
Agonz has hit a ton of doubles, but where are the homers? there were predictions of 50+ this year.
It’s gonna be a Red Sock.
WHAT?! Joe made a good call? Shocking!
ruh-roh…they’ve brought in Takahashi…
Chavez has some odd tattoos IMO.
The Angels can rerax a little now.
Hey Mike – What are the honest chances that Jesus rises before September?
50/50
What about dishonest chances?
Good thing we have no bench because of Posada and carrying 13 pitchers. Smart planning.
What a fugly swing!
Geez, I thought Nunez was capable of a better at bat than that.
Please don’t let Bourjos get on and get a run scored with this small ball slop.
Small Ball Slop…I don’t like the sound of that one bit!
I saw them open for Metallica at the Meadowlands.
I remember when they closed up CBGB’s. Sad times.
Is Girardi the only manager who does the “let him warm up to start the inning before taking him out to buy time for the bullpen” bit?
Maddon’s done it before, so have other guys on occasion.
sorry, but AJ looks so ridiculous.
Well, at least it matches his pitching style.
I hate those lazy basket catches by Cano. He’s just asking for trouble.
he just doesn’t have any grit…
he should do what Pedroia does…time it so he can dive and get his uniform dirty….make any routine play look like an amazing stop.
It’s important he hops before every play and punches the bench when he fails with some of the littlest hands in baseball!
He’s a human cartoon for chrissake. And the MSM eats it up like he’s SpongeBob.
and Youk and Lackey look like they should be in the Circus with the Beared Woman.
that team is a freakshow.
Pedroia is a midget, those plays are all natural.
montero was supposed to get called up “any day now” 2 weeks ago. are we going to have to wait 3 more?
there goes the perfect streak.
Jeter’s looked awkward out there today. Oh, wait…
Good thing Nunez has that extra range Jeter doesn’t have.
“a filthy Back Door Breaking Ball” – yet another saying in baseball that sounds dirty but isn’t.
What the fuck? They are doing the smoking commercial on the radio broadcasts now too?!?
yes…they are nasty…
at first i thought it was Susan choking after coming out from underneath John’s desk….
Or …
Who’s ready to bunt?
Intentionally fail on the sac bunt to force Cervelli then steal 2B. Lets go!
Joe Girardi…
Joe Girardi is to Brett Gardner as Tony La Russa is to Colby Rasmus.
Brett Gardner wishes he could hit like Colby Rasmus.
The situation is analogous, not synonymous.
Joe Girardi never had shingles!
He’s also not an outdated old man holding on to whatever he has left and bitching about things like incessantly.
Just saying.
Good thing we got Martin to come off the bench for speed.
Pinch-running … ?
It is a pity moved aimed at giving Jorge one last chance to strap on the gear…
i’m not interested in what Jorge is planning on doing with his wife tonight…
What? Is martin any faster than cerv?
Cervelli’s been traded! (I wish)
a lot faster actually
Based on what? Link? From all evidence Cervelli is a pretty quick catcher.
I stand corrected
according to fangraphs cervelli has a better speed rating
woooooo!
whaaaat this was not supposed to be a reply.
WTF is girardi doing
So Andruw Jones is pinch hitting for Granderson right?
Might as well. Complete this cycle of stupid.
glad they bunted to give up the out.
They bunted so Jeter couldn’t GIDP.
…only slightly kidding?
Grandy is 14th in the AL in WAR. 24th in MLB. Before looking this up, list of people I would not have guessed would have been a head of him:
Alex Gordon, Yunel Escobar, Alex Avila, Asdrubal Cabrera.
Perhaps this is because for some ridiculous reason defensive metrics do not shine favorably on him?
Which is probably because he’s not much better than average in CF relative to the league. Although there are some real issues with defensive metrics at wide-range positions like LF and 3B.
Gardner’s UZR is actually stealing from Granderson. Not kidding.
It is possible, and probably likely.
As to the last 3: Being an above average hitter at a defensive position, this year = $$$.
Also WAR, at least IMO, isn’t quite fair in it’s addition of admittedly flawed defensive stats to less-flawed offensive stats.
I’m sorry but fWAR > bWAR, if only because it tends to rank Yankees better.
That and it also makes way more sense statistically.
#ShitStarting
I’d worried about Granderson ability to hit a lefty in this spot…
/2010′d
Whoops
Assdrool has turned into a heck of a player. When does he become a free agent?
When he’s no longer property of the Indians.
(Actually, that’s not true. Literalist fail.)
Thanks Mr. D for that helpful answer.
(The real answer is after 2013.)
Just in time for us!
not really, Jeter will pick up his option
Not if we hide it, he can’t.
And it’s Assdribble, not Assdrool. Take it from someone who lives in Cleveland.
2014
I wouldn’t mind having a little Assdribble on the Yankees
A.D. Burnett. New name. Done.
c’mon Robby!!!!
I wonder if Cano would have beaten that out.
Hell of a play!
lol Angels. Make them pay Robbie.
Cervelli would have scored on that!
Ok not really.
BOOM!
Holy fucking shit.
woooooooooooo ROBBIE!
Angels: Nope
LAZY dominican
Well no need for the formula for the rest of the game.
BOOOOOOOM!!
thank you Izturis
OOOOHHHH BABY!!!
Doncha Know Robbie Cano!!!!!
Hot shit dammit did he get his hands in quick there.
suck on that, Angel fans!
i just realized how cool that would be for a Sterling or Kay to say…
“….and its a deep hit to right…it is high, it is long…it is GONE…a grand slam for Cano..that’s right…SUCK ON THAT BIG ONE, Angel fans!!!”
I.E.T.C
They would be fired so quickly.
So yes, I’m totally on board!
Good God that was a fucking shot…
hey ooooooooooh
That was awesome. Poor Macier
Doesn’t NY have a huge shortfall in cash because this whole NY Quits things has to be the first fucking thing cut because I can’t stand those fucking commercials.
It’s cheaper to convince people to quit smoking than it is to treat their lung cancer.
Although, there has been collateral damage to the ads: Adoptions of elderly black men are down 87%.
do those commercials work though? as a non smoker, they gross me out. but i still think they aren’t as much of a deterent as a high tax on cigs.
I had a class presentation that said smoking actually lowered health care costs since people die younger. Obviously I don’t know how good the facts are but damn those commercials just are irritating.
all the more reason to remove filters from cigarettes…it just fixes the glitch without all the messy cleanup.
That comment reminds me of Office Space:
“So Miltion has been let go.”
“Wait a second there, professor. We fixed the glitch.”
Obamacare: Free cigs for everyone?
had to comment… the facts for this thought were from a study funded by cigarette companies, which ended up being total crap…
I’m pretty sure those ads are paid for with every pack of cigarette sold. That’s why they cost $300 a pack, or whatever they are as taxes and other penalties are added on. They’re making money off people’s addiction.
its a ruse for sure. there are better ways to use that money.
This! I literally thought to myself when Cano came up, “What if he hit a grand slam?” And then talked my expectations down, “Nah, a base hit will do, anything to get the runners home.”
Amazing.
I think I just saw Scott Downs smiling.
Which, honestly, is all you can do.
“I disagree. You can berate your teammate in front of everyone.” – John L., Boston, MA
Robinson Cano rally killer…
“A filthy back-door breaking ball for strike three. And now AssDribble….”
Cabrera?
I missed the grand slam. Damnit.
Posada? is that you? did you fall asleep on the bench?
That’s a tremendous hit for Robinson Cano, and he did it against one of the toughest lefty relievers in the league. Nice adjustment there to get the bat head out as well on that 2-seam fastball down and in after being jammed a bit by the previous pitch.
Oh my God is this the infamous Matt?
Its so cool how Kevin Long comments on RAB under an alias.
I commend you for this post.
It will help disprove the feelings most of us have about you. Keep up the good work!
The home run derby obviously messed with Robbies swing!!
#Mythbusters
Yes, lets put Robertson out in a 4 run game rather than Noesi who never pitches ever.
Robertson had been warming up since the game was tied. Might as well use him.
Good point. Maybe we can avoid Mo though.
You might not want to jeopardize the win with Noesi but I’d rather use up a guy like Wade here over Robertson.
Consider us lucky Mitre is not available to pitch.
This is minor but it would be nice to try to get through the 8th/9th without needing to use Robertson/Rivera. Hard to blame Girardi for trying to cash in the win though.
Cano is a sick ballplayer and IMO, he’s way ahead of pedroia. he doesn’t get love from the MSM b/c he’s a yankee and he makes things look so damn easy….plus he’s always smiling.
frickn’ love Robbie Cano!!
He’s way more naturally talented than Pedroia. He’s not more productive than Pedroia.
i hate that midget.
Just an ass raping for Cano
woa woa woa woa
yes
but no, no.
that’s tomorrow’s headline in the Post
“Cano Ass Rapes Angels”
“Sciosa’s is pissed and eats 12 pounds of pasta”
Helpful tip from Mister Delaware: Making your own pasta at home is simple (eggs + flour) and tastes 100x better than the dried, boxed stuff.
how long does it take to make it?
If you have a stand mixer, you can make ~ 3/4 of a pound in like 4-5 minutes. 3 eggs + 225 grams of AP flour = Pasta
I shouldn’t but IETC.
Haus of Pizza in Anaheim is his guilty pleasure.
no curve yet???
Why bother if they continue to ground out on your fastball?
I like to see him get the K’s
Michael Kay: bad at his job.
He at least should have realized Robertson does not give up home runs. Ever.
1st Baseline ump just lost High Socks for Hope a 100$ donation.
Worse than Hitler? Worse than Hitler.
mmm. yeah.
Get a fitting helmet!
And there goes Nunez’s hat……..again.
I bet the grass in short CF is really missing Jeter today. Hasn’t seen more than one or two balls all day.
Martin’s good at grounding out.
Cory Wade: Closer.
I love O’Neill so much.
NOOOOOOO
HE BROKE THE STREAK.
fuck.
NBD. Time to start a new one.
He’ll start a new one tomorrow.
First Craig Counsell picks up a hit in his 46th at-bat, now Gardner gets CS on his 23rd try. I guess this means Dan Uggla will have a 55 game hitting streak
Goooooooooddddddd don’t bring Mo into this game
Cory Wade: Not A Closer.
Really!?!? Whatever, at least the Yankees got this game in the bag and Mo pitching is just pure awesomeness.
Branyan time!
Yay! Save opportunity! Bring on Mo.
Oh, great, Joe. Bring in Mo “Kerosene” Rivera.
I really didn’t mean that!
I take it back.
Mariano —> iTunes —> Enter Sandman —> Me, the loser
We are all posting on a stat based Yankee blog commenting about the game for the past three hours. We are all losers.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
wtf MO
Anyone think Mo is still at the top of his game? FUCK
I do. He will always have a tough week now and then. He’s fine.
Make Robertson the closer immediately.
not even!
WAT
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Seriously?
Oh Mo, you so silly.
its official….fuck this
I hate that guy!
Okay. Something is not right with Mo.
…..
Apparently I’m going to have to stop yelling “FUCK YOU, HE’S AUTOMATIC” at my PS3 when it punishes me for predictible pitch selection with Rivera.
Awesome…. Guess this is another “cutter didn’t cut”.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Armageddon is coming !!!!!!!!!!
Officially WWWMW.
Two of those runs went to Wade!
that almost doubled his ERA. boo.
Who cares. The pitch came from Mo and this is the third game in a row that he is stumbling.
I just spit out my water and I wasn’t even drinking any.
That’s called saliva, William.
No worries. 6-5 is still a win.
I hate Mariano’s yearly dead arm period.
More like quarterly this year.
the end of the world is near, or at least life as we have known it
Wow Mariano… Wow
Don’t let Abreu bat plz?
i’ve always said Russel Branyan should be our DH, he loves hitting HRs in yankee stadium
think of this platoon DH split
Branyan vs righties
Marcus Thames vs lefties
Branyan vs Righties. Willy Mo Pena vs lefties
Marcus Thames sucks.
To be fair, Branyan was due, he always does something to piss off the Yankees.
Soriano or Robertson to close???
Begins with M, ends with Rivera.
Mike Rivera?!? The catcher? That’s a bit of a reach dont you think?
Mitre when he comes off the DL.
I hope you’re being sarcastic.
GARDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ow. Gardy hit that hard.
Troll Rivera is just joshing us.
Love Gardener’s speed!
Hey, look at that, life goes on and a win is a win.
Mariano just shook of 2 pitches and then went back outside… maybe he himself is losing confidence in that inside pitch to lefties
So if Mo had started the inning with a 2 run lead, gotten an out, given up that HR to Branyan, then finished the inning, would people have panicked like that?
Honestly YES. His Velocity is down. He isn’t hitting his spots. There is something wrong…..
Nope.
Actually, there is something different this season.
His ground ball rate is around 46%, which would be a career low, and lefties are hitting .269 against him now. His control has been more erratic, and he is making more mistake pitches up in the zone and out over the plate. Watch him pitch, and even his heat maps bear it out.
People are not reacting to just these 3 games, they are reacting to his shakiness and inconsistency throughout the season. And it’s hard to blame them, because the results have certainly been of a lower caliber than even in the last few seasons.
Is he no longer one of the better closers? Nobody is saying that. Is he no longer a sure thing? Maybe.
Maybe this is just a bad season, but sometimes your control starts to fade a little bit as you get older. It’s subtle, but it sometimes makes a difference when you’re a pitcher who doesn’t really change speeds much.
His velocity isn’t down. It’s been consistent for three years, and it’s actually UP since earlier in the season.
Location off in three games.
Yawn.
They panic because……they must be in preschool. If they possessed any sort onf long term memory, they’d remember all those other week long stretches where Mariano’s lost it, only to come back to form.
When he’s gone, they’ll probably be too caught up in their negativity to realize what they’re missing. Sad.
Well said.
It has been more than 1 week. His stuff has been declining all year. Gets calls because he is MO. I am not saying he is done. Sit him for 2 weeks save him for the stretch run.
Yanks win.
*pours nervous drink*
We should sign Branyan next year to replace Posada.
Yeah. ‘Cos we’re really going to need another DH next year, for the one day a week when DJ and ARod both feel up to playing the field.
Why not? We have 13 pitchers. I forgot that Arod and Jeter play the field once a week too. Doh!
Seriously though, sarcasm.
Those are more like “get me over” cutters to the lefties that he is getting beaten on, trying to get strikes in certain counts. The pitch has been moving a bit better in other counts, and after that home run.
However, maybe it’s time though to be a bit more careful with lefty power hitters now since Rivera’s cutter is not as sharp. It’s surprising that it’s taken Martin this long to make the adjustment, considering they’ve been getting the bat head out on those pitches inside with greater frequency throughout the season.
any time pitcher struggles = Martin’s fault
What’s a matter, did he refuse an autograph request or something?
That is not even close to what I am saying.
When the pitcher HITS HIS SPOT, and gives up a hard hit ball, that is PITCH SELECTION, which is usually the responsibility of the catcher.
When a pitcher HANGS a breaking ball, that is the PITCHER’s fault.
Which of these has Rivera been doing? Hitting the glove and giving up a hit, or throwing it down the middle?
Rivera has thrown the fewest pitches outside to lefties of any of the last 3 seasons, and more and more weak lefties are cheating on his inside cutter, sometimes hitting some really good pitches. Which do you think is at fault, bad pitching, or bad approach?
As long as the answer isn’t “diminishing late life”, I don’t care.
Does every team have a shitty player that they just can’t keep in the park?
What the fuck is it with this guy?
Father Time to Mo: “Look who’s here Mo.”
Mo to Father Time: “You must be an old coot, because you forget that every now and again even I have a bad week. Learn some history and patience, Father Time.”
Father Time looks at Mo, and then rapidly turns around and grabs RAB poster “mike”, softly saying “I don’t like douchebags.” RAB mike is sent to hell, aka CitiField.
Looks like all of the Core Four are done. Fuck em all.
The Internet: proof that maybe democracy doesn’t quite work.
Ah you’re one of those Brooklyn-type commie dickheads on their high horse huh? Well fuck you, buddy.
1) I have lived outside of NY for a few years now.
2) Something tells me that the Commies were priced out of Brooklyn a long while back.
Not when daddy’s financing the rent and the fledgling art “career”.
You’re just an adorable parody, aren’t you.
Stay classy San Diego.
Wildcard berth.
Get used to 2014, when a Paps/KRod/Valverde/Soriano type is in Mo’s place, and this yearly dead-arm is spun across the whole season
If it’s Paps, I am going to gouge my eyes out. Maybe not literally.
I’d rather perform pap smear on Lindsay Lohan.
Don’t worry, it is going to be Rollie Fingers after undergoing stem cell therapy.
The deal to get Soriano may end up being a really smart move…give Mo some rest and have Soriano step in for a bit.
Re Matt’s point concerning Mo: “People are not reacting to just these 3 games, they are reacting to his shakiness and inconsistency throughout the season. And it’s hard to blame them, because the results have certainly been of a lower caliber than even in the last few seasons.” He may be right.
This doesn’t seem like the annual soft spot in Mo’s performance. There seems to be something not-good going on here. We won’t be able to decide this for a while–is it something structural, or the annual soft spot–until the end of the season. But the burden of proof may very well be passing now to those who say “Don’t worry. It’s just that annual problem.”
I have to agree with that. The stats aren’t bad by any stretch of the imagination but he looks different this season, aside from the blown saves.
The cutter just “looks” flat to me. No empirical evidence to support that, but his last 3 appearances, they have remained over too much of the plate without the late life. That results in a flat 92-93 fastball down the middle of the plate, which is what is being hit.
Another thing to consider is that in 2011, there are many more pitchers throwing the cutter, as opposed to 2001, even 2009. Hitters are seeing it more and much more familiar with the pitch now. Therefore, there’s not as much surprise to it anymore.